my right foot has grown 1.5cm longer than the left foot since 12 hours ago.
it's swelling and it looks downright ugly. i injured it during training just now. i did a sweep which was too high, so my right foot slammed into syed's shin. ouch. apparently even the sound of the impact wasn't that nice either. haha. so now i can't walk properly. it hurts 2 even sit at times, what more walk. i think i will be out for 4 days? haha. this really sucks. i would really rather get kicked hard in the stomach again and feel that funny vomitting sensation again. at least the pain is temporary. i feel so stupid having to walk around slowly and trying to lift the pressure off the right foot. tsk tsk.
so that's e greatest takeaway from training just now - an injured right foot. well, it was my fault since i swept too high, but well we all learn things the hard way sometimes. so other than that, all's okay. training on wednesday, badminton on thursday, meeting and football kickabout yesterday and training just now. other than this freaking injury i managed to get through it. haha. crazy schedule.
and my results. i did pretty well i think, although i am naturally surprised. because seriously, i didn't study hard enough but yet my grades i think were still not too bad. i shall not disclose them here since i will lack alot of tact i i do so. and seriously, i don't know how to console people who didn't do exactly well. the only thing i can think of is that today might be my day, so tomorrow it might be yours. till now i'm still surprised about my grades, but i hope i can at least maintain it somewhere around there.
this foot better cure in time for the chalet next week. i don't want to trudge around on the beach like an idiot later on. so uncool.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
new tagboard
yup i've finally put up a new tagboard! so tag people, because it will look ridiculously empty if you don't! haha.
on any case the past few days have been whirlwind in nature. hari raya haji was spent at my grandparents' place. and my cousin did well enough to get into victoria school. well at least he's gotten into a school steeped in tradition. more importantly, that should shave off any form of burden that i've carried with me thus far. ah my uncle says me and my elder cousin should be role models for the younger ones. well, i think we've pretty much carried ourselves well so far, since both of us are already in universities. anyway the future looks bright for my cousins. i can see they are smart and talented in their own ways, and will do well later on. haha i swear i never spoke as much english as they do now when i was much younger. even the 2 year olds have a vocabulary range of words that are quite impressive, i must say.
friday was spent with the supposed cousin naim. tried to find the bag that i wanted but to no avail. ended up linking up with nura, syaza and faaizah at wisma atria, and watching a performance by the hearing-impaired club of ngee ann polytechnic. i think that's what the society is called there. haha.or is it the sign language club? i've no idea. anyway they were performing christmas songs using sign language, which is no easy feat i tell you. i think it's harder to learn sign language than learning a new spoken language altogether. but at least sign language is internationally recognised, so it is the same anywhere. the only thing i know how to say via sign language is 'i love you'. haha. oh, and 2 signages of vulgarities too. haha.
had silat training on saturday. sparred with hanan! haha. got kicked yet again in the stomach, but i know how to deal with it this time round. just burp it all out! haha. i actually did that and i was okay again. but it was a poor outing for me anyway, i managed only 1 proper sweep throughout the bout and mostly got thrown on the mat by hanan. haha. i've only taken silat up for like 3 months, so i'm very poor on my techniques and the sort. the coach says i must buck up! i'll try, but i'm a novice so don't expect much! haha. but i'll still keep my head down and try work on it quietly.
and then after training, off to a football match! haha me and hanan rushed off in a taxi to bedok view sec school. nus muslim society vs nus malay language society. i played for ms, and the moment i stepped onto the pitch my boots tore open. haha idiot me didn't wash my boots after i ast wore them 3 years ago (during that title-winning year in which i scored an audacious lob with my left foot! haha). so the dirt and the soil kind of hardened around the boot, thereby exerting pressure on it and causing the leather to wear down and tear. haha it was so comical. not even 15 seconds i was on the pitch my boots got torn. i ended up having to constantly switch boots. all in all i wore 3 different boots! haha. (to add on, it means that i went through freaking national service and working and even started school while my boots were rotting away in the shoe cabinet! haha so disgusting of me.)
but the match was okay. by half-time we were leading 9-1. ah the 1 goal we conceded was partly mine and fairus' fault. fairus was under pressure by the striker so he couldn't clear the ball properly, and then when the ball came to me i let it bounce before clearing. that's 1 mistake you should never do - to let the ball bounce in the penalty area. so the opponent managed to steal the ball away and blast it home. but no worries, we won 12-3 in the end. i only managed a handful of passes and clearances, and only a shot on target. by the end of the match it was pouring heavily, but me hanan and fairus continued to play in the rain. so fun! i felt like it was back in primary school days again, those carefree days, just laughing and fooling around. after the match it was dinner at bedok corner and then home. saturday was a crazy dy, but a fulfilling one. i didn't get cramps despite silat training, sparring, and the football match played in the mud. only a slight groin strain and that's it.
sunday was spent with jj and fab, the 2 closest friends i had back in jc. found the sort of bag i wanted, but at $69, i'll hold out first. it's from river island and it's leathery, so i'll keep it in view. but i managed to accidentally find a new pair of boots! at 29.90! i simply had to get them. 1stly it's adidas boots. 2ndly, original price was $99. despite the boots being white (kind of poser) in colour and the model is very old - but well, boots are still boots i guess. it's still 1st hand boots, no matter that it's an old model. but since it's from a clearance sale, so the boxes were abit old too. luckily i tried on both sides, because i realised 1 was bigger in size than the other! so like a madman i opened the other boxes myself to find the matching pair. i eventually did, but i created a mess after that. haha. but well, for 29.90, i think it was worth going through all those boxes like a tramp. but when i got back, i realised there were minor differences between both sides. the right 1 had its logo at the back in blue, while the left 1 was in silver. the right boot had the special beckham adidas logo on its tongue while the left bore the adidas logo. even the 2 stripes differed slightly in colour. haha. but the differences do not stick out like a sore thumb, and in any case i think they boots were really supposed to be made that way. haha. but i feel it's a good deal! haha.
so tomorrow is xmas, and next week is the start of 2008. me and naim have agreed that we both end the year on a low. for me all i know i have successfully achieved my 1 and only new year resolution for 2007, although all this while i had always quietly held the hope i would not achieve it. so yes, the year has been okay for me, i think generally speaking i've had much better years before.
my racing heart, is just the same - why make it strong, to break it once again?
on any case the past few days have been whirlwind in nature. hari raya haji was spent at my grandparents' place. and my cousin did well enough to get into victoria school. well at least he's gotten into a school steeped in tradition. more importantly, that should shave off any form of burden that i've carried with me thus far. ah my uncle says me and my elder cousin should be role models for the younger ones. well, i think we've pretty much carried ourselves well so far, since both of us are already in universities. anyway the future looks bright for my cousins. i can see they are smart and talented in their own ways, and will do well later on. haha i swear i never spoke as much english as they do now when i was much younger. even the 2 year olds have a vocabulary range of words that are quite impressive, i must say.
friday was spent with the supposed cousin naim. tried to find the bag that i wanted but to no avail. ended up linking up with nura, syaza and faaizah at wisma atria, and watching a performance by the hearing-impaired club of ngee ann polytechnic. i think that's what the society is called there. haha.or is it the sign language club? i've no idea. anyway they were performing christmas songs using sign language, which is no easy feat i tell you. i think it's harder to learn sign language than learning a new spoken language altogether. but at least sign language is internationally recognised, so it is the same anywhere. the only thing i know how to say via sign language is 'i love you'. haha. oh, and 2 signages of vulgarities too. haha.
had silat training on saturday. sparred with hanan! haha. got kicked yet again in the stomach, but i know how to deal with it this time round. just burp it all out! haha. i actually did that and i was okay again. but it was a poor outing for me anyway, i managed only 1 proper sweep throughout the bout and mostly got thrown on the mat by hanan. haha. i've only taken silat up for like 3 months, so i'm very poor on my techniques and the sort. the coach says i must buck up! i'll try, but i'm a novice so don't expect much! haha. but i'll still keep my head down and try work on it quietly.
and then after training, off to a football match! haha me and hanan rushed off in a taxi to bedok view sec school. nus muslim society vs nus malay language society. i played for ms, and the moment i stepped onto the pitch my boots tore open. haha idiot me didn't wash my boots after i ast wore them 3 years ago (during that title-winning year in which i scored an audacious lob with my left foot! haha). so the dirt and the soil kind of hardened around the boot, thereby exerting pressure on it and causing the leather to wear down and tear. haha it was so comical. not even 15 seconds i was on the pitch my boots got torn. i ended up having to constantly switch boots. all in all i wore 3 different boots! haha. (to add on, it means that i went through freaking national service and working and even started school while my boots were rotting away in the shoe cabinet! haha so disgusting of me.)
but the match was okay. by half-time we were leading 9-1. ah the 1 goal we conceded was partly mine and fairus' fault. fairus was under pressure by the striker so he couldn't clear the ball properly, and then when the ball came to me i let it bounce before clearing. that's 1 mistake you should never do - to let the ball bounce in the penalty area. so the opponent managed to steal the ball away and blast it home. but no worries, we won 12-3 in the end. i only managed a handful of passes and clearances, and only a shot on target. by the end of the match it was pouring heavily, but me hanan and fairus continued to play in the rain. so fun! i felt like it was back in primary school days again, those carefree days, just laughing and fooling around. after the match it was dinner at bedok corner and then home. saturday was a crazy dy, but a fulfilling one. i didn't get cramps despite silat training, sparring, and the football match played in the mud. only a slight groin strain and that's it.
sunday was spent with jj and fab, the 2 closest friends i had back in jc. found the sort of bag i wanted, but at $69, i'll hold out first. it's from river island and it's leathery, so i'll keep it in view. but i managed to accidentally find a new pair of boots! at 29.90! i simply had to get them. 1stly it's adidas boots. 2ndly, original price was $99. despite the boots being white (kind of poser) in colour and the model is very old - but well, boots are still boots i guess. it's still 1st hand boots, no matter that it's an old model. but since it's from a clearance sale, so the boxes were abit old too. luckily i tried on both sides, because i realised 1 was bigger in size than the other! so like a madman i opened the other boxes myself to find the matching pair. i eventually did, but i created a mess after that. haha. but well, for 29.90, i think it was worth going through all those boxes like a tramp. but when i got back, i realised there were minor differences between both sides. the right 1 had its logo at the back in blue, while the left 1 was in silver. the right boot had the special beckham adidas logo on its tongue while the left bore the adidas logo. even the 2 stripes differed slightly in colour. haha. but the differences do not stick out like a sore thumb, and in any case i think they boots were really supposed to be made that way. haha. but i feel it's a good deal! haha.
so tomorrow is xmas, and next week is the start of 2008. me and naim have agreed that we both end the year on a low. for me all i know i have successfully achieved my 1 and only new year resolution for 2007, although all this while i had always quietly held the hope i would not achieve it. so yes, the year has been okay for me, i think generally speaking i've had much better years before.
my racing heart, is just the same - why make it strong, to break it once again?
