I, Robot
 
Damn was I having a reLi good weekend sLeep yesterday, it was so rejuvenating dat for a moment I tot I had been dreaming. Anyway for da whoLe morning I was doing some chores, which I haven been doing so for da past few weeks. Mopping fLoor was one of my speciaLities, dat I feLt I had a LeveL 99 experience aLready haha .. been doing it since secondary one coz my Mom's a workahoLic ; her off-days ain fixed, so it was Left to me and my Dad to do those stuff. She's onLy in charge of da Laundry. Haven reaLised dat da cLothes had been stacked up Like a hiLL on da sofa, itz been some time since we cLeared da cLean cLothes, and so we did.
Dat afternoon's been a fLop decision I made, choosing to pLay footbaLL before heading out to with Deb for I,Robot. Guesz I'LL juz forgo footbaLL if I'm to go out on Sundays. Deb had been quite patient, for she had da whoLe day waiting, and it was 7.20pm aLready when I reached. Yes, da Late King, is Late again ..
Anyway, Deb was as gorgeous in her kaki overaLL as she is each time I saw her, but I tot she Looked better in tied hair. I was in a revoLutionist tee which was ironicaLLy in da same coLour genre as Deb's outfit, geez, we sure Looked urbanised. We got da 9pm sLot @ Shaw House before dinner-ing for some Thai food (Kenneth wud sure be jeaLous) down Far East. I tot I took da spice quite weLL, being a no-chiLLi animaL. Had Tom Yam soup and Beef Kway Teow. And Deb had an amazingLy BIG appetite man, gobbLed up a pineappLe fuLL of rice, some of my Kway Teow and aLmost 3/4 of da Tom Yam soup LoL .. had a stroLL down Orchard for digestion purposes and got back to Shaw for da show.
I,Robot is cooL, but da cinema was even "cooLer". I wonder if Deb feLt coLd. Sent her home after dat and thank God I caught da Last bus, for my expenses had exceeded far more than I had cud reLi spend these days, though I had been expecting so. Yet it doesnt reLI matter, they say money is meant to be spent, to enjoy haha. Drop me some cash up there wiLL ya?
NevertheLess a wonderfuL Sunday evening it was ..

 
Had a good Long day of footbaLL again .. and I doubt I feLt good? They say when someone sets u in .. u tend to forgo wat u Luv doing. Haven been abLe to concentrate pLaying good footbaLL, da man they used to caLL Speedy GonzaLez. But it doesnt matter, aLL I am tinking of, is aLL dat I reLi wan, and wat I reLi wan, is to be someone whoz aLways there for her. Was home at 9 .. quite earLy I can say. And then I went onLine at 10, too tired dat I took a nap, and I got onLine again at midnite. Had a LittLe chat with Deb, but da moment Lasted for 15 minutes, to me waking up for I guesz is worth it. Da day finaLLy came to a cLose ..

.. and I yearn to be da camera man behind aLL ur Life's scenes.

Da NYP IT Roadshow
 
Wednesday it is, my Business DeveLopment team was seLected to assist in da IT Roadshow which wud take 2 days. Wasnt reLi fun, had to do Lots of product training beforehand, and I doubt I wud be coming out from PoLy as a saLesman, which makes this whoLe thing redundant. However I met Lots of new peopLe around and they're aLL reaL cooL! Da day went by without any prospective buyers (FYI Im with Canon Printers) .. but thinking of da LittLe steamboat Later in da evening spurs me on. I had Deb coming down to NYP from SP, and I feLt for her coz da whoLe journey is reLi draining. But she stiLL made it here, waited for me for some time and finaLLy we're aLL set to Leave for Leon's. Had no idea we were da earLiest birds, but as they say da earLy birds catch worms, and so we did, started da steamboat at 7 and da rest had to make do wif watz Left .. it was a cosy gathering and watching some videos of our past made it quite emotionaL for us, not on da surface, but in the inside. 12am approached .. and we had to bid goodbye. Sent Deb home again. A bit stupid I am, had no cash but I reLi wanna do it. So I did, and after Deb got off home, I hooked up wif da uncLe to send me to da nearest ATM .. gosh I gotta prepare at Least 20 bucks in my waLLet nxt time ..

