K-Lunch

Went to kbox for klunch after the talk by henderson global about their global and european reits.
was pretty much swayed as an investro to invest in their european reits.
their investment rationale made sense to me and i can understand their investment approaches.
both funds are available for CPF-OA and cash investments.

anyway... so went to kbox at suntec after the talk.
5 of us went first and we were joined by another 4 colleagues.
found out 4 things today:

1) one of my colleague sounds quite like stefanie sun when she sings.
2) another colleague can sing chinese songs tho she is quite kantang like me... except maybe i am still more cheena than her.
3) one of my managers can sing quite well.
4) the microwaved lunch offered cannot make it.

2 of us who went were my managers.

things seem a little better at work now... communicating more with my fellow BFCers.
have lots more to learn from everyone.

Exercise Time

Had some free time in the evening...
so called jarrod to go swiumming at clementi.
met him there and we swam for like abt 30-50mins?

quite a good workout i must say... hope i can become leaner...
den mayb hopefully can get back my 4-pack... i not so ambitious aim for 6-pack.
4 is good enough. for those who never knew, i used to have a 4-pack back in sec sch...

it's the airforce... the life there is too good... eat good food, exercise once a year.
how not to become prosperous?

anyway... felt really good after the swim.. hope to b able to exercise more often...
got ippt to clear still leh... sianzzz... but at least now pass still can get $100...
think only in sg will u find ppl getting paid to keep fit... hehe...

was in the office in the afternoon and reviewing my insurance policies. planning tp upgrade my insurance coverage.. but need to earn $$ first... no $$, no increased coverage.

i hope in abt 3-4 weeks, all will be fine...
i'll get my licence, my results will be out and i get to graduate...
think dat'll b good...

oh well... let's not think abt dat rite now...
there are other things to think abt...

Happy 2nd Birthday VC !!

VC is 2 today...
actually, we don't know for sure the exact birthday... but it's ard dis time...
haha... think we'll juz make the 4th sunday of sept vc's anniversary mass day.

mass went on quite good... well done choir! same for the readers, ivan and charmaine. many thanx to the ppl who had to spend time and effort preparing for dis day. marianne, for organising the mass, kat for doing the ppt, cheryl/john/tmg for getting the choir together and practicing and practicing and practicing...

after mass, most of the peeps went off for lunch/brunch, etc... except for the confi class and YA ppl...
confi class was on as usual. jarrod and i helped kat and the other facils with a taize session. glad it all went well... from my impromptu survey, we've got ppl who wana come back to help out in confi class next year.
this is only proof dat the class has been effective in educating and making an impact in the confirmands' lives.
kudos to the benedict and the rest of the facils for their hard work. the YA peeps, on the other hand, were having a meeting regarding their training camp at the end of the year.

went to clementi central for lunch w the Ya ppl... the aunty at the S11 was like super biatch la...
coz fel bought bubble tea from the stall near mac's and brought over to the coffeeshop. den dis aunty from the drinks stall was like all bitchy and like," you cannot drink outside drink here... how can u all ike dat, i oopen table for u all, den u all do this. got sign say cannot bring outside drink.. blah blah... she was like damn guai lan la... i'm sure she could have said it nicely. den she brought us some plastic bags to keep the drinks in so dat other patrons cant see them and think dat they can buy their own drinks from elsewhere. i was acutally planning to buy a drink from the coffeeshop but after dat v unpleasant reminder from the aunty, i decided against it. so went to buy bubble tea on our wayto the taxi stand.

came home and stayed home... it' a quiet sunday afternoon... feeling somewhat drained from wat's going on in church and all. after our meeting w fr richards, we have concluded dat things are not gona change for now... until further notice but dat doesn't mean we can all go back to our old ways and take things for granted. seems like we have lots to do to make sure we dun cross the line and sabo ourselves. it's gona b a real challenge having fr richards as parish priests. it's not really a bad thing i guess... fr richards coming over to holy cross and seemingly turning everyone's lives upside down. think it'll make all of us more alert and aware as to what we're doing and really show who are the ppl who really love VC and who are those who are in VC for the sake of being in the group.

guess the 7 of us dun have exactly much time left in vc. i hope everyone can rise to the occasion and perform their own little miracles... looking at myself, i hope i can perform my own little miracle and making a blast of my new career... this 4 week wait is kinda draining me also... no doubt i'm learning new stuff everyday, but as the days pass, i feel somewhat helpless coz i cant do a thing until i get my licence. my manager has told me to go practice my presentations w my other colleauges... but it's an entirel different thing practicing w a colleague and really meeting up with someone... at least this is how i feel. but i guess i could try doing dat.

