21st Birthday.

I actually had quite a bit to blog about on the eve of my birthday, but i kind of forgotten what i wanted to write about...

Well, before i forget more of them, i'll try to post something... On the 28th, my family threw a mini party for me at my house. Simple celebration with just my extended family, something that is to my preference, instead of those where i invited heaps of people and i know i will not be able to entertain everyone.

One outstanding issue bout me is the fact that i am quite anti social or 孤屁虫 as i would like to call myself... I need to get that flaw out of me, not as in becoming a social energizer bunny, but of coz not becoming a social hermit.

In the early saturday afternoon, Na came over and helped me with the decorations of my house, although i was the one putting them up, she was the one who made the streamers! Decorating took us quite a bit of time and eventually, uncles, aunts cousins starting coming in. And it was just like a normal family get together where everyone will just talk over anything.. Something simple but yet enjoyable...

Finally, we went ahead with the cake cutting ceremony, looking back, i havent been standing in that position for quite awhile actually..

I'll post some pictures of the day below:




My Birthday Cake!



A total Unglam shot of my Candle Blowing with my 2 cousins Nicholas and Augustin.



Augustin. Aint he adorable?



My Presents (Of course, there are many ang paos to go along)



Us, after the whole thing.. =)

Birthday Resolution:

Well, although one doesnt change from a teenager to an adult overnight. I know that now as an official adult, the impact of my actions are double the weightage it used to be. All the things i do must therefore be carefully thought of and planned. Much more responsibility thus lies on my shoulders and i really hope my shoulders are broad enough to contain them all...

Flu...

WEll, what a memorable 21st birthday it was, i was down with a flu and had a fever...

...

i cant blog...

funny

Funny, i can only blog thru the BlogThis Link. -.-"

Convincing myself

I stole this from somewhere with a wee bit of change:

It's scary, how one event can affect me so much. As much as I want have a hardened armour against outside dangers, there's still chinks in that armour that threatens to crack the entire contraption apart. I know I shouldn't be so affected but I really can't help it. The hardest person to convince is yourself, but once you are convinced, almost nothing can convince you otherwise.

(Hope i didnt commit any copyright infringement. But sources not to be named.)


Sad but true, i am a victim of my own lack of confidence.

I need to stand up strong and lead myself out of this circle of self doubt.

Well, pics...

Well, remember my post on 21st Oct?

I said something about nice prints, here are the scanned neoprints.

P.S. I know im old liao but i still act cute. forgive me =x

My hero...

My hero in school...



hehe... thats right, its coffee!!... =)

Shopping...

I havent been shopping alone for quite a while, as usual its pretty chop chop ka li pok!

Bought a pair of Asics GT-2100(2E) running shoe (birthday present from my aunt), my yellow '虎' is dying already.... =(

Number of children vs education level

Well, i was reading my readings in preparation for my Nation Building Tutorial on monday. I came across this interesting statement from one of the readings;

"The number of children in Malay families has also been commonly cited as an important casual factor contributing to the poor performance of Malay students............. in 1985, Goh Chok Tong armed with an impressive array of statistical data showing the correlation between large families, poverty and acadamic performance, urged Malays to have smaller families in order to improve their educational standings....... However this is contridicted by the 1990 census which indicated that the mean number of children among parents with university education was 1.36 compared to 1.58 for those with secondary education, 2.37 for primary school educated and 4.6 for those without education...."

cited from (The Singapore Dilemma: The Malay Educational Marginality by Lily Zubaidah Rahim)

Something to think about??
Why do higher educated people have less children?

You Have Low Self Esteem 28% of the Time

Generally, you feel pretty darn great about who you are, even when you mess up or fail. Occasionally, a huge setback will make you question yourself, but you pick yourself up quickly.

How is Your Self Esteem?

You Are 76% Open

You're a pretty open person - and you don't mind sharing the good, bad, and sometimes ugly. And while sometimes you do catch yourself blabbing on, you usually exhibit restraint. You're openness is quite refreshing, and it encourages other people to be open with you!

How Open Are You?

