emo.

rang ai chuan liu bu xi

i know my chinese sucks.

i also know i'm tough, cool and muscular, but i can't help but feel emo inside when i watch the show.

It's tragic to see how we read about China being "the fastest growing economy" in the world and all. The media, our econs teacher, even our econs exam questions keep blasting this line in our face, but unfortunately, this is all in vain.

What i mean is that it is not quite a facade, but more of a rather material desire by the Chinese government. They chase economic growth so much that perhaps most of the growth is concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai, but when we look at the video footage of the earthquake disaster, one can't help but blame the dreadful lack of infrastructure of many of the buildings that were floored.

It's like, the rich get richer and the peasants just can't keep up. And the earthquake is a tough message to the government to perhaps, do something for their peasants instead of constantly upgrading and building more stadiums for the Olympic Games.




Anyway, today in church, I felt God's love flowing through me for the first time in a long while.. perhaps i've drifted too far in recent times..

cool day

Just a random thought: while i was bathing just now, some shampoo flowed down my hair and into my eye! yikes, the shampoo is some mint flavour thingy so my eyes were like.. REFRESHED! burning with clorets.. totally..

Today was a rather nice day. Jonathan came back from the US for some singapore sightseeing, so was rather excited to see him in church today.

First up though, met up with irbeng for breakfast at dhoby xchange.. ka pui! the kaya toast was crap!! haha. its like rocky bread and sugar inside.. so terrible.. anyway just meeting up for breakfast in the early morning feels really good.. i wish i had more of such things.

Then we hopped over to church where i fulfilled my promise to beng to help him set up everything. then lo and behold! at 0940, i saw nana tong come and so i knew jonathan was near.. and suddenly out of the corner, he appeared more magically than david blaine, copperfield, archuleta and cook combined together!

Haha i was quite shocked at first, i imagined him to be slightly, thinner.. hmm. nonetheless, it was great seeing him.

Then after church, we proceeded on to bring him around. first we went to zion food centre.. where he ate the world famous HALLELUJAH CHAR KWAY TEOW made with charismatic cooking. After we went bugis and basically he bought lotsa stuff.

Having said all that, i was thinking how i missed the times when the youths would go out together every saturday night or sunday afternoon. Somehow there would always be activities already planned, like badminton at lavender, or karaoke at someone's house, and somehow everyone would be so super enthu. tsk, but now i guess things aren't the same anymore somehow.. beng and i were saying how long it's been since we last had a church/youth outing.. perhaps over a year, the bowling comp (but i just remembered we had rock climbing). even so rock climbing was disappointing cos everyoen just rushed home after lunch. i mean i wonder sometimes if our work/studies/need for rest/laziness is catching up with our relationships. Sometimes i know i'm guilty as well. Hmm hope this changes soon. Seriously can't wait for church camp!

So determined to re-unite with my guitar later! already thought of 3 songs to learn, hope to be able to play them by the end of next week. totally inspired ~

this weekend wasn't what i expected it to be, all the hype i created myself, might as well have done guard duty.. i hope next weekend will be diff..

Eat with your family day 2008

Hmm i'm thinking of opening up my blog. well..

Anyway last night was rather quiet, so i decided to msg irving to ask if there was yf tomorrow (which means today).

*toot toot*

Reply came back, apparently, NO!! cos saturday was gonna be "eat with ur family day 2008"!! YAY!! (actually i thought that was last week).

Struck by irving's reply, i was suddenly at a loss on what to do on saturday. For the first time in many many months, my whole saturday was empty, devoid of activities, plans, even saturday-morning-football kickabout wasn't going to be on. totally sian.

Then in some form of divine intervention, my mum stepped into my room, and asked if i wanna go shop with her tmr... EXCELLENT!! hahahahahahah.

I readily agreed because

1. I want to be a good singaporean that follows all the government's wonderful campaigns, as well as dutifully serving my time as a soldier

2. It's been a while since i had a mother-son bonding session

So on to saturday, where my parents and myself had fun at orchard road shopping in the midst of the usual saturday crowd with the GREAT SINGAPORE SALE totally on!

Speaking of which, i actually visited the GREAT SINGAPORE SALE website yesterday, OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!~!~! O_o

Anyway had a nice relaxing time looking at clothes with my parents, got some stuff that i'm well pleased with. Also it was then that i realised that my mum is so seriously an aunty!! AHSOH with a capital A! She was like totally aunty-ing around her whole way through. Especially when in the supermarket, she was like taking every sample she could get, be it japanese chips, wasabi green tea, virginia ham, argh!!

shameless mum <3

also somehow i ended up at the macs outside shaw chilling with my dad over a cup of frappe and iced chocolate. CHILLZ YO...

