please dun massacre me for doin this. well its a public homepage anyway (if u thot it's juz for Dr Hao) so please be generous tt im makin it more public.
cheryl C aka cheryl curls aka cheryl chan aka the loner aka my Ward (means, apparently, im her Guardian)
Bet-u-didnt-know
"I believe that the earth is round and the moon is made up of cheese. I want to live in the 80s, with my disco ball, retro music, guys in bell-bottoms and girls in polka dots. When stressed, I unwind by simply stuffing myself with lots of food and I reach an all-time high at buffets. I plan to migrate, after I retire, to a farm in New Zealand. And there, I shall rear many cows and chickens."
I-want-u-to-know
"Date of Birth: 6 May 1988"
editor's note: coz mine's 7 May, n so its a form of amusement to me.
waisze aka YZ aka one of my best friends aka "she's really sad"
Bet-u-didnt-know
"the reason why the "Y" is missing from my surname is because according to my dad, the people who were in charge of writing down my grandfather's surname misspelled it and so it just passed down the generations"
I-want-u-to-know
"sadly, besides sleeping, eating, chatting and wasting time, i don't really know what other hobbies i have..maybe occasionally playing the piano! ok that's all thanks for reading! =)"
editor's note: told u, she's really sad. she cant figure out her hobbies. but she's v happy when playin piano n watching e 9pm serials.
sara-jean aka SJ aka mrs ogawa aka yip en aka pseudo-jap aka joker among e MTM girls aka one of my best friends
Bet-u-didnt-know
"I hope to visit the Nou Camp one day that's why I am taking Spanish now."
I-want-u-to-know
"Please call me Sara-Jean together or "S-J" if it's too long, not just sara or jean."
melissa aka mel aka meow(??) aka jeanette's symbiotic twin aka senorita aka my academic best friend
Bet-u-didnt-know
"Catholic Junior College really isn't as bad as you think/people say. Really!
Partial to potatoes whether it be fries, potato salad or the all time favourite mashed potatoes"
I-want-u-to-know
"Dance is something I want to do for the rest of my life"
jeanette aka jea aka nette aka G-Net(??) aka mel's symbiotic twin aka balletholic aka "the one who lost her voice at FOC other than elicia" aka "the one with the heavy accent" aka my briskwalkin buddy
Bet-u-didnt-know
"my confirmation name is Claire, in case anyone might've been interested to know."
I-want-u-to-know
"Great entertainment is often derived from engaging in a conversation with me in Chinese."
thaddaeus aka thad aka tat (as in "tit for tat") aka junyan aka 滔滔不绝 motormouth
I-want-u-to-know
loves "electronic music...techno is NOT beng...trance is godly...power/symphonic metal is plain melodic and yes I play the classical piano at the same time as well... And if you haven't already realized...I like using "..."...there's a term for it...ellipses.."
editor's note: oh whatever.
titus aka tits aka tit (as in "tit for tat") aka inspiration for MTM's classic moments
Bet-u-didnt-know
"Have an interest in extreme sports especially motocross. Other interests includes music, listening to loud music as long as its not classical."
I-want-u-to-know
"btw i do play e drums, so if anyone is interested in forming a band within sci let me know ya!"
chrystal aka pulveriser aka cheryl's friend at FOC aka "she must be from dragonboat" aka "she's from chinese orchestra?!"
Bet-u-didnt-know
"my biggest dream was to be a roller coaster operator. i have ever since, moved on to ferris wheels. who knows, i may actually reach the haunted house when i turn 60."
at e moment of e deadline (14 sep, 2359) and e time this work was manifested, our dear ah lian n elicia hav nth yet on their homepages.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
MTM classics
continued.
1st, sara-jean related to me shes formerly a debater. well, debaters at least must hav basic general knowledge, no? i randomly asked her to name a town or a landmark in the north of this island. "oh shit." she started locating e north by runnin thru mrt stations. "wat's tt mrt line? northwest line? (wtf!)". 5 mins later. "ahh (relieved), marina."
footnote: sara-jean pleaded with me not to embalm her here in e league of MTM extraordinaires. 1st she argued her debates only talk about international stuff. then she argues shes just a "reserve" in e team.
conclusion: "oh, Tuas. the checkpoint. oh yes Woodlands. coz of Woodlands' Tuas checkpoint. all checkpoints are called Tuas. right?"
5th week of university life. titus asks zak. "1 year got 2 sems ah?"
i found myself in a lively n animated nostalgia of 3 girls' JC days. then they argued about this 1 girl (Girl X). sheryl mentioned (we all heard, sheryl) Girl X was her classmate. cheryl was appalled and insisted shes v sure Girl X was from her class. then without an end to e element of conflict, sara-jean seconded sheryl n agreed Girl X was in sheryl's class. they all looked damn serious. it was heated. but in this air of conviction, someone MUST be wrong. i laughed my way in n proposed tt "someone must be retarded" to be so vehement yet actually mistaken. e nxt moment sheryl said "ya i didnt say shes from my class wat". sara-jean was dumbfounded.
