Jade Falcon Elite

World Of Warcraft

2006-09-18T10:23:00.000+08:00

Hmmm....... I have been missing for 9 months.......

Deeply embedded in the immersive World of Warcraft. If one does not attempt to play the game, one cannot understand the massive world and unique role-play which it can offer. It is arguably the BEST game non-excluding other genre of games.

WOW(World of Warcraft) offers an entirely new dimension for you to explore. You will need to choose a race, human, nightelf, dwarve, gnome, orc, troll, tauren or undead. You will also need to decide which class (liken to real-life's Professional Career), namely a tough Warrior, a stealthy Rogue, a Legolas-like Hunter, a righteous Paladin, mystical Shaman, Evil Warlock, magical Mage, Shape-shifter Druids or a healing Priest.

You get to decide on your money making hobbies like Blacksmithing, Engineering, Alchemy, Leather-working, Herbalism, Mining, Tailoring and Enchanting etc etc. The game even has Cooking for the domesticated player, First Aid for those who do not even know what CPR means and Fishing for fans who enjoy waiting by the waterways trying to hook something that moves.

Yes, this game has hooked me up for months and it offers me great value over sports or other hobbies. We make friends online, fight together online and even get killed in a party online. we talk crap and enjoy going through thick and thin in the game.

Yes, its $25 per month subscription but its money well spent considering the number of games bought and tested by me. Let's see how long I continue to be engaged by this immersive and expansive game.

So while I am away for an extended period, whomsoever still reads this stuff here, go try this game and give me an update and tell me what you think.

For The Wind
Jade

2006 : Start Your Engines!

2006-01-01T18:34:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year To Whomsoever Is Reading This

My apologies for such an extended long delay in my postings. I have been rather busy and tied up with so much to do and with so little time to spare. This short little update is to review alittle of what I have been doing lately and what I have done this year.

December 2005
A busy month for car industry. Concluded a company dinner recently and awards were given out in which unexpectedly, I was one of the named recipients.

Top Salesman Awards
1st - Roger Lim $3600
2nd - Michael Goh $3000
3rd - Lily Pang $2400

Consistent Performance Awards
1. Alan Seah $1600
2. Elise Toh $1000
3. Cheryl Lee $1000
4. Daniel Ling $1000 (Its me! Its me! Its me, Jade!)
5. Nicholas Wong $1000

Best Newcomer Award
*Eddie Lee $1000

2005

Office political division amongst my staffs because of my exgf. $$$
Went through last 5 Reservist, Armour! Estimated loss - $3000
Passed IPPT with $100 incentive!
Joined California Fitness Membership on Infinity Lifetime Membership. $4000
Had Lasik Surgery (6/6 vision now). $4000.
Played the best game noted ever : World of Warcraft. $125
Placed a pool table in my home. $6000
Car Tyre Change $400
Home Carpeting $2000

*Loving Someone In My Life And Receiving The Love From Her - Priceless

*For other things there is Mastercard !

I have not had time to wish anyone Merry Christmas or Happy New Year. Here, let me wish all who reads this Happy New Year!

2005 has been a year of tough times for me. Mainly because the car industry went through a period of turmoil and that I was recovering from a breakup. Lasik Surgery and the purchase of my pool table were the main highlights in my life this year. Blogging also became a past time. 2005 has ended. Maybe I can ask this question now. How much have you REALLY done to show the one whom you really love that you REALLY love her or him in the year of 2005? Whatever your answer is, I hope you are satisfied with it. I have done my best. I have done more than what most people can do. I am not superman nor batman. Just a mere normal human attempting to do extra things in an ordinary life.

The New Year 2006

I know little about what is to happen in this year. I endeavour to organise my life well and fulfill my set out objectives systematically. I need to increase my level of discipline in whatever I do. I will not be put down by anyone. Whatever problems other have is really none of my business. If its my business to bother, then its called SHARING.

I have not set out my list of objectives yet. I doubt I will do it. I just wanna improve myself overall. I give myself no excuses and care not for other's opinions. I just wanna run my life and be happy. Happiness is my priority. I hope everyone reading this will be blessed with utmost happiness too.

Happy 2006!

"The Old Must Go, That The New May Come!"

Appreciation & My Genting Trip

2005-12-04T03:03:00.000+08:00

29th Nov to the 1st Dec 2005 I went up to Genting Highlands in Malaysia with my friends and colleagues, Cheryl, Dennis, Kristina and Glen. Drove in 2 cars, namely my Subaru Impreza and Cheryl’s IST.

Drove off at 6am from Singapore and arrived at 11am. It was freezing cold up there when we arrived at Genting Hotel. Got ourselves a nice room, arranged our stuffs a little and off we went, hunting for things to do.

There are many photos which I took so you guys can take your time and have a look at the cloudy entertainment landmark. I like cold places. Singapore is too hot. Hot hunks, hot babes and also hot weather… Too hot la.

Genting Trip Photos

Appreciation

Sometimes in life we take for granted the simplest things. Sometimes we live to regret it. I am sure many of us have made the foolish mistake of forgetting to thank someone who has done us a kind deed or someone who has always remembered us.

When I was young, I was brought up the Christian way. They taught me how to appreciate life itself and the people around me. These I have held dear. Learning to appreciate someone didn’t come by all that natural. When have you last heard a kid saying thank you to an adult for the sweets given to him without prompting from his parents or guardians? Showing appreciation does not come naturally.

One rule of my life. Forget the transgressions which people have done so against me, remember the goodness they have shown forth to me. Then again, I am only human and I do make my fair share of mistakes.

I like telling people thank you. I like my loved ones to know I care and I mean it. I have no qualms about saying sorry when I am wrong or admitting to mistakes made. From real life friends to blogging friends, I believe I have shown in my own special ways my appreciation. The Tribute in one of my post is one such Appreciation token.

Many people use different methods to show their appreciation. Let me name a few.

1. Time: Spending time with someone is probably the most costly and under-rated form of appreciation. Time is money. Time and tide wait for no man. Time is not refundable. Time is commitment. To choose to give time, is to choose to give much of oneself. If someone is to busy to give you that time, then you are not important enough for him to give you that time. Time is so important because one day, we will all run out of time. The importance of Time cannot be emphasize more.

2. Effort: Effort is a beautiful thing. It is a sole requirement for me to be touched by any gal. If a lady decides to sit there and look pretty, then I am sorry, she isn’t for me. I need the lady to show me that she is interested and by her eager consistent actions, I will naturally be touched. Likewise, most people have this saying,” it’s the thought that counts”. Bull shit. Thinking about the person isn’t the same as doing something for that person. I would prefer to send an sms, talk, hang out, give or do something for the person whom I want to appreciate. Thinking alone isn’t good enough. Its simply lazy appreciation. Effort requires a sacrifice of time, energy, actions and intentional deliberate purpose. Example: Broken Promise Valerie baked a cake for her boyfriend on his birthday. However she thinks it looks weird, its still marvelous effort on her part. Her boyfriend should feel lucky. That’s effort.

3. Money: Money is not an end itself. It is a means to an end. Simply put, it’s a tool, which we can use to achieve certain objectives. For this occasion, we need money to buy gifts, dinner, support certain causes and even plan surprises. Giving even 1 cent to a person whom we appreciate makes us that 1-cent poorer. No one should ever say that any gift or token that cost money is too little and means nothing to the giver. Most of us earn limited amounts of money and I am sure most of you agree that money is really hard to come by. We have to spend as little as possible, save enough and try and increase our income to be able to set aside enough to even utilize some of our funds to show our appreciation to someone we care. So do feel blessed when someone does actually use his or her money to shower you with appreciation.

4. Behaviour and Conduct: No point spending time, money and effort on someone then you behave like an idiot when you are with the person. Imagine you use money to buy a gift which took time to source and you actually did spend time with the person whom you appreciate and then behave like a childish petty idiot when the person doesn’t reciprocate your goodness. Be gentlemanly, guys. Be ladylike, girls. Good conduct of oneself like opening the doors for your mum, girlfriend or someone you like is also a good way to show your filial piety, love and appreciation for that person. Another way to understand this pointer is, imagine your friend takes you out to buy you dinner which cost money and time but never offers to carry your heavy things which you are carrying with you. Maybe he’s oblivious to your sufferings but that’s what I call, horrid behaviour.

5. Tone and Speech: If you appreciate someone, believe me, your tone and speech will change. There is no one who will shout across the room in an angry voice telling another person that he or she is appreciated. That kind of guy is kuku. Show your appreciation by speaking sincerely and with utmost pitiful eyes, the person will surely melt and receive your appreciation with heartfelt thanks.

There are probably more pointers to this topic Appreciation; this list is definitely not exhaustive. The reason I wanted to highlight this in my latest post is because I do think it’s important to show appreciation to people whom we care and touch us. Very often we neglect those who has helped us in our times of need and forgotten them.

The world will be a better place if we are not short on our show of appreciation. Showing appreciation will not lessen our sincerity but rather, it would augment our characters as someone who knows how to show gratitude when it matters.

Appreciation, I have learnt this lesson well. May it serve you well too.

*When was the last time you really showed your appreciation to someone who has helped you or made a difference in your life?

"Gratitude takes 3 forms; a feeling in the heart, an expression in words , and giving in return"

Misunderstood

2005-11-26T00:34:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : BI RAIN MTV

My life is fraught with misunderstandings.

Father Daniel

When I was younger in my early adolescent age, I was noted in school as Father Daniel. My classmates could not understand my devotion towards God and my intense passion for His people and His works. On the contrary, while I was in Church, I was treated with respect and adoration from fellow christian peers. The intimate knowledge that I had of God was graciously shown through my behaviour and towards my fellow school mates. The former understood. The latter did not.

Thus, Father Daniel was birthed. 12 years old in primary 6 to be exact. I was in someways treated like an outcast simply because I professed God on my lips and behaved in loving ways which few could identify with. Fellow students assumed that I wanted to gain attention by literally behaving in an uncool manner.

They didn't understand.

I loved God. I remembered my Sunday School teacher, Mr Colin, asking me of the 5 fold ministries, which I would like to be. The 5 fold ministries were : Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. Or we could even choose to be just helpers. I said Apostle. Apostles are staunch believers who serve God in absolute full capacity. Known to be of the highest calling in the Christian Circles. Few can be apostles. Very few. Yet I grew up loving God to such a huge extent. Maybe the intensity and the passion I had, when shown forth to people around me, it got misunderstood easily. I didn't feel the need to act suave and cool. I was popular in school for my athleticism, however, I also did receive unwanted attention in the form of disgust from fellow peers regarding my intimate devotion to God.

Misunderstandings? Indeed.

Romeo, Romeo, Where Art Thou?

I grew up with an extremely strong notion of love. I believed in TRUE LOVE. The existence of real genuine love would surely exist I thought. Something amazingly strong and powerful as the idea of love would fill my life with the ultimate happiness, joy and laughter. The love I am referring to, is not God's love but more of earthly love between two romantically linked individuals. Throughout my teenage years, I had only one thing in mind, Love. I believed when I love someone or someone loves me, if we were to enter into a compromise of a relationship, it would be the loveliest thing to happen. Indeed it happened. I fell in love.

I fell in love 4 times in 13 years. Also fell out of love 4 times. Learnt that True Love is really difficult. Whom we thought were our soul mates, turned out to be cheaters, liars, mother-f***ing son of a bit**. It sure hurt really bad then. The point here is that, I still believed in love and being such a sucker for love, people around me didn't understand. Yes, many mentioned money is important. But it surely isn't the most important thing to me. Money is a need. It is a tool. It is a means to an end. Not the end itself.

Love is. Love is everything. I could sacrifice for love. I could die for love.

Friends think I am emotionally weak. Maybe. Friends think I have got my priorities wrong. Maybe. Friends think my concept of love is outdated and no longer holds true in today's modern society. Maybe.

Somehow it's always noted that I am trying too much, to hard and too long for love to be true. Peers sneer and laugh at my preposterous declaration of love. They didn't understand my heart and my nature. I didn't feel a need to join them in acting cool and super savvy. I had a mind of my own.

So there, getting misunderstood for showing my girlfriends too much love (pampering?), too much time (Friends not important?) and too much efforts(Doing so much yet failing in my relationship). They think all I really want is love and nothing else. Please........ sigh...... I do know I need to work to make a decent living. I know I still have other friends who care for me too. I understand. But they didn't understand.

Misunderstandings? Indeed.

Misunderstandings are a great source of pain and heartaches. It can be fatal and destroy a genuine friendship. It surely can destroy love. I hate misunderstandings. Believe me, misunderstandings mixed with Jealousy, Anger and Stubborness will create HELL. And Hell knows no fury like a woman scorned......

Keeping Misunderstandings At Bay

3 Cs are crucial.

1. Clear Communication

Practically I endeavour to speak very good English so I could communicate clearly and effectively with my peers and love ones. Good language definitely does help. Communicating our thoughts and ideas across clearly with good language skills will lessen the probability of an erupting misunderstanding.

2. Character

Good characters tend to receive trust more. If one is of a good integrity and has a strong reputation, sometimes, they do not even need to explain and they would be cleared of any misunderstandings. Its strange sometimes but good characters will always find its way into the hearts of many.

3. Courage

When all else fails, it takes courage to face up and clear a misunderstanding. It takes courage to walk up to a love one holding a bouquet of roses and lilies, kneel and tell her in front of the world that she is the one he loves. There is no substitute to courage. It comes from within one's soul and only when you want something enough, hunger for it enough, desperate for it enough, then courage itself will manifest. When it does, amazing stories will be told for years to come.

"Misunderstanding is but a temporary glitch in the simple minds of humans"

So when was the last time you had a Big Misunderstanding?

Tribute To Jade's Blog Readers Part 2

2005-11-22T14:00:00.000+08:00

Thank you for waiting. Here's the rest.

1. Blue Apple :
"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the Realization of how much you already have". This is Blue Apple's blog slogan and it does bring about the idea of being contented and being greedy. I could not quite remember how Blue Apple came to my blog. However, her comments always touch me especially when I closed my blog. Then now reopening, she still cheers me on readily and warmly. I am touched. Shirley is a sweet young lady who doesn't assume and supports blogs readily. I am honoured to have her presence in this blog. May your days here be more fulfilling than ever.

Thank you for your sweet support.

2. Starlandliu :
Starlandliu was one of the 1st few pioneers in my blog. I remembered we helped Xishi with her blog music hosting. Starlandliu is a very young and idealistic man. Patriotic and loyal. His amazing loyalty towards friends is incredible. The amount of support he has shown me is awesome! He always has my interest at heart and I am proud to be associated with him. He has an interesting blog. Sometimes there will be some new photos which he will put up and hopefully mesmerize his readers. His photography is indeed amazing for a guy at his tender age. A true potential in the area of photography. Likes to blabber history, chinese ancestors, politics and national issues. Kekeke.......

Thank you Bro! REALLY!

3. Claudia :
Claudia is my personal friend. Known her 3 yrs. Lives near me too. An eloquent individual who has went through life the hard way. Has an extremely strong character and amazing will to live. I have enjoyed you presence here my friend. Although still owing me Liquered Berries, I still must praise you for the many advices and talk you gave me. Will always remember you. She has a very interesting blog. Apparently she has good photography skills too. The hotel pictures were simply breath-taking. Keep it up my girl. My issues are resolved. I have settled all my issues. Thank you for being there. You are a very true friend.

Will not forget what you have done.

4. Kurakat79 :
Edwin is a level headed guy who is also a Christian. Bro, I used to be from the same church as you. Kekeke...... He has been a very supportive friend. His postings are a joy to read too. I apologise for shocking you when I closed down my blog. I have little means of explaining what happened. And yes, I will blog for myself and for my people, the readers. And of course since I am not stopping blogging, dun you dare to stop your blogging too. Do read his blog and know his mind. Cheers chap!

Yo bro, you words touch my heart.

5. Elvina :
She blogs alot. Writes alot. Rambles alot. And yes, I will not let my fellow bloggers down. As you have said, I have experienced their love, care and concern. I do cherish them and that is why they are all getting a tribute here. You said you are neither here nor there. Its because you wanted it that way. Elvina was one of the very first few I know just when I started in the blogging world. Your constant support will be treasured and greatly missed. My friend here writes interesting articles too. For the things you have done, I will surely remember them.

Thank you so much. I could never thank you enough.

6. Elydia :
Hi 4 Leaf Clover Girl, Thank you for coming here. Although its your first time here, if u r bored u can skim through my post and start amusing yourself with my vomit of words and pictures. Now you don't have to worry about me quitting because I will not quit. I would like to continue to post thoughts and issues which I think has some importance to me. Your kind support here albeit a new blogger, has touched me. Continue to press on and write ur blog. I will read. Cheers my friend.

Keep Blogging!

7. Fireburn :
Fireburn, I like the background music you put on. Shows you have good taste. Kekeke.... Yes I am back. Thanks for supporting and waiting up. U have a nice alias nick. Fireburn. Hmmm..... shows alot of manliness in you. Showing your post on your departing friend from your department also reveals the softer side of you. Keep revealing more. I believe many others here wanna know more about you too! Hehehhe..... Thank you brother!

Many happy returns of the day.

8. Bee :
Bee is a person who loves God dearly. So much so that everypart of her life exudes the charms of a christian girl. Even her blog shows much of her thoughts about God and never ceases to amaze me that she could also write so much about how God keeps moving in her life. A very sensitive girl who is also a good encourager, she expresses herself through her blog with proverbs, poetry and Godly musings. Yes you are right, people can fail me but I should not give up. There will always be others who would treasure me. I will blog for myself and my readers. Its a good thing to know you. You are like a conscience to a soul.

Thank you.

9. Jaslyn :
Girl, its a good thing you brought your bf here. I am pleasantly surprised to discover that he is my old school mate! Didn't deal with him alot then but still remember that he did exist then though very vague impressions. Jaslyn is a dedicated and loving girl. Well, that can be easily seen in her blog. Her blog revolves around her love life, Joho. She juggles worklife and love life pretty well I think from how things were described. I did note you linked me. Much to my honour young lady. Your ramblings on your blog reminds me of an everyday heartlander's thoughts as they carry out their daily duties in earnest. Your pictures which your bf took for you, they were really good. Fabulous I must say. Its like an art. I like the pictures posted up. More More More! Keep it coming my friend.

Your pictorial expressions as a model is good. Keep it up!

10. Aspiringwife :
Yo Yo Yo Annie! Thanks for coming in! I have linked you so little worries. I like your postings. Lots of pictures to allow me to devour. Its been a healthy consumption of pictorial news and I like it. Your blissful marriage is somewhat the dream of many. I choose to think you are enjoying everybit as a wife. You said something very important.
"Better Late Than Never".
Yes I truly agree with you. This sentence has utmost importance to me. Thank you for coming by to visit. I appreciate it.

Welcome us all back yeah? kekeke...

*Thank you one and all. This completes my tribute. Should I have forgotten anyone, please kindly forgive me. Like I said, I do not need alot of readers. I need true friends who would support each other in times of need. You guys have done a great thing. Thus you all deserve my tribute to you. It is with my heart-felt gratitude to all of you my fellow bloggers and my thanks many a plenty to your wonderous comments. This tribute has been logged in here forever. It has been a great joy to know all of you. I started from zero. Now I have seen all you true real blogging friends.

Thank You All Of You.

Tribute to Jade's Blog Readers Part 1

2005-11-21T03:35:00.000+08:00

Dear friends and readers of my blog,

I take this post to pay tribute to my loyal readers and commentators. For without you all, I am a lesser man.

1. Qin Shi Huang :
Your first welcome is truly treasured. Its like stepping off the landing pod on the moon and saying, "I'm the first". Mr Emperor loves to write in chinese. Somehow, my abilities in the chinese language is quite limited. I can speak alittle though(aww... come on, sales need it). Highly recommended site for readers who love chinese writings and deep musings. A very wise man. I like the words you spurt forth (when its in English of course) because it carries a very mature aura with it. I am also glad that your link page is growing. It shows growth my friend. Keep it growing. It does create a unique pleasant effect on your interested readers. Truly. Your support for Jade's Blog has been recorded here in my online journal. I really like your musings (In English of course). So do read Qin Shi Huang's blog because this guy is knowledgeble and super cheena. It has been noted that recently he went Karaoke with fellow bloggers! Hehehe....

Thank you Brother Qin Shi Huang.

2. Spinnee :
This is a very tough lady. At least in my impression. She has an amazing number of female cartoon avatars which you see whenever she post comments. It constantly changes. I suspect she loves fashion. The music on her blog is varied and interesting. Figured maybe she likes clubbing. Or maybe in the past. Spinnee has been a very strong supporter of this blog. Although she is seen flying to so many blogs and spinning around, I have always treasured her comments for me. Yes, I roughed through a phrase which was very tough for me. Realised that it wasn't a one-stop but a journey in life. I did learn alot during this phase of my life. However so, without Spinnee's thoughtful and timely encouragement, my journey would have been alittle harder to travel on. Although dunno why no one gets linked on Spinnee's blog, she does write much about a heartlander's working life. Her blog is funky and sometimes fury is expressed through her writings. Make a friend. Make a friend with Spinnee, she will spin you round and you can't get it out of your head.

Thank you for your dedicated readings and support here. Cheers!

3. Old Beng :
Old Beng is quite a recent addition to my cohort of readers. He has got an interesting alikeness to Qin Shi Huang's Cheena blog! Its a good thing he has some Ang Mo in his entries. At least I would not be squinting my eyes, blinking at the tough cheena characters. Hehehe.... My advice to readers is go browse his blog quickly! He has got interesting dog pics and BLOGGER's PICS! They went Karaoke with a bunch of others. Go find our who they are as quite a few are mentioned here. Saw Xishi squirming too..... hehehe..... Old Beng asked me if he could link my blog to his. The truth is, I think its any blogger's honour if their blogs were chosen to be linked. I dun even ask for permission. Rather, if the blogger has a problem with my linking, then let him raise it with me and I will take it down. But I would like the world to read about my fellow blogger's ramblings and musings. Keep it up Beng!

Thanks for linking. Keep on inking!

