wow today is 29th Feb 2008.... 29th February only occurs once every 4 years... wouldn't know what will happen between now and then huh.. so i decided that i have to post something today.... SO here goes:
SOMETHING
dEminG the need to mug always overwrites everything else huh? haizz
My mind's unweaving/ 10:50 PM
Thursday, February 28, 2008
for those who do not know what the korean brand LG stands for, it means "Life's Good" which is actually a pretty nice thing to think about everyday~ other than the fact that you may have woke up on the wrong side of the bed~ =P went paddling again this morning and i'm seriously starting to consider in investing in a pair of shades so that i won't have to squint my eyes and distract myself from paddling when i am doing sprints... one moment i squint.. the next moment i end up at another lane.. bleahs... but then the mere thought of a $100 over sunglasses dropping into the reservoir... *Priceless* haha i could even picture myself joining those old men there who shout their lungs out towards the reservoir every morning! arghh.. the angst!! >.<
3 things i hate to do which i did recently:
1. Reject / Turn someone down 2. Get Money Back from People (month old debts) 3. Not Calling People Back
somehow i always get targeted at MRT stations by those roadshow personnel or those insurance people... there are like gazillions of office people dressed in smart attire with rich stuff and they don't ask them.. instead they approach a poor looking university undergrad like me! man... I really wonder is it because of my 'pushover' face that people look forward to exploiting.. last time i used to stay around and see how i can help.. e.g surveys... but its always more than that when they start calling you introducing more products and trying to arrange a meeting with them... ever since when i see a pretty gal approach me about to ask me sometihng... i'll just say "i'm sorry i'm in a hurry" and just shun my ears from whatever pleas she made after that... well... its kinda unnatural for me to turn people down.. but i guess its ok for strangers who only see me as another money making opportunity.. BLEAHS!! I may be nice! but i'm not a pushover!! =P
then again.. when i got home i looked upon my handy whiteboard hung up at my room... and i see tonnes of names and abbreviations tagged with a price tag... nope i ain't selling my friends.. its the list of "POM" => People Owe Me... since i started using the board.. there are like 5 entries with just names and the amount of money they owe me.. but then i realised it has been months (years for some) since i met them in person (and remembered asking for my money back) so i've pretty much forgotten what they owe me money for.. I'm like sooo tempted to take a pic of my whiteboard and post up here.. but i think its very unfriendly and their arch enemies may just stumble onto my blog and use it as blackmail material!!! OMG... then again.. if doing so can make me $140 less poor than i currently am.. i think i should really explore that option... hmmm...
One bad habit i have nurtured since years back is whenever i get a missed call from an unknown number, i would either 1) text the person to apologise and ask who is he, 2)just ignore and wait for him to text or call back or 3) forget that someone even called... hahaa my mom once scolded me for not picking up her call and not texting her, saying it could have been something urgent or important.. so yup! i have changed for the better... so i always do return calls or sms to numbers SAVED on my phone.. then when i see house line numbers or unknown mobile numbers appear on my phone.. words like "telemarketing", "those survey people pestering me", "someone trying to make money out of me" or "a secret admirer" rings in my ears... yah of coz i sacrifice the last one (like hell that will ever happen!) so i choose to completely ignore these people... then again i have been receiving quite a few calls from my NS unit recently.. but how come the numbers keep changing! AIYO! so irritating.. if its important and i didn't pick up the phone please text me cann!! lucky i pick up today.. or else one day the military police come knocking on my door.. loLx..
ok~ some pics to ease the boredom~ went to kbox with lewis, alycia, wilson, bin and natasha on thursday~ Enjoy!
wooh! i moved at light speed!
if you so wanna know.. YES i was feeling cold.. and YES i was having a bad hair day!! hahaa
I'M SO GONNA WATCH THIS!! I CAN'T WAIT!! EVAAAAAA
btw i just completed Devil May Cry 4!! its a damn damn damn good game!! Great graphics! immersive storyline~ sweet thrash talking~ wonderful gameplay and stylish execution!! its a must have on the xbox 360 man!! took me 20hrs to complete the game and i'm still hungry for more!!
