Monday, December 29, 2008
I'm not crazy i'm just a little unwell
sigh... all the enjoy first, talk later stuff over the past few days finally took its toll on me. all along was just a mild cough that fluctuates from time to time but yest everything started flaring up a bit.
aces meetup was fun. saw belinda on the train on my way to orchard. nice reminiscing aj times. very interesting how some teachers never change (her maths and chem teachers were teachers i'm quite familiar with). but leslie was such a cheater with the dance concert thing. oh well. in the end we didn't go. but can't expect 7 of us to go there then only 5 tickets available...
and to think we made our way to clementi and all... had supper there. couldn't resist indulging. kopi-gao, starfruit + green apple juice and prata probably aren't the best things i should be having. but oh well
got worse as the night went on. haha. sunny has so many unglam pics of me sitting on the pavement and stuff all along. thankfully got unglam club join me heh.
the night was pretty bad. had my sis' cough mixture again (i still insist it's the cough mixture, and not the kfc that got my problem flaring up). the drowsiness started kicking in so thought to sleep it away. but my head was burning. the suddenly-hot, suddenly cold sensation. lasted for bout an hour or so i think with me just in a daze with the drowsiness and all.
broke out in sweat at bout 3-4 am. felt so much better. but totally awake after that. the drowsiness has passed and the fever felt gone. but can't sleep anymore. turned on com checked online. no one around. so just lazed in bed taking 30min naps here and there. thought no more need to see doctor anymore until fever broke out again at bout 5+
doctor said i had upper respiratory viral attack whatever that was. and surprisingly when i asked what food i should avoid he said nothing! see, the kfc had no effect! i was feeling pretty much ok but when he measured my temp it was 38.9 degrees. scary man. wonder what my temp was last night when i felt totally feverish. 40? man, my brain is probably half-cooked now...
hope can recover by nye's man, but seriously have doubts now. a very nice, sleepy afternoon just now (if only it was a bit cooler) but my cough like getting much much worse. and fever love to strike just 30min before the time to take the panadol... oh well... another day of complete rest to see how it goes
man, this was such a useless, boring and needless entry...
just stay a while and maybe then you'll see
aces meetup was fun. saw belinda on the train on my way to orchard. nice reminiscing aj times. very interesting how some teachers never change (her maths and chem teachers were teachers i'm quite familiar with). but leslie was such a cheater with the dance concert thing. oh well. in the end we didn't go. but can't expect 7 of us to go there then only 5 tickets available...
and to think we made our way to clementi and all... had supper there. couldn't resist indulging. kopi-gao, starfruit + green apple juice and prata probably aren't the best things i should be having. but oh well
got worse as the night went on. haha. sunny has so many unglam pics of me sitting on the pavement and stuff all along. thankfully got unglam club join me heh.
the night was pretty bad. had my sis' cough mixture again (i still insist it's the cough mixture, and not the kfc that got my problem flaring up). the drowsiness started kicking in so thought to sleep it away. but my head was burning. the suddenly-hot, suddenly cold sensation. lasted for bout an hour or so i think with me just in a daze with the drowsiness and all.
broke out in sweat at bout 3-4 am. felt so much better. but totally awake after that. the drowsiness has passed and the fever felt gone. but can't sleep anymore. turned on com checked online. no one around. so just lazed in bed taking 30min naps here and there. thought no more need to see doctor anymore until fever broke out again at bout 5+
doctor said i had upper respiratory viral attack whatever that was. and surprisingly when i asked what food i should avoid he said nothing! see, the kfc had no effect! i was feeling pretty much ok but when he measured my temp it was 38.9 degrees. scary man. wonder what my temp was last night when i felt totally feverish. 40? man, my brain is probably half-cooked now...
hope can recover by nye's man, but seriously have doubts now. a very nice, sleepy afternoon just now (if only it was a bit cooler) but my cough like getting much much worse. and fever love to strike just 30min before the time to take the panadol... oh well... another day of complete rest to see how it goes
man, this was such a useless, boring and needless entry...
just stay a while and maybe then you'll see
Friday, December 26, 2008
And if the bright lights don't receive you...
