Young and Dangerous III

gas station somewhere in eastern nepal

2011-10-13T15:05:00.000+08:00

2011-07-06T17:51:00.001+08:00

2011-07-05T01:32:00.003+08:00

Eva trying to tackle me to the ground! see u ard Eva :)

2010-05-20T02:13:00.002+08:00

its raining in singapore now, 2.14 am

i spoke with an old lady who spoke no english, me no hokkien. i was told she was a karang guni woman - i cldnt find the words in english, so i wrote it as it is

will be go-karting in macau soon w my colleagues, cant fucking wait!! i am so gonna spray champagne all over the guys in their white t-shirts

made a new friend Glen last friday, sneaky bastard he.

suntory time

2010-05-11T00:13:00.001+08:00

must pass ippt

for honour and glory

wants: gd speakers, cool sneakers

needs: hammock in a forest, the bridge and not the chorus

2010-03-02T00:55:00.002+08:00

we killed everybody man
and now we be getting killed

abandoned gas station

2009-04-20T00:05:00.000+08:00

one of twenty six pics of abandoned gas stations. this one's my favourite

Meeting At An Airport

2009-04-01T22:55:00.001+08:00

You asked me once,
on our way back
from the midmorning
trip to the spring:
"What do you hate,
and who do you love?"

And I answered,
from behind the eyelashes
of my surprise,
my blood rushing
like the shadow
cast by a cloud of starlings:
"I hate departure...
I love the spring
and the path to the spring,
and I worship the middle
hours of morning."
And you laughed...
and the almond tree blossomed
and the thicket grew loud with nightingales.

...A question
now four decades old:
I salute that question’s answer;
and an answer,
as old as your departure;
I salute that answer’s question...

...And today,
it’s preposterous,
here we are at a friendly airport
by the slimmest of chances,
and we meet.
Ah, Lord!
we meet.
And here you are
asking—again,
it’s absolutely preposterous—
I recognized you
but you didn’t recognize me.
"Is it you?!"
But you wouldn’t believe it.
And suddenly
you burst out and asked:
"If you’re really you,
What do you hate
and who do you love?!"

And I answered—
my blood
fleeing the hall,
rushing in me
like the shadow
cast by a cloud of starlings:
"I hate departure,
and I love the spring,
and the path to the spring,
and I worship the middle
hours of morning."

And you wept,
and flowers bowed their heads,
and doves in the silk of their sorrow stumbled.

- Taha Muhammad Ali

2008-10-15T17:18:00.001+08:00

2008-09-02T05:12:00.000+08:00

happiness only real when shared

2008-09-01T02:36:00.004+08:00

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar;
I love not Man the less, but Nature more,
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the Universe, and feel
What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.

Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

so u think u can tell

2008-08-19T03:31:00.002+08:00

its been a long time since we blogged! it was fun for a while eh?

casey i recently dug up tt huge-ass bday pop-up card u made for me before i left for india haha still damn cool la, wish i cld have it propped up somewhere. if only we were fucking rich - i'd make a life-size set of tt stage u drew. and get life-sized statutes of us in gold

mayb tts why pple like erecting statutes of great pple, sth permanent n set in stone (or gold). our statutes will have us holding an empty crystal cup in our hands and we'll have it constantly topped up with chivas 21 yrs everyday

speaking of which! nicky and i have a new drink to intro u! we r damn atas now so we upgraded to Macallen single malt scotch - whatever the fuck tt is

see u soon man

FUCK YEAH!!!

2008-04-30T04:58:00.000+08:00

2008-04-29T21:13:00.000+08:00

4I United duo Nicholas Liu and Mutz are both doubts for the up-coming NUS Champions League semi-final second leg on 7th June 2008 (Saturday) against Vietnamese Outfit Pho-Warriors at Stadium de NUS.

Liu took a knock to his knee before being substituted in the 0-1 defeat to his faculty mates, while Mutz suffered a similar long-term injury.

4I United manager Sir Mutz-Liu has scoffed at suggestions his team could be on the wane entering the most crucial phase of the season.

Instead, he maintains they are still well on course for a NUS Premier League and NUS Champions League double.

However, they go into the match on the back of a defeat against the Hairy Middle Easterns, which saw their rivals move level at the top with two games to go.

Asked if he was worried, Sir Mutz-Liu said: "Not at all. We should be sitting here as champions of the league.”

United hold the NUS Champions League record for straight home victories and Sir Mutz-Liu has spoken of his pride in his players as they aim to extend that run to 2 games.

He said: "There was a lot of disappointment in the dressing room previously, especially with the attendance of the players at games.

"But we have the incentive of a big game, so you put that behind you quickly. A training session will reflect that.

"I trust these players. I am a lucky manager to have such good lads.

"Character-wise, they are fantastic. You saw that in the second half on Saturday, they were absolutely magnificent.

"That character is also a part of 4I United. It epitomises the kind of player you have to be to play for the club.

"I am proud of those players representing me and the club.''

Vietnamese Pho-Warriors boss Song Lam Jiao Ni Car Pong Ku Ku Bo Jiao has pledged to stay true to his side's run-like-fuck philosophy, as well as feeding his players well with traditional Vietnamese fare, such as pho and steamed vegetable spring-rolls.

happy bday mutz!

2008-04-29T03:21:00.012+08:00

hello hello mutz! happy bday man u cb. heres a year of photos to help u recap our misadventures!

TRIPPPLE TRIPPPLE WHOOPER after my exams

shiok hay mee from bishan

WALKING across the causeway coz no bus..nnb

RAMLY!!

haha. TWENTY TWO lor.

HAYPOH TIME

diao xiao lar

this one specially for you

Heh. you have fun today eh, hope you enjoy the present. HAPPY TWENTY FIFTH MY MAN!!

tere bina

2008-04-21T13:12:00.004+08:00

i was having supper at adam rd late last nite, the place was pretty empty n only a few stalls were open. of course the indian stalls were one of them so i ordered a teh tarik n was happily reading the local novel Heartlands. then SUDDENLY, a v familiar refrain started playing from a hidden radio in one of them mama stalls... i've heard this hindi song before in india but i coudlnt remember where exactly! found out from sheela tdy tt its from a movie tt we watched (GURU starring Abhishek Bachchan & Aishwarya Rai) in connaught place, delhi

tears starting welling up in my eyes as i sat alone on the table (non-smoking) washed in pale orange light, memories of my exchange n india flooding over me as the song blasted n belted out emotions as strong as those i was experiencing...

got the translation here so u can sing along!

Bin tere kya jeena
How to live without you

Tere bina beswadi beswadi ratiyann
Without you tasteless are the nights /* [ beswadi = tasteless ]

Oh sajna, rookhi re oh rookhi re
Oh my love, dry oh dry

Kaatore kate na
(nights) don't pass

Na jaa chaakri ke mare na ja
Don't go for the sake of work /* [ chaakri =work, job]

Sotan pukaare
the other woman calls /* [ here the job]

Saawan ayega toh puchhega, na ja re
When rain will come, ask for you, don't go

pheeki pheeki beswadi yeh ratiyaan
fade and tasteless are the nights

Kaatore kate na
(nights) don't pass

Tere bina beswadi beswadi ratiyann
Without you tasteless are the nights

Oh sajna
Oh my love

Tere bina chand ka sona khota re
Without you the gold of the moon is fake

Peeli peeli dhool udawe jhoota re
yellow yellow dusts are all fake

Tere bina sona peetal
without you gold is peetal /* [ peetal= an alloy metal looking like gold]

Tere sang keekar peepal
with you the keekar is tamarind /* [ keekar = a bitter taste vegetable
available in Norh and west India]

Aaja katena ratiyan
Come, can't spend the night

Dum dara dum dara mast mast dara
Dum dara dum dara mast mast dara
Dum dara dum dum oh hum dum
Oh my love

Bin tere kya jeena
How to live without you

readings readings readings....

2008-04-17T20:26:00.004+08:00

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guys, u may be reading business, engineering or law books right now... but pls... remember to do your compulsory readings alright? they are essential for good grades for the coming exams.

thanks to jess for the recommended readings.

YOU PICK THE TIMEEEEEEE

2008-04-09T01:06:00.001+08:00

happy birthday nicky!!!

2008-03-27T12:59:00.000+08:00

some yindian girlies for u!

jhoom!

2008-03-27T12:52:00.001+08:00

galang galang galang

2008-03-27T00:13:00.001+08:00

this guy's in love with you

2008-03-11T22:33:00.000+08:00

nice ending lol

2008-03-10T00:23:00.002+08:00

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Cultured Midfielder Released From Hospital

2008-03-05T02:22:00.003+08:00

SINGAPORE, Feb 27 (TalkingCock) - Law IV's injured midfielder Nicholas Liu was released from hospital on Wednesday, a spokesperson from the team said.

The Singapore-born midfield hard-man suffered a complete rupture of his right ACL and a dislocation of his knee after a tackle by a Law III player (name withheld for security reasons) during a wet Law Faculty League 0-0 draw at The Quad. The pitiful state of the water-logged pitch was thought to be blamed.

On Monday, Law Iv said the 25-year-old was expected to make a full recovery from the horrific injury, although he will be out for an expected nine months. Meanwhile, Liu will be undergoing intensive physiotherapy with the help of expert doctors and the occasional shot of morphine.

'Liu would like to once again thank everyone for the overwhelming messages of support he has received,' a statement on the club's website said.

'A matching pair of Liverpool shorts to go with the jersey would be greatly welcomed,' Liu was thought to add.

Liu's tenacious presence in midfield was immediately missed as was seen in the recent 0-1 loss to Law III last month.

The injury means Liu will miss the remaining of the campaign; Singapore's crucial bid for World Cup 2010; as well as many a Cuscaden Tuesday night.

Put a contract out on yourself!

2008-02-18T03:22:00.001+08:00

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gotta get me one of them triangle thingys

2008-01-22T22:39:00.000+08:00

bangalore, dec 08

2008-01-22T01:41:00.000+08:00

twas a very different time when i was last in bangalore, n india in general. but this trip was a special one too! we had ourselves a kickass time no? ok pls u gimme best price no 100 no 300 u gimme best price

just like i like it, she's got nice t

2007-12-02T23:36:00.000+08:00

makes u feeling like getting it on no? mayb its just me lol
check them out!

