30th April 2008

The Last Day At Harbourfront

It's finally here. The last day at the Keppel Bay Tower office in Harbourfront. I will sorely miss this place. The morning started slow, with packing up of some stuffs and clearing of my desk. However, the pace picked up fast and by 11.00am, almost everyone had finished packing their computers! Some department had even left by that time, even though the server shutdown would only be at twelve noon. Some of my colleagues went around taking photos together. How nostalgic.

I will miss this place. 

Farewell Lunch

I met up with Sok Bee, Chiew Peng and Kim Seng for my 'farewell' lunch at Vivo City today. We had lunch at one of my favourite restaurant, Akashi. It's the only Japanese restaurant that I support so far. Simply because it mainly serves ala-carte dishes instead of sushi. We took a picture together to remember this day. It was the first time 4 of us took a picture together this year.

Retail Therapy

Headed to Far East Square to shop! Tonight I'm going to Zouk for my so-called 'farewell party', even though it's more of a fun night out enjoying Mambo at Zouk. Any reason is a good reason when it comes to having fun. ;)

As I walked around I stumbled into this shop called 'Z'. It's a shop that caters to men's fashion, in the smart casual type. The shop has blazers, long sleeves shirts and leather shoes mostly. I walked around, and was eventually presented with a range of men's casual blazers that was on sale (50% off!). Eventually found one that I liked. I also picked up a tie that looked totally funky and would go well with the white shirt that I plan to wear tonight. Can't wait!

I continued walking around and eventually found myself in a boutique of sorts. There was no name to this place (at least one that I could see). Inside, there were all sorts of hats and masks and shades and so on. I spotted a hat that looked quite cool and tried it on. It was white in colour. The design was nice but the colour worried me, as white tend to get dirty easily. The sales girl informed me that she has a black one and went off to get it after I told her I'd like to see it.

While waiting for her, I asked the sales dude if he has platform shoes. Whie he didn't have any, he offered me an alternative. These alternatives were called 'Creepers' and they were offered by this fashion label called 'Underground'. They're not as high as platform shoes, but they offer 2-inches of soles. Nice. I tried them on. They felt perfect. So I asked him how much. This was his reply,' Well, you know, these shoes were imported from Europe. As you can see, these are leather shoes and they were made in Europe. So what you have there are shoes designed and made in Europe. For this, the shoes cost one hundred and eighty dollars.'

In my head, my jaw dropped, time stopped and my wallet screamed,' ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS!!!' That's like freaking expensive. WTF!

After 3-seconds of silent, 20-seconds of thinking and 10-seconds of small talk, I said,' Ok. I'll take it.'

I had just bought my most expensive pair of shoes (even more expensive than my climbing shoes). Still, I like them. They look good.

My first pair of 'Creepers'

Mambo@Zouk

Together with Sok Bee, Bao Yan, Belle, Adrian and Desmond, we partied the night away in Zouk. It was to be a night to remember...

17th April 2008

What if your father is a graphic designer…

Well, if your father is a graphic designer, you can be sure to have fond memories of your photos, especially this kid!

And my own contribution...

Heehee...

16th April 2008

Make Babies? Oh yeah!

There sure are some interesting applications on Facebook. Quite some time back I got the following request:

(note: Picture and name censored for privacy purposes)

This lady friend wants to make babies with me! Oh yeah! Hahaha...

15th April 2008

15 Days Left At Harbourfront

In about 15 days time, I will be shifting office from Harbourfront to Lorong Chuan (area between Serangoon and Ang Mo Kio), at NewTech Park exactly. The rent at our present location tripled. Just because of the bloody IR. How I hate the IR at Sentosa. Grrr…

The new office is closer to my neighbourhood, if compared with Harbourfront. That’s the only plus point. The move forces my colleagues and me to give up a lot of luxuries and benefits. Such as the scenic view of the sea and Sentosa, the variety of good food in Vivocity, Harbourfront Centre and Seah Im Hawker Centre, the entertainment and shopping that can be found in the shopping centres and the friends working nearby. Haiz… I will especially miss the company of friends working nearby. =(

The new office will be smaller too. And due to the space constraint, we will have to give up a lot of recreational facilities and furniture. Which is why it is no surprise that today we received an email stating that there are some office furniture on sale. Amongst the items on sale was one massage chair and the pool table.

