Living In Black

NoBody ~

2009-08-15T12:37:00.004+08:00

SO SORRY for the no post for such a long time. Ain't here to blog cos there's rather too much things going on now, but I swear that I'll share with you once I'm more or less settled down.

Anyway, here's a few clips where I wanna share with you peers, "NOBODY" ~ ^_^"
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Original MV of Wonder Girls

Then The World Influence ~

My personal Favourite!!! This guy is good~ Enjoy~

My 2 Mentors & 2 Guardians

2009-01-24T09:55:00.009+08:00

There are 4 people in my life who play very important & significant roles. They are my 2 mentors & 2 guardians. Allow me to introduce them to you, and at the same time thank them for everything that they had done for me. ^_^

My 1st mentor in life is my father. He had thought me the way of life, the righteousness one must have, the real world and how one must treat other people, especially the elders. He has provided me with the most basic attitude, skill & knowledge that I must have in order to be a good person in this life time. Although he always nags at me, even until now, I really appreciate his efforts in making sure that I'm on the right track in life. Thank you Dad!

My 1st guardian is my mother. Since young, she has been showering me with a lot of care and love. She's the one whom i turn to whenever I'm happy & sad as a little boy then. That's why I'm so talkative still. Mummy's boy eh...! Anyway, she nags even more than my dad. ^_^Hahaha~! I wonder how i even survive that? My mum is someone who is amazingly rich in emotions, I guessed that's how I grew up to be a man with strong emotions. I used to say that I'm a woman trapped in a man's shell. I can think like a man (thanks to dad), feel like a woman (thanks to mum). Hmmmm..... Well, my mum will be the 1st woman whom I ever want to make her proud of myself. Thank you mum!

My 2nd mentor will be Dr Grace Kong, who is my agency leader cum BOSS. She has thought me a lot of things over the past 2 years while I am working with her. She is consistently reminding me to be a better person, day by day. One of her usual quote is "You must always give, cos people who give means he/she has surplus. People who take are usually poor...". Grace has always try to push me to my fullest potential, although I feel that I'm far from that. She coaches me well and has share with me a lot about this world. She is someone whom I really respect, and someone with tons of experience & knowledge to share. Thank you Grace!

Last but not least, my 2nd guardian will be Jinglin, who is my girlfriend. She is the one who provided me with care, love and growth. She is the one whom I share most of my feelings & thoughts with. She plays many roles in my life; my best friend, my lover & my soul mate. We think about life in the same frequency most of the times. I share with her my dreams & all my rubbish. I spent most of my time with her. Without her, a lot of learning will not have been possible, because I learn while I re-cap and reinforce whatever I had learnt with her. Thank you Jinglin!

Yes Man

2008-12-22T11:05:00.002+08:00

Jinglin & I recently went to see the movie, Yes Man, by Jim Carrey. As I'm a BIG TIME FAN of his, I've enjoyed the show. I always somehow find some special meaning in his show, although it's always wacky in a way. Well, this time I the word "Yes" meaningful in another perspective...

See, in the show Jim's character was told to say "YES" to anything that comes his way. So, whenever an opportunity that pops by then he will always say "YES". However, he only got to find out in the end that he should only say "YES" to things that he wanted to.

See, we tend to give reasons/excuses/explanations to things that comes our way in life, only to turn that opportunity down. Be it that career, or relationship, or commitment, or adventure...etc. At the end of the day, we only manage to avoid, and then commented that "I wish I had....", rather than "I wish I could....".

I see many people around me (including myself) giving all sorts reasons not to do things, maybe it's time we do. A very good example will be, I don't like to read books. I only books I like are most probably Chinese Comic Books and Magazines like FHM & MAXIM...etc. Anyway, I had given tons of excuses not to read any thick text/story books. But now my MBA program actually needs me to have tons of reading, which I had never ever imagine before. And guessed what, I'm just gonna make it happen. And I will make that happen today. From now on, that will be 2hrs to 3hrs of self reading for me daily~!

The workload of a MBA program is crazy~! In these 3 months, I have to complete at least 2 course booklets, 2 study guides, 5 assignments ranging from 1000 to 3000 words each (2 individuals & 3 different groups), 1 extra readings & 1 extra readings online. Never ever had I ever done that kind of intensive reading and writing before~! Well Done, isn't it~? ^_^" Well, I will take up this challenge, and I will make it happen. In one and a half years time, it will all be over~! And by then, I will break it down for you on how I did it... Meanwhile stay tune my friends, take care ~

Love Right, Do The Right Thing ~

2008-12-06T22:37:00.006+08:00

說好的幸福呢 (MTV), By Jay Zhou

I personally like this Jay Zhou's song - Shuo Hao De Xing Fu Ne (說好的幸福呢 Meaning "Where's the loving & content future we talk about" or something like that.) Jay's fan, please pardon me if the translation is not 100% accurate. Anyway, personally Jay is not an idol of mine, don't really like the way he sings I guess. However, some of his songs are really nice to hear, if not most of his lyrics makes superb meaning in life, especially this one...

This song reminds me of the many times couples quarrel. See, many times when couples quarrel, they tend to say things which they don't really mean to say during the heat of the moment, for example, "Let's break-up" for instance. Normally that was said without proper thought...

It might be just some simple or stupid disagreement the couple have, but somehow it can lead to some disasterous outcome. I won't want to go into how it is developed, because there are just millions & billions of senarios, and also the fact that I'm just plain lazy. But... I'll like to say something else ~

During such similar senarios, when it reaches the part where one is about to utter out some painfully cruel words to the other, I want to freeze the moment and take a step back and walk down some memory lanes...

The first place we go is the beginning, where everything started; the time when they first met. What is it like? How does it feel? Is it fated to happen? Next, we shall visit how they got together. How is it like? What is said? Shall we ask why they decide to be together? Is there any promise(s) made? Will there be any time limit? Finally before we go back to the actual time, let's go see everything that has happened since the day they are together until now. Are there any memorable events that have taken place? Any more further commitents or promises agreed upon? Any quarrels or disagreements occured? How happy or/and sad are they when they are happy and/or sad? Are there any tears dropped? If yes, are they the happy or sad ones? And why the tears...? Is there even any regret...?

Now that we have all been through all their future, and by looking at the current situation, what are they thinking of currently? Have they forgotten everything from the past? Or is the current incident BIG enough to overwrite everything from the pass~? If it's not, will it be nessary to hurt the other person, or the relationship~? Are they prepared to accept the future it brings no matter what happens?

See, if only we can freeze time and do the time travel thingy as mentioned earlier, we will save a lot of unnessary time, not make the wrong choices, and thus not hurt any person(s) we care about, including ourselves...

With that, I shall end my entry and wish you readers with best regards in your love life. Love Right, Do The Right Thing ~

Everyone Is No. 1

2008-10-07T15:11:00.003+08:00

I personally feel that this is a very nice MTV~! We should all achieve more in life than what we already had... ^_^Cheers~!

Everyone Is No. 1 - By Andy Lau

Dream Car

2008-08-23T18:33:00.004+08:00

Finally, my Dream Car is here . . . ^_^

Warded In SGH

2008-07-15T11:21:00.002+08:00

Just one a day after my previous post (I Want More Time), my mum was warded in Singapore General Hospital. A big shock and blow was delivered to me. She had suffered a mild heart attack, and had undergone a "balloon" surgery. One problem occurred after another...

After ballooning, there's blood clot. Thus she needs to thin down her blood to dissolve the clot. Then her blood gotten too thin, and so gotta stay in hospital to balance the blood level.

After further checks, doctors realised that there's a lump/clot in her liver. Doctor informed me that it can be anything, meaning at best nothing, or cancer at worst. After hearing that, I had ultimate stressful days & sleepless nights. Finally yesterday, the results was out...

Thank GOD the results shows that it's not cancer, just normal blood clot in the liver. Just take some medicine, and she'll be fine~! That was the best piece of news I had in these few days. It's been 9 days since she was warded now. This experience allowed me to learn life into the next level...

Life is full of unpredictable... I guessed we've all heard that too many times, but how hard do we realised that it's so true~?!! Too much to say for this entry, but too bad I've too little time and I gotta rush now. To end this entry off, I'll like to say this...

Live full, take care of people whom you love and including yourself, and most importantly, bring happiness to people whom matters to you, and that;s you YOURSELF too~!

I Want More Time

2008-07-05T00:03:00.004+08:00

I want more time... Yes, I really do. I'm doing it too slowly, and time is limited. Below is a very touching video, I cried when I saw this clip for the first time. It reminds me again and again, on why do I work so hard for. Until now, it still has that impact on me. I must work harder each day, provide my parents the best each day. I needed more time, will I eventually have that...?

The Famous Stance

2008-06-13T09:08:00.004+08:00

I have so many things to blog about, yet I do not really know where to start from. So many of them are important and meaningful, yet, I still prefer to blog about something ramdom today.

My Legacy Photo

Remember this famous photo of mine~? It's from my previous entry (The Legacy) on August 2007. I know this stance had been rather popular for a few decades now, but this stance had been made famous by who~? However, if you were to go to town area these days, you'll get to see this stance of mine, almost everywhere... Why~?

Well, the answer is simple. The "Angry Big Thing" is coming... Soon...

You Look To The Right, While I Look To The Left, Ok ? ^_^"

Career Opportunities

2008-04-28T15:52:00.004+08:00

Today I'm here to ask every one of you 3 Questions, just 3. I wonder how many of you agree with me that the job that we do, kind of or in a way, determines our future advancement in life, the bonds between us and our family or friends, and also our own satisfaction & achievements in life.
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Quite a few of my friends were looking for jobs, and some were even hopping around jobs. I kept thinking to myself, "why"~? Is it that we grow bored of what we're doing after some time~? Or is it that the passion for the job had started to fade off when the workload gets heavier, or when the immediate boss gets nastier~? Or are the things we do becoming part of a same old boring routine that it's starting to make us feel numb about life~? Why do most people have to work for one whole year, just to enjoy that one time year-end-bonus and holiday~?
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Hey, if you're starting to think like the above-mentioned, or anything along that feeling, then something BIG & MAJOR in wrong is your working life right now~! I used to think like that when I was in my previous job. I have to drag my corpse to work every single day. Every day feels so dull and tiring. Never have I ever woke up, feeling excited to go to work, NEVER... Every morning then was like, "Shall I just go get myself a 2 days Medical Leave, I'm like feeling so sick~!"
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Now, things had changed since I started this career of mine last year. I'm definitely a different person from whom I used to be any more, and it's definitely for the better. You'll know and see why... Anyway, I guessed you're still waiting for that 3 golden questions that I was about to ask, aren't you~? So, they are as follows : -
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[1] Are you HAPPY with your current job?
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[2] Can you fulfill your dreams, if you were to continue doing what you're doing right now?
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[3] Is this what you wanted to do for the rest of your life?
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If your answers are all "YES" to the above questions, then congratulations~! You are in your ideal career path. All the best to you and you will definitely have a great career ahead of you.
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If you answers consist of both "Yes" & "No", then there could be a few things. Either you like the job, but you're somehow stuck on it and unable to progress, or you hated the environment or companies that come with it. Or you're just lost and don't really know what you actually wanted...
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And if your answers are all "NO", then what are you waiting for~? Please go look for a job and tender your resignation immediately, you'll only be wasting your youth, time and energy in your current job. I mean, come on.... There's really nothing to look forward to isn't it~? And I can understand you frustration. Been there, done that before.
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To wrap things up, if you are indeed looking for a career opportunity or career advancement in the financial industry, please do let me know. You can email me at benefits@singnet.com.sg and I will show you how to be an entrepreneur. Oh, please leave your name and contact number for me, I'll try my best to reply to all, no promises though but I promised I'll try.

All the best to you folks, I wish you a fruitful year ahead and may you too find your ideal dream career~! ^_^Cheers~!

Have A Break

2008-04-11T15:12:00.003+08:00

It has been a busy & fruitful year so far, and I'm glad that it is the way it is now. ^_^Yes~! Well, no matter how busy we all are, we still have to take some time to chill down and relax for a while. Thus below is a video clip of a comedian name Russell Peters, he IS darn funny. The clip might take some time to load, and it lasted 45min. But TRUST me, it'll be worth while~! Enjoy..

Presenting Russell Peters

Take care friends, remember that life is not always about the end results, but more to enjoying the processes while we're actually doing it. ^_^Cheers~!

Keep Telling Myself

2008-02-21T01:26:00.002+08:00

Man, what a hell of a day I had~!?! *sigh* Know what I keep telling myself on such tragic occasions~?

"In life, it's not about how bad it is. It's about how bad it hit us, but we still keep moving forward~!"

New Year, New PHone

2008-02-17T19:45:00.003+08:00

The prophecy turns out to be true, indeed it's a good year ahead~! Other than the year started out good for my work, so is the excellent Chinese New Year. With the winnings I've got, so far, I've pampered myself with this....

Classic ~

Samsung SGH-G800, with it's 5.0 Mega Pixels lens, and 3X optical zoom, it really comes in handy for my work, especially its macro-shoot function. I've kissed goodbye to my Olympus digital camera and gave it to my dad, simply because I no longer require its service. My new phone is rather bulky and heavy, as compared to my previous Samsung SGH-U700, still I'm very happy & satisfy with my new toy, so far. ^_^Hee~!

I guessed everyone is back to work after such a long holiday, hope everyone is fully recharged during this period and is ready for the run for the year. Best of luck & health to everyone of you. Gong Xi Fa Da Cai and a very happy & great new year ahead~! Huat Ah ! ! !

Photo Entry Jan 2008

2008-01-18T22:50:00.000+08:00

I guess this is my 1st ever photo entry, too many things already, but too little time to write. I think I shall let the photos do a rough summary of what had happen since December 2008 until now...

First, it's X-mas...

Ya~ta . . .

(Sounds farmiliar~?)

(That's what Hiro say in Heroes when he did his 1st time travel...)

At Plaza Singapore

What ~ ?

At My Agency Fun Nite Cum X-mas Celebration

Then the 2 weddings at Malaysia...

Black-Tie Event @ Shangri-La (K.L)

At Ipoh, With Jinglin & Her Cousins

The Woman's Secret . . .

Then comes my agency planning day 2008...

The Fun Team ~ !

I Am Voted As The Agency Idol ~ ! ! ! ^_^Hee ~

That's about all, for now... Will update my entry soon I guess. Been busy with the new year, and also down with a bad cough too, which has been more than 2 weeks already. Do take care people~! Oh, and a very good and happy new year~! ^_^Cheers~!

Weddings Abroad

2007-12-24T12:32:00.000+08:00

I will be going to Malaysia from 25th to 30th Dec to attend 2 weddings, one at K.L while the other at Ipoh. Don't miss me ya... ^_^Cheers~!

Continued From Priceless Trip . . .

2007-11-23T11:26:00.000+08:00

No wonder my entry seems incomplete. I forget to add the following photos...

Receiving FasTrack Award From My CEO, Philip Seah

The Stash Of Jinglin & Mine

Congratulate Each Other For Our Achievements

That's really all people. ^_^ Cheers ~ !

Priceless Trip

2007-11-22T14:58:00.000+08:00

I think this entry might take some time to load all the photos, so please bare with it if the loading is slow... However I hope it's worth the wait. Anyway, I shall not say what I did day by day. Instead I'll talk about my 1st trip overseas category by category.

First allow me to introduce to you the 2 hotels that I had stayed in. The 1st hotel is the Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa. I can only say that lucky I do not have to pay for it, or least it will mean a bomb to me.

The Hotel Lobby . . .

The room was very cozy with the huge bed & LCD TV. Definitely the best room that I had been to so far. Feast your eyes on it...

Nice ~

The TV is very BIG one man, cannot really see from here though . . .

The toilet, to me of expected standard only. Check it out.

Not really as impressive as the room . . .

While I was having my morning seminar on the 2nd day, Jinglin ordered the room service breakfast. As according to her, it was nice...

Morning Breakfast Room Service

The 2nd Hotel that we stayed in was the Grand Millennium Hotel. The Bangkok branch of our local M Hotel. It was a smaller hotel as compared to the Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa, but it's service is of good standard. The differences is that, The Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa services is more of the Thai culture type, while the Grand Millennium Hotel is more towards the western type of service.

The Bangkok M Hotel

The room was a good typical high class room. I personally still like the room of the Amari more, however, I like the toilet of Millennium much much more. Here's how it look like.

The Room

Glass Walls... Nice ~

Now that you had seen where I had been staying throughout my Bangkok trip, we shall now move on to see the local food that had tried.

The typical breakfast I had while we're still staying at Amari looks like this.

Nothing Outstanding, EXCEPT the Bacons ~ ! ! !

Honestly, I had missed those bacons~! Man~! My meals then were mostly taken at this restaurant at Pat Pong.

Located at the Lv 4 of the Hotel

Next is a small cafe type of restaurant which we had our dinner.

Our Cold & Hot Tea ~

Nicholas Had His Fried Kuay Tiao In Omelet

Ivy Trying The Tom Yam Soup

My Shrimp Paste Fried Rice

Jinglin Had Her Beef Steak

Next is the dinner Jinglin & I had at the Fifth Food Avenue located at
the the level 5 of Mah Boon Krong Shopping Centre. Dinner was tasty, and of course.... CHEAP~!

Thai Style Seafood Fried Kuay Tiao

Prawn With Crystal Noodle

Moving on, allow me to introduce to you.... Mcdonalds~! ^_^Haha~! You might be saying that I'm an idiot to go eat Mcdonalds at Bangkok, since it's such a common food around the world. This is where you're wrong, people~! So, so wrong~!!! Ladies & Gentlemen, now let me show you the one and only PORK Burger that Mcdonalds have, the Samurai Pork Burger~!!!

The One & Only Pork Burger Of Mcdonalds, or so I hear . . .

The last food section that I'll introduce is another Japanese Restaurant located at the cinema level of MBK Shopping Centre. This one really is DIRT CHEAP~! Food wise is reasonably tasty for its price. Jinglin & I only spend 328 Baht in total. Here's what we had...

Our Hot & Cold Tea, Yet Again ~

50 Baht Only, Can You Believe It ~ ?

129 Baht . . .

99 Baht ~ !

Just in case you don't know the exchange rate, it's SDG 1 to about THB 23. There're still a lot of other very nice and cheap food around Bangkok, just that I forgot to take more photos at the sight of those tasty food. They are famous for their meatballs, which can be found everywhere. So is their crystal noodles. So for food-lovers, you really have to try as many different dish as possible. Also must try those stalls located by the roadside, most might look dirty and will not pass the hygiene standard. However if you're adventurous enough, you'll get to taste some good local food. Don't worry that much, as least Jinglin & I made it back just fine.

Next is all the adventures that we had. Shopping Centres include Platinum Fashion Mall (which is directly opposite of Amari Watergate Hotel & Spa, wholesale prices. In fact it's the best there so far, in terms of prices.) and MBK Shooping Centre (a bit more expensive but the quality might be a little bit better. Heard that it's quite the same as Pratunum Market but we have not been there though.). Shopping Markets include Chatuchak Weekend Market, Pat Pong Night Market & Suan Loong Night Market. Honestly one could not finish shopping at one shopping centre/market in just one day. It's just too big & crowded.