IN DA CLUB LOL

2007-11-25T18:00:00.000+08:00

gan ji puay! (cheers one cup)

2007-11-16T15:11:00.000+08:00

introducing a new addition to my family

2007-11-08T15:30:00.001+08:00

7 nov 07 saw the arrival of a new member to the family.
he is a 5+ month old white maltese and his name is poofie (wtf... what an awful name... sisters! *rolls eyes*)

he is damn cute and quiet, but unfortunately i think he is probably gonna get an identity crisis soon because my sisters keep buying pink cutesy stuff for him...

im on a roll tonite

2007-11-05T05:45:00.000+08:00

found this from a journal, q interesting. search for the post titled '10:29 pm - for h'. a series of postcards (essentially short stories) with a strict 400 word-limit. here's a couple i liked especially

Paris, France

I see H lying on the bed, the sheets like waves not yet overwhelming his invulnerable body. What is it--light that sculpts his skin, trailing in a steady curve down his spine--or is it the other way round, the radiance of his flesh sculpting the colours around him, making the room tremble almost like an underwater studio? I sip my coffee slowly, closing my eyes, letting the aroma conquer that unbearably vivid image of the artist in repose.

Tokyo, Japan

This evening H showed me the Hokusai postcard he bought from a shop with supposed yakuza connections. There was a tidal wave in the painting and a few boatmen were recognisable from their straw hats. 'That's us,' I said, 'On that tiny boat.' He was silent and chewed some seaweed thoughtfully. 'If only,' he replied. 'If only we could exist like that, frozen, perfectly balanced, sheltered under the violent shadow of a giant tsunami.'

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

We peer outside at half-completed flyovers, imagining train tracks ending perilously at a platform of sky. The cab driver has another passenger in his front seat, and from their conversation we find out that they are husband and wife. Will they guess anything about us, glowering, taciturn, how H and I will have furious make-up sex an hour later, how I will learn that my sulky wish to be a full-speed kamikaze train was a desire not for annihilation, but bliss?

Sarajevo, Bosnia

There was a time when snipers, hiding behind one of these cracked walls, aimed rifles at the heads of people crossing the street. We saw buildings like wasps’ nests, shelled and crumbling, as you read from a brochure: "During the siege, people learnt that nettles and dandelions were edible. There were no roses, or tulips, or lilacs in the gardens." How real your voice sounded at that moment, H, how fragile, as all suffering ceased to be an abstraction.

Mumbai, India

Fortune-telling parrots, dancing monkeys selling balloons, and beggars humming the tunes to the latest Bollywood talkies. The city is congested enough with its people and its cars, but what gives it its true bustle is its swarming traffic of dreams. Buy a garland to be a queen, pay for a shoeshine and be a movie star. H, there are enough gods here to grant us our every wish, soothe all our fears, bless us through the delicate gesture of a thumb between the eyes.

u gotta read the post to appreciate it properly i think - esp the last story of the series. i think i hav a soft spot for short, love notes.
i never wrote u enough

u kotex!

2007-11-05T03:29:00.000+08:00

caught a clip of this on the bbc: World Challenge 2007

i guess it had to be an oil company to fund n promote such a competition. the finalist tt i saw was some Nepali guy who, after suffering the countrywide shortage of cooking gas, invented smokeless solid fuel made from waste materials such as newspapers n cardboard. at first i thought them round blocks were made from cow dung. i remember dried-up dung is reused in some parts of jaisalmer, rajasthan to build walls for homes/buildings. nope, they didnt smell as such

on my part, i always try to switch off all unnecessary lights n electrical appliances at home whenever i can! i wish we had a more comprehensive re-cycling system in s'pore. u know, one where the govt does all the work, n all we obliging citizens hav to do is to put the korrect type of rubbish into the korrect type of bin - or face a S$500 fine.

s.5: For the purposes of this Act,
(1) wrongful knowledge of the true properties of said rubbish shall not be a valid defence in any Court of Law; and
(2) hearsay evidence from witnesses who may or may not be the accused's neighbours (both immediate and across the road/corridor/block) regarding the accused's improper conduct in disposing of said rubbish shall be relevant and admissible, notwithstanding any rule, principle, or/and tenet stated in the Evidence Act, Criminal Procedure Code, and/or Common Law.

tts my election campaign right there. the Clean and Green Party, whose uniforms will be green shirts n brown pants - to resemble trees - n will be made from 90% re-cycled clothes from the Salvations army. how come we dont hav a Green party? where do we dump all our shite? is it indonesia? is tt why they're always fanning fucken smoke in our direction?? hahaha it must be! only then will it be funny tt we komplain abt the haze!!!
[fuck it isnt: just found out we built our own landfill... not so funny anymore]

oh i almost forgot abt my subject! from a discussion board on the website:

Sanitary Pads
Posted by: Jo Noble (IP Logged)
Date: October 23, 2007 01:25PM

Just wanted to add some information about the sanitary pads developed in Uganda. I live and work here and recently visited a school where Dr. Musaazi had provided MakaPads to the school. For the first time, the girls were having discussions about menstruation and the girls outnumbered the boys in enrollment. I didn't realize that many girls drop out of school because they simply cannot afford pads and the banana leaves that they use are too unreliable to be out in public. Menstruation in many countries is the end of education and the beginning of too early motherhood. I have visited the place where the pads are made. It's an amazing story and a wonderful support to young woman in Uganda.

banana leaves eh? wonder if its as uncomfortable as a straw up the nose

mumbai!! yindia!

2007-11-05T01:18:00.001+08:00

i hope i meet this guy sometime during my time in india... lolz

indian thriller

fucking HUAT AH!!!!!

2007-11-02T05:01:00.000+08:00

GUYS IM GONNA STRIKE TOP PRIZE IN 4-D THIS SAT IM GONNA B DAMN RICH SO U CAN START THINKIGN WHAT PRESENT U WANT FROM ME

NICK I CAN PAY FOR YOUR KNEE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY LOL

sianzzzzz

2007-10-31T12:31:00.000+08:00

i hate being injured... first it was my ankle, and now it's my friggin knee....

i hate limping ard and panting from walking too much cos of the pain. wtf man, people are playing soccer out there and i cant even think of joining the fun.

gonna be seeing the orthopedic tmr... let's hope he brings some much needed good news.

COME TOUCH MY HAND

2007-10-26T01:29:00.000+08:00

onetwothreefour
get yo booty on da floor
fivesixseveneight
shove tt straw up your nose

nice analogy there
not v nice rite, saying this kinda things in parliament? isnt it a serious sacred forum where the peoples representatives go out to right for our fights?
u dont hear any gays asking us normal pple to go insert a 10-cent coin into the slot to open the rotating gateway to the newton hawker centre toilet;
to put a sausage between a hot-dog bun;
to unlock our mailbox with our housekey (insert in out in out in out in but still nothing come out)

tts not cool man thio li-ann
u know them t-shirts tt cost abt 43 bowls of ba chor mee? Singapore gotta REPRESENT man

blast from the past

2007-10-12T01:31:00.001+08:00

from nicky's 21st bday. all together now!

pecos

2007-10-01T05:30:00.000+08:00

was my favourite pub in bangalore! found a pic off a blog w lotsa other nice pics of bangalore. damn i miss kingfisher draft n popcorn n the goan style prawns n chilli beef n chilli bacon-wrapped-sausages omg shld hav taken pics of tt man u all see already will drool your keyboards wet oh wellz

thinking of going back in dec now tt tiger airways has opened flights! who wanna go chennai tell me! got special promotion but must book by 7 oct n fly between 1 feb - 29 mar 08. cny next yr falls on 18 feb which is a sun so 19 mon is a holiday too. i flew back for cny this yr; it's only right tt i fly back again HA! HA! HA! time to spend a Chinese new yr in India! but still not v cheap leh, after taxes all its abt S$300 per pax. cheesebun man

2007-09-30T17:46:00.000+08:00

No colours except green and black the walls are green the sky is black (there is no roof) the stars are green the Widow is green but her hair is black as black. The Widow sits on a high high chair the chair is green the seat is black the Widow's hair has a centre-parting it is green on the left and on the right black. High as the sky the chair is green the seat is black the Widow's arm is long as death its skin is green the fingernails are long and sharp and black. Between the walls the children green the walls are green the Widow's arm comes snaking down the snake is green the children scream the fingernails are black they scratch the Widow's arm is hunting see the children run and scream the Widow's hand curls round them green and black. Now one by one the children mmff are stifled quiet the Widow's hand is lifting one by one the children green their blood is black unloosed by cutting fingernails it splashes black on walls (of green) as one by one the curling hand lifts children high as sky the sky is black there are no stars the Widow laughs her tongue is green but her teeth are black. And children torn in two in Widow hands which rolling rolling halves of children roll them into little balls the balls are green the night is black. And little balls fly into night between the walls the children shriek as one by one the Widow's hand. And in a corner the Monkey and I (the walls are green the shadows black) cowering crawling wide high walls green fading into black there is no roof and Widow's hand comes onebyone the children scream and mmff and little balls and hand and scream and mmff and splashing stains of black. Now only she and I and no more screams the Widow's hand comes hunting hunting the skin is green the nails are black towards the corner hunting hunting while we shrink closer into the corner our skin is green our fear is black and now the Hand comes reaching reaching and she my sister pushes me out out of the corner while she stays cowering staring the hand the nails are curling scream and mmff and splash of black and up into the high as sky and laughing Widow tearing I am rolling into little balls the balls are green and out into the night the night is black...

- Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

the m & ms of my life

2007-09-17T00:43:00.001+08:00

Dear mianyi and mala,

Grad day 5 July 2007 - my mianyi my mala and me!

thanx for being around. all the damn time.

OMFG!!!

2007-09-16T01:50:00.000+08:00

ok it's official.... i hate legal research. %$#$%&^%^&*^#^^$%$!!!

wah luckily i'm gonna do corporate law and not litigation man... phew

2007-09-03T01:31:00.000+08:00

see da fishees swimming in da sea

2007-08-27T03:04:00.000+08:00

2007-08-18T00:20:00.000+08:00

my idol

2007-08-12T21:36:00.000+08:00

for reasons known only to myself, nichie, mala, ah mian and (last but not least), MUTHU, our new fave singer is...

* A-Do *

...very handsome. HOR.

AY xiao liao, confirm will kena dio zam. HAR HAR HAR HAR.

so much for the city

2007-07-18T08:37:00.000+08:00

im finally getting out of sg!!! u think its hot here? wait till u go to vietnam! but u're not r u? u're just sitting there on your ass suffering the orchard crowd, the ministers' pay increase, the exploding property mkt of which u're getting a 0% cut of, etc etc etfcuk

even tho it may b a whoopin 43 deg, im lookin fwd to walkin ard in the monsoon rain in cheap plastic rain coats n splish-splashin my way thru the small streets n drinkin ba hoi n eating kickass beef pho!!! n getting thru 5 changes of clothes per day, walking 10 mins resting 30 mins drinkin shit loads of vietnamese coffee n whacking lots of bagette sandwiches tt they sell off rattan baskets on the streets on bicycles on the two ends of a long pole

want souvenirs sms me! think im gonna buy more vietnam footie jerseys n sell to them viet dudes at nus haha

HUAT AH!! WOO!

