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Happy chinese new year!!
(oops, seems like i had missed the date by 15mins.)
Anyway, just want to wish everyone to have a great lunar new year ahead!
For the guys, we might be having a year of challenges ahead, as we are finally re-starting school again. Jiayou!
and the girls, jiayou too, for the 3rd year!
May everyone be peaceful and shun shun li li!
And, for now, enjoy this festival!
Eat more, play more, and spend more time with family!
For the tired, try to rest too for these few days of vacation.
take care people!
Monday, January 30, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
"i not stupid 2"
shufang is always so lucky. Many of the movies we watched are won by her thru online/sms contests and it happend pretty oftenly. This time round, it's the preview screening of the latest local production "I not stupid 2".
Well, i'm not gonna to type out the entire story here. This post is simply to recommend this movie to you guys.
why?
1) It's not just an follow up on the part one and digging back on same topics. Focus is different. This time it's on parenting...so if u didnt watch the previous it doesnt matter.
2) It's not lame, in fact, some parts are so true and so close to our hearts (and our ears too.. it what we always hear!) The words from parents, the scene/characters in class, etc...
3) And surprisingly for a Jack Neo movie, some parts actually are touching to me. Oww, thought i can only feel that from Japanese dramas & Wan Zi Bian Cin Wa. And dont worry, there's lots of comical relief too.
4) The actors are great! The "Jerry" 's actions/expressions are cute...very animated. "Tom" has his style, and "cheng cai" 's acting is stunning. A real life musician acts as a fighter? hmm... Anyway, just no kids that sounds like they are at a story telling competition (a common problem on our local dramas)
5) It's not overloaded with computer Graphics like I Do i do, and didnt talk much on Politics like the part one.
6) Some parts are quite exaggerated, but they made an powerful impact. Just take note of that scene on handphones in school...power.
Just one complain... Why did the theme song sounds so Jay Chou?? sounds as if they took one of his existing song and re-write the lyrics...argh.
Still, a highly recommended movie. And yes, please bring along your parents to watch too. Just nice for this festival season. ^-^
(p/s: In fact, i want to get my mum to watch it... There are some parts which i really hopes that she sees it.. 0_0 )
Well, i'm not gonna to type out the entire story here. This post is simply to recommend this movie to you guys.
why?
1) It's not just an follow up on the part one and digging back on same topics. Focus is different. This time it's on parenting...so if u didnt watch the previous it doesnt matter.
2) It's not lame, in fact, some parts are so true and so close to our hearts (and our ears too.. it what we always hear!) The words from parents, the scene/characters in class, etc...
3) And surprisingly for a Jack Neo movie, some parts actually are touching to me. Oww, thought i can only feel that from Japanese dramas & Wan Zi Bian Cin Wa. And dont worry, there's lots of comical relief too.
4) The actors are great! The "Jerry" 's actions/expressions are cute...very animated. "Tom" has his style, and "cheng cai" 's acting is stunning. A real life musician acts as a fighter? hmm... Anyway, just no kids that sounds like they are at a story telling competition (a common problem on our local dramas)
5) It's not overloaded with computer Graphics like I Do i do, and didnt talk much on Politics like the part one.
6) Some parts are quite exaggerated, but they made an powerful impact. Just take note of that scene on handphones in school...power.
Just one complain... Why did the theme song sounds so Jay Chou?? sounds as if they took one of his existing song and re-write the lyrics...argh.
Still, a highly recommended movie. And yes, please bring along your parents to watch too. Just nice for this festival season. ^-^
(p/s: In fact, i want to get my mum to watch it... There are some parts which i really hopes that she sees it.. 0_0 )
Friday, January 13, 2006
Left and Right hand
during work today, i had a small cut on my right thumb. ouch, it's small but slightly deep.
As you know, it's ok during normal stuff, but when it contact with water + soap, that's when you feel it..
So problem comes just now at bath time... ouch ouch..
Thus i just use my left hand for the entire soaping process. No problem, the left hand can reach the legs, the body, the back and right hand. Nice job done.
But how about the left hand itself? I'm unable to use the right hand as per normal. In the end I can only use the back of the palm...and certainly it could not be done so nicely...
Sounds familiar in our daily life?
The most hardworking person who serves everyone is like the left hand... in the end he/she might not get back the same treatment he/she gave to others.
If the person just feels happy serving others and see-ing others happy, then no problem here.
But what if the person expects rewards or the same thing back whenever he/she did something? he/she might just be disappointed.
hmm..
if everyone in this world gives freely and doesnt expect rewards, then we will have perfect and happier world?
