New Year Resolutions

I know I've said it before, but it is really getting harder and harder to blog, for nothing interesting is happening in my life and from what I noticed, most of my friends are not blogging much anymore, maybe because people our age are mostly too busy to blog (yeah right).

So, in a bid to save my poor dying blog I've decided to put down my resolutions for the year.

I know its a little late for new year resolutions and I am a little disadvantaged here, considering that it is now March and I have only 3/4 of the year to follow up with my resolutions.

But anyways here's my resolutions for the year:
1) Gain at least 3kg weight (Muscles, not Fat)
2) Learn Muay Thai
3) Learn the Guitar
4) Improve my spoken English
5) Improve on my swimming so that I can at least swim 1 lap =.=
6) Go for Diving lessons -if- I can manage to improve on my swimming
7) Blog at least once per week about my resolutions so that I am at least abit motivated to carry them out. This is call having a PLAN... I think....

Now I will have to make sure that there are at least some friends reading my near dead blog just so they can nag at me when I am too lazy to carry out any of the resolutions.

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Besides boring you people with my 'lofty' aspirations for the year, I would also like to recommend Junjie's blog to everyone who is still reading my boring blog.

Junjie was one of my fellow sergeant while I was serving my NS. My impression of him is someone who always try to stick to his values in life and a person who always try to give his best in whatever he is doing. He is also very friendly and hardworking but his most notable trait is his honesty which is evident in this very truthful post about me, hahaha.

But seriously, unlike me, Junjie is someone who fills his time with interesting hobbies such as hiking, photography, fishing, wushu (i think) and most recently latin dancing.

What I really admire about Junjie though, is his can-do spirit. Once he decided to do something, he will just go ahead and do it, which again is very unlike me who can spend like forever procrastinating.

P.S. I think Junjie's blog might be in hibernation, seems like he have not updated his blog for a month now.

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I bought her a present for her birthday and gave it to her nonchalently.

I also got her a charm, which I hope will be of some help... despite the fact that I am an atheist who isn't supposed to believe superstitious shit like that.

But anyways, I've been doing some thinking lately.

Maybe liking someone does'nt necessary mean that you have to be together.

Maybe liking someone is just wanting the best for her.

Maybe I am just a wimp.

Most probably though, the best thing for her isn't me and so that's why I will be keeping my distance.

Enough of this emo shit already.

Go watch some Peter Chao and chao outside mutherfukers.


P.S. I think I am slowly getting my nonsense back. So anything that might be insulting/offensive to anyone should be treated, as always, the nonsensical ramblings of the author.

As Long As She Is Happy

I ordered Macdonalds again today... Its wierd to be anti-social and yet feel lonely.

Alone without Transport

I got off work and found myself alone at the staff quarters.

I was shitting when Ben sent me an sms asking whether I want to go for a run. Seriously, Ben is under quite abit of bad influence from his girlfriend... he is slowly turning into a health freak.

Having nothing better to do, I agreed to the run (actually, I tried to say no... but peer pressure is hard to withstand)

I should have known better though. I felt extremely shitty after the run. What's worse is that I have no transport now and the place that I am staying in is so far away from civilisation that it might as well be at the peak of the Himalayans, I would probably starve to death if I have to walk to the bus stop and then take the bus to changi village or downtown east and back.

Not exactly an enticing option considering that my legs were still aching from the run and so to save myself from such a fate, I decided to call for MacDelivery.

I finally realized how ulu my place is when the Macdonald operator told me that I needed to wait 1hr and 15 minutes for the delivery to reach me.

Dad Tried to Crush A Lorry With His Toyota Altis

Sad to say, the lorry won and now the bonnet of my dad's car resembles nothing so much as a crumpled piece of paper.

Luckily though, no one was hurt in the accident and I am actually quite amazed that my dad is still able to drive his car back home, a testmonial to the marvel of the Japanese engineering.

Dad's car is now in the repair shop and it will be at least one week before the repairs are done.

And as my quarters is a 10 minutes walk from the workplace, I loaned my car to my dad to drive for this week. I have to say though, after driving for around 4 months now, I feel wierdly crippled without my car.

Let's just hope I can survive one week without my car.

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I can easily buy a present for a girl whom I don't like... but why do I think so much on whether or not to buy a present for a girl whom I like?

I Should Just Switch To Twiitering

I went back to the staff quarters and found my fan in Senthil's bedroom.

I bought a table from Ikea for my laptop but didn't realise that I have no screw driver to fix it up and so I am blogging on the floor and my neck hurts.

And damn... I ran out of things to write.

