Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Sick and A Bad Week.
i can confirm this. i have an illness pattern. i will fall sick on certain months of the year. sounds weird but yes its true. the 2 months are April and September.
So yes. it sucks but i've gotten used to it during recent years.
Anyway. On thursday. I was at Westmall after school to have lunch with Diana. Been almost 2 months since i last saw her. hahha...really enjoyed the chat we had...Glad that she's enjoying Poly life. HAHA...you still have a long way to go girl :) ...enjoy these 3 years...hehehe..
Well...thats the update im gonna post cause im sick..and no mood to blog...hahaha..so yeah..shall let pics do the talking....hope they wont be small again lolz.. i suck at posting photos...someone please teach me how to do it...LOL
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A Milestone in My Life...A Special one at that :)
I would like to thank everyone who wished me Happy Birthday yesterday and today :) i really really appreciate it....wanna thank you all for your wishes hahhahah...
Well...I've been wanting to say it for a very long time...and now i can finally say it!hahaha.... I'M FINALLY 18 years old!!WOO!!! man...its really a milestone in my life...the age where u know u r not really that much of a teenager already..but not really an adult yet...hmmm...some may say its not true but...hey...18 years old is the legal age for most things adults can do..so yeah! hahaha
i really had a great birthday celebration..by both my classmates...and my secondary school friends...wanna thank my classmates for giving me a surprise after the second last lesson of tuesday...hhehehe..the cake was cute and delicious..and specially want to thank...Sylvester, Nelson, Li Fen, Adeline and Paulina for the birthday present hahahaha! and the birthday cards as well :)....i really liked and appreciate the sincerity :) haha..its been great knowing u guys as classmates and great friends :) hahaha...you guys rock!haha
Then in the evening, i met up with shi hui, aidil and rebecca choo....my secondary friends...i've been wanting to catch up with aidil and rebecca choo for a long time...i really missed them...so for my birthday this year...i decided to invite them...samantha was supposed to join us..but she had something on...its okay samantha :) i understand...i really cherish our friendship...we can always meet after skool yeah? hahhaha....so the 4 of us went to settler's cafe
LOLz...when we reached there...we were told that there were no cooks to cook any food for us....so we just went there to play game instead...haha....den we headed over to thai express and had our very late dinner...heheh...i really enjoyed the talk we had...our secondary school days...hahaa...had alot of fun and laughter....hahah...glad to know that none of them has changed....haha...we den decided to chill at the hawker centre there...to share our jokes all that...hahahahah...i was enjoying everything...even from the smallest of jokes....and through it all...i realised how lucky i am to have them as my treasured friends...friends whom i can talk to about everything under the sun...hahaha
Glad that all of us enjoyed it! hahaha...a simple dinner and chat to mark my 18th birthday...YEAH! thats how i wanted it to be celebrated..im a very simple guy really..i don't like stuffs which are too extravagant...hahah...simplicity is the best...heheh
Once again, THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!HAHAHA... TAKE CARE K? :)
Well...I've been wanting to say it for a very long time...and now i can finally say it!hahaha.... I'M FINALLY 18 years old!!WOO!!! man...its really a milestone in my life...the age where u know u r not really that much of a teenager already..but not really an adult yet...hmmm...some may say its not true but...hey...18 years old is the legal age for most things adults can do..so yeah! hahaha
i really had a great birthday celebration..by both my classmates...and my secondary school friends...wanna thank my classmates for giving me a surprise after the second last lesson of tuesday...hhehehe..the cake was cute and delicious..and specially want to thank...Sylvester, Nelson, Li Fen, Adeline and Paulina for the birthday present hahahaha! and the birthday cards as well :)....i really liked and appreciate the sincerity :) haha..its been great knowing u guys as classmates and great friends :) hahaha...you guys rock!haha
Then in the evening, i met up with shi hui, aidil and rebecca choo....my secondary friends...i've been wanting to catch up with aidil and rebecca choo for a long time...i really missed them...so for my birthday this year...i decided to invite them...samantha was supposed to join us..but she had something on...its okay samantha :) i understand...i really cherish our friendship...we can always meet after skool yeah? hahhaha....so the 4 of us went to settler's cafe
