..:: 483. The One With My Best Birthday Gift ::..

eh. to be politically correct, i love all the gifts that i have received. cos somehow all were according to my taste. so thanks so much.

thanks shannen for the cute card and the vouchers to my fave esprit.
jj's mum for buying me a blue shirt from esprit.
my sis for the boxers
my sis for pizza
my mum and dad for $
samuel for the gift which i haven opened yet
and my fren for the big big cake? lol.

oh ya not forgeting those who sent their well-wishes... too many to list down but thanks alot, you guys have made my day by remembering my birthday

at about 1815, doorbell rang...



wah so big box. i was stunned but pleasantly surprised...

then i quickly opened and 'wow'



cant help but take a poser pic of it.

celebrated with my family which apparently too small to conquer the cake.



for the first time in 1 yr, i spent the most number of days at home during cny. lol.

my sister treated us to pizza :)



tml finland! cant wait. i haf a key to unlock all impossibilities :)

..:: 482. The One With I'm 21! ::..

wheeeeeee... welcome myself to the adulthood. as the accounting equation goes:

asset = liability + owner's equity.

i have increase in liability but no increase in asset. I guess in a way i have less money to give my parents cos i will most probably spend it on my other half? lol.

caught the first episode of amazing race-all stars, woke up at 9am specially to watch the live telecast. cos i am a rob-and-amber supporter. so sad john vito and jill got eliminated :( they were a great couple too. lessons learnt in this episode:

1. later flights do not mean later arrival time.
2. if unsure of the place, ask a person to drive and guide u there. do not depend on verbal directions

this yr ang pow not bad eh. maybe 21st bday plus going overseas... cny getting boring each year. cos my relatives getting lesser and lesser. last time visit cos there are senior relatives like grandma and stuff but now somehow the circle has shrunk.

cant wait to have dinner with my family. parents gonna cook and ordering pizza :P and receiving a mystery surprise gift :)

happy birthday to myself!!! :P wheeeeeeee...........

P.S: oh did u know britney spears shaved her head? now she's botak. bad hair day :X or no hair?

..:: 481. The One With Busy Day ::..

i need to collect my updated flight e-ticket, worried that they might close early. then have to collect some surprise, and i got my accounting project topic. yawnz. so sian to look at financial statements and have to derive so many things. lucky we managed to negotiate our fm quiz to only 6 chapters and it's MCQ. i have to extend my passport though it has 6 mths validity. i need to prepare my surprise. packed all my stuff and ready to go home tomorrow. need to take a cab home from school and i guess taxi fare is about 20+.

sian accounting project has peer appraisal and one of the criteria is attendance, sure mark down cos i cannot be present for meetings during the term break.

received an interesting mail from school admin:

Singapore Fashion Week 2007, to be held in October this year, wishes to appoint you as a host for their international buyers who will be coming to Singapore for The Designers Show.

Your services are required for three full days during the period of 12th to 18th October 2007. This is term time, but students who are selected will be excused from lessons.

Apart from earning pocket money of S$35 per day, you will get to play host to international guests, learn some business etiquette and protocol, and gain exposure to the fashion industry, merchandising, marketing and hospitality services. These are valuable experiences that will help you in your job search in future.

sounds interesting right?

felt lonely tonight. i wondered why...

..:: 480. The One With Outbreak ::..

hey, you might be wondering what outbreak is... I was so glad that this movie was screen during one of my lectures. i think i have mentioned about this module science or fiction - biology in popular media.

Outbreak: a movie produced in 1995, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman (the last guy was the only one i recognised lol, if you have watched Bruce Almighty, one of the shows he starred in)

in the movie, the outbreak is caused by a fictitious strain (Motaba virus) that is similar but worse than Ebola virus. we then got to examine virus and the working environment of biosafety labs and identified the wrong terminology used in the movie for the bacteria and viruses. they did not follow the 'grammar' of scientific writing. They should use either general or scientific names. instead they use pneumococcus (general name for Streptococcus pneumoniae) and Salmonella (scientific). There was wrong classification of infectious agents into the wrong Biosafety levels.

