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Saturday, September 30, 2006




Video of us K-boxing last wed



9/30/2006 11:00:00 PM


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Take care Joyce=)

Have a safe trip=) Don't forget us in Singapore yeah!


See you in 9 months=)


9/30/2006 10:41:00 PM


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Stayover at AMARA...

Though not all our intended plans went accordng to..erm....plan=P. It was really nice spending time with all of you=)

Left my camera at home for the first part of the day...bleagh! Thank goodness Ningyan brought his cam...so photos are in Ning Yan's camera, which i will get SOON! Til then, here are photos from the first night onwards (managed to get my camera by then, cuz i went to the airport).



















Interesting quotes:

1. (context: Regarding back massages.)

  • anon: No seriously. Go ahead! Straddle me!
  • anon: If you paralyse me, I'll bash you.

2. (context: Regarding someone who takes long baths----all guys in the elevator btw)

friend 1: Whao that was one long bath, busy with one hand is it? and smsin with the other is it? friend 2: Hey, I cant help it if you guys have lousy stamina. My wife is gonna be a happy woman.

3. (context: We spent the whole night picking on a particular poor friend of ours [cuz....we love him=P] And friend 1 decided to stand up for him and give him a break by trying to give him some credit)

friend 1 (semi-seriously): Hey, it was his own f-ing idea!

Our Poor friend (immediately) : Yeah, It is my own f-ing idea! (in the exact same tone and volume)

There was a slight pause....and then....everyone bursted out laughin

4. (Context: competition between 2 pple..okay...david and lynette, as to who can tell better "hey, your mama is so fat...etc etc" jokes)

  • David: "Your mama is so fat that ur-anus has 9 moons!" -Silence- we could actually hear the elevator music...haha!
  • Lynette: Your mama is so fat that when she drank milo, the straw turned purple! (and she started laughing)....The sad thing was we all bursted out laughin too!

There were just soooo many memorable laugh inducing incidents, which i can't possibly put down in words nor remember off hand now. However, we all concluded that we can't wait for the day when we all get invited to each others' weddings and share these stories/one-liners at the wedding dinners=P haha!


9/30/2006 03:58:00 PM


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Thursday, September 28, 2006




Wonderful Night=)

Take care! I'll see you next when I see you. And yes, don't worry, I won't forget...i never do=)


Thank you for everything=)

Well, do go to Giraffe if you wanna try something new...it's a pretty nice place=)


Well, really wanted to go to Chiara's Easties Mooncake Festival Party at her house....esp aft her call enlightened me that it only starts at 10!! But, i really had to go home first to get the house keys and hopefully the car to drive to her house.....Sadly, the flu and parents did't allow me to leave the house...esp the parents---much more potent i tell you. Hope you guys had fun! and took tons of fotos!


9/28/2006 02:21:00 AM


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Wednesday, September 27, 2006




Kbox Wednesday...

A day with soo many plans:P Starting with Kbox in the morning.

So so sorry i cldnt join my og for Wing Hong's Bday Celebration in the afternoon! sorry!...but plans for tutee who has PSLE next week takes precedence=S

And....due to my SUDDEN bout of flu, cough and body ache.....i am forced to pull out of BATAM TRIP TMR!=( crap...so not the simple rhinovirus=S Influenza beckons!=S all u promo, psle, a-level kids...stay away!














9/27/2006 05:26:00 PM


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Tuesday, September 26, 2006




Morning exercise is good for you!!

Met up with happifying pple for a good morning cycle....and decided to join zhenjin and rous for cable-skiing after that.

Good morning! Tho a sore throat beckons=)



Didn't take many photos..cuz i left my memory card in my laptop.


9/26/2006 02:24:00 PM


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Monday, September 25, 2006




Scrubs...

Wise words from an otherwise retardedly funny show=P


"You are afraid of death and you can't be....You're in medicine. You got to accept the fact that everything you do here, EVERYTHING, is a stall. We're just trying to keep the game going. And ultimately it all ends up the same way"

And, there are numerous causes out there.....are you supporting one? Let's start with the Yellow ribbon cause!=)


Because, sometimes life presents us with not many choices. Mistakes made....it's up to us to make sure they get a second chance in opening up more choices to them.


