Finally got to use Net lo!!

Arh... Finally get to use the internet. I am now stealing the internet from another household. Not the first time anyway... But the connection is slow and my notebook is a very old one. Passed down from my parent's era. At least it's something rather than just me and TV everyday.


Bike course is so boring... Other than the mounting of th bike and learning to control it, the theory lessons are so boring. Its the usual highway code(basic theory). Wanted to sleep through it but i think its hopeless... Gotta survive on coffee every morning and mid-afternoon. Hope this doesn't bring back my addiction to coffee.


Hope everything is fine with all my friends. I managed to visit most of them while getting updates of what's happening around. But there are still people i want to meet, places i want to go. Friends i want to wish them. Too bad... Either they have no time or i can't meet with their busy schedule. Life's like that... As soon as you leave the comfort of studying and moved on with more important things in life, your time splits into two major parts; Work or NS and Yourself. After all, who else in this world have that much free time to enjoy the perks in life other than students? How i wish i could finish this liability fast and move on with my education. I have big plans with life, but big and long obstacles to overcome.

Fish Business

Click here to watch the amazing fishes...

3 More days...

Got too much time on hand yesterday. Whole day, boss not around, big boss also not around. Nobody is around. In the end, im all alone. I sit there in the rest room with the door ajar so i can hear the telephone ring. Good thing it never rang at all. Thank God...


Today went to my parent's office to catch a glimpse of the lion dance sponsored by the Carlsberg HQ. Took a couple of photos, i see if i can post some pics up by tomorrow night. After that, i just came home and slacked at home the entire day. Chat with Zhenzhen during the afternoon and found out that her pic is really... Too act cute le. Must change ar...


Tomorrow... Another chapter of my life. Maybe its the sub-chapter. As i always regard birthdays as a chapter of my life. Going back to my old living conditions. Alone and fending for myself. The usual stuff...

CNY very fun...

Ah... The Lunar New Year have passed. Three days of visiting and chatting with all my relatives had finally come to a halt. Wait... I think i left out a couple more scheduled visits that i have not completed! ARGHZZZ!!! Well, look on the bright side, at least i get to collect more ang baos! Haha...

Its been the normal routine like the past few years. But this year, my grandmother shifted her place. So... His sons and daughters all pooled in money, hired a lion dance to welcome the New Year and bring luck and good health to the new home. My grandmother was oerwhelmed by the actions of her children. With tears rolling down her cheeks, she smiled and enjoyed the ceremony.

After collecting, i mean, visiting all on my father's relatives we moved on to my mother's side. This time was really the norm. Visit, collect ang bao, eat dinner, gamble and go home. Standard... Nothing changed. End of day one.

For day two and three... It's been rather monotonous. Relatives and friends of my parents visited my place. More ang baos again. Haha... Lunar New Year is all for children to gain and the adults to lose. Adults give out money while children take the money and spend it soon. So its the same old same old.

Now i left with two to three places... My sister's place, my church's friends and my ex-boss New Year function. Visiting is a chore, but the ang bao is the gold beneath the sand...

What the hell???

I just realised i and all my classmates & coursemates that we belong to School of Business Alumni!! What the hell?? I'm never a business student and i have never gotten my timetable from the School of Business. Never i ever don on a business t-shirt or polo-tee. Damn...

Life's Like That...

For the past few days, it has been busy busy busy. Since my arrival to this unit, this month appears to be the busiest of all. Im actually expecting to go overseas next month, but due to a course i have to skip this and probably go for the next one.

Ah... 6 more days to Lunar New Year. Wonder will i get more ang baos dan previous years? Hehe... A round trip with my bosses will sure get a couple more. Haha... But im expecting some questions from my relatives soon enough. My grandmother kept asking me to bring a gal to let her see before she moves on to another life. I wonder if im able to achieve such a tantamount task. As my cousins will poke fun at me and say when will it be their turn to get ang baos from me. Crazy talk i would say.

Shall end it with this quote, learnt from it from the drama seriel. Just lucky to catch it when i was eating fruits.

The longest distance in this world, is you knowing that i love you, and you are just standing in front of me.

Intresting Links

I stumble upon a couple of intresting links during my stay in the office past couple of days. Well, some intrested me, some made me laugh. Posted here are a couple that i think should be shared among my friends.

Click here to see something really cute!

Click here to see this amazing clip. Damn lucky son of a bitch...