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
tried
warning - the author is extremely tired.
why? well for almost the whole of last week i had silat trainings everyday. of course it wasn't that tiring per se, but it all kinda builds up. and it all culminated in that performance we staged on saturday for PPIS at jurong spring cc (former hong kah cc). basically it was mostly a performance showcasing the more cultural aspects of silat. well for my part i had to be thrown and kicked around by halimah (or hally, which i believe is the anglicised name. haha). and yes it did hurt alot.
i kinda forgot that we were now on a wooden stage and not practising on those thick mats. what was supposed to happen was that at 1 stage i was to run towards her and she would kick me in the chest and send me flying in the air. yes i flew, but the landing was anything but smooth. when i got up my whole body was in complete pain from the impact of being slammed against the hard floor. for some reason i felt like my life was being squeezed out. haha. but seriously, if it was normal training i would have tapped out immediately. anyway some of us suffered from injuries too, more especially so for chong, who left the place with a cut across his right cheek.
in any case the following morning when i got up and went to the bathroom to shower, i stared into the mirror almost immediately i said 'what the f**k is that???' well, there was a huge ass abrasion on my left shoulder that turned mighty red overnight. a reminder of my flying act the day before. i had already felt pain there but the day before it wasn't inflamed as that. anyway it is still bright red as of now, and its roughly the size of 4 50cent coins put side by side? yup. they say its sort of 'bleeding' underneath the skin, so that probably explains why it is as red as that. haha. it doesn't hurt much, but it's just so strikingly red that i'm thankful it wasn't on my arm or face or something like that. haha. hope it heals soon though.
and anyway that same sunday night, after the performance the day before, i went to recce the route for night cycling. had loads of fun, even with only aizat, naim and zuraimi. haha. had dinner at burger king at east coast, and then we cycled to esplanade. before that we managed to stop at chjimes and catch poor liverpool against manchester united for the whole of the 2nd half. that was followed by supper at gluttons' bay at esplanade. haha i had a huge ass ice kachang served, and had roti john n kaya toast too. and then we cycled back via nicoll highway, the national stadium and through east coast park. and reached back at around 330am. we had breakfast at mcdonalds at 4am. haha. basically, i had 3 meals within the space of 9 hours! haha. a real glutton. well, but cycling at night is really fun. i think i should do that real often. haha.
but ya, i'm still tired from the exertions. i haven't had proper sleep since then, and still had time to play futsal just now after the rain. haha i'm really not good at soocer. and i'm even more tired than ever.
dear you,
if you are reading this, i'm real sorry. i am mean too. but i hope you understand. i hope things become better from now on. i really do hope so.
why? well for almost the whole of last week i had silat trainings everyday. of course it wasn't that tiring per se, but it all kinda builds up. and it all culminated in that performance we staged on saturday for PPIS at jurong spring cc (former hong kah cc). basically it was mostly a performance showcasing the more cultural aspects of silat. well for my part i had to be thrown and kicked around by halimah (or hally, which i believe is the anglicised name. haha). and yes it did hurt alot.
i kinda forgot that we were now on a wooden stage and not practising on those thick mats. what was supposed to happen was that at 1 stage i was to run towards her and she would kick me in the chest and send me flying in the air. yes i flew, but the landing was anything but smooth. when i got up my whole body was in complete pain from the impact of being slammed against the hard floor. for some reason i felt like my life was being squeezed out. haha. but seriously, if it was normal training i would have tapped out immediately. anyway some of us suffered from injuries too, more especially so for chong, who left the place with a cut across his right cheek.
in any case the following morning when i got up and went to the bathroom to shower, i stared into the mirror almost immediately i said 'what the f**k is that???' well, there was a huge ass abrasion on my left shoulder that turned mighty red overnight. a reminder of my flying act the day before. i had already felt pain there but the day before it wasn't inflamed as that. anyway it is still bright red as of now, and its roughly the size of 4 50cent coins put side by side? yup. they say its sort of 'bleeding' underneath the skin, so that probably explains why it is as red as that. haha. it doesn't hurt much, but it's just so strikingly red that i'm thankful it wasn't on my arm or face or something like that. haha. hope it heals soon though.
and anyway that same sunday night, after the performance the day before, i went to recce the route for night cycling. had loads of fun, even with only aizat, naim and zuraimi. haha. had dinner at burger king at east coast, and then we cycled to esplanade. before that we managed to stop at chjimes and catch poor liverpool against manchester united for the whole of the 2nd half. that was followed by supper at gluttons' bay at esplanade. haha i had a huge ass ice kachang served, and had roti john n kaya toast too. and then we cycled back via nicoll highway, the national stadium and through east coast park. and reached back at around 330am. we had breakfast at mcdonalds at 4am. haha. basically, i had 3 meals within the space of 9 hours! haha. a real glutton. well, but cycling at night is really fun. i think i should do that real often. haha.
but ya, i'm still tired from the exertions. i haven't had proper sleep since then, and still had time to play futsal just now after the rain. haha i'm really not good at soocer. and i'm even more tired than ever.
dear you,
if you are reading this, i'm real sorry. i am mean too. but i hope you understand. i hope things become better from now on. i really do hope so.
Monday, December 10, 2007
ice skating
it's been more than a week but instead of recharging, i'm becoming even more tired by the day.
i sleep late everyday, but i automatically wake up at 10.30am every single day! it's extremely annoying! there was once i just came to at 10.30am, when the alarm was set at 10.45am. i've no idea why i'm like this. it's extremely frustrating. so i go labour through the day lethargically. the past week has been like this.
but i did do quite a few things last week. like go for recce trip with some of them on monday night! haha. had to recce the route for night cycling event that i'm heading. but the route seems abit treacherous, no thanks to the construction sites along the route. but i think it's still possible, no worries. and i played badminton on wednesday. haha i'm becoming worse at is, 'cause it's been a while since i last played. but at least had a proper workout for a while.
then the central committee meeting for night cycling was okay. dragged too long i think, since i dragged for nearly 4 hours. haha. and there's still alot of uncertainties. ah things are getting harder and more complicated. haha alot of things are weighing me down, so i hope all will go well.
then saturday! iceskating with the POW mates. quite fun! haven iceskated for almost 4 years, going back to march 2003 for the last time i did that. haha so some like hanan and izzati were making their debuts, but i think they had fun. ah i fell down once! i thought it would be a mishap-free outing for me, but to no avail. haha. anyway the fall was unprovoked, so i kinda lost balance suddenly. so humiliating. haha. then after ate went to eat n watched the singapore-malaysia sea games match at a nearby coffeeshop. and then 1by1 they left, culminating in a not-so-nice incident that happen which totally ruined the whole outing for all of us. the day ended with me and hanan just sitting down at ngee ann civic plaza and chatting the night away, while fahmi was getting his new handphone at the huge ass tent there. yes, we came to orchard all the way from jurong east just to sit down and talk. haha. was an strange ending to the outing, but it's not like we envisioned this to happen.
so another week full of things to do this week. mostly related to silat activities. got some performance coming up so must practise! haha. and actually i have to clean up the room, but it seems like that is never going to happen! haha. oh well.
on another note. i think i should not launch a new project. i don't feel it is appropriate, neither do i feel like it.
i sleep late everyday, but i automatically wake up at 10.30am every single day! it's extremely annoying! there was once i just came to at 10.30am, when the alarm was set at 10.45am. i've no idea why i'm like this. it's extremely frustrating. so i go labour through the day lethargically. the past week has been like this.
but i did do quite a few things last week. like go for recce trip with some of them on monday night! haha. had to recce the route for night cycling event that i'm heading. but the route seems abit treacherous, no thanks to the construction sites along the route. but i think it's still possible, no worries. and i played badminton on wednesday. haha i'm becoming worse at is, 'cause it's been a while since i last played. but at least had a proper workout for a while.
then the central committee meeting for night cycling was okay. dragged too long i think, since i dragged for nearly 4 hours. haha. and there's still alot of uncertainties. ah things are getting harder and more complicated. haha alot of things are weighing me down, so i hope all will go well.
then saturday! iceskating with the POW mates. quite fun! haven iceskated for almost 4 years, going back to march 2003 for the last time i did that. haha so some like hanan and izzati were making their debuts, but i think they had fun. ah i fell down once! i thought it would be a mishap-free outing for me, but to no avail. haha. anyway the fall was unprovoked, so i kinda lost balance suddenly. so humiliating. haha. then after ate went to eat n watched the singapore-malaysia sea games match at a nearby coffeeshop. and then 1by1 they left, culminating in a not-so-nice incident that happen which totally ruined the whole outing for all of us. the day ended with me and hanan just sitting down at ngee ann civic plaza and chatting the night away, while fahmi was getting his new handphone at the huge ass tent there. yes, we came to orchard all the way from jurong east just to sit down and talk. haha. was an strange ending to the outing, but it's not like we envisioned this to happen.
so another week full of things to do this week. mostly related to silat activities. got some performance coming up so must practise! haha. and actually i have to clean up the room, but it seems like that is never going to happen! haha. oh well.
on another note. i think i should not launch a new project. i don't feel it is appropriate, neither do i feel like it.
