我是路人甲

2007-10-15T19:46:00.000+08:00

If anyone's still watching this space for updates, i'd like to extend my apologies to them.. some unexplained mood swings + spoil tantrum runs + ailing memory meant that blogging seemed more than an annoyance those days.

well i'm not a really hyper person with ultra interesting encounters to fill in everyday, so i just like to reflect on things that happen around more often than not. Occasionally it's still okie, but once it gets too frequent, things start to appear worse than it actually is. i really thought i'm too passive about my life and not daring to reach out and effect some much-needed changes. but it will go on until i've learnt a way to think more positive thoughts and be less cautious and self-conscious. damn, 又想太多了！

actually there's sth to be happy about now, my internet's up again! GRRR it shld be up last friday when i recontract with ****net, but it didnt and i couldnt get thru cos' of the weekends til today afternoon. had the strong urge to demand compensation frm them lol, but too hum to ask. Well, all is well, for now...

ところで、日本語は難しいです！now we have to write a mini-essay about our family. really at a loss for words! 絶望でした！

Heroes and Prison Break to look forward to tml.. not bad!

2007-09-23T22:12:00.000+08:00

周杰伦 - 不能说的秘密

冷咖啡离开了杯垫
我忍住的情绪在很后面
拼命想挽回的从前
在我脸上依旧清晰可见

最美的不是下雨天
是曾与你躲过雨的屋檐
回忆的画面
在荡着秋千梦开始不甜

你说把爱渐渐放下会走更远
又何必去改变已错过的时间
你用你的指尖阻止我说再见
想像你在身边才完全失去之前

你说把爱渐渐放下会走更远
或许命运的签只让我们遇见
只让我们相恋这一季的秋天
飘落後才发现这幸福的碎片
要我怎么捡

Credits to http://music.cn.yahoo.com

how shld i say about this movie.. though actually i watch it to see 桂纶镁 lol, but the story was quite bittersweet. Only just. as usual i dont like Jay chou acting.. i've always seen the same look on his face since Initial D to Curse of the golden flower to this. 是剧情需要，还是没有必要？

Japanese is getting harder to learn by the day.. i cant finish my lessons without getting stunned once or twice when takatsuka sensei asks me qns. taihen da! muzukashi da!

and the mocca advert about the muscleman selling his hse is stuck in my head!! everytime i see it i cant help but take a peek at it. OMG

2007-09-12T21:20:00.000+08:00

i just had curry chicken rice for dinner, and downed gulps and gulps of ice water, like i was downing the flames inside me LOL. With a perfect understanding that this was gonna burn my insides, i just happily went ahead eating. Put it nicely, i was seeking thrills frm the spice. 不好听一点，就叫自作贱。 haha

these few days has been hectic for me. like "finally stanley is busy with sth!" lol (that's wad i think). not enough sleep, plus office so few ppl around. i had a minor misunderstanding with my friend today while going back. he went to buy sth while i was buying food. then i left alone without him. he actually called me, saying that he was waiting for me after he finished with his stuff! very truthfully i mistook it that we agreed to part ways there. but still i feel apologetic to him.

on the way, i felt very lousy. thought that i was maybe unconsciously wishing that i could go back alone. thought that i was too used to being alone that i dont feel comfortable with company, especially with just another person. it has been going thru' my head so many times all the while, that i believe i really can't comunicate well and keep conversations going. Maybe i'm too self-conscious, maybe it's because i dont have enough social experience to pick up talking points with people. Ahh how can i change this part of my character??!!

maybe i shld go for speech therapy lol. Tada.

2007-09-09T19:18:00.000+08:00

Heard this joke from some Tv show:

One day, a man walked into the library, and towards the counter. He said to the librarian, "Can i have a cheese burger pls?"
Bewildered, the librarian replied, "Sorry, but this is a library."
Like the man suddenly realised something from the reply, he leaned nearer and whispered softly, "K then, can i have a cheese burger pls?"

watched this miniseries, The Lost Room, yesterday upon recommendation by the 8 days. It's a really confusing show, so much that i went to wiki it after it ended @ 3 episodes. But the wits of the main character Joe, when he used the Objects to his advantage, was really enjoyable to watch.

2007-09-03T21:19:00.000+08:00

aye aye, it's not that i want to abandon this blog, just that circumstances do not allow for it.. haiz 形势逼人啊...

but ahh well.. nothing has been interesting enough for me to update.. just going for work and back.. going for jap lessons on weekends. but BTW! i've passed my Elementary 1!! hmm boku wa tensai da hahaha... well that simply means i jus forked out another 200+++ for my E2 class @ bunka = ( . i hope the classmates and most importantly, the sensei is nice. like wad gima sensei has been fun to be with.

well work wise, ppl in my office will know, i did something wrong, i asked for it myself, and i gt it fair & square back lol. but it teach me sth about responsibility & accountability though, for ur own actions. shldnt drag ppl down with me when its my fault. I hate to 欠别人人情, not that its one to begin with this time, but i just dont like that feeling. makes me feel vv guilty deep down.