the organisation is really great. i'm glad i made the right choice in joining them... their training is indeed the kind dat i'll probably need... tom marks another new week. i hope things will be better... guess it's times like these dat i wish tmg and i are still together... coz i know when i'm with her, my troubles are the last things on my mind and i know no matter wat, i have someone who'll be there to comfort me and cheer me on. not dat my frens cant do it... but i guess it's a different thing altogether when the person doing the cheering up and cheering on is ur loved one. it really makes a difference...

oh well... i shdn't be dwelling on it so much, coz
a) we're not gona get back together so thinking abt it will only make my life even worse than it already is.
b) it's MOVE ON... not move back...

seems like i'm sailing in the perfect storm... think never in my life have i faced so many changes and troubles at a go. i doubt things can get any worse liao... but den again... there's murphy's law.
if u duno what murphy's law is, ask me and i'll let u know.

Movies Under the Stars

Shortly after the prev post, left the house to meet tmg to go watch initial d (for the second time) at the padang for the starlight cinema organised by nokia. here's the re-entry chop if u had to go use the port-a-loos outside.



tmg came over to pick me up after her work. went to her place for her to change out of her work clothes and off we went to meet her fren who had the tix for the show and den off to te padang. went to the 7-11 at peninsula to buy some food for the show. and this is wat we have on today's menu:



looks quite yummy rite? hahaha...
was quite bored while waiting for the show to start. so tot i take a few fotos here and there...


before the show...


the nite sky behind the screen...


the old supreme where justice is served next door...


tmg serving herself yummilicious maggi mashed potato...

thanks to my bro for providing us w his hammock so dat we've got something to sit on...
without which, we'll be sitting on damp grass.
the only thing i could do with while watching the show was something for me to lie against...
was quite tiring propping myelf up with my hands.

came home after the show... gota wake up early tom morning again...
tihnk i'm slowly getting used to waking up so early liao...
think i'll juz need a little bit more time.
i wana start work liao... i wana meet ppl... i wana help ppl understand their finances.

the company's top producer is giving a talk to us newbies tom morning... i hope i'll learn lotsa good tips from him.
alrite... gota go now... will tell u abt the dinner eug n i cooked a few days ago...
if i dun post abt it soon, remind me ok? ;)

Can Life Get Any Worse?

Went down to stansfield juz now to check on my results...
found out i'm currently under investigation for suspected plagarism.
how sucky can dat be?

when i DID copy work in my 1st and 2nd year, nothing happens.
and when i DO do my own work in my 3rd year, i get investigated.
where's the logic in this?

called the university and they told me that can't disclose which module is under investigation.
but been told it'll prob take abt 4 weeks to investigate, and send a letter to me, informing me of the results of the investigations and the actions taken, if any.

this sucks la... it's not as if it's bad enough waiting for MAS to approve my licence so dat i can start work.
now DIS has to happen.

BURN! GOLDSMITH COLLEGE! BURN!

went to catch the longest yeard at PS after checking my 'results' to like hopefully cheer myself up.
movie was funny... but it din help. reality sunk back in after the movie... but it was a good 2hr respite.
i can only slowly wait for another 3-4 weeks to know wat's gona happen to me. y is my life at the moment all abt waiting?

waiting to get licence.
waiting to know if i graduate or get charged.
waiting for time to help me get over the closed chapter of my life.
wait... wait... wait...

is god like trying to teach me patience?
but dis is like damn extreme la... think god wants me to learn extreme patience...
maybe humility as well...

dear god, if this is your will, grant me the strength.

魔王与公主

有一天， 魔王把公主抓走， 公主一直叫。。。

魔王：你尽管叫破喉咙吧！ 没有人会来救你的！
公主：破喉咙！ 破喉咙！
没有人：公主！我来救你了！

魔王：说曹操，曹操就到！
曹操：魔王！ 你叫我干吗？

魔王：哇勒! 见鬼啊！
鬼：靠！被发现了！
靠：胡说！ 谁发现我了？
谁：管我屁事？

魔王：Oh my God!
上帝：谁叫我？
谁：没有人叫你啊！
没有人：我哪有？

从此， 魔王精神分裂。。。

Breathing Time At Last...

