Back to superfit and play soccer days...? Heh heh~

21 April 2009, Tuesday

Starting from my first running practice last Wednesday, i'm finally getting my hopes up about becoming ... ... superfit again!! :) Though it was nothing special and not particularly strenuous, it was the difficult first step and very significant push to get my exercise momentum going. Even more lucky, i've finally found people to play soccer together regularly with!! Wahaa!!! ^^

Last friday was super satisfying, though i felt quite bad about asking Alvin (mua colleague friend) to find another ka for his mahjong session because i wanna pang-seh the session to play soccer... Thanks to Jerry la huh~ hehe. Met the other guys for the soccer gamessss at FICO (cage soccer) at 10pm. I didn't recognise many of them, cos there were friends' friends and Air force alumnis included amongst us. We played till 1am! Super shiok lor, though i was abit bah-ka at first... couldn't control the ball when dribbling it at all. Too long nvr play le!! The muscle aches from wednesday's run had something to do with it as well, i guess~ To think i was almost unbeatable in my sec school and ITE days, ~sigh~ Thanks to the other side of my game though, (distribution play, anticipation play) i was able to exert a considerable amount of influence after the 3rd game :) super fun, super Fun, Super Fun!!! Whole of Saturday and Sunday was itching to play in every cell lor, hehe :p

Saturday - planned to start my day at 7.30am, but it was mission impossible. What to do~ Only reached home at close 2am and slept at close to 3am the night before, heh heh~ woke up at close to 11am instead. Went to CPF building in Jurong East to get my Singpass for e Tax-filing... I procrastinated till the very last day again!! Hahaha :p And then since the library was so near, i'd also planned to return the books i'd finished and borrow some more. On top of that, i visited Popular bookstore and found Breaking Dawn!! WOW!!!! 7 extra stories to finish before 10 May..... Siao liao!!!! (Cos wanna finish Breaking Dawn first.. hehe) Once reached home, cheong assignment, read Breaking Dawn, cheong assignment, read Breaking Dawn, cheong assignment... watch soccer!!! :)

So yeah~ was super happy on Saturday until... ... ...
Arsenal lost to Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-finals!! Damn lor... the pitch was terrible, about the same as Villarreal's pitch in Arsenal's away game there. Although Arsene Wenger (Arsenal's manager) claims it (the pitch) had nothing to do with Arsenal's loss to Chelsea, i have every reason to disagree. I DISAGREE!!!! Lemme ask those who wanna contradict me. What's Arsenal's strength and way of playing? Lightning quick and precise passing, one touch football. What's Chelsea's main strength? They make use of Power players like Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, John Terry, Michael Ballack to exert their pressure on players. On that stupid pitch, Arsenal were stripped of their advantage, while Chelsea could simply pump their long balls in, which was what they did for the winning goal anyway. UNFAIR!!! Wembley pitch is truly a disgrace, especially considering its cost and prestige.

Sunday... Resigned myself to sulking, cheonging assignment, reading and sleeping the whole day long. Breaking Dawn is definitely the best of the four in the Twilight Saga!! Nice lor, haha. Originally would've been interested to watch Man U vs Everton at night but was still feeling miserable from Arsenal's loss so wasn't in the mood to watch another inconsequential-to-Arsenal-fans-anymore soccer match. Hmm. Man U lost on penalties. Ha ha~ At least the Man U fans couldn't suan me, hehe :p

Today! Went for another running practice. And then i was told that another soccer session possibly coming up this Friday!! Yayyyy!!!!! ^^ Super tired now, gonna sleep. Tataz!!

The Myself Times... Hahaa :p

13 April 2009, Monday

Woohooo~ ! Didn't realise it's been a month since i'd last written. My impressions tell me that it couldn't have been less than 15 times that i'd wanted to write on stuffs coming across my mind; that brushed against my emotions & thoughts over this period of time... Though of course, being me, nuahness tends to triumph over desires, haha! Hmm~ can't really remember what i'd wanted to write at those times though, so i'll just focus on those i've deeper impressions of :)

EPL league results
Not that i've anything against Man U, which i appreciate for the flowing attacking football that they normally exhibit... but the arrogance that Man U's fans have accumulated in their over-egoistic minds over their repeated successes really irritates me to the core of my very being. So i was immensely satisfied when Man U lost to Liverpool and Fulham, and with devastating results as well. Woohooo~!! Time for Man U fans to learn some humility. But what pleases me most are the recent results that Arsenal have managed to achieve! Seeing them getting back their attacking instincts and capacity makes me more happy than any other goings on in the leagues!! I can't believe Arsenal's bad luck though... Now that they've welcomed their key strikers and midfielders back from injuries, they've lost their key defenders!! Wah lau wey...... Siao liao lah............................

Eclipse
The 3rd book in The Twilight Saga Series. Managed to buy it from the JP Popular outlet some time back, lucky! Hmm... It's not really what this book is about, but parts of the story from New Moon to Eclipse got me thinking back about some of my own past experiences. So i was Edward, and then i was Jacob...? In many ways but not all though. That troubled me for a while, i suppose... And then the urge to read and relive some past memories that i'd written on was overwhelming, and i succumbed. This time it didn't poison my heart like it used to, but still remembered how excruciating and torturing the experience was. Nothing of much effect on me now though! Just reflecting, hur hurr ;)

Personal Time
For the past 4 weeks or so, i decided to spend some alone time away from almost everything and everyone else - i was rarely online or outside other than when work, classes or assignments required me to; I shied away from contact with most people during my free times, and kept myself to myself for myself. Ahhh~ The freedom was so pleasurable, and i enjoyed it. Even so, inevitably from the 3rd week or so, i started missing my friends and all the group outings, and mahjong sessions. It became so serious that i came to realise how badly i missed the times where we need not even spend one/zillionths of a second to think of where we could find good company - ahh~ the good ol' NPS times... ~sigh~ Heyy peeps, if you're reading this, i super miss u all lei >_<

East Coast
Back to my "antisocial" times (Wahahaaa~), remember spending a day at East Coast for the afternoon sun and the evening breeze. MYSELF time, didn't even bring my phone with me... Woohoooo~!!! Super shiok lor, and good time to be a little emo, of course... (emo not equals sad, ok, hehe^^) Wahh~ how to describe the freedom of moving around in my blades with hardly any restrictions and being unbounded from everything except myself... or feeling the sun and wind brush gently against my skin with my eyes closed and ears open to the serenade of the sea that cleansed my mind while i rested sitting or lying down... could feel my every cell relaxed and vibrating with the happiness of being so free from the world, as if i were a cloud, or the wind, or simply an element and not a being. Really appreciated the experience... Pity i can't risk doing it all the time cos the nature of my work requires me to stay contactable, hahaha. Tsk.

Library
Another day was spent in J.E library browsing for books of my interest. It was some days after i'd finished reading Eclipse and found myself unable to contain my reading needs... So yea it was my off day which i originally desired to nuah in bed and relax all day comfortably wormed in the hole that was my home, but tadah!!! somehow found enough motivation to push myself out to get the books. What's the point of staying in bed without anything to read!! Eeee!! Haha :p Yups and so after a whole day of browsing and slight frustration at being able to locate all but the first book of a series i took interest in (rolls eyes back and feeling exasperated, i think it was The Tamuli.. or was it another series? hmm~ Can't really remember) i gave up on that and finally ended up leaving the library with "The shadows of the wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (i almost typed Julian Caraz! *Chuckles* ahhh~ u'll understand what i'm saying once u've read the book) and "The Hidden City" by Michelle West neatly tucked in my bag. Another 4 weeks of good reading in between work, class and assignments to enjoy! Heh heh~ ;)

Breaking the alone time
Spent a day with a favourite friend. I was tired from lack of sleep, because for the whole week before that, i had to start work at 5.30am everyday except thursday. Friday and Saturday were worse - ended at 7pm. So it was great in a way. Despite being tired and cooped up for so long, it was nice to find myself able to chat with someone non-stop. Hmm, thinking back, the little downside for me was, i think, allowing my guard down and being a little careless with touch and words. i shall ensure that i exercise better restraint like my normal self when i meet with friends again, hehe :p But this day, it was amazing. Although the day did not proceed as we originally planned, where even plan B was discarded due to the terrible but filling lunch that we started off with, while at the same time discovering some differences between us, the rest of the day was as though i was trying to make up to myself for all the silence i'd embedded myself in for the past weeks. It was just one of the rare days that i was able to chatter non-stop with countless reminisces of the dramas of my life where i was the lead actor... it helps that the friend was a good listener too, Fantastic! Hahaa :p Quite funny lor, when i think back, and immensely enjoyable :) Especially to think that i managed all that in my tiredness!

Finally back to my normal work routine! Today's my off day and i'm supposed to start on my assignments... but i shall nap first, hehe :p Tataz!

Colorgenics

13 Mar 2009, Friday

Got to know about this "Colorgenics test" from Kelvin's blog and decided to try it...... Honestly, just like him, i wonder how a simple test with colours can be so quite accurate huh~ It's really amazing! hahaa :p

Name: Yow Heng
Date: 3/12/2009
Colorgenics Number: 14356027

You are seeking an affectionate relationship, offering fulfilment and happiness. You are capable of powerful emotional enthusiasm. Deep down, you are a kind loving person, always helpful and willing to adapt yourself if necessary to realise the bond of affection that you desire. But you need the same consideration and understanding from others and it is this need that will sometimes hold you back... so let go, trust and you may pleasantly surprised at what happens.

So so very true lei~ nothing to dispute about this... Hahaa ;)

You enjoy taking part in anything that may constitute fun and excitement. You need to be stimulated and need to feel that 'Life is worth living' and you are awaiting that stimulation and you don't particularly care where it comes from!