Leon's Card

Something out there muz have heard me .. dat I was aLmost bored to da core, dat it got me getting a new hairdo, dat it got me going downtown to get something for Leon. Debby popped d' idea and I had no hesitation in asking her out dat evening. I was at Serangoon for my cut then .. anyway it was quite an unexpected one, for it was punk. We met up at 6 and waLked around Wisma and Taka hunting for da Card .. took an hour pLus  and we haven reLi stopped taLking about stuff. Btw, SheiLey my xue mei said she saw me down Ngee Ann City Square, yet for da dunnoe how many times she faiLed to say "hi" to me. Haven reLi seen this junior of mine before. ALways Like dat .. anyway, finaLLy we found da BIGGEST card and juz paid for it. Went for dinner down Scotts and da nite ended wif me sending her home .. simpLe though, stiLL I feeL so good ..

 
Same shit different day .. but cant stop thinking .. and thinking .. and thinking ..

CLem's Day
 
Geez, I was awaken by da Fishtank ringtone on my 6510 .. and it took me quite a whiLe to reLi drag myseLf up for the footbaLL dat foLLows coz these days I cant stop thinking of some particuLar things. But Im quite a Lucky dude I can say, for I am in 2 of da best teams in Singapore. PFC is da team I formed wif primary skooLmates whiLe the other being da guys I have spent my whoLe secondary times with. Da 1st match with PFC went good, were 0-2 down untiL we staged a miracLe to come back for a 4-3 win, and I was reLi excited I grabbed a goaL for I seLdom get to be on da scoresheet. UsuaLLy I wud have gotten knocked out pLaying for a fuLL match using fuLL potentiaL, but I din here. MayB I din give my aLL, or da weather was juz too perfect.
Da 2nd match took off quite Late, at 11+ i tink, when we began to reLi feeL da sun, coz opponents were Late! But we made use of da time to do some photographing and training, right under da hot bLazing sun. Yet we won it 2-0, Guoann getting the first and, *tsk tsk* I got da 2nd! I doubt I can ever forget this goaL .. for I so wanted to do it for Lots of reasons in my mind. One, being Leon's finaL match with us, another being CLem's burfday and then for some other personaL reason. I've been tinking about it and wanted so much to do it, and it juz came. Guesz itz been a reLi perfect day for me. We guys went for a swim at "Guoann's condo", weLL datz his aunt's LoL .. and I tink da morning had aLmost taken itz toLL on my Legs, tiring Legs with LittLe cramps.
We decided on movie Brotherhood and dinner @ Marina Square, but I had to go home change to something presentabLe coz I was in da same shorts dat I used for footbaLL and swim .. and who eLse but my gay burfday bud drove me back and for. FinaLLy met them up, everything was Like so cooL, no hiccups and stuff. But I guesz da highLight of da day wud be being abLe to sit aLongside Debby during da movie .. happy burfday dude ..

The Saturday  
 
1pm arrived,  and I made my way down to HarbourFront to meet up with da peeps for sunshine, sand and da sea. Itz been Long since we Last got ourseLves down da beach, and I was so Looking forward to it! Din wanna reach as da earLiest thus I opted to take da bus from AMK. But then again I miscaLculated da time, was aLready 2pm when I reaLised I was stiLL haLfway tru at Novena Square, thus switched to d' mrt.  Though Late, but aLL is weLL and after Lunch we went for da beach. Da day went great .. had Lots of fun .. and I tink inviting Gena was a right choice for she made guys go ga-ga over her hot bod LoL. Itz  good to see Debby having Loads of fun as weLL even without da presence of May. We headed for town after dat, dinner and ktv. Not for da 1st time did we get to hear da great vocaL acts of Guowei but Debby sang reLi weLL aLso. But for us amatuers in Yongren and Wujie we cud onLy tag onto some simpLe songs. Been a great day .. ended with a nice sLeep, aLL dat for da footbaLL dat foLLows for me da nxt morning.

 
Looking forward to Sentosa .. and Looking forward to 1pm ..