Luckily for my thumb it's only a small cut...it should recover in 2 days. Else you might see my left hand getting "blacker" soon.
ok la, too exaggerated already.
As you know, it's ok during normal stuff, but when it contact with water + soap, that's when you feel it..
So problem comes just now at bath time... ouch ouch..
Thus i just use my left hand for the entire soaping process. No problem, the left hand can reach the legs, the body, the back and right hand. Nice job done.
But how about the left hand itself? I'm unable to use the right hand as per normal. In the end I can only use the back of the palm...and certainly it could not be done so nicely...
Sounds familiar in our daily life?
The most hardworking person who serves everyone is like the left hand... in the end he/she might not get back the same treatment he/she gave to others.
If the person just feels happy serving others and see-ing others happy, then no problem here.
But what if the person expects rewards or the same thing back whenever he/she did something? he/she might just be disappointed.
hmm..
if everyone in this world gives freely and doesnt expect rewards, then we will have perfect and happier world?
Luckily for my thumb it's only a small cut...it should recover in 2 days. Else you might see my left hand getting "blacker" soon.
ok la, too exaggerated already.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
2006 week 1 = New Year + Yan Jun Bday + 15th sc Chalet
Indeed, the first week of 2006 was one of the busiest one for me.
Let me start with the first day of the year. I had never spent a night outside doing count down before, so with the recommandation of derrick, me him and dom had a small small outing by going to ECP to watch fireworks -- both the one from town, and those shot off by ships on the sea (some maritime tradition of shooting the SOS flare on midnight)
...And we miss out the entire thing. There're delays in public transport (derrick and dom was coming from suntec), When i finally got to pick them up and we rushed down to ECP area, it was already 15mins to Midnight... And after all the jams along ECP service road and highway (great minds think alike, the world was there for fireworks at last minute too) we missed out the fireworks... sigh. No wonder the crowd was coming out as we was walking in.
But still, we still have our another "main dish" -- that's the fire sticks contributed by derrick. Of coz we had a fun time playing with them and taking photos....felt like a kid again.. haha... enjoy the pix below... they better describe the fun.
look closely... it's in an order of "0" and "6"
lighting them up carefully..
...and the joy filled child... ^-^
....Oooo...
.. trying to "write" 0 6 ..
(more at Yahoo album : NY 06 Fireworks)
p/s: When we completed and went ECP mac for a seat, Jinie came and joined us awhile too (She was hanging around outside with her friend, and just dont want to retreat home early) Ah, she's still as crappy in the new 2006.
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The very next day, it's Yan Jun 21st birthday celebration at her house.
She is a very fortunate girl... so fortunate that i can only say "wow" and "wow" at her birthday... why? First, perhaps as it's a 21st birthday, they did a Catering at her house (landed property, fyi) and invited many of her relatives and friends.
And it was pretty grand...the type of catering tells it all. Not only there's the row of tasty food (hey i like tat fried prawn) and a big Turkey sitting at a corner, there's this BBQ pit where the food are been cooked by the staff on the spot...
And of cos, that Chocolate Fountain.....whose thick chocolate smell tempts you from afar and makes you drool infront of it.... argg... Sinful sinful.. haha. So tempting that her dad was actually happy to repeat his demostration on "how-to-dip-a-strawberry-or-marshmallow-into-chocolate" repeatedly for us...haha...
.. fountain and turkey...yummy yummy..
*chocolate makes you happy*
Not forgetting the part on birthday song/cake too... As by that time we (friends) was in her "KTV room" singing with her, we was only been called out with her when everything was ready outside. And imagine, as she stepped out there's was chapping and cheering and the entire big crowd was just there right infront of her, gathered and to welcome her to her cake... OMG.... she's certainly like a Star that night...cheers for her ^-^
Happy 21st Birthday!!
(more at Yahoo album : Bday-Yan Jun 21st)
p/s: This is a small world. Yan Jun is shufang's JC first 3 months classmate (And a good friend since).. So i know her when thru shufang when she called her out one day. Then i realised Jinie is her current SIM school mate and Secondary school friend too (so of 'cos the entire group of kenneth, ling ling etc comes into the pix) And at this birthday, i ran into my Primary School-mate, Simon, Who was actually Yan jun NYJC classmate. Power.
