HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (in advance)!
haha...

that sounds so gay, man...
but, who cares!
it's my birthday!

the age of 16 has been significant for me...
the "O" Level Examinations...
the 1st ever class chalet I had...
the night study in school...
the 1st time I worked...
the 1st time I torn my tendon (and hopefully it's the last time too... haha)
the 1st time I finally saw improvement in English...
and many many little things...

and thank you Esmond for the 1st birthday wish...
and to my family who had a small celebration with me today...

last day of 16 years old...
there goes my youth!
OH NO!
lol...

have been practising my guitar real hard...
it has rarely left my arms all this while...
and I hope I can master this song you are listening now soon,
though this song is rather becoming vintage...
but nonetheless, it's still nice, okay?
haha...

the days without my NP friends are really really bored
especially Stozer and Mervin...
not seeing them going online is such a weird thing...
I have no one to go out with,
hardly anyone to chat and share problems with...

only my guitar and notebook understands me...
haha...

first, let me introduce my 1-week-old wife!



haha...
it's beautiful, isn't it?

well,
for those who are concern about my injury,
I'm all alright now though it still looks swollen...
but I can stand,
I can walk,
I can even run and jump, just that I don't really dare to...
haha...

anyway, these few days will be pretty hard for me,
'cause my fellow NP friends have gone for their FOC...
but so what?
I'm from SP, they are from NP...
what does it gonna do with me?
com'on, it matters A LOT! and i mean A LOT! to me, okay?
my clique is in NP!
all of them!
Mervin, Stozer, Wei Xun, Joan blah blah blah...
why?!

luckily I've still got my wife by my side,
willing to go through the difficult times with me...
oh, how touched I am...
haha...

many things have appeared too quickly,
some happy,
some annoying,
some emo,
some fun...
just many many little things...
maybe that's just life when you have a long break after your O's...

and one more thing...
I LOVE MY GUITAR LESSONS, MAN!
and I'm gonna learn strumming next week!
YES!
=)

bad day for me...
I sprained my left ankle while playing basketball today...
what's more, the game was just started not more than 5 minutes
and i injured myself...
but there was this urge which told me to continue...
so I beared with the pain and carried on...

now what's the consequence?
bringing a pig's trotter home...
now my foot is swollen like hell, man...
I can't hardly stand up properly,
not saying to walk...
I feel like a handicap now,
totally helpless...
damn...

yet another great day I had...

went to Suki Sushi at Cineleisure in the afternoon
with Alan, Victor, Stozer, Wei Xun, and Kang Chun...
while eating, I, Alan and Stozer were discussing about forming a rock band
and we are going to perform during Teachers' Day as alumni...
cool, huh?

and YES!
we hit the 100-plate target!
but I ended up almost throwing up everything...
this taught me a BIG lesson...
don't wear such a big hat if your head isn't big enough for it...

no...
it should be,
don't eat so much if your stomach isn't spacious enough for it...

after that overly-filling meal,
Dion met up with us in his SAJC uniform
while we were actually in the arcade...
but he was patient enough to wait for us outside...
thanks Dion, and sorry for scolding you a pedophile...

and off to Victoria Theatre with 2 subsitutions,
Jian lun replacing Alan and Tai Yi with Victor...
opps, forgot Kang Chun...
as for him, he left off early due to work...

and this was the time when Stozer got nervous...
he was told that tickets for the concert were availabie at the counter...
but little did we know, it was all sold-out...
luckily there were Mun Kit and a very nice uncle who gave in their extra tickets
and saved Wei Xun and Tai Yi from the tragedy of going to the theatre for nothing...

the concert was good though I don't really know how to appreciate this kind of genre
but I can see the Kranji Choir have done their best
and I feel proud for them...

all ended, and it was time to go home...
but the fun was just started...
we played with Jonathan, Miss Karen Wong's son to be specific, on the way to the MRT station...
carrying him around, tickling him, making funny noises,
it was really fun...
that's the only way I can describe, FUN!

it was a tiring day after all...
gonna need some sleep soon...

p.s.: sorry for the sudden and random ending, not in the mood to blog actually...

I was just browsing through the internet
and so happened to see this blogskin featured in blogskins.com
and I think it is pretty cool...
so why not give my blog a new clothing?

I realise my blog is becoming more wordy than before,
just didn't take much pictures 'cause I've been going out with guys...
won't you think it's too gay if you see a bunch of boys holding the camera,
posing around, doing all kinds of 'act cute' actions,
and then posting them in their blogs and putting those weird and stupid captions...
oh man, how gay...
luckily, I didn't do much of those last time...
or, did I?

and what's more,
I have the "photo supplier" called Mervin Kwa
and we hang out together often...
so if you wanna see those pictures,
just visit his blog...
(see? this is advertising!)

edit (12:20 AM, 19/03/2008):
I think Brian McKnight is still better,
the Leona Lewis song is too gay for my blog...
lol...

how dumb can I be!
I just don't get it!