2007-07-05T20:53:00.000+08:00

she dont love me like you

2007-07-04T06:17:00.000+08:00

we walked outta nus together two yrs ago, n pretended to study company law at the vending machine table
we walked outta each other's lives a yr ago, n like random bird-droppings landed in three different continents
n now...

Somos juntos otra vez, andando junto

Wir sind zusammen wieder, laufend zusammen

Agar mein aawaz hun to tum mera geet ho

HUAT AH!!! hahahahahaha

oh my god

2007-06-27T06:03:00.000+08:00

i was goin thru some old pics n i came across the ones of my byebyebye at changi before i left for india. n then i saw the date of pic taken

oh my god tdy is the exact day one yr on
i dont think im gonna get thru the (rest of the) nite without some help
one bloody yr! one bloody yr has passed from the 'exchange experience'
fucking incredible
in a week's time more changes will come abt once our pupilage apps r over. where will our futures lie? i hope i get a nice secretary. i will give her a nice big balloon on world secretary's day

it rained buckets on monday. i thought of our boy nicky; hope it aint as rainy up there old chap! otherwise u'll hav the beach right up your ass as u sleep LOL

today i tried suntory whiskey! hahaha it is gd shit man gd shit i tell u
i also saw the one dollar one dollar hello one dollar auntie outside HMV! :D told her i saw her movie singapore gaga n she was v happy :D shld hav stayed longer to hear her sing but i think i wld hav looked q weird

i may not seem quite right
but im not fucked, not quite

man. a yr since i left for india. funny how the realization hits. it was comin really, n i didnt realize it then. was playing ard w songs on my itunes n then i clicked the date added button to list songs added chronologically n i remembered all them songs tt i added in my flat in bangalore

i remember dancing on the rooftop early one drunken morning to the great spy experiment's class 'a' love affair. wave of memories n emotions like them waves on a beach, splashing n splishing on the sand... w those air bubbles on those small crab holes... i must hav said this to my friends in goa when we were high haha TRIPPIN' BABY YEAH!!!

2007-06-23T04:03:00.000+08:00

just got elliott smith's New Mo0n, a collection of previously unreleased songs recorded between '94 to '97
includes: a lovely cover of alex chilton's 'thirteen'
n an early version of the infamous 'miss misery'
pretty gd shit man i tell u. pretty gd shit

I'll fake it through the day with some help
From johnny walker red
and the cold pain behind my eyes that shoots back through my head
With two tickets torn in half in a lot with nothing to do
But its alright cause some enchanted night i'll be with you

Tarot cards and the lines in my hand
Tell me i'm wrong
but they're untrue

I got plans for both of us that involve a trip out of town
To a place i've seen in a magazine that you left lying around
I can't hold my liquor but I keep a good attitude
Cause its alright
some enchanted night i'll be with you

And though you'd rather see me gone then to see there
Come the day, i'll be waiting for you anyway

Next on the tv's flashing blue frames on the wall
Its a comedy from the seventies with a lead no one recalls
He vanished into oblivion its easy to do
And I cried a sea when you talked to me
The day you said we were through
But its alright, some enchanted night i'll be with you

nothing to do on a saturday afternoo?

2007-06-21T17:23:00.000+08:00

wish i cld go check out the power line-up of bands like Electrico, Force Vomit, Humpback Oak, The Fire Fight, West Grand Boulevard, Caracal, A Vacant Affair, The Great Spy Experiment and Astroninja All-Stars, but alas, saturday is footie-day. get more info at Gila Rock

hav a blast on my behalf!

for chris

2007-06-18T05:51:00.000+08:00

here's one for your wall brudder! pls insert a suitable-sized pic of yourself in the umbrella spot :D wish u could hav joined us man

2007-06-17T07:24:00.000+08:00

its been raining the whole day yeah? we missed out on our weekly footie at nus but made up for it in me tv room
saw a friend's pics from travels in europe, bloody ridiculous man how many places they've travelled! wish i cld print out all me photos too n paste them all over the wall
but then the secret identity of the superhero will be founded outted
looking fwd to some sao rou n atas alcohol baby
adam's voice is still v nice, u sure like one hf!
i cannot distinguish the smell of the alize but i picked out every other bottle in me stash
vvv happy tt micheee is back!!!

elope with me miss sunshine n we'll sail around the world
i will be your homeless child and you my lambi girl

i wish tt a champagne bottle will ne'er b too far away for a toastin'
i wish tt cookie will soon with the papers in his mouth cometh a boundin'

anybody know a gd bar to go to at 4 in the morning (lost in translation) pls let me know - the ritz n fullerton didth noth live up to thy expectation. the $3/$5 per entry no grace period parking didth pissth thee offth. its tough to live atas when u dont hav no money like atas. will b trying the raffles hotel next! or tt infamous one on fulton hill? lol

august first!

2007-06-06T08:50:00.000+08:00

i never thought tonight could ever be
this close to me

play your own music

2007-05-28T01:45:00.000+08:00

chivas 'waterfalls' ad:

our take:

to think i doubted the chivas brothers! i was all set up for tears / the skies were dark and grey / but the Gift was placed before me here / and all was bright and gay

if you want it come and get it

2007-05-28T01:23:00.000+08:00

12 yr old chivas
18 yr old chivas
24 yr old nigel
L0L

somebody asked, drink so much chivas for what?

actually nobody did HAHA

thanks thanks u all who graced me party! luv u all deep deep long time - esp the new girls who came n i dont really know at all LMAO

who says bday wishes dont come true? i always wanted a fan

cookie chia!

nice face mutz! sighz razak

eh yvette was from nyps meh? nice fan

power oreo-cheesecake! nice hand

2007-05-23T00:46:00.000+08:00

you got a fast car
i want a ticket to anywhere
maybe we make a deal
maybe together we can get somewhere

anyplace is better
starting from zero got nothing to lose
maybe we'll make something
but me myself i got nothing to prove

you got a fast car
but is it fast enough so we can fly away
we gotta make a decision
we leave tonight or live and die this way

i remember we were driving driving in your car
the speed so fast i felt like i was drunk
city lights lay out before us
and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
and i had a feeling that i belonged
and i had a feeling i could be someone, be someone, be someone

you got a fast car
but is it fast enough so you can fly away
you gotta make a decision
you leave tonight or live and die this way

what poker mean(s/t) to me

2007-05-16T22:22:00.000+08:00

think it just used to mean a one time on-off affair where everyone sat together and played for fun, the money being meagre seconds.

but when the pot got too big, and the appetites for destruction (GNR GNR!) got too strong, suddenly the money and how money was viewed somehow superseded the original basis of the beginning, and i guess, it does get in the way of our better feelings toward the other. perhaps the perennial wet blanket, i dunno, but what is gained monetarily may not quite indemnify what potentially could be lost. it aint no fun no more.

been accused (rather wrongfully if you ask me, but then again, who admits to his mistakes or even sees them rather than pointing his finger at the easiest target) of being overtly cautious with money if not too, but owell, if its all about the togetherness, then i think its abit more entertaining to go atop the highest mountain (faber), feel the wind (or the leaves) beat against the weathered cheeks, and sit in the embrace of the tales we have to tell about the world, about the dreams, about the difficulties. about each other.

then again, if i could get a straight flush every time, SHOW ME THE MONEY!

do stuff together

2007-05-13T08:12:00.000+08:00

after another exciting all-night weekend poker, it is time for some sobbering early morning reflections.

what i like about playing poker with my friends:
1. trash-talking with cocksters like noh
2. talking cock to everybody
3. bluffing bear
4. drinking with nick and gopi
5. letting pretty girls like jess win with her 3 queens when i actually have 4 aces
6. having lionel and ryan play with my friends together
7. having everyone sit together at a table laughing and giving me money

what i dont like about playing poker with my friends:
1. leaving out other friends
2. winning all their money everytime we play because im so good
3. dishing out such a harsh ass-whoopin' everytime when im really do not approve of violence

ok im very sleepy so i cant think very straight. anyway i hope the next time we play we can incorporate everybody somehow. it is always more fun when we get everybody to do stuff together, yes no? i have vely cleverly come up some Suggestions:

1. don't play money so religious people like casey can play
2. just play with chips and see who has the most chips at the end of the day will be crowned ULTIMATE NUMBER ONE WINNER and see who loses all their chips first will be crowned ULTIMATE NUMBER ONE LOSER so that people who enjoy playing with pride, honour and glory can enjoy the game as well
3. just play with chips so the winner can eat them all
4. play with razak's superb extra yummy food and the loser cannot eat anything at all
5. get more chickz to come play together

guys, let us stop neglecting:
dear friendz like mutz and razak who are so poor thing and have to be confined in the room playing winning eleven for the entire duration while we're happily smilingly laughingly playing poker (6 hours);
talented musician friendz like casey who have to resort to playing lonely guitar and making feejit jokes about the bear to entertain himself;
animal-loving girls in pretty dresses who end up having to lose a lot of money just to get to join in the all-yandao group

Let Us Not Wait Until The Last Straw On The Camel's Back Has Really Fallen, And The Camel Has Really Broke Its Back Before We Realize Its Too Late, And That We Could Have Vely Easily Stopped The Last Straw That Had Fallen From Falling Because It Really Is Not That Heavy

think long and hard and deep and long about that quote, for I Tell You The Truth, O My Brotherzzz...

jess u owe me $25 thanks LOL

joy division

2007-05-10T05:45:00.000+08:00

so i've been watchin' a bit of the office now, yeah? been doing a bit of exercisin' too, runnin' around here and there, swimmin' laps like them children takin' lessons from a 60-yr old coach in the pool of a condominium, with motivational one-liners like "world champions got exams also swim". life has been a bit of a dull since, but i'm lookin' forward to playin' my own office games next week at A&G. bring on the bitchin' and back-stabbin' i say - if i can beat the best at their shite i can beat the shite outta anyone anywhere else eh? just wait till i tell you what else i get up to besides rearrangin' them fucken desktop icons

nowadays pleasure comes in 650ml bottles of beer. how were we ever satisfied with just them cans eh? the budget airlines offers came and went, but there're other ways to travel. bus ride up the peninsular anybody? i talked to a couple of my friends in india and started to miss life there. too lazy to think about and say what exactly now, but it felt like a different life. how many times have i said that before already eh? i don't know if i'll really be happier back there; i did fly home way earlier than expected. that's how it is with expectations, eh? gotta get outta this place man

oh before i forget, some chicken food for the soul: one of my brudderz lost his wallet by placin' said item on top of a car before drivin' off. drove the whole way back after he realized it, but of course it wasn't to be found. he just told me today that some girl returned the wallet and its entire contents - includin' a whoopin' $120 - all to the clementi police station. even he said he would have at least taken the money. proof that there are nice, kind people out there. and they're likely to be women

LOL

2007-05-03T21:01:00.000+08:00

Sit back.
Put up feet.
Pour glass.

