My Life

2008-07-07T03:32:00.002+08:00

CHANGE BLOG:

http://www.theunspeakablelies.blogspot.com/

2008-06-30T22:18:00.002+08:00

Just came back from poly class chalet which lasted from sat to mon. Although the number of ppl attended were relatively low, we still have lots of fun together. Be it mahjong, bridge, saboteur, bang, BBQ, euro final, blackjack, escape or BATMAN, lots of laughter and joy erupt.

Tommorrow i will be leaving for redang trip with my sec sch peeps. MORE exciting programmes are coming up before i drag myself to tekong next wed.

2008-06-17T22:47:00.004+08:00

Sunday was my last day of work at starhub raffles place. I will would to thank everyone for their guidance and tolerance. I have to say this job had taught me how to be patient and calm towards all customer and situation. To be able to see different kind of people in different level of positions. Although i still have a problem towards customer, i like to thank God for giving me such a wonderful working team that i truely enjoy it.
After work, my colleagues (jackson, alex, darren, alvin, yong quan and katerina) decided to give mi a farewell dinner so we went to manhantten fish market at The central. We sat on the balcony that have a splendid scenery. We can see the entire Singapore river. Ambience is superb, especially for couple. So ask for a balcony next time if u r having dinner at manhantten fish market.

We ordered 2 set of seafood platter which can be shared within 3 person. The food is delicious with calamari, prawn, fish & chips, fries, fried mushroom (BEST!) and garlic rice. The portion that was given to us is simply huge and we almost couldn't finished it.

Next, we went to indochine for a drink. Opened a martell VSOP that is ultimately expensive ($220) and we play all sorts of games with it.

Seafood platter

Alex being the kind soul and kat being the poor beggar

mi and alvin from telechoice

he just lose a game and was forfeited to drink the entire glass

PLAYING GAME IN action

drunkard 1

2

3

4

2008-06-05T22:21:00.004+08:00

Yesterday dance training was fun cos we learn on the song "with you by chris brown". Learning the steps with the songs that i love is simply cool. After which, i went to party world @ chinatown to meet my starhub colleagues and sang our hearts out till 2am. I seriously need to be more thrifty cos money just get out of my pocket damn quickly =(

All came from recruit express agency AKA the express team

2008-06-02T00:16:00.001+08:00

DOOMSDAY 2012 (BELIEVE IT OR NOT)

2008-05-30T00:40:00.004+08:00

That's the end of my poly life. Graduation ceremony yesterday was not as fantastic as what i presume it will be. I turned up for the ceremony LATE! And this suck like totally cos everyone is getting ready to get in and i'm stuck at the LT. In my opinion ,the best part of the gradutaion was the photo taking after that. We were practically camwhoring with everyone we know to keep this day memorable on photos.

PHOTOS:

Taken by Amy Boi (Aaron)

Doesn't it seems like our sec class photos?

Taken @ the stage

delivering a speech?

Attempted to eat the mic

someone's eyes is always closed when we wants to take pics

M18~!

hideous laughter

as usual....

so sweet.. owwww

act cute gang

dinner at PS swensens

suave right

cold ice getting fingered from edward and hanwei

BRIDGE!

2008-05-29T00:44:00.002+08:00

Fourth lesson today and this time round, we were taught by another instructor. He was supposed to be teaching us at the beginning but due to some busy shedule at LA, another instructor took over. The warm up session was hilarious, in a way that the movement were very fast and we were expecting it to slow. After which, we learned alot of new move and seriously it's tought although the song we had is lyrical hip hop. Well, i'm practically laughing my way out. Forgetting some of the steps makes mi feel even retarded but thankfully i can catch up.

Tommorrow will be GRADUATION day... WOO!

2008-05-27T00:10:00.001+08:00

So you think you can dance season 4 is finally here. MUST WATCH~!

2008-05-26T23:17:00.002+08:00

after listening several times of this song, i begin to love it. You will like it too =)

2008-05-25T02:19:00.003+08:00

Ok, now i 20 years old and this marks the beginning of my new life as this will be another new decade. Celebrated it special day of mine at central billy bombers. Kinda like the waitress over there =) . After which, we went over to MOS for clubbing. Horse have been waiting for this day to come since ages. Stayed over at the R&B house for sometime although it's really packed before we went over to trance house. The best room will be the retro as the music they played were totally retro and nice, such as songs from micheal jackson and saturday night fever. We went back at 3am... Really shagged after MOS but it's fun =)

DJ in the house
Look at the ppl in the trance room

So LOVING!

PW actually looks prettier than her usual self

taken by gilebrtography

andrew in pain

what the mouth!

prison break

Pig & pony imprisonment

BIG Physique

Cool mi

It's too late to apologize

Stab that horse

MOdel posing

camera shy

Looking tired ?

2008-05-23T00:02:00.002+08:00

YES!!!! MAN UTD won the champions league. GLORY GLORY MAN UTD~ GLORY GLORY MAN UTD. Staying up the whole night just to watch this match that is not to be missed. Well, all the sacrifices i made is deinitely worthy. Chelsea put up a fierce fight and i feel sorry for john terry who missed such an important goal.

Went to celebrate my pre-birthday with my poly dudes. Nice catching up session at this cool steamboat restaurant at sunset way near NP. Ate until i feel like vomitting. We have alot of crap conversation that is damn funny. Thanks gary, yvonne, shao yong, kia heen and yee siang for the treat. =)

2008-05-14T22:42:00.002+08:00

Today was my 2nd dance lesson. This time round, i can manage the tempo as well as the steps. Since i more capable of catching up with the flow, the lesson began to grew more and more interesting. Nonetheless, the steps that our instructor had given us were challenging and we got to do it several times to hit it. The most straining portion of your body will be the legs cos it's constantly in motion and the main parts of the dance is the leg coordinations.

Reached the dance studio late thanks to the bus that i tried to take but failed to appear at the bus stop. In the end, i got to spent $6.60 just to get there. Train is always a better solution as to bus.

Although the lesson is only 1 hour, we really sweat it out. Time really flies and it's gonna be see ya next wed. I yearn for longer training even i know it's not possible.

The lesson after ours in pole dancing. Witnessing the girls dancing with the pole is simply "WOW". With just the dress code of tight pants and sports bra, feminie essence is overwhelming in the room. Ok i sounded kinda pervertic and seriously you will feel the same when you are there.

The dance school even offers pole dancing for guy. How un-sightly is the scene to see guys dance with the pole. It Freaks People Out! hahaaha. YUCkS!

Square root of 3

2008-05-10T01:37:00.000+08:00

Square Root of Three

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight

Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark!
What is this I see,
Another square root of a three
As quietly co-waltzing by,

Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed

2008-05-08T23:25:00.002+08:00

Fall For You"
The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find

Your impossible to find
This is not what I intended
I always swore to you i'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may of failed
But I have loved you from the start
Ohhhh

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
Cuz talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When your asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over againDon't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true

Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over againDon't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another dayI swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Your impossible to find

2008-05-08T23:02:00.000+08:00

BLOG MOVED!!!

(where is it??? SECRET)

2008-05-02T22:01:00.002+08:00

Some pics that i took while i'm having break at raffles place. All photos are pure and without photoshop-ing.

Taking a breather from the tiring work and admire the beautiful scenery that i am embedded in makes me feel fresher and rejuvenated. I'm in love of taking picture of plants. It's just like another world that sets apart from us.

2008-05-02T00:41:00.000+08:00

Not for the faint hearted

2008-05-01T00:37:00.003+08:00

Watched harold and kumar 2 at cineleisure the usual cliques. This show is seriously damn funny. The whole theatre is filled with tons of laughter. Kind of porno but it worth the money. We wanted to watch ironman but the time slots that we wanted were all filled out.

Received a SMS from my mum that my enlistment date is 9 July. SO FREAKING FAST?? Even though i yearn for my enlistment date to be early, the notice is just too sudden for me to accept. So 9 July shall be the day for me to serve the nation.

Time: 1pm

Venue: BMT school 2

Thankfully i got some buddies that going to enlist together with me =)

Harold and Kumar 2 trailer : M18 rated

2008-04-22T21:49:00.002+08:00

After working close to 2 weeks, i began to jeopardize a particular due to the fact that most of them came to my outlet with despicable attitude and stubborn mindness. Next, it's that i can't catch what the hell they are talking about. My temper have grew shorter and shorter thanks to them. I'm just thankful that i have such wonderful colleagues and managers that i felt so happy to work with them.

Where is my enlistment letter and university admission letter? I so hoping to see u these 2 letters as soon as possible. Now that some of my friends had already received the enlistment letter for the July batch, i guess i will not be joining them in july but somwhere later.... =(

2008-04-20T23:13:00.001+08:00

The story behind Einstein's riddle is that Albert Einstein created it in the late 1800s, and claimed that 98% of the world population couldn't solve it. I am not sure of the true origin, but I have seen this one floating around the internet, and it is a good brain exercise.

