i'm blogging alot lately... n i really mean ALOT...
yep, guess it truly helps me rmb stuff... my memory really sux... n i really mean it SUX... ah... tt's seems so vulgar... nvm... hiyo, now i dont even rmb how i was like in sec sch... not to mention tt when i was lookg at my primary sch class photo, i dont recognise some of dem even though we were in the same class from p1-4... yucks! my memory sux!
in the future, i can at least read my blog to noe wat went on in my life... the feeling wld b much better than now when i try to recall stuff but my mind is blank... wah, the system better not get cocked up (hmm... i'm getting really vulgar nowadays) n delete all my posts lorz... argh, *cross my fingers*
anyway, yep, dere was s09 bbq at gerard's place at lentor green yest n stayover at xinyu's opp nyjc. hmm... ended up only xinyu, justine, pam n me stayover. but it was not bad coz we gotta talk alot. n i got to noe lotsa things, tt i didnt noe. hmphz... y do ppl hv to b so complicated... somethings dey said really kindda freaked me out... its like me n pam's basic view of ppl r totally opposites. pam thinks every1 will definitely hv this complicated side... but i think ppl r simple. its not like i'm really innocent, of course i do get cynical sometimes, wait let me check the meaning to see if it means wat i wanna mean... yah, sort of.. or mayb its sceptical... hiya, i cant express myself properly... but its like, make ur life happier rite... dere's already like no pt in living, okay, dont tink abt dis thingy... anyway, so since i m alive, y not make myself happy n tink tt every1's simple... but after wat dey said abt ppl whom i thot r simple like sandra, nic, cheryl, estelle, its like getting really scary... okay, anyway, thx to my lousy memory, i'll forget abt dis soon... so my lousy memory doesnt really cause much harm to me... other than academically...
aiya... i forgot wat i wanted to sae... er... kz... nvm... shall blog abt wat happened.
yep, the gals, okay, shall list every1 to help my future rmbg. yuxian, estelle, yuqing, justine, cheryl. n soon after pam joined us. ya, they were preparg the food, i was kindda just hanging ard, den oso tried to help where possible. the guys, kangqi, edwin, serjing, yucheng were trying to set up the bbq pit. gerard was veri busy wif everythin. lionel was probably slackg ard, didnt really notice but i tink it was so. hahaz. but he helped us chop up the corn. not bad. hmm... we were trying to find the chopping board n a suitable knife. dont noe y dey were so freaked out abt the chopper. its so much less complicated than humans n definitely cant b more terrifying than those insects, esp flying ones. n its not like some mad person is holdg it. dey seems to like to complicate matters... y cant just keep it simple... oh ya, justine was so funny... trying to save foil... hahaz... den dey were trying to model delifrance n cut a cross... hiyo... really complicate matters man...
i think 4/10 really rox. i rmb our last bbq, ha i rmb! kz, anyway, dey just got things done simple n fast n gd. n we finished all the food in like 2+hours after starting the fire. when dere r things to b done, ppl just do their part. even not veri initiative ppl like me, when u see ppl doing thing, u will just help but, oh ya, actually i didnt notice this, it was xinyu n justine who brought it up then i realised it was actually lidda. ya, but s09, actually, its the main clique, (ya, i oso found out tt the prob is only the main clique. not between me, loner, n the class) is like just tok n tok n tok... during the clearing up period.
oh shucks... my hair loss problem is getting real serious. my once so thick hair is becoming so pathetic... help!!!
anyway... hiya, blog so much... dont really feel like blogging liaoz... but hv to... otherwise will forget...kz.. force myself... hahaz, kindda siaoz...
hiya, but i'm super tired now... esp. after dinner... n i didnt really slp just now... we toked till abt 5.30am den they said slp n slpt till almost 10am. but i was awake most of the time... too cold...
yay!!! i finally get to dld songs again!! hv been trying to find a not that dangerous server to dld but veri scared. now can dld again! just dlded a song. nice feeling :)
hahaz, think i'm side-tracking alot...
