step dad, me, mum 

Pass me a drink, and make it a good one

I lifted the glass of wine by its stem, swirled it a little under my nose and took in its aroma, or "nose". I know nuts about wine tasting, all I knew was that it smelled great. I took a sip, ran it through my teeth, and around my mouth before swallowing. Smooth with just the right amount of sweetness and flavor. I'm no expert, but my senses told me it was great, great red wine. And logically it should be, cause I was dining in the house of my mum's wealthy friend, and I'm sure the wine's pretty expensive. The bottle was already removed from the table by the time I arrived, but that much was deducible from the second bottle that we had later, which, incidentally, was equally good.

That was dinner. In the morning, my paternal relatives came over to visit, and I took it as an excuse to open a bottle of white wine that I had been saving for a "special occasion" for almost a year. My step dad got it from his boss' office the last time he was in town, and told me it was good, expensive wine. I accepted what he said, naturally; that man's a wine, beer, and steak connoisseur. The wine was fabulous, although it was unchilled, and I only had a small portion cause there were too many of us. Sigh, less than 1/3 of a glass!

Lunch on Saturday was a New York steak(medium rare, of course) and Pilsner Lager at Brewerkz. The beer was my step dad's choice, and unsurprisingly it was a good one, though I find all Brewerkz beer nice, so give me any of theirs and I'll say it's good. *grin*. Brewerkz beer goes for $10 per jug from 12pm to 3pm, everyday! One jug for the two of us, and I drank slightly more than him. Great. =) The steak was pretty nice too, and the service excellent. 5 stars for Brewerkz!

Muddy Murphey's was the watering hole of choice on Friday night. And it scores 2 stars. Expensive, and I suspect, adulterated Kilkenny, lousy seats with no back rests, and a largely ex-pat crowd. After two and a half pints of Kilkenny, I took a lift to Bark Cafe from my uncle, who drives the sexy Mazda Rx-8. Daryl, Jianming, Jia an and Qingwei were merrily playing bridge, Daryl and Jianming having a full pint of Erdinger Dark each. The waiter approached and asked if I wanted a drink. Before I knew it, I was pointing at Jianming's Erdinger and saying "Give me one of that."

Help. I might be turning alcoholic. The taste and feel of beer and wine gives me the same high as the Billy Bombers All-Star burger. Paul van dyk's spinning at Zouk tonight and I'm going. Booking in tomorrow. I'll try not to get drunk.

Ang pao collection has been rich and bountiful =D

lame and lamer.

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to think you are coming 22
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no i was asking a question
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the above right?
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my lovely mother 

There's a difference, between being slack and lazy =)

I had my IPPT on wednesday. Started out with sit ups, then went on to complete all the static stations, which as usual was a breeze. After the 20 mins break came the 2.4km run. Only 2.4km. Normal folks like Weeli run 20 over clicks without breaking a sweat (sarcasm intended *grin*); what's 2.4km? Well .. it was hell for me. I almost died running it, and completed it 2 seconds after the timing required for a Silver award - 11mins 42 secs. Sigh.

Besides all the jibes I got from my camp mates, I have to go back for RT, or Remedial Training. That means that I have to book in the night before every book-in day, and go for a run the next morning, among other things like maybe push-ups or crap. I shall be optimistic. Perhaps this is my chance to go for Gold. Haha. I crack myself up sometimes.

I missed the silver award, but got award the Squardon Commanding Officer's Medallion for *cough*, displaying an extraordinary level of vigilance while on duty by spotting someone filming the runway using a hand-held video camera from a passing bus. The actual reason for my "vigilance" was that I was watching Gundam Seed on my N-gage, and was extra alert for any passing vehicles that might catch me doing so. *grin* I even got a testimonial written by my platoon officer for that. Haha, the medallion itself isn't much to look at, but the testimonial might come in handy, if I tell the story right.

My mum's coming back today. And I've been falling sick for the past few days. Still falling sick, but successfully keeping the fever at bay with chinese tea and panadols. Don't know how I'm going to maintain that over the CNY with all the bak kwas and gorgeous, gorgeous food. I'm getting a little fat around the sides, kinda like Jeryd.

Handwriting Personality Quiz

What does your handwriting say about YOU?

The results of your analysis say:

You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
You are a person who thinks before acting, intelligent and thorough.
You are negative, fearful, resistant, doubtful, and/or selfish.
You are a talkative person, maybe even a busybody!
You enjoy life in your own way and do not depend on the opinions of others.

Now look 'ere

Take a sit, listen to me rant.

I'm always find myself alone with no lunch! Damn, I'm hungry. I had grand plans. Plans that include going to Hougang Mall, grabbing a quick lunch, camping a bit in the library, and reading up on Visual Basic .NET. Things got a de-railed when I decided to watch a recorded tv program that I missed last night. Fiona Xie, Jacelyn Tay and Ann Kok in a single show - it would be sacrilegious not to watch right? ;) Anyway the acting's pretty good you know, for a local production.