DMC4 Trailer
dEminG lalaa-ing
My mind's unweaving/ 10:28 PM
Monday, February 25, 2008
everyday we make decisions that we may come to enjoy or regret... just now on my way back i was stuck between 2 options... cycle down a bicycle sloped track behind a father and a toddler son straight home, or take a detour around it and leave the father and son alone.. within a blink of a second i took the latter and as i diverted to a detour, i heard the father say "boy~ thats a bicycle~" what came after was the rewarding chuckle and amusement of a baby boy~ =]
then of coz i made a few big decisions, that today was the first time i went down and trained with the nus canoeing team... to my pleasant surprise, brandon was also in the team~ was really surprising as i recalled though he always talked about canoeing back in SRJC, he was in the squash team, and through fate, i met him in SRJC, once coincidentally in starhub, then in NUS, now in NUS canoe team~ haha something tells me he could be a good buddy in the years to come =D as my first training, i took a T1 and the captain told myself and brandon to paddle 10km.. came abit as a shock to me but i also appreciated the chance to get the feel back into my hands... true as to what annabelle said, just not paddling for 2 weeks makes me zip back to square one indeed..
paying my respects to the inhabitants of macrithchie~ MONITOR LIZARDS!
was pretty ashamed that i had difficulties maintaining pace with brandan who was completely new to the sport, but that also goes to show how much i may benefit from joining the team.. my initial fears of being ostracized were cast aside as i tried to befriend a few of them at a time and realised they aren't that unfriendly after all~ though they have some groups of friends within a certain comfort zone, i feel that with time i should be able to blend in ok too~ after training, the entire team took 3 cars (driven by our teammates!) to bukit timah for lunch before heading back home to rest and study abit..
after a short power nap, i went out with my darling to SRJC~ has been a while since i took my bike for a spin since i got my driving license but the enjoyment of cycling never fails to thrill me~ was kinda upset that the rear brake have gone loose for some reason but still managed to get to school in time~ had the first training with the J2s along with the fresh J1s, this time was alot lesser than the first 3 months coz there are less 'players' and also i heard the J2s didnt really remind the J1s to attend training.. this time the J2s handled them really well so myself, along with zhen xian and hong an (thanks for the support!), joined in as motivators and all... also took time to share with the J2s the ergo training program i planned out over 1-2hours.. sure hope it makes a difference for their junior champs! fight on SRJC!!
talking about zhen xian, i attended his birthday party last sat as the only senior there~ hahaa feels abit odd but i find no problems blending in with my juniors~ its really nice to meet up with them after so long.. they are one of the most bonded batch i know since graduation as they have meet ups for CNY, mahjong and all~ the funny part was the 21st bdae cake was that of a bikini gal and his uncles were all so fascinated they teased him and all to eat off "you know what" off the cake.. haha his parents even bought him an apron and a sucker like a baby~ hahaa... he sure has a very hip and funny family! hahaa~ happy 21st birthday bro!! may great tidings come your way!! =]
welcome to club 21!
haha can tell his uncles really look forward to seeing zx tying the knot! =P
once a team, always a family~
dEminG Joining them is the first step... Train myself to be an asset to the team is the 2nd!
My mind's unweaving/ 9:56 PM
Saturday, February 23, 2008
phew... so the mid semester break has finally arrived and i have 1 week to catch up on the subjects i have been lagging behind and hopefully to finally commence training with the nus team... i feel really crappy that i keep bringing it up yet somehow or another i don't find myself into the team yet.. with convenient 'excuses' like exams coming or other things clash, i feel like im cutting myself some corners... but then again... tests and all arent really excuses anymore are they? really gotta spend lots time for preparation study man...
and yup! we had a debrief of sorts on thursday night where we first claimed our receipts and all before i had to go for my jap tutorial... afterwhich finally a sizeable portion of the ocomm went out together for supper/dinner at fong sheng.. it marks our 2nd outing ever with the ocomm.. there we chatted, crapped and had fun.. hahaa if only we had more of that in between we would have had alot more fun~ then we realised something.. all the hardworking ppl in the ocomm were recruited by nonis.. hahaa tough luck i guess.. =P too bad they stayed only alittle longer before they left as they stayed a distance from school so i waited along with joce for her fren to pick her up before i took a nice stroll back to my aunts house enjoying the full moon scenery~ =D
some of our ocomm! bleahs was having tutorial!! i wanna photoshop!!!