A Lesson Learnt...

My boss today told me this story...

A group of children were playing near two railways, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would mean the lone kid playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Which one will you choose?

I sat there and think what should be my answer. Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. Saving the forest and sacrificing the tree.

But another thing came to mind... The child that played on the disused track. He did the correct thing. He knew the track was not in use so he played there. While the kids that played on the operational track should be punished. That made me a big dilemma.

So i told my boss, i will not switch track. I told him the reason and he applauded at my rationality. He said i chose it because of moral and ethical issues. My reasons were that the children knew the track was dangerous, why save them? And... The children playing on the track must expect train to bypass them. Not the one at the disused track, he might get caught surprised by the oncoming train. Furthermore, why the track is not used maybe its faulty. By saving the children, i might end up harming those on board the train. Causing more harm and carnage.

As my vocation sometimes needs to make tough decisions and hasty one, he told us that story to reemphasise our job. As we are dealing with something more dangerous than guns and bombs, we are dealing with human emotions. We do make mistakes and hasty decisions may not always be the right ones. Everybody make mistakes, that is why the eraser is invented after the pencil.

Before he left the lunch table, he told me this quote...

What's right may not be popular, and what's popular may not be right.

Virgin Duty Clerk

My first time doing duty in ATEC. Well, the orientation of the things to be done was simple. It made my job looked simple too. Then there was the time clause... I have to be the first to arrive, the last to leave. Thanks alot for telling me now!! Damn...

So now im waiting for the last person to leave. The best part is... They went out to get dinner, enjoy it and come back to work while i sit here waiting for them to return. So what? I do not need to eat? Am i a robot that just waits for everyone?? Hey... Im hungry and tired. The next day i need to be back here. You drive, you get higher pay, you got more responsibilities. I don't own a car, my pay sucks and i have fewer responsibilites. Why should i suffer with you??

Guess im not going to enjoy my rest tonight. Most probably a bath and maybe a 30mins show. Plus the further bad news given by my boss, i started to dread this vocation...

Mayday Comic

A Mayday comic voice over. Kinda nice. A little crappy but it is their band culture, not to be serious and always playful.

Click here to watch.

Patches

Said to update since 2days ago, due to being busy and long working hours so did not manage to do it. Now i am back with enough time before i sleep for a short entry.

Christmas Day
On that special day, i did lots of errands and send my parents everywhere. Was like a chauffeur for them. I invited my friends over to celebrate, in the end i did not dare to invite too many. So... I invited a few, which happens to be all girls. Happened a few days before Christmas, and i think i shall not drag that story out. Well, so i drove to pick my sister up. After that, i went back my parents' office to shut down the security system and carry home a carton of drinks. Since i promised the other two ladies that i collect them at Dover, i drove down as fast as i can to Dover. As i expected, they came late. Nevermind, so they all came to my place and i ushered them into my room. Doubt they would want to stay in the living room long. They watched a horror show on my PC. Kinda expected them to scream, but never expect them to come out with such crappy remarks about the show. Able to see that my sis is still the most timid. Maybe that is why I'm so called chosen to be there to protect her.

Days before New Year
The days was nothing much. Mostly stayed at home to rest and play games. Went out one of the days to watch Chronicles of Narnia. It was touted to be the toppler of Lord of the Rings Trilogy. A challenge to such a great movie, it ought to be seen and see if the challenger is up to the standard. After sitting through the entire movie, my verdict; LOTR is still the champion. Chronicles is too kid's stuff. I mean, i find it very hard to accept that it can topple LOTR. Still... LOTR is the best. Follow by all the Adam Sandlers', Rob Schneiders' and Steven Chows' movies. Those will always be the best.

New Year's Day & Eve
Do not want to say much about New Year's Eve... Dissapointed as i have to 'volunteer' myself to join my dad for his party. Did not enjoyed myself as i had to force myself not to drink too much, i was the 'appointed' driver of the night. Damn... Why can't he just take a cab home? Well, what to do... So i send him home before i join my seniors. They booked a hotel room and we stayed there overnight. Taught a couple of them a card game and they really enjoyed it. Hope the next time we play it, more will get enticed to this game. On New Year's day, i did nothing much. Stayed home to recuperate from the fun i had the previous year.

That's about it... Guess my next update would be pretty far too. Hope it wont drag too far...

Jokes I Heard Today...