~P.S. altho it was 2 vs 1, inside i actually believed cheryl coz i think shes smart n clear-minded. im not implyin anythin.
for e subcomm welcome picnic, afew of us (sara-jean included) agreed we'll order mcdelivery as our treat to e subcommers. we've mentioned it for 2 days already. so e nite before, i wanna compile e orders. i hit sara-jean. she said, "oh u all really orderin ah? ok, i want mcflurry". yes, juz 1 mcflurry, sj. so u can enjoy it while bonding w ur food-less subcommers.
sara-jean n i were sent to represent SCI at e ISG main committee meetin. after some procrastination on e Vision of ISG '07, i threw up Sportsmanship Above Victory to hasten the meetin n move on. it succeeded n was finalised. all this while, sara-jean looked serious takin e minutes of e meetin. 2 days after, when she sent me e minutes, it said Sponsorship Above Victory.
1st, sara-jean related to me shes formerly a debater. well, debaters at least must hav basic general knowledge, no? i randomly asked her to name a town or a landmark in the north of this island. "oh shit." she started locating e north by runnin thru mrt stations. "wat's tt mrt line? northwest line? (wtf!)". 5 mins later. "ahh (relieved), marina."
footnote: sara-jean pleaded with me not to embalm her here in e league of MTM extraordinaires. 1st she argued her debates only talk about international stuff. then she argues shes just a "reserve" in e team.
conclusion: "oh, Tuas. the checkpoint. oh yes Woodlands. coz of Woodlands' Tuas checkpoint. all checkpoints are called Tuas. right?"
5th week of university life. titus asks zak. "1 year got 2 sems ah?"
i found myself in a lively n animated nostalgia of 3 girls' JC days. then they argued about this 1 girl (Girl X). sheryl mentioned (we all heard, sheryl) Girl X was her classmate. cheryl was appalled and insisted shes v sure Girl X was from her class. then without an end to e element of conflict, sara-jean seconded sheryl n agreed Girl X was in sheryl's class. they all looked damn serious. it was heated. but in this air of conviction, someone MUST be wrong. i laughed my way in n proposed tt "someone must be retarded" to be so vehement yet actually mistaken. e nxt moment sheryl said "ya i didnt say shes from my class wat". sara-jean was dumbfounded.
~P.S. altho it was 2 vs 1, inside i actually believed cheryl coz i think shes smart n clear-minded. im not implyin anythin.
for e subcomm welcome picnic, afew of us (sara-jean included) agreed we'll order mcdelivery as our treat to e subcommers. we've mentioned it for 2 days already. so e nite before, i wanna compile e orders. i hit sara-jean. she said, "oh u all really orderin ah? ok, i want mcflurry". yes, juz 1 mcflurry, sj. so u can enjoy it while bonding w ur food-less subcommers.
sara-jean n i were sent to represent SCI at e ISG main committee meetin. after some procrastination on e Vision of ISG '07, i threw up Sportsmanship Above Victory to hasten the meetin n move on. it succeeded n was finalised. all this while, sara-jean looked serious takin e minutes of e meetin. 2 days after, when she sent me e minutes, it said Sponsorship Above Victory.
Friday, September 07, 2007
freaked for a moment
nope nth to do w fright nites.
Can B. MTM lunch. a moment of ingenuity and spontaneity so out-of-this-world i was shell-shocked.
u see, this canteen is shaped like a semi-circle, and there are 2 tiers. only 2 small flights of stairs link em up. otherwise, e upper tier is like 1 metre higher w an additional safety barricade of another metre.
MTM always seats on e lower tier. so, obviously, wherever ur seatin, uve to go through e '2 small flights of stairs'. if not?
e flash of 'ingenuity and spontaneity' from jeanette brought enormous waves of thoughts to me. i thot of Immanuel Kant. e great philosopher juxtaposed Sanity and Insanity. one is perceived as sane when one conforms to e norms set out by the majority of society. one is insane (not because one is mentally defective) when one follows his own sane version of perception.
jeanette n meisee got up from their table to go get lunch. meisee went straight to e stairs. jeanette moved right to e 2-metre high 'obstacle' beside e table, in e most 'natural n nonchalant manner' quoting thad, durin e lunch peak with hordes of sane people...
she climbed it.
(i wonder how e guy who sat back-facin e barricade felt when a jeanette appeared out of nowhere)
this is madness. i look at jeanette differently now.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." - the Bard
"Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy." - Janet Long
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.” - Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis
Can B. MTM lunch. a moment of ingenuity and spontaneity so out-of-this-world i was shell-shocked.
u see, this canteen is shaped like a semi-circle, and there are 2 tiers. only 2 small flights of stairs link em up. otherwise, e upper tier is like 1 metre higher w an additional safety barricade of another metre.
