Long Weekend

Well, 5 months have passed for 2007, with 7 more to go, before we welcome 2008. May ended with quite some mercy, giving us a good 4 days of break, especially precious for me & my fellow LSA colleauges.

'Cause come June, we'll be sucked into a whole chain of events, which would 100% drained every ounce of energy in our body.

First week of June, is the start of Commercial Stock-take 2007, plus Direct Enlistment & Graduation Parade of some School 1 companies. Followed tightly by School 1 & 2 Graduation parade in 2nd week & Direct Enlistment towards the end of the week.

Then, it's all the normal cycle our department will be doing. Arrange for nametags, nametag sewing, Kit exchange for faulty items. And on top of all these, Commercial Stock-take is still on-going... I could vaguely foresee almost everyone will be dead beaten by the end of June...

Ok! So much for the "Forecast of Events" for June. Today, I spent my day rotting away at home, couldn't find anyone to go out. Either they were to lazy to go out, already have appointments with their own friends or working. Sigh... So much for being in Army. Even when it comes to the "oh-so-precious" weekends, I can't even confirm an outing with my friends, because at any one time, my phone might ring and I'll have to report back to camp for duties.

This is to Val:
Val, if my words the other night, has led you to some misunderstanding. I deeply apologize here. My words ain't meant to push any blame onto anyone. And I have no intention to blame anyone for not being available. I'm neither a tyrant nor a boar. I understand fully that everyone has their own lives to pass, things to do, friends to meet, and families & loved ones to company.

if my friends can't fork out the time to meet up, then I'll just have to try my luck another time. While, I try my luck with other friends. Else, I'll just stay at home & do some leisure stuffs.

Perhaps my casual question of asking friends out at that point of time, came at the wrong moment & wrong place.
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This question popped up in my head recently:
"Has the world around me changed, or am I the one who have changed?"

These few days, I felt this colliding feeling within me. It seems like friends I once thought I knew, turns out to be people that I totally don't understand. While friends I thought were just mere "Hi-Bye" friends, happens to be people who know me deeper.

Perhaps the only consolation for me would be those friends I knew never changed, still stay put. But is it a good or bad thing?

Has Army changed me? Has Time changed me? Has Age changed me? Or is it because of other factors that has caused this evolution? I wanted to stop this change, or slow it down, so that I could have enough time to catch up with it. But it seems to be evolving faster & faster each time I tried to catch up... ...

Should I continue to chase after it, or should I go in search for another direction?

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END

In the follow-up to PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, we find our heroes Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker - while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Chinese Pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat).

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My own review, I was almost bored to Dreamland half-way through the Whole Movie [which was about 170mins!!!] Like the past installations, the movie is not lacking in the Humour Department, with Jack Sparrow delivering most of those Black Humour.
I'm not gonna reveal the details of the Movie, if you're a fan of [Pirates], then this is a MUST WATCH for you hardcore fans...
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Hui... Really really really sorry...

Small Cohesion

After work today, our department's Boss treated some of us to a small dinner at a Vegetarian Restaurant at Apollo Center, which is situated at Haverlock Road.

In the beginning, I was quite afraid that the choice of dishes I chose, wouldn't be of everyone's liking, but all my worries turned out to be nothing. Everyone were amazed that all the dishes tasted almost like real meat. Everyone were full of praises of each dish.

That, gave me an ease of my mind... haha!!!

Then, everyone started to break away from work, and discussed about personal life and where we'll be heading after we ORD... I felt that the environment was quite relaxing, especially when the topics don't really revolve around work-related stuffs.

Now, I can't wait for my colleague's 20th Birthday in July...

S.H.E. - Tai Wan Hua [Taiwanese Language]

I was browsing through Youtube for S.H.E's MVs and look what I found??!!

Taiwan Version of 中國話 . Enjoy...I find damn funny

First MV, using the Original MV

Second MV in their own MV

Post Sat BBQ

Heard from my colleagues that everyone in the Office were discussing Saturday's BBQ. Everyone had their own version of the Story to tell, and everyone had a good laugh at every version...

