"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
- Tom Clancy
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), "The Prince"
"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame."
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
"The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep."
- Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on Larry King Live
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
- Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
- Yogi Berra
Long time never update, so more quotes to make up for the time I was not around on my blog ;p
Gomen~
So let’s see… where should I start, so many things happened lor… total madness and fun all rolled up together… haha
On the 20th, went to AMK in the morning and then rushed home for lunch.
Then rushed out again to meet Huifen, Dexter, Alvin and See hwa to buy the food for our BBQ.
Had been planning that BBQ for close to 2 weeks.
Alfred and Genevieve joined us not long after at NTUC and the search for the groceries continued.
Take here, take there, put back here, take some more and put back in the same place some other things…
Made in through the whole experience and searching in the supermarket.
Getting to the bus stop and Lucien’s place was another flurry of activity.
“Shi nan ren jio hui na dong si!” - and that is how all the girls managed to get away with not carrying any of the things we bought from NTUC.
-hysterical laughter-
Made it to Lucien’s place in the rain.
Got the food out.
Started cooking on the BBQ pits.
It was raining the entire time.
BUT!
We had tons of fun~ :)
Alfred brought his guitar along for the day, either to serenade or to wear his fingers out. I think it was to wear his fingers out. That boy does have a gift with the guitar. You should hear him play Romance d A’more ;)
We ate, drank, talked, cooked and talked.
Eileen made her way over.
We talked, ate, took photos and rubbished some more.
Alfred and Eileen had to leave early for home and another party.
The rest of us made for Bernard’s house.
Due to the time constraints, I had wanted to go home right after Lucien’s place coz I din really see the point in me going over, since the adults were ‘crying father and crying mother’ about me going for a BBQ and a stay over -.-lll
But I went anyway.
Was sitting in his room with Alvin, Dexter and Genevieve and talking when the lights went out.
In Bernard, See Hwa and Huifen walked, carring a cake!
Birthday surprise at its finest :D
-does the dance of joy-
Candles were lit, the song was sung and photos were taken.
Huifen presented me with the gift – a brand new dobok!
-continues with the dance of joy-
Shots were poured.
Absolute vodka peach.
Yes, I did the dare.
I turned into a lobster.
Thus freaking everyone out in the process. ;p
Comparing my hand with Genevieve’s produced the Singapore flag. It was that bad. Don bother contrasting me with the white wall… it was worse…hahahaha~
Even Bernard’s mum was taken a back by how red my face was.
But she did say that I had the alcohol coming since it was my birthday celebration… cool mama~
Genevieve spent quite a bit of time trying to get my face back to a seemingly normal color.
Managed to get myself home before midnight, but not before sending See Hwa home first.
It really meant a lot to me that they celebrated my birthday; the fact that they bought me a present was all the more wonderful. The icing on the cake was that they planned the entire thing while I was coordinating the BBQ.
-laughs out loud-
21st Jan – Supplementary Grading @ Kovan.
Breakfast as usual at McD.
I was the last person to arrive.
The rest, who stayed over and went home, were earlier than I was.
-psychotic laughter-
We rubbished around the place before heading over to the CC and getting our respective duties done.
Swee Shoon even made a trip down to the CC before heading to WWS for his patrol duty :)
Now he knows what its like at a supplementary grading… hehe… its very different from the usual centralized ones yes?
Wrapped everything, including the hiccups and problems around 2+.
Threw Shi Mu and surprise birthday party! :)
Got her a cake and the girls bought her flowers.
Ate lunch at McD before heading to Hougang Mall for some KTV fun.
We sang, made jokes, took even more pictures and jumped on the couches.
Success in getting our bums home before 7pm… hehe~
The Monday that followed went by the semi-usual way.
School, but left MSM early, coz I was not feeling well, so I headed home to rest and tried to get myself to study.
Tuesday, morning math lecture.
Heading to town to meet Daddy and getting the Internet issue settled was on the agenda. Upon reaching home, I was so dead tired that I knocked out for 4 hours. And be being sick, made me unable to go to cell group.
Wednesday morning – CSMC appointment and physiotherapy session.
The D-man discharged me and told me to go home to heal myself.
The J-guy placed in on open status, while referring me to another physiotherapist at the same time. Kind confusing at the end of the day, but I do have the choice of whether I wanna go back or not at the end of the month.
Went home to knock out and had dinner with Diana at Sakae @ Heartland Mall before making my way to training.
Had to take class for the day.
Thursday morning, corporate finance lecture followed closely by lunch.
Went to take class in the evening with Dexter.
His mummy gave me a lift home and effectively made my entire day by asking me which standard of secondary school I was currently studying. :D
Friday morning slept in.
Met my Yingying for lunch – Steamboat @ Bugis.
Got ourselves drenched in the rain while trying to make our way to Suntec.
Walking around the place brought back fond memories.
Bought me a new top… hehe…
Hanging out with Yingying was definitely the highlight of my day, though I had to leave to get my bum to AMK for class, it was all good… can’t wait to see her again!
