Last day of May

It’s been a LONG day. I started off the day really lazily. Woke up and accompanied brother watch Robocop2. I was trying to recall which year did I exactly watched the movie in the theatres. Bet it was at least 10 years back and right now, I’m still somehow amazed by it.

As a kid, I LOVED Robocop and I used to nag at mum to get the action figures of Robocop for me. Still remember there was once she got me this, 1feet tall Robocop for me. I liked it so much that I carried it where ever I went and even refused to lend it to my cousins as I was terrified that they might damage it. How childish! Haha.

In the afternoon, took the bicycle and rode down to the swimming complex. The sun was really nice and warm and the water was just right. Started lapping freestyles, and I realised that my triceps started aching real fast. Think my fitness is dropping. Then I tried changing to breast-strokes, but apparently my knee gave way each time I tried to bend it. Sighs. But at least I could still swim frees. This shows improvement after all. Thank God. =)

Swam so much frees that my right neck muscles started to cramp up. It’s the 1st time I actually have a cramping feeling in the neck. How weird! But still doesn’t beat having cramp at the toes though. Think it’s REALLY odd to have cramps at the toes. The muscles are SO puny and they can actually cramp up.

Started swimming butterflies towards the end. But stopped after half a lap cause I realised that everyone was like staring at this idiot swimming butterflies when others are swimming frees and breast strokes. Felt alienated totally. Had a quick shower and rode down to the basketball court.

Played a few matches with the people. Had quite a lot of fun but was taking extra precautions not to twist the knee again. Can’t run or jump much though, was just shooting and passing. Nonetheless, did this really nice shot from the 3 point line that I’ll never forget for a blardy long time. It was a pump fake, side step, jump shot, slightly faded away, and that guy actually fouled me. And the ball went in with a REALLY nice “SHOOOOP!”. Should have taken a video of it. Totally NBA. WOOOO! And the cheers of the people. Felt a lil’ proud. But kept my cool. Haha.

Rode back and met up with dad. Borrowed his car and drove back to school to clear up the remaining stuff I have back there. As I packed, it stumbled upon me that this would be the very last time I’ll be in the bunks and the very last time I’ll see the things here. The many memories. The many friends and many other things. Guess I’m too sentimental. I like to think about the past. My mind likes to wander back in time. Maybe I’m too loyal? Maybe I tend to hold on to things really hard. Maybe I don’t like the feeling of letting go. But again, who does? Life goes on. Life’s beautiful. I await God’s plans for me. =)

“… has demonstrated an excellent work ethic and high standard of performance. His dedication to … is commendable. Despite of a demanding workload, his commitment in handling his work is highly regarded. …. To his colleagues, he is accomdating and is always willing to go the extra mile to provide help. He is an invaluable asset to…” – the final words of good bye from the ‘principal’ in the testimonial.

Thank goodness Faizal was there to help me load up the stuff onto the car. If not I would most probably have to make a couple more trips. Gave him a lift back home and drove down to the pool to fetch mum. Brother’s having his Life Saving 2 test today. Feeling so proud of him! He’s actually surpassed me in swimming! Got his NASA Gold and moved on to Life Saving. I think this sense of proud is more intense than what I felt when I got my own certificates. Haha. I think it’ll multifold when I have my own kids. Now I know how mum and dad feels when I get all those certs. =)

The deadline for all the proposals and budget and equipment list is tonight. Gonna burn some midnight oil to compile everything. Really hope everything goes well. Thank you PE and Ling for your well wishes. Hoon and Ber too. Thanks guys. Love ya all.

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To Ling

A happy birthday to you! It was really nice talking to you on the phone. It has been quite a while hasn’t it? We’ll go to that steamboat you were saying for you bday celebrations. Haha. Alright guys? =) It’s the one at Bugis. Sorry I forgot the name. I’m really bad at remembering things. May all your wishes come true! And erm, I think you should go for it. =) You know what I’m talking about? Haha. And for the chalet.. hehehe. Don’t be notti ya? *smiles* Take care! Good luck for your remaining papers! Looking forward to see you!

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To all out there reading this,

“Don’t be afraid; just believe.” – Mark5:36

This is what Jesus said to the synagogue leader whose daughter is dead. She “stood and walk around” when he believed.

Just keep faith, have hope, and pray. Just believe. Things will turn out fine. =)

I've been tagged!

I've Been TaggedF.Y.I-this is a dangerous game..1.The tagged victim have to come up with 8 different points about his/her perfect lover.2.Have to mention the gender of his/her perfect lover.3.Tag eight other victims to join this game and leave a comment on their blog.4.If you are tagged the second time.There is NO need to do this again.5.Lastly,most importantly,HAVE.FUN.DOING.IT.

Okay.. Let’s see.. hmmm… I think I’ve seen this tagging thing somewhere. PE’s blog? Haha. =) I don’t know why i’m doing this. But here goes…

-Alright. I’m straight, so female. As for the criteria.. hmmm…
-loves God
-loves her family and the people around her and me
-bubbly/open minded
-loyal/ sincere
-understanding
-unselfish

I can’t think of anything else. But I do have a knack for girls with long hair, and I can’t stand anyone chewing with their mouth open. Pardon me. =)

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Its 2pm. Am watching Supersize Me. Ever wondered what’s in the famous and tasty M*chicken? Let’s have a peek.

“Water, salt, modified corn starch, sodium phosphates, chicken broth powder (chicken broth, salt and natural flavoring(chicken source)), seasoning (vegetable oil, extracts of rosemary, mono, di-, and tryglycerides, lecithin).

Battered and breaded with water, enriched bleached wheat flour (niacin, iron, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavine, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, corn starch, dried whey.

Batter set in vegetable shortening. Cook in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil, and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil, and/or cotton seed oil, and/or corn oil)

TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness and dimethalpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent.”

So much for processed food. Thinking twice already?

I am.

Goodbye Sergeant Vincent! Hello Mr Poh!

Okay. This looks weird on the first look doesn't it? Well, all thanks to PE and her cameraphone, we're actually 'caught on phone', changing the tiress of Alv's dad's car. Eye power rules man! wooooo!
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And so the day has come, I’m no longer Sergeant Vincent, but MISTER Vincent. No more green uniforms, no more shouting at people and making them do push ups, no more free meals, no more free lodging, no more allowances, etc! I’m making it sound as if I actually miss life back in school. To a certain extent I do. But in exchange, I’ve got freedom, I get to sleep late every night, I get to wake up late every morning (Or maybe afternoon. Piggy, I know.), I get to choose what I want to eat, I get to wear my home clothes (Or not wearing any, when I’m at home of course), I don’t have to clean and room my scrub my floors every week, and certainly, no more of people asking me to do things that I don’t wish to do (like shouting at people and making them do push ups.. haha)

It was nice having people around congratulating on my freedom. Yet I don’t feel the thrill and excitement that I had been anticipating couple of years back. Now this pink card called IC lies in one of the slits of my wallet. There ain’t so much hype. It’s just like another day of my life. Managed to pass the TY card to dear SSG Amin too! Really have to thank him big time. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have stayed in the school to be an instructor.

Was surprised to see Fahmi in the office earlier today too! Really happy for him, that he made it through the instructor selection. Wish him all the best in the wing. Think he’ll be a good instructor with his prior experience in CCA back in Whitley.

