X'mas Celebration

As the years get by one after another, Christmas celebration has become more and more dull. No more crazy partying, no more squeezing with people at Orchard Road... Those kind of things have simply lost its appeal on me. Perhaps its because I am getting old. For now, nothing beats hanging out together with a group of good friends, eating, drinking and chatting to our hearts' contend. This year's Christmas gathering was done at Francis's house.

The most interesting thing in his house is the Wii... okie I don't really know the full name of that gadget since I am not really into these gaming stuffs. Its basically some game console which requires you to move your hands and body to control the character inside the game. It might sound pretty simple. That's what I thought initially. But its really a very energy draining and body aching way of playing games~! I played boxing, tennis, baseball the whole of Christmas eve and I tell you, my body ache like crazy the next morning. I even have problem taking out my T-shirt~! Arms aching, back aching... my god.. can't believe play computer game can also play until like that. This is really a good game console for those lazy bums who don't like to get out of the house, cuz you can really sweat it out and exercise with it!

Me and Dean on guard~!
In action! Boxing each other... haha.. check out Francis's new LCD TV!

SIM UOL SRC Bash & Pageant @ Zouk

With the usual gang... :)

MRMC Closing Run

Live with Honour, Ride with Pride

SRC Christmas MGM

Exco 2006

Ahmad and Jing
The guys... Lionel, Ahmad, Me and Alan
The spread...
Queuing...

Steamboat Lunch with the Exco...

My Picture Personality from Facebook...

Temperament

Flexible

Nothing seems to bother you - you sail through life crisis free. It's not that your life doesn't have its ups and downs, it's just that you handle everything without unnecessary drama and antics. You approach each day fresh, not worrying about yesterday or tomorrow. You are confident that you can handle anything that comes your way and experience has shown that you are absolutely right about this.

Interests

Simple

You are continually pursuing a simpler and less complicated life - you don't allow yourself to fall victim to all of the "should do's" that society continually bombards you with. You are thoughtful about your life choices and think in terms of yourself, others and the world in which we live. You have a great sense that we are part of something much bigger and we must be good to others, if we want others and the world to be good to us.

Amusement

Adventurous

It's a good thing that you are filled with energy and ambitions (that others sometimes find exhausting) because you're continually looking for a new adventure and exciting experience. You struggle with a continual feeling of restlessness which constantly pushes you to the next level of excitement. Once you have accomplished one thing, you are eager to accomplish something more exciting, riskier and distinguishable.

Passion

Physical

You are a cuddle bug - from a warm hug shared with your best friend to steamy sex with your partner, you enjoy every bit of human contact that you can get. You demonstrate your love for others most fluidly through physical one-on-one contact and you feel the most loved when you are being touched. You feel disconnected when you are physically isolated from others. You're a people person and a lover of all things human.

Finally~

After hesistating for so long, I finally fixed up my steel brake lines. Got it at $150 for 3 lines thanx to the SBF Anniversary promotion. I am a happy man now. The feeling of the better braking effect is damn shiok. Next up, Brembo Master Brake Pump~! But I guess I will be hesistating much more before forking out $560 for that.... haha...

Raining every day... super sian... wanna go Msia pump petrol also cannot... haiz.... =P

Adventure

Halloween Ride with MRMC

This is a bit late... photos taken during my Halloween Ride with the Militia Riders MC... =)

Life is fragile...

This is a very sad period for the Dragonboat community in Singapore. The Nation has lost 5 of its best rowers. One of them is a fellow schoolmate from SIM. Though I know nothing about dragonboat and I know nothing about Jeremy Goh... I still felt very sad when I read about the news... Perhaps its because those guys were all about the same age as me.. that's why I can feel how much they've left behind and also the pain of their parents and relatives. There's still a very bright future ahead of them but now, without any warnings, they are gone. My heartfelt condolences goes to the friends and families of the 5 rowers... the 5 passionate rowers who dedicated their lifetime doing the thing they loved most... perhaps the only consolation comes in the knowledge that they died doing the things they loved... Rest in peace dear friends....

