Throw ba~ Housekeeping marathon

If you have been wondering what I had been doing for the passed few days, here it is.

The Super Duper Major Housekeeping Marathon!!!

If you had caught me on msn, you would have heard all the grumbling. (and also my msn msg: 豪迈的丢吧!) Immediately next day from the Ubin trip, I embarked on a journey with no return. Wednesday to Sunday 12pm to 10pm Full Time tidying the rooms, and Mass Throwing of stuff. This is also a 怀旧之旅. Cos I managed to dig out alot of funny old stuff, long lost stuff, and chucked away stuff.

The reason for this massive clean up is alittle complicated. But in short, I am in need of finding myself a conducive place to study, next next sem. (Up till few days ago, I do not have a study table, not even a proper chair to study. Before uni, I used to study in the living room, in front of the TV, on the coffee table, sitting cross-legged on the floor.) And also, my ever increasing volume of books and notes forced me to buy a new bookshelf. To find space for this new shelf, I need to do some clearing and rearranging of furniture.

用战争换来的和平

The process is disastrous. I almost got suffocated from my nose-block, drown in my mucus & tears. Muscles ache, and headache, and heartache....

In fact, I took photo of the entire process, from the mess, to the even messier, and finally clearing up and long-await-tidiness. BUT! In the end, I found myself no courage to post them up, for all my good reputation, built over years, would be tarnished in a split second. NO WAY is that gonna happen. NO~~~~ But I felt so sorry for those pictures, they would become 不见天日的回忆. And so, I finally decided to select 4 pictures (out of the 40+++), and combine-post. Here is it...

Clockwise from top-left: Me, all-set to fight the dust! The new bookshelf. Lotsa lotsa clothes (you might wonder how come I wear the same clothes all the time... yea~~ those are meant to be stucked in the shelf. with "No occassion to wear" as excuse). Piles of books & notes I cant bear to throw.

Shopping Trip

Outing Part II
Date: 19th June 2007 (Tues)
Time: 4pm +++ to 7pm
Venue: Bugis, BHG (formerly known as Seiyu)
Activity: Shopping & Gossiping
Organiser: Me & SZ
Attendance: JY, SZ, CS, H

(TK & RJ had something on...

maybe to finish off their negotiation in 无间道IV)

The part-two event of the day. Amazingly, after cycling at Ubin for the entire morning, we can still go shopping. According to SZ, energy for cycling and shopping are two separate sets.

Immediately back from Ubin, we went for lunch at Changi Village, while discussing about the shopping plan.

Me & SZ initial plan was just to change into a fresh t-shirt and head down to shopping. BUT!!! sister CS insisted that he MUST bath. And with lotsa excuses like "People wont serve you if you go like that lo!" And so, we finally decided on me & SZ going back home to bath, while CS & H go TK home to bath, and meet again at central. And so we went......

I must emphasize, CS & H were 1hour late!!! In the meantime, me & SZ enjoy our own shopping... Strolling round...

And hor... "some" guys (*hint hint*) nowadays are so wishy washy and 婆婆妈妈. Soooo 麻烦 lo!! Bad example for "some other" guys. Remember?? 做大事的人就不可以扭扭捏捏!

Unfortunately, there were no photos taken for the shopping trip. Because "someone" was too elated being Tai-Tai-of-the-day (Hahahhahah!!!) and also gossiping about "some girl". So the entire focus of the day was about GOSSIPING. I can see that they are really "HIGH"!!!

P.Ubin

Outing Part I

Date: 19th June 2007 (Tues)

Time: 8am +++ to 1.30pm

Venue: Pulau Ubin

Activity: Cycling and exploring. Plus lactic acid production

Organiser: Me!!

Guide: RJ

Attendance: JY, SZ, TK, CS, H, & RJ

Yeah~ Today, after a long period of postpone, say-want-to-go-but-haven, and organising, from both ATP side, and also my deal with RJ... The first Pulau Ubin trip is confirmed and settled.

Before this day comes, the previous 3days had been rainy and cloudy. Me is so worried that the trip will be affected. But luckily, the higher being up there heard my call. It was such a bright sunny day just now!

This "should be" my 4th time to Ubin. And one of the more fulfilling one. I went to a few places I never went before, and with a new group of people. (1st time: Family. 2nd time: TJC PS. 3rd time: WL & ZH). Shall let the picture do the talking (not nice, cos I forgot to change the ISO setting back... eikks...nevermind...) ...

