-=the final fallacy=-

2009-12-13T20:31:00.002+08:00

today must be the Annual Singapore 50Km/h Day.

i swear. i spent half an hr on the road on the way back from plaza singapura, and i think i spent 25% of my time between 50-60, and 50% of it under 50. and why is that? because i was stuck behind slow coaches.each and every single time. it was daaamn liberating when i overtook the pack and finally got to the front.then when i reached the next traffic light, the same shit happened again.

oh, and did i mention that most of the worst drivers i see while driving, i see when coming back from plaza sing? daaamn annoying. stupid woman talking on the phone and going at TWENTY when the road is just a single lane wide. and lousy uncle that cant navigate out of the carpark properly when there's only ONE way down.

yesh, i am an angsty P-plate driver.

2009-12-05T00:23:00.002+08:00

its been a month since the last entry, but i guess people say that when you're happy you dont blog much, right? or maybe that was me. *shrugs*

anyhow, the period of the next 3 weeks is gonna be a really tough one for me.

so hard to put a smile on my face when what i really wanna do is to keep it black and just ignore the world around me.

2009-10-31T00:00:00.001+08:00

chii was here.

happie birthday darling!!!
<33

2009-10-15T22:42:00.003+08:00

Breaking Benjamin -- Unknown Soldier

Borderline, dead inside.
I don't mind, falling to pieces.
Coming in, violin, let's begin.

Feeding the sickness.
How do I simplify, dislocate, the enemy is on the way.
Show me what it's like to dream in black and white, so I can leave this world tonight.

Full of fear, everclear.
I'll be here, fighting forever.
Curious, venemous, you'll find me climbing to heaven.
Nevermind, turn back time.
You'll be fine, I will get left behind.

Show me what it's like to dream in black and white,
so I can leave this world tonight.

Holding on too tight.
Breathe the breath of life,
so I can leave this world behind.

It only hurts just once.
They're only broken bones.
Hide the hate inside.

Show me what it's like to dream in black and white,
so I can leave this world tonight.

Holding on too tight.
Breathe the breath of life,
so I can leave this world behind.

2009-10-10T13:38:00.003+08:00

as much as i say it doesnt matter, i guess it actually does, to me.

i just cant imagine, dont wanna go through whatever it is, if it happens again.

i dont think i can take the same pain twice.

random thoughts from two nights ago.

2009-09-28T19:16:00.002+08:00

there's this awesome string quartet, the vitamin string quartet, that does string covers of songs done by very modern rock bands. yellowcard, evanescence, 30 seconds to mars, mcr etcetc. a sample -- jenny was a friend of mine by the killers. it sounds awesome as some movie soundtrack.

search for more of their stuff on their youtube channel! these guys are damn awesome.

2009-09-26T00:44:00.003+08:00

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died

Nickelback -- If Everyone Cared

you can say you're hurt, but do you have any idea that you're hurting others as well?

2009-09-19T19:47:00.005+08:00

lunch menu today:

crystal jade crispy noodles with beef and veg
salmon sashimi (a ton of it)
belgian chocolates
majestic restaurant durian mooncakes

dinner menu today:

crispy salmon skin
smoked herb salmon mos burger-style natsumi sandwich
popiah
jacob's creek 2005 cabernet sauvignon
belgian chocolates
raffles' hotel dark chocolate with crispy pearls mooncakes

EDIT: strawberry muesli yoghurt
more salmon sashimi ;DD
bailey's irish cream

i am a happy man.

2009-09-14T10:58:00.002+08:00

OH MY GOD.

facebook has an option to change the language to PIRATE. zomg. i kid you not. screenshot as proof.

I WILL BE USING THIS FOREVERRRR. YARRR.

click here for screeny

2009-09-09T22:53:00.003+08:00

sometimes i feel the need to ask myself about the use of the 'away' status on msn.

qns i tend to ask myself include:

1. are these people just plain stupid?
2. are they trying their luck?

or maybe like, giving them the benefit of the doubt.

3. can they actually see the status?

cos i swear, i have no idea why when i have the status there, ppl actually ask me stuff that seems kinda important. like one guy asking me abt attire for the next day, another asking me how to take his contacts out (me: !?!?) and one of my aunties ordering me to do something now. (this one i just ignored. too bad.)

so like, yeah. is the status useless or what?

chii:
no larhh, shaun is just popular. hot on demand. ;D

2009-09-08T16:34:00.001+08:00

sometimes when you think can feel confident about something, reality comes and kicks you in the nuts.

this post serves as a tribute to all the times when this happened to me.

be they recent, or waaay in the past.

2009-09-01T18:54:00.002+08:00

noone's giving up on anyone. we're gonna go on all the way, alright? come on, perk yourself up, noone can help you but yourself. all i can do is wave you on, wait for you at the finish line.

Breaking Benjamin -- Until The End

So clever,
Whatever,
I'm done with these endeavors.
Alone I walk the winding way.
(Here I stay)
It's over,
No longer,
I feel it growing stronger.
I'll live to die another day,
Until I fade away.

Why give up, why give in?
It's not enough, it never is.
So I will go on until the end.
We've become desolate.
It's not enough, it never is.
But I will go on until the end.

Surround me,
It's easy
To fall apart completely.
I feel you creeping up again.
(In my head)
It's over,
No longer,
I feel it growing colder.
I knew this day would come to end,
So let this life begin.

I've lost my way.
I've lost my way, but I will go on until the end.

Living is hard enough
Without you fucking up.

I've lost my way.
I've lost my way, but I will go on until the end.

U-uh, u-uh

The final fight I'll win,
The final fight I'll win,
The final fight I'll win,
But I will go on until the end.

2009-08-30T22:08:00.002+08:00

is there something wrong with dbs these days? 4 out of 5 atms i visited since friday could not dispense cash. one at bukit merah central, 4 at j8. only one outside dbs at j8 had money. so weird. is it time to withdraw my life savings? ><

anyway, i went for the pan pac hi tea buffet on saturday. they had a really cool range of tea lah. by this brand -- taylors of harrogate. i said it sounds like some damn cool fantasy protagonist.

"forsooth! it is i, taylors, of harrogate! who doth dare to stand before meeeeEEE?!"

hahaha. anyway, they have this damn cool brand of tea. lapsang souchong. apparently its tea scented with the smoke of a wood fire. it smells like fire. i swear. damn frigging awesome. when i burped, the tea's aroma came out. i felt like a dragon breathing fire. hahahaha.

damn nice tea. must try. the smell kicks you awake, but it tastes like normal black tea. ;D

2009-08-23T00:34:00.000+08:00

my colleague was complaining that her husband always took stuff out of the drawers and wouldnt put them back properly. the following conversation ensued.

me: so is it that your items must go back to the same part of the drawer that they were in? like this item in this corner, that item in that corner etc.

her answer:

no lah, it doesnt matter what position it is, as long as he puts it in can already.

now say it out loud.

2009-08-18T19:49:00.003+08:00

this conversation, lasting not more than one minute in its entirety, took place in the office today.

what happened was this -- i had a friend, z, who had a container of food on his table for dinner. i was standing there chatting with him when another friend, y, pops by. this then happens:

y: waaah you have so much food!

z: you want some?

y: nah, no thanks.

me: DONT GIVE HIM ANY.

y: whyyyy?

me: you just said you didnt want any.

y: huh? when?

PWNT.

2009-08-16T18:04:00.003+08:00

they shd totally ban radio adverts that have car horn sounds in them. zomg. so irritating lah. at one point just now i was wondering who the hell was horning at me when i was inside plaza sing's multistorey carpark. i actually turned to look when i saw nothing in my rear view window lah. bleah.

2009-08-08T01:18:00.002+08:00

i was taking a cab back today from my friend's place (eh legitimate reason k, it was after midnight. no more buses =x) and my cabby was this really polite, soft-spoken guy. my impression of him was that he was one of the rare breeds of cabby that spoke mainly english and was not loud. and was polite and at least bothered to ask me what route i wanted to take. i was impressed with the guy's appearance as such.

while we were on the road, at some point along amk ave 3, this fat dude in an old rickety sedan filtered into the lane, dangerously closely in front of the cab i was in. no signal.

hohoho. you shd have been in the cab when that happened. all i could do was sit there and smile to myself. my apparently civil cabby started muttering to himself.

'knnccb. sob mofo" etc etc etc.

and he filtered to the right and floored the accelerator, going at 110 along amk ave 3.

later, he started cursing under his breath again because he was behind another cab doing 40 along the right lane on amk ave 6.

i dont blame my cabby for this behaviour. esp the guy that filtered in, really oughta be screwed inside out. but this just goes to show that driving can bring out the worst in people.

after all that, when we were nearing my place, he was like all polite and stuff again. exactly the way he started out. he even offered me a thank you and good night as i was disembarking.

i was just confused after that. i thought he was pissed? hahaha.