I mean for a person who never step into a lab in my uni life, this was something interesting :) Then they mentioned haemorrhagic fever in Zaire, where internal bleeding occured and organs 'turned to mash'. Basically due to overall cell death, blood from eyes (bloody tears) and bleeding from nose. Kills in 2 or 3 days and mortality rate is 100% ...

shall not bore you with the details but in the middle of the show, the strain mutated and became airborne. very interesting show and super engaging. i bought macs and ate while the theatre was dark. lol. i love this module man :)

today valentine's day, wish everyone happy vdae :p all better get attached this year. enjoy love and being loved. not only by your parents :o saw a few frenz strangely holding hands in school, well today special i guess and i also bought my gal frenz some stuff. so malu to walk around the school with a balloon.



but afterall, i was sweet. not meh?

back to the dance floor, i mean seriously, can you imagine an old couple win the dance floor? comparing with US's So You Think You Can Dance? i mean nothing should stop them from trying but i just felt that if they are bound to be eliminated, i think all the effort they put in might just go down the drain. maybe they get the kick and sense of achievement from going thru the dance floor, that may be the case. Just find it weird, comparing the contestants of spore and US. Ours came in groups with so different genres, i mean are you going to belly dance all the way to finals? and the 'spider' couple with the lady being tossed all over, dont you find some moves kinda obscene, i was quite turned off looking at the uncle-auntie 'humping' at some moves. but still must applaud them for their courage, endurance and the moves (plus they are just frenz).

so i guess the dance floor is not really a competition for professional or aspiring dancers, it is more like some community centre dance competition with the opportunity to dance in front of national tv.

oh btw, i cant stop but giggle at the group 'jewelry', formed by three female china gals. quoted from one of the judges, 'there is something missing from your performance, the bar top'. they have no cohesiveness, dance steps that looked like what you do in clubs, really looked like seducing the ah cheks in the audience :X

did you happen to bypass cityhall? giving free hugs leh by gals. all the chee-ko-peks come back next year k :)

just realised i have to bring my accounting and financial mgt txtbook to finland. fuck. have quizzes once i touched down. happy today, i received a love postcard :) and at biz law tutorial, said something intelligent, bonus for my class participation, but more imptly, the tutor remembered me!

..:: 479. The One With Don't Feel Like Writing ::..

was watching nip|tuck. besides the gross scenes but this episode about air crash touched me. nancy (daughter) quarrelled with her mum and asked her mum to get out of her life. nancy asked her mum to take the earlier flight home instead. unfortunately, the plane crashed and her mum was scarred beyond recognition. as she was sharing her deepest thoughts and regret, her mum gasped for air. nancy held a pillow over her mum and soon she stopped breathing. i wondered whether she did that, cos she wanted to end her mum's suffering? the show ended with her going back to her apartment and in the living room, her mum emerged from the sofa.

no she was not dreaming, the rest is up to you to imagine.

the skin on my shoulders started to peel... that is what happened when you get sun burnt.

was watching victoria's secret fashion show. somehow most of the models looked alike lol. i was more interested in the themes of each 'display', the stage set-up, the music they played, the poses, the accessories that went with the 'inner beauty'

8 more days to finland! finally single-digit countdown.

..:: 478. The One With Memories ::..

was surfing through friendster and saw one of my men's profile and pix reminding me of my army days (though i am still in, now half-time). it reminds me of what drives me to join the army. the brotherhood and the capability of changing one's life. during pc (platoon comd) interview, i was able to find out what is troubling my guys and help them find source of motivation. i think i have mentioned before, but i still feel gratified by my platoon. many of whom had injuries and could actually choose to opt out for our final overseas exercise on medical grounds. However, they told me during the interview before the exercise that they wanna fight it for me, with the platoon and that would be their greatest achievement before they ord.



started on my birthday under the scorching sun at nee soon camp transit gap. under strength compared to other platoons and a few fighting fit had history of back injury so cant carry most of the stuff. they did it before midnight and as i had promised them, they could throw me into the gap since they had given me such a great teamwork as my birthday present.



this pic is taken at the end of our exercise in thailand. what you cant see, is the sweat, blood, pain, agony, injuries sustained throughout the 14 days. they were with me under the harsh weather, first day of mission, rained heavily and shivered under the chilly wind. went on to fight despite the lack of sleep. then met with river crossing at the first obstacle and we all ended up with blisters cos of soaked boots and some foot rot. then i was 'lucky' enough to got to execute a mission under my commanding officer for an ad-hoc block mission. i only got 30 mins to plan and was pretty stressed but hyped up, my sect comds instead of sleeping in the tonners came down and we had a strategic discussion and it saved a lot of time cos i did not need to explain to them again during orders.