Yesss!!! People who know me would know :)

You are prepared to establish a particular relationship that is being made available to you at this time. It could be a satisfactory liaison but there could be a certain amount of conflict involved -try to avoid direct confrontation at all costs.

Hmmm~ depends if there's any person who meets expectations? Wahahaa :p

From every direction there appear to be unwarranted restrictions on your freedom of action and this is producing considerable stress. You're really looking for independence and freedom from any restriction and therefore avoiding any obligations or anything which might prove hampering. You are being subjected to considerable pressures and you would like nothing better than to escape from them but you tend to lack the necessary strength of purpose to succeed in this. Whichever way you turn you are being frustrated. You need to be free to do your 'thing' in your own way.

Ya lahhh~ i need freedom!!! But for now it's quite ok~ i can breathe ^^

You wish to be left in peace... no more conflict and no more differences of opinion. In fact you just don't want to be involved in arguments of any shape or form. All you want is for 'them' to get on with it - and to leave you alone.

Yes yes~!! No quarrels, no conflicts, peace~ leave me alone, hehe :p

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So interesting~ For those who wanna try, you can take this test at the following webby ;)
http://www.goldinuniverse.com/default.asp

WOWWW was going to write a post and then suddenly realised it's friday the 13th.... Hope nothing goes wrong today!! Hahaa :p

Random thoughts - Happy again~

08 Mar 2009, Sunday

Back again! Past few weeks were a mixture of both entertaining and unhappy stuff.

Unhappy stuff cos a few things not going on too well for quite a number of my good friends like Jimmy (earlier on at work), Xiaohei (but with 3 assignments down & at least another one happy thing, she's ok), Zhaorong (hopefully he's getting better and more occupied), Joey (hmm most worrying of the 4), and childhood friend Koon (who's just lost his dad to heaven). And then there's the "combo meal" that my this sem's grpmates treated me. Bloody hell. Shall not talk of these unhappy stuff though~ Hahaa :)

Entertaining stuff including the likes of the story of a suitor (not me huh hahaha) who unsuccessfully jio-ed one of my gal-friends to go steady with him on v-day's eve, very interesting contents!! *chuckles* Well, he's done some other things well to earn himself some credits though... so congrats to him!! Hmm~ other entertaining stuff i guess are the recent plight of Kuang being suan-ed (by me) about being fat and (by sheena & Poh) losing his humour and stuff during the past 2 times that we met... Kelian de Ah Kuang. Hi Ah Kuang!! *waves* (Hur hurr hurrr~) :p One of that was during Zhaorong's Bday celebration which was alot of fun preparing. Shall not go into the details though!! We also had fun with the cake after the birthday song which i sang loudly and with much Gusto *Grins*. My my~ Birthday cakes are really delightful when they're litted up with candlelight. Was so so happy seeing the cake even though it was not for me. I can have no end of fascinations about these things de lor ^^

Happily chatting about holes
(After the birthday song, blowing out candlefire, photos and removing candles)

Heng: Zhaorong prepare to cut the cake~
Zhaorong: Eh wait i want to take pictures of the cake
Xiaohei: Aiyo! The cake alot of holes liao lei~
Heng: Ya lo, ay but i think got holes maybe like looks better lei
(Zhaorong happily snapping away with kuang and Heng helping him while xiaohei takes pictures of the 3 guys fiddling around with the cake)
Heng: (to xiaohei) Aiya just now should remember which coloured candle occupy which hole!! Then i can post the pic on the blog and describe one by one
Xiaohei: Hahaha ni wu liao lor
(Zhaorong places the "Happy Birthday" decoration flat on the cake for more photos)
Heng: (Eyeing the decoration) Ay!! We should try pressing that Happy Birthday into the cake! See whether the cake can have another nice hole or not
Xiaohei: (giggles) huh can meh will become very ugly or not
Heng: Aiya try know liao lor~ (Takes decoration and presses into the cake)
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... (cake "sponges" down along with the downward pressure)
Heng: =_=''' Aiyo! the cake too spongy liao (taking away the decoration & looks at the cake) really become very ugly lei hahaha. (looks again) Aiya the words never take shape on the cake. Ay zhaorong cut the cake cut the cake~

Haha!! Zhaorong and Ah Kuang, wanna supplement with ur comments from that day? Can't remember the rest too clearly wor~ Hur hurr hurr~

Hmm~ recently with my outings i've become increasingly aware that i seem to be the only one that's not attending as a couple, and somehow that's producing some kind of pressure (still quite ignorable though, hahaa). I guess age has something to do with it bah!! Well i think i'm staying single anyway~ here's something about myself that i've been meaning to share for sometime anyway, that's what i enjoy. I call it "revelling happily in the aloneness". I don't really understand but there's something inside of me that totally revels in the freedom and being by myself. Examples of stuff i do alone are my hobbies which are ALOT. Used to be stuff like guitar playing of course~ In recent times would be Rollerblading, Reading, suntanning, video gaming (with old nintendo games), watching tv and clips online, etc etc etc!! I've no time for all of them!! *whines* I love being by myself sometimes... i guess NPS fellas would remember a time when i totally disappeared from everybody's contact. Nobody could contact me for weeks bcos i turned off my phone and cut off all contact to me. And then i'd do memorable stuff like learn Sunburst, or do the famous 25 burger thingy for fun~ Hahaa!! Crazy fella~

Convince me to go into a relationship only if u find someone who clicks with me! and i guess that means she enjoys stuff like music, mahjonging, reading, sports, doesn't need luxuries (my standard is 3 room flat only) and stature. Where to find!! Only i'm like that, bcos i live only for self-actualization!! Wahahaa :p Having said that, i'm happy to be myself!

Heng's mood index: mH (= moderato Happilito!!) *chuckles*

Little updates

08 Feb 2009, Sunday

Hmmm~ i guess i should update starting from last Thursday? Ho ho :)

Last Thursday (29th Jan), Kuang smsed me to get a confirmation from me that our originally planned steamboat dinner was cancelled, then jio-ed me for mahjong. Ha ha ha~ he couldn't get the necessary ka, so i asked him whether wanna jio Zhaorong and XiaoheiJac out for dinner and movie. In between i asked Kuang to ask Liting, Dejun and co. whether they wanted to meet us, cos XiaoheiJac told me she had already agreed to meet a friend and couldn't join us. In the end XiaoheiJac's friend zhun zhun fall sick so instead it was still the 4 of us, Kuang, Zhaorong, XiaoheiJac, and yours monkeyly, although Zhaorong only met us after the movie at 9+ due to his work. We watched "Love matters", which was quite a funny show, i enjoyed it. XiaoheiJac was really quite pretty on that day with her newly dyed hair, and one piece dress. She told us that it was her company's new policy that they had to dress formal but not in uniform on Thurs and Fri, and added cheekily that her company didn't have enough $$ in their coffers to replace their uniforms and so wanted them to wear it less often, ha ha ha. Then we chit chatted at MOS burger where as usual, our conversations were so funny that i commented "wah lau laugh until stomach very pain... if tmr i got IPPT, i think i can do 60 situps lor, very well trained today liao". I also related to them my recent thoughts and opinions about relationships when looking at what's happening to my friends around me, which had me kind-of disillusioned and convinced that i'm right to stay single for now. Abit tired of bgr even just looking at it and not getting involved...

On friday (30th Jan), i attended my very first marketing lesson for this semester. The lecturer was WOW, excellent!! Very san ba, very talkative, speaks very fast, but very passionate and engaging. It was really fun to attend her lecture, which was punctuated with laughter, and cheeky answers/remarks in response to her questions, of which yours monkeyly most willingly and actively participated in contributing, Hur hur hurr... :p Her enthusiasm really really rubs off on all of us! Hmmmmmm..... For those of my friends who know Cherie, yupz, that's almost exactly how my lecturer is like in terms of Behaviour, talking style, and san-ba-ness!! And her name is Sheryl, so similar!!! Hahaha :p Really really enjoyed the lessons! After reaching home from the lesson, i then jio-ed a few friends to see if anybody wanted to meet up to go Qimei's home together on the next day for our gathering, before turning in for the night.

Saturday (31 Jan, Chu6), woke up at about 11+, then washed up and started for Qimei's home at the other end of the country. While on the train, i decided to confirm with XiaoheiJac that i wouldn't be going to EngWah's home later on in the day after all. Not really enough time for me to be at Tampines, Sengkang, and Admiralty all in 1 day!!! And with NPS fellas, i wouldn't want to just drop by say hi and then disappear... Really felt like spending more time with them la. Well anyway, reached Tampines and decided to have my lunch at Mac while waiting to see if Sheena, Poh and co. were coming to meet me to go Qimei's home together. I cabbed there alone in the end and reached at about... 2.40pm i think? They were already playing mahjong when i reached, so didn't get to play much (But Big Thanks to GuanTyng who let me play for him for about 2 winds!!) Was supposed to leave at about 5pm+ for my colleagues' farewell dinner, which i discovered to my horror was at Admiralty area instead of Aljunied!!! WOWWW!!!! Huge huge difference between the locations lor, really really idiotic of me not to realise after more than 1 whole week of talking about the dinner with my colleagues! Hahahaha :p

(On a certain weekday)

Soh: Ay the dinner on Saturday is around Admiralty area huh
Heng: (Thinking Aljunied) Orh ok ok. Wah~ Heng is not Ang Mo Kio or what ah, if not i travel till siao on that day sia. I'm going Tampines/Changi area and maybe Sengkang before the dinner lor~ Admiralty still not too bad la
Soh: (??? but doesn't comment on Heng's reply cos not sure) u jiak ba liao!! Travel so much on that day. Maybe from Sengkang can take Ah Wu's car lor
Heng: (Still thinking Aljunied) Aiya~~~ No need la Admiralty ok mah, all on about the same side of Singapore
Soh: (???? again)
(Heng already left the scene and conversation liao)


