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World Cup Fever!

2010-06-10T17:57:00.020+08:00

Yay! The long awaited holiday has finally arrived. Time to get some decent rest, connect back to the world and enjoy the world cup vibe. (⌒0⌒)/~~　

So what am I up to this during this 1st half of the year? hmm, probably the same as last year's simple routine - study all day long. hmm...so nothing much to write in this blog really..lol

University started earlier this year due to the world cup that will take place tomorrow (Yay!). In this semester, we continued with 2nd year engineering mathematics in which we deal with lots of surface integrations which most of us find more interesting than last year's topics.

In chemistry, we studied physical chemistry & spectroscopy. My favourite section is on spectroscopy where we learned the methods to identify an unknown substance using UV, MRI, etc. - similar to techniques used in CSI - a section I didn't fell asleep in :P On monday afternoons, we have long lab experiments (；´Д`) and a lab report due in a week after. For this 1st semester, I've learnt to do research and write reports more efficiently. I'm really bad at writing...＿l￣l○

My next course is called Material and Energy Balances. This course is very important since it is the most fundamental tool we need to use. Although it is "fundamental", it wasn't easy at all. I think I put the most effort into this course and I'm sure it is a good investment! (＾ー＾)/

The other 2 courses consist of a design and a lab course. No doubt these 2 courses will be my lowest marks, but I've learnt the most out of these 2. Again, my writing skills have improved!

We did a very interesting project this semester about Eskom (SA's electricity supplier) new power plant in Medupi. We were to investigate the feasibility of installing a FGD (Flue Gas Desulfurization) system into their power plant. At this moment, this coal power plant's SO2 emission does not meet both national and international legislation standards so Eskom plans to install FGD. This was the first time we dealt with a real life problem (even though we made ridiculous assumptions along the way), this project clearly identified my weakness in writing. I need to do some reading this holiday. (・_・;)　

During our mid-semester break, a bunch of us went for a hike up Table Mountain via skeleton gorge. The whole hike took us 8 hrs! I was totally worn out afterwards but it was a good exercise nonetheless. Now we are just left with Lion's Head to conquer to complete the Three Peaks of Cape Town.

The International Bunch : Jiten (India), Winston (Hong Kong), David (Germany), Terry (Taiwan), Murray (Germany), Joel (Congo), Leon (Singapore) *Cam-boy*

Climbing up Skeleton Gorge...

Water Break!

Resting in cave

David was hyperactive that day...

You'll never believe there's a beach on top of the mountain...

It's really cold and windy...

Do I see a sea on a mountain?

Murray swam in it last time he was here..lol..

Joel, you're getting old..

The mighty bunch

I stopped in despair when I saw this! I really thought I was up there already!

Climb climb climb...

Strange rock arrangements...I think it look like a dog? They don't agree with me...

It does look like a dog..c'mon...

Finally, that's Maclear's Beacon! Woohoo, the highest point in Cape Town!

It is a custom to place a stone on the beacon when one gets there, so David and I placed a huge one. :P

Cheese~ at the highest point.

We took a long, flat route back to our cars.

Crossing a dam..

Last photo of our hike.

This is the school rules of my primary school in Jurong. I found it behind a notebook and I found the 1st rule ridiculously funny! "Be loyal to your school"? lol...

A few weeks ago when I cracked an egg....what's going on? (　ﾟдﾟ)

WORLD CUP TOMORROW! WOOHOO! I'm going to lose my voice soon..GOAL~~~

Recharged? A new challenge.

2010-02-05T03:53:00.006+08:00

Challenge -
"Unless you spread your wings, you will never know how high you can fly."

This is a quote from a encouragement card that Cindy-jie gave me 4 years ago. I think it's a good time to look at it again just before studies commence!

I must admit that I'm quite nervous about the studies to come, the early mornings and late nights that awaits. More courage is needed at this moment, but I guess everything will work out fine once the stress starts rolling in? (；´Д`)

I need to maintain the positive attitude that I had last year, try not to fall asleep that often and focus on understanding. Most importantly, I must remember to drink lots of water so as not to fall sick! ＿|￣|○

Not matter what difficulties are lying ahead, I need to keep moving forward....

...and dig my head into whatever I'm doing! (⌒0⌒)/~~　

I'm hope I can receive good news from my bursary applications, that'll make 2010 a really good year! Lets work hard! Yeah!!! (o＾∇＾o)ノ

Photos taken @ Addo Elephant National Park

Recharging...

2009-12-16T18:08:00.016+08:00

What a relief that my 1st year finally comes to an end, especially on a positive note. I'm glad that all the hard work has paid off. Now it's the time to take a break! Woohoo!

It was still wet, cold & dark winter when 2nd semester started...brr..

My 1st year chemeng lecturer, Prof Harro. Thanks prof!

Just happened to see this row of birds while studying. @_@

Our plant visit to SAB (South African Breweries). It is the only brewery in SA that uses spring water to make beers.

An engineer giving us a tour explained to us about the entire process plant and how beer is made.

This is the 1st real-life heat exchanger our class has seen!

Fermenting tanks for the yeast.

Bottling section! They have cameras made by NASA to spot differences on the bottles that is moving very fast on the production line, making sure every bottles are perfect. It's amazing!

Open bar at the end of the tour. Free drinks to everyone! Our prof started drinking so others joined.......we wrote physics straight after the tour. >_<

At the end of the 3rd term, we were taught about valves & pressure and so we had a competition that requires us to control valves to move a bearing/ball around the pipes twice. The group that can complete the race in the shortest time will be exempted from doing the write-up. It requires lots of team work. My group was unfortunate to get knocked out of finals cos our bearing became stuck at one of the valves! It was really fun afterall.

Nearly 2 hrs in the chemistry labs, we made our first aspirin! Not edible!

Dont' know what this is called, some german dish.

German bread. It's hard & sour. -_-

This guy was happily packing his bag when his pen fell into the basin in the lab. So he tried to get it back using a tong thing but ended up both in the basin. XD

There's birds everywhere in campus! They build nests in classroom and sometimes find food there too...

It was end of exams, so a bunch of us went to hike up Devil's Peak! Starting time: 8:30am.

First water break!

Haha..I thought we were almost there but that's the wrong peak, Devil's Peak is behind it!

Green Point Stadium for next year's World Cup!

Yes, we're really high up...

Mobile reception is exceptionally good up here!

My first experience of rock-climbing! No mistakes allowed!

Taking a break in a old fireman shelter.

Taking a break again.

That's the end of Table Mountain. I used to think Devils Peak is attached to Table mountain. Interesting!

Red clover leaves?

Almost there...

Looking down from the peak!

Wind is 40km/h!

The weather was warm but up at the peak was freezing!

Going down takes longer than climbing up...it's dangerous!

Clean, sweet mountain water!

Total hiking time: 8 hrs. Tired. @_@

Wasp building a nest outside our bedroom in cape town.

Driving back to PE with mum & bro.

Baby pigeon in a nest in our garden.

Right now I'm thinking of possible companies which I can apply for a bursary. I would like to work in cape town but many big companies are based in Johannesburg...oh man, I'll avoid that place if possible! I'm also thinking what's my specific interest? oil, mining, water.....
So far, the following companies offers bursaries to permanent resident:
1) Chevron Caltex (Oil)
2) Anglo American (Mining)
3) Sappi (Pulp & Paper)
4) De Beers (Diamond)
5) SAB (Breweries)

Yesterday, I happen to bump into a technician working in Sappi so I asked many questions about the company and such. Seems like a good company. hmm...

argh...let me just enjoy my holiday so long. :P

Let's do it!

2009-07-25T03:17:00.003+08:00

2nd semester beginning next monday...geez...holidays pass by so fast compared to studying days -___-; I wonder whether I'm well rested and prepared for the upcoming battle!? Felt tired from all the fun this holiday :P but I'm sure I've strengthened mentally! Lets do it!

I've managed to survive 1st semester and 2nd semester definitely won't go easy on me, I must work hard and overcome the obstacles! I should make some changes in my lifestyle so that I stay healthy throughout the semester. Looking back, getting sick twice in 3 weeks in 1st semester were really unnecessary. I think I must sweat a bit everyweek, drink and eat sufficiently and keep my stress level under control. I observed that whenever I begin to stress, I'll become thirsty but forget to drink water at the same time.

At the moment, physics is my weakest subject and chemistry my strength. I must pay more attention to physics! I really hope I can get an decent overall average at the end of the year because I've been hoping to get a bursary as soon as possible. I think it's better to be attached to a company so that internship and gaining experience in the future will be easier, plus a bursary will lessen financial burden on mum & dad. School fees nowadays are shockingly expensive. However, most companies offer bursary to only citizens. I've tried applying for companies that accepts PR students but still no reply yet. I guess they don't want to take risk giving bursary to first year students, esp. during this economy crisis. Yosh! Must work hard to apply bursary next year!!!

Some pics taken in holiday:

2 huge roses in the garden! (　ﾟдﾟ)

Marc's friend's new car...

We travelled back at 220km/h on the expressway, never travelled so fast in a car before...felt myself floating...(；´Д`)

Saw some horses while taking photos of the car...they're really friendly animals! ( ´ー｀)

See that? It's a owl! We observe this owl will be standing-by on our neighbour's or our roof at night.

Eek! I'm not your prey!

Back to Cape Town...wonderful weather as usual! Freezing tho'...too bad no snow in sight..

