i need a walkabout

sometimes we just have to get lost to find ourselves...
sometimes we gotta go walkabout...

working is good..
but that's all i'm thinking about right now.. so much so.. its only just work, ia report, train.
i don't think i can afford a break but i just wish i can just zone out for like 15 minutes and look around, dream a lil and think about some stuff...

dream about some stuff...

i wish u b fine. though i dunno u well enuff to help.

Providence sent me ....

Last week passed by quickly except for Friday which the last few hours were especially torturous... Even though i didn't really have plans but i just wanna head home and just work on my report and go to the gym, or my runs.

To be honest, i was kinda glad that last weekend i didn't have training, not cos i wanna slack but i can train and do my own stuff in my own time which was much more enjoyable. Also this could be the last time i enjoy such a break off the usual clockwork schedule till the end of the jun_e race.

This was also the week that i went to the gym the most times and that i train everyday too. Feel a sense of achievement.. lol.


The weekend was great. I finally managed to get my parents to go try Astons at gardens. Though we waited some time before the food arrived, i guess they pretty much like it for both the taste and price. We had a pork chop set, double up chicken (terakayi and lime) set and a prime ribeye set. I think the portion was only -just nice- to fill us up..

damn focused at eating... gobble gobble

While i was there, i couldn't help but notice that they have demolished the old building that housed the ntuc, the coffeebean and the restaurants there. sad. lots of people head there each week and now with it gone, gardens feels a lil dead. Hope they come up with a nice building in time to come. I think gardens will be damn crowded again then.

As for sunday, i met my friends to do my ia report while they studied for their papers. It was quite a productive day and i managed to clear a bit of my report now. Just hope i can maintain the momentum and try to complete it by this week if possible so i can be totally free and just focus on training and the logo design project that i just received from my hall oc pnp head.

We moved off to MOF and had quite a great time making a fool of ourselves there especially where my friends all wanted a share of my Macha Imo dessert... or the Green tea soft serve ice cream with Fried sweet potato .. and wanted to steal it from me. i think i kinda scared the waitress a lil when she served my friend instead of me. lol.

yep. if you can try this Macha imo dessert. the sweet potato taste great with the ice cold icecream. else. u can try this alternative of buying a sweet potato goreng pisang and mix it with ben and jerries then eat them together. I think that should work the same bah.. i think. haha.

star of the day. see those 2 yummy fried stuff there..

wat the. hell? . sian kenna kop. nvm.

sigh. how i wish yesterday didn't end so quickly...
so i dun have to go to work today... zzz

nvm. ia is ending soon. i better buck up on my report.

when you are tired....

when you are tired..

this is the best medicine to get you back on your feet and give you the energy to run...

i couldn't find the right music track today. felt so tired from yesterday's gym that i didn't even wanna go for my run... kept dozing off at work.. so much so i started developing dizzy spells from sleeping and jolting up every time someone walk past my desk....

just didn't feel like doing anything until i revisited this video on my computer..

its time to fight.

Asian Intern Games.

just felt good about my working experience today.

Late Yesterday afternoon me and my other interns in my departments got 'mobilized' to help the company with an emergency request to help sort some raw data for the customers.. apparently something screwed up within the programming.. felt a lil sian (wah lau. last min sai kang) cos i thot i would have to stay back late and miss dinner with my friends...

thankfully we didnt have to.. great ! and thinking positive...we kinda joked abt it.. saying if one person dun come all 5 of us will sign extra.. haha.

so yeah. this morning. we were gathered at 9am for 'roll call' and briefed one more time of our mission for the day. We will thought how to use the software and etc etc *confidential stuff* and then do their work. Each person is responsible for sorting out 20 entries each... and this process is quite long and tedious.

and when the clock struck 10am .. let the games begin.. wah. its been a while since the few of us so kan pia for any of our work. we just kept doing non stop till it was lunch time... where we quickly rushed to the canteen.. gobble down our food and then rush back to complete our work... we had our lunch so quickly that we came , queue up at the store, before our other friend who supposedly reached earlier to chorpe seats.. buy our food and finish before this friend who came earlier even reach the table with his food.

in the end, we manage to finish our work within the next hr.. winning this race against time, and the solo MY team coming in second and the CHn team coming in last after 2 hrs. mm. happy.

we ended up helpin the chn interns wif part of the work too $%#^& but anyway we felt good that we did something meaningful and helped save the company from potential losses. haha.

