Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The 7 year wait

After approximately 7 years, my JC class finally got together for a gathering today. It was a great afternoon of catching up with old friends and exchanging numbers. At a point of time it even looked like a speed dating session, haha. These are people I've not met in years, most still look pretty much the same, of course I was the 'most changed' person of the lot. When I walked over to meet them at TCC, the looks on some of their faces were just priceless, hahahaha. It was as if I just walked out of an episode of extreme makeover. But there a notable few who were considerably different. Lets just breakdown my thoughts on these people I love...

Yinchao is one of them, she now looks so modern and chic. Looks even more pretty then when she was wearing the SA uniform. Love her look now (not that I didn't like it in the past, hahaha). Now in her family car business, looks everything like a career woman.

Ging was of course as glamourous as ever. Looking good has almost never been an issue for her.

Anthony and Meizhi got engaged already, wow! Yet another of my friends hitched. Meizhi still looking as cute as before, Anthony is just crap (see chris comments, hahaha).

Chris is still as crappy as ever, haha. Love this guy man. He can really crap... hahahaha

Yifei, Miao Guang, Yaozhong & Jiahao are still the same, not much has changed of them.

Siqi - haven't seen her at all in the last 7 years, haha. She still looks great, very sporty looking. Great gal.

Siew Hup is now in her family business, doing some scrap metal stuff. And she still looks as innocent as when she was back in JC. Great to see her again...

Huizhen is still the same... same old her, love this gal too. Great bitching partner (she even wrote on my facebook wall that I'm her past bitching partner, kaoz thanks for telling the world that I'm bitchy, hahaha). Can still talk about anything to her.

It was a really great afternoon lah, to see all of them again and bitch about our CT. Ahhhh those were the days. And Miaoguang kept disturbing Yinchao, Ging and Siew Hup that they are tai tais now, haha. It was so funny. And our class had to keep to the tradition of being different from others. At a point of time the gals were discussing about cars, and the guys are talking about melanine and health care, hahaha... This class is always so different from others.

Literally spent the entire day eating. We had lunch at sketches (Bugis) - which wasn't all that terrific. It was ok, I wouldn't say that its nice, but .... just ok... haha. Then we walked over to TCC for coffee. And by then it was already close to 6... Time really flies... So some of them went shopping, some went to meet people. A few of us wanted to go KTV, but changed our minds later because we felt that we needed a larger audience to showcase our talent, haha. So we decided to postphone the KTV to our next outing (hopefully not 7 years later). So in the end, they psycho me to drive them to sunset way for hk cafe. But I was still full then, so I didn't eat anything. Just got a drink there. Sat and chatted some more about our lives and bitching about things around us, haha.

Had a great time today. Meeting old friends is really cool.... But if we meet toooooo often it might get dull (I know my class well enough), because there won't be enough to talk about. I mean there is only some much that can happen in your life, if nothing new is updated, then there won't be anything to chat about... Then that akward slience will come, haha. So must plan properly, not too often, but definitely not 7 years later lah. Cya soon, remember we still have KTV coming up (some time later, I'll give it 1 year to materialise)... haha

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Lazy weekend

After a very sporty weekend last week, this week I've decided that I'll just sit back and laze the entire weekend away... haha... But I still did go for dragonboat training this morning... woke up damn early ok. Each week is passing by pretty fast now that I've started work. Sometimes I feel that I can just get lost in this working world. I mean sometimes we just keep working and working and working, and you don't see the road at the end of the tunnel. Just not too long ago, I just had a very scary thought, as the weeks pass by, as days just go by one at a time, what am I working towards. What is my life all about. What is the meaning of life? Really sounds very cheem right... I think so too. But really, suddenly, I was just thinking whether we were just born to die. Right now I'm just working every weekday, then laze around during the weekends, and the entire cycle repeats the next week. So what is the meaning of all this. Am I going to do till all the way till I die. And at the rate it is going, it seems that it is not too far away. It seems that the work that we are doing is just to by time while waiting for death to come. I don't know, I not unhappy with my work or anything, I have nice colleagues around me, but I can't help but get this kind of funny feeling about life. In just 5 years I'm going to be 30 already, ain't that fast! 5 years will just pass by very fast. Just look at my university life, suddenly I've already graduated. And it feels like I've just started yesterday.