Grandpa

Been some time since I Last visited Grandpa, and so I did today, for da first time since da Last exams back in ApriL. ActuaLLy Grandpa Lives juz dozens of bLocks away from my home. And I have been procrastinating tiL now. As I stepped into da same house, there he was, sitting on da same string chair as he did everytime I came. He sat up, saw me and gave a wide smiLe. It dun feeL good to see him Losing much of his mass as he grew weaker by da day and aLthough he din say much, I knew he was happy, and datz wat matters most. Losing Grandma years back is tough for Grandpa to take. I cud stiLL remember da LittLe coupLe tiffs they had when I was young, for tru out my primary skooL Life I've been staying wif them, untiL when I was secondary 3 dat my Grandma went away. And it changed Grandpa forever. How I wish I cud have spent more time wif him, and hopefuLLy he wiLL stay to watch my get married, have chiLdren and become successfuL.

The Hour

May said I wrote weLL, and urged me to write more LoL. Din reaLise I cud do something good for once outside of footbaLL. Time for Lunch .. yet I dunnoe where to head, or who to caLL. Not going wif my team though, for I wud be seeing them aLmost evryday of my Life for da nxt 2 months. Thus, I ended up going to da Engineering canteen for vegetarian food as usuaL, and probabLy hoping to bump to a fren. It took me 5min to finish my meaL after which I juz waLked tru da passing strangers around da skooL. As it happened I feLt so .. Lost. Lost in da crowds, Lost in nobody's worLd. I wasnt thinking of anything eLse yet it feLt so miserabLe. FinaLLy I got myseLf to da top LeveL where there ain peopLe and juz sat there and chiLL. It wasnt dat bad a view, I cud see Lots of trees afar, Yio Chu Kang swimming pooL, grassroots cLub .. but I had no idea wat I was tinking of. Itz hard to breathe, but thank God I din shed a tear, or Guoann's gonna LabeL me a sissy again .. my Nokia 6510 showed 12.49 .. went back to my room ..

A Good Night SLeep, For Once

In da same room on da same com, yet wif a better energy LeveL rite now. Guesz I had too ampLe sLeep from Last yesterday. Din intend to turn in dat earLy, I was Lying on my bed rite after dinner at 9pm, and before I know it I was gone. Good morning .. and here I come, skooL. Same shit different day it is ..

HeaLed?

It was a Monday, and somehow I dun feeL da bLues at aLL. Since I arrived in skooL in da earLy morning, I've been tinking of being abLe to meet da guys, and May and Debby again. For da past few days itz been tough for I feLt Like a Loser. I am a Loser anyway, weak and good for nothing. But stiLL I have yet to enjoy da fuLLest moments of my Life, and for da 1st time in a year do I feeL da serenity and soothness in my heart which is hard to reLi describe, and it reminded me of my happier times, a reLi spLendid feeLing of deja vu. I'd Like to say da hurt dat I was Left wif since a year ago is heaLed, though a scar is aLways wat remained .. time sure went my way, and as soon as 5.30pm came, I trottLed my way to da MRT and headed for town. Cant heLp but keep tinking of meeting them. And finaLLy meet them I did .. Debby's simpLy gorgeous, as aLways. Her eyes cud simpLy meLt any dude's heart, me being a victim .. had dinner at Han's Far East, took a stroLL down Scotts for a cinema and then headed for PS finaLLy in Kenneth's van. We caught da 9pm Super Size Me, and to be honest, I din enjoy da show, though. WhiLe we parted at da MRT, I feLt heLpLess, my heart's teLLing me to send Debby home but my mind's asking me to go with my buddy Guoann, for I cant forsake a fren, and I foLLowed my mind eventuaLLy. StiLL it was another wonderfuL day I had =D ..

The Meeting

Saturday was quite a day, we guys had a game of footbaLL at NYP tiL evening time before Leon and May actuaLLy got us to meet up with her frenz, of whom we have met once in Debby, who to me is such a gorgeous petit gaL. We had to wait for them to finish dinner outside Thai Express @ The EspLanade and tru da gLass panes I saw them dining, at dat point of time feeLing Like there's a gap in status between me and them. How i wished I was born rich, but since Im not, I juz gotta Live wif it, and mayB chasing after gaLs ain gonna happen to me right now, for Im juz another average Joe with nothing. WeLL tis is pure reaLity, crueL, yet u gotta accept it. We took a stroLL around da rooftop there and it was an hour before we actuaLLy decided to settLe down at Starbucks RaffLes City. ALL these whiLe I cant heLp but feeL Lousy inside of me, for May and Leon have been trying to bridge up me and Debby, and I am hesitating, for a reason or another. Guesz it sure turned her off. Yet I juz feLt I ain capabLe of going for it, and I knew it. MayB datz why Leon has been constantLy nagging at my being weak. We then fLagged cabs home after dat, wif me and Deb on one and they on da other 2. WeLL it was aLL part of their "pLan", though da journey went pretty cooL, Deb's making me feeL comfortabLe about evrything tru some chat, and it ain Long b4 we finaLLy reached her pLace. Come to tink of it, I am stupid not to send her up, for itz juz formaLity, and I suppose points get deducted for dat haha. I turned to da cabbie for a chat on my way home as he's aso a Linkin Park fan wif their tracks on da pLayer aLL whiLe Long. But he sure is good, din faLL for my "frenLiness", I end up paying without discount. I thoroughLy enjoyed da day, though a bomb had been spent =D ..

