Saturday, March 31, 2007
Changes
Other then the fact that i have to travel longer on the SUBWAY~ i have to squeeze even more with commuters . Yes , i take the mrt at tanjong pagar where it is the most congested mrt station during peak hours in singapore.Well, taking the train at that moment show the true colors of singaporean commuters as they fight and shoved just for that 1x1ft of space to stand in the mrt. Packed sardines seemed to have much more space then that.
Now i'm working at the clients office , it meant that i wont' have time to go on msn nor watch videos any more. The boss mentioned something before leaving me on my own, Jc .. this is serious work, no more fooling around and do me proud. I can't help but ponder whether its some sort of testament given from him to test what i've learnt through out the six weeks at bukit merah.
Its really taxing though .. On the eyes , the brain , and the discipline. At crucial parts of the work , you can't afford to make any mistakes, and you don't know what you are doing until you try , and if u fail , thats it, one whole day of work might go down the drain .. Its like taking a shot in the dark. I think that doing Ots will become a norm for the next 2 weeks .No paid OTs would be the killer .
There were quite a few disputes over my attitude at the work place this morning. Hmm, i guess i should learn to resign my fate more often. Tsk , i couldn't help but smirk though , at the fact that some one got scolded.
Ay, too tired to give a quality post ..Will do one soon! Any what, thanks to the concerned people for showing care and alll. =D
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
My life , my sorrows, my happiness,my attitude, my love,myself.
Oddly familiar .. with that hint of dejavu when i saw that message. Its a different kinda pain though. I been running at the speed of sound , crashed and burnt . Theres much for me to learn and do . Unrelenting i am , i shall pick up the pieces slowly... don't think I'll wanna leave any behind. I sinned and cursed for being not a better man through all the stupid assumptions. I'll keep my mouth shut as i reside in this stench filled melancholy i can't resolve.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Things i can't remember
Man i feel bad.. Its like i'm being ungrateful and i dont' cherish stuffs back then. I would if there is stuffs for me cherish and all..hmm.. I don't know . The peeps can remember all the stuffs and woots , i couldn't. Makes me think if 8 years later will i forget people around me now.. like the peeps from 2e1 .... the guys .. jeeze, wtf happens to me then.
Fuck .
I think I had quite a nice dinner on friday for once since allah knows when. Ay, it'ld beat dining in some other fucked up restaurants who can't differentiate between medium and medium well done steak.
Delicious till the last strand, thanks hun.
Friday, March 23, 2007
77760000 seconds of entanglement and i'm still stuck.
Ay, works interesting today though i'm not really in the mood to narrate about it. Ay, i'm tired of being the narrator for my life. I'm damn tired though, as in i'm closing my eyes slowly as i type this.Need sleep. seriously.
Patrick used that lousy old cam and took this picture below. Obviously i'm wowed by the capabilities of the cam...
Patrick's ,erm, hose.. caught on cam.
Ay, one month and more to come~!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
G Dsus4/F# Em7 Cadd9
Verse 1:
G Dsus4/F#
You're not alone
Em7
Together we stand
Cadd9
I'll be by your side
G
You know I'll take your hand
Dsus4/F#
When it gets cold
Em7
And it feels like the end
Cadd9
There's no place to go
Em7
You know I won't give in
Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9
No, I won't give in
Chorus:
G Dsus4/F# Em7
Keep holding on
Cadd9
Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
G Dsus4/F# Em7
Just stay strong
Cadd9
Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
G
There's nothing you can say
Dsus4/F#
Nothing you can do
Em7
There's no other way
Cadd9
When it comes to the truth
G Dsus4/F# Em7
So, keep holding on
Cadd9
Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Verse 2(same chords 4 beats)
So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late
This could all disappear
Before the door's closed
And it comes to an end
With you by my side
I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend, yeah-e-yeah
Chorus again
Bridge:
Am C
Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Am Em
Nothing's gonna change, nothings gonna change destiny
Am C
What ever is meant to be will work out perfectly
C
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
play intro chords with lalala hum
chorus to the end
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Hang over mornings encore
Now little boys and girls, don't learn how to drink alcohol, booze is bad, it spoils your brain and rupture ur insides and worst of all, it causes hang overs the next morning if u happen to drink too much. You won't want that to happened, you'll be all nausea, woozy , lifeless , seeing stars or even start crapping from your ass and your mouth.