kz... anyway... shall go back to the after preparing food part. ya, den we went to the playgrd. hmm... just didnt really feel like playing... ya, my 'usual' self... stong... hmphz...
every1 wanted to play the swing... every1 else came... sandra, xinyu, nicholas, christopher, huijuan, ya, lc oso...
den it was bbq time... den every1 wanted to watch love actually... hmm, i realised tt subsequently, i really dont find things as nice as the 1st time when i really think its nice. i had thot love actually was really a veri sweet cute movie n dey had under-rated it, but when i watched it wif the class, it was just okay... n i found it kinda long, probably oso coz of how i was sitting... on a table wif my legs hanging in the air... coz it was like 10+ppl squashed in a small study rm staring at a computer monitor. i wasnt tt eager to watch but all the gals were watching so it wld b too weird for me to stay behind with the rest of the guys...
oh ya, i was right between a triangle relationship. hahaz. like an extra light bulb... lionel n yuqing were wif each other behind me, n nic was in front... so... can like sense tt nic was super jealous... aiyo... still didnt wanna admit to me on wed tt he likes yq...
by the time we were done watching, it was already so much time wasted... n there was soooooo much food left. we packed the chicken wings up n were supposed to play zong ji mi ma to clear the rest of the food while some of the gals were doing the washings. but like i was saying earlier, dey were just tokg among themselves. i was like sitting dere, kept wanting to ask them to help eat but didnt dare. den finally, after justine tried a few times, serjing, edwin, kq etc finally helped. hmm... when we go out n eat, they really eat so much but when it comes to bbq food, it's much less. rmb orientation bbq every1 oso ate veri little, n we wasted loads. hmm, history repeats itself??
den we celebrated lionel's bdae. oh ya, edwin kept trying to film every1 wif kq's video (kq's really a true blue rich kid). den when ppl wanna film him, he paiseh... aiyo... den we took class photo b4 the main clique zaoed without takg any food lorz... so left only edwin, kq, serjing, gerard, pam, xinyu, justine n me, ie those who were initially supposed to stayover. den my mom called n we toked for like wat 11+mins!? haiz.. y lidda... she was worried... but i already told her... i really dont uds lorz... its like i'm at my friends' house which is like a hundred times safer than being outside yet she's even more worried den like after performances like sec2 arts fest when i had to go home all alone at like 11+pm/12+am... hiyo... really dont uds... plus its like now i m so much older... n its not like she dont noe tt i'm not the kind tt goes watever pubg crap n lie abt it...
den finally when we ended the call n i joined the rest of them, i was kinda dazed... n when dey asked me abt wat happened, i nearly cried. told dem mom wanted me to go home. but actually she's just worried n want sum1 to call her. den suddenly end up all the guys not staying-over... was like veri surprised. but xinyu said she already expected it. wah, really psychologist lor. she said she knew kq wont go one, den serjing is like anythin
xinyu's p5 sis was slackg when we got dere at like 12+am. hahaz. didnt expect a p5 girl to b up alone so late. both parents overseas. anyway, we took turns to bathe. pam took super long. hahaz, so me who shld b long become short comparatively. justine n xinyu were takg turns chatting to edwin n gerard on msn.
den we just sat/lie on xinyu's beds n toked. dey were tokg mostly la. den i was listening. ya... got to noe abt lotsa stuff. ya. like dey already observed the clique prob since like orientation. the main clique just sticks 2gether, n when we hv class outings, hoping to hv class bondg, its just the main clique bonding stronger n stronger. ya, tt's wat xy n jus said. den i said thot dey oso tok to the guys ma, but xy sae is only edwin tt sae can tok to so its ok for edwin to brin xy in but rather difficult for like the 4 of dem to get in too. n gerard is like only in class sit nxt 2 dem so tok more but other den tt, not much. oh ya, n xinyu noes abt 7pairs (guy likes gal) in our class. 5 r known : nic likes yq, lionel too, ya, my prob..., yucheng likes huijuan, n huiyang likes estelle. den the other 2 r secrets... which means i dont noe... aiyo...
