Friday at last

What a long week for me.. not to mention stressful as well.. this strengthens my belief that travelling for work is no fun ah.. so stressed up but no where to destress.. hahaha..

another thing i've learnt is there are just some people that just have to have to be a bastard wherever he goes. and like my boss tells me, there are worse around so i guess i'm quite lucky already..

to say the true hor, i'm feeling abit brain dead now and duno what i'm typing now leh.. 5 day of 12~14 hrs of programming/debugging/troubleshooting/information digging/patronising saily has really taken its toll on me already. not to mention i just discovered i had put on 6 kgs since the time i started working loh.. :(

think i shuld write again when i get enough rest la. ciao~

You wana make a beautiful world?

Just reached Korea late last night. A 6 hour flight + 4 hour bus journey can be quite taxing one neh~ Anyway hell week(s) will start in a few hours time.. :(

Staying in an actual HOTEL this time, yay! some proper accomodations at last! As i explored my new room for the next 2 weeks or so, something caught my eye..

So to anyone who wants to make beautiful world hor, please feel free to get the card from me hor. i rent to you $10 per hr lah, small price to pay for a beautiful world mah~ hahaha..

Enough of rubbish liao, time to work~ ciao!

I can't believe it!

I can't believe it! I wasn't sure i'm able to do it, but i did! Its my 100th entry!! yay!!

hmmm... not a really happy occasion oso leh... going to leave good old singapore in a few hours time (departure at 8am). haiz... i used to be so excited before i go overseas, now hor, i think i getting abit tired of it le... anyway, work is work lah. since i can't change it, might as well try to enjoy it lah..

bought a nice jacket (at least i think its nice) today when i shop with my old old frens. we joke about the crappiest things when we are together loh.. i shall not mention it here cos its too crappy liao. and u might not understand anyway. i was thinking that only ppl who know me for more than 2 years stand a chance to understand my humor bah.. hahaha..

hmmmm.. wat else.. oh oh! today got a free lunch also! good hor? u see, my old old frens and i had a deal going on. in order to motivate us to save more money, we agreed that if a person hit a specific amount in his bank acct and assets, the rest will haf to treat that guy to a $40+- meal loh.. and i hit that mark liao~~ but my other fren already hit the 2nd mark liao, so when i come back i will need to treat him liao.. haiz.. ppl boss mah, easy to hit one loh. we working folks how to earn money so fast? go sell kar chng? no one wana buy leh? u wana buy anot?

me colleagues no good ah... bully me ah..

Today I attended my dear colleague, Kelvin's wedding dinner~ CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Let's see if you can break the company curse of having a baby gal for the first child hor! hahaha...

Then hor, he very bad loh, want to set me up with a gal who used to work part tie at my company before i joined loh. I was placed in a table with only 3 colleagues and other ppl that I don't know, including the gal. Not that the gal was not nice or what loh, but this kind of set up ah, looks suspiciously like a blind date setup lidat loh. Anyway, due to the awkwardness of the situation and my innate shyness (REALLY SHY LAH) and the constant teasing of my colleagues hor, i managed to keep very quiet throughout the dinner. She din talk to me, and I din talk to her also. (Shy mah)

Then towards the end of the dinner, my other colleague, SK, started bombardment loh.
"Hey Peter, dinner finishing liao leh, how come u no action one?"
"Peter, got girlfriend anot? dun have ah? she also dun haf boyfriend leh"
"Peter, its now or never leh!"
etc, etc

you know the picture lah. seriously hor, i duno how to react also lah. I'm sure the poor gal also feeling very awkward in this kind of situation lah. So if you(poor gal whose name will not be revealed) ever read this ah, I apologise for the embarassing situation lah. I'm a 'dao' guy lah. what to do leh?

now that I understand the feeling of being set up for a blind date hor, i dun tink i wana experience it once again lah. very stressful leh, especially in front of a table of semi-strangers loh.. i blush liao oso say out loud loh... my colleagues no good lah

End of a long long weekend

Finally my long weekend is over. i think that its the longest break i had since i started working neh! too bad i was sick throughout the long weekend, which kinda suck. anyway, here's the summary of my hols.