4. Hiao Auntie :
I am so touched by what HA said. She rushed over the moment someone told her my blog reopened. Your actions speaks louder than words can mean. I take a bow to you. I will not do any more disappearing acts. My magic tricks were confiscated by the support of so many people around me. I am sorry for saddening anyone and making anyone worried, especially Hiao Auntie. Because you have said it, now I know. I learnt from someone that "You must say it, then I will know". Another point you raised was about my emotional weakness. Yes, I agree. Weak I will be when I fail. But iron-clad strong I will be when my wind blows. This is me, my dear friend. Its hard to try not to be who I am. I have to learn to manage my emotions and if I dun, I know I will be hurt. This is life. I have learnt to accept it the hard way. My pool table is definitely open to you guys to come and play someday. Dun worry, chalk included. Would u like 1 rack 1 beer? Maybe we arrange this somewhere in Dec 2005. Nov alittle too rush. Private message me if there is any alternative suggestion. Once again, thank you for your immense remarkable concern.

Appreciate what you did more than you would think.

5. Elaine :
Elaine is a Uni student still struggling throught her exams now. She keeps a blog and documents down even cooking recipes. She is Broken Promise Valerie's good friend and is a constant source of inspiration to Broken Promise. Her youth has not diminished her maturity and while her blog exhibits that trait, her lamentations have good reasons. Knew her through Valerie. They all seems one big gang. Hehehe...... And thank you for coming here when the news spread like wild-fire. Your effort has been treasured. Hope readers will go to her blog and encourage her in her studies! Dun give up! You are doing just fine.

Keep going girl!

6. Ghost :
Ghost is probably the best romance novelist I know. The way he writes his sentimental musings leaves the reader desiring to hear more and more. No, we definitely do not fault him even though he laments his true life story. Its a deliciously tasty storyline. He does not rattle too long leaving readers uninterested (except for the Nigerian Scam, sianz.....) and his amazing ability to keep readers glued to the monitor screen constantly hungering for more and almost desiring it like drugs. My Brother, You are great. Really. Your blog is highly recommended and I do recommend it although you very bad, didn't link me. hehehe....

Thanks for sticking around. Appreciated.

7. Broken Promise :
Valerie, thank you for being a friend. I cannot thank u enough. I enjoy looking at your pics posted in ur blog. You are a frank person. Volatile too sometimes. Your blog has many links with pics. Interesting. You are a good picture thief. Hehehe..... I will always pay attention to your blog. Keep it up. Wanna see more information and pictures. You sure got lotsa spies around. Your absolute support shown for me is awesome. You are like my supporting juggernaunt. Means Big Supporter.

I cannot thank you enough.

8. 美女琦琦 :
I forgot how you came into my blog. I figured from someone else's blog. Thank you for welcoming me back into blogging world. Its kinda fun sometimes ain't it? Just realised you are Singaporean who is interested in Japanese! That explains your blog the way it is. I really thought you were Japanese! You have joined Spinnee and Auntie Hiao in having cutesy female cartoon avatars. You appear lively and young indeed. Keep you bubbliness intact. Sooner or later its gonna rub off on us all. Readers will find her blog colourful and like a little christmas fantasy land. Your blog has one of the most interesting sidebars any blog ever had. Keep it up young lady! Cheers.

Thank you for coming.

9. Lydia Hedy
Your incredible support and encouragement is my pride. Your words linger with me. Your guidance has become the light in my darkness.

This lady has extremely great amount of influence in my life. Probably the most influence. I respect her a great deal and know her personally. In fact more than personally. She is my Elder Sister. Thus she wields the arcane power of influence. Owed alot to her. For her wisdom and sharing spirit. I am proud to be your brother. Words are not enough to summarise my gratitude for all you have done for me.

Thank you for so much that which you have done.

*I will stop here for now. Too much to dedicate and write. I need to rest. I do feel good giving my time to my fellow bloggers. At least I dedicated 1 post to them all, I would feel glad in my heart. I badly need to rest. The rest of the bloggers not mentioned, pls do wait up for my next post. It will come. Just that, I am dead tired. I write with honest truth. Till then, thank you for so much. Cheers.

Opening Ceremony

2005-11-18T03:43:00.000+08:00

Thank you so much for all your patience, loyalty and understanding.

The support of many loving friends have poured their potions of the reincarnating Phoenix upon the lifeless body of the falcon. The Falcon now lives. Jade Falcon. I carry with me the unceasing support from many friends, some whom have never left comments in my blog but do actually read it. I have received calls and messages, even physical confrontation about why I stopped blogging. Only then did I realise that many were reading.

I will now open the comments to even anonymous readers. So that my friends can leave their comments. And please do leave your comments my friends!!! Hehehe..... It will be logged in forever. And a piece of you will be left with me, and thus I will carry it through my days. Comments will be moderated if a comments war breaks out. Kekeke.... wish for World Peace okie?

From now on, I will no longer host music on this blog. Most people would have MP3 played in their computers and laptops anyway. So save the efforts there. However, I would still like to host videos! Cool I think. Along with the videos, I have also done some minor restructuring to my blog and hope it's still pleasing to the eye.

Keeping this blog neat and tidy is important. Clutter makes things look messy.

*Supporters and Readers, please kindly leave a comment worthy of mentioning if you would like because I am going to collate it all and give all your comments with credit, a lenghty mention in the next post. Hope all you guys and gals do join in the fun and see how I would post it, okie??!! Opportunities will be given to all to post until SUNDAY night, 20th Nov! So the next update will be Monday morning!

Thank you so much everyone once again. For all your love, care and concern. It is with the greatest heart-felt pleasure that I write again. For without you all, I am a lesser man. Thank you.

Blog Closure - Thank U Everyone

2005-11-09T02:42:00.000+08:00

To all my Dearest Readers,

I owe u all an apology. I am sorry. I really am. I have to end this blog. I cannot continue anymore. Something happened. Need to be alone. I will leave all these contents still intact. However, I will no longer post anymore here. There will be no more updates too.

I am so so so sorry........ I had meant to continue telling my story..... but now I cannot.

Gratitude To :

1. Kelly Firebolt : Thank u for being a friend. A real one too. Keep practising ur pool. Maybe someday we can play again at Pool Haven or Pool Junction. Did I ever mention I love ur voice? U really sound fantastic on the phone. Dun drink too much wine. Thank u.

2. Claudia Delynn Lin : Thanks for knowing me 3 years. Although I didn't ever get my Liquered Berries, still it was so wonderful to have known u. I have always enjoyed the chats we had. Ur exuberant chattering is truly interesting. U make me laugh too. Stay cheerful pls. Thank u.

3. Xishi : I had fond memories of Starlandliu and me helping u with the music hosting. U were the 1st few I linked here. Dun be so mellow and melancholic ok? Be cheerful and know that u r such a lovable girl. Many guys await u. Do help others with their blog music. Thank u.

4. Very Precious Valerie aka Broken Promise : I am sorry my friend. Really am. I never did mean to upset u. I am not a worthy friend to have. But U have been such a joy to know. Ur constant comments support is absolutely FABULOUS! I am already so overjoyed to know u constantly check my blog. I am so sorry now. Take great care. Thank u.

5. Spinnee : U r really everywhere. U r a big sister in this bloggin community. People respect u alot in the blogging circle in case u dun know. I m so glad knowing u although I have never seen u. Wish I had. Sigh. Dun learn bike. Ur constant support is truly appreciated. Really. I treasure it. Thank u.

6. Kurakat79 : Keep blogging bro ya?? Dun stop. Add more stuffs to ur blog okie? Thanks for being around. Thank u.

7. Ghost : I can no longer hunt u down Ghost. Its been fun having u around. U write very very tempting love novels. I like it. Keep up ur great writing. Thank u.

8. Starlandliu : Thank u so much bro. Although u r young, u sure have lotsa life. We started out in this blogging thing together. I will always remember u. Thank u for the many fights too. Do remember to brush up ur English. Ur Country needs u to be good in this language. Ur SUPERB support is AMAZING!!!! Thank u.

9. Bee : U r a devoted Christian. I was too. U have done well. But cool alittle on the use of scriptures okie girl? U r an interesting personality. Christian men should find u a joy to be with. Take care. Thank u.

10. Elaine : University Babe, Valerie didn't like me calling u babe... i wonder why? kekeke...... Study hard. Long way to go. Appreciate ur support in this blog. U can cook well. If only I had a chance to taste the marvellous dishes u did. Thank u.

11. Hiao Auntie : Auntie Agony, I am sorry. I am glad u enjoy reading my blog. But I need to go away. U have been SO SO SO supportive! Be that SUPERSTAR BLOGGER with AURA okie? Hope 1 day I can see u! Always wanted to be with a celeb. Blogging celeb. U loh.... Thank u for ur support. Thank u.

12. Foxy Curls : I like to play games as much as u do. Thank u for popping by every now and then. Get a good job if u can. Airlines and Car lines ain't as great as we all make it out to be. Ur presence lighted up my blog. Thank u.

13. Fireburn : Hey didn't get to know u deeply bro. U are quite an outspoken person. Continue to be that way. Ur avatar is really cute and nice. Appreciate u coming here. Thank u.

14. Annie : Do enjoy married life. Its definitely a marvellous feeling. I can see u r happy. But dun buy KIA. Really. Thank u.

15. Qin Emperor : U r a wise man. Amongst the many bloggers, ur words seemed most wise. I like the way u look at life. Was always glad u supported my ramblings so much. Will remember u well. Thank u.

16. Xiaoxin : U r a very cherry person! Hyundai is a good car rite? Take care and thanks for coming. I am sorry for disappointing u. Sorry. Thank u.

17. Geraldine : Sorry gotta close. Study hard. Thanks so much too. Thank u.

18. Pearlyn : U were the 1st person who showed me what a blog is. I had wanted to show u how much I have learnt. Thanks for reading. But I need to stop. Ur constant support is TRULY treasured and grateful.

19. Jaslyn : Thank u for dropping by every now and then. Find a good job. Ur bf is talented. Thank u.

20. BlueApple : Hey, u r so adorable! Thank u for visting my blog so often. Thanking u from the bottom of my heart. Thank u!

21. Last but not least, Elvina : I dun know how to thank u enough. It started from you. Now I end with you. U have been a good friend. I m grateful for the wonderous things that has happened in my life because of you. U do mean a hell lot to me. What matters now is the bottom line. The Bottom Line. Take care of yourself. Thank u.

Its been a wonderful journey. Though short as it may be, I have treasured every little comment you guys gave. If I missed out thanking anyone, pls accept my humble apologies. I did wanna continue writing but I can't. I can no longer. Need to go away. Something happened that I cannot talk about. This blog has no more meaning for me. The very real reason it was created for, has now ceased to exist. Back to my own world of solitude.

With a bow, I thank everyone once again for reading and participating in my blog. Its been a great journey.

THANK YOU AND FAREWELL!

A Level Days

2005-11-08T02:30:00.000+08:00

Music Of The Day : O-Zone - DragoStea Din Tei (Chicken Little Song ???)

Firstly I'd like to thank Elvina for her kind efforts to get me the crazy Chicken Little Song! Here it is! Sounds cool!! Can u guys hear it? Testing new method of music embed. Great Song girl!

My continued ramblings has got nothing to do with the pictures here once again. jus adding some pictures to spice up the post. Cheers!

While attempting to write out my life here, I am considering whether to end this blog when my posting is complete. My history up till my age now will be told here in as much truth as possible. It would probably take another 12 or 13 posts, maybe..... then may end this blog. Coz there will be too much truth being told thus the need to end the blog. Everything should end before December I think. Not too sure yet but guess its a likely decision.

Ok now to history proper.

1993 - 1995

Admitted into Seletar Institute at the age of 17 to 19. My tasking is to complete my A-Levels. Quite a few areas were concurrently happening. Let me try to take you through as comprehensively as possible.

Studies

I did commerce with Economics, Management of Business and Principles of Accounting for my A Level subjects. 3 AO subjects were Additional Mathematics, Chinese Language and General Paper. 1st year was remarkable for me because I really studied hard. The feeling of defeat stung so badly that I stay very low profile in the school. Just merely concentrated in my studies. Wanted to prove myself something.

My favourite subject then other than General Paper was Economics. At the end of the first year, I was one of the top students in the school. There was only 1 student who scored A for Economics and that person was me. I was very motivated by my O Level defeats and Helen Chong's amazing teachings. She also taught me that there isn't such a thing as "irregardless". Only "regardless". Learnt so much from her. Overall yr 1 and 2 was a good year for me in terms of my studies.

It was in 3rd year which mattered that I, again, lost focus. This time is because of a heartache..... a broken promise..... a broken heart. My studies plunge downhill. There was no return. I could not handle it. When healing started, my studies were a goner.... so sad.

National Writing Competition

In year 2 of my school life, 1994, I join a National Writing Competition. I represented Seletar Institute and wrote "Protect The East Asian Seas". There were top 3 prizes and 12 consolations up for grabs. The entries poured in with more than 600 essays. I clinched one of the consolation prizes. It was an exhirating feeling and I felt on top of the world. Won another "crappy" book which was of a higher value but heaven knows where I threw the book. Kekeke... The prize wasn't important, the award was. The school recognised me as someone uniquely low profile but starting to stand out amongst the others.

Of course it started with my reputation in Economics. People started to know who I am but I didn't know who they were. One of such a person is my future 2nd gf. We will touch on that in later post.

So although my studies flopped once again..... I didn't feel as much pain as I felt during O Levels. I had achieved full A levels. It wasn't too bad but definitely isn't good enough for the local University. Eventually I did decide to go do a private Degree Programme after my National Service (NS). So what led to the decline of my studies this time round? We will come to that.

Sports

In school, I was still very devoted to church activities. It still took alot of my time away from my studies. In year 2 onwards I started to go high key in sports like Basketball and Football. Could not stay low profile like what I initially wanted to. So as you can read, my time was already wasted away by sports and church activities. Still making the same mistake as usual. Its like I have not learnt from the mistake I made in the past. The pain was evident in year 1 of my course but as time healed my wounds, yr 2 of my studies onwards became quite a torture.

Of course a bright spark was that I received a Certificate of Commendation for good performance in Basketball A Division in which I played as a centre! Keke.....

I still played football but due to a more intense involvement in Basketball, thus my football slacked. Hey, in those days there were Michael Jordan. He was the hero of all sportsmen then! So loved to play Basketball then. My sporting achievements were still as good in Seletar Institute.

Motorcycle Accident

I must mention that I was 17 when I got my motorcycle class 2B license. Got myself a bike. Started with a LC then an RD then finally a Piaggio!! Piaggio is a cute scooter! Or I should say its a BIG scooter! Rode that bike for some 6 years. In those days poor, bo bian..... had to ride bike around. It was kinda fun. Had 2 bike accidents. One I was pillion while my elder brother was the rider. Two, I skidded in a carpark area near a friend's place. Both landed in hospital and was treated.

The 1st accident, I was carrying several boxes of mooncakes while my brother rode the bike with me as pillion. We came to a cross junction at Paya Lebar road and Bartley Road. He collided with an Alsatian Dog!!! Rammed right into it. I was thrown from the bike, with the boxes of mooncakes still tightly held, onto my brother while we both fell down suffering injuries instanteously. My brother suffered alot of light wounds. Lots of scratches which was superficial but very painful. I suffered lesser wounds but my wounds were very serious. The worse was when the accident stopped.... I laid on the ground. I realised my right feet is inside the Alsatian's mouth! It was biting me so as to endure the immense pain it was feeling. Like how a pregnant women would bite onto something. It sank two teeth into my feet. Blood gushed out profusely..... passerbys rushed onward to assist. Lifted us to the side road while the dog limped away howling in pain. Literally.

The Ambulance and Police arrive within minutes. the police kinda didn't believe we rammed into a dog but the dog bite and many road witnesses countered their disbelief. I should have bought 4D hoh? Underage la....... we were evacuated to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. My elder brother cried. He felt awful that he got me into this mess. He was someone who took pride in his riding skills. Well I must say, he's good. Really. I had only a few injuries but very very deep ones. So mine was considered more serious than my brother's. It seems that pillions always suffer more in bike accidents. Dun ride bike. Serious. Take it from me. So it was one accident that was strongly embedded in my mind. Geezz..... but I didn't grow to be afraid of it. Used my abilities to service my relationship then you see. There would be more in future post. Enough for now.

Next Post

These are small issues compared to the next thing I am gonna talk about in my next post. My 1st gf relationship with me. Della. I will talk about how I conducted my relationship with her, the temptations, the behaviour, the conduct, the acts, the betrayal and the inevitable crumbling of my world there and then. It deserves an entire post all by itself.

"Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers"

"All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts"

My Secondary Days : Downfall

2005-11-07T11:47:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : Guang Liang - Tong Hua

1989 - 1992

My Secondary School Days

I did academically very well in Primary 6 but somehow or rather, the decline of my studies were evident in the years leading up to sec 4. It was very clearly attributed to 4 main factors. Student's Council, Sports, Church and Love. Will touch on these areas soon.

*The pictures I put up here have absolutely no relevance to this topic today. Its just some pictures I didn't have time to put up last time. So just look to enjoy while reading*

In Sec 1, the Student's Council approached me and invited me for a "chat" session. I had thought it sounds fun and thus I went. I was seated right in the centre of a room facing a panel of Student's Council. There were 5 councillors posing questions to me. There and then I realised what this was all about. They wanted me to join the Student's Council in Maris Stella High. I was actually a Prefect in Primary School. I was to be promoted to Head Prefect during early primary 6 but I quit because of studies as well as the fact that I didn't like the red arm-band around my left biceps then. Stupid reasons but yes I did quit. Prefect Board's in-charge whom we called Mistress, urged me to reconsider my decision then, I didn't reconsider.

Thus in sec 1, I didn't wanna join the Council because it was alot of work. However, The Council's President who is 2 years my senior kept urging me to join although I showed a reluctant self. I was curious then why would they keep asking me to join when many others were interested. They remarked that they have heard of my reputation I garnered in Primary school and were extremely impressed with my performance and really wanted me on board the Council. After much persuasion, against my better judgement, I decided to lend a helping hand and joined the council. I was then a Student's Councillor until end of sec 3. Responsibilities piled up with more and more work to be done. It surely did take up alot of my time.

I mentioned this little area of my life because it showed what sort of a person I was when I was young. Full of moral and ethical idealogy with a tremendous sense of responsibility. This would in turn show you how I have evolved over the years until now that I am 29. I was the sort of kid that teachers loved and cherished. Popular in school as you might call it. Being a true blue school team athletics member somehow represented eliticism. A class of superiority above my peers.

Frequently, I held positions of responsibilities ranging from a councillor, class monitor, committee chairman and captain of football team. I have laden myself with too much responsibilities in which would eventually lead to my downfall. Sad to admit but true. I felt proud in those days that I was so demanded and popular amongst many. Its was somehow like an honour to be recognised by so many. Little did I know all these were more than I can chew.

My time was further stretched by commitments in the church. I was baptised when I was 12 by my sole decision. I had chosen a name to compliment my existing name. I had asked God which name would he like me to have. Isaiah. My lawful name is Daniel. Isaiah became my baptism name. Thus from then on, I am Isaiah Daniel. I realised most people had problems pronouncing this name, so I would use Daniel if I like the new person I was getting to know or I would use Isaiah if I didn't like knowing the person. It was because they would have problems remembering that name!

In the church, His Sanctuary Service, I was with the Youth group as a Youth Coordinator. It was made up of teenagers from 13 to 19 then. I joined the Youth Coordinator's course and graduated there to be a youth leader. I had literally run a group with 7 members under me. My group was then called "PURE HEART". I called it so. Loved it. In those days in church, we organised mission trips and many camping excursions and group outings. I was always heavily involved. I loved the church life and of course God. Aspects of Christianity were extremely evident in my life. I know its a relationship and not a religion to me. In the house-church or what some would call it, cell group, I was also the guitarist. Many times I had led my house-church comprising of about 15 members to worship. This is why most of the songs I know on my guitar are christian church songs. My favourite is "Into Your Courts". Oh, I could pluck that piece. Kekeke.....

My friday nights were taken up by house church. Saturday by Youth Ministry. Sunday by church. Weekdays were taken up by Student's Council, School Team Athletics and Football. My downfall as you can see, was my steady decline in my studies. It was still not my final blow until sec 3 when I tasted my first relationship.

There were quite a few girls in church who liked me then. I was very potential and loved God more than most. My heart had shown it and my deeds have proven it. But I remained single until someone came along and stole my heart. Little did I know, it was an older woman.

Della was 3 years older than me. I was 15 and she was 18. She was just gonna graduate from ITE and were to begin working as a secretary. She lived in Bukit Batok while I live in Serangoon. We were miles and miles apart. She liked me alot as with alot of others. Somehow there was this time we went for mission trip in Kota Tinggi, Malaysia that we had ample opportunities to chat. We got to know each other very very well. When we returned to Singapore, we were very close. We were so close that others started speculating us as a couple. I was very tall and mature looking then so it kinda worked out although there was quite an age gap there. Believe it or not, we were together 3 years.

During that 3 years, it must have been a toil on her. She was working. I was studying. She was a budding and growing girl who had dreams of having a better life. I was just finishing O Levels then. I still had to go through A Levels and probably University if I was smart enough. The relationship ended during my A level days when I was 17. We went on 3 years. Sighz....But I will leave the breakup story to the next post of my life.

Thus the final nail to the coffin came in the form of a new first relationship love life. So much time was spent in Sports, Council, Church and my new love life. My studies went downhill and eventually flopped. I knew myself. I admit now where I went wrong. When I was that age, I just could not see the whole picture. Why the heck do you think I am attempting to keep a low profile now? So that I would have more time to do the things I love. I have lost out much then.

I knew I was not a stupid person. Just didn't spend the required amount of time cherishing my studies. The only subject I concentrated on was English. I loved English. Regardless of whether it is the spoken language or written language although my spoken is alot stronger, I loved it. I entered my first English Creative writing competition in secondary school and won 2nd Prize for Poems Category. The prize was a book from the School. It was titled, The Wave (Some crappy brain-wash story). It was memorable then. It had meant my interest in the English language was paying off.

There. With my strength in English, it simply wasn't enough. I floundered in practically most subjects. It was really hard juggling so much activities with so little time. Eventually O Levels came. Results were really bad. Really bad. 21 points for 6 subjects with 18 for 5 subjects. Could only get into Marine engineering course at the Poly or Centralised Institutes for A Levels. Finally, I was posted to Seletar Institute to do my 3 yr A level course. It was my 7th choice.