Let me touch on Pat Pong. I think it quite a black market there whereby the prices were sky-high and the goods were all imitations. However you'll get to see the Thai Girls Show where the girls could do many funny stuffs with their "pussy". Yeah... You hear me~! But be careful, such pub would agreed upon one price but bill you another. If you ask me, I would say that it's robbery~! We were the actual victims of such "crime". However, I heard that there's some REAL Thai Girls Shows in that area, just that the black market ones "over-flood" them, which makes them difficult to be located. You can try your luck though.

Next I'll like to touch on the Chatuchak Weekend Market. This Place is HUGE~! We only explored like 30% of the area for one whole morning plus afternoon. Trust me that you can get lost there. They sell everything and anything there. From clothing to furniture and food to animals, and even delivery services. There was even an area where they give out maps of the area, that is if you manage to find that.

Look At The Crowd Man ~

We were lucky to had gone there that day because it was a cloudy day with not much sun. Or else we would had been cook~! Too crowded and hot there, but it's worth going. Prices are quite cheap there. It's every woman's magic land for shopping...

What's that boy looking at ~ ?

^_^ Candid Shot Of JingLin ~

You actually gotta try the clothing on the spot man !

Shop Till She "Drop" ~ (Private Joke)

We Present To You, Chatuchak Weekend Market

I guessed that's all for shopping. Moving on is the adventures segment. The first place of interest is the Floating Market. 600 Baht per person, free one bottle of mineral water some more.

Let's Take Off . . .

Some places crowded, Some places quiet

At The End Of This River, You Can Feed Fishes

(I think a lot of movie scenes were taken here too)

At A Souvenir Shop

Coconuts For Sale

Nothing much to say about the floating market. It's a good experience, but I'll not go again though. Please do not place your finger beside the boat throughout the session, your little fingers will really hurt if it's squashed between 2 boats.

Next is the Elephant Riding Session. 400 or 600 Baht per person, can't really remember...

Take Note Of This Guy ! ! !

This is what happened. This guy knows how to speak Mandarin well. At first he seems to be very friendly and help took pictures of us for free. Jinglin and I still intend to give him a good tip at the end of the trip. But towards the end, he show us some goods made from "elephant tooth", which is really expensive. 500 Baht per piece~! When another guy offered Nicholas & Iv 500 Baht for 6 pieces~! Jinglin & I refused to buy any, and from then on this guy will refused to talk to us~! He even shouted in some foreign language to his fellow colleagues, most probably scolding us. He even refused to let us feed our elephant the bananas that we had bought. The worst part is that he even hit our elephant with his whatever stick (the one he uses to control the elephant) he has with him. What a damn loser~!!!

He just wanna eat something, I bet he's really hungry ! ! !

Here Comes The New Tarzan & June

Next stop is the Siam Cultural Park, the cost per person is 200 Baht... Cheap~! Nothing much to see the though. A few wax figures of some famous people, and some other stuffs. Take a look ~

One Of The 3 Buddha Statues

The Conference Of Mr Mao & Mr Mao

Whoever he is, Jinglin seem to be really paying attention to . . .

Suppose To Be Mother Theresa ~

Looks Naked ~

Guess Who Is That ~ ?

The New Tomb Raider ~ ?

In the cave of the park shows a story of a man who eats to his death because of his greed. Quite interesting... A short one though.

He's Also A Very Charming Guy

The above mentioned three places (Floating Market, Elephant Riding & Siam Cultural Park) were lead by our very nice taxi tour guide, Lee. These 3 tourist spots were about 100km away from Bangkok, so normally it's better if you book a taxi for the whole journey. In total, we paid him 2000 Baht for the taxi transport and his services, plus 200 Baht more as his tip. He's really good and he can speck English well. He had also brought us to a place which served Thai cook food. The food was FANTASTIC, and it only cost us 560 Baht for 5 of us~! Where to find such treat man~?!!

Now, the final place of interest. The last segment of this entry too. Allow me to present to you, The ladies-men of Bangkok~!!!

We had went the Calypso Cabaret at Asia Hotel, the cost is 600 Bath person which include one drink. I was really impressed with the chorography and the way they change the background of the stage. Very nice & professional~! No wonder it was call the BEST in Thailand. Ladies & gentlemen, please feast your eyes on the photos as I present to you, The Best In Thailand ~ ! ! !

Welcome to the show . . .

Potraits Of The Stars

Stunning "Ladies"

Even MORE stunning "Ladies"

Photo Taking Session

Do They Really Used To Be Men ~ ? ? ?

^_^ The Most Funny Character Among Them All ! ! !

That's about all for my 1st ever trip outside Singapore & Malaysia. I had really enjoyed myself there~! In total, I had spent...

Air Tickets & Hotel : SGD 750

Transport around Bangkok : 2000 Baht

Shopping : SGD 150

Food & Beverage : 3000 Baht

Shows & Trips : 3000 Baht

Enjoyed My 1st Trip Ever With Jinglin : PRICELESS

Be There . . .

2007-11-15T13:49:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is the day . . . I'm so looking forward to it ~ !

Fast Track 2007

2007-10-24T11:52:00.000+08:00

My whole life, the only place outside Singapore that I've been to is Malaysia. The furthest I went & the highest I went is Genting Highlands. Know why...? Since young, my family always travel on dates that I couldn't go. Be it that it's near/during my examinations, or even popular dates which I could not take leave off my work.

However this time round, my fate had changed. Year 2007 will be the turning point of this fate. I will finally get to travel around the world to taste different food & see different culture. In fact it starts this mid November 2007.

See you there ~

Yes, I'll be going for an incentive trip to Bangkok (Thailand) from 16th to 18th November. However I have extended my trip for 2 more days, thus I'll only be back on the 20th. Do stay tune for an entry for this trip...

I'm so looking forward to this trip... *excited*

Shallow "Friends"

2007-10-19T11:55:00.000+08:00

Friends, I have so many. I believed whoever that's reading this now has many friends too. And there are so many types of friends that one could have, but today, I'll introduce you to this very special group of friends, the Shallow "Friends". Here's how it goes...

You all make friends, be it in schools, work places, neighbourhoods, or even social gatherings... Slowly you establish a relationship which we commonly known as "Friendships". And moving on from there, we keep in touch with each other. We'll call each other up as and when, meet up for gatherings/entertainments occasionally, or even confined with each other some of our darkest secrets, thinking that they will keep that secret for you too. For all you know you trusted them, like they trusted you too... Isn't it~? And we all thought that all friendships are like that...

Then one fateful day, you decided that you wanted to embark on a different career. Especially into the Banking, Financial, Property and even Sales industry. For all you know, you are still "you". Never did you expect that some, or most, of your friends were no longer "friends" anymore... One by one started to avoid you. From not meeting up with you, to not answering your calls, and even not replying your emails or handphone messages. Some even talk to you in a manner as though you owe them something...

Does friendship take into consideration of one's occupation~? If a friend is in need of help, does he/she always meant that he/she wanted money~? Going into financial industry allows me to see how mature all my friends were. Not only that, I came to realise who are the ones whom I can truly call them FRIENDS. It doesn't mean that they had to buy any service from me in order to be my friends (Sorry I'm not that shallow~!). However, please note that... Friends will still not buy/take-up anything from you if he/she does not need/require your service, but they will NEVER avoid or treat you differently as compared to the past.

At least I get to identify my real friends early, what happen when I REALLY am in need of help urgently, and I started searching desperately for help with that little time that I have, but innocently bump into such pool of shallow people, I'll be in deep trouble.

I sincerely thank & appreciate those true friends that I have now, some of them really surprised me though (Lesson learnt: Do not judge anyone base on what you know only). That's why there's a famous saying, it takes one to know one (it takes one real friend to know another). Anyway, as for those shallow & immature "friends" that I came across in life, I really wish that somehow you get to realise what you had been doing to others; If you don't like people to treat your otherwise, don't treat people otherwise...

Take Care ~

What Ever . . . !

2007-09-22T17:10:00.000+08:00

Just thought that I should share this video... So CUTE ~ ! ^_^

My Sins

2007-09-19T17:33:00.000+08:00

I promised the whole world & time for you, but eventually I couldn't deliver them to you. True Love itself doesn't seems to be enough in reality, as time can lighten the density of quality. I thought I could be that mountain that you would depend on whatever & whenever you needed, but I guessed I am wrong. The saddest truth is, I really wish I could...

I Plead Guilty

Stress & exhaustion made me became complacent, due to the lack of my determination. Thus, negligence became a sin I am guilty of. The Best, I may used to be... But I will never allow anyone to replace that title in my absent. Hate me, I know. Punish me if you have to. Leave me, if you feel necessary to hurt us both. But please let me say this to you...

I am really sorry to have let you down, but I do truly love you with everything I have as well. Believe me when I say I don't have a choice, for to you I know you don't agree with me. I admit that I was not in the best I am to you, but do you know I'm also not in my best to treat you well too? I am not finding excuses for the wrong that I had made, as I indeed am as guilty as I can be. I only beg you to have faith in me, if not at least have faith in the love that brought us so far. I Love You, I Really Do. And I know you really love me too. Why continue to hurt yourself when we're both already so wounded, why not hug tight and encourage both of us to live through this storm. I will, but will you stay with me...?

Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy . . .

2007-09-09T16:51:00.000+08:00

The period near to end August & early September is always very stress & enjoyable. Stress because it's both Jinglin's & my birthday, so there'll be a lot celebrations and it cost a lot of MONEY~! Nevertheless, the enjoyment we had is worth it...

I still remember for the past few years I had the Clubing Marathon, the Huge Combine Celebration...etc. So some ask me, what's new this year~? Well... I didn't purposely think of one, but coincidently there was a marathon... It's a Food Marathon~!!!

So Good We Ate Finish Already Then We Took The Photo

So many times we both went out to treat ourselves, and on top of that people gave us treats also. We nearly had great meals for a full 10 days!!! From Japanese Cuisine @ Tom Ton of The Central, to the Western Fine Dining @ Fosters Restaurant of Holland. Then there were the Ajisen of Bugis, some Chinese cuisine @ Vivo City, Fish & Co of Bugis. I guess there were some more... Just that, I forgot about them already... ^_^" Haha~!

I Like This Dish, The Mua Ji ! ! !

However I'll like to comment on Tom Ton. Their food there is very nice, but that comes with a price. We both came out of the restaurant feeling only slightly filled, but we spent S$100/-. Still, it was worth it~!!! I get to taste one of the finest "mua ji" for dessert, and please take note that they always sold out on that. So do ask them to reserve for you when you places your order.

The One With The Wipe-Cream Is The "Blow-Job"

Oh, I went to the ZOUK finally. It's the first I went ever since it was last renovated. It was quite a crazy night man. There was a total of 4 jugs of beer, 2 jugs of Vodka Redbull, 2 jugs of Vodka cranberries, 8 shots of blow-job & 12 shots of sex-on-the-beach. Not forgetting the flaming
lamborghini that Tony treat me. I went back at 0300hrs, with my head spinning like crazy. Two words to describe, Hyper High~! The next day I wake up at 0800hrs, I must say that I'm still feeling high when I woke up, not forgetting the numerous vomits I had before and after my sleep... -_-" Haiz... Still, it was a enjoyable night out~!

^_^Cheers~!

My Handphone

2007-08-27T15:09:00.000+08:00

I had always been a loyal user of NOKIA handphones. I still remembered my 1st handphone ever back in 1997, the NOKIA 3210. Then the rest follows; 3310, 8250, 6230, 6230i and finally 6280. I had always like their user friendliness. Honestly I personally think that that should be what a device for a human being should be, user-friendly.

However as my expectations increases over these 10years, NOKIA failed to satisfy my expectations again and again.

One bad experience I had was the software problem when they just launched the 6230. That's why even before 1 year is up, I trade in for the 6230i. However I then trade in again for the 6280, as I was fascinated by the huge screen and of course the 2M pixel camera. Nevertheless, out of the 6 handphones I had over 10 years, all 6 of them gave me the same problem~! Call me unlucky if you wish, but it's true that the port at the bottom the phone is always giving the connection problem. Thus any ear-piece will never last me more than 2 months, so is the port of the phone. I wonder if that is common for everyone out there, but I know for sure that I am one of you~!

Thus I now finally let go of NOKIA, and had to painfully re-learn how to use another brand of handphone. Allow me to introduce to you my new handphone, SAMSUNG U700~!

Doesn't it feels good to hold one of these. . . ?

Frankly speaking, I'm still struggling to even type one simple message. However, I'm still impressed by it's sleek design, light weight, it's functions & display. I'm totally blown over by it. This handphone is by far the handphone that I like the most~! And it comes with a free
Bluetooth ear-piece too. ^_^Nice~!

Oh by the way, did I even mentioned that it's my birthday tomorrow~?!! So you friends out there know what to do eh...? Wahahaha~! ^_^Kidding only ya, just kidding~! Enjoy your day then, chao~

The Legacy

2007-08-25T23:31:00.000+08:00

Have you ever asked yourself why are you living on earth today~? What is your purpose of being here~? More often than not, I believed that such similar questions will hit you from time to time... Have you ever really think about it seriously before~? Well I don't know about you, but I do...

For those who had known me for a long long time, yes I meant back to the days where I was still a student, you would have heard be telling you this before, especially if you're my ex-girlfriend. I said back then, "I'm here for a reason. In fact I'm here for someone..." However I guessed I'm wrong then, NOT totally worng though, but wrong ya... I thought that I was supposed to bring meaning, or laughter, or even happiness to just a particular someone. But recently I had descovered my even bigger purpose in life. See, at first I might thought that my life should be just delicated to my parents, whereby I will bring them more joy and happiness into the family, it'll be a long goal and is still currently working on it. The came the thought that I might be the one for a girl whereby our life met at our crossroad. Then failed relastionship after relationship showed that it'll be of a much further purpose to fulfill. Luckily for me, about 3 years ago, I've finally met that special someone who by far has treated me the best other than my parents. She's Jinglin, and I hope that she IS that purpose that'll be accompnaying me for the rest of my life.

Then came my friends who I met in & outside school/work. I'm pretty sure that there are times whereby I had made a significance mark or changes in their lives. So is that all...? NO~! What about those strangers that I had bumped into...? Will I make a difference for them, or shall I say... Can I ~? YES I CAN~!!! And yes I did... For about five years that I worked as a police officer, I had came across so many different people who are in need of help. And among so many of them, I believe that there are some of them who had their life changed because we met. But it's normally always only after they had gotten themselves into trouble then I could help them. And believe me, there are so many times when I feel so terrible for them. Can I only help people only after they knew they need it~? Can't I just beat this system...? I wanted to... But can I...?

If we were talking about the me I used to be, I would have said NO. But today, I'm already a different man. The rules of the game seems to have changed also, this time I get to help people even before anything were to happen, but it doesn't mean that it will get easier for me. In fact it's even harder now...

Thus this is why the title for this entry is "The Legacy". My friends, this is my legacy, and it will be different. From now on, I look forward to helping fulfill the legacy of others. That will be my ultimate legacy...

And...

My legacy had already started...

Will I See You At Our Crossroad Too . . . ?

What A Sight ? ! !

2007-06-30T12:29:00.000+08:00

Quite some weeks ago, I went to the Hypermart at IMM Building. The shopping experience seems to be fine & normal until I came to the vegetables & fruits department. I nearly fainted. Here's what happened...

Upon my first step into the "green sector", I was greeted by the many shoppers as usual. However, this particular station was VERY CROWDED. "There must be some very good deal here~!", I told myself. Indeed there is... Consist of both local & foreign shoppers, they were congregating to "sample" the lychee & mangosteen. According to one of the shoppers, they were allow to "test" the fruits in this particular station before "making their purchase", which explains why there are a few trash bags attached around this station. I could see that the shoppers were all very "helpful" with their "testing" or "sampling". I stood there for more than 30 minutes observing these people, and from the way I see it, these "shoppers" were more like "testers" rather than "buyers". Only 1 out of 30 in this station shows potential in buying these 2 fruits, but these rare customers seems to not really enjoy their shopping experience, from the look of their facial expression. I mean I have nothing against this marketing strategy of this particular company, but I'm more concern about the hygiene issue here. Know why~? Here's why~!!!

Hunger Strikes ~

When a customer picks up a lychee (for example), he peels off the skin of the fruit enthusiastically and quickly places the long-anticipated juicy lychee into his mouth, but somehow the lychee's taste wasn't up to his expectation, so this customer spit out the lychee from his mouth onto the side of the station!!! And this is a typical practice that you can see around this particular station. Some even throw their spit onto the fruits. Can you imagine what if you had buy a bunch of lychees with potential spits on them~?!! *fainted* You won't like that right...?

Try Me . . .

I hoped that the management of the company will/had done something about this, since it's been some time now. Thanks, but no thanks...

Busy...

2007-06-10T01:33:00.000+08:00

Just when I thought that my new job would give me more free time, I'm actually more busy. Lesser time for fun, family & Jinglin... Hai~ Just like I had always said, it's not that I'm conplaining or what, it's good that I'm busy cos it means that business is good, but I miss out on so many things at the same time too.

Will this be a fair trade~? I admit that I'm more satisfied with this job than my previous one, and the pay is way better~! It's exciting & rewarding too... What am I saying~? Well I guessed everything comes with a price. Hopefully this kind of time consumption will decrease over time, just that the rest maintain can already~! ^_^Wahaha~! I know I am so greedy...

Anyway, I had passed my Graduate Diploma. Wahaha~! Such a great news, that's one more step closer to my Master Degree, but I guess I'll rest for the time being first. I think I'll only start earliest on 2008. Passing my exams meant a lot to me, but too bad Jinglin isn't there with me to celebrate. I missed her badly... Can only hold her in my arms on Tuesday...

"-_- Sianz . . .

Finding You

2007-04-08T20:25:00.000+08:00

I'm lost, I no longer feel secure. I'm blind, I can't find the light that shows me the truth. What's worst, I can no longer say what I want to say any more. What good is my mouth when I can say the right words at all...? What good can my hands do when I no longer use them correctly...? Why can't I hear the cries of your heart any more...? Am I drifting away...? I don't want to...

Everyday I ask myself, am I getting all busy for the right reason~? Am I doing or saying the right things at the right time~? Am I seeing the right person at the right place~? I don't even know what I'm doing any more... I don't feel that I'm doing anything right any more. Now I'm in a mess... What is happening~? Why are my values all so wrong now~? Am I a changed person now~? Do I see & do things differently from before~?

Why are we looking away now . . . ?

I felt that I had neglected someone who is dear to me. I felt that I had lost sight of her... I even panic that I couldn't find her any more, but the more panic I am, the more wrong things I do~! I don't know what to do, neither do I know what to say... I'm sorry... I really am...

I want our happy days back ! ! !

The Person Whom I Really Wanna...

2007-03-25T16:55:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps, I know that I had been busy and had neglected this space of mine for quite some time. My apologies for that. No excuses, but I really didn't do it on purpose. I'm just too busy to update any thing. I didn't even have to check my e-mails...

Practically everyday I woke up at 0730hrs, leave house by 0815hrs for work, and will only be home at about 2300hrs... Sometimes it's just work, but there are times whereby I had to attend night classes for my personal studies. Weekends suffers the same fate, although I get to wake up later at about 1000hrs, but only to sleep even later at times at say, about 0400hrs. Thus it's busy, Busy & BUSY...! Not that I'm complaining about anything, in fact I'm actually enjoying it... ^_^Hee~! I just love this job~!

