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2009-05-10T22:37:00.002+08:00

I guess I should update after such a long while, since december it seems. Haha. Life is getting boring nowadays. Games probably don't interest me much already. I have only been playing facebook games so far. I guess I should probably get into the studying mood to prepare for my university studies. So, it's time for me to ask for notes to read through! Haha. As for work, I actually enjoy it and I am pretty fortunate to be able to work there. My job gives me the opportunity to interact with the public too although it is not often. Haha. However, I have to cut down on my spendings if not I would hardly save any money at all. I guess that's all I shall update today then. In addition, here's a song that is rather addictive. If you have heard nobody by wondergirls, take a look at gee by girls' generation. Haha.

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-12-10T00:02:00.005+08:00

Warning: Wall of text 999x damage below, read only if you are interested to find out about my trip to genting. Thank you :)

Okay, I think it's time to write about my trip to genting last week! So my mom, brother and I set off for malaysia on wed afternoon together with my uncle's family to meet with our relatives in kota tinggi first. In the end, we had to take a bus from city square to kota tinggi which took one and a half hour to reach. By then, it was time for dinner. So after dinner, we spent some time at our uncle's house chatting before leaving to board the bus at close to midnight. Before that, I was wondering whether it was safe to travel at midnight but everything turned out fine. So a total of 15, comprising six adults and nine kids (oldest me, youngest seven) boarded the bus together with some other families. So, the bus departed from kota tinggi at midnight and arrived at genting highlands close to seven. Throughout the journey, everyone just fell asleep on the bus (haha if not how to play for the whole of next day). Fortunately, it was some sort of packaged tour, so there was a tour guide to help us arrange for accommodation and other stuff. So, we went off for breakfast first before gathering back at the hotel lobby at 8 for a briefing by the tour guide. However, since it was very early in the morning, not a lot of shops were opened and only
mcdonalds was available. At the briefing, the tour guide said that we could only collect our room keys at 3, which was supposedly the protocol of the hotel. So, in the meantime, he helped us to lock our luggages in a cage so that we could collect them later. Then he helped us obtain tickets to the themepark! It was so good to have a tour guide. We did not have to settle all the miscellaneous stuff ourselves. So, we got tickets that allowed us to play both the indoor and outdoor amusement parks for the whole day till midnight.

So, it was time to step into the themepark! Upon entry, we immediately rushed for the nearest attraction which turned out to be the pirate ship. The pirate ship was smaller in comparison to that at the escape themepark but nothing could beat the cool weather up in the highlands. So after a few rounds of stomach-tickling (as my cousins put it) pirate ship experience, we moved on to the jumbo elephant rides to cool down. Then we proceeded to the bumper boats where we got our jeans and bottoms wet. Next up was the four-seater roller coaster which most of my cousins had not taken before. So, they had a thrill of their time as the roller coaster rode up, turned and suddenly zoomed down and up and turned again for another two times before ending. Haha. Then they decided to play some sort of a downhill slide which I sadly did not qualify due to my weight, so I joined the adults as they made their way up to the ferris wheel. It turned out to be a very long wait for them. By the time we had turned a few rounds on the ferris wheel, the kids just started to arrive at the queue. So while they took their turn on the ferris wheel, I decided to queue up for the go-kart course right beside the ferris wheel. There were seriously a lot of students up there at this period of time, probably their end-of-year trip or something. So for the go-kart course, we were required to sign some declaration form which everyone seriously did not bother to read at all. All everyone did was just to write their name, ic number, signature and date on the form. Initially we thought they wanted to check our identification but the guy just turned a blind eye so we just moved on. For some reason, we were required to wrap up our hair, regardless of male or female, with bath caps. Then, we moved into the adjacent room to wait for our turn. When it was finally our turn, we rushed forward, hoping to get the best positions to start with. One by one, the go-karts moved off. Actually, the go-kart was very simple to drive. Just step on the accelerator with your right foot, the brake with your left and turn the steering wheel. When it was my turn to drive off, I stepped hard on the accelerator, the engine of the go-kart revved up but the go-kart did not budge! I kept trying until the guy came over to give my go-kart a push and off I went. Haha. By then there were around five go-karts in front of me, including two of my cousins. So I just stepped on the accelerator and sped forward. I overtook two people, leaving my cousins in front as we rounded the bend. Although we were supposed to slow down around the bend, I realised that as long as we could control the steering wheel steadily, we could keep to the bend rather well. At the second lap, my brother caught up with me. Then I realised I was being sandwiched by two go-karts, with my brother on my right. Then we were approaching some narrow part of the race track, so I had to brake and slow down since the other two were slightly ahead of me. In the end, my brother overtook me and eventually overtook everyone to lead the race. I did not give up though and maintained my speed. Then I felt as if my go-kart was increasing speed and soon I came within reach of my brother and cousins. I recalled there was this guy ahead of me where his friends were cheering for him on the overhead bridge, then I just overtook him. LOL. Soon, I overtook my cousins as well, leaving my brother leading the pack. After trying desperately to catch up with my brother (I almost felt the go-kart flying when I did a sharp turn), I could only settle for second position as we came in after racing for four to five laps. It was a fun and thrilling first time experience for all of us.

Next, we stopped for lunch. After that, we decided to play on this swinging attraction called the spinner which was highly recommended by me, having sat on it the previous time I came to genting. It was basically many many seats dangling by metal chains. Once everyone was secured on their seats, the thing would start spinning, lifting everyone into the air in continuous spins. As expected, due to popular demand, the queue was very long but fortunately, many people were allowed on it every time so it was our turn pretty quickly. For some reason or whatsoever, we named the spinner as the "sotong". Maybe the name just felt fitting. Haha. Somehow after turning numerous rounds on the spinner, we did not feel giddy at all when we came down. So, we
decided to go for the teacup! What do you imagine of teacups at an amusement park? More spinning of course. Just that this time round, we had to do the turning ourselves. We divided ourselves into three adjacent cups. The girls did not want their cup to spin but we just teased them and kept turning their cup. Needless to say, all of us became giddy afterwards. In addition, it started raining suddenly while we were in our teacups. Luckily, we were sheltered as we looked at those who were caught in the sudden downpour running for shelters. Thus this ended our first half of the day as the rain prevented us from playing any of the outdoor attractions and it was almost time to return to collect our room keys. I was feeling a little uncomfortable but it did not affect my mood the least, especially when it was the eve of my special day. Haha.

That should be all for the first part then. I shall be back with the remaining parts tomorrow! =D

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-11-02T18:31:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, karthi, nik, gerald and I headed to greenwood fish market & bistro to try out the western food after hearing about the place from mark in the past and from jason recently. The lunch outing was initially planned by jason but due to some of his overspending spree at timbre on thurs night (we believed that he probably treated the girls hehe), he informed us that he was not able to make it (I could have just said he "pangseh-ed" us). So, it was down to the four of us. The restaurant was located at greenwood avenue, just a few minutes' walk away from njc! I, being a six-year dweller in the bukit timah area, had not heard of this place right behind njc at all. Haha. We met up with nik opposite the hwa chong bus stop while gerald was joining us later as he was driving there. It was a short walk past the usual left turn into njc into where I had ran for the annual around-the-neighbourhood run when I was in jc. A row of shophouses soon came into view as we turned into greenwood avenue. Almost all the shops there were restaurants and cafes. There was also an indian restaurant called "chat masala" which karthi said was owned by former singapore soccer player sundramoorthy.

Anyway, greenwood fish market & bistro was located towards the end of the row of shophouses. I had made a reservation earlier (under karthi's name hehe) for fear of the lack of seats when we reached. A waitress saw us at the entrance and greeted us. We said we had made reservations so she ushered us towards the counter. Something smelled fishy the moment we stepped in. Of course it smelled fishy because they were selling fresh imported fish right at the front! There were both outdoor and indoor dining areas but we chose to sit indoors because the weather was humid and hot. At the counter, we checked our reservation and the waitress led us into a small dining area in the back. We were presented with the menus so we spent a considerable amount of time debating over which to pick. Eventually, gerald arrived as well. Karthi was tempted by the seafood platter but we decided against it. In the end, karthi ordered the smoked king salmon, two oysters cooked with thai chilli and egg sauce respectively, fish and chips and chocolate fondant for dessert. Nik ordered the fried calamari and crab meat spaghetti with shellfish while gerald and I ordered fish and chips as well. We initially wanted the house fish and chips but the waitress recommended better fishes for the dishes despite all the fish names sounding so foreign to us. So I got the barramundi, karthi got the black cod and gerald got the red coral trout. There are all fish names. Haha.

The smoked king salmon came first, decorated with caviar on each rolled-up piece of salmon and dressed salad. Two bowls of tartar sauce and thai chilli sauce were provided. The calamari came next, followed by the oysters. All of us agreed that the thai chilli sauce was "shiok". Even gerald, who did not like seafood other than fish, took the calamari and dipped it with the thai chilli sauce to try. Soon, everyone's orders came. Nik's spaghetti came first. So as he started to eat, he noticed one of the shellfish unopened. He placed it on a small plate beside where he would be discarding his shells later. When he took notice of that particular shellfish again, it had popped open. One thing to note about nik's dish was that they were not stingy with the shellfish, there were at least ten shells left on the small plate after nik finished eating. Our fishes and chips then arrived together. The fries were so freshly fried and soft while the fish was nicely battered. We decided to go with the thai chilli sauce because it was irresistable. Haha. After our dishes were cleared, karthi requested for the dessert to be served. Nik decided to order the dessert as well although the waitress said we had to wait up to 20 mins. So karthi's set was served first while nik's one was served later with a slightly different arrangement. The fondant with melted dark chocolate inside was served with a cup of vanilla ice cream and two small strawberry pieces. In the end, after requesting for the bill more than once before they remembered, we settled the bill and left the restaurant. On our way out, I took a look to identify the fishes that we had ordered earlier. Anyway the total damage was 180 dollars for the four of us with karthi paying the most. Then gerald gave us a lift to the bus stop and karthi suggested going for the chat masala on the next food outing.

This summed up the food outing yesterday. I will see when I can update again then.

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-10-14T23:12:00.003+08:00

I have another song to introduce! Haha I think my blog can just be used for introducing songs. Anyway, here's featuring 神木与瞳 and their first album...

神木与瞳 - 草戒指

再见说在额头原来泪也会痛
倒流心中怎麼麻醉也没用
深呼吸一分鐘爱突然的词穷
你狠狠甩开我沉默的手彷彿就剧终
草戒指在手中像句点的沉默
woo..明天以后爱变成了问候
爱不爱都痛我以為我懂
最后你要自由
woo..忘了温柔要套在手中
到最后该不该回头
如果我开口爱继续往前走
woo..幸福听著分开的藉口
再见说在额头原来泪也会痛
倒流心中怎麼麻醉也没用
深呼吸一分鐘爱突然的词穷
你狠狠甩开我沉默的手彷彿就剧终
草戒指在手中像句点的沉默
woo..明天以后爱变成了问候
爱不爱都痛我以為我懂
最后你要自由
woo..忘了温柔要套在手中
到最后该不该回头
如果我开口爱继续往前走
woo..幸福听著分开的藉口
爱不爱都痛我以為我懂
最后你要自由
woo..忘了温柔要套在手中
到最后该不该回头
如果我开口爱继续往前走
woo..幸福听著分开的藉口
草戒指套在谁的手中

I hope you like this song...haha
That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-09-22T23:30:00.002+08:00

I overheard this song while ordering bubble tea today and found this song meaningful. It's from hana kimi...haha =)

林稷安/程于伦 - 我一直都在

遥望着你背影
有孤单太苍白
我多么想陪着你
走过人山人海
当天空变灰白
你的忧伤澎湃
我多么想走进你
紧锁的心海
我一直都在你身后等待
等你有一天回过头看我
我的笑送给你
希望你快乐
你的难过都给我
关于你的一切我都好好收藏着
我一直都在你身后等待
等你有一天能感觉到我
就算我在你世界渺小像一颗尘埃
我也会给你我所有的光和热
我鼓起勇气呐喊
你要听得见
我不许你再孤单要你拥抱我给的温暖

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-09-20T22:19:00.009+08:00

I nicked this from my friend's blog. It is supposed to be for LJ users but I don't think it matters anyway. So here goes...

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has read only 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.
1) Look at the list and bold those that you've read.
2.) Italicize those you intend to read.
3.) Underline the books you LOVE.
4.) Reprint this list in LJ so we can try and track down these people who have read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (I have the book, just wondering why I never touch it at all...)
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis (read the books, then maybe go watch the movies)
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis (hmm this book should be inside the chronicles right...)
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (saw the movie, why not read the book?)
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (navjote still has not lent me the book...)
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (I saw chang reading it that day!)
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton (haha enid blyton was my childhood favorite)
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery (same reason as the hitchhiker's guide haha)
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

In conclusion, I have read more than six of the books here! If you happen to have some of the books that I intend to read, please lend them to me if possible. Thank you!! =D

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-08-14T23:45:00.000+08:00

It had been a month since I last blogged. I am slowly edging towards the end of another year. Life has been normal and routine, apart from the occasional outings. I happened to catch two movies last month which were both about superheroes, hellboy 2 and the dark knight. I went to watch both movies with fiona and huiling after work. Hellboy 2 was nice and mythical with a bit of humour in between. The computer generated images were just as brilliant as expected. However, in comparison and in my own opinion, the dark knight was much better. It could be partially due to the influence of superhero cartoons like batman and spiderman which I had watched since young. Batman was an admirable figure because despite his lack of superpowers, he was on par with other superheroes with superpowers. His great wealth and intelligence contributed greatly to his crime-fighting. And furthermore, his arch-enemies left a deep impression as well. So this time round, with the dark knight against one of his greatest enemies, the joker, it was simply breath-taking to see them outwitting each other. The character of joker was played so well by the late heath ledger that the whole movie seemed to focus more on the joker instead of the batman himself. The joker was eccentric and wanted chaos in the world. The batman was the dark knight, the vigilante in the shadows of gotham city. Batman was always on the losing end. The joker was always one step ahead of him at every attempt of capturing him. Although the joker was seen captured in the end, his fate remained unknown. In addition, I was unfortunate to miss the initial parts of the movie because I went to the wrong theatre! Haha. I was so blur. I walked in and saw the movie name shown on the panel and just opened the door and went in. The girls went to the toilet, so I just went in first. In the end after watching the show for like ten minutes, I received a message telling me I am in the wrong place! Zzz...Never mind there is always a first for everything. It was partly because we were late in the first place due to someone's biological clock. Hehe. If we had been in time, this probably would not have occurred. So I must dedicate my first such experience to my dear friend. =p

The time has reached for me to end my entry here. I shall touch on my cycling trip at east coast another day then. Take care everyone. Stay happy always. =D

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-07-12T00:10:00.003+08:00

I was supposed to blog because my dear friend asked me to. But as usual, I wasted the night away without the slightest thought of blogging. So, just before I go off to pack for my trip to malaysia tomorrow morning, I shall post a song here for all to listen. It is the theme song for the latest channel u 10pm show "perfect cut" titled "我知道我变漂亮了".

石欣卉 - 我知道我变漂亮了

过去的批评嘲讽 let it go let it go
过去的轻蔑冷落 let it go let it go
有些人口不饶人
却忘了瞧瞧自己又有什么资格
时刻都善良待人 let's move on let's move on
时刻都做好本分 let's move on let's move on
有些人心思浅薄
绝不是宽容自暴自弃的理由
也许确实也受过言语打击
也许从来也没有什么好际遇
千万别将勇气深锁在阴影里
我们又不会妨碍这世界继续美丽
我知道我变漂亮了我知道我被注意了
曾难过曾失落微笑一下就过
外在的美貌容易戳破
内在的美好细水长流
我知道我变漂亮了我知道我也豁达了
不自卑不埋怨就算还差一点点
用内涵弥补一切缺陷
内在的美迷住每个人的眼
用内涵弥补一切缺陷
内在的美迷住每个人的眼

I shall end here then. Sorry to my dear friend. There will be a longer entry when I get back from malaysia. Stay happy and smile more. =D

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-06-18T23:28:00.001+08:00

I was too tired yesterday so I did not even attempt to update at all. Sports was really tiring, especially after running four rounds for warm-up and an hour plus of soccer. My legs are still aching a little. Nevertheless, it was a great session which brought back memories of playing soccer during primary and secondary school. Haha. Anyway, good news for me! I passed my ippt!

I decided to do away with the paragraphing after our dear birthday boy, navjote, pointed out my extraordinary long thousand-words paragraph which I had typed in the previous entry. Oops. So, I took my ippt on tuesday last week, together with three other guys from the unit. Then, some other guys from the unit volunteered to help out with the event by assisting in the stations. First up was situps which everyone finished the targeted number easily with at least ten seconds remaining. Next was standing board jump which I had not done for almost a year. The first jump was poor but the second one managed to clear the mark by a little bit fortunately. Then it was time for pull-ups. One, two, three, four, five, six! I did it! I finally cleared the mark after training for so long. Finally, the last static station was shuttle run which was, once again, completed with ease. Then after around ten minutes of rest, it was time for our 2.4km run. This time round, I must dedicate my result to my fellow leongjx who was still recovering from his sundown marathon injuries and yet was willing to pace the runners, especially me for the run. If not for the push at the final stretch of the run, I would have been unable to achieve that kind of timing. Even though he specifically tagged to tell me to leave out this part, I believed that was basically his reverse psychology for me to give him some credit for my ippt. Haha =p

Then, on wednesday, we went for another food outing for dinner! This time round, we went to riverwalk tandoor which was somewhere near home club. It was a north indian buffet. The food there was good but even though it was supposed to be a buffet, most of us could not take it already after two plates of food. We should have skipped lunch that day. Haha. It was the usual chat during dinner and walking around after the meal. Unfortunately, the person who introduced this place to us, our dear navjote again, was sick and could not go for the dinner with us. Nevertheless, I believe there are always other chances in the future to eat there again.

This shall be all for the day. I shall try to recall if I have anything else to blog about then. It is time to sleep. Good night to all. Nudges. Stay happy! 220 days left....Haha. =D

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-06-16T23:53:00.000+08:00

I have to start typing my entry now. If not, I probably will not have time to finish my updates for the week. I guess I shall list each event by a paragraph then.

Astronomy Challenge. The annual astronomy challenge was held on the friday the week before last week and last monday. As usual, my school participated in it. I went to ntu together with cherlynn to support the juniors even though the chances were not very high. Surprisingly, gangkai came as well. I had not seen him for a very long time since I graduated from jc. I did not attend their training sessions and I believed that they studied most of the stuff by themselves. My only hope was for them to get into the final round. I reached there just past noon. They had already finished their multiple choice question round and project round in the morning. They were doing their data response questions when I went into the lecture theatre. The first thing I did was to take a look at the multiple choice questions. I was stunned. Haha. I had forgotten almost all the astronomy knowledge. I think the only thing I can do now is to use the telescope. Haha. Anyway while the teams were doing their questions, I went to interact with my seniors who were organising the competition. Actually cherlynn knew the seniors better than me. And she knew the other people from the organising committee as well. After some interaction, I went to grab something for lunch first which turned out to be subway's italian bmt! Haha. I just love subway, one of the healthier choices of food around. Anyway, after lunch, cherlynn wanted to take a look at the halls because she was planning to stay during her studies. So we walked from canteen A to halls 3 and 16 just beside nie. We just stood on the road outside and admired the buildings. Haha. After that, we walked back to LT1A to continue watching the competition. After dinner, it was time for the observation round. Transportation was prepared to ferry the students and equipment to the observation venue. However, the sky was very cloudy and there was few objects to be seen. Fortunately the team managed to find all the objects that the judges could find, so it was an advantage to them. After the observation round, the competition ended for the day. So I took a long journey from jurong all the way back to toa payoh. Then on monday, I was persuaded to get to ntu early by ly. She even intended to give me a wake-up call. Haha. In the end I woke up early and she called late. So once again, I took another long journey back to jurong by bus. I really will not take mrt unless circumstances force me to do so. A bus concession pass really helped in my journeys, especially the unlimited bus rides guaranteed. Haha. I got to ntu and found the teams playing some game which looked like bingo and battleships combined. They spent the whole morning playing that game so I just walked around and looked at how the teams were faring. By the time they finished, it was lunch time so everyone went for lunch. Here is something to take note of. Canteen A became a foodcourt on the second level while the previous canteen downstairs was closed with only the tables and chairs remaining. Fastfood like mcdonalds, subway, canadian pizza and old chang kee were available on the first floor as well. While having lunch at the foodcourt, I met jin! Haha. It was very long since I last saw her as well. I did not know whether the stalls were still the same as the previous canteen. But the japanese food I had was quite nice and there was a wide variety of food available. Right after lunch, it was the announcement of the junior teams for the final round. Our junior team did not manage to get in but I guess it was some experience for them. When the junior finals finished, it was time for the senior category final round! As the organising committee read out the qualified teams, my heart was so tense. One by one, all the usual teams were announced until the last slot. When they announced that our team got in, my heart almost stopped beating. At least my expectation of them was achieved. The finals started with the usual difficulty questions, followed by a special round which cherlynn said that it was modelled after a game called "cloud nine" and finally the buzzer round. The team did not manage to do well for the first two rounds but they managed to get joint first for the last round! However, the score they got was still insufficient for them to clinch a placing in the top three positions. It was quite unfortunate though. No matter what, the astronomy club still has a spot in my heart and I guess I have to try my best to help them for future competitions then. After the competition ended, ly, cherlynn and I decided to have dinner before ly went to attend her concert. We went to jurong point and walked about before deciding on subway! Haha. I was training for my ippt so I was refraining from fastfood as much as possible. This time round, I had the cold cut trio. As time was running short for ly, she went to change out of her uniform into her dress. But she took quite some time that cherlynn and I became worried. So we split to look for her and found her near the toilet. We hurried to the mrt station because it was getting late for her. After she went off, cherlynn and I just went walking around jurong point looking at the shops, toy'r'us and puzzleworld in particular. I was thinking of getting a rubik's cube but decided against it. Cherlynn wanted one too but she did not buy too. Basically we just window-shopped. Haha. Then I took another long journey back home. I am so wanting to stay in the halls next time. It certainly beats travelling for an hour to and from school.

Time is up. I only manage to blog about the astronomy challenge. More updates on my ippt, dinner outing and other stuffs tomorrow then. Sorry to my readers. Please bear with me for one more day. Nudges. Good night everyone. Stay happy. =)

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-06-02T23:41:00.000+08:00

I am back for my longer update! As promised yesterday. Haha. I just realised I had been blogging about anime and manga for the past three entries. Actually I read manga only when there is no one to talk to, which is why I am able to finish two manga series within these few weeks because the person I talk to most is not there. I shall not talk about manga or anime in this entry then. Enough of them for the past three entries already. I shall write about what happened the previous week then.

On the sunday before, not yesterday, cherie's cca organised a concert called cac+us which was performed by musical, dance and performance groups under the cultural activities club. I was persuaded to go due to several influences who were all part of the organising committee. Initially vanessa was supposed to go but she was not feeling well, so I managed to ask yulei to go with me right on that day itself. In addition, I realised that huiling was going alone because fiona could not go too. So I asked her to sit with us. The concert was held at the university cultural centre. The performing groups included guitar, band, hip hop, jazz, lindy hop, social dance and accappella. So the groups took turns to perform for the two whole hours. An interesing stuff was that at the start of the concert, when I asked yulei and huiling to guess who the backstage emcee was because all of us knew her, they couldn't tell who she was. I thought it was quite obvious but then again I knew about it beforehand. The emcee was weeyin! Haha. Anyway the performing groups did well, considering they were students and probably did not have much time to practise. Most of the audience were probably there to support the performing groups but we were there to support the organising committee. I did a bit of catching up with yulei and huiling during the concert but we did not manage to meet cherie, weeyin or siang yong at the end of the concert because they had some clearing up to do.

Then on tuesday, we had sports during work. Our sports day was officially moved from wednesday to tuesday due to some clash in timetable with the afs where we usually play our sports. As usual, I went to play soccer but this time round it was in the hall due to bad weather. I played very badly that day. No moment of brilliance, no dribbles, no passes, no shots converted. I think I am approaching a decline in my soccer skills. No more improvement. Haha. But never mind, all we want is just to have fun and enjoy sports together.

Next on wednesday, I was supposed to take my ippt together with three other nsfs in the afternoon. I had been training hard for it so I was fairly confident in passing the test. However, by lunchtime, the weather turned bad. There was a slight drizzle with signs of lightning and thunder. After the rain, a cat one warning was issued so we had a feeling that the test would be ancelled. By three pm, we were still waiting for instructions on whether the test would proceed. In the end, the test was postponed! This meant that I had more time to train for my pullups! Time to push beyond six! Rawr. Haha.