walked 3km with blisters but in the end it was a 'thumbs up' by the CO and all would not have been possible without my platoon, small but mighty :)

i guess it was a great way for them to ord, knowing that the whole company got redcon 1 and being pc for the first time, under my great OC, i had learnt so much, not only tactics but also character building and planning skills that will bring me far. must dig out some pix to show my fellow PCs and OC. till then, ask not why i sign on, but what have you missed during your army days :)

..:: 477. The One With Being 21 ::..

mmm... my birthday is like 8 days away. being 21 is of course more than just being able to watch R21 movies. still figuring out what other stuff i can actually do when i turn 21. for one thing i know i can get my idd access. cant call my overseas friend, it is so troublesome to buy idd card. i have a few things i wanna achieve, perhaps i should list down to remind myself. For my 3 years in NTU, i hope to achieve a few things.

1. be in event comm for a national event (done, perhaps try again next year)
2. be in sub comm for at least 2/4 national events (trying out different portfolio)
3. be involved in an overseas community service project
4. be involved in grassroot commmittee (hopefully southwest? :P - to give back to the community)
5. have a public performance (dance)
6. be able to drive :(
7. complete my salsa classes
8. go for overseas exchange programme
9. move to my own house
10. go korea! honeymoon? lol

and still get good results!



visit: http://www.xphysique2007.ntusportsclub.com
it is a team event where you abseil, kayak, swim, run, climb, etc.


no further comments required, pretty obvious eh?

..:: 476. The One With Debrief ::..

oh well, pity my sis, now under a lot of pressure but hey things will be ok de :) i'll be there for u la. just give me a ring if you need help ba since i seldom at home physically.

had my surf and sweat debrief which ended with a bang. i was late :X cos mistook the time. but all the feedback and all the gratitude were given and received. successful event with loads of memories. the meeting ended with a scavenger hunt, literally. everyone dived to the pile of left-over goodie bags and 'kope' (take) whatever they wanted. some took chips, instant noodles. i took la, but thot they were not the most impt stuff. i was smarter, haha, took all the facial products and deodorants from nivea. enough for me to use for the rest of the year lo. tts how much i took :X

just some random snippets...
*how come i cant see you
*how come you talking to me in the dark

sweet dreams and i cant wait to fly to finland! 10 more days!
shall eat loads of ba kwa and pineapple tarts.

was studying biz law, reading is so tedious. sentence so long and had to decipher what they trying to bring across... like this,

Chao hick Tin JA, delivering the judgement of the court, held that 'where an allegation of fraud had been considered and adjudicated upon by a competent foreign court, the foreign judgement may be challenged on the ground of fraud only where fresh evidence has come to light which reasonable diligence on the part of the defendant would not have uncovered and the fresh evidence would have been likely to make a difference in the eventual result of the case'.

phew. adapted from SAL Annual Review 2002, my further reading on contractual law.

..:: 475. The One With Surf & Sweat 2007 ::..

whole of friday was busy running around zapping all the stuff required for the event. did until 3am and i woke up at 7am. had to rush down to pass my friend tags. so when i reached harbourfront, the cab fare was like 30 bucks.

started unloading all the 'stores' which were a lot! big boxes of goodie bag items and our own stuff like queue poles, tables, sound system, too many to mention. after what is considered warm-up, we have to re-shift all the boxes to prepare for goodie bag packing. using a supply-chain like system, we packed 1600 goodie bags in a few hours and then came transporting bags from the roads to the tent at the beach. not possible to do the goodie bag packing on the beach cos you wouldnt want the items to be stained with sand right? also no canvas big enough for us to work on...

then came setting up the individual stations... my sub comm not there so me and another female main comm had to move all the stores over to our holding area. luckily my three frenz were there to help.

then my guy friend came like 5+ where almost everything is done. so he was beside me complaining why i have asked him to come when there's nothing much to do. i was rather pissed off as i had so much to do and i already told them by evening, almost everything would have been done and he was nagging at me, saying that he should have listen to his friend not to come and stay at home to study. if you were me, how would you feel? super fed up but had to contain my anger.

during the debrief, i was called out a few times cos they needed me to do a lot of printing stuff and re-hang some banners. my frenz came over after meeting and said 'wah you got so much thing to do, i hear your name until sian'. i was like 'glad that you know, some tasks i cannot allocate to others, have to do it myself'. then luckily they offered to help, i felt a lot better.

then face paper shortage so i had to wait till they went back school to collect more stuff and papers. in the end, i completed my tasks at around 1am, went for a freaking cold shower then slept around 2+ and woke up 5am when the briefing started.

