Thursday, 30 July 2009

not a wink

n no, i didnt hav any sleep at all.
was something bothering me??
wat could b on my mind?
or was it coz of e late nights?
i jus hope it's e latter.

7

phew, long long long nights again.
like i said, i've been sleeping at 9am n 7am for e past 2 nights.
1 thing is tat i tried out Windows 7 Ultimate aft my bro bought it from JB.
nxt is tat i tried, for e umpteenth time to fix tat 'dead' tv tuner in my com.

oh well, i had e high hope of my touchscreen PC to function MUCH MUCH better with win 7 since it had better touch capabilities.
i was thinking of multi touch, like those on e iPhone/iTouch.
it was promisable!
it happened!

but not on my version of HP Touchsmart.
zzz.
only e newer versions get to enjoy such thrills.
stupid NextDriver, creating only drivers for mine which r incompatible with win 7.

anw, woke at ard 230pm on tues aft a loong gruelling "(dunno how many hrs) of waiting for 7 to install.
had to research e pros n cons of installing b4 actually getting down to it.
but aft 7 was done.
it looked marvellous!
remem Vista Ultimate allowed for Videos as desktop wallpapers?
this time 7 ultimate allows for a slideshow!
n has new operating sounds to boot!
chimes or funky tunes now available.

but i had to tweak n reinstall drivers etc.
esp tat audio splitter tat allowed for a 5.1 system. ^^

but all in all, i like this new OS.
faster den vista!
ok mayb jus a bit.
but well, arent things nice for a change?
only con is tat it hangs more often now.
seems like theres some discontinuity for my PC since certain inbuilt HP programs cant work with 7.
but well, things r getting better.

5.1 audio is jus so pleasant to e ears. =]


woke at 230pm with e thought of going swimming while e sun was hot.
(i havent done any swimming with e sun in e sky for mths!)
n gym too!
but aft delays from fried rice (YAAAARrrMM)
n petting kitty.
finally reach sch to return keys, draw keys, book rooms etc b4 heading to e overcrowded swimming pool where Student Union n Sports Club FOC were having their activities!
booked from 830 to 5pm!
zzzzzz
im NOT swimming in a pool tat has been overcrowded.
n i dun hav a hot bod like them, im shy! ><

so i headed for a gym from 4 toil 5 where i ran 2.4 on e treadmill at about 11mins i think.
a large amt of time was spent walking for warmup so i didnt noe how long i took oso.
did more stretching b4 its time to hit e metal!
n now my abdomen's so sour!
arms n legs too!
den i had this crazy idea aft gym.
i left my bags n bike back at e studio b4 walking to Macs at North Spine to buy dinner!
n it took me bout 45 mins to travel there, buy, and walk back.
now im appreciating my bike more!
yeah, so much time to spare, wat else to do.
so aft dinner i jus slept while waiting for ppl to come in.
n amazingly, long-time-no-seen ppl like Jeremy n Jane arrived!

n even Leyi, our long long ago senior.
haha.
ok lar, honestly even if no one arrived, i wouldnt sleep all e way.
i'll jus b bored tat there'll b no one else. tats all.
but yeap, i was struck in e back of my head when e msg tat my basics were deteriorating fell upon my ears.
i felt useless.
all those mths n i developed bad habits le.
for sure, irritation n frustration came fleeting by.
lost much confidence there too.
but yeah, most of e time, i feel REALLY stagnant.
or on a downhill.
i always come to think tat my partner is slowly becoming better n better but as for me, im not improving.
this gave me another strike on e back of my head.
i feel like a letdown.
i feel like im pulling her down when she could be much more den she could be.
discouragement persists...

but no, im gonna hav to prac harder, try harder n make sure i wun fall into e pits!
no matter how egoistic i may appear to be, i wanna b on par.
i dun wanna fall behind!
well, at least i dun wanna b a wet blanket.
but yeah, its jus so hard to overcome e physical barrier.
it takes lots n lots of drilling since i hav no talent in it.
(while for others, it seems all so natural for them. at times, im jealous.)
wat to do now when expectations r higher for us now tat we're at this junction n we cant meet up to them?
but perhaps have we been comparing with e wrong ppl?
nah i guess not.
since e ones we were comparing to were ourselves.
we still havent surpassed ourselves.


