It's Time!

It's that time of the year again!

X'mas is coming!

X'mas is probably my most favoured and looking forward to season of the whole year. the lightings, decors, atmosphere, songs, joy etc etc, jus amazing. Its always such a joy and happy time to be in..

Some places already started their decorations. The streets in Orchard..Starbucks etc etc. Well, I do fell a little relax and better after seeing that people are getting ready for X'mas…time to smile, be happy and laugh.

All will be forgotten and forgived..during the season at least...

Photo : X'mas coffee!!

Back from Heaven and Hell

Black Sabbath...These guys are amazing.

Dio, in his 60s and still rocking damm hard.

The concert was held last Saturday at Fort Canning. Amazing awesome is all i can say. All the rockers attending are in either Led Zeppelin, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden etc T-Shirts. (and no, you dun see people in pink and gals screaming "I love you!", "I wan your baby!", "you are so handsome!". Please dun mix up Boyzone and Black Sabbath).

The crowd have people from all ages. Right from the teens to the middle age. Well, the middle age, is natural, cos Sabbath was that era. The teen, well, all i can say is, never to young or late to start rocking!!!

Dio still moves around like in his 20s and not a year older, his voice still as powerful as before! The blast of those electric sounds..it's just plain ass-kicking!!

When they rock with "Heaven and Hell" the crowd just went crazy and our voices sang to the chorus of the song, drowned Dio's totally! Amazing shit man!!!

Photo : "Heaven and Hell"

Still Alive....

Yes, yes, yes. I am still alive. Not dead yet.

Some of my friends have been going like "Aye! Bugger! You still alive or what???", "Oh! You are alive! I thought you dead...jus checking!". Well, good friends I have! Haha!!

For over a month, I have been quiet. Very quiet in here, I mean. But in my not so coulouful human live, I have been running so so busy(Unlike Keeve, whom is going crazy as well, still have the discipline to update his cyber life...). Occupied with too many things. It's the end of the year. The last stretch to run and see the result for the whole year. It's the final lap. Cannot fail.

And I have been keeping myself busy, besides work, with some other stuffs.(You buggers must be so interested to find out what other stuffs right??!!) Well, let's jus say..i have been steadily working towrads my dream, my goal. I will own her very soon. Ya, one more addition to my many girlfriends and lovers... i can almost see her sexy butt already...so so sexy...ahhh.....the feel of her skin...the smell...ahhh...OK OK OK. I am getting carried away... one day you will see what i am talking about... ha ha ha!!!

Taking some time off tonight for a heavy metal rock concert. Black Sabbath. Yeah, Ronnie James Dio is back for this world tour series. Thank goodness they decided to pop by Singapore!! To Heaven and Hell tonight!!!

OK, I promise to be good and try my very best to update this as often as possible... Hang in there. It's gonna be a fun 3 months ahead.

For someone in particular to remember : "When you think you can do it, You can do it. When you think you can't do it, you can't do it."

We can all win this. be strong.

Photo : "round and round it goes..." Have I shown this before?? Looks kinda familiar to me...dejavu...

Small Island

Was at Wheelock Place Starbucks over last Saturday. Noticed 2 pretty gals sitting opposite me…

Than, I was at Ikea the next day and walked past one of the gals that was at Starbucks yesterday. We looked at each other like.."Hmmm…do we know each other?" kinda look. Than in a split second, we goes like "ah! Starbucks, yesterday!" in our mind.

I was than at Holland Village, sitting at Haagen Daz for ice-cream and coffee. Sitting next to a table of 5 ladies. One of them struck me, cos she is the slimmest of the lot(not a good way to be remembered I am sure!).

Than yesterday, I was having lunch at this restaurant and the slimmest-of-the-lot gal from Haagen Daz on Sunday was sitting next to my table. I went like.."hmmm…I know her…", than the "ahh..!!" happens right immediately.

It's really such a small world. Especially in this country. There's only that many people in this little island and everyone will kinda "seen" or "know" or linked to each other.

Scary...

Photo : Wet to dry...

