Espero todavía...

2011-11-19T14:09:00.001+08:00

Lonely Saturday afternoon along Raffles Blvd road. Surprisingly tranquil, with just a few groups of tourists snapping pictures of the Esplanade.

Enjoying my drink and the cool breeze.
Very soothing and chill...

Perfect break from work and school!

Me, myself and I.

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2011-11-09T20:49:00.001+08:00

Life is tough only if u make it tough.

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2011-11-04T08:08:00.000+08:00

Dun treat me like a fool. I'm prayin hard!

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2011-11-03T07:57:00.000+08:00

exams are less than 2 weeks away n detoxin has stopped to allow for some destress.

this sem has got to b my heaviest yet with 5 papers. really gotta start early to prevent any cork ups.

mummy is doin fine with a pretty long lay off from treatments by the docs. took this chance to go on a holiday in Taiwan with sis. she has enjoyed herself tremendously. and i pray for her to be like this for a very very long time

on a side note, made myself a new fren recently. it was a typical boy meets girl, boy asked for number situation. lets see how it pans out in the near future.

2011-09-10T16:19:00.000+08:00

thank god for havin classes on fridays... i have not been partyin much since im bac from the taiwan trip

detoxing phase. it feels good that i hav been gettin occupied with gg for runs and swims rather den booze in clubs

im not a party animal deep within. i really enjoy this kinda lifestyle.

i need to explore more things to do n broaden my horizens. I Need MORE HOBBIES!

life can be more enrichin doin other stuff.

an indication of maturation stage? perhaps..

and i jus realise i have taken the wrong direction to my destination while writin this post....zzzz

i will b bac soon with a book review.

i need to get bac to writin reviews here so i can enjoy them years later!

signin off!

New Challenges! Fight on Alven!!

2011-04-25T23:25:00.000+08:00

No posts cos I have been partyin too hard recently... No biggies.

I have just embarked on a few new challenges. There is some risks involved but no pain no gain.

I would really needa work my ass off to make this work. time is already limited as it is... but im still gona push myself to make all this work out.

Despite the outcomes I am sure these challenges are just gona make me a stronger character.

I always tell myself that i CAN BE BETTER AND WILL BE.

priorities have to be readjusted. certain adjustments have to be done.

i have always believe that my fate is in my hands. no one but me myself can determine the path i take.

here goes nothing!

>>>u can do this!<<<

Boring Weekend

2011-02-27T22:12:00.001+08:00

few hours before the weekend expires.

was home the past 2 days doin nothin but couch potato.

the only good thing that comes out from this is that at least im in my mum's company.

jiayou mummy!

Mummy condition

2011-01-19T19:08:00.000+08:00

It's been almost 2 months since we discovered mum's condition.

3 cycles of chemo, no improvements yet an increase in her cancer cell count.

Very demoralizing.

No fear!

We shall persevere. Arranging a new and stronger course of chemotherapy for her.

>>>Fighter<<<

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End of Adam Couple

2011-01-16T20:51:00.000+08:00

One of my favourite TV couple other than Hyori & JongKook.

It has officially ended in WGM. I would love to see if the Ga-in and Jokwon do get tgt as a couple in real life.

All the best to them!

Venture out

2011-01-14T22:52:00.001+08:00

Spontaneity is the key to open up our receptiveness to new ventures.

Meeting with new people and listening to new ideas n concepts.

That's missing in lots of people around me. I need to know people with the same amount of spontaneity to broaden my knowledge.

Are you willing to take the first step? Being proactive widen your perspectives. Knowing the right way of approaching and handling matters puts you in an advantageous position.

People learn from books but learning from others' experiences accelerates your learning curve.

To tread on new unexplored journeys is the first step to success.

Bring me to new horizons!!

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Phuture is now the past.

2011-01-09T03:34:00.000+08:00

Those were the days where the idea of going to Phuture just sexed me up.

Latest hits compounded with the sleazy lights and the never ending supply of booze. Oh, and also the ladies.

These are all memories of the past.

We have grown out of it. Mostly due to the fact that we are unable to "gel" with the tons of young boys & girls frolicking in the dancefloor.

Suddenly the thought of squeezing in the "human flesh mob" just seemed so much less attractive.

I find enjoyment talking to people and engaging in conversations. More often than not, I get the "Are you trying to talk me into having sex?" look.

Here's a list of the types of people in club that I would choose to talk to:

The guy that is always welcoming strangers to their table to get a drink

The lady that seems engrossed playin her phone

Beer drinking ladies.

Happy Caucasians.

People smoking alone

Ladies with killer heels.

These people tend to have an interesting story to share.

Talking to strangers is probably the best way to work on your social skills.

So please do keep an open mind about talking to strangers in clubs.

Men are from Mars， Women are from Venus

2011-01-05T22:53:00.001+08:00

Its amazing how different they are, be it body, mind or soul.

Yet the thing that drives them crazy is love.

Man is always trying to figure a woman's mind.

Woman is always trying to fool a man's mind.

What brings them together is something called love.

>>>你那爱笑的眼睛<<<

2011-01-03T22:07:00.001+08:00

So much has happened since my last post in July.

Started my job at Sigma,

Started my degree in SIM.

Gillian's wedding

Everything was going pretty smoothly since my ORD.

Yet, we were hit by the news that Mummy has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on 9th December.

Every problem seemed so miniscule after the news.

Never did we expect such thing to fall upon us. She has always been so healthy. She is the foundation of our family, the ever sturdy, reliable and loving mother.

Its been close to a month since the news, I would say we are coping well and she has proven her mettle when going against such ordeal. She is still full of hope and living each day purposefully.

Its heartwarming to see her smile, eat her dishes, and just spending quality time with her.

Support from family and friends were immensed, I am truly grateful.

Its going to be a long & tough fight for you Mummy... but we will always be there for you.

>>>It is not length of life, but depth of life. <<<

2010-07-18T13:04:00.002+08:00

Love is like a ghost. Many Believe it but not many has seen it...

2010-06-22T11:44:00.001+08:00

Job n school secured! 12 July marks the start of my workin life and
also the end of world cup.

A fresh start and I intend to put all efforts into these. For the
first time in my life, I'm on my own. Hope to carve a niche for
myself. This is for real. No more going with the flow.

Rmb this feelin Alven... U know u need it!!

2010-05-20T04:29:00.001+08:00

The city that never slps... It's always clearer when u see things on
the outside and that's exactly what the lion city looks like from the
sea. It's back light scattering the black velvet waters... So
Comforting at times...

In a few weeks time I will depart fr SPF and become an integral (or
so I hope) part of the working class of this bustling city. So much to
look forward to!

2010-04-23T13:31:00.001+08:00

Wooots! Caught in the middle of raffles place lunch rush hour.
EVeryone zoomin past purposefully. Hectic yet says it all bout
singapore's bloomin economy.

All the talk about flyin to other countries to see the world but I
realized that I hven really seen everything bout my own motherland.
Perhaps it's time to explore Singapore.

Every streets and corners have their own stories and i tink it's
really interesting. Bout time to get to know Singapore, havin lived
here all my life.

2010-01-04T07:23:00.000+08:00

Wat a mornin to start off the week... Rainin cats and dogs. And me
makin my way to base for p1 duty. Hopefully the sea out dere ain't too
rough..

The rain brings out one of the most basic mammalistic instincts a
human has. U see dozens of parents protecting their children,
shielding them from the rain under the umbrellas. It's natural that
the offsprings are protected by their parents. I do hope that the
young will appreciate what their parents did for them cos for me, I
hav reached the stage where I gotta take care of myself.

Time never looks back. Look forward and learn to be appreciative of
the people who care for u...!

2009-12-31T21:10:00.001+08:00

We will be marching into the dusk of this decade in a few hours time
and Im prob gona welcome 2010 with a very very drained body.
Nonetheless I'm still Gona make sure tauhuay and I have a great time
tonight.

Lots to look forward to in the new year. World cup, my ord, my sister
wedding and my future. I prob had a very crazy 2009 and I know that I
prob can't live another year like this one again. So I'm gona savour
every last min of 2009...

Bless all my loved ones and friends. Have a heartwarming countdown...!!!

2009-12-24T13:06:00.001+08:00

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Slowly count down
from 10. Feel the goodness ard you and dissipates the anger boiling
inside. It's a vey small issue that is not worth brooding over and
spoiling the mood of today.

Punctuality is a virtue and it's always unfair to the ppl who abides
to it... Some people really dun feel the shame of letin ppl wait. Once
in a while I can understand but please for goodness sake. Not
everytime!!!

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Slowly count down
from 10. Feel the goodness ard you and dissipates the anger boiling
inside. Typin these words do help. Perhaps one day, I'm gonna conjure
a system that will protects the punctual people and make sure
latecomers get what they deserve.

The world will be much much beautiful... I jus flared up anyway.
Fuck... Told myself to restrain.