Friday, November 30, 2007
freedom
finally i'm free from the hell brought about by the examinations!
to those who still have to slug it out in the exam halls, slowly, very slowly, slug it out okay? i'm always here to give you moral support of any kind! haha.
so the exams were so-so. as always, the times that i tend to indulge in monologues are during exams. i'll end up cursing and swearing, shaking my head, or even smiling in exasperation because of the ridiculous nature of the questions. it's been 3 long years since i sat for any proper exams prior to this. well, things haven't changed much i suppose. although i must admit i did not really have the mood nor the zest to want 2 study. hopefully i'll do alright.
so now is the start of a 1 and a half months of break, before school starts again in mid-january. i should probably occupy my time with the night cycling programme thing. anyways, the silat friendly in kl has been cancelled. so sad. means we can't pick a fight with the brothers across the causeway. haha but in one way it's good also. i'm not ready to spar yet. haha. i got kicked very hard in the stomach the other day by the president while sparring for the first time. i thought i was going to vomit so i went to the toilet, but instead of vomitting i let out 1 huge burp of air. haha. disgustingly funny. i suppose i have lots of fitness and strength work out to do then this holidays. must eat 20 hard boiled eggs daily like fabian does. must eat brown rice as often as i can. must eat chicken breast everyday. must eat potatoes everyday. haha, like real only.
other than that this month should be spent religiously slacking away. the past few weeks have been mentally strenuous. but the first semester in school has been a blast. delicate matters of the heart aside, i think school has been fun. i've made a lot a lot of new friends here and there, and strengthened a lot of pre-existing relationships along the way. if only studies-wise it was as laid back as it was in my jc days. then it would really be more of a blast.
i suppose that's all then for now. the most important takeaway is that i'm emancipated from exams! and i've even managed to change the blog's layout. yes yes, it's extremely simple. but that's how i like it, and i don't know how to meddle with the javascript all to make it more exotic and sophisticated. i'm really sorry that i'm not IT-savvy like most of you. haha.
and don't mind the rihanna and ne-yo song okay. i think it's quite nice and listenable.
to those who still have to slug it out in the exam halls, slowly, very slowly, slug it out okay? i'm always here to give you moral support of any kind! haha.
so the exams were so-so. as always, the times that i tend to indulge in monologues are during exams. i'll end up cursing and swearing, shaking my head, or even smiling in exasperation because of the ridiculous nature of the questions. it's been 3 long years since i sat for any proper exams prior to this. well, things haven't changed much i suppose. although i must admit i did not really have the mood nor the zest to want 2 study. hopefully i'll do alright.
so now is the start of a 1 and a half months of break, before school starts again in mid-january. i should probably occupy my time with the night cycling programme thing. anyways, the silat friendly in kl has been cancelled. so sad. means we can't pick a fight with the brothers across the causeway. haha but in one way it's good also. i'm not ready to spar yet. haha. i got kicked very hard in the stomach the other day by the president while sparring for the first time. i thought i was going to vomit so i went to the toilet, but instead of vomitting i let out 1 huge burp of air. haha. disgustingly funny. i suppose i have lots of fitness and strength work out to do then this holidays. must eat 20 hard boiled eggs daily like fabian does. must eat brown rice as often as i can. must eat chicken breast everyday. must eat potatoes everyday. haha, like real only.
other than that this month should be spent religiously slacking away. the past few weeks have been mentally strenuous. but the first semester in school has been a blast. delicate matters of the heart aside, i think school has been fun. i've made a lot a lot of new friends here and there, and strengthened a lot of pre-existing relationships along the way. if only studies-wise it was as laid back as it was in my jc days. then it would really be more of a blast.
i suppose that's all then for now. the most important takeaway is that i'm emancipated from exams! and i've even managed to change the blog's layout. yes yes, it's extremely simple. but that's how i like it, and i don't know how to meddle with the javascript all to make it more exotic and sophisticated. i'm really sorry that i'm not IT-savvy like most of you. haha.
and don't mind the rihanna and ne-yo song okay. i think it's quite nice and listenable.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
extinct
exactly 1 month later and here i am to blog again!
haha i am really surprised people actually do go to my blog to see if i've updated. wow. people so read my blog. haha. and some have complained how come there's no update. so here goes.
well let's start with raya! i think my raya collection hit 200++ or something like that. and with some more money in the piggy bank. plus the bursary award that i jus got just now haha. that should really beef my finances, hence i declare that yusri's economy isn't in recession! it is healthy i think, but don't expect me to treat any of you all after declaring i'm officially out of recession! go away! haha.
exams are next week and basically i haven't studied yet. AT ALL. tomorrow i should really start! haha. but that's what i've been saying everyday. but at least i've completed whatever essay that i'm supposed to do. at least the grades for my other essays haven't been that bad, so phew! but now for the exams! let's see what miracles i can perform within these 1 and a half weeks. it's crazy. i have 5 exams squeezed in 6 days! i hope i'll pull through unscathed!
and for silat - well at least i think i've grown more confident in myself. i think i roughly know how to attack someone already, but must work harder on strength and fitness. alot of times i've been found wanting and panting away due to lack of fitness. training has been abit tough at times, but must endure! haha don't expect me to be super fit just because i'm done with my NS! and end of next month we might go to kl to spar with our malaysian counterparts. i hope i don't get my sorry ass whacked there! on top of that, that would be th 3rd time i would have gone to KL in the space of 7 months!
and yours truly is the project director of the night cycling for the NUS muslim society! do join okay, all you readers! haha damn, i've to do work too! but i think and i hope it would be fun at the end of the day! at least we have the whole of december to do it! i see hope in my committee, and i think we can pull it off! its during mid-late january people, so make it free! it's on 1 of those saturdays to sundays. so come on down and cycle with us for 1 night only! haha.
and i seem to be building more friendships along the way. it's fun. we have our own groups, and our society. at least i can claim allegiance to the group, and it's real fun. haha sometimes i feel that i'm turning into some screw loose, but it's okay. at least i feel i shouldn't be so dull! haha there's really a need to make as many friends as i can. there's so much things to know about everyone sometimes i get things and facts about them muddled up easily.
but here's the saddest part - another failure in the love department. fails yet again. so project coldplay is out of the window. sometimes i wonder what is it that i've done or i have not done that is wrong. or what is it within me that is inherent that results in failure again. i truly wonder. maybe i shall not bother ever again anymore. at the end of the day, why make the heart strong just to break it once again?
so that's all. i think the next update should be after the exams, which end on the 30th for me! till then, good day!
and note the number of exclamation marks i've used in this article! haha i make it sound like i'mall so jumpy and excited writing this entry like that.
haha i am really surprised people actually do go to my blog to see if i've updated. wow. people so read my blog. haha. and some have complained how come there's no update. so here goes.
well let's start with raya! i think my raya collection hit 200++ or something like that. and with some more money in the piggy bank. plus the bursary award that i jus got just now haha. that should really beef my finances, hence i declare that yusri's economy isn't in recession! it is healthy i think, but don't expect me to treat any of you all after declaring i'm officially out of recession! go away! haha.
exams are next week and basically i haven't studied yet. AT ALL. tomorrow i should really start! haha. but that's what i've been saying everyday. but at least i've completed whatever essay that i'm supposed to do. at least the grades for my other essays haven't been that bad, so phew! but now for the exams! let's see what miracles i can perform within these 1 and a half weeks. it's crazy. i have 5 exams squeezed in 6 days! i hope i'll pull through unscathed!
and for silat - well at least i think i've grown more confident in myself. i think i roughly know how to attack someone already, but must work harder on strength and fitness. alot of times i've been found wanting and panting away due to lack of fitness. training has been abit tough at times, but must endure! haha don't expect me to be super fit just because i'm done with my NS! and end of next month we might go to kl to spar with our malaysian counterparts. i hope i don't get my sorry ass whacked there! on top of that, that would be th 3rd time i would have gone to KL in the space of 7 months!
and yours truly is the project director of the night cycling for the NUS muslim society! do join okay, all you readers! haha damn, i've to do work too! but i think and i hope it would be fun at the end of the day! at least we have the whole of december to do it! i see hope in my committee, and i think we can pull it off! its during mid-late january people, so make it free! it's on 1 of those saturdays to sundays. so come on down and cycle with us for 1 night only! haha.
and i seem to be building more friendships along the way. it's fun. we have our own groups, and our society. at least i can claim allegiance to the group, and it's real fun. haha sometimes i feel that i'm turning into some screw loose, but it's okay. at least i feel i shouldn't be so dull! haha there's really a need to make as many friends as i can. there's so much things to know about everyone sometimes i get things and facts about them muddled up easily.
but here's the saddest part - another failure in the love department. fails yet again. so project coldplay is out of the window. sometimes i wonder what is it that i've done or i have not done that is wrong. or what is it within me that is inherent that results in failure again. i truly wonder. maybe i shall not bother ever again anymore. at the end of the day, why make the heart strong just to break it once again?
so that's all. i think the next update should be after the exams, which end on the 30th for me! till then, good day!
and note the number of exclamation marks i've used in this article! haha i make it sound like i'mall so jumpy and excited writing this entry like that.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
raya
no this blog ain't extinct yet!
it's just that i haven't got the mood to blog for the past month. there's just been tons of thing that i'm supposed to be doing, but i haven't. the most i've been doing is just fretting and worrying about my tasks, but never actually going about to settle them. haha. 2 essays due by this friday, and 1 more due next friday! haha and let's just say i haven't really got anything going on yet. so that says alot.
and today's raya! okay la, it isn't as happenning as it used to be. i guess that's the syndrome everyone faces as they start to grow older. but this year isn't as horrible as the past few years. like in 2004, 2 days after raya was my maths paper during my a levels. 2005 raya was spent in the jungles of taiwan during my trainee days (definitely among the lowest points in my life). so this year at least, as a proper civilian who's back studying in school, i guess things returned to normalcy.
then this year i have a sudden urge to on the radio as often as i can and listen out for raya songs. alot of them are really nice! especially some of those sad ones. like sepasang kurung biru! sounds sad yet so nice and soothing to the year. there are so many songs i've no idea what their titles are! but it doesn't matter, sounds nice can already.
as for project coldplay, the one i mentioned in my previous entry - well i've sought to do what i wanted. but the desired results, still yet to be seen. i hope things go well. although i try to be realistic - if things aren't meant to be so, thn it really isn't.
as they say, hope springs eternal. whatever that means. haha.
it's just that i haven't got the mood to blog for the past month. there's just been tons of thing that i'm supposed to be doing, but i haven't. the most i've been doing is just fretting and worrying about my tasks, but never actually going about to settle them. haha. 2 essays due by this friday, and 1 more due next friday! haha and let's just say i haven't really got anything going on yet. so that says alot.
and today's raya! okay la, it isn't as happenning as it used to be. i guess that's the syndrome everyone faces as they start to grow older. but this year isn't as horrible as the past few years. like in 2004, 2 days after raya was my maths paper during my a levels. 2005 raya was spent in the jungles of taiwan during my trainee days (definitely among the lowest points in my life). so this year at least, as a proper civilian who's back studying in school, i guess things returned to normalcy.
then this year i have a sudden urge to on the radio as often as i can and listen out for raya songs. alot of them are really nice! especially some of those sad ones. like sepasang kurung biru! sounds sad yet so nice and soothing to the year. there are so many songs i've no idea what their titles are! but it doesn't matter, sounds nice can already.
as for project coldplay, the one i mentioned in my previous entry - well i've sought to do what i wanted. but the desired results, still yet to be seen. i hope things go well. although i try to be realistic - if things aren't meant to be so, thn it really isn't.
as they say, hope springs eternal. whatever that means. haha.