Survey Kingdom.

i have been to the taj and it was beautiful

2007-04-30T06:02:00.000+08:00

there're lotsa little keeds running ard the dried up lake behind the taj, where the entry is free and sand is shiny. they love being photographed, these keeds, cos then u'll have to pay them for their picture. i tried resisting this girl. soon another cute one came running along, but i was stronger that time around.

oh how i miss u incredible !ndia, where the feeling is free and the sea is shiny

my own personal nadir

2007-04-26T18:28:00.000+08:00

9 years together, 1st time no one to talk to over coffee at the end of day..

REALLY FUCKING MISS YOU MAN..have fun at sgh ay.

KONG JIAO WEI!

2007-04-17T22:24:00.000+08:00

hahaha talking cock is on a fucken roll man, bloody full of shit!!! go check out their recent articles!! confirm guarantee plus chop laugh until lao sai!

this one takes the shitcake:

PM to Donate Salary Increase to 'Causes Which Do The Best Stunts'

...
Meanwhile, worthy causes are already lining up to compete for the Prime Minister’s largesse.

“I want to get some money for the State’s Times In-The-Pocket Money Fund,” said State’s Times reviewer See Kor Fern, who said that the stunt they’re planning is to get senior political writer Charlie Hoong to show how many balls he can carry at the same time.

...
Even the Cabinet itself is planning to vie for the money. “I’m sure we all agree that good governance is an extremely worthy cause,” said Minister Chin Chuay Lui. “As for what stunts we’re planning, well, not sure yet. But maybe we’ll take a leaf from those Mediacock stars who like to suspend themselves and stuff during the NKF shows. So perhaps we’ll suspend civil liberties till people give us the money.”

HAHAHA LUNCHBOX!!!

taking a dumptidumpdump

2007-04-16T22:34:00.000+08:00

HAR HAR HAR NIGEL!!! u sure u want mianyi to orh sai for you not, his finger is DAMN BIG CAN. anyway not to worry man, a smelly shit is healthier than a smell-less shit. if anything, my shit is also damn smelly.

on a more serious note, my holidays are fast coming to an end, and as i was just telling nich, when u guys exams end, my work just starts. so its kinda like a bloody irritating time phase contrast predicament i find myself in ALL THE DAMN TIME. and i had a piece of really damn crap news yesterday, the one person who fucked me over in ttsh in front of everybody including the big bosses, for something i didnt do, is coming over to nuh, where i'm gonna be posted, and the whole reason i chose nuh over ttsh was to avoid him. wow thanx man. fuck. i think gonna be quite fuckedup coz the last time he wanted to talk to me, i diaoed him quite bad, kinda questioned his character and parental upbringing, but hes gonna be my boss now SHIT!!!! i hope ur reading this mianyi, so you can laugh ur ass off at me for choosing nuh, but u saw firsthand how chiby he was lar knn..but its all good, one of my good friends in medicine told me after he read thru all the fine print, apparently i get my pay on 25th may knn rhyme some more, and SO, as i promised some of you, (esp weijie "THE REASON" businessman), i'll be throwing a treat, nich said to keep it cheap since there are so many pple, we see how lar, i've got a place in mind which is moderately atas, text u when i finally do get my pay, (or not if i decide to break the motherfucker's nose, im still sore about him coming over to nuh). oh its only for pple who DONT block me on msn, so mohd NOH bin abdul salam, you PAY YOURSELF. haha ok ok joking lar u know i love you to bits.

merv, if ur reading this, i spent the whole night choosing and burning u some songs. unfortunately, i've downloaded so much shit, i dont have much space in my comp left, so with regards to the mantle of burning of prison break and other shows, im afraid i have to pass to muthu to do it, can or not muthu? we'll get it to u asap man, think nich has some music for you, then i got, then if muthu comes onboard, should have enough pirated material to last u quite some time. OH nigel, got some stuff i burnt for you also, knowing u, u might already have bought the album knn, but nmind, i'll pass to you soon heh. okay, i gotta go settle paperwork now, theres an awful lot of paperwork that has to be settled man, for one i gotta set up bank account, then go down for stupid medical checkup, check what i dunno also, then gotta send all the papers to some weird address in commonwealth. like what nigel would say, LUNCHBOX CHEESEPIE. sigh i dont like paperwork. argh. shit. hell. knn. lj. wtf. nnb. urgh. cb!!!!

poo yummy yummy poo

2007-04-16T02:15:00.000+08:00

cheesebun my fart nowadays is damn smelly man, dunno wtf is wrong! even a little bit also like waninabei hahaha how ah casey is there sth wrong with the stomach or what? or shld i ask mianyi to or sai? LOL

starting internship at rodyk tmw, shiok! dunno shiok what also but 2 wks only la, shldnt b so bad. hope got free lunch or sth! n hot O.L.s hahaha photocopy their ass woo!!! it'll b my first corporate internship. working wih mr. B was fun man, n i even got paid for it! ridiculous man! it started out as a research thing only but i ended up helping him prepare arguments for trial, petition for criminal revision, etc. i think working in a small firm really lets u learn a lot. n its gd fun too cos u know everybody n its q relaxed n when u're boss u can come into the office anytime n talk shit with the secretary n get pple to put parking coupons for u, etc. gotta think seriously abt this this LLP we gonna b starting man nick, better choose the people carefully ah haha lunchbox

been hearing spooky stories abt spirits n shit, dunno what to make of it man. coincidentally newspapers tdy also got article abt sg paranomal society or some shit. lotsa weird shit out there man. lotsa weird shit...

2007-04-10T00:31:00.000+08:00

is it realli so important
is it

realli velli far??? hahaha

i tell you the truth

2007-04-03T11:06:00.000+08:00

Short-term goals

2007-04-01T02:19:00.000+08:00

As i sit here in front of my laptop, with 10 over documents open at the same time... thinking about how to tackle my latest assignment essay on corporate insolvency, i cant help but wonder why the fuck am i going thru all this shit and studying and slogging thru the night.

Casey and I had many discussions on this issue a couple of months back... i shall term it the "short-term" purpose problem. Well, the thing was, i just came back from exchange in germany where it was all fun and games and travelling and studying interesting subjects without being bothered by the stupid NUS grading system on scoring enough to get your second upper degree. i kinda had a small crisis during that time cos all of a sudden, i felt i had nothing left to keep me going.

before i went on exchange, i gave tuition so as to have enough savings to splurge in europe; studied hard because i wanted the chance to go on exchange. but then all of a sudden, hey! what am i doing all this shit now for? really went thru a period of sianness because of the lost of these short-term goals... yeap u get the idea i think...

I believe everyone needs short-term goals to keep going. it gets you looking forward to something in the short-run. working for your short-term goals is much better justification than "study hard so you will have a good future ahead" and stuff like that.

So yeap, anyway, i'm glad to say that the crisis is long over. But as i sit here going thru the shit that law school throws at you... i thought this would be a good time to post a reminder of the things i wanna do, at this point in time.

1. Give my mum a good life and make her proud

2. Prove that I can do well in a profession many consider as the most intellectually challenging around. Forget about getting rich and all man... it's all about the personal satisfaction

3. Earn enough money to visit my good international friends that I made all over the world. Jose... Johan... etc etc...

4. Finish my work so I can have chivas and poker and "sharing sessions" with my bunch of brudders every weekend...

5. Show my baby rachel the wonders of snorkelling in Tioman or Cebu or whereever during the hols

6. (shall add more stuff as and when i think of them)

yeap. go go go!!! fire in the hole!!

we all skeet skeet

2007-03-31T01:00:00.000+08:00

presenting to you...... LOKTOR CASEY!

2007-03-26T18:24:00.000+08:00

for all of you who caught on the news late, yeap, it seems like casey passed his final medicine exams.

HE is now, formally a LOKTOR! (doctor lah... u cock)

congratulations to casey on becoming a loctorR. we are happy for you. I have always had faith in your ability. pls remember your promise to go skinhead.

this is definitely cause for celebration. I hereby declare 1 day of holiday for all absolutnick-ians!!

in the shower i cant hear the rain

2007-03-26T09:49:00.000+08:00

in the shadows they cant _____ the _____

come fill in the blanks with whatever fills your head!

looking back at sunsets on the east side

2007-03-19T01:36:00.000+08:00

soon it'll b gdbye old laddie, tis been great havin' u ard... char siew rice n crystal jade will ne'er taste the same again... we'll miss having one less n00b to win $$$ from at poker... sobz. keep it real dawg

WHOOOOOOOOOOPERS!!!!

2007-03-14T00:25:00.000+08:00

haha Q.C. Chia (xiarhlar u higher than nichie's S.C.), i think all i want for post-exam is...

SLEEP a week, get up, and try the new BURGER KING TRIPPPLE WHOOPPPPERRRRR!!!! WHOOOOOPPP!!!! knn TRIPLE AH?! like wtf its like freakin the triple H of all burgers man, CAN YOU SMELL-ELL-ELL-ELL-ELL-ELL...!!

anyway, this is what it looks like:

Imagine if you top it off with melted american cheese..fwahlaneh..its that damn good lar, somemore theres like BK coupons for it, shite man, bar chor mee can take a step back! HAR HAR HAR!

anyhow, i went around looking for crazy burgers, apparently the BK in US is even more hiongz than us, check this out:

QUAD STACKER AH?! just look at the height of that shiat!! but its like 6.60 USD, quite ex man.

ANYHOW, have to get back to studying, tmw 3 hours for 180 mcqs, think im gonna die until very ugly. see u next wk man, lookin forward to eat bar chor mee, drink chivas, eat lor mee, drink chivas, play poker, drink chivas, eat TRIPPPLE WHOOOPER drink chivas, if no chivas, drink blue cordon, if no blue cordon, drink milkshake...

the way im eating i hope i dont end up like mike tyson

HAR HAR HAR, just look at the way he stacks them pickles atop the bun

2007-03-13T11:01:00.000+08:00

the observatory performing on mar 27 at the nus arts fest, get your tix here cheap cheap!

concave scream performing an acoustic set on mar 30 at the esplanade, get your tix here cheap cheap!

