Square Room

What's beautifuL, has to end. So is the ugLy.

So reLieved having been encLosed in a no man's area for two fuLL days. OnLy you, and the guards. We watched teLevision, movies, took naps. Night wasnt good, you fight against the coLd, the mosquitoes and LoneLiness. The guards have their own bunk, I have mine a buiLding away. Thank god the handphone was invented, it was my onLy companion before sLeep.

Thats how the confinement went.

Hours before that on Friday, there was yet another wonderfuL gathering. Preparations was by far no easy feat having LittLe aid from the many busy friends and my Leave on that particuLar day that was revoked. Everything was so Last minute aLL because of my innocent foLLy in army.

At the most difficuLt moment, you know, onLy ur famiLy couLd heLp you .. My Mom got the utensiLs ready, my Dad wouLd be driving everything, my uncLe wouLd cook some food .. LuckiLy there was Yongren and Zhanrong to handLe the check-in ..

However since everyone din come as earLy as expected (except for Tsz Lun), things went smooth. Then as time ticked, more peeps arrived. After food came the highLight ; the tradition of christmas gift exchange .. I guess that event made up for the cockups.

This was a day of surprise for many, as some thought was MY birthday .. some said was MY gathering .. and some beLieved it was the event prior to my departure to Taiwan. For the Last time .. this ain MY chaLet. It beLonged to each and everyone even though my famiLy members came down. ApoLogies to the many that I did not inform about the attendance ..

In anyway, organising for the first time was an experience. I wouLd Love to gather more feedback for another one in two years' time.

I appreciate the turnout .. and am gratefuL to those who heLped out to make this gathering a " success".. most importantLy I am touched for the LiverpooL jersey that the Guys bought. Itz by far the best Christmas present I had for years and years to come.

Stay tuned for the photo gaLore ..


With regards to Christmas, having watched the movie "Santa CLause II" during my confinement in camp .. there was a scene whereby the schooL of teachers had an Xmas gathering which seemed Like a mourning affair. It reminded me of us - typicaL Singaporeans.

As age brings us aLong with time, the power of fantasy subsides. Just Like the existence of Santa and the spirit of Xmas. Yes, we know, we aLL know that Santa is a myth. But it is no excuse to forsake the spirit of Xmas. Singaporeans must Learn to improve the quaLity of Life, through the pure reaLisation that Life is that beautifuL!

When I'm back, I promise, a bigger gathering for MayfLower .. and I wiLL make up for the sucky parts of it.

Down to Earth

How wouLd you feeL if, for one moment, you were enjoying everything in this worLd and suddenLy you had to suffer next right away?

Itz terribLy horribLe .. to the max.


The Adidas-PP heLd an annuaL gathering at Downtown East from Tuesday. Juz the peopLe who turned out aLone have aLready done enough to Lift me to the highest spirits. The cLimax came on Wednesday evening, though, as the hardcore gamers take centre stage. Booze, mahjong, card games, wiLd music and endLess random photo-shooting are what went throughout the night!

Trust me, I have never handLed drunk peeps before .. and this night I Learnt. Itz amazing what aLcohoL can do to peopLe. Everyone wiLL think they are not drunk and then show very nice signs Like screaming .. dancing .. doing Lotsa very funny things, Like they do when they were young. Im reaLLy impressed. ALcohoL .. you rock.

And so as more peopLe got knocked out, I had to pLay the roLe of nanny. Put "chiLdren" to bed and hush them asLeep. Itz kinda fun .. though I was reaLLy drained at the end of a 48-hour event as HeLen's daughter, Debbie, hugged unto me and I cant move!

When I finaLLy got to Lie on bed at 9a.m Thursday, a caLL from camp came. They wiLL be charging me for AWOL in an hour. So without bidding the drunkards goodbye, I had to fucking grab my things and haiL a cab home, change and go back to camp.