There are 2 jokes that i heard today... Let me type them for everyone. Also... I will do an update tonight. Guess i have rested my blog too much.

1) During the Christmas Season, God wanted to give special presents to those who are nice and good. So he asked one of his angels to go down Earth to check how is the situation. The angel went down and came up, reported to God that 95% of the people on Earth were bad and only the 5% was good. God was shocked. He cannot believe it, so he sent another angel down to confirm this report. Another angel went down and returned with the same results. That angered God, but since its Christmas, he decide to do something. He sent emails to the 5% of the people to tell them to help the 95% to be good, at least for this Christmas. So you know what the email said?? Well, i don't know. I did not receive one, if you do please tell me about it.

2) A farmer was helping a cow to give birth. His son was standing by the side looking very attentive to the actions his father was doing. So the farmer thought, 'Oh god, later he is gonna ask about the birds and bees. Might as well let him finish this show and answer whatever questions later.' So the farmer continued to help the cow and slowly the calf came out.

He cleaned himself up and looked at his son, 'Son, any questions?' The son stared at the calf and said, 'Just one, how fast was the calf going before he hit the cow??'

Thoughts of the Christmas Gift

I just watched an episode of 'Everybody Loves Raymond'. The entire show was telling the audience about how much thought is put into a gift before giving it to someone they like. It is those little details that his wife emits during those normal days that makes him get something she yearn so much.

After watching the it, i thought to myself... Did i put in enough effort and thought for the gifts i have bought for my loved ones? I sat there, my mind went through all the gifts sitting in my room. How much time i took to find each gift. How much i think would be a good and useful gift to that person. Whether he/she is gonna like it. As my thoughts slowly form up and remind me of time i have spent finding the perfect gift. I realise that my gift would never be a perfect or an overall thoughtful gift. That is because i always miss out on the little things that my loved ones show during the normal times!

The gifts i have bought are what i think they may need. Or What they may like... Like and need are just temporary and usually people will get it for themself in due time. A thoughtful gift is something that they never want to get it for themselves and they want it to come from somebody's hands(or paid by somebody's wallet). The Christmas spirit says 'Tis the season of giving'. I think this has to be taught and learned as a skill. Giving is just a minor step, very easy to learn and hurdle over. What to give and the value of the gift is something that requires years to master.

So what i ask of my friends and who ever reads my post, please be thankful that every gift comes with effort and thought. Every present does come with a price tag, but beyond the price tag, is what made the present worth.

Boring day with a Twist

After so many days of off and rest, i had to go back to work today. Went to work reluctantly and had to report in the wee hours of the morning. Due to that, i had to make an advance booking for a taxi to bring me there. In the end, i had to pay for 5mins of midnight surcharge, a advance booking fee and the fare trip. A total of $17.50. One of the most pricey fare tickets i have ever paid for in my life. So i arrived on time. What made the fare so unworth was that the event started late. 30mins late... I could have saved on the advance booking and made a current booking. There would not be a surcharge. 5mins!!!!

Well... So i just continued and went on with my job. Today i had to help out in the range. So called help... I was sleeping again most of the time. What i did there was almost the same as what i usually do in the office. Slack there, read my magazines there, had my lunch there, sleep there, etc. It was plain boring... To think we would have to come again tommorrow to suffer this again. Boy am i dreading this...

So i went to my usual sleeping pose and started to switch off. Suddenly my partner nudged me and asked me to follow him. We are goin home and not staying back for the night shoot. YEAH!! So we grab our stuff, sat in one of our officer's vehicle and he zoomed us back to office. Damn we are so glad. The conducting officer also said that we are not needed tomorrow, meaning another day of off. Double YEAH!!

Upon arrival at the office, i realise that the security door is locked. There are two doors we need to access before we can go into the office. One is the main door(think of the gate) and the other is the glass door(think of the wooden door). I only had the glass door passcode, not the main door. So it was like... ARGHZ!!!! My bag is inside and my stuff are inside too. Damn... In the end, my partner and i went back home empty handed with only the bare minimal to travel home.

Touching yet so True...

I got this on the net yesterday. Something that i think every husband should read and every wife should learn.

On my wedding day, I carried my wife in my arms. The bridal car stopped in front of our one-room flat. My buddies insisted that I carry her out of the car in my arms. So I carried her into our home. She was then plump and shy. I was a strong and happy bridegroom.

