Missed that bus called LOVE!!

Preparing For A NEW Start!!!!

2005-06-11T16:54:00.000+08:00

EXAMS are finally OVER!!!!! As of Thursday afternoon 1315HR, I've handed up my exam script and am finally done with my UOL examinations as of 2005!! The smell of FREEDOM is EVER SOOO.................OHHH SWEET!!

As I was still running on the residue of the many cups of COFFEE(CAFFEINE), that had been keeping me awake through the night of studying before my last LAW paper, I went around town aimlessly, and meeting up with a friend for lunch at the weirdest of location. ALL of which, fueled by JOY and CAFFEINE. When I finally reached home, I turned ON my PC, and started playing all the games that I haven't touched for a while, till the CAFFEINE in my system was finally used up and burnt off. After which, I just went to bed and CRASHED till Friday evening 1700HRS or so. Then, it was a long awaited HEARTY meal, and since it was the Dumpling festival on the next day(a.k.a. TODAY, 11th June), the meal was simply dumplings, all 5 of them, YUM YUM!!!!!

Again, I was on my faithful PC, gaming away till the next morning!! Of course, I took a break of an hour or so for my ANIME on ARTS Central from 2300HRS to 0000HRS. Wouldn't want to MISS it again for the WORLD!!! By 0600HRS or so, my parents woke and asked me a great question,"BREAKFAST in JB??" The next few hours was food OH GLORIOUS food. I had dim sum for breakfast, and my FAVOURITE BEEF NOODLES for an early lunch, seperated with about a 2 hours shopping spree for our up-coming HOLIDAY to SHANGHAI on the coming Wednesday!!

We got back by about 1300HRS, and my day ended with a trip to the hair-stylist, it was SAYONNARA to my PONY-TAIL of 4 YEARS. Cutting it wasn't SAD or anything, I didn't feel a thing when the hair-stylist snapped it off, just that I had an unstoppable URGE to wash my hair when I got home finally at 1400HRS or so. So, as of TODAY, my PONY-TAIL is being REPLACED by a DRASTICALLY SHORT head of HAIR!!!

Mother's Day

2005-05-07T20:06:00.000+08:00

As this year's Mother's Day approaches, I'm again reminded of an event which happened the same time last year. This year's Mother's Day falls on the 8th of May, which is also my old buddy's birthday, which was also his grandmother's death annivesary. His grandmother died last year on his birthday, and 2 days later, his Mum also passed away, which was last year's Mother's Day.

Now, I'm really stuck with the problem of whether to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY or to simply just act as if I've forgotten about it ALTOGETHER??? That's because I've always wished him Happy Birthday annually on his birthday without fail, but what should I do this year???

Last year was a really BIG shock to him, and I'm not sure if he's gotten over it since??

"INUYASHA" All Over Again?

2005-04-23T01:56:00.000+08:00

I'm BACK!!! Was busy with lots of things lately; classes, revisions, outings, you name it, I'm probably doing it!! Especially STUDYING!!!

OK!!! What the HELL do people at Arts Central think we, the public ARE??? If they ran out of ANIMES to show, they can actually show the Japanese speaking version of "GUNDAM SEED", die-hard ANIMES fans would more than WELCOME THAT!!!

Are the management short on financing or simply not bothered? They don't have to go show "INUYASHA" ALL OVER AGAIN?? Repeating an ANIME they just aired less than 4 months ago on the (almost) same time-slot again? (From the 11.30P.M. time-slot previously, to the currently 11P.M. time-slot.)

Happy Lunar NEW YEAR!!

2005-02-12T23:11:00.000+08:00

Haven't blogged for a while lately. Was having a lot of dinner functions and gatherings to attend during this festive period. Met up with almost all my cousins,nephews and nieces,uncles and aunties during the few days of massive house visits,especially on the FIRST day of the LUNAR NEW YEAR.

Most of my cousins are married,which brought about the USUAL QUESTIONINGS! Where is your girlfriend(boyfriend)? When is it your turn to start giving ANG BAO? As one gets older,NEW YEAR gatherings tend to become more of a TORTURE!
Will somebody HELP ME?

Missed MY SAX!!!

2005-01-28T01:02:00.000+08:00

Was asked recently by a friend to help out at a song writing competition lately,THANKS to a last minute drop-out by the original SAXOPHONIST,I couldn't help out cause the request came a LITTLE last minute. Due to the fact that I had a previous engagement earlier for the night of the competition(which my friend,too,was being invited,but didn't attend because of the competition),I had to decline my friend's request,but actually,because I haven't(really) touched the SAXOPHONE for at least 7 years!

Due to my earlier drinking habit,I've almost totally lost my stamina for playing the SAX,along with the fact that it was only 3 days before the competition,there is NO WAY I'm gonna agree to help! 3 days for me to PRACTICE,and regain my stamina is just too short a time. By the way,my sight-reading skills are also as RUSTY as my PLAYING skills. That guy could very well lose the song writing competition,because of my POOR performance,that's too great a responsibility for me to hold!