Imagine if i'd decided to go to Eng Wah's home at Sengkang too!!! Would've travelled thru whole of Singapore in one day lor... =_=''' Yupz, anyway back to what i was saying, in the end stayed till about 6pm cos was hoping to see the rest who hadn't arrived. Alas, It was not to be... though i still held on to the hope that there would be a 2nd round at some ktv or something so i could join them again after the dinner. When i'd reached Sakura, (near RP), was already close to 8pm. Ate and chatted abit with everyone happily even though the food wasn't really to my liking. Some of us then continued for the 2nd round where we went to Robertson Walk (ard Mohd Sultan there) to drink and watch soccer. There was only Soh, Jianming, Alvin and his gf Yunjie, but we still had fun chitchatting away, drinking, and watching soccer. Whoa watched Arsenal vs West Ham, Boltan vs Tottenham and Aston Villa vs Hull (i think) all at the same time! When the matches were coming to an end, i checked with Qimei whether NPS fellas would be having 2nd round somewhere... Unfortunately the ans was no, so for the first time in many years, i didn't get to see as many NPS fellas over CNY as i'd hoped...... Anyway, so i stayed and watched the Man U match too. Reached home about 4am+


01 Feb (Sunday) Woke up at about 12+. Mahjong at Alvin's home was supposed to start at 2pm, so i washed up and gobbled up my food while surfing the net. That's when i read the post which made me very sad. While on my way to Alvin's home, i kept pondering and wondering what went wrong, why things unrelated to the incident were mentioned, and all the time worrying with a heavy heart about how and whether our friendship would weather thru this storm... I also discovered that i'd forgotten to bring oranges (ok, this is anti-climax, i know), so when i reached Chinatown i had to ask a very kind uncle who gave me directions on where i could buy some. Took me 10mins to reach the store and whole of 20mins to select nice looking oranges. Ironically, on this day my luck on the mahjong table turned for the better and i won $70. We were playing 3/6, so that's ok. When i reached home at about 10pm+, i continued pondering about the matter with sadness while i washed up and started writing my previous post. All the time i kept thinking about the quote from Cao Zhi (from Romance of the 3 Kingdoms), "相煎何太急". Was really very sad about it. Dropped an sms to dear friend, saying i wrote on my blog again, and also offered to meet up to clear our misunderstandings, if any.

Monday, (02 Feb), pity, total of 3 or 4 requests to meet were met with a final "not free for this whole mth". Only then did i realise how shallow our friendship was, that it was not even worth 1 or 2 hrs of her time to restore to normal. While eventually it might still be there, it'll nvr be the same again. Besides sadness, nothing more to describe how i felt. Luckily managed to clear up another misunderstanding which i didn't even realise was in the air with another person, that lifted my spirits for a while. Wanted to skip evening class because of the little sleep i had on Saturday night and also the night before, but forced myself to attend as i had yet to form my assignment grp. Slept like a stone for the night...

The other weekdays passed by uneventfully, though sadness and the feeling of loss continued to badger me throughout. Remembered things like "Sometimes, people find it more difficult to forgive others for being right than being wrong" from the Harry Potter series. How very true. Reflecting back on that very sentence which i commented on facebook very early on - "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, not my problem, Heng ah!!", i really smacked my forehead and wondered why i was so foolish as to poke my nose in, and turn it into my problem. Undoubtedly the gesture was fine, but Nosy and Silly. Anyway, i've decided this is not worth my time and thoughts, i guess i'll just put my attention on other things and people from now on. Anyway, dear friend seems to be getting along well with her life now so that's really great.


Friday (06 Feb), i received an invitation from Edward to play mahjong!! Goodness me, it's been quite a while since i last met him. Was really quite happy about it. We decided we'd play 2 rounds, but not through the night as he had to teach in the morning and i had classes on fri night itself and also saturday morning. We played from about 11pm till close to 4am and It was fun, i'd also won another $70. I then stayed in Ed's home for the night where we lay in bed and chatted till 5am+ before falling asleep. Almost like the poly days when Kuang stayed in my home for awhile during holidays! It felt really great, especially after the misery of the past few days.

Saturday (07 Feb), 7.30am, left Ed's home along with him and his family, and met XiaoheiJac for breakfast and to go for our lessons together, since her home was just about next to Ed's. It was nice having company travelling to school, cos we can chitchat, haha :) Lesson was boring and i was tired from having just 1 and half hrs sleep the night before, but then i received another invitation from Kuang for mahjong. Said i'm ok with it as long as he manages to find ka and place to play, cos my bro was working night shift that day so couldn't play at my home. At first i thought i could get on with my original plans to go home and sleep like a log after lunch with XiaoheiJac, Joey, and Doreen, cos i doubted we could get enough ka. But the outcome was great. Not only did i enjoy a nice lunch where we talked abit of rubbish here and there with some laughs here and there, including textbooks and stuff, but kuang actually managed to find ka for mahjong which was at....... Ed's home again!! So i told XiaoheiJac we can travel back together again ha ha ha and then we were on our way. At causeway point, met kuang for his lunch and accompanied XiaoheiJac to Singtel shop to change her new but defective phone, then went to Ed's home. Ed said "Welcome home!" and i, "我回來了!" So fun hahaha. So i bathed while we waited for kuang's ex-colleague to arrive. Macham my own home sia. We managed to finish one round and kuang's colleague had to leave for her dinner, so the 3 of us continued playing 3person mahjong. WAH SEH really very different, but quite fun to play once in a while, i guess. We had Char kway Teow dinner which Ed's mum bought for us and ended our last round at 9pm+, i had won another $45 from the normal mahjong and $40 from our 3person mahjong. Cabbed to Jurong with Ed cos he was meeting Jolene. Haiya, earlier on i wanted to pay for our Char Kway Teow dinner but Ed insisted it was ok, so i offered to pay the cab fare in full but i got off first and all my notes were $50 ones except for a $10 note, so although it was majority of the fare, Ed still had to top up a few dollars from his coffers. Making myself a mental note to give Ed a treat next time we meet ;)

Sunday (08 Feb), slept like a log from 11pm last night till close to 12noon today. Was lazy to get up so i played Sudoku with my Nokia phone for awhile, before getting up to wash up, have lunch and go shopping. Kuang, Qimei, and Wanling are visiting me today!! I jio-ed them for a small reunion dinner at my home today la, originally should have already done so on Chu4, but it was postponed to Chu11 and then again to today due to circumstances. Pity Jimmy couldn't come today though. I enjoy seeing them at my home again because Kuang and Wanling are in mum's good books, hehehe :) If and when i have my own home one day, i'm definitely gonna jio my friends to visit me all the time, hahaha, i pity my future wife, if ever i get married. Hmm, i think that's all for now, Jialat la Arsenal drew their game again today... Tsk :(

Sad.. but.. Peace

01 Feb 2009, Sunday

Whoaa~ Peace.

Wasn't expecting one of my previous posts to somehow possibly escalate into a war of words. Only just noticed and read a blog entry dated last friday which seriously, deeply, deeply saddens me...... I guess it's natural for ppl to defend themselves... but the things and accusations written seriously breaks my heart. Anyway, while i'm going to explain myself here again, the words are not meant to hurt. I feel inclined to explain myself after all the things we've wrote in our previous posts.

Dear friend assumed i was furious with her for spoiling MY mahjong game - that's a wrong assumption. (My? Goodness me...) My anger on that day stemmed from the fact that people were taken for granted. Here's how...

1. The choices given to the other party... "Quit the mahjong game now and meet me or breakup and i'll go up and make a din". Going to someone else's home make a din? And somehow that was at a point where everybody thought the issue had come to a temporary standstill, because dear friend had told us blah blah blah never mind this and never mind that... And yet... things had to turn out the way it had. If your guy had half the temper or dignity as mine or many others, what would've been the consequences for the owner? I think it's pretty apparent that if it had happened, the owner would never ever be able to jio any of her friends to her home anymore... and from what we were told, that wouldn't be limited to the few of us, but the rest of her many friends whom we don't even know.

2. Dear friend thinks things like "at most the mahjong session gets cancelled and postponed to another day". HOWEVER, by thinking in that way, were we not, as friends, being taken for granted...? (By the way FYI we DID continue with the mahjong game by getting another ka, it's not about the game... It's about you.) *sigh* Again, this is not meant to attack dear friend...

3. Based on dear friend's assumption that i was angry due to the "cancellation" of the mahjong game, she further implied that i valued mahjong above friendships. If that were so, (1) on Chu3, there was another last min cancellation because (edited) a friend couldn't come owing to circumstances, what did i reply? "Haha ok ok nvm ;)" i wasn't upset at all, because they didn't wait till we had gathered to do so. (2) if i am really like that, i wouldn't even have left Qimei's home on our gathering day for my colleague friends dinner. If i was like that, why the hell should i even forsake the mahjong games to travel from Tampines to Admiralty for a simple dinner.

Dear friend... As a teenager in my younger days, i'd read the Bible about 3 times over, and attend some services myself, even though as a personal choice i chose not to convert. If you would bother to read that previous post again, i said nothing to imply what Christians would or would not do, that is not what the faith is about. I merely tried to explain things to you with what little knowledge i have because i felt you needed reminding, and i definitely did not say that you're not a good enough Christian or whatsoever... Attack me if you will when i do or say something wrong, i am man enough to hold my hands up and admit my faults honorably, i will even apologise and change my behaviour if that was so, but these are unfounded accusations, whether written in spite i do not nor want to know... because if it was for the purpose of turning others against me, i would feel even more hurt with the way things are between us. I sincerely hope that is not the case...

Remember i wrote the following statement in my last post? I guess i'll have to put certain words in bold to clarify and emphasize what i was saying...
"I'm writing this to both of you because as a friend, i care for you, and it bugs me to see you on the verge of displaying inappropriate behaviour without any regard for the consequences and consideration for other people."