LOLz...when we reached there...we were told that there were no cooks to cook any food for us....so we just went there to play game instead...haha....den we headed over to thai express and had our very late dinner...heheh...i really enjoyed the talk we had...our secondary school days...hahaa...had alot of fun and laughter....hahah...glad to know that none of them has changed....haha...we den decided to chill at the hawker centre there...to share our jokes all that...hahahahah...i was enjoying everything...even from the smallest of jokes....and through it all...i realised how lucky i am to have them as my treasured friends...friends whom i can talk to about everything under the sun...hahaha
Glad that all of us enjoyed it! hahaha...a simple dinner and chat to mark my 18th birthday...YEAH! thats how i wanted it to be celebrated..im a very simple guy really..i don't like stuffs which are too extravagant...hahah...simplicity is the best...heheh
Once again, THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!HAHAHA... TAKE CARE K? :)
Friday, April 11, 2008
Love Is The Answer
Long Post :)
Nope. I'm not in love or anything. hahaha the title of the post is actually the title of a book i've just finished reading. It's a really good book and i am very inspired by it :) i was reading syafiq's latest blog post, which was taken from a autobiography of Park Ji-Sung, a South Korean footballer. But i have long wanted to make this post about my book so yeah. It is somewhat similar to syafiq's post but it doesnt matter. :)
Love is The Answer. Love in this sense, means your relationship with your family, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses and so on and so forth. This book tells and teaches you how to mend broken relationship. It teaches you to learn to look at bad situations in a loving way. meaning to look on the bright side of things.
For example, if you have a classmate whom you really hate and dislike. you find that there is absolutely no reason to talk to him and work with him. As time goes by, the problem will of course deepen. you will keep thinking of ways to avoid him when you can.
Solution: Try to stop for a few moments and tell yourself this. -> I forgive you, I forgive myself, I love you, I love myself. Yes. It can work. and you will soon start to see the good points of that person and focus on it. his/her bad points will then naturally become less significant to you. This doesnt mean u can condone his behavior though but just try to look at that person as someone who is crying for help to be understood and not some one who is very unfriendly, very unapproachable :)
This is just one of the lessons i've learnt from this book. There are many lessons though. i'll just name a few :)
" If i find myself angry about people's behavior, i will remind myself that it is only my own thoughts and attitudes that hurt me"
"Today i make the decision to be happy, choosing to forgive and to love instead of being the King or Queen of the procrastinator's club"
"Today, no matter whom I'm with, i will remind myself of the single question, " How can i be of service to others?" - remembering that in helping others i heal myself." Healing myself in this case refers to healing yourself of all the troubles and problems that you are facing.
You know from this book i've actually noticed something very true. something that we all know but we just do not like to say it. Whenever we're interacting with people, be it friends, family members or BGR relationships. We always want to write scripts for them, what do i mean?
well it means we always have a few things we expect them to do and have like what they should or should not do when they're with you and their appearance and all.
But we human beings are born like that. no one is perfect. we just have to accept people for who they are. That is natural beauty. I mean sometimes i admit i fail to see it. but at least i know that everyone has it. we just have to look closer to find it.
C'mon. if everything and everybody in this world is so perfect. won't it be so boring. nothing exciting to spruce up our lives. get my point?
i think we should stop focusing on the negative points of people too much. it just clouds our view of who the person really is.
Choose to love and not to hate. :)
Once again i really love this book and i recommend you all to read this book. Once again its called.
Love is the Answer by Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. , and Diane V. Cirincione
Thats all :)
Nope. I'm not in love or anything. hahaha the title of the post is actually the title of a book i've just finished reading. It's a really good book and i am very inspired by it :) i was reading syafiq's latest blog post, which was taken from a autobiography of Park Ji-Sung, a South Korean footballer. But i have long wanted to make this post about my book so yeah. It is somewhat similar to syafiq's post but it doesnt matter. :)
Love is The Answer. Love in this sense, means your relationship with your family, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses and so on and so forth. This book tells and teaches you how to mend broken relationship. It teaches you to learn to look at bad situations in a loving way. meaning to look on the bright side of things.
