department of crappy engineering 05/06

nus freshmen recognition guide

2006-08-31T15:34:00.000+08:00

1. Walk around in school wearing orientation t-shirt.
2. Walk around in school carrying orientation file.
3. Start waving for bus when it is still in front of the red light one junction away.
4. Press the bell when bus is just leaving the stop before OED. (the Sun Sports Club bus stop)
5. Start to shuffle to the exit door before the bus turns into NUS.
6. ______(fill in the blank)______

(do not take this seriously)

not a lighter note

2006-08-30T22:45:00.000+08:00

Some of the lecture notes for ME2 are really disappointing.

Take for example, ME2113 Mechanics of Materials I, every lecture the lecturer will show us the errata for the previous lecture. That means, for one whole week every week we have been believing in the wrong things. And when you look at the front cover of the notes, it has that legendary NUS logo there. I thought that old lion retired long time ago? Wow, so the lecturer didn't update his notes for x years already, or the module hasn't been taught for a long time?
hj was asking me in lecture something about the formula in the example. I told him don't bother, since the lecturer will be telling us it's an error next week. -_-"

ain't no doubleback girl

2006-08-30T15:00:00.000+08:00

All I know about twang and chelle is that they are climbers (and they have Mad Rock) and they are in JC2. Now they are in the midst of preparing for exam (I hope...) and somehow thinking of them reminds me of myself the same time 4 years ago...

I remember I was supposed to prepare for exam. (prelim or A-level?) But somehow I wanted to climb so badly, yet I scared climbing in school would get scolding from teachers. So, during the study break (or remedial week?) I went to the then still existing SAFRA Bukit Merah rock gym to boulder. Then I remember I did rush back to school for lesson... Somehow nowadays I'm less willing to sacrifice for climbing.

Oh I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed of myself climbing with 2 girls, and I had crampons. Indoor ice climbing??? Eek.

trial look

2006-08-29T21:57:00.000+08:00

hi people! I'm thinking of doing a major maintenance for this blog next month and was wondering if I should change the look as well... this is what I've got...
(can click the image to enlarge)

Now, do you want the cool black one or the gay orange one(with NUS logo)? Comments comments comments!!

quote of the day

2006-08-29T21:35:00.000+08:00

你永远是我的小弟
--School of Design and Environment photocopy shop lady.
(not said to me!)

(translate: you are forever my xiao di. ok lousy translation)

stim table

2006-08-28T21:05:00.000+08:00

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Fluids.
aka Steam Table.

paperback.
below average quality paper.
size of an exercise book, even thinner.
less than 30 pages in total, inclusive of a few "note" blank pages.

Lecturer's price: S$3

nth hand's ancient NUS Co-op pricetag: S$4.90 (where n>1)

NUS Co-op's current price: S$7.90

Amazon.com's price: US$28.95

inflation.

transparent people in the park

2006-08-28T06:58:00.000+08:00

Went to Botanic Gardens to listen to Singapore Chinese Ochestra's concert. Ended up when we reached Symphony Lake we heard western music and a banner that said "SSO in the park". Ermm, SSO(Singapore Symphony Orchestra) isn't quite the same as SCO... seems like the newspaper made a mistake again. Tsk.

Anyway since we were already there, might as well sit back and enjoy the music. At least they catered for non-hardcore-classical-music-listeners like me, other than a few classical pieces they also played a medley of pieces by Beatles! (these few days there were lotsa musical coincidence for me. Eg, Saturday I was thinking of Eason's song, then ended up the radio played it, then yesterday I was really thinking of Yesterday then SSO played part of it too... maybe I should have thought of 4D numbers.)

The grass patch around the stage was quite packed with picnic mats and people relaxing and enjoying the music. And then I saw lots of freaks who really thought they grew up eating glass (my brother said this) or their flesh was transparent. C'mon there were people behind you and you still stood right in front of them blocking their view? I saw another group even better, they set up beach chairs right in front of someone else's mat. On the contrary there was this Caucasian lady who pulled her daughter to one side and apologised to the group behind when her daughter just blocked their view for that split second.

Why can't people be more thoughtful?

song of the day

2006-08-26T20:11:00.000+08:00

明年今日 by Eason Chan 陈奕迅

No thanks, next year's today I don't want to be like this year's today...
(明年今日: next year's today in Chinese)

toxic pictures

2006-08-26T16:50:00.000+08:00

My happy meal. Big huh? No toys included.

birthday boy busy drinking, Alex busy posing.

Meder: Nicholl you look awesome(lonesome) tonight!

Meder: why you poke my strawberry?
Alex: have you heard of "flying elephant crosses the river?"

Meder: what is CB?
Chow: Charlie Bravo.
Nicholl: ... (hears no evil)

toxic birthday

2006-08-26T15:40:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was my birthday. Today I have less than half a life left.

Had dinner with Alex, Nicholl and Meder at Ichiban Boshi at Esplanade. There seems to be a trend that the 4 of us climbers like to celebrate birthday at Japanese restaurants. I had a very big happy meal served on a very big tray =) 3 cups of sake.

Then we went to Max Brenner Chocolate Bar which was quite cosy. They served nothing except chocolate (minus the mineral water) No alcohol here.

Next we went to this nice pub at Boat Quay called Actors. It's very cool cos there were customers jamming oldie songs. They even played birthday song for me =) 2 submarines and about 2 glasses of beer. This was where Nicholl wet my pants when she held my glass in front of me and drop the cup of vodka into the beer and it overflowed.

I tell you those guys were all out to make me drunk. Next we went to Sahara. 2 graveyards, a few sips of Alex's white russian, and a few puff of shisha That's it, that's when Merlion shifted indoor and the water jet got half-digested food inside. Everything was fine until I had to hold my breath to pose for a photoshot with the shisha smoke, and I choked... then my stomach turned upside down... then I told Alex I needed plastic bag. Vomitted.

I think they will kill me with alcohol poisoning before I even got drunk. Very funny, when we were leaving Sahara I said to the waiter "sorry leh, have to make you clean up" Went to Riverwalk's toilet to continue puking, and Alex seemed surprised that I took the toilet paper to clean the toilet seat... surprisingly sane, surprisingly conscious. And Alex sent me home by bus. (and I knew where to alight) Sorry to make him take cab home.

Today... I only stopped puking at 12noon.

solidcraps 2006

2006-08-24T23:08:00.000+08:00

**for mechanical engineers**

What 3rd angle projection?
Pang jio also need to measure angle meh?
(pang jio: verb, hokkien dialect for urinate)

experimental error

2006-08-24T09:51:00.000+08:00

One experiment was enough to spoil my honeymoon week 2.

The experiment was on Flow and Energy Loss, in which we got to play around with sophisticated unclear reactors. The procedure itself was very straight forward, the main course was actually the questions that followed. First you had to fill up 3 data tables, over 200 boxes to fill in total. Next you had to plot 13 graphs. And as if that's not enough, they gave you 4 discussion questions, in which you have to research on the internet to find the answers. All within 24 hours.

The most ridiculous thing is, we haven't learned all those stuffs. I flipped my notes, and found this part at the very end of my notes. Wow. So what is the purpose of having lab sessions when we are doing everything more-or-less-blindly? At least at secondary and college level the experiments were quite closely linked to the pace of the lessons, but from year 1 onwards things are quite crappy. You can be doing the experiment for stuff that they are going to teach half a semester later. (I can understand the logistic part, cos they don't need to prepare so many set-ups all at one time, and idling them the rest of the time, but still...)

