Long and Overdue

i know i've been silent for a long while. first was just too tired with work to do anything. then wanted to pic blog n blog bout my trip in perth. but didnt take that many photos. have some of these stunt drivers in their Hilux and some of fireworks, think may have a couple more. havent even transferred them to my com. still trying to catch up with heroes and supernatural(not going into gossip girl cause havent even completed season 1).

and now after going to perth, im kinda in a dilemma. well technically i've always been in this dilemma but going to perth kinda threw it to the top of my priorities list(which is kinda long! haha)

3 options, 3 paths, 3 different expirences. honestly i would have to say that this is the biggest dicision of my life, and im just so lost. I want to go, but there are things holding me here. I want to stay but there are things drawing me there. I could go then stay, but would it be the same? would i still have the same reasons for staying. I always thought it would be an easy choice, like as if i would deffinatly do option 3. but much has changed in that short time. the world has turned and left me here. will it do it again?

everything will change soon; i've never been one for change. no matter how i always found my own way through the simplest of problems, always being so sure of my direction, taking a leap of faith and running with it. most of the time i came out on top, but there were those bad days that things kinda fell apart. but i still had fun; i always fought till the end, even when i knew things wouldnt work out.

work is crushing my soul. in my time here, i've seen the best of people and the worst of the low-lives. the strenght of selflessness, the extent of selfishness. the most honest and the outrageously hypothetical. and just when i think i can breath again, more nonsense comes up. its really sickening...

I love my job. I hate my work.

PS: im really glad. i didnt know if we could pick up where we left off. apparently we can, tonight was like old times again. welcome back.

The Proper Way to Eat a Xia Long Pao

The Six Steps To Properly Eat a Xia Long Pao.

Step One: Pour Vinegar Into the Ginger.
Step Two: Dip The Xia Long Pao In The Ginger.
Step Three: Place Xia Long Pao On The Spoon.
Step Four: Nibble At The Xia Long Pao and Drink The Juice.
Step Five: Pour Vinegar/Ginger Mixture On The Xia Long Pao.Step Six: Enjoy =)

BYE! See you all in 10 days!! And if you wanted anything, you have till 830am to ask me! if not you get what your given! haha! bye!!

General Notice

this is just a friendly announcement to everyone who is ever going to be eating my cooking. DONT LET ME PLAY MY PSP WHILE IM COOKING!!!

i had left the frozen chicken in a pot of shallow water and went up do check my phone, then since i thought the rice would take a while to be done i picked up my psp and thought i could finish a round before i had to go back down. luckily dad came to pass me a kelly swet cd, if not id never notice the burning chicken!! and if your wondering, no it not as bad as that time i went to someone's place for a steamboat and said person cracked the glass cover(thought that very well could have happened)

and yes i know i said id blog more, but my left finger tips hurt(when i type) from playing my new acoustic. and im not interested in trying to type with one hand! so you all will just have to wait for some funny thing to happen to me or for my left finger tips to go numb

PS: play psp only need thumbs
PPS: becky please dont tell mom i almost burnt down the house, again. ironically i just cleaned the kitchen before i started cooking, so you can tell her the kitchen is clean now(though filled with smoke)still looks ok right??? wasnt that badly burnt just the bottom so i just cut around it.

Surprise all around

cheryl i think you'll love this one, haha!

ok about 4 or 5 in the afternoon i get a message from leo saying 'Hey nick, what's the plan for jeremy tonight?' so naturally i figured that something was up, initially i assumed that nic was planning something over at amplify cause i asked him if he was going(thus implying i was going) in the end i went for amanda's drama thing. so i just thought 'haha, nice try guys. next time you want to do a surprise make sure the recipient is with you at all times'

then later at ijtp, it felt odd that only marcus, terence, ryan, emmanuel and freda were there, so naturally i asked chris why he wasnt there, and he replied sayin he was busy, so i began to have subtle suspicions. but after a while i was 'nah' and true enough we ran into chris and ben chia at j8 after the play. and then i show chris leo's message and chris tells me the whole story, bout how he messaged everyone, even calling up my mom and asking her if we could use the house.

as soon as he said that i pictured my mom having cooked a huge meal and there being food everywhere(since now the living and dining are void of furniture save a computer[dining] table, the sofa, and a bar[yes becky, mich's bar])

and lo and behold i come home to find a stack of prata, two pots of curry and a tray of chicken wings. and apparently my mom had gone and invited my aunts over as part of the surprise(but by the time i got home they had left) so guess 'surprise' on them, haha!(a surprise party where the guests are surprised, that the recipient doesnt come) but if any there is any saving point for chris' surprise party its that when i got home aunty caroline(my aunt from canberra) was here.

