Today's Sunday Times has 2 large articles on facebook. Lets see how long this facebook craze will last.

I've got a lot of friends who are actually irritated by all the sheepthrowing and the never-ending applications that friends have continuously asked them to join.

But if facebook takes the direction of publicity and marketing like what it's been doing recently, then i think major companies will seize this opportunity.

Other than that, i guess the older generation like us will slowly filter out before the next generation comes in and get wowed by facebook all over again.

Wed was damn haps la. Woke up early to go fetch shiwen to go IMH together. Didn't get to see the patients as it was more of an informative tour of IMH. Might consider to work there in the future.

Then she convinced me to take public transport since i was going zouk that night. So in a very very long time, i actually walked out of my estate to the bus stop and we took the train down to town to have lunch.

After that, met up with the lacoste group for some karaoke! Hahaha damn fun la... and surprisingly, time flew damn fast la. And this "TV-MTV" was damn funny la. Even though i've seen it before, i couldn't resist not laughing at the cheesy idea.


Spastics on show! Haha... somehow it's kenneth's tradition i think...


Meiling came to join us after that before we went to HK Cafe for dinner. I think the food there isn't fantastic. And it's expensive too so don't go there la. Went to take neoprints which we couldn't find the machine to draw for a minute. Damn malu la. =x

Made our way down to Zouk when we realised that jialin and me wore a black with white top whereas many and kenneth got the same grey colour theme.

Thanks to Terence for treating us to the jugs of Long Island Tea!!! =) And it was fun to see many drink and drink like 6 times in a row at cai quan! =p

Partner was celebrating her 20th birthday there too. Happy Birthday!!
Emileen, Me and Michelle ...

It was a nice night as the teh nees celebrated Auntie Kim's and Sock Hoon's aka Zhang Ziyi lookalike birthdays! We met at Chong Qing Steamboat at Liang Seah for dinner, and the business there is damn good la. Monday night and there's such a crowd. I suppose it's the cheap price and variety of soup bases. But anyway, was surprised the rest aren't really the 'steamboat' type.

For me, i will chiong the prawns and seafood cos i think they are damn nice la. Then they said they will eat if i peel for them. But where's the enjoyment and real taste if i peel for them? I told them that the prawns will only taste damn good if it's mixed with the taste of your fingers. Haha...

The OGL and AOGLs with the 2 birthday girls...


Then after dinner the actual plan was to go partyworld to sing. But they didn't feel like it so we walked further down the street into a pub. Pretty nice ambience but heard it's closing down. Played some drinking game but i didn't drink much.

Then don't know why everyone wasn't talking much until 15 mins before we were going to leave. Suddenly everyone started talking about clubbing, about gfs bfs, and i guess the girls realised and learnt some stuff about guys.

But it was nice to see such a good turnout. Except for my bad ankle which until now i've NO FREAKING IDEA why is it hurting at all. I've came to the conclusion that Evra is my twin. So Mikel's 2 footed lunge at Evra last night somehow was transferred to me telepathically. =x

I didn't play soccer recently. Last night was alright. This morning also. Until i sat down to do my PF assignment. Then it got sore and it was hurting real bad during dinner that i was limping.

I've got 3 mid terms and a 2000 word paper! Time to get down to work!

RAWR!

The Teh Ongs had a mini mid autumn festival celebrations last night in school! I don't remember exactly how long since i last celebrated this festival. I knew my cousins and I would go to my grandma's house many years ago when we were much younger and play with lanterns and sparklers.

And we did that last night!! Hahaa... hard to imagine a bunch of university students doing that at the top of the roof but we did exactly that.

We played with sparklers and everyone was writing words with them. Pretty cool effect, which shiwen told me last sem but didn't get round to doing it.

A Heart!!

And a Star!

And this is our favourite... I was the "L"!

I just came home from the council dinner which in my opinion, ended kind of prematurely. Everyone just wanted to leave suddenly, when i thought the night would last longer.

Oh well, it's been long since we last met up. Talk over dinner was peppered with updates on our lives. Trina with her PR work which she had to explain 3 times to different groups of people. Khairi and his transformers breakup, which proves my point that there's indeed a gap between the males and females of the same batch in uni. Dennis and his quit from school, which wasn't exactly shocking knowing him. Soar the skies man.

And it's through talk like these that i realised how much we've changed. No doubt all the crappy talk remains, and we reminisced about the council board, but what i want to truly say is somehow money has became a bigger part in everyone's lives.

I was thinking a bit when i was on the way home. I haven't exactly worked much; very pitiful working experience. But what drives this young people to start working? What exactly makes them want to go through the hassle of applying for something, adapting to a whole new environment, a whole new schedule and a somewhat major change in life?

