Wake me up...when september ends....

Today is the last day of September...spent a really uneventful saturday to mark the end of september. Time really flies, 12 more days to my birthday ...lol...quite buay paiseh to announce it here. 86 more days to Christmas and 92 more days left before 2007! Anyway, today I just spent the entire day lazing around, cleaning up my room, sorting out my stuff..throwing away things I dont need, and then spent the rest of the day watching videos on youtube. Haha, found a few nice videos, so I thought I will put them here.

My first favorite Korean drama before My lovely Sam-soon. This is a very nice song from the show.

Another video featuring the title song...

A funny sequence from the show featuring the "3 Bear Songs"

Another Jay chou MV. Hehehe, love this song. I wish I can "listen to my mum" more often...but what the heck.

本草綱目

Isnt youtube such a wonderful website? They have such a wide range of free videos, u can spend the whole day watching them. Anyway, this Jay chou MTV is really interesting. Both the lyrics of the song and video concept are really wacky.

TRADOC

After waiting for nearly a year and hoping that Mindef will forget about me, I finally got my reservist posting on saturday. I am posted to HQ TRADOC! Heard that its the short form for Training and Doctrine. Hmm, wonder what exactly will I be doing. Best of all, my buddy Timon from my Ammo Branch days is posted there too! Hey Timon, cant seem to get rid of you eh....hahahha

Excuse me, are you Singapore Idol?

Went to the gym at CCK yesterday and bumped into Taufik Batisah. Not that its a thing to be proud of but it was just very weird...cos only yesterday the new Singapore Idol is out, and at that time the radio in the gym was playing the single by Hady and there I was...lifting weights beside the previous Singapore Idol with no screaming fans and no Big Gulps....

Malaysia escapade...part 3...Party Time!

The Birthday boys...Me and Edward













Me looking so dead...lol













Then the event of the day....Karaoke at Holiday Plaza. It was quite fun at first, but as I am not a party animal..well I dont drink, dont smoke and I cant dance, the entire event was kinda off for me. But I really appreciate you guys celebrating my birthday for me! Thanks alot!! After 3 hrs of singing was another 3 hrs of dancing. I was so tired I couldnt even move. Everyone was just crazy after drinking and some even looked like they were on drugs. ..haha.. but I looked like I was dying. After partying, I stayed over at my company hostel. Not a bad place. The only good thing about Malaysia is that the houses are freaking huge and the bloody cheap. What a day in JB. I am so glad I am back in Singapore.

Malaysia escapade...part 2...A series of unfortunate events

After making my way past the custom, I have to take a cab to Jusco Terbrau City to meet my colleagues for a movie. So I replied (I dont even have to ask) one of the many "hungry" taxi drivers standing around that I want to go to Terbrau City. He gave me the fare and I thought it was fine and decided to hop into his cab...as I approached his cab, I saw him asking other passer-bys where they want to go. I was like ??? "halo uncle? I am your passenger!" I thought he got amnesia. Anyway I hopped in and I saw another passenger got in! And the taxi driver was totally unabashed about it. He turn to me and say "ON THE WAY LAH"! #$!!%

Sigh, after a series of unfortunate events, I finally arrived at Jusco Terbrau City to watch "The Banquet" Just when I thought the day couldnt get any worse, there was this super inconsiderate family with 5 kids watching the same show. What the hell were they thinking? Do they seriously think the kids, who looked like 4 to 8 yrs old will understand "The Banquet"??! Even I find it hard to understand! Predictably, they were totally uninterested in the show, and they decided to turn the theatre into their own playground. Throughout the show, they were talking loudly, screaming and running around the seats. Gosh, even my persistent "SHHHHHH" didnt work on them. Their parents are such bloody inconsiderate fuckers. Go rent Finding Nemo and watch at home!

