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this is captain jonathan archer. lol.
been watching a lot of star trek these days. the new star trek movie instigated me to search for the tv series to watch and i choose the most recent one. star trek enterprise.
got to admit. science fiction films are the best. seriously keeps you onto the seat the whole time.
anyways. my father recently decided to concentrate on the suzuki swift. i was considering the subaru impreza. he says its too powerful for a p-plater. year right. considering the model i was looking at consist of a 1.5 litre engine. oh wells. and he told me he saw a very nice looking mazda. the mazda 2. a hatchback. he seems adamant on hatchbacks. sedan seems to be too big. it doesn't matter though. i only need a point a-b vehicle. not a performance one. hehe.
signing out.
been watching a lot of star trek these days. the new star trek movie instigated me to search for the tv series to watch and i choose the most recent one. star trek enterprise.
got to admit. science fiction films are the best. seriously keeps you onto the seat the whole time.
anyways. my father recently decided to concentrate on the suzuki swift. i was considering the subaru impreza. he says its too powerful for a p-plater. year right. considering the model i was looking at consist of a 1.5 litre engine. oh wells. and he told me he saw a very nice looking mazda. the mazda 2. a hatchback. he seems adamant on hatchbacks. sedan seems to be too big. it doesn't matter though. i only need a point a-b vehicle. not a performance one. hehe.
signing out.
its been a long time since i blogged. well. nothing much to blog these days. but i believe coming next year, i sure will have much more to blog about.
so.. well ive been playing wow arduently. so yesterday i was at level 38 and decided to chiong to level 40 so i can get my epic mount.
xi, xi, xi, xi and xi. lol.
anways, i'd been in a long discussion with my father, and we decided on two cars. the volkswagen polo, or the suzuki swift sports. although i really like the subaru impreza but my father said that its not good for a p-plate to start off with a 2.0 litre engine car. oh well. lets just hope the decreasing coe quota wont push coe above 20k next year. pray hard.
signing out.
so.. well ive been playing wow arduently. so yesterday i was at level 38 and decided to chiong to level 40 so i can get my epic mount.
was collecting elven gems when i took a glance at my xp bar and hey! i have 44,444 exp... sure sounds like a death omen of sorts....
xi, xi, xi, xi and xi. lol.
anways, i'd been in a long discussion with my father, and we decided on two cars. the volkswagen polo, or the suzuki swift sports. although i really like the subaru impreza but my father said that its not good for a p-plate to start off with a 2.0 litre engine car. oh well. lets just hope the decreasing coe quota wont push coe above 20k next year. pray hard.
signing out.
finally took the time to clean up my room. here it is!
overall look!
windows desktop.
macbook desktop.
cd, books area.
and my beloved bikes!
signing out.
overall look!
desktop area.
windows desktop.
macbook desktop.
cd, books area.
and my beloved bikes!
signing out.
I slept late these few days. couldn't really sleep properly. while listening to music last night, i suddenly had this inspiration to do a video of my ex-jc class. so i spent 2 hours listening to my whole music collection to see which music can be used inside the video. came up with a few bands. namely, 30 seconds to mars, our lady peace, hinder, etc. as of now, i haven't start on the video yet but i had already formed a blueprint in my mind already.
all i got to do next is to plan out the video on paper first, then use my macbook to formulate the video. i believe i will probably take a long time to get this video done as i do not want it to be a slip slop product.
well hopefully at the end of the journey, my ex-classmates will have a beautiful video waiting to be viewed. unfortunately, i don't think i can represent the whole class so the video might not be good for everyone.
talking about other stuff, i had decided to make the road surrounding the singapore stadium to be my cycling training route. decided to throw away the mount rosie-dunearn road route. too many cars already, and i past by the cjc canteen on every lap i do. kind of embarassing if a teacher happens to recognise me. but if i am going to do hill climbing work i will still go back to this route.
all i got to do next is to plan out the video on paper first, then use my macbook to formulate the video. i believe i will probably take a long time to get this video done as i do not want it to be a slip slop product.
well hopefully at the end of the journey, my ex-classmates will have a beautiful video waiting to be viewed. unfortunately, i don't think i can represent the whole class so the video might not be good for everyone.
talking about other stuff, i had decided to make the road surrounding the singapore stadium to be my cycling training route. decided to throw away the mount rosie-dunearn road route. too many cars already, and i past by the cjc canteen on every lap i do. kind of embarassing if a teacher happens to recognise me. but if i am going to do hill climbing work i will still go back to this route.
as i posted earlier. been having too much time to myself. i spent much of the time thinking back on my own life. the life that was mine, yet it felt so distant from my thoughts, the things i have done, the things that happened. i believe many people call this soul searching. i feel so sad as i look back to my own journal.
recently, i did a lot of research on my horoscope. seems like its fact that geminis experience dual personalities, and spend a lot of time thinking to themselves. i feel that its so true. find my own mood and thoughts can change so quickly on the dime many times. and i think so much to myself that i find myself on the border of insanity. i can't stop thinking, my life, everything that happens around me, everything that happened before, the future, the people i know, the paranormal, my own dreams, the books i just read. so many things, that i get headaches. its frustrating that i can't control this thinking. i will just drift off in my thoughts automatically.
and weirdly, i remember every single dream i had. its weird, because i read that most people forget what they were dreaming about when they wake up. yet for me, i can remember what i dreamt, fall asleep again to again experience another dream, and wake up remembering every signle detail of my dreams.
but it feels so good to dream. it feels euphoric. i can do things in my dreams that i don't ever dare to do in real life. i can explore, discover.
its 230am now, and its starting to rain. i heard voices from the window, went to take a look, and saw two girls in their pajamas running along the length of the swimming pool towards the clubhouse. wonder what were they doing at the pool this late.
back to topic. i started to like the night more and more. i am getting addicted to the dark, and i really hate daytime. i hate it that its so bright, so engulfing. i really hope that nighttime will be forever. of course thats not going to happen. but it will happen in my dreams.
oh well. my life is a pity. it always have been.
signing out.
Here I am sitting at the lobby of the clubhouse beside my block, at 1.42am on the 5th of October 2009, reading dan brown’s deception point on my Lenovo laptop. Why am I so specific on the details?
Because when I felt my neck aching from the reading, I looked up and saw the full moon in its full glory. Bright, beautiful and full. It’s an amazing sight. Whats more amazing is that I am sitting at the exact location where I can see the sky through the glass roof, and muse upon the beauty of the moon. Its all destiny.
This view really made my day.
Signing out.
But. I recently got into this community, called sgclub. The people there are great although I do not know anyone there personally. Amazing people, amazing conversations. It pretty much kept me afloat nowadays. Got the bronze membership two days ago. Although I don’t respect rank, I must say I did felt something when I got the “rank”. I felt good. XDDD.
Anyways, I attended this mid-autumn festival held for the residents here. As I expected there wasn’t that many people that came down. But in the end my parents made a few friends there, and my father signed this petition to overthrow the current management. I don’t know much but I kind of agree that the residence could use some upgrades. Like a freaking basketball court??? Hey we boast a bowling alley here. Wow! But guess what? We don’t have basketball court at all! And they build that lame park just beside the residence. Like huh? The park soooooo small! Cant they use the space to expand the residence common area?
