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2007-10-05T00:39:00.000+08:00

หยุดวันไหน.... ท้อแท้

a bit more and we're home!

2007-10-01T15:33:00.000+08:00

Yep, it's nearing the mid terms. There's no mid term breaks in Chula though. Can't blame them, everyday here is like a mid term break. Hahaha. So what's the point of a mid term break again?

Been so slack the whole weekend while Alby's away (that means i'll have lesser time to study for midterms), having fun seeing his family and Irene. I'm envious, not jealous. It's only another 2 - 3 months away, i can handle it. Besides, i'm quite enjoying living alone by myself. No restrictions, no nothing. Just got to make decisions for myself บางครั้งอยู่คนเดี่ยวจะดีกว่ามัง ? and the clubbing scene here is really getting into me. No crowd controls, practically feels like Chinatown on chinese new year's eve in Singapore every Saturday.

The ang mohs from Finland have been skipping classes and i think, hmmm why not, time to follow suit, afterall i'm on exchange and the student card does gives extra discounts ("ding ding!!!"), so next Saturday i'll be going Ratchaburi to explore the floating market and some caves. Hopefully my limited knowledge of the Thai language would get me back safely as well

Been asking myself if i should stay here and work. To be honest, the opportunities available are much much more than in Singapore. and not to mention different treatments and incentives of course. Everything is cheap, less stressful, except for the beurecratic systems which really drives me nuts sometimes.

Here's the most recent photos i've taken which really dates back to about 3 weeks ago when i went out with Pnoon and her friends to Ayuthaya. (my camera just broke down, shit...)

Boat noodle ( i don't know why they call it boat noodle, but heck la, who cares as long as it's tasty)

This temple, rocks. So rich that not only its exterior looks like a home, but it's toilets are fit for a VIP to enter. Imagine large single cubicles with Fans installed in each and Flowers in place. Wow. pity the flowers.

From left to right: Ling, Pnoon, Guu

He's always looking at you, whether you like it or not.

Comes in Trio too, umbrellas not included

Follows you wherever you go....

Chinese style influenced temples

2007-09-09T12:34:00.000+08:00

Alright, i've been pretty dormant these few days. PRetty busy with school. So shall upload some photos for everyone to see.

Yeah, i look so uncle in the uniform cos i pulled my pants too high up. First time mah..

The ladies who provide clothes for me to sell in Singapore

Ooh hurts every minute since.. .

Sweet Revenge...

我的背影。。。

Li Ching came to play...

I. Jumped.

more andom photos from my trip to Laos

2007-08-05T00:47:00.000+08:00

i'm going to go back to Bangkok tmr. Has been fun visiting my friends in other provinces. Squeezing with the locals in their bus has been fun. Yes it's no joke, there were chickens running amok in the bus. Live chickens.

Plain of Jars in Xieng Khuang

Stone Jars left from the past. Nobody knows where they came from. legend has it that it was made to store rice wine and people drank from it with long bamboo straws.

Me and Xai's colleague.

Visited the Provincial TV and Radio station.

woo hoo. cute newscaster

Visited another radio station. Community Radio in Khoun province. All the DJs are volunteers made up of local villagers mostly farmers. Cool huh. They are still in need of funds for equipment. If anyone is willign to donate money, do let me know, i will collect the money and bring it over again next year. It's really impressive, and it's part of the project of the UNDP, which is where my friend Xai is working in. He's been working real hard on this, and i seriously respect him for being able to keep everything up and running so smoothly in such a short time.

Xai in action

Buddha statue left from the war. Many people died in this area, thanks to the US, who dropped many bombs during the vietnam war.

Whee You WHEE!

Went to the natural hot spring with Xai and his pretty friends. Had hot bath, by myself of course.

Tham Puu Piew. Where many Laotians were killed when the US fired missiles into the cave they were hiding in. The smell of arms and weapons was still very strong. There were some locals who went in to hunt for Rodents and Bats. Could feel that there was something following us somehow...

Went to a farmer's place for dinner. The house is just a simple one with a zinc rooftop, with a living room and bedroom partitioned just by a curtain. The kitchen is just at the back of the house.

Dog meat. No i'm not lying.

Sticky rice

My favourite drink.

Dried garlic to be sold

Laos!

2007-07-30T20:26:00.000+08:00

HEY PEOPLE I'M ALIVE AND KICKING! Just to promote my site which i'm selling stuff from the Land of Smiles:

http://www.freewebs.com/barangsupforsale/

Forward to your female friends, girlfriends! Girlish stuff for sale. Woohoo!

Okay gonna skip the Bangkok part first. Was unable to blog cos of unstable internet. Reached Laos only yesterday, and as usual with a pain in my ass from the long bus ride.

FReached Nongkhai at 7am and Took the three wheeler to the friendship bridge.

Thai customs...

My good friend Toung picked me up at the Laotian side.

Went for Khao Soy with Bay and Toung. Heard it originated from Luang Prabang. Yummy like siao after going hungry for so many hours in that bus

Went for massage after that. No special special though. Awww. HAHAH

Tried to drive to this piece of land owned by Toung's family for dinner, but kanna sai the short cut was flooded due to the monsoon season so we had to cancel plans.

ok that's all for now gotta go eat first Ma, Auntie's calling.

LAND OF SMILES! here i come!

2007-07-16T01:01:00.000+08:00

YES! i'm very excited and quite upset at the same time. 6 months without my friends, my dad, my mum and my brother, and celebrating your own birthday all the way in Thailand. My mum has high blood and perpetually having headaches and my brother is diagnosed with arthritis. Seriously starting to wonder if this SEP is going to do me any good.

Anyways would like to thank Jianxiang for bringing me to Geographer's Bar last night. This guy is a total nut case. I mean, picture this, just when our second jug of beer arrived, he went on to opening a bottle of Chivas. it's not like we had a gang of friends or something. There were only 3 of us, 3 little kittens. Shit! And the way they downed those little sinful glasses was scary, way too scary and more power than me when i go clubbing in Thailand. we got drunk of course, and i ended up mAKING a din when i got home. Amazingly my parents weren't angry, but amused. They even videoed me doing stupid things. Well you guys can forget about asking for them, i'm trying to get that wicked brother of mine to delete it. It's kharma i'm sure, after what i did to Eric on our last escapade in Thailand. HAHAHA

7 more hours b4 i make my way to the airport. Hope everyone would have a great semester ahead! Do visit me if you;ve got the time, here's my number : +66874133919

i'm still alive!

2007-07-01T02:28:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Have been busy working, performing and settling my SEp stuff. For your info, the famous Thai Khon or mask dance will be performed at the Thai embassy in conjunction with the Thai Festival. It's actually the last day already, so please catch it if you can, it's quite a rare opportunity for them to be here for 5 days.

ANyway i'll be leaving for Bangkok on the 16th July for my exchange programme. Do let me know if you wanna meet up b4 i leave yeah. :)

Dong Dong Chang!

2007-05-17T01:58:00.000+08:00

Concert went well. erm sort of. Just that it was abit tiring with everyone having to multi task as banglah workers, coordinators, performers and clowns. Did receive some feedback from blogs that we have limited dynamism. Hmmm, will be thankful if this blogger could come forward and provide us with some suggestions. :) But the part on repeated pieces played, i swear though, that this is the first time that we've ever played them. We're not western percussion trained in the first place. Please bear with us, while we try to bring the best to everyone. :)

Special thanks to my friends who came to watch me, ajarn jeab and ajarn Kung as well. It was my first solo and i couldn;'t have done it without the support from you guys though it sounded very much like just pure noise. Of course not forgetting Pei Yi our guest player on the synthesiser.

Sorry about the photos though, Puu only shot selected parts. Will upload more when i get from Richard.

I simply love the black backdrop of SRT. It's so much nicer compared to YMS.

Naam waan's back from Korea, wonder what she had gotten for me. Hehehe.

of tissues and more tissues

2007-05-17T01:09:00.000+08:00

Got a job at OCBC. Quite fun but tiring though as it requires me to look at numbers everyday and some confidential files of the loans made by different firms. I even saw my uncle's textile shop's loan.

Luckily i've got this other male colleague working with me if not i would have been so bored to death. He's the only one who's been trying to keep me sane all these while. And oh yes, this i must mention. Did you guys know that the tissue culture started from Shenton way? Lunch is always packed with thronging crowds of the working class to golden shoe food centre and how do you ensure that you get a seat? Use tissue paper. I was really suakoo on my first day, the whole place was filled except for this table, i just rushed over and to my horror, packets of tissue papers on the seats. That's one hell of a culture shock for me. Haha. Not forgetting to mention how good their aiming is. The moment you leave the table when you are done, swoosh, one packet flies across your face like 小李飞刀. Cool? Not. Erm. Haha. Now we switch to takeaways, lowers risk of innjuries.

random photos....

cool name for a firm

Malaysia.. Truly Asia...

2007-05-16T22:07:00.000+08:00

Woah finally had time to blog.

Been sleeping at weird timings during the examination period that i still can't sleep until 2 or 3 am even when i'm like so super tired.

After exams we had this mini gathering for the Thai 4 students at aj.tukta's place, where she cooked Thai food for us. Well we tried cooking this vermicili with prawn in claypot dish, friends who are fans of Thai food will know which classic dish i'm talking about. Well we tried to have double layer style . i.e prawns, vermicili, prawns, vermicili, can't say it failed but erm, the thing actually burnt like mad during the initial stages and was a bit salty in the end. Hehe. Oh well, i just started ok. I tried sellign tickets for the concert, but buang la in the end, only cherlyn took them. Well you can't force your friends if they really really don't wanna go. Haha.

Woke up damn early the next day to go JB with naam waan's mum and aunt. Her aunt rocks la, drove a SUV to pick us up. We had breakfast at this kampong style place. Very nice i must say, very Malay. You get to take the food yourself and they will calculate the amount. There's no standard way i think, they just estimate, so erm, i also don't know how they arrive at the final amounts.

Sinful goodies and it's only breakfast...

Her aunt had to go meet someone so she dropped us off at this ya kun style kopitiam. Everything is haha... "chip chip chip" la. But we were too full to eat. The coffee isn't really that fantastic though, but considering how commericialised that place is. Well. Hmmm...

Well, our main motive was to shop at Giant of course. My god, you guys should go take a look man. I spent all 200 ringit over there. Why? All instant noodles, car wash kits, and clothes. They are like just half the price of how it will cost in Singapore. Whack la. Shiok. But nothing beats Thailand of course.

We were rushing for time cos we had to leave by noon, and so we went on to explore other shops in the building. Auntie is quite nice, she knows i finished every single cent and was eyeing on that pair of keychains. So yah, she bought it for me. Thank you very much! I still can't bear to use it though. Awww...

Took some neoprints with naam waan after that. Malaysia has a style of it's own. Everything's packaged. They cut the stuff for you, laminate for you, put the smaller photos in some keychain for you. Oh my. I think taking Neoprints is even more worth it in Malaysia. Haha

I went for practice after reaching Singapore and after that met up with naam waan again to have dinner b4 her trip to Korea on Sunday. Dinner was good. Damn good. And if you have UOB card, another 30% off. Shiok. But you can only have it once in a while. Cos i can feel my waistline expanding already. oops.

pre concert stress

2007-05-12T09:30:00.000+08:00

I can't get it. I always screw up when i play in front of my friends, Shit. Stress Stress Stress. 10 hours away from the concert. Argh

Anyway the concert venue has been changed to Singapore Repertory Theatre for anyone who's interested cos chen lao ban from yi sheng pulled stunts. He thought he had booked the NAFA theatre for his concert which falls on the same day as us, but unfortunately we paid the money and we got it first. On the other hand, he sold all the ticketsfor his choir concert before even confirming the venue, so erm. We decided to help him not without some compensation of course.

PerCuz-Shiok! is proud to present:

East meets West in 90 - percussion extravaganza!

Venue: NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre

Date: 12 May 2007

Time: 7pm

Ticket price: $12

Repertoire includes:

~Brazilian Street Dance

~Mexican Dances - Rio Danza (Marimba Trio)

~Brazilian Landscapes - Vibraphone Solo (Eugene Toh)

~Garbage - Novelty Percussion

~Lord of the Dance

~Latin Journey - multi-percussion solo (Chen Kangren)

~Gu3 Shang4 Tong2 Yue4 - chinese multi-percussion solo (Ng Sirliang)

Please help me to promote to your friends! Should you need more information, do call me if necessary.

Thanks!

Som Tum

2007-04-19T18:50:00.000+08:00

By the way here's the song that we've been practicing. It's written by the princess. quite tough. i'm in deep *beep* this time....

Singapore Chinese Orchestra? Bunch of Cowards or what

2007-04-18T23:01:00.000+08:00

"Refering to this morning rehearsal, we will like to suggest that you sing with SCO ensemble rather than the young boy who is a Singaporean. This will give our performance a better meaning. "

I'm very pissed. Yes I am. What rights do you have to exclude me from the performace. A better meaning to the performance? More like to cover your ass if anything goes wrong and to protect the SCO right? What's wrong with me being Singaporean? Young Boy? I'm 23 mind you. At least i can speak Thai much better than any of you, can you? No you can't right? If you think i sang horribly, be direct, don't have to go one big round before shooting me from the back, if not, try singing yourseleves (oh why not try tamil too). At least i'm proud that i have the guts to represent my country, at least i dare to.

Given such short notice, even if it's not the best of my performance, i still am trying my best. How many are willing to stand there and sing you tell me? Not even some thais dare to, even if it's their native language. I'm sacraficing my time, and maybe my grades during my examination period and practice so hard and playing thai instruments without requesting for anything, no rewards nothing. You people are professionals, and all you think is about covering your own a**??????

Even my teacher finds it hard to work with you people. For god's sake, she's here for only a semester, and you have to give her so much nonsense. I hope you guys get whacked by the MFa in future, i really do hope so.

P.S. For your info, SCO stands for Singapore Chinese Orchestra. I'm not a professional musician like you guys claim to be, so i don't mind being labelled as having unprofessional behaviour by posting this up. Eat This!

conert concert!

2007-03-25T03:39:00.000+08:00

A night of South East Asian Music

2007-03-21T07:08:00.000+08:00

All right some Advert on my upcoming performance (it's free)

An Evening of Southeast Asian Music and Dance
Presenting traditional music from Thailand, Central Java, West Java, and exploring interaction between Southeast Asian musical cultures, such as a classical Thai song called "Old Java" (an adaptation of a Javanese melody), a Javanese composition called "Siam" (based on the Royal Thai Anthem), Thai compositions in Burmese, Mon, and Javanese "musical dialects" (e.g., "Burmese Long Drums," "A Mon Looks at the Stars"), and a dance representing a Thai hero disguised as a Mon.

Featuring three large ensembles from different musical traditions:
NUS Singa Nglaras Gamelan Ensemble
NUS Thai Music Ensemble
Singalagena Degung Ensemble
with musicians and dancer from Thailand and Indonesia
Directed by Jan Mrazek, Paphutsorn Wongratanapitak, and Tatang Sofyan; with dancer Nunuk Sri Rahayu.

Friday, March 23, 2007, at 7.30pm
The Theatrette (LT13), Arts LinkFaculty of Arts and Social SciencesNational University of Singapore

Free Admission! Free Thai Snacks!

Sponsored by the Southeast Asian Studies Programme, NUS,
with support by the Royal Thai Embassy.

http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/sea/

Concert Photos!

2007-03-17T11:02:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year!

2007-02-17T19:32:00.000+08:00

Haven't been posting. Oops paiseh. Well I had one of the best Valentine's Day ever from naam waan. Well she already told me before she was giving me 2 T-shirts. But there was more in store, she actually bought a matching pillow cover, dog tag and not forgetting to mention, a sling bag from Zinc! Thank you very much! I feel so bad seriously and a total cheapo, luckily she's forgiving enough. (please, you have to stop making me feel guilty. hehe) Valentine's fell on a weekday, so we celebrated it on Sunday at Sentosa instead.

Thanks to acaan JEab, that i actually got to buy cable car tickets at a cheaper price. It was meant to be a surprise, but damn it, she always sees through my plans. We went to walk around on the silioso beach, and erm, hehe, to our disgust, we almost knock into this couple who were making out, and i seriously mean making out, they had their hands over each other while standing some more, HO SAY. Singaporeans are exhibitionists. Haha.

Anyway, never knew car washing would be so tiring. It's tiring (i mean it), even when there's like 3 ppl washin and waxing. Check it out:

Actually, i think we are quite lousy, took 3 hours to wash the car. My mum glaoting at us from above. *beep*

Going out for dinner at some restaurant now, so

Here's wishing everybody a Happy Lunar New Year in advance, may the money god visit everyone tonight. Hahaaaaaaaa.

