Jeffirean Stories
Sunday, May 29, 2005
I should had blogged today not on Friday! Why? This will make that post more interesting with stuff that most of you will want to ask yourself too. But before that, let's talk about food and interior design.
First, fooood~ Okie. I told some of my friends that I was at the Food Expo just a few hours ago and that it was super crowded...if you wanted to move you better shout 'sio ah!' (hot ah). Some stuff worth tasting are the cheesy chicken steak, Dodo's fishcakes, dim sum, snow dessert, and a stall called Macau Snack, which sells a dish similar to the japanese char-kway-teow (i forgot the jap name for it). Hee. I din eat much because I took a bite here and there, sharing with my parents. And then if you want to drink something just go taste all the beverages around.. so many free samples for beverages. Yeah. And here's a tip, share with your family or your bf/gf and taste as many different stuff as possible. So finally, just to remind you that the Food Expo is till Mon, 30 May and the time is from 11am - 10pm at Singapore Expo.
Before that I had a tiring day of shifting and unpacking at my new office! Our boss bought us KFC, pizzas and snacks for our lunch! Nice right? The girls set up the PCs and played with a young kid there called Xavier. He's so cuteee! Just because he only wanted to take Miaoyen's photo, he ended up having to bargain with her to take everyone's photo before he could take hers. Hahaha. (As a under-note, I think he's got great eye-sight for girls, hee.) Anyway, there is still much to do at the new office but I am glad to have joined Concept Golf Management and be a pioneering part of its expansion plans. Nice timing~
Actually my grandmother, and my 3rd grand-aunt was around with us together with 3rd grand-uncle, and Uncle Boon and wife. (Er.. call him Uncle Boon abit weird cos he's young...around 29-30 i guess) So we sent them back but he invited us to his love nest. And wooah! He lives on the 21st floor behind AMK Mrt, and the view is spectacular man! Moreover he designed his own home and I say he's really clever...heh. Walk-in wardrobe by putting in an extra wall, nice study room with the view of the entire skyline of AMK... etc. Woo.. Really look forward to our new home in Punggol and I can also exercise some creative designing...hehe. But I can't draw although I can conceptualise...wonder if it's adequate.
The worst question I had to face for the day was 'boy ah, li di si chua bo, wu zar bo pin you bo?' (translated it means 'when are you getting married, have you got a girlfriend?' My grandma had to post me such a question!!!! Only have a few young uncles left yet to get married and I'm the eldest grandson for my own family.... arghz... pressuring sia. Then my mother rubbed salt in the wound by saying 'yi di or deng bo sian dio bua-n gai' (translate means 'he never found any girlfriend in school'. So pai seh! Arghzzzzzzzzzz.....
Then while we were at Uncle Boon's place, we had a look at his wedding shots...oh man... so nice!! Hahaha. All of you who are attached, please note that wedding photos can cost you $5k~!! But it's really worth it la... now the gowns and suits so nice... then the backgrounds, whether outdoors or indoors also quite creative....heh. Then you imagine living in your own home with your loved one...wah...
So that's why I had to get this off my chest and put it here...otherwise I will sleep and keep thinking about how to defend myself from the question by grandma in the future...starting from father's day, to grandpa's birthday, to my mum and aunt's birthdays... to Xmas.. to CNY.. and year by year this goes on and on...
I just laugh at my own silly antics.... hahahaha.
我是苯蛋哪..
jeffire
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12:37 AM
Friday, May 27, 2005
Woo.. it's the weekend! Several things to report - people have been asking me about my new job, and perhaps i should also report on the Champions League final for my favourite English team. Other stuff will also be thrown in towards the end of the post...yes, please bring along your drinks and chips for it's gonna be a long post again (since when I did write short posts anyway...lol!)
I announced a fortnight ago to my friends that I will be working as a travel consultant in a golf+travel agency, but still, I get the same old questions from them regarding the job, regarding the location, pay, etc. Oh well, next time I should ask all of you to play golf then you will know what I do, but here's a brief glance at the 3 half-days I spent at my new workplace.
First day was pretty plain as we were asked to read golf magazines...I didn't know we had 13 golf courses in Singapore! Other than that, learnt that people like to play golf because
1. Physical and mental challenge (under the sun for 4 hours, walking/driving up and down slopes and hills, thinking where to hit hard, where to hit soft...)
2. Calming scenery, the beautiful landscape helps to get their minds off the ugly offices and the stressful meeting boards, stacks of files and papers...
3. Business transactions can be discussed in a more relaxing manner...
And to top it up, my new colleagues are one Indian guy who's quite friendly and easy-going (also a Liverpool fan~), and 4 demure ladies, 2 from NTU and another 2 who are poly graduates...Some of us may be spending one month with each other only for they took a temporary contract... have to treasure the short span of time together ba. Oh guys, stop thinking of the vinegar jar now...although i must say i am super lucky to be working with these people! They are so nice and helpful...and young and pretty~~
Regarding our job scope...well, we are suppose to help book golf+travel packages for people, ie apart from liaising with airlines, we also need to know which golf courses in which countries are worth going and such golfing knowledge should take up 70% of our required knowledge... Our boss has also been very kind to us, helping us to get to know golf terms, and probably he will bring us down to the golf course too...Hmm..perhaps I should take up golf in the near future too...Apart from football,F1, and tennis news, golf is one of those sports I have much interest in. Guess it's all influenced by my army superiors...
