kaledescopic me

A change in tone

2008-01-21T02:47:00.000+08:00

It was during one of those moments where you feel a sudden desire to look back into your life.
I had only wanted to look up a particular post; I ended up spending the next hour or so reading through the past entries.
My long hiatus suddenly made clear sense to me, everything was so awfully superficial and cosmetic.
Each post painted a moment in my life that was interesting. It did not, however, serve any good in recollections of what i was actually feeling.

A change in tone has been long overdue, something a little more serious perhaps.

Which proves to be harder than i had thought. Playing the joker, the outgoing person is probably an easier role to take on, pushing away the 'serious' thoughts in my mind seems to push stress away as well. The ability to be flippant with my thoughts is a skill set that i have been training since i entered into the army life. Having an option to not think of the troubles that await gave me that extra bit of sanity to go through each day. This skill, has since become embedded in in my brain, and there is a need, i feel, to change that long expired mindset.

What really inspired this entry was a random post on facebook. It detailed the discussion between two of my army friends. It was in essence a discussion about increasing equality in real consumption. This sparked of a chain of thoughts.

1. I wish I could pen my thoughts down as coherently
2. I need to widen my reading scope
3. I need to research and discuss more 'important' things in life

It was akin to a wake up call, an alarm that rang the bell of maturity. It made me think of my future, how far away i am to success, how much behind i am from my friends. Many of my friends are going to graduate, some are already working in enviable professions.

I won't be one to deny that these do not affect me, and sometimes make me feel slightly inferior to them. But i won't back down and wallow in self pity. I shall start off with this tiny step and lift up the arduous journey to God.

And I'd like to wake up from this by your side

2006-08-20T03:43:00.000+08:00

Why would I sabotage
the best thing that I have
Well, it makes it easier to know
exactly what I want with my...

Hands open and my eyes open
I just keep hoping
that your heart opens

It's not as easy as willing it all to be right
Gotta be more than hoping it's right
I wanna hear you laugh like you really mean it
Collapse into me, tired with joy

when the sun goes down

2006-07-27T00:49:00.000+08:00

beauty only skin deep. a sense of joy mildly fluttering the heart.
deluded we are, trapped in a ritual of lights, pacing the streets empty with noise.
no feelings, only such as to a film.

how often do we experience noise in the common darkness?
far too often, too many a time to bear.
souls lost in their internal abyss,
weighed down by the heavy cycle of a strange world.
we turn a stranger to our own.

a lonely tree illuminates the darkness, a shaded spot shining through the glare of the flourescent sun. an oasis of thoughts, a place to acquaint a stranger.

well alright..but thank God!

2006-06-08T13:48:00.000+08:00

it totally slipped my mind to check my results after all the reminders to myself. an sms recieved from Ben jolted my brain sensors. " i passed all the papers. Thank God! i hope the same for you too." thanks for the message bro.

i literally jumped to my feet and rushed to the com.

well considering my past performance i think the results from this sem were pretty satisfying.

biz stats - High Distinction

prices and markets - Distinction

Environmental issues and the Green Business- Distinctino

Commercial law - Credit

Financial accounting - Credit

sighs my core subject only got a credit.
that is my greatest concern..but i really have to thank God for his providence.

On the flip side of the coin, i know of a friend who had like 4 HDs!
Darn that is my aspiration! if i wanna do well in the coporate world, my grades are gonna have to be like that.

Especailly since i am competing with so many ntu and nus students.

i am thinking of trying to get an internship at PWC, rather hoping is the keyword!
guess i am gonna have to get a job.

but think about it. How in the world am i gonna handle all the job comittments and study at the same time? maybe i should just get a part time job that is no so time restrictive.

7/8 9/8 11/8 5/4...absolutely madness

bill bruford is one heck of a human metronome.

i was at this drum clinic yesterday. which was at bukit timah road.
Naturally i went towards sixth ave. only to realise that the numbers were 769 813. the unit munbers i mean. tim said it was at 27 bukit timah road.

SaM( wah lau that means it is on the other side of singapore...813 to 27, that is far man!)

so i started driving backwards along dunearn road and found myself unsure of where to go. so i turned into this lane to find myself beside balmoral plaza.

the place of performance was called sliver entertainment. SLIVER..not silver. so we thought maybe just maybe it was some chao beng who could not spell silver properly.

looking around and checkng for unit numbers, i could not find any, but i did spot this SILVER TORTOISE THRE3. MAYBE this could be the place? wait. it's a bar, nightclub whatever it is. but it's those you find foreign workers in. so BAH!

well anyway we had not travelled that far down, so i thought this could not be 27. all this while i had not looked at the address on the ticket. i was only a driver. taking a first look at the ticket, I so wanted to take out a sledgehammer, a table , a flame thrower, wolverine's claws, apocalyse's hands to slap the shit out of tim...

rolls eyes...

IT WAS 271..READ 271 bukit timah road..not freaking 27!

so we called our resources to check where 271 bukit timah road was..
results were..BALMORAL PLAZA!

WHAT WAS THEIR PROBLEM! could they not have put 271 bukit timah road (balmoral plaza) on thier ticket?!? asdf;lkj!

but thank God for leading us there like without us knowing.

Then it struck me..wait a minute..it really could be that Silver ToTOise Thre3..

ok that aside i went to the carpark to find that the iu was not working so i had to press the button for a ticket, which no ticket came out but the barrier opened. so i just went in, since it was getting late and i was thoroughly pissed by the bad information.

Information counter. asked the guy what to do about the ticket thing. he told me not to worry about it and said that there will be a guy at the exit to open the barrier for us.

with that consolation, we proceeded to find that sliver entertainment place..
THEN we saw it..the unmistakable picture of the guy on our ticket was in front of a table with a group of people around the area. HALLELUJAH!

never ever ever be too joyful till you know the whole story..
for when i looked up, i saw...SILVER TOTOISE THRE3..damn it was really a nightclub place larr..what the hell.

entering the door you see the beautiful drumset on the stage, flanked by two poles..TWO poles..go figure (that is a permanent fixture).

it was complete with disco balls and flashing lights. crap.

well the show was not bad, the music was not my kind of music but i really appreciated his skill on the drums. his sense of rhythmn is out of this world.
and most of all i am thankful that he did not make use of the poles beside him.

BUT most of our view was irritated by a love story that was playing right in front of us. DUMB couple was da qing ma qiaoing, blocking our view, being a nuisance.

so we finally got to the car and drove to the exit. come one guess what happens next.
YES SO CLEVER! NO INDIAN MAN AT THE BARRIER...crap and everyone was leaving and there was a roll of cars behind! wah biang i tim had to go search for the guy. while i was there trying every way to intercom or open the barrier. whatever..

crappy place...but it was cool cause of a fencing club...but i aint in the mood..another time perharps

ARISE!

2006-06-02T11:47:00.000+08:00

a thousand apologies! to those who have been faithful in adding to the numbers visiting this dormant blog.

i have no idea why but i just did not feel like blogging till now. haha lazy me?
oh whatever. the thing is that i am back in force! cue EVIL LAUGHTER! yah lar yah lar i am just back..just trying to be drama can?

well i have not been that far from blogs though. blog surfing has been my best friend of late. and boy do you get some nice ones out of the one million and one thousand that you do not even understand. well maybe if i did pick up german i might stand a chance, but till then it remains as gibberish.

just the other day i was riding the information superhighway in search of a good read. there really were lots that were so typically boring. then there are those that are a tribute to their baby boy or girl, followed by the ones that are boring cause the people blogging are boring. till i struck GOLD!

this one was such a sad and tragic story. go read it for yourself.
chronicles of A....vol 3

found this on another blog..

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?”. The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca - age 8 [*warm & fuzzy*]

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy - age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” Karl - age 5 [right..what do doggies do on dates then?]

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” Chrissy - age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” Terri - age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” Danny - age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.” Emily - age 8 [aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! ]

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” Bobby - age 7 [yes..please blow me away, seven year old o.O]

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.” Nikka - age 6 [we need a few million more Nikkas on this planet]

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” Noelle - age 7 [she’s too young to know what personal hygiene is..]

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” Tommy - age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” Cindy - age 8 [i want a daddy like that!! *stomps feet*]

“My mommy loves me more than anybody .. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” Clare - age 6 [:?]

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” Elaine - age 5 [yes, it’s true, i was a genius at the raw age of five..chicken & all]

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” Chris - age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” Mary Ann - age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” Lauren - age 4 [ehhh..cheap trick!]

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” Karen - age 7 [what an imagination..]

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.” Mark - age 6 [gross!]

and you know how people say older is better? or did i just make it up? whatever makes you happy..that is not the point.

this takes table tennis to a whole new different level!

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

That I love you
I've loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

So far away
(So far away)
Been far away for far too long
So far away
(So far away)
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you any more
Believe it
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing, 'cause i'm not leaving you any more
Believe it
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go

take take take it all

2006-04-10T20:24:00.000+08:00

haha the talent in Singapore is well 10% talent and well 90% are just plain jokers.
But seriously. given the new super band show. haha although i am enjoying what i am watching. Getting entertained, wrong getting tickled would be a better word.

the sorta thing that would make you laugh and cry. LAUGH at their lack of talent and dumbness and err well i think theur sense of hearing is not very good either, otherwise they wouuld have the better logic of not displaying their voice rather lack of voice. it's laughs when you see one of them err moving about like he's trying to show that he is feeling shiok while the other guy is singing and how they err use hand actions when there are lyrics written on their hands? well i guess cry at how sad it really is when you only have that few people who have some sort of talent.

so anyway happy birthday to jason yong=) went for lunch at marina square at changing appetites, this new shop. Well the food was not too bad but the service was quite funny, think they kept getting the orders wrong. Hmmm and they err speak damn softly? was piecing together the words that i could hear to figure out what they were trying to say. AND azabusabo GREEN TEA ice cream still rocks..the smooth creamy strong green tea taste just lingers in your mouth, Which brings me to my next point on how i felt cheated when the person scooping gave so little in the cup. i always remembered that the cup would be a heaped cup and not a levelled cup of ice cream.hurr hurr.

spent much of the rest of the day studying..yep that is exciting as my life gets. haha oh wells

oh check out this guy. i swear he flys on the fretboard. ok exaggerating but i do aspire to play like that.

A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

i am merely questioning the paradox of asking a masked man his identity..

2006-04-08T23:05:00.000+08:00

spent today in church studying.
at least i tried too larr huh.
took some time to fix the paper cutter with wendy and claudia (i swear she owns a stationary shop).

haha fine i played soccer by my loner self for about 15 mins when i got to church.
And it started raining just as i went back to the social hall. pretty cool yea.

oh and thanks to them for buying green tea back. BUT! please don't drink and buy funny green tea brands that go for buy 2 get 1 free. they are wierd and don't taste anything close to the leading brands.
For one they are darn sweet and do not have a strong enough green tea taste to it. haha and thanks for sharing the delicious otah nicc. oh and yes the well not that great cookies from wendy. but thanks it was still nice=)

soccer today was infuriating..kept hitting the post..from simple shots to the spectacular.
90 friggin percent of them were hitting the post! argh oh wells.

and the V for vendetta influnce on me is not gone..haha i created my own V sentence.
Now now don't go all critical on me. it was never meant to be absolutely impressive.

Voila! herein lies a vast canvas
not for the vicious vilification of vile viragos
nor for the vociferous verbossity of views.

falling vulnerable to my veneration and comments full of vigour.

veering away shall instigate in me to rage a vendatta agaisnt those vituperative attacks.

now here i shall leave you with the original.

In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate.
This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished.
However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation now stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violent, vicious, and voracious violation of volition.

2006-04-07T11:38:00.000+08:00

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get low get low

2006-04-06T20:34:00.000+08:00

ah food should be like what they have at NUS arts canteen. cheap and nice.
Spent yesterday studying at NUS library before going for Exam prayer meeting.
Lunch was nice with nice food and a price to beat. the only wierd thing was matthew's wierd drink..banana and orange milkshake..not bad but had a tinge of wierdness to it.

i wonder what's with the weather..it has been raining the past few days..
just the other day..it was raining so hard that even the bus shelter was of no use.
my birks got soaked in water.thanks arr.
The bus was travelling in a river of water and splahing waves onto the pavement.
Now if anyone was walking with an umbrealla, it would be of absolutely no use.
The waves was at least a metre high, and giving a car wash to the other not so thankful vehicles.

went for dinner after exam prayer meet. haha thanks stacie for squeezing us into the car. was supposed to go to harbourfront but ended up in town cause there was no exit on the new flyover that goes to harbourfront. so yeap had nice fish and chips at fisherman's wharf.

oh check out this new innnovation..damn cool

yeah ok i think i shall end here..i have no inspiration.

and it won't be long...

2006-03-28T20:18:00.000+08:00

the last 2 days have been a crazy mad idiotic rush for accounting test today.
never have i been so zealously studying.

Monday was spent in school studying. madness stayed there till like what 11pm?
Oh no i am morphing into a mugger. Well there was this dumb irritating thing that happened.

Now we all know and recognise the double arches ballabababa fastfood chain called macdonalds don't we. so well we decided to call for the delivery service since we were quite sick of school canteen food. haha the first ten minutes was spent trying to get the correct number to call.

so yes we finally got connected to a sales personnel. guess what ladies and gentlemen. we tried to tell them where SIM was. THEY did not know???!!!??? come on it is not that small a campus alright. And for goodness sake! there is a king albert park macdonalds outlet that is a 5 min drive away? AND THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE ORDERED FROM SCHOOL BEFORE! Great spent 5 mins plus trying to describe to her. Guess what she says? could you all collect from king albert park outlet? we will send the order there. WHAT IN THE asdfasd;lkjl;skgha world is she thinking?!!?? if i can go to an outlet why in the world would i bother calling to order through a delivery service? dumb person...

So we managed to get an order through after caling and getting connected to another person. BUT wah lau the fries were pathetic can. they did not even fill up the fries packet. ah wth.

And guess what i got caught for speeding..

at 83 km/h....

WHO IN THE WORLD GETS CAUGHT FOR DRIVING AT 83 km/h!!!???

ah wells i was driving the van larr huh...then i saw the stupid bike with the red and blue lights..crap..never ever speed at funny timings like 11 plus pm on the expressways...but what in the world..83km/h! ah i should get over it huh.

oh wells the test today was by large another stupid screw up. did not understand what the question wanted. argh.

anyway who said that ninjas are fake?

According to Section 14 paragraph 2 of the Sales of Goods Act...

2006-03-26T21:54:00.000+08:00

Ok so i have sorta lost the whole zeal about blogging..oh wells
tsktsk i mean i am just lazy larr huh. hoho.

Oh i have reasons for not blogging too ok. like idiotic projects that seem like a special breed of cactus that shoots its thorns at your butt. yes once again it's that sorry excuse of a course (Environmental issues and the Green Business). Oh and well done that i had to be caught in a traffic jam. So yes i was late for my presentation and i did not have a script prepared. AND i forgot my group member's name when i was introducing her.

Me:Next to carry on with the presentation is 'stops in animated zero motion'

Me:err..OMG

group members: elaineas soft as possible

rest of the class:hahahohohehe(falls of chairs, rolls on the floor)

AT least i was the most entertaining presenter!

oh the new cathay cinema is open..should go check it out one of these days.
THINKS BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS(hmmm then again i have never watched a shoe there in the past)

Happy Birthday to yuxian, matthew, Elvin, jason. now that's alot of birthday people.

anyway yuxian's birthday gathering at cafe cartel was blardee hilarious. haha what's with girls nowadays. entertaining nonetheless. oh but the tolet was disgusting with the flush not working and someone had barfed into the toiet bowl! WTH! does that not only happen in some lousy ass club or something?

Commercial law is starting to become a pain in the ass as well. It's irritating that it is so similar to economics essay questions back in JC. Seriously i am not into the whole having to write alot when it all can be summarised into simple logical short answers. hurr hurr.

boring topic. NEXT! so you all remember the last post about the my heritage thighy?
Haha so i was trying to get a close match to a celebrity than my 50% match of zidane. Well i guess this pretty mucd is as vlose as i can get, 71% on a chad micheal murray. now that kind of statistic i can definitely live with.

haha enjoy the following, i shall be blogging more often, i hope.

I want to fall in love with You

2006-03-21T22:45:00.000+08:00

been some time since i last blogged. sorry to those who have been checking. not much has been happening so i guess there's nothing much to blog about anyway. and because i dont have a nice camera which i can take nice pictures to spice up my blog with. oh wells.

school's been sucha bore and lectures have been such a waste of time with the irritating annoying little lecturer blabbering on and on and on. gibberish. tsk ok fine it makes sense but he's just too long winded la huh. and i guess i have to start revising and work hard for the upcoming tests which arent very far away.

hmm havent been running lately due to the temptations of my very comfortable bed. have to start training hard though if i want to get the much coveted money! tsk

nicc just sent me her school's red house cheer. im pretty impressed with how creative they are! i mean seriously, its cool stuff! the way they incorporate songs like hollaback girl my humps and even mac's FAN-tastic. interesting! i wonder why we never had them back in my time. hmm

oh and not forgetting the electric drumsets i really want. went to music plaza a few days back and tried them out. i need to sell my drumset if i want to buy a new one. and ASAP! so if anyone's interested, pls contact me via email: cooloveride@hotmail.com

okay. off to get some more work done.

ohyes. last but not least, check out www.myheritage.com
it's damn cool! says i look like liu de hua and even zidane?! hmm. go try it out for yourself!

pretending i'm not...

2006-03-02T01:46:00.000+08:00

accountancy test on tuesday could be summed up by these few letters!

ASDFKLJSDGAKLH!
here's my take on the johari window craze=)click here *this is a new one..the last one was screwed

hurr hurr ultimate nonsense. fine the calculation questions were alright, just a tad irritating with the new format we had to present it in.
BUT the theory questions were nothing short of utter bullocks.
studying for the theory questions has brought me to a new understanding of 'an absolute waste of time'. seriously, what is the use of studying when you don't even understand the question? i have never seen the information that relates to the questoins appear anywhere in my notes or textbook? RAH!

hoho i am so irritated and fed up witht the drums in church. i just can't get it to sound nice. ok only one sounds pretty good. but the rest sound like a punctured tire of sorts. well i have a theory on why this is so. no wait! it's like obvious! the drumskins are different! time to get a proposal done up to change the drumskins and get a professional to tune the drums. it's too tiring trying to do it myself.

hmmm next week..pretty cool. looking forward to it. no wait there's still that stupid project which are not even halfway through. crap. that so makes my day.

humbled by your majesty..

2006-02-28T00:32:00.000+08:00

haha soccer on sudnay was pretty good though it was tiring.
(disclaimer: i am not boasting whatsoever but it is really how i feel)

so i had not played field soccer for a really long time. like 2 months or so?
so i decided maybe i should go play yesterday since it had not been raining so the ground should be pretty good for playing. Well at least i won't get all dirty and eeky.

the game started with this 3 touch rule. and by golly was it ever the most tiring 15 mins of soccer i have played. With only 3 touches, you have no choice but to run to support your team mate and not wait and hope that your team mate will be able to dribble to aan open space to pass to you. So by the ebd of 15 mins you would have heard me say "ok guys that's it for me, i am going home" haha i was that tired.

Seriously, being able to string passes together is so much more fulfilling than being able to dribble pass a few players (unless of course you are able to dribble through the whole defence and score).

so yes i think i played pretty well, haha managed to finally use my outstep to pass and be able to string and look for open players. haha and i fianally scored a decent goal playing at east coast. woohoo! and i managed to do a medium height volley! haha ok ok fine i shall stop feeding my ego.

oh thanks to vanessa for all the books and the songbook! they will really be of great help! THANKS!

this wednesday will be working with new worship leaders for this sunday's praise and worship. haha hopefully i will be able to blend into their musc styles.

that a lifetime's not too long...

2006-02-26T00:16:00.000+08:00

ah crap..this stupid enviromental issues and the green business project is like an irritating thorn in the flesh. Now they say we sorta must have the site visit. AND great just cause we have 6 members instead of 5 members in our team we must have a very detailed report..

just how does one extra person increase the productivity of the team? hurr hurr has our lecturer never heard of the law of marginal returns? ARGH and it is in 2 weeks time! RAH!

anyway went down to opera estate to play soccer with the guys on friday evening.
hmmm seriously i think my shoes are like crap to play soccer with. looks good, but peforms like crap. the material is like so smooth that it has only spin and no power! hurr hurr and no control for that matter.

i really want to get my street soccer shoes!
haha but the game was quite tyco for me with three goals that had two being blind shots that somehow went into the goal after some pinball action.

oh there was this malay guy who totally screwed our team the first match we played agaisnt him. he was so fast! scary! like so good till it was disgusting.hahaha
he was good man. he put a ball into our goal by back flicking it, mind you it was not a one on one situation. And he could bicycle kick with such great force.

Hmm went to school today..pretty much the normal stuff, but not before returning my friend her dvd and having her call me cartoon...asdf;klj! thanks arr fel!
went down for charis youth fellowship, then down to clar's birthday party, where we had suc a hard time BBQing. ah oh wells.