it all happened yesterday during my enrolment...
I went to SP with Xindi and Qiao Wei for the enrolment
and everything went pretty successful until Section 2: Financial Matters...
I did arrange my documents as instructed and was very sure I didn't miss out anything...
but unexpectedly, I did miss out something
and it was probably the most important document...
when the staff at the counter asked me, "Where's your tuition grant?"
I said it was there with her, the one with a tick on it...
but she exclaimed that it was a piece of pink paper...
and I was just, "damn, I'm in trouble!"
I thought that damn sheet of pink paper was just optional
and regretted that I didn't check through everything thoroughly...
so no choice, I didn't manage to carry on the enrolment with the rest
and left early to Causeway Point for Zi Yang's birthday lunch...

there should be 8 of us at first
but only 5 were present,
namely Zi Yang (the birthday boy himself), me (of course), Jean Le, Mervin and Black...
opps, sorry, and Danial...
at first I was still pretty annoyed by my stupid carelessness,
but this bunch of old friends made me forget about it...
we had tonnes of fun in Seoul Garden to prank one another
and everything started from the birthday boy for goodness sake...
pouring Peach Tea into the Herbal Chicken base,
putting fishball and chilli into Jean Le's Mirinda Orange,
soaking garlic into my cup...
it all sounds disgusting, in fact, it IS disgusting...
but it reminds me of all the funny times we had during secondary school...
how I miss those days...

since I didn't manage to complete my enrolment yesterday,
I had to do it today...
yet again, something cropped up...
the thumbprint of my father on the Giro form needs to be approved by the bank...
at that point of time, I was so, "Oh my god! Not again!"
but it wasn't as serious as yesterday 'cause the staff gave me another similar form,
and I need not go back to hand in,
instead, I can mail it to the address given...

everything was settled less than 15 minutes unlike yesterday,
but the activities segment rather pissed me off a little bit
'cause it was way too long and waste of time...
luckily Kheh Hong accompanied me, if not I won't have suffered alone...

one more thing...
my laptop...
I CAN ONLY GET IT ON THE 19TH!
WHY!
this is really testing my patience,
I MUST PERSEVERE!

lazing at home is really really bored...
can someone just go out with me, please?

anyway,
had my very 1st guitar lesson today...
it was rather fun,
the only thing I dislike is that I seem to be the oldest yet the weakest there...
and the teacher doesn't look like a teacher at all,
moustache, colour-fading polo tee, golden chain around his neck...
can you imagine?
but he's pretty nice,
maybe because it's my 1st lesson or something...
what will he become in the next few lessons?
I don't know...

simply very tired now...

had a good basketball session yesterday
with Mervin, Joanie, Cherie, Cheng Yang, Justin, Wei Shen, Derrick and Alex...
but it has been ages since I last touched my basketball
and running full court was so tiring...
but all in all, it felt good...

after that, rested at home for a moment before going out for the IT show
with Mervin, Ming Sheng and Justin...
we filled our stomachs at Carl's Jr to "get prepared for the hard battle"...
1st time trying and it was really worth the price...

the Convention Centre was really really crowded,
so crowded that you actually need not walk at all
because the people behind will push you forward...
it was a very exhausting walk, especially after a strenuous workout in the late morning...
but at least there was some reward as I got a 120GB Maxtor HDD for $109
and Mervin got a 160GB HDD for $129...
you must be thinking that I got conned, right?
but you are wrong...
mine has 5-year warranty while Mervin's has 3-year...
so it's just equally worthy...

to sum up the day, we chilled out at Starbucks with Wei Shen and Wee Chong,
who was totally emo and went off suddenly...
and the couch was just so comfortable...
maybe we were just too exhausted or something...
and home sweet home!

now, today...
went to the Party World KTV at Woodlands Civic Centre with my cousin and my sister
and it was simply enjoyable...
so long didn't sing in KTV...
so we ate at Swensen's after 4 hours of singing...
my sister went off 1st
and I signed up for guitar lessons at where my cousin will be taking her piano lessons on April...
so the lessons will commence on this coming Tuesday and I'm excited over it...
YAHOO~!

overall, it feels brilliant going out after staying at home for quite a number of days...
and I still get to go out tomorrow with Xindi, Stozer and maybe Wei Xun too...
thanks Stozer for reminding me about the trip,
it totally slipped out of my mind...

enough of Bossa Nova, before I get overly relaxed...

I realise I'm becoming more and more forgetful these days...
I keep missing out things which I'm reminded over and over again...
is it a sign of me becoming old?

anyway,
my fellow friends seem to be very very busy recently...
asking them to go out is like a chore, man...
maybe I shouldn't use the word "asking",
"begging" sounds more appropriate...

and good news~!
I'm left with the final bits for my SP enrolment,
just the payment and the medical check-up which will be done tomorrow
and I'll just have to wait till the 13th...
and this also marks that...
MY LAPTOP WILL BE COMING TO ME REAL SOON!
maybe I'm just getting a lil' bit overly excited,
but I just can't wait!

well,
getting pretty bored at home...
hate being nagged my mum, do household chores...
how i wish to escape from home everyday...
and let me demonstrate how modern parents trigger their children to do household chores...