supper supper!! the way all meetings should end in NUS~
today after my practical i headed back to SRJC to help out with recruitment again for the 2nd batch of JC students.. didnt bring my singlet and all as annabelle only informed me the night beforehand.. unlike my time, the other CCAs seem to be more established and more aggressive in recruitment.. haha back then we could just occupy like 3 booths worth of space with no one complaining~ =P but its still good to see that the JC is moving forward in terms of cca liveliness and all... after that they had land training which i just helped out alittle to intro to the J1s and commenting on the J2s training pace..
after that i rushed home took a shower and took a bus out to changi airport terminal 3 where i sent off my bunkmate and pc buddy from 40SAR.. Keng Yang!! its kinda a pity we didnt meet up much after we ORD as i kinda wanted to stop clubbing and all and that being what he used to enjoy~ but i also learnt later they stopped clubbing that often and drinking here and there... but well~ though we have different definitions of enjoying life~ its still good to share some old times and chat about life and all... he's going to sydney to study medicine at UNSW... 6 years man.. respect.. sure hope he does a great job and top his field! besides he is one of those few guys i knew that i can trust my life to.. its just a big pity he wont be serving reservist with me.. haiz.... sadded... eitherways.. wish him all the best in studies and gambatte!!
33 and 31!! gogogo!
the friends you make from the army stay even after army!
dEMinG STUDY! CANOE! TRAIN!
My mind's unweaving/ 12:53 AM
Monday, February 18, 2008
Version 1.2
NUS Biathlon 08 is finally completed!!! Oh yes!! after 3 days of hard work, barely no sleep, heightened frustrations, cock ups after cock ups, happy and fun moments, pissed off or irritated times, more than 10hrs of lorry driving mileage, NUS Biathlon was eventually executed with no serious problems and all~ which was a welcome relief... being all that tired and all, i thought i should log down my 3 days as how i felt it honestly and what was memorable and what went wrong...
Friday 15 February Friday was my free day so we were all told to go to sports club room at 12noon to help load out stores onto the lorries and bring to east coast park... on the nicely drafted meticulous ops plan that justin worked so hard to do, it wrote all 32 members of the Biathlon Organizing Committee and Sports Club Management Committee... By 3.10pm, only 7 people were working on lorries that we only managed to grab hold onto around 2pm or so. Without knowing what happened, and what caused the delay, i could only guess and postulate what happened, but to my eyes and what i knew, I waited at the sports club from 12noon to 3pm doing barely anything before we could start.. 3hours of time wasted. Not the best start of a preparation phase of an event.. barely a quarter of the group working... i could barely count the number of gals with my hands... not good either...
once the 2nd lorry arrived and the rest came, i drove off to ECP to swap the lorry as we used the 1st lorry's license plate for entry into the distripark to collect the F&N sponsored drinks and equipment... from ECP joce drove back to school to drop her off before i took over the wheel and drove to collect the f&n umbrellas at pandan loop then to pasir panjang distripark... at first the person was hesitant to move the drinks for us since it was closing time, but thankfully he agreed to helped and we moved 108x 16+/- kg of drinks up the lorry, saving us another trip in saturday.. so i then drove back after helping to load out with joel, hua cheng and shu quan... we then went back to school again to drop off joel and picked up jasper down before i drove back to ecp...
who needs a gym when you have 1600kg of stuff to move?
phew... tired but happy!
cant recall what i decided in between but i recall going to kallang to drop hao tian on our way back to NUS again at night to help load up the huge platforms for the warm up behind SRC.. even watching a match between KR and TH with TH trying to spike and got rebounded to a cheering applause for KR... haha then left to ECP again to help unlaod the platforms before getting jian feng to drop me at east coast cc there to take a cab home to rest..
the dawn of.....
