August 2008.

its July 31st~ welcome August, the month of work-abit-and-play-alot. =) or you can call it work-abit-and-shop-alot. or work-life IMbalance. hah.

Soul Caliber IV

Yoda?!

YODA!?

Soul Calibur IV is going to feature YODA for Xbox360 and Darth Vader for PS3 when it release on 29th July 2008. HOW COOL IS THAT? =) Why cant they feature BOTH of them on both systems or at least PS3? haha.
I just have to survive this week. Just this week. for 12 consecutive days since last Sat, I will be in office one time or another. Packing up more than 60hours of work at least for the whole week, I think we are violating the MOM labor rules here, people. oh well, the night is the darkest before dawn so I just have to get through this "darkest" hour before I see the light.

choice.

Some people believe that you are what you are today because of the environment you are in, the people surrounding you and all other factors connected with anything but yourself. Some believe that you choose to be who/what you are no matter the environment or people. We are all faced with choices everyday, minor or major and a lot of times we make them subconciously without stopping to think why we did this or that. oh well...that is another story for another time.
Anyway, I just got my annual increment letter from my big boss and then the usual "how is it so far?" conversation and updates. I was told that im picking up quite fast and is doing well and it was certainly a "bright day" after coming out from the office. =) now comes december to do my appraisal and then april to see how much i get for my bonus. Not that the bonus is what i really care for (its a part of it. duh.) but its the grade im being given by my bosses that matters cos if im appreciated and given a good grade, it gives me more reason to stay on.

SRJCians reunite

Went for my annual Srjc alumni bball tournament straight after my night shift yesterday. Shag. But the sun's good. Loved it though my teacher would never let us take out our shirts even if we are not playing. hmph. played 3 games and won 3. could have played further but it was mid afternoon and the sun is really really scorching down and some of us have to go. so we did our usual routine, took the trophy and took a photo with it before we head for the showers. As if we have won AGAIN. hah.

"Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty." -John Finney
You can have a thousand and one plans, but when uncertainty strikes, put down your pen and paper, stand up and start taking some real actions. and this is what i do. When one is in the comfort zone for too long, you forget about what you are really there for.

Muscle ache. ouch.

im old. muscle ache after gym. either that or its been a long time since my upper body took on so much weight. *Stretch stretch*=)

Things to do before going US:
-get a luggage bag
-apply for international license
-apply for bike license
-go to the dentist.
-settle my co's bowling and paintball event.
-list of things to buy/bring over to US?
-list of things to buy in US--> check out the prices in singapore and compare!
-catch up with some friends before going US!
-SWIM! when i can, it rains. when i cant, its bright and sunny. =(
-clear my report before i go over! and no more new cases PLEASEEEEEEEEE~~~
-clear my wardrobe. (chance to bring those i dun wan over to US. Wear and throw! heh.)
-what else did i forget?

report report..

1 report. clear. 2 reports. clear. 3 reports. clear clear clear! fruitful day today spent clearing my reports and going out to watch "Red Cliff" with my sister and her boyfriend. well...the movie was a little bit slow at the middle with not as much as expected fighting going on but it was still a decent show. but i missed the witty lines in the "Three Kindgoms" drama made long ago...it would have been better if they can better show how really smart and good the two advisors, Zhuge Liang played by Takeshiro and Zhou Yu played by Tony Leung, are. The only thing captivating about them in this show, for now, is that they are the only good-looking guys around during 220 A.D. hah. The girls have limited choices available then. Girls, be glad you are born in this age. LOL. Hope the 2nd part of the show (yub, its a 2 parter movie) is much more "hotter" then.

ONE more month.

so fast. 14 days to payday, 20 days to end of the month and 31 more days to US. yesh! time to start planning my to-buy list, other people's need-me-to-buy list, bring out the dusty ol' luggage bag and start stuffing stuff into it.
Some update with regards to my work - its definitely more enjoyable in the new grouping! heh. at least im pair up with 2 jokers that is of almost the same age as i am. not that i dun like being in my old group, but at least now i get to go lunch/supper with an additional "kahki" compared to the past. but that's all going to change when i get back from US. change of groups, people being promoted and going up, newbies take over, and I become the SDM~ Muahaahahaha....

"2 mins in heaven is better than 1 min in heaven..." =)

Clash of the titans.

Roger Federer - World no. 1 in ranking

Rafa Nadal - World's no. 2

The clash of the century. Roger Feder and Rafa Nadal in Wimbledon for the third sucessive time! Each having a stake more than the 750k prize money. for honour and glory... Here we go~!! Urgh...now i regret why im working night shift tonight when i should be doing day shift... damn...
Most will feel that Roger Federer has more to worry about, given his recent thrashing at the French Open Finals by the very same guy he's going to meet tonight. and if that happens, i guess its going to be the start of the downfall of the world no.1 and the rise of the next star in the making. =) interesting.

packed to the brim~

somehow lately my schedule and list of things to do seem to be packed to the max. =) not that i am complaining, but i have already been late for a couple of times and sorry to those on the "suffering" end. =)

on to something else... while i was looking through all the songs in my harddisk, i thought of one artiste that i wanted to get -Bob Marley. There was a period during NS that i was listening fervently to his songs. I had a disc burned with all his songs that i would listen to when i rode my bike. now that i couldn't find it...hmmm...needa go scout the stores for his CDs...

U.S~! Wait for meeeee~~~~!

yay. Thai Airways finally got me my flight although its gonna be a hassle travelling from Sin-BK-Tokyo-JFK for about freaking 27hours~~ oh well, at least my flight is confirmed from 11th to 1st September~ =)

mmmmm....

yawns... sleepy sleeeeeepy~~ was working with my ex-SDM last night...looks like he is still on holiday mood, showed us some of the photos he took over in India... AHhhhhHhhh...makes me feel like going overseas soooooooon~~~ 3 weeks away from work, far far away from Singapore...mmmm.....sounds very good...heh...

42days more!