the simpsons and i..

2005-09-25T19:27:00.000+08:00

ivan loves to grope. was out with rachel, amogh and ivan, had ice-monster, after a short, nearly disastrous, detour to mos burger. i must say, ice-monster is good- no thanks to the rather informative poster, educating us patrons with facts like "papaya cures beriberi and aids stuffiness"- but missing out on one important thing- they left out that strawberries were a nicer,longer,tastier name to, as rachel the aspiring oxford journalist puts it, puke. never ever touch the strawberry there. back to mr ivan maulana. he is really a quirky fellow. surrounded by civil defense friends who are horny, and i quote rachel- "treat women as sexual objects". according to ivan, after his explicit chest gropes and buttocks squeezes, that his mates do that to each other every other night as they're on duty; and when they're off duty, they turn their heads checking every girl that walks past "half the time" (rational in ivan's reasoning- "half the world's population is female") yeah so it was an interesting afternoon. will miss rachel that girl. haha and if you're reading this rach, i'll remember your blog. (what with the "finally...it's her"??)

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see you on wednesday girl. take care and in the meantime, dont punch mr good-in-small-dozes, jireh, for you're leaving in three days! ha

2005-09-11T20:59:00.000+08:00

today was JAC. went all the way to the finals, only to end up one run short. 5-4. well well..it's true Sport teaches great lessons.

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This Is Your Game
this is your game...
i hope you win
i hope you win for your sake, not mine
because winning is nice
it's a good feeling, like the whole world is yours
but it passes, this feeling.
and what lasts is what your have learned
and what you learn about is life
that's what sports is all about... life.
the whole thing is played out in an afternoon
the happiness of life, the miseries, the joys, the heartbreaks.
there's no telling how you will do.
you might be a hero or you might be absolutely nothing
there just is no telling
too much depends on chances
on how the ball bounces.
i'm not talking about the game, i'm talking about life
but life is what the game's about just as i said
because every game is life, and life is a game - a serious one
dead serious
but that is what you do with serious things - you do your best
you take what comes
you take what comes and you run with it
winning is fun sure, but winning is not the point
wanting to win is the point
not giving up is the point
never letting up the point
never letting anyone down is the point
play to win sure, but lose like a champion
because it's not winning that counts
what counts is trying.

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how true.

2005-09-08T20:29:00.000+08:00

plans. i have plans. retire at the age of 45 and then travel to find that one special, worthy cause that i strongly believe in. yeah good ol' azi is right. there are so many causes around, guess i'll find one that's in lieu with my principles. for now, at the age of 19, i think the best cause to invest in is EDUCATION. after reading "the corporation" i am appalled by the conditions workers in 3rd world countries have to endure. what with the 15-hour shifts, poor lighting, cold/wet/not to mention gloomy rooms, guards that stand tall outside the gates of steel barbed with wires, supervisors that whip any worker who is slow..it's just not right.

arent we all spoilt?

2005-07-30T06:44:00.000+08:00

good morning! it's 6.30 on a saturday morning and im up?! army is doing me bad- i no longer sleep in (needless to say, on weekdays when i have to drag myself out at 5.45am). like now, im awake and blogging. anyway i just had an action-packed-enemy-bashing dream! for quite some time, i havent won the enemies (or, green/purple monsters) in my dreams! yeah in this particular dream, i was escaping some comic enemies.. listening to "Stacy's mom" on my mini now..

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lisa told me to get Freakonomics as early as possible from her today. haha does she mean now?! heh.. "NEIHBOURRR! are you up alreadyyy??"

2005-07-19T21:43:00.000+08:00

time check- 9:43pm

for once, i'm back early from kallang. training was tuned down to just running and bat swings, after the bad weather. yeah anyway there's a president's charity that the singapore men's softball team has to support. it's this sunday at bishan park hmm..

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had dinner with ms kangeroo yesterday. or rather, she's called roo from now. haha yeah if you're reading this chris, see the change?! =) yeah nice dinner and i finally had my fill of mint again- merry mint from swensen's. ooh and i saw ANDREW THE GIANT at thai express! it was a pleasant surprise seeing him. he looks so funny with his girlfriend. =)

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i'm tired, goodnight world.. zzZ

2005-07-11T18:30:00.000+08:00

ouch!..