And the sys sec here seems to be quite lenient in letting strangers walk in. My friends came the other day and they simply walked in.
And, dan brown’s book came out. I read finish liao. Got to say, dan brown is one of those rare authors that simply succeed in making you not able to stop reading the book until you finish it in one go.
First it was davinci code. Then it was angels and demons. Then came digital fortress. Read all three at one go. Cant wait for his next installment.
Signing out.
I think I am melting................... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......
signing out.
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finally bought the two items that will turn my bike into a time trial bike. okay not 100% time trial since the frame is geometrically road but hey who cares right?
got the giro advantage 2, and the t2+ cobra aerobar.
i am not expecting myself to suddenly cycle as fast as lance armstrong after getting these two items. but i expect myself to improve in a faster rate. guess i got to use the changi coastal road more often now.
cost me quite a bomb these two. but. hey cycling equipment were never cheap. cheap ones might get you in an accident and loss of your life. so wth i rather buy expensive stuff.
however, i wanted to really convert my whole bike into a time trial beast. the only problem is the frame. if i get a new one, it will probably send me to africa and left there to starve to death. and so. the only way i can think of is either save up slowly and getting a ARGON E113 in the end, or just heck care the frame and go for change of basebar. bet every cyclist out there will laugh at me. "whats that boy doing with a road frame and a tribar? he looks dumb."
oh well. i guess for now i just got to not to give a damn about anything and just continue training.
signing out.
got the giro advantage 2, and the t2+ cobra aerobar.
i am not expecting myself to suddenly cycle as fast as lance armstrong after getting these two items. but i expect myself to improve in a faster rate. guess i got to use the changi coastal road more often now.
cost me quite a bomb these two. but. hey cycling equipment were never cheap. cheap ones might get you in an accident and loss of your life. so wth i rather buy expensive stuff.
however, i wanted to really convert my whole bike into a time trial beast. the only problem is the frame. if i get a new one, it will probably send me to africa and left there to starve to death. and so. the only way i can think of is either save up slowly and getting a ARGON E113 in the end, or just heck care the frame and go for change of basebar. bet every cyclist out there will laugh at me. "whats that boy doing with a road frame and a tribar? he looks dumb."
oh well. i guess for now i just got to not to give a damn about anything and just continue training.
signing out.
gotta hand it to minoura for creating such a unique bottle cage.
wonder how one drinks while riding. and imagine the extra 1.5kg of weight. goodness gracious.
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wonder how one drinks while riding. and imagine the extra 1.5kg of weight. goodness gracious.
signing out.
wasnt able to cycle long distances for this period. got to say that this is indeed a bad time for me. its been a long time since i did changi coastal road.
however i managed to squeeze in many hill climbing exercises on the mount rosie route. came up with an idea, which is to sprint the road leading to cjc and up the small part of the expressway. tried it two days ago and managed to hit a max speed of 48.7kmh. probably a shitty speed, i bet sprinters are able to hit much higher. but it was hard considering the road aint that long and there was a substantial amount of traffic.
spent some time on google maps looking for new routes. i came up with one. looks like its freaking 10km long. so i gotta do at least 5 loops to hit about 50km. good thing is it has some uphill climbs. bad thing is it intersects two highway roads, so i have to be extra careful.
its pretty much a beautiful route. dont have to cycle all the way to changi coastal. but unfortunately i still cant use aerobar on a road like this. not a good idea. oh well.
equipment wise. i am gonna improve soon. will probably get lighter shoes for road. and get a time trial helmet. i might push in a profile design aerobar if i have the funds. for now i just got to train with my current equipment.
training aside. looks like the next competition i can join is just half a year away. gotta work hard. bad thing is the gym's aircon is very cold. got to find a way to tune it down. oh well. still got to hit those quads.
signing out.
however i managed to squeeze in many hill climbing exercises on the mount rosie route. came up with an idea, which is to sprint the road leading to cjc and up the small part of the expressway. tried it two days ago and managed to hit a max speed of 48.7kmh. probably a shitty speed, i bet sprinters are able to hit much higher. but it was hard considering the road aint that long and there was a substantial amount of traffic.
spent some time on google maps looking for new routes. i came up with one. looks like its freaking 10km long. so i gotta do at least 5 loops to hit about 50km. good thing is it has some uphill climbs. bad thing is it intersects two highway roads, so i have to be extra careful.
its pretty much a beautiful route. dont have to cycle all the way to changi coastal. but unfortunately i still cant use aerobar on a road like this. not a good idea. oh well.
equipment wise. i am gonna improve soon. will probably get lighter shoes for road. and get a time trial helmet. i might push in a profile design aerobar if i have the funds. for now i just got to train with my current equipment.
training aside. looks like the next competition i can join is just half a year away. gotta work hard. bad thing is the gym's aircon is very cold. got to find a way to tune it down. oh well. still got to hit those quads.
signing out.
looks like the new ipods have arrived.
and just as many people have predicted, a price drop along with some upgrades.
i guess the biggest revision in the ipod lineup is the ipod nano.
now existing as the 5G, it has a video cam, FM radio, and pedometer. i guess the video cam rumor did come true. why they included it is weird. why put a cam in a player designed for music. why not put the effort into improving the lousy sound it possesses. but i guess the inclusion of the FM radio is amazing. for many years since the ipod debuted, they totally left this crucial feature out. now that its in the nano, i guess it will bump its popularity up even more, and the video cam sure going to be a hit with "zi lian" girls. expect youtube to be flooded with videos of them.
the ipod touch seems to have been left out this time. not much upgrades. maybe a faster processor and better hardware. yeah. thats it. oh the price went down by $30 too.
ipod classic is still..... the fat ipod with a fat hard drive. no change at all. well you cant expect any change from a hardened selling formula.
ipod shuffle. yeah. its still that little player with no screen. it has a voice recognition thingy now. although i find that feature quite no use. but of course thats just according to my usage.
well thats it. the "new" ipods. for so long that apple launched the ipod line. i dont know why they never thought of improving the sound quality of the players. why manufacture players with such...... indecent sound. i guess apple doesnt care about the audiophile minority.
signing out.
and just as many people have predicted, a price drop along with some upgrades.
i guess the biggest revision in the ipod lineup is the ipod nano.
now existing as the 5G, it has a video cam, FM radio, and pedometer. i guess the video cam rumor did come true. why they included it is weird. why put a cam in a player designed for music. why not put the effort into improving the lousy sound it possesses. but i guess the inclusion of the FM radio is amazing. for many years since the ipod debuted, they totally left this crucial feature out. now that its in the nano, i guess it will bump its popularity up even more, and the video cam sure going to be a hit with "zi lian" girls. expect youtube to be flooded with videos of them.
the ipod touch seems to have been left out this time. not much upgrades. maybe a faster processor and better hardware. yeah. thats it. oh the price went down by $30 too.