i wun deny it,
im weak.
im only a nobody who is dependable on my Lord to give me strength.
all blessings are from Him.
but sometimes i still cant shake off tat feeling tat my strength is not enough to overcome obtacles i face.
it feels, pitiful. (n definitely weak)
wat a clingy n bothering feel it is.

sometimes it's so disheartening to noe tat u've put in effort but e results dun show it.
im not usually a pessimist but sometimes my intuition tells me jus tat.
it shows me a downhill path frm henceforth.
more discouragement arises.


or perhaps im jus thinking too much now tat my brain is at rest from my studies.
yeah i think i am.
zzzzz.
it pays to be free sometimes.




anw, i had a great dinner aft Pop&Lock this aftnoon.
had to go down to Alexandra to collect my road tax n insurance from e bike shop there.
phew!
i made it in time!
it closed jus 25mins aft patronising them.
anw, met up with Wil, supposedly to go bike surveying, but since e shops closed, we still met up for dinner.
well, his supposed BS meeting was cancelled since everyone kinda disappeared n was uncontactable.
we ate Poached Salmon at Ikea!
it was fabulous!
totally loved e sauce topping tat enveloped e fish.
n wats more, free flow of drinks!
wheeee~!

yeah, aft tat i headed down to SnG at bugis aft stressing myself out on thinking of a way to reach there frm where i was.
yes, i forgot bout AYE(ECP).
i was sooooo worried tat i'll b late n reach aft e stipulated time of 9pm, but thank God tat e OIC, Freddy (we call him Uncle Freddy), was later den me!
*breathes*
had a long briefing (or rather, lots of sidetracking bout e purposes of doing wateva we're doing now. like "y do we study" etc. not forgetting e frequent flirting with e 3 young poly girls who equally taunted him [ok mayb only 1 of them did])
n we ended our talk at 1040pm.
hung ard abit more to check up on Mario and his sleekness
(yes serene, stop swooning over it, wipe ur drool)
b4 saying my goodbyes n making my way back home to prepare for tml's conference and IPPT.
n kitty has a new nick from my frens: FatalisCat
he scratches, he bites, he doesnt tailswipe but he's deadly. and FAST!

better treasure my sleep while i can.
no more tweaking of windows 7 tonight!
might want to do a fresh install if possible
but tat might mean i'll hav to backup EVERYTHING!
now, where can i find space to do tat?
hmmmm.
oh well, ship reach bridge head, naturally straight.
shall let e things of the morrow worry for itself.
'Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. -Matt 6:34'
(n yes! my torrent is picking up speed aft being stagnant at 0 - 0.2kb/s for weeks!)
hip hip hooray!
(hip's better this week too ^^)

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

it's been so long since i last ran in e drizzle.
e refreshing drops of rain quicken me to pick up my pace, yet urging me to stay in this race.
e park route ard zhenghua is finally open!
aft 2 mths of construction n rebuilding.
it's e usual place where i can get my imagination running wild.
shadows all ard me,
e faint glimmer of e lamp rays,
coupled with e fallen huge leaves on e pathway lead me to interpret those shapes on the floor.
could it be a rat? a kitten? junk? litter? or jus another fallen leaf?

all ard the estates n past e 7-11s and Macs which led me craving for savoury foodstuf.
as my legs kept moving, my stomach was craving.
MUSHROOM SWISS DOUBLE!
n later a 2nd crave:
CARL'S JR.!

if i had all e money in e world, i'd eat Carl's til i'd b sick of it!

had a Vitasoy aft my run. I finally carried some cash with me for runs!
only a dollar for a drink.
but i was greedy.
i wanted a tube of popsicle too!
but too bad Vitasoy was worth exactly a dollar.
zzz.

but i was nvr in time for e local neighbourhood mamashop to b open during my previous runs.
this time i started out earlier at ard 10+ n ended run at 12am.
phew phew.