I received a SMS from Shao Wei... one of his ex-trainee passed away during a 2.4km run due to heat exhaustion. Another sad news that is hard to accept. It is hard to accept that a routine run can turned out to be a tragedy... Life is fragile and unpredictable... we can hardly know what is going to happen next. Cherish your life and cherish what you have.... for you'll never know when you are going to lost it all...

Spoiled~!

My 2 weeks old voltmeter is giving me a blank look.... I was riding halfway just now when I took a glance at my voltmeter and noticed that it was totally blank! Reach home, straight away tried to press the buttons, took it out and give it a few shakes.... all in vain.... $50 leh... KNS...

Super sian lor... can anyone tell me why???? Damn heart pain now..... =(((

"Lucky" weekend...

What an exciting weekend. I got into an accident~!!!!
Okie lah relax... no big deal. I'm not injured.... Here's what happen....
I was traveling along the super jammed Serangoon Road on Saturday with Andrew cuz we wanna go to Guan Hoe (Suzuki Agent). The road is full of both cars and people cuz of the upcoming Deepavali I guess. I was riding behind this super irritating Toyota Camry who is going too slowly even when the road starts to clear up with no other cars in front. And even when I try to change lane to over take him, he keep shifting from left to right, preventing me from overtaking... whether he did it on purpose or not I don't know and I don't care...

When I finally got an opening on my left, I accelerated and within a blink of the eyes, I was right in front of him. The unfortunate thing is that I can't open up and clear the road cuz the traffic light right in front of me turned red, so I gotta brake quickly to stop... I managed to stop right in front of the white stop line at the traffic light and the next thing I know.... BANG! That stupid mother fucker Toyota Camry banged into me from behind! I was lucky and did not fall, probably cuz my hand was still on my brakes, thus making the bike more stable at that stationary position. Both of us immediately got down to assess the damage... The driver was a stupid old man.
Driver: Why you brake suddenly!
Me: Red light I don't stop then what you want me to do?
Driver: But you cannot just brake like that mah...
(Na beh, stupid driver wanna teach a biker how to brake?)

By that time, I was busy looking at my bike, trying to find ways to claim until his pants drop.... But surprise surprise... there was no visible damage to my bike... not even a single scratch! Apparently, he banged into my rear tire.... -__-"""
Sianz.... thought can claim a new pair of aftermarket exhaust or maybe a new rim....
Then I look at his car.... Number plate brake into 2 and fell off.... Front bumper dent in, and front bumper a bit out of place.... kaoz.... Car bang bike, end up the car got more damage... -__-"""""
He can say whatever he wants, but ultimately he was the one at fault. Hit me from behind and right in front of a traffic light, simply means he can't stop in time. Stupid Camry, a supposedly better Toyota, with 4 wheels, can't stop in time whereas my 2 wheels bike can. Don't know which school he got his license from... never teach him ebrake.

Driver: So how now? You want to claim or settle privately?
(Seeing that there's nothing to claim...)
Me: No visible damage then settle privately lor.
Driver: Okie we write an agreement stating that you won't claim from me.

And he got busy writing down the car and bike details, place of accident etc, then got me to sign... At that point in time, I am still feeling uncomfortable about the bike and is worried that there might be internal damage... And I am quite reluctant to sign that stupid agreement. So when he was finally done and got me to sign... I signed... but not my name.... I signed "Will Claim" but in a very signature manner... hehehehe... Okie lah, just as an insurance in case I need to claim him for internal repair mah. I am not going to pay for damage caused by a stupid car driver. And before I ride off....

Driver: Next time must ride carefully hor.
Me: -____-"""""""""""""
(Too lazy to argue with him... )

Went to Clifford for a check on the rear wheel just now and luckily all is fine. Nothing breaks. Thank goodness..... =)

Updates for the week~!