Overall first week rating for the job is 9/10...nice boss, nice colleagues, challenging work, nice office (new office mah) and most importantly, a ton of things to learn! In addition, the office is shifting to town makes the pie sweeter! I have always wanted to try working in the CBD, although I have told many people in the future I would never want to squeeze in the MRT, early in the morning. I guess it will be a nice to do that for a year or so...it's a new learning experience too, but yeah, I will still prefer that I needn't squeeze in the MRT with people early in the morning, wearing shirts,pants and ties...
Moving on to the Champions League...maybe I shouldn't report on what all the newspapers and internet website had reported...let's just say I actually wrote off Pool chances until Gerrard headed in the first goal! Since that goal, I was very sure Pool will win the match. Of course as usual I put my money down on Liverpool, $45 to be exact. Using my betting strategy which worked so well for the month, the answers from the strategy were actually inconclusive and like I told Charles, it was a 'follow your heart' bet rather than a 'follow your mind' bet. I put $20 on Liverpool to win at 90mins, $5 on 5 goals, and the same amount on Liverpool to win 4-1. Of course I lost all $45, but I was very very much delighted with the match and the result. It was so incredible! I told my brother and Zhibin that Liverpool survived through the Champions League with 'miracles' (they got to the KO stages with a 30yard Gerrard volley,resulting in a better head-to-head record despite ending with the same points with Olympiakos, they beat Bayer Leverkusen without Gerrard, they beat Juventus with a Garcia volley that could be credited with 'goal of the season', they beat Chelsea with a 'how-can-it-be-a-goal' goal from Garcia and again they beat Milan by sheer miracle~ 3 goals in 6 mins!
Soccer is indeed a pulsating, unpredictable game that is like an art to me. It has no fixed form, and you are free to create the gameflow the way you want it...cool right?
Some other stuff to talk about... like nowadays it's so bloody difficult to meet up with my buddies. My 7 Sea brothers! When will we gather again?? And the other chaps...oh man, so difficult to organise outings...aiyo. Looks like it's fated I have to endure my homely life for the time being~ but next Tue I'm going to M.I.C's handover cum election at $10ktv club so I guess that helps a bit...hee. But it also means I have to do many things because I agreed to help them...Yet because of my SCS team being stuck in limbo, I can't do any sourcing for sponsorship...haiz.
Then probably I should also talk about my weight problems. Okie, last weigh yesterday was still 60.xkg.. haiz! Looks like I need to do some drastic stuff to make it go down... currently I do plenty of running, but it seems inadequate...arghz.. I know I can do it, because in sec 3 I did go down to 57 by playing football nearly everyday with my classmates (but nobody plays football everyday nowadays..) Okie, so I guess I have to watch very closely what I eat (and I really did that since long ago, ask my colleague today who told me not to read the calorie numbers on the McDonald's tray liner... I think I will also climb the stairs everyday at my new office, it's on the 10th floor... hee. Then if really desperate I guess I may have to take pills to help speed things up...I really want to become a new person on my 22nd birthday, and ya, speaking of that, I intend to ship out of Singapore that weekend...anyone onz. I will definitely go for a beach destination nearby (no, not Sentosa beach, thanks)...
Ya, will also appreciate if someone could be my nutritionist and trainer who can help me plan some sort of weight losing training... but any little suggestion will also help a lot. My target is to be on par with my 7seas brothers...maybe not Alex, who is a super hunk, but at least, I can look totally anew when I return to school in the city campus. But i dun wan to go to the gym, please....unless u find me a non-airconditioned gym. You can ask me to play tennis, soccer, basketball, swimming, running, cycling (but I need to borrow one first cos mine got stolen), badminton and whatever high-tempo sports...
Oh well...one last thing to talk about.. (sorry, i know i'm very long-winded today). I want to say thanks to my friends who spend their time to talk to me, to read this blog, to play mahjong with me, to work with me, etc. Although I do lament about the lack of opportunities to meet up, I still appreciate those moments you spent on me.
Cuddly Wishes
Jeffire
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7:35 PM
Monday, May 23, 2005
A holiday Monday!
This morning we were playing street soccer in NUS again. This time my brother and father came with me for the game as they were free. As usual, my performance was still not as good during my army days...sorely lacking teamwork. This is so unlike me!! I'm a teamwork advocate! But when it came to those chances when I could just square the ball and get an assist, I went for goal instead. Zhibin was certainly right. I was too frustrated with a series of misses and this hampered my ability to work with my team.....arghz! Will keep this in mind.
Thanks to Zhibin who made the trip down with his buddy Jonathan. Zhibin is still as reliable as ever, playing well in his defensive midfielder role as well as participating in the attacks. His buddy Jonathan was even more impressive. Very effective player on the wings.