(P.S. NUSCO will be holding it's concert on 11 March, here's one of the pieces i'll be performing in. I've got some quota to meet for selling tickets, so do come if you're interested)

argh

2007-02-13T19:11:00.000+08:00

Had a great concert, (ok i wouldn't say great, it was okay. At least i didn't make mistakes) at the esplanade on Sunday. And a word of caution ot everyone, if you are planning to buy flowers for your loved ones, don't get it there hor. If you wanna know why, try getting it yourself. Haha. But it's still worth it as long as she's happy (well i hope =) )

Beginning to realise that T shirts from Thailand do make a statement wherever you wear them. Check this out:
Woah. It's "shit" in chinese for your info. Coarse language aside. I do think the desgin's quite nice though. Been thinking of importing these weird designs and selling them online. Hehe

Oh tried on this set of clothes for Chinese new year. Oh boy, does it look weird. I feel like a family celebrating Hari Raya (sorry for the stereotyping)
Takes plenty of guts to wear that on the streets. Seriously.

hmm.My popo is in the hospital. Not looking good. Hopefully she can "dong" pass Chinese New Year.

mixed feelings

2007-02-01T15:55:00.000+08:00

My brother has been discharged after getting one good jab from the hospital. He can walk properly now. well not quite but still better than a week ago. Yeah!

Went to the match between Singapore and Thailand yesterday. Yes i was in yellow, going to support the Thai team. Before you people term me as a 卖国贼 or traitor, please do let me explain that i was there with my Thai class and all was in the name of fun. Our tutors and lecturers from the other universities were there too. In my opinion it was just a game of soccer, where everyone will a have a good time cheering. But no, turned out that it wasn't. We sat in the Thai section, waving frantically each time the camera was aimed at us, but it didn't turn out to be fun at all, cos everytime we were jeered at by the Singapore side. Before you doubt my loyalty, let me tell you that the Singaporean side started it first by jeering quoting from the new paper "they cheered when the lion fans jeered". ( some Thais tried to shake hands with the Singaporean fans, they gestured back with a finger on their lips. what?) The thais of course retaliated. I didn't. I only wanted to cheer. ( yes yes all in the name of fun, i mean, no harm with having a few Singaporeans helping our away team right?)

On the other hand, looking across from my side, i was quite relieved to see a sea of red. Why? At least everyone was united from the game. That is if we don't see the ugly side to the game. I saw the Kallang wave, wanted to participate in it. After the second round the Thai fans stopped. Why? Why should they help with the wave when they got jeered at? I missed the National Anthem, shit. The last time i sang with so many people was at a National Day celebration 3 years ago, cos i had to go fetch Kim Han from outside. Bleah. The people in red were unbelievable, damn swee, damn shiok, but i couldn't do anything with them. Call me itchy backside if you want, but at least i experienced being the minority for just that one night.

"You booed when the brave Thais cheered for their team. You weren't very nice. But that's why we love you." (New paper page 3) Is this what we are (or is it the media) trying to advocate? If it is, i think we have been very successful. Cos after the match while we were talking with all the lecturers outside the stadium, a bunch of Singapore punks aged 16 - 17 made ugly gestures at us, started swearing at our parents, asking us to go home. I mean yes at some point of time, i felt it was quite duh that i got cursed by my fellowmen though to some extent i might have asked for it, but it was really too much when they threw stuff at us. I pity your parents for having kids like you. (Acaan Titima was saying that Thais cursed at by some Singaporeans yesterday this morning during class to some of our classmates who weren't there. To some point it was quite amusing, cos Singaporeans were cursed at as well. haha.)

The situation got worse when they wanted to challenge us to a fight, luckily there was a sea of yellow on the other side, after acaan Titima and gang left, i wanted to escort kim han and faa saay to his car(cos it was in the direction of those hooligans). We just went in to that group. I felt so much more safer man. The police were there to protect them, cos they knew, something like this was bound to happen. ( i knew too, just that i didn't know it's this bad, but now i know) When the group of students knew we are Singaporeans, they were more of amused instead. Nope. No curses were thrown at us, i asked them why. "it's not good na" was the reply. Wow. haha. Asked whether i was happy Singapore won. I replied Yes of course, cos it's my country, even though i was cheering for the Thai team, but i feel really ashamed to see such behaviour from the fans. When i asked if they could walk us to the car, one of them even said yes of course, we can go together. I doubt any Singaporeans could understand how we felt at that time, but when i told my mum about it, her first reaction was " wah lao, they don't know where to draw the line, bunch of hooligans"

I'm not upset cos i got jeered at by Singaporeans cos i'm a Singaporean. I'm upset cos I had to see my teachers suffer under the hands of some Singaporeans when i can't do anything. To some extent, hmm it's quite paiseh. I know you guys love Singapore, me too. It's where i'm born. A world class society? After what i've experienced, hmmm....

To my friend, if you are reading. I do cherish our friendship and i don't mean any offence. But your reply was shocking. Simply shocking. I shared my experience with you, and your reply on your msn nick was ( i hope i had misunderstood your intentions. If i did, i'd like to apologise) ? " go to your mum and cry, this is football" My god. I did not condemn all Singaporeans. Did you have to say that. I might have caught you at the wrong time. But yes, the reply was disturbing. The Thai team was bad in terms of sportsmanship, but did you have to be piss at the fans. Yes it's part and parcel i know, but you didn't have to reply in such a manner or was it that necessary?

Anyway, the Thai team was bad to have walked out. I'm not in the least impressed. I thought they were going to watch video or what. (kinda stupid, but i'm not an avid soccer fan, so do forgive me for being clueless) It turned out that the coach initiated the walk out. Quite a sore loser i must say. Reports do say that it was a case of bad refereeing, but they should just have accepted it. Seriously, I see no point in pulling such stunts. It only makes matters worse for their fans. Did you guys know that you risked getting kicked out of the game? If a ban is slapped on Thailand, they deserve it. (probably kharma from the last game in which Lionel Lewis was kicked in the chest?)

Well, given the same situation for Singaporeans on Sunday, would you be as brave as to stand against all odds to support your home country? I'm not saying that all Thais are sugar and nice (but my friends are, hehe), i believe there are some minority too, so i'm just hoping that Singaporeans will be safe in the Land of Smiles. Period. may the better team win.

The Sea of Red was too WOW!

Cup of coke : $2 wat????

Phan and her Singaporean boyfriend.

My Thai class

Taken by Kim. See all the middle fingers waging at us from the Singapore side? The Thais looking on in disbelief. Wonder how they will feel if given the same treatment in Bangkok. Haha.

Oh stumbled upon this article by Rambo Tan, quite nonsensical, but i like his style though, incorporates lots of humour on the Asean cup finals. Do take a look:

www.rambotan.com

Yes I'm Lazy

2007-01-19T14:17:00.000+08:00

Yes i'm back. Been back since like 3 weeks ago actually. Sorry for the lack of updates. Would like to post all my photos. But the freakin laptop sort of went cranky, so i've to get to Sim Lim to retrieve my photos tomorrow. @#)@*#$...

Anyways naam waan bought me this bright red jacket, forced me to take a photo and VIOLA!

Quite poser? YEs no? haha. Thank you for being so sweet na. You have to stop spending on me and spend for yourself na.

Anyway i've been selected for SEP by NUS to where else but Thailand of course. (YEAH?)

Everything's not finalised yet, but i'm actually having mixed feelings about it. Excited, happy and hmmm on the other side probably upset i'll have to throw my loved ones behind. My girlfriend, my parents and my brother of course, who has been down with arthiritis for so long, and there's a possibilty of complications right now, which i shan't elaborate much.

School's started for like almost 2 weeks already, hope everyone's doing well. :)

Chiangmai Day 2

2006-12-27T21:40:00.000+08:00

Went to the Chiangmai Floral Fest on the 2nd day. Wouldn't believe this myself, but we actually spent one whole day in the park. Doing what? Looking at flowers only. Just flowers from different countries. Wow.

Thailand is really good in technology man. Look at the words generated, it's actually done by small water fountains and the words change with time. Damn cool.

First stop. Orchids. Hope my mum loves the pictures i've taken for her.

Chiangmai II

2006-12-27T01:30:00.000+08:00

Dun noe why stupid blogger is not allowing me to upload more fotos into the same post. Gonna upload some more here

After which we went back to transfer our bags to the hotel which kim han's cousins were staying in. Felt quite bad cos his parents had to squeeze in that condo while i would be sleeping comfortably in the hotel. Well picked up Boey and Yim before going to the night market for dinner at the night market.

This bowl of curry noodles is only 20 baht, like only less than 1 sing dollor. WAH SEH, it's freakin cheap and we tried alot of other food as well of which i forgotten to take photos of cos i was too busy eating. (as usual)

Here's Kim Hai and his relatives.

Wonder why this Farang is cooking at the phad thai stall. Oh well. I can't be bothered either. Just that it's amazing some ang moh is helping to chop vegetables. Haha

Went shopping around for lots of stuff before returning to the hotel. Went to search for internet and walked around for like more than 20 minutes before we found this decent internet shop. And guess what i overshot and forgot about the time. B4 i knew it, it was way past 11pm and freezing cold too. In Berms and sandals, very cold indeed.

Sun rise which i took from the balcony. too tired to upload fotos from the Floral fest, will show more tmr. Nights Ppl.

Naam waan! one more week to go!

Chiangmai !!!!!!!!!!

2006-12-27T00:55:00.000+08:00

Got to apologise for not being able to update my blog for such a long time. Oh well. I'm in Chiangmai now. hehe. pictures say a thousand words, luckily there's wireless internet in the hotel. So here goes:

Breakfast for day one was at some congee stall along the streets. I've been having Lao Sai for the past few days, but it's definitely not the food from here. It's really good. 555

And then we went to some woodscraft town. The furniture here is damn cool man and cheap of course. Next time i'm gonna get a house in bangkok and come here and buy furniture. Muahaha. Should have seen the way Kim han's dad and uncle spent money. It was like come on here's my card, take it and draw some money out of it. HAHAH. Oh i bought a bangle for naam waan too.

Strawberries. Freshest here. Even better than cameron!

Went to this waterfall in Mae Klang which is outside Chiangmai. The view is damn nice i must say. here's more.

ACtually we had to pay to get to the waterfall as well as walk a long way up. Being lazy, we decided to just stay at the foot. Rapids are nice too though.

Red Hot chilli padi

2006-12-15T22:15:00.000+08:00

Siah la. Wat a day man... Just got back from Vang Vieng, one of the protected parks under UNESCO. Tried cycling to the caves yesterday, my god. That siao kia kee long wanted to ride motor bike, even when he doesn't noe how to ride. He ended up fumbling in front of the shop, total amusement to th shop keeper. Heng u never buang other ppl's bike, if not we r in deep shit.

The ride was about 23KM, madness. Bumpy roads and hot sun. Now i've got a damned tan line resembling a sports bra. Ho say boh. But the trip was worth it. The cave, wow, there was this sleeping buddha in it, wonder how the people manage to bring it in. Proabably casted it there? Hell of an adventure with all the slippery roads. It was really dark inside, luckily 2 new zealanders allowed us to follow them with their torches.

Went back to the hotel later on for a shower b4 going out for dinner. Man... the pizza here is good, and so was the fruit shake. Brings happiness, right or not kee long? hehe. Woke up the next morning to go tubing. Well, nothing really that exciting, except for some mini rapids. I hurt my ass abit while bumping thru some rocks beneath the river, and i'm like totally roasted now cos of the sun. 2 shades of colour on my feet. Rushed to take a bus back to vientianne. Must really thank Bay for going thru the trouble of going around with us. He's been a great guide as well as a great friend in Laos.

sore ass, roasted skin, cracked lips. Hmmm sian, more stuff to come tmr morning.

Khit thung naam waan. AW!

Sukothai, Sisart, Mae Sod

2006-12-09T19:52:00.000+08:00

Wow wow wow. Took a bus to sukothai. and was stopped by this auntie. Asked us whether we wanted to book a sam lor (public bus) to travel around the area. How Much? 2000 Baht?? Na beh. Auntie u think we born yesterday for u to tok ah. In the end settled for 1500 Baht inclusive of sisaart as well (another old city of thailand).

Sun was damn hot man. Now i've got 2 shades. Will upload more photos when i return.

I think ravel blends in well. haha

Well today we took a bus to Mae Sod, since we have some free time. Mae sod is near the borders to Myanmar. To tell you the truth, this town is quite dangerous. Even thais dun dare to come here. Siao Liao. P tao told me to be careful. Yah i'll try. Hoepfully i dun get robbed. People here don't look that friendly. But i knmow yanquan is quite freaked out though. Too bad leh brother, you suggested the place we merely followed you. The hotel is quite far from the internet shop now. Hopefully i'll get to myanmar and back safely. From there, i'll be taking a bus back to Nakorn sawan and then to Bangkok, by myself though. Quite worried about that. But nevermind, went to so many temples already. i Should be quite safe la.

My dad's fallen ill again. If it gets worse, i'll prbably take a plane back asap.

Hope you are enjoying your dinner today naam waan. kin hay sanuk sanuk na. :) Phii khit thung maak.

Nakhonsawan, Phisanulok Day 3 & 4

2006-12-07T23:20:00.000+08:00

Wow, what a day to start off my trip to Nakhonsawan. Went to Hualampong to buy my train tickets. THere was some time so we went to eat at the street stalls. More photos to be uploaded cos i'm at the internet cafe now. After that went shopping and while returning back to the station, passed by a table with 2 riap rccy guys. "khon nii lor."

Aiseh, farking shit. Referring to me man. sick. Sorry i'm not into that kind of stuff. Anyway, the train ride was freakin awful la. So many stops and along the way, people were burning crops to get rid of the old crops, all the ashes were flying in. May hiam la, 40 baht and more than 100km, hahaa. But the train ride is not very punctual. Seriously took more than 7 hours to reach Nakhonsawan, we were all hungry like siao. Checked in at a Hotel. No choice only one hotel in that place, not very ex, quite ok, then went for dinner. Hor Fun! Power, had 2 bowls in a row.

Thaksin. Scandalous. hahah

Siah lah, resort in the middle of nowhere. my god...

Shit. Fall short of naam waan's expectations.

Oops. Sorry Ravel. Hehe

I like singha beer, but erm, beer chang seems better. 555

Early in the morning, yanquan booked the tuk tuk to some shrine. Aiseh. His speciality and we got some blessings from the high monk. Heard it's quite famous.Ho say

Then we went to the birth of Chao Praya.

Reached the hotel in the afternoon, before setting off to phisanulok.

Bangkok Day 1 Day 2

2006-12-06T00:11:00.000+08:00

Okay, Hmmm my day 1 started off with a Bang. The airport wasn't really that wonderful. It's still going construction, and the toilet flush is faulty. Thaksin, you've eaten too much money... Met up with Pree, b4 going for lunch.

Speaking of which i'm quite pissed now cos the photos i took before reaching Thailand somehow disappeared... Sian diao.... Oh well, we dropped off our stuff at Pree's place and 'teng tua' lor lor b4 going for dinner. Hehe. By the way, Pree is my thai friend and he drives a freaking WRX. Rocks to the core.

Here's Ravel in the WRX. Mine got deleted. Shit...

Yanquan, Pree and Me.

The Mobile phone operator actually acts as a GPS provider too. Just look at my phone.

Met up with Phii Pin Pin at MBK for dinner. She's damn nice man. Treated us to dinner. Next time i'll treat you to dinner when you come to Singapore. She's actually from China, but she can speak chinese, thai and english. WAH!

Ah, and after dinner, i was rushed to Soi Thonglor 21. Haha.Why? What else. Disco la. Not really enjoyable. But overall quite nice. At least nicer than in Singapore and it's quite high class. Wasn't really in the mood cos i was too tired. And that kokster Pree, made me approach a group of female lawyers on purpose so that he could talk to them on the pretext that i don;t speak thai well. Koo koo....

Suay May? Suay. Tae phom may son cay. Mii faen leew. Ca tangcay rak faen maak. 555

Yeah i got a little tipsy....

Ferrari anyone? See what i mean by the disco is meant for people from Hi- So?

Supper was at some noodle stall. I must say man, that the food in Thailand is 10 times tastier than in Singapore. AW!

The next day we woke up at like 10pm, cos we reached back home at around 3am and slept only at 4am. Still shag. Just look at Ravel.

Went for lunch at MBK food centre, cos i wanted to buy my bag as well.

Food. Very good. Nothing to complain about.

MBK, crowded as usual. We got so tired we ended up running off to Siam Centre to eat ice cream.

Yes. arcy maak!

Went for seafood dinner after that with Pree's parents. Free dinner again. Ho say la. hahaha. And it's really good la. Cos it's seafood. Really nothing to say. Really wanna thank his parents for their hospitality. I mean who would let 2 strangers whom they;ve never seen before stay together with them. And it's also the first time Pree met Yanquan and Ravel.

Oh it's the King's birthday today as well as father's day in Thailand. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! We saw the pocession on tV. So high la... but we didn't get to light the candles. Sian... Oh well, travelling to upcountry areas tmr, wish me luck, cos i heard there's typhoon coming down from Vietnam.

And to aacaan ciap, i hope you will feel better, though i know junior's like ur own son. We miss him too. Will miss him...