Saturday 16 February i woke up early at 5.30am and took 43 to parkway parade where i bought breakfast for the 4 who stayed over before taking a bus to bedok there and walking to the pavilion, reaching 5min late at 8.05pm but being like the 5th person to arrive... there was something they had to do in school so they were delayed so for about 40min i was wandering aimlessly and even went to pick up acorns as part of the clean up scheduled from 8-9pm.. when they arrived, i was tasked with jieren to go collect trophies from geylang lorong 23... we then dropped by a paint shop at kallang to pick up thinner as well before heading back to ecp..
its a hella LOT of work!!! shagged
then i got down to work with several others under the scorching sun to set up the transition area.. tension was high at times when we had to redo things like flip over the mats again... but all still went linearly... by noon the transition area was 10% done, with stores partially set up at registration and all... in the afternoon, 5 kendo club members were attached to me and i was sent alone to kallang water sports centre to collect 18 canoes 28 paddles and 28 life vests.. funny thing was i wasn't suppsoed to be the driver if i recall and my helpers are mainly from ocomm.. its not like im complaining coz i knew those other guys were really busy doing other things.. but i wondered how things would have worked out if the kendo guys weren't there...
nice to be back at kallang!! work work~~
fibreglass cuts but still energetic enough to smile for the camera!!
as expected, the lorry could only load 4-5 canoes at a time... so at first i knew i had to make 4-5 trips at least... thankfully by the 4th (or 3rd) trip jieren's lorry was done and he helped us out with weeping to move the remaining canoes back on 2 lorries, saving 1 trip.. after that, i did miscellaneous stuff like move stores to the registration area, set up the deep heat area that was totally ignored, had macdonalds dinner.. for a good 4hrs or so i was constantly asking the question what was happening and didnt really get a good response.. with shuquan and quite a number of people back in school, the few of us at ecp became psychics and started guessing what needed doing and did what we can to wrap up.. when the wait became unbearable, i got together my group of trusted sector i.cs and we started to set up the run route stores first followed by setting up the posters along the run route...
last sunset before the NUS biathlon 08!!
when sq returned close to midnight, the atmosphere turned alittle dim with negative thoughts amidst with words like 'hope'.. 'should there be cock ups'.. but thankfully we still went down to work as the different cells wrapped up what we could up till 2-3am i think... by then we were all zombified and all... and i cant really remember what i did as i did try to take a rest only to be woken up to work again... so for the whole of saturday up till monday i only slept 10-20min of proper sleep... there was some discrepancy with the water points but we thankfully reached a consensus and we loaded up the lorries with the water points as planned poised for deployment... think there was some time for us to shower so i joined some of them back to the chalet to shower only to find a queue of 6 gals waiting to enjoy their beauty bath.. with no other choice i grabbed my clothes and went back to carpark F2 to "enjoy" an ice cold outdoor shower... woots! hahaa...
well cant put the pic of me bathing in the open so i guess this will have to suffice~
after that we moved more stores and finally everything seemed prepared thanks to the initiative of the sector i.cs and their following of my instructions... really thankful for the 3 of them: weeping, noel and jasper... then i was tasked to give some of those at the chalet a ride back to the carpark.. drove down only to wait for a good 15min due to miscommunication.. i remembered myself telling them to be ready as i'll be down in 5min.. only to find out they thought i will call when i arrive so allen was still taking a shower.. lolx! boy was i shocked.. but i did take that 10min to take fourty winks to store abit of power for the day ahead...
17 Febuary 2008 (D-Day) to my surprise again by the time i dropped them off, it was like time for my sector i.cs to take the lorries and commence deployment.. i handed over them my lorry and was quickly assigned my safety cyclists who were from the kendo club! (from my suggestion since i knew them from sat and can click well with them) so i started briefing them and cycled them through the run route to brief them... was also very happy to see the sector i.cs instructing their helpers well and giving clear and concise instructions to the helpers as i ran the route.. upon completion, participants started streaming in and comms ran to a frenzy... made calls here and there to ensure the sectors were ready, and in no time the first air horn sounded with great sense of satisfaction in my heart: the run route is ready!the race is away!
the last pic i took before i got really really busy!
at first i stayed with my safety cyclist as i was concerned if the 5 of them will suffice for the 10 over waves.. when i was assured it was alright i cycled down the route to check on the marshallers if they had enough water and drop off extra poitns for them esp at crucial points.. after the first few waves which were the bi lite categories i cycled ahead of the first sprint distance participant to warn the other marshallers in sector 2 and 3 to standby.. caught some people napping too! man!! kids nowadays!! some water points also forgot to fill up the cups so gotta say my check was timely too! by the 3rd complete patrol of the route, i was back at the start point and getting joce and allen to help out with lack of paper cups.. on my return trip back, the full distance begun so i cycled for the 5th time out and then placed myself at the 10km turning point shouting instructions as some participants were still unclear on the run route.. lost my voice abit but thanks to walky talky i got a loudhailer and kept repeating myself like a voice recorder.. was ridiculed by a bunch of malay campers nearby but i held back and kept repeating myself to ensure that they knew where to go...
