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The Princess and the Frog

2009-12-02T12:19:00.002+08:00

Did you know that i LOVE Disney movies? The first ever show i fell in love with was The Little Mermaid. That show even first sparked my love for singing, since i kept singing the songs in the movie!

Since then i've gone on to join choirs and now i'm singing in a band and an a-cappella group of my own! What a ride! Imagine in an alternate reality where i DIDN'T watch The Little Mermaid, i might be just an uninspired Uni student mugging for exams now!

Anyway, there's a new Disney movie out. I remember reading the book when i was young where the princess was playing with some golden ball and it fell into the lake/pond and there was a frog in it that made her kiss him and he turned into a handsome prince.

Well, this version's a little different. The princess turns into a frog instead!

Watch the trailer to find out more!

Anyway, i can't really remember my own first kiss. Isn't that sad. I dun think it was like the fairy tale magical sort. I think i was playing some silly truth or dare game and well, i picked dare. And at that time, alot of the dares involved kissing and licking different parts of the body (sounds ick, i know). So i got a dare to either kiss this other guy or to go up to a random stranger to hug them. Remember at that time i was an awkward teenage boy and talking to strangers wasn't my forte, so i decided to kiss the guy.

There goes my first kiss. To a guy! Haha!

Anyway, i can't wait for the movie to come out! I hope it's as good as The Little Mermaid!

Catch The Princess and the Frog in cinemas 10th December 2009

local movie: Love Matters

2009-01-18T00:05:00.004+08:00

I like visiting omg.sg because it is constantly filled with entertaining news and fun competitions with great movie giveaways!

if this was one year ago...

2008-06-06T23:53:00.000+08:00

I would be blogging so much more.

So many things have happened in my life. So much so that i can't tell if i'm jaded or just lazy to update.

But here's something i've discovered. I'm a magnet for desperate old dudes roaming around Northpoint. I got stalked by one and got my nether-regions inspected by one in the toilet.

Oh dear, why can't old dudes just hook up since they're at the same place looking for the same thing.

Shanghai

2008-05-25T11:07:00.000+08:00

Will be flying there later, and will be staying there till 1st June. So if you guys can't find me, you know why!

just because there was alot of gloom

2008-05-20T20:37:00.001+08:00

here's something light hearted to soften the mood.

ode to my blankie

2008-05-19T00:25:00.000+08:00

My dad threw my blanket away

My blanket of many years

Since i was a kid

My grandmother made it

And he threw it away today.

z

2008-05-18T04:37:00.000+08:00

Today i got drunk on cheap beer from Sketches and cried. And i couldn't stop.

back into the wardrobe again

2008-05-15T01:05:00.000+08:00

I'm talking about The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian!

Don't you just love the premise of stepping into a cupboard and being transported into a world of magic and fantasy? No wonder some people just refuse to come out of the closet. *ahem* I mean wardrobe.

I remember first reading the book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe back in Primary school (yes i was the nerd who wins the "most book read" award). Who would have known that it would spawn such a successful and magical movie, and now it's on to the second sequel!

Go to the official website for more information and downloads!

This show's definitely on my "must watch" list! It's like reliving my childhood all over again, but instead of letting my imagination run wild with the words on a page, it's being revived into the movie screen!

I LOVE ASLAN!

I just realised...

2008-05-14T15:54:00.000+08:00

I missed out the entire month of April! Haha!

Tsk tsk tsk... Birthday month and exams lumped together means no updates.

How i spent my birthday. Hmmm... I went out with schoolmates to Cafe Iguana and got high on margaritas and vodka by the riverside...

But the eve of birthday was spent nicely at a Jap buffet place. It was a good feeling. I wonder if i'll ever get that again with you...

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Oh darling cos you'll always be my baby.

resurrection

2008-05-13T10:17:00.000+08:00

Hey there. I know it's been awhile since i've touched this space. It's just, school's been crazy the last semester, what with cheerleading (yes, i'm a cheerleader now), theatre and exams.

Facebook has been keeping me away from this space as well. Photos are so easily uploaded there and i don't have to bother editing them! Thus i've been a tad lazy to come here.

Anyhoots, i'm in the midst of HOLIDAYS now! Yay! But i'll be busy busy for the month of May. Everyone who wants to get me out can start doing so in June or July ya! Yes, the holiday's fucking long! And i'm not working! Boo no money. Sponsorship anyone?

Since exams have ended, i've been a bad boy, clubbing on Thursday and Friday, nearly getting into a fight on the former. Luckily my cheerleaders stood by me. Saturday met with the Chas for margaritas at Cafe Iguana and i had a hangover at 8pm. Sunday was bacca's birthday and we went to have dinner at swensons and played Wii at cine! Fun shit anyone up for Wii outing?

I'm so summarizing my days. Haha! No pictures! Everything is on facebook. If you've not got me on facebook then BOOYA!

THE WEST WING

2008-03-29T00:25:00.002+08:00

I'm gonna be in a performance called The West Wing running from 4th to 8th April, 8pm, with a special matinee performance on the 5th of April , 2pm, at the University Cultural Centre.

I'm playing a witless monk and i'm singing too! Come support me k!

You can get tickets at www.sistic.com at $18, $20 and $23 for the night shows and $15 for the matinee!

A short synopsis of the opera, which is IN ENGLISH btw:

A controversial Chinese Opera play written in the Tang Dynasty will be staged for the first time in Asia in English, and with contemporary dance and music (featuring songs by the Pussy Cat Dolls, Sean Kingston, James Blunt, Alicia Keys, Queen, ACDC and Bon Jovi, just to name a few.)

Titled Xi Xiang Ji, or Meeting the Fox Fairy in English, the play was banned during the period of three dynasties, for its risqué and liberal political and sexual content.

For the first time, the National University of Singapore is bringing this play to the stage – but with a modern twist.

In its original Chinese text, the play was performed in closely rhymed verse. Here, NUS has taken the bold step to interpret the play in English, using Shakespearean heroic couplets to mimic its traditional rhyme.

Considered by many scholars to be the best piece of Chinese opera in existence, it is with great pride that the National University of Singapore stages this controversial text in a performance that will be filled with lust, comedy and tragedy.

This is a story of young love, a story of determination, and above all, a story that will prove to audiences that Chinese opera is, quite simply, not “dead.”

I promise it would be a good show!!!

For more information you can visit the facebook events site here!
Or copy n paste the URL into your browser http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12970379972

I hope to see ya'll there!

upset

2008-03-25T02:21:00.000+08:00

Yea, i'm only a supporting cast coming out for 5 out of the 30 scenes in the production.

Anyone wanna back out now?

FYI, people playing minor roles work hard too. Countless rehearsals and time poured into the process.

And when i actually ask you guys to come watch, it shows that i actually still treat you as a close friend. I actually bothered to scroll through the phonebook to send invites.

Of course you must pay, but don't you have to pay for most plays?

Disappoints me to hear the rejection. And not even the polite "i have lots of work" kind, but the in-your-face "you're not important hence i shan't bother" kind.

Thanks alot.

Now i know where i stand.

cobwebs indeed

2008-03-17T23:59:00.000+08:00

I have been extremely busy to the max guys! Not dead yet, but just nearly!

Just finished with Cheerobics last sunday! Didn't get a placing in the team and mixed group categories but we got 1st runner-up for our all girl group! So proud of them!

Now i can concentrate on my theatre production rehearsals without the weight of the competition on me!

Anyway, i'm sure those in NUS have seen the bright red posters around school with people wearing chinese opera costumes in them. That's the production i'm in! Come watch me alright?

Details at THIS website!

I'm singing and acting very silly, so you can come laugh at me!

bile tastes bad

2008-02-10T08:01:00.000+08:00

Have been on a drinking binge since the 1st day of CNY.

Drank abit at Clarke Quay with Evon, Bacca, Clara and SX and got high. Took gazillions of pics. Lazy to post.

Drank more at Jevon's party. Insulted a couple of strangers and fell asleep on the bed. Started snoring and it didn't help that the movie they were watching turned out to be an art house-ish film with silent scenes where everyone could hear me snore in between. Answered bacca's call and had no recollection of it whatsoever. Woken up by a complete stranger who smiled at me and politely informed me that i was snoring. And i mean stranger. I knew no one except for the birthday boy and another guy.

Drank obscenely at Karen's place with said person, Nigel, Lisan and Biyi. Rebacca left early and Richard didn't drink. Played "I have never...", my new favourite drinking game. Got fucking red in the face. Eyes went bloodshot. Lisan was no better, puked twice in the toilet bowl. I have never puked, i happily informed the rest. Karen's mum got pissed, even thou i said she looked like her sister. Cabbed home with Biyi and reached home with no recollections of her alighting. Managed to pay to driver after 2 failed attempts and stumbled home. Went to the toilet and stoned abit after removing contacts. PUKED all over the shower area and choked the drain. Had to remove with toilet paper in my drunken and blurry vision-ed state. Bathed and hit the bed. Doesn't end there. Started hallucinating about drinking, like i was still at Karen's place. Was talking to myself, telling Lisan to stop drinking and telling the others to stop making me drink and that i wanted to back out of the game. Fell asleep, but woke up ard 3 hours later to blog this.

Going to house hop with the sec sch gang. I predict drinking in the near future.

only recently

2008-02-06T14:49:00.000+08:00

I've kept getting questions like "Hey, are you pure chinese?" or like "Are you mixed?" from people in school. And it's only in this semester have i received such queries from the people i just got to know.

Anyway, you know how when you go to your relatives house or when your relatives come over, and you've not seem them for awhile, they're sure to comment on your looks?

Well normally they'd say "Eh boy/girl, you slimmed down already ah/become hensum/pwetty already ah?"

Well, my aunt came over for reunion lunch (i have reunion lunch with my maternal side relatives and dinner with the paternal side) and the first thing she said upon seeing me was "EH JUNYI! You go for plastic surgery ah!"

"Erm, no?"

"Last year you don't look like that leh..."

"... -_-|| ..."

During last year's CNY:

Just a lil fatter, hair a lil shorter, a lil more pimplier and wearing specs.

No diff right?

hahas

2008-01-30T10:34:00.000+08:00

Think of the hugeass goreng pisang that they could make.

No wonder Jevon's ego's so big.

A picture speaks a thousand words. Haha!

occupational hazard

2008-01-25T10:36:00.000+08:00

Usually when i channel surf and i stumble upon Chinese opera on Channel 8, i'd immediately think, "Eyer, next!"

This morning, when i stumbled across Chinese opera, i automatically switched back to some lame show on Channel 5, then did a double take back to 8.

You see, i'm involved in a theatre production that is based on a Chinese opera, so i need to research on the movements and sets. Come watch it ok?

pantang?

2008-01-22T08:57:00.000+08:00

Yesterday i came into contact with something i've never ever thought i'll ever actually get on my hands.

Think MacD's Strawberry Sundae's syrup.

Produced monthly.

By females.

Someone told me that it could bring me bad luck.

I do not wanna lose during CNY's gambling period.

Think happy thoughts!

i am bankrupt

2008-01-18T02:58:00.000+08:00

Both in the monetary sense and in the NUS CORS bidding sense.

I spent close to $200 on clothes and i have 0 points in my Programme account.

