Wednesday, December 31, 2008

I need a human

31 Dec Early Morning: 12 am

Sometimes..... maybe most of the times..... I hate using my computer... when I open it, work just doesn't seems to end......

Should I start appearing offline?
I am glad people like to talk to me, but it's just not the time if you see a "busy".....
Always busy?
Can't do anything about it.....

Why so serious........


30 Dec 7 am morning

Woke up early in the morning to go back office to take my 3 days pay for Dec. Wanted to go back and take photo for memory with everyone. And this is my farewell photo with my manager Jeric, who is younger than me by a few months.



Always call him "boss boss", sounds fun, and you know, my "boss" call me "boss" also. haha. Will be back during Sem 2 holidays if I have the time. They are a bunch of happy people working, too bad I don't have time to happy with them this time.

But in the morning, I missed out a big group of them in the office cos I am "inappropriately dress" so should not be in office... okay loh.

Then on my way back to NTU, I met "the other half" of the colleague at Boon Lay Bus interchange! haha.

Okay, so they gathered everyone for me, and grant my wish. haha.
Presenting the dunno what "闪亮组合" with their famous pose.



As for the wish, I am not referring to this pose okay -_-"

Hai, fun moments are so short lived. I never talk anything lousy doesn't means I am always happy..... I just choose to write down the happier side of life. There's no point in remember the lousy side of it. Have been thriving on the little surprizes that comes into life, and looking forwards to the little events that make me smiles now and then... hope I will last through.


Hai..... work work..... hai.....life..... hai......

Today, 31st Dec 6pm, I will be meeting my secondary school friends to celebrate our 10 year anniversary when the clock struck 12. Going to bring my best camera and skills out.

Meanwhile, hope this will motivate me enough to finish up the whole mountain of work for tonight.....


I need a human to talk ~!@#$%^&^%$#!!?
there's actually 90% more unsaid stuff that links with it.
Who knows?
no one knows.

(and what with the emo looking title -_- crap)

Monday, December 29, 2008

Clock struck 29th Dec 12 am.

The time had come for me when I got the internet access at Seng Kang Library the morning....

To check my university results.

Heng Sia.... I didn't 打包 any again.

(haha, always worrying about this, for the 3rd time in university already still like that)

I guess this will be way for the next 2 and a half more years to come....?
It's just not fair for someone working hard to be feeling this everytime.

But anyway......

比上不足比下有鱼
(compare to top, you're always nothing, compare to bottom, lots to spare)

And there are always fishes too!
(鱼 is actually )

=P


鱼儿鱼儿水中游,小龟小龟地上跳 :)

Sunday, December 28, 2008

What's with "IP Man"?

Have been really busy these few days... how I hope I can like really do something that I "really" want to do for the last few days of holidays.... not mentioning the lousy workload that is always stacking and it doesn't seems like I am resourceful enough to "finish it". (It's the FOC stuffs...)

Anyway, I have been missing out quite some entertainment since I am always too "tired" to find things interesting most of the time. Heard about the "IP Man" being a nice show and also heard that it's has top the "Funny Movie Name" list as well. Even my Wushu Shifu have something to say about it and he said that the name "Yip Man" would be more appropriate.

So to entertain myself, I decided to made something out of the "IP Man" that I have seen and heard.

Some may not understand but most guys would understand. Anyway, here it is.

On 23rd Dec, I went out for a FOC Christmas Outing.
Went to Cineleisure and saw IP Man on screen.




And this is how it is being "interpreted" by some of the "guys".



Now that the joke had visualized -_-"


Then down at the lobby, I saw IP MaN again.




Okay, now he has something to say.




Then on 27th Dec, Sat, after I went for my Wushu training at Tiong Bahru with my NTU friends, we went to Vivocity to celebrate our Belated Christmas Gathering with our 师父.

Now see what's the problem with this movie again.



haha... saw anything weird?
:P
Guess it's only times like this when I can entertain myself for a while. Shall just put it here as well to increase the "activity" level, aha.. peak bottom number of posts after so long.
(4 posts in 2 months!? It's a record)

Anyway, I am trying to finish uploading the many photos that I have picked out, for my photography blog. Anyway, I can't think of a proper and easy to remember site link....

Anyway, I think I have really ran out of words to use rather than "anyway", so anyway.....
what do you think of this.

http://www.snapfasterthanyouthink.blogspot.com/
(*updated : http://gotpicgottalk.blogspot.com/)

It seems like I can think of 2 meanings for this.