finally when the bulk of the full distance was cleared, i passed the loudhailer to the marshaller in position there and did one more patrol round to find the last runner and when as i completed the round, u started to give instructions collapse sector 1, 3 and 2 and when i completed the full round with no runners in sight, it was all green for pack up! OH YESH!!! what followed was a bigger frenzy partially also due to my fatigued state of mind, as i made decisions on the pack up due to the lack of lorries and all, driving out the lorry myself to sector 2 and all.. took abit of a breather as the helpers cleared the transition area in no time then i was once again tasked with returning all 18 canoes (also becoz no one else felt up for the task)
during the many trips back to kallang with canoes and back to ecp, i have some differing assistants who all knocked out as i drove with my eyes strained to keep myself awake and focussed on the road.. several times my eyes just closed forcibly and i shook my head to keep awake.. how i wished one of them could just take over me and let me sleep.. but they all didnt know the route and did not stay up to memorise the route.. lolx.. when i reached i still helped to move the boats so i never did sleep for a second while they had the luxury of taking a nap for that 20min drive or so... but the ones with me were mainly the hardworking ones so i had no qualms about that.. by the time i returned for the very last canoe (4th trip) i was really too too tired... so i just sat down aside and phased to the oblivion..
what shocked me was people started to leave.. from the ocomm.. the feeling really is the worst ever... no doubt they were busy helping out too as i was driving up and down, but then a part of me cant stop telling myself 'why must i work so hard when people are already leaving home??' already mentally and emotionally strained, i decided to call it a day too, knowing what was left was the stores back to school after the last trip i took, so i drove back to kallang to return the last canoe along with the TAS mats before heading to sentosa where hua cheng took over and i left from there...
went back to my aunts house, took a shower with my hands all swollen and numb from all that hard labour.. refreshed i started on my lab report and studied for my jap tests.. set my alarm for a 10min nap as i begun hallucinating... only to wake up at 7am on monday morning..
such is the chronicles of NUS biathlon 08 for me... some parts may seem harsh but its in the end my inner voice after all.. NUS Biathlon 08 has been meaningful to me as i made new friends, hardworking and committed individuals who all wanted to see NUS biathlon 08 a success greatly.. then i also had the misfortune to work with people whom take every opportunity to cut corners and make comments instead of working, some who are too pampered and to just sit down and only move when ordered... also some things which i observed that disgusted me like how couples have the audacity to have a "moment" at the expense of others waiting for directions.. i dare say i have regretted joining the NUS Biathlon 08... but i have not regretted making the friends that i admire and respect... there have been many many things i have been discontented with from the start as i see mistakes happen which i have learnt before, but being a run route i.c, i knew my place and reserved myself..
a committee is easy to form.. one that works is hard... one that bonds is harder.. one that is an epitomy of an event, a family, a TEAM.. is the hardest... the balance between having fun moments, being strict in enforcement and harshness has all to be carefully planned and monitored.. in a team, everyone must be influenced by the captain... who is the epitome of the team itself.. he must be influential enough to motivate, firm enough to decide, harsh enough to rebutt... even though i can see such things easily i dont dare say i am perfect in leadership.. but these are lessons i have learnt from my Canoeing Captain days till my appointment as a company commander in the army.. as a member of the organizing committee.. i am a member of the committee... a true friend of those i admire... but not part of the 'team NUS Biathlon 08' that should have otherwise been formed...