MTM always seats on e lower tier. so, obviously, wherever ur seatin, uve to go through e '2 small flights of stairs'. if not?
e flash of 'ingenuity and spontaneity' from jeanette brought enormous waves of thoughts to me. i thot of Immanuel Kant. e great philosopher juxtaposed Sanity and Insanity. one is perceived as sane when one conforms to e norms set out by the majority of society. one is insane (not because one is mentally defective) when one follows his own sane version of perception.
jeanette n meisee got up from their table to go get lunch. meisee went straight to e stairs. jeanette moved right to e 2-metre high 'obstacle' beside e table, in e most 'natural n nonchalant manner' quoting thad, durin e lunch peak with hordes of sane people...
she climbed it.
(i wonder how e guy who sat back-facin e barricade felt when a jeanette appeared out of nowhere)
this is madness. i look at jeanette differently now.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." - the Bard
"Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy." - Janet Long
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.” - Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis
Monday, August 20, 2007
MTM classics
MTM's classic moments. e first 10.
titus kicked it off at FOC.
tt scissors-paper-stone station. 1st 3 times he took e podium, he lost it all. n e classic was 1 time, he actually showed his hand late, but still incomprehensibly lost.
we all had our timetables n were locatin tutorial mates. as e T1-T5 ppl matched up, titus came along. "im in T6."
our pseudo-bimbo yiting. "wat's IMF?".
our great thad, e almost-lawyer n world-reknowned debater. checkin out e Christian tees of karen. "got wat sizes huh?". hello, S-M-L-XL?
elicia talkin to e guys abt army. we mentioned afew Companies like Jaguar(J) n Foxtrot(F). n then Golf Company. n she blurted. "Golf stands for wat? D ah?"
e pseudo-bimbo at it agn. she knocks into a trashbin at SCI. then she apologises. to it.
n shes at it agn. we're in e basement level of ACRC. then she needs e toilet. but she duno how to go back upstairs coz she forgot how she came down.
karen wondered e whole day why shes so alone n didnt see her fren at all. at 330pm, 7 hours after sch started, she realised. her fren's already in new zealand.
minute. is it 'mee-neet' as in 60 secs, or 'mai-new-t' as in tiny? well, at least for the lemonade, limeade, mandarin-pomelade drink label tt featured ong ai leng french-kissin some mediacorp bit-part actor. e great thad announced it as Mai-New-T Maid.
group of us talkin. wonderin how chrystal can join so many committees. but shes fine with it and truly believes it's manageable. then zak pops out. "wat's e matter?". blah blah blah. n in his super nice and assurin advice-tone, "dun worry, just pace urself". hello, duh?
titus kicked it off at FOC.
tt scissors-paper-stone station. 1st 3 times he took e podium, he lost it all. n e classic was 1 time, he actually showed his hand late, but still incomprehensibly lost.
we all had our timetables n were locatin tutorial mates. as e T1-T5 ppl matched up, titus came along. "im in T6."
our pseudo-bimbo yiting. "wat's IMF?".
our great thad, e almost-lawyer n world-reknowned debater. checkin out e Christian tees of karen. "got wat sizes huh?". hello, S-M-L-XL?
elicia talkin to e guys abt army. we mentioned afew Companies like Jaguar(J) n Foxtrot(F). n then Golf Company. n she blurted. "Golf stands for wat? D ah?"
e pseudo-bimbo at it agn. she knocks into a trashbin at SCI. then she apologises. to it.
n shes at it agn. we're in e basement level of ACRC. then she needs e toilet. but she duno how to go back upstairs coz she forgot how she came down.
karen wondered e whole day why shes so alone n didnt see her fren at all. at 330pm, 7 hours after sch started, she realised. her fren's already in new zealand.
minute. is it 'mee-neet' as in 60 secs, or 'mai-new-t' as in tiny? well, at least for the lemonade, limeade, mandarin-pomelade drink label tt featured ong ai leng french-kissin some mediacorp bit-part actor. e great thad announced it as Mai-New-T Maid.
group of us talkin. wonderin how chrystal can join so many committees. but shes fine with it and truly believes it's manageable. then zak pops out. "wat's e matter?". blah blah blah. n in his super nice and assurin advice-tone, "dun worry, just pace urself". hello, duh?
Friday, July 06, 2007
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
random thots
would u believe if i told u our beloved singapore's currently facin an epidemic? in a surprisinly-safe-from-natural-disasters country where we're used to only readin abt other countries' earthquakes, tsunamis, floods or hurricanes... n e biggest crisis to hit us in recent memory was Sars... for their richter-7 earthquakes, we hav tremors; for their killer floods, we hav flash floods; for their hurricanes, we hav waterspouts (ha!)...
but under state standards, we've a health epidemic if there are 378 reported cases a week... we juz went past tt... n apparently, it's e 2nd time already tiz 2 months... no wonder there's been so much concern for e dengue crisis... 300 cases a week is misleadin, but knowin now e state standard for an epidemic, it's alarmin...
i recall how anxious a colleague was 2weeks ago when he realised he was bitten by a mosquito... yes, once... n he thot of dengue n how terrible it might be n possibly fatal... hello, once? im bitten on average thrice a day for e last 8months already... my house is like an infested zone in itself... n if im not mistaken hougang is a hotspot too... though maybe not red alert, but at least amber...