Here it is:
- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.
- In each house lives a person of different nationality
- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?

Necessary clues:
1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.

2008-04-13T01:33:00.004+08:00

Today was the outdoor display band SYF 2008. Being quite a outdoor band fanatic, this is something that i won't want to miss. The entire syf was remarkable and enjoyable with lots of unexpected surprises. The best bands that i saw were tanjong katong sec, deyi sec and bukit panjang gov. high.

Taken some snap of certain schools:

Bukit Panjang Government high with a very strong and solid formation and music.

Yusok Ishak sec

West Spring sec

Found this little cute boy who tries to imitate like a drum major with an umbrella as a mase.

Deyi Sec

As expected, bowen once again choses a female to be their DM. A sex appeal?? Probably.

Results from what i recall:

Military Band Assesment,

Yuying sec: certificate of distinction

Hwa Chong: certificate of distinction

North vista: certifiate of pass

Guang yang: certificate of merit

Outdoor display band:

Orchid Park: Silver

Tanjong katong: Gold with Honours

Ping yi: Silver

Bukit Panjang Gov. high: Silver (undeservingly to my point of view)

Bowen: Gold (KELONG!)

West spring: Silver

Yusok Ishak: Silver

Deyi: Gold with Honours

Best Drum Major 2008: Deyi Sec

Best Military Band 2008: Deyi sec

TK band really put alot of effort in every aspect. As their theme was Asian hence they got alot of extras to act as chinese warriors as well as 2 dragon dancing. Deyi theme was phantom of the opera with spanish feel. They got extras to act as spanish dancers and the most surprising thing was they use baby powder as a form of create a mist to the entire field. Stinky but innovative. Next, the surprising was they actually included "SPANIA" into one their songs. The song reminds me of the time when we play this for our pathetic formation. Bowen theme was also chinese while every band members dressed as like taliban leaders performing KUNGFU and using knife as one of the props. Bukit panjang theme was malay hence they have malay dancers performing.

Next outdoor band SYF is 2010... Long way to go.

2008-04-10T22:22:00.002+08:00

After working for 3 days, finally i will have a first off day tml. Been quite a few good days even though we experience angry customers daily. Anyway, golden shoe carpark coffeeshop sells hawker food at a very cheap price. Western food @ 3.50 , Mixed rice- 4 items for $2.20, chicken rice @ 2.50. At this current situation of rising inflation, i reckon they are earning much considering of the location as well.

2008-04-08T22:35:00.001+08:00

MADTV- HEROES

My aunt told me to watch this korea drama... It's very nice cos it's damn funny- "Sassy Girl Choo Hyang"

2008-04-08T21:52:00.002+08:00

Today is my first day working in Raffles Place Starhub customer service centre as a customer service executive. I very fortunate to work in this outlet as this is only one shift in which is from 10-7.30 (non-peak period). Plus, the crowd saturation only occurs during lunchtime. Met another temp staff who is also from NP and she's same age as me. =). I was attached to a mentor who guide me how to use the programs and the procedures in getting things done. Well, the programs are very powerful that i can see all your starhub subcription and all your payments.

It is quite interesting to actually get in depth to see how customer service executives work. Seen some really agressive and fustrated customers. As well as our lame and weird customers with weird requests.

My working schedule for the entire month is out. This friday and saturday will be my off days. Gonna catch outdoor band display syf this sat =

2008-04-05T22:49:00.001+08:00

Family Guy Episode 4

2008-04-04T23:38:00.002+08:00

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Bryan Wong:(www.bryanwong.sg)
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2008-04-03T00:46:00.002+08:00

I found this article on stomp.sg that makes me feel once again how pampered and fortunate we are to be born in Singapore. Oil price is rising at an amazing rate while high inflation rates are hitting dozens of countries in the world. With food supply prices soaring up high, i can't help but to think of those who are in need.

People living in 3rd world countries will have even bigger problems as they may get even lesser than usual aid from other developed countries. More children and elderly will suffer from malnutrition or hunger.

It was mentioned before that when one country donate funds to them, a small amount will only be given to the needy at the end of going through different agencies/government sectors. We could only pray to Lord for his help on the needys.

.(http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=17254)

I sincerely hope that you can watch this video clip before my exit my blog.

2008-04-02T01:04:00.001+08:00

Family Guy Episode 3

2008-03-31T22:01:00.002+08:00

Family Guy Episode 2

2008-03-30T23:59:00.000+08:00

Family Guy Season 6 Episode 1

2008-03-29T02:37:00.001+08:00

Cool Song Sang by Andrew

2008-03-28T01:00:00.002+08:00

Went to School today to meet Sherman and Zhong Yang to do our uni stuff. Spending quite sometime going here and there; Firstly, the SSIC (Student Service and Information Centre) @atrium is under renovation hence it has been shifted to Blk 4. We walked one big dumb round without knowing that it is very close to the SAM machine. We wanted to purchase some envelops but the co-op shop near library was closed for stock-taking and so we went to another co-op shop near canteen 1. To our dismay, it turned to be another place for stock-taking as well. Which means to say we cant post it today. Sexman and Sex yang also forgetten their application ID.

This year FOC (freshmen orientation camp) and sports camp happened to be on the same days. Thus i am wondering if there will be any clashes of events or venues. These 2 major camps in NP had been a controversial one due to the fact they have huge backups and planning. Watching the freshies roaming around reminds me of the past when i was like them. How time flies and i will be graduating this coming 29 May. 3 years of poly life do fly by in a flash. I had lots of wonderful memories here. My old classmates; current classmates (as zai as ever); my CCAs(dragonboat, squash, volleyball, christian fellowship, mechanical engineering society); the wonderful lecturers, the ever-improving campus, etc.

Anyway after that the 3 musketeers went over to town for a movie. We wanted to vantage point which is before 6 as it costs only 6 bucks for students but the earliest show we could watch is at 6.05pm (=.=)! @ $8.50. Then, the sales personnel informed us that by paying NETS we could also enjoy $6 for weekdays and $8/weekends privilege. How cool is that?

Ok This show is rated 3.5/5 stars. It is considered a nice show but there is something that is damn irritating that may even make u leave the theatre. For a scene that happened at 12pm, it will repeat again and again for 8X!!!!! 8X with 8 different view points. It's seriously idiotic watching 12pm over and over again for freaking 8 times!!.

PS: Can any kind soul teach me guitar??

2008-03-26T22:34:00.003+08:00

Last Sunday, i was fortunate to catch S-POP Hurray, a local variety show that pays tribute to our local talents and singer for their contribution to the media society. Dudes who were with me were ah pui, ah bamboo and ah boi. We were seated 2 rows from the front hence we can see every celebrity very clearly.

The Finale was rather mediocre.

Fibonacci Numbers

2008-03-04T00:18:00.001+08:00

Fibonacci's Problem:
"Start with a pair of rabbits, (one male and one female) born on January 1. Assume that all months are of equal length and that :
1. rabbits begin to produce young two months after their own birth;
2. after reaching the age of two months, each pair produces a mixed pair, (one male, one female), and then another mixed pair each month thereafter; and
3. no rabbit dies.
How many pairs of rabbits will there be after one year?"

2008-03-01T02:18:00.002+08:00

I MUST STOP PLAYING MAHJONG~!
My addiction to mahjong must cease. So dudes, it will be kind enough of you not to let me be your mahjong kaki.

NO MORE MAHJONG FOR ME!!!! NONONONONO

2008-02-24T22:37:00.004+08:00

Nowadays, I'm addicted to watching sand art videos. Can someone teach me how to do it?

2008-02-23T01:48:00.003+08:00

It's so freaking bored for the past few days.... Only MJ and midnight jogging can numb my bored mind. Everyone is having examinations... Dont intend to look for a job until somewhere in march.
Having back in Singapore for several weeks, i began to cherish each and everything Singapore have. Singapore to be used to be a boring and dull place but now to me it's a beautiful city without natural senic views. Maybe we as a Singapore are used to being so comfortable in our zone.

Yesterday, Singapore won the bid to host the Youth Olympics Games in 2010 which made me even proud of being as a Singaporean. Maybe some fellows may irk others as not gracious enough in terms of the seats in public transport. Sometimes by just closing an eye and let the matter rest will make you a better day. Complain, complain and complain will make yourself even more stressful. Nowadays, people like to flash out their camera to take snapshots of things that are outrageous or infuriating and post it online (www.stomp.com.sg). Recently, an issue over a relief english teacher publishing a post on the compo that some primary school students had written. I dont see the point of people critising him as this is simply an individual case that never mend to be broadcasted to the public.