I remembered vividly, I cried and cried and cried. I lamented against God. Why? Why? Why? With so much that I had put in, I had achieved so little. I remembered crying myself, tears pouring while I was sitting by myself on my couch all alone in the early afternoon from school. I was holding and strumming my guitar whilst my tears wet the guitar. The results slip in my hand had gotten wet. I cried my heart out. I felt my future was slipping from my hands. It was the very 1st time I felt that God wasn't there.

Eventually I still had to pick myself up and move on. Of course there were other things that were happening concurrently in my secondary school days but these were the stuffs that deserve the most mention. As you can read, my life story isn't just about proud achievements but it is also about my downfall in some areas of my life.

There was one bright spark though. I became a Qualified Diver. Open water Diver. Qualified Canoeist. Outward Bound Participant. Gold standards in Physical Fitness Tests. Also a qualified school debater, English of course.

The next post, I will talk more about how the 1st relationship I had, went. It was just heart-wrenching even thinking about it. What the heck...... sighz..... Since its over, it has becomed just a story, so until then...... hope you guys know me better. Apologies if my entries bore anyone to death. Its my life. My unique experiences.

Till then....... So long.......

"Failure isn't failure unless you don't learn from it"

" When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen"

Things In The Past

2005-11-04T15:27:00.000+08:00

Music Of The Day : Kevin Kern - Sundial Dreams (Piano Piece - One Of The Very Best!)

Video Of The Day : 蔡依林 ~ Love Love Love

Here is an animation which I promised someone that I will post up. Its about a Squirrel. Squirrel ranting about Hurricane Katrina. Damn Hilarious. Listen to the Squirrel Rant. Very cute.

Squirrel Ranting on Hurricane Katrina

Most people would have played PhotoHunt at the arcades and amusement centres island wide. Its a game in which one has to spot the difference. Well, here is one such game. Spot the obvious difference. How good are you?

Spot The Difference

Ok, so now I guess you must have spotted the obvious differences I suppose? Keke.... Dun need any answers from me right?

From now on, I will post articles regarding my history. I feel a need to document down some of the things that have happened in the past because maybe someday, who knows, I may have amnesia and would have forgotten all that had happened.

Things In The Past

1988

I was in Primary 6. Maris Stella High School. It was a year of many happenings to me.

Studies :
I had 4 subjects, primarily English, Mandarin, Maths and Science. My poorest subject is actually Maths. Many ridiculed me for a lack of talent in arithmatic then. Frankly, its just that I wasn't putting in the kind of effort that I should put in. I was too deeply engrossed in athletics and sports.

I remembered personally buying 4 assessment books on Maths alone and sitting in the hall, grinding myself and tormenting my soul with much of my daily time spent drilling in mathematic equations. There were only 2 months to exams. I gave myself no excuse and just buried my head into it.

In the end, when the results were out I was pleasantly surprised that I scored an A*! Quite unexpected since I was always doing borderline results. Had 3As and 1 A*, aggregate was 240. SAP standard was then 250. I was 3rd in class then. It was a good proud result.

Before the results were released, I opted for Raffles Institution, since I didn't get SAP standard, I was posted to 3rd choice school, St Andrew's Secondary (2nd choice was Catholic High). My big mistake was that I didn't even opt my own secondary school!

Went to St Andrew's Secondary for 1 week. There the School Team Athletics Coach came to look for me. Hearing my reputation that which I have garnered in the field events, he had hoped that I would join their athletics cohort. I agreed........ (Oh I had other plans in mind). I applied to Maris Stella High in the hope that they would take me back as their student. As I recollected, the principal glared and reprimanded me for not supporting my old school and that I was so foolish to have chosen other schools. Looking dejected, my head lowered.

My principal said,"You will be put on waiting list. There will be no special treatment for your case. You will just have to wait."

My hopes lingered and as days past, my hopes faded. Then suddenly one day, a school officer called my mother and gave us the good news that I have been granted entry back into Maris Stella Secondary 1!

This turn of event was important to me because I was a full fledge Maris Stella boy for 11 years. Thus this school did help to mould the person I am now and therefore deserves mention.

Sports :
I was extremely athletical in my young days. 12 yrs old I was already 1.68m tall. I participated in Sports Events since I was 9 yrs old in primary 3. Had a love for the games! 3 medals or trophys would be the usual number that I would always win each year. I was good in High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump and 4x100m Dash.

This particular year was special because I broke my school High Jump Event record. In fact, I did so well, my record qualified for National High Jump. From then on, I was recruited into The School Athletics Sports Team. I trained hard. Very soon I had become a very tan fellow and very thin too. When Nationals came, I participated alongside some 40 jumpers from all over schools in Singapore. I came in 3rd. Won a trophy which had a very sensational "Ting......" sound when you hit it. I treasured it because it really wasn't all that easy. All the training had paid off well and it was a good justification of results considering all the time I had spent.

Overnight, I became a popular boy in school.

Football :
This sport deserves special mention because it was the one thing that took away most of my time. I played the game with absolute tenacity and determination. My favourite football team then was Liverpool. Loved John Aldridge and Ian Rush in those days. Maris Stella High never had a football team. I was the pioneer. My batch in primary 6 started the football revolution.

I played as a midfielder. Used to dribble the ball around my house wherever I went, thus improving my dribbling and touch skills tremendously. I was then noted to be a tough player. Free kick and long shots were the kind of speciality skills I had. We had inter-class competition in which I got for my class, Liverpool football jerseys. My classmates were ecstatic. We raised some $300 bucks to get the jerseys while I topped up the rest of the amounts. I captained my class as well as my school team. played football from Primary 6 to Secondary 4. In 5 years of school tournament, it was a really fortunate thing to have won 4 championships. Had the collection of trophys as a strong momento which always did bring a smile to me. In that primary 6 era, we played in MILO Cup and although we lost, it was a good competitive exposure we got. I would always fondly remember what football meant to me then and always.

Lovelife :

Hmmm.... okie, the interesting part now. I belonged to a church then. His Sanctuary Services. It was an up and rising church in those days. A Charismatic church. I was deeply involved then. They had sunday school for kids 12 and under. I was a Sunday school leader amongst my peers. There were a male leader and a female leader.

The female leader was a tall, amazingly beautiful young lady who was 12 yrs old too. She had flawless white skin complexion and the most angelic face I have ever seen even up till today. Her family were all missionaries from South Carolina. Yes, she's an American caucasian. She spoke in the most touching sweet demure voice one could ever wanna hear. She is a very devoted christian who loved God. She was my 1st crush, my first puppy love and the 1st gal whom I ever fell for.

Made a big mistake though. Being a hot-blooded youth, I had liked her so much that I wanted to express myself to her. I didn't know what to expect. Decided to just try telling her about it. Damn.... it was difficult. My big mistake was: NEVER BRING A GIRL TO A FASTFOOD RESTAURANT TO EXPRESS UR FEELINGS TO HER WITH UR FRIEND!!!

In all stupidity, I had brought along a male thai school friend called, Jing Song, to booster my courage. The damn BurgerKing restaurant played some stupid corny music. I went for the sucide kill. I expressed...... She looked stunned. Though pleasantly surprised, she looked shocked too. I had realised that when a gal appears shocked when one expresses himself, then that's it. Game over. If the gal blushes or smiles broadly, then I would know she reciprocates the same idea and feeling. My idiotic male friend sat down there laughing like a hyena..... (wanted to slaughter him then..... hehe...) Of course I was turned downed. I didn't have her picture for keepsake. But I still vividly remember how she looked like till now.

The stupid thing was, I cried for 2 years. Yes... 2 whole damn long years. Call me stupid, call me dumb, whatever. That was how much I loved someone. Even my elder sister thought I had gone too deep into my liking for her. My sister agreed that Cynthia Shatterly was then the most angelic person we have ever met. Beautiful and with the most remarkable character we have ever seen. 2 long years of rejection...... damn dumb. Young la.... what to do? At least it shows when I love, I love for real and I am loyal.

This particular post chronicles my most significant year during my childhood days. The year in which I remember so many things happening. There were of course pleasant rewards from results to trophys but there were also heartaches in my love life. I had enjoyed myself very much in my days of youth. Stupid behaviour coupled with a passion to live life to the max had been the story of my life in primary 6, 1988.

"Time and Tide wait for no man"

"Male by Birth, Man by Choice" (Pastor Kong, City Harvest said this too!)

Sigh

2005-11-01T16:52:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : 陶喆 - 爱我还是他

*The video is very very very very very very nice. Speaks of my mood. Pls be patient to wait for it to load and watch it whole. Very good. Very romantic too. Top recommendation.

Today no music. My moment of silence for He Xueli.

It has been a sad time. At least for people in my industry. Sigh.

Death of a Mazda Salesgirl, He Xueli, 22 yrs old. Along Paya Lebar Road. I saw the wreakage. Horrible. Mazda MX 5. Totally crushed. The MX5, according to the papers, lost control, flipped after a deviated collision into the opposing road's on-coming BMW and hit a van. The 24 yr old driver walked out himself quite alive, now on bail whilst his careless driving cost the life of a beautiful salesgirl. She was barely 4 months in this trade. For a car to hit an on-coming car and FLIP, then the car must have been travelling quite fast. I know because I travel on the exact same stretch of road every single day for the last 4 and half years. If one drives within the speed limit, this would NEVER have happened, at least not this sort of devastation. A customer cost the life of a service staff. Sigh.

A sad time for all Car Industry personnels. Customers should not presume they have the right to drive a car in any fashion they want. Even test-drive personnel's life is at risk. Sigh.

I am growing quite weary and tired. I am very tired mentally. Just wanna retreat and hide in my shell, just like Blue Apple's blog. Hide in my shell. My dear friend Elvina recently went on a solitary holiday in Malaysia and had lotsa fun learning about Kelong and Fishing. You guys can ask her for kelong and holiday tips. I need a break. I wanna go overseas but I know I cannot. Sigh.

When market is good, I should not go because need to do business. When market is bad, I also should not go as I need to work harder. What the heck?! That's why I have always stayed around in Singapore. The last time I went overseas was 2004 Oct with my ex-gf coz she was in a really bad mood and shape, thus decided to go to cheer her up. I am always putting others before myself. Thus now I wanna retreat and hide myself. Just do what I like to do. Sigh.

Girls, there really are many guys out there. Most guys like knowing girls. Some good, some not so good but mostly, they are lonely too. The guys need you ladies as much as you ladies want companionship. Broken Promise had a list of pointers in her blog stating what men look for in a woman and I must say, its all true. At least to a majority of men. Then again, being a realist myself, I know there is more to love than just beauty. I cannot discount the fact that beauty does have a very strong effect on men, but what sustains a relationship is a beautiful character. I just hope every one just pick up their bloody guts and express. Sigh.

Physically I have been very tired thus blogging lesser these days. Haven't been exactly very happy. Nothing much to be happy about. While many relationships out there seem to be in turmoil, at least they have each other to argue, cheer and talk. I have only my WORLD OF WARCRAFT and of course POOL. I am tired. Very tired. Maybe I should just go to slumber land and talk to Chou Gong. Sigh.

"An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men"

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are"

PhotoHunt : Evolution!

2005-10-27T22:25:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : The Voices(Korean) - HipHop Dance
Music Of The Day: Machi - 甜蜜蜜

(Caution: video loading is sometimes slow, but definitely worth waiting and watching! Super Babes!)

Okie! This is the post some bloggers have been waiting for! My past photos!

Dunno how I got coerced into doing this but anyway, what the heck.
Be like Nike. Just do it.

There are several photos of me. Starting from the most Ridiculous (which I thought looked kinda cute) to the most recent. You guys can see the banquet photos at the FlickR set at below right to know what state I have evolved to. Keke...... Those who have guts can also post their PHOTOS! Err... the no guts ones, just sit back, relax, enjoy the viewing and LAUGH THE HELL OUT LOUD! Knn..... (Dun tink me dunno u laughing). Well, as long as I have made your day, good enough! #&@*

I was 13 years old when I went for my Scuba Diving qualifications. So me can dive. Anyone wanna jio me go diving? Swimming? Skinny Dipping? Toot toot looking hoh?? Hehehe....
My Secondary School photos. Cannot see me right? Not Clear enough? Then see below. Hehe.....
Whaooooo.... Found me in the main picture yet? Kekeke.... Practice your photohunt skills more okie??! Hehehe.... The Darkest Tall guy to the right is me la..... Wa lau.
Okie, another one to test ur Eye-Sight. Which is me?? .......... DUNNO???!! WA lao..... u gotta see the optician...... jia lat........ Look below la......
This is me la!!! The Dark One la!!! Aiyo...... I am 18yrs old in this pic! Next Army Pic! One more test.

This is my platoon. Lion Company 42 SAR (Singapore Armoured Regiment). My platoon section 3. U had better know which is me by now.......... Knn..........(Sharpening knives).

Next pictures : Evolution (to a small extent la.... hehehe.....)

Ok ok ok..... I know I look like a wanted man...... Pls lo..... clean record lo........ Next evolution pic pls!
Trying to look PRO. I think failed la..... How come all the banking staffs got this kinda looks hah?? hahahahah.......
My name is Ah Huat! U also can call me Ah Fa! I am a Kopi boy at coffee shop lorong 5 and.....blah blah blah.......
Ahhh.... this is the look of like getting better! kekeke...... Last pic! Stop laughing la...... Take a deep breath....... and relax...... STOP LAUGHING LA!!!!

The Pro look. Too good life la.... abit bloated.... hahahaha.......

Hahahahha.... ok la. This is the last photo liao.... Hope you guys like my presentation and hope you did not laugh so much that you fell off your chair! Valerie aka Broken Promise and Elaine!!! Happy now!!!! Kekekekke......Cheers!

"Nothing can be done at all if a man waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it"

"The good news is that the bad news can be turn into good news when you change your attitude"

No Broken Promises!

2005-10-27T02:33:00.000+08:00

Ok this is gonna be a short post for today.

Reason being:
Lately I have got 2 fellow bloggers who would probably wanna kill me if I didn't post my past photos. I think most of us looked really weird then. Fashion doesn't quite exist in primary and secondary schools then! They needed some humour in their lives you see. So I have to prepare the photos. By latest Friday I will put up the photos of how I hideous I look when I was young. Kekke....... Make sure u have not had your dinner, lest u puke out gross stuffs. Hehehehe.......

I will keep my promise. Never Broken my promises.

Meanwhile go take a look at their photos and have a good laugh yourselves!
The guilty parties are as follows:
1. Broken Promise
2. Elaine

All for a good cheer! Cheers! Yam Seng! Hehehee.......

Kids Pool cum Fuel Consumption

2005-10-25T00:45:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : Final Fantasy X
Music Of The Day : 欧得洋 - 孤单北半球

Had a session of playing pool with my colleagues and her children.

Kristina and Glendon brought Kris's children over to my place to have some fun with playing pool. (Imagine u guys playing at my place? Jus replace the kids with ur imaginary self! Kekeke) Cheryl and Dennis joined us. Total 8 of us! Wa lau.... like market place.

Kristina, holding cue stick on the right, wearing white top. Cheryl, at the window, wearing black and having her cue stick chalked by our professional, 3 yr old "chalker".

We had Dylan, 6yrs old trying his hand at the game. Little kid loves the game. Dylan is the tallest kid wearing red.

Brandon, 5 quite a good shot tough he isn't even tall enough to execute a proper pool stroke. We played a game of pool without fouls and penalities! Hehehe... damn funny. They played a game of men's doubles where Dennis joined up with Brandon and Glendon partnered Dylan. Brandon potted the last winning 8th black ball in the 8 Ball game! Won the game and amused all of us tremendously! Hehehe..... talents at a young age. Brandon is also wearing red but the slightly shorter one.

Then amusingly, we had a 3.5 yr old beautiful little lady, Little Alyssa, who ran around my pool table thinking she is like one of those girls holding up a Number of Rounds card parading herself in the boxing ring. She likes to run. She is also our "chalker" as in she, under the command of Cheryl, chalks her cue stick without Cheryl even needing to do it! Hahaha... hilarious.

These pictures are just what transpired at my place. Damn funny.......

Alittle about my line of work:

I have seen alot of types of customers in my line of work. Some ask really funny questions while some genuinely needs a car. Others come to see see look look while some come in and treat us sales people as slaves. We deserve as much respect as anyone in whichever industry.

One comment I would always hear from customers.

"Fuel consumption very high leh...."

I will talk alittle abit on this fuel consumption thingy.

Pointers:
1. Do understand a very important basic about fuel consumption. Weight is the greatest enemy to efficient fuel consumption. Lessen ur weight load, thus improving fuel consumption.

2. There are variables when a customer talks about fuel efficiency with weight load being brought into consideration. A fat person weights approximately 30 kg more than a normal person. How will it affect fuel efficiency? How many passengers are u loading into the vehicle? Often most family men would send their loving wives to work, wouldn't they? That's an additional weight to be considered. It will affect fuel efficiency. Customers do not quite remember these facts when they talk about fuel consumption.

3. Kerb weight of a vehicle is important. An MPV(Multi-purpose Vehicle) being a bigger vehicle obviously weights more! Thus of course uses more fuel. There are few MPVs in the market that consumes lesser fuel than a saloon car. Remember, MPVs generally were made to ferry 7 or 8 people in its vehicle structure. Most 1.6 litre cars weight 1.1 ton while others weigh 1.25 tons.

4. Since we are talking about weight here, do understand something too. Weight has a direct relation to the hardness of the chassis (Metal Structure). The harder the metal, the heavier the car. A car with a tougher metal tends to have less damage in the event of a collision. Think an armoured tank. I have personally seen many light weight cars with their bonnets or boot space greatly damaged. This is compared to the number of Hyundai cars in similar situations. Of course there are other unknown variables that may affect this outcome. My findings are not conclusive but are logical.

5. Watch ur "RPM Gauge". Shows u 2 important info. Most importantly, reving ur needle over 2000 rpm would be using alittle too much fuel. Remember, most cars can achieve good fuel efficiency. Its the driver that determines how much of that efficiency his car would achieve. Accelerate gradually would keep your RPM below 2500rpm at least. Impatient driving would surely drive ur needle over 3000rpm mark. Second info the gauge shows u, is the power derived from the car. Most people understand power as in let's say, 106BHP. Its always "106 BHP @ 6000rpm". Note the "6000 rpm". Power cannot be achieved without reving ur RPM high. The higher the RPM meter goes, the more fuel is used. Thus a common sense logic: MORE POWER, MORE FUEL USED. LESS POWER, LESS FUEL USED.

6. Tyre pressure and dimensions. An under inflated tyre has more of its rubber in contact with the tarmac road thus resulting in more friction and requiring more fuel to push the car. An over inflated tyre results in more speed but because of less contact surface with the road, tends to have lesser grip and affects road handling and cornering. A smaller tyre uses less power to push one revolution. A bigger tyre uses more power to go one revolution. Thus small cc cars generally do not try to use big dimensions tyres due to sluggish performance in its drive.

7. Sports rims give better stability on the road. Why? Because it is heavier. Heavier vehicles provide for better stability at high speeds without the usual violent vibrations. Most sports rims are similar. They are heavy. At least heavier than wheel hub and cap. Thus high cc powered cars have big tyres, big rims for absolute stability at high speeds on straight roads.

8. Air-Con. For goodness sake, Air-conditioning in the car uses about 15% of the fuel in a car. Turn off ur air-con if u can live with it and U can be assured of much better fuel efficiency. So blasting ur air-con speed high or low, temperature high or low can spell the amount of fuel u use.

9. Air-drag. Spoilers and body kits are there for a reason. The truth is they do function to provide a better airflow over the car thus lessening air-drag and thus improve speed and lessen fuel consumption. However, they usually work at high speeds of around 120km and above. In Singapore context, it tends to be less important. Most body kits done up are for aesthetic appeal only.

10. Engines do make a difference. Certain types of engine does use more fuel than others. However, the truth is, when u pump full tank petrol the difference is around $5 to $10 bucks. Its not all that much difference. Consider all my above points u would know its a contentious issue. Yet many motor firms boast about fuel efficiency. When we talk about engines, do take note of PRICE and COST.

Shell company and Class 95 had a Fuel Consumption test last year. They hired an expert foreign guy to test a Subaru Impreza 1.6 manual with one of the Class 95 radio deejays as witness as passenger in the car.

Some important info: Subaru Kerb weight is 1.25 tons. Fuel consumption statistics is 1 litre: 12km. All Wheel Drive (Uses more fuel than 2 wheel drive). Boxer engine : also uses more fuel.

That guy using one full tank of fuel 50 litres, travelled from Singapore to Genting Highlands and back to Singapore with 7 litres left in his fuel tank! The statisics : 1 litre : 29 km! Dun believe? BELIEVE IT! Its been proven. This guy understands full consumption better than anyone. Lives to prove it. I believed it.

So the next time u guys talk about fuel consumption, think before u talk. There are simply so much variables to consider before one can make a good neutral judgement. My list above is really not exhaustive and conclusive. There are many more points. I have already listed most of the important ones. Hope all these can be of use to your driving in Singapore when fuel has become quite expensive.

Cheers All Drivers! (For those with no driving license? Go take ur driving test la!)

" Where your talents and the needs of the world cross lies your calling"

"Focus is the process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel"

The Things I like

2005-10-21T05:12:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : 成龙 and 金善喜- 神话
Music Of The Day : Westlife - My Love

Hmm.... I like alot of things.

I am not a particularly fussy person who has strong specifics in life. I do however, have likes as much as anyone else. So I am gonna talk about what I like.

1. Music
Guitar
I like playing the Guitar. Have been playing since 14 years old. My elder sister used to be from the Saint Andrew's Junior College Guitar Club President or something and she taught me the fabulous art of finger plucking, strumming and rhythm playing. I am not all that good of course(I'd be making a career out of it if I was all that good).

Used to play for church cell groups and led in worship in those days. I was like 16 to 22 then? Most of the song pieces I know are christian music but because I learnt guitar playing by hearing instead of chord memorizing, I could play quite a variety of songs as long as I knew the song. My Boss is always trying to get me to play some songs for his amusement. Sigh... Stress sia... But I like to play the guitar. Used to spend quiet time on it. Now, its only use would be to seranade gals! kekeke.....