ive gotten used to mosquito bites... but it doesn mean i can get complacent... im still worried occasionally... w 350+ cases a week, wat are e chances ull be next? at e rate im gettin bitten juz being at home, i dun exactly favor my luck... dun be surprised if my comin posts say im dengue-ed...
my bro remarked why his acct was deposited w $200... then we realised we've received our GST credits... no wonder e other day when i withdrew cash i also thot for awhile why ive more money... every little bit counts when ur acct's so slim... but anw wat difference does it make when goods n services which were taxed 3% awhile ago has been raised to 7%? mind u, 7% is alot ok? percentage-wise, ath below 5% is little, but ath close to 10% would be significant... tt's my logic... c'mon, e GST for a simple hatchback or medium-sized sedan is now 3.5k... n even for a low-priced commodity, when u hav to buy in bulk, or acquire frequently, e pinch would be felt...
n yes, another level up for e smokin ban! who can reckon tt now even nightspots, e tobacco's lair, hav limits on smokin? haha... good for e world...
but under state standards, we've a health epidemic if there are 378 reported cases a week... we juz went past tt... n apparently, it's e 2nd time already tiz 2 months... no wonder there's been so much concern for e dengue crisis... 300 cases a week is misleadin, but knowin now e state standard for an epidemic, it's alarmin...
i recall how anxious a colleague was 2weeks ago when he realised he was bitten by a mosquito... yes, once... n he thot of dengue n how terrible it might be n possibly fatal... hello, once? im bitten on average thrice a day for e last 8months already... my house is like an infested zone in itself... n if im not mistaken hougang is a hotspot too... though maybe not red alert, but at least amber...
ive gotten used to mosquito bites... but it doesn mean i can get complacent... im still worried occasionally... w 350+ cases a week, wat are e chances ull be next? at e rate im gettin bitten juz being at home, i dun exactly favor my luck... dun be surprised if my comin posts say im dengue-ed...
my bro remarked why his acct was deposited w $200... then we realised we've received our GST credits... no wonder e other day when i withdrew cash i also thot for awhile why ive more money... every little bit counts when ur acct's so slim... but anw wat difference does it make when goods n services which were taxed 3% awhile ago has been raised to 7%? mind u, 7% is alot ok? percentage-wise, ath below 5% is little, but ath close to 10% would be significant... tt's my logic... c'mon, e GST for a simple hatchback or medium-sized sedan is now 3.5k... n even for a low-priced commodity, when u hav to buy in bulk, or acquire frequently, e pinch would be felt...
n yes, another level up for e smokin ban! who can reckon tt now even nightspots, e tobacco's lair, hav limits on smokin? haha... good for e world...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
a momentous incident
at e recruitment of my jc senior, i took up a 13-day assignment... nothin much... just to help an exhibition company (shall not name em!) set up Singex for e ongoin BroadcastAsia n CommunicAsia 2007...
these were e details i received before it began... accordin to his experience from his last stint, or sld i add, e norms of labour, we'll get a standard wage every weekday, x1.5 if OT, n x2 for weekend... guess wat... they refused to give us details of our pay, because they wanted to gather e whole crew before such a briefin... when e 3rd day came, this was wat they told us... weekday is as usual, but saturdays follow weekday pay, n sundays will only x2 if e worker works on e 2 flankin days of saturday n monday...
at 1st, our grp of 10+ ppl had already committed ourselves, so we chose not to voice out n took e tabled offer... inside, i noe most of us are brewin... in e 1st place, e standard wage is already a (undisclosed) low amount... now they take away our saturdays n threatens us w e sunday weekend pay... we believed their stance is to force out labour from their usual crew of 17, 18 yr-old kids who are easily intimidated, take low pay, n noe nothin to retaliate (not forgettin this is a fairly big public-listed company)... but they must not have expected such a large grp of ORDed adults, rangin from 21-25, includin a SAF officer, a police inspector, n numerous SAF Specialists, all undergrads or grads, to come under their wings...
this was wat happend at work... e jc senior who roped us in for e job, had a small talk w some of e rest, n started flamin e system... e fire was stoked n it just got stronger... in half a day of discussn, we had gone from zero to decidin to confront e management w e agenda already planned n research done... e kids wld not walk-out, fearin a suspension of wages... but on our side (thanks to e wonderful education spore gave us) we noe if they refused payment we can take em to MOM... so realistically, this was a scenario where a walk-out might happen, 1st time i'll see it, n im actually involved... so coincidentally, half of our grp are NUS' Buildin n Real Estate students, n they noe a thing or two about e issue at hand... some had studied a little on law, others on labour... 1 has a contact who's a MOM employee, another has a close fren who studies labour laws n e Labour Act... we did our research at lunch n received positive feedback tt e company is indeed wayward...