Day 2 (of a 6-month stint)

As I write this post, it juz shows how sLack I am being in this Teaching Enterprise Program, a 6-month training program instiLLed in the 3 year course of my Business dipLoma. Bored as it seems, stressfuL as it is, and it juz make duLL Life even duLL-er. No frenz though, but new frenz are made, and more to come. WeLL da busy times are coming soon in this stopover (we have 3 stopovers in this program) and hopefuLLy itz gonna give me some drive to move on with time. In my deparment as the Business DeveLopment, we are in charge of sourcing for suppLiers who are gonna consign us with their products for our proposed convenience store Like those 7-eLeven and Cheers kind. Itz somehow of a break from studies, yet show us the Life of being a working individuaL. WeLL i'LL stop here and add on Later.

.. continued
Today was a bit speciaL though, at Lunch break today, my SheiLey xue mei sudddenLy sms-ed me said she saw me, again. Da same as usuaL, aLways saw me yet nvr caLL me. Then say I dao .. but itz nice to hear from her every time I feeL sian coz she's aLways using cute Little words. And my PoLy kakee, PrisciLLa, aLso dropped by my room and chatted for a while. It was a cooL day today ..

ReaLisation

Been chatting on MSN aLL nite Long, as per a daiLy basis, and I suddenLy reaLised dat geez, itz been da past 3 years I've been doing so, da same oLd shit juz a different day. And itz been some time since I Looked back at some of da happenings tru out da past two years. SadLy, I ain been making wise decisions, some of which had caused hurt to others and frenships I'd aLways treasure. Sometimes things are juz inevitabLe dat u juz cant escape from it, Like matters of da heart and so. Itz even harder to forgive and forget things dat go against u. But aLL these has been done to someone so much yet forgave me with an open heart and accepted everything dat happened, and I cant heLp but feeL so bad deep inside. WeLL watz important now, is dat seeing dat she's Leading a happy Life, though watz done can never be undone. I reLi appreciate tis frenship of ours and reLi a miLLion thanks, Jean.

The BLackout

It muz have been traumatising for 1/3 of the whoLe of Singapore for a sudden bLackout dat happened juz Last nite, and so I did. Was on my com when suddenLy evrything juz got switched off, it din take my Long to reaLise dat my house ain da onLy one. Da whoLe park, my neighbourhood was in pitch bLack. And watz funny, is dat my brother who was having a bath gave a Loud "OEI!" .. LoL .. tinking dat some1 was giving him a prank. For a whiLe peopLe got reLi excited .. I cud see torches around and hear conversations everywhere. It was juz so "happening". Yes of coz I tot it was reLi cooL eh .. went to my kitchen, took a Look out of my window, as my bLock is a 4-storey C-shaped buiLding, I exchanged gLances wif many of my neighbours, many of whom I saw for da 1st time. Anyway it took us Hougang residents 2 hours before da power finaLLy came back at 12am. U cud hear da joy as da peopLe aLL around gave yays as if it was a goaL in a footbaLL match. Man, bLackout, wiLL u come again soon?

The Trip

Back from an eye-opening trip to Bangkok, the city of nice peopLe, and I am wondering how much Im gonna be writing. Man, getting da traveL depression right now, missing Bangkok heLL Lots. WeLL, I wiLL spLit each wonderfuL day I spent in Bangkok wif a new paragraph, and dat'd make 5 LONG paragraphs in totaL. Take ur time ..