2009-08-02T14:35:00.001+08:00

ultimate cute!

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2009-07-27T21:09:00.002+08:00

a friend told me today that its nice to walk in the rain cos people cant tell that you're crying.

i have a feeling i heard this somewhere else, but heck. hahaha. it just sounds all nice and poetic and all.

2009-07-26T09:03:00.001+08:00

was it wrong
to go along with insanity?

Muse -- Assassin

War is overdue
The time has come for you
To shoot your leaders down
Join forces underground

Lose control
Increasing pace
Warped and bewitched
Time to erase
Whatever they say
These people are torn
Wild and bereft
Assassin is born (yeah)

Appose and disagree
Destroy Demonocracy

Lose control
Increasing pace
Warped and bewitched
Time to erase
Whatever they say
These people are torn
Wild and bereft
Assassin is born (yeah)

2009-07-16T20:34:00.001+08:00

can dreams actually come true?

sometimes you may have a dream; a dream of an event that is to come. this dream seems to be leading you, telling you what you should do, and what might happen if you do. sometimes these dreams are realistic enough, and do-able enough. so you fulfill the dream through conscious effort. and the dream comes true. i guess.

but what about dreams that like. show you how differently a previous event could have ended?

2009-07-07T21:11:00.000+08:00

missing someone is like an act of masochism. o.O;

anyway i have this theory that ppl dont blog much when they're happy. so just enjoy seeing my posts dating back to may, okayes? ;D

2009-07-02T21:24:00.000+08:00

a random list of needs of guys and girls in relationships that i koped from somewhere.

guys

sexual fulfillment
recreation companionship
attractive spouse
domestic help
admiration

girls

affection
conversation
openness & honesty
financial security
family commitment

and the love busters:

selfish demands
disrespectful judgement
anger outbursts
dishonesty
annoying habits
independant behaviour

2009-06-30T21:04:00.001+08:00

i quote sellywin --

'let lips do as palms do in prayer!'

2009-06-12T23:09:00.001+08:00

nothing.

i really hope its just nothing.

i need to survive this paranoia.

2009-06-10T21:40:00.001+08:00

i am officially in love with hatsune miku all over again.

2009-06-06T01:13:00.001+08:00

"i'm so afraid
because im so profoundly happy
happiness like this is frightening
they only let you be this happy if they're planning to take something from you"

found this on chii's blog.

i think its superdamn nice, so i'm putting it here for all to see. apparently its from a book called kite runner. enjoy! hahaha

2009-06-02T23:18:00.001+08:00

Muse -- Cave

Leave me alone, it's nothing serious
I'll do it myself, it's got nothing to do with you
And there's nothing that you can do

You can see it and you can almost hear it too
You can almost taste it, it's nothing to do with you
And there's still nothing that you can do

So come in my cave, and I'll burn your hearts away
Come in my cave and I'll burn your hearts away

Please close your ears and try to look away
So you'll never hear a single word I say
And don't ever come my way

Leave me alone, it's nothing serious
I'll do it myself, it's got nothing to do with you
And there's still nothing that you can do

So come in my cave, and I'll burn your hearts away
Come in my cave, and arrest me for my mistakes

2009-05-30T20:58:00.003+08:00

'if you could turn back time, would there be anything you'd want to change?'

i always tell myself i should say no to that question, but sometimes i wonder if some decisions i made before should be changed. maybe some things may be different now. maybe i'd be happier now. but on the other hand, maybe i'd be even less happy than i am now.

talking to rene made me think that, yeah. maybe if i'd done some things more differently. my usual excuse is that there have been no chances, but one was clear -- yesterday on the bus, he said, i had a chance. after thinking abit, yeah. the situation was perfect. shoulda gone ahead.

so yeah, maybe to the question above, perhaps, yeah.

but then again, happy can alr.

2009-05-24T23:27:00.002+08:00

two reasons why i enjoy being with my cousins so much.

scene: shaun was driving along upper serangoon road. he was supposed to turn left onto tampines road later on.

shaun: eh gimme a heads up when we get near the turning k. i dunno where it is.

cousin: alright, sure.

*5 minutes later*

shaun: eh. the sign here says tampines road turn left right here leh

cousin: yeah, that's why you need to turn here!

scenario: shaun was driving into a hdb estate.

shaun: where's the entrance to the multistorey carpark?

cousin: *points* there there! under the 'no entry' sign.

2009-05-18T21:19:00.001+08:00

Nickelback -- If Today Was Your Last Day

My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride

If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
If today was your last day

Against the grain should be a way of life
What's worth the prize is always worth the fight
Every second counts 'cause there's no second try
So live like you'll never live it twice
Don't take the free ride in your own life

If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
Would you call old friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies?
Would you find that one you're dreamin' of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you finally fall in love
If today was your last day

If today was your last day
Would you make your mark by mending a broken heart?
You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars
Regardless of who you are
So do whatever it takes
'Cause you can't rewind a moment in this life
Let nothin' stand in your way
Cause the hands of time are never on your side

If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?

Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
Would you call old friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies?
Would you find that one you're dreamin' of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you finally fall in love
If today was your last day

2009-05-16T22:54:00.000+08:00

star trek is good! do watch.

2009-05-13T22:00:00.001+08:00

a few weeks ago we were helping a pregnant female colleague name her unborn daughter. we came up with a couple cool names and all, but the best was evangeline. cool name, right? so we started talking about the names that were bad. the general consensus was that her daughter shouldnt be given a name that sounds like it was adapted from a guy's name (like eugenia, or shauna or smt).

the kicker? on monday i spotted her on fb. she had a christian name i never knew about.

yeah, you know what kind of name it was.

2009-05-12T20:06:00.002+08:00

feel-good moment!

sometime last week, an officer from some other unit emailed me and asked for some clarifications regarding some case. i sent him a fairly lengthy reply explaining why this and that happened and blabla.

yesterday he replied with this "that was a crystal clear and concise explanation. we need more nsfs like you in the saf. thanks a million!"

and the kicker: he copied his thanks to my boss. zomg winnnn. muahahahaha ;DD

anyway if any of you happen to feel bored, try this game: auditorium

tis an awesome game that involves puzzle-like gameplay and beautiful audio video stuff. and best, its free (well, at least the first 3 acts). must try!

2009-05-02T22:04:00.001+08:00

my brother: the pigs are innocent, why cull them? just cull the mexicans!

2009-05-01T21:46:00.001+08:00

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happy thousandth post to my blog! ;D

2009-05-01T19:14:00.002+08:00

is it wrong to be happy when i see someone sad/angsty? sometimes it just feels so good to be wrong.

shane once said that the happiness in this world is balanced. if you're happy, you're happy because someone else is sad. his example was that of the classic rice farmer -- you're happily eating rice because he's toiling away and earning a meagre salary in comparison to the amount of work put in.

the first thing that came to my mind was that people can be happy even while noone else is made sad, like maybe when listening to a joke. i dont think you can really consider the joke teller to be sad while telling the joke.

but on the other hand some things are clearly sadistic fun. like reading fml, for instance. the poor people there are breaking up, getting divorced, getting robbed and all that stuff, and us here are reading it and laughing at their sad fates.

sadistic happiness is fun. that's why when it comes closer to the heart, but not too close, it is just plain amazing. especially when you just hate the person.

so yeah. i guess it cant be helped. when someone that i dont like sounds sad/unhappy, i feel great.

2009-04-28T20:29:00.002+08:00

today at work...

phone: ring ring ring

me: *picks up phone* good morning! hrsc.

her: hi! i love your voice.

me: o.O!?!

her: *continues talking about work*

*shrugs*

2009-04-27T18:55:00.003+08:00

One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How can i find it?" His teacher answered, "There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you have found love."

Plato walked forward and before long, he returned with empty hands, having picked nothing.

His teacher asked, "Why did you not pick any stalk?"

Plato answered, "Because I could only pick once and yet I could not turn back. I did find the most magnificent stalk, but did not know if there were any better ones ahead, so I did not pick it. As I walked further, the stalks that I saw were not as good as the earlier one, so I did not pick any in the end."

His teacher then said "And that is love."

On another day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is marriage? How can I find it?"

His teacher answered, "There is a thriving forest in front. Walk forward without turning back, and chop down only one tree. If you find the tallest one, then you have found marriage."

Plato walked forward, and before long, he returned with a tree. The tree was not thriving, and it was not tall either. It was only an ordinary tree.

His teacher asked, "Why did you chop down such an ordinary tree?"