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For the next few days (before the chalet) it was busy and busy... with work, and also me trying to find a car. Been browsing online and making phone calls during free time, until i found one..(more details later)
--------------------
Friday came along and it's my department's annual dinner. This year it's at Inter-continental hotel and with a very special theme "LIVE @ the studio".. So for the daring, you can dress up like any TV character from the name of the show that you had named your table. Thus, We saw some very interesting table theme, like the Shanghai Beach, CSI, God Father, Kong Fu Hustle, a Flintstone couple, and an entire table of pirates...haha... so animated.
Guess this year my Maritime section was also very luckily... Quite of number of us actually won the lucky draw prizes, especially our very own colleague who won the first prize of an overseas trip worth $700...And me too, hehe...12th prize, an Adidas Watch.. ^-^
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Finally, the day of came. 7th Jan 2006, 15th SC Chalet ...A long day it was.
First thing in the morning was to go to SIM and apply for my degree course, with shufang. Well, since i had gotten a car, as might well i utilise her fully, hence the trip down to clementi road. Finding the way down there wasnt hard, and after doing all the admin stuff and queuing for payment, the application was all done.
Spent some time exploring my hopeful-future school. A nice place i have to say, with a garden in the centre of the Building...and a big study area in the library too...foresee that i will be spending my time there to do work (if i got in)
Next, preparation for the chalet begins. Now the time flies from here onwards.. Once me and shufang pick up dom and weiting, we went to the supermarket to do our purchase, after which to Marine Parade pick up Derrick, then to Kembangan to pick the Satay/Otah, and to the chalet (Aloha loyang)
Poor dom, she was actually sick for the day, but yet not only she came out, she even did the purchase and stuff... And despite her hunger, she wasnt requesting to eat, until we (esp weiting) forced her to buy some food along the way (we paused at Siglap Shell Kiosk) ...After taking the food and the medicine in car, only then she rested for the moment..
Finally we reached Aloha Loyang (Garden Terrace D). As shufang settled the check in procedures, i dropped them and all the stuff, and off i went again, to Heartland to pick Kathy jinie and kent (and his bee hoon) ...No problem here, only that the smell of Bee Hoon was filling up the entire car and making the hungry us hungry-er.. haha..
Reached the chalet (again) and shortly, we started the fire....and soon, it rained.. Emergency plan was excuted: few of us to lift the trash bag to act as a shelter while the other continued to start fire...haha...although we were wet, alot of fun comments/things happened too... ^-^
Gradually more people came and more food was ready, and people settled down... This was the time that i'm really so heart-warmed to see more than half of 15th SC back together and interacting with one another...Not forgetting when Mr Ong and Ms ong arrived...i still can feel the small "cheers" as they came in.
Beginning of BBQ
...middle of BBQ...still quite wet.
Group photo before IZ got to leave us
derrick, me and ms ong!
the staller owner and 2 tv host..haa...
And quickly time passed....to the time when some of us have to leave. Another big group photo, and a strong "Yam Seng" concluded the first half of the chalet...
all together, once more
...yam seng!...
As i have to make a trip back sengkang and home, when i came back they had already wrapped up on the BBQ and settled in the house. Finally a time to relax..hee. For this 2nd half we had a great time playing all sort of stuff.. from the Daidee that i had created a big joke out of it (*shh...*) to the hiliarous "7-level pig" to all the funny shots we took....
...can win or not?
...this what you do at 530am...
...and at 530am jay is normal...
...gals power!
...charlie angels??
...and all of us, with a Big Smile
arh, until the time i lied down then i realised it was already 6.30am..
Shut my eyes, and in a short while it's morning, shufang had came back. Time to pack up and leave. And realised that for the time we slept the entire MRT exercise had taken place and finished..,haha...that's how fast it was.
Went for breakfast and sent some of them back home...Wah, on the way to shufang hostel i nearly fall asleep on the wheel... luckily i can get some rest at her hall...
This is the Chalet.. looked so forward to it but yet so short. hmmm...
p/s:
Thank you to...
DOM, kent and IZ... for planning together with me..
Shufang... for your many help in booking and checking in and out and the running of it..
Weiting and Dom.. for active purchase of items at boon keng, esp when dom is sick too.
Kent.... (or rather sorry) for that incident we had
Ben Jinie Soon Leong.... You guys was cooking continuously non-stop
Patrick.....for asking around and collection of money from everyone
Rui... for helping to drive to tampines after you saw my low petrol level
Alvyn...for your sms... please take care!
All of you..... that had came to support this chalet
...And anyone that i had left out..