demo, i know i still owe ppl sth, yet it's different. it's like holding on to a past, or rather a medium, an excuse so that i can still find some topic-starter with it, 一个开场白。i know full well that the feeling is not mutual, not even sure now that my feelings have faded or not. i just selfishly want to maintain a bond with that person; anything is okie

2007-08-19T01:10:00.000+08:00

ahhh 疲れた。。。 that's the feeling i've been having this whole week

this week didnt start off too well... sick for 2 days in a row, only to return to alot of mundane work @ office. apparently this few weeks there's some new ppl being posted... private space getting a tad smaller lol.

then there's this thing, i shall call it 'OT' b4 i put a disclaimer somewhr lol, on friday. me daniel and siulun had to navigate ard the town area for weird weird addresses. i was holding the map and trying to help daniel reach places i've nvr been to b4. Omg and most of them were private houses whose locations dont exist on street directories. So we 3 had a whole evening of stupid wrong addresses, stupid traffic & stupid dogs. imagine that i've to do it again on Tuesday. Zzz

fortunately today is better. LUCKY. as usual japanese lessons in afternoon. i love it when i learn more vocab. but no-one to practise with after lessons. ahh anyone?? and so went to orchard>clarke quay to eat with jc peeps. 5 ppl turned up, hm not bad? haha but the Marutama Ramen @ Central, which my sensei recommended is really 美味しい！esp. the soup base & and the omelette thing, ppl pls try it. 'Nuff said. hhaha and so we walked along clarke quay, jus nice to catch the fireworks from marina bay. okie, it's not v impressive, but it did wow-ed us at times. we all thought it was more of smoke fest than fireworks celebrations... i think the indonesia haze isnt as serious as tht lol. then we took to drinking along Clarke quay? haha its like i nvr drank b4 lah, so i ordered this Long Island Iced Tea, which is supposed to be v light on alcohol. but still... i turned red as hell, even my eyes turn bloodshot. Strong heart ehh?? haha..

2007-08-11T00:13:00.000+08:00

Courtesy of alvin, here's a little riddle to test ur logic & reasoning skills. claimed that it's created by albert einstein, and only the smartest 2% of the population can solve it, but dont be disheartened if u cant. haha...

- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.

- In each house lives a person of different nationality

- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?

Necessary clues:
1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.

2007-08-09T18:01:00.000+08:00

ahhh havent been updating in weeks. Not that work's REALLY busy. Just doing the usual work, the usual duties, as usual. I was just in a kind of 'i-have-already-blogged-in-my-head-so-i'm-lazy-to-blog-in-words' mood. Lol i think many long-time bloggers would hav this habit bah.

And here i am blogging, as the backgrd musics of the live NDP telecast echoed into my rm. been wanting to write this for days, that so much had happened in the past one yr. for those not in the know, this day last yr i was also watching the NDP, but outside my ward at the TV lounge. in a wheelchair lol. a few days back i was at a driving centre, grimacing in pain as i lay helpless on the tarmac road. I knocked myself over road kerb while learning to ride my bike...

After exhaustive examinations, i was found with internal bleeding in my spleen. so i had to take e pain and went ahead with the op. the first few hrs in the hospital were the most... 难熬. After the op, found myself literally drifting in and out of consciousness in an ICU ward. with my parents and relatives and friends watching over me. i felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness; my family had to help me with everything, while i couldnt do anything but to rest. Truly those were the very trying moments. But i didnt expect sth worse to happen in the months that followed..

After my mc, returned to my unit. when my nightmare started. i started feeling very detached frm my bunkmates and almost everyone in the unit. couldnt slp well either, always feeling inferior to the others because of my accident. all e while i knew it was my thoughts influencing my mood swings, but i just couldnt control it. And eventually i lost it i think. i started to hate returning to camp, and was always preoccupied with suicidal thoughts. always crying out of no reason. i duno, but a question kept pounding my head: 'What am i living for, since all humans die anyway?'

And on it went, my situation spiralled out of control, with me even attempting suicide. I swear upon my life now it was the stupidest thing i, or anyone, shld do. i thought i totally broke my parents' hearts. since then i popped in and out of psychiatric wards, living each day as though it was a void, just sucking hope out of my life. Neither medication nor counselling knocked any sense into me at that time, for a long time. 'Cause i kept avoiding the obvious problems.

A long time before i decided to snap out of my breakdowns. I guessed my family gave me most of what i needed, to leave all the wreckage i've made behind. I can never thank them enough.

Even now as i blog down all this, 我还是心有余悸。sometimes the crippling fears i used to experience still creeps up on me, as i try to dismiss them. However, i think i've learnt some valuable lessons out of these few months of hiatus, and know that there're still people out there whom are still important to me, important enough for me to still embrace optimism. 本とに、ありがとう！

2007-07-24T21:24:00.000+08:00

took a day's leave today.. went out with yiyang to shop.. if it sounds strange, then it really is not haha.. went to SLS to buy some media player.