Lydia Sum passed away few days ago which i am saddened over this news. Being a wonderful host in tons of variety shows as well as sitcoms with her charismatic laughter, specs and owl hairstyle. Her departure at a age of 62 is a loss to the asian media. Bottom line is that you never know whether you will be alive tommorrow or the next hour, so cherish the time you have with your FAMILY and friends. Note that i focus on family because they are the ones that have been with you day in and out. They may not show how much they actually love you but deep down they are the ones that will stood by your side no matter what. You may find your parents irritating or whosoever disturbing but you will really miss those moments when one day they left you. Tears will just automatically roll down from your eyes the moment the coffin move towards the incinerator. Lydia Sum contracted liver and gall bladder cancer 2 years ago. Having a fierce battle with the illness for 2 years, she did not make it.

Blogging to me starts to get really dull and boring. Will not be blogging as frequent now and closing it down will an alternative after which.

When is my enlistment??? 12 March will be my medical check-up. Hopefully i will be enlisted in June.

2008-02-03T02:12:00.000+08:00

I'm back to Singapore after staying in China for 5 months. The past few days had been a really hard time for me due to the bad weather. We have been moving here and there just to avoid the snow storm. It's been a super bad experience that it's unforgetable as it is very very tiring. Woke up early in the morning (4.30am) on friday just to buy a coach ticket to get to shanghai pudong. Stayed a day in Shanghai as there is a snowstorm warning. It started snowing really badly during late afternoon.

My flight was delayed as expected. Supposed to be 1.50pm flight but it took off at 4.10pm. Reached Singapore at 10+pm. It landed at terminal 3. T3 is incredibly beautiful and spacious. I was very surprised when i saw so many people came to receive me. Really grateful to you guys.

All in all, my entire 5 months attachment had been a very very meaningful and enriching experience. I had really gained alot alot things.From natural diasater to cultral exchanges and many many more. The list is never ending.

Lots of catching up with everyone.

2008-01-30T23:01:00.000+08:00

Some unique snow figures.....

Heard that on 1 and 2 feb there will be a snowstorm... Oh God... Please stop snowing on these days... snow after 2 feb PLEASE!!!!....

They looked so much nicer than my piggy snowman...

2008-01-28T13:02:00.000+08:00

It's has been snowing since Saturday and the situation here is getting from bad to worse. Warning indication have turn from orange to red. It's nice to experience snow although the situation here is bad. Lv ying and I decided to treat our colleagues for a dinner before our departure. In return, our colleague treated us to a KTV session which a one that i have been looking for. Before the dinner session, i went our to my colleague's house to build mr frosty. I met alot of snowman on my way there. It's very fun to build a snowman while having snow fight.

Due to the bad weather conditions, the power supply linking to our company is cut off on 28-29 Jan which is today and tomorrow, so we can stay at home and slack. Everywhere is filled with snow and roads are covered with a layer of ice. This usual phenomenon happened some 40 years ago. Thanksfully, i will be returning back to Singapore this week and not last week. The only expressway that can get to Shanghai is closed ever since Saturday. Pray that on this coming Sat, everything will go back to normal. Currently, average temperature : -2 to -8

A view taken from my apartment

Look at the vehicles..

It looked like foam.

artistic pic

Founded this cute snowman, with a carrot as its nose.

The eyes and the nose of this snowman are flowers

Snowing still in progress.

This is the snowman that we made. Initially, it is very cold outside while building the snowman. But after a while of moving here and there, it starts to get warmer.

A piggy snowman.

I love the greenery.

A scholar snowman????

This pic is taken at 2am after KTV session. The floor is very slippery that we almost fell to the ground. I also witnessed some gigantic snowman that are very beautiful.

2008-01-19T00:39:00.000+08:00

Thanks guys for the wonderful video. I finally get to view it at last. Thanks you Pei Wen for uploading it to imeem. Thanks Jeannie and Des who tried to sent me but failed. It's funny to see a serangoon sec uniform/PE tee gathering. Guess i miss lots and lots of fun. Looking forward to see everyone when i'm back. Tons of experiences that i had gained to tell.

2008-01-15T20:08:00.000+08:00

This morning when i look out of the window in the kitchen, i saw SNOW!!!!... and it's still snowing. It's so beautiful. Some dudes even build snowman.

Viewed from my kitchen.

Took this when i was walking to the place to wait for the company bus.

SNOW BALL!!!!

Had snowball fight with some of my colleagues right after lunch. It was way fun but my hands went painfully numb. It was still snowing then but at around 3pm it stopped and most of the snow started to melt =( I'm so lucky to experience snow as it's been 3 years ever since its last snow. I was thinking that i would not be experiencing it due to global warming but i wrong. Thanks God for it.

Today's temperature: 1 to 0
Tommorrow: 3 to -1

2008-01-14T20:29:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the day the i experience snow for the first time in my life. It so damn cool as all the snowflakes just flew haphazardly. The wind is so freaking strong. I'm freezing mad. This morning, the view is simply spendid as the trees and grass are all covered with a layer of snow. The roads are rather slippery as there are some areas that are covered with a layer of ice. Imagine yourself driving on a icy road, how dangerous can it get.

Few days ago, the thickest fog occured when the temperature starts to fall for another 8 degrees
The visibility is extremely poor and once again driving in such condition is very dangerous especially the expressways. Thus, i do adore the drivers for having such high skills in driving cos i think i would probably land up in an accident. Anway the traffic in china is simply horrendous to the max. Car can just drive when there is a redlight, change lanes like no body's business, U-turn anywhere they like, keeping caution on cars, bike, bicycle, bus, trucks, electric-operated bike. Their driving skills are remarkable. If you have a chance to be here, do experience the craziness.

The Beauty of Snow

Super Thick Fog

2008-01-12T21:25:00.000+08:00

Company Annual Dinner Today.... Programs were alright, althought it is not as entertaining compared to Singapore. Quite happy i can attend...

2 more weekends to go.... =)

Lv ying and me... She is performing... while i'm enjoying the show.

2007-12-31T23:54:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year to everyone. This is the first time that i "celebrated" new year countdown outside of Singapore. Kinda miss each and everyone of my friends and family back there. I will be back soon to meet u guys. =)

Went to Suzhou with LV and our colleague, Daisy. Din really travel around. Met Daisy's ex-colleague, Xia Hui, at his apartment. His apartment is located at Suzhou-Singapore collaboration industrial district. The entire structure of the apartment looks exactly like the houses in Singapore which makes me feel once again that i'm back home. The shops at the void deck and every things. It feels kinda warm in my heart although these few days had been extremely extremely cold (3 to -4 degree C).

In fact, most of the time we spent there was eating. Had a God-damn spicy lunch, followed by a high-tea session at a very very nice ambience restaurant and immediately dinner at some not so nice dim-sum outlet. I felt so damn bloated until i want to vomit. The high-tea session was great as we sat down and ordered our beverages. The best part was that u can get a free cakes of your choice with any drinks being ordered. How cool. Then our conversation topic lied between Singapore and China. Btw, Suzhou is much much beautiful compared to Wuxi.

At night, we strolled to a park where there is a musical fountain. Strolling under a freezing temperature with a strong wind is totally madness. Your face will feel as though it is cut by thousands of knife when the strong brushes across you. Your limb will feel very numb followed by a sharp pain.

Last night, our department had a dinner session in a hotel. Seriously, i hate to eat with them because i simply dislike huge intake of liquors or beer. I wont mind if the amount was within half a bottle. In China, creating a din during dinner is very common. They will be very rude to the waiters and waitress but they wont mind at all. My department is rather big as it includes everyone in the factory as well. Maybe because of the difference in position; what we are looking for is good food but what they are looking for is large amount of liquors and beer. They want to create "QI FEN" which seems very rowdy to me.

One thing i hate most is they like to compared us with the previous batch of OIAP students, saying that they (refers only to Agnes) can drink very well. One bottle of red wine is no kick (She was drunk after which). Moreover, no one pushed or toasted with her. She just kept drinking and drinking. It's really damn irritating each and every time when there is a dinner with the factory side. They kept on emphazing that you must drink and drink because last batch of students can drink. Let say, we replace beer or liquor with pure water, how would you feel? Damn bloated and full isnt it? How about alcoholic drinks which makes you not only full and bloated but also fasting heart beating, redness or dizziness. All because alcoholic drinks is dirt cheap.

Anway, i'll to thank everyone who gave their wonderful wishes to me. 2007 had been a bad year for me due to the fact someone who is very important to me has left for a better place and some other matters. No 2008 resolution for me but i hope this year will be better than last year.

Once again, HAppy New YEar.......

2007-12-25T21:44:00.000+08:00

Hi folks, Merry Christmas to everyone who reads this post. This is the first time that i am not celebrating christmas with my friends in Singapore. Kinda miss the festive mood and occasion as China doesn't celebrate such season although some shops had decorations. Yesterday was a off day for me as the company is doing annual stock-taking.