And Mr Eric even said that come June, he'll arrange for another cohesion, and this time round, no one is spared!!! Oh my gosh... I think Mr. Eric is addicted to drinking. He said that last saturday, he didn't really enjoyed himself to the max, because he had to keep a clear mind and take care of all of us...

I was thinking: "Yeah right..."

Well... I guess everyone's looking forward to that Cohesion haha!!!

And for the video on the "Flame Dragon", I'll try to get hold of the video asap... Well, you know, now SAF can't bring in Camera Phone, so it's kinda hard to get things moving...

Photos of the Birthday BBQ

Here's the photos I promised yesterday... Not alot taken using this camera. Will try to get more from Haikal's side...


Danial & Haikal

Haikal's GF, Melody, & Melody's Brother, ShangYou


[Left to Right] Saubrabh,Frankie,Amir,Eric,Haikal,Melody

Frankie, Nio, Amir
"My Poor Spec..."

Lucky Boy, posing with Beauty

Haikal, Melody, Khristino & His GF


Haikal, Me & Nio

YUKE!! CENSORED!!! LC-ing


Haikal & His friend.

Frankie & Haikal


Frankie, Me, Desmond & Nio

Melody's Cool Dad. And he is COOL!!!


The two beauties

Nio, Amir & Haikal


He's Drunk... Very Drunk

Tribute to the Hardworking Chefs. Melody's Mum & Khrist

Guys & their Gals

Haikal's Friends.


Mr Eric, Frankie & Desmond. Desmond's Drunk already.

ShangYou & his friend.

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Well that night, was one mad night, Haikal, who was already drunk, was dishing out liquor to everyone at that Pit. From Rum to Tequila to Vodka. From Whiskey to Brandy to Gin to Carlsberg.

While the rest of us, under Haikal's mercy, drank obediently. Nio was busy playing with Fire. And he was making a Flame caled "Dragon" and it's damn cool I tell you. I hope to get the video, and upload here...

Haikal, though drunk, would go around talking nonsense and making funny scenes. His poor girlfriend, Melody, was busy running here and there, taking care of him, making sure he's not getting himself into any trouble... Poor Girl... Lucky Haikal haha!!

After rounds of drinking Tequila "Pop", "LSA Sling", Putting Cake cream on each other's face, we went around taking photos and having small talks. And as usual, I'm the photographer, going around taking precious candid shots, when the moment strikes... haha!!!

Oh!! And it was yesterday then I realised that Mr Eric is a damn good drinker. He can really hold his liquor damn well... Too bad there wasn't much alcohol left, else I really wanna pit my skills against him haha!!!

And Desmond.... After drinking just 2 shots of Tequila "Pop" & Vodka Sprite... He's already knocked-out...

ARh! I got tagged!!! =.=|||

How I wished I never visited Kat's blog at all. SI KAT... Why must tag me =P haha!!! Just Joking.

Hmmm... ok. Here's the rule of this "Tag" Game:

Tagged!This is what you are supposed to do. Cut and paste if you decide to participate in the tagging game.Each player of this game starts off by giving 6 weird things about themselves. People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.After you do that, leave them each a comment letting them know you tagged them and to read your blog.

Oh gosh.... I'm FORCED to write down 6 of my deepest & darkest & weirdest habits, and "Announce" it to EVERYONE!!! AH!!!

OK! Here goes nothing!!! [Takes a deep breathe, my eyes half-open and start typing away...]

1. I have an alter-ego. At work, I always like to keep my stuffs clean, neat, tidy & in order. But when I'm at home, I will suddenly become very lazy. I'll leave my stuffs all over the place, and only keep them till my sister or my parents nag at me.
2. I'm actually an Old Uncle deep down in my heart. Because, I'll tend to nag at my friends a lot without me realising it at all.
3. I won't trim my nails completely clean. I would normally trim my finger nails into a "V" shape, and file the pointed-tip of my nails slightly, so that it's rounded.
4. I'll turn totally Shy in front of stranger girls, even if they are my friends' friends. And this is a proven fact. Whenever I go out with my friends, if they bring their gal-friends along, I would be abnormally quiet that whole outing. And I would only talk when necessary. I won't joke, I won't crap, I won't even talk "cock".
   