Plato answered, "Because of my previous experience. I had walked through the field, but returned only with empty hands. This time, I saw this tree, and I felt that it was not bad. So I chopped it down and brought it back. I did not want to miss this opportunity."

His teacher then said, "And that is marriage. You see, son, love is the most beautiful thing to happen to a person; it's an opportunity but you don't realise its worth when you have it, but only when its gone, like the field of stalks.

Marriage is like the tree you chopped -- it's a compromise."

2009-04-20T21:55:00.001+08:00

note to self:

holic online
luna online
fantagetar online

2009-04-19T01:43:00.002+08:00

new computer! happy happy ;D
it was sudden. i think my dad's in a good mood. haha

specs:

core 2 duo 2.8ghz
4gb ram
nvidia geforce gts250 512 mb gddr3

i forgot the motherboard *shrugs*

lagless gaming! ;D

2009-04-15T21:30:00.002+08:00

when i moved from a bare-sleeved greenhorn to one with a umbrella and a chevron, it was the end of the beginning.

tomorrow is the beginning of the end. two chevrons here i come! muahahaha

(what's important about this rank is not that i get paid more, not that i get recognised as a senior.

it means I'M ALMOST DONE ;DD)

2009-04-14T19:52:00.003+08:00

i've been wondering.. what's the difference between

a. i trust you

and

b. i dont care.

i.e. what's the diff between apathy and trust (or rather, the lack thereof) to the person receiving it?

from the outset, they seem similar. when a person trusts me, i have leeway to do what i want without being bothered by restrictions placed because of the lack of trust. a good example: my parents trust me, so i can drive the car out alone vs my parents dont trust me, so they must accompany me when i drive.

on the other hand, apathy seems similar. you dont care, so in a sense, you wouldnt bother the person at all. to phrase in a similar form, when someone doesnt care about me, i can do whatever i want and i wont be stopped. an example: i didnt care what she did, so she could just do whatever she wanted and i wouldnt lift a finger.

in both cases it seems like, well, the subject (the one being trusted, or the one to whom was being shown apathy, respectively) has free reign to do whatever he wanted. i guess if you put it this way its quite different..

trust: do what you want, i know you wont hurt yourself.
apathy: do what you want, if you hurt yourself its not my problem.

but then again, to the recipient, its the same! its the 'do what you want' part.

i think i need to think harder about this. *nod nod*

2009-04-12T21:21:00.001+08:00

I FOUND SOMETHING AMAZING!!

this is episode 11. the rest of the 18 eps can be found on youtube legally. HAVE FUN! ;D

2009-04-12T19:47:00.001+08:00

after weeks of lack of inspiration, i finally have smt to blog about! hahaha ;DD

i think they shd soon enact laws that protect drivers instead of pedestrians. i mean like. some pedestrians are getting too confident -.-;

today i was driving along selegie road and i had to turn left into this junction. the crossing was FILLED with people, but since it was a green man i had to let them go, right? okay. so when it started blinking, some ppl still dash across. they failed to get across before the light turned red. nvm, i give way. when they were done, i let go of the brakes and wanted to go.

at this point, this shitface guy stepped onto the road, knowing i was there and that the light was red. wanted to stab him lah. i had to slam on the brakes and when he finally saw my invisible car he stepped back. i shd have horned him lah. but since i was so nice, i got horned at by the bus behind instead. i really took the shot for that guy lah. basket.

then nvm, that's not all. i ended up missing my turn into park lane mall's carpark, so i took a long detour around the back of the istana. there were ALOT of people there walking on the road when there was a pavement just a metre away. one guy even better. walk along the middle of the road. there was no divider. he was closer to one side of the road, and his back was facing traffic.

not to mention that there were many other instances where ppl can walk right in the middle of the lane, esp in carparks. my own condo, for instance, and plaza sing's car park.

I WANT TO STAB THEM ALL. urgh.

2009-04-11T01:43:00.002+08:00

i envy you.

EDIT: when shaun has nothing to blog about but wants to blog something to keep his blog alive, he does one-liners. ;D

2009-04-06T20:13:00.000+08:00

since when was the transfer rebate 50 cents?

2009-04-03T23:08:00.001+08:00

stupid hostile tsundere neighbour at work kept singing this and got me hooked.

2009-03-30T19:23:00.002+08:00

i'm SUPER tired today, so pardon me if i say stupid things. stupid like what? like this --

you have two halves and a whole making a banana, and the coconuts and hippotomuses are marching in this general direction.

--------------------

yesterday i went bowling at a certain country club, and there were zomg many abandoned personal balls there. one of them was an old (but still reactive) ball that gave me a 140 because of the nice hooking ability. another friend grabbed a plastic spin ball, scored two turkeys and ended with 152. we later asked for permission and brought the balls home.

i am happy. ;D

2009-03-29T23:14:00.001+08:00

they did the sea burial today.

damn cool. i want a sea burial when i pass away next time too.

2009-03-27T00:32:00.001+08:00

there's this thing about funeral services that like. makes you feel terrible even while they're saying that you should rejoice in saying goodbye.

2009-03-25T22:54:00.001+08:00

STUPID STUPID STUPID ARGH

2009-03-24T22:54:00.000+08:00

this is so messed up.

2009-03-23T20:51:00.001+08:00

i saw this on a forum today, and i like! its coming here for preservation ;D

faking tears will hurt others,
but faking a smile will only hurt yourself.

2009-03-22T20:03:00.002+08:00

the cause: that friggin aisle is only wide enough for one person. either that or i'm too fat.

the problem: my good intentions had bad repercussions.

the story: today, i was on a roughly crowded 162. it was one of the new low-floor single deck buses. you know, the kind that is low in front, really high at the back and that has a seat belt for the middle seat of the last row. so there was quite a few people crowding around the front, and i was among the new bunch that was entering. seeing that it was quite empty at the back behind the stairs, i went up and stood there instead. see, good intentions! i didnt wanna clog the front up.

so later the bus reached taka and alot of people from the back wanted to get off. i couldnt move further in the back because some people from the last row had already stood up and were blocking the way in. so i had no choice but to stand to one side of the aisle (that had maybe enough space for another person to really squeeze through) while those people got off. so in the end what happened? i looked like i was blocking the path of like the 10-odd people that were getting off from the back. twas totally messed up.

this is gonna be a major point against me moving to the back to allow other people to get on the bus.

OOT:

just for the record, this is my progress after two weeks and one day:

america's suitehearts
coffee's for closers vp
disloyal order of water buffaloes vp
i've got a dark alley vp
she's my winona v
the carpal tunnel of love vp
the shipped gold standard
our lawyer made us change vp
XO vp
killin me vp
obvious vp
24 storey love affair vp
the ghost of you vp
heels over head vp
hero heroine vp
homecoming vp
gifts & curses
words, hands, hearts
shadows & regrets vp
gekidou

quite good! i'm happy with myself ;D

2009-03-20T20:45:00.001+08:00

if home is where the heart is then we're all just fucked.

2009-03-13T20:47:00.002+08:00

a friend had to send some email, and he typo-ed dealt with as 'dealth with'. i quote my best friend mr aaron ng:

HAHAHA that's a hint there. 'dealth with' means kill you.

... random conversation...

"dealth with" sounds different wad. if it was dealt with people would be like nvm but if its 'dealth with' then they will be like 'okok i return the ******'.

2009-03-10T21:45:00.000+08:00

I wanna scream I love you from the top of my lungs
But I'm afraid that someone else will hear me
You can only blame your problems on my world for so long
Before it all becomes the same old song
As soon as we hit the hospital, I know we're gonna leave this town
And get new passports get out now

The (Shipped) Gold Standard -- FOB.