Yesterday my parents and I went to the car showroom because my father intended to buy a new car, but after seeking advice from some '高人'(religious expert), he decided instead to get a van. Now I wonder what he will have to tell the sales agent...It will definitely look stupid if you say you are not buying because of religious advice or what should I say, superstition? Well, that's not my problem and I'm not going to bother myself with all the trouble.
Then as the day was boring, and my brother had a 3-sided mahjong going on at home, I couldn't resist the temptation and joined in the fray. Eventually my brother overturned his losing streak and I lost $6. Hmm...everytime it's like that. I always bring luck to my brother. He only gives me trouble, but of course we are still close brothers despite always making fun of each other and squabbling with each other after every soccer game we play together (Like today, all the guys went uneasy as both of us had a heated post match review)..
On Saturday, the freaking gushy rain spoilt the day so much as all the girls were either stuck outside(at the bus stop), inside(at home,pls.. you dirty chaps), or had urgent matters to attend to. Luckily my army buddies still came and we had a good time singing karaoke at my home. Eventually they sang till I fell asleep.... too tired after running plus preparatory work for my guest. Although there was a big match at night, the FA Cup, but as they all stayed far away, it wouldn't be nice to have them stay past midnight to watch a soccer game. Unfrotunately I had Guiqiang who came at the wrong time (830pm) while we were just stepping out of the door. But phew, we went to Chong Pang together as my dad drove us to buy some last minute bets (btw, Guiqiang doesn't bet) before returning back home to watch a Taiwanese variety show and thereafter, the FA Cup, which was such a bore. (I didn't bet on that, by the way) The variety show made Guiqiang laugh so much while Jiaxing was totally uninterested in such shows...hmm....there was this Victoria in the show who had big boobs and was never shy in talking about it....diaoz, ya about 90% of the show had boob jokes peppered all over.
I think my blog has garnered a steady readership... but wonder if it has made you understand my life and me more? Do you only read the lines, or do you read between the lines? Heh...quite difficult to catch/understand my thoughts right? I like to read other blogs because it gives a first person insight to the person's thoughts and life. Yet blogs aren't always putting forth the truth, the right, and the just to the readers. Jokes aside, we can always find that there is some sort of self-editing because either we are afraid of getting totally exposed(losing an image in front of others), or we are afraid of getting into trouble. This is the 'veiled' truth that we must always keep in mind when reading blogs. However I must declare here that whatever I write here is what I really think, and not written to please you or anyone else whatsoever. (there's never a title, a theme and just anyhow write what I think of) But many times I cannot pen it down directly for obvious reasons, and therefore, only people who truly care to read properly will then really understand why I wrote this and that. I wouldn't mind if you manage to dig any dirty secret/info nugget and expose it on the comments, because seriously I think writing this is also a way of finding people of the same frequency. It's not easy to find people of the same frequency you know.
Lastly,
Some people are always alone and they want to share their lives with others through blogging. Some others like to pen down all their frustrations and unhappiness, and seek some help from their readers. Sadly, there are those who use this personal space to attack others, and this is seriously not a good thing to do because everyone has their reasons when they do something. We need to listen to both sides before putting down any final verdicts. Although we will like to side with our own friends, seriously, I think we have to put justice before bonds, facts before opinions and general welfare before self-interest.
Let's say one day I declare that I don't like this so and so and he/she has done this and that, will you just take it in without giving any thoughts at all? Sometimes when I feel it's pointless, or when I know that it's going to infuriate the writer of the blog, I won't bother to write any replies, comments because many people nowadays are so self-centred, 'tight chest', and unwilling to take suggestions. Well, to me, I really wish that I can be as humble as possible and take in more suggestions.
Therefore, the conclusion is, feel free to make your point heard and feel free to put in your thoughts if you happen to have any. I know of a few non-vocal readers here... really want to know your truthful thoughts.
Complaint: My soles have 2 big holes on them after all the running....stupid Brooks shoes...but still, one day I hope all the running I do will kill the life of these shoes and once they get broken, I've succeeded~
Still drenched in sweat (soccer today + I really hate air-con)
Jeffire
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3:29 PM
Friday, May 20, 2005
Yoz. Before we begin, I'm blogging while being half clad! I just went for a long distance run (dun wanna say how far cos Kev will sure nag me again), and after taking a hot shower, then washed down with a cold one, I'm still here drenched in sweat...
And that thanks to Kenneth and his friend, Ziyou, I went to alter the background colours to make it more suitable for reading. However, as my screen is yellowish, I am not very sure if it looks fine. Please do tell me if it's better than the previous one. On first glance I think it is easier for your eyes (so that you can endure reading the long posts I put up, wahaha)
Same thing let's recap what happened during the week....
Hmm...looks like nothing much happened except the ktv yesterday that I had at Kenneth's place. Originally we were supposed to visit Woodlands Partyworld, but due to a lack of able and available participants, we had to call it off. Fortunately, Kenneth invited me to his home for home ktv singing! Woo~~ Besides saving money on transportation and ktv, most importantly we could catch up a bit after the long and horrendous exams.
