New Year's Eve's Eve

in a very special 2007, i fell, and i picked myself up. i was grounded, but got stronger. and definitely heartbroken, and i mend them back. searching for a new life in this new year which is just slightly more than a day to go.

well, i don't want this to be yet another 'new year new resolution' kind of post, but i'll look into what's in store for me this coming year. first of all, it'll be the last year of my teens, and after that as i celebrate my 20th birthday on the february of 2009, i'm no longer a teenager. so i must make this 'last year' of mine to be fun and memorable.

next up, is my UWA attachment for 7-9 weeks starting from 9th february (i think?). will be flying off to Perth, Western Australia for my attachment with 9 other schoolmates. it should be exciting. but i've heard as well that it will be the oh-my-fucking-ass-sizzling-hot summer during that period, so ... well, i'm looking forward to get myself tanned! haha. well, hopefully i don't advance the process of tumour development in my skin. haha.

and of course, when the new academic year starts, it'll be my third and final year of my poly life. how fast. there's nothing much to wow about, and i should be anticipating the new semester, as usual.

i've forgotten to say that i'll be spending my birthday in perth next year ... people, if you want to get me presents, pass them to me before i leave ok?! haha!

now some reflection. over the course of 364 days (the last day is tomorrow), i've grown quite a bit, like what bun said, i've changed, but i guess it's for the better =D. appearance wise, i've started wearing contact lens, and am now more conscious of how i look and present myself. confidence level definitely rises ever since i started working at fort siloso, with tram hosting and presentation of fort siloso to guests being the main contributing factors. i'm now more mature as well, after ... haha.

the bad points? i've slacked too much this year, resulting in not so desirable results, though still satisfactory. have been letting my group members down as i have other commitments (work, family). i'm so very sorry, to those who had worked with me over the past year and if i ever disappointed you or couldn't meet your expectations. this coming year, my priorities will be school work and making sure me myself and my friends are in good health =D.

so this is the common year-end entry, and perhaps in the new year, it'll be a new start to all of us, to those who are heartbroken, those who have found true love, those who are unfortunate, those who felt they had never done enough, and haha, those that always queue up in 7-11 trying their luck to strike toto or 4d, better luck next year ya? lol.

and now, as we countdown to our final day of year 2007, let's welcome 2008 with open arms and rising colours =D.

Merry X'mas 2007

to all people, young and old, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen ... HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MERRY X'MAS TO ALL.

it's a season of giving, and well ... i'll be honest here, i haven't bought gifts for all my good friends and family members around me for the past 18 christmas (not like i can afford anything in my first 14 years of life ya? i wasn't working then!). ok, so ... i've decided to spread my love instead ... err ... ... ...

i've actually stopped believing in wishes coming true during christmas. well ... but hoping is always different from believing, agree? i still do hope that at least 1 of these wishes and dreams of mine can be fulfilled. too greedy of me to have THESE much wishes ya? haha. who's not greedy out there? scram you pretenders.

perhaps i should pursue and make my very own wishes come true, instead of sitting here and allowing nature works its wonders. am i defying nature then? haha. afterall, things don't come by easy just like that, we should always put in effort to get something =D.

still, a merry merry x'mas to everyone, people i know or not, it doesn't matter, like i say ... i'll 'spread' my love.

hmm ... merry x'mas to myself too. hohoho

time well-spent

i've been to plaza singapore 3 times over the period of 5 days, starting on saturday to yesterday.