So damn bloody sad lah! The pool table is not going with us!!! ARGH!!! =(

The pool table is going for $500, and the massage chair, $1000. I would go for the pool table if I had space in my house to put it. Now I’m wishing I got my own house to put it. ARGH!!!

I hate this relocation. I just hate it.

Call The Police!

Ok, picture the following scenario:

You were out with two friends and on your way to have dinner. At the coffeeshop you bump into someone you knew from reservist called Jason (not his real name). After some small talk, you had your dinner. Thereafter you and your friends proceeded to a shopping centre to window-shop.

Just as you entered the shopping centre, Jason appeared. He says he needs to borrow your phone (an expensive phone that you bought recently) to make a call. As he was making the call, Jason said the reception was bad so he is going out to get a clear reception. So you waited with your two friends. Sensing something amiss, you went out and Jason was nowhere to be found. You tried to call Jason using your friend’s phone but no pick up. Jason then sent an sms to say he is coming back but after 1 hour of exchanging sms-es and saying he will reach ‘in 15mins’, he never turn up. Even after you threaten to report him to the police.

Conclusion: He stole your phone, and you were made a fool for trusting him with your phone. Subsequently you made a police report.

Aftermath: Now, almost a year later, you went for your reservist. And there, lo and behold, was Jason! He avoided you as much as he can. What is the right thing to do there and then?

The right thing to do (also the most sensible thing to do) is to call the Police. After all, this is the best chance to nab the bastard who betrayed your trust and took advantage of your kindness by ‘spitting in your face’ and steal your phone. He is not a small boy who is not aware of the consequences of his action. And by avoiding you he has no remorse about his misdeeds towards you. Getting him arrested by the Police and letting the Law deal with him will also ensure the protection of other people’s property. I mean, if he can do it once, he can do it again. Who knows, while doing reservist, he will steal from others. Prevention is better than cure.

I would dial ‘999’ immediately if it was me. But this didn’t happen to me. It happened to someone else. And that someone has to ‘think about it’. At around 7pm today that someone asked me what he should do. And I told him to call the Police. At around 11pm when I asked that someone if he had called the Police, he told me he is thinking about it.

Seriously , what the fuck is there to think about?

The thief didn’t offer to pay you back for the phone, avoids you as much as possible, and is probably laughing at ‘getting away with it’. And you still have to think about calling the Police?

This is something that I don’t understand, and I probably won’t until I get an explanation from that someone. That is also if he wants to share with me. But it just doesn’t make any sense.

Fuck it; I’m feeling that I can’t be bothered any more.

Unappreciated

I feel unappreciated. Especially when someone who wanted to meet up after work suddenly asked me to find my own plans because she wants to sleep. I spared time and attention on her whenever she needs it.

And all for what?

To be treated like a doll and be cast aside at a whim?

If that’s the way it’s going to be then it’s better for me to spend time with people who appreciate my company and treat me well.

If I care for you, and yet you’re going to be a bitch to me, then I will give you the treatment a bitch deserves.

14th April 2008

Bribe Progress is on the way!

Today I opened a letter and read an interesting news. I will be receiving my bribe progress package and gst offset package in the months to come. In the months to come!

I wonder why are we not given a lump sum instead?

My guess is that the Gahmen wants to remind you now and then that they do ‘take care’ of you by bribing you sharing with you a piece of the progress pie. Of course, they take 90% of it while we get leftovers and scraps. After all, they need to ensure that our leaders do not stray off into the private sector and that their pay is equivalent to the private sector. What better way than to give the elites a big fat bonus. As my JC principal once said,’ Well done boys!’.

At this point, the typical Singaporean would ask,’ Why are we not getting more?’

And the typical respond would be,’ Because we don’t want you to be lazy bums like us’. Of course, they have people to put that in a nicer way, and censure some of the words above.

Thanks for the bribe progress package! I’ll use it overseas to pay for my trips! =)

Stoned

The whole day I felt so damn tired. Thanks to the cable-skiing that I did yesterday. The body is aching like hell. But the ache is always welcomed, because it means my muscles are working out and I am going to get beefy! Hahaha…

Well, I’m definitely going to sleep early tonight. 11.30pm.