A Survivor

2009-06-17T02:11:00.035+08:00

Beginning of this year, I took off a new chapter in my life. A chapter that most working people had nightmares of and for some, it's a chapter where many friends and connections were made. I've never study so hard before and I know the worst have yet to come! Even though it's been hell ever since, lost 5 kgs, I'm grateful that I've been given the chance to study and meet so many new friends. Waking up at 5am and fighting the traffic jam every morning ain't joking matter, but because of this, my first bunch of friends were all early birds that's not staying at residence. Surprisingly, we were a group made up people from many countries! There's Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Scotland, India, Germany & Malaysia. I'm the oldest of all :P
I'm grateful that my friends helped me alot in the beginning of the semester when I'm picking up the pace of studying.
At one point, I guess I got too stressed and fell sick twice in 3 weeks! @_@
Learned that stress management is important!
(Ah...so many things were in my mind during studying but it's blank now..)
Most importantly, now I understand what my course is all about and I'm positive that this a profession I want and more suitable for me than any other professions. I must work hard and not give up no matter how tough the obstacle is!!!
Cindy-jie gave me 2 motivation cards years ago which I find it very helpful, it says:
"CHALLENGE - Unless you spread your wings, you will never know how high you can fly."
"MAKE IT HAPPEN - You can do it..if you put your mind to it."

Picture worth a thousand words....

Only after the semester ends, I realise that I haven't took a pic with my friends. Must do so next semester! Guy on left is Eric, he's a South Korean who wants to study overseas and just happens that his cousin stays here in SA. Guess what's his surname? haha...none other than "Lee" XD

Was travelling back home when we saw this car in front...see that?

We pasted our group 's process design for our first Chemeng tutorial at the front lobby of the building...how embarassing! Everyone (esp. senior students) was having a good laugh at our newbie posters! Grr...

Saw this Freedom Toaster in the computer science building! It's a CD/DVD burner machine XD

First week of 2nd quarter, went to ChemEng camp in Simons Town. Meet at Baxter Theater.

LOL....can't believe that most locals have not taken a train before! Guy on right is Faiz from Malaysia. He was sent to UCT by Petronas. Guy on left is David from Germany. He's under Anglo-platinum. I'm so envious that most of my friends are under a company already. Must work hard and get a bursar!

Simons Town is really layback place with just tourists or retired people so the entire main road (2 lanes only -__-) is filled with just bars and hotels...The buildings are super old and almost every building has their years written at the top. The entire class paraded down the main road towards our camping site.

Stopped at a beach for lunch.

!!!

We were passing through this penguin trail which I didn't walk last december, realising that we can see penguins without having to pay the entrance fees...-___-;

So close! Why did I went to pay for the entrance fee?! Kyaa~

Missing "b"

Lol..at first I thought this is penguin coffins...but it's actually house for the penguins :P

One thing about this simons town is that there's alot of Baboons! They like super clever monkey-chimps? They love stealing stuffs! @_@ This one went into a convenience shop and took something...

Yay! Got my snacks! (I wonder if that's a can he's holding...omg)

Hey buddy..you're just sleeping one night....(btw..he has a suitcase with him)

Yay...after 3km walk...

Murray with his hiking bag...looks like the puppet guy in Naruto...XD

When the guys think this is where they sleeping.....

...they're so wrong! You go camping!

Everyone waiting for group activities to start...sigh...why is there group activities...

Long awaited dinner! Everyone was so impressed by the dinner setup! There's waiter who collects your plates and serve you desert!

Yumz!

Chilling outside after dinner

Gathered in tent to listen to speaker who is an environmental consultant engineer. He is also a musician! After his speech, he rushed off for his performance...how nice! After that, we watched a documentary of Al Gore called "Inconvenient Truth". I become a fan of Al Gore after watching this video! I respect what he's doing and it's really a good documentary!

A bunch of us decided to have a walk back to Simons Town and we took the penguin trail. Actually we should've taken the main road cos there's no light at the trail, but we saw this penguin wandering outside the fence!

Back to the beach again, we saw a seal at the shallow waters! How lucky!

What the...? The most funny part is that there's a pedestrian crossing next to this sign and about 20m after this sign there's a normal one but without pedestrian crossing! -__-;

It was raining quite hard that night and our tent is semi-flooded but no one actually notice that until morning. I woke up finding myself sleeping on water but luckily i'm sleeping in sleeping bag.

Back in main tent for speech by another engineer who told us about his daily life. Challenging and interesting!

On the way back to train station, saw another crazy sign....

There's a naval base here in Simons Town.

On the way home, bro took the wrong road but I guess it doesn't matter....

Back to study again (arr...) tuesday's lab @_@

Social Event?! lol...they know we don't socialize enough...

OMG! Wine! They poured this into a huge bowl for everyone to scoop. One of my friends took 2 cups before going for his chemistry lab....dangerous!

Left campus oneday and saw the entire rugby field in mist...I wonder if there's a match going on...must be fun to play! XD

Physics prac exam! Use this to determine the value of gravity!

Was leaving campus oneday and saw this security guard stopping a group of students swinging fire..dunno what's that called but the group os students explained that they are professionals in that and say they'll show him.

Before he can say no...they started swinging the fire and he simply watched on..XD

Snacks for study for last exam!

Last day of exam, Jiten and I was strolling to the exam venue when we saw beautiful sunrise!

How nice to sit and watch the sunrise...but not on the memorial! :P

One day, the forest next to our campus got on fire...helicopters and firefighters fought the fire for more than 2 days...from far, it looks as if our campus is on fire! The fire went all the way to the top of Devil's Peak!

Vehicle without number plate...can't summon it.

YO! Watsup!

First time mixing chemicals without supervision! Yay!

First lecture theatre everyday for Physics.

During 1st quarter break, went to Somerset West to see newborn baby of Jiafang and Guoqing. Super kawaii! Her name is Phephe.

According to her dad, this baby has more than 5gig of photos already...@_@

She looks so much like the daddy....

See?

We went to cafe afterwards and saw some really nice cakes...drool...

Miaomiao...my turn....

I was studying and was about to fall asleep, when I heard this loud bang next to me. See white mark on the transparent door? hehe..

A poor bird flew into the door! It was such clear mark left behind, you can see the wings, beak, eyes and the feathers! XD

Phephe's full-month cake!

Best photo ever! XD

One of the most delicious cake I've ever eaten!

Autumn is here!

Exams over...at Jia En's 21st B-Day.

Phephe! No longer look like daddy!

East, West, North

Make your wish...

Congratulations!

Driving back to PE...

Ostrich!

An Ironic Funny (for a while) APRIL FOOL JOKE!

2009-04-03T00:22:00.002+08:00

I guess I better post something before Mr.Blogger decided to delete my dusty blog!

I decided to type something in my blog while waiting for my bro to finish his test. Did anyone crack an April Fool joke on you this year?

This is what happened...sometime long ago, we wrote a Physics paper (a really hard one!) and recently students have been bugging for the test results. Well, the lecturer explained that the 800+ papers were assigned to a single marker to make sure that the marks are fair, so it's going to take pretty long. So on 1st April early in the morning, everyone flooded into the Physics building to check out their marks pasted on the notice board, after hearing that it's out. To everyone's shock, most people failed really badly with a small group passing and a really small number getting good marks. Then, you'll see some really depressed people and some broke down crying...shame...while some was so happy to see their high marks!
Some people realise that it can't be real and must be an April Fool joke, but most people still remain depressed and stuff b'cos they don't believe that the school will crack such a joke.

The truth was revealed afterwards that it was the doing of some of the students and the lecturers simply played along! However, ironically, fate did not change when the official results came out today and it didn't look too different from the fake one! I think it's more ironic for me cos on the fake list, I passed, but on the actual, I didn't. I failed badly and it ain't funny anymore.
I didn't expect the test to be marked that strictly unlike maths where the method also counts.
I was a bit depressed afterwards since I've worked really hard but I guess there's still room for improvement and have to work even harder (somehow)!

Other tests went fine so far but I've gotta work harder in some new ways. It's time to get going. Since I've no more time to do anything else other than studying, I hope everyone will understand and I wish they are all doing well and smiling!

First Meeting of Classes

2009-02-14T14:04:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was the first day for us first year students. I was too tired to blog when I reached home so decided to blog today. (；´Д`)

It was the first day of school, without any actual lectures but lots of 'lecturing'. Every lecturers bombaded us with so many information about the hell that's about to come. The conclusion I've got at the end of the day: It's going to be a super-fast Hell ride (ones without seats) vertically towards Joy-Land, whether you fall depends on how tight you hold your grip?
Why 'super-fast'? Cos the students only attend school for slightly more than 6 months a year, the rest is holiday.

Aside the negatives, the lecturers are really funny and some really gave me more interest in my course. Starting from next week monday, it's going to be all-out hard work till the June/July paradise! I'm going to hang on tight, even if my joints were to dislocate, I'll hang on! ( ´ー｀)

Finally, Registration~

2009-02-07T00:06:00.013+08:00

5 Feb 2009
Finally it's the day for registration and the end of my long holidays! Woke up 5am and hurriedly ate my breakfast and left early as it's my first time traveling via train and shuttle to UCT. Although it's almost summer, the sun has just barely made itself visible behind the faraway mountains when I left home. Can't imagine how dark it'll be when it's winter?!
The journey to school was done in a very planned manner, through my bro's drawings, I visualize many times the things to note, where to turn and what not. Reaching school on time is such a relieve! ( ´ー｀)

Already there's lotsa new students hanging around, shortly later comes the student council people 'disturbing the peace' early in the morning! haha... I was chilling in front of the 'Greek Looking' Jameson Hall with Devil's Peak hovering behind it, and the view is just so grand. Behind me was a smoggy/foggy? city below.

After a long welcome and motivational speech by various figures in the university, we were divided into groups and were lead around visiting places where we may study (the campus is so so big that there's a upper campus and lower campus divided by a expressway). During lunch break, I venture out to check out my building which was built quite recently...maybe the only building without vines growing on the walls?! Not sure about others, but I got a chill when I went into the building cos inside look just like in those movies where some secret organization working for some baddies at some hideout. (　ﾟдﾟ) I can't take any pics inside, but there's many see-through rooms with many weird looking things. Looks like there's many mini-factories built in the room. Hazard signs are just everywhere and dangerous looking people in white walking around holding fuming flasks....OMG, am I going to be doing that oneday ?! haha...seems like i'm really into some dangerous profession....但也蠻有趣的 lar.

