砂漠のJeffire

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Today is Day 3 of week 9... suddenly the datelines pop up right in front of me and tada, other troubles come along...

My home has been splashed with PINK paint! It's a purplish tinge of pink though. Okie, this time they were nicer, they probably used a stick instead to draw on my door. Trying to be economical this time? Here you can see the photos as taken on my new phone..

So the police have came and recommended us to install CCTV. Well, wonder how much it would be to do so.. anyone has one at home? Issit expensive?

Actually I've intended to blog after today because there will be a 7seas gathering tonight.. heh. Not too sure how it will go..

Last week, the fun only began in the latter part of the week. Had the rabbits come to my home and played abit of mahjong and a game of monopoly. I say Rabbit is a formidable mahjong exponent whom we should not underestimate. Likewise for his sister. Haha. However it's been such a long time since I last play mahjong... it will take some time to regain my prowess =p I also cooked for the guys and we had ice cream, lou hei, etc. Was soooooooo full! Luckily the 2 days after were filled with sporting events like Waikiki and dragonboat training.

Wakiki! Yes! On Saturday I was at Sentosa early in the morning for beach football. Wow, my team who responded via email to the calls of the SMU Women Football if we had no team, was fantastic! We had Daren, the captain, Shakeeb, the star striker (10 goals!), Jayne, the speedy gonzalez, Shilin the super darter, and Glenn, the god between the goalposts! A fantastic team, with great team spirit. Too bad, we were out of the quarterfinals due to a poorer goal difference of ONE goal! Sad as it is, football is like that. Personally I scored 2 goals and made a fantastic assist in which I shielded the ball and passed it through the legs of my opponent to my star striker, and he made no mistakes =p Heh. This is one of the loot from the Waikiki goodie bag! I think I would go again next year and hope I can play with this team again! This photo is taken with my laptop's camera.

Sunday I went for training and phew, I finally got my strokes corrected but I'm still far from being ready to be a first team member. My hands are too weak to keep rowing powerfully for the length of the race! And I keep losing my grip.....hmm.... since I'm only 1 month into the training, there is more to buck up!

Well, I guess I'll update again soon when there is more happenings in my life... no song lyrics this time =p haha.

*brandishes a sword of justice*

jeffire

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10:08 AM

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

This year's CNY is one of the most boring ones I ever had.

The places I went visiting: both of my grandparents' place, full stop. The number of relatives who spoke to me more than 3 sentences: Less than 10 out of probably 30 odd people I saw...

The food I ate: ONE tempura prawn only... it's my maternal grandma's hit dish.. everything else is just as usual.. Did not eat a single slice of abalone...Only lou hei-ed once... My favourite food of CNY is lou hei.... so you see how pathetic it is. My second favourite is bak kwa, and only by day 3 I had more than 3 small slices...

The games I played: None.. I have yet to sit at the mahjong table, nor had I wagered a single cent on my family's perennial favourite: blackjack.. Actually I quit the game quite some years ago because when I was younger, I used to lose every ang pow $ I had... Stupid stupid.

The friends I met: The rabbit family... we gathered yesterday evening to visit River HongBao, which was such a disappointment... but the visit to TCC, with a strength of 10, was fanstatic. The violent part when we broke a glass made my shoes wet, but it did not become a wet blanket for the gathering... It was great to see so many friends together laughing...

My feelings: This Chinese New Year is the suckiest of all. It began with the loss of something important, even before the CNY eve ended, and then a lack of activities made things worse. Even with the mid-term break ongoing, life doesn't seem to be anywhere a good break. Fortunately, there is the exciting Champions League knock-out round, and all the glorious food~~ There will be a gathering at my home on Friday too.... a possible mahjong session upcoming.. yay~

To end of the post, please hear me post some lyrics I wrote last year..