And true to clar/bryan bbq tradition, it was lots of hotdogs, lots of chicken wings and err hahaha and ramly patty. haha they are so not the staple food kind of people.
where is the beloved rice and curry and like bread and stuff?hahaha yes and please try to cook ramly on a pan. hahaha it was quite cool having ramly patties but the fire just did not seem to work for it on a bbq.

haha yeah, so happy birthday to clar! thanks for the food and err letting me get dirty preparing the food and fire..hahahaha.

thanks joel for stating the fire. hahaha good job! (application from 'friends factor')

and the crowd roars!

2006-02-24T10:53:00.000+08:00

ALL THANKS TO CHANGYUAN FOR THE BLOGSKIN!
haha i have the hippest new thing in town! A changyuan blogskin. hahaha
but seriously it is really darn nice! i can fell his heart and soul that is put into making it man! ahahahaha i am so generous with my praise!haha do you all see the flying people? haha guess how it's done!

haha time to find a new tagboard/guestbook. my current one just does not look nice when it opens in a new page. thus i embark on my journey towards a better blog.haha

have been studying for upcoming tests and revising work. well not too bad been quite productive, starting to get the hang of statistics. well it is not so much the problem of the application part but rather the theory portion. WHY? cause it irritates us by coming up with new definitions that when thought through and inferred is right. they don't like give us detailed definitions in ouur notes and by golly that is absolutely irritating!

Thanks Weixiang for borrowing the dvd which i have returned!it really helped! =)

So yesterday was the absolutely totally all encompassing 'hippest' night i have had! tsk tsk tsk..yes went down to join tim and bryan at cocolatte (tim's hall bash). Well i was not really that keen on it, but tim said it was quite empty so i decided to go down and make up numbers.

When he says it's quite empty. let me tell you it was as empty as coffeebean on a weekday night! what the hell it was so sparse that there were empty tables, and mind you it's not cause everyone was on the dancefloor. EVERYONE WAS AT A TABLE!
oh wells but it is a nice place with two storeys and it had poles at the second level..raises eyebrow..haha yeah spent a good 2 hours just chilling and waiting to see if more people were coming. In the end many left for dbl O while we who did not want to wait for the uber long queue went off to have supper.

Oh cocolatte has a cool sink=)

haha a sinkless sink cool=)

so yeah haha a 'wasted' night. hahaha i am so not going for another ntu hall bash.

excerpt from a conversation between tim and his hall mate (AT COCOLATTE):

Tim: eh hi!

friend: eh hi! haha

tim: blah blah (i cannnot remember larr)

friend: oh yeah! your notes are with me, pass them to you back in hall.

ME: HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaahahahahahohohohohohohehehehehehe. this is so sad! hahahahahaahhaha

cause she's bittersweet

2006-02-21T19:34:00.000+08:00

ARGH! my profile for NFS most wanted is corrupted! RAH! there goes my porsche 911 carrera and my dodge viper...=( AH! asdf;lkj!

Oh and one of my friends has a SONY T9! it really is nice!ok wait on second thought..i think it was a T7..aha so it is not that nice anymore.
Haha but we were taking pics in school. Haha felt like we were in JC or something to that effect. Haha felt like it was the last day of school or something..haha and yes i do have crazy disguting friends. But heck! that's what makes life more interesting!

hmmm tests are coming up..
financial accounting test coming up next week.
Business stats the week after.
and there's still that stupid project to do.

Happy birthday to Wendy once again and thanks for the nice food and fun..haha though i still did not get to see her cat which is like the epitome of scardy cat..haha.
And it was such an entertainment once again by dailiang..sometimes ignorance can bring the greatest joy..hahaha

SaM

How Great is Our God...

2006-02-20T00:50:00.000+08:00

School yesterday was err haha quite interesting..
Saw all my friends with that zoned look on their faces.
Crazy buggers all went out till like late though there's class in the morn!haha
Though what can i comment since i was the one who was late for class.
Woke up at 10 am when stipulated lesson time was 10 am.oh i am so diligent.
Oh stop pointing and shaking your finger and going tsk tsk tsk naughty boy..
Turns out though i reached class almost 45mins late

I WAS ONLY BEHIND BY 3 SLIDES!

i seriously wonder what my lecturer is doing?
haha heck we will leave it at that.

Down to church for Charis Youth fellowship to help out and sorta study.
AND OF COURSE SOCCER! haha i still like playing soccer in church, nice small little field (=

Think their fellowship programme was quite fun. haha not bad not bad.
haha but they could use a little more life injected into them. Oh and to those who were doing the praise and worship, good job you all are improving!
Oh and i hurt my toe cause i kicked the ground while playing soccer. bummer.

Today's praise and worship was nice! haha i don't know why? seemed like the songs are the same. But i think it is also the spirit in me being focused on God.
So JG! haha, though i still am quite irritated by the drumset sound. For the first time in many monnths i felt good about the praise and worship.

There was this family gathering on my mom's side.
We saw a treuno! the car. Fully MOD!Complete with the tofu shop sign. There is even a cupholder at the same position. And we saw the engine also cause we talked to the guy who owned the car. It was one of the security guards of the condo.

OH ANYONE WANTS TO BUY MY DRUMSET?

i really want to get an electronic one! cause i am like free to practise at night..
AND i really really need to start improving.

SaM

all i need is you...

2006-02-16T23:07:00.000+08:00

Past few days have been detrimental to my account..
Gosh..bryan's birthday on monday and marche for farewell/get together dinner of jael, evelyn and tuck wee.

school has been as usual boring..i feel like i am wasting time and money.
They are covering all the basic stuff that have been taught in intro accounting.
I think going through it and not assuming that we know everything is important.
BUT going through everything in detail again is really overdoing it.
I can actually go to the toilet and come back and feel that we are still at the same point. Wait feel is the wrong word. I know we are at the same point.

i want to embark on the new stuff! only then will i have the time to absorb and ask questions pertaining to things that i do not already know!RAH!

hmmm oh my bro like bought a rosemary plant..damn cool. Fresh herbs in your kitchen! Alas..it is dying..think no one watered it. haha oh wells.

to bryan..study hard dude! it's the last stretch!

to changyuan..haha hope the fonts are good!

ok that was such a digression.

Went to school today only for an hour to meet up to do our project..hur hur quite a waste of time eh? travelled all the way down just for an hour plus..tsk tsk..
Hmm and the car that was supposed to come and replace my dying lancer is still not here..WHY? CAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE STOCK FOR THE IU UNIT!!! WTH! hurr hurr so we shall have to wait another week..hurr hurr.damn irritating.

There's class tomorrow..contemplating if i should go...

SaM

only heaven knows...

2006-02-14T01:14:00.000+08:00

nothing could have prepared me for this...
it really goes agaisnt all that i know and percieve..
all that i have experienced. the care the concern the genuine heart that chases after God.
Things done that i find hard to believe..things that we would have been strongly advised and reasoned out of doing.

There are always two sides to a coin..
I hope i won't be left a chance to choose..

Recieved a message which i struggled hard not to reply but could not but at least reply in short.
I know he would have advised agaisnt replying in such situations.
Trying to understand..

Just to say..i have not stumbled. I will stay strong. I worry for the youths. I want to do something. But I worry what others percieve of my intentions. I know TUF is already taking up alot of time..but can we help? sighs

I really don't know what i am able to do..i know what i can do..but i fear i am not allowed to. And even if i am allowed to help. I fear that my zeal will be diminished by the dictatorship over what i can do.

Don't many see how the youths are suffering? Many are so involved in their lives out of church..there's hardly any brotherhood or sisterhood. Even if there are, they are barely superficial. Deeper friendships are limited to a few. They need a role model..

In my time there were so many to look up to. matthew, timothy lim, elvin, jimmy, desmond..

Don't you all see we need a friend! Not a dictator...is it really impossible to escape the hard shell that has been formed?

I feel many avenues are open to raise our concerns and comments. But no one does so..or hardly does so..cause there is either no change after a comment is made or comments are immediately defended agaisnt.

there are many issues to solve..
wake up joshua generation..

So here i am praying fervently for God to take charge and keep him in His covering..
Praying for resolving of issues..praying for a friend to return..

SaM

and my heart burns for You...

2006-02-07T20:25:00.000+08:00

sniff sniff..
hurr i just hate having a runny nose.tsk.

past few days have been pretty tiring..starting to get alot of workload from school.
project at hand lots of tutorals to do and online assignments. not that it's really hard but it really takes some time to do.

monday was pretty boring. Lecture was pretty much a waste of time to me..hurr went through a revision of the previous topics that had been already done the previous few lectures. oh wells but at least we have our previous lecturer back, who i think is quite good in teaching. So thank God for that. haha time to gear up for full speed ahead.

School today was alright. New lecturer for financial accounting..hurr i don't think he is very good in teaching, though i can feel that he has the heart to teach. But oh wells i think he will take some getting used to.

Bought my textbook for FA which cost a bloody bomb! 45 dollars! hurr hurr! i am broke now!And i bought coloured tabs for my business law textbook!yes only to realise that i had already bought them before! tsk tsk. yep all from the new popular bookstore in SIM! And students get 10% off! cool!

Ran in the evening..was alright..not too good i think actually.and my left leg is aching. Think it's due to the knock i had with another player playing street soccer the other day. now it's aching..oh wells sorta affecting my run.

Uni friends coming over to lo hei tomorrow..haha kinda late but what the heck!

SaM

would you believe me if i said...

2006-02-04T23:13:00.000+08:00

woke up at 0930 today..hurr and thought i was gonna be late for class.
Well after rushing like mad to get ready, and thanking God that i have the car to use, i was about to leave the house when i realised i did not know where the venue for class was. Thank God i went to check the timetable!

I DID NOT HAVE CLASS TODAY!hoho..imagine that i ahd gone to school.. hurr hurr.

So went down for fellowship for the first time since the start of school.
hmmm ok larr not too bad had some laughs..lao ying zua siao ji WWE style..haha

went for lunch at west coast market opp ginza plaza.The porridge there is not bad!haha and the western food too, and the chicken rice soup is power man..
and we had some macau bah kwa courtesy of dai liang.
Though truth to be told it tasted like chinese preserved sausage.haha

went home after that and slept the afternoon away waiting for time to pass alone.
oh wells. had music prac at night which was surprisingly quite short.hurray.
Oh happy birthday to Huaz and Huijun whose both parties i was not able to attend. sorry larr..

hmmm i was wondering if we would get to play more hillsongs songs in church..
i wonder why it is not..hmmm seriously think it is inspiring. The songs that we are playing i think really is not catching hold onto the youths in church. Yeah true you might say that it is not the music that counts but how God works. that i agree too, but you know like sometimes the music we play and the songs we sings are a tad old..
But i really wish to see the church youths jumping and praising God, and not be bored as they are about the praise and worship in church. True we may not have the fullest spiritual lives. but i really do think songs could be an ispiration to the youths in church! at least that's my 2 cents worth.

SaM

when all around you crumbles..

2006-02-03T16:30:00.000+08:00

life at this point of time sucks big time.
i should really care less...

Throw your arms around me..please protect me

2006-02-03T01:11:00.000+08:00

wednesday went down to pass a laptop to arvind at amk.
haha met one of my classmates there who was goin to kbox.
wah lau huaz..no need to run into the lift and scare me..
ha but quite cool like she was going to kbox with her sister.
i know i would never do that with my bro..hoho

so yeah met arvind and ended up playing a little bit of pool with him and his friend.
haha crap man..i was like the 3 shot wonder..haha can only make 3 sucessive good shots. after which my balls would go like crap, think i entered the white ball into the pocket quite a few times. right..

haha went for tingan's birthday dinner.
RUSHED through dinner cause a few of us had to leave for musc prac..oh wells..haha i realise i did not get a part in any of the pictures oh wells.
haha food there was not too bad.

hmm music practise was arighti guess. haha i am quite happy with the drumset after tuning it with the help of weixiang last week. haha..
have i ever mentioned how well a drummer plays often has to do with the sound that the drums produce? like i will feel like i am not playing well on a lousy drumset and that in turn snowballs and makes me distracted and trashes up my playing..it's all about confidence.
A simple beat executed with confidence can be more melodious then an orchestra.ok fine can't i exaggerate?

hmmm home after pumping petrol at shell where i found the most freindly service personnel..was really quite satisfied with the whole experience. lovely.

hmmm today woke up and got punched to dreamland once again by the bed..seemed like my body was telling me to rest. oh wells..not that i was exceptonally tired. but there really was not much to do. hurr i need my accounting textbook fast!
went to changyuan's where we forgot the agenda for my being there till we realised that i forgot to bring my wecam..was supposed to test it. haha so we meddled with his dying com till it finally died..(it seems that it is now fixed though)..yeah but it was quite funny like browse a picture and it refuses to function. Hangs after viewing just one picture.amd MI orientation video Rocks to the core..haha

went to run in the evening with what was easily the worst timing i have ran..
oh wells..
i think i need to become more clubbish.

SaM

i've got another confession to make..

2006-02-01T11:47:00.000+08:00

played soccer in the morn with the church guys before heading down to watch 15 at bryan's place.

ok rather it was attempt to watch 15..haha laptop speakers just don't cut it aye?
macs delivery for lunch..chicken foldover is nice..but the standard i felt has dropped considerably.

down to grandlink to play CS.
hmmm not bad was quite on form..realised using intuition rather than focusing on aiming helps me get more frags..hmm oh wells cool
and sniping which was never my cup of tea became quite good.

got home to go to reunion dinner..hurr my mom was rushing all of us then in the end we reached the restaurant at 6 10? the dinner only starts at 6 30 larr..and as you know people will always be late.
hurr but the worst thing was how this restaurant was like at some HDB..hurr..granted it was air conditioned..but there is nothing to look and see around there.

was looking around and saw a tentage across the road at the carpark.
i was wondering.wah so fast got ge tai already meh?
WTH! little did i realise that it was where i was gonna be having my reunion dinner.
like not even airconditioned? and like right beside the road..adfakj;lk!i was in like jeans and a shirt..

the whole dinner was pretty crappy..with coke that is not cold..water that is not cold..hurr and the weather was not really helping.
then there was the time when the waiter served the yu sheng..hurr..like he left at least two pieces of salmon on the side plate which he stacked to a side.
hurr feel cheated. moreover he was like so unenthusiastic about the whole thing.
was only mumbling the well wishes when doing the yusheng. i really could not hear him..and he spilt the sauce somemore..FAIL!

hurr and the sea cucumber was served like all cold already..
the sharksfin or whatever lousy thing it was..was hot! yeah..
but that caused me to start perspiring..hur hur! remember no ice? hurr hurr.
in all there was only one dish that was not bad..
the mushroom dish..even the ee fu noodles sucked! hurr hurr
AND WHO THE HELL SERVES CANNED PINEAPPLE AND LONGAN WITH ICE AT A RESTAURANT FOR DESSERT!totally disgusted..i could probably do something even better at home..just open the can and putit in a bowl with ice..hurr...

oh i am eyeing the the Dopod 818..chioness!

SaM

I slur a plea for you to come home...

2006-01-29T01:15:00.000+08:00

friday night was out with bryan and his friends for supper..
and once again it was another time of merry go round around singapore..haha
tsk tsk waste petrol man..but it was good company.
went to chomp chomp with bryan and evette after that to meet tim..and stopped halfway at a nearby pitstop to send some greetings.ha
hmmm was at chomp chomp eating and chatting..
waited till the cows came home before tim arrived at 1 30?? WTH! haha not blaming you larr bro..thanks for the effort to come down despite the time.
went home after that.

It has been such a queer Chinese new year...
well mainly cause my grandma is hospitalised. went to hospital on friday.
hmmm so there went the usual reunion dinner till a later date.

so anyways went to the hospital today to visit my grandma..she was pretty alright for a ninety year old..
the usual drips and oxygen hose.
But other than that she was able to talk. and yes nag at us for not being able to speak my dialect. Well not that i could understand anyway..haha ok maybe a little bit. enough to realise that she is naggging..hoho

hmmm lunch at paragon spaggedies..nice seafood sizzlelini.yummy!
then bought bread from breadtalk as they were having a $1 promotion on all breads.
went back to the car which was parked at mount elizabeth.
ad;lkj! went to the autopay station..freaking TEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS FOR THE CARPARK FEE! think the rates were an exorbitant $1.80 for half an hour. hurr hurr.

went down to wheelock..I GOT MY BIRKS! hahahohohehe. haha..
hmmm actually i almost did not manage to get them as we were looking around at other shops. by the time we got to the birks shop. it was CLOSED..hurr but there were stil people inside but the door was locked.

haha but they opened up the door for such a special person like me!
haha yeah right as if they would not open the door for a customer who told them that he already knew which he wanted to get and was just going to try the size and buy it.
haha.

went over to the supermart at lido to do some grocery shopping.

tried the most expensive melon in the world!

these buggers are the size of a small pomelo but cost like 43 dollars for a box.
yes A BOX..OF ONE MELON INSIDE! madness.

so no we did not buy that crazy thing.
but we bought SAKE! nice!haha it was such a nice try everthing day.
i mean how often do you have a supermart serving you samples of 43 dollar melons and sake? nice! bought some really nice fried croquettes that were going for half price.
pumpkin croquettes. but they aint cheap mind you. like $1.80 for two?actually still ok larr..in commparison to that melon.

back to the hospital after coming home for a rest.
i tell my family is classic...hurr the room was like a party larr.
got curry and hokkien mee and cake and hei zhou( looks like ngoh hiang).
hurr hurr..and my grandma was in more festive clothes rather than the hospital clothes.

hmmm yeah back home after that. not before taking a trip to a super crowded car wash.
yeah..playing for service tomorrow!oh yes and the pathetic me is like typing on a keyboard that is external from the laptop..hurr quite funny aye? oh wells.

SaM

But my smiles are just a front..

2006-01-26T10:04:00.000+08:00

ANYONE WANTS TO BUY ME A CAMERA? AND A NEW LAPTOP?
hurr i really want a camera..blogging without pics is so darn boring.
AND when some of the keys on your keyboard are malfunctioning, matters just get worse.

yep i wonder if i will be able to change my laptop soon.
shall go and check it out.
apple notebooks are still the best looking(=
yes and as you know i am such a sucker for design.
i probably won't need the grapics prowess of an apple notebook. but it is nice aye?

oh new blog design..comments?

Running away from the streets we knew.

2006-01-24T11:57:00.000+08:00

ugh this is quite unfair is it not?
WHAT IN THE WORLD! why does accounting have like an extra module which i deem as useless!
WHILE marketing has a holiday! RAH! this is so not right!
and my keyboard is screwed! like the buttons are going on strike or something.

oh wells back to the lessons..it's some module called Environment and the green business. oh whatever! and good job the same lecturer from last sem is gonna teach us again. mrs goh lay hong! 'oh wow i am so excited' CRAP!

anyway have i mentioned that i banged a car? crap!
ah cannot be bothered to talk about that..thank God it was not that bad.
oh changyuan no need to manage my songs already..i got my own lazy butt to do it.haha

yep. hurr hurr you know i am not really looking forward to CNY.
TRUE TRUE there is the extra income..
but it is just eat eat eat..WHY? cause i am bored bored bored..hurr..i never spend the CNY with the youths ever..always have to go to my relatives..
i don't know? it just seems more fun with friends..of course i am talking about the 2nd day of CNY..hurr oh wells we shall see..
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oh nicc! pass me the CS! haha!

SaM

let me take some of the punches for YOU tonight..

2006-01-18T12:16:00.000+08:00

hmmm financial accounting has been pretty much a revision of introductory accounting.
BUT! it's like a different format of presentation and methods of deriving numbers..hurr hurr (even though it's the same thing)

[recalls myself cursing at the lecturer]

You see he talks like a bullet! He lets us copy down the numbers. THEN he speeds away again! RAH!

i am like copying the numbers and trying to process what the hell the numbers mean at the same time! felt like throwing my slipper!hahaha..

oh wells..

think it is time to get a webcam for myself! CONNECT THE WORLD!
there you go adding to the least of things i want to get..hurr hurr..like i am very rich huh..tsk.

anyone feels generous?

Ran this morning..cannot make it!hurr hurr a far cry from my previous state of fitness..cries..

oh and i am like hooked on NFS most wanted!HA!

SaM

and who's to say we won't end up alone...

2006-01-15T00:22:00.000+08:00

carlil vs. carbolic smokeball.
Donaghue vs. Stevenson.

ah commercial law still has been pretty interesting.
A pity it does not sound like it is going to be very easy to get a HD.
And it sure is a good thing we won't have o like memorise case sudies and statutes. ClickHERE to take a look at the thousands of stautes in singapore. oh and did i mention that latin law terms sound like they came out from some harry potter movie?

OBITER DICTA! (turns human into a duck)

go catch memoirs of a geisha! a must watch!somehow i have this feeling that i am so gonna see lots of girls getting blue contact lenses.

well chinese new year is coming.
somehow the excitement has died down. has it?
heck even withouit that exctiement, i am still gonna shop for stuff i want!

1. Birks
2. abercombie and fitch berms
3. nice shirts (t-shirts rather)

well lets keep it at that before i start getting carried away.