Actually i had in mind what to buy before we went, but it's still unbelievable when i saw what he's holding in his hands when yiyang demonstrated his PMP's functions. so amazing that i had this compulsion to buy the exact same thing he had l0l. then as we walked up & down SLS i realised again how there're so many indian and chinese ppl doing sales over there. haha maybe they more experienced with electronics stuff.. or isit the image that they seem more professional in those areas? haha whatever. but many of them are quite friendly i observed. This PMP is also from China~~

Yep u are not too tired or slpy or whatever, it reads "12-in-1 Multi-functions". The brand is BRICA, i havent heard of it until today lol. comes with a complementary 2GB SD Card. internal memory of 512MB.

Some of its features~~
-MP3 player
-DV
-FM radio
-movie playback
-digital still camera
-webcam
-voice recording
-video/tv recording
-slideshow playback
-calendar
-games (some lame ones)
-e_book

Unbelievable? Believe it. =P

2007-07-22T18:52:00.000+08:00

不能说的秘密，但有能上网的照片。。 haha

i was abit lazy to upload de photos.. haha... but i really feel more ppl shld come, even if its just to make some noise! lol, now i duno when the nxt one will be tho.

Oh and i just finished proposal daisakusen! many ppl said the end was quite disappointing, but i think it's still quite moving, and the final moments were quite surprising. Go watch it!

2007-07-15T17:04:00.000+08:00

Was almost out the whole of yesterday.

First was japanese lesson at Bunka! haha first lesson there, alot of hiccups along the way, but i managed to find the right class to join. Our sensei is Mr Gima, not a female teacher i had initially hoped for, but i immediately changed that opinion. Funny guy, he like to tease us and ask ppl to dance or sing for the class l0l... but he teaches quite well also, goes through every japanese phrase himself before he repeats tgt with us again. should be a nice class i think! hahaha

then swooped down to katong to meet up with my pri sch friends for karaoke. Its called Teo Heng Karaoke if i'm not mistaken, and the price is v cheap i think. yolky, kaiguan, huiying and libin was already there, and seriously most of us havent changed one bit. hahaha. then cheng hyork kaiguan were there spamming all the steph sun/fish leung/SHE combo lol, while those free were flipping thru our autograph books we started b4 we graduated from school. man so funny! and brings back alot of our memories, stupid one, happy and unhappy ones, all written in those "fancifully-decorated" books. Some pages were even stapled and glued together, so that the "dirty secrets" wont leak out. LOL!! On a side note, though all the quotes that we wrote down we may have mostly forgotten, the friends that left their signatures down we might have not remembered how they looked like, but definitely these bits and pieces that remained in the books are a testament to our lives we spent in pri sch.

then met up with more ppl at PP. jenpeng, amy and even zhaorong! haha rare rare person that we've not seen in quite a while. ate at pastmania, while we laughed even more at our childishness and eccentricities we did during pri sch. haha i can't say too much here, so as to protect the image of the ppl involved. Too bad we couldnt get more ppl to come, but someday we'll organise another k-session again! stay tuned!

and kaiguan! photos!

2007-07-07T15:17:00.000+08:00

Last time i blogged was 21 Jun. hmm thats a long time.. but time just whizzed by so fast i dont have time to slow it down.

Anyways:

My new desktop!! bought it on 27th.. i think lol. Cause my receipts are all gone!! i really cannot believe how dumb i can get to forget abt taking the receipt from the assembly guy. Just cross my fingers that they are in tiptop condition all e time. Not that i'm boasting or wad, i just want to share some of my gd news with those who bother =D Here's the specs:

Mainboard : Gigabyte GA965P-DS3
CPU : Intel Core2Duo E6320
HDD : Seagate SATAII 320GB 16MB
Graphics : PowerColor X1950Pro 256MB DDR3 (Arctic Cooling)
RAM : Kingston Valueram DDR2 667MHz CL5 2x1GB
Optical storage: LG GSA-H62N SATA 18x DVD Rewriter
PSU : CoolMaster RealPower 550W (PCI-E)
Casing : CoolMaster Centurion 5 Silver w/ side window
LCD : ViewSonic VX1932WM 19" Widescreen

Thx to daniel, sunny, quang hung and nont for helping me ard in SLS. I love this rig!!

BTW Ocean's 13 & Heroes are so gd!! ppl shld really watch them, i'm dead serious about it. i dont recommend anything when i havent watch it and not craving for more of it. =P

Le Fabuleux Destin d Amelie Poulain (Amelie from Montmartre)

2007-06-21T00:12:00.000+08:00

Finally i watched this. it's very gd!!! and most importantly it's cos i downloaded the english subs wid the movie or i'd have never understood any of the french, hehe..