den dere was dis lizard which totally freaked xinyu out. n justine was like tokg abt all the snakes in her hse n nearby coz she lives near macritchie... n it was like xinyu's screaming was freakg me out more than the lizard is... lucky xinyu's maid settled the prob.
we slpt at like 5.30am. i didnt want to slp. but dey were tired n we hadnt much to do. but i didnt slp much either. it was cold. wah, luckily i was wearing jeans man. hmm... everytime slp out, i dont slp well coz of aircon... like band camp n sec4 camp.
den dey woke up at almost 10am. i was already awake at like 8.45am when xy's alarm clock rang. den i was waiting for them to get up till i was tinkg of askg them to get up but i didnt dare, coz kindda bad... so i was just lying dere, praying for dem to get up, n changing my lying posture repeatedly... den finally xy got up n switched on the comp to check posting results. ya, the four of us, 8-pters, all nj. expected. but still checked. den xy n jus were contacting all their friens n msning our classmates too.
hmm, alot of ppl gg... 11... more den expected sia... yucheng was one of the most shocking ones, b4 mabel msged me abt andrew n i was totally shocked. some more he's overseas sia. but junhao said he's calling shuhui from phuket... edwin, kq n ying posted to acjc. but ying trying to appeal. hj to hc. yq to rj. hc to aj. chris gg overseas. duan ran to university. huitian to fmaths. n tt pam ar, considering changing to bio oso nvr tell me at all lorz...
den we had garlic bread n cooked frozen roti prata for breakfast b4 leaving at abt nn.
den i went home b4 gg wif mom to the maid agency to see the maid tt mom wanna hire for ah ma. there's communication prob but the agency ppl kept promoting her. hmm, so in the end mom hired her.
hahaz, i tink i'm really truly crappy... waste so much time... hahaz.. siaoz... guess i'm the only 'siao cha bo' to blog this much
anyway, i'm tokg to estelle now. 1st time tokg to her online. oh ya, she just got the rite word to describe my r/nship wif lc now. awkard. hmm, dont noe y xy n jus sae like cant tok to her leh. quite ok wat.
oso tokg to zhinvee. quite ok to tok to him too.
the most recent wed 1st time tok to nic. he's always like a kid lidda. hahaz. just now still sae he mature. hahaz
wishing; 3/21/2004 01:38:00 AM
Have Read
'04 year-end holidays (highest number of books read in a long time)
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (gd read)
-Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky by Meg Cabot (fun read)
-Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (must read - inspirational)
-Slab Rat by Ted Heller (full of office politics and R21 stuff - not for kids)
-The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (makes u want to finish it)
-A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks (simple but meaningful)
-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (can identify with)
-The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (romantic love story with too much R21 stuff)
-Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks (even more R21. ugh)
-The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
-Unstrung Heroes by Franz Lidz (autobiography about his four uncles and father)
-The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (very unique POV of an autistic boy)
-The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (love the breadth of the plot, one of my favourites)
-Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux (alternating between two first persons' view - unique, but don't like e plot)
-Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (philosophy tb in a story; gets abit dry though plot saved)
-forgot what i read...-
-Working Wonders by Jenny Colgan (story of an urban planner)
-Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (impressive intelligence with bits of great humour)
-Just between Us by Cathy Kelly (thickest bk i've ever read-600+pg, too long for me but not bad)
ha, started a few bks but didn't enjoy them enough to read more.
'06
-Life of Pi by Yann Martel (novel based on true story; a lot to learn from the book - animals, religions,
survival, appreciation of simplicity; marvelous descriptions of both the tangible and the intangible,
such that I could feel their realness; bits of very enjoyable humour; a must read)
-The Complete Analects of Confucius, Volume 1 - Asiapac Comic Series (some good teachings.
didn't read everything though)
-The Parable of the Pipeline by Burke Hedges (lent to me by Shujun; like she said, its a short version
of Rich Dad Poor Dad - good financial tips)
-The Alchemist by Paul Coelho (simple story with deep meaning)
-Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
(hai, doesn't seem to be working for me - cos im not applying..)