Brought some gifts for my colleagues. Made quite a hole in my pocket but it for a good cause. Waited for 1 1/2 hour just to eat pizza @ pizza hut. We had to wait outside with the freezing cold weather.

Thanks you folks whom wishes me. I will be back in 5 more weeks. I'm very eager to see u guys again and i know u guys are very eager to see me too. Tons of gathering, mahjong, clubbing, chilling to do. =)

31oct(mon) and 1 jan (tue) will be the next holiday for me, which means to say this comin sat and sun i have to work. How pathetic right? Alot of my colleagues are clearing leave hence 29-30 i guess alot of people will be missing from work. We can apply but money will be deducted and it's a quite a sum so we got no choice but to continue "working" =(

2007-12-15T22:16:00.000+08:00

Today, i went to shanghai science and technology musuem together with 21 other colleagues as well as 30 plus children from the wuxi society for the disabled and needys. It's a CIP, anyway we are free during the weekends so why not take this chance to do some community service as well as exploring the place.

We were supposed to reach shanghai about 12pm but at 9am, the entire expressway linking from shanghai, wuxi, suzhou and nanjing is closed due to very thick fog. The visibility is very poor and hence it is very dangerous to travel when u can't even see how far r u away from the car infront of you.

Stuck in the traffic for an hour and finally, the fog is disappearing. We managed to reach our destination on time. Gotten 4 hours to roaming the entire place. This musuem is very big, with alot of things to explore ranging from wild life, quatum physics, human body, outer space, energy conservation, technology to life sciences. Since this musuem is in shanghai hence every single information comes not only in chinese but english as well.

The children in this society are either kids that were abandoned by their parents, or orphans. Some of them are prefectly healthy while some are disabled in certain ways. Rain, a colleague in my department had decided to look after this little kid who is damn cute. Initially, i thought this kid was a little guy but it turns out to be a little girl. She is only 4-years old and her name is called 'yang fei'. Rain had difficulties handling her so i helped out. BTW, look after this little kid is extremely heavy. Aaron, from engineering helped out as well. He also have difficulties carrying her. But overall, exploring the place with this little kid is really fun and meaningful. Getting such chances are rare.

The robots are grooving along with the music.

A robot which can play the piano while u can have a karoke session. The teams who came up with all these robots are really marvellous. To program such a robot is really very difficult. I treied before and i almost vomitted blood.

MORE BIRDS, MORE LUCK~!!!

little cutey who never fails to smile and show a victory sign whenever a camera is flash out. It sounded like that 'little cutey' is me. Hahahaa. She showed it but was cut off by the picture.

Counting down for my return to Singapore: 7 weeks.

2007-11-18T20:27:00.000+08:00

Hi folks, it's been 11 weeks since i was here and this marks the mid-way of my attachment. Another 11 more weeks and i will be back. Time does passes very quickly in China. Maybe it's due to tthe weather conditions. The sky starts to darken at 5pm and it's pitch dark at 5.30pm. It's seems 10pm to me when it is actually 7pm. Each and everyday ended in a blink of an eye. Winter is approaching.

I just came back from a hypermarket with bags of groceries, mainly foodstuffs. The bus that brings us back home was fully packed until we decided to ask around if anybody stays in our area to share cab but still to no avail. In the end, 2 guys approaching us and we agreed. Flagging cab when there isn't any available ones is really infuriating, moreover the weather is really cold. In the end, one of the dudes called his friend to fetch us with no charges. This makes us felt suspicious towards him as in China, people will do anything and everything just for the sake of money $$. Kind-souls are few and far between. He told us that his friend will be arriving in 10 mins time but we waited for donkey years with arms and legs turning numb and yet he hasn't arrive.

Finally, he arrived and we got on the van. In the van, there is this screen playing some chinese MTV. The video simply suck as the dancer dressed skimpy and the dance moves were horrendous. It's such an eyesore to continue watcching the video. We would have reached home long ago if we had shared cab with a couple but since it's a free ride, we got nothing to complain.
Kind-soul fellow, thanks =)

Looking forward to company's upcoming events: X'mas party in Dec and Annual dinner and dance in 12 Jan. That's all folks.

2007-11-10T20:19:00.000+08:00

Finally, we decided to visit the tourist attraction in Wuxi. This time it's Ling Shan. We are very fortunate to go on its 10th year anniversary and hence the admission ticket is 40RMB instead of 88.

The buddha statue was huge. It's was nice though.

Spin spin spin...

Lv and her friend, yo-yo

Look at the mess... horendous...

big and small...

something hidden inside the lotus at the peak.

AH HA! baby buddha

significant pillar...

Thousand kids on laughing buddha

Must touch his belly... as told

Luckily palm... must touch and walk around it... also as told...

STAIRS AGAIN!!!!

As yo-yo have to go back to his hometown in fujian because his grandpa just passed away hence we did not have sufficient to visit other tourist attractions but anyway there is still time.

I decided not to learn piano due to money constraint and also not to develop more photos due to the large amount of photos i had taken. 150 photos was already developed and 200 more was taken. If i'm going to develop all pics, it's gotta cost me a bomb and also the weight.

I had found a church in city although i don't know the name of it and i had already attended service since a month ago.... Oh well....

SAVE MONEY!!!!

2007-11-05T22:01:00.000+08:00

Last weekend, we went to nanjing. We took the new train which is about 1 hour journey from wuxi to nanjing. It quite a beautiful place, at least better than wuxi.

Opposite the train station is a big lake park.

After which, we went to the city area. The traffic was terrible. The shopping mall are boring. All branded stuff. Then we headed on to one of nanjing's tourist attraction, zhong shan ling. This place is very very big. We din even mangaged to explore what to were supposed to see and we had to leave the place beacuse at 5.30pm, the sky is already pitch dark.
This place is where sun zhong shan corpse is buried. From all the history recorded, he is someone definitely worth praising. This entire maseuloum is built like a bell shape at the top view. It's completed in 1929.

Tons of steps...

A cauldron...

"grand palace"

Scenic view

This is where his corpse is place. The figure on top of the coffin is crafted by a czech dude.

Nothing musical inside.

white pigeons!!! Fei Ke Chuan Shu

It's really tiring walking up and down...

At night we went to this famous place called fu zi mian. In the older days, this place is where all the prostitute are located.

We stayed somewhere nearby Lv's friend university. After we settled down, we went to his university and have a look. It's very spacious and nice. Perfect place for couples to date. It's freaking cold in the night. Smoke is coming out of our mouth as we speak.

Next day, we went to the president house aka istana. Once again, this place is gigantic. How i wish i have a house like this. We walked for so long and it's only part of the place.

Emperor seat aka. Long Yi

Justice Room

Horse stable.

Bamboo.... Artist pic right?? i think my photography skills are good. ha

unique tree in the centre.

A perfect place to play mahjong. =)

Some ex president office. Kinda it's kinda boring to visit historical place as it's not really related to me or my country but well it's an experience...

Conference room..

After which, we went to visit a guy in nanjing university of aeronautical and astronatical. Lv is under a misson from her friend to take a photo of him. Got to know each other thru china version of friendster. Quite a cool university except that it's majority guy. Students here are linked to the government sector, air force or airline pilot. The drink vendors there sold draft beer at a damn cheap price.

We rushed off to the train station asap after staying in that uni for sometime. The most infuriating was we can't get the new train back to wuxi. We had to take the stupid and slow old train back which is around 3 hours instead of 1 hour. Moreover, the seats are much more uncomfortable as compared to the new train. Old train tickets cost half the price of new train tickets.

Got a new hair cut plus dye. Gotten curl treatment in the centre and straightening by some cream in front. Sat in the saloon for 3 hours but it's worth it. 150 RMB which is 30 SGD. And their cutting skills are reallly professional. This hairstyle is taken from a jap magazine. Quite ahppy with it beside the tiring part staying at the saloon.

2007-10-29T20:55:00.000+08:00

I'm back. Nothin special happened last weekend except that i decided to call some of my colleagues for a hang out. It was fun playin basketball with them although i don't like to play this sport due to my "tall-ness". Actually it's kinda a good thing to socialize with your colleagues to strengthen the bond between me and them. I'm expecting more outings to come and true enough, it just happened. I did not board the company bus back home and instead i played table tennis aka ping pong after work is fun although they are kinda fierce, with all the "HU!" , "HA" and smacking.

Now it's getting colder due to the cold wind coming from the East side of China. 11 degrees is freezing me out. BRRRRRRRRRR i'm so cold i'm so cold i'm so cold. i'll got spongebob square my heart used to be... WHAHAHA...

Once again, i can't view blogs!!!! and this time round, not only i can't view blogs, i can't surf youtube and other US websites. Freaking pissed. Oh welll, at least i can surf mobtv.

