Terros Realm

Engelbert WHO???

2005-02-28T23:23:00.001+08:00

Singer of the original number Quando,Quando,Quando is Engelbert Humperdink. Thanks Errol. Link to the lyrics is here

Any kind soul willing to 'donate' this one hehe. Greatly appreciated!!!

Quando, quando, quando

2005-02-26T02:10:00.000+08:00

A particular peaceful friday night.... when out with colleagues for a cuppa in the evening and was later wondering in orchard alone (That is, after spending a short while as a 'time filler' with a colleague before she meet up with a friend@orchard). Kinda been a while since I ventured in town, especially during the busy and crowded CNY season.

I hate crowds, perhaps thats why I actually enjoyed myself tonight even though I'm alone. In fact, I spent to quite a long while lingering at Gramaphone listening to free music hehehe. Guess music will be enough to keep me company haha. Initially, I was quite tempted to get the Ray Charles CD but in the end I got the new Michael Buble CD. Perhaps next time I will get that one. perhaps perhaps perhaps.....

Anyway, one song caught my ear was Track no. 4, which he sang with Nelly Furtado 'Quando, quando, quando'. Anyone got original music track and who sang it? Nice little Bossa Nova number to soothe the mind ahhhh....

Ironically, the title also kinda reminds me of my predicament now.... SO, when can I get the chance to change my current work/job scope/whatever work life I ever had now... I'm getting really really really bored and unchallenged now. I NEED change!!!

*music* Oh~~ Tell me quando, quando, quandoooo *music*

(For those interested, quando means when in italian)

My New Mobile Phone

2005-02-01T23:19:00.000+08:00

Yeah!!! Just went to buy a new mobile phone today evening. I did feel a bit guilty though... spend so much $$ just on a phone (Dun ask me how much...). But I thought 'Hey CNY is coming, just indulge myself on something' (big indulging indeed!!!). Here's a photo of my new mobile :)

Back to playing with my new toy hehe... :P

What Kind of Soul Are You?

2005-01-21T22:03:00.000+08:00

You Are a Hunter Soul

You are driven and ambitious - totally self motiviated to succeed
Actively working to acheive what you want, you are skillful in many areas.
You are a natural predator with strong instincts ... and more than a little demanding.
You are creative, energetic, and an extremely powerful force.

An outdoors person, you like animals and relate to them better than people.
You tend to have an explosive personality, but also a good sense of humor.
People sometimes see you as arrogant or a know it all.
You tend to be a bit of a loner, though you hate to be alone.

Souls you are most compatible with: Seeker Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

A (Not So) Silent Night @ Orchard

2004-12-25T19:31:00.000+08:00

I actually convinced myself to go down to Orchard road on Christmas eve. Gosh you will never see a much more chaotic sight in my life (Worse than any previous occasions I had experienced before). People spraying foams at one another, Cars been mobbed and was sprayed with foam with only 2 puny policemen looking on are the norm last night.

It was nearly midnight when I making my way down to Marriot hotel in Somerset MRT station (getting down at orchard will be suicide). Still, it took me a good 30 min to get to my destination. I was meeting my friend at a place called 'bar none' at Marriot. Good place and atmosphere and whats more, there's Douglas O with a live band to entertain the crowd. I decided to left at about 3am and later grabbed supper at Newton before heading home to catch some sleep.

Hope you guys enjoy as much as I do!!! Merry Chistmas!!!

Merry Christmas Folks!!!

2004-12-24T17:47:00.000+08:00

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas to you guys out there!!!

My Disappearing Act

2004-12-12T23:12:00.000+08:00

I have come out of my disappearing act after nearly a month's absence from my blog.... Sorry for those who keep asking me for updates...

Ok 1st updates are... my friends are getting married!!! Attending 3 marriages in the past 4 weeks really is amazing. In fact I was the 'brother' for my long time friend Laibao. How time flies when 16 years ago, we got to know each other at primary 4 in Jurong School. Now, hes an married man. Congrats again!!! I just he should be back from his honeymoon. Nows the time to 'work hard' and hopefully I can look forward to your 'red eggs' next year ;)

Some pics available here... more will be asked from him.

The other 2 were both my college mates from JJC, Jessie and Haz. Jessie had it held at M hotel and I was one of the 'previleged' 4 former 95S5 to be invited to her wedding dinner. At first its a bit uncomfortable wif the church friends of her (both the bride and groom are from city harvest fyi), but the 4 of us managed to entertain ourselves during the course of the dinner haha...

