Everyday Sunday~

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2012-01-25T22:28:00.002+08:00

what is spring cleaning? Does spring happen in singapore? Nope, so don't bother cleaning liao la. Hahaha..

very original post.

2012-01-14T01:20:00.002+08:00

Can't wait for e trip to Bangkok which is still 4 mths plus ltr :) Luckily my exams didn't clash with it. 1st of all, I need to save up!!! cuz my passport is valid. HAHAHAHA!!!

...the end is near. 2011 that is.

2011-12-11T22:08:00.002+08:00

How time flies indeed. Completed my full marathon this year beating my PW (personal worst). hahaha.. guess my endurance ain't up to level. And i'm real sorry to my running kaki and myself that we adopted the wrong strategy. But we sure did have the walk of our lives. Hahaha.. Well, still wondering if it will be the half or full marathon for us next year.

Haven't resumed my running regime after the big run. Haha.. hey ms p, do we really need such a long recovery period?
I have some xmas gift shopping to do. One is Mr broccoli at IKEA and the other unknown. Definitely looking forward to the one on the 20th =)

Not the same

2011-09-30T09:12:00.003+08:00

So there... a different post. And a new layout even! Haha.. However, the word of the day is really not the same.

Been raining consistently these few days. Please let it stop once my in-camp training starts. I wonder if i would get more tanning. Someone just commented that my face looked real dark from afar. Hahaha.. Ok, maybe too much tanning from my morning runs.

Hey Zhengjie, do you have seasons 4-5 for big bang theory? I'm just finishing season 3.

And to my running kaki, do you think it's about time to start training for our 42km marathon? Cuz i definitely think it is! haha...

And now, our top song to end my post off with!

2011-07-10T22:30:00.003+08:00

And so begins my pact with TTSH to take turns blogging. Hahahaha!

Wow.. i really have skipped a lot of sundays. Anyway, time really flies. I would like to say mine rockets.
It's already the 2nd half of the year. Almost 2 years with NCS. Although i'm not quite happy with what they are giving me, I'm still staying on for a couple of reasons. One would be the commencement of my studies! Woot~ The start of a long longgg run. 3 years, mind you... And hopefully it IS 3 years. Hahaa..
And my running buddy becomes my studying buddy as well =)

I want a holiday so badly~ Any break from work, that is. Well, i have do one in 3 Oct in Jurong camp 2. Lol... Praying hard that my outfield exercises do not fall on the days where i have lessons. So i could request to leave camp to attend lessons.

Btw, TTSH, here's the trailer of the show i told you about. Opens on 28 July.

2011-03-28T00:24:00.002+08:00

Alright, so what's new this week? Well, I missed all 4 runs of the week. And it's not because i do not have the time. But rather not that keen to. Heck, am i also losing the passion, like what my running partner once told me. Hahaa.. I'm sure i will be getting back to them. Maybe once before my partner goes enjoy in Hong Kong! I also wanted to get out of singapore for a breather. Hope sometime in the near future and before my studies commences on 18 July.

Got myself a new phone, like finally. There goes part of my savings again. It's getting harder and harder to increase the mediocre amount in my accounts. So much so that i even felt like giving up the thought of saving. Haha... What a hard life a poor student must lead. Gotta jailbreak my phone soon to start fully utilizing it. Haha..

And so we received the acceptance letter from SIM. Really can't wait for it to start. Or am i waiting for myself to give up and drop out? Hahah..

There's this board game craze at my home of late. When i first played saboteur with my camp-mates and gotten the game myself. Then a 'no thanks' number game. And recently cluedo and monopoly deal. Both of which are real addictive! Haha..
I won 2 games straight today when i played with my sis, bro and his gf. Got real lucky. Hey partner, i'm ready to challenge you again. Hahaa.

2011-03-20T20:17:00.002+08:00

Still 2 more weeks to April. There's ONE public holiday in that month. Not April's fool but Good Friday! TTSH: It falls on the 22nd. I still have to agree that Singapore has far too few public holidays. A workaholic's society.

Question: Should i wait till my direct contract of 1 year ends in June? The only catch is the bonus. Of which is based on performance. And now i do not think i have performed well at all. Hahaa.. And i wonder if they would convert me to permanent staff. Thing is that the issues at the sites are just increasing. Maybe i should really get a copy of the straits times come Saturday to try out my luck.

1hr for a 10km run has always been my timing. Although clocking a shorter time than that shouldn't be too hard for me. And my AMAZING partner aims for that. Hahaa.. I'm sure she could hit it. 2hr 10 mins for a 21km run. Well, i aim for 2hrs 2mins then.
Do we really have the time to train? Lol. The longest distance we had for our training runs is 10km? Can we have like 2-3 21km runs to find out our timing?

2011-03-13T23:25:00.002+08:00

Mid march. Now i am gonna be spending more than i have painstakingly saved up the last few months. Supposedly went to orchard in hope of getting my iphone and to hunt for a briefcase yesterday with my brother. Called starhub on that day to ask for a discount voucher which i had to wait for 3-5 days. Oh well... since the starhub centre TTSH told me about had already moved. To Marina bay or some place.

None of the pedro bags caught my eye. So we tried departmental stores where they had more brands to choose from. Finally laid eyes on one. Should be getting it with a 20% staff discount from my brother's friend working at metro. And i had wanted to get a pair of loafers, leather shoes and a few items at uniqlo. But didn't in the end. I know i'm going to anyway. Lol..

Anyway, had a solo run today as i couldn't possibly ask him to leave his gf at our place and go out and run. Lol.. I had planned an easy-paced 10 km run. When i was at the running track though, there was this gay-looking bugger who kept following me behind. So i increased my speed at an upslope and didn't hear him behind me anymore. That irritating bugger. Haha.. Maybe it did good for me to have ran a bit faster i guess.

Had 2 new colleagues joining us last week. Both ladies. Problems are never-ending. Good thing is that my Reporting officer is helping me to offload my sites. My colleague sure wasn't that happy about taking over a site from me. No use grumbling to me man... I just have too many sites to handle.

2011-03-06T23:41:00.002+08:00

And so another colleague has left the team. And it hasn't even been a year for him. Congrats to him. His last comments were that things at bedok side are really keeping them busy. Glad that i'm not involved in that major project. I often ask myself why i'm still stuck in this team. Almost reaching 2 years for me. Time to ORD... Lol. Inner thoughts like my tardiness in finding a new job, fear of not being able to find one... Gahh.. Is my life at a standstill? I'm looking forward to the commencement of my studies though.

And comes another new week. Of mind boggling work. I certainly hope i can have a session of piano and pool at my friend's one of these days. And a run too.

It must mean something when i'm so bothered by them. I seriously need to get over it.

2011-02-28T00:32:00.002+08:00

Whoah. I have missed out 2 sundays. Lol..Not that i have been busy. But i guess i have been spending a little more time on my bed than usual. Hahah. Had my first driving lesson at admiralty today. Learnt a bit on changing gears, getting the biting point of the clutch... It's gonna be a lesson a week on sundays. It will be quite slow at this rate. But i sure hope I can pass it on my first try. Man, i'm anxious to get my license already. Somehow it seems, i can feel that i'm gonna be getting a whole lot busier from now on. Maybe it's gotta do with my learning driving. Or the events at indoor stadium. I hadn't been clocking the distance i'm supposed to be running nowadays. Gonna hit the sack now. It's gonna be a long week for me. At work, mostly. Since it's the 1st of the month again. I will try to write earlier and maybe more on my next post. But do let me lament. Why am i doing so much OT for these stupid reports every month?! And we do not get no incentives or special rewards for these. Nothing!! I know i'm gonna be real happy when i quit this job. Real bliss.

2011-02-07T00:15:00.004+08:00

Cny's over before i knew it. I had lots of sleep though. Lol.. Real refreshing. Had a 'hard' run lasting 30 mins just now. It's hard not because i'm running hard, rather because i couldn't catch my breath. Haha..I had a rest too long, i guess.

Finally settled the enrollment at SIM last Saturday. No idea why the heck we still filled in the application form when we already did so online. Lol.. And why we are not eligible for the bridging course. Ya, we might have been really 'kiasu' signing up before the open house in march. Hahah.

Spent my Thursday and Friday at my uncle's house in Malaysia. Heck, i realized my mobile plan does not cover overseas. So i was basically unreachable while i was there. Lol. Not half bad going to a rural area and relaxing yourself without the net and all. The activities there are basically dvd-screenings and poker sessions. Lighted kongming lanterns into the air and played with firecrackers which is forbidden here in sg. Caught the show 'shaolin' over there. The shows are generally nice. Except for the amusing subtitles that are so badly translated. I would give them marks for humor and creativity though. Lol. And 'green hornet' couldn't last 20 minutes before my brother dozed off watching it. Hahaha... I would still watch it. But maybe not on the big screens. I finished reading a book. Which is really rare nowadays. Haha.. 'For one more day' by mitch albom. A really nice and short storyline. Makes one realize the importance of spending time with those whom u take for granted and thought will always be around.

I wonder when i would really switch job. Time to really search.

We enrolled!! or have we?

2011-01-23T21:51:00.003+08:00

Had a run on thursday with TTSH. And although it was only 5.8km, it was at quite a fast pace. Man, can she really run... And that's it for this week. But i could feel the pain in my ankle going away. I would soon be resuming my regular runs (:

Yesterday was the day we were supposed to enrol for our course, which due to foreseen and unforeseen circumstances, we didn't. Hahaa.. The pancakes at bukit batok's Mac must have tasted better than any other places. Cuz we went there just for that. Actually something more. Well anyways, we enrolled online as they were closing for the day at 1pm. Lots of interesting stuff happened that day. I wasted 7 bucks. But i ain't gonna say on what. Lol...

Off on thurday. I hate the 1st of every month. It being the day where i have to get the reports out. OT for 2-3 late nights. I wonder if i could even be home on eve for reunion dinner.

2011-01-16T22:26:00.002+08:00

No OT nights this week. No indoor events. And only a really short run today after expecting the pain in my ankle to to go away which didn't to my dismay. Still felt the pain each time my right foot hits the ground. But the pain did kinda lessened after the first round. Maybe i'm getting used to it. Lol...

I have got great friends. Them playing a large part in my life and helping me along the way. And they offered job opportunities to my brother and sister. Hahaa... The first one being my best buddy who's working in the customer service department under AIG group. He got my brother in for a part-time job. And just yesterday, i got my sister a job at my friend's bubble tea shop. Guess one really needs the connections to get around in this working society. I have yet to contact my brother's friend whose company is looking for junior network engineers. Maybe i should get to that soon.

Stuff i need to do like apply for my PDL which i hope is still available as the FTT is valid for only a year? I can't remember when i passed that frigging test! Then there's the photo i've got to take for my degree enrollment this coming saturday.
And the printing of my certs and all. It's only 2 weeks to CNY. How time flies.

:/

2011-01-09T22:18:00.006+08:00

The 1st working week of 2011 just passed. And it sure was a hellish one. It being the week of reporting where reports of the systems at all client sites have to be churned out and delivered by 5pm on the 3rd working day(Wednesday) by hook or by crook along with 2 other colleagues. Yea, i am unlucky enough to be given this task. I see my colleague go off on the dot at 6pm while we toil into the night until 11, 12am for the first 2 nights. And i even told TTSH quite confidently that i could knock off at 7pm on the 3rd day. Damn i couldn't... So just to let everyone know, as advanced as IT is now, human effort is still very much needed to fill up the gaps and errors generating the reports could pose. I would like it to be automatically generated without problems every month. But sadly, that isn't the case as for now.
So basically every month, i have to OT into the night for at least 4 days including patching day. Now that would amount to half days, which means that it's the same as/or worst than working 6-day work week. Fcuk really, all for this kind of pay? Am i starting to commit myself to this sucky job? Heck i really wish i'm not.

Attended the wedding dinner of my team lead at Goodwood Park Hotel yesterday. The food was average. Lol.. maybe cuz I ain't a gourmet who can define the finer tastes from normal food fare. To me, there's only 2 categories, nice and not nice. Anyways, as the groom(my team lead) is a Christian, all the guests had to stand up and listen to the priest say a few prayers before dinner commences. It's easy to tell who in the audience are believers and who's not. As those who are will be bowing their heads with their eyes closed. And i was thinking, 'heck, so i just stand up and look at these people pray?' Blah blah blahh.. And their mid toasting session was unlike the usual Chinese weddings i have been to, till now. Instead of 'yaaaaaaaaaam seng', the female emcee said '1,2,3...and then cheers...' Hahaa.. what a refined word to toast drinks. But then when it came to photo-taking at the tables, my colleagues did a traditional 'yam seng' nonetheless. Having worked at banquets before, i tend to observe how the staff served us throughout the dinner. He did not have to portion out every single dish like my hotel required me to. Damn... i could still recall how tough working in that line was. Glad that i'm over and done with that now.

The brothers' game session was a amusing one. As all of them are my colleagues at work. After watching the video, it would be really mistreating them if the angpow money they get isn't impressive enough. The games being the usual 'leg hair waxing', the brothers putting on lipstick and kissing the groom on the cheek, including dressing up as pregnant women and the groom has 2 big balloons under his bra. And also brushing their teeth with wasabi. Lol... That was one real mean and funny setup by the sister's team. At the end of the dinner, my lady boss offered to send me home since we stayed in the same area. And i felt i had to decline. Since we hardly had common topics to talk about. Talk about the pressure man...Even though she's a nice boss.

Had a morning run at area21 with TTSH and ken yesterday. And damn it wasn't until halfway did i feel the pain hitting my right ankle. And it never went away until today i guess. I was trying so hard not to limp at home. Else my parents probed.
I guess it's a break for me. Maybe 3 days? Or 5?? I sure hope the pain doesn't come back. Proper stretching next time to prevent such careless sprains again.

