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turion at 16:10

[251206] Lonesome, boring holiday

Merry xmas y'all for those who celebrate this holiday anyways... from what i gather, not many of you do... but for those that do, are you even aware of the actual significance of Christmas itself? To celebrate the birth of Jesus of course! duh! hate to burst your bubble but Jesus wasnt exactly born on dec 25th...

"Christmas Day falls on December 25. It is preceded by Christmas Eve on December 24, and in some countries is followed by Boxing Day on December 26. Some Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas on January 7, which corresponds to December 25 on the Julian calendar. December 25 as a birthdate for Jesus is merely traditional, and is not widely considered to be his actual date of birth." - as quoted on Wikipedia

Ah.. so now you know... to some historians, Christmas was used by the Church to convert pagans who celebrated Winter solstice but hey, in this modern day and age, christmas is just another holiday, a great excuse for friends to meet up, throw parties and buy gifts...

Xmas eve was spent walking around Vivocity as I accompanied Redfox to work... he promptly left for St. James Park Power Station while i continued on exploring vivocity... it's HUGE! and that's why i felt kinnda disappointed and annoyed at the poor signs depicting stores, restrooms and the like... no wonder it's spending another $1.1 million dollars to revamp its signs and restrooms... unlike other shopping establishments where the restrooms seem to be always in the cleanest condition, vivo's restrooms were pitiful to say the least...

walked around the first floor... went thru the addidas concept shop and Levi's and still cant find anything that would be suited for a birthday gift for a friend... and so the quest continued onwards to the second floor.. i've heard from friends how confusing it is to walk around vivo and i had a taste of it yesterday with the building hardly being symmetrical, it's little wonder people get disorientated easily... and the walkway on the second level was a bit too narrow for my liking considering the throng of humanity present yesterday... there's a huge bookstore there... right up there with the big boys - Borders & Kinokuniya

Came across 2 interesting restraunts yesterday... Canivore - offers buffet lunches at $19 and from the menu, it looks highly promising... Modestos - offering authentic Italian oven baked pizzas and Italian pastas... will be looking to try these two places sooner than later i hope... i met blackie soon after then walked around somemore before deciding to head back... vivo in the end wasnt worth all the hype... it's just another mall.. he headed on to meet JJ and Joey while i decided to do the right thing... head on home... i've enough of Music Heritage... i wasnt going to MH for the 3rd consecutive weekend...

Next week's gonna be another longweekend, oops.. should be this week... hmmm.. looking forward to Gracie's bday gathering... should be a blast... another class gathering... as 2006 draws to an end, and 2007 looms just above the horizon, let's all take a moment and reflect on this year shall we?

turion at 15:30

Saturday, December 23, 2006

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turion at 23:31

[231206] Counting down to Xmas

only 2 more days to Christmas... a day of immense significance to some... a public holiday to others but to me, it's just like any other day... it's yet another excuse for people to spend money on gifts for their loved ones, friends and family... another excuse for clubs to hold an exclusive event for the party goers and party animals... but hey, everyone enjoys christmas...

had lunch with win and sham earlier on and caught up on our lives of late... How's life? was the question of the day... win has 3 more semesters before graduating, sham's still lingering around with her CNB idea seemingly stalling... and as for the rest of the gang... it's so hard to get hold of them these days it seems... i begged off win and sham's notion of me following them down to Raffles Place to attend the Mango Warehouse sale... erm.. would be kinnda weird for me to head down there.. improperly dressed & not to mention the fact im male.. and would probably die from boredom if i had accompanied the gals to the sale...

Christmas season means only one thing... packed football action from the Premiership... kinnda sad about it... if it wasnt for NS, i would have been flying off on the 29th to catch Newcastle Utd take on Manchester Utd on new year's day at St. James Park... darn darn darn... damn it... feeling so helpless with the prize still unclaimed... only hoping against all hopes that i would be able to succesfully apply for leave during March to go for the trip... most likely catching Newcastle Utd against either Arsenal or Chelsea at St. James Park...

A merry Christmas to all who visits my blog regularly to read about my mundane life... cheers... may the holiday season bring you all much joy and fulfillment...