Anyway, now I'm hungry again. Sometimes it gets so irritating, being hungry. Why can't hunger be a function in the body that can be switched on and off. Before a grand meal, switch hunger on. Before a buffet, set hunger to Maximum Damage. Before departing for field camp, set hunger to Zero.

Angela. I went ice skating with her yesterday, all the way in Jurong. Me going down from Hougang, and her from NTU. Unfair eh. Anyway with the great new(ok not so new) NEL, the journey to Jurong East MRT took less than 50mins! Maybe I shouldn't stay in Hall in NUS after all. I'll need all the spare time I can gather to help Jianming n the guys in their business. But Hall has babes .. hrms. Business = money, money before babes, so Business priority setting > babes.

I was talking to Wesley recently about cars. I asked him why he hasn't bought a car, with his 2k+ salary as an AMD engineer. He says he has to save up for a house. So, here's my take on this. When do people usually buy a flat? When they're marrying right? Before marriage, you need a girlfriend, and before you get a girlfriend, you need to attract them. And to attract a girl, a car would certainly help. So wouldn't getting a car first be a much better idea?

Now, before you slam me as being materialistic, think abt this. Let us say that you, a guy, walk into a store, a restaurant, etc and spots this incredibly attractive girl. You walk up to her, ask her what time her shift ends, and that you'll pick her up after work. Do you pick her up, and walk to the train station of bus stop, or walk her to your car? It's just really lame to tell a girl you'll pick her up, then walk over to the bus stop. No? It's okay when you're younger, but when you're 27 years old, it doesn't reflect very well on your status.

I digressed, again. I was talking about ice skating with Angela. Skating in Singapore is a really pathetic affair. The rink's already ridiculously small, and they still cordoned off a big area for their private lessons. The rink isn't public friendly. It's just a very sad affair. I had fun, but it was more of the company and the conversation, and not the skating. 2 big strides and it's time to turn, kinda like swimming in a cruise's swimming pool. Kick kick, turn, kick kick, turn. Gosh.

We went then, to IMM, and had swedish meatballs in Ikea. Enjoyed myself. Sometimes it's good to go out with a girl, even if she's just a friend.

I'm still hungry. Supposed to go blading with Jia An later. And I really need to study. I need to eat.

We walk around with an array of lens from which we choose one to affix onto our eyes when we're looking into a particular situation or at a particular person. Our notions, perceptions, and interpretations of what the situation is, or what the person is doing, is influenced by the lens we place over said subject.

Hey Janet, have u finished wizard and glass yet?

Adrenaline is flowing through my blood. Throw me a world, and I will probably say I can conquer it. Times like this I wish I can just upload the entire world's knowledge into my brain. Then I'll be an instant genius in every field known to man, and have the substance to back my ego. Call me lazy, insane, bored. No. IM JUST HUNGRY.

Ok, time to send winrar.exe to weeli. that troublesome little fish. =D

Meet Emptiness

Feeling empty. My stomach, my bank account and my soul.

I had duck rice and black chicken soup for dinner at 630pm, now it's already 1015pm - reasonable hunger.

Have been going on a little spending spree, buying whatever I like, and clubbing pretty frequently - of course my bank account's depleting.

God has been much neglected in my life - understandable to be spiritually dry.

There's an overwhelming sense of emptiness, and a little voice in my mind's telling me that the main issue of emptiness can be easily resolved. I'm looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places. Seeking happiness instead of joy, sucking a sweet instead of drinking water to quench a thirst.

My father's worrying me. I can't help but feel that there's something fundamentally wrong in a son trying to bring a wayward father back to the narrow road. There's nothing wrong in a son supporting a father, be it financially or emotionally, but for a son to worry about his father falling into addictions and doing things that are basically silly, it's just, well, silly. Don't get me wrong, I love my father. He's a charming gentleman, and a loyal friend, he just has his faults, like everyone of us.

Everyone gets a little lonely now and then. I guess I'll never know, and I pray to God that I'll never know, what it feels like to be divorced, raise a child single-handedly, hang around with friends who have happy families, try several times to settle down but never finding a soulmate, get into disastrous relationships, giving your best to your son, while facing financial difficulties. A mountain of debt. An empty bed. Oh God.

repost: the very night before bmt 

Brewerks

Met up with Jeryd & Pam, Japheth & Geri, Edwin & Jasmin, Timothy minus Sheena, Colin minus Anna, and Colin at Brewerks to celebrate belatedly, Jeryd's birthday. This is the all-guys shot. 

Local mention

BOWLING FOR SOUP - Emily Lyrics

[VERSE 1]
It wasn't supposed to be like this
Another dose of unhappiness
I gave it all and managed to get shot down yet again
So I got drunk
Had sex with all your friends
You told me to never call your house again

[CHORUS]
Emily, you saved the day
Emily, when you threw me away

She was always such a pretty girl
Nobody like her in the world
A little piece of heavenly
That no one else could stand
I see her in my dreams at night
I see you when I close my eyes
I just can't seem to shake you, Emily

[VERSE 2]
You got your money and I got cast
Outside thrown out on my ass
In the city with no one else, no where else to go
So I hooked up with this model from Singapore
Emily, I sure am glad you didn't want me anymore

[CHORUS]

She was always such a pretty girl
Nobody like her in the world
A little piece of heavenly
That no one else could stand
I see her in my dreams at night
I see you when I close my eyes
I just can't seem to shake you, Emily
Yeah

Emily, you saved the day
Emily, you saved the day
Emily, you saved my ass

-

Singapore's actually mentioned. Heh, was just listening
to winamp on random and i caught the word "singapore".