Finally, the most awaited day came on friday because I was going for aristal 2008. Aristal was an annual dance concert organised by my college involving all the dance groups in school. This time round, ly was performing in indian dance and she asked whether I was interested to go. So I asked fiona and she agreed. I took half day off that day to collect the tickets from ly first. However she had to rehearse and left the tickets at the counter where I went to collect later. Anyway aristal was also held at the university cultural centre so it was my second time back there last week. I collected the tickets early and took a bus out to clementi. I spent some time walking about the clementi central since we agreed to meet at seven. I got to clementi mrt station early and waited. It is actually pretty obvious to know whether someone coming out of the station is going for the concert. They are either appropriately dressed or even holding flowers and gifts with them which was a definite indication. So I just spent my time observing the people who were attending the concert. I was sure that most of them were current batches of students or those who just graduated from school the year before. I did not see any familiar faces though apart from one or two. In the end, we arrived late at the place and missed about 15 minutes of the concert. But nevertheless, I never regretted going for the concert. The dance items were just splendid! The chinese dances were graceful and smooth. The western dances were groovy and high. The indian dances were lively and joyous and the malay dances were somewhat eerie but unique. The costumes were so beautiful and the choreography was very well. The western dances also played great hits for their dances like plies's hypnotized, florida's low, britney spears's break the ice and one republic's apologize! Their dance moves were very well choreographed because they matched the music exactly beat for beat. However they should not have chosen "hypnotized" if the song was censored too much because the music did not flow well with the frequent silence over the censored words. Nevertheless, I must say that the dancers did a great job indeed. And I was surprised that meerra performed for the alumni section of indian dance. Both of us saw this petite figure performing on stage with her trademark smile and we had a feeling that she was meerra! After looking at the facebook pictures just now, it was really her and the alumni guys who performed were all from my batch, namely karunan, prakaash, haikel and khairi. It was so unexpected because I was not expecting an alumni performance at all. Haha. Both of us enjoyed the concert really much. At least it made you happy. =)

It's time to go now. I am getting nagged at. I hope this update is long enough. Good night to all. Stay happy always. Nudges. =D

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-06-01T23:44:00.004+08:00

I am so lazy to update. No motivation. Blah. Haha. Anyway I finally finished reading 191 chapters of tsubasa reservoir chronicles!! I took exactly a week to finish. That is why I haven't been updating because I am busy reading this manga. But now that I have finished reading, I shall post a short update first, followed by a longer one, hopefully tomorrow. So here is my short update. Haha. More to come in the next update. I am seriously very lazy. Before I end, time for another song. From his latest album,
吴克群 - 牵牵牵手

我的话不多不会讨好
一句我爱你都说不好
全世界想救都没解药
只有你给我微笑
该怎么去爱我没学好
太多的招式我没记牢
原来牵了手就会知道
爱情不需要套招
这招只有你知道
牵牵牵牵手
一直走到最后
我们开心的梦游
牵牵牵牵手
永远十指紧扣
我相信我会
永远在你的左右
该怎么去爱我没学好
太多的招式我没记牢
原来牵了手就会知道
爱情不需要套招
这招只有你知道
牵牵牵牵手
一直走到最后
我们开心的梦游
牵牵牵牵手
永远十指紧扣
我相信我会
永远在你左右
牵牵牵牵手
一直走到最后
我们开心的梦游
牵牵牵牵手
永远十指紧扣
我相信我会
永远在你的左右
永远在你的左右

好想牵手啊
Haha. Good night everyone. Stay happy always, especially you!! =)

2008-05-19T01:14:00.001+08:00

I don't know why I was so emo in the previous post. But I think once I let everything out in that entry, I felt better. =) At least I made myself happy for these two days. I finally got to watch neon genesis evangelion 1.0 - you are (not) alone! I did not watch it in the cinema though, it was available on crunchyroll with english subtitles. I was lucky to find it when I was browsing through the list of latest animes uploaded. Imagine the excitement in me when I saw it. Haha. The last time I watched neo genesis evangelion was so long ago. I think it was when I was in primary school or early secondary school. I remembered it being shown on this television channel which stopped broadcasting after a year or so. And the anime was dubbed in chinese at that time! But I think I was too young to understand what the anime really meant at that age. Probably when I watched it again now, I might understand better. Anyway the movie was actually a remake of the original series into a condensed four part version. The concept and plot of the story remained the same with only slight changes made. So this movie was the first part of the series. The second part is called neon genesis evangelion 2.0 - division. I recalled I was obsessed with mecha-animes when I was younger because the very first few animes I got to watch were mecha ones like gundam wing and neon genesis evangelion. I always thought the robots were so cool when fighting with all the high-tech weapons without actually thinking much about the anime plot at all. Basically I just watched for the fighting scenes. But now, after watching the movie, I was so tempted to go back and watch the whole series again! I have yet to figure out a way though. Haha. Anyway I got to go now. I am still on so late thanks to tomorrow being vesak day! One more day of rest! Haha. Good night to all. Sweet dreams rabbit. Rest more. Nudges. =)

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-05-17T00:21:00.000+08:00

Nudges...

I miss the msn conversations at night.
I miss the nudges and pokes.
I miss the random topics we chat on.
I miss the replies.
They are always so re-assuring to me whenever I read them.
I always look forward to the nudge the moment I come online.
But it's not there now.
Why am I feeling so insecure and inconfident these few days?
Sigh.
I do not wish to lose you.
I miss you.
Emo.................................................

Things are going tough for me. Work can turn worse any time soon. This year has not been so smooth for me. But I really need to believe in myself. My physical test is coming and I will pass it once and for all, for my rank, for my hard work and for everything I have put in. Be brave! I will have to confront this anyway. How long more can I wait? It has been three years. When is the right time? I am such a noob. Such a noob at expressing myself. Such a noob at asking. Sigh. =(

I think I am so demanding but I really feel lonely at times. Sorry for being harsh on you.

I shall revert back to my not-so-emo side. It's time for soccer tomorrow back in school with the nj khakis! I haven't played with them for quite some time already. Time to exercise more! Haha. Before I end, here's another song to introduce. To listen, please go to haoting.com and search for the song. =)

郭采洁 - I Need You

你说要带著我去爱
为我推翻所有孤单
用微笑用温暖填满了期待
你却又让爱坏得如此简单
看自己乱了秩序
遗失的爱已成光害
你离开我还在

I need you I need you
别毁灭我的夜晚
灰暗中泪蔓延得太快
来不及看不清黑夜跨越黎明
忘了清醒忘了继续
I need you I need you
别迷失我的未来
灰暗中痛散得太缓慢
想放开该走开不要这片空白
忘了习惯忘了遗憾

你说要带著我去爱
为我推翻所有孤单
用微笑用温暖填满了期待
你却又让爱坏得如此简单
看自己乱了秩序
遗失的爱已成光害
你离开我还在

I need you I need you
别毁灭我的夜晚
灰暗中泪蔓延得太快
来不及看不清黑夜跨越黎明
忘了清醒忘了继续
也许还会想念也许还想看见
也许还有感觉也许还要安慰
也许这一切该完结
==========================================
That's all for now,
hellmos signing off....

I need you
()..()
( @ )
^^^^

2008-05-11T23:41:00.000+08:00

My lcd monitor died on me yesterday night. The screen just appeared for a split second before blacking out for a few seconds and this continued for regular intervals endlessly. Actually my brother discovered the problem first, then I tried a little bit of troubleshooting for quite some time before all of a sudden, the screen restored itself! Then everything was perfectly fine until I shut down the computer at 1am. However the next morning, when my brother decided to turn on the computer, the problem came again. So he tried waiting to see whether anything would happen but to no avail. After we came back from breakfast, I decided to switch on the computer again and leave it there while I went to play carrom with my cousins. I checked the computer once a while, hoping that the screen would restore itself again. In the end, the problem persisted, so we decided to replace the monitor. Fortunately, we kept the monitor of my old computer which broke down years ago. So I went to unplug all the related ports of the monitor and remove the whole monitor with my brother's help. Then we transferred the old monitor over and I plugged in all the ports. Four years of experience as av rep during my secondary school days really helped here. So now, instead of my flat lcd monitor, I am using a cathode ray tube monitor! Haha. It's time to get a new monitor then or maybe a new computer?

That's all for now, not much time left. I have to work tomorrow and I think I am working alone. So much for monday blues. Haha. Good night everyone. Sweet dreams rabbit. Manchester United for the Premier League Champions!!!

hellmos signing off...

2008-05-02T18:25:00.002+08:00

I finally finished reading all the chapters of d.gray-man until the latest chapter! I spent almost five days reading from chapter 1 to chapter 157. Haha. It is a great manga series indeed.

I went to play soccer on wednesday during sports and got myself two injuries as a result. The first was a cut to my head, right on the pimple above the right eye. So the pimple is now more swollen than before. The second was a bad scrape to my left knee after I executed a last-ditch sliding tackle. The scrape is slightly larger than a fifty cent coin. Then some liquid kept flowing out of the wounded skin even two days after the injury. So I am walking with a slight limp now because I cannot bend my left knee that well with the wound right on my kneecap area. I just hope it recovers in time for me to start running on monday.

Anyway, yesterday was labour day, one of the few days where my father did not have to work. So we went for our annual family outing over at east coast park! Basically it was cycling along east coast park from the lagoon area until the changi safra resort and back. We decided not to continue on the route until changi beach park because it was another five kilometres away. Then
something unfortunate occurred to my bike. My pedal came loose and dropped off! My uncle managed to fix the pedal back temporarily so that I could cycle back to the starting location. After that, I took a break while my cousins and my brother went to the beach to play. It was six plus by the time we packed up everything and left. After that, we decided to have dinner at the new hawker centre which just opened this year following the completion of the forty-storeyed hdb flats opposite toa payoh central. According to my parents, the duck rice sold there was from a famous stall called you ji. So naturally, all of us ordered duck rice to eat. After dinner, we decided to venture to the fortieth storey to see for the first time how the view was like from the top storey. First we took the lift to the twenty-first storey and I thought the lift was already moving very quickly. But when we switched over to the other lift which could bring us to the top floor, the lift moved at such an incredible speed. It was zooming past the floors until it reached the top floor. Then at the top floor, the wind was blowing strongly but the view was simply magnificent. The view extends much further as compared to the view at the twentieth floor. I believe malaysia can be fairly visible but I cannot confirm anything because all the buildings are just specks of lights from far. Imagine being at the highest point of a town and when you look around yourself, all the other buildings are so low and the shophouses way below look just like models. Haha. It was a fun experience to look at the surroundings from high above.

I got home and took a quick shower. Then I was out again, off to thomson road to meet with xinran and the class guys. Xinran came back to singapore from canada for a week so the guys met up with him over at the roti prata house at upper thomson road. So there was me, xinran, liyuan, zhenghan, hongwei and jenyi. We sat down, ordered our pratas and chatted. It is now common knowledge that when you are in a group with guys in ns, the only thing they talk about is ns. Haha. It was funny listening to how liyuan was kpkb-ing about his ns. He is still the same as ever. I guess everyone has not changed a lot. Just a few more months to go, everyone! =)

So this sums up my labour day yesterday. I am on leave today to take care of the household and here I am, preparing dinner again for my family. But this time round, dinner is easier to prepare because my mother already cooked the soup and braised meat in the morning before she went to work. So all I have to do is to heat them up! Haha. Back to dinner then.

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-04-28T23:26:00.003+08:00

I have about an hour to type out an entry I promised. But I really cannot think of much to write about. Considering the time constraint, my thoughts become restricted as well. Perhaps I have thought about several issues but now I just cannot recall any. Tsk.

Anyway I shall talk about food then. Recently, we had another food outing comprising me, karthi, nik, junxiang, kangwen, soon heng and mark! This time round, it was dim sum for lunch at summer pavillion, ritz-carlton, millenia singapore! The damage turned out to be around $25 per person. But I guess it was worth the food that we had. We had several kinds of dim sum like steamed glutinous rice with conpoy, chicken, prawn and salted egg, deep-fried lobster rolls with prawn sauce with bread vermicelli and various other dumplings. We had porridge as well! The porridge was so smooth and tasty. The dumplings were simply well done and delicious indeed. Haha. Anyway after lunch, we thought of catching a movie, so we went to marina square to check the timings before walking over to suntec to check the timings there. But both timings did not fit our schedule so we decided against the movie. Anyway we found a shop selling cosplay costumes and manga and anime-related merchandise over at suntec. We saw costumes for naruto, vizard, shinigami, chouji, d.gray-man. We ended playing pool over at paradiz centre after taking the train up to dhoby ghaut.

I should end here. Time's up. But before I end, I heard a new song and I have been addicted to it since! Featuring Hypnotized by Plies ft Akon...

[Intro - Plies]
Hey what's happ'nin' homie? This ya lil' whoa Plies man.. I ran across
A nice lil' baby the other day homie... Lil' mama so bad she had me
Hypnotized cuzz... couldn't even get my eyes off her.. I'mma tell you
How it feel to be hypnotized

[Chorus - Akon]
You got me so hypnotized, the way yo' body rollin' 'round and
Round, that booty keep bumpin', titties just bouncin', up and down
You got me so hypnotized, the way yo' body rollin' 'round and
Round, that booty keep bumpin', titties just bouncin', up and down

[Verse 1 - Plies]
It's two o'clock in the mo'nin', I'm 'gnaced up and I'm ho'ny
All I need now is some moanin', that pussy got me zonin'
Her vibe tell me she want it, she got to fuck how she on me
I got her now 'cause she jonin', I know in the panties she foamin'
I locked eyes on that monkey, I know she wet 'cause she told me
That ass on her she pokin', every nigga in here scopin'
I see me up in her pokin', she bent over and I'm strokin'
Her cheeks spread wide open, I'm beatin' it and I'm focused

[Chorus 2 - Akon]
You got me so hypnotized, the way yo' body rollin' 'round and
Round, that booty keep bumpin', titties just bouncin', up and down
You got me so hypnotized, the way yo' body rollin' 'round and
Round, that booty keep bumpin', titties just bouncin', up and down
(Now do it some mo') Just like that
(Just do it some mo') Yes just like that
[ Hypnotized lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
(Girl do it some mo') Now shake that ass
And make a nigga like me spend that cash
(Now do it some mo') Just like that
(Just do it some mo') Yes just like that
(Girl do it some mo') Now shake that ass
And make a nigga like me spend that cash

[Verse 2 - Plies]
She bad as hell and she swole, I'm tryna play in her hole
Lil' mama a dime she cold, I fuck her once and she so'
I want her naked no clothes, I'm in the private show
No limit anything goes, I'mma let her ride me her toes
Just stand in front of me and pose, you touch mine I touch yours
To get her sprung is my goal, first time I seen her I froze
I had to get her she know, she bucked it then she fold
'Cause I'm too real and she knows, she want the goon and it shows

[Chorus 2 - Akon]
You got me so hypnotized, the way yo' body rollin' 'round and
Round, that booty keep bumpin', titties just bouncin', up and down
You got me so hypnotized, the way yo' body rollin' 'round and
Round, that booty keep bumpin', titties just bouncin', up and down
(Now do it some mo') Just like that
(Just do it some mo') Yes just like that
(Girl do it some mo') Now shake that ass
And make a nigga like me spend that cash
(Now do it some mo') Just like that
(Just do it some mo') Yes just like that
(Girl do it some mo') Now shake that ass
And make a nigga like me spend that cash

Hope you enjoy the song =)
That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-04-25T23:12:00.005+08:00

I found this while surfing blogs. The two images look so similar! Featuring V838 Monocerotis (sounds like some handphone model) and the Mozilla Firefox logo! Haha. I will be back for more updates soon. Laziness is catching up with me again. =p

2008-04-20T00:04:00.001+08:00

Another batch of guys just ORD-ed on friday. There goes our seniors, hongxuan, don, hongying, vicknesh and cheongseng. From now on, we are the seniors in the office. It just felt different suddenly. But somehow, the joy of ORD just spreads around the office. I could not say so for other people but personally I felt happy together with them. When they were still around in office even a few days before their ORD, the times spent were very enjoyable. I enjoyed the soccer matches, the chats in the pantry, the occasional chats during work and lunch and even the duties done with them. This was different from the previous batches who were almost inexistent in office for a few months after clearing all their offs and leaves. So the joy of their imminent ORD immensed in the atmosphere in the office. I felt happy and touched from reading their ORD letters. I recalled all the times spent with them. At least I have left an impression in them. I believe better paths lie in front of them all. So all the best to them. Hope we meet again in the future. =)

Emotions aside, I have to start training up for my physical fitness. So apart from the daily pull-ups, now we have to do interval runs on monday, wednesday and friday and the number of rounds to run on the track was just increased to six on friday. I am all right with the runs because my timings have improved with the runs and running is not a problem for me. But somehow I have no idea why my pull-ups are not improving. One reason is probably that I have not trained for very long. Sigh. It's time to train intensively then. Please give me encouragements!!!

Sometimes, looking back in the past, I wondered why I did not make my move earlier. All the weekends. All the free time in the past. Maybe I was too ignorant and simple-minded. Looking in the present, I guess I should be satisfied with what I have now. Patience is key. I need more confidence in myself. I am not going to let my impatient and low-confidence side affect me! Banish the emo-ness! Haha. Jiayou rabbit!!! Study hard!!! Nudges...h nhus v ejnoz =)

Haha. That is a more difficult code. Take your time to solve it then. I am off to pack my bags now. Tomorrow morning, I will be going to malaysia for my maternal grandfather's birthday. That's all for now then. Good night everyone. Have a nice weekend. =)

hellmos signing off...

2008-04-07T00:48:00.003+08:00

I am back again. I have been spending my time idly. Nothing much has happened to really influence me to blog. Well, something did influence to be back here! Haha. We went for our indian cuisine outing at little india. It was at karthi's suggestion and most of us felt like trying out indian cuisine. So last friday, right after work, the guys set off from office and headed down to little india. I had to rush home first due to the day being qin ming festival before joining the guys later in the night. In the end, karthi, nicholas, junxiang, xueli and I went! I was the last one to reach there. Karthi decided the dining location at a restaurant called banana leaf apollo. They were almost finished with the food by the time I arrived there. They really ordered a feast which cost a considerable damage in the end. There were curry fish head, sambal fish, fish eggs, mutton, chicken and goat cheese. I heard they finished the prawns before I came. The food were delicious indeed. The curry was not too spicy. I quite like the curry fish head and fish eggs. The goat cheese was a little bit sour and the other dishes were all right. Karthi said that the rice and side dishes were free flow. Anyway we just sat there and talked a lot of stuff like comparing me and junxiang, life experiences, work. It was really enjoyable to have dinner and just sit around and chat with a group of friends. Even though the total cost came up to a considerable amount of damage on our wallets, the money was quite well-spent. In fact, we planned to organise another outing soon. So apart from the dinner outing on friday, I spent the rest of the weekend playing games online. Then something interesting occurred while I was playing minesweeper that day. I have played minesweeper for quite a period of time already, so I was used to restarting quickly once I hit a bomb. So after dying for several times already, I arrived at this minesweeper puzzle. So I started off luckily, creating an easy opening to work on. Then as I proceeded, I realised that I had played the exact same puzzle just a while ago! Everything was the same as the previous puzzle I had worked on. Even the starting points were similar. How coincidental can that be. The probability is so slim. But I still hit a bomb and ended that game unsolved. Haha. That is about all I have to blog about. But before I end off, I shall add something else, a test that I found to be quite true.

What *** **** *** Means

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.

You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.

You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.

You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.

A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.

Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.

Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in.

You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising.

You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Off to sleep now. Good night everyone. Stay tuned for my next update,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-30T23:01:00.000+08:00

A blog is never idle. It is just lacking updates. Haha. I was so lucky when I was going home yesterday. Mark invited me, junxiang, joel, xiaobin, karthi, xueli and hendrick to his house for dinner and games yesterday. In the end, I arrived first (mark came to fetch me from redhill mrt) while junxiang, xiaobin and joel came later in joel's car. The other three could not make it. mark's house is really huge! Err it was my first time there so I was quite stunned. So while waiting for the rest to arrive, mark and I started with a game of bleach on his nintendo wii. It was a duelling style game where you choose bleach characters to play with. So we took turns trying out different characters. I heard from mark that apparently because of this game, marcus also bought a nintendo wii and proceeded to unlock all the hidden characters like yamamoto and the espadas. After the game of bleach which was really tiring for my arms (imagine continuous swinging, thrusting and slashing with the wii controller), we settled for a less tiring game of fifa 2005. By half time, the rest of the guys came. We ended the match and mark went on to introduce another nintendo wii game called "sonic & mario at the olympic games". It was basically an olympic games event with the participation of mario and sonic characters based on the upcoming beijing olympics. So there were twenty olympic events to compete in like shooting, track and field, archery, gymnastics, fencing, table tennis and others. So the first event we tried was shooting. Everyone was still trying to get use to the wii controller so everyone made many misses. Haha. Then it was almost dinner time. We paused the game and proceeded downstairs. We met with mark's parents and had dinner with them as well as a few of their guests. It was back to games after dinner! We went back and tried out several other events. I fared badly for most of the events except for swimming and rowing which I came out first! Haha. Joel was the most pro player while junxiang kept getting second. After completing most of the events with our arms full of lactic acid from all the vigorous arm movements, we took a break first before moving on to the circuit games. Circuit refers to a series of events in which players compete for points and rankings. So for the rank you get in each event, you obtain some points which are totalled up after all the events to see who the overall winner is. Needless to say, the overall winner is obviously the guy who plays the game most, mark! And I got last ): Anyway just as we ended the circuit games, it was time for dessert. Mark's parents prepared fruits, tarts and ice cream for the guests. We were joking that the games just now was too exciting and tense, especially during the archery round where everyone fared extremely well and it was a extremely close fight till the end. Anyway mark's parents prepared tau huey egg tarts which was very nice! After dessert, I had to make a move first because I had to get back home before I get screwed again. Here comes my lucky part. So mark drove me to redhill mrt. I kept looking at my watch because it was approaching midnight soon and I was hoping to be still in time for the last train. Mark dropped me off and I dashed towards the mrt station. One look at the train arrival signboard and I caught the words "1 min". I literally took off and sprinted up the escalator just in time to see the train pull into the station. So I managed to catch the last train from boon lay toward pasir ris. The next stop for me was raffles place. By 0006 (I know because I kept checking my watch), the train arrived at raffles place. I took a look outside. There were people waiting at the platform opposite. This meant that the last train had not arrived yet. I got off, walked opposite the platform and took a look at the signboard again. 1 min! I am lucky again! Haha. So I boarded the last train from marina bay and travelled back to toa payoh. And I noticed that last trains were never empty. All the seats were occupied by the time the train left orchard, at least for the carriage I was in. So that was how I managed to catch two last trains fortunately and got home! It was a bit lame but well it was a new experience for me. Haha. =))

That should be all for now, time to get more rest for work tomorrow.
300 days to ORD!!
Good night everyone,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-26T11:58:00.002+08:00

I am back to update! But there is nothing much to update too. Haha. Steven got posted to my unit after his commission! What a small world indeed. And while I was walking to the bus stop after work yesterday, I happened to see two aeroplanes taxiing across the road towards the hangar! I was lucky to see not only one but also two aeroplanes. They were huge commercial aeroplanes. I can't wait to touch one of these planes when I get to study next time. Haha. I think that is about all I am going to update then. Maybe I can introduce another song.

温岚 - 同手同脚

还记得小小年纪
松开我的手迷失的你
在人群里看见你一边哭泣手还握着冰淇淋
有时候难过生气
你总有办法逗我开心
依然清晰回忆里那些曾经有笑有泪的光阴
我们的生命先后顺序在同个温室里
也是存在在这个世界唯一的唯一

未来的每一步一脚印
踏着彼此梦想前进
路上偶尔风吹雨淋
也要握紧你的手心
未来的每一步一脚印
相知相惜相依为命
别忘记之间的约定
我会永远在你身边陪着你

还记得小小年纪
松开我的手迷失的你
在人群里看见你一边哭泣手还握着冰淇淋
有时候难过生气
你总有办法逗我开心
依然清晰回忆里那些曾经有笑有泪的光阴
我们的生命先后顺序在同个温室里
也是存在在这个世界唯一的唯一

未来的每一步一脚印
踏着彼此梦想前进
路上偶尔风吹雨淋
也要握紧你的手心
未来的每一步一脚印
相知相惜相依为命
别忘记彼此的约定
我会永远在你身边陪着你

未来的每一步一脚印
踏着彼此梦想前进
路上偶尔风吹雨淋
也要握紧你的手心
未来的每一步一脚印
相知相惜相依为命
别忘记彼此的约定
我会永远在你身边陪着你!

现在我唱的这首歌曲
给我最亲爱的弟弟
在我未来生命之旅
要和你同手同脚同走下去

That's all for now, got to go for my duty soon,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-17T01:18:00.000+08:00

Okay, I have been persuaded out of my laze to blog again. Seriously I think I am very lazy at blogging. Maybe I don't like blogging. Then what am I doing here? Haha. By the way, this is the 99th post on my blog!

Crappiness aside. I am here for update my dear readers! As I was saying, I spent the whole sat afternoon as well as the whole of fri night out. So I was dead tired yesterday. Anyway, it's time to describe what I did. Well, on friday night, after rushing back from work and a quick dinner, I was out to meet my friends (my army colleagues) at the esplanade. The arts festival is currently on show in singapore and there was a performance on friday that I was definitely not going to miss. A singaporean singer who moved to Japan to further her singing carreer, olivia ong was back to singapore to perform for the arts festival! So she was holding a 45 minute mini concert with free admission at the concourse in the esplanade. Actually I got influenced to listen to her songs because of my army friends, junxiang in particular, since the cds were in his stash. Her songs were of a different genre from the usual songs I listened to but still I was attracted to her voice and so I got introduced to her songs. So here she was, holding a concert in singapore, which was, I think, her first time doing so here. So all of us were interested and eager to witness her singing live, so there we were, among a huge crowd of people who probably shared similar sentiments or were attracted by her as well. I was rather surprised by her popularity. As my friends commented, the people there did not seem like passers-by but looked more like being there specially for her performance. Since it was an open free performance, the audience either sat or stood round where she was performing. She appeared punctually, with her band, the olivia ong quintet, behind her. From there on, she went on to perform several soothing hits, pausing during songs to introduce herself and her band. I was simply indulged in her songs until I realised that her performance was ending. When she finished her last song, the audience gave a big round of applause. I believed all of us enjoyed her performance very much. Then as the applause died down, dispersed cheers of encore sounded out from the crowd. Soon the cheers got louded until the emcee asked, "Would the audience like an encore?" The answer was unanimous. She took a break, came back to the front and said, "This is totally unprepared." But I figured she was somehow prepared for it, since most performances usually come with at least one encore which was previously prepared for. Finally after yet another great hit, she ended her performance. She began to proceed her way down. The crowd started to disperse. Fans rushed forward, crowding around her for autographs, photographs and even precious handshakes. She was friendly and sweet to her fans. Nicholas and junxiang got their albums autographed and nicholas even managed a handshake that was so dear to him that he refused to touch anything else with his right hand. Haha. I managed to get a photo of her on my pathetic 1.3 megapixel N5300 but it did not look nice so I shall not post it here. I shall wait for chris to share his photographs then.