This was the scene of ten years ago.

The following days were as simple as a cup of pure water: we had a kid, I went into business and tried to make more money. When the assets were steadily increasing, the affections between us seemed to ebb. She was a civil servant. Every morning we left home together and got home almost at the same time. Our kid was studying in a boarding school.

Our marriage life seemed to be enviably happy. But the calm life was more likely to be affected by unpredictable changes.

Dew came into my life.

It was a sunny day. I stood on a spacious balcony. Dew hugged me from behind. My heart once again was immersed in her stream of love. This was the apartment I bought for her.

Dew said, You are the kind of man who best draws girls eyeballs. Her words suddenly reminded me of my wife. When we just married, my wife said, Men like you, once successful, will be very attractive to girls. Thinking of this, I became somewhat hesitant. I knew I had betrayed my wife. But I couldn t help doing so.

I moved Dew s hands aside and said, You go to select some furniture, O.K.? I ve got something to do in the company. Obviously she was unhappy, because I had promised her to go and see with her. At the moment, the idea of divorce became clearer in my mind although it used to be something impossible to me.

However, I found it rather difficult to tell my wife about it. No matter how mildly I mentioned it to her, she would be deeply hurt. Honestly, she was a good wife. Every evening she was busy preparing dinner. I was sitting in front of the TV. The dinner was ready soon. Then we watched TV together. Or, I was lounging before the computer, visualizing Dew's body. This was the means of my entertainment.

One day I said to her in a slight joking way, suppose we divorce, what will you do? She stared at me for a few seconds without a word. Apparently she believed that divorce was something too far away from her. I couldn t imagine how she would react once she got to know I was serious.

When my wife went to my office, Dew had just stepped out. Almost all the staff looked at my wife with a sympathetic eye and tried to hide something while talking with her. She seemed to have got some hint. She gently smiled at my subordinates. But I read some hurt in her eyes.

Once again, Dew said to me, He Ning, divorce her, O.K.? Then we live together. I nodded. I knew I could not hesitate any more. When my wife served the last dish, I held her hand. I ve got something to tell you, I said.

She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want to divorce. I raised a serious topic calmly.

She didn t seem to be much annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? . I m serious. I avoided her question. This so-called answer turned her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man!

At that night, we didn t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she
wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer, because my heart had gone to Dew.

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. I felt a pain in my heart. The woman who had been living ten years with me would become a stranger one day. But I could not take back what I had said.

Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer.

A late night, I came back home after entertaining my clients. I saw her writing something at the table. I fell asleep fast. When I woke up, I found she was still there. I turned over and was asleep again.

She brought up her divorce conditions: she didn t want anything from me, but I was supposed to give her one month s time before divorce, and in the month s time we must live as normal life as possible. Her reason was simple: our son would finish his summer vacation a month later and she didn t want him to see our marriage was broken.

She passed me the agreement she drafted, and then asked me, He Ning, do you still remember how I entered our bridal room on the wedding day? This question suddenly brought back all those wonderful memories to me. I nodded and said, I remember . You carried me in your arms , she continued, so, I have a requirement, that is, you carry me out in your arms on the day when we divorce. From now to the end of this month, you must carry me out from the bedroom to the door every morning.

I accepted with a smile. I knew she missed those sweet days and wished to end her marriage with a romantic form.

I told Dew about my wife s divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she does, she has to face the result of divorce, she said scornfully. Her words more or less made me feel uncomfortable.

My wife and I hadn t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. We even treated each other as a stranger. So when I carried her out for the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly, Let us start from today, don t tell our son. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to
wait for bus, I drove to office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. We were so close that I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadnt looked at this intimate woman carefully for a long time. I found she was not young any more. There were some fine wrinkles on her face.

On the third day, she whispered to me, The outside garden is being demolished. Be careful when you pass there.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I seemed to feel that we were still an intimate couple and I was holding my sweetheart in my arms. The visualization of Dew became vaguer.

On the fifth and sixth day, she kept reminding me something, such as, where she put the ironed shirts, I should be careful while cooking, etc. I nodded. The sense of intimacy was even stronger.

I didn t tell Dew about this.

I felt it was easier to carry her. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger. I said to her, It seems not difficult to carry you now.

