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Change of blogsite

2006-06-27T23:00:00.000+08:00

Yeah yeah... I know what you're gonna say.

Again?

Yuh.

You don't go out much, do you?

No, not really. But then again, I ain't very free either. That's why I am fast forwarding the launch of the new webbie.

You will notice that there isn't any tagboard for this new website. Anyone and everyone who wants to chat will definitely have to post a comment. Haha...

Puny little human. Hulk smash!

2006-06-26T18:53:00.000+08:00

I feel weak. As weak as Bruce Banner. The Hulk is trying it's best to come out, but so far, the only thing that managed to come out of me is vomit. Lots of it.

MC today, feeling really sick. So sick that even after medication (which I deem to be lousy) and a good rest, I still feel sick, if not worse than earlier on.

Haven't been able to blog for a bit now, haven't I?

Well, the reason being, my company was advised not to use the Internet during office hours, so nuff said on that.

Still waiting to get out of this frigging job and get a nicer one, with nicer people, nicer environment, and hopefully, a nicer paycheck.

Signing off, Alex

A hairy situation

2006-06-20T16:34:00.000+08:00

As I am sitting here, taking a crap after a stomach ache which was caused by something that was deemed as a bad meal, I realise that the sides of my thighs have grown hair. Omfg!

Does this confirm that as you age, hair starts growing out of everywhere, sucking your hair follicles from the top of your head to create a mat of chest hair, or hairy palms, or *gasp* HAIRY EARS!

Momma, I don't wanna grow up. I want to be 18 again. BOO HOO HOOOOOOOOO!

PCB!

2006-06-17T13:07:00.000+08:00

Wah lan eh. My friends bought the HG toy, and they never even let me in on it, even though I told a couple of them about it. Fuck lah... what friends.

A Tale of Two Different Games

2006-06-17T12:48:00.000+08:00

Watched game 4 of the NBA Finals, as well as the first match for the night's WC coverage. POWER, two different games, both were almost one-sided affairs.

Miami, powered by D-Wade, totally strolled past Dallas with clinical finishing and tough defense. Dallas were guily of lousy finishing and bad teamwork.

For the WC, Argentina totally destroyed Serbia & Montenegro (S&M *sniggers*) with their superb passing and teamwork. 6-0, good lordy, as football365's reporter put it.

To sum it up, I should have bet more on Argentina. Bah. Ha!

Tiger's father passes on

2006-06-15T00:59:00.000+08:00

Earl Woods, the father of US golf legend Tiger Woods and the mastermind behind his son's stellar career, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, Tiger Woods announced.
Earl Woods, 74, died in the home in the California town of Cypress where he raised his famous son, the golfer said in a statement on his website.

"Im very saddened to share the news of my fathers passing at home early this morning," Woods said.

"My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply. Im overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

"I wouldnt be where I am today without him, and Im honored to continue his legacy of sharing and caring," he said.

Former Green Beret soldier Earl Woods has been battling prostate cancer since 1998.

SGeans and their dirty habits

2006-06-15T00:54:00.000+08:00

Over the past few months of riding my bike along the streets of Singapore... I have come to learn of a few things which aren't really good.

- A minority of drivers signal before filtering lane in front of a bike
- An even smaller minority of that minority say thank you when you allow them to filter
- Motorcycles are deemed to be pesky by car drivers, but what about themselves?
- Drivers speed up upon seeing that you have signalled your intention to filter lanes
- SGeans are KPO when accidents happen, causing huge traffic jams where and when possible
- Traffic police have the 'authority' to speed during normal patrols, but not lesser mortals like us
- Traffic police seem to be busier during bonus time
- Bus lanes in SG are redundant, except in TP's opinion

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Watching NBA Finals game 3 even though I know the result, as well as the Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia game. Shaq's wife is a hottie, especially when she's jumping up and down wearing that tight white sleeveless tee-shirt. *oops*

In footie news, Cardiff City has signed Magpies homeboy Michael Chopra. Sigh. Though I am sad that this scoring prodigy (In England U-21 and Newcastle reserve ranks), I am happy for him as he was never going to get his chance to shine for his boyhood club, one of the reasons being that he is too similiar to Michael Owen. Newcastle needs a striker in Alan Shearer's mould.

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I think this has been the longest post in a long time, hasn't it? Heh.

Went to a fengshui master on dear's request. Though I am sceptical on fengshui, I guessed that it wouldn't hurt to just go, check it out.

After the appointment, in which I chanced upon my former campmate Kelvin Chee along the way, we headed over to Seoul Garden to have a buffet dinner.. and BOY DID WE EAT!! Not to mention, it cost me almost $50. Gone are the days of $7.99 student meals. Heh.

Alright, gotta go. Time to update my resume. And also to contemplate on whether or not to confirm my appointment with my company, thus increasing my pain and suffering there, as well as my pay by another $250.

Keane retires!

2006-06-12T22:50:00.000+08:00

Roy Keane has officially called time on his playing career, due to a long-standing battle with his hip.

The midfield general has been outstanding throughout his career, mostly with Manchester United, and has had lots of tiffs with many a player, including one recently retired Alan Shearer.

Though one will definitely be reminded of his unproud tackle on that Manchester City player, Haaland, it's just one of a few blemishes in a glittering career.

*salutes*

Bah!

2006-06-07T15:06:00.000+08:00

So, it's tea break in work-land once again. And the slacker Alex has decided to use his boss's pc to blog about the 'wonderful' things in work-land, amongst other things.

The evil Malaysian colleague spoke to me today, driving thoughts of 'Beware the stab in the back" into my head. But, he was just asking about some items that were checked by the both of us previously before we got on bad terms. Actually, if you asked me, I would say that he is being extremely childish, but I'm too lazy to blog out what happened to make me derive that.

Forgot to bring my socks today, forcing me to wear my safety shoes without socks... and thus, making new friends in the numerous BLISTERS that I have around my feet and ankles. BAH!

I've been late the whole of June, so far. And the wonderful thing about this company is that even if you punch in 1 minute past 8am, you get your pay docked by about $5. Brilliant eh? So I have decided to be slightly earlier from tomorrow onwards, maybe reaching here by 7.55am, cos the darn queue for punching in your timecard is like super long lah!

Getting used to the functions of my new Motorola SLVR L7. It's kinda like a little hard to use, and the memory card capacity is only good for songs and photos. If you wanna use a customised ringing tone, cannnnn, just make sure that it won't go past 4mb cos that's what my phone memory is left with. Brilliant!

This week has been hectic, school wise. 3 lectures this week. Two with the BS lecturer (that's business statistics) and one coming up tonight with TS, and a presentation later on as well. Luckily it's been completed. I did the research, Tracy and Joanne did the powerpoint, and Seph and Nick will be presenting it later on. Looks good, so far. Too bad it's not our assignment, if not, ACE LIAO LOR!

Okay okay, break time is over. Gotta get back to my stupid job, BAH!

Motorola L7

2006-06-05T18:08:00.000+08:00

As above... my gf and I co-paid for a Motorola L7 to replace my fast diminishing n6600. Though I love that phone, I must say that it's been giving me problems as of late.

Here's the funny part though. THE PHONE IS SO HARD TO USE!!!! So right now, I'm trying to figure out how to work it. Anyone has a phone similiar to this?

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Okaayyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I want...

2006-05-26T00:28:00.000+08:00

a Nokia n80 for any occasion at all! Haha!

I'm home!

2006-05-25T11:22:00.000+08:00

Left home late today for Tuas after being informed just when I was about to leave for work at Hougang. Made my day *smiles*

Went to Tuas at about 9.20am, then stayed on for about an hour, busying myself with nothing actually. Got a call from my boss, asking me to head back to Hougang later in the afternoon, to do water testing with my new-arch-enemy cos my senior colleague skidded on his bike and got 3 days mc. BORING! Anyways, I plan to only head back to office at about 2+. Sick of it all actually. Looking forward to playing basketball later on, hopefully the rain doesn't come.

My motorbike's got a little dent on the exhaust, thanks to the FRIGGIN' HIGH HUMP AT BALESTIER PLAZA. Nabei cheeeeeeeeekeeeen.