One of them is doing real estate now. I didn't ask how much he earns, but doesn't a property agent earn quite a bit? And they sure know a few things more than i do.

I admit that my parents are able to provide a good life for me currently, and there is no need for me to study and work. I was thinking of what i read the other time. When you are rich, you only want to be richer. The sky is the limit and even though you've got 10 million, you want to transform it into 1 billion. But what I realised of myself is that i just prefer a life whereby i can get by comfortably.

I don't have to earn millions and millions. I don't need a fancy car. I don't need a swimming pool in my house. Somehow, if i can achieve what my parents achieve, that is satisfying enough. Of course i am aiming for more. But they are all bonuses.

I want to have time for my kids. I want to do the things i like. I don't want to be working from 8am-9pm and earn 50k a month. Ok maybe i want. =x

But you get my point.

Sounds kind of spineless? Like a guy without any dreams and aims.

And what's up with me. 2 self-deprecating posts in 2 days.

On my way to drunken-land ...

I was watching Hey Gorgeous last monday when I was attempting my best to think of some hidden talent in me. Apparently i do not have any!

How worrying. People can sing. I can't. People can dance. Me? Freestyle la. People can play some musical instrument. I suck at mine.

So what am i actually good at? Sadly, i can't seem to think of anything that deems me as a specialist of that trade. In the end, i am reduced to consoling myself that at least i learn things fast. Just a Jack. Still a young Jedi. HAHA!

I don't do Sudoku or Minesweeper as fast as Sy. I don't play soccer as well as Vincent. I don't pawn people as much in Dota as Kenneth.

I've been wasting my life away. I should go learn some skill. Like Salsa dancing. =p Or maybe Capoeira.

So depressing. But then come to think of it. I am pretty good at some stuff too.

Like... making my fishes die. Did i mention 1 more died? So it's now down to the remaining 2 survivors. When will the final vote be cast? Stay tune!

And i am good at falling asleep in lectures. If they need me to display my talent, they will need to see me in lectures!

Anyway, I've been printing my notes. And I realised i am damn good at printing notes. Can you print your notes as fast as me?!?!?!?

Anxiety Disorder ...

Been reading up on it, and there are a few points which i thought as quite important.

Perceived Control: People who think that they lack control over their environment appear to be at greater risk for a broad range of anxiety disorders than people who do not have that feeling. For example, people with anxiety disorders report experiencing little sense of control over their surroundings.

Point 1: Have control over your environment! Or rather, know that you are capable of handling situations and that you have the ability to control your emotions and people around you.

Point 2: Do not restrict your child. They need to learn to make their own choices. If they are constantly restricted by your strict parenting, they will feel excessively anxious when they are faced with having to deal with things in the environment.

Attention to Threat: People with anxiety disorders have been found to pay more attention to negative cues in their environment. Studies have found that anxiety disorders are associated with greater attention toward threatening stimuli.

Point 3: Chill! Learn to not think so much about negative stuff. Think more on the positive side! Again, deal with the threat confidently.

当你在穿山越岭的另一边
我在孤独的路上没有尽头
一辈子有多少的来不及
发现已经失去
最重要的东西
恍然大悟早已远去
为何总是在犯错之后
才肯相信错的是自己
他们说这就是人生
试著体会试著忍住眼泪
还是躲不开应该有的情绪
我不会奢求世界停止转动
我知道逃避一点都没有用
只是这段时间里尤其在夜里
还是会想起难忘的事情
我想我的思念是一种病
久久不能痊愈
当你在穿山越岭的另一边
我在孤独的路上没有尽头
时常感觉你在耳后的呼吸
却未曾感觉你在心口的鼻息
汲汲营营
忘记身边的人需要爱和关心
藉口总是拉远了距离
不知不觉无声无息
我们总是在抱怨事与愿违
却不愿意回头看看自己
想想自己到底做了甚黱蠢事情
也许是上帝给我一个试炼
只是这伤口需要花点时间
只是会想念过去的一切
那些人事物会离我远去
而我们终究也会远离
变成回忆
oh 思念是一种病
oh 思念是一种病一种病
多久没有说我爱你
多久没有拥抱你所爱的人
当这个世界不在那黱美好
只有爱可以让他更好
我相信一切都来得及
别管那些纷纷扰扰
别让不开心的事停下了脚步
就怕你不说就怕你不做
别让遗憾继续一切都来得及

Some pics from the past few days... pardon my incoherence for i am still high. Really. Ahhh never again will i drink so much.