Malaysia escapade part 1 ....An afternoon in Hell

Most of my frens know that I hate going to Malaysia. I think I just have a very bad impression of that country. But yesterday I had no choice but to attend a birthday celebration organised by my colleague in Malaysia. Well its my birthday celebration too, so I have no excuse not to go. Anyway, as I grudgingly made my way towards JB custom, I was kinda surprised to see that there were not many people at the Singapore Custom and the traffic to Jb custom was rather smooth. As my fren (U noe who u r...haha) told me that its a saturday afternoon and there will definitely be a jam, I was feeling quite lucky that there is no jam at all...until...I met with the horror at JB custom..(see pic)

I was greeted by a sea of people at the custom. I was speechless... I mean, where did all these people come from? There was hardly any queue at Spore custom, and if I am not wrong, material balance tells me that amount input = amount output... so how did so many people appear at the other side of the causeway when I didnt see much people at the Singapore side. All I can say is....fuckup organisation, inefficient people and lousy infrastructure. So in the end I spent 1 and a half hour to get my passport chopped although the distance is only about 10meters...wow maybe even a tortoise walks faster than that! There are just insufficient counters to meet the flood of people. And no proper railings to direct people to the right counter...i mean look at the picture, how do you tell where the actual queue is!? And as suay as I always am, I chose a queue that was actually a branch of an actual queue. What's worse was there was also another branch! So there were a total of three lines converging into one counter. I dont even want to go into how bad the ventilation system is.

I will not step onto JB soil ...unless absolutely necessary... especially on a saturday afternoon. Its a total nightmare.

In loving memories....My fave chicken rice at Far East

The best chicken rice I have ever tasted...is from a stall at Far East Square. 9 years ago, when I was still in jc, me and my classmates went to Far East and we had lunch at the chicken rice stall at a secluded corner at level 2. That was the first time I ate the chicken rice there and then I was hooked. This stall only serve the normal chicken not roasted chicken. For 3 bucks, u get a plate of super tender chicken, with green vegetables and also sliced ham on top of the chicken. Together with its own unique sauce, the chicken rice is just delicious! Its the only place I can have 2 plate of chicken rice at one go becos its so good! Since then, I will always go there to eat whenever I am at orchard...until one day in 2001..I went there hoping to taste my favorite chicken rice, I was shocked to see that the stall was gone! In its place, another stall selling roasted chicken rice. I was quite disappointed, but since I was already there I decided to give this new stall a try...but sadly, it sucks. I really wanted to ask the boss "excuse me, do you know where the previous stall owner went? Cos your chicken rice is really ...urm..lousy" But I decided its best to keep my mouth shut.

I thought I would not get to taste the chicken rice again. However, 3 months ago, I was having my hair cut at Far East and I was chatting with the hairstylist and for no reason, I decided to ask him if he knows where the stall went to...and to my surprise he told me the stall had moved to level 5 at...Far East Square! I was so excited I went to check it out immediately and there it was...at Far East Square all along for the past 5 years! I was so happy I get to taste the same good chicken rice I missed for 5 years. I went there almost every weekend after that. But the joy was shortlived. A month ago, I went there and was greeted by a sign that says "We are officially closed. Thank you for all your support the past 15 years" Man! I just found you and you left just like that! Well, I think I will not get to eat their chicken rice anymore. So sad.

Faves and Most Hated...

Feeling a little bored..think I will list down some of my faves and most hated

Fave Singer
1. Jay Chou
2. Stefanie Sun
3. Faye Wong

Fave Actor
1. Zoe Tay
2. Leonardo Dicaprio
3. Nicole Kidman

Fave Drama
1. My Lovely Sam-Soon
2. Full House
3. Desperate Housewives

Fave Movie
1. Titanic
2. The Matrix
3. Spider-man2

Fave Book
1. Harry Potter
2. The Da Vinci Code
3. Final Notes from
a Great Island

Fave Reality Program
1. The amazing race
2. America's Next Top Model
3. Project Runway

Fave Pastime
1. Watching Movie
2. Karaoke
3. Shopping

Most Hated TV show
1. Fear Factor
2. Mr Bean
3. Singapore Idol/All Ch 5 Sitcoms

Most Hated Fruit
1. Durian
2. Jackfruit
3. Banana

Most Hated Actor
1. Jeanette Aw
2. Allan Wu
3. Jack Neo

Fate of an idol...

Today, I chanced upon an article in the Straits Times about Sylvester Sim aka SLY, the first runner-up of Singapore Idol 1. The guy who drove many girls crazy with his wink, and signature "stick out tongue" move. The article from Straits Times wrote..."His debut Mandarin album, Take Flight, released in April last year, sold only 15,000 copires here, and record label Sony BMG canned plans to launch it regionally. This month, ...his three year contract wih Hype Records, ...was terminated more than a year before it expired.." This is the fate of our Singapore idol finalists. Will this be the fate of Hady and Jonathan one year later? Very likely...