Oh, and thanks Ivan! For accompanying me and walk around the compound ‘looking for signatures’!

The weekend was certainly packed and fun. Shopping, bridging, changing tires, dinners, meetings, and more bridging.

It was fun walking around shops shopping for stuff but my legs weren’t too kind to me. Just wondering when would be the day when I would be able to jog down the park again. Sighs. Bridging at Alv’s is definitely gonna be one of our favorite pastimes. I think Bridge requires full concentration of the mind. Sometimes, things are not what you perceive it to be. But yet again, there are times when people actually exercise the “can eat just eat” policy when it totally confuses you. Guess that’s where the fun comes in? haha.

Helped Alv changed his car tires. Well, I guess changing of tires ain’t too tough a task if you have the strength and the right equipment. Quite idiot proof. =) A good lesson learnt. It’s still puzzling me why didn’t Hoon hit her horns back then though. Said she doesn’t like to do it. WHY?! *question marks*

The meeting went alright. Now we await for the results to roll in. I guess, it is very much dependant on the rest of the committee right now. Perhaps as Chief, I haven’t been pushing them hard enough for results. Maybe I’ve been too soft, too nice? But certainly it’s too late to think about that. Looking forward, things are going to be rather packed and rush, but hope that thing turns out well.

We spent the time after meeting bridging again. Alv, Aug and Meiding. It was fun but I started turning real dumb towards the end of the game and just couldn’t be bothered what I threw. Sad thing was I actually missed church for this. Sighs. And Alv, it’s not about confessions here. Haha. It’s more than that. ;)

I see that I’ve got to do this tag thingy. I’ll do it soon Steph. How ‘kind’ of you to tag me! Haha. Maybe I’ll spend some time in the afternoon tomorrow to do it, before meeting them for X3. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Neo. Gonna miss my Malay lessons though. But for a good cause nonetheless!

Cheers people. ORD loh!

Packed 2 days

I’m officially 2 more days to see my pink IC once again. 2 years back, I was still singing songs of “exchanging my pink IC for 11B, exchanging my Nike cap for a jockey cap” yada yada. And here I am, I’m just hours away of being “operationally ready”.

Well, things sure were fun these few days. Went helped out Uncle to fill up some forms on Wednesday afternoon. He bought a Vios and needs to change his parking label. We waited for hours for the dealer to come with Uncle’s new car. Surprisingly, it’s red and it’s a manual gear car. Thought that people these days would go for auto but apparently he still prefers manual. Maybe it’s to save up on fuel consumption and for better control. Owells.

Went back school that night and once again chatted with them till late night. Poor Han Song has to send one of the guys to the medical centre. Apparently that guy was ‘tao pocked’ and dislocated his scapula and clavicle. It was so ‘ouch’! Too bad I wasn’t there to take a look myself. Missed the chance. Dang! Also heard from Song that the guy actually felt crepitus in his shoulder region. How cool is that!

I started giving out the ‘thank you’ cards to them next morning, but didn’t manage to see them all. Guess I’ll have to try find them coming Monday.

It felt good giving out those cards. Especially when I saw the look on their faces, I knew that it was time well spent for writing those personalized messages.

Managed to catch up the students. Wished them luck and exchanged words of blessings. Felt happy and sad. The last class. Haha. Time really flies. Somehow, I know I’m gonna miss the school. The people, the classes. Haha. Guess I’m a sucker for memories and history. Got the last T-shirt too. It’s brown with black collars and sleeve tips. Weird combination making it look ‘HUH?’, but it’s the effort that counts I guess. Guess, nothing beats the 1st t-shirt which said:

“I PAM, DO YOU?”

Hope you still have it. =) I liked that shirt a lot.

Met up with Ber for lunch. Hitched a ride from Ivan to Yishun and took a train down. Haha. Was kinda late, sorry! Apparently, both of us were kinda ‘high’ and things started getting real funny. Especially on the ride to Parkway later in the afternoon, it got really hilarious when she started making funny noises, and we had to walk in the rain to get to Parkway. Kinda missed our stop and were drenched. Oh, and not to mention the 3 dumb frogs on TVmobile. It was so irksome!

Went C-beans and discussed about WTC. Dragged ourselves to the chalet. Had fun playing Xmen on the PS2. I think Ber can be quite violent when she plays computer games. Smashing everything in her way. And I think Alv is a pro at NFS. Or maybe it’s the car that I chose wasn’t as good as his? Haha.

Oh, and I don’t get it why people start eating when they’ve got nothing to do. Right Ber? =P

The food was alright and Anba was there too. Mrs Jing Wei came too. Left at around 10 and took a cab down to the train station before taking a train back home. Showered and packed, and off we go to Alv’s place.

Tried the famous Bar Chor Mee near his place, just down the road. Ber bought Malay Cake. Checked out Salsa classes at Alv’s, watched episodes of Hard Gay on youtube. Basically just hanged around and laughed our time away. Thought that the clips were funny. Not to forget that pig’s liver sound clip and the video clip of the guy who could touch his eye-brows with his tongue.

Also, thanks Alv for putting us up at your place. Thanks for the hot choc and I sincerely apologise for making you sleep like a fetus. Haha. Didn’t know that you would be sleeping like that. We really could have shared beds know? Hahaha. Oops! And oh, I think you quite proficient and effective in killing mosquitoes. Well done man.

Went swimming with them at his pool. Still can’t swim the breaststroke. Sighs. It was fun seeing Ber trying to swim freestyle. Don’t understand why she has to stand up after 2 strokes. Haha.

Had lunch with them and accompanied Ber to Orchard to get her cake for mum’s bday after that. It was a nice cake. Not too big and looked really yummy. And the Tiramisu and cooks’ cream ice cream was good. Haha. Saw Daisy in the train. She’s changed so much! not a bit like the girl I knew years back. Somehow seeing her reminded me of the dance we performed at National Day when we were sec 4. Daisy, Alv, PE, Poly, sheng and me. The days we spent choreographing and rehearsing. Alv split his pants during one of the rehearsals too. And yes, we won! Haha. Those were the days.

Well, sometimes we really have to keep all those memories regardless of good or bad and pack them in a box. When we dwell too long in history, we tend to lose track of the things that are happening right now. It certainly is difficult, but I’m learning my way, I hope.

It’s going to be another packed weekend. And she’s leaving this Sunday. Should I? Should I not?

That’s it for now I guess. Eyes are shutting.

Selamat selamat, sama sama

It feels good to actually wake up early and make my own breakfast. Food usually tastes so much better when you put in effort to prepare it yourself. Though it’s just the same old cereal with bananas and strawberries in mixed white and chocolate milk, it just tastes different. I wonder when was the last time I cooked a proper meal… hmmm… I think was last year, one day after skating with Jess. When she did the meat patty and French bean thingy, and I cooked the bitter gourd soup. Haha. Tonnes of praises for her patty, none for my soup. Eek.

Maybe I shall find time to cook and invite people over for dinner or something. Any takers? Haha.

Went down Whitley to give out the consent forms. Had a short chat with Mrs Singh. Good thing that she still remembers me… Haha. Still remember the time when she used to say, “Come my dear Vincent, could you please continue reading the story for us?”