Absolut Sick Vodka

2006-05-24T22:00:00.000+08:00

I am pretty much sick of life as it steamrolls it's way through me.

I'm tired of my work and all it's hassles. Sometimes, I really regret (not that I don't regret all the time) SO much, that I wished that I had stopped myself. I had my job, the people working alongside me, and the Management ('cept for my boss who is also my friend)

School has been a killer so far, with Business Statistics being the main culprit. HARD! And what makes it even harder is the fact that my gay lecturer is not a really good teacher. This brings about the conclusion that not all smart people are good teachers.

Caught quite a few movies on DVD and cinema during the past few weeks. Been so busy that I forgot to update. Lazy to upload, so I shall leave it for another time. Think I shall call it a night. Bored. Nights fellas.

Attached out to Tuas for 3 1/2 days

2006-05-23T08:44:00.000+08:00

.. and I am quite sick of the life there, as well as my workplace. Will blog more tonight, till then..

I HATE MY JOB!

Bummer with a captial B

2006-05-20T18:52:00.000+08:00

I overslept and could not play ball with Dennis at CCC, and that officially makes me an aeroplane pilot. Fark!

Work

2006-05-19T15:29:00.000+08:00

Blogging from my workplace now. Break time. Some peace and quiet at last.

This is only my second job since coming out of Army some 3 years ago, but I already feel cursed to have such bad luck. I think that my choices in jobs have been bad ones so far.

Here's some things that I have learnt about my colleagues, fellow workers, and the Environment here.

My colleagues

I feel that my colleagues have been putting up false pretences all this while. What started off as a childish-type of behaviour from my Malaysian colleague turned into a full-blown affair, with the other colleagues siding him (since he's always bitching about everything but himself) but, 2 words. Who cares?

I've learnt that in this kind of harsh environment, the only way up is to stab people in the back, side, or front, to get to where you want to in this ladder.

Take William, production manager who hates my guts cos he thinks that I can't work as a QC Inspector because I was formerly doing administrative work.

The bugger himself was doing administrative work HERE barely a year ago, speedily stabbing his way to the top, and now that he's on top, he doesn't give respect to other managers or supervisors, even though they showed him the ropes. And now, Siva, his henchman, upon being promoted to Supervisor, is beginning to act like him too, putting on airs and all. What gives?

So many problems this production has gone through, and it's not gonna let up. I'm actually pretty much wiped out thanks to this 'lobang' from my friend. To say that I regret is an understatement. But, what's passe is passe. Look forward, get my diploma, quit, join somewhere else and cross your fingers that you found a better job. After all, this is all just a stepping stone.

Alright, I think I shall call it off here. I'll try to blog again soon. Meanwhile, my knee hurts bad thanks to the collision with Daniel yesterday. SWOLLEN!

Blog

2006-05-19T03:15:00.000+08:00

I wanted to blog... but after playing games, I realise that it is already past 3am, and I HAVE WORK TOMORROW! Siao liao lor.

*g0ne*

Whoa Nancy!

2006-05-11T15:17:00.000+08:00

*dusts off the cobwebs*

It's been a while, ain't it?

Well, where shall I start at? It has been a really long time since I've last blogged that I don't really know where I should begin. And of course, I am sure that my readership of 7 readers are already thinking about delinking me from their sites or what. Hahahaha

Well, let's start with school. I've completed my last 2 modules, Marketing and Business Management, last month end. This week, I started off Business Statistics and Organisational Behaviour. My 2 new lecturers are way different from the previous two. One's an NUS lecturer who asked us to call him T.S, and he has a whole array of jokes. The other lecturer, Mr Ho, is gay. And happily gay at that. Makes the classes more lively. And the new class is like, whoa! 100 students, up from 40 the previous 2 modules. And.. and... lots of eye candy! Damn! Where did they all come from?

Work's been a real bitch nowadays. I really can't stand it anymore. One day, I feel fine, the next day, I feel like throwing in the towel again. It sucks when even your own department people look at you differently.

Well, I might blog on and on... but I won't. Will try to blog again shortly, I hope. Ha! Till then... bye!

And then!

2006-04-27T17:37:00.000+08:00

Random thoughts ok?

There was this huge fire at work today. In the space of 10 minutes, a totally new bus was lost forever, because of a spark that caught onto a seat. And while all this was happening, yours throughly was in the toilet, having a crap.

Yesterday night, there was a series of accidents on the PIE, on both sides, happening simultaneously. I could only see 2 of it. From my 'experience', I think that there was a high speed collision on the 1st lane going towards Jurong, and that in turn shocked a trailer on the opposite end, who collided against a car (I think) and skidded all the way to the road shoulder, and the last, a Comfort taxi which suddenly jammed brake because of the commotion, causing a car behind to ram into it, causing some serious damage! All in all, 4 traffic police cars and 2 ambulances, not a minor accident ok?

This China fella standing in the middle of the road on AYE on yesterday afternoon, while everyone was doing 90km/hr, really brought goosebumps to me. Reminded me of that stupid accident, which I am most probably going to lose, unless a miracle happens.

There was an ah-beng today that diaoed me at work today while queing up for food. And the best part was that, I didn't do anything wrong, rather, he cut my queue, and sat on my seat. PCB.

English Word Test

2006-04-26T07:17:00.000+08:00

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Fugly Singaporeans

2006-04-14T12:46:00.000+08:00

Woke up early this morning for a nice morning jog at MacRitchie Reservoir. All was fine with it. Walked past the car park where due to the lack of car park lots, people took to parking their cars along the double yellow lines.

Kena!

Traffic policeman TP42H was there, issuing summons to all of them. How's that for a nice Good Friday bonus treat.

So, anyways, as I went further up where the traffic policeman was not seen, I spotted this fella trying to park onto one of the double lined lots. As he was pulling in, I signalled him, and let him know that he had better not park there, and he responded kindly, by saying thanks. *ding!* The fella is a Caucasian.

Right behind, this other car started honking us. I turned to glare, thinking in my mind that for fuck's sake, it's only a 10 sec conversation, not as though you're going to lose $1m or something.

The fellas in the car drove past us and gave us a hand gesture.... how kind of them. Hate this kind of ugly Singaporeans. (reason for the 'nua' post is because I just went for jogging / swimming / gym in the first half.

Ate chicken rice and chicken macaroni, then realised that I am supposed to be on abstinence today, for today is Good Friday.

Out.

Movies/Dramas watched over the previous week

2006-04-13T08:04:00.000+08:00

Caught this movie Saw 2 on DVD on Saturday. Power movie, as was the first one. The plot really thickened to a point where I had no idea that there was someone else to take over Jigsaw. And for the rest of you Saw 2 junkies, Saw 3 is due to be out this year!

This drama that Glenn Hoei came up with was the riot of the year for me (other than Army Daze) It was lewd and funny, and I really recommend those with the taste for drama to go see it.

Lamenting Alex

2006-04-08T11:36:00.000+08:00

Sigh, so many worries, problems. So many things that I wanted to blog out, so that I can read in the near future of the things that had me worried then, and how I managed to overcome them. But, so far, I've forgotten to blog quite a few of them.

Anyways.... main highlights.

- Dear's Granddad passed away on Friday

- Thinking about changing my blog layout to suit my mood (black-ish)

- Assignment got wiped out by viruses, causing me to reformat my pc

- Realised that my motor insurance company doesn't want me anymore

- NTUC is charging me $1360 for my motor insurance cos of my accident (fucked!)

- Re-did my 2 week assignment in a few hours

- Managed to do quite well for my assignment (Thank God for that)

- Fixed up my bike on Friday (changed engine oil, rear brake plate, loosened clutch)

- Happy that my bike feels brand new now (No, serious!)

- Unhappy that my new colleague is a slacking 40 year old

- Happy to realise that my new colleague is intent on resigning due to low pay

- Unhappy that my new colleague did not try to push himself a little

- Unhappy that one particular manager in the Company is aiming me

- Hate it when that manager critisizes me in front of everyone (For fuck's sake, I'm new lah!)