After queuing in a 50m long queue, I finally got my Student Card!!! I'm proudly UCT student ler!!! Going to apply for student account soon and get discounts on stuffs! ( ´ー｀)

erm.......why do I look so chubby...?

Time to go home via the long journey...reaching Cape Town interchange at 1606hrs, saw the train board saying the train to Bellville will depart at 1610hrs. OMG...ran (after a few months of no exercise) from lane 2 to lane 21. Upon reaching at 1607hrs, can't believe my eyes...the train LEFT when I reached there. ＿l￣l○ (imagination only). Dragged my feet back to the board and saw the next train is half hour later. (；´Д`)

Reached home exhausted and hungry...seems like my mentality not as strong as my bro who survived his first year doing this every day! haha...

Engineering the Future!

2009-01-14T01:58:00.007+08:00

As mentioned above, I'll be studying Chemical Engineering at University of Capetown (same as my bro) starting this Feb. Called University of Western Cape today and was informed that my application for Dentistry was declined despite making through the provincial selection and the excruciating long wait!

Not that sad as I expect b'cos I'm prepared to take on the engineering path in the first place. Telling my dad and grandma about the decline would be the real difficult thing to do though, since they put on more hope than I do. Oh well, they'll have to accept the fact anyways. haha..

I'm sure it's gonna be a tough but enriching year ahead (Thank goodness I can enjoy Chinese New Year before school starts!)

KTVing at friend's house last weekend...great to be able to KTV again!

Reminds me of Gary's KTV house!

Hack-ED

2009-01-08T01:05:00.003+08:00

A friend of mine came over yesterday night to show me his new speedlight he bought for his camera. We did some experiment with the speedlight and I've come to understand why speedlight is created. I used to think "why do you need a bigger flash when the camera has a built-in flash?" Light showned at different angles gives an object (e.g. person) a much different feel and projection.

As its quite a cloudless night, we decided to take some picture of the moon. It's the first time for me to take a picture of the moon. I'd thought that it's impossible without a remote control as the camera will shake when the trigger is pressed and the picture will come out blurry. But in actual fact, timer can be used and there'll be no shaking, isn't it? Stupid me.

Back into the house to check the pictures taken, I was surprised to find that email was sent while I was in the garden taking photos and my laptop off. Adding to my surprise, the email was sent to all my contacts! OMG! I suspect that my email account was hacked into...cos stupid me (again), I remembered using the same email and password for Friendster! Lesson learnt: don't use password that's so short (6 numbers) and don't be lazy and use the same password for other sites. Again, I apologise for any troubles caused from this special email.

New blog look

2009-01-06T04:19:00.002+08:00

New blogskin again?!

Yeah..somehow the previous blogskin creator run out of Photobucket bandwidth (I wonder how...) and the account's pics became blocked or something. As a result, my blog becomes a collage of Photobucket! To my relief, I managed to find this new blogskin quite easily and look pretty relaxing (yeah yeah...i know Christmas is over...).

Invitation to 2009

2009-01-01T20:12:00.006+08:00

Literally dreamt myself into 2009 - a transition from 2008 to 2009 in a "blink of eye"!

2009 will be a year going back to studies after 3 years of enjoyment. I'm sure a year full of challenges and the difficulty to overcome this book-phobia awaits me. Although partly nervous, I'm excited to be able to acquire some kinda profession through the studies. Having working at numerous organisations and meeting so many people, I became very envious of many outstanding people whom I admired, doing their work with so much passion professionally.

Something I observed from my high school friends who are all still studying, they have incredible amount of passion in what they're studying and internship work. One of them who inspired me the most has just completed his architecture degree and will be proceeding with his masters degree. His passion for architecture was so great that he would stay in the university's studio for weeks designing his work. He would sleep on the chair or the floor as there's no bed. One of his work was a public library meant for poor children to improve their education. I believe "passion" is a very important word whether it's studies or working. Without passion, one will not make the initiative to take that extra step and will give up easily when something goes wrong.

Compared to my peers here, I'm really lagging behind in terms of studies but I don't think I've not wasted my 3 years. I have to study hard in 2009, forget about entertainment and remember not to give up easily. So, if I forgot to study hard, think about entertainment, and give up....please smack my head on my behalf!

Hope 2009 will be a peaceful year for everyone with more smiles and laughter!

Merry Summer Christmas

2008-12-26T18:36:00.007+08:00

First of all, a belated Merry Christmas to all! Although I don't celebrate Christmas, it's a joyful time for all the enjoy and rest (Well otherwise, for some part of the world, it just mean more work-business!). Christmas ain't stereotypical like stories goes...snowy and stuff...Christmas's like an invitation to summer. As much as I don't like hot summer weather, it's the only time of the year where the beach receives the much appreciation and admiration.

Just few weeks ago, bro and I went to Sardinia Bay to escape the scorching heat of a summer afternoon.

After approx. 20mins of driving, we've reached our destination!

Weeeee!

What the...

Alien?

The beach just seems never ending...we just kept exploring...

Deserted...

Yeah...the waves are not playable...

Discovery and challenge of the day: Climb this!

Puff puff! It took me minutes to get to the top but this lady and her doggie seems to have no troubles at all....

The climb was worthwhile...the scenery from above is much better!

DESERTed...

We'll leave the exploration for next time...it'll take quite some time...

UPDATE UPDATE!!!

2008-11-27T02:36:00.014+08:00

LOST: Where's my home....? I remember it was here?

Guess it's time to dust up my blog...been busy hanging around with friends lately for they had just finished their exams at university!

Firstly, I must say it's an undescribable feeling to be back at home. Although far away from hometown, it gave me an original "back-at-home" feeling. Most importantly, being back into parents' wings provides the utmost comfort and satisfaction. How I hope time will slow its tracks...as soon as school starts, I'll need to leave their sides again and wonder when these days will come again? Right now, I'm relishing every single second I'm spending with them!

The season transition this year seemed to delay for a month...by right it should be blazing hot summer but the temperature still seems to range between 15-23 deg. Guess I should be grateful cos I really dislike hot weathers!

Meeting up with past high school friends, I've been talking alot lately. There's just so much things to update each other. Surprisingly to them, i've not changed much - Really? Has the 10kg of fat done nothing to me? Most of them actually lost weight due to the stress from studies, but some esp. the whites BLOATED (vertically & horizontally), making me look like a hobbit!

I'm glad to see that everyone of them doing well in their studies, but at the same time, made me feel that I'm really behind them cos some will be graduating next year! I'm also surprised by the great passion each and every one of them displayed with regards to their course. This is something worth admiring and learnt.

At this moment, I'm still waiting for my application at University of Western Cape (Dentistry). They say they'll only announce the outcome in early January. As it's my first choice, I sincerely hope to get to know the outcome as early as possible so that arrangements can be made since school usually starts in Feb! If this application fails, I'll need to study at University of Cape Town (Chemical Engineering) which I have much less interest in. Didn't know waiting can be so torturing like a poison....haha...

Vegetables!

Flowers!

Say hello to the world!

I'm getting hungry again....

Desert-like sand dunes next to a river...

...and sea!

Roll~roll~~roll your boat....

...gently down the stream~~~

Sunset!

"Good you didn't forget about me...WOOF!"

Okaeri ~ I'm home (Part 4)

2008-11-02T01:14:00.013+08:00

21 Oct 2008

Early in the morning we attempted to "climb" the Tygerberg Nature Reserve which is just above the place where we are residing. As there are different routes which will lead to the top, we took the "Golden Mole" route as recommended by my bro b'cos it's the longest route.

Insects pollinating...

Puff puff....

Looking from the starting point, the top seemed to be quite close but the route simply took us around, down & up the hill. It took us about 1 & half hours to reach our destination. The weather is sunny but cooling, so it's enjoyable climbing it. I guess the reason why it took us so long to reach our destination was that there were so many things to take photos. Almost all plants around us, right down to the grass-like plant on the ground were blooming with flowers! It's a pity that we didn't spot any golden mole but we manage to see not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 tortoises! The 1st & 2nd tortoise were medium size - guess it's the father or mother. The 3rd one was very tiny and fearful of us. It hid itself as soon as we got close. Guess this is mummy...

...daddy...

...& the baby...?

What the....

The 4th one was interesting. We were on our way down when my bro called us to decend cos there's dark clouds approaching. While I was still on the line with my bro, Susan-jie suddenly start shouting "AH AH...." and pointing at the route infront of us. Guess what, there's a giant (really big trust me) tortoise walking/running upwards towards us at a pretty shocking speed. This made me changed my stereotypical thinking of tortoise being slow! haha...

"Is it smiling? or is it my imagination..?"

Guess Susan-jie was also too shock to think what to do, I also blurred out lor. The giant tortoise stopped infront of us, looking cool with a strand of grass at the side of its mouth, as if waiting for us to give way. No choice at all, we *siam* to the side into the grass. It then look at us again before continue rushing up the slope...

"Sir, wait up...you you..."

"....you are speeding!!!"

Okaeri ~ I'm home (Part 3)

2008-10-31T01:58:00.028+08:00

The following day we set out quite early as we will be going somewhere further out of Cape Town - Cape of Good Hope.

On the way there, we passed-by Simons Town, a lay-back but beautiful town. Blessed with a beautiful beach, whales & penguins, it is a hot tourist spot. First we went to a gem/mineral shop which have a huge variety of gems stones. At its front garden there is a area with tons of gems stones lying on the ground and the customers can purchase packets to pick the gems stones. The lower floor of the shop is where they show case many types of their gems product. The upper floor is a place where customers can watch the production/polishing process.

We wanted to view penguins but overshot. Just when we thought of turning back, we saw many people stopping at the road side watching whales. There were actually 2 small whales in the sea but none of it did the "free-willy" jump out of the water...haha...but at least it sprouted some water into the air. Cool! We then decided to go see penguins when we return from Cape of Good Hope. It's sure a tiring drive to Cape of Good Hope as it was mostly driving around mountains. It's such relief when we reached our destination and the beautiful environment simply took our fatigue away.

