DeepaRayalloween Holidays ~

Heya one and all =)
Happy DeepaRayalloween to my very mixed up singaporean buddies all over :P
Yes very much indeed confused and mixed up is the singaporean bloodlines, culture and all that other funny factors that defines each of us =)
Poly peepz like urs truely just returned to sch for the new semester and thank god perhaps ? That holidays are well spread as the academic term starts off ... Monday lesson ... Tuesday off ... Wednesday lessons ... Thursday off and voila ~ TGIF ... lessons for the day and weekends for all ! Weird ...
Anywayz ... Halloween was monday nv celebrated that before ... wonder if i should try nxt year ... Deepavali follows tight on tuedays (holiday !!!) ... spend that with clay and hid walking ard town ... "buffet" for my brother in the army *winkz* ... day started off pretty bad ... cancelled activities with Team V =( well ... hope to see u lot soon ...
Hari Raya is to follow today (off again !!!) ... watched Tom.Yam.Goong with clay and had some taiwan porridge buffet at breekz before that ... Food is pretty good for 6.90++ worth the try =)
Tml will bring abt another research day ... on the bright side project resumes ... means no more delays ... on a sadder note ... work is nv fun so to speak =) BUT ~ when ur project partners are fun I guess there is always laughter if u seek it *winkz*
Funny story how some people can say others are not fun to be with ... not sociable ... yet the greatest irony is ... the problem lies within the condemner and not the condemned ! haha ~ juz a note :P

End of the holidays ~

And so concludes the holidays ... it came and it went ... nothing too significant nothing too spectacular ... yet its no where near without action =) Confused ? So am I ...
Well lets summarize this holidays =) Left behind most of what i needed to leave and started on what I should have started on eons ago ... Laggy is the man who's emotions rules his servers ... hahahaha ~
Wonderful update =) Don't know what to say lalala ~

Burnt =(

Hmmm ... update ? hahaha
Spent most of last week slacking and enjoying ... now pretty broke =(
Celebrated Lix's birthday at crystal jade ... and we had Fried MARS Bars courtesy of Mike

Our little side track to carrefour led to the gals going witchy ~

Saturday brought about a sunny day at the beach with the sabreurs =)
Always fun to go out with the fencers ~
Damn burnt rite now ... But I enjoyed it =p
P.S. No pix sorry ~ camera was there but I forgot to bring the batteries -_-"

Oh heres a few momentos from my last trip to ubin =)

heres poochie ~ ain't he cute ?

can u spot the cat ?

Confrimed week is good =D

And yet another week concludes =)
Tiring but fruitful weekend ! Spent saturday with the ever so irritating michelle ~ Short but very interesting trip to ubin ... Its amazing how rich ubin is in heiritage and the very experience from just wondering ard the island is simply enriching !

No ... This is obivously not my first trip to ubin BUT I've come to learn that ubin holds a wealth of heiritage for everyone who bothers looking ! Every trip I discover something new and without fail there is always something worth remembering ... This simple little laid back island off the east coast of singapore gives anyone who wants a relief from the urbanized concrete jungles of mainland fast paced life ... scenary ... wild life ... back to basic experience is what you'll find =)All you need is to keep an open mind and an open ear ... Islanders ... especially the natives have much to share abt the history of this little island, singapore and even their perspective of life !

Looking back Ubin holds personally for me many memorable times and I'm certain many more to come ... From the torturous days of camping and trekking with NPCC where I've made a number of close friends that stays by my side to this very day ... to the days of kayaking with Tock Seng during my OBS days ... to days of cycling and orienteering with the NPOB where I've learnt to love, respect and enjoy nature ... and of coz the little retreats with my buddies and our other small adventures ... and without a doubt (before i get hecked for lack of mention) the trip down this saturday with miche =)

Back to my weekend =) Had a wonderful time at lao jie's buffet house warming ... yes I know I've been a little anti social ... but what do u expect ... dad is there ... kid bro is there ... and I barely know that god-bro-in-law of mine ! haha :P Don't expect me to go ard with a display of enthusiasm and show my social skills now would u ? This IS singapore ... I AM singaporean ...

