31st Dec 2007 - it's a ME day!

left house early in the morning for town. i went for a shopping spree ALONE...and i really spent alot. mega SNORTS...now i can really run very fast with the much lighter load on my pocket. oh well, i got my long-awaited wallet from Braun Buffel (decided to stop thinking whether or not to buy or not to buy). its SSS~! small, slim and simple~! i like~! =) spent quite abit at Kinokuniya after that (20% discount!) and some other miscellanous stuff at Watson's.

Did my own budgeting and my finances should resume back to normal in March, but then again, im going Thailand in March, which means it will have a dip again and hopefully recover in April. Meantime, I dun see any more HUGE expenses coming for these 3 months, so i should be able to control my spending...heehee...luckily, i dun have many Jan to Mar birthday frenz...LOL

Anyway, its really good to be on my own, its been really long since i have some alone time all day for my off day. and its the LAST day of 2007. wonderful day for me to go through the past year and also, look forward to the future! time to start from ground zero again and start the new year with a BANG!... at work... =D

~To Be Continued~

2 more days to 2008

28th December 2007 (Friday)
(Pic: JX on my right and Kev on my left)
- Dinner with my buddies at Hard Rock Cafe followed by Zouk. was rather tired after work, nonetheless still drank the shots they offered...alcohol + long day + little sleep = shagness! Got to know 3 girls. 1 of them is JX's primary friend (I cant rem the name. HAH!) and guess what...her birthday is also 3rd Dec and interestingly, she's a SAJC lecturer wo...LOL the other two is Kev's friend, Celia and Celeste. Air stewardess i think. Actually i won't say "got to know", more like "got to say HI", afterwhich i retreated back to my own corner and stone. LOL. I think the average age at Zouk is 4 years younger than I am.. and I still dun understand the fun of chiong-ing, unless you are going out with friends and really let ur hair down and parrrty all night. oh well...first i cant really party with people who haven got their first hair shave (haven been through NS), maybe i should go those places with an older crowd, and second, alcohol doesnt really make me high, it makes me sick. haha. and third, its always better to go such places with some girls, i think. more fun. and much better than dancing with guys. hah. if you are there with a group of guys only, there can only be 2 reasons, ONE you are a loser going such places to drink alcohol, getting wasted, and waste ur life away, TWO, you are still a loser who just wants to oogle at girls, try picking them up and try your luck. P.S. BTW, Im not a loser. I go only for the sake of catching up with my friends. :p

My New Watch
- Given to me from my bro, sis and her bf. A Puma watch with a big face and a leather strap. A nice addition to my current collection of 3 watches as the other two is metallic strap. Cool!

And thanks to those who wished me happy birthday LATER. haha... its okay...better late than never~! still love ya guys~! Muacks! =D

26th December 2007

went for dinner with Qijun, Winson, Zichao, KJ, Kent, Darren, Yinghui and Joanna at this Cherie's Place outside Bugis Junction. Food there was decent, and we practically had the whole place to ourselves since there wasnt alot of people. Thanks for the celebration, which i really appreciate and I really like the present alot. Pics to be posted up soon once i get it from Jo!!!

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Thanks to those who remembered and the well wishes. Thanks to Sharon who called at midnight sharp to wish me happy birthday and the surprise cake which i havent eat yet. and thanks to someone that i shant mention so that her head wun get swollen that called seconds after Sharon hung up. The calls really made my "night" and provide "comfort" in me for working night shift on X'mas Eve and X'mas. =)

last 8 days of 2007...counting down...

2007 is coming to an end soon. come to think of it, 2007 has been a major milestone for me in my life. my LAST IHG, last DND, last semester in NUS, teamNUS promoting up to Bball Division I league, getting my first job (its been 7months!), having my first RESERVIST, meeting up with "long-lost" friends, made many new friends too and so many many more. 2007 has really been a very exciting year with the ups and downs.