- Basketball last Saturday was one of the best so far

- There's housewarming later on in the night at good friend Janson's house

- There's a basketball session at CCC later on in the afternoon (hope it's as good as last week)

- Watched 'Magic Fundoshi' at The new National Library

- Saw a former classmate from my private school (hottie) which I managed to forget (name)

- Will be jogging tomorrow (Sunday) at MacRitchie Reservoir in the morning

- Buying stationary tomorrow (Sunday) at this warehouse

Ok, I think that should be it for the moment. Gotta fetch my girl at Taman Jurong, then go home, pack up, and head over to CCC. After which, gotta go for the wake, then hit Janson's house. Gotta call Janson to ask if his family is pantang (superstitious) which I don't really think so.

So.. big SIGH from me, signing off.

Movies that I watched over the weekend

2006-03-29T23:17:00.000+08:00

I, Robot. Good show, this.

I don't care what the critics say. Halle Berry is HAWT in this movie. Makes me want to love cats all again.

Lamenting in progress

2006-03-28T23:51:00.000+08:00

Lots to lament about.

Main reason for lamenting; my previous company getting an average of 2 mths bonus per person, which meant that I would have gotten 2.25-2.5 mths, because I was a merit awardee.

This would not have mattered much if not for the sad fact that I do not really enjoy working in my 1+mth old new job.

My pay does not justify me being there. I ought to be paid more.

Yes, I agree that it doesn't take a degree holder to know how to work in an environment where drilling sounds ringgggggggg in your ears throughout the day, for 5 and a 1/2 days EVERY WEEK. But still, I sweat so much each day, breathe in so much toxic stuff, get cut so often (among other things) THAT I WISHED I HAD NOT JOINED THIS COMPANY... so early.

Shut up Alex.

Ok, I shall. Regrets are part of one's life, and I ought to just take it as a lesson learnt. BUT THEN, THAT MISTAKE COST ME $2.5K LAH! Nabei Chao Cheesecake.

I could blog on about my past week's affairs, but, honestly, who else here other than me reads this shit? Anyways, who cares about my boring affairs?

Oh, ok.

Played basketball on Thursday and Saturday. Funnest days of my week.

Presentation was yesterday... oops, alarm sounded. It's officially Wednesday now, folks!

Jokes aside (imitating my lecturer, Mr Roland Kiew), the presentation went pretty quickly. Nick only took 5 minutes instead of the 'cut-short' 10 minutes given by Mr. Kiew. But, it was pretty ok lah.

Newcastle just can't stop losing against the big clubs, and the not so big clubs. BAH! 4 losses on the trot. How bad is that? Boo-yaaaaa!

Alright lah, time to go wank or something. Naaaaaah, think sleep is more vital now. Work + class tomorrow.

Night folks!

Random thoughts

2006-03-22T23:02:00.000+08:00

First thought... FUCK!!!

My accident case is not proceeding on as smoothly as I had anticipated, predicted, hoped.

First, my 1st witness hung up on me by changing his contact number.

Next, my lawyer informed me that the doctor at TTSH did not write in his statement that the other ~~fucker~~ fella was drunk.

Third, SCDF report states that the f0rker was drowsy. Couldn't they have used a better fucking word to describe a person who was OBVIOUSLY drunk? S.O.B!

Now, latest bombshell is that the SCDF paramedic who said that he could render me his assistance if I needed someone as a witness retracted his initial offer by saying that his Superior disallowed him from doing so.

Nuff said. I'm a goner. KNNBPCB. (it's rare that I scold this online)

Okay, I wanted to type out happy thoughts but now, thanks to this latest piece of info, everything else has been superceded by this ONE thought. Well done.

Weekend!

2006-03-18T09:48:00.000+08:00

I think my life here is m.o.n.o.t.o.n.o.u.s.!

Getting bored really fast... quite dissatisfied with the people, the environment, the job.

I want to go home..... =( Thank Gawd it's the weekend.

Looking forward to doing these during this weekend:
Basketball
Sleep
Tv
Doing assignment (not really looking forward to this though)
Getting fresh air

Boo!

2006-03-13T22:46:00.000+08:00

I can't remember when was the last time that I blogged, and I am a little lazy to check, so anyways, I'll just update on Saturday + Sunday.

Work went on as normal on Saturday.

After work, I went to fetch my dear from her place, then proceeded on to Bugis where I parked the bike. Had lunch at the normal Chinese Muslim Chicken Rice shop, then went to Bras Basah to check out some arts supplies. Chanced upon Jasmine Tham, my former flame there.

After shopping (or window shopping rather) we went to the Drama Centre at the National Library to catch Army Daze.

To say that Army Daze was a riot, was an understatement to say the very least! It was simply a minute a laugh, and you could tell that the cast were all enjoying themselves as well! Everything was splendid except for a few fellas up in the 2nd level who kept making noise, so Army-ish! Seriously, Kumar (as Lathi) as well as Hossan Leong (Malcolm) and the rest made this $100 an enjoyable expense.

After the drama, we walked over to Suntec to see what bargain goods were there at the IT show. DISAPPOINTMENT! Nothing there interested me, except maybe the HAWT model in the 1-piece black dress advertising the light LG lap-top. You gotta ponder, how much is she making an hour?

Sunday was the same, cept that me and dear went to Rifle Range to play ball... for 2 hours!

Okay, time to eat my rice+soup....

Wolf Creek

2006-03-08T23:48:00.000+08:00

So, my former colleagues and I went to catch this movie at Junction 8, after rave reviews and a recommendation from Elissa.

It turned out to be SO FRICKIN' LOUSY! It was supposed to be something like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It turned out to be some Discovery Channel program. More of a "Hi, visit Australia and see it's wonderful sights! Also, if you want to venture into the unknown and maybe get abducted by a rapist-cum-murderer, why not pop by Wolf Creek! Hell, we'll even throw in a free car repair for you while you're at it, with thanks to our main man, Mike!

Why not catch it while you can! Liz Hunter (in the movie) looks quite the sweet girl whom I thought would be the only one to survive the slaughter, but well, I was wrong.

Disillusioned

2006-03-06T12:40:00.000+08:00

I think it's coming back again. My depression. Sigh.

Played ball on Thursday with the guys at Sin Ming. Didn't play as well as I would have wanted to. Guess I need remedial training. Low point of the day was when I passed to Donny, just a normal pass... and I blew it... by a mile!

Went to play games with Don, Andrew, Eugene and Hanming after that. C&C Generals Zero Hour again. Kena bullied. Sian. Trying to find the game now, but even the Original one also no one selling. Wtf!

On Friday, went to see the doctor in the morning and got an MC for a ear infection.

In the evening, me and dear went to J8 Sistic to get tickets for the Musical Army Daze, as well as Premiere tickets for Fundoshi. Hope that these two musicals are good!

Went to Taka and Heeren after that, in the hopes of getting a notebook for her, and a pencil case for me. Result, no pencil case that suits me, and she bought the wrong notebook.

Saturday at work was normal. Getting disillusioned now. Work is mundane. I feel like I am not being tested to my potential.

Went for a briefing after that, at Revenue House. Will be given cash plus a token sum of appreciation to eat Mac Ds and KFC. =D

Went to CCC after that, to find only Danny and Zhi Xiong there. Luckily for them, I brought my basketball. Chung Hao came along after that, followed by Yi Bin, Xue Min, Marc, Dennis and Joshua.

Sprained my ankle badly when I collided with Dennis. However, as my ankles were already gone, I didn't feel much pain, cept for the fact that the joint area was very sensitive, thus I was unable to participate fully.

It was the same when I left CCC to play at Bedok. I felt like crap, yet I didn't let up cos I wanted to play ball so badly.

I ended up with a super bruised ankle, which I could hardly use to change gears while riding back. Sakit!

Tiger Balm did it for me though. =)

Oh, and Newcastle won Bolton 3-1, courtesy of goals from Solano, Shearer and Ameobi. Woot! The Roeder revival is still going strong!

Sunday was my niece Magdalene's birthday. 2 years old, I think. We had an outdoor BBQ at Labrador Park. HOTTTTTTTTTTT! But, it was ok lah.

Now, rest time on a drab Monday. Think I shall call it the end for this post, and catch some 20 winks. Seeya!

Half week's status report

2006-03-01T22:54:00.000+08:00

3 days have passed.

I tore my fav jeans. Fuck!
I cut my index finger! Fuck!
I failed my first ever Principles of Management test! Fuck!