Your Scholastic Strength Is Evaluating

You are great at looking at many details and putting them all together. You are talented at detecting subtle trends, accuracy, and managing change. You should major in: Statistics Speech Conflict studies Communication Finance Medicine

What Should You Major In?

You Are 77% Grown Up, 23% Kid

Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature. Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

Better person?

With reference from Edgar's Tag:

Ed: And by now you must realise that afterall, you are now a better person for all you've been through, the good times and the bad.


Expensive mistake, take ensures no repetition in it.
Better person i think not. I am much less the man i was.
The confidence that was built up bit by bit through the blood, sweat and tears were lost in the process...

However, its time my life took yet another turn.. And this time, I will make sure, it will be a much better piece of artwork. Even if its not a masterpiece, it will certainly be a much better portrait then before.

Thanks Edgar.
I really dont know how I should thank you for standing there for me then. It is something so significant to me that i will always remember it.

I promise to intro more people to look for you when they have toothache. =)

Clumsy day...

Today was a clumsy day...

Firstly, i nearly fell while standing on the moving bus and while trying to muster an acrobatic balance, i raised my leg up slightly. Just as my right leg lifted off the ground, the bus jerked, the momentum from the jerk caused my rising leg to rise even higher and "WHAM!" i did a banana kick on the side of the seat, any inch off the point of impact, would have resulted in me crushing someone's ribs.

Next was after my CS1101c lecture, enroute to the toilet, i was tossing my water bottle in my hands and by some shear bad luck, my hands became my legs and the bottle slipped off my hand and "cling clang clong" and it continued rolling right into the direction of the GIRLS toilet and ya, the door opened and it rolled in. So malu lor... sianz..

Mr Murphy please leave me alone... =(

time...

As the day draw nearer, the memory grows stronger...

I still remember, the day i was donned in my No.3 uniform for the first time, setting my foot there for the first time, standing there for the first time...

The images are still so vivid... the voice, the people talking in the picture... it all seem as though it just happened yesterday...

What a day that was...

Application

After bumming around for so long, i finally made my application for the transfer of course.

A stay home day...

Its a public holiday, and staying at home never felt better.. Although i originally didnt have any classes today, but still i think a break from the stressful condtions in school is a good thing for students nowadays..

It gives me chance to catch up on my tutorials which i am lagging behind and even allow me to slot some gaming and some exercise time in between.

=)

21st Oct.

Ah, i finally managed to get my lazy bump to blog about the events of 21st OCt. We went to town, Far East to be exact... Call me turtle, call me tortise that resides high up on the mountain.. But, it changed yet again and i duno about it... =/ But then again, when was the last time i went to Far East?? Actually i dont have any recollections of it, so i think it was ages ago.

But, one major change i noticed was that, it was awefully quiet in town on a Saturday afternoon. Thus i began believing the crowd was drawn to VivoCity. And so long after its launch, i still havent been there, i think it will take me Eons before i go there.

Well, after my dear snup got 1 pretty halter from her favourite shop and a denim skirt from another shop where she bought her previous pair of skirt, we went to eat peanut butter + chocolate toast! And had Iced Yuan-Yang too! After that little snacking, we headed to Cineleisure and had neoprints taken. Pretty nice prints actually and since there wasnt any crowd, we spent 45mins designing the pics. Because w/o queue, there wont be a countdown timer! LoL.

Next snup was supposed to bring me to Fosters for my birthday treat. As we reached Holland more than an hour ahead of time, we went to Factory Outlet Store to look for cheap and good deals... And we spent money again. haha.. As the time ticks, we walked to Fosters, and to my amazement, the place was just litted with candles, i tot they were celebrating deepavali or just trying to be romantic. But when we went in, the waiter told us they had a power failure. Much to my disappointment, i didnt get to eat at Fosters again! I had been talking about eating there since like when i entered army. Yap, more than 2 years past... still nothing haha..

By the time we decided on the next location, my hunger was gone... And we ate at 'Out of the pan' in Raffles City. It was Crepes and crepes and crepes in all the menu, though not really my type of meal,(coz of the small serving) but the dinner was nice and not too filling. Because there was this Ben n Jerry's treat after dinner!

