Rotten Luck

Year 2011 isn’t a good year for me so far. Many many unlucky things have happened to me.

Maybe I should list out some of the events I can remember…

  1.  I was injured and nearly died while playing ATV in my graduation trip in Phuket.
  2.  I got tonsillitis for the very first time in my life. (I consider it unlucky)
  3.  I got into heavy debt for the iPhone line i signed last year.
  4.  My army issue with the Malaysian side
  5.  Hurt my tailbone while playing basketball weeks ago and it still hurts now
  6.  I lost my iPod Touch today
  7.  Even my watch died on me after I lost my iTouch

When negative events happen, they come one after another. It’s like you fell into the well, and people throw rocks down into it. Particularly after the police left today, I checked my watch only to notice it’s not ticking. It was like adding insult to my injury, spreading salt on my wound. I totally lost the mood to work.

My friends would probably know that I took about a year to finally buy the iTouch, and when I did I was freaking happy, probably the happiest man on earth at that point in time. Who knew I would lose it just after 7 months.

I’m really fuckin pissed with myself. Why can’t I be more conscious of where I place my valuables? Why was I so careless? After losing my wallet with my IC in it twice in 3 years and my handphone once,  I still fail to take good care of my own belongings.

I fucked myself up.

WTF? Why you keep losing stuffffffffffffs? I think you’ve got to lend me everything i safe keep for you. – Calvin

WTF? U powerful man. How do u take care of your things one. – Deon

You want to test headphone don’t know how to test after work or during break ah? Why do it during work? Everytime dont know how to take care of your own belongings. – My brother

These were some comments that hit right into my heart man. But what they said were true, they hit the nail, the bull’s eye.

Friends should probably stay away from me, just in case you guys get the bad luck from me.
Need to head to the temple really soon.

I know shit happens, but why, always me?

Rock-bottom

Exactly how the title describes the stage my life is at now, perhaps.

So many unsolved issues on hand, including my National Service in Malaysia, my application for Singapore Citizenship and now another problem that is giving me headache and causing me not to sleep peacefully.

And what is that?
Okay maybe this article will help in your understanding.
http://www.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20090519-142510.html
And here I am, in a debt, considerably heavy debt as to how I define heavy.
I’m obviously scammed, together with my friend.
In addition, it’s uncertain as to whether we can get the money back from the “middleman” who got us to sign these phone lines.

Oh well, even the police told us that it was  a mutual agreement both parties had, and told us we may get into more trouble if we were to really lodge a police report. Because we are also considered playing with the telco’s system.
So the legal advice from them was, to pay the outstanding bills.

A very, very expensive lesson learnt.
There’s no free lunch in the world.
Why did I commit this mistake?
It all boils down to greediness, or just pure stupidity.
I can’t  retort whatever you guys may comment about me regarding this issue because I know it’s all the right adjectives that will be used on me.

P.S  If you are reading this, please do not let my family know about this because I’m not intending to let them know at all. Thankyouverymuch.  

Post Graduation Trip – Day #3

Continued from Day #02…

The night market nearby sells really cheap and delicious food! We could easily settle our dinner there just by buying some food from each stall. That’s what we did after a long day of activities on Day 2! (see previous post)

chocolate banana crepes!

Belgian waffles!

Day #03

We started the day late because we were all shagged after Day 2. Some of us went out earlier while I woke up later and headed for lunch at KFC with some of the guys. The KFC in Thailand sells rice okay! Of course they have the normal crispy fried chicken. All of us headed to Patong Beach after lunch.

I like this picture alot, credits to Yonglun the photographer! :)

Louis getting all ready for his virgin experience in Parasailing!

Tingfang’s turn!

James and Yonglun also tried the parasailing if I didn’t remember wrongly. But I don’t have their photos!

the simple happiness the locals enjoy.

and then the sky loomed into darkness. bad weather and we were forced to return to our guesthouse due to the rain.

Then we relac and lepak in our guesthouse until evening time before we headed out for dinner at Co-coa-nut! The place we promised we will bring the first-timers to eat seafood!  Pictures ahead!

Warning: The below pictures may make you drool, envy or brings back some good memories!


prawns prawns prawns

lala~

coconut shake!

stingray (failed)

omelette!

sotong!

There were some other pictures of food but we didn’t take them. The price we had to pay individually was about the same as Singapore’s. Roughly $10 – $13 per person but it was much much more filling!

We didnt go out for nightlife on Day 3, instead we had some crazy fun times in the guesthouse. Only Lawrence, Louis, Kweeming, Zijie, James, Yonglun and I were involved. Gayshit stuff.

