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...<<<

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...!!!

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...!!!

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...<<<

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...!

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...!!!

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....

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...
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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...<<<

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....

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....!!!

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...<<<

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...

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....

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...!

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!

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!!

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..~

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

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....!

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! =)