Something funny was that, as Na went to buy the 'mix n match' ( 3 scoops served in a waffle bowl) it took her damn long, and as i turn my head over to see if she had lost her way, i saw her asking for a lighter to light the candle. So much for the surprise she planned for me.. haha... Sorry dear, i shouldnt be so Kpo next time... =/

Well, that concludes the outing and it has been eons since we went out till after 10. =p

Well, as Na's request , here is the story of the rock and sand which i read from somewhere, but lost the original version so this is my edited version.

Story of the Professor and an Empty Jar

There was one day, a Professor picked up an Empty jar and asked his lecture grp if they jar was empty or full. "Empty.." the students replied.
Next, he took out a bag of stones and filled the jar to its brim and he asked his students again if it was full.. and unanimously the students replied "Full..."
AFter which, he then take out a bar of sand and scooped the sand into the supposedly full stone-filled jar, and the sand seeped in between the spaces of the stones inside the Jar. Yet again, he popped the same question and the reply was still "Full."
Finally, he emptied the jar and filled the empty jar to the brim with just sand and asked that same question to get the same answers from the students. However he then tried to put stones into the sand-filled jar but he couldnt because they dont fit into the jar anymore.

The moral of the story is that,

The Jar is your life, it is filled up with stones and sand.
Whereby the stones are the important things and people tt revolves in your life and
the sand are the small things that happen everyday.
And if you fill your life with just sand (small things that happen everyday), you will neglect the big stones(important things and people).
As the way life should be is to be filled with important things and people and the small things are there to add taste and a twist to your life and not be the major part of you.

Well, i know to those who have read this story before, my version is definately not as good, but based on memory this is the best tt i can get. So if anyone have the original copy i would appreciate it if u can email it to me =)

naps

Well well well... I was supposed to continue with my physics tutorial after coming home from dinner over at my granny's place at abt 2045. But, i fell asleep and i woke up at 2330... =/ Omg.. Precious time wasted and now im freaking damn alert... so i guess after this entry i'll do the tutorial then =)

This afternoon i went to Na's place to see if i can do anything to save her poor comp and i swear i have never seen such a "dirty' computer. Dirty not as in full of porn or dust but virus... -.-"

I installed AVG thru the CD i burned for her and did a scan, i amounted to 1.3k infect files. And alot of the data in the harddisk is corrupted...
Thus i draw from this analysis that, the web is now a damn 'durtttty' place and without any form of viral protection or firewall... THe results would be disastrous...

Singaporean are funny...

I am refering to the news of the Middle aged man who committed suicide on the tracks recently and had his body severed into 3 parts...

Yes, his story is touching, his family is poor and it touches our heart. But is there a need to raise $300,000 to him alone after he has DIED? If only the help came when he was still alive and kicking...

Refering more from the Newpaper, Singaporeans have kindly donated to people who make the headlines, such as e case of Huang Na, are these kind people all trying to make headlines as well?

If u all look around, there are actually many people who are in difficulty and suffering just as much as these people if not in greater agony... Why doesnt help reach out to those??

Will this create a trend whereby, people thinking of suicide just because they have given up on hope and lost the will to carry on?? Furthermore, singaporeans are so kind hearted and will donate handsomely to his/her family...

So are these kind people really kind? or are they just trying to KPO around and since they are there already, might as well donate.

If it is the former, then im glad but i would still love to see those suffering in silence get some help and of course, help is more effective when the person is still alive.

Just my point of view.

Lazy Mornings....

Oh well its the time of the week yet again, yep, a thursday morning...

I simply hate thursday and friday mornings. Coz i have to wake up at 5.15 just to prepare to go to school... Sometimes i just have this urge to skip the 8am lectures... Well, they do have webcast for the lectures, but i cant bring myself to not go to school...

furthermore, i suck so much in math, all the more i shouldnt skip rite? =/

Tired, tired, tired....

A tribute to 93.3FM

In the past, i used to listen to perfect 10...
That was during secondary sch when i was into linkin park, emninen, and blah blah...