Sunday brings the whole day out with my classmates and my buddies at IDA's universities open house ... Checked out a few of auzzie's best for marine science and pharma science ... wondering yet again where and what to do for uni =
Later the same day was spent with my buddies for a long walk ard town which saw us trapped at taka ... clay left us early to report back to camp (NS men ... no life ... poor thing) ... Hid and I loitered and dragged ourselves ard taka and wisma for the rest of the afternoon till much later ... could tell he was getting bored but i couldn't help being too tired to be entertaining ... sorry bro ... Managed to stay alive till dinner at BK at wheelock though ... after which everything went much much better =)

Ah yes ~ A good week =) or issit ... hmmm ...

Hello Hello ~ Had subway for dinner tonight with sis ~ introduced me to the subway veggie patty sandwich ! damn its good =)
Anywayz that aside ... weeks been fairly good ... apart from the usual F-ing attitude from Dr.Wang ... Felix well done ! Very polite Very cheerful ! Thats what we're talking abt bro ~ Being nice =) birthday mood perhaps ? haha
Right ~ I'm a still aching from trg ... BUT its feeling good =) Better now ~ Tml trg again ... hope my muscles have adapted back (fat hope ? well i like to believe i'm more hopeful than fat-full hahaha)
Dumb post ? Eccentric character ? Aint my fault ... -_-
Hmm ... well looking forward to the weekends ... lao jie's house-warming party =)

Pain Pain EVERYWHERE PAIN !!!

HaHa ... I know it sounds pretty sick ... BUT ~ It feel good to be feeling my muscles ache for awhile again =D Though as certain as the sun will rise tommorow morn' I will soon be cursing and swearing for the pain to go away ;P
Well Well ... Finally able to exercise again ! Feeling good abt it ... at least i can start working off the 4kgs I put on over the mth of no game =( As you might had already predicted ... I returned to the sabre training only to find myself not the Simon a mth back physically speaking =P But I'll be back soon =D Better ~
Project is not going too well ... quite down the drain as one may say ...
BUT never fear ...
Okie ... quite a few things coming up apart from my FYP ... First up leadership course for the fencers to work on ... Next up get back in shape ... and I'm theres more to come =)
Monty Python is a good series of british humour if you're looking for a good laugh ! But for the more religiously conservative stay away =)
Au Revior ~ Bon Nuit ~

Some "New" Pix

Okie ~ heres some new happenings and pictures from recent weeks ... Laptop still down ... so no pix from fencing camp ... BUT i promise I shall add some when it returns ... so here we go ~


A little Present From Heaven ?


Are we talking about Mayoniase ?
OR ...

没有 Street !!!!


Whats wrong with Jia ?
Look for yourself ...

Now u know whats wrong with Jia ? haha


The Leaning Towers Of Cartel ~ Brian wants the ngee ann to build something liddat ...

For me & ariel ... a nice smile is good enough ...

And last but not least ... to pay our respects to our Ngee Ann Tomb ...

Oh ... its not a tomb ? my bad ~

Seems like its a Time Capsule !

And thats all folks !

Long Long Day ~

Home ! Left home yesterday morning at 11 am and I'm FINALLY HOME ! HaHa ~
for the official time count its 1 am when i reached home ... Been spending alot lately damn guilty ... Been eating alot and not exercising either ... primarily coz of the warts can't jog ... too lazy to gym either =( Gained alot of weight in the past month ... Time to redeem myself !

Anywayz ... Supposed to go sentosa today with Team Venturejuana (Team V) BUT ... due to the rain and bz timetable of our VERY active VERY popular team members ... had to call it off ... went down to ngee ann to help out with the spring cleaning of NPF clubhouse ... But ~ when i arrive sorta nothing much to clean up liao ~ Went down Marina Square for lunch with the fencers after ... took 1 hour to decide on Long John -_-" ... Anywayz ... shortly after we watched a movie with David ... Joanne and the sabreurs ... (note: the foilist had left)

Interesting note that though I must say that Team Sabre used to be very very dead ... as time past and stuff ... Team Sabre has gained its life and fun elements ... people changed and new blood helped much as well =) As for Team Foil ... well ... I reserve my comments ;

Met Team V later on the in the evening for dinner and games at Minds ... BUT nobody made reservations so ended up with me, ariel and brian at cartel chilling the nite away ... "Emily" ditched us for his date ... Casper floated off for some soccer match ... and Ayu ... where are u ? But it all went well still ... Chicargo Cheeze Cake ... Auntie Amy's Chocolate Cake & alot of ice blended and the house pour of water and bread ...

Got some photos post them tml ... too tired ... don't know how to operate the desktop's bluetooth either ... well well time for bed I guess ... Gonna pay some respects to grand dad at the temple tml ... The very nice guy whom I feel I've inheirted quite abit of nice genes from though I nv met him ...