Tired now. Depressed, kinda. Various reasons. Aiyuh, nothing much to say today... cept that... TMR IS BASKETBALL DAY! Wheeeeee! Ello moto! Are you going too?

The week-long update

2006-02-27T23:26:00.000+08:00

Well... what's new eh?

Started on my new job last Monday. Turns out that it is a FREAKING heck of a tiring job! It's physically challenging, much much more than my previous job (duh) but it's quite a no-brainer.

So starts my new job... and I'm half regretting it, just like I am half regretting taking up this diploma course.

What gives with this job?

Well, for the benefits, I have the honour of working 5 1/2 days every week! Petrol consumption is now multiplied by 2 per week. I have to eat lunch and sometimes even breakfast! I only get 7 days leave a year. There's only one clinic which I can go to. There's no dental benefits. I take in some serious toxic fumes everyday.

And the list goes on.

So, why did I decide on taking up the job?

Well, it was because my friend enticed me to it. And he was the Manager at that. Well, shit happens. We'll see, after this project ends.

A little something on my beloved Newcastle, since I haven't been updating my side-blog recently. Glenn Roeder is somewhat a Miracle man. I would give my left small finger.. excess nail for him to remain Manager of The Magpies. 10 points in the last 4 league matches, plus a win against The Saints (which drew them against Chelsea, shit) in the FA Cup. Hope that this streak carries on...... (crossing fingers)

Played basketball on Thursday at Sin Ming. And what impressed me was that I regained my shooting touch, even if it was for that one night. The odds are definitely against me if I am going to repeat my performance again this week. I'm planning on playing on Thursday, and on Saturday. Takers for CCC on Saturday?

Ok, guess that I have got to get going. Pretty wiped out thanks to the lecture that I had just now. Peace out!

Phew!

2006-02-19T23:57:00.000+08:00

I is nervous.

Gonna start on my new job tomorrow, at Defu lane. Oops. Sorry. It's later on. So, a quick update.

Finally got to play basketball again on Saturday with lots of friends.... even though it rained, I was still happy with the crowd. Played again, at night, at Bedok.

Swimmed today, 40 laps again. Did a little bit of Management studying, a little homework as well.

Watched a movie on DVD. Stuck on You.

Not a bad show, I must say. Quiet a few laughs on it as well.

Walt :"What's a 3 letter word for man's best friend?"
April:" Tit?"
Walt:"Wrong, I tried that too!"

Ah?

2006-02-03T00:48:00.000+08:00

Can anyone tell me why I keep thinking that it's already the weekend?

BAH!!!

2006-02-01T14:49:00.000+08:00

This has been, by far the worst holiday combo that I’ve ever had in my entire life. (Christmas-New Year- Chinese New Year)

I had this small little cough that came back to pay me a visit on Friday (27th Jan), which then developed into a full blown cough on New Year’s Eve (28th Jan), which totally screwed up my Reunion dinner. Slept early that night because I suddenly had a fever.

On New year’s day, even though I had a cough and flu (yes, now I had the flu) I dragged myself down first to my gf’s house to pay my respects to her mother, then to send her to Bedok before coming back home (happened to see a motorcycle on the opposite end of the PIE on the road… apparently it’s a fatal case.) and then to my Aunt’s house, and back to Bedok again, and finally to my gf’s uncle’s iduncheknowwhatshoulditbecalled house. (it’s sort of like a temple of some sort, except that it’s really small.) We even decided to go to River HongBao (where I spent $25.00 for a small penguin!)

Gf came over to stay the night as the 2nd day of New Year was the day that my relatives could be coming over for lunch)

By this time, I was feeling really sick (as gf would attest to this) and this caused me to visit the 24 hour clinic in the morning (30th Jan). I had by then, a fever, flu, cough, chest pain, a sharp pain on the right side of my abdomen and a little bit of vomiting.

After waiting for a while (had a worm infested fish porridge in the process) I went in, and the bloody doctor referred me to Alexandra Hospital! Ugh!

So I went to the hospital, waited for quite a while before being able to go in, do some tests… and get diagnosed with Tonsillitis and Appendicitis… UGH!!!!! I was told to monitor my own condition, and should the pain get more severe, I would have to operate to remove the appendix. NoOoOoOoOoooOooo!

Anyway, after the hospital trip, I went back home, felt slightly better, played a card game with all my relatives (Scary shit, lost almost $60, but managed to get back $40+) then went to gf’s Aunt’s house for dinner and Mahjong using a Carom board as the mahjong table. Played 4 rounds of mahjong which lasted till 4am!!! Won $8 after that 7 hours of playing… totally shacked!

Made my way back to gf’s house to sleep (and sleep I did… power!) before getting up in the morning for it was her relatives’ turn to visit the house.

After lunch, we played another 3 rounds of mahjong… omg, my butt really sustained heavy injuries for sitting on the stool too long. I ended up losing $19. Ugh.

Went back home at night, and slept the night away…

I hate coming back to work. It’s been a real pain in my arse to come here and pull myself through the day, for the next 11 working days! Come on, jiayou!!

Fuck lah...

2006-01-28T22:48:00.000+08:00

Y'know something?

I hate Chinese New Year. I hate all the traditions that come with it. The only things that I love about Chinese New Year are the Ang Baos and the socialising. Other than that, it sucks shit.

First off. I didn't know that you had to go to your gf's mom's house before going to your gf's grandma's house, as a proper form of respect. I didn't know that it was a custom to offer gifts to the gf's parents before Chinese New Year. I didn't know that it mattered to whose house you had to go first, as a form of respect.

In fact, I can, without a doubt, say that I am pretty ignorant of all this shit. Pardon my ignorance.

That being said, I shall now rest my case and go jack off or something. I'm prett annoed by the way certain things have turned out tonight, and m headache and cough is getting fucking bad, but nobody cares about it. Nobody cares about me. But then again, who gives a fuck about me?

Let's picture a scenario.

I clean the windows in my room. Being short and all, I have short arms, so I have to sit on the ledge to clean the furthest part of the window.

Then!

I sorta lose my balance, plunging me 14 stories down to my imminent death. News of my death reaches the eyes and ears of my friends via the news.

Now, after that........ who will come to my wake?

Will you?

Hey...

2006-01-28T17:12:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year folks! Gong Xi Fa Chai!

4...

2006-01-24T22:21:00.000+08:00

Kena tagged by ah 9, first time that I’ve been tagged by anyone siah! For that, I shall fill it up (wonder if ah 9 was talking about me)

4 Jobs You’ve Had in Your Life
Waiter
Busser (it’s some sort like clean up man)
Credit Admin Assistant (Legal ah long)
Part time supervisor at a Western Fusion restaurant

4 Movies You Could Watch Over And Over Again
Matrix (Whoo hoo! Watched it over 15 times)
Saving Private Ryan (Watched it 8 times?)
Yamakasi (The Original movie r0cked my s0cks)
Fast and Furious

4 TV Shows You Love(d) To Watch
Lost
Smallville
Bionic Man (Always aspired to have bionic joints to replace my own)
~~Days of our lives~~ Football Focus

4 Places You’ve Lived
Lakeview (opposite Thomson CC)
Novena Court (smallest unit evAr!)
Cavenagh House (can’t remember if I spelt it right)
Bukit Timah

4 Places You’ve Been On Vacation To
Johor Bahru
Malacca
Pulau Ubin
Sentosa (Whattttttt? No money lah!)

4 Places You Would Rather Be At Now
Going out to claim my 1st prize for winning ToTo
Somewhere nice and warm where I could just think about nothing
Going on an all expenses paid tour around the World
Anywhere but home (cos Spring cleaning sucks!)

4 Of Your Favourite Foods
Non spicy food
Non crustacean food
Anything with chicken
Scissors Curry Rice

4 Websites You Visit Daily
cowboybar.liquidblade.com
sashie07.blogspot.com
espnsoccernet.com
9mmdesigns.blogspot.com

4 Tagged
Dblack
uG
Vanessa
Kevin
(all of which I presume will not do… l0l)

CNY and SCV

2006-01-23T14:24:00.000+08:00

It’s been a really hectic few weeks for me thus far.

Reason?

Chinese New Year!!!!