Returning to Simons Town, we went to see the African Penguins. I had always thought that Penguins only exist in Antartica! They were so cute and innocent looking that you will feel like taking one away! haha...

"Why this guy kept taking photos of me..?"

"Hey, stop taking photos of me NOW!"

"Oi! I say STOP!!! I'm no alien!"

"Hmph..."

Okaeri ~ I'm home (Part 2)

2008-10-28T20:28:00.009+08:00

19 Oct 2008

We headed out for Table Mountain, the famous flat top mountain in Capetown. Thank goodness it was sunny day on that particular day cos only on sunny day people are allowed to be on the mountain top. It was said that on the mountain top one will be able to see the entire city very clearly in front and the ocean behind. The cable car floor will begin to turn 360deg. while on it's way going up wor...

Unfortunately, our cable car was engulfed by thick clouds on our way up to the mountain top so we were unable to see the city and ocean. We were just one cable car behind to see the view! This was my first time being in (moving) clouds, literally. It's like being in heaven or in the movies. The visibility was very bad and it's SO cold such that my grandma ended up hiding in the cosy cafe! I was shivering and jumping around to keep warm...haha...stupid me was wearing slippers! As time was pretty limited that day, we were unable to walk throughout the entire path which is about 1km plus. However we came across a round table-like thing which have indications of the direction of many places and its distance. Interestingly, we found Singapore and Port Elizabeth (place i'm at currently) grouped together!

Okaeri ~ I'm home (Part 1)

2008-10-25T18:31:00.039+08:00

16 Oct 2008

其實很久以前就很想用中文來寫部落格的, 總覺得用中文比較能夠表達意思, 但又覺得打中文實在太費時了吧! 現在剛到了Cape Town, 感覺時間變較慢拍了些, 在寧靜的環境下寫這一個部落格.

一眨眼, 漫長的3年就這樣的過去了. 其實, 在要離開的時候才發現有好多事情沒發覺, 沒去做. 例如, 跟身邊的好友多聊天多認識. 昨天離別時真是給了我一大驚喜也一大感動. 都說了嘛, 越多人越難離開. 不過, 在大家的祝福之下, 飛行過程和入關都非常的順利!

再次感謝大家!

Btw, 我的 movie marathon plan 一大失敗! 看第一部電影時, 還不到一半就睡著了! 結果醒來後便重新看過. 在這次的飛行過程只看了2部電影, 可以說是破了最低的紀錄吧!
也因為睡夠多了, 一點也不覺得有時差也不用再多睡...也算不錯啦. 天氣非常晴朗, 看起來好像大熱天一樣, 但卻是15/16度喔!

吃晚餐後，我們去了Century City. 這是在Cape Town非常大的一個shopping mall，　我想因該比Vivo City還大吧？很不錯的是說現在的店都會開得比較晚，　不然以前不是看電影就是準備見周公了！其實這裡看部非常便宜喔，　最便宜的有＄２耶。

回家的路程裡，經過了Cape Town的情人坡。這個坡為什麼浪漫呢？在車上看沒什麼特別，　但站在坡上感覺就不一樣了！看著下面無邊境的黃黃白白的城市
燈光，　抬頭看無邊境的數百星，　只有兩個字能夠形容：　歲阿 (hokkien)！

17 Oct 2008

(Ok...enough chinese typing practice!)
It takes strong mentality to step out the warm bed in the morning, which makes me wonder how my bro is able to do so much earlier than me! While slugging in the bed I saw a really cool sight outside. There's a solid looking white cloud hanging above the city, like the alien ship in the movie Independence Day! After breakfast, we went to fix my bro's car exhaust which cracked when I drove yesterday..yeah yeah...i'm sure it's due to wear and tear! While waiting for the repair, we were browsing around when Susan-jie suddenly burst out laughing and asked what's the article attached on the nearby lamp post: "Die Burger"

Haha..it's sure funny when you read it using your english dictionary in your head. In actual fact, it is a Afrikaans newspaper meaning "The Citizen". Well, this used to crack me up when I first saw it without any knowledge of Afrikaans, but it's real fun for a foreigner! Yeah...DIE BURGER!

Although the repair takes just about 30 mins, it surely blow a hole in my pocket...We then went to my bro's university b'cos he has some extra lessons. It's really far from where we reside. The university looked so ancient but I think that's what makes it valuable!
Situated high above the city makes it so honorable, with plants creeping up every wall
possible and a mountain backing the school makes the surrounding scenery really astonishing.
I don't mind studying there but hey, it's way too far! We stroll around the school grounds
and at the centre there's a Eight Trigram fountain with birds flocking in taking baths and
free-flow of drinks. Way above the school is a memorial for the school's creator i suppose..looked so grand with a statue of a guy on a horse overseeing the entire city. Cool!

After lunch, we drove out to a strawberry farm (without my bro cos he have to study..aww....). where you can pick fresh strawberries from the fields. Each KG of strawberries you pick will cost just about $3 and that exclude the amount you (secretly) eaten while picking! So by the time after picking, you'll already have a buffet of strawberries and a basin of strawberries for those at home! Honestly, I've never taste such fresh and tasty strawberries before. However, I suffered some injuries cos no one told me to wear long pants...There's flies that bites! OMG, I didn't know flies like houseflies that bites more ferociously than a mosquito! Guess they are the protectors of those cute strawberries which I do not hesitate to take a bite on too!

Polkadraai Strawberry Farm~~~

Strawberries still growing...to be eaten soon...

Lotsa strawberries to be picked!

Welcome Strawberry Boy!

Weee~~~the scarecrow don't seem scary at all?

S.B. showing off his biggest pick!

Drooling...? (it's already eaten...)

Devouring her strawberry secretively...

Sharing some with the scarecrows...

S.B. follows suit...

Total picks =....

.....

4kgs of strawberries..excl. those in our tummies...

For dinner, we had fire-stoved baked pizza. It's so nice that everyone forgot to snap photo of it! I loved it cos it's so fresh. First you will place your order, they will start making the base from the dough, topping will then be placed before baking it in a fire-stove. It is also nice that we can replace the topping that we don't want from the menu with other toppings provided. For our order, we don't want onions and we can replace it with other toppings like extra cheese, avocados, etc. I like it cos it makes more sense, isn't it? And they will ask whether you want cheese at the bottom or on the top...huh? Most importantly, it taste so good. Guess there's nothing much to do here than to eat and sleep? No wonder the people here are so big, as in....you know.

Bye Bye~~~~

2008-10-16T00:49:00.001+08:00

Blog to be updated soon....

Survivor: Ubin

2008-09-16T20:53:00.009+08:00

First time to Pulau Ubin gave me a memorable day, the lay-back and kampong style is definitely an escapade from our busy (unhealthy) lifestyle! I shall let the pictures do the talking!

Welcome onboard, illegal immigrants to Ubin!

* motion sickness.... *

Survivor: Ubin. Mission: Find the treasure (person) and win 1 million dollars!

Same rental price everywhere?! Where's the competition?

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engine.....
Awwww....

Working diligently!
The Hearty-o-leaf!

Must be lonely....

Awwwwwwww.... x 2

.....what is this doing here? the movie was shot here...?
Oops! Forgot to mention 'lunch hour'! Just taking a nap lar~

What a camera-shy cat, went around it 360 degs. for 10+ mins and I still can't get the full face! Grrr...
This one is clever, knowing resistance is futile! Muhahaha...
I luv this pic!

I guess no one wanna return to the hectic lifestyle!

Above All..

2008-09-04T21:24:00.008+08:00

It's been a great experience to attend the recent RSAF's open house, not to mention the extremely hot weather! Despite being under the scorching sun for most of the time, the sky is decorated with beautiful clouds, totally fitting this event.

We reached there pretty early but encountered an unexpectedly long queue. The event is very well organised I must say, with much to see, hear & learn. There were many children at the event and I observed that their fun-filled smiles are simply pure & nice to photograph.

Sadly, we didn't get the chance to sit on any of the aircraft, the queue is horribly long. But we did enjoyed the airshow and performances at the event. We were given ear-plugs before the show but seriously didn't expect the take-off to be such an ear-piercing experience!

Anyone would be proud to be a pilot, it's like having a license to show-off! haha....anyways, I've long realised I'm not destined to be one, a 'four-eyed' boy like me.

Beautiful clouds everywhere!

The hot-looking F-16!I was wondering how high this "rifle" can shoot & how can this thing shoot fast flying planes anyways?!

Apache! The helicopter with the deadly look....it's really scary seeing it floating motionless in mid-air facing you!Ear-plugs which we smart people didn't use....everyone goes "Wah...AAAHHHH~~~my ears!! " when the F-16 took off! Think we can use it when our neighbours having renovation?Wenhao's the only one who have a "streamer" written on his scratch-card. I guess many read that as "steamer" instead....wow, they giving free steamer? Sorry, it's a streamer...chey~
Who says only planes can fly!

My turn.....please!!!!
By saving bit by bit from his pocket money, Wenhao brought $60 to buy his beloved Black Knight aircraft model. Too bad, guess it's too popular and have to sell at $150....Guess Wenhao must be very disappointed, he loved it so much, don't worry bro, save up and buy F-15 next time! Woah! Phew, this boy-boy almost crashed into my knee on my way out of the place. I may not be Above All, but at least Above You! ^___^

Beautiful Fireworks!

2008-08-26T20:24:00.005+08:00

Yay, finally have the time to take a breath and update my blog! It's been hectic this past week, sleeping really little (5-6 hours)! That's real bad for me cos I'm still a growing boy (you wished!)