Fight the fight alone
When the world is full of victims
Dims a fading light
In our souls

Leave the peace alone
Now we all are slowly changing
Dims a fading light
In our souls

In my opinion seeing is to know
The things we hold
Are always first to go
And who's to say
We won't end up alone

On broken wings I'm falling
And it won't be long
The skin on me is burning
By the fires of the sun
On skinned knees
I'm bleeding
And it won't be long
I've got to find that meaning
I'll search for so long

Cry ourselves to sleep
We will sleep alone forever
Will you lay me down
In the same place with all I love

Mend the broken homes
Care for them they are our brothers
Save the fading light in our souls

In my opinion seeing is to know
What you give
Will always carry you
And who's to say
We won't survive it too

Set a-free all
Relying on their will
To make me all that I am
And all that I'll be

lets take a walk into the sky..

2006-01-11T19:51:00.000+08:00

Happy birthday to miss sweet sixteen nicole..

party at her place on monday was great..
1. food was great
2. cake was great
3. people were great
4. she was thrown into the pool
5. there was a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN (yes yes it was a F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N)
6. there was nice red wine and dessert wine
7. it was nicole's birthday party hahaha

ok yep that was monday..

went for my nephew's one month old celebration on tuesday.
well it was quite funny. like i totally did not expect it to be at the void deck and the house to be actually at the first floor kinda thing.haha
they had really nice curry chicken though it was catered. uber yummy.
and they had a really cute dog which looked fat but was actually really skinny..
it's name is WANGWANG..hurr hurr
it got really irritating with everyone going wana wang lai.
deprived pple who have never seen a dog.
and the best thing was the dog was totally indifferent to them..hahaha

school today..rocks!
i was late! no no not because i was dilly dallying..
i overslept on the bus! crap! yes yes laugh all you want you irritating pple!
well don't you agree like since there is nothing to do on the bus (i forgot to bring my ipod along, you sleep!
well i drifted in and out of sleep. the bus is not that comfortable you see.
and there were other sim students on the bus that i have seen before.
wait shouldn't they like just give a kind tap to wake me up??? WTH!
anyway i woke up to find that all the SIM students were gone!
yes yes so i was late!

anyway we started on a new module today.
COMMERCIAL LAW! it sounds quite interesting and scary at the same time.
but overall it's pretty alright=)
Well for all you know i might want to go in that direction in my future working career!haha

SaM

When you get drunk, I'll be the wine

2006-01-04T20:39:00.000+08:00

school reopens...
yet again back to hitting the books and taking charge of my studies.
results of last sem were pretty good though i hoped for them to be even better.

reached the lecture theatre before time.
caught up with friends after not seeing much of them for the holidays.
well today felt totally wierd.
guess there's still the need for adjusting back to study life.
but i am treasuring every momment cause this will be the final sem where i will be studying beside my marketing friends.
will be doing part time studies for the next sem onwards. hur hur
some crappy thing withthe accounting programme.

oh wells that pretty much sums up today. other than of course the lecturer whom i could not hear half the time due to his accent and the mic he was using which was not functioning properly.

ok wait there's more..like guys and girls looking different.
with one looking like WIERD! cause she was err trying to look hip with her hair but the rest just did not match? hur hur..do something bout the image gosh.

then there was this other girl who hurr hurr..i wonder what is going through her mind..my friend (a girl) told me that that girl was not wearing a bra..thanks eh..what's her prob..
(no i did not look over) it's not like she's pretty aight. but even so...

anyways..that's today for you
and i bought me a nice cap! haha on offer too!

SaM

annyung haseyo..jalja..

2006-01-03T01:34:00.000+08:00

sighs..just came back from the airport..

Annyung to Jae Hoon, Hyuk and Boram! we will all definitely miss you..

true to tradition, time passes so quickly. it has been six months since i met them and in this six months i've grown greatly attached to them. from mere acquaintances whom i hardly knew, to bosom friends that i will forever treasure in my heart. shucks, no more korean language lessons, no more korean songs, there will certainly be less funny momments, less two hunks and less one babe..sighs.

got to the airport at 9 pm to see them off.
found out that their flight was delayed due to the stormy weather.
had great laughs and fun even though there was an air of sadness hanging around.
had dinner at popeyes which had nice green chairs and tables though we could not sit on them (for the kids)
took a billion photos..had more fun together (treasuring the last momments that we had together)
prayed for them ( boram was crying profusely..air of sadness and reluctance for them to leave hangs even lower)
first group of pple who had to leave earlier goes..
we hang around at popeyes for longer..
went down to the departure gate..
sighs..
sigh sighs
sigh sigh sigh sighs
ok no not finished just as yet..
hung around outside the departure gate.
saying goodbyes and well wishes, exchanged hugs.
i was holding back tears.ya xian could not hold back her tears.wendy almost could not hold back her tears.
such a sad momment.
when they entered the gate we all waved continously..
we even had a farewell banner complements of wendy.
waved from one gate all the way to the other gate which was probably 100 m away.
at least they left with a smile.
could see that many of them were super sad.
one teardrop finally escaped my eye and rolled down my face.
sent amy and peiqi home after that..

sighs..we will miss them!

along came a spider..

2005-12-26T01:07:00.000+08:00

WELCOME BACK TO ME! haha whatever..been a little while since i last blogged
so the last few weeks have been hectic with work and rehearsals..
oh yes the craziness of rehearsals! 7 hours in a day????GHASG!!!;aksjhdf;lh!
uber tiring and well lets just say it sometimes tests my patience!

christmas this year has been not the usual i suppose..i mean i don't know about you
but i just feel it really is just not as exciting..there really isn't that excitement in the air.
oh wells maybe it's just me? you tell me..

this brings me to how ermm lost i felt after christmas service today!
like everyone was so i don't know just hanging around..there was no usual all the youths gather and take photos thing! hurr..

i can truly say that there is such a randomness in the people who are in charis youth..yes it's great that there are people from all walks of life. but it's just depressive to see that there is no common ground between all of us.

true enough we need to reach out to enfold those who are new and everything..
but what do you do when lives are so different that the things we enjoy doing are so different!
it's such a headache! you know you want to include everyone in the activities to enfold people. BUT it's really hard when the things some can afford to do are limited and it's really hard to suit eveyone!

ok so say we try to suit a person..and everyone is like ok with it but not exactly enjoying it that much..and well in the end that just spoils the whole atmosphere and well the whole purpose is not served..

ok i shall stop going on this touchy topic..

wore a blazer to service today...hur hur..went over to pastor gideon who was wishing merry chrismas to an old couple..he was wearing a blazer too..
the old couple raised to their hand to me too..
haha is it me or do i get the feeling they mistook me to be a pastor..hurr hurr..brr

went to this place after christmas for lunch..pretty nice! cosy! some place down at boatquay..sweet..ok i am stoning.MERRY CHRISTMAS!

SaM

fade into the rising sun...

2005-11-24T23:15:00.000+08:00

Oh the joys of freedom! how short lived that is..
JUST A WEEK OF FREEDOM! why? cause i am doing some project that i bet will give my eyes a chance to peek from behind glasses in the future!

looking at and recording numbers the size of tiny ants is no easy feat i can tell you that much..
but oh wells enough about my boring job that pays quite well and has gotten me well acquainted with the staff at the national library..ok darn there really is nothing much to talk about anyway

so bear with me as i ramble on...

oh i realise that 90% of the staff at the library are malays..hmm why? i wonder?
random thoughts..
i am terribly sorry if this is boring you cause really...all that is going through my mind are numbers and names of companies! price...div...PE....37.4....56.1...hurr

let's talk about the people there..no not very interesting..well there's this AV room where you can watch videos and cds and vcds that are in the library. that's quite cool..until you find that there are some people who actually spend their whole day hogging the place and watching shows..EVERYDAY!that's like absolutely lifeless!

yep just as about as lifeless as me...sitting at the same place for hours..doing the same old thing..

oh wells tommorrow is another day of the same old thing!

SAVE ME!

SaM

we are drivers too!

2005-10-19T10:42:00.000+08:00

YES ladies and gentlemen! i'm back! hahaha although i should still be on a hiatus..exams coming soon! really soon!
But this is too important not to blog about!

for those who have yet to hear of it..i have passed my driving! a long awaited momment!
if i am not mistaken, it has taken me 6 ardous months of driving lessons and stress for this coveted piece of paper!
AND IT'S A PASS ON THE FIRST TIME!THANK YOU GOD!
seriouly thanks to all those who have given well wishes and especially those who have prayed! really this was all God's work! i really think i would not have passed if not for God's intervention! (my pdl.expires today.191005.passed on 171005!)
The whole thing started off pretty well..went for my warm up..pretty ok..i did not kill anyone so that should be ok..
yeah, but my bladder was rather full out of my SLIGHT nervousness. ah i love toilets! what are we to do without them=)
on a serious note really have to thank the instructor who took me for warm up to be very nice and patient. He really calmed me down quite a bit.
like just imagine some super naggy irritating person (imagine the lady instructor who took me for some of my lessons-shudders-)..pointing out all the nitty gritty mistakes before your test!
I bet i would have just fainted or pee in my pants larr!
Ok maybe i am biased but i don't care!ha!

went up to the waiting area..which happens to be just beside the room where the earlier batch of testees would collect their results.
OMG! there was this uber deserveasmackonherfacetoshuthersorrymouth girl who was so infuriating!
ok yes she passed! good job! but you don't have to like skip and jump around!she could probably have been the cause of the earthquake in pakistan!
hurr..she was quite well blessed in overall size. She was wearing tight fitting clothes!
OH for the love of whatever! like her fats were spilling out!
so there she was talking ever so loudly on the phone and squealing to her friend and still skipping! so irritating..ok this sounds a little like what nicc might do..but that's different!hurr..
the point is..she was making the next batch of testees, ME! feel nervous!hurr..

oh wells. went to ballot for the test routes..got test route 8! which i realise is really rather easy!haha!

Waited in the ballot room for my tester to come.
have you all seen lilo and stitch? jumba?haha

see that? my tester reminds me of him..haha
but anyways he was quite nice larr, unlike the totally cold and will not talk kind that many have told me about. or maybe he was having a good day.

did my circuit rather flawlessly..
went out on the road..now here comes the prob..refer to the test route.

i was driving and recalling my test route..so you see i was supposed to turn left twice.
right?
ok so since i was going to turn left the second time, i kept on the left lane, which was a left turn only lane..the tester said just go straight..so i did.
little did i realise that he meant go straight ahead to the next junction, which by the time i reached the turning junction, it was too late to change lane.
so what to do. just go straight lorr..he say one what. i was like uber confused already larr..
but so ok no choice..sighs i looked at him..and he gave me this exasperated look and ticked the immediate failure circle!

he was then blabbering on about how he had already hinted me to go straight and everything..but i was like too sian to argue back already..leave it till later larr i thought.
yeah so just carried on driving and headed back to the driving school.

sighs he told me that my driving was ok but the immmediate failure thing caused my downfall..sighs..i was so dejected..but i felt God was there and working.
so anyways i tried to explain to him what had happened, how i felt confused that he had given me the wrong directions and everything..he was like hmmm..
showed him the test route on the wall then explained how we were supposed to turn left twice..and how i know it was really my fault to have just went straight also..then he was like hmm ok i think..you give me a while.

i sat there anticipating..all the while praying!
he came back with a new marking sheet! and he told me he was giving me a chance as it was partly his fault! i WAS LIKE THANK YOU GOD! and thanked him as well! ooh shiok!

AHAH! my temporary license to drive!

yes so here begins my journey as a driver! or rather a chaffeur! haha whatever it is! I AM HAPPY!

SaM

BO go Sip dA..i miss you..

2005-10-06T00:08:00.000+08:00

Went down to meet matt at city hall mrt to go for weixiangs mini performance..now lets just let pictures speak ehz?

went down to marina after meeting hyuk at cityhall too..
and i declare the foodcourt at marina as having the nicest scenery!
tsk..check out how white hyuk and matt are..told them the photo looked a little too white..this is edited to look darker already mind you...bryan and sin wei joined later..
proceeded to the double durians (esplanade) after dinner..

performance was not the trio peice as expected as it was postponed till tomorrow.
the whole performance was quite cool really! the whole playing it in public..felt really nice and paris like?
classical music..thought it was really nice! still prefer my canonball and i was made to love you and christian songs tough. haha but it was really nice!
above are some pics of our main man..the violinist! think he was playing 3rd violin..
matt was commenting on how i stood out in the picture..haha
oh and the conductor mentioned about the piece being played to be transparent..???!!!???asd;lkj! what in the world does that mean???

saw this interesting display behind the performance.
oh if you did not realise..the performance is at the foyer..the place where they have the static displays..
yes back to the display..check out the gigantic slippers and the giant chopsticks!haha
yes once again matt and myself being dumb..

now in line with the arts and music..don't you think this looks kinda cool?
looks like something projected on the glass ehz?
nope they are two seperate pictures superimposed on each other..
one reads 'interesting new shop coming soon' thought it was quite nice..
the other a quote 'the only limits are, as always, those of vision'..
nice ehz?

(ps. transparency of a piece means that all the parts being played can be heard..
haha that means our worship team is very transparent too..haha..ok don't laugh if you don't get it..weixiang was the first one to get my joke..haha..yes and the term was explained by weixiang)

SaM

LOVE AND FIGHTO!

2005-10-03T23:20:00.000+08:00

Went down to AMK central to get my calculator from nicc..
was supposed to meet jason chia for a drink but he had a bbq to attend..so better not to make him rush up and down...will meet you again dude..

so yeah decided to study at macs at amk instead..
quite productive i must say..at least i attempted the questions..though i could not answer all..
it definitely beats staying at home and attempting to study..
highlights attempt..its so unproductive studying alone at home..
depressive at times too..i tend to feel very very lonely when i study at home.

yes so as i was saying..was studying at amk macs with nicc and two of her friends..
don't know how they actually can study like that? how do they absorb?? tsk..fine shall not comment more..haha

but heres the main part of the blog for today..

So here i was busy studying my accounting and mugging..
well i noticed this guy was sitting at our table..what caught my eye was that he spat on the floor..-stares with disgust-
well he was there for quite long but i did not really pay much attention to it..
well for other than the fact that he looked quite suspicious..but i could not possibly chase him away ehz?

yeah the red arrow points to where the bugger sat..

ok wait i have not explained why i call him a bugger have i??

look up to the previous picture and you will see a choc wrapper there at the bottom right corner?
ok so i was studying and decided i needed to satisfy my urge for chocolates...
yes so i left my sit and went out of macs in search of my RITTER SPORT!

Was walking towards 7-11 when i saw this two girls running after each other? i was like huh?
then i saw that they were nicc's friends...
then i saw the bugger running in front of them..and i heard. stop my phone!

my brain was in a whir..processing so many thoughts in a split instant..
thank goodness my legs worked faster and i ran after them as well..
so you see i was running with my half shoes..

Yes this pair of shoes..

it was so hard to run..like they were coming off yet not coming off?
so then you see this guy who sudenly jumps and flings off both shoes...
and there you have one sprinting guy who is barefooted...

and there i saw him..and for a momment i was thinking what to do if i could not catch up..
and if i could..was i going to pounce on him? kick him? punch him?
all at the same time i was sprinting at what seemed to be the fastest sprint i ever did?

THEN I SAW HIM TRIP AND FALL..hurr..kinda spoiled my momment of heroice thoughts..ahah!

yeah so i grabbed him and got him to return the phone..and yeah since the girl did not want to press charges..so we let him go..yeah..no point handing him over to the police i felt too..

but the poor girl was so traumatised larr..but still thank God for his protection...

and here's the phone with the 'wonderful' scratches caused by that bugger...

sighs thinking back..i think he waited for me to leave before taking the phone? hurr..that arsehole...

SaM

so courage teach me to be shy...

2005-10-02T23:10:00.000+08:00

Have you ever wondered how great it would be if you were one of those smart cool dudes that can get results even when they don't study that much?

sighz..that would be great wouldn't it?

but dreams stay as dreams..i would be happy enough if i can truly understand and apply all i am learning.
it just so happens that i cannot absorb things that well..
well maybe i can for the momment..its like lozenges, they only bring relief for that momment.
yeah so it like..yeah! empowered for the momment..but i tend to forget everything soon after? that really sucks...
imagine this..feeling such immense confidence for a test, going for the test, failing the idiotic test.. Oh and guess what finally realising that you have actually studied those things..
now that's what i call the ultimate sian diao...
well that has not yet come true in my tertiary education..
BUT! given the way things are progressing, that may just happen..

Been studying for my exams that are creeping closer and closer... AND I CANNNOT REMEMBER WHAT I STUDY!
someone give me an inbuilt 60gb hardisk in my brain please!
sighs..prayerfully all i that i am studying will MAGICALLY pop out from my brain during my test.

so for now i'll be studying as best as i can ehz?
i want my high distinctions man! i can do it!i think?

25th oct! mugging time begins..
time to complete projects and concentrate on studying!

ok leaving you with some random pictures!finally...OH AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOYCE!

at some jap restaurant..sea urchin is rather nice!

SAY ANIONGHASEYO TO THE NICEST APPLE CRUMBLE I HAVE EATEN!

SaM

God is bigger than..the air i breathe

2005-09-30T01:40:00.000+08:00

ah yes..i am back from my self declared hiatus...
really had not had the inspiration to blog in the last week.
been too saturated by all the assignments and the idiotic true or false test.
well been a good week i think? got to meet and talk to new people.
hmm been hanging out with many different groups of friends.
haha i realise that there is actually a 50 / 50 equality between the number of girl and guy friends i mix around with in school. that's not too bad ehz??

oh and i saw the black ipod nano today..its damn nice! super slick! but its still really really a little too small..but heck i could get used to that i think. yeah belonged to this girl from this group of girls in class that i know by the alias of 'the queens'.. Why?!!?? haha cause they are infamous for coming in late to lecture as a group.
well..been contemplating quite abit..but nothing much formed though.. all my thoughts the past week have been extremely random.

yepz..went out to shop today after school..quite interesting i must say.. felt quite nostalgic going out with three of the girls from my class to town.. tsk its the same number as in JC i realise.. had subway for lunch..oh and i realise that subway is owned by a christian? if you do not realise, go to any subway outlet, look at the cash register..you will see a small little wooden cross there! OH and they were playing some really old school christian worship songs..SHINE JESUS SHINE..by the POWER of YOUR loVe!
sighs more datelines are coming..human communications project..MARKETING PLAN..and the exams are really just round the corner.. 25th OCT is my first paper..time to start mugging again!

ok let me leave you with some photos..darn this blog sure could use some colour ehz..

sighs blogger hates me larr..jsut cannot seem to upload the pics..oh wells

SaM

and the world gets smaller..=)

2005-09-23T20:02:00.000+08:00

woke up this morning..super tired and dazed

yepz have been staying up late to finish up my work and help people *ahem* print their assignments..
well woke up to a call from this guy working at swee lee music co. telling me to go collect a poster? i was so totally half asleep and i just went oh err okay..
he did not tell me what time? where? or when? he just told me to go get it??whatever.
yeah so got out of bed after that nuisance and sat on my bed watching tv.
i totally did not have any urge or rather any will in me to drag my exhausted self out of the house..

but oh wells..went to school after all
felt quite sian and wierd..like empty?
i just dreaded the feeling of going to school..dreaded having to do something..dreaded that there were so many things waiting to be done.
i guess i could very well have been quite depressed the whole day.
got to dover and waited for bus 74 ..-glances around-..-eye catches this girl who looks like my friend-...
hmmm i was thinking, is that her? but did not seem possible..yeah ok hmmm nvm..-glances back and ponders-..uh oh she caught me looking..-glances away- heck nvm larr huh..hmm but really looks like her-glances back and catches her eye again-..-casually looks away trying not to draw attention-..ah the bus is here..-gets on bus-..sighs is it her? could it be she has a sister?have not seen her for like 3 years, i dunch dare to ask man..ehz larr she is on the bus too..-looks over and sees her handphone-
AHA! is shall message her..but this is like such an old number already? heck try larr..
'hey ____ , sam here..remember me? how are you? anyways i saw someone who looks just like you on the bus, is it you?' SEND..OK..
i glance back to see if she touches her phone..ok waits waits..no?
hmm oh wells...
ehz she is touching her phone..is it a message? i can't see..stupid people who are blocking me!
ehz she is looking around..could it be? she is typing...-feels vibration from phone-
message recieved..'sam..you are in a cap?' BINGO!

haha yeah so i met my friend whom i have not contacted for like 3 years? good job! and she studies in SIM too! haha SIM rocks..puts a tick beside 'chio bu contact list' haha

oh wells that certainly cheered up my day!

but sighs i still have to do my human communications journal!oh wells

SaM

hectic week...accounting is scary..

2005-09-21T22:43:00.000+08:00

ok this shall be really short!

i am like really tired already..been trying to complete my assignments and all!
there's like projects that seem to be turning more and more urgent!
Oh rocks guess what! the business compoting assignment apparently has to be printed out IN COLOUR! what! waste ink lar huh!

oh wells..yeah went for a run just now, finally! i am getting all flabby and fat ehz..so depressing!

yeah..oh yeah and theres like a test coming up next tuesday.. five days more!

and i still want to get a camera!

yes i am tired and i am incoherent!

ugh!ok i shall like end here..theres more to blog about stuff in school..but i really am too tired to be bothered!

SaM

if you get there before i do...