I gotta a feeling... Tonight gona be a good good night...

2009-12-04T22:56:00.000+08:00

With the moon hung up in the dark velvety sky and love songs playin in
the background, I sat at the bow of the boat pondering about my life.

With the strong gusts of wind comin straight at me, they are like the
never-ending obstacles that occured to me. Nevertheless I had many
beautiful souls always in the vicinity to help me out. They are jus
like the alluring and familiar lightings coming from the Singapore
coastline, guiding us towards her.

Had a sudden influx of emotions inside me and i really appreciate such
moments where I can take a break and really enjoy the little things
around us.

Wat a fantastic way to spend the Friday night!

2009-12-03T20:34:00.001+08:00

Obviously nov was a mundane month. Nothin worth mentioning in the
blog. Or.. I was jus too lazy... Hahas.

Hopefully I can really enjoy myself for the dec period n at the same
time get really prepared for the drivin test scheduled in Jan. Kinda
caught on matt's obsession wif abs, and tt had motivated mi to get
myself tone down. Was bulkin up n I kinda reached my desired weight.
So I guess it's the time for me to tone some muscles!!!

On the way to sher hse wif Dee n ml in the car. Wish mi luck..!!

2009-10-28T18:58:00.000+08:00

Jus finishing watching this movie called The Ugly Truth. Very
interesting how the show depicts that females n male relationship.
Love as the show presented is irrelevant as guys n girls seek lust n
sex in a relationship. Tts jus the ugly truth bout relationship. But
of cos the end of the movie ended wif the couple realizing that their
relationship does hav the existAnce of love. Blah blah. The usual
happy endin. And of cos the male lead is a bad boy intially n thus
attracted the female lead attention.

So it made mi wonder y is tt girls like to go for the bad boys and
they get really infactuated wif them when they find out about the good
underlying qualities in them. I prob need more input bout this fallacy.

Ciaoz

2009-10-25T12:29:00.001+08:00

Strong breeze n fantastic song playin in the background jus made my
day... It's so amazin how huge the little things in ur life influence
ur mood... I'm deprived of sleep fr ystd P1 n yet the constant
yawnings haven dampen my mood to enjoy such a beautiful day..
Hopefully the day can end on a beautiful note n tt wuld b Manu Victory
over Liverpool tonight! Quoting fr giggs : I have huge amount of
respect for Liverpool but I dun deny the fact that I derive the most
pleasure from beating them.

>>>slow down ur tempo n take a look at the overview of things<<<

2009-10-21T18:02:00.001+08:00

Bullshit... No co-ordination at all... Lousy cooperation, wats the use
of ur phone?! It's to pick it up!!!!! Zzz... Jus feel like ventin out
the piled up frustration...

2009-10-18T04:45:00.001+08:00

It's fun meetin with new ppl n havin our share of moments.

Life has never been better and I m pretty much satisfied with how
things are gg...

Anyway... Had a funny incident at serene centre where A grp of
caucasians took off 20 pc nuggets tt belonged to doug... The cashier
made a mistake and we actually tried to chase them down. Had a fun
time gettin a laugh out of it wif jon n gang...!

On the way home in Doug car racin like mad...

I hope this will not b my last post.... Bless me!

2009-10-17T13:08:00.001+08:00

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2009-09-23T22:52:00.003+08:00

im a greedy person...i cant seem to be satisfied with the things i've had...there is a list of things which i hope to do and the list seems never-ending...with factors affectin my advancement..factors like time, money and resources...

i wan to

be a certified diver
get my driver's licence (in progress)
get steersman licence (in progress)
wakeboarding
learn kite-surfing
do an official run this year (in progress)
TRAVEL...!!!

gosh...dere are still more...but the above are prob the ones that i can accomplish in the near future...

my lil sister will be leavin soon to pursue her degree in uk and i really hope all the best for her and that she can really hav a helluv time dere and bring bac stories to tell us...this is also perhaps a good time for her to miss us and realise the importance of family..!!! hahas...

hmmmm....when is it gona be my turn...? i do crave for such chances to study abroad...that will greatly widen my sights...but it might b a uphill task...hahas...perhaps i should put it in my list too..LOLs...!

2009-09-22T22:45:00.004+08:00

a girl in love is a fool
a boy in love is a dork
a girl out of love is a ghoul
a boy out of love is a rogue

mars n venus never travel in a loop
yet sparks fly between the two
can love exist in their louvre...?

2009-09-15T22:27:00.003+08:00

really appreciatin the long joggin sessions at nite...able to unleash all the unhappy stuff collected fr a day's work...

tryin to strike a nice balance of healthy lifestyle and enjoyment...pretty hard to achieve...ahahs...

pls pls maintain the regime...its gona do u good in the future alven...!

2009-09-12T00:59:00.002+08:00

i din manage not to play poker...hahahs...! BUT i did spent some quality time with the e7 ppl...and i did keep up wif my joggin n swimmin regime...puttin my healthy lifestyle bac on track...

was damn shagged fr p1...still managed to go for my first drivin lesson todae...hopefully i will pass wif flyin colors on 7th january...

and i BOUGHT the last book of eragon's trilogy : Brisingr

will write a review when i m done wif it...was anticipatin this bk for so long...

iphone 3gs is still evadin me since i missed it's first release...i jus hope that it will serve mi well when i really managed to get it...

the motto for the nxt few months will be GO OUT with DIFFERENT PPL and every penny well spent...!!!

2009-08-25T21:52:00.000+08:00

i've been FASTING...!!! hahas...since the start of this week...i've tried to fast wif my bunch of PCG colleagues (exception of drinkin...LOLs) the temptation to eat is pretty hard to resist...it all goes down to ur willpower i guess....

since transferring to CPS...numbers of swimmin n gym outings were greatly reduced...aim to bring the number bac...in addition to joggin at nite...hopefully keepin myself fit...

its really tough to find time to do all these exercises when ur work is based onboard a ship...misses life during SOMC...!!

its hard to stay healthy and enjoy at the same time...i cant stay away fr liquor...its hard...so i needa work extra hard to compensate the alcohol intake...smt gotta give!

i was tinkin whether i should replace the time to play poker during wkends to do other things....such as meetin up wif my e7 ppl n poly mates...exercises...or dates...perhaps time well spent? not sure about tt...will try it this wkend...not to play poker...HAHAS...see if i can resist the temptation...tts some test...WOOOO...

i need to date...!!!

2009-08-21T21:48:00.000+08:00

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Fantastic book given to me as a birthday gift fr edith...this book explores alot of social phenomenons that were caused by this sociological effect termed, the tipping point.

it explained the diff phases of the tipping point, the factors that cause a certain phenomenon to tip and the special individuals among us responsible for it...

tipping point can be used to analyze fashion trends...it explains how a certain brand comes into fame in the society and the reasons for it...ever wonder how skinny jeans get so popular among the young singaporeans nowadays...? read the book!

the book showed many case scenarios not only in the present but oso the past...

the part that intrigued mi the most will hav to be the part on how the different types of individual in a society contributes to this tipping point....

it takes a few groups of individual to causes a phenomenon to tip...the book went in depth to describe these special individuals and it will allow u to discover ur impact in the society by identifyin urself to the diff groups...

this book is prob 8.5/10 for me....kept mi thinking for a long long time...!

2009-08-10T23:33:00.000+08:00

its been 3 months since i was posted to PCG...life's been pretty amazing despite all the nautical tests that i had to pass in order to be where im now...

cant wait to start clockin in the sea experience...i've got to admit that im pretty lucky to hav gotten this vocation that has exposed mi to many things that i wuld hav left unexplored...credits to benny..!

finished a couple of good books the past 3 months but still culdnt find time to settle down and write a book review...premiership is kickin off nxt wk...and wkends are gona be jus a tad more excitin....that wuld include the poker games as usual...lol

wish mi luck for my sorties to come in the weeks to come...!

NITES...

2009-05-17T22:04:00.002+08:00

18th time Premier League Champs...feels good though we din play like ourselves against arsenal...

quoting from Sir aLex...it prob is more special surpassin the record than equalling it...and hence we are gg at it again NXT SEASON...!!

but first...CHAMPS LEAGUE...hope we will be the first team to win it back to back..!

pretty lethargic lately...too much time to spare...duno wat to do with it...LOLs...pokerin...mj-ing...watchin shows... deep down...i cant wait to start wif my new postin as Police Coast Guard Navigation Officer...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...!

2009-05-14T04:57:00.000+08:00

1 more point...2more games...18th Premiership title will be on our way...!!

WOOOOH...

2009-05-09T20:29:00.003+08:00

the thrills and excitement of passing out as a NSPI seem to have died down todae...there was a sense of emptiness when i found myself wakin up on my own bed...

i guess i should look into the future and find new challenges to constantly improve myself as a person...memories of the OCT life will not be forgotten and the brotherhood that we hav forged will last us the entire lifetime...

will do a book review soon...been aeons since i last wrote a book review...this time will be a little different as the book is non-fiction! cAtch it SOon...!

p.s. DO CALL MI OUT...I WILL BE DAMN FREE for the next 2 Weeks...ON LEAVE...!!!!