we consolidated n sent e SAF officer n police inspector to negotiate... e management actually cut work n agreed to meet our representatives... our guys went for e showdown brimmin w confidence, knowin it was reason n facts against e reputation of a well-known company... they related to us how e company had again planned to throw their weight around, by sendin not just e whole bunch of rugged blue-collar supervisors, but also a grp of never-before-seen white-collar higher management... it was 2 guys against a whole board... lucky our guys are men of fortitude who have seen much adversity... at 1st e supervisor in charge of personnel n wages was decent n diplomatic, but did not make concessions, creatin an impressn on our guys of mostly lip service... so they pushed for tangible results, explainin tt we're just seekin a reasonable end, at e same time provin to em e knowledge we have on e issue... all labour is given extra for work on saturdays, n e threat of e sunday x2 pay is pure insane... why threaten us when our grp can do everythin nicely for u? n if sundays arnt x2, who wld want to work? n if tt's e case, who loses out more? e next interestin turn came... e white-collar company accountant, apparently a notorious Alice Ma, spoke n started throwin industry jargons at our guys, claimin our argument for fair treatment of part-timers is flawed, as we don't fall under part-timers, but something called "casual workers"... our guys then whipped out an sms tt indicated e exact chapters n sections to counter this errant management, n began displayin a harsher tone against this woman... in e next few moments, she lost e argument n left e room defeated... e previous supervisor was now also taken aback... they decided to relent... sundays will definitely be x2, w no bindin conditions... n for work on saturdays they will pay an extra day-wage... n btw, we heard from our 2 direct supervisors, 1 of em a 63 yr-old veteran, tt e Alice Ma is not 1 to be trifled w among e full-timers... n it became a big hoo-hah, both shockin n exhilaratin, tt 2 part-timers managed to shut her up...
we've succeeded in rightin a wrong, n in people's power... nothin unpleasant came out of it... we are currently still continuin work... n i dare say we're doin 1 hell of a job, n they'll be pleased to have us...
these were e details i received before it began... accordin to his experience from his last stint, or sld i add, e norms of labour, we'll get a standard wage every weekday, x1.5 if OT, n x2 for weekend... guess wat... they refused to give us details of our pay, because they wanted to gather e whole crew before such a briefin... when e 3rd day came, this was wat they told us... weekday is as usual, but saturdays follow weekday pay, n sundays will only x2 if e worker works on e 2 flankin days of saturday n monday...
at 1st, our grp of 10+ ppl had already committed ourselves, so we chose not to voice out n took e tabled offer... inside, i noe most of us are brewin... in e 1st place, e standard wage is already a (undisclosed) low amount... now they take away our saturdays n threatens us w e sunday weekend pay... we believed their stance is to force out labour from their usual crew of 17, 18 yr-old kids who are easily intimidated, take low pay, n noe nothin to retaliate (not forgettin this is a fairly big public-listed company)... but they must not have expected such a large grp of ORDed adults, rangin from 21-25, includin a SAF officer, a police inspector, n numerous SAF Specialists, all undergrads or grads, to come under their wings...
this was wat happend at work... e jc senior who roped us in for e job, had a small talk w some of e rest, n started flamin e system... e fire was stoked n it just got stronger... in half a day of discussn, we had gone from zero to decidin to confront e management w e agenda already planned n research done... e kids wld not walk-out, fearin a suspension of wages... but on our side (thanks to e wonderful education spore gave us) we noe if they refused payment we can take em to MOM... so realistically, this was a scenario where a walk-out might happen, 1st time i'll see it, n im actually involved... so coincidentally, half of our grp are NUS' Buildin n Real Estate students, n they noe a thing or two about e issue at hand... some had studied a little on law, others on labour... 1 has a contact who's a MOM employee, another has a close fren who studies labour laws n e Labour Act... we did our research at lunch n received positive feedback tt e company is indeed wayward...
we consolidated n sent e SAF officer n police inspector to negotiate... e management actually cut work n agreed to meet our representatives... our guys went for e showdown brimmin w confidence, knowin it was reason n facts against e reputation of a well-known company... they related to us how e company had again planned to throw their weight around, by sendin not just e whole bunch of rugged blue-collar supervisors, but also a grp of never-before-seen white-collar higher management... it was 2 guys against a whole board... lucky our guys are men of fortitude who have seen much adversity... at 1st e supervisor in charge of personnel n wages was decent n diplomatic, but did not make concessions, creatin an impressn on our guys of mostly lip service... so they pushed for tangible results, explainin tt we're just seekin a reasonable end, at e same time provin to em e knowledge we have on e issue... all labour is given extra for work on saturdays, n e threat of e sunday x2 pay is pure insane... why threaten us when our grp can do everythin nicely for u? n if sundays arnt x2, who wld want to work? n if tt's e case, who loses out more? e next interestin turn came... e white-collar company accountant, apparently a notorious Alice Ma, spoke n started throwin industry jargons at our guys, claimin our argument for fair treatment of part-timers is flawed, as we don't fall under part-timers, but something called "casual workers"... our guys then whipped out an sms tt indicated e exact chapters n sections to counter this errant management, n began displayin a harsher tone against this woman... in e next few moments, she lost e argument n left e room defeated... e previous supervisor was now also taken aback... they decided to relent... sundays will definitely be x2, w no bindin conditions... n for work on saturdays they will pay an extra day-wage... n btw, we heard from our 2 direct supervisors, 1 of em a 63 yr-old veteran, tt e Alice Ma is not 1 to be trifled w among e full-timers... n it became a big hoo-hah, both shockin n exhilaratin, tt 2 part-timers managed to shut her up...
we've succeeded in rightin a wrong, n in people's power... nothin unpleasant came out of it... we are currently still continuin work... n i dare say we're doin 1 hell of a job, n they'll be pleased to have us...