Dr Koh's "post-exam-now-i-knn-huat-already-call-your-$1000-raise-u-$50000-understand???" celebrations + S.C. Liu's "happy-burfday-nicholas-nicholas-its-your-burfday" parteh, get your invites here asap! feat youtube-renowned international players hailing from cananda, india, and jungles of the northern hemisphere

actually book online not v cheap la, got $1.50 extra charge. go to sistic venues to buy better. wanna go or not casey? after your exams already rite!

bleu juice

2007-03-08T14:40:00.000+08:00

acounting down the dayz to me blue cordon!

fitness first

2007-03-06T05:59:00.000+08:00

your lunchbox later

tdy was my first day of work! but is it still considered work if im not getting paid? see what time i come in everyday then, BOSS! got 3 ladies at work, and me burly boss has a big nose. almost fell asleep on the couch reading cases - cant remember the last time i did tt. oh wait, it was everytime i tried studying for exams

we interrupt this emo broadcast to bring u an advert from our sponsors:
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i lost the pt of this blog when brandon asked me to go see. cant wait to see chun li in her fighting attire man WOO!

so anyway, i was at raffles place tdy after work n noticed many a working man and OL go to them urban gyms. i hear they even provide u with clothes to sweat in so all u gotta do is bring your shoes, q shiok ah? but seriously gopi: why u wanna exercise in these meat freezers when u got the parks n the reserviors? its convenient la, n u can see a whole lotta more OLs per square meter than in the forest, but surely running amongst trees n monkeys n old auntie uncles is -- ok nvm. but i guess it does motivate u, seeing a bunch of pretty people working out n looking gd. n the thought of all of them naked in the changing rm! after a hot, sweaty work-out! i wld run doubly hard on the tread-mill too. i'll put my pride on the line now tho: if any of u see me next time running on a fucken tread-mill in one of these gyms u can come n spit on my face. the same doesnt hold if i actually own one of these gyms tho, ha! ha! ha! i'll put real trees n monkeys all over my Nature Gym! "Run Hard; Run Wild; Run Free"

huat ah!

who i played with this morning

2007-02-28T09:05:00.000+08:00

cookie jumping up at the camera! he's always jumping for my face (or my fist)

i always hav to clench my fist so he cant bite my fingers!! looks like im punching him rite

this is after repeated "COOKIE NO!"s n "SIT!"s

i stopped playing with cookie when mr. crocy and shit monster came for breakfast

they cldnt hav dropped in at a better time - i just da pao-ed breakfast from ghim moh after sending ryan to sch!

"what is this shit," said shit monster

"taro cake, quick open your mouth," said master nigel

mr. crocy went straight for the chee cheong fan. "nubbad, but i prefer bambi." lunchbox, had to queue quite long for this loh!

i still dunno whether cookie likes me or not. everytime i try to pat or sayang him he just wants to bite my fingers! n all i say to him is "NO" or dont do this dont do tt. he just learnt to climb stairs, so it wont b long before he pees on the carpet upstairs as well. he doesnt really know how to climb down the stairs tho, haha!

2007-02-27T06:06:00.000+08:00

gong xi fa cai! tdy is chu 11, n on chu 9 my dad went to my grandma's place to burn some paper money n bamboo because long time ago some chinkys were trying to exterminate all my hokkien ancestors n they ran n ran n finally hid in a bamboo plantation n thus ensured the survival of all hokkien pengs in s'pore tdy. or did this happen in china? whatever la

i knew it'd happen, but i didnt think it'd happen so quickly. its only been two wks! but like they say, even when a happy person becomes a cripple, he'll eventually return to his happy self even tho he has only 1 and a half limbs left; a sad person will eventually remain sad even if he suddenly grew 2 extra legs or hands. some of my soccer buddies could use an extra leg i think, but i shall not name names... u shld hav been there man brandon, when chris and i were rolling back the yrs with our combination up front! all those backheels n no-look passes - its like knowing how i like my coffee n giving it to me once im done with dinner. i hope we find tt form n connection again man nick. i think the exchange has taken a toll on us both, n we know we've returned as slightly different persons. sheela said i mite find a different nicky when i return; i think a different nigel returned, too.

chinese new year was pretty subdued this yr i think. or mayb i was expecting too much when i decided to return for it this time. what was i thinking? but i dont regret it la. iv spent abt 7 mths in india i think. my regrets include not seeing: a glacier, a tiger, a one-horned rhino, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and a sunrise in the desert.

i think i look at s'pore now a bit differently, more like a tourist. mayb im so used to looking out for things when im travelling. it kinda sucks now cos iv not made a constant effort to note down the experiences etc during the travels so its all going to shit now. i havent even uploaded all my pics from my cam to the com. havent read the instructions for my new swanky samsung phone - but i know i can put a video caller id!

returning home it feels like iv lotsa things to do, but what things exactly i dont really know. i know some la, like looking for an internship, packing my rm n clearing out shite (i.e. a huge ass tv tt was in my parents' rm before), ...see im stuck already. i think mayb its the catching up with friends tt i feel i havent done enough. no fucking thanks to all tt poker we've been playing i think! like the most iv learnt abt gopi since iv returned is tt he is most likely to call your bluff if your bid is less than $6, or some stupid shit like tt. a male bonding session is due i think, n there's more than enough chivas for tt im sure! just waiting for u man casey - hang in there!!!

just watched syriana n its quite cool. watched all the special features in the bonus disc too. im a sucker for those i think. always interesting to hear from the director and actors, and for a movie like syriana its crucial in helping my v poor understanding of such a cheem topic like the oil industry. but some pts got me thinking: the only thing we care abt oil is its price, but we r the ones who r driving its demand n empowering the suppliers n producers with sth to kick our asses for. like some mad consultant said in one of the interviews, its like we're sanctioning all the corruption n shady stuff tt goes on in the oil industry, cos we r the ones fuelling the demand. which is the same argument for the drug trade, too, i think. the writer/director (stephen gaghan) of syriana got inspiration after writing traffic (movie on the drug trade), so tts pretty interesting... but even stephen acknowledges tt he loves the 6.5 litre car tt he drives, n there was a pt made abt not knowing what is right or wrong or some shit... it seems like a popular pt to make, this "not knowing what is right or wrong"; i just came across it in munich too. i think it can work for me too. doesnt matter if u're doing sth wrong as long as u ponder abt whether whatever u're doing is right or wrong... right and wrong, gd and evil, apple or windows -

i drove by your hse a couple of times, on my way home. this one time your garage was empty, n i got freaked out on my way out, afraid i'll bump into your car on the way in. im going psycho over this man. all those unsent letters -- i wonder if u ever got the one tt i thought i lost?

its 6.30am n ryan shld b getting up soon for sch. i was thinking i cld send him to sch instead, but i just remembered tt he goes to sch late on tuesdays so my dad can send him on his way to work... shite. guess what? i got more interesting things for u to read abt, like

what i want to do in s'pore in the next 5 days or so

1. go jogging in macritchie
2. go jb and whack the seafood (HAHAHAHAHA what i want to do in s'pore)
3. clean up my rm
4. clean up my life
5. see an eye doc and ask wtf my eyes sting so much everytime i put on my contacts
6. or get new contacts
7. check out some art/music event
8. hav a drink with adel my dear friend
9. hav a proper drink with nicky my poor friend who just extracted his wisdom tooth
10. then kick his ass at winning eleven hahaha
11. upload india pics
12. transfer n edit india videos for family to see
13. go hav a meal in some place in sg where i havent been before. like kampong glam
14. ... like emily hill
15. find the best laksa n whack
16. look up sheela my dear friend
17. buy a study table
18. visit a mosque

some things i hope to do before i die

1. make a movie
2. win an oscar
3. write some stories
4. win the booker prize
5. learn to cook
6. start an atas restaurent tt serves a surprise starter tt u didnt order with your set dinner n a sorbet in between your appetizers n your main course to cleanse your palette n prepare u for the oral orgasm tt u will soon experience
7. graduate
8. win a law suit against the public prosecutor
9. win a law suit against the govt
10. become a NMP
11. become a MP
12. become a PM
13. become a SPM
14. become a MM
15. become a M&N
16. get lots of M&Ns

17. melt in your mouth, not in your hand

dont u want somebody to love

2007-02-14T21:43:00.000+08:00

happy cheese bun day!

CHIP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP!

2007-02-07T01:42:00.000+08:00

amidst the sounds of Mazikana Amro Diab's Aawedony, and trying to concentrate on the next page of work that im supposed to have already known, at the same time trying to get the words off the page into my mind which is already clouded with the infectiously catchy tune of habibihabibi, i cannot but help laugh at the chip chop prata discovered this afternoon. nigel, u getting some of that shit in india? xiarhlar!!!

anyhow a chip chop prata is, "theere got two prata, corm in a set, wit-de two eggs on torp, and theern wit-de onions and if you like cheecken also gort, martton also gort, whatewer you like, and then chop chop chop chop chop..."

hahahahaha.

anyhow im sipping slowly on my strawberry milkshake and dipping my hands into the large brown paper bag of fries that i had them emptied in. (i like to, for ease of convenience, throw all the fries into that brown bag, tear off the first part, and use the remaining part as a bigger container - coz the red ones they serve the fries in are just too cumbersome)

of course theres nichie still on msn keeping me up. and nigel has long left the al fresco roadside internet hub. knn HAR HAR HAR, i still remember when we skyped one day and i could hear the bells ringing in the background on the cow, walking right beside him.

ole ole ole ole..... butoh!!

2007-02-06T12:16:00.000+08:00

Faizal - die hard singapore fan who was getting bored waiting for the match to start

Bro... gotta work on that belly man... jeez...

Muthu - shibei coolar die hard singapore fan

We love Singapore!

Entry to national stadium to experience the Asean cup final - $7

Swearing in unison with your brudders and 55,000 other Singapore supporters - $2 (McChicken burger) + 2 hacks throat lozenges (from muthu)

Seeing the Singapore lions all over the Thais on the field - laggi shiok

Doubling Rachel's vocabulary of swear words in one night - priceless.