n e loooong workouts tat came aft left me begging for more Vitasoy.
i scrimped each n every drop of juice in my mouth.
taking sips n not gulping it down.
n i realized tat as i did my situps or any other workout,
i'd b under this tree with a huge wide canopy tat extended to e far ends of e exercise corner.
remem e talks about trees and nitefall n 'dun look up'?
haha, i think i did 100 situps in total.
bleah.
ahhh well, i did most of my exercises facing e tree trunk.
BAH.

n now tat im home,
i'll have to plan out tml's activities.
wake up, hopefully get a Big Mac Meal in sch b4 collecting e keys to e dance studio while returning e seminar room 1 key and book more slots for friday practices.
(hmmmm, shdnt fridays be held at Hall 13 when sch starts instead?)
n book e studio/sem room specially for ex-pres CY on thurs night.

den go for a swim!
or gym 1st?
ok mayb gym 1st, den i relak in e pool while swimming n tanning. =]
all e way til dinnertime.
i bet im gonna eat alone this time.
everyone seems to be away again.
but oh wells, who cares?
i can eat at my own pace.
a VERY VERY slow pace.
hhahaa.

k, it's 310 now. i better b off to bed.
kitty's been transferred to sis room.
FINALLY.
gotta let her noe how hard it is to stay asleep in e mid of e night while he runs n jumps n whines with every big movement tat u make.
seems like she hasnt stepped out of her room since she stayed inside.
usually she would go to e loo every half to 1 hr.
but i guess not this nite!

n yes, i still crave mushroom swiss.
CHEEEEEEEEEEESSEEE...

Monday, 27 July 2009

3 more bloodied scratches since fri.
kitty has now learnt to climb up my hi-fi n onto e dining table.
dangerous dangerous!
tats where e iron is kept too!
i wonder how long more i can keep him from it.
necessary punishments hav alr been meted out.
n now he's afraid to enter e kitchen!
yayness.
nxt is my mom's room n den e dining table.
thank God i live on e 19th storey. *winks*


oh n on sat, me travelled to n fro.
from home, rode to haw par, parked there n met frens at suntec, den went back to haw par for Hello Kitty's 21st party.
had a wonderful time fulfiling camwhore needs of my fellow frens.
took like ard 216 pics in total...

n today im supposed to go sch to swim gym n n most imptly to return e Seminar room 1 key,
but e weather forbids me to.
IPPT's on thurs n i havent really trained for it.
can only bank on my jog tonight.
n gym tml.
oh wells, slack time for me now!
e slackier e better.
in time to come, i'll get so sick of being slack n hopefully chiong when nxt sem arrives.
but den, who would ever get sick of 'heaven' and wish for 'hell' instead?
feels so nice to feel pissed again

Saturday, 25 July 2009

GREAT!
i spent another 500 for bike insurance and road tax.
oh well, wat to do.
it's this time of e yr again.
i believe i whined alot last yr too!
sry tie.

but oh wells,
it's worth saving up all those time lost thru travelling to n fro.

n yep, i managed to wakeup in time thanks to qy. =]
got my keys, booked rooms, n rushed down to bukit batok VICOM for a quick inspection.
im amazed i passed without 1st 'consulting' e bike shop jus opp to rectify any non-passable conditions, esp Carbon monoxide issues if any.
phew phew.
thank God i went to service my bike n mSia few nights ago!

biked down later to alexandra area to fork out tat $500 to e bike shop.
n back to sch for me.
all in time to open up at 630pm with nary a soul in sight.

stoned for ard half hour while listening to e charismatics nxt door n their speaking in tongues.
boring friday it is without everyone else.
could hav jus sat there all night long.
sitting around, all night long.

thankfully Mr Ivan popped by!
if not perhaps i'd jus have slept in e room.

n argh, im supposed to sleep like 3hrs ago!
wat am i doing online now?
gosh.

poor me, kitty pushed me away when i tried to kiss him. bleah.

