damian + turion

turion at 09:56

Friday, August 25, 2006

[250806] Happy 21st birthdays gals...

First off, happy birthday to eStar and Xinni... happy 21st birthday! May all ur dreams, wishes and hopes come true... anyways... been quite lazy to blog these couple of days... once again, the lack of things to blog always deter me from blogging... why blog when i have nothing to blog about??

24th August WAS supposed to be my last day at work but later decided to push the date back to 31st August, well the date's pushed back again.. til the end of the working week for next week so officially, i'll be stopping work on the 2nd of Sept... a saturday... already i've been warned by my 'friends' at work to bring extra clothes on my last day.. no doubt, their willingness to play and sabo people will be tested to the extreme limits on poor me... *gulps* sighz.. such sadistic co-workers i have....

Temper's been flaring the last couple of days at work... especially during 2 nights when for some reason(s), started feeling really frustrated and angry... partly due to my co-workers and some towards the guests... been a long time since i flared up at work, naturally, most of my colleagues have seen me flare up before and know to stay well away from me and just leave me be... well, i dont shout at them or anything, i just become very quiet and my expression becomes very serious... a black face as most would call it... im the Justice Bao of Atrium... lol...

It seriously seems that im cursed with glasses... cut myself again today while at work.. this time 2 cuts on my right middle and ring finger... isnt as bad as the one that needed stitches but nonetheless still bled and stuff.. haha.. shit happens... or perhaps im just:

a) Clumsy
b) Careless or
c) All of the above

Lessons learned today: Jangnan main sama api dengnan glass (don't play with fire and glass)

2 more days til eStar's birthday party and 1st live match of the season! Gonna be a great sunday... cheers!

8 more days til end of work...
18 more days til enlisting...

turion at 01:00

Saturday, August 19, 2006

[190806] Words

Budak Pantai - 求你回来

I cant sleep your thoughts just
keep on swirling inside of my head
Oh... oh...
Never knew it could be this bad

I was a fool
I played too cool
I thought I was all that you had
Just me
Never thought I could be so sad

It seems only yesterday
So happy we two
Now just look at me
Alone and so blue

I was wrong
I admit it
我求你回来
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
Please come back to me

I was wrong
I admit it
我求你回来
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
Please come back
Come back to me

I picked up the phone
I called your home
My heart pounding
Hoping that you will say
"It's ok, let's try again"
The line connects
I hesitate
I don't know if you'll give me that chance to say
"It's ok, let's try again"

There's so much I want to say
For all that I've done
But when you come on the line
The words just won't come

I was wrong
I admit it
我求你回来
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
Please come back to me

I was wrong
I admit it
我求你回来
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
Please come back
Come back to me

I know I'm wrong but
I ask for another chance
Cant we please try again?
Oooh.. oh...

I was wrong
I admit it
我求你回来
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
Please come back to me

I was wrong
I admit it
我求你回来
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
Please come back
Come back to me

Come back
Please come back to me....

turion at 15:21

Monday, August 14, 2006

[140806] It's weird how all things end...

A great weekend passed spent with brudders and friends... Saturday, met up with the yishun kakis to celebrate JJ's birthday... met up with redfox to buy a birthday present, having recced a couple of days before, headed in a beeline straight for Flash N Splash and decided on a pair of board shorts seeing that JJ's were 'ugly' as quoted by redfox... oops... heh..

To our dismay, time was still early and following Standard Operating Procedure while at Orchard, headed to Takashimaya and window shopped before heading to heereen's yet again... walked around and despite my best urgings, failed to convince redfox to buy his coveted Tokyo jacket which in a surprising twist, he decided for good that he wouldnt buy it no more.... though i managed to coax him into buying a bruce lee motif shirt but he also didnt need much prompting frome me, him and bruce lee inexplicically tied in...

"Be formless, shapeless like water... empty your mind..."

Halfway thru redfox decided to get his ear pierced which kinnda surprised me but oh well... scouted around for a place to pierce but tattoo palor, tattoo artist was preoccupied so long story cut short, he finally managed to get his piercing done at PS's 77th Street, hanged around Times bookshop for a while and had to apologise profusely to Aini for missing out on the gathering the clan had... (sorry guys, will confirm be there for the next one... promise... Scout's honour!) Proceeded to Park Mall, walked around somemore and saw a couch that cost over $12,000.. geez... the money people spend... went to reccee at Giraffe, the pub across the Istana... rustic... very nicely decored... a must place to visit before i go in.. heh... anyone up for a chillin out session?

Headed next to Olio Dome to chill and continue to wait for the rest to arrive... them arriving late doesnt surprise no more... a banana smoothie and an Iced Chocolate with Gelato was ordered soon after... delightful concotion... sinfully rich and sweetness was just nice for my taste... definately a must try! Lulu soon joined us and spent the next moments quickly catching up before heading to Fish and Co Glasshouse to get the seats... The gang finally arrived... after more moments of endless waiting... Sunnymonk, JJ, Blackie, Ken-do, Wenni and SQ... all the lao chiaos... haa.. old bird gathering...delightful dinner followed by a trip to outlet for desserts... it's a good thing to have staff previleges... who else gets to have their bill with no service charge and an additional 20% off? heh... YF soon joined us to chill...

