I'm scared of Japanese food.

Liyang jio-ed me out as he wanted some opinions on stuffs that he wanted to buy before he flies to New York and we met at Orchard. Bought his shoes at Beetle Bug and we proceeded to Crumpler at Paragon and guess who I saw inside the outlet!

MR SIRAJ!!! He was like pondering very hard about which messenger bag to choose until I tapped his shoulders and greeted him. Haha, he still looks the same. And so I began to help him choose a suitable bag also.

He asked me if the red striped complete seed was okay. I said,"Huh, so bold!". He "tsk" and looked at other bags.

I told him the fux deluxe was okay but he said it was too big. I told him mabbie he should go for it as it suits his size and complete seed suits me better. He thought I was "suan-ing" him and I quickly added that Iezhi used fux deluxe also. Haha... He liked the colour but the bag was really too big for him.

Me: The price of the biggest bag is okay also...doesn't differ that much from complete seed, might as well buy the biggest one.
Mr Siraj: No no... $$ is not a problem <--- o.0 In the end, we settled on the red one after he asked me again how come I said that's bold and was mean to say that.. LOL... He said bold can be bad or good... I immediately reassured him bold good, bold good. Haha. Liyang bought this. So we went to Sakae to eat the tea-time buffet which lasted till 6pm at 5.15pm. As we were informed that last orders are at 5.30pm, we felt anxious and ordered a super large amount of food.

This only shows a small portion of the amount of food.


Liyang and Jeremy slurping their chawanmushi.

And we can't finish the food! :( Eat until wanna vomit liao but we still had 3 plates of hand rolled sushi and some other stuffs like salmon... etc. -.-"

21 in 206

Having completed the Army Half Marathon (21km) this morning, I felt glad yet kinda disappointed at the same time. Finishing this marathon was the reason why I felt glad as this was the longest distance I've ever ran. While I felt disappointed because of my timing! 2hr and 6minutes isn't very glorifying at all and I thought I could complete it within 2hrs.

Basically I ran throughout the marathon alone because my pace was rather slow. Haha... I ate the powergel at the 20km mark, after which I tried to sprint towards the ending point. Sadly, the moment I gained speed, my left calf threatened to go into a severe cramp, something which I experienced a few years ago when I was swimming vigorously when I had that same cramp in the middle of the pool. That was terrible and I had to calm myself down and waddle to the poolside. Back to the run, I slowed down to my starting pace. Lol.

And you know what?! An auntie ran at the same pace as me! Never underestimate them! They are well-trained from:
1: Rushing from one mrt train to the one heading to CCK at Jurong East so that they can get the best seats.
2: Rushing for the best bargains and discounts such that they are well-versed in the arts of elbowing people.

Nah, just kidding abt the elbowing part. The runners are all good-mannered.

Nevertheless, I'm still more glad than disappointed though. :) My knees hurt immensely due to the rather long journey and I think I will let it rest a while more. No running for a few days.

What's wrong?

Time really flies and in abt 2 months' time, I will ORD! My brain is about to explode with excitement as this NS chapter of my life is about to close and a refreshing journey awaits for me upfront. I really have no idea what I should do. I will definitely slack for a few weeks to enjoy the freedom that permeates through every pore on my body. After that, I have some options ahead of me.

To:
1) be a relief teacher hopefully at Kranji Secondary School because that's the place where I have had many wonderful moments as a student. I can visit my ex-teachers somemore!

2) be a waiter at some restaurant. However, I've been one during both of my holidays in JC and maybe I should try something new. Moreover, it's quite tiring to keep collecting plates and wiping the tables.

3) be an officeboy at some corporate companies. (Not really keen on this idea though.)

4) continue rotting at home for 9 months before I get admitted into NUS. (What an amazing idea!)

And option 4 is definitely out. Haha.. I think I will opt for 1.

I saw this recently and I think this is quite chio!

Some people might not agree totally but I personally, find it rather chio.