Dishwalla - Angels or Devils

this is the last time
that I'm ever gonna come here tonight
this is the last time - I will fall
into a place that fails us all - inside

I can see the pain in you
I can see the love in you
but fighting all the demons will take time
it will take time

the angels they burn inside for us
are we ever
are we ever gonna learn to fly
the devils they burn inside of us
are we ever gonna come back down
come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

this is the last time
that I'm ever gonna give in tonight
are there angels or devils crawling here?
I just want to know what blurs and what is clear - to see

still I can see the pain in you
and I can see the love in you
and fighting all the demons will take time
it will take time

the angels they burn inside for us
are we ever
are we ever gonna learn to fly
the devils they burn inside of us
are we ever gonna come back down - come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could break us

if I was to give in - give it up-
and then
take a breath - make it deep
cause it might be the last one you get
be the last one
that could make us cold
you know that they could make us cold
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

turion at 18:16

Saturday, December 16, 2006

[161206] Broken

1st week has passed successfully 'cept for the minor glitch... guess he's too uptight about everything but he's getting the heat from the top so it's only inevitable that the heat passes down as well... but all in all, an okay week... not much adjustment needed to be made on my part...

The role of an instructor and the role of a Cadet Inspector... many similarities i would say but as an instructor serving in the National Service, you're are placed under the command of regulars who are more easily uptight, as compared to being under the command of volunteers/teachers when u're a CI... oh well.. 1st week down, 10 more weeks til POP and the end of my first intake...

Heading down to Derrick's Bday celebration later.. hope that the guys turn up so we can at least catch up.. been almost 2 years since i last saw some of the guys...

Seether Feat Amy Lee - Broken

I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome
And I don’t feel right when you’re gone away
You've gone away, you don't feel me anymore

The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There’s so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open
And I don’t feel like I am strong enough
‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome
And I don’t feel right when you’re gone away

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m open
And I don’t feel like I am strong enough
‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome
And I don’t feel right when you’re gone away

‘Cause I’m broken when I’m lonesome
And I don’t feel right when you’re gone
You've gone away, you don't feel me anymore

turion at 10:08

Friday, December 15, 2006

turion at 22:43

Sunday, December 10, 2006

[101206] drink, drank, drunk

contrary to the title, i didnt get drunk... nope, not now, not ever... i know my own limits when it comes to drinking and getting drunk is one of the worldly experiences that i dont mind not experiencing in this lifetime or any lifetime for that matter...

Yep... slacked the whole day before being alerted to possible night out with the gang for drinks at our newest hangout place... Music Heritage... yep.. that place again... perhaps it's opened by JJ's friend or perhaps of the friendly waitresses there but yep, it's the latest chill out hotspot... just came out of the house, recieved message - Yo, 2nite cancelled

SIANZ...

but recieved a call asking about possibility of catching the Manchester Derby... since all dressed to hit town, why not? in the end, waited for over 1 and a half hours for the 2 'ladies' to actually meet up... yep.. many many people... all 3 of us... me, JJ & Blackie... Cindy & lulu apparently became pilots at the last minute and flew aeroplanes.. oh well... headed down and surprise surprise, a bottle of martell was ordered... guess they're growing out of the vodka these days...

introductions were made as the waitresses came and went.. guess they pretty much know most of the staff working there... friendly and outgoing gals i guess... hey, then again, it's part of their job scopes so cant really say much about that... good service though.. friendly, on the ball... 2 thumbs up for the gals at Music Heritage...

Newcastle just recorded another victory.. looks like we're turning a corner for this season... some simple stats from tonight's game to throw up for those of you who understand...

1st time Alan Shearer's name not appearing in the squadlist on either side
2nd brace this season for Martins
3rd straight premiership victory
4th premiership goal this season for Oba Martins
6th goals in all competitions for Martins thus far
8th match unbeaten in premiership
12th match unbeated in all competitions
14th place after today's match

A great week indeed... im dreaming of a black N white Xmas

HOWAY THE LADS!

turion at 01:05

Saturday, December 09, 2006

[091206] A great week

As the title of the post suggests, this week has been an extremely enjoyable and relaxing week... capped off with a nice BBQ with the other instructors, lotsa food, jokes and fun all around... good bunch of lads to work with... kinnda looking forward to the 102nd intake coming in next tuesday... my first intake, lotsa things to learn and experience...