And finally some pics..

There's my Xmas gift which i got from TTSH for a 'dinosaur tail'. Not a real one of cuz. Hahahaa..I got it on my 2nd guess. After a clue that it is something that could be finished. It would be a miracle if she could guessed hers correct la. Hahaa.. If i had given clues like, 'it's extinct'.

I had previously asked if she liked eating apples. Hence considering the below. Hahaha. Hey i do use it and in just one push, voila! You get your apple sliced up all nice and quick. Lol..

1st post of 2011

2011-01-03T00:30:00.001+08:00

Last Monday of 2010 - Was well-spent with bqt clique having Yum Cha buffet at Chinatown. Those that mattered came. Haha.. The 2nd part of the partyworld session was somehow spoilt when yada got pissed off. I roughly know who to invite for such sessions after repeated incidents like these. Lol..

New year's eve - Had a rough time at work when our programs at HSA were facing problems. Hope that we can solve it in time before this time bomb explodes.
Yet to log a case with the support website. And i thought my thumbdrive was gone case when it couldn't be detected. It's still working fine with my laptop and computer though. Phew...Imagine all the crucial work data gone. Now maybe i should do backups. Not maybe. MUST is the word. Lol.

Met up with kenny around 1pm at orchard to start our end-of-year shopping. Well our objective was met. Underwear shopping. Lol.. So we have gotten B.U.M. briefs and a G2000 polo tee each. Surprisingly i bought more stuff when it was kenny who asked me out to shop. 2 tops from Fourskin and a hoodie from Uniqlo. Guess my new year clothes are pretty much done here. I hope. Haha.. I've gotta save up for more important things like my studies and driving lessons.
And i spent the last moments of 2010 at home at my desktop computer. On work(wth!!) Didn't manage to finish it, not when the connection is kinda slow. I was really irritated by the slow screen refresh. So i shall continue on the 1st monday of 2011. And damn it's gonna be a busy week. What with the monthly reporting.
I'm taking leave on friday though. Followed b my superior's wedding dinner on saturday. and a basketball event on sunday.

Yesterday was new year gathering at indoor stadium. The food was definitely enough this time. But somehow the games were kinda disappointing. Well, maybe there's
a hidden reason why i didn't quite enjoy the whole event. Anyways, our team won 2nd place and we distributed the food hamper.

Oh bother.. where was my sunday run? And my sundae!?? Ok, shall have my chocolate ice cream now. Heehee... I definitely should start liking what i'm doing to totally stick to them. Work or running.
Here's to a resolution-less and great start of 2011! Cheers people (:

2010-12-27T01:07:00.002+08:00

Christmas week. Wasn't much fun when i got marked down by my manager. Guess the time bomb exploded. It was considered one of the peaceful sites of mine.
Just that the new manager who took over duty there digged up the old issues. Issues their own team didn't even bothered themselves with.
Anyways, 2 of my colleagueshelped me with the explanation over that matter. And i was lucky we had some proof of actions to cover our ass. I had to write an internal incident report.
To which i have not started on yet. Holiday mood still! Hahaha.. It somehow affected our mood that day? kinda...Even though i won in a lucky draw a 2gb thumbdrive from
BMC. (Must be free la)

Saturday was work at stadium for me. Singapore SOKA Association's 80th anniversary. My campmates and i had helped them out with their NDP rehearsal during my active ns times.
It was no easy task hammering wooden plates into the ground in the grassfield of some stadium. They were indicators to tell them of their positions.
Their audience was massive though for this event. Some 8-9000 people. Mainly consisting of elder folks. No doubt that they had sufficient manpower. Too strong in fact.I was greeted by their volunteers all the way from the mrt station to the stadium. I was so lethargic that whole day. Maybe cause i cringe at the thought of working on Christmas, or taking a day away from my long weekend. No work on the last monday of 2010!!! Hahaa.. Day out with bqt clique for 'some' dim sum. And maybe singing session after that(:

X'mas week

2010-12-20T01:19:00.002+08:00

X'mas is soon here. Good thing is that my friday is all about games and eating within my department for a half day (: Not forgetting the gift exchange session of course. I had already wrapped the 2 x Glade car perfumes for my colleague whom i already figured out who easily. His 2nd wish is a 4D bet on his car plate number. Can't be any more obvious. Lol.. I'm expecting my G2000 socks. Hahaa... Most of my socks are wearing thin. Either because i walk too fast or i have too many sites to go to! Damn...

Met up with yada and shi hsia on friday @ Hooters. My comments would be 'Nothing about the ambience, service nor food is enough to impress me to go a second time.' Not the hoola hoops or the gals. Lol... Anyways, i bought the Saboteurs card game cheap at the Bazaar at clarke quay. Not-as-perfect prints and manual in chinese must be the reason why it's that cheap. Hahaa... But it doesn't really matter as long as it can be played.
And i must really hand it in to the gals. Can even share cards and team up one.

Other than my company x'mas gift, i have one more gift to give! Hahaha... Can't wait to see the expression when the person receives it. Hmmmm should i get another one just in case? hahaha

The Big race's over. Thank goodness...

2010-12-06T08:05:00.002+08:00

Had been going for night runs with TTSH just days before the actual race yesterday. Our training distance were definitely not enough to cover the 42km we ran/walked on the race. Lol..
But nonetheless, we made it!! Disappointed that i gave up so easily. Maybe i'd blame it on the bananas and myself for stopping for drinks at every water station. Chest pain chest pains.. That's what's stopping me from continuing my run. Will there be a 2nd full marathon for me? The answer's a big no. Unless TTSH so wanna run then i'll be her accompaniment. Heck, i think the furthest i can run non-stop for now is only 21km.

On leave today, woot~! Day to enjoy ourselves after a grueling run (:

Sundae on Sundays are best savoured with best friends (=

2010-11-29T01:09:00.002+08:00

Could i say that the week has went according to what i had in mind? Well, i guess things would never really go exactly the way we want them to. I had wanted to run a minimum 10km everyday and slowly increasing the mileage as training for my full marathon on the coming sunday. Yes it's only 6+ days away! And my furthest distance trained till now is only 16km!! Hahaa.. Now don't i just love these kind of challenge...

Please give me some suggestions as to what to get for christmas gifts. I don't even know what i can request for with a maximum cap of $15. Nothing comes into my mind as to what i need or want. Except for more money, Hahahaa. Maybe a 4D ticket or the lottery?
But it surely isn't a gift that could be kept. Lol.. I could already guess what half of the team would request for. As it's always the same common items, like cushion, mugs, usb fans, thumbdrives and coin banks. Could i request for KOI bubble tea? They would have to queue for me. Lol. Hmmmm...now how many cups could $15 get me? Hahaa..

Had a 'nice' but grueling run with TTSH on saturday morning. It was only 10km and we actually had so many breaks in between. Seriously wth, it's dampening our spirits for completing our 42km. Haha... But then, i do believe that come race day, we would still press on and finish the race.

And today's the day out with gombak dwellers- Shihsia, bishi and kenny. How could i not mention what botched up the meetup? Hahaa.. But anyways, we still had fun at Play Nation. Maybe except for kenny. Seems like he finds the games too complicated to his liking. Running's easier? Lol...
Then starts our food fest! First to pizza hut for a great Trio cheese pizza, then to Secret Recipe for chocolate and apple crumble cheese cakes, beer-lookalike bubble tea from Kong Cha, and Mc Sundae to end this wonderful yet sinful Sunday. Lol.
I kinda sucked at bowling, despite playing for a few times already. Damn..
I'm sure I don't need to be a malay to be good at it, do i? Hahaa...Which reminds me of the comment shihsia made about the male concierge at 313's taxi stand. What a comment la..
Anyways, there actually was this cycling trip today at pulua ubin organized by the SIS management. But i'm well sure that i wouldn't have had enjoyed myself as much as i did with TTSH and Bishi today. And somemore it rained! I hate getting drenched, even a little bit. Lol.

P.S. I couldn't possibly move to gombak. 21 minutes is actually not that long a trip. But it's still a significant amount of time to me. And normally i wouldn't be wasting this time for nothing. But i had been through that many times now, haven't i? Simply cuz you guys are worth it(=

The Story of the Five Gorillas

2010-11-25T21:51:00.004+08:00

There was an experiment involving five gorillas who lived in a large cage. The cage had a ladder in the center, and everyday a fresh set of bananas where placed high up on top of the ladder.
As soon as one gorilla would attempt to get the bananas, the scientists would spray all the gorillas with cold water. This process was repeated when any gorilla tried, and eventually, the gorillas stopped trying.

Some time passes and the gorillas still left the bananas alone. At this point, the scientists stopped spraying the cold water and replaces one of the five gorillas with a new one.

As soon as the new gorilla sees the bananas it attempts to climb the ladder. But this time, instead being sprayed with cold water, it was the other gorillas that attacked him and prevented him from getting the bananas! They didn't want to get sprayed with cold water again so they made sure that the new gorilla stayed away from the bananas.

After a couple of attempts (and attacks), the new gorilla learns to leave the bananas alone.

The scientists then replaces yet another gorilla. The second replacement does the same thing as the first new gorilla and it too gets attacked. Amazingly, even the first new gorilla, who know nothing about the sprays, takes enthusiastic part in the attacks.

The process of replacing gorillas is repeated until all the five original gorillas have been replaced with new ones. Each time a new gorilla attempts to get the bananas, it gets stopped by the other gorillas.

None of the gorillas in the cage knew why they shouldn't be climbing the ladder, yet none of them would try again, nor would they allow the other ones to do so.

Their only reason for their behavior is that its just the way things have always been done...

http://www.mabuhayradio.com/parables/the-story-of-the-five-gorillas

Thought this was both funny and true. Read it before but came upon it again today. Hence sharing it with you guys here (: And it's just copy and paste! hahaa..

@Shihsia: This is for you to read (: Point 3) and 6) is so for you. Hahahaa... Well, the smaller meal at lunch is probably for me. And the part about not eating meat and going veg. NO cholestrol! Lol..

sunny sunday

2010-11-21T23:05:00.003+08:00

Woah.. it's been a while. Totally ain't got the time to blog. Common excuse for those who are lazy to update huh. Hahaa.. So from now, i shall make it a point to sum up what's worth mentioning and sharing here on sundays. Changed the title from 'laugh it off' to the current one. I don't really laugh off bad events that happened to me anyway. It ain't easy to really do that, i realize.

Being pretty beat up at work recently. Sites having old issues dug up and with new sites coming in. A break or day off would do me good one of these days.

21.11.10 - Swissotel Vertical Marathon. The 4 of us ex swissotel staff went back for a climb. Lol... Man i could really feel the strain on my leg muscles climbing the 73 storeys. It could have been better had i sprinted like for 10 storeys or what. But i have this tendency to refrain from going all out right from the start. Lest i get drained out fast.

Collected our standard chartered race pack after at expo. Signed up for adidas sundown half just today. By far the costliest run i have signed up for. A good 50. Even the full marathon i'm running on dec is less than 40. And there's no way i'm signing up for the men's health urbanathlon. I could do much more with that sum of money. Lol..The deadline for the early bird's on 20th Jan 2011. ( Hsia, you would probably ask me right? hahah)

2 more weeks to the BIG race! Hahaa.. BIG since it's my first 42km and i just can't wait for it. Not because i am eager to go. But to find out how far my will and current stamina could bring me, when i hadn't being training for that kind of mileage. Haha... Bring it on!

And for more recent events to come. Day out with shihsia kenny and maybe bishi on saturday. Which i so hopefully pray that i don't get called back for work or other shit. Let's see if we finally get to bowl this time. Hahahaha...

run climb run

2010-10-25T22:58:00.002+08:00

upcoming stairs-climbing event on nov 21. with 3 of my running kakis and all 4 of us having worked at that building before. Lol..

My friend 'wo niu hsia' gave me a great suggestion on how to blog daily.
Just a 'hello' will do she says. Ahahaa...
I really like your idea man =)
And your new nick as well.
Hahahaha..

4-5 weeks left before the FULL marathon. Let's run run run~~

what a climb

2010-09-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

Had my first bouldering session with my brothers (real brothers.lol) at climbasia today. It was pretty fun, despite the overwhelming number of climbers there. And i realized that my arms gave way pretty fast. Hahaa.. that would mean more training i guess. Dinner was at Saizeriya at city square mall. I wouldn't say that the food is that impressive. Except for the drink bar's free flow of drinks.

And...i skipped my run today. Ate too much to run anyways. Hahaa.. Maybe a 15 next sunday (=

2010-09-26T00:02:00.002+08:00

Just returned from my colleague's wedding dinner at peony jade @ clarke quay. The food's nice to boot. And the red wine. Though i'm not that much of a wine connoisseur. Hahaa.. Had 2 servings of the shark's fin. Felt somewhat guilty for contributing to the depletion of the sharks in the sea though. Lol..

The 42km run is just 2 months away. Man, i really gotta start increasing my mileage now. Feeling the adrenaline of putting myself to the challenge of completing the run and the kind of timing i would clock. It would be best if i could run non-stop for a start! Lol..
10km has always been my normal runs(already somewhat grueling for me). Then to 15km, maybe 20 and 30 max for the training. I really can't imagine running for such long hours. Hahaa..
I wonder if i would even be running a second full marathon after this year's.

I once heard on yes933 that the younger generation tend to blog lesser and lesser. Haha.. It really is hard to blog religiously everyday huh!

happy brithday ms pretty!!

2010-09-19T21:41:00.006+08:00

same method of celebration, same cake from puteri mas, a different present 'FANTASTICALLY' wrapped, a hand-made card (not by me but picked by me Hahaa) and just me. Well the 2 gals aren't free. One's busy with lion dance and the other with her latin dance. And Kenny's got his own present for you, birthday gal!