2009-04-27T12:16:00.001+08:00

GIGGS Lands PFA Award...!!!

COngrats..!!

2009-04-24T20:53:00.001+08:00

The Most Decorated Player in English Football...
My Man, My Idol, My Hero...

2009-04-17T11:30:00.002+08:00

i m back!!!!!! (i realised this line pops up from my intro very frequently...lol)

jus been through a 16-days journey of self discovery at OBS....very proud to say that it is a specialised professional leadership development course for SPF OCTs only...many hav the idea that this trip will be easy and something like your secondary 3 camps...but to our 'horror'...its something so MUCH MORE....

the 16 days were packed with activities and i m glad to say that i hav completed the course with no regrets and dare say i hav put my utmost efforts in everytin that we attempted...

we were divided into 4 watches namely Eng Soon, Rajaratnam, Dhanabalan and Ghandi...and im in EngSoon...we operated as individual watches for most of the time till the last expedition....

16 days are divided into 3 major phases :

1st phase - Land Expedition (3 days 2 nights)

trekked and hikked and climbed and walked all around ubin to complete our missions...it was like a routemarch packed with sit-test missions...and i swear...im not exaggerating...the weight of the backpack was equivalent to that of army field pack and with addition of jerrycans and our tents...activation at night jus like field camp where we had to shift our campsite...

the high point during this phase is definitely the makeshift 'oasis concert' at OBS Campsite 2...had a hell of a time and we 49th batch OCTs did what we are best at and tt is to party into the night...!

2nd phase - Sailing Expedition (3 days 2 nights)

after the land ex, we had a crash course on how to sail a cutter boat for half a day at base camp and we set off soon enough...this had to be the most memorable experience throughout the 16days for my watch and i...sailing was a first for us and we had no clue how to sail even after the crash course...everyting was learned from experiences on the boat itself after we set sailed...

for eg...the very first day, we experienced a thunderstorm on sea...and the scene was jus like the movie 'perfect storm' everyone was doing something to make sure we anchor in safely and beached up...

Semangat was the name of our cutter...she is a beautiful one and i have to say tt the daily morning routine of swimming around the cutter and kissing her bow had me feeling attached to her...

she did not fail us unlike the other 3 cutters...tt faithful evening where Hamish T broke her rudder and Endeavour's motor was down and drifted all the way to Bedok jetty and lastly, poor Vijaya who breakwater and had 3 major cracks at the hull disabling her from sailing for the last day...

3rd phase - Sea Kayaking Expedition (3 days 2 nights)

this was the last ex for us and we were given the freedom to do our own planning by our elected leaders and we were to complete this expedition as OCTs on the whole....

we kayaked halfway around singapore starting fr:
ubin to changi on the first dae
changi to sembawang to causeway (literally touched it!) and bac to sembawang on the 2nd day....(FARKIN' crazy day where we kayaked aprrox. 41 km and clockin 11 hours of kayakin on the sea...)
sembawang back to ubin on the last day

we were proud of our acheivement on our 2nd day where we exceeded our initial target of jus sembawang and instead, we pushed on to go straight to causeway and back...!!!

this sums up bout the whole 16 days for me...and of cos dere are so many little things that contributed too...jus that it will be too draggy to put them down into words...i will jus list them out in chronological order....

Engsoon Team Charter
Night trek in search of mr red riding hood
Eating the soft and puffy rice we cooked
'Turn over a new leaf'
Pulling the dipper rope for tackin n gybing
Having to spend a night in the jungle during the Solo expedition
Crazy mini race to the causeway
Touchin the causeway
Doin the jump for Peak Ascent on the East face...VIDEO-ed!!
Engsoon's Presentation on the last night and the EMO song Kangsheng wrote...SUPER CREDITS to him...
12km commitment run with timing of 1:11:33
Goodbyes to Naf on the jetty

i sincerely wished that everyone enjoyed this journey which i did...

and somethin in one way or another hav changed for the better in everyone...

2009-03-02T02:29:00.003+08:00

YOOOHOOOO...we got Carling Cup...!!! might be the start of something WONDERFUL...!!

gg bac HTA in bout few hours time...very very reluctant...HAIZ....life goes on...i will miss all the wkdays supper and MJ sessions....!!!

and WORSE still...i got tons of stuff tt i haven do yet for ASP Teoh....DAMN...!

wish me luck for my CPC EXAM...!!

2009-02-25T18:53:00.002+08:00

BACK...!!!!

hahas...

attachment to Hougang NPC is really fun n EYE OPENIN...!!! hahas...fri will b my last day shift and i had my last nite shift ystd....lots happened ard the Hougang neighbourhood...credits to those men in blue...!!!

was readin at my last post regardin liverpool...and i guess time really tell everyting...they were on top and everytin since tt last post and now tables had turned...but still i guess they were still go on strong tonite against real madrid...pretty nice matchup...

anyway...manu acheivements so far has really made mi proud...on the route to a QUINTAPLE...a new word man...5 trophies and tht is not includin the WORLD CLUB champ...it will really b a bonus if they managed this feat...if not i will jus be contented retaining the league crown and champs league...one more league crown to match the 18 times record of liverpool and their fans can stop hoggin bout tt 18 times to mi whenever they ran out of stuff to commend on their own club...hehees

ILOVE MY LIFE now...!!! but its gona end in a few daes time and i will find myself bac in the bunk of HTA....

>.<

2008-11-25T21:21:00.002+08:00

ANNOUCEMENT...!

will be leaving this blog untouch for quite awhile...

realised that i mostly post some poems, issue-related stuff and not much about daily routine...thus i have decided to do my postin on facebook notes...

but still might leave some interesting stuff here at times...

cIAOs...~

2008-11-18T13:11:00.001+08:00

for the beloved squad mates...

Onlookers look up to us
Cadets proud to be
Tracom is our home

Soon to be inspectors
Quality resides within us
United we are
Ambitious and honourable
Destined to be the best

2008-11-06T12:28:00.001+08:00

been writin alot of crap in classes recently...lols...prob gona post all the funny shit here...first one is here...

life of aaron
by nevla
dedicated to aaron ng z.w

tall and lanky
fair and dumb
small eye small dick
and like to lick
drink till the last drop
and dance to hip hop
loves breakin'
but body always aching'
loves clubbin'
but always end up in a rubbish bin
now an OCT
can't wait to go KTV
20 for pleasure
50 for fissure...

LOLs...

2008-10-27T22:21:00.002+08:00

found myself cheerin for liverpool on sundae vs chelsea and wala...they won..and the unbeaten home record at chelsea is broken...GREATo...lols...

wundnt care too much if manu had won at goodison park on sat...despite liverpool victory, i m still wary of chelsea's capabilities to chase for the title...many wuld say liverpool is lookin gd this season...but i tink otherwise..they have looked good too many times b4 but they are still searchin for the crown since 19years ago....i still tink its gona b a chelsea manu title race this season...

dropped points at everton kinda sucks but they deserved to get a point after performin so well at home (only at 2nd half)...hopefully we get max points when west ham and hull visit us...

tt shall be it...and im so happy tt this week's schedule look too gd to b true...gona walk on at 1230 this fri!!! shiok like wat...!!

hehe

2008-10-21T22:07:00.003+08:00

just finished the seniors' farewell dinner...guess everytin went well...dinner was great...had fun and of cos the pictures slideshow is emo...lols...

after everytin ended, they elected a single society president to succeed the senior post...LOL...tt was hilarious...and after tt is the 'unofficial' welcoming of the 2 upgraders...lol...since they din gone thru the army life in tekong, they were made to hav camo on...lols..and den used the saf talcrum powder on them and lastly, 2 large pails of water as the toppin...lols..

was really fun...can see ourselves 5 more months down the road doin all these things..passing down the tradition i guess...hahahas...

gotta slp...PT tml...8CLick waiting...

2008-10-19T22:06:00.003+08:00

and a wkend zoomed past..bac in HTA once again...

a busy week ahead wif the seniors' pop n farewell dinner...my publication works deadline...the signages and banner...tink prob gotta use all the time to finish them up...

come to think of it...life as an OCT aint tt bad after all..putting aside the drill lessons and PT, its jus all bout events and academic lessons..and tt is very similar to my poly life...LOL...although i aim to do better den poly...ha

its hard keepin awake in class esp after PT conducted by KN...always dozin off at the later parts..

slpin soon...guess tts it for now...hopefully i wun hav mondae blues tml...