For example, if you have a classmate whom you really hate and dislike. you find that there is absolutely no reason to talk to him and work with him. As time goes by, the problem will of course deepen. you will keep thinking of ways to avoid him when you can.
Solution: Try to stop for a few moments and tell yourself this. -> I forgive you, I forgive myself, I love you, I love myself. Yes. It can work. and you will soon start to see the good points of that person and focus on it. his/her bad points will then naturally become less significant to you. This doesnt mean u can condone his behavior though but just try to look at that person as someone who is crying for help to be understood and not some one who is very unfriendly, very unapproachable :)
This is just one of the lessons i've learnt from this book. There are many lessons though. i'll just name a few :)
" If i find myself angry about people's behavior, i will remind myself that it is only my own thoughts and attitudes that hurt me"
"Today i make the decision to be happy, choosing to forgive and to love instead of being the King or Queen of the procrastinator's club"
"Today, no matter whom I'm with, i will remind myself of the single question, " How can i be of service to others?" - remembering that in helping others i heal myself." Healing myself in this case refers to healing yourself of all the troubles and problems that you are facing.
You know from this book i've actually noticed something very true. something that we all know but we just do not like to say it. Whenever we're interacting with people, be it friends, family members or BGR relationships. We always want to write scripts for them, what do i mean?
well it means we always have a few things we expect them to do and have like what they should or should not do when they're with you and their appearance and all.
But we human beings are born like that. no one is perfect. we just have to accept people for who they are. That is natural beauty. I mean sometimes i admit i fail to see it. but at least i know that everyone has it. we just have to look closer to find it.
C'mon. if everything and everybody in this world is so perfect. won't it be so boring. nothing exciting to spruce up our lives. get my point?
i think we should stop focusing on the negative points of people too much. it just clouds our view of who the person really is.
Choose to love and not to hate. :)
Once again i really love this book and i recommend you all to read this book. Once again its called.
Love is the Answer by Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. , and Diane V. Cirincione
Thats all :)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
What's Up Man?
this is my 100th post of my blog...i wanted to make it a cheerful post...but it was not to be...because i have no choice but to vent my frustration on this post...its not good to keep your frustrations to yourself..you might not necessarily feel better..at least thats what i think...
so this is about my tuition job....i have been going on this job for close to 2 months now..and i can really say this... I am not enjoying it...not a single bit...
i haven't been able to go through a single lesson with the student feeling happy at all...every lesson..the student tests my patience....now its not as if i need some patient tester..because i am a rather patient person...but sometimes it can get a wee bit too much...and i was on the verge of exploding last week..
i know your knowledge and foundation of english isn't good..so thats why i am here as a tutor to help you...to clarify your doubts...so let me help you..
but you seem to choose not to do it...i gave you assignments...grammar assignments...to do...yet you take a long time to do it...okie nvm....i understand Rome wasn't built in a day...so i'll do it step by step...but after 1 month..i expect some improvement...at least...pass all the assignments u gave me or...mayb get 4/10..not thats considered improvement....but you have been giving me average work...i didnt even see the effort being put in...even though u would check the meaning of the words with the electric dictionary you have...but..the kind of attitude that u gave me is simply making me mad...
when i mark ur assignments and correct your mistakes with you...you would just look at the book...and sometimes when im talking...you would be distracted...can u just pay attention??? and when i ask u if u have anymore questions regarding the assignments..u would just say..nope there isnt...
den i gave u another assignment of the same kind...same lousy attitude...same work...im growing sick and tired of this...
den on tuesday..i gave u an mcq comprehension....i ask if u did ur work seriously..u said no..u didnt....DUDE WHAT"S UR PROBLEM?? i can be a very patient and fun guy to talk to...but show me and the work i gave u some respect will you??