5. I'll only scold vulgarities when I'm with my group of Army friends. Other than that, my so-call "Vulgarity" Mode is totally switch off. Don't ask me why, maybe because it's ARMY. haha!!!
6. I'm a very Vain Guy. I wash my face 2-3 times a day. Apply Toner, Moisturiser, Oil Control, Eye Serum, and do facial masks 2 times a week. Only thing I lack in this category, is a visit to a Facial Spa Shop once a week. And I love shopping. I'm an Addict to Shopping.
   

FINALLY!!! It's all over haha!!! Not much actually... Lucky it states only 6 and not 10... If not I'll have to expose more dark secrets about myself... AHHHH!!!!!

HAHAHA!!! Now, it's MY TURN to tag my friends!

[Drum beat............................................................... *Clash*]

Joyce
Ye Hui
Yu Guang
Hui Ping
Sharon
Zheng Qin

There!!! haha!! Must feel honoured ok?! Because not just me, but your other friends would love to know more about a side of you, that probably only you know.
Waiting patiently for your post on this =D

My Camp Mate's 20th Birthday

Drank a little bit too much. A little Topsy turbie now. Been a long while since I've touched Hard Liquor. But today only touched 3 big shots of Absolute Vodka & Tequila. Felt a little bit giddy. But still able to send my other friends home...

Still Zai ok!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though haven touched hard liquor for a good 2 years plus... Still considered good... Will post photos we took during the BBQ later...

Superman Returns

On my way back home from Camp, I happened to pass by TS Video Pte Ltd's branch at Tampines EastLink Mall. And just happened that they were currently having a Store-wide Discount. Gosh! I've been walking pass this particular shop so, so, so many times & I totally missed it?! Where were my eyes!?

Anyway, I walked into the shop, and there was this girl shop assistant, wearing a yellow blouse, looked quite cute & decent, but I guessed she would have looked even better if she were to wear a smile on her face.

Ok... Enough of Side-track. I slowly "examined" every single movie, animation & drama series available in the Store. Picked up & put down countless "potentials". Finally, I got Super-man Returns, Underworld & Wang Lee Hom Concert, all DVD. And it was quite cheap, 3 for S$30 haha!! What a steal!!!

But I was only able to watch Super-Man Returns, as the DVD player couldn't read the Underworld DVD [Might be coding problem].

Super-man Returns was set 5 years after Super-man's sudden Departure. In the beginning, the story began that Superman assumed that his planet, Krypton, was still around, only to find out that the planet has been reduced to Cosmic particles. Thus, with a fallen heart, Superman made his way back to Earth, and re-assumed his Alter-Ego, Clark Kent. And only to realise his Arch-Rival, Lex Luthor, was released from Prison and has been wielding a sinister plan to have his revenge on Super-man.

After I finished the whole Movie, I felt that Super-man symbolised a common thing in every Human. He symbolised Hope, Pride & Honour, Unselfishness & Loyalty.

Super-man will always appear at dire times, where mere human strength is impossible to overcome & conquer. Something which reminds me that we humans are actually very fragile & weak in context.

Super-man would forgo his weakness towards Kryptonite, and put on a brave fight against Evil. This reminded me that even the strongest & toughest man, has their weakness & can't fight Evil alone.

But, what touches me most was the ending part, where every single citizen unite together to pray for Super-man's well being. And this is a symbol of Unity & Hope.


Story Plot

He returns to work as Clark Kent at The Daily Planet in Metropolis, where he learns Lois Lane is now a mother and has won the Pulitzer Prize for her article Why the World Doesn't Need Superman. During Superman's absence, Lex Luthor has been released from prison, conned a rich widow into a sham wedding to get his hands on her money, and stolen Kryptonian crystals from the Fortress of Solitude. Luthor returns to Metropolis and experiments with a tiny fragment in a pool which grows to immense size. The growing crystal causes a blackout, affecting the take off of a space shuttle tethered to a Boeing 777, which Lois Lane is aboard, covering the story. Clark flies into action as Superman and stops the plane from crashing into a baseball field.