Naam Waan. Khit thung maak! cing cing.

OH GOD..

2006-12-04T01:44:00.000+08:00

It's like barely a few hours from my flight, and i've yet to finish packing up my table. My mum wants me to tidy up my room before i leave for Thailand, or "I'll throw everything into the dustbin" or so she says... Siao Liao....
rew rew.. may mii weelaa leew...

time just passes so fast...rew rew may mii weelaa leew...

2006-12-03T01:19:00.000+08:00

Damn freakin shag now. Can i have like anothr 24 hours please? Can't believe it man. In another 30 hours time, i'll be on my way to Thailand. And i still have yet packed my bag!!! SiaoLiao. My maps and stuff are still burried underneath the heap of books and notes left from the exam. Siao Liao. It's such a mess. I need help. Anyway had quite an enjoyable time this morning at faa saay's place.

Went to pick up naam waan early in the morning and aacaan jeab and her sister. We had lunch at Yakun before meeting Puu and then proceeded to Faa Saay's house. I think she must have had the most pleasant surprise of having classmates bringing her a birthday cake. Song! And Faa Saay's dog made naam waan cry... Steam... i really don't know how to react. Sorry, next time i see a dog around i'll kick it away.

After which i sent Naam Waan home, went home, and then met up with Kim Han at my ah peh's shop to buy some shirts for my thai friends. Quite a big headache you see. I'm staying at so many ppl's place, i feel so paiseh, must get something for them. But.... really don't know what to buy. Oh well. Hope they like the shirts.

Next went to meet up with P jang, had dinner at the rice table. Good dinner, but she didin't like chicken wings, end up i ate the most chicken wings. My stomach was bursting. No joke. Then i brought her and my Vietnamese friends to Night Safari, which is like boring for me, yes it is, to the point that i slept during the tram ride. I got so tired on my way home, i almost buang into a car, luckily i was on the phone with Naam waan, kept me awake all the way.

AHHHH! Help! Don't even know where to start for my clothes and stuff. Can't bring too much if i'm buying stuff over there. Time just passes so quickly. And i'll be having practice the whole day later. I think i'll miss you badly cing cing. ONE FREAKIN MONTH. ARGH.

EXAMS. OVER! YEah.

2006-12-02T00:25:00.000+08:00

Ok. I believe i'll be writing more or less the same thing as my classmates in thai class. Song song. Had Thai paper this morning. Everyone was sitted next to each other. Practically everyone we know is within my arc of fire. Shiok. Wasn't really that stressful although it was an exam, cos i had friends around me. Given the number of people taking thai 3 (29 people), not surprising that we are naturally a close knitted community.

Had lunch with aacaan jeab and her sister phii Jang after the paper. Thai food also. Nice. Met this year 1 student from Thailand, he looks blur, but quite a nice guy. But Kim Han was saying, maybe he's like a hippie in Thailand. Imagine him shaking a pack of cigarattes in front of me and say "want a puff? not as good as pot though" aiseh. 555

After which i sent naam waan home. I knew we didn't have much time to spend together. We took some photos though. I'll make up to you when i come back. SOrry. :)

Oh here's my thai number.
+66815618601 if you are using a starhub line, add 018 instead of '+' and if u want to sms me, u can send to the singapore number. but don't call me on the singapore line, i won't pick up. It's too ex. :)

Ok i just received news from my thai friend that if u are calling me from inside Thailand, do add a 0. ie. 0815618601

taking a breather

2006-11-30T17:21:00.000+08:00

One more paper. Just one more and i'll be free...Yes....Dropping by to update abit. Will be going to Thailand from the 4th onwards and coming back on the 4th of Jan. So friends who are going to Thailand, feel free to contact me, though i can't guarantee i'll be in Bangkok. Will be shuttling between Laos and Thailand. I'll update my thai phone number here soon. Feel free to sms my Singapore number, but i'll only reply you online, and erm, don't bother calling me. It's so expensive my bills confirm will explode if i auto roam in Thailand. Oh if you're using starhub, calling to thailand from singapore is Free! Isn't starhub just wonderful?

Can't wait to go with Kim Han man. His family will be going to Chiamai for the festival and then going to Pattaya for countdown, shiok i must say. But argh.... my thii rak not going with me. Argh argh. I'll be so alone man, sucks... Don't worry i'll behave. :)

Yes my friends, i'm attached. I didn't want to tell anyone earlier on, cos i didn't want to be seen as showing off or what, and i like to keep things down, but since many are asking. Yes i'm attached to this lovely girl. Don't ask me why, how or what i did, it just happened. :)

oops wrong photo. that's me and kim han taken at my thai teacher's home.

Tada....

KING OF PHAD THAI!

2006-11-12T16:00:00.000+08:00

i went to aacaan jeab's place yesterday. She prepared phad thai for us, and gave me the remaining ingredients so that i could make for dinner. And Behold:

I think i'm good seriously.

Phad Thai!

my mum rocks. my ah ma rocks. P Tao rocks.

2006-11-08T22:11:00.000+08:00

My mum makes breakfast for me every morning. Although i complain about it being the same everyday (bread and hotdog) she still does it without fail. (I guess she loves hearing me complain) But today. Woah. She fried eggs for the whole family. And check this out...

Heart Shape one some more. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........

The Book which i asked P'Tao to help me buy just arrived today. It's a book containing the Thai princess' recipes. Thank you P'Tao.

The photos inside remind me of my ah ma. If only she's still around, she'll be making some nice food. Oh well. Ah Ma I LOVE YOU!

Of Laotians and Thais

2006-11-05T20:31:00.000+08:00

It's Loy Krathong today, was asked by one of my friends if i wanted to go to Golden Mile area to buy a krathong to release. Sorry Jean, not really free, exam's round the corner and my brother just got discharged from hospital.

Haven't been really posting have I. Not much mood though. Anyway this week had been quite mad for me. I went to the airport 3 times. Why? Once to send my thai tutor off, another to meet Nout's friends and to get my Beer Lao, and on saturday to send another batch of Laotians off at the airport. Anyway, here's my tutor. Was quite sad to see her go, but luckily her husband doesn't like staying Germany and so they'll be staying put in Thailand. Thank good, budget air line tickets are easily available nowadays.

Georgina, Regina, (pss, aacaan ravee's dog is called gina, hahaha)
aacaan Ravee and me. I'm so tall. Oh yeah....

My Laotian friends. Yah. I know i'm quite lucky. Mostly girls. ah hahaha

Oh and guess how they brought me Beer Laos. The batch who came on monday, wow very formal, came in suits and stuff cos they had to sail in the ship with other people from other parts of South East Asia. They also brought along their instruments in quite huge crates i must say. Before boarding the bus, they were all prying the crates with crow bars. Lo and behold, cartons of Beer Laos. My god... Hahaha. They must've been very experienced smugglers. Hope they bring an AK47 or an M16 the next time they come over. I've got like more than 30 cans at home now.

Do approach me if you wanna try. I can't finish everything, will get alcohol poisoning. Eric tried it during lecture, he cAn verify that it's nice. Haha.

Oh Friday night was my virgin experience at MOS. Nothing spectacular, except that i saw Le Yao. God, she is hot. She was wearing a very very short skirt. You can see everyone drooling. Some guy drove her there in a BM or something. It's a reminder to myself not to drive cars to clubbing places. Just look at the cars, they either have a Horse or a Jaguar on them, or probably just roofless. (Looks sadly at that capital "H")

Do i look like a Krathoey (or ah Kua or lady boy watever u call it)magnet to you guys? I got slapped on the backside by one in Thailand and i got slapped on the backside by another at the MOS dance floor. Bloody hell.... I thought she was a girl, she smiled i smiled back. Basic courtesy. Sian....Traumatic experience, when i told my mum later, she had the cheek to tell me, i hope you enjoyed it, sounds like loads of fun. Wah.......

chanting, the next level

2006-10-22T19:02:00.000+08:00

Woah, incredible experience i had. Woke up early in the morning to go with yanquan to meet aacaan Ravee at Wat Anan, the Thai temple in Bukit Merah. Wah, aacaan reached there so early siah, and "chope" a parking lot for me, so VIP, ai seh... hahaha. And to add to that, she even "choped" two seats for me and yanquan inside the main hall, besides the abbot some more. Wah seh, high, what else could be more high than this. But the best has yet to come. We were given the chanting books, where the scripts were transposed into english characters. Had to kneel at some intervals, which was a real torture, cos i used to have arthiritis.

The first session lasted for 30 minutes. Take note, first session only, after that aacaan asked me to continue with the second session and she siam to help the other teachers. Ho say.... She told me that the pain i felt at my knees and waist was kharma fro the bad things i did in my past. Aiseh, so sad lah, i must have been a horrible piece of *beep* in my past life that's why my legs were hurting so badly, while yanquan was enjoying the whole session. But i think overall it was a great session, with talks given by guest speakers. One thing i learnt though, if i were to stop hating, stop being angry, i will be a happier person. Kharma will take care of it.

Had a great lunch at the temple. Thai food buffet style. Oh yeah...

ERIC! THE KOON SIN

2006-10-21T17:27:00.000+08:00

Well... Haven been posting. Very bad yes i know. SOrry been super busy. I've had the ultimate semester of having 3 mid terms and 1 essay due in a week. Shiok? YEs very. Imagine doing your essay from 8am on saturday morning till 6am on sunday morning, 2 hours b4 it's due. Very high, you can feel the after effects. Even my mum was asking me, "eh, you want to switch to airconditioning? I scared your fan fuse out after more than 24 hours" I think it's worth it, especially after getting back your results.

Oh yes, Eric, you thought you've deleted the video footage right? Ah ha, nO! Ah sleep some more sleep... Gave you a chance at EC3303 already, EC2373 you still sleep. Muahaha.... DO not forget, that your are not the only one who owns a high resolution camera phone. Thank You Samanthia!

Enjoy!

more photos

2006-10-08T00:54:00.000+08:00

Faisal and Yawen, think you'll have to photoshop yourseleves into this photo. Hehe.

Ya ya, we are looking at birds...

right....

cool crowd on a weekday

独乐乐。。。

不如众乐乐

Percuz-shiok @ the esplanade

2006-10-06T19:57:00.000+08:00

4 days of torment and torture has finally ended. Well can't say it was really a performance. Was more of a casual rehearsal. People were merely walking around and sitting in at random times durign the performance. But i did learn one thing though, performing 4 days in a row, 2 sets in a night is definitely damn shag. Many thanks to Gerber for coming down to help us take photos, you are damn pro. And i screwed up my macro paper today. Shit.......

That's the 2nd day of our performance. I won't post the one for the third day cos the shirt we wore was blue, and it seriously sucked. haha.

That's Me, Eugene and Kangren.

Eugene sacrificed for this piece. His blood was smeared all over the drum at the end of it. Oh my.

Being in the music field is tough, have to be part time comedians too...

That's the final night, whereby we had to throw gongs. Looks very seh right, but i dropped the gong. KNS. Right in front of some ang moh some more. Can't believe that i would still be dropping the gongs after like more than a year of practice and it had to be that turn out rate was the highest last night with audience standing on the sides as well.

I heard we are getting an offer for Hua Yi Jie, Chinese Fest next year. Oh yeah. $$$

Yes i'm violent

Here's a compilation of some performances we did in the past year or so. With western, chinese and novelty pieces. Enjoy

I am so dead..

2006-10-01T21:17:00.000+08:00

Yes i'm gonna be so dead. With performances 4 nights in a row. Siao siao... Mid Term, prepare to flunko.... Even though i've been studying, i doubt i'll be able to do well.

Anyway if anybody's free for this coming week, do drop by at the esplanade in the evening. I'll be performing at the concourse with my friends. 2 shows per day. 7.30 - 8.00 and 8.30 - 9.00.

Thai Embassy Night Out!

2006-09-24T13:00:00.001+08:00

Woah, had the best time of my life last night at the thai embassy. Woke up early in the morning to go to ?aacaan Ravee's place to collect the King's Polo T for Sis. Tao cos she doesn't have one. Strange isn't it. Thai and don't have the T-shit (okay inside joke). Anyway ?aacaan Ravee's palce is so big la...nice man... and she's very kind enough to help me get the T-shirt when i called her the day before and told her i needed one. She went searching around her contacts, and found one from one of the thai monks in Singapore, and went to collect it herself. How nice. (^_^) Thank you very much ?aacaan!

After which me and yanquan went to Golden Mile to search for more T shirts. The first shop i went to, guess how much they wanted to charge us? $30. That's like so freaking expensive. Sai... Luckily i went looking around. That's where the fun started. I went to this shop with one old ah ma.

Me (in thai): "how much is one T-shirt?"
ah ma ( in thai) : $25
Dang!!!! still very ex leh...
Me ( in thai): "can lower down the price please? very expensive. no money already"
ah ma (still in thai) : "all the students in thailand are wearing this, you should buy since you are thai studying in Singapore"
Dang! Dang! Dang! she thought i'm thai....

No choice lo.. Had to end up with that price she simply refused to change the price cos some places in Thailand are selling for like 400 baht and if she has them shipped over it'll naturally be expensive. I told her i bought mine for like 199 baht in Bangkok.
ah ma (in thai): " boy this is not bangkok la. are you Thai by the way?"
Hahaha... she finally got enlightened...
Me (in thai):" no, singapore students, performing at the Thai Embassy tonight."
Anyway i still think it's a rip off la, but i have the T shirt already, was buying for Xinwei. Since it's better that everyone wears the same thing, no choice. Oh and how could we miss the chance to eat Thai food, since we are at golden mile:

Ai seh.. worth every penny

We rushed home to drop off the car, before chionging to school...

We met up at the practice room before moving off to the Thai Embassy. I must say, Yanquan is super heng. Initially he came early to go in together with us. The teacher saw him doing nothing, so he placed a gong in front of him and made him play the gong. Not bad siah. Last minute addition of players. Hahahaha.

YEah, fake Thais..

That's what i ding ding dong with. It's a khong...

Being the only students taking thai in the group, we were obviously very excited once we reached the embassy. So we sneaked off to take some photos....

Aiseh Long Live the King

That's our Head of Department, Dr Titima, mai Siao Siao. Been on tv one... Power to the core...

Experience the full force... Woo Hoo

That's the prof's wife do the thai dance. Quite amazing isn't it. She's not thai, and she's able to dance that well. She went all the way to Thailand to learn.

Loy Krathong.. Never fails to hype up the spirits among the Thais

That's our teacher and xinwei. He's coming back next year to study if nothing goes wrong with his TOEFL exams.

Nout, Bobo and Pine managed to sneak in. Hahaha

Ambassador... Wooo... Yan quan was saying group photo not enough, must take individual one. Then more seh... hahaha

Yes Yanquan we know you love the King.

Yeah Yeah my teachers, from sem 1 to sem 3 , aacaan Weena, aacaan Mananya and aacaan Chanika. aacaan Weena couldn't recognise me cos i changed so much since last sem. hahaha.

And our beloved ?aacaan Ravee. Yeah

Thai Embassy Night Out!

2006-09-24T13:00:00.000+08:00

I'm stil alive

2006-09-19T12:20:00.000+08:00

Ok ok, i know i haven't been posting. I've been really busy. The past week has been a real ride to hell (literally) and back. I could feel my brains being roasted, no i'm not kidding. The fever was so high, i thought i was floating already.

Anyway here's what i've been doing for the thai music class, more to be uploaded...

Fwah... nice right...

parting is always sweet sorrow

2006-09-02T20:22:00.000+08:00

Was feeling damn sick today, but i still went to send off my friend, Nong from Laos. She graduated last sem but only went back today cos she has been working in Singapore for some time. Enuff said. Quite saddening to see Nout cry though. Yup everyone's upset, but she's obviously the most upset one. Well I'd like to wish her all the best with whatever she's gonna be doing, and ya see you in December when i go back there again. Nong do remember to send Nout an sms to let her know you are back safely. She's very very upset you know.

I just realised that i'm quite tall yes no? oops...

That's Tuk clowning around

And i've lost quite some weight? haha. Okay Bon Voyage Nong! I still cannot remember your full name, it's too long. I'll try the next time i go to Laos.

Clothing madness

2006-08-31T21:00:00.000+08:00

My mum is very haolian about her gardening skills. She recently planted tomatoes outside the flat. And behold.....

Quoted from her "Our neighbour started planting at the same time, one tomato also haven't pop out yet ok!!!!!"

Oh yes, she demanded me to take photos of them.

Erm it's abit small though, and there's only 2, one red one green. Oh well, my mum's still good anyway. Think she should go be some professional gardener or something. Whatever she plants manages to bloom. No joke...

My cabinet has been running out of space, so much so that i had to use my brother's wardrobe. Jialat.

I recently bought more new clothes due to a change of size, so i need to give away my clothes, some XL in size. Which is like, hmmm, who will be wearing such sizes? Anyone who wants them, feel free to let me know. (^_^) i'll be glad to clear my wardrobe.

Happy Birthday Lucy!