The intended meaning is: the speed of my ability to take a photo is faster than what you think I am capable of.

But it looked like it can also means that:
I can snap "faster than you can think".

Totally arrogant siA!

Anyway, anyone knows any simple to way to upload pictures?
multiply.com/ looks good, but I will need time to learn... hai.

Okay, now for my early new year resolution :)

"I want to be able to think of a way to earn money using my camera and buy a new DSLR to earn more money for my university so I can feed Jiahe and more hungry people therefore feeling less stress and more energy to do school work from studies and committee and community work and get a happy family with a fun-filled hall life"

(oh... that's looks like... more than 5 resolutions in one -_-")

Eh..... this one doesn't seems to look right leh.....

'Be a man, do the right thing.'


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我不想,我不想,不想长大。。。
....

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Day 3 in hall.... not that bad afterall!

At first, the thought of staying in hall for 3 days simply just turns me off.....
First, the only thing that is in plan is purely "work".

Anyway, I actually planned to come back hall on Sunday right after I go out with my parents, for the first time in this school semester.

But in the end, I decided to stay at home for the night after going out with my parents, as the fact that I am going to stay in room alone again turns me off.

So, we went Chinatown!

And this is the MRT station.



Actually nothing to get excited about as I was here to report for work for just 4 days from last week -_-"




The "FULL of 墨水" walls certainly makes the place "Smarter".
(墨水= ink, which means intelligence)

Anyway, we went to the "newest" market (Chinatown market upgraded) and tried to look for some old delicacies.
But everything looks nice so in the end, we just order some random food to share.

And this is the $16 fish dish.



It's super huge for 1/2 a fish head.

Then I still remember 6 months ago, I came here and my colleague ordered sambal chilli "something"

And the chilli is AmAzinGly tasty.... so I tried to order it for my parents to try, hoping I ordered the right one.



But the key word is "something".......

so it didn't turn out the way I want it -_-"

Anyway, it's still tasty lah.... but they charge us $8 for that!!! Zzz....
Next time I must remember that hawkers will "upsize" everything if we didn't mention and I am not going to let them upsize without my knowledge again.

The first dish is SO BIG already and they still help us make the 2nd dish BIGGER -_-"
Smart sia. And thinking of the poor South African kids, my mum finished the fish and I cleared the chicken.....

The place still looks interesting :)




And the "Made in China" lights really doesn't last long I guess.



haha :P

But it's still gives the feeling, but I think that's what makes this place unique bah :)


Oh yar, and talking about work.... I quitted shortly as I realised FOC have some bigger stuff waiting for me to do, and I don't have much time to do it if planned to work....

So between the 2, I had to make a choice.

1) Earn money and feed-a-Jiahe for now and next semester.
2) Do FOC stuff and maybe live life a bit easier.... afterall it will be a 6 day work week and maybe 7 sometimes....

Be a MaN, do the right ThinG.

Rusell Peters

Guess I am affected by the "Chinese" from "China" mentally afterall. haha 0_O"

Max the chairperson knew about it and asked if my financial status would be alright.... told him that I am afterall the "Biz Mag" of FOC, and I will be alright.
haha! Yar, I will find my ways.

Just some things in plan:

1. make a blog to advertise for some cheap photography.
2. Jiahe's cheap and good 9 min quick cut barber shop at blk 51. haha! (just thinking only, and it's faster than the market!! ha, no guarantee it will turn out right :P)

Next day morning!
Hall sweet Hall.....

All the rest (especially the freshies) are here because of Interhall Games. And that explains why most of the night I hear laughters from my windows before I go to sleep.

Day 1 was Monday, 15 Dec 08

I came back and stayed because of FOC meeting at 6pm.

Up.. up the stairs. And Charlie the Cat was there at level 5 to scare the "panting like mad" Jiahe off.



That's the name of this female cat, given by the freshies of my block.

haha, hope a Delta Dog comes join in the fun soon :P

Time flies even if I am enjoying it or not.
Shortly, it's 6pm.

We had our meeting at one of the school's Student Lounge, when I was there at 6 exactly, there's no one....... haha, am always the first one in most meetups although my timing was the "latest" possible. Anyway, it ended at around 9+.

Anyway, I have set a few task for myself to complete for this week.... hope I am "happy" enough to start having enough energy for me to complete all my tasks.