In the end,my friend DID found another replacement SAXOPHONIST,and I heard that he was GREAT,but the song-writer/performer didn't do so well though!

P.S.:Missed the old BAND days,and my WIFE(my instrument)!!!

Passed my BASIC THEORY!!!

2005-01-24T22:09:00.000+08:00

I passed my Basic Theory Test!!! Got an SMS from my dad in the late morning,congratulating me,saying that I've passed my Basic Theory Test. I was like the FIRST person to leave the exam room on the 17th,last Monday afternoon. However, I was among the last few to leave the building,because I was waiting for my friend,Lynette,who was taking the test with me.

Yaaaaahhhhh..........,I was a GENTLEMAN,waiting for my LADY friend. And,yah! She failed her test and I passed!! So,I've gotta treat her to lunch today. After which,we went shopping for VALENTINE'S DAY,her Valentine's Day shopping to be exact. I helped her decide what to buy for her boyfriend,how to put the different presents together to reach a theme,and finally,more kiki n lala stuff for herself. Though,I was initially meeting her to buy a Valentine's Day present for someone ELSE!

Driving Licence here I come!!

2005-01-17T22:58:00.000+08:00

I took my Basic Theory Test today. I've began my first step towards the journey of getting my driver's licence. As many a WISE MEN have said,"A great journey begins with a simple(single) step." I've taken the first step towards my driver's licence,and I think I might have to take a break after this first step,cause my UOL exams are coming. Hope I don't get to packet another year again,for if this carry on,I'll probably never graduate!

I've actually put away the thought of getting my driver's licence for close to a decade now. Back in my secondary school days,I had long wanted to get my driver's licence. However,I was eyeing for a motor-cycle's licence,rather than a motor-car's licence. That's because back then,the age limit for a motor-cycle's licence was 16,not the current 18 years of age.

Sadly,my parents got into a motor-cycle's accident when I was 15,and the worst part of it,was that it happened right in front of my old block! I was SCARED shitless when my neighbour informed me that my parents were involved in a motor accident. Luckily,both my parents got out of the accident alive,with my dad more badly SCRATCHED than my mum. After that MINOR INCIDENT,my mum laid down the rules,that if I were to get a driver's licence,it can only be for motor-cars,NEVER motor-cycles!!

P.S.:The real reason why I'm finally taking my driver's licence,is that my dad just bought a new car. Also,he said that he's gonna pay for all the fees involved in getting my licence,so,I took up his offer!

MEDIACORP is at it again!!!!!

2005-01-14T01:51:00.000+08:00

I just found out today that arts CENTRAL is gonna stop showing 12 Kingdoms soon!! Although they stopped showing inuyasha at the beginning of the year,I wasn't REALLY mad about what they replaced it with,HELLSING. I'm a fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles,which also makes me a LOVER of Vampireism!

But now,they are replacing 12 Kingdoms with some stupid cartoon called STRPPERELLA or something. That's it,MEDIACORP is going suicidal on all of its channels. Singapore's public TV programmes are a goner. MONOPOLY SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.:Was just informed by WS that STRIPPERELLA will be shown on Mondays' 10.30p.m. timeslot,what a relief that's gonna be.

Is a GOOD memory a BONUS??

2005-01-13T01:57:00.000+08:00

My ex-girlfriend called me up today. At first,I thought she was inviting me to another church activity again,but I later found out from her that she was just doing a random market research(what a let down). I was supposed to attend her church's Christmas Eve's celebration at the Indoor Stadium last year,but because I was down with flu,I had to cancel(last minute). Guessed she was rather angry about it,but she was also very understanding(the reason why I fell in love with her).

We found one another again on Friendster last year,along with her,I found her younger sister,whom I knew before her! Thanks to Friendster.com,I've found a lot of old friends,and even some NEW ones! Some of my old friends were commenting about how I could still remember things about them,and it got me thinking again about things.

I remembered how I used to drown myself in drinks(anything from beer to house-pours,to the occasional red wine or port),just so that I could forget about the fact that I was no longer attached. Back then,I would be DOWNING a bottle of VODKA or BOURBON every weekend,and more than 3/4 of my pay would go to drinking. That lasted for about 3 years or so,till I started feeling a burning sensation in my liver every time I drink.

That was like the worst wake up call my body could give me! I was scared shitless back then. I then stopped the drinking sessions and started accepting the fact that I'm single all over again. There was another wake up call back then too,not from my body though,but from my exams results. I failed EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT that I attempted that year. What a DOUBLE WHAMMY!!!!!!!!!!