So olivia ong's mini concert ended and it was around ten when we left the esplanade. We decided to go for a round of drinks over at clarke quay at hongxuan's introduction. His introduction was this home club over at riverwalk place. It looked more like a pub instead of a club. So the first round were glasses of asahi beer. I down-ed one easily. I am a "beer" person. Haha. Then I received a message, fiona and hl wanted to come over. I thought it was a bit awkward, two girls with me and seven other guys. But they came over in the end. I went to get them and got mixed up over the bridges at the singapore river. There is more than one bridge at the singapore river! Haha. So I brought them back to the home club. I was caught with alcoholic breath. Oops. Previously we were sitting outside, then when I came back, the guys had gone into the club. The three of us managed to get in after a bit of delay. Erm. So they introduced one another and settled down. The guys had opened a bottle of chivas with two jugs of green tea and coke to mix with. I tried my hands at mixing, realised that I added too much alcohol on the first sip and had to dilute the drink. Cheers and clashing of glasses went round. Shouts of ord echoed among us. We were just too high that day. But that was not all. With the chivas getting low, the green tea and coke finished, some of them went hardcore which I kindly refrained. So they drank it pure and finished the bottle. But it was still early. Hongxuan then order eight glasses of tequila shots. I had a feeling I was approaching my limit. My body felt hot, my head felt heavy and my bladder was bursting soon. The shots came and hongxuan demonstrated how we were supposed to down the glass. We were supposed to cover the glass and slam the glass hard onto the table. The drink fizzled and we were supposed to drink it all down in a single gulp. I drank two glasses. The guys made the girls drink so I had to help. I was supposed to take the third one but I knew that after that glass, I would have gone past my limit and "concussed". Fortunately, fiona stopped me. =) That was my last drink. From then on, I just kept taking icecubes as substitution for water so that my alcohol volume could get diluted. It was way past midnight by then. I knew I was going to get screwed by the time I went home. Anyway, the club started belting out rock songs and the guys just got high, especially hongxuan. I thought our behaviour should have shocked the girls. Things just got more intense as the guys proceeded down to the dancefloor. I was even branded as "able to dance very well" and persuaded to join them. But I strongly refused, knowing that I knew nuts about dancing. Too bad =P I shall learn how to dance next time. Haha. After a while, the girls decided to leave, so I went along to accompany them since it was really getting very late. I cabbed home in the end.

I shall end my updates for friday here. =)

I realised every time I felt down or tired, a single nudge was simply enough to bring a smile to my face. No matter how I was feeling previously, all I could feel was happiness and joy while chatting. I can never forget all the randomness and crappiness shared. Haha. Thank you so much =) For all the happiness and fun. You know who you are. Pokes. <3 <3

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-16T00:56:00.004+08:00

I am just too tired to blog down what I did for the past two days. I have been out the whole day today. I shall probably blog tomorrow then. Meanwhile, a new song to introduce, no mv released yet, so just make do with the song =)

Usher ft Young Jeezy - Love in This Club

Gotta do it for the ladies
And I gotta keep it hood
Where we at Polo (Ay)
I see you Ryan
What you do was right
But we just gettin started
Yeaa Man..

You see you searching for somebody
That'll take you out and do you right
Well come here baby and let daddy show you what it feel like
You know all you gotta do is tell me what you sippin' on
And I promise that I’m gonna keep it comin’ all night long

Lookin’ in your eyes while you walk the other side
And I think that shorty I’ve got a thing for you
Doin’ it on purpose winding and workin’ it
I can tell by the way you lookin’ at me girl

I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)
I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)

You got some friends rollin’ wit you baby then that's cool
You can leave them with my niggers let em know that I got you
If you didn’t know, you’re the only thing that’s on my mind
Cuz the way I'm staring miss you got me wantin to give it to you all night

Lookin’ in your eyes while you walk the other side
I can't take it no more, baby I'm coming for you
You keep doin’ it on purpose winding and working it
If we close our eyes it could be just me and you

I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)
I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)
I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)
I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)

(Well, you know we always rollin!, Im on em')
Yea, Let's Go
I’m what you want, I’m what you need
He got you trapped, I’ll set you free
Sexually, mentally, physically, emotionally
I’ll be like your medicine, you’ll take every dose of me
It’s going down on aisle 3, I’ll bag you like some groceries
And every time you think about it you gon’ want some more of me
About to hit the club, make a movie yeah rated R
Pulled up like a trap star,
That's if you have yo regular car
You ever made love to a thug in the club with his Sice on
87 jeans and a fresh pair of Nikes on
On the couch, on the table, on the bar, or on the floor
You meet me in the bathroom yeah you know I’m trying go

You might as well give me a kiss
If we keep touching like this
I know you scared
Baby, they don't know what we doin
dont smoke it, im fresh right here
Keep it up girl and I swear
I'ma give it to you non-stop
And I don't care who's watchin
watchin, watchin (watchin, watchin)
oohh, get it shawty, on the floor
Baby was made for love

I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)
I wanna make love in this club (in this club, in this club, in this club)

Yea...

That's all for now, enjoy the song =) Good night all,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-10T23:09:00.007+08:00

Here are the pictures for our golden mile lunch outing! I only took a few pictures. Actually zhiyang helped to take them because my hands were oily and stained after eating the tulang. And since he was not able to be in the pictures, I took another picture of him while we were walking to lavender mrt. Anyway, I was in a hurry after lunch because I had to get home quickly before going out again and the place was further this time round. So I got home, took a quick shower and then prepared all my army stuff in case I was unable to get home in time later. Then I am off to boon lay for ntu open house. This was probably the third ntu open house that I had attended. It looks the same every year. The exhibition was always held at the school of biological sciences. Actually I went there on behalf of my cousin who wanted to study in singapore. Unfortunately she was unable to come on sat, so I made the trip to collect brochures and enquire information for her. Apart from that, I was there to check any new courses available that I missed out during my application last year. Electronic and electrical engineering has this new course called information engineering and media which seemed rather different from the usual course. Anyway my friend happened to be in the pioneer batch of the course, so I went over to chat with her. She was over at the booth to introduce her new course. Her course had some interesting sections and even drawing lessons which I believed my aerospace engineering course would definitely have. I also learnt a few things on electives from her. I did not have much time left, so after a short chat and catching up, I left ntu for my journey back home. I managed to reach home a few minutes before seven. It was time for another quick shower while my mother packed the dinner into a box for me to bring to office since I had no time to take my dinner. And from then onwards, it was night duty for me all the way until eight the next morning. So that was how I only spent around 45 minutes at home. It was a really very very tiring day. I just "concussed" when I came home after duty the next morning and slept straight for more than five hours. Haha. Actually I was quite emo that day. I did not know why but all the negative emotions just swelled up suddenly. However, after the long chat with nik over the msn that day and yesterday, I managed to think through my emotions and discarded all the negative thoughts aside. I guess I should be satisfied how things are and I should wait patiently. Happy happy =)

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-09T23:43:00.001+08:00

I should start blogging now, if not there would be insufficient time for me to finish my entry.

What a maelstrom of events for the general elections in malaysia. Most of the northern states have now been claimed by the opposition. Despite winning more than half of the parliamentary seats, i think this has been a disaster for the ruling parties. All right, time for a topic change. I was out the whole day yesterday. Since I woke up yesterday morning, I was only in the house for around 45 minutes. I spent the rest of the day outside! So here's the chronology of events. First thing in the morning was soccer! I went to play soccer with karthi and his friends over at kolam ayer community club. Karthi made me play goalkeeper. In the end, I scrapped both of my elbows because I kept diving to save the shots. It was nothing serious. At least I saved more than I conceded. Haha. Then at around noon, karthi and I left first because we were meeting zhiyang at lavender to head to golden mile food centre. So we met zhiyang outside the immigrations building, crossed over the river and walked over to golden mile food centre. Actually karthi and zhiyang wanted to make new name tags, so that was why we headed there since the army market was located just above the food centre. In addition to that, there are good food located in the food centre! First stop was to make their name tags, so we went to the shop which I made mine last time and I had a feeling the auntie increased her price. Once we settled the name tags, we went downstairs for lunch! Karthi wanted to try the tulang while zhiyang wanted claypot rice. Unfortunately claypot rice was not ready until 5pm. So in the end, he ordered ayam penyet, karthi got the tulang and I got the fried kuay teow with an additional plate for them. When I came back with the fried kuay teow, the guys were back with their respective food. I was momentarily stunned when I saw the tulang because the sauce was very reddish, almost looked like blood. Haha. Tulang refers to the mutton bone marrow actually and it's an Indian cuisine. Karthi was recommending it to us but zhiyang could not take it because it was too heaty. In the end, karthi ate three while I ate two. I was a bit hesitant at first upon seeing the soft and slimy stuff coming out of the bone. But I still ate it anyway. It was actually soft with no much taste. It was still a first time for me. Golden mile food centre had many other delicious food but unfortunately we were unable to taste everything. I think we should come back some other time to try the other food available. =)

It turns out I have insufficient time again. I shall continue the second part tomorrow then, if I am not occupied by other stuff. And many thanks to nik for sharing so much thoughts with me. It was a nice chat indeed. I am sure both of us will get our chances one day. So let us wait patiently then. =)

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-06T23:51:00.000+08:00

I decided to update! But there is nothing much to write about. My life is so bland and dull, no excitement at all. Haha. But last weekend was not bad because I went somewhere I had not gone to for many many many years! Since I stayed somewhere in the central of singapore, I hardly ventured out to the west and east when I was young. It was only when I started secondary school before I started to explore places like bukit batok, jurong east and boon lay. Then it came to ns when I started to know about places like east coast road, eunos, hougang. Frankly speaking, I think I have only been to the northwest a few times. So that day was my first after so many years. So, I brought my jc physics file to choa chu kang! Obviously there is a reason to do so. Haha. So, deciding to make use of my bus concession pass, I took bus 985 along the pan-island expressway, thinking that since some part of the journey was on the expressway, the journey should be shorter than taking the mrt. It turned out that the journey was roughly the same as taking the mrt because the bus turned into bukit batok before heading north towards choa chu kang. Well I brought my physics file along because I was supposed to pass it to my friend who was quite worried over it. We agreed to meet at lot 1, the shopping mall right beside the mrt station. But since I came earlier, I decided to explore the mall. I could not really recall how the mall looked like when I last came here. And I was fortunate to find the library there because I was supposed to borrow some books that day to read. And even more fortunately, I managed to find both "the da vinci code" and "angels and demons" by dan brown! I had been intending to read them for quite some time already. So, I was lucky to be able to borrow them there. =) Anyway my friend came a while after I borrowed my books. I almost could not recognize her. Oops. Joking. She still looked as sweet as always. We walked around the place for a while. I decided to go there because she lived there. I think my physics notes were yellowish and tattered already. Actually the meeting was arranged in a hurry but I happened to be free, so I was thinking why not travel to choa chu kang. And I never regretted my decision. =) My notes have become useful again after lying dormant for more than a year already. Haha.

It's time to go now. Tomorrow is the last day of work for the week! Wait, I still have a duty on saturday night which is malaysia election day! Sigh. At least the duty will be a lively one. I hope.

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-03-02T23:02:00.003+08:00

I had this song in my phone. I always found it very meaningful and soothing. So here it is.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel

When I see your smile
Tears run down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Seasons are changing and waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one

I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever

I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Cuz you're my, you're my, my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away and
Please tell me you'll stay

Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be okay
Though my skies are turning gray

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Let me be your guardian angel =)

2008-02-29T23:56:00.001+08:00

10 Signs He is Into Her
1. He bothers to message her and calls daily wondering how she is.
2. Finds the silliest excuses to be around her especially if he feels his feelings for her might be too obvious.
3. He gets to know her and her friends particularly finding out who is her good friend so that he can get to know more about her and be in her good friend's books. That way, she'd 'promote' him to her.
4. He calls for every lil matter that happens to him. He'd want her to be the first to know everything because she matters.
5. He notices how she look and comments how her outfit flatters her.
6. He's willing to go shopping with her the whole day, walking around, from store to store and still tell her that he is not tired without complaining one bit even though she tried outfit after outfit and she didn't get anything.
7. He tells his friends about her and his friends want to know who is the girl he is talking about.
8. He laughs at every joke she make even though it might not be as funny as she think it would be.
9. He starts his day with a call or sms to her, and ends it just the same to make his day complete.
10. He always wants to be the one there for her whenever she tells him that she is feeling down.

Hmm I wonder how true this is. I took this from somewhere and edited it a little bit. The context remains unchanged, I just changed some of the grammar. Haha. I think I am just too bored from thinking about what to blog. How true is this? Only one person will know =)

I think I am really slacking a lot. Even my mother is complaining that I am using the computer every day just to play games. There's probably nothing else I am doing. I don't go out often. I am lacking in exercise. Fat ): This is so bad. I am just feeling too lazy. This is such a bad habit of mine. Sigh. It's time to buck up and find something productive to do. Go cheeyen!! Haha.

It's time to sleep soon. I have to wake up early for a family day event at botanic gardens tomorrow morning. And botanic gardens is near the area where the suspect escaped from. But he should be off to who-knows-where by now. So off we go to botanic gardens tomorrow morning! As quoted from jonny, my fellow army friend who is going tomorrow as well, we are going to run here and there like ****. Woof woof. Haha =)

I have to go now. My mother came in to nag at me for countless times already. Rabbit, nudge more next time!!! Smile!! Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone. 330 days to ORD!

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-02-26T23:23:00.002+08:00

I have another song to introduce! It's a bit emo, but still it is a nice song =) And it's not a love song. Haha.

曹格 - 妹妹要快乐

一个人在公园的大树下
她看着别人妈妈带着宝贝回家
背起了脏脏的布娃娃
她小小声的问谁来带我回家
天黑了风大了要下雨了
妈妈呀知不知道娃娃会害怕

妹妹背着洋娃娃哭了她哭了
有谁愿意牵着她陪她过心慌
妹妹的心愿很小长大快长大
眼泪就能自已擦跌倒也能勇敢回家

长大后她还是到处飘荡
鞋子箱子在哪里那里就会是家
每当她想起那布娃娃
也会想念妈妈和常梦到的家
你好吗健康吗天气凉了
妈妈你知不知道我想有个家

妹妹背着洋娃娃哭了她哭了
有谁知道她的伤带着她流浪
妹妹的心愿很小快乐要快乐
而那孤单的眼泪只想流往家的方向

妹妹背着洋娃娃走到花园来看花
娃娃哭了叫妈妈没有人回答
妹妹背着洋娃娃哭了她哭了
有谁知道她的伤带着她流浪
妹妹的心愿很小快乐要快乐
妹妹要快乐

2008-02-25T23:46:00.002+08:00

I came back home from duty and was so tired that I couldn't wait to lie on my bed. But not before I sent another hopefully-long-enough encouraging sms =) Anyway after my shower, I just fell asleep immediately on my bed for five straight hours. This is expected. Afterall, I only slept like one hour plus during my duty and I had to stay in office until twelve noon the next day before I could go home. I did not know why but my vision was slightly blurry when I was heading for lunch with the guys today. Probably the lack of sleep. Well enough about my sleep. Let's backtrack a bit.

So, on sunday afternoon, karthi and I decided to visit tingfeng to check out how he was recovering from his spinal operation. So we met up at hougang interchange at 1230 and walked over to his house which was near monfort secondary. Karthi was so impressed by my navigation to get to tingfeng's house. Haha. What I did was just looking at the map and using my compass as directions. So tingfeng was at home alone when we reached. He looked fine and was able to walk around at ease although he could not jog yet. And he even had his own exercise schedule planned out by his physiotherapist. We chatted for a while, talked about work, whether there were any changes and we asked about his operation. He told how scary it was, that he regretted going for the operation. He was bedridden for four days before he could get down from the bed to walk. His operation was to straighten his curved spinal cord through spinal fusion and instrumentation. It was a major operation and his scar on the back was much longer than mine on my chest. So after an hour of chat or so, we left his house and he accompanied us to the bus stop. It will be until apr before he is able to return to work. Until then.

I was feeling very sleepy last night and today. One interesting thing that happened was that I was almost dozing off in front of my computer and I was typing an article out. I was in a half-asleep mode so I was thinking and typing the words down accordingly. Then I decided that I did enough for the time being, so I saved the article and took a short nap. I woke up later after my mind was more refreshed to continue the article. Then I realised that whatever I had typed as I was dozing off did not make any sense at all! It was all jumbled up words which I thought I had typed in correctly just now. So in the end, I had to delete everything and did it again. Zzz. Haha. This is the effect of not getting enough sleep.

I am not exactly happy today. Emotions spread like a disease. Sadness can be felt easily by people around you. I should have helped you more with the excel application last night. Don't put too much blame on yourself. Stay optimistic and work harder for the rest. What's over is over. We should look forward =) If sadness spreads so easily, so does happiness and joy! So I shall aim to keep you happy everyday (: Stay happy alright! I shall spread my happiness to you. Haha. I will be there wherever you need me. This is not emo, this is encouragement! Haha. No more emo-ness. No more sadness. <3 <3

That's all now, stay happy everyone
hellmos signing off...

2008-02-23T23:42:00.001+08:00

I came back home this afternoon after a soccer and lunch session with my usual soccer khakis. I was very tired and almost fell asleep on the bus. We played soccer back at nj. There were ten of us, me, haowen, zhongxian, ken, zhenghan, stanley, james, prakash, raymond and his friend. The side gate was closed so everyone had to enter by the main gate. I managed to got my way past the security guard. Luckily, I still had my tapping card. Haha. And nj changed their soccer field! Everyone who graduated from nj reading this should be shocked right. So instead of the old uneven muddy field, it is now made up of artificial turf. It felt bouncy and even, much better than the field before. But we did not play there. Instead we played at our usual grounds, the basketball nearer to nygh. So we played a few quick games. I think I was very off-form today, even missed two simple goals. When it was approaching noon, we decided to stop. After washing up and changing, we decided to head to town because zhenghan wanted to change his spoilt sim card and the guys wanted to catch a movie. So we went to the singtel hello shop near somerset. While zhenghan was getting his new sim card, we took the chance to look at several phone models and telephone plans available. After he settled everything, we walked over to cineleisure to have lunch. Lunch was at burger king after a considerable amount of time spent on thinking of what to eat. As usual during lunch, everyone started talking about army life, how different things were in units and in bmt as well as the usual funny stuff. What was unique was that everyone there was in different vocations at different parts of singapore. So it was possible to get all kinds of opinions depending on the perspective. Well after lunch, the guys went to watch jumper while stanley and I left first. So that was what I did for the whole morning and noon.

Anyway I shall talk about something else. Haha. After witch yoo hee ended last year, I was not very interested in the next few korean dramas shown on television. But recently (actually not so recently), I managed to catch a few episodes of my girl on channel u. The lead actress is so cute! I am sure nik will agree with me on this. Haha. Her name is lee da hae and here's her official site http://cafe.star-k.co.kr/LDH. I think she looks more mature now. My girl was produced back in 2005, so hence the maturity. Haha. I shall stop here then. Enough introduction about her.

I guess I shall stop here for now. There are a few thoughts in my mind but I might wondering how I am going to pen them down. Maybe some other time then.

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

2008-02-21T15:23:00.002+08:00

I took off for today and yesterday to stay at home and help look after my cousins while their parents went to work. Normally it was my mother who was supposed to look after them. But she happened to find a part-time job working at the singapore airshow, so she was not able to look after my cousins for this whole week. So in the end, I took off to help out. Staying at home meant that I had to do all the chores like laundry and dinner! I think this was the second time I was preparing dinner for my family. And today is the third time. Haha. Anyway dinner yesterday was quite simple because I did not really know how to cook! So it was just boiled cabbage, baked beans with scrambled eggs and braised rib soup. Fortunately everyone was fine after eating my dinner although the taste might be less appealing. My cousins said it tasted okay! But I knew it was below average. And I went to put too much water for my baked beans so in the end it came out rather watery. Oops. I need to practise my cooking more. Actually I don't think I know how to cook very well. Most of what I learn were from observing my mother cook while I was young. Cooking certainly needs more practice in order to perfect one's skills. Well today's menu shall be scrambled eggs, steamed sausages and cabbage soup!

Staying at home without work was definitely more relaxing despite the chores that I had to do. Fortunately I managed to miss out on the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in indonesia yesterday. But still, there is the aftermath to look out for and this will mean more work for me when I return to office tomorrow. At least these two days have allowed me to take time off my work and get some long-needed rest. It's thursday again. I am missing out another session of sports with my friends at work. Time is passing very quickly. I can start counting my ord in months now. It's not exactly very near but it is still something to hope for. Haha.

Anyway I have been facing a backlog of songs to listen to. Albums just keep coming out and I can hardly catch up with the speed. But the album of gary cao and angela zhang never failed to disappoint. Even joi chua, our local singer, had a collection of nice songs. Haha. So I shall spend my day off listening to more songs! I am hungry now. I shall go and cook my lunch then - fried rice. Haha.

What a random post. =)

That's all for now. I am very hungry...stomach growls...
hellmos signing off...

2008-02-19T23:12:00.005+08:00

I found this song very cute. Gary cao is really a talented singer =)

曹格 - 爱爱

新郎新娘敬酒
我一定代你醉
老公老婆斗嘴
我祝你俩相对

去年我们参加朋友的喜酒
你问新娘怎么会那么美
oh baby```想不想体会那感觉
昨天我们拜访朋友的新家
你好羡慕那幸福油漆味
oh baby```只要你点头我都给

我爱你女孩我等你答案

让我给你爱爱喔愿不愿意
让我给你抱抱喔可不可以
我很确定只要看你
心跳永远都像现在那么急

让我做你北鼻吧愿不愿意
让我做你老公吧可不可以
用这首歌当成媒人
把我和你绑在一起

That's all for the day. Time to go.
hellmos signing off...

chinese new year

2008-02-16T19:36:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Sorry to my readers =) I promised to blog so I shall keep the promise and finish up my entry here. By the way I am on duty now. Hehe. I have been occupied by other stuff lately and a very big part of me is lazy to type out a decent post for my blog =p Anyway it's the tenth day of chinese new year now. And I had just came back from malaysia last weekend after a three-day stay at my maternal grandparents' place. It was definitely a fun time spending my chinese new year there. So I guess I shall dedicate this post about my chinese new year then. Haha.

I got home after half-day work on new year's eve, managed to pack all my stuff into a small bag and then we were off to malaysia. We took a bus to larkin where my uncle came to fetch us to my maternal grandparents' house in kulai. Everyone was there already by the time we arrived. My aunts were all busily preparing for reunion dinner while my cousins were over at my uncle's house just a few houses away. As usual they were playing ps2 over at my uncle's house. This was common considering that I had ten cousins, seven guys and three girls and I was the oldest one there. Haha. As usual, with so many boys around, games played on the ps2 revolved around soccer, racing, basketball and even wrestling. So the whole day was spent on ps2 until we were called over for reunion dinner. Reunion dinner was splendid! Fabulous! Wonderful! What could I say when there was so many ladies preparing the reunion dinner. Haha. In addition there was champagne and red wine! My uncle went to open three bottles of red wine and if I remembered correctly, we finished everything. So after dinner, some of my younger cousins went to play with fireworks. I recalled that when I was much younger, my cousins and I used to play fireworks together at the porch in front of the house. At that time, we were too young to use the lighter, so everyone would queue up and take turns to light up their fireworks. The fireworks I am talking about here are those small kinds which can be played on the roads and concrete grounds, not those that will fly up into the sky and explode. I think most of us have already grew out of playing with fireworks, so we did not join in. Oh no, I see a digit 2 approaching my age )=

So, I spent the night in the living room of my grandparents' house. There was not enough rooms to sleep in. The next morning, we borrowed my uncle's car and drove up to asahan, melaka where my paternal family was from. Both of my paternal grandparents passed away a few years ago and one of my uncle is staying the house now. A few of my relatives were there already. Unlike my maternal family, I felt more distant with my paternal family. I do not know the reason why also. Anyway, since it was the first day of chinese new year, it was time to collect hongbaos. Unfortunately, most of my hongbaos collected were in malaysia ringgit. Haha. Well so after a few hours of stay there, we set off back to kulai. On our way back, we stopped at tangkak where my mother's friend lived to pay a visit. By the time we got back, it was almost five. I cannot recall whether we played soccer or not but what was more memorable was that dinner was vegetarian! Vegetarian meals are definitely not a favourite among the children, judging from the amount of food remaining on the tables. So how to we deal with all the remaining food? In the end, my mother ordered everyone to finish up the vegetarian food before they can leave the house to go home. Well for me, I had to help out even though I was not leaving the house. Anyway so I spent another night sleeping in the living room. In fact, I spent every night of my stay sleeping in the living room. The second day of chinese new year was then spent on even more ps2 gaming. Then as afternoon approached, one by one, my uncles and aunts were preparing to set off to visit their other respective relatives in other places. Fortunately lunch was delicious homecooked food (no more vegetarian!) and I drank a can of heineken beer as well. So after lunch, we continued with a few more hours of gaming. Very no-life. Haha. Then it was street soccer time. When I refer to street soccer here, I mean the actual road not the court. Yes we just played on the road in front of the houses with bricks as goal-posts.

So, after that, my relatives set off for their destinations, leaving my family and my mother's sister's family still remaining at my grandparents' house. The house became less lively without a lot of people. In the end, we ended up playing ps2 and soccer for the next two days. We even tried playing african cup on pro-evolution soccer. It was the third day of chinese new year which was saturday when I left my grandparents' house back to singapore. So that was how I spent my three days of chinese new year in malaysia. I think it was not very interesting. Haha. I hope everyone enjoyed their chinese new year!

My duty is ending soon. I think I shall stop here for the time being. I hope this is long enough for you. =)
That's all for now.
hellmos signing off...

2008-01-29T23:24:00.000+08:00

Let me recall where I stopped my entry. Oh yeah so I ended it on friday night. Well on saturday morning, there was a retreat organised by our unit and everyone was to attend. The event was held at bottle tree park, about 15 mins walk from khatib mrt. There was treasure hunt and buffet lunch. The park was not very big but it was basically a place for families to enjoy themselves together. There was longkang fishing and several other facilities catering to the needs of children. Anyway, the buffet lunch was great! The vietnamese rolls were exceptionally nice and crispy. And we received mandarin oranges and hongbao from CO. =D Anyway we "fell out" at noon and I got a ride on hendrick's van to seletar airbase where I was to make my way home from there. Unfortunately I went to take the bus on the wrong direction. In the end I managed to catch another bus back to toa payoh and spent a major part of my journey sleeping on the bus. Haha.

Now let's fast forward to the evening.

So tiffany asked me last last week whether I wanted to go for a bash organised by nus pru which she was part of. It was a first try for me so I agreed to it. So I met up with stanley, zhenghan and zhongxian first for dinner at billy bombers. We were already quite late by the time we reached the arena. And we missed the lingerie show. We couldn't find the girls because the area in front of the stage was too crowded and they were supposedly at the front. We only found them when the crowd sort of dispersed. Weeyin, meerra, fiona setiawan, chingli and cherie came! After meeting them for a while, they were about to leave already because it was getting late. Only cherie stayed behind because she was waiting for her senior. Anyway I managed to meet several friends while inside the club. It turned out that Singapore is seriously very small. Three separate friends of mine were serving at the same army camp and they got to know one another. What a small world. I thought I saw weiting, my primary school classmate, but I could not confirm it and she did not recognize me when I looked at her. Anyway I also saw kwan chuan and desmond, two of my platoonmates there and it was exactly our first year of service that day. Haha. I chatted with cherie while the guys disappeared in front. She kept jio-ing me to go for her concert. Then fiona and huiling came! It was quite random that they came. Huiling was reluctant to go in but she entered in the end. Haha. Midnight was approaching by that time. I was unable to go home late, so I had to reluctantly leave early. I even rushed to the bus stop for fear of missing the last bus. But I guessed I was earlier than expected. I did not manage to get a drink as well but I might as well not let my liver suffer so much. So, this was my virgin clubbing experience. It was not a bad experience although the music was probably too loud. I thought my heart was resonating while I was inside there. The next time I am going clubbing is possibly another bash or during orientation.