Double O was up next... kindda comprehensive but oh well since JJ's birthday... obliged them and went.... first impression.. smaller than what i had envisioned... couldnt see much people around... and the crowd was still thin, hanging around at the next of the dance floor seemingly waiting for something to happen... that something came in the form of a middle age uncle... (he looked at least 40 to me) but then again, it was dark and smoky... a couple of things were for sure...

1) he has guts (or he's drunk)
2) he's darn fit... his shirt barely fit him... it was about to burst!
3) he didnt give a damn about anyone else in the club

Why? Well, for one, he's the only one dancing... but main point was he's the ONLY one dancing and he's dancing on the platform in full view of everyone... oh well.. he seemed to enjoy himself tremedously... but oh well, the crowd still just looked on... drank one of the free complimentary discounted drinks before heading straight into drinking games with all of us alternating buying jugs for the games... by the end of the games, i've drank vodka redbull, vodka ribena, whiskey ginger ale, pineapple rum and biccardi coke... started to feel abit tipsy... more tipsy than i've ever been and that was proven to be true as i stumbled down the stairs as we moved to O bar... geez.. that was embarassing... oh well.. shit happens.. we learn from our mistakes...

1) too much liquors mixed around is bad
2) Tipsy state, wet floor & shoes with no friction = bad news

Went down and found a spot to sit but not before JJ came back with 2 more jugs of drinks... soon they were off to look for MIA redfox no doubt enjoying himself basking in retro fever upstairs... YF soon took to the dancefloor leaving SQ and me to jaga the drinks... started games again with me drinking most of the remaining 2 jugs.. hitched a ride with SQ back home...end of a long and hectice night...

Headed down to Marina to catch up with the NUFCsg lads... went to collect my 2nd nufc jersey and went to cheer on the lads as well.. a memorable match as we crushed our opponents 7-3... watching them on the pitch stirred me abit... missed my playing days... but it was good fun.. been such a long time since i've met up with any of them and it was comforting to see that all of us slipped easily into conversation, jokes and banter.. as though we were always hanging out...

shocking news came out today... Bryan leaving the outlet for CBJ.. starting tomorrow... Heikel transferring to PZ as early as this weekend... Elene's leaving next week also to CBJ (though that itself wasnt much of a surprise)... and im leaving at the end of the month... 4 exits and only 1 new staff coming in... AT's changing.. for better or worse? who knows? Everyone's leaving... it will never be the same again will it? then again... change is forever constant... change occurs whether one likes it or not... too bad if one cant adapt to the changes...

The only constant in life is death... aint that darn true? Accept changes for better or for worse... or be left behind by the tides of time...

turion at 22:30

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

The Cranberries - Linger

If you, if you could return
Don’t let it burn, don’t let it fade
I’m sure I’m not being rude
But it’s just your attitude
It’s tearing me apart
It’s ruining everything
And I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you
So why were you holding her hand
Is that the way we stand
Were you lying all the time
Was it just a game to you

But I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong
I was wrong
If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn’t be so confused
And I wouldn’t feel so used
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you

But I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

But I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

But I’m in so deep
You know I’m such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

turion at 23:35

[080806] I wish i could click my life away

Day 4 of my confined existance at home... so darn bored... time passes by even more slowly than working at CBJ... nothing to do at home.. well i borrowed 4 books from the library (finished one and am ard 1/4 thru the next) but even so i cant read the entire day...

Counting back, this forced exile from work has already cost me ard $200+in wages.. argghhh... heart winces... i appreciate a break from working but the monetary consequences are by far more appalling to me on a personal level... sighz... just goes to show that shit really happens... and more often than not, happens to me...

Met up with hazel sunday to pass her the Tangs voucher... since it's expiring at the end of this month and having walked thru Tangs twice without finding anything to buy, might as well pass it to someone who would use it... headed down to CWP to walk around before heading back to yishun to watch Click.

Been sometime since i last caught an Adam Sandler comedy... the last of his films being 40 dates or something like that co-starring Drew Barrymore... which i didnt see but was told to me by friends to be an outstanding and hilarious show... hmm, no no.. i remembered! The longest Yard was his last film i watched, which by the way is a pretty decent film... going back to Click... in true Adam Sandler style, the film is an easy going, basic plot driven and obviously laughter filled film.. with many memorable jokes and surprising with its highly emotionally charged scenes towards the end.. which brought tears to Hazel and surprisingly made my own eyes mist a little... A truly hilarious scene was one in which a black guy drove his convertible up alongside Adam Sandler character's car and starting singing along to the tune from his radio... which black guy? the one from white chicks.. yes.. him.. haha.. absolutely hilarious... All in all, a decent film but dont expect too much, afterall it is a comedy.