Many more weekly experiments to come...

redhanded

2006-08-24T06:19:00.000+08:00

Song for whoever by The Beautiful South.

One innocent year 2 engineering boy and four dunno-innocent-or-not year 1 business girls were caught redhanded at a quiet corner of NUS.

Tsk, must find quieter spot to have lunch next time, thought Grinning Gecko quiet enough. Ended up the moment my lecture gang came out from Co-op and first thing they saw was me....

ear ring binder

2006-08-22T12:41:00.000+08:00

That day I was asking Alex, those office ladies when they run out of ring files or paper fasteners, do they use their gigantic ear rings to bind paper?

chasing bus

2006-08-21T22:59:00.000+08:00

On my way to school I saw something I wanted to term as miracle.

I was walking towards the bus stop near my house. There was a bus already at the bus stop about to leave, then this lady with heels started running 100m at right angle towards the bus.... and she got in.
-_-"

By the way I don't really believe in chasing buses.

closed path

2006-08-21T15:00:00.000+08:00

ARGHH!!! Why did they replace the nice foot path outside LT6 with grass???

Hong Jun said it's for Singapore 2006. Road improvement?

four million smiles and one indirect kiss

2006-08-21T08:23:00.000+08:00

Had lunch yesterday at Imperial Treasure at Marina Square. Realise bad service can really spoil one's clear judgement.

Waited at the entrance for about 3 minutes and noone bothered to attend to us. Then when I requested to change to a quieter table (the one we were at was facing the concourse with electrical goods roadshow), the waitress stared at me. While taking the orders the manager looked at my brother as if he was speaking some new-found language. And when my glass of tea came, it came with a complimentary lips mark. (er perhaps even if there wasn't a mark, it may not necessarily be clean too) With our mood spoilt, how to enjoy the food?

Geographically, Marina Square is just beside Suntec where the Singapore 2006 meetings will be held. It won't be surprising to have some of the visitors spill over to Marina Square, I suppose? Maybe they discriminate against locals, I don't know.

my new rockport

2006-08-20T20:23:00.000+08:00

I got a new pair of shoes today!

It's a pair of Rockport. Actually I was choosing between Caterpillar and Rockport at Royal Sporting House, I like both brands quite a bit, the Caterpillar looks damn macho, but then guess it would be baking my feet in this climate as well. Wanted to try the Rockport, but no staff attended to us, so we didn't make any purchase at RSH.

Then we went to Rockport's own store (which is managed by RSH as well) The staff there was really helpful. Not the smiley type, but he was really patient and sincere in explaining the feature of the shoes, then made an effort to look at my foot shape. To be honest I felt like it was my first time buying shoes.

Feel a bit heart pain that my mother paid for it. My birthday present. (no no no I'm not hinting to you guys!! I don't have a wishlist anyway)

looking for belay slave

2006-08-19T16:10:00.000+08:00

Saw this email from the climbing club's yahoogroup:

Hey dudes,

I'm looking for a climbing partner. Generally to climb WEEKLY at the vertical walls over at Climb Adventure and also to alternate between natural rock climbs over at Bukit Timah dairy farm.

A bit bout myself:
I'm just an average rock-climber lookin to improve my rock skills and yeah, need a partner to climb with and belay. I'm not competitive. I have my own full set of equipment.

I can't help feeling that he just wants a belay slave. (if not he wouldn't have mentioned the word "belay")
Err, can always hire a social escort and pay for his/her sports climbing level 1 course.

I think I got it wrong, cos climbers are nice people.

pop the olive

2006-08-19T15:34:00.000+08:00

Can someone please tell me
what does extra virgin mean?

retro bus ride

2006-08-17T16:29:00.000+08:00

Today I came home on this retro Nissan U31RCN bus of SMRT service 852. The vertically opening windows, the sliding exit door, the rubber floor mat with circular pattern...

Reminds me of Iijima Naoko (飯島直子)'s Japanese drama Bus Stop (バスストップ)

(photo from http://tib1208u.fotopic.net/p13051452.html)

playing ps

2006-08-17T16:13:00.000+08:00

you can't be a peasant in Singapore
Dr Sridharan

PS: Play Station, Plaza Singapura, Political Science

If my ME lectures are saturated with male hormones, then my GEK1003 Introduction to Political Science lecture is the direct opposite. Somemore most of the students are year 1. How to tell? Somehow the year 1s like to proudly display their freshman folder. And the year 1 girl beside me seemed shocked to see me copying down notes.

And we had a welcome tea session somemore!

cranes for charity

2006-08-16T17:04:00.000+08:00

Hey people from NUS, although I don't really like NUSSU, but there is this tiny thing which we all can do for charity. Just drop by any NUSSU booth you bump into in campus and fold a crane origami, SongHe will donate a bowl of rice to Red Cross! The record breaking challenge (which includes the Milo truck challenge~!) is on 22th August (next Tuesday)

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books and bookie

2006-08-16T15:59:00.000+08:00

The first half of my honeymoon week 1 was busy with selling textbooks. So far I've sold 5 textbooks, not bad huh?

Can't help feeling a bit sad, cos all my books are dear to me. I kept them in the condition as though they just came off from the bookstore's shelf. But I know they are slowly on the way to the rubbish bin too, I remember how I felt when I threw away my primary school textbooks. Anyway most important is the books can help other people.

Want to hear my 5-books (the oldest book is 5 years old) successful story? No. Commercial secret =P But I do provide after-sale service too (learned from my temp assignment with HP) There was this yr 1 Science Fac girl who bought my physics text, she asked for my MSN so that she can ask me if she doesn't understand anything... with my grades not like I can help her much though...

The thing that troubled me a little was that the Physics department has decided to change the main text for Physics I. That means, my Physics text had devalued, in a way. So I was quite pissed off when on the day of transaction the guy SMSed me saying he didn't want to buy the book anymore. I was like, what the, a book thrice the thickness of a yellowpages, I carried around in school whole day and then you said dunwan... But if I was in his smelly shoes I would have done the same too. Anyway some potential buyers sound like big shot in their messages. Nevermind, they are noobs.

I did something bad, went to Buybackasia's sale at YIH and approached anyone who seemed interested in the text. Anyway the price set was ridiculous: $56, when a brand new one cost less thant $50.

Worker's Party said, "You have a choice."
No?

iconic figure

2006-08-15T18:19:00.000+08:00

currytan:

Are you Siu Hang?

I thought I could hide my identity and get past him, but somehow he recognised me.(from that profile pic? Oh aren't I cute?)

quote of the day

2006-08-14T22:24:00.000+08:00

UNCLE YOU JUST CRACKED MY LAPTOP!!
a girl in business suit while boarding bus 151 at engin bus stop.

The bus was full, but she insisted on squeezing in onto the bottom most step at the entrance. The driver closed the door and the girl's laptop bag was outside the bus, so in fact only the carrying strap was caught in between. Imagine the bus moving with a laptop bag hanging outside...

Her fault.

first to rock wall then to school

2006-08-13T16:43:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow semester starts.
Today went rock wall.