Okie... so it has been a busy week for me with loads of things to do... no time and energy to slowly blog about it day by day, so let's just do it all at once... =P

22 Oct (Mon)
Resident Evil 3 with Jacq. Its a damn nice show~! My all time favourite. This time round its as good as before and there is definitely going to be a Resident Evil 4. Looking forward to that... =)

23 Oct (Tue)
Dinner treat at The Rice Table at International Building by Caroline, for the Student Care and Services department. It's for the work we've contributed for the Student Week.. helping to organise Duet Superstar etc.

After dinner was coffee at Starbucks... Didn't know John's brother, James, is actually the store manager of Liat Tower Starbucks... haha... the world is small... everyone knows everyone.... =P

The people doing the sports segment for Student Week
And that's us... we did the Duet Superstar.... opps.. Cindiie was the one who took this photo... Sorry Cindiie, you can't be in this photo!!! hehehe...
Me and Caroline... our big boss~!

24 Oct (Wed)

Full day lesson as usual. Went to HKL to check out the K&N Air Filter for my bike. Wah lao its damn expensive lor... $110... BMC is worse at $180... I need to change my air filter~!!! Okie lah... its not a need but I want~!!! Dinner with Jas at the Thomson Prata House after that.

25 Oct (Thur)
Went to Regina to check out the fuel tank cap sticker but there's none. So I went to the shop opposite Regina to get it. Damn sianz lor... spent $20 on a fuel tank cap sticker that can't stick... The surface of the outer ring of my fuel tank cap is very rough and needs very strong adhesive tape to stick well. Apparently the one I got is not of good quality.... =(
Hang out with Martin at Dean's store. Now not only are we casual labour for Dean's store, we are also Despatch Riders~!! KNS... he want us to help him send 8 sleeves of cups to the One Fullerton store... Smartass Martin agrees but when he reaches his bike, he realised that there's no way for him to carry that huge paperbag full of cups on his bike... Ended up I pillion him over to One Fullerton... sibeh gay lor... I hate to pillion guys... and he has to sit so close to me..... -__-""" Anyway, he finally get to feel the power of Hayabusa... I think he is more tempted to get his Class 2 bike already.... haha...
Pick Jacq up from her work place at Changi Airport to have supper at Bedok 85. Seriously, I think the bar chor mee there is really over-rated... quite normal what... don't know why everyone also say that its damn good... okie lah actually to me bar chor mee all taste the same... =P

26 Oct (Fri)
Dinner with Evelyn at Kim Gary's HK Cafe at Vivocity. Wah the queue was damn long when I reached lor... Luckily the food was not bad. Its nice to be catching up with her. I know Evelyn will be reading this (I just found out I got myself a blog fan~! hahahaha.... )... So, thank you for the company~!
Went to a pub at Clarke Quay to join Andrew and friends for some live band performance. Been a week since I catch up with Andrew. He is damn busy with work cuz he is preparing for a trip to Houston again.. Must ask him to help me buy some accessories for my busa~!!! The band was okie but the crowd is sucky. Got a bit sick looking at all those SPG trying to hit on those Ang Mos... *puke* The rest of them continued to party at Butter Factory, but I don't feel like clubbing, so Agnes and me went off for prata at Jalan Kayu. Still prefer the prata at Thomson but it was a bit out of the way. =P

27 Oct (Sat)

Ahmad invited us to his house for the Hari Raya gathering.

The ladies...
The guys...
Ahmad's mum prepare a very delicious lunch for us~! Thanx auntie~! =)
It was also a day we celebrate Ahmad's 23rd Birthday~! Birthday boy with the ladies...
The girls preparing the damn cute cake....
The very cute cake~!
The happy birthday boy.... hehe...
2006 SIM UOL SRC Excos~!