I tried to sleep as long as I could until sunday morning. But there was an outing at noon! I dragged myself out of bed at ten plus and went to grab some breakfast. But I was going to be late anyway. The outing was kangwen's ord lunch treat at aston's! So I had to get to east coast road from toa payoh. I managed to find my way there since I had been to east coast road for several times. There's a lot of wonderful food down the road. And one such restaurant is aston's which is right opposite katong mall. I managed to catch up with the guys just as they entered the place. So kangwen, soon heng, jun xiang and I waited for nicholas to come because apparently he got lost. Once nicholas came, we eagerly ordered our food. This time, I tried the lemon lime chicken with coleslaw and mashed potato. The chicken was tender and the lemon lime sauce was nice. (: It was a great time out with them. We would talk about all kind of stuff. They are a great bunch of friends to be with. Anyway after the lunch, we walked through roxy square towards parkway parade where we had a coffee break at coffee bean! While we were there, we began talking about school stuff and it was easy to relate stories with them because we were either from ri or tchs. We spent quite some time stoning there before soon heng had to go off while kangwen decided to check out the tuition centres for any job opportunities. The remaining three of us decided to shop at parkway parade. Haha. Well we were pretty broke already so basically it was just window shopping for us. So, that was another day spent outside home, hanging out with my friends.

Sometimes I realise that I am probably thinking too much about things. I think so much that I get confused and start to imagine things, trying to act smart and link things together. How I wish I have the power to understand what other people are thinking of. It's time to clear my confusing thoughts but how to go about doing it? I shall find some way then. I must be brave and optimistic! =) It's time to go now, it's another working day tomorrow. That's all for now then. (:

hellmos signing off...

Chinese New Year is coming, so is V-day. I wonder what I should be doing...

2008-01-27T23:17:00.002+08:00

Finally a year of national service is over for me! I have made it thus far, just one more year to go! Haha. Indeed I am happy because I have spent the past few days away from work and out with my friends. =) What can be better than being away from work and spending time with your friends. Anyway I took a day off on friday, leaving me with three days to enjoy life before another weekend was over. So I went to nus with fiona and hl for an early dinner at the arts canteen. The first stop in nus was actually the engine canteen to try the potato salad but unfortunately it was sold out :( So then we headed to the arts canteen, the same one that I went with kangwen the last time I came to nus. Surprisingly there was a stall selling si chuan dishes and spicy steamboat was part of the menu! They gave a huge plate with the usual steamboat ingredients (meatballs, crabsticks, pork and chicken meat, sausages, ONE prawn, dong fen, lots of vegetables) and a small bowl of the soup (you can have it spicy or non-spicy) kept boiling by the fire burning from the solid fuel below as well as a bowl of rice. The total cost was $5 per set and it was very filling actually. We spent a very long time down there finishing the food and we had to change the fire two times because the solid fuel burnt out. The soup was less spicy than the previous two steamboats I had which explained the "no kick" expression I had. Haha. Still, the spicy steamboat was bad for the stomach, even though it was nice and yummy. But it was worth the cost for such a steamboat and definitely worth the time as well, especially with the company I had. After the steamboat, fiona was craving for dessert so we went back to clementi central for some chendol at the hawker centre. A funny incident happened but I shall not elaborate because it was embarassing yet it brightened my mood, considering I was rather tired at that time. Haha =) Then I accompanied the girls back on the mrt to choa chu kang before I embarked on my long long journey back to toa payoh. Here ends an enjoyable day for me. =)

I am running out of time again. I hate to split my stories into separate entries but I guess I cannot help it. So bad of me. I shall continue tomorrow or in the near future then. Remind me! That's all for now. Good night all.

hellmos signing off...a really nice song to end here...

She's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar,
The only thing that keeps me wishin' on a wishin' star,
She's the song in the car I keep singin', don't know why I do...

2008-01-23T17:00:00.000+08:00

All right I am back to finish my previous entry. It was quite saddening to see people leave as night approached. But it was just an astro orientation, if it was interesting enough to attract them, hopefully they would want to come back for the next session then. And my grand-juniors did not uphold the tradition of going to kap after the session! But we did anyway, I was famished by that time. Haha. So it was just me, rong'en, cherlynn, ly and jin peng going to kap for our usual meal. So it was like a get together session, getting updated on one another's lives. It was one of the rare chances that we could still get to meet up. Anyway, ly had her curfew in the hostel, so we left quite early. So this sums up the whole night I spent on friday. =)

Now let's talk about the ord chalet!! Most of the senior batch ord-ed on friday, so they organized a chalet at changi with all the guys invited to join in. So most of us had work on monday and tuesday but we still went to the chalet after work. There was barbecue that night and drinks as well. So they went about mixing alchohols with fruit juices or soft drinks. I drank two mild cups of it. The bitter taste was not very obvious so it was okay. So after the barbecue, some of us went in to catch the last episode of huang jin lu while another group of us, me included, went to play some board games that mark brought. The games were just so wacky and fun, especially with a large group of people playing. The second game, which I forgot the name of, was particularly interesting with us coming up with all kinds of ideas to relate to the name on the cards. By the time we ended our games, it was past eleven, so I needed help to get out of changi since I lived so far away. Fortunately, mark was able to drop me and jx right outside jx's house where I could wait for the bus to get home. In addition, I was lucky that the bus ride was a smooth and quick one and I managed to reach home just 15 minutes past midnight. It was all right for me since I was going for duty the next day so I could sleep all I want. And so here I am, blogging after another nap just after my duty over the night. That's all for now then.

hellmos signing off...

2008-01-20T13:53:00.000+08:00

I finally got the chance to blog. Actually I was quite lazy to spend some time to type an entry. Sorry that you always have to nag at me to blog more. Haha =)

Anyway I took half day off on friday to get some rest and also I got something on in the evening. I got invited to join my grand-juniors for their astronomy orientation. I sort of missed them and I could get to see some great-grand-juniors. Haha. Well before that, something interesting happened on my journey back home from work. It happened while I was on board this bus on my way home from work. The bus was approaching a traffic junction then suddenly the bus came to a stop at the side of road. The bus uncle seem so flustered as he quickly got off the bus and ran backwards away from the bus without telling the passengers what happened. All of us turned and looked at him as he kept half-walking and half-running to some place very far behind. Finally he got out of sight so all of us just had to wait until he came back. A few minutes he came back and he was holding the left rear mirror of the bus! Apparently the left rear mirror came loose and dropped somewhere further back. I think the bus driver only noticed it missing when he wanted to look into the mirror. So he wanted to get back to the bus interchange as soon as possible. So he did not pick up any passengers and skipped the remaining bus-stops. Fortunately most of the remaining passengers were headed for the interchange so he reached there pretty quickly. It was a rather interesting incident to begin my rest of the day away from work.

So I got home and took a nap until five o'clock. So I took the usual bus back to njc. It has been a long time since I went back to school, probably seven months already. The journey back felt so different, so nostalgic. Yet I saw familiar faces on the bus and I wondered about the six years that I spent in this area. I got down and first person I met was mr low kwee peng at the bus-stop. He had not changed, still the same old self. I chatted with him for a while and I thought he was quite surprised that I came back. So there I went, across the same old bridge that I spent walking for six years, and through the side gate infamous for its opening hours. Luckily I came prepared as I slowly walked towards the security guard. I was in my orientation t-shirt and jeans. The same security guard who had seen me for two whole years saw me. I stopped and flipped open my wallet, ready to take out my secret weapon - my security pass (the white card that we always had to tap every morning)! Then he said, "Student?" I paused and then nodded, "Yeah." And he let me through! Haha. At least I still looked like a student to him. ^_^ As usual, the ccas were having their trainings on friday. And apparently the school managed to change the turf of the field to something better. I went up to the canteen and got a drink. I wanted to look for the mixed rice uncle but his stall was closed and he was not around when I went to the back.

So I went up to sigma lab and found the guys. Actually I felt old being a year 4 there. But at least cherlynn and rong'en came back too and ly was still there. There was still people I know. Even jin peng came to promote his newly formed astro club at marine parade community club. I thought it was wonderful to be back. Although there was no observation that night. I felt a sense of belonging to the place. What we had been through to manage the club. All the setbacks and achievements that we had been through. Haha I felt happy just to be there.

Anyway I got to go first. I will try to finish the entry later tonight when I get back. So, see you then (: Be back later.

hellmos signing off...

2008-01-16T22:58:00.000+08:00

I spent yet another day off at home, apart from a short trip to bishan community library to return and borrow some new novels to read. The bishan community library has a bigger and better fiction collection than the toa payoh one and they have multiple copies of books available! So, I will not be afraid that I cannot find the next book if the books are in a series. And I realised old chang kee curry puff was selling at 80 cents today. I have no idea why though. Usual price was around one dollar. Anyway since it was my day off, my mother told me to clean up my room because chinese new year was nearing. So I vacuumed here and there, cleared up my table, rearranged my stuff on the table, wiped the walls and ceiling. The end result was me sneezing non-stop. Maybe not so serious but I have a bit of allergy to dust. Apart from that, we went to buy a new shoe cabinet last saturday because the old one was in a cannot-make-it state. It's those self-assembled type with all the wooden planks and screws packed in a cardboard box. So I went to assemble it on sunday by myself. Fortunately there were step by step instructions just like assembling a gundam model. So I just simply followed the instructions. Haha. But I realised that my right wrist had not recovered fully. I still could not exert enough strength while turning the screwdriver. It looks like my wrist still needs some more time to recover completely. So the cabinet was completed and then today, me and my mother shifted the new cabinet outside the house. So I spent the day moving stuff here and there and cleaning up the house. All this were part of the yearly da sao chu before chinese new year.

It's getting late for me, I didn't realise the time. I supposedly took off tomorrow but I shall cancel it and go back to work and use my off on some other day then. May the weather tomorrow be great and sunny! I want to play games! Haha. That's all for now then, see you my readers (:

Rabbit why are you not online?

Bleah

hellmos signing off...

2008-01-12T23:41:00.000+08:00

I went to mind cafe after work yesterday! People who went along were karthi, kent, zhiyang, kangwen, hong ying and hong yue! Anyway, karthi was the organiser for this outing, since he had been to mind cafe for several times. And hong yue came along with us after so long since he left for his medicine studies. It started raining before we managed to get to the cafe. We ended up sharing umbrellas until we reached the place.

So the seven of us took a corner table on the third floor, ordered our package and started to play our games! We played taboo!, ugly dolls, snorta!, jurassic jumble and true colours. And true colours was a game about our true self, what people think about you and what you think about yourself. Sometimes what you think of might not be what people think of you. So basically, this game was a good chance to know more about your friends and yourself. And indeed we did get to know more about one another. After we ended our game session at nine plus. Kangwen and kent had to go first while the rest of us decided to find somewhere for supper. So we walked from boat quay till circular road and we decided to just have supper at the hawker centre there. So we got some food and drinks, sat at our seats and just chilled. We talked about a lot of things like work, people and even medicine studies. Hong yue was like describing to us how his lab lesson was like. Haha. It was quite interesting though, and he said that after getting use to the body and everything, people started throwing body parts around. Yes, human body parts. We were so bewildered. Haha. So much for medicine lab lessons. We really had a fun night out.

Anyway today, I went out with jenyi, jenxi, shuyi, liyin, hongwei and the rest of the advent destiny team for an outing. We had lunch at some Indonesia restaurant at parklane shopping mall called ayam bakar selegie. It served traditional Indonesia food which was quite unique to me. First time tasting Indonesian cuisine. Even their coffee was different from the usual kopi I get to drink. The food was pretty good and their belachan chilli was really spicy enough. Really. Haha. So after lunch, we headed over to sunshine plaza which was opposite the road. The place was well-known for having several shops selling japanese merchandises like comics, gundam models, anime figures and other related stuff. I didn't manage to find anything that I wanted though. After walking about in sunshine plaza, we headed to kinokuniya at takashimaya while jenyi and hongwei left first. The guys bought some comics and magazines. I could not find the volume I wanted. It was so unlucky, all the volumes were available but just not that particular volume. Grrr. Well, I managed to get the volume I wanted in the end but not from kinokuniya. In the end I left early for dinner back home, so I did not know where else they went after I left.

This sums up what I did for yesterday and today. Nothing much actually. Anyway my weekends are all free for the rest of the month. Haha. Anyway I have to go soon, so that's all for now...

hellmos signing off...

promise

2008-01-07T22:33:00.000+08:00

I am back again for the third post of the year as promised! Nothing much happened to me for the past few days. The most happening day would probably be sunday which was yesterday! I realise I do not blog on the actual day of occurrence most of the time. Lazy me =P

So, I hope my memory does not fail me. But I always have good memory =D I think if someone did something bad to me, I will probably remember it for life. Haha. Anyway, I had night duty on saturday night. I managed to last through the night despite some changes to the routine. I didn't sleep much though, just a few hours. So I think I was in a half-awake mode when I left office. So I took the bus from the bus stop and realised that my concession pass expired the day before. That thing aside, I happily took the bus for more than 20 minutes then I realised I forgot to bring my uniform home. I was in civilian attire at that time. So I got off the bus, rushed over the road and just managed to board the oncoming bus back to office. That took me another 20 minutes. Zzz. Knowing that the waiting interval between buses on a sunday would be very long, especially for the road there, I took my time to walk to office, packed my clothes, chatted a while and walked slowly back to the bus stop. The road there had some constructions undergoing, so there were several stray dogs staying around that area. Just as I was walking to the bus stop, three of the dogs came out to rummage for food at the rubbish bin near the bus stop. Being careful not to provoke them, I slowed my footsteps and walked slowly to the bus stop. Since the bus had not come yet, I observed the dogs for a while. Then I saw that one of the dogs had its front right leg amputated. So it was just balancing itself on three legs and trying it best to follow the other two dogs. Obviously its movement would be affected with one leg missing, yet it was still trying to survive in the wild (I treat it as the wild because it's a stray dog and not a pet). It can no longer run around as always and chances of it being knocked down by a vehicle increases too. I felt pitiful for the dog. I hope at least it is able to survive well in that area. Survival of the fittest. The day will probably come where it will be left behind due to its disability ): May it get noticed by some spca person then. Woof woof woof (:

One more day of work before I go on my off again. At least work is much better with two people around to share the load. And I want to go out on my off! Can or not? Haha (: *hints hints* Alright, I got to change my bedsheets now. More to update next time then. Good night everyone (: Sleep early ra, don't stress!! Jiayou!!

hellmos signing off...

cycling at east coast

2008-01-01T22:25:00.000+08:00

It's new year's day and usually we would go down to east coast park every year for our cycling outing. It is one of the few days that my father does not have to work. And this has become sort of a family tradition to go to east coast park to cycle. Besides, we have a total of seven bicycles, including those in my uncle's family. Haha. And all of us know how to cycle apart from my youngest cousin who is still using a four-wheeler. Anyway for today, we left for east coast park earlier than usual because the weather was good at that time. We would start cycling from the hawker centre next to the lagoon, heading in the east direction towards changi. So we reached the end of east coast park at safra changi and today we found a new cycling route open, leading towards changi park. So it was a 7km park connector linking east coast park and changi park together. We did not manage to cycle until the end but we stopped at the 2km mark where the cycling path is just a road away from changi airport. So basically you can see the airplanes landing onto and taking off from the runway. It was a great view. I have not seen planes taking off or landing up close. It was an unique and perhaps useful experience for me (:

Anyway before heading for the new park connector, we made a detour at betok jetty where all the fishing kakis would gather to fish. There, I commented to my brother on how nice it would be to watch the fireworks from the jetty because it was not blocked by any buildings and we could view the city directly from there. So the fireworks definitely can be seen clearly! (:

Anyway, I am still lacking sleep. I only slept for four hours plus yesterday because I remembered I fell asleep at around 4am. Between the hours when I got onto my bed and until I finally entered dreamland, I just could not fall asleep, no matter what methods I tried. Perhaps I was too worried for you, so worried that my mind refused to go to rest, prompting me to stay awake so that I can know that you are safely back home before it would obediently go into sleep. And indeed so, after your message came, I was relieved and before I realised it, I was asleep already. But nevertheless I still need more sleep. So, I have decided to sleep at 11pm today, which is like now, just a few minutes more then. This should guarantee me six hours of sleep. I hope it's enough. So to add on to my new year resolutions, I must try to sleep more and this applies to you too (: Zzz more alright. Alright I should go now. Tomorrow is the first working day of 2008 and school starts tomorrow too. This means the bus will be more crowded ): Off to sleep now, good night to everyone reading this (:

hellmos signing off...

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happy new year

2008-01-01T13:55:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!!!
May the year be a great and prosperous one (:

The unit went for a bowling session yesterday at kallang leisure park as part of the new year celebration. I was supposed to be going home after my duty overnight but somehow I was asked to go due to vacancies. So off I went to the bowling alley for my first bowling experience. Well I do not know whether a score of 75 and 88 for two games is good or not for a first-timer. But it certainly was fun enough. Our team was not bad considering that I, the noob, was in the team. I think we were second in total score. Haha. The session ended at around noon and from then on, it was our half-day off. I just went home, showered and slept till 5pm in the evening. And so I spent my countdown at home with my family. It's 2008 now.

All right, time to go cycling at east coast park now. Be back later (:
See you...
hellmos signing off...

last day of 2007

2007-12-31T05:17:00.000+08:00

Yes, it's an unearthly hour now, and here I am again during my duty. It's my last duty for the year 2007, an indication that I am soon approaching my one year mark of national service (:

Yulei came back to singapore, so we went out with her yesterday for a small gathering. This time, weeloon came along too! And I managed to persuade fiona to join us too. Haha thanks for coming (: And we went to ajitei for lunch again, just like the previous time we met. As usual, the guys were the quiet ones while the girls, yulei most of the time, were entertaining us with their chats. Yulei kept relating her funny incidents in US which certainly provided good entertainment for us. Initial plans to catch a movie was cancelled so we went to mos burger to sit down and talk some more. Yulei certainly never changed at all even though she went to US. She is still as cheerful as before. I hope she enjoy her studies in US, a really good opportunity for her. And certainly we must do something for her 21st birthday next year too (: And thanks for the chance that yulei created for me too, even though she probably doesn't know the existence of this blog. Haha (:

Actually my entries are not short, it's probably because I type everything in paragraph form which makes it more compact and looks short. And I am trying my best to blog more this few days too. Maybe I should think about my new year resolutions for 2008. Firstly, I must pass my ippt! I am still stuck at four for my pull-ups. Time to train more when the year starts. Secondly, I want to learn driving. Since I have the free time, the driving centre is near my workplace and the test routes are considered the hardest of all places, why not? Thirdly, maybe I should go for some courses. Two years of not studying is certainly going to degenerate my brain. My news awareness may have improved but academically I certainly cannot solve any physics or chemistry questions without thinking about it for a very long time. Fourthly, I must treasure my family and friends more. Great friends are difficult to find, just like yulei and the gang (: And of course my dear ra. Fifthly, I must spend less time on the internet and more on reading! I think I have decided to cut down on my games. I need to read more books, brush up on my general knowledge and be smarter than a fifth grader! Haha. And lastly, I must be nicer to people (I know I am very nice already =P), learn to control my temper better, be more understanding, take things as the way they are, not rush into anything and of course be less demanding.

=)

I should stop here. Staying within topic is very important. Haha. Well it's the last day of 2007. Wishing all an early happy new year to everyone, may the new year be a better year =D I guess I shall be counting down at home tonight. I need more sleep. Zzz. Hopefully there's cycling on new year's day. I haven't cycled for very long already. I miss my bike. Haha. And we have four bikes at home, one for each one of us =D That's all for now then, time to tidy up my work and get ready for briefing.

hellmos signing off...

xoxo (:

zzz

2007-12-29T04:15:00.000+08:00

I am in a I-just-slept-for-one-and-a-half-hour state. In other words, just to put it briefly, I am half awake now. I might just doze off halfway while typing, just like how I type my long messages on my phone ;) (edit: I think the following is full of crap and rants, read at your own risk...)

I could not believe I had been typing almost continuously since I started work just now. Maybe I am really going into sage mode. Hahaha. Work aside, I am taking a break now, so I think I should write about something else. It is approaching yet another year. Somehow this year passed by really quickly. First came 7 weeks of bmt, then followed by unit life from mar onwards. Unknowningly I have spent like nine months in this unit already. I guess it has been a great year. I have made many new friends, whether from bmt or from unit here. I have gotten closer with some people (: At least I still get to go out with my friends, just like how I went out with zhenghan, stanley, ken and haowen last sat to window-shop before christmas. It was just plain shopping around orchard. And we had tea (it was tea time, neither lunch nor dinner) at cedele depot in wheelock place. I saw omelette available on its all-day breakfast menu! ;) And the all-day breakfast ends at 5pm. We should try it some other time (:
Then we took silly pictures in front of shaw centre, posing with the angel statues there. Haha. We were just too bored.

Let's jump to something else, probably completely unrelated at all. Looking back on my secondary school life, I guess I still remain in contact with my friends. Maybe not so close anymore. As we went our separate ways, me choosing to stay in nj and not go over to hci, relations get stretched throughout the years. Looking at how rabbit is so close with her sec 2 friends, their friendship still going strong even after so many years, I just felt happy, maybe. Sometimes I really wonder how a male and a female can have differing thoughts and characteristics even though all of us came from the same source of life - a zygote. Could it be the differing way that we are brought up since young, which led to us behaving differently when we grew up? Or could it be that it is intrinsicly so, that the gene was expressed in this manner because males and females do have the x and y chromosomes to distinguish them apart. Probably so. Haiz. I am crapping over here. I think when I read this through later, it would not make any sense at all. But still I am grateful to stay in nj, a completely different environment. I am the minority over here, instead of becoming the majority over at hci. It's a rv-dominated environment. Haha. Because of my stay, I get to know great friends. It was really a choice to make at that time. But still I am glad (:

Haiz. This is a completely emo entry. It's really just random thoughts appearing in my head. Anyway I started watching one litre of tears recently. It's a really sad jdrama. So sad that people literally cried one litre of tears while watching. Well I must still mention that erika sawajiri is chio. Haha. Although it was a sad jdrama, somehow I have yet to cry. I know the scene is going to be sad, tears are about to form but it just will not come out. But to admit it, I was a crybaby when I was young. And I always got bullied for being a crybaby. So when I graduated from primary school, I told myself never to be a crybaby again, so that is probably why so. No one would believe that I was a crybaby in primary school. Haha. Up to you all to figure.

I only slept for one and a half hour just now and I am still going out later at 1pm to meet yulei and gang. I shall catch a bit of rest when I get home then and probably sleep earlier tonight to compensate for my loss of sleep. I do not want eyebags!! Haha. Eyebags be gone then. Time to do some work before I end my duty at eight then.

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...xoxo (:

update

2007-12-27T23:55:00.000+08:00

I promised to blog today but after watching 1リットルの涙 (1 Litre no Namida) on crunchyroll just now, I realised I did not have much time left for the day. So probably I would be dedicating a longer post tomorrow during my duty (:

It's less than 400 days to ORD!!! My next target would of course be the one year mark =D

So, a few updates here. I did not manage to go for sports today because there was work to do. I was rather disappointed at not being able to go but work still had to be completed! In the end, I heard that nsfs won! Haha. I am still happy even though I was not part of the team. Anyway, nothing much happened this week. It's the Christmas mood, maybe. I managed to miss out on Christmas brunch in the unit because of duty off and I would be missing the bowling session next monday as well for similar reasons. It's rather unfortunate. I would love to try bowling for my first time. But I guess that would probably be the next time then.

I think there's probably plenty much to write tomorrow. I cannot think of anything to write now. Nothing links up in my head. There are so many ideas but I cannot see a way to link them together. Bleah. Never mind, I shall post some random stuff then.

HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR latest single - Amazing

05S21 playing soccer!

Randomness over! Apologies for such randomness. Haha. Bleah. Enjoy the festive seasons everyone!

That's all for today,
hellmos signing off...

何が僕らを待ってる

final update

2007-12-20T18:28:00.001+08:00

I realised I had yet to finish writing about my trip to malaysia. I stopped at the part where it was just after dinner on the first day. I did not feel like updating the past few days. Sometimes, laziness just sets in so rapidly that you just do not feel like writing, that you just want to play your games, listen to music and when you finally realise, it is time to sleep. Well, that happened to me for the past few days. I did nothing else apart from starting to play scrabulous on facebook and getting some new songs to listen. Enough of the crap, it's time to finish up my trip.

So it was after dinner. My relatives decided to head to the eye on malaysia at kuala lumpur to have a look. The eye on malaysia is actually a portable ferris wheel and reportedly the tallest one (60m) in southeast asia. It sits in the middle of a lake and is linked to the side by a bridge. Just beside the lake is the cultural centre and national library. Comparatively, the singapore ferris wheel is still much bigger than this but at least this one is moving already while the one here is still under construction. As usual, parking lots were difficult to find, so my uncles daringly found their own parking lots on the pavement besides the roads. By the time we reached there, the ferris wheel was already approaching closing hours and judging from the countless amount of people queuing up on the bridge for the ride, we decided that it was not worth the try to queue up for it. So in the end, we just took photographs. It was a bit of a waste and I heard that the wheel was only for a trial period of one year to see how attractive it was to the public. Judging from the queue that night, I believe it is attractive enough for it to remain in operation for more than a year, hopefully. Anyway we had fun trying to count how many gondolas (the cabins) there were actually on the wheel while the wheel was still spinning. The easiest way was to take a reference point and count anti-clockwise or clockwise whichever direction you like. In the end, we left the place and I felt like sitting on a ferris wheel when I get the chance next time. Then we headed back to the hotel and we were just in time for the match of manchester united vs derby county! Well at least for me, my brother and my cousins. The television was giving us problems earlier in the day but fortunately we managed to fix the problem, allowing us to watch the match at ease. I do not have cable at home so I hardly get the chance to watch a soccer match and whenever I do get the chance, it often ends up in a boring draw. But this match never failed me. A 4-1 win over derby county. Excellent result I would say. Manchester united combined really well on frequent occasions, especially the first goal. Whenever manchester united lost possession, they won it back almost immediately. For the first goal, every attempt towards the derby goal was thwarted by opposing players but they kept possesion and pressured on. Ronaldo's fierce shot was parried away and giggs was in just the right position to tuck it away. Just plain brilliance. Haha. Anyway, the match ended late past midnight. Then I discovered that apart from the twin beds given, there was a spare mattress below the bed, just like the one in downtown east chalets. So I dragged that one out. It was decent enough to be slept on. So instead of four of us squeezing onto the twin beds, I chose to sleep on the spare one, while my brother and my two cousins slept on the twin beds, combined together.