面壁思过.
发粪涂墙.

Climbed with Meder, Marcin and Nicholl. It's the first time seeing Meder since he came back from his long business cum climbing trip. Now Meder is a hardcore trad climber fully equiped with helmet and stuff!

Joke from Meder: Do you know why Malaya became Malaysia?
'Cos of the merger, SIA represents Singapore.

Craps on climbing days are always fun.

just another passenger

2006-08-13T16:10:00.000+08:00

I saw 小强 on the bus last night.
I thought below 1.5 metres don't have to pay the fare?

Went to see the fireworks last night and the return trip was very crowded, both the bus and the road. Took me 2 hours to get from Suntec to Ang Mo Kio. Unbelievable. And today's paper didn't even mention about the jam.

Not mentioning the usual moron who keeps kicking the back of my seat, there was this stupid passenger who stood beside my seat who kept hitting my head with his stupid belly. Must be eager to see me perform Zidane.

(小强: noun, Chinese nickname for cockroach. Originated from Stephen Chow's movie. My name is not Stephen.)

outbid (not outbidded)

2006-08-11T22:04:00.000+08:00

Survivor by Destiny's Child
(not Chow. Chow only sings Saliva)

For the first time, I bidded for a module with more than 1 bid point. Not 2, but 289 points!

The most exciting part of semester 3 is over.

on boy-girl-relationship

2006-08-11T08:45:00.000+08:00

Option 1: 划清界线
Option 2: 各走各路
Option 3: 一刀两段
别爱我 by Ronald Cheng

enough said.

quote of the day

2006-08-10T20:27:00.000+08:00

alex: ...the sultan durian 3 for $20, then got super sultan sell by the kilo one!
chow: then got ultra sultan or not?
alex: super better or ultra better?
chow: have to ask ultraman fight superman

round 2a

2006-08-10T10:21:00.000+08:00

the bid point for GEM changes almost every other nanosecond.
Close bidding seems comforting. Or is it the other way round?
See no evil.

(I think I've made a tactical mistake...)

national day

2006-08-09T22:17:00.000+08:00

Happy 41st National Day!!

I was thinking, LKY must have attended at least 40 National Day Parades...

lesser evil

2006-08-08T10:31:00.000+08:00

between

not knowing what you want

and

knowing what you don't want

which is better?

attack of the killer kueh

2006-08-07T10:14:00.000+08:00

I was eating a nonya kueh when I found a staple in the red bean paste.

What was it doing inside there??

quote of the day

2006-08-07T10:03:00.000+08:00

happy schooling

Siu Hang to Janan

NTU's semester starts today.
NUS's is next week =)

animal farm revisited

2006-08-06T09:45:00.000+08:00

"All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others."

The first time I read Animal Farm by George Orwell was some 8 years ago. Now that I am a qualified voter, the second visit seemed to feel different.

Orwell was a socialist, but the socialism he saw in Soviet Union wasn't quite the same as the ideal model by Karl Marx. So in a lively approach he wrote this book describing what was really happening in the communist state.

First there was the power struggle between Snowball and Napoleon, then the expulsion of Snowball, followed by dictatorship, state propaganda and white terror in the form of secret police and public execution. Plus failed 5-year plans and fake output statistics, I think it was as good as the real thing.

Lesson learned: if you don't have knowledge, you will be manipulated by those cleverer than you. Purely using brute strength will lead you to nowhere other than working to death. Other than the pigs, the only clever animal in the farm was actually Benjamin the donkey. Right from the beginning he knew what was going on, but he was too smart to let it be known. Surely one donkey isn't a match against a gang of pigs plus their bodyguards of fierce dogs? Wisdom also means knowing what you can do and what you can't do.

special move

2006-08-05T09:21:00.000+08:00

I wonder if EA Sports is going to include this special move into the next version of FIFA 07?

up + right + down + left + x + y + z

er, that's Street Fighters. Or Marvel vs Capcom?

全世界 stand-by

2006-08-04T10:30:00.000+08:00

The police stormed into my house last night.

I opened the door for them.

With regards to the dangling bamboo pole, fearing that it may drop and hit someone below, I called up my Neighbourhood Police Post's hotline and informed them about the sighting.

20 minutes later 2 sergeants arrived at the scene. (the Police Post is just 3 minutes' walk from my place -_-". Oh there's a 7-Eleven and prata shop near by. *hint hint* And they have the habit of using the patrol car even if it's one block away)

With the help of civilian resources (ie my house's bamboo stick, and myself) the combined task force was able to retrieve the dangling bamboo stick + underwear, while the bedsheet was left dangling on 7th floor. Ok lah, the sergeant isn't as tall, so I was the one who leaned out to pull the bamboo stick in. The police brought back the 01 x bamboo stick + 02 x underwear as evidence for investigation.

If you were the owner of those items, would you look for the police to claim them back / report loss?

hanging in thin air

2006-08-03T18:24:00.000+08:00

That is not a parachute. That's someone upstair's bamboo stick + bedsheet + underwear. Seems like it will drop down any moment when equilibrium is not maintained.

Now am I supposed to call 995? I have harness, but I don't have ropes....

金枝欲孽之溜鸟奇案

2006-08-03T08:32:00.000+08:00

non-original Hong Kong drama with Chinese subtitles.
WARNING: contains hokkien biological terms.

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3

mouse bit me

2006-08-02T21:32:00.000+08:00

People, next time when you are using the computer, make sure you are in a comfortable position.

Think I hurt my right hand while using the kid's catalogue terminal at the library...

unidentified farting object

2006-08-02T21:18:00.000+08:00

(At YIH bus stop)
"Hi good morning! Are you freshman or senior?" Senior. Woohoo no more noobs.

(At UHWC)
"05 or 06?"
"undergrad or post-grad?"

(At Ang Mo Kio hawker centre)
"Hello 小姐, 要喝甘蔗水吗?" What the...
(for those who still dunno, I am MALE)

tunnel pest

2006-08-02T16:06:00.000+08:00

Was waiting for train at Outram Park MRT Station yesterday when I saw 2 aunties asking a young lady how to get to Potong Pasir. The young lady looked like a mainlander-Chinese (let's not care about what's her job) and she went to look at the directory together with the 2 aunties. Then she told the 2 lost aunties to board the Boon Lay-bound train. I was like, what the...

I was telling myself 好人难做, so didn't intend to bother, just then a guy pointed the aunties back to this side of the platform, ie Pasir Ris-bound. Just as the train was approaching, I couldn't take it anymore and showed the aunties the way to the North East Line platform, where they could board the train to Potong Pasir.

I feel sorry for the 2 aunties, being kicked around like a ball. I could see that Chinese woman with a stupid smile at the corner of her lips.

If you can't solve a problem, at least don't make it worse lah! Very paiseh to say you dunno the way meh...

cors - thunder only happens when it's bidding

2006-08-01T21:05:00.000+08:00

Song of the day - Dreams by The Corrs

Time of the year for CORS again, with round 1A ended a few hours ago (and result coming out a few hours later) Have been cracking my skull thinking of what GEM to take this semester.

I don't quite understand, but some people has placed 200 points for ME2 core modules, and look at ME2121, high demand?? The department has told us to place 1 bid point for the core modules, now 1 point doesn't seem that safe anymore.