** Nigel: you were missed!

2007-02-03T21:52:00.000+08:00

namaste! im currently in mcleod ganj, himachal pradesh now where His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama resides! havent met His Holiness yet but we went to a tibetian museum which showcased its history n conflicts with china. there was a recurring video clip in the small, quiet gallery tt showed chinese police/soldiers beating up tibetian monks n chasing pple in the streets etc, n various random tibetians just sitting in front of the camera. sheela and i started sniffling, but it cld hav been the cold...

anyway here r some pics of the places iv been so far! no time to upload more sorry!

a houseboat on dal lake, srinagar, kashmir! ours is the one next to it, looks similar

dal lake, srinagar

pony riding in pahalgam, srinagar

skiing in gulmarg, srinagar

trekking in gulmarg

the golden temple in amritsar, punjab

will upload more soon! POST STH U MOTHERFUCKERS!!! uploaded some new pics here!

cookie!

2007-01-24T15:43:00.000+08:00

check out ryan's new doggie! heard he likes to lick bird shit :O shit man its like im missing out on a newborn in the family or sth. u all can go pet him for me!

so you think your ears are clean?

2007-01-20T04:15:00.000+08:00

hello hello everybody! i am now chilling in delhi with sheela, staying with a friend's friend in Block M, Central Market, Lajpat Nagar - just in case any of u wanted to come surprise me. stop working so hard la, in the end we all die rite? u wanna die without seeing incredible !ndia is it? anyway i'll b here long time, starting with Srinagar in Kashmir on the 25th. will probably cover bits of Pakistan and Nepal in my wake too so if u wanna b cool n funky like me n travel to exotic n dangerous places with me, go ask your mummy first. HA! HA! HA!

so hefen qingwen n jasmine came down n we all had a blast! ok maybe not technically cos we didnt get to set off the fireworks tt hefen bought. will do so before i leave delhi cos i dont think they allow fireworks on the plane. teach me how to upload videos on youtube ok casey, then can show u all some rockin vids! we went to jaisalmer, udaipur, and jaipur in rajasthan, where we went on a camel safari, stayed inside a fort, and took part in a kite festival respectively. if u havent (or dont intend to) spend a night out in the desert freezing your ass off and getting mindfucked by the galaxy of stars in the sky at the same time, then u mite as well go n die. ya ya lots of other things to do before we die but i tell u the sight we saw tt nite - i wldnt hav minded staying out the nite n lie in bed for the next mth recovering from hypothermia or sth. all my brudderz who had planned to come: where were u??? i hav been backpacking w a bottle of chivas so know in your hearts at least tt in tt wonderful moment in time i hav had all of u in my thoughts as i sipped on liquid gold. im glad i had hefen ard with me cos all these experiences mean nothing if they're not shared with loved ones, no?

we came back to delhi n went to see the taj mahal in agra n it was beautiful. in case u're planning to as well, go check out the view from the back of the palace COS ITS FREE n u can save yourself some Rs750 (S$27). the yamuna river at this time is dry so we walked on the sandy river bed n had a proper view of the taj n all. this was after we paid the damn entrance fee early in the morn knnnnnn oh well the gardens inside the palace grounds were nice as well... FOR ME TO POOP ON!

back in delhi on the last day n i was getting tired walking circles ard connaught place so i sat outside while them girls bought some herbal cosmetics. some old man came n sat next to me on the railing n started talking n showing me this old book of comments tt other dumb tourists had left after he had provided them w his age-old service. i asked him what exactly he does n he probably felt too stupid to say it to me straight so he asked me to read it off a comment n i saw the words "ear-cleaner". at this pt in time i know all u travel-savvy atas pple would hav asked him to F.O. and walked away BUT NO! I AM NICEBOI23! I DONT TURN SAD OLD PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SUCK MY MONEY AWAY! i listened to him talk more shit into my ear so he cld promptly begin to clean it after. fuck it, just give this guy some Rs100 la since he so old n poor thing n mite even b really pro. MOTHERFUCKER ASKED ME FOR RS600 AFTER AH???? but the even dumber motherfucker managed to bargain it to Rs500. as hf v smart-assly pointed out: i got delhi-ed.

ah but great is the man who is willing to laugh at himself, n turn bad experiences into wise stories to share and educate lesser people. you live and you learn, n it is most impt to be able to see the positive in the negative. in what may seem like a classic story of a sucker getting scammed of some S$20 by a old man w dirty fingers n an even dirtier ear-cleaner is actually a tragic, touching story of how an old man managed to make enough money to bring home chappati n dhal for his starving family of 2 wives, 7 children, and his dying parents - the only decent meal they hav had in months. n use the change to buy some 10 bottles of kingfisher, choking on chicken tikka as he laughed his ass off

BAR CHOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

2007-01-17T10:09:00.000+08:00

Nigel: for your timely perusal.

nichie: shall we, next week? hahaha.

on msn nicknames

2007-01-09T22:56:00.000+08:00

so, in the midst of all the studying, interrupted (rather pleasantly might i add) by the various homecomings and parties only the xmas and new year's week can afford (which inadvertently is a time of doldrums anyway for any form of work), it is with great delight that i indulge in minor details that can only occur in the absolute languor of attempting to memorize a deceptively sedating textbook.

its always interesting to read what others put up on their msn nicks..haha i believe we have had this conversation before nichie, urs is damn cute lar..but anyhow i chanced upon this nickname that one of my classmates had used. it was pretty dumb-sounding at first sight, but it does make quite a bit of sense..anyhow:

"If a meteorologist is someone who studies the weather, then what do you call someone who studies meteors?"

hm.

the wonders of mundane trivia can only be commensurated with the unbearable ennui of examination settlement.

xmas pics!

2007-01-04T18:44:00.000+08:00

by lacklust

its a bit late but they're kickass pics taken w ryan's new digital SLR so chchchcheck it out! didnt take much pics in goa for NYE but it was nice lying on deck chairs by the sea watching fireworks overhead. it was a gd trip heh heh

off to delhi n rajasthan!

home sweet home

2007-01-02T16:55:00.000+08:00

boy was it gd to b back home for a wk! i actually didnt want to go back cos i wanted to see how it wld b like to b away for an entire yr, but my family was hoping i cld b back for xmas since its only 4hrs away so i decided to. it felt a bit strange seeing so many chinkys when i first came outta the airport man hahaha n driving my dad's new car was SUPER SHIOK! i love ferarris man! will show u all a pic soon!

it only hit me how glad i was to b home when i was done with a breakfast of chao meefen and fried egg, mee siam and lontong and i had the whole day before me and i was thinking i cld either go to my music rm to play ps2 or watch dvd or go swim or go out to meet friends - n it felt so nice to hav everything familiar n everyone i love so close! i didnt even think abt india the whole time i was back. n it wasnt tt i wasnt having a gd time here, but i think i just missed having my close friends n family ard. florence's home-cooked fd; playing poker w my brothers n friends; walking to adam rd hawker ctr and ntuc to buy groceries; drinking kopi at a kopitiam; taking the bus n mrt n seeing the blind lady sing at the bishan mrt - i didnt hav enough time to do everything but it still felt really gd to b back!

and the xmas party was kickass! my family decorated my house so nicely! lionel n ryan spent some $500 at ikea buying lamps to change the mood in our living rm haha n my mum hung all these snowflakes on my ceiling lights n our xmas was lovely as usual - to hav friends n family ard eating n drinking - must hav been one of the best xmas i've had! show u all some pics:

ok got sth wrong w blogger so cant upload anymore. will do so later. cant wait for hefen to come n see my place here in bangalore! n it'll b my first time taking a train in india! my mum said she saw a prog on national geographic tt says the train floors r always full of cockroaches at nite... shiokz

micheee baby!

2006-12-19T16:15:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHEEEE!!!

to my dear girl allllll the way over in canada: janam deen mubarak! (happy birthday in hindi, of course) :D hope u finish your paper asap n go crazy skiing n snow-boarding!!! dont forget to drink yourself silly too; going dry for 2 mths is Unacceptable - esp if u wanna take nicky and i on when we return! hav fun luv, hav a super birthday!!!

curve up the n

2006-12-13T23:43:00.000+08:00

:(

just found out today that my first paper is on 1st march. that leaves me with effectively 2 months and 2 weeks to study. also, i just found out, i start school on 26th dec. i have, prior to this, never heard of anyone starting school even remotely near boxing day, much less on boxing day. so nigel, dec 24th is really the last day to party, at least for me..yo better get me so dead totalled@shelford that i dont need to drink till next christmas.

as for our 1212 cher-at nichie, the chatline is probably gonna be closed till april..too much work to do by the time you come back.

DO GET ME SOME SAND OKAY.

anyhow :( very sad.

to quote ancient chinese confucian 4 letter phrase, im like hot pot up the ant.

will be away

2006-12-13T20:17:00.000+08:00

alright man... been so super busy the past week or so... had to juggle studying for 2 different papers, rush a take-home essay on a subject that i know nuts about, and finishing up another essay... all this in a week. it is NOT a good feeling... sometimes i even had to time my meals and all to ensure that i dont waste too much time eating.

anyway, i've got loads to blog about... pictures of many friends i've had to say bye to. but no time to do so... probably will blog about some of the happenings by the end of this month

I will be going off in about 4 hours time for a 2-week trip to Eastern Europe. Will be in Prague - Vienna - Budapest - Zagreb and then London for christmas. So yeap... casey! 12 12 cher-at with you in about 2 weeks time.

Time is something you can never have enough off... gotta rush gotta rush.

atas

2006-12-12T17:47:00.000+08:00

eh guys, do u think we're atas? i just read my friend's post on elitism, the rafflesian bubble etc. q interesting also the newspaper article:

EVERY few months or so, simmering unhappiness over the attitudes and privileges of individuals seen to belong to the elite boils over.
Recently, it was over a blog entry by the 18-year-old daughter of a Member of Parliament, in which she asked a fellow Singaporean to 'get out of my elite, uncaring face'.

Before that, a furore erupted over reports that a London-based Singapore-born pianist, who had not done national service, was allowed back here to see his aged parents after paying what some considered to be a small fine of $5,000. That was in November last year.

Around the same time, a Primary 6 student from the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) was flamed on the Internet for saying in her letter to the press that she thought 'mainstreamers' were less mature than GEPers like her. That was why, she said, she preferred to be in a specialised class that 'lets us interact with people like us'.

knn it disgusts me tt there r such ugly singaporeans in our midst!!! throw them all to a slum in delhi is what i say. oh wait, even the slums here r getting demolished as part of the city beautification projects... which displaces thousands of ALREADY HOMELESS pple, wtf?! n there r these fucking pricks talking abt how gifted n elite they r?

oh but wait - the 3 of us here, arent we q elite too? RAFFLES INSTIUTION (ahem casey hahahahaha) RAFFLES JUNIOR COLLEGE LAW FAC MED FAC WOOOOOOOO i see a combined total monthly income of at least US$25,000 between us baby! see u all at holland v after work ya, once i get the valet to park my aston martin. but none of us got scholarship ah... paisehz.

ok im losing the pt of this post. but mayb there is no pt hahahahaha oh ya i was talking abt how elite we r - or was i talkg abt how i hate those elitist pricks?? lemme quote more from the newspaper so this doesnt sound too rubbish

Dr Kenneth Paul Tan of the National University of Singapore says the term elite refers to those who have excelled in a particular field and are often acknowledged by their peers to have done so.