<<铅笔还在口袋里>>

是时候了吗有些事情渐渐忘记
当时的情景一一浮现慢慢回忆
这支你送我的铅笔依然还在口袋里
我想把现在的心情一笔一画写给你

*为自己再一次举起笔
为了你再一次哼着曲
写一首歌给你写一首歌给你
希望你听见心里的真心语

铅笔只能写一曲只因害怕失去你
我想你现在的心情一线一撇未成曲*

Looking Up
Jeffire

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9:57 PM

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Ciao

These few days were a whirlwind period man. Generally things are on the better side of the grass, and today, the mid-term starts. Lined up first is Chinese New Year! I don't really fancy having my no. of holidays reduced by the festive season smacked into the term break, but it also means no make-ups, and that should be in fact a good news. It also means we can enjoy the first few days of the mid-terms thoroughly! Mahjong, lou hei, and fireworks watching should be lined up in the meanwhile...

Let's recall the several events over the past few days, in a peek into my colourful life~

Last Night
Unexpectedly I was asked by Pika whether I wanted to learn pineapple tart making from his mother and well, why not? His mother's pineapple tarts are simply fantastic! It was pretty hard work though eventually the delicious tarts meant all the work was worth it. They thought I was tired because I didn't look anywhere light-hearted but it was more because I was concentrating on making the tarts and that my cantonese proficiency is still sucky. Lol. It would take years for me to get the grip of it, I guess.

After the pineapple making, I had an appointment with the 7Seas brothers at Khatib for supper around 10pm. Unexpectedly, the brothers had even contacted the girls but only Lixia was available and she joined us. Lol. Ah Kai brought Rebecca (his girlfriend) along again but only a little bit of the conversation was directed towards her, wonder if she felt boring to be listening to us... On hindsight, our conversation was wide-ranging, from marriage and wedding dinners to computers and food. Hope it was interesting. The zi char stall at Khatib was very pushy and eventually we had something from their stall, which I felt was so so. Nonetheless the idea was to have a short gathering and we spent about 2hrs chatting until 12odd into midnight.

Yesterday
The day began with me rushing to pack stuff for the X-Country as I intended to scoot away from the event once I finished my run. I was eventually late for the briefing and when I had reached, the run just began. I quickly put my bag at the bag deposit zone and Jayne, my ex-council mate, helped me to grab my tag no. Remember this no: 332! Lol. Anyway she mentioned that my ex council mates, Daniel and Adrian had begun running and they were wearing the Standchart marathon singlet (a nice blue colour). I begun chasing through the pack, and I think the dragonboat training paid off - I could maintain a momentum I never felt I could had done before. On the second half of the run, I ran past Adrian and subsequently was the first of the trio to return. My timing was roughly 21 - 23 mins for 4.8km. Not too bad for someone who isn't a fitness buff. I guess I will improve throughout the year if I train more with the DBoaters. Was surprised to see Johnathan (a friend of friend, who was our mahjong khaki) and he seemed pretty well-doing too. I told him my MSN contact, hope can add a khaki again!

Then in the afternoon we had the debate in class. Unfortunately, as of now, Prof wrote an email regarding the results and it says that we are LAST among the 8 groups! I am not sure why are we last, but I supposed we will get to the bottom of it. I felt our speakers spoke pretty well and our points were much more original than the rest. I guess we have been a victim of mis-impression, one of the greatest enemy in life. It is a terrible problem that affects everyone, especially those who do not take a step back and into others' shoes. It must have been that the other groups had been immersed in their points and thought our points were inferior to theirs. I guess the Prof will let us know where we had gone wrong... hopefully. After all, it is the learning process that counts.

The Day Before
The memorable thing that day was having ice cream at Swensens. Earthquake! Lol. We must try it again soon. Otherwise, the whole morning was peppered with travelling as my mother forgot the keys to my auntie's place and I had to pass it to her and the afternoon were meeting and a class.