Went to play pool with the SDE girls. Haha... Even though it's been eons since i last played, i was lucky not to lose with my "quite lousy" pool skills. Then we went over to Sunshine Plaza for the Parklane Wanton Mee. They being very nice, accompanied me to walk around PS while i waited for yf to come play dota. And they suggested the Pinata for Eunice's bday!

Which is this thing here ...

They bought too much candies to stuff inside so in the end the clown had to carry all the extra stuff on his body.

Went over to Odeon Towers for the birthday dinner. Pretty big scale event again, not surprisingly, had plenty of whisky and the food was damn good la! Ate too much but i can't help it when there are good food.

This funky uncle was operating the karaoke and people were taking turns to sing. Fred did his One Night in Beijing again with much humour. And Eunice's Dad was being the usual him, asking everyone to drink more. Was good to see Bernard and to reminisce about the days of the Back-Seats Boys.
Fai's face was the same colour as his shirt!

This is me with the birthday girl who looked pretty and 'different'. Happy 21st once again! And she asked me since when did i put on braces, meaning we haven't seen each other for more than a year! But i am glad to be an "old friend" of hers =p Fred takes the crown for being her oldest friend.

They sang the birthday song like 3 times! Haha...


Then there was the afterparty at Butterfactory. Apparently the girl had some package thing, SO we had tremendous amount of alcohol. Enough to drown anyone. The shot glasses were passed around without any regards and stupid fred had to play the number game with me. Somehow i remember him losing as much as me, or rather it was a more balanced but i think i played fair la. I drank more when i lost so probably that's why i was more drunk.

Never ever had i gotten this drunk. It wasn't drunk la. Drunk is like piak on the floor but like what Eunice said, "My left side of the head is heavier"... Then after that it became my left side and right side and center all heavy. =x

Didn't want to leave my car behind and then go back to retrieve it. Hate hassles la. So i slept in the car till almost 7 before driving home. Thanks to fai and fred for "taking care" of me ar. All the butt-slapping and abuses. =p

Never again!

I've came to accept the fact that my command of English is as bad as how my GP grade was, average to say the least. I was at Harrison's blog a couple of nights back and i was awed by his vast usage of vocabulary. It seems as though words flow to him like water and the ease of expressing himself is like turning over a page.

Firstly, i don't have the well of vocabulary to even sound cheem, not to mention broken English and terrible spelling mistakes. I guess it must all be cultivated from young.

Jialat la... English cannot make it, failed Higher Chinese. I think i will sign up for Bahasa Indonesia next semester.

Haha... funnily enough, i remember telling some people why i would never consider taking a new language.

So, I attended a very sleepy 9am lecture today. TRIED my best to stay awake but succumbed to the overwhelming amount of melatonin(hah kidding i know my bio), but yeah to the zzz monster. Took plenty of shut-eyes despite attempting to listen to Prof Low, who wasn't really interesting.

Went for my final two RPs today, and boy am i glad to complete all twelve points on the 5th week. The 2nd adminstrator was taking a lot of time and MANY thanks to Many for waiting for me with my orange soursop. =x
Another of those "emo" times were brought up about 2 of them going to gym and not calling one of them. But like i said, why not ask them if you can join them? Knowing them, they would definitely welcome you with open arms.

Left school and went down to HV to find the sisterhood. Did i mention i am the president? Hahahah because i self-elected myself!! =p Chilled and talked at NYDC for a bit before moving to Starbucks. Fell asleep at Starbucks so they persuaded me to go home, which i promptly did.

Anyways, the recent thoughts that came to my mind frequently circle around the point that being 22 years old, I could feel the "gap" with the 19 and 20 year olds. Notwithstanding the fact that people has labelled me as childish, I've often felt stumped by their ideologies and perception of things. No doubt this comparison isn't exactly a fair one(as I've learnt from stats), and that most/(all) of my participants are of a different gender, but i can still say i've learnt many things.

Girls seldom take the first step, despite the year being 2007. They are often more pessimistic than anything when it comes to hope, and they will play down their chances. Furthermore, they will brush off our persistent encouragement with weird reasons to explain why things won't work out.

To put it simply - Girl likes Boy. Period. Like. Period. Does anything? No. Maybe the appeal of having an eyecandy is too enticing. Maybe they all like Korean dramas-whose-actors-and-actresses-go-on-liking-each-other-forever-and-ever-but-never-seem-to-get-together.

Pardon me but i am not making fun of this. I am just amused and intrigued by things around me.

Cindy and Na came over to my place the other day to do this model. Haha we being super enthu cos it's not really needed, but i'm hoping the tutor will give us more marks for the presentation.


These are 2 photos of my Egyptian pyramid model!! I think it's damn nice la!


Then went to meet shiwy at HV. Talked a bit over dinner at Thai Express... always nice to hang out with her.