another interesting few days... (actually, now that i think back it's only been a day but certainly seems like so much more)
lunch with 04 at marina square on christmas eve noon. they watched yes man in the morning but i caught it already so didn't join them til after the morning... haha. changtai was at his usual best, managing to twist and turn everything that was on topic haha. off the bat i started to argue with him over my qualified enjoyment of the movie already (ok, i think it sounds like disappointment a lot of times, but i always end with i liked the show...) and lots of lame stuff to follow. one of these days must really go surprise him at starbucks ps. i used to go there pretty often what with alpha lan sessions at paradiz and my need to do some work for tuition. but not so frequently now... maybe one day should just specially go down
bq was hilarious as usual too... just when we were jibing him for always ordering the weirdest food on the menu he went with a failsafe lasagne. break the trend of weird food, sure, but he still got the worst of the bunch in the end lol. always one lah. whereever we go he never fails to get the worst deals and stuff. the lasagne was like bolognaise sauce drowning some yellowish bits which doesn't seem like the sheet, lasagne pasta at all... i guess i'd probably still like it if i ordered, but he was like complaining so much and stuff. and compared to everyone else's orders i think he really got it worst again
after that we followed wl and hh's suggestion despite vehement protests from ct. gift exchange! but instead of bringing gifts there to exchange we were all given time to shop for the gifts with a 5-10 dollar budget (they initially wanted a hour. we successfully cut the time down to 20min. but in the end ct and hp were so late lah)
thought it's quite a good idea. store into idea banks for things to do next time haha... i was browsing around the diff shops along citylink mall and marina square before i met the rest so knew exactly what i wanted to buy... mph had a small collection of books going for under 5 bucks then wahaha. i already bought two for myself on the way there actually but quite wanted to read them so walked back to citylink to get one more for the gift thingy.
next stop to times back in marina square. while i was getting blu-tacs on my way to meeting up i saw some bookmarks which i thought were pretty cute. but was like thinking to myself, i have absolutely no use for them, and i doubt anyone will... turns out a bookmark was a perfect complement to a book gift haha. gift settled within 15min =). too bad i wasn't the first one back. tied second with bobo haha. if only i didn't have to walk so much.
went to changing appetites for dessert. my second time there. but we sat down, and before ordering anything was doing the gift exchange thing. could see the waiters like walk past us so many times wondering when we will start ordering. but who cares bout them. nice finding out all the weird gift ideas others had. we had like earrings, boxer shorts, quite a lot of food items and all sorts of whatnot.
The book and the owl bookmark that had its head cut off was from me. i got the dessert pocky and caramel corn =)
looking forward to opening that dessert pocky haha. never really into the normal pocky but when i went to japan a few years back was totally hooked on almond pocky. super ex to get them here though so seldom eat them now. now like pocky introducing more and more exotic flavors. hope this one is nice. thanks wl =)
dessert next. one of my fave indulgences heh. could remember the last time alpha had dessert at changing appetites. one for one sundae was on offer that time. we ordered like one for ourselves each and had two more to share between us. at the start we were all gushing bout how nice everything is and how worth it it is but at the end everyone was totally complaining and struggling to finish... i had a huge sundae and helped finished two brownie slices that time. one of those days where u eat so much sweet stuff the feeling in ur mouth starts to get sour instead of sweet. the others vowed never to go back again. i thought i quite liked it barring the end haha
so now this time. no offer sadly. i knew immediately what i wanted. the trio brownie volcano. i find that the most worth it dessert dish. it's 10 bucks, yes, but not only do you get ice cream (two scoops at that) you get three slices of brownie. and not just normal brownies, it's fudge brownies! (though after eating the whole thing you'd so wish it was normal brownies. but it's about the first few totally fantastic sinful bites man!)