"EVERYDAY PLAY COMPUTER STARE AT THE COMPUTER ALSO DON'T KNOW DO WHAT!
THEN NEVER USE COMPUTER, PLAY PSP!
ONE DAY, YOU'LL BECOME SIAO AH!
DID YOU READ THE NEWSPAPER AH!
PEOPLE EVERYDAY PLAY COMPUTER PLAY UNTIL SIAO AH!
PLAY PLAY PLAY, NEVER FOLD THE CLOTHES STILL DARE TO PLAY!
GO FOLD THE CLOTHES BEFORE YOU BECOME SIAO AH!
AND TOMORROW YOU GOING OUT RIGHT!
SWEEP AND MOP THE FLOOR BEFORE YOU GO OUT!
I WANT TO SEE THE HOUSE CLEAN!"

and even I've done everything nicely,
she'll still find something to pick on me...
so you see how stressful my life at home is everyday?
can you see the desperation to go out in me?
so people, do pity me...
get me out of my house!
(why do this sound like a Mocca advertisement?)

those SP application forms are just giving me a big headache...
just too many of them making my mind spin round and round...

anyway, today,
or I shall say yesterday...
went out for dinner with a bunch of good friends,
namely Cheng Yang, Mervin, Wei Shen, Joanie, Justin and Mun Kit...
Jill was there too but she stomped off for whatever reasons
and we didn't stop her 'cause she just looked damn pissed off...
so we just carried on without her and ya,
how can I forget?
we ate at Botak Jones in Clementi...

it was my 1st time trying and I can only say it's really really good...
I ordered the Cajun Chicken Set ($7.50) and was pretty worried
that it might not be filling enough for me despite the price...
but not to my disappointment, the portion was pretty big
and I felt real full after finishing the dish...
and thanks Justin for the drinks...

after the sumptuous feast, we thought of our next activity
but to no avail...
so Joanie and Justin left off 1st...
and the rest of the 5 of us stoned in the MRT station,
discussed where to go but kept going out of topic...
and in the end, we still went home...

Mervin alighted at CCK,
and the 4 of us, a.k.a. Yew Tee Gang,
stoned at the ground floor at Mun Kit's block...
chit-chatting, battling with our mobile phones (blasting music to be precise), playing PSP
and finally went home at around 11pm...

though it was like totally lifeless,
and kind of waste of time for me to go out for dinner in Clementi and back home after that,
at least Mervin made the effort to get me to go chill out with my fellow ex-classmates...
so thanks Mervin and the others for killing my boredom...

phew~!
haven't done household chores for ages...
tiring and boring as usual,
but at least it's better than work...

anyway,
it does feel kind of weird that I'm not working now
just like that time when it was the start of the year
and yet I needed not go school...
but this time, the feeling is not as rich...

recently, I'm really into Bossa Nova...
got influenced by my sister...
I really like this lalented Singaporean singer called Olivia Ong...
simply love her voice so much...
if you have the time, do listen to my playlist
and I recommend track 3, 6 and 7... very nice...

and I realise that listening to Bossa Nova really helps soothes one's emotions
as the genre is very relaxing,
making the atmosphere as though you were on a holiday in Bali,
lying the clean white beach,
watching the clear blue sea,
drinking a fine glass of cocktail...
wait, am I thinking too much?
lol...

1st day of freedom was great!

sorry for not updating my blog yesterday,
too tired to do so...

anyway, back to today,
got up at 5.30 in the morning to get myself prepared
for the Kranji Annual Road Run...
but this time i was not one of the participants...
I'M ONE OF THE ROAD MARSHALLS!
lol... my beloved Kranji Alumni...

met Luqman at Chinese Garden MRT Station
he was sitting alone, playing his PSP...
so i joined him and shortly, gabrielle came...
and she was trying to gather people to go "old school"
by playing lame games, e.g. scissors-paper-stone, concentration, chopsitcks etc.
lol...

slowly, the Alumni was all present
and we headed off and for some reasons,
we stood at one end of the bridge doing nothing...
the seniors chatting among themselves,
the juniors clowning around...

the race started,
and it was then we stood by at our respective positions...
i and Luqman remained at where we were stoning just now
n shortly the boys reached the bridge and one guy collapsed,
in fact it was two, but the other one looked more alright,
so he continued his way...
for the more serious case, Luqman and the SSC attended to him,
as for me, i stood in the middle of the birdge,
trying to separate the runners and the non-runners
and screamed like nobody's business...

and the rain got too heavy,
the event was cancelled...
but the funny thing is when everything had ended,
everyone was dismissed,
and the rain stopped...

well, that's the curse of the Kranji outdoor activities...
back to topic...
so we had a little catch-up session with the teachers and the ex-schoolmates...
and fast-forward to lunch...
we had lunch at pizza hut in JEC and had a good chat about our Kranji memories...

basically the day was short but it was great...
had enjoyed myself pretty much
and i hope there will be more Kranji events coming so the Alumni can get involved =)