The fragility of life

Time really flies, my 4th aunt had passed away peacefully, the wake ended and the cremation took place. I will never forget that night (28/03/08) when the five of us, Mum, Me, Brother, Enli, Li Hong and Bonia (domestic helper) were sitting beside my aunt, holding her icy hands and seeing how the little attempts to clear her airway of phlegm constantly. It was simply heart-wrenching.

My brother came into this room (the hospital staff were nice enough to open this staff room for us to rest) next door to wake me and Li Hong (cousin) up saying 4th aunt is leaving.

Brother: Yi Ma Kuai Bu Xing liao...

Those few words resounded in my empty head till now. At least we were there to accompany the last few moments of my aunt in the mortal world. Looking at the heart-beat measuring machine, aunt's heartbeat went weaker and weaker by the minute, till there wasn't response anymore.

Thank you, 4th aunt, for touching everyone in your life. You will continue to live in our hearts. :)

1st visit to a church

Went to a church for the first time in my life today because my brother is going to be baptised. It was quite a new experience, considering the fact that many people are singing christian songs rather energetically and loud together.




Being touched by the Pastor.

When we were seated, a lady came to give us some paper to write our names and contacts down. Was a bit reluctant to write (I'm a free-thinker btw) but gave in after my sister mentioned it's just for the procedure since we came to this church. But a few minutes later...

-.-" Looking from another perspective, it's a rather nice gesture although I'd really wish our names wouldn't appear there.


Cousin and I.

Family with the Pastor.

Proceeded for my vocal class next. Maggie lao shi didn't really want me to sing Zui Chang De Dian Ying! She say it's very easy to make mistakes for that song and since I'm in beginner course.. shouldn't really pick that hard a song. Guess I'll just stick to my Fei Ni Mo Shu.

Went to eat Omu rice with Wen Yang after lesson as we were both hungry.

Looks nice rite. But it's quite plain. Plain but edible.


Saw this at Taka. Fresh air!

Finally...

Finally have my own digital camera liao. Went with kong to buy. Canon digital IXUS 860. Spent $500+ sia... Didn't regret buying it cos I've already missed many photo-taking opportunities and I dun wish to miss anymore opportunities! Kinda troublesome when you have to bug people to send you the photos. Now my blog will be full of pictures once again. :D

Nice rite.

Bot a small crumpler to put my camera. Lol. Saw this very familiar person at crumpler outlet at Wheelock and found out that he's from Kranji Sec. I think he's from St John's. That means he's my ex-senior! Didn't ask for discount though cos the bag costs only $23. Speaking about St John, I kinda regretted joining it. Actually it's not really nice to make that sentence, but I feel that I it would be more fulfilling if I joined the symphonic band instead. Okay, my discussion ends here. :)

I'm officially broke now. :(

Calling It Quits.

Did guard duty on Saturdae. Realli is du ri ru nian. Nothing much happened though, thank goodness. Had to skip Bq's invitation to Sentosa and the audition for the PK thingy although I don't think I will join. Went home straight after doing duty and was told that my 2nd aunt and family (living in Muar) were going to pop by to visit my 4th aunt who is ailing. Went for my vocal class and headed straight to the NUH to see my aunt. It's really heartbreaking to see her like that. She's extremely thin and pale and my mum has already prepared the necessary stuffs should my aunt pass away. Imagine when my aunt start to tell you she keep seeing strange person lurking near her when you couldn't see which person she was talking about cos there's no one there... Can see 4th aunt can't realli bear to see us go off.

Went to Owen seafood at Turf City for dinner after that. A treat by cousins (1st aunt's children). Seafood meal for 11=$388+ if I am not wrong. Damn expensive. But quite tasty though, especially the Sri Lankan crab fried with salted eggs. Yum. Went back home and fell asleep in the car. Haben had a good sleep for more than 36 hrs already.

Feeling very hot now, drank only one mug of beer leh. Got battalion cohesion day todae. Quite funny for the games. Forced RSM to play the Charade as I'm the group leader. Hahaha.

Thinking of buying my own laptop. Got a lot of reasons la. But I think it's pointless to buy it now, cos out of 7 days a week, I'm onli at home for 2 days. Den battery life goes down as time pass by mah, so I think it's a bit wasteful. I'm thinking of buying the Dell laptop. One with at 2.4Ghz processor and at least 3gb RAM and nVidia graphic card! :D

Aquamarine!

Yesterdae was our company outing. Met up with most of the guys at City Hall mrt at 10am to go Marina Square to bowl. Dunno if we go there to cam-whore or play bowling! LOL. But it was damn fun I would say.

From left: Jeremy, Kenneth, Jonny with Clarence behind.


Me with Chris.


Guan Zhong with Kenneth and Clarence behind.


David, Clarence and me!


Look at my score! omg. Turkey! Damn tyco and I think it's beginner's luck. Haha.