Now I was there around 3/4 past 2 in the afternoon, but we couldn't begin because his brother was having tuition. After the teacher left, I was wondering why his brother was half naked while having tuition (arh well, his teacher is a guy). Then Kenneth and his brother again joked ridiculously about how 'gay' the teacher looks. I took it for real and retorted that his brother ought to dress up for the tuition session...Anyway, it was also the first time I heard people from ITE had tuition... weird... apart from the first time seeing people having tuition half naked... hmm...just to give our female readers some space for imagination, his brother is real tall, slim, smooth and tanned. eh wait, this kind is more tempting for Charles... haha. (i sure kena whacked again....diaoz)
Okie sorry to make you read one paragraph of low class rubbish.
Kenneth sure has a huge selection of songs, albeit pretty limited. He is a Fish Leong, Elva Hsiao, Valen Hsu and Emil Chau fan... heh. But apart from this he had a Jacky Cheung DVD, a mix of other hits too... Haha. I tried a marathon of Valen Hsu's songs (a marathon of half songs though) but was stopped at the 7th because I didn't know what song it was. We also had a great time practising 手放开, 我还能爱谁,etc. Maybe next time I should buy karaoke discs that complement his, like David Tao, Lee-Hom, Jay Chou, Andy Lau, etc... He has a Jeff Chang disc but I didn't want to sing his songs... Ziyou came about 6+ (late for 1.75hrs at least, haha) and despite carrying a sore throat, he was able to churn some difficult songs albeit at a lower key than usual (and I guess the TCM from the roving TCM clinic was very effective, yeah)
Yep, so we had a great time there...thanks to Kenneth!
But one thing to ponder before I left his home, when asked if he wanted to join the 7 Seas brothers for a meal next week, his answer was "Do they still want to eat with me?"
Man, I was quite stunned for a moment, but of course, I am 200% sure we want to eat with you, Kenneth. In the evening when I spoke to Junkai, he asked me this time must catch you out for the meal! He wants to catch up with you...and I guess Kevin, Jinki, Alex they all also want too, just need to find a real good time for everyone to be available.
Tomorrow I will see a record breaking 3 girls coming to my home. It's been years since such a number of girls came. Okie, the truth is the last girl to come to my home before this year was Yingzie...and that was in....2000. Diaoz! Of course it's not easy trying to get friends to pop down at my home (many people choose to go out together instead... dun understand) let alone girls. And my mother has a weird phobia of girls of my generation. But oh well, as usual I break the pattern, break the rules.... haha. AND stop thinking of anything out of point, I have also got my army chaps down, like Chris who will help me run the MAHJONG class, and Charles, Sirong who will practise singing with me.... I tried to get my busy buddy Sergeant Heng to come but he's still busy as ever, so maybe get the usual Yishun gang... and perhaps Justin. Oh ya! Good, good. Then got people go back with Huiling.
Lastly, good news for everyone. SMU-NTU-NUS has all got together for the student discount scheme which will still be named Uni+vantage (read Univantage or Uni-advantage, get it?) You can imagine the number of discounts we will get. And one big thing is that boss is negotiating for the ENTIRE Bugis Street to be under the scheme. Of course the direct benefactors are SMU people! We are so near to them....haha.
Yep, catch everyone soon~
Drenched in sweat
Jeffire
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1:24 PM
Monday, May 16, 2005
Excluding the previous post I had, it's time for a new and proper post...shall break it into 3 parts (hint: think it will be long-winded), firsly, events in life, secondly, my dream or nitemare and finally thoughts of the day...
Events in life
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Friday marked the day when I became a boss' son! Well we were at ACRA for the registration of my father's business (he's now self-employed! but still on the left side of Kiyosaki's 4 quadrants). I had a big hand in doing the registration, thereby gaining first hand experience in setting up the business. It certainly will be very useful when I register my own business, which I presume will be either in the travel industry or the FnB. Of course I will be helping out my father as much as possible to apply all the knowledge I have gained from my working experience plus my school work. This sounds good isn't it? Yet deep down I know we must always be prepared for the worst because doing a business still constitutes risk. I had done all the risk calculating (although not in a precise, mathematical format) and I think we will be able to make it a success. My second role in helping my father was to negotiate with his first employee, Basker, a deaf/mute Indian who was an athlete! Outstanding in both swimming and soccer (wow..). We had a great time at his home negotiating with him and his wife. I believe my HR knowledge came in here, and my second task is to prepare the appointment letter for him. Should I charge my father some fees for all the administration work I have done for him (and this month no allowance wor...haha)? Anyway, will take it as a good lesson learn and like Kenneth who wants to franchise his father's fruit stall business, I will endeavour to expand the business as well as possible.