2005-09-18T22:11:00.000+08:00

haha today was great! went to church and recieved lots of well wishes for my birthday..
Thanks for the ego trip people!
haha and yes from many other pple who messaged! ah my dear friends!

there was a wedding today..quite cool..they used bubbles instead of dry ice for effects!
and the food was great at the reception..can't say i really know them that well..so it felt a little like wedding crashers?? haha

so yes today gotta noe this new guy arvind..can learn lots of songs that concentrate on plucking from him! yes he is really quite good on the guitar!

played table tennis and had loads of fun..
made many really incredulous shots both me and the rest..somehow we were really getting into the game huh?!?

and i just fell in love!! in deep love!
haha with PICASSA! it really is great for doing up collages and it is really user friendly!
yes yes thanks nicole foo for telling me which programme it is! winks*

so yes i shall leave you with pics!

ever wondered how charis looked like from
the sky?
<-----

ah there you go the wonders of picasa..isn't that nice..charis photos! all are old larr huh..i was just playing around with the programme!
this was at my birthday party..nice and small with a nice group of pple..!bbq and nice food and fun!haha bryan looks funny taking a picture..pics courtesy of nicc

ah this is the choc fondue i was talking about!..yes pple swoon over it!

this is another one i did..quite random..i need a camera desperately!!!!!

SaM

the 21st!

2005-09-18T03:25:00.000+08:00

finally woke up early enough today to go for bible study!

went to the market to get stuff for my party in the morn..
think lots of pple must have been glaring at me.
well the reason being i was all sweaty, haha ran there after my 3,2 km run..so yes i was quite disgusting..
could not really be bothered with bargaining today. not that i was very good at it anyway.
but anyways got what i needed and rushed back to go for fellowship..

thanks Matt and weixiang for all the great help in preparation for my party!
yes matt i saved an embarassing momment on the mrt didn't i? *grinz*
but i must say i was quite impressed by the culinary skills of you guys! haha other than the fiasco of a brinjal that is..
and i will never have the patience of weixiang who arranged all the fried stuff really nicely on the tray..impressive!

food was great! thanks for all the wonderful time i had today everyone!
but yes the climax of the day was..
No not the cake! twas the super nice chocolate fondue!
which almost never made it to the table save for my mom's emergency measures!
that was one of the times that you can really see everyone gather around something with full concentration!
loved the strawberries dipped in the chocs! super yummy!

yepz and jason fung can consider being a bartender in the case he cannot find a job next time..well at least for one drink ehz? screwdriver.. orange plus vodka..

played some sparklers after that..and yes thanks for the nice presents pple!

got back and played XBOX on the huge TV! haha shioks! winning eleven!
recieved an unexpected phone call around 12 30? Huijun! haha great catching up with a really good friend who has been too busy to catch up with me! yepz..that was my 21st birthday!

and yes finally sorry to all who i have not invited..not enough space in my house yeah? so yes there you go i am in my adulthood officailly..but really i don't think that changes much? oh wellz..kk shall stop here!

SaM

i have no idea

2005-09-13T22:36:00.000+08:00

i seriously have been finding no inspiration to blog these days..
don't really know why?but maybe there just is not much to blog about?

think i really should just ramble on and fill up this space..i am so bored..
ah i really want to get a camera of my own, to capture all of life's momments, to see and be visually enraptured into past memories..
but it is so darn expensive for a nice one!CASIO EXILIM 650 dollars!
and you people should probably know by now that i am a sucker for asthetics, not to settle for the lesser good..
i seriously would rather spend on something nice then to spend on alot of things!
haha take my ipod for example.
i was contemplating for really long before i parted with my 500 bucks for that beauty!

sighs..
life is really full of many wants and needs..both requiring money.
wouldn't it be nice if life was easy
everything i want, i could get for free (hums to the beach boys tune)

i want so many things! just look at my expensive wish list!
getting all those things i would need about $10000 i think? ah but there is so much more..
clothes, food, sandals, shoes!

birhtday is coming..21st..ah another milestone in my life.
it feels so surreal..
i really don't know what really is going to change? are things really gonna change that much?
gonna go walas on friday with my bandmates..ah that has been a long time..
wala walas..my fav pub man! not really the drinks..the BAND yes ! the BAND!

ok this is getting random..(i am watching tv, smsing, msning and whatever not as i blog)
So you see you cannot really blame me for being so incoherent..

ah yes check this out..

Take The quiz yourself

haha this is what i originally got after the quiz..then i started trying to get ichimaru gin but failed to do so after half an hour! so yes forget it!

yep exams are coming up..
kinda worried cause i don't really know how they will be structured..
accounts, marketing, human com, business computing..argh..quite scared! i don't want to just pass!
I want to get a high distinction for all the subjects!
and i want to get my driver's license!
17TH OCTOBER!

SaM

Bob the builder!

2005-09-13T00:38:00.001+08:00

oh please do forgive the lousy ass title..haha
have been trying to change the outlook of my blog..trying to create a new look that is my own

AND YES I REALISE NOT KNOWING HTML GIVES YOU A HELL LOT OF PROBLEMS IN CHANGING THE WHOLE STRUCTURE...thanks bryan for help on that marquee crap!

so yes till i get it all up or there is something really interesting to blog..please do forgive my late entries..

but do stay here for updates ok?

i shall try to blog at least twice a week!

yes and for all your info i have completed my driving lessons!
test is on 17th oct!
but now there are other tests too! in school! do pray for me yeah!
ciao peeps!

SaM

Bob the builder!

2005-09-13T00:38:00.000+08:00

exams are coming?really?

2005-09-08T01:10:00.000+08:00

i realise i have not been blogging much?? well there really is not much to blog about i think??haha at least not for these few days larr huh.. just to update a little..i am on to my last lesson for driving on friday. And it is so far so good.. well exams are coming soon and i am starting to feel stressed for my projects too! ok so i shall stop here and leave you with pics!

This one is from way way back..so called the boy band of brothers..made up of the TANS! haha that was quite hilarious..there will be no encore performance sad to say...=)

The charis soccer team?? well think we are hopefully getting better

ok i seriously think the pics are random! i dunch have much pics in my archive!So i guess i better get a camera to take pictures soon..Sony T5 sounds great!HINTZ my birthday is coming..haha

this is one of my favourite! really nice background..my platoon in army..

sim ai eh...my love..Siapa yang orang mysteri JAMES ini ini ini....

2005-09-03T02:53:00.000+08:00

school has been rather bearable..stuggling to make sense of human communications lecture..
NO NO not that i don't understand what is being taught.
I DON"T UNDERSTAND WHY I AM TAKING THIS COURSE!?!!it's so pointless to me at least.i'm learning stuff that is like so common sense, things that i learnt through experience. hurr such a waste of my school fees! tsk! feel like they are trying to teach me how to interact with others..ok actually that's the point of the whole module.
Argh..but can they like teach me somthing i don't already know?so irritating!

went down to dhoby ghaut after school to while away the time before heading to YMCA for the concert..
made my pilgrim trip to music plaza and i think i saw sylvester there? hurr he is so thin and err charboish? looks quite gay man..hurr..he is thinner than alot of people larr huh.
probably not thin the better word is TECKO! haha..
and i am seriously considering getting that electronic drumset! -dreams-

met nicc at dhoby ghaut station before going down slightly earlier to YMCA..went up to meet elvin and help out a little in the setting up the place (haha i lighted the candles)..and we still got a thanks for helping out from the organisers -gave us a pack of apple chips-..felt quite unworthy of it

The performance was great! budak pantai rocked!
Gordon was as usual really great with his voice and his amazing sound effects! i think the key to his outstandingness is also his expression? haha especially love it when he does funny stuff but still keeps a straight face..
Yes you all realise he is my favourite among the five of the budak pantai accapella group..
Micheal aka SINGAPORE'S BRAINIEST LAWYER..was so out to make a connection between the songs and their theme for the day -the black eyed peas-..no no no no don't phunk with my heart..hilarious..turn up the stereo..hurr
a few more of my favourite renditions of songs namely 'all rice', 'sim ai eh' and many others haha..oh yes and the mexican one..and the dancing queen one..
they sang some of their really old songs..which were really wonderful too!
well it was raining during the or rather drizzling during the concert but that did not deter us from staying..and it did not deter the performers as well...had a really great time!
well also for today..the performers included wendy and yuxian!good job..nice song!think they both sang reallly well! yep that was the overview of the spellbounding concert!

yawnz..going to bed!Zzzz

All around the world!..the mountains are trembling!

2005-09-01T01:03:00.000+08:00

ok it's time to update once again..

Welcome back to my continuation of the story of last week..
finally made a comeback to soccer on sundays..
well i don't know why? i just did not seem to have the desire to go all the way down to east coast just to play soccer for the last few weeks..
ok so i finally did play soccer on sunday!
Goodness me! i was so extremely tired out! i totally could feel the difference betweem speed stamina and endurance stamina.
Well i have been running pretty consistently and like 7 km would be a normal run for me..
But in terms of speed stamina..something you need when playing soccer..I SUCK!
I was so wasted man! could not last for long.. think i walked for quite a major part of the match.haha
think i so could have used the russell peters line 'run run! i'm waiting here..go!'
that pretty muched summed up sunday i guess?

I am 4 more lessons away from my practical test for class 3 license! well so far so good..i am taking my assesment tomorrow..should be fine..save for u turn and lane changing which i don't think i am very good at..
oh wells..

hurr..ok i am having a mental block this shall end here..tsk!

is it true today
that when people pray
cloudless skies will break
kings and queens will shake
yes it's true
and I believe it
I'm living for you

is it true today
that when people pray
we'll see dead men rise
and the blind set free
yes it's true and I believe it
I'm living for you

I'm gonna be
a history maker in this land
I'm gonna be
a speaker of truth to all mankind
I'm gonna stand, I'm gonna run
into your arms, into your arms again
into your arms, into your arms again

well it's true today
that when people stand
with the fire of God,
and the truth in hand
we'll see miracles, we'll see angels sing
we'll see broken hearts making history
yes it's true
and I believe it
we're living for you

SaM

Champange Supernova in the sky...

2005-08-29T21:00:00.000+08:00

been a great week...

yes it has a been a really eventful week..and i have so totally have not had the resolve to sit down and blog..so here it goes..prepare yourself for yet another ramdom blog..

well been trying to get to know more people in school, rather than just stick to one group of friends.
been quite sucessful! i like projects! ok no i am not that much of a geek. it's the getting to know and work with more people =)
got to know joyce and firah at business computing lesson, haha cause i was late and could not sit with my usual group..so there! it's not always a bad thing to be late for lesson.tsk

well talked to them a little, realised that i had cut joyce's queue once..hey! it was unknowingly! i am not that ungentlemanly, was lost in the world of my ipod at that point of time..haha..so yeah..got to know quite a few people from my human com project group too..gina, alyssa and err ok i have no idea how to spell her name..(i am not trying..rather not spell it wrongly)

by now you would have realised that they are all girls..hey that's just a coincidence ok..i happen to know alot of guys too ok..but it would be decidedly quite gay to blog it all out right?

friday..decided to go hang out and not go home after a whole week of studying
tried getting tim but he said he would be quite late..tried asking bryan..
he told me that he night have extra tix for WOMAD..-eyes beaming-
in the end he did not reply my message..pang sei..so asked nicc what she was doing..
so yep i ended up at fish and co. with nicc, niu, naomi, jinwei and auntie soo chi..hurr i am so unconfident of the spelling of chinese names..
had nice fish and chips! i love the salad dressing for the garden salad=) salmon was nice..and seafood platter for 2..yummy..tummy feels fat..aiya don't care larr! oysters were fresh and nice!
there was this duo performing..nice songs, great music, good voice!but it was a tad too loud i feel..mybe it was just the position that we were sitting at ;)

bryan appeared at the doorway of fish and co half way through our dinner..tsk!haha went to look for him..he was stunned man..then there was naomi who was so playing hard to get larr huh..haha. learnt from bryan that he went to visit his grandad in hospital and did not have the time to reply as he was driving all the way..tsk i forgive..i am so nice !

wemt down to PS after dinner where i utterly disgraced myself on the drum mania game..hurr..thanks eh..

watched wedding crashers which was utterly hilarious! under the table..think everyone remembers that part ehz..2 thumbs up!

ok i am quite tired of typing and trying to recall stuff..shall update more on another day!

SaM

Shout unto God with a voice of triumph! Shout unto God with a voice of praise!

2005-08-23T23:41:00.000+08:00

it has always been my dream to see the worship service in church grow from strength to strength!
man it has been years since i first stepped into the worship ministry as a noob..thankfully i have improved and so have many others..
think we have really come a long way to acheiving a respectable level of professionalism..
slow and steady is the best way i can describe it..

tsk.. but still i think our database of approved songs seem extremely back dated to me? yep but there is an on going effort to run through and introduce new songs..
of course bearing in mind that the criterias for a song being approved for praise and worship is not based on the attractiveness of the song alone..
yep but of course it will be good if i could get some suggestions from people who read my blog too..shall try to introduce new songs in the next song planning..recent sucess was the song GOD IS GREAT getting added to the database..

been listening to lots of hillsongs, in particular united live! i seriously can feel the emotions and the zealousness in the worship of God..personally i think it's really great! music is one of my or rather my most preferred way in which i represent my worship to God..

there is a problem with the above though. The worship of the music instead of God, or in a lesser extent getting drawn to worship God because of the nice music rather than the spirit of worship that comes from the thankfulness for God.

think that's why the church is going slow and steady. the singing of hymns..think that's one of the measures to ensure that we are worshippimg for the right reasons..-hymns are nice but how interesting can they get, in that sense-

but i really hope and am praying for the next generation of musicians to start training and step up to serve, starting from the youth ministry..-flashbacks of time spent working on elaborate rallies-
that is to be able to bring the level of at least music standard to a higher plane in the future...
not forgetting the spiritual aspect of our lives as well..

ok time to end here or i'll keep going on..

SaM

food glorious food!

2005-08-22T00:15:00.000+08:00

yes i am a health freak! but yes! i am also a sucker for good food!

FOOD is my greatest enemy, the temptation to eat everything in sight is overwhelming. have you not experienced walking into a supermarket and feel like eating everything? the stuff that you have not touched due to the silent vow that you have made to yourself to maintain a healthy diet! chocolates..ice cream..fried food..chips..the list is never gonna be exhaustive

surprisingly my greatest enemy is also the one that i can apply what i have learnt as a christian..to love your enemy..ok fine this does not count..

the point is this..i have been eating a gargantous amount of food! AND I AM LOVING IT! every momment of it.
this you see is a vicious cycle; the more i enjoy it, the more i want to eat.
and mind you the effects are starting to show..weight is not the main issue..it's FATS...
i'm probably gonna excel as a student if i decide to take up belly dancing classes..

how then am i going to trim my weight? argh..i need to stop allwing myself to eat more then i can allow myself to..
i shall resort to counting calories very soon..very soon indeed..
ok it's time to stop binging..-stares at sec 4 photo-...-shudders-
rocks i feel inspired already! time to start to lose fat! no i am not losing weight..thanks to all the concerned individuals who think i am losing too much weight..
i have set my goal to weigh between 65 - 67 kg..

yes dear friends please help me to do so! ahh ha!
but i will never turn down the chance to eat a true delicacy and indulgence..once on a blue moon is always fine!

SaM

now how are SIM lecturers related to russell peters?

2005-08-19T11:29:00.000+08:00

ok do you all remember the previous post that i talked about this lecturer of mine who spoke with the same eloquency as the chinese guy in the russell peters clip?
that was the business computing lecturer who has since gone back to teach in melbourne..bless the souls of the melbourne students.
that aside but keeping in mind of his connection with russell peters..
i am proud to announce that the authenthically indian persona of russell peters has also arrived to guide and educate me in the pursuit of my degree.
it all began as we were waiting for our lecturer for macroeconomics to come..i was greatly expecting a chinese guy/girl..
in came this indian gentleman..complete with the moustache and the wavy hair..
i thought to myself..oh no..please God..You must be kidding!i will so die if he speaks with a heavy indian accent..
apparently i was not the only one worrying..
many had already started discussing ' oh no, what if he speaks in that indian accent then we cannot understand? ', ' dunnoe leh, scarly later like that hepu deng like that how?', 'jialat larr'..

i was expressing mine in a different manner.
'yo dude, what if he is just like russel peters dad?', 'haha, you mean like dis is vrong, indian men shoulda not be gey', 'haha, but seriously that could really happen? he really looks like a typical indian guy who speaks with alot of accent!'...

we were all anticipating his first sentence..BUT NOOO! he just kept testing the mic and kept blowing into it..
then came revelation..he seriously was speaking with one heck of a kickass indian accent..and he sounded really boring..i thought to myself..I AM SO DEAD!

ok that was just an intial impression..in fact he was super interesting, and funny..managed to keep the whole lecture room in bouts of laughter..
his logic also made alot of sense..and his examples of inflation and spending were extremely funny yet true..haha

ok i shall attempt to continue to stay amused and and interested in my studies! High Distinction here i come!

even the best fall down sometimes

2005-08-17T01:24:00.000+08:00

been a rather eventful week thus far..

driving lessons on monday, yes another step closer to the much coveted driving license.
vertical parking was relatively easy. of course it was with the help of the poles and given the fact that the lot was so big..
yep so managed to cover two lessons today..oh thanks bryan for the tips on when to slow down the vehicle before the traffic light. it seriously helped!

booked another auto lesson that was compulsory nowadays even though you are taking the manual transmission course.
AUTO is extremely easy to drive! it was practically like playing daytona?
the lesson was really quite boring actually..drove around Ang mo kio..it was really quite effortless really.

Has anyone of you tried the new pizza from pizza hut? the one with the three cheeses?
if you are not an absolute cheese lover..the kind of person that will never get enough of cheese..i highly suggest you do not waste your money on it!
it is way too cheesy! i like cheese..but i still find it way too cheesy!
it is really very jelat..think the normal stuffed crust is way better!

lessons today ended at 1pm..
lunch at the food court..SPRING CHICKEN! hald a spring chicken + mashed potatoe + coles law for only $3.50!
studied in school..after lunch..that shall be a regular thing! it really spurs me on to study together with others..

ok i really have nothing much better to blog about? tsk shall try to update more tomorrow!

SaM

leave your old self...

2005-08-15T01:57:00.000+08:00

haha! i think i have totally outdone myself!
Went running just now after all the indulgence of today..
Truth to be told, i was not in really that much of a mood to run..watching tv seemed much more attractive!
ok so i decided to drag my sorry butt out the house to run in the end..
So now here comes the whole point of this blog, THE RUN...weather was great and the air was quite fresh
did my usual round of around 7 km and was still feeling energetic.
well at this moment the explorer in me kicked in..somewhat crazy i dare say..i decided to continue running to places i have not ran before..so started my journey...

ran up towards ang mo kio ave 1, past townsville prinary..ok still feeling great..continue running..
turn right towards ang mo kio central..ok running past ang mo kio mrt..lots of eyes starring..woah queer feeling.
hey cool i am at NYP already..wat cool i feel empowered!..past yio chu kang mrt..past SSDC..turn right towards yio chu kang road..ok my legs are feeling kinda tired but i think i can still continue..motivational quotes run through mind (leave your old self..thus the title).
running down yio chu kang road..hmmm amoy quee camp..hey nicc's place..hmm shop is still open..i decide to go in and borrow a phone..
ah there are still nice singaporeans around..impressed..he even asked me if i wanted a drink on the house..called home just to tell where i am..ok time to continue running..
back down yio chu kang road..turn right to cte..man my legs are feeling quite numb already..
ok shit some stupid car with flashing lights just stopped beside me..tells me not to run on the expressway..right fine i am a law abiding citizen..
runs out of expressway..looks left and right..ok this is not good i only see signs towards yio chu kang road and serangoon NORTH ave 1..not good..i am so not going to run towards there..
decides to run along expressway..safely hidden by the bushes beside the road..
ok this sucks..but heck a short while more larr huh..ok what if i see a snake? there are so many branches around..crap..
OK yes i see Ang mo kio ave 1 exit...my leg is almost cramping..on the home stretch!

ah yes so i made it back.. i have not measured how far i ran..but it was one heck of a run!

SaM

till i see You face to face

2005-08-13T01:15:00.000+08:00

overnight prayer meeting was exhaustive! but enriching it was i must say. It was also the first time that i did not fall asleep or struggle to keep awake during the sermons.
Pastor David was on a roll i must say! think he went on and on for about 3 hours? unlike the usual, he did not keep reiterating his points, really bombarded us with alot of information.
Learnt lots about the structure of the church, the focus, and more importantly why things were done in a certain fashion in church.
Learnt a great deal about the church history as well, many of the inspiring parts and many parts showing the ugliness of the human heart.

school was, should i use the word interesting? it was another good learning lesson in understanding the differences in human characters.
Human Communication, it is a subject to learn! goodness me, think as singaporeans, we generally are quite lousy in good communication? we do not know the right time to talk and respond, speaking at the wrong time and in the wrong situation is usually the case for most of the people i meet.
Let's just talk about the lecturer, he was trying so hard to make the class interesting and interactive. this i personally think was essential as the best way to learn communication was to communicate.
Instead what happened in the end was only the participation of a few students like myself who decided to be more open to the subject.
No thanks to those who just kept thinking and responding that the lecutre was boring..i can only imagine what the lecturer must have felt!

learnt about this thing called sematic noise in human communication. sematic noise is the barrier to conmmunication more often referred to the inability to understand the language or way in which a person speaks. well this was applied in a practical sense for my lecturer in business computing..haha. i seriouly do not know whether to laugh or frown cause i really did not understand the lecturer? he had that chinese english thing seriously going on!
Imagine trying to understand a guy who pronounces picture like pikachu and online as ong lye (pineapple in hokkien) and think as sink! asdfg;kj! i seriously could not take it!