2005-07-09T21:54:00.000+08:00

The Random Posts-

haha that sounds like a newspaper. evening post?!.. anyway im just going to be posting random things from now on.

now that the list of people at sungei gedong camp that i know is growing, the prospect of being posted there doesnt seem as un-enticing. almost a deserted island, a i-made-the-wrong-turn-and-ended-here place, it'll take almost a frigging hour to get to civilisation. now, who said singapore's small? evil me shall wish for more company at gedong, besides senthil, wan jing, sheng xiang and kenneth. bah qian tai's off to med school, or else i'll be there with him! =/

2005-07-02T22:57:00.000+08:00

The Autism Spectrum Quotient

You AQ Score: 10

How to Interpret Your AQ Score-

0-10 low (i'm here!)

11-22 average
(most women score about 15, and most men score about 17)

23-31 above average

32-50 very high
(most people with Asperger Syndrome or high functioning autism score about 35)

50 maximum

try the test! http://www.msnbc.com/modules/newsweek/autism_quotient/default.asp

2005-07-02T22:39:00.000+08:00

you all have to check this out- http://www.jean-carlos-chera.com

don't you think he's brilliant?! i caught the brazil-argentina confederations cup final; the world is saved, good football is back.

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in other news, i like the simpsons' template. it's refreshing, after the red tomato.

take care world =)

2005-06-25T21:52:00.000+08:00

watched all-blacks play british lions today. woah they are good stuff. i always loved the hakka. it was nice to see the british lions back off till the 22 when the all-blacks were strutting their traditional war-dance.

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having dinner with my bmt platoon mates tomorrow, but at the looks of it, it seems that only a few guys will turn up. cant blame the others, it was at short notice that we (johnny and i) decided to meet up, and the rest of them, being at their respective units for the very first week, are missing their girlfriends dearly. we'll be meeting at orchard, but if the group aint too big, i might suggest going to "changing appetites". the food there is-- orgasmic!

2005-06-21T18:44:00.000+08:00

hello..! i guess i have the time and energy to start blogging again. out of tekong and now at some camp in the west area, staring at GINORMOUSLY-MONSTROUS tanks. chianyee was right, im now toying with "weapons of mass destruction".

a typical day at my armour camp-

0720- reach camp
0740- row call (i.e. attendance taking)
0800- lesson
0945- break
1030- lesson
1145- lunch
1245- lesson
1430- break
1515- do whatever there is before we go back!

so you see, basically there's nothing much to do. and when "lesson" is on the schedule, it's easy- all we do is just stare at the computer screen and learn whatever is on. haha after an hour or so, everyone got restless and started falling asleep/fidgeting/surfing around (or rather, trying to!). well, guess we're living out the mantra of "rushing to wait, and waiting to rush".

and that will be what i have to say about army life (of mine, at least). i shouldnt, and hope i wont, go on and on and on about army life, for the world outside is much more beautiful and ... colourful. (well, for a start, there're other colours out there, other than... green?)
there.. i rest my case.

2005-04-12T09:21:00.000+08:00

the last few weeks have just flown by. i swear. sorry for the no-shows on my blog. thanks for the concern too, for those who've said im looking tired and all. yes, teaching is tiring, albeit me being a relief teacher. but hey, students, im not saying you all are energy-sapping, im just saying this about the profession. not getting personal over here. :)

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received a letter from SMU on april 7th. with the big red CONGRATULATIONS stamped on the front, i knew it must have been good news. yeah i've been accepted at SMU, the only choice of university i applied to this year. yup so it's social science for me now, until there's a change in the next 2 years.

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happy be-lated birthday to becks! (April 7; we'll have supper one day after my french class and talk about your hunks!)

happy be-lated birthday to xingni! (April 9;treat..coming up!)

happy birthday to sheila! (April 15; present given!)

2005-03-20T22:53:00.000+08:00

today was a proud day for raffles softball. ri-b team beat peicai by one run to win the b div src tournament; rj team totally hammered hwachong 8-5 to retain the title. the latter match wasnt as close as it seemed- we scored the maximum 7 runs in the first inning and coach just played a simple game after that. yeah im proud of the guys. and i tried my hand at coaching for the first time today. it was really tough being coach, albeit for just one game. in that one game, i've learnt that caoches have to really think on the spot. as in, "you cant ask the people around you, for there will be a lag time", in qiantai's words. anyway, the team i coached, rg-b girls, lost the final to tanjong katong girls. tkgs were the faves but we managed to hold them to just 2 runs. in the end, the girls lost 2-1, but came out winners within me. im proud of them, they've really come a long way to where they are today. i hope they'll continue to keep training hard and come nationals, may God do justice to their hard work. they can really lift their heads up high now. good job, raffles.