-haven't been updating from Jun'06 to Jul'07-
'07
-Take a Chance by Sarah Webb (very interesting twist towards the end)
'08
-A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (very saddening. made me realise how significant family is in how a child behaves)
-Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden (refreshing book with many pics)
-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Rui Zafon (amazing how people can think of so much plot to pack into one book, wld b a gd tv series)
-The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (the story is interesting but i think the ending cld hv been better written)
-This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes (a bit thought-provoking on relationships but i didnt like e abrupt ending)
-Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (gd knowledge but partly qte repetitive)
-For One More Day by Mitch Albom
-The C Words by Mark Mason (made me keep wanting to read on. light & funny)
'09
-Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (another good read from Deveraux)
-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (gosh such vivid descriptions! very well written book. i liked d theme of friendship and the realness of the story)
'10
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (a must-read!! i love the expressed thoughts of the protagonist, esp those about friendships, and the writing style - it seems like she's telling me her story specifically to me)
How to Save Your Own Life by Michael Gates Gill (an inspiring read, for emotional liberation and greater joy in life)
Reading
on hold
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Waiting for chance to get hold of
The Little White Car by Danuta de Rhodes
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
Gotai Fumanzoku or An Unsatisfactory Body (Translated into English as No One's Perfect) by Hirotada Otatake
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Other Recommended Readings by Marc
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin – Few books have had as significant an impact on the way society views the natural world and the genesis of humankind.
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell – Gladwell looks at how a small idea, or product concept, can spread like a virus and spark global sociological changes. Specifically, he analyzes “the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable.”
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – This is a tale that lingers on the topic of attaining and maintaining a disciplined heart as it relates to one’s emotional and moral life. Dickens states that we must learn to go against “the first mistaken impulse of the undisciplined heart.”
Lolita – This is the kind of book that blows your mind wide open to conflicting feelings of life, love and corruption… and at times makes you deeply question your own perceptions of each. The story is as devious as it is beautiful.
Getting Things Done by David Allen – The quintessential guide to organizing your life and getting things done. Nuff said.
How To Cook Everything by Mark Bittman – 900 pages of simple instructions on how to cook everything you could ever dream of eating. Pretty much the greatest cookbook ever written. Get through a few recipes each week, and you’ll be a master chef by the time you’re 30.
Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner – Franz Wisner had it all… a great job and a beautiful fiancée. Life was good. But then his fiancée dumped him days before their wedding, and his boss basically fired him. So he dragged his younger brother to Costa Rica for his already-scheduled honeymoon and they never turned back… around the world they went for two full years. This is a fun, heartfelt adventure story about life, relationships, and self discovery.
Self-note: Tip for my future business =D
give employees reasonably high pay to keep them- otherwise they are unlikely to stay loyal.
treat employees not according to how well they treat me but how conscientious they are at work
(of course, musn't expect them to only do work throughout the entire working hours -
give some breathing space too, we are humans, not machines) Movies watched(listing started on 6jan08)
in cinema from VCD/DVD
1Sep07: "Hairspray" w TK, GH & SH
14Sep07: "Ratatouille" w mom & extended family
28Dec07: "The Pianist" w Jus & Pam (heartbreaking but good lessons; i recommend!)
2Jan08: "I Am Legend" w Sherm (scary! but good acting; thought provoking; i recommend!)
5-6Jan08: "A Good Year" alone (excellent show! i like the acting; funny; good lessons; touches my heart; i recommend!)
