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Sunday, February 26, 2006




Conoe Polo...

weekend exercise and fun....amidst terrible mugging=S

Some pre-game photos...=)


ningyan...goin to study (futile attempt)...haha...golden peddle contender=)
Rou-an....anw..the next few pics are pics taken by the girls who borrowed my cam=)
Hon....i think they were playin with their AUTHENTIC (serious) Oakley sunglasses...

i looked stoned...cuz i was turnin....then snap
benjamin...the other golden peddle contender...haha..posing

The guys team:)...we fought hard and played even harder. anw, we came in fourth...not exactly wad we hoped for...but it was fun..and tts all tt matters=) the girls came in fourth too:)

Hon...in her battle gear..
Deborah....=) haha...sorta unglam....cuz she was talkin to me...and i just snapped..=)
Mag and deborah=)
here's em after scorin a goal:)
The guys....standing at the side of the pool showing their support and takin fotos with REAL cameras...=P not like mine

more supporters in the pool too=) heres ben posin again...heh

anyway...more funny shots comin up..cuz i cldnt take much due to my cam's low batt....so ill be getting more fotos from ben's cam later=)


2/26/2006 05:02:00 PM


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Friday, February 24, 2006






me, darryl, celene, her bro, jon, kailyn, hon....=)


2/24/2006 09:39:00 PM


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OASIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




















2/24/2006 12:36:00 PM


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Monday, February 20, 2006




Down memory lane:)

was cleanin out my wardrobe...cuz of renovations next week...and came across sooo many interesting things from my past:P

anw....i decided to take fotos of all my past competition vests...haha....st. stephen's to ri to rj=)..but i cant exactly remember which was when=P sigh...the good old days...anw..here are some of the vests...i think there are much more..ok..there are...but i took onli sum of the competition vests..not including the trainin vests..was gonna throw em out...but i suddenly had a change of heart (must be the monday blues) so i just called home.. ..and told em to keep them first:)
took sum pics of my track shirts too=P and house shirts...memories....esp the house shirts....so many things i did for tt house...and tt one big decision which i made...and regretted up til now..heh..bleagh...but i guess things turned out ok=)

anyway this is my cast....memories of a bad bad tear of my right ACL and LCL of my knee..sigh. I refused to go for an op...cuz it wld mean i wldnt be able to run for a long time...so i decided to put a cast on for 1+ months.....and just go thru the pain...heh...AND it had to happen on my last year...but i had good golden memories before:) of medals and finals.....we all lose and we all fall eventualli....

and haha....i found all my prized taekwando belts!! haha....dey r all so nicely folded too with the cute colored tips:) sigh...but i just cant remember where my black belt went:( bleagh.....i think it disappeared together with the attire....i thinks it called "gi":) "qiro"..."zumbi" haha, its been years...but if i can remember correctly "bow" is pronouced as "qiro" and "get ready to spar" is "zumbi"

to be young and to have a good knee once again.....but i wld haf never changed a thing in the past even if i were to do it again...(I think...haha)

but its all about the memories...our bodies will fade....its our friends, memories and the little footsteps that we leave in the lives of others that will tell the tale of who we once were....

did i step on you?

Haha.....



2/20/2006 02:51:00 PM


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Long (sun) DAY...........


more fotos comin u:) Happy Birthday Alina:)


quite a cool shot huh? like a row of back-up clappers:P but it wasnt planned and i just happened to take the foto:P i was takin the pic of alina blowing the candles...but look at the guys in the background...haha...classic..they almost looked bored
After that i drove 8 of us in one car...from costa sans out to the main road...haha...8 OF US!!!:P it was crazy:P dropped off 4 of em at the main road cuz they were takin a cab back to hall..and den i continued off with ny, lj and claire:)

ninyan and me in front, qiantai on david..sab on lijia and claire..zhihan out of the pic:P

thats sab...on lijia and claire:P anyway..after reachin home...and picking up my stuff...my car broke down:( on the expressway too=( bleagh...partly cuz we were in a rush and decided not to pump petrol.... we were sayin tt theres a kiosk near my hostel:P
I kinda like this foto...makes our car feel like its the only stationary thing in a fast moving world:P haha:P i shld have put myself in....


nice foto! look at the clouds:)
And here came our saviour!:P ..my brother-in-law....and my eldest sis=) ....yay:) with a tank of petrol...we prayed for it to start..anw..i think its time for a service...esp after that drive down to ipoh and back:P heh


2/20/2006 02:50:00 AM


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Happy Birthday to Fiona:)

Last friday=) May all your wishes come true:)


2/20/2006 02:15:00 AM


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Saturday, February 18, 2006




Happy Birthday Kaihan!

at K-box=)
Nice to meet up with old friends...memories of the good old past....with old frens....