and as usual, hated everything after the second brownie. if only i didn't hate mango would have traded what's left of mine with what's left of ct's cheese the chicken. oh well... forced the rest down. wasn't too pleasant but dessert is still one of life's greatest pleasure so i'm not complaining. left soon after that, not before bout half an hour to an hour of further crapping session heh. hope for more 04 outings in the future. too bad woei jin was in china (san lu!). i like missed way too many previous outings cos they love to pick my duty days to go out then
was on my way to sembawang for a gathering. jason msg-ed me halfway through my train ride. thought i'd join them instead lol. went to chinatown after that. dinner at people's park center. was still super full at that time. didn't buy anything after looking around. but i look at the food the rest got. shocking sia. char kuay tiao, oyster omelette, 20 dumplings, 10+ xiao long bao, ngoh hiong (which i reccomended but turns out the new store isn't the nice store. the nice one moved house to maxwell! wth. at least it was decent), 10 bucks tian ji porridge, 5 bucks pathetic amount of intestines (nice, but 5 bucks?!), prawn hokkien mee. siao. in the end just ate the things here and there full le
starbucks later. my fave double expresso. damn funny with all the gossipping and for things to actually happen in the 2min i was buying drinks lol. moved to mac next before counting down across chinatown street. quite deserted. got a few siao people playing with the sprays below so we didn't go down. so just shouted merry christmas down the street after countdown. weird christmas. but quite fun haha
went to mac near xavier's house next. supper and a few ghost stories and stuff. found out bout the mysterious smiling-at-donut syndrome haha. after a while pj and i started moving nearer and nearer to dreamland haha. xavier went home after that. last bus was over so we cabbed to sunny's place
pj ko-ed almost immediately. we three guys had fun playing prank on gen who was still online. i can't believe she didn't find out bout us haha. a bit of boytalk after that. i guess sunny's right. if things happen that way let it happen lor. i have lots of ideas and evil tricks up my head but oh well. shouldn't act on them. if it is really mr. R acting up just let him suffer the consequences.
after that sunny started introducing us to his playlist and all the weird songs. the 29 minute song (which i dozed off a bit at the 15 plus min mark with the piano part and all). the sounds of the amazon lol. got one uplifting josh groban one for me and jason lol.
next morning we were joking bout settling the playlist for the 07 batch's potluck. quite funny. then all the emo songs started coming up and all. fun. breakfast after that. i can't believe milo at the coffeshop at his place cost 1.10 lah. WTH! sunny was super high then. but we went back home rest in the end. all super tired. i dozed off for bout 30min. jason and sunny didn't. pj only one to ko the whole way. she missed the funniest 3rd gear part lah haha
slept like a pig when i reached back. my aunts came over. i was sleeping my way throughout. granted i hardly talk much to my aunts and cousins other times (generation gap i guess... and not like i'm the most sociable around...) also but this time i was totally away to dreamland... i guess really crashed yest
oh well. looking forward to more fun times later tonight and sunday =)
lunch with 04 at marina square on christmas eve noon. they watched yes man in the morning but i caught it already so didn't join them til after the morning... haha. changtai was at his usual best, managing to twist and turn everything that was on topic haha. off the bat i started to argue with him over my qualified enjoyment of the movie already (ok, i think it sounds like disappointment a lot of times, but i always end with i liked the show...) and lots of lame stuff to follow. one of these days must really go surprise him at starbucks ps. i used to go there pretty often what with alpha lan sessions at paradiz and my need to do some work for tuition. but not so frequently now... maybe one day should just specially go down
bq was hilarious as usual too... just when we were jibing him for always ordering the weirdest food on the menu he went with a failsafe lasagne. break the trend of weird food, sure, but he still got the worst of the bunch in the end lol. always one lah. whereever we go he never fails to get the worst deals and stuff. the lasagne was like bolognaise sauce drowning some yellowish bits which doesn't seem like the sheet, lasagne pasta at all... i guess i'd probably still like it if i ordered, but he was like complaining so much and stuff. and compared to everyone else's orders i think he really got it worst again
after that we followed wl and hh's suggestion despite vehement protests from ct. gift exchange! but instead of bringing gifts there to exchange we were all given time to shop for the gifts with a 5-10 dollar budget (they initially wanted a hour. we successfully cut the time down to 20min. but in the end ct and hp were so late lah)
thought it's quite a good idea. store into idea banks for things to do next time haha... i was browsing around the diff shops along citylink mall and marina square before i met the rest so knew exactly what i wanted to buy... mph had a small collection of books going for under 5 bucks then wahaha. i already bought two for myself on the way there actually but quite wanted to read them so walked back to citylink to get one more for the gift thingy.
next stop to times back in marina square. while i was getting blu-tacs on my way to meeting up i saw some bookmarks which i thought were pretty cute. but was like thinking to myself, i have absolutely no use for them, and i doubt anyone will... turns out a bookmark was a perfect complement to a book gift haha. gift settled within 15min =). too bad i wasn't the first one back. tied second with bobo haha. if only i didn't have to walk so much.
went to changing appetites for dessert. my second time there. but we sat down, and before ordering anything was doing the gift exchange thing. could see the waiters like walk past us so many times wondering when we will start ordering. but who cares bout them. nice finding out all the weird gift ideas others had. we had like earrings, boxer shorts, quite a lot of food items and all sorts of whatnot.