Click - 3 popcorns out of 5

Wonder what it would be like if i had a universal remote control... too see the past chapters of my life... to go back in time and to fast forward to the future... to see where i would stand in society five, ten or even twenty years from now... to go back and see the mistakes i made in life, the few triumphs in life i had... to go back to a time when i was young, innocent and the only important thing was when was the cartoons showing...

I wish i could click my life away.

*click*

turion at 16:16

Saturday, August 05, 2006

[050806] 5 days MC

The title says it all, i got 5 days MC from TTSH... today's my first day off... argghh... 12 working hours gone... sad... shit really happens... cut my hand while washing glass, on an aloha glass again... the last time i cut my hand (right hand as well), it was on an aloha glass as well...

Those glasses are damn fragile i tell you... i didnt even try to squeeze my hand into the glass... only like 3 fingers and the sponge for cleaning and while cleaning i didnt even use much force and the rim just broke... a wave of crimson immediately flowed... my first thought.. SHIT

So i just pressed the wound down and washed the blood off... i then looked at the wound but the blood just flowed... shit.. bryan was the first to see... told siti and heikel and went into kitchen... applied pressure by using tissues... in the end decided that i had to seek treatment... so off i went to TTSH with siti...

I didnt know that their outpatient treatment consultation fee of $70 included consultation fees, x-ray fees as well as any other medication and stuff... a package i would call it..

I visited an operating theatre in the hospital for the first time... somehow the operating theatre's very different from the picture i had... probably watched too much ER, SCRUBS and the many other medical dramas... the room was very spacious with the equipment all placed neatly on one side... the doctor that treated me was very pretty.. heh... Dr Michelle Lim... heh.. she's got the very American Born Chinese look... *swoons*

Anyways... i got to see her do up the stiches.. she commented that most people would choose to look away while she did stiching but then again, it's not everyday you get to see a doc stiching you up.. so why not? im not squirmism by the sight of blood anyway... and i must say it feels kinnda weird to see the needle going thru your flesh and then the doc pulling the stich thing throught the wound and closing it... got my 2 stiches but i think she didnt inject the anesthetic in the correct place cause it still hurt when the curve needle went thru my wound.. ouch.. and all she asked was, still painful? geez... thanks ah doc.. lol

Just finished chatting with grace over audio, video thingy... got to see her room in Aus and hear her voice... amazing huh... maybe i suaku lah... but wow... cool lah.. the stories she told me of how the students do their practicals there, i think our lectureres in SP would probably die if they were teaching there... 80 students to 4 Biosafety cabinets... that's seriously wrong lohz.. and considering she pays so much to study there... geez... come on back grace! haha...

Wondering what to do to pass time later... maybe continue reading my book... oooo... went to Carrefour's book clearance sale yesterday.. got myself 5 books for only $17, extremely good bargain considering that 2 of the books are by Jeffery Deaver and 1 is by Tom Clancy... the other 2 books are interesting, hope they prove to be good reads... what to do? i cant pass up a good bargain... too bad that it's too messy over there... extremely hard to go through all the books properly to find the rare finds...

gotta go.. take care all!

turion at 09:51

Thursday, August 03, 2006

[030806] Day 4 of Work Marathon

The end of a very long day in my 1 week work marathon... been working at both TCC Atrium and TCC Bugis... My schedule for this week is superbly planned, resulting in possibly the longest hours a part timer will ever get... Siti calls me AT's full time part-timer. Came back from KTV yesterday morning and caught 3 and a half hours of sleep before i woke up and continued my work... life's been pretty routine to the point where i dont even bother to use the computer no more... this is the first time i've touched the computer since sunday...

Sun (30/7) 1000 - 1400 (CBJ) 1500-2300 (AT)
Mon (31/7) 1000 - 1500 (AT) 1600 - 2300 (CBJ)
Tues (1/8) 1000 - 1700 (CBJ) 1800 - 2300 (AT)
Wed (2/8) 0900 - 1700 (CBJ) 1800 - 2300 (AT)
Thurs (3/8) 1200 - 1800 (AT) 1900 - 2300 (CBJ)
Fri (4/8) 1200 - 1600 (CBJ) 1730 - 0130 (AT)
Sat (5/8) 1330 - 0130 (AT)

There you go, my entire week's schedule... after careful caculation, my total work hours for this week is 83 hours of which 27 hours are OT... even i am blown away by the stats... i wonder sometimes why do i work myself so hard.. to the point where im physically, emotionally and mentally drained and tired... the answer to that... is basically i have no answer... partly for the money... though i doubt it's a major factor.. i think the fundemental answer is that i do it to pass time... to find something to do... LQ thinks deep down im depressed... so i use work to compensate and push back the thoughts... true? who knows?

Been wanting to post up some pics of the ROD parade but i've haven got the chance to gather all the pics yet plus with work this week.. kinnda killing me slowly... and procrastination plays a role as well... possible KL outing with Yishun Kakis after national day and clan outing on the 12th to look forward to... some resemblence of normalcy in an otherwise dark and rainy life...

turion at 00:57

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