Now, how can it be possible the quota is exceeded? Mechanical Engineering modules.. could it be year 4 student retake, or... some brave arts students want to take this as breadth?

If I got outbidded for my own core modules, I don't know what to say...

runway 13

2006-07-31T21:18:00.000+08:00

That's Rwy 13 approach of Kai Tak International Airport, Hong Kong.
Still one of the most challenging approaches in the civilian aviation world, though Kai Tak has been replaced by Chek Lap Kok International Airport.

Remember the good old times when the 747 flew over the high-rise buildings in Kowloon Peninsula, the wing tips could almost touch the laundries on the bamboo sticks. How would you feel growing up in a place where you can see different airliners from different countries flying above your head? Oh well maybe we can see RSAF aircrafts all the time.

Oh luckily HKG is not in I'm An Air Traffic Controller, a very nice Game Boy Advance game that tests your reaction and decision making skill. Try screwing up Air Force One's take off time...

climbing world cup 2006

2006-07-31T19:04:00.000+08:00

Gentlemen, chalk your fingers and get ready for some gravity-defying actions at the UIAA Climbing World Cup 2006!

Date: 5&6 August
Time: 9am to 6pm
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 5A

Trust me, your palms will get wet when you see hot girls climbing above you.

hardcore drinker

2006-07-30T10:02:00.000+08:00

There's something strange
in the neighbourhood
Who you gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS!!

Last week I saw the Starbucks canister at Marina Square but didn't get the chance to get close. Yesterday I got a free cup of vanilla coffee at Orchard.

Now, where can I buy that backpack?

azuki coffee cooler

2006-07-28T21:47:00.000+08:00

Went to TCC for a coffee break with my father and my mother's good friend who came to Singapore to attend my brother's convocation. I had an Azuki Coffee Cooler which was quite special. The red beans blended in quite nicely with the coffee. (to be honest I was attracted by its name)

My mother's friend was saying when the coffee bean harvest is overwhelmingly good, the coffee growers have to destroy the extra beans so as not to spoil market. I was thinking, if your harvest is good, it is natural to happily sell more than normal times. How many would be thoughtful enough to think of the big picture? (I have heard of vineyard losing money because of good harvest)

How interesting, one can lose more when he wants to gain more.

report sick

2006-07-28T09:05:00.000+08:00

Received my reservist letter a few months ago. Actually it was medical review notified via reservist letter.

So yesterday I rushed from NTU to MMI at DSO@Kent Ridge, which is within NUS. Did 2 x-ray on my right foot. Then went in to see the doctor, who is a complete jerk.

Doc: Your x-ray doesn't show a fracture, so I'm going to upgrade you to PES B.
Chow: According to the specialist from Tan Tock Seng Hospital, x-ray can only show normal fracture, not stress fracture. You need bone scan to see stress fracture.
Doc: ...

Doc: it cannot be 3 years and it hasn't healed.
Chow: the specialist said stress fracture won't heal as good as a normal fracture.
Doc: then what did your specialist say?
Chow: told me to rest and let it heal.
Doc: if you jump and play basketball every 5 minutes, of course it won't heal.
Chow: if I don't walk for 3 years, maybe it will heal.
Doc: ...

Doc: so do you have a bone scan?
Chow: recently don't have.
Doc: why not?
Chow: so expensive.
Doc: you mean money cannot earn back ah?
Chow: you pay me is it?

I've never liked the SAF Medical Corps. The medics are ok, cos they are just NSF. The baddies are the medical officers. What the hell, the first thing that comes to their mind when serviceman see them is the serviceman is trying to fake. Hello? Are they real doctors or what? Has the army uniform taken their sanity away? And the one that I saw yesterday, why I feel like I know more than he, a doctor, does? Oh, maybe he specialises in dealing with impotence. His own? Then he's a lousy one I guess.

I'm not blaming the army for my injury, but at least they should understand that there IS an injury on my bloody right foot. I've lost so much, my love for trekking, running, marathon, and my dream. For goodness sake I wanted to sign on as Guards officer and now you think I chao keng! How do you feel when your dream is taken away then someone comes stepping on you.

Now, should I run and jump until a giant crack can be clearly be seen on the x-ray? Or should I turn to my dear Member of Parliament Mister Lee?

convo meal

2006-07-27T21:20:00.000+08:00

Today is my brother's convocation.

Saw a lot of funny things, such as people taking photo with inverted cert folder, people walking up the stage with their handbag, people wearing sports shoes, people wearing short sleeves, people's hat dropping... But they have cert, I don't. Oh, and lotsa audience who didn't know what is silent mode.

Behind the smiling face of mine, can't help feeling a bit pathetic of myself. Although my brother and I are from different university, we are in the same course. Somehow subconsciously I'm always trying to following his footstep, reluctant to explore new ground. (just like climbing, always push others to test out the route first). But actually he asked me for help in school work more than I asked him.

Can I last till my convocation comes?

IM -- instant mute

2006-07-26T11:47:00.000+08:00

I don't like to chat. My MSN messenger is always either in "Appear Offline" or "Busy". "Appear Offline" cos I don't intend to be online. "Busy" cos I don't want to be disturbed by the message alert or the occasional nudge from a bored person, yet still able to be contacted in case of important messages (such as "climbing this sat?")

Don't really see the point of purely staring at the chat window for a few hours and doing nothing else except breathing and typing away, when I can do other stuffs with my computer such as reading forums, reviews, etc. Of course some people enjoy every nanoseconds on the webcam.

And, not forgeting the stifling effect of instant messengers on communication. By right it should ease inter-personal communication, but technically you are talking to your IM, your IM talks to your friend's IM, his/her IM talks to him/her. Arial fonts can't really tell much about the mood. That's why people behave quite differently online and in real life. Take for example Mildred, we hardly said hi when we saw each other in office, but when online, she's like totally different, calling me stupid and idiot when I refused to gossip, showing me the middle finger... (don't worried, she's attached, i'm safe)

I'm the opposite, more sane online.

good bye compressors

2006-07-25T21:51:00.000+08:00

Razman: So when does your contract end?
Chow: Today.
Razman:(stunned) Serious ah?

Today is the first day of the Chinese 7th month, also the last day of my temp assignment at Sanden.

The industrial attachment kid was saying, the roasted pig and stuff for the prayer were as though for my departure. Feel a bit bad to leave the company at the time when everyone is most busy preparing for the audit (and prayer). But even if I stay longer, there isn't much I can do, I think, since I've done everything nicely. So nice that the other sections have to catch up. *Proud*

Hmm, so what have I done over this 7 weeks and 2 days? Today I was transferring my folders (and destroying evidence simultaneously) and found out I had 900+ files in my folders. The most crazy one of course was making webpages using Microsoft Notepad and Microsoft Paint.

Really touched by the blessings from everyone, welcoming me to go back and work next time. Wish I had the chance (and courage) to know more people from the company, although today I did take the advantage of being my last day to behave more crazily~

Now I miss the blue.

quote of the day

2006-07-24T20:58:00.000+08:00

By this week ah? Cannot lah, my temp staff resigning tomorrow leh...
Steven, my boss.

And now I know how sugarcane feels like: squeezed until no more juice can come out.