The next morning, I was awoken by my brother and he passed over to me the gaming console. Guess what, my cousins brought their ps2, connected it to the television and were playing proevolution soccer 2008 on it! So in my half-awake state, I played a match before going to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. Anyway we woke up like two hours earlier than the rest of my relatives to play the game. Shhhh. I was using atletico madrid in my game and against the likes of real madrid and some stronger team, I won! Haha. It was my first time winning them in the game. Obviously I did not get to play so often but some good defending and excellent goalkeeping certainly saved me. As my relatives woke up, we were told to pack up our stuff in order to check out of the room. So after checking out and tugging all the bags to the cars, we proceeded for breakfast. The hawker centre we went to had some special food not usually found in kuala lumpur. Instead these food were more commonly found in my grandfather's hometown, kampar. Having missed the food in kampar for many years, we ordered those few dishes, some sort of trying to remember how those food tasted like many years ago.

Well, my grandparents moved to kulai because my grandmother had difficulty moving and my relatives reckoned that it would be best to stay somewhere near where everyone could reach in a matter of minutes, not hours. In fact, one of my uncle live just five houses away from them. Pretty convenient. It was probably some three years since they moved to kulai from kampar. For your information, kampar is in perak, somewhere south of ipoh. Kampar is just a small town but there are fond memories of my stay over there during the holidays. I missed the food over there, the freshly made orange juice with lots of ice, the zhu chang fen with fried tau ki, the soup noodles with similar ingredients as the zhu chang fen and probably many others. The people over are just so friendly. Everytime we went back, my mother was certain to meet someone she knew. And we can just go to the main town on bicycles. So living in this peaceful town of kampar became part of my memories as I grew up. I wonder how the place has changed for the past few years.

Alright my duty has just ended, so my update shall stop here then. Wait till I get home.
hellmos signing off...

my wrist

2007-12-13T22:24:00.000+08:00

I SPRAINED MY RIGHT WRIST TODAY!!!! !@#$%^&*

It was damn painful. I had to wince at every moment I tried to use my right hand. I sprained my left wrist back in j1 but it wasn't so bad because it wasn't my master hand. But now it's my right hand's turn to get injured! It's probably time to train my left hand then since I can't twist or bend my right wrist at all. I applied some ointment just now. Hopefully it is useful for my sprain. I shall not reveal how I injured myself because it's potentially harmful for us. So, go ahead and ask me if you wish to find out. No more minesweeper in the meantime then, it's bad for the wrist. Either that or I go and learn how to use the mouse with my left hand. Haha.

Alright back to my trip to sunway lagoon. So after walking back the suspension bridge, we went to grab some lunch which was kaya toast and burger. Then we went back to play! We went round the lazy river for three rounds and I never knew that just splashing water at people alone could be so tiring. I was panting at the end of the three rounds. From there we moved on to the tidal pool. And it was just more splashing and pushing for the rest of our remaining time over there. By the time we decided to stop, it was already approaching closing time. The theme park opens at 1000 and closes at 1800. So we quickly showered and changed into clean clothes. After leaving the theme park, we headed straight to our hotel to place our bags. I was supposed to share a twin-bedded room with my brother and two cousins. There were several private colleges located within that area and according to my uncle staying there, the hotel was meant for parents to stay while they were visiting their children studying here. We got the corner room so it was comparatively more spacious. And they had cable which meant that we could watch manchester united versus derby county on that night! Dinner was at some zi cha 煮炒 stall. When you are in a big group of people in malaysia and it's dinner time, it's highly possible that you would be having zi cha. This was what I noticed in malaysia. There are hardly any other food stalls open at night, so the only choice would be zi cha. Dinner was alright but I felt that the auntie was trying to con us. The scenario was that we paid and got into our cars then she came rushing out saying that there was a miscalculation in the bill and it was supposed to be 30 ringgit more. She did not specify what miscalculation it was but we paid up in the end just to resolve matters.

That's all for today. I am deeply sorry if you have to read about my journey in bits and pieces. This is probably because I do not have the concentration to type out one full entry and my right wrist was also hurting even as I was typing this entry. So, to protect my wrist from further damage, I shall stop here (= Hope my wrist can recover soon. And it's friday tomorrow! Another week to be gone soon!

hellmos signing off...

back from leave

2007-12-12T21:08:00.000+08:00

So I am back from my leave and visit to malaysia over the weekend. I felt reluctant to wake up for work this morning, the after-effects of waking up late for the past one week. But still, I made it to office and made it back home after a day's work. Enough said, it's time to blog about my trip to malaysia from 7 to 10 dec!

First destination was to my grandfather's house (maternal side) in kulai. I stayed over there for the night because we were only setting off to kuala lumpur the next morning. I woke up at 5am the next morning, got ready to set off and waited for the rest of my relatives to arrive. So there were five families heading upwards to kuala lumpur and we squeezed into three cars for the journey. The journey to kuala lumpur took approximately three hours. It was almost ten by the time we arrived there. One of my uncles worked and stayed somewhere near kuala lumpur so we arranged to meet him there. Then we had fishball noodles for breakfast at some rather famous place there. After breakfast we drove to sunway lagoon resort for our activity of the day! Sunway lagoon was actually a multi-theme theme park with various types of attractions. It had the usual theme park attractions together with a water world like wild wild wet of singapore. So we bought tickets and entered the theme park but they had a unique requirement that no outside food and drinks were to be brought into the theme park, drinking water inclusive. Probably they wanted visitors to purchase all food and drinks within the theme park, another way to increase their revenue. The theme park boasted its latest attraction which was the water theme park located in the deepest part of the theme park. There was also the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, giving us bird's eye view of the whole water theme park. So we got changed and rented rubber tubes. The water slides were truly very exciting and thrilling, so much so that you would want to try it as many times as possible. And there was this water channel which we called the "lazy river". We could just sit in our tubes and float round the river. But obviously that was always not the case. We would trying to overtake one another and splashing at one another in our tubes. Tubes took turns to capsize as we congested the whole river. It was just pure fun and laughter. My cousin then suggested riding the roller coaster but we could not find the entrance when we got up there. Instead we found the entrance to the suspension bridge. So off we went, onto the suspension bridge and metres above the water theme park. All of us were barefooted and although the weather was slightly cloudy, the wooden planks still felt hot and to make things worse, at the middle of the bridge, wooden planks at the middle were replaced by metal grilles, allowing for us to look through the bridge to the lagoon below. Those scared of heights gripped one another as tightly as possible. When we arrived at the end of the suspension bridge, there was this flying fox activity available but unfortunately we only found out that we had to purchase another ticket to take the flying fox after waiting at the bridge for a very long period of time. In the end, guess what, we walked back on the suspension bridge to the end we came from!

I shall stop here for the time being, not much time left to finish it up. And I still have to work tomorrow. zzZ. I have been watching tv lately, especially tuning in to the korean dramas. And I found yoo hee in witch yoo hee very pretty and cute. Haha. Those big big eyes. Well to see her pictures, here's one of the websites I found (=
http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2119
It would probably take me a few days to finish the whole series by watching it online. I would maybe spend the weekend doing so then.

That's all for now, my next update should be tomorrow then (=
hellmos signing off...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

2007-12-05T23:01:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to the Thai King!!
Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me,
Happy birthday to cheeyen, Happy birthday to ME!!!

And Happy Birthday to everyone born on 5th Dec =)

So I am officially 19 years old. Last year of being a teenager. Another step towards adulthood. Many thanks to all the people who wished me a happy birthday =) At least it makes me happy that there are people who remember my birthday. Haha.

A big thank you to soon heng, fiona, weeyin, tiffany, tian meng, cherie, cheong seng, vanessa, karthi, jen han, zhen ming, milton, hendrick, tingfeng, cherlynn, ching li, xin hui, siang yong, mdm, navjote, nick liew, jocelyn, wei jie, zehan, shijia, kangwen, nik and sara. ^@^

Today was a rainy day. So nice to sleep in but so bad to go out in. The rain did not stop at all since I woke up until just a few hours ago. Anyway I was stuck at home for the whole day today. There was no plans to go out anyway. Well, my birthday is just as simple as before. Nothing special. I am just glad that I am not missed by my friends. And having the same birthday as the Thai King is surely something worth remembering. Haha.

I just wish that everything will pass well till the end of my ns life. That I will be able to achieve things I set out for. I definitely do not have 19 wishes. I cannot even think of so many. Haha. It is already 6th Dec now. Looks like my only hopes of going out for the whole of this week is also shattered )= It's alright. You really do need some rest at home. Going out everyday is not very good. Rabbit needs to sleep more! Since you book the date, it's up to you. It's been pretty long already. I also don't know what to do. Haha. Second time already busy rabbit =P But thanks a lot for your long long message. It's touching and sweet ^@^ Giving you a special mention here. Rabbit rocks!! Have a good rest and sweet dreams. Good night chubby and tired rabbit (^(oO)^)

I guess that's all for now, going off to malaysia from 7 till 10 Dec. Until my next update then.
hellmos signing off...

rie fu

2007-12-02T22:58:00.000+08:00

Have you heard of this japanese singer named rie fu or songs like "Life is Like a Boat" and "I Wanna Go To A Place..."? Well both songs were sung by her, rie fu, for popular animes like Bleach and Gundam Seed Destiny. For those who have heard her songs, they are nice right =) Some day last week, zehan, me and someone else I couldn't recall were talking about Bleach and so we sort of mentioned about the opening and ending theme songs. Then zehan said that he liked the first ending song of Bleach which was as above mentioned and he mentioned that it was sung by rie fu. The name sounded familiar to me. I must have seen it somewhere in my music playlist before. So I got home and searched my playlist! I wiki-ed on her too. So, it turns out that she graduated from Central Saint Martins college of the University of the Arts London, so she is fluent in english and japanese. In addition, she paints too! She has her own website of her paintings. Although she does not have many paintings, they are still very nice. You can find her paintings at her official painting website here http://riefunakoshi.com

Sorry to those who do not understand what I am talking about in the above paragraph. It is meant for anime and jpop lovers. Haha. Alright now back to my life. Today was my first duty for december and my last one before I go on a week-long leave from work. I managed to equal my record number today at work, some sort of accomplishment before I disappear from office. It's now time to take a break from work and maybe enjoy myself this week. Perhaps I should really go for some exercise. The soccer game with karthi and his friends yesterday was superb but short. I had never played so well for very long. It was also time to get some tan after getting stuck in office for so long. Well almost another year has passed. I am soon going to be another year older. There's nothing much to look forward to. Probably just a simple celebration. It has always been simple. I guess I am satisfied with that. Just three more days.

That should be all for now,
hellmos signing off...

korean mv

2007-11-28T21:46:00.000+08:00

I found this music video on youtube!! It's the mv for the song "words that are hard to say" by lee seung gi, the lead actor in this mv. I found it almost like a condensed version of a korean movie. And it was really nice and touching! The lead actress is chio! Although she looks a bit mature to be a high school student. So, enjoy the mv then. It's really meaningful =)

I guess the more frequent you listen to some songs, especially repeatedly over and over again, you will just get hooked on to it. That happened to me as I was listening to jay chou's new songs repeatedly. I started to like the songs the more I listened to them, especially 我不配. Haha. Anyway I am still lagging behind in my list of songs procurement, and furthermore my playlist is still in a mess, so most likely I shall continue listening to jay chou songs then ^_^ *nudges*

It's two days more before I embark on my one-week long break from work and I will be working alone for these two days >.< Anyway, I will be free next week so do ask me out! Hehe. Next week is a special week too (=

That's all for now then, this shall be a short post. I have to sleep already. Good night and enjoy your holidays (especially rabbit ^_^). Meanwhile, for the rest pia-ing for the exams out there, hang in there and jiayou!! It will be over soon!! All the best!!! (^(oo)^)

hellmos signing off...

food outing

2007-11-25T15:49:00.000+08:00

I am back for another update (=

Another quiet week had just passed. My playlist is still quite in a mess but I managed to update some of the music files, so it looked nicer now. I have done some rearrangements as well. Hehe.

I went to eat again! Karthi was suggesting having dinner on sat, but we did not know where to eat. So we consulted food blogs! Haha. We decided on western, so we went to search under that category. After looking through a few cafes and restaurants, we found one that looked interesting. The cafe was located just down east coast road, a few shops away from aston's. So, we decided on the place and asked around to see if anyone was interested to have dinner on sat. In the end, karthi asked xueli, zhiyang, christopher, junxiang and zehan to come.

So the restaurant was cafe oliv, located at 220 east coast road. There were several eateries located along east coast road. We agreed to meet at six, though karthi and I arrived late. The place was small but it felt cosy. Menus were promptly provided on the table. Only xueli and zhiyang came, so there was four of us. One interesting thing I found out from the food blogs was that this restaurant did not have gst and service charges! I think this was one of the appealing factors for this place, apart from the food, of course. So, we ordered different dishes to try since they offered a variety. I ordered a beer battered fish, xueli a beef stew, zhiyang a tenderloin steak (done medium rare) and karthi one of the linguines and a lamb shank! Prices for the main course ranged from $10 to $20. Service was excellent with genuine smiles and warm politeness. We received our food and drinks rather quickly. It was quite funny when after karthi's pasta came, the waiter came with the lamb shank and he asked whose it was. I was controlling my laughter when karthi said it was his and his pasta was on the table just in front of him. Imagine the surprise on the waiter when karthi said that. Haha. The rest of the orders followed. The size of the fish was quite big, reasonable enough for the price. It was nicely done with a slight tinge of beer along with the crispy crust. Then i tried a piece of zhiyang's tenderloin steak. It was just nicely done, at his request of medium rare. Since karthi had two main courses, he ate the linguine, leaving the lamb shank last. The rest of us had already finished as we looked at him starting on the lamb shank. I could not help it but try some of the meat. It was just too tempting. It was so big and yet worth the price for it. The meat was so delicious. We finished the meals, sat around for a while before settling the bill. The total cost amounted to $90.50 and as mentioned, no gst or service charge!

Since it was still early when we left the place, karthi suggested that we go settler's cafe for some board games and snacks. I have been to that area before so I knew the place quite well. We happened to pass by aston's and it was just as busy as ever, the waiting queue was always so long. Settler's cafe was just a few shops down from aston's. Karthi happened to meet his friend who was working there. We got a two hour standard package with drinks and a snack. He introduced us some games, both fast and slow. Karthi and I played charoodles again, just like the last time we came. Charoodles is just playing charades with props like a tube, cup, ball or a square. Needless to say, the game was just plain hilarious as we had to come out with all kinds of actions to let your partner guess what the items were. I definitely loved the part where karthi was acting the item "gold medal" and he was like biting the ball, pretending it to be a medal. Haha. Apart from that, there were other card games which I forgot the names of. It was just a fun and relaxed session. It was approaching ten when we left settler's cafe. Karthi took a cab back home and we hitched a ride till still road so that we could take 13 back. Fortunately 13 came just as we alighted from the cab.

Photoes of the food we ate, courtesy of ieatishootipost.blogspot.com, the food blog where karthi and I found out about cafe oliv (=

beer battered fish

lamb shank

I supposed I am beginning to appreciate food in singapore more. Probably this was because most of the people in my unit were interested in good food around singapore, so I sort of caught this interest too and coupled with my interest of exploring places, it just fit in. I was supposed to meet up with the guys for ktv today, but too bad kangwen fell ill so we cancelled the outing. Nevertheless, I am still looking forward to dinner with my family tonight at east ocean restaurant at shaw centre! That should be all for now.

And to end off, here's a joke I picked up from a forum,

Life Explained:

On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten." So God agreed.

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed.

On the third day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer
under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give
back the other forty." And God agreed again.

On the forth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."

Man said, "What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and for next ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

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Meanwhile, a big JIAYOU to all those taking or about to take their exams now!!! (^(oO)^)
hellmos signing off...

screw up my playlist

2007-11-18T09:44:00.000+08:00

Sigh. I went to screw up my music playlist yesterday afternoon. Now it's in a mess! Having painstakingly rearranged it the last time I messed it up, it's all jumbled again. Grrrrr. It's not going to be easy arranging 1,400 songs nicely. Sigh. I shall get down to rearranging it after my sleep. Rawrrrrr.

Meanwhile, I found this while blog-hopping! It's the explanation by fang wen shan for his lyrics of 青花瓷.

"當初當我確定了「天青色等煙雨」的歌詞後，沒多久就又順手寫下副歌第二句「而我在等妳」，於是副歌第一行的關鍵詞即孕育而出：「天青色等煙雨，而我在等妳」。因我歌詞裡所描述的天青色，是無法自己出現的，它必須耐心的等待一場不知何時會降臨的雨，才能夠在積雲散去的朗朗晴空以天青的顏色出現。因為雨過天晴後才會出現天青色，故必先降雨才能有天青，但我倒過來說，天青色在期待著雨天的來臨。還有，之所以用「煙雨」，而不用「降雨」，則純粹是因為煙雨的意境比較美。而我用「天青色等煙雨」此句來對仗較為白話的下一句「而我在等妳」，一連用了二個“等”字，是為來強調愛情裡最無力的無奈就是「等待」。換個散文式的說法就是：「這天氣的變幻莫測，那裡是我們平凡人所能掌握的呢？想看到純淨被雨洗滌過的天青色，就只能耐心的等待雨停，就如同我也只能被動而安靜的等待著不知何時才會出現的妳。」"

青花瓷
詞/方文山曲/周杰倫

素胚勾勒出青花筆鋒濃轉淡
瓶身描繪的牡丹一如妳初妝
冉冉檀香透過窗心事我了然
宣紙上走筆至此擱一半

釉色渲染仕女圖韻味被私藏
而妳嫣然的一笑如含苞待放
妳的美一縷飄散去到我去不了的地方

天青色等煙雨而我在等妳
炊煙裊裊昇起隔江千萬里
在瓶底書漢隸仿前朝的飄逸
就當我為遇見妳伏筆

天青色等煙雨而我在等妳
月色被打撈起暈開了結局
如傳世的青花瓷自顧自美麗
妳眼帶笑意

色白花青的錦鯉躍然於碗底
臨摹宋體落款時卻惦記著妳
妳隱藏在窯燒裡千年的秘密
極細膩猶如繡花針落地

簾外芭蕉惹驟雨門環惹銅綠
而我路過那江南小鎮惹了妳
在潑墨山水畫裡妳從墨色深處被隱去

天青色等煙雨而我在等妳
炊煙裊裊昇起隔江千萬里
在瓶底書漢隸仿前朝的飄逸
就當我為遇見妳伏筆

天青色等煙雨而我在等妳
月色被打撈起暈開了結局
如傳世的青花瓷自顧自美麗
妳眼帶笑意

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fanwenshan&article_id=9130859
Click on the link to find out more about the song ^_^

That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...
我也只能耐心的等待著

third part of my trip

2007-11-16T22:33:00.000+08:00

I had no time yesterday, so I didn't manage to write about my third part as promised. Sorry about that. Well, after waiting for so long, I finally got to play sports yesterday. Haha. We played touch rugby followed by soccer. Touch rugby was fun. I have never played it before but it sure was fun to play. Anyway after we changed to soccer, everyone was still in the rugby mindset. We were like shouting "Line line" and everyone was lining up in a line just like in touch rugby. Haha. Anyway it's good to exercise after staying in the office for so long. I better start losing weight.

Alright back to my third part of the story. Yeah so after the desaru fruit farm tour, we headed towards desaru and went to some beach resort. No, we didn't book a room at the resort. Actually we just wanted to go to some beach to play. And the beach is so so nice. It was so clean that east coast beach was pathetic and sentosa beaches paled in comparison. The sand may not be white but there was no rubbish or any other non-relevant items on the beach to tarnish its purity. And apart from the beach, you should have seen the sea! If you imagine the sea to be that you saw at east coast or sentosa. No way. The sea here is so wide and so blue. You can see nothing beyond the horizon. Not even ships. And the sea is no other than the south china sea, something you will never get to see from singapore. Well, so the kids played and ran about on the beach, collecting seashells and stones. I joined in too. Haha. Still young at heart. We played for around an hour and got tired. So we cleaned ourselves a bit and headed off for dinner. For dinner, we drove to some place called telok sengat which is on the map too. It lies just at the straits between malaysia and singapore, so by assumption there should be seafood to eat. So, we had seafood for dinner. Telok sengat is actually a quiet town. There was not much activity going around and it was very peaceful and serene. And it's near the sea. It's probably famous for seafood. After dinner, it was a trip back to kota tinggi, with most of us falling asleep in the cars being too tired after playing for the whole day. It was a fruitful day, going to so many new places, exploring more about malaysia. I am sure looking forward to the next malaysia trip which is sunway lagoon at kuala lumpur and genting too! So, in the meantime, it's back to work and in anticipation of my upcoming holiday break.

It seems like my choice of template was very good. Haha. So many positive feedback, even from the two young ladies who complained about my old template. Thanks for the comments. That's all for now.

hellmos signing off...

second day of trip

2007-11-14T22:40:00.000+08:00

I am back to continue my second day of my trip to kota tinggi!

So we stayed over at my uncle's house. We woke up at 9 in the morning, washed up and went for breakfast. From there on, we went out for the whole day! First destination was desaru fruit farm, located approximately 39km from kota tinggi. It was a 100 hectares-wide farm planted with many species of tropical fruits, with the main product being honey oranges. The place is supposedly quite famous with several celebrities having been there. There were photos of mediacorp artistes on the walls of the place. There was even a variety show hosted by adrian pang and michelle chia which introduced the place. So we went for the farm tour with a tour guide on board a van. First stop was the areas planting breadfruit and dragonfruit. After this it was followed by areas planting several other fruits like jackfruit, durian, soursop, rambutan, lime, chilli, longan, passion fruit, jambu, mango, betel nut. There was sort of a resting hut which grew spices like curry leaves, assam leaves and a big pond of koi. The kids had fun feeding the koi, placing their fingers below the water and let the fish suck the fish food from their fingers. Once food dropped in some place of the pond, the koi would all swarm towards the place, with water splashing everywhere. So after that, we proceeded towards the animal farm! Along the way, we saw some bee boxes, housing the bees which the farm use for pollination. So back to the farm. The farm reared goats, two monkeys, many chickens, ducks, turkeys, two ostriches, turtles, rabbits (nudges) and even snakes. The tour guide even took out the rabbits for us to pat. It was quite funny to see the rabbits hopping about on the table. They were not really hopping but more like pushing their legs backward to move forward. We took turns to stroke the fur of the rabbits. It was so smooth and nice to touch, even their ears too. That concluded our tour and we took the van back to the starting place. We listened to the guy introduce about their bees and products of bees like honey. He was saying that pure honey would never expire and those with expiry dates were all not pure ones. So after his introduction and persuasion to buy some of the honey products, we were given boxes of fruits as part of the tour package. The fruits were quite nice, considering I hadn't eaten some of the fruits before. Well, so after consuming the fruits, we bought some fruits and left for the next destination. As for the next destination, that would be another post I guess. It's getting pretty late, time to get to sleep for work tomorrow. So stay tuned for my third part tomorrow then =)

Map to show where the place is

I found a new emoticon today (^(oO)^) Hehe. Cute right?
hellmos signing off then...

trip to kota tinggi

2007-11-13T20:49:00.000+08:00

I changed my template! it's the third one already. Upon receiving complaints from two old girls that my font was too tiny to be read, I decided it's time for a change. So now, the font is larger, colour contrast is better than the previous one! So, comments please. There's always room for improvement =)

So here I am to blog about my trip to malaysia over the last weekend. It was just a short holiday to my uncle's house at kota tinggi. We heard about the rather famous firefly tours at kota tinggi and we decided to take a look. So I went with my mother and brother as well as my another uncle's family of four. We reached kota tinggi at around 2pm. We had lunch and then my uncle drove us to his house. We stayed at the house, chatted most of the time. Then we got ready for dinner and finally it was the long awaited firefly tour. Kota tinggi has a river which runs through the city, so along the river away from the city area are swamplands where the fireflies live in. So we put on our life jackets and boarded the boat. As the boat slowly moved out of the city area, the surroundings darkened except for the occasional fire lit at the river sides of fishermen fishing. The river sides were only trees left. As the boat proceeded deeper, that's where I started seeing it. "Eh there there there!" my cousins exclaimed. "Shh shh, can see can see." The fireflies were blinking on the trees but they never flew away from the trees. Under the dark cloudy sky, the trees dotted with fireflies looked just like christmas trees. There are only two objects which can produce light on its own, one is a star and the other is the firefly. It has such a truly admired unique ability - the ability to produce light. The boat brought us closer to the trees. Looking at them from near, they were so bright. As one landed on my palm, it was as if my palm was glowing. I caught a few but released them in the end, not wanting to disturb the equilibrium of nature. I had not seen so many fireflies in my life and it was indeed an eye-opener for me. So after the firefly tour, we headed for supper! Another thing I recalled about kota tinggi was the supper I always ate - roti prata! Maybe it was a just a habit but it had been a while since I last ate prata. So I was yearning for it. Haha. I even managed to catch the first half of stuttgart vs bayern munich. Stuttgart was 3-0 up by the time we left. After supper, we went back to my uncle's house to rest for the trip on the next day.