Wed - Met an old young friend ( or is it young old friend?) of mine at orchard. was hopelessly lost in there. luckily my fren navigates damn well there. tried looking for my woodcarving materials at the ArtFriends in taka, but no have. :( anyway good to see her after such a long time (3 years i tink)
VERDICT: Well spent day

Thurs - Dragged Mr A out for lunch to meet another old friend of mine. after lunch, i dragged him down to Bras Basah to continue my search for materials. Found my wood there but frigging expensive. 1 piece of small wood(balsa) cost 6 bucks!?! bought it anyway, and a set of brand new carving knife. damage was 12 bucks in all. :( carried to meet Mr H at usual haunt (PS) and formed the Brotherhood of L there.
VERDICT: Quite productive day

Friday - My sore throat getting worse and my CO (dad) dragged me and my bros out to do area cleaning at the canteen. i "attend B" oso cannot siam loh, sianz man. anyway, more hands make the work lighter lah. and its quite true oso, we finished the work in like 2 hours, where normally it would have taken 4~5 hours. After that was church (its Good Friday lah), which ended half an hour earlier than i expected (i tot it's going to be 2 hours) and the day finished with a winning eleven (WE9) tournament with my bros. needless to say, they got trashed... muahahaha..
VERDICT: Not too bad, sickness taking its toll

Sat - Finally go and see the doc liao. he say i got wat chim chim thing which i tink means a sore throat lah. anyway got plenty of medicine to kill the virus. the medicine caused drowsiness which caused me to slip in and out of sleep, and feeling damn weak for the whole day. lesson learnt for the day, never do wood carving when u are feeling drowsy, u never know when ur finger will get sliced. ;P anyway got the basic shape of the wood out already~ balsa wood is great for wood carving!!
VERDICT: Sleepy and weak.

Sun - Still sleepy and weak. Basically spent the whole day either sleeping or walking around like a zombie. the medicine too power liao lah... worked abit on carving also, no casualties this time~
VERDICT: Boring!!

Anyway, thats my long weekend la. Overall i would say its not too bad la, 2 days well spent, 2 days nua. would be better if i was not sick. heh

L for ......?

Today no work!! So went around meeting friends for lunch and dinner. when i say friends, i mean the usual suspects. and somehow or rather, the usual suspects and i ended up in Plaza Singapura (PS) AGAIN! and we are sitting outside the 7-11 AGAIN! talking about how single we are AGAIN!

Then somewhere through our conversation, we (or rather i?) decided that instead of talking about who will get married first, which is pretty obvious, let's talk about who will be the last man standing. and so we cycled thru the guys in our class and we found that..... most probably the last man standing would be one of the 3 of us. Mr H, Mr A and Mr P (names withheld to protect the losers)

that's kinda sad, u noe? 3 single guys, sitting at the same old place where we have been sitting for the past yr, talking about the same thing(which is how come we are still single huh?) for the past year also. den suddenly we came to a conclusion... we.... are.....LOSERS!

proudly declaring that we are losers is not really the same as being proud of being in it la! but still, the 3 of us is really in the L-Club la. u can imagine wat the L means rite? being not satisfied with only 3 members in the club, we managed to recruit one more member (Mr E)with a simple sms question.

Q : "yo, u still like ####### anot? H, A and P are in a heated debate over something"

A : "Hmmm.. y le? blah blah blah......."

at the "Hmmmm", the 3 of us unaminously agreed that he IS one of us, part of the L-Club. so lets see who will the one man who will be the last man standing bah.

jokes aside ah, this really makes me think about the 3 of us. honestly speaking, i dun really think that we are THAT hideous looking, we have a decent career, and i think i can speak for all of us when i say we are nice guys. so what's wrong ah?

so any non-hideous, nice, single gals reading this hor, please drop me a mail lah. i can introduce to 3 single, nice and non hideous guys lah. rest assured that i'm not in the selection as i did not qualify for the non-hideous part... :(

Arrgghhh blabbering away again... anyway, i sure hope that i'll not be the last man standing~ this is one contest that i really dun wana be the top in. ;P gd nite!