Okay gotta go off now, ciaos and stay tuned!

Post Graduation Trip (Thailand)

Long awaited post! I’m gonna summarize this 10 days trip briefly and it will be in a few parts. It was a really memorable trip with awesome friends! I wonder when will be the next time we get to travel altogether again. Army life awaits and I’m not exactly looking forward to it yet! Okay here goes…

Day #01

Everyone of us gathered at the airport around 10+am to have quick breakfast at Budget Terminal before our check-in time. We were all hyped up and ready to fly like a G6. Phuket Phuket here we come! The moment we checked in, the guys went to buy their Lucky Strike cigs while the rest shopped around the stores inside. And we camwhored till our boarding time!

These are my roomies in Phuket! They made the stay so much more fun and unforgettable. :)
Oh yeah, we stayed at Loveli Guesthouse in Phuket. They provide such good service and is in good location. Near Junceylon and Robinsons if you want to shop, there’s also this night market that sells delicious food! I remember taking some photos, will post them up in the next post(s). 7-11, laundry shop, internet cafe and a travel agency are all easily accessible by foot. Highly recommended guesthouse, if you ask me!

Champion Seafood, as recommended by Andrew, the owner of the guest house. The food servings are all huge and obviously filling. But wasn’t as good as we expected. Co-Coa-Nut is much better! But still, the seafood there in Thailand is definitely much better than SG’s! Look at our satisfied faces!

We caught a great view of a BIG RAINBOW over there before the food came. As the saying goes, the rainbow after the rain. Indeed, there was a rain before we went out for dinner!

After dinner, we went to watch a soccer match at some bar along Bangla Road. Then we decided to go experience something new. Not anything new for me though.

We went to watch Thai Girl show as it was the first-time experience for some of us. They were pretty amazed by what the performers could do with their… y’know, their “downstairs”.

Then all of us decided to club @ Seduction since it was just nearby. Didn’t party till very late as we had to wake up really early the next day for activities.
Day #02

Woke up around 7am to prepare for the day tour. The ATV (All-Terrain-Vehicle), followed by Elephant trekking and lastly White Water Rafting. The travelling time that day was very long as the places are all pretty far and located at different places.

Getting ready for a race!

For me, it was a thrilling and near-death experience for me in ATV. My vehicle lost control and went downslope and I actually bounced out from the vehicle by the impact. I knew I had to jump if not I could suffer serious injuries or even die. Luckily only a minor sprain and superficial injuries! But I’m glad everyone had fun and were safe. Haha!

Outside the Monkey Cave. We prayed there and hanged around before we left for another place. I prayed for safety because I was already injured on the 2nd day!

We arrived at the Elephant Trekking place. I suppose it’s our first time experiencing such closeness with elephants. All of them are HUGE. Even their poo. -.- It was basically sightseeing on an elephant around. You will get the feeling that you will fall anytime every now and then.

After the elephant trekking, we went to another place to have our lunch by a river. The guide then brought us to a waterfall to relax and swim around. Sadly, no photos were taken for our rafting as it was a water sport. Only took a post water rafting photo! My team (KM, ZJ & Law) was in the lead, but we got stuck at some points and the two guides were having some internal conflicts among themselves. In the end, we became the last. Haha, but still the process was fun! I really love the ATV and Water Rafting activities.

We all K.O ed on a 2hour’s ride back to the guest house… but the guys woke up and also disturbed YL towards the end of the journey. Poor thing. But it’s all for fun!

Okay I’m getting tired now…Stay tuned for the next post(s)!

Finale 2010

Wow, how time flies uh. It’s already the last week of the year 2010. Everytime when it’s around the ending of a year, I believe a lot of us tend to ask ourselves, “What have we done, what have we achieved in this year?“. I’m no exception, and sad to say, I can’t really think of any major achievement. In fact, I feel so disappointed with myself.

I have been working almost on every weekend this year long, changed job from Puma to Tangs. Not much of a difference in the working environment, just the company. I gotta admit, working part-time has taken so much of my time and freedom away. I’m deprived of the time I spend with my family on usual Sundays and with friends on Saturdays. I kinda neglected some of them. I feel bad, very bad. but that’s life for me. You can’t ask me to quit just like that. I already grew accustomed to the life that I’m spending on what I earn myself, apart from the weekly allowance I take from my Dad during academic school terms. Without that income, it’s hard to survive.

