Saturday, January 30, 2010

I'm not happy.. something seems to be bothering me, but there's nothing. Just seemd to be in a depressed mood where nothing interest me. Knowing that I've things to do, knowing that I've things to accomplish, I'm still not motivated to move.

Thinking of going out to walk walk.. but don't know whether to ask anyone.. Asking anyone also need to talk to the person, would there be any conversation? Possible to be just quietly walking without talking ?Going out = spend money = lesser money = not good. It sux to be so tight on budget. I've turn so passive over the past 1 yr that I rarely initiate gatherings or meet-up. What has gotten into me ?

Come home to see black faces nagging and shouting at you. Not understanding the tiring long days that I've gone thru for the past few consecutives is still okay. Compound it with nagging and throwing tantrum just gets on my nerves that I wish I can just disappear for a day or two. Just like what des was talking to me about how small mammals can go into Torpor ( Short Hibernation ). Perhaps that would be the best at times as such..

It sucks to be me..

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Man Utd 3-1 Man City

Missed the live match of Man utd vs Man City last night cos it was being played at 4am =.= . Happy to find out that they won the 2nd leg tie 3-1, winning the semi-final 4-3 in aggregrate. Even more HAPPY to watch the replay and see the faces of rooney celebrating and the dejected faces of Man City players after that.. WAHAHAHA!!! SONG. Rooney is really a rejuvenated player this season, scoring the most no. of goals so far and it's only Jan so far.. More is to come if he can stay injury free. Come the end of the season, the many goals that he has scored will make a difference to the title decision.

Go MAN UTD! !

I'll try to make it to Old trafford this June. So excited just having that thoughts.. WOOT~!

Monday, January 25, 2010

I was so disappointed with myself yesterday during the NTU open that I wasn't in the mood for anything... All because of my bad play for 2 boards and that caused us a Top 3 position. Not only is there recognition, there's also prize money, which I'm more concern about. We were just behind in 4th position by that tiny little bit and I have to make the mistake. Dui bu qi my partner wenle.. the thing positive about it is that I've confidence playing in pairs MP, knowing that i'm almost there.. Have to work harder to reduce any future mistakes.

In the evening, met a few of the chaps to celebrate xinyi's Bdae. Went to Brewerkz for dinner n some drinks. I went there with my brain still thinking about the NTU open game, wasn't really in the right mood. Didn't ordered any food, just ate the leftovers that they had. In the end, Xinyi wanted to try the reverse bungee and asked us to go up tgt. Edrei and me went up together with her and I would say it was an experience man. The sudden rush of adrenaline was quite shiok ! ! anyway, the special thing was that she managed to sit there consecutively for 3 rds, cos the next 2 rds were not fully filled. She got her "bdae gift" from the operator when the operator didn't want to release her from the seat.. lolx.. how exciting. 3 times on reverse bungee paying only for the price of one.
Edrei, Xinyi and me. Went to sit on the reverse bungee..

Thursday, January 21, 2010

It's a tiring long day.. Begun the day with 10am lect, then a field trip to BTNR once again, before going for my first tuition lesson with this guy that stays a stone throw away from my house and then to airport to send jie yu off to Holland. Only reaching home at 11.30pm when I have a full day tomorrow from 8am to 6pm. Bravo Bravo.. How to keep myself awake tomorrow? Caffeine intoxication liao.

Well to be honest, it's my upteen time to BTNR, and I can memorize quite a no. of species and name them, but each trip with a different TA I learnt something new. With different interest and specialisation, they are well read in different areas. Just for e.g the T.A for today is from Costa Rica, he's able to share with us the different condition and species that is present in the New World as compared to the SEA tropical rainforest.. Interesting comparison and it broadens our horizons.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

My dear Helios 300 has finally clocked 1000km. A milestone for my humble road bike. Not exactly a lot of mileage for a roadie, but it's being only 3 months. I will have to work harder and accumulate more mileage. IT's only 2 more months to aviva.. not much time liao. die la.. Intense training is coming up. Hopefully will be able to cope with the workload at the same time..

It's a battle with myself, support from ppl ? not sure..

Goodluck and train hard zhiyuan..

Ganbatte.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

2nd in NUS open 2010

Played in the NUS open yesterday with Brendon and had an enjoyable day. Didn't start off exactly very well, with me making one silly mistake. Thankfully after that I picked up the pace and went for it thereafter.. Somehow with me playing most of the hands and some careful defending, we managed to pip the rest of the pairs and emerged 2nd in the student category. WOOT~! A total of 50 pairs took part and we finished 8th Overall, 2nd as student pair.

My second "2nd" medal from the NUS open, the first being the NUS open in 2008 with siew yik. Good to end off my uni life with a medal from NUS, but definitely hope this is not the last. This coming weekend got NTU open. Yet to find a partner, will see how it goes.




Couldnt' find the photo that they took on the prize presentation day.. Rawr.. hopefully i'll receive it eventually.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Tour de Kota Tinggi

Did my first overseas riding tour yest to Kota Tinggi. Route was rather straight forward. Took a boat from Changi Village to Pengarang (25mins), before heading up to Sg Reggit to meet some malaysian riders.

With the commandos...


Packing our precious bike on the 12-man boat to Pengarang.


Just before reaching Pengarang


Group Photo with the chaps from L&T cycle.