Yesterday was a very memorable day as I bid farewell to my colleagues in the call centre. Bought some chocolate for them and luckily there were enough to be given out. It has been an interesting 5 months (exactly) at the call centre when I was totally an idiot about buying airline tickets (cos I have never taken a plane before) to now an inside view on the budget airline industry. Looking back on the 5 months, I had really learnt alot on emergency handling, complaints handling, and most lmportantly, I took away all that I wanted when I first started the job. It was certainly a fulfilling experience despite the burnt weekends. Will always recommend my friends to catch a post there if possible. A nice part-time job to have.
After my farewell, I took a bus down to Downtown East for a chalet organised by Youyi, and ran by Aston, Yongqing and Zhihao. This group of friends were my colleagues in my one month stint at the airport. I really felt that it was rare to be still in contact despite only spending a month together. Moreover they weren't in my team though we were all based at Terminal 1 of the airport. It was nice meeting Aston and Yongqing again for they are people who I termed 'soccer gurus'! We always discuss very deeply about soccer stuff and had a great game playing WE. Din know I was able to talk to girls well as I had a chat with another female colleague whose name I can't recall now haha while the bbq fire died out. Looking back at the former me in secondary school and junior college, I guess my stint at the call centre helped alot in my talking..heh. After Youyi made Yongqing go with him across Singapore twice (Pasir Ris to Jurong) just to fetch Peishan, we had a ridiculous time playing Heart Attack, Red Indian, and saying ghost stories and also about the movie House of Wax which I felt was excessively gory. Overall it was not too bad a one night we had together. However I also felt the chalet was pretty expensive and pointless in a business-monetary view because each person had to fork out $26 (and some people like Aston, Qing and Zhihao had to fork out plenty of effort as well). Eventually I told them that next time we should organise something simpler like an outing to JB,etc.
Then we left in the wee hours (Aston, Yongqing) and had an early breakfast at Chong Pang market after spinning rounds trying to find Roti Prata. It was a disappointment as none of the stalls we approached had their dough supply arriving anytime soon. Yongqing joked that they must had collectively got their supply from a common factory dubbed 'Chong Pang dough' Hahaha. We bidded each other goodbye after breakfast, in which they will be going Melbourne for a study-relax trip. Good idea hor? I reached home drenched as a sudden downpour hit... haha, how unlucky I can get.
An Endless Dream / Nitemare
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Foreword: Usually I try to stay in my dream as much as possible (only to be woken up by my mother's shrilling) and reversely, I know how I can get myself out of a nitemare by forcing myself to wake up.
Yet this time this dream was endless! Time after time, after each separate event I ended up going to a new venue in my dreams... i can't recall entirely about the dream but I went to a gigantic eating house at blk 854 (the block beside me which is entirely residential) only to encounter a troublesome girl which in my dream I tot was Jason's gf, and then trying to get out of the place only to end up in a neighbourhood environment trying to run away from people who wanted to take something from me. Then I gave up eventually because I couldn't get out of this nitemare, so I went around trying to exact revenge. Tried to hire a killer, but his advice to me was 'look behind' and ya, a threatening figure appeared. Tried to throw things at someone I saw at the void deck, but instead was spotted and had to dodge the counterattacks... this time i was saved by my mother from this endless, unnecessary nitemare as the sound of the door opening woke me up.. phew. When can I ever have a sweet dream again!!? The last one I dreamt that I won money in soccer betting, and I really did in the morning as my brother told me I won. Hahahaha...
Thoughts of the Day
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You can see that I had a long day, 9am woke up to prepare for negotiations till sleeping at 7am the next morning. In between, I manage to find some time during the bus rides to ponder on the stuff in life, and here is a question I have, and it's about love and relationship, 'Why some people never give up while others give up at any information of a potential rival'.
Of course I am in no stand to talk about others because I had never been in a boy-girl relationship before. In my secondary school days I blamed it on the lack of opportunities to interact with girls, so ended up IRCing around. In my JC days, I felt I blamed it on the impending NS because heard of stories of girls finding new boyfriends when they progressed to university while the guys were all cooped inside camps... training for the future of the country. It was of course all an excuse. As we cleared NS, and returned to civilian life, and that many of my buddies found someone to really care and love for, I thought maybe I should instead work on my future than to dilly-dally around like nobody's business. In this sense, why do I still bother about this question since BGR seems to be unrelated to a beautiful future?
I guess it's because we all envision the future to be a better one. What constitutes a better future? To us, young adults, it would be a good income as we become financially independent, we are able to choose our actions and also to help lighten our parents' workload. Then it would be a happy family, to us guys, a good wife/girlfriend, and possibly a kid or two, as we all want to have a socially accepted family unit. And of course a family without kids seems boring...(to me at least, unless the couple is super rich to jet off in and out of Singapore when they are very free) And perhaps we also look forward to owning our own cosy homes, as we didn't have much say in the design and decorating of our current homes. As young, indivudualistic adults, we look forward to stand out in the big crowd out there, we look forward to being recognised as one responsible and capable person.
It is then, I realised, if I never did all those, I would have to suffer social stigmatisation and live unhappily forever and ever. Therefore from today onwards, besides working towards a better future, I should also endeavour on making others see their better future... yes the conclusion is I will try to matchmake others as much as possible. Diaoz rite?