2009-03-08T15:02:00.003+08:00

it is a really cool feeling when you're in school and people ask you what you're doing there. imagine if that happened like two years ago!

but its also so sad that people were crying left and right (and kx is in trouble cos someone cried on his shoulder! hahahahaa) i think like. pretty much all my juniors did bad. maybe like one or two did well, that's it. o.o;

its like, when you're not the one taking the results you can really see what the place is like. for once, being the one that's not gonna be affected by the results (even teachers have to account for their ppl), you can see all the happy faces, all the sad faces, and those that are like yeah i did okay. maybe, but just maybe, taking your results kinda blinds you to the stuff happening around you, so being neutral allows you to see so much more, and experience so much more.

its kinda like how you can share in the tension of the people that you know, waiting for their results, wanting to look at that life-changing piece of pink paper. then when friggin 4 As and a B for GP appears, you scream out loud and want to curse that person to death for doing so well. then on the other hand if you see your little junior just seated on the floor bawling her heart out, you just kinda feel bad too. and you feel the worst when you approach a junior who, as you may find out later, was just keeping the tears away. these are things that you wont experience when taking the results yourself.

but then, there's also the funny bits. like ji siao-ing the teachers, saying that you're a private candidate going to sch to get results. and also ji siaoing the new teachers who are in charge of the college(omg i forgot how to spell this word) annual and who have to go around reminding ppl to collect their books. i think we were super evil to her. hahahaha

going back to sch on results day is quite an experience. haha

2009-03-03T23:29:00.002+08:00

so ironic that i was just asking that question like a week or two ago and then things happen. but well, no matter.

class 95 somehow coincidentally did a feature on the same topic a few days after i asked it. very similar to the tags you've all posted (thanks alot for the responses! ;D) most of the callers said that they didnt believe in the one, and that people should give and take reasonably. but the djs had a nice counterargument.

what if, like, one day you were with this girl. and she seemed pretty good, but she had certain flaws. maybe you'll decide to marry her, and say that 'yeah i'll get used to these flaws, i'll accept them eventually'. then you get married. what happens if a few months later you're like, 'no i cant accept these flaws anymore'? what then?

personally i was for the anti-'the one' group, but after listening to that, and after certain of my life's experiences, i was like, yeah. maybe yaknow, it might be easier to find someone that's your type than to try to change a person into what you want/like. maybe 'the one' doesnt exist, but people that are acceptably close enough do exist.

but then again, it is already hard enough to find a person that you can connect with. what if this person has flaws that you cant stand? what then?

i want to believe that the one exists. its just so nice and comforting to know that someone you can accept for who she is, and who will likewise take you for who you are, exists there, and may someday cross paths with you.

then someone will come and tell me to wake up. hahaha.

but hope is the first and greatest step towards disappointment. hoping that someone changes wouldnt work, but finding someone that needs minimal changes, or who needs changes that you dont really care about anyway, is ideal.

i'm starting to believe in the one.

2009-02-24T21:27:00.002+08:00

my response to your brilliant tags will come soon ;D

meanwhile, i HAVE to post this here.

today, my friend had like. this corn-ish (corny? hoho) thing on her right ring finger.

her -- ...its a wart.

me -- you know how to cure a wart?

her -- yeah--

me -- you cut the finger off.

her -- omg no! but i heard that you should dip it in liquid nitrogen..

the ironyyyyy.

2009-02-20T20:33:00.002+08:00

hello readers. i have a question for you all today. just tag or msn me your responses yup? thanks ;D

---

do you believe that in this world there is that one person totally suited for you? if so, are you actually waiting for this 'the one'?

---

2009-02-17T23:38:00.001+08:00

driving is such a bitch when person on the left says keep speed while person behind says slow down

person on the left says keep right while person behind says keep lane

AND BOTH ARE SHOUTING INSTRUCTIONS WHILE I PARK.

how to drive like that?

2009-02-16T20:15:00.001+08:00

ipassedipassedipassedipassedipassedipassedipassedipassedipassed :DDDDD

2009-02-15T17:47:00.001+08:00

driving test is officially freakier than the 'o' or 'a' levels.

i dont know how i'm gonna sleep tonight x.x

2009-02-12T22:35:00.002+08:00

annoyed.

Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes -- Fall Out Boy

I'm coming apart at the seams.
Pitching myself as leads in other people's dreams.
Like buzz, buzz, buzz.
Doc, there's a hole where something was.
Doc, there's a hole where something was.

Fell out of bed.
Butterfly bandage,
But don't worry.
You'll never remember,
Your head is far too blurry.
Put him in the back of a squad car
Restrain that man
He needs his head put through a cat scan.
Hey editor, I'm undeniable
Hey Doctor, I'm certifiable
I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match:
I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet

So boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy

Little girl
You got my staring eye
Or was it just a telescopic camera lie
Pretty dolls in the highway
Truck stop stalls
Lock-less jails to deny my rules
So rookies leave your badge and your gun on the desk when you leave the room
I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match:
I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet

Boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys
With their perfect lives
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy

Detox just to re-tox
Detox just to re-tox
Detox just to re-tox
Detox just to re-tox

So boycott love (Boycott love)
Detox just to re-tox
Boycott love (Boycott love)

So boycott love (Boycott love)
Detox just to re-tox
And I’d promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys with their perfect lives
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(wants to hear you sing)
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(wants to hear you sing about tragedy)

2009-02-12T21:39:00.004+08:00

check this article out. first three paragraphs are damn friggin funny. i'll post excerpts under.

Plight of the Living Dead

"...Just head for the nearest Land Registry Office, bribe an official, declare the owner dead and transfer the land to your name...

..."I'm here. I'm alive," Lal Bihari told revenue officials after discovering he was listed as deceased in 1976...

...It took Lal Bihari 18 years to get his life and his land back. During that time, he added the word Mritak, or Dead, to his name and to prove that he was living sought arrest, tried to run for parliament, kidnapped the son of the uncle who had stolen his property, threatened murder, insulted judges, threw leaflets listing his complaints at legislators in the state assembly and demanded a widow's pension for his wife.... (wtf hahahaha)

...Unable to make headway, Lal Bihari The Dead sought the company of other ghosts in Uttar Pradesh...

...Lal Bihari is not sure how many members there are in his Association of Dead People. He's vague about its constitution, it has no funds and no one of importance is paying any attention--at least for now..."

2009-02-11T21:18:00.001+08:00

ahem to all my female (and male) readers, i bring to you class 95's list of things a girl should do to keep the guy by her side.

actually, i wonder how many of my female readers are attached. haahha

7. tell him a secret
6. show interest in his life outside of you
5. get him tickets to the big game
4. tell him how strong he is
3. let him go out with the boys and get hammered
2. initiate physical affection

1. dress up for him.

there you have it. have a happy valentine's day ;D

2009-02-09T19:48:00.001+08:00

the fighting inside hasnt ended, similarly for the one outside.

2009-02-06T23:16:00.002+08:00

i quote this from shane

who quoted this from someone else. hahaha

'on a sign: without love, life is just taking a breath after another .

scribbled underneath: without breath, love is just necrophilia.'

2009-02-03T22:37:00.001+08:00

Butts, Faces Help Chimps Identify Friends

The primates can identify photos of their acquaintances' rears and match them with the right faces--an ability that may elude humans, experts say.

oh.my.god!

2009-01-31T13:08:00.003+08:00

i'm sure everyone's heard of the drunked fist in kungfu. i hereby present the mahjong equivalent!

this actually happened yesterday while i was mahjonging

a is the friend in question, and he took just a teeeeny little bit of vodka halfway through the round. he got tired and started to play weird. even before i'd thrown my tile he'd be ready to take his. his face was all red and he was laughing and laughing like he was high or something. so, at one point during the game..

(dialogue was in half chinese. i just translated the entire bit)

a: argh my tiles are all messed up!

b: hahaha he has 5 flowers outside but only one tai.

a takes a tile.

a: walauuu how to play this... *rearranges tiles*

*rearranges tiles again*

*rearranges tiles for another minute or so*

a: oh. zi4 mo1. man3 tai1.

everyone: $#*%!@^#*

he had a full hand of marbles and was wondering how to play the hand. basket. that round earned him a good twenty bucks!! bleagh

next time, i'm gonna drink halfway through the match too >.>

---------------

sidenote: I MISS PLAYING WITH A BAND!!! x.x

2009-01-26T02:26:00.003+08:00

happy 牛 year, happy moo year! have an ox-spicious year ahead and lets hope that bullish times await.

and all that $^@*ing lame bullshit (pun intended) that people have been spouting because it just happens to to be the year of the cow this year.

i scream at their lame, over-used, 'i think i'm cool when doing this' puns.

seriously, do they really think its good? maybe little kids will be entertained. its abit like mayday. too different and its really messed up. but somehow so many people like it. i just dont understand why.

honestly, i think it wouldnt be too bad if it were just used once or twice. maybe one advert or two, maybe just a singular pun and that's it. its really not funny when half the world is using it, you hear it once every few seconds on the radio/tv, see it EVERYWHERE on fb, and even in some friends' blogs. everything in moderation! just hear it, laugh it off and dont use it again. because of this stupid bandwagon thing, listening to ads wishing people happy moo years has turned into living hell. people, you gotta have a mind of your own. reject these omg-lame-not-funny-overused puns and SCREAM AT THEM. like me.

i'm not gonna write a concluding sentence for this post.

oh, how ironic.

2009-01-18T11:28:00.002+08:00

shaun learnt yesterday that 'anticonform'ism is quite different from anti-conformism.