Next up was Haz, quite a lot of former 95S5 were present during her traditional Malay wedding cum dinner. It was an eye opener as she booked the basketball court and decroated it in style!! And I highly suspect the cameraman was from suria (he has the T-shirt and badge to show... but why is he there??? hmm...)

Recently, I also took up a freelance job recommend from my friend. Guess I was really tired of living. As though my hectic work life was not enough to kill me (Nov and especially Dec are busy months) I commit the kamikaze by accepting a job which I had no time for.... next week's the deadline.... hopefully I will be able to drag this broken body all the way to the end!

OH before I sign off, my colleagues from my department really left the company.... So officially, including me, there are only 4 'survivors' left from the '4th generation programmers'. There was a strange sense of helpless that befalls me... but whatever it is they left for something better, so theres no sadness invloved but pity that all things must come to an end....

Terry signing off for some Xbox time (deducted from my sleep time....)

Wat Phra Kaew Photo

2004-11-20T13:20:00.000+08:00

Here's the picture of the Bangkok trip... I did not took many pictures except for Wat Phra Kaew cos I dun think there's anything interesting to shoot in Bangkok's shopping malls

http://photobucket.com/albums/v462/terrytch/Bangkok%20Trip/

Enjoy!

Sawadeeka, Welcome to Bangkok

2004-11-11T20:43:00.000+08:00

Sawadeeka (三碗猪脚 in Hokkien!!!)

Last 2 weeks, as you all know I'm been pretty sick (2 mc in 2 weeks), but as my body seems to know about the impending bangkok trip, I was all well and raring to go at the airport on last Saturday. (I have been waiting for this break for a long long time...)

The traffic at bangkok lives up to its infamous name of bad... Anyway after some travelling from the airport, we are finally at our hotel at the Grand Diamond. A nice little plcae situated at the heart of the Pratuman area

Actually, one of my colleague, Eileen was also in bangkok for her shopping trip with her bf and friends. Unfortunately, we can't meet up due to our schedule differences. (Shopping is more impt for her at that time I guess haha)

2 things in bangkok stood out and amazed me

1. Chatuchak Weekend Market
2. Wat Phra Kaew Temple

I'm amazed by the sheer size of the 2 places, thought for different reasons of course .

For Chatuchak Weekend Market, the numerous number of stores setup at the area is really overwhelming. As one American put it when he stood in awe "Oh My God!!!" I think he just gave up the idea of covering the whole place. So did we... I gave up mid way through the clothing and accessories section ONLY. And that took us nearly 4 HOURS of shopping... sorry I had no stmaina to go on... perhaps next time I will try again...

On Monday, its off to Wat Phra Kaew in the morning. Its the biggest temple in Bangkok and house to the emerald buddha. The sheer grandeur of the temple is enough to swee you away. Magnificient statues can be spotted almost at every corner of the temple. It was a good trip despite the fact of dealing with dodgy swindlers at the front gate and the hot weather.

At night, some one from the travel agency recommend us to a place for thai massage. I got a funny lady serving me and she seems to derive happiness from my pain... Keep asking me '痛'? but in a fun and teasing way of course... next time I go back, I might ask for more torture from her again haha.

For the rest of the time, we filled it up with shopping and more shopping at the Siam Square, and especially MBK, their biggest shopping mall in Bangkok, and I really meant its a MALL. Another place to break your leg from all the walking/shopping :)

On Tuesday, its back to Singapore again, Haiz... time passes when you have fun. Well... as least I will have time to rest and relax till Thursday as I'm dutifully bounded to clear my leave before the year ends haha ;)

(Pics of Wat Phra Kaew coming soon)

SICK! SICK! SICK!

2004-10-24T13:31:00.000+08:00

HHAAAA I had fallen sick since friday.... I have a serious case of bad cough and fever. The irriating part is it makes you feel kinda bored as you cannot do much but laze ard and take plenty of rest....

Friday evening was the funniest moments ever... After deciding to leave work early and go home to rest, I received calls after calls from different people asking me out to enjoy the rest of Friday for e.g.