9/25/2006 01:53:00 PM


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Sunday, September 24, 2006




We got free mooncakes..

Cuz the contractor who renovated our house is now renovating my neighbour's WHOLE house....

Wonder why the ideas and etc are so familiar...but its happifying just lookin at the house next to mine being built.

No wonder we got free mooncakes..i wonder if i shld ask for more tho:P like a wardrobe or something...hmmm

Well, my dad forbade me to show any more stuff to the neighbour or the contractor=P he said, we shld save it for ourselves if we do renovate again..hmmm. Well, still spent the whole day drawing anyway.....only to hear interesting comments from my dad.=P
And to li, mirriam and sterling, who were wonderin wad i was gonna do with the wiring...well, nothing much except to cover the junk in this table cubby hole=P


9/24/2006 11:59:00 PM


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Tango 2!!

The best platoon ever....fondest memories, weird shit moments, great individuals, even greater as a group......we really did go down as legends=P haha!

It was great meeting up with you guys, catching up and recounting the stories of cadet training. Tho some of us disappeared into med, and the rest of u broke off into the various pro term wings, it felt real good knowing that we still remembered each other..and still feel that tango was one helluva fantastic place...esp tango 2! One super dysfuntional family tt worked beyond anything!

salute all of u guys! ORD mood!








Tango 2!! =) many more cldnt make it.....but u guys were definitely remembered! Smoke out! haha....

After tt...decided to take up Justin's offer to go to the Balcony for track gathering and soccer. Nice to see em again=) Thanks for organisin!



Bumble Bee Huifang. Take care! Have a safe trip this tuesday=)


9/24/2006 12:12:00 AM


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Saturday, September 23, 2006




TGIF and TGIH!!!!!!=)=)=)

Thank God it's FRIDAY!! and THANK GOD IT'S HOLIDAYS!

Went to a few places and kept bumping into tons of other pple.....with similar stories of em bumping into other pple. So i came to a conclusion that the m2s were all over Singapore yesterday....yup=P





















9/23/2006 01:01:00 PM


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Friday, September 22, 2006




Miami Vice

Impromptu decision to just run away aft mugging in the library to catch a movie=)

Somehow, i managed to only catch *the 5th hottest guy in med* with "interesting" faces...

"monobrow".....new word learnt today=P


9/22/2006 12:31:00 AM


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Wednesday, September 20, 2006




Happy Birthday Kak=)


And to Sherice too...how interesting, Sabrina's sis shares the same bday as my sis.

Well, here's some random shots taken todayHoliday plans...courtesy of yiuming=) Got a lift from Joel...and his odometer said 89999km
And my table's painted=) now, to pack up the junk and put everything in place=)


9/20/2006 12:13:00 AM


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Monday, September 18, 2006




It's been some time=)
The greenies.....


SQUEEZE!






9/18/2006 10:16:00 PM


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Sunday, September 17, 2006




White angels and Black Ghosts

Meet my new pets:) White Angels and Black Ghosts=) Even their names sound how cool=P Well, here's how my chair turned out:) Nice and Black=) But i thot the paint was too glossy...good for small areas but not suitabe for a whole table....hence, i bought black flat=) and decided to go for spraypaint to get a smooth finish=) (or try to:P)

Post-sandpapering...pre-painting


Post-painting..but not dry (nor comlete)yet...i need about 3 more cans?=S hate it when im almost done.....but cant finish cuz of materials..guess ill haf to wait til tmr...-____-...


9/17/2006 06:56:00 PM


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Saturday, September 16, 2006




Thanks for the wonderful time(s)
This surprise realli made my day. Thank You=)


9/16/2006 11:01:00 PM


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Hope...


9/16/2006 03:39:00 AM


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TGIF!!!