2009-01-14T19:47:00.000+08:00

since i've nothing to blog about, i might as well post videos. ;D

theme of the day: gothic lolita.

daddy oblivion.

kiddo oblivion.

2009-01-10T00:37:00.001+08:00

part two.

2009-01-08T19:31:00.000+08:00

2009-01-04T19:33:00.001+08:00

i was reading through blogs again, and something aaron wrote caught my eye.

remember that time we were both blogging about our thoughts about the fireworks? lets compare.

aaron's: hope my 2009 will be as beautiful as them.

mine: how nice it would be if this place were completely empty except for the few of us.

and

i wonder who i would most want to be with me here.

its like. look at these, i'm such a 'here and now' person while aaron is a forward-looking type. hahaha. just a little observation ;D

2009-01-02T21:44:00.003+08:00

i'm rarely so quickly inspired to write a post, but all this new years stuff has gotten to me. i'm gonna be reflecting (ha) on

reflections

its quite a funny word. its literal meaning is this other image you see when you look into a puddle of water, or a mirror or something. yes, lame (aaron-style) if i were to talk about the literal meaning. hahaha. on the other hand, the meaning we're more referring to is more similar to the action of looking at a reflection, ergo, looking at themselves the way they are.

but anyway, so many people have been doing new years' reflections and resolutions that it kinda gets me thinking. why do people reflect and resolve at the new year? i think its even more alarming if i could add 'only' between 'resolve' and 'at'. so why?

certain blogs i have read state that its the need for a beginning. or an end. you reflect at the end, and resolve to make the next beginning better than the last.

-caution: from here on it becomes strictly opinion.-

but i would think this way (and concur with some of my more emo friends hurhur), that 1st jan is just a human creation. there would be no 1st jan if not for mankind. i'm not completely for the naturalistic argument, but to me there isnt really a 'beginning' at 1st jan. why do people celebrate the passing of the year rather than the passing of the month, or the decade, or the century or millenium? it seems, to me, quite contrived to only celebrate the start of a new year. maybe its because we tend to look at our timelines as divided by years (a la work years, fiscal years, academic years etc). or maybe its because the year is a comfortable enough length of time for a periodic large-scale celebration. celebrating each month would be too draining on organisers and consumers alike, while celebrating, say, a decade would mean we'd stress ourselves to death before our much-needed relaxation. maybe a more 'natural' explanation would be that the year is caused by the passing of each seasonal cycle, and so it is worth celebrating the coming of spring.

so, then again, i've only touched on why people might celebrate the year. however it goes, it does seem to me that celebrating the year is quite arbitrary. so then, why reflect at the year? maybe the passing of the year is a sign that we should begin anew, like the sprouting of shoots, or the growth of new leaves, or the waking of all the hibernating animals in spring. (it seems like the celebration of the year is now something the equator borrowed from temperate climates =x) maybe the end of the year means that we should let all our old-year's baggage go and be free again.

the latter seems promising, since the hallmark of successful people seems to be that they are the ones that are able to let go of their failures in the correct way, then build on these flaws. however, doing that only at the new year seems quite.. weak.

the former doesnt seem to work for me. man has always differentiated itself from nature and animals, so no reason to suddenly go back and be hippy and tree-huggy here, isnt that so? besides, spring doesnt come on 1st jan in many places. hahaha okay but that's a digression. and again, theres no real reason why we should begin anew only at the start of the year. (maybe we should let our convicts out of prison only after thoroughly celebrating nye)

my point? reflection should be done out of necessity, and not especially when the season calls for it. i said 'out of necessity' because over-reflection doesnt work sometimes. we call that 'thinking too much'.

life is itself a continuity. its much easier to see life as a conglomeration of separate, discontinuous periods (pri sch, sec sch, jc, ns etc.) but the fact is that man is always growing and is always changing. in the same way, reflection should be done often, and as far back as needed, to facilitate this flow. this way, one would continuously adapt to the changing environment (adapting in the correct or wrong way is another issue entirely =x) rather than be a conglomeration of separate, discontinuous entities that changes only with the digits of the year.

besides, reflection only at the new year may not be something that comes naturally to certain people. not reflecting at all through the year and somehow suddenly reflecting at the turn of the year may indicate action by the herd instinct. though that's an extreme case, lets have a look at something less extreme. new years resolutions. honestly, how many people make their list of resolutions and can definitively say that they have worked on it (we're not even talking about achieving a distinct success to any extent)?

here i wouldnt count really vague resolutions like 'be a better person' cos d'oh, its so easy to create examples of how one could have 'worked' towards it. besides, people always (maybe not always, on second thought) aim to be better and do try to achieve it. besides, 'better' is so subjective.

back to the topic, i would fairly easily claim that many people fail to acheve their resolutions. i may attribute this to insincerity in making the resolution. herd instinct; since so many people are making these resolutions, why not me? need to conform; my friends are all changing, i'd be left out if i didnt change along. in the end, these dont work because if you are who you are, then its hard to make certain drastic changes (we have all seen how hard it is to kick smoking and drugs without external intervention) and in the end, the will is strong but the body is frail and wheee resolution goes out the window.

now, what to reflect on? i have seen people who reflect only on the sad and unhappy moments and events, and people that reflect only on the happy moments (hurhur shame on you). i guess the former turns one emo and the latter turns one ego! hahaha.

well, digression aside, i think all these reasons are why i dont make new year's resolutions or special year-end or year-beginning reflections. i know i wont stick to my resolutions, or i'd just plain forget them, and that these reflections are not necessary since i'm only reflecting on them because its the new year. it would be so much nicer to me to resolve only when its really needed to resolve, or to reflect thoroughly enough when a certain memorable event happens, such that the event is happily forgotten and the lessons learnt soon, without the need to re-reflect at the end of the year.

that's why i dont reflect at the end/start of a year, and that's why i've given up doing new year's resolutions.

2009-01-01T14:06:00.002+08:00

its 09. this means that i'm almost into my 2nd year of ns! which also means.. i'm getting older. reality check -- WTH I'M ALMOST TWENTY. great.

come to think about it, maybe that's why i'm always so melancholy during the year-end festive period. xmas means that the year is ending and (in the past) that school is gonna start. new year's means i'm getting older, and that school starts the next day. the reality of the whole issue just slaps your face when you least expect it.

maybe i'm not as optimistic as i think i am! the inner pessimist just shows its ugly face here and there. hahaha

its quite strange, because when i was watching the fireworks yesterday, what kept going through my mind would be something along the lines of 'how nice it would be if this place were completely empty except for the few of us'. not quite optimistic! haha. the other thing going through my mind would be 'i wonder who i would most want to be with me here'. its this kind of reflection that makes people just emo. ずううううーーーーー～～～ん。and its so annoying, because you cant really enjoy what's going on! i just saw the fireworks go up, and boom boom boom and somehow my brain was working harder than ever. and at that point the most i wanted was just to disappear from that myself and just enjoy the scene. *shrugs*

but i guess its just a pity that its not easy to find a quiet place to just sit and watch fireworks in singapore the way its easily possible in japan. you know how nice it would be to just be able to sit somewhere and wait an hour for 10 minutes of fireworks with your close friends. with noone else around to mess the atmosphere up.

i predict killer intent from a pro-nye activist saying that the atmosphere is having so damn many people around. hahaha

but one more reason to be melancholy during this festive season -- xmas eve dinner, xmas buffet, nye outing, ny's buffet, chinese new year... I'LL GET FAT. i want to be anorexic >.>

but oh, what i'd give to turn back time and be back where we were last night.

2008-12-28T10:21:00.001+08:00

BLACK SQUARE WORKING ISO IS OUT

2008-12-25T20:14:00.001+08:00

its xmas night and i'm feeling incredibly zibi for i dont know what reason. *shrugs*

2008-12-25T19:04:00.003+08:00

HATSUNE MIKU IS MIENNNNN.

(pics stolen from play-asia.com)

isnt she just the cutest ever? i blew a hole in my wallet for her though ; ;

and my parents got me this for xmas

(pic stolen from techfresh.net)

my previous mp3 player is still working, but it lacks an FM radio. so my parents happily got me this. my dad was saying that the radio would keep me in touch with civilisation, so he was glad to get me this. haha. they rock ;D

next on shaun's wishlist:

but she's only coming out like, in a looooong time.

umd or iso doesnt matter, as long as it works >.>

iso or umd doesnt matter, as long as its in english!