In China, fireworks are everywhere and they are so beautiful. There is once i saw fireworks in the sky and i felt like an idiot standing there alone and watched. No a single soul bothered to look at it. Isn't it weird? But the fact that in China, fireworks is everywhere and it happened so often that people don't even care except for the ones they let out. How i wish Singapore allow us to play with fireworks. China dudes even release fireworks in broad daylight. Isn't that dumb and a waste of money? Anyway it symbolizes joyous moments or events. Fire-crackers is so freaking loud and deafening but no one covered their ears except me. I felt like an idiot once again hahaha... whatever...

ent.5show.com is cool

2007-10-25T20:22:00.000+08:00

Today during our working hours, we went to wuxi social welfare centre to take a look at our classroom which is sponsered by our company. This classroom is catered for down syndrome kids. This welfare centre have kids and old folks. Kids here are all orphans. They are waiting for someone to adopt them. Looking at how they have their meals and lessons are really heart-warming and cute.

Some kids here are normal while some are not. Some were down syndorme while some were dignosed with diseases that required operation. This centre was sponsered by the government.

Cool trip.

Thought that i should learn some skills and made my tryp in china useful and i found a music shop somewhere at my apartment. I decided to learn piano. Each lesson lasts for 45 mins and it cost only 50rmb which equivalent to 10 SGD. You can learn any type of instrument from violin, guitar, piano, saxaphone, clarinet, pi pa to di zi. All at the same price. Isn't that great?

2007-10-20T20:05:00.000+08:00

This morning, our entire company went for a medical checkup. It was a thorough checkup where they will check every parts of your body. So many rules to comply before the checkup such as no eating after 9pm yesterday.

So every part of my body seems to be function normally except for my nose. The doctor said i gotten some "bi yan". Hope i can be cured through medication and not operation.

After checkup, the entire operation department which includes our dept as well as QC/QA, transport, planning and also the entire workers in the factory with the total of 60 person went for a lunch together at a restaurant.

The food were superb and yummy. Not too salty nor sweet. They brought alot of white wine and beer. Initially, i was drinking orange juice but when the supervisors came, i got to switch to beer. Somemore they used big goblet to serve beer for me. I got to finish the entire glass whenever they poured more beer for me. One by one each supervisors came to our table which is kinda irritating as i'm enjoying the good food here yet i need to drink the disgusting beer. Best part of all they kept telling me "last batch of Singapore students, agnes and yee siang can drink alot" so you have to drink as well. -_-!! I kinda surprised agnes can drink so well as she could finish a bottle of red wine alone! During her attachment here, 3 wedding banquet occured and twice she became drunk. Thumbs up.

I drank until my face became real deep red. I wanted to stop but they keep pushing me to drink. Luckily my table are mostly women and i need to follow 2 of them, rain and flora, to take the public transport back. They were drinking non-alcoholic drink initially as well but was forced to change when the supervisors came. When another supervisor came after the other had left, rain and flora quickly dashed towards the exit and that saved my life. The feeling is really terrible. Dizzy, nauseous plus standing on the squeezy bus is really crazy. Thankfully, i managed not to vomit at all although i definitely feel much better after puking.

LV went to visit her aunt at yang zhou which means to say i'm alone for this weekend. Just finished bathing her dog aka Barry. This stupid like to poo and pee alot in the living room. I had to clean umpteem times but it's still fun having a dog in your house. =) Hope i can experience snow in wuxi

2007-10-14T21:56:00.000+08:00

This weekend we were to Shanghai. It's a fun place in terms of shopping. Firstly, i went to the oriental pearl. It's damn high and cool.

Next i went to the Shanghai museum.

Next i went to the busiest street in Shanghai. This place is crazy. Every shopping mall is 8-9 storeys. There were alot of private shops selling fake goods. U need to approach them. I brought a burberry wallet and some gucci key chains. =) Foreigners are everywhere in Shanghai. There are alot of them.

Next i went to ren ming guang zhang. This is really a shopping paradise for women. It's so freaking big although it's only 1 level. So many different types of bags and also dresses. What style u wan to be, u name it they have it. It's really alot of shops. Plus alot of assessories as well.

Brought an abstrain shirt there. It's so hard to find a short sleeve shirt now. Walked until my legs turned wobbly. Felt very lethargic. There is also a raffles city in Shanghai and it's 8 storeys high with famous shops just like Singapore. Breadtalk is everywhere. Brought 3 pork floss bread.

Stayed 1 night in Shanghai and it's so expensive 250 rmb. Somemore, i'm staying alone cos LV is staying with her boyfriend. No star hotel because it's an economical hotel but it's has everything include free internet. How cool is it.

Next i went to Shanghai marine aquarium. It's been quite some time since i went to such place.

Posionous fishes.

lionfish

Looks like a dragon

Shark Eggs

Sea urchins

Pig-headed turtle

Enormous crabs

After my trip to the marine aquarium, we roamed around ren ming guang zhang again before we went back by train to wuxi at 7pm. Only 45 mins journey.

I will definitely go back to Shanghai for more shopping =) Shiok-a-naden

2007-10-10T22:19:00.000+08:00

Temperature is falling. At night it's 16 degrees and daytime it's only 20. Everyone is wearing long sleeves and pants. Cold cold cold.

Rotting in the office for the past few days. Watched several movies.

Rush hour 3- 3.5/5 stars
The Nanny Diaries- 3/5 stars
I now pronounce you chuck and larry 3.5/5 stars

Prison Break season 3 is out and i found a china website which broadcast it at a fast speed. Damn nice man. Breaking out of jail again. The website even have heroes and anime as well. The website is dy.5show.com.

2007-10-07T11:25:00.000+08:00

This week is China's national day aka the golden week. I applied half day leave on sun so that we can travel earlier. The coach has no seats instead there are beds. There are 2 very narrow aisles and no shoes are allowed hence we had to removed ours before we step inside.

We left Wuxi at 4pm and the journey is around 10 hours. We should reached Fujian-Ning De at 3am but we met numerous traffic jams that we stucked there for 2 hours hence we reached ningde at 6am which is 14 hours of journey. How crazy is it. Midway, when the coach reached Su Zhou, alot of people kept knocking at the doors so that they can enter. There is no more empty beds yet the person-in-charge still allow them to enter. The only place they can sleep is the very very narrow aisles which make us having difficulties in walking to the toilet. The whole bus is so packed. Luckily it's over.

Upon arriving ning de, Lv's parents fetched us back to their house and we rested for a while before we began our travelling.

First we travelled to this pagoda in ning de.

Scenic view

Then we went for lunch at this noodle restaurant. Then after when mingchao reached ningde, we went to fetch him. Immediately, we carried on with our journey.

Next we went to this island which i had forgotten the name.

I'm holding a gold ingot. (An extra fellow spoilt the photo)

This is a hollow rock. Amazing.

The place is really beautiful and the view is amazing. And that's the end of day 1.

Tue, we woke up early in the morning as we had to travel for 3 hours to this place call mei zhou island. But before we reached there, we visited Lv dad's friend whom they called him a bao fa fu (one-night millionaire). His house is just like an ordinary flat but the surrounding is very nice as there is a small river and opposite there are old folks playing chinese instruments. It feels like chinese new year.

After a while, we continued with our journey together with the bao fa fu family. When we reached there, a man kindly lead us to a parking lot. Then more people were fighting to get our cars into their parking lot. In the end, we settled down on this shelter parking lot and the parking fee is crazy. Oh well, after that we had our lunch at this seafood restaurant. The first dish is disgusting. It's a shell and inside the shell, there is something. I refused to eat it and Lv's grandma still gave mi 1. The moment i took the flesh out, green juice surged out and it is totally disgusting. And they ordered several disgusting seafood, somemore the bill is so expensive. Totally not worthy.

After lunch, we sat on a boat to mei zhou island,

Fire-cracker area. It's so deafening but cool.

Dinner at this VIP lounge with everyone. Had to seat according to the arrangement. Main person had to face the door and sit in between the table legs. Was told to toast to everyone in the table. =( Luckily the beer is nice.

Woke up early in the morning to travel to tai mu mountain.

Not for the old and weak. It's really very tiring.

Next it's Xiamen with travel agency. I'm travelling alone. (Cut short because i had written alot in the post and suddenly everything is gone and now i'm rewriting again.)

Xiamen is a wonderful place.

Temple.

Xiamen famous shopping road called Zhong Shan Lu.

Shopping spree

Next is military attraction.

The world largest cannon.

NExt day, we travelled to an island called Gu Lang Yu aka piano island cos every house in the island possess a piano.

Bird Garden

Peak of the whole island

Brought this paper hat for 2 RMB

Back to the main island and we went to the sandy beach of xiamen.

And that's the end of the trip. Typhoon is approaching Fujian hence we came back to wuxi asap.