A very vaLuabLe Lesson Learnt .. never assume for it kicks the Ass out of U and Me.

.. and so .. for the wonderfuL moments I created with the Adidas peeps, I paid having to burn my Leave from Friday to Sunday.

Now, do you know how it feeLs Like?

Happy Feet

The marathon sure has taken a toLL on my usuaL physique .. so much so I had to struggLe to even waLk the first two days. WeLL now recovering, sure wouLd be Happy Feet for me!

From next Monday on, I wouLd be enjoying my Long awaited embarkation Leave, juz a mere dozen more days before I finaLLy say goodbye to aLL for one good year. No tears I promise ..

ALL set to go, everything that gotta be done, has been done .. and everything that has to be Left behind and forgotten, trust me, Im trying. HeLp me, by taLking not anything anymore about what has gone. Aye, if you guys think it dun prick to bring it up, Let me teLL u .. it does.

So .. Letz juz taLk about anything under the moon but yesterday. As they say "yesterday .. aLL my troubLes seem so far away .." Hmm .......

Tomorrow wiLL aLways be better, ain it?
It is ..

Looking back ..

finisher of 42.195km, a newborn marathoner .. simpLy euphoric!

More than just it ..

In the wee hours of the morning when everyone were enjoying sweet dreams, I woke up from sLeep, bathed, had a hot cereaL drink and set off. Out in the neighbourhood, a coupLe of Lights were on at some bLocks and for once you know .. this is the day, where runners gather. This is the day, where marathoners wiLL be born.

My best friend and I, we were one. We started together weLL. We ran as one .. but unfortunateLy He for once, became weak. At times when I persevered, He toLd me sorts ; it is Long way .. you cannot do it .. your knee is sore .. your cramps are coming up .. you need a break .. sLow down ..

On the other hand, I saw a caucasian coupLe standing by the barricades, cLapping the runners on. They cLapped as one .. at Marina South .. at East Coast .. throughout, they were there for you. And I bet they are great peopLe .. with them, I fought against Him. I waLked, took breaks, but I did not give up .. coming 5km to the end, I starved Him from a banana and water and toLd Him to have them onLy at the end of it.

So, hoLding a cup of 100-PLus on one hand and a banana on the other, and amidst the enthusiastic cheers from the crowd, I crossed the Finish Line with my best friend, Me.

There is Spiderman and Catwoman too! They were Ladies in their fifties. The inspiration characters of the day wiLL go to the woman who ran dragging a tyre tied to her waist .. and the oLd uncLe in his seventies of whom I ran the Last 200m aLongside with ..

The tyre-dragging woman had one message open to aLL .. itz something to do with recycLing. WhiLe the oLd man do not have any, he made sure I read an unsent signaL to aLL the younger runners who finished behind him. I said "weLL done, sir!" He panted, smiLed and forced a soft "thank you .." At the Finish Line, i saLuted him, and shook his hand. No, the honour wasnt his, it was mine. Some others acknowLedged his accompLishment through the same gesture.

So you see it ain juz a marathon .. this is the run for humanity.

你不曾发觉
你总是用右手牵着我　
但是心却跳动在左边
你和我之间的遥远　
永远隔着亲切　
爱少的可怜 ...

Beach, Babes and (yet another) Burfday

The Sentosa affair was great; the high five of us turning out on the beach yet being overshadowed by the typicaL hunks and babes.

SurprisingLy, the goLf-cart of the Beach Babes & Hunks contest approached us! Okie .. I guess the two young Ladies needed a mixture of the best and the worst just Like aLL reaLity shows. Thus, I grabbed two scapegoats out of my boys to sign up ..

The Sun was beautifuL .. juz Like the curvy bodies scattered aLL around. Babes, Like I aLways say, is Like TV MobiLe - "Itz Everywhere".

EnjoyabLe fun tanning and frisbie with babe-watching. Datz it for the Sentosa affair.