13th April 2008

Morning Scare

I was so damn sleepy this morning. The night before, I slept at 3a.m and woke up around 7a.m. Had clinic before I went out for Saturday night fun. Yesterday, I reached home at 4a.m, slept and was awake by 6.30a.m. With less than 7 hours of sleep, how can I not be sleepy right?

I woke up early this morning as I was going for cable ski in Batam. Packed everything and showered and was soon on the way. I was waiting for the train to arrive at Yishun MRT while my mind wandered. Just as the train reached the station, BAM! It hit me! No, not the train, but a shock.

I had forgotten my passport!!! How to go Batam without my passport??? Fuck!!!

I had cold sweat all over. My mind went into overdrive too!

Immediately I ran out of the station, caught a cab and drove straight to my place. Thereafter ran up, ran into the house and into my room, where I found my passport lying innocently on my table. Picked it up and did a thorough mental check of the things I needed (in case I forgot anything else) and left as soon as possible. Damn! That was enough to keep me awake for the whole trip, with me cursing at my forgetfulness.

Cable Ski @ Batam

Today my aim was to land properly after going off the kicker. The kicker is the lingo for the ramp. I’ve been able to go up the ramp, but I’ve never been able to land properly.

At the end of the day, I still haven’t been able to land properly. It is so damn frustrating! The next time I go, I’ll have to get some tips from the crew there. I did manage to capture my jumps on video. Will post it up once I’ve transferred it from my video camera!

11th April 2008

Earth Day Recce

This morning, a few of my colleagues and I were supposed to meet up at Pasir Ris Park at 8.30am. We were going to walk the ground of Pasir Ris Park and do a recce of the place as we are group leaders for Timberland Earth Day. During Earth Day, we will be contributing our efforts towards park conservation. Last year I planted trees. This year I will be cleaning up the mangrove. Darn. I had already psyche myself up into planting trees! =\

I was getting to leave the house at 7.20am when it started to rain heavily! One minute later, Audrey called to inform me it was cancelled. Back to bed I went.

When I reached the office, I got word that the recce would still go on, since the weather was improving. Eventually we left the office at 11.30am as it had stopped raining by then.

If you’ve been to Pasir Ris Park, you would know that it is pretty huge! We almost couldn’t find the exact place that we were supposed to go. Only after some ‘exploring’ did we get our bearings right. And commenced on our recce.

For my group, we will be in-charge of mangrove clean-up. As it was high tide, we didn’t get a clear view of the area that we were supposed to clean-up. But I imagine the area to be quite big. Oh well, if it gets too hot, we can always throw ourselves into the river! Hahaha…

Timberland Earth Day will be on 22nd April. Anyone interested in helping out?

Climb @ NUS

It’s been a while but I finally made my way to NUS to climb. The climbing gym was closed for 2 weeks or so due to the BoulderActive competition. Now that the competition is over, it’s time to ‘whack the wall’! The best thing about the gym now is that there are plenty of new routes on the wall. Hence new problems to solve and new challenges to overcome! So exciting! =)

I tried most of the new routes today, and had fun doing so. Even went to the point of going beyond my limit. My body is going to ache tomorrow, especially my back and arms. Oh well, that just means my muscles are growing. Hahaha… ;)

10th April 2008

I Live My Life For You by Firehouse

You know you're everything to me and I could never see
The two of us apart
And you know I give myself to you and no matter what you do
I promise you my heart

I've built my world around you and I want you to know
I need you like I've never needed anyone before
I live my life for you
I want to be by your side in everything that you do
And if there's only one thing you can believe is true
I live my life for you

I dedicate my life to you, you know that I would die for you
But our love would last forever
And I will always be with you and there is nothing we can't do
As long as we're together

I just can't live without you and I want you to know
I need you like I've never needed anyone before

I live my life for you
I want to be by your side in everything that you do
And if there's only one thing you can believe is true
I live my life for you

I've built my world around you and I want you to know
I need you like I've never needed anyone before
I live my life for you
I want to be by your side in everything that you do
And if there's only one thing you can believe is true
I live my life for you


I live my life for you

9th April 2008

Happy Birthday Zonghao!