Singapore Flyer

One month ago, I was ecastatic about getting the free tickets for the Singapore Flyer from the workplace.

There is only one free ticket (which allows free entry for 4 pax) per day and considering that there are around 2000 staff in my workplace, the ticket is pretty damn hard to get.

I was bored after the initial 10 minutes inside the Flyer.

There were really nothing much to see, the casino resort is still under the construction and the Formula One tracks are real boring as there isn't a F1 race going on.

If I have paid for the tickets I would have been damn sad for the experience is definitely not worth the almost $30 entry fees.

The crab that we had for dinner at the restaurant below the Singapore Flyer was quite nice though despite the exorbitant price and the high amount of MSG they must have added (I was real thirsty while we were on the Flyer)

P.S. If any of my colleagues happen to read this, don't, I repeat -Don't- get the Singapore Flyer ticket. Any of the free tickets (yes, even the Science Centre ticket) would have been more fun.

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Before I left the house for the Singapore Flyer, I was talking to Ajipu about her msn comment that Guys like to give out girls' numbers to other guys but somehow or other the conversation lead to the movie Phobia 2.

She send me a link to the trailer of the movie and damn, the trailer was scary enough that I don't think I would be watching it.

The worse part was the story about the haunted 2nd hand car.

I am driving a 2nd hand car and I am now unable to drive alone after dark.

I think Ajipu is really really evil...

To the guy who gave Ajipu's number to another guy, God Bless you... Think you need it. God Bless the other guy too...

P.S. As usual, the entry contains a lot of crap from me and anyone who might take offense from it should treat this post as nonsensical ramblings. Also, I am now unable to post about anything funny for I seemed to have misplaced my sense of humor. Please bear with me while I try to find it back.

The 2nd Trip to Malaysia

The last time I went to Malaysia, the immigration officer over at Malaysia side had wanted me to change my passport photo.

I figured that he (the immigration officer) was fishing for bribes, for he was making disparaging 'tsking' sounds and making exaggerated expressions of disbelief over the disparity between me and my passport photo.

I feigned ignorance at his Oscar worthy performance, he wrote the words 'Change Photo (Final)' on my passport.

That was last Friday.

And I had jio-ed Zhongda and Alan for a trip to Malaysia for a KTV scream our lungs out session today.

I could have tried to wing it past the immigration but being detained by the Malaysian immigration for an outdated passport photo would have sucked.

Imagine being in a prison cell where all your fellow detainees are murderers, rapists and robbers and you are in there because you look like a nerdy motherfucker (pardon the language, but I have been watching too much Peter Chao on Youtube) in your goddamn passport photo.

It will be almost like that guy who was arrested for rubbing shit on a building.



So, to save myself from such a fate, I came up with two plans to get myself across the causeway.

PLAN A : Go to the ICA building early in the morning to change my passport photo.

PLAN B : Prepare around RM10-20 to 'convince' the Malaysian immigration officer to let me pass.

After picking up Zhongda and Alan at around 7am, I made my way to the ICA building.

The morning traffic was horrendous but the worse part was when I have to pass through 2 ERP gantries. Its kinda ironic to be paying for something that is supposed to ease the traffic while being stuck in the traffic.

When I reached the ICA building, I was informed by the officer that there are no longer photo renewal services, instead I have to pay $70-$80 bucks for a new biometric passport and I would have to wait around 3 days for the passport to be ready, the worse thing was, I looked real shitty in my new passport photo.

As Plan A had failed miserably, I had no choice but to proceed with Plan B if we are going to get to Malaysia today.

I folded a RM10 bill into a small piece and left it at my car's side holder for easy access. As I reached the Malaysian side of the custom, I cursed inwardly when I saw that the immigration officer is a girl, for the female race are notorious for working by the book.

I hold my folded RM10 in my right hand, unsure of whether to pass it to her.

But the immigration did not seemed to sense my indecisiveness and this is how the conversation went.

Immigration Officer : Hey, your passport photo must change ah, why you never change?

Me : Um... I just went to change it but it will not be ready so soon.

And then I tried my best grin on her, but I have been told often by my sister that my best grin makes me look like an idiot and that might be the reason why the officer let us pass...

Immigration Officer : Ok... but next time must change ah!

Me : Thank you, Thank you!

We reached Jusco Tebrau City at around 1140am and we proceeded almost immediately to Redbox (their equivalent to Singapore's Kbox) for our KTV session.

We sang from 12pm to 3:30pm and it cost us around RM 15 each.