*no roll call, so sad :( but i was saving my phone battery also lar.

the event went smoothly after a bit of chaos at the start cos the participants for the first few details were late. so we were thinking whether to disqualify them or wait cos the first 2 details, no one appeared. they kept pushing us to meet the timing, but i guess it got better after that.

using the loudhailer, i was enjoying shouting and being the most 'kao pei' guy. calling for each detail to report and giving briefing that was internalised and so fast until the participants looked blank, hearing what i have rattled. so sad there were more hunks than babes over at my area... and most babes were actually from the mixed categories or lovers' challenge.

after the event, it was packing of stores again. loaded everything up again to the 4 big lorries. ended about 9 and back in school, it was unloading of stores all over again. really sian. but bo bian. i totally concuss-ed when i went back my hall. cui ~ no energy to even type and talk to my ...

friends. lol. *claps* end of surf and sweat. phew. now gotta catch up with school work. pix to upload soon. too bad nvr take a lot of personal pictures :( but have a pic of my backdrop :)



singlet back view :)

..:: 474. The One With Uber Tired ::..

i am so fucking tired. no strength to type.

disclaimer: fucking emphasises how tired i am. nothing offensive.

received a surprise email. :X read like thousand times.

..:: 473. The One With Damn Pissed ::..

wah. damn pissed and feeling FUCKED UP!

i remember asking my frenz whether they would like to join surf sweat sub com... telling them specifically you need to keep 3,4th free and i remember saying 3rd cos need to pack goodie bags and stuff. now 3 out of my 6 frenz pang seh... say they cannot make it on time for sat.

WTF??!?

firstly, i was busy the whole day running around just to get stuff printed. not easy, cos those stuff need to print are everywhere, i have to hunt for it. Mostly, i needed to do up signages and print. used up whole ream of my own paper to print. run around library to get it blown up to A3 and to student activities centre to sort out and see what i have missed out.

then my frenz kept asking me 'how tomorrow?' i got no time to think of such contingencies. fuck. somemore, tml out of my goodwill, i have to take a cab down to pass my frenz entry tags so they can get in free. most people if they missed the meeting in the morning, they would just have to pay like 2 bucks to go in. i dunno why am i trying to be a nice guy and i feel that i have been taken advantaged of. everyone is meeting at SAC tomorrow at 8am. i have to wake up early catch a cab down to deliver the tags. for fuck. i feel unjust.

and 2 frenz cant come in the morning cos they are delivering flyers for canvassing. WHAT? i mean i told u 3rd and 4th to be kept free and if you got genuine reasons like my other friend who had birthday, i still can take it. and the delivering of flyers is planned by themselves. so what does this mean?

firstly, i am not the biggest fuck so i dun get to call shots. by not appearing, my seniors will bug me and ask why my sub comms are not there... then they will question how do i choose my sub comms... dry run never come. D-1 also never come.

as for my friend with birthday, i warned her that her bdae on that day and whether she can. then she assured me 'can'... then she told me that she could only make it before 9pm. WTH? 9pm? everything set up liao, you can just come here and sleep lo.

i mean people can actually imagine all the tentages and banners and stage, etc to just appear overnight? somemore now no points system so we are already getting min number of helpers.

why is this happening to me? i hate it when i cant blame my friends nor can i take the blame totally...

just glad that some1 helping me to get frenz to substitute, but i guess it's quite late now and asking them to appear at 1045am is wishful thinking.

i'm so dead tml.

..:: 472. The One With Overloaded ::..

*it's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

sun event but so many things to be done! weekends burnt.

1. biz law tutorial (my turn to present to the class)
2. accounting tutorial
3. study for accounting test
4. communication module - write email assignment
5. comms module - prepare presentation
6. financial mgt tutorial (have to prepare cos need to present to the class)
7. do up and print signages

went to buy my winter wear... 130 bucks :( big hole in pocket. then realised have to fork out money first to print event tag cos the original guy too expensive. :(

former changi general hospital is turning into a spa-cum-resort. lol. imagine u in a jacuzzi and saw a reflection of a soldier. eeee....

*without saying a word, you could like up the dark