Piano
Tried playing the piano. Failed miserably. Sigh. I have a Clavinova Piano in my room. Bought it about 2 or 3 years back. Was trying my hand in learning the thoeretical notes and playing with both hands. It got harder and harder as I realised that I was attempting to play the same music piece again and again and again. It was like wasting so much time on it. Yet it wasn't my favourite music piece. It got alittle torturous. But I like the concert performance put up by Richard Clayderman once at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Went with one ex-colleague, Irene Lee then. It was long long time ago. Aiya, now just stare at my electronic Clavinova, press a button and let the music play by itself! Hahaha! I would learn it again if anyone is kind enough to teach a bird brain like myself.

2. Sports
Pool
Needless to say I love POOL! I think its the best game around. It took me like 15 years to discover the beauty of this game and the practicality of it. Looks simple but damn tough game. Lots of snooker players think this game of pool is too simple. They are so so wrong. Steve Davis hasn't won any world title yet. None of the World Snooker players won Pool Titles yet. Why? They underestimate the strength of the game pool. Hey, I have got a 9 ft pool table in my house!

Here are some reasons why Pool is great:

U can still play the game when you are old at 50 or 60.
All weather game because its indoors
No need to perspire coz its indoor and aircon
Not a very physical game
Fat or thin, you can play
Gender sex has no advantage
Business talk is very possible
Professional and classy looking game (minus the smokers!)
Affordable game (Compared to Golf)
Still in its developmental stage(So u can still be a top player)
Easy to learn, Hard to master

The list is of course not exhaustive. But kinda explains why I love this game!

Football
Used to play football since young at 10 years old. Played till I was 17. Won some 4 trophys in football tournaments. Still kept them. Played as a midfielder and striker then. Loved the game then. Captained my school team against many other schools. Even played in MILO 7-aside football tournament. Was never really outstanding but we sure did well at certain stages. Used to love Liverpool then. Today's Liverpool sucks big time. Chelsea's good though. I still like watching some big games like England's Football Team. Yea....Beckham....cool.

Basketball
Played basketball from 16 to 19. Joined Seletar Institute Basketball Team and played in 'A' Division Basketball Nationals. Played as Centre coz I was really tall at 179cm. It was tough and exciting in those days roughing out in the courts. Remembered playing the division games in Clementi Sports Hall. Got a Certificate of Commendation from my school for good achievement in basketball. No more Michael Jordan....... no more fun. Too old for this strenuous activity too.

Bowling
Tried bowling. Have my own ball. Never excelled in the game. Ever bowled 200 points a couple of times. Rare but true. Mostly averaging 130 to 160 points. But realised then that pool is better. Felt stupid that I had to bowl the same action in the lanes again and again. Opponents cannot make your game more difficult. You are your worst enemy. That's all there is to the game. Could not see beyond the intrinsic value of the game. Still have my own personal ball though. 14 pounds hook ball.

3. Computer / Games
Computer Gaming
Loved to play computer games. My favourite ones include role-playing games(not the ones on the bed), strategy ones ( As in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Command & Conquer) and first-person shooter ones like Battlefield 2 and CounterStrike Source. Now presently I am playing DragonShard. An Advance Dungeons and Dragons type of game. Fantasy game with Dragons, Dwaven Fighters, Human Clerics, Elven Archers and Sorcerors etc. Started in computing since the days of XT computer systems which evolved to AT 386 and 486 systems leading on to Pentium I, II, III and IV systems now. Still love gaming.

Xbox
Loved my Xbox. Gave a brand new set to Kristina and Glendon Koh. Remembered playing Dynasty Warriors on my parallel import US set. Also loved playing Battlegrounds: Magic The Gathering. Simulation games are fun too!

Card Games
Not poker la... Me poor in gambling games. Used to play Magic:The Gathering trading card game. Learnt to form the most efficient deck of cards using whatever resources I could possibly gather. Learnt an important concept in life: Make the best with what you have got, you can still win it. Err... never won anything big though. Still kept one powerful deck for memory's sake. Oh I like Boggle too. Not a card game but worth mentioning though recently lost straight 5 times to someone. Cannot believe it. Sigh... Brain getting old I guess. Never lost so many times before. Sigh.

5. Literary Works
Books
Seldom read books. The books I am trying to complete at the moment are: The Complete Idiot's Guide To Pool, The Dummy's Guide to HTML 4, Moments for Singles and Talking Cock. NO MORE BOOKS PLS!!! Cannot finish them already. Books are tiring. Movies are better.

Magazines
Oh I like reading magazines. When I was young I used to read FEMALE, HER WORLD etc. Now I like to read MOTORING, any computer magazines especially the game ones and occasionally entertainment hardware magazines. I like gadgets too you know.

6. Movies
I LOVE MOVIES! Except horror ones. My weaken pathetic heart cannot take the horrific scenes in horror shows. Keep me out it. Cannot sleep after watching it. 1st Horror show: Gremlins. Favourite romantic movie: Serendipity. Favourite medieval movie : Troy. Favourite Futuristic Movie: X-Men. Favourite All Time Movie: The Lord Of The Rings. Now I really really really enjoy watching all kinds of Korean Movies! Very very nice. Count the horror ones out.

7. Clubbing and Pubbing
Actually I like Clubbing and Pubbing. But I do feel that the company matters more. Its not where you go, Its who you go with. Generally I like going to Double O, Mdm Wong, Club Momo and Zouk. Dun mind Wine Bars too. Pubs like Brewerkz and small time pubs like Central is fine too. Hey, I do dance too you know. keke.... ain't much of a drinker but willing to try. Coke still taste nicer! Hahahaha... Me casual smoker. Kekeke... wait for girl to ask me to give up. Hahaha....

8. Food
I like:

Sweet and Sour Pork
Sambal Spicy Crab (The sauce super nice!)
Hotplate Beancurd
Spicy Froglegs
KFC chicken (Its really nice la...)
Pasta (Spaghetti...... you know what's that?)
Hagen Dazs Ice Cream (Wa..... super expensive but nice)
Salted Vegetable and Duck Soup!

Wa...... looks like quite alot of stuffs I talked about already. Hmmm...... well, just an insight into my life, into what I like and into some of my favourite things!!! kekeke.....

Maybe next time I will talk about what the heck I hate. Bet your dollar I will talk about Horror movies! keke..... Ok, time to koon. Sayonara and Sweet Dreams!

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself"

"Men who say it cannot be done should not interrupt men doing it"

Welcome Kelly The Firebolt!

2005-10-20T02:22:00.000+08:00

Hey Everyone,

Today will not be blogging much. Someone new to show you guys!

Introduce Kelly to you guys! Say Hi in the comments box to her okie! Welcome welcome ma... hehehe......

This is her blog : Kelly-Fundamental Things Apply
Linked her up as Kelly Firebolt.

Oh she plays pool too. At least she tries...... Kekeke....

She had this little quiz on her blog regarding Dynasty Warriors which I could not help but wanted to know what I was. Took the short quiz and Wala! This is me!!! Proud sia...... Fun! Go try! U can click on the GUAN YU photo (representing me!) on the right sidebar. It will take u to the quiz area! Cute. Me GUAN YU!!! Yo Yo Yo!! I always like to use him in the game! Power dragon swipe man!!!! POWER! Ggggrrrrr........ Hehehhee....

"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock"

"The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views mistake..."

Sadness & Hope

2005-10-18T03:50:00.000+08:00

Sadness......

There were 2 things that were really awful to know.

My auntie age about 60 plus is in her last days of her life. Auntie Jessie. She has cancer. Its terminal. The cancer cells has spread to her brain. The doctors said she has only about 8 months to live at most. From what I know, she is frail and weak. Sorrow and tears flood her family. She could not see more of tomorrow.

For her, tomorrow will not come. There is no IF.

I can't say I know her very well but it has caused so much of a stir amongst my family lines. All my aunties and uncles have suddenly awoken to the realities of life, that life itself can be unpredictable. All of them are around Auntie Jessie's age and are starting to worry if they would be next and what sorta illness they would succumb to.

They have all seen the pale look shown on Auntie Jessie's face. She had only alittle hair atop her head. Brain cancer. Sigh...... what else could be done? Yes, I myself have resigned to fate that its the end of the road. She has 3 children, all grown up with two of them married. Namely: Lionel, Kelvin and Jason. All above 29. Her husband, my uncle also called Uncle Frederick, is a sad man. Hope slips from their very hand now even as we speak.

The sorrows that pierced 7 families and shocked 18 cousins and many more grand-cousins, have simply stunned everyone. How cruel life can be when we dun treasure time and that it is suddenly taken from us.

These are true life accounts. Its happening right now. Its so sad... Yet we quarrel, fight and participate in war of every nature from military to blogs to relationships. I am truly sadden by this turn of events. I can't do much. I can't say much. I can only commit her to the Lord and let him decide.

Another sad thing happened. 2 of my close friends fought. Male and female. Literally they fought. Punches, scratches and cigarette butts were thrown. Blood dripped. Things were scattered. Commotion was caused. Shock rippled through the night. All in my full view. Its so so so sad. I had to tear both my friends apart...... Had to constantly remind them to see beyond the fog of misunderstanding and see the crucial BOTTOM LINE. It is they did love each other. Jealousy stood in the way. Extreme jealousy.

Blinded were they that more frustrations were expressed with every louder vocalisation. A peaceful night turned into a nightmare on elm street. I just could not believe it.

Both were very hurt emotionally. Yes and physically too. Both are aching in their hearts. I wonder if they would ever survive this ordeal. Both sacrificed their measures for each other. Both paid the price to be with each other. Both had spent much time together in love and harmony. Now the tranquility has been shattered. The serenity of their relationship would never be the same again.

My soulful reminder to them of their joys and laughter when they were together were met with tearful and hateful remarks. Cursing words and vulgarities filled the silent night. I have nothing left to say. My heart aches terribly to see another relationship fall. Both were my friends. I still loved them both. I am only human and can only do so much.

An impending death...... A broken relationship...... Many broken hearts...... God this world needs healing. Your Healing. Give us hope.

"Where are you, God?
Show yourself strong and let men see your glory
Move your hand across the nations and rest your peace on them all
Alas, God! Abandon them not, for I pray that I may stand in the gap
Your grace and mercy abounds plentiful, never ceases to amaze me

These are the days your people need to know you
Know you of your love, care and concern
Tears have flowed and flooded our palms
Our hearts have weakened and our knees have fallen

Health has been taken from one
Love has been stolen from another
Sorrows has been the Devil's gift
Pain and bitterness divides the couple in love

Show yourself God
Your unknowing people need you more than ever
Send your Angels to watch over your people in these times of need
And let your love once again hold us close

Amen."

Men are Evil

2005-10-17T01:14:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : Utada Hikaru - First Love
Music Of The Day : Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes

*Sometimes video loading time may be alittle long. Patience is needed.

*Below's context is a subjective opinion and has no merits of any kind.

Men.

Ok, men are really awful creatures. Yes, most of us are anyway. Maybe including me. I always had a choice to be really evil and and bad, but I had hoped that I could as good as the next-door kid whom my parents always praise. How often is it that our parents praise other people's kids than ourselves?

As we grow older, we grow smarter. Smarter because we learn our lessons well. Once bitten twice shy. From young we were taught to be moralistic and righteous. Somehow, we grow up evil in the heart. Of course I do believe there are many out there who are still wonderful men and deserving of great and marvellous ladies. The arduous journey of growing up has resulted in young men exploring the boundaries of humanity and some have succumb to the evils of society.
What are the evils? Its kinda subjective here.

What I think is evil may not be what you think.

Prostitution
Gambling
Vulgarities and Profanities(spoken or written)
Sodomy or Promiscuity (affairs included)
Greed for fame, power and money
Lies and deceit
Laziness
Lack of respect for basic humanity
Lack of social grace in today's modern world
Parental disobedience or lack of filial piety

There would probably be more and the list may not be exhaustive. Maybe even women are guilty of some of the above but today I am talking about us, men. Men are probably more guilty of the above than women. Most of the above are found in almost all levels of society. The reasons for its existence are varied for which only the discerning individual will know.

I am evil albeit in a small way. Thus I know I have sinned. I am no moralist like I used to be. Sinners like me knows where I am going. Somewhere far south. I asked for no understanding from anyone, its not as if I do not know myself. Then again, "Let He who has not sinned cast the first stone". To admit one's flaws ain't shameful. We are only humans.

I said Men are evil because I think somehow in men's heart are one of the above 10 pointers. Either we are selfish or lazy or something. And men generally speaking has a greater proportion of these negative traits than women. Of course its just my personal opinion but I feel its largely true. That's why men are more savage when it comes to war.

For women, to find a prospective boyfriend or husband is to find someone who has lesser of those traits. The least the better.

For us guys, its to continually being aware of how bad we could be, be grateful that we aren't all that bad and strive to be a good boy. Well, the least we could do is...... try to be good.

"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different"

"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem"

Betrayal

2005-10-14T14:51:00.000+08:00

Betrayal

A betrayal of loyalty. A betrayal of a code of honour. I have been betrayed.

Decided to trust someone. Tried my best to use my resources at my disposal to be close. Someone embraced my enemies. And closed me down the ranks. Thought someone knew me. But I was wrong. I have done enough to prove myself yet it simply wasn't enough. Apparently that someone prefers a flood of other people than myself. Enough said.

The reason why SOME men isn't ready to get into relatioships is because SOME women cannot be trusted.

Thank you but no thanks.

Joan Ang's Wedding

2005-10-14T02:59:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : Two Cheena Punks - I Want It That Way (Damn Funny)
Music Of The Day : West Life - I Will Be There

The video is damn funny! I thought the two Chinese Punks are kinda cute. Not bad in their acting! Also showed some of their "NO-Good takes!" Hahaha... watch it for some laughs! Hahahaha.....

Oct 13th Thursday night, I had gone to Marina Mandarin Hotel to attend Joan Ang's Wedding. Joan is my Hyundai Ex-colleague. Now she is happily married to Benjamin aka Ah Bee. Some great photos for you guys to see! Dun salivate too much okie? Real Babes here!

Joan Ang's Wedding Photos!
You can also click on the Flickr picture at the bottom right. Lotsa babes to see!!!

Lately I have been rather busy with my job. Ain't exactly all that free to blog anything. As you guys can see, I usually put in quite an amount of effort to blog something worth looking at. So if you have been patient then good for you cause you have got something new to look at!! This particular blog post has some elements of humour to keep you guys alive and laughing instead of the gloomy and moody face! Cheer up! Nice pic on the right! Practise safe sex. Hahaha... Hehe....

Ok, down to somethings I would like to talk about. I hate anonymous pricks. Its no different from the real world in which Terrorist (anonymous ones) come wreaking havoc without any sense of responsibilities. They whack, accuse and make irresponsible comments in which they are not willing to own up! If they dared to show themselves and comment, I would respect them truly.

In Straits Times Forum, if you wanna have your letter published, you would need to reveal all identity details about yourself. If any is lacking, believe it, your letter would not be published or it may be published with lots of editing.

I exercise my rights in my world here. Comments are for bloggers. Not any anonymous people who act as if they are real pricks. Irritating I should say. If any anonymous pricks wanna blurt out their stupid remarks, they can always use my tagboard which allows them anonymous posting. But then again, based on the first in first out method, whatever comments sooner or later gets deleted as discussions on the tagboard gets longer. I do not need to prove anything to anyone in my world. I have no wish to read other blogs in which readership is boosted by lots of anonymous people. Pardon me, but I prefer comments only from true blue bloggers. So for anonymous pricks, kiss my ass!

Presently now I am exploring what Elvina and Xishi has been playing with.
The FaceAnalyzer! Will see who the heck I am match up with. I had one pic matching up to Jackie Chan! Wa lao...... real or not? Hahhaha.. for laughs la.....

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplisment."

"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah."

Windstruck, Hyundai Azera & Courage

2005-10-10T03:10:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : Windstruck Trailer
Music Of The Day : Michael Buble - You'll never know

Windstruck. A Korean love show between a female cop and a male teacher. Loved this movie so much... Watched this movie with one of my ex gf then. We both loved the movie so much then. Still remembered that she loved the movie so much, that even after we broke up, I still went in search of the vcd all over Singapore just to find this vcd although we have already watched it in the cinema. It was a Christmas present for her in 2004. Well, everything came to nothing. Sigh. Its a very very romantic show. I actually cried... I can't believe it but I really did cry. The ending of the show is simply too touching... One of the many best korean films. That's why I have always loved alot of Korean shows. So so so humane and touching. Watch this MTV, then do yourself a favour, go find the vcd and buy it. Worth every minute of your time watching it.

Michael Buble : Oct 10th 8pm Singapore Indoor Stadium

Since Michael's in town tonight Oct 10th at the Indoor Stadium, thought I should continue another of his lovely romantic songs playing on my blog. Lovely. Sweet and so romantic... Enjoy his music. If you have the budget, do watch his concert. My colleague Grace Low will be watching the show with her mum! Oh... how fortunate... My envy... Bo bian... No budget. I just love all these romantic lovey dovey crooning... keke....

Hyundai Azera

Azera.... The new Hyundai Flagship car. Looks beautiful and I am impressed with the features that come with this affordable car costing $103000. 3.3 V6 engine. There were so many features in this car that normally Hyundai would not offer in its Singapore Product lineup. For this price, its really superb value for money with lotsa extravagant luxuries. Published in the car review section of Straits Times on Saturday. There are so many little things that went into this car and at this price I thought its quite a steal. Take a look at this car and know AZERA!

Price : $103000 with COE
Engine : 3342cc 24-valve V6
Gearbox : 5-Speed Automatic
Power : 235 bhp at 6000 rpm
Torque : 304 Nm at 3500rpm
Top Speed : 237kmh
0-100kmh : 7.8 seconds
Fuel Consumption : 10.2 litres/100km

Sunday, Oct 9th. This day was really hectic. Singapore Car COE prices plunged $3000 plus on average sending COE to its all time low of $11000 plus across the board. Car prices followed with a plunge too. The car showrooms all over Singapore were flooded with human traffic. The crowds were immense and got me and my colleagues all so busy. I

stood the whole day and got really hungry and tired. We were serving and serving and serving. Countless queries answered and many test-drives conducted. We the sales staffs were simply worn out. We had our breather when dinner, which was kindly provided for by my company, was served at 8pm. It was then we really breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course we were glad the showrooms were crowded and thus improving business potential. I am glad but I am tired out. Suffered abrasion on my inner thigh close to my hamstring. Walking became a huge problem. Pain pain pain... Damn serious man. It's alot worse than I expected. Sigh. Now resting at home with powder soothing my abrasive wound. Hopefully it will heal fast or I will be in deep shit coz if not, I doubt I would be able to walk much thus not being able to work. Dun wanna miss my duties you know.

I have not been blogging since Thursday because I have been tired out with my work. Not that it has been particularly fruitful but that the commitment to perform surely zapped my health away. Me getting old you know? hehehe... Big 3 coming la....

Hmmm.... one Question. Does anyone know who is Patrizio Buanne?? Darn romantic foreign singer. In the same crooning league as Michael Buble. Will go search for his music cds. Heard him once. Very solid. Very opera.

Just heard another crooning group called IL DIVO on Star World Channel 18 SCV. Err... whatever that means. But its a 4 man singing group. Also singing some foreign songs. Very nice too!! Wa lao.... so many things to do, so many songs to listen and so little time.

Was at Borders at about 9pm. Haven't been to the retailer that markets a huge library of books recently. As I went through the shelves I discover that two type of books dominated the entire showroom of books. They were "***** for Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot's guide to *****"! They have almost practically anything in these two versions. I was like... wow... Even saw once that says,"The Complete Idiot's guide to The Most Amazing SEX!" Oh my gosh! That was kinda like awesome! Damned! The book was sealed in plastic coverings! Yea... they should seal the book up lest some creamy stuff ends up on it!

Hahaha..... Yeah....Anyway we singaporeans need to be taught la.... Hahahah... alternatively we could read Sarong Party Girl's blog and get some free tips too! Kekeke..... Xiaxue too young for these stuffs! Haha!!

So if you guys need some books on any self-improvement matter, go search these books out at Borders at Orchard Road Lane Crawford Building okie? hehehe.... Impart and share your talents when you have achieved something okie??

The most important in my life is, " Be Happy". I seek only happiness in my this life. It can come in any form. If money can enhance the quality of my life and make me happy, sure why not? If good friends form the silver linings in my life, sure why not? If pool and movies cheer me up, sure why not?

The point is to seek your happiness the way you want it. Have courage to seek your happiness. Recently I have heard of a few friends who were sacrificing their happiness because they lacked courage to face their fears, too much filial piety towards parents and bad relationship experiences resulting in their prolonged misconception that they themselves are unattractive.

Be brave. Have the courage to face reality in life. Its not wallowing in self pity. Its not good enough to simply say," others do not understand". Its all a choice. A matter of courage. A decision. I have this to say. You have a dream. Go chase it. Take COURAGE and run after your dreams. Do not EVER let anyone stop you. Not parents, brothers, sisters, friends, ex bf or gf, careers and most of all, yourself. Run, my friend, run. Destiny lies in your hands. Future is what you make out of it. God has given you choices. CHOOSE! Believe in yourself! Wizard of Oz has this Lion who does not have courage. Do not be like him. Be of good courage my friends! Stand up for yourself and live out your dreams in this life!

" Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!"

"Talk without effort is nothing."

Kiss

2005-10-06T12:50:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day : KISS
Music Of The Day : Michael Buble - Can't Help Falling In Love

這是最近在網路上，讓許多人為之落淚的韓國 MTV ...不過說真的，這部韓國 MTV 實在拍的太好了，音樂動聽、劇情更感人，女主角也很漂亮，實在是一部非常完美的佳作.....　　我已經看了很多遍，但每次看，都會不自覺的落淚，誠心推薦給各位.....

Kiss. I had the video clip of this MTV in my hp. Touched my heart so many times every time I watched it. The actress is a real babe. The guy is one of the supporting actors in the show STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN. Very very very touching MTV. Such sacrificial guys almost doesn't exist in reality anymore.

I would appreciate it if anyone could provide the name of the MTV actress.

So what's the moral of the story? Short girls dun take things perched up high on a shelf. Got it? Hehehhe.......