Ended up talking about alcohol, and i told him my disgust for it!! haha ok maybe not so, i'm fine with cocktails and all, but its not that i hate ppl who get drunk, but i just can't appreciate wine and beer! wine a little , but definitely not beer.

Then i told him about the time i was at wala wala with my friends, and they were telling me all about how this particular beer is from Germany and this one from Belgium and this from Madagascar (just kidding), and telling me how unique this tastes and how rich this one is and this one isn't.

So i sampled all of them and i'm sorry, they all taste the same! Seriously, if i were to be brutally honest, they all taste like BRANDS Chicken Essence. haha, kewlz~


Camp life wasn't that great either. Static Display everyday at Jurong Island isn't particularly the most exciting thing ever. Thinking that it would be a breeze, i was so wrong. Seeing the weapons guys setting up the painfully huge tentage everyday touched my caring, delicate, soft and compassionate heart. Thus, i stepped out of my line of duty to lend aid to them (actually sgt kumar say everyone must help).

Yeah and so everyday, we slog in the morning sun for 2 hours to set it up, and 1 hour in the evening sun to tear it down. Towards friday i was so sick of it that the 4 of us c4 wayang kias (ericson, daniel, sx tan, myself) seeked refuge in the double air-conditioned planning room. HAHA so fun, talking crap, napping, challenging daniel to wi-fi psp winning eleven 2008, listening to hoe seng and his nutty talk.

Yeah when the tentage is set up, we still have to transport sx's PUVSS. guess what P stands for: u got it! PORTABLE!!! however, that PUVSS is actually a monster of a machine! oh my goodness.. to move it from the planning room to the outside tentage requires at least 3 of us.. and not forgetting his bleddy road blade as well! what on earth.. another killer.

Fortunately my bulging biceps are not just for show, and MUSCULAR TAN once again demonstrates why he's called MUSCULAR TAN. I heaved and shoved and pulled and pushed and ho-ed and voila! job done. *pats myself on the back*

Today i was silently thinking to myself. As much as i'm looking forward to my ORD and fervently counting down to it, i can't help but think that i'll look back and miss my army life and all the people i've met, especially us c4 wayang kias.

I will blog more religiously from now on!

VJC - The Price of Piracy

Oh my!!! i think i look good even last time. ;)

On to better things

Hello i'm back by popular demand (actually it's only one person).

I should stop talking about football. On to some personal matters.

Life has begun to take its toll on me. No la just kidding. I'm just very tired everyday even though i don't do much. And everything is kinda robotic. I sleep at 10.30 everyday and even when i'm home, my body shuts down exactly at that time. Oh well! I've become a full-blooded NS man!!! A no life creature without any motivations in life but to train to fight some enemy. Seriously, u think anyone would send soldiers to come to singapore and kill us? well no they'll just.. ok better stop here. sensitive issue.

In better news, I have progressed more as a monster hunter than a singapore soldier. This week, w3es0n9, danielle, thamster and glen have officially up-ed rank to hr6! woot! We fearlessly spent the week slaying monster after monster. Be it pink rathian, azure rathalos, gold rathian, plesioth, whatever.

Highlight of the week was that dumb twin tigrex. Armed with my khezu shock blade, accompanied by the other 2 blademasters and their true devil slicers, and the gunner with his thunder thingy, we engaged the tigrexes in the battle of our lives. Unsurprisingly, they whooped our unprepared butts. Unfazed, we tried again and we won!!! woohoo!!! man we're good!!! now to do it another 3 more times...

Unfortunately, the next time wasn't going to come for the rest of the day as we spent the rest of the afternoon dying multiple times.

The next day at 6.15am, with me once again stoning at the breakfast table.. suddenly a flash of inspiration sparkled through my eyes. With that, I burst out in uncharacteristic excitement (since it was still the dumb morning) and unveiled my great plans to to my comrades. With their nods of approval, we set off to the snowy mountains after morning pt to face our dreaded foes.

*FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*! *FLASH*!

Thats how those darn tigrexes got utterly torn apart by the fearsome 4 (i think we shud come up with a team name.) and victory was ours by lunch. Akantor, you're next!

Well thats all. It's church anniversary today. Happy Birthday FIBC! gonna hv some fun eating.

