Did you have yourself a merry merry christmas? hmmm....

My christmas was a little unlike the past christmases. Let's see, I didn't get my parents anything this year. Thats kinda bad I suppose. They got me an LCD monitor. Hmm.. bad boy

The bulk of my christmas eve was spent alone. haha..sounds sad sia. But it really isn't....really..... see, i went to work in the morning, up to 1pm right...and then I took a bus to Orchard. Man. Shitty traffic I tell you.. it took me 45 mins to get from my werkplace, city hall to somerset MRT station. Its a good thing I had a book with me, otherwise I'd die I tell you... The rest of the time in orchard was spent in arcades and CS'ing and walking around, looking for a present. OH YAH.. now I remember, I went to Kinokuniya to look for a book. "Rich kid, Smart kid". My friend mentioned it before, so I thought I could get it for her. BUT! its a damn book on parenting!!! so that went down the toilet faster then piss that was held back for eternity.

Yea..and then Ian showed up!! We went off to buy YinYing's pressie. Cos she got us all T-shirts.. either for Xmas or out bdays or something.. I dunno.. we got her.....Ultraman Bedroom Slippers!! Hahahahhah.. she msged us the next day saying she really liked it. Wow. Imagine my surprise.

That nite we went to Yuzhi's place.... Mahjong and boardgames. Cyril came too! wahhaha...He's like been missing for so long. I'm kinda surprised he called me. But we're all glad he came. Could kok abt old times a little :)

For gift exchange..eh!! i just realised!! Yaohui got my gift...and I got his!!!! hahaha..so qiao.. I'm sure he'll have endless hours of entertainment with my 2 mini boardgames. One is some balancing shit called Tip-it, the other is some "fit the pieces in before everything pops up" game called perfection. Both reduced to 10% the original size so that it can act as a keychain.
And I'm sure gonna enjoy his....photo frame :)


On christmas day. I went out with a friend. A good friend. 'nuff said ;)

another super long period of inactivity on this page. Mainly because there hasn't been anything BIG happening in my life lately. Juz going to werk. Coming home. Chilling occasionally.

I did get a new monitor today. After a few years of using my bro's NEC 20-inch or so monitor, I finally had to bid it goodbye. The left sides of it were getting WAY~ to fuzzy. So the parents took me out today to get me a new LCD monitor. Sweeet. So now I have a Samsung Syncmaster 151s. Its just another monitor to me, I figured a bunch of techies would be interested in telling me how I should have gotten this other monitor or something. Its a 15 inch monitor. It seems like such a step down from what i used to be looking at.

I also have been wondering how should I go about improving my miserable web skills. I mean look at this shite. Its so fucking simple. A 10-year old kid could do this.
2 and half years of Ngee Ann Polytechnic Multimedia Computing....and this is what I produce?

man..wat a failure....

wah le mak.... I change my mind liao...
boss and boss frens all very nice..ahaha..they got me a christmas present!!
Machiam shopping spree..the way boss did it. She brought me to G2000. "Nah. What you want?"
Wah le mak..... stylo sia..I got myself this $49 liver colored shirt. I just tried in on bare skin. Feels very...itchy.. looks like I'm gonna have to wear a T-shirt on the inside all the time liao ;P but its not as if I'm not already doing that....
ANYWAY.. the point is..thanks boss. and boss frens. I really didn' think you guys would get me a pressie..haha..so touched..
BUT, too bad, I can't afford to get anything for you guys ;P

P~iangz..damn tired now man.. after hunting for that handphone strap.... and after finally stopping... Peining found them... Eeesh... ah well.. Looks like I'm gonna have to get more stuff.. that strap isn't gonna be enough i think..

I think our performance today totally bombed. But it just happened that it was THE MOST amusing performance. No one else did this kind of skit thing. The other 3 teams did mainly singing. So we pretty much took the cake. Sweeeeeet. I had to wear this...pink..thing though. I think it's called a "baju melayu"?? not too sure. Its one of those malay traditional clothing correct liao la.. Pictures were taken, I wonder if I'll get a copy....