FINALLY!! i've got some time to blog now...

it's been such a hectic weekend...

first, it was feast day carnival on sunday...
but we had to make the necessary preparations on sat nite...
reached church at abt 8.30 after dinner w mngern @ billy bombers at heeren.
ordered a mixed grill and onion rings with cheese dip... looks good rite?



so hung up the games posters and divided the prizes for the games and set up all the games in preparation for sunday.

so sunday came and we were off to a busy day... running the games stalls, giving out balloons, finding guys to get dressed in the mascot costumes.
the first 2 ppl doing the mascots were keith and byron... keith was the chicken and byron, the bear.


keith getting dressed up while showing his skinny chicken legs.


keith and byron swapping their heads.

after them, up next were myself and i cant rem who... shit. if anyone knows, let me know.
i was e bear. it was quite fun, walking out there, waving to all the ppl and they waving back...
the filipino group grabbed me back for a foto moment after i had walked past their food stall.
they had initially wanted me to go into the cooking area to take the foto but i couldn't fit into the small gap between the stalls,
plus i din wana dirty the costume. so we took the foto in front of the stall.
was walking abt, shaking hands w little children and waving to them.
some of them youths said could tell it was me inside the bear costume coz it was behaving very me. so oh well...

when i was almost done w my round, while i was standing ard shaking hands w this baby... i felt something bump into my leg.
i held my 'head' for fear of it falling off and blowing my cover, and looked down and saw this kid grabbing my leg... hahaha...
so cuuuuuuuute can? u dun get to see such stuff often.
problem w the costume is u cant see wat's below eye-level. so we had to rely on our helpers...
the fine young ladies who walked with us mascots, telling us where to look, where to go,
and giving out balloons to the young in age and the young at heart.

after the 12.15pm mass, it was time to auction fr val away...
he had to first conduct a lucky draw and after dat, he came over to the dunking mahine to be dunked and to collect some money.
and i was the guy u often hear at the hungry ghost festival shouting for bids for the 'lucky items'. but of coz in this case, it was the life of a priest.


"Hear ye! hear ye! Gather round, you folks, if u wana see fr val get dunked and wet !
Stop wat you're doing and come on over !!"









Fr Val climbing up the Ladder of Doom... hehehe...










"Dear God, save me from this torture and turmoil..."

"Ladies and gentlemen, are we ready to bid?"

"Eh... I very cheap expensive one... $1 $1 million for 3 tries."

"Sianzzz la... 2 persons have tried and failed. I wana get off leh..."













"Since Fr wants to get off, we'll bid for the right to juz push the target to dunk him.
Any bidders? $110 to the gentleman in yellow!"









"Here we go... We'll countdown from 10.
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...









"zero !!"
*SPLASH*









and now fr's all wet...
the day went on and soon it was time to close shop.

went to travis' house after dat to play mj and have dinner.
jarrod cooked chicken rice... quite good i must say.
think my mj luck not v good lately, lost like almost $12.
i need to get back to winning ways.

training phase 2 has started in my career as a financial advisor.
learnt quite a bit of stuff. shan't say wat.. trade secrets...
if everyone know liao, den i cannot close case den die... hahaha...
if u wana know, join the career, otherwise trust in my expertise to help u attain ur financial goals.

quite amazed at how some of the ppl can come up with such fantastic production.
i hope i can be like them too... dun think i shd "one step reach the sky" and be like our top producer, mr francis peh.
go step by step... aim to be in the 2nd piece of paper first. but no matter wat, i wana earn abt $4000 a month.
like i juz realized isn't as ez as i tot it would from my prev post.
but it's not impossible.
GAMBATEI !! 加油!!

Damn you, blogger...

Typed an entry abt the weekend and my training...
but somehow after selecting all the text, everything disappeared.

DAMN YOU BLOGGER *mumbles & curses under breath*

sorry ppl... no update dis time...
i'll be back soon... (i hope.)

Birthday Weekend

What a weekend it was...

first, there was the sending off picnic for friggy on sat morning...
everyone was to bring food and all...
so jarrod and i bought 油条, butterfly, haam jim paeng (咸煎饼) and dao sa paeng (豆沙饼).

there was quite a crowd... and i'm glad everyone had a good time...
someone brought a rugby ball, tho a smaller zied one, so we played monkey.

while playing monkey, ewen and i were chasing for the loose ball. somehow both of us couldn't catch the bouncing rugby ball. one moment i tot ewen had it but it bounced off his shin. and the next moment, i kinda kicked it with my heel while trying to get it... and it bounced towards the pond surrounding the symphonic stage... i was like thinking,"shit, gona have to fish it out of the water liao."
but lo and behold, coz of the shape of the ball, it bounced off the edge of the pavement on the end and bounced back onto the pavement and stopped there... quikly ran over to pick it up...
wat a close shave la... almost died of heart attack, tho i have no previous history of high blood pressure, high cholestorol, or heart problems.

after dat incident and a while later, we change to playing touch rugby. it's quite fun.. but not so fun if u have to always pass backwards.

after playing for a while, it was enough proof to hereby declare dat i need to exercise.
i was like panting like mad after dat la...
and i din even play til the end some more. had to stop after a while.. coz really tired liao.
not to mention wet from all the perspiring :)

soon after everyone stopped too... and we noticed the dark clouds from over tanglin mall moving quite v quickly towards us... so we had to very quickly clear everything and move to shelter...
made it in time to get out of the downpour.