I found out that it was Jasmin who read the wrong
version of Order of the Phoenix.

Someone actually took the time to write 1800pages
of "pirated" J.K. Rowling.
Heh. Harry slept with Hermione in the version
Jasmin read.

Rude Shock

I was just reading a bit of "The Order of the Phoenix" on Jasmin's computer and I saw bits and pieces of the story that I didn't read at all in my ebook! Goodness..I wonder how much I missed. Gotta go back and re-read...

Anyway I just came back from Bark Cafe with Jianming and Daryl. Had a swell time ..

Sitting home alone in from of my laptop listening to old, sad, love songs, and so bored i'm about to implode. Dusty springfield's you don't have to say you love me. Takes the cake man. "Believee mee...believe meeeee..believeee meeeeeeeeeeeeee"

I wanna go blading .. rain rain rain .. and nobody to blade with. JANET GET YOUR BLADES!!! Fengjie's still slow. Timothy's nocturnal. Suggestions of going ice skating falls also on deaf ears. Shopping maybe .. maybe tonight I'll go shopping with Japheth.

Bored. At least I have 4 episodes of Prison Break to keep me occupied. Now X-Japan's playing .. Endless Rain.

o<-< . o>-< . o/-< . o>-< . o\-< . o>-< . o|-<

1 shot of tequlia, 1 mug of beer. 

dreams

I was day-dreaming, one day, a couple of years back.

When I get my own house, I'll install a rubber-gripped white tap next to my bed, bringing filtered drinking water straight to my bedroom - so that if I get thirsty anytime while sleeping I wouldn't have to go to the kitchen, or for that matter, even get out of bed.

Stepping off my bed, I'll find myself immediately on a travelator that'll pause for a moment while I grab my toothbrush and toothpaste. I'll brush my teeth while on the travelator, and upon reaching the end, rinse my mouth and the toothbrush at a sink, replacing the toothbrush and toothpaste on a carrier that'll carry both back to the head of the travelator.

Destination: Kitchen. Here's I'll have my breakfast. Nothing really fancy here, just what you see in futuristic shows.

Sigh, the dreams of a lazy (*@#&@(*$&@. The tap idea is pretty feasible though.

2006

Sweet '06, the year I ORD, the year I enter NUS, the year I .. well, apart from those two, nothing else is confirmed. Ah, the year my dad finally retires and gets some money; hopefully enough to get him out of his 12-feet deep financial rut.

Now for the requisite "happy new year" greeting to all .. happy new year! :D How did you guys spend your new year's eve? Mine was spent in Zouk, again! Actually not really "again", cause friday night was spent in phuture, but it's still a hell lot of moolah into the drain, and a hole in my pocket big enough to stick my head in. $38 cover for Zouk, with only 1 free drink, the fucking robbers.

Zouk. Walking pass the toilet, I spotted a familiar pretty face, took a closer look, and lo and behold, it was Lisa! My pretty cousin on my mother's side. Instinctively looked beside her and saw her brother Kevin. Moments later, their brother, Kenneth came by. Haha, happening family outing yeah?

Anyway, Lisa bought Jasmin, Edwin and I a Submarine each. Edwin then bought a round of "Sex on the Beach". And me, just drank up happily like the cheapskate I am. Haha. Sheena bought us drinks too. 2 Tequila shots, Sex on the Beach(which, incidentally, she taught us the "correct" way of drinking. nothing on the net about that though), and a Whiskey Dry Doubles for me and her, that got me a little high. Now, not to brag, but that proves the drink's potency! Still on the subject of drinks, Edwin bought a Graveyard at Phuture, shared by Jasmin, Nic, Himself, and me. Contrary to popular belief, the drink actually tastes good! Nice, strong taste and fragance of stout. Already bordering on my alcohol tolerance limit, I bought a Whiskey Dry Doubles to share with them. $21. Whoah. Ok, I think that pretty much covers the drinking, except for a few sips of plain ol Screwdriver. Make that gulps. =D

Oh and I bumped into Jermaine and her boyfriend. Finally saw her, weeks after her return from Australia. Was supposed to meet up for coffee, but knowing Jer, well, it never happened. Haha.

The dancing was great. Awesome. Music rocked. The bass .. WHOAH.

Daryl just asked me on MSN whether I have any new year resolutions, and it just occured to me .. I never did make any.

I promise to make some meaningful posts soon to dispel any misconceptions you might be having about me having the emotional depth of a mosquito breeding site. Haha. But the ravings on God should do for a while, ya?

Oh .. er .. branded sale at expo. A&F, A|X, Zara, Tommy .. etc etc