2006-08-26T23:34:00.000+08:00

Today is Lucy's birthday! Happy Birthday! Hope you'll enjoy your stay in Singapore. Anyway Lucy is my friend from Korea, she made a cake for us to eat. Thank you thank you. It's very nice!

Had dinner with Nout, Nong and Peh. Nout cooked Laos Food today. Yes! Dream come true. Home made Laos food. Eh don't look at me like i'm a glutton okay. Laos food is good, serious. I'll never forget the tast of it ever since i first stepped into the country. Okay empty talk is not gonna work. So here's the pics.

Here's pork with pepper. Those are strings of pepper seeds. Very sinful ah. 3 wholesome layers of fat. Can't eat too much ah. haha

Stewed Chicken Feet

Long Beans. Taste like papaya salad though. If you've been to Thailand before, you'll know what i mean. Very spicy. But i still can handle.

This is Egg Mayo Laos style. Actually no Mayonaise, but it does taste like it. It's nice.

This ah, is the best man. Even my mum doesn't make such wonderful fruit salad. Longan, apple, raisins, peas, honeydew. Best. Too bad i had to rush off cos Lucy was waiting for me to eat the cake, if not i would have sat there and finished Nong's raisins. Muahaha.

Say Hello!

Time to buy some Creative Products

2006-08-24T23:55:00.000+08:00

Creative won the battle against Apple. Woo hoo. Shares rosed by $1.80 at the end of trade for the day. WTF am i so happy for? It's only going to make Creative shares more costly. Shit. Good news for owners of the shares though.Synear's also falling abit.

On the other hand, the report doesn't look good though. Might need more medication, and if it doesn't work, then under the knife. Blood test results coming out soon. Just sucks isn't it. Nong's gonna go back to Laos soon, sian one less person to help correct my thai. And i've got to apologise for my not so happening entries nowadays, there's nothing much happening. Just lectures, practice, once in a while IDD calls, erm ok which explains why my expenses have been increasing (^_^), so lesser chionging for me. Awwwwwww.........

Anyway here's a cool website from my friend, Huong from Vietnam, do leave some comments if you find it nice. It's suppose to make you relax.

http://onedayonesong.free.fr/relax/graphicart/

the music's a tad irritating though so erm enjoy.

hum hum hum

2006-08-23T00:53:00.000+08:00

Very Hum, X-ray results coming out in 2 days time. If it worsens, operation is a must. Shit

this sem sux...

2006-08-18T17:18:00.000+08:00

Oh man, just can't stop feeling pissed off by my lecturers. Early in the morning at 8am and the first one had to be boring. Must admit, this one is more long winded than the ah lian i had last semester. And to top it off, you have faulty lights in the LT which goes on and off machiam some horror movie.

Then i went to help Nout with clearing her modules stuff. They still want her to wait. Oh man. The admin stuff told her to attend the lecture and she had already bought the course pack, and now they are telling her to wait for another week again. What is this man. People need at least 3 modules leh, NUS, oh man...

The ultimate show was for micro. Wah seh, i'm already so pissed with tiongs, then i had this lecturer from China. I've nothing against them, i'm not biased or what, but if you were there you would be equally pissed as well.
No.1 most of us couldn't understand what he was saying, okay nevermind, we can't understand many lecturers too
No.2 he tells us that he won't be replying to all our emails, oei..., telling us some more that he will reply with either a yes or no.. Wah lan eh...
No.3 He gave us a list of books which he recommend. "Oh i won't tell you which one to buy but i also won't buy all, just choose" Like that then how we follow his flow of thoughts
No.4 he uses OHP! "sorry i won't be using power point" what is this lah... i don't mind if he uses OHP, but have the decency to make the projections clear man. Like what ah man says, "OHP, thing of the 80s" And he was fiddling around with the visualiser during break time.

Okay just sucks man. Oh well, means this sem won't be that easy.

Time for some happy stuff. Went out with my Hong Kong and Laotian friends yesterday to celebrate Gerber's birthday. We went to have steam boat. It's cheap, not the best of the best, but near to school. Very convenient. At only $15 nett, you have aircon, free flow of drinks. Oh it's at west coast CC just opposite ginza plaza

Nout, Bo Bo and Cheri and erm Me behind. sorry sorry self high.. haha

Nicholas looks like he's doing some obscene activities right? Orh Pi Sai. haha.

And that's the birthday boy. ah ha...

Damn Day 1 of school

2006-08-14T17:29:00.000+08:00

Oh yeah, Day 1. Trying real hard to be enthusiastic about it by studying in the library. Doesn't seem to work. haha. Okay try harder. Heard from some of the exchange students that they had not gotten their modules yet. What the *beep* is NUS going man. Your system starts to crash, and you simply just shut down and ask students to manually register. You really give Singapore a bad name. We are looking at potential people to help grow the Singapore economy. Haha.

Oh here's some of the photos of the fireworks. Ripped from Gerber's blog, Raymond as well as my junior yan jun. Enjoy...

Happy Birthday Singapore!!

2006-08-12T16:48:00.000+08:00

Okay, i know this post is abit too late. But okay, still, i have to wish Singapore, a Happy Birthday! Currently blogging from the backstage of Esplanade. Yes i've got a performance at 7.30, and i've been here since 1. I'm like dying of boredom now.

Oh i better not forget, Happy Birthday to Nout!!! she's my friend from Laos.

Been bringing people around these few days. Hmm let's see, brought the Hong Kong students to Esplanade last Thursday to glutton's bay, then went to walk walk around merlion and then to fulerton and boat quay before sending them off back to their hostel. Realised that they are not that party animals. But ok, i understand Singapore is not like Laos, everything's so expensive here. Wanna chiong also must think twice.

Then on Saturday brought them to try chicken rice, i think it was saturday. I couldn't really remember. I've been bringing people around for so many days, i can't really remember. haha. Nicholas lah, food food food. EVerytime go out confirm will bring them to try food.

On Wednesday Nicholas called me last minute to meet up with them to watch the fireworks at Waterfront. We didn't manage to watch, cos the stupid ritz carlton blocked the whole damn thing. Oh well. ANyway, the hong kong students really come in one gang. Very scary. alot of people. Haha

And on thursday we went to Sentosa, brought Nout, Bo Bo and Lucy out. Gerber joined us after mid way during his engine orientation "too boring" he says haha. here's the shot after the musical fountain.

That's me and Jia Jing, at the back stage of the esplanade before the item. Wah lao eh, Yong Soon speed up today man. It was like an additional 20bpm added on to the already super fast speed of 200bpm. Haha. I almost lost control of my sticks. Shit. hahah. He told me he felt high, so he went faster, no choice, we provide the accompaniment, so lan lan. But okay, sounded not bad.

And then went to see my army friend at the East Coast BBQ pit. Her girlfriend organised a surprise birthday celebration for him. Tsk. Good life. I'm jealous. Nevermind, i've got a feast waiting for me in Laos and Thailand. Muahaha....

Tokyo Drift. Rocks big time

2006-08-04T02:14:00.000+08:00

YEs, how can I forget the time Pree taught me to drift in the middle of the night on the streets of Bangkok last year. After watching Tokyo Drift, fwah, my hands are itching again for a piece of the action. Haha. Yah maybe wait till i can afford reasonable tires for Pree. Cos the last time i did it, he had to change a brand new set of tires. Amateur mah, first time burnt his tires liao. Ah ha.

Had been having a crazy time showing students from from South East Asia around. I have a junior whom i see almost everyday around NUS. "EH Sir Liang, did you sign up with the I-care project, i see you with different students everyday"
Er no, i don't even dare to. If i signed up with that project to bring exchange students around i think i would have died on the spot. All these students are friends of friends, or some whom i got to know on my backpacking trip. It's tiring, but okay, i must admit, it's fun, to be able to go back to taking public transport again cos i had to show them around, and in some cases act their nanny. Afterall their friends did do a fabulous job as hosts while i was in their homeland, and now's the time to return the favour, yes no?

To date, my name has been flying around within the Vietnamese Community. YEs mai siao siao. I'm very scared also. haha.
Binh(a yr 4 Vietnamese student):" What's ur name?"
ME: "Sir Liang"
Binh:"ahhhhhhhh, Vicky has been telling us about u, you went Vietnam on your own right?"
okay, the world is so small. But nvm, means i'll have some friends to bring me to trek on Sapa Hill on my next trip. GOooooood (^_^)

And thanks Yan Jun for accompanying me when i brought my Laotian friend,Nout around Singapore. And hmmm, Thank You to Michelle for helping me take care of my Thai fren and showed her mum around when i was busy.

Okay time to bring the Hongkong students around. But i'm gonna stay at home today to study before i bring them out next week. Too shag.

Oh man...

2006-07-27T01:57:00.000+08:00

Sian, i'm officially 22. Thanks Edwin and Nicholas for joining me for dinner. We had buffet dinner at this Dragon Pearl Restaurant at Suntec. Is that what is called? Hmmm i can't remember, only know that it's freakin expensive and Nicholas picked the place. Nevermind lah, it's also Nicholas' Birthday (insider joke). So Happy birthday to you too. Wahaha

And then to Watch Nacho Libre. Watched it b4 already. But ok, it's a seriously nonsensical comdey, so fine, i watched it again, and it's the 7th month, so we didn't wanna stay till too late. Oh well, bye bye 21 hello to 22.

Good night peeps

Good Bye Thailand Day 14

2006-07-24T16:20:00.000+08:00

Okay i've finally come to the end of my "epic" journey. Everyone was like so shagged after going to Suan Lom Night Market the second time. Oh well, woke up quite late and checked out of the hotel.

Yes Eric's very tired.

First stop was Chulalongkorn University to find Duang. Students are rich man. Can buy these kind of smart cars.

Seminar Room. Too bad it's locked. Can't go in. That's me in the background, in the King's T shirt. Woo hoo.

YES!!!!! ya right.... Only in Thailand. Wake up Sir Liang...

Oh good this one's opened...

Exhibition in conjunction with the King's Celebration @ Chula

Had lunch at this market

Awesome Lunch. We had another bowl of Tom Yum.

And that's Duang's Cefiro...

Okay then to the petrol kisok to top up her car. We almost jumped out of her car when we heard her say "Sh*T, this place doesn't accept American Express" Who at age 21 uses these kind of cards. Oh my god.

Oh my god... It'll be good if her dad wants a god son. Muahaha

Last minute shopping at Siam Paragon before heading to the airport

YEs, Eric is very very tired.

Terence looks clueless...

Pree and her mum came to send us off...

So did Oum... :(

Mega Voodoo doll from Jan. Cool. Kenny got a special one. Yes you know what we are talking about....

Budget rocks! Hang on for more testimonials and thoughts from my friends for the trip! Haha.

I played LAN at Ayuthaya WTF Day 13

2006-07-23T00:31:00.000+08:00

Alright, we got tua by Jan this morning. Woke up early in the morning to take the 7am train. Called Jan like mroe than 5 times then she Kap the phone. Ok, fine, nvm, she asked to come with us, then he fly aeroplane. Haha. Nvm. Bought her ticket liao loh. okay lah 20B cheap cheap give her lah. Haha

Very big ticket machiam boarding pass.
Terence on his butterfly fritters. Ho say...

Erm Red Bull, Beer Singh, Heineken, Beer Chang, why am i in red bull? Cos i dun drink alcohol. Yeah right...

The train's finally here...

Yes very seh and du lan cos kanna Tua. Hahaha

Uncle conductor

You can't see this in Singapore, Land land and more land.

Terence almost missed the stop and end up in Chiang Mai because of this packet of fried rice cos the lady was spending too much time giving him the change

WE ARE HERE. YES FINALLY. AND MY FREAKIN BERMS WERE DROPPING TO MY GROIN cos the lady at chaktuchat gave me 3 inches bigger. TMD!!!!!!!!

That's our Tuk Tuk, 200 B per hour. Tony's Place, sounds more like an a go go bar's name instead. Was initially quite scared they will bring us to a massage parlour "Sir Sir we make you happy long long" but okay turned out to be fine.

First place that we went to, was a temple that was more than 100 years old. Went through every single thing during the Burmese war

Old ruins... Pity. But still nice

So this is how it feels to be big brother...

Next to a Chinese Style Temple which houses the oldest buddha statue in Ayuthaya, and probably in Thailand.

Ji Gong says HI

Too many temples makes Jack a dull boy, so we decided to head back to Bangkok, hey what's that i see...

AH HA, our favourite. Okay lah. 1 hour of CS....

Back to Bangkok where i brought the boys for their first bone cracking experience. The auntie asked me in thai: " How come your friends all look so scared"
Me: Cos it's their first time and that we always hear some parlours provide special
Auntie: Oh! We also have! They want?
Me: DING DONG DING DONG SHocked!
Auntie: Don't worry i'm just joking, i'm already old enough to be your mum.

Heng ah....If not i will leave them there and run first. Muahaha.

Then to meet Oum again for dinner. That's her in her Uni uniform. Wee U Wee!

Will miss such life man. Oh man........

Oum gave me this over dinner..... Awww ... so Sweet THank YOU! Elmo in a bottle

Grand Palace Day 12

2006-07-22T22:48:00.000+08:00

Got to see the Jade buddha, Thailand's prized possesion from the war with Laos, today. Woke up hmmm, at erm quite a resonable time, breakfast was in the hotel. Not bad.

Say hi to Kenny.

Eric @ the grand palace.

Garuda... The Thais adopt culture heavily from other countries. All the mystical creatures and stuff. Actually it's like my third time there, but okay it still feels like home. I wanna buy a home in Thailand. Awwww..

weee u weeee.....

Here's the reknowned jade buddha. I've asked for permission liao. hehehe

Restoration in progress cos all the semi precious stones have been "orh-ed" by the people. Sad.

Used to be of gold, well it used to be...

Entrance to the main parliment house

Erm yah no entry please... I reckon i've lost another inch. The new jeans are still too lose. TMD. woo hoo
Lunch was at platinum pratunam, food is not bad, most importantly CHEAP!

Seafood omellete, better than Or Lua.

Kway Tiao Muu

Tom Yum Gung...

Phad Thai...

I shop like the wind.

Chinese High boys playing soccer? Oh went to MBK, to have sharksfin and to shop some more again. Treat was on Eric of course.

Oh god... Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

Ronaldhino i challenge you.

And then to Suan Lom Night Bazaar where i use my charm and half - *beep*ed thai to bargain. HAha.

Level upped from shopping prince to Kings. Muahaha

Yes we ordered phad thai again. Had an early night cos we had to meet Jan early in the morning to go to Ayuthaya.

Shopping Shopping and more shopping day 11

2006-07-22T12:18:00.000+08:00

Okay, this isn't a backpacking trip, it's a road trip. I just realised it last night after getting all drunk and all shit. Woke up early in the morning and took the BTS to the Chaktuchat Market.

YEah my eyes are shutting down... Still suffering from the effects of previous night. Though i've been having training from the past 3 days, i'm still vulnerable to alcohol....

Welcome to JJ market

You can find anything here. Yes point proven. Ammo box. omg...

Our first Thailand Meal. Aroy Maak!

Oh yeah this shop, i love the uncle. It's also the place where i practiced the bulk of my thai. THe other shop offered the lamps at 300 B and he offered like 200, so i down some more to 120B i think. Bought quite a few. Song lah....
CHeck out my new girlfriend! Nah. She's Usa, PRee's ex. And she's 25. My big sista. They came to Singapore to stay during secondary school days. Now she's a laywer and going to be a district judge. Cool. I haven't seen her for like 8 years and everytime i went to Bangkok, she's busy. But i finally got to meet her. Yeah.

Then to meet Jan at her Luo HAn shop. Wahaha.

WTF! The police sells hotdogs???

We spent like more than 7 hours at that place. Back to the hotel for some hanky panky. Wahaha. Just kidding.

Some stash from JJ market

Met Oum for dinner. YEah.. We had Japanese food, which was dirt cheap in Thailand.

Ufffffff, wished you were here. Muahahaha

Bangkok Bangkok Day 10

2006-07-21T23:52:00.000+08:00

Oh yeah, took the VIP bus. True to their words, there's really airconditioning, and it's like those double decked bus to Malaysia. Damn nice. And they provide dinner. Too good to be true man. I didn't change my currency to Thai baht, but this French guy who stays in Thailand, offered to pay for my drinks. Heng ah. And he bought beer Chang for me on our second stop. Really met alot of nice people on my backpacking trip. Anyway the bus ride was good, except that when i slept till halfway and there was like a water splashing down from the aircon. Oh well. Can't expect much lah. Mai hiam.

I reached Bangkok Khao San road at around 6am in the morning. And i shared a cab with another indonesian, think his name is Agung. Luckily the hotel allowed me to check in early, i mean, which idiot would check in so early man. Oh well. Managed to get a room just above the lobby, cool, and with a good view of the pool. Hehehe.

I slept for about 3 hours and called Duang and met her and Om and Siam Paragon. She really lives the life man. Drives a huge Cefiro. And her boot, oh man, is filled with shoes, so many high heels. Wah kao. We had lunch at a restaurant with her other friend Korn. Nice to meet you guys. And then we went shopping at Siam Square and MBK. I bought a suit. Damn cheap i must say.