I used to eat out with my family on Sundays, exploring different places to makan or even go shopping sometimes, though usually we go to heartland areas but what matters was the company, that family bond. This year, I think I can use my fingers to count the number of times I ate out with my family members. The occasions are usually birthdays or Father’s/Mother’s day. But luckily, this didn’t affect the relationship I have with them of course.

I guess the thing that’s weighing most heavily on my heart is that I’ve drifted apart from my sec sch clique, whom I used to hang out with on Saturdays. Playing basketball or hanging out. Some have went to army, whereas some have other commitments. For me, yeah mainly because my weekends are burnt for working. I can’t really blame them for leaving me out sometimes when they have their outings. Maybe because they got sick of hearing the same answer from me everytime. I’m deeply sorry to them too, even though they may not see this.

My primary school clique sort of stayed the same. Just that one went to navy, one’s busy with work and the other one is still crazy over bball. And I also haven’t been bballing with them for ages. Weekdays busy with school, weekends busy with work. What to do? And to add on, I suck at my time management. Hopefully things will all get better with the end of FYP early next year.

Throughout the year, the people whom I’ve been spending time with most should be my poly mates. My bros and sis. They have been with me through my ups and downs because we see each other almost 5 days in a week. I just realised there’s only 7 weeks of school left after school starts. Minus away the CNY period? It’s gonna end very very soon, soon we will all graduate and perhaps work and the guys will all go serve NS and do shit. Still can’t believe 3 years have almost passed so fast, I could still remember how I met every single one of them. It seemed so… yesterday.

I got to know this girl A.A in SP. The method to find out her name and background was kinda ridiculous. She’s a special girl, at least, to me. We grew closer until a certain extent, and no progress anymore. Everytime I talk about this, my heart feels so heavy. Especially when my friends ask, “Hey how’s your progress with her?”. I wished I had a positive answer. She’s kinda different in her mentality towards relationship. She’s very attractive, and no lack of suitors. So definitely wooing her isn’t an easy process, I’ve experienced the 喜怒哀乐 of it all. :D Well I’m still glad I met her.

I’ve lost a few of my good colleagues in this year too, in Tangs. And met a few new fun colleagues in the process too. The faces come and go, I find it hard to have anyone that I can rely on or be really close with now. I used to work for the passion, for the fun and people whom I really enjoyed working with, and obviously money as well. Nowadays, I find myself working solely for money, money and money. I’m saving up for something big next year. So… perhaps a change of job after the next-big-thing next year.

& my BBMM, glad that we are still as close despite not meeting up for so long until X’mas day itself. Hope this friendship of ours will last till… the world ends! :)

I think the more memorable events of the year are:
1) My first airplane experience, first overseas trip with friends to Phuket & many first-time experience there.
2) Getting my driving license
3) One of my pay checks hitting more than 1k.
4) Getting my iPod Touch (like finally)
5) My birthday not celebrated, spent it in my office during attachment. (not blaming, just saying :D )
6) Mum’s health issue. (glad she’s fine now) Last year it was my Dad.
7) Failing my NAPFA 2.4 Km run (ouch)
8 ) Short getaway trips to J.B with friends
9) Volunteering in Youth Olympic Games

Can’t really think of any more to make it 10 points already. Ah-hah, see how boring my life is. Or perhaps my memory is bad. That’s about it for my 2010. Just freaking 3 more days to a brand new 2011. I’m sexcited as well! Maybe my next post will be New Year Resolutions but i know i wouldn”t really give a fuck about it..because.. it’s just humane to do so and I wanna abide by them :) .

Pardon any grammatical errors, or words that didn’t make sense to you, and torturing your eyes if you actually managed to read this far. Congratulations to you because my blog post is ending now.

I hope all my friends had a wonderful 2010 full of achievements, and also a fruitful awesome 2011 ahead! :)

End of ITP

First day of ITP: Counting down the number of days left till end of ITP, hoping it will pass quickly.
Last day of ITP: Thinking why did ITP end so fast, wishing it would last a bit longer.

In the blink of an eye, 6 weeks have passed. Attachment is over. I had mixed feelings inside me, i didn’t know whether to feel happy or sad. But when we all had to bid goodbye, i realised i was feeling more sad rather than happy. It might not be the case for all my friends who are also having their ITP, but my fellow interns will definitely feel the same way as me.

I feel quite lucky that I got into this company with a good pay, excellent welfare, caring boss, thoughtful supervisor and awesome colleagues. Seriously no complains about this company.
I definitely will miss the colleagues and the workplace!
And all the fun times like singing K through the night and steamboat outing!