Haha, do you find this ending absolutely ridiculous? Anyway I shall repeat again, fate will find me the person I was designed to lived for.
My sincerest appreciation to all who endured this super long post.
Regards
Jeffire
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4:54 PM
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Now I'm super free at work, so here am I to put in an entry about myself. Haha. Just to pass some time. Ok, I will classify them into lists of Top 5s (not in any priority) so let's see...
Top 5 Fav Food
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a.Veg Bee Hoon
b.Tuna sandwich
c. Japanese curry chicken
d. Unagi don
e. Bread with lettuce/tomato
Essentially, I like healthy food, fish more than other meats, noodles more than other principals, etc.
Top 5 Fav Drinks
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a. Yogurt drink
b. Peppermint bubble tea
c. Plain tap water
d. Honey water
e. Soya bean milk
Essentially I like milk and sweet stuff...
Top 5 Fav Traits of Girls
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a. Clever
b. Initiative
c. Smiley
d. One-of-a-kind
e. Honest
Hmm, you can try guessing if any girls I know fit all 5 traits. But of course, there may be some who fit some of the traits above... so sometimes you know it's not good to be greedy.
Top 5 Want-to-go-destinations
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a. Okinawa, Japan
b. Langkawi, Malaysia
c. Sahara Desert, any African country
d. Shibuya, Japan
e. Taiwan (summer time)
Well, well, all the places I want to go are HOT places. The only cool place I want to go is South Africa to visit grape farms.
Top 5 Achievements in life (current)
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a. 1st place in the whole level for Pri 5
b. 1st place in the NTU American Mechanical Engineering camp in JC2
c. Being part of the 7 Seas brothers
d. Going to Malacca alone
e. Being named Jeffire by Fate.
Hmm.. nothing that great but I'm proud of them.
Top 5 current things to change(and changeable) in my life
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a. Bed size
b. Looks
c. Slow thinking
d. Lack of courage
e. Egoistic
Funny rite? But these are the things I really like to change immediately.
Top 5 Embarrassments
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a. Puking in the bus going down Cameron Highlands
b. Being forced to play a face-to-face-hold-the-transparency game in NTU
c. Having a present rejected by a girl (btw, that's Gracia, fyi)
d. Making a fool of ourselves in the sec 3 singing competition
e. Being lobbed by a bouncing clearance in the sec 1 interclass football competition
Well, if you have acheivements you should have unmemorable moments...
Top 5 Anime Characters I like
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a. Gaara (whose picture you see now in the background), Naruto
b. Jyagan/Arun (same person), Dragonquest, Emblem of Roto
c. Vegeta, Dragonball
d. Pikachu, Pokemon
e. Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha
Incidentally, all of them (except Pikachu) were bad guys playing a supporting role that eventually changed to a good guy (and of course they are all quite good looking, and cool especially Sesshoumaru and Gaara~~
Top 5 Fav Songs to Perform in KTV
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a. Love like the Tide, Jeff Chang
b. Past Feelings, Coco Lee
c. Only One, Wang Lee-hom
d. Leaving Person, Terry Lin
e. I can't decide the 5th song...because I got many performing songs.. haha.
This is enough to span 1 hr for a single post... yay!! Now you should know a bit better about me now.
One last thing, you can see there is a new announcement segment on the left column. This is to facilitate the booking of timeslots for mahjong and singing classes... heh. One last week before I begin my part time work!
Last min addition: If you got nothing to do, read, go SG Yahoo! Message boards and read the Ministry of Complaints posts, very interesting and educational.. hahaha!!
Bored
Jeffire
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4:55 PM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Life is just a series of 'gives and takes'.
Had 2 days of losses during last week which totalled till $110. It wasn't the amount that was important but the timing of it(and the manner I lost it as my homework with my winning formula got the answers correct..diaoz). Actually like I said, I was on a roll (with the formula)till then, but this sudden loss (when I defied my formula) came at the wrong timing (last Thu) when I was not supposed to get any allowance from my father this month. Haha. Noneless, I survived the drought with an instant inflow from my brother on Tue, and subsequently won $190 profit immediately for the Man U - Chelsea match by only putting $45 down. Nice comeback rite?
However on Wed I took my time to go down to NUS to play soccer with WJ's friends. While I was very glad that I could have a good workout with the high tempo game and the great sun, I was pretty fed up with the lateness/selfishness of the people there. Many times we could have done a quick one-two to set up a goal scoring chance, only to be denied when they decided to go for goal rather than to pass to someone who was unmarked. I deliberately extended my stay there in order to fight for a goal back for my team, but in the end there was no more goals from my team and they couldn't play anymore due to the hot weather. Now because I extended my stay I was late for my mahjong session later, so I took a cab to rush back home only to find everyone later than I could accept (except poor Justin) After that my hard luck continued and was bankrupted in the game but there was no more chance for any fight back because we only decided to play 1 round at the end. I was pretty annoyed at that time because I deliberately rushed back to play mahjong and not to see people play games. And that I deliberately postponed my interview made the situation even worse. But at the end of the day I was glad to have met Justin and that I really felt more sad for him for he came all the way from Tampines, only to have people come so late, and that he lost even more. How can I ask him to come over to play again the next time!!? Nonetheless he seems not to mind, so perhaps the next time I will ask him to come help play with the mahjong class rather than the advanced mahjong group.