Well I hope I'll be able to find greater meaning in life... right now I'm still searching for that meaning. Maybe some of you might think that I'm now just lonely, and that its time for me to get a partner, but I don't know... Sometimes I really feel that I will never meet the person that I love so much that I want to be with her everyday. Or at least I have yet to get that type, or anywhere near that type, of feeling before. I keep thinking that if I had to report to a single person for the next 60 years of my life, and tell her everything that happens in my life, I'll probably just go mad... So I think I might not be suitable for a relationship, and probably never will be. I know I gotta change that mind set if I ever want to have a chance of falling madly in love, but at this point of time, I just can't get pass myself. Well, good luck to myself in my search for answers to life. Wow, this post sounds so zen ah, machiam some Confucius teaching... hahaha

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Stupid Mina

I just came back from my Grandma's birthday celebration at her place, and guess what, we just had a arguement with the stupid security guard. We were already done with the entire celebration and so my dad asked me to go to the guard house to ask the security guards to come over to check out the place, so I went over and asked them to come over. Then this Mina - Halimah, came over; and when she came in, she said that we had to stack the chairs up after using the function room. We were like huh?? Which condo actually ask the residents to stack the chairs by themselves after paying for the function room (plus we pay for the condo expenses as well). She just said that its the rule. We told her that we came into the room with the chairs arranged neatly, so we are returning it to them with the chairs in the exact same position. I mean its only right that we give them back the room in the same condition as when we received it. But nooooo, she insisted that its the rule. Then we asked her since when did the rule say that we have to stack the chairs up, she did not answer. She just kept insisting that its the rule... And then she threaten that if we did not stack the chairs, she'll just take a photo of the room, and then we would not get back our deposit. What the fuck. Come on lah, she's only a security guard, don't she dare use that $100 deposit to threaten me. Its not that I despise her job, but she must know that one of her primary responsibility is to look after the residents and not make life difficult for the residents; not more to threaten the residents. After that she asked for my dad's name and our unit number. Ok fair enough, and then she even asked for the name and particulars of my guest. What the hell, hey bitch, thats my guest you know. When told that he's a guest, she even dare to tell him," you are only the guest what, don't even have business here". OMG, that had already put fire on me. Ok, still we stacked the chairs for her. And after that she came in again and said some thing that provoked my dad again. And then she asked," so just now who is the one that look for me at the guard house". And I said it was me. And she fucking don't belief, she kept insisting that it was my brother. That was it for me. What the hell is this security guard, who cannot even remember the person that approached you just 15 mins before, doing in this condo. How the hell are we residents going to entrust our safety in the hands of these imbeciles. So I went out of the function room to try to explain to her nicely, but she just did not want to listen. I told her that the condo belongs to my grandma and she had the nerve to tell me that I'm not a resident there, and why we were all attacking her. What the fuck man, chee bye! I stayed in the estate for 5 years, even after that I come over super often. My dad is there everyday. We have a unit there. What more does she want. She just doesn't want to listen to any explaination, and she was like shouting at the pool, with everyone else at the pool looking at us. I was so fucking pissed off then, so I asked for her name. And she just pulled out her name tag on her shirt and kept pointing at her name saying," ah, name, name..." I tell you, I have not been this mad for quite some time, and she really made my day. I don't give a fuck to whether she's the sole breadwinner of her family or not, I vow that I must get an explaination for this matter. Not only was she rude to us, she was rude to my guest. Plus she cannot recognise the people she meets 15 mins ago, and she cannot handle situations tactically. Fuck her fucking chee bye, BITCH!

Hmmmm... that feels much better. Think I'll need to go over to my grandma's to do a follow up tomorrow. CHEE BYE!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Sports week

Having a very sporty week this weekend... I went jogging twice this week, just joined the Morgan Stanley Dragonboating team (went for the first row this morning), and I'll be running my first marathon tomorrow. (plus I might be going bowling later) OMG, wtf have I got myself into. My arms are like close to dead now, they are aching super badly. I think it is the push ups I did last week, so now my arm muscle is hurting real bad. Life has been pretty good now. Well for one thing, I'm paid now. Not a lot, in fact its quite little, but I guess I can make do with it. Last month I only got a pro-rated pay, do now my financial resources are running low already, hahaha.

And this is the season of meeting your super old friends, almost all of whom you've not met in ages, hahaha. I got a sms recently from my JC class, saying that they're organising a meet up. I was like wow, I think I last saw majority of them during graduation (and I mean JC graduation), so that is like close to 7 years since I seen most of them. Then last week I met up with Koh, John and Bingwen. Its been a good few months since I saw them too. Then again, I've agreed to organise a meet up with the MHA folks soon, namely Peck Yen and Ching ching (and possibly Pauline and Jou Hwei as well). Now waiting for everyone else to settle on a date. Wow, suddenly I'm like meeting all these people who have been part of my life, but I've not seen in eons. Its a pretty good feeling though to see them and knowing that they're doing well. But I must saw it can get pretty tiring when everything comes together all at once. Need to learn to spread 'em out. hahaha.

okok, I gotta rest. Tomorrow still have a long run to do....