Quote of the day: "You reap the fruits of your forefathers and sow the seeds for your decendents" --- Somebody (If nobody has said this before then me lor)

Results ! Muhahaha ~

Oh yea ~ Sem 5 results are out ... Not bad got a GPA of 3.8 =)
Thought i was SO gonna fail my BIF and PDC with all those poor performance during term time ... Ends up continual assesment took victim of another subject instead ... AMB =( Thought I would get an AD after that power paper ... But no ~ Oh well ... U gain some U lose some yea ? In this case ... Gain 2 Lose 1 can la ... fair trade =)
Oh yea with regards to wordy post ... I'm sorry but I'm just expressive ... Plus no lappy = no pix uploading ... so yea =Oh when, Oh when will my lappy come home ?
Oh when, Oh when will it come ?
Missing my laptop BIG time !
Recently just sent a dumb email to all my fencers with regards to a leadership course ... Hope i didn't sound TOO crappy ... wanted it to be a little Lame but ... I might had gone overboard :P

A Simple Dinner =)

Ah yes ~ Social gathering ~ The core of Simon since he became a sociable person ... I was never a very sociable kid by upbringing ... grandma doesn't believe in real friends ... She has little close friends but as much as she hates to admit it ... No man is an island ... Always at occasions I'll find her talking abt her few friends ... how they met and how they became close ... Stories of grandpa is perhaps one of the most intriguing (wonder why ? I'd say when u have little friends it is those closest that u'll hold dearest and every detail abt them you WILL know ... They might not even realise it themselves)
Kept a small group of friends up to till secondary school ... But it is only from the student council and NPCC during my years in Mayflower that i really grew to slowly the sociable Simon u see today ... Sociable but still I keep a small group close to heart and a handful even closer ... I like the idea of building bridges and maintaining them ... Though I may not fortify every bridge I build or absolutely able to maintain every bridge ... I try my best to do so =)
I realised between the time of graduating from Mayflower to today ... Much has happened and not much of the Simon that once was remains ... Changes for better and for worse ... I aim to keep the better changes and I wanna find back the Simon that was lost ...
Anywayz ... The title story ... Finally a nice dinner with friends from class again =) This round at Apollo =9 Had a wonderful time with Jia, Hui, Fei and D ... Dinner at Apollo and a long walk through little india to OG Albert ... Meant to look for Zen but he was too bz ... Girls went shopping a little while me and D enjoyed a little side show by some chinese artist ... Continued the walk down to bugis and we had a great time strolling at the new national library till it closed (Well not that there is alot to see ... since most places were Out Of Bound -_-") Had some drinks at Mos Burgers till we were all too tired to go on ...
I'm very disappointed by the choices a friend have been making recently ... Somebody gotta start telling me if I'm right or wrong pretty soon ... Coz I'm pretty confused ...
Religion has many effects and influences over people ... I always thought Singapore being multi religiously harmonious will suffer no such effects ... guess I'm wrong ... YET i hold my stand ... The religion is never intended to be wrong ... but the devotee/follower that is misinterprets and acts wrongly intentionally or otherwise ...

Wonderful ~

Hello Hello ~
Just got home from a scolding at NUS and cryotherapy again at NSC =(
I know we deserve it more or less ... But oh well ... I DIDN'T choose this project !!!
In anycase ... I guess no point whinning over it ... time to get myself to work on the project more and less here whinning abt it ... Year 3 is indeed the worse time for any kinda hiccups to happen in ur life ... coz it comes with a free flow buffet of it all bundled in the package known as FYP ...
Project partners aren't working out well in terms of their relationship with each other ... I know not good to say such things coz everybody probably knows who i'm talking abt ... BUT I'm sorry Bro ... Sorry Sis ... From where i stand ... I don't wanna take sides ...
However ... Come on Bro ... gotta freshen up ... gotta take things into ur stride ... I know ... Life isn't easy for u ... Trust me its not meant to be easy ... Sis has tried hard to be neutral and even tried to be nice ... Time for u to put in the effort and expecting nothing back as well ...
Of coz i'm not saying ... Sis is absolute angel ... she isn't ... I know :P But least she knows what shes doing ...
Bad post ... Don't think I should post it ... BUT I WILL ...
No offence intended to anyone ...

Dinner and Movie was good ~ Sure made my day ! =) Had a wonderful time ... Thankz kid ~ sorry I'm not really very entertaining ... but its been a long day ... Thankz anywayz ...