ipod classic is still..... the fat ipod with a fat hard drive. no change at all. well you cant expect any change from a hardened selling formula.
ipod shuffle. yeah. its still that little player with no screen. it has a voice recognition thingy now. although i find that feature quite no use. but of course thats just according to my usage.
well thats it. the "new" ipods. for so long that apple launched the ipod line. i dont know why they never thought of improving the sound quality of the players. why manufacture players with such...... indecent sound. i guess apple doesnt care about the audiophile minority.
signing out.
been waking up very late for this period of time. for some reason. my brain seems to go on a hyperactive mode as well. been dreaming every single night. and its not just one dream. its several dreams every night. and i could remember every single dream after i woke up.
some of the dreams are weird. too weird in fact, that the actress gong li was inside one of my dreams. wtf. and some of the teachers in sji and cjc came into my dream also. worse still, i dreamt that my house was a skyscraper, with pool halls in the middle of the building.
when i recollect on the dreams i made, most are ridiculous but i felt high. dreaming really lets you do anything, in this enclosed world created by your head. so nice. lucky most of my dreams arent nightmares.
oh well. time to try out a new route i drew on the map.
signing out.
some of the dreams are weird. too weird in fact, that the actress gong li was inside one of my dreams. wtf. and some of the teachers in sji and cjc came into my dream also. worse still, i dreamt that my house was a skyscraper, with pool halls in the middle of the building.
when i recollect on the dreams i made, most are ridiculous but i felt high. dreaming really lets you do anything, in this enclosed world created by your head. so nice. lucky most of my dreams arent nightmares.
oh well. time to try out a new route i drew on the map.
signing out.
recently watched the band of brothers series. amazing videography.
what striked me was not the action, the legs flying, or the excitement from watching all the violence happening. it was the emotions, and the psychological aspect of the show. if i am not wrong, everything that was shown did actually happen. and they actually tracked down the survivors of easy company to relate their thoughts.
war is something that should be prevented at all costs. no matter what. people dying. loss of close friends. sufference. fear. a life that will never be the same again after.
i feel lucky that i was not born in that period. really hope this world will be a better place.
signing out.
what striked me was not the action, the legs flying, or the excitement from watching all the violence happening. it was the emotions, and the psychological aspect of the show. if i am not wrong, everything that was shown did actually happen. and they actually tracked down the survivors of easy company to relate their thoughts.
war is something that should be prevented at all costs. no matter what. people dying. loss of close friends. sufference. fear. a life that will never be the same again after.
i feel lucky that i was not born in that period. really hope this world will be a better place.
signing out.
found out that someone hacked my email account. either that or hotmail decided to kick me out. cant log into my henrybolt account anymore. so i decided to create a yahoo account instead. was quite shocked at yahoo's email services. way better than that i used last time. in the end. had to create a new MSN account, and also facebook too. actually i dont really know why i created a facebook account for considering i so seldom use it except to check for updates in the sports events. but oh well.
finally got to join sportsvolunteer.sg. looks like they only had one bloody event to join. and i did. hopefully they decide to accept me. gonna be a route marshall, or a drink station marshall. hohoho.
and it looks like i am permanently in NTU's material engineering course. and i am supposed to be joining 2011-2012 academic year. sounds fun. yeah two years from now that is.
i recently explored ntu website again. and looked at the graduate courses offered. i decided to try my best to get in and obtain either the MSc or PhD. seems like a long shot. hopefully, i can then join NIE for a teacher's course. i suppose getting a higher degree maybe too much for being just a teacher but i would really like to experience the whole coursework and research. maybe open my eyes more to the world so that i can spread knowledge well when i work as a teacher.
ah. MSE. here i come.
signing out.
finally got to join sportsvolunteer.sg. looks like they only had one bloody event to join. and i did. hopefully they decide to accept me. gonna be a route marshall, or a drink station marshall. hohoho.
and it looks like i am permanently in NTU's material engineering course. and i am supposed to be joining 2011-2012 academic year. sounds fun. yeah two years from now that is.
i recently explored ntu website again. and looked at the graduate courses offered. i decided to try my best to get in and obtain either the MSc or PhD. seems like a long shot. hopefully, i can then join NIE for a teacher's course. i suppose getting a higher degree maybe too much for being just a teacher but i would really like to experience the whole coursework and research. maybe open my eyes more to the world so that i can spread knowledge well when i work as a teacher.
ah. MSE. here i come.
signing out.
hai i am so damn bored at home i guess i just do a review for a player i just bought to replace my more than a year old ipod touch. the ipod havent spoil yet, but since it was more than a year old, the warranty has expired, which gave me more than enough reason to sell the oldpod before it dies out on me.
well, so i went to best denki to get the new sony nwz-x1050. its one of the more refined players introduced by sony. its price point is very close to that of the 2nd gen ipod touch, which was not suprising since this player also sports a capacitative touchscreen. it is pretty much an ipod touch except it doesnt support apps, has noise cancelling function, and sports a sound quality out from its headphone jack that thrashes the shit out of any ipod manufactered, ever. those who tell me ipod sound quality is good, please, come out of the hole and learn more about other players. of course one can always go buy a good amplifier, but how much will that add to the ipod pricing.
the package came with bare essentials, as with most DAPs nowadays. usb cable, line out cable, noise cancelling in-ear earphones, and the player itself. as with the ipod, it does come with one year local warranty. kind of remind me when my sony ericsson phone failed and i had to make a trip down to wisma atria sony style for repair. quet leung followed and we had a good time talking about sony stuff.
now on to the player itself. it has a 3 inch amoled screen. LISTEN STUPID APPLE GUYS, AMOLED SCREEN MAN. it consumes less power than conventional lcds and pumps out better picture quality in the process. hows that for an improvement. it sports a capacitative touchscreen, which means much better touch interface, at least when compared to the resistive version. as for buttons, it has the usual hold button, volume buttons, noise cancelling button and the music buttons. this makes it pretty much more convenient to use than the ipod touch. dont have to keep taking the player out for a volume or song change.
the user interface is very smooth. music scrolling imitates that of the ipod touch. changing of songs is a breeze as the flow between menu and "now playing" screen is pretty much damn smooth. as usual, video viewing again imitates that of the ipod touch, along with pictures viewing as well. seems like many companies out there did their research on the ipod.
sound quality is AMAZING. the EQ is customisable, there are several technologies included with the player. DSEE , which is pretty much the same as creative's X-FI. clear stereo and bass which cleans up the sound spectrum and gives the lower end an undistorted boost. it uses a digital amplifier, which probably explains for the good sound quality. i can swear that the sound this player pumps out beats every mp3 player out there, cowon, ipod, creative, iriver, samsung, meizu. whatever man. all in all, the sound quality can be described in one word, phenomenal.
this player includes something rare which is noise cancelling. it does so through the included earphones. seems like they installed a microphone in the earpiece, and this allows the player to transmit a signal to cancel out the noise you probably will hear. it works very well i must say. pretty much cancelled out everything that i deemed as noise.