The world rejoices in Superman's return, but Lois is more concerned with the blackout. Clark meets her fiancé Richard White, nephew of Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White, and their son Jason. Superman is hurt when he overhears a conversation between Lois and Richard in which she says she never loved Superman. He buries himself in his work, including halting a bank heist and saving Kitty, Luthor's co-conspirator. While Kitty distracts Superman, Luthor steals kryptonite from a museum. Perry assigns Lois to interview Superman whilst Clark investigates the blackout. At night, Lois goes out for a smoke on top of the The Daily Planet and Superman takes her for a flight, during which he apologizes for leaving her.

S.H.E. New Album: PLAY

haha!!! Guess what?! I just got my hands on S.H.E. latest album, PLAY. haha!!! It's been a long, long wait [Well, in my option...]

But too bad I didn't have time to pre-order their Album [The first time I never!!! ARH!! Except for their very first album]

Sigh... Those who pre-ordered are so lucky. A lot of freebies are given out this time round. Normally, it's only 1-2 items. This time round, they give Photo Album, Singles CD, Jigsaw Puzzle & other items... ARH!!! Really hated myself for not ore-ordering..


01 中国话
02 谢谢你的温柔 - S.H.E/飞轮海
03 听袁惟仁弹吉他
04 五月天
05 藉口
06 Boom
07 再别康桥
08 伦敦大桥垮下来
09 说你爱我
10 好心情 Just Be Yourself (达芙妮年度广告歌曲)
11 老婆
12 Always Open - S.H.E/飞轮海 (统一超商企业主题曲) [This song is only available via Pre-Order or One of the Two freebies]

Recommendations of Ballads:
2nd: 谢谢你的温柔 - S.H.E/飞轮海
4th: 五月天
9th: 说你爱我
11th: 老婆

"KTV" Show-Offs:
1st: 中国话
5th: 藉口

MV
S.H.E 中国话 with real time lyrics

中国话MV


五月天MV

??What Tarot Card are you??

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Well, this was what I got... Seems like most of my friends got "The Star" haha!!! COOL! Great minds think alike YEAH!!!

...:::A Friend:::...

MAY DA JIE, MY MEMORY

Yesterday, in the wee hours before even the first Sunray could be seen, I was sitting inside my colleagues' bunk, waiting for them to get ready for Guard Duty. As I was walking towards the Sofa, a familiar face on the front page of "Newpaper" caught my attention, and it was dated on 29th April 2007, which was like 1 week ago... But at that point of time, I was being deployed to overseas for a week. I only came back a few days ago.

Hey! It was May! Haven't seen her in a long time. It was only 2 weeks ago, we sent each other some funny emails. I wondered to myself why she was on the Frontpage...

[She only wanted to earn more money.... But now she... cont on Page 2]

This particular sentence struck me immediately. And something told me it wasn't something good. For the next 20 or so mins, I was dumb-founded, lost for words, blank & lost at article on May's Death.

Initially, I didn't believed at all what the Papers said was true. May can't be dead. We just exchanged funny too long ago. And even chatted on the MSN about 1 week ago. No!! It can't be true at all. This MUST have been a joke. And too big a joke...

Then, I saw Kaiyan's name in the papers as well... The papers description of her family background etc etc... Reality instantly gave me a Check-In. NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! May was only 29 for god sake!!! She was just too young to die. Her dreams yet to realise. Her goals yet materialised. She hasn't even enjoy LIFE to its fullest. And... And... Our promise to go to Japan together... And what about her mum?

She was diagnosed to have died due to over-exhaustion from working too long hours, as blood clots were found in her knee area. It all started a few months back when she was finally accepted into a MNC, and she thought that it might be her "big Break", especially after working in LTA as a clerical Officer [A.K.A Clerk] for almost 8 years.

As May was only an "A" level graduate, thus her prospect in LTA wasn't bright at all, especially with a pay of only $1500. When she quit LTA 2 years back, me & a group of friends rejoiced for her. Because, finally she could achieve something bigger, better, & stuffs she likes, for a change.