But oh well i love the stuff i bought and i got the modules i wanted.

I'm contented. =)

hall musings

2008-01-14T01:36:00.000+08:00

I moved into hall today.

And i already have a favourite sink.

=)

Advertorials for friends

2008-01-11T21:50:00.000+08:00

This is for the girls!

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Nothing to wear to school, to town or on a date? Don't fret! Online shopping's the way to go now and I have the website for you!

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Worried about whether they will cheat? Nvm, i know the girl, so if you don't get the goods, just tag here and i will personally hunt her down and demand an explanation.

Ok that sounded a lil too scary.

Anyway, i dunno who's the person that tagged on my tagboard, but i guess you can go take a look as well, but that one i no guarantee ah!

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This is for everyone!

Short of cash? Can't work fixed hours because of school? Well then you should take up tuition! It's the job that most Uni students swear by anyway.

IWantA is a tuition agency and they're hiring! Go to their website to see details on how to sign up!

There's no harm in signing up with one more even though you've signed up with a gazillion already. I signed up with a gazillion and i only have 1 student now anyway.

This one i dun dare to guarantee anything cos, well, students suck not the agencies fault. Haha!

Ok la, i'm exhausted. Haven't been typing here for so long and you all dunno what's happening in my life already! Haha! I think it should stay that way awhile longer.

happy new year!

2008-01-03T13:06:00.000+08:00

I know this is very lag, but i've not been in the blogging mood for too long, i forgot how to blog!

I've got lots to update and a million pics, but i feel like why bother, no one's interested anyway.

Maybe i should stop blogging. Let this place die off a slow, quiet death. It's in progress anyway.

off to macau

2007-12-23T02:08:00.000+08:00

Yup, as the title states, i'm off to a foreign land guys! See you in a few days time!

Merry X'mas in advanced to all!

i cannot do cartwheels

2007-12-15T22:29:00.000+08:00

But apparently i can do the rest of the jumps and stunts. I just have to get used to the 1, 2, down, up timing and catching girls falling out from the sky without subconsciously siam-ing.

Yup.

Oh! I forgot to mention that i was at cheerleading training camp over the course of Friday and Saturday?

I am now aching in places i never thought i had muscles.

But it's fun fun fun! Never expected myself to be able to do such stuff, but it seems like i an catching up pretty quickly. One of the more senior guys even commented that i should join dance.

Ha! He must be kidding! Me + dance is a combi i'd never have thought up! I always thought i had 2 left feet. Apparently not quite.

of boxes of k, real life enchanted princesses and just 21 in years

2007-12-13T01:44:00.000+08:00

The supposedly OG outing yielded not so good an attendance, but we had fun anyway!

Dragged myself out of bed to meet huimin and bacca for some klunch. We were all as late as each other so it was all good. I even alighted at the wrong stop!

Oh, i filmed an incriminating video of us singing, dancing and being generally retarded to Rihanna's Umbrella ella ella eh eh eh. I was contemplating on uploading it on youtube but i really was the most retarded of them all, so maybe another time then!

Then it was off to get our selves enchanted! Harrison, evon and justin joined us and we trooped into the cinema. Huimin kept kping saying "我是不看这重戏的 lor"...

...i was sitting beside her and she laughed damn loud everytime there was something to laugh about.

Anyway, no pictures for this segment so i shall put up some clips of the movie. The clips are of them singing. If you've not caught the show, please do! Ignore the next 3 boxes then.

This show is so much more worth watching than a certain golden direction pointer thing.

The lead actress, Amy Adams, is apparently quite old. Actually, i could make out eyebags under the foundation. I bet they positively caked it on her.

After the movie, harri and huimin left and the remaining 4 of us nuahed around (i bought socks!), had dinner at Sakura (Far East one, not the one at Safra) and went over to Paragon to find ubin-cycling-gang, clara, tor yuan and ambrose for dessert.

Let the mini celebration for justin start!

Went to Bakerzin and bacca and evon secretly ordered a slice of cheesecake with a candle while justin and i were in the queue. We had to wait really long for a seven seater but in the end we took a 4 seater and added seats.

Played around with macro and landscape mode with my more-than-willing models.

The service was really quite terrible. They didn't lay the cutleries when the slice came, only providing one fork among the 7 of us. Not like we didn't order anything else.

That and other things made me quite unhappy and i put on my indignant face and went to the counter, asking icily, "Excuse me, can we have some cutlertries please?"

I walked back and realisation hit me. I said CUTLERTRIES. What the heck is cutlertries?!?! I'm like asking for toiletries!

Well, they came anyway, but i had to distribute them myself cos the waiter just plonked a pile of serviettes and forks in front of me. Freak shit la. Live and let live.

After clara bit the strawberry into half, she told justin that he had to do a forfeit because it was his birthday. She then proceeded to mix all the melted ice creams into a glass and plonked the half-strawberry into it. I have no idea how she can bite till it looks so gross. Got tendrils somemore.

After dessert we went out of Paragon and literally sat at the steps.

But we whored. Camwhored.

Ah, it was a fun night.

i am confused but damn the increased taxi fares

2007-12-12T19:06:00.000+08:00

"As part of responding to customer feedback that taxis are hard to come by and the surcharges are confusing, ComfortDelgro taxi company added MORE surcharges effective Monday, 17 December 2007.

For fun and laughter, here is a summary of the review:

City Area Surcharge: up from $1 to $3, effective 5pm and midnight from Mondays to Saturdays.

Late Night Surcharge: up from the staggered 10% to 50% current one, to the flat 50% extra for rides between 12 midnight to 5.59am daily.

The fun part is, this 50% more at midnight deal was the original plan before going staggered. Neither solved the problem of disappearing cabs at 11pm to 11.59pm.

And if you think the silly $3 City Area surcharge is going to solve things, good luck to you. And also, what about the disappearing cabs OUTSIDE the CBD?

Peak Period Surcharge: up from the $2 flat fee now in effect between 7am and 9.30am on weekdays and 5pm to 8pm from Mondays to Saturdays, to 35% of the metered fare.

And the company says, a detailed breakdown of this extra "premium fare" will be shown on each receipt "to ensure transparency".

Why is it called a premium fare? Does the cab become a first-class cabin at those surcharge hours? Does the driver speak nicer to you? If anything, the surcharges are not premium fares, but just punishment fares.

Flag down fare: up by 30 cents from $2.50 to $2.80 for the first kilometre.

Distance fare: up from 10-cent jumps to 20-cent jumps.

Waiting time: up from 10 cents per 25 seconds to 20 cents per 45 seconds.

Only the prime time booking fee is going down from $4 to $3.50.

So if you call for a cab from the city, at 8pm on a Friday night, you are going to pay $10.30 even before the cab moves off ($3 City Area surcharge, $2.80 flag down, $3.50 call charge, $1 or 35% of metered fare for Peak Period surcharge).

If you happen to be in the city on a weekday, only 8.5 hours of your day is surcharge-less.

Between 5pm to the next morning from Monday to Saturday, you only have a four hour window, 8.01pm to 11.59pm, where you don't get charged an extra % of your metered fare."

-Quoted from mrbrown

what is our national treasure?

2007-12-12T00:30:00.001+08:00

Unless you don't speak English, i'm sure you know of the box office hit, National Treasure! But do you know that National Treasure 2 is coming soon!?

It's called National Treasure, Book of Secrets.. Wooo... Like Book of Shadows, but more secretive!

Check out the trailer HERE.

Anyway, i was wondering if we actually have a National treasure of our own and the first thing that came to mind was the Merlion.

You know, after taking Changing Landscapes of Singapore and learning about National symbols and stuff, i kinda have a second take on the Merlion.

At first, all i thought was that it looked funny. Got mermaid, merman then now merlion!

But apparently, the merlion was coined by this person that took part in the STB's competition to create a logo/mascot for Singapore. The man won because the merlion incorporates myth and reality. The lion head symbolised the myth of Sang Nila Utama and how he claimed to have seen the majestic beast when he came to our island, and the fish tail stood for the origins of Singapore as a fishing village.

Bet some of you didn't know that!

Ok i know this is a cliche National treasure, but what else is more significant than that?

Maybe Xiaxue, blogger queen extraordinaire, can be our National treasure instead. She did pave the way of blogging, sorta.

Maybe our enterprising STB can erect a monolithic statue of her squirting water out of her mouth one day.

my eyebags trebled after exams

2007-12-10T14:42:00.000+08:00

Wednesday:
Zouk with the Chachas was fun! Drank warm vodka+sprite in hall and some of us got drunk even before reaching Zouk! Even more fun when i met Clara and Rachel and the whole of Temasek Hall. Danced with a girl so drunk that her voice was like she was living in a world where humans breathe helium.

Thursday:
Stayed over ad played with Daren's Nintendo Wii in NTU Hall 16. If tennis and bowling were so easy in real life, i'd have played it everyday!

In the night i met up with KW, ZC and his kiddy friends for The Golden Compass. The show was ridiculous. Someone said it was a live version of Pokemon and i tend to agree. That being said, the ending was terrible. It was all "Oh for the next sequels we'll be doing this, this and that. Come watch!"

After that ZC brought me and KW to a karaoke pub. I got claps for singing A*mei's 记得.

Friday:
I concussed and went to school for the first The West Wing meeting where i found out i was playing a lowly Monk who had no lines oh dear god.

Met Shu for dinner and the gala premier (bacca played me out). Saw Zoe Tay and fam, Edmund Chen and fam, Suzanne Jung, Pan 00 and fam and whoever la. Oh Glenn Ong played host. Didn't bother taking photos despite having a 6 megapix cam tucked securely in my bag. I didn't want to upset those people frantically whipping out their sad lil camera phones.

Bacca and Clara came alooking for me but Clara left to settle some matters of the heart and left bacca with me to wait for her. In the end she took a lifetime and i took NR2 home.

Saturday:
Slept till kingdom come and went out for dinner with fam plus some relatives.

DROVE HOME from Selegie tau huay. My mom kept saying she was very scared and my brothers kept saying they didn't dare sleep.

Sunday:
Off to Malacca we went. Once we crossed the causeway, i took over the wheel. 135km/h was the fastest i hit, averaging 110km/h.

My mom still says she's very scared and now she says she cannot sleep. Instead, she sat right smack in the middle of the rearview mirror, effectively blocking half of it. Got yelled at by my dad once i don't remember what.

They still won't let me drive out myself.

finally!

2007-12-05T16:52:00.000+08:00

I just wanna let out a huge WHOOOOOOOOSH!

Exams are over (for now)!!!

I don't wanna think about how i'm gonna get screwed by EL1101E's negative marking! I just wanna partaaaay!

Just got a haircut. My hairstylist says my sides aren't long enough to do the bob thing that she wants to do, but she gave me a short back anyway! Now i look like a cross between a boy and a girl! A butch!

Plus if i wear the scarf that i just bought from Revoltage (i just love buying stuff from there cos they give free punk/emo badges), i'm gonna look like 少年不男不女。

My schedule for the week:

Wed: Mambo with Chachas (hope the rain stops)!
Thurs: Recuperate!
Fri: Going back to school for West Wing meeting at 5pm, then Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium (i got free tickets!) with Rebacca, then (maybe) meeting the orientation people.
Sat: Golden Compass with KW and ZC (TBC)
Sun: Driving down to Malacca with parents! I'm driving!

wanna destress after exams?