It's about this little girl named Amelie Poulain who lived in Montmartre, played by Audrey Tautou. she spent over her childhood and youth living in isolation and loneliness. amelie found fun and consolation in little things and pranks that she plays. the part abt her childhood was to bring out her aloofness i guess, but it was so freakingly funny that u'll really laugh out loud!!.....
and then as she grew into a waitress, she one day discovered the simple beauty of helping ppl anonymously, and starts to be the do-gooder, helping everyone ard her. and in the process she found her true love and opened her heart to the world outside.

It's a lighthearted film, but dont be put off by it just because its that and in french. what was supposedly a simple, plain and sometimes sad movie, was unexpectedly livened up with very colourful settings and downright funny nitty-gritty details abt the characters that even most of us do everyday, but forgot to stop and realise it. i was trying to come up with sth more sophisticated to write abt this movie, but then i realised the spirit of Amelie from Montmartre was really the beauty of simple things that happen in life. and that ppl shld really do gd because u nvr know when these small things we do can make another person's day. Oh and i think the french race is really hopelessly romantic. plus Audrey Tautou is so charismatic!! i would die to look into her eyes and face everyday. Just livens up your day! U shld go find a way to watch this movie.

Rmbr to slow down and smell the roses...=D

2007-06-17T16:11:00.000+08:00

Just woke up from a deep slumber.. strangely i didnt dream abt anything.

just came back 4E1 bbq+camping... as it turned out we didnt have 20 ppl coming, but we did spot some unexpected faces, like jiamin & felicia & even zhencong =P. that in itself was encouraging enough, cos when i reach there only brandon & jiayun were there & i thought only the organisers were coming.

in e end, we end up having to brave e rains and set up the 2 tents face to face so we could move ard them easier... omg that was ingenious!! & thiam aik was even thinking of doing 2 rds of rope ard e trees and hang all our umbrellas up there, which we didnt cos brandon didnt bring his coms cord lolx. seriously the idea of the year! & that was not before we ate most of e food, all gd except for the stupid pork chop. & of cos it was fun to:

see zhencong go ard promoting his SANA donation tix to ppl

see me go ard asking: 'who wans 1st-row tix to the Silver Surfer'

listen to elin talking brainlessly abt army stuff

tell jiaying how nice my tent is =P

see a cute malay kid walk ard wearing a firefighter's suit, & with the helmet somemore

daze @ the patrol cars that crawl past us everytime

talk abt the sea so often (海在那边而已，去跳啦）

endure jasmine's brainless chanting n shouting in e tents

singing frm sch songs to NDP songs

and then alot of catching up, gossip, army stuff, uni stuff and our class stuff. just when i felt so detached frm d rest, feeling that perhaps there werent so many common experiences btw me & them. maybe it was just me feeling emo haha. but it's still a fantastic way to be tugged in the comfort (heat incl.) of the tent and talking abt things that are ard us n everyone else. sth closer to heart. $10 for the day, but the stay was priceless. seriously we shld consider holding a chalet @ end of year, when more ppl are free.

and seriously, that's the cutest chameleon i could find. I wan photos of yesterday!!

2007-06-10T19:55:00.000+08:00

Bushed

went jogging today. super tired! so long nvr run ordi, even those 伯伯 and kids run faster than me. haiz i like lose all my stamina ordi. thk god i'm pes E now haha.

got this idea: cycle along those park connectors to parks all over sg! anyone thinks this is possible? haha, i tink the butt will catch fire if i do it....

2007-06-08T19:07:00.001+08:00

Words of Wisdom: "If someone is thinking about you, you will sneeze."

I hope you're not having a flu right now.

2007-06-03T22:31:00.001+08:00

Well did nth much for Fri and Sat, but today i went to swim again haha. And on a personal mission too, but it backfired terribly! Saddd... but hey, at least i've tried. haha. I'm back to chasing shadows once again.

Just went down to yishun for this particular restaurant for Thai food. okie maybe not really traditional Thai food, but heck the food was vvv nice! the fried sotongs lah, the fish and the prawns, and esp. the TOM YUM SOUP! it's really a Taste of Thailand i guarantee you. It's at Yishun Ave 5. Called 北胜小食 or sth. Not that i'm advertising for them, but yeah, i'm biased! haha.

Oh and thks to the friend who recommended this place and another friend who works there. 2 thumbs up!

2007-06-02T11:41:00.000+08:00

Minnasan, this way to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple plz. Tourists pls follow me closely, the area here in South Bridge Road is quite crowded. =D Because this new landmark in Chinatown just opened its doors to the public on thursday, we can expect thronging crowds.

Beware of the steps to the entrance, they're quite high. This temple is dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha. The temple is 5 storeys high, and has 2 basement floors. The main hall in here is 27 feet high, and the architectural design is inspired by the Tang Dynasty. In the first storey, u can get a glimpse of the various Buddha statues, including the wodden Maitreya Buddha image.