Dear friend... You were displaying inappropriate behaviour. If i do not care for you, i would not even bother attempting to tell you what is right or wrong. If i do not care for you, it's just a simple matter of shutting up and letting you continue with that kind of behaviour, and for that i wouldn't even cross you or need to explain myself here. To simplify my example, i shall explain in layman terms in exaggeration. Let's say one day a friend of mine tells me he wishes to rob a bank. As a friend, i could (1) advise, scold, try everything in my means to stop him because of the implications of this action for the rest of his life, or (2) i could just smile and bochup, do my own stuff, cos it doesn't implicate me and that's not really my problem.

You feel that i was inconsiderate to you for writing those things. If that was the case, I'm sorry and i sincerely apologise... But i still stand by what i've said. All i can say is... 忠言逆耳. i can do nothing to make it sound nicer.

Next thing i need to defend myself against... On whether mahjong is a hobby... It's funny because i dun really see what's the issue here. Firstly, when we jio ppl to play mahjong with us, naturally we assume that each of us are mature enough to manage our own finances, no? "Should i play today? How much can i afford to lose if this was a bad day?"

Again, i don't really know why the issue was brought up, because we have played 2/4 for so long, each time everyone of us were keen and eager to play, yourself inclusive, right until about 1 - 2 hrs before you declared that you're quitting mahjong because you've lost. From the day you did so, i respected your decision and stopped jioing you. Even when we were desperately 3 que 1, i did not, even for a single time, attempt to coax you to join us. I have never held any persons at gun or knife point and said "Come play mahjong 3/6 with me!!!"

The higher kang, bite, and zi mo rates were implemented more frequently because having tried them with ppl like kuang, hz, sheena, we felt the special rules made it more fun. Everyone has the same kang, bite chances, no?

I must admit, i'm more of a 3/6 or 1/5 ka, the rate which i sometimes and preferably play with my colleagues and other friends. That said, if i play only for the $, not for the fun, i wouldn't even bother playing 2/4 with you all. Go see if you can find any other 3/6, 1/5 ka who's willing to play 2/4? I don't write cheques, nor am i rich enough to throw in gold bars or houses. But I am sensible enough to manage my finances and decide with the other players what rates we're comfortable playing with. Mahjong to me IS a hobby, not OT, my friend. I have, for your info, lost $70+ to $130+ on occasions during my higher stake games. Hz knows, kuang knows, my colleagues know. But the wins and losses even out pretty ok, though a little more on the losing end in recent times and i'm not even the least bitter on occasions where i lose that kind of money, because i had fun.

Lastly... I still treasure our friendship alot, i have explained myself, wherever i have offended or upsetted you, i beg for your forgiveness, as i hope you would for others. I wish we could meet to talk sometime too, if you would have it...... Peace, my friend

A Brilliant Conversation

28 Jan 2009, Wednesday

I received this from an email. Again, i'm no Christian and I personally think that both sets of arguments are flawed but despite that, Wanna share it because as an on-the-spot-argument it's simply brilliant!! Hahaa!! Funny!

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An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem that Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella. Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes. Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem that Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as Cold. Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat. We cannot Measure Cold. Heat is Energy. Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . . But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't measurable. If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?

Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?

Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor, Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . . No one appears to have done so. So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that You have No Brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly! The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

That student was Albert Einstein.

Little updates

28 Jan 2009, Wednesday

It's 12:30am!! I should be sleeping now cos later gotta go work, but somehow dun feel like doing so too quickly so might as well write abit bah, hahaa :)

After the supershiok pre-CNY weekend filled with 2 overnight mahjong sessions and a 2hr+ basketball session, yours monkeyly woke up with body aches all over on CNY eve Sunday 4+pm... Had my family reunion steamboat dinner (which still tastes exactly the same despite all these years) at about 6pm+, after which i decided to search for some old games to play in my laptop whilst waiting for the Cardiff vs Arsenal game at 9.30pm to start. At first wanted to play Lulu2, but ended up playing Destiny of an Emperor instead. Terrible terrible decision... cos ended up playing thru the whole Sunday night till 7am!

After the Arsenal game, suddenly realised that my handphone was running low on battery power so wanted to recharge it... But i couldn't find my phone charger!! I'd left it in Sarah's home during the mahjong session on fri... And i didn't realise it even though i was there again on Saturday night!! Terrible... Hahaha :p Oh well, so now using the Nokia phone which was my present from NPS fellas few years ago. Luckily still got backup ;)

While online, i jio-ed Dejun and Zhaorong to see whether they wanted to come out on Chu1, maybe to catch a movie or what. At first both said they should be free, but somehow sotong realised she wasn't free at that time like she'd told me earlier, so i decided to wait till Chu1 itself before confirming whether to ask Zhaorong on that day. LUCKILY i decided that way... Cos of playing game overnight perhaps, i woke up at Chu1 early noon with a niggling headache. Was bored and didn't feel like going out, so i also decided to forfeit the talked-about-with-Sheena-but-not-confirmed-mahjong-session-to-be and not prompt her about it. Continued playing Destiny of an Emperor till i completed it at about midnight. Finished the game in just less than 2 days... but at the cost of not doing anything else... LOL :p Would still have preferred not getting the headache and being outside with friends though.

Chu 2, woke up with the headace still pounding lightly against my head, but still dragged myself to visit my relatives anyway. This year there's much less ppl around than previous years, cos many of my cousins are overseas doing their stuff, and some of my uncles/aunties had already left us in previous years. I miss those CNY gatherings we had when i was young... It was so full of life, people, and warmth. I seriously doubt i'll ever get to enjoy another one like that again. How i wish i'd realised this when i was much younger!! Would've treasured them much more instead of dreading them... Hope no one else has to go thru the same thing as me! Treasure your family gatherings huh!!! Haha :p

Speaking of going overseas, yours monkeyly is also tempted to jump to another platform at work that offers the opportunity to go to San Diego. Shiok huh!! Not too sure about it yet though, cos of the bond involved. Shall decide on coming Thursday after going for their recruitment talk and finding out more.

Hmmm... I guess overall Chu1 and Chu2 was rather boring for me bah!! Thankful for the friday-to-Saturday fun though~ ^^

Little updates and something for the 2 of you

24 Jan 2008, Saturday

Looking back at the past few weeks, got abit of mixed feelings. On one hand, i'm quite satisfied with the amount of reading i'd done, i read 2 books that i'd borrowed early this month ("Eragon", and "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness". After finishing Eragon, i then bought (and also read) the series of The inheritance cycle - Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr - because all of the copies of Eldest and Brisingr in the libraries' were either on loan or on queue, so i tot might as well buy the whole series since i really enjoyed the first. It's funny, cos originally i only wanted to borrow Lord of the Rings but couldn't find it, and then i happened to stumble upon the above mentioned books so i snapped them up instead.

At work, was a very unhappy Dec and early Jan preparing and going thru the audits. And then somehow i had to endure some injustice at work. Then on the day of my first lesson of the sem, something happened that caused a rift between my brother and myself, and causing distress to mum in the process. So in that sense it was really bad...

For the rest of the past week though, things seem to have picked up. Was on course at work and the mood there was generally quite relaxed and light due to upcoming CNY. Finally got some holiday mood after so long!!!!!!! Played Mahjong last night and basketball today noon with friends, and i really enjoyed everything! It's great to be having fun and also play some form of sport after not exercising for so long, though i'd have preferred to play soccer. Well, that's a start anyway!!

Somehow last night got abit involved in a quarrel between a pair of my couple friends. At first, i'd taken sides with one of them because of the consequences leading to the quarrel, which was quite unfortunate (shit the bloody boss) and probably abit brainless of the other party, but then something happened afterwards that totally swayed my "loyalties" to the other side.

For 2 of you
It's one thing to throw a tantrum or what, which most people do when they're upset and angry, and quite another to decide on doing unpleasant things like threatening to make a scene at someone else's place at that time just because you're feeling vengeful or you're not willing to feel miserable while the other party, under your presumption, is "immersed in having fun". For your info, that person arrived in quite a sad mood and wasn't even able to concentrate on playing. That's what you wanted, issit? I'll be so honest as to let you know that it took me all of my resolve to prevent myself from scolding you over the phone when you told me the "choices" you gave to the other person, if there actually was any. It was really inconsiderate and unreasonable. If you really love or hold any amount of care or respect for the other party, you should never attempt to hurt that person, or give unreasonable demands like that. When you seek to hurt, there's only hate, not love. Both of you need to be more mature in the way you communicate and do things. I loathe to advise people, especially friends, to break up. But IF the other person is really everything you cannot tolerate, be it level of commitment or sensitivity or the person's preferences in everyday life like meeting friends or whatever, then go ahead and do so. When people get into relationships, it doesn't mean they will or must definitely be together for life - they learn more about each other everyday, even if they dun notice - because human beings change all the time, albeit slowly, due to all kinds of reasons like new environments, friends, hobbies, whatever, and then they decide if that person is right for them at some point. Since i seem to only notice suffering in your relationship, then maybe it's time to move on. People enjoy long and lasting relationships through giving and loving each other; the experiences and time spent together are gifts, not obligations.
No one is obligated to entertain.
No one is obligated to give in to demands.
No one is obligated to spend time with anyone else.
No one is obligated to tame the resentments of anybody else.
Like i say, any of these things, if they're given or done, are gifts, not obligations. That's why people are happy when they receive them, and why i say there's no point in demanding them. If as i know you're still attending churches, then i would say this - Unreasonable demands and vengefulness are not the ways of the lord - it spreads enmity and distrust, not acceptance and love, and it won't get you anywhere near what you want, though it's probably funny for a non-christian like me to be saying this (edit: Not written in spite.. but just to clarify that i'm not a Christian... therefore sounds funny/weird for me to say "the lord" or what. Sorry for the poor english). Happiness would never come to you by hurting one another or being vengeful. Think. I dun care if from this point onwards you condemn me or what, but i shall admit that i am absolutely furious and angry with you now, and rightly so. I'm not obligated to be friendly - it's my right to do whatever i deem fit. I'm writing this to both of you because as a friend, i care for you, and it bugs me to see you on the verge of displaying inappropriate behaviour without any regard for the consequences and consideration for other people.