2007-12-04T00:34:00.000+08:00

Kit has the answer!

TWANG! @ Zouk!

Qs. What is it?
Ans. It's an "after exam party..."

Qs. Who is it for?
Ans. It's "for people who need a break after their exams... cos it's so cheap.. the tickets are obviously priced for school going people! Anyone above 18 can enter, above 21 for Velvet."

Qs. How much are the tickets?
Ans. "$16 pre sales, $18 door sales!"

Qs. What other goodies are there?!
Ans. Mambo and Hiphop music, 1-for-1 drinks from 0100, drinking competitions and other ridic stuff!

MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. WHEN IS IT?!?!
ANSWER: TONIGHT! 4th Dec 2007!

For more details, refer to Kit's blog. Drop her a msg or email her at twangparty@googlegroups.com to find out more, and most importantly, TO PRE-ORDER YOUR TICKETS!

i've been alphanumerised!

2007-11-30T01:38:00.000+08:00

ACK!

I have lost my identity!

"You don't have to write your name on the answer booklet, only your matriculation number", says the invigilator.

What's my name?!? I don't remember!!! All i remember is my matric number!!!

Two more to go two more to go!

2D images that dance!

2007-11-27T22:14:00.000+08:00

Can you believe i drew that? So cool!

Try drawing your own little creature and watch it dance!

http://roxik.com/pictaps/

grey's anatomy quote of the day:

2007-11-21T02:18:00.000+08:00

"MEREDITH: "McSexy wants some x-ray check for fractures and I think it's a bad idea if I take him."

CHRISTINA: "McSexy?"

MEREDITH: "No?"

IZZIE: "McYummy."

MEREDITH & CHRISTINA: "No."

MEREDITH: "McSteamy."

CHRISTINA: "Ah, there it is."

IZZIE: "Yep."

GEORGE: "Oh, uhm sorry, I was just chocking back some McVomit..."

it's my duty to bring you funny shit like this

2007-11-21T00:08:00.000+08:00

Go watch other Jeff Dunham stuff. Funny shit, once again.

Studying hard hard! Blog again!

we're drivers too

2007-11-17T17:29:00.000+08:00

This time i passed with 4 demerit points, for slow gear change and improper signaling when stopping.

Well about freaking time. I've prolly spent thousands on driving. Yucks.

Those who have not passed, let me console you.

I can drive now, but i have no car.

Tesco's spicy ad

2007-11-13T23:25:00.000+08:00

This ad is so cute.

And yes, i know i'm reverting back to the one liner + youtube video format.

Have a nice day. =)

This is PROJECT RUNWAY!

2007-11-11T00:44:00.000+08:00

why you shouldn't let your baby sleep with you

2007-11-06T22:42:00.000+08:00

Man oh man that's wrong.

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I went for a run today. For the first time in maybe 4 - 5 months.

A proper run, by myself.

Quite shiok i must say. Have to do this more often. And i love my running route. It's so scenic and tranquil. And there's rolling hills all around ala teletubbies land.

Can fly kite there as well. I've not flown a kite since i was too young. Anyone wanna do something old school like kite flying one day?

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Anyway, have you heard? Hollywood script writers have gone on strike! They're going against big studios over their share of the profits from DVD sales and online broadcasts.

You would think this doesn't affect you, since it's only the America talk shows that are largely suffering now, but think again!

Who out there loves Heroes to bits? I know i do!

Do you know that if this strike goes on, season 2 of heroes would have to be cut short? Apparently, this newest season has 3 storylines unfolding, one after the other. The first storyline, "Generations" would be ending in Dec, but if the strikes holds out, the studios would have to be forced to turn it into a season finale instead!

Ok fine this would only be affecting the people who download/stream the show. But regular TV watchers would be affected in due time!

This is appalling! I hope the studios and the writers settle it amicably pronto man. It sucks for season 2 to end so fast.

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Oh oh! I nearly forgot, while i was rushing to meet my driving instructor (last lesson i was late for 20 mins and ended up going at 80km/h to reach the driving centre in time for my circuit training), i got stopped at Commonwealth train station for a random bagcheck.

This time, i wasn't even carry a large bag like before.

You guys have to click here to see my previous experience.

I guess i really look like a terrorist huh...

p.s. i know you guys missed my old way of blogging, i miss it too! but i've got no time and no brain juice to do such stuff anymore! =(((

快乐工厂

2007-11-05T22:52:00.000+08:00

Pleasure Factory is a 86 min local production shot in the red-light district of Geylang.

I went into the cinema with the hopes that it wouldn't be as bad as i was warned, and i was pleasantly surprised that it actually wasn't! Although some parts were kinda draggy and i became a tad restless, i found the show to be quite thought-provoking.

It's a film with 3 different storylines.

A young army boy losing his virginity (i wanted to include the words 'for the first time' but i realised how ironic it would be).

A jaded prostitute who just wanted someone to cuddle with.

A young girl who's mom sits there smoking while she's being forced to blow a fat old man who may/may not be her father.

The silliness of the "spring chicken" while trying to figure out how to use a condom made me smile, the vulnerability of the prostitute who sought solace in the guy who sold songs made me go awww and the young girl ending up in the foreigner's bed with the guy walking around the house in his CK briefs looking all emo made me go "WHAT? So did they have sex or not?" because the show abruptly ended at that point.

My friend, KW, commented that the idea of beauty in the show was kinda warped. The two girls who were called 漂亮 (beautiful) weren't very. In fact the prostitute who slept with the army guy sounded SO much like ru hua that KW and i just couldn't stop giggling whenever she spoke! It came to a point where he kept saying "你真的很漂亮" that i just involuntarily let out a "Urgh" sound which made the middle aged couple beside me snigger.

Oh well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder i guess. But what a bad eye.

Anyway, it's not too bad a show la, if you can sit through 3 hours of LOTR, you probably can sit through 86 mins of this. But i'm sorry to say that it's R21, so kids, just stay home and surf porn. It's free!

blind idolisation

2007-11-01T13:11:00.000+08:00

The JS lecture just flashed a part of a video on SMAP and alot of girls started squealing.

Oh dear so embarrassing.

random thought

2007-11-01T01:50:00.000+08:00

I just came back from watching Halloween and it struck me:

toilet doors and partitions in public restrooms are flimsy.

too funny not to post

2007-10-29T22:13:00.000+08:00

I especially loved the "i love to see you pee on us tonight" part at the 1.23 min.

And on another note, i have no idea what this vid is for but i'm gonna post it anyway.

It makes me cringe yet go awww at the same time.

you dunno what pissed is until...

2007-10-28T23:16:00.000+08:00

your father reformats your hard disk with 120GB worth of pictures, movies, shows, song, and other misc docs.

ALL I FEEL LIKE DOING IS SCREEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Plus i only slept for 2 hours last night. Or i should say this morning.

vids from the nm lecture that i missed

2007-10-25T23:50:00.000+08:00

I/O Brush

Reactable Music

This is way cool.

dumbledore loves pink

2007-10-21T23:25:00.000+08:00

I should have known.

No straight man would have a phoenix as a pet cos it's uncool. They'd rather have a dragon or something.

Yup, i'm talking about Albus Percival Wulfric Dumbledore.

Haven't you heard? He's gay!

Read the news here!

Coolness. Christian activist groups are gonna have a field day blasting JK Rowling and the Harry Potter series. They've already kaobei-ed that it promotes witchcraft.

What's wrong with letting your children run around with sticks shouting "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA" or "EXPECTO PATRONUS"? Better than letting them watch wrestling and trying moves like atomicus wedgius i would say.

p.s. i know the title's very stereotypic
p.p.s. note to self, READ DEATHLY HALLOWS!

random shopping desires

2007-10-19T22:46:00.000+08:00

Wants:

1. A black Topman cardigan ($79)

2. This vintage blue vest with a white and red border from Oppt Shop ($49)

3. White Onizukas with red and green stripes in some faux crocodile skin texture ($151.90)

4. Black (or grey or silver or copper i haven't decided) slippers from NUM ($29 onwards)

5. A box-like (and i do really mean box-like, cos it's hard and squarish) canvas sling bag from this shop beside the NUM in Heeren ($139)

Bought on impulse:

1. Short berms (as in it ends above the knees) in a very familiar design (very OL*) from Cine's Revoltage ($59)

Kinda feeling like i either need to find some extra cash or a way to control myself.

*OL = Office Lady

no time lots of work no time lots of work no time lots of...

2007-10-16T20:39:00.000+08:00

Ok, let's all move on ok? The issue in my previous post has been more or less resolved.

Then i fell damn terribly sick for a week plus, before i gave in and saw the doctor, which then charged me for $27 worth of pills.

Then i had to rush to churn out a project (which i failed. right. let's not talk about that.) and two essays.

I've yet to complete two projects (the first one's setting a precedence i feel), i have two upcoming tests and a script to memorise.

Damn screwed, i am.

my back has lots of knives in it

2007-10-04T22:35:00.000+08:00

Guys like to gossip don't they? Sometimes worse than girls.

Isn't it funny how word will always travel to my ears?

Because i thought we were a clique, close friends whom i could trust, i entrusted my everything to you guys.

Then, things happened.

Just a case of mouth itchititis? Or you thought nothing of it?

Because you know, you automatically assumed anyone could?

fuck you.

Now i know what you did. Have you heard of the Butterfly Effect? That's what happened.

Remind me not to be so friendly to backstabbers anymore.

And i'm not even close to my primary school mates. Thanks alot.

everything's not quite right

2007-10-01T23:55:00.000+08:00

To everyone that've asked me about it, stop misinterpreting.

I'm just falling sick that's all. =(

Oh and i got back my E. Lang test and i got 24/30! Yay! Not too shady la!

Now awaiting the results for my Changing Landscapes test, which was basically 3 freaking comprehensions. I think i've got the exact same answers as Jevon, cos it's MCQ and well, i referred, so if he fail, i fail. Hope the tutor doesn't sense something fishy going on.

Sorry for the blah entry, not feeling well.

it's like a desert in my mouth

2007-09-26T22:14:00.000+08:00

Freaking hilarity man! Go here for more lame videos!

Harrison, i'm so not studying right now, thanks!

what's your sex?

2007-09-25T00:45:00.000+08:00

I asked my brothers and parents to fill up a survey form for my EL project.

Apparently my brother's a "boy"!

sorry

2007-09-24T00:47:00.000+08:00

"When will you be home?" she asks
as we watch the planes take off
We both know we have no clear answer to where my dreams may lead
She's watched me as i crawled and stumbled
As a child, she was my world
And now to let me go, I know she bleeds
and yet she says to me

You can fly so high
Keep your gaze upon the sky
I'll be prayin every step along the way
Even though it breaks my heart to know we'll be so far apart
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away

Autumn leaves fell into spring time and
SIlver-painted hair
Daddy called one evening saying
"We need you. Please come back"
When I saw her laying in her bed
Fragile as a child
Pale just like an angel taking flight
I held her as I cried

You can fly so high
Keep your gaze upon the sky
I'll be prayin every step along the way
Even though it breaks my heart to know we'll be so far apart
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away
ohh...
I love you too much to make you stay
Baby fly away

mozodojo

2007-09-22T19:22:00.000+08:00

Click on the photo to see a larger image.