Had lunch with my boss and his boss at Upper Thomson. On his car the CD player was playing 王杰's 一场游戏一场梦. (click HERE to listen)

"不要谈什么分离
我不会因为这样而哭泣..."

How appropriate.

dear pudding

2006-07-23T17:40:00.000+08:00

Dear chocolate pudding,

I told a lie yesterday.

It happened 3 years ago.
I still can't get over with it.
I probably won't get over with it forever.

hansaplast climbing tape

2006-07-22T15:55:00.000+08:00

Come to think of it, it has been a long time since I last used climbing tape for my fingers. If minus those usual scratches, it has also been a long time since I bleed while climbing.

And now my white climbing shoe has blood stain.
(*climbing is safe!)

unpaid overtime

2006-07-21T21:18:00.000+08:00

My boss' boss wanted to treat me dinner tonight, but he hadn't notified his wife -_-" so the dinner was cancelled last minute. In place of it, my 2 bosses treated me to drink coffee at the place near Amoy Quee Camp.

During this few hours of me sniffing in second-hand smoke and sipping ice lemon tea, a lot of stories were told. Actually there were 6 people applying for my current temp position, in which I was only my supervisors' second choice. Their first choice was an ORD personel whose resume was full of skills. Then among the other applicants there were pretty girls as well, but Ong said he scared he raises his voice then she would cry. I was my boss' boss' first choice (that overrules everything) cos I am engineering related. (ermm, really?) In fact I didn't even submit my resume, let alone photo. Actually my job agent crapped out a resume and sent to my company.

Another interesting story-- the industrial attachment guy. I thought I am the only one who thinks he is slack, actually it seems like everyone thinks so. It stunned me enough to see him reading newspaper during work hour, now I know he slept in office, slept in toilet, demanded from my boss' boss why he has to wear uniform, etc etc.

Will I leave a legacy behind? Well, that's not included in the contract, but I didn't sign anything, did I?

quote of the day

2006-07-21T21:00:00.000+08:00

If an african talks to me
I also know how to nod.
little hang to nikki
Nicole is a Hongkonger while her boyfriend is a Singaporean.
Communication breakdown? What communication?

crap of the day

2006-07-20T21:45:00.000+08:00

Cinna: What is my name? Whither am I going? Where do I dwell? Am I a married man or a bachelor? Then, to answer every man directly and briefly, wisely and truly: wisely I say, I am a bachelor.
2nd Pleb: That's as much as to say they are fools that marry. You'll bear me a bang for that, I fear..
-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act three Scene 3

I try to be very sensible, but I really want to say this: most of the females I've met are unreasonable.

Why is it that females always allow themselves to behave a certain way, but forbid males to behave likewise? Why do they have the right to malign males? Why do they have the right to deny males' rights? Why shouldn't males argue with females? Why must males give in?

My alma mater used to have connection with Malayan Communist Party, but that doesn't make me a MCP. And I said most of those I've met, which means majority of the females on this planet should be harmless.

I wonder how amoeba lives its genderless life.
(and if you are a female reading this blog, don't assume I'm talking about you. But you are always welcomed to admit.)

political bak ku teh

2006-07-19T20:39:00.000+08:00

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald "Bowtie" Tsang was in Singapore earlier this week on an unofficial visit. Eager to follow Ma Ying-Jiu's footstep, Donald Tsang was planning to try out the bak ku teh from Ng Ah Sio, but to his disappointment (though he denied it, obviously) Ah Sio refused to open late for him. Another bak ku teh store Ah Hwa, on the other hand, purposely opened late for Mr Tsang. This sparked a quite heated reaction from the Hong Kong media (what do you expect...)

What I can see from the incident:

Bowtie

Big F, thinks the earth should stop rotating to synchronise with his dead wristwatch. You want to eat then come earlier lah.
Unpopular. Chris Patten beats him flat anytime with the egg tart and herbal tea.

Ah Sio

Has backbone. Doesn't give a damn whether it is Donald Tsang or Donald Duck.
Business too good, doesn't need extra advertisement
bad host?
inflexible?
no overtime

Ah Hwa

Smart. Free advertisement. One photo beats those "certificates" from Channel U.
Good host

Hong Kong news media

(stir stir stir...)

who can keep a secret

2006-07-18T21:40:00.000+08:00

Who can keep a secret?

First, you thought you could trust the person to keep the secret for you. Then he/she spilled the bean. Next he/she would say you didn't explicitly tell him/her not to tell anyone else. And slowly, you lost trust in people around you, and you always keep to yourself.

Come to think of it, you have yourself to be blamed, cos you didn't keep your own secret.

you've got mail

2006-07-16T15:50:00.000+08:00

Yeah, I just received a mail from Canada!

Actually it's a catalogue from a Canadian outdoor equipment store. I have this unusual hobby of collecting outdoor equipment catalogues, so every year I would order new ones. What interest me is the amount of nice photos inside, nice quotes, and most important of all, new outdoor equipment.

Any new toys?

Check out this Frontiersman Bear Bell, it is supposed to keep grizzly bear away while you are trekking. Interesting huh?
(and Black Diamond's new ATC-Guide is out)

pinch of chalk

2006-07-15T18:42:00.000+08:00

Another nice Saturday climbing at SAFRA Yishun. 4 of us, Alex, Junjie, Seong Per and me. We saw Angie's younger sister Ann, who doesn't really look like Angie. Are all younger siblings taller than the elder? No, Alex is shorter than his elder brother.

Getting quite irritated with overhangs, especially when the routes call for high-step or heel-hook. Can't I just flag? And I killed everyone by suggesting a killer warm-up route.

My climbing is getting from bad to worse, relying too much on arm power. Could feel the pumpedness when I struggled to pull open my drawer. Hmm, must improve on techniques. Graceful ballet moves maybe?

Lesson for life: Don't let go too soon, but don't hang for too long.

mtr auntie

2006-07-15T18:22:00.000+08:00

After the famous Bus Uncle, Hong Kong has another super hero... MTR Auntie!! (MTR stands for Mass Transit Railway)

I admit I have the bad habit of digging my nose, but this auntie, she did it for 3 minutes!

"Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be..."

drunken master jackie chan

2006-07-15T18:14:00.000+08:00

Today Alex was talking about Jackie Chan getting high at 李宗盛's concert, and now I have really found the clip. The audience was really booing Jackie Chan, telling him to get off the stage.

If you understand Cantonese, watch out for vulgarities (from 李宗盛?)

quotes from workplace

2006-07-15T16:45:00.000+08:00

Sharon: (asking for documents) 现在我要追你呢.
Steven: hoho, 你追我的话我会很荣幸!

Ong: Chow, 你姓什麽?
Chow: 我姓Chow lor.
Ong: 我是问你信什麽religion!

ipc summer summit

2006-07-14T22:02:00.000+08:00

After dunno how long, the 3 powers of the world met again at the India-Pakistan-China Summer Summit.

India was busy testing their new missile, Pakistan busy dodging, and China, well, wrong season to hibernate huh. But nevertheless the 3 leaders of the world had dinner together at Junction 8 last night. I enjoyed this meal more than the previous evening's one, cos this political gathering was really down to earth, we had dinner at Food Junction, entertainment at Best Denki (free movie and game), and dessert from McDonald's. All the usual nonsense about Ameet's right hand, Rizwan's face, and other high quality craps. And other than adult animations, Ameet watches School Rumble too, so all the while the 2 of us were talking about the episodes. "Dua!"