i also manage to finish this emergency job tasking in time and chair my meeting. manage to finish covering everything with my colleagues and i can almost close one of my IA projects le. double happines.

ended the day off with gym.. so i guess it was a day well spent.

mmm.. strange things are happening inside my cuckoo clock..

mmm.. saw somethin different in my uniqlock today.

think they just added some guy dancers in there.. think this is the first time.. and i realised that and there's another variant of the clock now.. but just some still portraits of the same models in the current line of 'uniqlothes'.

mmm. interesting.

jus click on it and mess around with the tabs on the left..

i like japanese actors and actresses....

mmm.. i didn't really go out last weekend, just staying at home, doing my own readings and typing for my ia report... before that on thursday.. i went back to Uniqlo for more stuff.. kekeke..

got one more pair of jeans and more socks.. think i will stop going to uniqlo for a while.. i need to get one or two more pairs of shoes.. mmm. thinking of a red/black pair of sneakers and a dark brown/charcoal loafers or leather smart casual sport shoes.

dunno why but i'm suddenly vain for such stuff... maybe it must be the money from IA. more money , spend more. I better save up some money for my graduation trip next year or something.

Over the weekend, i got 2 new dvds... Suspect X and Detroit Metal City.

Suspect X or rather a movie followup of the popular jdrama Galileo. Galileo is about a series of mysterious cases that the police have problem solving. However, with the help of a genius physicist, Prof Manabu Yukawa, the police is able to find the logical and scientific causes behind the strange occurences within these cases.

In this movie, he is again involved by the police in an intricate case behind a murder of a man. The challenge this time is that his old friend, another genius, a mathematician is behind the complex coverup of the case. This mathematican was able to predict and throw the police off the right track to solving the case.. so it's up to Prof Yukawa or 'Prof Galileo' to crack his puzzles and find out what exactly happened....

i like the science behind the cases of the original jdrama. I like the ones in this case as well.. like the magnet cannon using gaussian physics / momentum and supermagnets... if only the Mythbusters know about this and can investigate the validity of the experiments..see if they are really true or just showbiz special effects.

Detroit Metal City is adapted from a popular manga involving Soichi Negishi or the person who acted as L in Death Note, who although wanted to pursue his career of singing , crooning swedish pop tunes, however he ended up as the lead singer of a death metal band called DMC and he actually is quite good at it, leading the song charts in Japan. It shows the wierd antics involving the wierd twist of fate of his life and how he manages to rises to be the idol of his fans as well as how he pursue the girl of his dreams who doesn't really know about this alter ego of his.
i enjoyed both movies and i'm glad they finally have the dvds for them since i missed the chance to view both when they were in the theatres and i think the japanese actors and actresses are really good in their portrayal and expression of their onscreen characters...

one such example is actress Yasuko Matsuyuki who acted in both movies - in Suspect X, she acts as the beautiful lady boss of a bento store that is involved in the murder case. Her personality was more of a frail, passive lady who happens to be a single parent with a bad past as a bar hostess...

Whereas in DMC, she has a totally different persona and acts as the wild and crazy lady boss of the DMC band where she would terrorize the lead character and force him to do crazier acts each time in order to force/increase the ratings of the band.

the same chio bu.. but except over here.. she can put out her cigarette with her tongue..but don't let her flick her cigarette butt at you though...

Nice nice...

day of unfortunate accidents..

this morning, upper serangoon road all the way to yio chu kang rd was jammed because of an accident in the morning near boon keng mrt station... had some trouble getting to work and i stopped halfway and walked to serangoon mrt station instead of taking the usual bus 147.

hope no one got seriously hurt in there.

then again... coincidentally.. while i was walking towards hougang gym after work today from hougang mall.. i noticed some commotion as i got nearer to the gym.. there were a string of people lining the grills along the monsoon drain at the side of the hdb flats and there were 1 CPL fire engine, 1 ambulance, 1 scdf command jeep together wif a police car and 1 red rhino.. i saw this as i got closer..

yep. thats a concrete mixer truck in the monsoon drain along the road in front of hougang mall.. near the gym. apparently it slide down the side cos of uneven ground the truck was driving on. i believe its part of the lift upgrading project for one of the blocks over there and the truck reversed backwards and might have lost control of it.. smashing through the grills and landing on the side.