Speaking of pictures...the view from the 11th floor of the office is like..spectacular sia. Over looks the river..also over looks the building next to us..but thats a small matter.. reminds me a little bit about hong kong series.....hhaha I wanna take the camera up there sia..see if i can snap anything shioks... I think next week la.. Next few days like..no need to work full day....so no point.. I wanna take day and evening shots...hmmm...what abt tripod..wah seh..liddat a lot of shite to bring sia...muz reconsider.....

Mark flying off tmr. Bye Mark. Come back hor.

Man...its been wat?? 700 years since the last entry?? ah well..been tired..lazy..
anyway..abt the cycling shite..you can go cek out mark's site..he's got a map there.. saves me hell of a lot of trouble..

I wanna do ANOTHER revamp of this website. As soon as I get the chance...when I'm free from the Treasury. ( I know you're reading this boss...take the hint please :P )

As casually hinted above, my BOSS *might* be reading these logs...so I have to stop bitching abt werk. I have to start singing praises ;)

YAH..today at werk...I got pulled in to do some DUMB SKIT!!! Egads.. It's this Hari Raya themed thing...Its abt this multi-racial family celebrating hari raya.. But its ALSO a dang FASHION SHOW!!! kaoz..so I have to parade arnd and "strut my stuff"... piang eh~~ die liao la.. Let you guess know how it went tmr... I'll probably bomb...this isn't like 3DO man...maybe i need to get drunk 1st..........

wat else can i update u guys on...hmm....TIT BOY!!!
That other day I went to SSB with Winnie hor..then we saw this BOY WITH TITS!!! He was this overweight young gentleman. And he has two..mounds..on his chest. I mean... TITS!!! He sat of the sand crossed-legged right...and then when he bent over, his nipples could touch the sand!!! its like WHOA!!! THOSE ARE TITS!!!! His bro is on his way to be TIT BOY II i tell u...
i bet next time they play with each other..they are gonna...ahem.."play" with each other..if u catch my drift.... :P

It's a pity the SnorComments are down.. Let's all patiently wait the arrival of SnorComments 2..ok?

ok..lets chill for now...OH YAH
FOR ALL THOSE WHO WANNA GET ME X'MAS PRESSIE:: I WANT HED KANDI CDs!!! dun buy Winter Chill can liao..hahaa..
like THATS gonna werk :)

totall exhausted...but totally satisfied..
This is the kinda of stuff that makes me glad to be alive and healthy.
Basically. Today we cycled.
Clementi -> West Coast
Nothing really special about this part of the journey. I had to change the rear tyres...thats like the Ultimate hilite for this part.. I hate the guy at the bike shop. I guess u get wat u pay for....he's cheap. But he gives you service with a frown. Like he ain't too pleased that you looked for him for all your biking needs. Trust me. If he weren't the only bike shop in the area, i'd stay REAL far away from him. Wank

West Coast -> 1st Pitstop
heheh..the 1st pitstop was the esso over at holland village.COS our goood fren zhijie say muz stop at every petrol station..for water break and water refill.....wah..i damn tired liao...tmr then cont......

It's been a long time sia. Today was a frickin' long day. I had to werk OT again. My authorware design structure screwed up. I didn't know there was a limit on the number of icons one could use. Shite. I had to stay in till almost 8 to do the corrections and it's not 100% solved yet. Egads. Tommorow will be a longer day.

Parents going overseas tomorrow. A few days all to myself in this empty house. hmmmm.... imagine the possibilities...take the most dull one..and thats probably what I'll be doing :T unless somebody wants to go plan a party. Go ahead. Lemme know if you want to use the house. I'll lend it for one nite if you'll do my laundry :)

Fwah Le Mak. Finally, its fridae. I get to sit back and chill.
Today's the fatboy slim gig. I didn't get to win any tickets. Thats just too bad :( I actually managed to get through to Carrie Chong, in the afternoon. But the problem was I was the 2nd caller and they were looking for the 10th. Which is kinda lucky too, cause the question was "Name 2 of fatboy slim's hit singles" and I don't know a single one of his new singles. I'm old skool. wahaha.. i only know Rockafella Skank and stuff like that.