Sigh. Now the 3 of us are in different departments.

play ball

2006-07-13T23:33:00.000+08:00

This game is getting so ugly. Someone please organise a table soccer World Cup instead.

When I was with HP they really have table soccer tournament, and every lunchtime there's always a match going on. Actually you can still push the stick to attack your opponent...

upgraded

2006-07-13T23:13:00.000+08:00

Since my horrible experience with Nescafe powder, I've upgraded to the Saeco espresso machine in the meeting room beside my company's director's office.

Is it supposed to be nicer than Nescafe? Feels more professional though...
But I can't afford an espresso machine myself, for sure. So might as well drink to my heart's content~ Contract ending soon somemore...

L(ose) V(isacard)

2006-07-13T22:43:00.000+08:00

Next time when you want to show people your RMB 25 Yuan = S$5 LV wallet, just be sure not to drop your cards.

Had dinner with Edwin last night, who recently went to Shenzhen. He just lost his ATM card. Did he write his PIN on the back?

(if you can't see, do click on the image for a larger version of this funny pic.)

quote of the day

2006-07-12T22:42:00.000+08:00

Andrew: "Nokia is 'people connecting people'"
Raymond: "You know what it means? It means f*ck. People connecting people mah. See? Nokia is so vulgar."
Andrew: "... I know you don't like Nokia lah..."

in case of emergency, break glass

2006-07-11T21:24:00.000+08:00

Have you seen those doors with security system, which you have to tap card from outside, and press the fat button from inside in order to open the door?

So last Saturday, a staff from my company somehow entered this protected room, but couldn't figure out a way to come out. There is no phone in the room cos it's a storeroom, and the guy didn't carry a phone with him, and no one was in sight outside the room. That guy paniced and broke the glass to escape.

All he had to do was to press that fat button beside the door to open it...

dear anonymous

2006-07-11T20:39:00.000+08:00

Dear mister Anonymous, IP Address 68.145.54.XXX, from Calgary, Canada,

Thank you for your support for this blog. I refer to your comment on my entry which is ameet dated 22 Nov 2005.

Is this some kind of a racist/prejudiced blog you got going on here? I'm a Sikh, and the turban is
religious to Sikhs, and I found your stupid blog pretty rude.
(Anonymous, 7/11/2006 06:52:22 AM)

You dumb chink. Pesky little asian rats, go away and live with your fellow macaques in the bush.

Got rice, bit#h???

ROFL.
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the serenity prayer

2006-07-11T18:58:00.000+08:00

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right,
if I surrender to His will.
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.

climb of the cheater-bug

2006-07-09T09:24:00.000+08:00

Another climbing day yesterday at Yishun. This time we had Ah Bok and his friend. I've only met Bok once or twice more than a year ago, but I still remember him (while he doesn't remember me, bleh)

Didn't climb much though, only did lane 4 halfway, then felt sian cos the holds were all tiny, then went to do lane 6 grey, which was quite fun. Grey routes have lots of grey areas, such as white tiles that look grey, or any othre tiles covered with chalk. But it was fun to have people shouting behind me telling me which was the next tile, and Bernard giving tips on the next move. Panel 3 was disgusting, had to do a heel hook. I don't feel comfortable raising my foot above my shoulder level, but it sure looked breathtaking from behind. It took my breath too.

And when you are tired, you anyhow climb. Didn't bother about the colours anymore, and I received lots of complaints of cheating from behind =P The worst was when you stepped on a wrong foothold that you couldn't see. When I finished my climb and Junjie attempted the same route, Kai Sing came over and asked "so, did he cheat, like you?" My bad.

Funny things happened, Ah Bok was belaying his friend then he slipped, (doing those funny jumps when taking in rope) when his friend was all well on the wall. Then Angie used the words "sucks" and "repellent" to describe that Henry-fella. And Jason the "noisy person" didn't join us...

dinner with ambassador

2006-07-07T20:54:00.000+08:00

Do you know that other than the Indian ambassador and Pakistani ambassador, I have 2 other ambassador friends --- God's ambassadors.

Last night I had dinner with HJ at a little cafe at Liang Seah Street. Didn't know that street is so vibrant in the evening. We even saw Tiong Chuan eating Katong Laksa with his friend...

Seemed like we were the cafe's first customers of the evening. The funny thing was the ceiling was leaking water from broken sprinkler pipe, yet the cafe didn't have containers to catch the water. The food was nice, but I believe it's the people that matter more than the food.

Somehow dining with HJ is like dining with Alex, just that HJ is a better listener while Alex needs a listener. Oh both are Christian by the way, spiritually they are closer to God than I do, but physically the tip of my head is closer to heaven than both of them. In between bites of the fusion food we talked about his trip to China, about Christianity, about study, about society, about my problem. I surprised myself when I talked freely about why I blah blah blah... and HJ accepted my rationale. Phew.

Both of us studied SC1101E Making Sense of Society in semester 1, so our conversation had terms like "state violence", "cult theory", "ethnocentrism". So if you are looking for a meaningful module that you can apply in real life, consider SC1101E!

herbal-cino

2006-07-07T20:28:00.000+08:00

I thought I've mastered the "1-2-3" rule of making a nice cup of Nescafe, then I screwed it up on Wednesday.

I was in the pantry making myself a cup of coffee, then a colleague started chatting with me and in one swift motion, I poured out half a cup of coffee powder -_-" So going by the ratio of 1:2:3 of 1 spoon of coffee powder is to 2 spoons of sugar is to 3 spoons of creamer, I think my cup would've overflowed before I added the hot water...

Not wanting to waste food, nor doing the unhygenic act of pouring the powder back into the jar, I went ahead to add in the water. I took a sip, and for a moment I thought the caffeine could keep me awake for the whole World Cup tournament from start to end, qualifiers inclusive. It was hell lot more bitter than Chinese herbal tea.

Back to my seat, I couldn't take it anymore, so secretly I brought the cup to the toilet and poured it down the toilet bowl. Eek, the colour was like someone didn't flush after diahorrea.

I didn't dare touch coffee for the next few days.

song of the day

2006-07-07T20:09:00.000+08:00

7月7日晴 - 许慧欣
click HERE to listen

说了再见是否就能不再想念
说了抱歉是否就能理解一切
眼泪代替你亲吻我的脸
我的世界忽然漫天白雪
拇指之间还残留你的昨天
一片一片怎么听见完全

七月七日晴
忽然下起了大雪
不敢睁开眼希望是我的幻觉
我站在地球边眼睁睁看着雪
覆盖你来的那条街

七月七日晴
黑夜忽然变白天
我失去知觉看着相爱的极限
我望着地平线天空无际无边
听不见你导演
拇指之间还残留你的昨天
一片一片怎么听见完全

七月七日晴
忽然下起了大雪
不敢睁开眼希望是我的幻觉
我站在地球边眼睁睁看着雪
覆盖你来的那条街

七月七日晴
黑夜忽然变白天
我失去知觉看着相爱的极限
我望着地平线天空无际无边
听不见你导演

quote of the day

2006-07-04T21:17:00.000+08:00

On the window of a brothel:
"trespassers will be prostituted"
Ameet's MSN

This blog is getting less and less suitable for kids.

same name, different game

2006-07-03T21:36:00.000+08:00

How many of us really talk about the game itself?