Day in day out, I met up with lots of people, people from all sorts of trades & lifestyles. Listening, talking & understandings becomes the core of what I'm doing now. It's really nice how you can get to know more about people, especially for me since I'm the talkative & busy-body kind of person. I like to learn about new things. However, ultimately there's one person that I really missed... The one person that I had neglected...

She's JingLin. See, I have been doing a lot of travelling & talking with people everyday. And by the time I reach home I'm already so wasted that I hardly have any more energy or mental strength left to even have a decent conversation with her. Although she's understanding enough that she didn't give me additional stress to pay more attention or to talk to her, but I know that deep down in her she felt sad & lonely. I felt guilty for not giving the kind of attention that she really deserved, I am so sorry.

But does anyone know this~? Of all the people I see, and all those people whom I talk with, JingLin was the only person whom I really missed~! I wanted to see & talk to her... We used to spend like 10hrs of quality time together everyday, but now it shrink down to less than an hour a day. I too feel the sadness & loneliness...

Those Were The Days... But it'll come back ! ! !

I'm now learning to cope my time better, so that I can have time for my work, my love ones, my friends & ultimately myself. The job that I'm woking now is great, just that I'm not used to the new working style. I believed that in the near future to come, I'll be abled to cope with my time well, and that's when I know that I will make it in life... Please continue to have faith & trust in me, I promise that I'll be better in the near future. Thank you~!

Exams Over

2007-01-21T13:43:00.000+08:00

Exams over, people~! At least, that's me for the time being. I guess that I'll be taking another 3 more papers in February, but who cares~? Anyway I still get to enjoy myself for another 1 week plus. Wahaha~! That's already good enough for me~!

The past 2 weeks had been hell for me~! Been confined to my room, or the reading lounge of the Nation Library, almost everyday man~! It really sucks BIG TIME~! Yet, I think I might fail one paper, and that paper happened to be the one that I cannot take supp-paper anymore. Which means if I fail, I have to re-take the whole module~! I don't want to go thru the same boring module of this lecturer again man~! Haiz... Guessed I can only cross my fingers in hope that at least I pass ya... For the other 3 modules, I guess I should be doing quite good. Wahaha~!

Oh, there'll be a major announcement in the 1st week of February, so do come in here again ya. No, it's not a wedding announcement, so dun need to ask me ya. Haha~! Some of you peeps might have knew it already, but anyway still, I'll tell the rest of you who still dun have a clue. Meanwhile, stay tune & take care~! ^_^Chao~!

Our Love Story, Preview...

2007-01-10T18:39:00.000+08:00

Hi hi, I know it's been a long time since I last blogged. But please forgive me ya, cos I'm having my exams this 2 weeks. 4 modules in total, so please understand. Anyway, here's a little mini MTV for you peeps to enjoy. So please have a good time, and I'll be right back soon...

Err... I dunno what's wrong with the link, so please click the below link, sorry for the technical error...

(The Complete MTV)

http://www74.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=50447714

(Without Song, not so nice ya...)

http://guardian-angel.slide.com/p/2/Our+Love+Story?view=True

Death Note

2006-12-15T23:21:00.000+08:00

I do not know how much you would agree with me, but I find that the movie "Death Note" is a great movie. It's been a long time since Japanese films make a good hit, the last one which I could remember was "The Ring". I am SO CONFIRM that I will watch the sequel "Death Note 2, The Last Name"~! In fact, I am wondering if I can get everyone I know who will be interested to watch the movie together on the 28th December, or even on the sneak preview~! If that's the case then the feeling will sure be POWER~! I guess I'm just crazy, but maybe it'll work... So who's going~? Please contact me alright~! Wahaha...

Anyway with pure luck, I came across the animation version of the "Death Note". At first, I thought that I'll not watch the movie after I watch the animation, since more or less it'll be the same... But still, the animation couldn't satisfy my hunger~! I just needed more~! And trust me, the animation is much Much MUCH better than the movie. In the movie, "L" seems to have quite the same kind of personality & wits as "Light", but if you watch the animation, you'll see that both of them have their own personality. Especially the way they act, respond & feel about incidents, or about the other party. The story line is a bit different also. I completely admire "L", both in the movie & animation. However, I'm more fascinated with him in the animation. He's just so much better there~!

As for the characters look-alike... "Ryuk" the Death God looks exactly the same, behaves a tiny bit differently though, as he is more adorable & scary at the same time. ^_^Haha~! As for "Kira" A.K.A "Light" looks only 65% alike. He's more charming & evil in the animation also. The actor in the movie might be able to bring out 85% of his charm, but only 30% of his evil. What a pity...? Well as for "L", what you see in the movie is really what the character look like in the animation. I will give a 98% look alike~! REALLY~! Everything~! From the looks, to the style, to the way he behaves~! Even the aura & feeling is the same~! The 2% difference is that the movie cut short or change certain aspect of the story, that's why the actor couldn't really "perform" much about it... The rest of the sub-characters, I think not much of you would be interested, right~?

So, who's side would the other "Kira" be on too~? Somehow I just had this feeling that she'll not be on "Yagami's" side. Just this feeling only though... Oh, she seems to be rather strong from the way they show it in the trailer~! Well, , who is gonna win the final battle~? "Light" or "L"~? Let's just find out... Till then, see ya~!

The Battle Ends This Year... Will It ~ ?

2 Months Worth Of Off

2006-12-05T11:23:00.000+08:00

I didn't know that all my leaves & extra hours would add up to near 2 months worth of offs. Man~! So many people ask me what kind of organisation would give that kind of "benefits", well, you wouldn't wanna know... Trust me~!

Now that I have so many off days, I'm actually prepared to study hard for my exam this coming January 2007. By right it should be 2 papers, but thanks to IMF 2006, I now have 4 papers to clear. So right now I'll be looking forward to find a study partner(s). I think studying alone can be a bit boring, rather study alone at home right~? But then, studying at home would mean to use the internet (like now~!) when I see my computer, play my PS2 when I see it too...etc. Too comfortable already, so it's not gonna work~!

So I hope someone out there who would like to pull up your socks and start real studying, please call/msg me ok~! I'm cool with any place near town~! So ya, that's about all. Wish me luck for my papers~! ^_^Cheers~!

Fed Up + Angry

2006-11-22T11:39:00.000+08:00

Honestly, I'm very upset over the whole incident~! Firstly, I missed my semester 1 examinations due to IMF S2006. So that means for semester 2, I'll need to take exams for both semster 1 & 2. Now that I am already so behind time, my supervisor gave me another challenge, and so that makes the second point~! Secondly, I had missed 2 lessons due to my wisdom tooth operation. So that mean I couldn't miss any more lessons. But to make things difficult for me, my supervisor wanted me to always find a substitute (Be it the other person is on leave, or off day, or worst, other teams~!) to come back to cover me for my work, ranging from 15min to 3 hours. Can you believe that~? 15min~?!! For that 15min, people had to come back for work during their leave or off day~? Crap isn't it~? That makes me the common enemy in my work place. I had to owe people favour, just to go for my lessons~! The best thing that my supervisor can say is, "The most you re-course this semester only what~?" Power~? Not yet~! That's my last but not least point~! I had planned to clear my leaves for this year on mid-November to mid-December so that I could prepare for my exams this coming January 2007. In total there are 20days worth of leaves plus off days. Now, that champion supervisor show "pattern" again by cutting down my plans to 10 days worth of leaves plus off days~! 50% OFFER~! Why did he do that~? So that he & his scandal assistant supervisor can go oeverseas seperately~! All that on the expense of the rest of the team members~!

What kind of supervisor is he man. He don't plan his leaves~! Then ask his men to plan, only to be cancelled by him at the very last minute. That's why our team's MC rate is so high, because most of us are so fed up already~! Some of them even wanna sign a petition, but they later stopped it because they don't wanna get him into trouble. Yet he really abused his position as a supervisor in this area. I'm not saying that he's a complete a**hol* you know, he is a rather good person, but he's a damn lousy supervisor. He can be so sacarstic to tell the Chinese, "Hari Raya and you wanna apply leaves near to the season~! You might as well convert to Muslim~!" Trust me, he is famous for such remarks~! So many people got this many times before~! Yet, now that Christmas is near, he is taking overseas leave until Chrismas eve~!

Anyone with any suggestions on how to treat or work with such kind of supervisor~? I'm really forcing myself to work everyday now, and I'm NOT THE ONLY ONE~! Sooner or later, either the rest are gonna quit, or they will request for a transfer~! 5 years coming soon, and I think I really had enough of this~! What can I do....? Please help~!

Girls In My Life

2006-11-09T14:17:00.000+08:00

Been wanting to continue updating "My Homepage" for a very long time, but I wasn't able to. Mainly because I am busy, or should I say lazy~? Anyway, for those who had yet to visit "My Homepage", the link is on the lower left bottom of this page. It's a just site where I tell about how I grow up, my love life ...etc... Anyway, I had also wanted to add a new column in there too call the "Biography", where in there you'll find those important people who came into my life. That too, isn't updated. However, the last thing that I will add into "My Homepage" will be "My Story II", where I talk about my life after marriage. Well since I'm not married yet, so the site is currently unavailable too~! ^_^Haha~! Crap, I know...! Anyway, that's just a intro to the site ya...

Photo Of Me & JingLin Quite Some Time Back...

In today's entry, I'll do a little attribute to the girls that had came into my life, mainly romantically... Woo... I can see your eye widen up already... ^_^Haha~! Seems like Stanley is gonna reveal some more saucy information huh~? Well, if you really wanna know, read on... However, I'll not mention any names here. And if some photos look like someone you know, don't even bother to try figuring her out ya...

To start off, I'll have to relate to a friend of mine (Yes, it's a she...), because she told me about her relationship. She is a tall, pretty & elegant girl whom she was attached to a guy when she was still studying her tertiary education. So many people had tried dating her, but none seems to had succeeded except for this particular guy. After years of relationship, they finally gotten themselves engaged. They had even queued for their love nest. Recently the guy bought a new car, and the unexpected started to happen... The guy committed adultery. I shall not get into details, but I can only say that this friend of mine is like 95% confirmed that her husband had betrayed their vows. It's a long time since I last saw this girl friend of mine after I graduated from my tertiary institute, and it was just so recently that we met up again. To me, she is still at pretty as she was. Only thing is that, she doesn't look so cheerful anymore. Seems to me that something had gone missing from her.

Here's The 2 "Special" Ones...

She sent me a message recently, asking me after all this time, has her appearance changed or something. Well, I told her the truth that she's still as pretty as compared to the last time I saw her. Then her reply sadden me.. She said, "So what if I am still pretty, my husband doesn't like it..." It's as though I could feel her pain~! Then I replied, "Some men made certain mistakes. They treated woman like sashimi, whereby it must be tasted fresh & new. But I feel differently, I feel that woman should be treated like wine, whereby the more mature it is, the better it taste. And the brewer himself makes a significant difference to the quality of the wine with his determination, consistency & discipline."

Just some of them...

I used to belong to the group of men who had preferred "sashimi". Not that I am proud of, in fact, it is one that I'm guilty of. I guessed that that is just part of a process whereby a boy grows up to become a man. I know that this should not be an excuse, but that was how I really think then... To some girls, I might had done terrible things to hurt them before, and I'm sorry. I still am. But to some, I treated them with the best effort I could then, and I'm grateful.

I don't have ALL their photos...

See, so many girls had came into my life then. Most came in say "hi" now, and the next moment "bye bye". For some, I wished that they could stay, but I never was lucky enough to. Some made me do a lot of crazy things that I can't even dream of. However, some did managed to stay and grow up with me. We learnt as we go along together. We mature with the things we say & do. We experience new things. adventure new places, eat new cuisines ...etc.. So many different things to share. And when the time came, they left. Most parted with good memories to keep, some left with painful tears, and some I wish I had never been together with. Still, all that contributes to what I am now, how I think, and where do I plan on going in the future. I would say that I had been through a lot of things in life, but I don't think that I had been through enough. There are still so many things for me to try & do, only then would I know that I had not wasted my life when I'm on my dying bed. Most importantly, the one fine lady that I hoped would accompany me to walk side by side with for the next half of my life...

Do You Want To Be "The One" For Me Eventually~?

The important thing is not about who comes or goes in your life. It's all about how much you had learn "before", "during" and "after" that significant person is with you... With that note, I wish everyone well in your adventurous life to come~! Take Care...

My 1st Operation Ever~!

2006-11-07T17:57:00.000+08:00

Hi people, I just got back home from my operation. What operation, some might ask... For those who had yet to know, it's the surgery for my wisdom teeth. According to the dentist, I had to remove 4 of them. As there are located at the 4 corners of my mouth, I was advised to remove 1 side at a time, meaning 2 teeth of the same side.

Now that the anesthetic is starting to wear off its effect, I'm starting to feel the enjoyable pain already. In fact, it's causing me to be a bit drowsy...

I guessed I shall quickly share my experience with those who are still inexperience in this. Well trust me, you're not gonna like it. Before the surgery, you will have to consult the dentist several times before you could lie on the operation table. I shall skip that, as it's of no importance~! On the date of the surgery, make sure you eat more so that you would feel hungry after the surgery. Trust me that you wouldn't have the appetite to eat, even though you're hungry afterwards. Make sure you go mentally prepared~! The anesthetic injection is the 1st terrible thing that you'll confirm encounter~! This needle is no ordinary needle, the size of it will sure make you worry... Yet this injection is is just for your gums only. *faints* Next they'll cover your whole body up, leaving only a hole just nice for your mouth. As you panic away, your greatest nightmare is just getting prepared for you. When the anesthetic takes effect, it play time. You can get to peek thru the same opening of the hole that I mentioned earlier, but I don't think you would wanna know. Imagine that the needle if already that size~! To be frank, I was trembling terribly under the sheets... Call me a chicken, pussy or even a sissy, I don't care~! I AM TREMBLING~! The pain was minimum, that I can assure you. But it's like watching a horrible movie, just that this time round, you play the victim. The sound of the saw (YES, THE SAW~!) really makes me nervous like hell~! Then the surgeon also try forcing (YES, USING FORCE~!) out your pathetic tooth. You'll be lucky if the whole tooth came off all in one piece~! If were to break, like me, then congratulations~! Why~? Because there's only little bit of tooth left for the surgeon to clip his/her instrument onto, yet there are still so root of the tooth which is still in your gums, I don't wanna say much, just use your best imagination to imagine what the surgeon will do...!

Well that's about it, nothing much to say. The cleaning up (Stitching and all) and after-care will not be of much concern if you can make it that far. Well, the pain is now killing me already. I'm so giddy already so I think I'll touch on one key point. Guys, if you are serving National Service now, or about to, or haven't served at all, then you're lucky~! According to the dentist, if I remembered correctly, if you are to have your wisdom tooth operation with the government clinics during your time of service, it will be completely paid for. You will not be paying a single cent. How's that~? But, please do confirm again with the clinics, just in case I'm wrong. Well, gotta log off now... The pain is REALLY HERE~!

1 Litre Of Tears

2006-10-26T16:39:00.000+08:00

Recently Jinglin was introduced to a Japanese Soap Drama. It's a true story which happened at Japan last year. It's about this 15 year old girl (then in year 2005) Kifuji Aya, who had this deadly disease call Spinocerebellar Atrophy. In simpler terms, this disease affect the patient's ability to make even the basic movement. In the initial stage of the illness, the patient will stagger while walking, fell down often, unable to judge actual distance between objects. As the condition worsen, the patient will start to have difficulties in walking, writing & even talking... Eventually, the patient would be paralyzed. However, all this symptoms will not affect the patient mentally. And that's the part which I feel that this illness is so CRUEL~! Can you imagine how the patient would have felt throughout the progress, not being able to control the situation, and yet also cannot do anything about the situation. With the current medical standard of the world, there is still no available cure~! Even Japan, who seems to claim as the best in this field (As In the drama), could only slow down the progress. Meaning that, the symptoms would only get worse.

I'm expecting a lot crying form this drama. It happened sop that the patient was a very happy, filial and energetic kind of girl. Then the actress is some more very pretty & cute, which make the whole thingy even more unbearable~! By the way it's called 1 Litre Of Tears. I don't know if it's the official website, but it could be downloaded at
http://www.dramarific.com/1_litre_of_tears_main.html. There are 11 episodes in total, and I'm currently only on the 3rd.

Wouldn't comment much more on it, it's wouldn't be nice if I were to disclose everything to you. Anyway the purpose of this entry is that, I want express that I'm proud of the girl who tired to fight the illness. I'm proud of her spirit & the way that she had handled her illness, although I haven't seen how she did it completely yet, but I know~! So please peeps, like I always said, and had said before in my previous entry. Treat every minute you have as though it's your last, eat every food as though you'll never taste the same thing again, treat your parents well as though they'll be leaving you soon~! And last but not least, treat the person you love the best that you can, as he/she might not be always there... With that, I shall end this entry, with Love...

Done 2 RARE Things Today ! ! !

2006-10-11T15:07:00.000+08:00

Today I did 2 things that I haven't done in years, like 10 years that long~!

The first was that I had to visit the dentist. Why~? Well, it's a long story. I had to go back at least 10 years. I can't remember if it's during my Secondary or Primary school days... One of my rear tooth was slightly chipped off~! Don't bother asking me how, cos I don't remember either~! So the pretty dentist put so sort of clay to overlay the hollow area of my poor tooth nicely. Everything was fine until recently, I think that's about a year now also, that the clay came off without the slightest warning. Well no big deal at first, until yesterday night... I cried~! There's this unique sharp pain when I had my dinner. That's when I decided that I had to see a dentist, REAL QUICK~! I'm that kind of person who Live To Eat, so "no eating" means "no meaning living" also~! ^_^Haha~! I'm exaggerating a bit here though, I think you get the picture...

So immediately after work, that's about 1200hrs, I rush from Clementi to Queenstown's dental clinic to avoid the lunch time off, if there's any. But to my hyper surprise, the counter lady just coldly said to me, "I''m sorry, we only do appointments. And the earliest appointment is on December." Not to be mean, but I was crying out loud "W.T.F" inside my head upon hearing that. I believed that not everyone is a regular customer to their dentist, right~? So how to make an appointment when I don't even know the number since I haven't gone to a dentist ever since I left Secondary school~? Crap~! Some more it's a government dental clinic... Should the concern department do something about this~? I don't know, what do you think~? Especially when emergency cases, like mine. They mean I can stop eating until December then they help me~? Yap, sure no problem... But I guessed I needed to pay a lot more extra, since they'll be doing my tooth at my tomb~! Not to be mean & sarcastic here, but I think it's a bit too unflexible~!

So lan lan (Meaning no choice in harsh Hokkien, sorry for my language here. Too furious over the incident already~!), I gotta seek other alternatives for my small problem... I then went to Ghim Moh area for help. My dad recommended there yesterday. I reached there at about 1300hrs. Wahaha~! Guess what~! It's freaking LUNCH TIME~! What luck~? Fear that my lunch would mean hell for me later during treatment, I dare not eat just before seeing the dentist. I guessed that we all had this fear with dentist. Maybe it's because they just look SCARY in some way... Although they're always in white, and are clean with those shiny metal equipments, but we're still scare~! Aren't we~?