Little updates... and Fascinations

12 Jan 2009, Monday

Finally the first stress period of the year is over, because thankfully the auditing waves have passed without much damage. Huge pang of relieve!! ;)

Last week, many people seemed to be affected by the weather or something, heard many complains on bouts of headaches and stuff like that. Yours monkeyly was affected too, though most unfortunately mine had to happen over the weekend, of all times!! Haiya, but serves me right too la, for playing overnight mahjong after work on friday despite my condition... Hur hurr hurr... Because of that, decided to not to meet Yy and co. at Holland V on Saturday evening even though i missed them, since the headache was knocking against my head like some kind of Hangover that had nothing to do with alcohol, so wasn't really in the mood anyway. Moreover, it was already 6pm+ when i'd finally got out of bed from my day's sleep. Having already finished reading the last chapter of "Eragon - Inheritance" before going to sleep at 9am (Saturday), but not yet quenching my thirst for reading, i chucked my phone in my room and started on "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Omnibus" - a book with 3 of its series in one, while randomly having dinner, surfing the internet, watching tv all at the same time. I quite like the stories, especially "Wolf Brother". Not sure why, but somehow i'm almost always more drawn to the first story than the others when they come in series... It was the same for the Harry Potter series, maybe it's the freshness of it all? Dunno, Haha :p

Coincidentally, both "Eragon" and "Wolf Brother" held the most fascinating and touching descriptions of the bond between the lead characters and their "pets". Such was the loyalty, fondness, devotion and many other unspoken things that they held for each other! And the hurt they felt when the other was taken from them, even if only for a short time. Whenever other characters came along, they were like intruders upon the private world of kinship. I might as well have said "Lightbulbs" for (your) better understanding... hahaha :)

Looking forward to the next books in both series!!

Next, wanna talk about more fascinations of mine, for 2 remarkable ladies that i've held for the past 2 weeks or so. Vivian Chow and Tarcy Su!! Speaking of them, the First things that come to minds of many people would be "chiobu", "Yu Nu", or maybe even "Lao zar bor"... Hur hurr hurr :p Yes yes... Of course guys only talk about chiobu all the time... But together, these two have reminded me of some things that we rarely see nowadays - one of virtue and values, another of how mesmerizing and charming women can remain if they want to, even at that age.

How and where to start! Maybe from Vivian... the dream girl of all 60s, 70s and early 80s guys, still pretty even at her age of 41 (i think). More importantly, her forgiving, good nature, loyalty, and willingness to stand by her man despite him being a cheating bastard. Forgive me for being sentimental, but she deserves better, this charming lady... all others can only stand aside and sigh~ for it really is such a pity, though i still praise her from the bottom of my heart, because speaking of this reminds me of how fickle and realistic the rest of the world has become. I understand when people get together for company and stuff, to find meaningful relationships and companionship, but of marriage, How many people really understand the meaning of marriage vows when they say it? Have they grown to love each other so much that they really mean to protect, care for, and love the other person no matter what happens in future when they say these vows? For example if he/she becomes crippled, blind, or maybe even a simpler case being unable to provide stature and luxuries? Or do they get married because "the time has come"? Under the circumstances, I'm sure Vivian knows what she's committing to, and why she wants to do it, despite many objections from many others on her decision, which is why my admiration for her can only grow. Seems like marriage for many other people is just a case of "a phase in life", "must accomplish before age of __", and stuff like that... Simply said, it has become rotten. And that makes it sad for idealistic people, because no, for us marriage is about love and care, and the fondness and eternal bond between 2 persons, more when children comes along, of course. Having read Eragon, i wish elven language really exists, for no lies can be said in that form...... Owww, i'm being sentimental again. Back to the next lao chiobu la!! Hahaa :p

Next! Tarsy Su (perhaps better known as Su hui lun). To be honest, i never really was a fan of hers. Might even say i quite disliked her in my younger days cos of songs like lemon tree and duck (Ya zi). Last week, though, i watched her on a variety show "Zhou ri kuang re ye". It was suddenly so nice to hear her singing, and she exudes a charm like never before... Mature, singing voice and body language full of genuine feelings, and stuff that i can hardly describe with my limited range of vocabulary. I guess it helped that 2 of the songs she sang really draws out sentiments in me. Like xiaopang, i wanna put both my hands on my face and let her continue mesmerize and serenade my senses. It's kind of weird that after indulging in the cutesy of the likes of Charlene (of Twins) for weeks, i suddenly find myself drawn to the charm of these more mature ladies. The charisma they exude in such amounts and excess despite their age!! and Who said growing old was bad...!! ;)

Wowww long post after so much silence wor... Hahaha. By the way, i wanna eat my words and declare myself a noob and carrot instead of pro in mahjong... Cos recently seems to keep losing? Hahaha, oh well whatever!! I'm still spending less than i would if i keep going out! :) That's all for now folks~

New Year Mahjong Lesson!!!!

01 Jan 2009, Thursday

Happy New Year my friends!!!! Wish u all a fruitful and blessed year ahead! :)

Last night, went to Janet's home for New Year's Eve gathering with my ex-project mates from SIM. Was quite a pity that Joey couldn't turn up though cos its just 4 of us in a group, so short of any one would make a big difference. And then Xiaohei.Jac went home quite early after the countdown cos with the guys playing mahjong, only left her and Janet entertaining each other. Haiya, before meeting them, i was expecting to chit chat abit with 3 of them before and after the mahjong sessions lo.

Speaking of mahjong session, really very gek sim wor~~~ Today afternoon was speaking to one of the mahjong pros in my flight, and i learnt a new tip to lose less when u can't win - "if your next ka appears to be playing Qing Yi Se and your own cards sucks, then go on and feed him/her until gao jiong then stop... so that the next 2 ka are not free to play their game, and the game would likely to end inconclusively or someone tiok-bao."

And so the story goes - After a nice steamboat dinner, i played mahjong with Janet's husband and his friends big Jack and small Jack (We were playing 5/1 = 5tai $16/$32), that rate made me feel quite nervous cos seldom play so much. I got off to a good start though, where i had already won games including the only 5 tai so far. So in one of the subsequent games, i decided to try the above mentioned method when my cards were not so nice... This method is actually super effective cos after gaojiong the other 2 ka were complaining and obviously playing guard against my down ka which was big jack. ALAS!!!! Flowers came and my cards became quite nice after I took a few more cards, and after my own 5 tai, i was feeling lucky and couldn't resist the temptation to ride on my luck and play the 12th card although i only had 3 tai... and big Jack really eat it!! Then i really "!!!!". Wasn't expecting him to eat it lo... Was thinking with my winnings so far if i throw to him hu only $64, which means i could afford to play the card to him so that i had the chance to game myself. Wah lau wey who knows he nvr hu at that point but went on to eat liao then after that zi-mo!! =_=''' So i lost $105 in that round instead. After i "lost my luck to him" in this way, big Jack become super wang and in the next game i tiok fang qiang another mixed-colour 5 tai to him. He zi-mo another 4 tai and i also fang qiang to the other 2 kas. Total loss of luck!!! Wah lau wey liddat nia hor my losses had already accumulated to $100+++, i think maybe close to $200 liao. I tiok suan dao siao lo for becoming feeder and shooter... hahahaa :p And they all wanted to become my next down ka. So i kicked myself for being overcomed by the "ex-Jianqi syndrome" and subsequently composed myself and started playing my normal game from our 2nd round onwards, which meant proper guarding and cards forming with very little "Bonuses" for my down ka. Not sure if they realised that though cos their impression of me is already our last time's impression of Jianqi liao, HAHAA :p Oops! Yupz, playing my normal game, i started winning back all the $ and at one point i think i actually overturned the deficit to slight profits. We finished 3 full rounds from 10pm++ to 3am++... At the end of everything though, my end result was a loss of $30 la, but that's very little compared to my initial losses. Just another 4tai hu and i would've fully overturned the deficit. I realise i'm actually quite pro liao... Hur hurr hurr~~~ Lao wang mai gua. Janet's husband broke even, and small Jack lost $120. If only i hadn't killed my luck with that rash action huh... Should have won quite alot lo, hahaha. Well, part of experience la!!!! The above-mentioned method requires one's character and style to be suited for it... And with my "Arsenal" character, i'm definitely not suitable to play it!! So today considered learn alot lo ;)

Now gonna bath and sleep... Later should be going to workplace to settle some unfinished business and maybe join Sheena & Co. for a trip to the science centre! I hope to have fun!! Haha ;)

Meh li quiz mez!!! ;)

25 Dec 2008, Wednesday

Hihi my friends~ Meh li quiz mez!!! ;)

WOWWW it's been a month since my last post? i didn't realise that!! Oh well, hasn't really been fantastic for me anyway...... Especially this week! While seemingly everybody else has had the privilege of being basked in festive mood and happily meeting up family and friends, Yours Monkeyly has had to endure an intriguingly sucky week full of OT. Just look at my work hours for this week!!

Monday - 6:45am to 9:45pm
Tuesday - 6:45am to 7:00pm
Wednesday = X'mas eve - 6:45am to 1pm (That's only after i risked my head to call my superior for permission to get the next shift to come in early... AND to add insult to that everyone else were off for the whole day due to an event they were supposed to attend in the morning but was cancelled due to weather)
Thursday = Today = X'mas - 5:30am to 7pm
Friday = Tmr - 5:30am to god knows what time......
Saturday = 7am to 1pm if nothing suay happens...