I have made many sacrificies for this event along with a handful others i am sure.. and we all don't expect that we will get back our due.. many times we shared the feeling of a committee that was never there.. up will the end of the event, there has NEVER been a meeting where the whole committee turned up.. i wont be conservative to say its ok... it is NOT ok... without enforcement, when people who work barely 1/10 as hard as others, the ocomm members who really put in their best will feel cheated and like they were being exploited to work 29/10 of what they had to do to cover up what the slacking sons of a bitches did not do.. even i at a few occasions did not put in my usual 100%.. but only 10%... all in all, myself along with my close comrades felt proud of ourselves that NUS biathlon was a success despite so so many cock ups thanks to the combined effort of most.. and no thanks to others... we all know deep down who are those who really made a difference don't we?
with all my feelings and emotions summarised in this post, i look forward to closing this chapter of frustration, discovery, fun, enjoyment, fatigue, determination, that i call the chronicles of NUS Biathlon 08.. with the committee more or less disbanded once the debrief is over (TBC), i don't expect to meet up with the committee anytime soon again... but to build up on the friendship i respect and reverance of my peers who put in their all to see this through...
hahaa emo and bad experiences aside... its great to have the feeling of a job well done!! abit sad though since we never really did any team bonding and didn't even take a group picture at the grounds itself when it ended!! makes it feel like we didn't even do it!! booo!! anyways friday is gonna be our debrief so hopefully later can go party and cerebrate!!! wheee!!
to what ends you ask? for that sense of satisfaction and achievement!
TO THE DRIVERS OF NUS BIATHLON 2008!! WELL DONE!!!
dEminG Run Route I.C / NUS Biathlon 2008
My mind's unweaving/ 6:57 AM
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Every day i do things that the 'me' yesterday might not have done~ change is but the only constant in life eh? No matter how my preferences and priorities change, one thing that never changes is who i really am.
dEminG "I think therefore I am" - Descartes
My mind's unweaving/ 1:05 AM
Friday, February 08, 2008
wooh.. so fast already friday le... boo~~ starting tml must do my homework and all le... or else will die big big... hahaa... universities arent exactly fond of chinese new years huhz... so much assignments and no ang baos from them... what welfare!! hahaa... but then again like fabby says, this sem is shorter than before thats why gotta rush more... sobz.... nvm.. meanwhile must still enjoy my holidays while im at it!! hehz
wednesday i went back to SRJC in the morning to visit.. saw my ex ct teacher Miss Esther Cheng, Mr Kwek and Mr Bernard Tan... the chinese new year concert this year was pretty much more entertaining with a funny malay performance, small kids dancing, bands and all... it seems the arts CCAs in SRJC are becoming better than our year when they were all chui~ hahaa... but well the dance team is lacking of aesthetic appeal this year le.. lOLx... after that we went around to the class wall to take a few pics with our neighbour classmates from 2S05... its really nice to see them again! hahaa coolS~!
AIR CONDITIONED HALL LEI!! omg... these lucky brats~
in front of general office!
still nice and breathing! our hardwork! the classwall!!
but yeah taking pics with my class wall also made me dissed about my canoeing wall.. when i was in JC2 i took alot of time and effort to paint both my class and canoe wall.. and to my disgust the school actually painted over my canoe walls credit page without informing us! with all that hard work, the least we could have asked for is that our names stay there... was so angry and pissed but had no way to vent it... even if i told the teachers they just say 'oh...' 'thats bad'.... stuck between making a big hoohah with the current principal, even if they conceded and allowed us to paint our names again it will take so more time and effort~! argh... but my pride wont take this lying down... i'll take my revenge somehow... if marcus and the rest who helped out saw this i'm sure they will feel the same!
but well.. after that i went down with annabelle with a handful of J2s who were keen on training to macrithchie to paddle... at first wanted to try the white K1 but had alot of difficulty balancing.. haha omg.. lost touch man... then later they went off for timings for 2km sprints so not wanting to become a burden to their training in capping i just stayed around the end line to start them off and read out their timings... its really encouraging to hear annabelle highlight their renewed resolve and their motivation in self training.. but its also disheartening to hear a few of them quit after the singapore canoe marathorn... its like losing a family member of sorts... haiz... sads... but no matter what, i'll still do what i can to help the J2s maximise their training to yield the best they can no matter how late~
well from that paddling session i got a tremendous tan line! was all cloudy and all but turnt super sunny later so now im like all chao tah... boos.. just hope i dont peel... thank god for aloe vera gel! lolx... after that went back for lunch and then had steamboat for dinner with my paternal family... as usual the boys were a terrible bunch of kids.. that im so tempted to teach them manners my way... though my mom says if the parents dont care, that we shouldnt impose ourselves to make them feel bad... i think both the parents and the kids need to learn a lesson... though im just a cousin... i also cant stand to see how my uncle and aunt can make a mistake in rearing children that i can spot... hmph! talk about poor family management!