Anyway, last week Thursday was my dad's departure date. Aunt Xiu-Zhu (has been calling her 'aunt' since small cos she used be our neighbour and takes care of me and my bro lots) came to pick us up and brought us to Beauty World's "Green on Earth Cafe" to have dinner. It may sound like I'm advertising it, but since it's my first time at this cafe, it left me a good impression. This cafe is an organic food-stuff cafe. You can find menus of delicious food made from organic food and even cakes too. The interior design is also very nice and cozy. If I remember correctly, we had Buckwheat noodles, Olive rice, Pizza, salads, mushroom soup & corn soup. I'm very impressed with the simplicity of the ingredients but beautifully composed food. It also taste very 'clean' & healthy. Yes, it is not as taste'ful' as our kopitiam food, but tasty. Well, my dad enjoyed the food so much, he said he would eat there everyday instead of eating at kopitiams! What's really cool was their packaging for take-aways! It's a box that's microwavable, 'green', and have parts that can convert into fork, spoon & knife? Wow.
I didn't expect writing in blogs can also be "ban-dang"! It rained last friday before the fireworks display! Geez...but thank goodness it stopped raining when I reach my spot where my friend had waited there since 4+pm. It took some time for a CBD idiot like me to get to the point! I was intrigued by the number of photographers in a stretch of about 100m. They are dead serious photographers who some reach there about 2pm, standing/sitting through the downpour while I was still seating cozily in my office :P! First look they know I'm a newbie (noob!), but luckily my friend was around to give me advice. The photographers next to us were also very friendly and we were able to get some tips from their experience. As the sky gets darker and closer to 9pm, my heart started pounding faster by the minute. Then....we see ripples on the river face just minutes before the fireworks. Oh no, drizzles! There's a sudden row of umbrellas, to shield the cameras mainly..haha...I would just cry if my camera got hit by rain, but for many of them, guess they will jump straight into the river in front if it was theirs! The drizzle was soon over and everyone was anticipating the first shoot of the fireworks. It was like at shooting ranges, everyone in position. It was chaos for me when the fireworks started. My adjustment was much slower than others and I guess I wasted a first few minutes of the show. It was like painting a picture with water colours (fireworks). Overall, it was so fun, I get to predict the fireworks, how many seconds I want to "paint", the brightness control, etc. Time flies and the show ended unexpectedly. Everyone would be reviewing their photos, some get what they want, some disappointed, but I'm satisfied with my first shoot! Here's some of my favourites, the rest were uploaded at my flickr account : http://www.flickr.com/photos/29603939@N02/page3/

The next day was also a long day, drizzling the whole day. I was losing hope of being able to catch the 2nd day of fireworks (Team Korea). Uncle Chua say it'll be much better than the first day's. It was still drizzling at dinner time, so I decided to join Peiyi & co. for dinner at Aljunied. Surprisingly the rain stopped and we decided to catch the fireworks. It's like Amazing Race to get to the same spot as the previous day cos we ain't got much time. Our parents always say it's unhealthy to exercise straight after a meal, but I don't think anyone gave a thought about that...
Uncle Chua & his family was also rushing down to the show and I didn't expect them to reach later than us. Initially I gave up hope to photograph fireworks that day cos I don't have a tripod and we were standing at a bad position. Uncle Chua arrived just in time with the tripod when the fireworks started, so I began setting up my tripod while the fireworks were shooting spectacularly and drizzling at the same time. What's even more spectacular was a guy kneeling & proposing to his girlfriend with a bunch of roses not far from us amidst surrounding people & fireworks-brightened sky. I didn't know what happened afterwards cos the girl must be pretty heartless if she rejected him! I care more about my fireworks at that point of time. I can only hear Zhen-yi saying that she wish that will happen to her and she will surely accept the guy. (SO for guys out there who *cough* Z* Y*, you know what to do!) Seriously a waste for not being able to stand at the first row of people, cos there's a guy infront of me holding his umbrella exceptionally high... This fireworks display is definitely better than the previous and I'm sure everyone there had a memoriable night, esp. that couple!

Viewing through, I realised that it'll be so much better if I could shoot lower capturing the people gazing while holding their umbrellas, wouldn't it?

Officially a Nikonian!

2008-08-18T22:24:00.011+08:00

Finally got a Nikon D40 SLR camera into my hands (but hole in pocket) ! I've long wanted a good camera to capture days of our lives. Beautiful things that comes by, maybe, once in our lifetime? Who knows, I may become an old man who forgot about his past? Tons of pictures should help (I guess).

My first touch of such camera was my dad's film-type SLR camera. I used it once for my Biology project which was a research on the birds in our environment. I got good marks for the project mainly for the beautiful pictures taken?There's many techniques out there which I can explore and I'm sure I'll have much more beautiful things to photograph when I return to South Africa. I'm sure many love my brother's photo as much as I do.

This coming Friday & Saturday there'll be fireworks display near Esplanade and I'll like to challenge taking some photos! It'll be my first night photography and according to netizens it is not easy because of the lighting, etc. Well, it'll be a good learning experience for me but I bet it'll be quite tiring coz i'll have to rush there after work to get a place!

...oh yeah...pls don't rain that day...

CHECK CHECK CHECK

2008-08-03T21:42:00.012+08:00

Not long ago, my supervisor and colleagues asked me to extend my contract with them cos they have some very important projects upcoming and my "successor" won't be able to cope. I hesitated to give them an answer cos although it's a few days more, it'll clash with my plane departure date. They are very nice to me all this while so I wanted to help them out, so I told them that I'll check whether it cost to change my departure date. Well, I'm so LUCKY that they asked me to extend.

Yesterday, I was emailing to SIA to check and was entering my ticket details. Type, type, type....happily typing away when I got the shock of my life!

"Date of dep: 30 JUL"

What the heck! I thought I told SIA office staff that I want to depart on 30 Sep?! I can't believe my eyes @@ lor, so I went over and asked Gary to look at my ticket - same shock face....

I went crazy and started hallucinating saying goodbye to my air ticket....I flew down to SIA office and explained to them. Thankfully, they accepted my reason and changed my departure date at no cost at all! (Can you imagine that feeling?! Just like flying from hell to heaven! )

So the morale of a REAL life story: ALWAYS ALWAYS CHECK YOUR TICKET OR OTHER DOCUMENTS VERY CAREFULLY!!!

Check this out, a jet pack! I've saw this on newspaper not long ago. Sick of traffic jams? Just carry this and off you go flying by controlling the joystick-like thing. It can go pretty fast and you don't need any license! I thought it's only possible in games...anyway, can't imagine people flying everywhere...hahaa...

Another interesting thing I saw on newspaper: Knife-proof clothings

Those who have been keeping update with the global news will realise that there's a sudden rise in knife attack cases in Japan. Sadly to hear it's happening in such a safe country. So give rise to this knife-proof clothings and the sales is apparantly very good...Cool inventions but also a sad sign of how our world is!

UPDATE!!!

2008-07-05T23:38:00.015+08:00

Yay...finally an update from a supa-lazy blogger(pressure pressure *cough*)...

Life's been normal lately. Glad that still in pink health! I'm really damn scared of getting sick. Last year, I suffered from a really high fever and felt like dying (literally). Afterwhich, I became very conscious about the state of my health. Unlike my brother who fancies soups, I loved drinking cold water especially during meals, but after reading the e-mail about drinking warm water/tea during meals, I stopped drinking cold stuffs during meals. I know my heart is abit "funny" so I think by doing so will be good for it. I've also started drinking green tea instead of cold drinks during work. Despite being influenced by e-mails (again), I enjoyed it very much cos it's really a very aromatic drink!

Didn't know how the location of the BBQ session ends up as "East Coast Park" in my head, I told Jiahao that we'll go there together. Luckily his mum told us to wait for his dad who will give us a ride there, else we will really end up at ECP instead of WCP! It'll be the joke of ourselves if we really ends up looking for the others at ECP...

Almost drooled over a WCG participant's computer...for those who never seen Jiahao's mean machine before...I love the BIG screen, I mean I must move my head to click on the "X" of the window! Btw, the casing stands only a few inches below from my hip....

An interesting article I saw on the newspaper sometime ago, if you haven't seen her before, let me introduce her to you...her name is TAMA. She's ain't ordinary cat yo, she's a railway station master in one of Japan's train station! Her job is to greet the passengers and even got her own "office" which is a converted ticket booth containing a litter box. Well, she's the station's savior b'cos the station was about to close down due to declined riderships, but her appointment revived it. I'm not a fan of cat but I find Tama full of attitude looking! haha...

Tama at my void deck?!

Yesterday, while leaving my work place, I saw a temp receptionist holding Nodame's bag!!! I believe my eyes that it exists in this country! Immediately I asked her where she bought it and instantly, we pointed at each other and said "You watched Nodame?!" We went hysterical and started chatting furiously about JDrama & animes. Conclusion: My first time of meeting an OTAKU - I lost hands-down!!! She mentioned about a shop in Chinatown which has good pricing for anime stuffs, guess I'll drop by sometime. :)

20th Anniversary~

2008-06-13T22:19:00.012+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Yay! A big thanks to everyone who spent their precious time celebrating my belated birthday! I felt really fortunate to have a bunch of such good buddies around! (Think about it, who in this world celebrates belated birthday as grand as the actual day?)

Hahaha...you guys surprised me with the cake! (Really really...hehe...) And I really like the present, thank you guys! (Oi Qing...you sure your phone is 3.2mp???)

A special thanks to super-blogger Sharine who actually took notice of my birthday and the present.

The first instinct of getting a present: SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE & SHAKE!!!

Guess: Correction pen?!

SUPA-BAKA move: Sharine ah...this this...correction pen?

Sharine : Yah...

(Hao...you are more tasty than the cake...)

Answer:

First impression - "EX...."

Question: To use or not to use....

BY THE WAY, what's this picture on the card about...I still don't get it...

Anyways, I think birthdays should be a celebration (thanksgiving) for our mums too...I mean think logically, they are the one suffering since that day, isn't it?

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MUM!!!

The long awaited day has come!!! Thanksgiving Day!!!

2008-05-09T05:40:00.015+08:00

This past year and half had been "tough"? Nah, not really "tough"*cough* but it's been a very good learning experience. A BIG thanks to God for the gift (secret between u and me :P).