Day 2
Work work..... but didn't really had much mood to work so work super slowly. Close to nothing in the end I guess -_-"

Anyway, this is the first time I see my hall trees bloom flowers so shall just note it down.




Dunno why leaves and flowers always grow on the other side of my block first, and this tree is always halved.



And you know why I hate to be in the room alone?

The world looks like this from the inside.



Anyway, went down 1 level to join my 2 MAE friends to watch a movie at night. Bolt.
haha, the power of the NTU internal network :P

IRC rocks!

And the day ends before I knew it.

Day 3, Wed.
Meet up at 3pm for a briefing by Kliff for a canvassing project from him. He is the Ex Chief Programmer from last year's FOC, and now he is using his skills to manage a event. Now that the whole canvassing is on me, I had to rack my brains to think of how to get manpower from FOC for canvassing on a school day...... Zzz......

But after the meetup, went back to National Institute of Education where my group of block mates from hall are supporting the Volleyball Men Team.





Had lots of fun playing with 3 DSLRs! DSLRs reaction to focusing is so much faster and clearer, and after today, I then realised that actually, it's not that hard to a DSLR.

There is something called "2nd Hand".

And the price is 1/2.....
At $400-$500, I can actually get a decent one already!!!!!
And as a Singaporean, it really took me quite L O N G to realise this -_-"

Yar, although it now looks so much cheaper, but it's still quite expensive considering the fact that I have just quitted a job which was plan to last for 1 month, but ended up lasting 3 days as I realised that in the end, I still have so much school stuff to settle that I can't just "work" on top of the "work". So the next "logical" plan is to do up a "photography blog" first, see the response and decide if I should get a DSLR for "work" during school term.

Target: If I am able to raise $200 for less than 5 events that I can get with my 2 cameras I will buy a $500 DSLR and start my new journey.

Anyway, at night, I was asked to help take photo for the Chingay training.








And this is one of my Wushu friend I met last year.
There's a few more in the Chingay performance :)



And the shirt.

Hai... have been around the school taking photos for quite a few events already.
Even some of the main comm thought I was like a "main comm photographer".
And some thought that I was "everywhere" in "every CAC event" to take photo because it's my "hobby".......

I am not CraZily in love with photography yet to RUSH EverYwhere to do this kind of "hobby"!! It's just that I had a camera most of the time because I don't want to missed out any things that past me.

And regarding the "every CAC event", everyone see me because every CAC member is invited. And becuase "every CAC member" is invited, they always asked me to be the photographer and because it happened that I will be there as well, I agreed. So I sort of become the "CAC photographer" because I appear for all main meetups so far.....

Although it's fun lah, but I still don't really like to take so many pictures so that I can "hand up my work".

Used me too many times liao lah!

But if I am really outside of school, I will not have said "okay" to the email" and "everyone" who have been calling me to ask if I am able to help for the event....
But it's still quite interesting to realised that when their Chingay boss ask them if they have any friends to help, everyone had a friend and in the end, they only called 1 person -_-"
(yar that's me).

haha :)

Ok, anyway, the plan is to stay till Wed night and home sweet home....
But I still have some work to do, such as rotating and selecting pictures and sending it to "dunno who". (just sent to the indirect bosses who asked me bah...)

Anyway, FOC biz mag stuff workload is piling up and it doesn't seems like it's getting lesser as days goes by.... so it seems like there won't be a time when I can just feel "released" with nothing to do.

Oh well, look forward to whatever good things that come bah :)
Hall BBQ, Christmas celebrations, new photography blog in the making, new DLSR to wish for.....

haha, live life with a smile....
:)

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Feeling emo.... Jiahe?

Realised that I still didn't have mood even after the holidays have started for so long.... and finally my Turtle™ Error Scan Program (Professional edition) (yar right.. pro -_-") discovered the problem with me.

Problem: I couldn't SLEEP soundly at night and I wake up feeling "uncharged"! And therefore, feeling lousy and couldn't stay "happy" as wished for.

1) When Jiahe goes to sleep, the brain doesn't shuts down. Instead it create a virtual space (3D with 5 senses somemore, WoW!!) where every thought and memory combines and mess up. And to make things worst, in this state, Jiahe wouldn't be able to differentiate between those that happened (facts) and those that are freely "created". Which create a "jail" and locks everything.....