IM BACK!!!

ok time to pump some life back into this black, red and white page! havent blogged in over a month!(quickly dusts off cobwebs)

well for starters here are the pics and vids from josephine's bday.
your usual group shot(to prove that everyone was there at the same time)the birthday girl with her cake(just after the flames were put out) and the mastermind(thanking god the church didnt burn down) with 14 other random church people(i had time to count how many but not enough to ask for their names)




and here is the video we took in case the church did burn down, you know just as evidence that it was completely unintentional and a complete accident. plus we thought it would be cool to see the sparks over and over again(if your wondering where vic n leo went; they went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. no one came tumbling down or broke their crowns or came tumbling after. they didnt even get the water, not sure if they even made it up the hill. and if your wondering why this tag has turned into a rant; its casue the vid it taking longer that i thought it would to up load so im just typing so i dont fall asleep while waiting)

Indo-india

had ed's birthday party on sat, and thanks to cheryl n van it was bollywood themed. we had a prata cake, a bollywood scene and a dancing elephant(haha)

after session we were at the coffeshop, for once without our usual question of 'where do we go now?' cause this time it was to arab street or marine parade? marine parade won out, due to the fact that is arab street and it was a sat night(crowded with....)

and at dinner everyone(except cheryl) ordered the fried chicken(she had the grilled chicken). and me and my wingman(aaron chua) were the only ones to order the beef. haha.

after dinner, along the way to marina square(i think its marina square) to use the toilets, we found a bubble tea shop that did ribena ice blended(ok i know its not such a big deal, but was good, not too icy and it melted in your mouth very fast)

and at marina square we couldnt help but wonder into borders where i cheryl n daisy spent a good 20 min just going through their 'cute stuff' section. and after that i randomly got the idea to get ed a book(since i didnt have the time to get him anything) and asked daisy if she wanted to 'tompang' haha, was quite random and fun.

then van n cheryl wanted to hang out more but the others all wanted to go home so the 3 of use went to amk central macs and sat down at a table for 15 minutes before we realised we were all too tired. so just went home
it speaks for itself
me n my soda gembira(carbonated bundong)
cheryl n her lime juice cause milk will mess her up
before(this i actually round 2, was too hungry to get a shot of round 1)
after(went through 3 of those cup thingys of chilly)just the 3 of us, as always.

replenish-ing

spent the whole day today at home. going between the computer(heavy research) and the kitchen. and suddenly i have a....craving?.....to listen to Praise and Worship songs, but my collection isnt that large(mostly just random stuff i managed to get off some people here and there)

then mom and dad were going to thompson plaza after mass to do some grocery shopping and dinner and i needed to go to yamaha cause one of my stings UN-wound and another one is starting to give me problems. thus needed a new set(got 2 this time, since thompson is near by but very lei chey to go there by bus) then while waiting for mom and dad(who stopped by aunty cat's n uncle raymond's new place for a bit) i wondered over to sembawang music to see if i was fortunate enough that they would be selling shirlyn tan's album(no such luck) but did stumble across the christian music section and that....inspired me to buy a couple of cds, but not from sembawang(went to daily gifts, its across from the hardware store, near the florist) cause daily gifts has a wider range(speciality shop, haha)

ok here is the key for the next paragraph: "what i said", 'what she said', [what i thought]

then i kena ambush by this mina sales girl about this cream thing. she pointed at my hand and said "this one can remove" then grabbed my hand and smeared this white cream over it and dragged me to the booth(all while i was trying to figure out what was on my hand) then she said 'this one sun burn right? can remove' and i was thinking to myself [cant you bloody tell the difference between a sun tan and sun burn!] then she picked up this mirror and pointed to my scar from the iron and said 'this one can remove' then i said "its a scar" 'can remove' [what if i dont want to remove it?] then she went on to demo the cream, and my left hand did turn lighter, but the cream had removed a few layers of my skin so it felt more sensitive then usual, plus SHE BLOODY AGGRAVATED ALL 10(yes 10!!) of the bug bites i had on that had.


SIDE NOTE: just remembered i wanted to buy a nail clipper

rebels with a cause

went for mass with van, cheryl n nic after session and we were all looking forward to the free food downstairs(the entrance hymn said we were 'all invited' haha, only surprised the offertory wasnt table of plenty) but nic had his own dinner plans(family) so was only the 3 of us waiting eagerly to assault the food(well there were quite a number of other youths around, mostly mpm). but when the adults were let at the food, we all kinda agreed it wasnt really worth it so went over to j8 for yoshi(and divided mpm in the process, half went to amk the other to bishan)

then kena detour near ite casue of the chinggay parade, so the bus went around street 13 to get to the interchange. the we kena potong jalan by some chinese family at yoshi for a seat, but luckily found a nice little corner. funny thing was that van ordered beef, cheryl ordered chicken and i ordered both, haha. n we just sat there for at least an hour just taking bout what we always do.