Went to help out at dad's stall as usual. After work, on one of my secondary schoolmate, Andrew's invitation (okie... I have lots of friends name Andrew~!), I went over to join his club's Halloween Ride. His was a motorcycle club made up of mostly Harleys riders. But there are a few riders with other bike makes too. I was there with Lionel (Z1000) and its really quite fun.

Andrew's club... MRMC
At Carpenter's Street, preparing to move off...
We have Fazer1000 too~ Nice and friendly rider, though I forgot his name already...
Andrew, Lionel and Me.. friends since secondary school... We stopped over at Zouk to take photos with those party-goers who were all really dressed up in the weirdest costumes for the Halloween Party~! Everyone were in costumes and they made us look like the weird ones without any costumes... haha...
MRMC and the party-goers~
Me, Lionel, Andrew and Andrew.... haha... My buddy Andrew Ong came over and joined us too. Had a great chat, the bikers style.

28 Oct (Sun)
Freaking tired..... Time to take a good rest..... zzzzzz

Every rose has its thorns,

just as everybody have their flaws.

loving someone isn't a constant pursue of trying to remove the thorns,

but to learn the acceptance of the pricks.



A thorn defends the rose,

harming only those who would steal the blossom.

A Day at Lakeside Fishing Village...

On a nice stormy Saturday morning, I crawled out of bed and went prawn fishing at Lakeside Fishing Village~! OMG.... I still can't believe I actually managed to wake up. Went for breakfast at Taman Jurong Market. Wah that place is super ulu lor... the road names are weird and quite confusing. Luckily the sky began to clear when we reach the fishing village... not too bad after all... =)

Martin cutting up the cockles to be used as baits... looking professional as usual... haha... Okie lah, actually the rest of us were just too lazy to do the dirty work... hehe..

My first time fishing for prawn... hehehe.... trying to look pro... but damn... 2 whole hours and never catch a single thing~!!! -__-""

Patiently waiting.....

Still waiting.... look at Kelvin's fishing rod.... after 2 hours of waiting, can't hold straight anymore.... hahahaha....
And so we got bored and decided to watch people fish instead....

Fishing seems easier lor... this guy catch fish like nobody's business... the moment he throw his hook in, he will get a catch... he got at least 10 over fish, each one of them at least the size of the one in the photo...
We were all kinda demoralised, when Evelyn finally decided to use her beauty smile to charm that malay uncle who was fishing beside us. He was damn pro lah.. throw in the hook, less than a minute, confirm can catch a prawn... and he just kept catching one after another, making us look like 4 idiots staring blankly into the water, hoping that a prawn will just pop out of the water.... -_-"" Evelyn managed to get the uncle to reveal to us the secret trick. Shall not waste server space by elaborating the trick. Pay me and I will teach you... hehehe... Anyway, after we've learned the trick, the 4 of us managed to catch 10 prawns within the next 50 mins~!!! Kaoz... Evelyn should have used her charm earlier... we might just end up with 30 prawns... =P

Martin's first catch using the secret trick!!!

My first catch after 2 hours~! That's after using the secret trick for less than a minute... hehe... Its quite a big prawn lor... =P

Trying hard... last burst of fire to recover what we lost in the last 2 hours...
The final count... 10 prawns in the net, 1 dead, 1 escaped from Kelvin's hand!

Captain's Ball @ SIM

Used to be the game I always play back in secondary school. I am damn lousy with soccer, that's why I always ended up playing captain's ball with the ladies. Ended up I pretty good at it... haha... Got to play it again today. A competition organised by the SIM Netball Club. We played 4 games but didn't managed to make it into the semi-finals. Its alright I guess... just for the fun of it..... =)
Guess I am really getting old... each game of 7mins is enough to make me totally shagged out... haha... time to train up the stamina again...

My team with Caroline... Gone Stale... That's our team name... haha...
Waiting for our turn.... zzzzz
The Game...
After the first game.... still feeling okie... hehe...
After the last game... haha... hours in the sun have no effect on my fair skin... -__-""
Good game guys and girls~!