finally, the cons. i can only find one con with this player. in that it supports only wav. HELL. why can you support flac? damn. and for a 3 inch screen, why only allow video resolution up till 320x240. omg. but aiya, i must say these are small cons indeed....
okay here you have it, the review of nwz-1050 by me.
signing out.
well, so i went to best denki to get the new sony nwz-x1050. its one of the more refined players introduced by sony. its price point is very close to that of the 2nd gen ipod touch, which was not suprising since this player also sports a capacitative touchscreen. it is pretty much an ipod touch except it doesnt support apps, has noise cancelling function, and sports a sound quality out from its headphone jack that thrashes the shit out of any ipod manufactered, ever. those who tell me ipod sound quality is good, please, come out of the hole and learn more about other players. of course one can always go buy a good amplifier, but how much will that add to the ipod pricing.
the package came with bare essentials, as with most DAPs nowadays. usb cable, line out cable, noise cancelling in-ear earphones, and the player itself. as with the ipod, it does come with one year local warranty. kind of remind me when my sony ericsson phone failed and i had to make a trip down to wisma atria sony style for repair. quet leung followed and we had a good time talking about sony stuff.
now on to the player itself. it has a 3 inch amoled screen. LISTEN STUPID APPLE GUYS, AMOLED SCREEN MAN. it consumes less power than conventional lcds and pumps out better picture quality in the process. hows that for an improvement. it sports a capacitative touchscreen, which means much better touch interface, at least when compared to the resistive version. as for buttons, it has the usual hold button, volume buttons, noise cancelling button and the music buttons. this makes it pretty much more convenient to use than the ipod touch. dont have to keep taking the player out for a volume or song change.
the user interface is very smooth. music scrolling imitates that of the ipod touch. changing of songs is a breeze as the flow between menu and "now playing" screen is pretty much damn smooth. as usual, video viewing again imitates that of the ipod touch, along with pictures viewing as well. seems like many companies out there did their research on the ipod.
sound quality is AMAZING. the EQ is customisable, there are several technologies included with the player. DSEE , which is pretty much the same as creative's X-FI. clear stereo and bass which cleans up the sound spectrum and gives the lower end an undistorted boost. it uses a digital amplifier, which probably explains for the good sound quality. i can swear that the sound this player pumps out beats every mp3 player out there, cowon, ipod, creative, iriver, samsung, meizu. whatever man. all in all, the sound quality can be described in one word, phenomenal.
this player includes something rare which is noise cancelling. it does so through the included earphones. seems like they installed a microphone in the earpiece, and this allows the player to transmit a signal to cancel out the noise you probably will hear. it works very well i must say. pretty much cancelled out everything that i deemed as noise.
finally, the cons. i can only find one con with this player. in that it supports only wav. HELL. why can you support flac? damn. and for a 3 inch screen, why only allow video resolution up till 320x240. omg. but aiya, i must say these are small cons indeed....
okay here you have it, the review of nwz-1050 by me.
signing out.
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came back from changi airport on saturday night out with my friends very late. reached home at 3.30am to find my hamster going crazy on the wheel. lol the video explains all.
signing out.
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hehe. my cute hamster on da rolllllll.
dont disturbia me. me eating.!
zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!
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dont disturbia me. me eating.!
zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!
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after that recent episode where i thought that i am really going to lose my life. it made me reflect on my own life. i wondered much on my future life. i feel extremely scared that i may end up alone in the future. with nothing to do. this illness of mine kept me home for the last month or so. it is so torturous to be stuck at home doing nothing. eat sleep watch tv. that pretty much all i can do. i am starting to feel effects of phobia. everytime i think of the future thats going to be bleak, i feel very anxious, anxiety, very scared. that feeling feels so real, in your chest.
i don't want to be alone in the future. i want to find a soul partner that will be at my side always. taking care of each other. i want to start a family fast, so i can let my parents have grandchildren. i dream of having dinner with my parents and wife and children. together you know. i really hope that from now on, i will have the luck and courage to find a girlfriend that we can get along well. i don't want to be alone till i die. i want to work for something. my parents. my future wife.
right now, i feel extremely scared again. i hope it goes away when i go back to ns. i will try my best to live my life, support my parents, live alongside my partner, and raise my kids well. its one of my two dreams. please bless my, buddha.
signing out.
i don't want to be alone in the future. i want to find a soul partner that will be at my side always. taking care of each other. i want to start a family fast, so i can let my parents have grandchildren. i dream of having dinner with my parents and wife and children. together you know. i really hope that from now on, i will have the luck and courage to find a girlfriend that we can get along well. i don't want to be alone till i die. i want to work for something. my parents. my future wife.
right now, i feel extremely scared again. i hope it goes away when i go back to ns. i will try my best to live my life, support my parents, live alongside my partner, and raise my kids well. its one of my two dreams. please bless my, buddha.
signing out.
on friday, i went to yeo seem huat clinic again for assement. he decided to issue me a new medication, and said that its going to be good for me. the meds is called "solian", supposedly from france.
i ate it. that night. the next day. i still felt fine. went with a cousin of mine to see house. then after that we went vivo city. when we settled down to eat brunch. i suddenly felt dizzy, started to have double vision, and felt this overwhelming anxiety in me. like i am very very very scared of something but i don't even know what is the thing that i am scared of. so halfway through brunch i asked my mother to go home with me as i thought that maybe i was too tired.
went home. and i broke down. i was so scared of "something". that anxiety i am unable to describe as i felt like the sky crashed down on me. my tongue went into fits, and i cried like mad. my mother then broke down. however, throughout the whole event, my mind still remained sober. i quickly went to call my father to come home. he came, and minutes later my sister arrived. my sister than suspected that i was allergic to "solian". we then went to raffles hospital.
there, i had the most horrific experience of my life till now. my eye muscles went into spasm, and i kept looking up. i couldn't blink at all. and then even breathing became hard. they injected me and gave me two white pills. and i continued to suffer all the systoms for the next hour. it felt like ten years. and i thought that "that's it, i am going to die today".
fortunately, after one hour, i became stable. and we checked out of the A&E ward after that. happy that the whole ordeal was over, we went to rochor center for dinner. i felt so relieved that everything was over. i had the most horrific experience ever. this. i feel so lucky to be still alive now.
signing out.
i ate it. that night. the next day. i still felt fine. went with a cousin of mine to see house. then after that we went vivo city. when we settled down to eat brunch. i suddenly felt dizzy, started to have double vision, and felt this overwhelming anxiety in me. like i am very very very scared of something but i don't even know what is the thing that i am scared of. so halfway through brunch i asked my mother to go home with me as i thought that maybe i was too tired.
went home. and i broke down. i was so scared of "something". that anxiety i am unable to describe as i felt like the sky crashed down on me. my tongue went into fits, and i cried like mad. my mother then broke down. however, throughout the whole event, my mind still remained sober. i quickly went to call my father to come home. he came, and minutes later my sister arrived. my sister than suspected that i was allergic to "solian". we then went to raffles hospital.