Cool huh!

I used a program called Mozodojo which is only available on the mac. Too bad window users!

Edith! I remember owing you something like this! But it was too tough doing it manually through photoshop. Do you still want it?

clar(a)ty cafe

2007-09-18T19:30:00.000+08:00

A mini-og outing to celebrate Jerome's birthday became a glutton's feast, with humongous sides at Miss Clarity Cafe and an overdose of desserts at some bugis shop.

Clara kept saying that we were eating at her cafe, thus the title.

Jerome couldn't finish his almond paste and we tried to make abstract art with the sesame and peanut paste.

We even had to force down the delicious apple strudel birthday cake for Jerome.

Super sinning day man.

library rush

2007-09-16T10:41:00.000+08:00

I decided to be conscientious today so i woke up early to go the library, hoping to find a seat for me and my friends.

The library opens at 10am, so i took my time as i woke up an hour earlier.

I took a leisurely walk to the library and i arrived there 5 mins before time.

I was thinking happily to myself, "Hope i can find a nice spot for my friends and i", when i saw THIS!

I was stunned!

At 10am, when the shutters started rolling up slowly, a few people started climbing under them to get to the escalators!

This is so reminiscent of scenes in zombie movies where the zombies keep trying to get to the remaining survivors, who are trapped in the toilet or something.

I was googling for pictures of zombies and i found this.

Didn't know Marvel had zombified versions of the superheroes. Cyclops is so cute holding his severed head and still shooting out laser from his eyes.

Haha ok so random.

MUST STUDY!

Random Photobooth Shots

2007-09-15T12:08:00.001+08:00

Just trying out this cool site that i've been introduced to. And they're right, photoslides ARE a bore!

The site's called Animoto, and they transform pictures into a sweet MTV-like video. Sign up here by Sunday and you'll be able to create one free full-length video. Otherwise, you can just sign up and create free shorts of 30 secs, like the one i just did!

It's supercool!

p.s. i'm not doing an advertorial btw, i just love you guys! aren't i sweet?

p.p.s. it's over folks. =)

i can't take it no more

2007-09-13T21:11:00.000+08:00

The toothpicks that were propping my eyes open for the past few days have finally snapped. I can no longer keep my eyes open.

The resolution to do work before sleep has crumbled. I'm gonna lie down and say goodbye to the waking world.

I hope i wake up tomorrow.

I'm just oh so very tired.

Don't worry about me, i'm not suicidal or anything, just exhausted.

I'd like to share with you a cute postcard i saw at borders.

Too bad i don't drink coffee.

hairspray dolls

2007-09-10T01:06:00.000+08:00

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

cockroach infestation!

2007-09-09T02:30:00.000+08:00

For the past 2 weeks, i've been killing cockroaches at the rate of 1 or 2 per night.

At first, the cockroaches were mostly in the communal toilet and i didn't give much of a damn. But when they started becoming bigger and started to appear elsewhere, like on the walls outside the toilet or on the dining table, i sounded the alarm to my mum.

She concluded with her spider-senses that the dining table itself might be harbouring the tiny monstrosities. You see, the table has an extendable portion that can be pulled out when there isn't enough space on the table, and my mum thought the critters could be camping in there.

True enough, they were!

My dad, armed with insecticide, bravely crawled under the table to assault the enemy from behind while my brother pulled out the extension.

A million cockroaches fell to their deaths with a spurt of the insecticide!

But that's not the entire army! Apparently, more were lurking in the dark corners of the kitchen!

Thus, the day became a massive insect-hunt.

Everything that could be removed was removed and everywhere that could be doused in insecticide was shimmery and wet.

A few hours later, i went into the kitchen and to my horror, a sea of dead corpses, with their six feet in the air, greeted me.

A few of them actually managed to escape being gassed, but not for long!

They wouldn't know what hit them. Maybe it's cockroach heaven to die in tissue paper.

Clouds are soft, white and fluffy too.

entwined in a single voice

2007-09-07T18:34:00.000+08:00

I know this is quite grossly overdue, but after much practices and rehearsals, Victoria Chorale's annual performance, In Song, is finally over!

As a "freshie" of VC (i only joined after i ORDed), i was very lucky to be able to take part in this year's concert as it was VC's 20th anniversary, and the concert's repertoire was made up of the 20 most memorable songs in VC's history!

Although the concert was marred by some idiots who clapped halfway through a song, the end result was spectacular! Songs such as "Janger", "Lux" and "Sleep" really made my goosebumps rise, even just by listening to the mp3 of them.

It was a good run indeed. Keep it up VC!

strike kerb = 10 demerit points

2007-09-04T15:49:00.000+08:00

LOL i suck.

meme

2007-08-30T13:58:00.000+08:00

1. (the person who tagged you is) - Harrison

2. (your relationship with him/her is) - Friend/councillor during Oweek

3. (5 impressions you have of him/her) - Deep, intelligent, crappy, concerning and MAMBOish!

4. (the most memorable thing he/she has done for you) - sent me an sms asking if i got all my tutorials. (Ok, i know he mass smsed alot of people that sms, but that's besides the point)

5. (the most memorable words he/she has said to you) - "Rebacca has changed."

6. (if he/she becomes your lover, you will) - *puke*

7. (if he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be) - His CAP. (ya right someone higher than high liao.)

8. (if he/she becomes your enemy, you will) - Go mambo with Clara and talk about it in front of him.

9. (if he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be) - Too much playing with us and still getting such a good CAP

10. (the most desirable thing you want to do for him/her now is) - Get him to come down for Canoepolo.

11. (your overall impression of him/her is) - Valedictorian.

12. (how you think people around you will feel about you) - Too noisy.

13. (the characteristic you love about yourself is) - Being too noisy.

14. (the characteristic you hate about yourself is) - Being too self-conscious.

15. (the most ideal person you want to be is) - Does not exist.

16. (for people that care and like you, say something to them) - I care and like you too! (what kind of England is this?)

17. (pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you)

1. Alvin
2. JW
3. KW
4. Mabel
5. Huishan
6. Soochin
7. Wee Keong
8. Evon
9. Harrison
10. Clara

(who is no.6 having a relationship with?) - Er... The last i heard is George?

(Is no.9 a male or female?) - Male

(If no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?) - Er... They dunno each other? Maybe can intro...

(What is no.2 studying?) - Chemistry!

(When was the last time you had a chat with no.3?) - Last Sunday after In Song!

(What kind of music does no.8 like?) - Sun Yanzi!

(Does no.1 has any siblings?) - Nope. He has a pet cat thou.

(Will you woo no.3?) - Can fishes drown?

(How about no.7?) - FISHES DON'T DROWN! They'd be quite sad fish.

(Is no.4 single?) - Not in a long time!

(What’s the surname of no.5?) - Qian (Money!)

(What’s the hobby of no.4?) - smugging, chilling and singing!

(Do no.5 and 9 get along well?) - If i intro them, then maybe? They already have the pre-requisite same 1st alphabet for their names already anyway.

(Where is no.2 studying at?) - NUS!

(Say something casual about no.1) - He's a gamer la.

(Have you tried developing feelings for no.8?) - No leh, abit off leh.

(Where does no.9 live?) - Pearlyn says Serangoon.

(What colour does no.4 like?) - Purple?

(Are no.5 and 1 best friends?) - Not in this universe.

(Does no.7 like no.2?) - I hope not.

(How did you get to know no.2?) - In sec school, where we were from the same class and same CCA.

(Does no.1 have any pets?) - Eh i answered that already. NEXT!

(Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?) - He's the sexiest person in the world to the people who think he's the sexist person in the world lor.
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Now that I’ve tagged you, please return the favour!

hey grossness

2007-08-23T01:40:00.000+08:00

As some of you may have found out (unfortunately), i'm on the Hey Gorgeous website, not because i'm gorgeous, but because someone took time out to sabo me.

For those who're not in the know, the website's to promote the Channel U variety show looking for hunks and babes in the various tertiary-level schools.

If you're interested, you can go find me under NUS. Unfortunately, i'm on the first page so it's quite hard to miss.

Anyway, don't ask if i'm gonna be on the show, cos i'm not. I didn't go for the filming, which is already done.

Anyway, not like i have the standard for such a show man. Talent show ok la i join, but a pageant-like thing isn't for me man.

So throw face!

kernel panic

2007-08-20T00:17:00.000+08:00

It seems like my life's a series of unfortunate events lately.

Now my apple's rotten.

And i mean it literally. Something called a kernel panic keeps happening, causing the Mac OS to quit unexpectedly, thus prompting me to restart the comp forcefully by pressing and holding on to the power button.

I must have done that at least 15 times. Quite fucked up. I need to do a reinstallation now since there's NO CURE!

Anyway, when i bought the Macbook, it came with a 1GB orange iPod Shuffle.

It's still brand new and i'm gonna put it up for sale, going at a great price of $110.

It's negotiable but i wouldn't go below the $100 mark.

AND, for those of you who haven't caught the local production 881, you should cos it's good!

=)))

no time for anything

2007-08-16T00:55:00.000+08:00

the title says it all...

Will post up a gazillion photos soon from Arts Oweek thou! Watch this space!

cash and carry

2007-07-31T01:59:00.000+08:00

I just bought my very own Apple today at the NUS Matric Fair!

It was $2630.05 and i paid cash in the exact amount, down to the 5 cents!

Anyway, I'm feeling kinda screwed now cos there's so much i dunno how to do on the mac! Someone save me!

Yea, and to just let everyone out there know, things are fine between me and my dad already. We had out "man-to-man" talk and it was a-ok!

More updates another day!

I wanna sell the orange iPod Shuffle that came with the purchase! Any takers?

hilarious sex advice

2007-07-28T00:43:00.000+08:00

My friend was browsing through a sex column online and pasted this in MSN for me.

Dear Alvin,

I recently began to date a really cool chick. We have yet to have sex but I’ve fingered her in dark cinemas and in my car a couple of times. Unfortunately, after every “exploration,” my fingers smell damn terrible. I really like this chick but the smell is a great turn off. How can I break the news to her without embarrassing her or running the risk of her dumping me?

-Put Off

Dear Put Off,

Don’t get your knickers into a twist – why, the answer to your problem couldn’t be simpler! After giving your chick the finger(s), you may wish to “accidentally” run those fingers under her nose or if you’re really really sadistic, ask her to do a Kentucky Fried Chicken and lick your fingers. The wonders of manipulated “self”-realisation should never be underestimated in a situation like this.

-Alvin

something to laugh about

2007-07-26T13:14:00.000+08:00

Quoted from Pink Is The New Blog,

"Beyonce, while whipping her weave all around as she performed her song Ring the Alarm, succumbed to her own fierceness in concert last night when she took a nose dive down some stairs on stage in Orlando, FL."

I dunno if this will still be here tmr, cos Beyonce might ask for youtube to remove it, so faster watch!

Leviticus 20:13

2007-07-25T23:46:00.000+08:00

"V'ish asher yishkav et zachar mishk'vei ishah to'evah asu shneihem mot yumatu d'meihem bam."

"If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them."