And the lines and lines of “To kill a mocking bird” and “The Crucible” will be rattled. Thought I used to not really like it then, but surely now, I would have to thank her for making me do that. All thanks to her, I managed a decent B for the Os. If not, haha. An F would be inevitable.

Met the Scouts near the chin up bar area, and to my dismay there were only 6 Scouts who turned up for today’s briefing. Was expecting more, but I guess we’ll have to wait till Friday to see the full response.

These days, new boys are given reimbursements for their Scouts Uniforms. Same goes for the other uniform groups. Fifty bucks! Just why didn’t the ministry implement that 8years back. FIFTY BUCKS! That’s one big fat blue note mind you.

Had lunch at the canteen (again) and met Eugene and Shelly. Was rather surprised to see them there and they were in their college uniforms. Just back from college I guess. Chatted about some JC stuff, GP and Chinese as I had my rice and Shel ate her Loh Mai Kai. Said bye when mum called on the cell and went homebound.

Had the sudden urge to exercise in the early afternoon but I know I can’t run and jog or skip or hop or… anything to do with the legs. So, decided to pack my bag and head down to the gym. Everyone’s so concerned about their muscle size there, and you can see them glancing at each other’s chest muscles and biceps, and then turning to their own.

It makes me think that gyming has turned into an obsession to some of them, rather than an exercise to keep fit.

Did training of the upper body, and tried some light weights on the legs. And certainly, I think my legs are really wasted. As in, they can’t even lift halve the weights I used to lift couple of months back. Think I need more time to recuperate. Sighs. But owells! =)

Hurried down to J8 after the workout to meet up Eric for “Over the Hedge”. Really nice and heartwarming show. Just right for the kids. Bought some sushi and chocolate milk before we went in. Good thing that I brought a bag. Wouldn’t be able to bring in any contraband if not for the bag. =)

Eric’s going on a school camp coming Thursday, and he’s so hyped up about it. A leadership camp for the prefects. It’s funny to see him keep asking how many shirts and underwear he should bring, and what kind of torchlight he should get. Hope that he has fun. I think he will. No doubt about it.

Send him to the interchange after the movies. Got a call from Weiyi. I think we still gonna stick to the old plans for the benefit of everyone. Just have to try and convince Ms Chong now.

And for the night, went down to Bishan North and had my 1st conversational Malay lesson. Quite an interesting teacher. Highly qualified. Nice class. Funny students. And a woo-hooo eye candy. And now, I’ve got homework to do. Memorizing the words can be quite a feat. Hopefully I get the hang of it soon, and that one day I’ll understand what our neighbors are talking about. Haha.

Happy birthday mei. May you walk in God’s faith forever. All the best! *hugs*

Selamat tidur everyone!

Happily ever after

Alright. It hasn’t really been a fantastic day, staying home and kinda rotted away. But nonetheless I tried to do something useful. Brought lunch back for mum and Eric in the afternoon and I caught the Bridget Jones Diary while having lunch. It was soooo sweet. Like I said, “happily ever after” stories are always the best. Fairy-tales totally rock. *smiles*

And later in the afternoon, did some reading up on the Bible Canon, and the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. Anyone interested in the latter, you can check these out.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0406_060406_judas.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/?fs=www9.nationalgeographic.com

There are more on the internet though.

Updated my relief teaching profile through the MOE website too. Gonna do relief teaching once again in July. Let’s see what kind of funny things happen this time round. Haha.

Chatting with cussie now. Think her blog’s kinda cool. It’s really funny how things change. Memories of us playing at her place when we were 5 are still so vivid. And here we are now, chatting over the internet. Looking at each other’s blog. Time sure flies. *grins*

Oh. and I love my cereal in milk with fresh bananas and strawberries. I think it’s really healthy and nice. Anyone wanna try? I’ll be glad to make a bowl for you. =)

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To that someone out there: Sometimes I really wonder what is going through your head and what you’re seeking out for. Things that you do now really puzzle me, and my perceptions are certainly beginning to change.

I’m no one to judge you, but I certainly pray the best for you.

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There is actually a sweet pain in longing if we will let it draw our hearts homeward.

Hectic Weekend

WOO-HOO! Phyllis’s got a whopping 83 for her mid-year mathematics examinations and 78.5 for science. Well done kiddo! Congrats congrats. =)

It’s been a real hectic weekend. So packed and tired that I don’t even feel like blogging. Well, guess it’s good to be busy in way. Keeping oneself occupied makes life more interesting in certain sense. Though I think, I’m so gonna knock out soon tonight.

The hectic schedule started off on Friday morning at Alexandra Hospital. Met Ber at Queenstown before we headed down to the dental department to have my stitched removed. So sweet of her to accompany me so early in the morning! Thank you so much! Really appreciate it. =) and I’m so sorry for making you wait half an hour. Haha. Now we’re quits, right?

It took less than 15seconds for the doctor to remove the stitches. The entire check-up barely took more than 5 minutes. The wound is healing up rather quickly she said, and that I’ve got to use this special syringe to gush out food debris that might be stuck around the wound. It hurt a little, and I have got to continue taking painkillers for quite a while. But I’m trying to reduce the dosage though.

Met up with Alv at Whitley after that. Ber came too. And we discussed about WTC with Ms Chong. Now that the camp has been shortened to 3days 2 nights, there would be some shifting of programmes again. Many are actually worried that I might be affected by the shortening of camp. But I’m not and hence no worries! Looking on the bright side of things, we can preserve our energy and concentrate on the 3days, and run a good camp for the boys.

To sidetrack a little, I’ve got a little motivation for those who might be aspired to be a teacher in Singapore. This might sound totally crap, but the fact is that canteen food is darn cheap in the schools. So if you’re thinking of saving some money on food, yups. Teaching might be one profession. Haha. Cheapo! =)

Went town with them and Alv has his Subs. Tried the fondue at the Coffee Club just outside of California Fitness Centre. The melted chocolate was soooo good. And I loved the banana-chocolate combo. Thought that was the nicest among all the fruits. Guess, the chocolate was too good to waste, and the 2 of them took turns to ‘scrap’ the remaining drops of choc out of the bowl. Even the waitress looked embarrassed. Oops!

Accompanied Ber back to her place, and watched “HARD GAY” on youtube.com. That guy is simply hilarious and totally out of this world. The things that he do are just simply brainless and crazy, but it never fails to blow you away. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Say say say say say!!!

Had dinner at the hawker centre near her place, and played mahjong with her cousin, Furnise and Furnise’s boyfriend. Thought that her bf was around our age, but turned out that he was only 19. He looked, rather matured. Initially thought that they were playing fun, but found out they were actually playing with money. Didn’t wanted to pull out, and, haha! Ended up losing twenty bucks! Owells, for the fun of it. =)

Took a bus back with Furnise. Had a nice chat. Think she’s really hyper, even more hyped up than PE or Jess. Funny girl.

Saturday was fun. Met the rest in school to run through some WTC activities. Taught them how to build a flagpole with the help of Augustus and Alv. Thought they did quite well, just that Muts had to comment openly in front of everyone, which I thought would be better done at a later time. Guess, that’s how they work. Or rather, that’s me. I always believed that morale and enthusiasm is of utmost importance in a team.