there, i had the most horrific experience of my life till now. my eye muscles went into spasm, and i kept looking up. i couldn't blink at all. and then even breathing became hard. they injected me and gave me two white pills. and i continued to suffer all the systoms for the next hour. it felt like ten years. and i thought that "that's it, i am going to die today".
fortunately, after one hour, i became stable. and we checked out of the A&E ward after that. happy that the whole ordeal was over, we went to rochor center for dinner. i felt so relieved that everything was over. i had the most horrific experience ever. this. i feel so lucky to be still alive now.
signing out.
sian
poker face
huh
ah!?
heheheeehe
act cute
act cute x2
signing out.
finally. le presentio mi neow bike partsio. shimano ultegra sl-to. tune carbon 50mm-to. deda 110mm stem-to. SHOOT-TO!!!!
signing out-to.
signing out-to.
wah damn sad.... want to piah and cry like mad now.
got a letter from ntu just now stating my appeal failed.
aiya.. not that i didn't expect it also. but. haiya... sibei dulan now.
signing out.
got a letter from ntu just now stating my appeal failed.
aiya.. not that i didn't expect it also. but. haiya... sibei dulan now.
signing out.
- MOOOooooooD:
angry
i heard that its sometimes said that music define certain periods in your life. i guess its really true. been listening to placebo again. listened to it like crazy during my jc years. and i have the cheek to say, "I F**KING MISS MY JC LIFE". to wake up early in the morning to go to school. and then later to train hard for competition in the afternoon. "F**K MAN I MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ahhhhhhhhh. all the memories came back to me when i listened to the albums by placebo. its like trying to grab something thats not there anymore. it feels so close, yet so far. what to do. people grow older. no choice. now the only highlight of my life is moving house, and then to wait two years for university. wah i really want to go back to study again. but i have to wait two years. TWO YEARS LEH. hai..... no choice again.
and then my father wants me to take up architecture, so i can liase with him to build new projects in singapore. i don't mind actually, but the fact that i have to go through a test to get in turns me off. i never study architecture before i sure fail test. then interview ask me why join, then my answer, "because my father wants me to".
oh wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
signing out.
ahhhhhhhhh. all the memories came back to me when i listened to the albums by placebo. its like trying to grab something thats not there anymore. it feels so close, yet so far. what to do. people grow older. no choice. now the only highlight of my life is moving house, and then to wait two years for university. wah i really want to go back to study again. but i have to wait two years. TWO YEARS LEH. hai..... no choice again.
and then my father wants me to take up architecture, so i can liase with him to build new projects in singapore. i don't mind actually, but the fact that i have to go through a test to get in turns me off. i never study architecture before i sure fail test. then interview ask me why join, then my answer, "because my father wants me to".
oh wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
signing out.
ah my childhood hokkien songs.
小鳳鳳-金包銀
愛拼才會贏
欢喜就好 - 陳雷
a new album by placebo. finally.
On Battle for the Sun, the band uses new instruments, such as trumpets and saxophones.[5] The material has influences from such bands as PJ Harvey and My Bloody Valentine.[6] It is a heavier-sounding record compared to its predecessor. Frontman Brian Molko said on the concept of the album:
Molko has also stated that Battle for the Sun is the band's first album with a discernible thematic unity.[8] Molko states that his favourite track from the album is "Speak in Tongues".We've made a record about choosing life, about choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Not necessarily turning your back on the darkness because it's there, it's essential; it's a part of who you are, but more about the choice of standing in the sunlight instead.[7]
this has to be the best commercial i seen in my life. DAMN FUNNY.
we went to the furniture mall to do shoppinggg for beds for our new home.
signing out.
signing out.
its starting to get worst for me. only during ns that i discover that i am actually suffering from many illnesses. chronic constipation, sweaty palms, mental illnesses. and on top of that, hearing loss and skin problems. its getting harder for me to adjust to reality. maybe i want to say that it hasn't affected me that much during school than in ns. its has been a rocky ride for me since i enlisted. harder and harder to deal with.
i already spent 1000+ of my parents medisave money staying in both imh and alexandra hospital for two weeks. now i am spending 100 over for every visit to yeo seem huats clinic. what am i supposed to do....
i am feeling more and more stressed. but i keep telling myself i must move on for my parents. i want to support them when they grow old. i don't want to throw them in an old folks home. its something i will never do. now. all that keeps me hanging to this world are my family, friends, and our new home. thats all that is keeping me alive. thats all...
we are going to move in in mid august. it is supposed to be an event that marks the turning point in my life. a new enviroment and the chance to connect to my family, and friends more. i really hope that i will climb out of this hole that i am in now to see the beautiful sunlight.
signing out....
i already spent 1000+ of my parents medisave money staying in both imh and alexandra hospital for two weeks. now i am spending 100 over for every visit to yeo seem huats clinic. what am i supposed to do....
i am feeling more and more stressed. but i keep telling myself i must move on for my parents. i want to support them when they grow old. i don't want to throw them in an old folks home. its something i will never do. now. all that keeps me hanging to this world are my family, friends, and our new home. thats all that is keeping me alive. thats all...
we are going to move in in mid august. it is supposed to be an event that marks the turning point in my life. a new enviroment and the chance to connect to my family, and friends more. i really hope that i will climb out of this hole that i am in now to see the beautiful sunlight.
signing out....
then
then
signing out.
STI makes spectacular rebound
Other Asian markets also hit 2009 highs, following Wall St lead | By Yang Huiwen | ||
 |  | The spectacular market rebound adds to STI gains of 13per cent in April and 6.6 per cent in March. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN |
see lah. i told my parents liao they don't believe. i am so convinced that under the obama administration the stock market will surely slowly recover. my parents keep saying, "henry ah, mai luan luan gong lah, gorh pio buay xing eh lah, mana eh xing, bao loh eh." see lah. see lah.
today's saturday times big fat headlines. "STI makes a spectacular may rebound". eh not bad leh my birthday month. that means got money feng shui for me. miahahahaha, hahaha.
so sometimes ah, your parents might be wrong. lucky we bought the house already, if not sure cannot afford one.
signing out.