Oh yah.. we den went to play arcade for a while. I persuaded Jonny to dance the Para Para since I've never seen him dance before and I heard he's a pro. OMG. He realli is a pro lor. Luckily it was still a mondae morning and no one is around to see me "dance" when Jonny insisted that I try out the super funny game. :D

Next, Aquamarine in Oriental Mandarin Hotel at Marina Square! The amazing buffet everyone have been looking forward to.

And a chocolate fondue greets you! OMG! SUPER DELICIOUS LEH!


Doughball for you to dip it with a coat of luxurious chocolate. There's sweet strawberries and super big pocky sticks for you to dip in chocolate too.


Don't you just love the layout and the food?! OMG. L would love this place to bits.


Woots! :)


Strawberry Shortcake! Damn nice.


Some small pastries...


A sushi counter for the chef to produce Japanese food! The fishes (Tuna, Salmon etc) are damn fresh I tell you. Even I, can eat 6 raw fish sushi means that the fishes are really fresh and succulent.


Yum.


Ting~ Hai Ku De Sheng Ying! XD


The tea is good! Jeffery can guarantee it. :)


Group Photo of KS Coy.

Up next, karaoke at Safra Club at Tiong Bahru.


Me with aviator shades. Lol.


Everyone loves the shades!


Chang ge, yao bu yao?


ROAR!

After the singing had ended, a few of us went to Harbour Front's hawker centre to eat prawn noodles and shared some oyster omelette. Very nice. Haha...

To Kenneth and Jonny: Good bye!!! Enjoy your ORD man... We'll always miss your craps and funny shitloads. Love working with you guys! You guys rock!!! :D

New Interest

Have been dabbling with Photoshop for days and I realised that I have been addicted to it! Omg. Have been downloading the free brushes etc to test out. Damn nice. Look at my first creation! A wallpaper inspired by Deathnote.

I did everything from scratch, although it's extremely easy to make this. How? Quite nice I think. Oh well, if you find it ugly, I'll try to improve on my skills and hope to be better at Photoshop. If you happen to wan a wallpaper, gimmie the details and I'll try to make it for you. Haha, so good rite, no la, cos I can practise my skills also. :)

Oh yar, went to the IT fair at Suntec with my siblings. My sis bought a pink VAIO! Omg. Damn chio. I was like quite taken aback when my parents told me my sis wanted a laptop when I was having breakfast on Saturday cos I have been contemplating for a laptop for the past few weeks. But I came to a conclusion-No $$$= No laptop. So I'm going to try to save up for my own although I haben decide on the brand and model yet. Guess the price would be around $2000-$3000.

Ahhhh, I'm damn tired now. Haben been sleeping well these few days. Shall retire and dive straight in to dreamland so I can wake up at 8am tml and go for coy cohesion outing. Aquamarine buffet, here I come!!! :D~~

Sleeping time! ZzZzZz...

Be careful on what you blog...

Okay, just received information that we should refrain from discussing anything related to SAF. So... I've already removed those entries that are controversial although I, as a responsible blogger (I think so?!) will never discuss sensitive issues that does harm to the SAF. Hence, to be on the safe side... Yup. :)

Tug-of-War

Met up with Chris, Jonny, Sgt Jeremy and Kenneth to go to the NATAS fair. $3 for entrance fees! Rip-off sia. There's nothing much inside. Just a flock of Singaporeans waiting to be conned. Aiya, actualli it's not that bad, just that we can't find anything we want. So we decided to book online ourselves for the hotel and the air tics. Went to Jonny house after that and Jonny dished out some Chawan Mushi for us to try. Fucking nice can, glad I got the recipe from his mum. But the ingredients damn special! Like you can only find them in Cold Storage, not NTUC which is more common to commoners like me.

Jonny drove us to Geylang to makan! Saw a few prostitutes and transvestites. Omg, you can't imagine what he was blabbering thru-out the journey. Quite explicit henceforth I shan't say it here. Ask me personally if you want. Haha.

We tried the frog congee at Lorong 3. Very delicious! (Sorry there are not photos, cos I didn't bring it along). The meat is very smooth and juicy. Hmm...

It was already 2+ am... And nice Jonny decide to drive us all back to our abodes! How freaking nice can he get! I mean, he live at East Coast, then drive us to Geylang, den Admiralty, den CCK den Bukit Batok and back to East Coast. Sangkew Jonny! :D

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Saturday came! Hq and Kong asked me out for movie but I declined due to the sore body but I suggested we have dinner together! Man... It's been long since we had a dinner together. We went to Waraku Pasta at Marina Square. Sorry no photos again cos my sis brought the cam overseas and Kong couldn't locate his camera.

What can I say abt the food? IT'S DAMN NICE. Go try it one day. We each ordered a main course for ourselves and we shared a pizza (very flat one, but nice). The food there is definitely affordable.

Oh yah! We three were in outfits of the same colour. Black top and blue jeans. Damn funny. LOL.

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Went to accompany Kong to buy his specs. We settled for a one by Guess. Hm, very nice I would say. Haha. :) Den went for my vocal class with Wen yang joining me for the first time. Quite fun sia, learning with someone you know.

Yeap, so that was my simple yet fantastic weekend. :D

P.S: Sorry that my blog post is a bit too plain. :x