Christmas and Birthdays

I have had great birthday and christmas celebrationsss this year. Its been so hectic..crazy partying almost everyday for the last week. I am grateful for the birthday celebrations i had this year :) and also the detoxifying of my stomach due to excess vomitting...All these celebrations made me forget my loneliness in the festive season and on the contrary..feel loved! The celebrations started with steamboat at my place on the 22nd. It was Dong Zhi and its a long time tradition where farmers will finally finish harvesting their crops and go back to their family for reunion.


It was the company Batam trip the next day! Josh decided to reward us for the year's hard work with a fully expenses paid trip to Batam. Played volleyball and some water polo in the day before heading back to the hotel for the party at night. The theme for the party was 'Kids R Us'. Not alot dressed up due to the recent furore in the company(the feeling of partying is not there)..Had a crazy night in the bar which will book solely for us. We had the whole dancefloor to ourselves! But the amount of people using it was quite little as most of the people who went weren't really interested in partying.. Heck. I am already in Batam..i was going to make full use of it to enjoy myself. Danced from the first song till we dropped. Expenses?? Ten singapore dollars.


Went back to Singapore on my birthday and rushed out to meet my buddies for a christmas dinner at ECP Timbre. The place was really windy and cosy. 53A was playing that night to my excitement. I have always liked the female singer Sara, i thought her vocals are damn soulful and nice. I was the only birthday boy present that day and she gave me a dare - that is to go to every table to shake everyone's hand. hah i did just that and got myself a free beer from her during their break. Took the chance to take a few photos with her as well ;)

Gift exchange was a little more interesting this year as i invented a game to pass around the presents. I ended up getting Kian Siong's present for the third year running.. hah Love the book he gave me, I feel its totally for me. I will read it and pass on the quotes to everyone i meet in life. Tried the waterfall for the first time..one glass was enough to make me puke three times...the first was right in front of Sara....omg.


My family celebrated my birthday for me the next morning. Mummy bought a super nice durian cake for me. It was a simple affair but a meaningful one. Love them :))

Lastly my christmas/birthday celebrations ended with the annual CS party! We booked the largest suite in a boutique hotel in Chinatown for the party. The theme of the party was mismatched - that is we have to dress up in totally mismatching outfits. I wore my helmet, geeky specs, cowboy shirt and board shorts. HAHA. Had lots of fun in the hotel room playing several games. I love my CS group, the different personalities present in the group makes it very interesting. All we need is a camera and a place to seat down..we can hang out all day long. However i have a gut feeling..that this will be our last christmas party together...schools gonna end this year..and people are drifting away...sigh.


Finally managed to chalk something off my wishlist. I bought a iPhone!!! woohooo!! thanks to bro's capitaland vouchers :)) Now with my new 12gb data plan, i can surf facebook, twitter and so much more on the go! I have also cleared all my debts before moving on to the new year. Hoping for better luck in 2010 :) Next up..NYE's party before KL road trip!! GOGOGO

Shopping Spree!

Went on a shopping spree today with Levin and Kerui in the afternoon at Queensway followed by town at night with Darren. Haven't felt so shiok buying so many things for a long time. Here's the tale of how everything started..

My main intention of the day was to buy two christmas gifts for my christmas exchanges. These two are beautifully wrapped by me with the help of Darren. Levin wanted to get something from Queensway so i agreed to tag along with her and Kerui. Then i saw this...



Nice? hahs fell in love with it at first sight. I bought it even though its Nike who is notorious for being less durable then Adidas. I can wear this out, go play sports with it and to play soccer as well, killing three birds with one stone! Its a new model and cost me $75 (U.P. $89). Then in the afternoon, I proceeded to town to purchase the xmas gifts with Darren. While walking past Beetlebug..i saw this..


My birthday month..30% off. Buy more save more as Shuhua says. 不买对不起自己! And this costs me another $35...Juz when i thought i couldn't spend no more..Darren(the devil) intro-ed me this pair of geeky specs. The legs are framed with leather, making it look more high class. Guess the price? A measly $12.