Because of this festive celebration, we Chinese have to spend wads of money buying supplies, fulfilling Chinese beliefs, doing spring cleaning and hanging up decorations.

In addition to that, we also have to buy new clothes, new furniture, new electrical appliances…. No, I’m joking on the last two.

Helped my dear with a little bit of spring cleaning of her house on Friday night, till 3+am. Took a nap, then left for my place at about 8.30am, as I was waiting for the Harvey Norman fellas to bring my new 29” Panasonic TV over, as I opted for the 10am to 3pm slot. Bloody hell, they came at what time? 3.50pm! But, nevermind lah. In the process, I managed to start on my house cleaning (which is still not done) and catch some much needed rest.

Realised that the set-up box was not working (I knew it!) and that my brand new TV was having the same problems as the Thomson TV before that, and the Philips before the Thomson. NABEI! Wasted money… but then, the 2 other TVs were malfunctioning anyway.

After that, we went to her Granny’s house where I thought that I would be playing basketball with her cousins, but ended up helping to carry drinks. Should have left my bag at home… extra baggage. Bah.

Went home and slept pretty early, in view of the tiring day ahead.

Went to Plaza Singapura the next day(Sunday) with my dear for 2 purposes. 1, to finally get rid of the bloody starhub set-up box, and get myself some digital cable. Got myself 2 boxes, BUT 1 BLOODY BOX WAS SPOILT! (Will talk about it again later) and 2, to see if there were any nice and cheap home theatre systems.

Realised there and then, that there was no way that we could transport all that on my bike. So we made our way home. So, we went back home to do some more house- cleaning, set up the digital cable boxes and do a little bit of swimming.

Went home and did the swimming part and the setting up of the SCV boxes, to find out that one was spoilt (to be continued), but not the house cleaning.

Oh, I did manage to wash my bike after that, but immediately after washing and parking my bike, Mother Nature had to rain on me. BAH!

SCV TV Set-up box
The reason why this has it’s own slot is because I am totally peeved with the service of Starhub.

The history

Went we first subscribed to cable TV, we were all happy, ecstatic even. The technicians installed the cable point, and then the SVC guy came after that with the box and installed it for us.

I can remember that day fondly (or not so fondly). After installation, the fella pressed a channel to test the connection. The connection was alright, but there was this loud ‘TAK’ sound which caught my attention, as it didn’t seem right. And every time we changed a channel, along with the ‘TAK’ sound, the TV would be a little disrupted.

If I knew then, that this was not normal, I would have asked for a replacement right away, but the SCV guy who came to install the box told me that the sound and the disruption was normal, so I took his word for it.

It all came to light after a few months, when I went over to my friend’s place to watch some cable tv, and his was FLAWLESS!

Still, the lazy side of me thought that we could live with it.

All went well for a few year, living with the ‘TAK’ sound and all… until my Philips died on me.

Apparently, the disruption went from bad to worse, to the point that all channels had disruptions 24/7. Even without changing the channels, the TV looked like it had obtained a permanent seizure. It was very irritating, to say the least.

After 1 month of watching telly with that (my mom lah, not me, I bth long ago le), THE TV finally died.

So, we brought in our brand new Thomson TV, which was not used that often, thus it was a little crappy in the sense that we had to switch on and warm it up first before it could start. Still, the disruptions went on.

So, as this Chinese New Year is coming, I decided to go get a new TV, resulting in $929 flying away from us.

Still, the bloody set could not work, so I decided to go get the new digital cable.

I went to the 2nd level at Starhub Customer Care Centre, Plaza Singapura. After queuing for 5 minutes, I was told to head down to the front counter. So, I made my way to the ground level to get a queue number.

After queuing there for a short while, I was told to head down to B2…. Wtf?! A little frustrated, I made my way down yet again, to wait for my turn like any other c0w.

After going through with everything, getting the boxes and all, we went to Carrefour to shop for a bit before coming home, as I was thinking that we should come together with my mother, as there was potentially lots of bags to carry, and she had her car.

So, we went back home and installed the box, only for me to incur more frustration. One of the sets could not work!!

*irritated*

Ok, I think I won’t want to go on any further, as I am working now, and this would only make me rethink about the unhappy past.

But…………………………….

I am happy that I am able to watch cable TV in my room now… WHEEEEEEEEE ~

How was your day today?

2006-01-05T00:06:00.000+08:00

As the hours go on, I find myself waning. Work has become more of a chore at CityCab, instead of the joy and pleasure that it brought me months ago.

With Clement offering me a job as a QA Inspector (read: higher pay better benefits) today, I'm ~~thinking~~ contemplating quitting before I get my bonus. Last year's bonus was good, I received an above average bonus of 3.5 months. But after last year's 'collapse' of the Industry what with the 3 new companies popping out and giving all the rest of the companies a hard time, the bonus that we're going to get is... give or take a month.

Anyway, with my resignation, I guess, some people will be happier. At least my share of the bonus can be split amongst the rest of my colleagues... yuh right. As if the Company will do that.

Watched 9 Songs, the other day, and boy oh boy was it an eye-opener for me. I won't say much about the movie except for that. For those of you who have watched it, you know what I mean...

And since we're on the topic of movies, here's a picture of my all time favourite.

Yes, it's been 6 years+ since the Premiere of The Matrix, and I still get kicks out of watching it.

Keanu Reeves, though I admit may be the ang moh version of Leon Lai, nevertheless made the show an immense hit. So much so that I watched it over 9 times (yes, I am mad) but hey, at least it's better than watching Titanic 9 times, eh? Heh.

Carrie-Ann Moss, who played Trinity, is a real bombshell with her killer bod and her deadly stare. *licks his lips in glee* and while not many of you would agree.... WHO CARES? Hehe. Her almost nude scene in Red Planet totally knocked my socks off that time.

At times (yes, I am a geek at heart) I wished I was Neo. In Superman form, of course. I do not wish to be plugged in like a thumbdrive and eat 'oats' every single day of my life. Yeesh!

Alright... that's all from me tonight. Tomorrow, basketball day!

Happy New Year

2006-01-03T00:23:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year to one and all!

For me... I am left thinking once more... what's so happy about the new year? More financial constraints, more worries, more troubles, more more more....

Headache, thinking about all this crap. That's why I asked Donny, what's so happy about it?

Anyways, I spent the most bit of the New Year helping out my dear with the painting of her 'new' room. That 'new' bit being 'new' because she's swapping rooms. Did some painting (tired, sakit, tolong!) for her room. Imagine having to jaga a 5l can of paint on the bike, which has already been overburdened by our weight. Ha!

Nonetheless, it was pretty fun doing it. Tiring, but fun.

The DIY shop at Ikea has this wicked machine that lets you choose your paint colour, then it'll mix it up for you. Lovely invention I tell ya. It's like a bakery shop. Fresh paint! Heh.

Did anyone notice the congestion in the match schedule for EPL this Christmas period? It's crazy! I just managed to catch Newcastle play Middlesbrough and I was super disappointed to see it 2-1 to the visitors. Thank goodness, moments after watching, Lee Clark scored a lovely left-footed cracker with the last kick of the game. *PHEW* Breathe easy, Newcastle fans. Sack Souness, keep all the players, and breathe easy.

Went to Labrador Park for a picnic with my gf this morning. For all the time spent preparing all the food for the picnic, I ended up not eating alot. I think I was too tired, honestly, but maybe, as what she said, it could be because I prepared the food and all, and got sick of it. Maybe lor.

Oh yuh! Forgot to add in something. I just received my pay increment. With a merit of 1% more than normal, and I got.... *drumroll* LESS THAN $50! NBCCB! Fucking pissed lah. Damn irritated by all that shit. It's time to move on... for real this time round. *cheesed off*

Alright. Time to call it a day. There goes the holidays.

0mg!

2005-12-29T23:30:00.000+08:00

Has it been that long?

Sorry for the friggin' no show the past how-many-days-has-it-been, cos I have been absolutely busy with work and stuff. Think I shall list out some stuff that I can remember...

AWS - Came, and gone, in 2 days. Shit man.

Encounter with a ghost?

Well, something weeeeird happened last week, on Wednesday or Thursday when I went to have a haircut and present-for-my-gf lunch break.