'Why is the present so badly wrapped?' was the question asked upon seeing it. Hahahahaa... It's my innovative tape-free wrapping style ok! (taped a few holes here and there though Lol..)probably needs a bit more improving. Hahaa..

And 'Eye of the tiger' is a must-listen song for workouts. Please put it in (:

Team meeting

2010-08-30T22:42:00.002+08:00

as well as a catered buffet from 'Mum's Kitchen'. Which i feel is only average-tasting. I had 3 rounds at it though. Hahaa.. Not that i was THAT hungry. My first round wasn't much. But i did feel full after eating the sago cream dessert. My colleague 'wow-ed' at my appetite. As usual. Lol.. but the amount seriously wasn't a lot. Maybe to me only. Hahaa..

Then we proceeded to the meeting room for ice-breaking games to gel the newly formed EMS team of 50 odd personnel. And then work-related discussion about ways on improving the services we provide. Damn, that discussion was grueling. In a sense that it made me feel like closing my eyelids. Hahaa.. I wasn't the only one though.

Came before this nice vid some time ago. Makes me wanna hone my piano skills too. Although i definitely don't play as well as the girl in it. Hahaa.

@Super 'silent' girl: First of all, how can you call yourself a silent girl when you are so noisyy? Hahaa... I do agree on how deep you can go in your dreams though.
It isn't easy to wake you up after all. Lol...

Friday 10 September

2010-08-29T20:58:00.002+08:00

is Hari Raya Puasa and also a Public Holiday! Long weekend again. woot~

YOG's finally over! Hahaa.. at long last. I know the minority who is cheering it's closure who would be my colleagues and myself! Even though there is an extra duty allowance for this project. But i bet none of us would be willing to give up our precious sleep for such work again.

Anyways, money come and go so fast. Spending is faster of course. Lol.. I could have gotten an extra 200 bucks if i could nail my 2.4km in less than 9:30. Oh well, i guess it's still too hard a standard for me to push myself to. But then i had a
perfect score of 25. My first in taking IPPT. Hahaa..
3 runs left for this year - AHM 10km should be a breeze. I would be looking forward to the REAL run in Oct though. Trudging through sand, now that's something new. And the full marathon that shi hsia and i am beginning to dread now.
Hahahahaa.. Well, i've got to say. If yada's not worried at all, why should we!?? Lol.. But walking a full marathon, is unimaginable la.. to me at least.

I declare the weekend meetup successful with a 60% attendance! Haha.. what's most important is that we had fun. Even though it's just the 3 of us. But i'm sure jac wouldn't have sung much at all if she had turned up. Neither would yada.
And we ordered a Martell on a whim. We must feeling rich then.
Hmmm..things to improve on would be punctuality. And then more punctuality. Yea, i'm hinting to the one VIP who is most of the time replying to our wake-up calls with 'shit i just woke up. where are you?' kind of smses. (@VIP: Don't laugh if you see this ar. Set more alarms and un-silent your phone please.)
Hahahahaa. I might not be in a position to really complain. Since i was late by half an hour myself. Haha..

Sept's here. 3 events for this month though. But why Eason and not elva?? Sigh...

Thanks for the bday present, shihsia :)

2010-08-22T23:28:00.003+08:00

although it's a little too long on the length. Lol.. But it's cool.
And the card. Although the p-word keeps appearing, i guess i am getting used to it. Hahah.. But still, i'd really prefer not to be called that. Cuz it just isn't justifiable.

Let's Rock!

2010-08-17T23:19:00.002+08:00

Yea, on this month's patching day. I am most probably helping my colleague with his part, as he will be attending to something else. Shouldn't be anything too tough but only because i would have to follow certain procedures. And when i should very well be sleeping early to prepare myself for the longgg day ahead of me, i am here blogging. And watching bits of Proposal Daisakusen. It's one of my favorite dramas anyway.

2010-08-16T22:35:00.002+08:00

What a bad start at work i had today. Heavy downpour and it got my pants and socks wet! Maybe i should prepare a few spare socks in my office huh? And i was wondering how in order to keep myself dry in such situations. Was i too casual in heading out and should instead check the weather forecast first? Should i get a BIGGER umbrella to shield myself(including my shoes)? Should i have taken a cab? Or should i have waited it out? Lol...so many speculations. And i doubt i will be taking any of the measures mentioned above. Maybe except get a few pair of socks.

Rewatched 2012 in the night. 2hr plus of catastrophe, whoah... Don't know what made me sit through the entire show. I must be wanting to spend my monday night relaxing on the couch and catching a nice movie. Well i must say it sufficed. It nicely showed how close-knit a broken family can come to be in troubled times. Hmmm...are there any other ways for that? haha...Just that one movie and it's soon bedtime! Now i haven't really caught a wink since last night. or rather morning. After the YOG fm team called me up at 4 plus to inquire about some user failing to login to the web service. Arghh... security protocols does get me on my nerves being in the field of IT.

Anyways, booked the saturday morning slot at 730am. No way that 200 is gonna run away, my dear sister. Hahaa... I have a year to take and my standard is way beyond silver la. Why, you expecting a treat or something? haha.. Can get you your BBT.

2010-08-16T01:18:00.002+08:00

I stayed up till now just to send reports to the YOG FM team. Glad that it's not every single night. It's only on days i am the assigned primary engineer for the PM shift.
Anyways, this weekend was pretty slack. Got turned away for the Ippt test because we were late for around 45 minutes. Now then i know that they don't condone lateness. Stupid SAF system.

Plants vs zombies can really draw you in. I like reading the interesting bits in the almanac though. Gives you a good laugh. Lol..
It's mid-august already. I do have contradicting desires about wanting august to end quickly or pass slowly. For my YOG standby duties, i would like it to pass by quickly of course. But August's the month i am working only on my main job, meaning i have the weekends to slack! Haha...

2010-08-12T22:29:00.002+08:00

whoah~ finally have some time to blog a bit here. Although i am free on August's weekends, but i am on duty for YOG. Not that i am volunteering. It's part of my work. My team's monitoring their servers. And just generating the reports is a killer. Past 1am and they are still emailing to and fro.

BRAAAIINNS!!

2010-08-09T23:37:00.003+08:00

Take my word for it when i say that i dislike a particular person or thing. I guess i have a low tolerance for those who have traits i dislike. I'd prefer not to waste my time hanging out with them. or even as much as striking up a conversation. Yea, i'd rather be alone, or with my other bosom friends. So i guess, as friendly as i may seem, i sure am picky about making friends. And i am glad some are here to stay.

Anyways, booked my ippt slot with my brother on the coming saturday. The only challenge i am giving myself is to get a timing of 10mins or lesser for my run.

Being playing 'Plants vs zombies' recently. Simple but addictive game.
And picked up a small part of Lin jun jie's 'Jiang Nan' from my friend. My 3rd song to date. It's awesome how he played the piece. He's teaching it to me as my birthday present. Haha.. My msn-buddy cum piano teacher. He definitely inspired me and influenced a part of my life.

Aching~

2010-08-04T22:16:00.003+08:00

My shoulder muscles, that is. I must have overexerted while doing my pull-ups. My total count seems to have dropped :( I think i could do 19 during poly time. Now it's like 14. But it's due to the aches. I'm gonna increase my arm strength overtime. So that i can more easily scale the walls (: Don't know my 2nd climb's coming though.

Got quite a few meet-ups for this month! Come Saturday i shall be seeing my poly mates, again after a long time since we graduated. Hahaa.. It's my friend's 21st birthday at Aranda country club. I have yet to get a present though. Shrucks...

Letting out what i feel, I bet you must have friends who are christians posting those 'words of god' on their facebook. Anyways, I don't care two hoots whether others think i am disrespectful of their religion or what. But in my opinion, christians are lonely and unconfident individuals who seek solace in the religion and alike companions. It's like they need reassurance. To fill their empty void. Now i know i ought to keep my anti-religion views to myself, but having being exposed to such events at my workplace and now even on facebook! I guess my anti-religion sentiments would only grow stronger.

August's big break!

2010-08-02T21:25:00.005+08:00

No work at SIS due to YOG. But quite a number of events for Sept though. Basketball events, Sesame street, Eason Chan and Elva Hsia. No more HALLELUJAH events i hope! Woot~ And let's have sufficient sleep, since it's so vital in preventing diseases. Read the study below ->
Seven hours the magic number for sleep

I shall be stepping up and intensifying my 10km runs for the coming 10km Safra run on Sept 12. I don't know what timing to aim for. But preferably under an hour. And i should be going for my IPPT once my window opens. My annual 200 bucks (:
Shall aim to finish reading The Lost Symbol too. Hahaa...

Btw, just caught wind of 7-11's Magnum Gold ice cream promotion of Buy 1 Get 1 free.
Wondering if i should get some.

NDP's coming!! Just caught these pics from a forum. Hahaa..I wonder if such incidents would happen again this time round.

wah damn late

2010-07-31T01:50:00.002+08:00

I seldom sleep this late. unless i have just finished work at SIS. Today's event was CHC's FOP. Overcrowding situation where we had to turn away quite a large number of people.

Due to time constraint and an upcoming run in just a few hours' time, i am keeping it short(they always are) and gonna hit the sack now. Lol.. It's August finally!!

Question:

2010-07-28T22:34:00.001+08:00

What is an ideal present for a female friend turning 21?

2010-07-27T00:08:00.002+08:00

Another nightmarish week before a long break from work at SIS and the arrival of August!! Nightmarish because of the 3 days of work for CHC's Festival of Praise. I have a dreaded feeling that they are gonna put me as IC. Ahh what the heck, just come at me la. Haha...Holy cows..

Let my pay come. My 'well' is drying up so fast i can't even see where the water is leaking away to. Lol.. Anyways, let's join the REAL Run in October!! Well, because it's the REAL RUN! Where REAL runners run. hahaha...

2010-07-25T15:38:00.002+08:00

I'd normally blog about the day's events at night. But since i will be working till late again tonight. So hence the noon blogging.

I still have yet to catch the opening of jay's concert. Damn. they had better put me somewhere inside rather than the stupid carpark or entrance like they did the first 2 times. Anyways, it's quite scary how the fans can get just to see their idol perform.
People coming in with clutches and wheelchairs and demanding to enter with just a slip of paper.

Anyways, I am quite bad with time management. I actually slept for over 10 hours. Hahah... Oh well, that includes my sunday afternoon nap then. There has never been enough time for us to do all our stuff, is there? No time to practise on my keyboard, no time to read the book i've been reading for months, no time for my psp, no time to tie things up for work nor read up on the product. Much less to catch a movie or start a series of drama.

1 day of lying in bed and another day at work

2010-07-22T21:39:00.003+08:00

Seen the doc for medication for stomach discomfort since Wednesday night when i vomited. Had been a restless night for me. Then come morning, dragged my lifeless body to work. Only to call my superior and ask for the day off to see the doc. Damn, i really must watch what i eat from now on. Hahaa.. Even if they are my favorite chocolates. Cuz i suspect the culprit to be the Lindt dark chocolate in the pantry which nobody have any idea how long it's been put there. And i threw the remaining damned chocolate bar away the moment i saw it. Maybe i should have tried it a second time to verify. Haha kidding..

Anyways, my system's back to normal after a day in bed. It really bores me to the core doing nothing but lying down in the bed all day.

Work's being pretty much the same. Except after a small prep talk with my supervisor, I think i had better start preparing myself for the oncoming tasks which are supposed to build up my confidence levels. Anyway, i accepted the challenges and man, i gotta start finding time to commit myself to work. Putting aside what little time i already am left with.

Friday's a half day for me! woo hoooo~ Then it's Jay chou's concert. Hope that the concert goes well.

Grinding

2010-07-20T21:32:00.004+08:00

My stomach really doesn't feel well now. I wonder if it's the chocolate bars i took in office. God knows for how long it has been left there in the pantry. Nonetheless, i have full confidence that my stomach is strong enough to withstand it. Hahaa... Wait till the runs hit me.

For those who haven't caught the funny video that best describes the flood situation yet:
Oooooh Wooooh....

Slumber

2010-07-19T22:31:00.002+08:00

Okay. I missed a post yesterday cuz i was simply too tired. Slept for less than 5 hours after the working for the concert and then waking up early at 7am to go for the CEPP course. Luckily it's damn near to my house. 5 modules and lasted from around 9am to 3pm and not the stated 5pm. Thank god... Anyways, most of us who worked for the concert the night before can't help but doze off during the lectures. Me included of course. Hahaa..

Well, at the end of it, i learned about first aid, CPR and usage of the AED and how to sleep on a chair without head rest. Haha..

Woke up and started work late today. Even though i KO'd early last night. Finally resumed my 10km run with my brother in a long time. Good enough for the upcoming 10km safra run in September. BUT for the full marathon in December? Not so much i guess..Hahaa..

Yawn...i wanna go play chess with grandpa zhou now.

Eating Mac is the way to marathon training (:

2010-07-18T01:05:00.002+08:00

Munching on the double cheese burger, and typing on this post only minutes after reaching home. Jenny Tseng's concert has ended. And pretty late at 11 plus. Lucky to have colleagues to give us a ride back though. And good news is that my brother just passed his TP today! Haha.. which means i can be chauffeured in future. But guess it's either paying for the mrt fares or the car fuel.

Anyways, although the concert tonight was a relatively easy one since it's an elderly crowd, I was given the appointment of IC for arena. Guess it's to prep me up for the church events coming this month end when the seniors go to Krabi for their getaway.
Saw mediacorp artistes Chen Liping with her husband among the crowd.