New Ink Part One

Got new ink.

90% done, need to go back for the finaly blue lining and touch up. Goes around almost my entire left calf. Well, i would love to say that it din hurt at all.... BUT..truth is..IT DOES.

Somehow, this time, it hurts more than the one at my left shoulder back... Especially the upper part of the calf...

Friend did a great job. Precise and no overrun of the lines. It is not a easy one to do..he totally shagged out after 80mins... Hahah!!! Took about 3hrs...

Overall, I love it. Simply beautiful.

There are of cos people in this world who cannot accept this kinda art. To them, its like a hooligan etc etc. Well, we are in the 20th Century now. Not 1960s. Open up ya mind and enjoy the beauty!

Photo : It goes around the calf, so try to match both the photos together and you about get the idea...

Simple?

Simple things, where have you been?

If only things in life can be simple and easy. Alot of us would have a much more happy path to walk...

Someone told me, we are the ones that complicate stuffs...It is simple...

I dun agreed and I dun disagreed.

Simple things, I would prefer simple things. Pure and simple.

Photo : Man At Work

Cyber Space

Finally gotten the broadband back.

Been without it for a couple of month. Just got the new package fixed up today. everything is running smoothly. It jus feels like life is back to normal with the broadband back. How pathetic and reliant we have all became of technology.

The new iMac are really tempting...but mine is still werking fine...arghhed....!!!

Went online for a round of golf earlier today via the PS3. Japan based game. Did not encounter any english speaking people there. It was interesting, playing with golf online with people. There are some Tiger Woods around Japan... Looking to tee off tonighth with some friend.

24 Day 6 is finally here. With broadband, 24 and football...what else i need in life? ha ha!! there are, there are definitely some things I very much want in life.

Photo : Puffer fish...

Podless

My ipod is screwed.

Been a faithful servant for 3 years...and it starts to go bonkers now...

Played every song for 3 seconds and skips ahead to the next song...restarted the whole thing, still dun work.

I shall proclaim it officially spoiled!

Now, a reason to buy a new one...Heh Heh Heh...

It is really difficult to go without a ipod, all my CD collections are in there, and assholes like me, wants to listen to any song any time kind...so imagine my frustration when it played out on me... arghhed!!! I am basically "musicless" now..untill i get my hands on a new one...

Sigh...life without music...is no life at all...

Photo : Yummy Yummy Yummy!

Sad or Beautiful, You Decide

Interpretation.

Canon by Pachelbel. People used it for weddings all the time. Used in a lot of movies and serials. It's suppose to be a lovely and romantic piece.

Love it since the day I heard it many years back...To me, this is a sad piece of music. There are just so much pain in it …especially when it gets faster, it seems to hurt more… hmmm….

Hope I am not the only one with this kinda interpretation for this piece. I guess art itself is very subjective. It is seen differently and judged differently by each individual people.

For example, the song "Starry Starry Night". Beautiful and romantic. Deep down, its such a sad song about Vincent van Gogh…the impression it gave people is that..WOW! Such a romantic song…BUT, when u look at the lyrics, its sad…

Guess music is really a important thing, and it affects a person's feeling and mood.

Photo : We never look down when we walk, and we often missed out alot of beautiful things below.

It's Here!!!

Finally.

Football is back!! Last weekend saw lotsa interesting results.

Sunderland have a dream start against Totteham. Last minute sucker punch. Roy Keane mus be over the moon now. Let's see how long both Black Cats and his luck will run out…

Newcastle did well, against all odds. Man City was the surprise, a perfect job on 1st day of the season. Seriously, I dun expect them to do well, regardless of Thai money or not.

Liverpool had a tough time with Martin O'Neil's Aston Villa. A brilliant free kick seals the 3 points.(hope this is the beginning of something beautiful).

Arsenal's young squad showed how determined they are. Fighting from a horrible mistake from their old fart Lehman…

Birmingham simply dun give a fuck about Chelsea and scoring at will, although not picking up any points in the end. Good fight.

Reading showed they are not the whipping boys and hold the arrogant united to goalless draw, with 10 men. Well done.