went home after taking more fotos w friggy and all at the botanic gardens entrance.
click here for fotos.

rested for a while b4 meeting justin adn steph to play mj. lost like 80 cents... smallest loss in a long while.

went for feast day dinner after dat. food was not bad... the mc for the nite was pretty good.
never got to find out where they were from.

tmg was at the dinner too and she was looking as beautiful as ever...
wonder if i'll ever find another girl as gorgeous...

went home after dinner. some of the cj guys went to study at the airport with the additional motive of trying to catch friggy at the airport to see him off... he's been v secretive abt his flight and all coz he doesn't want the whole world (ok, ok, so many of the youths and parishoners) to see him off at the airport. apparently, even the archbishop doesn't know wat time is his flight. but dat's wat friggy claims.

got an sms from friggy at 5.45am sending his goodbyes. read the message and went back to sleep.

woke up a while later with a feeling of loss. things are gona b different w friggy gone...
but life still goes on.... we've got fr val now... and i'm sure he'll do a good job guiding vc and all.
but i guess friggy has a special place in everyone's heart, being the one who got us together to form the group.
and i'm sure we have a special place in his heart as well...

waking up... and guess what ?
it's 4 sept !! it's my birthday !!
hehehe...

but it was a simple celebration la... went down church as usual.
there weren't as many ppl ard coz most of them went for the dinner e nite b4 and prolly slept in since there was nothing on.
went to spring court for lunch w my family... food was pretty good except for the steamed fish, which wasn't v well done.
compliments to the manager for providing fairly good service. but cnat say much for the waitresses... but they weren't dat bad la.
they're having some promotion... spend at least $76 and u get to buy their peking duck for only 76 CENTS !!
here's proof:



went down to boat quay BK to meet jarrod, michelle and the rest of the ppl after their visit to the asian civilisation museum for the vatican exhibition. i wana go too !! haven't been there yet. anyone interest to go, let me know!! walked there from chinatown point in the drizzle...
but not without first walking for a whole round... coz michelle told me they'll b going for a drink... so i tot they'll be somewhere ard acm. but when i reach merchant court hotel, she told me dat they're going to boat quay... forgetting dat it's juz across the road from the hotel, i walked a whole big round through clarke quay before walking back towards the hotel and crossing the road to boat quay... so stupid rite?

went down town w michelle and jarrod and marcus. walked abt town for a while to look for my foto albums which i need for my training.
den went to LV at taka coz marcus needed to collect his company's laptop bag.

den went to novena square to check out the adidas factory outlet store which is haivng a 30% storewide sale.
bought a small durian cake or my bday cake. and some durian puffs...
had roacky's pizza for dinner.. simple but filling.. den we played 'The Great Dalmuti'
it's quite a fun game... dun really know how to explain... but tihnk i'll try to look for the game if i can..
if not, i'll juz borrow from nigel... or michelle since he's not ard... hehehe...

so played till abt 10plus, 11pm, den went home liao....
time to sleep and prepare for work the next day...
for birthday fotos, click here. but only got a few fotos...

Problem Solved & Dinner w Friggy

Solved my problem w gmail... juz had to clear my temporary files.
glad it's over now...

went dinner w friggy juz now... went to owen seafood restaurant at turf city.
here's wat we had:

1 plate fried baby squid
1 fish
1 plate sambal kangkong
2 plates friend beef cubes "kobe" style (also v yummy)
572gm of tiger prawns in chinese wine and herbal soup (soup was superly good!!)
1 1.962 kg canadian lobster
2 crabs weighing 2.516kg altogether - we had 1 cooked w salted eggs and another in chilli sauce.
20 'man-tou'

din have time to take so many fotos of every dish... wish i could but hands were dirty... so was everyone else's.
filling my stomach was of a higher priority...
but here's wat i took...


There's fish...


and lobster...


here's how big the claw is... it's juz abt as big as friggy's fist la...
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friggy...


and fr val...


and crab... or wat's left of it...

and the cost of dinner?


$385.64... after a 15% discount using my UOB credit card...
and to think dat friggy and frval were like fighting like small children over who should pay for dinner.
the rest of the fotos can be found here.

What's Wrong With Gmail?

What's wrong w gmail?
havent been able to access my inbox for the 2 days liao.
this is not good.

sent an online help request and they emailed me to check dat i've not entered the wrong user id and password.
which was already stated in the help page prior to the request dialogue box.
so now i've got email them again with the info i've filled in before.

hope they fix this up soon. cannot afford to have emails hanging ard there which might require me to respond.
alrite... gota go now. off to work and more training !!