not-so-good things happening

Not good! not good at all. Two weeks back I was down with all the vomiting and stuff. Then was all weak and felt yucky the whole of last week.

Got a letter last Friday saying that I’m getting charged for AWOL. What the heck! I didn’t receive the blasted notification and I even called TWICE to confirm if I’m required to attend the event. Now I’m getting charged. Craps.

Investigations are along the way though. They better drop the whole thing and don’t ask me down on Tuesday. My fingers are aching to send letters to people now. And saying people I mean IMPORTANT people. Enraging!

And now, I’m having this bugging back problem. Went to see a doc. 4th and 5th segments are misaligned. They’ve chosen to relax and ‘stand on one leg’, leaning to the right, resting on the nerves, causing quite a bit of pain. Once again, I’m gonna have a painkiller buffet.

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Anyways, it’s a happy day for Cousin Teng. Haha. Wedding day! =)

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Played foosball with Dad at Uncle’s. He’s pretty good. Haha. Still not my match. He owes me 60cents. 10cents for each ball. Haha!

Eric’s good at it too. Long shots... Hmmmm… Reminds me of me. HAH!

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Lunch at MOS. Took quite a while to get the birthday card for Phyllis. I’m glad that you liked it. =) Hope you like the messages in the card too! Okay HWEE-LIS? =)

Caught Simpsons. It’s really funny. REALLY funny. Homer’s a total loser. Spider-pig was hilarious. And Maggie was cute. And Lisa finally found her love. Saw Bart’s weenie whilst he was skating. And Marge kept things in her hair. Amazing family. HAHA!

Yet somehow I think those we don’t really watch Simpsons wouldn’t really very much like the show. Yeaps.

Went dinnering at Kopitiam. We kinda overslept huh? =p thanks for the chocolate swirly thingy at Spinelli. Lovely.

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Let’s hope things get better. Charges dropped, my bones aligned, and my knees moving.

Have a great week people! And for those who’re beaching under the hot summer sun, hope you had a wonderful time. Cause it’s been raining rabbits and hamsters these few days over here.

Take care!

Ill

Have been wanting to blog. But couldn’t find the time to. Been quite ill and busy with certain stuff.

And hey! There’s a good side to being ill. The weighing balance says a nifty 74 now. Haha! A couple down from what it initially was. =) trying to look at things from the bright side here.

So out we went on Saturday. Kinda broke after the whole day, but I guess it was all worth it huh? Have to lay low for a couple of weeks now.

Spent the night at Wende’s playing MJ. Was supposed to win like 20odd bucks. But woo-hah! Kena ‘bao’ but my nice cousin-in-law. Owells. Ended up with an additional 1 dollar in my wallet. Not that bad actually. Set out not to lose and not to win. I guess a surplus of one dollar ain’t far from my target. Haha.

Slept Sunday morning away and went for Bible discussions in the afternoon. It was good. I think we should have it every week. Pity that we can’t. Owells. But all is good… there are greater plans. =) and service was great, and especially meaningful this time round as it was Pastor Chen’s last sermon at our church. New pastor, Pastor Huang would be coming in the week after. Couldn’t stay on much longer after service for the farewell gathering. Everyone was all so happy and sad… happy that Pastor Chen’s moving on, carrying out the plans for him; sad that he would be leaving us. Some of the older aunties (I heard) actually cried… not to forget the people from Yishun 10 joined us too. So the church was filled with people this time round and everyone were there seeing Pastor Chen off. Quite an emotional sendoff. But in his words, the leader of the church would never ever be a pastor, reverend or bishop. It would always be Jesus. And yes he would always be the leader of all. So we shall not be saddened. Instead, we rejoice for there are greater plans for everyone. =)

Had dinner at home that night and caught Transporter 2 on HBO. Another action movie where the hero NEVER dies. He gets beaten, he gets shot, he gets drowned or burnt or poisoned or what not. He just NEVER dies. Cool movie though. Haha. Such a sucker for action movies.

Got haircut yesterday morning. I look like a ‘boy-boy’. Think I should stick to my old hair-dresser.

Spent the afternoon playing Othello. One round each. Draw. =) NO I didn’t let you win. You won me fair and square. It was a good match. Beaten hands down. We shall have another round next time.

Tuition with Carol in the evening. LOCI! Have not done it since…. Hmmm. MY o-levels. Good thing that I can still do it. Pretty amazed by myself that I could sit through the 2hours solving loci questions.

And so today off I went to the gym. Met up at the towers and another MJ round. Haha. didn’t know that there was no cap to how many ‘doubles’ you could win with. I shall be more ambitious next time round. Haha. =)

Dinner was good tonight. Got to settle my cravings for beef and Hoe. =)

What awaits me tomorrow? Sighs. School’s starting in 2 weeks time. I’m so not ready for tutorials and assignments.

