So Arsenal lost 5-1 to Sp*rs in the Carling Cup semi-final 2nd leg.

Big deal......especially for Sp*rs

I've endured my fair share of taunts about it. I concur, the team with more passion and desire won on that day, and they did deserve to win. The adebayor and bendtner fight was just good ol' passion for the game and the team running too wild in 2 youngster's head. Yeah, well, that's all for this topic. I just thought as an avid Arsenal fan I had to come up with my 2 cents worth.

Anyway, we're almost nearing the end of January for 2008, and February is looming round the corner. Which means that Chinese New Year is soon going to be upon us once again. CNY(not CMY) is quite important to me as that's the time when the festive mood descends upon us. Only this time, instead of chocolate cookies and cream cakes, its sambal prawn rolls and pineapple tarts, instead of Christmas trees and exchanging of presents, its red auspicious posters and recieving of ang pows. I'm looking forward to meeting up with all my relatives again, gambling as well as just taking a backseat from the damned projects.

Speaking of which, deadlines for our various projects are coming up and people are all getting stressed up. Word of advice, don't overwork youself and don't be too stressed up. It's bad for health and in the long run, will adversely affect you. So what if you can score perfect grades now but your health suffers in the future. Furthermore, we are only young once, stressing and overworking now is plain stupid cause you'll be stressed and overwork in the future too don't worry. Sleeping at unearthly hours and waking up early just because of projects will just serve to make you weak and sickly. Not worth it, really.

Something random: I read somewhere that knowledge makes everything simpler. Imagination makes everything much more complicated......Well, I certainly have a lot of the latter.

There are many thoughts which I don't feel I can pen down here for all and sundry to read. So I won't. Or maybe I will. I'm sleepy. Its still in the afternoon but its a lazy Sunday afternoon. It just started raining though. Going out soon for Ben's birthday celebration with daniel, paul, joe, ping shen etc. So I guess this concludes this post then.

Have a good week ahead.


I live in the shadow of her past
Some feelings which were made to last
It ends now, it ends fast
Kiss goodbye this fragile trust

jealousy and control

I'm in the midst of all the projects and their damned deadlines & presentations. Just finished my IMC presentation and tomorrow is entrepreneurship presentation. No matter how last minute my work may be though, I just realise that I am still able to do a decent report and presentation. How do I do it, what is my secret? you may ask. Talent is the answer. Pure Talent. Hahaha, well actually that's just part of the answer. Inspiration also plays a huge part. Yup, with inspiration, you can never go wrong.

Anyway, I've been quite busy these few days. For those of you complaining that I've not been playing dota online or not been seen online, well, that's because I've been spending a lot of time with my dear recently. Yes yes, zsqy and what have you but honestly, I really enjoy spending time with her. Went with her to Alex's 21st birthday chalet on Saturday and stayed overnight. Played blackjack with emo daniel through the night cos for different reasons, we both couldn't sleep. Well, I don't know why but my luck in gambling seems to have transferred over from last year. Won a total of 21bucks from him(he promptly became more EMO) and another 4 bucks from other players who joined in later. After which I played mahjong with dear and her mum and sis and "won" another 8 bucks(theoretically speaking, since we didn't play with real money). And you all know my mahjong skills are as good as Melvin's organizational skills(another low blow to him but no worries, he can take it). So it must really be luck. Or some lucky charm around me. Or some lucky actions which I do.

On to other things then, NAPFA was last taken last Thursday. Wasn't too confident but with a little bit of inspiration, I managed to pass the dreaded test so yes people, I'll spend 2 months lesser in NS. Oh yeah, for the medical checkup thingy, I am still classified as healthy, just that I have slight hearing loss at high pitches. Which I guess finally explains why I tend not to hear hayma speaking during her lessons. Anyway I'm in PES B, still full NS for me, only can't play with explosives or grenades. A bit sad really, blowing things up to kingdom come should be fun..............

Ok, the weather's kinda been topsy turvy these days. My health's been topsy turvy. One day sick, one day well. Dear's health has been the same. She was sick before the chalet, ok during the chalet, then sick after the chalet. But I'm with her the whole time, sick or not. Haha, I can almost hear ZSQY being muttered again. Nonetheless, she's my priority now, along with family and studies/projects. Just realised that dear had another serious bout of gastric this afternoon but still she didn't tell me and went home herself. Her reasoning? Cause she didn't want me to worry as I had presentation preparation.. My reasoning why she should tell me? Cause I don't want anything untoward to happen to her. Imagine if something did happen, how bad would I feel, especially when I realise that I could have done something about it. Which reasoning would you support?