Late noon, parted ways with the rest and headed for Suntec to coLLect the Long-awaited, for the event-of-the-year, the race pack for the Singapore Marathon 2006! In exactLy a week, the adrenaLine wiLL rush .. as 30,000 other peopLe wiLL run aLongside me.

Adidas sure is creative. If you guys have been sharp enough, notice the adverts on the marathon with thousands of reasons to run .. two of which impressed me being "I've aLways Luv guys chasing me .." and the other, "I've put it off Long enough .." The Latter showed the picture of a man kneeLing, proposing to his girL right at the finish Line ..

What is my reason to run? WeLL, first and foremost, to shut some peopLe (who think I'm crazy to run) up. I wiLL compLete the course. SecondLy, I want those behind me to catch me if they can ..

Confident eh! Nahh .. my primary objective, is juz to finish the marathon.

Next up was Last minute present-shopping and attending yet another burfday bash at Pasir Ris.

Siqi turns 21 ..

WeiLin brought her 1-haLf year oLd daughter aLong. Her name is Qiqi .. she sees a boy, greeted him "kor kor" .. she sees Siqi's Dad, greeted him "uncLe" .. she sees me .. siLence.

.. I'm stiLL curious about that siLence ..

TiL then, I wiLL be back again.

from Left - Me, Renee, CaroL, Mic, Benson and Gwen.


Burfday Babe and FamiLy

Renee's Day

Juz days after a LittLe ceLebration for Joanne .. Renee's BIG 21 was up on this day @ The Princess's PLace.

UntiL today as I revisited the house where I came once before earLier in March did I reaLise how much these peeps brought to my finaL semester in PoLy .. we stuck together, scraped tests and projects (as aLways) and shared Lotsa Laughter .. it was no wonder the burfday princess was exhiLarated at the sight of our presence and gave us a teddy hug each!

UntiL today, I started missing the good oLd days .. thank you, my "Monday to Saturday" (Renee, CaroL, Gwen, MicheLLe, May and HazeL) ..

HiLton's very own ..


The Team, with Groom


Groom, going bonkers


The March ..


Our tabLe of frenz


I, with Leon .. we beLong to different worLds


The earLy birds

JingLes, sparks, Lights.

The best things are happening to me .. but why so Late!

To the Legendary MaLays of Sengkang who made me reaLise what beautifuL footbaLL is about, thank you.

To Mr. WiLLiam who has juz "bought one getting many free" in time to come .. congrats, and thank you too, for bringing up The Team you beLieved in, and for seeing The Team grow throughout these years.

A "paparazzi" news update on a great guy of The Team : someone is recentLy attached .. from my heart, I am happy for you.

I foresee a spLendid pooL of exciting events to come before my departure to somewhere new ..

For aLL you guys out there, dun juz pLain think of doing something, make it happen.

10th November - When Two Become One

Ask me .. and I wiLL teLL you everything that happened on this day ..

Ask me about the nightmare wisdom teeth extraction this day that ignited a sore that I had to endure ..

Ask me about WiLLiam & Irene 's BIG DAY @ HiLton HoteL that ended in a fairytaLe ..

Ask me about having to admire whiLe the rest are fucking enjoying the cuisine at the wedding banquet .. and being unabLe to smiLe at the camera (not that I dun wanna smiLe ok?) ..

Ask me about the Hyatt HoteL incident at 3a.m amidst the dim Light by window, a siLhoeutte of a "Live sex" (itz true, and they cant stop shaking for thirty minutes at the open window!) .. as seen by the few of us guys across the road at the bus stop ..

Ask me about the cab driver which keep Laughing to himseLf with the four of us in the cab amused and for Yongren, sheLLshocked and worried, being the Last man to aLight from the unusuaL journey home.

I wiLL teLL you every singLe detaiL on this speciaL day ..

Last Christmas

Taken in December 2005. Does this picture Look famiLiar?

(hint : Look 2 posts down ...)

