Tired... (The Bike advertisment is one entry below yar??)

"Me on a Segway in front of an A380 - sweet!"

Alright its been almost three weeks since my last post. Three entire weeks have gone by and still I trudge along with oasis or drinking hole in sight. I have been interning for approximately 3 months now and I must say that the workload has reached a rather ridiculous level. I guess this was what I really seeked when I signed the contract 3 months back so... I can't really bitch and moan about it yar? Busy is better I hope...

A week before I orded, I envisioned my life to be one of absolute freedom. No morning calls, no ridiculous deadlines, nothing of that sort... I would wake up early in the morning, go for a swim or long run before heading home to a nice cool shower. I would then make a nice cup of coffee and read the morning papers. Ellen Degenres at 9.30 would be next followed by another shower before I head out to the gym. I would have most probably gymmed till 2 before meeting my friends, relatives, parents or basically anyone who's on the same dream as me for a nice lunch at a bristo or cafe. I would then head home and pick up Sumo before heading down to the beach or the parks for a nice, relaxing jog before dinner. After dinner I'll retire to the comforts of my room and read a good novel before ending the day with a nightcap, with sumo in my arms..... well I must say I DID have it all planned out didn't I?

My 21st is now round the corner, a week away to be exact and I must say... with a huge sigh of relief... that the plans are more or less in motion already. Thanks to everyone who has helped me with the organization so far, especially my little Sis... who took quite a bit of time helping me draw up the basic plans for the party, despite my "couldn't be bothered" attitude.... couldn't have done it without you all :) 21... I never imagined this day would come so damn bloody fast... It seems like life just took the pace a notch higher... I just wished it'll slow down once in a while so I can enjoy the ride a little more...

Dinner @ Vivo with family...


“I now have no time to be tired.” - Wilhelm I, last words, 8 March 1888

Fondreist Megalu For Sale.

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New day, New week, New worries :)

I think I may actually need to re-shedule my blogging time. Shucks. My shortest entry yet.

Happy Valentine's Day to all!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to all you Romeos and Juliets out there... :) It definetly is the season for loving and I am pretty sure that the hangover from Chinese New Year will certainly make this Valentine's day much more festive and enjoyable. I am still working on my Chinese New Year post and am desperately trying to source for all the photographs taken over that festive period. The workload has more or less stabilized here as we successfully managed to clear them off over the last few days. Two more days before the weekend and already I can't wait... damn...

“Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.”

- Rabbi Julius Gordon

Wednesday all over again...

It has been a while since my last post and a lot has happened since that Tuesday morning. The Chinese New Year Festive Holidays have come and gone and the mundane daily routine of work has finally been set back in motion. I am currently working on an entry with pictures and all about how I spent my Chinese New Year. I am hoping to get it up by tonight or tomorrow morning...

The first week of the new year of the rat has been, thankfully, rather uneventful. I have been catching up with a lot of stuff this few days and my mornings have truly started to feel like a corporate morning... the usual stomping to my cubicle, morning meetings, coughing out heaps or reports and analysis, all pretty interesting in some little way. Perhaps it is the knowledge that whatever I am doing here is on a short term basis which is helping me get through day after day. For a job, I must admit I need something a tinge more exhilarating... just thinking out loud here...

The one thing I am truly glad about having this routine all back in the works again is the start of my gym/ exercise sessions. This CNY break has taken a toll on me both physically and mentally. No doubt the partying and buffets after buffets have been really interesting but the late nights and lack of physical activities... not too good I must say. I must say that the same sentiments are expressed all round, be it at work or at the gym... the groans and moans... unbearable. Having work is good, or so we all tell ourselves, as is keeps us occupied; sometimes way to occupied for us to even breathe, to even take a look at the path we're trudging down and to ask ourselves whether this road we take leads us to what we seek at the end of it all?

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”

- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) Author

Eve of the Eve....

Alright, successfully managed to find time to sneak in an entry this glorious Tuesday... Eve of the Eve of the best thing thats going to happen this month...

Monday night was pretty boring. My parents had plans with us for the evening but since yours truly decided to be the lead actor in a short medical drama last night, those plans had to be shelved. Anyway we managed to give that little dramatic eposiode a happy ending and I hope that there won't be a sequel to it... though I am afraid there may be one in the works already... sigh... The four of us dined at the food court nearby instead of heading to Chinatown due to the time constraints... as usual good company makes up for everything.

Anyway, we headed home soon after dinner, some strolling, one wriggling around and the last limping... :) Chanced upon a rather interesting statement made on a certain messenger service... If you do read this... just note that I meant well, and I am through with these mindless, subtle-ye-not-so-subtle mindgames... you're old enough to deal with the consequences of your actions and sound advice never sounds sweet. If you aren't going to be receptive to the advice given by the people who mean well around you than there's nothing more that can be done. As I said, whenever possible learn at the expense of others instead of your own.

“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.” - Erica Jong

To end on a lighter note... CNY is approaching and here's wishing all a successful and prosperous new year ahead!!

Time well spent

There is a popular saying about how time flies by when one is having fun and I must say that my time really flew by over the weekend.

I spent Friday evening with my family bumming around Chinatown looking for some decorations for the house and CNY snacks. My parents were just soaking up the festive mood while my sister was really engrossed in buying those really yucky posters of Mickey Mouse and cartoon-looking rats to put up in the house. Somehow or other, I seem to get the notion that a large percentage of the goods and decorative pieces have been recycled from previous CNYs gone by. As for me, I just stuck to my photography as I prowled the streets of Chinatown trying to capture the essence of it on film. I did manage some rather "arty-farty" shots which I think should be rather well received... I'll try and upload some soon...