(pics stolen from play-asia.com)

i found out that my computer only has 10gb of space left >.>

(pic stolen from techfresh.net)

and last but not least,

(pic stolen from midlandhamsterclub.co.uk)

SO DAMN KAWAII RIGHT. almost comparable to my hatsune miku. anyway, we're actually all clear for them, my mother was almost even ready to impulse buy them when we saw them at kallang just now because my brother and i have been talking about getting hamsters for syuuuper long. only thing is that we dont know where to put the little things. like, no space in the house for them at all. owells. hahaha

before i go..

merry xmas to all!

2008-12-25T12:07:00.001+08:00

... but has no working iso patch atm. bleagh >.>

2008-12-24T18:06:00.001+08:00

BLACK SQUARE ISO IS OUT

2008-12-21T18:47:00.001+08:00

people who do not like excessively cute anime girls should not click here.

2008-12-21T00:55:00.002+08:00

today shaun finally understands the reason why people play some games.

basic idea: you'd play a game for hours just so that you can dig that tiny but oh-so-significant bit of dust on your super-innocent friend that will keep everyone laughing for a minute or so. yep. work for an hr to find out one tiny blackmail-able piece of info. ;D

another reason to play such games: random conversations.

friend: i really dont understand the reason behind --

me: shemales.

friend: boobjobs. i was actually gonna say boobjobs.

but some comments are just so depressing!

"you're the only male friend that i have that's actually heavier than me!"

"erhh. ok lah. haha"

2008-12-18T22:09:00.003+08:00

two observations:

1. i realised that girls' voices change after puberty. listen to a group of 18 year old girls talking, then listen to a group of 28 year old girls talking, then listen to a group of 38 year old girls talking. notice how they tend to start sounding more mature and lower pitched as age goes up?

eugene and i were thinking, it could be a few things affecting this. for instance, parenthood or job. bosses tend to sound more mature than underlings, and parents would have a mature streak as well.

i noticed this when shane's boss was talking to him today. apparently she was speaking to him and i realised how much she sounded like just a jc student, pitch- and tone-wise. apparently she's been working as a kindergarten teacher for a year or so. earlier observation of another boss showed that she had a similar high-pitched girly voice, and this officer has been in service for just a year, newly graduated before that.

but there are exceptions to this rule. basic idea is that its been observed that younger girls tend to sound more cutesy than matured ladies who have lower voices. you wont usually hear a group of aunties sounding all squeaky and cute like a bunch of teens or even early-20-agers. so yeah, listen for yourself, and really wonder why.

2. i realised that i like bands that have a personality.

nowadays we have so many bands like simple plan, the click 5, boys like girls, faber drive etc that are all like. boybands. believing in love, singing about recently breaking up with a girl and wanting her back and not being able to live without her, or about cheating girlfriends, or about chasing a girl that doesnt seem to want him.

i mean like, move on! there's so many of you nowadays that its so sickening. even if the music is good, the theme is so repetitive that i get bored quickly. for instance, i already almost puke at the sound of simple plan or the click five. faber drive is fairly new to me, so i'm fine with that, and together with boys like girls, their music is fairly unique so i dont get bored of them. but i get so bored of the others since they're like, the same.

on the other hand, i never get sick of mcr and fob. mcr has this 'i'm doomed, love me before i die' or 'i'll kill you then kill myself' kind of sound while fob has egoistic and sarcastic tones that sound like 'you cheated on me, but the joke's on you so just go kill yourself while i enjoy myself watching'.

i guess that's really personality. i hardly see bands that have the sickeningly mcp ego of fob that seems stylish the way the put it across, or the so-doomed outlook of mcr (actually i think there are brit bands that do that too, but they're waaaaay too emo for my liking. hahaha).

so yeah, its really stupid, but with this kind of appreciation i can only listen to most songs for a short while before i get really sick of them. then my playlist becomes really short. *shrugs*

somehow i realised that i enjoy yellowcard, but they never appeared in that monologue. i wonder why =x

2008-12-15T21:17:00.004+08:00

thank god for admin rights.

The rules:
Bold the statements that are true to you
Italicize the statements that you WISH are true
Leave the Fibs alone
Then, stab 5 guys to do the same test.

I miss somebody right now.
I don't watch TV these days.
I own lots of books.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I've tried marijuana.
I have been in a threesome.
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I curse sometimes.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
I'm totally smart.
I've broken someone's bones.
I'm paranoid sometimes.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I love sushi.
I talk really, really fast.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
I like the way I look.
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
I have a lot of friends.
I am currently single.
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop.
I enjoy window shopping.
I would rather shop then eat.
I don't hate anyone. I dislike them.
I'm a pretty good dancer.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex.
I have tried alcohol before.
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.
I would die for my best friends.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (not because of the candy, fool.)
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
I have dated a close friends's ex.
I am happy at this moment!
I'm obsessed with girls.
I study for tests most of the time.
I'm a good boy!
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.
I love my job.
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient in a musical instrument.
I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies.
I think water rules.
I went college out of state.
I like sausage.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colours.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.
I usually like covers better than originals.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snake's slither.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at least one person that I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
I'm an artist.
I only clean my room when necessary.
I like a person of the same sex.
I love being happy.
I am an adrenaline junkie.

Will stab:
1. noone. lest my friends start killing me ><

2008-12-14T21:25:00.002+08:00

i'm back!! first things first, i need to thank my guest blogger for keeping my blog nice and dust-free over the past 9 days. you did such a good job that well. you've covered most of what i did, and with pictures even. i dont feel the need to post about my holiday anymore. hahaha ;D but yeah. most of all, thanks alot for the effort!

so yeah, i wont be posting about my holiday. i'll let pictures do the talking, and these will go up on my fb after they've been downloaded from the camera. i'll keep you all updated.

but i think that theres one thing that i learnt while i was there that i think is really meaningful. it goes like this.

生日快乐

yep. i'll keep you all thinking.

toodles for now!

2008-12-13T23:21:00.006+08:00

boo! before shauns claims back his blog ownership, lets wreck this place! XDD hahaha. kidding~~~~ im nice, so i wont wreck it, but i'll leave some mess behind for him to clear up...

hahaha. well, or who knows what happened here since he's gone.. the likes of such...? haha. i shall be nice. ehh wait. which reminds me, that day i was googling for random death note pictures, i came across this one..

hehhh. the picture is supposed to be from the death note manga, but apparently, they changed the words in the bubble. bleahh. hahaha. hentai stuff suits shaun? who thinks so please breaaathe~ XD

alright, enough laming. shall leave his great 南翔小笼包 experience for him to share. ps: it must be bought from 城隍庙 then nice. the super long queue de. haha~

alrightyy. im gone. over & out.

[without wax-

2008-12-12T23:41:00.004+08:00

yozzie. im here to churn some waters. haha. well now, apparently tonight is shaun's last night in china this year, & he decided to turn in early. he's flying back to hot stuffy sauna-like singapore tomorrow. yipee! he'll be suffering the same fate (bad weather) as everyone & anyone in singapore now~~ hee. im nice!! ^^ hahaha. anyway, i'd forgotten to add yesterday that someone with all the luck, is staying in holiday inn, a 4 star hotel. haha. some lucky chap he is. but it seems as if there's two holiday inns in shanghai. one holiday inn vista & one holiday inn. one at puxi & one at pudong. im not sure which is at where, & i dunno which one hes staying at.. haha.

yupps. so he went shopping at shanghai's tao bao cheng (淘宝城), which is at nanjing road west (i havent been there before). haha. but apparently, it has some of the stalls which shifted out of xiangyang market (襄阳路市场). so now there (taobao cheng) and the mall beneath the science & technology museum (beside the sci & tech mrt). =) there they sell all the counterfeit branded goods at cheap price, but must remember to bargain. ^^ so apparently, 淘宝网 (www.taobao.com) has some investments in that shopping mall, hence its named taobao cheng. haha. well, counterfeit branded stuff there are mainly A货. [for noobs: A货 are counterfeit stuff to the utmost quality, but still counterfeit) of course, real branded stuff got lahh, but are 水货. [noobs please note: 水货 are REAL branded goods, but are smuggled in. i.e., without tax being paid. so these are more ex than the counterfeits, but cheaper than those taxed goods you see in major departmental stores.] haha. but unfortunately for shaun, he said he didnt buy anything (much) as he didnt see anything he liked. tsktsk, picky picky. hahaha!

oh yes, & he had great fun camwhoring in madam tussards wax museum. heeee~ typical shaun. bet he posed with ALL the female wax figurines,especially the cute females famous people. XD apparently, he said that his parents think that he looks like louis khoo's (古天乐)wax figurine. haha. but louis khoo is cute & got dimples!! shaun isnt & doesnt have dimples, so how can they look alike?? hahaha. kidding shaun! you are cute anyway (& yes i still want the picture u said u took. XDD) hee~ ^^;

hmm, i guess his flight back to singapore will be in the afternoon & so he'll be reaching here in the evening/night. haha. i dunno where they'll be going in the morning. checking out of hotel & ...? maybe go do a little bit more sight seeing? haha. dunno. anyway, i shall wish him safe flight back to singapore! then he can tell us more about his holidays~~ so this shall be my last post here before shaun takes over his blog & mans the show again. ^^ hope y'all gained some new knowledge! haha.

