Bahhh

Its been so long since i last updated this blog...

BLOGSPOT is still so slow !!!... We are talking about the GIGABIT age here... yet i still takes ages to load this silly blog page... Arrggghhhh..

Enough of complaints.... its been a pretty decent few months... got a new job.. @ RZB (An Austrian Bank). Lifes been pretty good... been put in-charge of a couple of projects... some already put 'LIVE'... and currently developing a software system for my accounting department.

Looking forward to learning more stuff...

Been able to meet up with some of my S10 friends from JC... Hansiong, Peixin, Jeff... and the lot. Somehow... it seemed like yesterday that we were goofing around in the study areas of our school.. and now, with a wink of an eye, its been 10 LONG years !!!

How i missed those carefree times. Now, with this new found responsibility called "WORK".... so many of us are tied down from mon-fri... having the weekends to recharge only to find ourselves entering that vicious cycle on the following monday.... Thankfully... i have not suffered any burn out thus far... *Unlike my previous job.

Ok.... enough of this random entry.. i will try to update when i feel like it.. :)

Army !!!

Its been awhile since i updated my blog...

Just wanna share some news about my life... My brother was recently enlisted into the ARMY !!.. Yes.. SAF... BMTC... TEKONG...

It seems awefully weird that the little "Baby" of the family is approaching manhood... and finally have to go through this rite of passage for every singaporean male.

Somehow the house seems just a little bit empty without his presence... it just made me realise that every member of the family is so important... how would this family be without my dad, my mom,... my brothers... i shudder at the thought....

It has been almost close to 4days since he was enlisted... my mom was especially worried for him... considering the fact that the past few days have been chilly and wet. She being the worry-wart that she is.. kept blaming herself for not giving him vitamin C tablets and preparing an extra set of blanket !!

The worry was made worse when justin called home and sounded like he was down with the FLU!!.. oh dear !!! going through BMT with flu is really no joke... the MOs dont give a damn if you have flu... and i guess you are expected to carry out the normal training as per normal... Thankfully,... with some prayers, my bro sounded better the following day.... he even took a dig at the food we have at the kopitiam... saying .. SAF Food is so much better !!! hehe...

Anyway... i hope for him to be able to book out soon... :)

Thats all for now...

Long Overdue... Holiday In Phuket

It has been a while since my family ( The entire 5 of us ) are able to spend some time together for a nice holiday. I would say this is not your typical overseas holiday were we usually spend the bulk of our time sight-seeing, shopping, etc. Instead, Club Med allowed us to slow down our fast paced lives, take the foot off the pedal and enjoy the life that god has given us.

Day1: We arrived at Changi airport in 2 separate taxis !! yea... my dad forgot to book a Maxi-Cab (There are 5 of us- No way an ordinary taxi will take so many). So we arrived at the airport, had Burger king for breakfast and waited for the 8am flight. To be honest, its been a while since i've been to Changi airport and i guess it never fails to impress me. I was very impressed with the numerous eating places, entertainment zones (They had free XBOX booths for kids) and even the armenities.

The plane trip was annoying to say the least... there were a couple of kids directly behind our seats. They were making so much noise !!! Especially during landing... thankfully the flight only lasted 1 and a half hours.

Finally, we arrived at Phuket airport... and so began our journey of enjoyment / relaxation.

Okay... i will just kinda summarise everything we did... because i guess its too long to describe everything.. and i'm kinda lazy too.. haha..

We spent the bulk of our time relaxing at the pool, playing archery and tennis... i always enjoy doing such stuff with my family... especially my bros n dad... i am not too sure if my mom enjoyed as much... because she was spending most of the time avoiding the sun ( which in Phuket, is STRONG as hell ). haha... Anyway.. here are some pictures i took.

Beautiful staff of club med

My Family

Outside Phuket airport

The BEACH

Outside a MCDonalds in Phuket..

MY COMPUTER !!!

I dont usually whine about the stuff i own... but this computer was a recent acquisition gone wrong...

I have NO-FREAKING-IDEA why its konking out on me...

It all started with some weird noises ... then it consistently went into a BLUE screen...

I narrowed the problem down to the motherboard / CPU... went to CORBELL (MSI's distributor) but the techie said there was no problem with the hardware...

FUCK !!!... so i came back... decided it was the RAMs and brought the pair down... they tested it... and said it was error-free... but i was persistent and insisted to have a new pair.. so he replaced the old RAMs with a new pair...

I was relieved that the horror of having to fix my DAMN computer was finally over when... LO and BEHOLD... this piece of junk is more unpredictable than the weather... sometimes i loads just fine... while the next time,... it just stalls on the "LOADING WINDOWS" screen...

GRRR... i am so damn frustrated.... frustrated with all the time and effort spent on fixing it... and not finding the root of the problem... frustrated at spending 1.3K for this piece of crap.

Sigh... i just needed to let off some steam....

Deco's Miraculous Recovery... Chelsea Awesome !!!


Heres a funny clip i found on youtube...

Man.. Chelsea 2-2 Barca...

Barcelona tried to use rough-house tactics to wind up chelsea players... as you can see from all the play-acting and diving.. i must admit i hated it when drogba was doing it last season... but nothing beats barcelona...

Finally Met Up With Kah Wai !!!

Yeah... Finally decided to drop my bad habit of procastination and meet up with kah wai... @ Marina Sq

We had a nice meal at Swensens....

I realised that the quality of their food has improved tremendously !

We both ordered set-meals... and i was pleasantly surprised that my fish meniure actually had fresh salad (Not the typical cole-slaw or garden lettuce). Yes... it actually had some arugala and the vinegrette dressing was delicious...

The meal came with 2 fillets of catfish, a side salad, a cup-cake and some fries... needless to say, i over-ordered... (I ordered an extra portion of fries and the meal came with soup + yogurt shake)...

We had a nice chat over stuff that happened recently,.. especially about SOCCER!!! ... haha...Good to know that he is doing pretty okay...

Finally, we had a fun time with a game of pool... haha... i must say playing pool with kahwai and ys is fun + relaxing.. :D

Hope to meet up again soon... Ciaozzzzz

Rain !!!

Finally,... As if god looked down on tiny singapore, pitying us for having a PSI of around 100 for about a week, and opened the floodgates of rain.

For almost 3 consecutive days,... Bishan / Singapore experienced RAIN!!! Thank GOD!!

The rain really brought a much needed relief from the haze situation affecting the region. I must say it is a refreshing change to finally be able to wake up in the morning and see the opposite block of flats.

Also, the haze has affected my exercise routine of at least running 2-3 times a week. Since the haze, i have only been able to run once a week... running in the haze, some people say, is as good as smoking 1-2 packs of cigarettes!!!

Nothing much going on in my life at the moment,... everything is moving so slowly,... time is coming to a standstill... everything is becoming routine... I need to do something... But my mind is weak... my body is lazy... haha... Perhaps another day... Procrastination sets in... Poofzzz...

Anyway,... Heres a shout out to all who are having exam blues...

Hang in there guys !!!

Cousins, Sihao, Jeremy, Jon, Sijia...

And my bros... (If ur reading this). All the best in ur prep for the exams !!! :)

Have faith,... do ur best,... and god will do the rest.. (My philosophy) hahaha....