Go play mahjong with Shuhui and family - rejected
Go out for movie '2046' with Theo - rejected
Go dinner with Thomas - rejected
Go play pool with Simon - rejected

Feels kinda ironic cos with the dawn of weekend approaching and you are all gear up to enjoy it (plus the fact that there is no lack of options to choose from) you came down on a bout of cough/flu/fever that will dampen the rest of your weekend.... SIANZ!!!!!

Well back to my rest *cough**cough*

借口

2004-10-16T23:07:00.000+08:00

翻着我们的照片
想念若隐若现
去年的冬天
我们笑得很甜
看着你哭泣的脸
对着我说再见
来不及听见
你已走得很远
也许你已经放弃我
也许已经很难回头
我知道是自己错过
请再给我一个理由
说你不爱我
就算是我不懂
能不能原谅我
请不要把分手当作你的请求
我知道坚持要走是你受伤的藉口
请你回头
我会陪你一直走到最后
就算没有结果
我也能够承受
我知道你的痛
是我给的承诺
你说给过我纵容
沉默是因为包容
如果要走
请你记得我
如果难过
请你忘了我

演唱：周杰伦

怎样

2004-10-12T23:05:00.000+08:00

我这里天快要黑了
那里呢
我这里天气凉凉的
那里呢
我这里一切都变了
我变的懂事了
我又开始写日记了
而那你呢
我这里天快要亮了
那里呢
我这里天气很炎热
那里呢
我这里一切都变了
我变的不哭了
我把照片也收起了
而那你呢
如果我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是深爱着对方
像开始时那样
握着手就算天快亮
我们现在还在一起会是怎样
我们是不是还是隐瞒着对方
像结束时那样
明知道你没有错
还硬要我原谅
我不会原谅
我怎么原谅

作词：戴佩妮作曲：戴佩妮
演唱：戴佩妮

Poke Poke

2004-10-09T23:26:00.000+08:00

Someone poking me to update my blog... so here goes...

Today woke up quite late at about 11+... lucky there was a sort of 'wake up call' from Theo, if not god knows what time I would get up haha.

From there I proceed to journey to PS to meet up with Theo to catch Jackie Chan's new Movie 'New Police Story'. Well it was an entirely different sort of movie from him if you guys have watch his previous works. For the first time there was some sort of plot in it haha... But it was a highly enjoyable movie and I recommend everyone to catch it :)

Next stop, Orchard library. It was my 1st time borrowing books from any known library in the world since my primary school days I think. I picked up 2 books on Oracle and Java. Now here comes the funny part... I dunno how to use the self borrowing machine...(wat a 'lan' techie I am). Ok I got passed to the stage of scanning the books but it did not work... I was lost and had to go back to the customer service... after the nice lady had browsed through her system, it was found that my name is STILL tagged to my old library card (They even know I applied in Jurong library... wah liew!!!). Anyway she put it as lost and I was able to happily proceed. This time it works haha.

Back home I just installed Oracle 8i and Toad into my freshly reformated HDD. still have my other HDD that I RMA on Friday. I posted it in the HWZ thread to see if can fetch a good price, if not I will still happily use it again.

Well thats the weekends for now... Tomorrow gym at Jurong East (Try try see if better than CCK) and later go IMM for some bed hunting hehe.

I'm back (again)

2004-10-05T20:42:00.000+08:00

Hi, I'm back to my blog after a long long hiatus. Well I almost forget about it to say the truth. Recently I have hit a rough patch of low morale. It seems that I have lack the drive to do anything and grown lethargic, especially at work.

Going home early at around 6+ - 7pm is something I have grown accustomed to. Gosh that was something weird that I have to get adjusted initially. Guess my parent have started wondering when to cook dinner for me hahaha. Dun get me wrong, I'm not getting any less busier (I still have 2 projects on my hand) but just that I felt my job and the work I do has become stagnated. I lost that extra push behind the back to move forward. Hopefully something will change soon and turn the corner for this current rough patch...

Recap

2004-09-22T19:49:00.000+08:00

I'm not die... just lazy to update my ongoing monotonous life.

This is how I spend my week:

Weekdays: work X 5

Saturday: went to Bugis Siam Kitchen. Style very much like Rice Table, an a la carte buffet. 1st round they give u all 20 dish and subsequently you order at your own discretion.

Sunday:Theo and I went to watch Bourne Supremacy. It was a good and fast paced movie but apparently Theo was having a bit of a headache from all the fast moving and shaky filming...

The Terminal

2004-09-12T01:30:00.000+08:00

I went to catch the movie The Terminal with Theo today. Its one of the best movie I watched in recent months!!