The mugging mood is coming soon. Feeling it.

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Yes yes! His books are good ain’t it? You should have finished the 4th one by now. You were left with 50 pages from what I last know. =)

I shall go dig the archives of the national library for the older books. The letter, the diary, kiss the girls, along came a spider, cradle and all…. Haha. We shall see.

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You had more chips left than me today! Haha. You’re getting better at it huh? Now it’s time to start to play a little faster. And soon enough, I’ll be inviting you over for showdowns. Haha.

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Someone fell asleep on the bus today. Yes! It’s NOOB. Haha. You better not tell anyone. It’s really hilarious. =)

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Do I owe anyone coffee? Haha. I think you should claim it before things start to get busy.

Before it's too late

Before it’s too late – Goo Goo Dolls

I wandered through fiction to look for the truth
Buried beneath all the lies
And I stood at a distance
To feel who you are
Hiding myself in your eyes

And hold on before it’s too late
Until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

And the risk that might break you
Is the one that would save
A life you don’t live is still lost
So stand on the edge with me
Hold back your fear and see
Nothing is real ‘til it’s gone

Hold on before it’s too late
Until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

So live like you mean it
Love ‘til you feel it
It’s all that we need in our lives
So stand on the edge with me
Hold back your fear and see
Nothing is real ‘til it’s gone

Hold on before it’s too late
Until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

Hold on before it’s too late
Until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

It’s all that we need in our lives
It’s all that I need in my life.

hold me now

First was diarrhea, then came the fever, next were the bodyaches. And finally the vomit. Felt like crap yesterday.

Much better now. Slept three quarters of the day away. Must have been the Anarex. Muscle relaxant right Jee? Haha. Thanks for the info. =)

There’s a pasar malam here in Bishan again. All the junk food and durian calling me out. Oh no…

And oh! I didn’t know I can actually feel the screw in my knee until Dr Chin showed me yesterday. Interesting… Anyone wants to try touching? Hehe. My dad found it cool. My mum freaked out. My brother thinks I’m psychotic.

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Six feet from the edge(One last breath) – Creed

Please come now I think I'm falling

I'm holding to all I think is safe

It seems I found the road to nowhere

And I'm trying to escape

I yelled back when I heard thunder

But I'm down to one last breath

And with it let me say

Let me say

Hold me now

I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking

That maybe six feet

Ain't so far down

I'm looking down now that it's over

Reflecting on all of my mistakes

I thought I found the road to somewhere

Somewhere in His grace

I cried out heaven save me

But I'm down to one last breath

And with it let me say

Let me say

Hold me now

I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking

That maybe six feet

Ain't so far down

Sad eyes follow me

But I still believe there's something left for me

So please come stay with me

'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me

For you and me

For you and me

Hold me now

I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking

Weak-end

Friday the thirteen. A little something good, a little something bad, a little bit of everything else. Thanks for your concern. All of you. You guys have been great to me. *hugs*

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Thanks for the wallet. I like the dragon. Thanks for the seals. But I don’t really like the idea of being called 傅春贤. 傅俊贤still sounds much better. Haha. Thanks.

Thanks for the tower dude. And for the chocolate too. Should have told me not to stuff it all in at one go. That’s good stuff anyways. And yeah, thanks for the condom all the way from France. Thought I still have no idea why you got it. OR PERHAPS it’s a leftover? OOPS. Hahaha.

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Dinner on Friday was good. Food was good. Nice place. Cosy too.

My dear friends almost died on Saturday morning. Please watch the roads before you cross them. PLEASE.

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The dress looked good. Too bad you didn’t like it. Such a waste.

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Hope you’re feeling better after eating your Subway and cookies and seeing flat-backsided women. =) MJ and tanning soon alright? OH MANNNNNNNN.

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I so wanna go for missions trip next year (if there’s one). The team which went this year learnt so much. It was a Thailand trip. They learnt so much and had so much fun! And the kids were simply adorable.

3 year old kids there could lead prayers and memorise verses in PERFECT Chinese!!! Impressive huh? THREE year olds. How many of us could actually hold a proper Chinese conversation nowadays?

And that picture of all the kids… all 40+ of them standing, eyes closed, palm to palm, praying together. Picture perfect. =)

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I’m getting really tired these days.

Please, let me walk in your light. Let me be victorious at the end of this journey.

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Just a random thought:
Women should marry men who are afraid of them.
Sometimes it makes things easier.

HAHA.

Bit and pieces today

Oh yeah. 47 sit ups in one minute. Hah! Think I’ve not lost it. Not YET at least.

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Finally! Meeting for Botak next Friday. FINALLY.

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Met Grace. She ran away. What the heck for? Seriously weird.

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You really looked like the shop assistants in every shop today. Haha. Seriously. =)

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Got a Crumpler for Timothy. The exact I wanted for myself. Haha! The joy of giving!

