Sunday, September 09, 2007
cockroach infestation!
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.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
cash and carry
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?
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Leviticus 20:13
"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
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.
Labels: family
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
not better i'm afraid
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.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
can life get any bitterer
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.
Labels: family
Sunday, June 17, 2007
it's so ironic
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?!?!
Friday, May 04, 2007
feeling random and unwell
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.
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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!
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
post labour day
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.
Labels: family, random, shopping, work
Monday, February 26, 2007
louhei pt3
This entry exists partially because i don't want viewers to judge me based on the maths entry, so with this entry, it's one step closer to disappearing from the main page altogether!
In my defence, i haven't been touching maths for 4 years. But it's not a good defence.
Anyways, had dinner at the grassroots club restaurant yesterday, because it was also the 7th day of CNY, which is 人日(ren2 re4), which represents everyone's birthday on the lunar calender.
I had yu sheng the 2nd time with my relatives, but it was my 3rd time having it.
And this is how my family does it. It's an utter mess, and that's the way we like it.
I had to use my wet tissues even before i ate anything because someone kept flinging the yu sheng on my hands, making it damn oily and sweet.
At the same time, we celebrated my youngest brother's birthday.
It was 人日 and when they brought out the cake, the restaurant had the birthday song playing on it's PA system and the everyone in the restaurant clapped and sang along.
My goodness i wouldn't wanna be in my brother's seat. I would have melted in embarrassment.
I haven't bought him anything yet since his actual birthdate's on 2nd March. Or was it the 3rd. Any suggestions?
I like this photo. But the more i look at it, the more it seems like some spectacle shop advert with the slogan, "Spectacles for all ages!"
Sunday, January 28, 2007
getting all sentimental
I felt bored so i went digging out photographs from years ago, when i was still a kid and my brothers were but cute little babies.
Aren't they adorable? Who knew they'll grow up into the menaces that they are now, spewing vulgarities and whatnots.
You must be thinking, "What the HECK happened to me now!?!?" I used to be soooooo cute too!
I think babies and kids just naturally look cute. Ugly babies should be killed off at birth.
I love my brothers...
Sometimes...
Labels: family, old school, sentimental