The irony of Life

There is alot i wanna type but time is a limiting factor ... I know its 10pm on a friday night and I've no plans the following morning ... But lap top died on me ... so don't expect me online much =\ Of coz I'm not totally beyond reach, handphone is still available ... Haiz ~ Lappy do come home soon =(
A little prayer for the little problems recently ...

Dear lord ...
Your humble serf kneels before you again ...
only to seek that you intervene into his insignificant life ...
To heal this time not wounds of his own ...
Nor solve matters that concerns him direct ...
But to spread thy healing wings over the people around him ...
I know your powers are limitless and your mercy boderless ...
Unlike the many humans that tread this sicken earth ...
Hence I throw myself before only to ask that you heal our unworthy souls once more ...
In Jesus' Most Merciful Name ... I pray for friends in need ...
Amen ~

Note: As much as I believe our lord is almightly and all knowledgable ... I fear the many made in his likeness fails to inherit his character ... And many more who studies his ways to reach this point fails to move in the right directions for their eyes are far too much clouded by words and perceptions ... many lose sight of the truth of character ...
Quote: Build Thee A Strength That Strengthens Thy Soul ... Not Thee A Temple That Glorifies And Craves A Pseudo Soul ...

Laboratory ~

Hello people ~
Simon is currently sitting in the lab slacking while his partners are hard at work loading the electrophoresis gel ... BLOODY SLACKER !!!
No No ~ I'm just sleepy from the previous nite with the fencers ... Waiting for lunch and meeting with Mrs.Tang ... Boring slackish research day ... not much to accomplish ~
Bored ...
Here are some pix we took some days back ~ this shows how boring it can get during incubation hours ~


Mousy


Mousy & Horsey

Oh Yar ... CAMP finally picked up pace with the FUN given i'm only available at night ... haha can't complain ... BUT oh well its ending =(

Fencing Camp NITE 1 ~

What am I doing ? Bumming ard in sch ... Slacking ...
Fencing camp is going on ... first nite and they are all dead !!!
LaLaLa ~ FREAKING BORING ...
I WANNA HAVE A NITE LIFE !!! ITS A CAMP !!!

Blast From The Recent Past ~

Heres a few pics summarizing some of the stuff in the past academic year ... last nov till now ...



A little sun basking with Jess ... Kitty & Mike


Accending The Pesudo Mountain ~ Gunung Panti


Submit Gunung Panti ! Team Ngee Ann SALT I 04/05




The Decent of Panti ~


Retreating Into the unknown ~


HaHa juz kidding ... Its juz ubin ~




The first trip ... Bunsen Flame Died ! Back to Basics !
A toast to our successful fire ! Cadets back in action ! muhahaha ~




A second trip to our fav. retreat site ~ with a proper bunsen this time =)



Team Venturejuana ~ too many pix too little space ...

CryoTherapy

Went to NSC yesterday for wart removal ... my family GP recommended a laser removal ... But NSC's consultant Dr.Chong decided that its more advisible to put me on cryotherapy ... Wondering if Laser would had been a better option ... hmmm ... *wonders*

OH well anywayz ... Not sure abt them warts ... BUT I know I was getting freezed to the core of my feet with liquid nitrogen -_-" and one would think thats the end of the torment at least till nxt treatment scheduled 2 weeks from now ... BUT NO ~ bloody blisters are formed ... did some read up on the net ... and realised that its part of the treatment -_-" ... Anywayz got them punctured today at my GP's ... Think I'll do my own puncturing nxt time ... cost me $24 to puncture 2 blisters and get a tube of cream ... sheez ...

Well enough abt the torments =
Heres a little surprize i picked up while reading up on blisters ... some adventurers came up with a 6 dice game of BLISTERS ... named affectionately after the empire residing on both his feet haha ~ Anywayz interesting game ... Inspiring too think I'll have Quayzard suggested to somebody and start selling too *winkz*

What is Quayzard ? Its something that came to me in my dreams interesting game ... hmm ... Wanna know more come to me ... The name ? well it came with the dream too so don't ask ... Been having quite a few dejavu with dreams and reality ... Think i'm prophetic ? hahaha
Simon The Visionary ! sounds cool ehz ? *mindless laughter*

Went for a moive with Ariel last nite ~ Brothers Grim ... Interesting show ... complilation or maybe more of adaptations of quite a number of european fairytales all came together in a tale of swindlers turned heros ... where seeing is believing and believing is the key to sucess ~ HaHa ~ They should empoly me to slogan their movie =)