How ever if you happened to drink too much and have your hang over shet , heres a remedy. Drink plenty of water(in any case u'll be thirsty too), i don't wanna go all biological but just take it that water will wash away the alcohol toxins you take in. =) Its tried and proven .
In any case you should avoid drinking stuffs containing dairy products, or even other depressant drugs such as caffeine. Like coffee. Coffee is potent. You drink coffee when you're having a bad hang over ,pff you'ld explode like a volcano. Also try avoiding people who will most likely piss you off (i.e Your colleague whom you have a strong grudge for no particular reason) . Else the consequences can turn out quite ugly.
Thats about it, so now children.. Be good stay away from alcohol.. have orange juice or something .
~
thats it , i'm not going to drink any more!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
"Jc.. please stop dreaming and face the bloody reality"
We chat about how i gave up on racing and i told him that i want to give it another shot again and this time get into the national team .Why i felt so would be due to the fact that its what I've been aspiring to do ever since i started racing. I'm gave the opportunity once and i just let it pass . Now i yearn to excel in something i'm good at again.
Then he asked me, asked me a series of questions.What comes after i get into the national team? What can cycling so much do for me in the future? Will I be still cycling like that when i'm all wrinkled in my 70s ?What do i do with the medals ? How much is glory going to be worth?
I snapped.
I was taken aback and i started to think, about those questions. Its true that i can't do anything if i were to cycle this much . It won't get be any where other then great distances. I could get sponsors , medals, fame , glory but what would that all sum up to? Perhaps just another couple of more bikes to be added to the shed and maybe some health products.
I think its one of my bad habits to have this thirst to fufil other hungers then mandatory ones . Then i thought that by cycling it will fuel by deprived thirst for glory and fame and passion. Its with such childish thoughts that saw me through all these years , wasting my life mentally and physically.
I'm 19 now , 1 year more and i'll end my life as a teenager and enter adulthood.I saw how reality chase me like a salvaged beast. Its not glory and fame that feeds me , its a fucking piece of paper that writes DIPLOMA or DEGREE that would get me a piece of meat on the dinner table. People will start killing each other just to get a god damn pay rise, they'll sell out on their kins just to fufil their sales target , they'll start dumping their parents into the old folks home to make room for their own family, WE'LD HAVE NO GOD DAMN ROOMS FOR DREAMS .
Alas , I quiver at how harsh things are going to get. I snigger at people who can't adapt , i smug about what a fluid concept I am.I'ld only scream my lungs out for my hand to be held tight and never let go.
How ever , i do enjoy looking at how pissed my colleague is when i told her that she ain't the princess she claim she is and HE IS NO FUCKING KNIGHT THAT can protect her. Thats Snapping back into reality for you =)
whats false pretence when you can grow into it?
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Bloggers discriminations
Its with these breaks that allow me to able to appreciate web blogs and forums and such. I'll spent hours scourging information or scrutinizing on every little detail of a post by a good blogger. Its perchance that I developed more fancy on reading and writing web communes on the Internet.
Thus this explained the annoyance i felt while listening to the Muttons on 987 FM this morning. I've been getting my fix every morning by listening to the Muttons and their cranky jokes which never fails to perk up a lousy morning. They were frolic as the typical muttons every morning today and there was this topic about why people blog and why people not blog. Its a part of the show where by opinions are sought from the public on a specific topic given. One riposte from the common metropolitan for the topic is this . " I think bloggers are introverts as they'll rather communicate on the webs then communicate with people face to face."
Now I'm not being narrow-minded; or so if you can find any other words to describe my behaviour, but i thought that opinion was a bit far off from being fair? It was based on a generic , crude and perhaps even non-intellectual perception. I do see the light of the point made , but I'd conclude that it was meant to be a joke and it was quite a lousy one . Other wise I'm convulsed with the fact that there were such stereo types , totally repulsive.