Basically the quality is about the same as Kbox but the funny thing is that the Redbox has more english songs selection than Kbox, which is kinda funny, for isn't Singapore supposed to be a English speaking country? Get More English songs, Kbox!

After the KTV, we went to watch the movie 'The Ugly Truth' and I have to say that the movie was one of the best movie that I have watched this year.

The jokes are funny, the female lead is damn pretty and the male lead is a bloke... what is there not to like? The movie is M18 though but it is more because of its sexual reference than because of any nudity. We were laughing from the beginning of the movie to the end.

When the movie ended, we had our dinner at the Manhattan's Fish Market before heading back to Singapore.

Cost of the Trip:

To pass through the Woodlands Custom : $1.50

To pass through the Malaysia Custom : RM2

Parking at Jusco : RM1

KTV : RM15

Movie : RM11

Dinner : RM30

Petrol : RM30

Total : RM89 + $1.50

Considering that the exchange rate is about 2.4 and that if we had done the exact same thing in Singapore, it would have cost us around $100 also, this trip is really not that expensive.

P.S. As usual, the entry contains a lot of crap from me and anyone who might take offense from it should treat this post as nonsensical ramblings. Also, I am now unable to post about anything funny for I seemed to have misplaced my sense of humor. Please bear with me while I try to find it back.

Back From Hibernation

One thing I've discovered.

The longer it is since you last posted, the harder it is to find the motivation to post.

So to get the ball rolling again, here's some updates.

1) My workplace is now at Changi.

2) My application for staff quarters was approved but there are no more vacancies, so I have to travel from Choa Chu Kang to Changi 5 days a week.

2) I went to my first ever concert 2-3 weeks ago. It was a Mayday concert. It rocked but my ear drums was perforated I think.

3) I got my driving license around 1 month ago.

4) I got my 'new' 2nd hand car 3 weeks ago.

5) My car hit the kerb 4 days ago.

6) I discovered how expensive it is to own a car.

7) I suck real bad at road directions, if one day my GPS stops working I will have to take urgent leave from work.

8) I've been dragged by Alan to register for the Nike Human Race. I still cannot believe that I am actually paying money to run...

9) I drove to Malaysia for the first time with my Sis last week. I have to say, my sister is either very courageous or she has great trust in my driving skills. I chose to believe in the latter.

10) I find myself unable to think up of point number 10 and so I shall end here :)

Introducing, the Hybrid Worm Cat

Driving Lessons, Cars and the Curious Case Of Dajie Button

My initial plan was to book my practical test somewhere in June so that I would still have time for a retest in the very unlikely event that I fail to pass in my first try.

My workplace is moving from Queenstown in Changi in August. If I did not get my own transport before then and if my application for the staff quarters in Changi is rejected, 1/6 of my life will be spend travelling to and fro the workplace.

This was the reason why I had squeezed in 4 driving lessons per week even though it is damn fucking tiring.

Unfortunately though, I did not know that I have to pass my Final theory test first before I can even book my practical test. I really do hate my stupidity sometimes.

So my Final theory test was booked for the 8th May and that was when I found out that I have to pass the Final theory evaluation test before I can even attempt the final theory test.

And before I can take the practical test, I have to pass through Basic theory lessons 1.01, 1.02 and Final theory lessons 1.01, 1.02.

In short, it is damn troublesome.

However, I begin to see why there was a need for the evaluation when I failed it today :(

I had went for the evaluation confidently after spending 30 minutes browsing through the advance theory book.

After all, I had went through 18 practical driving lessons and I should know enough about driving to pass some stupid theory test right?

Sadly though I got only 39 out of 50, 6 marks short of the passing rate.

That is why I am going back to BBDC at 8am tomorrow.

The schedule for tomorrow.

8am - 940am : Final Theory Lesson 1.02

950am - 1130 am: Final Theory Lesson 1.01

1135am - 1230pm : Final Theory Practice

1230 - 1305 : Final Theory Evaluation -again-

As you can see, I will be well prepared this time s o bring it on stupid theory tests.

I am not afraid.

Really... :(


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Regarding the issue about getting my own transport, I had deliberated long and hard between a brand new car or a 2nd hand car.

I am still considering whether I want to buy a car, but if I really went for it, I am now leaning more towards buying a brand new car.

This is partly due to the price drop in COE which makes new car more affordable and partly due to some comments by Da Jie.

1-2 weeks ago, it was around 1720pm and I had just finished my after work jog and a workout session at the state of the art gym. I was checking my handphone for any miss calls or messages when I saw this miscall from Da Jie.

For those of you who don't know, Da Jie only ever calls me in the rare event that she lacks enough people to play Mahjung.