ur parents work hard back in ur homeland to pay for ur tuition...yet you are giving this kind of attitude towards learning...its English mind you...have u any idea how important it is in the singapore education...if its other countries...maybe u can afford to dun give a damn about english...but hey...ur in singapore now...Wake up man!!
the reason im still in this job..is because partly of the money...and also to help contribute to my family's income...yes this pay is very good no doubt....but come to think of it....i think the money isnt so important now...i prefer the AO camps job as compared to this..though the pay mayb much lesser...
i am the first to admit this..i am not a very good tutor..but at least i tried...im trying to do what i can to help you improve ur english...but u see ....when it comes to teaching..all forms of it...it requires 2 way communication...if u dun show the correct attitude....it is virtually impossible to learn the subject properly... whenever i leave...i dun feel any sense of satisfaction at all...
when i got to know about ur exam results...i was stunned...shocked... it left me asking myself..have i failed in tutoring you? i was feeling rather bad about it...really...though the exams were taken oni 2 weeks after i started teaching you...i still feel as though maybe i could have done something to make the result look better...
u dun seem to appreciate my effort..it sucks man..the feeling...but as a tutor i know i should never give up on a student...that is what i will do...i dun really give up that easily....but when school starts...im not sure if i have the time to tutor u anymore....maybe i am just not cut out for tutoring..
hate such posts....
so this is about my tuition job....i have been going on this job for close to 2 months now..and i can really say this... I am not enjoying it...not a single bit...
i haven't been able to go through a single lesson with the student feeling happy at all...every lesson..the student tests my patience....now its not as if i need some patient tester..because i am a rather patient person...but sometimes it can get a wee bit too much...and i was on the verge of exploding last week..
i know your knowledge and foundation of english isn't good..so thats why i am here as a tutor to help you...to clarify your doubts...so let me help you..
but you seem to choose not to do it...i gave you assignments...grammar assignments...to do...yet you take a long time to do it...okie nvm....i understand Rome wasn't built in a day...so i'll do it step by step...but after 1 month..i expect some improvement...at least...pass all the assignments u gave me or...mayb get 4/10..not thats considered improvement....but you have been giving me average work...i didnt even see the effort being put in...even though u would check the meaning of the words with the electric dictionary you have...but..the kind of attitude that u gave me is simply making me mad...
when i mark ur assignments and correct your mistakes with you...you would just look at the book...and sometimes when im talking...you would be distracted...can u just pay attention??? and when i ask u if u have anymore questions regarding the assignments..u would just say..nope there isnt...
den i gave u another assignment of the same kind...same lousy attitude...same work...im growing sick and tired of this...
den on tuesday..i gave u an mcq comprehension....i ask if u did ur work seriously..u said no..u didnt....DUDE WHAT"S UR PROBLEM?? i can be a very patient and fun guy to talk to...but show me and the work i gave u some respect will you??
ur parents work hard back in ur homeland to pay for ur tuition...yet you are giving this kind of attitude towards learning...its English mind you...have u any idea how important it is in the singapore education...if its other countries...maybe u can afford to dun give a damn about english...but hey...ur in singapore now...Wake up man!!
the reason im still in this job..is because partly of the money...and also to help contribute to my family's income...yes this pay is very good no doubt....but come to think of it....i think the money isnt so important now...i prefer the AO camps job as compared to this..though the pay mayb much lesser...
i am the first to admit this..i am not a very good tutor..but at least i tried...im trying to do what i can to help you improve ur english...but u see ....when it comes to teaching..all forms of it...it requires 2 way communication...if u dun show the correct attitude....it is virtually impossible to learn the subject properly... whenever i leave...i dun feel any sense of satisfaction at all...
when i got to know about ur exam results...i was stunned...shocked... it left me asking myself..have i failed in tutoring you? i was feeling rather bad about it...really...though the exams were taken oni 2 weeks after i started teaching you...i still feel as though maybe i could have done something to make the result look better...
u dun seem to appreciate my effort..it sucks man..the feeling...but as a tutor i know i should never give up on a student...that is what i will do...i dun really give up that easily....but when school starts...im not sure if i have the time to tutor u anymore....maybe i am just not cut out for tutoring..
hate such posts....