- MOOOooooooD:
accomplished
seems that this world is riddled with much violence. be it the adamant nature of north korea in gaining military power, the terrorists trying kill everyone, or different sides trying to kill each other in the middle east? why must all this be prevalent? why attack iraq? why saddam must be another hitler? why do such evil exists?
recently read this news cut-out. south korea children are learning how to operate gas masks in face of a possible war with north korea when the treaty between the is renounced. CAN YOU IMAGINE KILLING YOUR OWN COUNTRY
yesterday i went to help out a friend. i felt happy doing it. in midst of chatting with each other, she suddenly stood up and went to help this poor uncle trying to move his garung guni boxes. i felt extremely touched and made my admiration for her even deeper. WHY CAN'T EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD BE LIKE T
actually i long been wanting to do volunteer work but never actually done much of any. why? i was too slack and a lazy bum, always thinking of myself and never others. but now i changed. i will now try my best to help others when i am free. and so i planned that after serving ns for two years, i will go kwong wai shu and do some volunteer work before entering university. and in uni, i hope to be able to manage both sports and volunteer work properly. haha, spreading peace starts from oneself i guess. well ain't it good also that mas selemat is caught? hope he really turns into a new leaf and don't even think of bombing anything anymore.
for me, i believe that only when the world achieve true peace can mankind advance into futuristic levels. as michio kaku says, we are not even level zero civiliazation, and that all civilizations when discovering nuclear pwoer, will have to pass the test of not exterminating its ownself before it will become a technological advanced civilization. a utopian world perhaps. not possible? chi da pian lah. sure can achieve one.
create army for what? to fight each other? generate more military technology for what? so that one bomb can kill more and more people with one explosion? how stupid is that? i hope that anyone who reads this will think about violence through and through. whether its worth it to hurt another person. oh well...
i went to see the saf counsellor today. for the second time. her name is ang xinying. although the session was mostly her asking questions of me, she did teach me quite a few things. i am happy to learn it from her. i guess life still goes on whether i have this mental problem or not. i hate it that i have so many health problems. but then again, there are people who are paralyzed and can't even walk. i guess sometimes one must not be biased in their view of the world. and so i decided to take care of my problems to the best i can. to all who actually reads this, don't worry about me. i only have problems like hearing loss and IBS, and sometimes cannot control my emotions and go out of control but now under medication liao. so okay lah, life still goes on i guess.
and so today i spread happiness again. i remembered the birthday of one of my friend. although i always feel she like don't like don't like me like that, i still went buy a present for her. how happy i was to see her face light up. haha. oh well i think i feel so stupid sometimes. and now i am preparing for another friends birthday on june 30th and july 23rd. gogogo!!
signing out.
recently read this news cut-out. south korea children are learning how to operate gas masks in face of a possible war with north korea when the treaty between the is renounced. CAN YOU IMAGINE KILLING YOUR OWN COUNTRY
yesterday i went to help out a friend. i felt happy doing it. in midst of chatting with each other, she suddenly stood up and went to help this poor uncle trying to move his garung guni boxes. i felt extremely touched and made my admiration for her even deeper. WHY CAN'T EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD BE LIKE T
actually i long been wanting to do volunteer work but never actually done much of any. why? i was too slack and a lazy bum, always thinking of myself and never others. but now i changed. i will now try my best to help others when i am free. and so i planned that after serving ns for two years, i will go kwong wai shu and do some volunteer work before entering university. and in uni, i hope to be able to manage both sports and volunteer work properly. haha, spreading peace starts from oneself i guess. well ain't it good also that mas selemat is caught? hope he really turns into a new leaf and don't even think of bombing anything anymore.
for me, i believe that only when the world achieve true peace can mankind advance into futuristic levels. as michio kaku says, we are not even level zero civiliazation, and that all civilizations when discovering nuclear pwoer, will have to pass the test of not exterminating its ownself before it will become a technological advanced civilization. a utopian world perhaps. not possible? chi da pian lah. sure can achieve one.
create army for what? to fight each other? generate more military technology for what? so that one bomb can kill more and more people with one explosion? how stupid is that? i hope that anyone who reads this will think about violence through and through. whether its worth it to hurt another person. oh well...
i went to see the saf counsellor today. for the second time. her name is ang xinying. although the session was mostly her asking questions of me, she did teach me quite a few things. i am happy to learn it from her. i guess life still goes on whether i have this mental problem or not. i hate it that i have so many health problems. but then again, there are people who are paralyzed and can't even walk. i guess sometimes one must not be biased in their view of the world. and so i decided to take care of my problems to the best i can. to all who actually reads this, don't worry about me. i only have problems like hearing loss and IBS, and sometimes cannot control my emotions and go out of control but now under medication liao. so okay lah, life still goes on i guess.
and so today i spread happiness again. i remembered the birthday of one of my friend. although i always feel she like don't like don't like me like that, i still went buy a present for her. how happy i was to see her face light up. haha. oh well i think i feel so stupid sometimes. and now i am preparing for another friends birthday on june 30th and july 23rd. gogogo!!
signing out.
好汉歌
央视电视连续剧《水浒传》主题曲
主唱:刘欢
大河向东流哇
天上的星星参北斗哇
说走咱就走你有握有全都有
路见不平一声吼哇
该出手时就出手哇
风风火火闯九州哇
嘿呀依儿呀唉嘿唉嘿依儿呀
路见不平一声吼哇
该出手时就出手哇
风风火火闯九州哇
(音乐)
大河向东流哇
天上的星星参北斗哇
说走咱就走你有握有全都有
路见不平一声吼哇
该出手时就出手哇
风风火火闯九州哇
嘿呀依儿呀唉嘿唉嘿依儿呀
路见不平一声吼哇
该出手时就出手哇
风风火火闯九州哇
(音乐)
路见不平一声吼哇该出手时就出手哇
风风火火闯九州哇
嘿呀依儿呀唉嘿唉嘿依儿呀
路见不平一声吼哇
该出手时就出手哇
风风火火闯九州哇
(音乐)
ARHHHHHHHH
YAHHHHHHHH
signing out.
its been a few weeks since the army ordeal i went through. even since then, my eyes opened and i seen a side of my parents that i never took notice before. i can't say whether it's because i never bothered to notice, or i simply missed it althogether. although i feel guilty for troubling so many army officers in the camp, i felt that i had to do so as i am afraid of committing a grave offence like shooting the gun when i am not supposed to because i did not hear the commanders command properly. i heard that you can go to jail for that. can you imagine? going to jail for an offence that you had not intention to commit in the first place. so this event, my parents supported me through all my anxiety attacks. it was hard, but the medicine from the famous doctor Yeo Seem Huat seemed to help me calm down lots.
now i noticed all my parents efforts and how important they are to me. we are moving house soon, upgrading to a condo that near the house we are living in now. i really hope i can be closer to my parents in this change of enviroment. can go swimming with my father, shopping with my mother and go to the gym with my sister. this time, the living room is huge enough to house my computer also. this means when i use my computer, i won't be isolated from my parents now. a common space, one might say.
i used the house budget to build a commentable home theater system for the family. i hoped we can bond through watching movies(even though the soon to be finished shopping center beside us got cinema also). got a 42inch panasonic plasma, and a panasonic blu ray hts.
and also i hope to buy a mahjong set so we can play mahjong together hahahahahaha. (muffles)
hopefully after we finished moving house, i can finally take a small break and go on and connect with my old friends. slowly, as i don't want to rush things. hopefully... i pray that they all didn't forget me. but still, life goes on and i hope to make new friends when i move on to university, and hehehe.... get a girlfriend as well. @_@.
signing out.
now i noticed all my parents efforts and how important they are to me. we are moving house soon, upgrading to a condo that near the house we are living in now. i really hope i can be closer to my parents in this change of enviroment. can go swimming with my father, shopping with my mother and go to the gym with my sister. this time, the living room is huge enough to house my computer also. this means when i use my computer, i won't be isolated from my parents now. a common space, one might say.