Went back to my hotel after going to Pantip plaza with Om, and went together with Pree to fetch Eric, Terence and Ji Zhang. The jam was freakin bad so we had to turn bad. Sorry guys that i had to make you all take a cab down to the hotel, hope it wasn't too traumatizing for you. And then it was straight down to escudor in Pree's WRX. Si bei song.

Yeah the boys enjoying themseleves while Pree "mugens" the other cars (check mrbrown's zhng my car series for the meaning of mugen)

Korn and Duang @ Escudor. Shiok. I love alcohol!

That's Oum and Jan. My thai is really freakin limited. It's like ducks talking to chickens. Oh they study in Bangkok University, and Oum's family owns a few boutiques and Jan's family has a shop that imports and exports Luo Han fish, yes Luo Han fish. Hahaha

Oh yes, we had the ultimate classic show of seeing my friends getting wasted after downing so many red labels, but i'm not gonna post any of them up here, msg me if you wanna see.

Bye bye Laos and hello to Thailand Day 9

2006-07-21T22:49:00.000+08:00

Woke up this morning to check out of the guesthouse. I left all my stuff at Toung's place and called Soy to have lunch together cos Toung was going to have his interview at KPMG. The canteen food is not bad, and cheap of course, some more there's air con room, fwah. Then i went to crash their staff room. Haha. Talk kok with the lecturers. Got this guy, 23, already a lecturer, and what am i, still a freakin 2nd year student at NUS. KNS. I reckon i should settle down in Laos PDR (please don't rush), haha.

Then i went to crash a presentation session by the final year students. Cool. Luckily i understand thai so i could understand what they are speaking. Seriously i think that their econs department is quite high in standard too, just that the economy of Laos isn't doing that well. They even have students graduating from Japan, US and everywhere coming back to teach at Dong Dok university.

Hehe, the girl with the bear head band is Soy, a pity i couldn't get a photo of her. Shit. Nvm. We are still keeping in contact. (^_^)

Sorry i couldn't watch the soccer match with you Soy. Next time then. probably in December. Time for Thailand Bangkok. Oh yeah... Warm up in Laos, now for Bangkok.

Temples day again Day 8

2006-07-21T21:36:00.000+08:00

Haha. What can i say man, it's temples everywhere in Vientienne. But it's nice lah. Toung picked me up in the morning and we went to see another 3 more temples. Can't remember the names clearly but here are the pictures anyway.

First temple was a temple which used to house the jade buddha, until erm, ah ha, the Thais came and took it back, by force of course

Then it was to the grand temple. Damn nice lah. SO big.

Coconut Ice Cream, nice, Nicer than Walls, hahah.

Ai seh...

Goes to show that buddhas are vegeterians. Wonder who put the apple on the hand man. It's not me okay.

To morning market (Talat Sao) to get some stash. I was quite apprehensive about shopping cos my bag was already 15.9kg when i came down from Vietnam. Haha. But i still bought some stuff anyway.

I had lunch on the river on a boat. Damn nice lah. Where to find such cheap and good food. And i finally got to pass peggy the things Vicky wanted me to pass. Wanping and Vicky you owe me one. haha. Lunch was good lah, with the company of 3 beauties who can complain? Haha.

This is the most cruel dish i've had in my entire life. It's called "dancing ladies at the disco" why? The live shrimps are being dumped onto a plate of seasoning and spices. And then shaked until they get dizzy. They were still jumping around. I had to say sorry 3 times to this one before i was able to stomach it. Oh i asked them if i could throw one back into the river, Xai replied "yah sure, throw one back and we kick you down into the river" okay... fair enough...

Beer Lao... I have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and supper. Yes. very nice. haha.

Tutorial class. Hmmm. It's like primary school style. Retro.

Faculty of Letters. Hmmm. What an interesting faculty.

I got to meet Soy, a very nice girl. She was halping her sister with her final thesis for econs. But then the picture went kapook, hai.... I think she's nice. Oh well, nvm. Oh that's the male dorm. Haha and they shower in the open. Imagine 3 guys walking past taking photos of you taking a shower. Yeah yeah. Machiam Gay voyeurs. hahaha. After that i had Laos massage. Wah. my bones were cracked from top to bottom. Holy shit. haha. But it was nice. The problem was, Xai and Toung were given pyjama bottoms while i was given shorts. So i asked why. "Orh, so that it's easier to give you special" i totally freaked out and i didn't dare to sleep man. Haha. Luckily it was just good clean massage. Phew.

Next was dinner. Met up with Bou Bou. Dinner was so so. Their so called Laos food tasted more like Singapore food. Went for bowling and then to Kop Jai Deu again for a drink with Xai before saying my last goodbyes cos he would be leaving Vientienne to somewhere else to work the next day.

Went to Bubi's palce. He's a friend of Bay and Toung's junior in high school. Damn rich kid. We were crashing his CD shop. Ok and as usal, see that crate of beer Lao? It was classic man. and the CD shop? Name the songs you want, and they will burn and print the cover for you. Haha. Some CD shop. Aprrently, it's like this everywhere, and one CD is like 70 cents. not bad. i bought a thai Hip Hop disc. I went back to my guesthouse, as usual, a drunk man, after having beer for lunch, dinner and supper.

Laos Temple trip Day 7

2006-07-21T19:49:00.000+08:00

Waha, i woke up in the morning with a bang. Today marks the first week of my prilgrimage, haha nah just backpacking. Tried to call Bay but the phone was off, so i guess he must have had a great time last night. Okay fine. I'm left alone. So i washed up abit and armed with a map from lonely planet, walked around myself. Had breakfast at the stall next to the guesthouse. I'm surprised at the fact that i am willing to eat at street stalls. Good i'm getting better.

Strangely, doesn't feel that scary though as compared to walking alone in Vietnam. I went to 3 temples together, Wat Hai Sok, Wat Ong Teu and one more which i couldn't remember the name. Speaking Thai really helps alot, cos people in Laos are closely related to Thais. I got to meet a monk who can speak very good English. His name is Vondone. Cool guy. He brought me around Wat Ong Teu. He told me he has to serve 3 months in the temple. Can't go anywhere else, and no dinner for him. Sounds worse than BMT. He was nice, got a senior monk to bless me.

I skipped lunch and met up with Bay and his girlfriend's mother. Yes he has a girlfriend, but is studying in Japan now. Haha. Lucky ass. We went to change currency, then sent auntie to buy tickets to Japan. She teaches Laos language in Japan, and her students are coming down to Laos at the end of the month. Argh wasted. hahah. If not can ask them to bring something to Japan for my friends in Japan. Auntie was nice though, brought me to shop shop shop and shop for stuff for my mum, then we had coffee at a cafe. Cool. Shit lah couldn't capture all these cos my camera was down. haha.

I went back to the guesthouse after that where Toung was waiting for me. What a surprise man. I didn't know he would come all the way to find me. Anyway we went for dinner with his seniors who have graduated from Singapore. Could only remember a couple of them Xai and Bou Bou. Dinner was by the Mekong River, damn nice. This ain't a backpacking trip, it's a road trip. Yes. hahah. I'll post the photos when i get them from Bou Bou. Bou Bou where are you man????

After dinner, haha, was a drinking session again, at Marina. Na beh. 2nd day i'm drinking. Yes and i got super wasted again. I was spouting total nonsense this time. But ok i reached my guesthouse earlier, but the guy who opened the gate for me was damn du lan. Haha. My guesthouse closes at 12.00 mid nite by the way. Felt like i've wasted one day to see more stuff. But hey, i shouldn't be complaining cos i get to meet my friends. Might be sometime before i can see them again.

Freakin Bus ride to Laos Day 5 & Day 6

2006-07-21T15:40:00.000+08:00

Ah hahah, the bus ride to Laos must have been the ultimate adventure i've ever had. First i got pang Seh by my nannies in Vietnam, cos they had to rush back to Hanoi for some stuff and then i got the news that the bus ride to Laos would take 18 hours. Wooooo. Song.

I waited for 4 more hours before my bus arrived, and so began my journey to Laos. Luckily there was another ang moh going, so i had company. Haha. His name is Ray, a teacher in Taiwan. BEst siah. Imagine the shock we had when we had to transit to another bigger bus. There was no airconditioning, hmm nvm, been through shit in the army already. But wat's best was that the people in the bus, spits and smoke in the bus. Wat the...

We were told we would have VIP seats. Yah right. I ended up sleeping on a sack of potatoes together with Ray. We had occasional stops too, not because for breaks or what, but because the bus broke down and luckily the "service staff" doubles up as a mechanic too. Wahahah.

When we reached the customs, WOW, there were words saying "please queue up" but people just throw themselves around the counter and throw their passports there. Luckily there was a passport for foreign passports. I got to meet another Japanese, Canadian, Irish and British there. So nice to meet some people who can speak english, i was almost screaming from inside. This is the experience man. Cool.

After crossing the Laos border, fwah that's where the adventure starts. haha. We reached this place where the bridge connecting both sides broke. The river was flowing quite fast and there was a long queue of vechicles which refused to move. There was a Laotian engineer in the other bus and he told us there was a vehicle on the other side. So, haha, together with the fellow backpackers, we held our bags over our heads and crossed the river. Wah sibei song, the water so high up to my chest. Luckily i changed out into my board shorts, too bad there wasn't a camera to take a shot of this. Classic.

The other vehicle, haha, was actually a truck for farm animals. Okay loh, no smell, not that bad. So we took. No canopy some more, very dangerous. The driver was driving like machiam some RX8 driver on the mountainous roads. High... we finally got off at some province to take a bus, my mind still dizzy from the ride, and yes i fell off the truck while trying to get off. Haha. Took another bus to Vientienne bus interchange. about another 3 US dollars. Not that bad. The bus is much neater and nicer. Total time taken to Laos Vientienne? freakin 26 hours. F**K.

Toung's friends, Bay and Ling came to pick me up, ah, checked in at the guesthouse and finally got to take a shower. After which i went to have dinner at kop jai deu, nice restaurant. Cheap food, and yes cheap beer. Haha. I was already half drunk by the time we finished dinner, then it was off to Meena club. That disco rocks i tell you. And yes Bay, you are a kok, some girl approached him and he don't like so he told the girl i'm interested in her instead. Thanks ah well done. Haha. I was totally wasted, lukily i didn't get raped or anything, Bay sent me back before checking into some other gueshouse with a girl. Wah... That's life in Laos.

To the tombs! day 4

2006-07-21T13:24:00.000+08:00

Went to visit the tombs this morning. We are like so blur to that place, so we ended up hiring a Cab cos all the attractions were too far away from the central of Hue.

Pig trotter noodle for breakfast. Quite nice

First stop was a cemetry. Haha. Stunning? The view is nice though. From here we can get a good view of the hueng River. spectacular.

Then it was to Tuc Duc's tomb. Many lotus flowers. Nice. It was said that the emperor would take a boat ride in this lake when he had nothing to do. What a life...

They follow Chinese Architechture quite closely too. The temples look the same as the ones in Singapore.

and more lian hua...

Yes, here's the tomb. But i suspect that the body's not there. Imagine having thousands of people come disturb you even when you are dead, where got song?

The advisors last time quite short right?

Change of location to Emperor Khai Dinh's tomb.

wah.... spectacular....

That's Ho Chih Minh's Secondary school. Standard very high i heard.

Went to a chinese styled pagoda. Can't remember the name though. Shoots... Oh yes, one Spanish auntie came and started speaking to me in Spanish. Like i can understand... Wah lao, it was so hard trying to figure out what she was trying to say, and she can't speak English. I ended up getting a free can of coke from her. Nice lady. haha

Dong~~~~~~~~

That's a famous market, but i didn't really fancy anything, so i didn't stay for long.

Tu got too shagged to move around, so only me and hueang went to the forbidden city. It's really like the one in China. Grand and majestic. Woohoo.

Yeah, the star rocks!

That was my last stop in Hue, before we retired to the Guest house. We went out in the evening for dinner at the restaurant just beside the guest house cos we were really too shag after going to so many places in one day. After which i took a bicycle and rode around and grabbed some souveneirs. Pretty creepy though and dengerous, baring in mind that the traffic condition in Vietnam is really different from in Singapore. Well. I survived. To Laos next!

Adventure at Hue Day 3

2006-07-21T12:52:00.000+08:00

Quite a hectic day today. Wanted to go to the museum, but didn't have much time and Tu had to rush to pack her stuff, so the plan was cancelled. Went for breakfast in the morning.

hehe，大头大头下雨不愁。。。

Tu's motorbike broke down halfway, but nvm, there's always a friendly mobile repair shop around the corner. haha.

Last goodbye to the bike which has been ferrying me around for the last 2 days. Then it was off to the airport for the domestic flight to Hue.

Vietnam Airlines. Swoosh...

and hello Hue. Woo hoo

My nannies in the guesthouse. Haha, i've got the whole bed to myself, cos they have to share another bed. HAHAHAH

They also have chendol in Vietnam, but i opted for this sago like drink. It's sago on the outside, but there's coconut flesh on the inside. Maybe i should sell it in Singapore. It's damn nice man.

Dinner was erm, hmmm, i don't know, maybe i'm not used to eating "see hum", but it's still not bad, and cheap i guess.

Went to their rainbow bridge before going for a rest. And mind you, the temperature in Hue is like 38 deg C. I had to take a shower everytime i went back to the guesthouse. The aircondition doesn't work properly too. KNS.

Oh yes, i almost got pickpocketted on the bridge. Really brainless siah, want to target me still whistle. I was on the alert by then, and that guy, wanted to take out my wallet from my board shorts which were velcroed. I just turned around and slapped him, which was a risky thing for me to do, cos he might have a knife or something. But nvm. THey got really hum after that i think. Haha. Sir Liang: 1 Pickpockets: 0

HCM day 2

2006-07-21T02:34:00.000+08:00

Tu met me early in the morning and brought me to have breakfast at this cool shop, which serves their version of Bak Chor Mee, tastes much better than the one in Singapore.

THat's the address of the shop, if anyone is thinking of visitng. It's cheap and really good man.

They cook in the open some more. Real life action. Song. Not bad also, you get to see if they like sneeze into the soup or "add" extra ingredients in, but overall still quite hygenic though, or maybe i didn't see any happenings.

There's nothing called helmets in Vietnam, riding on motorbikes is like riding bicycles. You see that lady? I think she's quite zai cos her BABY is in between her and her husband and yet she can still sleep. Salute.

Went to Dragon Harbour. It's the main port with all the import and exporting business during the earlier times.

That's Uncle Ho, and me doing a bad impersonation. Can't help it, i had too much good food, so i dun look like him. Which means, i need to start doing something about it soon.

Oh yeah...

Street vendor

Then it was to Notre Dame Cathedral

Nice man...

To the post office to send out some post cards to my family and friends.

Yes yes, i know it's over...

Lunch. Similar to what we have in Singapore. It's good, but this is better...

ah hehehe.

Here's the reunification hall

Went to this jewelry shop to have a necklace custom made for my mum using the string of pearls i bought from the market and i saw a Vietnamese actress there too.

Yeah i know. Sir Liang is a lucky *beep* hahaha

And i ended my day at some street stall selling shell fish. Ummmm simply delicious. Here's why:

HCM day 1

2006-07-21T02:16:00.000+08:00

ok here's some photos as promised from my first day in HCM city Vietnam

Yeah, my mode of transportation. No i can't ride a bike, i pillion.... The traffic is bad though. So scary, imagine a guy carrying a 60 litre backpack riding on a bike driven by a girl 2 times smaller than him. She's good.

Lunch, is good! Pho Bo or beef noodles in Vietnam

Here's Ben Tanh market, the place where i almost spent all my money. Check out the map. It's so huge man. Luckily i had my nannies with me, so that i was able to bargain and lower the prices.

Flowers... Flowers...

and some more....

I spent the rest of the day at some night market before going back to the guest house, which was freakin creepy, cos some how the cat in the guesthouse always knows i'm coming back and will follow me into my room, and then stare at me like there's something "dirty" behind me or what. darn.

Hi Singapore

2006-07-20T14:00:00.000+08:00

Hi Peeps! I'm back in Singapore. There's too much to write about. I don't know where to start from. Ah haha. One disclaimer though: I didn't write that crappy story, it was my junior who did it. Thanks alot ah Yi Hui, only ask you to post the photo. But nevermind, thanks.

Got to sort out the photos now, before i continue posting.

I Love Ivory Coast

2006-07-10T14:43:00.000+08:00

Hello this is Yi Hui helping Sir Liang blog, because he cannot blog from Vietnam. Must be lousy connection. Anyway, support Drogba and Ivory Coast.

Sir Liang's gonna reach Laos in 24 hours time, and he hopes he can update his blog by then, so that all of you can get a piece of his experiences almost RIGHT AWAY!

Let's look at a photo of him. Take note of his ears and if you think he has slimmed down, call 38632 to vote for him! That's 38632!