Firstly , what has bloggers got to do with being introversive? Lets lay the definitions of an introvert first.
Introvert
noun(for this case )
1. (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts [ant: extravert]
extracted from dictionary.com
Well, i believe those facts are of relevance without perplexity of my feelings in it .Then we compare it to a blogger. A blogger expresses his thoughts , lifestyles , opinions or anything that is on his mind on the blog and then it is opened for viewing to the public ,mostly friends. Now isn't that a form of socialization? I've seen bloggers making more friends by opening up their web logs to the public like kenny sia . In no way i see a blogger as a person who shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts.
Then i can't relate to how a person communicating on the web and not talking to some one face to face would be deemed an introvert. Its the 21st century , we've got touch screens , toilets cleaning your ass holes for you and stupid robots dancing making a big hoo hah. Right , point is, technology has made it possible for us to be more efficient and effective , communication via web is one of the most ingenious thIng I thought they've come out with , why does it seemed more introversive then meeting up with some one and talking to him face to face. Food for thought? I thought that person had troubles to acclimatize with the avant-garde society. Simply put , i think he is outdated.
I won't say that hey, bloggers cannot be introverts. No. Rather, I'm more like saying , bloggers are not classified under the term Introvert. Take a look around , i believe many of us are bloggers , what if its really like what that guy said, bloggers are introverts, wouldn't we be living in a nation of self obsessed freaks?
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Part 2: Rider From Hell
the lights dimmed when more than half of the seats were occupied. movie trailers began screening. i looked around only to find sets of people who are either friends or couple. "so, which one do we fall under?" i questioned myself, randomly.
its, like, an hour or so after the show have started. a sudden vibrate in my pocket made me jump. i fished for my phone and saw this familiar twit-ish message. i was like, "what the heck?" our shoulders came in contact as he shifted himself close to me (to kpo). right, i handed him the cell without hesitance.
but strange. why would i do that? dont really have the habit of sharing personal stuff with just anyone, especially an acquaintance whom i havent seen for like 6 years and this is just our 2nd date out. heh? he even replied on my behalf. and what followed was crazy. XD
"eh, whens the last bus?" he asked as soon as we stepped out of soon tec. "i think we can still make it in time."
ay the day ended just like that? i stoned alil while waiting to cross the road. the next thing i know, he grabbed my wrist and we crossed over. Oo the firm grasp made me felt secured and safe. X3
"Slow...." he later added. zZzz and whats surprising was that i actually didnt kick his arse after that.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Some thing is starting ....
The atmosphere got heavy for awhile and i could hear and feel my heart pumping against my chest , as if its about to jump out of my throat. With that , i'm lost for words and i couldn't say anything. Now , what is this feeling i'm getting now ? I asked myself. Seemingly familiar yet , theres a difference in it. Not exactly the same with what i had before. Its like a whole new familiar experience. Ah irony, if only it was strawberry ,we'ld have plenty of straw berry milk shake.
I looked around our surrounding , I see couples every where . Doing what they know best, couple stuffs.Pff, so this is the big deal about valentines day huh. I set my vision on her as she held the box of chocolate reading the information on it.Then i start wondering, how nice it'ld be.. to hold her hand... have her head lean upon my shoulders.. see her smile.. hug her and feel her heart beating against mine.. feel her lips press against mine.
"eh , movie starting~!"
I snapped out of dreamy land and looked at the time on my cell. Right , the shows starting, can't afford to miss it again.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The song of hate
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday blues part 56134624
Now children, its the festive season now and i know there'll be plenty of good food and these good food can be quite bad for ur health some times. So do take care of urself and try not to finish a bottle of hei be hiam at one go . Else the consequence will be varified often quite drastic.
Well, things got better as the day past by as I sweat quite alot and all. WOots, or maybe its like what ern said, the secret remedy . XD I'ld love to have that remedy everyday even though i'm not sick.