Today was a rush in the morning too as I woke up around 830am and then went downstairs to buy the ingredients for the lunch for those coming for the mahjong class. It was much better today because the last person to arrive was only around 30mins late but I felt it was fairly acceptable due to the distance and the early morning. Then the mahjong game went on very well, because even Charles was game for it and they had a good time learning how to play even without my monitoring. I was busy preparing lunch for them. Eventually the food although they came out weird, but I certainly hope it was still edible and healthy~! After lunch we had a ktv session at home with Charles having a personal concert. Winston who came for the mahjong class surprisingly stayed past the time he told me he will be staying. He stayed for the entire singing session. Well, hope he will come play mahjong again with them since he lives quite near. And yes, thanks to Huiling who came here to run the show for me in the mahjong class plus she bought something from JB for me! So touched...(but she is still far from knowing what I like.. haha) Hope you enjoyed the listening to us sing? Haha, and Joyce says that you should specialise in singing all the Jolin songs!! yay i think so too because you sing quite well, a talent for singing like Joyce too. Why? Both of you have very sonorous voice which is very important for singing well~ Heh. Hope to get Huiling to sing more next time.
And thanks for everyone for coming for the class, I really enjoyed it although I had to do so many things... haha. And maybe the next time I won't want to prepare lunch anymore unless you guys have a specific menu in mind.... I wonder if you guys enjoyed what I enjoy eating... haha.
And here's what I've received from life despite all the expenditure!
I finally got the dream job I wanted despite having so many obstructions like school work, exams etc! Manage to convince them to give me a permanent job and the GM Ms Fiona kept saying she was very impressed with me. Hahaha. However for the holidays I only managed to secure the part time job, 9am - 1pm Mon - Fri and the pay's $720 with CPF, means take home pay is slightly more than what I do now. It's fine for the job is very interesting, and then the hours are so short! I can now play mahjong the whole weekend~ And maybe I will want to find another part time job for the time being so that can tide over this month with ease. Not too sure if Singapore Pools wants to help for the remaining matches..... haha.
Yes, life is really a series of 'gives and takes'. Hope you guys understand and don't always take so much. Do remember to give when possible because eventually you won't lose out. Selfish people will always be condemned.
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10:11 PM
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Hello! My apologies if you had some problem trying to read my blog last week. As of now, only Jason has made a complaint to me about being unable to load the page which I suspect is due to the background picture. Was Pikachu better or do you think Gaara is better? I like both of them very much....
Recently there has been a flurry of comments saying that I should not put on my nick "my singing sux". Well, I have been unable to keep the past standard which I set, whether I sing at home or at the latest ktv session on Fri with Yingzie, Charles and Yingzie's friend, Lili. I think it's due to the stupid weather...hot and cold fluctuating like oscillations. And perhaps due to a lack of sleep. I feel much better today, as I slept for a cool 8hrs, undisturbed, until, as usual, my mother waking me up with her shrill...diaoz. Yet I really feel much better.
Let's recall the key events since the last post.
On Friday morning I woke up at 645am despite sleeping only around 2am because I was too excited about the football game in NUS. It was an opportunity to test how much I have improved in my fitness. Sad to say, it has not improved much. However the game we had with the NUS guys was very exciting! The guys did very well, Zhenchang did a superb job as a goalkeeper, and the other guys, I can't recall their names very well, were solid too. Wonder how they keep that sort of standard. However I was slightly disappointed with the team play...ya I understand it's because I couldn't keep the ball long enough for them to get to the front, and that's why despite being in good positions (and onside too) they did not pass the ball to me. I should had told them although I always stand in the front, I don't have a tendency to shoot the ball because my shooting sucks. What I try to do is to drag the defence out of line using my positioning and movement into spaces. And I prefer to get assists rather than goals, ie anyone who gets into shooting position will get a last pass from me. Heh. But too bad, we need more time to play together to know each others' preferences on the field.
After the tiring game I rushed back home for the ktv session only to be drenched by the rain when I got out of the house. Serves me right for taking the long winded bus... Have to apologise to the people who waited for me... sorry~ The ktv session was not very 'high' but had a wonderful time singing Japanese songs! Yeah. I really think Partyworld ktv is notches above Kbox! Thanks to Yingzie who organised a ktv.. sorry for being unable to stay till the end.