The Transfer Market

As the new season kicks in, the transfer market has been abuzz with activity. Let me preview some of the more significant ones (and reflect back on this post one year later). This is a great outlet as right here, i can air uninterrupted views. Anyway here goes:

Eduardo Da Silva: It's funny, football, really. How coincidental that not too long ago there was a documentary on Eduardo and how a brazilian was making waves in the croatian national team. At that time it sounded interesting and unimportant. When the Croats beat England 2-0 not long later, I thought to myself, hmm that Da Silva guy is impressive, he got his name on the scoresheet, that documentary is quite accurate. Months down the road, this is the man tipped to fill Henry's boots (or so they say but I feel he's more of a hardworking skillful player than an elegant flair striker like TH). I reckon he'll take time to settle, but will give us some unforgettable memories in his first season (much like Reyes but i doubt he'll whine till he leaves).

Fernando Torres: Great signing! But yet again, a victim of the wonderkid syndrome. This guy may have all it took to be a wonderkid, captaining Athletico at such a tender age, functioning as their main striker, playing like a right-footed raul, truth is he's been doing that for too long now. As much as i would like to say he is a top class striker, i don't think his 12-18 goals per season (as far as i can remember) warrants him as a super striker, i mean even adebayor can hit that many a season. Maybe will do well.

Anderson: Apart from that extravagant backheel flip-flop skill, and being one of the best left wingers in FM, I don't know much about the dude. Probably one to watch, but i think he won't do good for at least a while, would probably be better off in spain really.

Nani: Big hype at the start of last season, but honestly, once again, a wonderkid who hasn't really proven himself. From what i've seen in Champ League matches, he ain't that great. But, whoever watched a certain Cristiano Ronaldo before his Man U debut?

Malouda: Great player, but seriously why sign another left winger when u already have Robben? His performance this season depends alot on his opportunities, if robben continues his sulks and his injuries, then this guy may just get the chance to prove it on the English stage. I think he'll hit it.

Bent: A complete waste of money! Although i think if he can match Berbatov (which Keane and Defoe have been struggling to do), then Spurs have got a great partnership on their hands to take them further. But he's still a waste of money.

Benayoun: Good player, not good enough for Liverpool. The next Zenden.



Alright i'm tired. Once again this post is dedicated to you! Written just for you even though you probably don't understand anything! haha. Perhaps it's time to start another blog so i can not talk about football there?

Just too good

Once again the FA Cup has served up some magic and its usual dose of controversy. Two fabulous goals from Andrei Shevchenko and SWP sealed a fantastic win for Chelsea at White Hart Lane against a determined spurs side. Man U kept their treble dreams alive with a gritty 1-0 win over boro.

The magic was served up at White Hart Lane. Sheva's goal was one of true beauty. opening up his body and smashing the ball with his left foot in to the top corner of robinson's net. amazing stuff. the commentator kept silent as the ball left sheva's boot. but paused for a few seconds after the ball rippled the net, before letting out a shriek of disbelief and amazement. The ball looked like it was yet another one of sheva's sky-high finishes. But the ball moved and altered its flight to nestle nicely into an unsaveable position. Is shevchenko showing glimpses of his Milan brilliance? His recent form has suggested that the deadly ukranian is nothing short of confidence now and can perhaps, and finally, set the premiership alight.

SWP, yet another of chelsea's underachievers, sealed the match with a crisp left footed half-volley that evaded robinson's despairing dive. sweet goal. keane's last minute penalty proved a mere consolation.

Man U and a certain portugese winger, yet the subject of controversy. with a stalemate looming, a little tumble by cristiano ronaldo in the penalty box proved the deciding factor. Woodgate's challenge just clipping ronaldo's leg as the portugese made a incisive run into the penalty box from the left wing, leaving woodgate no choice but to make his daft challenge. Silly of the experienced defender but yet another victim of ronaldo's tricky feet.

The dissent among the boro faithful was plain for all to see, with the boro bench not hesitating to let ronaldo know what they thought of him as cries of CHEAT were screamed out. Their frustrations at ronaldo's antics this season (which has seen him won 3 penalties in their 3 encounters this season thus far) was exemplified by James Morrison's crunching hacking down of ronaldo in the closing stages of the game.

The results may have been expected but nevertheless we have been once again entertained thoroughly by the FA cup.

Ronaldo gave an exceptionally cracking interview after the match. When asked why controversy followed him, he just snorted "i'm too good"

How henry-like.

Such arrogance has been unheard of ever since henry was in his absolute prime. that aire of invincibility, and unstoppability, is what sets apart the greater from the great players. incredible. such confidence would only serve to intimidate any opponents who try to ruffle your feathers with an insult of two. When a player is on fire, he knows it, we knows it. but when u come out and pronounce that so confidently, then it merely displays the lad's lack of fear and respect for his opponents and critics.

Cristiano ronaldo, public enemy number one in june, the best player in the world now. How hatred fuels a player's ability and performance. so beckham-ish eh?