Basically slacked my way throughout the week seeing that our 'governement' at A Coy were all on leave this week practically leaving us solely in charge.. heh... after daily maintenance, a round of monopoly or a movie before leaving for breakfast before going back to the office to slack some more... haha.. movies, games, board games... that's what occupied us instructors this entire week... such a tough, physically and mentally demanding job but hey, someone has gotta do it right? lol

Booked out on thursday to meet up with Grace, xiao mei, xiao pei and helmut for KBox at Cineleisure... had an extremely enjoyable session as usual... especially with the price.. $24 for Kbuffet, all you can eat plus around 3.5 hrs of singing... great deal all round and the food wasnt that bad as well.. the mushroom soup was particularly satisfying as i drank it... hot, steaming richness into my shivering and cold self... walked around orchard after to look at this year's chirstmas decor which we all concluded wasnt that really well done up even though it's the longest stretch of christmas decor ever... ah... they must have forgotten the basic logic of quality over quantity.. tsk tsk... but kudos to them, nice effort though...

3 more days til enlistment day for 102nd intake PTP
Who dares win, ALPHA!

周杰伦 - 黑色毛衣

一件黑色毛衣
两个人的回忆
雨过之后更难忘记忘记
我还爱你你
不用在意流泪
也只想刚好合意
我早已经待在谷底
我知道不能再留住你
也知道不能没有孤寂
感激你让我拥有缺点的美丽
看着那白色的蜻蜓
在空中忘了前进
还能不能重新编织
脑海中起毛球的记忆
再说我爱你
可能雨也不会停
黑色毛衣
藏在那里
就让回忆
永远停在那里

turion at 12:57

Sunday, December 03, 2006

[031206] Shopping spree

Im poorer by $400 after an afternoon out... but before jumping to conclusions, let me clarify first... i didnt go on a $400 shopping spree... 1/4 was spent on my handphone and internet bills... kinnda heart wrenching right now when i think of it... but nonetheless, im satisfied with the items i've purchased...

I would say i seldom indulge myself in shopping for new clothing but i desperately needed jeans as most of my jeans arent really fitting no more after losing so much weight over the past year and thus compelled me to this little excurison into town this fine sunday afternoon...

Met up with Vince to conclude the deal on a NUFC jersey that he grew out of and so happened that it fit perfectly much to my own delight as I happily paid the $40 to Vince for third hand shirt that was

a) extremely hard to find these days &

b) still in very good condition

Decided to hang around while waiting for Black to join me but he cancelled last minute as he was too shagged out after his morning soccer session, met up with redfox instead after his grueling 42km Standard Chartered marathon... nice finisher's addidas tshirt which was practically worn by every other person around the general vincinity of City hall and raffles city...

He waited around as i sought out my jeans... where else but at Levi's... tried on 2 pairs, decided quickly that i wouldnt mind the promotional offer of 50% off on a Levi's engineered jeans along with a nice tshirt... all in all, finished everything in around 20 minutes or so... somehow, i swear by a few brand names when it comes to clothing articles... Levi's & addidas are 2 such examples... i've friends who swear by nike and nothing else in terms of sporting brands... no addidas, reebok or puma, only Nike will do for him... i guess all of us have a few special brands that are close to our hearts...

Digged up an old picture i had stored somewhere from an old email titled "Women as explained by engineers"... really explained easily how generally the males differ from females when intending to buy something... Im a typical, know what to buy, go into shop and buy it kindda of guy so somehow it always amuses me when i accompany gals on a shopping trip... endless walking in and out of shops countless trying ons of clothing... oh well.. cant help it i guess.. perhaps it's embedded within our genes...

Talked with redfox about the experience of the marathon itself and it got me kinnda interested in joining the Standard Chartered marathon next year as well... gotta start training as the event nears next year, i guess but with so much free time during weekdays when i stay in, i dont envision any major problems to it... hmmm... something to ponder over the next year or so...