(more at Yahoo album : Aloha chalet Jan06 (15th SC) )
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sideline
This time round i have to get a car as it just happened that we had some overseas relatives coming on the same weekend also. So i got this Mazda 323 1.6M for the weekend... but sigh, i shouldnt have done so...
...'cos now i missed the comfortable leather seats, that gearshift, all those electronics, that 10 CD changer...It too made my dad's van felt so powerless on expressway, a Corolla's handling so muted, and the previous Civic's steering so light... And that great service from the friendly owner really tempted me to get from him again...
argh. sorry ah shufang, i sort of like that car leh, after together for 249.1 km...haha...
ok la, it's just a car ok...
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1st Jan 2006 -- 8th Jan 2006
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Let me start with the first day of the year. I had never spent a night outside doing count down before, so with the recommandation of derrick, me him and dom had a small small outing by going to ECP to watch fireworks -- both the one from town, and those shot off by ships on the sea (some maritime tradition of shooting the SOS flare on midnight)
...And we miss out the entire thing. There're delays in public transport (derrick and dom was coming from suntec), When i finally got to pick them up and we rushed down to ECP area, it was already 15mins to Midnight... And after all the jams along ECP service road and highway (great minds think alike, the world was there for fireworks at last minute too) we missed out the fireworks... sigh. No wonder the crowd was coming out as we was walking in.
But still, we still have our another "main dish" -- that's the fire sticks contributed by derrick. Of coz we had a fun time playing with them and taking photos....felt like a kid again.. haha... enjoy the pix below... they better describe the fun.
look closely... it's in an order of "0" and "6"
lighting them up carefully..
...and the joy filled child... ^-^
....Oooo...
.. trying to "write" 0 6 ..
(more at Yahoo album : NY 06 Fireworks)
p/s: When we completed and went ECP mac for a seat, Jinie came and joined us awhile too (She was hanging around outside with her friend, and just dont want to retreat home early) Ah, she's still as crappy in the new 2006.
-------------------
The very next day, it's Yan Jun 21st birthday celebration at her house.
She is a very fortunate girl... so fortunate that i can only say "wow" and "wow" at her birthday... why? First, perhaps as it's a 21st birthday, they did a Catering at her house (landed property, fyi) and invited many of her relatives and friends.
And it was pretty grand...the type of catering tells it all. Not only there's the row of tasty food (hey i like tat fried prawn) and a big Turkey sitting at a corner, there's this BBQ pit where the food are been cooked by the staff on the spot...
And of cos, that Chocolate Fountain.....whose thick chocolate smell tempts you from afar and makes you drool infront of it.... argg... Sinful sinful.. haha. So tempting that her dad was actually happy to repeat his demostration on "how-to-dip-a-strawberry-or-marshmallow-into-chocolate" repeatedly for us...haha...
.. fountain and turkey...yummy yummy..
*chocolate makes you happy*
Not forgetting the part on birthday song/cake too... As by that time we (friends) was in her "KTV room" singing with her, we was only been called out with her when everything was ready outside. And imagine, as she stepped out there's was chapping and cheering and the entire big crowd was just there right infront of her, gathered and to welcome her to her cake... OMG.... she's certainly like a Star that night...cheers for her ^-^
Happy 21st Birthday!!
(more at Yahoo album : Bday-Yan Jun 21st)
p/s: This is a small world. Yan Jun is shufang's JC first 3 months classmate (And a good friend since).. So i know her when thru shufang when she called her out one day. Then i realised Jinie is her current SIM school mate and Secondary school friend too (so of 'cos the entire group of kenneth, ling ling etc comes into the pix) And at this birthday, i ran into my Primary School-mate, Simon, Who was actually Yan jun NYJC classmate. Power.
--------------------
For the next few days (before the chalet) it was busy and busy... with work, and also me trying to find a car. Been browsing online and making phone calls during free time, until i found one..(more details later)
--------------------
Friday came along and it's my department's annual dinner. This year it's at Inter-continental hotel and with a very special theme "LIVE @ the studio".. So for the daring, you can dress up like any TV character from the name of the show that you had named your table. Thus, We saw some very interesting table theme, like the Shanghai Beach, CSI, God Father, Kong Fu Hustle, a Flintstone couple, and an entire table of pirates...haha... so animated.
Guess this year my Maritime section was also very luckily... Quite of number of us actually won the lucky draw prizes, especially our very own colleague who won the first prize of an overseas trip worth $700...And me too, hehe...12th prize, an Adidas Watch.. ^-^
---------------------
Finally, the day of came. 7th Jan 2006, 15th SC Chalet ...A long day it was.