Tom Hanks (at his usual best again) act as an Eastern European, Viktor Navorski, whose country was ravaged by war on the day he landed in JFK airport., hence technically leaving him with no nationality and with the ambigoutiy of unable to enter the country nor going back home. So for most part of the movie evolved on how he survives the months of waiting in the International Transit Lounge of the JFK airport, with some romance in the form of Catherine Zeta-Jones thrown in as well.

Great movie!! Strongly recommends everyone to watch it. Oh ya, look out for the performance of Gupta, the airport cleaner ;)

Do you know....

2004-09-09T19:07:00.000+08:00

Do you know that there are quite a lot of events happening in my home area i.e. Bukit Batok? I guess everyone know about the 2 MRT accidents. I heard it was the same operator on that 2 fateful moment. Imagine the mental state of the guy when u run down 2 people.... scary....

And of course the murder case at Bukit Batok as well... Does that mean its getting dangerous to stay there??? hmmm....

So Joice you better get your only TV and XBOX :P

oh btw I'm gonna mod my XBOX this coming Sunday :)

Interesting Quote on Marriage

2004-09-08T20:43:00.000+08:00

Before I forget about this, on Saturday I actually made an interesting statement regarding getting married:

"Marriage is an Accident"

Go think :)

Home PC Throwing Tantrum

2004-09-07T20:49:00.000+08:00

Reason why there's no post for the past week is due to my PC throwing tantrums. It seems to reboot for no apparent reason. No matter what I do, i.e. reformat hard disk, taking my RAMs for checking at SLS, replacing my PSU, and now replacing my mobo (yet to be confirmed if its the cause).

Now I can't get into the internet as the mobo is w/o LAN port and surprisingly my old LAN card cannot be detected upon installing a fresh copy of Windows XP.... I'm really at my wits end... Hopefully I'm able to dig out the truth in the next few days if not I will be suffering from withdrawal syndrome for not getting online at home...

MRT Accident Day

2004-08-31T22:10:00.000+08:00

It's been a busy day for the SMRT company as 2 women were involved in separate accidents at Bukit Batok (again!!!) and Redhill. My mum was one of the unlucky bunch that was stuck at Outram Park when the Redhill accident occurred

3 accidents in a month must really make us sit up and take notice about the degree of safety awareness in each singaporeans.

New TV... Again

2004-08-30T23:10:00.000+08:00

Yup...I bought a new TV, again... This time it is a Philip 29" TV

Accompanied my mum to Jurong point Havey Norman (again) to look for one to replace the spoilt one in the living room. Got the Philips one as it comes with a free DVD player. The new TV will be delivered on Saturday morning as no one will be at home during weekdays until at night.

Well I guess I have to 'loan out' the panasonic TV to the living room until then...

New TV

2004-08-29T23:30:00.000+08:00

Yes... I went to get a new TV today. It is a Panasonic 21" TV, with nicam stereo, DVD output and fasttext that cost me $449. It actually exceeded my original budget of $350 but the other TV on offer were not really that good and feature packed....

I also grabbed a game, Project Gotham Racing 2 to test out my brand new xbox. Once the sound and graphics are out, I never regret getting it haha :) (both the TV and the game that is....)

Now time for my rest after suffering the hand aches in carrying the TV from West Mall back to my house.... Ouch.....

XBOX

2004-08-29T00:48:00.000+08:00

Today's theme will be slightly different from previous post. That's because I finally got my XBOX hahaha!!! :)

Finally after 2 weeks of waiting its now in my hands... as I speak now I'm already busy scouting games to test out the new 'toy'

The package redeemed. Its a bit heavy though

The Crystal Edition XBOX out on display. Looks cool!!!

(hmmm....a 21" TV in my room is still very much in my mind now.... decisions decisions....)

Thank God Its Friday

2004-08-28T01:21:00.000+08:00

Finally, the weekend has began. Actually I wanted to go to Comex today but decided to stand in for a colleague to do the support work, Comex gotta wait till tomorrow. Sorry Theo... Surprisingly I was feeling sleepy in the cab on my way home today. 90% of the time, I would have dozed off during the journey. Well I guess thursday's rest really made the difference. I'm glad to make the right choice hahaha

I finally got the letter from starhub to redempt my Crystal Edition XBOX!!! YEAH!!!! Stay calm... Now, all I need now is a TV in my own room *EVIL SMILE*

Anyway I still had to get a new TV to replace the faulty one at the living room. Gosh its gonna be a poor poor September. Still got a KL trip ahead as well... So many things, so little monee... :(

What am I doing here

2004-08-25T04:09:00.000+08:00

I basically see my life go wasted away as I sat in the office 4:05am in the morning.