2007-09-29T23:33:00.000+08:00

Tommorrow i will be departing to Fu Jian (Hokkien) which is LV home town in the afternoon at 4.30pm. Applied for half-day off and the journey back is 10-11hours. Luckily the coach we are boarding have beds hence it won't be that uncomfortable. Will go Xiamen as well having heard that the place is beautiful. 7 days not at Wuxi. Just now we went to look around pet shops to find a place for barry to stay during the days when we are not around but not a single pet shops wants him. =( we totally have no idea how to settle him. I think i'm insane cos i'm wearing sleeveless, shorts and slippers to go out just now when the weather is freezing. Anyway.... Hope i enjoy the trip. More coming soon....

Found these pics on net and i find it really funny

2007-09-27T20:46:00.000+08:00

Found these funny banned commercial while surfing net in office.

damn funny although some are vulgar.
Arranged Marriage

Learn English

Mastercard Priceless

Brought Zhong ji yi jia (X-family) dvd. The show is super hilarious. At first i find the show damn lame but after a few more episode it turns to be very very funny. I also brought a korean drama "The 1st shop of coffee prince" . Going to buy romantic princess starring wu chun and angela zhang. =) pirated dvds are damn cheap here.

2007-09-24T23:19:00.000+08:00

Just went to meet desiree as she is here for holiday. 9 days in wuxi, shanghai, suzhou, hangzhou and nanjing. Met her at 8pm at sheraton hotel lobby. 8 of her family were there as well. She is the only young one. It's cool to meet someone in a native country. I brought her to shop around the places. She brought a nice LV white colour bag. Since the shops closed very early (9.30pm), we can't shop much and also my last bus was 10.22pm hence i walked her back to the hotel. She forgetten which room no their family is staying and we spent quite some time finding the room no as the dumb tour guide gave us the room no that isn't existed. He even said that he is very sure about it. We contacted the receptionist and they are unable to find desiree's dad name. At last after a while, we managed to find the room no. =) Well, hope she enjoy the trip here.

2007-09-24T00:03:00.000+08:00

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Last tuesday Typhoon Wipha hits Wuxi and its neighbourhood town such as Shanghai and Nanjing.

The rain wasn't that big but the wind is very strong. We still went out for dinner although there is typhoon and it's very cold!!! Damn freezing.

Luckily the typhoon came and went off at a short period of time. We were hoping that we can stop work for a day beacause of the weather condition as some of the companies stop functioning for a day and all schools were closed for a day as well. Bad news is that we still have to resume work.

Friday, LV's BF came from his university to visit us.Btw, China have a few hundreds university around hence they have plenty of university graduates everywhere. Saturday, the technician came over to our apartment to install internet as there is some problem in the noon. If he came early, we could have gone out earlier. Wrecked our brain and we finally decided to go to nearby city called Changzhou for their reknown Dinosaur Theme Park.

Gotta a chance to sit their latest bullet train. Damn comfortable and fast. Only 20 mins or less journey. =)

Our destination-chang zhou

Heard from Lv that this is xiaoyang's hometown. His parents owe a big hotel here, several apartments and a saloon. How cool is that.

We took cab from the train station which is cost around 16 RMB.

To our dismay when we got there, IT'S CLOSED!!!! THEY CLOSED SO EARLY ON A WEEKEND!!!

A 5-star hotel besides the dinosaur theme park. Well, the admission ticket is kinda expensive 120rmb.

Thankfully, Lv's friend named Cheng Dan who is a student in NP and studied ME stayed somewhere there. Her family is filthy rich. Her mum owe a gymnasium, hotel, a factory, a bird-breeding farm, several apartments. Her father owes another factory. She brought us to her mum hotel for dinner. Tasted some of the specialities and her mum told me that i looked like malaysian -_-!!!!. It wasn't as grand as wad u think. It's just some ordinary 2-3 star hotel but still better than nothing.

After dinner, she brought us to her house and then her mum show us her gymnasium nearby. It's well-equipped with all the gyming stuff and yoga rooms etc. Then since it's only 8 plus and we are currently at a town called Dan Yang and it's countryside hence there isn't any entertainment at that point of time besides strolling. At night, the weather is freezing. It's really a nice experience to see how rich countryside people live. Cheng dan told us that her mum reputation is so great that whatevery conversation they made in the dining table, a few minutes later the whole town will know.

After strolling, we got back to the hotel and settle down for a night. The next day, we went to cheng dan's house for breakfast. Malt porridge is very delicious. The weather is bad cos it's raining which means to say we can't go to dinosaur theme paark. SIANZZZZZZZ!! In the end, cheng dan's father's company driver drove us to the train station. We reached this town called Dan Yang. This town is also called as "Glasses City". Right outside of the train station is one while building and a stretch of streets selling different types of glassess at a very very very cheap price. Hence not wanting to waste the chance, i went to made a new pair. After much consideration, i decided on this blue specs which cost only 130 rmb. But the problem is we are short of time as we are catching a train. Moreover, i need to check my eye-sight plus i need to remove my contact lenses and this procedure is very time-consuming. So we decided not to buy. =(

Took a lousy and old train back to Wuxi.

Brought this leaf art which resembles a butterfly from an old uncle on the street. It costs 5 rmb. It's really beautiful and he also know how to make other animals such as snakes and grasshopper. =)

I subscribed to mobtv so that i can watch hey gorgeous and news. $30sgd... ex man...
This week have to work 7 days... SIanzzzz but the next week entire week no work cos of national day... shiok!!!!

2007-09-16T22:28:00.000+08:00

Went to Xihui garden today with Lv ying and her friend. Didn't go to shanghai =( ... But this garden is nice.... pics are all random placed... sorry for that....

2007-09-14T23:42:00.000+08:00

My results....

APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS AD
EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION B+
ENGINEERING SYSTEM DESIGN AD
INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL AD
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS & MACHINES AD
PROJECT MANAGEMENT A
WORLD ISSUES: A SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVE B

GPA: 3.8889

Was expecting my negotiation to get an A but in the end.... my IS pull my result down. But overall i think i'm ok. Thank God for it.

2nd week have passed.

Dinner with my customer service department plus operation manager. It's a restaurant in town. They ordered once again alot of food. 9 plates of cold dishes, 9 plates of hot food and 2 dimsums. The food is seriously delicious. I was supposed to take the company bus to town but due to my sotong-ness, i boarded the wrong company bus. In the end, i alighted at some place and my supervisor picked me up with his battery-operated bike. In China, most of them own a battery-operated bike. Each charge can last u for 40km. The traffic here is seriously no law man. Everyone drive like no body business. It's so dangerous. Before we reached the restaurant, he went to a supermarket and brought few bottles of red wine and beer. In China, outside drink is not prohibited. We settled down in this private room with nice ambience.

Well, all the guys have to drink liquor so i have no choice but to blend in. In their tradition, toasting is a must. Throughtout the meal, u will see people toasting to one another. Luckily, i dun have to empty the whole glass if not i GG haha. But as usual, my face turned red after a few glasses. Listening to their conversation is interesting. At the end of the meal, the bill was RMB600 plus which is SGD100 plus. 9 person with 20 plus dishes. How cheap is that!!! LOL. Looking forward to the next gathering with other dept for mid-autumn festival.

Btw the company is going to give us 200RMB (SGD 40 ) carrefour shopping voucher for mid-autumn festival. We mostly likely will use it to buy our stuff as we go carrefour so often like uncle and auntie looking at the prices and items. Which detergent is cheap and good? Which toilet paper or tissue is worth it? Which items got discounts?

Everyday we have to crack our brain and think of places to have dinner cos the variety near our house is very limited. Mostly fried rice or normal noodles which we grew sick of it at only the 2nd week in China. I miss chicken rice, duck rice, nasi lemark, prata, satay, fish bee hoon, hokkien mee, carrot cake, fishball noodles, oyster omettlee and many more. Here all PORK PORK PORK or BEEF BEEF BEEF or CHICKEN.

Had dinner in this restaurant called hao zhi ke beef restaurant in town. They have free flow of salad and fruits. The beef steak is very nice and the whole place is very nice. Soup with garlic bread and freshly mix red tea is also served. Their service is good and also the place can served net for free although i reckon we will bring our heavy lappies to town. All the road here are under construction and i can say they have poor management seriously. They constructed the road and made the whole town very dusty and polluted. Heard from my colleagues that it will be done by end of the month. Other roads here are very beautiful as the plants at the side beautify the entire place. Maybe because olympics is coming hence they are emphasizing in greenery but beijing is quite far away from here.

The experience i have here is really very fresh, everytime i experience different things and it's very different from Singapore. Take taxi is called DA DI here. Company bus is called Can Che, dunno why also.

Tml lv ying's friend will be coming from nanjing university to visit us. Afternooon going back to grundfos to help the warehouse personnel in stock taking as well as gather information for our report. Sunday should be going to Shanghai for shopping.