Sianzz week lo!!!! All thanks to the stupid audits that's coming to us in early Jan... Kills all the festive mood in us. Dunno who plan this kind of stupid timing to have them... Idiot(s). I'm definitely going to regret missing out on the gatherings with my friends this X'mas...... How the hell do they justify compensating us with only equivalent off days to losing these kind of company with loved ones? Irritating lo.

Hmm hmm but on the plus plus side i got some nice gifts this month! It's pretty rare that i'd get gifts that i really really like... To be honest the only one in my whole life that i can remember being reeeeally happy about was the ukelele!! I guess i'm kind of fussy! But this month alone, i actually got 2 gifts which made me really really really happy!!! Special thanks to Dan, Sheena, Dejun and Jeremy Poh!!! I actually wanna talk about the gifts but they're so nice and simple yet fascinating (to me la)... and i want to do them justice...!! Wait till i'm more free then write a post with pictures bah!!!

Of course wanna wanna thanks the rest too who went through alot of efforts to get me nice gifts and celebrations too... Like Joey Janet XiaoheiJac and the rest of you out there la! Hahaa :p Xie Xie!!! Love u all ;)

Take care my friends and happy holidays~!!! :)

Knowing ABC about me~

24 Nov 2008, Monday

Saw this in Zhaorong’s blog and decided I’d do it as well~ Somehow I find it fun talking about ourselves… Hur hurr hurr~ :p

Knowing ABC about me~

The Letter A
Are you available?:
Ya~ But only available to gals… No gays pls!!!! I hoot u ah
What is your age?:
28 this year… as of now still 27!! Hehe :p
What annoys you?:
Hmm~ inconsiderate people lo, we see them everyday though~ on buses, from litters on the road.. etc

Letter B
Do you live in a big house?:
3 room flat yeh… I am poor family’s kid lai de!! Hahaa :p But my block’s surroundings are super nice and spacious!! *smirks*
When is your birthday?:
6 Dec lo… That’s why I’m still 27 mah! hur hurr~ ^^
Who is your best friend?:
WOW tat’s a difficult one… I have a lot of close friends, although I dun do things like call them to chat or wat. My kindergarten best friend was Siwei, primary school best friend was Hanxiang, Sec school best friend Qingjie. NS days, ITE days onwards quite a lot of nominees wor~ colleague friend Alvin is my current best talk cock and mahjong buddy… And I like Jimmy for his honesty and gongness, Zhaorong for his frankness, Edward for his playfulness. But I guess if I really have to name one… Must be either Kuang or Wanling bah, I’ve got a certain telepathy with them u know~~!!! See la even want to choose one also so difficult! If not, guitar is laopo, mahjong be best friend? But skating is my sunshine. Soccer is my favourite. AIYO!!!!! Even use activities also cannot name a proper one!!! Give up la :p

Letter C
What's your favorite candy?:
Hmm~ hmm~ not really a fan of candies… Can’t think of any now
Who's your crush?:
I have a crush on Charlene of Twins!!! Many people would tell me Gillian’s more pretty each time I tell them that, ok whatever, but I like Charlene more for her cuteness, ok? I have a liking for cute and active girls somehow, and girls who wear white catches my attention more easily… Oops! Out of topic liao, Hehe. Other than that, Jessica Alba lo.
When was the last time you cried?:
Hmm few days ago only yeh~ was watching movie clips online then cry cry~~ *sobz*

The Letter D
Do you daydream?:
Quite a lot wor~ I think it happens all the time to geniuses… hur hurr hurrr~ :p
What's your favorite kind of dog?:
Wowww u got me there… I have favourites but dunno what breed or name la
What day of the week is it?:
Hmm~ does it matter? nuah day lo

The Letter E
How do you like your eggs?:
half-half lo, the yolks must still be watery!
Have you ever been in the emergency room?:
Uhhh~ not sure if mum’s pregnancy during that time was carried out in one? If not, I guess no lo
What's the easiest thing ever to do?:
Ermm~ blinking?

The Letter F
Have you ever flown in a plane?:
a number of times lo
Do you use fly swatters?:
no wor, my home no flies de
Have you ever used a foghorn?:
I shall look for the meaning in the dictionary first… wait ah… *flips flips* aiya forget it la :p

The Letter G
Do you chew gum?:
Ya~ but dun really like doing tat. Thank god its not sold here
Are you a giver or a taker?:
Both bah!!
Do you like gummy candies?:
Hmm~ depends on who’s giving them to me

The Letter H
How are you?:
I prefer u ask me Hosay boh lor. Ya hosay lor thank u
What color is your hair?:
Black, not even a single strand of white!! ^^

The Letter I
What's your favorite ice cream?:
Definitely chocolate, also like Vanilla, Durian, Yam, mango ice creams
Have you ever ice skated?:
Yes lor, but my feet hurts when doing that. And then quite dumb going round and round in circles in a confined skating rink. Rollerblading better!!
Do you play an instrument?:
No wor. I play instruments!!! Picked up guitar playing… Wish I’d continued learning violin and piano during poly days… Involved in club committee too early back then, got no time!

The Letter J
What's your favorite jelly bean brand?:
Hmm~ nvr had them… I think i would prefer Bertie Bott’s Every-Flavour Beans if they were available to us though……
Do you wear jewelry?:
u DO mean jewellery right? No wor!!

The Letter K
Who do you want to kill?:
If only cockroaches and mosquitoes had names… I’d name them all lor. Besides that, I think all rapists. They should be tortured and killed for the eternal hurt they cause to victims and their love ones.
Do you want kids?:
Can I have 11? Enough for soccer team, or to play 6 a-side with me inside, or open 3 mahjong tables!! Ha ha ha :p Ok, realistically, would love to have maybe 4 lo.
Where did you go for kindergarten?:
I forgot that kindergarten’s name liao… Opposite Old Boon lay Shopping Centre tat one, Blk207.

The Letter L
Are you laid back?:
If you mean being easygoing and carefree, ya I’m quite like that. That’s why I dun really pursue relationships… GFs and wives dun appreciate that attitude from their men de.
Do you lie?
Alot!!! Mostly for making fun though. Aiyo! I should’ve lied for this question

The Letter M
Whats your favorite movie?:
Can I just say type of movies? Comedies.
Do you still watch Disney movies?:
Ahh yes and no… I like them but they’re not so readily available
Do you like mangos?:
I like mango flavoured stuff… there's this fantastic mango desserts shop in Hong Kong that i visited once! All sorts of desserts to do with mango there... but very heaty yeh

The Letter N
Do you have a nickname?:
Many~ Mum used to call me "Hao por heng", I think it means 38 or busybody or something like that in Hakka. From friends lei… ayam la~ monkey la~ heng heng la~ hengzai la~ and a confidential one between me and someone (****zai!), the one I liked most was pentium5 though ;)
What is your real name?:
Yow Heng or Yaoxing lor, great name that originated from a chicken rice stall, hahaa!!
Whats your favorite number?:
Used to be 10 for traditionally legendary shirt number for greatest creative attacking soccer players. Right now mah… Smaller than 10 I guess but no favourite number in particular
Do you prefer night over day?:
Depends on situation lor

The Letter O
What's your one wish?:
continue to be happy for the rest of my life
Are you an only child?:
2 elder brothers lo

The Letter P
What one fear are you most paranoid about?:
losing loved ones forever
What are your pet peeves?:
Should be quite a lot yeh~ due to my impatience. I get annoyed by little things
What's a personality trait you look for in people?:
I like people who are friendly and quirky!!

The Letter Q
What's your favorite quote?:
Right now it’s that "Yes we can!" from Obama!! Wahahaa :p
Are you quick to judge people?:
Hmm~ I guess not. I’m more careful and sensitive with that

The Letter R
Do you think you're always right?:
Hello? How can anyone be always right?
Are you one to cry?:
Call me crybaby!! But in what way does this question have anything to do with "R" huh?

The Letter S
Do you prefer sun or rain?:
Sun!!!!
Do you like snow?:
Never had any direct encounters with that but from stories and shows it sounds and looks romantic and fun so, I guess yupz
What's your favorite season?:
Spring!!!!!

The Letter T
What time is it?:
TV time!!! (Did this on Saturday tat's y hahaha)
What time did you wake up?:
once at 9am+, once at 2pm+…
When was the last time you slept in a tent?:
11 years ago... in our bashas!!

The Letter U
Are you wearing underwear?:
Huh~~~ so chim question. Wait ah let me check
*pulls shorts and looks down* WOWWW!!! yes lei!!!
Underwear or boxers?:
U should have ask that in the question on top right? Might as well ask for the colour, more interesting right? Underwear la

The Letter V
What's the worst veggie?:
snozzcumber lo… Poor BFG
Where do you want to go on vacation?:
Would love to be in France for Christmas with my loved one someday. Ahhh~ i almost forgot! Hawaii!!!!

The Letter W
What's your worst habit?:
Nuahness and indecisiveness
Where do you live?:
Boon Lay lor
What's your worst fear?:
Wah lau~ repeat question right? ok lor, fear is losing any loved one, worse fear is losing 2 loved ones.. so worst fear is losing 3 loved ones ok? no more than that for the moment liao... hehe :p

The Letter X
Have you ever had an x-ray?:
Many lo, SAF so many check ups. And also once when I was in primary5, I fell from 2 metres and got hit on the head… had concussion for a few days
Have you seen the x-games?:
Si mi lai de? X-men have, x-games? errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr~~~
Do you own a xylophone?:
stupid question… no la!! Ask about X’mas mah~~~

The Letter Y
Do you like the color yellow?:
One of my favourites
What's one thing you yearn for?:
Strike Toto!!!

The Letter Z
Whats your zodiac sign?:
Monkey
Do you believe in the zodiac?:
More keen with horoscope lo
Favorite zoo animal?:
I like Lions… But not zoo one lei~ so tame, how?