Now, i listen to 93.3fm. And i have been a long time follower... hhaa...
I duno why i am blogging this, but i jsut had the urge to blog something and this is the topic that came to my mind.

Well, since i am at this, i might as well say this:

I MISS MUSIC DIARY! aka "Ying Yue Ri Ji" that was hosted by LingZhi... Now in replace of that, is Peifen's "Da Tou Fen De Shi Jie" aka Big head fen's World..
Though its funny and quite entertaining, but i prefer listening to music diary's love story and combined with Lingzhi's "dong ren"'s voice..
The story never fail to touch my heart.
And of cos, late nite mugging and homework doing or even nights when i cant sleep i had the 'company' of Peifen's "Ni Ke Si De Chen Bao" and now Jiahui's "Oh Yeah Bu Xiang Shui" , i will always tune in to 93.3, in fact i listen to the radio while i sleep... But i hate Chong Ching's "Zhou Gong Jiang Gui"... sometimes it makes me thnk of ghosts and make me cant sleep further... =/

and not forgetting Ma Li and Zhi Yong... =)

Thanks to all the DJs for keeping me company all these years...

Botak Jones.

Hours and location for Botak Jones Tuas

32 Pioneer Sector 2, Sungei Kadut Eating House
at the junction of Pioneer Sector 2 and Pioneer Sector 1
Phone / Fax: 689-89-225
Monday - Friday 10:00 am til 8:30 pm
Saturday 10:00 am til 5:00 pm
Sunday closed

Hours and location for Botak Jones Ang Mo Kio

Yue Hua Food Place
Block 608 Ang Mo Kio Ave. 5
Phone / Fax: 6755-1-225
Tuesday - Sunday 12:00 noon til 10:00 pm
Monday closed

Hours and location for Botak Jones Clementi

Block 325 Clementi Ave 5 (Kopitiam) #01- 129 Singapore 120325
Phone / Fax: 677-41-225
Tuesday - Sunday 12:00 noon til 10:00 pm
Monday closed

And i found their website from google...

http://botakjones.com/index.html

No wonder my lecturer said : "Google is ur friend"

New Bag...

Thanks to Na, i got a new bag! haha...
After so much discussions and considerations and reluctance to make any decision... We finally got my bag. Yay...

Television Ads

Hmm, i walked past the coffeeshop 1 block away from my house and i saw the originally very crowded western food stall there have at least 2 times the amount of customers today. I must say the HDB Tai Tai promoting the stall has really done a very good job. Well, the stall is none other than, "Botak Jones".

Botak Jones is owned by this Caucasian whom i have no idea where he is from and he isnt called Jones, but they serve relatively different type of western food. Its more like American western food and its very different from the traditional chicken chop/ chicken cutlet/ pork chop at our local coffeeshop. Their menu includes different sausages which are at least 6 to 8inches long, 15cm by 12cm burgers, and i forgot coz i havent been there in a while and i guess because of the sudden influx, i wont go in the near future as well, though the menu may not be as exotic and as exhaustive as hotels, but it certainly packs a punch for a coffeeshop western food.

The prices are reasonably affordable, and their food is pretty much worth the wait. But the waiting time sucks. It used to be 30 to 40mins of waiting time during wkends, but now after the increased popularity, i guess it'll take at least an hour.

If u guys wanna find out more about the place, just ask me ba.. =)

Of course all dimensions provided in the post are based on my not so good memory coz i dont bring ruler/measuring tape to measure my food.

Lazy Saturday

Well well, its been awhile since i had a lazy saturday... Its not so bad actually, i can well, catch up on slacking and lazing around and not forgetting improving my relationship with my mama by gossiping with her about my grandmother.

Yep, after living my life for 2 decades, i realised that as i grow older, i talk my mummy less.
One thing is probably because i have my own things to do, i always get cooped up in my room and my mum in her own room watching tv, my dad in the living room watching his tv as well... It has been like that for quite some time, all of us will be in our own little space.

I seldom talk to my dad, not because i hate him but because i have nohing to say to him. Why? Because since young i was always looked after by my grandparents. (maternal) Both parents working, my grandpa send me to school and picks me up from school. Bring me to my swimming class, picks me up from swimming class. After that i will go back to my gramp's place for lunch and do my homework until my mum returns. My dad? he will go back to his mother's house for dinner everyday without fail..