I damn blardy noisy today. I dunno why. Must be all the energy that was suppressed through the whole week. I finally let it all out by making all sorts of annoying comments and observations. Heres a few.

Taka has a new shop. B2-11. Its a cool station. You know, another one of those bubble tea shops. ANYWAY, outside this shop is this stand up advert that says "NOW OPEN AT TAKASHIMAYA (B2-11) COOL STATION)..roughly thats the idea of the ad....and I'm thinking. Thats a dumb place to put that ad. Its right INFRONT of the shop. Like DUH~ its so obvious that the cool station is open and its at B2-11 because I'M STANDING RIGHT THERE!! ah well..maybe I'm just being an arse.

The other dumb thing I complained about was the Modanyaki guy at taka food court. For those who have no idea what modanyaki is, its actually Japanese Fried Noodles. Their Modanyaki with Cheese is absolutely divine. However, before the upgrading of the Taka Foodcourt. This stall was hidden in an obscure corner. Not a lot of people knew about it. Everyone would queue up for the Takopachi Balls but noone would even go near the Modanyaki. After the upgrading, the 2 stalls were put together. Now, the modanyaki gets twice the amount of business the takopachi gets.
Now my point of this story is that the guy that works there has changed. Now that the business is booming, his service attitude is different. Before he was damn friendly. But now, he's just another damn guy out to take your money from you. Ah well, business good, therefore no time to be friendly. If I ever have a business like that, I'd rather cut back on profits to provide better service. Good service is probably the best thing a consumer can get. Too bad in s'pore it was not that strongly stressed on before. Its going to be hard for the government to change such mindset.

Todays demo was a complete waste of time. Not a single user there was interested in the CBT. They all just wanted to complain about the existing system. Some even thought my proggie was a replacement to the current one. Eeesh. I got all nervous and excited for NOTHING.

Shakira sounds so....indie.....
Do all columbians sound so indie?
Whereever...whenever........then the pan flutes play. Hmm..pan flutes..maybe its not Indie afterall..I dunno..sounds Indie to me.

Right. Due to popular demand (well, its just ONE person.. but I like to please my audience) , I now have to write these posts in PROPER ENGLISH.

I had my first demo for the project at work today. That went down the toilet faster then watery shit. From the start all the way to the end, the "head" found all kinds of little problems. Things like font size not being big enough or the start up screen looking like shite. So anyway, by the end of the demo, which took about and hour or so I suppose, I had roughly 18 changes to make. Most of them were pretty simple stuff like changing a word here and there. But never the less, that was enough to keep me back till 8. Eeesh.

I had Mushroom soup with Maggi mee and rice. DO NOT TRY THAT. It sucks. Its like..really disgusting Mui Fan. Mushroom soup and Maggi Mee should be enough.

Ace Bigalow, Male Gigolo was on Star Movies today. Strange, it wasn't half as funny as I remember it being....

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fwah le mak.. fun day sia..
I lost my set of keys. Which reminds me..time to call the terminals again....nope still dun have..xian..
I find calling the bus terminals a very harrowing experience.. becuase I have to say "this morning, on bus 147, I lost my keys. Has anyone found them yet?"..in chinese...
I can do that la..budden when I hear those kan cheong uncles I get damn panic then my chinese screwed up.. I tried using english.. the uncles pass the phone around 3 times before someone understood what I said. Jiar lat. My cheena really that bad.

As for my adventure this morning...it was..uneventful. Basically, I just took the bus from work to Hougang. Found out my keys weren't there. Called Clementi. Nope. Not there either. Then I hum liao. Skali i left them on the door then how? I went home. Not there. Liao.. then go meet zhijie for lunch. Fun hor? The people at work very understanding. Nooone fug me upside down for going MIA the whole morning. Mainly cos I found out they had nothing for me to do again. Then no one fug me upside down when I told them I lost the drawer key and there were no spares. They juz said," oh. Nevermind. We'll just call the locksmith." fwah le mak. All so nice wan. Maybe cos I super temp. But they still think of me as an intern. Wierd. I like to call myself.."freelance programmer" wahhhaaha..machiam only..

so my day started at arnd 1.30. Haven't decided whether or not to OT. Probably not. Considering how there's basically nothing to do. I can be out of here in an hour. Gotta go finish up that little bit of werk that I just got.