Really wanna take a break. Still got another night to go...

Week of Reckoning

2004-08-22T02:30:00.000+08:00

Its been a long time since updating my blog. Gosh this week seems like an eternity to me. So eventful and ardous at work that every day seems like a battle in itself...

Wednesday and Friday was perhaps the 'bloodiest' of battles. Heavy casulties suffered on both fronts, with me in one of them... As I speak now, colleagues are still in the office working feverishly. Sadly, I'm unable to help them in the module and I wish them luck to complete it before the Monday deadline. End of it, instead of been appreciative, which the team was never expecting in the 1st place, we were abused, back-stabbed. Some one would say '以德福人'. Well, I believe some people do not deserve the kindness in return.

A person like that will totally deserve no respect from me, the team, and the rest of the people who have to work with/under her. I pity her for the lack of conscience in order to protect herself and her department and made us the sacrifical scapegoat. I know people might think I'm too emotional and rash in my words here but I still stand by it. In fact, I'm quite calm and happily typing away here. You dun wanna see a raging taurus bull on the loose. Its ugly, believe me.

As we said it in the army: Respect the person, not the rank

MRT Commotion Part 2

2004-08-15T21:04:00.000+08:00

Update: Man run over by MRT train survives

Unbelievable...

MRT Commotion

2004-08-15T01:37:00.000+08:00

Heard it in the news already?? There was this guy who fell into the MRT track this afternoon at the Bukit Batok MRT station.

I was at the station control waiting for my friend when that fateful event happened. In fact I did not know what the commotion was about until an auntie came out and told us that someone had fell onto the track. Gosh you should see the look on her face, she's deeply traumatised(Luckily I was not up at the platform to see the event unfolds...). Next thing you know the station control announced

"There will be NO more train service"

Well, I always have this habit of standing at the back so as to let the passengers get out first. There's nothing for you to rush in anyway. But, you never know... so I guess I'm standing even further away come Monday....

Farewell and Hello

2004-08-12T23:27:00.000+08:00

Today, our department was having a farewell lunch for Luke. He's leaving our company on next Friday, and so we decided to have a little lunch at Bugis Junction's V8 movie cafe (dun really have a lot of chance to go lunch with him during these times also, always different timings...) . Wonder if we have time for YingTing too... Here's wishing Luke all the best on the new job ahead!!!

Evening was the time for Hellos to former RMIT CS mates! Mona's in SG again haha. I'm always really fascinated at how fast Indonesians speaks since my uni days. Watching Mona and Joice chatting away makes me feel that I'm talking at a pace of an old man. They never stop to amaze me till today. Over dinner, We were speculating on when Mona will have her first-born, and the pressure of 'delivering' a male. Guess we asians are still quite conservative on this issue (i.e. carry on the family name).

Holiday@Tanjung Pinang

2004-08-09T22:06:00.000+08:00

This National Day weekend was spent with my colleagues at Tanjung Pinang, the southern region of Bintan island. One of our colleague's lives there and our department decided to make full use of the long weekend opportunity for a 'business retreat' (of cos, work was never on the cards)

The ferry ride took about 2 hours, which is relatively ok. Time does passes quickly when you are on the upper deck of the ferry chatting and enjoying the sea breeze... Haven't got that kinda feeling since the early summers of Melbourne.... Haiz.. (rite Theo??)

Anyway, once we reach there, everyone's craving for food to fill their empty stomach. Hmmm holidays like these are all about eating anyway rite hahaha. After that, we went to book our place for the ferry ride the following day, before proceeding to our accommodation ( courtesy of Mr. Tay. Thanks mate ;) ). Traveling around the island was basically on taxis (Their version is a van! Quite a refreshing experience from the usuals found in SG). For dinner, we had a sumptuous meal on a kelong. Took this picture while waiting for the boat to fetch us there.

After dinner, we went to the highest place in Tanjung Pinang for a cuppa...Not much for my photo taking though...