This concludes my shopping for the day. A total of $150++ spent. Quite alot for a peasant like me who will normally think thrice before buying anything. :)) Happy day!

Beautiful grafitti found on one of the SIM's benches

Happy Lunar Birthday~

Happy lunar birthday to me! hahs today is my chinese birthdayy~ Had a sumptuous vegetarian dinner wif mummy at chinatown. She said the reason why we eat vegetarian food on our birthdays is to repay the gods for blessing us throughout the year. Today is a happy and sad day. Happy because of my birthday~ and sad...because its also my last working day at Hwa Chong Institution. After 3-4 office jobs, there have never been one which i will look forward to go to work everyday until i came to work at HCI. I realised sometimes its not all about the job. Its also about the people there. The people at HCI are so kind and loving. My boss feels like my mum, always telling me about her 2 adorable daughters(one of whom she wanted me to marry). She make me feel like settling down and have kids as well! She have such a kind and sincere heart which i can connect to as we are both very much alike, thus we have a great working relationship. She is making me think twice about being a teacher next time. hmmmmmm..should i?

ubinnn!

Had a great time at Pulau Ubin with Super Troopers yesterday ;). Haven't been there for like decades.. haha. Everything is so unfamiliar there now. I was surprised by the conditions of the pier, the living standards and also, the amount of people there on a weekday! We rented bicycle for $5 for a duration of 3 hours. It rained a little in the early afternoon thus the grounds are a little wet. Without the mud guard on the wheels, we kind of got mud flying all over our backs..ewww! Its my first time cycling in a suburban place. The nature reserve is so refreshing and nice from a break in the city life. We went to the highest point in Ubin at the quarry. The view was great and it was really stress relieving as we shouted our hearts out at the edge of the cliff. I'd definitely come again! uuuuubin rocks!

Birthday Surprise

Had a wonderful birthday surprise yesterday, hah 10 days in advance. Initially thought that i would be going to buy Tim's birthday present with levin and darren. Superb acting skills by levin and her disciple Darren who kept me fooled the entire day until just before they are going to surprise me Yi Zhou let out the secret by sms-ing me happy birthday. hah! I feel so lucky to have such great friends :))

Tired..

Next week will be my last week of working at HCI. Finally i will have my tuesdays, thursdays and fridays free for studying. I am pretty sick of working 5 days per week already.Batam trip is confirmed on 23rd and KL on 9th Jan. Somehow i dun really look forward to both..maybe cause i have been too busy/tired to think about them? CS xmas party, CS gatherings, sim gatherings, troopers gatherings, buddies gatherings... I am always the one trying to keep the group together..organising outings and stuff. Yet, i am always the butt of the jokes. People dun take me seriously. I speak something, they'll dismiss me off completely. After putting in so much effort for the group, at the end of the day what do i get? sighh...juz ranting...don't get all judgemental by this post.. :)

Enjoy the little things :)

Been enjoying watching my long hidden movie collection the past few days. Owned Sydney White, Crash, Up, Four Christmases, Sniper, Wanted, My Blueberry Nights, Taken, Overheard and Monster VS Aliens. Wow didn't realised i've watched so much movies as i typed out those titles. Watched Zombieland today and came across this interesting quote; "Enjoy the little things". Yea, enjoying little things will make you a happier person. Laugh at the slightest joke, think in the most positive manner and give the benefit of the doubt when things happen. All these little things are usually forgotten and people tend to harp on the sad things. There's one thing i have ever learned in life is that it goes on. So why stay in the past and not live the present?

Been out almost everyday..Ah Ma looks damn weak today...haven seen her so weak before..God please bless her please..

Dynasty

Went to Dynasty yesterday with my buddies. Really highly recommended for soccer loving people! But not so for girls as that place is quite sleazy. Weekdays it's actually a nightclub. Only on weekends its open to everyone to book for KTV. There are two 32" LCDs in the room; 1 for soccer and the other for KTV. Three hours for $10 only, its quite a good deal!