it was also unfortunate that it also landed on the side of the driver's seat. the scdf was trying to free the trapped man.. but seeing the paramedics at the scene taking an easy step back halfway.. everybody could guess the driver has unfortunately passed away.. which was true as the scdf rescue team extracted his lifeless body and placed it on a stretcher.. covering it up with a white cloth.

may the good lord bless his soul

and let eternal rest grant upon him.

miniconcerto@asianfusion_bar.

last sunday afternoon... i accompanied nic, my jc classmate to clarke quay for a mini concert by liang wen yin.. actually i didn't realli want to go out for the whole week but i changed my mind for this since there might not be a second chance that you can attend a free mini concert.. so yeah. just accompany him and try my hand shooting in concerts.
the river looks dirty after the morning rain..

Singapore. Land of Queues.
2 hrs before the event got queue le.

i would like to try their desserts someday.

time to get in..

the stage is ready and people are waiting..

hullooo everybodyyy.. da jia hao!

i can't hear u...

so pretty..

passionate..

the fans look happy...

*snap!*

happy bdae!

food fight..! and the winner is this girl from the fan club..

she was ecstatic cos she just won a chance to take a picture with the singer..

emotional outpouring..

nic getting his autographed cd..

conversations..

my friend sent me this email today...

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.

Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?
God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit.That's why you are not happy.

Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty..
God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.

Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be free from problems?
God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.

Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading..
God : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.

Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.

Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.

Me: What surprises you about people?
God : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.

Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I cant get the answer.
God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.

Me: How can I get the best out of life?
God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.

Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Year with a new sense of inspiration.
God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

hope it helps.. especially for this trying period of time

and so we light candles of new Life

Easter Vigil

this night we keep vigil for His resurrection.. we light candles in quiet anticipation of his coming..

which He did .. just like what he promised.

now that he has died and risen.. death has no power over him.. and he lives a new Life with God.

We light candles to remember his deeds and promise to be his dutiful disciples once more. We also celebrate the newcomers joining us in our family and journey together, with Christ.

OMGOMGOMGUNIQLO!OMGOMG!

a damn happy post.
a quick post before i head on to church later for the Easter Vigil celebrations..
With everybody else in school pia-ing exam papers for next week's exam.. (good lucks guys n girls)..
Today as usual.. me and the ia kias(minus lil prince cos he got n-team) had training at Bedok.. wif nyjc.. training wise is okay.. but i think we have to buck up our intensity on our own to prepare for the evaluation and the training camp..

after training ... we decided to head down to TAMPINES ONE.. (woooHOOOO~!!) instead of the usual Bedok Interchange for lunch (or else Enyu will just eat curry chicken noodles again... ) and also visit the UNIQLO store in there.. YESS! after waiting for it for close to 2 years.. its here! hahaha..

ahhh.. the freedom of IA personnel...no exams.. but come may.. think we all be sian.. cos we are the only sad cases that have to work when everybody's enjoyin the break, or just focusing on training...

see.. the crowd? thats just 1/20 of the queue.. the queue snakes around twice in front of the shop entrance (the queue line is somewhat like the gucci, ysl shops in taka but twice the usual length). Though the length of the queue is quite long, but thankfully we got in after around 10-15 mins of queueing..

Denny: my gf's gonna laugh at me for queueing up..

and i think she's gonna kill me for not saving up for HK

yep.. thats what he said.. so yeah. he was just going to aim for 1 or 2 cheap polo tees selling at 6.90 per piece and mebbe a pair of jeans.. at most..

Our shopping baskets. we only took 2 cos denny was saying he wasn't gonna buy much.. end up .. look that pile on top. thats mostly his.. with enyu's pile buried below. haha.. (yeah. ur gf's gonna kill u now..)

anyway.. it was great. i like most of the stuff that they had in the store.. and for now.. its selling much cheaper than even giordano..cheap designer tees .. (nicer than zara), cheap jeans (think cheaper than giordano) cheap socks..

Being the person who is the most excited out of the 3 of us.. i headed out with the most loot too..

my uniqlo loot. think jonah has 2 or 3 of the tees here. like the multicoloured white one below. Happy. =)

my verdict: Uniqlo is worth waiting for .. the service of the staff is excellent, friendly, boasting a wide variety of clothes..