The next day was a journey down to the beach, which in my view was absolutely fantastic. See for yourself

It was a nice little place far away from town. Very uncommercialised, with only a handful of locals and a few stalls and small little huts. Its like a little beach resort all to ourselves. So after a few rounds of photo taking again, and lots of persuasion from my colleagues, I was all changed and ready to jump into the water. Ahhh... laying there in the water as the waves hit on you must be one of the most relaxing moments in my life.

By noon we were all packed and on our way home. Even had the time to go down the Esplanade to see the fireworks. Not bad though I must say its a bit too short for my liking... Nevertheless, I'm happy that I managed to get it all on camera :)

Now, the problem comes: To recover from post-holiday syndrome to starting working tomorrow

Photos of the trip are now posted in photobucket

Image Disaster

2004-08-06T02:30:00.000+08:00

Reminder to oneself:

To build a POSTIVE image of I&I Department in the company.

hmmm... on the other hand, GOD DAMN IT!!! SCREW YOU GUYS. I'M GOING HOME!!! Being wrongfully accused is where I draw the line!

Thai Reunion

2004-08-04T00:25:00.000+08:00

Knock off from work slightly early today to meet up with Ring and Tuk. They come to Singapore for 2 days and it was nice that we managed to round up some of the ex-Walsh people to meet up with our Thai housemate.

We went to Holiday Inn for a buffet dinner. Not bad for $20.50. Value for money!!! It was like old times with our usual squabbles with each other during the dinner.

Dunno if I got the chance/time to go to Thailand to visit them as well....

'Members' of the Melbourne Walsh Residence

UPDATE: Photos have been uploaded at Yahoo Photos

Confession

2004-08-02T23:10:00.000+08:00

As requested by someone today, I confess:

Today has been one of the laziest days in recent times.

There I said it. Not since those days in Melbourne (ahhh, those were the good times as I was happily cuddled up inside the nice, warm bed, deep in my sleep, while the tutorials, labs and lectures are there for you to skip...), had I been feeling this sleepy.

Blame it on the weather. Its been raining since last night. Its such a waste for not been able to fully utilise such a wonderful 'environment'.

NOW... back to my sleepzzzzz....

Strangers In The Night

2004-08-02T00:39:00.000+08:00

I had this sudden interest in Frank Sinatra's Strangers In the Night.

It all started yesterday while I was at HMV.I saw this particularly interesting album by Zhang Fei (For people who dun know, he's a very famous, and old compere in Taiwan). All the songs are english golden oldies. I must say for a person of his age and nationality, he's much much better in english pronuncation than your average taiwanese.

Anyway, why this song was exceptionally interesting was that, it reminds me of the recent anniversary of my company, my big big boss, Tony sang this song and for a second I thought Frank Sinatra was here. Gosh everyone just sat still and appreciate his fine voice.

So here I am downloading the song from the net (Come catch me lor!!!). If any of you guys manage to catch the song, enjoy this golden oldie ;)

My boss the crooner

No man is an island

2004-07-30T00:50:00.000+08:00

Quote:

"No man is an island"
John Donne

Unless you are Will from the movie 'About a Boy' (He actually think the quote's from Jon Bon Jovi).

The story is about the relationship between a guy who just could not grow up and a boy whose too old for his age and is isolated. Previously I never thought a person can live off the world cos his dad wrote a Christmas jingle (That's Will).

Now when someone ask you what are you doing. How many of us can reply:

"I do nothing!"

Interesting how we would react if we are in Will's shoes... hmmm I would really relish the 'challenge' haha

Oh, if you by any chance had the opportunity to catch that movie, look out for his 'interesting' way in time management!!!

Office Life

2004-07-28T23:59:00.000+08:00

A quick snap on the office's whiteboard today. Most of them are drawn by my department's fellow programmers, me included... Feel free to decipher the drawings.

Interesting Office Murals

Black Memories

2004-07-27T23:18:00.000+08:00

I guess those living in Singapore can still vividly recall the recent 'Great Singapore Blackout' which occurred on 29/06/2004. For those who do not know, there was a massive blackout which affects most areas in Singapore for nearly 2 hours.

Why am I saying this? No, I'm not getting stale and running out of things to write. Actually, I stumbled upon this picture below while organizing my photos in my PC.