And in the morning, a nice long-lasting drizzle which impeded our run. But it's ok. Since we can replace it with Mac breakfast instead. Gaining the necessary muscles though eating is important too. Hahaa.. And congratz to Miss Hsia. For finally being able to use her ibank device. Let's hope the next weekend is all sunny but not scorching (:

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5...

meetup

2010-07-16T22:56:00.003+08:00

Okay. Here i'm trying to keep up with my daily blogging.
Met up with the gals from the east. At suntec where it's central of course.
Chatted over dinner at fish & co. Talked about the usual stuff. What else but work, salary and increments. Lol... Amazing how the 3 of us can meet when we're always so busy. And thanks to Penny for the tips in reading the scores. Hahaa.. Free guidance from a piano teacher.

Long run tomorrow morning. i hope. Haha... followed by Jenny Tseng's concert in the night. Sunday will be CEPP training at Yishun CDC.

It's been done (:

2010-07-15T22:26:00.002+08:00

Goodbye Mr specs and Mr lens. At least for many years to come.
I have gone for my lasik. Like finally. And poor i have become again. Costed me close to 3k but it's definitely been great for me. Those with perfect eyesight all along might not know how i feel. But yea, it's awesome to see without specs or lenses.
Only downside is the hourly eye drop dripping and halos around the lights.
Next goal? Maybe taking up driving lessons? or studies even. Or a new desktop to play LAN. Hahaa..

Anyways, July is full of work at the indoor stadium. 3 days straight for Jay's concert and another 3 days for City Harvest's. Looking forward to the first and not the least for the latter. God has blessed me enough. Haha...

2010-05-30T22:30:00.002+08:00

2 birthday celebrations in a row. Really had my share of kfc, sarpino's and Pizzahut's.
Here comes June and July. The months of no public holidays. Gahh... Tomorrow's gonna be traveling between sites for me. Gonna pose a challenge to me if i wanna complete patching all of the sites. 5 places in a day. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that nothing else crops up.

P.S. Please don't sms me 4 plus in the morning. I'm definitely asleep. Hahaa

2010-05-28T22:42:00.002+08:00

Pay's in. Woot~ It's more than enough to cover the lasik surgery i am contemplating. However, i do still have other expenses to cover. Gahh..i'm down to my last pair of contact lenses. Maybe i should start scrimping and saving now. My bank account had for the first time hit a record 'high'. My savings are as pathetic as ever. Haha.. Even with working 2 jobs. Although the part-time one is on and off depending on the events lined up. Bought 2 air tubes for yadar and my brother who will soon be completing the course and joining me. Man, they had better do. It's 20 bucks per piece.

Seemed like someone jumped at sembawang's mrt tracks today. It's fast becoming a trend huh? But a most inconsiderable act. Disrupting the travelers' journey and all.

June's coming. It's almost a year since i started work. And i could feel that i haven't learn much at all. And rather lacking in attitude. Yea, they offered to convert me to their direct employee. Maybe i shouldn't let the salary get into my head and really start to contribute. After all, i'm still at the start of my long long career route.

Then comes July and August. What am i looking forward to? Probably the opening of my ippt window in aug so i can try for gold. Hahaa.. And not so my birthday. At least the 200 bucks silver incentive is not escaping me. Muahahaha $_$ And the upcoming runs i am taking part in are the Safra run in sept and standard chartered run in dec. And most probably getting my friends to try the New balance Real run in october. 42km here i come!!

2010-05-11T21:32:00.001+08:00

Mother's day

2010-05-09T20:38:00.000+08:00

Celebrated with a lunch buffet at jurong point's Zhou's Kitchen. Stuffed myself real full. The bill's quite hefty at $163. Hahaa..since there are 7 of us. I shared the cost with my brother. Then there's my sis's and dad's bday at month end. More spending again O.o I wonder when i'm gonna save enough for lasik.

Looking forward to Show Luo's concert on the 22nd. And even more so the birthday party on 29th. Hope to master Canon on the piano with my friend's coaching.

Monday's 'reunion' dinner. I wonder if it could be realized. And it's damn RARE for our dear friend to be organizing one this time. Hahaa.. The busiest of all i can say.

Sediya!!

2010-04-07T22:34:00.003+08:00

Saturday's the starhub freestyle run with my brother and his friends. Cuz ALL my running kakis abandoned me. Haha.. Well, them ALL ain't such a big number. 3-4 of em.
6.5km run with obstacles. I guess the focus ain't so much on the run but the moves you do i guess. Ain't good in parkour anyways. Though i do find it cool.

In 4 days time, ima donning the green uniform again. And becoming pixelated. Ima check for any dead pixels. Haha...
Paid 'chalet' is coming. Lots of sleep and suppers at the specialist's mess. Hahaa...Now i'm really starting to wonder if ICT's to get us fitter or fatter.
I definitely welcome the break from work though.
Arhhh only that i can't go on fb inside. So i can't see the status my friends' post. That particular friend. Haha...say i STALK somemore.
Ok until the next short post. probably after my coming ICT. or maybe the next in next year. Hahaa..Ciao =)

2010-03-24T20:57:00.002+08:00

whoah..2nd post of the month. not bad at all.. hahaa.
let's see... nothing much eventful to write about. Except for our first run of 2010. the NorthEast run! Woohoo~ so damn far at pasir ris~ Shi hsia didn't really liked the running route. Hahaa.. gonna be our first and last NE run i suppose.
And from the originally 4 of us to just 2 of us. It's enough to make me laugh though.
One is waiting to be sponsored to run while the other decided to up the ante by sleeping late at 2am plus and missing the run. Really amazing lah.

Anyways, met up with Zhengjie at the ending point. He was hiding from people he knew from camp. Lol.. No luck in the lucky draw for us. So we parted and decided to browse at the IT show at suntec after a Mac breakfast. We ended up buying a NUM singlet each since it's on 50% for 2 items. Hahaha.. though the sizes and wordings were quite limited.

Heck, now as to the real reason why i cared to blog this entry. I don't know wat's fking wrong with me. And when i thought my speed and stamina is definitely better than before. i stopped halfway today. my usual 10km run. just frustrating. it couldn't be because of the blood donation i made in the noon or the super light lunch i had that had caused this, i hope. gahhh...

2010-03-06T22:44:00.002+08:00

too busy to blog of late. Or rather, too tired. Lol.. I KO once i'm on my comfy bed.
Currently reading: the lost symbol, learning: electric organ, watching: liar game 2 & hi my sweetheart. And running as usual. Plenty enough to keep me occupied. Even though i'm not meeting my cliques as frequent as before. Signed up for many events at SIS for the coming months. But had to miss S.H.E's concert due to my ICT in april.
Paramore tomorrow. Jam Hsia next saturday and Northeast run on sunday!! 16km under 1hr 36mins? Haha..just my target.
K ciao guys.

2010-02-22T00:36:00.003+08:00

woot~ almost a month now...
no meetups of late too. Due to the festive CNY season i guess.
Damn the list of things and work to do just never ends. Maybe tomorrow.
I shall strive to finish them lot. Or maybe tomorrow's tomorrow. Hahaa..
Shall be spending pretty much this week. Since my zen mozaic died on me.
It can't bloody charge anymore ): Time to get a new one.

Of late, the mood to blog just doesn't come. Maybe i deem those minor life events unworthy of mentioning. Hahaa...
looking forward to weekend. work at SIS.
Hah..new-found reason for me to wanna work at every event there is.
Maybe i won't reap. but i just felt like doing so (:
And Jam Hsiao on the 13th next month. Not gonna miss that man.

alrite, at least payday's nigh. 5 days of work here i come!!!
or rather 7 days. Lol..

2010-01-25T23:14:00.002+08:00

been catching up with Heroes season 4 of late. Kinda disappointing it feels to me. Maybe it lacks action. Anyways, these shows are pretty much enough to keep me occupied. Along with animes. And a whole load of movies i haven't watched. Anyone keen to catch Avatar still? Haha..i know i'm kinda late but my friend keeps saying it's a must-watch.

'Simply ballroom' was a real nice dance performance. And maybe after a few more shows i could memorize a few steps or so. hahaa..

resuming..

2010-01-24T23:56:00.002+08:00

Gahhh..my chain was broken. Well never mind. Quick short updates will do before i hit the sack i guess. Passed the damn final theory test FINALLY. will be getting my PDL soon and go on the road soon i hope.

feels like honeymoon's over. Work just keeps on piling. More events coming in for SIS. More concerts to watch (= Caught the Superband's performance on saturday. Can't say that i totally enjoyed it since i know only about 20% of their songs? Hahaa.. But they rock.

CNY's nigh. Can't wait for the break. Anyways, tried California pizza kitchen for the first time at the bday party of my best bud's daughter. Their pizzas are real good.
kbye.

2010-01-13T00:32:00.001+08:00

KOed early on monday night.
Today-impromptu meetup-cum-wii session with 2 of my camp-mates at jurong.
Much fun. Shall have rematch again. Hahaa..
Lights out.

2010-01-10T23:55:00.004+08:00

6am+ in the early morning came an sms. Now i could conclude that it could either be from an army friend who is an early-raiser or a crazy friend who is a night-owl who is then sleeping. Hahah.. it's the latter. I was of course deep in dreamland.

Today's initially planned cycling-cum-picnic outing was changed to ice-skating and finally settled at a movie at The Cathay. Well i chose the movie after watching it's thriller. Basically the scene which tempted me to catch it was some guy running at a great speed and having inhuman strength. Haha.. Something akin to 'Heroes' and twilight. It's based on a book adaptation by Darren Shan. Which none of us has read about before. LOL. It was overall an interesting movie with nice visuals. Just that the ending's hinting at a sequel where the 2 clans really clash together in a war.

Us 3 then had a fun photo-booth session at cineleisure. I think the designing and adding of effects is the fun part. Lol.. After which we shopped around at ION before settling at Starbucks and had a try at the Monopoly card game. Kenny was so serious in playing. Haha.. Although we finally got the hang of it, we still lost to the one who introduced it to us and was really having fun playing. Haha.. Shi hsia, don't think that you'll always win hor.

Monday blues already catching on to me before it came. Haha...shall sleep in late and catch the last episode of my jap drama. Crap..the dinner at Kobayashi was really not enough for me like what Shi hsia said. Mega burgers For The Win! hahaa

The BIG group of SIS ushers and security (:

2010-01-10T01:56:00.002+08:00

Ran till i was literally gasping for air in the late morning. Napped then went off to SIS for the gathering.

The buffet was definitely not enough for all of us. Since it finished within 20 minutes. Lol... I couldn't get any satays even. Anyways, we all had fun with the games. And my team was damn outstanding lah. 3 girls to act out for the Charade, with us taking less than 10 seconds for each question. I didn't contribute to any of the 4 games. Except a swing at a WII bowling game for a spare. Lol.. There's the song guessing game which i know none i guess. The Q&A game on SIS events and locations. And lastly a pictionary in which players attempt to guess words from sketches made by other members of their team. We were pretty good at it too. And we won first runner-up as a result.
Didn't win at the lucky draw. Luck ain't with me i guess. Anyways, there were more ushers than us security personnel.

After that, the security team gathered for beer-drinking session at Brewerks. Played truth-or-dare. Ate some disgusting spicy mexican chili. Luckily i was given a ride home by a colleague staying around yishun. If not the midnight cab fare's gonna be a killer.

2010-01-08T23:25:00.002+08:00

Did my ex-poly mate a favor by helping print her lecture notes in my office. Haha...that's what i call making full use of office resources. As well as charging your cells of course. And she got me a coffeebean cookie to thank me (:

Been feeling real lethargic today. Maybe it's cuz i brought my hefty laptop to sites. Since i'm returning home from there. So a cab ride it is, to PAHQ at Lavendar. Then i went shopping at Square2's NTUC for snacks i could bring on sunday. Since i have a $10 Square2 voucher that's expiring on the 10th anyway.

I nearly knocked out on my sofa while pushing myself to go for a quick run. Hah..i did so. Tonight has been full of yawns for me. Goodnight people (=

Pig!! Buta!!

2010-01-07T22:56:00.003+08:00

Nothing can describe how much i hate doing paperwork. Printing loads of paper. And then reprinting them if i got it wrong the first time. Paper wasting!! Arghh... needa learn to take things easy. lest i complicate things and stress myself unduly.
Deactivated for friday's OT. Since there's some security issue with my clearance into the building. -.- Well, good for me as i am freed but ain't so for them as they are lacking manpower.

Alright~~ meetups finally. I have long lost interest in getting everyone together. I mean why me? When it's so hard for everyone else to make time. So it shall be them who should squeeze in a timeslot and then call me up.

Picnic + cycling @ ECP come sunday. Let's hope it doesn't rain though. I shall bring indoor entertainment like poker and chess just in case. Hahaa...
From the west to the east. Why does it have to be so far? gahhh

Notice what's wrong with this set of Doraemon charms?

Find out here. Hahaa..
http//rulesforthesingaporean.tumblr.com/

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2010-01-06T21:50:00.003+08:00

Blogging spree~!! I would like a 'killing spree' too. Kinda missing dota now. Lol.. Though it's time-consuming.

A little something about my daily work. Every morning i get myPaper at the station before i get on the sardine can. 11 mins ride. Then a frigging 15 mins walk to my office which by then i'd be perspiring a little. Gets my laptop out. Outlook express, msn then i flip through the newspaper. And most importantly, the sudoku, Hahaa.. My colleague said that i'm looking for trouble playing 'tikam'. Lol.. To which i replied, "Hey it stimulates the brain".