>>>NSPI<<<

2008-10-16T21:18:00.003+08:00

was goin thru my archives and realised that 2 years are really a long time ago...so much had happened between now n then...the post dated 2 jan 2008 caught my attention as its regarding my '08 resolutions. guess i might as well do an assessment on it...LOL...

my resolutions were

1) start saVING UP a significant amount of money....!!
2) cut down on late nites....
3) spend more time with my family...
4) enrich myself with useful lifeskills...

i m still not fufillin my 1 entirely...i guess the significant amount will always seems insignificant..

lates nites seem to be on the rise...might bcos of the fact that i only hav my wkends out...and most of the times i dun slp enuff during wkends..

3 has always been the hardest...will try my best as always...

this is the one wich i tink i did pretty well...considerin the fact that i m currently studyin law...wat can b more useful den havin a sturdy knowledge of laws at the back of ur head? hehes

a couple more months b4 the end of '08...hope to acheive more and lookin forward to '09!!

2008-10-15T20:43:00.001+08:00

how dumb do people get?

2008-10-15T18:08:00.003+08:00

had to come up wif my autobiography for my OFI to read...so decided to post it up here...lols...serve as a storage for future references...
______________________________________

OCT Neo Jun Wei Alven (14)
Squad 3
Autobiography

My name is Neo Jun Wei Alven and I am born on the wee morning of 19th February 1988. It’s been twenty years since I arrived on Earth. Through my autobiography, I hope to portray a better picture of myself and also share my life experiences.

I have 5 family members. They consist of my parents and 2 sisters. I am the only son and stuck in the midst of 2 sisters. My parents came from families with strong teachings and see to that their children do so too. My father works as a driver transporting goods while my mum works as a childcare teacher. Both of them worked very hard in order for my siblings and I to have the proper education we need. We are very thankful to them and hoped that we can soon allow them to have a taste of their fruits of labor.

My elder sister is 22 years old this year and is working as a childcare supervisor. She is someone whom I looked up to. A very independent woman who relies on herself to carve a niche in her career. She is someone whom I always turn to when I encounters problems in my life. She has helped me on several occasions when I needed aid.

My younger sister on the other hand is 19 years old and has just completed her A’ levels a year ago. She has taken on the SAF Women Merit scholarship and has embarked in a whole new career path shortly after she graduated from her junior college. She is one year into army life and is commissioning early next year to get her rank. She will pursue her degree after that. I have always been proud of my little sister as she had been the high flyer in the family. She is a very determined person and strives her hardest to get to where she wanted.

I shall start on my life now that I had introduced my family members. I have always been the active kid in my family. Never was I able to settle down as a kid. Since nursery, even up till now, I have always been known as the outgoing child from the class, never shy to make friends.

As I proceeded to primary school, I was the better academics performer in the class. I had my many ‘firsts’ in my primary school days. I topped my class for the last 3 years in primary school despite that I also discovered my talent in sports and was able to play all kinds of sports. But like the saying goes, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” So in secondary school, I specialized in basketball and made it into the school team where I met one of the most important people of my life, my coach. He was a hard and tough man who had taught me more than just basketball. He is probably the reason why I am the man I am now.

During the 4 years in school, I put in a lot of time into playing basketball for the school, and my academic results plummeted. Being a teenager at that time, nothing seems more important than spending time doing the stuff you loved best. Even my parents were helpless when it comes to persuading me to study. Bet everyone goes through the delinquent stage.

My coach was the one who brought me to my senses and lets just say I became a better student and had a pretty good result for my O’ levels. At the same time, I began to mature and started understanding the way of life. Slowly I began to appreciate my parents’ efforts in raising me and also cherishing all the good things in life.

I pursued a Diploma in Biotechnology in Singapore Polytechnic after my O’ levels. The 3 years are probably the highlights of my life till now. I was exposed to a lot of management experience and varsity life during the 3 years. I was not the high flyer academic wise but was involved in a lot of organizing of the school’s major events.

I was drafted into Chemical & Life Sciences School’s management committee and was appointed the Sports Head. I was given this chance after I contributed in organizing a successful orientation camp. This opportunity also forced me onto a crossroad where I had to make a choice between my Poly basketball team and the committee. I chose the life as a committee member. I more or less gave up the sport that had played an important part of my life, but I never regretted the decision.

I had the chance to understand how budgeting an event is like, how to rally helpers, how to work under pressure and so much more. I enjoyed many fun experiences during my time as the school’s committee member.

Time as a student passed very quickly and soon I received the letter from National Service reminding me of my enlistment date. Enlistment was a big thing for me as many of my uncles and friends had shared their experience with me. My younger sister also included. I told myself then that I would make the most out of my NS years.

As I passed out from Tekong BMTC, I was expecting either Cispec or OCS course waiting for me but alas, I was posted to OCT. I had no idea what it was all about and did not know what to expect from it. 3 weeks into the course now and I am slowly starting to appreciate how things work in HTA.

Never will I be able to experience outfield and all the others army related things; nonetheless, I will still put in my utmost effort in OCT to show my worth. Looking forward to the day where I pass out from HTA as a police inspector, and in the process, learn more life skills and absorb more experiences to allow me to become a better person.

2008-10-14T21:23:00.002+08:00

wow...the last time i checked, i had an active blog...LOL...

now i gotta bring some life bac here....guess NS life reali do kills some things in ur life...hahahs...tekong life cuts u from the outside world...now that i m posted to Home Team Academy (HTA), i guess i will hav more opportunities to maintain my blog...and perhaps come out wif more ideologies?

first post since i started my NS life...guess nothin much bout me changed...mayb jus that now i got less time to myself...still relatively better den those in OCS...hahs...

jus wondering wat to post other den all these crap talk...HMMMmm...

u noe...under the official secrecy act, i cant really reveal too much of my life in HTA...so i guess i gotta bcareful bout wat i write...lol...

i m currently onto law...basic stuff for any police officers...a subject that has always invoke my interests since i loved to read crime thrillers..still got lots to learn and of cos it will definitely help mi in my life as knowing law is equivalent to equippin myself with a lethal weapon...hehes...

life's good so far...hope to share more...

tink i shuld call elroy and see if he has time to chat in tekong...particularly in NINJA coy...LOL

2008-06-06T06:30:00.002+08:00

its a cold cold early MOrnin....i m at dee hse and we are gettin rdy for batam trip in bout an hour time....hope to hav fun....!

anyway first thing to do dere is to watch nba final...LOLs...doubt they hav cable dere...will update once i get bac...

cya in 3 days time!

2008-05-26T18:50:00.002+08:00

ehhh...this post wasnt bcos of ur tag...LOLs...felt like writing someting...

ok...first thing...we GOT DOUBLE....!!!damn...i noe its a bit redundant complainin bout this n that for this season since a double is fuck gd...but still...a treble was so DAMN CLOse....

time is runnin out...still hopin for another overseas trip b4 enlistment...hope dee can org one faST fast...!

work is still gg on...still cant find a gd day to put a full stop to my work...hopefully i wuld hav enuff time to prepare for ns...

grad day tml...congrats to all SP grAduate...hav great fun and a BRIGHT future ahead of YOU all...!!! =)

2008-05-19T09:13:00.002+08:00

morninnnng....i m spurred by weik comment...so i m gona hav the first post up since 30th march...

got my letter fr NS indicatin to mi tt my 2 years wif them is approachin...start on june 12...vowed to make the 2 years fulfilling...

got myself a nice haircut...lols...!botak wif a carve...

still immersin myself wif work in the farm...got a nice buggy mod fr godpa...damn the COOOL...too bad they are gg sabah and i cant go cos oF WORK....

jus got bac fr kelong trip last nite wif my BroTHers...had a slpover at sher hse last nite...
i tink we shuld do this more often...perhaps a surfin trip soon and a backpack one to taiwan....

nxt big thing to come wuld be the champion league final on weDNESday...faith wif MAnUnited to lift the trophy...!!!!! wuld be a much celebrated final if liverpool was the opponent for the nite...

life has never been better...

goin thru a 'confusion' state much similar to elroy...LOL...but a tad different...cos i m runnin out of time...

lest time stops for mi...free and easy shall be the motto for the nxt 2 years....

signin oFF!

2008-03-30T18:28:00.003+08:00

tired...life seems so troublesome...its another point in my life where i gotta make a decision...one of the many that will follow eventually...

so much tings to tink about....blowin my brains out...

i m lackin in vocab...cant tink of any words to describe my mood now...definitely not EMO....

how about....CONFUSED...? nah...overly-abused word...

TroubleD...tts better...more appropiate....

forget it...got a joke to lighten the mood...

a very famous chinese photographer was having a photoshoot wif a beautiful russian model...

despite of the language barrier, he tried to communicate wif the model in english during the shoot...but...the russian model left angrily after he said something to her...and he was left puzzled....

he wanted to say,"open your eyes and smile..."

BUT it sounded like this when he said it out....