The First Stop: Highest Place of P.Ubin.

View of the Quarry

The four guys

And the two girls

The way down... And leading the way.... tourguide RJ.

At the base of the quarry. And we spotted a bo-hiu-people reptile sun-tanning (see the tan? It's sooo dark!) Anyway, it totally ignore us! RoAr!

The Bo-Hiu Reptile

And we also come across a newly appeared 观音石 (GuanYin Stone). According to the "Why you so like that" drink stall uncle, they only found this stone there about a month ago! Abit blocked by the trees... hmm... nevermind, visit yourself if you want.

观音石

We pusposely stopped at this place, for 贞子 to take pic with her well.

RJ & SZ.

SZ: It is good to be outside the well, dry and clean!

Journey to The East

The Legend of Chek Jawa

In the search for the legendary Chek Jawa, 得道高僧 & his 徒弟 came to take a look. A legend was shattered. The supposed to be beautiful, lively, precious Chek Jawa is dirty and polluted.

善哉, 善哉.

The Last Stop: Swiss Cottage
无间道IV Internal Affairs
After a long ulu walk, we finally arrived at our last stop. This is a very nice cottage, with a newly built bridge. Beautiful they might be, but is that the truth???

nice huh!?

The "innocent" 路人 甲乙丙 & 丁(behind camera), totally unaware of the underlying unrest and danger.

In the crowd, they are just as normal as anyone else. But are they going to find out??

The moment come... When the undercovers are uncovered.

Ok... Organiser here declare the outing is a success. Fortunately. my first aid kit is not put to use. And everyone return in good piece. Three Cheers!

Temp-Job 2007: EOS Experience Day

Event: EOS Experience Day

Date: 16 & 17 June 2007

Time: 9am - 7pm

Venue: East Coast Park, next to man-made lagoon (cable water ski park)

Activity: Temp-job

The Canon Booth

Last Saturday and Sunday, I went for a 2-days temp-job. The event was not a sale-event, it was an experience day, for photo-enthusiasts to try out some of the lens and camera from Canon. And in celebration of Canon EOS 20th anniversary, and the launch the world's fastest DSLR -- 1D Mark III. (The shuttle go "tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut" continuously. Even the sound make people very excited.) The star camera is the Mark III camera, and a lens that cost $150,000. Yesh de, this is not a typo error, can even buy a car le!

These tripods here are holding on to hundred of thousands dollars of cameras & lens.

My job was basically to look after camera, pass to people who wanna try, and make sure I get it back, and dun let people run away with it. Also, it was a Standing Marathon. Gotta stand from 9am till 7pm. My legs were darn aching, pain argh~. The camera that I was holding on was a EOS400D body, and a 50mm f/1.2 lens. That whole set is about $4000++.

EOS 400D camera

Taken at the Macro corner. Those fruits and flowers are REAL!

And a few pictures of the models...

The breezy East Coast Park

This guy is cool... he got ALOT of tattoos... chucky, R.I.P, Transformer, etc etc.

Pictures of Me and a few (temp) staffs there

Darn~ the camera and lens is good... the colour come out darn nice and vivid. I din even need to edit at all. But after this event, I truly realise that photographers are MAD people. They buy and buy till they are sooo desensitised. $2000+++ to $4000+++ for a lens, is worth it. $7000+++ is still worth it. $40000+++ for a camera also "okay~". Grr~ I shall not let myself become like that.

The Smell of Freedom

Yeah~ Another exam. My fourth General Elective. The "Real" holiday awaits. The smell of freedom!

This morning, when the sky was still a dark dark blue, when the sun had yet to rise. I had already started to embark on my journey to the west. To fight for my freedom!

Just when I thought everything will be smooth, the pain at my head-&-neck became more severe. The pain was felt when I woke up from my short-nap (I got too high the previous night, and couldnt sleep... for some unknown weird reason that I have no idea about). Headache/ neck ache/ shoulder ache has never been new to me... so I thought that the pain is bearable and "okay~".

But on the train, the pain become worst, and abdomen felt churning and blotted, and I feel like Vomiting! I don't want to vomit in the train!!! And this time, the mrt is no where near Boon Lay. I gave up revising for the exam, and rested, with tissue paper on one hand, and plastic bag on another, preparing for the worst to happen.

"Next stop: Chinese Garden"..... " Lakeside"..... "This train is terminating at Boon Lay..."