On the 2nd floor, u can see a gallery that exhibits pictures of religious interest. They include footage of the sacred locations where Sakyamuni Buddha, known previously as Siddhartha Gotama sat musing under the Bodhi Tree; of those where he was preaching his disciples; and relics of the old Tooth Relic Temple. Inspiring images i must say. Seriously.

Now we're on the 3rd storey. Lucky for us, this newly built temple is air-conditioned. Here we will take a trip down memory lane, learn about the beginnings of Buddhism. It originated from the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gotama, a prince in ancient India, who was later known as the Sakyamuni Buddha. This gallery, punctuated with captions on the walls and buddha statues, speaks of the journey he took towards his enlightenment, and the various temptations he had to face. Some of his teachings are also visible in the captions.

Next we walk up to lvl 4: the sacred Tooth Relic Tower, where it houses the tooth relic.

*Sidenote: this part was real cute lah, my mom and i and my sis were give plastic bags when we reach 4th level. Then me and my mother saw the staff pushing a trolley of vermicelli (spell-check?) around. so we thought the ppl so gd, give us bags to bring home the bee hoon! then later we found out that the bags are for us to put our shoes in, cos no footwear were allowed. LOL.

On to the rooftop, you can enjoy the scenery dotted with the Dendrobium Buddha Tooth, an orchid species named after the tooth relic.

My knowledge of Buddhism is Pte Ltd, sorry for any misinformation that was interpreted above. But it was a truly inspirational trip into the temple!

Credits: http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_see/places_of_worship/toothrelic.html

Questions

2007-05-29T21:06:00.000+08:00

How fragile is life?

*snaps finger*

Just like that.

...I remembered a recent ad that has various celebrities snapping fingers every few seconds, a blatant reminder that someone has died with that snap. It was supposed to be a humanitarian effort to promote sth but i forgot, but the message was outright clear: lives are taken as u laugh, sleep, work and thinking your loved ones will always be there. Nothing can be done to reverse it, and sometimes you just couldn't help but wonder whether anyone or anything should be blamed for a death.

Yesterday, LCP Calvin Chow, 19, NSF, passed away in SGH at 6.37 a.m., after a drawn-out struggle against death for 2 weeks. He suffered severe burns after a Taiwan F-5 fighter jet crashed within close proximity of an SAF facility in Taiwan. It brought the total fatality count of this unfortunate accident to 5. And without putting names, one of my friend happened to have Calvin Chow as his section mate during BMT. he was totally shocked. shocked not only that he was involved in that incident, but i believe it was also because someone close to him had to pass away in his youth, and under such unexpected circumstances. i think it would be hard for everyone to swallow it if it were to happen on them.

When i first heard of the crash, and the NS men who died innocently in the accident, i was pondering over this myself.

How can the deceased's families deal with such a blow?
How can someone take away my child/brother/loved one just like that?
Is it any fair to him or us?
How are we going to get over the loss?
How are we going to get justice for them when no one is to be blamed for this?
How exactly do we relieve ourselves of the anger and the sadness?

So many questions. Yet no answers to them.

Deepest condolences to the deceased families.

2007-05-28T21:34:00.000+08:00

Ok since someone bothered to read my blog, of which i'm overjoyed =P, i shall reveal the answers to my riddles.

问：小狗汪汪叫；小猫喵喵叫；青蛙呱呱叫；那什么东西会咕咕叫？

解：杨过。　（因为他每次都喊：“姑姑！　姑姑！”）

问：小猫，小狗，小鸡，小猪，哪个早上会先起来背书？

解：小狗；　因为‘旺旺仙贝’（汪汪先背）

*me ducks for cover*

Stay tuned for more!

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007-05-27T02:02:00.001+08:00

Barbossa: [Captain Barbossa and Captain Jack Sparrow are both trying to give orders] What are you doing?

Jack Sparrow: What are you doing?

Barbossa: No, what are you doing?

Jack Sparrow: What are you doing?

Barbossa: No, what are you doing?

Jack Sparrow: What are you doing? Hmm. Captain gives orders on the ship.

Barbossa: The Captain of this ship is giving orders!

Jack Sparrow: [thinking] My ship, makes me captain!

Barbossa: They be my charts!

Jack Sparrow: That makes you Chart-man!

Pintel: Stow it! The both of you! That's an order! Understand! [They glare at him]

Pintel: Sorry, I just thought that with the Captain issue in doubt I'd just throw in my name for consideration. Sorry.