Sunday is Big Spending day!

I told myself I shouldnt spend so much this month as I have exceeded (or exploded) my budget last month ..(spent a record 2k). However, today I went Orchard, thinking that I will just do some window shopping but in the end, I spent another 100 plus, on clothes, food, a cd and a korean language book..sigh. I really should stop going out. Anyway, went to my fav place to eat pasta - Ambush at takashimaya basement 2. Its relatively cheap and the pasta taste not too bad...
My bacon and ham pasta...haha, I think it doesnt look very apetitising here but its good enough for me! Then I went for dessert at coffee club.

Got myself a triple chocolate brownie...looks good, but taste....normal. Not as nice as i hoped, should have asked for the muddy mud pie instead.

There have been quite alot of construction going on at boon lay. Thought I should take some pictures now as it will look really different in maybe 2 yrs time...

The old bus interchange has been demolished to make way for a new air-conditioned bus interchange, a Jurong point extension and also some HDB flats above the interchange. Sigh, but thats not what I really hope for. I hope they will get more buses to service my area which is so super ulu with only two bus services- one that goes from jurong pt to jurong pt and the other from jurong pt to cck. I need a direct bus to town and other parts of Singapore! The MP should really do something about my area...hey we pay taxes too ok! Alright, I havent started paying taxes..but I will be soon. Its so inconvenient to get to anywhere. We have nothing but fighter planes flying right above our heads! We should at least get some benefits for enduring those deafening noise everyday, RIGHT?

Looking back...

Early this year, I set out some goals for myself. Now 3/4 of the year have past and I realised I have not been able to achieve any one of them. Hahaha...what a shame. What have I been doing this past year? Sigh..

My Goals:

1. Save 12K for my future condominium - Only managed to save 2k and its already sept! I am 10k short! OMG....
2. Learn wakeboarding - No kaki, kept procrastinating....when will I ever start?..
3. Learn Japanese - Oh, at least I got this one. Will start my lesson on Oct 1st! hehe
4. Reach 65kg in weight - Damn, I am still 8kg away!

My lovely Sam-soon

I always thought Korean drama sucks. Always so draggy and sad complete with over the top storyline. Until a few months ago, I caught "Full House", I thought it was one of the best drama I have seen. So light hearted yet touching and the best thing is... there is a happy ending! Well, I thought no other Korean show can top that...until I watched "My Lovely Sam-soon". Really funny show. Even though the female lead Kim Sun Ah is fat and not very pretty in the show but she is so adorable! Haha...She lights up the screen everytime she appear and the chemistry between Hyun Bin and her is just amazing. The show ended last night. But I think I am going to get the dvd soon. This song is from the show, its really nice..enjoy!

Changing Me

Went to cut and dye my hair today... No more brown hair, ah beng image. Black is IN now!

My Favorite Mooncake...Yummy!

Its the time of the year again! Okay, maybe its a little bit early due to a double 7th month this year. Anyway, today I pop by Chinatown to get my favorite mooncake from the traditional and old time mooncake brand - BIG CHINA...HAHAHA. Its good, and relatively cheap compared to other brands, and the best thing is - its traditional! Not those fancy new tastes, wat green tea, durian...Its the original lotus paste..hehe..YUMMY! Look at the paper bag. Its still so old fashion. Dont think you can find this kind of paper bag anywhere else now. I like the pandan "Ping Pi" one best! Its soft texture and fragrant pandan smell just makes me want to finish one after another. Going to enjoy it now. Slurp!

依然范特西

Ever since 2003, the release of Jay chou's album is kind of an event of the year for me. Maybe because there arent many albums to look forward to nowadays. Today, I finally got my copy of Jay's latest album....<依然范特西>. Well, to many people, his songs are kinda formulaic, but if it aint broke why fix it? He has his own style and he keeps re-inventing himself without deviating much from his style. From the mysterious and suspenseful opening song 夜的第七章 to the very "old shanghai" 千里之外 and the bossa nova style 迷迭香, his latest album still surprises. Of course there are the very sentimental, very jay chou numbers like 退后, 心雨 and 白色风车. I especially like the lyrics he wrote for 听妈妈的话, very meaningful and very heartfelt. For people who constantly lambaste his diction, go listen to 菊花台. He managed every single word with such correctness in pronunciation that you might think its not Jay singing. Anyway, overall a very good album, though not his very best. I guess its the start of another year long wait for his next album. Meanwhile these 10 songs will be able to fill the void just fine.