Alrighty, gonna stop here for now. Its not been a very interesting update actually. More factual than opinionated. Oh yeah one last thing, its almost CNY and the gambling season will soon be upon us. Can't wait to play ban luck and mahjong. And if possible, play texas poker with Ben and Daniel and Joe and Paul etc. OWN THEM IN POKER AND WIN THEIR MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!

Of course, for that to happen I might need some inspiration........;)


Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul

Another short blog post, cause I've got projects to do and not much time to do it with.

I think NYP students are the latest to graduate among all the polytechnics. While I'll graduate in around 2months time, others are already preparing to graduate in 2 weeks. Whether this is a good thing or not is up for debate because while graduation would mean no worries about projects and exams, you'll get to see less of your friends, do less of the things which piss people off and you'll have to start worrying about how to spend your free time meaningfully or worry about work. Of course there'll still be gatherings among friends for us to catch up with each other(this is of course, provided that Melvin isn't the organizer--> "who's going?", "got enough people or not??", "who's going???", "what if not enough people????", "WHO'S GOING?????" ), but it'll be less frequent.

Anyway, NAPFA is next Friday. Am I prepared? Frankly no, I'm not prepared at all. From being able to do 4 pull ups(the minimum for silver is 5), I can do only 2 pull ups now. A sad decrease, and with only 6 more days to train, I can more or less say GG! bring on 2 more months of NS. This is if I actually do have to go through NS and not become a clerk.

Apparently yours truly didn't pass the hearing test, though I blame it down to the people outside talking loudly such that I can actually hear them from inside. That's why I'm going down this Monday for a re-test, and if I DO fail that too, there's a very likely possibility I'm gonna be a clerk. Well, I want to use NS to actually gain some muscles, which I have been trying to do by going to the gym every once in awhile. Well, the downside of going to NS is that while I'm stuck inside with other guys, others who have completed NS will be outside glancing and checking the pretty girls out. And by the time I come out, who knows, maybe most of the pretty girls will have been taken/stolen ;). Haha, well then at least if that's the case I won't be accused of ZSQY anymore.

Well then, I believe there's nothing more to write. And do any of you experience problems with your hotmail at times? Especially the attachment and sending? Cause its making me a hell lot pissed. Considering opening a gmail account but I'm abit too lazy to actually do it. Ok, then, thats all, right on to projects, especially since dear is coming over later.

Cheerio, have yourself a cracking weekend then.


There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but
you can learn how to play the game

Just a quick update this time. Watched "Across The Universe" with dear today, a 2 hour+ movie which was pretty interesting though the length of the movie affected my dear and made her sleepy at certain points. Well, my overall take of the movie is that it is quite good, a little draggy at times but it reflects the hippy period quite well. The recklessness and carefree lives of youths in that era, smoking pot, singing songs, going on long aimless road trips etc. But reality eventually sets in, with war rearing its ugly head and destroying relationships, families and frienships. For those who like musicals, I guess this movie is quite close to a musical? 34 Beatles songs are sung throughout the movie, and if you do listen to the beatles music then you might enjoy it even more.

Been spending lots of time away from home recently. Am I tired? Yes, frankly I am sometimes really tired out by the time I get home. HOWEVER! I'm not just tired, I'm tired BUT happy. And to me, its the latter which is important to me. One can be energetic, recharged, have sufficient sleep but if you're not as happy as you can be, then its a bit pointless. After all we all should enjoy ourselves till we're drop, then stand up and enjoy ourselves even more. Sure we all need rest and I do get sufficient rest so no worries there. Especially for me when NS comes along, I'll have very little free time left, so I definitely want to make full use of my time now. Wouldn't you agree with me?

You might know though, that I do feel like I'm clingy(?), since I now always make an extra effort to meet. I'm not sure if the right word is clingy, but I don't really know a word to replace "zhong ce qing you", which poon-deh used to describe me. Er....take that translation of that chinese phrase(which hanyu pin yin I'm not even sure is correct or not) and modify it slightly and it'll be the exact meaning. Problem is, I don't want to come across as such, cause I'm not. And that is why I MIGHT just stop making that extra effort for awhile. Anyway though, its not only myself I have to consider about being tired.

Of course, I do realise I haven't been out with my Poly friends as much nowadays, though I still meet Ahmad, Wan and Saf regularly. Will try to arrange for something guys. Not sure what though, just know that you can trust my arrangements cause I'm no Melvin ;).

Anyway I think its time for me to end this post. It is slightly shorter than what you might be accustomed to but well, there you are.