Collected my fish tank plus sand & plants, bought paint to paint my chair and table, set up my fish tank, painted my chair....it's friday=)

And most imptly, good chit chat over FANTASTIC Ice kachang....as in REALLY GOOD ice kachang

Went out for some lunch=) hl n li were kind enough to go to Tampines (all the way from BV?!) cuz i had to go collect my fish tank....well, they helped me in choosing my fishes anw=) So, here's my first choice---angel fish=) 2 of em..second fish is this black thingey which has cool fins.....cant remember it's name. think ill get 2 of em too
Wanted this fish initially....a black and white fish in a black tank with white sand.in a black and white room...=P it's called 4 striped Damsel. But it's a seawater fish.
And i thot an orange clownfish wld be cute too....but alas....seawater fishes are high maintainence....so it was decided on angel fish and tt black thingey.

Here's the set-up=) wooh! Customising rules!!=) Guess ill go get the fishes tmr.

Here's the link for fotos of yesterday's dim sum...sorry for the blur shots. Forgot to change the settings for non-flash. http://download.yousendit.com/589C014951143CF0



9/16/2006 12:25:00 AM


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Thursday, September 14, 2006




M2s go for Dim Sum Buffet....

Followed by fish-tank buying....and art material shopping=)














Finally met up with my JC train buddy....she lived at bedok and both of us used to see each other on the train every morning. Okay...we dint really meet up..haha. We sorta just bumped into each other and caught up on the train ride home=P
And my sawed and measured shelf is up! wooh=) in anticipation of the coming fish tank...=P


9/14/2006 11:35:00 PM


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2 more days to friday!

Membership shots!Testing out evelyn's reflexes...not bad...she managed to come up with this pose tho it was a zero warning flash shot. Well done=) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LIFTS today and tmr!! =)!
Pre PBL dancing by weili....



9/14/2006 12:16:00 AM


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Tuesday, September 12, 2006




Looong Goood Daaaay

Happy Birthday Dedrick!


Some shots of LBBC members... Hello John!


Ikea for meatballs and a shelf=)




The ioniser!! haha...makes the car so soothing and sleep inducing...well, we were trying to find a reason, and we came to a retarded conclusion tt it must have been this. Bought my shelf, which i will be sawing soon.....as part of my operation fish tank=P kind huilin was kind enough to drive us to my house for me to dump the shelf. Well, they dropped by to see my room for awhile too=P And it was onto Huilin's house where she showed us around her newly renovated house. Well, it's not tt new, just tt i haven visited her house since it got renovated. Wow...first visited her house like 3 yrs ago?



Well, after which was deciding between going to tampines to order the fish tank or go early for and meet joyce. Well, the tank can wait=P so it was onto dinner and a movie=)
18 days!=S Make sure u do all u want to do.....n meet up with whoever u want to catch up with yeah? like cleo n leo=P haha!


9/12/2006 10:29:00 PM


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Tuition from 8 to 1030....

All the best to everyone taking the upcoming PSLEs! Study hard..especially you lucas!=)

Well, studied in the library with familiar faces...finally the m2s have established our presence and routine=) Comforting to troop down as one whole group once again for dinner=)

Declaring tmr as going out day!

Outgoing

Incoming

Please go to lbbc for full publicity report=P

And since i was bored during lectures...i decided to embark on some nut-job penknife thing for my door...

anyway, anybody keen on running away to desaru for 2/3 days for the hols?

And anybody keen on scuba diving...just give a shout!



9/12/2006 01:01:00 AM


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Sunday, September 10, 2006




Finally....they're up....=)

Can't seem to get a nice foto....so here's one with flash and the other without...

And a sketch of the next project...shall try painting it with oil..itll take eons to dry...but think it'll give it a nice texture....slowly=)


9/10/2006 07:38:00 PM


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Because I'm in that mood....

A car dock....
An i-trip
And viola....the whole set-up.


Interesting how shopowners these days are so nice as to entertain some of our retarded questions and sporting enough to play along with us=)

"excuse me....do you know where is the aquarium and fish *thingey*?"
"oh, the fish *thingey* is there...=)"


"How much is this?"....points to a small square frame fish tank.
"120 dollars"
"OMG....and wad abt this one???"....points to some super cool frame fish tank with THE works.
"1100 dollars"
"........."


9/10/2006 05:39:00 PM


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Saturday, September 09, 2006




Snow Patrol!

Okay.....here's some audio medication for all you tired souls out there...