Good riddance...HAHA

I never caught an entire single episode of Singapore Idol 2, only bits. I thought taufik and sylvester were bad, but this season it is just horrible. I am so glad its going to be over soon. What exactly is Singapore Idol? A 7 -eleven representative? Someone that goes dancing and say "Have a BIG GULP!" in a commercial? Hmm, taufik had one album, won a really dubious 'favorite male artiste' award at the Asia MTV awards and scored countless 7 eleven ads. Sylvester flopped in taiwan, and disappeared. Olinda is still busy slimming down. Makes me wonder can we really find a kelly clarkson or clay aiken in Singapore....Even if we did manage to find one, maybe at Singapore Idol 128, is he able to break into the international market? I mean, come on, the biggest international star we have is Fann wong...haha, and that itself is laughable. Well back to Singapore Idol 2. Last week, the controversial Joakim gomez went out. Poor guy, he really cant sing, but at least he has looks. But whose fault is it that he made it to the top 12? The judges who condemned him every single week should look back at the recordings and see that they were the ones who put him through in the first place! What were they thinking then? Why the sudden change in opinion? The remaining ones are not great singers either, and they dont have the looks too.



Just a look at Paul Twohill send a chill down my spine. Am I watching a re-run of Sadako on ch 5? or is it the Ju-on? Can david gan please save this guy? His hair is so oily he looks like he didnt shampoo for years! Wonder if he will die of his own stinky hair when they cover his whole face. Maybe he has a good reason for covering his face, cos that is one scary face. And damn ch 5 have to make me see him every wed, thurs, and every 15 mins when the trailers are showing. Thank god! Today he is gone....finally! Out of Singapore Idol. Finally I need not have nightmares anymore. Now that Singapore idol is ending, I just wonder how many more singing competitions can go on before the limited pool of talent in singapore runs out. I mean, some day maybe even Steven Lim will be the next Singapore Idol...if he keep trying! But for now, I am glad that at least we still have Stefanie Sun.

The sun, the sand and the sea and a fucking angmoh

After weeks of procrastination and asking around for people to go sentosa with me, I finally decided to go there on my own. I know its kinda dumb but its better than rotting at home. It makes me wonder why all my frens are so "unsporty".....like none of them are interested in a game of beach volley. Anyhow, I wanted to get a tan for a long time cos I am looking so fair recently its freaky. So I went to sentosa alone, lied down on the beach while everyone else is either playing beach volleyball, swimming or playing frisbee. Once in a while, I attracted strange glances from passerby like...why is this person lying there alone? But isnt the beach for people to lie around and get a tan?
So I just stayed there for two hrs, looking up once in a while hoping that those people who walk their dog past me will not let their dog pee on me. After 2 uneventful hours, I decided to leave. While on the bus, I noticed all the construction going on. The new LRT tracks, the new stations, a new theatre at the beach. Quite excited to visit again when its all done to try out the new LRT and also visit VIVOCITY! Hopefully I wont be alone again.

After that I went to Orchard to get my ipod nano with my fren. We were at the "try out" station and my fren who was too eager to reach for one ipod on display, grab one that was being used by an Ang moh standing there. My fren apologised and that fucking Ang moh stared at him like he just murdered his mother! Whats his problem? I mean its not even your ipod in the first place, fucker! I always thought Ang mohs are very frenly people with good manners, guess I just met one who totally destroyed my perception of them. I tot that was bad enough, but on my way home, I realised my face is as red as a roasted pig!...OMG, damnit I got sunburnt again! Every single time! Why doesnt it happen to those people who play volleyball everyweek there. Man, I was there for only 2 hours! Hope by tomorrow, it will be better.

A new beginning...

Hmm, I dont see anything interesting I can blog about in my totally mundane life...but anyhow, after much persuasion by my dear fren Mr LJL...aka Timon, I have decided to follow the trend and start my own blog. Hope I am not too late since everyone started blogging eons ago and only now I am writing one of my own. But I know I am only one day later than someone....hahahaha.