So the results of this is, I am able to be normal when he is with friends, but when I am alone, I tend to feel "emo" (in a way). So I couldn't do anything proper (my "To do list"), even my work (from FOC, etc)

Anyway, the only solution is to be able to sleep again, but I still haven't find the way out of this "brain damage". Hai -_-"

Anyway, this post took like 10 days to update now and then?
So now I am am feeling much much better as I have many other better things to do.

So since life moved on and great things still happens, shall just give short updates for each great day :)

27 Nov, Friday
Happened to find my block's "ever energetic" freshies in my hall's music room! Wow! Got really entertained by their musical talents :)
1 Guitar player, a few singers , 3 piano pros... One grade 5, Second grade 8, and Third one..... Diploma in Piano =O










In this picture, the pro is not necessary the nearest to their instruments.... :P

The freshies are definitely a fun lot!

Thinking back, I was still a freshie just a few month back... how time flies.....

Anyway on the next day, the freshies was going out of NTU!

28 Nov, Friday.

Happened to see one of them preparing to go, and one of them ask if I want to join them.
I have not walked the Earth for a really long long time already.... sure I agreed :P


Finally getting out of NTU and travelling more than 10km away from NTU.

They had a fun filled plan. First, shopping at Vivo, next was meetup for buffet with the rest of the freshies. Was asked if I want to join them, but told them I got a 爱心晚餐 back waiting for me. LOL! They thought I making a scandal for myself :P

It's just my mum's cooking lah of course :)



Yes, because it's so rush, they didn't really walked enough. So I continued my "holiday trip" after I wished them "吃不肥" goodbye :) (eat buffet in Chinese.... but it means Eat won't Fat also :P)

The great stuffs that they missed out after they were gone :P













30 Nov, Sunday. Went to sell "Block Party Tickets".
Yar, and I my post from the Residence Committee is still a "Observer".

Anyway, it's doesn't really matter to me, but it's just that the name suggested that I should just using eye power?

But it's still fun bah. I walked around my block. Then at this particular door, I waiting for like 1 min. No one came.
Then before I left, I looked down......

and saw this.



Almost flew off the railings -_-"
But anyway, it's cute to be staring at me for 1 min without doing anything to me. Haha!

After that, I decided to visit Ryan (my beri good sec sch friend) who is just 2 km away from me.

And because I had the MRT concession, LRT rides are included as well!




The Beancurd tart which I was treated to during my visit :)







Then on Sunday, my sister came back from Kukup (Malaysia).
And brought back 5 Coconut Jelly!




Heavy sia, but she still brought back for us all the way from Malaysia.... in a big styrofoam box!
:)

Then on Monday, CAC FOC meeting 1pm.



Birthday celebration for the November Babies and the "missing" December baby.



If you can see where's the "missing" part :P
Wei Bin's will be there when the publicity side have time to "add" him in :P

And the picture of the day.



This is the MOST raRe picture where you see Max, who is on the furthest right hand side, more than a record holding 3 metres away from a food source and not notice its presence.

A award winning shot!
haha :P

Thursday, 4th Dec, I will be going for interview for a job, resources running quite low. Anyway, it's going to be roadshows and I will be running around Singapore. yeah :)

Friday, 5th Dec, I am invited to Huili's 21st birthday party, whom I know from my Design stream. The theme is "Bling!" and I volunteered to be her photographer.
Ever seen a "Bling Bling photographer with a FlasH and Camera!? Haha! Literally BlinG! the loudest)

And this is the first time I used my horseshoe flash addon on the LX3 (my lucky camera). And the effect is amazing!

The NTU friends



And the other 3 who I know and should be coming, didn't turn up at all -_-"
And this supposedly "NTU Group".... only happened to know that 1 of them is my classmate -_-"'

This picture was a bit blur compared to those that I took. Guess the person must really be feeling weird to be holding a camera with a flash that is much heavier than the camera itself :P

And the 21st birthday cake puffs were so cool!




Maybe just a picture to show the initial Pasir Ris Chalet lighting condition.



Totally cui right! Wow, what wonders can a flash do sia!
(haha, level up! :P)

Sunday, 7th Dec, one of the chairperson of Anchorvale CC, Mr Fong, ask me to take photo for a karaoke and dinner event in the evening. And he is asking for a allowance for me :)







There's 42 contestants for the Lam Pin Min Karaoke Contest......
And I squat up and down for at least 100 times -_-"

feels so fit now, but here comes my first allowance :P



Appreciated their "allowance" :)

Wednesday, 3/12/08

now for a iwinitakeipost picture.