I can still remember the 'dark' experience. Firstly, there's no lights. Then, all of our modern technology will cease to function (fridge, TV, fan and *glup* no internet!!). The fact that it happened at night makes matters worse. Basically, you are unable to do anything but wait for the power to be back again. So as you can see, I spent those boring times playing with candles (A childhood activity, usually engaged during the Mid-Autumn Festival haha!)

A glimmer of light in total darkness

Someone's boring me. I think it's me

2004-07-25T22:15:00.000+08:00

To Quote:

Someone's boring me. I think it's me.
Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953)

I have EXACTLY that kinda feeling during the weekends... Waking up on a Saturday afternoon after an ardous, but thankfully successful payroll run which last till Saturday morning is really not the best way to kick off your weekend.

So, except for the usual morning gym+swimming session, I basically did nothing and find myself REALLY REALLY boring. Did quite a fair amount of reading as well (comics :P), but I dun have the feeling that I am fully utilising my time.

Well, what a way to end a boring weekend by writing it in your blog hahaha.

90.5 GOLD FM-Your Cabbie's Favourite Choice

2004-07-23T00:31:00.000+08:00

Well I guess everyone has taken taxi before. Ever pay attention to the kind of music, or rather the radio station of choice that your cabbie listens to? Chances are, if he's not a Hokkien spouting driver (He's stuck at 95.8FM), its 90.5 GOLD FM.

From my extensive experience in taking taxis, I can certify that many has chosen 90.5FM to accompany them on those long lonely nights. (For those who do not know, my average frequency is 3 to 4 times/week)

I can certainly understand why as the selection of songs from them really are soothing to the ears. Songs like Ocean Deep, Right Here Waiting or Yesterday are the ones that brings back the memories of both good and bad. (If you do not know those songs, You and I are obviously born from two different eras. Stop reading this post altogether)

Well, I once heard from someone that says:

"Old songs seems to be nicer than the new ones"

Perhaps only songs that had withstand the test of time can truly proclaim themselves as golden oldies, or a nicer way to remind yourself that you are not getting any younger!!!!

So next time while you are on the cab, relax and enjoy the nice music from our trusty 90.5 GOLD FM!!!

No Blog Entry == Life's Boring???

2004-07-22T00:16:00.000+08:00

si bey sian.... Life's SUCKS!!!!

Anyway, yesterday was supposed to be football night for i-Admin. The I & I guys + Alex + Lance were supposed to go Bishan and have a kick of the ball. Some of us (names confidential) even went for an early light dinner just in case we get hungry later. However disaster struck and we were unable to go...

Alex looked really disappointed. I know he wake up early just to go to gym for workout (He's following a strict exercise/diet routine for the nike real run). Hope we can organize another one soon...

Anyway, after the cancellation I went down to meet Theo Theo for dinner at chomp chomp. The satay bee hoon is good :)

King Arthur == Gladiator Leftover??

2004-07-19T01:25:00.000+08:00

I couldn't stop blogging can I haha... I just cannot help but get this thing out of my system before heading dreamland.

I went to watch King Arthur yesterday at cineleisure (old favourite place... you gotta try the seats ;) Right Theo?) I must say its quite a normal movie. Not as bad as how the critics pan it but its neither superb either.. and that bad after taste of a Gladiator hangover!! (Hell the writer, David Franzoni was also writer for Gladiator!!)

Those who still wanna watch it please stop reading and go away!! The movies suffers from a lack of focus and a thin plot. Why the beginning of the movie shows Lancelot and then suddenly switches to a grown up Arthur was one glaring flaw... And the fight scene towards the end was also confusing due to the constantly changing camera angles...

All in all it was still an enjoyable movie for a Saturday evening, especially for a hyper person who still dun wanna go home at 11:15pm and ITS not me!!!

Sunday@Work

2004-07-19T00:17:00.000+08:00

I take back those words when I say I dun work on weekends... I just did haha!!! Why I laugh? I dunno, but the weird part is its not really too bad... I think I'm crazy to say that but the truth of my heart says so.

Ok some of the reasons I thought that might explain this is:

I feel bored. Even though I just had gym and swimming session earlier, I feel bo liao by my emptiness of spending useless time when I get home... BUT then again, dun I used to love spending bo liao time to rest and relax?
I feel bad that my application did not perform accordingly, so in a moment of guilt, I went back. BUT, didn't I just gave phone support already and it WAS working fine earlier and was tested before as well?
I am CRAZY

Seems like no. 3 is the most probable deduction of them all...Today I found out a truth while supporting in the office... After looking at how they do their work, I felt my application is not helping to make their life easier... Sad but true. Unable to code something that bears no logic requires another level of design and coding which would take time...Perhaps later.... and later.... and later :P

Well time for a bath and a good night sleep. LeaveAdmin, prepare and fight!!!