Luckily for me, the dentist returned from lunch early. At 1340hrs, I met my savior. I think they too needed appointment, but at least the kind counter lady bother to check with the dentist on whether he had time for me. I mean, that makes a difference isn't it~? Better than just a cold, "Sorry, we only do appointments~!" *sigh* However seconds after I sat on the dentist chair, I start to regret already. Well it's not that painful anymore that I know, but still the fear in me feeds on me. Time and time again I caution myself that the pain is going to hit me soon, but it didn't. I was so tensed throughout the whole treatment~! I thought the ordeal was finally over, but that kind of comfort never last. When I reach home only, the clay start to crack already~! He had put too much clay on the sides of the tooth, and worst, he did not apply pressure like the previous dentist. I think I'll have to visit another dentist soon, but still I thank him for the effort...

The second special thing I did, was just before the dentist open his clinic. There was this stall nearby which sells original CDs made from China. Trying desperately to kill time & attention that the fact that I'm already VERY hungry (Still am now~! Haven't eat yet~!), I took a look. The guy was playing some songs of Lisa Ono. She's the older kinda singer from Japan, hear from him that she's coming Singapore soon for her concert. She is supposed to be quite famous, as according from him. Anyway I don't know her, and didn't take notice of what was playing. I was looking at the other CDs, especially the Paris Hilton one. After some time, I find the songs of Lisa Ono was quite smoothing and pleasant to hear, I bought it. It's of 2 discs. I got the Michael Jackson's hits too, and that's 2 discs also. The last disc was of Roxette's hits. 5 discs for only S$20/-. Good buy, I tell myself. It's been like more than 10 years since I last bought a CD. Those were the days that I'll go to Bugis just to buy a CD. Hmmmm.... Those were the days... However when I got home, the titles on the CDs were wrong~! PLUS, the Roxette's one was a disaster~! Some songs that were supposed to be in the CD were not there, however on the other hand, some that were not supposed to be there, were there~!

That's my day~! How entertaining...? I guessed I'll be looking forward to visit another dentist soon... Meanwhile, pray for me k. Just pray...

Time Flies . . .

2006-10-03T12:57:00.000+08:00

+++Esther's & Joanne's Blog Added+++

Recently, JingLin & I attended the wedding of Wai Keong & Soo Pin. Let's just first congratulate them, and wish them all the best. Anyway, their wedding was in the "Ancient Romen" style, like TROY. And guess what~? The bride was been carried into the hall by 4 big size Ang Mo (Meaning Caucasians in Hokkien) man~! Even the Media Corps came and there were 2 celebrities, they are Chong Qin & Wang Jian Fu. I think the wedding will appear briefly on TV, just that I do not know when yet... The entrance show was very touching man, and I guess those girls & women who attended the wedding would have benchmarked a rather high standard of their wedding in the future~! Hopefully JingLin didn't man~! ^_^Haha~! Kidding ya, kidding... *looking at JingLin*

The Bride Came Into The Hall On This Chair

Anyway, I got to meet up with a few of my rarely see secondary school friends. That's Wai Keong himself, Cheng Chun, Marcxs & Yong Chen. My best buddy Ise was also there of course. I haven't got the photos of WaiKeong & Soo Pin though, but I promise I'll put up the photo when I receive them. It was a really nice event, whereby not only I got to attend the wedding of my friends, I also got to meet up with my long time friends. Although we always do meet up during the Chinese New Year, to kill each other in our annual gambling session~! ^_^Haha~!

Marcus Left Early, So He couldn't Make It For This Photo Shoot

However it was also then that I realised that I had known this group of friends for 14 years, while I'm only 26 years old this year~!!! That's more than half my life already~! For Ise, that's 16 years of friendship already~! Man, am I old now~? Errr... Maybe those in their 40's and above might think that mine is chicken feet as compared to them, but still it has this impact on me... This only shows that life isn't really that short, but time do really flies by quickly. Are we really making full use of them, now we really got to think about it again...!

It's Been Near To 2 Years Now, And I'm Still Madly In Love With YOU~!

Hi Hi

2006-09-06T19:22:00.000+08:00

So sorry peeps, been so bloody busy that I didn't even have time to go out, so let alone to blog... Being just staying mostly at home, to sleep especially~! Anyway, due to the BIG BIG event this coming mid-September, I guessed that I'll be even more busy, and of course, lack of sleep... Thus I think I'll not be blogging until the end of September, or even early next month. I'll try to make it up to you peeps ya, will update my life ASAP... Take Care~!

Oh, by the way, I had gotten myself a new girlfriend... Here's how she looks like..

My New Girlfriend . . .

Her name is JingLin, just in case you're wondering... Wahahaha~! Her newest haircut, how's that~? Her very 1st short hair for the past many decades... Anyway, see ya in 2 weeks time, or so... As for now, chao~!

Healthy Lifestyle

2006-08-10T13:56:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps, how have you been~? Recently had been busy as usual, but luckily I still got to meet up with my friends for some family lifestyle & some good food tasting... Been hoping to go to the beach for a long time, and finally there I was, playing Beach-Volleyball again. This time round, I got to enjoy one more thing, that's the frisbee~! So fun and yet it only cost only S$2.90, thus it's so worth it. Below is a video that I had made, with some error. Due to the fact that I forgot that videos taken with my Nokia 6280 had to be in the landscape form... So please tilt your head to the left to enjoy the clip. Don't worry, it's a short one. I find it quite artistically done though.... ^_^Haha~! Enjoy...

The Challengers

Anyway Christian, Charles, Chris, Jinglin & I went to HOOTERS for dinner sometime back. It cost us about $S200/- in total. But the standard of the food & service that were provided were not up to our expectation. What's happen~? I had long waited to go back there and yet I was quite disappointed actually. Quite a sad incident, I must say... Nevertheless, luckily Christian had enjoyed his holiday in Singapore, and he is now safely in Australia again. Which is good for him, cause I wanna kill him already for leaving the country with passing me the photos that we took those few days~! *DuHzZz* Christian, if you're reading this... I still haven't receive your e-mail, not to mention the URL of the photos~! Better get your work to it...

Tell Me If I Should Give It One More Try . . . ?

*Ahem* Sorry for that~! Moving on... So if anyone of you were interested for some healthy lifestyle, please please please call me ya! I'm in for it, especially if we're going to the beach again~! I wanna get that healthy tan colour... Wahaha~! ^_^Chao~!

Testing Out The Video

2006-07-28T12:33:00.000+08:00

Hi guys, I'll try to blog ASAP ya. Couldn't do so recently due to the very HEAVY schedule I have recently. Work, study and my mum just had an operation....

Anyway, I recently had a meet up with 2 of my long time friends, Christian & Charles. Christian just came back from Australia, so we all kind of meet up for dinner. Below is a video clip taken, with our beloved Charles cracking an old joke. Quite Funny, so sit back & enjoy...

The Italian ?

Are You Being Heard~?

2006-07-09T12:14:00.000+08:00

Hope the previous entry wasn't really that long, but I guess it's really just that long~! What am I saying... Err.... There are more to it, but I don't think I can put in all in, or else it's really going to be a book already. Anyway, moving on~! Today's entry is somehow related to the previous entry also, call it a side-step away...

Often I really wonder to myself, "Am I being Heard~?" I mean, I know people who are not deaf can hear me when I talk, but what I really mean is that, "Am I being heard correctly~?" Is my point being delivered to the right place & at the right time, without missing/adding anything else... Does the person who heard me understand & feel the exact same thing that I do~? Well honestly, I don't think so...

See, what I can conclude is that, everyone one of us is different from one & other~! Which I think is the reason why, when 2 or more persons living, or working, together gets into disagreement from time to time. Apart from the preference differences of every individual, they is this common thing call, "Communication Breakdown". How regularly do we see/encounter things that gone wrong, just because of communication breakdown~? So many, I don't think I need to give any example. But the problem is this, even when we tried our very best to phrase & express ourselves as correctly as possible, communication breakdown can still happen. Why~? Is it that we all feel differently towards different words, say "love" or even "stupid"...etc... Do you agreed that different words weighted differently for everyone of us. Certain people can take certain words without feeling anything, but with the same words, others can feel rather sensitive. Or does communication breakdown occurs when the timing of the message delivered wasn't proper? Simple example, one happy person trying to tell a sad person how beautiful this world it, so in this case I doubt that the sad person can see the world as beautifully as the happy person, right~? I'm just over generalising here for easy understanding...

So how can we make sure that others get the correct information that we wanted them to know of~? What must we do to achieve that~? Does timing play an important role also~? What about the ambience or atmosphere~? Obviously the person that we wanted to communicate to plays a big deal here... In short, in order to prevent communication breakdown, we have to take note of "Who", "When", "What", "Where", "Why" & "How" to deliver the message... Am I right~? Hmmm....

Is it really so difficult to just say something simple~?

The Amazing Race

2006-06-27T22:30:00.000+08:00

Ever notice how girls or even women would complain about how we guys were different from the former 'us'. Maybe not really complain, but at least they commented something like this. Recently this question had been bothering me greatly... Believing that my blog guests consist of mostly fine women, as compare to men since most people who tag me are the ladies, why not help me in discussing this topic... I call it The Amazing Race~!

Please note that this is going to be a hyper long entry~!

It took me 2 SOLID DAYS to complete...

Firstly, allow me to explain why do I use this phrase as the subject title. I personally take a relationship thingy as a race, be it the courtship or the honeymoon period or even the breakup, if any. Why, you may ask. Let's see...

I class courtship into 3 different segments. They are the 100 metre run, 400 metre run & lastly the Marathon run. When a guy woos a girl (let's just exclude how truthful & faithful & sincere a guy can be to simplify the discussion), there are usually 3 different ways that a guy can do it. Remember, tactics and other considerations aside first ok...! Some guys have no patience, or that they know that they don't stand any chance, or even that they are just simply don't care kind, which is why they took the 100 metre run approach. Has anyone of you ladies out there met guys who came into your life, and exit without you noticing it~? I bet you had~! See, when in a 100 metre run, competitors normally gives their best and sprint as fast as they could, we ignore those slow runners and those who didn't even know why they participate, but those who are really serious in the run gave their best, agreed~? However it's just for a while only and the race would be over. Thus we had the winner quickly, and lots of disappointed losers instantly at the same time. Let's just take the fact base on the efforts that these runners put up. They gave their best (Normally~!), but their race ended quickly... Can that explain to you ladies on why certain guys hit on girls in such a fast & furious manner, but yet they also left you alone when the "race" is over~? Maybe... However, I'm not saying that such guys are the BAD ones, or that they are just those not sincere ones. In fact, I believed that they are not the "rotten eggs" as of now, please read on to find out more~!

Next kind of courtship is the 400 metre run. How does one guy woo a girl in a 400m run approach~? Well, it's quite similar to the 100m sprint. The only difference may be the fact that it requires certain amount of planning, and the process, of course, isn't as short. A guy normally could still perform his best, or at least near his best, for a distance like this. And although the distance is much longer than the 100m run, it isn't that long that will affect a guy to maintain his top performance too. Thus in such case, it requires a guy to have a certain amount of patience & sincerity, yet at the same time gives his best over a certain period of time, in order maintain the kind of pressure. Now the problem is this, a guy that woos a girl this way has his own disadvantage too. Again, I'll touch on this later. Although this seems to be a perfect way to woo a girl, I personally think it wasn't the best yet.

Lastly is the Marathon run in courtship. In a marathon, runners not only have to do a lot of planning, but also a lot of practice & training. Experience plays a big role in this run. And of course the most important element is the staminer. All the above voice down to 2 key points that a marathon runner will take note, they are discipline & experience. So if a guy is to woo a girl using the marathon run method, I will see and suggest that he has the exact same elements of the marathon runners. Why~? Well, this method means that you take into consideration that it will be a very LONG courtship. And thus the longer the courtship, the more you gets 'tired' of the whole process, and chances are that they will be many new competitors who will use the other 2 methods to woo your targeted girl. In which they seems to be more "determined" & "sincere" than you, since they are always sprinting towards the finishing line. A lot of people might argue that why can't a guy in a marathon give his best all the way~? Well, I think here's where the human mature comes in isn't it~? Our individual life is always bumpy with many things that will always go wrong, and on top of that, bad things can happen which makes us sad. So during a longful event, how much effort can one person give & concentrate in one particular area, which doesn't promise to have a future, while ignoring the rest around him, for a long time~? For example our family, or career, or studies, or personal interest...etc... So I believed that a common answer is, never~! And for a guy that can take such a long time to concentrate on one ( I have to emphasis~!) targeted girl, he must have had many experience in handling relationships. If not, I doubt anyone will be tactful enough for this kind of run. Because, the slightest bit of carelessness will mean a bye bye forever... However, I believed that most girls will prefer a guy to woo them this way, because this way, the guy is stable & is mostly guaranteed to be sincere. No doubt this method seems even better, and most girl would hope that guy would woo their this way, it still has it's own flaw... Like being there too long, can meant that not being there at all... Or something like that~! Didn't you girls always feel that when a guy that has been there for a long time, and you treasure his friendship & all, that you're afraid to risk it for a steady relationship with him, for you know that, a good friend doesn't guarrantee a good lifetime partner...

Now I moved to the next phase of a relationship, that is being together eventually after the courtship. Also, the 3 kinds of runs still implies...

Some relationship is like a 100 metre run. It is exciting, intense, enjoyable and compacted. But however, before you knew it and it was over~! How many of you had been into this kind of relationship at least once so far~? I see many of you nodding away... So I had to presumed that you did encounter before. This kind of feeling normally stuns you, and also make you feel lost isn't it. The feeling of in doubt makes you paranoid & depress. You kept asking yourself the ultimate question, "WHY~?" Especially when that guy used the marathon or 400m approach to woo you, and you're so sure of yourself that he is sincere and that he is the one, but why does he still leave in such a short time... Headache isn't it~?

Relationship can be a 400 metre run too. I term this kind of relationship as "A Learning Experience". Such relationships meant that they never last long enough. In such relationship, both the guy & the girl learns more about himself/herself, as in what they really want, and also what they can offer for the other party. This is also a good "training ground" for people who want to set up a serious relationship, or even a family. In here, you see so much of yourself and you will notice how things change & matters to you over time. Goals & perspective changes too~! What used to be of least important can means dear to you over time, or incident. From here, a guy/girl also foresee what he/she wants in the future and thus he/she can plan and work towards that direction. Am I right so far...?

Lastly, it's the Marathon run in a relationship. This relationship is normally everlasting whereby the couple lives happily ever after *cross fingers*, or the relationship would last for quite some time. Nothing much to say for this segment since this relationship already last that long, there shouldn't be much problem. But in reality, there are sure to have problems also one, but at least not in our discussion topic today.

Now, let's compound both the courtship & relationship together... A 'fast game' occurs when the courtship & relationships use the 100 metre run method. A fling is the common term, flirt stands well here too. When a guy uses the 100 metre run method to woo a girl, normally he is more or less looking forward for a 100 metre or 400 metre run relationship. Of course, there can be exceptions, but it's going to be rare... I know some girl friends of mine who had gotten hurt by this kind of 100 metre run courtship & relationship combination. I could understand the kind of shock & hurt they have, but I have to say one thing, what do they expect from a person whom they hardly knew at all~? Well, I would say that it would be a risky bet... But what do you gals think~?

Here's the next combination, 100 metre run courtship & 400 metre run relationship. This takes a little bit of either luck or effort to happen. Firstly, when a guy uses a 100 metre run method to woo a girl, most probably he is just trying out his luck. And for a girl to accept a guy who uses the 100 metre run method to woo her, she has to be either one of the followings that I can think of... She somehow has a bit of feeling liking that guy (Be it she feels happy when he's around, or she likes the way he portray himself...etc.), or she is just trying her luck also, or she is just lonely, or lastly, she is just plain desperate. I know I sounded harsh & critical, but what are the odds here~? Please share ya... Then comes the 400 metre run relationship... The luck part was simple, they happen to find the other party to be someone near to "The One" person that he/she is looking for. Just that simple... For the effort portion, it'll be more complex. The effort that we're talking here can varies... For example, say maybe when the guy succeeded in getting into a relationship with the girl and somehow loses interest with her (Or the gal loses interest in the guy), then he (Or she) may want to end the relationship, but when she (or he) upon knowing or feeling that the end of this relationship is near, she (or he) will be more careful and try to be even better so as to avoid giving the guy (or gal) an excuse to initiate the breakup... Another classic example is when both the guy & girl get into the relationship, they (Either one party, or both) started to feel that they are not meant to be for each other, even though they feel differently during the early stage of the relationship. This is just 2 examples, there are just so many more for me to spell it all out for you, but I guess you somehow has gotten the picture.

Next is the JACKPOT combination, which I think would be impossible to happen, but still there is a chance... That is the 100 metre run courtship & Marathon run relationship. This kind of couple what we normally term as "The Fateful One". They are just meant to be for each other... A great deal of luck has to play here, as compared to effort, but still, the effort here has it's own significant figure to play and cannot be left out~!

Now moving on is the 400 metre run courtship with a 100 metre run relationship. In here, a lot of wrong judgements have to be contribute to it. A 400 metre run courtship that leads to a relationship, often means that quite a lot of considerations & efforts & tests were carried out. Although we can't see see how the future lays ahead for us, but with so many things that have been considered, there shall not be any blunder mishaps to occur, am I right~? Still, things can happen against our will at times, and we can be so wrong with our judgements too, isn't it~? Call it bad luck, be it when 2 wrong person met at the wrong place & wrong time, anything~! It's just plain fate, or else, it'll be plain fault... Do you agree~?

400 metre run courtship with 400 metre relationship is a common combination in our daily lives. We see them happening all the time around us, especially on our friends...During the courtship, certain considerations had been made. And during the relationships, certain amount of efforts were also put in... But still, it's still not enough, isn't it~? In here, the challenges that we are facing can be "time", "compromising", "efforts", "interests"...etc. So many different elements to put into considerations. Thus we often cannot make it happen in our very first relationship. To me, that's mainly because we are not experience enough, we are still searching for the real truth about this world & ourselves, and we just did not have enough fun & freedom yet. Of course, you can feel totally differently from mine. It's more of an individual thing, isn't it~? So, what's yours...?

Then here is the 400 metre courtship & Marathon relationship. I don't know about you, but I personally think that this is the ideal combination. The courtship is not short, and it is long enough for each party to know about 80% of the other party. That way, not much risk is involved in trusting the "stranger", and there are some space of hidden fantasy to explore for both parties. The relationship is also strong & long enough to make things go on happily ever after... The relationship wise is more or less the same, whereby enough efforts & compromising are to be ensured over time~! Agreed~?

Again moving on next, it's the Marathon courtship & 100 metre relationship. I won't say that it's more to bad luck, but I will say that it's more of a wrong choice. When a guy in involved in a girl's life for over too long a period of time, either the girl would not take the guy into consideration, or the feeling for him fade into near nothing over time... Then comes the time whereby the girl for some reason was so long or sad that her life suddenly becomes meaningless, but then she got to realise that the "HE" that she had been looking for had been "there" with her all along~! Lame... I know... But that's how it is., isn't it~? Somehow or rather, shortly after realising that the guy was "the one" of her life, she realised that she had made a mistake, and had mistaken accompany for love. Can that sort of thing happen~? To me, I think it can...