The book and the owl bookmark that had its head cut off was from me. i got the dessert pocky and caramel corn =)looking forward to opening that dessert pocky haha. never really into the normal pocky but when i went to japan a few years back was totally hooked on almond pocky. super ex to get them here though so seldom eat them now. now like pocky introducing more and more exotic flavors. hope this one is nice. thanks wl =)
dessert next. one of my fave indulgences heh. could remember the last time alpha had dessert at changing appetites. one for one sundae was on offer that time. we ordered like one for ourselves each and had two more to share between us. at the start we were all gushing bout how nice everything is and how worth it it is but at the end everyone was totally complaining and struggling to finish... i had a huge sundae and helped finished two brownie slices that time. one of those days where u eat so much sweet stuff the feeling in ur mouth starts to get sour instead of sweet. the others vowed never to go back again. i thought i quite liked it barring the end haha
so now this time. no offer sadly. i knew immediately what i wanted. the trio brownie volcano. i find that the most worth it dessert dish. it's 10 bucks, yes, but not only do you get ice cream (two scoops at that) you get three slices of brownie. and not just normal brownies, it's fudge brownies! (though after eating the whole thing you'd so wish it was normal brownies. but it's about the first few totally fantastic sinful bites man!)
and as usual, hated everything after the second brownie. if only i didn't hate mango would have traded what's left of mine with what's left of ct's cheese the chicken. oh well... forced the rest down. wasn't too pleasant but dessert is still one of life's greatest pleasure so i'm not complaining. left soon after that, not before bout half an hour to an hour of further crapping session heh. hope for more 04 outings in the future. too bad woei jin was in china (san lu!). i like missed way too many previous outings cos they love to pick my duty days to go out then
was on my way to sembawang for a gathering. jason msg-ed me halfway through my train ride. thought i'd join them instead lol. went to chinatown after that. dinner at people's park center. was still super full at that time. didn't buy anything after looking around. but i look at the food the rest got. shocking sia. char kuay tiao, oyster omelette, 20 dumplings, 10+ xiao long bao, ngoh hiong (which i reccomended but turns out the new store isn't the nice store. the nice one moved house to maxwell! wth. at least it was decent), 10 bucks tian ji porridge, 5 bucks pathetic amount of intestines (nice, but 5 bucks?!), prawn hokkien mee. siao. in the end just ate the things here and there full le
starbucks later. my fave double expresso. damn funny with all the gossipping and for things to actually happen in the 2min i was buying drinks lol. moved to mac next before counting down across chinatown street. quite deserted. got a few siao people playing with the sprays below so we didn't go down. so just shouted merry christmas down the street after countdown. weird christmas. but quite fun haha
went to mac near xavier's house next. supper and a few ghost stories and stuff. found out bout the mysterious smiling-at-donut syndrome haha. after a while pj and i started moving nearer and nearer to dreamland haha. xavier went home after that. last bus was over so we cabbed to sunny's place
pj ko-ed almost immediately. we three guys had fun playing prank on gen who was still online. i can't believe she didn't find out bout us haha. a bit of boytalk after that. i guess sunny's right. if things happen that way let it happen lor. i have lots of ideas and evil tricks up my head but oh well. shouldn't act on them. if it is really mr. R acting up just let him suffer the consequences.
after that sunny started introducing us to his playlist and all the weird songs. the 29 minute song (which i dozed off a bit at the 15 plus min mark with the piano part and all). the sounds of the amazon lol. got one uplifting josh groban one for me and jason lol.