Initial 3-month in-camp training is a bit tough but it was what they meant by "fate". A bunch of us with different lives came into the same squad and somehow, we blended together exceptionally well and had great fun together. With a great teacher and trainer and some hardwork, we received the Best Squad Award - well, seriously we deserved it.

Afterwhich, we moved off to different "place of interest". I stayed for another 3-month of in-camp training and my new squad was one of the same "interest". It's more like a school camp :P and very soon later we graduated and was posted to different places. It was then when everyone almost lost contact of each other as each of us was very busy. So it's always a noisy event when we get to meet each other due to some special occasions..haha...

End of camp life, was the beginning of my life with the Team. I shall not describe in details but I would like to take this opportunity to really thank my team for everything they had done for me. Everyone of them had taught me about important things in life, shared about their life experiences & protected me. I learnt what it meant by leadership, family, work attitude, perserverance, being meticulous, diligent, and having pride & integrity. Most importantly, I've made important friends that created an impact in my life.

Honest speaking, some may say it's a waste of time, but I think it's been extraordinary. I'm totally a different person - more refined and engineered towards the life to come. To place a "bookmark" here at this chapter's end, is actually quite sad T__T rather than happy. I can't see why some people can be happy to get their "friend in pink" -__-lll...anywayz, I sincerely thanks every characters involved in this wonderful chapter for their care given! Thank you and keep in touch guys *bow* !!! ^_____^

Back to study mode~

2008-04-18T20:17:00.006+08:00

Firstly, a big thanks to Sharine for the big heaps of maths books and notes! It'll be great help...really appreciate the stuffs...hopefully I can get back to study mode. Those contents seemed so "alien" to me but I'll try to understand 'em slowly XD.

Recently, my ex-supervisor treated me ORD dinner at Lingzhi Restaurant (Novena Branch). It's my first time dining at that place and it left me a good impression coz some of the dishes are surprisingly quite new to me! Well, I ended up begging my ex-supervisor to stop ordering dishes, fearing that we can't finish the 5-6 dishes! Other than eating, we had a good chat together and he shared with me lots of life experiences

& things that I never heard of, such as "Estate Duty". I didn't know such a crazy thing exist and I bet most people never heard of it too! Thank you Mr Charles, for the wonderful & knowledge-enriching meal! ^___^

*Above: Some starting dishes.

*Side: Mr Charles trying out the sour & spicy soup.

プロポーズ大作戦 (Proposal Daisakusen) SP~~~~

2008-04-04T22:10:00.004+08:00

YEEEAAAAY! That's one main reason why I love J-Drama...it often have a SP which ends of its story (and of course satisfies its viewers' "sour finale" feeling)!

Just finished watching it and I'm so glad to see them once again. It is definitely one of my favourite drama and the SP did very well to wrap up the story nicely. Half of the story took place at Hawaii and I must say the scenery is really stunning (so is the ever-cool Kenzo & gorgeous Rei!). Thanx the producer for the SP, totally made my day! ^_______^

2008-03-26T21:39:00.004+08:00

I was playing Pro-evo scoccer on PSP the other day with my colleage and I was using Japan when I noticed Nakamura Shunsuke's Free-Kick accuracy is 94! So, just checked out his vid at youtube and it explains quite well...

Another similar vid...but I love the commentor's voice....almost cried due to excessive laughing....ahhaha...XD

"Japanese BOY~"

Coming to the end...

2008-03-26T21:07:00.005+08:00

It is really getting close...to the end of my service to the nation. It's kinda mix feelings..haha..anyway, yesterday I attended a roadshow and was introduced a new welfare benefit which I found is really awesome and timely! We were given 350 credits each, which we can use it to choose courses provided to help our transition back to study or work.

The courses chosen are all online-based training and there are lots of different courses that covers many fields. As I will be applying bio-related course in University soon, I am considering the biology sub-category. Under the bio-sub, I was given 2 choices..grr...(headache)...

(1) Biotechnology & (2) Life Sciences

Both courses are provided by NTU and will cost $385 each. So it'll use up my 350 credits in one shot..hmm...till now haven't decide which course yet, shall wait for my university application result.

Yay! The long-awaited album is finally out! It's really good to hear some new songs by them...although there are a few good songs, it ain't very catchy or mind-blowing.

Hope there will be new singles soon...I'm sure they can make better songs ^___^!

Recently, I started doing some maths revision via online notes...I discovered it is SOOO difficult to keep my concentration T___T

Totally lost my studying attitude (or mood o_O?)....any ideas how to "get" it back? :P

Life from Heaven

2008-03-13T21:01:00.006+08:00

It's been raining for the past few days, strangely enough since it's ain't monsoon season yet. I simply adore the after-rain look, it's so beautiful as if the rain had brought life to earth. The trees & grass looked happy and the flowers looked vibrant than ever.

Raining days brought life to us as well...don't you find sleeping so much more enjoyable? Good for those who are enjoying their school holidays now...

<---tsk tsk...casual PSLE student....^__^;

2008-03-10T19:28:00.021+08:00

Finally, a new look to my blog! So decided to start off with the gorgeous sakura trees - cherry blossoms...really loves it! I have yet seen the real sakura trees, only pictures though...but I would love to stay in Japan to see them for the rest of my life.

Sometime in January...we had our Dinner & Dance at Suntec Conference Hall. It's themed "Juliet High School" as our Division is Juliet. Predictably the code of dress is school uniform! So its quite fun to see many adults to dress in school uniforms...many of which tried to fit their oversized body into the poor uniforms. It was a fun-filled night which reminded me of my High School days (which will never return T__T) and I won a ??? flask. Can't remember what it's called but it is used for filtering tap water so that it is drinkable. Grrr...I was aiming for the 1st or 2nd price which are $2000 travel voucher and 32" plasma TV but nevertheless it was a enjoyable night.

2 my of super-hardworking colleagues~ -->

Also in January, I visited the Police Dog Unit and saw some really kawaii doggies~ They are also pretty clever, so called the more intelligent ones...haha....anyway touched some of the "touchable ones" and observed that they are well taken care of by their owners!

(I'm missing my Yong already :P)

February started off with Chinese New Year, I took 2 days of leave in order to enjoy my New Year to the max ^___^. Uncle Chua took us to Esplanade to enjoy the fireworks. There was also a Chinese-style flee market nearby and there's a wishing well which really caught my attention. Everyone was digging into their wallets to find coins....to throw at chimes? It is really creative for whoever that thought of this idea....

Basically, one will get the blessing he wishes if he hit the chime under the respective board. It is quite fun...I was thinking of getting either the "Good Health" or "Study Luck" and managed to get the "Study Luck" chime with a 20cents coin! Yay! It is also quite funny to see some desperate uncles "play cheat" by crossing over the line to hit the chime....guess he won't get a long-lasting one -_-'''

Just recently, had a 2 days chalet at Aloha Loyang with my colleagues....Really had a enjoyable time there so my thanks to the organisers - Eugene & Nithiya~
Only took 1 photo with my handphone, together with my ex-colleague who taught me many things when I was still a newbie...he's going to ORD soon and pursue his studies in UK...All the best to him!

All the best to everyone too! May your dreams come true!

Hurry Hurry X'Mas~

2007-12-20T23:58:00.000+08:00

Yay, just came back from watching the movie "National Treasure" at Suntec with my collegues. It's a brilliant show...loves the creativity! Guess what, I only paid $1....for the ticket, Nachos & drinks! Haha...thanx lots to the welfare department! Hope can have this every month :P

Gotta hit the sack soon...only went to bed at noon and woke up at 4pm...geez...feels like another pimple is coming out (this happens whenever I lacked sleep)...T___T
Anyway the other day, did a medical screening and was told my blood pressure is High normal. A bit shocked but good to know is still "normal"
(but "high" -__-''')
Well, I was advised to drink more water like 8 glasses a day! (I drink like 3 per day? @___@)and have lesser salt intake....which I think is something I need to work on...I mean, I loves savory stuffs much more than sweet stuffs. Gotta be more health conscious now on...

Hmm..X'mas is coming soon and slowly can feel the festive season...so recently quite grown to this song..

Enjoy, Happy X'mas in advance~

QQrice + Watermelon Soya Milk?!

2007-11-30T19:53:00.000+08:00

Straight after work, my collegue and I went to SITEX 2007 at Expo and met up with our ex-collegue after some serious carpark lot hunting...we really didn't expect so many people to be there so early on a working day!

3 of us then walked around the showroom which is full of pamphlet-givers. I seriously think there are more pamphlet-givers than customers at that time...Haha....My collegue later bought a 42' Samsung Plasma TV for a good price of $1499 and ex-collegue bought a Seagate external 160gb harddrive for about $150. I myself did not purchase any items coz I did not see any items I need particularly, but I must say there are real good bargains at the show if you really want some IT gadgets.

On the way back home, my ex-collegue and I dropped by Novena Square 2 and bought some QQrice. The QQrice is like japanese rice "ball"? Firstly, you get to choose the type of rice you want which includes 5 different types of healthy rice. Then, you will choose 5 dishes from the dish counter which will be added into the rice you chose earlier and the mixture will be moulded into a bean shaped ball. You can then open the wrapping and eat later. It gives a different feeling compared to our conventional way of eating rice and the rice used for the wrapping smells extremely nice. It doesn't come cheap though - $3.50. but once in a while is okay. Btw, the shop is facing TTSH and I think is the only one in S'pore.
We then went to Mr Bean to get some drinks and my ex-collegue recommended Watermelon Soya Milk to me. My reply was "huh?" Simply because mixing fruits and soya bean milk does not really make sense to me. Anyway, I gave it a try and believe it or not, its really awesome and especially cooling to drink.

Although coming back home from a PC Show empty-handed feels really weird, it's okay since I had a good update on the latest IT gadgets in S'pore. Came back home and discovered HandMC's upcoming single "Amazing" PV is out. Yay~ it's truly amazing. Thanks and well done..keep it up Haikara!