You cannot imagine how excited I was to arrive at Boon Lay. I rushed out, and found my way to the toilet... tried vomiting, but a failed attempt. I then continue my journey to school. At the same time, messaged H to bring me Panadol or 保济丸. I was definitely glad I reached the school.

When I reached school, the pain continued, but the vomiting sensation slowly fade off. Deep inside, I prayed silently (to dunnoe who also) for countless number of time, that if anything is to happen, let it happen after my exam. I dun want to retake another time. I took a panadol, and go ahead with the exam, of course, carrying with me the plastic bag (just in case I vomit).

Thank god! I finished the exam without feeling much pain or vomit.

After the exam, I went to the medical center to see doctor. Dots! The doc gave me so lame advice.... "put a hot pack on your neck". Apart from that, I was given drug for dizziness and vomit. (I can also be a doctor le... ) Nothing was said about what happened, the underlying reason, and why I "almost" fainted the other day.

Nevermind... I am feeling better after resting. Oh! Thank you H for the life-saving Panadol and JB for waiting for me to see doc and driving me to Jurong Point. Me arrived home safe and sound!

Almost Fainted

I "almost" fainted this afternoon.

After waking up from a doze-off-from-notes, I walked out of my room. While walking, I felt dizzy, and feel like vomiting. So I walked very fast to the toilet. I tried to induce vomiting, but nothing came out.

(I had a dilemma whether to sit on the toilet bowl or stand and vomit, cause the stomach feel swirly too. That's the problem with this type of toilet bowl. When one feel has diarrhoea and vomit, it is a difficult choice).

I gave up vomiting in the end. While in the toilet, the dizzy sensation became even stronger.

Vision spinning and blur.

Nauseousness continue.

My legs wobbly, and I walked like a drunken man.

I hurried out of the toilet, to the sofa and lied down. There, I began to perspire, cold sweat drenched me. I called for the only other person at home ... my evil bro... "ZH~" (in a utterly weak voice). he responded "Yes?". But I do not have strength to reply what happened to me. (evil bro didnt came out to check out on me... grrr~).

I continue to sweat and lay helplessly. Until about 20min later. I recovered a little. I sat up, and continue resting. At this point, standing position still made me dizzy. Finally, I felt better about another 15min later. I sms-ed sheep when I got better... and yes, I got a round of good nagging from sheep... asking to see doctor and take care of myself. Now I wonder why I sms-ed sheep, to get myself nagged???!!! Roar~

Human are so weak. So fragile. So helpless. And when I am at my weakest, and most helpless, I couldnt even shout for help. When help is in fact "that" close.

What causes the "almost" fainted incident? Good question! I have no idea.

But if you are considering another round of nagging, spare me. I am alright now. Alive and kicking. No worry friends!

Results?

This is a hectic week... wave after wave of emotions, decision, result, waiting-result, hope, lost-hope, to-do and yet-to-do.

Yes, result for year2 sem2 was released today midnight. Not much feelings bout the results, as I haven been thinking about it previously. There are no "worst case scenario" or "expect scenario" or "best scenario" postulation before hand. So when I saw the grades. I accepted. In fact, this was the best result I have gotten in uni so far. I should be happy. But as usual, there are always little imperfections. Which leave room for me to continue improving. Which is good.
(heard that most people done well too... three cheers!)
(Oh, shall thank some people here, the various exam-helplines, online roaring-and-grumbling-sufferers etc. If you think you are one of them ,yesh de, you are!)

Perhaps there are still things that leave me hanging and swirly-mind now. Seem like there are nothing much I can do at this moment, apart from studying for my coming special sem exam...

Thanking and Praying

Legend of the Sea Movie Premiere

On the day I came back from chalet, without much sleep, me went to The Charity Movie Premiere of 东海战 @ Vivocity.

This is the first time I attended a movie premiere, and thanks to invitation from Jieying. Although it was a last minute invitation, it is a rare chance, so me went ahead despite the dark-eye-rings, sneezy-nose and quiz-next-day.

Apart form the main highlights 林俊杰，林宇中，and 金莎, who dubbed for the animation. Few celebrities spotted include: 姚懿姗，江承熹, 杜卉萍, 许环良, 史心莹, etc...

My eyes are watery and nose as red as reindeer.

Jieying and Yao Yi Shan

she is pretty in real person

JJ lin, Jieying's favourite, Jin Sha is THIN!