i used the house budget to build a commentable home theater system for the family. i hoped we can bond through watching movies(even though the soon to be finished shopping center beside us got cinema also). got a 42inch panasonic plasma, and a panasonic blu ray hts.
and also i hope to buy a mahjong set so we can play mahjong together hahahahahaha. (muffles)
hopefully after we finished moving house, i can finally take a small break and go on and connect with my old friends. slowly, as i don't want to rush things. hopefully... i pray that they all didn't forget me. but still, life goes on and i hope to make new friends when i move on to university, and hehehe.... get a girlfriend as well. @_@.
signing out.
hahahaha my birthday celebrated traditionally at home!
i am not in the picture though as my parents and sister don't know how to operate the iphone's camera.....
my cake!!
papa and mama!
haha my father beer tummyyy
i can have the cake and eat it too!!
signing out.
i am not in the picture though as my parents and sister don't know how to operate the iphone's camera.....
my cake!!
papa and mama!
haha my father beer tummyyy
i can have the cake and eat it too!!
signing out.
watched this show called angels and demons yesterday. not bad sia. read the book 2 times already and found out the movie actually too rushed. from church to church, not much details were given. the church of fire, they only show glimpses of the prefiriti being burned. haiya.....
but still good movie overall although i think da vinci code was filmed better.
but still good movie overall although i think da vinci code was filmed better.
Jumper lyrics
Songwriters: Jenkins, Stephan;
Band: Third Eye Blind
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand
The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
You know you don't belong
You're the first to fight
You're way too loud
You're the flash of light on a burial shroud
I know something's wrong
Well, everyone I know has got a reason
To say put the past away
Wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand
And well, he's on the table
And he's gone to code
And I do not think anyone knows
What they are doing here
And your friends have left you
You've been dismissed
I never thought it would come to this
And I, I want you to know
Everyone's got to face down the demons
Maybe today we can put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies
That you've been living in and if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand, I would understand
I would understand
I would understand
Understand
Can you put the past away?
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
And I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
And I would understand
Songwriters: Jenkins, Stephan;
Band: Third Eye Blind
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand
The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
You know you don't belong
You're the first to fight
You're way too loud
You're the flash of light on a burial shroud
I know something's wrong
Well, everyone I know has got a reason
To say put the past away
Wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand
And well, he's on the table
And he's gone to code
And I do not think anyone knows
What they are doing here
And your friends have left you
You've been dismissed
I never thought it would come to this
And I, I want you to know
Everyone's got to face down the demons
Maybe today we can put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies
That you've been living in and if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand, I would understand
I would understand
I would understand
Understand
Can you put the past away?
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
And I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
And I would understand
wah really sian 1/2.
received letter from ntu say i got into materials engineering. materials engineering lehhhhh. i wanted sports science. but my father hoped that i go for architecture so i can take over his company in the future. hai.... don't know what to do leh. really want to be pe teacher but now don't have sports science then.... hai. sian 1/2 to the power of jit pan puah.
and so 20th may is coming. have to make my final decision by then to see whether i should go for architecture or sports science. then don't even know my appeal eh sai bo. hai. what to do leh. then end up i go materials engineering. also not bad lah. but the physics they deal with is too practical leh. then somemore they got chemistry module, i pao fail one. then. then. then. aiya. well i got one cousin studying inside the course now. maybe if really go in at least got one senior i know, better than nothing.\
so many worries. sian. then next year got ocbc challenge again, but i no money to upgrade my bike fully. end of the year i only get enough money from army to upgrade my wheels and helmet nia. xia suay leh. then two months from now moving house. i just assembled a new computer for the living room movie. wah it was hell man even though i was experienced already. hell. got to route the psu cables to the back, install two bloody big graphic cards, then have to squeeze that little creative soundcard at the bottom pcie slot. wah i squat on the floor till yao tiah.
then go new house also not very good as now cycle to east coast a lot more dangerous. got to cycle the whole stretch of jalan besar road. sibei sian. then the carpark also need to chiong suah, keh sian. then worse still come back from east coast need cycle the back stretch of jalan besar road. triple sian. but. haiyah. suah suah keih lah.
signing out.
received letter from ntu say i got into materials engineering. materials engineering lehhhhh. i wanted sports science. but my father hoped that i go for architecture so i can take over his company in the future. hai.... don't know what to do leh. really want to be pe teacher but now don't have sports science then.... hai. sian 1/2 to the power of jit pan puah.
and so 20th may is coming. have to make my final decision by then to see whether i should go for architecture or sports science. then don't even know my appeal eh sai bo. hai. what to do leh. then end up i go materials engineering. also not bad lah. but the physics they deal with is too practical leh. then somemore they got chemistry module, i pao fail one. then. then. then. aiya. well i got one cousin studying inside the course now. maybe if really go in at least got one senior i know, better than nothing.\
so many worries. sian. then next year got ocbc challenge again, but i no money to upgrade my bike fully. end of the year i only get enough money from army to upgrade my wheels and helmet nia. xia suay leh. then two months from now moving house. i just assembled a new computer for the living room movie. wah it was hell man even though i was experienced already. hell. got to route the psu cables to the back, install two bloody big graphic cards, then have to squeeze that little creative soundcard at the bottom pcie slot. wah i squat on the floor till yao tiah.
then go new house also not very good as now cycle to east coast a lot more dangerous. got to cycle the whole stretch of jalan besar road. sibei sian. then the carpark also need to chiong suah, keh sian. then worse still come back from east coast need cycle the back stretch of jalan besar road. triple sian. but. haiyah. suah suah keih lah.
signing out.
actually not my room but my parent's.signing out.
my family
my parents calculating and discussing about the financing of our new home.
through thick and thin for 3 decades.
one morning at pek kio hawker center.
one morning at boon keng coffee shop.
cutie papa
and cutie mama
signing oot.
my parents calculating and discussing about the financing of our new home.
through thick and thin for 3 decades.
one morning at pek kio hawker center.
one morning at boon keng coffee shop.
cutie papa
and cutie mama
signing oot.
Went to look at CSR two days ago. It was an informative trip. We learnt that half the units had TOP'ed already. Quite evidently as got a few ang mohs swimming in the pool, and a chinese woman(in her bikini XDD @_@).
We went up to look at an unit up on the 23rd floor. First thing that struck me was the freaking strong smell of the paintwork. Looks like they used cheap paint, those that consist of substantial amount of VOCs. Minus points.... . And then we discovered that the floor was not full marble, but tiled ones. Another minus point.... . However, the kitchen was nice, the rooms were great, bathrooms were great too. Overall not bad lah.
Then we went to the club house. Also not bad lah.... . Got like 5 function rooms, a bit too much already. But the tennis courts were nice, artificial plastic grass. Best part was the gym and the billiard room. All great. Carpark is big too, my father happy happy.