This is the 2nd last combination, with Marathon courtship & 400 metre relationship. I personally feel that this is quite a sad case, because it definitely hurt a lot to end a relationship after such a long time spent together, not forgetting the even longer time taken to consider the other party. This one I can only comment that fate plays the biggest & meanest joke ever, to make 2 person not compatible even though they had already taken long safe steps into a relationship. Of course, sometimes it's just plain judgement errors too. Anyway, I hope you get my point already, somehow...

Lastly~! (Finally~!) The double Marathon combination... Seems to be ideal fantasy love story for all of us, whereby both parties took the long safe steps into a relationship. And when being together, they managed to compromise, love & put in enough effort when time challenges them... A lot of elements will be taken into consideration for this combination to happen, and it's going to be so damn rare, that I think most of us had never see them before. Most probably it no longer exist in our generation, I guess...

If had read until here, I'm flattered and I would like to thank you for your time & patience. You are indeed either a true friend, or a true supporter of my blog. I had reached the end of my entry. Thank you once again. However, please share your feedbacks to me. Who knows, you might be of great help to me someday, somehow... If your feedback is going to be too long for my tagboard to handle, please mail them to eliteboy28@hotmail.com ya, thank you. Your comments will be greatly appreciated~!

Life, A Destination Or A Journey~?

2006-06-19T12:22:00.000+08:00

Hi hi, I nearly fainted when my blog don't know what happened, after I just merely make some changes to it. The whole thing just can't work anymore~! After some minor adjustment, finally it's back to normal~! Ok, the thingy I changed here was that I put some shortcuts to certain entries that I wrote previously, which I think was nice & meaningful. So, happy traveling down my memory lane once again~!

Seems that everyone has been going back to school recently, and I'm of no different too. I'm currently taking up a Graduate Diploma in Marketing Communications with Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS). It really feels good to be able to go back to a classroom to study again~! The only thing that's not as good as before is that, I have to pay for my own studies now~! How I missed those days that my parents had to pay for everything that has to do in school... My attitude towards study had also changed tremendously too. When I was in my Polytechnic, I used to skip all my lectures and missed some the tutorials & Lab lessons. I didn't even do my tutorials at all, yet I passed somehow~! ^_^Haha~! Anyway, what I do now will shock the whole world, I guessed~! Now, I will read up all the notes and textbook after the lessons. PLUS, I'll read thru all the notes & textbooks for the coming lesson at home before the class starts. Don't you feel proud of me~? Wahahaha~! ^_^Just Kidding~! I'm now so hardworking not just because I'm interested in it, but let's just face it, I have to pay for my own you see....

Anyway, today's entry wasn't about going back to school... It's more than that. Recently JingLin just ask me something, that is... "Are you a Journey or Destination person~?". Hmmmmm...... What do you think~? This question is still going around popping in my head, searching for a definite answer, but still, I couldn't~!

See, I have this dilemma... I don't want to be someone who only cares about reaching somewhere I wanted, and without knowing how I got there, and with the help of who & what...etc... But if I were to choose Life as a Journey, then what will this Journey be about, without any Destination~?

To me, the whole thing in life is about making choices. So is this Journey & Destination thingy. See, it all depends on the situations, isn't it~? At least to me, that is... Here are 2 different examples~!

Let me touch on Destination first. Using a simple example, it might sound lame, but most of the time, it's just so true~! Eating process... Most of the time, we aren't eating because of the whole process eating... The trip to the place, choosing your dish, waiting for the & eating it at the end. Let's just face it, we ate just because we're hungry. So it's more like a "been there, done that" affair for us, especially during lunch time when we work. Can we really enjoyed our meals, I doubt so... So course, like I say, it depends too... On special occasions, we dine in special place, with our special someone. Then the whole experience becomes so different entirely...

Now for Journey. I personally take a lot of things as a journey, especially love. In life, I had encountered a few relationship failures. And that's how I learnt to be better next time round. Some things just couldn't be taught or shown by another person, and we just needed to learn them ourselves, be it the easy way, or the hard way... But of course at times, we can also learn it by what we see, hear, or feel from another person. It just depends on how empathy we are for the other person. Can we really feel the pain, or happiness, or sorrow, or even joy of the other person~?

So do we take the Journey because of our Destination, or do we have a Destination when we make a Journey~? It's your life, you decide...

"I Love You"

2006-05-29T22:45:00.000+08:00

I guessed I had talked too much about food that it had started to get boring... Thus I decided to go back to my usual philosophy topics. Today I'll talk about a phrase which consist of only 3 words. Although there are only so little words, but they weighed a lot~! This 3 words are what that holds our family together, in fact they what that holds everyone together~! These 3 words are "I Love You"~!

But now my question to all of you are... What do these 3 words mean to you~? How do you say/use/show them~? And lastly, when do you say/use/show them~? Take a few minutes to think through these 3 questions before proceeding forward to read my entry ya...

Ready~?

Are You Sure You're Ready~?

Here Goes...

The meaning of love is "A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance." Honestly, I don't know the whole crap of rubbish written here... It's taken out from a dictionary. What it mean anyway~?!!!

For me, "I Love You" is not just 3 words to show affection for someone whom you felt dearly with, it far beyond that. They were everything, from morning greetings we exchange when we woke up, to the romantic moments we shared together with our loved ones. Not just the love & concern that we showed to each other on special occasions (Like exchanging presents on Valentine's Day), but also the little bit of special something we do for each other everyday (Like getting him/her a glass of water ,when he/she is busy with his/her stuff). The list goes on and on... I think you'll get what I mean...

Now, how do we say them~? Saying "I Love You" isn't about saying it verbally. It can be a look or expression, the way you look at each other. It can also be a form of touch, a kiss, or even a simple hug~! It's funny how such simple gestures we make can mean so much, but yet, are we aware of them~? I believed that most of us might have experiences, whereby, you look upon your loved ones in the eyes (or vice versa), you know that you loved him/her so dearly, but yet you just didn't say anything verbally at all. Had you~? There were many incidents that I remembered when I was wooing JingLin, whereby there were many times that I wanted to tell her how much I loved her, but I couldn't (due to some other reasons). Maybe the time wasn't right or something... Anyway by just looking at her, I believed she had gotten the message somehow. And it was great, I mean, sometimes certain thing were better not said, but felt... Things might felt differently if I were to say them out... So what do you think~?

Now, the ultimate question~? When do we say "I Love You"~? If you're saying that, it only happens when it's romantic, or when we're happy & content with each other... Then my friend, that's when I'll disagree with you totally~! To me, love is most felt when one is sad. However, love is most challenge when we're in a bad mood or angry~! See, how many of us are guilty of at least one of the followings...?

[1] You started to pin-point each other's flaws, or past history during a quarrel~?

[2] "Agreed" with the other party unwillingly with the "Erm", "Arh" and "Orh" . . . etc~?

[3] Calling each other names during a quarrel~? (I personally find this the most funny one~!)

[4] The Cold War . . .

[5] Adultery (I hated this the most~! *!#$%@!)

The list goes on...

I'm guilty of more than of the above mentioned this lifetime. It's funny how I used to say "I Love You" to my ex-girlfriends, but yet guilty of hurting the other party... As I lived on my life, I slowly learn more about what love is all about. Some people say "I Love You" so easily, like just breathing oxygen into their lungs, but not knowing that they had abused the true meaning of it. Maybe that's why a lot of people was mislead by so many other people. We normally term these people "players", or "gamers". When we swear to the other party on how much we loved them, do we actually ask ourselves this... "Do I love him/her so much that I'm willing to let go of my pride and all, and give in to him/her totally & willingly~?", or "Am I really prepared to do anything, anything at all for him/her~?" Words used correctly in the nicest tone can be so smooth to the ears, but what matters the most isn't the brain, where the ears transmit the words to. It the heart that really matters in the end, we can smooth talk so much to the other person, he/she might felt good to hear them, but how long would they lasted~? So what if we kept saying them, would they have the same effect as ever~? I doubt so... Although such sweet nothings might seems to give us a good start, but I think they would never get us far enough. All I wish to say is, remember that when every time we say "I Love You" to anyone, do be reminded of the weight that comes with it...

This entry is actually for my most love one, JingLin... Dear, I wanted you to know that my love for you doesn't just come only when we're in the happy seasons, but also the dark seasons whereby we had our quarrels and all. I'm still learning to treat you right, love you the correct way, and with the right attitude. I had to thank you for showing me so much in life, and always there for me. I don't how to thank you enough though, and loving you forever, doesn't even seems long enough...

From Your Husband-To-Be,

Stanley

Feast Time

2006-05-18T01:28:00.000+08:00

My previous entry seems to have gotten hold of a lot people's attention. Due to the overwhelming response, I think i owed my readers a sequel to it. Haha~! This time round, more pictures, more mouth watering, more sinful...! Ladies & gebtlemen, allow my humble self to present to you one of the 7 deadly sins, gluttony...

Pepper Lunch

Hey, it's round 2 for this cuisine~! This time round, I took the extra effort to take both the "before & after" photographs, for your better understanding. In our 2nd visit, JingLin & I had confirmed that not everything that cost the most, taste the best~! Previously, we had ordered the most expensive dish, but the taste were okie only. Anyway, here's what we had...

Curry Rice (Before)

JingLin had the Curry Rice, and it turns out that it rather delicious~! It's like fried rice in Japanese curry style. Don't be fooled by the colourless sight, you'll be surprised when you actually taste it peronally~! Oh, like JingLin said, it's especially best to have it on a cold day/night. It'll make it more heartening....

Hamburger Patty Set (Before)

Hamburger Patty Set (After)

As for me, I had the Hamburger Patty set. Honestly, I didn't know that hamburger patty could ever taste so well in hotplate. And I personally like the eggs~! Somehow, it just taste good together with the special sauce. I think you could give this a try also~!

Crytal Jade Kitchen

I just can't get enough of Crstal Jade restaurants. They just served wonderful cuisines, which I liked very much. Seldom would I come across gross food~! *crossed fingers* I hoped that day would never come... The best part is that, they have so many different outlets. Thus they accomodated to my different cravings on different days. How nice~?!! Haha... I'm talking like as though they're one of their sponors. Hey, I really don't mind man. They don't even need to pay me cash, just give me free food in their restaurants can already~! Wahahaha~!

Noticed That This Was Already Half Eaten~?

*ops*

Forgot To Take Photo Because Too Hungry Already~!

Plain But Nice, Trust Me...

One More Plate Of These Cuttlefish Please~

Okie, back to their makan~! 3 dishes only, a normal dinner for two. They are the Fried Rice (AGAIN~) With Minced Beef, Seng Mian & Fried Cuttlefish With Pepper & Salt. Err... Nothing much to say actually. Nice food which were definitely worth the price~! JingLin & I both like cuttlefish thingy a lot. Missing that already...

Hill Top Restaurant

Okie, it's the 1st time that I had ever been to this place. I didn't even knew that it exisit too~! It's actually very near to Jurong Bird Park, and like the name implies, it's at the top of the hill. Thanks to Janice & Bryan, whom they drove JingLin & I there for late dinner. The ambience there were rather "kampong" style. They served Indonesian, Western, Korean & Japanese Cuisines. What combo yeah...! The view from the top was actually quite soothing. It'll be a good place if you wanted to have a good chat with your company.

The Homely Pork Chop

Fish & Chip

Some Korean Cuisine, Udon...?

Bryan's Korean Beef Set

I had the Pork Chop, and this is the 1st time I ever encountered a retaurant that served such homely-liked prok chop~! Yet, it's tasty~! Yes, plain but tasty...! JingLin had the Tomato Soup, which is really red in colour. She like that, but too bad that I didn't took photograph of that. Janice & Bryan shared 3 main dishes. The Fish & Chip, Korean Beef Set & Yaki Udon. I don't know about the taste, but from the way they are enjoying themselves with the food, I can concluded that these 3 dishes must be pretty tasty too. By the way, the servings weren't that big there... Remember that... Oh, and the prices are quite cheap for a restaurant. Remeber that too~! ^_^Hee~!

Tony Roma

Been dying to bring my parents there. And it took me 3 times to successfully book them for this makan session. Luckily, it's worth the wait~! If you're a meat lover like me, you'll love this place. This restaurant is famous for their ribs. They recommened the Baby Backs Ribs, but I preferred the California Honey Ribs. Everything is nice & tasty. I wouldn't say much about this one, I'll just let the 2 photographs say the thousand words...

The Baby Back Ribs.

Just Look At That ! ! !

The Roma Feast

Heard Winnie had also been eating Tony Roma recently. The takeaway service seems to be a rather good one eh... Anyway, I know that it's already sinful enough by just looking at all these photographs. So remember to say your prayer before you go to bed ya... ^_^GoodNite~!

Enjoying Life

2006-05-03T09:53:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps, sorry for the long wait. Recently just upgraded my internet connection speed to 3500KB/s, powerful eh...! However during the wait for the new modem to come & while setting up the new connections, there were some problems. So I wasn't able to surf the internet for quite some time. Anyway, I keep my fingers crossed that no new problems would occurred~!

Recently all the big events got to do with the election thingy. Luckily my area here don't need to vote for anyone, because frankly speaking, I practically don't know any one at all. So what about yourself, do you need to vote~?

Anyway, nothing much to talk about too. All is the same. Busy work schedule, no time for family, hardly able to go out gai gai (Meaning taking a stroll). But still, I had to enjoy life no matter what right~?!! What for work so hard, and end up torturing myself~? So here's my treat for you peeps again, on the yummies I came across... Err... Anyway I think my site is about to become makansutra soon huh~!

A Totally Nice & Fun Experience

Pepper Lunch

There's this D.I.Y Tepanyakki stall at the basement 2 of Takashimaya, Orchard. It's a wonderful experience where you got to cook your own mean, in a hotplate. Yeah, you heard me. Both JingLin & I had the combo cut steak & chicken, while my mother had the Yawaraka loin steak. Well, the method of cooking is the same. Keep turning the meat & vegetables around until it's about 85% cook (up to individuals), then you pour the sauces. By pouring the sauces, the hotplate would cool down quickly, so take note~! You wouldn't want to have your chicken in medium raw yeah~! And there were 2 kinds of sauces, the fried onion oil and the honey sauce. I personally think that the honey tasted better with the chicken, while the fried onion oil goes well with beef. Go try them~! Have fun...

Try Me ~

Billy Bombers

Yes, again~! We had the All Star Burger again, still so delicious~! 2 new dishes & 1 drinks to introduce. Nachos with chicken & chili, can't really remember the correct name though. It's quite nice & unique. From the photo, you can see that they actually used big green chili~! Next is the chicken & rib combo. Err... Nothing really special, tasted normal only. I think I'll introduce better ribs for you peeps soon~! The last is the Root Beer, I think it's not bad mainly because of the ice cream. I think the ice cream from Billy Bombers must be quite nice since the milkshake tasted so good the last time round~!

The BBQ Sauce Didn't Smell Strong Of Smoky, Which Is Good~!

The Root Beer That Taste Like, Err... Root Beer~!?!

Crystal Jade (Golden Palace)

Honestly, this is the one that JingLin & I had been waiting for in a very long
time. Always dying to visit this place again. The food aside, the ambiance alone was so comfortable enough for you to really enjoy a good meal. To me, it's a neat & cool classy Chinese restaurant. Okie now, back to my introduction. They are...

Goose Feet With Sea Cucumber

This dish here is only a person's serving, and it cost S$17/-+++ yeah~! No joke~! Heard from my brother, goose feet was rather expensive one. If you ask me, no doubt it taste quite good, but still it's just too expensive. What's the different from duck feet anyway~?

Vegetarian~? I Don't Think So . . .

Don't think that the round shaped thingy are scallops yeah~! They were actually white carrots~! Man, I was conned by the looks of it~! So were my family...! If not for the salty bacon on top of it, this dish would have being vegetarian. Give this dish a miss~!

Roast Goose...?

Honestly, tasted like duck here. The serving & price were reasonable this time. Can give it a try. Standard roast cuisine that you can expect from Crystal Jade.

Here Lies The Frog Prince~! Err.... -_-"

Arh... Unique dish~! Some kind of vegetables mix with frog. Hey, it's tasty okie. Don't how to describe the taste. I can only say that it's a whole frog, rather then just the frog legs... This dish is recommended~!

The MUST TRY Pai Ku Wang

The last dish is the one which everyone had been waiting for. I had mentioned this dish before, and it's still so tasty. I'm already missing it now already~! Nothing much to say, just die die also must try, or die with regret~!

That's about all I guess. Man, am I hungry now already~! See ya next time~! Take Care~!

Genting Trip (April 2006)

2006-04-08T12:07:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps, do you miss me~? ^_^Haha~! Yap, I'm back... And I suppose that no one is disappointed about it yeah~! The trip was fun & enjoyable, but I had LOST BIG TIME at the casino. Err... If you consider yourself a friend, don't ask me how much I lost. It's painful... *sob* *sob* Anyway back to my entry, below is what we did for the past 4 days at Malaysia.

The Morning Tea

Day 1

We took a bus at Golden Mile Complex in the early morning. Hey, check out the new buses they offered nowadays. Personal LCD TV with headphones, Massage Chair & lastly, a private KTV Room. Some of the buses were Double-Deck, and there was this Super VIP ones where there's only 16 seats, with 8 seats on each side of the bus. Classy eh...

The Personal TV With 8 Channels

The Massage Chair Control Panel

Upon checking in to First World Hotel of Genting Highland in the late afternoon, JingLin & I scout the area for anything that's particularly interesting so that we know what to do for the next 3 days. And of course, I couldn't do anything but visited the KFC first. Too bad that I wasn't feeling well, thus it doesn't really tasted as nice, but still, the Cheese Wedges were awesome. And because of my gluttony, I got fever now. *DuHzZz* Nothing really interesting for Day 1. However, it was the first time JingLin went into the Casino. It's a long-due promise that I gave her...

JingLin Trying Out The Fruit Machines

Day 2

Arh, that's the day where Dad bring us down to K.L for shopping. Early morning after breakfast, we took a near 1hrs cab and head straight to Pun San Pa, where it's a wet market cum flee market. Down there, you'll see many many things that were no long exist in Singapore. Say Rat meats~?!! Ok, enough said... Moving on next, the things there were really cheap, but I doubt that we tourist would be buying anything there. Still it's nice visiting there once in a while...

The next destination was Mid-Vally Mega Mall. There's 18 cinemas there, and the Carrefour Hyper Market was just a small portion of it only. The size of it was bigger than Nee Ann City of our Orchard Road. Picture that~! We window shop the area for like 3hrs, and we also watch a movie there. The tickets for JingLin & I cost RM6.00 each, while dad's was RM5.00. Cheap right~! (S$100/- = RM228/-) If only our cinemas were to offer such prices, then I think more people would go out to watch movies already. Haiz...