Driving license is a close reality finally..am now at lesson 25.. but i seriously need more practise in driving on the road and responding to different situations..lets wait and see i shall pass on the first time! ha! ok seriously i am getting random! my mind is wondering about already..

SaM

Come On! Come On! Let's Tell the world About You!

2005-08-09T21:14:00.000+08:00

Past few days have been really hectic and enriching, referring to both mentally and especially spiritually!

School has been good, still able to understand the stuff that is being taught. the learning environment is good, somehow i feel more able to approach the lecturers to ask questions. Able to clear doubts and be more clear.
i think that is going to be an integrable part of my learning cycle from now on, to ask more questions, and getting the answers.
But i tell you, i seriously wonder how serious some of my coursemates are in their studies. Especially the some of the girls in the lecture. Argh, they have absolutely no control over their mouths? must they speak everything out? can it not be stored in their leptonic brains for discussion with their fellow cacophonus beings during a break?
It's really irritating when you are trying to concentrate. Only to be unable to capture what is being said due to their incessant chattering!FRowNs!

seriously have to find new places to eat, think there really is a large array of good food in Singapore but just that it is unknown to me? dinner on sat at this chinese cafe, OXTAIL noodles, not bad..not bad at all..thought a little expensive, but it makes a nice change to the normal foods we have day to day, especially for those who like the stock when you order soup noodles, delicious! i will never forget how desmond ordered vegetarian noodles, not stopping to realise that all they had were just plain vegetables, unlike the ones you get at hawker centres. HA!

Sunday was spent in expectancy for FOP! yes yes i know it is to satisfy a wanting inside me to praise God in a more extravagant manner, with all the music and lights and atmosphere.
Same as always the queue was extremely long and the line was so stuffy.
Thank goodness for our ingenious self enteretaining measures! Games from korea, plain simple fun. haha it really helped us pass the time waiting.
Thanks eh, i forgot that we cannot bring water into the indoor stadium ( i realised that i had a bottle fool of water when i arrived at the door of the stadium). So what the smart me did was finish it up...so i thought to myself, man i am really dumb..
So anyway, spent a great time worshipping God and praising God in a more outward manner. though i found that at times i really had to 'tie myself back down' and not get lost in the emotions that get stirred up by music.
It was indeed tear inducing...felt so touched by the words that i was singing..so grateful, so guilty!
Praise was great, but i think now my calves are hurting, jumping and jumping!
Hillsongs was great! Delirious? think i felt a little taken aback by the loudness, but the lead singer martin smith? had a really nice voice.
Kids that went up stage to help out in this dance part, there was this really cute little boy, whose shoe dropped of while dancing.
He was like walking with the dropped shoe in his hand to the singer..haha
TELL THE WORLD THAT JESUS LIVES!

I am 8 more lessons away from my driving test! haha! ok i just had to put that in..sorry for the randomness.

Overnight prayer meeting was quite enriching, managed to keep awak through the whole thing, learnt quite alot about the history of the church, and things that we had to do.
learnt more about the thinking process of the church, more insightful notes into the structure of the church. how to become transformed by God...
It's gonna be a rollercoaster ride!

SaM

To nurture the child in each of us.

2005-08-03T23:18:00.000+08:00

School has been pretty interesting thus far. =)
No i have not been to busy to blog because of school, it's just one of those times that you do not feel like blogging.
What i have been doing rather was checking out websites of great interest! for example the HAVAIANAS website and the LEGO website. Actually it's not for example, those two are the only ones i visited.
NO i was not playing, i was doing research! School so far has been lectures on marketing, so i was checking up for info on my upcoming project.
Why the enthusiasm? i just realised marketing is really interesting. So many ideas to play around, so many ways to activate the creative mind! I am seriously considering whether i want to change to marketing instead of accountancy.
Ok i shall not jump to conclusions larr huh. Maybe accountancy could be fun too.
It's just that the lecture for marketing was really engaging and enriching? the lecturer probably played a factor too, from RMIT uni itself, think he has a great deal of experience in giving lectures.
Haha he used the simpsons to teach marketing examples, quite zai and good for us to keep interested!
SIM also has snacks during the break for every lecture! They are not crap snacks mind you, had chicken pie and egg tarts to name a few. But that probably explains our high fees larr..

Travelling has been dealing quite a huge blow to my expenses, so far i have spent around 25 for transportation already! Argh! i hope they have concession for SIM students man..otherwise i can so die just paying for transport already! or is there anyone out there who stays around the area and studies at SIM? haha i will gladly accept a kind act of giving me a lift.

Went to sakae sushi today with matt, yuxian, wendy, elvin, bryan, hyuk and jae hoon (disclaimer- i don't know how to spell korean names). Buffet..all you can eat! What a sinful indulgence! think we overate and made our money worth the price paid. Especially with matt ordering the whole menu worth of sushi, three quarter of the side dishes, that was just the start mind you! Don't ask me how much i ate, cause i seriously have no idea whatsoever. All i know is that my mouth never stopped moving from begginning to end. the ice cream at the end was not great i think, though on the menu it cost $2.30 for a small cup, quite dissapointing, especially with all the fancy names.

I need new shirts and berms! was looking around bugis street after the indulgence but found nothing that nice. Did see one t-shirt that was white plus green, something that i have been wanting to get. But $18.90 for a t-shirt, a little steep huh?

Oh wells..school tomorrow, 10 - 1 and 2 - 5! whole day of school..and it's the two super dry topics, Accounting and econs. ok maybe econs is not that bad..but this is gonna be the deciding factor for my staying in accountancy or the move to marketing..WE SHALL see!

SaM

even the best fall down sometimes

2005-07-31T18:25:00.000+08:00

been a few days since my fiasco of a blog! Really haven't had the 'feeling' to just sit down and blog.
so lets recount the days huh.. darn i am quite lazy to do so actually.

Was in crystal for the NTU welcome tea on saturday. arrived pretty early to rehearse the praise for the session.
that went pretty smoothly, and soon i found myself with my new found love in music. Yes quite hard to belive but yes it's the piano. ha!
I finally understand how pianists can spend hours just playing and practising on the piano.
It is really quite shiok, i don't know how to express myself in full words; you are just able to feel the song better when you play it on the piano!
Bad for those who were around perharps, had to put up with my incessant repetition of a few parts of a song or the song STILL.
Hey i am still in the practising stage of piano playing alright, i don't have one at home and that's the only time i can practice ok!

Welcome tea comprised of this skit that was pretty intersting, quite zai that they used shadows and i paticularly found it great that they merged different songs into just one track so that the flow of the whole skit would be even better!
but i admit i was kinda falling asleep when pastor gideon talked about what TUF was and introducing the stuff we do and was talking about the evidence of God, tsk was feeling quite restless as the was like the thousandth time i had heard it.

The video was terrific, parts that i will never forget, the libary scene, the lift door that would not close and the stupic dances! haha, well the video was long, really long! many parts where you think it's gonna end, but no! it just goes into another scene.. but it really potrayed TUF i think! every aspect was more or less covered.

Lunch was terrific! had cheesecake made by stacie, yes it was nice..happy stacie? haha but really larr it was nice, jelly was a little watery though, just commenting not complaining ok, i am happy as long there is food larr huh.
Main course was catered packed food that looked so jap in those bento boxes, but they were actually mixed chinese food, but seriously looked super pro!
Best of all, i found out from matt that it only cost $2 per packet inclusive of DELIVERY! think it must have been matt and dailiang's great negotiating skills with the auntie of the shop, heard they spent quite long negotiating.
But this must have been coupled with matthew's auntie killing personality..haha!

had a irritatingly long journey down to charis in bus 30..the road is still jammed up along kallang due to the national day stuff..asdglkhj!

I found out that people take things for it's literal meaning to much, especially when it comes to food! have you all made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?
You know, the peanut butter plus jam?well apparently some of us take it as jelly, as in pure jelly! then spread it on bread plus peanut butter and some chocolate syrup, that makes a 'true' peanut butter and jelly sandwich, oh my disguting grossness, i really wonder what they were thinking!

fellowship was quite enriching with some wellness workshop about aroma therapy and best of all massage techniques, really learnt quite a bit! the set up was elaborate i must say, with candles lining the corridor to the room and the room freshened with aromatic oils. Quite an effort! KUDOS to you guys!

Sunday was pretty much routine, did not play soccer today though. did not feel like travelling much today..school's starting tomorrow..oh wellz a start of a new phase! wish me luck!

SaM

the oh so lazy me...

2005-07-28T21:16:00.000+08:00

ARGHHH I JUST FINISHED TYPING A SUPER LONG BLOG, ONLY TO HAVE THE SYSTEM SCREW UP ON ME AND CANCELLED AWAY THE WHOLE THING! I AM SO PISSED! HECK..I SHALL JUST BLOG STARTING TOMORROW AGAIN! ASDFJKH!

SaM

if you wanna buy me flowers just go ahead now..

2005-07-25T23:03:00.000+08:00

I finally got my shoes!asics shoes gel kayano!the one that i had set my eyes on since like 3 months ago.Haha i feel good man..finally don't have to run in those super heavy army brooks shoes.Yep went down to queensway, was seacrching around all the shops for that beloved pair of shoes, only found two shops, one had only size 8 and the other one was owned by indians.Now now there is no offence meant, but as those who have watched russell peters know, chinese and indians cannot strike a deal with each other!Oh wells..but the rest of the shops did not have that model already, what was i to do?in the end went to that shop, was so reluctant can..and as expected i could not strike a good deal with them, was so trying to lower the price, then that guy just kept giving reasons, and i gave a sian diao face, hoping to win some sympathy.Argh to no avail, in the end still got the pair of shoes at $166..but ok larr huh it waS still cheaper than getting it from asics shop i think.

Down to Wala walas..man EIC was rockin the house man. Went down early to get seats..at that time the air was still quite free of smoke..got myself a nice lychee martini. Yes i know it's supposed to be a char boh's drink, but it's nice what!I hate beer..so that's out of the question.so anyways..the band was power man, very tight and together, and i liked the style in which the drummer was playing! there was this guy, we named him the guy with the million guitar solos, for one basic simple reason, he really had a million solos larr! songs which had solos in it originally, he played flawlessly, those without, he created something on the spot!What!Shen man..by the time the third set of songs were playing, the place had to have a PSI level of 150!the smoke was hurtful to the eyes and you could actually see a slight fog in the air larr, the people there really just keep smoking larr..in the end you could prob get lung cancer from inhaling the air in my bag larr huh..haha

Sat was pretty normal, had fellowship in crystal..ok now i remember, we got on the wrong bus and had to walk quite a distance to change the bus ..thanks to AHEM someone!haha no offence meant, just had the urge to blog it down..met niu while we were shopping at harbour front..was taking part in some school thing, together with a few hundred people who were flooding the area with their orange shirts. dinner at punggol nasi lemak, SINFUL but nice chicken wing!

Sunday..i had wanted to wear my shirt that i bought from FOX, but i realised it was feeling a little hot, so i decided not to larr huh..today's worship was quite good but, praise was quite wierd i think..but anyways..played table tennis, quite fun!haha i love to slice the ball!Down to beach road which was so super hot!met one of my previous men in army, still called me sir..tsk!played soccer at east coast which was fun but i think had some unhappy events..oh wellz..and i was super tired..so that was that..

Monday, i am telling you people who live in NTU should prob have great legs, it's so tiring to keep walking around, especially with all the slopes, or maybe my legs were quite fatigued larr huh..recruitment fair..it's really not my cup of tea man..felt so sian and tired..yeah..not much to say or rather i my fingers are quite tired..so till next time..OH! people! read my blog and tag leh! leave me some comments eh!cheers!

SaM

serangoon park schmuck....

2005-07-21T12:43:00.000+08:00

wedensday..removed my robotic parts this morning, felt so liberated.haha ok i'm exagerating a little. but it really feels good to have no wires connected to you?it's really super sian to have to bother about something the whole day..it's quite sensitive too so you cannot move too fast or too much?yes so i am finally free!got home and went to sleep.super shiok man. i just love the feeling of falling straight to sleep, where you don't even have to try to sleep, you just fall into deep sleep without realising. You tend to wake up super refreshed!

Went to swim in the afternoon. actually had to drag myself there since i was still feeling kinda tired actually. Nice sun, but bad tan..i wonder why?somehow the sun did not have much effect in my hope of getting tanner. well maybe it was because the sun was blocked by a thin screen of clouds. it was still quite glaring but maybe the effect isn't as good perharps..at least i swam 40 laps so it wasn't a wasted trip..well it costs 1 dollar per entry to the swimming pool, but today it cost me 10 dollars!all because the very very smart me left my tanning oil at the swimming pool, only to realise it after i got home..so aiya just leave it..did not really like it anyway, think tanning lotion is better..

stayed at home for the rest of the day..I DON'T understand how you are able to skip for 40 mins straight? i'm all tired after 5 mins..but skipping is really good for your legs and your arms..guess i'm not cut out for it..

thursday..woke up at 9 am..AHEM..to run..was quite cold surprisingly..but anyways ran my usual route..then decided to explore around again..SERANGOON PARK!i have no idea where in the world it is..crap man..think they siao kian me with the road sign.. i ran so far into the landed properties area..was searching around..only to find what?jalan riang playground?ARGH..think it has to be out there somewhere..tsk..ok going to cut hair now..finally, hair feels super untidy..

SaM

sleepless in serangoon..robofied again!

2005-07-19T22:49:00.000+08:00

Monday..was a day of sleeping and sleeping!slept the whole day man. Played a little PS2, but other than that i did not do much of anything else?somehow i managed to just keep sleeping and sleeping?taking all the rest i could get from the late nights i have been having perharps??BAD IDEA people BAD IDEA!it will just make you become an owl!I could not get to sleep till like 4 plus am?that's so nonsensical.i really tried everything, had to get to sleep, needed to wake up early!but no!no way my body was going to allow me to sleep!well done ladies and gentlemen, woke up at seven feeling super tired..

anyways..went to run at night on monday.think it was quite intresting?ran my same old route but i decided to do something different?on the way back i decided to make a detour to see the landed properties around the area!WAH!i never knew the houses around the area were so darn BIG!one even had the reflection of the water from the swimming pool on the walls of the house..ultra nice!oh and while running i saw this guy who at first was quite slow..but on closer scrutiny i realised that he was carrying what looked like a heavy haversack and running?was some australian guy(i presume australian because of the australian international school nearby)..he even said good evening to me..i nodded and smiled back..not expecting the greeting..yepz..next thing i am gonna do is explore this place called serangoon park?never seen it before though it's in serangoon..

woke up at 7 today as i said before..bathed..had a nice breakfast of oats plus honey plus abit of cereal..set off for NUS at 0830..my goodness was it one heck of a long ride!so tiring!finally reached NUS at 10 am? had to change transportation 4 times larr thank you very much!thats how long it will take for me to get to SIM in the future too!yepz. so anyhows went to get robofied once again..1 more time to go!went down to church after that..met judy for lunch and for a chat?that was super long..1 and a half hours?came back home then down to suntec for dinner..had sakae sushi and the manager there looked like he was sleep deprived or on drugs??tsk..food was alright..the agedashi tofu was nice!HOT and nice!so soft and nice..haha..bought some more food at carrefour?got mochi!nice mint!ha!

SaM

more injuries..final conclusion to a saga..

2005-07-18T01:14:00.000+08:00

Friday..went to remove the equipment from my body..yep those for the experiment..OUCH!it was an extremely toturous procedure. For the girls..you noe waxing?for the guys just try placing a very sticky scotch tape on your leg. It was super super painful!removing the stcky tape that has been on my body for over 24 hours..all the body hair stuck to it..the worst was the neck area, guess that it the most sensitive skin area that the sticky tape was in contact with.it was that immense pain and the slight rash that was the worst part of the experiment..

Went to the medical centre after the removal of the equipment. Sian diao had to draw blood for some tests, a requirement for the experiment..yeah..was waiting to get the blood drawn..quite tired while waiting..so wasn't really bothered by the thought of drawing blood actually..so just sat there..following the instructions of the nurse. Well at first i thought she would like tell me before putting in the needle?hurr..she just poked it in larr.and there were not one but three test tubes?by the third one my blood was flowing quite slowly..ok this is a little sick..but i found it quite amusing to sqeeze my fist and watch the blood flow more quickly into the test tube?oops..oh then there was this irritatingly long flight of stairs..came back home with bryan who took a bath before going to school..

Soccer at night..at eunos..thanks eh only five of us were there, no other teams around. hmm so we started playing possesion play?attempting to hit the crossbar to score?haha it was hard to play man..but i think it helped us a little?think we played better when some other teams came later..more passing..more communication..well done!then came along this team.well for those who are wondering what in the world happened to my arm??some idiot tackled me right into the fence of the street soccer court..right into the bolts that by some lousy design construction were facing the inside of the court!that was extremely painful..mind you that idiot was prob around 90kg?really had to control myself in order not to lose my temper..kicked the fence in the end to stop my anger!but ok larr..think they were scared of hurting me again..so they did not tackle that hard?ok larr huh..forgive him larr..just a game!

oops saturday missed TUF fellowship!woke up at what 12pm?i have absoulutely no idea why?just totally knocked out all the way till my body finally had enough rest?oh wellz..paiseh man..went down to church for BS though. hmm..yepz then came to the finale planning and execution of my last official tacs fellowship..wah quite sian diao larr huh..had to really try my best to make it as realistic as possible..especially with all the people being people i know?but oh wellz the boss wanted it to be serious?i also boh pian larr..but i guess what the whole idea of the fellowship..discipline, respect, unity?i really don't know whether it fell on deaf ears?so i was quite sian at that larr huh..but overall it wasn't too bad? hopefully i wasn't too irritating huh..ORD loh also must do this kind of thing..but yeah that was fellowship..quite wierd larr..but i really hope that everyone learnt something..

went to jam at night with my band..been three weeks since we last jammed..definitely lacking in the togetherness department. I was still very tired to make things worse and the room we got for jamming was quite bad?and the instruments were quite screwed?Played pool after jamming at parkway..don't know what in the world happened to syaf..haha think he was high on the brownie ? haha but all his comments were super hilarious and nonsensical..haha but had a really good laugh..and i still have problems with pool..i have so much more to catch up to!

ran this morning!felt quite shiok but quite tiring..service was ok larr..couldn't hear the guitar?think there was this super nice fill in by matthew on the piano..hmmm..graduates photo taking session after lunch?was super tiring..taking pictures..styling hair.yeah..played ping pong with the super hilarious korean guys too..such funny people..though there was a language barrier, but yepz managed to enjoy the time witht them..

down to suntec to celebrate sinwei's birthday at marche..well we were quite early for dinner?shopped at FOX..got myself a nice pair of boardshorts!then down to marche..power my bro really takes the best out of value for money, stacking up the small plate full of vegetables..it's as much as you can fit on the plate!so yeah that was the quite cool part..after dinner surprised sinwei at the KOI pond with a birthday cake and nice words?man was she touched!yepz..went home after that..time to sleep!

SaM

red force..this is eagle one..

2005-07-15T00:58:00.000+08:00

Wednesday..played soccer at bedok with the church guys..and yes our yaness jimmy hui is back..haha..

think we had fun larr huh..haha..quite a few funny momments..but lets talk about the great skills of the opposite team..man they were super confident larr..was taking a trashing from them..and their keeper was an impregnable fortress..haha..and their strike force..there was well a kungfu kick guy..and there was one where i was flabbergasted..he blasted the ball with a cross legged kick!Finally..i managed to score one agaisnt them after numerous mumerous attempts on goal..super tyco..then the floodgates opened..and think the game was not too bad larr..even our dear no. 5 scored too!haha..oh..MY ASICS SHOES ARE SPOILT!..sian diao..my favourite running shoes, now they are spoilt.ARGH..ok time to buy new running shoes..i cannot live without my running shoes!but well..am i gonna be willing to pay $200 for it??its nice man..i shall think about it..must go down queensway..

talking about the funny momments..there was one part where my shoe was spoilt..so i took it off..only to have the ball coming towards me..so with one leg in a shoe and the other one in a wet sock..i tried to kick..only to slip because of the wet sock..yepz..there was a guy ready to take the ball away and shoot for goal..but well done!haha somehow he slipped and fell too!haha the whole court burst out in laughter larr!