Printer woes. Problem with the spring of the paper tray. I learnt from my senior who's been working more than 10 years there that the printer is actually a second-hand item from a bid. -.- Solution? To stand in front of the printer and manually feed it.
OT on friday. Heck, my colleague asked me if i had anything on that day. The others weren't free. Suddenly i remembered. The new citybeat on Ch8 at 8pm!! Haha..can't possibly turn him down because of a tv show right. SIS internal party on saturday. Would be good to meet those crazy bunch in this new year.

Went for a 9km+ run with my brother. Damn his pace is faster than mine. Although he's much lighter than me. He wouldn't join any marathons when i asked him to. Said 10km's too short and he minds paying to run. -.-

Having my post-workout meal right now. Gahh...it's just the rest of the dinner my family can't finish. And i'm to finish them. Still have a plate of watermelons waiting for me in the fridge. Ahhhh..how i miss my after-run 100plus.

2010-01-05T20:25:00.003+08:00

"Interested in joining a triathlon?" was what my brother asked me. I was like 'What!? skip the biathlon and jump straight to a triathlon? How about the iron man then?'
Hahaa.. He said it's a mini triathlon. Well... why not.

Why is the printer in my office always jammed? Pftt... And the queue of documents is always so damn long. Tomorrow i shall be the first to reach and print whatever i need. Work-related and personal. Haha...Some nigga asked me to print his confirmation slip.
Then my taxi, mobile phone and meal claims.

Anyways, can't help but rant about mrt commuters. Even though i have started taking the mrt regularly since secondary school days. But it just gets worst. When people just don't budge or move in. Heck, i have to inch in bit by bit before they decide to move in to let me in. And there's still much frigging space inside. It's no wonder why everyone inside the train pulls black faces. Whoever is happy with squeezing in the stupid sardine can.

@Lazy pig: Holidays over? CNY coming. Gonna eat all you can then run huh. Hahaa..And that stupid test!! I will really flunk it again if i don't frigging study.

2010-01-04T22:15:00.002+08:00

8:05am.
Heck, why are there only 2 alerts instead of the daily 6 alerts at 8am!!?
Every single day at 8am and 6pm, would be the time when i would have to receive and delete these all-so-important-yet-irritating alert smses on my cell. AND if any one of them doesn't arrive, it would mean work for me. Ahh..how great the power of sms is. Haha..

What a great start for my first day of work of 2010. Well, turns out to be just a firewall issue. But i still have lots of paperwork to settle! Gahhh...

I needa run harder and faster. Still falling short of the timing i set for myself. Maybe it's the wariness from work. Maybe i'm just not in the best shape. But really, i need to assert myself. Lastly, i ought to be studying for a test which i'm not. Hahahaa

2010-01-03T22:44:00.002+08:00

Symphony No.5, First movement. Listening to classical music really relaxes one's mood. Haha... Maybe i should start tuning in to Symphony 92.4FM. Too bad it isn't on internet streaming. Even so, my company's internet policy bans online radio. Pftt..

Tomorrow's the first workday of 2010. Work is however mundane. I hate having to print tons of papers. Paper-wasting. Gahh...But since it's the standard procedure. It's been more than 4 months since i started work. Gosh doesn't time pass by fast. And it seems i have already come to a standstill at work. Doing the same stuff every month. Heck, I wonder when i'm gonna start learning more about other software enthusiastically.

Anyways, this month would be kinda full of events. Green day and Killer's concert which i had to work no matter what. And the 1st yr birthday of my best buddy's daughter. And i have no idea whether to get her something or just an angpow.

2010-01-02T21:38:00.002+08:00

Before 2009 ended, I made my 3rd blood donation at HSA. Since I was to work in the vicinity as well. Then they bandaged the injected area on my arm and told me i could remove it in 2 hours' time. So i did, before going for lunch. And i thought it was totally alright to yank the bandage out. Minutes later i noticed a patch of blood on my sleeve. Gahhh...Next time i would have known better than to be rough.
Oh, and they gave me a thick planner. Which i don't think i would ever use it. -.-
It's kinda heavy.

And so it's 2010. Just another start of a new year to me. I don't believe in new year resolutions. Why wait till a certain date to start something? Anyways signed up for Northeast run 16km Fun run. Hahaa...

2009-12-27T12:02:00.002+08:00

19th dec has sure been a hectic day for me. And it simply had to rain. Bummer.. Good thing i hitched a ride from my best bud, Ben. Hahaa.. he did it also partly bcuz of the favor i did him. An unspeakable one at that. Anyways, the end results is saving him time and hassle and the best thing is we even get a treat on our next gathering! Haha... Oh well, sure hope there won't be a next time though.

Just when i didn't bring out my brolly, it has to rain. although a small drizzle. It's bad enough when i had to hail a cab from my friend's remote area. And those cabs only drive within the Yishun area. Damn i HATE yishun. You take the train, they stop at yishun. You take the taxi, they only drive in yishun.

My department's christmas event wasn't half bad after all. We played charade and competed within 4 teams. Categories included famous movies(which wasn't all that famous), xmas, singlish phrases and job titles which my team stuck to. Hahaa...It was pretty fun. Then came the gift exchange session. I got my 4gb thumbdrive and a SANDISK brand at that. Woot... Then there was still ham and chicken wings left at the end. Guess what, time for Zhong ji mi ma! The one who guesses the number will eat the food of course. And i ate 3 slices. Now am i a big eater.. haha.

2010's coming, and it's 3 and a half days of work again! woohooo!!

2009-12-12T22:55:00.002+08:00

2:16:45
2:28:44
3:32:06
Our half-marathon timings (:
Amazing 1hr gap! hahaha...

Anyways, worked a fair bit this morning at IRAS uninstalling a programs from some servers. And it's FOC unless it's more than 8 hours. Me and a colleague. Then we walked a fair bit at velocity and i simply had to grab a bite so i settled for Mr bean's soya bean milk and pancake. And this lady came up to me to do a survey about my purpose and views on Square 2. It was pretty darn long. But i get a $10 voucher in the end. Haha...

Coming wednesday is my monthly OT day again. and saturday's gonna be the longest day. of the week. 7am is my unit's callup for IPPT-cum-cohesion at bedok camp 2 until 11am. then i gotta rush to my friend's baby shower at yishun at supposedly 12pm. then i have to be at SIS before 2pm for work. Wondering if i should cancel the SIS shift.

SCM 2009

2009-12-06T22:18:00.005+08:00

Ran my 2nd standard chartered marathon just this morning (:
Along with my running kaki, Shi hsia and the run-cum-walk Ya dar. Hahaa..
Well, preparation for the run has been a weekly run @ Area21 and one solitary run on sundays. The hardest part about the runs are fixing a date and time where we both can make it. And we still have rushed sprints for the last train due to time constraints.
But still glad the runs go on (:

Timing was around 2hrs 17mins for me, a supposedly better timing than my last year's one. Slightly though. Man, i really had it tough during the last 5kms. And both shi hsia and i felt that the 1km board near the finishing line was to misguide us! So damn LOOONG!! I was running out of breath literally. Greatest regret of the run: Not getting to eat the bananas. Hahaa... I'll be back for them next year. Hopefully.
And both my knees hurt now. Might have ran a little bit too hard at the end. Wondering how i could withstand a even harder 42km run if i still can't get seasoned to long distances. But anyways, I wanna go faster at any rate now! For my 2.4km run to be under 930 so that i can get my gold? Hahaa, it just seems so far-fetched.

Treated ourselves to hotpot after the run at CHINESE FEASTS hotpot @ Suntec for an early celebration of Ya dar's 21st birthday. We were so drained that it takes a considerable amount of effort to eat our food. Haha.. The main dish was Japanese fishcake. Real joke of the day. Our birthday gal was unaware that the tube-like food was actually the japanese fishcake she ordered like 2-3 times and thought that they had missed it out. And we had the 'nicest' drink to have after a run. Iced 8 treasures tonic tea. Whahahaha.. It's real bitter and we stopped at a glass even though it's free flow. We realised this drink cost 4 bucks a glass when our bill came. And the stupid Edamame(green pea-like) which we ate only a few pieces of cost 2 bucks.

Granola Bars!!!

collect em all. hahaa..

Awwwsomeness~

2009-11-27T11:02:00.003+08:00

Only cuz' it's a PH today because of Hari Raya. Hahaa.. Long weekend!!!
And special race pack collection this weekend at the Marina floating bay!
Gotta put in a few longer runs before the actual race :) But still not longer than 21km. That will be too grueling and time-consuming.

Going to the Arina waterfront later on. Hope to be able to catch the performance.
And then the free tickets to Cirque on Ice. Waiting for my 2 pair of tickets hopefully.

double-click on it to read the 'emo' captions :)

Crams

2009-11-08T21:09:00.005+08:00

933 Hit awards was awesome!! Glad that i still had the chance to watch it after all. First i was asked to work for this event. Then I was informed that i can't due to my license in the making. And on that very day they had a pair of tickets by invitation. Woohoo~ All the better that we could sit and enjoy the show. Just that getting there cost my friend a $24 taxi fare and i had to squeeze in the bus. Well worth it though.
The goodie bag had 2 packets of Nong Shim instant noodles and a S.H.E Osim advertorial poster. Lol..

Of all the days in the week, i still love the 'fitness day' the most. Hahaa.. It's when i can talk crap freely(getting ignored sometimes). No matter how tired.
Can't wait for dec 6's Standard Chartered Run. Where we would find out if our practice runs were of any help. I'm sure there is. Just that it's a challenge to go 21km, twice as much as our practise runs! Hahaa..

Heard this song by Hossan Leong before and found it intersting. And now with animations. Lol..

and a song done by mr brown and his crew, also quite some time ago.

You're so beautiful. Lol...

2009-11-02T20:13:00.001+08:00

Pack it away~

2009-11-01T22:52:00.002+08:00

What a shitty weekend i had... no runs due to the pain returning. And also cuz of the night out. Surely an 'unforgettable' experience. Lol..
Well sure hope i can resume my runs on monday night.
Spent a large part of my sunday playing chess. Not the kind of chess you'd normally play. But those kind done lying down, that is sleeping. Hahaa..
Caught 'Aliens in the attic'. Pretty nice show suitable for family viewing. got quite a few hilarious scenes.
Anyways, i've taken my 1st ever leave, that is on friday.
Saving up is a long and torturous chore.

Hisashiburi desu ne!!

2009-10-25T22:53:00.000+08:00

Finally completed the security courses and is now certified to work at SIS. Lol..
Sure hope i won't have to return to that place for advanced courses any sooner.
Heck, they could have did away with a few lessons. But well, i claimed my own 'off' days.
Hahaa... The course was, in my opinion, basic common-sense procedures. And i believe any one of us could have mastered it in a day. Just that we'd need more time getting it into my memory.

Anyways, my 2nd assessment wasn't as easy as the 1st. Reason being the vastly different standards of the assessors. I got a new-comer this time round and he was so SERIOUS with making sure i conformed to the standards of the criteria so strictly. He was SO into role-playing as well.Haha... I bet he must have wanted to act so badly. And so i tried to play along and made many gestures. I sure sympathize with my friends who gotten him as their assessor.
I don't know how long it took for them to finish. As they took turns.

Met up with Kenny at 1 plus to catch Pandorum at the Grand Cathay.
Well, it's cast and actions were pretty nice and cool. The flesh-eating mutants as well.
Maybe we should have caught the Hurt Locker instead.
I saw 2 of my poly-mates there but didn't call out to them. Jocelyn and Johnny.
Both was with their beaus. And if i remembered correctly, both of em had the same birthdays.Lol..
Anyways, Plaza Singapura was filled with flocks of women queuing to get in the newly opened Etude House. I guess it must be the hype caused by the Korean star, Lee Min Ho. Make-up endorsed by stars sure is sellable huh..
Headed to orchard's Ion and far east next. And i saw 2 of my camp-mates. Haha... It does seem that dhoby ghaut and orchard are the only few places we could frequent.

My 2nd pay is coming! Hahaa.. i know pay-day ain't something that great to talk about. But it is to me that i look forward to it reviving up my account before it dries up again. Hahaha...wonder when i could really start saving.

it's been a while...

2009-10-10T01:05:00.002+08:00

been kept busy by work and security lessons after. Our call signs over the walkie is to be "SO zijian to SO Charlie..." And when you pronounce 'S-O', it sounds like 'asshole'. Lol... Lessons had been quite fun except that the location's at a god-forsaken 'papaya lebar'. Tomorrow's the assessment.

Well, last week was the meet-up with 3 guys and a gal(2 chao recruits and 1 soon-to-be). One is a pikachu. Had lunch at Joaquim at Suntec. Somehow the food doesn't taste all that tantalizing. Maybe steamboat would had been a better choice.
Then after junmei and zhengjie left, i gave a treat at Anderson's ice-cream. A couple fondue shared by us trio. Lol..

Was at the basketball event between singapore slingers and philippines san miguels at SIS on sunday. The crowd was scarce. Maybe there would be more in the upcoming Asian Basketball events. Seems to me that there were more philippines supporters than local supporters. Slingers were behind at first but caught up and won the game in the later half. But i felt that the san miguels was the better team though.
There's one guy who proposed to his girlfriend. Guess he succeeded.

Just now my sister commented that my posts comprises of the same few things: work/runs & birthdays. And no pictures. Lol..Well, i'll leave out the ordinary and write only the funny incidents then.
And maybe bitch a little.

My samsung phone may look slick and dependable. But in reality, it's slow, and is power-consuming. My charger has become my SOP whenever i'm out with my bag now. And having a starhub mobile line while working in a singtel-based company = a BIG mistake.
Nokia's still the best if i'd choose.

And Heroes is back!! Season 4 woohoo~.. Can't believe i'm getting excited over a drama series than outings with friends. Haha...
Aite i still do regard meeting up with friends as top priority of cuz.
Dinner gathering to celebrate getting our first pay. well, mine is 2nd though.