Lastly, we head to Pentaling Street for crazy shopping~! So many thing to buy there, cheap too. But TWO things to take note~! First, you HAVE TO bargain at the prices that they had offered you, chopping them from 10% - 60%. Yeah, no kidding~! Second, any branded goods that you see there were fake~! Remember these two points and you'll save yourself from being con...

Day 3

JingLin & I spent the whole day to ourselves, mainly because we "lost" my dad somehow. We just couldn't see him anywhere~! Hmmmm.... Anyway, we had quite an advanture though. We watch the cartoon Ice Age 2 in the early afternoon. After that we we to explore the Ripley's Believe It Or Not exhibition. Their advertisement even said this, "Over 500 of different exhibits in it"~! Believe it or not~!?!

The "Peeping Toms"

Hey, it's "them" who used the wrong toliet in the 1st place~!

This exhibition is about a man who went around the whole in the earlier years to collect all sorts of different & unusual items/persons/events. Some things were invented, some people did unusual things for the sake of being in the record. I had taken some unusual photos inside the exhibition, not really interesting ones though, just the unusual ones only... I recommended that you check them out when you go there next time, it's quite worth the money. It's RM18.00 per person. And if you take the package together with the Haunted Advanture, it's RM30.00 per person. We gave that a pass due to my previous visit. They really gave me a GOOD SCARE. Please~! Person with a weak heart, and pregnant women are advise not to check it out. You had been warned~!

This Was The Chair For The World's Tallest Man. HUGE~!

Err...

This Was Used In The Olden Days,

For Criminals During Interrogation,

With Them NAKED~!

No Wonder They Admit To Whatever They Were Accused Off ! ! !

This Was Said To Be The Luckilest Chair Ever~!

Kinda Bluff, At Least I Didn't Got Any Luckier~!

This Car Was Covered With Gold Coins~!

I Believed That It's One Of The Most Expensive Cover Ever~!

Arh....! Jaws ! ! !

Hey Wait~! Jaws Only Eh . . . ?

Some Just Played With Style...

Others... Haiz... I Don't Wanna Say Anymore~! Wahahaha~!

Now Came The Proud Dancing Dwarf...

Then Came The Ugly Gorilla~!

*DuHzZz*

In the night, we went to see the Circus cum Opeara thingy, more to circus kinda show though. It's called the Mysteria, Believe In The Impossible. The story is about a long time ago in Eygpt, a slave girl who offended the Pharoah, who in turned wanted her dead. Then this magician came to her rescue...etc. Not really nice though, and it cost RM59.00 per person, and that's after 15% discount off. I remembered that both JingLin & I strongly agreed that the guy who acted the Pharroah had the least talent among all. He was just there pointing here and there throughout the show, he might be an excellent traffic police officer though, but not a circus actor~! *bleah*

JingLin With The Poster's White Tiger~?

That's about all. After that it was all gambling time. We roamed from place to place in the casino, enjoying the free but yet thick Milo & Milk-Tea. Overall, I missed the cool atmosphere there. And also the fact that our currency here is bigger there, thus making things more affordable there. But hey, it did not mean that it was cheaper there ya. I still think that food in Singapore is much more tasty & cheaper plus cleaner. And I felt bad that I could not really had a good taste of the only powerful delicacy there, the fantastic KFC~! *DuHzZz*

Billy Bombers

2006-03-29T22:31:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps, today's entry is my recommendation to.... Billy Bombers~! So far, I only know the outlets at Bugis Junction, and Jurong Point. Here's what we had some time back...

"My milkshake is better than yours..."~! Know that song~? Hey, it's true man~! Their milkshake tasted like ice cream. How nice~! The serving was good too. *YuMmY* It's the best that I had some far. *2 Thumbs Up* We had the Cookies & Cream Milkshake.

It's so GOOD, JingLin Can't Resist The Thumbs Up

Next, it's their All Star Burger. The sight on it already made me hungry. It's the only burger dish that's without any chips or fries. Know why~? Because it's already filling enough... Anyway, their burgers & sandwiches were good. In fact, quite some time back I did had the Club Sandwich of theirs, and it's good~!

Just Look At The Eggs & Cheese . . .

Now the disappointing dish, the Seafood Platter. The taste was plain, and it's just no good. Nothing more to say liao...

The Disappointing Dish ! ! !

Hey hey, one more news... JingLin & I are going to Genting Highlands this coming Tuesday until Friday. It's a long waited wish came true. *sMiLe* Can't wait to eat all the goodies too~! Wahahaha~! This should be the last entry until I come back then. ^_^Tata~!

Moments Of Enjoyment

2006-03-20T23:12:00.000+08:00

Hey hey, sorry for the long anticipated entry. Well, Weny & Winnie actually taught that it's my "marketing strategy"... *slaps forehead* Alamak~! I got so cheap-skate meh~? Anyway, it's not really something that's very fascinating, or ridiculous.. It all depends on how one individual sees it, some might think it's creative, some might just think that it's just pure lame. However, I would still like to keep the suspense till the end of the entry... So gals (The Coco Momos), if you're really interested then... Read On~!

Had any of you people visited any of those neo-print shops recently~? Man, they now have so many different kinda machines. From curtains which would rotate with different kinds of patterns, to sofas that you can sit on. Now, there're even stairs for you, if you're monkey enough to climb... Ya... That's so me... Anyway, Tina, JingLin & I went to the shop at Orchard Cineleisure to take some shots, enjoy...

Are You Monkey Enough~?

Hey, what's enjoyment if there's no music where you can sing to...? That's right, KTV sessions seems to be in for my side recently. Well, K-Box was my usual hangouts for KTV sessions, and I normally go for the K-Lunch, which I think it's worth it. Recently I visited those outlets at Clementi, Marina Square & Orchard Cineleisure. My khakis~? Ise & friend, Marcxs, Ivy, Nichalos & of course JingLin. Just wondering, did any of you ever noticed that different outlets have different charges, and also different varieties~? I wondered why...? My personal favourite outlet used to be in Orchard Cineleisure, but it changed when I went to Marina Square. It's much cozy there, and the system there is new. So there wouldn't be much faulty mics around. The only thing is that, the system was slightly different from the rest, but it's more cute with more animations if you get what I meant. *WiNkZ*

Now, life's short ladies and gentlemen. And everyday just looks & feels the same, don't you think so. If this kind of life drags on, we are so gonna bore ourselves to death. That's why we need to SPICE UP our life from time to time~! That's why there are entertainments around like clubs, cinemas, arcade shops, sports centre...etc. But still, we humans were never satisfied. With some many different activities around, yet we tend to complain that we have so little things we can do, especially in Singapore. Isn't that what we always hear people say, I believed that you said that too~! And I bet it's more that once you said that...

I'm no saint either...! I complained a lot about this boring life, never did I admit that it was my own laziness and lack of discipline. Blaming seems to be the easiest way out... So JingLin & I agreed with a theme. And I believed that's what everybody had been waiting. What the hell did we actually do~? Check this out...

Latest Fashion - The School Uniform

It's been a long time since we both wore our school uniforms, and I'm particularly feeling kinda old recently, so I needed to feel young again. Hey~! I'm not fetish or what ya...! I just wanna feel the carefree-ness & energy being young. The feeling of being alive, you know~? So all we did was to arrange to go out one day in our school uniforms, without any badges or nametags. Only to realise at the last minute that my uniform were thrown while I was moving house. Luckily, I still have my PE T-shirt. Or else, both of us would be really disappointed.

We both set off from my house one warm afternoon. My mother thought I was crazy and questioned me on my attire, just before we went out. I told her, I'm just going out for some fun... From my house, we took a cab to our 1st destination, Sim Lim Square. At 1st the cab driver didn't felt anything amiss, but somehow somewhere thru the journey, he started to look behind frequently with his rear mirror. He must be wondering, why such old students~! Wahaha~!

That's How It All Began . . .

Just when we were embarrassed with the whole thing, we thought of warming ourselves out before we met some people we know on the streets. Yet with our luck, the moment we got off the cab, we ran into Aki. *fainted* Guess what he said~?

In mandarin, he said, "Wa kao~! Ni meng zhou she mer~? Nan kan si le~! Kun kai lah~!". Meaning, "What you two doing~? So Ugly~! Get Lost~!". Well, it wasn't that mean in the Chinese version, but it's something like that. He kept laughing away & we were like -_-"

Nah... Don't worry, he wasn't that mean... I guessed he got a shock too~! Haha~! So when I was purchasing my stuff at Sim Lim Square, this cute shop assistant was shocked when I wanted to pay with my debit card. She actually called up my bank and did some kinda checks, and in the end she rejected my card~! Luckily she did not cut my card, if not I also dunno if I should be angry or laugh only...!

Err... I Look Kinda Stupid In This Pic ! ! !

After the adventure at Sim Lim Square, the next destination was Sun Tec City. Anyway, we walked there ya. And surprisingly, not much people look at us. I guessed we do look like students after all. Only a some group of people noticed the over-aged student, especially the real student. They must be wondering, "how many times did these two took their 'O' levels~?!!" At Sun Tec City, we had our lunch at Carl's Jr. It was our 2nd time eating there. The burgers that they were selling there were BIG, and expensive too. The price varies from S$5+ to S$7+, and their combo meals were like S$10+. But hey, it's worth the money. The taste was good, and the serving were huge. If you ever wanna try the food there, I would recommend the Beef Chili Fries, it's something similar to Taco Bell, only that it's better. Oh, did I mentioned that the burger tasted a bit like Burger King~? Well, they do...!

Notice The Size Of The Burger ~ ? ! !

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Our next destination ended at Esplanade. We intended to take some pictures with the Merlion at first, but due to the extreme hot weather, we gave it a miss. By the way, did you ever noticed that it was kinda warm wearing uniforms~? The material was lousy huh~? No wonder those students in the bus/train always had this smell... Err... Where was I~? Esplanade...? Right~! We visited the National Library there, it was kinda cozy & classy. It had been a long time since I last went into a library. Know what~? They actually allow you to borrow DVDs there man~! How nice~? I remembered that when I was a little boy, I had to sit in the library to watch those films that were still in black & white screen~! Only those typical classic titles were available then, but now, the choices are plenty~!

Our final stop was at Funan IT Mall & Peninsular Plaza. We did a bit of window shopping there. Nothing much to say about this two places. We then head back home and call it a day. To us, it was a day well spent. We had enjoyed ourselves. We even agreed that we would have an event something like that once a year, stay tune people~!

**Special note to Coco Momos

**So did you laugh until pi, or you pi only~? ^_^Haha~!

Sick~? Please choose the right day . . .

2006-03-03T20:17:00.000+08:00

Down with 2 days MC, yet I can't feel anything worst than a call from my supervisor... Imagine you're not feeling well, one of your supervisor call you up. Not to ask if you're feeling any better, instead he/she gave you some some "medication" which you hoped that you had better died off~!

That's not what really happened to me, yet somehow quite similiar. One of my supervisor indeed call me during my sick leave, not to gave me any sort of bad medication, but just to tell me the truth in working in a BIG organisation. Know what~? If you ever tell yourself to work hard so that people will recognise/appreciate you, SCREW THAT~! Know why...? I'm one fine example...

Been working in this outstanding organisation for coming 5 years, and it's about time that I get my well deserved promotion, if there's ever any. So even though after some many shits that had happened, I continued to motivate myself to work even harder, and smarter~! For the past many months, I was normally one of the first 2 persons to reach the office, only to set everything up for my fellow colleagues so that we could get to work soonest possible. On top of that, so many damn times had I volunteered myself to be called back during my off days. Now is one of those dark times where I ask myself over & over again, "what the hell for anyway~!"

See, by coming early... No supervisors normally come early, so he/she won't know~! And your fellow colleagues ain't gonna help you advertise anything of your good faith. Right~? Then, by volunteering yourself ain't the right thing to do too, or am I wrong? See... You're the one who always volunteered yourself, no doubt your immediate supervisor knows about it, but there are sure to be one or two bad colleagues of yours who would have sore eyes of you. Thus, you became the "common emeny", and things get especially worse when it's YOUR TIME now~! They will go all out to "stab" you~! Did I say anything wrong...? Or is it just me~?

So what did my supervisor tell me~? Well, he wasn't the one whom I'm pissed with... It's the MANAGEMENT~! Why~? Here's why~! Management staff don't work day in day out with operational staffs, so how much can they know about who are really the better ones in the company~? But, they are the ones who hold the fate on everyones' promotions~! AGONY, isn't it~? Yet of all the bad things, they can be naive~! Why again~? See, they'll always go around telling people how they'll be fair to everyone, and for those who had "sacrificed" their time for work will be taken into account for, so as to motivate everyone~! Know what, my balls to them~! So damn bloody fake~!

When came to know about my medical leaves, the management questioned one of my supervisor. "What~??! Stanley MC again~?!! He like every month also MC one huh~!!!". What utter rubbish~! It had been months since I last gotten my last MC. And to think that there are also occasions where I still turn up for work even though I'm sick~! Now I ask myself again, what for~! There are people in my team who gotten MC practically EVERY DAMN MONTH, but they were not mentioned~! Not that I'm sore eyes, but it's just so F__KING NOT FAIR isn't it~?

Moral of the story... It doesn't matter how much you had contributed to the company, and it also doesn't matter if you are able to hit all your targets. Important things is still, WORK SMART~! But that's not enough~! If you're really sick, do make an effort to check it that day, whether if you can be "afforted" to be sick or not~! STUPID, you say... But at least that's how the management feels~! For one person to be sick, he/she needs to choose the correct timing~!

Why The Sea . . . ?

2006-02-26T09:06:00.000+08:00

Hmmm... I do not know what's wrong recently, as everything that I do for the past 2 weeks or so has got to do with The Sea.

Firstly, I cook cream pasta with some kinda pan fried fish. In the end the fish was DEEP FRIED though~! The taste wasn't what I expected, but it still could manage get a pass ya. I would be trying out again soon... Wahahaha~!

Then came all the seafood that I had from all sorts of restaurants and food centres. Fish, squids, calamari, mussels, prawns...etc. You name them. That's where most of my cash went to.

Even when I go out for sight-seeing, I went to Sentosa's Underwater World & Dolphin Lagoon. *DuHzZz*

The Birthday Girl~

Calamari Of Marche Just Look So Good~! *yummy*

Ham & Cheese Crepe... NICE~

Then lastly, just 2 days ago was Tina's B-day. We went to this Chinese restaurant (again~) @ Mirama Hotel to have our dinner. It was a A'La Cart Dinner Buffet. So guess what we ordered the most again~? Yes...! SEAFOOD~! Especially prawns~! Some Freid Oak-meal Prawns, Chilli Crabs and many MANY boiled live prawns~! Know what~? I ate too many of those prawns that I got allergy symptoms. Numbs on my back & cheek area. Not me alone, but also JingLin & Virginia. After our makan seesion ended, we went to somewhere near Yuan Ching Road for Prawn Fishing, or Fishing Prawns whatever you call that...

There was a total of 5 of us. Virginia with BF Alan shared 1 rod, Tina used one, while JingLin & I shared one. We were all rather unfamiliar with that, thus we did not do well. For the first 2 hours, we merely only hook up 5 pathetic small prawns as compared to the people there. There were so many times that the prawns managed to get away although they were hooked~! JingLin & I used tag-team tactic and it was really had fun~! She made the prawns got hooked, then I fish them up. It's funny how prawns are only attracted to her & not me~! Was it because that they could smell that I had already slaughtered a lot of their kind earlier~? Wahaha~! Anyway, what's more fun was to see how Tina look so DEAD SERIOUS when she was trying to fish with her "submarine fishing" technique. *private joke* Wahaha~!

One Prawn Only ! ! !

However, do you know embarrass we were when small kids could do much better than us~?!! Luckily during the last hour, one kind soul came to our aid. This VERY NICE uncle taught us many useful knowledge. From how to measure the depth, to what kind of bait to use for the prawns. He also gave us his own personal bait to use, instead of those not so tasty cockles. These prawns can be rather choosy huh~! He then patiently told us how to fish up the prawns sucessfully. From there, our results were then acceptable~!

.The Girls Enjoying Themselves

When the time was up, it was time for us to feast on our harvest~! BBQ pit, charcoal & wired mesh were provided. I must say that there were quite many nice & helpful people around, but there were still some who were rather hostile too. Anyway there's also this uncle who came with his family, give us to use his BBQ pit FIRST after he had started the fire for us. How nice~! Now back to our feast, the taste of the prawns were no really as nice as what we had expected. Kinda plain in taste, unlike those tiger prawns we normally ate. Still, it's the excitment we had during the process that made the event so enjoyable...! *WiNkZ*

That's Our Catch ! ! ! Wahaha~!

Happy With Their Catch

Spend, spend, spend...

2006-02-22T11:04:00.000+08:00

Wow, what can I say...? I think JingLin & I had kinda been living in luxury recently... For the past 2 weeks or less, I think we clock up to about S$1000/- man~! Now we're broke... *sob* Nope, nothing particularly exspensive was spent on V-Day. No roses or chocolates, no gifts too. That's due to I had to work that day. It's a blessing I must say, if not then we would be more than broke... Broken~? Wahahaha~! Ok, I know that's lame... ^_^"

So how that damage comes about~? Hmmm... I wondered too. Let's see...

Firstly, I took my parents & JingLin to Jurong West for some crabs~! The best dish of that evening was the Custard Crabs, as recommended before by Emily. I had to thank her for re-confirming the address for me. At first I still think that my parents will not like it, so we ordered some Chilli Crabs too, but it turnED out that my parents preferred the Custard Crabs also.

The rest to the money spent were feast time for me & JingLin...! We went to Fish & Co to have the Perri Prwans & the Seafood Platter at Jurong Point TWICE~! The second time we shared a DOUBLE Seafood Platter. Whenever I go to any Fish & Co, I realised that I only ordered the Seafood Platter, and nothing else. I guessed that's the only dish that attracts me. But hey, recently we saw the Fish & Chips and they kinda looks good too. We're gonna try that next time, but definately not soon...

The Single Seafood Platter

Beri Nice Peri Prawns

We also visited Spageddies @ Paragon too. We had Fried Calamari & Ceasar Salad as appetiser. The calamari still tasted as good with the sauce. JingLin Lasagne (Standard Drop-ed Man~!) while I had Seafood Sizzalini (POWER Lah~!) which is their best seller. Dining there oso kinda reminded me of the times when I work for this company, where I was posted at the Marina Square branch. Anyway that branch closed down already... But not because of me lah~!

.The Best Fried Calamari Now ! ! !

Then just yesterday, JingLin & I accompanied her cousin & boyfriend to Sentosa... We went ot the Underwater World & the Dolphin Lagoon. Kinda fun though. By just visiting these 2 places, they were already enough for us to spend our whole day there, and also they cost us a bomb. Oh I nearly forgot, there's this downhill kart riding which we played near to Palawan Beach. Damn FUN~! Too bad JingLin couldn't play cos she was wearing mini shirt, and she wouldn't want to show her... you know~! Anyway, while making our way up to the hill top, you'll have this nice view up in the sky, with your feets dangling in the air... Yeah, you hear me. Price wise, I can only say it's affordable, but not cheap at all. Still it's worth the fun... There's so many changes in Sentosa too, particularly one that surprised me. There's no more Monorail~! Does anyone even realised that~? I wondered why they do that, cos I that's one of the nice attractions there where you could tour around the island. And it's free some more~! Hmmm... *scratch head*

Her Very 1st Touch Of A Stingray, Alive~!