Stayed over at bryan's place..and went for this NUS experiment thinghy..EARN MONEY!so lets see what they basically do is attach electrodes, a total of five on your body..and a blood pressure monintor on your arm..then you can go about with your normal activities..just no vigorous exercise..and they also give you a palm to key in every half hourly when the equipment automatically takes a reading..yepz..you look a little like a secret agent in the end?there will be one wire that sticks out of your shirt near to your ear..so that makes it look really bodyguardish..haha. Oh but well there are other wires too and that makes you look like a suicide bomber..or as some have experienced being stopped by MRT staff..suspecting that they have a bomb!haha..well not bad larr huh..the MRT people are actually doing their job!

thanks eh..my set of equipment had problems with it larr..and had so many hilarious momments with it..when matthew took out the battery at the same time they realised that it was not the problem of the battery..haha and there i was helpless!haha..so in the end we had to recalibrate the whole set..

it's quite inconvenient in fact..quite uncomfortable..and u cannot get a good rest..like now..the blood pressure thing is starting again..and i can't type properly..haha..and you can't bathe because of all the equipment..and you get curious stares from pple!and there was the problem with the electrode that was near my ear..a little spoilt..and the sticky tape kept coming off..but other than that it was quite ok larr huh..went down to give niu a surprise birthday greeting..haha was quite exciting larr huh!like you know she is just there in the room..and u are outside trying not to make your presence known..happy birthday! hope you had a pleasant surprise!

SaM

of haircuts and soccer injuries...

2005-07-12T23:59:00.000+08:00

Have you noticed the number of overseas students in our church?THANK GOD for the number of people coming to church and for the many comitted individuals who avail their time to talk to them!

oh yes..went down to parkway parade to take a walk..bryan decided to cut his hair finally!went to this salon..cost him 25 dollars..he came out with a starsearch hairstyle man..quite nice larr..but i think it's super hard to recreate!i like the back!but the front i think can be shorter!yeah..and i think the design for the carpark entrance at parkway parade is totally inefficient!there are like two ways to go in?so there will so be a bottleneck larr..we waited there for a good ten minutes before deciding to park somewhere further...

Played soccer at eunos in the evening..was pretty fun..other than that super wet spot in the middle of the street soccer court!kept sliding and almost falling there..and what made it worse was my shoes which had very very little fraction..yeah i hurt my left knee a little..think i got a nice good bump on it.. so it kinda hurt?..oh wellz..

Monday..went out late with tim, elvin, yuxian, weixiang and wendy..sat down at east coast macs and talked..and ate..yepz..pretty much that.adjourned to elvin's place with tim to play winning eleven..man i got trashed real bad!think i need to go and train up my skill at home already!

Tuesday woke up quite late..went down to my Godma's dad's funeral..man it's saddening man..looking at all the family members cry, i could help but let my eyes get a little watery..funeral took place at mandai crematorium..man it's a super nice place..a world of a difference from the mount vernon one..i am not kidding it actually looks more like a resort!and the whole area surrounding is all greenery..very peaceful. I guess it's good as it makes it less of a traumatising experience for the family..and everything is air conditioned!

Went to play pool at pool junction..nice place..nice environment..and nice ice lemon tea!think they make it themselves?yeah..i suck at pool now man..sian diao!Went to have dinner at sunshine plaza!nice wanton mee..not the wanton though..quite pathetic..but the noodles are nice..the shops surrounding are quite cool too..all the anime figurine shops..BLEACH!think it's my brother's heaven..yepz coz he collects all the anime stuff..and now elvin is caught onto the BLEACH craze too!haha..

Ran in the night..felt really good!and yes yes londony..with all the nice breeze blowing at you!and it was not that humid too!shiokz!

SaM

oops i am late..

2005-07-10T02:49:00.000+08:00

was late for fellowship today..tsk tsk..sorry sorry and i was supposed to be in charge of one part of the main programme today?wells anyway fellowship was really funny today.Had a great time with the who wants to be a millionare section.Yes kudos to POWER TUF, i swear they are trying to make me gay, but thats not the point, well done to my group for doing all the research and doing up the powerpoint.Well done pple!James was super funny during the gospel presentation with his unrehearsed, unintended funny comments. As Yuxian would have put it, laughed till our cheeks were sore.yeah and a big paiseh to tim for my unintended sabo..

lunch at clementi after a walk in the sun to our destination..my goodness it was so HOT today, i was melting man, how i wished i had brought my cap along, met lisa at clementi before we settled down for lunch.That stoopid girl!basket whack me again!ok larr huh, cause i think i made fun of her i think?haha.

Down to church for BS.it was one super heated BS, many ideas thrown forth many views, i was totally bewildered, wrestling with the concept of God's view towards sin and suffering.I think it was very good to discuss though, many a time i have been tounge tied when i speak to my friends and they question me on this topic.Guess we can never truly comprehend.I think we were never meant to truly comprehend anyway.

Went down to my Godma's father's wake, yeah, its the third death of people i am acquainted with.Sad man..yeah so i did not stay back for fellowship..felt a little wierd not doing so..as if my saturday was not complete?yeah that's that..

To my JC classmate's 21st bday!HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA!though it's actually another week away?haha..every birthday is a gathering for my class in JC..think they are one of my closer friends in life..many experiences were shared over dinner..reminiscing over photos.played mahjong and won only one game?ha!well that's today..there are many many things on my mind but i do not know how to pen them down..so that will come later perharps?so nitez!

SaM

my heart is yours to fill or burst..to break or bury..or wear as jewellery..

2005-07-08T10:41:00.000+08:00

has been a pretty boring few days, did not really do much other than play soccer and run and play soccer..yeah..so actually i don't even know why in the world i am still blogging?

oh wells, my legs are really taking a beating from all the soccer and running.More from all the soccer actually, i love playing it, but then again.Soccer is such an agressive sport, till date i have hurt my knee, both ankles, my left wrist, and God knows how many bruises and scratches due to the love of the game..tsk

soccer yesterday at eunos..not bad..daryl came down too..haven't seen and met him in eons man..still as zai..super fast..magic man the way he moves..think it was quite enjoyable, not too much agression though there were a few exasperating momments. decided to end my game early as i felt my right ankle telling me to stop before it fails me..great time talking to daryl after that..quite funny and so true..API in church is just like christian OCS..and the fact that everyone in church needs to do API makes it a chrsitian OCS!haha..quite true, indeed our church is as such, a great comittment indeed..

yep since i have not been doing much i have been addicted to the song that is playing in the background..trying to play it but its kinda hard..well i love the lyrics

Breathe in for luck,
breathe in so deep,
this air is blessed,
you share with me.
This night is wild,
so calm and dull,
these hearts they race,
from self control.
Your legs are smooth,
as they graze mine,
we're doing fine,
we're doing nothing at all.

My hopes are so high,
that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me,
so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
to break or bury,
or wear as jewelery,
which ever you prefer.

The words are hushed lets not get busted;
just lay entwined here, undiscovered.
Safe in here from all the stupid questions.
"hey did you get some?"
Man, that is so dumb.
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close they can't hear...
so we can get some.

My hopes are so high
that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me, so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
to break or bury,
or wear as jewelery,
which ever you prefer.

Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember,
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo,
the dim of the soft lights,
the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers
and the time on the clock when we realized it's so late
and this walk that we shared together.
The streets were wet
and the gate was locked so I jumped it,
and I let you in.
And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist
and you kissed me like you meant it.
And I knew that you meant it,
that you meant it,
that you meant it,
and I knew,
that you meant it,
that you meant it.

beckham pandemonium...

2005-07-05T19:39:00.000+08:00

What a day...went down to NYP to catch beckham in person..yep you heard it David beckham.reached NYP around 1pm cause bryan said he would be coming around that time and found the place already swarming with people.

1.20 pm..a barricade was formed around a table that was placed in front of the entrance to the auditorium where Beckham was to be giving a talk.We were only about 8m metres away?ok so not too bad..my camera would be able to zoom in to him. Brya,n managed to get into the auditorium while i stayed outside to catch the action..nicc and michelle joined the growing crowd after their school..

Well..from 8m, we were pushed to 10, then to 15 and then finally 25m!wah sian..super far..then after that they actually wanted all of us to clear the ground floor and move all the way to the second level..wah thanks eh..i was getting quite irritated..then there was this idiot of a security guard who shouted profanities at the crowd..something about NYP F****ing idiots...i was PISSED MAN.i could take it no longer and in a very stern voice chided that guy..DEAR SIR CAN YOU PLEASE MIND YOUR LANGUAGE..and he actually had the nerve to talk back and said something about anything later settle outside..i was flabbergasted!thank goodness an older security guard came over to say sorry to me..

But that was not important..the next thing was the most important..time was 2 20pm..beckham finally appeared..screams and shouts from every single direction..swooning girls and impressed guys..he is tall man...but well only managed to get one good shot from 25 m away..it ended as soon as it happened..and he had entered the auditorium..

SaM

troubling thoughts..saddening times..

2005-07-04T23:06:00.000+08:00

sunday..hmmm..heard about elder maikal leaving..haiz..another elder leaving..and that leaves me with many thoughts and queries..argh..what is happening?is the church management that hard to work with?what are the reasons..well..for me..i am having faith that God has placed our pastors in position according to His will and plan..but then again there are questions that bug me..shall pray more...

and yes this means..amos and barnabas are gone too..sad sad sad...so many have gone...so many have left..dwindling numbers..this is not good larr..i am truly saddened..is there no other way out??haiz..

ok lets talk about something else..MILK(mainly i love kids) run...went down to zouk for this charity run with evelyn, bryan and huijun..guess what..we heard the starting horn when we were still in the car..it was broadcasted through the radio..thanks eh..finally reached there..to find a big crowd walking..so we thought..hmmm maybe it had not started yet..actually it had started..but due to the big response..it was totally overcrowded..so well started 'running'..was weaving in and out of the crowd..it was only till 1km more that i could actually start running..but was still weaving in and out..so yeah not bad a run..left the place and to eve's to bathe before going to send jael off..thanks for dinner eve..

yep..it was quite an emotional scene at the airport..sending jael off..well she is a great sister who is very true and honest in whatever she does..and well a great friend to many..so many shed a tear or two..and with our tradition of making our star for the day touched and embarassed, with performed a song for her and shouted..JAEL! wo men yong yuan zi ci ni!yep..many reluctant momments as she stepped into the gates towards her destination..shi shang mei you bu shan de yan xi..TAKE CARE JAEL! GOD BLESS!

Evangelism at NTU today..not bad..managed to get the contacts of quite a few people..and there are really alot of PRCs in Singapore..most of the people we talked to were PRCs??haha just a thought..

SaM

scary thoughts..faithless unrealities..nice show..

2005-07-02T02:26:00.000+08:00

life is good!went for my driving lesson today..ok fine i was late and i had to cab there..but on the bright side..i flagged down a merc cab.nice ride man, it was quite new i think?had speakers on the side of the back seat doors, almost could say it was sound surround?felt unusually posh..haha!

driving was enjoyable once again!it was no longer that irritating female instructor, who i suspect has menopause or whatever..nagging and nagging..argh!and that brake pressing thing!grrr...yes yes i am still learning but i am not that bad ok..have some faith!tsk..so yes today everything went smoothly..no more si qia anymore..no more bad turning..no more cannot go up slope..more confidence!ah yes..feel so much better after driving today!

war of the worlds..nice show..go catch it if u can..think its a nice perspective to look from..drew quite a few thoughts and inspirations from it..and one thing popped into my mind while watching..should there be such things as aliens??did God not create humans and animals only??but all in all it's a nice show..

giving testimony tomorrow..wat am i gonna say???oh wellz...gonna runthrough my thoughts now..

SaM

hantu???wat??oh wellz..

2005-06-30T01:56:00.000+08:00

SIM RMIT orientation today...went down to SIM at 0830..as according to the time that i was informed to go..tsk..there was no one there??so sat down and started to write blabberings about my surroundings..and i realise it never changes..the people who are on time are always becoming the early ones..while those who are late become on time..as long as the majority is late..yeah anyway..

my orientation group name is hantu??supposedly to fit in into the kampung theme?ok some cool things..three of the guys in my group i have met before hand..two of them were from my BMT at 21SA and one of them was from my pro term OCS in SOCE..and that is already 1/6 of the accountancy cohort??apparently there are only 16 of us in accountancy..that is small man..

well..the whole thing was pretty normal..but kudos to the organisers for their sincerity and enthusiasm...although i really did not take well to the overly disgusting drag queen contest..utterly disgusting..some were alright...but well lets just say some almost caused me to puke my lunch..ok thats that..waiting for term to start and see how it goes..

SaM

turn around..i'll be two steps behind

2005-06-28T03:29:00.000+08:00

ok it has been a few days since the last post..somehow i haven't been able to sit myself down here to start complaining about the world around me to all you faithful readers..ha!

a fore warning..this is going to be a very random blog as i am lazy to sit down and think through systematically the events that went on the last few days..so yeah..read on anyway..

saturday..my first TUF fellowship..man..it's different..i dunnoe..guess i am not used to it?still feeling kinda superficial..need some getting used to and some breaking of the ice?it seems a little too organised too..there's not a really good flow..i feel..actually i am not too sure also..lunch at yoshinoya..oh wells that's that..

was talking about youth fellowship..hmmm..some comments on it by others..i guess yeah..more of games and stuff..i felt a little sad at the comments though..hmmm was wondering and pondering about it..i think i am still very much attached to the tacs ministry..i can very well say that is where i have grown and matured thus far..so yeah..some strong feelings are inevitable..think i am still quite attached to the 'younger' ones?hmmm..i am worried?it's like i find it a responsibility of mine to build a bond with pple like joel and jeremy and jia en and nicc and niu and char and clar and amos and jerome..at the same time i noe it is my responsibilty to bond with the tuf pple?i still don't quite understand the exclusiveness of TUF..but i shall think and pray and find..

sat was also my band's debut perf..my goodness did we practise for it..had like four rehearsals in one week. had to move all the music instruments..inculding the drumset of yours truly..think risshe spent a bomb on the whole transportation and rental..but i guess all is worth it for him..audrey is one happy 21st birthday girl..yeah...could see she was really happy and shocked and surprised..rish! well done!=)..think we played quite well that night..not astoundingly superb..but quite nice..was really nice when pple started to enquire about coming into the pub seeing that there's a live band..but haha its a private function..but yeah..i hope that shows we aren't too bad??yeah..

farewell dinner for our dear jael who is going overseas to study..some jap rest. in suntec..oh wells was almost spoilt by some ahems..although perharps it was true that they might have felt left out..but still..shouldn't just leave without a word..leaving the girl for the night bewildered i guess..but yes as they say..to each his own..i shall refrain from commenting further..yeah..yoz jael hope u enjoyed urself..and our company..shall send u the photos once i upload them yah..=)

have i blogged about this irritating female driving instructor?oh my goodness..i so could have died in the car...kept saying about this and that..and in a very irritating tone..wat say this minus point larr..that immediate failure larr..super naggy..and she always depresses the brake pedal..so don't trust my driving larr..super affected my whole driving mood..and in turn my driving ability..made so many mistakes..aiya..condemned!

tsk..i am going to sleep now..i shall blog more tomorrow..

Walk away if you want to
it's ok, if you need to
you can run, but you can never hide
From the shadow that's creeping up beside you

There's a magic running through your soul
But you can't have it all
(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you
(Wherever you go) and I'll be there to remind you
that it only takes a minute of your precious time
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind.

Take the time to think about it
Walk the line, you know you just can't fight it
Take a look around and see what you can find
Like the fire that's burning up inside me

hello stranger..hello back to you

2005-06-23T10:24:00.000+08:00

ah yes..i am finally back on with my fitness programme..ran this morning..super tiring..haven't recovered from yesterday's exertion..yeah ran yesterday in the morn..swam in the afternoon

think driving is getting morenatural to me..finally..but of course there are pros and cons..i am getting more slack in my driving..resting my arm on the door..talking to the intructor complete with hand movements..finding other students slow..not letting buses cut my lane..haha..tsk i this is so wrong..and its so difficult to control the speed..as in its so tempting to go above 55km/h..tsk..ohz drove the new car yesterday..as in the newer cars in the driving centre..so much smoother..much nicer drive..and i think the driving instructor was good..let me try lots of places..rather than keep going round and round the same old route..well done

i wonder when i can finally go for my test..oh wellz..

ok i am going to play badminton now..shall blog more about today tonight..ciaoz!

SaM

malaysia truly asia

2005-06-20T21:57:00.000+08:00

pls refer to bryan's blog for review of church camp which rocked!

extended my malaysia trip with jimmy's HGC members and elvin and tim. I must say that was the most time i spent in a car..travelling from destination to destination, think we probably clocked like 1000km!

Oh yeah..went to this place so called the nu ren jie of kuala lumpur..some what of a pasar malam..super big pasar malam. that was the start of our eating escapade!so much for keeping fit during the camp lar..Ate so much..and now eating once again..had this funny chee cheong fun..then went for the nice mango si mi lu!super refreshing..nice and cheap!thought that was the end of our late lunch..but NO! ate somemore..had stingray sotong and lala..more and more..eat and eat! my goodness..that was finally the end of lunch!

Made a 2 hour journey after that to this place in klang to see fireflies!super cool..they looked like lights on a tree..we really thought they were lights larr..you know the kind of lights on the trees during christmas?But instead they turned out to be real fireflies!super cool, too bad we could not take any back..slept all the way back to the hotel..was so tired that i slept almost immediately after bathing..

went to eat yet again in the morn..super heavy breakfast..had tim sum plus two big plates of noodles and bee hoon and one big bowl of dumplings..tsk..went down back to somewhere near sunway lagoon..this extreme sport place...GO KARTING!it was absolutely fun!the speed and exhilaration..abosolutely cool!taking the line..drifting...spent 65 rm on it..i think it was totally worth it!A definite must try for anyone who goes there!oh wellz but truth to be told..i did crash once..into the tyres..the momment seemed to last forever when u realise u are crashing and u cannot do a thing about it!haha

lunch at this bak ku teh stall..supposed to be quite famous..and it did not dissapoint, the soup was rather thick unlike the normal kind..lots of chinese herbs too i think..but nice..there was also chinese tea to go along..complete with the teapot and the small tiny cups..felt really traditional..went shopping at jusco where the girls were satisfied with the shoes they finally found and bought..guys bought titbits..tsk wat a difference..

Dinner at this island..Carey island..another long drive..about 1 hour..nice seafood..nice crabs..this marmite flavoured crabs..really tasty..the prawns were nice too..and the mantous were really nice and crisp on the outside and soft and lovely on the inside..saw this man who was fishing catfish..zai..it was almost like the fish were biting on command.caught so many..really pro..tim drove back the car to KL after dinner..have i mentioned how crazy the malaysian drivers are??no?lets just say they are really fierce drivers...tsk..stopped over at KLCC to take pictures of the petronas towers..outstanding..really quite a sight especially in the night!

Supper at this place which served nice desserts..mango sago again..=)..and black sesame paste..yum..back to the hotel..slept again quite fast..need to wake up early..going to hunt squirrels..tsk..

Shotgun..squirrels = dead squirrels..ok lets not elaborate..keeping this blog NC 16 yeah..haha..

lunch was nice wanton mee..although i was not really that hungry..yeah but nice..

yep headed back to singapore after that..bought donuts on the way back..had dinner at holland V..and then yes home sweet home..

woke up at 8.45am today and was suppose to swim but i was too lazy to get out of bed. am on the verge of falling asleep now.tsk....

ohyes. we celebrated ethel's birthday yesterday. brought doughnuts down to church and i got only one bite of the peanutbutter&jelly one! sian diao. felt so cheated lar.nvm larr... im nice..haha

friends came over on sunday evening. planned songs and stuff so had to miss shuhao's birthday party. paiseh! i hope you had a great time and HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY! (:

yep..i'm currently back on my fitness programme..tsk..too much eating already..run run run..swim swim swim!

fat then fat larr..exercise more lorr..

2005-06-11T08:51:00.000+08:00

Wednesday-Went down to meet tim at eunos..had to get the BBQ stuff..the plates..cups..charcoal etc..thank goodness he can drive..or we can just die carrying all the stuff to church..
down to church and was to see the tuffers there..hmmm awkwardness..hahaz dunnoe why too..just said hi then after putting down the stuff went off..went to slack at tim's place..

Met nicc to go for dinner..yes after her mother's great directions..and bus no. 167 we ended up in bukit merah instead of sixth ave..asdfkj!haha..so took a cab there in the end..super long ride in the bus..butt ache..her dad came about five mins after we reached..impressive guy..yepz..dinner was good..really good..super nice MEAT...non stop..and killed so many chickens..tsk..fat then fat larr...hahaz...ended up home in one piece..thank God!hahaz

To tim's place to stay over after coming home to bathe..nearer to get to pair ris to send jason off..hmm think i must have slept really soundly..apparently tim could not sleep the whole night and turned on the tv and com..and i totally did not get awakened..yepz..

Thursday-Went to pick wendy and bryan up before going on a tour of the expressway..we were almost late in sending jason off...coz we took a wrong turn on the highway..super waste time and petrol!yeah..but we made it on time!prayed for jason before he embarked on his next phase in life..then he went onto the bus to tekong..gosh that brings back memories...

Went for driving in the afternoon..good good..mush better than on tuesday..!i like the new honda vti..much much more smoother to drive..the instructor was really good too..so yep enjoyed my driving lesson..!was much smoother..more confident..haha was tempted to use one hand!

Soccer at NYP with bryan, tim, and bryan's friends..been a long time since i played there..they still call me jia peh hun..eat white powder..cause they say my stamina ma chiam like take drugs like that..so much for that huh...sian diao..i sprained my ankle!oh wellz..