Monday, September 17, 2007
sian
wow they had a surprise birthday mini-celebration for me! haha.
so embarrassing. anyway thanks for planning it. albeit it was really belated, but it was so shocking. made me feel really embarrassed. and got even more gifts!haha. my birthday this year is so happening. i really wonder why.
so i just bought this new lcd monitor. it's real huge to me! although only 19 inches but it's huge, and damn bright. haha i jus spent $334 in cash just like that on the table and walked away with this LG lcd monitor. the father's money, of course. haha. looks quite nice though, the screen. so i'm left with changing that old modem, and of course getting that new laptop. but the lappie shall arrive earliest, next year. so still a long way to go.
and silat training yesterday while fasting was really refreshing. i felt fine. of course more tired than ever, but i wasn't feeling faint or anything. felt good actually, although compared to what i've been through in army, that pales in comparison. then again i'm not as fit as i was in army, so it evens out. haha. but it was okay. i feel i've improved quite abit so far. but there's still along way to go. i've only just started out, but things are fine. the seniors are willing to guide and that's very heartening.
so yesterday we broke fast at the grandparents' place. ah it's been awhile since i last saw my noisy cousins. haha they are really a noisy lot. but they were so funny. they were playing in 1 of the rooms. when i walked past music was blaring from that room, and i peeked inside,they were all grooving to the music! haha. and it's those hip hop rnb kind! haha so funny. it was like a mini-club out there. then they were just jumping around and having fun with the music in the background. didn't know the handphone could blast the music out at such a volume.
haha but you see the joy the kids had. then you wish you could just go back to being a kid once more. to just do nothing but have fun all day long, and not worry about anything the big adults have to worry themselves with. with work, children, bills, the wife, the car, the house and all. things were so happy-go-lucky, and so much simpler. all you could do was just run and jump around, then cry and suddenly the whole world would just rush to you and calm you down and pamper you. haha. no homework, project work, essays, readings, notes or even fieldtrips to fret about. the carefree-ness of adolescence. haha.
on another note.
the new project is called project coldplay. might achieve my goals through the blitzkrieg method. we'll see how.
watch this space man. haha.
so embarrassing. anyway thanks for planning it. albeit it was really belated, but it was so shocking. made me feel really embarrassed. and got even more gifts!haha. my birthday this year is so happening. i really wonder why.
so i just bought this new lcd monitor. it's real huge to me! although only 19 inches but it's huge, and damn bright. haha i jus spent $334 in cash just like that on the table and walked away with this LG lcd monitor. the father's money, of course. haha. looks quite nice though, the screen. so i'm left with changing that old modem, and of course getting that new laptop. but the lappie shall arrive earliest, next year. so still a long way to go.
and silat training yesterday while fasting was really refreshing. i felt fine. of course more tired than ever, but i wasn't feeling faint or anything. felt good actually, although compared to what i've been through in army, that pales in comparison. then again i'm not as fit as i was in army, so it evens out. haha. but it was okay. i feel i've improved quite abit so far. but there's still along way to go. i've only just started out, but things are fine. the seniors are willing to guide and that's very heartening.
so yesterday we broke fast at the grandparents' place. ah it's been awhile since i last saw my noisy cousins. haha they are really a noisy lot. but they were so funny. they were playing in 1 of the rooms. when i walked past music was blaring from that room, and i peeked inside,they were all grooving to the music! haha. and it's those hip hop rnb kind! haha so funny. it was like a mini-club out there. then they were just jumping around and having fun with the music in the background. didn't know the handphone could blast the music out at such a volume.
haha but you see the joy the kids had. then you wish you could just go back to being a kid once more. to just do nothing but have fun all day long, and not worry about anything the big adults have to worry themselves with. with work, children, bills, the wife, the car, the house and all. things were so happy-go-lucky, and so much simpler. all you could do was just run and jump around, then cry and suddenly the whole world would just rush to you and calm you down and pamper you. haha. no homework, project work, essays, readings, notes or even fieldtrips to fret about. the carefree-ness of adolescence. haha.
on another note.
the new project is called project coldplay. might achieve my goals through the blitzkrieg method. we'll see how.
watch this space man. haha.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
21st
so yesterday i reached the milestone that is the age of 21.
21 years ago, my mum gave birth to me at the now-defunct toa payoh hospital. apparently i came out at 0949 hours. in case you don't know what time u arrived to this world, kindly check your birth certificate. it is SURE to be stated somwhere there.
and so 21 years on, so much things have changed. i've vome a long way, and so have everyone else. so apparently i'm now permitted to do more things that i previously couldn't. ah but age is just a number, as they say. it's got no real bearing over how one can be mature or immature.
but my birthday turned out to be fine. the mum forgot all about it, but sadly my family is like that. birthdays aren't celebrated at all in the family, but it's really okay by me. but the day turned out well. messages flooded in incessantly. alot of people actually wished me this year, for some reason or another! haha. and i've got presents! haha i hardly ever get presents, so i totally have no idea what's the thrill like of opening presents.
the day was spent in school, and the night was spent at amirah's grill at bugis with the primary school friends. thanks to nurul, i believe! she got the whole thing all planned out nicely! haha and the various surprises i got along the way was cool. played games and ate great food, and had a blast of a time! special thanks to the primary school friends for the fun! and the presents too!
haha seriously, i've never gotten so many presents before. i got 4 on the day itself. i think i'm supposed to get 4 more next week. wow, that totals up to 8 already. not too bad for some freak like me. haha. so i shall wait, it's okay. it's really nice at least when someone actually bothers to do up something or get something for you. this must be the most meaningful birthday ever. unlike in 2004, when i actually came to school during the september holidays to mug away. then in 2005, i was in camp, running 7km as part of training, and never dared to tell anyone it was my birthday in case i got sabotaged! haha. thn last year, 2006, was spent fixing up the new computer components on a rainy day at home! at least this year it was properly celebrated i guess?haha.
so special thanks to these people - ayu, kent, shahidah, clare, fabian, liz, izy, sahibah, my political science tutorial class!, nura, yenlin, jj, na'im, zuraimi, hanan, chong, shahril, rahman and juliana, vineson, jimmy, jihan, nurul, noriza, faizal, rushdy, hatta, yanny, ali, millah, haryati, joeann, taiwei, syamim, nasrul, and sarah - did i miss out anyone? i hope not. so long the list!!! and even more many thanks to the people who gave me gifts! so nice of you all to actually think of buying something for pathetic old yusri! haha.
truly a day actually worth remembering.
21 years ago, my mum gave birth to me at the now-defunct toa payoh hospital. apparently i came out at 0949 hours. in case you don't know what time u arrived to this world, kindly check your birth certificate. it is SURE to be stated somwhere there.
and so 21 years on, so much things have changed. i've vome a long way, and so have everyone else. so apparently i'm now permitted to do more things that i previously couldn't. ah but age is just a number, as they say. it's got no real bearing over how one can be mature or immature.
but my birthday turned out to be fine. the mum forgot all about it, but sadly my family is like that. birthdays aren't celebrated at all in the family, but it's really okay by me. but the day turned out well. messages flooded in incessantly. alot of people actually wished me this year, for some reason or another! haha. and i've got presents! haha i hardly ever get presents, so i totally have no idea what's the thrill like of opening presents.
the day was spent in school, and the night was spent at amirah's grill at bugis with the primary school friends. thanks to nurul, i believe! she got the whole thing all planned out nicely! haha and the various surprises i got along the way was cool. played games and ate great food, and had a blast of a time! special thanks to the primary school friends for the fun! and the presents too!
haha seriously, i've never gotten so many presents before. i got 4 on the day itself. i think i'm supposed to get 4 more next week. wow, that totals up to 8 already. not too bad for some freak like me. haha. so i shall wait, it's okay. it's really nice at least when someone actually bothers to do up something or get something for you. this must be the most meaningful birthday ever. unlike in 2004, when i actually came to school during the september holidays to mug away. then in 2005, i was in camp, running 7km as part of training, and never dared to tell anyone it was my birthday in case i got sabotaged! haha. thn last year, 2006, was spent fixing up the new computer components on a rainy day at home! at least this year it was properly celebrated i guess?haha.
so special thanks to these people - ayu, kent, shahidah, clare, fabian, liz, izy, sahibah, my political science tutorial class!, nura, yenlin, jj, na'im, zuraimi, hanan, chong, shahril, rahman and juliana, vineson, jimmy, jihan, nurul, noriza, faizal, rushdy, hatta, yanny, ali, millah, haryati, joeann, taiwei, syamim, nasrul, and sarah - did i miss out anyone? i hope not. so long the list!!! and even more many thanks to the people who gave me gifts! so nice of you all to actually think of buying something for pathetic old yusri! haha.
truly a day actually worth remembering.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
aching
my body is aching all over. i can't move any part of my body without feeling the slighest of pain somewhere around my body.
no thanks to the first ever silat training i had yesterday. haha i admit it was tough (my legs were quivering at times! haha) and i'm really not in shape. running on hard ground barefooted means the soles of my feet ache badly too. but i guess i need some getting used to it i guess. but so far so good. but it's really tough trying to get the techniques right.
and school's okay. although i haven't really been able to push myself to read most of my readings. i'm still trying to tune my brains back to the student mindset. haha it doesn't help with the flurry of people i've met within such a short space of time. too many people, too many names to remember. errgh. almost everyday i learn a new name. haha it's really troublesome when you start to know more and more people.
haha the other day at the lift landing while going to school i bumped into a girl who's also in my faculty in school. turns out she lives just 2 storeys below me. so 1 neighbour who went to my secondary school, antoher 1 who went to my junior college, and yet another 1 who goes to my school - same faculty at that! haha so that totals 3 altogether! another surprise to add on to the forever growing list of shocks and surprises i've had so far.
and so much for history being my pet subject. i've totally no idea on the french revolution and anything else that happened in the history of modern europe after that. means i've to diligently read the thick-ass history book real slowly. there's so much to read, it's really quite taxing this european history course. whatever people have learnt within 2 years, i'm to squeeze everything within 3 months!! goodness me. can really slowly die.
can't type without even feeling the slightest of pain. oh well.
no thanks to the first ever silat training i had yesterday. haha i admit it was tough (my legs were quivering at times! haha) and i'm really not in shape. running on hard ground barefooted means the soles of my feet ache badly too. but i guess i need some getting used to it i guess. but so far so good. but it's really tough trying to get the techniques right.
and school's okay. although i haven't really been able to push myself to read most of my readings. i'm still trying to tune my brains back to the student mindset. haha it doesn't help with the flurry of people i've met within such a short space of time. too many people, too many names to remember. errgh. almost everyday i learn a new name. haha it's really troublesome when you start to know more and more people.
haha the other day at the lift landing while going to school i bumped into a girl who's also in my faculty in school. turns out she lives just 2 storeys below me. so 1 neighbour who went to my secondary school, antoher 1 who went to my junior college, and yet another 1 who goes to my school - same faculty at that! haha so that totals 3 altogether! another surprise to add on to the forever growing list of shocks and surprises i've had so far.
and so much for history being my pet subject. i've totally no idea on the french revolution and anything else that happened in the history of modern europe after that. means i've to diligently read the thick-ass history book real slowly. there's so much to read, it's really quite taxing this european history course. whatever people have learnt within 2 years, i'm to squeeze everything within 3 months!! goodness me. can really slowly die.