Btw, we gotta a chance to visit our supplier's factory today as we followed 2 of the QC inspector. The factory is seriously very vevry very terrible. It's hell, the place is so noisy and the workers are not equipped with ear-plugs. Shall post some pics. It's a fresh experience though. Tons of pics for my report but little thing to write. Our company is the No 1 pump supplier in the whole world. Our factory is an assembly factory hence we get to see how they inspect diff parts, assembly of diff types of pumps, balancing test, water hydralic test, performance test, packaging, spraying of paint, etc etc.

Why why love aka huan huan ai is nice to watch. =)

2007-09-10T12:50:00.000+08:00

Past few days was travelling around. The buses here is serious terrible. It's super packed. I was suffocating throughout the journey.

Decided to do a face painting while walking at this particular street. Only 20 RMB. The artist was kinda disappointed with his drawing as he said normally his drawing will look better than the original face. But this time round, it's the opposite. Maybe because i said i'm a Singaporean and he wants to perfect the drawing until he became too stress. And there were so many by-passers watching. Super embarrassing. I sat there for 30 mins. It's tiring.

Me???

This is the narrow corridor of my apartment.

Lv ying brought a puppy which cost 50 RMB. It's super cute. She named it, Barry. It's kind of a headache to have a dog in our apartment. But well, it's cute.

went to one of the tourist attraction called nan chan temple.

So many pets at a very cheap price.

Chua family restaurant. Ha

Going to buy a bicycle to travel around. =) Signed up for internet connection but we still need to wait for the technician to call us. Sianz

2007-09-07T08:56:00.000+08:00

My toilet

Roadside stall and a supermarket opp my house. There is an internet cafe further back.

Wuxi Town.

Imperial pavilion.

Kids playing on a boat in a shopping centre .

Went to eat at roadside stalls although i was reminded umpteen times that i should not consume it due to the hygiene problem. Had fried rice and it tasted alright. 3 RMB = 60 cents. Went to internet cafe after which. It's a big one but it stinks cos there allowed people to smoke inside. Stayed until 9 plus and i got sign off due to insufficient funds.

Thank god it's friday. Btw, to those who dunno my china tel no, it's +86-1599-5288-173

Till then ~!

2007-09-06T09:32:00.000+08:00

Stuck in the office- playing around with my webcam. the door behind me have 2 table tennis courts and 1 pool table. All pros there. I don't dare to touch. Haha

Roadside stalls. Alot of pirates there

Went to Wuxi town, KFC!!

2007-09-05T11:28:00.000+08:00

I so bored in the office. I got nothing to do at all. I asked my supervisior whether is there anything i can do, he said currently nothing. So sian. The only thing i can do is surf net, watch movies and crunchyroll. I don't wanna rot here. SIAN-A-NADEN! Am i going to do the same for the next 20 weeks??

2007-09-04T14:02:00.000+08:00

Living Room

Kitchen

My Bed

Lv Ying's bed

Grundfos Office

Grundfos factory

Chinese Restaurant

After refreshing millions of times, i finally can blog.

I had dinner with some of my HR colleagues at a restaurant. They ordered 15 dishes. Some of it are spicy, while some oily and some salty. The whole t It’s interesting to listen to their conversation. The funny part was their conversation on television shows. I reckon the people in Singapore will chat something like this.

Every morning I had to wake up at 7.30am but at 5 plus the sun is already out and the stupid driver keep horning every day. I realized something after a few days of watching people driving here. They like to honk at the vehicles in front whenever the front vehicle is slower than them and the honking is so irritating. All the front vehicles don’t even bother to change lane or push up their speed. Hence it’s useless to honk at them as they are not even bothered. My driver horned at cars in front that are slow, honk at pedestrian, honk here and there.

He is not the only person who did that. In the nighttime, the situation is worse. Not only, they horned at you, they even flash high beams and it’s constantly. If I’m the driver, I will be freaking pissed. I conclude that people here have no patience. The roads are not even congested. Btw, my driver is a very nice guy.

Due to all these sickening drivers, I was awakened by their ever-irritating horning even before my alarm rings. Bus, cabs, car, bikes. HONK HONK HONK!!!!
Went to buy all the daily necessities and at last my apartment looks more decent. Next is internet connection and phone bill.

My colleagues are very nice people that I learned quite a handful of stuff from them. I’m working the customer service department.

And also, hotel food is way cheap. 15 bucks SGD per person and the locals which are my supervisors said it’s expensive. My friend who is staying with me told me that I should view the prices as though it’s SGD. Well, it’s hard not to convert.

I forgotten to bring my specs, hence I’m blind when my contact lens was removed. Luckily, i managed to buy a spec which cost 240RMB = 48 SGD, with multi-coated and it only takes 20 mins for it. It’s so freaking cheap yet my friend said it’s expensive. Oh well. Everything is cheap here. Cab starting fare, 8RMB = 1.6SGD.

The weather is getting colder. Mid-autumn festival coming. Btw, I can’t see my blog hence I can’t see all the tags. Hopefully when I get a connection in my apartment, I’m able to access it. I can’t even access to NPmail, Mel, MSNmail , MSN and other websites in my office.

Till then =)

2007-09-03T15:37:00.000+08:00

First day of work and i already feel like crying. The emtional breakdown upon seeing my apartment is immerse. My apartment suck real big. If possible i'm upload the disgusting place. I got no mattress to sleep. Have to sleep on a dirty bed-frame. Wardrobe is very very dirty. Corridor got no lights at all and i stayed at level 5 and there is no indication which level u r at. The steps is very cramp.

I will press on~!!!

2007-09-02T00:06:00.000+08:00

Chalet on thursday night was very fun. Played the usual stuff. Went home at 7am.

Met up with Nic on friday night. Had a delicious dinner at V8 Bugis. Cam Whoring after that.

We looked freaky??

Scared????

Rushed home asap to pack abit, then i went to meet andrew, gilbert, josephine, yi long and amelia at andrew's house. Played MJ until 6am and headed for breakfast. They are always so crappy and funny.

Slept for a while. Went to the cathy for lunch at billy bombers with audrey, peiwen, isabelle, liping, desiree, jeannie, wee keat and boon jeow. Another fun outing.

Went to airporK, to sent jessie and desmond off. Tommorrow will be my turn. Feeling kinda sad as i really gonna miss everyone here. Remember all the fun times that we spent together. =)
Hope to get online as soon as possible.

2007-08-30T13:03:00.000+08:00

Dinner At NYDC, Holland Village with my ex-polymates.

Cookie Monster is cool.

Mi yvonne and gary

Kia heen

Cai kwan and i

After which, we proceeded to WALA WALA near NYDC. We open a bottle of chivas. I Hate drinking.

A toast of chivas on the rock. The taste is horrendous.

Look at the "man" (that bottle is coke).

I sense a third party.

After emptying the bottle. Look at my face!!

My face is even more distinct.

Have loads of fun with them around. Gonna miss them.

2007-08-28T18:11:00.000+08:00

More Genting Pics....

Sherman Fu is leaving for Australia tonight... Bon Voyage... We will meet each other again in feb 2008. All the best =)

2007-08-27T23:50:00.000+08:00

Genting was super fun!!! Space shot suck big time. I can't believe that i actually sat it twice in a row. The view at the top is damn beautiful. The fall is damn frightening!! I swear i'll never do it again. Super tired after the whole trip. Watched Evan Almighty. Played bowling, arcade and theme parks..

Dinner at subway with my church mates... =)

Gonna miss them...

2007-08-24T18:32:00.000+08:00

At last no more examination for me. Not anymore for the next 2 plus years. i think i did ok for all the papers. Well, it's time to enjoy life!!!! Last few days before i go china for my attachment. Going to Genting with my fellow classmates aka OGBs aka Yao Nies .... Gonna Rock the place... Will be back on sunday night. Till then~!!!! =)

2007-08-20T22:17:00.000+08:00

A day at kbox with elaine, peiwen, natalie and boon jeow... Sang our hearts out...

Watched the bourne ultimatum at ang mo kio hub. 4/5 stars.. i wana catch 881....

Exam coming this wed.. hope i'm well prepared....

Dinner at new york new york...

2007-08-14T20:48:00.001+08:00

To my fellow dudes:

My flight have been confirmed.

Departure: 2 September
Time: 1135
Venue: Terminal 2
Flight No: SQ 828

Arrival: 2 February
Time: 7.25pm
Venue: no idea (either terminal 1 or 2)
Flight No: SQ 831

My china phoneline is +86-1599-5288-173. It is highly advisable to drop me a call with the public phone as it cost only 10cents/min.

2007-08-06T00:15:00.000+08:00

Palau Ubin Green Project.

2007-07-26T02:37:00.000+08:00

It's the annual F1 race in Singapore held in NP. With 29 schools participating in the finals. Tampines Sec emerged the winner.

I was the student leader in charge of woodgrove secondary school. Although they didn't win anything, i guess they learn alot of things through this event.