林宇中, 金莎, 林俊杰, Voices of 四眼，圆球，小龙 respectively

Pose!

Oh~ forgot to mention, we are sitting right in front, 1st row!! of the huge cinema. Not the best place for watching movie, but the best place to take picture of them 3, that's why i manage to snap at close distance!

Chalet 5June07

Round of Applause for 1st ATP Chalet!!! (*Clap Clap Clap*)

Yesh! On 5th June 2007, full members of ATP plus visiting scholar Liming had our first chalet at Coasta Sand. Main activity of the day is cycling at Pasir Ris Park, Steamboat, and Mahjong...

ATP + visiting scholar

This is also in concurrent with CS and TK's birthday celebration. CS turned 22 and TK going-to-turn 23. And so, we had a chocolate mousse cake with 22-and-half candles.

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU~~~

Birthday Boys

Quotes of the day are as follow:

• 八个人!!!


• 做大事的人就不要扭扭捏捏!


• 暧昧~~

Scoop of the Day: The 暧昧 Report

On that fine day, all sorts of ai-mei combi appeared. Almost all the permutation and combinations of the 八个人 are simulated. Such as:

• LM-CS, LM-SZ, LM-ZR (All from the Romantic double bike ride)


• SZ-JY (as always...)


• CS-JY, CS-TK, JY-TK (the Complicated 暧昧-三角关系)


• SZ-CY-PE-teacher (Aiyo~~)


• CY-SZ-JY-TT-H-TK-CS (OMG!!! the world is soooo confusing!)

暧昧~~

Oh, mentioned in my previous post bout my 感言 of chalet... suddenly I feel lost at words. Maybe in short it is just very nice and 温馨 (like SZ said), to have "八个人" gather and have fun. Who would have thought that we would met each other? From different part of Singapore (East, West, North), different part of the world (S'pore, M'sia, Indonesia, China), different background, different personality, different height (opps... no specific...hahha). ok... it is supposed to be "in short", shall end here.

Happy Birthday once again! Hope that all enjoyed.

**(Special Thanks to chiuseng for the photos!!!)**

So much to say

My God... this two days is so packed!

4th June 9300: Me woke up and pack for my chalet.... and the 24Hours+++ non-sleep marathon.
5th June 1100: Home sweet home and I started to mug for my quiz on 6th June.
5th June 1130: Chat with evil bro for very long (dunnoe where the voice and energy come from)
5th June 1330: Dozed off from the chat-till-sore-throat and zzz-ly-notes.
5th June 1600: Woke and started 2nd round mugging.
5th June 1830: Blog
5th June 2100: Watch movie premier with friend.
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6th June 1430: Quiz

And also, alot of things are going to get a result/answer in this week. I hope my heart is strong enough. Exam for special sem is just next week (*Praying hard*). Gonna be a busy week ahead!

Right now I am still in a hyper mood. Although I had only 3hours of sleep in 33hours. I have (quite) alot of feelings. It was a rare chance that such a group of people can get together. Till I have more time, and get some supporting picture from dear friend CS, I shall say more about what happened then, and my 感触. Dun wanna lose the feeling, so just randomly type now...

霎那间的感触，比回忆更难留住，失去了就找不回来。
如果终究失去震撼，但愿刻画震撼的脚印。

Potato Couch Cut Hair

Yoz!

This is the time of the year when me become a full time potato couch. Although there is special semester to fill 2 days of the week... the rest of the five days are still... hememmppff...

Picture from: www.qualitylogoproducts.com/stress-balls

So, today potato couch decided to have an after lunch activity -- Cut my own Hair! Not the first time I cut my own hair, I ve been cutting them whenever I feel like it, or when they become too heavy for my puny brain to endure. Yup yup, from minor trim to major cut, I ve been there, done it. Today's should be considered intermediate-cut. Not too major cut, but neither too minor trim.

Initially, potato couch have a few options. 1) Cut it REAL short to shock everyone. 2) Cut it shorter. 3) Dun bother bout it for the entire holiday + entire of remaining year.
But major chemical treatment is out of story, cos I dun think it can take it anymore. Now is the time for it to grow and renew, which is to grow new cells and cut off the Nth year old dead cells. And among these, there are two options again, a) cut myself and b) let someone else cut for me. In the end, potato couch decided to cut myself. Reason is simple enough to be guess. Save $$$. Anyway, potato couch is always 低调 and not 抛投露面, so it doesnt really matter.