She was picking her dresses. I was waiting to carry her out. She tried quite a few but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, All my dresses have grown fatter. I smiled. But I suddenly realized that it was because she was thinner that I could carry her more easily, not because I was stronger. I knew she had buried all the bitterness in her heart. Again, I felt a sense of pain. Subconsciously I reached out a hand to touch her head.

Our son came in at the moment. Dad, it s time to carry mum out. He said. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had been an essential part of his life. She gestured our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face because I was afraid I would change my mind at the last minute. I held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly, as if we came back to our wedding day. But her much lighter weight made me sad.

On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. She said, Actually I hope you will hold me in your arms until we are old.

I held her tightly and said, Both you and I didn t notice that our life was lack of such intimacy.

I jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my decision. I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door. I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I won t divorce. I m serious.

She looked at me, astonished. The she touched my forehead. You got no fever. She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I can only say sorry to you, I won t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn t value the details of life, not because we didn t love each other any more. Now I understand that since I carried her into the home, she gave birth to our child, I am supposed to hold her until I am old. So I have to say sorry to you.

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into cry. I walked downstairs and drove to the office.

When I passed the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet for my wife which was her favorite. The salesgirl asked me to write the greeting words on the card. I smiled and wrote, I ll carry you out every morning until we are old.

Cooking Game

An interesting game hooked me for half of the afternoon today. I should share with everyone. Enjoy ya... Try beating my highscore, $4100.

http://www.eddiezone.net/flashgame/Restaurant.swf

Alone in the Office

If you are reading this, I have successfully inflitrated my office. Not that it have some top secret information that i can steal and sell. I actually volunteered to stay in the office as the next day's event require me to arrive here and be ready early in the morning. So i packed my bag and brought whatever i need to office. Now is the test of whether is this office haunted. Hehe... Any 'stories' i will gladly share with everyone.

Model #626

Another boring day it was. Actually i had a task to do. We are suppose to make our way to Bedok camp for interaction. We should be there by 1130hrs. In the end, there is no transport there and no one is able to send us there. So we stayed in the office minding our own business. As usual, proceed to lunch. But this time we took a walk down SISPEC. The place is HUGE!! I mean, way bigger than the one i attended my BSLC(Basic Section Leader Course). I went to my old company to take a look and by chance meet with any of my seargents. Since they are all on 'leave', i took my leave and head back to office. It was the same-same stuff as every other day but today was rather different. The Doc was in the house and he needed some models to showcase 'injuries' that will happen in war time. A deep laceration on the upper arm down to the side of the body. 2 bullet holes within 15cm apart. It was up to the combat medics to do 'make-up' and making the scars and blood look real. I was promoted to model and had to be 'made-up' for the doc. They applied colors and some glue to make the scars. It was pretty real. Like some Hollywood films special effects. I took a pic of the laceration, but i guess its too late to post the pictures. Well... That is what happens in the army, you only get to do that in the army. Do you think an entrepreneur gets to do make up of bullet wounds, lacerations and burnt flesh in the office?? I don't think so...

My sister just sent me a link that i felt oblidge to share with all my friends at my personal space online. I'm sure it will entertain everyone for awhile.

Click here for the Piggy Test.

Boring Day

Another boring day has passed. Finally here come the weekends. Also, tomorrow will be my favourite band's concert! Yay!! Haha... It's been 1.5yrs since they last had a concert here in Singapore. It's very high and a rock concert to boast. I have been to Linkin Park's one, but i just don't find it as fun and entertaining as Mayday's. Well... I just have to find out if tomorrow's one is gonna blow me away.

Just had dinner with Hammy. We went to Raffles City to get photo frame and printed a photo. Not exactly A photo, but 10pcs of the same photo. What to do, that is the minimum order of photos. So we paid for the photos and went to hunt for a good place to eat. She wanted to eat sushi, but we just can't find a good place with cheap, i mean, economical sushi bar. The Sakae sushi nearby has closed down leave us like lost sheep. In the end, we went to Funan's Swensens. The food was rather slow but the service is not bad. It took like 25mins for a small bowl of calamari to arrive at our table. See how bad it is... Hammy was so hungry i bet she almost fainted at that point. But i guess she held it back as she felt that my CPR skills not that good. Or is it another reason... Hmm... Anyway, after dinner we walked to the busstop to wait for the bus. She board the bus and went home, while i crossed over and head home.

Note: Some parts of this entry is edited and over exxagerated. If anyone finds it offensive, please accept my apology now. ACCEPT HOR!!