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Nike Real Run

Sometimes I really have to ask myself why I get myself into this type of situations... Well I've agreed to take part in the nike real run, and will be running for my reservist team. So the guys called me to tell me that there is a trail today to go see see the route. But I did the dummiest thing. I mean how many people would go run a marathon without sleep. Literally without sleep. I went ktv with my friends last night and only reach home close to 4am in the morning. I set my alarm at 6.15 (I had to meet the guys at 7 at Tanah Merah). Which means that I only had 2 hours of sleep. When my alarm went off, I did the most natural thing, and that is to wake up, off the alarm and go back to sleep. Oh man, if Lionel did not call me, I'd probably would have slept all the way through. So Lionel called at 7, and I told him I over slept, and that I'll leave my place immediately, and to change the meeting place to Changi V. Which made it easier for me too. I was like super tired lah today. In the van Lionel was telling me that the route we were runing is 15 km, I was like ,What! I've not ran this type of distance since ages. I mean, even for long distances, I ususally only run a round of Pasir Ris, and that only came to about 8.8km. And you know how tired I am after that run right. So I wasn't even sure if I could make it back. When we started, I tried to keep pace, but I could only last for about 10 km. After the 10 km mark, I started to feel that my legs are getting heavy, so I had to slow down to a jog. Not all that bad for a first trail marathon. I clocked a timing of approximately 1 hr 20 mins for 15 km. Its def not a really great result, but I guess its pretty decent (based on my own standards, haha). Now my legs feel like they are dead, they are just screaming out to me,"I'M NOT MOVING". Hope it gets better tomorrow. Don't want to go to office in clutches, hahaha.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

First pay

I've finally gotten my first actual pay in my life (not including all the part-times that I've done in the pass). As in after graduation, and into the working world.... Yippie! But, after some calculation... I discovered that its not really enough to use. After deducting my CPF, and a part of it to my Mum, and another portion to treating my family to my first pay dinner, and a fraction of it to transport & food, and also buying some gifts to reward myself... I find that I'm practically left with nothing... Ass hole... And to think that I began my working life thinking that I'll save at least $500 a month, Bleh! Well at least I'm paid now...

Work has been ok for the pass week. Although there was a mini crash yesterday (Dow Jones fell by a catastrophic 777 points, the largest drop in I have no idea how long).... Yup, but it was pretty quite in office... Getting quite used to work now, but still feel very tired after work. Now my back hurts because I'm like sitting in front of the computer the entire day. Of course I still have my share of entertainment. Been meeting CY, Beng, Huan, Jansen, Joseph and gang for drinks and dota. We probably went drinking at least twice or three times in the last 7 days, haha... Think I'm gonna suffer from liver damage soon at the rate I'm going. Then there's Huan who is now officially the violent drinker. Not as in that he drinks super a lot. But that he gets violent after drinking. No idea when it started that after drinking, we must punch each other to get off. Backet now I got a bruise on my arm because of him.

Just came back from shopping with my mum. Been some time since I shopped with my mum, so we went orchard with Da Yi today to shop. Wanted to get a work pants, majority of the pants that I have are a little oversized for me, so they don't look so good (as in the fitting). So I wanted to get another pair of pants for myself (with my pay, hahaha). But didn't find anything that I like. I've discovered something about myself. I've always acknowledged that I really like to shop and buy things for myself, but I find that it only occurs when I'm overseas. When I'm away, I can shop for hours and not feel tired, I just want to keep shopping hoping that the shops never close. But back in Singapore I don't have that same drive. I'm tire after walking for only an hour, and I don't have that urge to buy something. So I conclude that my love for shopping is only applicable to overseas shopping.

Going to the airport later to fetch my bro. He went US last week with Huiling for holiday and to attend their colleague's wedding. Yippie, wonder what he'll buy for me... haha... Well I don't normally hope for gifts when people go overseas, but this time its different. Because I specifically told him what I want... hahaha. I gave him a wishlist before he left, together with a $500 bill (but it was monopoly money, wahaha)... But anyway I also told him that I'll pay for my expenses, all he had to do is to shop for me... So its not a bad thing for him right. He gets the trill of shopping like hell, and I'm paying. Ok I better get going before I'm late. Anyway didn't tell him that I'll be fetching (but he should have guessed it, I did ask him for his flight details), so I don't want him to leave the airport by himself later.