People listed below:
Please choose a date in which you can make it.
26-30 (weekdays after work)
31/1 (weekends)
1. Jacqueline
2. Shi Hsia
3. Ya dar
4. Kenny

tootz..

2009-09-29T21:55:00.002+08:00

So my 1st pay has arrived. At LONG LAST!! So it's debt-paying time as well as dinner meet-ups with best pals and treating my family. I'm just looking forward to my next pay at October end. Money is just never enough. Maybe all i need is more self-control. Lol..
And definitely my taxi trips.

POEMS FOUND IN
> TOILETS
>
> Excellent poems
> by not so famous poets... found on toilet doors and
> walls.......
>
> THE
> 'FUTURE' IS IN YOUR HAND , HOLD IT
> GENTLY'
>
>
>
> A budding poet
> trying his best...
> Here I lie in stinky vapor,
>
> Because some bastard stole the toilet paper,
> Shall I lie, or shall I linger,
> Or shall I be forced to use my finger.
> Before he
> graduated to be a poet, he wrote this...
>
> Here I sit
> Broken hearted
> Tried to shit
> But only farted
> Someone who had a
> different experience wrote,
>
> You're lucky
> You had your chance
> I tried to fart,
> And shit my pants!
> Perhaps it's
> true that people find inspiration in toilets,
>
> I came here
> To shit and stink,
> But all I do
> Is sit and think.
>
>
> There are also people who come in for a different
> purpose...
> Some come here to sit and think,
> Some come here to shit and stink,
>
> But I come
> here to scratch my balls ,
> And read the bullshit on the walls....
> Toilets walls also
> double as job advertisement space....... (written high upon the wall)
>
> If you can piss above this line, the Singapore
> Fire Department wants you.
>
>
> Ministry of Environment advertisement.
> We aim to please!
> You aim too! Please
>
>
> On the inside of a toilet door:
> Patrons are requested to remain seated throughout
> the entire performance.
>
> And finally, this
> should teach some a lesson... Sign seen at a
> restaurant:
> The hands that clean these toilets also make your
> food...please aim properly.
>
>
>
> and
> one from our church's toilet .... Not everyone can
> clean this toilet but everyone can make this toilet clean
> ... :)

Ride the waves...

2009-09-26T10:05:00.000+08:00

Tues- Nparks, Wed- Nparks Thurs- Nparks again...
Taking taxis in the morning and now having a totaled record of 170 bucks for sept. Woot~ Then finally getting a chance to slump down in my signal-deprived seat in ncshub. Only to receive more 'good' news. Yet another colleague is leaving and guess who's taking over her work? Yes! it's me again. But then again, it's seemingly appropriate since i probably have the lightest workload. Just that i didn't expect my 'honeymoon' to be so shortlived.
And for the next 4 weeks, i'm gonna be on 'robot' mode, juggling between work and security lessons. 830-6 in the day, 7-10 in the night. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. But at least not a broke kid. Lol

Gotten my Wave Rider 12 on monday. Man, it sure does feel diferent from a Brooks.
Anyways, 'first sweat' with it on thurs night at area21. It was Asics meet Mizuno. Hahaa... Even our singlets we wore. In fact, my socks are from Mizuno too. Except the running shorts. Nor is my watch. Or my Mp3 player. Okay... It was probably the last time i'm catching the last train there.
Since we could push our running session forward instead of at 11 plus. Ahh...how i'm gonna miss running for the last train. Hahaa..
And had a little something for ms asics at the end of the day. albeit belated though.

Today and tomorrow- Hallelujah @ SIS.

every 11 minutes i receive an sms alert from work. how nice...maybe i'll see if i can accumulate 99 unread messages. -.-
My other colleagues are receiving them as well.
And faster come 30 Sept. Cuz it's my first pay!
Ciaoz pple.

Wave rider 12

2009-09-21T01:00:00.002+08:00

Okay..for thurs, run-turned-bday surprise for our dear princess at Area 21. With last-minute cameo appearance by bargal after her lessons. We didn't have beer though. But a durian cake from Puteri Mas. Man..you don't know how hard it was for me to collect the cake. Anyways, the tanned or 'burnt' birthday gal seemed rather elated to have the durian cake. Bargal didn't even finish her only slice.

Nothing except work on friday running from site to site. MOH first, then to HPB, HSA and NParks for a 'walk'. Deploying SAP using the bloody slow DSM is really a pain. And i've yet to know how to work it. Gonna go back to the green place on Tues. Only thing good there is that i can surf Ikariam and facebook. Whahaha..

Sat- Was trying to test my limits to see when my legs will give out. Haha.. Cuz my friend called me up for a game of soccer at Admiralty. I even scored one lucky goal. Lol..Despite being the least-skilled player there. But if it's stamina, i have lots to spare. We ended our game around 11 when it started drizzling.
Then i was off to Orchard with my brother to pass my agency the taxi claims form and get back my bank book which i've left it there for about a month. We shopped around checking out running shoes. He had Adidas in mind while my interest was in Mizuno. Somehow it was Mizuno over Asics for me. Wave Rider 12 going at a discounted price of 113. Was quite tempted to get it there and then. But guess that'd had to wait till i have extra cash on hand. And i need to season it if it's going with me to the Standard Chartered run in Dec.

And today- Morning run as usual to the track ending at Bottletree park. And man, this run taking me up to an hour was enough to 'kill' me. Took me breathless at the last part. At many points in time wanting to stop. But i still managed though. I had a massively huge sweat-out. Must have lost at least a litre of fluids. Anyways, too tired to go out and didn't have anyone in mind to ask and so had a most rejuvenating 3hr 'chess' game in the late noon. Lol...That explains why i'm blogging and playing reversi(for real) with someone who doesn't seem to need sleep at this hour.
Caught Shinjuku Incident on my lappy. Jackie chan wasn't the one-man-beat-all lead this time, but a righteous illegal immigrant who got tangled with the yakuza. Quite an interesting show, with scenes showing how cruel mobsters can be.

Although monday's a PH, i had a whole busy week instead. Working till sunday. Weekends' work are my sideline and these time, they are church events. Hallelujah again...

101st post

2009-09-16T23:09:00.002+08:00

Shan't talk about work to bore you guys. And other than work, i've practically nothing else i wanna put down here. So here's a funny video my fren posted on facebook.
There's another one with a guy splitting his head on the edge as he attempted to dive into the sea. Damn bloody disgusting lah..when the medical staff tries to close his head back in place. I watched it while eating my bee hoon. Luckily i can still hold it.

Tomorrow night- will be fun to try to catch the last train again. But that's not the main part. Will get to that in my next post. Hahaa..

seut

2009-09-15T23:24:00.002+08:00

Had the famous roti prata at Ncs's canteen for breakfast(round 2) today. Tasted really great that i finished the egg and kosong so quickly. But i realize that i'm always the first to finish my food during lunchtime. Reason being that my portion was too small or that i'm generally a fast eater. Which i think is a little of both. Lol..
Think i'd had to order 2 portions if i'm getting noodles.

Failed attempt to spook those who viewed the video. And one of my friend even found it funny la... I don't find it funny at all when i watched it. Not one bit. -.-

Tadah~~

2009-09-14T23:03:00.002+08:00

At NParks HQ for work today. But didn't really did much, since the server's speed is so damn slowwww. I was to deploy SAP 7.10 to approximately 1000 computers. Using the DSM program of course. But i bet physically deploying them would be even faster.
Anyways, the place although nice and serene since it's at Botanic Garden, it's frigging far from where i stay. And i dread staying there for days to go through the mundane installations. Well, ain't heading tomorrow for they hadn't notified their users.

Even so, i feel like work is tiring me down. Nevertheless, i still go for my runs and such. Pain on my left calve is gone, thankfully. And my speed is gradually picking up. Gonna be quite busy this week. Next monday's a public holiday! Woot~!! My first weekday without having to work (:

REAL meaningful vid. Watch till e end to grasp the meaning behind it (:

Resolve

2009-09-13T23:17:00.002+08:00

Ahh...let's soak up the sun~ Had a 1-hr morning run and i just love the scorching sun since i'd rather spot a healthy tanned tone than a pale-colored tone. And my poly-mates are gonna get their daily dose of vitamin D in Tekong. Hahaa...
Clayton had already 'checked in' on friday and it'll be Zhengjie's turn tomorrow. Recruits, fall in!!!

Met up with an old friend of mine in the evening. My bestie during my secondary sch days. To get back his rollerblades which had been staying in my room for years. And we're contemplating taking up rock-climbing. Haha...if time permits, that is. Anyways, my WSQ training is starting in Oct and i wonder if i could make it in time after my work. Planning to start with my driving lessons as well. which will have to wait until i get WSQ-certified. My brother got me a 500GB HDD Seagate Freeagent @ $129 with a 5-yr warranty at Comex today. Glad that i didn't have to go squeeze. Western Digital's HDDs were all sold out.

Anyways, will be gg to SIS's bbq after work on friday. A run at area 21 on thurs, prolly. and working for a wushu event on saturday 19th. Woot~ hope i can get to watch it.

if i don't run a 930 now, when in my life would i be able to do it?

Baa baaa BLACK face~

2009-09-13T00:36:00.007+08:00

Making this a daily affair proved impossible after all. I'd gone straight to meet my bestie for chess rather than spending precious time blogging. Well, call me and ask if you're truly my friend. Instead of checking out this one-way venue about my life.

Had been at the office throughout the week after monday's site visit. Friday was a fire drill practice. Then i had an appointment with my financial adviser from Finexis who helped me with my cpf investments. Pretty awkward talking about my current financial status as they're still not stable yet. It's like i'm living from paycheck to paycheck. Hoping for things to change as time goes by though.

Had a 'run' at area21 on thurs which was started off as a stroll. Until we realized we had to rush in order for me to catch my last train. Anyways, brought 'wang ba dan' cured of the 'blues' safely back to princess. Thanks for the sip of water. Hahaa..It has always been exciting for me to try to make it before the train's gone.
But it surely wouldn't be any fun if i'd really missed it though.

And for today, a nice afternoon nap! Hahaa... and rewatched Proposal Daisakusen.
And off to Jac's chalet which was actually for her parents' anniversary. There was practically nothing to do over there and so we left after hanging for a little bit.
Had Mac at Princess Cinema before heading home.

Funny uncle spotted inside the train to joo koon. Lol...He caught my eye when he gazed at me with a drunken look. Then suddenly, he moved beside kenny as if interested in our conversation. And so i moved away a bit. Haha..Kinda disturbed about such annoyances. And Kenny had to be over-sensitive about it and probably thought i was commenting about him to shi hsia. Well, whatever goes...Off i get at city hall. Not being in a good mood/ unwell state doesn't justify your showing of attitude to me, man. I hadn't done anything to deserve that and of course going by my nature, won't tolerate that. Ok, letting out a bit of steam here.

A nice joke below, which can still make me laugh out even after many reads.

===============================================
Two old pensioners are taking a trip down memory lane by going back to the place where they first met.

Sitting at a café, the little old man says, "Remember the first time I met you over 50 years ago? We left this cafe, went round the corner behind the gas works, and I gave you one from behind."

"Why, yes, I remember it well, dear," replies the little old lady with a grin.

"Well, for old time's sake, let's go there again. and I'll give you one from behind."

The two pensioners pay their bill and leave the cafe. A young man sitting next to them has overheard the conversation and smiles to himself, thinking it would be quite amusing to see two old pensioners at it. He gets up and follows them. Sure enough, he sees the two pensioners near the gas works. The little old lady pulls off her knickers and lifts up her dress.

The old man pulls down his pants and grabs the lady's hips, and the little old lady reaches for the fence. Well, what follows is 40 minutes of the most athletic sex the man has ever seen. The little old man is banging away at the little old woman at a pace that can only be described as phenomenal. Limbs are flying everywhere, the movement is a blur, and they do not stop for a single second. Finally, they collapse and don't move for an hour.

Well, the man is stunned. Never in his life has he ever seen anything that equates to this -- not in the movies, not from his friends, not from his own experiences.

Reflecting on what he has just seen, he says to himself, "I have to know his secret. If only I could shag like that now, let alone in 50 years' time!"

The two old pensioners have by this time recovered and dressed themselves. Plucking up courage, the man approaches the pensioner.

He says, "Sir, in all my life I have never seen anybody shag like that, particularly at your age. What's your secret? Could you shag like that 50 years ago?"

The pensioner replies, "Son, 50 years ago, that fu*king fence wasn't electrified."

And lastly, real entertaining stand up comedy by Kumar. Enjoy a good laugh :)

a minute of silence

2009-09-09T22:29:00.002+08:00

Monday- Went to NParks after lunch with a colleague to learn about a software called DSM. I might be needed to station there for a day or two to install SAP as my colleague in charge is taking leave for the week to take his once-in-a-lifetime 'deadly' vow to be tied down with his girlfriend and to thailand.
Then at night, headed to area 21 for my 2nd attempt at fixing the BSOD. But to no avail.
And i was tricked into getting sent by her again! Gahh... i couldn't believe i'm letting this happen. And more than once. Anyways, it was a nice gesture.

Tuesday- Was in office the whole day and it could really drive me nuts to sit in front of my shitty desk where it is strategically located right where my starhub moblie line couldn't receive any damn signals. So i'm practically unreachable with my handphone except for smses. Which reach me 20 minutes later than the actual time sent to me. While this is trivial to me for work, sitting at this sweet spot just lulls me into dozing off so easily.
Especially when i've nothing at hand to work on. I'd very much go into the EMS Lab 2 where signals are better received and my colleagues are working together. Except that it's colder in there. Wayyy colder.