My brother requested my father to sign 2 more years to my phone plan so that my brother can get a new phone to replace his phone that was stolen. So I think it's fair if he offers to use his plan (hopefully it ends in a few months' time so that the arrival of the new phone will coincide with my ORD date) to get me this phone. Imagine how fucking pissed I was when he didn't inform me at all when he used my phone plan to get a new phone w/o consulting me first. To think I was still contemplating the idea of getting a new phone, totally oblivious to what was going on throughout the whole incident.

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Remember the opening of the Beijing Olympics 2008 ceremony? I'm sure you all know the girl, Lin Miaoke singing on stage is only lip-syncing to the song! The original singer, Yang Peiyi, was deemed to be unsuitable for stage due to having buck teeth. OMG la... Whoever made that decision ought to be awarded 1000000000 Da Pan. Da Pan la, you know those wooden oars-like thingy?


I can't believe it la. Peiyi is cute also lor! Can you imagine the amount of psychological damage done to her fragile and young mind? Just because of her teeth and you axed her. Adding on, the organisers are giving Miaoke the wrong impression that having good looks is your passport to various other opportunities not available to people condemned as being ugly. Nevermind Peiyi! Go for braces and you'll shine like a star. :D

This episode reminds me of one incident that happened in my primary school. There was this skit competition in primary 5 and each class had to participate. My form teacher, Mrs Wong, who always win 1st prize for the class that she in charge in, was very hyped up that year and wanted us to win 1st prize.

After I had rehearsed multiple times and days for my role, Mrs Wong asked infront of the whole class whether A, can take over my role as he had nothing to act in. Felt outcasted, I agreed while putting up a bravefront to show I wasn't affected by that and I should give the role to him. I always thought Mrs Wong favoured A more. In the end, I was given the role of the music player (yeah, go ahead and laugh. Haha.) where I was supposed to play different music at the backstage loudly (so everyone in the hall can hear) to suit the mood of the skit.

In the end, the role that I had given up was axed by Mrs Wong as she deemed it unnecessary and A could not act. The competition date arrived. I was fiddling with the music player behind the curtains while they acted. Suddenly, Mrs Wong dashed in and took over the music player from me, stating that she do not trust me to do the job well. Alarmed, I stood by and watched her manning the player quietly. In the end, she played the wrong type of music and mumbled some stuffs and left while I kept the player. Even so, we won 1st.

Back in class, when she was distributing the presents to the kids who participated in the skit, she asked me if she could give the present (It was a story book.) to A, as I did nothing at all for the skit. I agreed, feeling somewhat dejected, not because of the present, but the treatment I got from her.

:(

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Time for me to sleep! :D

Centre of the Earth, anyone?

Went for my vocal lesson as usual. Finally we graduated from beginner's and now we're in intermediate. So now we are focusing on falsettoes and stuffs. Yup, my falsettoes not very strong and now we're practising using falsettoes on low keys. My weakest point: sudden transition from a higher low key to a super low key falsettoes. Sometimes will go off key which is damn irritating. Must practise more!

Met up with Kong to go shop around. Been ages since I've spent a single cent on an apparel after burning a hole in my bank account on my mac. Not saying I'm loaded now, but can at least spend a little. Bought a 3/4 (1/2 actually) pants (vahnbeo keeps harping on the fact that I always wear that same white 3/4 pants which is kinda like a housefly that you want to zap with the trusty zapper, kidding.), a long sleeve t-shirt and a pair of slippers. Convinced Kong to eat at Seah Im food centre which is just a stone's throw away from Vivo.


Kong and his ban mian. I realised something quite long ago, and I think Kong also agrees that you can never go wrong eating ban mian outside cos ban mian tastes generally the same everywhere, unless you are really unlucky to get a lousy cook who screws up the most simple dish to prepare-ban mian. One perfect example is the ban mian stall at Ten Mile Junction (who goes there anyway, except aunties going to Sheng Siong to purchase groceries?!?!) which is really.... really kanasai.