Go get the snow patrol album=)

And.....since, my waiting list for a hostel room has been rejected. Here's some interesting stuff that i have been looking around to trick my room out=)


wall mounted fish tank..as in a framed up fish tank...??
Fengshui?

Would have taken more fotos...BUT there was a large sign hanging above saying "No photography!" But i decided to try my luck and ask the owner anw....and she was nice enuf to let me take a foto...but as i took out my cam, she said..."Only one". Hence this=) Well, there's a small quaint black one (front-most row, in the middle of the pic) tt i think is nice=)

Oh and i need a clock too=P Years of just stoning away in my room, where time doesn't matter, is no longer possible!=S

Nice night with sisters and bro-in-law at parkway...settled quite a few overdue stuff there=) Have fun at australia kak=)



9/09/2006 11:23:00 PM


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Ghim Moh on a friday...TGIF








9/09/2006 12:04:00 AM


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Friday, September 08, 2006




Happy Birthday Kumaran..=)















haha..left out some "interesting" shots of the bday boy=P anw...may u have a great year ahead!=)

And my cam is somehow takin a few blur shots now n then...some shots are so blur i dint even bother uploadin it.



9/08/2006 12:47:00 AM


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Tuesday, September 05, 2006




Tuesday....

Made Benjy's present



Happy Birthday Alvin!



And thank you so much for the surprise dinner invitation. Really made my night=) enjoyed the company and pigging out!


9/05/2006 11:14:00 PM


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Monday, September 04, 2006




My buddy cut her hair!! and gek cher drops for a visit:) from ireland....


9/04/2006 11:19:00 PM


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Sunday, September 03, 2006




Family lunch at Blue Lobster...

Happy Pre-Birthday Celebration Kak=)



9/03/2006 08:48:00 PM


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The Last Masquerade....=)










Seriously a WHAO, MY GAWD, WOOHOO, WONDERFUL, HIGH DND....But most importantly, all u pple there rocked! Everyone was sooo sporting and high. For example, it wld haf never be fun if the guys and gals dint perform and do the pageant thing properly=P plus...i would have never ever ever expect the band-aid performance to be so psycho-ly HIGH! but it was.....made a few mishits (ie whack the rim/side of toms/stick...hence dropped beats) for the encore song cuz the drums kept sliding forward and i DINT adjust the drum set properly prior to playing=S but sumhow we all sorta covered each other..heh.

But seriously...This goes out to the DND organising committee...u guys are really really good! esp to yan sheng and lynette---the i/cs for dnd! CONGRATS!




9/03/2006 07:40:00 PM


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Saturday, September 02, 2006




The power of internet

It's very easy to indulge in other pple's lives. Sometimes, they think they know the people through their blogs....and all their lives little intricacies from pictures...when somehow, they are so far from the truth. Heh.....Interesting wad blog/internet readers haf to say abt pple who they read/see....and how far their comments actually vaires from wad frens in the real world actually told or said to em.

Have you watched the movie....one hour photo? it's an obsession.

Well, once again, the power of the internet. Wad with IP addresses and softwares..and most of all, friends with the know how. It is almost impossible to remain anonymous.


9/02/2006 01:29:00 AM


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Friday, September 01, 2006




Thank God It's Friday=)

Met up with my Buddies! both my senior and junior buddies. Sadly, Lynn is flying off in a few days time. Take care buddy!



The next few fotos are of me n hon....and our new hairstyles=P tho mine wasnt styled..cuz i can never bring myself to wake up early enough=P And since it's late, i decided tt i shall just upload fotos of the costumes tt we will be wearing tmr=) "Sweet, innocent" angel...Hot-she-devil...and erm...just-devil=) Am glad we decided to go down to the costume shop=) haha....xr and cynthia decided to go too.....kumaran was supposed to go but pulled out last min=P while thomas was sick. But we ended up getting costumes for soo many of em...all cuz the 2 girls got soo psyched up and excited in the costume shop.=P

Oh, met Joel, Siva, Liyana, Qiantai, Joshua...etc etc...who were all at Bugis=P and other random m1sP
Well, the day ended with realli good food.....cuz we decided to go to glutton's bay for dinner=)

DND tmr...psyche up!



9/01/2006 10:50:00 PM


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