However the shopping center beside is still pretty much unfinished. No idea when it will but I sincerely hope the foreign workers won't treat it as a keng gai area. Not condescending them but they like to throw their rubbish around like nobodies business. Please I pray to god to everybardy, don't treat the center as dumping grounds, toh long toh long yin torh lang. Heard the SC is actually bigger than plaza singapura, and houses a cineplex. Don't know whether its Golden Village or Eng Wah. Aiya, please be GV leh I buay tahan EW.
signing oot.
We went up to look at an unit up on the 23rd floor. First thing that struck me was the freaking strong smell of the paintwork. Looks like they used cheap paint, those that consist of substantial amount of VOCs. Minus points.... . And then we discovered that the floor was not full marble, but tiled ones. Another minus point.... . However, the kitchen was nice, the rooms were great, bathrooms were great too. Overall not bad lah.
Then we went to the club house. Also not bad lah.... . Got like 5 function rooms, a bit too much already. But the tennis courts were nice, artificial plastic grass. Best part was the gym and the billiard room. All great. Carpark is big too, my father happy happy.
However the shopping center beside is still pretty much unfinished. No idea when it will but I sincerely hope the foreign workers won't treat it as a keng gai area. Not condescending them but they like to throw their rubbish around like nobodies business. Please I pray to god to everybardy, don't treat the center as dumping grounds, toh long toh long yin torh lang. Heard the SC is actually bigger than plaza singapura, and houses a cineplex. Don't know whether its Golden Village or Eng Wah. Aiya, please be GV leh I buay tahan EW.
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for the past few days i spent most of my time. okay not most, but all of my time discussing property matters with my parents. at first i thought its going to be literally impossible as my father wants a central location, but we do not have the budget to consider. luckily, a development nearby caught our attention(actually it did catch my fathers 4 years ago). city square residences. now we're fixed on it. it has a megamall beside it with cinema, mrt, park, and the usual condo fanfare.
oh well i really hope the deal goes through. this will mark a new chapter of my life, and probably the start of my adulthood.
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oh well i really hope the deal goes through. this will mark a new chapter of my life, and probably the start of my adulthood.
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haiz today went with my mum and sister to view the showroom at one of the new releases at bishan. clover by the park. its one of those good releases that is quite fang bian and offers very good facilities and communal space. in fact the distance between the two blocks are actually 75m apart. so there is ample, actually, too much communal space for this condo, which is good, very good.
but bloody hell the price was not good. the psf hovered around 720 bucks, and that was for the low floors sia. low ones leh still 700+. so we decided not to get any bookings as its was too expensive. hopefully maybe in the near future the developer might lower the psf. by then it will be the greenlight. oh well..
sure looks like the two towers...
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but bloody hell the price was not good. the psf hovered around 720 bucks, and that was for the low floors sia. low ones leh still 700+. so we decided not to get any bookings as its was too expensive. hopefully maybe in the near future the developer might lower the psf. by then it will be the greenlight. oh well..
sure looks like the two towers...
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decisions and choices i have to make. putting down some choices now for possible september-october period. it seems that shimano will renew their line of products around that period of the year. weirdly as apple does it around this time also. @_@.
dura-ace 7900 - $2.8k+
dura-ace 7800 - $2.3k+
ultegra - $1.9k+
wheels
fulcrum racing zero - $1.3k
soul 5.2t - $1.5k (not sure sean updated not yet)
bontrager 50mm - $??? (go tef ask)
overall things to take note of. keep check dura-ace Di2 line for price changes.
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dura-ace 7900 - $2.8k+
dura-ace 7800 - $2.3k+
ultegra - $1.9k+
wheels
fulcrum racing zero - $1.3k
soul 5.2t - $1.5k (not sure sean updated not yet)
bontrager 50mm - $??? (go tef ask)
overall things to take note of. keep check dura-ace Di2 line for price changes.
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By Sandy Scott
"If you simply want to enter bicycle races with a participatory attitude to have some fun, you can disregard the above information. If you want to "make the podium" and ideally win, you probably will not be able to accomplish that, at least in my state, unless you heed the above recommendations. If you want a sport that "feels good," forget about time trialing -- it is incredibly painful when done correctly! It is delightful pain however!"
and yes. it IS indeed freaking painful. been trying out 10km rushes at changi coastal road. had to take the aero position as well. its very very veryyyyy crazy my legs almost always explode near the end of the 10km. not just that, my balls almost explode as well. feel a small pain in the sack area always when i lazing around at home after training. GOD sometimes i wonder how lance armstrong struggle through 40km of time trialing.
it seems clear now that having better equipment do not contribute that very much to reducing drag. aero position does it too well. i guess i got to change my helmet now. using some chiap palang model from giro. time trial helmet ftw!! and weirdly putting a bottle there as opposed to not having it there is worse off.... @_@
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"If you simply want to enter bicycle races with a participatory attitude to have some fun, you can disregard the above information. If you want to "make the podium" and ideally win, you probably will not be able to accomplish that, at least in my state, unless you heed the above recommendations. If you want a sport that "feels good," forget about time trialing -- it is incredibly painful when done correctly! It is delightful pain however!"
and yes. it IS indeed freaking painful. been trying out 10km rushes at changi coastal road. had to take the aero position as well. its very very veryyyyy crazy my legs almost always explode near the end of the 10km. not just that, my balls almost explode as well. feel a small pain in the sack area always when i lazing around at home after training. GOD sometimes i wonder how lance armstrong struggle through 40km of time trialing.
"Here are some of the findings:
- 75% of the drag experienced during cycling is caused by the resistance of the rider's body to the air.
- The bicycle itself accounts for 15-20% of overall drag.
- A wheel with a deeper rim than 50mm made virtually no difference for the average rider. Note that I said "average rider." At the speeds attained by elite cyclists, more sophisticated wheels such as a rear disk do save seconds.
- A non-aero helmet creates 4 times the drag of a non-aero wheelset. In other words, an aerodynamic helmet is actually more important than an aero wheelset.
- Proper affixing of the race number is important.
- Racing with your water bottle is actually more aerodynamic than leaving it off. Racing with your water bottle on the seat tube is more aerodynamic than with it on the down tube.
- Racing with gloves causes more drag than racing gloveless.
Here are some specific time savings over a 40 kilometer time trial course based on measured data:
- 6 seconds saved for optimized aero position on the bike
- 5 seconds saved for racing with a water bottle as opposed to not taking it along
- 4 seconds saved for an aero helmet over a standard cycling helmet
- 3 seconds saved for an aero bicycle frame
- 2 seconds saved for using aero wheels
- 1 second saved for cleanup details (cabling, brakes, etc)"
it seems clear now that having better equipment do not contribute that very much to reducing drag. aero position does it too well. i guess i got to change my helmet now. using some chiap palang model from giro. time trial helmet ftw!! and weirdly putting a bottle there as opposed to not having it there is worse off.... @_@
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it is said that a picture says a thousand words. sometimes i wonder whether it can be said that a video protrays a thousand pictures.
dont know whether posting this is considered obscene or breaking livejournal policies but what the heck. it's DE (THE) hottest butt i seen so far. =D
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dont know whether posting this is considered obscene or breaking livejournal policies but what the heck. it's DE (THE) hottest butt i seen so far. =D
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