*Credits to http://imdb.com/

That's a snippet from POTC: AWE. i'll try my best not to reveal any tinge of spoilers here. =P

Okie i'll received quite a number of ratings and reviews about this *supposedly* last instalment of POTC, ranging frm a 1/5 star on Straits Times to an 8.6/10 on imdb. but seeing is believing, and with that i went down town, with me and myself, to catch it. teh first 30min or so provided quite a handful of comical relief, frm Jack Sparrow, pintel & ragetti and mostly his motley crew. Ah Chow's [ yeah i call Chow Yun Fatt that] acting cant be picked on, cos' i dont see any acting on his side lol; and he seems rather tongue-tied to me with his lines, or isit deliberate frm him? Barbossa and Davy Jones were also carrying themselves with the air of pirate lords while Jack was still locked up. And oh yeah Keira Knightley & Orlando Bloom continues to go lovey-dovey and squeezes out what little romance that this film, or any film for that matter-of-fact, shld have. I didnt say they 2 were just like wallpapers. haha.

I was glad to see e movie paved with major and minor plot surprises every now and then, and not stacked with special effect after relentless special effect. of cos when u need to see 'em, they were unleashed with explosiveness, especially the last sea battle. I can truly say it's quite a gd balance between plot and effects and the star power for Pirates 3, so go watch it! what are u waiting for? U savvy?

Oh and u could wait for the credits to roll and wait for a surprise at the end of it all. Just be patient.

Prison Break

2007-05-25T00:27:00.000+08:00

Ok since there's not much updates for this couple days, guess i'd

put up some of my comments about some videos or shows i've watched while i while my time off waiting for NS to end. Lol

For those who havent watched the series, it's about Michael Scofield, a genius as well as an architect, who attempts to help his bro, Lincoln Burrows, to escape the death sentence by escaping from Fox River Prison. the 1st series was already fantastic, with all the ingenuity of Scofield solving problems, all with the tattoos on his body.

So fantastic that i wasnt expecting the 2nd series, current airing on channel 5, to surpass its prequel with its plot twists and such. of course girls can still drool over Scofield's bod and looks lah haha. but when i decided to catch on, it totally blew my mind off man! i was thinking, prison break wouldnt be prison break anymore once they are not in the confines of the prison, but in fact the escaping from all the good, bad and the ugly ppl, and those new chars are still tops. especially when the agent came face to face with michael, omg its almost like L and Light meeting each other for the first time in DeathNote! i rly got nth to say except: Pls do watch it if u have the time, cos it's rly worth your time watching!

*Maybe i shld put up a disclaimer next time to prevent anybody from flaming me on my critiques haha...

2007-05-20T11:09:00.000+08:00

问：小猫，小狗，小鸡，小猪，哪个早上会先起来背书？

The Day that belongs to me?

2007-05-19T21:35:00.001+08:00

Strange title isnt it?
Cos today is my birthday! kekeke.. and that's the reason why most of u dont have to work today =P. Well i had been thinking about the meaning of celebrating birthdays for quite a while: why do we hold parties and celebrations for the person born on this very date, instead of the person who gave birth to him/her? hmm...

Me and mother went down to orchard in afternoon, first to register for my jap lessons with bunka (http://www.bunkalang.com/index.shtml) at Delfi. yep my first jap lesson's coming! so excited la! cant wait for that day to come. i kinda regretted not taking japanese when i was offered that in secondary sch. now, but that's all gonna change haha. *silently prays that my teacher is a friendly and beautiful one*

then walked down to borders and kino to look ard. i havent been to orchard for a VERY long time, sometimes even need my foreign friends to show me de way lol. SO THAT'S HOW ORCHARD LOOKS LIKE HUH. haha i'm such a mountain tortoise! went to meet my sis for dinner at fish & co. after, the seafood platter filling man, and not bad too. Only that of all times to have a diarrhoea, i had that when i was eating.. zzzz. But it was a great day after all! hahaha

2007-05-13T22:20:00.000+08:00

离家不远 (Back Home)

歌手：南拳妈妈
作曲：张杰
填词：宋健彰
编曲：蔡科俊Again

随着成长　远离家乡
回头遥望　我满肩坚强
为了梦想　振翅飞翔
怎么遗忘　熟悉的家香
When you feel the slip
When you start to crack
When it's all to hell
Know I have your back
Whether right or wrong
Is beside the point
'Cause we're more than blood

Chorus:
当我张开翅膀　试图往　梦里闯
时间却不经意　迷失家　的方向
当我满载成就　回头向　起点望
灰尘布满翅膀　飞不回　那扇窗

想像远方　绚烂星光
钟声敲醒　如茵的艳阳
为了梦想　我选择翱翔
怎么换回　淡淡的忧伤
张开翅膀却迷失方向
When you feel the slip
When you start to crack
When it's all to hell
Know I have your back
Whether right or wrong
Is beside the point
'Cause we're more than blood

(Repeat Chorus)

如果你记得方向　家就在不远前方
只有家的灯光比夜空中的星星还亮
要是你迷失方向　想找个地方流浪
家永远在你的身旁
太阳才交替月亮　星星又笼罩了窗
爸妈斑驳的鬓角诉说了逝去的时光
就算没地方流浪　只要你记得方向
家永远在你的身旁

(Repeat Chorus)

当我张开翅膀
时间却不经意　迷失家　的方向
当我满载成就
灰尘布满翅膀　飞不回　那扇窗

*Credits: http://tt78.com

For the benefit of those who cant read chinese, or are still learning, this song by 南拳妈妈 speaks of those wanderers who are striving to realise their dreams and ambitions abroad. Some may have thought they'd never forget their roots or family or loved ones, but as they start to succeed and achieve, things start to change. Some might lose themselves, forget about their loved ones, or change their character.