How ever, some one was being really sweet and all and got me water and medicine(fatal ones) when i was sick and all. Felt blessed and i wish i could just sing ," don't cha wish ur girl friend was hot like mine~?!" .... DOn't chA!?
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Ernest belated birthday celebration.
Any wat, the place we ate at had excellent service and all, louis was commenting on how those oval trays and high ball remind us of days back in raffle town club where we work as part-time waiters. It does bring nostalgia to me when i saw one of the waiter sneak a sip on a glass of coke.
Food was excellent and they had this big sea bass where every one feast on a portion of its meat, how ever by them time me and louis got back the fish was pathetically "fleshless". Woots, the fish how ever was nothing compared to the slices of abalone they serve to us and the shrimps and cray fish, which come in abundance. With so much of luxury items around, the term" spoilt for choices" would do justice in describing how we felt .
I decided to take a little of every thing , thus explaining the "rojak" plate.
I went to restaurants like cartel and fish n co and i love the soup they provide us. While Cartel and fish n co has creme of chicken or vegetable soup for their soup of the day, the market place had SHARKS FIN SOUP WITH CRAB MEAT! for their soup of the day. There is also bits and pieces of abalone in the soup. How cool is that. Its free flow too!
I decided to get alittle more creative and added bak kua into my soup. =D I had chocolate fondued prawn later too.
hei hei hei.
Of course ladies and gentlemen , the kitchen never fails to subdue that sweet tooth of yours with their own corner of desserts. From traditional chinese tang yuan stuffed with sesame paste to classic english brownies and supreme cheese cake . Top with ice cream and loads of chocolates. Then there is this 2 meters chocolate fondue machine flowing with i guess calbury chocolate or was it van houten?
Chinese dessert array.
My rojak dessert plate
sweet tapioca topped with vanilla condense milk.I like this one the most.
I didnt really go around taking pictures of what they offer us , else i'ld look like some rtard you gotto see it for urself. Woots, eating at that place isn't really easing on the wallet though , i'ld say you pay for what you eat, when the much dreaded bill came whines and groans were heard.
Argh the numbers.
Well, faggot , i hope you appreciate dinner and that poser head phone i get for you eh. ARGH >_<> IssHhshh WWiissHHhesss EeeeueeXxxx a HhhApppiEeeXxx bBBbbIIRrrttTtthh dayYyyyxxx WWwwooRrrxxxXxx, TttaaaaKkkkkeEee CCaairrEexxxx , Mmmuaacckkkksszzzxxx . Damn tiring typing twit.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Office skirmish tatics
My bosses are mike , liu ,wendy and pik teng. I'm directly under pik teng but since pik teng was on leave mike had to take over. Liu was the general manager of the whole company so i fall under him to. Where as wendy is seldom seen.
I was given work by pik teng, and she brief us on what to do. See , though i knew her for only like 1 week, i think that pik teng would take a more simplified approach when it comes to work, its like a double edge sword. It'ld kill you and help you. So pik teng brief us "BRIEFLY" on what we are supposed to do and gave us , i could say, quite a simple and brief format to follow. I followed what she did and spent my past week and the whole of yesterday to write up procedures of up to 50 pages . It was simplified how ever it was still quite a chore.
Mike suddenly pop up and said he wanted to review the work with me. In my context, reviewing the work WITH me would be to look through and tell me my mistakes and all. I was wrong, totally. Mike sat next to me and said in a serious tone, tell me what pik teng tell you to do . I said the procedures and stuffs which i thought he'ld know, he looked at me and said. "I've not finish speaking.. tell me what pik teng told you to do as if i don't know anything about testing." I was caught aback. I was in a quick sand and i was sinking fast. I wasn't prepared for somethign like that and i stammered and start speaking quickly. Mike looked at me blankly and said" JC , do you know what you did just now will be reflected in ur grades?" I was flabbagasted. Mei jun , one of my colleauge also stared at dis belief and said." but Mike , what pik teng gave us was just that .. whats more JC only started on it yesterday" . Mike said" well, i'm in charge now since pik teng is not around so this is what i say."