Back to school on Monday, mixed feelings again!

Fuck.My.Life

It seems like this year won’t be a good one, at least until today.
I lost my wallet yesterday after I played basketball.
This same scenario happened in SP when I was year one, similarly, after basketball.
Though I may not have lost my handphone together with my wallet this time round( which is a good thing ), I felt that the loss was equivalent to the first one.
Why?

1) Because this will be the 2nd time i lose my IC, and it’s gonna be a fucking 300bucks gone from my pay.
Cheesepie, three mother fucking hundred dollars. Almost half of my tak-home pay for December, i worked so frequently during the holidays to earn myself enough to buy an iTouch and now this has to happen.

2) My Provisional Driving License is also inside the wallet. And I have to make my way down to Traffic Police Headquarters to notify them and renew one. In addition, TP is in March and now this loss will affect my learning progress. Fuckkkk.

3) My house keys are inside the wallet. A lot of people asked why I put them inside. Because it’s just two keys and more convenient to put in. Yeah, convenient indeed. I’m not gonna put them in my wallet anymore. Now have to change the lock in my house.

4) Atm card. I’m not really sure how much it will cost me to replace a new card yet again. They say will deduct from my bank account, but I only have $6 inside! Deduct what shit? :/

I swear to myself,

I’m not gonna bring my whole wallet out when I’m gonna play basketball. Just cash and ezlink.
I’m not bringing my IC out with me unless necessary.
I’m not putting any keys in my wallet anymore.

I just hope a good Samaritan whom may be holding on to my wallet to return me my IC and PDL…
Which is highly impossible, I know.

I’m so guilty, my parents have warned me not to bring my IC out after I lost my handphone and wallet in school, now I’m making the same mistake. But this time round, I will bear the full responsibility instead of asking my Dad to.

In conclusion, FML.
What a way to start off my new year.

Christmas

This is the first time I’m involved in gift exchanging between friends during Christmas. I don’t usually celebrate X’mas cos my family doesn’t, so I usually hang out with friends but there’s no gift exchange involved or whatsoever.

Went to Louis’s house for a mini gathering on the X’mas eve after work. Played games, watched dvd, ate and drank. We only slept around 6+ in the morning and woke up at noon. Watched Sherlock Holmes in the afternoon with the guy, I found the storyline pretty good and the sense of humour was easily understood. But I dozed off a few times due to lack of sleep, and you really need a lot of concentration for that movie!

26th Dec

X’mas gathering for Class 13 and 14 at Mr Martin’s house. Played pool and watched show at his house. Pretty big and it contains very cute cats! Gift exchange again before we left and headed to Timbre. We waited quite some time there but luckily we managed to get seats there. The live band was sex! One of the best I’ve seen so far. Tried Jaggerbomb, had two of it. Tastes good, and the effects of alcohol came a bit late.

We left shortly after the live band left and continued to drink elsewhere. I gulped down two cans of beer and for the first time, I think I got drunk or somewhat wasted. I admit I was trying to drown myself in sorrow but regretted it after pouring out to my clique. I couldn’t really recall whatever happened in detail but it was considered a crazy drinking session, for myself and everyone who was there. I got drunk and vomitted for the first time after drinking.
I did a stupid thing when I wasn’t in a clear state of mind – I punched the wall with all my strength and my knuckles are still red from the impact, now I can’t even clench my fist, well done. -.-

What I remembered clearly was you calling out for him, at that point of time my heart went cold.
I knew I wasn’t anything to you.
This is when I knew I had to give up.

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我知道照片来得有点迟,但是还是想跟你们分享去夜间动物园的经验。其实还蛮好玩的,只是当天也有发生一些不愉快的事,
嗨~,不愉快的就不提了。
其余的照片我都放上“脸的书”了 ,可以去看看。(:

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虽然篮球比赛输了,但是我们也都尽力了,所以没有遗憾。得到冠军的人,应该懂得谦虚一点,要不然也没有人会尊敬你们,为你们开心。

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有时候,我真希望你会试着了解我的感受。:/

Say “Welcome!”

I can’t write on my Blogspot anymore partly due to the recent problems Blogger is giving, just pissing me off. So i decided for a change, since there ain’t many readers following my blog anymore. In addition, WordPress has the Password Protection function which I personally think is damn useful.

Hence, fellow WordPress users (friends), welcome me to join your “clan”. Muahahahaha. WordPress’s layout also much more nicer, really like the color combination of white, grey and black. :)

Okay, end of my very first post!

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