Things tt only one of us will know.
1) black shoes
2) carom
3) prefect's room---loaning service
4) hullett, moor, bailey, morrison, buckley
5) recess soccer
6) Ban mian
7) detention slips, duties, AGMs
8) flipping our teachers' pencil boxes inside out
9) quotes "screaming orgasm on a beach"
10) running round the track during english lesson
11) feeling crappy
12) playing pokemon stadium
13) the almost yearly stayovers at Raffles town club
14) smash brothers
15) crash bandicoot
16) Banner paintings
17) the rebellious me, the mature qiantai, the sensible yingheng, the "all-knowing" kaihan, the cool zhihan.
18) times when we shouted at each other.....and apologised after tt....yes, yingheng and kaihan, i remember vividly the times i argued with you all..once each. i never forgot! but we're still good friends. qiantai? i think you saw me cry before..haha
19) the late nights in skl.
20) playing with fire extinguishers at the TS
21) all the secret loves and crushes of each and everyone
22) For teaching me maturity, for showing me responsibilty, for leading me in the dark, for cheering me up in despair, for giving me hope.
23) climbing over the gates late at night
24) handball in rj
25) studying til late EVERYDAY in rj.....where we wld eat dinner at ghim moh...or qt wld buy back for us sumtimes.
26) Teasing and being happy for each other when one of us got together with someone...
27) Being there when one of us broke up.
28) Being in the group that dint have a handphone for the whole of secondary skl...and making it sound hip...haha


Yes, i was quiet when it comes to personal qns...yes i kept a lot of things to myself....yes i may not be the kind of guy who shares stuff abt myself or tells stuff tt happened to me..even if i may seem to talk a lot then.....but thank you, brothers, for everything. you pple were there for a lot of things...i never had any parties before...but u all invited me to a lot of ur parties. ill have one soon..and invite you all. true tt time and distance has drifted us apart...and we're not as close to each other...but ill fight for every moment we have...for us to remember everything. for us to not forget...for each and everyone of you to remember that ill be here if anyone of u may need anyone.


thank you for the memories:) ill treasure em..and ill treasure each of you:)

each of you are all fantastic pple....and great frens!


2/18/2006 11:14:00 PM


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Monday, February 13, 2006




Because it's some non-denomination highly-commercialised imaginary day for stupidity...where actions of audacity and boldness are excused....if not expected...


Happy Valentines' Day everyone:)


May everyone find their true love...Happy Valentine's day:P Just a warning...dun go to some park esp mount faber,or sum dodgy dark place....cuz i think sum of us are gonna go crashin these places with flood lights...haha..:P

please do not fall into the trap of this commercial craziness and go all sappy, stressed, desolate, depressed and crappy...it's just "refer to above"

To the rest of us singles:) Happy Friendship day:)

And all you people buying roses from NUS tmr...esp at the law side? All the roses are currently in my room...and ive been assigned the task of filling up the pails and boxes of roses with ice once inawhile..not only that but i have to ive in a 16 degree room so tt the roses dun bloom til tmr=S The things i do for friends...haha...=D but its pretty nice seeing so many roses in one room:)


2/13/2006 11:28:00 PM


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Sunday, February 12, 2006




Sun, Water, Balls, Champagne, Mahjong, Food, and (almost Sea)

What more can i ask for...=P

had conoe polo in the afternoon...was sooo tempted to join sum of em for cable skiing in the morning...everything was so perfect lor. had transport there n back:P but i think i needed to study a bit..but it turned out i just caught up on sum sleep...which was good too....

after tt..drove 5 of em plus my dad, from hostel to lynettes house...haha....an almost impossible task thinking back....cuz there were 4 guys, ny, qt, ys, and hh, plus sabrina all squeezed in the back!:P

went for drum lessons and back to lynettes house! wow....fantastic food and great family hospitality..nice evening:) it was great....played mahjong...ate 2 million+++ bowls of laksa...with tons of seehum:P ate the buffet too...and had a nice yummy bowl of chengteng:) oh and we finished 2 whole bottles of champagne...haha

most of all....had tons of good company:)




This foto was taken by lynette..who was tryin to get ny and nf to pose sum gay pose:P
this is lynette's cute little bro:) he's from my primary school!!!!! ST. STEPHEN'S! the best!!
The next few shots below are all taken by lynette....and of pple who were nice enuf to oblige and pose for her...haha





I-dog...i actually got pretty amused by this little toy:P


million dollar question...whose feet are these? :P


2/12/2006 01:14:00 AM


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Friday, February 10, 2006




A promise made loong loong ago.....fufilled:)

I made a promise to you....and tonight i managed to fufill it:)
I was the one to lead you into the skating ring once again:) well, enjoy ur ice skating tmr:)
You skated well:)


2/10/2006 10:07:00 PM


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Study study....=S....den sum night activities:)

Here's abintan:) he passed his driving test !!! haha..i think i was the first guy he met in skl aft he came back from the driving test! congrats!



during our lunch break...lynette made us do some ming xing ou xiang thing again...haha. My goodness..ning yan was soooo good!! He was supposed to act like sum pissed off good fren tryin to protect his sis....haha...he even realistically threw a whole cup-load of ice onto the table.....everyone around turned to look...haha...we were all laffin hysterically....next was yansheng and qiantai:P

well, tried studyin til dinner time:)..but i think i slept mostly...bleagh...sooooo unproductive...and den it was time for sum tennis:) luckily the rain subsided:) in fact it seemed like it was snowing while we were playin tennis:P good clean fun:)



look at those biceps, triceps and brachioradialis man! haha....nice one zhihan!

haha....wow...u can even see the water im pouring...

anw...we go drunk on newater...how? dun ask us how..but it just happened...look at how much we drank...haha

david, siva, me, zhihan and qiantai...

well, one more chapter now...and im off to bed...night:)



2/10/2006 12:31:00 AM


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Wednesday, February 08, 2006




Buddy line....and the devils of wakeboarding....