Since we're all so happy, let's appreciate the debut story of MISTRESS WEE HOURS, the answer to lousy ghost stories.

... TRY NOT TO READ IT ALONE!

The Farmer In The Dell

Hi. I am Doofus Bu San Bu Si and one day, my father, Incredible Hulk Bu Yi Er Fei bought me a new computer (a Dell)! I was delighted as I could finally throw away that old Apple with all the incriminating evidence of my porn-surfing away. Little did I know the new computer was going to bring me LOTS OF TERROR!

The first night I used the computer, I was amazed at its speed. It was as fast as my grandmother! My father must have been cheated. It took an hour to send my portion of my project work to my friends, and they did not reply me after that. Calls made to them verified that they had fallen asleep.

"Doofus! Go to sleep! Tomorrow still got school!" My father bellowed.

"Okay, Dad!" I switched off the monitor and leapt into bed to give the impression of one who has turned off the computer and went to sleep. My father, with all his intellect, came to check on me and thought I was asleep, and the computer, turned off.

After the coast was clear, I resumed usage of the computer. After all, the Wheel Of Monotony in my Neopets account hadn't stopped spinning yet. Little did I know I WOULD REGRET NOT LISTENING TO MY DAD!

Suddenly, the monitor blacked out and white words began to appear. "The cheese stands alone, the cheese stands alone..." "So dark the aircon of man..."

A man (or the image of!) walked into view. He was scruffy and dressed in overalls. He carried a pitchfork, but I doubted he was mephistopheles.

"HOWDY pardner!" The man cried. "I GROW POTATOES!"

He proceeded to do some form of a square dance which was painful to watch, but I found my eyes glued to the screen. His performance must have taken about 5 minutes, as my clock told me, but to me, it felt like 5 years. After that, the two sentences which were previously screened appeared again, and then everything was back to normal.

The Wheel of Monotony had stopped spinning and they said my neopets were hurt by a nuclear disaster and they got 50 hp deducted off them, as well as some physical deformities.

I thought that this was some kind of prank software installed by the scammers who sold my father the computer. But it happened every night for 3 years! My father was on the verge of calling the IMH to pick me up when I finally asked him about the computer.

"Oh the computer? I bought it from a second-hand store in NJC."

The next day (after witnessing one more Farmer performance the previous night) I headed down to NJC to investigate the origins of my creepy computer.

"So you've met the Farmer in the Dell? Man! You SUCKER! You're the only one who has kept the bloody computer for so long. People usually return it after one night."

"But... Why...?"

"The computer used to belong to someone who grew potatoes in a farm right here in the campus. The school board decided that they could do without the smell of natural fertiliser everyday, so they tried to evict him. The farmer put up resistance, and bombed NJ harbour, where all the canoes were kept. The canoes were NJC's ricebowl, so the school board was enraged. They sent an assassin, disguised as an air conditioner repairman who gave a 70% discount, and did away with the farmer. Then they built the general office on top of the farm."

"Then how about the cheese?"

"What?!"

"The cheese stands alone?"

"Oh. After the general office was built, a big slab of cheese appeared in the principal's office. The principal tried to use it as make up, but she would fall sick everytime she tried. If she tried to get it out of the office, it would reappear the next day. It is still there up to this day, because no one can touch it."

Reeling from all this information, I went home and approached the computer with renewed feelings. The Farmer in the Dell was actually a very pitiable creature. I went and told my parents everything about the Farmer.

The next day, (and so I had to watch the Farmer do the performance again), we burned a paper potato farm for the Farmer, complete with farming tools (but not a pitchfork, since he already had one) and some beasts of burden (paper).

I thought the Farmer would have been satisfied, and not appear to me again, BUT I WAS WRONG!

Okay it wasn't a bad thing after all. The Farmer appeared to me on the computer with his new farm and thanked me for it. After that, he never appeared again.

The computer became as fast as Michael Schumacher (without the car), but it was still faster than before. Whenever we used it for something, we would succeed in it. For example, my father used it to buy 4D online, and he got the first prize. Maybe the Farmer in the Dell is looking out for us from that spirit farm of his!

The Farmer in the Dell, the Farmer in the Dell,
Hi ho the merry oh, the Farmer in the Dell

HCM CITY!

2006-07-06T23:01:00.000+08:00

Woo hoo...

Yes i'm here i'm here! Felt so ROTTEN up at the airport, the admin and staff so freaking slow man.... But nvm, the most shiok thing when i stepped out of the airport was being given a ride on the motorcycle. Shiok i tell ya, damn shiok, and it's 2 girls who gave me a lift. HAha

My camera unfortunately is under repair so erm, haha i can't show you guys the photos, will upload maybe tomorrow, cos the photos are taken using Tu's (one of the girls) camera.

Went to my guesthouse, KAMPUA ulu. But nvm, got aircon, big shower room, not tt bad. Budget mah wat to do.

Okay first i went to er herm *piang piang* my ear. Haha.

Then i went shopping. They told me shopping only for today, cos at the rate at which i was spending money, by tomorrow probably no money left. hahaha. Luckily we are going sight seeing tomorrow. The things here, 2 words. Damn CHeap!!!!!

Okay i bought 2 jerseys, original ones, each costing like $30 cheaper than the ones in Singapore, then i went to Giordano. "what's your size number?" "Orh 32" After trying on, Vicky commented it was too lose, then passed me size 30 jeans, Wah SONG! I could fit in it. AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, HCM you roX! Maybe can down some more to 28. Hahah

Went to the Ben Thanh Market, bought Chinese new year clothes for my dad, brother and me. Ma i will get yours soon. Don't worry. And i bought some souveneirs too.

Then to the supermarket to grab some shampoo and shower foam cos the guesthouse too ulu liao. Haha never provide.

Then after which i went to the night market

Portugal Jersey costs $7.50, no not because they just lost, haha, but it's all fake. Looks like real though. Bought one for my brother and the German side one for myself. Song liao lah.

Dinner was not bad lah, let's hope i don't Lao Sai, street stalls. hahah

I'm using the internet in the pub now. Fwah the long island tea here, alcohol to the power. Seeing some stars now. Okay i'll upload more tmr!

Budget Rocks!

2006-07-06T10:44:00.000+08:00

Okayi'm in the budget terminal right now gonna board the plane in 20 minutes time.
It's so cool here they even have a laptop zone with free internet access, and checking in is even better. If you have a new passport, they just scan your thumb print, damn shiok lah, but the ICA guy didn't allow me to take a photo of the machine.

Me and mama before boarding.

The place isn't too big though, really feels like the Aussie airport, hehe, but sian lah, nothing much one.

Here's the air ticket, which looks like an old school bus ticket lah according to my mum. Hmmm

Okay go to go. Ho Chih Min, here i come!

Eric and gang i'll see you in Thailand. Toung i'll see you in Laos, enjoy your convoc!

Germany 2006 fooooooooooooo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2006-07-05T12:16:00.000+08:00

Shit, my laptop keeps restarting on its own. And what better time for it to break down when i am going to Vietnam. Nvm.

Woah, I think i have the coolest parents on Earth man. Where can you find parents, whom, at 2.50AM in the morning shake you madly, and wake you up so that you can watch Italy squeeze the balls out of Germany? HAha.

I can't show you the photos, but it was damn fun. We switched on and blasted the tv, and radio cos my dad can't understand the heavily accented English. First half was exciting with both sides trying to make a breakthrough, but ITaly was the better side of course, my dad made stupid comments, as usual, "wAh lao put me down there i also can head in loh". yah yah, i think if he plays and gets to head the ball, his head will probably swell to the size bigger than the ball.

2nd half, KNS, was as bland as plain rice. The way both sides played was as if there was only 5 minutes left to the end of the game. Freaking slow paced, even my mum who never watches soccer, was complaining, "eh lim bei first time watch leh, 4 years once, at least score one goal for me to see can..." haha....

Extra time, best show ever so far, with Italy finally getting their act back. Many Uffffffffffs, misses and tio *tiang* (hitting the post), before finally breaking the deadlock. Should have seen the reaction of my dad, i took it down, but sad to say, i can't upload, cos my freakin laptop is down. My papa and mama rocks, no joke.

Yes, i'm flying off tomorrow, so i'm packing frantically now. Many Thanks to Su Yi for helping me get the big backpack from her sis, and to Terence for reminding me that the flight is on Thursday not Friday, if not i would have missed my flight. Haha.

Kranji Turf Club, the adult Disney Land

2006-07-02T21:28:00.000+08:00

Oh well, i better start updating soon, before i leave my blog to rot on its own when i embark on my Backpacking trip. Friday night was ladies' night at Turf Club and my senior Kathy was nice enough to treat all of us to the VIP lounge, Hibiscus room i think. One whole package complete with buffet dinner! Sibei cool loh, but one thing bad though, there's a dress code to follow, everyone was in quite formal attire, and all those who went are old, very old. Those who went with me, all seniors also.

Okay, it doesn't look that appetizing, cos i was using my camera phone. But the food's good okay. But i didn't get to eat much though, i was too busy getting distracted by the horses, couldn't eat much too. My stomach seemed to have grown smaller, after those canoeing training and stuff.

AH HA! Superb view of the race course, while the ah peks and uncles fight it out one the lower non airconditioned level, which is always filled with smoke. Woo hoo~~~~~

I knew that piece of music on my blog would come in handy...

Okay here's the billboard which shows all the payouts of each horses for the races. Damn cool. Actually i'm not sure if i'm allowed to take photos in the Turf Club, Haha, but heck lah, if kanna caught i'll just remove them.

Anyway, did i mention that it was Ladies' Night? Oh yeah, alot of ladies, many blondes! Aunties also, even the aunties dress until swee swee, thick gold chains, heavy make up, flick their faces and you'll get an instant smoke bomb. (^_^)

In chinese it's also called 淑女之夜, but my mum prefers to call it 赌女之夜 (Night of the gambling Queens) I think she's quite right on that. Remember some of those well dressed aunties? Fwah, don't underestimate the power of aunties. We had one table of aunties sitting behind us, and when the race started, everyone of them was calm except my table, naturally, because we're all greenhorns at the turf club. I thought the aunties were just there to watch. I was so damn wrong. With nearly 200 more metres to go before the herd reached the finishing line, i suddenly heard someone screaming loudly in Hokkien, "KOW HOR, KOW HOR(horse no 9) SWEE AH SWEE AH, KOW HOR, SAIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE(jockey's name)~~~~~"Sudden outburst admist the seemingly classy dinner. It's not one auntie, but the whole lot of them shouting. Haha. Damn it man, rich tai tais. Don't underestimate aunties, they eat salt more than we eat rice. Oh i saw one of them collecting money from the counter after that, stacks of fifties... Shit.

Here's the rest, courtesy of Huiling.

My classmate, Toung from Laos joined me after that, I think i shouldn't have brought him there. Cos he lost money. Haha. Maybe he's cursing me deep down now. Oops. Okay we went to pick up his girlfriend from the airport. She's studying in Japan, here to attend his convocation ceremony. SO nice man, and she bought me green tea cream puffs! Thank you so much Yuri. Sorry if we annoyed you by mimicking hard gay all the way back from the airport. Tokyo, fooooooo~~~~

Went for practice at Mr Ngoh's place today.

Okay i think Eugene and I were salivating over this thing. 29K plus. ARGH. 6 full octaves. And the lowest key produces a deep hollow "bong bong" resonant sound. Oh my god, truly an orgas... erm i mean a high experience. HAha. Marimba Marimba, argh.

Okay looks like it's out of my range, i'm gonna get this instead.

Costs 790 to import it from the US. Well, at least it's cheaper than 29K, and a marching snare gives off a bullet shot sound, machiam a rifle on burst fire mode. "tok tok tok tok" nice :)

Saw my junior Wei Bin at dinner, had a piece of interesting news. Ah hehe, i'm having the last laugh now. Oh well, flying off on Friday, any unsettled stuff, please remind me to hand over before i go on holiday again! ;)

Tough Luck

2006-06-28T16:11:00.000+08:00

Woah, just had the ultimate experience of destroying my parent's bed frame. No, not for fun peace and joy, but it's been freaking long since they've bought a new bed set. They used the current one since the days when we were still living in the kampung. So that's about hmmm more than 20 years?!? Not forgetting to mention that i've been jumping on the bed countless times as a fat boy, that all the wooden planks have broken, and had to be replaced.

I found some of my long lost toys on the sides beneath the dust and cobwebs. Cool....

We've already ordered a new set from Ikea, and we're going to assemble it in a week's time when it arrives. Oh yeah.

That's when my mum reminded me that i have to do something about that pig's sty of mine. Sorry ma, i won't be around for the next one month or so, the pig sty's going to stay whether you like it or not.

She also asked: " Oei, your birthday coming soon right? What you want for your birthday?"

Wah rare that she asked me what i wanted. No puns intended seriously, and i'm not trying to hint at anything or what. But i decided to try my luck anyway. I decided to show her this.

"Orh how much is it? a few hundred ah? If the horses go in this weekend, can consider."

"Er, no, it's a marimba ma, cheapest is 20K."

There was a long silence, before she left to wash the clothes. Haha, tough luck. But come on, she did ask me what i wanted, and i was just being honest. (^_^)

Ouch

2006-06-26T15:41:00.000+08:00

I listened to Eugene and drew out an imaginery keyboard on paper so that i could practice before playing on a real marimba on Tuesday. And guess what, i think i tried to switch keys too fast on the "paper" xylophone that i've sprained my neck, cos i was looking at the scores and moving at the same time. Argh. Now i can't turn my head, i've gotta turn my whole body. SH*T, stupid William Tell Overture...

Fever

2006-06-25T02:05:00.000+08:00

Yes i've caught the fever, it doesn't take one long to realise it. Late sleeping hours. Ok or rather early sleeping hours at 5am, and waking up at 1pm in the afternoon. That's it man.

Finally got to meet up with Eric on Friday, been some time bro, since i came back from Japan.
My mum cooked Chicken Rice on friday. Probably the only meal which could take my mind off japanese food. Haha

Okay sorry. That's all that's left. My dad finished all the chicken so i couldn't take it in time. i had to watch what i eat, ippt's round the corner. How sad. But nvm, i got to taste some of it at least.

Wanted to go to New Asia Bar with Toung and Tip, but it turned out to be super crowded even though we were there quite early, so we had to settle for long bar at Raffles hotel, not too bad, except that there were many old ang moh's there. Feel abit out of place. Haha. But anyway, the drink Singapore Sling originated from there, and if you have been those hum ji people who want to litter but don't dare to for fear that you may kanna CWO (corrective work order), this is the place for you! I went in and I got showered with peanut shells by Huiling. @#*&#. Thank you so much, the shells actually stuck to my hair cos it so happened that i used Wax on that day. Bah! You actually have to throw your opened peanut shells on the floor.

Toung and Tip with the Giant Magarita.

Okay i must say that Mr Brown has done it again for tickling my funny bones. Check this out, and this too. I showed it too my neighbour, and it was the first time i hear her laugh so loudly it could've burst my ear drums. Serious, no joke.

Seriously, i still miss Japan, (eh it's not because of the cute girls okay, the people are really nice) really do hope to have a chance to go there again, maybe with my brother. He was grumbling all the way at the airport.

Okay, anyone has got leftover Vietnamese Currency to spare. Going on a tight budget man. Please be a kind soul and transfer to the "save Sir Liang" fund. haha.

Okay back to the games.

Happy Father's Day

2006-06-18T19:49:00.000+08:00

Celebrated Father's Day with dinner outside with my family. initially wanted to go kushinbo at esplanade, but come to think of it, my dad's one old man, don't think he'll like Japanese food. So we ended up having claypot rice so that we can come home in time for the Japan match. Oh yeah.

Happy Father's Day Pa. My dad's rooting for Croatia, i'm against him. May the better team win! =)

Went to the library and saw this. Wow. The Haiku exhibition is held in collaboration with the 40 years anniversary of bilateral ties between Singapore and Japan. I'll definitely go take a look. Sounds quite interesting.

Pa trying to borrow books from the automated machine. Can't blame him for being so slow though. The only gadget he's good at using is his handphone (which he only dials the numbers) and the tv remote control. Bleah

Gonna read these in preparation for my trip. =P Going to fly off in about 2 weeks time. I hope i don't get lost in Vietnam or Laos. Speaking some thai, should help abit i guess.

Finally done with my stupid fever. 5km run tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, i'm going to catch Japan in action against Croatia. Hope they don't disappoint us. Go Japan GO! Woo hoo. Japan Ganbatte!

Still high

2006-06-16T23:44:00.000+08:00

Gosh.. I'm still high from the Japan Trip. Can i not come back??? HAha. Oh yes take a look at this. Took video clips with my camera. Hehe. Here they are. But i just can't understand why the sound is like lagging away. If you want the original copies, do drop me an email. The originals don't lag like this.

Took this at Narita Airport with Lee Koon, haha, we were fooling around, luckily there wasn't anyone else around, otherwise i would have exclaimed that i was from another country. Ooops. hehe.