Taking a step back

Recently, something happened to someone close to me, that made me think about things that occurred 1 yr+ back in another perspective. personally, i had thought that what had happened to me last time was one in a million and COULD NOT have happened to some other people, but it did anyway lah.

just that this time, that someone close to me is in a different role as me this time. due to my relations to this person, i had to take a step back to see what are her reasons for doing such things and whether they are justified anot? but thinking long and hard, i still can't see why she does it, and honestly, i'm disappointed by her actions. i've always thought of her as a sensible gal who won't act illogically. it won't be the last time that i see people wrongly either.

don't get me wrong, i'm not condemning her or wat, issues in relationships have no right or wrong. just the way you handle the issues at hand are appropriate anot. i wouldn't say that i like her way of handling this thing, but i haf no right to comment also.

for me, this is another level of detactment and maybe enlightenment and definitely a closure bah. to be able to see things from all 3 sides. having experienced one of the roles maybe made me feel biased towards the other 2 roles, but seeing them being carried out by my friends and close ones really made me think again.

like my frens have said, maybe this is a good thing in disguise leh? well i partially agree lah. this kind of thing is never a good thing but it made me think alot and maybe even mature a little bit more. relationships are never as simple as i once thought they are.

hopefully in my next relationship (provided there are gals who want me), i would be able to apply what i have learnt previously. hope so lo... if not.... too bad lo~ ;P

Seeing stars~

Saw the Big Dipper when I was walking home from Lakeside MRT~ Never fails to cheer me up when I see one of the constellations i recognise!! Hahahaha! I wana see scorpio next!!!!

Legend of the train

Here is a very interesting read : http://www.rinji.tv/densha/

Let me briefly summarise it. It is on a "true life" (I donno how true) story of a japanese nerd, getting to know, fall in love and wooing of a nice gal. The whole story will be a one-sided affair, with the nerd (we call Train) and his many netizen minions/advisors. Honestly speaking, I was quite skeptical when my friend sent me this link lah, but after reading it, it was really not bad~ Very interesting!

Most importantly, it gives nerds like me (& maybe people who read my blog :P) some small hope that our Hermes (the leading lady) is somewhere out there, waiting to be rescued. I think everybody who reads this will have a different image of Hermes in their mind, which could probably be their Princess Perfect!

Anyway, from what I've heard, this has a huge following online, and moi being one of them, can agar agar know why that is the case. Satu-ly, this story is online and most probably accessed by nerds/geeks/whatever u call us. And-the-then, nerds/geeks/etc(NGEs) will forward them to their friends who most probably be NGEs too. And the cycle goes on. Why the NGEs will be so interested in this story is that the star of the story is a NGE! a NGE who is reformed into a somewhat stylish young punk who MIGHT win the pretty babe. basically the dream of most fellow NGEs out there. So all the NGEs out there might be prowling the MRT stations now hoping to find their own Hermes right now..

Okay, so other than the romantic love story, the other thing is the dangerously hilarious antics of the so called advisors of our Mr Train. They deserve an A for their enthusiasm and humor. Sometimes, you will just burst out laughing when u read their simulation of what is going on between Hermes and Train. I know i did! ;P

So I would recommend all you NGEs out there, even though u deny it, to read this piece of work. its looooong but definitely worth spending some time reading it.

i give it a 6 out of 7. Oh my Hermes, where art thou~

Best things in life

Falling in love.

Laughing so hard your face hurts.

A hot shower.

A special glance.

Getting mail.

Hearing your favorite song on the radio.

Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.

Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.

Chocolate milkshake.

A long distance phone call.

A bubble bath.

Laughing.

A good conversation.

The beach.

Laughing at yourself.

Midnight phone calls that last for hours.

Running through sprinklers.

Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.

Laughing at an inside joke.

Friends.

Falling in love for the first time.

Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.

Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.

Your first kiss.

Making new friends or spending time with old ones.

Playing with a new puppy.

Late night talks with your friend that keep you from sleeping.

Sweet dreams.

Hot chocolate.

Road trips with friends.

Swinging on swings.

Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.

Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and drinking eggnog.

Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.

Going to a really good concert.

Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you see that one person.

Winning a really competitive game.

Spending time with close friends!

Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends.

Holding hands with someone you care about.

Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.

Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time.

Riding the best roller coasters over and over.

Hugging the person you love.

Watching the expression someone's face as they open a much-desired present from you.

Watching the sunrise.

Having friends you know you can cry on or talk to about your deepest problems.


Got this list from the internet and took out the items that don't really relate to me. Anyway, moral of this post is that best things in life, sometimes, are the simple things in life that we might take for granted. Maybe when you read through my list (not really complete list), maybe you can find your best things in life too! :)

Long weekend~

Leave for tomorrow and Friday just got approved! Long weekend, here I come! Wooo hooo! Don't know what to do though....

Major changes ahead

Just got word of big big changes in my career coming soon. I never did like changes, especially major changes. But this case looks like I don't have much choice. I just hope that the changes that are coming soon would be really beneficial to my career prospects and wouldn't be too difficult to adjust to...

I hate changes...

Home alone

After the photoshoot, everybody in my family had programs except me.... Even my mom went to partor with my dad loh... haiz...

Anyway, I was ordered to take care of dinner myself... so I cooked! This is my first fried rice without any supervision. The whole process was very messy though, and I'm quite sure that if you sat through the entire frying process, that you might not dare to eat it at all! Muahahaha

Here's the end result:

Actually looks not bad right? Well, it smells nice.

And it tastes not too bad oso lah. Abit on the plain side but still quite nice. Give myself 7/10! Muahahaha!

Don't shoot me!!

After a nightout of mahjong, I was hoping that I could spend a relaxing Saturday at home. Then my brother dropped the bomb. There was a family photo shoot later... I hate taking photos, but since my dad had ORDERED it and we don't really have a family potrait, we went ahead loh.

As my family prepared for the photoshoot, everyone is in a scramble. For an idea of what went on in my household, the conversation went something like this. "Oei, go and shower leh" "No lah, you go first lah" "Dun want lah, you go lah, I bathed last night liao!" And so on. Anyway, finally we were ready for the photoshoot, with four hunks and a lady rushing out of the house to keep the appointment in a Clementi photo studio.

When we reached there, the lady there told us to wait for 30mins while they apply makeup to my mom. Tea time!! Anyway, when the makeup was done, my mom came out looking very different. "Wah seh!" is the unanimous exclaim from all of us. My dad added, "30 plus year never make up liao hor?" At that time, I was starting to think that having a family photoshoot wasn't such a bad idea after all.

After gowns are worn, blazers borrowed and ties picked, we went into the studio for the shoot. It was a relatively spacious area with several ready backdrops on canvas to be picked. My dad chose the cloudy looking backdrop, quoting "Dun want the standard bookcase, fireplace one lah". Then as the photographer, a friendly chap in his 30s, begin to get us into place, he realised that he has one hell of a task to complete to take a good picture of my family.

"Open your eyes more!" Small eyes leh...

"Show more teeth when you smile!" Okay...

"Show less teeth when you smile!" Make up your mind lah...

And this went on and on... After 45 mins of gruelling phototaking, we all suffer from trembling cheeks from over smiling. After the family shoot was done, I was supposed to take some individual pictures. Being the fillial son that I am, I "sacrificed" my individual photoshoot to allow my parents to take their long awaited "wedding photo part II". Actually, I dun really like to take photos one, especially this kind of "glamour shots". Guess IF I actually get married, the photoshoot will be one hell of torture for me le.

Anyway, that's the story of my family photoshoot. May the next one be long long time away.

Mahjong is a ruthless game

Just came back from a mahjong game with the usual suspects. Once again, the laws of balance has failed me again as I lost miserably last night. This proves one thing to me and let me share it with you guys: Please do not think about other things when you are playing mahjong. You will eaten alive on the table! Those are not friends sitting around you, they are hungry wolves!! Kidding nia lah.

Oh, another thing is : If you mahjong, don't drink. If you drink, don't mahjong. It's a bad mix. Hahahaha