A Long Weekend..

The long weekend is over.. finally had some good rest over the weekend. Finally had the chance to wake up in the morning by myself and not being awakened by the alarm. The past few weeks..even afternoon naps have become a luxury for me. Another 3 more weeks to go before i can start to relax a little before i start the final push towards the exams.

I am feeling christmas already. I can hear christmas songs all around me, the season of love is weaving its magic;you can see lots of new relationships from facebook. Walked down Orchard road on saturday night after work and saw the fabulous lightings. I love christmas trees and the one at Ion is fantastic. I'm gonna have a hectic christmas period. 23rd-24th Batam with combat. 24th night celebration with buddies. 25th at 1929 hotel with CS peeps. Early Jan's road trip to KL/Genting is starting to materalise too!! tis the season to be jolly~!

The perfect song to describe how i feel

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Christmas is all around me
and so the feeling grows

It's written in the wind
It's everywhere I go
So if you really love Christmas
C'mon and let it snow

You know I love Christmas
I always will
My mind's made up
The way that I feel
There's no beginning
There'll be no end
Cuz on Christmas
You can depend

You gave your presents to me
And I gave mine to you
I need Santa beside me
In everything I do

You know I love Christmas
I always will
My mind's made up
The way that I feel
There's no beginning
There'll be no end
Cuz on Christmas
You can depend

Cuz on Christmas
You can depend

It's written on the wind
It's everywhere I go
So if you really love me
C'mon and let it show
C'mon and let it show
So if you really love
C'mon and let it
If you really love me
C'mon and let it
Now if you really love me
C'mon and let it show

Ten Things I Hate About You

Ten things you might not know about me :)

1) I like wearing dark colors especially black. But my favourite color is Red.
2) I look mal-nourished but in fact, i haven't had flu, fever or diarrhoea in years! Sometimes i get feverish..but i get some sleep and i will be fine the next day.
3) I look mal-nourished..yea..my mum sells organic food. But my family only started eating them a few years back. So my mal-nourishment have NOTHING to do with eating organic!
4) My dad passed his sports genes to me. He was the school's representative for table tennis, basketball and badminton! I failed to follow in his footsteps..i was only in the badminton school team. My brother is the studious one..
5) I had such low confidence that i only really started singing after army. Now.. i can't stop.
6) I never had a girlfriend..spent half of my life waiting for them.
7) I look mal-nourished but i am not weak. I endured far more and never fallen out before in any army training. I was in 3rd Guards..one of the more shiong unit.
8) At first impression many have thought i am not singaporean and look ang mo pai. But i am 100% pure singaporean and i am a super chinese pai.
9) Because of my playfulness since young, i have broken both my hands before. Once, my mum didn't know i broke my hand and brought me to a chinese sinseh. End result? My hand got deformed permanently but becuz i am skinny so it is not so obvious. Sad case.
10) I am a family man. I think i am brought up well. I think money can never be enough thus feel sufficient is enough. My parents have slogged so hard and given up lots of pleasure to pay for the condo..I am not going to do that. Therefore i dun think i will ever get rich but i think i'd have a good family life :))

Super Troopers

Haven been posting these few days cuz i took part in this 2D1N amazing race event from SIM. I have joined the last 2 years as well and ended up 8th and 4th respectively. Was particularly pissed off at last yr as we could have been 2nd if not for some real stupid cock ups.. I love amazing races for its competitiveness, its exciting and fun that way. Had hell loads of fun in this amazing race cuz things went out really well for us on the first day. Couldn't have asked for more from my teammates except TY who keep making stupid mistakes!!! muahahaha. We ended up getting third :)) Loved the experience, gonna be my last amazing race in SIM and after 3 years...i finally won something in the competitions i joined... LOL Super Troopers.........SUPER!!






Super excited at the upcoming events towards the festive season! My favourite part of the year. Christmas! I love everything about christmas, the food, the gifts, the songs and the fun~ Next up is school bash before CS event starts :) CS christmas stayover and Combat company trip to batam awaits!!!!