That's the percussion section practicing. My... they really have like metronomes for each of them to practice. Rich school. But to top it off, you have hardworking students.

That's Shinsei, apparently he's quite a drum fanatic, quite a good one too...

That's Ha Nu, we performed for one of the Japanese folk song pieces together. That's what you get when you have 2 blur kings trying to figure out how to play the taiko properly.Ain't too bad right...

That's their Koto Club performing. Sounds pretty good.

The students singing their school Song. NJC wake up! What have you been doing man. SHould be ashamed of yourselevs. We open our mouths every morning, but nothing comes out except for bad breath.

That's the mini roller coaster, Cherie almost peed in her pants. Quoted from Siang Yong - "I mean, duh.. it's just a roller coaster ride"

Cherie was calm this time. haha

Day 7 - Byebye Japan

2006-06-15T19:40:00.000+08:00

Didn't take dinner at disneyland last night (too expensive, one piece of steak for 2000 yen, i bought my brother a mickey mouse T-shirt with that similar amount) so had to resort to instant noodles in the middle of the night.

That was what my room mate had. I finished mine too fast, wasn't in time to take a photo of the big piece of charsiew, Hehe.

Last breakfast at Hotel East 21 this morning...

The uncle who has been preparing cheese omellette for me for the past 5 days.

Our coach for the past 7 days.

Did some duty free shopping at the airport. Sakae in drink packets. Woah. Machiam Yeo's packet drinks. If i drink Sakae like the way we drink Yeo's i think you'll see me collapsing on the ground in no time.

Bye Japan...

Lunch on the plane was good. The beef was 10 times better than Yoshinoya's

Dessert... Yummy.

Going gone gone...

Shit. Had fever on the plane. The stewardess was worried i might have allergies with the medications so she gave me the fever strip.

After a 6 hour torture, finally back in Singapore. Sian... See you guys soon.

Day 6 - To inifinity and Beyond!

2006-06-15T15:20:00.000+08:00

Today's the last day of our entire trip. Kindda sad, but i had been looking forward to Disneyland cos it was the best attraction i guess. But b4 i go on. I think the hotel toilet deserves some credit. Take a look at this.

The Ma Tong in our toilet washes ur butt for you. You have the option of warming the seat and water. Shiok.

Welcome to Tokyo Disnyland

First ride of the day. 3D ride. Damn cool. we were required to put on 3D goggles.

The cleaners wore rollerblades. oh my. maybe the banglahs in Singapore should try. hmmm

Space mountain was next...

Peter took us on a joy ride...

Cherrie kept pestering us to go for this ride. At first i thought it was some ginna ride. Boy was i wrong man...

There are laser guns for you to shoot at targets and a joystick to twist and turn the position of your vehicle. Damn song.

Jo Lynn looks like stitch. Braces and all. haHa

Pity the baby.

Chip and Dale had me over for lunch.

Sorry hor, i'm no longer XXXL, now it's either M or L. Muahaha.

Look at the number of prams. Oh my...

Hunny Hunny Hunny....

Mickey chopped his ears. Ouch...

Well, like what everyone says, if you didn't watch the parade when you are at DisneyLand, you might as well not come. Here goes.

Day 5 - Final Show

2006-06-15T12:30:00.000+08:00

Slept for less than 4 hours, i was literally a walking zombie. But the morning visit to their primary school really perked me up. Here's why.

I didn't expect them to line up in 2 neat rows to welcome us. omg. I felt like a star siah.

Natural artists... I don't remember having such lessons in primary school. All i did was cutting and pasting. Duh.

Took a group photo with some of the kids. Never in my whole life have i seen students so enthusiastic about schooling. THe moment the bell rang, oh man, they were running like horses back to their classrooms, and they were very happy about it. Take a look again at the students in Singapore, very big contrast. haha

Went back to Soka High again. New guide. I think her name is Takako. I have problems with remembering their names. Too many ko and ka and kei.

We went to their archives, and guess what, Siang Yong found her past life. See the person circled in red? I think that was taken 60 years ago. Okay let's blow that up...

Siang Yong, omg, 相似度 99.9999%. haha. Respect siah, so old liao.

Chika, the guy whom we knew on the 3rd day was having his PE lessons, so we grabbed him out while he was in his track suit to do a candid shot. He looks like some manga character right. Don't know from which book, but very familiar leh.

I got lucky again.

Vincent you owe me one... He was telling me he was paiseh, so i helped him to ask. In the end he was beaming like some idiot.

Erm...

Okay a serious pose to make up for the act cute one on day 2.

Their band in action.

Ai Seh, mai siao siao

Combined with the choir for 红楼梦. They are good man...

Concert Aftermath.

(^_^)

Saying goodbye was hard :(

No the white stains were not part of the design. They are my sweat stains.

SASHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!

say hi to adam and eve...

Vincent needs a leg extension

Packing up was hell man...

I did shopping at a convenience store cos we won't have any chance left to shop other than at disneyland. I realised they have really interesting foods, but at the same time, don't even ask me to try them.

Bao flavoured potato chips...

Er... nuff said...

I spent 4283 Yen at the convenience store alone. Hmm that amounts to about $69. Wah seh...

Day 4 - My legs are turning jelly

2006-06-11T23:57:00.000+08:00

Super shag now man, got to wake up at 6am later so i can't really blog too much. Here's what i did today.

Went to this famous shrine, where i had a glimpse of what a japanese style shrine looked liked.

A stall selling amulets. Bought one for my brother.

旺炉 siah.. mai siao siao...

Went shoppping on the streets. They really have alot of things man, from Da Chang Jin's wigs to Hard Gay merchandise. Cool...

Washed away all the suayness in me...

This little girl made candy floss for me after i took a photo with her. Japanese are super friendly. Serious.

Disaster centre. People are taught how to save themselves during disaster. We experienced the great 7 here. Shook madly like idiots, while the rest of the people looked on. But it's pretty scary. Imagine Singapore having an earthquake. Think we'll be gone within seconds.

Yes i love kids.

Chamber maids. Ah the fantasy of all guys. Haha.

Shit, look at the cymbals they have... Managed to buy some drum sticks which actually cost lower than the ones i can find in Singapore.

Japanese claypot rice. We had to wait for the water to boil and cook the rice before tucking in. Some of my juniors thought it was soup and almost drank the stock.... omg

Crab meat, shrimp and scallops. Worth every penny man.

Nice obasang. :)

Spectacular night view of the rainbow bridge

Took the subway with Mr Tek and his friend to Tokyo Towers

Look at the number of lines man. This is only for western part of Japan. Almost died trying to figure out which way to go.

Ai Seh.... Tokyo Towers...

Ah Pek driving taxi also quite cool neh...

Ramen for supper. Costs 700 Yen per bowl. But it's like once in a while, and the noodles here beat the ones back in Singapore hands down.

Day - 3 Soka High School Rocks!

2006-06-10T22:47:00.000+08:00

Okay let's do some update on what i did last night. Hmm
That's the bell girl. Don't blame me ah, It was my juniors' idea.

If you have 1000 yen and would like to spend it in 5 minutes. This is the perfect place. Damn the Panchinko Parlour. Ate my 1000 Yen. Pui....

I watched the first match of world cup 2006 in Japan! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Went for exchange at Soka High today. Oh my, the students are super nice. But too bad i'm too old for them. haha.

The Bunch of guys from the percussion section.
Their ages range from like 15- 18 if i don't remember wrongly that is...

That's our emcee Kyoko. Guys stop drooling, you'll flood your room.
This is their classroom, really feels like those in the movies, especially those horror films. haha.

I hope they don't think we are nuts or what...

I got to touch a real Taiko today. Oh man, the feeling is, wah shiok. But the funny thing is, none of them knows how to play. Cos they are from the brass band, the drums were borrowed from somewhere else to replace the da gu for our rehearsal. But heck lah, haha, just whack loh, audience clap means good liao. haha
Itsumi and Taxy. Very hardworking girls. They actually practice with metronomes. OMG.

She's damn good with mallets man... I think her name's Keiko if i'm not wrong. She's cute but i still think hiroko is cuter. haha. But okay fine, i admit, all the girls ARE cute. haha

Went to this place for dinner, and, haha, guess what..

Oh my god...

Went to their version of Watsons...

Since the T-shirt was abit Gay Looking, haha, i posted with this bust firming gel. My chest got look bigger not? haha

Boring after dinner pictures...

You guys just don't know how tiring it feels to stand and play that drum the whole day. Shag man...

We wanted to go to this convenient store after getting back to the hotel, but hor, sian...

Pachinko Parlour, give me back my $$ leh...
sim tia like siao...

Lee Koon and I wanted the hurdle jumping effect, but i think we ended up looking like dogs pissing on the streets instead. Haha.

No alcohol for you if you are younger than 18...

That's the Pachinko man.

Gonna end it here for now and watch the next match.

Day 2 - I love Soka University

2006-06-10T02:15:00.000+08:00

The day started off with Vincent meditating away his sins from the previous night. haha.

Nice garden view.. But i think i spoilt the whole picture. Hehe

Went for a trip around Soka University.

Acting cute is not my forte. Please don't make me do this with Mr Tek again. Haha. Infront of an art piece some more... WTF.

That's our student guide, Hiroko. Her eys, omg, her eyes, so big and beautiful man. Yes i know i look gay with a transparent umbrella, no choice.

That's Eree, i know what you must be thinking, woo hoo...

She's pretty, cute and WOAH. I'm tall handsome and muscular. HAHA, Okay, sorry, i'm puking all over the laptop too. I'll stop dreaming. haha

Musaru, another Siao Kia. Haha

Went to the art museum next. Pity they didn't ask us to stay. We make beautiful artefacts. Er...

This place rocks big time i tell ya. WHY?

It's the only place that preserves working player pianos. OMG. Cool stuff. Prof Tan must be jumping like a mad ass by now.

The classic music box's forefather...

On our way to dinner, we went through the streets of Tokyo. Man Hungry Lee Koon and i went totally nuts and snapped away at random.

Needless to say, my nose bled until DRY. TMD.

Had Shabu Shabu for dinner. There's a 1 hour time limit for this buffet.

Fark, it's meat again... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo. Eric i ask you lah, how to run marathon like this? HOw? You tell me? Haha.

We asked people at random to take pictures with us. Oh those 2 are guys in case you were wondering. :)

Think i'll update tmr, i just finished 2 entries in one shot, and it's like more than 45 minutes since the end of that German Match. High School visit tmr. Hehehe. Don't worry i know what to do..

JAPAN ICHIBAN DES!

2006-06-10T00:53:00.000+08:00

Japan, one word, shiok!

HAha. There's simply too many things to blog about now. Just managed to find internet access on day 2. Anyways, many people came to send us off at the airport on day 1.

That's my Pa, Ma and my brother. Yes yes, my brother's only sec 1, he's taller than me already.

Li Ren and Min Chao came as well.

that's the whole of da ji yue, minus Mr Tek who chapped in last minute. Haha.
That's me and Lee Koon, my sista in crime. i hope i got it correct when we checked in at the gate. Sorry i'm really too loss for words. I think you guys can get the idea by looking at the photos. haha.

Actually JAL is not bad ya know. The games are cooler than SQ.

They even provide a bird's eye view of the runway from the cockpit. Exciting...

With 3 more hours to reaching Narita airport, i tried to make myself sleep by having a vodka. Farking hell, it didn't work though, but my juniors were sleeping like logs beside me already. TMD.

Breakfast anyone?

What can i say man. Everything's so NIHON. Even Evian tastes like Japan. Okay i'm just kidding..

Alright enough of my bullshit. Welcome to Japan!

This costs 150 Yen per stick. Can feel my heart bleeding not? Sim Tia like siao....

The octopus balls, are not those u see at the pasar malam, those ini machiam small small ones are out to cheat us small ginnas, people, this, i show you, Octopus Balls. WOO HOOO...

Went to this mountain, can't remember the name, Will update agin. Haha

It got too foggy after we took the gondola up, so we couldn't see a single thing. Oh well..

Went to this sulphur lake.

It's a normal egg but the shells turns black when cooked in the water. And it's said that for every one egg u consume, u get to live an extra 7 yrs. So i was thinking, hmm extra 7 years for you to get retained in Uni? Haha.

Lunch.

Yes i'm very shocked and astonished. you got a problem with that? :)

Fuji was next.

Couldn't get a good view of the peak at the 5th level. So we tried somewhere else.

That's more like it...

Stayed at the Tatami inn.

My room mates. Haha. I wasn't brave enough to go commando though. But at least i wore shorts. Look more japanese. Haha.

AFter our hotspring we had ice cream. It's no joke okay. Damn nice. Oh did i forget to mention that everyone takes the spring together naked. I thought my sausage was gonna be Roasted man. So damn hot. My junior Vincent sacraficed himself, cos he didn't noe that the balconies had a good direct view of the male pool, so he was sitting on the stone steps, and wala, there u have it, Naked Vincent on the Rocks.. Oiyishi... Yummy...

It's nicer than Hagaan Daz and cheaper as well.

Kingdom of vending machines man. It's in places like this that you see one vending machine popping out of nowhere along some ulu small street.

Freaking cheap alcohol available at 7-eleven. I'm not surprised if they are gonna find me dead drunk along the streets in another 2 days or so. haha.

Anyway i retired to bed after a few rounds of Daidee, cos Mr Tek was coming to check. Shit.....

Spent hanlf an hour to open my suit case...

2006-06-07T16:46:00.000+08:00

I just had the most freaking experience packing my luggage. Haha. Let's start from the morning. (I think i was still sleeping)

Oops, have to thank my brother for waking me up in time. Actually i woke up at 11.30AM. More like afternoon liao... Cos i was monitoring Dow Jones till 4AM. shit... doesn't pay to speculate.

So with less than 8 hours to my flight, Naturally i was like a kan cheong spider... everything was in a mess. Haha

Underwear, UNDERWEAR!!! where is my underwear??? Luckily my mum had prepared some stuff for me already. hehe.
Yeah. Done by 4.30pm. "oei you never put in your sandals" okay loh, so i tried to open my suit case again. Made the worse mistake of my life man, forgot to take note of the numbers before resetting. Haha. No choice loh. Back to JC maths of PnC(Permutation), either that or i could have opened with a crow bar or something.
See the pen and paper and all the numbers scribbled? THe last time i saw my mum doing this was for inspiration for her 4D numbers, but okay i must admit, it's abit hiong for her to cheong like 900++ numbers. Haha. Luckily it was a 3digit combi lock, digits longer than that, i think i would have tried throwing the whole thing from the tenth floor to open it.

Yes i ended up with a sore thumb from rolling the numbers. Pain siah... The road to Japan is a tough one. Yes. haha. All the more i should enjoy myself. See u guys soon!

My neighbour is mahjong siao!

2006-06-07T01:39:00.000+08:00

I just got home. It's 1.30AM. My neighbour's still playing mahjong?!?! WTF and it's a weekday. Oh well. I sort of just remembered their profession. No they don't work weird shifts. Guess again. :)

Oh yes. I think i need to apologise to Vern. Sorry leh woman, guess we'll have to meet up only after the Japan trip. And thanks for the job offer at the pub, i think i might be more suitable for the office, cos i might scare away all the female cutomers with my looks. haha. (but i'll reconsider, cos on the other hand, sounds like a good way for me to get a life. hmmm.)

Went for dinner with Kenny and his friend Cui Lin, cos he's gonna be enlisted soon. Miyan Pang Seh(ed) us. Argh. Nvm. Cui Lin treated us to drinks though.

IndoChine!!! Think it's the second or third time i've been there though.

I had this Koh Samui Island Tea (It's pronounced as KOK SAMWEE, don't argue with me, i study thai. I've had enough of those ang mohs giving the wrong pronounciations) It doesn't taste a thing at all like the long island tea. Machiam some jelly drink. Pui. Alcohol wise. Like for ginna, no kick. I would rather have that spicy Tom Yumtini which i had in Thaialnd.

Cui Lin had some weird greenish coloured drink. Couldn't recall the name.

Finger food. Tastes like Wu Xiang, but the price doesn't really look like the price of a piece of Wu Xiang. haha.

The bartender did some stunts for us to see. Someone ordered the waterfall drink. I think it's a pure waste of $$. maybe to haolian when you have alot of $$. Cos the drink is like less than a mouthful and you risk getting your throat burnt... Oh well. Farking Rich Executives.

Oh yah, Cui Lin asked me if i was interested to work at New Asia Bar. Vern, how har? Give me a better offer that i can't refuse leh. Hehe. Just kidding. But it'll really eat into my time for studying so i'm not exactly sure... and i've been frequenting these places so often my mum's not exactly pleased with me reeking of smoke and alcohol.

Oh oh oh. I almost forgot.

ah hah! My final work framed up finally. Applied the glue and stuff in the afternoon with my brother. Swee boh? Think i'll hang it in my brother's room. I'll spoil it if i were to hang it in that pig's sty of mine. I'm actually on another piece of puzzle already, 2000 pieces. But i'll only show it when it's done. In case i decide to give up then won't be so paiseh. haha.