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Happy jogging! Hope you’re clocking more than a mile today.

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Please get well soon you. Take care of yourself up there.

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Friday Friday Friday. Guess what? It’s the 13th this Friday. What a coincidence.

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Wondering what’s going on in your life.

Wondering what’s going on in mine.

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I need my peanut butter + Nutella sandwich now.

We’re all late for gym today. Oops. Guess it must be the weather huh? =)

So we spent our time cycling and lifting; and not spending money for the air con, and NOT perspiring. You know you know.

Lunched at S11. Funny thing about ‘look up at the sky and take deep breaths’. I don’t see why is that funny, but I guess laughter is just contagious. And about the dust catching ability of big eyes, PE I thought you laughed a mighty bit too loud. Ooops!

And so Wednesday it shall be. Get Hoon along if she can make it? Yeaps.

PE! Please get it done. You go talk to your supervisor alright?

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Nua-ed the afternoon away. Watched the 300pound beauty. English subtitles when cuckoo. Switched to Chinese, which I felt was probably scripted by some cheap-skate dubbing company. Wrong characters everywhere. Tsk. As funny as the show can be, it’s got really wrong meaning/messages. Disappointing.

Dinnered at MOS. MOS cheese is still the best.

I love beef. Wooots.

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Keep the PJs on. J

Trust me. I’m going to try VERY hard tonight. But chances are… owells. You know. *grins*

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And so this is as much as I can do.

We all know what we want. Don’t we? It’s the part where we stretch out and grab it that’s difficult.

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Tell me. Are you reaching for it? Or are you turning away?

i realise that this is a pretty long post

Wow. It’s been a really interesting 2 days I must say.

So it started off with me waking up on Thursday morning, getting all set and prepared to submit my wonderfully crafted time-table for next semester. Linked up with Joel and decided that we would be doing the set B of modules this coming sem, as it is supposedly easier. So when the clock hit 1330hours, I clicked the ‘submit’ button to send up my timetable. And WALA. There were no spaces left. I was pretty sure that I clicked it right at the dot. I guess there were a few hundred people who apparently were micro-seconds faster than I was. Or perhaps my signal has to travel all the way from Bishan at Jurong, which effectively was a longer distance.

And so we waited. The slots/vacancies for EVERY SINGLE time slot went straight to zero in a matter of seconds. And right after these few seconds, all hell broke loose. There were still a few hundred more students who have not applied for their core modules, and the vacancies had already depleted! And so, what happens next? EVERYONE starts calling the office. I presume they got SO busy and freaked out that they never picked up the phone after 5 minutes.

News kinda spread after a while, telling students to wait for about 5-10 minutes, when more vacancies would be released. And indeed, vacancies for various time slots WERE released. Just that, when the number changed from zero to ten on my screen, it takes only half of a second for it to jump back right to zero again.

Feeling totally disgusted, Joel gave up and suggested we take the set A modules. Having not much choice, we planned for set A mods and submitted it. NO ONE wanted to take the set A mods. Sighs. I guess the rumours WERE true. Set A mods are killers.

So what am I studying for my core mods next sem? Gear up. It’s gross. Totally.

APPLIED chemistry. Notice the word ‘APPLIED’ in front? Yeah. Somehow it feels like annihilate.
Mathematics 3. Haha. My ‘fav’ subject. Got a B for math1. Got a B- for math2. So if this trend continues, I’m should be getting a C+. Now that sucks.
Thermodynamics. Right. Having one topic of thermo d in physics was already a killer. And now we’re having an entire module of it. Wooo-hoooooo!
Electronic and magnetic properties of materials. WTH?
Material structure and mechanical behaviour. *&@*#$&_@@#$*__)($)(%$)#&?

Owells. OWELLS. What can we do?

Oh that’s not it. Best part has yet to come. 15minutes after submitting this, the slots for SET B were ALL FREED UP. How nice.

Maybe this’s God’s will. Yeah. =) will pull through. Somehow. I hope.

Okay. So was busy doing all the planning and phone calling. Swallowed my rice in like 3 minutes. Rushed out for tuition with Jenni. It was fun like I said. Chinese IS SO HARD nowadays. It’s really insane. One passage for one question. It’s like higher mother tongue lah.. tsk tsk. Well, good news is, she’s decided to permanently employ me. Haha. =)

And was pleasantly surprised. Have got a special delivery: PATRICK. Thanks thanks. It’s really nice. But erms. Not exactly the best of time lah. Rush hour you know? People were staring. And many kids wanted to play with it. Quite a bit of unnecessary attention. But owells. Haha. THANKS!

Off to tuition with Carol. Couldn’t really stay for the 2 whole hours. Guess the flu bug is really getting into me. Had to leave half an hour early. Went to J8 and got the movie tickets for tonight.