"open your ass and smell"

2008-03-22T03:49:00.002+08:00

WOoooo....haven been able to update...too tired when i come home after work....laziness too...lols....

anyway...has reali been immersing myself 100% into my work...the butterfly garden is progressing very well...although a couple of bad days have delayed the work....will upload the pictures when i get them from vick....hope to finish the garden by nxt week...so we can at least start on the 1st batch of butterflies....

ever since i started workin....found it hard to find time to allow myself to indulge in fun activities...still the satisfaction from work compensated it i guess....jus hope things can continue to run smoothly....!!!!!!!

2008-02-19T20:58:00.002+08:00

jus watched a travel show '世界那么大' belgium was the country that they were introducing for that episode...i hav always love to watch travel shows and to learn about the different cultures and interesting things about the many other countries out there...born in singapore...a small small country...despite the government's effort to globalise the nation....it is still difficult to reali experience the small little things that the other countries hav in them...

the show was introducing about belgium's beers and the different types of them...and also the way they used beer in their cuisine...very very intriguing...and also they showed a church...the unique thing about the church is that it is the one of the only 2 churches in the world that has in their possession a cloth smeared with Jesus's blood...in another word...they hav the very last bit of wats left of the Lord...

since todae is my 20th bdae...i shall make a wish...and i hope it will come true...that is to be able to travel around the world and learn more about the other countries out dere on the globe...

>>>part of the world...<<<

2008-02-11T21:19:00.000+08:00

oooPs...i m 5 days late for CNY greetins...anyway...HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR...!!! 恭喜发财...!!

been a crazy cny as always....but a good one for this year...enjoyed much of the celebrations...and also the hectic schedule thru the 4 days...lost much of my naptime....but still its worth it...hahas...

been workin...wkends are reali precious to mi now since i spend wkdays and half a sat in ohfarms...guess time management is impt...after all...i only got like one n a half day for my family and frens....

hope all's well for mi this year....!!!! and all the other dragons out dERE...!!!

2008-02-03T10:30:00.000+08:00

half a week's work done...very enrichin...learn new stuff everyday....!new project comin up in the farm..a new butterfly kit...still in the R&D stage...very intriguing...definitely an attraction point in the near future...

a joke to share...

ever since 911 incident the US customs has been very strict with luggage checks and the story goes...

a chinese tourist came with his luggage and a custom officer checks his luggage and saw a bundle of 7 underwears and asks the chinese tourist y did he bundle them up...the chinese tourist (can't speak good english) said while pointin to each of the underwears, "monday, tuesday,wednesday..." den the custom officer let him go...

next came a french...he had a similar bundle of underwears in his luggage...but he only bundled 5 of them...the custom officer den questioned him bout them...he ans, "monday,tuesday.....weekend we dun wear underwears" french ppl...being romantic...dun wear underwear on wkends...

lastly...an indian came...he had a bundle of 12 underwears...! the officer was puzzled...den he asked bout them...the indian ans...,"january, february,march,april...."

another dirty joke that i heard recently...LOL...

a couple is travellin by train around europe...bcos they have to spend the nite in the train with other ppl...they came up wif a code that they wuld say when they wana hav sex... 'i wana hav some oranges...'

the train bunks seperated by upper and lower decks...the couple had the upper bunk...and they spent the nite sayin 'i wana hav some oranges' to each other...

den the tourist slpin in the lower bunk complained to them,"eat your oranges and stop sprayin the orange juices...!!!

2008-01-29T22:45:00.000+08:00

last day of sch todae....finished agrotech...wasnt tt bad...might even get a pretty good grade...still worried bout my immuno though...

gav out the pieces of puzzle that i did for the class peeps...credits to my elder sis and elroy for their generous help...hope that each of these pieces are well cherished and hope it serves as an unforgettable memories to all of them....

intial drawing
after the cutting...

hopin to get the class pics fr alex soon....lols...

went out wif the guys after the paper...went to cine for suki buffet...been ages since we went out and tok cork like dere's no tml...hahas...caught rambo4...action packed and bloody...ben was jumpin throughout the whole show beside mi...hahahs....

had so much fun and hu noes when is the nxt time the 6 of us can gather tgt and spend time like todae....

>>>happy memories are forever...<<<

2008-01-28T20:11:00.000+08:00

tml marks the last day of this sem...lols...i cant say poly life...cos i might hav to stay for another sem... "fingers crossed"

done smt for the class peeps hoping that tml will be etched in their memories....its the last day for them after all...lols...

class chalet is set...so happy...5days 4nites...fierce man...credits to DIM...jus hope i can take the days off fr oh farms...prayin hard tt they will let mi off...lol..

ohya...will be startin work at ohfarms on wed...hope everytin goes well...!

2008-01-25T00:04:00.001+08:00

bac again...exam period reali does upped the bloggin frequency dun ya agree..

damn...never had this feeling...it was worst den last sem...had immuno paper this mornin...totally flunked it...i doubt i can describe how badly i'd done for this paper...jus hope they will let mi thru...i reali dread the thought of stayin bac for jus one module...although i already got myself mentally prepared for the worst...

last paper in 4days....last stretch of studyin...had a haircut..hope its gona bring a new start to everytin...!!!

2008-01-22T23:10:00.000+08:00

jus finished watchin 'wedding daze' by jason biggs and isla fisher...DAMN...wat a nice show...LOLs....had a part in the show wich i tot was hilarious and kinda romantic in a way...? jus wana share it...hehe...

jason biggs...anderson
isla fisher...kathie

brief outline of the plot that lead to the hilarious part...anderson devastated with the death of his gf...after his atrocious proposal....hahahs...cant seem to get his head bac to reality and deteoriated his life for 1 year...BLAH BLAH (watch the show for these parts...)

he suddenly proposed to kathie cos of his friend's taunt...she is a waitress in a restaurant....a stranger that he had never met before hu actually said yes.... (HE totally din expect that...)

they went for a stroll and had this dialogue..

kathie, "anderson, when u asked mi to marry u...u probably picked the only girl in the whole world that wuld say yes...i dun think that that was a coincidence...do YOU...?"

"i dunno...?"

"do you believe in fate?"

anderson, "no"

"NEITHER do I...!! you see this is meant to be...!"

duno if u guys appreciate the humor here...anyway...i jus find it hilariously romantic...how i wish this culd happen to mi....cant imagine wat a reaction i wuld get if i propose to a stranger....and someone as pretty as isla fisher?

mayb a slap...? hu noes....

2008-01-18T00:37:00.000+08:00

was jus wondering...does splurgin ur feelings in vulgarities on ur blog works in makin u feel better? i seldom do that...Hmmm...mayb a couple of posts?

on the contrary i tink rantin works better verbally...but of cos...how many of us can reali jus spout it out loud...doubt many ppl can see me rant at them except for my buddies...hahas...dun u find it weird...most ppl find it easier to rant at their closest friends....

mayb for ppl wif freaking high EQ...they tend to bottle these frustrations inside them...seems gd on the outside...but as the frustrations increase, they still needa find a way to get rid of them...if not...it wuld results in some serious mental prob...
----------------------------------------------
bored...exams are around the cornor...and its the final sem...nothin much left to be said...

another whole new chapter waiting to start after graduation...haiz...reality kicks in real hard...straight up in ur face...as u get older...the first wave normally wuld be

A JOB....! next up....

MONEY....? after which....

FAMILY....?

still rmb ur primary sch teacher askin u wats ur ambition....? wat dya wana be when u grow up?

common answers: FIREMAN....POLICEMAN....TEACHER....blah blah...

at that point of ur life u might be tinkin of "i wana save ppl" "i wana be the hero and bring the bad guys to justice" "i wana educate the young"

BULLSHIT....

wat u will tink of these ambitions NOW...are....WOW...govt jobs...real GOOD PAYs....great BENEFITS....DAMN...the boNUSes...!!

how many people reali have the courage to pursue wat they wan....singaporean are brought up in a realistic way...we've been instilled with the thinkin of,

EM1....Triple Science....A'level...Degree...get a job with gd pay....settle down...start a family....

tts about any typical singaporeans' life...thats why i've always look up to ppl hu dared to dream and go all out to reali acheive their dreams....i noe i will most prob turn out to be the 'typical' singaporean guy...

10 years down the road...i hope i will be doin fine...i hope i would hav already skydived....bungejumped...and at least done backpack travel ard europe....the last ting i wana picture is that alven the old man tryin to do things that he wishes to do when he was young and not bein able to accomplish them at an old ripe age....

>>>a twenty year old's woes...<<<

2008-01-16T21:33:00.001+08:00

jus caught the excitin episode of amazing race...the 9th leg...4 pairs tryin to make the final 3...

jus one episode and u can see so much of the human side...the good and the ugly side...guess thats the beauty of reality show...since the start of survivor dere has been many many reality shows all around the world...there was even a time when these shows were said to be scripted and fake blah blah...but wat i saw from this amzing race episode...its still real...very real...

the ugly side of the human when one needa come up with a decision whether to do the dirty little things to make u hav an edge over ur opponents or to do things that u can ans to ur conscience but risks losing the competition...

rmb the line...ehh...good begets good? kinda crap...if u watched most of the reality shows...most of the winners are those who are willing to do the dirty little things to win it...those hu dun...normally loses out..

in this world out dere...those hu reali climbed to the top...how many of them can reali say that they had done nothin against their morals and conscience to acheive wat they hav now...? i bet there aint many....