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i rented the triology of lord of the rings today. yes yes, call me slow. stubborn. whateveryouwant all your lord of the rings fans out there. im finally getting down to watching it. amazing, aint it? i havent read the book, watched the show, whatsoever. yeah, but i'll get down to it. spent the last two hours or so watching the fellowship of the ring. bah will continue with it tomorrow.

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take care, peeps! and to the schooling people, school's starting and i hope the holidays were spent well. work hard and look forward to the june hols..

2005-03-15T12:41:00.000+08:00

yay! i got your letter today! =)

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(in rachel's words) "on other news", im looking out for schools that offer good psychology programs. McGill seems to be good. and there're so many reasons that make it so appealing.

1) montreal is a nice place
2) it is so near america, yet it's still located in canada! (best of both worlds!) montreal's only 500 km (maybe lesser!) away from BIG cities like new york and boston!
3) montreal's the 2nd largest french speaking city in the world! (and the population's not ginormous- it's only 3 million, just like singapore!)
4) the braidings that you see there are so pretty! (haha azi! you'll know what im talking about!)

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have a nice trip to aceh azi; europe, manda; vietnam, julie. =)

2005-03-11T14:59:00.000+08:00

visited my blog again yesterday evening and realised it's been more than a week since i last left an entry. time flies. it was french class again yesterday and it was good. got to know my classmates better and there are a couple of interesting people in class- there's an american guy who speaks thai; a chinese lady who reads french classics; this doctor who is so hilarious i cant believe she is a doctor (?!)

okay this sounds gibberish and rushed cos my training starts in less than 30 mins and im still at home?! gosh..

anyway the SHOUT OF THE WEEK IS:
i realised im not going into the educational field as a teacher. yeah teachings just not for me. im looking at US universities now and a psychology degree. comments are welcomed.

2005-03-03T17:09:00.000+08:00

french class starts this evening! =) heard from azi that stef is doing french too! haha it'd be nice to see stef tomorrow once more.

and to all those out there who are getting their A-level results tomorrow: gooodluck and all the best!! may all of you get the results you have worked so hard for! bonne chance!

and to all those out there who arent getting their A-level results: pray hard for us!

haha thanks! =)

2005-02-28T20:03:00.000+08:00

the flame rekindles, and burns on brightly. my love affair with sports and exercising is back again! did running at macritchie with ivan on friday, played squash with wei xun on saturday, before going to ri for softball training and another round of training on sunday morning! whee.

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still catching my breath; shoulders ache; forearms strained; battling fatigue. but nothing beats the runner's high.

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sport builds character. =)

2005-02-24T21:27:00.000+08:00

danger danger. im seriously contemplating being a teacher. like a real teacher. not the relief teacher that i am now, but..a real teacher. im trying to picture myself, dragging out of bed at six for five mornings a week; getting stuck in the traffic with all the other parents on my way to school; trying to beat the latecomering students, and then trudging with guilt past those prefects stationed at the gates; slamming my half-awoken body against the piles-and-piles-and-even-more-endless-piles of worksheets, graphs, maps, notes, admin work and whatnots lying on my desk. then morning assembly starts, and classes come and go. students whizz in and out. enduring a hoarse voice and drained soul, i'd return tired, exhausted and wearied at the end of the last bell, with the burning question inside, "why choose this line? why become a teacher? why why why?"
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at the moment, i can only think of the "why-nots", which is why im contemplating being a real teacher. who can deny, that "to teach is to touch the future". or that "teachers are great sculptors of the human soul", who are also "great artists- with students as their canvases".
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"the future of the world is in my classroom today, a future with the good or bad..several future presidents are learning from me today; so are the great writers of the next decades, and so are the so-called ordinary people who will make the decisions in a democracy. i must never forget these same young people could be the thieves and murders of the future. only a teacher? thank God i have a calling to the greatest profession of all! i must be vigilant every day, lest i lose one fragile opportunity to improve tomorrow." -ivan w. fitzwater
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the thinking continues.