Slept late and woke early for physio. Dang. I TRIED to be early. But I was late again. This time, it ain’t my fault. The shuttle left without me. The signboard said it would be there at 820am. I was there at 819am. But it was nowhere to be seen. DANG. Had to wait till 840 for the next one. Appointment was at 830am. Craps.

But owells, being a really nice physio, Wendy attended to me even though I was late. Oops! Haha. Did the normal stretching and balancing. And had another strength test. FINALLY! something I’ve been wanting to hear for a VERY long time. I was improving faster than expected, all thanks to the gyming sessions I’ve been having (SEE! Saturday mornings ARE important) all these while, and I CAN START JOGGING. You READ ME? I CAN JOG. I’m 2 months into my post-op and I’m already approved to jog. Haha. I was supposedly scheduled to do it only AFTER 3months. At this rate…. I hope I can hit the courts sonner than I think. YEAH. PRAISE THE LORD!!! =)

Went down town the check the Crumpler shoulder cushion. They didn’t have the colour you wanted. I’m so sorry. Will try checking it online yeah? Will try my best. But no promises as yet. =)

Met my DEAR cousin Enjelyn in town. Saw her yawning UNGLAM-LY at the road junction while I was on the bus. Decided to give her a message. And so we decided to do a little catching up. Had a good talk while walking around. Had toasts too. HEY! I didn’t slouch alrights? Even if I did, ain’t got nothing to do with my posture. You know what caused the it right? hahah. DO keep it to yourself. ;)

Went down to J8 after that and did some work with Ling and Phyllis. I still can’t get that ratio question out of my head. WHY CAN’T I GET THE ANSWER?!? Urgh. Shall try it again next time. If I remember it that is. Had dinner at TPY and rushed back home to deliver dinner for mum and Eric.

And wow. Caught Die Hard 4.0 with Eric and dad. All men outing. I think it’s cool. But I still like Transformers. I’m saving up my money for the Transformers DVD. Haha. =) but hey, BRUCE WILLIS still rock! He makes all hairy man feel proud. *grins*

And so it’s one thirty now. Just back from supper with dad and Eric. Shall go take a shower and hit the sack. Have a great great great weekend my dear friends. May God bless you with a peaceful and happy Saturday and Sunday. =)

thanking post

I’ve been wanting to do this for quite a while. Hahah!

Thank God for mum and dad; for I won’t be here if not for them.
Thank God for Eric; for I won’t have someone to bully when I’m home.
Thank God for our apartment; we’ve one of the most sought after flats in the entire Singapore.
Thank God for my very good friends, better known as the 6ists; they’re the bestest best people around.
Thank God for my cousins; for they’ve made my childhood days amazingly fun. (Think bathing with Enje. Woots!)
Thank God for the many people who’ve had been part of my life; for they made my life more colourful, they’ve helped sculpt me
Thank God for school; for I’ve played my hearts out, squeezed my brain dry, and cracked my nuts double-time.
Thank God for army; for I’ve learnt how to poke, how to chao geng, and how to use Hokkien frivolously (I’ve stopped though. Using it more purposefully nowadays!)
Thank God for handphones/emails/internet/etc; for I can reach anyone anytime anywhere (well, that’s if the person replies promptly. Sometimes waiting CAN get a little irritating)
Thank God for my laptop; for I can be typing all these right here. =)

Join me and be thankful! Haha. =)

Plenty more to go. But my nose’s running like a water tap. So I’m gonna cut it short.

Thank God for teh-peng, teh-si-peng gao and milo peng.
Thank God for peanut butter and kaya.
And thank God for wholemeal bread and toasters.

Thank God for bak chor mee and ban mian.
Thank God for mummy’s bak zhang and cesar’s salad.
And thank God for ice-cream and sundaes.

Thank God for honey and milk.
Thank God for Hoegaarden, Corona and Erdinger.
And thank God for soya beans.

Thank God for Fuji apples and Del Monte bananas.Thank God for ketchup and Tabasco.
And thank God for cheese and olive oil.

Thank God for Dishwalla and Coldplay.
Thank God for Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan.
And thank God for James Patterson. (THANK YOU!)

Thank God for Spalding and Converse.
Thank God for Nike and Adidas.
And thank God for ESPN, NBA and the EPL.

Thank God for shaving creams and aftershaves.
Thank God for pore-packs.
And thank God for dental floss!

Thank God for banning smoking in pubs and clubs.
Thank God for the Circle-line.
And thank God for no-earthquakes, no-hurricanes, no-volcanoes here.

Lastly, thank God for everything prepared for me.
Thank God for providing, for loving and for forgiving.
And for blessing me with everyone I have in my life.

Urgh. Nose is REALLY bad now. Nights people. Remember to say thanks too! =)