Monday, August 27, 2007

Dinner at Holland V

finally get to go dinner with addie after so long... so much promising and all... but she is flying off soon lah.. 30th, her first flight... so many things to look out for and stuff lidat... NYDC was the venue for dinner with us eating pasta and drinking the gigantic elephanicino or something lah... Addie treated... she say she expect one back soon... we talked about lotsa stuff.. many are between us only, SECRETS!!! haha.. no lah, i'm just glad that we became very close friends over the years... that she trust me enough to confide in me, but true lah.. lotsa things happen over the years also.. happy, sad, and for her... its traumatic as well..

in the end we went hunting for Jan's 2am Dessert bar... its a very cool concept by the corner of lorong mambrong or something... up on the 2nd storey... nice, cosy... with a tinge of class... Gracie is there with her.. they are sharing the business it seems... weird thing is i get a deja vu feeling when i am there... the layout, colour, and everything there made me feel like i have been there before.. long ago... so weird... so weird... but it was enjoyable, think we enjoy the session.. more to come in the near future...

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Gifts we forget...

I think we are so carried away with our lives that we forget the little things that made us who we are today.. and how these things can actually make a person's day...
I found this in a friend's blog and I find it totally meaningful...

Gifts that do not cost a cent.

1) THE GIFT OF LISTENING...
You must REALLY listen. No interrupting, no daydreaming,no planning your response. Just listening.

2) THE GIFT OF AFFECTION...
Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and handholds.Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family and friends.

3) THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER...
Email funpages to your friends. Share articles and funny stories. Your gift will say, "I love to laugh with you."

4) THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE...
It can be a simple "Thanks for the help" note . A brief, handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime, and may even change a life.

5) THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT...
A simple and sincere, "You look great in red,""You did a super job" or "That was a wonderful meal" can make someone's day.

6) THE GIFT OF A FAVOR...
Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.

7) THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE...
There are times when we want nothing better than to be left alone.Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude to others.

8) THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION...
The easiest way to feel good is toextend a kind word to someone, really it's not that hard to say, "Hello" or "Thank You".

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

career ending adventure... once is enuff

one of the worst day in my life... confirmed... i'm still quite mind-boggled by it... purposely left home earlier so as not to be late after yesterday's close shave with the bad jam that almost left us late. alas, tham's stomach decided to play a prank... we waited in the car for 25 mins.. by the time we left khatib was almost 8.. trying to get on to SLE, a bloody asshole blocked my lane, forced us out and left us with no alternatives but to go thru the jammed pack AMK-bishan. i chased after the car and flashed high beam at him all the way... stuck in the jam in amk bishan.. and almost got fined for not having a cashcard entering the gantry...

reached there... *details spared* luckily met Sheila who warned us instead of turning over to supervisor... but was not spared from a dressing down by Miss Lim. heard xiao zhu kana worse than us... :P it was close shave, standing at the gates of hell... once is enuff... i'm never ever gonna be late again...

bad luck never seems to get enuff of me, after the close shave... my oakley broke on the drive home. upon reaching home after dinner with xiaozhu... i found my entire big bottle of Issey Miyake (BRAND NEW) all used up by my idiotic brother... how pissed can i get...

i'm smokin'

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Next Phase....

finally had some time to post... the past 2 weeks has been a whirlwind... sort of literary... was frantically trying to start studying for exams last week cos there was a malaysia soccer trip over the weekend... just had exams today... thank god its over, it felt like a torture trying to cram everything within 2 days.. cos obviously last week's attempt to study failed.

maybe i should go in chronological order.. the trip to msia was much looked forward to for a brief respite from working life... though its been fun attending lessons everyday... what i meant was something different... the trip was pretty disappointing for the amt of money we paid... i think we have been conned... seriously... the highlight of the trip was the soccer match where we played again PKNS FC... which is apparently the reserve side of a M-League team, either KL or Selangor... needless to say, we were totally outplayed, out-runned, while they strolled to an easy 2-0 win, hardly breaking into a sweat while we were made to run like dogs through their superb passing game. Suppose tts the difference between a trained team and a leisure side... and i was burnt by their winger on more than 1 occassion, something which hardly ever or almost never happened in singapore... maybe its really because i am fat already.. The Sunway lagoon was a total con job, bought the tickets and it started raining... the entire theme park, so freaking big, has only 3 rides... i was like... what the... ok.. everything was really turning out to be a disaster.. luckily the company was good, so made up for it a bit.. but seriously... oh well.. next year we are planning to go HK... hopefully can get to go and it will turn out much better...