2008-01-02T22:03:00.000+08:00

wooo..2ndae of 2008...bac to sch...kinda nolstagic...cant believe we are gona graduate real soon...ard 26days....

lookin bac on the year 07...i guess will be one of those years where it will be etched deep into my heart...experienced many things and had lotsa fun as student...

for 2008 resolutions...i cant reali say i will make sure i abide to them but i will try my best nonetheless...!

1) start saVING UP a significant amount of money....!!
2) cut down on late nites....
3) spend more time with my family...
4) enrich myself with useful lifeskills...

tts about it....come to tink bout it....will hav to serve ns this year and hence i tink reso 1 n 2 shuldnt be any probs...guess 3n4 will prove to be harder....

reali reali hope that it will be a smooth sailing year ahead for mi and all my beloved friends....!!!

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

so much happened...some stuff are reali hard to pen down...but still i gotta update nonetheless...fun sorrow and so much more....bet u guys missed out on alot...LOLs...considerin the fact that i had a 3 weeks hols instead of a 2 week... >.<

hMm...where shall i start...let mi jus fast forward to christmas....COUNTDOWN....at wine company....its one of our fav places for countdown purposes...wif all the alcohols and the ambience...had so much to drink and so much to talk about between the buddies...updatin on our current progresses...had a sense of inferiority lately man...seein everyone on high pays and great prospects for the future...whereas i m jus a diploma student...overrated...

hav been ballin lately...tryin to condition the body...and finding the long-lost feelin...guess its one of the best channels to vent my suprressed anger and watever tt i dun usually show...like the feelin of 1v1...best way to get rid of those negative thoughts...

had a chat wif my younger sis...so proud of her...still waitin for her A's...but already made a decision that i guess most gers her age wun make...she pounced on the chance for a SAF scholarship...and now she embarks on a new journey that most gers wun even tink of headin...she has always been the practical one of the 3 of us...and the most determined one i gues...nothin gona change her mind once she sets her sights...but i still cant believe that she is actually gona get army uniform earlier den ME....i jus wish her all the best...

as the countdown for the new year approaches, it oso marks the start of sch...i m so behind the semester...i felt like i aint a student anymore...i guess with all the festive mood around its so hard to reali concentrate on the tests that are comin up...i jus hope the worst wun happen...

i might be writin a new year resolution soon...so jus check it out soon...and oso some words of appreciation for ppl hu had made an impact in my life for year 2007...tts it for now...!

MERRY christmas to everyone...!!!

>>>santa aint gona giv mi wat i want...<<<

2007-11-27T23:44:00.000+08:00

RAINSTORM review...

this book is a narrative story...its only when i started reading that i realised its been aeons since i last read a narrative book...personally, narrative story isnt my cup of tea...all bcos of the descriptions that tend to dominate the plot rather den the story itself....

BUT rainstorm was a pleasant surprise...its a story about a contractor...for those hu aint tt savvy bout this...CONTRACTOR here means a professional that do freelance jobs (murder sabotage recons) for government in order to keep their country safe....

story about how he went about completing his mission and all the ups and downs of the whole experience....downs will be his narrow escapes fr death...ups will be his sex escapades....oh well...it may seems to be a something superficial but i dare say this story is full of depth...LOLs...

it isnt reali top of my list...but still its a very very GOOD narrative book that i had read for recent years...

2007-11-25T20:16:00.000+08:00

had a crazy wkend...still feelin the aftermath....

fridae nite was a drive to marina sq for carl's...all bcos chan had craving...LOLs....aniwae....settled at sher hse...and den its the usual MJ....2 tables....all the way to the nxt mornin....

mornin went straight to chengsan cc for bball...its like a reali long time since we've played ball tgt as tauhuay...well..like i said in the past....bball is an impt ting in my life and nobody can ever take it away fr mi....and i guess the flame is up and goin again...mus be all the groove ard the NBA season...LOLs...had lunch at sumo and den its home sweet home...

slpt throughout the afternn and den its lik hse after i woke up for epl games....played poker through the nite too...so damn sad....MANU lost....so damn frustrating...ZZZZZ....hate to drop points to lousy team....

tts it for the wkend....smt deep to tink about now...

durin our sumo lunch on sat...elroy dad called and told him that sg national dragonboat team had an accident in cambodia and 5 ppl were missin fr the incident and he called to ask if sher was wif the team....we were all shocked by the news...a mix of feelings spurred inside mi...was both sad and relieved....sad bcos of the accident..relieved bcos sher din went for the cambodia race wif the team...if not i would hav lost one of my closest fren...actualli i regard him as a kin...we noticed sher immediately bout the race and todae they confirmed tt the 5 missing persons were found dead...condolences to their family...

now...i noe that sayin is old...but still...cherish wat u hav now...u never noe when they will jus disappear...anyhow...sher jus lost 5 of his frens...i guess we can never be sure in life....

2007-11-20T22:17:00.000+08:00

HOUSE OF SCORPIONs by nancy farmer review...

this book will be in my hall of fame for books....if i ever hav one...LOL....

this is a science fiction based book...the story depicts a life story of a clone boy called matt...he is a clone of a druglord who is wealthy and powerful...the druglord owned a big big piece of land which is in between mexico and america...in this piece of land....where the druglord call it Opium has MANY MANY poppy fields...the druglord is 144 years old...and the reason for his longevity is bcos he had many many clones and used them to change his old dyin organs into fresh young ones....now...here is the catch....out of those clones...matt was the only one hu has been given a chance to tink and act like a human as....he was the only tt escaped the BRAINDEAD process....

the whole story revolved around matt and him learnin about his origins and the differences between him and humans....SUPER SUPER nice...

one thing i notice a bout this book is that it starts with a bang and the excitement will grip u all the way...to about half of the book?LOLs...the latter of the book will seems to mellow down abit as the story goes into the philosophical tempo....its slower and much more melancholic?guess i can put it tt way....

once u start readin u will never wana put the book down...!

2007-11-17T20:59:00.000+08:00

no No NO...this blog here aint dead yet weik...lOl...jus too busy...bet its the same for everyone in cls...chiongin fyp report...submission jus over so i guess many will feel a block off their shoulders...

life's still fine i guess....except that my skin problem still not solved yet...haiz...its gona take a long long time for it to get bac in shape...stupid hypersensitivity reaction 2....tts a term in immunology...wich actually is the one of the many reasons for us humans to hav allergy...allergy to drugs being more specific...jus hope it can heal soon...

been readin house of scorpions...its a DAMN good bk...reali gd...guess it ranks about 'NEXT' in terms of its plot....ohwell...was reali not tt lucky for my recent trips to the lib....din pick any gd read...and well...sad to say...this book wasnt picked by mi but lex....and he din reali did it sincerely....he jus picked a book fr the shelf and hurried mi to get it to get out of the lib....

and it was a helluv a book...!!

well be writin a review soon...stay tune!

2007-11-01T20:44:00.000+08:00

ohwell....eLEARNin wk...surprisingly i finished my elearnin assignment in one dae...wooots...nothin much durin this week...my face is still givin mi probs...HAIZ....stupid skin...tryin hard to get my face in shape....Take Note...I M NOT DOIN ANY COSMETIC SURGERY...

anyway...finished re-readin digital fortress...old dan brown book...review...!!

cryptology...world wide web...database...information...

i still rmb the first time when i read this book...i kinda din reali understood everytin...might be because of my limited knowledge on encryptions...but after a 2nd try...i can finally appreciate the book...the whole book is full of surprises and entrallin characters...schemin ppl wif terrible ambitions....the most witty ppl are usually the most schemin...

lotsa concept to grasp...lols...tts wat i like about dan brown he done a great job in researchin on the information...he reali can thwart the facts and fiction....jus look at da vinci code and the commotion he caused...LOL

the book is a great read...but beware! do have sufficient knowledge on cryptology if not the book might jus be a little turn off!!