Monday, May 21, 2007
21st!
heartfelt thanks, everyone, for contributin in any way for e function i held...
thanks to parents, for voluntarily coverin e expenses.
thanks to brother for ferryin e cake over n buyin extra beverage.
thanks yewhan for combinin e celebration.
thanks nelson for the place n helpin to set it up n coordinatin n photo-takin.
thanks yongseng for ur car n settin/clearin up e place. ur a brudder.
thanks mingqi n ziyun, takin time out to come early to decor.
thanks dud for comin early n offerin ur help.
thanks yewhan's cousin for the lovely Coffee Bean pastries.
thanks to everyone who took e time out to attend. esp meiting, mishie, siva, vincent goh n e army lads.
hope i didnt miss out anyone! thanks all...
it was a lil borin, n e food was a tad terrible... but it was a nice gatherin for everyone, some not seein each other in ages...
thanks to parents, for voluntarily coverin e expenses.
thanks to brother for ferryin e cake over n buyin extra beverage.
thanks yewhan for combinin e celebration.
thanks nelson for the place n helpin to set it up n coordinatin n photo-takin.
thanks yongseng for ur car n settin/clearin up e place. ur a brudder.
thanks mingqi n ziyun, takin time out to come early to decor.
thanks dud for comin early n offerin ur help.
thanks yewhan's cousin for the lovely Coffee Bean pastries.
thanks to everyone who took e time out to attend. esp meiting, mishie, siva, vincent goh n e army lads.
hope i didnt miss out anyone! thanks all...
it was a lil borin, n e food was a tad terrible... but it was a nice gatherin for everyone, some not seein each other in ages...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
CNY 2007
(top to bottom) yewhan w a bigger bowl of soup than us@post-CNY thanksgiving lunch; tryin to muster some energy, durin chushi for wenyi's troupe; on e drum; serangoon gardens' pre-CNY celebrations; e NYJC alumni @wenyi's chushi; our new 7-point dragon performs; lou hei! ; against e odds @cynthia's house; our new 7-point dragon's maiden performance
e day before a friend leaves...
it was a weird day... 03A1X either kept makin funny remarks or displayed signs of past social isolation... this is a really smart grp of lads , ive to say, but e day was anti-norm...
~ 1st was mighty dudley... not juz is he intelligent n thinks massively alot, he's e kind who almost knows everythin fun, u can say... but when we were in e midst of tokin cok abt e Xbox game Topspin n how roger federer wld be peerless, i suggested maybe an akuma sld b created to match federer's godliness... he plainly askd, "who is akuma?"...
~ at chomp chomp, john n i were tellin teck meng how electrifyin e 1998 movie Stormriders was, n he, knowin v well tt aaron kwok n ekin cheng were e leads, suddenly quipped, "e show was decades ago ah?"...
~ then after i revealed there's actually tiz larger-than-life Bu Jing Yun in his trademark "sittin-n-contemplatin-on-e-rooftop" above a comics shop in katong, teck said, "so it's cardboard 1 lah?"... oh my... a cardboard Bu Jing Yun, tts wat e great "asperity" teck thot in his vast mind...
~ n seemingly not to be outdone in e uncanny quest to be out-of-this-world, john looked at our wanton mee, was tempted to order 1 too, n askd if we really were eatin wanton mee... at our muted astonishment, he threw, "why wanton mee got char siew?"...
n then teck flew off to canada... he's a part of 03A1X, my clique in JC... got to know him better only in J2, n realised he's a great bud... but when NS came along, didnt contact much oredi... yet recent times tgt after ORD, our trip to crescendo, n w his impendin departure drawin closer, we hung out more... honestly, quite an awesome guy lah... e kind always there for u, n nvr 1 who puts on a facade... it was e day before he flies off, n 03A1X met at his house, played ard in his room, n went to our friendly neighborhood's chomp chomp n grapevine... he needed to see geraldine 1 last time! ha... i thon-ed at his place, played e nite away, til dud n john came agn e nxt day to send him off...
nxt time we see him, we'll be in uni, i sld hav my drivin license, he wld hav finishd year one, n santa's comin to town... till then!
~ 1st was mighty dudley... not juz is he intelligent n thinks massively alot, he's e kind who almost knows everythin fun, u can say... but when we were in e midst of tokin cok abt e Xbox game Topspin n how roger federer wld be peerless, i suggested maybe an akuma sld b created to match federer's godliness... he plainly askd, "who is akuma?"...