After the ktv I rushed to get a cake for Ah ma's birthday(father's mother) and then took the train down all the way to Bugis to Liang Seah Street to find a restaurant for the dinner. Found a good one, but it was super crowded. It was very irritating to have got the table only to lose it because my parents and aunts/uncles were late. Then when they arrived we had to wait about 15mins for the table of foreigners to leave...arghz. And Ah ma interestingly got a cake herself. So my cake we decided to keep it for Mothers' Day celebration the next day. It was indeed difficult to order the dishes because I wasn't the one paying! Had to check the budget as well because... my aunts and uncles (my brother's 2 sisters and their husbands) took it as a free dinner for themselves as well. It isn't as if the bill is so expensive, and my father had to pay for ah ma and her husband as well (which we only call ah cek because my mother refuses to acknowledge him and my father's father is living in Lim Chu Kang...). I really don't understand why they can't do it like my mother's side where all the siblings pay for their own shares and share "ah gong and popo's" bill (yeah we call them like that, and they all call me 'ah boy' ) Oh well, in the end my mum praised me for picking a good place with good food, satisfactory service and cheap price~ haha. Lesson for the day is that there are real thick skinned people... haiz.
Sat morning was another bout of soccer with Jiaxing and his friends. My brother joined in as well, but Seet and Charles flew the aeroplanes. Duh. Anyway we had a good time playing but as usual I was playing like an idiot.... arghz. My brother says my acceleration sucks big time... and I seem to take ages to react. My defense was that I cannot put my heart down to push myself full force... kinda like a lack of hard-heartedness although I really can do much more than that...sianzzzzz.. I need to train my mind more than my body I guess.
Nothing else much to say... just need to force myself to put my heart down to find a full time job as I had quit my weekend job, my last weekend coming next week. After that I can start arranging all the mahjong, singing classes again. Yeah.
Hmm.. maybe I should say this to end the post on a positive note. I can start to feel the results of the regiment... definitely look much better than a month ago. Hope I can stay on course and achieve my target by my birthday.
Oh ya, it's Zhenchang's birthday today. Happy birthday to him! And Happy Mothers' Day to all the mothers in the world~!!!
Looking forward
Jeffire
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Latest edition: I changed the background to my idol, 我愛羅, from the comic Naruto, and had a different font with a different size... wonder if it's better? - 5 May 05
Well, need to apologise to my ktv mates! The photos sucked so I can't post them here... Dunno when I can afford a proper digicam... haha. Nvm. Memories stay in the mind.
Okie, so I went ktv with the army chaps.. here's the list of names, Chris (organiser), Kenny (plus girlfriend, Xiuli), Aloysius (plus Esther, not sure what kind of r/s they are of), Qinyi, Jiaxing, Leslie, Rensheng and Sirong. Had a great time!! Some disappointment though, like Kenny and Qinyi kinda rusty... and Esther din sing much... Good things are Jiaxing improved slightly, Aloysius too, and think Leslie and Sirong improved the most..! They sang much better this time.....I can now turn to a listener! Anyway the funniest part to me is the hokkien songs galore..everyone sang together!! So fun~~~ Then at the end Sirong wanted to learn Jay Chou songs and we ended up practising a ton of ballets, and overshooting the time till 8pm! Get our money worth back cos this ktv veri expensive.....$19.50.... then worse off Chris calculated wrong and ended up I have to refund everyone money.... troublesome...but okie la... veri hard to have such a crowd.. soon when everyone ord, go out work or go school, it will be difficult to get together le...and i announce this is the last time i visiting Kbox this year. list down the reasons here..
a. aircon got smell of smoke....
b. service bloody lousy....still charge so much
c. many pirated or live version songs....no money to pay for original mtv?
d. expensive..
As a ktv enthusiast, i say Partyworld, $10 Ktv and Red Box (JB) are the most value-worth! But of course I prefer singing at home too....juz pay electricity and buy discs can liaoz....but veri hard to get nice discs..
Well, today I went to swim.....new record..60 lengths!!! 5 warm up, 50 sprints and 5 cool down...not very fast though... took about 2hrs 10mins to finish....anyway... it was quite shiok but it hurts in the armpit....abrasion... maybe need to learn new stroke to mix up.. but i'm hopeless in my freestyle... the training is going quite good.... for the past 2 weeks i have been doing some sort of exercise everyday, each time more than 20mins.. the target is not to lose weight but to lose the spare tyre...and improve fitness for soccer... and probably it helps me in the image makeover.... During the ktv, the guys said that I looked much different..... oh well.... wait till you see me again in Aug. I promise that if I dun wave to you you may not be able to recognise me! That's the target I am aiming at....
I am gonna quit my job soon. Getting fed up to be unavailable on weekends when everyone else is. Miss the days when we had a great Saturday or Sunday playing mahjong or soccer! Anyway I have learnt all that there is to learn so quitting it is of no loss to me. Finding a full time job anyway. The trouble is I have to bear with it for another 2 weekends....cos need to give 2 weeks notice.... sianz..
Nothing much to write liaoz..... juz really miss the people who talk to me on MSN.....Huiling, Joyce, Xiaoxiang, Serene, etc etc. At least Kevin is around! Phew....thanks pal...~~
That's all for today! I wish that I can achieve my target real soon... and I'm thinking of going JB soon... anyone interested? Go ktv, shopping or eating all onz ah!
Getting tanned
Jeffire
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