Did a try-out of the night game and also took the timing for the casevac. It was like a moment of dejavu for me. Carrying Meiding on the stretcher with Howard, KW and Aug has stretcher bearers reminded me of the days when I was carrying Tuff Kelly with Oon and Andrew back in CMC days. Those were they days. Haha.

Met Jee later in the afternoon. Went down Wisma to look around for her pants but couldn’t find anything that she liked. Apparently it’s rather hard to find sized that suit her. Too petite I guess. =) Took a cab down to Great World, and had drinks at Coffee bean.

Alv and Hoon met us there. Caught the DVC when everyone was there. Right. Call me biased, but I really think that the movie is totally crap. Even if I weren’t Christian, I would think that the movie doesn’t have the right to be called ‘best block buster’ of the year, or summer, or whatever. Perhaps that should be better reserved for “x-men” or “Pirates of the Caribbean” or maybe “superman”. Anything, but definitely not DVC. It just doesn’t have the elements for that label. Or maybe it’s not as good as the book itself, and the expectations of readers like me are not met.

I wonder if the DVC book is with me. The one with the hole inside. Memories flooded whilst watching the movie.

Had Kenny Rogers at Marina for dinner. The serving was a bit too much, and I couldn’t finish the bread. I still love the macaroni and cheese. And corn rocks too. And dang, I forgot to bring back the Snapple cap.

Hope Hoon has found the cockroach in her car. Haha. No point denying that you are afraid of the creepy crawlies. It’s written all over your face. =)

Went NUS for “Man of Letters” this afternoon. It was fantastic, and the ending was really sweet. As always, “and they lived happily ever after” kind of endings always leave audiences with a sweet and nice and happy feeling in them. Guess we’re all romance fanatics in certain sense.

And now, I’m back home. Gonna finish up the thank-you cards. 3 more to go. Still contemplating if I should go back tomorrow to help them. I’m tired. But I wanna go. Hah!

Decisions decisions decisions. Why do we regret them? Owell.

Goodnight everyone. May all those in love stay be in love, and those seeking for their love find it soon.

~Te extraño, Te echo de menos.~

Sleeping is good

It’s impossible to grasp just how powerful love is.

It can sustain us through trying times, or motivate us to make extraordinary sacrifices.

It can force decent men to commit the darkest deeds, or compel ordinary women to search for hidden truths.

And long after we’re gone, love remains. Burned into our memories.

We all search for love, but some of us after we found it, wish we hadn’t. -Desperate Housewives

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Finally, I’m almost done with the ‘thank you’ cards. Just a couple more to go.

Back to work again yesterday. Think it’ll be the last or second last time that I’ll be wearing green, and certainly am I having mixed feelings. There’s undoubtedly a sense of achievement, and also gratitude. Yet also I feel a little disappointed and bitter. Looking back on these 2 years, what have a gained? What have I lost? Perhaps it’s time to evaluate.

I’m so sleepy now that I can’t think straight. Everything seems so surreal. Sometimes, we really wonder what’s installed for us tomorrow. What if tomorrow never comes? How different would things be? Would it be the same? Would mysteries unfold themselves?

I think I should sleep. Sleeping is good. No worries. No pain. But just the occasional dreams or maybe nightmares. It’s a temporary escape, or even like a back-door. When run through that door, we hope that when we open our eyes, things would be better, life would be easier somehow, and history might actually change itself.

It’s a paradise for those who don’t want to come face to face with themselves. They run, they hide. It’s like alcohol or drugs, less its negative side effects. It’s easy and painless. Just close your eyes, and zone out.

Haha. For Pete’s sakes! What utter rubbish. Lame reasons just to sleep early. BAH!

Whitley & stitch removing tomorrow.
Da Vinci the day after.
Big Walk and MOL this Sunday.

Jee, sorry that I can’t make it this Sunday to get your TV set. Have to ‘PS’ you. Totally forgot about the initial plans. Paiseh....

Steph, I hope that you’ve read through that article. It’s really useful. =) Yups. And oh, still sharing? Ya?

Good night people. Bless you all. Life might sometimes be cruel. But take a look around, and you might just find something which is invaluable. I believe it is already there. You just have to look harder. *smiles*

Da Vinci Code

This is by Ken B. of Escondido, US. His letter to “TIME” magazine.

“Your article on Opus Dei made plain the dangers of fanaticism and extremism within religious thought. God wants us to hate neither others nor ourselves. The cure for evil must come from God’s transformation is us, not from flogging ourselves or vainly trying to impose our ways on others.”

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The Da Vinci code’s really racking up quite a storm everywhere. There are so much controversy, so much twisted facts. The fact that it is so popular and widely read has raised alarms in Churches and religious organizations as it is feared that the novel (and now the movie) might actually mislead the public or even shake the faith of fellow followers.

Well, here are some ‘theories’ that Mr Brown has in his FICTION book, and the REAL fact.

False theory: Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and they had a child.

Fact: Well, Mr Brown got this concept from one of the Gnostic Gospel (Gospels which are not accepted by the Christian mainstream), Gospel of Philip. “And the companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her mouth.” And hence, she is supposed to be the Holy Grail, royal blood line bla bla…

This apparently is from a really unreliable source. It is not written by any of Jesus apostles, nor any of their companions, and thus were written under a pseudonym (which means to gain creadibilty and fame by using other else’s name). And therefore this is untrue and Jesus did not have any marry, neither did he have any children.

FT: The Priory of Sion is a European secret society that is founded to protect the bloodline of Jesus and Mary.

Fact: Founded in 1956, it is actually a society which helps those in need of low-cost housing. If Leonardo Da Vinci were to be the Grandmaster, he would be 504years old as he was born in 1452!

FT: Leonardo Da Vinci left cryptic clues in his paintings to tell of the romantic liaison between Jesus and Mary. Especially the “The Last Supper”, where it was “supposedly” trying to tell its viewer that they were a pair.

Fact: Mr Brown’s interpretation of TLS is that the person on Jesus’s right is Mary Magdalene. But the truth is that the person is John, oen of Jesus’ disciple. He looked rather femininie because he was “invariably represented as a beautiful young man”. So that person IS St John, and NOT Mary.

Well, there are of course many other concepts and ideas that are untrue in the novel. My point here is, this book is totally fiction. Take a look at the bookstores, and you can find all these books under the fiction section. It would be rather devastating shall anyone take the ideas of this book as the truth. There’s more to it. Well, for those who’re about to catch the highly anticipated movie, I hope that you take it just as pure entertainment. You get what I mean.

Quoting from Mr Brown: “The Da Vinci Code is a novel and therefore a work of fiction… Each individual reader must explore these characters’ viewpoints and come to his or her own interpretations.”

There you go. Enjoy!

Enough?

“Everyone is a creation of God. We all are. Our family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and even the strangers beside you are all creations. We’re all wonderfully crafted, and uniquely created. Each of us blessed with a special ability and calling.

People are placed amongst people, so that they can learn from each other, and grow. The difference in personality and opposing characteristics somehow complements each other’s lives. Many a times when we see someone we detest, we tend to convince ourselves that he is a failure, and we would want to stay away from him, as far as possible. And then we’ll turn to God and ask him, “Who is this? One of your creations? What were you thinking?”

But who are we to judge? Are we up to it to actually label one another? Are we competent enough to be His ‘quality check’ employee? I bet not.