17th June (Day 1):

Caught the morning SQ FLight at 1040, din noe wat to expect over there in the strange city of Bangkok. FLight was cooL, great food, great movie, ohh and dat was 50 First Dates (sorry Guoann, no offence <--- he's on Budget AirLines hah) man, u guys shud reLi catch this comedic romance show by Adam SandLer and Drew Barrymore .. weLL the trip was spLit into 3 different fLight timings, Im in the morning one, Guoann in the afternoon and the rest of da guys in the evening. Anyway I was fortunate to be with Yongren's famiLy who went on da same fLight as me. WhiLst descending I cud see da vast pLains of farming and Lots of LittLe housings wif da horizon so far away! Awesome view .. Landed in Bangkok at SG time 1pm (Bangkok is an hour behind us). Sawadikarp Bangkok!

Becoz Yongren's coming in da evening, I therefore had da chance to be his Mom's son for a day, having to foLLow them around the buzzLing city. They are good nice peopLe I can say, treating me Like their own. During dinner I was kept fuLL by Yongren's eLder sis who keep picking food for me. And his Mom's been great, keep asking me to eat more. We had Swensen's ice-cream after dat, shared Earthquake the 2 sis and Chris, younger sis' guy. WeLL da day passed reLi fast and night soon came, da guys finaLLy arrived at da hoteL. After settLing down we went down the hoteL Lobby's cafetaria for da EngLand match - EngLand 3 SwitzerLand 0 .. after which took a stroLL aLong da backstreet of our hoteL. And guesz wat? An eLephant on da urban streets? Datz something incredibLe! And I was reLi shocked .. there goes, good nitez day 1.

18 June (Day 2) :

Rise and shine, we had our first American styLe breakfast in the hoteL restaraunt. It was so sumptuous and fufiLing, but da days dat foLLowed we had da same thing and grew sick of it LoL. Once again itz shopping time, we waLked around the nearby fLea market beside the Sky Tower (which is 90 storeys high). Went to Pratunam after dat where itz shopping again. Had a LittLe bite at KFC. Damn, da KFC gaL's so sweet and nice, wonder why Thai gaLs have such a pLeasant voice and expression. Went to MBK , a gigantic shopping centre, yet again, for dinner. And then itz back to our hoteL. WeLL evrytime we took a cab at night, the taxi driver is bound to tok about bringing us to the night cLubs or watching "tiger shows". ActuaLLy the taxi drivers earn coupons of fueL as commission for bringing customers to the cLubs. This night, we paid 100 baht to get to Partpong, where night cLubs thrive. But instead we ended up in Suan Lam, another night market. However dat pLace was fuLL of soccer fanatics, drinkers and of coz, gorgeous waitresses. Took another cab to Partpong and dat pLace sure Live itz name, fuLL of sex businesses, bars, flea market and stuff. We passed by many cLubs where tru da door is bar top wif babes dressed in bikini dancing. Temptating pLace it is, but Im proud me and my guys haven done anything against our purity, not evening drinking or any hanky panky business wif any of da bar gaLs, though there is da thought of it hah. Anyway we shopped around the fLea market there and then fLagged a cab back to our hoteL.

19th June (Day 3) :

Same thing, same breakfast. After which we went for prayers at the 4-faced Buddha tempLe and headed for the SLeeping Buddha tempLe. It took da whoLe morning after which we went to Jartujat, the Weekend Market. This pLace is so BIG they say u take a whoLe week to finish waLking. CLothes, ornaments, furniture, and at one corner, pet puppies! God, the goLden retriever puppies cost onLy a mere 300 baht (as equivaLent to SG$15). There is da buLLdog, chin and even daLmatians. How I wished I cud juz adopt one of them. Singapore puppies cost at Least $400. See da difference .. weLL evening faLLs and we went to MBK for dinner again. Returned to hoteL after some minor shopping at MBK and we guys went searching for massage parLour at midnight. As usuaL, once we stepped out of our hoteL a man came to us asking us to go to for the "night life", but aLL we wanted is juz massage. WeLL 1 man brought us to a "cLean" massage parLour where there is no "speciaL" services. Kenneth got an oLd Lady whiLe Guoann got da most gorgeous one, and Kenneth kept whining about it. Dunnoe wassup wif him, juz a massage and he is so picky. Mine was da youngest and one of da most vocaL gaL. She is not bad .. feLt great tru out da 2 hours (of massage dat is). At 2am, the driver who brought us there brought us back to our hoteL. Great nite sLeep it was ..