As for Tampines One, there's alot of stores in there.. but largely small ones and no megastores like metro, isetan, best denki, harvey norman those kind of stores.. the special thing about Tampines One is that you will find all the same genre of stores gathered together like you will see the Singtel , M1 and Starhub shops together.. and in another area sportslink, new balance, adidas, nike , runninglab together .. so if you wanna buy phones or shoes or it stuff. you just need to go the same level and area instead of going from one end of the mall to the next. cool.

and He gave up his Life for us...

Good Friday

even though he did so much for us... we did so much wrong to him...

but in the end..

He picked himself up 3 times and gave up his Life for us...

**btw.. if you are wondering.. what is this thing?

this is a catholic franciscan cross called the 'tau' cross.

hotcross bun nite.

Maundy Thursday

with the help of these,

some people will be able to stay up tonight and pray till morning tomorrow

as a form of reparation as

Jesus' gave up his life for us..

anyway... these buns taste good and i look fwd to them each year

it jus reminds me of why we should all be good.

..the little imperfections that make them perfect ... for you

- from the lady who brought you "Family",

Yasmin Ahmad

yippeee!

mmm.. i often have a friend who often reads this website abt food.. and tells me abt what good food this place or that place has.. and today i'm suddenly curious to see what's the feature article for today/ this week.. and i'm damn happy. haha. cos it covered something close to my heart...

this is what i grew up eating.. in the 20 of my 24 years and i wonder why no tv station actually checked it out ..

though the standard has dropped over the years as the owner grew older... but it will always have a special place in my tastebuds. haha.

http://ieatishootipost.sg/2009/04/simon-road-hokkien-mee-wet-or-dry-or.html

2min.

2 mins.

I have lots of those. Jus none of you.

2 mins can do wonders.. i've been watching how i met your mother and this is one of the sweetest moments of the series.. (some info for those of u who dun realli get this.. or are seeing this for the 1st time.. on why this guy.. Ted.. the main star of the series is giving this girl that he likes, Stella, a 2 min date? dats cos she's a dermatologist and a single parent and she doesn't have the time to go on long dates wif guys bcos all the time she has , she spends it on work or her kid... and the only spare time she has is her 2 min lunch break..)

oh ya.

**2 mins can also do wonders.. kekeke.. pls see previous post on Man U,

mmm. now that project PiM_P is over.. i can think about PiM_P: DB for my batch.. haha. anyway its time for me to settle my unfinished business - ia report

mmm.. the weekend was a good one... besides the PiM_P on saturday, we trained with Ny_jc on Sunday. It was a good training. Though we were guiding them most of the time... i feel that it kinda mirrorred some of the problem my team faced and i think it helped us realised the importance of team dynamics and what to do. i guess this would help us and also help the team when everybody comes back and train together for the boat race. After training, me, enyu and denny went to cash in our vouchers for the slippers.. mmm. urgh. its a lil bit of a disappointment cos there's isnt realli a wide variety of slippers for us to choose from. in the end.. the 3 of us picked the same model, same colour. denny wanted another model but they didnt have his dinosaur feet size. oh yeah. u get the picture. but its free.. so yeah.. can't complain. haha. now i got a new pair chill out flops

anyway, i've been looking at nice pixs.. since MR.. i've been trying to look for pixs taken by others, posted on facebook.. comparing styles and composition of shots.. i also have been looking at club_snap for uploads by some pro on the event so i can improve on my own shoots.. mmm. but so far there hasn't been one out yet.. and in the end i just oogled at some other gallery of awesome pixs...

found this by the wedding photography tab..

*i think wedding photography is tough .. u only got one day, one night to get all the good shots.. and there's no repeat of any moment for you to capture that perfect shot if you missed it...

http://www.expressivelyjoho.com/

sweet stuff.. also..

this!

by Jx's gf, Sherry's brother... ! http://visualpoetry.carbonmade.com/

he don't jus use normal dslrs.. he does film photography and develops his own photos..
i think thats not easy..

i'm still far far away from being able to shoot such pixs.. lol.

PiM_P

Party in Melvin's Place (PiM_P) on Saturday was a success ! haha. all except for the faulty grill table.. -_-.. i gotta go get a new one le. so sad. it was my gift to my parents and we barely used it...

order your food from.. dad
all set and ready to wii! wee!

here comes the bdae girl. blindfolded and lost. "where am i?"

shh.. get those candles and ur party poppers ready.

omgomgomgomg.. where am i? bishan? who's home is this?

i wish...

and to seal the wish..

thank god we have the oven. when the grill top failed.

wii! i will need to buy all the rabbids games..

all those that were there that day.. !