2007-10-26T22:29:00.000+08:00

here for THE BROKER review...

jus finished this book...by john grisham...well...lets jus say i hav been waitin for this book for a long long time and finally got to read it...LOLs....

as usual grisham allow his readers to immerse themselves in a plot where an individual pits his wits against the government boundless resources and intel....very very old school kinda plot...but i guess thats y i like his books...ahas...

love the part where joel backman learns the italian language and culture...he is tryin to blend into Bologna a italian city to hide his identity....the italian culture is makin mi wana travel more...HAIZ...to reali open up my world....hate to be the frog in the well....

oh well...the endin was disappointin...reali...was awaitin smt more dramatic or drastic...but it didmt come as i continued to burn the pages...culd hav been better towards the end...

elearnin wk is here...and i gotta go....off to sher hse...mayb for a game of mj or texas....CYA all NEXT TIME...!!!

next up shuld be review of digital fortress...!!! tada..~

2007-10-22T21:53:00.000+08:00

its been a good week i guess....

had a great soccer weekend wif MAN utd winnin 4-1 away at villa...WOOOHOOO...and at the same time winnin money on the mahjong table...LOLs...

and F1 season...KIMI RAIKONNEN WON the driver title and of cos ferarri winnin the constructor title...nICE NICE...

had a great time in sentosa wif the guys...all's well except my skin problem...finally gg on medication for my acnes...den the medicine was too strong...made the face all puffy n sore...sians...jus hope the new medicine gona work it out...!

gtg bac to studyin...! GMLP...! zzzZ

2007-10-05T20:14:00.000+08:00

ok..i hav not been maintainin the blog well recently...been fiddlin wif facebook...LOL...

nothin much on the mind recently....except for fyp, texas holdem, slp...

texas on facebook is fun!

HAHAS....!

2007-09-12T11:24:00.000+08:00

its been awhile since i last posted...nothin much to write about...till now...

i'd jus finished watchin a movie..."in the land of women" starring andy brody, meg ryan and kristen stewart....

hMmm...wat can i say bout this film....

one of the best films i'd watched in recent times....

touched my heart...

generated a somewhat unexplainable feeling...

its a story about a L.A. man hu has jus fallen out of love and decided to move to his granny hse in Michigan to escape from the sorrows of love...AND...unknowingly gettin himself involved in 4 women's life....the story touched on many aspects of love...motherly love...family love...first love...and of cos true love...the plot is truely compelling...captivating...very very alluring...

a very down to earth plot...yet it eludes a whimsical feeling...endin was quite well done...and like i said before...sad endings are always a plus point for mi...but it aint totally depressing...

a definite mus watch...this film is not yet release in singapore...i tink...lols...well do catch it if u hav a chance! =)

2007-08-21T11:30:00.000+08:00

Yearning the past

a lamp of the past
marking that time ran carelessly
loneliness striked without warning
yet silence beats being strangers

while appreciating the dawns and sunsets
ur silhouette disappeared evenly
darkness formed in the air then
i knew i'd lost my directions

love appears only at the other end of my dreams
it's incapable to survive in the reality

yearning the past...
holding you in my arms
your shy face eludes childishness
the desire to see your world
the desire to appear in your dream

yearning the past
hoping the story will continue
at least stop you from leaving
diverting time's attention
i will hold on to you tightly
is salvation too late now...?

>>>one more day till freedom...<<<

2007-08-20T09:48:00.000+08:00

so much has happened since the last time i blogged...2 papers done...start of bpl...and many more...

gentech paper in a couple of hours more...cant reali say i prepared reali well...jus hope for the best...

2points after 3 games...yes...manutd is way down in the bpl table...so depressing...the new influx of players like nani n tevez werent able to produce statistical results despite havin played well....ARGGhH....

35 more games to go...its still early...some consolation to all the manutd fans...

>>>u had me feelin down all over again...<<<

2007-08-05T23:04:00.000+08:00

BOTTOM's UP...
sMokey
matt is in love wif mi
spot the outcast
woooo...!
YuuuuuuMMMMM
earlybirds...
the 69 pit...!
wat the hell is chan tryin to grab....?
grp pic...
trio...

2007-08-05T11:15:00.000+08:00

ystd was bbq nite for aLL tauhuayrians...!!organised by chan...he did a great job though he was in camp for most of the time...we managed to get almost a full attendance although some left early some came later...but still it is still a success!!!

met up with chan elroy matt n sl to shop for misc items before headin to ecp...got dere bout 5pm...set up and slacked wif poker cards...chan specially booked pit 69...i tink i dun hav to explain...aniwae...the crowd started comin around 6...n ks brought his boombox...tt mark the start of the bbq...lol

so den its cook eat beer eat eat eat eat beer beer beer beer...we had a great time solvin puzzles and playin games like'i know i know' that kinda games...lols...had a great laugh...!

after all the food is gone...its ALCOHOL...lols...doug brought peach vodka and irish whiskey...!the aim of the nite is to get chan real drunk...and i tink we did tt...!lols...he cui...everyone drank with him...so high...hahhahs...

can still taste the irish whiskey in my mouth...jus woke up..gotta wash up...!hahas..

ciaos...

2007-07-28T17:26:00.000+08:00

i've jus finished deathly hallows...and i m bloggin bout it now...a review...! do not worry...i wun be revealin too much of the book's content lest any die hard fans is readin my blog...lols...!

on the whole...the book is not as captivating as chamber of secrets or order of phoenix (my fav...)but nevertheless, since its the last book of the series, it still has some hold on me when i was readin it...perhaps it is the desire to noe which characters will be dyin...lols..

sadly to say...none of the characters i predicted is dead...i find tt this book kinda lacks the usual innocence and humor like the previous titles...it is darker and much more on the thrillin side...but of cos...one impt ting which i m lookin out for when i m readin this book was the endin...becos of the fact that many gd books that i hav read always gav an unconvincin endin...read my previous book reviews...lols...i m reali glad to say that j.k. rowling had more or less done a tidy job endin this saga...lols...many wuld hav love the epilogue...

the part that reali got mi emotional was the death of dobby...sorry for spoilin...but i tink it was necessary to pen this down...mayb its because of the movie scene at the end of chamber of secrets movie...that dobby left a deep impression on mi...that scene was harry freein dobby as a house elf...and both of them had an unique bond since then...and in this last book...j.k. rowling kinda honoured this minor character wif a reali reali noble death...this was the only part that reali touched my heart...

in conclusion...the book is a great read...BUT could hav been better if impt characters were to die...makes it more earth shakin perharps?guess rowling didnt wana break all the young children's heart...

anihow...I BET ALL THAT HAS READ THE BOOK must HAV FELT A SENSE OF EMPTINESS AfTeR readin the last line, "All was well" =)

>>>a circle has no beginning...<<<

2007-07-22T17:12:00.000+08:00

i m 19...most of my frens falls in the same age grp...bout 17 to 25? bout dere...

death seeems so far apart from us...we are suppose to be enjoyin our youth...well...this is the age to party n hav fun after all...

recently...alot of my relatives seeem to be havin health probs...and my maternal grandma is one of them...she is always so lively and she does not look like her age at all...yet...she has fallen ill recently....she looks more haggard and reali not herself...but she is still so young at heart when i visited her...i m reali scared...since my great grandparents passed away, i haven been able to come in touch wif emotional impacts caused by kins' death...(not as if i wan to...)

aniwae...the concept of death jus hav been buggin mi...

someone might leave this world...but he or she might have left many things behind...i dun mean jus the tangible things but oso intangible ones like memories...mayb i m still young...i reali cant picture the time when i m old and all of my frens around mi starts to leave this world one by one...or mayb i will be the first among them to go...

things come and go...jus the same for us humans...millions of babies were born...millions passed away everyday around the world...but the most impt thing is will u be remembered when u die...?

>>>get well soon granny...!<<<

2007-07-17T20:21:00.000+08:00

gentech test is tml...!n i got an unexplainable drive to reali do well for the test...might be because of ben's words...

encountered smt a couple of days bac...not reali a situation u wana be in...its bout this particular person A whom i do not reali noe...but a fren of my fren...n i was tokin to my fren at the bustop at tt point in time before person A came n greeted him...

and then she started complainin to my fren about this person (whom i noe...n is my fren)...sayin she was staring at her n blahh blahh..she is a ger for goodsake n she behaved like a crazy hooligan...n she din even take note of my presence...

i jus feel like writin tis down not because she was verbally abusin my fren but her gestures...i was tinkin to myself hu on earth will marry this uncouth ger...?

oh well..i guess there MUST be someone out dere...i hope...

looks can reali be deceiving..!

>>>cuPid's CHokehold...<<<

2007-07-11T00:58:00.000+08:00

oh well...was bored...n chanced upon this webbie...did a run...and they showed mi this...

You are the Hanged Man

Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.

With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for something to happen. Or a fear of
loss from a situation, rather than gain.

The Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear, given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge is to be found in these runes.