[PV] HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Amazing
Uploaded by Takushutsu

Blogging...

2007-11-17T10:59:00.000+08:00

Seems like I don't treat blogging seriously...haha...well for me, I'm really lazy to update frequently...

Recently was feeling a bit funny, I mean I can feel my heart beating real hard and fast for no apparent reason...Actually, I am really scared because it happened before when I was small but it is reoccuring again..I really don't know what's wrong. But I guess it's lack of sleep and some healthy lifestyle could've caused it?

It's been a few weeks since my brother had left the country and through e-mail I heard that he is currently coping with the environment there and seemed to be doing quite well now. Great news that he has been accepted by one of the university at Cape Town for mechanical engineering. Good luck studying!

Just sold out my PSP slim few days ago coz really seldom play games so I got a Ipod Classic instead. It blowed my pocket badly but yeah it's quite a sweet gadget which really fits my needs more than a PSP. Now I can put all my music collection into it without exchanging music every week or so.

Possessed

2007-10-13T12:37:00.000+08:00

Do you believe in "possession"? As in....spirit in someone's body and controlling it? Or even better, have you seen one? I believed in such phenomenon, especially after yesterday's incident...

She simply could not stop talking, seriously, non-S.T.O.P. and her eyes looked around pointlessly. Oh yeah, she also pretty violent and very strong despite being small size. Believe it or not, it took about 6 adults to hold her down. My friend chanted prayers for her and subsequently she managed to come to her senses. I was very surprised and later I was revealed by her that she was "controlled" by unknown weird thing but had already left to somewhere very far. I believed in her words because I really believed that spirits do exist and also heard that when a person is possessed, he/she can become a different person.

Anyway, she felt really thirsty afterwards and lost her voice immediately too (duh~). Haha...anyway..it's really an unbelievable phenomenon unless you see it for yourself!

~Decision~

2007-09-24T13:35:00.000+08:00

Since a few months ago, I have been communicating with my mum via several e-mails, talking about my subjects choices which I need to apply when the application opens....I'd looked and considered what subjects the different universities provided; my interest; and my parents' wishes.

I've never have an ambition ever since I'm small regarding what I wanna be when I grow up. But not it comes to a point whereby I have to make a decision. So I looked at the subjects I took during high school and feel that I have more interest in the Biology field than the mathematics or science side, although I did better in the latter subjects....
My parents hope that I can study dentistry and I really do consider it since it's part of Biology field. I made a check and feel some interest in it. However, there's a few worries: (1) Will I be able to enter the subject, (2) It's a 5 year course, will I have enough financial support? (3) Am I able to handle the workload?

I put it to a discussion with my mum, and her reply is "no worries, just go for it". So I feel it's pointless to worry about it now, but I really hope I can be accepted when the time comes.
So far, my choices are: (1) Dentistry, (2) Bio-technology/Bio-chemistry, (3) Electrical Engineering. However now, I'm still quite open to consider other choices.

Believed

2007-09-08T11:43:00.000+08:00

Just something for sharing...
Recently, I came across a lady who is in her 30's? She was crying all the time and talking to herself. The room was dark as there was no light and the room was in a mess. Her parents kept saying she is insane and wanted to send her to mental hospital....

Few months ago...
This lady was a educated young lady who was about to register marriage with her boyfriend. They also had a beautiful house ready. She was just one step away from the happiest moment of her life, believing with her heart and soul...It was then when the unexpected happened, her boyfriend did not turn up for the registration and was no where to be found. Their future house also became 'inaccessible' as well. It was just too much for her and she had a serious nervous breakdown since then.

Lesson learnt: Believing in something is good but never overdo it i.e. become fixated. I always believe in "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst". Have a flexible thinking.
*Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not telling you not to believe in your partner....just that this lady's case, the guy really is a bastard! XD

Being LOVED

2007-08-14T22:09:00.000+08:00

Being loved by someone is really happiness. It doesn't have to be boyfriend or girlfriend relationship. Parental love is.

Not long ago, my mum just visited and we have so many things to talk about. It has been about 1 year since I've last seen her. She looked a bit older than before, I know it's obvious but it really indicates that time is still moving forward...maybe just a bit too fast? For my dad, I think about 2 years already since I've last seen him? I wonder if he's still as young as before? ^__^
Though we chit-chatted about many things, she seemed more concern about my well-being and my future than myself.

Seriously, I feel our parent's love for us is really filled with ultimate warmth and protection...sometimes their presence itself suffice to make us happy. Last time, when we used to live together, I would sometimes find them troublesome & not understanding. Only when they are a distance apart from me, I realise that I had been protected all the time. They interfered so that I can be focused and 'be on the right track'. I sincerely believed that all parents loved their children and willing to give their all for them...thus I urged everyone out there to cherish their parents when they are around you.

Thank you Mum & Dad. Wish both of you good health and see you soon~

Snow in the Summer

2007-08-03T16:50:00.000+08:00

Geez....it's so hot today...feel so drained and tired. No matter how many cups of water, it just doesn't seems to help. How I wish to have snow in this long summer day.... Last week while walking around, I saw this video vending machine at this Yew Tee Shopping Centre and decided to take a look, as for many times I saw many people queuing up esp. during weekends. It turned out to be quite a good machine and a video caught my eye, a Jmovie called Nada Sou Sou. Actually saw this movie advertised online and wanted to check it out. Moreover, the lead female actress is Nagasawa Masami!

It's really a touching story taken from a ballad song about this brother giving all his best to provide the best for his step-sister, as both their parents died while they were still young.
Recommend this movie to everyone out there but if you are a person who cries while watching movies, better prepare yourself. Hahaha....
I give it a overall rating of 7/10!

Currently, I'm so hooked onto this song by Ken Hirai called ''Hitomi wo Tojite''. It is the theme song of a movie called "Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu".

It is such a nice sentimental song esp. with Ken's incredible voice @___@....
Yay! High and Migthy Color also released their new single "Dreams" which is superb too ^__^! Karine will be very happy too...hahaha...

My mum will be coming to Singapore to pay a visit on 8th of August. I missed her and have alot of things to talk about. For everyone out there, please do not take your parents for granted and cherish them. Back in the days, I would thought that my parents were very meddlesome, but now thinking carefully, its all because of our parents being protective over us. I am sure Zi Fang-jie will agree with me ^__^.
I observed that recently many people are falling sick...and I've exert myself quite a bit, so now really scared I'll get sick too, esp. my lips feel very dry despite drinking lotsa water...I hope everyone to take good care of themselves too~

Going back in TIME....

2007-07-14T12:27:00.000+08:00

Wow, it's been so long since I blogged. It's been really hectic busy...decided to post something during this breather. Recently, I started watching a Japanese Drama called 'Daisakusen Proposal' aka Operation Love (Proposal). Honestly, I'm totally hooked onto it. It's quite a new drama, just finished broadcast in Japan not long ago.

Imagine:

You have a person in your live whom you grow up together with and whom you loves. But now you are at his/her wedding, and not the bridegroom/bride. You were also asked to make the speech for them....it was then when you thought back and regret. What would you ask for?

"A chance to go back in time."

But as we all know it's not possible....

However, in this drama, a fairy (?) appeared and grants the wish! Wow, how will you do to make a change?

My ratings (so far):

Story/Settings = 10/10

Characters = 10/10

Acting = 9/10

Music = 9/10

After encountering this story, it reminded me the cruelty of Time and that it only moves in one direction....It also reminded me to make the best out of my time and takes the opportunity that comes, so that I do not have any regrets....as I know there won't be any fairy to bring me back in time! ^___^

Geez....

2007-06-27T21:43:00.000+08:00

Simply can't believe we lost 8-1 in the friendly soccer game yesterday! We played at Teck Whye Secondary School's soccer field. The field really quite nice to play on, just the weather a bit crazly hot. Physically, our opponents are ALL (almost) bigger size than us T_T. While fighting for the ball, I tried several times to fend my opponent off but was pushed away instead @_@....

What's even worst, our star player dislocate his shoulder (old injury) about 10 secs after kick-off! Haha..that's when the trashing started....traced by 4-0 first half. Second half, star player decide to play despite his injury. Oh man, how he can run....single handedly scored the only goal. Feel so sorry that we don't have the ability to support him, since I don't play soccer often -___-lll

However, we managed to win the penalty shoot-outs. I was tasked to shoot one shot and thank goodness managed to get it in. The pressure of taking penalty is really great...can imagine many people behind your back cursing you to miss and many praying you to get it in. HAHAHA...
Straight after the soccer, we rushed back for work! That night-shift is probably the most excruciating shift ever! SO so tired....even Red Bull don't seemed to help.

Just came back from nice family dinner at Outram Park. Rejuvenated my life though my body still aching here and there....haha....

Fitness is important!

2007-06-11T20:43:00.000+08:00

Straight after night shift at 10am, I went back home and immediately hit the bed as later at 3:30pm there will be a friendly 7-a-side soccer match at Kranji Sec! (Damn, to organise soccer match after night shift!).

It took me seriously alot of effort to wake up...usually I'll sleep like a dead person all the way till 6 or 7pm. Feel like dying when I woke up at 2:30pm....and the hot weather is just making everything so much worst. Anyway, I dragged my feet all the way to Kranji Sec and the sentry guard there told me that the field is under maintanence! We then changed our location to Regent Sec and managed to book the field there.

The final score of the game is 3-1 against us and my team lost T_T. I really think that we could've won if we had a good rest after the night shift. It was really a fun match even though most of us cannot play soccer (including me :p)! It helps alot with our team bonding. Myself was so exhausted that my hands went numb during the game. I need to do something about my fitness! Ever since training days, I have not been taking care of my fitness....and today is a good lesson!

19 / 91

2007-06-08T17:24:00.000+08:00

One year to board group "2"....hahaha....