Will you and I do the same?

2007-05-13T15:47:00.001+08:00

those are our class gathering fotos. these are my family dinner ones

2007-05-13T15:47:00.000+08:00

2007-05-13T15:12:00.000+08:00

OKAY since i'm always in an eternal battle with blogger, i will punch him today by blogging about yesterday's events, even though my 'create post' page now is in a total mess

Saturday 12/05

woke up early, as usual l0lx, and went down to play bball. In the hope that i CAN STILL grow taller. or not. bleh. and i gt thrashed by a kid who challenged me 1v1. LOL lucky not too many ppl ard.

went to PS after that and met up with my jc peeps; sherly, sunny, nont, veron & lingna. WOAH. only nont, with his "locks of wavy hair" shocked me. i almost couldnt recognise him at first sight leh. then lingna came with this 娃娃头. haha. i should've called more ppl up haiya...
anyways we went for lunch, then went down to paradiz centre snookerium for pool. Sherly strong siah! hehe she beat even me & nont. Not that we 2 are very pro, but its still unbelievable.
spent most of the time talking and laughing at ourselves. How nice would it be if we could relive our jc life again!! now NS is so mundane lah. as in the work that needs to be done. we shall meet again with a stronger attendance nxt time yea? we are planning to go back for TJ's homecoming dinner also.

then went back for family cum mothers' day dinner with my family & my father's side. the food was good. i was impressed and amused by my cousins' imaginations. we were talking about how combat clerks train and fight in war. "yah then the pc monitor we can use as helmet when we go fight, then the keyboard can use as rifle and kill enemy..." blahblahblah. it's really fun to see the way they laugh at things i said, mostly nonsense actually. Children never fail to inspire me with their imaginative thought & creativity. Maybe i shld hang out with kids more haha.

2007-05-13T15:03:00.001+08:00

kies

2007-05-09T20:58:00.000+08:00

What the PES statuses really mean (no offence intended;pun intended :P)....

PES Actually not that fit one
PES Bo bian must chiong sua
PES Can siam duty den siam
PES Dunno can pes f anot
PES Everything still can do, but muz lobo during NS
PES Freedom FTW!!!

i hope i dun get sued by SAF for posting this lol, i just thought of this when i was bored to death

2007-05-07T22:49:00.000+08:00

"If you have shadows and can't walk out,
I'll be the light and wipe them out.
If you are bugged by reservations,
I'll melt your heart with my patience."

Just some random rants

2007-05-07T22:45:00.000+08:00

什么中药材最容易迷路？

正解：人参（人生）地不熟

ok one more. here it goes:

问：小狗汪汪叫；小猫喵喵叫；青蛙呱呱叫；那什么东西会咕咕叫？

2007-05-07T22:00:00.000+08:00

2007-05-07T21:08:00.000+08:00

Yesterday my family went west all e way to Jurong East swimming complex. yea why the big fuss? cos we were planning to play with the water slides and waves over there, nt unlike Wild Wild Wet, but alot cheaper than that. the slides are fun, but of cos there arent so much variety as WWW[not that i'm advertising for WWW or sth].

but we thought the best was the waves!! damn funny when the water pillars started raining on the pools. then the 5 of us were like dumb dumbs trying to hold on to each other, when actually it's so shallow only. Lol. then i broke my glasses zzz. gotta wear my nerdy army style specs today. then i found myself so smart when we were heading home. i forgot to take an extra pair of bermudas frm home. THATS IT. then no choice have to wear a wet pair of pants back. Lol. but we had such fun man!

2007-05-06T09:42:00.000+08:00

Yeah some of my friends bugging me to update my stupid blog, while i was actually 'diligently' trying out the html code e past few days. lol. anyways

Monday 30/04
reported to my new camp for a new posting. No 'why's please. met alot of friends down at nee soon. hehe this is gonna be a gd camp i hope.

Tuesday 01/05
Mayday! todays my dad's bday also. we went to sengkang to eat n eat n eat. actually i wanted to eat at vivo's sushitei instead, but u know, NSFs bo lui, saddd... but we did go to vivo in e end to shop around. Ben & Jerry's is great!

Wednesday 02/05
hmm nothing much. the only thing that left a dent was a documentary i saw on TV mobile. a video about a boy who wants to grow taller. Damn it hit me so hard, that i went to play bball after seeing that. I want to grow taller also leh! 20yrs old still can grow?

Thursday 03/05
went back to my old camp to clear my stuff. then my chief clerk told me all my duffel bag and the things inside were thrown away already. OMG. but not too bad, at most i buy them back when i ROD... hahaha!