It is like, when I want to talk to people about the gameplay, the tactics, the skills, or even the players' look, then people have to talk purely about odds and money. What let half ball, what eat ball, what home away away home. It is very sad you know? Want to bet money, go and catch a few crickets lah. Spiders will do too.

Maybe at this moment, someone is complaining about this freak who doesn't talk about betting.

fido woofcup grr'many 2006

2006-07-03T21:33:00.000+08:00

Although personally I don't like the idea of keeping pet dogs, (especially with all those irritating crazy dogs in my neighbourhood) but I still find this set of dog jerseys very cute~!

With Koolfit fabric, think your doggies can last the full 90 minutes on the field.
(disclaimer: I'm not going to be held responsible for any injuries (ie. slide-tackle from another dog) sustained by your dogs while wearing this jersey. No stretcher party provided.)

kids

2006-07-03T21:19:00.000+08:00

Speechless.

morning horror

2006-07-02T10:20:00.000+08:00

I was having some peaceful moment by myself this morning when something horrible happened.

"CRACK!"

My toilet seat cracked. At 65kg, am I that heavy?

quote of the day

2006-07-01T18:06:00.000+08:00

Junjie: "You got see fat people climb meh?"
Alex and I turned and looked at Bernard, sitting just beside us.
Junjie: "OK I take back my words."

Nowadays I got to be very sensitive. When Bernard is around, I can't call Alex bui bui... -_-"
Oh but Bernard is a very nice guy.

(run out of title for climbing day)

2006-07-01T15:15:00.000+08:00

Another nice climbing day at Yishun with Alex, Jason, Bernard, Angie and Junjie. Has been a really really long time since I last saw Junjie, and now he has graduated. =) Almost all of us did 3 climbs today, and for me I did lane 5 (blue?), lead-climbed lane 6 white (or red?) and then finally lane 4 blue. Yeah yeah I was stuck at 4 blue long ago, but the tiles had been changed quite a bit ever since I last touched that lane, now all big jugs. And it was almost as long since I last lead-climbed. Chalk helps to solve rustiness.

I realised actually Jason hasn't changed, it is me who has changed. He still talks nastily, but I seem to be able to take it (or ignore it) quite well. He still keeps saying if Chow can do it so can he. Hello that line is not for him to say. Self encouragement or self comforting? Anyway today did a dyno and fell, and also screamed a bit when I did the finishing move, feel like I did put in effort today. (as if all the while I didn't)

Actually climbing itself is just one of the activities. I think most important is to meet up with friends, and we chat too~ For example Junjie shared about his trip to Vietnam, then Angie and I talked about World Cup. Hey she's the first person who actually talks about the match and not the odds, not like most people nowadays.

Oh, and I saw some cool climbing videos on Marcin's ipod video~

the five people you meet in heaven

2006-07-01T14:46:00.000+08:00

Finished reading this book The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, the same author who wrote Tuesday with Morrie.

This book is about a guy Eddie, who was the maintenance man at an amusement park. One day he was trying to save a little girl from a falling cart, and he got himself killed, then he went to heaven... There he met 5 people, the blue man whom he indirectly killed, captain who died for him, the lady whose husband built the amusement park for her, his wife who got sick after trying to look for him, and the girl whom he killed during the war. So actually everyone Eddie met was connected to him in one way or another, and each meeting sort of brought out the truth to him.

I dunno how heaven's like, dunno whether it works that way, but the one described my Mitch Albom isn't that bad afterall. One story, when looked from different angle, can mean different things, and every story is connected to one another. Reminds me of Chaos Theory. Oh well, can people really accept truth in the face?

vandal's project

2006-06-29T21:07:00.000+08:00

Just now when I came home from work, I passed by the badminton court behind my block, and saw a group of kids painting the court. They looked serious, with rollers and paint buckets. I thought, hmm must be those heartland project for those youngsters who could have otherwise turned to crime in their free time.. ahem.

When I reached home, I looked out of the kitchen window and to my surprise, I saw policemen at the badminton court, seemed like taking names. If that was vandalism, that was the most well-organised and biggest scale one I've ever seen...

Maybe those guys just wanted a bit of ownership to the court, which is itself not a bad thing. Every evening there is a little sepak takraw league going on there. At least it is something healthy, minus the part about them smoking when they are on the bench waiting for their turns.

Did I just see one guy did a bicycle kick, landed on the wet paint and got his arm green?

killing the messenger

2006-06-28T22:03:00.000+08:00

If you have read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you will always come across scenes where a warlord is unhappy with the message delivered by the other warloard's messenger, so he killed the messenger in reply (weird, dead already how to bring back the message) and if he's lucky, he will get to go home with missing body parts.

Had an unpleasant experience last night. So some 2 months ago I left a comment on a blog, a crappy reply aiming at noone in particular. Then last night, the blog owner told me someone is not happy with my comment on the blog. So I followed the link provided by the blog owner, and saw that someone has posted a reply there, some 2 months late, and he indirectly claimed to be exactly the person I described in my comment by telling me not to assume he's what I had described. Hello? I didn't mention names or whatsoever, so if I say something like "there are perverts on earth" and you insist "don't call me a pervert", what can I do?

And the blog owner, what for telling me someone is not happy with me? 2 months old entry, what is the probability of me reading it again? Close to zero unless you tell me someone has left a comment there saying he's not happy with me. Maybe it was out of good intention, but the blog owner's action brought more harm than good. It feels like person A tells person B that person C is ugly, then person B goes on to tell C that A said C is ugly. Then C did likewise... If B kept quiet, nothing's going to happen!

How to kill the messenger? Just uninstall Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger, and you've killed 2.

quote of the day

2006-06-27T20:51:00.000+08:00

Jasline: (to my boss)...cos I need to manipulate the data. (turning to me) You didn't hear me say anything har. But you also doing the same thing, so we are on the same ship.

the turf is neutral

2006-06-27T20:22:00.000+08:00

It helps not to take side/stand when watching a soccer match, since either you will be very happy, or very sad. Even if you are very happy, unless you betted on the team, their victory means nothing to you. Just sit and watch and be good.

Was hoping for Australia to win last night's match against Italy, afterall the aussies fought so hard to reach that stage. Not say they played fantastic football, but they were against a team with stars above their crest. Although it is lame, but I feel sad for them. Oh man, now I feel as lame as those idol-chasers.

Often I find myself silently cursing at the referee. It seems like they are always either blind or brainless. Well well, the only fair referees you can ever find are all in the Xbox or Playstation.

Anyone has read the book The Jungle is Neutral?

quotes of saturday

2006-06-26T21:38:00.000+08:00

It's going to rain soon. They are climbers, they are used to be out in the rain and falling.
SAFRA staff telling a family to go first on the canopy-walk.

抓他那条!!
Chow "cheering" for Nicholl, while others told her to catch hold of the rope. Alex was her partner for the walk, just behind her.

Think you wait till you finish studying lor.
About me. The wisest thing I've heard from Nicholl. Anyway it was commonsense.