Btw, brought princess's 'wang ba dan' in to office today to have my colleague take a look at it. I was practically troubleshooting and trying to fix it in any way i could the whole day instead of working. Haha... i've turned into a technician for that day. The BSOD has gone away for now. The advice he gave me was to get the Fujitsu cd and try to format it. And he could give me the windows patches i need and it would be done in a snap.

Wednesday- Woke up to have the banana i was supposed to deliver but did not. Lol..
Whole day in the office again. AND gonna be for tomorrow as well. Although my 'honeymoon' period where my workload is still light, i'm getting bored to tears. yea, i yawn till tears came out. haha...
I realized i'm spending way too much time using computers. At work AND at home. Omg...
i really needa limit my usage at home.

the sun dun shine

2009-09-07T00:14:00.002+08:00

The morning air was crisp and cooling when i went for my run, having rained earlier on.
So there wasn't much of a tan. But i felt my performance coming back when my right calve wasn't hurting. 5.6km around 30mins.

Met up with kenny and hsia at area 21 to have dinner. I was the one eating and they only had drinks. gahh... Slacked at kenny's place before sending him off to the train as he left for camp. And then i supposedly sent hsia home while taking a look at her laptop's blue screen of death. Will attempt again the next day to resolve the problem.
Then she did 'IT' again. Hahaa...Maybe next time i shall sneak off on my own.

Black

2009-09-06T01:24:00.001+08:00

Thurs- began my day at Chai Chee technopark. Hitched a ride from my colleague, Norman who lives in Yishun. No it isn't a place that plays techno music. Haha..
It's where Ncs hosts and maintains their servers at. So i'm down there to observe how 3 of my colleagues install agents on the machines. The installation on Windows servers were relatively straightforward and easy while the unix one needs a set of commands which i hadn't gotten a chance to really learn due to time constraints.
Come lunchtime and we drove to bedok's Princess cinema to have our Mac lunch. Norman is the funny guy who keeps drawing our attention to women in black and commenting that they are 'pretty'. When most are aunties. hahaa..
I was quite tempted to order the Mega Big Mac. Maybe next time. They on the other hand, couldn't finish their Mega McSpicy. Hahaa..And the upsized Mega-drink is really BIG. Shortly after resuming work, i left with Norman to IRAS as he has some reports over there he needs to generate and bring back to ncshub. And after having done that, he picked up his sister and her family on the way and sent us back as we all stayed in sembawang. Then after dragging myself up from bed, i rushed to Area 21 for a run with POG. And deeply regretted letting her send me. I shouldn't have violated my policy on that. Lol..

Today- Covered marina sq, suntec and bugis with Kenny and later on joined by Jac. And she's wearing black again! We weren't the least surprised of cuz. Lol..Caught some performances of the Suntec Dance 2009 and they've really got some nice moves. The finals will be at 5pm on the 20th at the Wealth of Fountain.

short

2009-09-02T00:21:00.002+08:00

1st of the month and my department would have been finishing late for the day as monthly reports need to be generated. However, i stayed in only over 30mins after official working hours and left for home. And while we were contemplating to meet at area 21, somehow the 2-part sms wasn't sent out and thus had to postpone it to the following night. The morale of the story is to just make a simple call. Haha.. straightforward and gets the message through and clear. Just finished watching Mr Brain. 8 episodes altogether. Overall pretty interesting and i like most of their storyline.
com lagging like hell now. so bye.

cough cough

2009-08-31T00:15:00.003+08:00

whoah~ guess i couldn't keep to it after all. Blogging daily, that is. Even if it's a short one. On thurs, i 'concussed' right after dinner and slept peacefully till the next morning. And i had a hangover from too much sleep. Keep having bouts of yawning from morning. Friday was the last day of a colleague of mine, 2 years my senior. He had no intention of renewing his 1-yr contract and is taking up a SAP course soon. Though i've worked with him only for about 8 days, he has come across as a amiable and thoughtful friend who has given me some valuable pointers.
And so there was a team lunch to bid him farewell at Naked Fish @ Yio Chu Kang. I ain't a big fan of fish and hence ordered chicken cutlet. My feedback is it sux. Maybe the fish are good, but the chicken cutlet is oily and doesn't taste any better than hawker/fast food.
Speaking of which, i realised i haven't paid the one who footed the bill yet.Hahaa...
Come 530pm, i headed down to SIS which i was supposedly scheduled to work at 7pm for the Mayday's DNA concert.
Then it happened again, for the 2nd frigging time. That my name wasn't in the list and Ibrahim, the one who scheduled me was sick for the day. But again, they allowed me to work and not make my trip a wasted one.
Reached home only at about 1 plus, but i stayed up at my pc and slept only at around 3am.

So on sat, i had to have that nap before meeting kenny to celebrate his release from confinement. haha.. First off, we caught Final Destination 4 (non-3d) at The Cathay. We had 'UP' in mind but had to ditch it as there was only the front seats left. And we really don't want to catch 'up' all the while looking 'up'.
After that, we headed down to Orchard Central, cine and ending with Ion as our last stop before leaving for home.

Today- Be-earlied bday celebration for kenny with steamboat @ bargal's place. Strangely, we hadn't have beer. Maybe bargal is catering to underaged now. Lol... Anyways, the food was commendably good, with signature foods like butter-hotdogs, charred-chicken wing and char siew. really 'black' and crispy. We had the chocolate amer cake from Bakerzin and Ben & Jerry's chocolate ice-cream for desert. Yes we love chocolate!! Then we played monopoly. Hahaa..i thought i was off to a good start having bought most properties until it came to a standstill and i don't have properties i can build houses on.
Maybe chinese chess would have been a better choice. Lol...
Then after Hsia left, we continued to causeway point for dinner and arcade session.
97 pictures taken for the day. Some of which are 'candid' and nonsensical pics.
including one unglam pic of yadar. Shall post it up soon if no objections are made. I'm so gonna get killed. Hahaa..

4th day

2009-08-26T00:24:00.002+08:00

Woke up feeling pretty shagged and groggy. Well, not exactly bcoz of someone's smses to get me up and do funny things. They weren't successful since i have been trained by the stupid alert system before. Hahaa...

It seems that i'm slowly getting used to the working style and culture of my department, as i arrive at work later day by day. Lol.. 15minutes later than usual today. As i took my time to head to work every morning. And my breakfast never seems to last me until lunch time which is around 12-1. Were offered 2 small slices of durian cake at work these 2 days. But i couldn't consume any because i was fasting. Hahaa.. kiddin. It tastes great!

Met up with my insurance agent after work at TPY's burger king. She asked me to choose between KFC or this. And OF COZ, KFC is out of the question. I need not explain further.

Okay now. TIRED TIRING. shall keep it brief.
Nite peeps.

2009-08-25T00:04:00.003+08:00

Finally after 2 consecutive days of leaving my hp in silent-no vibration mode and fumbling through
the countless smses of alerts for humane smses my friends sent, my torture is finally over! *blow whistles* Hahaa.
My colleague passed by MOH and rectified the problem that has been triggering the darn annoying alerts. And now i can at last hear the ringtones instead of checking the screen every now and then.
AND just this very second, i received yet ANOTHER alert! gah...it'd better not be continuous for the night. Or i'd have an uncontrollably strong urge to throw my hp out of the window.

alrite...it's only a one-time. for pete's sake, enough is enough already. Already am pretty pissed about not getting signal at my desk unless i'm at the toilet/pantry.
Work today was desk-bound! And free!! For now, i guess. Before i'm given projects to handle and get real tied down with werk.
Whole day of reading and exploring of the CA NSM software on the virtual pc. Hoping to get some real hands-on though. And i'd really need to muster enough courage and confidence to stand on my own and cast away fears of committing mistakes.

Anyways, was 'conned' by yadar to Sembawang Shopping Centre to be her 'Mario'.But i'm not Super. Ok nuff crap.
Introduced her to Astons and we had the outdoor seats. Then the Splash Park just beside drew her kiddy attention.Haha.. Actually, i joined in too.
And we played the see-saw oblivious to the people around us. Chanced upon 2 of my poly classmates on our way to Giant.
Then yadar grabbed some tidbits, juices, soft drinks and prawns to be her meals at work. Funny incident of the shopping trip: Though i suggested putting the trolley with our 1-dollar coin in reverse-way, i wasn't really sure about doing it. Until she did exactly that and we can't retrieve our coin. Hahaa..Oh well, let that be our unwilling tip to Giant.After we alighted at the mrt station, i offered her help with the stuff. Since being a gentleman, i can't possibly leave her with all the stuff she had to bring home all by herself.
Halfway though, i saw 2 pretty good-looking girls having trouble with their load too. Now i utterly regretted not leaving yadar and offering my help to the ladies.
Hahaa..i wasn't serious of coz. Saw her to her doorstep before leaving for my house.

Had a short run and i still fell behind my best timing by a minute.I need to find my 'speed' back.
Somehow, i feel like little events are constantly filling up my life with excitement and fufilment. And getting a little more busy as well.
Maybe a leisurely run @ Area 21 come a day or two. Working/watching the Mayday's concert @ SIS coming friday after work at Ncs.
Weekends to catch up with Kenny and da rest of the gang. Hopefully, Lol.

Complicated.

2009-08-24T00:16:00.004+08:00

Went for my run-cum-tan and the sun really 'toasted' me nicely. I had distinctive outlines of my singlet on my body after the 1-hour run. Distance was around 7km. And i went real slow. At the start, there was pain in my right leg. Then it disappeared after having ran a distance. But it can really affect how i perform. Well, maybe what i'd need is to harden my train of thoughts.

Was planning to relax throughout the day until Yadar called to meet up in town. Together with Jac, we shopped around orchard and stopped by Shokudo at cineleisure for a bite. Waffle and a green tea iced desert. Then mei nv(pretty gal) joined us a while later at bugis after much persuasion from us. So we dined at Pastamania before leaving for bugis street and Iluma.
Decided to rest our feet at Starbucks for some coffee while yadar joined us shortly after. Then it was arcade where we shot hoops, threw balls at the screen and had a couple of photoshoot games. When our tokens were expended, we left for home.
Another week without our beloved kenny. Hahaa...Well, we'll meet up soon (:
Monday is here and it's work, work, WORK!!

and i didn't know anything about a pri sch gathering until my friend(called kenny also) msned me and asked why i didn't turn up. -.-

Man...gosh...gawd...

2009-08-22T19:52:00.000+08:00

Just 3 sites yesterday and i'm already half-dead beat.
Maybe i'm getting on age. Haha... No way man. I'd still be fit as a fiddle for as long as i have my limbs. And not taken ill with any illness whatsoever.
I'd still hope to run for life. Even though the throbbing of the little swell in my lower right leg is indeed giving me cause for worry.
And i still have a Standard Chartered run end of this year. Maybe my last. Haha..kiddin.

My handphone just keeps getting flooded. Since bloody 4am last night. And in 24-minutes intervals. Now this is worst than being stalked.
Lol...At least there's someone you can reply to. This 'sender' is a server which sends me alerts about agents being down at one of the sites.
So now my handphone's on silent mode SO i can enjoy some peace and quiet and also sleep better at night without waking up to sms ringtones.

Anyways, nothing eventful today except the taking of my IPPT. Managed to get the 2nd consecutive silver incentive of 200 bucks. And on my 1st attempt.
Cuz' i got it on my 2nd try for the previous year. As always, the 4 static stations was a breeze for me. Jumped a 239m for my standing-board-jump, when i had confidence for 243m and above like before.
My 2.4km run clocked 11:22 and of coz i wasn't satisfied. Apart from being 1min 52s longer for me to nail a Gold, it wasn't even under 11mins.
Gahh...i really should get into it the next time i run again.
Anyways, i wasn't alone this time. My fellow camp mate from 3rd guards attempting to clear his window before it closes.
And it's RT for him should he fail. And unfortunately he failed to make the mark, stopping in his tracks after the 3rd lap.
Managing only 6 pull-ups when we'd easily done 12 or more when we were active.
Mind you, he was once the legend. Having obtained guards' gold and clocking 9:14 for his 2.4km was within his reach.
He said that was years ago and he simply doesn't have the time to train now that he's working.
Well, i'd say it's all up to one's passion and discipline to maintain their standards.
And i'll no doubt feel the brunt of it having started work just recently.

Having secured a $200, i offered to treat my mum to a McChicken, which cost only 1% of my incentive. Of course i'm joking about it.
Haha...I'll definitely give them a nice treat once my 1st pay is in. And no KFC for me man. Not for a long long time.
Hsia shares the same disgust for kfc as i did. Lol.. No thanks to ya dar huh.

Start

2009-08-21T22:22:00.003+08:00

Finally received the Saucony race's personalized newsletter in my mailbox since the race on 24 May.
1:03:44.30
-my timing for Saucony Passion Run. Considered a fail compared to the 'Guards' standards which must be less than 1 hour. Anyways, it is quite near. Hahaa.
Not bad for my 1st 10km run since i ord-ed 5 years back.

Work today was purely at all the client sites that i am to take over soon.
And i'm already starting to feel heaps of responsibilities piling up on this still clueless soul of mine.
Feeling a splitting headache after a day of intense concentration trying to learn from my colleagues how to operate the servers. Information OVERLOAD!!!
Maybe it's the cold, that's causing dryness in my eyes, as i'm wearing contacts.
Or maybe it's just me giving myself unwarranted stress of not being able to fully take up the job in future.
Today's work wasn't at all taxing. In fact, me and another 4 colleagues had a well-rested lunch break at Tiong Bahru Market and hadn't gotten back to work until after 2pm due to the rain.
Well, i certainly hope i could catch on real fast and make myself useful there.
Since everyone's been so busy and even more so with the departure of one contract staff soon.
Been to the server rooms of HPB, MOH as well as HSA which is likened to a freezer.
Had i not brought my jacket, i'd went numb from head to toe.