Went to see a doctor this morning..rather a sinseh...OW OW OW!!!!siao one...she was like saying and pointing...this part the most pain right?..naturally i thought she would not press that area..but NO!she had to press it...OW!i almost jolted out of the bed larr...think you will be able to find my grip marks on the bed!tsk...

So yeah..missed rock climbing today..cannot really walk..going foe budak pantai now..yepz..hopefully my leg recovers soon!

SaM

like a rose trampled on the ground..

2005-06-08T16:36:00.000+08:00

Sunday service was quite good i must say..8 am service was pretty good..but the highlight for me was 10 30 am service..i can safely tell you that it was the first time that i heard the congregation resound in the singing during worship..for myself i could really concentrate and worship even as i played..maybe it was the song maybe the playing style..but most importantly God was moving it our midst..

Lunch after service with the tuffers..had some welcome and introduction session..correct me if i am wrong larr..but i thought it was a little long winded and time unessacarily spent..i mean..haiya..then there was the arrowing of elvin to go and buy food for everyone..watever lar..pek cek..that is so not gonna happen in the future..i mean if it is elvin who wants to go by himself..then yes good larr..but before anything..tio arrow..then wat..the rest slack in church..is that so called servantship?oh wellz..lunch was quite good larr..got to talk to some people..WAIT..they are all the incoming yr 1s???hmm..apparently all the yr 1s were sitting together..well becoz all the rest of the sits were taken up..so much for enfolding huh..oh yarr..junz dun forget friday!2pm tanjong pagar..

Fruits after lunch...honey dew..watermelon and grapes..shiokz!played guitar and sang some songs while enjoying company..waiting for soccer at the same time..

Soccer was great..all the players were mixed up into diff teams so it was quite a refreshing play..was quite fired up..had not played in a long time man..so yeah..paiseh to jimmy!tackle to fierce liaoz..i was really trying for the ball..you too zai liaoz..yeah..tim scored a superb goal..i only had tries on goal..bryan was running like mad..jason was lets just say in position..

Monday..went to swim..super crazy weather..the sun was playing hide and seek..so after my 30 laps..went to tan..but could not really take the super hot sun!then the sun dissapeared..madness..so it was like hot and cold hot and cold..heck..went off back home...
met nicc to buy food for today's lunch..so much food..tsk..in the end only tim and nicc and bryan could make it..too much food larr..was expecting to be able to get niu, shar and clar..went to jam with my band after that..wahz..after not jamming for a week +..really quite bad man..then also we could not balance the music..butz..ok larr after the first hour..and many adjustments to the PA system..finally got us sounding much better..

Lunch at my house today with tim and nicc...bryan could not make it coz he needed to go out with his classmates..cooked quite alot of food i guess..but ok larr quite healthy..bryan stopped by to da pao..wonder how he found it..hahaz..went for driving..CMI..really haven't driven for too long..so many mistakes..tsk...need to drive more man..kkz..time to go sleep..and i am starting to have mental block anyway..BRAZIL!

SaM

rock climbing!

2005-06-05T14:14:00.000+08:00

friday was quite cool..went for rock climbing at tanjong pagar..quite an experience!although paiseh to the pple waiting..yep was late for the meeting time..breakfast at this market near the mrt station..drank Micheal Jackson..haha..or yuan yang..basically a mix of chin chow and soya bean..and steamed bread..instead of toasted..

Man rock climbing is quite though man..very taxing on your fingers..and also your forearm..need to be very nimble too..and it helps to have long arms..climbed untill i had no sensation in my forearm at all..was totally numb..hmm..lets see..was belaying for tim lim (if that is how u spell belaying)...then he suddenly let go..thank goodness hans was holding my harness..i totally got lifted off the ground..was dangling in mid air larr..hahaz..that was quite funny..

Lunch at this place called magic wok..not too bad..went to the supermarket after..bought quite some stuff..love the quicksales at cold storage..half price..and usually the stuff that i wouldn't buy..yes and had to search high amd low just to find these nice biscuit rolls..tsk!..

Woke up at 7 today..but fell back to sleep..woke up again to the phone ringing..was quite a challenge to get out of bed man..down to serangoon stadium to run with ting an, ethel, nicc and niu..managed to run 11 rounds at this super slow pace..but did a stride for the last round..butt ache!..watched madagascar at cine..christopher, christine, joel, evonne, linette, ethel, nicc, clar and niu..so much food was passed around..so it was more like a picnic again..show was quite nice..more of funny than anything..not much storyline..hahaz but quite entertaining.."i like to move it move it"..hahaz..

reached church..doing the presentation for todays fellowship..messaged yuxian..realised that he could not come..steady larr..solo liaoz..had some problems witht the projector..and realised that there actually was nothing much to talk about regarding the topic itself..thanks soo chuan for helping me out..haiz..i have much to learn..but yeah learnt much and it was enriching..for me at least..=)

came back after a fruitful music practice..need to prepare for tomorrow's service..pray that God will touch and move especially in the youth service tomorrow!

SaM

when the oceans rise..

2005-06-02T17:13:00.000+08:00

wednesday..did not run today..thanks to the pui eh..got defeated by the bed too..tsk..i am so lazy man..did not get up to swim too.slept till ten??hahaz..

Met nicc and niu at orchard before going down to wheelock..met nicc's mum and her aunt..and super funny jinwei to go for lunch at sakae sushi..super nice salmon..agedashi tofu is still nice..yum..butz never i repeat never eat their cold noodles..they are so sucky..yucks..lousy stuff..and they do not even present in nicely..tsk..

Shopped around..to apple centre..haha free advertisement of sha fa..played it on the portable speakers with my ipod..then down to birkenstock..nice stuff..but ex lehz..maybe i shall get tit next time?then to snails..luckily it was fully booked for i was actually quite tempted to go for a manicure..just for the fun of it..tried a pedicure before already..quite shiok actually..then down to borders to look at more stuff..

Down to taka..ZARA..waited forever...kept dozing off while waiting for the two girls who were taking forever in the dressing room..realised zara has nice suits..but quite ex..oh wellz..when am i gonna wear a suit anyway..then to british india..i like stuff from there..the clothes are all nice and comfy..tried this black shirt...extremely nice and comfy..had to tell myself not to buy..and had to coax the pui eh from buying that denim skirt..hahaz..went to hugo boss to look and see..i hate the staff there.. like to stare at you like you do not belong there..tsk..only those who take out a credit card wil create some interest to them i guess..butz..it is actually quite understandable..saw the shoes..one pair costs..300..Noooo...400...Nooo...its sad;fkljsg!659 dollars...went down to the food area..got popiah..ate cheeseballs..and tutu kueh..tsk..eat and eat..think thats about it..other than the pui eh still harping on the denim skirt..

did not run today again..yikes...lazy bones are striking back..the bed is getting even stronger..haha..slept like a pig man..down to queensway to meet tim and elvin..went down to eat at anchor point..then headed back to get elvin's shorts..tim bought a pair of street soccer shoes..down to church to discuss about the bbq with soo chuan..supposed to be the younger youths having the meeting but only jeremy was there..tsk..music prac was started at 7..ended at 9+..was not bad..think the intro was quite cool..yeah must go and think how to refine it..went for supper with the malaysia group..haha..eat again..kkz must run tomorrow...yes yes..must run..

read a mail i saw about this testimony of atsunami survivor..how God helped and prompted her..and how God reminded her of the song 'Still'..especially the part..

When the ocean rise and thunders roar
I will soar with You above the storm
Father You are King over the flood
I will be still and Know You are God..

Really gave me new meaning to the song..almost teared..while reading..yes..God is true in our lives..believe inHim...

SaM

Lost in wisma..altivo..

2005-05-31T17:35:00.000+08:00

Met tim, wendy, elvin, siew may for badminton in at kampong glam CC..sounds ulu rite??actually its just next to eunos mrt larr..not bad..quite fun..trying to get better at badminton though..and so many other sports..golf..tennis..soccer..haha everything basically..

Slacked at tim's before going to the eunos hawker centre for lunch..yong tau fu..cheap and nice..one piece only 30cents..and the soup is super nice..had a nice talk with tim and siew may..

met nicc at AMK before going to swim..her mum bought like 12 waffles from prima deli..dfglkhja!thought it was going to be for HGC according to nicc..but turned out it was for their own consumption??that's alot man..hahaz..went to swim at nicc's..learnt how to play the first part of tong hua on the piano..hahaz..kkz i shall try harder before anyone says anything..down to town after that..there was a super sale at british india!!!!!..but i did not have enough cash and time to choose anything..sianz..oh and we had food bought from the supermarket..one whole tub of ben & jerry's chunky monkey ice cream...we actually finished it..sinful man..yeah sat at this nice spot in wisma..waited for tim to end work..he called finally at about 11..so decided to leave then..the gate to the mrt was closed..the front entrance was closed..walked round and round..trying to figure out how the in the world we were going to get out..went up and down..then finally some kind soul told us how to get out..hahaz..

Met tim, bryan, melvin, willie, shuyu, yan cheng(don't know if i got the name rite)..thanks for waiting guys..stupid mrt take so long larr..went to geylang for a drink..then they wanted to walk the streets of geylang..it was so super quiet..think got police raid..so all the illegal ones fled..then fianlly saw some 'foreign workers'..asdsafj!one of them walked towards me..wahz..i just quicken my pace and walked on man...scary momment..after some distance..phew..and thanks ehz.the rest were so amused..haha..said i looked so calm then after that went the danger was gone..looked so petrified..hahaz...

this morning met nicc to run..after the sinful ice cream..hahaz...must run!hahaz..paiseh arr was a little late..went to bedok after that to play badminton with ting an and tim..thanks eh..the badminton court did not have a net lar..had to buy before going there..wahz..and ting an is super zai at badminton..zai zai..

fellowship was ok larr..find it abit funny..butz ok larr..although most of the time i was in the kitchen with tim preparing the drinks..stayed for BS before rushing off to altivo for risshe's birthday party..nice place man..and saw so many of my ex classmates..2S27..wat an unforgettable group of people..and then there was the man..looking good ehz..yeah here's your online HAPPY 21st birthday man..there was a belly dancer hired to perform during the party..man she has no bones larr..move machiam like rubber or jelly man..hahaz..chilled out and danceed till 12 am and took lots of photos too..down to tau hui at geylang once again..well done larr..dunch understand how they can still eat man..i was damn full already..so yeah..that was today..kkz sleeping time..yawnz!

SaM

KBOX $7.50?????

2005-05-31T17:02:00.000+08:00

woke up at 9 plus..yawnz..haz..shall not elaborate further..went to swim..super crowded..sian diao~..thought so early will not have anyone..

down to KBOX with tim, yuxian and wendy...only package they had was k lunch..so yeah took that lorr..surprisingly the food was not that bad..can go for that next time again..but wah biang the ktv system at paradiz sucks..our songs keep getting skipped..and the songs take so long to load..irritating..and i realise that we all cannot sing in the afternoon..voices all really rough..tsk..butz...when the bill came..it only amounted to $7.50 per person..best..guess coz there was no titbits..but who needs those titbits anyway..

Down to town..went to british india..sadly nothing that really caught my eye..but there was this black shirt that was luciously comfortable..met nicc and lun after that..before going to wisma to meet mich and my ex classmate..mich's sister..yes it is a small world..nice nice..get to meet up with old friends..well done..down to coffeebean..drank mocha latte..think i am starting to like the ot drinks more than the ice blendeds..and had to finish this mudpie..which was sugar surrounded thanks to ahem..went to cold storage..spent alot of time there man..lots of interesting stuff..jap food..its really the most interesting stuff..and their desserts always look like pieces of art..so do their food..but there's also lots of tempting nice junk food in supermarkets..tsk..haha..oh and well oh so sian coz i saw ( ... .... )..sianz...

Down to eunos to meet tim for a drive to meet elvin, siew may and huiying for a drink..then back home...thanks for the lift tim..kkz..pigging out tomorrow..shall exercise in the morn...

SaM

to the other side..

2005-05-30T16:50:00.000+08:00

wahz..AC lost..wat a comeback by liverpool..good job on their part..but i really do not know what in the world AC was doing during the first part of the second half..my goodness..and then there was dudek..dancing mambo at his goal post during the penalty shootout..well watever makes him happy larr..dunch think that was what worked wonders..rather i think it was AC with super unconvicted shots..butz thatz just what i think..

Down to JB at 1100am...reached just in time for lunch..let elvin be the 'tour leader' as he was the most familiar with the place among us..think its the first time i came overseas with just my friends..and i realise that JB has really strong similarities to the west area of singapore..especially the shopping centre..city square..looked so much like IMM..i mean seriously..save for the prices in ringgit..it totally looked like singapore..

Lunch was fish head curry..calamari..chicken..rice..think it was alright larr..not too bad..but not spectacular..butz..it was cheap though..walked around..shopped around..super boh liao..went to arcade..hmm there was this area which was just like the heeren shops..that shibuya area..yeah and something i realised was missing man..no chio girls..hahaz..kidding..i really could not be bothered..

Bought a few stuff from there..a t-shirt..some badges..and there's this drink which i think is really nice..mandarin lemon honey drink..nice nice..went to coffebean..sat and slack...waited for the rest..had cheescake..sinful man..took a cab down to holiday plaza..the place for the 'movie buffs'..hahaz..oh the cab fare was only rm6..but think it would have been cheaper if it had been by the meter..

the shops are so much more high tech now man..no more the old days where pirated discs are everywhere..there are only original discs..(at the front)..move deeper..knock on the wall..sunddenly the wall becomes a door...and lo and behold..there's another room full of othe discs..hahaz..quite zai..high tech man..nothing caught my fancy though..so only went to another shop to buy snacks..raisins..and this big bag of the nice crsipy stuff that u get at KBOX..

Dinner was at this place called jumbo restaurant..sounded really good..wellz..ok again larr..not spectacular..or maybe expectations were too high??the crab was not fresh..but prawns were good..the sotong balls were quite unique..and the tofu was super smooth..haha..kk maybe only the crab was dissapointing..

wellz..came back in the bus..bus fare was half the price in malaysia..finally reached home..nice home sweet home..where i do not have to pay for using the toilet..yeah..need to pay for the usage of the toilet in malaysia..so ex...there was one that cost 50 cents per entry..

time for an exercise regime man..too much enjoyment..this is not good man..shall start..must get back into shape..nitez pple..selamat pagi!

SaM

rayner is back..=)

2005-05-26T18:40:00.000+08:00

hmmm..today was a super lazy morning for me..slept quite late last night..but keep getting woken up by calls..sianz..think i am a super light sleeper..as long as the phone rings, i will wake up..went out for supper last night with tim and matt and bryan after bryan finished his first day of work..had dinner at his workplace, cafe cartel with shuyu and evette..dunnoe why that crazy evette keep saying that she is fat..when she is very possibly one of the thinnest girls i know..and shuyu was so hua chi..hahaz..if you know what i mean..=)

went to swim at around 2 15pm..weighed myself at the weighing machine outside the swimming pool..darn i put on weight..shit man.have not been keeping a good diet ever since sunday.tsk..hahaz..kkz must exercise more..

Went to this super ulu golf driving range which was next to nee soon range in the evening with my bro and jason..and when i say ulu i seriously mean like you need a car to get there kind of ulu man..butz its pretty nice..save all the insects due to the close proximity to the forests..which however made the air really cooling..kinda like overseas..good good..now my balls are flying so much straighter..all thanks to the coaching by jason..use the shoulders to guide first..feels so good when you contact the ball properly and u can follow the nice flight of the ball..nice nice..

rushed from home after golf to meet matt at kembangan..met rayner with matt and wendy..yep he's back for the next 3 months..some internship with some companies in singapore..had tau hui at the you tiao da wang..really nice to catch up with him..think he has matured much..both spiritually and mentally..really spurred me with his sharing of how God has worked in his life and the friends in his school..can sense his enthusiasm..which made me really ponder about my own life..yeah..though rayner still has super lame jokes..what is a cow's father and mother called??..yeah stuff like that..hahaz..

yeah..i am now in jimmy's place..watching socer..UEFA finals..liverpool vs. AC milan..before that we went to have supper at this other tau hui stall nearby..which had this super irritating auntie.."boy boy..lai..ni yao she me..must watch june 7th..ch 5..."she had this super irritating voice..and kept trying to make small talk..which totally gave me shivers..okz back to the game...AC is now leading 3 - 0..superb plays..first goal in first minute..yepz..gonna go back to the game now..oh and later we are going JB...hahaz

SaM

golf is so unfair

2005-05-24T01:21:00.000+08:00

Went for golf today at OCC..nicc, niu, my bro and the yishun HGC group..there was an instructor to teach us..started at ten am..went to this room for theory lesson..MAN that guy was really boring..super monotonous voice..felt like eternity before he finally brought us to the chipping green to practice..practised chipping in the bunker...sand flying everywhere...hahaz..the driving range was more fun though..our futile attempts to hit the ball far were overshadowed by the astounding distance that the instructor got from his 3/4 swing...and how straight the ball was..i on the other hand..lets not mention too much shall we..just say that i need lessons..haha..nicc was not bad..think she took lessons long ago..niu was on par with me..and my bro hit really quite impressively after some tips from the instructor..golf is so unfair!

To pastor gideon's house for lunch..matt, tim, james, ivan...they cooked the stuff..i came to eat..hahaz..lunch was really nice..more of a hanging out session..after lunch..the food did not stop coming..chips and chocs and apples..as we talked about TUF and got to noe the dtructure and gained a better idea of what was to be expected..Pastor gideon then shared some of his self composed songs..really nice..and inspiring..then had a short time of worship with a song 'be still for the presence of the Lord'...closed in prayer..then off tp watch schindler's list at the living room..then more food..durians and mangosteens..my goodness..

Off to Junction 8 for Star wars..niu, nicc, joel and clarisssa..had some trouble finding and meeting joel..apparently his first time at junction 8..had nachos with EXTRA cheese..think we must be cheese lovers..managed to finish all the cheese..hahaz..and the cinema was so cold..but thank goodness the movie was really engaging so managed to keep my mind of the cold..dessert/dinner at the food court before heading home..ohz and niu's super funny incident with a water bottle..grinz*=)

SaM

ai qing bu neng zuo bi jiao...

2005-05-22T18:14:00.000+08:00

Saturday morning..yawnz!7 15 am..still had to give morn call somemore...tsk..met nicc at the market to buy stuff for sunday's bbq at her place..quite cool..haven't been to a wet market in a really long time!and for a good reason why..the place is so horrendously crowded..packed with so many people..all getting bargains for their shopping..bought alot of stuff and i mean ALOT!crayfish..fish..super huge prawns..and other stuff..

Down to her place for tennis..supposedly bryan and jason were coming down too..well did not come..and niu was LATE!thanks eh..in the end started playing tennis at wat??1130 am?when we were supposed to start playing at 10 am?

Oh i like the shower at nicc's place..super cool big showerhead..down to church at 3 30pm..supposed to have follow up with ashvin but he couldn't make it on time..slcked around while waiting for fellowship to start..ash came at 4 30 pm..brought a friend along, lime, who had super red hair!games for fellowship..jia en slid nicc..bryan slipped and fell..played soccer till it rained to heavily and soo chuan called us in..oh did i mention bryan just now??apparently he came at 4 30 pm..woke up only at 2 pm larr..so much for tennis larr deh..haz..

jamming after dinner..started at 11pm..not bad..getting better as commented by the guy at the counter..hands almost cramped from all the super fast songs..ended at 1 am!

Sunday..woke up early enough to take the bus..but in the end took a cab as the bus was taking forever and eternity to come..waited for 20 mins at the bus stop before deciding to take a cab..went in to service..only to find there were no ushers..so i stood there and gave out the tab weeklys, filling in the empty position..came along nicc..who kena one times big arrow from my mum to suddenly give out tab weekly..hahaz..

hanged around in church after lunch..went through some songs with alan..before heading down to bugis to meet nicc and niu before going down to nicc's place to prepare stuff..bought two polo tees at giordano..and dessert wine from cold storage..then cabbed to nicc's..

had so many things to get and prepare..cut watermelon..cut cucumber..prepare salad..killing crabs..and packing all the stuff for the bbq..SO MUCH FOOD!..thank goodness her mum gave us a lift to the pit, 2 mins drive..hahaz..lots of watermelon..cut without a chopping board..jason came, helped in the setting up..followed by ethel and evonne..evonne needed to put her bag at the house and we left the sotong in the fridge so i went back to the house with evonne..searched the fridge then suddenly heard someone else talking..looked up to see this woman who was asking us stuff..????..waited for her as she did not have the key..then i managed to get the Po to sit on the chair..haha..not bad..just as that lady was leaving she asked: 'are you samuel'..WAT THE asdfhkj!??how the hell did she noe who i am???kkz..she said something about internet?but i don't quite it?anyways..the rest came..jeremy, joel, clar, bryan, tim, jason fung..cooked super nice corn..by cooking it in the husk..super juicy!never had anything like it..learnt it from tv..then the prawns..which were so big think they were actually lobsters lor..then there was steak!shiokz!medium rare and nice seasoning..eatting and yakking and eating and chatting..my goodness..ate a hell lot...and all the stuff were super quality larr..think the bbq cost a bomb..so before i go on, thanks to nicc and family for the bbq..for the place and the super nice food..kk i shall contibue..dessert wine was superb man..nice!really sweet..went well with the super great amounts of seafood we had..think it caused some to be a bit tipsy??hahaz..ethel and her i'm a little crayfish song..tsk!hanged around at the bbq pit till i think we made too much noise and the security told us we had a neighbour complain..oops..

all went to nicc's house..watched the last episode of friends..which was an intro to the cast..before going to the last episode proper..think it lasted about an hour plus..left the house at 1 30 am..thanks for the lift back bryan..kkz i shall sleep soon..learning golf tomorrow..or rather later..and lunch at pastor gideon's..and if u are wondering what's with the wierd title??i am getting stuck on chinese songs..hahaz..send me nice chinese songs if u have!