But the word elitism describes an attitude that is characterised by an 'often exaggerated in-group sense of superiority' and a dismissive view of the abilities of those excluded from this in-group, he says.

Clarifying the different meanings of these terms and hopefully the reasons for the unhappiness is critical. The murkiness of the debate may otherwise lead to unfortunate conclusions, including challenging the very meritocracy Singapore is founded upon, simply because it grooms elites.

The term elite, in the local context, is most often used to refer to the scholars and technocrats who dominate the policy-making process, a group that enjoys influence, status and wealth.

i dont think this elite shite is applicable to everybody who comes from a gd (or raffles) sch la hor? im thinking more of the govt scholars (yep tt means You ah heng) or sons of our senior advisor mentor guru etc kfc who r ELECTED to run my beloved country. what to do when they earn so much money n we dont? complain lor. i also believe in meritocracy - when i get the fucken merits i will. i remember how i didnt bother applying for scholarships after RI (HOW COULD I HAVE NOT? IM FROM RAFFLES LEH!) becos i thought sure got pple smarter than me. well now tt i know tt is not entirely true, so all i can do is rue the missed chance. damn elites beat me to it psychologically! these subversive underhand means they use! make me feel so small even when we're eating in the same canteen wearing the same white uniform n singing the same sch song! when im out there in the field dropping balls for acs fuckers to score in the rugby final! the embarassment i had to live with - what hav i done to deserve all this???

ok more quotes:

The latest figures on government scholarships obtained by Insight bear this out. The Public Service Commission (PSC) said that in the last five years, one in three students awarded scholarships is from families on household incomes of more than $10,000 a month.

According to the 2005 General Household Survey, such families make up just 13 per cent of all households here. By contrast, students from households on monthly incomes of less than $2,000 made up only 7 per cent of scholarship winners.

Mrs Choo Lee See, director of the PSC Secretariat, emphasises that these awards were not on the basis of family background but on merit and one's inclination for public service work.

Still, it is worrying that a growing number of top performers, who will go on to be the main beneficiaries of this meritocracy, are drawn from a small and select stratum of society. This will surely fuel envy against high-fliers and reinforce fears that those from less privileged families have little chance of making it in the Singapore system.

As Mr Foo points out, what underpins social stability is the belief that there is mobility, as borne out by the many examples of ministers, top civil servants and corporate leaders who rose out of poverty.

Looking ahead, he says the Government and society must redouble efforts to ensure children from poorer families have the opportunities to maximise their potential.

System breeding elitism?

BEYOND that, the question that needs to be asked is whether this system designed to groom elites and future leaders is, perhaps unintentionally, also breeding elitism.

Dr Terence Chong of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies warns that some top-ranked schools could be guilty of doing so.

If their students are treated as elite and told that elite positions await them, he says they could grow up believing that 'they are better than other citizens and thus deserve a greater share of resources'.

Dr Tan says a key question is whether Singapore's meritocracy focuses on the 'prizes' that its winners deserve, such as monetary reward and political office, or on the fairness of competition and whether the playing field is level.

If it is on the prizes, then it is easy to see how it would foster self-centredness and elitist attitudes. But if it is on fairness, it would be possible to see meritocracy as 'a less self-centred and more community-oriented ideal', he says.

Mr Tooh Fee San, former principal of Chinese High, acknowledges that an over-emphasis on academic performance may have engendered a sense of entitlement among some students from top schools. But he says the Education Ministry has been trying to change the system and attitudes.

'We must assess other areas of talent, other human qualities,' he adds.

Like Mr Tooh, MPs Josephine Teo and Sin Boon Ann believe broadening the definition of talent and success is part of the battle against elitism and divisions in class.

Says Ms Teo: ''Elitism' is a term some Singaporeans use to describe an over-emphasis on academic achievement. There's a sense of discomfort that only the academically talented are nurtured... under the present system, to the exclusion of other talents.'

Nonetheless, economic trends are likely to drive a bigger wedge between the successful and the rest of society.

Sociologist Tan Ern Ser observes that the middle class are suffering from an 'expectations gap'. This is likely to fuel their resentment against those they see as enjoying a disproportionate share of the benefits of Singapore's success.

'They believe in the Singapore Dream, meritocracy and hard work, yet having followed the script, they encounter difficulties maintaining the secure, comfortable middle-class lifestyle which they have aspired to,'' he says.

But couple that with a niggling suspicion that members of the elite look out for themselves and use their connections to open doors only for their own kind and it is easy to see how the anger and resentment can build up.

Against such a backdrop, Mr Sin says it is all the more critical for the elite to find ways to bridge the gap between themselves and the rest of society.

If not, he warns that unhappiness on the ground could chip away at the political leadership's legitimacy.

While not going so far as to describe the political elite as elitist, he says: 'To bridge the gap, it doesn't help that once you make it, you assume you have a god-given right to be imperious.'

Managing sentiments on both sides of the divide between the successful and the less so, is likely to exercise the hearts and minds of Singapore's leaders in the years to come.

This is because the meritocracy that the country is built on has, to a large extent, emphasised the material rewards that come to those who are able and work hard.

So those who rise to the top expect a just reward for their efforts and resent having to be apologetic about the good life they have won for themselves.

And those who fare less well worry constantly about the lack of a level playing field and remain sensitive to the slightest hint that the elite receive special privileges.

The political elite has its work cut out.

interesting interesting... but i think i can honestly say i never really felt atas. i think all 3 of us can say the same no? i mean we still let Razak and Gopi play soccer with us, HAHAHA! shit am i going to jail for this? is this anti-sementic? i think i spelt tt wrongly somehow... relak brudderz, u know i love u all. wish we cld all play soccer together again tho.

so anyway, i was reading an indian mag Frontline on the status of the backward muslim castes here, n i thought abt the situation back home.

ok not much thought is coming to my head now but i do recall conversations w sheela and how she and her friends r always making fun of us chinese, how we cant dance n shit (nicky u go show her ok) but also because they feel discriminated against, cos they're the minority - i mean, my exchange buddy sheela here had to fucken fight for her place in law fac even tho she was the top student in her batch by 20,000 fucken miles - i mean, im not saying there's sth racist goin on here but I THINK THERE'S STH FUCKEN RACIST GOIN ON HERE YES NO DUNNO? she didnt make a big fuss out of it. considering how much she laughs at my chinese white-men-cant-dance race i dunno why i am anyway. mayb so more pple will come read my blog. including the govt men, HAHAHAHA good luck and good night to me!

anyway. will deal w serious racial issue another day if im not in jail. so, my fellow RAFFLESIAN brudders: do u think we r atas? actually i know the answer is no, so i shld b asking: why do u think pple think we r atas when we r not? btw im asking pple from raffles only

coz words aint never that enough

2006-12-06T23:43:00.000+08:00

for my hhds:

we may not live to a hundred years, but may the music in our hearts sing as one in perfect cadence, to the beat of the love and friendship that binds us all, forever.

discussing politics

2006-12-05T04:40:00.000+08:00

1 Dec 2006 - Dinner + pre-drinking + late-night aerobics

We were all standing ard... chillin'... drinking beer, chattin and checkin out the feathers... when all of a sudden, my friend, Pierre-Luc from France, made a random comment about French politics... something about how the general population is resistant to change.

Suddenly, I found the direction of the conversation moving towards Singapore:

Pierre-Luc: Singapore.... ze is a dictatorship?

Me: *shocked look* NOOO!! we are definitely not a dictatorship! we were a British colony and we inherited all the democractic institutions like the Parliament, representative elections etc... Why would you say that?

Pierre-Luc: I dunno.... the general impression ze that Singapore is a dictatorship... There is only 1 political party yeah?

Me: No! *getting into a slight panic* we have many parties, it's just that one party is very powerful while the rest are quite weak. We are not a dictatorship! It's just that because of our history.... one party is way more powerful than the others... and also that generally we Singaporeans don't care about politics... and are content with letting the government decide...

Pierre-Luc: Ahh! But ze chewing gum??....

Me: *constipated look on my face* err... that is because of history too! we wanted to be a major tourist attraction ... (yada yada)... Just like Germany! In Germany, the party that does not get more than 5% of the electoral votes is not allowed to be in the German Parliament! This is due to history as well... because they want to prevent extremist groups from having a say in the government...

Pierre-Luc: OK ok... maybe you have a point... *notices Paul (my fellow Singaporean)walking across the room*. Ok we'll ask Paul! *Gestures to Paul* Hey Paul, do you think Singapore is a dictatorship?

Paul (Singaporean): *Thinks for a while.... and sighs* YAH!

What the fuck...... my efforts down the drain...

2 December - Lunch in the cafeteria

Shay (Israeli): Nick! Is Singapore a democracy?

Me: *Pained look on my face* Yes of course! (Similar narrative as above)

Shay: Ahh.... but you do not have political change? How can you call that a democracy? The checks and balances are not there?

Me: Come on....

Jose (Mexican): *Tries to come to my defence* Actually... i think in some circumstances, it is probably better! Look at the US... sometimes being slightly authoritarian makes it easier for reforms and progress....

Me: Yeah! Come on Shay, think about it.... Assuming the same political party in the US stays in power for the next 40 years... would you then consider the US as a dictatorship state? just on that fact alone?

Shay: *Thinks about it for a while*.... Yeah i guess you have a point... *resigned look*

At this point, i'm visibly happier at FINALLY having won my first political debate over Singapore's situation.... But as we walked out of the cafeteria, I kinda had the feeling that I'm not really trying to convince the other international students... I was trying to convince myself.

Ahh well... whatever... at least you are always in a position to change things. At least generally they think I'm cool... that goes a long way in adding another aspect to their narrow impression of Singaporeans. We are not merely a nation of people who hang people whenever possible, and who do not allow people to chew gum and drink alcohol.

I guess that's enough...... yeah... I guess...

Rorschach

2006-12-01T01:45:00.000+08:00

thanx man..its one of my alltime favourites.

nicky boy

2006-11-30T14:34:00.000+08:00

for all of u who've forgotten how cute our nicky boy looks:

by absolutnick

he deserves an award for The Most Contemplative Picture of a Person Holding a Piece of Fish. cant say the same for the mambo haircut tho, HA! HA! HA!