Reason 310385: because i want to feel the burn, the pain and the agony... bring on the pain...

turion at 17:23

[031206] Our cliques that click

It's been a long time since i've last updated... seems between every period of consistent updating would be followed by a stagnant period. Guess the lazy blogger syndrome decided to rear its ugly head yet again...

Spent the first week officially as an instructor back at BRTC, basic routine of daily maintenance and helping out the admin guys if they require help... otherwise, would be just slacking around, reading or playing board games... main thing is to just pass time... had 2 days of 'training' so called... our 'instructor course' so to speak... mainly lectures, a team building session and an extremely insightful Neuro-Linguistic Programming course... kinnda really starting to get the idea of how screwed up BRTC really is... through the course review conducted by one of the coy OC... in the end, the course review turned out or should i say slipped into more of a shooting and complaining session.. really messy and counter productive and of course did nothing to address the main issue of course review...

walked around town last saturday as i had some buffer time before watching Happy feet.... went around looking at jeans as i really need at least a new pair of jeans seeing how i've been more or less been wearing the same pair over and over again these days... managed to pick up a bargain on books as i finally managed to get my hands on Mario Puzo's The Godfather... plus managed to get The Sicilian and The Last Don also by Mario Puzo for only $26.70... extremely pleased with the bargain price... Finished The Godfather and The Sicilian during the days spent in camp, now reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova courtesy of Firrdaus... found a couple of book worms amongst the instructors as well...

Went to a pub yesterday night with JJ, Cindy, Blackie, Redfox, Meiting... & lulu who had to leave early after barely sitting down with us for 15 minutes... quite a cool and neat place to chill, Music Heritage @ Boatquay owned by a friend of a friend of JJ's... had my first taste of Martell... pleasantly surprised at how it tasted... quite smooth and aint really that strong or overpowering in taste... quite nice actually... decided to head on home as they decided to go clubbing but had to detour back to send cindy as she was feeling slightly off... sent her back and took a cab back and crashed at 0300 hrs...

Slept all the way til 1200++, been such a long time since i've had such a satisfying and undisturbed night's rest... Grace and Helmut are back in Singapore after finishing their semesters in their respective uni in Australia. Original plan was to meet up at Serangoon mrt at 1700 hrs but i left home only ard 1630 hrs... heh mainly due to the fact that i forgot about the time as i played FM07, yep... it's that addictive... it has that kind of power over a mortal... im a slave to FM07, not completely but almost... haha...

pleasantly surprised yet again that the small gathering turned out to be a large one as celine, amy, big Grace, pei xuan, jade, hui zhen, nicky and cui xia all turned up to meet up with our long lost Gracie and helmut freshly returned from down under... headed over to Gracie's place for Krispy Kreme... supposedly a very famous brand of donuts in Sydney... people buy 6-8 boxes of donuts at a time supposedly... didnt know Australians had such a thing for donuts... to be honest.... it was a little too sweet for my liking.. ermm... actually, it's freaking sweet... sugar overload... hope i wont become diabetic because of the donuts earlier on.. but thanks gracie anyways for the donuts... that flew all the way from down under...

had a grand tour of her place followed by tcss in her attic... yep, her place had a sort of attic that's like a chill out place... coolness... if i was you, grace, i seriously would have fought tooth and nail for the attic to be my bedroom... man, it's HUGE! Headed down to chomp chomp for a sumptous meal of BBQ stingray, sambal kang kong and various assortments of delightful dishes... bet that they dont serve dishes like that down under, do they? heh... singaporeans still know best when it comes to makan... and what the hell is singapore noodles??? geez... we have fish ball noodles, wantan noodles but singapore noodles? But i think you better not break them aussies hearts by telling them that the Singapore noodles they enjoy so much down under dont really exist back here...

even after so many months... been almost five months... nothing seems to have changed with everybody except for miss helmut... with her/his hair... lol... man, get a haircut already... it seems nothing has changed... everyone fell easily into conversation and good natured joking and teasing... grace, bet you're glad you're back home arent ya? they dont make you laugh like how we do it here back home do they? once again, it never fails to amaze me how despite us all having cliques of our own... our cliques all click.. yep... and im thankful... cliques that click... remember that always... cheers...

turion at 01:00

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