After my haircut, I went to City Chain to get a Solvil Titus watch for her. After choosing the watch, I stood next to the sales staff who was helping me to remove a couple of the ring thingies, so that it could better fit my gf's hand.

Now, as I was waiting and watching him do it... this small pale looking boy came up to me from Gawd-knows-where and asked me, persistantly, "Kor kor, dai wo chi zhao wo de ma ma. Ta bu jian le." This translates to "Big brother, bring me to see my mother. She disappeared."

Not knowing what to do, I said that I could not, as I was waiting for the amendment to be finished.

After asking me that for a few times, he left my side, and started running around the City Chain shop, which is not really big btw, sieving in-between the rest of the customers. The thing was, he seemed to know where everyone was moving, even though they did sudden about-turns and all.

That freaked me out a little.

Oh, I forgot to mention, his school shirt was pretty dirty, like it was taken out and left for a couple of vehicles to go over it on the road.

No one seemed to see him, not the rest of the customers, not even the salesman beside me! Then suddenly, the little boy popped by my side again.

This time, he said, "Kor kor, wo de ma ma yao ken ni jiang dian hua. Ke yi ting ma?" which translates to "Big brother, my mother wants to talk to you on the phone. Can?"

Nothing wrong with that sentence. The wrong thing was.... that phone was one of those that the living burns for the dead during auspicious occasions! Fuck! That took the cake. I completely ignored the little fella, and promptly waited to make payment and collect the present, then leave the place, to let the little boy continue running about in the shop.

Freaky? I don't know. I'll leave it to you guys to decide.

King Kong

This show was the bomb. I mean, it was pretty good... for a 3 hours movie. Phew! Coupled with some serious faults in the Cinema's alarm system, that made my butt sweat. But, overall, it was a real touching show with no surprises from the novel. Why the novel? Cos I didn't watch the Original movie.

4/5 rating.

Oh yuh. Something happened when me and my gf were at Ikea today.

This small boy was running when he tripped on something (one of those floor stoppers) at the bedroom section, causing him to fall, and hit loudly, face first, onto a big mirror. This caused a huge commotion. Blood everywhere, the little lad was crying... of course, but what shocked me was the sight of the mirror. Cracked! Just like what would happen if you were to use a rock to throw onto a windscreen. But, I guess the boy had it coming to him, since he was running. That of course, unless he was actually being a good boy and walking to his parents.

Think I shall stop here. Pretty beat up, see ya!

On leave today!

2005-12-19T13:43:00.000+08:00

Took leave today to recuperate from the hectic-ness of the past few days.

Went to a chalet + company D&D (of which I am in the committee) and to the chalet again this past weekend.

Met up with the fellas of #lovehurts; namely Janson, Andrew, ah 9, Eugene, Donny, Seph, and a couple of others like Tony, Mel (is that her name) and Jazky. Guess that I've been out of this circle for so long, that I didn't know the latest... oh well... I'll leave it to the rest to fill me in in the future.

Christmas is approaching. What are you getting me? :D And after Christmas, it's the New Year once more... this coming New Year's Resolution for me is...

I MUST BE TRIM (or bulky) AND FIT ONCE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem.

Shall remind myself to add it to my sidebar later on so that I will be haunted by that sentence till my abs pop out. It's been a while, my abs.... time to come out, away from that piece of fat that is covering you up. Show yourself, bask in the glory!!! Okay, too many drama shows...

I wanted to post up some pics of stuff that I wanted to get... but as I am too ~~lazy~~ noob to find the pictures on the Internet, I shall leave it as that. Dunche wanna unsettle the dust, a'ight?

I'm eating left-over pineapple rice that my mom bought the other day, and boyyyyyyy oh boy does it taste bad!

Think that it's so bad, it can be used to entice the people at Fear Factor... no, kidding.

Damnit, I just feel sooooooo lazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Okay, shall not blog anymore. More of this crap, and I'll lose whatever readership I have left. Ha!

Btw, Newcastle won West Ham away. :)

Me and my...

2005-12-15T00:00:00.000+08:00

nothing. Haha!

Seriously, I would love to blog about how I went for my virgin Court appearance (had to stand, raise hand and say THE OATH.

Or about how I lost my cashcard for the FIRST FUCKING TIME (may the bugger who stole my card shit out maggots for the next couple of days) but the fact of the matter is.

I AM TOO GAWD-DANGED TIRED!!!!!!!

So, I shall not blog any further, till I regain my strength, and power, to do anything human. Sleep time. Zzzzzz.

Woah.

2005-12-05T12:09:00.000+08:00

Time really flies when you’re older.

When I was a tad bit younger, my cousin Trina told me, “Alex, Alex. Just wait till you turn 25. After that, you won’t even bother celebrating your birthday, because it’s going to fly pass you so fast.”

Not that it burnt me or anything, because I don’t ever celebrate my birthday. But I mean, it’s not as though I detest my birthday. Just like some girls who say that flowers are a waste of time, so you really think that they hate flowers? Deep down in their hearts, definitely they will love flowers. It’s the same for me. I don’t celebrate it. But if others were to celebrate it for me, I’ll be grinning from ear to ear, not to mention, I’ll be blushing like a Chimpanzee eating sambal.

I think, even when I hit the big 50 (if I do get to live that long) I would still enjoy celebrating my birthday should my family or friends choose to do so.

All these years, seldom do I get birthday presents from family or friends. Some don’t even know my birthday, which is fine by me. Heck, presents are like birthdays. I don’t have to get them from anyone. But getting one would bring a smile to my face.

*disclaimer; I am not requesting for any gifts on my birthday. It’s just my thinking*

The past few days went by in a sneeze.

Had a wine appreciation session organised by my company on Friday. Hated red wine. Still do. White wine was slightly easier on my throat, but I guess I’d still pass should I have a choice.

Saturday was da bomb! I went for a Carl’s Jr lunch with my dear at Suntec in the afternoon. After which, we went to meet some of the barflies for a bowling session at marina Square. Saw Emily with Derek on my way there. At the bowling Centre, I was reminded by SK’s friend that she was my ex classmate in secondary school.

Now that… prompted me to say FUCK! in my mind. How could I forget a friend? Easy. Her name in Secondary school was Chinese. I forget Chinese names like I forget my liquor. Secondly, we were in the same class for 1 year only. Thirdly, she wasn’t a really prominent figure then. So, there. Still, I have got to dig up my old year book and search for her name.

Had a moderate game only, but was pretty badly affected by the horrible lanes, as KM will attest to. Had a game high of 166, 3 pins shy of my high of 169 for this year.

After the game, I met up with uG, Don and Ah Beng. Walked for a while, then we went to town to meet up with Xuemin, Edward, rG and Joshua. Went off after a while, to Bedok.

Played ball with my dear’s cousins till 11+. Had a bit of a tussle with this frigging long bean of a China player. Tall and skinny, just the way I like ‘em. Heh. I tied with him foul for foul, but he won me for shots, as I was feeling fatigued because of the bowling session earlier on (it still hurts lots today).

Went back home feeling like a Baboon with a red arse.

Sunday came by quickly.

Bathed my dear Phantom, waxed her, polished her. She’s smiling now. Heh. Treated my dear after that to Pizza Hut. $50.

Took a nice long shower, then we proceeded to the Esplanade to catch the last session of “A Twist of Fate”. Rating : 5/5

The jokes were corny, the singing was poor melody, and the atmosphere that the crew gave us, Local. I would recommend this to all, except for the fact that it was the last day. Oh well, you can always wait till 8 years later (first time it came out, 1997). Marvellous.

One point that I would like to highlight is that Singapore roads are getting more and more dangerous for us bike owners. While I believe that more motorcyclists are being more road worthy, the same cannot go for motorists who drive. Nuff said.

Okay, time to sleep. Lunch time is always for sleeping.

What what ~

2005-11-29T00:45:00.000+08:00

Received my pay today.

Spent 2/3 of it today.

Now I am broke.

Quick update

2005-11-27T23:50:00.000+08:00

Well, it's been a while since I last updated on a Sunday night, eh?

Friday

Did an impromptu reservation with Margarita's, this Mexican restaurant, at the recommendation of duckhawk. Thanks for the recommendation dude! This was to celebrate my baby's birthday.