And recently since i started work, i've been 'stalked' by the same people who keep smsing me the same messages every morning at 8 and 6 in the evening. Sometimes randomly at 4am when i was soundly sleeping! Nope, they aren't gd morning/night smses. But well, they are important to me now. Just need time getting used to it that's all.

I loathe Dota. Especially when my brother's been going at it every night.
I can't watch no darn shows on this mini notebook of mine except on the desktop he's hogging.

Taking my IPPT tomorrow around 1600 @ Khatib camp with my friend who has achieved a gold standard during our active times, but ain't nowhere near there now.
While i'm still trying hard to break out of the 'silver' streak.
Would surely like to be elite for once. Lol..
Cheers, weekend has cometh!

2009-08-20T23:43:00.001+08:00

2nd dayy
Reached around 820am. And noticed that the whole office is almost vacant except for a few cleaning aunties vacuuming the floor. One even commented that i was 'early'.
So i took myPaper out to read and did the Sudoku again.(1-star difficulty)
Then i found out that our working hours are 'flexible'. Meaning that we could start work later if we had worked late the previous night. And they worked till the wee hours.
Gawd, guess this job ain't gonna stick to the normal 830-6 working hours after all.
And that they don't even have time to enjoy the company's facilities.
Basically, it's reading and more reading for me as of now. And installing images of win2k3 server, mssql and Nsm on the virtual PC.
Also found out today that some of my colleagues 're taking part in the Standard Chartered Marathon as well (:
Most in the 21km category. None for the full 42km marathon that i know of.
The guys all seem to be going through the RT phase. And it really made me cringe and wonder if i'd one day allow my fitness to drop and go through RT as well. Hahaa...i guess i had to be pretty confident in myself. For the maggi mee, i shall strive for Gold! Haha..

1st day

2009-08-19T21:46:00.002+08:00

1st day of work-
Reached a tad earlier than the reporting time only to wait there in the lobby until about 9am, where she brings me and a few others(all women) to take photos for our ID passes.
Then i am brought to my 'clean'(empty) desk except for a telephone.
Until she passed me a brown envelope with stationary inside.
Then came my PC. And a HP Lcd screen at that. Running on 2gb ram.
My colleague requested for one too. Lol...
And then i waited again. It took quite long so i took out myPaper and started on the sudoku puzzle.
Halfway, my manager, Stella came by and took me around for an introduction to my colleagues as well as orientation around the place and job.
The people there seems really nice. And for the whole day, i'm given some documents and manuals to read.
To the extent where i felt my eyelids closing. And i had to twirl my pen and keep shifting in my chair to keep awake.
Lunched together with them at a coffeeshop nearby and i had what i think is the oiliest wanton mee i've ever had up to this date. The noodles are nice, just that it is dipped in oil, although a thin layer.
Really had an information overload just today. Well, i'm sure i'll get the hang of it soon enough.
Though i could have stayed back with the others today to learn more. But i guess my time will come.
And at my workdesk, my starhub line ain't strong enough to reach my mobile. So that means i'm unreachable while at work,
unless i move to another place.
Anyways, i'll soon be handling 2 client sites at MOH and HPB which is located at Outram. Kinda far for me, but at least waaaay better than Bedok!

And so concludes my 1st day at work. It sure is mentally exhausting at the start when i'm trying to take every piece of information in.
Ciao..

A fine tuesday

2009-08-18T19:59:00.007+08:00

Yesterday was the sealing of the 1-year deal with Ncs at Recruit express(infocomms)
And they stunned me when they said i am to report to Ncs Bedok. BEDOK!!!
What the hell's with Bedok!? I've been traveling there every weekend for my NS and do i really have to be affiliated with bedok for work again? It's frigging far as far as i'm concerned.
And man do i hate squeezing into SMRT sardine cans.
Then following today, the agency called and informed me that it's ncshub(amk) and not bedok. Man, greatest piece of news following my employment. Hahaa...
And so starting tomorrow as a full-fledged working adult. This is the time where work becomes a big part of my life in the trade-off for money.
And because of me having to work on friday 28th Aug which is when Mayday's D.N.A concert is held at SIS, i'm gonna miss it at work(as ESO) there. And because the slots for saturday has all been taken up. Since Mayday's quite a hit to begin with.
Well, hope maybe i can ask to be there without working that night.

190909- the perrfect 'date' to enjoy thoroughly before i start work the next day. The word 'tomorrow' seems nearer. Hahaa..
Anyways, 'handsome' really made my day. And she's being absolutely forgiven for being an hour late. Since she came up with such an exquisite bday present for me.
We caught 'Where Got Ghost' in the noon and had mixed popcorn to fill our stomachs first.
Watch the show for laughs. I feel that the storyline is somewhat lacking though.
In between with some cheap scares. Well, it got me at some parts while 'handsome' peered through her fingers.Hahaa.. Show lasted for 109 mins and it was considerably cold inside the cinema.Brrr...
After which we lunched at the Food Horizon. Wanton Mee(hahaa..)
Then off to Area21 to transfer some psp games as well as some dramas.
And walked handsome to where she works.
And her handing me the gift she has finished in the morning before meeting me. Hence her lateness.
Well, thanks for the handmade present. It's a first for me, sadly.
Haha... no i don't deem my own bdays as really important though. But it's real thoughtful of someone to afford time to make something.
Especially when that person doesn't even have enough sleep. Hahaa.. Appreciate it (:

Went for a practice run for my ippt just now, in shoes smelly like mad.
Cuz my mum put my sweat-soaked shoes into the cabinet last sunday after my AHM run without letting it dry. Even so, i guess it would still be smelly. Hahaa..
So gonna give it a wash to rid the stink now.
And ya, to achieve a gold timing of 9mins 30s is still way too far. When i clocked a slower-than-usual timing of 11:17. Though the pavement i ran seemed to be more than 2.4km.
But i still want my maggi mee. Hahaa. With egg (:

her work of art. Never mind if you can't read the words. Haha..Especially the word starting with P. And yea you read it right. It's 21st and not 25th. Lol..

work run sleep eat

2009-08-17T11:48:00.005+08:00

Extra Excellence, if anybody has heard of before, would know it to be some sort of MLM company.
And saturday was the day they held their convention at SIS.
So it turned out i was mistaken about it being another church event.
I must say this company has got the money. being able to get mediacorp stars like guo liang, Michelle, Jeff wang, Shi xin hui and even the local comedian Gurmit singh.
But still it doesn't change my stand towards MLM companies. The pyramid system. The convincing of everyone you know to join you and make 'big' money compared to drawing a fixed pitiable salary elsewhere.
Anyways, the whole show's quite entertaining with all the performances.
And i knocked an 'Exit' sign into a half-dangling state with their poster stand. They had to close the door in case the sign drops.
And good news that the security course has been called off. Meaning i don't have to rush for lessons after work. And i can train for my 2.4km running, though i have close to 99% confidence that i could achieve a timing somewhere between 10-11 minutes plus.
Which is enough for me to nail a Silver for 200 bucks! woot~
And the only good thing becoming 25 for me would be entering Cat Y from Cat X.
Fyi, Cat Y's IPPT standards are lowered as supposedly our fitness level drops hereon from this age.
Anyways again, 'ms handsome'(new nick again.Lol.) encouraged me to go for Gold. which could only be possible if i run under 9:30 mins.
So i decided, that i'll give it a shot. To run like yadar's behind me like mad. Hahaa...

And today was the AHM run 2009.
shi hsia was kinda late as usual. Princess style. Haha..
While i trained down to city hall with yadar where she initially wanted to grab a bite.
And shi hsia reached soon after and had her HOT milo before we proceeded to the starting point.
The starting times were all delayed. Guess it's pretty common for most races.
So 3 of us ran together initially, when yadar got left behind at around the 2km mark.
While shi hsia did asked me to go ahead, i only did so at the last 1km mark or so.
Well, if i have companions to run with, i'd rather stick with em.
Our timing was around 1hr 18mins. Along the way we would see groups of nsmen walking nonchalantly and chatting.
Just like what i did when i was in NS. Hahaa.
So we finished the race and waited at the roadside for yadar.
And took her time she really did, chatting with friends she chanced upon and walking part of it.
makes me wonder how long she will take to complete the Standard chartered 21km.
Yea, we shouldn't wait for her this time! Hahaa..she might take hours.

Then off to lunch @ Marina sq's Kfc(somehow it's always Kfc with yadar. -.-)
On our way, shi hsia had a little mishap and lost her footing at a drain.
Fortunately it was a minor scratch. Please don't follow my 'footsteps' Lol...
And shopping at Watson's where the gals got their stuff prior to that.
We waited inside Kfc till lunch menu was available at 11.
And shi hsia is damn right that Marina sq has the strongest air-con. We were freezing literally.
Then we left for Esplanade and relaxed for a bit at a performing arena taking pics, including one of the 100 plus tower.
After which we walked over to MS's arcade for a few games before heading for the train.

And for today, heading to Orchard for contract signing and hanging around.
Then finally enjoying my last weekday tomorrow with ms handsome before i become a working professional.
Cheers (:

Ladies airing their feet. No, i do not have a foot fetish.

Yoohoo, yadar. where you looking at? Lol..

Our glorious dead. dunno where she's looking at too. hahaa..

News finally!

2009-08-14T18:45:00.002+08:00

Had a nice run at Area21 this morning.
And we had nearly wanted to have wanton mee for breakfast. Hahaa..
But 100plus was more adequate to hydrate ourselves.
Finding time to run amidst the lack of sleep. Hahaa..
really have to hand it in to her.
And so the next run that awaits us will be 2 days away.
The Singapore Bay Run. Hoping to clock under an hour.

Received call of a job offer from Ncs in the noon.
Signing contract on monday and starting work next Wednesday. Supposedly tuesday but i requested to commence after that as i already had a 'date' planned.
And that would be the last of my valuable weekdays in years to come before either a PH comes along, i take Off/leave/terminated, have an accident, or the company closes.

Schedule cramping up all of a sudden starting tomorrow.
Work at SIS and then the AHM run the next morning.
Then starting the week by going for a week of night lessons which i hope i can somehow make it after i knock off from work at 6pm(SHARP, i hope).
So hit me!! i would definitely love putting my limits to the test. or not...
learning on the job and then night lessons.
And i am even thinking of taking my advanced theory test.

shall end here. Looking forward to the AHM run.
because they mentioned there 'll be street performances. Lol..
Ciao for now.

Running away

2009-08-13T13:34:00.002+08:00

mum's getting cranky these few days.
Well, not that i care anyway.

Anyways, went for a morning run along the running track of 2.8km ending at Bottletree restaurant. Hell, i must have slackened. So i decided to sit by the bench and take in the beauty of the nature.
The rustling of the wind, birds chirping and the calm and soothing sea waves.
Hahaa.. i wanted to catch my breath la...
Sun was real scorching and i have 'nice' tanned lines of the singlet i wore.
wondering if i can keep this up..the stamina to run further distances.

But what made me feel great about myself is how strangely it was for me to become fitter contrary to my active days in army.
I can do more pull-ups, sit-ups and clock a faster timing for my 2.4km run.
While all my friends hitting middle-age had trouble passing IPPT and cursing the cumbersome RT they have to attend.
Serious cases include fines of $200 if you fail to partake in your annual IPPT.

Working for another church event come saturday. (Extra Excellence Convention)
Then Singapore Bay Run on sunday. Running the quarter-marathon this time.

Ok, ciao guys (=

Pretty cool music for a divorce

2009-08-12T08:24:00.004+08:00

JK Divorce Entrance Dance @ Yahoo! Video

There have been so many reports of disasters and accidents lately.
plane crashing into helicopter, vanishing planes, and a Typhoon Morakot in taiwan.
It seems like taking a plane ain't as safe as everyone thought it is.
Aren't i glad that i'm a singaporean.
safe from most mishaps except most probably road accidents.

Birthday present from my lil sis.
A Cadbury Furry Friends, Hairy Nosed Wombat chocolate. Haha..
She had earlier on given me a belt from Pedro along with my brother.
And a shirt from Giordana Essentials from my big bro.
Someone promised me maggi mee. Hahaa...Now that's something new.
Watching dorama titled Mr Brain starring takuya kimura. Real interesting show i must say.

25 years too late

2009-08-11T18:55:00.003+08:00

Slept half a day and what a great way to enjoy on my birthday. Haha...
Mum whipped up bee hoon, chicken wings, samosa and curry chicken.
Big bro then drove us to his flat in Punggol where we had 2 EXTRA LARGE canadian pizzas delivered to us.
And a short session of basketball initially at a new and nice court just below his flat.
Then we realized that it was not open for use yet. That explains the emptiness everytime we look down at the facilities.
And no lights at all at night.
Watched the video montage of my big bro's wedding once more and some pictures taken of the solemnization.
Some funny pics though.
My sister-in-law baked a delicious chocolatey choc cake for us. Took a few pictures.
Dad wasn't in it as he's still away in Malaysia.
One peculiar sight we noticed.
There was a 50 cent coin pasted outside the wall of my brother's house, probably by his neighbour.
Quite absurd, isn't it.
Wondering what the heck purpose that serves.
So my sister-in-law removed it.

11 Aug-
Woke up at 630am prior to a 'Area 21- Save The Tree Run'
Clocked a timing of about an hour, with a brief stop in between though.
Cinderella obviously lacked sleep and she looked ready to faint anytime.
She had stomach pains. Hope she's alright and feeling better.
And she had to work straight after this.
And thanks for the milk (: though i must stress again that i'm no stray cat.
Contemplating a part 2 'Area 21- Save The Bird Run' come friday.Hahaa...
Gonna make it even earlier so that Cinderella won't be running late for work like today.