20th June (Day 4) :

Sunday it was. Wore the Same Shit Different Day tee today for breakfast. How true it is, sure is same shit we're eating. Got down to Chinatown for u know wat. We shopped for hours and had Lunch with bird's nest man. 100 baht for a bowL of bird's nest was quite something. In da noon we went back to da weekend market and u know wat again. Took da whoLe day to finish up wat we had to buy coz tis is da finaL day. Yongren din buy much again, but the others sure had quite a good fetch. I had been feeLing jaded and Lethargic since da 1st day I was here, no idea why. MayB coz I've seen tru too much. Life in Bangkok is hard, but the peopLe ain compLaining. And I have da utmost respect for them. Went to MBK for dinner, this time we guys had something different - barbeque dinner. Me, Yongren and Kenneth on 1 tabLe, Dave Guoann and Leon on the other. Was da best dinner, not da best food though. We 3 had a heart-to-heart chat and I feLt Lots better after dat, but some things stiL make me sick, Like being pursued for few bahts (cents worth in Singapore?) .. give me a break!

The FinaL Night

As it was the finaL night, we decided to give the Toot-toot a go. Toot-toot are those 3-wheeLed Thai motor vehicLes which u can see on the James Bond Visa advetisement. Man do they traveL fast and furious. It was heLL of a ride! WeLL having seen aLmost evrything incredibLe here, aLL except for Yongren who havent seen an eLephant on da street, yet, coz he was in 7-eLeven da day we saw it. Thus, we decided to venture onto the streets again. God was Yongren Lucky, we were juz 5min into our adventure and here comes da eLephant. He saw it, we've seen it. Back to hoteL LoL.

21 June (FinaL Day) :

Same breakfast. We packed evrything and finaLLy itz time to bid Bangkok goodbye. This time Im on da same return fLight as da guys, but not Yongren's famiLy members for they are on da afternoon fLight. Anyway I was so hoping dat Linkin Park wud be on da same fLight as ours, for their concert in Bangkok was yesterday and they are gonna have one in Singapore the next day. I was spot on, they caught one fLight after ours. Fuk man, so near yet so far. We arrived in Sigapore at 2+ whiLe Linkin Park arrived 2 hours Later .. weLL fate prevaiLs. Anyway, home sweet home .. Kapunkarp Bangkok (thank u, Bangkok).

The Gathering

Been almost half a decade and it is this day that we met again. Yes, Im referring the gathering of secondary 2E2 peeps! A fortnight ago I wud be surprised to hear that 20 odd is to turn up on this day, and so they did. Was late (as usual for me) with Yongren and when we arrived, I cant believe my eyes seeing so many of them at Orchard MRT. There was the clique of Michelle Jiemin and Agnes, and the "guai" group of Peiling Wingyan Huimin Diana Peiyun Tse Lun Shuling and not forgetting Yiwen, for whom I had a 2 year crush on during the secondary skool days. Man, she hasnt change one bit, and itz real. Well the rest was made up of us guys. Nothing much has changed, except that every one is becoming more matured and of coz better looking. Dinner at Marche was cool. All on 2 long tables, a cosy affair it is. Still, we can never forget the good old days of rumours between this and that .. and yes Im not let off too. Seriously the feeling of rejuvenation filled me up, with that strong first-time-crush emotion rushing tru my blood. Well did steal a peek or two at Yiwen tru the whole course, which I dun deny. Dinner over, and we then went down to Suntec for some updating in each and one of our own lives. The beautiful day ended at 11pm, and the "magical moment" faded .. in my heart I can only say miss ya guys lots. Till the next time then. Another half a decade? Im keeping my fingers crossed.

Officially 20 ..

Im officiaLLy 20 as of today.

GaLs?

Guys wif cars, cool hot cash and ready credit at ur expense. Is dat wat most gals yearn for? Sadly, in tis world itz like dat ehh. Well maybe some of u gals may come and argue wif me in no time, but wat I hear and wat I see can nvr change my perception lor. As a guy, itz a lose-lose situation without cash, potential or say looks (for 1st impression). Thus, hopefully there can be still cool gals around who are reli nice =D. Ehh sorrie mayB tok too much rubbish today, but juz feel a bit .. weird? Later dudes.