Friday, 24 July 2009

gd morning world!
phew, i haven sleep a wink yet.
fingers havng slight burns from soldering plastic on my bike.
or rather, 'stitching' up my bike with a bottle of 100 plus.
am currently feeling very very very faint from inhaling all e toxic fumes 1 would get from burning plastic and lack of sleep at this hr. but still, a sense of achievement is achieved. although some stitches kinda cracked abit but overall it looks nicey!
time to find tat unique blue spray paint colour!
i doubt it can even b found since it's custom-made.
either way, im supposed to send it for inspection and to e bike shop a alexandra but i doubt i can even wakeup to get e key from e seminar room later in the aftnoon.
if anyone sees this plea for a wakeup call, pls make sure im up n vrooming by ard 3pm will ya?
if no one sees this den i guess i'll b uber late n e office will close.

bathe n sleep.
no wait,
bathe n coax kitty to sleep.
den i sleep.

@.@
(whirly-eyed; too much fumes)

Thursday, 23 July 2009

urgh, im tired.
me jus came back from JB aft servicing my bike for lets say... 350RM?
Full service plus Decarbonising of pipe + new Sproket n Chain + new clutch cable + new battery + new gasket + new piston ring.
n not forgetting topping up of fuel of 13.5RM.
n oso tat Ramly Special Daging burger with cheese n milo for 5.5RM.

phew. im soooooo broke now.
gotta now find some talent tat i hav in order to busk in e streets.

had abit of heat overwhelming me at night but aft some panadol, im pretty much piped down.
thank God for no fever.
phew phew.
ok thursday is gonna b my sleep in day.
hopefully, since i woke up at ard this time 24hrs ago. n n sleeping at this time 24hrs ago.
stupid rain so no partial eclipse viewing at NUS.
gd night world.

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Earth Trek

walk walk walk take picture!
hahaha
trekking today was great!
got to take lotsa pics n had lotsa new experiences.
talked to a fam of tourists from Australia too!
Tom n Taryan and their daughter Franchester (Frankie for short).

literally got in touch with Nature too!
n i was silently humming 'This is my Father's world' as i hiked up.
not as much mozzies as i expected,
but ALOT more squirrels!
i was at a point where there were ard 4 to 5 squirrels jus surrounding me!
i was sore afraid of being swarmed by them.
n when i finally reached e summit, e view wasnt as perfect as expected.
surrounded by trees all over.
zzz.
but it was there tat i met e frenly tourists n recommended places to travel to!

aft a long chat with them, we parted ways n i found my way towards e quarry.
for 1 thing,
it was ultra breezy on a sunny aftnoon!
hav a vid of how e trees rattled.
i was again afraid of bugs or ants falling towards my face.
but i enjoyed it for at least 5mins b4 e wind died down.

den i decided to venture thru e fauna green path which took me away from e main paths but into e jungle with yet more steep steps akin to those when i took e harsh yellow path.

for a lil moment i was pondering wat will happen if i allowed ShoeBox to roam free in there.
will he even survive?
will he turn vegetarian?

anw, i pressed on thru more dangerous looking steps n came to many quirly sights!
did i mention i stole a chateh looking seed from e reserve?
hahaha, it twirls in e air gracefully as it falls with a loud thud.
perhaps tats e inspiration from which chatehs came about.

aft snooping ard Bukit Timah Nature Reserve,
i headed to e adjacent park of Hindhede n towards e Singapore quarry.
e view was FASCINATING!!!!
lovely!
i was in awe,
speechless awe.
u shd see it 1st hand!

n there was this swirling pattern on e surface of e pond, littered by leaves n petals.
it looked as if e Milky Way had invaded it.
specks of green n yellow on 1 side of e lake only.
interesting.

n e playground there looks like one from a deserted town.
a town tat one one has visited for yrs.
no one to groom it or even sweep up dead leaves.
felt as if i was transported to another dimension suddenly.
think red skies and black clouds with ashes flying in e wind.
sounds so post-apocalyptic.
in fact, it seems so vivid tat i can visualize it in full HD.

ah well,
this is wat u get when u combine a bored to death indoor male seeking some form of outdoor thrill n excitement.
anw, it's off to bed for me,
gotta wakeup early to go partial solar eclipse viewing!
=]

pics coming up soon on FB!