First thing in the morning was to go to SIM and apply for my degree course, with shufang. Well, since i had gotten a car, as might well i utilise her fully, hence the trip down to clementi road. Finding the way down there wasnt hard, and after doing all the admin stuff and queuing for payment, the application was all done.
Spent some time exploring my hopeful-future school. A nice place i have to say, with a garden in the centre of the Building...and a big study area in the library too...foresee that i will be spending my time there to do work (if i got in)
Next, preparation for the chalet begins. Now the time flies from here onwards.. Once me and shufang pick up dom and weiting, we went to the supermarket to do our purchase, after which to Marine Parade pick up Derrick, then to Kembangan to pick the Satay/Otah, and to the chalet (Aloha loyang)
Poor dom, she was actually sick for the day, but yet not only she came out, she even did the purchase and stuff... And despite her hunger, she wasnt requesting to eat, until we (esp weiting) forced her to buy some food along the way (we paused at Siglap Shell Kiosk) ...After taking the food and the medicine in car, only then she rested for the moment..
Finally we reached Aloha Loyang (Garden Terrace D). As shufang settled the check in procedures, i dropped them and all the stuff, and off i went again, to Heartland to pick Kathy jinie and kent (and his bee hoon) ...No problem here, only that the smell of Bee Hoon was filling up the entire car and making the hungry us hungry-er.. haha..
Reached the chalet (again) and shortly, we started the fire....and soon, it rained.. Emergency plan was excuted: few of us to lift the trash bag to act as a shelter while the other continued to start fire...haha...although we were wet, alot of fun comments/things happened too... ^-^
Gradually more people came and more food was ready, and people settled down... This was the time that i'm really so heart-warmed to see more than half of 15th SC back together and interacting with one another...Not forgetting when Mr Ong and Ms ong arrived...i still can feel the small "cheers" as they came in.
Beginning of BBQ
...middle of BBQ...still quite wet.
Group photo before IZ got to leave us
derrick, me and ms ong!
the staller owner and 2 tv host..haa...
And quickly time passed....to the time when some of us have to leave. Another big group photo, and a strong "Yam Seng" concluded the first half of the chalet...
all together, once more
...yam seng!...
As i have to make a trip back sengkang and home, when i came back they had already wrapped up on the BBQ and settled in the house. Finally a time to relax..hee. For this 2nd half we had a great time playing all sort of stuff.. from the Daidee that i had created a big joke out of it (*shh...*) to the hiliarous "7-level pig" to all the funny shots we took....
...can win or not?
...this what you do at 530am...
...and at 530am jay is normal...
...gals power!
...charlie angels??
...and all of us, with a Big Smile
arh, until the time i lied down then i realised it was already 6.30am..
Shut my eyes, and in a short while it's morning, shufang had came back. Time to pack up and leave. And realised that for the time we slept the entire MRT exercise had taken place and finished..,haha...that's how fast it was.
Went for breakfast and sent some of them back home...Wah, on the way to shufang hostel i nearly fall asleep on the wheel... luckily i can get some rest at her hall...
This is the Chalet.. looked so forward to it but yet so short. hmmm...
p/s:
Thank you to...
DOM, kent and IZ... for planning together with me..
Shufang... for your many help in booking and checking in and out and the running of it..
Weiting and Dom.. for active purchase of items at boon keng, esp when dom is sick too.
Kent.... (or rather sorry) for that incident we had
Ben Jinie Soon Leong.... You guys was cooking continuously non-stop
Patrick.....for asking around and collection of money from everyone
Rui... for helping to drive to tampines after you saw my low petrol level
Alvyn...for your sms... please take care!
All of you..... that had came to support this chalet
...And anyone that i had left out..
(more at Yahoo album : Aloha chalet Jan06 (15th SC) )
----------------------------------
sideline
This time round i have to get a car as it just happened that we had some overseas relatives coming on the same weekend also. So i got this Mazda 323 1.6M for the weekend... but sigh, i shouldnt have done so...
...'cos now i missed the comfortable leather seats, that gearshift, all those electronics, that 10 CD changer...It too made my dad's van felt so powerless on expressway, a Corolla's handling so muted, and the previous Civic's steering so light... And that great service from the friendly owner really tempted me to get from him again...
argh. sorry ah shufang, i sort of like that car leh, after together for 249.1 km...haha...
ok la, it's just a car ok...
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1st Jan 2006 -- 8th Jan 2006
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