Prata@Serangoon

2004-07-17T00:01:00.000+08:00

Rafi had this nice little prata stall near Serangoon MRT station (Its in a coffeshop called IMAN, opposite Sunshine Apartments). Ex-Walsh Melbourians please support our good friend here!!

Its been a long long time since I had pratas, or any Indian food. A hearty meal of 2 pieces of pratas, a generous portion of mutton soup and some indian rojak were enough to make this man v happy. In fact Sze Wai could not stop commenting on that mutton soup. She was going:

"Try this! Try This! Its very nice!! You MUST try this!!!"

before I even had time to grab a seat (I was v late and they have already started without me hhmm...).

If only the place is near Lavender, then it would be a good place for dinner... If only there's a car ..... *Evil Grin*

Server Down!!!

2004-07-16T02:47:00.000+08:00

Due to overloading traffic of our Server Terry, there will be no interesting post for today. Please bear with the boring screen.

Our team is working hard around the clock to bring Terry up again. Currently, our strategy is to switch off Terry in the next 30 min

Thank you for your kind understanding. Again our deepest apologies.

Regards
Terry Maintenance Team

(Yeah... Finally finish my work and can go home already)

Movies in the Rain

2004-07-14T23:39:00.000+08:00

Today's lesson to be learned: ALWAYS, ALWAYS be prepared (Thank god I am... almost...)

Today's is a night for fun, love and comedy at the Stella Artois® Starlight Cinema at Fort Canning Hill. Theo Theo and I were going to watch this French Love Comedy Amelie. We came all prepared with straw mat, MacDonald and an umbrella, albeit a small one... (like picnic haha... That's the idea!!!)

Before you know it, it started to drizzle before the movies starts. Actually, it was still fine sharing the small umbrella... until the rain gets REALLY REALLY BIG!!! We have no choice but to abandon our position and seek out a new hiding area.

Thankful we managed to finish the movie and I must say its a nice one, despite heaven throwing in a few surprises. So after a nice HOT shower and HOT tea, I'm prepared to sleep after writing this blog.

Theo Theo, better luck on our next attempt. We try again next year ;)

Airport

2004-07-13T23:47:00.000+08:00

Definition of 'Airport' in Terry's dictionary:

air·port Pronunciation Key (ârpôrt, -prt) noun:n
A place of separation and union, sadness and happiness, tears and laughter all under the same place, divided into 2 areas/levels (Departure Hall and Arrival Hall)

Just went to the airport earlier today to send Pauline off with triple J (Jiamin, John and Janet). She's going to Flinder's University in South Australia. Here's wishing her a safe journey and all the best in the future studies ;)

Is it just me or I just feel that there is a significant gulf of difference in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2... T2 seems to be a lot more posh than T1 (and T2 is STILL upgrading), not to mention the mundane decor of T1. Come on man, time for a face lift to live up to your name as the 'NO.1' International Airport!!!

In the Still of the Night...

2004-07-13T01:59:00.000+08:00

Date : 13/07/2004 Tuesday
Time : 1.55 am
Location: Home (30 min ago, Office)
Project Deadline: 18 days to go ...
Oh yeah... I crave the pressure!!! Bring it on BABY!!!

While I was on my way home in the taxi, the cab uncle suddenly offered me a sweet. With skeptical eyes I asked:

"What's that??" (Obviously its a sweet. Am I blind??)
"The sweet's for you."

replied the cabbie.

2 things came into my mind:
1) Either I'm a friendly chap or
2) I looked damn tired to warrant such a 'gift' from the nice uncle to perk me up

Enough blogging. Time to sleep... Tomorrow's... eeerr... Today's another day, another day to PIAAAA!!! ZZzzz....

(btw, I did accept the sweet, and yes it did perk me up)

Hello World!!!

2004-07-11T13:55:00.000+08:00

Typical of a programmer's way of saying 'WELCOME'!!!

Finally started this blog... after putting it off for a long long time. But, here I am feeling bo liao (bored) and lazy, instead of the usual busy weekly routine (I SHOULD be in gym right now!!!)

Hope I can have more bo liao time to keep on blogging...