Monday, 20 July 2009

Orh Luah Fun: No win no lose.


The 2 drunks who were in suspended animation for quite some time.
im more or less getting used to having no sleep at nights.
sometimes even concussing away as if ive been bludgeoned.
kitty's been giving everyone a hard time by biting everyone n oso helping me to keep my mum at bay. ^^

(anw blogger is abit wrecked out now so i cant post pics atm.)
time to buy a battery for my watch or get a new one!
anw, e feeling of the aftermath hasnt set in yet. so i guess im still doing fine if u're asking.

n i jus realized, kitty IS afraid of heights.
well, i nvr really knew til i dangled him out of my 19th storey window.
he gave me shrieks like those in e bathroom.

played with him with ice cubes n made his hair stand on end! haha, e natural way of spiking up without using wax or gel.
now he looks a lil like Sora in lion form.
i still love to molest his paws.
SO SOFT & SQUISHY!
<3

yep, now he's finally piped down n taking an evening nap aft being so hyper in e aftnoon. (or freaked out by me throwin him ard in e air n trying to make him yodel; which I did! YAY)

Thursday, 16 July 2009

i crave Hotcakes + Sausage...
jus came back from jogging n kitty bit my toe aft i took out my socks. (err... such a unique delicacy it must hav been)
n he jus sniffed me all over jus b4 i got to e bathe.

countdown of 13hrs left.
hope it's e final one.
it's abit too draggy, both physically n mentally.

anw, im gonna treat myself to a hearty Ice milo float n maggi mee!
yum yum!

while i mix some songs n write short essay.
=]

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

lack of sleep, feeling lethargic, dementia, unable to think, psycho-motor inefficiency.
all typical signs of wat a typical parent would hav.

for once in my life, this would b e rare few chances where i would partake in a growing organism's nurture and psychological n emotional n physical growth.

all for tat fleeting moment of adoration that one might foster in its early yrs.
oh well, sacrifices r definitely inevitable. yeah, i ever did consider this when i picked him up.
optimism jus ruins everything u noe?
expecting every bad little thing to miraculously turn out well.
another dangerous thought to hav.

but den again, as i scratch its back, it gently purrs n rumbles as it licks my palm thinking its a nipple as it keeps his eyes closed.
it makes me feel so honoured to see him through this stage!
now i now how mothers feel when their babies enter weaning periods.
lovely.

ok, im gonna go give these twin big round eyes more tolerance n love.
time for sleep.

Sunday, 12 July 2009

ive become a little daddy...

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

phew.
wat a heck of a day!
went Red Boxing, Ice Aging and Seafooding aft tat!
its been ages since i've touched crabbies!
sumptuous little dinner!

n yeah, i came home only to find my bed with prints of poop all over it.
wat a prank.
urgh, now to change my bedsheets...

Sunday, 5 July 2009

it seems like everbody's getting e bluey saturdays...
wat a torture.

Saturday, 4 July 2009

i dreamt i was sniping ppl off this morn.
nope i havent benn playing L4D fo a long time.
n oso ordering a plate Grilled Chicken + Finger Food at this fictitional cafe.
opting oso for fish burgers aft gobbling them down.

n when i woke up, i was welcomed to Sweet n Sour Pork and Choc Fondue...
all on this cooking programme on TV.
and an inviting U-mee on my dining table.
and a SWAT team show involving a team VS 1 single enemy sniper.
woah, tat sniper's GOOD!
...hmmm...

Friday, 3 July 2009

Ripples

im tired, vexed and waned.
i feel like many horses are pulling me apart slowly...
discouragement reigns within.
im jus disgusted at my inability at many things.
i jus cant get things right sometimes.
when things dun go according to my plan or expectations,
some queasy feeling erupts inside me.
irritating too.
irks me...
if only i had e ability to tear it away from me n rip it into pieces.
den again im unable to.
i irritate myself.
how ironic.
urgh

toenails hurt like hell.
hungry but no appetite.
deadlines yet again extended.
time to mark a new day on my calendar.
it's getting tiring and straining.
sigh...