Now, after Weijie and gang ruthlessly ended my 7 streak winning at Mahjung, I seemed to be in a feng du bi shu mode. That is, I am now losing every Mahjung game that I played.

So, I half-heartedly send back an sms to Da Jie and this is how the conversation went.

Me : Eh You called ah

Da Jie : Ya Lar.. Now den u call reply... chey

Me : Haha I cannot play mj

Me : No money to lose

Da Jie : Y?

Da Jie : Eh... Where is ur 10k

Me : Duhz nxt year den get la... U want to contribute to my honda civic fund?

Da Jie : Siao. Dun buy 2nd hand, later u need more fund to repair...

Me : Haha den can lend me 20k? Coz first hand thirty thousand more exp

Da Jie : U go buy from parallel importer la... Dun need so much cash..

Me : Haiz nvm let me get license first den u buy car i help u drive?

Me : Eh I go shower le nxt time got mj call earlier kay? Nowadays before elven I slp le

Da Jie : Wei.. I know y u never get selected for sq interview ler. Cos u not gay. I jus did a flt wif a junior steward. His face alot of pimples. Even andy, my bf oso wondering how come he steward. He is gay. So we all believe tat's how he got into sq. U buy car guan wo she mer shi??

Me : Lolz den I muz go practice my gayness le I buy car can um.... Chauffeur ur brother arnd ah den can go ur hse help u water plants also

Da Jie : Siao.. Tos plants live or die non of my business.. chauffeur my bro? Dun waste time lar. He can use his legs to walk anywhere for all he wan. Take bus oso too much for him lor.

Side Note: Zda... don't be disheartened that your sis is so evil... My sis also like tat...


Me : kns u r a evil sister lucky I not ur brother

Da Jie : Chey!! 10 thousand ppl q-ing to be my bro lor..

Me : Wahz got so many stupid people in the world ah.... ask each of them contribute 3 dollars to my honda civic fund den i can buy car le

Da Jie : Siao.. U think anyone oso can b my bro meh? U buying new car ar?

Me : Haha yeah horz want to be ur bro muz have high tolerance level no wonder zda always look so tired or sad.. And no la new car I can only afford picanto and tat car not cool at all

Da Jie : Dunno y my bf advise u to get 2nd hand car...

Da Jie : Zda appear sad cos I'm not ard him... He misses me..

Me : Haha he more clever bahz

Da Jie : Stupid lor... 2nd hand smelly.

Me : Um... Actually only when u not arnd he looks happy... U never notice mehz everytime he play mj wif u either is want to slp or want to cry like tat

Da Jie : No lor... I think mayb he gan dong tat's y he look as tho he wan to cry.. he very silly..

Me : Eh and 2nd hand car where got smelly... only rich people think like tat

Da Jie : Smelly.. The last owner got farted in the car before..

Me : Nvm I smell nice so can cover the fart smell

Da Jie : I think ur nose got some prob.. If this is the case mayb getting old car is not a prob for u..

Me : pui

So that is why I am aiming for either a brand new Hyundai Avante or the new Kia Cerato Forte instead of the 2nd hand Honda Civic if I am buying a car.

For now, whenever I think of 2nd cars, I am haunted by the images of the green tendrils of smoke that are the lingering farts of their previous owner...

Anyone knows if I can sue for psychological scarring?

More on Da Jie though...

For people who have watched the movie, the Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

I have not watched that movie personally but I know its about someone who gets younger as he ages.

The same kinda holds true for Da Jie also...

As most of us gets progressively more matured as we aged, Da Jie seemed to get... how shall I say it? More um... childish I mean childlike...

This is evident from the sms that was sent from Zda's hand phone the day after we had the 2nd hand car conversation.

Zda : My sis is e best. I love her.

Me : wtf

Zda : U idiot

Me : Lol dajie u very old le can be matured abit and stop using zda phone or not?

Zda : U stupid donkey

Then I decided to humor Da Jie by sending her this sms.

Me to Dajie : Hey dajie ur right! ur brother really loves u! He juz sent me a msg to tell me sia

Da Jie : See I told u :)

Me : Lol u r so lucky sia... Ur so weird yet ur siblings love u

Da Jie : pui

I think that when Da Jie gets married and have children, Andy being the only matured parental figure around, might be in for a hard time.

And seeing as how Da Jie's maturity seems to decrease with age, the children could end up being more matured than the mother =.=


P.S. As usual, the entry contains a lot of crap from me and anyone who might take offense from it should treat this post as nonsensical ramblings.