11Jan08: "Le Grand Chef" w WLing, JT & Irene (good! funny, very touching, :) nice; watch if like humour+meaning+food)
7Feb08 (CNY 初一): "Ah Long Pte Ltd" w parents (pretty hilarious - but u gotta understand dialects, some teary parts. wells typical of jack neo movies but with diff content)
11Mar08: "The Leap Year" w Sherm (so sweet! :) and apart from couple relationship it touches the theme of mother-daughter and best friends too)
6Jun08: "P.S. I Love You" w Sherm (don't know if its coz we watched it on laptop, coz it didn't impress me as much as it did for him in cinema)
8Jun08: "The Forbidden Kingdom" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (ums..guess i'm really not into kungfu)
8Jun08: "What Happens in Vegas" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (simple,relaxing show)
7Jul08: "我和狗狗的10个约定" w Sherm, his ma & sisters (very simple,touching but actually not my type of show)
10Jul08: "Before Sunrise" w Sherm (hmm maybe watchg on laptop really affects appreciatn of movies..)
30Sep08: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" w Sherm (i didn't like it as much as i thought i wld when i saw the ads)
31Dec08: "Yes Man" w Mom (inspiring and funny)
11Feb08: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" w Mom (not as impressive as i thought it wld be)
1Jul09: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" w Yumei, YY & Matt (the best thing was the soundtrack. heh.)
14Aug09: "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" w Joyce (it was awesome! best action movie i've ever watched)
17Aug09: "Food, Inc." w SYL & RuiQ (learnt some stuff abt the American food industry but it was a bit boring and not worth the $10)
22Sep09: "The Time Traveller's Wife" w WB, VanD, WLing, CHL, Irene, VanQ, Mf, Pg (i liked it. having read the book really helps w udsg)
21Nov09: "Gokusen" w Mf, Eva, Tony, Sarah (funny inspirational movie)
24Dec09: "十月围城" w Tony, WLing, VanQ (action action and a bit funny? tony criticised the plot. my fav scene was the running n jumping through the crowd along the five-foot ways w/o cuts)
30Dec09: "Sherlock Holmes" w Irene, Tony, Sweetee (my favourite genre of books made into a movie - what else can be more cool? acting effects humour excitement suspense all in)
12Jan10: "Avatar 3D" w Mom (didn't appreciate the digital effects which everyone wowed about. content etc was so-so. cathay's 3D glasses were too heavy for me)
8Feb10: "The Truman Show" w Ky n sis n Yuhshin (a must-watch. very thought-provoking, funny. reminder to be spontaneous and create your life the way you want, instead of falling into a typical routine
14Feb10: "New York, I Love You" w Mom (I loved it! a good couple movie with meaningful pointers to keep it going. but i think some stories could be more developed)
16Feb10: rewatched "The Pianist" (still find it good, tho i still feel first viewings are the best)
17Feb10: "Valentine's Day" w CHL n WB (laughed throughout - a feel-good movie; liked the fact that the various stories binded tog so well with the little surprises here and there, vs NY ILU in which each story was separate)
20Feb10: "赤壁二" w Addy, Karen, Sharon, SJ (should have watched the first one first cos i ended up not knowing who's who and what's happening and had to keep asking :/ and couldn't pay attn.. if not i think it should be a pretty good movie..)
4Mar10: "Alice in Wonderland 3D" w Mf (i found the 3D effects of this @ CCK Shaw SO much better than Avatar @ The Cathay =/ and the movie was much more enjoyable too! - cheered a sad me up :)) favourite quote - the Mad Hatter: “You used to be much muchier before. ... You have lost your muchness.”)