~ at chomp chomp, john n i were tellin teck meng how electrifyin e 1998 movie Stormriders was, n he, knowin v well tt aaron kwok n ekin cheng were e leads, suddenly quipped, "e show was decades ago ah?"...
~ then after i revealed there's actually tiz larger-than-life Bu Jing Yun in his trademark "sittin-n-contemplatin-on-e-rooftop" above a comics shop in katong, teck said, "so it's cardboard 1 lah?"... oh my... a cardboard Bu Jing Yun, tts wat e great "asperity" teck thot in his vast mind...
~ n seemingly not to be outdone in e uncanny quest to be out-of-this-world, john looked at our wanton mee, was tempted to order 1 too, n askd if we really were eatin wanton mee... at our muted astonishment, he threw, "why wanton mee got char siew?"...
n then teck flew off to canada... he's a part of 03A1X, my clique in JC... got to know him better only in J2, n realised he's a great bud... but when NS came along, didnt contact much oredi... yet recent times tgt after ORD, our trip to crescendo, n w his impendin departure drawin closer, we hung out more... honestly, quite an awesome guy lah... e kind always there for u, n nvr 1 who puts on a facade... it was e day before he flies off, n 03A1X met at his house, played ard in his room, n went to our friendly neighborhood's chomp chomp n grapevine... he needed to see geraldine 1 last time! ha... i thon-ed at his place, played e nite away, til dud n john came agn e nxt day to send him off...
nxt time we see him, we'll be in uni, i sld hav my drivin license, he wld hav finishd year one, n santa's comin to town... till then!
Monday, April 16, 2007
nothing
tan kheng hua's Do Not Disturb is smart. Manchester United 7-1 Roma. i carried e trojan virus n infected some people, sorry. damn it NSFs juz got a pay rise. Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, TMNT, Transformers, Harry Potter, Spiderman 3, Resident Evil: Extinction, Pirates 3, AVP 2, Bourne Ultimatum - this is a huge year for e cinemas. a bowl of bubur chacha is so unhealthy. ive been runnin occasionally since ORD, but it's hittin me tt my system is deteriorating. 300 is awesome for action, but maybe too stylised for a true story supposed to celebrate e courage of afew against odds. e M Hotel's tempura man knows nth except fryin tempuras, coz i saw someone needin his help slicin a piece of lamb, n he panicked. Shooter was rather good, unexpectedly, but im glad i didnt know e plot beforehand. there's so much politics workin at Greenhouse Ritz-Carlton. ive read miller's Death of a Salesman, orwell's 1984, haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, coelho's The Alchemist and zindel's The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds since ORD. global warming n climate change are fuckin serious. i disagree w e timing of e ministers' pay rise. n wth, benchmarkin their pay against GDP?. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. my sis does good cookies n seafood alfredo lasagne. so many 21st to attend tiz year, done are ziyun, chunsi, rachel, yong seng, meiting (shaun forgot about me). earned $200 thru e 15days of CNY caiqing. whitley's mr calvin au yong actually remembers me.
some people have kindly reminded me about e lack of anythin on this blog for awhile now... u see, there really aint much happenin... tt's why... this isnt e kind of blog tt posts every paltry event... n my life's been a bore... maybe i'll put up some photos or sth...
some people have kindly reminded me about e lack of anythin on this blog for awhile now... u see, there really aint much happenin... tt's why... this isnt e kind of blog tt posts every paltry event... n my life's been a bore... maybe i'll put up some photos or sth...
Thursday, February 01, 2007
i like motion pictures
e 2nd of e series... anw i duno how many it'll go to... i hope alot, haha... but if u realised it took me a month to do up e 2nd one... coz after e 1st i got abit sian... but still i do love e featured items here, no doubt... i had this 1 all along drafted but incomplete, so cldnt publish...
it's e 1st of e many to-be-featured korean movies i love... heartwarminly funny yet tear-jerkin...
it's e 1st of e many to-be-featured korean movies i love... heartwarminly funny yet tear-jerkin...
Friday, January 12, 2007
心雨
this is my fav song from 依然范特西... thot i put it up here, coz jay chou didnt exactly release this single... a pity i think... but maybe it's a masterstroke to hold its MV til his 黄金甲 EP... it's the last single out, only durin the last week, already months after the album release... check out the song... 心雨...
橡樹的綠葉啊 白色的竹籬笆
好想告訴我的她 這裡像幅畫
去年的聖誕卡 鏡子裡的鬍渣
畫面開始沒有她 我還在裝傻
說好為我泡花茶 學習擺刀叉
學生宿舍空蕩蕩的家
守著電話 卻等不到她
心裡的雨傾盆而下
也沾不濕她的髮
淚暈開明信片上的牽掛
那傷心原來沒有時差
心裡的雨傾盆而下
卻始終淋不到她
寒風經過院子裡的枝椏
也冷卻了我手中的鮮花
oh ya... not juz do i think this song is so beautifully titled, the upcomin mediacorp drama 萤火虫的梦 features my fav idol teresa as the dreamy n touchin role of, u guessed it, 心雨...