On weekends, its my mum that brings me out, well even though my dad doesnt work on weekends, he doesnt bring me out, he doesnt bring me and my mum out. The furthest place i have been with him is to my grandmother's(paternal) place during chinese new year. We dont talk, he doesnt come to my room and talk to me, ask me how am i coping with my studies etc. On weekends, he will go out himself, and come back at night. It has been like that for well, maybe since i started to "Dong Shi".

On the contrary, I started talking more to my dad nowadays. Well, I tried to communicate, but its tough, i just dont feel close to him, i have even more to talk about with my uncle as compared to my dad. No one told me what to expect in the army, coz dad didnt served the army, my uncle was pes C9L2, my other uncle was a Policeman since NS. So little blur me, bumped around here and there inside BMTC,OCS & 6SIR came out stronger and ended my military life with a 'BANG'. Now as i embark on my journey in persuing a higher education in National University of Singapore, all decisions made were not by my parents, not me, but my aunt. Why? Because she is a graduate, and somebody who really worked very hard to achieve what she had attained. Although she's someone i respect and listen to as her comments are usually more useful and holds more weight, i sometimes would rather my not so educated parents to offer some form of advice and not say: "Ask Aunty Wendy and see what she says." I would rather decide on my own sometimes, and sometimes you know that, following your heart is the next best thing to do when ur brains dont work.

I just lived by my teenage years 'like that' i never enjoyed how being a teen was i was always making decisions about myself, my life and whatsoever, now im entering adulthood and the process of making decisions will carry on even further now. Thus i feel too grown up for my age. I feel so tired with life. I sometimes just wanna be a child and throw tantrums around all over again...

Ok, guess i bitched enough, its time to go back to reading my readings to prep for Monday's Tutorial...

What i want..

Ok, so i have made up my mind to transfer from Engineering to Arts.
So is Majoring in Economics what i want? I sometimes ask myself what i hope to achieve by coming to University.

Answer which never fails to come out of my mouth : Get a degree.

And the reason behind getting a degree? : To find a good job tt is high paying and all?

And the reason to have a good job tt is high paying...... : Have more money so tt i have more money to spend(which helps move the economy) on my family and save and keep for my descendents...

And why again? So tt they can have a comfortable life and receive good education and carry on this vicious cycle...

Well there u have it, A summary of LIFE. =)

Alright, lets snap out of this meaningless and senseless topic,

Qn: Is Economics Wat i REALLY REALLY WANT???

Ans: i dunno. I cant give myself a confident YES.

Why? : I duno what lies ahead with an Arts Degree Majoring in Economics. Its seems so blur and hazy as compared to business.

GOsh. im still so confused...

My LIFE

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Must See...

This is really cool... really go and see.... =)

They made it using still pictures... and normal video is from 15 to 30 frames per second. so this 1 minute video they must have used at least 900 to 1800 still pictures... =/

School

Another Statics Tutorial which i came out feeling even stupidier...
Totally got lost inside the vast ocean of intelligence...

But looking on the bright side, i finally saw Jack in school.. haha thats like the first time i saw him in sch. Haha, ok back to trying to do some work...

Its a miracle.. i got 7/12 for my maths test instead of 5.. lol... i am so LUCKy i can go buy 4D!!!

Maths Test

Well, the answers are out and im not really keen to even look at the answers and solution. Coz, i know i will be fucked...

Well, i checked and *drum roll* OMG OMG OMG, i failed. Whats new??

Bah, its even better then expected, i expected a 3 to 4 out of 12 and i got 5. So i am pretty pleased. =)

Cmon, Lets face it Xie Kaiwei... u are just not cut out for engineering.

So wake up ur fucking idea and stop wasting ur own time... Be something else, look for the REAL you...

Male Restroom Etiquette

Male Restroom Etiquette

Village Name??

Well, this is a signboard in front of the Village in Austria tt is known as 'Fucking' and this is one the most commonly stolen signboards...

=)