Rode towards Kota Tinggi thereafter (90km). The route there was packed with slopes, tons of them, so much that you don't complain abt "wa, another slope" cos it's just redundant.. haha.. One of our fellow rider counted 42peaks and that's not describing the steepness of each. After this experience of riding throughout with slopes, what are the slopes in Singapore man.. no kick.. lolx..
Along the way to Kota Tinggi. eyeing at our final destination -- Johor Bahru.
Just begun not long.. feeling fresh...
HEHE... still got time to take my own photo..
One of the random pit-stop we had along the way. The sugar cane drink is SUPER sweet lar.. RM2

Lunch at Kota Tinggi with the Malaysian state riders.
After the turning point at Kota Tinggi, we headed back to Johor Bahru. (40Km). The Malaysian state riders were damn fast can. Climbing upslopes at 38km/h as compared to my measly 17-22km/h. haha.. I was chatting with them and realised that they train 3 times a week in this type of terrain. oh my... oh my.. Total distance covered for the trip was 178km in 7hrs 15mins riding time. Thankfully no one met with tyre puncture or accident. Though some of them did meet with stitches and cramps, there was no major casualties and all came back safe.
Personally, I'm glad that I was able to complete the whole trip of 180km. Much physical tolerance and mental concentration was required throughout the trip. The amount of climbs was really draining and taxing for the muscles, have to know how to conserve energy by playing around with the gears, relaxing the legs when going downslopes etc... The mind had to be alert all the way to look out for the traffic and many pot-holes on the road. Totally drained at the end of the ride.. I'm glad that I took part in this trip with my fellow cycling kakis, and it gives me the confidence to finish my Aviva 70.3 90km bike ride. It's all in the mind. =) now it's down to my own training to improve on the timing le. Ganbatte !

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Had an eventful day today.. Started off the day badly by oversleeping for the first time I'm teaching Richmond ( dear's tuition kid ). Kaoz.. first lesson, I overslept and went late for an hour.. omgosh... terrible.. Changed phone and the alarm had no impact on me. ( ya, my sony ericsson W910i has died, well sort of, as i can't read any sms.. ). So now i'm using a spare phone which I carry for in-camps. Cuix...

Thereafter, met shufang for lunch at Mellben seafood at Toa payoh.. We ordered the Chilli crab and a plate of fired Tang hun with Man tou. The crab was solid and sweet... nice.. but the paste was so-so only, not exactly fantastic, will try the butter creamy crab next time. =)
It was nice catching up with you today. =D

In the evening, met COT for dinner... Turn up today was 6/8, with weeping and mindy not around. It's being quite sometime since we last met up, so there was so much to share.. glad that hc managed to drop by in the end, was nice seeing you after sooooooo long man.. haha..

Had our dinner at Iluma, forgot the name of the place.. but it's one of the jap restaurant where you order using a pen one.. interesting innovation. The food here is generally okay, wasn't really satisfied with the sashimi salad that I ordered, the sashimi slices were a bit too small and nua. Compared to the one that I ate at Sushi Teh, this one -.-" oh well...

Shared a plate of sashimi with the dudes, Sword fish, Salmon, Maguro, Yellow Tail, Octopus and scallop
Fried gyoza was nice.. Think the fillings inside is quite nicely marinated.
After the dinner, we went to the "sky " floor of Iluma where there's a Pub " Seven " The place is quite nice for hanging out I guess, but that's only limited to before the live soccer matches begin. Ambience is comfy with 1 for 1 house pour and Carlsberg Mug ( using DBS card ). $5 per glass only.. cheap cheap.. So little ppl visit the place.. I don't think it'll last that long. GO there while it lasts!!!!

Photo with Dear, HC and me... =)

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Last sem lo..

Finally finalise my timetable for the last semester le. 3 day week. Woot~! BUT, it's a tiring 3 day... the price to pay for such short week.

Tues 0800-1300
Wed 1000-1800
Thus 0800- 1200 1400-1800

Long long day for wed and thurs. All lectures are in the morning wee hours, 8am or 10am, die liao la.. I'll need to get use to it. >.<

Going ard without money isn't a good thing. As a result, I've reduced going out to save money. Being staying at home for the most of the 4 weeks, but still ppl at home can still complain that I'm not at home. What to do when I go out is when you are home, you've got to work, and my frens got to work as well, who will go out in the middle of the day? take leave ? Blahzzz...

Sch is starting in 5 days time. It'll be an exciting sem coupled with CNY, Singapore Biathlon, Aviva 70.3 in the middle of the sem. Look forward to the next few months. Before I embark on a different journey =)

Monday, January 4, 2010

National Museum

Had an interesting weekend, of which we went to the national museum to take a walk down the path towards eternity. There was an exhibition show casing Ancient Egypt with many artifacts on display. 3 real mummies are supposedly on display as well.

Took quite a no. of photos from this exhibition and it was quite an eye-opener =)
One of the many sculptures
Sphinx.. trademark guardian of the pyramid
what's next for our project ?

you mean it's like this ??

Chao cute la.. taracotta soldier with headphones
The paper bag exhibition..

My pretty dear.. ^_^
well lately, I haven't been happy at home. With some arguements with my mum and sis and for the past few days, I haven't been talking to them. It's like a cold war at home.. I don't know exactly what I've done to deserve this. Perhaps it's different view which set things apart.. mum is entering menopausal age and adding that to her usual short temper, it's fiery. Don't want to even get anywhere near that can. My sis is being her usual self, demanding for things as if it's a given. Can't you just be more polite? It's not so tough to say, "hey, can lend me the phone.. I need to use it.. thanks." Instead of saying "give me the phone.. I want to use. "
Sometimes I really feel unjust.. but being the youngest, I don't have much say, and anythign I say is i'm trying to be stubborn and not understanding to the family.. ( that's what they say all the time ). I've succumb to the state whereby just keeping quiet and not mentioning about things le. What should I do? I don't know..