then ant came to join us and we changed topic to PAC(a.k.a THEM) and then we called up our chauffeur and indented one times aeroplane(haha) and the supervising driver(ed) was en route. then went to dempsey road for ben and jerry's(and to just randomly walk around)

and since after dessert ed and ant had to go, the rest of us(van cheryl me n nic) went back to my place for supper and after some....over excitement....i and van wanted to play mah jong but our kaki didnt, so i had to carry her to the table 3 times(not to mention countless pokes) and once we started she didnt want to stop. haha so much for not liking it! some more won 18+ bucks

Pictures: the ben n jerry's was packed so we entertained ourselves while waiting for seats....
i dont know what nic was doing....i only look spastic casue i kept closing my eye every time ed took the picture(i dont like flash!)i want a VW bus! its so cool...can drive down to sentosa! hahacheryl fence sitting(or getting a lift from the cow, which ever way you want to look at it)ant and ed fighting cause they got lostit would have been a nice picture without the flash(i dont like flash!)the main attraction!(and no thats not a spotlight, though its cool. van took a picture from the other side....ok flash not so bad....)cheryl being cherylagain, cheryl being cheryllast minute protest to mah jong


SIDE NOTE: a little bit of conversation that took place yesterday
Person X to Person Y: what if you dont like your boss?
Person Y to Person X(with a big smile on his face) : Ah! what if you dont like your....
Person Z to Person Y(cut in half way): but your not our boss!
Person Y keeps quite and looks away. HAHA!

And the clouds above move closer

quick upload from valentine's day(no mom, no valentine for me)(and for everyone else: no one in mind either)

dismounted(after a long list of treatments for ruby; old bitch) hope to get benny, just cause he looks cool(german shepherd but instead of yellow hes white.

work aside:

how does someone with no valentine spend valentine's day?
Bake! haha. and have a wonderful friend to organise a valentine's day gathering for a bunch of her unattached friends(thank you!)
my heart-shaped valentine's day cake
ant resuming his modeling role
cheryl having a random moment with the cam.

and kena scolding from angela for not baking brownies, so pushed blame to pam, who pushed blame back to me, haha!

SIDE NOTE: pam gave us all decks of cards. and cheryl said pam was trying to get us all to gamble. cheryl for your information my godparents(that is my baptisim godma and confirmation godparents taught me to play poker)

got T2, T3, No 4

not enough rest. couldnt concentrate in mass. not really tired, just...'gah'. gonna try n improve my guitar playin, since someone prompted me to. guess its gonna be a very 'lets see how it goes from here' year.

went to taka after mass to meet mom n becky to get my watch(the one with the metal strap) readjusted(its too loose now) then had lunch at the food village. becky got her hor fun which shes been dying for n i had omelet rice with jap curry(nicer than it sounds)

then went back to church to meet pam, cheryl n van to go see chris kwok off at the airport. well we actually went to eat popeye's(his treat, after some coaxing) and he just happen to be there. haha
well, pictures!(insert caption here)waving bye to chrischeryl isnt happy and van doenst carewe are happythe roof of T3everyone was taking picturestesting the seats for quality controlhanging out with daisysee told you!playing on the travalator. we found out if you hold the side and touch someone else you will kena static. and pam wanted to ride it again just to zap all of us.kids in a candy store.Cadbury's Angels just to see if we could fit everyone in
cheryl looks scary when she wants to go home




SIDE NOTE: haha, cheryl i wont miss ***** but i'll miss w**** and w**** haha.

not the perfect day i expected

damn it, thought it would be so cool! my first meal of 2008! and it felt like such a let down, i bloody hate mac now!(not really, just mildly annoyed) but still! i could have had my hotcakes! *sob*.....chunky monkey helps....

oh yeah and there was really heady beer, so to quote mr. smith 'nothing went the way it was supposed to' oddly i woke up in time to watch that particular scene(the one where hes in hes apologising to her in the kitchen). and then marie couldnt make it in the end. hmmm, there is something else but im not telling you.my last meal of 07! great quiche juliawe were playing indian poker, no its not a stagged photo, just good labeling the saddest thing a guy can ever see.least the quiche went well. apparently she wanted to make sago gula melake too(my fav asian dessert by the way) but there was no sago at chris' place.
its still not hotcakes.

SIDE NOTE: i just got a message to cancel plans(not angry). i want my 2007 back. i dont like this year. lets just all hope the rest of it isnt gonna be like this. that would really suck. bright side i have no hang over. or there is still alcohol in my brain numbing the pain....