V Day
Tried baking at home but it was not successful. Otherwise, it was just another of those interesting days where V Day had a CNY mood to it, aunties fighting out in the supermarket, youngsters carrying flowers and chocs, hand-in-hand with their partners and what-have-yous. Oh! I spent the night eating dinner at Pika's place because his mother made a special dish and I wanted to learn that also~ Haha. After dinner, we were playing with the Dous, and sure it was another LOL day because the dous are soooooo cute.

To end the post, while I wish all "A Healthy, Wealthy, Happy Chinese New Year", here are some words to some of you:

KeanBon: Happy Bonday to you!

Charles: Happy CharlesDay to you!

Dan: With 99.5% chance you won't be watching this, but I also will want to wish you all the best, happy birthday and hope we can re-link up again to continue our friendship into our supposedly 11th year.

XM: Lol, EVERYDAY I'm flipping to your blog. You're funny.

7Seas brothers: Chaps, thank you all for being there for the past few years... it's our 7th year together! Haha. Lou hei next week ah.

Rabbit family: Seriously I didn't think I would be in another clique, but you guys rock! We will have more eating trips, more sporting weeklies and stuff! Haha. We also have lou hei and mahjong next week~

My fellow SMUggers, Joyce, Eileen, Weijian, Htin, and friends made through my projects, CCAs: I thank you all for accompanying the long way towards that darn certificate, we have another year to go! Jiayou~

My Dous: *muackkkkkkkkkkk* Dou dou all soooo cuteeee... *hug hug* -all the Dous run away- haha.

Festive Greetings to all
Jeffire

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1:09 PM

Sunday, February 11, 2007

I am not sure how should I start the post, but here i quote XM's words:

"It is impt to have the ability to make urself happy..

Dun wanna rely on anyone for that nor do i wan to give anyone the power to make me v happy or unhappy anymore"

Reflecting on this, I ask myself am I happy or unhappy? I really don't know. Things like going for dragonboat training make me extremely unhappy, but I still think it will make me happy in the future. Mad right? Some things make me extremely unhappy, but I can still think it will make me happy in the future. Am I an idiot or what? Or an optimistic pig? I guess so. Every failure that does not kill you makes you stronger. And when you are stronger, you will find it easier to receive happiness (see I used the word "receive"). Yet, it is an irony that you must be unhappy first to be happy. Funny right?

At times, I wonder, why do we work so hard? Do we want that much $$ or do we just like getting better and better in what we like to do? I agree for the latter. I will work hard if it means I can become more handsome =p (lol) but it is the process of working hard that makes things complicated, difficult to grasp, painful to conquer.

One day when I look back at my life, I will still ask myself "why do we make stupid decisions all the time?" The benefit of hindsight creates regretfulness or resent.

I wish I am not so stupid.

Looking ahead
Jeffire

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7:38 PM

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

The past few days were certainly no good.

Many things on the agenda now, which I have been clearing, but the crunch is yet to be over. It should all be fine by the end of the week as I would have completed a half module and most of the business administration has been done.

A long chat with Pika yesterday made me realise the power of subtlety. Many times we do not pay good attention to what our close friends are saying because we think we know them very well. Misunderstandings, conflicts and even rivalry could happen if we do not pay attention to what we say, as well as what we hear. Hopefully I will be improving on this as I try to pay more attention to what people are trying to communicate to me.

My presentation today was a flop, as I went through the slides too quickly. My team leader had a real black face, probably as my part was the last part and ought to have concluded the presentation on a high. There is still so much to learn even though I have been doing so many presentations for the past few years.

Got notice of a piece of grim news today. I do not think I should say it here but let's hope for the best for this friend of mine.

And an hour ago there was an accident at the junction just beside my home. I could hear the loud crash while I was throwing some trash away. Luckily there seem to be no deaths and injuries. Someday ago though, I heard from the taxi driver that a motorcyclist was hit at the same junction. There should be some concern from the town council for my area as I observe an increase in unwelcomed incidents.

To sum up the post, Valentine's Day is coming and I wonder what should I do that day?

Stay smiley
Jeffire

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10:59 PM