We had quite a bit, in terms of the main course, but eventually, it was the drink that filled us up. Total damage, $92.00.

Saturday

Watched The Longest Yard at home in the afternoon before heading out. A lovely show man, I could have laughed my socks off ... 'cept for the fact that I wasn't wearing any.

Went to her friend, Mas's place for a gathering. Food+movie. Watched You Got Served ... again, for the 3rd time. This is one of the few movies that you can just go on watching and watching over and over again!

Went off at about 11, after watching this fab show about dismantling cars, and putting them back together again, on Starhub Digital Cable. POWER!

Sunday

Rushed down to the Church of the Holy Spirit for my nephew Brandon's baptism, only to find out that he could not be baptised today. Fed up man, but not as fed up as Ronnie ... poor man, I understand how he feels.

After that bummed event, we went to have lunch at this Song Kee Fishball Noodles restaurant at Thomson Road. Rating after buying so many dishes, 2/10.

It was SO terrible, that I could only claim the fish fillet to be nice, but even that was too salty.

The homemade barley was super bland, even to my mom. The hotplate noodles tasted like c.r.a.p. Everyone elses' noodles tasted equally as bad. The crispy beancurd left me to dream on about Boon T0ng Kee's version. And the dessert, all 3 of them, Green Bean Soup, Pulat Hitam and Glutinous rice and something, tasted BAD!

To sum things up, it sucked badddddddddddd.

After that awful lunch, me + gf went with my dad to Singapore Expo to check out the Big Boyz Toyz exhibition, primarily for the motorbikes. Went through the majority of them, except for the adult corner, which I felt embarassed to go to, cos my dad was there. Damage, $24.00.

Went to Sitex after that, then went home to watch UnderWorld.

At about 8pm, me + gf went to Evans Road with my mom to have dinner at this Prata Cafe. RECOMMENDED! Spent $30.90. Good food, nice eye candy, and ample space to sit.

After eating, while walking back to the bike, I saw Xuemin and Lixian's ex coach, with her gf, and some other ... friends. The ex coach's gf kept looking at me like she knew me. Scary.

Alright ... time to stop blogging for the moment. Pretty stressed about tmr's itinery.

Weekly report due. Accident stats report due. RC Compliation due. Work work work. Bah.

Btw, did I mention that Newcastle just lost to Everton? BAH!

Hey

2005-11-25T00:01:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DARLING!!!!!!!

No time no time!

2005-11-23T00:03:00.000+08:00

No, seriously! I really have no time to blog nowadays!

Life has just got too busy over the past month, what with the shifting of office, to Christmas coming and work and ... *faints*

Actually, last Monday, I did pre-blog. On MS Word. It's still in office ... I might copy+paste that in the next few days when I actually complete it.

Been really tight with the meetings and stuff. Just did my appraisal with my boss on Friday. He's recommending a promotion for me. Well, I hope that it comes with a substantial pay raise. Fuck that paper qualification shit. It's a-coming. I just hate it when people associate those with no diplomas or degrees to be of a stupid sort. Mind you, many people started doing their thang without paper. It came along shortly.

And I plan to be one of those.

Newcastle lost 3-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It was coming, I knew it. So, what's with the rumours that Wayne Bridge is coming to Newcastle? Suddenly, Chelsea left backs are in season with the board eh?

I think that my NUFC link is going to start decomposing soon ... I'm sorry.

Ok ok ... enough of that. I promise myself to try and blog more frequently ... *crosses fingers* till then ...

Damn ... it's Sunday!

2005-11-13T22:42:00.000+08:00

Sigh. Time flies when you're not working.

Then again. Time flies faster when you are.

Finished that 2 day course at The British Council. I would recommend it to all working adults actually. "Business Writing Essentials" is the name of the course. Though it's a little steep at $567/- per person, it would be great if your company would sponsor you for it.

Note from the lecturer Greg to me; "You're almost faultless."

*b o i n g*

Alex is happy. Ha! I've always loved English, even though I know peanuts about nouns and verbs and all the rest.

Okay, secondarily, I watched a couple of movies at home. I caught "Madagascar" ... finally! Then I also watched "Silence of the Lambs" which really was a good movie of that year. Evening time just now, saw "Cats and Dogs" ... I love dogs!

Cooked macaroni for dinner. Cooked too much macaroni, and too little chicken. Bah!

Who wants to watch Chicken Little? But please, no weekend shows can? I just dunche believe in splurging $9.50 for a cartoon, no matter how good it is.

Sigh ... work tomorrow ... *dr0ne drone drone*

Gotta go! Seeya!

A 2 week update

2005-11-10T21:57:00.000+08:00

Alright, I promised an update. Well, you’re getting one … kinda. It’ll be a little rushed and all, but I guess that it will do.

Let’s replay the entire two weeks as though it were yesterday. Hmm.

31st October

Monday was my last day of work at the old building, which will be leased out at the start of the year. Towards the end of the day, after finishing with the weekly report, I set out to clear my belongings from the table and cabinet.

Goodness, it took 9 boxes to complete the lot! 2 years at the same place can really make you accumulate a lot of junk, huh?

There will be some fond memories of the place … sigh. Oh well.

1st November

Didn’t do much at all. Stayed over at Ai Ling’s place, bummed a little. Then went to her friend Loges’s place to celebrate Deepavali. Loges is quite a pretty lady, and I was simply amazed to find out that she used to be VERY wide. Now, she’s about just half of what she used to be, and the curves are all at the right places.

Stayed on till about 8 or so, then we made our way back to my place for we intended to leave home early.

Found out that my dad didn’t leave the Malaysian currency which I asked him to change for me at home. So I called him up, to realise that he wanted me to go INTO Malaysia on motorcycle to get the money from him.

Die!

And to top things off, he was due to leave JB for a game of golf at 9am, so he requested for me to meet him early in the morning.

That spelt the premature death of the dental appointment which was pre-planned earlier.

2nd November

Woke up at 4+am in the morning, and rode off to Malaysia with passports in tow at around 5.15am.

Upon reaching the Woodlands area, it started raining … heavily. Pissed me off.

No, what pissed me off even more was that motorcycles are supposed to use the BKE to enter JB. What gives with that?! Cheesed off lah! Took me 4 tries, all because the signage for the Entry to JB was like way in front.

Okay, so I wasn’t in a great mood, and the rain added to it.

Finally managed to enter JB at around 7.30am. Dad brought us to this ulu place to have Bak Kut Teh. Fantastic, I tell you! I wished I could bring myself there some other time, but then, I guess not. It’s too secluded already.

Rode around the coastal part of JB till about 9+am, then we made our way to Holiday Plaza. Won’t say what I bought there except for a packet of Watson’s tissues.

Took a crap at that hotel next to the Plaza as well. Nice!

We went back to Singapore after 11am. Almost ‘died’ at the checkpoint due to the CO produced by all the bikes there. I also missed the Malaysian checkpoint as well thanks to the fella who was sleeping. Basket. Made me walk all the way back again lor.

After JB, we went to Causeway Point to have dinner, when we chanced upon this Raffles Dental Centre which was offering scaling + polishing for $42 only! Mai tu liao! Too bad it was appointment based only. We made appointments for the following Wednesday.

Went back home exhausted. Bought food and all for our proposed picnic the next day.

3rd November

Happy mood was spoilt when I realised that mom actually invited herself as well as my sister’s family along for the picnic.

Ai Ling wasn’t too pleased with that, and this prompts me to say; it’s hard to please everyone, especially if they are all your loved ones.

Till today, I just cannot fathom the thought of both the women in my life quarrelling. To say that it would break my heart, would be an understatement.

Anyways, back to the picnic.

We made our way to Labrador Park for our picnic. Stayed there for quite a while, 6 hours? In the end, I think that it was actually quite nice to have my family there as well. For one, we could not possibly carry that much food there on my bike. I’m sure that she would agree with me on that point.

After the picnic, Ai Ling and I went to Tiong Bahru Plaza, to walk around for a bit. Saw this Guinness World Records 2004 edition going at $6, so I went ahead and bought it. Now at least I can proudly say that I own at least ONE copy of that. Heh.