can't type without even feeling the slightest of pain. oh well.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
welcome tea
school's not really a blast.
for the first week it's just rushing to queue up for the readings bundles and whatever textbooks that i need to buy. and the lectures are all mostly introductory ones. ah but the tons of reading i have to do, is enough to just deflate my spirits. in fact for once i really have to be very much learn independently, which is something i have to get used to. and the tutorial ballotting system is really ridiculous. i'm too lazy to even bother about it now.
so i went for 2 welcome teas the past week. the malay society one was held 1st. played this superhero dress-up game, where they asked me to put hats under my shirts to make me look muscular. well, of course it looked like boobs! althought i must say at least i did win the final challenge! haha. ah but the muslim society welcome tea was much more refreshing.
met alot of international muslim students, like those from pakistan, iran, myanmar, mauritius, bangladesh and the list goes on. it was really an eye-opener just interacting with them. it's a hard feeling to describe, when you get to meet fellow muslims from across the globe and exchange your thoughts and feelings. i wonder how these people really get through with their lives in their war-torn, poverty-stricken countries, where there is political instability, and the threat of war is very real. countries where the trains still run on diesel, where freedom of speech is strictly forbidden and so on. it makes me think that despite such obstacles, people still believe in the hope that the religion brings. hope springs eternal as they say, and the fact that they are willing to part with their families to actually find a better future is amazing. such is the strength of their willingness to travel to further their studies. living alone in a foreign land is extremely daunting and they risk being outcasted. i really admire such people. it's really interesting to interact with them honestly.
and just now i had a tuition class in the morning, under the mendaki tuition programme for malay/muslim students. i was a relief for some tutor who couldn't make it. i thought sec 3 express english. and from the way i see it, i think we're gonna have a huge problem at hand in the years to come.
the students just don't have the right attitude! stupidity is 1 thing, but attitude is another. if you are just not born smart, the do it the tried and tested way - through hard work. one can be stupid yet achieve goals in life. and that is if you have the right attitude. even the most smartest person in the world will never be succesful if he chooses to be lazy and not make full use of his own potential. and those kids that i were taking are the future of the nation! the very ones that will make the step up when they come of age! the very ones who will decide the path the nation would tread upon!
on one hand, we see more malay people becoming more successful - we see more doctors, lawyers, engineers and the what have you. but on the other hand, more people are dropping out of schools, more truancy cases, more shotgun marriages and the what have you. yesterday one lecturer pointed out the suicide cases among singaporeans are the lowest among the malay/muslim community. but of course, that's not the real picture. pre-marital sex rates, abortion cases, divorce rates have been increasing for the malay/muslim community. and the real reason for such things to happen?
the lack or guidance and education. but as i've said before, one has to help himself too. teaching someone to fish today for a living doesn't guarantee he'll drag his lazy ass to the sea tomorrow to fish on his own. one can be the most knowledgeable person on the planet, but without the right attitude, i doubt he can be successful. and the scary thing is alot of kids do not realise the importance of education. the paper chase is inevitable in a resource-scarce city-state like ours. like it or not, realisty is as such. none of them are thinking practically! as if i have a choice to not want to study too.
it's really scary. and of course, those students i took on just now are not the worst of the lot. if such trends persist, i shudder to think of the future. i get scared thinking of my own personal future. don't such kids get scared of the consequences and repercussions they will face if they falter?
someone should just invent a reality-check mirror where if you look into it, your reflection will just scream its lungs out at you or just give you tight slaps as reality checks.
for the first week it's just rushing to queue up for the readings bundles and whatever textbooks that i need to buy. and the lectures are all mostly introductory ones. ah but the tons of reading i have to do, is enough to just deflate my spirits. in fact for once i really have to be very much learn independently, which is something i have to get used to. and the tutorial ballotting system is really ridiculous. i'm too lazy to even bother about it now.
so i went for 2 welcome teas the past week. the malay society one was held 1st. played this superhero dress-up game, where they asked me to put hats under my shirts to make me look muscular. well, of course it looked like boobs! althought i must say at least i did win the final challenge! haha. ah but the muslim society welcome tea was much more refreshing.
met alot of international muslim students, like those from pakistan, iran, myanmar, mauritius, bangladesh and the list goes on. it was really an eye-opener just interacting with them. it's a hard feeling to describe, when you get to meet fellow muslims from across the globe and exchange your thoughts and feelings. i wonder how these people really get through with their lives in their war-torn, poverty-stricken countries, where there is political instability, and the threat of war is very real. countries where the trains still run on diesel, where freedom of speech is strictly forbidden and so on. it makes me think that despite such obstacles, people still believe in the hope that the religion brings. hope springs eternal as they say, and the fact that they are willing to part with their families to actually find a better future is amazing. such is the strength of their willingness to travel to further their studies. living alone in a foreign land is extremely daunting and they risk being outcasted. i really admire such people. it's really interesting to interact with them honestly.
and just now i had a tuition class in the morning, under the mendaki tuition programme for malay/muslim students. i was a relief for some tutor who couldn't make it. i thought sec 3 express english. and from the way i see it, i think we're gonna have a huge problem at hand in the years to come.
the students just don't have the right attitude! stupidity is 1 thing, but attitude is another. if you are just not born smart, the do it the tried and tested way - through hard work. one can be stupid yet achieve goals in life. and that is if you have the right attitude. even the most smartest person in the world will never be succesful if he chooses to be lazy and not make full use of his own potential. and those kids that i were taking are the future of the nation! the very ones that will make the step up when they come of age! the very ones who will decide the path the nation would tread upon!
on one hand, we see more malay people becoming more successful - we see more doctors, lawyers, engineers and the what have you. but on the other hand, more people are dropping out of schools, more truancy cases, more shotgun marriages and the what have you. yesterday one lecturer pointed out the suicide cases among singaporeans are the lowest among the malay/muslim community. but of course, that's not the real picture. pre-marital sex rates, abortion cases, divorce rates have been increasing for the malay/muslim community. and the real reason for such things to happen?
the lack or guidance and education. but as i've said before, one has to help himself too. teaching someone to fish today for a living doesn't guarantee he'll drag his lazy ass to the sea tomorrow to fish on his own. one can be the most knowledgeable person on the planet, but without the right attitude, i doubt he can be successful. and the scary thing is alot of kids do not realise the importance of education. the paper chase is inevitable in a resource-scarce city-state like ours. like it or not, realisty is as such. none of them are thinking practically! as if i have a choice to not want to study too.
it's really scary. and of course, those students i took on just now are not the worst of the lot. if such trends persist, i shudder to think of the future. i get scared thinking of my own personal future. don't such kids get scared of the consequences and repercussions they will face if they falter?
someone should just invent a reality-check mirror where if you look into it, your reflection will just scream its lungs out at you or just give you tight slaps as reality checks.
Monday, August 13, 2007
school
yai start school tomorrow!
so finally the day arrives, after more than 2 and-a-half years of waiting. i don't have classes on monday hence my school week starts tomorrow. ah the anticipation ends tomorrow, but i've only got a 2 hour lecture tomorrow and that's all. the tutorials haven't started yet so this week is rather relaxed actually. so finally the feeling of going to school will sink in again tomorrow. call me wierd but i like going to school. save the studying part though.
went to gym with liz just now to kill time. i think i had a great workout just now, so i expect to wake up tomorrow with a body like a bodybuilder's! haha. but just now was not bad. ah if only i wasn't born such a lazy ass, i would probably have a better-looking body, maybe learnt how to play the bass guitar and have a much much cleaner room now. and a million other things that i could have achieved. haha.
the other day, had dinner with the friends for the orientation group. it was fun! then went to catch some show with them at victoria concert hall. i think the people in my group are quite fun. of course, not in the sporty or outdoors sense. i feel we all can connect on the same level. haha. i can't help thinking i've more than enough friends in the arts faculty. of course one can't have too many friends, but it can prove to be a headache!
anyway the past week i've had too many surprising news. think i had 4 shocks last week. which is really enough. anymore would just shake the pillars of peacefulness of my life. haha. i've really had a shock too many for the past week. and i also got myself a new handphone on top of that! so that should really end my shopping spree. note the keyword is should. hope that no one would have my handphone too, if not that would be quite a spoiler.
okay so tomorrow i start my life as a student! whoo-pee-do!
the competition with girls and the competition for girls starts tomorrow! haha.
so finally the day arrives, after more than 2 and-a-half years of waiting. i don't have classes on monday hence my school week starts tomorrow. ah the anticipation ends tomorrow, but i've only got a 2 hour lecture tomorrow and that's all. the tutorials haven't started yet so this week is rather relaxed actually. so finally the feeling of going to school will sink in again tomorrow. call me wierd but i like going to school. save the studying part though.
went to gym with liz just now to kill time. i think i had a great workout just now, so i expect to wake up tomorrow with a body like a bodybuilder's! haha. but just now was not bad. ah if only i wasn't born such a lazy ass, i would probably have a better-looking body, maybe learnt how to play the bass guitar and have a much much cleaner room now. and a million other things that i could have achieved. haha.
the other day, had dinner with the friends for the orientation group. it was fun! then went to catch some show with them at victoria concert hall. i think the people in my group are quite fun. of course, not in the sporty or outdoors sense. i feel we all can connect on the same level. haha. i can't help thinking i've more than enough friends in the arts faculty. of course one can't have too many friends, but it can prove to be a headache!
anyway the past week i've had too many surprising news. think i had 4 shocks last week. which is really enough. anymore would just shake the pillars of peacefulness of my life. haha. i've really had a shock too many for the past week. and i also got myself a new handphone on top of that! so that should really end my shopping spree. note the keyword is should. hope that no one would have my handphone too, if not that would be quite a spoiler.
okay so tomorrow i start my life as a student! whoo-pee-do!
the competition with girls and the competition for girls starts tomorrow! haha.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
dreams
the other day i had 1 of the most wierdest dreams ever.
i dreamt that i was on this mrt train on the east-west line, heading towards boon lay, with my parents. as you all know, they are now building an extention of that line, till somwhere in the pioneer road area or somwhere there. but by right boon lay would still be last stop. but the train didn't stop at boon lay, in fact it picked up speed as it sped past boon lay. so naturally everyone on the train was horrified, since the tracks would run out eventually, and the train would go hurtling in the air (think spiderman? the scene where spidey stops the train from going over the tracks and crashing down). but the thing is, in my dream, there was no such heroics. when the tracks ran out, the train just went into the air and plummeted into the sea, but just beside the shoreline, probably somewhere in the tuas area, near the second link. amazingly, nobody died. everyone managed to force the doors open and just swim to the surface. heck, even my parents did that. and of course, a full scale investigation was launched thereafter.
but what a preposterous and wierd dream.
on another note.