That's all for now. I will update the second day of the trip tomorrow night. Meanwhile, a big jiayou to all university students taking their exams soon! All the best!

hellmos signing off...

another outing

2007-11-08T17:35:00.000+08:00

Alright I am back after three days to add another post to my blog =D

Firstly, happy deepavali to everyone because it's a public holiday! But sadly, I have to do duty on this day, so here I am now in office working till 8pm later. Well now for my post on another outing that I went on tue night. Tue was soon heng's ord date, so he planned to take us out for another outing to bugis there for steamboat. It was meant to be a section outing. Soon heng came in the morning, got his long awaited PINK card, and went off after having lunch with us, leaving me, kangwen and nicholas having to work until 5.30pm before setting off for bugis. We reached earlier than the meeting time which was 7pm. Initially we thought of getting some present for him but there wasn't much time left and since we were a bit famished, jun xiang brought us to a diner at north bridge centre just opposite the road of national library. It was called "food for thought". The atmosphere of the diner was very cosy, a bit of old-fashioned design but still it felt nice and warm to be in. Then on the way to bugis just now, nicholas mentioned that he liked carrot cake (not the fried one but the actual cake with carrots in it) and the restaurant just happened to have carrot cake! We got a slice and we also decided to get a slice of dense durian cake for soon, decorated with a candle! I tried some of the carrot cake and it was really really nice. So, to all cake lovers (*hints*), this place would be a nice place to dine in (: And I found out that their concept of this restaurant was very interesting too, go to their website to find out more http://www.foodforthought.com.sg/hello.html

Well then, soon heng arrived with aston. It wasn't surprising since we would be going to somewhere related to aston later on. I couldn't get the candle to light up, neither could soon heng. Haha. The durian cake was split into mouthfuls. Even I, who don't eat durian, was fed a mouthful. So after the pre-dinner cake, we proceeded to liang seah street which was just nearby. That area is really a steamboat paradise. There are so many steamboat shops there, all boasting the original chong qing steamboat. The one soon heng wanted to eat at was very very crowded and the waiting list was quite long too. So we gave up eating there and aston suggested another restaurant which was happy pay steamboat (天天火锅小厨). I don't know how or why but jun xiang said something like vip and we were ushered to the second floor which was air-conditioned with better decorations and room space. The second floor is some old fashioned setting which I don't know which decade that was. There were a lot of coca cola bottles, those glass bottled ones, which I guess is very very rare to see nowadays. There were six soup bases to choose from, so we took the corn rib and 麻辣 one. We were all carnivores there so meat was a must for us. Haha. Next were the additional food like dumplings, meat balls, vegetables. The main food was still meat. We ordered pork, beef, lamb and fish. Well, the meat was well sliced and thin enough. The 麻辣 soup wasn't exactly 麻辣. The spiciness was there but it wasn't exactly numbing. The corn rib soup was decent enough. Drinks provided, lemon tea and barley, were free flow and refillable. Basically the place was family-oriented, so it was normal to be noisy over there. Service was alright, food came rather readily. I think we asked for many servings of meat, until we contemplated writing 10 plates at one go, but it wouldn't work. Nicholas and I stopped eating first while the rest carried on with a few more plates of meat. The total cost amounted to 22 per person.

Then after dinner, we walked over to purvis street where aston's brother opened a bar there. The place had ktv and a pool table. And soon heng was displaying his vocals again! Well, drinks were on soon heng as decided by him, so we got tiger beer. Jun xiang and kangwen went to play pool, nicholas and I just stayed at our seats while looking at soon heng sing. There was a girl there who could sing really really well too. I couldn't stay for long, had to get home by midnight. So I just drank like two glasses of beer, watch them play a bit of dice, sing some songs. There was this super high uncle who kept praising soon heng's singing. Well I think soon heng enjoyed himself. That's ord for him. Well till my ord, 443 more days! One year and two months more left to serve. Jiayou everyone! 15 more minutes to the end of my work. Packing up time. That's all for now then.

hellmos signing off...

outing with army mates

2007-11-05T21:56:00.000+08:00

So I am back again after a short while to update on my another trip around Singapore, this time round being lunch at raffles city and ktv at chinatown! The outing was meant to celebrate soon heng's and chin leng's ord and birthday. So they decided to have lunch at menotti italian cafe & bar which is located at raffles city, right opposite chijmes. My decision to join them was quite last minute, it being zehan asking me the night before whether I wanted to go. Although I came late, it was still earlier than the organizer himself. Hehe. In the end we decided to go with the set lunch special which included a main pasta dish, a dessert and coffee or tea which was at $19.90 before gst and service charge. I ordered a linguine (blue swimmer crabmeat in creamy tomato sauce), a soffiato (warm dark chocolate cake with chocolate chip icecream) and english breakfast tea. The ambience of the restaurant was pretty nice, the lighting was just right and service was rather good. The pasta came a while later. The linguine looked a bit like meepok and I commented that the whole dish looked like bak cho mee. There wasn't much crab meat though but the sauce was decent. It wasn't too sour and I thought it was just nice. After the pasta came the dessert. It was hot chocolate cake with chocolate chip icecream and it blended very nicely. The sweetness was alright but quite sinful for the body. Haha. On the overall, it would say this place would be a nice place to dine in, whether with your friends or girlfriends. Total cost amounted to $23.60 per person. So after lunch, some guys had to go off with the remaining six of us, soon heng, marcus, colin, aston, kangwen and me, deciding to head to chinatown for ktv. According to soon heng, there was one at smith street offering $10 per person from 2pm to 7pm with free flow of drinks. So we went there, walking through a maze of shops in chinatown. The room they gave us was quite special. It was behind the kitchen! We were wondering why they had another ktv room located behind the kitchen. The place had more middle-aged people as compared to places like kbox which teenagers frequent more. I would say $10 for 5 hours was a good deal though. There was a large variety of songs, including songs in other languages like indonesian, malay, cambodian. We sang lots of songs, including songs that I didn't know as well. I think I can't really sing well. The best I can do was to 和声 with another person. Quite sucky. Sad. Bleah. Time to sing more. Haha. In the end, I think I screamed too much for linkin park songs and my voice was a bit hoarse. I left an hour earlier because I had to join my parents for dinner. And dinner was as great as lunch. We had zi-cha at the coffeeshop downstairs for a table of ten, my family and my uncle's family. We ordered food like fried calamari, cereal chicken, two black pepper crabs and a steamed crab. And I thought my voice was going to be gone as the food were so heaty. But luckily no and I had a great dinner instead. Haha.

That should be pretty much what happened on sunday. Work today was super duper busy. A usually five-men strong section suddenly became just three guys working in the morning and two guys in the afternoon! How busy is that. Grrrr. Never mind. It's just monday blues I guess. I was very tired just now, just fell asleep on the bed after dinner. Sigh. Tired tired. I can't wait for tomorrow's work to end, then we can go enjoy food again, this time round with drinks! Haha. So let's await the next update of my outings ^_^

hellmos signing off...

crash ntu

2007-10-25T00:07:00.000+08:00

Well, since I took three days off for this whole week, I decided to dedicate one of the days to a visit to ntu! As usual, my buddy was kangwen, who took the day off as well. I managed to find shuyi who had a lecture today on forensic science, something I figured kangwen might be interested since he was going to take life science. We agreed to meet at boon lay though kangwen arrived a bit late. Both of us complained about the long journey. Haha. Him from bedok and me from toa payoh. In the end we still reached ntu early but we got a bit lost at going to nanyang auditorium, so in the end we ended up at school of biological sciences. I had to call for help in the end. Bleah. Shuyi came and brought us to the cafeteria. We got some snacks and decided to go to the auditorium. Surprisingly a lot of people took this module since it was held at the nanyang auditorium. Well at least forensic science was interesting to me. Then kangwen and I saw people literally eating dapao-ed food inside the auditorium. Yeah with those styrofoam boxes. The lecture took quite a while to start since people were still streaming in and settling down. Before that, the girls had to fill up some lecture feedback. So lecture started. The lecturer was quite interesting and kangwen commented that he liked the way the lecturer stood and walked. Kangwen was quite bored and decided to sketch the auditorium on my sketchbook. I took some notes and learnt some interesting stuff as well. Halfway through, there was a ten-minutes break. We decided it was enough so we headed out of the auditorium and walked towards canteen a. The route to canteen a was more familiar to me since I had walked through there a couple of times for my competitions, so I led the way. We grabbed some lunch at canteen a then kangwen met a former nsf from our unit and had a chat. After that, with nowhere else to go, we headed for jurong point. We walked around in jurong point for a while, doing a bit of window shopping. In the end, since kangwen had dinner at home, so we left boon lay and I parted ways with him at raffles place.

It was a fruitful trip, thanks to shuyi for the arrangements (: I look forward to my next return to ntu then. Next place to crash? smu? Maybe some other place in singapore to explore.

Anyway, it seems like I look very free even though I am in NS. I am sorry about that, gals. I think I really need to find something to do. Even my mother complains of me not making use of my free time. I should really start thinking about getting a driving license or attending some courses. Well, times up for my three days of off. I had not done much for the past three days apart from the trip to ntu. Blah. I am getting lazy. Haiz.

That should be all for now. I am getting rushed to publish this. Sorry for the delay. Haha.
hellmos signing off...

trip to nus

2007-10-18T03:19:00.000+08:00

Yup it's duty now, Mt Kelud has not erupted yet, if not I won't be here blogging already =D Alright, so just a while more before I go to sleep, I shall blog about my trip to nus yesterday!

So I took a day off yesterday with the hope of going to ntu to crash some lectures but unfortunately, it was not really possible ): Well kangwen happened to take his pm off, so we decided to head to nus for lunch! We took 95 to nus and on kangwen's suggestion, we decided to head to arts canteen to try the food. But in the end, we got off at the wrong stop but we still walked there in the end. But then, we couldn't find the arts canteen and had to ask around for directions. So we continued walking then in the end we reached computing! We asked for directions again and finally phew we really found the canteen. Then first thing we found out was that the western food is, to quote kangwen, "obscenely cheap". It's $2.20 for a plate of fish and chips or chicken cutlet where the meat was of decent size. Kangwen tried the cutlet while I got the fish and chips. We swopped food and I found that the fish was better tasting than the cutlet. The taste was decent enough, considering the cost of the dish. According to my friend's introduction, the laksa and japanese food is supposedly not bad. We didn't try those two stalls because the queue was exceptionally long. After lunch, we wandered off in search for another canteen. The initial thought was to head to science but kangwen decided to find out the myth of extreme gender imbalance in engine. It turned out rather true and the atmosphere in engine was pretty dull, maybe due to the drizzle at that time? After passing through engine canteen, we finally settled down at mcdonalds. Kangwen was meeting his friend for dinner, so we waited in macs for quite some while before his friend, Tovya came. They decided to cab down to Greenwood Fish which is just behind njc (yes I only knew about this place yesterday) for dinner and since I was headed to town, I hitched a ride with them until njc so that I could take 174 from there. Then I went off to town in search for my books at kinokuniya before heading home for dinner.

That's more or less what I did yesterday, if I left out something, pls refer to kangwen's post for elaboration ;) Till then, I would be looking forward to my next off day which I don't even know when it will be. For the next exploration then. ntu? smu? or some other places in singapore? I am undecided yet haha. I really look forward to lunch tomorrow but if you really cannot, there's always next time, don't worry (: Two days more to your big day, cheer up ^_^

Off to sleep then...yawns...
hellmos signing off...

new thing

2007-10-10T21:48:00.000+08:00

I learnt a new thing today. It was quite random though. Haha.
We were walking along the road, heading for lunch when we saw a car driving past with an American flag in front. So what would you do if you are a normal pedestrian. Normally you would point your finger at the car and talk among yourselves, wondering who's inside that car. But then, I learnt something new today. Our chief clerk was walking with us and she mentioned that if we were in uniform, we were supposed to salute when we see such a car with a flag. If not, according to her, the person inside has the right to stop and book us, which probably means taking down your names and unit and reporting them accordingly. So here's some new knowledge to all NSFs like me. Remember to salute when you see such a car. According to my chief clerk, those are cars for ambassadors and foreign officials, hence the salute required.

I went with my parents to buy a new mattress for my bed today. According to my mum, we were regular customers of the shop since we moved to Toa Payoh. That was like more than ten years ago. Well, it was a furniture shop at Geylang East there. Geylang East, not Geylang. Geylang East is near Aljunied fyi. Then, while at the shop, I saw this little Indian boy who was with his father in the shop. The auntie was speaking to him in mandarin and I heard him reply back in mandarin! Then he spoke to his father in tamil what the auntie told him. I thought he had learnt to speak mandarin from school or his friends. Turned out that he took tuition to learn it! I was quite impressed at him being able to understand and speak the language.

That should be all for now, work's as usual, doing my routine stuff everyday, looking forward to using my offs though, hopefully next week. Meanwhile, back to my FM08 gold demo...
hellmos signing off...

[edit: amendment, according to another source non other than cpl leongjx, we are supposed to salute when we are wearing our uniform and headdress. That's all for amendment =P]

adding-on

2007-10-03T21:37:00.000+08:00

Didn't manage to update on the dinner yesterday. I was particularly tired, maybe it's my mental adjustment to the constrasting amount of workload as compared to before. It's probably the effect of a stressed out month, where so few of us worked so hard every day. Now that the rest are back, I am looking forward to a more relaxed workload, hopefully. Undeniably, they are still greenhorns, picking up as they get more experience working in my section.

Why am I talking about this? I should be blogging about my dinner.

Back to the dinner on Sat. Where was I? Oh yeah description about vil'age. So each one of us got a card and went in to find seats. The concept of the place was something new to me. It was very interesting though. I walked one round around the place, ordered a pizza and waited for the rest as they proceeded with their other orders. I was told the pizza would take 10 mins so we spent some time walking around again, looking for other interesting stuff to get. The calamari was nice, the pizza I got was ok, considering that I was allowed to choose my own toppings. When we all got our food, we went back to our table and had a long chat. We caught up on a lot of stuff that happened for the past few months. It was a great time to be together again, catching up and doing all sorts of funny things. We took hilarious photos again, needless to say. In the end, we spent a long time inside there, it was almost ten when we decided to get out. At the heeren fountain, we took photos again and tried to throw glenn into the fountain but to no avail. It was a great night spent with them. All the best to every one and I look forward to the next outing planned (:

Got to go now, getting nagged for using the comp too long, await my next update then.
さよなら goodbye
hellmos signing off...

neglect

2007-10-01T21:51:00.001+08:00

Hmm it seems that I have been neglecting my blog...I am sorry, my blog (:

So, I decided to blog down our Taurus outing on Sat before it goes out of my mind in a few days more. So Taurus 4 decided to meet on Sat to have dinner together to celebrate the long belated birthday of xiulong and in addition the also belated birthday of my buddy, zijia! Original plan was to meet at 1830 at orchard to shop for suitable gifts for the birthday boys. The guys who came were junchen, mojo, raymond, john, glenn, clement, weijie who all came first. First we went to shop around wisma with clothes in mind, but we couldn't decide on anything. Then in the end, the guys thought a dinner treat for them would have been more appropriate, so we went to taka in search of restaurants. Then kwan chuan and xiu long came and joined us while we headed to the 5th floor in search for buffet for dinner. While they were arguing where to have dinner, I met my 1st three months CT Mrs Lau! I had a short chat with her before hurrying off to find the guys. On the way out of taka, terry joined us and we then proceeded to sakura after much deliberation and our stomachs growling involuntarily.

When we reached sakura, I waited for zijia to come while they went to queue for seats. Even though we managed to be able to get in, unforeseen circumstances like not enough time, never pay cannot go in with us and others forced us to abandon the idea of eating there and with a word from glenn, "sorry, we are not eating here", we walked off in search for other dinner locations. In the end, we went to the vila'ge at heeren B1 which offered a cashless system where you are given a bar-coded card upon entry and when you order food, the card will be scanned and the order will be recorded on the card. Final payment will be made at the cashiers located at the exit using the card.

That's all for now, I shall elaborate more on the dinner tomorrow, stay tuned my readers (:
hellmos signing off...

yui is back

2007-09-24T21:03:00.000+08:00

Yui is back with a new single!!! Here's featuring Jam, classical Yui style of guitar play and music (:
Her single "Love & Truth" is scheduled to be out in Japan on 26 Sep!!!

till the end

2007-09-15T22:20:00.000+08:00

Time for another update...
Good news first...To all NSFs who entered national service on 26 Jan 07, we have finally less than 500 days to ORD LOR!!! A light pat on your backs for completing close to nine months of national service. A bit boliao here but I found it quite stress-relieving to know that I have less than 500 days to go (:

Went to beach road last Sunday to collect my extra name tag. After that I decided to walk to north bridge road to explore the area. I recalled exploring that area once after school with jenyi. We took 170 from school all the way to queen street terminal because jenyi wanted to go to beach road and we figured that was the fastest way to get there. So then we walked along north bridge road to get to beach road and that was where I discovered the shop of Tai Sing Corporation where all kinds of model cars, ships, planes as well as childhood toys can be found. Too bad at that time, we just explored the shop and did not get anything. Oh I must mention that the shop itself is the size of at least three shophouses which is really huge. So on Sun I went along north bridge road in the hope of finding that shop again. I remembered I was cursing how hot the sun was as I walked from beach road to the place. Fortunately, once I got to north bridge road, it became walking along those shophouses with sheltered walkways. After a while, I finally found the place :D I went in and somehow looking at the toy cars just brought back my childhood memories. I used to play with a lot of toy cars when I was young. It's like boys will definitely like toy cars. I used to boast a great collection of toy cars when I was young. In the past, I could even tell what was the model of the car just by looking at the car from far. Haha. But as for now, my brother has taken over this job and I would just ask him hehe. In the end, after touring the shop for quite some time, I didn't buy anything much except for a frisbee. The cars were attractive and I did contemplate buying them for my brother and cousins but the thought of being ranted by my mother for getting them toys out of occasion prompted me to drop the idea. So this ends my second trip to Tai Sing Corporation. Future trips might be possible. I would love to bring my brother and cousins there.

I always wanted to go out and explore the rest of Singapore. Better than staying in the office every day to do work. Singapore might be small but there are certainly places worth visiting to get some learning experience.

Lastly, uni life has indeed been very stressful for my friends. The huge load of tutorials, projects and assignments have certainly affected them badly. Even I am worried for my own uni life which is going to start in two years' time down the road. I hope that they are able to get out of their stress and work hard for their studies. This might just be the transition from jc life to uni life, definitely a great leap in the way things work. So to you all, stay strong and jiayou till the end!!!

A small note - I thought of asking you out tomorrow but thinking of how busy you are with your work, all the assignments and work, I felt it was bad to disturb you. I hope my not-so-daily reminders could show their effect but I know it's so much easier to say the words jiayou than to really do it. I probably would not know the helplessness with the never-ending work since I have yet to experience such life. Well what I can do is to probably remind you to do work whenever I can since you tasked me with that (: So remember to do your tutorials, study hard for your quiz, and take care always...pokes pokes...1 am already...zzz...

That's all for now,
Sleepy...
hellmos signing off...

muscle ache

2007-09-04T22:54:00.001+08:00

I went for my first 8 km run yesterday after work with soonheng and junxiang. Thanks to them, they made me run all the way to touch the barricade before turning back. It was initially agreed that I was to turn back with them when I see them coming back from the barricade. Instead, they assured me that the turning point was only a short distance away which indeed it was. If not for their encouragement, I would have probably started walking after turning back because my knees were seriously aching. My endurance paid off after all, and the long-distance run also relieved me of my stitch at the start of the run. Surprisingly, when I reached the 1.2 km turning point, my knees did not ache and I was able to increase my pace a little bit. The familiar surroundings sort of boosted my morale and I picked up speed as we finished the final 1.2 km of the run. Both of them were surprised I still had strength to increase my speed at the end. *Grins*

Anyway I was surprised my muscles did not ache yesterday night or this whole morning. But just as I reached home after work. A flex of my thigh brought the ache which I was missing for. As usual, I can never run away from the ache and that would probably put off running for tomorrow as well. A big thanks to both soonheng and junxiang for being willing to run with me, though they are training for their full marathon as well. Thankew brudders haha!!!

Come on, it's time to lose weight! I must run!!!
Time to go now, I must not neglect my blog haha, more updates to come...
hellmos signing off...

first sat night duty

2007-09-02T07:09:00.000+08:00

Yawns...
This's my first sat night duty and I am officially a LCP!!
I managed to finish all my translations hurray!! And work has been alright so far, with an understudy around. I haven't been doing much things this few weeks, apart from joining the guys for another soccer session and failing my IPPT on Wed ):

Yeah, on failing my IPPT. I am so pathetic, office work has made me so unfit that I can't even pass my 2.4km. And that coupled with my usual fail item - pull ups. This has certainly proved that I really need to start exercising. Joining the guys for their usual after-work run is a must then. And for some reason, after the soccer session on Thurs against some cadets, I presume, my legs were aching very badly. The ache was comparable to what I suffered in secondary school, doing 200 squats as punishment for our PE teacher. Although I could still walk, my muscles ached so much that I could not lift my legs up. Luckily the ache only lasted for one day plus. Now I feel alright. So I guess I can run again tomorrow. Hmm maybe not can, is I must run tomorrow.

I think that should be all for now, it's way past my duty hour, and just for your information, the new song playing over my blog is the latest single by high and mighty color - dreams. So that's all for now, be back soon with another update (:
hellmos signing off...

yawnzzz........

2007-08-24T03:47:00.000+08:00

I had the intention to blog but I just could not bring myself to do it. Finally I have some time now while doing duty to update (: But first I would have to recall what I have done for the past few weeks.

Apart from going to Malaysia to visit my grandparents last weekend, I have not been doing much outside work time. Other than my daily games and regular manga and anime, I have been slacking pretty much :p Found a few new things over the net though. Duties this month have been fun, especially those with karthi and junxiang around. It's definitely havoc time haha. Like blasting music from the computers or sharing our jc life. Life is interesting with them around. Truly haha. Sites that I have found include radioblog, a music site with mainly english songs to listen online and several other manga sites, both english and chinese which I found while searching for the chinese version of claymore (manga) online.

It's getting pretty late now, going to sleep at 5 am, shall update later at 7 am when I wake up.

edit: Turned out that I woke up late and could not have time to finish updating, and so here I am to finish my unfinished task. I was looking through my emails just now and I just happened to receive one from yanting with a meaningful story attached to it. Having read the story a long long time, I was tempted to re-read the story once more. The first 17 chapters are available online at http://www.goodybooks.com/ibelieveyou.htm but the ending is not revealed. So to anyone who chance upon my blog with the link, hope you enjoy reading the story.

Back to my work. Over the past two weeks, I tried exploring other alternatives of going home apart from the usual route of taking 90. So this time round, I tried going southwards. Fortunately, with the help of xueli who mentioned that there's 59 available, I was able to find an alternative bus route home (: although it was during peak hour and the bus was pretty crowded, the journey was comparable to taking 90 where the bus would be equally crowded. Anyway I took 59 back home again and since it was in the morning after peak hour, the trip was much faster.

outing with yulei, van and py

2007-08-07T22:02:00.000+08:00

Back for another update of my life...
Went out with yulei, van and py on sat for a short gathering at town!!!
We met at taka at around noon, then we went to ajitei for lunch!!!
I ordered a tonpei yaki which was an egg omelette covering vege below and lots of mayonnaise on top and another dish which was barbecued por. Py got a saba shio set. Van got the same egg omelette and something else I forgot and macha sundae anmitsu. Yulei got california maki and something else which I forgot too :p
My egg omelette was very nice, certainly worth the money for it, it's reasonable enough.
As usual the girls ate more than the guys :p After the meal, we just sat there and talked while drinking our cups of tea. Py kept getting bullied for his teeth haha. Anyway we kept on chatting and refilling our cups. We talked about a lot of crap and stuff because we had not met each other for at least 5 months.
Yulei is going to US for her studies; van is actively taking part in rag dance for her faculty and py is under OCT training at seletar, lucky for him for his camp to be so near his house. In the end, we drank until me and py had to go to the toilet. After that, van and yulei went to get japanese pancake and breadpapa's chocolate fondue first while we joined them later.
Then we went to kinokuniya to look at comic books but we didn't find anything interesting. So we walked to CK Tangs because yulei needed to get something from her friend there. Then we headed to Starbucks beside Swensen's but there was no seats. So we walked further to Heeren and we realised there was only Spinelli there. So we went in and sat down. Then yulei and van took out their cameras suddenly and started taking photos. Then we attempted a self-taken photo of four but py's face got cut in half and the Caucasian sitting opposite was smiling at our antics. In the end, he offered to help us take the photo and voila, there it is at the top of this post (: Once again, the girls got hungry and went for cakes while I just got a strawberry t-twist.
We chatted again for a long time. Yulei accidentally spilled her drink on her jeans, luckily it wasn't very obvious. Then we went to HMV to look at cds. It just happened that the movie 881 was having their promotion at Heeren as well, so we managed to catch a glimpse of Qi Yuwu and the actresses on stage. After that, we walked around Heeren, the girls were doing the shopping in particular, while we just tagged along and waited for them.
In the end it was almost 6 when we decided to leave. Van wanted to take 124 home, so I waited for the bus with her at the bus-stop while Yulei was heading to Shaw House, so py accompanied her to the MRT which was along the way.

This post sums up the whole outing. I tried to recall whatever things I could. It was great to have an outing with them, especially when yulei is leaving and will only be back for Christmas. They still look the same, as fun as ever. They were the first few friends I made in my JC life so I really treasure their friendship very much. Well, one by one, my friends have left for greener pastures elsewhere. It's pretty sad to know that they are leaving but I am sure they will definitely come back one day to visit us. So, yulei, all the best for your studies in US, you probably won't read this haha. University life just started for the girls. I hope they can cope with being confused and blur for their first week of school. All the best and jiayou to everyone!!! It would be my turn in two years' time. That should be all for now, I took quite some time to blog this due to some unidentified continuous disturbance which disrupted my flow of thoughts :p haha

That's all then,
hellmos signing off...

second update...

2007-07-30T23:01:00.000+08:00

Back again...just changed my blog song (:
Here's featuring Gabriella from High School Musical - When There Was Me And You
The lyrics can be found below, I will add it at the end of this post (:
The song takes a while to load and it can only be heard on Internet Explorer.
[edit: Song can be heard on Mozilla Firefox as well ;) I edited the script]

Back to topic...
I managed to catch High School Musical when I came back from duty yesterday night. Although I missed the front part, I sat through the whole musical till the ending. And I must say, it was a nice show indeed and the songs were so meaningful, just like the one Gabriella sang. And it was a happy ending after all. It may have been a high school love story musical but I still liked it.
And High School Musical 2 is coming out next month!! But I guess that it would be a while before it will be shown in Singapore.

Anyway there's so much I am thinking right now but I just can't seem to put them down in words. Probably blogger's block at its best haha. And there's not much time left now, have to sleep soon. I must maintain my habit of sleeping before midnight on weekdays *grins* and *shoots You-Know-Who a concerning look that sleeping LATE is a not a good habit* :p
That's all for now, back to re-read Harry Potter, promised to return Nik the book tomorrow.
So, before I end, here are the lyrics

Gabriella - When There Was Me And You

It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here but all I want
Is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe
Miracles could happen
Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care

I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star
Thats coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you

I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
Once upon a song

Now I know your not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Cause I liked the view
When there was me and you

I can't believe that
I could be so blind
It's like you were floating
While I was falling
And I didn't mind

Cause I liked the view
Thought you felt it too
When there was me and you

Au revoir
hellmos signing off...

back again...