Peace.
(I actually wrote this at the office at around 5.00..but I couldn't post it from there..so come back then post)

I'm not giving up... I'm just postponing my plans. At least this way I feel peace of mind. :)
No point pulling my hair out for something that might not even happen.

Work's almost done now.... Been a pretty busy yet relaxed day. When I was in the office, I was busy working on the proggie. More changes have been requested and I think I got most of them down working. No biggie for a pro like me :) wahaha..machiam only.. no la..all cut and paste only :P

I took ANOTHER 2 hour lunch...the difference between this and the last few is that this time my "boss" was with me. Heh.. I joined her and her buddy to go shopping for baby stuff for her cousin's kid. Kinda wierd. Babies are so delicate.. bottles must sterilize ah..baby drink milk cannot have too much air ah.. sleep muz make sure head don't rock here rock there ah... wah rao.. no wonder that cousin have "Man Yue" party. That way he can recieve all the baby products he needs as gifts.

Jiar lat sia.. dunno can finish the project in 2 weeks or not. The "boss" is taking her time to hand me info. I wish they would just give me everything in one lump. Then I can chiong and finish in 2 or 3 days. But then now I'm forced to pace myself. Eeesh. Still got that damn database shite. Dunno how to do leh....

I was wondering that my job is kinda kool actually. It sure beats the usual office data kok. This one at least got a bit of challenge. Finish liao got satisfaction AND money. Data kok only got money, like very little satisfaction.

Yesterday we went to Bhive again. I think the boss was there. His name is Jason. The Law student from the states that opened a shop in pasir panjang for NUS students. Wah Le Mak. Ou xiang. I wanna be Multimedia student that open shop for erm..someone..wahah..dunno who yet.. Maybe open the TNS project :P ALL-4-ONE delivery service. Cannot say too much about it, cos si "trade secrets" :)

Spent a whole doing nothing at the office. What fun.
Nurrah is here too. She starts her IA today. What a surprise. Shite man. If only I were working here instead. All she has to do is a revamp of some government website.
Sounds familiar.....

aii..hungry sia..had 2 sticks of soft sotong,1 curry puff and 6 mcdonald's nuggets.

I want dinner NOW.

Heres a good one over at emode.com
Am I a pessimist or an optimist?
Well, everything's not quite roses and teddy bears for you, but you do tend to look on the bright side of life (we can hear those Monty Python boys whistling right now...). Sure, you sometimes bitch and moan about your problems (who doesn't?), but deep down you're pretty sure that everything will eventually turn out fine. When the weather man says it's going to be sunny, you leave your umbrella at home. In general, you like to be around people, and you try to make new friends when you can. You do your best to take things at face value, rather than making mountains out of molehills. Basically, the world is sort of like a big coconut to you: tough and hairy on the outside, but, when you get down into it, there's good stuff inside.

Fucked up weather. A perfectly good day completely ruined thanks to the fucked up rain. Thanks a lot. It would have been a perfect lazy day at the beach. A chance to get a kwik tan as well as just to sit back and let my mind wonder. That way it won't be so screwed up. Thanks again.

Well...Zhijie must REALLY be pleased with his present. I know I would be pleased as punch if I got what we got him. Just don't think his mom would think the same....

Its amazing how amazing one cup of coffee/milo can keep one up the whole night. Its also amazing how the right company works so much better.

Sometimes I wonder, if its worth it
whether I should give up, on something that hasn't even started.
Then when I see that nothing has changed.
Why should I even bother?

Why should I keep on waiting, for a message that may never arrive?
Why should I keep on waiting, for a ride that may not even last?
Why should I keep on waiting, for someone that is so far away?
Why should I keep on waiting, for an ending that will never happen?

boku wa baka da kara

I'm no poet.