This is a long overdue lucky draw prize for doing a survey regarding sports, for my friend's brother.



And finally after exams, the organiser arrange for a date to pass me in Taka :)
haha, you must be thinking.... what the.... Jiahe got something again!?

老天爱苯小孩 lah..... haha!

Then after that, I went to Ang Mo Kio hub to meet the rest of the biz mags (business managers)
to buy the things for canvassing by the FOC organized by Alex (the ex-chief biz mag of last year)

And we ordered this $3.50 + 50 cents (for me only) mee pok ta (dry)



ieatipayiheartache.......com
sia lah! Didn't expect it to be that expensive! But it's nice lah...... but still ache la -_-"

then we went to NTUC to buy the stuff.




Then I saw this at this "Air Freshener" Corner........



Wooh @_@!

And if the "smell" is not enough to satisfy the customer's toilet fantasy, they can go for this.



The "P L U S" version.

Haha :P

Just too bad that Hokkien is too well known for it's "high classed" vulgurities. How "Beng" (or Lian) you are is directly measured from how well you are versed in Hokkien.

Just the word "Sai" have lots of variations so commonly used.

Pang Sai = go Toilet (do business)
Jiah Sai = Eat....... ya...
Orh Pi Sai - Dig Nose dirt
Bak Sai = Dried Tears (from the eyes, when you wake up in the morning)
Heh Sai = Ear Wax
Tao Nao (Brain) Tat Sai = Brain stuck with... you know (means stupid)
Beia Sai = 4D consolation prize (but it literally means Horse stuff.... you know)
Chea Sai = Green stuff (produced when you are too scared)
Sai Gang = Lousy manual Work (the word explains)

After so many SAIs...... need something to purge the bad aura.....

..........
HUAT Ah!

ok, done :)

Took MRT back down to Dhoby Ghaut to change since I have MRT concession. Then pop out to see the world a while.

Then I saw something funny as well..... a 3D constuction built in front of Plaza Singapura!



BUT Jesus was not in the "shade" -_-"

Went back to Seng Kang, then to the library to use internet to clear all the "online" work.
Then used the last of my coupons bought in packs of 8 for hot drinks for this.........

Mocca Latte ($4.50)



With the coupon of 8, one cup cost only $2.55, and I can sit there and use the internet as long as "I am enjoying" the cup of either hot or cold drink.

(hey think this really sounds like some site. Haha!)

Another ieatishootipost competitor pic? :P
No la, just happen to have tasty looking food and drinks nowadays.

And coming to the last part.

During my exam period, I had a group of MAE friends to study with. And not forgetting 1 more pal who stick with us thick and thin, through the times when we are so stress....

The Hamster called Pebbles :)

but he's almost had the sign "Warning, Fierce Biting Hamster inside"
but no one had the time to make it for him (or rather, it's me who don't have time to make one for him... haha -_-")

I think it's because Tennya the lousy owner didn't bring Pebbles out to play, that's why he became a emo hamster who bites SUPER hard and Deep into anything that appears in his cage.

But because I was bored as well, I think I can feel the hamster getting bored....
So one find day, when we decided to clean his house after 1 month in his cage (and also during our exams), I decided to bring him out to play.



And after that, I got into the Guinness Book of Records for being the first person to hold Pebbles unbitten for..... any amount of time he wants :P

And I made 8 passport size photo for him!



How cool can that be!

(Siao -_-")

actually I am just practicing my passport size making skill, anyway, I think I am going to carry out my plan to make passport size photos as a way to earn some money to "feed-a-jiahe" charity program.

He's seriously skinny for someone who eats so much lah..... (and there's so many girls out there who wants to kill him for having this ability.... -_-")

Anyway... ya. That's about it for now :)

There's more to update, many other stuff already happened, yet no time to post.... and work is starting again. The one week off from my "paid" job to do my FOC "unpaid" job was coming to an end tomorrow.....
But at least this shall at least satisfy 2 person.
The Jiahe who wants to write down a bit for his future Jiahe, and Danny, who keep bugging him and "looking forward" to seeing this post being updated.

haha :)
Till the next update.... should be long -_-"


runturtlerun...... Jiahe getting too skinny... life's just not going to be slow for Jiahe.....
but.....
just keep swimming :)