Flying off in hmmm a few more hours time. Not much mood. Sian. Luggage hasn't been packed. Sian. Haven't informed mindef yet. Lagi sian... Anyways, for any urgent matter which u wish to contact me, do drop me an email, i can't receive any sms or anything cos the Japanese too outstanding and too far into technology liao, not using GSM network. HAha. Starhub hubba hubba Auto Roam also useless.

Thanks for the offer of sending me to the airport Liren, but my parents would like to enjoy one last meal *choi* with me at the airport. See you guys when i'm back in Singapore!

Sinful pleasures

2006-06-04T23:17:00.000+08:00

Shit i did something sinful today. Went for a meal at this place.

Steamboat. BUffet Style!!!! Jialat...

The owner who is a chinese national asked us if we wanted the spicy portion to be spicier, and we stupidly nodded, thinking that it will be nothing. Guess my dad was wrong.

I think he could barely open his eyes, or was even in time to wipe off his sweat before it dripped into his soup. But the food is good though. Thinly sliced meat.

We had 3 plates of this. Shit... i won't be surprised if i were to suddenly gain 3kg tmr....

Eric... your favourite 豆腐皮 haha, wasted... so so good man... woo hoo...

Okay here's the namecard, cos i'm just too lazy to type out all the details. Do give it a try next time when u are in the vicinity or after u go MS area to cheong yada yada.. It's quite cheap as you can see from the price, serves a great variety of food too. Just make sure you don't ask the person to spice up the soup even more. Otherwise, you might be enjoying some sensation in your arse like what my whole family's having now. hahha

shagged

2006-06-03T23:56:00.000+08:00

Too damn shag to type anything now. Well a picture says a thousand words. Finished the concert.

My puzzle's collecting dust on the dining table. I better frame it up soon before i go to Japan that is. Just heard that our handphones won't work in Japan. Shit. Anyone knows anything about communcation stuff in Japan?

I TOOK 26 HOURS!

2006-06-02T16:58:00.000+08:00

YES! I TOOK 26 HOURS, not inclusivE OF THE days which i rested of course, to complete this shit, MUAHAHAHAHA

The only thing that went through in my mind the last 6 hours was, shit, this piece jagged shape, that piece concave, that piece got line, no line, convexed. Didn't get to enjoy the picture, until i get to see it now. Ahhhhhh. Satisfying. Special thanks to my mum, who sat with me at 1am, for 5 minutes, before she went "ARGH..." and went off to bed, and to my brother who pang seh me regularly with the usual statement, "Kor i go sleep for 5 minutes, come back in a while". Hahaha. Think i'm getting hooked on this. Might try for 3k pieces the next time round. Any good jigsaws to recommend?

Oh and didi, you better prepare your head at gallows. You said you would chop off your head if i can lose weight till i'm 76kg by end of May. Song Boh. Eat this...

Taken in January.

Taken 2 hours ago... Ah hah.I did it without BMT, no injections, no pills and no Lipo! GO GO GO...

Evolution?

2006-05-31T09:48:00.000+08:00

Was doing some screen shots from the practice recording. Hmmm. And i got this...

Haha, sorry Ya Wen, timing's too good. I wanted to capture the gong throwing part, i didn't know you were raising urs too. Hehe. So i was thinking, maybe our offsprings might evolve next time, just like those in X men. Maybe i'll have son, whose belly is a drum head?? Choi. ..

Oh i dreamt of my ah ma yesterday, maybe it was 心理作用but everything looked so real. Just that she was sitting up from her coffin and smiling at me. Scary? Hell no. She's my ah ma okay... But it lasted only a few minutes before i woke up. Oh well... Last good bye?

Concert Concert

2006-05-29T22:04:00.000+08:00

Oh, went for a swim today with Terence, and i'm crazy enough to go for one more tmr with Eric. Forgot to bring goggles today, so i swim already buay song. Haha. Anyway, brought MR T to my mum's hairdresser..

uncurled the curly curls, highlight... Must be curious to see how he looks like now right? Wait for start of sem loh, see how he starts zapping the girls. Haha.

Okay for some advert, will be having a percussion concert cum workshop this saturday. Tickets are @ $10 each, and if u buy 9 u get 1 more free. Quite suitable for people relatively new to chinese percussion. So if you are curious on what i am doing, do come down and give some support okay.
It's this saturday, at Ulu pandan CC, 3.30pm. :)

Eeeeh

2006-05-27T11:33:00.000+08:00

Didn't do well for this sem. Fark. Expected anyway. With all the distractions and stuff. Bound to get that kind of results. Won't allow the same to happen again next sem.

EA1101 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (ARTS) B
EC2101 MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS I B+
EC2303 FOUNDATIONS FOR ECONOMETRICS B
GEK1519 SCIENCE OF MUSIC A-
HY1101E ASIA AND THE MODERN WORLD B
LAT2201 THAI 2 B-

Only 1A, Pui... and CAP for this sem is only 3.7, See the drastic drop from 4.3? Luckily i had the cushion from last sem, cumulative CAP is still 4.0 HOpe i don't pull any more stunts for next sem. TMD. Thai Thai THai!!! ARGH, how can B-. OH MY FREAKING SHIT. ok nvm. The backpacking trip should do some help in improving. I hope. Dean's list... Pui... Bin's List... Yeah...

My stupid Didi pang seh me last night. Damn that arse. We were continuing with our "project", he claimed he was sleepy so he wanted to take a nap. "Kor i go lie on the bed for 10 minutes first, come back in a while" 15 minutes later i could hear him snoring from the living room. Buang liao loh.... SO i did everything myself... Taken at 2am.

Uffff

2006-05-25T01:07:00.000+08:00

Went to watch Da Vinci Code today. Cool movie. But they cut some parts from the book, like the copulation scene, yada yada, but that's not important. Haha. Flow of the movie is good though, worth every penny. Eric was saying he wanted to watch X Men 3, but if you were to ask me, i'd say, heck the X Men, go download it lah, go for Tom Hanks.

I just did some crazy stuff at 12 midnite, don't think my mum would believe it either. Bought this on the same day that my ah ma passed away.

1000 pieces, and my brother was bugging me to open it just now since he didn't have anything to do. Mind you, @ 12AM man.

OMG. See stars *******. There's like so many of these pieces. So we had to sieve out all the border pieces by hand.

And they all look THE SAME!!! Argh. And it took a whole 15 minutes to sieve out these pieces. Nvm, so we proceeded to do the border.

Was about 1.15AM by the time we finished. Quite efficient considering that we are both amateurs. BUT, one small problem. We left out one piece, must have been mixed in the stack with the other pieces. My brother got Du Lan, so he went to sleep first. Frankly speaking, i'm quite happy, cos it's quite rare that we got to do things together.So erm, yah, hope i can complete it soon enough to be hung up in his room. :)

shit, why so suay

2006-05-22T23:01:00.000+08:00

If you guys have been reading the tabloids, wan bao and xin ming, you would have read about this boy who just passed away in a bike accident. Shit. He's my mechanic in the army, and only just turned 21 recently. Very nice boy, who will OT with you all the way with you without any complains. A figure to kill for, and a stylish tattoo. Army buds who know him and would like to attend his wake, i will be posting the address of the location, as soon as sgt Kwek informs me. Will be going down with 2WO Palan. A pity.

Those attending the wake of Mr Wong Yit Sheng, it will be held at 129 Edgedale plains. Staff Ong and i will be going down at around 8pm tonight.

Fuck. Life is always unfair isn't it. There, Wong the most garang mechanic in 20SA, second to no one else.

Fly ah ma Fly...

2006-05-22T19:24:00.000+08:00

Thank you Faisal, Hoa and Regina (sorry i don't really know how to spell your name) for leaving those tags. Appreciated.

Hey ah ma! It's me again. Guess where we went to?

The last time you brought me here, it was still damn ulu, but it's revamped now. Swee Swee...

Remember 5 days ago? You were still holding my hands telling me how happy you are that everyone has came to visit you? Now i'm holding on to you too, but it's just a basket of your ashes. hai... Oh remember you were telling mummy about who your god is? Hehe. You said you are now worshipping the guy wearing shorts, and aunt asked you to follow him and hold his hands when you see him. Hehe. Okay at least you know who your god is. Anyways, we chose this spot for you. Nice view leh. Feng Shui also not bad, many islands around.

The spot where we left you has nice sun rays... so that you won't feel cold. But hopefully you'l be up there by now.

We laid a nice red carpet of flowers for you.

Here's the bum boat. That's the pastor. As usual, uncle the 4D siao, took note of the number. Hehe. Good luck to him. Ah yi was quite upset. Understandable. And so are we. But, we are happy that you went peacefully. I think i got to hold a piece of your skull. :) Okay ah ma,fly now. Go find your happiness, go go go! You are deeply remembered and missed. :)

Went to Changi Hawker Centre for drink. Sometimes i really think it's better being an animal than human. Why? Check this out.

Song right this cat? Sleeping like a log, oblivious to all the sounds around it.

Yes, yes that white pussy over there is quite du lan. Haha. Too bad loh. Go look for some other stalls lah. Don't wait like an idiot, no point.

Ah ma...

2006-05-20T21:13:00.000+08:00

Dear ah ma... I didn't know didi missed you so much, i didn't know it had been a toll on him all these while, I thought he was enjoying himself watching family guy on the laptop, until he snapped during prayers last evening. He was bawling madly over your photo. Yes it was heart wrenching ah ma... My friends, Eric, Su Yi, Yan Yi, Jia Hao and Hui Fen came to see you too ah ma.

We went this morning to send you on your last journey...

It was a peaceful affair ah ma...

Your faith...

THere were beautiful flowers for you...

And guess what? By a stroke of luck, uncle struck 3rd prize from 4D because of the verse number. :) Dad's car plate number came out too, first prize, but he forgot to buy. Not the appropriate time anyway. :)

Mummy tried to be strong, and so did didi.

Oh we sang this song for you last night. I'm not a believer of Christ, but i sang it for you anyways.

Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine.

Your nice limo... It wasn't the most comfortable one, but i hope u enjoyed the ride ah ma...

That's your service hall ah ma. Did you hear me and Didi shouting for you before you were pushed in? I hope you did, do visit us when you are free okay?

Hope you are happy to see that the 3 of your younger grandsons have all grown up. Ah Qiang is going to graduate from NTU and will be a full LTA soon. At only 13, Didi is already almost as tall as me.

I forgot to place our photos together in the casket. SOrry ah ma. I know it's wishful thinking, but i hope there's internet up there ya...

I was damn picky, when it came to milk feeding, but you knew how to subdue me. :)

I just couldn't smile without you.

Yep proven in every photo. :)

You were like my Mickey Mouse.. Hehe

Kickstarted my fetish for kiddy rides. :)

You hated Macs, but you still came for my birthday party. Sad to say, i don't think i can continue posting grandma. I'll just continue flipping through the rest of the photos.

Anyway,

Mummy says she's fine now. P.S. I think it's total bullshit. Haha. Cos she cried the most just now, and i really mean mucus and everything, well I'm no where better. We really miss you ah ma. Please visit us soon okay. I Love You.

We can't escape death

2006-05-19T01:41:00.000+08:00

I realised i'm getting older. Yes I am. Why? I'm starting to experience the effects of death around me. Death being brought upon my loved one, Death being brought upon my heart, Death being brought upon my feelings... The fact is, we can't escape death. My Ah Ma has been a good person when she was alive, that's why she passed away without a struggle. The only regret i have is that i never got to feel her face after her last breath. I know that of all her grandsons, she dotted on me the most. We would go shopping centre "hopping" when i was young, starting with the defunct Yaohan. She would change notes into shillings so that i would try out all the kiddy rides on each floor. Sounds crazy, but that was how much she loved me. It was like an everyday affair.

Funny how these past 2 weeks seemed to be the happiest days in her life. Despite having dementia, she was able to remember all of our names, able to recall who came to visit her, able to scold the nurses, able to wipe away the phlem by herself, stopped asking where my ex is. Some might say it was a sign of “辉光反照” , her last fight before she left? My aunt told us that she was complaining there were alot of people in her ICU ward. Angels? I hope they are. My ah ma has been baptised cos my aunt is a christian. Though i've never been a follower of CHrist, i do hope she's in a better place now.

In Loving Memory Of Mdm Low Hong Siang

(1928 - 2006)

Deeply missed by all.

Wake to be held at St Jospeh Church, 143 Victoria St

19/05/2006 1500Hrs - 20/05/2006 1200Hrs

Light refreshements in the evening

Ever had that shitty feeling that everything just keeps tumbling down? To those who are concerned, do not be alarmed by my indifference towards "her". No point. It does show alot about her isn't it. This isn't the lowest point in my life though. Results are gonna be released soon, just hope it's not as rock bottom as i expect them to be. Wallowing in self pity? I don't think so. Life goes on, and i can't really stop, cos no one owes me anything. THanks for the encouragement Josh, I'll live up to my name of course! You've been one of my best subordinates since army, and a great buddy to confide in. I'll take everything as it comes. R.I.P Ah Ma.

More shocks

2006-05-18T16:00:00.000+08:00

My grand ma's supposed to be discharged today. I went to the temple to offer prayers for her thinking she'll be okay. My mum called at 3pm, Ah Ma passed away at 2.30pm, whicle waiting to be discharged. Reason? Heart failure. Oh shit. Don't think i can ever forgive myself for that... Sorry grand ma, sorry. 2nd major shock in a week, i wonder how much longer i can take this.

NJcians Fall in! Ta Ma De. I'm getting old

2006-05-17T23:50:00.000+08:00

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* Tried running 2.4Km just now. bad timing though 1220. Just nice to pass only. Fark looks like i've gotta train harder, to shave off another 40seconds to reach my target of a silver. And i've got my lungs to worry about. =p. One more month to go though.

Anyways, Eric went with me to NJ just now to pass the cheque to Mr Tek. Msg Goh Soon Hoe to see whether he's around. He's not. Sian. But every sms reply comes with an opportunity cost. So he was smart enough to ask me to buy the fun fair tickets from him. Truly an economist. I salute you Mr Goh!

Had nothing to do so we went around exploring the school. WOw. Really changed alot. Especially the canteen. It's so much brighter, so much funkier, and of course no more disgusting bird shit. THey even added names to the canteen stalls. SO much so to the point that it sounded pretty lame. Guess what this stall sells..

Very ambiguos... Okay this one is even worse...

Hmmm... The first stall actually sells Yong Tau Hoo and second, gasp, snack stall. Er....i thought it was some desert stall or what, made itself sound so funky. Ok Nvm. That was some entertainment for us. SO we decided to explore. Maybe the Zhap Chai Bng might come up with some funky names like toss and turn or whatever.

Chinese Cuisine. Er... Okay not really that original. But er beats the other 2 though...

Plagiarism my friends, is a Farking CRIME! haha. Damn pirated man... Could have gotten a law suit in their pants.

NJ is really rich. they've got this nice big study corner done up. And yes they are very generous with the electricity bills too...

Look, it was already 730pm, there wasn;t anyone around. All lights were swtiched on, Fans too, at full blast some more. Still dare to complain not enough money to pay the bills. Pui... Oh and what's this?

Got "Shee SHee Tee V" some more. To capture hanky panky? Or to prove that "why did you say you got tell me not to put tur kwaa when you never ask me not to put tur kwaa?" Tighter than tight security i must say. World class facilities NJ. Keep it up. Hohoho

I'm going crankeeeeeeeeeeee....

shell shocked

2006-05-17T13:19:00.000+08:00

I am shocked, very shocked... Hmm but i expected it anyway. Okay but still i'm shocked. Enuff said.

V power rocks... My mama rocks... Honda Jazz Rocks... My brother rocks... Er.. sort of

2006-05-17T00:08:00.000+08:00

Combine V power, One Honda Jazz, and my mama, and what do you get? Ultimate milleage machine! Was bringing the car out for a pump cos the orange warning light was on. Looked at the odometer.

Wah Seh... My mum actually drove so much with that pathetic little oil tank. The max i could reach is also about 420++ using V-power as well. My mum actually exceeded by so much. Wow. Pei fu Pei fu.. But i think it's probably all the right elements combined together that gave the ultimate value for money from the fuel. Still, kudos to my mum, she says she'll try to break the 500 barrier. Shall see how it goes. HAha.

Went Holland V with Eric, early in the morning. And yes i mean very early, 1am. I didn't know the name of the magazine store is actually Thambi Magazine, strong ethnic flavour. Reminds me of the latest installment of the Mr Brown show, do take a look. Pokes fun at that stupid master card advert.

Oh yes, my brother topped his 3rd language class in Malay. WTF, right after the day he told me he top his class for lit, now he's telling me he topped his class in Malay. Damn it. And it's really once in a blue moon that i see him touching his books. Oh well. Life's fair you see, my mum gave me all the good food that's why i'm struggling to cut weight now, and she gives my brother the better brains. Haha