Next Sunday is the first big match, Liverpool hosting Chelsea…let's see what happens…Thank god football is back!

Photo : It's time for new ink...

NDP 2007

The parade/celebration was a major one yesterday.

First time in Marina area..the public...the human traffic.. it's like in a sea of red yesterday.

The parade looks beautiful from the Suite. It's amazing what we can see up there versus what was shown on TV... Everyone enjoyed themselves, lotsa Moet & Chandon going around and lotsa laughter and small talks.

The issue of the day was getting to/fro from Marina area...estimated 150,000 and more people at Marina...(this side of the island is sinking!!!)...

Still, I am sure it was lotsa fun for alot of people out there last night. For me, the highlight of the night was having the fireworks shooting right up to my eye level with a right-smack-in-your-face view and Moet & Chandon in hand... amazing shit...

Photo : Jester

Missing For 3 Weeks

It's been 3 weeks since I last wrote something.

Went back to annual summer camp for 2 weeks…now struggling with work and other stuffs.(thus had been missing). It's now reaching the peak of things at work..full steam now..hope it will slow down by Dec…

1 more million…jus 1 more million...

Lotsa changes since than..some good, some not.

These stuffs below helped me survive the past 3 weeks :

Linkin Park : Minutes to midnight (bloody good stuffs!)
Katie Melua : Call off the Search (great music, beautiful voice)
MIKA : Life in cartoon motion
PSP
Dune by Frank Herbert
Wired magazine
Famitsu
Cigarettes
Coffee

I have to take care of the money plant on my table for this week…and I totally forgotten about it, not watered it for 2 days in a row!! Ran to 7-11, bought a bottle of Evian and start feed the little fellow…money money..come my way…

Tomorrow is Singapore's 42nd Birthday…gonna be a busy day for me as well…and get myself caught in the human traffic here at Marina, how exciting!!!

For me, NDP is more of a big wayang show than a real celebration. My ideal celebration would be…on that day…every Singaporean in Singapore, at 8pm, jus step out of which ever building they are at, look up in the sky..and the fireworks goes off with music through the whole island. It can be seen at any corner of Singapore. This, to me would than be a real "Whole Nation Celebrates". Every Singaporean, whichever corner you are in Singapore, together as one…

Photo : Matchbox...how nostalgic...

Let Go?

It's really hard to let go, even for awhile.

When the trust is not there, things can get really difficult and put someone on the edge everyday.

I guess it kinda makes me worry now…it can be good and bad. 2 sides of a coin.

It makes me tired, cos I cannot let go. Yet, it makes me wanna let go of it all and just "fuck it". I never thought that this would be upon me..it's just so not me…guess it's passion?

Sigh. Just pray nothing happens in the next 14 days...

Photo : Me

On and On

A lot more "cold' jokes last night…

A gal next to me was like non-stop on the phone via SMS…the guy infront of me cannot stop shaking his legs(wearing Man U jersey), the one 2 tables away cannot stop asking idiotic questions…sick people… Singaporeans are really one kind.

Completed step 2…proceeding to step 3…this is really taxing…

I am someone who hates calssroom… and worst still..tests… but, I dun have a choice for this…

Gonna be another mad rush tonight…a breatherv tomorrow and another rush on Saturday..then follow by 2 weeks worth of jungle…

I am so impatient to get the necessary done now…oohh…my desired princess…come to me quick...

Photo : Bike crossing...!!

First Step

Last evening, went for the first of the many steps towards the goal.

As I was travelling in the train…It went past my goal's habitat…it look so so beautiful..so clear with all the windows and bright…she is just in there..waiting for me… It's like a motivational factor for me, to drive me on.

I am very tempted to pay a visit soon, even without the plans in place...

Upon reahcing the "school"..it looks like immigration building..so many people so busy...

There are really lotsa weird people in class..and so so so typical… Singaporeans! What can I say?!(I dun even wanna repeat the incidents...)

The worst thing is…the lecturer was "giving away" COLD FREEZING JOKES….can die…

Now, on to step 2...

Photo : Keeve..very soon we will be like this 2 clowns...sigh!

Violence Is Not Necessary

Watched Pan's Labyrinth over DVD last weekend.

Great stuffs…BUT…the violent…! The part that this guy's mouth got cut open with a knife..ARGHHED!!!! The violent is totally unacceptable and unnecessary…I will faint to such scenes…

Still great movie and great directing. Costume designs are stunning. Fairy tales does exist in this world…? Check out the DVD. Worth it!

Lost all my fortune over 2 weekends in Monopoly games…total bankruptcy…

Died numerous times being Ryu…

Defeated too many times as Shu…

What's happening…nothing seems to be working out…

It does not help that I will be going for Military Summer Camp again come next Monday… MGS Portable Ops, Frank Hubert, Isaac Asimov hopefully will help me past that 2 weeks. Oh! Not forgetting Cigis and coffee!!

Gonna miss some nonsense for that 2 weeks...

Photo : Japanese wedding ceremony. Great efforts and lotsa details...(Thought the photo will look better in Black & White...but than again, might look a little like horror movie if it is...)

Fatal Attraction

I have been "missing" for weeks. Long time. Work is really taking up all possible time that I had and white hair seems to be sprouting out too...stress...pressure... but still, there is always time for a "new love"!

On this new love, like Keeve said.."This is a Fatal Attraction"

I am in this mode now. And I am gonna do something that I never thought that I would. It shock me too. A lot of my friends were shock as well, cos I was so strong with my opinions and then suddendly, I changed my thoughts.

Ha Ha! What can I say, I totally fell in love with It. And I will do whatever I can to own it. I am working hard towards it. Let see what happens in the next 18 months…I do hope I can achieve it. It's love at first sight, I think.

Some were telling me, there are many other nicer ones around! Not to me. I never was interested and into any of it, untill I saw "her"…she came along and made my heart pound day and night...

Amazing… Friends who know me well will know that, whatever catches my fancy, and when I have made up my mind to own it, I will. At least I have a goal to work on!

It is really a Fatal Attraction...

Photo : Give me direction to where the money are!

Life Revolves Around Work?

I have been really busy of late and don't have time to write anything…

Got a little better today…but it will pick up again!

The only thing I am surrounded with now are work, work, work.(It sets me thinking…Work? Is it really all there is? Just work? Sigh. Life can be better. Let's put it this way, it's just work. The company don't need me. What they need are the things I am handling. Everyone is expandable. Even CEOs)

I am looking forward to Wimbledon, which already started…Also thinking of getting a massage…to relax and remain sane…

Gonna try and see if I can spare more time later this week…it's hell here...

Photo : I would love to have some of these now...

Colour Spaces

Recently read about a office move of a particular software developer in Japan. The report shows some of the office space and designs. Beautiful, colourful and lively.

I was fortunate enough to visit alot of different companies before(Locally or overseas). It's always a experience to see different companies' design, layout and colour themes.

The more interesting ones I have seen are from event companies, Art & Design firms. Microsoft's office looks amazing too!

The colours and surrounding of your little "Kingdom" will make you look forward to work everyday!

How I wish I have an opportunity to work in such a enviroment. Colours! Life! It's a little too serious and corporate here. Not that I am complaining, but I always loves colours and art..

Photo : Wan! Wan!

Willpower and Endurance

I have been doing battle with Willpower and Endurance level for the past 2 weeks.

2 months back, I bought a new pair of leather shoes and it took me 7 working days to tame it. The back of the shoe caused abrasion which result in serious pain when walking. Endured thru the pain and agony…by the 7th day…the shoes gave in and it fits comfortably now.

3 weeks back, I bought another pair of leather shoes. This time, it took me 10 working days to tame it. It is feeling comfortably now. Not perfect, cos my legs are recovering, but good enough.

I dunno if it's just me or happen to a lot of men out there.

The only kinda shooes that will not make me "work" for it are sports shoes.

Photo : Remastered works of AC/DC on CDs. For those about to rock! We salute you!