I chanced upon this verse from the Old Testament from someone's blog. Nothing much, just wanted to put it here for reference purposes.

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Updates on my family saga:

I tried to approach my dad, this time when he just started on his cig.

He looked at me warily as i approached...

"You're moving out tomorrow right?"

-stunned-

"Papa, i know i'm at fault..."

"You're not the only one at fault, we're at fault too. But i'm tired now, we talk on Friday after dinner. Let's have a man-to-man chat downstairs."

-stunned-

It didn't go as how i had rehearsed it in my mind. Postponed! Fuck!

And before you guys start relaxing in your chairs, this is not a good thing.

looked at me, walked away

2007-07-25T01:40:00.000+08:00

Well, i got around to talking to my mom. I surprised myself by shedding some tears too. But the crux of the conversation was that i had to get through to my dad, because, even my mom has to turn to him. She actually gives him ALL her pay and gets a fixed allowance every month.

Talk about conservative values.

I tried initiating a talk. Trust me, i tried.

I waited till he was done with his routine nightly smokes in the kitchen, then as he was returning to his room, i stood in front of him and called, "Papa".

He looked at me as though i had poked him in the eye, turned, and walked straight to his room.

I stood there, waiting. Hoping that he would come to the doorway.

He didn't.

not better i'm afraid

2007-07-24T02:12:00.000+08:00

The look of contempt that my dad gave to me when i bumped into him while going back home from tuition today can only be described as: "When Draco Malfoy stares at Harry Potter".

It's damn bad, the situation at home now. I do my best to avoid my dad, but when we do cross paths (which is alot, considering condos, like doll-houses, are small), that's the face i get.

Doesn't help that i'm currently suffering from Elephantitis.

My sad right leg's been sprained from a wild and drunken night at MOS.

I even got photographed by someone from mumtazz.com, which is like some website on the clubbing scene.

There were like 7 jugs of assorted vodka that night.

Now you know why i fell and sprained my ankle.

When i explained to my student why i was limping, he took one look at my foot and went, "Eyer".

Sad little life i have.

can life get any bitterer

2007-07-22T21:44:00.000+08:00

I thought i was good to go. I was more or less done with my uni stuff, i've quit my job and am concentrating on my tuitions.

Then because of a mistake i made, because of my nature, because i defied my dad, he gave me 3 days to move out of the house. He told me to cancel all the forms that i filled in to apply to pay my uni bills through his CPF. He told me he's not gonna support me and asked me to find myself a place to stay, out of his house.

Basically he's disowning me.

Brian Loube's Gallery of 3D Photography

2007-07-18T14:04:00.000+08:00

I was jumping around photography sites when i stumbled onto this site.

It's quite cool cuz unlike conventional galleries, this one's in 3D.

As it's said in the site,

"This site can be viewed with any standard red/blue 3D glasses.
(red lens - left eye blue lens - right eye)"

Unfortch, i don't own a pair of those, not even the cheap flimsy paper kind, so i can't view the images popping out of the screen, but it's cool nonetheless.

Here are some images from the site.

There are more images on the site, but you get the idea.

Another cool site (the main one where i link other cool sites from actually) is Photojojo, where i get all my cool photo ideas from.

Remember the panography photo of the view outside my window? Or the idea to take photos with an empty photo frame?

All from that site, plus much much more! Who knows, you might find something that works for you there!

I'm so doing free advertising again.

pre-school jitters

2007-07-17T01:59:00.000+08:00

School's starting next month and already i'm feeling all apprehensive about it.

What with 2 years of stagnation, almost zero brain usage and being in a non social situation, going into uni seems quite a daunting task.

It doesn't help that before going in, i have to already meet deadlines and fill in forms, in terms of tuition grants, EZ-Link card applications, etc.

It's all too much to handle! I'm used to sitting back and waiting to be told what to do! Now that i have to go read up and find out myself, i find myself sorely behind.

I'm getting stressed out for no apparent reason basically.

Anyway, i've quit my job cos basically the opportunity costs aren't in my favour.

And i've sold out as well. As you guys can see, i've joined the Nuffnang community, which basically is like an advertising agency who uses blogs as their advertising mediums. They match their clients to bloggers who garner readership that are of the intended demographic, so that their ads will be shown on those blogs.

Well, you'll see adverts coming soon on this site cos this blog's been matched to one of their clients. Can't say much but it's quite cool. Hope i earn some, especially since i'm jobless now.

This is so random.

Edit: Why did i use "basically" so much.

NDP Rehearsal

2007-07-09T23:21:00.000+08:00

I've missed updating this space!

I'm at both a low and a high point in my life right now. Abit lazy to explain in detail so you'll just have to take it.

Anyway, cos it's getting late (i know it's 11.30pm, i have no life ok?) and i need to KO soon, i shall just dump in the photos that i was editing for the past hour.

It was quite a ~~boring~~ spectacular show but, me being me, i couldn't appreciate it. It was the killer combination of the heat and the boredom of listening to retarded commentary that did it for me.

Since it was a rehearsal, everything was kinda faked. The word "simulated" was peppered into the commentary. Like "Now, the president will inspect the contingent. Simulated." They even got a fake president to wave to people from the car!

The night was quite a letdown because there wasn't any fireworks in the end! Not even a sputter! There was supposed to be 10% of the actual amount of fireworks, but apparently, the week before, some bigshot went down for the rehearsal so they used up 20%, including the 10% that was supposed to be for this week.

Smelly poks!

Went to Raffles City after that and i saw this.

At first when i saw it i did a double take! Why the ass so exposed one?!

Then i realised it was just the chair.

Ok, i shall stop here. More updates another day!

horny monkey

2007-06-27T22:22:00.000+08:00

This should be in pornotube or something!

Anyway, i'm just popping by to say hi, been terribly busy with work and tuitions.

And i'm kinda preoccupied during my free time too.

calling all Toyota drivers

2007-06-26T00:55:00.000+08:00

I'm situated at 600 Sin Ming Ave, at the Toyota Service Centre, selling the extended warranty package for Toyota cars, Toyota Shield.

To qualify for this scheme, your car must be less than 33 months old (case by case basis, but usually not applicable after the original 3 years warranty is over) or have a mileage of less than 60,000km.

So far, sales has been ok, but it could be better obviously.

Anyone driving a Toyota, or know people who drives a Toyota, and is interested to know more about this extended warranty can drop me a tag on the tagboard, or leave a comment or something.

Spread the word around ok?

i wan me some xtina!

2007-06-19T03:03:00.000+08:00

I got this email one day and i've decided to enter it.

I've already typed some lameass thing out and sent it over already. Don't really expect to win anything, but no harm just entering for fun! If anyone enters it and win, pick me to be your date hor!

I shall put up what i sent in after tomorrow, when the competition closes. I don't want anyone ripping off my idea man!

Haha! I love joining such random competitions!

Edit:

"This platinum blonde bombshell needs no Intro. Christina Makes Me Wanna Pray for mercy when she sings. Back In The Day of old school power singers, there Ain’t No Other Man, or woman, that can belt out a song like she can.

I don't Understand how anyone would want her to Slow Down Baby because she's such a beautiful bright spark. Oh Mother must be making a big F.U.S.S. because she must be thinking that they're "On Our Way to a better life and it wouldn’t have been possible Without You."

She's Still Dirrty, but she's Here To Stay. She's so sweet to say "Thank You" to her fans for standing by her during her tough times. Enter The Circus, Welcome the paparazzi, we're not afraid!

I'm so glad that she found her Candyman in Jordan Bratman and I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a Nasty Naughty Boy and make her think, "I Got Trouble!" She deserves to be loved and not Hurt.

Lord have Mercy On Me for I'll do anything to be able to catch her in concert live! Save Me From Myself for I am The Right Man to win her concert tickets!"

And that's what i sent in! It's all the song titles of her newest album, strung into a commentary.

Stop laughing ok! I know it's lame, but it's kinda sweet don't cha think?

it's so ironic

2007-06-17T16:56:00.000+08:00

I just had an argument with my dad. Today of all days.

Apparently, he found my keys still plugged in the keyhole outside the door, and he confronted me with it.

Obviously it was my carelessness, but then again, there was something else that distracted me from removing the key.

For the past 3 days, my dad's been latching the door before i came home. Apparently it was to find out what time i came home, and also to force me to come back earlier.

The first night i called my mum but she didn't come to unlatch the door for me. I ended up knocking till my maid woke up to open for me. So the next 2 days i didn't bother to call my mum, i just called till my maid woke up.

So obviously, last night when i came back at 1 plus, i found the door latched YET AGAIN. This time i was really pissed off. So pissed off that i forgot about the key.

And i told my dad exactly that! That it's partially my fault but it's also because HE latched the door, thus making me do additional stuff just to enter the house.

It just makes me feel like they don't want me to come home. They're forcing me to stay outside till morning then come home when they leave for work.

Ok i admit that ever since i stopped working i've been clubbing and going out in the nights constantly. Like everynight. And it's been going on for 2 weeks. So it's partially my bad.

But my dad said something that struck me. He said, "why can't you be like normal people and come home at 11pm?"

That really made me realise how sheltered they have kept me. Which is not a very good thing because then i wouldn't know much of what's going on around me and the lives of other people if i were to really listen to my parents.

There's so much shit going on in other people's lives and if i were to continue living in this bubble of security, i wouldn't be growing as a person. I'm 21! Let me live!

What's more, i can't possibly keep up this lifestyle because i'll be working next week onwards again.

Am i wrong to want to enjoy myself before i tie myself to the books?!?!

errands day

2007-06-15T17:14:00.000+08:00

Are you sick of seeing the same entry everytime you come here?

Me too.

But i've not have time to do any photo editing so this entry's just gonna be text text and more text.

I had a job interview at Borneo Motors all the way at Redhill today at 9.40am. I was applying for the position of Customer Service Assistant, selling their extended warranty package.

It was crazy cos i had to wake up at 7am and that's the earliest i've woken up for the past 2 weeks. What's even more crazy was that i actually slept at 4.30am!

What's wrong with me!

Part of the reason why i slept so late was that i caught a movie at GV Grand yesterday.

It wasn't that fantastic seriously. Between the fake hair on Sue (Jessica Alba - who's damn hot) and the CGI-ness of the Silver Surfer, the show kinda tanked for me. There wasn't even a spectacular show of powers, just some lameass combine power shizz. I don't wanna reveal too much here, but seriously, they think Captain Planet ar?

Apparently there's someone acting as the Silver Surfer. It's not purely CGI. I can't say the same for Olinda thou.

Ok, that was a super HUGE digression. Back to the interview.

While i was on the train towards Redhill, it started pouring donkeys and ogres! I had no choice but to cab down to the location, even thou it was seriously walking distance from the station.

Apparently there's a $2 surcharge from 7 - 9.30am and it was only 9.15am then. But the thing was, the driver waived it off! He charged me only $2.60. Don't ask me why, cos i saw the meter displaying $4.50.

So, i went up to the interview place and lo and behold, i saw 2 other temp-looking guys filling in forms. And they were all decked out in office wear - leather shoes, pants and long sleeved shirts! It was a good thing i decided to go in pants and long sleeves too, although i was wearing my Converse sneakers.