18Mar10: "Nodame Cantabile" w Irene, Mf (i thoroughly enjoyed some of the orchestra pieces - SO impressive! the expressions of the actors were really amusing :D)
23Apr10: "Ice Kacang Puppy Love" w Mom (funny, touching and meaningful - about love between friends and family. i cried 3 tissues! cos some touching parts i could really understand the feelings of the characters involved)
Inception
Letters to God (very simple Christian movie)
22Nov10: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" w Ame, Irene (they loved it. pretty good, i guess the main problem i had was that im not familiar with HP :X)
13Dec10: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" w Sj (not bad, could follow the story unlike HP. like the meaningful teachings, too long - in a post)
2Mar11: "The King's Speech" w Ame (hilarious, inspirational, tho it doesn't impress me that much to understand why it's the Oscar winner)
Mar11: "10 Things I Hate About You" very funny. silly sweet high school romance. just right for having breaks in between doing homework
23May11: "Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides" w Wb Yl Ame Pg (pretty good - scenery, freakish parts, fighting scenes, dressing, humour, bits of Christianity like when the Spanish said "only God gives life")
6Jun11: "Xmen First Class" w Wb Ame Pg (i was very keen on watching it and it was really good! intellectual, makes sense, cool action, some humour)
9Jun11: "Legally Blonde 2" w Irene (seems like some dumb blonde movie but kind of meaningful too - speaking up for yourself and what you stand for)
17Jun11: "Something Borrowed" w Sandy Lisa (quite funny, somewhat meaningful wrt friendships. they didn't like the lack of sense for one part tho)
16Jul11: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" w Irene, Sweetee, Kw (not bad. i didn't understand some parts again but the humour and effects were pretty good)
Aug11 "Horrible Bosses" w Ma (she fell asleep! gosh. the movie was very crude i must say but there was the humour)
25Oct11: "The Three Musketeers" w H (i would rate it 3.5 for humour/intellectual language and 4 for action. it's by the same producer or director as Sherlock! but a bit less awesome albeit a good chill out movie)
5Nov11: "Real Steel" w Hl (action packed but not too hardcore for me. i liked that there was the father and son element and how the father eventually softened his heart and especially the part when charlie was having trouble telling max sth and max was so understanding saying "Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me." touching and demonstrates true fighting spirit)
12Dec11: "50/50" w L (adopting her words - a heavy topic put across in a lighthearted way, but not taking away d meaning. most of it was rather hollywood-ish trashiness but there were a couple of punch lines "u can't change ur parents, but u can change d way u respond to them.")
25Dec11: "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" w KY (ultimate action packed! super tense almost throughout the movie, and interesting Tom Cruise made it such that not everything happened smoothly - he would jump and misland and get all sorts of injuries..it's really the courage to jump without hesitation even though you are not sure you'll be alive after that. KY loved d movie and said she would watch it again!)
3Jan12: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" w KY (i love mystery (: and the witty sarcastic dialogues. good level of excitement with the action. didn't understand some parts as usual. i like Holmes and Watson they depict such a true pair of buddies ;D)
23Jan12: "You are the Apple of My Eye" w mom (now i understand why guys like this movie so much - the anxiety of chasing after a girl and the acts schoolboys do to get the girl's attention and hopefully affection. the initial fluttering and the subsequent quarrelling)
22Mar12: "The Iron Lady" w KY (really love Thatcher's sharp words. inspiring and thought-provoking, tho i was still left uncertain of what to do with my life, the movie is definitely an encouraging one)
29Mar12: "Barney's Version" w SJ (a funny movie of a screwed up life of a man who had 3 wives, smoked and drank but very heartwarming at the same time, the relationships with the dad and the 3th wife - quotable quotes!)
27Apr12: "The Hunger Games" w Mom
4May12" "Avengers" w MF n PS (funny, action-packed)
7Jul12: "The Amazing Spiderman"
21Jul12: "The Dark Knight Rises" (fantastic depth, loved the twists)
20Aug12: "ParaNorman" w Mom (simple funny animated movie, heartwarming support)
Performances watched (listing started on 25Apr10)
20Jan10: Patrick Marber's Closer by outoftheBLUE, NUS Science w Pam (
13Mar10: The Rain Came Down Like Pearls the Night I Died... The New Musical - Sing & Tell by Mark Chan w Addy & Jy
21Mar10: Quintessence by NUSCO w CHL