Then again, we march to Alexandra Village to have Seafood BBQ for dinner after Sentosa. Guess what~? Just the 4 of us, but there were more than 8 DISHES~! Yet we managed to swallowed down everything...!

Other than the above mentioned, there were numerous occasions where we took cab here and there also. That contirbuted a lot to the spendings too~! Haiz... I guessed that's about all for this entry. Eat well, and sleep well people. Most importantly, life is short so take some time to dote yourself as & when ya. But don't over-dote yorself too much, or else you'll become like me~! *sob*

So, Where Are You Heading To~?

2006-02-10T11:07:00.000+08:00

During the CNY, if you were to walk on the streets or take any public transport, you would realise that you could hardly see any people around, especially during the 1st day of CNY. Although there are still a few people who had to struggle to work, like me... Anyway, that's when I ask myself something. I look around, observing at everyone, mentally asking each and everyone of them the same thing, "Where Are You Heading To...?"

It's funny how so many of us, who all came from different places with different perspectives in life, met at one point in our life. When you travelled around, it's common to see people sleeping at the bus/train/planes. One funny sight would be the whole row of passengers nodding their heads together as they continued to doze off...

Hwoever, why did I ask that question to everyone that I saw that morning~? Simply because, I believed most of them were wearing mask that day. Puzzled with what I'm saying~? Ok, please allow me to verified...

1st, there were the sleeping ones. Why did they appeared so exhausted~? Where did they go the night before, and what were they doing~? So where's the next destination for them~? When would I see them again~? Will I ever see them again~? Now, that's the big question...

Then, there were the happy looking ones. Be it while reading their magazines/newspapers, or those listening to whatever they had thru their ear-phones. Were they feeling happy~? If yes, what are you happy-ing about~? What seemed to be so ineresting to them that somehow tickled them that morning~?

The last common ones were so called the expressionless ones. These are the ones that I find most interesting. There were no tell tale signs on how that person was feeling, or even know where they would be heading to... Just like me, I was in these group of people that morning. I felt miserable to go to work during that holiday, my legs were so heavy, and my heart missed JingLin so badly... Now that I was expressionless, does anyone then knew how miserable I am~?

Maybe some people out there needed help, some might not even knew that they do. Some might be even to proud to ask for help. However my morale of this entry is... The next time when you're travelling and had nothing esle to do, why not take some time and observed the people around you, it doesn't matter if you know him/her. Just mentally ask that person, "Where Are You Heading To...?" Who knows, you'll find something interesting about him/her~! *WiNkZ*

This Chinese New Year

2006-01-31T14:26:00.000+08:00

^_^Gong Xi Fa Cai~! Hey, it's time to collect those red packets again ya. I hope everyone is doing well in this, so that you have more money to GAMBLE away~! Wahaha~! Err... Doesn't sound very morale though... Anyway ever since I started my working life, Chinese New Year hasn't been a occasion that I'll look forward to. Unlike any other holidays, my family will normally go abroad, leaving me alone at home. To make things worst, there'll be so limited place to go, and SO limited things to eat. Everything will be more expensive too~! But lucky for me, I still have my friends with me... Most importantly, I have JingLin to keep me company too.

.Dreaming Of My Presious

But this year, she wasn't around with me. She had went to Malaysia with her family. She'll only return tonite. (Ah... Tonite eh...) Although I had managed to make time move fast for the past few days, yet time seems to drag in today's afternoon. I just that's just so human, we tend to get more anxious when the time gets nearer.

Yesterday, nearly all my close friends came to my house to Bai Nian. They are Ise, Marcxs with GF, Weiqiang with Wife-To-Be, Qingjun with GF, Weny, Emily & Winnie. As usual, gambling is a MUST. It seems to be a tradition for us already. We only gamble now, no more late night outings during CNY. Not even makan session... But Winnie didn't gamble with us, she only used my computer. Same as last year also, is that her tradition~? ^_^Haha~! Just kidding arh, Winnie~! Yesterday's result was rather overwhelming, it had been a long time since like 7 years that the winners & losers stayed at both extreme ends. The highest winning is like $150/- or more, and the highest lost was like $200/- plus. At 1st I also lost $100/- plus one man, but lucky for me, I won about $50/- at the very end.

.Happily Together This New Year

Well, not only that... Yesterday night both my photoshop Si Fu (Weny & Winnie) inpart me some skills again~! Wahahaha~! But guess what~? I forgot most of what they told me already. *DuHzZz* So complicating sia~! Haiz... I wonder when can they teach me agian... I took like 1hrs plus to edit the photos in this entry. So simple kind only, yet... Haiz... *GaMbAtE* I think I gotta work very hard man~! Alright, I guess that's about all... I wish you peeps Happy New Year once again, and Stay Healthy & Happy Always~!

What Is Permanent ?

2006-01-22T09:02:00.000+08:00

+++GreenJynx's Blog added+++

Have you ever wonder, what is it that you have that will always be yours, that anything you do can be permanent~? I had this question floating in me for a very long long time. Whatever I have now, might not be mine again later. Whatever I feel now, might change in a second. And wherever I go now, doesn't mean I can stay there forever...

I believed that most of you (or should I say all of you?) have this feeling that "you can't love again anymore", at least once until now. I myself had that too, and that's not only once. And I once was so sure of something, yet things just did not turn out to be so.

Have you ever tell yourself that you'll never talk to this guy/gal, but yet at the end of the day, the he/she just turns to be the love of your life...

But like that I say... What is forever or permanent~? For that person whom you believed that you'll never talk to can become your husband/wife, but the next moment you may be signing the divorce papers. For the good health that you're having now, doesn't guarantee that you'll still be healthy when you're old. For the things you treasure or fancy, doesn't mean it can hold thru time...

For years (yeah, I really mean it~!) I searched for the answer... And with the recent encounters, I found 2 things that were forever.

The 1st is Time, it'll never stop for anyone or for any reason. Whatever that had happened, had happened and time would just continued to pass by coldly, and constantly... Seconds by seconds, time passed by slowly. It never complains, and it'll never gets tired. Time needs no compaion, maybe that's why over so many years of lonliness that it became so "heartless" and cold. Or maybe, Time used to have many "friends" or owns many things in life, just that none was there permenantly with it...

The 2nd thing I discovered that'll be permanent was, Death. After death, one could no longer love or be happy. And after death, one come no longer hate or be sad. I had 'encountered' several deaths recently. Not that I was near death or something, but I just happened to see people living this world. Just yesterday, I saw this family crying their hearts out because they had lost someone whom they loved dearly. I could feel the ache in me too when I was there watching them. I had felt for their pain, and I also felt their sense of emptiness too.

Ok, by reading until here, I know I had given you peeps the creep that I'm going crazy or something. Don't worry ya, I'm more than alright, because now I know I need to treasure whatever I had now. But yet I gave myself this space that maybe one day, just maybe only, that whatever I have will no long be mine...

With that, I hope that maybe I may have changed some of you for the better. Cheers~! *WiNkZ*

My 1st Time

2006-01-11T19:48:00.000+08:00

It happened in my house, on one of those stormy nights recently. We were alone in my room. We were very cold as we just returned home from the crazy rain pouring outside. We tried seeking warm from each other. That was when, that JingLin went to her drawer and took out the metalic fold, and opened the wrapping. She put it on for me, and I was so nervous already. My heart was pumping like crazy, I tried to put up a strong front. But when it finally touch my skin, I felt SO COLD~!

Yes~! The feeling was so cold that I nearly frozed~! My very 1st time putting on a face mask.. Couldn't believed that JingLin would actually want me to try out putting a face mask on a cold & rainy day. Below are some photos we took...

.Nice~?

Yes, It's Really That COLD~!

JingLin Say I Trying To Look Like A Psycho, Do I~?

It was a rather fun experiment though... But I wonder, does the face mask really makes a difference~? I didn't really feel the difference, but JingLin said that there is... Well, only you gals are the expert ya.

Anyway, it's raining cats & dogs recently. So do keep yourself healthy ya. If possible, try bringing umbrella whenever & wherever you go... ^_^Cheers~!

Year 2006

2006-01-01T12:20:00.000+08:00

^_^Happy New Year Peeps~! Year 2005 had just given way to Year 2006. Yes, it's a brand new year now. So what will be laid ahead of us them~? Will things only changed for the better~? Well, I hope so...! I see this new year as a chance to start/change things that I had longed planned/wished to do.

Here's my wish list : -

[1] To save up a targeted amount of cash monthly. (Amount : Highly Classified)

[2] To get GOLD this year for my IPPT 2006.

[3] To learn how to cook to at least 10 dises from my parents.

[4] Be abled to finally bring JingLin to Genting, for her 1st ever casino trip.

[5] Be lucky enough to get into the Advance Diploma program.

[6] Have enough rest for the whole year round. (Can predict heavy workload coming already~!)

[7] All my Loved & Treasured ones to stay Happy & Healthy, including myself...

Well, looking back at the wish list for Year 2005, I think it's kinda similar to this year's one wor~! *HuMpF* Meaning I didn't really fulfill my last year's wishes. I guess this year round I must work double hard eh~! *gambate*

The Backstabbers

2005-12-22T23:51:00.000+08:00

I know this isn't new for anyone of you, if you had been in the working industry for some time. Err... If anyone of you thinks that backstabbing doesn't exist, then please switch to another website now, or re-visit here some other time. Know why~? Because today, I'm gonna talk about nothing, except backstabbing.

First thing first, let's explain what's backstabbing for the benefit of those who has yet to know what is it all about. It's simple, just imagine you have this best friend whom you will turn to whenever you have any problems, and he/she is the only person that you'll share your darkest secrets with. You trust & respect him/her for all you know. Then one fine day, you realised that he/she is not what you know after all. He/She would tell people that you like to brag about you're the only person on earth with problems, and worst, he/she shares your secret with everybody~!

Ok ok, that's a bit extreme. But that's roughly how it's like. Of course the only thing is, you don't really need to be backstab by best friend only. It could be anyone, even strangers that you don't know they existed... It's so scary, because it's just so true.

Different people have different reasons when they backstab somebody, be it out of jealousy or envy or even benefits. But at the end of the day, they just want things done/happened their way.

Anyway, I'm not gonna talk about backstabbing in friendship as it's too complex. And yes, I just experienced that recently~! Well, I wanna keep it general, so I shall talk about backstabbing at work. Yes yes yes, I know a lot of you people wanna tell me about your story, so feel free to share them at my tag-board ya.

I had been seriously backstabbed recently, call it my luck. Or is it because my promotion is near. The problem is, how far can one go if all he/she has is the skill of the "silent kill". You can't escape it, especially if you're working in a big company/organisation. Why, some might ask~? Well, all I can think of is that there're just too little opportunities, but too many candidates. And they're bond to be people whom you can't get along with... And worst of all, there're these small group of small people who're suckers for promotion. And in large company/organisation, the top management are too far to see what is actually going around at the bottom, especially when they're blinded/manipulated by the middle section of supervisors. And also, let alone the massacre of the employees trapped at the bottom section.

Even the next episode of "Project Runway" is about backstabbing. So, can backstabbing be stopped. Or shall I say, prevention is already good enough~? I guess the best way to prevention is, being the good friend to everyone... Try not to miss out any episode of "Survivor" if you know what I mean. ^_^Heez~!

A gentle reminder that might save you, "Watch You Back"~! And with that, I shall end my entry. Take care peeps...

Bits & Pieces Of My Life

2005-12-19T00:14:00.000+08:00

I guess my site is going to get boycott soon for the serious MIAs that I had been contributing to you peeps. Anyway things had been getting GREAT recently, of course, after some major SH*TS that happened. Man, where to start~? That's the problem when you don't blog for such a long time...

Well, I have to apologise 1st thing 1st for being lazy for say, months...? Sorry alright, I didn't mean it. Other than just being very busy, there's another factor. After I changed to my new computer, I realised that I don't have FrontPage program anymore, and blogging seems so difficult without it. Especially when I wanna add pictures to my entry. So if anyone of you happens to have FrontPage or DreamWeaver, do lend me. Can~? Please...

Now, a lot of my friends out there might not have known this... But I'm no longer in the Handphone Wrapping Business. Why, some might ask... Well, there're too many reasons to it. Mainly personal stuffs, so nevermind about that. Although it's just a merely 3 months business, but the lost could be relatively high. I'm not just referring to money. Sadly, money doesn't come 1st in my Lost List. Some of you guys who had known me long enough should know that. To me, money lost can be earned again. But trust lost, couldn't be bought back. So is a 'True Friend", you'll never find the same replacement in the future...

However, "lost" is not tthe only thing that I get from this business. I gain a lot of things too. Not only did I get to learn a lot of new things, I also get to see and feel things. Be it the easy way, or the hard way. Or should I say, the brutal way... However I did not regret of what that had happened, in fact, I'm glad that it happened (sounded like a quote that Winnie had used long ago in her blog), because it's a worthy lesson well learned~! *WiNkZ*

And most importantly of all, I've gotten my life back finally~! When I was in the business, I couldn't find any time for play or my family, or even sleep. Now that I'm back to normal, life feels GREAT once again. Now I can eat, sleep, rest, play and love at ease... I really treasure what I had really miss out for the past 3 months. Life had been miserable then, but I'm glad that it's finally over. ^_^Heez~! I'm also about to gain back the 5KG that I had lost over the 3 months.

One of the best thing that had happened was one of my wishes came true... If you had remembered my entry on 8th Oct 2004, I had regreted then that I didn't invite my love to the D&D. And I had promised then that no matter what happens, I'll invite her this year. Guess what~? This year round, things changed... She had went with me to the D&D. So happy that my wish could actually come true~! *sMiLe*

The Princess & Her Knight

Last topic that I'll be touching on, "Life Is So Fragile"~! Live it with love, and enjoy it while you can. Recently, 2 precious lives left this planet. One of them was young, too young. The other was dear to my love. And my grandpa was now seriously sick and is in TTSH now. Will I be losing him soon too~? I dare not think of it... See, I have a dilemma... Should we make the person we love live longer, but he/she had to bare all the suffering and will not be able to do or eat anything he/she likes. Or should we allow them to do whenever they want, but only to end his/her life in a faster pace~? What is the right choice~? And who is to determine what is right after all...? I guess the answer to that varies for every individuals...

Our Birthday Celebration 2005 (Entry By Stanley & JingLin)

2005-11-03T13:32:00.000+08:00

Finally, here's our updates... I know it's been quite a long time, but life is just TOO BUSY recently. Let the photos in this entry speak for themselves...

The Birthday Cake

The Birthday Babies

Everybody who came

"Bon Jovi" (From CrossRoad Album)

.Stanley's Friends from Work & Play

The Mummies' Acquaintance

JingLin With Parents

JingLin With Tina & Ivy

The Dialogue Section

ZhiHao & Jenny Must Be Watching Someone Eating, AGAIN~

Partner In Crime~! (You Got Us)

Whatcha looking at~? Can't I be eating...?

My Brother almost cried when he can finally get to eat liao...

Baby looking at food, mummy looking at baby

"That's all folks, time to sleep liao lah~!", complianed Janice

Busy, Busy, VERY BUSY

2005-09-20T23:08:00.000+08:00

Sorry peeps, life had been quite a rush recently for me. Firstly, it's the combine B-day party for JingLin & me. I promised that I'll update everyone on that ya, there's just too many photos to choose from already. Secondly, my family had co-opened a business at Bugis Street. We're doing wrapping service for handphones, cameras...etc. I'll also let you guys see the product here whenever I had the chance... We are renting a pushcart at the air-conditioned area at level 2. It's just opposite the Bugis Cafe. And lastly, even before we can settle down on the business thingy, we're moving house already~! So rush man~! *DuHzZz* However, I like my new room. This time round I can FINALLY say, "It's mine, ALL MINE~!" Wahaha~! Sounds paranoid eh~! Not very nicely done though, but that's the way I like it~! Simple, Easy & Nice. At least now I have my PS1, PS2 & DVD player connected to my TV & mini compo in my room. Then there's this scent purifying thingy, that I had long to own, to made my room smell pleasant & relaxing. Ok ok... I know you guys are bored to death already~! So I'll end my room discription here.

One thing good about my new neighbourhood is that, there's this dessert stall one stone throw away from my house that served powerful dessert. Especially the "Mix Fruit" & "Fresh Peach". But the bad things are, the rest of the food there SUCKS~! *sob* I miss those yummy food at my old neighbourhood, especially my family's CHICKEN RICE~! Argh~! Going crazy liao~!

Haiz... At least now not so rush in everything already, but the probelm is that my time schedule now is VERY PACKED. It's as though I own at least 2 jobs like that. *sigh* Anyway, hope to update you peeps soon... See ya around~!

The True Beauty (Special Entry By JingLin)

2005-08-08T18:01:00.000+08:00

Actually, I'm supposed to be studying until I came online and saw Weny's tag. Due to the fact that I'm a superbly obedient individual, I've decided to blog for my darling. (Hahaha... You can tell it's an excuse to escape my books eh?)

Well, frankly, Stanley and I are fine. SO fine, we have almost nothing to blog about. I don't think you guys wanna hear any mushy details right... Anyway, almost is because I want to remind you all darlings that WE HAVE A CHALET ON THE END OF THIS MONTH! (you can see the details below) Please please please make yourselves free. It's Stanley's 25th birthday and my 21st. It means a lot to me. I wanna take lots and lots of photos! Hehehe. Presents are secondary but nobody buy me perfume okie? I know my scent le. Thank you very much. =P

Attire is entirely up to individual. (If you wanna come as a drag queen, who's stopping you?)

Now that I'm done with the formalities, let's start up the chit chats...

Has anyone wondered what true beauty is? I have. All the time. Way before any Dove commercial.

Socially, in most Asian context, beauty is fair skin, big eyes, petite and slender body frame. I admit that I was once a sucker in following this expectation religiously. But who wasn't? At one time or another? Until recently I perhaps have changed my mind (a little).

Time has proven to me that what's on the exterior of a person alone, will fade, change, and deteriorate. There's this example I'd like to share.

This someone I know personally, just three years ago, was so very pretty, petite and never failed to turn heads. She was a very successful salesperson, had a loving rich boyfriend, endless lists of contacts of all sorts of industries and a good school results to back her up. She seemed like the IT girl every guy wanted to own and every girl aspired to be. Even I, had the secret wish to be somehow like her. However, she had this fatal flaw only those close enough to her would know. She was never satisfied.

To her, her hair was always not straight enough, (it was very fashionable at the time), her tiny body not slim enough, her smiling eyes were too small, etc... Those were only some of the flaws she constantly berated, day in day out. As a friend, I sort of turned deaf towards this and would just nod my head in agreement. (Often this infuriates her.)

What was worse was that she pacified her own insecurities by degrading other people. A normal conversation would go : -

'Perfect girl': "Look at that girl, what is she even thinking about?"

Me: "Huh? Which girl?"

'Perfect girl': "That girl lo, the one wearing the short mini skirt..."

Me: "Erm, why leh?"

'Perfect girl': "Her calves are SO fat! It's like pig thighs and she still wear until lidat!"