next morning we were joking bout settling the playlist for the 07 batch's potluck. quite funny. then all the emo songs started coming up and all. fun. breakfast after that. i can't believe milo at the coffeshop at his place cost 1.10 lah. WTH! sunny was super high then. but we went back home rest in the end. all super tired. i dozed off for bout 30min. jason and sunny didn't. pj only one to ko the whole way. she missed the funniest 3rd gear part lah haha
slept like a pig when i reached back. my aunts came over. i was sleeping my way throughout. granted i hardly talk much to my aunts and cousins other times (generation gap i guess... and not like i'm the most sociable around...) also but this time i was totally away to dreamland... i guess really crashed yest
oh well. looking forward to more fun times later tonight and sunday =)
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine
More activities... and enjoying every bit of it. Since that bbq that night went shopping with ash in the afternoon yest. ok. not so much shopping with him. he got his stuff and was dead tired already. more like i dragging him along. but ok lah. can't believe i'm doing all this shopping but got it done... at least got some company, as complain-y as it was haha
dinner later. went to vivo cos both of us had craving for pasta initially. in the end somehow we didn't really stick to our plans and all. we still got pasta, but at some mussel place (the name of the restaurant). underwhelming. at least i don't feel as ripped off as he did. but i can't believe i couldn't finish my super small portion... my appetite's still all screwed up from syc and taiwan
went to ps met up with lymon after that. watched yes man. was decent. an enjoyable ride that at least for me was worth the money. but i was hoping for sth better... the jokes were decent and i definitely did laugh quite a lot of times but thing was i was already prepared to have a good time and laugh already. if i wasn't in that mood don't think it could have stirred the funny bones that well... was hoping this will be a return to old jim carrey movies like ace ventura and the mask but still a bit lacking
didn't like the romance part also. i certainly didn't expect yes man and sth jim carrey to be almost a rom-com. thought it would be pure comedy and stuff... thought allison was super cute and attractive and all but i'm just not in the mood for something romantic that day i guess. and it did play a significant part of the movie...
but today was nearly dying at home... hardly slept well... (but slept a lot though)... first time i willed myself out of a dream haha. pretty miserable cooped up at home... must really thank jason for calling me out man
met gen and zz along with jason. wow. i missed out on so much over the past week while i was trapped in taiwan man. great to catch up on everything and hear/contribute/guess bout the latest gossip and stuff. really enjoyed myself. great session. totally lifted my spirits and all
and jason is way too super nice lah. haha. always sending people home here and there, presents and all... really honoured today he called me out! hadn't had that much fun since syc
and he sent me home after that! lol. to woodlands only nia, in case u start getting weird ideas. found out on the train and during conversations earlier on we super alike lah. thankfully he sent me to woodlands, though. had sth i wanted to tell him since meeting up and stuff finally got some private time and did my fave talking while walking aimlessly around. i'm glad i didn't wait til next meetup.
but like so weird haha. i was like confessing to a girl, to him lol. but really nice knowing him. hope for more bitching/gossiping or simply just hang out sessions... power of syc man... new friends every year. and very good friends at that
And i look back and laugh at myself and the silliness of it all =)
dinner later. went to vivo cos both of us had craving for pasta initially. in the end somehow we didn't really stick to our plans and all. we still got pasta, but at some mussel place (the name of the restaurant). underwhelming. at least i don't feel as ripped off as he did. but i can't believe i couldn't finish my super small portion... my appetite's still all screwed up from syc and taiwan
went to ps met up with lymon after that. watched yes man. was decent. an enjoyable ride that at least for me was worth the money. but i was hoping for sth better... the jokes were decent and i definitely did laugh quite a lot of times but thing was i was already prepared to have a good time and laugh already. if i wasn't in that mood don't think it could have stirred the funny bones that well... was hoping this will be a return to old jim carrey movies like ace ventura and the mask but still a bit lacking
didn't like the romance part also. i certainly didn't expect yes man and sth jim carrey to be almost a rom-com. thought it would be pure comedy and stuff... thought allison was super cute and attractive and all but i'm just not in the mood for something romantic that day i guess. and it did play a significant part of the movie...
but today was nearly dying at home... hardly slept well... (but slept a lot though)... first time i willed myself out of a dream haha. pretty miserable cooped up at home... must really thank jason for calling me out man
met gen and zz along with jason. wow. i missed out on so much over the past week while i was trapped in taiwan man. great to catch up on everything and hear/contribute/guess bout the latest gossip and stuff. really enjoyed myself. great session. totally lifted my spirits and all
and jason is way too super nice lah. haha. always sending people home here and there, presents and all... really honoured today he called me out! hadn't had that much fun since syc
and he sent me home after that! lol. to woodlands only nia, in case u start getting weird ideas. found out on the train and during conversations earlier on we super alike lah. thankfully he sent me to woodlands, though. had sth i wanted to tell him since meeting up and stuff finally got some private time and did my fave talking while walking aimlessly around. i'm glad i didn't wait til next meetup.