I have decided to prevent moronic assholes from polluting my comments sections. Idiots I would say. Go register yourself and post comments if anyone wants to. Anyway, this is my blog, my world. Dun like it, stay out of it. Negative moralist are not welcomed. I do not need people to read my blog or do anything here. This is just a part of my world where I reveal what I want. Dun like it? Bugger off! If anyone still wanna leave comments, you always have the tagboard, but remember one thing, the tagboard comments self-deletes as new entries come in. keke...

Things that I have done:

Gym to keep fit
Pool training
Movie
Clinic to see Doc
Working as usual
Room cleaning

Things I need to do :

Buy Aramith Ball Cleaner
Train more at Pool Haven
Go Gym more often
Buy pills for friends
Read 3x books!
Finish watching the numerous vcds I have
Burn pool programs onto DVD
Do paper filings: personal admin
Post photos of past events

Very often in life we get misunderstood. Either because the other party does not understand out situation well enough or that we fail to see the point the other party is trying to put across. I do try to explain my way out at times, but if I do fail, I will cease to explain. Hey, not much point in explaining too much because humans only wanna hear what they wanna hear. I am no at the liberty to let them hear what they wanna hear. I rather remain silent.

Let's just say I have given up explanation. Haven't you been in a situation where others jump to conclusion and even after you have explained, the situation still looks bleak? Then what is the point? I am not here to satisfy anyone. I am here only because I am me.

For the many misunderstood people, hey, just keep doing what you are doing and you will do fine. Believe in yourself. I believe in me. That's enough.

"Be not simply good; be good for something."

"It is better to be making news than taking it; to be an actor than a critic."

Wake me up when September ends & Buble

2005-10-05T01:20:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day: Green Day - Wake me up when september ends
Music Of The Day: Michael Buble - Nice and Easy

This MTV is lengthy but rather nice. Romantic I should say. Talks about two young lovers deeply in love. Guy wanting to quicken their love life financially and thus joined The Army. Got his gal mad and seriously upset. Like most women. Kekeke.... Very nice though I found it rather repetitive. Americans very garang hoh? Hehehe....Watch it.

Michael Buble : Oct 10th 8pm Singapore Indoor Stadium

I think this Bubble guy is so interesting. Interesting because this topic even has got my friend Dr Claudia Delynn jumping up and down justifying for Mr Buble when someone makes fun of his name! Hehehe.... its funny. But He is good. One the the most romantic singers I have seen. Hey, although his name is funny, I bought his original CD okie? That's quite some support already so dun come after me with your verbal choppers okie? Hehehe.... If anyone of you still has budget, go watch la.... me exhausted my performance budgets this year already. Handsome hoh? Claude going weak in her knees already.... hehehe....

This is for one of my fellow blogging friends, Leena Dan: Please take care of yourself. Ensuring that one consumes their proper meals and avoid gastric troubles are the responsibilities as an adult. There is no excuse for "forgetting to eat" or "too busy". This has happened one too many times and does get people worried. I just want you to take GOOD care of yourself.
As to those of you out there who likes to skip meals, please don't. Eat well. Africans are starving.

I have not been feeling well lately. Felt like puking or what we call it as, vomiting. If I were a lady, I would say I am pregnant but no..... stomach discomfort. Believe me, I love to eat. Maybe I ate something wrong? Maybe food poisoning? Sigh..... maybe ate the wrong type of worms. Pain pain. Sometimes on and sometimes off. Didn't think it was serious enough to warrant seeing a doctor. Live with it for now.

I think I am getting too old. Age 29.... old liao.... Soon the Big 3 will hit. Then I will really be old. Metabolism slowing down alot. Playing pool doesn't quite perspire you see? Kekeke.... but I still have 4 years of reservist to go, so no fret. Anyway I still do go gym at least once a week so my physical condition ain't looking all that bad aye? Kekeke....

Hey ShapeshifterLiu, tell us a joke leh.... me bored now. Hehehehe.......

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

Axel F, 2 Books & Bali Bombings

2005-10-03T01:43:00.000+08:00

Video Of The Day: Axel F by Crazy Frog

Wow.... Managed to add video into my blog. For those of you who wanna watch the short video clip of about 2 minutes, do switch off the music. The music panel button is located at the bottom of this blog. Spent some time locating host site and getting it into my template. Quite success a venture. Keke...... Have fun! Will periodically update new videos for you guys to watch. Sorry hoh, tv screen small. Hahhaha....

Promised you guys somewhat in my earlier entries that I wanna post up the music video of Axel F by Crazy Frog. Finally did it. Always keep my promises. Kekeke...

Love this stupid Crazy Frog! Hahaha.... So funny! Great sense of humour and I love this catchy music! Absolutely FANTASTIC! Watch it and have a good laugh. You will enjoy the rhythmic techno beats. Cool......

A very kind friend gave me 2 books recently. The first book was titled,"Moments For Singles". Author Leigh McLeroy. Its quite a christian book regarding being single in a couple's world. Its for those people like me, who doesn't quite understand what its like to long to be married. This book explores issues that matter most to singles.

I am not sure how relevant it is to me however if someone gave this book to me, I am sure it must be of certain importance. I have not read it yet, will slowly savour the book and consume its pages in my own sweet time. Meanwhile for those of you singles out there, go buy the book yourself la. hahaha..... you could always borrow from me. Rental Charge: $5 a week. Hahahaha....

The second book given to me was titled,"Talking Cock". Written by Richard Herring(Who the heck is he?). The supposed second book given to me was in anticipation that I may get bored with the first book since the first book is rather heavy and serious going. So this Cock Talking book is to humour and lighten me up! Ha! I do not intend to be like Rockson. But really hoh.... the book very R(A) leh..... I shy leh.... hahahaha.... got nudity. Really. Well, I will go ahead and enjoy man's answer to the vagina monologues and have an eye feasting good time, also in my own good time!

Thank you "Dear Friend".

Reading the darn terrorism in Indonesia Bali Bomb Blast really saddens my heart. Sigh.... These 2 pictures show part of the big deals that are happening around the world today.

Read the Channel News Asia Reports on the blast in the below link.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/171399/1/.html

I pay my tribute to the victims and the victim's families in Indonesia Bali Bomb Blast. Damn the terrorist. They will get their just punishment.

" He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches."
"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

Hyundai Prices & STOMP!!!

2005-10-01T02:03:00.000+08:00

BID AS YOU LIKE

Hyundai Car Prices

Accent
Accent 1.3 5dr M $43000
Accent 1.5 4dr M $45000
Accent 1.5 4dr A $47000

Verna
Verna 1.4 4dr M $*
Verna 1.4 4dr A $*
Verna 1.6 4dr M $*
Verna 1.6 4dr A $*

Getz 2006
Getz 1.1 5drM $42000
Getz 1.4 3dr A $48000
Getz 1.4 5dr A $50000
Getz 1.6 3dr M $49500
Getz 1.6 5dr A $53000

Matrix
Matrix 1.6 5dr M $51000
Matrix 1.6 5dr A $52000
Matrix 1.8 5dr A $54000

Elantra
Elantra 1.6 4dr A $58000

Tuscani CVVT
Tuscani 2.0 2dr A $71000
Tuscani 2.7 2dr A V6 $76000

NF Sonata
Sonata 2.4 4dr A $72000

Trajet CVVT
Trajet 2.0 A $71500
Trajet 2.7 A V6 $80000

Tucson CVVT
Tucson 2.0 A $69000
Tucson 2.7 A V6 $77000

Santa Fe
Santa Fe 2.4 A $69500
Santa Fe 2.7 A V6 $78500

Azera
Azera 3.3 V6 $103000

Terracan
Terracan 3.5 A $99000

Guaranteed COE. For better offers, private message me or let me know somehow. Terms and Conditions Apply!

Watched STOMP today! Its simply breath-taking! Awesome! FABULOUS! AMAZING! DYNAMIC! MAGNIFICIENT! OUTSTANDING & INCREDIBLE!!! Worth every dollar I have spent. Using everyday stuffs to create beautiful noises, rhythms and music! Its simply magical! I would give it a 9.9 / 10. A dear friend asked me what happened to the other o.1 and I replied coz its only 2hrs!! If only it was 3 or 4 hrs!!! The display of their talents in using daily items to rattle all kinds of interesting music left me amazed and baffled! You guys really do not know what you are missing out. You have to watch this performance! Forget about the rest! Go catch this one! ITS A DEFINITE MUST WATCH!!!! FORGET QUIDAM! FORGET WHATEVER, GO WATCH THIS PERFORMANCE!!!!!

STOMP!

This website link above shows u their showcase. You can hear a few interesting sounds from cigarette lighters to brooms to oil drums.

http://www.stomp.co.uk/08_filmography.htm

This link above shows you the many different displays!!! Listen to it. Click on it. Believe it!
Excellent !!! Simply Awesome!!!

Watch it! Believe it and Enjoy it!

"What we call results are beginnings."

"Well done is better than well said."

Michael Goh & STOMP coming!

2005-09-29T00:13:00.000+08:00

I have been rather sick lately. Signs of getting old I guess. Physically not as sharp nor as adaptable as before. Hey, I am not someone who brags about my physique wellness okie? Coz I dun have and feel rather weak. So dun bully me. Get it?

Ok, today I show another set of photos of my colleague Michael Goh!!! He is my Boss's right hand man. 40 plus guy who is extremely hardworking. Still single though. The remarkable thing abour Michael is that he comes in to work early in the day and leaves late in the night. And he does this every single day!! Literally! Amazing guy! We should all be like him!

Maybe sometimes he does have a temper but then again, who doesn't? Most of us will crackle up when things go wrong. So does he but when situation requires his expertise, believe me, he has better solutions than most of us. Some people call that, "Experience". He is my Team Leader. From previous postings, you have seen the other Team Leader, Roger. So these 2 guys are the Team Leaders. Think of them as Lieutenants of a platoon made up of males and females.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jadefalconelite68/sets/1020198/show/

The pictures you see are taken in June when it was Michael's Birthday! Thought of letting you guys see who he is. He was the first guy whom I heard that told me,"Make your first Million!" I like to thank Michael here, although he doesn't read blogs, for so much of his help over these 4 and half years that I have known him in the car industry. I appreciate it. Thank you!

Some of my dear friends think I have alot of gfs! Ha.... for those who dun understand what the heck is gfs, too bad! Please la.... Where got? I wish. Some maybe very curious where the hell I go to when I am off work. The answer is simple. Either home, pool or movie. Simple enough? Keke.... I do not interact often with ladies because I think it is difficult for them to fully comprehend the mindset I have and have them understand why I do certain things. Didn't wanna explain all the much too. But no la.... I am SINGLE! hahaha... Married to Pool? maybe.

This Friday.... STOMP! Exciting stuff I think. Have been wanting to watch it a long time. Grace Low my colleague who also enjoys theatrical performances especially those music recital ones, just didn't like this one. So sad. I have been wanting to watch it some years back but low on budget then so decided to give it a miss. Look at it this way, I am willing to give up QUIDAM for this, so go figure! It gives me pleasure to see daily objects which we use producing beautiful coordinated music! Go watch la.... only 8 performances! I got my tickets, have you? I think Esplanade performances doesn't allow photos so better not expect any! Thank Singapore Tourism Board for bring STOMP here. I am honoured to have known someone from STB! Kekeke.....

Lately, I have been reading quite a few blogs. Apparently the Blogsphere is really expanding tremendously and the government seems to be stepping in to control the the way content is being discussed in blogs. Aiya.... some of these bloggers also abit Ku Ku. Racism cannot be accepted and cannot be tolerated. Live in harmony together la... If racism cannot be accepted, I think tourist in foreign lands would have been in deep shit. Ooopss. Pardon me. Keke...... Love one another okie?

The next time I blog, I am gonna advertise my Hyundai Car Prices! My company actually questioned us on why didn't we post on the internet??? COZ management told us NOT TO!!! Wa lau..... Sabo man....... Nevermind. Its never too late. Watch for Car Prices here okie?!! Hehehe... Should be interesting! Dunno what format it will be in but it should be fun to look at it. Cheersz......

"There are only two ways of getting on in the world; by one's own industry, or bu the weaknesses of others."

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."

Eddie Lee's Birthday & Flickr!

2005-09-26T18:34:00.000+08:00

All right! Finally I have gotten my Flickr up and working! After quite some time of fiddling with it! Shag man....... Understand that Blogspot's ability to support photos are rather limited thus I have switched to Flickr so that we can all see more photos!!! Hahah..... lotsa photos to view!!! Enjoy and have fun!

Sept 21st is Eddie Lee's Birthday! Eddie Lee is my Hyundai colleague. Cute guy hoh? His party pictures are the highlighted link below! Any girls interested? Hahaha.... Too bad, this guy is "taken"! hahaha..... Next time show you guys his gf! Kekeke..... Have fun viewing the pictures!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jadefalconelite68/sets/1020128/show/

These 2 days I have fallen greatly ill. Down with heavy flu. Runny nose and all that. Missed my job on sunday. Missed my Pool 9 Ball Tournament on Sunday at Pool Haven.Now monday and I am still down with flu.... can't believe it. Think I am getting seriously old. Body is weakening and getting useless. What to do? Sigh..... Think I will just go treat myself to something nice and warm to eat. Dunno what la.... go hunt la....

I do not know the results to the Pool Tourney. May Ong will update the results into Pool Fanatic Forum. Cheers there.

Things To Do:

Buy Aramith Ball Cleaner
Collect STOMP Tickets at SISTIC counter
Attend STOMP performance at the Esplanade
Attend Tuesday's Invitation to THE POOL ROOM, got mini casino, free buffet & Pool Finals Tourney
Collect 2x Book Gifts from War Veteran residing in Hotel Solace
Get some new car deals!!! Hahaha......

Ok, me tired now... old liao.... so me go look for other entertainment. Cheers dudes!!

"The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit of doing them."

"No man knows what he can do till he tries it."

Stairways to Heaven

2005-09-23T02:08:00.000+08:00

Borrowed a set of 20 vcds from my colleague Kristina, STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN. I only did watched 2 when she was looking for it to lend it to another person. Promised her I will finish it by Friday 23rd Sept which is today.

Right now in order to upkeep a promise, I am watching the show back to back remaining vcds for the next 6 hours till I have to go to work in the morning. Finished 12 vcds the last 3 days. Tired out but worth every bit of my time.

Everyone should watch this show. Touches my spirit, my soul, my mind and my heart.

Romance and love. Used to be a beautiful thing. The show brought back alot of my memories. Loving unceasingly with everything that we have got for the person most treasured in our hearts has been probably the most difficult thing in our lives.

When we quarrel and argue, where is our love? When we disagree and misunderstand, where is our love? When we wanna succeed more than others, when then is our love?

I seek not to be understood but that my life's story be written down. I care not for who reads it. If there be nice bloggers like Starlandliu, bless him. If there be unpleasantries from insect-like bloggers, I couldn't care less. People's opinions now are no longer of any concern to me. Used to think I care about public opinion because there are some I cared. Now I care not for any soul. Not even myself.

How often is it we do not treasure what we have before we lose it? Can we really afford to lose certain things in life? Try this. How about losing 5 years of your life losing not even knowing your own identity? How about your sight? How about your limbs? How about your loved ones? Tears flow when I think about the sad outcome as shown in the serial.

"Its only a show", as what some might put it but no........ It can be real. Must something somehow be taken from us before we realise the true value of it? Its very painful simply to watch the whole show through. Sentimental feelings gushed over me, piercing my mundane thoughts and amplifying my sense of reality. Its really difficult to imagine if the unfortunate may strike and we lose all. How will I handle it? I do not know. The seemingly unknowing endless possibilities daunt me in the very least.

Would u:
1. walk in the dark while u have sight knowing u will lose it in a week?
2. give up your loved one to your competitor knowing u will lose your life?
3. keep silent, news of your impending death from your loved ones?
4. still love a person after many years of disappearance?
5. understand your loved one even if he had kept quiet?
6. ever be deceived into thinking your loved one does not love u yet he really does?
7. rather "Love or Be Loved"?
8. go far enough to find out what your loved one is going through?
9. put down your facade of pride and character to love your spouse in spite of all?
10. GIVE UP YOUR LIFE FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE?

There is so much more I could list down but stop here I would. I have felt so much after watching so much.

Sigh.

There has been so much misunderstandings in my life. People who didn't understand it thought of my attitude towards life as pathetic and irksome. Others thought of me as insensitive. Some thought I was being too much of a polite good doer. Several thought of me as politically scheming. Various individuals seemingly felt me different from who I am in this blog. Judge me anyways you want. Create your impressions of me in any form you choose.

I am one and the same person in this blog. Who I portray myself to be here is who I am in real life. Enough of public opinion. I am who I am.

My sincere apologies to everyone who loved or hated or did not know me. Apologies for wasting your time if I ever did. But thank you for bringing a small bundle of joy into my life whoever you are. You will never know how much your little bundle which you have brought into my life, would ever mean to me. Thank you. Good night.

"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men."

"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid."

2nd Home Pool Session! Updated!

2005-09-21T02:20:00.000+08:00

Finally all the pictures from the 2nd Pool Session at my place. Those who went were: Cheryl, Dennis, Glen, Keane, Grace aka Migrey, Tommy, Rick, David Lim, Alvin, Kangwei and of course the host, ME la!!!
We actually played number ball game on the pool table! Bonus 14 and 15 ball, drink. Loser with the most poker cards also drink! Damn Funny! Enjoy the pictures!

"The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first."

"Men too involved in details usually become unable to deal with great matters."

1st Home Pool Session!

2005-09-20T02:52:00.000+08:00

My pool forum friends came over this night and had a full scale experimentation of my pool table.

Here you see a new face! Barry aka Robvandam! hehe..... Great guy! Very conversational and a lecturer in IT. He plays pretty good pool and has a 7ft pool table at his home too! Heard its red in the colour of its table cloth. Sounds good. Someday go his place and play his table! Since he has a 7ft pool table and I have a 9ft, maybe we could train for next year's The New Paper After 5 Pool League hoh?? yea... idea..... hehe......

So here is Barry helping me to tighten the ball rack because the 1st ball is always loose. Smart guy to have used his bowling ball's finger tape to tighten the rack! Cool Bro! Appreciate using your expertise here! Excellent!

So here you see 4 other guys excluding me. I am not in the pictures.

They are doing arms warm up exercises before gameplay. keke... Their routine ritual exercise before a game of pool! hahaha.... no la.... just a joke. From left is Barry aka Robvandam, Alvin Tan aka Alvin, Godfrey aka Goody and James aka Omega74.

Apparently we had hell of a time talking rots and playing pool. We also experimented with different kinds of pool games. Interesting and extremely enriching! Cool...... Quite like what we played. Tonight, Alvin and Barry were the sharper and better players.

Ok today I realised pool is an extremely "sexist" game or should I say "SEXY" game??? hehe..... I will show you why. R(A) here so under 16 cannot read!! Hehe....
Pool terminology :

1. "Stroking my stick's shaft"
2. "Holding the butt"
3. " Hard Tip"
4. "Tight Holes"
5. "Dark Holes"
6. "Nice Rack!"
7. "Remember to push your stick thru"
8. "When u need to , use draw back stroke"
9. "My balls! My balls!"
10. "My balls didn't sink in coz its too big!"
11. "Sometimes we need to play it SAFE"
12. "5 men 6 holes many sticks and many balls"
13. "Some sticks have hard tips, some have soft tips"
14. " Nice stance and posture!!"

Aiyo, if anyone cannot get the meaning above, you must be a country bumpkin! Hehe..... Dunno then ask la. But darn funny! Damn R(A)!

It was indeed a fun and relaxing time. No time charges and no great discomforts. Table is very new and balls look great running all over the length of the table. Marvellous. Totally enjoyed the TCSS(Talk cock sing song) session! Of course got pool la...... hehe.....

Have been rushing to finish all the 20 vcds in which Kristina lent me.... Wa lau... alot ...... but I am kinda falling in love with the show! The guy is so handsome ( Ok Ok I am definitely not gay!!) and the gal is so so pretty! Amazing!

My target is to finish 3 vcds in 1 night! That's like over 3 hours of show!! wa.... Jia lat... but kinda enjoying the show too. Very romantic!! The VCD that was lent to me is "Stairway to HEAVEN!" I love Korean shows. So much better than the Japanese and the Chinese ones. I hope I am not the only one who is enjoying the show. Damn good ah!!!

I determine myself to finish the show by friday because I promised Kristina to return her the vcds by then. Took it a long time liao la.... Once I determine myself to do something, I will do it at all cost. But I seldom determine to do anything la... hehe.......

Something more on a personal note. Xishi and Starlandliu thought I do not like girls. I distrust them generally but I do note that there are still many women out there who are wonderful. I know I need more time. I have not made the best use of time probably, but I do not know how. The truth is I like girls la.... Please la.... I am a real guy la..... hehe.....

Kelly, you should know better that I like gals la..... hehe.....

Hmm.... Yo! Under 16 National Squad! hehe..... Like what you guys see here?? Keke...... Soon, very soon. I will arrange for you guys okie okie?? hehe....

Elvina..... dunno what to say. I do feel that often destiny lies in our own hands. Leaving it to chance and fate is admitting that we cannot win. Very often the actions shown means alot more than the talk talked.

Wa lau...... my brain now all filled with "Stairways to Heaven" the show. Darn romantic..... sigh..... too caught up in it myself. Oh no....... addicted to the show..... ok stop blogging and gonna concentrate on the show. Its officially now 420am. Cheers till then again my friends!

"If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right."

"Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder"

Rick and My Random Thoughts

2005-09-19T02:09:00.000+08:00

Another new character introduction today!

Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce to you........... Mr Rick Hiah! Hiah! Hiah! (Hear the Karate Chop sound??) Hehe......

He is a jolly fellow who enjoys a good laugh. The best is that he creates them! A very swell guy who has a very good soul, always nice to people around him and filial to his parents. Quite the kind of guy that a girl would like to bring home to meet her parents. Oh..... A hint.........available! Be quick, such excellent qualities will sure to be snapped up soon! hehe...... Oh he didn't pay me commission to say this. (Come to think about it, he should hoh??)

Drives a white BMW. Always on good terms with fellow colleagues and friends. Has a well-liked persona. Date him out and experience his comical nature. A fine man I must say.

Have been talking to someone quite alot lately. Had exchanges of opinions ranging from the definitions of Obsession to Passion, from finger-licking good stuffs to opening of hotel business and most of all, about The Art Of Escaping. That's kinda alot of talk for a crap thinker like myself. All the talking had resulted in several of my own random thoughts being unleashed onto my blog here.