I believe that there’s a reason why we are placed together, as a family, as friends, as neighbors, as colleagues or even as strangers who walk past each other day in, day out. We’re all there for a reason. God wants to bless us all. And we are blessed by having all those people around us.

Do not be hasty to judge who is helpful, or who are useless. Rather, be patient and learn to appreciate what He has planned for us. Learn how to see the goodness in others, their qualities and their gifts. Be grateful of them, and we should love them as we love ourselves.

Many times, we are not able to see how we are actually blessed by having one person beside us. And also, we would curse those who have scarred us in our lives in one way or another. But little did we realise, that everything is actually part and parcel of life, and there are lessons to be learnt in every wrong turn or every missed step.

Therefore, do not hate one person for whatever unhappiness he has brought upon you, for it is in His plans, that there’s something for you to experience in that situation. Like any layman would say, “Everything happens for a reason. We just have to find out what it is.” I think it very much explains it.

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And I can’t really remember the rest of the sermon. Left out a few details here and there as it was in Chinese. That was yesterday’s service. And it sank quite a bit into me.

Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing. Ain’t it? And sometimes we don’t even know if we’re doing the right things. We’re not saints, we’re not angels. We can only try our best. And I guess, that is enough.

QSC

Time sure flies when you’re sleeping. With a shut eye that might seem like 5mins, 8hours would have actually passed. It’s as if we’ve been warped into a time-zone. Like, super-fast-worded.

Read the papers a little just yesterday morning. Saw this Porsche 911 in the ‘Saturday section’. It can actually hit a speed of 100km in, what? 3 secs? Can vaguely remember but I do know that it’s acceleration is darn fast.

Caught the NBA on the TVs after that. It was the match between LA Clippers and Phoenix Suns. Steve Nash was awarded the MVP accolade. Little wonder why when one sees him play on the court. Gee… I’m full of admirations for him. Haha.

Met Jee at Bishan and went shopping for her friend’s 21st birthday gift. Guess what? She forgot her wallet. Funny thing about some girls is that they like the have 2wallets instead of one. Maybe a purse for cards, another for cash. Maybe one wallet for coins, the other for something else. And just happened she brought her EZ link pouch, and forget her cash wallet. Hahas. How funny. Guess it would be too troublesome for her to go back home and get it, decided to be her ATM for the day.

Checked out at Perllini’s and then Bits n Pieces. I think it’s the 3rd day in a row that I’ve been to B&P. The sales lady actually noticed me and said, ‘hello! You again?’

Settled for a necklace and went of to Queensway SC. Time really past by quickly when you chat and talk and crap. The ride down from Bishan down to Raffles and then to Queenstown seemed real fast as we talked, maybe because we pay less attention to the surroundings when you talk.

Reached QSC and walked right in to the Sportslink shop. Guess that’s the 1st shop people would patronize when they’re there to look for shoes. It has the best layout, and it apparently looked the neatest. Saw the shoe she wanted, tried it out, bargained a little, and it was hers. (Sometimes I wonder how one actually bargains. It’s really interesting yet somehow embarrassing to me.)

Walked around, and got myself a new pair of jeans (yaaay!) and boxers. Owells. Saw a pair of berms that looked really nice and I was really tempted. But it was going at fifty bucks. Too bad am on a low budget. Haha. All those 21st birthdays celebrations come at a breath-taking pace, which in turn contributes to massive burnings in the pockets. Next would be Ling. Then Oak. Bud. Eek!

Headed back to J8 coffee beans. Chatted again for another hour or so, and we parted out ways after that. Was feeling lazy. Still haven’t found the motivation to write the thank you cards. Think I shall do it tonight. Nono. Shan’t procrastinate. Will see how it goes. Haha.

WTC is gonna be a real headache I foresee. All the major last minute changes that’s gonna take place, and the fact that the committee is so busy with their schoolwork, so much has to be done by the 2 of us. I think this is going to be the last project I’m taking up. Getting tired of their attitude. So much for thanksgiving. Ha!

Thanks Ms Red Face, for the ‘little’ chat we had. Your persistence is rather commendable. Thanks again. Appreciate it. =) And just maybe you might wanna consider switching professions, or like I said, sidelines. You’re darn good at it.

Oh ya, our evil plans shall be carried out by hook or by crook. *evil grins*.

Fun-fair

I had a really hard time falling asleep last night. Find it quite difficult to fall asleep when you actually have a piece of gauze in the mouth. And when I fell asleep, subconsciously I somehow knew that I was shifting the gauze into the proper position with my tongue. So eww.

Woke up with a really funny, or rather, weird taste in the mouth. The gauze was soaked with a mixture of blood and overnight-saliva. Thank goodness the wound healed overnight and no more gauze today. Which means, I can eat normal! Owells. Still having this ‘weak knee’ effect when I get out of bed. Sighs. Do I really have to give up playing?

Had to take the train down to church, instead of the bus. Was running late as I took quite a long while to prepare and consume my breakfast as I experienced problems chewing fast using only the right side of the jaw.

The church was having a fun-fair and ‘sale’ to help raise funds for the re-building. It sure was fun to see everyone helping out and making it a real fun day. There were food stalls at the car-park, where all the ‘aunties’ made some REALLY nice food from home. There were pizzas, muah-chees, pasta, bah-zhang, green bean soup, ice cream, and more home-recipe stuff. Mouth-watering.

Near the hall, stalls were set up and they sold things like hand bags, shoes, women accessories, books, clothes, etc. It was like a mini night market that they used to have at TPY. And then there were games stalls at the outdoors. Tents were set up in case it rained. The games were really creative and absolutely interesting. Really good ideas that I think might come in handy next time.

It was really interesting to actually tend one of the game stores. Earned quite a bit. Haha. Looking at the rest, I think we earned the most. Haha. Must have been our persuasiveness and all the ‘free try free try’ we shouted. Left at 12 plus, in case mummy got upset. Managed to grab a few gifts for Ber and Ms Chong. Thought it would be good to buy them something since they paid but left their tickets with me.

Came back home to see someone online, and apparently she wanted to go out so bad, but didn’t know where she wanted to go. Wonder where she went after that. Haha. Caught a few episodes of DH as I was too lazy to write the ‘thank you’ cards I got for my colleagues.

Went to get KFC for the ‘surprise’ Mother’s day dinner I was planning earlier on. Ended up dad and eric wasn’t home. But owells, it was a good mother and son time. Haha. Had 3 pieces of chicken breasts. Don’t know why I like breast (meat) better. It’s just… nicer. But generally I think people like the wings and drumsticks more.

But anyway, Happy Mother’s day to all the mothers out there. And those we’ve yet to tell your mum you love them, time to do so. Say, “I love you mum!” Well, you don’t actually have to say it out. But I guess a little act of love or a simple gesture like a hug or kiss, or even a card would do. I think mums would appreciate that. =)

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I’m confused. What should I do? My hands are tied, my mind’s like a whirlpool and my emotions are being thrown into the fray. How can all these be actually true? Is it real? Or is it all a lie?

Numb

Can’t seem to sleep early these days. Always end up sleeping REAL early like, 2,3am. Slept at 3 yesterday and woke at 2+ if I remember correctly. Packed up my stuff, took lunch and off I go for my tooth surgery.