2005-02-21T22:01:00.000+08:00

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2005-02-21T11:43:00.000+08:00

ouch. im sunburnt. the scorching sun yesterday at kallang was unforgiving. merciless. nasty. oh well, at least daryl gave me the idea to put on aloe vera gel, which i didnt have until moments ago. thanks daryl, it really feels so good now! haha and i like the greengoo it comes it. it looks.. savory. hmm maybe it's time for lunch victor! talking about lunch, today's going to be the first lunch im going to have with rachel- something with we always wanted to have but RACHEL HASNT GOT DOWN TO ARRANGING IT! ar but at least we're dining today. read that girl's new blog. wonder if she'll bring along her LV-bag which her mother bought from shanghai. shall see if her charles and keith (or will it be ninewest) shoes match her bag. darn, shouldnt have arranged to meet at the mrt station, should have chosen somewhere like.. tiffany's?
credit- the last two sentences were constructed based on rachel's 19 feb entry.

on another note, i signed up for french classes. yeah, finally i got down to it.
next stop: alliance francaise.

p/s- i'll be changing my blog template next. sorry if this haram template offended you. it was unintentional, as azi will atest! =)

2005-02-17T23:48:00.001+08:00

dharma:

dee da dee da dee da dee.. . im so proud of you dharmster! the moment amogh told me about you making it to the dean's list i knew you had made it! good job girl. keep working hard! yeah i hope you've more friends now. and your roommate is amusing you with her totallyamericanhighschoolgirl antics. oh and that you've finally found out the secrets of matching winter wear. haha the good old tales you always shared with us in the cozy little corner in TS 5 of our campus at mt sinai.

heh i miss you dharma. and your jokes. so when are you coming back? hee another dinner at your place? stefy-woofie can fly back from indo and there can be a PW group gathering! yeah so take care and have fun dharma! stay awake in class and continue with the great work. so proud of you!

with love,
victor

p/s- dharma is this funny girl from my jc class at rj. she was in my project work group too. yeah you lucky people at Purdue University have such a hilarious and smart girl around- thanks for the wonderful times dharma- im sure the lovely class of 2A01D would say this too! keep in touch! :)

2005-02-17T23:48:00.000+08:00

2005-02-17T14:58:00.000+08:00

:)
i just had the most amazing afternoon. it's just one of those days when you feel happy for reasons that may seem weird on other days. very much like how alice was playing in her garden, like any other afternoons, and then -whoosh- she's sliding down a rabbit hole on an adventure.

well, mine started when i took the 410 bus home from cat high. it was very much the routine ride home, just that the sky was dark and the clouds threatened to rain. the timing was perfect- rain came down in bucket fulls when i alighted at the bus stop across my house. so i sat and looked around. i never realised how nice those shophouses appeared. the sweet secrets pastry shop looked so beautiful in its brick-layout. so did the noodle shop. the people over at the tyre shop were crowding around their desk and not a car for the first time. and the each of the prata shops appeared unique in their own ways. the 7-11 was crowded as usual, probably with last minute hongbao toto buyers. and the macdonald's at the end of the stretch was never so packed with students and adults alike. a mini flood had collected along the road, slowly but surely, nimbling off bits of the tyres of the cars parked there. and then this lady came along and struck up a conversation. she's this late 30-ish taitai that lives in my estate. it was the first time we had seen each other. she was complaining animatedly about how the rain was going to spoil her hair. and nails. and makeup. it was so funny talking to her. and after like a good 45 minutes of chat, the rain stopped and we made our way back. she was so princessy. like she would ask what hairstyle she should do next. and the colour to go with her gowns. then there was the topic on shoes. she really knows her stuff. 300 pairs of shoes?! did i hear her say 300?? we parted as she was about to start on bags. which was around the number of pairs of shoes she owns. the past hour was a hilarious lesson on the life of a taitai- complete with bags, gowns, dresses, hairdo, spa, holidays, shoes, dinneranddance. haha hope i bump into her one of these days again.

yeah so there you go- an afternoon of subtle beauty.

:)

2005-02-16T20:34:00.000+08:00

im going to sleep now! it's only 8:34 but im tired! and happy! yeah i visited two great websites- MINI and Apple.

the MINI is the car. it's the car i want to get after i get my license. MINI. MINi. MIni. Mini. mini.

thanks to kris, i went to the the Apple website. he's doing this review on the iPod Photo for Apple and got the product today. and he does the review on an iBook. yeah that made me tour the Apple website and surf around.

hmm more nice things to add to the wishandonlywishlist. alright im tired. may have been the training yesterday evening. or teaching at cat high today. or perhaps, the fantasy trip on a MINI, with an iBook and iPod on the passenger seat, not too long ago. goodnight world.