Saturday morning was spent at the gym and the afternoon spent gallivanting around Funan with Isaac looking for parts to build his CPU. There wasn't really much of a selection there and eventually the decision came down to a grand total of... two choices, with a mere 80 bucks difference between the two quotations. I did try recommending Sim Lim to him but he remained convinced that that the entire mall in general was out to cheat him :) (Just trying to add a bit of drama to this otherwise stagnant post... haha play along yar?) Well this storey has a happy ending and at approximately 6.30pm that fateful day... A tall, tan somewhat comical creature with an enormous grin on his almost shaved head was seen lugging his 5min old CPU out of the mall and into a waiting cab. With a loud brutish victory cry, he lumbers into his waiting chariot as he whisks away from the battlefield, headed back to his motherland where he could savor the spoils of his victory. (Again trying to inject a sense of epic nostalgia into my drought of a blog... anyway I think it gives the reader a rather vivid and accurate picture of what happened that rather uneventful afternoon yar? :) )

After escorting his royal highness back to his castle, I parted ways with him and headed back east to meet my parents for dinner. Dinner was rather sumptuous and really enjoyable. My dad works outstation so family dinners like this, are greatly treasured. After dinner, I bummed around borders and got myself a nice book whilst my sis successfully convinced my dad to get her that much sought after ipod touch. Girls.... sigh....

I spent the late morning and early afternoon on Sunday paddling up and down Kallang River. I must admit that with an improved technique, the boating experience has certainly been made much more enjoyable. No more shagged face for you peeps anymore (you know who you are...) I think... I am pretty sure they can come up with something to make me take back my words... but till than... HA. After lunch with the team, and a quick haircut in town, I rushed back to the sailing centre for a farewell dinner for my former national coach. It was really great catching up with the sailors after so long... and I am really looking forward to meet-ups with them soon.

As we joked about the times we spent overseas, participating in the various competitions, riding out the seasonal monsoon storms, I couldn't help getting all emotional about the whole experience. My life so far has been rather smooth-sailing and is filled with really good memories. I have made rather unwise decisions about a fair bit of stuff back than but up till this very day I have no regrets about any of them. Seeing my coach at the farwell party, it was really hard to believe that a 5 and a half years have gone by since my first training session with him. I'll never forget that first lesson the main reason perhaps because I capsized no less than 20 times trying to figure out how to sail the craft. He was really patient and despite having some communication difficulties at the start, we worked something out and he became a mentor and an inspiration to all of us.

Köszönet Giba részére a emlékmű és a nagy idő hébe-hóba part , és minden a legjobb-ban-a törekszik hát haza!! (hope I got it right :) )

Till the next post then.

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times, Apr. 29, 1930

Shameless Wonder...

Hope the title was catchy... I got bored listing out the various days of the weeks as my blog entry titles and I hope the one above really caught your attention. :) Not that this entry will have any thing pertaining to the entry title above. The week has gone by pretty well for me, lest the little bumps here and there, everything else has been rather smooth sailing. Thursday marked the first of, hopefully, many more business trips to town. It is getting rather sterile and boring here in the east. I must say, stomping around town in my shirt and pants, hearing the clacking sound of my heels on the pavement as I jostle around with the afternoon crowd give me that "Important-cause-I-am-working-and-you're-not-plus-I-feel-like-I-am-a-go-getter-money-maker-blah-blah-blah" feeling. Hey... do forgive me... just trying to have a little fun while I am at it. Silly... but still fun. The festive season's just round the corner, lest than a week's time in fact and the CNY vibe is definitely showing at the work place. Smaller lunch crowds, more parking lots, shorter queues in the bathroom and a significantly lower temperature in the office signify the decreasing attendance at work. February the 5th and 6th will be when I put all the tools and skills I have learnt during my National Service Stint to good use. Fever with cough and cold? Stomach ache with nausea? Or perhaps migraine with dizziness... the possibilities are endless. :
I rented "Daywatch" with my mum last night. There are only two ways your viewing experience will turn out. You will either enjoy it for its intriguing storyline and rather refreshing cinematography, like me, or you could end up thoroughly lost and confused, like my mum. Having them cursing around in Russian certainly doesn't help too. :)

Anyway I downloaded a couple more songs by Nightwish... really good... the songs really in some dark-emo way feed the soul.... Love it... I know this is going to be very unlike me but here are the lyrics to one of the songs...

Stargazers (Oceanborn) - Nightwish "Dark Passion Play"


A grand oasis in the vastness of gloom
Child of dew-spangled cobweb
Mother to the moon
Constellations beholders of the 3rd vagrant

Theater for the play of lifeTragedienne of heavens
Watching the eyes of the night
Sailing the virgin oceans
A planet ride for the Mother and Child

Floating upon the quiet hydrogen lakes
In this ambrosial merry-go-round they will gaze
Ephemereal life touched by a billion-year show
Separating the poet from the woe

Tragedienne of heavens...

Oracle of the Delphian Domine
Witness of Adam's frailty
Seer of the master prophecy
The stellar world her betrothed

Wanderers in cosmic caravan
Universal bond - The Starborn

A son in the search for the truth
Following the pages of Almagest
Discovering the origin of dreams
Stargazers ride through the ancient realms

Tragedienne of heavens...


Now... If you're going to ask me whether I know exactly what the heck the lyrics mean... Save it.. I don't either... I am not going to be all smarty-pants and tell yar what I think it means because I don't. All I know is that the music is good... the lyrics sound intelligent and emo don't I have yet to decipher exactly what it means... and the entire track makes a good listen. Enjoy.

“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.”
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891