[without wax-
xo.

2008-12-11T20:19:00.008+08:00

hellos, here i am again. there werent any news from the blog owner yesterday, but there's plenty today! ^^ from what i hear, there's another cold front moving in. but apart from that, he's enjoying himself tremendously in shanghai now~ haha. if the weather gets any colder, are we to expect a buttless shaun when he returns? (i.e., shaun who got his ass frozen off.) haha.

10th dec (i forgot number what-th day)-shaun, etc. was in wuxi after nanjing. haha. i know that there's the famous taihu lake in wuxi~ & surely plenty of nice & beautiful gardens built by the rich people in the olden days. but i never been there before, so dunno how its like & cant comment much =( but i heard that there are plenty of pretty girls in wuxi too! like the old chinese story that 东施 copy 西施 thingie? haha. 西施 is a wuxi girl. hahaha. i wonder if shaun ho has the luck to see any~ ;D okok. any shouldnt be a problem. lets just be contented wondering if he has the luck to see PLENTY instead. haha ^.^
wuxi

a slight intro-
Wuxi (simplified Chinese: 无锡) is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split into halves by Lake Taihu, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou to the north over the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south. Because of its recent development, Wuxi has been dubbed the "little Shanghai".

heh, if u wanna be anal, wuxi literally means without tin. -.- anyway, it seems like everything also wants to have some kinda link to shanghai. >.> oh wells. shanghai IS nice. im sorry if anyone thinks otherwise. haha. but anyway, here are some of his updates for today~

11th dec [(n+1)th day]- haha. after lunch, shaun & etc bus-ed (i think) to shanghai finally! wheee~ there's plenty to sight-see in such a big city~ not to boast, shanghai's area (including ulu places) is TEN TIMES that of singapore's (including ulu places as well). ^^ haha. the whole of 浦东新区 is already bigger than singapore. bleahhhh. =pPp

ANYWAY, back from side-tracking. haha. shaunie went up to the jin mao tower (金茂大厦), the 88th storey building that WAS the tallest before the shanghai world financial centre (上海环球金融中心) was completed this year. the highest observation deck on the SWFC has glass floors. XD cool right. [i wanna go! but i havent been there yet =x] hahaha. anyway, the taller building on the left is the newly completed world financial centre that stands 492m (including the roof). haha. it surpasses the jin mao tower, which is 370m tall (including the antenna AND roof). yupps. so the tour guide brought them to the 2nd tallest building in shanghai. tall enough. haha.

but let me 顺便 intro the other taller architecture structure there. its the oriental pearl tv tower (东方明珠塔), that used to be the tallest until jin mao tower was built. its 468m in height (including the antenna). & if i didnt remember wrongly, the price of the ticket to go up to the highest observation deck is ￥180. haha. mostly they'll bring u up to the 2nd highest deck & that's all i guess. i dunno if shaun's gonna go up there, since he went jin mao already.

so next up, he went to the shanghai’s ocean aquarium park (in pudong). ahem. i must state here that it is better and bigger than singapore's underwater world, as it is one of asia's biggest. haha. it has 5 levels is divided into 8 zones with 34 large themed exhibition areas. yupps.

it features the longest underwater viewing tunnel at 155m. its really damn long. i've been there 2 years ago, when it was still building some exhibits. haha. but i found it damn nice already~ the ticket is ex lahh.. ￥110 per person, but its damn worth it. haha. then again, if you 舍不得 money & dont go this, dont go that if u go shanghai, what's the point? haha.

anyway, from shaun himself: "there was a seal that was flirting with me inside. damn cute ;D anw, remind me to tell you abt the seal when i get back! damn cute ;D" hahaha. must be the cute female seal spotted a shuai guy behind/beside him, then he mistook it for flirting with him. XDD haha, kiddin`` hope you took pics, shaun!

yeapps. & the man himself (mr shaun ho) was onboard a cruise on huangpu jiang (黄浦江). its a 97km long river that flows through shanghai and into the yangtze river mouth. the scene from the river is very beautiful. you can see both pudong (浦东) & puxi (浦西) as the cruise moves along. =)

hmm, as they went at night, here's a night scene. the views from both east & west is different. the feeling's differnt too~ haha.

& erh, so far from what i know, they'll be going shopping tomorrow. most probably at nanjing road (南京路步行街), which is one of the main shopping streets in shanghai, and one of the world's busiest. haha.

the shopping district is actually on nanjing road (east) (南京东路), and it extends to the bund (wai tan-外滩), which they most probably will visit tomorrow as well.

yupps, hahaa. of course, not forgetting that they're gonna visit the shanghai madame tussauds wax museum. its situated on the nanjing road. =) well, if you just go in & see, its not much point. the main point of this museum is to waste time & take loads of photos. then u'll get its worth. haha. i've been there two years ago. the wax figurines are really quite life like. so.. by now there'll be more NEW wax figurines ^^ haha.

this is a pic that i took of the wax statue of the late princess diana. it looks alike, but somehow the feel isnt there for this one. some are better though. haha. we'll hear from shaun when he returns. ^^ im sure he has more to share~~

phew, this is a longgg one. >.> i think i'll run out of things to write tomorrow. >.<
hahaha. oh wells. lets just see how then.

[without wax-

2008-12-09T13:24:00.004+08:00

hellos again! i've just got a new update from the blog owner himself, saying that he just left lunch & he visited the xihu longjing tea plantation. haha. &&&, now hes up on a 4 hours' bus ride to nanjing. & then shopping, with an addition "muahahaha ;D" behind. haha. apparently, he didnt go the pagoda of 6 harmonies, neither did he visit ling yin temple. oh wells.

5th day (9th dec)- shaun ho embarked on a long tedious 4 hour bus journey to nanjing. haha. it is a very historical place as not only did it serve as capital of china for plenty of dynasties, the notorious nanjing massacre also happened there. (like duh cause of the name) other than these, the tomb of sun zhongshan is there also. well, its not exactly a tomb only. its like.. this mini temple thingie that's built on a hill. then.. there's a xuanwu lake there. haha. jiming temple is another wellknown temple. the historical/ancient stuff there is really alot alot alot. haha.

its interesting lahh. there's a 南京路步行街 in shanghai; while in nanjing, there's a 狮子桥步行街. haha.

a little info on nanjing from wiki:
Nanjing (Chinese: 南京) is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing (literally: 'Southern capital') served as the capital of China during several historical periods, including as the former capital city of Republic of China, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Nanjing is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province.
Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta economic zone, Nanjing has always been one of China's most important cities. Apart from having been the capital of China for six dynasties and of the Republic of China, Nanjing has also served as a national hub of education, research, transportation and tourism throughout history. With an urban population of over five million, it is also the second largest commercial center in the East China region, after Shanghai.

its interesting that shaun seems to be kinda metro, but he doesnt know whats H&M. haha.

anyway, i think shaun enjoys shopping more than sight seeing? or rather, he looks forward to it more. XDD let all hope that he knows how to bargain & not get a big hole in his pocket when he returns. haha. that's all for today folks! come back tomorrow for more!!

[without wax-

2008-12-08T13:56:00.010+08:00

arghs. my house is like a damned battle field after coming back from shanghai, having brought back loads of food stuff & some new clothes (ahem, mainly MINE. muahaha.) & there's the winter clothes to wait to sun (with this darn rainy weather). oh wells.

and hellos there. its moi honour to guest blog for mr shaun ho. haha. no deal struck there, no money involved. my honour. haha.since shaun didnt reveal much information about his trip, i shall be nosy & tell ya guys & gals out there more about his 9days china trip.

at first i thought he'll only be going shanghai, but then again, how come 9 days?! siao. tour agencies wont let u spend 9 days there. hahaha. if u go there by yourself, i'll be your free tour guide & u can spend 9 days there. shopping & sight seeing, no problem. but with a guided tour by the agencies (whichever they are), i think at most you'll be spending 5 days? haha. so i found out that he's on a 9 days jiangnan (江南) tour. hmm, there are some variation to the places each tour agency offer, so i have no idea where he'll be going each day. so let's all wait & see. =)

so here's some places that shaun & family went to.