2005-02-16T17:56:00.000+08:00

playing with blog templates is fun. i changed from the inspirational one to this cheesy one. i always felt it looked like a page ripped off the comic. yeah for now, it's time to take a step back and reminisce one of the greatest childhood pleasures- reading comics. welcome to the world of archie, garfield, snoopy, charlie brown.

this weekend will be fun-packed! there's going to be a baseball tournament in singapore. the teams from japan, hongkong, taiwan, malaysia, indonesia and thailand will be flying in on friday night for a short tournament. i foresee myself spending the entire weekend with the rest of the team at kallang!

oh and it was nice seeing 2-6 today. thanks for all your animated attempts at getting my attention while i was outside the staffroom. thank goodness you all didnt shout out my name. (and even if there're no classes going on, please dont do it!) i hope all of you are doing fine with the ongoing common tests- hang in there- only a couple more papers to go. goodluck for history tomorrow and stay out of trouble while you guys are having fun.

2005-02-15T16:46:00.000+08:00

flu-ed today. ah-chooo!!

crap and there's training tonight. am going to have dinner soon and head for training.

2005-02-13T20:19:00.000+08:00

today is officially chatting day.

morning-
ivan and i left rachel's at around 720, went for breakfast at foodfare. the meerebus wasnt -that- great, but the gravy was nice. i still think rj muslim stall auntie makes the best meerebus! yeah anyway we took the train after the quick breakfast to our respective destinations- dhoby ghaut for me and kembangan (where else?!) for ivan. and what a chat we had on the train! we talked about the people in ivan's camp, the teachers in rj, our beloved rj, our dreams/aspirations/dream destinations, our weekends (i.e. training for me and work/grand OG's visit for him), etc. i really like the part when we were at the north! haha we talked about the admiralty station, amogh's yew tee (UT) joke and saw the race course.
oh well, i guess we havent bitched in quite awhile.
anyway i reached dhoby ghaut in time to take bus 16 for training. (shant talk about training today- im tired!)

late afternoon/evening-
i was on msn and some of my "students" (more like friends!) were online. started msning with them and our chat got very funny! haha it was simply hilarious! i really like my students/friends! they are so funny and nice to talk to. haha but i guess only relief teachers get such nice students/friends!! anyway some of them left so it was like 2 of them or so left?! but they were so nice and funny! i like funny students/friends. yah and i got to see pudgelyadorablelyoutofthisworldbaby photos. haha they're not mine, but the cousins of my student/friend. there was this baby that had puppy eyes. nice puppy eyes. i think that's the cutest of all her cousins.

so today shall be, chatting day.
such nice days dont come about so often, so it should be declared chatting day. haha february 13 is chatting day.

and tomorrow's valentines! happy valentines to everyone out there and enjoy the special occasion! cheers to the couples out there,may the bliss last forever; to the singles out there,your turn will come soon!
quotes for the latter group: for those finding the "special someone"- "take heart that every night you go to sleep and wake up in the morning, you're one day closer to meeting that special someone. dont rush and shortchange yourself, always settle for mr/ms right, and not mr/ms righthere." for the rest in the swingingsinglesclub- "it's only when you lose everything..that you have time for anything!" (haha this came from my senior)

2005-02-12T23:22:00.000+08:00

haha im posting this at rachel's place now and her keyboard is so difficult to use! the keys are hard and..and..notsofriendly. they're playing mahjong outside now.

was watching the everton-chelsea match with amogh in the living area just now. sigh. sigh. sigh. chelsea won. crap. it was ugly. boring. plain. i'm in no mood whatsoever to comment on it- 'lest manutd win at city tomorrow. which they will. i hope.

anyway this post is called "the oc" for special reasons. i'm refering to the serial show, which rachel is a fan of. came into her room (i knocked!!) and saw her watching the show on this very laptop screen i'm staring at right now. the scene, though, was..nice. haha that's all i should say for now, for it was my oneminute encounter with the oc. mmm maybe it's time to catch some of these shows.

alright enough blogging for now, will go out and talk to amogh now. we're waiting for the scotland-ireland six-nations match.