1. I have been in my job for 4.5 years. Selling cars isn't really all that easy. Its alot of humbling I would say. I know in my heart I need to keep the faith my Boss has in me. Repayment of gratitude is only a matter of time. I have never forgotten it, I will never forget it and I am grateful. Thank God for this.

2. I need to focus on something. I have chosen Pool. Chosen Pool some 8 months ago when my life was in disarray. Few could understand. Tried explaining but realise not one could understand. Most pool friends love a game of pool. Somehow I love to drill. I do not like betting money. Gambling just isn't my forte. But I know I wanna be good in the game. I seek my own direction and I thank my coach for his efforts too. For those who do really support my passion, I'd like to say a big THANK YOU!

3. Love life. I am escaping. Like what one of my dear friend would say, I am escaping. I do not deny. Being 13 years filled with betrayals isn't something I quite enjoy. I admit I am not having an easy time getting rid of my distrust. Thus I focus alot in pool. So if no one understands, so be it. Que Sara Sara. Ditto.

4. Movies. Movies is another great love I have. Do not under-estimate the love I have for movies. I do not like VCDS or DVDS!!! Rather watch it at the cinemas anytime! keke.....

5. Women are Evil

Equation: Women = Time x Money

Since Time = Money

Thus Women = Money x Money= (Money)2

Since Money = Root of Evil

Thus Women = (Root of Evil)2

Thus Women = Evil

Had a friend who wanted to kill time because of an equation that said time=pure evil. So like this new equation I am showing, should we kill err..... hehe..... joke.

"When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom."(Proverbs 11:2)

"A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honour."(Proverbs 29:23)

3rd Pool Haven 9 Ball Tournament!

2005-09-16T21:18:00.000+08:00

Howdy everyone! Apologies for blogging little lately. Been busy. Guess what?? Its BACK!

CueSports Singapore 9 Ball In-House Tournament (Handicap Format)
Venue : The Pool Haven , Riverside Point
Date : 25th September Sunday 2005
Time : Registration 1230pm, Play Commencement at 1pm Entry Fees : Under 16 $10
Under 21 $25
Ladies & Adults $50

Go support if you can okie?? If any of my readers confirm going pls indicate on my tagboard on the right! Wanna know who is going! Keke....

Come to think of it, petrol prices really getting darn high. Wa lau... been like paying $1.66 for 95 unleaded petrol for quite a while. I think there is a Cartel at work...... Hmmm... fishy. Sometimes I also think why these petrol companies wanna make things so confusing. They have a price then add discount then nett nett price after discount. Wa lau... jus give one price and we compare la...... makes all our lives easy right? The petroleum companies really think we are fools.... sigh....

Ok, today I will introduce to my readers 2 new male characters!!! Any ladies interested please submit your auction amounts to my tagboard! keke.....

Ok this MATURE man is Roger Lim. Some people call him "Ah Lao". Known him for as long as I have been in the car line. Some 4 and half years. He has an excellent sales pitch which always nets him some sales somehow. Great talker and a left hand man of my Boss, Ricky Tay. Team Leader to 11 other staffs. Oh I am under Michael Goh. So it means that Roger isn't my Team Leader. He likes to TCSS (talk cock, sing song) keke..... Super Heavy Smoker! I think he likes KENT. Also a prolific snooker player (ok, maybe I was exaggerating alittle) and enjoys playing mahjong and anything to do with gambling with some money including Number Ball in Snooker Billiards.

He is a helpful individual who is usually alone at night. Has a daughter called Jane. Hmmm... where is Tarzan?? Hehehe.... Owns a Hyundai Accent 1.5. If you ever see this man, ask him to show you how he dances! You will laugh your head off!! Hahaha..... Quite a joker at times too. So any potential dates? Aunties? Hehe.... joke la. He's still a nice chap.

Ok next! Mr Yan Dao. Jason Lee aka Gigolo (My Boss gave him that nick!). A tall handsome fellow whose intimate details can be found in Friendster!! haha... go go quick go check it out! His Friendster picture is nicer than what I have got here. He said he's shy about me taking his pictures!! An absolute joker too. Wonder why didn't film producers didn't ask him to act in Batman vs Joker! He's the typical tall good looking chap that girls usually get bluffed by. Moreover blessed with an inate sales sweet talking, gosh.... already many girls have dreaming about our friend here.

My Boss, Ricky calls him Gigolo because he thinks women are generally smitten by Jason. Keke.... I tend to agree. A jovial personality coupled with a ridiculously humourous nature shows a very sanguine bright character. A likeable persona. Anyone wants to know him please state your intentions in my tagboard on the right! Heheh.... gays can apply too. keke......

So now readers know 2 more of my colleagues! Hehe...... The next introductions I will focus on gals!! Cheers and stay tuned dear ones!!!

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions : Could have, Might have and Should have."

"Limited experience creates limited life."

Christianity: My Side of the Story

2005-09-14T01:51:00.000+08:00

I do not quite have alot of time to blog what I really wanted. Its always kinda rush here and rush there. I am gonna talk about something really contentious. Gonna sound boring to some but critical to me. This day, readers will hear something deep about me.

Christianity.

Background Story:
Went to catholic church when I was 9. Became a charismatic at His Sanctuary Services at age 12. Baptised. Name : Isaiah. Left the church to join City Harvest Church at age 17 and became a pentacostal charismatic christian. Was there till 24. Left and didn't return till now. 15 years in the church. 8 years of being called "Father Daniel" by my common peers. An outcast amongst popular groups. A stronghold amongst christian community then.

The Big Question : Why leave the Church?
No answer could ever suffice. Why the need to explain anyway? I have got friends who dun even bother to explain. So? But I want to reveal something about myself here. I do not carry incense sticks nor bow to any idol nor pray at any temple. I will never. Because I love my God enough. If readers did read carefully, I did thank God in some of my past post.

However, I left the church because humans failed. Yes, I have heard way too many times that we should look towards God because men will fail us but God will never fail us. All the scriptures would probably be thrown at me by some hypocritical so called christians whom i have the misfortune of being in contact recently. When I was that age, I could not accept seeing christians behave so superfically. Many were doing things so that other christians could see it. For goodness sake, its written also that blessed are those who bless in secret, for only God can see it. Thus they truly glorify God. But those that do things that let other men see, glorify themselves. I am no angel. But at least my conduct is alot better than some christians who profess God on their lips, behave ultra spiritual and using biblical scriptures to shoot others down.

Not that there aren't any worthy ones. There are. They are my friends now. Karen of City Harvest Church. Rena. James Ang. Angeline Delynn Ho, friend of 12 years, formerly Faith Community Baptist Church. These are friends who dun throw scriptures at sinners like me. These are friends who used their normal lives to be an example to me. Thus I know that they are the children of God.

I detest superficial christians who say one thing but behave in another unlikely way. And yes, I had the displeasure of encountering one such person lately. But I will not dishonour her here. Just wanna say I AM PISSED@!#* It exactly amplifies my reasons for leaving the church. So sad.

I like genuine people. Humble people. Truthful people. Honourable people and People with Integrity. It doesn't matter whether they are Christians or not because anyway it seems to appear that most non-christians behave better than spiritual christians. What a set back for Christianity. Sigh. These so called christians would end up lamenting during their "quiet time" and crying and so called "weeping". If we christians do make a mistake, we fall, its ok. Get our shit together, get our asses up and get moving!! Some christians really behave like pricks. Sigh. Pastor Francis of Tablenacle of Christ Church and Pastor Kong Hee of City Harvest Church deserves special mention because they truly live lives of example. I feel great simply to have known these people in my lifetime. Thank God for them.

Ok for now, I need to go bath in cold water. Temperature hitting almost 100 degrees! Cool myself down. Keke.... Sorry for all my blabber and abrupt banter. Talk to you guys soon. Cheers and be merry still!

"The Greatest Gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance."

My Peace : Metro Brunswick 9 ft Pool Table!!!

2005-09-10T19:57:00.000+08:00

FINALLY.... LOTS OF PICTURES!!!

The moment has arrived to reveal the pictures to the complete set up of my pool table! Its beautiful, simply beautiful. Courtesy of the marvellous service provided by theQshop, namely Greg, Paul, Jeremy and Dominic (for delivering the Iwan Simonis 860 Electric Blue Cloth). Thank you. Ok, now see the pics and believe!!

Paul arrived at 115pm on Thursday afternoon and had a brief view of my resident hall. We waited for the truck to arrive and arrive it did at about 145pm. All the setup stuffs were carried up to my 7th storey HDB Apartment. On this day alone, we did carpeting in the morning, kitchen cabinet installation and pool table installation. So you can imagine how busy I got...

Really alot of stuffs were brought up. Paul started unpacking all the relevant stuffs and began the installation works of the pool table legs. It was a massive task doing all the work as I personally witnessed the difficulty of the table set up.

As I did alot of checks around, most said that as long as the tables come in Brunswick boxes, it should be original. So this is the box! Of course I would not be all the gullible to presume that its complete genuine until I see something else that I really wanted to see. The Warranty Card or Cert of Authenticity. I found the Warranty Card which I have to register online. Not that its important, but it kinda satisfies the soul when you purchase something like that.

The portion of warranty card I gotta send. The card gotta travel all the way to America! hahaha... Probably it will get lost somewhere over the pacific ocean. Well, what the heck.

It comes with a 1 yr warranty. Not very important actually because such tables can last more than 10 yrs easily. Besides, theQshop will be assisting me to maintain the table.

There's so much to show you guys. My heart lies here. My peace lies here. Its something I have been wanting all this year. Now its here! Its EXCITING! Its the closest thing to having a pub in your house! I am indeed glad and feel blessed!

In the past, used to think about putting a pool table in my house, there will be alot of people saying I must be crazy to do so. Yea.. maybe. But my passion got the better of me. Now its a reality. In life, sometimes we must go against all odds to do what we want then see the marvellous rewards coming!

I have decided to slow my talk here and just let the viewers appreciate the pictorial displays. Do leave a comment and let me know what you readers think?

Thank you for so much encouragement and support over these few weeks. Hope your long waits for these pictures aren't in vain!

So how do you guys like what you see? Its the best I can do at this moment. Light distribution may not be the best but can do for now. Air-conditioning has been tested ok only. Can be improved but for now gotta make do. Spacing is just nice. Tested several rounds and seem ok. Occasionally may get into tight spacing but any objects obstructing positioning can be moved easily.

Tired out setting up my pool table and arranging furniture and stuffs like that. Now my own room is a war zone. Keke... But I am happy.

Thank you for all your kind waiting. Now its PARTY TIME~!!!! Cheersz.......

"Failure to plan is planning to fail."

Phase 1 : Laying the Pathway to Peace

2005-09-08T13:04:00.000+08:00

Okie, as you can see the carpet has been brought to my place and we were just waiting for the installers to arrive for them to commence their installation works.

Tha carpets arrived yesterday. The workers from Carpets & Furnishings came to my residence at 9am to prepare the layout works. 2 workers came. They helped us to shift some stuffs around while they scanned the hall layout. They did some measurements and briefed us on how they would attempt to complete their task. They sure look like they know what the heck they were doing, very professional I must say. They supplied us 2 rolls measuring 13ft by some 34ft. About there la... me not so expert in this area. The ground works are thus complete and now the commencement of their good works.

And yes, laying the pathway to peace simply means laying the carpet for my Metro Brunswick 9ft Pool Table. I think it is a fortunate thing to be able to fully document and blog down the process of how a war zone home has been turned into a Pool Hall.

Visualize it and set out with full determination to realise one's dream. Of course a wrong decision could mean money going down the drain however, where there is risk, there is reward. I believe in what I visualized and I think its a good thing. Of course my parents had to approve. Then again, I am a Salesman... keke.... sell the idea to them la.... hahah...
Most parents are generally old-fashioned and unlikely to conform to new world standards. I have heard so much from my parents about "maintaining the carpets", "dirtying the carpets" and even "mites" etc... These are worries which can easily be resolved with a good wet, dry and steam vacuum cleaner. Thus their worries are unfounded. Maybe the old-fashion mentality is difficult to remove. Even when my relatives heard it, they were so surprised at my decision to carpet my grounds. I must admit that to accomplish something like carpeting a HDB home for the primary purpose of placing a Pool Table there is an uphill task for many. Most parents wouldn't buy it. The limited space is also a big headache for many.

It is fortunate in my case because my hall measures some 18.7ft by 17.7 ft which is supposedly, according to Greg from theQshop, that its enough. Then again, it depends on the length of the playing cue stick. I suppose its sufficient. (Take a gamble, it may pay off). So putting preliminary estimation to work, thus I have this laying of carpet!

Carpet & Furnishings were sourced out by my dear sister, Hedy Lydia at Thomson somewhere. Its is a subsidiary of United Agencies. Pretty good service given by sales Consultant Josephine, Sales Manager Mr Chua Ban Hoe and his 2 workers. Thank you all.

My carpet details are as follows. It is called "Princess" has a 17mm thickness and the colour for it is "Velvet Blue". I chose this colour because my pool table cloth is using Iwan Simonis 860 "Electric Blue" cloth. Top range. So the chalk used is also blue. Imagine if we drop the chalk on to the carpet? If the carpet was another colour, my my..... how stained would it be right? Thus there is usually a reason for most choices made. It comes with a 10yr warranty with it. The texture is simply fantastic! Great to step on and walk. Amazing I should say. Of course it does come at a price. But I am happy with my choice.

Before the laying of carpet, Mr Chua Ban Hoe has already come to my place to measure twice and reiterate the quotes to me. 2 trips and 1 installation. Ok la.... pretty good service. I mean, he came twice to my place you know?? keke......Whoever wants to carpet their grounds can look for Mr Chua from Carpets & Furnishings. I would still think he is a good recommendation. No doubts about their carpeting skills and service. Moreover the quality of their carpets is fabulous! Just take a look at what you see in the pictures! It sure looks nice! I myself am amazed as the laying out works are complete! It feels great too! So glad about this whole stuff!

Wala!! The Look of a completed project. Phase 1 is thus completed. The laying of carpet has been done. It looks beautiful and feels absolutely soft! Wa lau.... kena asked by my mother go look for power vacuum cleaner!! Later gotta go Junction 8 and source for vacuum cleaner. They tasked me to go OSIM and check out a perticular one that they fancy.

The pool table will arrive at 1 to 130pm. So for now I sit and wait. Darn shack having to move so many things and tidy so much stuffs.

Thus this marks the end of Phase 1 : The Laying of the Pathway to Peace!

"Motivation is the fuel in your success engine, Make sure that you oil it regularly."

BIG PLAN : War & Peace

2005-09-07T02:10:00.000+08:00

My house is a WAR ZONE!!! Gosh..... Alot of junk to throw. Apparently in preparation for my BIG PLAN this thursday! So while awaiting for the grand success of my big plan, my house is going to war. The Peace should arrive on thursday! Already The National Young Ones are very excited! Aren't you guys?? (National Squad!!! Attention!!) hehe....

I have been so busy getting rid of alot of stuffs that have become redundant and useless. Its amazing to realise how much junk we have when we actually do some house cleaning! Hotel Solace is still closed, I think its because still house cleaning and renovation too. Hehe.....

By thursday, when my big plans are set in motion, there will be a drastic change to the look you see here. I took these pictures because I know this war-torn state of my home will not persist. It will bloom like a little butterfly. So the pictures were taken by me for a more sentimental reason rather than to show the entire world what a war-ravaged home looks like. Hehe..... Massive restructuring is taking place even right now. Anyone wanna lend a helping hand? Keke....

Some of the bloggers are suddenly are taking a break.... hmm.... burnt out? Dunno. Hotel Solace taking a break and so is Xiaxue. Anyone else wanna close their blogs for holiday?? Even Stacey going for holiday. Hmm..... Wa lau..... I also wanna take a break but the army took my break time la.... Now after reservist, I gotta wage war at home! But I know better things will come.

For those who have been following my threads and postings, they will know what the BIG PLAN is. It will come to pass this thursday. I will await patiently. Greg is helping to assemble my BIG PLAN's Peace on thursday at noon time. Mr Chua Ban Hoe will lay the pathway to peace at 9am thursday morning. If you guys dunno what the heck I am talking about, dun fret. I will take pictures on thursday and hopefully post it up soon. Then you guys will know what the BIG PLAN is and the process of peace signing ceremony! Haha..... Meanwhile dun be upset or think too much what the heck it is okie??!! hehe...

My 3 crazy friends, Glen, Kristina and Cheryl thinking hard about what the heck I am up to!! hehe..... Would u guys like to play online pool? Its 24 hours and fun! Called poolcompsonline! Will post up link under the section of interesting links soon. Stay tuned!! Cheers!

"Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men."

Vivian's Birthday!!

2005-09-06T02:45:00.000+08:00

Its Vivian's Birthday! Vivian is my working colleague. A jovial and bubbly girl who is bilingual. She enjoys singing alot so you guys can date her go karaoke! Hehe....

We celebrated for her at our office today and as you can see, there is a green cake!! Is it Green Tea cake? I dun even know what the heck I ate!Ha.... The other girl is Vivian's good friend, also another colleague of mine: Ann.

Its comforting to know at our "old ages", we can still blow candles. Vivian received a big bouquet of flowers yesterday!! We saw it and it was really big and impressive indeed! Ex-SQ girl..... now joining me as a Hyundai Sales Exec! So Vivian this year is how old hah? She is................... keke...... age is secret rite? Hehe.....

The Green Tea cake (really green tea??? Me no idea) looks kinda weird but taste nice. My boss was kind enough to arrange this little celebration. Very often we always like to say its the thought that counts right? He had that thought. A caring and sharing spirit is what we must have. I am glad my office is starting to practise that.... always a joy to have unity and good relationship by showing love, care and concern for each other. Still must say a Thank You to our Boss, Mr Ricky Tay! I am sure Vivian is already so happy knowing that Boss did think of her birthday!! Cheers Girl!

The respectable figure standing to the left of Vivian is my Boss Ricky Tay!! He thought up all this birthday thingy! A thoughtful and careful person.

Everyone must be hiding somewhere else. How come they are not in my pictures? hehe.... photography damn jia lat.

There are many other things I wanna talk about but for now, I need to turn in and rest! Cheers my friends!

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

老鼠爱大米

2005-09-05T18:59:00.000+08:00

I like this song. Everyone should learn to love simply..... as mice loving rice.

歌词：老鼠爱大米
歌手: 杨臣刚 / 郭美美专辑: 老鼠爱大米

我听见你的声音有种特别的感觉
让我不断想不敢再忘记你
我记得有一个人永远留在我心中
哪怕只能够这样的想你

如果真的有一天爱情理想会实现
我会加倍努力好好对你永远不改变
不管路有多么远一定会让它实现
我会轻轻在你耳边对你说(对你说)

* 我爱你爱着你就像老鼠爱大米
不管有多少风雨我都会依然陪着你
我想你想着你不管有多么的苦
只要能让你开心我什么都愿意
这样爱你

Pool Haven Tournament 3rd September!

2005-09-04T02:11:00.000+08:00

Saturday's tournament could be said to be a tournament of upsets. Many well-reputated players were knocked out by younger rising stars. This was one of the very few times an under 16 actually won a tournament, nevermind the handicaps.

The first picture with the kid in red shirt is none other than our Champion: Kenneth Ang. His handicap is race to 3 racks. In future it will be race to 4! Haha.... not gonna be so easy in future for our young star! Kenneth beat Finalist Mike Loh 3-7. Won some $300 as prize money.

The guy standing on his right, in beige shirt is Roy Ang, Snooker Under 16 National.

Roy is the very first guy whom I played against in a competitive tournament! Humble nice fellow who is also a tad shy. Hehe... I remember last week's tournament he beat me 4-3. His handicap is race to 4. Good player too I must add. Cannot be taken lightly.

The guy on the right is Sharik. Last week's quarter-finalist. A young under 16 National Player too. A great player in the making too. Beat Toh Lian Han in today's tournament. His handicap is at race to 3. I think the score line is somewhat at 3-8 in which Toh Lian Han had to race to 11. Tough for him I guess.

The next picture is Aaron Kwek with me. Also Nationals under 16. Wa... all so young! Potential young kids. So these are all the young National Players to watch out for when we pit our skills against them in future. Cannot afford to make too many mistakes against these young chaps. The handicaps would punish us heavily for mistakes we make.

Today I fared better than previous week. Last week I lost 2 straight matches. Lost to Roy Ang and Eric( A married man who brought his 3 year old kid down who could stroke a cue stick very well!). This week, my first match was against Lester. Dunno who he is, somewhat tall dark handsome chap. 26 yrs old. His handicap is race to 6. Pitifully, I was white-washed 6-o. Sigh... Dunno if its the jitters. LOST 6 racks in a row... gosh... What the heck happened? Credit to him. He could run the racks very very well. Positional play is fantastic, that much I must say. Forgot to take his picture and show our female audience here! Haha....

Since this is a Double Elimination Tournament, I still had one last chance before I got totally knocked out. My next match was against Thaddeus. Another under 16 Nationals. Apologies, also dun have his picture here. A cute adorable kid(14yr) who could wield a mean cue stick. His handicap at race to 3. Me as usual la... race to 4. The 1st 2 racks he chomped me down 2-o. He needed 1 more rack to wrap up match up. But somehow I managed to escaped from jail and played a remarkable game. Ran down 4 racks in a row!! My gosh.... first time I did something like that. It was breath-taking amazing I must say. Finished the game beating him 4-2. Quite a memorable match for me. My first match win ever!!! I am so glad!

3rd Match is against my friend, Jimmy! He is the guy on the right 3rd picture down. Standing next to KK. His handicap is race to 5! Ha! He was alittle unfortunate that when he was 4-2 up, needing only 1 more rack to finish me off, I stole 2 more racks to end it at 4-4! Keke... He's a good player and at least better than me, if not because of the handicap, I might have lost. Although both KK and Jimmy lost their matches in the tournament, Jimmy had a memorable match with KK in which KK so kindly obliged! KK race to 12 while Jimmy 5. The match, although unofficial, ended in KK winning 12-4! Cool! See? Coming to a tournament like Pool Haven's can allow you to get closer to your idols and have a match with them! There isn't any air about them at all.