The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not life or death. It signifies selflessness, sacrifice and prophecy. You make yourself vulnerable and in doing so, gain illumination. You see the world differently, with almost mystical insights.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

2007-07-10T01:00:00.000+08:00

ok...i m pissed...no...angry...

but its not ANGRY angry...another type of anger...

i m angry bout smt (more like someone...) but i do not noe bout the exact details...

i m askin myself...WHY...?!why do this to urself...mayb u din noe...but u could hav been much happier... >.<

mayb tts wat they call the vicious cycle...its karma...

when someone has the power to determine ur fate...u hope he or she choses the option that favors u...but its not always like in the fairytale...happily ever after...yada yada...bullshit...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

it was a battlefield...
with angers waitin to be fused..
i was a soldier fightin...
yet i got hit with your everyting...

i brought the pain upon mi...
never cared bout my sad-ending story...
hopin that u would hav a different ending...
yet it din turn out the way i deemed...

nightmares of ur happiness haunted me...
my hopes were leaked...
yet i did not run...
stayed there waiting till the stars turn blunt...

the past was like an enigma...
i chose to leave a mark...
wish for u to be blessed...
still u r hurt nonetheless...

now u joined my league...
our horizons are bleaked...
ended up as a wounded soldier like myself...
strayin the wastelands searchin for gulf...

>>>never saw it comin...<<<

2007-07-08T04:35:00.000+08:00

i M CONFUSEd...yea yea...i m always confUsed...

but are you...?
if u aint...then...
is it possible if...
gees...forget it...
still...
i cant...

yeap...that kinda sums it up...

>>>triggerin...<<<

2007-07-05T01:11:00.000+08:00

oh well 2nd post for july...

the media has kinda successfully shifted the attention to the demolition of the national stadium, instead of the official 7% GST increment...the strength of the media...yada yada...but of cos...we got ben hu hav been yakkin n yakkin bout THE 2%...and all the complaints bout PRICES, PRICES and more PRICES....!

a couple more events other than the 2 mentioned above are happenin this july and one which i m particular interested in...and its gona happen on 7/7/07....

some of u might have already guessed it...its the LIFE EARTH concert..well..its a global event to increase earthlings' awareness of our little planet's global warmin isuses...

ppl like alex will tell mi that this is an event wich is full of rubbish and its jus another big chance for all the participating artistes and singers to reali rip the fans' for the tix sales...its not that i m disagreein wif him..but this issue bout global warmin is freakin real and ppl...its gona affect loads of other organisms and also the planet itself...

it might be one of the driving force that leads to human extinction...ehh...actually more of Earth's destruction...all the smoke, fumes.. from our power plants are killin our earth...anybody care?

mayb...but not sufficient to create an impact...and thus the idea of this global event to bring more ppl into this motion of savin the earth..its to prepare for our later generation...

i strongly believe that it wont happen in our generation... but imagine ur children, grandchildren facin energy crisis, land crisis, water crisis and all sorts of nature disasters...its all bcos of us...everyone is to be blame...

we can only slow down this process..its almost impossible to completely solve the global warmin problem...and i jus hope that this comin 7/7/07 will be of some use...

earthlings...hav a littl faith...it might jus save yourself from extinction...

2007-07-01T08:03:00.000+08:00

WOOOOOOOO....!

if u were wonderin y i m up tis early morning...read the followin...

went to cut hair ystd...den matt hse to watch sg get thrashed by aust despite the fact they played well...den ton at matt hse...in wee hours mornin...we decided to go eat...so doug drove us to hougang to hav some breakfast ard 4plus...den HOME sweet HOMe...had 2 games of dota with the guys...and spent some time finalising MY WINDOW appearance which i m damn proud of now...!!!

i FINALLY GOT my VISTA FORMAt window...i spent the last few days tryin to get progs tt can change my current xp theme to the vista type...and finally got wat i wanted...woooo....

so damn satisfied...lols...but still i need my beauty slp...!!hehes..

ZZZZZZZzzzz

2007-06-30T01:23:00.000+08:00

its been rainin all nite long...and my player has been playin emo songs back to bac to back...wasnt intentional..the songs jus keep playin...kinda make my mood now emo.... >.< i jus made up a poem using songs title from my wmp list...every line rep a title...comment on wat u guys think bout it...i wuld appreciate it...

if tomorrow never comes
stay away
i hope you dance
one slow dance
sway
to unchained melody...

i tried
waiting for you
all or nothing at all
depend on you
in the end
it don't matter...

here i am (jus when i thought i was over you)
this could be love
i lied my face off
don't phunk with my heart
my paper heart
left outside alone...

i can do better
when you're gone
i don't have to try
running away
the hardest thing
is making love out of nothin at all...

pieces of me
keep holding on
i want it that way
heaven knows
missing you
is all i have to give...

wouldn't it be nice
to have you bac
in my life...

>>>moody<<<

2007-06-26T23:23:00.000+08:00

todae's topic....MAHJONG...

yea yea...the GAME that has been around for centuries...a game created for entertainment and wits...

some sees it as a mean to earn money, some sees it as a bane...others are still tryin to figure out how to play...

well...personally mj has been a huge part of my life....occupyin most of my sec sch days...those were the days....

ADDICTED...yeap...tts the word...to describe those days...note the THOSE days...

the game has evolved so much to me throughout the different stages of my life...

fr the 20 40cents to the now 1 2 bucks...

the touch of each unique tiles thrills even the smallest nerves hidden under your finger...yeap...no problems with not lookin at the tiles...we still noe wat it is...

the art of playin clever....the art of losing small...the art of guardin ur xia jiao...the art of CONNINg...

its like the back of our hands...

many more things to learn and experience...(like 13odds which i hav not get yet....)

an advice to the mj lovers...dun flare when u lose...be humble when u win!

AND know when to stop...or it will eat ur life out of u....!

2007-06-25T00:31:00.000+08:00

the sky above portrays boundless possibilities...
yet the air around is killing me...

suffocating the pieces of misery...
i shall learn to break free...

light and shadows coexist,
i choose to stand in the shadows...

totally void of the light,
and survive the plight...

with despair, comes hope...
hanging by a moment...

just to make sure...
i get by to see the day...

>>>its a gamble...all or nothing at all...<<<

2007-06-19T01:03:00.001+08:00

jus came bac fr marina sq...went to kbox...

and ks chanced upon ONLY HUMAN by K when surfin tru jap songs....

that is the theme song for the jap drama 1 litre of tears...duno whether u guys still rmb i posted a long long post bout the drama...

well...i went to youtube to look for the mtv of the song and i found smt even better...a tribute video for the drama...guess will make those hu haven watch the show understan wat i m writin in my post (click)

the song kinda had an impact on mi...perhaps bcos of the show...but its still a nice song nonetheless...

aniway...enjoy the video!!!

erika sawaguchi roCKs..!

2007-06-14T04:06:00.000+08:00

wOOOOAhhh....

SHIOK...tonite at MOS was one of the best nite i ever had...totally roCKS...

din regret not goin to zouk... =))

main floor was mambo whole nite long and it was marvelous...we were totally spent...

DANCE,daNCe and DAnce...

first smoove, retro den mambo...

jumped around the rooms...had a couple of beer and chilled at a corner crisp walkin...woohoo...its real cool...

after that went to had dessert at coffee club...yea....mudpies and coffee sum the nite up...

and the caffeine still circulatin in my blood vessels...i can feel it...

good thing is can wake up late tml for fyp...bad thing is gotta hav 100% concentration for the 200readings tml...

>.<

>>>WHO CARES....~<<<

2007-06-08T00:41:00.000+08:00

AH...!!!finalii got to noe the right word for 'trance stepin'..ITS CALL

CRISP WALKIN'

here is a video of it...oWNED...!!!!

will be learnin it after i get the hang of my glides and floats... =))

2007-06-06T23:01:00.000+08:00

AHhhh...cant concentrate...bish ba boom...tests are killin mi...

a few more days to hols...no mood for hols too...diminished by FYP...imaginin havin to go bac to sch EVERYday...WOOO...yEA..!

>.<

>>>misconceptions...<<<

2007-05-31T04:18:00.000+08:00

jus got bac fr MOS...PACKED...

aniwae had fun wif the guys...

sparked off a slight interest for trance steppin...duno wats the official term for tt kinda dancin...

but its nice...

aniwae...MAN UNITED GOT WONDERKID NANI...!!

now we have 2 portugese wingers on each side...

woots..!!

2007-05-29T21:09:00.000+08:00

yui's songs are nice...!

here to support chan's fav jap singer...!!

hahas...

>>>FROM ME TO YOU<<<

2007-05-28T21:27:00.000+08:00

zZzZ

life's been prison break, nba, fyp, sch,readin,nights out...

hard to get myself into the mood to study...despite the fact tml is plant biotech test...ugh...

well..jus bloggin to prevent any cobwebs...

>.<

>>>losin the grip<<<

2007-05-22T08:53:00.000+08:00

sians...i CANT UPLOAD the sRRR pics to blogger...zzzZ

some server probs...cui...aniwae..i sent to myuk le...so u guys can either get it fr mi or her...but the file is kinda big...be prepared to wait...hehes

MAN u lost...sibei sians...season will be over once the champions league final is over...

HEYS GUYS ALERT....if u r interested in misc cheap items...do go to my link entitled "ALEXANDER THE WHITe"...he got lotsa stuff for sale...trustworthy guy...so dun worry bout gettin con...yeap...

kinda tired...think i go bac to slp...Ha...