I actually thought i would be the only one being interviewed!

Silly me.

I peeked at the list and there were close to 10 names on it! Stressed!

Anyway, the interview went smoothly, with some minor bumps when i told him i actually knew nothing about cars. But i more than made up for it in the little test that the interviewer threw at me.

I became suspicious of his intentions when he motioned me to read the brochure on the product, so i read it extra carefully. When i looked up from it, he smiled at me and threw me the big one.

He told me to pretend that he's the customer and try to sell him the product.

I was abit stunned at first, but i regained my posture, put on my best telemarketer voice and pili pala bing bong biang-ed in my powerpacked English.

He even tested me with the kaobei customer persona by saying, "Oh, i tot your cars are very durable one, why do i even need to purchase this extended warranty? Isn't it like throwing money into the drain?"

I was like thinking, "is that the best you can muster?"

I immediately shot back a rhetorical question.

"You also don't want anything to happen to you, but why do you buy insurance? It's the same principle, it's just to safeguard. I'm not saying that our cars are not durable, it's just a security net for you because you never know with so many electronic parts in the car, if something might happen right?"

PHWOAR~!

I totally rocked the interview la!

After the interview, i started on my tour of Singapore.

First i cabbed down to ICA Building at Lavender to replace my lost IC (fucking $100 T.T), then i went to the Oakley Service Center at Tanjong Pagar to change my earpads (FOC), after which i went all the way back to Yishun to replace my SAFRA card (FOC with police report).

I literally huan2 dao3 jui1 jui1 jui1-ed.

So boys and girls, losing your wallet with all your documentations inside is a mightily troublesome thing to do. So remember to always check if your wallet is still on you. If possible, refrain from bringing out unnecessary cards and such if you plan to get DRUNK!

I realised my entry's very longwinded and wordy. Sorry for that!

EDIT: I got the job! =)))

ah ah ah~ ah!

2007-06-11T11:33:00.000+08:00

This is my favourite part of the movie! The Snow White fighting scene!

I super love this character, so bitchy and pissed off! And she's voiced by the inimitable Amy Poehler!

She's one of the funniest hosts of Saturday Night Live (some American variety prog tt does spoofs and parodies on current issues) and she appeared in the movie "Blades of Glory" as the evil incestous sister!

Ok i know i know i have been neglecting my blogging duties yet again, but don't blame me cos i haven received all the photos!

tomorrowed yesterday

2007-06-06T10:35:00.000+08:00

My baby ghost entry was submitted to tomorrow.sg by Alvin and it got published!

I was quite shocked when one day my counter had 300 plus hits and the next it was 600 plus. Now it's close to 1k!

Quite shiok la... I should write more of such inane stuff so that it can get posted up!

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I've added a new banner to my sidebar! It's the one below the youth.sg banner. It's the advertisement for Victoria Chorale's concert on 26th August!

We're celebrating our 20 year anniversary and we're singing songs in many languages and from many cultures! It'll be quite good, so come!

Click on the banner and it brings you to the Sistic website, where you can book your tickets!

Coincidentally, i'm gonna be performing as well, so if you don't wanna come to hear good choral music, come just to see me also can!

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A good friend bought the Shrek ears from Mac for me after hearing me go on and on about wanting to get it for charity and all.

Yes, you should come to the concert just to see me!

Such a hansem ogre.

=)

i am swearing off alcohol

2007-06-03T16:38:00.000+08:00

At least for one week.

No clubbing for now.

Why?

I lost my bloody wallet because i was too fucking wasted.

Went clubbing again last night and guess what, i got even more drunk then i ever did before.

You can only see 3 jugs in that picture but there were like 6! 2 cranberry vodka, 2 orange vodka and 2 burbon cokes.

I think i must have drank like 2 jugs by myself cos i felt totally sober and i hate that when i'm in a club. It's like i can't get inhibited enough to really dance. So i just kept fucking drinking.

And drinking.

And sure enough, i got pissed off. As in drunk.

Around 2am my friend dragged me out of the club cos i felt like vomitting and i just laid down on the sidewalk. What a sight it must have been.

Then we got into a cab and i totally crashed out inside. The last thing i heard was the taxi driver asking my friend if i was alright and that there was plastic bag behind his seat if i wanted to puke.

Next thing i knew, i was being pulled out of the cab. I saw a bed, collapsed, and just concussed without even removing my contacts.

It was only in the morning when i woke up with a fucked up hangover that i realised i was still in my jeans and shirt from last night. All the fucked up cigarette smoke smell was lingering all over me.

And of cos i realised shortly after that my wallet was gone too.

FUCKED UP!

We ransacked the entire room but no wallet!

Everything is inside my wallet!

My IC, 11B, POSB ATM Card, EZ Link (the ns one), house keys, Condo access pass and facilities card, driving schedule card, neoprints, receipts, namecards, $50 Topman gift card, etc etc ETC!

GONE!

The worst thing is, i fucking LOVE my wallet!

Yea, it's no LV or GUCCI but i bought it myself and it's so me that i love it and now it's gone and i can't buy it again because there's no stock!

Basically, i'm super sad now not over the documents, which are replaceable anyway, but because i lost the wallet ITSELF!

How screwed up is that?!?!

Oh my parents nagged as usual, but not too much. They were very concerned about the fact that someone could just pick up my wallet, see my address on my IC and waltz in with the access pass and keys.

That's super fucked up!

I've made a police report, called both Citicab and Comfort (you see how gone i was that i dun even know? my friend also abit seh so he didn't notice either!) so now i can just wait and hope for the best.

Just return me the wallet la!

Please keep me in your prayers for the next couple of nights! =(

ok already!

2007-06-02T02:53:00.000+08:00

I know you guys are super sick of seeing the weird looking woman everytime you come to this site, but i've really been not at home much the past few days!

Apparently, even thou i'm not working anymore, i've more on my plate than ever before! I went clubbing twice in 5 days la! Can you imagine from zero times in the past half a year? I nearly died of alcohol poisoning!

Just got aquainted with a bunch of really crazycoolfun people last Saturday and it's all thanks to TYLER for intro-ing them to me! Come to think of it, i've been getting to know new people every other day for the past 7 days! Supercool!

Anyway, it's late and i dun wanna keep rambling so i shall just start!

Went to the youth.sg blogger's gathering on 28/05/07.

I decided to go because i wanted to see the real people behind the blogs that made it for the various rounds of the competition. I wanted to see if they were any different in person than in pictures, htmls and text.

Ok i'm just kidding. I was there just for the free food.

And of cos, to collect my DS Lite, for being the top judges' choice!

Haha! Which one's the truth, you decide!

Anyway, everyone there seemed quite juvenile, but maybe that's because they were all so animated and talkative, and i was waaaaay over on the last table with the youth.sg people. Got to talk with Ben, Joyce, her twin, Thegreatsze, the youth.sg people like Rachel and Cassandra, and the ex youth.sg person, Alvin.

Although i din win the Macbook, i'm really greatful for all the support i've gotten from all my friends, and strangers who actually bothered to vote! Thanks for at least making me 2nd place!

I superduper love the DS Lite anyway!

I went down to Sim Lim and Funan the next day with Daren, the tech-diva, to get the necessary accessories for it!

I spent like slightly over $100, you do the math.

Oh oh i really really really love the pouch that i got! It was such an unexpected and yet perfect fit! I got it at this lifestyle shop at the basement of Raffle's City at a discount! I totally didn't expect the DS to be able to fit in there so beautifully, but it did! And it was totally what i was looking for, something unconventional and aesthetically pleasing!

Oh dear ok that last paragraph made me sound like a bimbotic auntie.

Anyway, the DS came with an original game.

Which i'm trying to sell away, but no one seems interested in! Anyone wants?

Other stuff i've done over the week was to attend the TPJChoir (as written in the programme) concert on 30/05/07.

Sorry for the bad quality, but if you look closely, it's the combined choir from TPJC and AJC. It's not zebra crossing hor, even thou the TPJC guys in black were flanked by the white AJC guys.

Ya, abit weird also dunno why AJC was guest choir.

After the concert i went down to Zouk!

Reached at about 10pm and the queue outside was OMFG!

I tried to pretend pretend to go infront to slot myself into the queue but then i looked to my right and i saw Jamie and Lucas from Chorale! Coolness! Can cut queue!

So basically i got stamped within like half an hour of setting eyes on the queue!

Superfast!

After getting stamped, i exchanged numbers with them and went our seperate ways! This was actually the first time i was having an actual conversation with either of them! Well, what's clubbing if not to make friends right?

The crazycoolfun people that i was talking abt!

You should see what the girl in black was wearing! Her top was like split in the middle and held together with string! So basically you could see from her cleavage all the way down to her bellybutton! Superhot!

There're still a ton of photos that i have yet to receive, but i look terrible in most of them because i was totally wasted and drunk and i couldn't control my facial muscles!

Nonetheless, i shall update with more clubbing photos when i get them!

this is furonda

2007-05-25T09:25:00.000+08:00

The answer is simple.

Join America's Next Top Model, where women, who're considered ugly by society's standards, are oooh-ed and ahhh-ed at and praised for their bug-eyes, bulbous noses, sausage lips and square jaws.

That's why i love this show! The ugly have hope!

Went to this super cool ANTM website recommended by Alvin. In there's all the photos of all the contestants from all 8 cycles of the show. And when i say photos, i don't mean only those from the photoshoots in the show, but even photoshoots from after the contestants get the boot from the show and land in the real world of modelling.

As i was browsing the more familiar names from the show, Furonda from cycle 6's portfolio really caught my attention.

She's this totally horrible looking reject of an insect that somehow not only made it into the show, but stayed quite long and actually improved tremendously.

She's still ugly, but well, she takes a fierce photo.

I got a little obsessed with her to the point where i was sending Alvin photos of her on msn.

Here's an exerpt of what we were talking about.

My nick had the [nausea] in it because i just came from from a night swim and for some reason felt like vomitting.

Apparently Alvin found the conversation hilarious because he pasted it on his blog straight off the msn chat! After reading it, i got so tickled that i immediately told him that i would too.

I even tried sharing a "Furonda" background with him. He didn't accept it at first, but after much coaxing he finally came around.

Ok maybe i'm too obsessed with her.

Edit: WATCH THIS CLIP! O.M.G.!

ghost or hoax?

2007-05-24T11:30:00.000+08:00

Remember the BMT gathering photo that sparked a big hoohah on my tagboard? The one with the baby very high up in the background?

Apparently, my other BMT friend had the photographer take the same shot with another camera.

Wanna do a comparison?

Baby ghost or not? You decide.

it is hard work to be still

2007-05-23T15:19:00.000+08:00

my heart is a radio tuning
to something other than
empty frequency

it is cluttered with the static
of your absent SMS; restless
from missing what is not

and my aching ears tingle
at the slightest sound

even silence can startle me
into checking my phone for messages
again

I try to read and I try to work
and I try to not wait so eagerly
for something so trivial

(but words are not trivial -
each word is heavy with nuances,
each sentence with meaning)

the cell phone beeps:
1 message received;
and I feel loved already

until I find out
it's not from you

I go back to staring at the screen,
which promises neither relief nor reward

-taken from masqueraded

i finally got off my ass and did something

2007-05-21T10:48:00.000+08:00

Since being retrenched from the SAF, i've found myself to be quite horribly busy with god knows what, and thus i felt that i wasn't updating this space as religiously as i would have liked.