Because this event is very respectable, i decided to lent my beauty car to NP for awhile to promote mechanical engineering. How cool is it man. =)

Just take a look at my beauty. How grogeous.

NUS F1 team car

Woodgrove sec... they looked like sailermoon because of their unique uniform.

After the whole event, feeling extremely lethargic and restless, i went to play lan with my dudes before heading off to shao yong's house to celebrate yvonne's birthday. Photos explained.

2007-07-25T00:33:00.000+08:00

A happy gathering at Kim Gary Restaurant @Vivo.

We had a nice time catching up with each other.

Present were, audrey, andrew, boon jeow, desiree, elaine, isabelle, jeannie, natalie, peiwen and wee keat.

Tons of picture taken.

A Gathering before i depart from Singapore to China for my attachment and for audrey, peiwen, desiree, isabelle who are going to begin their new semester in either NUS or NTU in august.

We had lots of fun.

PS: Jeannie's game is utimately lame.

2007-07-23T23:45:00.000+08:00

Napfa is finally over...

To those who fail/bronze, work harder for the retry. You can definitely achieved a much better result.

To those who got silver/gold, congrats =)

2007-07-21T23:19:00.000+08:00

i got my POTTER BOOK at last!!

WOOO....

48 buckss....

2007-07-18T01:21:00.000+08:00

3 more days....

children cover

adult cover ( what i've pre-order) =)

2007-07-16T22:00:00.000+08:00

This is damn funny although i don't really understand what it means.

2007-07-14T22:03:00.000+08:00

Watched harry potter for free at vivo city thanks to claudia. I gotten 7 free tickets with 5 popcorn combo. In the end only, natalie, peiwen and bj managed to make it. 3 empty seats which costs $9.50 each. We watched it at GV max, 3rd row from the front. It's not as bad as you think it is. The show is in fact nice. 4.5/5 stars due to the fact that i'm a potter fanatic. Can't wait for the last book harry potter and deathly hollow.

2007-07-11T23:20:00.000+08:00

A day spent at island creamery... Natella is seriously very very nice... intially we had no idea how it taste like as there were no sample to try and henry went to buy one tub which costs $8 bucks. So we try it as it was superb and heavenly!!!! highly recommended.... it's a wow!!! All of us finished it very quickly. We brought another tub of cookies and cream which is also very nice and another tub of black forest which the taste kinda sickening after a few tries.

We are one bunch of bridge freaks man. Everyday whenever we have time, we will play bridge and once we start we can't stop. We played everywhere in campus. Library (which we were caught umpteen times) , Atrium, Classroom, Study corner and canteen. We can also play bridge in bus, how about that man. We can play bridge for 4 hours. We can skip lesson just to play more bridge. We are just bridge fanatics. So, we also played bridge at island creamery. Played until bladder and eyeball burst. Haha...

Met xiao wei coincidentally there as well. It's been tons of years since i last met her. She is always so cheerful and sweet-looking since secondary sch to PJC. It's funny to think back how we knew each other. Took some pics so that we could print it out and paste it in the shop. =) =)

And NP squash team beat SP and TP. Way to go =) i am very happy for u guys.

Nicole, i will definitely miss u badly when i go china. (don't say i neva say ) =)

2007-07-06T01:01:00.001+08:00

Watch This...

Don't miss it!!

Part 1

Part 2

2007-07-04T21:46:00.000+08:00

Vote for me...

http://u.mediacorptv.com/hey/

your votes will be deeply appreciated.

Can vote 10 times per day. =)

2007-06-30T00:25:00.000+08:00

GSS is good...

Big hole on my pocket...

Midnight sale is rubbish

Building is open yet all the shops are closed.

2007-06-28T22:59:00.000+08:00

TRANSFORMERS is really really really really really really very very very nice show to watch. 5/5 stars. Superb fighting scenes and storyline. A REALLY MUST WATCH FILM! Best movie i had ever watched in this whole year.... U won't regret it.

Optimus Prime ROCK

2007-06-27T23:00:00.000+08:00

Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix Trailer

Must Watch!!!

Super turned off photo...

Can't wait to watch the show...

Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix Trailer

Must Watch!!!

2007-06-26T22:37:00.000+08:00

It's Over....

It's been a hard time for all of us during this 5 days.

To my most beloved grandma,

Seeing you depart from this world really sank my heart badly.

The sight of ur coffin moving towards the immense fire really make me tear badly.

The sight of your bed in my house reminds me of you.

The memories that you gave me will always be in my heart.

The care and concern bestowed from you will always be remembered.

Hope you will stay happy and enjoy yourself in heaven.

A new begining for everyone.

2007-06-22T22:47:00.000+08:00

My Grandma just passed away at 10-11am.

No comments.

2007-06-18T21:06:00.000+08:00

Friday

Zhong yang, Jessie and Edward came over to my house to stay overnight.. Edward learned something new.

Saturday

Kboxing with andrew, bj and weekeat. Sang from 2-7pm. Had iciban sushi together with natalie. Gilbert and yi long met us after that. Andrew let me drove his car. Everyone in the car were so afraid when i started driving especially andrew. 1 day experience Vs 2 years... oh well... Stayed over at his house until 7am

Sunday

Went out to town to watch ocean thirteen. The show is kinda nice. 3.5/5 stars... =) At night ZY, eward and jessie came over to house to stay overnight again... insufficent sleep for numerous days. But the days were well spent.

Pics at Kbox

In order to protect BJ unglam face, i was told to censor it.. haha

2007-06-15T13:15:00.000+08:00

YES!!! I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!!!

18 demerit points.

Though i'm going to fail as the weather is raining. I gotten test route 6 which is one of the highest failing route. The rain is kena a blessing in diguise cos the tester diverted the actual route with no u-turn and no e-brake. Hence i only got 2 demerit points on the road. But when i'm inside the circuit, i gotten 16 points when i am very very carefully. Upon hearing that i pased my test, nothing can described my feelings other then overjoyed. I can finally graduate from the driving school... First and foremost, i like to thank GOD =) It's over it's over... =) =) =)

2007-06-14T00:33:00.000+08:00

Fantastic 4 is funny and nice... 3.5/5 stars... go watch it...

2007-06-12T22:03:00.000+08:00

I had decided to go china.

My company will be grundfos pump (wuxi, china)
5 day week
2500rmb = sgd$500
free lunch and accomodation
free 2-way air tickets.

If i don't go, i will be doing IHP(in house project) alone for one whole semster. I have to be in school from 8-5pm whithout fail.

This is an opportunity given by the school and not everyone can go. If i'm giving this privilege, why not grab it. Once in a lifetime experience. The reason why i dun wanna go is that, i she bu de my friends, family, tv, my bed, 987fm, chilling and hanging out with my OGBs... The biggest she bu de is all my beloved friends (jeannie, peiwen, natalie, elaine, josephine, gilbert, yi long, jia long, andrew, johnson, boon jeow, benny, wee fong, sherman, zhong yang, henry, jessie, jun hong, edward, wee keat, safiddin, han wei, heng wei, gary, shao yong, kia heen, yvonne and many many more). I going there alone...

3 sept will be the day with 84 days left... =X

2007-06-11T23:14:00.000+08:00

I GOT SELECTED TO STUDY IN CHINA FOR 6 MONTHS!!!

Should i go or not??? from sept to feb...

BIG DECISION!!

LORD, PLEASE HELP MI!!!

HEADACHE!!!

2007-06-10T00:41:00.000+08:00

AT LAST IT'S OVER!!! no more common test...after so many days of insufficient sleep, i can finally rest well. Well, right our last paper, we went to play CNC 3 at bukit timah plaza. Rushed home asap cos the 8 of us gonna stay over at henry's house. Met all of them at vivo. DId alot of crappy stuff at his house. I'm the first to KO while everyone is watching click. It's not that i had watched the show before but it's just that i'm too beat up to watch.

Reached home at 10am plus then i had to wake up at 2.30pm cos got sgcc squash competition. A total waste of time cos my opponent neva appear and hence i got a walkover. Still thinking whether should i go the second match. Oh well...

Met up with alan and we go to SY's house... quite unlucky today

2007-06-06T21:59:00.000+08:00

Taken by yi long.. while we were studying in mac .... i looked like elvis... haha

In school library....

Crappy video from yi long...

2 papers down... 3 more to go...

2007-06-02T23:43:00.000+08:00

Went school to study today with my OGBs.. Studied till 5pm then we went town. Wanted to watch shrek 3 but there are no good seats. So, we were to have dinner at ajitei instead...

OGB... ( Outdoor Gay Boys ) Jessie is our first lady in OGB... haha

This is what we ordered. It's delicious but the portion is too little..

2007-06-01T00:55:00.000+08:00

Final Fantasy X- At Zanarkand

Final Fantasy IV- Theme of love

Final Fantasy VII-