but like so weird haha. i was like confessing to a girl, to him lol. but really nice knowing him. hope for more bitching/gossiping or simply just hang out sessions... power of syc man... new friends every year. and very good friends at that
And i look back and laugh at myself and the silliness of it all =)
Monday, December 22, 2008
Better luck next time
i'm so gonna crash eventually... two weeks without much sleep and still going strong don't feel too tired at all... thought crashed yesterday what with a super drowsy-feeling nap in the afternoon but just an hour later up and hopping again... to think last night was the first night on bed for such a long time...
everything's still runnning at a pretty hectic pace. but that's good i guess... as much as i like idling away and stuff hitting the runway and immediately going to a standstill will surely kill... it's like last time previous years syc and holiday trips will always involve a 'post event syndrome' le this time is double the effect
supper and sleepover at ash's place was great.. it's funny how it's only two weeks and they were the last people i saw before going for syc (heck, i already checked in at relc that day already but went for the e1 thing anyway). but it felt like so super long
then alpha bbq at east coast yesterday. i'm taking such brilliant care of my cough/throat. two weeks with no normal voice already and just when the two weeks starts to die down i continue feeding it wine and bbq food. the sambal stingray was nice. too bad can't take too much (i'd probably find it too hot if i could eat more anyway). lots of thanks to slykiong for organising it... cos i'm like in the middle of the batches that were invited i've worked with everyone present for a pretty long time. before going wasn't too confident of the event but when it started it was all reminiscing of the good ol' days and random stuff around
at first was kinda like separated into the ord and still serving group. we were like enjoying saw's talking idol entertainment at the table and all while the others were so nice bbq-ing and serving us now and then. lol. like felt so vip-like
after a while went to mingle with the rest. toby was being his mischevious best, constantly harrasing saw and all haha. started off we were eating our marshmellows and stuff (making fun of saw and his 30-min perfect, golden brown marshmellow along the way). after a while we saw the opposite pit playing sparklers. we got kinda jealous and started burning our marshmellows. it's quite pretty actually, esp when the sun has set and all. cool.. marshmellow sparklers. new find of the day. but quite sad. no one brought a camera there! i had one brilliant pose of me playing with our marshmellow sparklers with the other pit with real sparklers in the background but cos all we have are those terrible phone cameras couldn't capture that. oh well...
everything's still runnning at a pretty hectic pace. but that's good i guess... as much as i like idling away and stuff hitting the runway and immediately going to a standstill will surely kill... it's like last time previous years syc and holiday trips will always involve a 'post event syndrome' le this time is double the effect
supper and sleepover at ash's place was great.. it's funny how it's only two weeks and they were the last people i saw before going for syc (heck, i already checked in at relc that day already but went for the e1 thing anyway). but it felt like so super long
then alpha bbq at east coast yesterday. i'm taking such brilliant care of my cough/throat. two weeks with no normal voice already and just when the two weeks starts to die down i continue feeding it wine and bbq food. the sambal stingray was nice. too bad can't take too much (i'd probably find it too hot if i could eat more anyway). lots of thanks to slykiong for organising it... cos i'm like in the middle of the batches that were invited i've worked with everyone present for a pretty long time. before going wasn't too confident of the event but when it started it was all reminiscing of the good ol' days and random stuff around
at first was kinda like separated into the ord and still serving group. we were like enjoying saw's talking idol entertainment at the table and all while the others were so nice bbq-ing and serving us now and then. lol. like felt so vip-like
after a while went to mingle with the rest. toby was being his mischevious best, constantly harrasing saw and all haha. started off we were eating our marshmellows and stuff (making fun of saw and his 30-min perfect, golden brown marshmellow along the way). after a while we saw the opposite pit playing sparklers. we got kinda jealous and started burning our marshmellows. it's quite pretty actually, esp when the sun has set and all. cool.. marshmellow sparklers. new find of the day. but quite sad. no one brought a camera there! i had one brilliant pose of me playing with our marshmellow sparklers with the other pit with real sparklers in the background but cos all we have are those terrible phone cameras couldn't capture that. oh well...
One glass to start the blood flowing fleet
A second for all the good times and memories
The third to whisk away to sleep
Tomorrow heralds a new beginning
New beginnings back to old ways...