4th November

Went to Sentosa in the afternoon, after enduring the rain which spoilt our plans to go in the morning.

All’s well that ends well with that.

All except the sad fact that Sentosa doesn’t allow motorcycles into the Island.

I mean, what gives? I was prepared to pay the $2 extra surcharge for that as it was. Sheesh! Seriously, not many places in Singapore takes care of motorcyclists like me.

With that said, I move on.

5th November

Saturday morning, I went back to CityCab to guide the movers with my belongings to the new building. Took a whole bloody half day, till 12.40pm.

Waited for Ai Ling to get done with her trim + colouring at Monsoon. That took another few hours, till 5.30pm.

Played a bit of basketball with Eugene, Chung Hao, Euphemia, and a few others whom I do not know.

Went for dinner somewhere near Queenstown (I think) then we went home. Had to get up early again the next day.

6th November

The day that I was waiting for. 2 things that I was eagerly anticipating. The first meet-up between me and the rest of the Barflies, as well as Paint ball!

Met 9 (of course) Mandrake, Tigerkiller, Duckhawk, Challenge Phoenix, Curious George, KengMeng, MakanGuru, Natsu (after that) and some others.

Paint ball was fun! I really had a wonderful workout. But of course, by the end of the session, my knee died on me and I started to limp slightly again.

Had my shower, then went back to Ai Ling’s place for her to take a bath. Found out from ah 9 that the guys had almost finished lunch, and were thinking of going to Cineleisure’s K-Box.

Ai Ling and I decided to have lunch at Adam Road Hawker Centre before meeting the rest. Wasn’t too bad. But the Rojak wasn’t up to par.

Met up with the Barflies, where I was forced to sing a song for them. Bah. Stayed on till about 6+pm, then we went back home first.

Went to Ai Ling’s place to catch DareDevil. Heh. Can’t blame me. I love movies based on Fictional or Marvel characters.

Went back home after the movie, dreading the next day.

7th November

To say that I hate the new building is an understatement to say the very least. There are so many ‘eyes’ around. And, now you don’t have only CityCab drivers going up to you, but Comfort and YTC cabbies as well! Ugh!! And the space is so darn small lah! Sian!

8th November

Work went on as per normal.

After work, we went to Jurong Kechil to see the doctor. But alas, the doctor was on leave! Wasted trip! Bah!

Rushed down after that to Sin Ming to watch Thomson CC play against TPY West CSC? What a wasted trip. Barely 5 minutes after coming, the match was adjourned thanks to some poor sportsmanship by the opposite team. Bah. Not since Minyi walked out of the court during Yuhua Cup had I seen such poor display of sportsmanship. Sigh.

Went back to Ai Ling’s place to watch CSI : Miami. After which, I went back home.

9th November

Yesterday was a busy … BUSY day. Not to mention screwed up. Some jerk-off at work took a whole stack of letters which I had generated from the system at about 8+am, and only returned it to the printer at 4+pm. There was also this cabby who refused to accept that the case that had happened to him earlier on during the day when someone threw a cigarette butt at him, and smashed his door, an accident.

If a tree suddenly uprooted and fell onto your car, well, that I might accept. But NO, an act of mischief does NOT qualify as an accident.

After work, Ai Ling and I went to Causeway Point for our dental appointment.

On our way there, Mother Nature decided to play a cruel prank on us, and started giving us many brilliant droplets of ‘life’. I was not amused. That’s 2 rainy days in 2 trips to the Woodlands area.

Result? We went to Raffles Dental Centre soaked to the core. A nice thing though, was that the dentist, Dr Wong, as well as her nurse-cum-cashier really made me feel at home. And not to mention, that was one heck of a GOOD scaling that she gave me.

10th November

Today, well, marked the start of a 2 day English writing course at British Council. It’s situated at Cecil Street, which also meant that I could not ride my bike in as I was not that familiar with the car parking system there.

I also noted that it costs something like $1.50 per half an hour of parking, so I decided to screw that part till I realised that Market Street’s car park complex was just 2 streets away. Hooray! Going to ride tomorrow!

The teacher, Greg, strikes me as nothing short of amazing. Firstly, he is a Singaporean PR.

There is nothing amazing about that.

The amazing thing is that he is originally from California, and he teaches perfect Queen’s English! No such thing as Recognize, just Recognise. How cool is that?

And, his way of English is the kind of fluent, yet without accent, kind of English. That’s just class.

Alright … how’s that for a major update? Took me the whole of 2 hours blogging this in-between my Diablo 2 game.

Well, that ends my update for the moment. Stay tuned.

Oops!

2005-11-09T00:50:00.000+08:00

I know, I know. I have not been blogging lately, as always. Heh. I would love to blog about the past week and all, but I guess that age is catching up with me. It's almost 1am anyways ... so I guess I'll leave the blogging for another day. I'll try to blog tomorrow, hope that it will be possible.

zZz-_-sash

The Start Of A New Chapter

2005-11-01T22:30:00.000+08:00

Well, as good as my word is, I have shifted over to blogspot with effect from today.

I won't be blogging much this whole week. Well, no doubt it's the holidays and all, but most of the time will be spent away from home. Nope, Alex is no longer a homeboy.

Order of the rest of the week goes like this ...

Wednesday - Heading over to the polyclinic to have my teeth checked on, following which, I will be going into Malaysia for some shopping.

Thursday - Picnic at Labrador Park. This will be my first time having a picnic. Hopefully, Mother Nature does not ruin the day for me.

Friday - Suntanning and all @ Sentosa! Once again, I hope that Mother Nature does not ruin the day. Heck, I hope Mother Nature does not ruin the entire week!

Saturday - Crap, have to go to office to direct the movers who are shifting my belongings over to the other building. After that, I will be sending Ai Ling over to Monsoon. Afternoon, I do hope to get some basketball going on at CCC.

Sunday - Paintball with Ah 9 and the rest of the barflies. Ai Ling will be coming as well!

Today was an exceptionally hot day! Uber hot I tell you! But, I'll rather it be hot than rainy anytime ... unless of course, I am sleeping *smiles*

Anyways ... it's time to cut things short for this first 'official' post. Heh. I'll try my best to upkeep this blog for as long as possible.

Cherrios,

Alex

Phew!

2005-10-21T17:18:00.000+08:00

Spent the best part of the last one and a half hours updating the links for the sidebar, of course deducting a few minutes here and there for work commitments.

Speaking of work commitments, I have to admit that these past few months, my commitment to the Company has been declining at a steady rate. Bored lah, doing this shite.

Okay, okay, gotta go. Tidy up some stuff, then going off for that interview with the lawyer in charge of my case. Sigh.

Phase 1 completed

2005-10-20T10:01:00.000+08:00

Finally managed to set up the tagboard (it wasn't that hard after all) and the wishlist. Played around with the html to do that one, which was simple as well. Heh.

Pretty busy with work now, so I won't be updating any further.

Till the next update ... *smiles*

Darn it

2005-10-18T13:59:00.000+08:00

Well, I guess this blog is going to have to take a backseat again, until I find the time to do something about it.

I'll be furthering my studies *hears the word finally coming out from my parents* in Mid November. I will be doing a diploma course on International Business. sounds corny, but it's like business administration. Course provider, MDIS. After this course is completed, I'll see if I want to further it and head for a degree.

If that happens though, this could be the dream that I never thought was possible!

Oh well, anyways, if there's any kind soul out there who knows how to put up a tagboard, or get a wishlist up at the sides, do let me know, ok?

Till the next update ...

My first post

2005-10-07T16:50:00.000+08:00

My first post ~~again~~ ... till further updates.

Don't rush me, guys. I don't really have much time setting up this blog, BUT in due time ... yes ... in due time. I went through a couple of blogsites but was impressed by one. uG's one (don't get shy on me now, uG) cos of the amazing number of blogs he has.

It suits me, I must say, cos currently at Tabulas, what I have are categories, so I'll be working on that when I have the time. It might take a year though *laughs* cos I ~~forgot~~ don't know anything about HTML. I wonder where my HTML skills went to, oh, I know, down the drain

Anyways ... until then ... please keep visiting my old blog at http://www.tabulas.com/~sashie .

Cheers,
Alex aka Sashie