S.I.C.K

The Team went into a match which ended in a victory .. to the French expats. Sick of my performance in footbaLL these days .. from a pLayer of potentiaL, to a good pLayer, and now not even worthy of fairLy good.

Where'd the spark gone to? Everything is going Left .. not right that is.

FootbaLL aside. The product from OSIM, iGaLLop, is more or Less Like my footbaLL. It is by far a joke .. or you can caLL it the Sex Toy of the Century. Saw it at the roadshow in WoodLands with the promoters on it and the onLy picture that comes to mind is the exercise on bed.

OSIM - OnLy Sex In Mind ..

It sure wouLd be a great acquisition for former U.S President BiLL CLinton, but definiteLy not his successor the Bush guy. That guy is far more interested in bombs, oiL, 9/11, excuses and of coz Saddam Hussein.

Bush owns the Last Laugh now, as verdict has finaLLy come to hang the former Iraqi Leader.

Then again .. does anyone give a damn?

Sorry Im feeLing sick ... S.I.C.K.

To commemorate this day, it did not take me Long to decide which was the scariest picture out of those I have searched ..

Anyway Happy HaLLoween's!

A rare free weekday to catch the show @ The Cathay ..

Inspiring.

Ends pLacing a question wide open .. wouLd you give up ur own Life to save another when situation occurs?

No one wouLd.

Not unLess you are the coast guard or fireman. ProfessionaLism we caLL it, but it takes more than just that to make these a profession.

I caLL it sacrifice for pure humanity.

Great Eastern Woman's 10km Run

My Sunday's pLans were shifted to accomodate for Mummy Khing's emergency caLL-up to work at the adidas roadshow, which means no swim or Man Utd vs. LiverpooL in the evening in exchange for a LittLe over fifty bucks. Venue @ MiLLenia WaLk. Event - the coLLection of race packs for the participants of the run.

However, the roadshow experience was one to remember. Met the Legends of adidas PPs with Miko, EtheL and Sharin, aLL of whom were ex-adidas coLLeagues there for the two-day event. Now, there's not even a need to arrange for catching-up sessions aLready!

ALso knew some Great Eastern peeps there to introduce their products, thus aLLowing myseLf to know that industry much better for it couLd be my future job. But again, probabLy wouLd be a matter-of-surviving job for a guy Like me when you see that these women are born with good Looks and a sweet Lip. They fetch at Least $2k, depending on performance, and their quaLifications are not the Least reLated to the industry! Margaret, 22, major in Accountancy .. AsiLa, 25, major in I.T .. Jasmine, 23, major in Engineering .. and they are aLL getting $2k++ for a job which they never had to study for.

ALright, Letz just face it .. sex seLLs. FemaLe financiaL advisers are basicaLLy attracting market of aLL sizes. Women feeL more comfortabLe to communicate with women themseLves on their needs, and men, needLess to say ..

But it wouLd be a great chaLLenge shouLd I take the route of this industry. StiLL, going back to retaiLing with adidas is very much in my mind.

Last but not Least, sporty women are so god damn attractive ..

As I opened the door to my home .. surprise was that my Dad was right there on the sofa, on a Saturday morning. I had just served my regimentaL duty at Tekong isLand over the night ..

And so I asked him .. "ehh Dad, you never work today ah?"

He said .. "ehh, you do duty untiL dunnoe what day is today ah?"

Then I reaLised .. itz DeepavaLi. If you transLate to Mandarin, its 你爸骂你 a.k.a Your Dad scoLd you.

.. so ironic. Anyway Happy DeepavaLi to aLL indians out there nameLy PritpaL, Prit and PaL.

Missing Paris ..

A short stay of two weeks in Europe back in May, it was untiL recentLy that I reaLise I was there .. aLright EiffeL, I missed you. The next time, I assure to come with the right person and save you from giving the Loner comfort every singLe day back then. Between now and then tiL we meet again, stay in one piece ..