There's still the fourth and last glass
For all the merriment that will never be made
Or maybe for a someone who wants a different take
On the window ledge that shall go
A toast to the spirits out there who will know
Better luck next time =)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
City of Blinding Lights
wow. it's been pretty long since i last came here. everything's totally changed. and it's not like i've had a dearth of things to blog bout. lots of things happened. and i did blog a lot. just all in my head. but never with enough impetus to type it down.
and truly a lot has happened... incidences in the ending part of army... some unpleasant, some not so bad. tuition and stuff... ord-ing... driving and all random assorted things. and thoughts/reflections wise also... the bit of idle time after army brought a bit of time to ponder and just muse bout anything and everything. stumbled upon a few interesting books here and there. there was one point i was considering revamping the blog again into something more analytical based. but oh well. i like to think a lot, but penning and expressing them not so much so gave up the idea. so guess this shall stay 'the simpler life' for a while longer at least for now.
i've always been pretty proud of how long this has gone on. it's been on-off a lot of times. a lot of breaks in between here and there. but 4 years it's been around already. started off as "Bliss, Nirvana", then "Doodles" and now "the simpler life". i guess time is right for some change. but i'd think bout that as time goes. sth i'm not as proud of will be my posts haha. read a few random early posts. and my, i must say i have really become a different person already... all the experiences, all the happenings over the world... wow.
"The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
and it's with a wide-eyed wonder that i reminisce bout the past two weeks. syc, as always the case, is yet another total blast. and like everything else, the last is always the sweetest. '05 was great. '06 was a totally different thoroughly enriching and fantastic experience. and with that i must say i came into '08 with a wee bit of apprehension. but my, it still manages to top it all off...
"I knew much more then than I do now
just a few weeks ago i thought my syc adventures were probably over. 'd probably still go back every year for the evening with syc and stuff and occasional meetups with '05-ers but i must say i'm truly blessed to be able to come back one more time.
"A city lit by fireflies
They’re advertising in the skies
For people like us
i still remember that morning just two weeks away from the camp. got a msg from siew siew asking bout coming back to ace. i certainly didn't expect that, what with two years now in between my batch and the newest one. but when it comes i definitely won't want to let it go. but their timing was like so nicely planned. the day the camp ends i'd be flying off for family holiday to taiwan. so took a while to ponder and didn't reply immediately.
"And I miss you when you’re not around
just a while later linda's call came. talk bout stroking one's ego. i've always had a soft spot for linda and kah huay. they're always so super nice and all... and people who know me will know i don't often make the biggest impression and stuff out there. i must admit i was very surprised when i found only a few of us '05-ers were going back and they actually asked me. honoured sia. it was just like last year when i went back for the evening. linda and kah huay always mix up between me and leslie but other than that i don't remember making much impact on them. but when they saw me that day they could instantly remember my name when i took a brief moment to recall theirs. these are the kind of small things that really light up your day and all.
"Oh you look so beautiful tonight
but anyway, i digress, as so often the case. but hmm... i don't remember what point i was making also. let's just leave it that '08 was simply the best yet... on one hand it's way too short, but on the other it's hard to believe that all that happened in only one week. it sure didn't feel fleeting at all, but as the days started rolling i can't help but think bout the inevitable end and wish how it can drag on forever.
"Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can’t see
the aces, the singaporeans under me (qihan, selina, basil and min ling), the interns (jimmy my bro, especially!), my thais (thank you for being wayyyyy too nice to me), P' Nui (the Thai chaperone, whom i got on very well with), the other foreign participants, the working com, those from the 05 batch that came back... it was simply such a magical time with everyone. words can never do it justice. even the infamous long JOHN silver incident lol. i somehow wasn't that affected as others. was great bitching fodder heh... can still fondly remember how next morning no one could wake up and only the few aces made it to hort park at first haha
"What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
and right after sending my thais off at the airport it was my turn to fly. whoa. one right after the other and totally postponed the post-syc withdrawal syndrome of every year to now... taiwan was a bit underwhelming, not as fun as some other countries, but a vacation is still a vacation. i've missed way too many family trips and like last went overseas so long ago (japan during 04 or 05 i think) so it's definitely still fun and all. weather was good, and two weeks consecutively staying in hotels with bathtubs and stuff... i simply can't ask for any more
"Time… time
Won’t leave me as I am
But time won’t take the boy out of this man
i'm missing my point again, but that's normal here i guess. maybe this will just get everything rolling and i'd find the writing groove more often next time. til then
"The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel… luckily"
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
and truly a lot has happened... incidences in the ending part of army... some unpleasant, some not so bad. tuition and stuff... ord-ing... driving and all random assorted things. and thoughts/reflections wise also... the bit of idle time after army brought a bit of time to ponder and just muse bout anything and everything. stumbled upon a few interesting books here and there. there was one point i was considering revamping the blog again into something more analytical based. but oh well. i like to think a lot, but penning and expressing them not so much so gave up the idea. so guess this shall stay 'the simpler life' for a while longer at least for now.