Mass-Spoilage

This is an extremely difficult period of time for my family and me. My house is experiencing a period of Mass-Spoilage.

First is my Hi-Fi system that had succumbed to the previous chilling cold “winter” (remember the days when Singapore rain and rain for the entire month(s)?). As owner as hi-fi / TV, my hi-fi and TV might be the only electronics that is very afraid of coldness, they need to be kept warm all the time, either by staying in standby-mode, or covered with blanket. Next is the TV, which never gives up and endured till the very last moment. (I am so proud of you. My one and only 无可取代 TV). Then came the home computer, whose power supply gave in.

From This:

The emptied table... All my TV and hi-fi got sold to karanguni.

3 Big Box for packaging the new stuffs.

To This:

The newly set-up TV and Home theatre set.

If you think that is all, no! Not only are the electronics in the Mass-Spoilage Act. Also in the force are my shoes, which I realized was in a state that I had to throw it down the rubbish chute, the day before I need it. And of course, there are more, my brother’s shoes, my mum’s shoes, my dad’s shoes, and the ultimate toilet paper holder. Yes, toilet paper holder in the toilet is spoilt too. How much more can I say?

In event of Workers’ Strike, the Employer has a few options… 1) Accept the workers’ demand/ grant them pay-rise etc, 2) Ignore their demand and fire them (hire whole new batch of people), and 3) Negotiation to obtain (ideally) win-win situation, or compromise from both parties.

Obviously, the third option is out for my case, I can’t negotiate with the spoilt-stuff. The first don’t seem to work as well, they demand nothing, and I can’t do anything left to savior the situation. So left is the second option. In short, the situation can be represented by the following equation:
Mass-Spoilage = -(Thrown away spoilt_stuff) + (Buy in new_stuff)
= Net $$ spent

To add on to the replacement of spoilt stuff, I also need to buy new bookshelf for my ever increasing amount of notes+books+files. The amount of notes+books+files continues to increase and accumulate over each semester. Ironically, the amount of knowledge that is present in my head remains a constant, in another word, net accumulation equals zero (aka. Steady State!)
Accumulation of notes+books+files > 0
Accumulation of knowledge in JY = 0

Furthermore, I will need a chair to go with my study table. Interesting fact, I do not have study table for the past 20 years of my life. All these time I study in front of my beloved TV, at a short little coffee table, in the living room. Until I begin my stay in school. And I start to wonder how I survived that. Now that I am back home, I realize I need to have a study table and chair.

Ok… this is getting abit long-winded and draggy. So what is the main point?? Take home message here is (ok… if you are already home, make it stay home message):
I am Broke. The Mass-Spoilage Act is draining me (and my family) of our vitamin M.
(Deprivation of Vitamin M(oney) results in weak mental health, bad temper, occasional 碎碎念/ mumbling/grumbling, weight-loss, serious deprivation can result in hallucination).

KBox @ Chinatown

Yoz!

This is the special news report of 21 May 2007 KBox @ Chinatown by the (Un)Official reporter - Me

As the title suggest, this is the KTV session at KBox on the last monday. I shall 长话短说. Longwinded stuff shall be omitted.

This KTV session:

• All 7 members of ATPs were present (JY, SZ, ZR, TK, JB, CS, H). visiting scholars L&gf couldnt made it (maybe got frighten off by dean SZ). R is Missing In Action (still). and special appearance by LM.
• Dean SZ continued to be opening singer.
• SZ continued to laugh and laugh... and so made the rest laugh and laugh.
• JB was late again.
• CS, JB, ZR and H refused to sing (more) again.
• So TK, SZ, LM and me continued to take turn to sing, while trying to get the rest to sing.
• Me and TK got sabotage to sing cannot-hit-notes-songs again.
• We found the new K-King... LM!
• LM danced while singing 精舞门 and while me sing.
• When most are gone... me and LM started our concerts.
• Me sang oldies (恰似你的温柔) for the first time. sooo old CS and H never heard before. (FYI, SZ sang Chinese New Year song the previous time we went K.)

And following is some snapshots by the (Un)Official Photographer of the event.

(*Clap Clap Clap*) Presenting you... ATP

For the above two pictures: Spot the Difference!

SZ's opening and ending songs

The Golden-mouths Combi

LM, CS & JB. Representatives of 张敬轩，Beyond & 张学友

大家好，我们是 J.Z.S.

The newly found K-King, deeply engrossed.