May your wishes come true and hope that you’ll be blessed with plenty of happiness.

Zonghao’s Celebration

Met up with Zonghao, Ronghui, Chin Seng, Zhijie, Baoyan and Carol at Sakae Sushi at Atrium today, to celebrate Zonghao’s birthday. Sok Bee joined us slightly later. Dinner was good and we had fun joking around, catching up and of course, celebrating Zonghao’s birthday.

The celebration went on till after dinner. Initially we had wanted to catch a show at The Cathay. However, there wasn’t any interesting show being screened at the moment, thus we ended up window-shopping. While the guys were walking around, the gals secretly went to Ben & Jerry’s and ordered a birthday cake! I wasn’t aware of this till much later, when all the arrangements had been made.

We made our way to Ben & Jerry’s, got our ‘reserved’ seats and was eventually served with the birthday cake! It was an ice cream cake (strawberry, chocolate and one more flavour that I cannot identify) and it was good! This time we really did a more proper celebration with the cake and singing the birthday song. And taking lots of pictures of course~

Birthday celebrations are fun! Check out the photos from my gallery.

8th April 2008

First Step Towards a Goal

Today I finally took the first step towards achieving a goal. Wanted to do this last week but bad weather kept me away. However today was a good day to do it.

Today, I went to book my Basic Theory Test.

Yes! The first step towards getting a driving license is to book this test. The next step is to pass it and then book the Advance test. Remember this date: 12th May 2008. I’ll be taking my test at 8pm. Wish me all the best on that day! Heehee…

I hope to be able to get my license by the end of the year. Had already decided that when I get my driving license, I will go on a cruise around the island at night, till around maybe 4.00 a.m. or so. There’s a family car for me to drive around, so having a vehicle is to drive around is not an issue. The challenge is getting that license.

Wohoo! Driving freedom, here I come! =)

Still, I prefer to be driven around than drive around. Guess I’m just lazy. Hehehe…

Getting a Present

I met up with Ronghui at Ang Mo Kio Hub. We were going to shop for present. Zonghao’s birthday is tomorrow, so we were going to get the present today. Earlier on today, we had already discussed on what to get him. It was slightly hard to decide on what to get him. But eventually, we settled for an X-box 360 and a Wii game, since he has both consoles.

Tomorrow I’ve to go and wrap the present up. Looking forward to the celebration!

7th April 2008

New Phone!

Wohoo! I will be getting a new mobile phone soon! And it is the phone that I have always wanted, which is the Nokia 5310.

As you can see, the phone is slim and stylish. The music function is a just an added bonus. Other than that, all other features are not much different from the phones that I have. For me, the reason that I like it is that it is slim.

Wohoo! Can’t wait for it to arrive! =)

I don’t know exactly when though, as my sis is helping me to get it.

Just stay tuned!

6th April 2008

Men's Foolishness on Mortality

Junliang was sharing with me on his latest inspiration. He had watched this show called 'The Bucket List' in which two guys who had been told they have one year to live decided to write down a list of stuffs to do and do it before they 'kick the bucket'. Two questions stuck with him after the show.

1) What have you done to find joy in your life?

2) What have you done to give joy to others?

I then mentioned it to him that this is the folly of everyone, which is we take our mortality for granted. It is only when we are aware that 'time is running out' on us that we make the best use of the time left.

That shouldn't be the way. We should always do our best to maximize the worth of every living day. Time is given to us all, but it's limited. Do what you want, do what you like, because you'll never know when your time is up. It may sound cliché to you, but what have you done to make your life better today than yesterday?

And have you put in effort in doing what you wanted to do?

And more importantly, what have you done to make life better for others?

We are not alone in this world. There are people around us. Everyone needs some joy in their life. If you can contribute, then don't hold yourself back. Because in giving, you will get some joy in return. ;)

Note: The two lead cast can be seen wearing Timberland outfit in the show.

I Need to Exercise More

I need to exercise more. Today I met up with the SIM-ODAC guys to play soccer at 'The Cage' in East Coast. I felt tired very fast! It's sickening, because I felt weak. I want to stop feeling weak. I want to stop feeling breathless after running up and down the court a few times. And I want to score some goals!!! Hahaha...

Time to exercise. Starting with jogging!