the past week's been damn busy! organising schedules, outings here and there, bidding of modules. and my room's still in a damn mess. i'm too lazy to even bother, but i need to do something about it soon anyway. classes start next week, and from the synopses of the modules, they look quite interesting. there's like a fieldtrip to lucky plaza / penisular plaza, and even a remake of the famous versailles treaty of 1919 to be played out in class. oh and a screening of nang nak in one of the lectures. it might not turn out to be interesting, but at least it's different.
back to school in a week's time!
i dreamt that i was on this mrt train on the east-west line, heading towards boon lay, with my parents. as you all know, they are now building an extention of that line, till somwhere in the pioneer road area or somwhere there. but by right boon lay would still be last stop. but the train didn't stop at boon lay, in fact it picked up speed as it sped past boon lay. so naturally everyone on the train was horrified, since the tracks would run out eventually, and the train would go hurtling in the air (think spiderman? the scene where spidey stops the train from going over the tracks and crashing down). but the thing is, in my dream, there was no such heroics. when the tracks ran out, the train just went into the air and plummeted into the sea, but just beside the shoreline, probably somewhere in the tuas area, near the second link. amazingly, nobody died. everyone managed to force the doors open and just swim to the surface. heck, even my parents did that. and of course, a full scale investigation was launched thereafter.
but what a preposterous and wierd dream.
on another note.
the past week's been damn busy! organising schedules, outings here and there, bidding of modules. and my room's still in a damn mess. i'm too lazy to even bother, but i need to do something about it soon anyway. classes start next week, and from the synopses of the modules, they look quite interesting. there's like a fieldtrip to lucky plaza / penisular plaza, and even a remake of the famous versailles treaty of 1919 to be played out in class. oh and a screening of nang nak in one of the lectures. it might not turn out to be interesting, but at least it's different.
back to school in a week's time!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
sch's starting
sorry for the way overdue entry!
but hey - school's-a-starting!
haha. something i've actually been waiting for ever since i left school at the end of 2004. although i must say i'm not really as enthusiatic as i would like it to have been, because all the preparation is so confusing! everyone is just as confused as i am about alot of the things, and especially the bidding of modules. i'm slightly stressed up by it, no thanks to the meticulous planning required.
but so far all has gone well. been going back to school for the past few days, and i feel i've really got alot of friends all over. i'm not saying i'm that popular - it's just that everywhere i turn, i'm bound to find someone i know. like today. i bumped into a friend on the way to school, and in school i bumped into so many other long-lost friends. the ex-NS buddies, the primary and the secondary school friends too. hell, i even bumped into an ex-NS colleague while crossing the road just now. and he was on his motorbike waiting for the lights to turn green! haha. had time to catch up abit with him before the green man started to blink.
can one simply have too many friends? but it's hard to define how many is too many. even acquaintances or those "hi-bye" people, some would consider as friends too. well all i know i have quite a number of friends inside my faculty. and i'm going to miss my upcoming faculty's orientation anyway. and this whole week has been really busy busy busy! well, at least i ave things to do outside of home everyday anyway, so i'm not exactly complaining!haha.
ah i expect lesser time to play games then! that's real sad. but school's-a-starting, and i hope i have a decent start in school. after more than 2 years of brain-freeze, i hope it still can function properly! haha. but there's so many people to compete with, and its really scary when one thinks of the competition for places and grades later on. tsk tsk.
on another note, i thought i was done with my shopping! but i just had to buy another pair of jeans, and i'm relly thinking of upgrading my handphone. but it should wait, because i want to see if i have enough cash after i pay off my bills and all. haha. getting a new handphone would really cap it all off! but i must see how.
okay i better play my computer game first before i really have no time in the future.
but hey - school's-a-starting!
haha. something i've actually been waiting for ever since i left school at the end of 2004. although i must say i'm not really as enthusiatic as i would like it to have been, because all the preparation is so confusing! everyone is just as confused as i am about alot of the things, and especially the bidding of modules. i'm slightly stressed up by it, no thanks to the meticulous planning required.
but so far all has gone well. been going back to school for the past few days, and i feel i've really got alot of friends all over. i'm not saying i'm that popular - it's just that everywhere i turn, i'm bound to find someone i know. like today. i bumped into a friend on the way to school, and in school i bumped into so many other long-lost friends. the ex-NS buddies, the primary and the secondary school friends too. hell, i even bumped into an ex-NS colleague while crossing the road just now. and he was on his motorbike waiting for the lights to turn green! haha. had time to catch up abit with him before the green man started to blink.
can one simply have too many friends? but it's hard to define how many is too many. even acquaintances or those "hi-bye" people, some would consider as friends too. well all i know i have quite a number of friends inside my faculty. and i'm going to miss my upcoming faculty's orientation anyway. and this whole week has been really busy busy busy! well, at least i ave things to do outside of home everyday anyway, so i'm not exactly complaining!haha.
ah i expect lesser time to play games then! that's real sad. but school's-a-starting, and i hope i have a decent start in school. after more than 2 years of brain-freeze, i hope it still can function properly! haha. but there's so many people to compete with, and its really scary when one thinks of the competition for places and grades later on. tsk tsk.
on another note, i thought i was done with my shopping! but i just had to buy another pair of jeans, and i'm relly thinking of upgrading my handphone. but it should wait, because i want to see if i have enough cash after i pay off my bills and all. haha. getting a new handphone would really cap it all off! but i must see how.
okay i better play my computer game first before i really have no time in the future.
Monday, July 23, 2007
camp
so i got back from the orientation camp a few days ago.
but first, my last day of work ended on the worst possible note ever. the previous sentence had a pun in there relating to what happened, but i don't want to talk about it haha. but work's finally over, and i get a few days rest now to recharge.
anyways back to the camp. i suppose everyone else had a blast. well i didn't really enjoy myself at the camp, partly due to myself. i was totally invisible during the camp. for much of the camp i was very sleepy, and i just couldn't be as enthusiastic as i would like to have been. haha. but actually i'm really not the kind of person to go for such camps. just doesn't suit my personality i think. haha. but at least i made a few friends. friends that i feel i can talk to with. i still haven't really recovered from the exhaustions of the camp, proven by the fact that this weekend alone was the 1st time i had afternoon naps at home in eons.
but it was fun engaging people, and seeing people interact. at least there was abundance of healthy debates and discussions going on within the group. about our religion, our society, our people. which really stimulates the mind, and opens it up to more interesting viewpoints. sometimes it got so heated because naturally, some would be very emotional with their principles and all. but it was good. i learnt alot from such healthy discussions. in fact i think i've learnt alot about our people and our society over the past 2 years.
of course, no thanks to my ns experience, my workplace and my new school. the people i've met from the 3 places are from totally different types of backgrounds. but it should be good for me, to interact with such people. but of course, i haven't actually seen the real picture yet. but i imagine it to be very sad. especially, the real picture of my own society.
seriously, how can we not agree to the fact that the malay society is the one with the most social problems? as i have argued before, i feel we should call ourselves the malaise instead of the malays. if i am ever going to write a book on my society, it would titled 'the malaise' - so don't copy me. haha. anyways, seriously, we never seem to be able to find solutions to combat such problems. everytime we think we've eradicated a problem, another type emerges. it's really sad. malays score very high in the abortion rates, teenage pregnancy rates, teenage marriages rates, school dropout rates and the list goes on. and them with their nonsensical way of dressing, coupled with their ability to create a ruckus everywhere they go and act as if they are so damn cool. it's a national shame, i feel, that my society is churning out such people who obviously have no future and who don't ever even think about their future. all they care about is looking cool just pushing around baby prams in town, with their 101 piercings on their eyebrows and the list goes on. have you ever wondered why you only see young malay couples pushing prams around or just going out with small kids in town, but never from the other races? i don't know about you, but that really is a startling fact for me.
so what is it with these people?? if i had my way they will be purged sooner rather than later. what a waste to society these people are. to think people are the only resources our country has, and we are churning out such sub-standard ill-mannered people? it's no wonder the government actively tries to recruit foreign talent, because our own people are just not convincing enough. i really can't understand why we have people like this. definitely the household has to bear part of the blame. screwed-up families will naturally produce screwed-up offsprings. but it isn't a curse, is it? surely one can buckle the trend. but sadly alot of such people still choose to carry on with their screwed-up lives.
and this is only just the beginning. if you read history, china has this generation of people called 'the lost generation'. these people were the ones who served as the red guards under mao zedong in the 60s. what they did was just to memorise the little red book, and just harass anyone who was anti-mao. they did that for well over a decade, and when mao died they were already in their 20s, but with no proper educational qualifications nor skills. hence many became jobless, and they were really too old to go back to school. they had wasted their teenage years by not making full use of it.
is that what we want of our own people? if such trends persist i can forsee us having a 'lost generation' of our own. and they might probably turn to crime to survive. hence we might have another problems in our hands. tsk tsk. i shudder to even about my own future, what more of my own people or my own country? reality is just sad.
well, at least from the camp, i've learnt that at least people do still care. and at least my society will still churn out people who will bring benefits, and bring good for all. but these are only a select few. the majority of the soon to be 'lost generation' is still out there, waiting for a reality check, waiting for someone to actually wake them up from their prolonged sleep.
purge them i say! haha. as if.
but first, my last day of work ended on the worst possible note ever. the previous sentence had a pun in there relating to what happened, but i don't want to talk about it haha. but work's finally over, and i get a few days rest now to recharge.
anyways back to the camp. i suppose everyone else had a blast. well i didn't really enjoy myself at the camp, partly due to myself. i was totally invisible during the camp. for much of the camp i was very sleepy, and i just couldn't be as enthusiastic as i would like to have been. haha. but actually i'm really not the kind of person to go for such camps. just doesn't suit my personality i think. haha. but at least i made a few friends. friends that i feel i can talk to with. i still haven't really recovered from the exhaustions of the camp, proven by the fact that this weekend alone was the 1st time i had afternoon naps at home in eons.
but it was fun engaging people, and seeing people interact. at least there was abundance of healthy debates and discussions going on within the group. about our religion, our society, our people. which really stimulates the mind, and opens it up to more interesting viewpoints. sometimes it got so heated because naturally, some would be very emotional with their principles and all. but it was good. i learnt alot from such healthy discussions. in fact i think i've learnt alot about our people and our society over the past 2 years.
of course, no thanks to my ns experience, my workplace and my new school. the people i've met from the 3 places are from totally different types of backgrounds. but it should be good for me, to interact with such people. but of course, i haven't actually seen the real picture yet. but i imagine it to be very sad. especially, the real picture of my own society.