Well supposed to be in sch working on FYP but them bloody blisters are still in my way ~ Hopefully I'll regain my mobility soon

The New Chapter

Ah yes ~ Finally we come to the end of this seemingly long semester ... 7 weeks of academics never felt longer ... Been a frantic ... heavy semester that made absolutely no sense to me ... turbulance levels never hit greater heights on the meters of problems and troubles ... Enduring it was definately no breeze of wind ... I guess one word sums it all ... "Katrina"
Haha a little exaggerated but yea ~ u get the idea =)
Well glad that this chapter is coming to an end ... the "holidays" hopefully bring a better semester ahead ... FYP & training would occupy most of the holiday period ... My plans ? None out of school work ... But hoping to spend sometime catch up with old friends ... repair those rusty bridges and those erroding with time ... feel quite guilty for not keeping in touch with old friends ... But this semester has taught me that we build bridges not to leave them to rot ... Picking up the big mess after the storm is another thing to be done =)
Oh yes ! camps ... time for simon to go back to the participant level and enjoy camps while i still have the chance ... the feel of NS is creeping in on me ... and I'm not liking it ... I love my country I'd die for its people if I must ... But I'm just never keen on military discipline =(
So people ... If you're free OR you've a camp I can come to ... do let me know =)

Heres another msg : IF YOU'RE READING THIS BEFORE TUESDAY 20th OF SEPTEMBER AND YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY FROM MAYFLOWER .... DO CALL ME WITH REGARDS TO A REUNION DINNER CUM XJ & DAP'S FAREWELL ...

Quote: Life is never meant to be smooth sailing ~ Which sailor never knew a tempermental sea ? Which vessel of the sea is built for calm waters only ?

At Peace With Myself ~

Past few days had been good =) Peaceful ... Quiet ... Not many emotional outburst ...
Save the mental torment of studying ... I guess its been the best days this semester !
Had a nice fruitful talk with deyang a few nites back ... though it was a short conversation ... but my dear friend has always been a great mentor who gives great counsel ... You know what ? I think you're right bro ! I feel so much better now ...
PDC is seems to be stuck ... God Bless Us ? hahaha
Anywayz 3 papers down and two more to go ! Getting there people ... Push it !

Sunday at long last ~

Well well ~ Tanglin Friendly was yesterday and ngee ann went home with all the gold throphies !!! =) *cheers to NPF*
Sabre Teams bagged a Gold for both Men's and Ladies' events ... A Silver as well ~
Foil Teams brought home the another 2 Golds for Ngee Ann ...
A Day to celebrate indeed ... 5 teams and 5 top throphies ! Although we were fencing only Tanglin Secondary ... Sounds like bullying kids ... But trust me we have no more fencing experience than they do =P
Pesta Sukan would give us a better national standing and our teams managed to bring home 2 Silvers from the Sabre events ~ So based on that I suppose we aren't really bad either =)

I think I've a soft spot for people in need ... friend, foe or otherwise ... wonder if that is all good ... makes me a bad soldier =(

I should be studying ~

Hmm ... blogging agian ? Damn I must be feeling really off ~ -_-" Well ... with knowledge that some unpleasent people may have access to my blog ... I'm still gonna just pour my heart out =\ Like why the fuck would i care yar ?
Mmm ... Mrs.Tang u don't know how right you are ... Stress ... Strains and Implications ... I'm dying ... Year 3 is really a phrase u wanna get out of "faster faster" (as dr.zaman would say) ... Hai~ I really should pull myself together and get my life back on track ...
I can cry out to God for a million times ... pour out to everyone I see ... but its not gonna help sitting ard whinning and praying for miracles ~
Deyang where are u ? I need your ever reassuring words ... This brother of mine is always there to put me back on track ... to give me the right advice at the right time ... to help me sort out my thoughts when i've sank far deep below ... but like all people we meet ... our paths will diverage ... =(
Ben ? Ben ? Are u anywhere near ? Yet another name that sooths the heart with words and a tide slap to wake up one's idea ...
Simon is a bad guy ... Seeks people only when in need ... Simon has weak character ... cannot accomodate excessive people in his life ... cannot handle his own emotions ...
This post WILL soon be deleted ... I hope ... ha ~ For my enemies enjoy ... For my friends ... I'm sorry you guys have to see this ...