Funny pics~!!

12 Nov 2008, Wednesday

Finally exams are over!! Didn't do as well as i would have loved to...... Put too much time and effort in my Marketing Mix Assignment, i guess? Hmm~~ Got small suspicions that i might fail management paper... OB was quite ok~ But i won't get the As i was hoping for for these 2 subjects after all.. Waste of my reasonably excellent course assignment results!! Oh well~~ at least i know i'll definitely get a bling bling *Distinction* for Marketing Mix Management!!!

By the way, i'm pretty impressed, deeply moved, and inspired by Mr. Obama's campaign message of Hope and change. Here's some extracts of what i caught of his speech on TV around lunchtime on DDay after his victory... i'm able to write these msgs out only because they appeared on the newspapers (and watched youtube) though~!!

"... Change has come to America... ... ... The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there."

"... What began 21months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we see - it is only the chance for us to make that change, and that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were, it can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit, a patriotism, a responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in, and work harder, and look after not only ourselves but each other."

"... To those who would tear the world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security, we support you. To those... ... ...we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms, or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our Ideals! Democracy! Liberality! Opportunity! and unyielding Hope!!"

For those interested to listen to his victory speech, here's the link!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU
I really think this is good to watch... Hahaa :p

And Really impressed with the graciousness shown between him and Senator McCain.

Next...
They say pictures speak a thousand words. Look at these!!! Very funny and educational pictures...... Hahahahaha :p

Horoscope!! :)

射手座

终极分析
乐观与忧愁:
射手座人的内心不是外表看上去那么乐观的,因为喜欢看的远,容易担忧的事情也就多,在他们的字典里,即使现在好,也不一定代表未来好,有时候很多人觉得很好的一个工作或一个伴侣,他们很轻易的就会放弃掉,可能只是因为一个毫不起眼的小原因。所以,这样的外在表现,就让人们觉得他们不喜欢被某件事情或某个人束缚住,追求自由的,没有压力的感觉。

现实:
常说射手座是追求梦想的人,但往往忽略了他们现实的一面,算计起来不会比处女座差哦,只是更高明更隐藏罢了。射手座人的梦想是必须建立在现实的基础上的,一般他们很少谈及自己的梦想,而是实际的去做一些向梦想靠拢的事情。如果可以借巧力完成的事情,决不会多花一点工夫。所以有时候射手座也容易给人耍小聪明的感觉。可是,不得不承认他们完成的还满不错。也许终其一生,他们都在考虑怎么巧妙的做一些事情,花最少的精力去达到最好的效果。所以,很多射手座看上去让人们会觉得很懒,但是其实他们的大脑可没有停下过思考现实的事情。

拒绝低俗:
几乎所有的射手座内心都是骄傲的,其程度绝不亚于狮子座。只不过他们不会显现在脸上,外在的表现总是随和的,恰当的。可是内在有着极强的自尊心,敏感也情绪化。因为射手座人心中是骄傲的,所以他们拒绝低俗,不喜欢任何俗气的、粗鲁的事或人。如果可以,他们希望一切有关的事物,都是优雅的、高尚的,值得品味的。而真正能让他们觉得值得交朋友或谈恋爱的人是很少的,虽然表面上他们是很随和的。

多情:
很多人说射手座多情,尤其是男性。其实在射手座人的心目中,对于爱情确实有理想化的倾向,和他们谈恋爱,是一件高难度的事情。他们非常讨厌俗气的人,所以你不能很物质或喜欢谈钱,但是他们又很现实,所以你不能一文不名,各方面也必须有一定的实力。物质与精神,你必须平衡的刚刚好,才让他们觉得你值得去爱。或者,你有足够的神秘感,可以让他们不知道你的缺点在哪里,而盲目的爱你。一般,当然是没有完美无缺的人的,所以,可能象金牛座这样永远会让射手感觉捉摸不透的闷闷的人,会非常吸引他们;或者象双子那样,足够机智,懂得察言观色,捕捉他们的情绪,才会让他们感觉到爱情的甜蜜。一般射手的感情模式是,第一阶段,你们还不熟悉,他(她)爱上了你,非常热情。第二阶段,你们逐渐熟悉,而他(她)开始龟毛,整天挑剔你的毛病,无论是背地里还是当面。如果你有幸通过他(她)的挑剔过程,基本挑剔出的毛病为零或者你把缺点保密的非常好;那么进入第三阶段,他们就又是忠诚和热情的爱人了。但是基本能通过第二阶段的人非常少,所以有了射手多情一说。其实射手对恋人的挑剔,是源于对爱情的挑剔,对丧失自由感的恐惧。

射手座人的人生,往往是幸运的,因为他们是聪慧的、明朗的、通透的。与众不同,也许是他们终生追求的梦想,希望每一个射手人,可以找到他们的梦想!
人人都说射手座是感情的骗子,对爱情不尊重,只追求片刻的快感,是花心与冲满欲望的象征。朋友们…你们了解射手座最真实的一面吗？

射手座是大孩子,天真与善良,遇到爱情时,可能让人感觉不认真,付出的比谁都少。可是,知道吗？射手座很想爱,却也很怕爱!刚开始他们只是慢慢的付出,谨慎的爱,好怕自己会受伤。可是在一句一句的爱,一天一天的相处下,射手座把带刺的防备丢掉,开始不顾一切的去爱他们所爱的人,在别人眼中,只是射手座为了达到某种目的而作的行动。可射手座不介意,他会在自己幸福的想象中陶醉,希望对方能感受自己的爱,想对方觉得与自己一齐是幸福的。

在射手座爱上了一个人,他会把自己放到最后。有苦自己承担,可能会因为吵了一场小架而不开心,却也是最快认错,无论谁的错,他们都会包容,知道吗？射手座会因为深爱一个人而原谅他的背叛,会因为你的一句话付出很多。他们爱玩,在玩的同时,也希望把那一份好心情带给你,射手座是乐观的。

人们总觉得射手座的世界很快乐,可是呢？射手座难过时没有人知道,他不想让别人可怜自己,射手座不坚强,可是很善良。在你难过时哄你开心,让你有依靠,分手后,他会哭者去想属于你们俩幸福的回忆,也不想爱的人因为同情而勉强和他一齐。他比谁都希望自己爱的人快乐幸福,却常常忽略了自己,全身都是伤也笑着告诉你,我很好不用担心。

在所有人看到他的笑容以为他没事,却不知道失恋对射手座有多大伤害,华丽的外表下有一颗脆弱的需要别人了解和安慰的心。知道嘛？你的一点关心,心思细腻的射手座会记得你对他的好,把自己的爱毫无保留的送给你,射手座是不被了解的,可他们不会怨谁。他们会傻傻的认为,让我承担吧,别让别人也受到伤害。所以,不要让快乐的射手座痛苦,别让他们最有魅力的笑容成为掩饰痛苦的伪装,认真爱射手座。你会知道射手座的爱,是充满泪水的

My love is full of tears~?? Hur hur hurrr~~~ :p

Funny Map

27 October 2008, Monday

Deleted yesterday's post cos i found it quite boring, haha!

Shall share something i forgot about instead... Liting's Sg Map!! The map that made me laugh till buay tahan when i first saw it... Hehe :p Liting very kindly sent us an email to give directions so we could reach her home more easily for our mini gathering and attached this map in her document... Ha ha ha ha ha *grins*

*Numbers Edited for Liting's privacy... Haha ;)

So cute right!!! Hur hur hurr~~~ :p I laughed and laughed at the instance of seeing this map cos i was expecting something from street directory or something... Think Liting should make a Full Singapore Map like that!! *Chuckles*

Ah Heng's Test results

21 October 2008, Tuesday

Was thinking "finally i get a chance to relax" after finishing up 3 out of 4 assignments when...... (Looks at the calendar when at work)
EXAMS IS JUST 2 WEEKS AWAYYYY~~~~~!!!!!! *Panics*
And i've still got another individual assignment on Franchising to finish!!! *Panics again** Help!!

"So what are you doing here when you should be piahing your last assignment now" one might ask. Taking a break la!! Dun be a slavedriver can?!! Hahaa :p

Actually, was going thru my favourited list of websites while taking my break when i discovered this quiz that i got from someone somewhere (forgot who liao... zhaorong issit? hahaa) that i couldn't find time to take last time and forgot about after that. Then from that website i got interested and took a few quizzes instead. Quite interesting wahh~ ;) Here are the results!!

Test 1
Get to know yourself better

Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

I think that's very true... really don't like conflict especially :)
(Turns to friends) Do you agree? Hahaa :p

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Errr... Oei Mister, Hello hello? You got answer the question mehhh~?? I think you read the question wrongly wor. Read again and answer properly la... I'm very curious about this one lei *tsk*

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

Ya ya definitely tat's why some ppl should just shut up and leave it to my own time, opportunity and feelings hehe :) oops no offence

The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

No wonder i always like to li-siao my gal friends (but not in the chi ko pek way)

Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

So so so so so true~ Got see my msn nick? Hahaa ;) Have been feeling so happy and satisfied and fulfilled ever since i started taking my degree

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

Ya lo no wonder i signed on. And no wonder i sometimes think of quitting to take my guitar (and maybe other instrument) grades. Feel like teaching music yea~

How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

Very scared indeed!! Really ah...... ok lo maybe next year i try...

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

*Nods* Ya lo things that cannot be controlled not scary meh? For example Lehmann brothers kind of things... no? wah kau~
Errr~ Huh? show anger to cover up? *scratch head*, no lei~ if i show anger, it means i'm angry! Not obvious meh?! Hahaa :)

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Ohh ok~ thanks for the enlightenment ^^

Take this test - http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Test 2
Psychological Test

• You are easy to understand.
• How ambitious you are depends on the height that you answered, which is: Top.
• You are opinionated and self-oriented, the size of this personality as seen by others is big.
• Diamond means stubborn personality.
• You are also down-to-earth.
• You are an opportunist.
• Your husband or wife is the one you need when you are in trouble.