Seong Per: What trip do you all organise?
Melvin: Orh we got go brokeback mountain.

nalgene's brother, brother's nalgene

2006-06-26T20:21:00.000+08:00

Guess what, I kind of forced my brother to buy a Nalgene bottle for himself. It started with him always borrowing my beloved Firefly Yellow Nalgene bottle for his badminton games. The other time he even wanted to bring it along to Cambodia, but of course I refused. Guess it must have looked cool huh?

SO, for $14 he got himself one, a bit girly Raspberry Red. So now the younger brother has the older bottle, and the elder brother has the newer one. It kind of reminds me of when I go climbing, Alex, Nicholl and I line our colourful Nalgene bottles up, and when I was in AJC ODAC, a few of us used to put our bottles as boundary markers.

Kind of wish he'd bought this one... =P

don't like

2006-06-25T17:54:00.000+08:00

I don't like piercings
I don't like tattoo
I don't like make-ups
I don't like jewels
I don't like nail-varnish
I don't like dyed-hair
I don't like chatting
I don't like SMSing
I don't like cigarette
I don't like clubbing
I don't like surprises
I don't like burden
I don't like restriction
I don't like pressure
I don't like Giordano
I don't like Bossini
I don't like Baleno
I don't like ...

I don't dislike the rest.

worm laksa

2006-06-24T18:14:00.000+08:00

So today after climbing, we went to eat the famous Yishun laksa behind the bus interchange. Reached there, saw that how come the original place there no more queue, and now not using the plastic container anymore. Alex and I went to investigate a bit, and saw that the original one has shifted to next door, together with the queue... (the one at the original place is a fake.. muhahaha)

And Nicholl's laksa got something more beside cockles, WORM! Bernard was saying that it's the intestine from the cockle, but when Nich lifted out the worm, we saw legs! Eek. So Nich called the uncle to see (wrong uncle, she called the sugarcane juice uncle...) Guess what, the uncle picked up the worm, walked towards the laksa stall, and dumped the worm into the bin.

So Nich wasn't quite happy with that, a while later she called the uncle again, told him "(in Mandarin)I paid for the worm, why did you throw away my worm? You want to destroy evidence is it?" Should have shown to the long queue huh?

free climb, climb free

2006-06-24T17:29:00.000+08:00

Last night I was still worrying that the walls will be booked cos of the SAFRA Adventure Hub open house. Today, we got free climbs.

Meder is at Korea, so that's me, Alex and Nicholl, plus Jason and Seong Per. My relation with Jason wasn't that good, but today was fine, guess someone matured huh? Then there's Bernard, KS and Angie. Angie's boyfriend hurt his leg and didn't go, so she tagged with our big group. Then Wee Li, his father, 10 yr old brother and girlfriend were also there, and Wee Li is flying off next week. teamNUS were there too, and even saw Sean and Jenny and family... bleh!

Cleared lane 6 (err..cocktail minus green), then lane 1 grey stuck halfway. Angie was belaying me when I did 1, and I was desperately screaming down to get her attention to lower me... bleh..

Then 8 of us signed up for the free canopy walk. I tell you this canopy walk is more meaningful than the treetop walk at MacRitchie, cos this one you really can touch the treetop. (in fact, they get in your way, blame it on NPark for not allowing SAFRA to cut the branches) We had to go in pairs, and SP and I were the last pair to go. Think both of us were too steady and it bored those who desperately tried to shake the cable...

And after that, we had free ice cream! And I went to the bouldering gym to fool around a bit (heel-hook on fluorescent light somemore)...

The open house is still on tomorrow~

watch out

2006-06-23T20:11:00.000+08:00

Not sure if it's retribution for THIS, I scratched my beloved Victorinox Swiss Army watch yesterday...

It was a very obvious scratch, ermm 3 scratches to be exact, think got it from the staircase stainless steel handrail. (and Alex got his from the escalator) Can't help feeling a bit sad.

I remember the time when I scratched my first watch, some 15 years ago. Is it the inevitable to scratch one's watch? I'm a very property kind of person. Felt sad when someone borrowed my eraser and rubbed away the sharp edges. Felt sad when my Nalgene bottle got its first scratch. Felt sad when someone tossed my carabiner.

Ah well, my father used to say every object on earth has its lifespan. My watch... it is still rugged, it got quite a hard knock, and it was not some hi-tech sapphire crystal cover, just plastic.

I was in Switzerland

2006-06-22T21:00:00.000+08:00

Actually my face was in Switzerland on 16 May this year. See if you can find me HERE?

quote of the day

2006-06-21T20:13:00.000+08:00

Gar gar lah! Won't pain one, only the paper will pain!
My boss cheered me on in front of the binding machine

and today my boss's boss said the booklets that I compiled are "very nice"

(about my boss's boss: he is the executive engineer of the manufacturing side. A very demanding guy whose name appears on the toilet wall. My boss and the other supervisors always got "shoot" by him. He always seems to be rushing about, talk also talk like tongue twister, got a feeling he's the kind who pees halfway then rushes out of the toilet. But today he was very cheerful when he said 'morning' to me, maybe cos I was inspecting the line before office hour...)

barely button

2006-06-20T21:42:00.000+08:00

One day my mother rode the elevator at my block. She pressed the button with her finger. Later she rubbed her nose with the same finger, and she could smell cigarette on her finger...

What if someone digs his/her nose often? The button will kena the nose crap, then the next person's finger will get the crap, then he/she digs his/her nose, then his/her nose will get other people's crap, etc etc etc...

So, make sure you are the first person in the food (crap) chain.

(talking)

2006-06-19T22:06:00.000+08:00

The Japanese converse in Japanese. (which I dunno)

The Chinese chat in Hokkien. (which I dunno)

I talk to the computer in n-bit signals. (which I dunno, but the keyboard knows)

I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in New York
-- Sting, Englishman In New York

People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.
-- Simon & Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence

Talkin' bout my workplace.

department of crappy engineering 05/06

nus freshmen recognition guide

not a lighter note

ain't no doubleback girl

trial look

quote of the day

stim table

transparent people in the park

song of the day

toxic pictures

toxic birthday

solidcraps 2006

experimental error

redhanded

ear ring binder

chasing bus

closed path

four million smiles and one indirect kiss

my new rockport

looking for belay slave

pop the olive

retro bus ride

playing ps

cranes for charity

books and bookie

iconic figure

quote of the day

first to rock wall then to school

just another passenger

outbid (not outbidded)

on boy-girl-relationship

quote of the day

round 2a

national day

lesser evil

attack of the killer kueh

quote of the day

animal farm revisited

special move

全世界 stand-by

hanging in thin air

金枝欲孽 之 溜鸟奇案

mouse bit me

unidentified farting object

tunnel pest

cors - thunder only happens when it's bidding

runway 13

climbing world cup 2006

hardcore drinker

azuki coffee cooler

report sick

convo meal

IM -- instant mute

good bye compressors

quote of the day

dear pudding

hansaplast climbing tape

unpaid overtime

quote of the day

crap of the day

political bak ku teh

who can keep a secret

you've got mail

pinch of chalk

mtr auntie

drunken master jackie chan

quotes from workplace

ipc summer summit

play ball

upgraded

L(ose) V(isacard)

quote of the day

in case of emergency, break glass

dear anonymous

the serenity prayer

climb of the cheater-bug

dinner with ambassador

herbal-cino

song of the day

quote of the day

金枝欲孽之溜鸟奇案