I'm now still an alcoholic,with my trusty liquor-bottle always in my bag,but I only go through one or two bottles of liquor a year these days. However,that's excluding the beer drinking sessions at the local neighborhood coffeeshop,alone or with friends. I still can't really QUIT though,couldn't help it. But it is definitely better than what I used to do!!!!

P.S.:Reds and Port are definitely healthier than beer and hard liquor!!! Also,it is more classy!!!

The NEW Channel U?

2005-01-08T02:45:00.000+08:00

What the FUCK are those Bastards at MEDIACORP doing? They had already closed down Channel i. That means that it is the end of those old sit-coms and late-night movies. I was really upset when I heard the news after the merger was declared. But I accepted the fact that not many people were watching Channel i. So,I stayed on Channel i on December 31st 2004 tilled it ceased transmission,just to show my support for the channel.

However,come 1st January 2005,what they did to Channel U was just too much!!!!! Apart from changing the time-slots of the News and TV-serials,they have stopped showing the usual Taiwanese variety shows on weeknights. That was the reason why most people were watching Channel U!! Is this MEDIACORP's sick LITTLE way of winning back it's viewership on Channel 8?!? By KILLING off Channel U?!?!?!?

2004

2005-01-05T13:34:00.000+08:00

MAN! The quake on the 26th of December 2004 was one of the strongest recorded on the Richter scale in recent history. What really kills wasn't the quake,but the tsunami that hits the coastal areas of the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia(namely its western coasts). Mother Nature sure can be nasty,along with her quirky way of a population control? Come to think of it,are we HUMANS so in control of our DESTINY?!

Enough with the tsunami,and let's move on to something more personal. This sure had been a shitty year. I AGAIN flop BIG time for my exams, but what's worse is that I got a BIGGER flop in terms of my LOVE-life!! Oh! Apart from that,I lost my job and is currently still unemployed. How LOW can I get?!?!

Let's get to the main point of this blog. Knew this girl in 2003 as my friend's(currently ex-friend) girlfriend. Ok guys,I know what you all are thinking right now. For the record,all I did was tell the girl that I like her,and that was like 6 months later,when my friend made me call her up to help him talk to her. He screwed up their 3rd anniversary,which also happens to fall on Christmas Eve. I only told her that I like her about a week later,after having talked on the phone with her nightly. My ex-friend eventually found out(by reading her SMS's and using her mobile to send me a SMS to see my response). After that,he called me on her mobile and confronted me,and that was the end of our friendship. Haven't talked to him since.

After that,I also stopped calling the girl,until about another 6 months later. This time round,I called her. It was because one of my friend heard that something happened to that ex-friend of mine,so I called the girl up and she started crying over the phone. After which,the REGULAR PHONE-talking began. She would call me every weekend when she's all alone at home,and I'll talk to her for hours. Eventually,we began opening up to one another and became very close friends who knows a lot of little secrets and history about one another. I also ended up coaching her for her A's that ended in November.

Then came her prom night. That was when things started going hey-wire for me. Her JC days were coming to an end,and she was about to say goodbye to a guy who had been sharing a locker with her. This was a guy whom she had been having a crush on since the beginning of their JC days. Knowing the pain that she was going through,I encouraged her to declare her love for the guy. Though they spent the whole night together(alone but mostly with friends),during and after the prom,she didn't have the guts to tell him. And so,she went home the next morning,single and unattached.

But again,she was feeling horrible for not telling him and I decided against my own INTERESTS to psycho her into SMSing the guy to declare her feelings for him. The guy replied the next day with an SMS saying that he too had feelings for her,and that he would like to meet up the following day. In the end,they met up and the guy showed her a letter that he wrote,declaring his feelings and love for her.

I felt like I was thrown from Heaven to Hell in that week,just like those victims of the tsunami. One moment,they were happily clearing up their celebration for Christmas and preparing for the on-coming New Year celebration,the next moment,they were searching the rubbles of their former homes for their love ones. Are we so in control of our lives or are we just trains traveling on this track called LIFE??

At least now,I'm still friends with that girl. To be exact,I'm her BEST friend,whom she still holds her REGULAR PHONE-talking sessions with everyday. They are soon gonna celebrate their one month anniversary together,after which,he'll be going to that sunny resort island off the coast of Changi. Yah,you guys out there knows where I'm referring to. Yup! PULAU TEKONG! Home of BMTC. He's gonna go serve our nation.

But I know,you guys gonna say that I pushed her to him,I gave her up,I have only myself to blame for this outcome. However,have you guys ever thought about it from the girl's point of view. Wouldn't she rather be with her crush,who is also interested in her? Even from my point of view, would I be happy even if we ended up together?

P.S.:Something else happened during the year to a close old buddy of mine. His grandmother whom had been living with him,passed away on his birthday. Then,2 days later,his mother also passed away from cancer,which happened to be Mother's Day. So,it seems that 2004 wasn't as bad as it seems for me compared to him. I again offer my condolences to you Bro.