Ya very easy to understand... but ambitious? hmmmmmmm~~~ opinionated means? self-oriented definitely ya i think so.... down-to-earth uh huh ya ya :) Opportunist, ya lo~~~ all smart ppl are like tat bah? A few friends (for example Marcus) say i'm very gan (cunning), u referring to that mah? hehe :p Yessss definitely, if and when i'm married, tat is... Wahaaa!! ^^

Take this test - http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test6.aspx

Test 3
How attractive are you?

Congratulations!
You are extremely attractive to the opposite sex. You are not only good looking but your personality is also charming in many ways.You know how to get along with people and can allocate your time well. You are always popular among the opposite sex.

It took me a few moments of hesitation to post this up... Cos then ppl will say i bhb. *sigh* Not i say one hor is the test results come out liddat i also bobian..... hehee :p
Ok actually looking at the way the questions were structured, i think most ppl will get this result la haha

Take this test - http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test25.aspx

Ok back to doing assignment liao!! ;)

小小 updates :)

13/14 Oct 2008, Tuesday

It's 1am++ now. Slept at around 7pm to make up for lost sleep from burning midnight oil last night and woke up at 12 midnight just now. Geez~ am i really alive? Waking up at 12 midnight sounds ghastly. Heng the friendly monkey ghost mmaaahhhh~?
(*echoes* mmahh mahh mah......) Muahaha :p

It's been a long time since i've really had the capacity to sit down to write in a relaxed mood like now. Been busy with assignments and stuff. I know NPS fellas would sit up and complain "what about mahjong, huh!?" on this statement, wei~~~ my last 3 mahjong sessions didn't materialise ok!! All cancelled!!! Leaves scars in my heart (hehe) *sobs*

Now that i've got time to think about it, another event i wouldn't have wanted to miss comes to mind - NPS music camp. Well, not that the current music camp would've really interested me, it's missing out the gathering with my-batch-NPS-fellas that's bugging me. Owww~~~ Can remember all the pre-camp KAP outings we used to have and sneaking out and back in to campus via the back gate and smashing kuang with cake and all... so fun!! *scratches itching heart* Suay lorrr assignment deadlines on 10th Oct and 13th Oct respectively haunting me with near sleepless nights for almost a week within the music camp period. I want to go~~~~!!!!! *whines*
Looking forward to Dec chalet camp!!! Hehe :)

Suddenly i think of my calendar of events and wonder "what's with 25th October!!??" *panics* Everything seems to be crammed into one day. Family day + exam revision with Dr. Spandana + meeting "Home alone committee"... HAHA!! I made that name up... i quite like the term though! ;) I'd like to think we'll have lots of fun mingling around and planning for our event, jiayou people!! :)

Just read the individual part-answers from 2 of my grpmates from my Marketing Mix Management module... Really happy with the answers from them. Unlike Management grp assignment where i literally had to do everything myself (ended up doing considerably chin chai for my standards), this assignment should be quite a piece of cake.

And ahhh~ ya... speaking of the management assignment, I actually dreamt about it in my sleep just now! LOL!! :p Hard to explain my dream but it was kind of like the concepts came to me in flashbacks of bits of memory and hyperlinks to other concepts, then to more concepts in 3D mindmap movie format. If i had 1 or 2 more days for this assignment after this dream i think i'd have done a much better job on it. Haiya maybe i should have prepared the capacity to relax my mind somewhere in between. (thinks of missing music camp and squats in the corner and sianzly draw circles on floor with index finger) *back* Well, i guess that's an indication of that i've learned well from this assignment anyway~!! ;)

Suddenly hear this nice and classic song while half watching tv. Very nice and i absolutely love the lyrics! Somemore the duo singing this song started in sentimental mode then turns to rock version in between... super nice!!


我的未来不是梦 - 张雨生

你是不是像我 在太阳下低头
流着汗水默默辛苦的工作
你是不是像我就算受了冷漠
也不放弃自己想要的生活

你是不是像我整天忙着追求
追求一种意想不到的温柔
你是不是像我曾经茫然失措
一次一次徘徊在十字街头

因为我 不在乎
别人怎么说
我从来没有忘记我
对自己的承诺 对爱的执着~

我知道我的未来不是梦
我认真的过每一分钟
我的未来不是梦我的心跟着希望在动
跟着希望在动

Very true hor the lyrics? Exactly my way of thinking! But mine's in a happy and positive way not so tortured as the original lyrics sounds, haha~ :)

Ok must end here liao!! I'm supposed to be doing my Marketing Mix Management assignment now (now = from 1hr ago) *chuckles* Somehow couldn't resist dropping by everyone's blog to tag, then became tempted to write in my own one, hehe!! :p
Ok bye bye liao!! ^^

Assignments part II

11 Oct 2008, Saturday

It really helps that i'm not aiming to get v high marks anymore. Why?

Reason number 1: After managing to cheong out the assignment on Recall During Learning by burning midnight oil on thursday night (after drinks somemore), yours monkeyly sensed a stroke coming along (twitching face for one whole week and counting + tense muscles on neck and head) and decided to take time out for good whole periods of rest.

Reason number 2: We're just 1 and 1/2 days away from another group assignment deadline and i haven't received any respectable answers from my groupmates yet - that's not to blame them though~ The reason why this is occurring stems from my incompetency to chase them for answers throughout the weeks we've had to do it + my lack of discipline in churning out the full answers for my parts (tat's y no face chase for ans la!! Hehe!! :p). Where's all the discipline and enthusiasm i've had in term 1!!!??? ahhhhhhhh~~~~~

Reason number 3: I'm enjoying reading through my notes without any fear of not doing well for this assignment - so i just have to add in my points where i deem fit and restructure the answers for logical flow. It makes everything so much simpler!!

Reason number 4: I get to watch tv and all the things i enjoy doing without having to feel guilty or gan jiong for the work that are left to be done~ Wahahaa~~~ :p

P.S. All the xiao peng you out there... don't xue gor gor huh!!! Must study hard!! *chuckles*

Must be a more disciplined, assertive and competent leader next sem!! :)

Assignments!!

10 Oct 2008, Friday

For those wondering what i've been up to during the past week, here's a glimpse of what i've been writing for one of my UNICORE module assignments... For those who studied in Ngee Ann Poly, UNICORE modules are kind of like our IS modules, haha!!

Recall During Learning

Introduction
The ability to recall previously learned knowledge facilitates better learning and easier understanding of new subjects. Recalling is therefore crucial to learning. By understanding how the brain recalls during and after learning, effective habits can be shaped and developed to enhance an individual’s information recall ability.

Factors resulting in high recall of information
At the end of a learning period, certain parts of knowledge are more effectively recalled while the rest are considerably forgotten. It is also interesting to note that recall of information gained at the beginning of a learning period is high but can get progressively worse as time goes on. This causes 2 effects to occur in a learning process known as the primacy and......

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Quite interesting stuff actually, but it's making my head burst cos i've probably developed too high expectations of myself recently. For one whole bledy week, I keep writing, rereading, shaking my head and deleting what i've written for my assignment because they don't seem to be good enough. Previously, doing well was good enough for me, but suddenly after a bout of good results everyone expects me to get above 80marks for everything, myself included. Gotta change this mindset to make myself enjoy learning again!! :p

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The irony of this whole thing is the name of this module........... Learning to learn!! Haha!! ^^

Mini Updates

05 Oct 2008, Sunday

I've been horribly lazy for the past week!! Urghhh~~~~~ According to my own schedule (in my brain, hehee), was supposed to have completed 2 out of 4 assignments by today (due 10 oct, 13th oct, 20th oct and 07 nov respectively), but as of now, yours monkeyly hasn't even started on any of them yet! Lots of midnight oils this week, i guess... *sigh* i hope i manage to gather enough resolve to work on them though.

This week after work,
Monday - mahjong with Ed, Jol, Kuang and Hongzhi. Was expecting Liting and Zhaorong to come too but they didn't so it was slightly less re nao than i initially expected... Quite fun la!!

Tuesday - Lessons and nothing else

Wednesday holiday - went to Xiaohei Jacelyn's home to do our online quiz, then met Jason (colleague friend) to pass him the photos for our HK trip and finally ended the day at (colleague friend)Alvin's home for mahjong. *Sigh* Originally planned to reach Xiaohei's home at about 12+, meet Jason at 3.15 and Alvin at 4 but i overslept and spent about an hour trying to burn the photos to dvd *noob* so in the end reached Xiaohei's home at about 2+ and told the rest i'd delay our things by about half an hour (decided not to do my quiz yet). When we'd finished with Xiaohei's quiz, i rushed off to meet jason at about 4pm. Very late liao so had to cab to Alvin's home in the end... Very ex!! And i suffered my first major loss in mths, lost $25! + $19 cab fee (rub salt) *ouch*. Aiya , but we played at a higher rate than usual though so actually quite ok hahaa :p i had fun nevertheless!! :)

Thursday - frantically reading through my notes trying to catch up on everything

Friday - Lessons and (finally) did my Online Quiz.... Did well!! ;)

Saturday - Work and mini gathering at Qimei's home... Originally wanted to jio zhaorong jiaying esther etc they all go too but wasn't sure i could go till the day itself so in the end didn't ask. At the end of the day we were talking about many of the fun things we did and went through last time... So funny!!!! ^^

Sunday - Looks at myself and my accomplishments this week - what the hell!! Only read 3 chapters (out of 12 originally planned) and haven't even started on my assgmts... Time to discipline myself!!! *Cane* *Cane* Today must work hard!!!

Mahjong session starts 7pm tmr my friends =_=''' (Wahahaa :p)
Shall write about other things rather than myself when i have more time!!! ;)