The prawn noodle is fine except the pieces of squid which were not chewy at all.

We went to watch "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"! I was telling Kong I like to watch trashy but exciting shows like the one above, where you can just sit back and relax and take in everything the movie narrates to you. Wait! That doesn't mean I'm brainless. But I think watching a movie is supposed to make you feel more relaxed, not one that is so intellectually stimulating like "The Constantine", which ended up me asking more questions to my friends than a comprehension test can ask you.


Some parts of the movie are kinda impossible to achieve, but nevertheless, it was no doubt funny and an exciting movie. No point rating this movie cause to me, it's like a roller coaster ride. :)

Off to sleep! Nite everyone. :D

My first concert!

This F.I.R World Tour 2008 was the first concert I've ever attended! Woots! It was held on 080808, auspicious eh? :) Went with Qi and Kong...

I kept snapping photos and tried to record the way F.I.R made their debut appearance on stage but was promptly (okay, not realli, it was more of like 30sec later) stopped. I think F.I.R were kind enough to allow cameras into their concert! Somemore the camera Hq brought was a DSLR, super huge which I thought could act as a decoy so that my smaller canon 860IS could be smuggled in instead. But no! The bouncers (they were ladies) were more interested in denying entry to people who had water bottles with them. Kong and me ended up at the nearby 7-11 store to buy small gulps (no big gulps were available!). Damn, I was telling Kong we should have filled our Carl's jr cups and brought it to the concert because we can only bring drinks in cup-form. Kong replied may be they only allowed 7-11 drinks in. Hm...


Kong, me and Qi.


Looks like its full house!

萧敬腾 was invited as a guest performer! He sang 收藏 and 王子的新衣. His vocal power is really damn zai. But he didn't talk much though, just said,"让我喝一点水" between his 2 songs and promptly left after he finished.




Fireworks included!

Okay, so this is it... The concert lasted about 2+hrs and it was a blast!!! Tried my best taking those photos with my 860IS. Good night!

HAPPY 43RD BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE & ENWEI!!!

Sapped!

Friday 010808

Went to send Johnny off to Aussie for his overseas studies. We (me, David, Jeremy and his gf, Jillene) had trouble locating where Liyang (with his car) was! Ended up delaying for over 30minutes trying to find each other. Found him finally and set off for the airport immediately.

And we started taking lots of photos...

David, me and Jeff.


Johnny and me!


Quite a lot of people in here...

Okay, all the best Johnny! Hope you achieve success in your new life at Aussie! :D

We saw this wierd "flower" that is sensitive towards movement and will tilt towards the moving object.




I look like I have a tummy. :(

Special thanks to Liyang for ferrying us home! Reached home at around 2+am and had to report to camp on Saturday for some duty at 7am. Did the duty and left early at 9pm so I can join the AHM training at East Coast Park at 7am on Sunday. Met up with Cheng Aik at Causeway Point at 6.30am to pick me up. 18km!

Some photos to go along with...


As I sat at the back of his pick up... Super cool breeze!


Lin Zheng, Shen Lok (ORD-ed), me with Cheng Aik behind.

Went to watch Money No Enough with KS peeps and the show was... okay lor. Haha, din expect anything out of it though, so wasn't disappointed. :) Thanks Liyang for ferrying us home (again!).

Did guard duty on Monday with Vahnbeo and I felt damn tired throughout... Shan't explain further...

Just ran 12km today at Pasir Ris Park... The coach that Cheng Aik indented didn't arrive! So 8 people, a bicycle and a whole lot more stuffs had to squeeze into a land rover all the way to Pasir Ris Park!

All in all, this week really drained quite a fair bit of my energy. Thus resulting in me becoming kinda impatient and irritable. :( Anyway, let me get my sleep so I can FINALLY watch F.I.R perform live at the Singapore Indoor Stadium! Woots! XD