And i found an old old photo!! =)))

Got this from Adam's site... an extension to the ideas and messages from Evan Almighty.

"When you ask for wealth, money will not fall from the sky. Instead, you will be given the opportunity to become wealthy. And remember that opportunities always come hidden as problems.

When you ask for confidence, God will not make you confident. Instead, you will be given opportunities to build your self confidence. Maybe, there is a chance for you to volunteer as a leader, give a speech, stand up to a bully etc…

If you wish for people to love you, you will not have people come up to you suddenly and give you hugs. Instead, you may start to notice opportiunities where you can give your love and kindness to others, thereby giving them them chance to love you. Is there something kind that you could do for a friend or loved one today?

If you wish for happiness, you will not wake up one day feeling happy for no reason. Again, you will begin to notice opportuniies where you can perform random acts of kindness to friends, family, strangers and even animals. And I guarantee that doing it will make you feel happy."

Got this from an email, pretty true... =p

> The Guys' Rulesュュュュュュュュュュュュュュュュュュュ
> At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down
> Finally, the guys' side of the story.
> (I must admit, it's pretty good.)
> We always hear "the rules"
> From the female side.
>
> Now here are the rules from the male side.
> These are our rules!
> Please note... these are all numbered "1"
> ON PURPOSE!
> 1. Men are NOT mind readers.
>
> 1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
> You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
> We need it up, you need it down.
> You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
>
> 1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon
> or the changing of the tides.
> Let it be.
>
> 1. Shopping is NOT a sport.
> And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
>
> 1. Crying is blackmail.
>
> 1. Ask for what you want.
> Let us be clear on this one:
> Subtle hints do not work!
> Strong hints do not work!
> Obvious hints do not work!
> Just say it!
>
> 1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
>
> 1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what
> we do.
> Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
>
> 1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a Problem.
> See a doctor.
>
> 1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
> In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.
>
> 1. If you won't dress like the Victoria 's Secret girls, don't Expect us to
> act like soap opera guys.
>
> 1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
> Don't ask us.
>
> 1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of them makes
> you sad or angry, then we meant the other one< /B>
>
> 1. You can either ask us to do something
> Or tell us how you want it done.
> Not both.
> If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
>
> 1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during
> commercials.
>
> 1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
>
> 1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
> Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color . Pumpkin is also a fruit. We
> have no idea what mauve is.
>
> 1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
> We do that.
>
> 1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like
> nothing's wrong.
> We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle, besides we
> know you will bring it up again later.
>
> 1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you
> don't want to hear.
>
> 1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is
> fine...Really.
>
> 1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to
> discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation,
> or golf.
>
> 1. You have enough clothes.
>
> 1. You have too many shoes.
>
> 1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!
>
> 1. Thank you for reading this.
> Yes, I know, I have t o sleep on the couch tonight;
>
>
> But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Happy 3rd year! =)

Been reading too many UFO's and alien's articles. Too much Starwars too.

If there are humans on Earth, there surely must be other lifeforms somewhere else. Maybe not in our Solar System but perhaps another one in the Galaxy?

And suddenly i felt frightened. What if suddenly they decided to come and take over us? What if their UFOs are more powerful than our fighter jets? What if our SAR21 or M16 can't kill them?

Or what if it's just one of those planet destroyers? We would all be gone in a second.

How sad ... everything gone just like that ...

Do you read the horoscope and sometimes think that it's very true?

For me, i will read the Straits Times daily horoscope in the Life section and often, i will remember what it says and keep it in my mind for that day.

Because i believe. Okay maybe at least a bit. (Oh i was reading the case studies on abnormal psy on OCD and one word kept popping up... "Superstitious")

So anyway, i sometimes notice small messages, that somehow in a way or another, at that point of time, become very related to your situation.

That night during tutorial, the tutor asked us to introduce ourselves and he passed this envelop with slips of paper inside to everyone. There was a question on it and we had to answer whatever we picked.

The question i picked... "Are you a confident person?"

It wasn't something i could answer. It was more of those kind whereby it depends on my mood. But what struck me was that whether that a higher being or whatsoever was trying to convey some kind of message through to us through the questions.

I think confidence has always been a major part of my life, be it one that brings me higher or one that's my ban jiao shi. It is something that i always have to tackle with and i think, for me to truly get past others, i would have to bring myself up to the stage whereby the next time i see the question, it would be a definite yes.

Anyway, last night and this morning weren't too nice because i had a bit of unpleasant times with my parents. So just now i received a package from sy and inside the card there was this post-it. And printed below are chinese characters, saying...

"qi lai dong yi dong, wei fu mu zhuo yi jian tie xin de jia shi" =)

It's things like these which made me read the horoscope.