One year had already passed since 18 years old and now 19 years old. Looking into the mirror, still can make the 19-look but looking at my "inside"....feel like 91....feel old.....haha....

Hope that in the finale of group "1", I am able to upgrade myself and become a better person! Viva 19~~~~

Over!

2007-06-03T21:47:00.000+08:00

YA HA~~~~ The parade is finally over! After almost 2 months of rehearsing, it's finally comes to an end!

Reached Singapore Indoor Stadium this morning at 9am and started rehearsing the parade until the afternoon. Everyone really can't wait to finish the parade since we've used so much time in practising. The time finally comes at about 4pm when we entered the stadium. Seriously, I was stunned by the number of audience at the stadium. I had never expected so many people will be coming to watch. I mean we were literally surrounded by thousands of people above us. At first, my legs were as soft as tofu, but later I felt quite nice in the atmosphere.

Oh yeah, first time see Mr Lee Hsien Loong live...haha...seriously, he's quite tall :P (compared to me). Overall, the parade is quite a success, if you compare to the rehearsals we did earlier, which sometimes quite disappointing to watch. The numerous rehearsals we did truly paid off today and the experience gain is certainly wonderful.
Didn't stayed back to watch the performances, since I've already seen them before. The performances are really quite nice. I'm sure those people that went there today will say so too. Hmm..too bad I don't have any photos of the event...I'll post next time if I get the pics.

Luckily tommorow is my off day, so I can have a good rest!

Sleep sleep

2007-05-30T20:53:00.000+08:00

Some people just seems to require very little sleep, or is it that I'm lazy? whatever, I love sleeping!

I reported off duty this morning (not afternoon) at 1230am and headed back home to sleep. Guess what, woke up at 0515am and prepared to leave home again! Simply a killer for sleep-lover person like me! I have to reach Singapore Indoor Stadium by 0700am for a rehearsal session.

The rehearsal session is for the Police Day Parade (3rd June) which is held every year to commemorate officers who have laid down their lives in the past during their duty. It is also an event for some award presentation. Somehow this year I was chosen to be part of the parade...don't even know whether to be happy or sad about it! The rehearsal had been taking place now and then for the past one month already. This year's parade is more grand than the past few year's as "big boss" of other countries' police will be coming to watch. Even PM Mr Lee Hsien Loong is coming too. Anyway, the parade is very "dry" but the later programme is quite nice...especially the part where Traffic Police do drifting with their Subaru WRX! Freaking cool...feel like trying it out....hmm...better not! haha...

Came back home at about 1pm + and I dropped dead on the bed! XD
....as expected.

Sabishii...

2007-05-26T11:28:00.000+08:00

Wahaha...long time haven't post....been so busy...

Now a panda, since I haven't slept since yesterday afternoon. Just came back from night shift - exhausted.... Came back home and was alone, since everyone except my brother and myself had already went to malaysia. Had to wash clothes (using washing machine -__-;), clean the house and cook my own lunch.

Thought of relaxing by watching Bleach, but discovered that THERE IS NO BLEACH AIRRED THIS WEEK!!! AAAAHHHHH~~~~~

.....feel even more tired. (can feel my soul seeping out slowly from my body....X_X)

ah....need to reeest.....

200 pounds "beauty" ?

2007-05-18T21:02:00.000+08:00

Not long ago, watched the movie "200 pounds beauty"... As earlier, some of my collegues recommended the movie to me, saying it's really awesome... hmm...

I'm not a fan of korean movies/dramas due to various reasons, and this movie is not up to my liking either...

I simply don't like the idea of plastic surgery, and this movie simply promoting it! I admit some parts of the movie is quite funny but not enough to cover the plot. I felt the movie more suitable for koreans, since it's already a norm for them....

Spartans!!!

2007-05-02T23:27:00.000+08:00

Umm...just finished watching the movie "300"...not too bad....

Well I would say...it's a show not quite suitable for girls to watch as almost the entire movie is about bloody fighting and a movie whereby only guys can understand the meaning of the movie!!!

However, I strongly recommend the movie to guys, as the King of Sparta reminds us of qualities man should have..."Courage", "Honour" and "Love for the beloved"....which most of us have already forgotten!!! ^___^

Anyway~ I seriously felt the the story writer must have been drunk or out-of-idea, to come up with all the beasts of asia...hahahaha...By the way, awesome acting - King of Sparta!

Music matters...

2007-04-24T22:51:00.000+08:00

"We must buy original Music CDs as many musicians ain't making money."

I was thinking whether this is really true?

Why is it that there are more and more musicians as time goes by, who don't seem poor to me?

I believe it is true that CD sales are not as good as before, and musicians know that very well too. So how come the music industry is still doing so well?

If you look at Japanese music videos, they call them "Promotional Videos".
I think they have treated the music they produce as Promotional music towards their concerts/performance. Through Live performance, one can then see and feel the musician(s) true colors! Apparently, much editing is done during recording, thus musicians can cover over their mistakes with ease. While Live, they have to do it once perfect! Therefore, I suppose Music CDs serves as a "preview" to Live performance. Remember that there are no music CDs at all in the olden days and people only watch performance! Music CDs also serves as collections for the fans.

I mean nowadays major performance comes with at least 10,000 tickets! Compare to CD sales, earning through performance seems faster. Furthermore, musicians are then really doing something they like to do.

Nowadays there are more musicians doing acting, where they use their music in the show, which also acts as a promotion too!

In conclusion....

I strongly believe that in the near future, distribution of music will be completely legal ^__^!!!

タイヨウのうた Taiyou no Uta

2007-04-11T14:11:00.000+08:00

I've just watched a Japanese movie called Taiyou no Uta (A song to the Sun) and wow...it's a really nice movie!

Very sad but sweet, inspiring movie!

It starred YUI, the singer. I've been listening her music before i watched that movie and now the movie had made me like her music even more! Simply her lyrics are awesome! Her voice is so so kawaii~~~ ^_^

It's about a girl that have this skin diesease that she cannot come in contact with sunlight, thus she only goes out at night. She writes music and perform on the streets at night. She met this guy who loves surfing and fell in love with him. However she cannot go out during the day right?

(should stop here....spoilers....)

YUI's singing plays a major role in the movie, making the movie so nice. Check it out if you got the chance ne!

Bro back from Taiwan!

2007-04-05T11:53:00.000+08:00

Yes yes....he's back from Taiwan....seems like he really enjoyed their trip and adventure there. He didn't buy what i asked him to buy but instead he bought me a small keychain of a guitar, which i decided to clip onto my thumb drive since i'm using it almost everyday. Checks good hey?

Not very visible.....is it?

Hope Fu Xi enjoy his trip there too, since this is his first time there!

Enjoyable day~

2007-03-20T19:26:00.000+08:00

Today is my resting day however also my in-service day. In-service is usually like development courses that takes place once in every month to upgrade ourselves in some ways or other.

Usually, it's a "dry" learning programme but today's is really great, because the in-service ends with a paint ball competition!!! Freaking awesome hey?

It's my first time playing paint ball games and i find it so fun! Lucky for me as the game is free which actually costs about $55 per person per game. A game will only lasts maximum 10 mins, if your 200 paint balls can last that long! The task of the game is to firstly take down your opponent's 3 targets and then bring the box (located at the centre of the battlefield) back to your base. Each team consisted of 5 members.
I played 2 games in total - 1st game is my team mates of my NPC against other NPC. 2nd game is between my own team mates.
Although the game is very short, it completely drains your energy and keeps your adrenalin running high! Too bad the protection provided ain't as complete as you think it should be, so chances of getting bruises is quite high too! Haha!

I'm sure everyone who went and play today really enjoyed themselves as much as i do, especially the 2nd game which i think binds our team even closer!

Tired tired...

2007-03-16T11:03:00.000+08:00

Yes, finally have time to post something...been so soo busy recently, schedule is so packed! Oh man...should take leave sometime soon and have a good rest. Don't wish to get sick again @_@!!

Added 1 new mp3 by High and Mighty Color. It's one of the songs sang in the movie Anata wo Wasurenai. Really like that song and really wanted to watch that movie coz the vocalist of High and Mighty Color acted in the movie ^__^!!!

Anyway, check out the download section for the song!

Sketches of Hyde

2007-03-08T21:02:00.000+08:00

Wow! I've just been to deviantART.com and found some really awesome Hyde sketches!!! These 2 are my favourite:

By the way, if you do not know, Hyde is the vocalist of L'Arc~en~Ciel and also my idol!

YUI CHE.R.RY New Single 07/03

2007-03-08T10:24:00.000+08:00

Note to Karine: I've just got the single....not bad....hope you like it too!

01. CHE.R.RY

02. Driving Today

03. Rolling Star (Acoustic Version)

04. CHE.R.RY -Instrumental-

EARTHQUAKE???

2007-03-06T11:55:00.000+08:00

Did you feel earthquake today at about 1100hrs @_____@?

I was looking in the pc and suddenly my whole body starts to move with the chair (type that has wheels) - left to right, left to right.....

.... i thought i got a headache/dizziness again ( i've just recovered from illness)

btw, i've never experienced a earthquake before so i'm not sure whether it's one actually...
Did you felt it?

Download section added!!!

2007-03-02T12:30:00.000+08:00

Yup! Download section added! I'll be posting links of songs i like in that section to share with everyone. Hopefully you will enjoy the music as much as i do ^__^!

Note to "hAo": I've added 3 SID's songs in that section. Too lazy to upload the entire album, so i chose the nicest 3 songs out of the album for you, hope you enjoy 'em! Cheers!

First Post!!!

2007-02-28T14:14:00.000+08:00

Today is my off day so i decided to make a blog for myself. Heard that people get addicted to blogging...for what reasons i do not know...maybe i should just find out for myself huh? I've decided to make my blog sort-of L'Arc~en~Ciel themed as I loved their music so much!!!

So far, the blog ain't really completely done yet but i'm sure soon it'll be done.

Please do not be shy to shout out in the C-Box ~