PS: read previous post on saturday's event.

monday - it was supposed to be 4e1 outing to sentosa, but in the end, onli 6 girls and 1 guy turned up in the afternoon. and because of the rain, we didn't go into the island. instead, we spent our afternoon at mind's cafe (yea, like ... again!!). haha. well, it only costs $5++ on a weekday from 2-6pm with free-flow of drinks, so, why not?

then, simin and valerie joined us for dinner at PS's KFC, chatted for a pretty long time before heading home. that ended monday.

tuesday - out to make passport.

wednesday - off to PS again. watched NT2 with stanley, WL and pauline. yes, pauline! i haven't seen her for like almost 2 years ever since graduation. so ... yeah, we met up at 1330, only to wait for WL and stanley to arrive at around 1400 and 1420. had the riverside indonesian cuisine at the food court again, and we went off for the movie at 1500. it was a nice movie - 4/5. an exhilarating and breath-taking treasure-hunting experience =D. go watch for yourself, i'm not going to comment on it that much. lols.

and so ... finally a day rest at home today. woke up at 9+ despite sleeping at 2+ last night. woke up by my mum to go and take a shower while waiting for dad to come and bring us out for breakfast. yea, he came back at 11, so we had brunch instead. chicken rice balls for brunch~ i don't quite like it in fact, cause it's not as fragrant.

bye people =D.

Tea Reception

humid afternoon followed by rain. an usual december day.

we attended Ms Isabel Yee's wedding tea reception at a church close to SP, which i must say, was really great. heard they have had many such receptions in many places, and from that, you can see just how nice and loved they are.

marriage ... i know it's kind of dumb to be even thinking about this now when i haven't got myself into a serious relationship before. seeing their wedding photos and videoclips, the love surrounding them drenched the rain instead. i've told people before, as you get older, the more you need some one really close to heart to stand by you.

i have many good friends, and a few best friends that had always stood by my decision and supported me throughout the past 18 years. i have my parents to guide and advise me to do what they think would benefit me most, and most certainly will work most of their lives to support me through my ambition in education even if it means to work 20 hours a day with just 4 hours of sleep. i have my grandparents who always worry about me not eating well, cooking probably the best food i've eaten in my life, and never stop worrying till the final day when they finally close their eyes, and bid farewell with a smile and a huge sigh of relief to have seen me grow up since the day i was born with a 'fractured' neck.

i'm never good in expressing my gratitude and love to people around me, and deep inside, i'm really grateful to what they had done for me.

having said that, they can never be with you forever. friends will eventually lead their own life; parents will retire and it'll be my turn to support them; my grandparents will leave me eventually sooner or later. that 'special one' is some one everyone is looking for. some one whom you build a family with, when both of you start worrying for your kids like your parents did, sending them to school, seeing them grow and of course, watching them becoming a good person.

love and marriage ... i've not truly experienced the former, and marriage still has a long way to go. should i just leave things to fate, or take things in my own hands? haha.

enough said. we had a fun time playing at Mind's Cafe. some really stupid yet mind provoking games that you can never imagine that they actually existed. some test your reaction time, and some test your ability to describe and make things comprehensible. some even test your ability to think on your feet, and some are just games that induce lots of laughter. a great place to simply hang out with friends and enjoy the company =D.

i'm f*cking tired and i have to wait for my sister to come home, as she lost her keys. gonna wake up at roughly 6 hours later (time now is 0012). i'm feeling kind of irritated now. haha.

if i ever fall in love, will that person be you?

MCR Concert 11 DEC 2007 @ Singapore Expo - Max Pavilion

omfg, i actually bought the tickets to the MCR - The Black Parade Concert Live in singapore 2 days ago. damn, it was f*cking good! sorry for the word, but it was probably the only vocabulary Gerard Way knows!

oh great, it was simply fantastic. people who'd missed out the concert should really start stabbing their chest! i'm happy i didn't miss it, but i regretted a little by not joining the mosh pit. it must be motherf*cking high down there.

They started with "This Is How I Disappear". the music was loud, the vocal was powerful, the drummer was full of energy and both guitarists and the bassist almost ripped their heads off from swinging too hard. imagine having to scream that nicely for the whole 1.5hr concert, Gerard Way was just too good.


This is How I Disappear


they continued with their past hits like I'm Not Okay and Helena, until they finally got all the crowd hyped up with WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE! i was just shouting and singing along throughout the song. that was the first song they performed which i really know, haha! man, i almost lost of voice right after the first song!