It was really nice of the hospital to actually call yesterday and today, to remind me that I’ve got an operation with them. Quality service. Didn’t take too long before my name was called. Didn’t even have time to finish reading one report on the Straits. My vital signs were taken by one of the staff nurse, and she did a very brief introduction of what was going to happen.

Happen to recognize the SpO2 reader. A device used to read the percentage of oxygen in the blood. My reading was a full 100%. Was rather surprised that my diastolic blood pressure was only 50. Still wondering what’s the cause of it. Was I nervous? Even so, it can’t be that bad.

And soon after, I was told to take off my slippers and lie on the op bed. Doc applied some numbing cream on the gums, tongue and lips. And then she injected the LA at 2 different sites. Could feel the needle going in and out of the gum, but couldn’t really feel the pain. And it took 5mins for the effect to take place, and it started.

Started off with an incision, and then some really ‘interesting’ drilling. When she picked up this tool and switched it on, for a moment I thought: “that sounds like a drill.” And true enough, she started drilling the tooth, cracking them into pieces. Once done, the fragments were pried out one by one. Absolutely zero pain. It was one helluva experience.

Changed my dressing thrice at the hospital. I think it would be quite traumatic for one to have his/her tooth removed through surgery because the blood that they’re gonna see is quite a bit. My lips and the left side of my face are still numb right now, and it has been almost 6hours. Bet I wouldn't feel a thing if anyone were to slap me right now.

Met up with Hoon at Raffles Place. Was talking on the train and she told me ‘bout how inspired she is to be a lawyer. Well, I guess it’s good that she was able to have talks with ‘real-life’ lawyers who were actually able to tell her that being a lawyer is like being anyone else. I guess, that’s something real difficult for the rest of us to put across to her. Anyway, all the best to her. =) and hey, Hoon! You weren’t late. I was expecting you to come at around 6.30pm. Really.

Went to the washroom to change the dressing again. There was this little guy, who was staring at me as I took the bloody gauze out, and rinsed my mouth with the tap water, and spitted out bloody water. I think it kinda scared him somehow, and he was rooted to the spot, with his hands in the sink with no water flowing out of the tap.

Had dinner at food court. Thank goodness I could still taste the food, well, at least with the right side of the tongue. The other side was still numb from the cream. Went walking around after dinner, and PE finally got her ear pierced. We somehow managed to convince her. And the response from ZX was really funny. It didn’t seem THAT painful to me, but, apparently it was for her. But owells, at least she’s got it done. Gotta take good care of it, and use the alcohol often. If not, it’ll get infected and pus will start to ooze. Quite a good experience to see someone getting her ears pierced. Haha. Things girls do for the sake of beauty. Tsk tsk tsk.


Had Vikings again at Cartel. This time, Bud was there. haha. No one seemed to believe that we could actually finish that entire bowl. But in the end, we always do. No matter what. Haha. Talked about funny stuff, the funny smell coming from somewhere, Ber’s kiddo signature and the house keys, blabla. Great fun. Time well spent. Haha.

And thank God that he’s mum is alright. Thank you.

Tomorrow’s the church fair. Hope that I don’t get fever or anything. And pray that it’ll churn out sufficient participation and earnings for the church’s upgrade. Hope mum doesn’t nag again. Oops.

2 more days to the 13th. 13th May.

Hog's

Back to school yesterday. Glad that I was back. Did some good-ol catching up with Mark and people. Helped out with the usual supervision. Guess what? This guy thought the needle wasn’t in the vein, and pulled it out without releasing the tourniquet. Right. There goes the fountain. Should have seen the pale faces. Priceless.

Wasn’t feeling that well. Couldn’t take mind off certain things. It’s taking so blardy long. Just what the heck am I doing. Took a quick shower and had dinner. And before I knew it, I was asleep at 2030 and slept all the way till 0730. Felt guilty sleeping that long, but it felt so good. That refreshed feeling and that charged up brain made me felt that I could do almost anything right then.

Met up with Ms Chong and bud at Whitley. Discussed about the camp budget and clarified certain issues. Spent the rest of the time talking. If I recalled correctly, a total of 4 school bells went off throughout the entire conversation. Quite a lengthy talk, but certainly fruitful. Got to know so much more about ‘teaching’ as a career. The prospects are not bad, and it seems that the system is apparently quite flexible nowadays. Is this really right for me? Ponders.

Went Chjimes for lunch. Managed to tempt bud to have lunch. Seemed that he wasn’t really into lunch as he “had oats for breakfast, not that hungry”. But, owells. Took a train down to City Hall. Took a walk down to Hog’s breathe Café. Nice place. Waitress… nono.. Food was yummy.. And, price was just alright. And it was the first time I had beetroot. This, dark red looking vege which he said that will make our excrement red.

Thought it tasted weird. Seriously. And his mum actually makes juices out of it. Must have some really good stuff in it.

Literally crapped out time away. Gotta know some history about him. Interesting facts. Well, all thanks to the “you never ask what…”, found out that there actually quite a lot of stuff I though I knew, but I actually didn’t. Haha. Yet again, that’s history. What’s gonna happen next, God knows. I guess, let’s just be contented with what we have now. Comparisons are useless and certainly damaging.

Came back home and slogged the time away. Watched some youtube and took a shower. Went for meeting with them at macs. Apparently we have to revamp and reorganize everything. It’s gonna take a helluva effort and time. But it’s gonna be a fun one. Things are so gonna change. But hope that Mr Blocked Nose doesn’t disturb much. Oops.

Wisdom tooth extraction tomorrow. Hope that I can still talk and not have a swollen cheek when I meet them up tomorrow night. Bound to be the focal point and source of entertainment. Haha. Wish me luck. “5% of hitting the nerve underneath”. Hope that I’m not that lucky.

Sleepless nights are best spent thinking of nothing. Because when I start thinking, I can’t seem to fall asleep...

Anson

I thought I was about to be late when I woke. Supposed to meet Ber (shall stop calling her darling in case people get jealous. Oops!) at City Hall at 10. Turned out that I was early and she turned up at 10.50. Haha. Owells. =)

Accompanied her to Kelly services to have her name registered at the agency. It’s an agency that helps job-seekers find jobs, and be the middle man and link up the potential employer with the potential employee. It’s amazing how a company can make a living doing this. There were so many staff and workers at the office. Imagine the turnover of the company!

Went for $2 Nasi Lemak at a hawker centre nearby. Thought it was quite a good bargain. Apart from the rice (which was green because of the pandan I think) and the usual cucumber and Ikan Bilis, customers get to choose from fried fish, chicken wing, or chicken drumstick, plus a slice of luncheon meat and a stick of Otah. Sounds good doesn’t it? The other stalls there looked appealing too. Little wonder why it got so darn packed by 12. Everyone was just standing around waiting for seats.

It just felt weird when I stepped out of Tanjong Pagar station. Before we went to Kelly services, the roads there somehow felt familiar. I’ve been here not long ago. I knew I had. Just then, I saw ‘Anson Road’. And then I recalled. It’s the place where she used to work at. For this health product company. Anson road. And the last time I was here was last year, Valentine’s day. Where I gave her the dress in this silver box filled with petals. Owells. Have yet to see her put it on.

That road name’s so drilled in me, cause it was the very address I sent the bouquet to. And that bouquet I never saw, and I never will. But all is past and the sands have settled. Something to look back, but never to pick up.

