And yes. Finally! The revival of this very old and very dusty blog of mine. Reminiscence of the past. This is the way, you remind me. Let the good and bad times roll once more.
Firstly, my apologies to all those who actually bothered to click onto this URL whenever you’re on the web. Of course, my most sincere apologies to Ms PE, who has been bugging me ever since don’t know when. Appreciate your persistence and ‘kind’ reminders. Heh. =)
Well, next, since this is a revival… hmmm. Let’s hear a bit more about myself. Haha. This sounds absolutely corny and pointless since the people reading this already more or less knows who I am. But hey! It’s 1am in the morning and it’s a Friday… shouldn’t be home right now… might as well do something not-so-productive.
My name is Vincent. Guys call me Vince. Girls call me Vincy (I’m not proud of it. Not at all my friends.) Pals call me Vincent. My ‘sisters’, my cousins and my REAL brother calls me kor. My ‘future wife’ calls me ‘future husband’ (now THAT, I’m proud of. She’s HOT I must say. Bet you must be smiling reading this. Ha!) My ex-trainees call me sarge. My mum calls me ‘boy’. My dad doesn’t call me anything (he just starts talking.) My fish doesn’t recognize me and my dog… well, I don’t have a dog. Strangers tend to give me funny names like ‘oei’, ‘n*h b*y’ and ‘excuse me’.
As mentioned above, mummy and daddy are part of my life. Same goes to that fat brother of mine. I’ve met some really great people in the first quarter (or third, depending on the High one up in Heaven) of my life and am blessed with very kind souls around me… There are people I’ve known since young, people I’ve known from the court, people I’ve known from my schools, people I’ve known from the times of wearing green, people I’ve known from my church, people like the sixists (when are we ever going to meet up?!?), people like my roomie, people like my ass. group leader (ha!), and people who care for me more than I’ve ever cared for them, people who love me for me.
I like to tell people that I’m screwed, and I usually tend to agree rather quickly when people tell me ‘you’re screwed big time’. Thing is, I AM screwed. No pun intended. There’s a 1.5cm long alloyed titanium screw in my left knee that holds my graft ligament in place (just so you know, the real thing tore up about 1 year back.) Oh, it works too, if you say that I’m lame. Cause I AM. Ha! Technicality!
After studying my arse off for 12 years of my life, I’ve finally been promoted to a full time, no life mugger at NTU. Materials science and engineering. Somehow I don’t think I’ll end up neither a scientist nor an engineer. The irony of education.
Fan of the hoop-and-ball game called basketball… but pretty well enjoy playing any other thing that is round, or not so round (sounds wrong. Maybe I should replace the word ‘thing’ with ‘sport’. Owells.) Spurs of San Antonio is the team to support (scr*w you Chris Paul) and soccer is only for my eyes, and not my legs. I’ll chew and swallow anything but intestines, jackfruits and exotic stuff like bunnies and turtles. Beer’s good for me, and so is a little cabernet or chardonnay (flushing is a problem. Large volumes makes me hyperact). I don’t really like Star Wars but I would love to own a light saber; I thought destroying of that Ring shouldn’t be so hard but I adore the trilogy; Transformers are cool, and so is Maximus in Gladiator as is Leonidas in 300. Ottilia doesn’t like the crooning of Coldplay and I wonder why. Love the songs of 3 doors down, creed, snowpatrol, hillsong, lifehouse, nickleback, U2 and Dishwalla (their song, ‘angels and devils’, has played for at least 200 hundred times over in my WMP and still going strong). Play the occasional guitar – suck at it, but it has got certain valuable therapy purposes. Have got a phobia of musical scores… bean sprouts on paper gives me a headache. Used to earn extra money from doing Chinese painting and calligraphy… I don’t think people would even accept it for free now. Ha! If you ever feel kind and want to get me something, a book from James Patterson would be good. But do kindly let me know beforehand for chances are I’ve already bought it (in any case, an ang bao would still be fine. J)
There are some people who say I think too much. Others feel that I’m too kind. One, in particular, says I know what I want, but I don’t know what I want. How true? You to judge.
I constantly think that I’m never good enough - that way I work harder. I constantly tell myself that people are better than me – that way humble myself. If circumstances permit, I sleep more than I should – for I like to dream and nua in my bed. If there’s ever a chance to go back in time, I would grab it with both hands. Not because of regrets and mistakes, but to relive again the good times and bad times of the carefree years.
I’m a believer of Christ – for He loves me more than anyone else can. I’m not holy, and I’m not religious. I’m not trying to sell you an ‘idea’ or ‘religion’ when I talk to you about my faith. I’m doing so because I love you.
If life is a box of chocolates, I would distribute it and share it with the people around me – for without my loved ones, friends, family and God, I am nothing. So take a piece of me please… and enjoy. =) Good nights people! And let the good and bad times roll once again. Woooots!~