2005-02-12T08:56:00.000+08:00

im staying over at rachel's today! she called yesterday during dinner. ivan maulana, amogh and her AC friend (aimee??) are going as well and they're going to play mahjong. haha wont it be a sight to see this- rachel the chinese girl at one corner, amogh the north indian situated across her, flanked by ivan maulana the malay/indo and aimee the south indian! it's quite funny when amogh would go, "i cant read the characters on the tiles, i just recognise their patterns." i think it's great to have friends of different races! there's just so much to learn about their culture and the interesting anecdotes and stories. :) i cant wait for this evening..

oh if you're wondering what i'm doing there- being the fifth person in this mahjong session- well, i'm just going to watch tv and crap around with them. mahjong sessions with them are real fun, cos there's no intense rivalry, but lots of jokes,stories and crap shared. fun fun fun.

ah there's rugby on tv tonight. six-nations!

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hmm and i'm wondering what my "students" are doing this weekend. spoke to some of the 6J people yesterday and i think they're an interesting and funny lot! gave them some chocolates before their pe lesson but there wasnt enough for everyone. oops! will buy more the next time i come around. yeah..next time.. i wonder when that'll be. -fingers crossed-

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i looked at glenn's drawing again. glenn desouza. haha isn't it a cool surname? :) yeah glenn is talented. i hope he becomes the manga artist and gaming fanatic he aspires to be. and to tze kai- mr kris- all the best in your SATs (go for 1600!) and your applications to UC berk. you're really good at computing stuff! haha i still love the,"iPod..therefore i am." andrew, thanks for the contact list. it really helped me bolster up my msn list. entire 2-6: goodluck for your upcoming common tests. dont be too busy planning for valentine's on sunday night! i'll be back on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, hope to drop by for a chat! :) thanks guys, you made my stint at cat high fun and enriching.

2005-02-11T23:49:00.000+08:00

i just came back from dinner with my secondary school classmates. many of them are in the army already and they do look grown up in that shaven look. well, at least ivan (not maulana from my rj class!) no longer is childlike. that's good, the army is doing something good out of them. linus, my classmate from sec 1 to 4, may be reporting to the army on the same day and time as i! haha we've agreed to go shave our heads together if that happens.

tired now, shall go off to sleep. goodnight world..

2005-02-10T09:50:00.000+08:00

do penpals still exist nowadays? with the email, long-distance call services, webcam, and whatnot, it does seem very un-21stcenturish to harbour the thought of having a penpal.

oh well, but have these people ever had a penpal? i'm excited that i'm going to write to mousy soon! yeah it'd be nice to have an envelope, affixed with canadian stamps, waiting in my mailbox. =) went down to the postoffice across my house yesterday but it was closed for the chinesenewyear. guess i'll only be able to purchase the stamps and envelope tomorrow after my relief job at st nicks. hmm i wonder how the canadian stamps look like?.. and how the person at the frontdesk would react when i tell her "i'm going to write a letter to my friend in canada.".. and what about the other people in the line? will they go, "who writes to canada? havent he heard of the email?"

arr tomorrow beckons. chinesenewyear visiting(read: the mad rush of masses unexplained by demographers) part 2, to start in 30 minutes.

2005-02-09T20:35:00.000+08:00

"The sheep shall be the first sign.

Those that frolic and hop will detonate with great concussions,

The strongest glues will not hold them, their suffering will go unheeded,

Until the great Triangles depart."

-Lost Centuries of Nostradamus Quatrain v11.5

i have three books to read- before & after by matthew thomas; liberty by isaiah berlin; why smart people can be so stupid by robert sternberg. the passage above is from before & after, which is a book about..sheeps?!?! ivan gave it to me last year during lit lect and we're supposed to share it! oops, i'm still hogging on to it! i shall make a mental note to pass it to him when i'm done with it.

chinesenewyear visiting was the usual today. started with the grandparents in the morning, followed by the movement of masses from the 8-and-14-sibling-strong relatives from my maternal and paternal extended family respectively. yes. not forgetting the many offspring and generations from these uncles and aunts, it was a hectic and crowded affair.

as always, there's always a good side to everything. being chinesenewyear, there are many goodies. and angbaoS. yes. angbaoSSSSSS, in my case. let's see, my sister's counting them right now and she said there're 112 angbaos for each of us. yea you do the math and figure it out. then there are the relatives i havent had a chance to catch up over the past year. who else but cute little ashley! ashley's my favourite niece- she's 5 this year and she's simply adorable! and she has a nice name. cousin dylan and i came up with the name ashley for aunt rosalind! yeah it's the first time since last november that i've seen ash. and chinesenewyear is a good time to catch up on reading. well, it used to be the case when there was still school. but now, without the school work, it's time to read!

happy chinese new year to all. may you all be blessed with good health and luck. God bless!