i've always been pretty proud of how long this has gone on. it's been on-off a lot of times. a lot of breaks in between here and there. but 4 years it's been around already. started off as "Bliss, Nirvana", then "Doodles" and now "the simpler life". i guess time is right for some change. but i'd think bout that as time goes. sth i'm not as proud of will be my posts haha. read a few random early posts. and my, i must say i have really become a different person already... all the experiences, all the happenings over the world... wow.
"The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
and it's with a wide-eyed wonder that i reminisce bout the past two weeks. syc, as always the case, is yet another total blast. and like everything else, the last is always the sweetest. '05 was great. '06 was a totally different thoroughly enriching and fantastic experience. and with that i must say i came into '08 with a wee bit of apprehension. but my, it still manages to top it all off...
"I knew much more then than I do now
just a few weeks ago i thought my syc adventures were probably over. 'd probably still go back every year for the evening with syc and stuff and occasional meetups with '05-ers but i must say i'm truly blessed to be able to come back one more time.
"A city lit by fireflies
They’re advertising in the skies
For people like us
i still remember that morning just two weeks away from the camp. got a msg from siew siew asking bout coming back to ace. i certainly didn't expect that, what with two years now in between my batch and the newest one. but when it comes i definitely won't want to let it go. but their timing was like so nicely planned. the day the camp ends i'd be flying off for family holiday to taiwan. so took a while to ponder and didn't reply immediately.
"And I miss you when you’re not around
just a while later linda's call came. talk bout stroking one's ego. i've always had a soft spot for linda and kah huay. they're always so super nice and all... and people who know me will know i don't often make the biggest impression and stuff out there. i must admit i was very surprised when i found only a few of us '05-ers were going back and they actually asked me. honoured sia. it was just like last year when i went back for the evening. linda and kah huay always mix up between me and leslie but other than that i don't remember making much impact on them. but when they saw me that day they could instantly remember my name when i took a brief moment to recall theirs. these are the kind of small things that really light up your day and all.
"Oh you look so beautiful tonight
but anyway, i digress, as so often the case. but hmm... i don't remember what point i was making also. let's just leave it that '08 was simply the best yet... on one hand it's way too short, but on the other it's hard to believe that all that happened in only one week. it sure didn't feel fleeting at all, but as the days started rolling i can't help but think bout the inevitable end and wish how it can drag on forever.
"Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can’t see
the aces, the singaporeans under me (qihan, selina, basil and min ling), the interns (jimmy my bro, especially!), my thais (thank you for being wayyyyy too nice to me), P' Nui (the Thai chaperone, whom i got on very well with), the other foreign participants, the working com, those from the 05 batch that came back... it was simply such a magical time with everyone. words can never do it justice. even the infamous long JOHN silver incident lol. i somehow wasn't that affected as others. was great bitching fodder heh... can still fondly remember how next morning no one could wake up and only the few aces made it to hort park at first haha
"What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
and right after sending my thais off at the airport it was my turn to fly. whoa. one right after the other and totally postponed the post-syc withdrawal syndrome of every year to now... taiwan was a bit underwhelming, not as fun as some other countries, but a vacation is still a vacation. i've missed way too many family trips and like last went overseas so long ago (japan during 04 or 05 i think) so it's definitely still fun and all. weather was good, and two weeks consecutively staying in hotels with bathtubs and stuff... i simply can't ask for any more
"Time… time
Won’t leave me as I am
But time won’t take the boy out of this man
i'm missing my point again, but that's normal here i guess. maybe this will just get everything rolling and i'd find the writing groove more often next time. til then
"The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel… luckily"
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