My next match was up against May Ong! My dear friend! Her handicap is at race to 3! Coz she is a lady. Jia lat. She is in the 4th picture in beige attire. She is so so good! Sigh.... got trashed 3-0. I couldn't even bring down one rack from her. She is very skilled. Played unofficial games with her before and lost 7-1 and 7-3. No fight. Next time. I will train hard, May, and try to beat you. Keke...

So there it is. I managed to play 4 matches! Quite a journey for a starter like myself. I am so so glad I took part in this tournament which TTB has always advocated me to join. I have learnt so much!

By the way, World Pool Championship Runner-up KUO PO CHENG came to singapore on a holiday and came down to Pool Haven to visit Coach Chen! See him in the 5th picture! Hell of a SOLID player! Dun see him small size.... he will beat you in pool to a pulp! Keke.... You guys should have seen the match he played with Wu Jia Jing in the Finals of the World Pool Championship! Power! The guy in yellow standing behind Kuo Po Cheng is James Ang. He is my usual pool khaki. Lives next block to me!

The overall results in the Tournament :

Quarter Finals : Mike beat Aaron Koh
Quarter Finals : Tan Tiong Boon beat May Ong
Quarter Finals : Kenneth Ang beat Sharik
Quarter Finals : Lester beat Su Qing
Semi Finals : Kenneth Ang beat Lester
Semi Finals : Mike Loh beat Tan Tiong Boon
Finals : Kenneth Ang beat Mike Loh

The success of this tournament must be given its due credit. All thanks to COACH CHEN!!! He is in the 6th Picture! Without him taking the initiative, all this would not have been possible! I am sure alot of the participants are glad that Coach Chen organised such a wonderful tournament. Marvellous efforts! I felt such gratitude that there is someone like that putting in a non-profit tourney for amateur pool players like us. We owe it to Coach Chen and hope that this tourney can be conducted on a more regular basis like once in two weeks.

Heard the next week there will not be a tournament because the National Squad is flying off to Brunei for the Brunei Invitational 9 Ball Pool.

In the 7th and 8th picture, it is my coach TTB! This picture was taken just before he did a GOLDEN BREAK!! I witnessed it! POWER! Hehe...... Way to go Coach! Very suave fellow! All the kids say he is very friendly and understanding. The kids really must learn to appreciate and thank him.

Managed to take a picture of Aaron Koh in action. Great player who plays solid pool listening to music. Interesting. A very serious player who commands a powerful break. Some call him "Hercules". Yea.... I am sure you can imagine how solid his break is. He is in the 8th picture I have available in this post.

In the 9th pic, on the left we have KK CHAN!! Teaching and playing a game of pool with Jimmy! 9 Ball Pool ranked number 1 in Singapore. The sole player who has to play with a handicap of 12! Hahaha.... but its a proven sign that he is better than all of us. Thank you KK for showing such immense interest in this game of pool and constantly imparting your knowledge in such unselfish ways! I am sure there are many people out there who enjoys knowing you personally. Would like to ask him and Coach TTB to break open my new Metro table when it arrives and play an exhibition match! Haha! Cheers bro!

Overall this tournament has been a good success! I am glad many who took part did enjoy the experience provided by it. I for one, sure enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next available tournament!! Thank you all the staffs of Pool Haven and the many willing participants in the tournament! All of you have immensely contributed to the raising of Pool Standards in Singapore at Pool Haven! See you guys soon!!!

"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat."

Comex 2005 at Suntec & Bob with Pearlyn

2005-09-02T15:24:00.000+08:00

Went to COMEX last evening at Suntec! Wa lao...... damn crowded man. Happen to meet one of my fellow blogger's brother Bob. Pearlyn is a Teacher. Happy Teacher's Day! She was the first who taught me how to blog. She always post her brother's pictures up and I saw little Bob at the Suntec Exhibition. Could recognise him and here are both the brother and sister! Bob is at the Xbox booth at the 6th level of Suntec Exhibition Hall. Help me say hi to him if you guys see him giving out brochures. Support him too okie! A handsome and nice chirpy lad. keke... Way to go Pearlyn!

For those who like abit of technology and computer gizmo, I would advise you to pay the COMEX a visit. Stands for Computer Exhibition. There are simply so many things to see! Got lost in 2 or 3 levels of the exhibition. Geezzz...... tough.... starting today is the World Food Fair. Its kinda next to the COMEX only. This weekend, Suntec is the place to go.

Saw another friend but not going to put up the picture here. Haha.. For those looking for a good bargain, believe me, the offers there are fantastic!! Marvellous. A good thing that my computer is already quite tip top, thus I didn't need to splurge any mint there, if not, my wallet would sure run dry! Tempting place indeed! Keke.....

So the number of places you people can go to I have listed down here.

Comex at Suntec
World Food Fair at Suntec
Harbin Ice Wonderland at Bugis
Safari Lantern Festival at Chinese Garden

Wa.... so many places to go.... then what the heck are you waiting for? Go la... For those who everyday mahjong, go to these places and visit. For those who work super duper hard, take a break and visit these places la. For those who have kids, take them there for a night's holiday. For those who got bf and gf, enjoy a couple's outing there la. For those single girls who need a partner to go these places can look for me la!!! Hahahaha......

I have training with TTB (Tan Tiong Boon) at 5pm at Pool Haven. So cannot be blogging long. Jia lat... ever since I went in-camp training last week, I haven't had time to go Gym!! Must squeeze time to go running and training! Go Go Go!!

There is this MTV on Crazy Frog's song called "Axel F". Damn funny and damn catchy!! Nice. Very techno! Someday I will put up the video link here. Dunno how to do it yet. I will evolve and learn it soon enough. Anyone wanna teach me? Keke.....

"It is better to be motivated by the souls hunger than the ego's greed."

Coach Chen, KK Chan & Clubbing Friends!

2005-09-01T03:43:00.000+08:00

It has been my fortune to have got to know KK Chan and Coach Chen. KK is Singapore's Number 1 in Pool 9 Ball. A great fellow who is humble and willing to teach youngsters in the game. Nice fellow. I am proud to have known you brother. Coach Chen is Singapore's National Coach. He speaks mandarin and is a Taiwanese. Has over 30 years of experience playing and coaching pool. Top world players like Yang Jing Shun was trained by him. Had a nice Macdonald's dinner treated by Coach Chen! So nice! I am sure from the picture you guys can tell who is Coach Chen, KK and me. And yes.... Finally, A real picture of who Jade Falcon is. The one in black is me. Many have wanted to see who I really am. This is me. Promised you guys that I will post my pictures up. Now is the time. Many more will follow in the near future.

Tonight promised Kristina to go down to Double O with her usual gang of clubbing friends. I finished dinner with Coach Chen and KK and went to Mohd Sultan to meet them. They had a table and we sure had a rowdy time. It was Angie's Birthday and her boyfriend Sunny got us all having fun celebrating the wonderful occasion! They are really marvellous people. Fun and spontaneous, interesting and wild too!! Sunny sure can drink man!!! Way to go brother!! Could tell Angie got too high as she went blabbering.... keke.... so fun. The picture on the right is Sunny and Angie!

Kristina and Glen also had hell of a fun time too. Glen also damn funny. He thought he was offered Guiness Stout but it turned out it was GRAVEYARD! Drank it and very soon turned lobster red! hehe... Then started to blabber nonsense too. Haha.... Could tell Kristina also had a fun time and so did I and others.

Melissa and Stacey also had a great time! They were wild with Five 10 game and had plenty of Tequila Shots courtesy of Sunny! Melissa is in black while Stacey is in green. Of course we all know who Kristina is. There is another brother called Victor. But somehow, realised that I do not have any of his pictures!! Gosh.... Nevermind, this friday we are gonna party again at Bar None. Keke... Melissa is leaving the country to join her husband in China, Xiamen to assist him in his business. I think she is leaving somewhere 20th of Sept. So sad.... She wild man.... 2pm and still not drunk. She sure can drink and wanted to go Club Momo! Cannot la... me no energy left... haha... trained my pool today and potted some 200 plus balls. Shag out. No Red Bull to give me wings to fly so gotta return home to rest for the next day.

Could see them all having fun and feeling close together. Quite happy aren't they all? Hehe... It was indeed a really fun time. Quite cool. There were some others too but I couldn't quite remember some of their names, besides, also dun have their pictures too.

Look at my brother Glen!! Wa lao.... after the GRAVEYARD, I think he needs to get some sleep lest he falls asleep in the the discotheque Double O! Haha.... He looks like some Japanese Cartoon character! The ladies are photogenic aren't they?! Hehe.... Fun and nice bunch of people.

Pool Report :

As you guys can see the above scroller, that this saturday 3rd Sept, there is a 9 Ball Handicap Pool Tournament conducted by CueSports Singapore at 1pm location at Pool Haven, Riverside Point. Entry fees are as listed above. Do hope you guys can support the event by participating. This can raise the standard of pool in Singapore! Already inform Pool Forum guys. Should be expecting quite a healthy turnout crowd. At least I hope.

After speaking with KK and Coach Chen, really hope to master pool well. Not that I am overly crazy about the game but I have passion over it. Rena and I tossed the words, Passion & Obsession, and debated about it. I am not obsessed with it. I love the game. I have great passion for it. Making it one of my top priority other than work.

This time round also giving alot of my readers many opportunities to see who the heck I am!! Hahaha....... finally isn't it? Fair la... I posted some of you guys' pictures up so I should be fair and also reveal who I am. I know Kelly wanna see me in my army uniform with my black beret. hehe... Another time I will do that.

For now, will stick to tonight's rowdy clubbing fun. Maybe friday night, I will take more pictures at Bar None if its possible! Keke..... After clubbing, Melissa, Victor and I still went to Serangoon Gardens to have supper. Prata and hot drinks. Sounds like paradise in the wee hours of the morning. Nice.

I am glad Hotel Solace, Rena is now resting and recovering well. Her mirror image, Bee has a been a strong encouraging force to her and is amazingly similar to Rena in quite alot of ways. Its always nice to know your friends can pick themselves up and start to live their lives well. Rena, we will always support you!! Cheers!!!

Thank you all for such a fun time! See you guys on Saturday!

"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things you appreciate or value into your life."

A Story That Inspired Me

2005-08-31T12:31:00.000+08:00

I have a friend who has recently revealed alot of her issues. Apparently it was because she was growing really tired of life. It was not due to burn out or anything like that. It was more of what happened in the past. Many years ago. 17 years of hardship. Literal hardships. She was then 12. Had to go against all odds to work. When I was 12, I barely knew how to order food from a hawker stall. So she was already then a brave lass.

Unfortunately, her father passed away around that time and ever since then, she has been supporting her family, working hard at her tender age to raise enough money to pay for her own school fees(How come they didn't go ask the school for help?) and juggling school work with her part-time work and family chores. Her mum earned little then and her brother wasn't much of a help. She dragged through 17 years, putting herself through Mass Comm from Ngee Ann(Wa lau.... my favourite course but got no chance coz got no talent... sigh) and coming of age now a fully commendable young lady at 29 who has just completed her degree studying part-time, working full-time and being the sole-bread winner for her family of 3 including herself.

Her hardlife as she sees it, although really tough and many times breaking down crying, little does she know that its her molding process. 17 years of molding process. God works in ways that men cannot understand. His plans are not our plans. His ways are not our ways. I cannot represent God to say what He's gonna do but 1 thing I know from The Word Of God is, He will not test you beyond what you cannot bear. This little lady friend seems hardened by her past tough experiences in life. It has always hung onto her heart and she hasn't quite let go. She probably thinks everyone just wants to treat her like a hotel, coming into her life for a short moment in time, and leaving soon after. It may not be. Friends come and friends go. Most friends are not forever. Even relationship love isn't forever. All good things must come to an end someday.

I felt her burdens and know it has been hell of a tough time. Then again we were born to conquer the odds in life. I have mentioned to my dear friend that whilst she is dwelling on her past traumatic 17 years, there are alot of unfortunate souls stuck in Africa, starving, homeless, unhealthy and penniless. I have seen those pitiful faces. Campaigns are on-going even now as we speak to help our foreign brethens. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Learned this from a friend, Yanling Delynn Angeline Ho. While things look bleak and times are difficult, let us all remember that there are still many people out there who are worse than us.

I know my dear friend has been strong and has been looking toward God for emotional, mental and spiritual support. Well-done. She has touched my heart with her story and believe me, the story of that 17 years hasn't even ended. The story didn't have enough time for it to reveal all that happened in that 17 years. I am proud that she is so tough, strong and indomitable. Maybe life itself has its own ways of sustenance, putting us through different levels of difficulties and testing us to its ultimate limits. We must try to persevere and overcome the odds. In so doing, we must take care of ourselves even better. Especially now when our bodies are aging and mentabolism is slowing. However she suffers from insomnia and usually cannot get enough sleep. On the other hand, she works terribly hard. Guess her boss must have been glad to have found such a dedicated executive staff.

For now, my dear friend has taken a break. A break which I do not know if she would return. I can only wait in anticipation. One thing I dun like about my this friend, she's darn too stubborn. Like my mother la... also very stubborn. Sigh... But I understand why stubborness set in. If anyone had led the kinda life she has led, guess we would be stubborn too.

Because life can be so tough even in the near future, all the more, the lessons and extreme tough conditions we have been through, must make us all the more stronger and more enduring than ever before. It must not make us more pessimistic or melancholic but we should try to be more sanguine and optimistic. Its not such a marvellous thing to be a pessimistic optimist.

Be glad that:

God helped us through until now
We have all our limbs still attached and are healthy
We have our basic needs met eg. Food, Shelter, Clothing and Job
We have naggy friends because they are usually caring friends

There are still so many wonderful things that we could be glad for but even if I spent the next 1 year talking about it, the list wouldn't end.

Whatever we do, there is always a choice. The very first thing God gave us, is the power to choose. The experiences one gets in life, determines how he or she will choose. The power then is yours..... to choose your path. Whether you smile or frown, whether you hate or love, the sun will still rise and the sun will still set.

This is the story that inspired me. Agape.

*A Bouquet of Roses For You Hotel Solace.

"Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

Movie Review : Bewitched & Pool Report

2005-08-29T11:17:00.000+08:00

Movie Review : Bewitched

This is a rather light-hearted movie. I love Nicole Kidman. Gosh... she's so pretty and she sure can act very very well. She sounds so cute!! Never knew of anyone who could sound so adorable. She's simply amazing!!! Watch this show to see her cutesy side. Will Ferrel.... wa lao... sucks man. Just didn't like the guy la.... This movie has few magic tricks. Would not post a big success, however like I said, its a light-hearted show which could help you digest your dinner food while you stay seated in the cinema. You would sure get a few good laughs thus it ain't too bad. I watched it because I have always like Nicole Kidman. There's always something I like about tall gals. Kekeke...

Verdict : 8/10 (Not bad though not fantastic)

Pool Reports :

After being absent so long from the world of civilisation, my pool skills indeed turned alittle rusty. I was out-process on friday 26th August. Went to Pool Haven my training ground for my usual practice and something unusual happened.

When I arrived there, I saw alot of the tables were occupied. I screened throught the premises and realised that there were alot of top players namely, KK Chan, Tan Tiong Boon (National Youth Coach), Chen Coach (National Coach), Toh Lian Han, Aaron Koh(Recent 8 Ball Nationals Champion), John Tan, Vincent Goh, Amy Hoe(National Ladies 8 Ball Champion) and many more. They were having a Pool Haven in-house tournament. Tan Tiong Boon (TTB) saw me and walked over and said hi. I was glad he still recognised me when Seto ( an ex-colleague) introduce TTB to me. TTB urged me to support his tournament. Said play for the sake of experience. It was a 9 Ball Handicap Double Elimination Tournament. Double Elimination means you cannot afford to lose twice. Under his kind persuasion, I relented and decided to try my very first real tournament ever! Oh... adults $50 bucks! Under 21 national youths, $25. Under 16 National Youths $10.

I was paired up with a guy called Roy. Quite a young chap. If I am not wrong, he is a youth under 21 National Snooker player. But he plays pool too. I didn't know what the heck to do when they allocated a table for us to commence the game. He was kind enough to show me how to start and thus off we go to the 1st real game of my life!

I felt the unusual intensity that I do not normally get playing a social game. The eyes were on me. Mistakes made seemed to amplify itself and my heart rate seemed to beat alittle faster than normal. My handicap was simply a race to 4 racks. Roy's handicap was also race to 4 racks. Apparently what it means is that Roy is thought to be at the same skill level as me!(Wa lau.... how can that be man?? He is a youth National Player leh....) I won the 1st 3 racks. Amazing isn't it? Somehow I maintained my composure and just dumped 3 racks down. Maybe Roy hasn't settle himself yet. Then.... sigh.... he rattled me with 4 straight racks beating me 4-3. Well at least I am glad I won the very first tournamental rack ever! Hehehe.... It was darn intensed when we were both at 3-3. Several of the spectators were like starring at our game literally. However, I really like playing like that. Nice.

Next match was up against an even better player. Eric. His handicap is a race to 6 racks for him while mine remained at 4 racks. Wa lau.... just to keep it short. He won 6-2. Good player la.... he really run the racks through. Me no fight la.... The interesting thing about this 30 plus married man is that he brought his wife and 3 yr old son along. His son was noted by TTB an interesting discovery. Why? Because the kid can stroke a small cue stick easily and pot some balls. TTB said to just let him have fun playing. Cannot teach the little one anything until he is 6 or 7 years old when he grows taller. Amazing! Child prodigy perhaps?

So there goes my 2 matches. After which TTB came over to me and talked with me. Showed me the actual difficulty of the game and that certain basic strokes and shots I must achieve. This was when we talked about coaching and training and stuffs like that. The entire youth under 16 and under 21 were put under his wing. Due to the kind insistence from a dear friend, TTB is now my new Coach. Its no longer KK Chan. KK doesn't have all that much time anyway too. He will be going for frequent overseas tournaments as he is Singapore's Brightest 9 Ball Pool star. TTB made it mandatory for his youths to go to Pool Haven to train at least 3 times a week under the Billiard's Council. They must accomplish a minimum of 36 hours a month of training at the premises. That will work out to 9 hours a week thus 3 times of 3 hours a week. In return, they will be coached free of charge by the Youth Coach under the Singapore Billiards Council Supervision. Saying this, I thought of someone. Kristina, if you are reading this, listen : Send Dylan to train under TTB if he loves pool. He may have the potential. I can help the link up with TTB.

Met May Ong, the Officer in Charge of Pool Haven's daily operations. She is one technological gal! Wa... she's got a Nokia 6680!! Nice phone! Nice Phone! Thought of getting it but decided maybe I should hold back till end of the year. The nice married lady uses a laptop, high tech handphone and was designing Pool Haven's membership data base when I visited the premises. The related this incident because I haven't seen many gals who enjoy the stuffs that a guy likes. She's like a dear big sister to me. Her advises and words were often well retained in my heart.

I will dwell more on other stuffs next time.
Got hell lots of problems with my music hosting.
Dun have much pictures because I just got back my precious DigiCam!! Hehe...

"Winners concentrate on winning, losers concentrate on getting by."

Finished my ICT (In-Camp-Training)

2005-08-27T23:33:00.000+08:00

Finally!!!! Hello Everyone!! I am Back!

Had a very difficult In-Camp training this time round. Known as a High-Key training, it's the toughest training ever yet. Was assaulted by more than 60 mosquitoe bites. Its simply terrible. There were people who were worse than me. Its literal suffering although more bearable than most tortures. This particular episode, I will be relating alot about what transpired during my training.

August 22nd. Woke up at 530am! Wa lau... its been such a long while since we woke up at such odd hours but believe me, the mood in most of our bunks were solemn and quiet. We just wanted to get things done. We were moved out of camp at 730am. Tag-Team Training. Simply means IFV(Infantry Fighting Vehicle) combined with tanks.

Now, its supposed to be armour training yet the troopers were mobilised to flank. Simple terms means walking. We had to assault a hill. It was up slope. We felt tired doing it. We were really getting old and feeling it. Age seems to have caught up with us. What remained the same was our indomitable spirit to complete our mission. We had to conquer the hill occupied with enemies, simulated enemies made of target boards. To keep it short, we completed it. Of course we had to, no choice anyway. But we were already perspiring and sweat was pouring all over our warm green uniforms. When we arrived at the training shed, we were glad we had alittle bit of time to rest, however, imagine your clothes are stinky, wet and dirty. Its only the very first day!! We still had another 2 days 2 nights to go, wa..... dunno how to go thru it.

Early morning second day at 530am. We were awoken by our commanders and mission was to commence. We were then in a camping position and asleep. The entire company mobilised and carried whatever equipment and heavy arms we could muster. We started our dark long march. The march was long and arduous. The half moon was shining its pale blue light on the area which was covered with trees, bushes and deserted plantations. The road since was less travelled, was dusty and uneven. An entire company swept thru the area quickly and quietly. Everyone was quiet and obeying every orders that has been passed down from our commanders. The long long walk was causing us to heat up and many troopers spectacles were starting to fog up. I didn't have that problem since I had Lasik. Keke.... good stuff.... Although the sun wasn't up, we were sweating like bloody pigs!!! To keep this day's event short, the dismounted flanking, which we called it, was really tiring and tough on our aching bodies. U couldn't imagine the number of mosquitoe bites we already suffered. Around 9 am, it started to rain!! Wa lau...... jia lat. We took refuge in our IFVs. Sheltered there and it rained so heavily for 2 hours non-stop. The ground became muddy. Our seats were muddy. Our boots were muddy. Some of our weapons and clothes were muddy. Our vehicles were muddy. Siao liao loh.....

Fortunately, we did some vehicular assaults and we were not too taxed. However, the uncomfortable uniform was starting wear us out. By night fall, we were going mad because it felt so so so awful to be so dirty and wet etc... We decided to change our uniforms. Stripped outselves naked and changed our uniform, socks and even underwear. Poured a ridiculous amount of Pricky Heat Powder on our bodies and our clothes to help ourselves feel more comfortble. So some of us like me, were looking white in our green uniforms! hehe... not ghost la.... The change of uniforms resulted in a renewed morale. We felt we could continue our training for just one more night.

Early morning 12am, 3rd day Wednesday. We did Tactics Training called DELAY. Moved into position at 12 am and started preparing for our enemy to assault our positions which they did. 5am. Suddenly rumblings of vehicle armoured engines, our hearts pounded and we saw our 2 troopers running towards my ambush position, away from the enemy as they were posted as forward positions to observe enemy movements. Listening Posts we called it.