Jeeze, and i was chatting so happily with him over lunch about bicycles .
Its not like i totally dislike Mike's character though. In fact , I like his drive. He takes his work seriously and is very precise about his assessments. AFter he pointed out my mistakes on my procedures , i found myself ashamed of myself . How could i ever think of showing that to the client! What the hell was i thinking. For that , i'm pissed with myself and i had a bad day for that. Not with Mike. Oh , i'll talk about Liu soon, but now, respects to Mike.
Well , so much for having a tough day at work I knocked off and went to meet some Soon tec girl who shoved me aside while i want to pay for my cap and paid for me instead. Ay, that sorta brighten the rest of the day up. sorta.
Telok?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Happier Chinese New year !
I've done quite some stuffs during the past week . I started my work at Aspec for my attachment, and on the first day of work , I love it already.The fact that I get to sign a private and confidential statement turns me on. I'm doing top secret stuffS, how cool is that . Shhwing!
My boss is so good to me that he even gave me roses for valentines day. Double Shwing .He's a GreAtY boss sial.
Chinese new year is cool. I love it when it brings back relatives i get to see for only like once a year. The kinda food that comes about once a year too is also sweet. Then the activities like the bai nian thing, the mandarin orange thing.. and most importantly the ang bao thing. Woots, i can't get enough of those. I told my mum i don't wanna get married as i wanna collect ang bao , she freaked.
Any what , heres wishing you guys with better properity , fortune , romance studies and health in the year of the boar. (hope i'm not pseudo typing)~
Monday, February 12, 2007
Fishing at the kelong
We managed to rendezvous a sizable group of 8 anglers from our contacts. They were Me , Patrick, jun yuan , soon ning, jia wei , Edison or sth, Benjamin and soon ning's friend. After some shopping at the tackle shop at changi village we embark on our boat ride to the kelong . We reached late after noon and as soon as i finished setting up my rig i toss it into the water to test it , and woots, i got a fish just by doing that.
Less then 15 minutes i claimed first blood.
I saw Patrick's lighted up face,there are plenty of fishes around there alright. Disappointed though the catch was a small one and its a cat fish.
It wasn't long before its night fall and the fishes we started catching seemed to be of different species. Other then the usual cat fishes , I caught a sting ray and an eel and some small tarpoon.
Not the most appetizing sight to behold
Around 9 we had monsters hitting the deck as jia wei broke his rod when a big fish struck and Benjamin burst his line . Jun yuan concluded that it might be barracudas on the lurk and our setup then was not ready for those bastards. How ever , the action still went on as Benjamin went on to land his two bat fishes with the help of jun yuan.
Voila , the bat fish , protector of Gotham fish city.
Jia wei was demoralized by the sight of his broken rod . How ever , after hooking up a rock fish with a hand line helped brighten his day up. His friend , Edison also landed a rock fish , ay, i heard from the kelong staffs that if prepared well its a delicacy and that its sought after by some restaurants.
Its a tad bit too small for table size though , release later on.
The night went on as we caught plenty of other fishes mostly gear fish and cat fish . It was mentally challenging as we grimace through the night deprived of sleep. Some of us couldn't take it and had to hit the sack . How ever , Soon ning, our photographer for the trip, did not give in to the sleep demon and landed himself a nice table sized mangrove jack.
The fish had its picture took later on during day time , which explains the day light.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of the kelong would be the calming atmosphere it possess. The constant gentle slaps of the waves creates such an ambience it'd wash away all those stress from the busy urban life. The scenery was truly a sight to behold from the night sky to dawn. Who could ever expect to see such magnificence in Singapore.
The sun rays came seeping in and soon we were hit by the scorching golden light.My rod went for a deep dive suddenly and i wanked it hard. Fish on~ I begin reeling in and was surprised at whats the end of the line. A dog shark~
My first shark, not as big as i expected it to be though
The shark was released later as its not really edible and its quite a rare specimen . Later on the kelong staffs started feeding the fishes . There were so many fishes in the nets that i think if we were to fish all of them using the rod , we'd drop dead by exhaustion even before we finish fishing them . The food remnants escape through the netting and that attracted fishes to the net and that brought about a new feeding frenzy as surface action was seen every where , we quickly changed our rigs and started to fish for what ever caused the surface action. It appeared to be Half beaks,name kudos to Patrick's research, which were having the feeding frenzy. We caught some of those fishes , which puts up a good fight and can be whipped up to quite a good dish.
How about a game of darts?
We stopped fishing at around 9 and waited for the boat to come fetch us back to the main island. During then we took photos of our concluded catch.
Here's the basket load of fishes.
The boatmen finally arrived at 1130 am. We left the kelong as i watched the kelong becoming smaller in the horizon i got hit by the reality that internship is starting the next day . I'd wish to visit the place again soon , but the possibility of that happening would be so small. How ever , I'm so glad i came and woots, its definitely an experience I'd won't forget in due time. I think.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Over You-Daughtry
Now that it's all said and done,
B C#m
I can't believe you were the one
B A
To build me up and tear me down,
Like an old abandoned house.
E
What you said when you left
B
Just left me cold and out of breath.
C#m B F#m
I fell too far, was in way too deep.
A B
Guess I let you get the best of me.
(CHORUS)
E
Well, I never saw it coming.
E
I should've started running
B
A long, long time ago.
C#m
And I never thought I'd doubt you,
B
I'm better off without you
A
More than you, more than you know.
E
I'm slowly getting closure.
E
I guess it's really over.
B
I'm finally getting better.
C#m
And now I'm picking up the pieces.
B
I'm spending all of these years
A
Putting my heart back together.
F#m A
'Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
B
I got over you.
E B
You took a hammer to these walls,
C#m
Dragged the memories down the hall,
B A
Packed your bags and walked away.
There was nothing I could say.
E B
And when you slammed the front door shut,
C#m
A lot of others opened up,
B F#m
So did my eyes so I could see
A B
That you never were the best for me.
(REPEAT CHORUS)
(SOLO)
E
Well, I never saw it coming.
E
I should've started running
B
A long, long time ago.
C#m
And I never thought I'd doubt you,
B
I'm better off without you
A
More than you, more than you know.
E
Well, I never saw it coming.
E
I should've started running
B
A long, long time ago.
C#m
And I never thought I'd doubt you,
B
I'm better off without you
A
More than you, more than you know.
E
I'm slowly getting closure.
E
I guess it's really over.
B
I'm finally getting better.
C#m
And now I'm picking up the pieces.
B
I'm spending all of these years
A
Putting my heart back together.
E
Whoa oh ah oh
B
Well I'm putting my heart back together,
C#m B
Whoa oh ah oh
A
'Cause I got over you.
E
Whoa oh ah oh
B
Well I got over you.
C#m B
Whoa oh ah oh
A
I got over you.
F#m A
'Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
B
I got over you.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
I'ld let u over take me.. i can't and won't chase after you.
I did my stats paper today. I'm like so fucking screwed . I think every one is. The paper is like so fuckking difficult , so much different from the past years ones i did.I can see foams coming out of mouths.. i see hair pulling .. i see rolling eye balls.. Tsk,damn ken kwan. Damn his gay paper.
Cranked out , burned out , stress out, fuck up, I joined the guys for steam boat at bugis. Well, putting the stress from the exams aside , i've now got 4 days to play, before Itp starts. Jeeze, I pray to God to slow time down during these 4 days please. Let ITP seem so far away.. please..
We had this Ma la steam boat. Ma la = very spicy. Its really so damn spicy that i thought i'ld die if i drink the soup from the steam boat.
Potent poison
Ay.. I'ma go enjoy every minute of my 4 days to the fullest now!
The pills won't work.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
I'm better off now , thank you.
So after tml's paper i've got like 5 days to play before its ITP. Dang, 5 days.. how am i supposed to play enough.
More blogging to be done soon.
Bad subtitles?