2 of us met Hoon for lunch at Caltex. Happen to be in the vicinity. Lunch was at this really clean looking Jap restaurant. 2 of us shared tofu and a bowl of curry chicken don. Hoon had her chicken don. Met hoon’s friend. Wendy right? Yups. Remember seeing her in one of Hoon’s photos. Yups.

And thanks Hoon. We’re now surplus and dispensable right? So much for “accompanying” you for lunch. How grateful! *Bleah!* haha.

Went walking at Life Bookshop at J8. Bought a book. ‘His Promises’. Didn’t take me long to decide if I should purchase it. Just knew I had to get it. Wonder why. Oh, and the cashier looked real sweet. Oops. My guess, Uni student on exam breaks. She just reminds me of someone. Just can’t remember who. Ha!

Accompanied mum to the Chinese doc to see her shoulders and my ever killing knee. Had a long talk with mum while waiting. I everyone likes to talk. Regardless of what topic, we just like to open our mouth, interact, and share intellects.

There’s always a time to talk, and a time to listen. We all like to talk. But when would we really listen? We all want to make our emotions and ideas known. But how much effort do we put in to understand the feelings and thoughts of others?

Let’s talk less, listen more.

Yet to get back my Bible. Wondering how’s she doing. God knows.

Looks

It’s really funny how people can actually make a living by looking good, looking sexy, having muscles and nice bodies.

Those Hwood stars, supermodels walking down the runways, handsome looking people selling their face to advertisement companies, so on and so forth. Sometimes it really makes me wonder, what is it all about?

Why are we all so engrossed in the outer appearance? Why do we always fight to look young? Why are we afraid of turning old? What’s with this appeal of good looking people on the posters by the bus stops?

First impression counts, many would say. But how long does 1st impression lasts? How can we judge how formidable one is just by looking at his appearance?

Never judge a book by its cover, people say. Yet how many of us jump straight into judging one by his/her outer layers once we have out eyes set upon?

Reality is, we judge by the skin. And that’s ugly.

Why not let our eyes look deeper into the people we see each day. Let us not lay our comments five seconds after we see them - it takes more than that.

Keep the comments and appraisals to ourselves. Judge no one, as who are we to judge in the first place? Perhaps one day, one moment, that person you once made a comment upon might haul your narrow perceptions out of the window.

Look in the mirror before we talk badly about the rest. How perfect are we? Flawed like a shattered glass. Ain’t it?

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Whoever reads this entry, this blog, I ask a favor of you. Take one minute of your time to pray for this friend of mine. She’s going through a really rough patch right now. Please pray for her safety, health, her family. I thank you so much.

Loss

It’s been a traumatic 2 days. Horrendous, ugly, unbelievable. I really don’t know what to say. I’m lost for words. Am at a total loss. What can I do? How can I help? Why would such things ever happen?

Tried surfing the net for solutions, but couldn’t find any. Watched videos the entire day to help forget about stuff. DH, bleach.. yada yada. Just couldn’t get it off my head.

Twisted the darn knee again. This time, I knew it. It was telling me, ‘vince, you won’t be running for at least 2months’. It hurt like crap. Felt like thrash. Just maybe I need crutches like what darling said. Never felt so limp before. Never felt so ‘immobilised’ before.

Picked darling up, topped the tank, and drove down to Shel’s BBQ. Was rather amazed by how easily we were let through the barriers. No ID was needed, no notification, no nothing. Haha. Just basically, drive through! Oops. Thought they might be a little more stringent. But, owells.

Mingled around, had some food. Curry, bread, some BBQ stuff. People talking in their groups and bla. Meiding’s still as crazy as ever. And I’m so not wearing polo next time. No chance. Don’t have much polo anyway. =)

Left after a while. Drove down to J8. Had difficulties parking the van. Area to work with was rather small. Had a light knock onto another parked van. Luckily no scratches or anything. Phew. Just some busy bodies giving weird stares. Argh.

And can you believe it? J8 GV was only showing MI3 for the entire night? No other movies. Sucks. Ended up at Cartel, again. This time, we tried something else. Though we were flirting with the idea of having the 4 person share of “Vikings”. Which was only like, $3 more. But, guess we weren’t THAT ambitious huh? Haha.

Drove back. Had a really nice talk about girls nowadays. Love talks like that. *grins* Sharing of ideas and understanding people’s viewpoint.

BBQ tmr. Looking forward to it. it’ll be fun. I know it’ll be. Time to relax. Time to think of something happy. And BE happy.

Oh, and thanks Jee. For the info about Sociology. Appreciate it. Thanks.

“If I were the rain that binds together the earth and the sky whom in eternity will never mingle. Would I be able to bind hearts together?” I shall pray for you. Day and night.

Himbo

I have here, holding in my hands, the remaining season of DH! Haha. Can’t wait to finish the 1st season. Such a ‘him-bo’. Who cares? =)

Just back from MI3 and prata at Thomson. Drove quite a bit today. Couldn’t find the entrance to the Cathay carpark. Ended up parking at Park Lane. And nearly drove straight into the road divider – all thanks to Hong’s joke of the season. Haha.

And I’m once again reminded of how un-courteous Singapore drivers can get sometimes. People seem to rush and rush, cutting lanes like cutting papayas. Urgh.

Dropping by yan’s tmr afternoon to help him with his art examination. Reminds me that I haven’t really touched any arty stuff for quite a while. Especially my calligraphy and paintings. Perhaps I should start drawing again, in case I lose it. What was my last piece… hmmm… oh. That 2 birds. I see. Haha. owells.

Lent yan my calculator. Hope it serves him well. He’s having science paper tmr. Was rather surprised he asked me how to do moles again. Thought I went through it with him the other time. Said he couldn’t understand.

Just perhaps moles are not for sec 2s. Maybe the syllabus should revert back to the older days where they only learn moles in sec3. If I recall correctly, the combined-science syllabus only start teaching moles during sec4. So, what’s the rush?

But yet again, looking at it, it’s just simple ratio and proportions. Wonder why I suffered so much back in the sec sch days. Always thought moles were a killer. And now, it’s bread and butter. Pfft.

Oh dang. Just remembered that I could have given darling a ride back. Oops. Mambo till 2 right? So sorry… Haha. Not fated la.

I’m turning into a cynic. I’m getting critical. I’m suspicious. I feel unjust. All thanks to you. Whatever you’ve said starts to feel so unbelievable, so though it’s a lie. But I don’t blame you. And I don’t know why. It’s too deep. Too rooted.

Procrastinate

Woke up by the racket the construction people were making downstairs at the void decks. Realised that I was late for tuition. Was trying to schedule my time and wondered how I could fit “doctor visit” into the time slots. And guess what? Ended up not seeing the doc. How wonderful. Knee's still giving me problems. Sucks.

Went through math paper 2 with celest today. Was stuck at a question for really long. It was about the angle properties of a circle. The answer was staring right in front of me and I couldn’t see it because I failed to read the question properly. Didn’t realise that one of the lines that cut one of the angles was actually a BISECTOR. Got so amused and also so pissed by myself. Way to go teacher! Argh. Fancy me telling them all to “READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY before attempting them!” all the time. Haha. Procrastinate procrastinate. Bugger.