Friday 04/05
hmm went with tong chuan to causeway point to catch Spiderman 3. so far leh woodlands frm my hse. reach there at 9.30. went to watch at 11.45. came out at 2.15am. Well the movie was fantastic in its SFX and special effects, especially everytime when Sandman appeared. Fabulous i would say. but i still dont like tobey (or toby) macguire. i like spiderman but dont like him in this show. ok maybe he was outstanding in other films, but seriously, i prefer uncle toby to wear his mask all e way and finish the show. Lol. the... ok i dun spoil anymore, got ppl complain le haha. But 23 dollars for a movie like this is... intriguing

2007-04-28T23:14:00.000+08:00

脑筋急转弯：什么药材最会迷路？

PS2!!!

2007-04-28T22:19:00.000+08:00

yeah 2 posts in first day.. not bad for a blog no0b rite? Anyways, woke up early, 7+ !!! long time nvr do this feat liao, but felt so drained out after a while lolx.

But today's still a great day! haha, went to collect my PS2 at eunos mrt later in afternoon. The seller nt bad huh, even give me his address for insurance sake. and the set comes modded with a controller, memory card, controller gun, and best of all, 50+ games!! I didnt tink i could get such a gd bargain for oni 170 bucks lor, and its my first time buying things online! hehe, i tink its cuz the guy wanted to save up for a PS3 bah, but the set is still dirt cheap lar. this must be karma, must be it :P

After that went swimming wid family. walao the lockers at tampines CMI one. looks advanced, cuz no nid key one, but after i set my pw i cant close the locker, then i started cursing. i also nt sure if i was cursing the locker or myself. LOLX. then the pools, notice it comes with an 'S', were all filled with dead flies and moths. Argghhh. Whats that supposed to mean? are the pools meant for stupid insects to swim or me? i feel so inferior to the insects la, so i surrendered and came up early. LOLx

The swim ended with a trip to Nihon Mura, a japanese restaurant juz beside the complex. Juz take note nvr to say or type 'jap'; try japanese cos the japanese feel offended if they were called 'japs'. anyways it was 99cents per plate for sushi! its cheap. and fairly nice haha

Today is a gd day! but i feel so penniless now :(

First Entry!

2007-04-28T08:41:00.000+08:00

Yep u have just chanced upon a passer-by's blog! Previously i've just read my friends' blogs and some other anonymous blogs, and played the role of a passer-by so many times. I thought this would be a gd time to create a blog. Coz my memory's nt that gd, so this would keep my memories intact. Start with a light-hearted love story...

"Long before your time, there was this 2 soldiers from a certain land, one had a crush on a cheerful, beautiful girl who worked at a gift shop in a mall. Every weekend when the soldier could find time away from the stifling environment in the army, he would hide in a corner of the mall and look at the girl from afar, who was ever so friendly to people. He was simply mesmerised by her personality and beauty, but couldnt find a tinge of courage in him to even strike a conversation with her.

'eh stanley, i met this beautiful girl in that shopping centre leh, but i dare not talk to her lehs, what shld i do to be friends wid her?!'

'aiya, i tell u, ronald, u shldnt be too direct, girls will be too stunned to even talk to u liddat lo, so u must have some pick-up line. u and her were in the same school right? then u could tell her that u want to buy a gift for ur school tutor, and it maybe will catch her attention and talk to u more... ahhh.. liddat lah'

'but hor, i can talk until my mouth dry, but she also wont gimme her contact wad.. sighz..'

'brudder, i tell u lah, maybe u can say ur fone battery flat liaoz, then tell her u need to urgently call a fren, then ask her can use her fone to call me lahs, and then hor... u and i have her number already! Hahaha, smart right me!'

'yahor!'

On a clear night, stanley and ronald found themselves at that old spot overlooking the shop and that beautiful girl again. The moment ronald saw her face, he got scared again. Being his gd friend, stanley gave him a pep talk for the last time, and told him to go for it. Finally ronald mustered his courage and walked into the shop. Just as he slowly approached the girl who was serving other customers, his heart was almost at his mouth. And then he saw a scene that totally shattered his heart.

A man walked into the shop and went straight up to the girl ronald liked and said, 'dear, when u knock off, i got a present for u today :P'. 'stop it la, u go outside first wait for me kies? later my boss not happy wid me. :)'

Ronald was so sad on that clear night, sad not only that his crush already had a boyfriend, but that he didn't had the chance to even talk to her and try to be friends with her. And so, he could just remain at the same old spot overlooking the shop and the pretty girl every weekend after that. It seemed to be the same routine, but he knew he only be able to watch her from afar and not be able to do anything else. And that remained for a very long time."

Was it sad? Okie maybe it wasn't as sad, but i juz wanted to share it with someone.
NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE ABOVE TELLING OF THE TALE. (but alot of feelings hurt)