seriously, how can we not agree to the fact that the malay society is the one with the most social problems? as i have argued before, i feel we should call ourselves the malaise instead of the malays. if i am ever going to write a book on my society, it would titled 'the malaise' - so don't copy me. haha. anyways, seriously, we never seem to be able to find solutions to combat such problems. everytime we think we've eradicated a problem, another type emerges. it's really sad. malays score very high in the abortion rates, teenage pregnancy rates, teenage marriages rates, school dropout rates and the list goes on. and them with their nonsensical way of dressing, coupled with their ability to create a ruckus everywhere they go and act as if they are so damn cool. it's a national shame, i feel, that my society is churning out such people who obviously have no future and who don't ever even think about their future. all they care about is looking cool just pushing around baby prams in town, with their 101 piercings on their eyebrows and the list goes on. have you ever wondered why you only see young malay couples pushing prams around or just going out with small kids in town, but never from the other races? i don't know about you, but that really is a startling fact for me.
so what is it with these people?? if i had my way they will be purged sooner rather than later. what a waste to society these people are. to think people are the only resources our country has, and we are churning out such sub-standard ill-mannered people? it's no wonder the government actively tries to recruit foreign talent, because our own people are just not convincing enough. i really can't understand why we have people like this. definitely the household has to bear part of the blame. screwed-up families will naturally produce screwed-up offsprings. but it isn't a curse, is it? surely one can buckle the trend. but sadly alot of such people still choose to carry on with their screwed-up lives.
and this is only just the beginning. if you read history, china has this generation of people called 'the lost generation'. these people were the ones who served as the red guards under mao zedong in the 60s. what they did was just to memorise the little red book, and just harass anyone who was anti-mao. they did that for well over a decade, and when mao died they were already in their 20s, but with no proper educational qualifications nor skills. hence many became jobless, and they were really too old to go back to school. they had wasted their teenage years by not making full use of it.
is that what we want of our own people? if such trends persist i can forsee us having a 'lost generation' of our own. and they might probably turn to crime to survive. hence we might have another problems in our hands. tsk tsk. i shudder to even about my own future, what more of my own people or my own country? reality is just sad.
well, at least from the camp, i've learnt that at least people do still care. and at least my society will still churn out people who will bring benefits, and bring good for all. but these are only a select few. the majority of the soon to be 'lost generation' is still out there, waiting for a reality check, waiting for someone to actually wake them up from their prolonged sleep.
purge them i say! haha. as if.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
bag
the long search for the new bag has finally ended.
after weeks and weeks or searching for a bag, i finally decided on that nike bag that purchased it at vivocity just now. this after so much trouble combing through the streets and shops of kl, jb and places like bugis, orchard and queensway. finally. almost what i wanted, but hey - nothing's ever perfect. and this should probably signal the end of my shopping spree.
honestly i don't think i've bought so many stuff in such a short space of time. like at least 10 new shirts, a bag and 3 pairs of shoes within less than 2 months. is crazy, i know. haha. and i also made a new pair of spectacles the other day at jb. metallic purple and black in colour. haha. to mme it's real nice and cool, but haha i wonder what everyone else will think. i can envision almost everyone saying "why purple!?"
was almost tempted to buy a pair of jeans too with fab just now but just couldn't find the nice 1 with the right size. anyways i don't think i really need jeans too. and fab gave me 2 plain tees for free because he couldn't fit them. my gosh my cupboard will really be packed with so much tops. actually there's still the need 2 buy a new watch but watches area all very pricey, and the prices don't change much. so i guess that will really have to wait.
on another note i'm really lethargic nowadays. after returning to kl i worked for 7 straight days, in between alternating between morning and afternoon shifts. god knows how i managed to pull through. but the good news is i'm resigning. sunday's my last day in fact. so i'm left with tomorrow and sunday to work! after that it''s off to the orientation camp. there's like so much hype around the camp, with people saying it's really gonnna be real fun and all. i'm just like err okay, thanks for the input.
oh and i bought a lenin tee from bugis village just now too. so i've a mao and lenin tee, i'm just left with a stalin tee. haha. they even had a ho chi minh tee selling there. i was like what? it's really weird. though i've yet to see a castro or a kim il sung or kim jong il shirt anywhere. castro would be really cool though, instead of those 2 korean despots. or even ho chi minh for that matter. haha.
leaving my job would be really sad, because of the 5 months i slogged it out there with the rest has been quite an eye-opener. my job really taught me quite a number of things that i previously never gave a hoot about. at least in terms of my ways of thinking, it definitely has an effect there. but ah, there's always the school to look forward to.
on another note.
a friend says my personal life is really like a soap opera.
i really second that.
after weeks and weeks or searching for a bag, i finally decided on that nike bag that purchased it at vivocity just now. this after so much trouble combing through the streets and shops of kl, jb and places like bugis, orchard and queensway. finally. almost what i wanted, but hey - nothing's ever perfect. and this should probably signal the end of my shopping spree.
honestly i don't think i've bought so many stuff in such a short space of time. like at least 10 new shirts, a bag and 3 pairs of shoes within less than 2 months. is crazy, i know. haha. and i also made a new pair of spectacles the other day at jb. metallic purple and black in colour. haha. to mme it's real nice and cool, but haha i wonder what everyone else will think. i can envision almost everyone saying "why purple!?"
was almost tempted to buy a pair of jeans too with fab just now but just couldn't find the nice 1 with the right size. anyways i don't think i really need jeans too. and fab gave me 2 plain tees for free because he couldn't fit them. my gosh my cupboard will really be packed with so much tops. actually there's still the need 2 buy a new watch but watches area all very pricey, and the prices don't change much. so i guess that will really have to wait.
on another note i'm really lethargic nowadays. after returning to kl i worked for 7 straight days, in between alternating between morning and afternoon shifts. god knows how i managed to pull through. but the good news is i'm resigning. sunday's my last day in fact. so i'm left with tomorrow and sunday to work! after that it''s off to the orientation camp. there's like so much hype around the camp, with people saying it's really gonnna be real fun and all. i'm just like err okay, thanks for the input.
oh and i bought a lenin tee from bugis village just now too. so i've a mao and lenin tee, i'm just left with a stalin tee. haha. they even had a ho chi minh tee selling there. i was like what? it's really weird. though i've yet to see a castro or a kim il sung or kim jong il shirt anywhere. castro would be really cool though, instead of those 2 korean despots. or even ho chi minh for that matter. haha.
leaving my job would be really sad, because of the 5 months i slogged it out there with the rest has been quite an eye-opener. my job really taught me quite a number of things that i previously never gave a hoot about. at least in terms of my ways of thinking, it definitely has an effect there. but ah, there's always the school to look forward to.
on another note.
a friend says my personal life is really like a soap opera.
i really second that.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
re-kl
got back from kl yesterday evening.
and i'm super-duper tired. the exertions of it all caused me to turn up at work with a sleepy face and totally unkempt hair. the colleagues could see the weariness on my face. it doesn't help that i've to work 7 straight days till my next off. if i do pull through, i'm the real deal man. haha.
the trip was okay. it's not like you get to go away for a few days with your friends often. although a lot of cock ups happened but it was still fun. although i only managed to only buy a shirt and a pair of ugly-looking shoes at a combined cost of RM63. but in all i spent around RM335! haha. don't ask me what happened to rest. i'm not too sure myself.
the 1st day was spent at berjaya times square mainly. got to go in the indoor thempark. and the dna mixer ride was real crazy. haha. the ride jus spins you round and round for a few minutes. haha all i know some of the rest felt like throwing up or giddy after that. but me? no! haha. i went through most of the intimidating rides but it was okay. actually i was the 1st one who wanted to back initially, but that was because my stomach wasn't really 100% at the time. then the evening was spent at this club. the live band there rocks man. their opening act was don't matter by akon. i was like what? what kinda band jams don't matter? but anyway the band played all kinds of genre actually. was really great.
the 2nd day we all watched transformers at the imax theatre at the times square. and the movie kicks ass! i'm grateful i never caught it in singapore. the screen was huge! bigger than any screens in singapore, really! and to watch such a movie on such a screen was really mind-blowing. i liked the part when optimus prime stepped on the witwicky's garden fountain and said sorry, my bad. haha. but the whole movie was damn cool. is the best movie i've watched this year. but not say i've watched alot though. and then then evening was spent at petaling street. the last day was spent at the twin towers. i tried to find my sling bag, but it was in vain. we ended up missing the 4pm bus and had to fork out extra to take the 5pm one.
but overall it was fun. thanks to my friends, and thanks to our other friends in kl who brought us around. i still have RM100 with me which i'm really itching to spend.
on another note.
lately i feel i've gone through alot. it's taken a toll on me, mentally. sometimes i ask myself why must things always pan out this way. sometimes it's always been a case of so near yet so far. i also feel drained phsyically. it doesn't help that i've lost 5kg since i started working. i look more gaunt and scrawny now. i hope i will start school with a blast and have fun there.
although in the past i have always started school with a troubled state of mind.
and i'm super-duper tired. the exertions of it all caused me to turn up at work with a sleepy face and totally unkempt hair. the colleagues could see the weariness on my face. it doesn't help that i've to work 7 straight days till my next off. if i do pull through, i'm the real deal man. haha.
the trip was okay. it's not like you get to go away for a few days with your friends often. although a lot of cock ups happened but it was still fun. although i only managed to only buy a shirt and a pair of ugly-looking shoes at a combined cost of RM63. but in all i spent around RM335! haha. don't ask me what happened to rest. i'm not too sure myself.
the 1st day was spent at berjaya times square mainly. got to go in the indoor thempark. and the dna mixer ride was real crazy. haha. the ride jus spins you round and round for a few minutes. haha all i know some of the rest felt like throwing up or giddy after that. but me? no! haha. i went through most of the intimidating rides but it was okay. actually i was the 1st one who wanted to back initially, but that was because my stomach wasn't really 100% at the time. then the evening was spent at this club. the live band there rocks man. their opening act was don't matter by akon. i was like what? what kinda band jams don't matter? but anyway the band played all kinds of genre actually. was really great.
the 2nd day we all watched transformers at the imax theatre at the times square. and the movie kicks ass! i'm grateful i never caught it in singapore. the screen was huge! bigger than any screens in singapore, really! and to watch such a movie on such a screen was really mind-blowing. i liked the part when optimus prime stepped on the witwicky's garden fountain and said sorry, my bad. haha. but the whole movie was damn cool. is the best movie i've watched this year. but not say i've watched alot though. and then then evening was spent at petaling street. the last day was spent at the twin towers. i tried to find my sling bag, but it was in vain. we ended up missing the 4pm bus and had to fork out extra to take the 5pm one.
but overall it was fun. thanks to my friends, and thanks to our other friends in kl who brought us around. i still have RM100 with me which i'm really itching to spend.
on another note.
lately i feel i've gone through alot. it's taken a toll on me, mentally. sometimes i ask myself why must things always pan out this way. sometimes it's always been a case of so near yet so far. i also feel drained phsyically. it doesn't help that i've lost 5kg since i started working. i look more gaunt and scrawny now. i hope i will start school with a blast and have fun there.