This entry's gonna make up for that, but it's gonna be minimal commentary and an overloading of pictures.

Just the way i like it.

10 March 2007

The day that i collected my pink IC was the same day that the Sec 1 camp at Greenridge Sec, which i was a facilitator in, started.

It lasted for 3 days and all of us were super shagged after that from constantly talking at the top of our voices to make the kids listen.

I remembered we brought the kids to Fort Canning and the camp organiser cautioned us not to shout at the children because there were outside people around. In the end i got allocated the very last Normal Tech class and i had to scream at them to play games.

"Do you all want to play games? You've been complaining that the camp's boring because there're no games and now i'm asking you all to play, you all refuse to co-operate. Do you want this camp to be just talking and NO GAMES? I give you all 10 seconds to form a circle in front of me now! 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."

And formed they did. Haha!

Even thou we were all complaining about how rowdy and misbehaved the kids were, at the end of the day, it was sad to leave. But oh well, they wouldn't have remembered me anyway.

Because of this camp, i missed out on my BMT platoon gathering.

From the photos, it seemed like a load of fun. Without me. Wanted to photoshop myself in the pic but was too lazy. Haha!

17 March 2007

Went for Zhencong's birthday celebration at Pitch Black. I'll just let the pictures do the talking here.

25 March 2007

Had an early celebration for Daren because Amir had to fly off to Europe and thus couldn't attend his actual birthday celebration. The theme of the day was "Stripes"!

Went to TCC before heading down to Menotti's for their delicious mini cakes. The cakes go for half price after 10pm, so it wasn't ex at all.

6 April 2007

Went for a dye job because i received a birthday discount from Singtel.

My hair's a blue-black base with ash streaks. But now if you see me the streaks are damn gold cos the dye's faded. But it's nicer like that.

My stylist's called Jackeline, so if any of you are mightily jealous of my hair, you can go find her at the Supercuts at Far East. She's off on Mondays thou. Just tell her that i referred her to you, cos she knows me.

8 April 2007

Got free Rivermaya concert tickets from youth.sg and dragged Tee Seng along for it. I reckon he's got the "free" face. Remember i got free tickets to The Swimming Instructor? He went with me too.

Since Rivermaya's a Philippines band, there were groups of maid-looking women screaming their undying devotion. It was hilarious cos TS kept imitating the Tagalog accent and saying stuff like, "Madarm call arsk me where i at bart i doon dare answer because she dunch know i carm Ribermaya concert."

I can't do it as well as he can. Hilarity i tell you!

Anyhow, the concert rocked! They sang in English by the way, although there were some Tagalog songs thrown in, making the maids wild and giddy with excitement.

And yes, those were blown up condoms.

15 April 2007

Celebrated my birthday in advance with my friends. Shall blog about it in another entry.

21 April 2007

Celebrated both my brother's and my birthday with relatives and some of my brother's friends. Shall blog about it in another entry as well.

27 April 2007

Celebrated the birthday of the most chachafied person in my world, KOH TEE SENG, where he treated us to Sushi Tei. After that we went to Settler's Cafe where we surprised him in the middle of our gaming with a cake and his retardedly cute presents!

It wasn't easy to plan the surprise because we all were working and had no time to meet up, so Daren and i were scheming over web messenger at work and sending unreciprocated emails to Amir and Roger about the elaborate plan.

We very nearly made him cry when we called him at midnight and sang happy birthday to him over loudspeaker, while we were on the cab home. Dang. Should have emo-ed more.

12 May 2007

Caught Spiderman 3 with chachad.

In the cinema, he succeeded in talking loud enough to make the person on his other side turn to him to ask him to keep quiet.

I was like, "LOL!"

See my hair so "gim" now.

18 May 2007

Went to Chloe's place for her mini birthday dinner. Will blog when i receive photos.

19 May 2007

Was Roger's birthday but went for Amir's birthday celebration. Will blog when i receive the photos too.

20 May 2007

I've been lagging behind on my American Idol fixes so much for the past few weeks that i stayed home yesterday all day to clear the backlog.

It's so sad that Melinda's out cos it just shows that the best might not necessarily win it.

Made me think of the youth.sg blogging competition where i got the best judges score but then again it's really up to the public voting.

So vote for B7 if you want justice to be served! (as if you've never heard it before)

The competition entry, as usual, is here.

-VOTING'S CLOSED-

that's cool that's cool

2007-05-17T10:10:00.000+08:00

I was googling around randomly yesterday when i came to this forum.

Strangers actually like my entry! Woots!

~~Vote for me la!~~

-VOTING'S CLOSED-

sov 2007

2007-05-17T00:07:00.000+08:00

This was the first year that i took part in SOV not as a member of the audience but as part of the performance.

Although not the main item, being part of the guest item was a nice feeling. It's been awhile, 3 years in fact, since my last time singing on stage with a choir.

I had friends smsing me during interval saying that they didn't know that i would be performing. At this i replied that i didn't know they were coming.

Although i wasn't from VJ, i could feel the emotions coming through when we were singing No Man is an Island. Although i was afraid that i would be terribly out of place, i was surprisingly holding my own beside the ~~older~~ more experienced members of Chorale.

And i actually had a crash course in the song during dinner before the performance.

Let the pictures, courtesy of YC and his DSLR, do the talking.

I love the last photo of us acting dao, although Calvin and i look like siamese twins. And i look super sleepy in my side profile picture, must have just blinked.

are you kidding me?

2007-05-16T11:24:00.000+08:00

Olinda looks so CGI here that she can totally fit into Final Fantasy and be one of the characters.

Special moves: throwing clothes that are too big to wear at the monsters or slimming down at a rapid pace to avoid bullets.

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For those not in the know, i've joined a blogging competition and came in FIRST in terms of judges scoring. However, that's only 50% of the component to win. The other 50% is based on public voting.

THAT'S YOU!

I've came to know of a certain blogger who actually went out to distribute FLYERS promoting himself and his blog. Although it's a really great way to up his votes, it's really sneaky.

Now his vote count's really high and it compensates for his mediocre score by the judges.

The organisers of this competition can't do anything about it because technically, he's not cheating.

Being the top of the judges' pick is useless if i can't get enough votes to win, and it'll be very sad if i lose out because of my votes, so please vote for me (B7) if you've not done so.

If you've already voted, i'll appreciate it if you help me spread the word and get your friends to vote too. And in turn get them to spread the word.

The competition entry's just below this one, so scroll down to view it, and the voting form is there too.

If you're worried about revealing personal info there, not to worry, you'll definitely not get spammed because the website's an official one backed by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).

In actual fact, only the IC number has to be accurate (to prevent multiple votes). The email, name and contact number can be fake, but please fake something that makes sense. Don't give your name as Mr Potatohead or something. The vote may be voided.

Scroll down to VOTE FOR B7!

i'm exhausted from constantly rallying

-VOTING'S CLOSED-

i am @ youth.sg - confessions of a part-time telemarketer

2007-05-15T00:04:00.000+08:00

Dear friends/strangers,

I beseech you to enter your most valued votes for little ole me. It doesn't matter if you do it because you think my entry's good, or just based on the fact that you're my friend.

JUST BE SURE TO VOTE FOR ME!

iDesire the Macbook la!

Oh and of cos, there's always some reward for your hard work (ie labourously keying in your details).

VOTERS STAND TO WIN one of the following VOUCHERS:

5 x $10 Borders Book vouchers

10 x $10 Miss Clarity Cafe food vouchers

10 x $5 Uzumaki ice cream vouchers

10 x $5 Matsu apparel vouchers

3 x $10 Pitstop Cafe food vouchers

5 sets of Nokia Nseries premiums (1Gb thumb drive,namecard holder and memory card reader)

I stress that you'll stand to win ONE, and NOT all of the above! You think you winning hamper ar!

But still, a voucher just for typing a few words/numbers is SO WORTH IT!

What're you waiting for? Voting closes on 24th May, so please help me spread this to all your friends and family! Get your father, mother, sister, brother, uncle, auntie, heck even grandmother to vote for me! I need a million votes!

VOTE B7!

-VOTING'S CLOSED-

Now for the actual entry:

Question: What would most ORD personnel be doing before entering University (assuming they can get in)?

Answer: They find jobs!

I've conformed to the stereotype and am currently very frazzled with the number of stupid and rude Singaporeans that call in on a daily basis.

Some background infomation, i'm currently a part-time telemarketing exec, handling the phone enquiries of different roadshows. Sometimes, i also get general enquiry calls which are none of my concern but yet, i try my best to answer.

Before working here, i never knew how stupid some Singaporeans can be!

Just imagine that i could have an actual conversation like this!

CLASSIC!

I've always thought that majority of the locals are educated, if not knowledgeable enough so as not to appear utterly spastic.

OBVIOUSLY NOT.

Oh! I have to share another hilarious call that i received! It actually made my department laugh!

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"Er... Hello, where can i order my notebook?"

"You can go to the website to download the order form."

"That's the problem, i don't have internet connection."

(after discussion with my colleagues and much thinking)

"Do you have any friends?"

"HUH?"

"I mean, do you have any friends with internet connection?"

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My colleagues laughed!

Oh the other hand, a bad aspect of being a telemarketer is that i have to handle the ching chong students from CHINA!

I must make it clear that i'm in no way prejudiced against China people, it's just that my Chinese capabilities are seriously limited. If you know me, you'll know.

I think it's a JC thing. Someone once told me that poly students generally speak better Mandarin than JC students. Maybe it's the culture la.

The very first time i encountered a China student, i had so much trouble just translating the sentence, "You have to go to the website and follow the instructions".

In the end, i told her, "Ni yao qu wang lu na bian geng zhe instructions."

She replied with a, "Er... Wo bu zhi dao ni zhai shuo shen me", in that cheena China slang.

URGH!

I also want to tell her that i cannot understand her!

However, i'd gladly talk to 20 China students than to some Singaporeans who speak perfectly good English. Some people reaaaally make me wanna clench my fists and grit my teeth, and yet, i have to speak to them nicely and try to get them to listen.

Here's one typical scenario.

These kind of customers are the really longwinded kind. They can paint a whole portrait in technicolours when they just want to simply find out the status of their order.

What's worse is if they use the goddamn irritated and impatient tone with me, as if i can control when they get their goods.

I'M JUST THE FREAKING TEMP!

But it's ok, i can get my own kicks out of this.

I simply love stressing on the "10 to 15 working days" part! I get a cheap thrill listening to the impatient customers let out a loud GASP!

MUAHAHAHAHA! CAN YOU FEEL THE SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT?

There are also customers who are just plain rude and unreasonable!

A few days ago, i was just ranting about this retarded bitch of a woman who called me up demanding i answer her question.

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Retarded bitch: "How much does it cost to service my computer?"

note she didn't even say hello.

Victim: "This is the sales department, so i wouldn't know the cost of fixing a technical issue, you'll have to refer to the service centre for the price. Why not you take down the number?"

Retarded bitch: "Why can't you just transfer me directly?"

Victim: "I will, but in case you can't get through, you can call that number."