Met up with hoon and ber for ‘lunch’. Had fruits. Thought the dragonfruit was alright. Maybe not all people like it. Ber was one of them. "It's awful" she said. Well I beg to differ. =) Really tempted to have something warm and soupy. Especially when hoon was having her marcoroni soup right in front of me. Managed to curb it. But couldn’t resist Ya Kun after that. Sighs. But the toasts were great though. Really nice. Cheese toast totally rocks! And the tea’s one of the best in town, and I mean it.

Met jee for dinner. Had subs. Nice. It’s tuna day today! haha. Introed to her how subs work. The bread, the vege, the sauce, the cookies. I think I’m in love with parmesan. It’s officially my fav bread at subs now.

Took a walk round the complex and Borders. Flirted with the idea of getting Patterson’s new book “Mary, Mary”. But it costs a hefty thirty bucks. not feeling really rich nowadays. Sighs. Adding it to my “to-buy-when-I’m-rich” list.

Okay. Just heard from hoon that girls have to wear pink or red this sat and guy blur or yellow. What’s up that girl’s head… hmmm.. Ponders.

Plaque

Right. That’s the plaque we’ve all been waiting for. Here you go Jess. =)

Had Celest’s tuition session at Macs today. Lucky we were there early. Apparently, TPY Macs is a really hot spot for students to do their revisions. Saw secondary school kids with English compositions, O levels muggers with their A Maths, Uni students with their thick notes, and even saw this girl with this book on ‘Ecology’.

Session lasted for a couple of hours. Did some revisions on Chemistry. Her bf came. Heard that he used to earn 9k a month before he got enlisted. He’s into the marine industries. 9thousand a month! Goodness. He’s MY age now. Capable huh? Take my hats off him.

It’s been a while since we’ve took our O levels. Wonder if we were to pick up any O level paper, be it math or chem or physics, or whatever it is, how would we fair? Well, think we would all get straight As. It all seems so easy now. Wondering why it was so different years back. it was like a nightmare. Now? Piece of cake. Maybe crumbs.

Took the wrong bus to Phyllis’s after that. was supposed to be on 57, and wonder why I took 59. Kinda dumb. Was practically laughing at my own dumbness while on the bus. Had to take another ride back. Was late for 15mins.

Did some math with Phyllis. Paper 1. Hope that she does well this time. She’s yet to finish her art preparations. It’s due this Friday. Last minute stuff. It’s just weird isn’t it? we all know that we’re gonna have a real tough time handling last minute issues, yet we can’t help but leaving things till the very last seconds, and then try to salvage the situation. Kinda innate ain’t it?

Her art theme’s on “Desires”. And her title would be “the Seven Sins”. Thought it was a really good idea. Think it can give her ample opportunities to exercise her creativity. Talking about the 7 sins, got to know more about the sins whilst helping her do some research on the Internet. Interesting! Different sins are represented by different colours and animals. Just that some of them are REALLY off. I mean, it’s rather difficult to come up with any direct or rational to them. Take a look. You’ll get what I mean.

Pride is violet, and is represented by the horse. (And I thought it was a peacock! Oops.)
Envy is green, and is represented by the dog. (Remember the story about the dog, the bone, and the dog’s reflection in the pond? Yups. Envy.)
Gluttony is orange, and is represented by… who else? The pig.
Lust is blue, and represented by the cow. (This really put some serious question marks in my head. Why the cow? Anyone?)
Anger is red, and is represented by the bear.
Greed. Well, yellow and frog. (like huh?)
Sloth is light blue, and it’s the goat.

Get what I mean? Well, there certainly are good explanations to these. I hope?

Got to see some art pieces of various’s artists conceptions of the 7sins. Some were really dark and hideous, some were cartoonish and light-hearted. And there was this picture which caught my attention. It was a picture of the Snow-white and her 7 dwarves, where each dwarf represented a different sin. A cute yet serious picture.

Managed to catch 2 episodes of DH before leaving home to get dinner for dad and Eric. Think I’m hooked on it. I need the rest of the episodes. REALLY SOON.

Handles

Handles of the motorbikes.
Man Utd. Pfffft.....
Great people.
Birthday girl. Cheers!
Galore of Beauty.

It was a good Saturday. Met Ber for lunch, did some last minute shopping for the BIG present. Got all those micro Styrofoam beads to fill up the box. Watched some Simpsons at bud’s, before we headed down for dinner at the Handle’s bar.

Okkar was early. Ling couldn’t make it. And Eileen had ‘lao sai’. Erms! Well, portions were HUGE. Shouldn’t have ordered the blossoming onion. Had a craving for it. but apparently the rest couldn’t finish their own servings. Dang. Packed it back to bud’s. wondering how it’s doing. Figured that Barcardi breezer was not bad. Rum refresher.

Went back to bud’s, where the “cake” and the present was waiting. The “cake” was still steaming while we went up. Thought it was a rather good idea. Kudos to PE!

Hope our dear Hoon likes ALL the presents we’ve got for her. A total of 21. Hope she puts them into good use! *blearh* Happy 21st birthday again!

Next one up it PE. Haha. Chalet next week. Cool.

Drove the van down for tuition today. nearly got into the accident. Would rather forget the incident now. Just have to keep reminding myself that the van’s not the same as a car. It’s SO much bigger. Argh.

Managed to clear some maths Questions with her today. Going up again tmr. News does spread fast. She actually knew that I was at J8 on Thursday. And I think I’m giving all those kids a really wrong impression. Right. They say that they also wanna go relief teaching in the future. Not for the money, not for the experience – but so that they can get to hang out with cute, and pretty looking girls.

Right. stunned I was. What has giving relief teaching gotta do with cute and good looking girls? Just maybe the girls I hanged out with her good looking, doesn’t mean that relief teaching would actually get them GIRLS. Yikes.

Sighs. Forever. Guys are pigs.

Slept through the afternoon before going to service. Am enjoying it more and more as I start to know more people and certainly am getting used to it. Oh and by the way, is anyone interested in our church’s fun fair? It’s on the 12th this month. I’m helping sell the tickets. It’s 10bucks each. Yups. There’ll be food, games and tonnes of fun stuff. Please support! Thanks.

Please, do give me a call or drop me a message if you’re interested. Thanks!

我们知道，为了爱神的人，就是按照他的旨意蒙召的人的益处，万事一同效力。- 罗马书8：28

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To Eileen: Hope your ‘lao sai’ gets better soon. See a doc if it doesn’t get better. And drink lots and lots to replenish those which got ‘laoed’ ya? Haha. Take care.

To Tian: I think you should ice your ankle if it gets swollen. Yups. Try not to move so much. Haha. You’ll get better soon. And, welcome to the club ‘LAME”. Woops! =)

To PE: Was thinking about it. I think you should just screw that guy, (pardon my crudeness) and ask him to bug off if you really don’t want to sign up.

To Bud: Thanks for the ride home. Chill out soon.

To FFA: Have a nice trip. Send us postcards! Haha. (Oh, Chelsea thrashed your beloved Man Utd 3-0. Sad case.)

To my tutees: Good luck for your exams. Work hard, try your best. God will guide you through. See you guys soon.

To everyone else: Enjoy the Labor Day. Public holiday. Hooray! Rot dead in your beds! Love you guys!