that aside, thursday i went visiting with my family in my bros car and visited the usual families before going to temple to pray for good health, for courage and strength in my endeavours and also thanking my gods for taking care of my family... the usualy prayers as usual save for an extra wish that i prayed for was for me to find my own piece of happiness... well thats one thing i normally overlook as i always sought happiness for others was my happiness.. but i guess it cant go wrong being a bit selfish at times for me to earn my own happiness~ but nonetheless faith together with determination will bring me through!
all that visiting and praying really drained me so i slept alot yesterday but yet im feeling pretty tired today~~ hahaa.. luckily today is people coming over to visit my house~ next week my whole weekend will be spent for the NUS biathlon preparation so i wouldn't be able to spend cny with frenz and all... so abit the down~ but well.. hopefully can still meet up with them even though the cny mood is over... friends like the canoeists and my old classmates... coz i never really had the capacity or energy to plan anything it felt like ages since we actually had a reunion of sorts... =\
dEminG love CNY!
My mind's unweaving/ 2:18 PM
Sunday, February 03, 2008
woohoo!! been like 2 months since i went orchard shopping man!! hahaa was trying to find khakis to shop with lei... either they not gam enough with me to shop... not interested to shop... or busy with other stuff... hahaa... so sadly in need of settling my cny shopping as well as some moral boosting, i decided to go shopping alone today! so sad can!! haha luckily my mom asked me if i wanted to go shopping! so off we went to orchard!!
hahaa... no matter what, my shopping interests and sense of fashion/taste is similar to my mom wor... and she is like damn proud always saying she choose nice stuff for my unfashionable brother and dad and they love it... hahaa... oh wells... she does think alike to my tastes too! so shopping with my mom is fun too k!! we first went to shaw tower the isetan where i finally spent my $50 voucher on a $90 shoes!! whee.. paid just $40 for it... niceeeee~~ other than the one i bought also saw a nice onitsuka tiger shoe which was too tight and alittle uncomfortable so i decided to just buy the ecco one!! wheee!!
my new ecco shoes! nice eh? =]
also saw the new asics gel kayano 14 today... its $264!! omg.. i swore i saw that gel kayano 13 was like $220+ only what! today when i saw gel kayano 13, it was $264 too at RSH and department stores!! omg... this is a scam!! shouldnt gel kayano 13 be cheaper AFTER gel kayano 14 comes out!!!! oh man... now gotta think quadty times before investing in a new pair of asics.... though i see so many other cheaper alternatives which look nice too from mizuno, adidas, nike, asics is like drugs! once you buy one... you will never wanna buy other sports shoes!! ARGH!!! DESPAIR
ASICS GEL KAYANO 14!! ITS GORGEOUS!!! *lovesss*
then today i ALMOST ended my month long search for a white berms.. those 100% cotton type... found some... which were horrendously overpriced at branded boutiques like guess and armani exchange... then i found one pretty decent one at celio paragon... was $60 only.. but then.. the smallest size was 44!! omg... i could stuff my head into it man!! argh!! DESPAIR!! manss... also went to project shop bros to check out their backpacks.. been wondering if i ought to get a more adult looking backpack to replace my handy billabong bag i carry to school... sometimes i wanna wear nicer but it doesnt go with my bag so i forgo looks for practicality.. if only i can find one equally nice yet big enough man... darn..
something lidat.. but a rugged white one wanted!
but oh wells.. i got my shoes and a top from topman! so my retail therapy urge has been satisfied!! wohoo! even had a din tai fung dinner with my mom! wheee.... shopping is a good bonding activity with your family wor!! hahaa.. dont play play!! today was also my godmother cum aunt's bdae so i wished her happy birthday and she was like so happy! really thankful for her taking care of me all this while~~ pray for her good health always!!
so my weekend has ended... with shopping 95% done and stomach filled with a cny reunion dinner on saturday together with my first lo hei! after tml's school a week of holiday awaits!! wheee! come on CNY!! lai lai lai!! GONG XI FA CAI!!
dEMinG shoPPing makes the world go RounD!
My mind's unweaving/ 10:21 PM
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What used to be a personal blog to chronicle my life when I first started off, Now its just random ravings or thoughts as they come along!!
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