Retarded bitch: "So i won't be able to get through right?"

Victim: "I wouldn't know, it depends on the call traffic at the service centre."

Retarded bitch: "Why can't you just tell me? There must be a standard charge to fixing a laptop right?"

Victim: "That i wouldn't know, because it is totally different departments!"

by this time i was slightly irritated and totally wanted to hang up on her already.

Retarded bitch: "Then it must be a very lousy company you're running or you must be very dumb."

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WHAT. THE. FREAK!!!

Sometimes i wonder if i have done them wrong in my past life!

Now i can understand why some people flip out and go on a killing spree.

See the similarities? He must have been doing telemarketing la!

disclaimer: this entry is entirely fictional and all similarities to anyone or any events are merely coincidence. there is no malice involved in the mention of the Virginia Tech killings. in fact, i'm deeply saddened by the fact that an act of such obscene violence could even happen. my well-wishes and deepest condolences goes out to the victims and their family members.

NC16 - the swimming instructor

2007-05-14T13:34:00.000+08:00

I wouldn't have caught this play last Thursday if not for the free tickets that i got from a friend's friend's friend (don't ask, too confusing), who was in the production crew.

Apparently, some sponsors who were supposed to turn up cancelled last minute and they had many free tickets to give away. I think most of the people were there FOC.

Cheapskates. Like me.

Thank God for friends who think of me in times of er... freebies?

Anyway, i've captured the play's essence in the following drawing. I was working on it the entire morning, in the midsts of answering calls, using PAINT!

-sweat-

Too used to the ease of Photoshop.

Basically, it's a story about a go-getting advertising executive (Dave) and a vivacious rich girl (Jen), meeting in a pool one day and falling for the same guy, a down-to-earth swimming instructor (Guan).

Sidetracking abit, everytime someone said "Guan", i would feel like shouting out "GUANTANAMERA!"

Back to the topic, before anyone thinks, "Eeeyer, gay play, yucks gross ew", it's actually so much more than that! The play was an emotional rollercoaster (all three of the actors had emo scenes. Jen had 2, of which she actually cried in one! PRO!) and themes like loss, death, love, disintegration of the family unit, and of cos lust were present.

When the play first began, i felt that Isabella Chiam, who played Jen, had an easy role because all she had to do was some over-the-top bimbo/sex-crazed acting. However, as the play progressed, she blow me away with her subtler scenes and when she was talking about how screwed up her family was, she actually had tears in her eyes! I was like WHOA!

Lim Wee Hong, who played Guan, was seriously ah beng to the max. Throughout the play, i felt like slapping him cos his accent was so typically kopitiam!

Jeremy Lee, or Dave, had the much tougher role of being the emotionally scarred individual who tries not to fall for Guan, although he was still kinda stiff in his acting.

But for those who're not interested in the depth of the play, just go watch it for the FLESH la!

picture grabbed from this site.

Bods.bodynits was one of the sponsors and the 3 of them were wearing nothing but skimpy trunks, bikinis and boardshorts from the brand!

For the girls (and some guys), Guan and Dave had on more tanning oil than clothing! And Dave even exposed his butt in a shower scene! -RAWR-

For the guys (and some girls), Jen was a naughty little minx, thrusting her boobs and butt in the faces of the audience, all while flipping her hair and looking nonchalant about it! And it didn't hurt one bit that she looked like Felicia Chin with a dash of ang mohness in her features. HAWT!

The play's running till 18th, so if you have the time, go catch it!

general knowledge and hilarious commentary

2007-05-14T10:04:00.000+08:00

*If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. *

~ (Hardly seems worth it.)

*If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced
to create the energy of an atomic bomb. *

~ (Now that's more like it!)

*The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to
squirt blood 30 feet. *
~ (O.M.G.!)

* A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. *

~ (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

*A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
death. *

~ (Creepy.)

~ (I'm still not over the pig.)

*Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour *

~ (Don't try this at home, maybe at work)

*The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. *

~ ("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")

*The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping
the length of a football field. *

~ (30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

*The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. *

~ (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

*Some lions mate over 50 times a day. *

~ (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

*Butterflies taste with their feet. *

~ (Something I always wanted to know.)

*The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. *

~ (Hmmmmmm......)

*Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people. *

~ (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

*Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. *

~ (okay, so that would be a good thing)

*A cat's urine glows under a black light. *

~ (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

*An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. *

~ (I know some people like that.)

*Starfish have no brains *

~ (I know some people like that too.)

*Polar bears are left-handed. *

~ (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

*Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. *

~ (What about that pig??)

mugshots!

2007-05-14T01:18:00.000+08:00

I GIVE UP!

I've been trying to get the photos into a marquee, but to no avail!

I guess you'll just have to contend yourselves with seeing them HERE!

Tell me if you can't see!

i tried to contain my excitement...

2007-05-11T16:49:00.000+08:00

...but i failed.

How to contain when Rozz said that my blog was (i quote) "DAMN FUGGIN good", "frivolously hilarious" and that she "dig(s) that"?!?!

AHHHHHHH! -faints with glee-

You can see the judges' scores and comments here:

+ Charles Ng the Skin Clinic Entrepreneur

+ Alan Leong the superpro Graphics Designer

+ Angelique the Best Teen Weblog Winner (twice!)

+ DJ Rosalyn the Power98 Radio DJ and Mac's FANtastic ad girl

+ Alvin Lim the Webmaster who's leaving youth.sg for greener pastures!

Go see Angelique and Rozz's scoring criteria. Hilarious and ruthless respectively!

SINCE ALL FIVE JUDGES HAVE REVEALED THE SCORES, HERE'S THE AVERAGE:

WOOTS!

But i have to stress that the scores are only 50%. The outcome's still very grey so rally on!

Continue to vote for B7 here, or scroll down 2 entries to view the competition piece. You can vote from there as well!
GET ME THE MACBOOK PEOPLE!

-VOTING'S CLOSED-

the job's getting to me

2007-05-10T16:47:00.000+08:00

I'm PMSing today.

I've been irritable and impatient the entire day, snapping at customers on the phone and friends on msn.

My biggest faux paux of the day was when i asked a customer, "Did you order directly or did you apply through any interest loans or what shit."

After i blurted the last word out, i immediately thought, "oh crap!"

Then i put him on hold and told my supervisor what i said. Luckily the customer didn't realise anything.

Yesterday my supervisor received a call from a guy who was like 10 times worse than the retarded bitch that scolded me dumb.

He scolded her "You stupid Chinese pig!"

You see how much heartache we can have working in this line? Sigh.

At least i'm just the temp. Can you imagine working at this job for 7 years!?!?

voting is still going on! DO scroll down and vote! i'll put up the judges' scores when all 5 scores are released!

vinco

2007-05-07T14:19:00.000+08:00

After coming back from lunch, i saw this big box on my table.

My colleague bought Vinco doughnuts and thoughtfully gave one to me! How nice!

But i'm damn bloated from lunch now.

During lunch my colleagues were discussing how i looked very sporty to them. One even said i looked like a sprinter.

That was such a joke.

What do i do when i realise that the tension that i've been feeling for awhile now isn't due to my over-sensitiveness, but is so real that i can cut it with a knife?

feeling random and unwell

2007-05-04T10:19:00.000+08:00

Some people complained that there were no pictures from my Genting trip. Well, the camera wasn't put into much use since we were permanently parked in the casino and i should think there were restrictions to photography.

This is the only photo with me and my parents inside.

We were watching the Malaysia's version of Deal or no Deal. Very retarded with the audience going "bu mai bu mai" and doing the spasticated hand movement.

Going down the mountain, the fog was so bad that my dad had to lean forward to try to look further. Not that it worked though.

That's all the photos i took. The trip wasn't a sightseeing trip so what did you expect? Me to camwhore with my parents?!?!

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Since yesterday i've gone to the toilet 6 times.

=(

I hope i can still run and hit the gym after work today.

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Next week i'll have to cheapen myself. Sigh, i dun like it, but for the sake of my superficial and material desires, i'll do my best!

Dunno what i'm talking abt? Check back next week!

post labour day

2007-05-02T10:03:00.000+08:00

I'm back at work. -grumbles-

But i've got a pay rise of 50 cents! It's peanuts still but slightly larger ones.

But i had to walk through a battlefield just to get the increment, and there were some casualties (i'm terribly sorry xh). I regretted even asking for anything. Sigh, i hope your wounds heal fast. I'm abit scared of you, or rather, how you feel towards me now.

On to a brighter note, my Genting trip was really fun! Although some people might think going overseas with parents would be a bore, i beg to differ!

At first that was what i thought too, that's why i was a little reluctant to go. My brothers wouldn't be going as they were having exams, so it would be just me and my parents. When i told someone that, he gave me the incredulous look and said, "WAH! WHAT IS THIS? BONDING AR?"

Well, why not? Everything's free when you go out with parents! I got free food, free clothes and even my gambling's FOC!

Yes, that's right! The casino was very nearly my second hotel room. My first was of cos the gross First World Hotel room with the seperated shitting and shower area.

Anyway, back to the casino. I must have entered the full body metal detector to get into the casino 7 times, and i was stopped 5 times.

I didn't shave while i was there, so i guess i kinda looked like a terrorist.

Just kidding.

The security didn't think i looked 21! I was stopped by 5 different guards at different entrances! I had to pull out my IC 5 times to verify!

Heng i just turned 21. I can't imagine how embarrassing it would have been if i tried to sneak in before i became of age. Confirm kena caught one! I never shave and my hair so long and dyed also get stopped.

And seriously speaking, i must have been the youngest looking person in the entire casino! Everyone else can be classified under uncles, aunties and ah peks!

Because of this, i finally came to know of something good that my mother passed down to me. At first, i thought all she handed down to me in the hereditary department were the fats, the hairiness, the thunder thighs and the height, but i overlooked one thing. The youthful looks! My mum's close to 50 but looks like she's 30 plus!

So i hope i still look like a small boy when i hit my 30s. Muahahahaha! Although i'm trying to make myself look older. Too boy boy also not nice la.

Anyway, in the casino i only played this game my dad intro-ed to me, called Baccarat. That's the only game aside from Roulette that he plays.

I dun really like Roulette, it's too random. Baccarat is random too, but sooner or later you'll see some pattern/sequence, although it's not totally similar.

There's a more detailed explanation on the wikipedia site.

Ther version i played was the closest to Punto Banco (North American Baccarat), but there's slight differences.

Bottomline was i won money! I actually won back whatever i spent on clothes, but sadly, my dad went and lost it all!

I feel like organising a gambling field trip! Who's interested! Haha! We'll go into the casino one big group and all get stopped by the security! Damn cool!

Anyway, i loved the FOS there! It was my third home, seeing how i spent like more than an hour trying on pants and a tee shirt and belts!

In the end i bought an Xdye shirt, a dunno what brand pants and a uber bright orange/red/yellow belt to go with it!

The only place i know in Singapore that carries Xdye stuff is at Pull and Bear and it's like $30 plus for a tee. I bought mine for 26.90RM! Rocks!

Too bad they don't have Abercrombie and Fitch stuff. But they're already loads better than the FOS-es in Singapore!

OMG I SOUND DAMN HIMBO! Ok ok i shall stop here incase i get even more himbotic.