Welcome To The Black Parade


next followed by songs like House of Wolves, I Don't Love You, Teenagers and Cancer. he shocked the whole crowd after singing the final phrase "cause the hardest part of this is leaving you" in Cancer, and greeted "Good Night Singapore!". some of the people were actually leaving!!!

I Don't Love You


Cancer


haha. just a few clips on their performance that night. Gerard Way came back after a while to finish off with Famous Last Words, which was just great!!! *I see you lying next to me ... With words I thought I'd Never Speak ... Awake, and unafraid ... Asleep ... Or dead!* woohoo!!!

Famous Last Words


i can still picture that day in my head ~

wahahah!!!

i'm so gonna swear that i'll jump into the mosh pit next time they come to singapore. i'm sure they will ... probably 2 years, or 1 year down the road =D.

Last Outing

watched The Golden Compass with the guys a few hours ago.

that was the last outing seeing all of us together before a few of them go botak. wahaha.

ok, let's talk about the movie first. it was a nice movie with a nice ending that obviously hinted there will be a sequal to that. the whole plot was great, just that there were too little actions to look out for. i felt there could be more. i wonder why war scenes always ended so quickly, that was the same for LOTR III too. also, some scenes were pretty expected, just like any other movies. well ... haha.

perhaps another draw back was their lack of humour. nowadays even horror movies have bits of humour here and there. ok, perhaps the director was trying something different, but i guess they pass it off well anyway.

so here's the rating, 3.5-4/5. it could be better with longer action scenes, and perhaps more exciting animations and effects. i'll be anticipating part II, which i guess will be out by next year, or early 2009.

now, the outing. actually we didn't do much other than having a quick dinner and the movie. haha. so that's all? yea, good luck guys, for those going into camp next week =D.

oh yes, i must talk about the food we had. it was in the food court in PS, and surprisingly, it's good! it's the riverside indonesian food, and i had the grilled chicken set, with additional rice. let me tell you, the bbq sauce and chilli are a must to have with your rice. the chilli was not exactly very spicy, a very typically indonesian-styled as i heard that indonesians love sweet food. the chicken leg was not exactly very flavourful, and they covered it up with their special bbq sauce. man, i had 1.5 bowl of rice and it wasn't enough. haha. this stall was actually introduced to me by justin and aric, and my friend happened to try it before and ask us to try too, so ... why not?! haha.

alright. bye bye

not so hectic sunday ... afterall

i was expecting a busy sunday the night before, but i managed to get things done by 1pm, haha.

ok, i haven't finished my datasheets, but after learning that some of them won't be handing in tomorrow, i went on to study for my test and practical test. so that's how i finished most things on by 1pm. but well, i have nothing much left to do for the datasheets anyway, so i believe it's perfectly fine.

will never go out to get my lunch anymore after a shower right after the jog. i sweat-ed literally like a pig infront of the subway counter. how dumb.

was going through some points with a few of them on tomorrow's practical test. i believe we're not adversed in doing practicals on our own yet, when people say that poly students are more equiped with the necessary skills applicable practically. maybe we should have more practical tests. haha! well you see, practical tests are like the most relaxed yet rewarding (if you ever do it right) forms of assessment. i'd very much prefer practical tests over theory-based questions.

oh yes, subway cookies suck. they are so damn sweet, that i need to drink lots of water to get rid of the taste. i don't have a sweet-tooth you know.

2 more weeks to the 2-week break. i've no idea what i can do over the 2-week break, other than trying to complete the assignment given to us, and also to work more so i can have enough to spend over my exam period.

i'm getting bored on sundays. the weariness accumulates way down to sunday that i can hardly draw up sufficient energy to study or do my assignment. no one is free to go out either, and that further deprives me from motivating myself.

either way, the whole semester is coming to an end soon, and we'll be dispatched to do our attachment during our vacation. haha.

a tool is just something he finds to use when he needs to.