橡樹的綠葉啊 白色的竹籬笆
好想告訴我的她 這裡像幅畫
去年的聖誕卡 鏡子裡的鬍渣
畫面開始沒有她 我還在裝傻
說好為我泡花茶 學習擺刀叉
學生宿舍空蕩蕩的家
守著電話 卻等不到她
心裡的雨傾盆而下
也沾不濕她的髮
淚暈開明信片上的牽掛
那傷心原來沒有時差
心裡的雨傾盆而下
卻始終淋不到她
寒風經過院子裡的枝椏
也冷卻了我手中的鮮花
oh ya... not juz do i think this song is so beautifully titled, the upcomin mediacorp drama 萤火虫的梦 features my fav idol teresa as the dreamy n touchin role of, u guessed it, 心雨...
Friday, December 22, 2006
i like motion pictures
i thot of doin a series of posts on my fav movies... supposed i would love it... to let me "publicise" some good things i like to share... if u duno, i love watchin movies and occasionally drama serials... not exactly at the theatres, but snappin up the dvd or vcd n take it in in my comfort n at my own pace... the featured films are of course selected w discretion, n only those that touched or moved me... even if it's only a small extent, because i feel tt those w potential should be given credit as well...
黑暗中，总有心心相惜的敌人。
ive watched this 3times i think... it is supposed to be n would be remembered by many as a cop-hitman tangle, but it's 1 of those movies tt made me cry really hard coz of the background the main plot is based on... n lead man aaron kwok really delivered... no surprise he won a Golden Horse for this... Suen(aaron) is out to nab a corrupt businessman(gallen lo), but w justice seemingly at hand, a key witness was assassinated right before his eyes, by hitman Coke(daniel wu)... on the side of the corrupt is To(ekin cheng), the lawyer for the businessman, who gains his fame by workin for the villains... Suen n To look to be potential
黑暗中，总有心心相惜的敌人。
ive watched this 3times i think... it is supposed to be n would be remembered by many as a cop-hitman tangle, but it's 1 of those movies tt made me cry really hard coz of the background the main plot is based on... n lead man aaron kwok really delivered... no surprise he won a Golden Horse for this... Suen(aaron) is out to nab a corrupt businessman(gallen lo), but w justice seemingly at hand, a key witness was assassinated right before his eyes, by hitman Coke(daniel wu)... on the side of the corrupt is To(ekin cheng), the lawyer for the businessman, who gains his fame by workin for the villains... Suen n To look to be potential
Monday, December 04, 2006
losin myself
was it something new, or a re-discovery? tt feelin seems refreshinly possessin, yet uncannily familiar...
in the most absent-minded fashion, i was locked out of my empty house, n in the subsequent 2hr wait, on the contrary, i fully enjoyed myself... tt feelin is indescribable... i couldn't possibly stand there for this whole time, so i strolled to my estate park... n lost myself... feelin an amazin ease n comfort i lied down on the park bench, gazed, yet aimlessly, at the nite sky, w my mp3 plugged in... i still rmb Nicky's 影子, Mandy Moore's Have a Little Faith in Me, Peter Ho's 真心话 n P. Diddy's I Need a Girl played out... then i went to the swing... it was electrifyin... feelin ur body so light n airy on the swing, w music in ur ears, it's perfect... RHCP's By The Way, Usher's You Remind Me, Sam Lee's 最近, Jay Chou's 一路向北, Oasis' Stop Crying Your Heart Out, Yellowcard's Only One, Houston's I Like Dat, Guang Liang/Xiao Mei's 對你有感覺... i started singin out as if im havin a solo concert... haha... then i came off, sang further, n started dancin... the nite away...
i believe many of u would have experienced something like tt, n would understand... rather unexpectedly, i lost myself in the moment...
omg am i slowly returnin to tt old solitudinous relief complex tt frens have tried to shake me out of...
in the most absent-minded fashion, i was locked out of my empty house, n in the subsequent 2hr wait, on the contrary, i fully enjoyed myself... tt feelin is indescribable... i couldn't possibly stand there for this whole time, so i strolled to my estate park... n lost myself... feelin an amazin ease n comfort i lied down on the park bench, gazed, yet aimlessly, at the nite sky, w my mp3 plugged in... i still rmb Nicky's 影子, Mandy Moore's Have a Little Faith in Me, Peter Ho's 真心话 n P. Diddy's I Need a Girl played out... then i went to the swing... it was electrifyin... feelin ur body so light n airy on the swing, w music in ur ears, it's perfect... RHCP's By The Way, Usher's You Remind Me, Sam Lee's 最近, Jay Chou's 一路向北, Oasis' Stop Crying Your Heart Out, Yellowcard's Only One, Houston's I Like Dat, Guang Liang/Xiao Mei's 對你有感覺... i started singin out as if im havin a solo concert... haha... then i came off, sang further, n started dancin... the nite away...
i believe many of u would have experienced something like tt, n would understand... rather unexpectedly, i lost myself in the moment...
omg am i slowly returnin to tt old solitudinous relief complex tt frens have tried to shake me out of...
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