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Given what a wonderful year i had, im now looking forward to 2008 with excitement and anticipation. Going to get my first company bonus (heh~!), going BK with my family, US in July, training/playing for Division I...and the other things i planned to do for the coming year. =)

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Stay tuned for updates~!

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For now, let me get through my double night shift tonight and tmr night. =D

MERRY X'MAS EVERYONE!

Those were the days...

Saw this in Alan's house during our gathering last Wednesday... ahhh...those were the days...looking at that really makes me miss those hall days...10 years down the road, i wonder if this kinda nostalgic feeling will still be around notz...and how will everyone be like? i think it will be really different to hear things like, "oh! XXX is married already, YOU KNOW? and YYY's kid is like EIGHT this year~!" hmmm....i can already imagine that...and that's when i know im OLD~! =D

I was on a 40-hour no-sleep marathon (again!) from Friday till last night...woke up on Friday at 11am and started doing my appraisal report for 2007 and went for work for night shift...went back NUS for Sheares handball friendly with the alumni and right after that, went to P.S to meet Sab for lunch and movie. We watched National Treasure II, part I is nicer somehow. =) I dunno how many times i fell asleep inside the cinema. LOL. Aircon, comfy chair, and no lights is bad combination for a sleepy head...each time that my eyelids met, they behaved like magnets. stuck. Had to make Sab give me a wake-up jerk to keep me awake~! :p

Sab posing with her favorite chipmunks!

after the movie, i went to orchard to meet my JC frenz...no matter how tired i was...its great to meet up with them, being a really long time...and its hard to meet up with everyone so busy and one of them overseas... and thanks to my fren for sending me back, i was back home around 11plus, cleaned up, settled down, watched my new korean serial "18/29" and then fall asleep at around 3. yawns...woke up this morning still feeling very tired... and its definitely not good to play ball in this condition...

My friends - us chilling out at Taka Coffee Club.

its time for some sleep~

my work-activities marathon, started since Thursday, has FINALLY ended~!!

now i can finally get some VALUE-ADDED sleep~!

phew~ i wondered how i survived that...

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play-work-sleep-play-work-sleep cycle...i counted that i slept for 10-12 hours only over these 3 days... im so tired that i knocked out straight away on the train back home. but its nice being back hall for some exercise. lets hope theres SUN next week~~~

yay~ my off-off coming for my next 2 cycles before going back to hell week next week when my schedule gets heavy again.

ahhhh....no time to sit down and do my resolutions for the coming year and my to-get and to-do list...ahhhhhhhhh.............still gotta do my appraisal...my accident reports...blah blah...so many things to do, so little time left for the year...

Super Rookie MV

HAN GA~! Super Cuuuuuute~~~~ After i watched Super Rookie, i watched Witch Yoo Hee...oh she's just gorgeous...=)

SSBBQ and fashion~~

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Super Senior Barbeque 2007
15th December 2007
1900hours
Saturday
Venue: Block E Rooftop
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I think the number of times i have been out shopping, whether i bought any stuff or not, is definitely much much more than the previous 10months added up together. From January to October, the number of times i have been to Orchard is like...3 times? but i think i was frequent-ing orchard ALMOST every week since november~ woah tts a record~! and Im really looking around for clothes everytime i go out though i always go back with almost nothing on my hands. heh~! but i really really really want to have a major overhaul of my closet~ but i think that will only come when i start getting rid of all the clothes in my closet that i DON'T and SHOULDN'T wear...oh well...the major overhaul can come when i go America next year to see what i can get from there first... but i think a black/navy leather jacket now will be good...at least it will be some nice and decent for me to wear to work or go out and most of the jackets i have are more on the sporty side...=) i really like to wear jackets...always make sure i am wearing one for my night shift~! i guess with regards to things i wear on my body, apart from shoes, the 2nd item i like most are jackets...

Msia and the Heartbreak Kid

Went to m'sia with blub and sab today...i bought berms and books~~ =) Shun bian went to watch Heartbreak Kid. As usual, LOTS of cutting of scenes here and there...quite irritating...i dun understand why the m'sian or ppl who frequent cinemas in M'sia can tahan that...took away all the MEAT of the movies...If you want to go m'sia, make sure its for these few motives:

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1) Hair cut/treatment/blah blah

2) Seafood - cheap cheap...