2006-11-28T21:40:00.000+08:00

ooh the sounds of name..fantastic song nigel, hell man, so far we have only played electric stuff, never acoustic sets, perhaps one day when we are rich and frivolous and have nothing to do finally, we can sit together and do a vh-1 storytellers yes yes yes i love the idea.

anyhow paiseh, not that i dont want to blog anymore lar!! had a mind to write an entry or two..(trying to add something really nice to this page but still figuring how..so do watch this page bwahaha)..but been really busy with the odds and ends..just out fresh with a heart to heart with mala and mianyi, and online with nichie. remind me to thank my maker for inventing the internet..where would the internet telephony and skype conversations and SCC sessions come about then eh nich(thanx for all the sleepless nights and listens to me bitchin..love yo)? not to mention the free mp3s we so gloriously pirate. which reminds me, if you happen to be searchin for music, and come across muskabeatz, do help me download me hearties! can?

im currently in a non-studying mood, in part due to some incidents that had happened earlier on today which left me rather listless as with regards to the direction my life is heading toward, and the antipodal trajectory i seem to be taking. mala and mianyi tell me i dont know how to hide my emotions and sidestep people-situations, which they describe are the desiderata of the game of life. somehow, i find myself consistently struggling with the various aspects that i feel have to be met by myself, and by standards set by "society", be it the workplace, family etc..which i fall short of many a time. whatever it is though, the past few weeks has annealed my intention to be a good physician. 5 years ago when i stepped into the interview room and unravelled the perfunctory speech of why i chose to be a doctor, that versus the resolution that i have now, is miles apart in terms of comprehension, yearning and appreciation. i suppose much of the romanticized grandeur could be due to the gratitude that is so-often showered upon the profession, or the ever-brimming iridescent cash tills that jingle with every breastaugmentation-tummytuck-facelift-whathaveyou, or just the pride of knowing that you actually do make a tangible difference in lives. which really, can be said of all professions actually. i guess, i started out wide-eyed and not knowing what i was in for, but im coming out, or at least trying to come out, battle-scarred yet more retrospectively wise. far as im concerned, i think there will always be a niggling clash of consciousness between working for the money or working for the heart. undoubtedly so, considering money is always an issue in the pursuit of excellence, but as i was telling nichie, somehow..the association of money with medicine is somewhat..wrong..i always question why drug companies sell new designer drugs for exorbitant sums of money to pple who may not necessarily afford them..its just like if tmw someone were to hypothetically come out with the formula for cancer or hiv cure, i wonder how much it would be priced..considering 570,000 kids are killed by the virus alone. per year. that makes up for a lot of kids. and a lot of dollars..i guess thats where the WRXs and the 6serieses come in. ah well..perhaps such altruistic illusions of nobility would wane as the years go by.

anyhow, im brimming with jealousy about your individual trips around the world..india lar france lar berlin lar knn..you better make sure you get some good fotos yo..and do me a fave? its an absolutely dumb thing i know, but i like collecting sand from various parts of the world..ok technically i should be there as well, but hella..anyhow i currently "own" a bit of the gold coast and a bit of the ivory coast..so i wouldnt really mind owning some parts of the indian coast eh nigel. im like casey carribean cool HAR HAR HAR..i dunno if germany got coast not nich..but any sand would do..llike from the sandbox in the playground or near the beach if you go to any..can lar not very hard right? just a handful or two, enough to fill up onna those small ikea bottle types..better yet if you can get sand from every country you going..like prague and dunno where else..ah paris pls ah, get some sand!! my ultimate dream is to get some moondust haha..man that would be cool knn.

i was asked a question one day, awhile ago, just got reminded of it as i was walking back home. i remembered that i was pretty darn stumped, when i was asked who would i see at my funeral. well technically, i wouldnt be able to see anything, if i was really dead at my funeral..considering you only get to go to your funeral once when ur dead, i think. ANYHOW. i thought mianyi was pulling a prank, coz earlier on, he was on to his word-playing activities after he got tired of us making fun of him. (nigel: remember OL? HAR HAR HAR; nich: NAVAL PROATE HAR HAR HAR). but actually i think his real intention was to make himself sound damn intellectual, esp after joyce (his sister) asked him if his improvement in english was due to his hanging out more with casey. HAR HAR HAR SUCKIT FAT BOI. anyway, we didnt actually get down to listing who would be around, but rather discussed, as such conversation topics tend to veer towards abysmally, the value of friendship on us, and the value of us on friendship. very thot-invoking. one of these days, over chivas when we all finally congregate as one again, you guys should listen to his porcupine theory and tree theory.

i think for all the grouses that we make everyday, be it the jammed mrt carriages or the long wait for the shit bus or the increase in gst to 7%, i have a few constants in my life that i can hold close to my heart and call my own. my favourite female mala, my fat-filled fiend tan mianyi, my tandoori tamil tigers anen, adam, arvindran s/o his father and my gu huo zai you two. COUNTIN DOWN THE DAYS TILL I SEE U AGAIN MAN YOU KNNS LEAVE ME HERE im all up for the cookout nichie, you better bring ur poontang pie and work it babbeeeee..if everything fails..theres always the car and the ba chor mee. and then some. i think an overseas trip can be arranged nigel haha, when i finally buy my island and plant ganja there..knn..but that would be awhile, though that would be the day man.

yeah i heard about the comic as well..ah im glad you started to reading such stuff..but the adultish ones like v for vendetta are rather deep shit, took me awhile to realize what they talking about! CORPORATISM AND ANARCHISM AH knn nonono not cheem wtf, pple xmen fight to save the world, they CORPORATISM AND ANARCHISM! anyhow if you're interested i'll pass you some more i have, sandman and preacher are two really really good ones..anyhow hafnt had the chance to meet hefen yet, i guess it probably will be when u come back and we can have our freaky christmas party or something..and jb paradiso also..and chivas alot of it..and whatever india black cat you can get your hands on HAR HAR HAR..oh yeah and your six hundred dollars worth of ba chor mee knn you eat until you shit ban mian.

2006-11-28T12:34:00.000+08:00

Walking home alone on the streets after midnight, I passed two buffalos grazing in the compound of a small temple. One of them had long satanic looking horns that curved round its huge head. I tried to imagine what it would be like to decapitate it. Blood, long ghastly horns, massive head of a buffalo – I hope you get nightmares too. The sound of it chewing grass was like that of a couple making out. It made these low, grunting noises, as its thick lips and tongue chewed up whatever grass there was. I thought it was disgusting how alike it sounded like me. There u go ladies. U and me baby aren’t nothing but mammals

Im sitting at the balcony of our apt now. It faces a sewage river that sounds pleasant at night; it smells a bit in the day. I wish u could be here with me to share a beer man. The drinking water may run out, but u can be sure that the beer will always b a-flowin’, hahahahaha!!! Hope u’re having fun in france my man – looking fwd to your stories of random head-butting n yummy croissants n bagettes! ZIZOU! Check back to soccernet soon to update the scores ya? It isn’t over till the final whistle blows ;) I saw gerrard score against man city this wkend and it made my hair stand; mayb im secretly a Liverpool fan. Pat Chan would be proud of my literature skills. Wonder how her kids r doing eh? Fuck we r supposed to be teachers man, what happened to our dream? So what when we become big shot lawyers running our own multi-national law firms earning so much money we start to wipe our arse with it? Who cares about a 6 series convertible, honestly? All those children whose minds we could mould, futures we could change – lets not kid ourselves anymore ya. Why do we need a car when we can go for a run around bedok reservoir everyday like mr. Krishnan does? Draft contracts and fine prints, or give marks & spencers sweets to students before a history paper? even tho the moment passed me by, I still cant turn away / I saw the dreams u never thought u’d lose, tossed along the way… did you lose yourself somewhere out there – did u get to be a star? don’t it make it sad to know that life, is more than who we are? We grew up way too fast, now there’s nothing to believe / Reruns all become our history. A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio…fuck it. The 6 series is too cool. I think abt u all the time – but I don’t need to say, heh heh.

Casey casey casey I still owe u a reply. Hope u’re not too fucked by the exam stress. Somebody told me that it was making everybody evil and selfish and rude – on top of what they already are – so I hope u rise above all tt, perched in nirvana on tt high pedestal of yours :) jamesy told me that the surgeons earn some $500 for every night-call that they do. And I thought it was sad how they had to be on night-call 18 days of the month. How sad it must be to not be able to go home to family; how depressing it must be to have to spend so many lonely nights in the hospital. How much would that new turbo for the WRX be? Don’t worry abt me man – sunshiney Nigel boy is still here, but everybody loves a moody reflective man. I have sadly finished the chivas Sheela bought. The next time I drink that will be with you baby. Freaky Fridays WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I have never traveled with u (u know the 170 to JB doesn’t really count). Let’s do that sometime ya. It’s a more realistic goal than starting a fucking rock band that will take over the world – not until nicky here masters the guitar hahaha BUT ITS OK! We’ll keep MOVIN’ ON!

The thing abt listening to music on my headphones is that im so afraid of somebody coming up behind me n catching me unaware. I swear I’ll fucken go crazy if anyone comes up now. Sheela eva and I missed out flight to hampi last weekend cos we got caught in traffic. We took the bus instead to belur, and saw the temple there, and at halebid and shrvanabelagola (all together now – sri-va-na-be-la-go-la). At sri-va-na-be-la-go-la we climbed 614 stone steps barefoot at 615am n saw the tallest stone monolith in india – all 18m of it. It’s a Jain temple, so all the statues were naked. as were some of the true-blue prilgrims who made their way up. Sheela astutely noted that they must be naked q often, because they’re “evenly tanned”. Then again they’re Indians, so they must b no? verify that fact for us wont u adam? This is me playing to my audience. I always liked looking at my name on blogs. Which is only on two. knock yourself out n Google blog tt shit. So the 18m statute was big – and u know what I mean. Just before I left I turned to take one last look n lo and behold but what should affront my eyes but u know what im talking abt. I took two steps fwd, and then went back to take another look at his face proper and his face only because I didn’t want to leave with the other image as a last. Guess what im thinking abt now as I recall this humorous incident to u

So this is what our blog has become eh! This is why our dear casey doesn’t post anything anymore.

This week’s gadget review will be the beer opener: its damn gd. But eva my german exchange roomie has showed us that an ordinary lighter will do. The local students here don’t even believe in tt cool shit – they need only their teeth. Gotta learn tt someday

Eh casey go get the graphic novel I got for u from hefen ok. I just read the V for Vendetta version, and I suspect it is what is giving me restless nights. That, or sth else. Oh the things u cannot say

for fear of being put away