2007-07-29T19:13:00.000+08:00

Hmm I promised to blog, so here I am now...
Busy reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, now at chapter 26 (;
I just like the way she wrote the book and how everything unravels chapter by chapter as she offered explanations for everything that had happened so far to Harry Potter. It was pretty difficult for me to stop reading the book to do my work. I took great effort to do so, only to return to the book moments later. I must really really really thank nik for lending me the book for the day (haha he's just sitting opposite me)!!! No spoilers here for anyone, be rest assured although I presume I am one of the slowest to finish the book. Wikipedia is a pretty good site to get spoiled though. Well I think I shall stop here first to carry on with my book. I will update later when I get back home.

Au revoir...

Ok, I am finally back, got too caught up with whatever's happening in the book, and I finished it finally *grins* I am planning to re-read it again tomorrow. Well, it is really really really a good book. I am impressed at how everything was revealed and explained. Totally impressed. I was fixed to my place, reading the book continuously, which explains why I am still here, yet to fall asleep. I am sure my heart is still beating at a quicker pace than usual after all that excitement in the book. At last, time to put the book aside and to tuck myself in bed. I will probably be unable to forget the scenes in the story. More to come tomorrow and I shall end with Harry's signature spell (:

"Expelliarmus!"

More than it meets the eyes

2007-07-12T22:00:00.000+08:00

Hi,
I am back after a week to blog about our movie outing last Fri to watch Transformers!!!

The movie at 1905hrs and tickets were already booked at 8 dollars beforehand thanks to safra ;) So after work, we figured the shortest route would be to go by NEL from Potong Pasir to Dhoby Ghaut. When we reached Plaza Singapura, we still had roughly an hour to spend, so we went to have dinner at Manhattan Fish Market. It was my first time there. Although the Manhattan fish and chips was cheaper than Fish & Co's, some of us, including me, felt that the dish at F & C would have been relatively better. Well I wouldn't know about the rest of the dishes, so I would probably go back some other time to try the other dishes but that would surely burn a hole in my pocket ):

So after the meal, the timing was just right. We entered the cinema, found our seats and waited. As usual movie previews and advertisements lasted as long as 15 mins. Well the starting scene of the movie was enough to take one's breathe away. Watching how Blackout (I will introduce the characters later) take out the whole US base was seriously damn exciting. Overall I would say the movie was very very exciting. The graphics and motions were very well done. Shia LaBeouf (Sam Witwicky) acted pretty well and Megan Fox (Mikaela) was so hot! As the plot developed, it was spiced up with comedic scenes that left us laughing at one point of time while glued to the screen at another as the final battle unravelled. I really enjoyed the movie although some battle scenes were pretty confusing.

There were changes to the original Transformers. Bumblebee is a Chevrolet Camaro, not a Volkswagen Beetle, Megatron is a Cybertron jet, no longer a Walther P38 rifle. Had he been a rifle, he would be very very lousy I guess. Robots use missiles and rockets to battle (Matrix and kungfu moves included) instead of lasers and force fields. Well, at least they used the name Witwicky which was the main human character in Transformers G1 series. Optimus Prime was voiced by the same person in the cartoon series too.

Now time to introduce the Transformers!!!
Autobots:

Autobots Leader OPTIMUS PRIME

Autobots 2IC JAZZ
(He got ripped up by Megatron in the final battle but he could be back)

Autobots All-Time Favourite BUMBLEBEE

Autobots Weapons Spec IRONHIDE

Autobots Medic RATCHET

Decepticons:

Decepticons Leader MEGATRON

Decepticons 2IC Starscream

Decepticons BARRICADE
(The bad police car)

Decepticons Spy FRENZY

Decepticons BONECRUSHER
(Too bad, he got thrashed by Optimus and his axe)

Decepticons BLACKOUT

Too bad I couldn't find any decent pictures for Brawl and Scorponok, both Decepticons ):
That's about all for now,
hellmos signing off...

work...sleep...work

2007-07-04T05:02:00.000+08:00

Hello,

"It's 0512 now and I haven't slept a single bit =X
There's a lot of work today, not surprising at all though, judging from the recent developments in the world, resignation of Japanese DM, appointment of Japan's first female DM, UK terror bombings and many others."

Finally woke up from my long long sleep on my bed, was too tired when I reached home this morning. I didn't even have time to blog at work and I only slept like about an hour. Work was alright though I made some mistakes here and there, mistakes which I will definitely learn from them to improve on in the future.

Back on last Sat, I went to Kallang Stadium with Sufyan and Glenn to watch Singapore vs Australia friendly, the final match at the stadium before it will be demolished for the sports hub to be built. It was truly a different experience from watching the match live on television. Listening to the Kallang Roar, be part of the Kallang Wave, cheering on for the teams, groaning at every chance missed - it's a total new experience for me. The Lions played well against Australia even though they lost by 3-0. There were good saves by Lewis and brilliant chances for Indra and Khairil Amri but both hit either the bar or post. Playing against Australian players who, for some of them, are playing for clubs in top flight premiership football, it is definitely a good experience for the Lions. A 3-0 scoreline just shows the difference in terms of technique and tactics. Nonetheless, the Lions still deserved our respect for fighting hard in this match. Mark Viduka scored a brace, both headers while Harry Kewell added one in between both goals. Australian players who played in the EPL and Serie A included Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell, Lucas Neill, Mark Bresciano.

After the match ended, there was a closing ceremony for the stadium where they commemorated all the athletes who contributed significantly to Singapore realm of sports since the national stadium opened. Every time an athlete was introduced, the crowd roared and applauded. Then, a video was shown in which every memory of the national stadium was displayed. The scene was quite touching. The national stadium bears all the memories of athletes who had persevered to achieve results for Singapore. Finally the ceremony ended with fireworks over the East stand. To be able to catch the final match at the national stadium is something I will definitely remember. Thanks to Sufyan and Glenn for asking me out to watch the match haha. Pictures coming right up!!

Sufyan and Me!

Singapore Veterans vs Malaysia Veterans!!

Last lighting of the torch ) :

Singapore and Australia teams!!

KICKOFF!!

Shi Jiayi about to take a corner kick

No. 10 HARRY KEWELL!!!

Final score 0-3

Glenn, Sufyan and ME

The Lions applauding the crowd

Fireworks!!

My personal favourite (:

That's all for now,
haha I hope it's a long enough entry :p
hellmos signing off...

sensitive issue

2007-06-29T23:45:00.001+08:00

Decided to delete one of the posts, realised it was too sensitive to be posted up here...
Well, I do not want to get into trouble anyway, so better to play safe after hearing about all the stuff which happened last time.
Yup that would be all for now, more updates to come in the near future ^_*
hellmos signing off...

random...bored

2007-06-25T22:46:00.000+08:00

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question. And there you have it...comments in [...]

01 How does the world see me? 梁咏琪 - 原来爱情这么伤

02 Will I have a happy life? 飞轮海 - 爱到

03 What do my friends really think of me? Jason Mraz - I'm Yours [am I??]

04 Do people secretly lust after me? 动力火车 - 吃得起苦

05 How can you be happy? Yui - How Crazy [be crazy, be happy C:]

06 What should I do with my life? DBSK - Sky [my life will be as vast as the sky....yup]

07 Why must life be so full of pain? 陈慧琳 - 影中我 [all reflections of me???]

08 Will I ever have children? 张信哲 - 过火

09 Will I die happy? Christina Aguilera - Infatuation [die infatuated? possible]

10 What is some good advice for me? 林俊杰 - 流行主教 [follow the trend...pretty good]

11 What is happiness? 周杰伦 - 搁浅

12 What's my favourite fetish? F.I.R - 雨樱花

13 How will I be remembered? 张栋梁 - 痛彻心扉 [don't break your heart if you remember me]

14 What is your love life like? 许茹云 - 泪海

15 What's your life motto? Prince of Egypt - When You Believe [believe in myself yeah when I believe]

16 What do your parents think of you? 五月天 - 宠上天 [宠上天?? not really]

17 What's your favourite hobby? FMA ED1 - Kesenai Tsumi [YAY manga and anime rocks!!!]

18 What does your best friend really think of you? 李玖哲 - 只牵你的手

19 What's the worst thing about you? Natasha Bedingfield - Single [nope, single is pretty good :p]

20 Describe your mind. 言承旭 - 一公尺

21 How will you die? Bowling For Soup - 1985 [i will die rocking in 2085? maybe too old]

22 How does your crush feel about you? BB Mak - Ghost of You and Me

23 What is your wedding going to be like? Ivy - 企图 [huh what intentions???]

24 What about your honeymoon? DBSK - Tri-angle [DBSK, BoA, Korea, Japan...nice places to go haha]

25 Describe the last day of your life. 黄湘怡 - 吻雨 [hmm kissing the rain goodbye on my last day]

26 Why does life suck? Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

27 Why does life rule? 梁静茹 - 爱你不是两三天 [cos I can love you forever...]

28 What will you be famous for? 黄立行 - 无神论 [hmm but....but I am Buddhist :p]

29 What's the craziest thing you'll ever do? Linkin Park - Numb [rock until I become numb??? pretty crazy I would think]

30 Will you achieve your goals? Gundam Seed OP3 - Believe [yes I believe so C:]

31 What will your future job be like? Chemistry - Solid Dream

32 Your party life? 罗志祥 - 机械娃娃 [dance like a robot....peter crouch teach me!!!]

33 Overall, will you be happy? One Piece ED10 - FAITH [faith in yourself...yes yes I will be happy]

34 Or will you just deal with it? 张信哲 - 做你的男人

section A outing....

2007-06-24T19:11:00.000+08:00

Haha I suddenly had the intention to put [translated by...] on the first line just now...

Well I am back after another week of work (actually I think I only worked one night duty, two actual work-days last week). Hongyue's leaving soon, so he cleared his off on Thurs and he's clearing them all this coming week. Thurs was games day, so we had a brief introduction to touch rugby before moving on to soccer, 5 a side with 3 teams. I realised we had decent players among us, it was the first time I played street soccer with them. Well, I am sure looking forward to more soccer in the future ;)
Work was usual on Fri, although spam could suddenly change from something cosmological to poetry, haha quite unexpected.

Then on Sat, I had my first Section A outing (inclusive of Clong!). It was meant as a farewell outing for hongyue who's leaving us for his medicine course in NUS. We met at Plaza Singapura for movie at 1600hrs. The movie was Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Though the movie was pretty short, I felt that it was rather nice but some parts were really very lame. The Fantasti-car and Silver Surfer sure reminded me of that cartoon which I watched years ago.
After the movie, we walked over to Fish and Co for dinner. It's my second time there and the food arrived very quickly. All of us got the New York Fish and Chips. Then Nik and Clong had to leave first for duty while Kangwen had family matters so he left too. The payment surprisingly took quite a while. After that, the remaining four of us, Soon Heng, Junxiang, Hongyue and me headed to Clarke Quay for a drink. We went to Brewerkz. We ordered a Kölsch tower which is German beer in a 4 litre container (tower). They gave us four glasses, each glass is around the volume of a can of beer. We had a lot of fun chatting and knowing more about one another. We talked about girlfriends, bachelorhood, ORD, family and even rugby. Hongyue was quite depressed which he strongly denied but maybe it's just the beer because he did not really like beer in the first place. But I must say the beer is much nicer than the normal ones I drink. It's less bitter. Halfway through, the place started showing the South Africa-New Zealand rugby match live and Junxiang who was a rugby player started talking about rugby to us. To admit it, I did not know much about rugby except for watching a few matches and knowing a few things here and there. But after that match, my knowledge had surely improved, all thanks to Junxiang. In the end NZ won SA 26-21. It was an enjoyable time to drink with them, I realised I like drinking haha. I drank 3 glasses which was about a litre and I was not drunk, maybe a bit headache but I was still able to talk, response, take bus home myself, joke around. We stayed until the match ended which was around 2300hrs then we left.

Well, it was an enjoyable day for me, especially the drinking, and I am looking forward to more such sessions in the future!! Although I am sure all this drinking will surely add to my waist length, so I guess I should start running regularly. That would start from the day I get my No. 3 then and it's a promise to myself.

Alright, that's all for now...
hellmos signing off...

zzzzzzZZZZZZ............

2007-06-14T20:57:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to do, so here I am to update.
System down, so I can't do my work...sigh...
More translations to do, so much in the tray...
Yup, here's my second night duty of my time here.

The night is still long, hopefully I can sleep for a few hours later.
There's so much things to do and the ****ing thing is not up!!
Never mind, I can use the time to blog then...haha

I went back to school this morning to collect my graduation certificate and yearbook, and jenhan just snatched the yearbook away to scan through, grrr...
Alright back to topic, I went with stanley this morning. He just POPed and had this crewcut of a typical tekong POPian. We collected our certificates and had a chat with the library auntie. After that we went to get a drink and did some pull ups. Just as we were about to leave, we met salihin at the atrium and accompanied him to the library to collect his certificate. Coincidentally, we met the class girls in the library as well. So we took our yearbooks and started signing autographs on it. After that, the girls had the intention of going out to shop so both me and Stanley tagged along to grab some lunch. We went taka to shop, the girls split up and some of us went to Mos Burger to eat. I couldn't stay long though and had to leave at one plus. The girls were still shopping in Giordano when I left. It was a great time to go out with them although it was so short. We caught up on our lives and I managed to find out where they are going to study. Most of them are going NUS but Stan and Salihin are going NTU, same as me!!! C:
Well, all the best to all the girls for your further studies in one and a half month's time,
keep in touch and enjoy your lives C:

Alright, system is back online,
I can do my work now,
so that's all for now,
be back later after my translations =X
hellmos signing off...

updates...

2007-06-05T21:57:00.000+08:00

It's the June holidays,
while the students can take a month's break from studies, those non-students like us shall just carry on with our work every week.
Work has been kind of slack this week. And I am a bit lost now, having no idea which section I belong to. Let's just hope the meeting on Thurs can solve my problem. Finally finished my 7 page magazine translation, the translation was 3887 words long, so happy that I finally finished it. Now I will just have to submit it, hopefully tomorrow. In addition, I must mention the most enjoyable part of my work - clearing newspapers C: Clearing newspapers is so fun, I can read about sports, entertainment, and even play sudoku and spot the differences too. Although the newspapers are in chinese, I don't mind because I can read chinese anyway, even traditional chinese as well ;) I must say this could be the most enjoyable part of my every day work.

On a side note, I still cannot decide whether to get my No. 3, it would definitely be more convenient and makes changing to civilian clothes easier but the online emart seems a bit odd and I am scared I will buy wrongly =X I shall wait and see, might be getting it soon.

Anyway before I leave, here to share a short story of a racehorse named Secretariat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_%28horse%29
Shall give a summary tomorrow if I have time
Meanwhile got to go soon, my mom is nagging me already :(
I guess that's all for now,
hellmos signing off...

university courses...

2007-05-24T21:36:00.000+08:00

Yay added a song to my blog,
Life by YUI!!!
Very nice song!!! Haha...and it's a BLEACH opening song!!!

Enough said, listen for yourself guys...Haha
Back to topic,
It's been almost two months since I got posted to this unit. Everything seems fine so far, a bit of changes here and there but I am definitely proud that I actually improved in my Bahasa Melayu (Malay). Now I can translate without relying much on toggletext, which is good C:

I can't talk much about work here, it being in NS. So I shall refrain from talking about work C:
A few more weeks before the acceptance to university closes. I have gotten both letters but I have yet to make a choice. I have more or less made up my mind already. I don't think I should say so much here, just in case they go around reading blogs and decide not to give me what I want =X Well, if you want to find out more, just ask me personally and I will kindly tell you. Recently, I tried googling my name and turns out there are other people called cheeyen as well but I think they are mostly girls haha. Well, I managed to find myself mentioned in blogs of other people as well haha.

I just had a chat with my friend, he just decided on choosing environmental engineering at NUS. I asked him why NUS, he replied that he always like NUS better and he added that it didn't mind because we still have two more years to choose our courses. That was quite true in some sense, I don't really have to think much about it now but what about the girls? This period of time, I can say, could be one of the hardest times for them, to choose the correct course and not regret in the future. There are a lot of factors concerning this. Even I am helpless when it comes to advising my friends on what course to take. It's like the battle between the heart and the mind. The heart goes for whatever it desires while the mind, being the "educated" one, would definitely go for what is best for it. It's not easy for the heart and mind to agree with each other and this leaves people all confused and worrying about what to choose. And to add on, with other "educated" minds around influencing your thoughts, how can you choose the one that your heart desires? This is just how the world functions, people work for the salaries and job prospects yet where are the devotion and enthusiasm that you should find in a career that you like?

Enough said, I think I crap too much, this might make people even more confused. To all the people having a hard time choosing, especially the girls, choose carefully whether with your heart or mind, and be prepared to face the future. Whether or not, you will regret, it's all in the future.
Before I end, an extract from Jeryle's blog (subjected to my editing):

"Universities, they're just like girls.

Firstly, us guys, we need to work damn damn hard to get into a university. Us guys need to work damn hard and be so damn lucky to get into a girl. Get the drift?

There's initially, that 2 years of JC life. Oh yeah, sometimes thats how long it takes to get the girl you want too my friends. In that 2 years, you can slack it off, but pay the consequences by the nose. You don't work hard, you don't get your girl. You see, spaces in universities are limited. Just like the limited amount of eligible girls. So competition is intense. Tough.

You can work really hard too, and off course reap the fruit of your labour, in getting your course of choice. Of course there are those weird exceptions when you work damn hard, but still don't get your uni place and those that don't work at all, but still get the course of your choice. Lucky asses..

Then there's that phase of applying, you know how it's like. Paying money to apply for a uni, just like forking out cash to go on dates with your girl, TRYING to give it a go. Most guys quite kiasu i think, apply to all 3 universities. Heng heng can get into 1 of the 3. Reminds me of how some people during valentines day, ask many girls out at once, wait to see the response, and then decide whom to go out with.

So yes, i see many people in literal pain, having to chose between universities. See la, too many girls give you a headache, each has their own good points, making it hard to choose. Then, when no uni sends you a letter, also headache. No girl likes you, you also feel the heat. SIGH.

See la, can't live with them, can't live without them. Worst part is, better choose carefully, because just one wrong choice, and you're probably screwed for the rest of your life."

No offense to girls here, just for laughs maybe...
I actually wanted to blog on some bad stuffs but my lazy self just would not allow me to do so, so I shall not do it unless the stuffs start coming back to me...I hope not C:
That's all for now, hellmos signing off...Navy Open House tomorrow!!!

second duty...

2007-05-05T15:50:00.000+08:00

Hoho, it's my second duty on a Sat AM shift,
so far so good, translated a few articles, slack around watching bleach and naruto on crunchyroll haha...
the techies were fixing the computers in the office, so it was quite messy and there were only 3 computers available but we only got Internet access, there was no intranet, so basically there was nothing we could do in the whole morning until they got the things fixed at noon.

I didn't have much sleep yesterday night because I got home late after watching Spiderman 3, but surprisingly I am not feeling tired now. Spiderman 3 was very nice and cool, Tobey Maguire was very funny at some parts of the movie. Although it ended at midnight, it was worth the time spent. I went to watch it with my platoon mates, so we chatted a while to catch up on stuff. In the end, we missed the last train and bus, so we could only wait for the nightriders or nightowls to get home. In the end I took NR1 home after waiting for around 20 minutes. The NR1 ride was quite exciting because it was my first time taking it. It passes by a lot of clubs and pubs where most of the people would still be hanging around after midnight. It was a rather interesting trip for me, at least some experience learnt. So, I reached home at 0100 hours and hence I only slept for 4 hours plus.

Now for some updates this week,
Thursday was an eventful day. Firstly, we played basketball for sports. It was quite daring, because we were not allowed to play contact sports after 3 people got injured within a month last year. Anyway it was a fun and friendly match. I haven't play basketball for almost a year already, so my shooting has gone rusty already haha. But anyway I hope that we can play more such sports in the future. Previously, Ma'am Angie informed us that she wanted to treat us dinner and she had already made reservations. So after sports, we rushed back to change into civilian clothes quickly. Luckily Mark was willing to drive us to Orchard, and from there, we took mrt to City Hall. It was a Peranakan buffet style restaurant called Plaza Market Cafe located at Raffles the Plaze. There was sushi, sashimi, popiah, satay, peranakan food, oysters, clams and salad. The food was quite delicious and the peranakan food was exceptionally spicy. I heard that it was $42++ per person. I wondered why Ma'am wanted to treat the five of us. Nevertheless, it was a good meal and I am sure we enjoyed it all thanks to Ma'am. And one more thing to add, I got the letter from NUS!!! This means I got accepted into both universities. But now, I will have to make a decision between both universities. There's still one month left for me to reply. Hopefully I can be able to get the NUS faculty scholarship. Then it might be easier for me to choose. That's all for now then, but before I go, time for another song, 大哥 by 衛蘭 Janice, it's the chinese version for "Never Let You Go" also sung by 衛蘭. Hope you enjoy...
hellmos signing off...

personality

2007-05-01T00:01:00.000+08:00

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OJT duty

2007-04-29T19:51:00.000+08:00

Damn it, blogger eat my post grrr...
Relax, just have to retype everything again,

It's my first duty and it's a weekend duty, means I can get a day off tomorrow!! It's part of my OJT and so far it has been pretty slack except in the morning where I was doing translation from Indon to English. Otherwise, I was listening to songs over youtube and crunchyroll or playing archmage, haha I set the browser to refresh every 5 minutes, so I can get 1 turn after every refresh. Master Lit was very kind to us, he brought marinated meat and sausages from home and treated us to a barbecue in the pantry, so basically that was our lunch. Duty has been quite slack so far. Maybe it's because there are three of us here. Normally there are only two guys on duty. So if one of them decides to take leave, it would be quite disastrous for the other one. I wonder how it would be like but it is certainly no fun to do everything alone. I wish I would never get that kind of situation.

As mentioned earlier, I was listening to Japanese anime songs over youtube and crunchyroll. I was listening to songs by this Japanese girl in particular, Yui. She is very talented with the guitar and her songs are very nice too. Two of them, Rolling Star and Life, are cool opening and ending themes for Bleach respectively. I will try to embed the youtube videos here if possible. Besides Yui, I also listened to High and Mighty Color, Nami Tamaki etc. If you find the songs nice, do ask me for the songs haha.

Here are some updates for this week,
on Tuesday morning, I went for the NUS faculty scholarship interview. It was quite relaxed and the professors seem impressed by my results but I felt that everyone who applied for this scholarship would have impressive results. It was over in a short while and guess what, I met one of my Taurus Coy PCs there, Desmond!! He was applying for the scholarship as well so he turns out to be competitor haha. So we talked for a while before I had to rush to report back to my unit. Then on Thurs, I received a letter from NTU!! I have been granted a place in NTU Aerospace Engineering, after waiting for this while, finally a confirmation! Now I will just have to wait for the letter from NUS, hopefully it comes with my scholarship confirmation ;) Well, I will just have to wait and see how, there's still one month to go. Nothing significant has happened so far other than this two.

There's 10 more mins before I finish my duty, so it's back to more songs and games then, that's all for now, more updates coming soon, and I can rest tomorrow which means a two day holiday for me!!
See you then,
hellmos signing off.....

update update

2007-04-14T22:57:00.000+08:00

Yay lucky got pay rise haha, 50 bucks also good enough.
Nothing much has happened. I just finished my OJT, slack a lot the last few days. At least Mr Tan was satisfied with my work. I wonder where I will be posted to next week. It's official work from next week. I am eagerly anticipating my first night duty, hope it is fun. Meteor showers coming up soon, hopefully I can catch them. I think the area is dark enough to see. I am looking forward to catching the meteors again after being privileged to join RP for their observation at East Coast last year.

Back to my previous post, it seems like I can't go teach tuition. According to CO, we are not allowed to earn extra money :( I will see how then. There are opportunities to take up courses. Nicholas is taking accounting, while others are learning to drive etc. This will mean forking out money for these courses. I guess I can't really do that as my allowances are meant for my university studies. This is so troublesome....sigh...

Before I finish my post, I think I should note down some of my feelings, a few things have happened to my friends. Although it doesn't involve me, but I sort of understand how you all feel and it will affect me somehow. So I try my best to help you all and it's the very best I will give to get you to overcome this.

To my dearest sweetest friend, I don't know when you will read this but I really hope you will be fine. I know you are very very upset over it. I really can tell from the way we talked. It's just not the usual you today. There's nothing much I can do than to listen to you whine and let you pour out everything you want to say. No point concealing everything, it would be better to tell me everything. It's like putting down the burden in your heart (direct translation from chinese). I know that nothing much can be done now. It's already over, so don't think too much about it. Be optimistic and hope for the better. Cheer up and stay happy. I hope the little little nice songs that I gave you can amount to huge huge happiness C: Jiayou orh, I will always be there for you ^_^

And to dear Larry, I hope you are alright too. I don't really know what happened but one thing I can tell you is that there's always us that you can turn to. Friends should help one another with their problems. So if you have anything up your mind, feel free to share it with us and I believe we will be there to help you. Don't worry so much and stay optimistic. Just like what my CO just told me yesterday, always believe that there's room for improvement, you only have this single life to live, why look down on yourself, you should always have a positive outlook towards your life. Trust me, loneliness is not meant for you. Be happy, Taurus 4 people are the best, minus T of course!!! And thanks so much for your song, could not find it, so had to turn to you for help hehe.

That's all for now,
I have finished what I wanted to say,
Hope you can read this and feel better...
Please be patient for the next post,
Which might not be soon :p
hellmos signing off...

tuition...

2007-04-11T22:28:00.000+08:00

Suddenly I feel like giving tuition.....haha I need MONEY!!!!
Will update a longer one tomorrow...
That's all for now, got to go....

slight update...

2007-03-28T21:07:00.000+08:00

Time to update a bit on my life lol...
NS life has been okay so far. I get to go home everyday haha, working hours 0800 to 1730. Work hasn't really start yet, still undergoing lessons. So far everything seems interesting enough. You know, I may start to like admin work after all haha ;) We will see how things go from here. There's still 1 year and 9 months to go. I hope to get my No. 3 soon, wearing smart 4 is quite troublesome at times.