1st day (5th dec)- shaun ho & family, etc. landed in shanghai pudong international airport rather late. being shaun, he didnt heed any advice to bring more clothes. the ground temperature that day was 0 to 9 deg celcius. haha. he said that he'll be buttless by the time he returns to singapore, i.e., got his butt frozen off. haha.
here's a picture of shanghai.

a short intro on shanghai koped from wiki:
Shanghai (Chinese: 上海) is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people in its extended metropolitan area. Located on China's central eastern coast near the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality with province-level status.
[fyi, province-level status means that shanghai is a city state administered by its own mayor. its not a province of any state/region. haha.]

2nd day (6th dec)- shaun & family travelled to suzhou. (my guess is via a bus. perhaps around 2 to 3 hours?) the temperature of suzhou is slightly higher than shanghai, hence i think shaun will be keeping his butt. haha. it is one of the oldest town in the yangtze basin. it is very beautiful. i believe his dad will have a wonderful time snapping photo after photo of the place. hopefully shaun will be more willing to pose & we'll have more pictures to see. ^^

a short intro from wiki:
Suzhou (simplified Chinese: 苏州) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. The city is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens which have contributed to its status as a great tourist attraction.

3rd day (7th dec)- shaun & family spent their 3rd day in china in ningbo. ningbo is one of the oldest cities in china, & the name ningbo: níng (宁) meaning serene, and bō (波) meaning waves, literally means tranquil waves. haha. interesting.the temperature gets higher slightly each day as the cold wind blows south. hmm, as there are 5 county-level satellite cities under ningbo's jurisdiction, i dunno where did shaun go to. oh, the 5 are namely Yuyao, Cixi, Fenghua, Ninghai and Xiangshan.

koped from wiki again:
Ningbo (simplified Chinese: 宁波) is a seaport with sub-provincial administrative status. The city has a population of 2,182,000 and is situated in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Lying south of the Hangzhou Bay, and facing the East China Sea to the east, Ningbo borders Shaoxing to the west and Taizhou to the south, and is separated from Zhoushan by a narrow body of water.

4th day (8th dec)- shaun & family travelled from yiwu to hangzhou. yiwu is a small place. (which i have never heard of) haha. i think hangzhou is the main place today & they'll be spending the night there. hangzhou's west lake is VERY beautiful. it is also known for its longjing tea (for those of you out there who drink/like to drink chinese tea). i guess most probably they'll be visiting the ling yin temple & also the pagoda of the six harmonies. there's a story behind each of the pagoda ohkies! haha.
yiwu

short info about yiwu:
Yiwu (simplified Chinese: 义乌) is a city of about 1,000,000 people in central Zhejiang Province near the central eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. The city is famous for its small commodity trade and vibrant flea markets and is a regional tourist destination.
[see?? REGIONAL tourist destination only. hahahaha.]

and this is hangzhou's west lake.

Hangzhou (Chinese: 杭州) is a sub-provincial city located in the Yangtze River Delta in the People's Republic of China, and the capital of Zhejiang province. Located 180 kilometres (112 mi) southwest of Shanghai, as of 2004 the entire Hangzhou Region ("shì", 杭州市) or Prefecture-level city had a registered population of 6.5 million people.[1] The urban agglomeration of the Hangzhou metropolitan area (杭州市区) has a resident population of 3,931,900 as of 2003, of which 2,636,700 are permanent residents. There are 1,910,000 residents in the six urban core districts. As one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of China for much of the last 1,000 years, Hangzhou is also well-known for its beautiful natural scenery, with the West Lake (Xī Hú, 西湖) as the most well-known location.

haha. & apparently, shaun misses the rain. although it felt like sauna the moment i stepped out of the plane. i kinda hope that the sun will come out, so that i can sun my winter clothes & keep them. hence keeping my house looking neater than it is now. haha. ohkay. shall keep my personal stuff out of shaun's blog. =p

hmm, i can only manage to give a brief intro on each place shaun went to. as to where he went to specifically in each city/state/province, we'll have to hear from the owner of this blog himself. haha. anyway, we await more updates from mr shaun ho tomorrow! yupps. that's all for today. baibai~

[without wax-

2008-12-05T10:07:00.002+08:00

alright, this will be my last post in awhile. by the time most of you see this, i should be on the plane. ;D

i've struck a deal with someone to help to do guest blogging. the problem is that my guest blogger is currently in shanghai (lol, so ironic), so you'll have to wait for two more days.

well, i'll be back on the 13th. sayonara! ;D

2008-12-03T18:47:00.000+08:00

i was talking to my friends in the office today, and this conversation transpired.

me: i've been into a club, but i've never really gone clubbing before.

them: *gasp*

me: i hate hiphop music

them: *gasp*

zomg. somehow they all think i'm super chiong and that i love hiphop music for i dont know why. hahaa

2008-11-30T03:26:00.003+08:00

shaun went to a cosplay shop today! hahaha. i tried on this kyon uniform. damn nice! only thing was that the button hole in the pants was too small and i couldnt squeeze the button through it. but yeah the rest of the suit was nice. it looked something like this. yeah i know its really basic but still, i'm a newbie! maybe next time i'll try that d'gray man one. ;D

and someone tried on a vampire knights costume that was also really zomg. hahaha it looked like this only that it was in white.

sorry i cant post any photos. there's only one photo of the vampire knights one and none of me in the kyon uniform cos that shop had a no photos policy (we didnt know that when she was trying on the vampire knights outfit. hahaha) so we're gonna have to keep the vampire knights photo private even if we do have it ><

cosplay is fun! think i shd try it next time. haha. problem is that the next cosplay event is on 13th dec, and that's the very day that i'm coming back from shanghai. even if i do make it back on time, there's that dinner thingy that boss is planning. owells.

but i think most of all i shd commend the spirit of the staff over at the otaku house @ suntec. even though it was quite obvious that we werent gonna buy or rent the costumes the staff were still really on and helped us with the stuff. they were like so enthu about helping us that i felt bad and absolutely had to get my brother's birthday present from the store. i ended up getting my keychain (i've been needing one forever) and a set of lucky star figurines from there too. haha. gotta love that place.

oh and did i mention. their cashier was cosplaying as haruhi. and she was cute. zomg. hahaha

2008-11-25T20:04:00.002+08:00

i havent blogged in awhile!

anyway today is just a bit of random stuff.

on sunday i had my driving lesson and this time round i was taught some very interesting thing. apparently license holders pay 50 bucks and they're covered for life. pdl holders pay 25 bucks for half a year. my instructors comments? pdl holders pay so much more so we're the kings of the road!! hahaha.

*bleep*

last week i was sitting in the bus on the way to work as usual. one thing that wasnt usual, however, was that there was this irritating uncle sitting at the back of the bus blaring loud ancient chinese music. i coulda sworn that i shot him the dirtiest look i could muster. twice. and still he didnt do anything. he even saw the dirty looks. argh. so inconsiderate. its like please lah get a pair of earphones or smt. you wanna listen to your music but I DONT.

bleh. i think he's so ancient he wont even see this post anyway. but to all of you who blare loud music in the bus -- you're retards. dont do it.

2008-11-20T21:13:00.002+08:00

1. do you have secrets?
yup.

2. would you fall in love with a boy younger than you?
i'm not gay. neither am i a paedophile.

3. do you enjoy going school?
much more than going to work, for sure.

4. what would you do with a billion dollars?
spend it.

5. which is more blessed, being loved or loving someone?
being loved

6. list out 10 favourite songs

1. UVERworld -- 激動
2. UVERworld -- CHANCE!
3. Fall Out Boy -- XO
4. Fall Out Boy -- Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued
5. Fall Out Boy -- The Carpal Tunnel of Love
6. Olivia Lufkin -- Bleeding Heart
7. M2U -- Blythe
8. M2U -- Nightmare
9. Forte Escape -- AI
10. 伊籐由奈 -- ENDLESS STORY

7. if the person you admired is attached, what will you do?
not wait, that's for sure.

8. is there anything that makes you extremely happy?
yep.

9. what makes you angry?
many things. where should i begin?

10. how would you see yourself in 10 years time?
lawyering somewhere, hopefully married.

11. who is currently the most important person to you?
there's no single most important at this moment.

12. what is the most important thing in life?
having fun in whatever you do

13. would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
single and rich

14. what is your fav colour?
black.

15. would you give all in to a relationship?
not anymore.

16. if you fell in love with 2 person, who will you pick?
i'll let them fight amongst themselves.

17. would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a person has done to you?
nope.

18. what do you want to tell the person you like?
now's not the time.

19. what type of person will you fall in love with?
cute, fun girl with a sense of style.

20. list 5 people to pass this on to

1. LCP (soon to be) NG YW AARON
2. the lizard (dont kill me!!)
3. the squirrel furby
4. the oneechan
5. boss