although in the past i have always started school with a troubled state of mind.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
shop
these days i'm only into one thing - shopping.
basically all my off days or time after work is spent on shopping.
since my kl trip, i've already bought 3 tops and 2 pair of shoes. and before i head off to kl again next week i expect to buy another 1 or 2 more tops. then at kl i shall shop for maybe another pair of shoes, a bag and more tops? haha. and also a new watch. i don't know if i need to get new jeans. actually i don't need to, i just need to alter my exisiting ones and this one that i've not worn yet. oh there's still the pair of spectacles that i need to make.
the things i do just to prepare myself for school. i'm amazed.
so now i've like 4 sneakers, a pair of running shoes, 4 (or 5?) pairs of jeans and a whole lot of tops. but i expect to have even more tops.
can't wait to go kl again so soon. this time with the gang. and finally get to visit my friend over in kl! and shop till i drop. i doubt the gst offset package is even enough for my shopping expenses, at the rate i'm going at.
so my retirement (resignation actually, haha) date has been set. after retiring, i shall probably spend the rest of the days cleaning up the mess in my room. which has never witnessed a major clean up ever since we shifted in here around 7 years ago. haha.
then they ask me to join some orientation camp. i'm rather cool on it, but i'll see how things go. then that 1 time huge class gathering at the end of the month that i'm planning for, and then get ready to enter school again.
i really can't wait for school to start. can't wait to experience the feeling of just going to school, just sitting in lectures etc. call me crazy if you want but i've missed that feeling for over 2 years already.
nowadays i just can't be bothered with things anymore. who cares. fcuk it, as what i saw on a shirt at the french connection shop. i'll just carry on with my own life and do my own things and just bloody care about myself. at least when i shop for myself, i feel good. haha.
pardon me if i exhibit female characteristics. but i assure you, i'm definitely not gay.
but gay as in happy - a definite yes.
basically all my off days or time after work is spent on shopping.
since my kl trip, i've already bought 3 tops and 2 pair of shoes. and before i head off to kl again next week i expect to buy another 1 or 2 more tops. then at kl i shall shop for maybe another pair of shoes, a bag and more tops? haha. and also a new watch. i don't know if i need to get new jeans. actually i don't need to, i just need to alter my exisiting ones and this one that i've not worn yet. oh there's still the pair of spectacles that i need to make.
the things i do just to prepare myself for school. i'm amazed.
so now i've like 4 sneakers, a pair of running shoes, 4 (or 5?) pairs of jeans and a whole lot of tops. but i expect to have even more tops.
can't wait to go kl again so soon. this time with the gang. and finally get to visit my friend over in kl! and shop till i drop. i doubt the gst offset package is even enough for my shopping expenses, at the rate i'm going at.
so my retirement (resignation actually, haha) date has been set. after retiring, i shall probably spend the rest of the days cleaning up the mess in my room. which has never witnessed a major clean up ever since we shifted in here around 7 years ago. haha.
then they ask me to join some orientation camp. i'm rather cool on it, but i'll see how things go. then that 1 time huge class gathering at the end of the month that i'm planning for, and then get ready to enter school again.
i really can't wait for school to start. can't wait to experience the feeling of just going to school, just sitting in lectures etc. call me crazy if you want but i've missed that feeling for over 2 years already.
nowadays i just can't be bothered with things anymore. who cares. fcuk it, as what i saw on a shirt at the french connection shop. i'll just carry on with my own life and do my own things and just bloody care about myself. at least when i shop for myself, i feel good. haha.
pardon me if i exhibit female characteristics. but i assure you, i'm definitely not gay.
but gay as in happy - a definite yes.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
kl
my trip to kl sucked to the core.
1st day, saturday, was spent at the uncle's place, somewhere outside of kl. then the 2nd day, visited a family friend and shopped just abit only. then the problems all started.
kl flooded on sunday night. but by that time, we were already at the hotel area but it wasn't flooded. although at 10pm a blackout occurred, which was corrected only at 130am. then the whole of monday was spent rotting away in the hotel room. the reason - my whole family was down with fever and flu and cough. i was the only okay one, but i wasn't allowed to go out on my own. only on tuesday did i properly shop. and then wednesday back home. a completely uninspiring holiday which i would rather shop. overall, i only spent on a grand total of 2 pathetic tops.
yesterday dined with clare, and just talked away the whole night. been a very long time since i last talked to clare. it was fun. then i just got back from iza's birthday party. just took the car out and drive around like nobody's business too.
i'm very tired nowadays. because i always sleep late. and at kl, we rested quite alot but i always had trouble falling asleep. because my mind is not at peace.
its really distressing.
i wonder why somethings just couldn't be much more straightforward.
1st day, saturday, was spent at the uncle's place, somewhere outside of kl. then the 2nd day, visited a family friend and shopped just abit only. then the problems all started.
kl flooded on sunday night. but by that time, we were already at the hotel area but it wasn't flooded. although at 10pm a blackout occurred, which was corrected only at 130am. then the whole of monday was spent rotting away in the hotel room. the reason - my whole family was down with fever and flu and cough. i was the only okay one, but i wasn't allowed to go out on my own. only on tuesday did i properly shop. and then wednesday back home. a completely uninspiring holiday which i would rather shop. overall, i only spent on a grand total of 2 pathetic tops.
yesterday dined with clare, and just talked away the whole night. been a very long time since i last talked to clare. it was fun. then i just got back from iza's birthday party. just took the car out and drive around like nobody's business too.
i'm very tired nowadays. because i always sleep late. and at kl, we rested quite alot but i always had trouble falling asleep. because my mind is not at peace.
its really distressing.
i wonder why somethings just couldn't be much more straightforward.
Friday, June 08, 2007
kl
tomorrow i'm off to KL! so basically i'll be virtually uncontactable for the next 5 days or so.
it's been awhile since i had a proper holiday. think if i were to count taiwan as the last one, that was more than half a year ago. so i guess i'll be spending away my hard-earned money. alot of things to shop for there, although i would arrive too early for the nationwide sales period.
sent the aunt off on her minor pilgrimage trip to the holy city last wednesday morning. damn tired because i got back at almost 5am. i remember my trip to the holy land there. exactly 7 years ago. simply astounding. just praying in front of the kaabah is an experience to cherish. imagine, around 1.2 billion moslems (maybe you can count out over half of the malays in singapore) praying to the kaabah every single day, and suddenly one gets a chance to pray exactly right in front of it. especially the dusk prayers. i remember birds circling the kaabah. if i wasn't mistaken, they were crows. and crows usually make one hell of a ruckus with their homies. but they just flew around encircling the kaabah noiselessly, as if they knew they just had to shut their traps. simply amazing. a scene i still remember clearly.
someday i shall visit the holy land again. on top of that, for all the wonders of the world, there are also 4 other places i would like visit. firstly jerusalem. i've been there before, and it really is among the most beautiful of cities. i remember standing on top of this bibilical site called the mount of olives. really beautiful. i looked down the view was really magnificent. it overlooks jerusalem and the city looks really wonderful from there. and across from the mount of olives, i could see the al-aqsa mosque, and the famous dome of the rock. and the city itself is beautiful, rich in culture and history. i managed to visit bethlehem, the tomb of king david, the tomb of moses, the western wall and other historically rich places. and i have stepped into the dead sea before! i remember i had a cut at my foot so it did hurt just a little bit. though i never tested to see if i could really float. haha. someday i shall go there again.
moscow is another place on my list. has to do with my fascination with its communist legacy. maybe st. petersburg too. i want to see the kremlin, the red square, and the museums rich in history of communism. berlin too. berlin is a beautiful city, and i would also like to see the remains of the berlin wall, and delve into the history of the nazi era (if they still have relics from that era). london too, for its beautiful setting, and its famous landmarks. and not to mention, probably catch a match at the emirates stadium. just too bad highbury is history.
alot of places to travel to, and alot of money needed! haha. personally if you notice, i of course appreciate places rich in history that i have interests in. natural sights are a sight to behold, say niagara falls etc - but i would rather appreciate buildings, sites, relics that have to do with human history. and america doesn't interest me that much so heck. i hope i can really visit all these 5 places in my lifetime.
dear God, grant me a very well-paying job so as to fulfil my dreams!
for now, it's KL for me it seems. haha.
till next week then.
it's been awhile since i had a proper holiday. think if i were to count taiwan as the last one, that was more than half a year ago. so i guess i'll be spending away my hard-earned money. alot of things to shop for there, although i would arrive too early for the nationwide sales period.
sent the aunt off on her minor pilgrimage trip to the holy city last wednesday morning. damn tired because i got back at almost 5am. i remember my trip to the holy land there. exactly 7 years ago. simply astounding. just praying in front of the kaabah is an experience to cherish. imagine, around 1.2 billion moslems (maybe you can count out over half of the malays in singapore) praying to the kaabah every single day, and suddenly one gets a chance to pray exactly right in front of it. especially the dusk prayers. i remember birds circling the kaabah. if i wasn't mistaken, they were crows. and crows usually make one hell of a ruckus with their homies. but they just flew around encircling the kaabah noiselessly, as if they knew they just had to shut their traps. simply amazing. a scene i still remember clearly.
someday i shall visit the holy land again. on top of that, for all the wonders of the world, there are also 4 other places i would like visit. firstly jerusalem. i've been there before, and it really is among the most beautiful of cities. i remember standing on top of this bibilical site called the mount of olives. really beautiful. i looked down the view was really magnificent. it overlooks jerusalem and the city looks really wonderful from there. and across from the mount of olives, i could see the al-aqsa mosque, and the famous dome of the rock. and the city itself is beautiful, rich in culture and history. i managed to visit bethlehem, the tomb of king david, the tomb of moses, the western wall and other historically rich places. and i have stepped into the dead sea before! i remember i had a cut at my foot so it did hurt just a little bit. though i never tested to see if i could really float. haha. someday i shall go there again.
moscow is another place on my list. has to do with my fascination with its communist legacy. maybe st. petersburg too. i want to see the kremlin, the red square, and the museums rich in history of communism. berlin too. berlin is a beautiful city, and i would also like to see the remains of the berlin wall, and delve into the history of the nazi era (if they still have relics from that era). london too, for its beautiful setting, and its famous landmarks. and not to mention, probably catch a match at the emirates stadium. just too bad highbury is history.
alot of places to travel to, and alot of money needed! haha. personally if you notice, i of course appreciate places rich in history that i have interests in. natural sights are a sight to behold, say niagara falls etc - but i would rather appreciate buildings, sites, relics that have to do with human history. and america doesn't interest me that much so heck. i hope i can really visit all these 5 places in my lifetime.
dear God, grant me a very well-paying job so as to fulfil my dreams!
for now, it's KL for me it seems. haha.
till next week then.
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