Me (glancing at my own flabby under-exercised thunder thighs): "Orh... Is it?"

Me, now laughing nervously: "Maybe she thinks they're fine."

Due to the fact that I regarded her as a good friend during poly years, I was under a lot of stress to look good physically. However, after some time, I heard a lot of spiteful things she said about me behind my back and decided it was probably not worth having such a 'friend' after all.

Many times I think about her, I just feel sad. I feel that underneath this showy exterior, there's this sweet little girl who just needs some reassurance... There isn't any resentment towards her though. I guess that sometimes, some people just need to find faults in other people to fill in on their own insecurities. It's probably the way the world works.

I met her some time ago. She's certainly changed. Her face's become much harsher, lined with her bitter thoughts and has since lost its gentle beauty, so thin she looks severely malnutritioned and her hair damaged by the endless rebonding. Also, she's become immensely materialistic. To the point where she's oblivious to the weird looks I give her when she tells me what 'qualities' (e.g. must own at least a sports car and he must work @ shenton way?!?!) she's looking for in a future boyfriend. She broke up with the other one 'cause he just wasn't good enough.

Sounds tragic, doesn't it? But it's true. If you're mean and constantly think unhappy thoughts about yourself and others, it'll show on your face sooner or later, no matter what you creams you apply...

The way I see it, she lost it all... I am much happier, even with my thunder thighs. Sadness and sour heartache is the only feeling as I am writing this. Now, we're now on a 'hi and bye' basis.

After you guys read this, what do you think is real beauty?

In all, I think that being happy with yourself and showing kindness to all those around you brings joy to yourself and in turn makes you truly beautiful.

You Are Invited

2005-08-07T08:51:00.000+08:00

I think you peeps are really so busy that NONE of you is ever gonna get married man. NO ONE, I repeat that no one mail me about his/her wedding plans. Haiz... It's really a very sad thing man, you know. Well I gotta admit that life is always moving in a fast pace, and time will wait for no one. Like why I had been MIA for 1 month or more. My work is busy like crazy this year, personal commitment is just as tough, if not it'll only be tougher. And now then I know that setting up a company can be a really pain in the ass. I shall not go into that to bore you peeps.

Anyway, I think when I'm free then I shall continued the wedding plans thingy. And I sincerely apologised to you peeps for the "No Entry July". Thus here's a treat for all of you. Check this out.

This year, JingLin & I will be celebrating our B-day together. She will be turning 21, while I'm turing 25. "-_______- Haiz.. Getting old liao~! Anyway, we'll be holding a chalet with food & drinks, plus some gambling sensation prepared for our guests. Guess what, YOU are invited~! The Time & Venue are as follows : -

Date : 28.08.2005 (Sun)

Time : 1800hrs Till Late Night

Venue : Aloha Loyang Bungalow Chalet

Whoever is free & interested to come, please call or mail us your attendance by 14.08.2005 ok, so that we can make the necessary preparation for the food & drinks. ^_^Thank You. By the way, you can bring along 1 partner with you if you wish to, but just keep us informed ya.

I guess that's about all. See ya at our party~! Till then, take care... ^_^Cheers~!

How Much Will It Cost ?

2005-06-23T11:13:00.000+08:00

On 21st June 2005, Freddy was officially 24 years old. Happy Birthday brother~! This year round, he had a 2-part celebration. Last weekend, he treat us to K-Box @ Orchard Cineleisure. The attendance are, JingLin & I, Ise & Peili, Jonathon & Freddy. On his actual birthday, he treat us at Newton. Once again, those yummy food~! Ahhh........ He's RICH huh~! *WiNkZ*

The Brothers

(Young & Dangerous)

Today's entry is for everybody... I shall make it a discussion forum for all, thus please participate. The topic is, "How Much Does It Cost For You To Get Married~?" State the budget for Wedding-Photo Shots, Dowry, Wedding Dinner/Buffet, Wedding Car, Camera & Video Men, and last of all the Honeymoon. Let's just not count the house 1st ya, because it varies too much from one person to another. If there's other things that you wanna add or leave out, by all means. Voice out your plans...

My Dream Girl & My Dream Bike ~ !

Tried to mail me at eliteboy28@hotmail.com for your wedding plans, instead of tagging me at my tag board, simply because of the limited words that you can put in. Latest entry shall be end of June 2005. For my next post, hopefully there's some plans that I can post out for you peeps. See ya then, on my next entry on July 2005~! ^_^Happy Planning~!

A Taste Of Things

2005-06-08T16:15:00.000+08:00

Before I even start my blog, I wanna say that I'm so touched that there're actually some true friends who care about me out there like My Wife-To-Be JingLin, Pauline, Emily & Weny. Without any entry for about a month, and yet still no one even ask, "Where Has Stanley Gone To~?" Who knows~? I might be dead in some dark deserted alley by now already, but only few will notice... Kinda sad man~! Where are all my brothers~!??! *Looking For Ise, Freddy, Jonathon & Glen* Are they out of Singapore, or even EARTH~??! Why didn't jio me go off together~?!! I know I sounded paranoid, but what kinda brothers are they man~! So sad.... Doesn't anyone care...?

Yes I am dying soon, not literally though... I'm suffocated with the heavy workload & tight schedule. No off days since 30th May 2005, that's 9 working days already~! Yet, there're still 6 more days to go~! 15 GOOD DAYS, that's 148hrs clocked~! Man, am I a f**king machine or what~? Even so, I also need to recharge my battery isn't it~!!? Tired, tired... Work so hard, but for only so little money~! Sometimes I really wonder, is it really worth it or not~? Honestly this is my dream career since I was a kid, but it seems to be that this dream is more than shattered~! Some many job positions that I had held before, none had I work so unhappily or willingly. Why~? *sob* Maybe being a grow-up now sucks~! For those who wonders, I actually 25 years old this year already. Yeah, I know I look much younger than that. ^_^Thanks~! Anyway, luckily with all the bad times in life, there're bound to have the good times. Which is why life is worth living for, isn't it~?

The Tan Family In The Making... Stay Tune~!

Some time back, JingLin & I had a so-called mini-honeymoon. She's just so nice, and I'm rather proud to have her as my girl. Her whole family had went to China for work cum holiday, leaving only her alone in Singapore. Her parents were so nice to leave the car key behind for us. Thus, we had a taste of owning a car. There's nowhere we won't go, just think of it and we'll be heading straight down there. Be it for food, shopping, leisure or even just plain chilling out with friends... We'll go~! Distance was never a problem anymore~! We had even went Loyang Tua Pei Gong Temple with my parents, and man do they had a beautiful
scenery there.

Isn't The Sky Beautiful~?!!

With the good point sure tag along the bad points. Expenses were sky high~! Just petrol itself cost me S$120/-. Parking cost about S$20/-, while topping up of CashCard is also S$20/-. Thus, the total transport fees is already S$160/- man~! *sigh* Now I had really made up my mind that, I'll not own a vehicle unless I'm really rich~! Now my pocket got one BIG HOLE liao man. Luckily pay day is near~! ^_^Yeah~!

^_^The Place With Delicious Food~!

The Wedding Banner

Anyway, recently got a few people got married liao wor. I had just accompanied JingLin to her friends' wedding dinner @ Jia Xiang Restaurant. Congrats to Matthew & Candy ya~! Then there's one more couple, guess who~?!! It's Bella wor~! I'm so happy for her~! *WiNkZ* But I had to apologised to her that I cannot attend her ROM & celebration due to last minute call back for work~! I just hope that I can attend her wedding dinner, if any though, then I'll give her one BIG Ang Bao~! ^_^Heez~!

Bella's Wedding Shots

I feel kinda sad though, not because that she's married lah of course~! (She is my mei mei le, remember~?) Just that I didn't even have enough money to get married~! *sob* To be honest, I don't even think I had any savings at all~! Luckily, JingLin don't mind... Haiz... When will I ever save up enough money then...?

Being Respectable

2005-05-06T00:38:00.000+08:00

I'm on M.C again, for these couple of days. I guessed I'm finally sick due to the severe heavy workload that I have. Work couldn't just stop coming up huh, could it~? *DuHzZz* But it's a good thing, because I finally can have a good rest at home... Haven't been updating here recently, it's mainly due to lack of time and also most importantly, nothing interesting to blog about.

The Birthday Girl

There're merely any highlights as I spent most of my time, Tian Mi Mi with my dearest JingLin. I accompanied her to Janice's birthday celebration, while she accompanied me to Christo's birthday celebration. And guess what~? Both of them celebrate last Saturday, and both of them also at Pasir Ris~! Such coincident huh~?!! Well just a few days back, Alvin & Tina, JingLin & I went to K-Box at Orchard Cineleisure. Actually going to sing your hearts out once in a while is quite good to relief stress. We took some photos too, the one which we can step on the pedals. Quite fun though...

Having a Good Time

Now, to the main topic. Imagine someone who had lots of education, someone who's well to do in his/her career, someone with power, but he/she talks in such a manner like; sarcastic, ill-mouth, shouting & disrespectful, arrogant. Do they ever think that people will respect them when they behaved that way~? No, HELL NO~! I've came across many such class of people throughout my life, lucky or what~!?! Can't imagine such people went thru so much things in their life, so well educated and yet they can forget 2 simple basic words~! Manners & Respect. So what if one's rich~? Is he/she given the rights to shout at the waiter for the bill, or the poor police officer who had went to help them out when they lost something due to their carelessness~? *pui* So darn angry man~! When one can't even mind his/her own manners and don't respect others, what makes them think that people will respect them~?!!

T.M.M

Thus my quote of the day is still, "In order For People To Respect You, Respect Yourself By Respecting Others".

I Do Love You, Still...

2005-04-19T11:19:00.000+08:00

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Do you peeps bring work back home, especially those who are married~? Do your love ones felt neglected when you're busy doing your own work~? Work will never be finish doing, but if you don't do it at all, there'll be work left all over the place. Thus work is work, but don't over work. Some of us not only bring work back home, but also the feeling that comes from work. When we work in this society, shits happened~! That's no doubt about it... Thus at times, some of us felt rather stressful, or sad, or even frustrated. And if such negative feelings were brought home, what happens...?

In our home, that's where most our love ones are. And if you accidentally take it out on them, which is so common, you'll hurt and scar them, badly... And you'll feel so regretful then, but isn't that a bit too late~?

Husband Playing Game, Wife Felt So BORED Behind~!

Scenario Post By JingLin & Stanley

So the Number 1 Rule is, "Try Not To Bring Work Back Home". Not just work, literally, but also the feelings that comes with it. Although sometimes I too, failed to do so, but I had always make it a point to keep up such good practice. Will you join me too~? *WiNkZ*

Oh, last thing to note. Try to say "I Love You" to your love ones more often. Especially to your parents, do you remember the last time that you had said something like that to them~? Err... If you think it's too mushy, you can do something special or what. Like taking them out for a dinner...etc... They WILL feel it one, trust me~!

A Long Waited Entry

2005-04-14T09:42:00.000+08:00

Finally~! I must say... Sorry to keep you peeps waiting so long for just one pathetic blog entry of mine. I had been REALLY busy recently, and I wonder why. IPPT is round the corner, not only am I not prepared yet, and I'm putting on more weight~! *DuHzZz* This time round I think sure failed already.

Anyway, I wonder why got so many people think it's me who wrote the previous entry (Pretty Woman 'The Movie')~? Do I really portray such an cheapo image to you peeps~? *sigh* I hope not... However, I do agreed with JingLin that ladies should not taken certain advantages just because they're ladies. Know what I mean~? Of course not things like little cab fares or guys opening the car door for you...etc... I'm talking about things like free drinks (Especially Alcoholic Ones) and stuffs, and not one glass or what ya, but jugs after jugs, occasions after occasions. Some, I mean some only, even got themselves hurt in the end. I know that most of you ladies love & respect yourselves, thus I believed that you do anything stupid. So please don't get agitated when reading JingLin's entry. She's not pointing her finger at you and saying that YOU ARE THE ONE. She's just being concern over you fine ladies out there, hoping that you'll not be a victim of such incidents. There had been a few similar incidents that had happened within our circle of friends, didn't you too encounter the same thing too...?

I guess that this particular sensitive issue had been said enough already, we shall end it here ya. No one is wrong or blame here ok. It's just a reminder for my friends reading my blog to take more precaution, that's all. Thus, please do not get us wrong, we only mean good. *WiNkZ* Anyway, if in any way that JingLin had offended you with her entry, I'm sorry ok. I'm sure she felt that way too.

Now back to my entry...

Photo Is Courtesy Of Winnie Herself

About 2 weeks ago, Winnie celebrated her 21st Birthday. So many people turn out at her house. Most of them JingLin & I both don't know one. And that day we were like so ill fated like that... We miss the bus, yet it was only later that we both knew that we had board the wrong bus. Luckily we still manage to reach Winnie's place with Weny on time, a little late though. We all stayed at her house for quite some time, before we head to our next destination, Gotham Penthouse at Clark Quay. And that's also where I'll talk more about it~!

Gotham Penthouse @ Clark Quay

I Like This Deco The Most.

So Artistically Beautiful~!

People I know who went to Gotham Penthouse are Winnie & her cousin Carina, Weny, Jamie, Emily & Jonathon, Hui Qing, Zhao Ting, JingLin & Me. The place was quite nicely set up. Kinda posh, I must say. Which initially gave me quite a good feeling with the place. Entrance fee was dirt cheap. At S$12/- for both ladies & men, yet ladies still get free flow of vodka that particular night. And the restrooms quite special too, a bit like hotel standard, which is not bad for a club. *thumbs up* Then hell happens for the next few hours...

The Signs Of The Restrooms

In the club, they played mainly R&B, which is good. Then it's a Caucasian club, meaning you'll see quite a few Ang Mos & Black People there... And that's the problem~! Not the Caucasians or what, but us~! Local Singaporeans...! I always wonder, why the hell do most of us always look upon Ang Mos as though they're 1st class citizens, while we're of 2nd class~?!! That's how I feel in the club~! Although the servers & stuffs there are all friendly, but I just have this feeling in me. JingLin felt the same way too. Then I look around the club, there are so many chicks there in the club, as though trying very hard to get hooked by an Ang Mo. Why is this so... Then came these local pathetic guys, trying so hard to act as though they are the Ang Mos too. Giving all those crap & bullsh_t that they're Players Of Life, or whatsoever~! Oh come on...! In short, they're just always waiting & making opportunities to get laid, isn't that so. Honestly, I'm still pretty pissed with what I saw that day. There's still this thingy that happened~! But, I shall not blog about it, because it's personal.

I shall now end this entry... Quote of the day, "Love & Respect Yourself, And Others Will Do The Same To You~!"

JingLin's Tag Replies (Another Entry)

2005-04-12T22:44:00.000+08:00

Haiz.. I feel forced to post another entry... Hehe... kidding la. Anyway, I want to apologize to Ms. Ru Hua. I believe, given your utter beauty, guys would be paying to breathe the same air as you. I'm sorry I bothered. You would never understand.

Firstly, everything I wrote is very subjective. It's how I feel. You don't have to feel the same way. And erm, what I meant in my previous entry is that, normally it's FINE for guys to pay for the cab fare once in a while. :)

Yes Emily, you're right, I feel that girls nowadays ARE becoming more materialistic. As in they don't go for the heart but instead, the pocket (money). But of course, they are the minority.

To 'someone'. Yup, Singapore is shaping us all into such money minded creatures, men and women alike. We cannot blame it on society totally also, as we too have a part to play in deciding our character. But I emphasized on the ladies as they might stand to lose out more in the end. I too, did state that there are super nice pple also. I didn't really say that i based all these on a person's looks. What I really meant are the actions.

Plus, to Ginny. YES~! Women are liberated. We are equals! *HapPy* Ever since the 1971 if I remember correctly.

Please, to those who feel insulted, don't be. I never meant for this to point out at anybody. Sorrie okie? :) I mean, I do know that everyone wants a good life. But the question is HOW~? How do you want to achieve that good life? What do you really want to achieve in life? Do you want to look back in life one day when you're old and your only achievement is marrying right? Not me.

You know, I'm just being concerned, not pointing fingers at people and call them cash croppers (money suckers). I'm not the kind to make assumptions, jump into conclusions and then make judgment based on whatever little information registered, right, Ru Hua~?

Pretty Women 'The Movie' (Special Entry By JingLin)

2005-04-09T10:26:00.000+08:00

I decided on writing an entry here today cos I sorta wanted to be heard but too lazy to start my own blog. Pardon me but here goes:

You know, these days I keep thinking about some stuff and it is really disturbing. What is happening to our little ladies nowadays? Not that I'm really so old and detached from current stream of society but I feel really sad. Yes. Sad, disappointed, would be the words. Or maybe it has always been just me, too oblivious to the situation around me until it slapped me in the face. I guess you have not a clue what I am saying but in short, UNREALISTIC MATERIALISTs is my topic of the day.

BUT, I am not saying that everybody is one, mind u. =) A lot are really not. At least there's hope in that aspect. Have you come across someone or many girls, as a matter of fact, that seems/seem to care for not much more than material satisfaction? Sometimes I think it is society. Molded us that way. Maybe we are becoming the new Japan, where their younger generations' goal is living for the moment? Have you thought about that? I believe that every single person CAN more/less control your own future. You can choose whether or not to cross that road, and whether to flirt with that man across the bar. Actually I believe that a proper conversationalist and good looker can win any guy’s heart (having substance in conversations is also a factor). AND I believe that mentally, whether guys want to know or not, girls are just as good, if not better.

Than WHY, I would want to ask, are so many girls seeking the easy way out? We can work for our own future AND carve our own careers. HELLO, wake up and smell the coffee, this is not the sixties where we have to fight for the landlord's son so as to ensure we don't have a physically taxing life and still be guaranteed that our husband, given the extra cash, will have extra ladies behind his back. Somehow, I know I sound ridiculous but please my darling ladies, don't be seduced by the luxurious life you wish to have and pay with interest, your future happiness. If you have taken basic economics, you would know that there is always this pie chart where if you had more of this, you would have to forsake the other. True enough, I believe it relates to life basically too. Just how big or small that pie depends on your effort.

Our kindergarten innocence is long gone. Monetary evil settled as soon as we got our first 70 cents allowance from Mummy/Daddy. But morality still prevails I believe. At least I see it in many a young woman. It is never too late to turn back. Why make men feel like they can AFFORD us? Women fought for independence and so why waste it? I dun really see us as toys, do you?

This is actually very opinionated. Maybe you might think that pursuing for a wealthy lifestyle your way is your business and it is right. Ok. I might be wrong too. It is up to you. Your set of values. What are your values? Do you still keep what your parents/teachers taught you? I am only saying this because I care (a lot) and I would like to state that this entry is definitely NOT targeted at anyone. Just generalizing. Why try to get hurt? Growing up is a phase. I learnt the hard way but I never sold my dignity. Not to any man. But embarrassing yourself for the one man you love is fine. (exp. He slaps your butt unwittingly in front of your friends.)

I do not know if I would make any sense to anyone reading this cause I have some mixed feelings about this as well. Being female, we usually have this 'not-having-to-pay-for-the-cab-fare-after-clubbing-with-guys' thingy. But where should we draw the line? Think about it. I believe you already have the answer.