Thus, being admitted into a MNC, was more than just a break for May, but a chance for better pay & better living standard for her mother. Not long after, she opted to another department, which had more prospects and opportunities for promotions, especially with a starting pay of $2,600.

But, neither does she or anyone knew, that this choice would eventually lead to her death. Right from the start, her workload was tremendously huge. Just checking & replying of purchase emails alone, would be enough for her to sit in front of the Monitor for Hours.

Soon after, May started to complain about constant pains, giddiness & weak physically in her blog. None thought that all these simple symptoms were tell-tale signs of a possible DVT [Deep venous thrombosis] Read more about DVT

What all of us could do, was tell her to rest more, don't over-work & take good care of herself. She did all that, but still her health condition continued a downward spiral to Death.

A girl. Humble, thoughtful, with a "Silly Big Sister" attitude, always care for friends, never fails to lend a listening ear to friend. Always have a big, affectionate smile on her face. Her "never-say-give up" & "everything will be just fine" positive attitude.

May was like a Big sister to me, [Since I never had a elder sister] she was very caring towards me. Always looking out for me, even though at times she was extremely busy. Whenever I was feeling down at work, she would surprise me & "drag" me out for a breather either over a cup of drink or a plate of food, and encourage me never give up. She would always say to me "At the end of the dark tunnel, there's a ray of light waiting for us"

This was the exact sentence I remembered even till now. Because at a point of time in my career, I was at a bottle-neck, and it was this statement from her that pushed me to keep trying.

Da Jie, though I never had the chance to call you that, and I never will have the chance. Your parting was too sudden, too fast. We didn't have a chance to have supper again. Neither, will we be able to sing KTV together again...

But Your words will forever be part of my heart, my memory & my life. Your affectionate laughter & smile, now, could only be relived in my memories & dreams. But it's sweet, warm & encouraging. Because though we're worlds apart, I know that you're here... In my heart...

Pardon Xiao Di, for not being able to see you off one last time. For this, I forever feel remorseful. But your tragic meeting will forever serve as a lesson to all, that there are things in Life that are much more important than MONEY. And that's Friends & Family.

Da Jie,

God Bless You. But one day we shall gather again in the "Land of Happiness"... One day...




Yours faithfully,
Xiao Di
Jonny Pig

The place I slug out from 8 to 5

Some called it "Workplace", some called it "Office", and there are others who called it "Hell". But me? I just call it a "Comedy Valley".

Why? Because every single day, this 10M X 6M space, never fail to generate laughters which will make a dreadful day wheesh by easier.

Everyday, my colleagues will proceed to this "Valley" after our Morning Roll-Call. And the funny thing is, everyone would stay in that room till around 8:30am or 8:45am, before we would go for breakfast. Well, our Boss has this particular habit to gather everyone in the Office, and have a morning chat with us before we start our day.

And even if there ain't any morning chat, everyone would mysteriously hang around till 8:30am.

It kind of felt warm actually. How should I put it?! It's like you feel very comfortable and easy, As if we're like one big family. Everyone would gather around, talk about what happened last night, or even the previous night's soccer matches, how MAN U flopped their chance of advancing to the Champions' League Final, or even where we went last night. And definitely, our conversations can never be completed without discussions about girls. HAHA!!! We're Man you know HAHA!!!

But the funniest thing or "Comedian" is none other than my Boss. Whenever he gather all of us for a morning chat or evening chat, he never fails to insert, or side-track with some "grandfather stories", or those "I've been there, done that" kind of Stories. He'll talk about how "great" he was in his younger days, gossiped about how "shrew" old officers or soldiers were when they were in command, or how they would try to come up with 1001 reasons to skip training.

Or he would talk about other topics which actually have no link whatsoever with the things he's talking about. Though, well, it's time-wasting and kind of unnecessary. But all these never fail to amuse or bring a smile on our faces, and we use it as an alternative "force" to let time pass faster.

But, I guess come June, this "Comedy Valley" would never be the same again... ...