Met my buddy Lynn...cuz she happened to come to nus sci fac for sum interview thingey (shes the interviewer:P).....and so she msged....



after tt.....ninyan and mark....were the devils who kept pushin me to go wakeboardin....haha....they said....everything was perfect...there was transport there...mark wld provide the clothes n towel....the sun was shining....therell be transport back...we'll be there by 1....wb til 3....and be back via kumaran's car by 4...haha...i was convinced...so i lugged my guyton all the way there...and back....

wooh...it was fun:) at least i learnt fast:) was one of the pple who managed to get up and stay up.....but turnin corners was tricky....v tricky....only managed to make it slightly beyond the 3rd corner....den..*splashh*.... but for a first timer...wooh:) i think other than micheal and mark, the rest of us were first timers:)
ningyan

Kumaran....evelyn evelyn and mark
some of the guys

meet evelyn...she's one of a kind...she cldnt wakeboard for nuts...but she could ski!!! and she even managed to go one full round! cleared all the corners n bends! on skis:D


me and evelyn..kumaran, micheal, mark, , me, everlyn, enming, ningyan

anw....evelyn went high on the trip back..haha..she was listening to all the music and bobbin away....her bobbing was so xiong tt when we stopped at the traffic lights...we cld feel the car bobbing up n down too...haha



here's her pullin kumaran's hair...asking him to change the track...cuz she doesn like the song...haha....sheesh
anw...the bunch of us decided to *act cool* we blasted the music in the car....wound down the windows..and waved our hands....and bobbed up n down.....while driving thru NUS..haha


2/08/2006 04:53:00 PM


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Tuesday, February 07, 2006




Happy Birthday Claire:)

Hope you had a wonderful bday:) May you have a fun-filled, peaceful, love-filled and happy year ahead:)

Take care of your presents yeah:) dun crash your new car too:P haha

Here we are...celebrating claire's bday at Haagen daz



here she is...opening her new present:) haha...atom...:P
oh yeah:P after eating our ice creams and singing her bday song..etc..while waiting for david...we were then approached by the waitresses to help do a taste test for a new ice-cream they were intending to launch. we were all..why not? its free anw:) after tastin the free ice cream..and filling up the forms..they den said, "for helping us in the survey, you are all entitled to a free scoop of ice cream EACH" ...wow!! haha....for the 6 of us...that almost amounted to 27 dollars off....haha:) wooh:)wow...im soo tired now...shall go sleep now:) good night:)


2/07/2006 01:37:00 AM


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Sunday, February 05, 2006




Back to JB to visit some more relatives:)

went back to malaysia again to visit (and have dinner) my dai yi n yi-jiong:) at their big big resort-styled house:)














2/05/2006 10:57:00 PM


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Friday, February 03, 2006




Study....movie.....study again....

i realised tt guilt tripping yourself into "trying" to study the whole day is unproductive....

so i have a new effective schedule...yay:)

from after skl all the way til 6....ill be free to do wad i want....
den from 7 til 11 its study time....
from 11-til 1 its a litte more free time again.....
and i must sleep before 1:)

these are my 3 main time slots...and so far its been provin rather effective...wooh:) no point tryin to sit down the whole day and study...cuz u think u haf the whole day...but in the end....u just get distracted..lose focus and laze around....yupyup...a short concentrated study time is more effective...i think:) wait..yes! i am determined to make this new time-table work:)

another ruling of my so called study plan is..if the study slot is used up....i must replace it with one of the other time slots:)

like today:) study up til 6.....den a whole bunch of us guys went to watch fearless....ad it was back to study at pgp again...:) (=S)



zh's new slippers:Pand it was study time immediately upon reachin pgp,......

"what on earth am i readin?" "maybe if i stand further and get the big picture....things might be clearer..."


"hey.....the skull is coloured!....wow..."


2/03/2006 01:21:00 AM


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Wednesday, February 01, 2006




Floorball Med-ness

after lunch at holland v...it was time for sum long awaited floorball!:)

nothin beats floorball,....when u haf just gained sum pounds from new year goodies...when it's been awhile since u last exercised..and when u haven seen sum frens in a while:)

once again....adrenaline and sweat and ( a bit of blood) was fantastiv...thx to all the pple there:) especially some who made the afternoon even more fun:)




2/01/2006 07:44:00 PM


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Oh...Happy Birthday DAI-KOR!!

some fotos of the reunion dinner before we left for Ipoh...the next day:) and of Simon's birthday:)





2/01/2006 12:30:00 AM


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