SaM

late night driving..street directories a necessity..

2005-05-21T12:57:00.000+08:00

Woke up quite late yesterday, already 12 pm when i finally got out of bed..slacked at home while waiting for yuxian to come over to do some stuff for fellowship two weeks later..need to present some stuff to the Boss this sunday..wanted to go and swim but decided to slack more instead..and being a true blue singaporean..once i have nothing to do, i eat..haha..ate quite alot for lunch man..cooked noodles..had fried fish..and bread with peanut butter..

Went down for dessert at AMK..realised that somehow dessert shops have early closing times on thursday nitez..tsk..met tim and bryan at 12 am!..tim suddenly had the urge to go out apparently..and he had the car..hahaz!went to serangoon garden to have supper..had super nice egg beancurd with pearls..yummy..thought we would have gone home after that..instead went down to mount faber!that's like the other end of singapore..ok larr quite an experience..see the night scenery..too bad no cars shaking..AHEM!..thank goodness we had a street directory too..otherwise we just might have gotten lost..went to kent ridge for more exploration then back home..reached home about 3 am..

today woke up at 12pm again..with tim and elvin to queensway shopping centre..think we took like a super long way to get to queensway..due to our being unfamiliar with the roads..tsk.but at least we learn more roads..hahaz..finally got the jerseys for size trying..so sunday will be jersey try out day..those who have indicated their wanting to purchase the jersey please appraoach me, tim or bryan on sunday..down to ikea for lunch..sad man no more chicken chop rice..and now got this roast beef..which is so hard and though..then there was this green soup that looked kinda of scary but tasted alright..

Came home to run in the evening..finally ran after 2 weeks of not running..shiokz man..but now my knee hurts a little..think my knee has not fully recovered yet man..oh and if you people have any nice chinese songs to send..please send!my com crashed so now i dun have any songs on my com!

SaM

The simpler joys in life..

2005-05-19T04:34:00.000+08:00

sleeping earlier..waking up earlier..think this is better than so many late nights..woke up at 10am..better than my usual 1130am at least..it was still drizzling..so much wanted to just slack more in bed..but somehow was made to wake up thanks to some extremely happy people who likes A1s and treats..tsk..

Went to swim in the afternoon with jason at serangoon stadium..thought i could get a nice tan...but the sun seemed to be playing hide and seek..appearing and disappearing with the clouds..but the swim was good nonetheless..oh and have you ever seen a guy whose breast stroke is almost as fast as another's freestyle..my goodness..and it's not as if the freestyle guy is slow..i was truly impressed..slacked around on the beach chairs after the swim..almost fell asleep..but the sun once again dissapeared behind the clouds..sianz..

Met ting an for dinner...he must be the definition of crappiness..hahaz..really funny guy..though quite cool larr first time i saw him in his uniform..met nicc for dessert at the other S11 with ting an after dinner..oh ban mian at S11 next to jubilee is nice and cheap!..ah yes the simpler and cheaper joys in life..hahaz..spent only $5 today!..ohz and congrats to niu for runnning for the first time on your own..2km u say??kkz..give u benefit of doubt..!=)

SaM

Kbox..Kbox..being broke sucks..

2005-05-17T03:22:00.000+08:00

Saturday morning..woke up to a grey and gloomy sky..met ting an and desmond at tp to swim..it was raining when i reached but thank God it stopped when we went to swim..the sun even came out..and i realised that you can actually canoe in a swimming pool..haha..thought it was hilarious that we saw the canoe team paddling in circles around the pool..

Down to tampines after the swim..paiseh to evelyn who had to wait for half an hour..met the rest too nicc, niu, ethel, yuxian for KTV session at KBOX..though once again we were having some sort of picnic..grapes and cherry tomatoes..sugar coated peanuts..ting an was on a self high mode for the day, with his take off song..haha and throwing the nuts all around..yuxian and i were struggling with the songs..stupid ktv system was faulty..could not bring down the key of the song..and yuxian was having a sore throat..

Fellowship was games that we so called created..was pretty ok..soccer was quite interesting..jeremy scored a hat trick.one of which was a volley..nice..dinner after BS at windy once more..somehow it has not been living up to its name..so called being windy kopitiam..but for the past two weeks it has not been windy..thus contrbuting to a hot and sweaty dinner..met mich and huiying after dinner at cafe cartel..got free drinks thanks to bryan..apparently his cousin was working there..

Sunday..jammed with my band after service..while bryan had his hair finally cut..well guess he does not think it is really nice..but i think it is at least better than the last time..it looks fine man..dunch worry bout it..

Went down to SIM with yuxian today to apply for RMIT accountancy course...he applied for marketing..expensive registration fee man.$52..and the place is so so super quiet..felt as if i was in a gigantic libary..then again it may have just been the exam period..
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Badminton and swimming at NUS with matt, tim, siew may, peiqi, elvin..badminton was fun..haven't played for a long time..tim was zai..matt was zai..and tim lim too..think tim lim is damn hilarious!swimming after badminton..was so much more refreshing then after playing badminton..shiokz..felt really good after a nice bath.

Dinner at buona vista..some zhi cha place..ivan joined us too..great food great company..would have stayed there to talk longer but matt had to rush home to give tuition..yes you read it correctly..tuition at home.and he's getting paid to teach his bro..haha..well whatever make his mom happy..

Kbox once again..twice in three days..this time with yuxian, siew may, tim and huiying..this time it was so much better to sing..the ktv system was working..can finally flat the songs that were too high..left at around 1 40 am...thanks tim for sending all of us back..thank goodness did not have to take cab...or else die man..savings dwindling..come on people doante to the save the poor sam fund!

SaM

recording frenzy..

2005-05-14T17:37:00.000+08:00

yo yo pple..computer has been having probs since thursday..so paiseh for the late blog yeah..

yes i have been getting back into the bad habit of procastination..yepz..should have been meeting matt and wendy for lunch at eunos..butz yeah was really quite late..but yeah true i had lunch at home..butz still should have been there probably another 20 mins earlier..can really say that my time is like rubber..

Met them around 3 pm?sat around and talked while they finished up their drinks..truely great to share my time with them..nice nice..i like (matthew's fav line)..haha..kk i shall not attempt to impersonate the one and only matthew lim..in fear of incurring the wrathe of the matthew fan club..hahaz..

met bryan at 4 pm..together with the rest..drove us to the recording studio..ah yes we are recording desmond's self composed song..zai zai..so anyways..reached there..only to be told by the guy might have to wait till 4 30 pm..and following told us that we would have to come back at 7pm coz they were rushing another recording..so asfalkj!..so went down to practise at another studio..so named the timothy ang's home studio..all thanks to him..and his dad..for putting up with our practising..and our bumming around at his place..

recording was so pressurizing..found out how bad my tempo was..darn it..must really get my tempo back..need to buy a metronome..however it was a really valuable lesson..so much more to learn..realised that they actually record the music in parts..and that the drummer usually uses a metronome to keep the beat while recording..much to learn..much to learn..kudos to all the players..we decided to record the music as a whole..so yeah..not as good..but not too badz too..and yes to our diva..wendy..xing ku ni le!Thanks to desmond for the oppurtunity and learning experience..you the man..and the lift back home!

Friday..Met wendy and matt at far east plaza..ohz.there's this fruit stall at level 4 which sells really sweet fruits..nice nice..shiokz..bought papaya and honeydew..sweet man..but the main idea was to go for hair cut..back to Super Cuts..same guy cutting for both of us..and guess wat!they have student price siaz..cheaper by seven dollars!tsk..i feel so cheated..met tim at PS after that..and also judy..check out the guitars for church..thank goodness judy also did not like the sound..i really dunch like yamaha acoustic guitars!they have this wierd tight sound..very stifling..and it is not responsive..and yes all of us think that the clavinova is really nice..especially the one at the recording studio yesterday..

Matt and tim went to work after that..while i went to bryan's place..oh for those who don't noe yet..our dear mr tim has fianlly passed driving..please refer to his blog for more details..so he gave me a lift to bryan's place..slacked there for a while..then bryan asked me to go orchard again..so yes off to orchard to meet shuyu and evette..and i found out one thing..taking bus 7 from kembangan to orchard on a fiday evening is a very very very bad idea..it took so long and it's so crowded..more walking around..saw a few faniliar faces..and them down to eunos..supper with tim..at the same place for prata..ma chiam become our HQ already siaz..shuyu was complaining about the curry being not nice..but still keep putting the curry..hahaz..farnie larr..thanks for sending all of us back tim..really great..shiokz..well done man..my turn liaoz..All THe WAY!

SaM

swmming on and on..movies?picnic?

2005-05-12T00:04:00.000+08:00

Met jason to swim in the morn..had a though time getting there..well cause i took the bus in the wrong direction..haz..passed by st nichs..rite next to jason's place..man..it's really big can..machiam JC siaz..and yes saw the legendary butt ache inducing slope tsk..great time swimming..but no sun=(

Met bryan, evelyn, fern, yuxian and jason at junction 8 to catch Kingdom of Heaven..nice..though i am not sure if i was there for a movie or a picnic..haha..food being passed here and there..well coz we bought so much stuff from NTUC..haha.and yes i bought the top from FoX..made in india..nice nice..got the british india kind of look to it..

Wednesday..swim again..hahaz..yes think i am starting to like swimming alot..well at least for now larr..coz can't run..need to let my knee recover fully..came home around 4pm..then recieved an sms from matt..swim?5 30pm??..i was like..err haha..hmm yes i went again..hahaz..so down to the trumps to swim with changyuan and matt..slacked at bryan's place before supper with matt and tim..

Think i shall swim again tomorrow..haha

SaM

Sun and water..tanned..shiokz

2005-05-09T22:02:00.000+08:00

Woke up early today..0730am..down to toa payoh for swimming with matt, wendy, ivan, amy, and some other tuffers..wowz..they can swim quite fast..learnt lots of stuff about swimming..correct sroke etc.
Played 'touch rugby' in the medium depth pool..fun and tiring..but we made so much noise..hahaz

Went down to have lunch at toa payoh crystal jade..had zha jiang mian..really nice talking to all of them..and really nice ambience too..somehow we started talking about protein shakes and stuff...so after lunch..went to look at GNC and natures farm..they were so amused by the humongous bottles of protein mix..yeah..and saw some stuff about herbs..

Down to town..shopped around..bought goggles..matt got his black polo..ivan his gift for his fren..looked at super expensive sandals..tried clothes..really nice green pants..that are so comfortable..considering getting it..and this nice top from FOX men..

Shall be going to swim tomorrow morn again..then watch movie..yepz!

SaM

Crab crab...

2005-05-09T14:44:00.000+08:00

Woke up on time today..good good..my alarm worked..and thanks for the morning sms niu=)

But it was a challenge to get out of bed man..the rain was so nice to just continue sleeping..so shiok..felt so warm and nice ander my blanket..but yes i had to climb out of bed!and realised that my leg still hurts..don't reallyknow what happened also..just hurts..

Took bus 135..listened to my ipod..oblivious to my surroundings..pressed the bell..walked to the door..getting ready to alight the bus..then i saw niu..hahaz..super not paying attention to my surroundings man..yeah..

Praise today was a little slow..played the tambourine..inspired by matthew..hmm..think there was something wrong with the guitar..could not hear it..but worship was really good..especially during the instrumental part..dunnoe how i found the words..i also dunnoe what i really was saying..cannot remember..or rather singing..but somehow, words were just flowing together with the melody..vauguely remember it as asking God to give us courage to show our adoration for Him outwardly..and stuff like feeling our empty hearts..[tim tell me if u could remember wat i was singing]..

Jammed a little after lunch..no mics though..yeah..but its a start..

Dinner was to this kopitiam in Ang mo kio..had crabs..really really nice crabs..but its like 1kg $35!so it better be nice larr..yummy stuff..ate alot..lucky i am going swimming tomorrow..oh..thanks the nice person for the sticky tape..it helps..!=)

SaM

lazy lazy lazy..

2005-05-07T12:39:00.000+08:00

Woke up really late..2 pm..that warrants a late for driving...had to blardee cab down for my driving lesson at SSDC..wasted $5.40...well realised it wasn't that bad the cars waiting for their late drivers were parked by the side..

Driving today was once again fun..this instructor was really good..gave really good pointers..made the lesson interesting..especially liked that he dared to let you try and encouraged you..especially at the upslope part..learnt three methods for going up a slope..think i am getting more used to driving already..more control of the accelerator liaoz..well finished stage 1 now going to stage 2..ALL THE WAY!

Back from driving..too lazy to run..tsk..i hate myself..

Jamming at katong at night..shiokz..starting wasn't that good..but played a few new songs..including maroon 5 harder to breathe..sounded more like pang sai though..oops..wellz realised that the room was flooded with pick up mics..yeah it was a studio with recording facilities..nice!the drums had this nice splash which i so like!really nice sound very light..very quick response..hmmm check out the new song in my blog..we jammed that too..currently addicted to it..nice..my fren created this riff..more like two chords with the other guitarist filling in the solo..sounded kinda like lounge jazz..power!sounded pretty good when we jammed it..needs some fine tuning..can improve..really loved it..

Got out of the room..then suddenly heard a familiar sound..remember the mics??we did not pay for the usage to record lar..but the guys at the studio just recorded for fun and played it on the speakers..well..more work to be done is what i shall say..!hahaz..but was not bad larr the music wise..vocalist was having a bad day though..yes yes..

Woke up this morning..went to swim!.finally got my lazy bum a moving..it was surprisingly crowded man..especially hated the swimming lessons..took up so much space..was manouvering all over the place so as no to hit the learning kids..wellz..felt pretty good..yepz..till later..

SaM

Indecisiveness.....

2005-05-06T19:18:00.000+08:00

Should i just take up the offer for the UOL business econs and management??or should i go for accountancy??asfkjh!yes it totally makes sense to do accounting..butz econs and management seems more interesting..but then again accounting is a professinal degree..ah yes..i am so screwed!

haven't been running..to lazy to run..been eating lots..growing fat..darn it..must run must run!

Down to clementi with tim, jimmy, bryan and elvin..went for dinner at clementi central..saw ethel with her super shocked and stupified reaction...she was surprised apparently to see us there..yeah..had dinner at the market..lots of great food..nice nice..not badz at all..but out of the way man...

REached home..and yes i am still awake at this unearthly hour..now addicted to reading..darn i 'hate' Dan Brown...making me stay up so late..tsk..
Driving tomorrow...hope it gets more interesting..yes yes..jamming tomorrwow too..steady larr..LSB!

My Band..did i say we were really crappy??no??

2005-05-05T03:28:00.000+08:00

???BOYband???

THE REVENGE Of the PRrrinGLES!sian diao~

What's the next part..what's it?i dun remember??!!?!!

Peering out....

East Coast..small world..familiar faces..

2005-05-03T21:25:00.000+08:00

Went down to east coast for a mini picnic..mostly the older youths..soo chuan came down also..met at macs first..where i saw my PS from 30SCE..ha did not expect to meet him there..still looks the same..hmm..headed down to a spot near the shade of the trees..it was way too hot to be in the direct sun..wellz..pretty much nua the whole day..hahaz..quite lazy..tim made sandwiches..hahaz not bad..although the pepper in the egg mayo ones looked like ants..hahaz..

Borrowed guitar from the group beside us..apparently they were having bs or something..something like fellowship..actually i dunnoe..but they had bibles and were singing christian songs..yeah..was quite paiseh..ha..but went to ask and was allowed to borrow..ah now we had something to do already..other than just slack around..

Ting an learnt how to blade..zai..not perfect..but at least moving and he has not fallen down..

Have i said that we as Singaporeans indeed have a long way to becoming a considerate society?Well went to the toilet to change..only to have to wait a decade..a century..a millenium for this 3 persons each using one of the three cubicles for showering..while a throng of people waited outside..running out of patience..but all kept their peace..such irritating people..wellz..if the toilet was in a better condition..maybe it could have lessened the impatience..arghh...

Was packing up to go off..when i saw another of my 30 SCE friends..this time was one of my fellow officers..haha preparing to go for a run with his friends..thanks larr..like it was almost impossible to see him runnnig in camp..hahaz..but good good..runnning is good..

Went down to Suntec for dinner..celebrate mum's birthday..went to tony roma's..shiokz..ate the ribeye steak..man i love those fresh mushrooms they place atop the steak..nice..and the steak was also fabulous..and man it was huge..did not expect the gargantous steak..i was so full larr..but nice..shiokz..

Down to carrefour..but saw the aibi exhibition before that..bought my chin up bar and one of those huge rubber balls..kk must get my chin ups back to 16 first..hmm bought sound of music dvd..actually my mum bought..and a jacky cheung concert dvd..and yes grapes..yummy..

Today was a day of rotting at home..hmm..yakked online with frens..went for a run..pretty much it..driving tomorrow..steady..

SaM

and how many times have i broken your heart..

2005-05-01T21:56:00.000+08:00

how long will it take for the 1030 service to be filled with people..overflowing with joy..ignited..on fire..once again..it was at 8 am service that i could feel that the congreagation was moving in the spirit..enjoying God's presence..

As youths..are we too shy..are we reluctant? scared? or are we just not ready to immerse ourselves in the spirit of God..are we too caught up in the world of our own?trying to experience life..relying on our own strength?i realised another thing..it is usually those who have troubles in their life who are able to truly experience and praise God..for God has shown His greatness in our weakness..

Hearing this song..all for love..really speaks to the heart..how many times have i broken Your heart..still You forgive..if only i'd ask..tears were swelling in my eyes as i listened to the lyrics carefully..such is the truth of our lives..our relationship with God..ask in our hearts..listen to the song..reflect..hope it ministers to you too..

SaM

Wierd places..Cheating ikea buses..Itchy caps..jamming sessions

2005-05-01T01:19:00.000+08:00

Ever wondered how small Singapore is??Evidently it is the size of a dot on the map..yes..but don't you think everyone is connected very closely in Singapore?ah yes..went to this place called avalon..for this jam night thing that in the end did not turn out as expected..was expecting like drumsets and everything..blah blah..it was more like a showcase of people trying out to sing or watever..some were good..butz mostly over amateurish..did i mention there weren't any bands?toodz...oh but rosalind pho was there..quite chio..hahaz..so there it is for you..it is a small singapore.

Down to queensway with nic niu and bryan..met nicc and niu at amk..but apparently got cheated by the ikea bus ..in the end cabbed to queensway..nice shoes..nice bubble tea w pearls..ah i got cheated again..watever..nice tea eggs..went to ikea for lunch..nice meatballs..best..haha..nicc is obsessed with bryan's cap..its nice..and then bryan is obsessed with you want?i sell to you $20..hahaz..i realised that the cap was itchy..haha..

Hmm fellowship was enlightening..did not seem that enticing at first..but indeed it answered some questions that were probing..hmm bryan left early..dinner with his dad..birthday dinner..so bryan? what did u get for your dad in the end??

Time to sleep..waking up early..need to pray and prepare before service...

SaM

Late..oopz!

2005-04-29T17:37:00.000+08:00

Hmmm..went to bryan's school for lunch..save money...woke up so many times in the morn..unrestful sleep..stupid construction works..met nicc and her frens...hmmmbut sat at diff table..shy larr me and bryan..shuyu came to join us for lunch..hmm..had "wild mushroom sauce pasta" for lunch..like so cheated by them please..wild mushroom sauce = sliced button mushrooms (the ones that come in cans) in campbells soup larr...BISH!

Hmmm..went for CRM lecture again..ok larr..today's one was not quite as good..but learnt something from it nonetheless..RISING EXPECTATIONS...something that effects every part of our lives..as we expect more each time..the same dependable benchmark is no longer appealing..just like the lecture..i was expecting it to be entertaining..was so impressed by the last one..so i was not as satisfied when i went today..yeah..so good lesson learnt..

Played soccer with bryan and his friends after the lecture..haha thanks eh..call me the take drug guy larr..his frens call me that cause they think i must have taken drugs to be so full of energy..running up and down..butz well..actually its becoz i run much more often then them..hahaz..but nice game nonetheless..felt good shiokz..and stinky and wet..and LATE..oops..sorry arr nicc..too caught up in the game..thanks for waiting..yeah..and me and bryan totally stank up the taxi larr..hahaz..sorry once again nicc..hmmm went down to BIG FISH to visit tim..said hi then went for dinner first..after that returned back for dessert and a smoothie..zai..tim made it larr..zai zai.can open cafe liaoz...the dessert was a choc souffle..sinful..haha but cool they make it on the spot..went for drinks after that at this place in kembangan..

Got home..saw a letter from SIM..THANK YOU GOD!..was worried that even SIM wouldn't accept me..THANK YOU!driving tomorrow..all the way!

SaM