Saturday, went to AMK in the morning.
Flew to Plaza Singapura to meet Dexter, Alvin and Swee Shoon for lunch.
At where?
Ichiban Boshi!
-loud hysterical laughter-
This time, the 4 of us polished off 30 plates.
Pictures?
You betcha!
After getting the food out of the way, we went straight on to getting the errands done. Thumb drives were collected and items were procured.
Made my first visit to Daiso. :)
Got me a whole bunch of things… heheh…
From a new bandana to note pads and even rice crackers~
Said bye-bye to Dexter and Alvin, who went to watch their movie, while Swee Shoon and I burned the MRT tracks in order to get to Serangoon MRT station.
Ian’s first month dinner was scheduled to be at 6pm.
I reached at 6.30pm odd. I was not the latest ;p
Ian was an angel the entire evening. Passed from one family member to the next and still didn’t cry… hehe… he slept most of the time.
The family got home around ten plus.
I knocked out around 2am. X.xlll
Sunday service was an eye opener.
Spent the whole day outside.
Outhouse et al.
Was late for training though… but I still had fun all the same. Heehee~
Thus the week ended and a new one rolled around.
Monday yet again, but this time without MSM lecture.
Hehe… have to play catch up though.. I missed out on 3 questions…
MM lecture the next day chased by study group with Desmond, Aziz, Paul and Jojo. Add bowling to that mix and you got yourself a class outing.
Lead praise and worship at cell group that evening.
Wednesday was spent abnegating. But I did make a visit to the library to look for a book I have been eyeing for a long time.
All the way to Toa Payoh and the book was not found despite my online search the evening before and the librarian helping me to look for it… *sighs*
I did get my bag filled with other books though… hopefully I will be able to get them downed. Heeheeehee…
Went home, got the eRevision exercise done.
Got me my classes and new schedule for the next 4 months.
Abnegation now… I have to put all the time I have left to good use…
Ran for training.
Gen got injured during that session.
Had us all very worried with her condition for the rest of the night.
The good thing is that she is now in the process of recovering and that she will be back on her feet sometime soon. Depending on her body’s recovery speed.
Which brings me to Thursday – yesterday.
Morning CF lecture… fell asleep in the car on the way to school due to the fact that I owe the sleep bank… x.xlll
Went home for lunch and a 12-minute nap.
Yeap, I kid you not… it lasted a total of 12 minutes!
Readied myself to go out and met Shoon around 4.30pm odd to get Ivan’s present.
The shopping and ideas flowed. I admit, I ain’t the most creative person around… but this time I think I wasn’t too shabby… hehe
Met up with Yilinn and XJ to get the card signed.
On the way to SMU, we saw the Taipusum procession.
From young, I have never had the chance to see it in person, every time I see or hear about it, it’s either been from the television or in school.
Truly a sight to be held.
Thank God for Shoon and his camera~ :)
Ivan was already at SMU with XJ and Yilinn when we reached, so it was kinda tricky to get the card signed… hehe… afterward, we walked to Hanabi to meet Eugene and the others.
GOOD FOOD~!
Fresh sashimi, tasty handrolls, fantastic friend beef and so much more…
Makes my mouth water just thinking of all the food…
-hysterical laughter once more-
Have I mentioned how much I love Japanese food?
-silly grinz-
Once done with the Japanese food, the bulk of us made our way to Raffles City to chow on Ben and Jerry’s ice cream… *mmmmmmm…*
-more mouth watering thoughts-
Slept around 2am odd again… was trying to get everything ready for today’s potential activities… which failed to take place… but that is another story for another time…
Hang on there: you must be wondering why Ivan had a present… hehe… the dinner was also thrown for him.
Why?
He’s leaving for Sydney to continue his studies. That’s why.
Hehe… my ‘iguana’ friend is leaving… but he’ll be back in a year’s time!
All the best Ivan~! :D
-waves pompoms all over the place-
I got woken up by the phone and it’s ringing this morning…
Had a hard time getting myself back to sleep…
When I did manage to get up… I forced myself to get as many things as possible from my list done…
And I am still in the process of trying to get things done… hahaha…
Abnegation still at work!
So ya… those were the highlights from the time I last entered my last bout of typing till now…
But wait!
I ain’t done!
-evil laughter-
One more tidbit of info…
I passed my grading :D
And thus, Birth Month 2007 comes to a close and February 2007 has began.
So much to look forward to.
There are also many things to be done.
Praise the Lord for all the blessings He has give to me!
For all my friends and all the things that have been happening… He’s teaching me and helping me to grow in so many ways… hehe… so exciting~!
Hey JY,
So sorry I could not meet up with you in Jan… but I will not give up ok? :)
Can one!
Some more I so long never see you liao…
We plan sui sui ok?
Shoon!
Let me know Sunday you can a not ok?
Got to bring the stuff down… heehee~
Aight! Till the next time…
^-^