Went back to NJ last week to look for my CT. I needed her help in my appraisal forms for my scholarships, really thankful that she agreed to help me do it, because it was very last-minute. I met the cai fan uncle while I was there and we had a little chat. He asked about my results and what I wanted to study next time. So I told him that I applied for both universities. Then he asked him why I wanted to apply for both uni. I told him I wanted to increase my chances of getting in. Then he told me something that started my train of thoughts. "It's because of you such people that make those people with poor results suffer. They have to wait for you to decide which uni to go to already then they get the chance to go into the uni."

Come to think of it, he's quite true in some sense. Why apply for so many universities when you know you can surely get into one course. Many would say to leave a back door for themselves. But think of it this way, there are others out there with results so much more lousier than yours and they are all hoping to get into the courses they desire. I have friends who didn't do as well but they still bear the hope of getting into uni. They should be given the hope right? I guess it's the common mindset of people to apply to as many uni as possible. Even I think so this way. What can we do then? This made me realize another thing. Maybe I shouldn't have put mechanical engineering for my first choice for nus. I should have put dentistry instead. It's worth a try but too bad I have already submitted my application and I wrote mechanical engineering on the scholarship application, so I guess, it's too late now.

Time to add photos now, haven't added images on my blog before haha, it's worth a try.

Taurus 4 Outing!!!

6A Outing!!!

Haha this is so random, but whatever, it's nice having photos up.
PS can spot shijia inside?
Now I realize why you are so bored at work, blogs can be read so quickly, no wonder, see I update le haha.
That's all for now, watching Mr Bean tomorrow!!! Haha
Hellmos signing off...

passed out lor!!

2007-03-18T22:13:00.000+08:00

Promised someone I will blog more, so here I am. Hehe.
Finally passed out from BMT on Tuesday, no more Tekong unless I am really that unlucky to be posted back there.
This 7 weeks was really damn fun. I made a lot of great friends and learnt a lot of new things as well. From the first day we came in to the last day we passed out together, we had gotten to know each other better. I can recall the sharing of oreos, arm wrestling matches, bingo-ing during lectures, playing zhong ji mi ma to decide who is to bring in food next time, eating cup noodles, playing chinese chess (I mean the real thing) , playing connect five (we always let each other until we draw lol) , the rush to clean up the room before every standby area, practicing stripping and assembling our rifles and trying to beat each other's timing, polishing our bookout boots together, partying in section 4 the night before POC, playing corridor soccer with improvised ball and goalbox, acting out our super hilarious skit, listening to larry's remarks and singing, pohmeng's loudhailer, mojo's chong imitation, zijia's singing of jay chou songs, ah pui's kboxing in the toilet, howai's double middle finger cross, jer kwei's single eyebrow twitch and his sudden burst of anger, janvin's early sleeping habits and his ipod shuffle, shahrul and azmi's jokes and singing, section 1's attend c record, taurus 4's platoon 5, becoming combat clerks,
doing sai gang together, kana half left down together, and last of all, passing out together.
These might not be all the things that we have done together but they are memories embedded deep in my mind. All I can say is that I have had an enjoyable time with you guys through this 7 weeks. It was great getting to know you all and who knows, you all might be my best memories in 2 years of NS. Thanks and all the best to everyone, hope you get your desired posting, and see you soon.

A huge paragraph off my heart now, taurus 4 meeting tomorrow haha, time to enjoy...
That's all for now, hellmos signing off...

back from 2 weeks at tekong...

2007-02-10T23:52:00.000+08:00

After 2 long weeks, I am finally back from tekong...home sweet home...
It has been a fun and enjoyable 2 weeks. Seriously it was more like chalet than confinement. There was free food 4 times a day, free accomodation although we had to clean the bunk until we could see our reflections on the floor. Despite that I was in platoon 4 section 4 which means being in the last section of the whole company, I think I am lucky enough to get to know my sectionmates and we click so well. I think we are the best section ever! (though everyone would most likely say that for their own sections lol) The first few days were mostly admin stuff. There were physical training and foot drill lessons where we learnt all the commands in malay. Then there was a ceremony where we were presented with our M-16 rifles. We were told to treat our rifles like our wives and everytime we drew our rifles out, we had to kept them in our cupboards locked up or else we had to bring them along wherever we went. Then we were taught how to strip and assemble our "wives" within 60 seconds as well as checking clear of our rifles whenever we have to return the rifles. Besides playing with our wives, we also had other lessons and LECTURES too!! There was swimming lessons which I only attended one time because I passed the test on the first lesson. There were also endurance trainings to build up our physical fitness as well as gym lessons to train our muscles. We also had regular route marches. Then at the start of the second week, we started our arms drill as well as our IMT lessons which was something like an arcade shooting game. It was very fun and exciting. I can't wait to go to live range to experience live shooting of the M-16.
Tekong has peculiar weather though. In the early morning, the weather is freezingly cold yet in the afternoon, the temperature can reach as high as 35 degrees Celsius. There's hardly any clouds above the tekong sky which makes it good for observation. I think we were rather privileged enough to be able to catch the Thailand vs Singapore second leg finals live on a big screen set up in front of company line. Well I am also glad that we are able to have such great officers during our stay in tekong.
It's rumoured that 'A' Level results will be out soon, well there is abit of fear in my heart now, hoping that I did not screw up anything badly. Well we will just wait and see...
This should be all for now, will update again in a week's time, one more day to book in day lol...
hellmos signing off...

24 hours...

2007-01-25T09:02:00.000+08:00

21 hours left, I should be at tekong at this point of time tomorrow. There's alot of packing to do and I have only packed some stuff. It's two weeks of confinement, so I guess I am going to miss alot of things. I would definitely miss playing my online games, so I sort of hand things over to my bro to take care of my games. I am going to miss watching tv, the worst I think is missing project superstar finals, grrr...
I am going to miss smsing people (haha you know what I am talking about, yes you, the person reading this now :p) well, I have no idea whether there's reception or not. It's time for me to change to a non-camera phone, so I borrowed a phone from my uncle to use for this 2 years.
Luckily it's still a nokia phone, so no problems for me to start using it right away. I am going to miss all my songs as well haha.
I supposed I am already mentally prepared for NS. I know the training is going to be tough and challenging but I think I will get used to it. I just hope I can get my physical fitness back to the normal level cos I haven't been exercising much ever since the holidays started. All I have been was playing computer games haha. I hope I can get into a platoon where I know at least someone. To all those going in to NS at 8 am tomorrow morning, I hope we can meet and all the best everyone. To those slacking and working hard, see you in two week's time, I will be back :)

我知道你会看到的，这首歌献给你，丽雯。

曹格 – 你是我的宝贝

我一直在寻找可爱的微笑
今天终於让我找到
我希望你知道我不是开玩笑
今天才发现了你的好

你有特别的味道让我神魂颠倒
我想我一定是中了招
呜美丽在燃烧我快控制不了
Wu........................

其实我不错可以考虑我
什麼都可以 Just don't say no

我们手牵手沙滩走一走
只要跟你在一起就足够

希望你能当我宝贝你一定不会後悔
我只有一个要求就是要对你好

永远不让你流泪永远都不让你心碎
希望你相信我我们在一起好吗………

slack...hehe

2007-01-24T13:30:00.000+08:00

Your Life is 77% Perfect

Your life is pretty darn perfect. You don't have much to complain about.

Of course, your life is occasionally less than perfect. But you're usually too happy to notice.

How Perfect is Your Life?

You Are Incredibly Logical

Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic
You think rationally, clearly, and quickly.
A seasoned problem solver, your mind is like a computer!

How Logical Are You?

You Will Die at Age 73

You're pretty average when it comes to how you live...

And how you'll die as well.

What Age Will You Die?

You Should Rule Mars

Mars is a planet that shines brightly and loops wildly around the solar system.

You are perfect to rule Mars, because you are both energetic and independent.
Like Mars, you seems attractive and bright to others - but you're difficult to pin down.

You are a great thinker, but you only think in the present and ignore the future.
Full of enthusiasm and inspiration, you are into your own thing... and rather insensitive to others.

What Planet Should You Rule?

If You Were Born in 2893...

Your Name Would Be: Laif Kin

And You Would Be: Half Alien

If You Were Born in 2893

Your Dominant Intelligence is Interpersonal Intelligence

You shine in your ability to realate to and understand others.
Good at seeing others' points of view, you get how people think and feel.
You have an uncanny ability to sense true feelings, intentions, and motivations.
A natural born leader, you are great at teaching and mediating conflict.

You would make a good counselor, salesperson, politician, or business person.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

You Should Learn Spanish

For you, learning a language is about career advancement and communication.
Knowing Spanish will bring you tons of possiblities for jobs and travel. Bárbaro!

What Language Should You Learn?

You Get Enough Sleep

Although sometimes it make not feel like it on Monday morning...
You are getting enough sleep.
Want to sleep better? Try wearing socks to bed and turning your clock to where you can't see it.

Do You Get Enough Sleep?

You Are 68% Gentleman

You are definitely a gentleman. You're very considerate and you have excellent manners.
Occasionally, you slip and do something foolish... but usually no one notices!

Are You A Gentleman?

People Envy Your Generosity

You're a giving soul, and you'd do almost anything for those you love. And they'd do anything for you!
People may envy how giving you are, but more than anything, they envy those you open your heart to.

What Do People Envy About You?

You Are 47% Addicted to the Internet

You're somewhat addicted to the internet - but who isn't?
You can keep it under check, and you're by no means a hermit.

Are You Addicted to the Internet?

You Are 28% Nerdy

You're a little nerdy, but no one would ever call you a nerd.
You sometimes get into nerdy things, but only after they've become a part of mainstream culture.

How Nerdy Are You?

You Are 70% Psychic

You are pretty psychic.
While you aren't Miss Cleo, you've got a little ESP going on.
And although you're sometimes off on your predictions...
You're more often right than wrong
So go with your instincts - you know more than you think

Are You Psychic?

Your Birth Month is December

You love life and exude an outgoing, cheerful vibe.
Blessed with a great sense of humor, you can laugh at adversity.

Your soul reflects: Celebration, success, and wealth

Your gemstone: Blue Topaz

Your flower: Narcissus

Your colors: Indigo, green, and blue-green

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?

You Are 9: The Peacemaker

You are emotionally stable and willing to find common ground with others.

Your friends and family often look to you to be the mediator when there is conflict.

You are easy going and accepting. You take things as they come.

Avoding conflict at all costs, you're content when things are calm.

What Number Are You?

Your Birthdate: December 5

People wouldn't take you for a passionate person - and that's where they'd be wrong.
You can develop deep emotions quickly, and you're the type most likely to move in with someone after a few dates.

Number of True Loves You'll Have: 5

Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 5

You are most compatible with people born on the 5th, 14th, and 23rd of the month.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean For Your Love Life?

You Should Weigh 145

If you weigh less than this, you either have a fast metabolism or are about to gain weight.
If you weigh more than this, you may be losing a few pounds soon!

How Much Do You Weigh?

You Passed 8th Grade Science

Congratulations, you got 8/8 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Science?

Your Love Life Secrets Are

Looking back on your life, you will only have one true love.

Although you may have been hurt before, you tend to bring very little scars into new relationships.

You expect a lot from your lover - you want the full package. You tend to be very picky.

In fights, you love to debate and defend yourself. You logic prevails - or at least you'd like to think so.

Getting over a break-up doesn't take long. Easy come, easy go.

Your Love Life Secrets, Revealed

What Your Bathroom Habits Say About You

You are a very considerate person, but that doesn't mean you let people walk all over you.

Your look is put together, classic, and stylish. You always look fashionable without trying.

You have the perfect blend of confidence and class. You're proud of who you are - but you don't broadcast it.

In relationships, you tend to be very romantic and demanding. You'll treat your partner like gold, but you expect a lot in return.

What Do Your Bathroom Habits Say About You?

You Are 50% Boyish and 50% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

You Are Somewhat Mature

You definitely act like an adult sometimes, but a big part of you is still a kid at heart.
While your immature side is definitely fun, you're going to have to grow up sooner or later.

Are You Immature?

You Are 20% Evil

You are good. So good, that you make evil people squirm.
Just remember, you may need to turn to the dark side to get what you want!

How Evil Are You?

You Have Fantastic Karma

You are a kind, sensitive, and giving person.
And all your good deeds will pay off - if they haven't already.
But you're not so concerned with what you get in return anyway.
You have an innate caring nature - and nothing can change that!

How's Your Karma?

Your Brain is 47% Female, 53% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female

You are both sensitive and savvy

Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed

But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

What Gender Is Your Brain?

Your Greed Quotient: 23%

You're a little greedy, but generally you don't let your desire get the better of you.
You know that good things will come to you - as long as you wait your turn!

How Much Greed Do You Have?

Yeah I am so slack that I did so many...haha...

a new year...

2007-01-04T16:23:00.000+08:00

How time flies...
December holidays are over, students are back in school studying...
It's 2007 now, I am no longer a student. I am no longer able to hear that double beep when I tap my ez link card (hmm maybe I might still hear that double beep, that is when I get very old and hopefully they haven't change the system yet haha), well it's adult fare now :(
I have been rather lazy to update, let's see what I have done throughout the hols...
1. went for class chalet just after A levels, had bbq, played alot of cards, mahjong and arcade
2. went for graduation night at swissotel, took alot of photos but didn't stay overnight
3. played soccer a few times with the usual guys (there was supposed to be one session today but I could not make it, my apologies)
4. went to kbox at JEC with zhenghan, van, tiffany, weeyin, xinhui and cherie, my first time to kbox haha, it was a good experience, got to know a few new songs as well
5. tidied up my room, dumped all my notes and files into a big box and stuffed the box under my bed, but my table is still as messy :p
6. tiffany got a job at eskibar so weeyin, van, zhenghan and I decided to go look for her, the place was quite cold and they even had a sub zero room, I didn't know what to drink so weeyin chose a lime margarita for me, it was quite nice, could not really taste the alcohol, then we took a photo inside the sub zero room, quite cool
7. went back to malaysia three times, first time was during christmas, went to visit my grandparents, second time was last day of 2006, went to settle my paternal grandmother's funeral (the chinese call it the hundredth day), third time was second day of 2007, went to help my uncle paint his house
8. went to east coast on new year's day to cycle, haha we got 7 bikes in total, no need to rent a bike at all, after cycling, my cousins went to build sandcastles, it was near sunset, the view at the coast was indeed fascinating
9. my comp was switched on 7 days a week, I have been playing games everyday, recently got hooked to neopet's godori, easy and fun game and can earn alot of np too, been playing runescape, adventure quest, FM07 (third season already), getting qute bored already but I still have 22 days less unless I am able to find another game to play :p
Well I guess this sort of concludes my holidays, now it's time to prepare for the upcoming interview at dsta as well as my national service, 26 january at pulau tekong island resort aka basic military training camp

That's all for now, will update again when I want to write hehe
hellmos signing off...

GOONG!!!

2006-10-30T22:10:00.000+08:00

HowL & J - Sarang Een Ga Yo

uhn jeh yuht duhn guhn jee gee uhk nah jeen ah nah
jah kkoon nae muh ree gah nuh roh uh jee ruhp duhn shee jahk
hahn doo buhn ssheek dduh oh reu duhn saeng gahk
jah kkoo neul uh gah suh joh geum dang hwang seu ruh oon ee mah eum

byuhl eel ee ah neel soo eet dah goh
sah soh hahn mah eum ee rah goh
nae gah neh geh jah koo (neh geh jah koo)
mahl eul hah neun geh uh saek hahn guhl

sarang een gah yo geu dae nah wah gaht dah myuhn shee jahk een gah yo
mahm ee jah koo geu dael sarang hahn dae yo
ohn seh sang ee deud doh rohk soh ree chee neh yo
wae ee jeh yah deul lee jyoh~ OOH~
suh rohl mahn nah gee wee hae ee jeh yah sarang chah jaht dah goh

jee geum nae mah eum eul suhl myung hah ryuh hae doh
nee gah nae gah dweh uh mahm eul neu kkee neun bang buhp ppoong een deh

ee mee nahn nee ahn eh eet neun guhl
nae ahn eh nee gah eet deu shee
oo reen suh roh eh geh (suh roh eh geh)
ee mee geel deul yuh jeen jee mohl lah

saeng gahk hae boh myuhn (saeng gahk hae boh myuhn) mah neun soon gahn sohk eh (sohk eh)
uhl mah nah mah neun (YEAH~) suhl leh eem ee ssuht neun jee
joh geum neu jeun geu mahn keum nahn duh jahl hae jool kkeh yo..

hahm kkeh hahl kkeh yo choo uhk ee dwehl gee uhk mahn suhl mool hahl kkeh yo
dah sheen nae gyuh teh suh dduh nah jee mah yo
jjahl beun soon gahn joh chah doh bool ahn hahn guhl yo
nae geh muh mool luh jwuh yo~ OOH~
geu dael ee ruh geh mah nee (geu toh rohk mah nee)
sarang hah goh ee ssuh yo (geu dae yuh yah mahn) ee mee~

English Translation

I don’t know when it all started
When my head became dizzy with thoughts of you

These thoughts would often pop up in my mind
I feel anxious as my heart expands towards you

It’s nothing...It’s just a little thing
Your words are awkward to me

Is it love? If you feel the same way, is it a beginning?
My heart keeps saying it loves you
It screams out for the whole world to hear
Why has it taken so long for me to hear it ~?
We’ve finally met...finally found love

If I wanted to show you how I feel
The only way would be for you to become me

I’m already inside of you
Just like you’re inside of me

To each other [to each other]
We may already be too accustomed

Is it love? If you feel the same way, is it a beginning?
My heart keeps saying it loves you
It screams out for the whole world to hear
Why has it taken so long for me to hear it ~?
We’ve finally met...finally found love

When I think about it [when I think about it]
I realize how many moments there were when my heart trembled
I’ll try as harder as I was late in realizing my feelings
I’ll be with you, I’ll only give you fond memories
Please don’t ever leave me again
Even the shortest moments without you make me uneasy
Please stay by me ~

I already love you so much (you’re the only one)

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Stay - Dang Shin Eun

nan baboyeosseotjyo. naega baboyeosseotjyo
huhoehaedo neujeotjyo aljyo dorikilsun eopjyo
geuldael bolsun eopseoyo, nado algo isseoyo
naega jeongmal jalmotaesseoyo
jeongmeol mianhaeyo

geuttaen aegi haji motaetjyo neomu eoriseogeotjyo
ijewaseo ireoke aetaeumyeo na yongseoreul bireoyo

dangsineun naneun baboimnida jajonsimttaemune
sulgwa sseun dambae yeongiro manggajigo itjyo
dangsineun naneun baboimnida ajik saranghagie
haru jongil peongpeong ulgoman itjyo
geudaedo nado babocheoreom

geureoji marayo, dasi saenggakhaebwayo
uri eotteoke yeogikkaji himdeulgewanneunde
dasi saenggakhaebwayo, huhoehasilkkeoeyo
naega jeongmal jalmotaesseoyo
jeongmal mianhaeyo

geuttaen aegi haji motaetjyo neomu eoriseogeotjyo
ijewaseo ireoke aetaeumyeo na yongseoreul bireoyo

dangsineun naneun baboimnida jajonsimttaemune
sulgwa sseun dambae yeongiro manggajigo itjyo
dangsineun naneun baboimnida ajik saranghagie
haru jongil peongpeong ulgoman itjyo
geudaedo nado babocheoreom

geudae eopsi dan hansungando nan salsueopseoyo
meorireul jallado sureul masyeodo
nunmulman heureujyo

dangsineun naneun baboimnida jajonsimttaemune
sulgwa sseun dambae yeongiro manggajigo itjyo
dangsineun naneun baboimnida ajik saranghagie
haru jongil peongpeong ulgoman itjyo
geudaedo nado babocheoreom

ije deoisang manggajiji maryo

haha I love these songs...
back to mugging then, GP in 3 days...
jiayou everyone...

countdown...

2006-10-27T11:45:00.000+08:00

6 more days left
ganbatte everyone!!!

new song...

2006-10-15T23:08:00.000+08:00

Haha got new nice song, so I introduce, 曹格's voice very nice...

徐若瑄 & 曹格 - I Still Believe

卸下美丽的外壳透明的我们还剩下什么
爱情就像水晶球坚固而脆弱
一个人也许自由两个人的感动大过天空
喜怒哀乐共同拥有不让你寒流

BABY I STILL BELIEVE (Baby i believe)
爱可以走过暖流静静握住双手一秒就够不孤单寂寞
BABY I STILL BELIEVE (Baby i believe)
爱要有梦才会快乐就算未来的路不同你在我心中到永久

感觉很闷时候我抱你在我胸口
当你泪流时候我在这里不走 ohh...no
爱散发的温柔在此刻用心感受
我想和你一起让幸福转动

BABY I STILL BELIEVE (Baby i believe)
爱可以走过暖流静静握住双手一秒钟不孤单寂寞
BABY I STILL BELIEVE (Baby i believe)
爱要有梦才会快乐就算未来的路都不同你在我心中到永久

prelims...

2006-09-19T12:23:00.000+08:00

It's almost the end to prelims...
Maths was relatively better, I was confident for paper 1 but paper 2 was definitely much harder.
Chem was ok, I could not finish paper 3, paper 2 was easier and paper 1 was abit rushed.
Bio was not that difficult, could not finish paper 3 again, left 1st question blank, bad impression haha, surprisingly I could finish paper 2 with around 15 mins left, was thinking of what to add to my answers.
Phy was average, tried my best to finish paper 3, left some blanks here and there, could not believe my answer for the Reynold's number although it was supposedly out of syllabus, teacher say quite bad, dunno what to say le.

Never mind, just have to work hard for paper 1 and 2 tomorrow, back to studying...
before that got song to introduce...

Sweety - 樱花草

晚风吹动着竹林
月光拉长的身影
萤火虫一闪闪
满山飞舞的钱币
天上银河在发光
地上风铃来歌唱
织女星在远方
古老浪漫的神话
流水走过
就像四季的变换
幸福在蔓延
爱你永恒不孤单
恋人手中樱花草
春在漫步的微笑
种下了一朵朵
青春璀璨的年少
恋人怀中樱花草
听见胸膛心在跳
偷偷的在思念
那是我们相爱的记号
la……
远方钟声再响起
蛙鸣唱起摇篮曲
白沙滩月弯弯
爱你香甜的梦里
许下爱恋的愿望
那是我们相爱的味道

that's all for now...
hellmos signing off...

wah...

2006-08-10T09:58:00.000+08:00

Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD!
Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
There's no trick or surprise.
Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can!

Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them ... really.
Now, scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss something.)

1)Think of a number from 1 to 10
2)Multiply that number by 9
3)If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together
4)Now subtract 5
5)Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with (example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c, 4=d,5=e etc.)
6)Think of a country that starts with that letter.
7)Remember the last letter of the name of that country.
8)Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter.
9)Remember the last letter in the name of that animal.
10)Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter.

Scroll down for answer

Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange? I told you this was FREAKY! If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think of something else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in Denmark when given this exercise.
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credits to huilin for this entry, kope it from her haha, very bored this few days, haven't been studying much, so today must mug whole day...jiayou jiayou...

bored...

2006-08-05T15:56:00.000+08:00

Your Birthdate: December 5

You have many talents, and you are great at sharing those talents with others.

Most people would be jealous of your clever intellect, but you're just too likeable to elicit jealousy.

Progressive and original, you're usually thinking up cutting edge ideas.

Quick witted and fast thinking, you have difficulty finding new challenges.

Your strength: Your superhuman brainpower

Your weakness: Your susceptibility to boredom

Your power color: Tangerine

Your power symbol: Ace

Your power month: May

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

stepping down...

2006-07-29T23:48:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the official handover for the Astronomy Club. It was the day where all the J2s can finally step down from their positions and really settle down for their studies. This would be one of the last few sessions that I will be going for, i guess. Everyone gave speeches, expressing their love for the club. The juniors gave specially made cards to all the seniors. Some alumni came back to witness the handover. Then we went to KAP for our dinner and bonding session as usual. Overall, it was a fun day. I received a lot of cards and even a specially made book by the twins (I know it was not meant to be Omega Centauri, haha). I am really proud to see that the members are enjoying themselves in the club. I am glad that we were able to take part in so many events during my term as president. RP Mars Watch, Perseids meteor shower, Lyrids meteor shower, NTU-NUS Astro Challenge, International Physics Olympiad and of course our informal outing last weekend. All the events have brought all the members closer together. It's great to see no segregation between the J1s and IPs. I believe they will do the best for the club. There will be more events and greater achievements for the club, no doubt. The club now lies in their hands. I shall just be an observer. They are destined to find themselves in difficulty but they are even more destined to overcome all difficulty that lies ahead of them. This is the trust that I put in all of you, the new exco. I hope that you all can surpass us and bring the club to greater heights. Jiayou ba!!

I have learnt alot from this club. Being a president is not easy and we met with alot of problems often. Nevertheless, we got through everything and here we are, passing on the baton successfully. I was not a pro to start with but then again I am still not a pro now lol. I have not only learnt astronomy knowledge but also got to know a group of friends who share the same interest as me. This will remain as one of the best memories I have in JC life. I will miss you all guys but I promise that I will come back as often as possible to help you all :D

Now it's time to concentrate on my studies le, I must cut down on my soccer sessions, only 4 weeks left, DOMA all the way!! Now, back to my NJ Prelim 05 Physics paper, faints...

That's all for today,
hellmos signing off...

BAD

2006-07-13T23:01:00.000+08:00

This is damn bad, very bad. This is the first time I ever get such grades and I swear never to get them again. BDO7F. Bio seriously sucks, first time I failed it so badly. Maybe I was not really prepared, maybe I did not place enough emphasis on certain topics and unluckily these topics just had to come out.

Oh well, this might be just a signal for me to give up on all my games and start to concentrate on my studies. For today onwards, I will no longer play FM. It's a promise and I will keep it. I have decided to join tian meng in his DOMA session (not DOTA) and he has come up with a motto for it, "Cover to Cover". After the handing over for Astro, I will have more free time. Although I might still go back for sessions, I guess I will be spending most of my time in school. It's time to stop playing so much soccer and get down to serious mugging.

Going for IPhO tomorrow. It's time to enhance the reputation of the Astro Club. I hope everyone will enjoy it tomorrow. I guess I won't be able to play in the semi and final match but I believe in the team, CMI811. They can do it and they will win it. Good luck to whoever is playing tomorrow.

Alright, got to go pack my bag for IPhO tomorrow.
That's all for today,
hellmos signing off...