3) pirated DVDs/Games, then again u can get them online. =)

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Other than that, I still prefer Singapore...oh yar the cakes are cheap and nice there, then again get them while u are there to do the above. if not, dun bother. =P

Thursday 6th dec 2007

My dog trying to sneak up on me this morning while im sleeping...

Yay~ i got Enchanted soundtrack~! support copyright~! =)

yay~ im done with all the presents shopping etc for all the bday ppl...AHHHH~~~getting presents for girls are so MAAAAA FFFFAAAAAN~~~
Watched Golden Compass today, feels somewhat like a little harry potter, lotr here and there...the girl have talent in acting, very convincing acting and nicole kidman is charming, as usual... storyline was fine, though there could be more action or twists added in the middle of the movie and somehow it felt like quite alot of details were being cut out from the story even though i have never read the book. =)
Movies to catch~! Dane Cook (stand up comedian) + Jessica Alba (chio bu) = Good Luck Chuck = must watch~! Will Smith's I Am Legend! Nicolas Cage's National Treasure! AVP2!

Back to work~

All the "Da Tous" trying to reduce their head size...

Siok Ee...no need stay so far away from the camera... =D

Me, and the 3 babes at Old Airport Road Hawker centre block No. 51. =)
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Met up with Da Tou Cun at old airport road for dinner...nice dinner though we couldn't finish the food...im on a diet~~! muahahaa..tt explains my slim figure, huh girls? the tua huey was okay, I STILL CRAVED GEYLANG's Tau Huey~~~~~~

Us at Ice Cream Chef~!

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Subsequently the girls decided to go to PO's house to visit her new doggie, S-N-O-W-Y... she's very cute but having a really bad sensitive nose these two weeks, i have better stay away from dogs...getting nose bleeds from rubbing and sneezing my nose too much these few days...and its damn uncomfortable...arghh....must be the stupid weather...

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Ice cream at the Ice Cream Chef is rather good i must say and they serve a rather big portion~

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Back to work then last night...everything feels abit lethargic...haha...after one freaking month away from work, everything took me an additional 2 secs to respond to...oh well, but its a good shift still...good rates, good productivity, NO ACCIDENTS and feels good to be back...but come friday i will need to get back my "feel" before i get questioned too much during meeting...

yawns...zzzly...

Nice?

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i was "loitering" around world of sports for 20mins thinking whether i should get it...109 with 15% discount...super tempting~!!! low cut, cloth texture, WHITE~!

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come to think of it, my ability to restrain myself from unnecessary expenditure is becoming better and better. yesterday i wanted to buy sony ericsson P1I, even got the queue number, but in the end, i went back home. decided that it was not worth it. not that my current phone is faulty or giving me any problems... =)

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"Our lives have taken us in so many directions since we first became friends,

and yet our friendship has remained a lasting bond

that keeps us from drifting too far apart.

We've been there for each other in good times and bad,

with support and sympathy, laughter and love.

As I think about our friendship, I realise it is one of the things I cherish most about my life...

And today, I just wanted to be sure you knew it too"

- Dorothy R. Colgan

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end of the year...while many companies are doing up their monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual report at this period of time, its time for my own financial budgeting and allocation for the coming year 2008. no51's very own financial framework is almost up and running~! hope to get everything settled before 2008 arrives~~~ and then comes the nagging from my mother. outdated thinking. i just gave a half an hour lecture to my sis on finance yesterday and told her not to learn from our mother. haha...put in bank to save money? with inflation projected at 3% next year, what can the interest rate from banks give? i nearly vomitted blood explaining to my mum, so i decided practical facts are always the best. i will show it to her. =)

Dionne Warwick - What The World Needs Now

2nd fav song in camp...

My Girl

first of 2 songs that i have been listening over and over in camp. =)