I fired the shot out. Rifling sounds pierced the night slience. My position's armoured vehicles started engines and contacted the enemy. 7.62mm Machine guns rattled the night tranquility. The senario was such that the enemy was too strong and breached our defenses and we had to retreat. We hopped onto out IFVs and ran off. Keke... I took the opportunity to sleep in my IFV. That was heaven, at least for a moment. So the entire morning to early afternoon, we were fighting in our vehicles and lots of movements and lots of retreat. We were cut off from our battalion and they had us surrounded. My company, Charlie Company was wiped out. My battalion overall achieved their delay objective, with my company as a sacrifice. Then again, thats what we troopers are for. To sacrifice ourselves to defend this nation.

5pm. Paradise. It means Exercise CUT!!! Yeah..... its the word that cheers everyone up. Faces brightened and hearts relieved. Its over. Finally. We only had to return to camp and treat all our wounds, bites, clean up etc etc.

Something wonderful happened. My relationship with my 7 other platoon mates improved tremendously. It hit brick wall because of a platoon mate who dissed me and came in between me and my exgf then. Thus then I had little trust of people and it was then an embarrassing state for me. However, all this is over and I am glad that my army friends are all once again happy hanging out together and having fun!! Can you imagine that a dear female friend asked us to go Thumpers to get to know some babes, but all my guys rather go out and have our own fun??!!! Hehe.... thats a good indication how much we rather hang out with each other!! Keke...

Now gotta go home and tend to all my wounds inflicted by those bloody blood sucking vampiric mosquitoes!!! By the way there isn't any pictures because army la.... classified la.... so cannot take pictures. Hehe..

"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love."

Movie Review : Must Love Dogs. New Coach.

2005-08-21T14:57:00.000+08:00

Movie Review : Must Love Dogs

The movie isn't really up to my expectations. There were just simply many shows that has surpassed the Great rankings and this is just not one of them. Dun Diane Lane look older than John Cusack? It does has some witty plots here and there however, I find it rather plain sailing. Its a good show for those who enjoy a close look at the thousand images they can get of Diane Lane. The plot is unlikely and lame. There aren't many romantic comedys anyway so why not watch it? Light hearted shows like this should keep your sanity intact. Cheers.

Verdict : 7 / 10 ( Can watch la.... not too bad. Not that fantastic either.)

Shucks. I injured my left middle finger. Cut myself when iron pickets which I was carrying with both my hands slid off and the jagged edges tore the skin of the tip of my left middle finger. Blood dripped and oozed... Very smarting. Sigh... Why was I so careless? Rendered me unable to do many things. I didn't let this stop me from doing what I love. I still played pool. For regular pool players, they will know that the middle left finger is needed to help stablise a good bridge so that the cue stick could be laid on it. It was pain but I couldn't quite care less. Didn't have too bad a session. Played with May Ong. My..... she's good. At least much better than I am. Sigh.... I still have a long way to go.

I have decided not to continue my pool student coach relationship with my present coach. I have found someone more sincere and dedicated. He has agreed to train me. Would be commencing somewhere mid to end September. I was at Pool Haven at Riverside Point at one time. He was also there. Saw me and we bidded hi. Then came over and talked to me. Began teaching me and literally coached me for 3 hours!!! Gosh... Believe me, he's really trying. Maybe I am the lousy student? Keke... His picture is up there. Do you know who is he? Top ranked player in Pool in Singapore. Doesn't have a certificate in coaching but then again, I am looking for sincere genuine people and not someone who has coaching qualifications who show no interest in their students progress. I am happy with my choice. I have already learnt many things from the gentleman who will be representing Devil's Bar with the Number One in Pool Ladies National 8 Ball in the up-coming The New Paper After 5 Pool League.

Book in timing is 11pm. I will probably go in earlier as we had a major exercise this week. Ordered to wake up by 530am and move out field by 730am. Having Armoured Tag-Team Battlecourse and Full Troop Exercise. Simply put, huge exercise la..... Leaving monday morning and not coming back to camp at all until late wednesday night or thursday morning. Lately the weather has been too good. Lots of rain. Will likely be a muddy area. Jia Lat. Nevertheless I will perserve!!

Gotta go. See you guys when I outprocess end of this week.

"Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it. "

Reservist: Night's Off

2005-08-17T22:21:00.000+08:00

I am able to make this post because I had a 3 hour night's off this evening. Finished whatever stuffs we had to do and sprinted home in my little kitten subaru. Replenished some fashion wear for the uniform group and threw some into the washing machine. Shaggg.......

Since now I am freed up, decided to blog some. The pictures I had put up has got nothing to do with what I am gonna talk about. Its just some pictures I owe my readers. They are mostly from the NDP Carnival. There were so many pictures that I had to slowly upload it for your viewing pleasures. So just enjoy the sights of it while I touch on another issue.

Reservist has brought back some fond memories and some bitter ones. I would be lying if I say I love the army life. In fact, I hate it. It started in 1996 when I was enlisted into Armour. My 2 and a half years were tough and gruelling I must say. Most of my colleagues' NS life including some close friends' NS life all sounds too good to be true. However I had what Kelly called it, "Rush Sand Rush Sea" kinda life. Most of my other counter parts had Civil Defence appointments, Police Appointments, Downgraded Army Appointments and "Excused appointments". Maybe I envyed them. Maybe I do not. However, I said something to myself when I was in army.

I said,"I gonna work hard in the private sector and never to sign on the army for whatever the reasons."

I didn't like the regimented lifestyle that the government offered me. Too many rules and restrictions. The good guys were always doing more work than anyone else. The lazy ones always get away with lesser work and more benefits. There were not any fairness at all. I grew to accept all that Army was. It did train me to accept the inevitable and uncontrollable. But it also made me alot tougher and made me realise not to trust people so easily.

Church had taught me to trust and believe that humanity does have its wonderful side. Worldly life has taught me otherwise. I have learnt things the hard way. Then again, I only ask to be happy now. Now, when I am serving my reservist, I have a non-chalance attitude. I do only what I am asked to do. Nothing more, nothing less. In the past, I was always the willing party, offering every bit of help, only to realise I have been a fool. People take me for a ride. Its sad. Now I had to be a wily fox. Sigh.... not something I want. Everyone in camp now still behaves the same way. Selfish and conceited. They seek for popularity as if they are still in school. Popularity is deemed as a form of influence and this, they yearn.

I talked about my army life and feelings because I feel its a sad part of my life. One of the guys who became a 3rd party in one of my BGR relationships also came from the army. Moreover, he was then, my best army buddy. Some buddy. Although all these are history, but they have left a bitter taste in me. Lost my faith in people. Then again, all these things how many people will understand? How many will start pointing fingers at me and claiming its my fault? I really do not know. I really do not care.

I just wanna get over these 2 weeks and return to civilian life and continue my good works. I am already feeling guilty having to impose on Kristina and Cheryl to help me in my professional duties while I am in reservist. They have been helpful indeed. I thank them. I also thank Grace Low for her kind assistance in helping me to drive my customer's car down to the showroom for a handover. I thank you all.

My mind is filled with alot of thoughts. Yet I seem to have difficulty expressing myself. While others are complaining on missing out on a holiday because of a presidential walkover, I have other personal issues to think about. Do not really know who to speak with. Best to swallow my thoughts and move on.

All right, some good news. My Big Plan is arriving!!! Heard that in fact it has arrived. However, because I am in the Army, thus I could not take delivery. How excited am I!!! Gotta quickly get all my things ready!

Last but not the least, thank you faithful friends for sharing with me your fun, joy and laughter these days. I hope I dun disappoint any of you guys in any ways. I just wanna show my appreciation to you all.

James Ang, for your ever supporting friendship and Pool Enthusiasm
Kristina, for your faithful friendship and being a true friend
Cheryl, for your funny and sacrificial nature as a friend
Godfrey, Alvin, Barry and Jimmy for being such COOL POOL FANATICS!
Jasmine, for your strong support
Kelly, for your motivating bets and excellent corny jokes!
Reena Tan, for your strong-willed display of guts, character and ideals in life
Most of all, God. Thank u.

Thank you everyone here!

"Learn to help people wth more than their jobs: help them with their lives."

Dennis & Cheryl

2005-08-14T14:16:00.000+08:00

Dennis and Cheryl can't keep their hands off each other!!! Hehe....

Dennis is a manager with V-Cool. V-Cool retails automotive vehicular products. His is my senior in the car trade and knows hell lots about cars too. Charming fellow who is mature and suave. Polite and tactful individual who enjoys life in its liberal ways. Quite a party-goer if he wants to be. He likes "hand-games", err.... what the heck do you call those games in the pub which you play with your hands?? "Hua Quan", is it?? Hehe... Good drinker too.

A cool and level headed fellow but is hell busy too. I enjoy his companionship because he tends to be more transparent and genuine in his friendship with his peers. Nowadays, he is busy working and taming his new girlfriend of half a year, Cheryl. Lets talk about her.

Cheryl. Hmmm..... naughty girl. She is a colleague who stuck with me through my tough times in December 2004 when my going was extremely rough. In spite of misunderstandings and gossips, she persisted in maintaining our friendship. Very often she even helps me to collect cars and do some of my work in which I could not find time to accomplish. She is helpful unlike what many other's would think otherwise. Quite often a very misunderstood character. Keke......

Cheryl aka Purple is happily attached to Dennis aka Donut. She lives in the north east and drives an IST. Its some funny looking car lah.... Dunno why she like it. Hahaha....

She has amazing closing powers in securing a car deal. Her methods are unorthodox and unusual. Has an uncanny ability to endear herself to her customers and friends alike. One thing I dislike about her is her unending number of "salesman excuses" given when she is running late for one of her usual appointments with us. Yeah.... she's almost always late for everything.

Cheryl girl is very young. But she is one of my closest friends. Unassuming and very friendly with almost everyone. Can talk alot. Bring her to any of your parties and she can sure keep the party well and alive!!! Hehehe..... one of my trusted friends. Cheers!!

This is probably my last post before I go for my army reservist. I will talk more about life when I return on the 27th!! Meanwhile, all you folks out there, have fun, loosen up and enjoy your life abit. Your security in this country is ensured coz.... I am in there protecting all of you la..... hahahaha....... Cheers and bye for now! Back to army life!!!

"A friendship purified by fire, is a friendship worth your time."

Dylan, Brandon & Alyssa

2005-08-13T04:50:00.000+08:00

4 weeks. Time is counting down before my Big Plan Arrives.

Lately, I have been very active in Pool Fanatic Forum. Its a forum where people who loves pool congregate and talk about nothing but pool. Its a friendly place and I feel very at home there. The people are nice and unassuming. I am glad to have made friends with Godfrey, Alvin, Jimmy and Barry etc. Wait up, Metro Brunswick is coming!

Thank you for waiting up to see the latest post for my blog. Apologies because I have been really busy doing up my stuffs, besides, haven't been feeling too well of late. Getting old I guess.

Today I downloaded alot of pictures into my office computer. Just wanted my colleagues to feel good knowing that there is a snapshot of their history. A picture tells a thousand words.

Saw Kristina's kids today just before I left the office. Namely, Dylan, Brandon and Alyssa. Hope I spelt their names correctly. Ohhh...... they are so cute!! You will know who they are in the order of their height, tallest being Dylan, then Brandon then Alyssa!! hehe.... so cute. Any comments on their adorable cute looks?? Keke.... So anyone wanna have kids?

Pool Report : Went to Pool Fusion 3 at Midland House. Played against James Ang. Race to 9 racks, 9 Ball. He led me 5-2 initially and he thought the game ended. Hehe.... but he forgot we were supposed to play till 9 racks. Continued the game and I beat him 9-6. I had a good run of quite a few racks before conceding any more racks. Felt my gameplay improved quite a bit. But I rather just remain humble and amatuerish about it. So far I am happy with my pool game progress. Things will get better when the Big Plan takes effect.

News : Dear all, I will be going into the Army for my Annual Reservist. Sigh..... I belong to Armour. Once Armour, Always Armour. So going in to sharpen my military skills so that I can better protect all you readers from potential foreign invaders should there be any ( I know dun have la.... but still bo bian. Government orders ). I report on the 15th August Monday till 26th August. Will come back and speak my heart out once more. So for nearly 2 weeks, please bear with me and I promise to return with more pictures and I will reveal my own picture to all you audiences. Finally......... (I know some of you wanna know who I am. Kekeke...) So please hang in there tight and wait for my return. Thank you and Bless you all!!!

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

FlickR - Pic Hosting Site

2005-08-10T01:40:00.000+08:00

Dear All,

Pls be patient with me for alittle while. I realise that trying to upload photos using Blogspot is rather difficult and time consuming. I am trying to use another Picture Hosting Site, FlickR. I think they are quite solid. So hang in there while I experiment with it. The reason why I am doing this is because, if you guys have been following my blog, there's been more and more pictures!!! As a picture tells a thousand words, I know you readers will prefer to see them. It will show you what the heck I go through in a day!!

Everyone's faces will appear!!! Hehehe..... Including mine.... Sadly. I had wanted to conceal my face because I had not want to profit from my online blog for any reason. Today one of my colleagues asked me why I dun take pictures. I just didn't wanna fall into the trap of glorifying myself in anyway. But now its no longer possible to hold back because the photos which I have collected are way too many to filter out those that involve me. But then there will still be quite few of me. Hehehe..... Cheers and kindly wait up! When the photo-hosting exercise is complete, I will come back with more interesting pictures to amuse everyone!!! Cheers..

Big Plan Report : Finally! Signing my Big Plan tomorrow. Err... Wednesday 10th. At TheQshop. Will release more details soon. Stick around!

"The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them."

NDP & Bets with Jasmin Goh

2005-08-09T02:37:00.000+08:00

I am continuing the National Day Parade's (NDP) picture contribution here. Quite a few cars, very dressed up ones, the ones that make lotsa men go gaga. Really interesting sights. So have any of you paid a visit to the NDP carnival? For those who have not gone, Tuesday is the very last day!! Go Go Go!!! Dun miss this! Even saw armour vehicle rides! Power!

There were so many accessories for cars there that its simply awesome! Its a pity I didn't have much time to tour the whole place. I would have loved to see some new interesting gadgets like TIBO. Its some kinda navigation device. Pretty cool stuffs.

Big Plan Report : Finally the plan is set. Will finalise details and proceed with shipment. I am glad and happy that the plans that I have drawn up are finally realising. My dreams are coming true. Hopefully one month from now, I would have something marvellous to show everyone here!

I was at Pool Junction today. Jasmin Goh mentioned that she went to Pool Junction and found the place rather nice. Told her that I agreed with her however, there's a nicer pool hall. Its called the Labyrinth featuring Metro Brunswick 9 ft Pool Tables. Its next door to Pool Junction only la... I will introduce more of the place next time when time permits.

I think Jasmin wants to train pool and beat me at my favourite game. Hmmm.... Race to 9 racks, 9 Ball game with NO handicap at all. Of course with extremely risky and sensitive bet involved!! She sure sounds very motivated however, she doesn't realise how much more effort, time, money and passion I put into my pool game. Hehehe.... She sure is optimistic about beating me, hehehe.... haughty aren't I? nah.... jus to infuriate the opponent so that she will be more motivated!! Hahaha.....

Apologies! Gotta end tonight's articles now because I have got NDP duties tomorrow morning!! Will post more and more pictures in the coming days when I have time because I have got so many picture to show all you readers!!!

"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test."

NDP Carnival's Pics & Blogs

2005-08-08T00:56:00.000+08:00

Today has been an extremely hot and tiring day for me and my colleagues. We were doing our duties at the National Day Parade Carnival at Marina South and its just so DAMN hottttt......... I could still feel the heat now. Dread Tuesday when I have to go down and bear the burn out there... sigh...

I have uploaded these pictures for your viewing pleasure. Alot of PICS!!! A glimpse of what I saw the the carnival. Told you guys to go. Go la.... Join us in the heat. Keke....

I was extremely tired today. Didn't go train my pool nor go gym. Way way too tired. Just wanted to update my blog and bring you readers my pictures. Enjoy it while I talk about something else.

I have been reading some blogs lately. The intriguing thing about reading someone else's blog is that basically we are reading into the mind of the designated person. Or at least reading what the person wants us to know.

Read flamboyant and fashionable XiaXue. Amazing lady who never seems to have anything unexciting in her life. Her life is so full of activities and pleasantries. Sometimes I kinda envy her lifestyle. It makes one think whether are we missing out on something? Why is she enjoying so much of her life while we are slogging our butts out? Or is it that she is also like us slogging but that she also manages to enjoy the journey while we make miserable monkey faces showing our detest for a hard life? I just know her life is one cool life.

Another blog I read is Sarong Party Girl's Blog(SPG). Her openmindedness is indeed an eye opener for me. We have very few such liberal minded ladies living in Singapore. Singapore females are generally restrained by our chinese cultural and religious limits. Very few want to express beyond the "decent & proper" levels of conduct. SPG's blog defies all these notions of a conservative chinese. Personally, I do not find what she is doing as wrong. There is no right or wrong. All things are permissible but not all things are beneficial. I cannot and will not judge. Who am I to comment on someone's life? At least they are leading happy lives. I feel that we have alot to learn from someone like her. She isn't afraid to share her wild freed up thoughts and endorses a liberated life. Its very enriching to read her articles although the read is somewhat complicated and at times, difficult to understand.

Reena's Blog hasn't been updated much recently, however, I think she is kinda going through an emotionally trying period. I do not know much about women's psyche but I can tell she is trying to manage. One thing about her blog is she can write very well. I enjoy a good read. This young lady talks about emotions and can be very detailed about it. Its hard to fully comprehend the full measure of her predicament but I sure hope to know more. I know she is also quite a tough person thus I am sure she will be able to handle things well. If anyone wanna read into emotional entanglements, read Reena's blog. It has an extremely rich description of human emotions stressed by human's unpredictable behaviour. Cool and complicated.

I talk about these blogs because they have all given me very new perspectives into life. I have learnt that my problems isn't all that bad after all. There are always people out there who are worse off than me. I have to learn to look on the bright side of life. I cannot decide how life turns out for me, but I can decide what attitude I wanna adopt to live through life. These blogs are exemplary in many ways. They show us different ways of thinking, behaving and conduct of life. Let's all LIVE and LET LIVE.

Big Plan Report : Trying to sort out A Certificate of Authenticity. Not even sure if it exist but Pool Haven's May did confirm that there is a Cert for what I wanna get. Checked with Greg from the Qshop. He's nice enough to follow up those details for me. I am close to finishing the Big Plan. Just have to settle the Cert thingy and I will be done. Then I will await the right time and set my plans in motion. It will take about a month to get all things in order. Meanwhile be patient okie! It will be a feast for you reader's eyes, its a promise. Hehe.....

My room is in a mess. Too many letters, bills and whatever. I need to do spring cleaning but I lack the energy. Maybe after the National Day Carnival, I will pump up some strength to keep things in order.

I will end for now. Tomorrow I will continue more of the Carnival's photos. Lots of photos on CARS!!! Yea.... cool looking ones too!! Dun stay away too long! Check back and see the shots tomorrow!!! Have a great night everyone!

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."

NDP Carnival, May Ong & Movie Review: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

2005-08-07T03:30:00.000+08:00

National Day Parade Carnival At Marina South. From the 6th to the 9th of August 2005. Go visit the carnival okie? Spent time setting up the premises. All the hard put it till rather late on Friday. So please go support okie guys? Hehe...

All our Hyundai range of cars are there. I am doing duty on Sunday and Tuesday. Very Siong I think. Hot Hot Hot weather I think. I took some shots of some very interesting cars put up for show there. They were so dressed up that Vivian thought one of the cars were a Porsche, Auntie Linda thought its a Ferrari!! While Miss Ann Charlyn thought its a Lamborghini!! Wa.... all wrong. The mysterious car is in yellow with the unusual strange door is....... a Hyundai Coupe Tuscani 2.0 Auto!!! Hahaha.... amazing....

Since there are so many interesting and exciting things and cars to see, go la.... okie!! Enjoy the pics. There is AUTOBABE show too!!! Hehehe.......

Went down to Pool Haven and met one of the top Female Pool Players in Singapore, May Ong. Also a contributor of articles in the Pool Fanatic Forum. A great player. Better than me anyway. Its been my honour to have know a lady of the opposite sex that humbles me so much. Her skills are by far compared to me, superior. But.... I will work hard to challenge her someday. Keke..... As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another. She has helped me greatly by giving me precious advice, personal pool tips and is such a friendly person! Truly my honour to have known her. I have always believed that women can be hell good pool players, and May is a very good exampe of that. Cheers to her!!!

I have so many pictures and things to talk about, but I simply dun have much time to blog. Time is spent training my pool, working and blogging. So I have been really really busy with little time for much.

I have decided to reveal all names very soon. I think nick names has been too confusing for alot of my readers. I will not list those who violently objects being on my Blog. Like I did mention before, my true friends should feel honoured that I list them here because it means they have a place in my heart. For those not listed yet, please be patient coz I only have 10 fingers and not 20!!! Hehehe.... Its more interesting to show who the real people are. Only for a few really sensitive ones, then I will continue using nicks.

Big Plan Report : I am still having a hell of a big headache as to which table to buy. There has been so much talk about so many factors. Forum guys were quite a help too. I appreciate all the forum guys who gave their precious advice so willingly.

Movie Review : Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

A very heart warming and visually stunning show. Amazing graphic representations and very cute too!! Johnny Depp's acting is fabulous, as usual of course. Moral of the story is also exemplary. I think its a show all the young and adults should watch. Teaches all the right values in life. Haven't you always wondered what a giant chocolate factory is like? Its kinda fantasy type of factory which is abit ridiculous expecially the "Glass Lift". Wa lao..... what kinda lift is that man...... ? Too far-fetched there for even a highly naive person like me to believe. However, overall still a very good show to watch. Tim Burton the Director would never disappoint. Go catch it.

Verdict : 8.5 / 10 ( Visually stunning and funny show too!! Go train a Squirrel!! )

Thank you Geraldine for your email attachment of the MP3 song, In The Arms Of An Angel. Its simply heavenly just listening to it. Touches my heart always. Thank you so much.

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery."