who says DBoaters have no life?

What a night!

It's been at least a year since i last seriously went clubbing.
I.e. Drink, Dance, drink, take pictues, Drink, Dance, cam-whoring, take pictures, dance, drink, cam-whoring, etc...

Great music, and great Company at Boiler room on a Boxing day.

And who says Dboaters have no life?
There's life above water lor....

The United SG Dragons (U.S.D)
And on satuday, its the long-awaited gathering with the grp whom we stayed under 1 roof for 3 long years...
NO Thanks to my "abnormal" working shifts, now I can finally meet up with this gang again.... *looking forward*...

Happ X'mas 2008

So what have I did for This christmas Eve on 2008?

No Sumptuous X'mas Eve Dinner, no caroling tunes, no window shopping or X'mas party on this fateful day, but I lovedthe day.

Woke up in the afternoon on X'mas Eve at 130pm, in the cosy bed, with light drrizzles that brings down the atmosphere temprature to a cool 20 odd degrees celsius..
Driizzles and drizzles, followed by a late lunch before heading to the gym.
by the time I'm home, just nice for dinner, and a little cuddling in bed with my pillow , still with that cool , cool tempreature outside..
Shiook..
Thats the best weather to stay indoors man..

Could just jolly well go to bed, before the urge for Red-Tea Longon dessert pops up in my msn conversation with Nic.
That was like ages (ok, just months) since i had that dessert-of-the-century lor..

Off o Changi V to meet nic for Red-Tea Longan and of cos, not giving the chance to missed the infamous Nasi Lemak...

Hmm.. Changi V, always gives me that nostalgic feeling. Alway slike the shophouses there.
No matter how long I looked, the things they sell, their shopfront, never fails to bring me back to the good old days in the 80s...

Ok, thats my X'mas eve.
Damn simple, damn boring, but I think that was a very very slow-pace and relax day that i loved to spend.
Not to mentioned the perfect weather....

Take a bow

Today, or rather, yesterday, marks the last day of my stay with RBS.

That same kinda feeling 2yrs 4 months back when i left BTMU.

Didnt really felt much before that last day.
And when that final moment arrives, that moment when you sent out the last email, the last time where you gonna shut down the applications at the end of day.
Knewing that it would be the last time you will come into such proximity with this Desktop, this workstation for the last time.

Especially teh colleagues whom you've work seriously, laughed at jokes, and sprouting nonsense to spice up the mundane "desk-bound" job.

All that will change, and change forthe better or worst? It's anybody's guess.

Do really feel sad to leave a Team of co-workers for the past 2 years , from the very first day when teh functions were brought over.
Its been a journey of fun. laughter, slogging, frustration and cursing and swearing.
But nevertheless, all things comes to an end. be it Good or bad.

Staying in teh comfort zone for too long is not really healthy either.
If opportunity comes knocking by, I know its not time for hesistation.
Afterall, chances don't come y often.
No Venture, no gain.

Looking forward to the new roles, yet concerned about the new environment.

Me, Huishi, Cathy

Take a Bow - Madonna

Nihongo Wa Wakarimasen

Wah Kaoz....
If i didnt recall wrongly, belive today is the first time in my 28years that i stood in a Queue for 3hrs...
Wasn't in a "Hello Kitty" queue, or anything "FREE", but for a Registration that I have to pay lah...

Registration for Japanese Elementary course.
I thought the "jap craze" have subsided over the years, apparently not..

There are like hundreds and hundreds of people registering for the 1year course, that has its in-take only once a year... Ntt exaggerating..
Website says registration starts at 10am, so yours truly obediently reached there at 10:03am, and guess whats my queue number...
563 (Five-Hundred-Sixty-Three!)
and somemore its Isaac who queued at 10:01am...

Well, Didnt really have anything to complain about the Queue, cos it was really systematic... Maybe that;s how the Jap works.. Everyone got queue number, and 'potential students' like us are orderly. All stayed in thE queue , no jumping queue, etc...
Queue moves every 10-20 mins, in batches, and thank god its not under the sun...
Registration procedure was fast and swift, not to mentioned the payment...

Alas, Committed myself for the next 11 months of Sundays evening for Jap Classes..
One step closer to my "Dream".....

Hmm... if each yuear more tahn 600 peopel learnt japanese, Shouldnt we be able toeasily 'catch' anyone who can speak/understand Japanese on the singapore street?

Or maybe the drop-outrate is even higher....??

The Ones Who Slogged the Grave-yard Shifts

A simple but nice X'mas gather for the people who slogged the grave-yard shift , for the past 1yr, 2 yr or more...
Thanks to Joel & Deborah for playing host.
I just loved that X'mas tree lor.. cos its full of Blue-y things! hahaa
Overall, a great turn-out, though not everyone managed to gather at the same time, as people come and go in batches.
Still, its a very successful one with unlimited flow of food, Gifts, fun and layghter!
That's what X'mas party is all about..
oh yeah, and of cos, some "Sharapova" and "Williams" tournament as well...
Sharapova Can win Venus one lor...
Ok..., that's beside the point...
Anyway, thats the first X'mas party, and it started on a good note.. the rest shall follow...
What a Year...!

why “不说话的女人最迷人“？
If anyone's like me 'hooked' on "小娘惹", you will see the stark contrast of the 2.

Same same person, same same character, one talks, one doesnt.

The one that Doesn't speaks, captivates.
hmm.......

可乐戒指

你把, 我喝完的可乐

拉环当作戒指

轻轻套上了我手指

你问, 能不能一辈子

那一秒突然爱上了你

傻傻的固执

我不要你解释

我不要你发誓

我只要你记得此刻

你眼里我的样子

爱我不要解释

爱我不要发誓

这一刻到世界末日

让我们一起把爱

化成最美最美的钻石

爱爱爱

feeling "Nostalgic"... hahaa..
经典歌曲：

毕竟这也是“当年”叱咤一时的hot fave on the radiao station lor...

Random utters

If they say "Life is like a box of chocolate",

Then the industry where I am at now is like a Mine-field.

"You Never know if you are standing on one until it explodes.

Neither do you know if your next step will be stepping on another Mine..."

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I see some hope for the team.

Well, Dreams would not be dashed...

Time for bail-out.

Time to combine forces, and emerged a stronger Team...

I still loved rowing...

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Counting Down...

9 more days...

I should get some life back.... hehhee.... =)

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Why do we need to conform to social norms?

Who says you must be dating, start a family when you are nearing 30s?

Thats achievement? Think again.

why should we rushed into things because its the "Norm".

Because of that "norm", we have to compromise, and settle for the next best?

Why settle for the next best thing if you could go for the best?

What's wrong with waiting?

True enough, some people are plain lucky, and found their "best" soon enuff, some never do,

and some, just settle for the next best.

Humans are not born equal. That's a fact, not a myth.

Why make life miserable for the next best, knowing that it would never turned into the best?

Why subject oneself to 'compromised" to the next best, only to chance upon the Best thereafter ?

Are you sure you are with the best?

Well, if you THINK you are, then good, you have master the highest level of self-delusion - self-fulfilling prophecy. That could be a good thing though. But some people just can't get to that level bah...

If not, don't deceive yourself. It's your life, not one controlled by the "Acceptable Social norm".

Well, if you dont try, how do you know that's not the best one?

Ans is simple:

Some people like sampling to be convinced, they go by the head.

Some others trust intuition and "chemistry", and that leads by the heart.

Objective / Subjective?

Its every debate.

Its also each to his own.

Some did abit of both, ultimately the heart takes control.

alas, the answer is there.

There's nothing wrong with sticking to oneself until you found that right one.

Why compromise, because you take pity on others?

Compassion is generous.

Love is not.

You dont find someone for a child-bearing machine just to carry on the family line.

Just so that late at night in your 60s, 70s, you have someone to talk to.

Then again, do you really have anything to talk about at that time?

If life can be meaningful even alone, why rush because the numerical figures are escalating?

Why compromise, and in the end, more than one suffers.

Sometimes, if you hadn't known, Life alone can be much much LESS miserable than when you share with someothers whom you are/had been compromising.

Because of that "NORM".

人家说：

。

认真的男人最帅

。

那么，

。

不说话的女人最迷人。

"what happened to all the nice guys?"

Thought this would be a very interesting (somewhat true) content, that i "plagerised" it from some entries posted on fren's profile.

Probably this should be spread around to gals out there, to answer that "perennial" question hanging on their mind.



What happened to all the nice guys?

The answer is simple: you did


See, if you think back, really hard, you might vaguely remember a Platonic guy pal who always seemed to want to spend time with you.

He'd tag along with you when you went shopping, stop by your place for a movie when you were lonely but didn't feel like going out, or even sit there and hold you while you sobbed and told him about how horribly the (other) guy that you were f***ing treated you.


At the time, you probably joked with your girlfriends about how he was a little puppy dog, always following you around, trying to do things to get you to pay attention to him.

They probably teased you because they thought he had a crush on you.

Given that his behavior was, admittedly, a little pathetic, you vehemently denied having any romantic feelings for him, and buttressed your position by claiming that you were "just friends." Besides, he totally wasn't your type.

I mean, he was a little too short, or too bald, or too fat, or too poor, or didn't know how to dress himself, or basically be or do any of the things that your tall, good-looking, fit, rich, stylish boyfriend at the time pulled off with such ease.



Eventually, your Platonic buddy drifted away, as your relationship with the boyfriend got more serious and spending time with this other guy was, admittedly, a little weird, if you werent dating him.

More time passed, and the boyfriend eventually cheated on you, or became boring, or you realized that the things that attracted you to him weren't the kinds of things that make for a good, long-term relationship.

So, now, you're single again, and after having tried the bar scene for several months having only encountered players and douche bags, you wonder,

"What happened to all the nice guys?"


Well, once again, you did.


You ignored the nice guy.

You used him for emotional intimacy without reciprocating, in kind, with physical intimacy.

You laughed at his consideration and resented his devotion.

You valued the aloof boyfriend more than the attentive "just-a-" friend.


Eventually, he took the hint and moved on with his life.
He probably came to realize, one day, that women aren't really attracted to guys who hold doors open; or make dinners just because; or buy you a Christmas gift that you mentioned, in passing, that you really wanted five months ago; or listen when you're upset; or hold you when you cry. He came to realize that, if he wanted a woman like you, he'd have to act more like the boyfriend that you had.

He probably cleaned up his look, started making some money, and generally acted like more of an asshole than he ever wanted to be.


Fact is, now, he's probably getting laid, and in a way, your ultimate rejection of him is to thank for that. And I'm sorry that it took the complete absence of "nice guys" in your life for you to realize that you missed them and wanted them.

Most women will only have a handful of nice guys stumble into their lives, if that.


So, if you're looking for a nice guy, here's what you do:


1.) Build a time machine.

2.) Go back a few years and pull your head out of your ass.

3.) Take a look at what's right in front of you and grab ahold of it.


I suppose the other possibility is that you STILL don't really want a nice guy, but you feel the social pressure to at least appear to have matured beyond your infantile taste in men. In which case, you might be in luck, because the nice guy you claim to want has, in reality, shed his nice guy mantle and is out there looking to unleash his cynicism and resentment onto someone just like you.


If you were five years younger.

So, please: either stop misrepresenting what you want, or own up to the fact that you've f***ed yourself over. You're getting older, after all. It's time to excise the bulls**t and deal with reality. You didn't want a nice guy then, and he certainly doesn't f***ing want you, now.

07 Dec 2008

hmmm...
Missed 2 events today...

1.) The inagural Annual Standard Chartered Marathon

Well, not surprising, since i am not really a ruinning fan. I run, only becos I have to (thanks to annual 2.4 Km that determines a $200 from a $400), or because its part of a compulsory 'event' within a multi-diciplinary race.

Not really a runner too, despite many people will think having long legs means you are a born runner.
Your Lungs must be big enuff to carry that extra distance lor, even if you have legs as long as stilts, you can just fall flat...
But still, respect to those who finished teh 42.125km run. Really a test of "mind-over-body" event. I can't do a 42.125KM lor..

2.) Coincidentally, its also the Penang Race today.
Not really a "Competitive" race in my context, but it really sounds fun when you put the various Corporate Team to represent under Singapore United DB team. Doesn't that already spell 'fun'?

If i had to go for all these again, its gonna be a year wait..
But, will things be the same again next year?

一场很美变成很惨的恋爱

泪流不止的心还包着绷带

又痛又愁看不开

我把自己藏成模糊的存在

Don't know if this was considered lucky or what...

Do you have such experience?
When you always trying to get something, to get some opportunities with certain things or matters, but just no luck with it?
Then when you finally got it, all the other opportunities just came knocking on your door, endlessly...

After I got an ideal offer recently, then I started receiving countless calls from head-hunting firm..
ermm.. I uploaded my CV like 2 months back? But only when i Gotten a great offer liao, then all calls keep coming in at the same time??! (3 calls with 2 hours?!)
Somemore its like one after another right after i put down my phone?
Was there a conspiracy behind all these? hmm....

So weird, this world is like that.. when you are desperate, you dont get any chances/opportunities..
When you are self-sufficient, all opportunities came knocking on your door...
That's life?

I would prefer them to call me up again , hopefully next time, at a better timed period...