after the msia was frantic studying... camping in macs after work... interview for visa applications... exams today and a certain conflict which happened yesterday which pissed me off totally...
in summary,
i am damn pissed with a certain someone in my class.. i am sick of his wayanging in front of mr tang and mr chia already he go and take up the job of settling the US visa... den in the end.. he find all sorts of excuse not to do it... suppose to do it together... in the end turn out that me, daming and casey did all the typing... and booking of the appts while he go pretend in front of mr tang that he did everything den i had to settle the cashier's orders and everything... tt day i drove down to the bank to settle the thing... waited for 2 hours plus... and i kana summon for parking oso... cos i thot chop chop can 1/2 hr finish... but drag so long... den i kana $20 bucks summon... den i had to send the documents down to the embassy... all the fuel dun say, the erp already 8 bucks... i never say anything... den yesterday he just did it again lah he ask me to collect the passports for the class again loh.. i just told him tt its his job lah... he is suppose to be in charge wat... he damn buey song... just now in class, he say somebody dun wanna collect the us visa for u all, you all dun get your passport not my problem, know? cos mine is on another day, i can collect myself... i was fucking pissed lah... obviously implying me rite? bloody hell...!!! I had so wanted to confront him, but i thought better of blowing the matter up... i wanted to ask him what did he know and what has he done about the US visa already loh damn idiot he can go claim all the credit i dun care lah... if he become best trainee because of his play acting because of his wayang... i damn pissed loh... except for a few pple who knows wat happen... the rest of the class think he is a damn nice guy.. thats damn sick.. i wish someone will teach him a lesson soon... honestly.. if it had to be me, i wun hesistate to expose him sooner or later..

luckily, Mihoko chan came in for japanese culture lesson, she really made my day, she is so kawaii des... really like an animae character came to live... her poise are all so graceful and elegant but yet her actions are so cute and funny.. with a twinge of local singlish flavour... seriously, she made the day better lah...

exams today... finally relieved that its over, with that thick stack of notes, and so much things to remember.. its quite a killer... luckily the exams turn out alright.. can heave a sign of relieve but we are expected to remember everything, so it has to be constant revision... getting emotional cos tmr is the last day of foundation course... kinda sad cos i grown quite attached to the classroom life that we are having now... the lessons.. that classrom 4... everything that we are so familiar with, sitting together in a group... tmr is the last day that we are going to enjoy that and today we went to our new classroom at SEP side,, the instructor look cold and fierce and even the classroom looks unfriendly, all the tables are single, think i will miss sitting beside cotton bud... having bobo, thams, caraway, carina so close to me...

to think its only like yesterday when we started our first day in STC... just signed contract at the same table with anthea aka kong long and joy. in a blink of an eye, 1 month has passed... we are moving on already... the graduation date draws nearer and nearer as we approach SEP... naturally more excited cos we are gonna fly soon, but i also dun wanna give up this batch and classroom that i enjoy going to every morning... 4 months suddenly seem like a very short time... can it be longer??? please???

Sunday, August 05, 2007

soccer

exams coming up... but doesn seem to get into the mood to study for it... after work seems too tired to be studying... weekends feels like too precious to be spent on books... damn... this is damn bad... must find a way somehow...

went to dxo and zouk last nite, it was all good fun... got to know 2 gentleman from macau.. one is a head of a organized police department in macau... some big shot... and the other is a businessman based in LA.. who said he will play host to me if i have the chance to go over... so cool huh... haha...

the first soccer session after 3 weeks of rain is certainly welcoming... lethargy soon set in esp when one has grown fat, fallen ill and haven played soccer for 3 weeks... but i scored a stinger today... drove a thunderous screamer across the goal into the keeper's bottom right corner with the keeper diving at full stretch and still out of reach... the feeling is ohhh my gawd... its a beauty seriously... this is especially sweet when the service ball was bad and the calm and poise as i lined up the shot even though i had defenders closing me down.... sweet!!! premier league class they say...

but please come back to reality.. study for exams please... FA community shield later...

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

the day when everything went wrong...

such ironic when mr chia mentioned have you all written an essay when you are younger titled "the day when everything went wrong?" he mentioned that its all boils down to ourselves, affecting the people ard us...

today indeed is a day when everything went wrong, out of the blue i woke up to diarrhoea at 4am... thinking that its 630am, i took a shower and tried to prepare for work.. never did i expect that the diarrhoea continued and i was running to and fro the toilet for bowels and vomiting... feeling weak and all... i forced myself to go to work, carina and casey woke up late... daming fell ill to viral infection too... reaching the class.. found out that serene was down with conjunctivities, and at the end of the day, cara and anthea kana flu and cough and carina kana stomachache too... seriously.. wassup with the bout of virus man...

den i refused to go home and ended up keep dozing off in class... suppose to meet addie to get some notes and kaisi to pass her her cleanser... all were undone...
seriously... never felt this wrong for a long time...