Bowling!

Went to Jasmine's 21st birthday w CS peeps on saturday. Love my CS group, we can just gather and talk about anything for hours and hours even we don't see each other very often. Really hope our clique can go on for years to come. Its been 2 years already! Anyways that night we went to play bowling! My first time hahas. Seven of us squeezed into rayth's car to Chevrons bowling center. Although i scored a measly 60 points in the end, i enjoyed the company alot and the game. I had my first strike ever as well. More bowling sessions to come :))

So happy to finally know you today, you make my dreams :))

喜欢和爱是不同的。

Went to help out at mum's shop today. She had a free seminar on the goodness of funori(sea's bird nest) and different methods of preparing them. The whole shop was packed with people afterwards. Most people are complimenting my mum for being so young and have such a grown up son already. lols. Then i recalled my maid precy telling me she's gonna be a grandmother soon. Oh my...i am so happy for her. She have been with us for eighteen years...practically watching me and my brother growing up...more then her daughter. Hope her daughter understands the magnitude of the sacrifice precy have given when she returns home in two years time.. A mother's love is the greatest love of all.

Came across this meaningful quote today..
喜欢和爱是不同的。
喜欢他，可能只是因为他为自己所做的一切，爱他，却从不会计较为他所做的一切。
喜欢他，可能只是因为他的性格很不错，爱他，却连他那坏的离谱的性格都很喜欢。
喜欢他，会劝他不要淋雨，爱他，却愿意一起陪他淋雨。
喜欢他，可能只是因为他的好，爱他，却连他的缺点都能接受。

But its thru liking before it develops to love, you can't love somebody at first sight.

Young at heart

Turning 25 in a month and 12 day's time. Mid twenties. Can't believe that i have reached another milestone in my life so soon. Everyone in my office thinks i am much younger...SIAN. Guess its due to my size, face and maybe my behaviour at times. That's part of the reason why i want to keep a moustache. Without it..worse..i think i look 4 years younger. Although many have criticized my moustache but i still love it hah i think it complements well with my eyebrows!I guess i am still young at heart. lols. I think i might look the same even when i am old. Evergreen. Yesterday was the birthday of my first love. I'll always remember this date. The first time i gave something..(or everything?) to a girl. 11/11 She's the only girl that i have regrets over in my life. Its been ten years already. Time never stops for anybody. Just cut my hair yesterday and i've decided to get rid of the emo-looking picture haha. Do i look younger now?



Woohoo my Maybank credit card arrived today! lols Trying hard to be lobang king. Now i have free entry to sentosa and Islander benefits for two years! woohoo!! Shen Qian Wang :))

Sweet Disposition

First heard this song in the movie 500 days of summer. Didn't like it at first but it really grew on me. Definition of disposition; "state of mind regarding something; inclination: a disposition to gamble." Beautiful song title for a beautiful song. This truly euphoric song just releases a deep primitive well of natural high and like all great music, it just fills you up with emotion! Amazing song with great haunting vocals. Gawd i love the falsettos :)) Suitable for listening when you're on the move. Go listen!

Ouch...

Look at the size of the bruise on my foot... made a last ditch tackle to prevent my opponent from shooting.. ended up my foot is where the ball was. I still managed to play on after that but when i got home..the pain was so unbearable that i couldn't fall asleep! Love soccer so much still, but i just always do not have the composure..confidence..on the ball. My buddies' laugh at me being a liability make matters worse.. haha. More soccer action plsss! :))

Some pictures from my weekend deal. The kids are adorable. ok. At least when i am not conducting..haha!

会呼吸的痛

Went KTV-ing yesterday at Teo Heng. So much fun :)) Wonderful pictures taken by Donald! (click to see clearer)

我发誓不再说谎了
多爱你就会抱你多紧的
我的微笑都假了
灵魂像飘浮着
你在就好了
我发誓不让你等候
陪你做想做的无论什么
我越来越像贝壳
怕心被人触碰
你回来那就好了

能重来那就好了