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Up-Dates.
hahaha..guess i shall update about what happened then... last wednesday finally had an outing after so long..with shi hui and samantha...samantha juz got back from malaysia since like almost a month ago? but never really had the time to have an outing..haha..
well get straight to the point ...the initial plan was to go prawn fishing...but i checked out the price...ZOMG... it will destroy my wallet man...and theres no gurantee we will even be able to catch a single prawn...not to mention 1/2 a prawn lolz...
so it was decided last minute..to go to ECP to bowl and chill.... the bowling centre at ECP is really shit man...no offence...i thought it was good..thought i didnt went there before...but hell...i didnt like the balls there...and so did shihui and samantha...but nevertheless...we enjoyed the bowling experience..thanks to some jokes pulled off by all 3 of us..lolz...
den later...went to one of the huge rocks of ECP...sat down..had some serious talks about our life..personal stuffs...and our future..its good to have such talks once in a while...but like samantha said on her blog...let nature take its course(thats not exactly what she said but i kinda rephrase it) ...haha...
den we decided to go to town to walk walk and samantha did some shopping on her own...i saw lots of things which i wanted... adidas watches...oakley shades...thought of getting new t-shirts...and a fred perry polo tee....many many things....
but yeah..need to save money then can buy mahz...so just continue dreaming lolz...dinner was settled at crystal jade xiao long bao at ngee ann city....all 3 of us ordered noodles...shi hui's tasted the best..with the hot soup...mine was spicy cold chicken noodles....unfortunately samantha's noodles was the worst of the lot...the taste was simply... Atrociously ""Delicious"" ....when i tried...i was damn turned off...and seriously considered if i should continue eating...it was the one of the worst noodles i have ever tasted in years...
then we rounded off the day..by going to IndoChine Bar...outside Wisma Atria...first time entering a bar...they didnt even check..lolz...oni shi hui was 18 years old..me and samantha were still 17 years old....but who cares...i ordered a cocktail, Fuzzy Navel, it had some vodka in it...den shihui and sam had heineken...shihui couldnt finish it..lolz..
so that was it...after that it was home sweet home.. :) ...really enjoyed myself last wednesday...think theres gonna b another outing soon...lolz...
some pictures so that it won't be so wordy..i know it is damn wordy lolz.. the pictures are in reverse order and i dunnoe y so small...click on the pictures to see the enlarged version.. :)
well get straight to the point ...the initial plan was to go prawn fishing...but i checked out the price...ZOMG... it will destroy my wallet man...and theres no gurantee we will even be able to catch a single prawn...not to mention 1/2 a prawn lolz...
so it was decided last minute..to go to ECP to bowl and chill.... the bowling centre at ECP is really shit man...no offence...i thought it was good..thought i didnt went there before...but hell...i didnt like the balls there...and so did shihui and samantha...but nevertheless...we enjoyed the bowling experience..thanks to some jokes pulled off by all 3 of us..lolz...
den later...went to one of the huge rocks of ECP...sat down..had some serious talks about our life..personal stuffs...and our future..its good to have such talks once in a while...but like samantha said on her blog...let nature take its course(thats not exactly what she said but i kinda rephrase it) ...haha...
den we decided to go to town to walk walk and samantha did some shopping on her own...i saw lots of things which i wanted... adidas watches...oakley shades...thought of getting new t-shirts...and a fred perry polo tee....many many things....
but yeah..need to save money then can buy mahz...so just continue dreaming lolz...dinner was settled at crystal jade xiao long bao at ngee ann city....all 3 of us ordered noodles...shi hui's tasted the best..with the hot soup...mine was spicy cold chicken noodles....unfortunately samantha's noodles was the worst of the lot...the taste was simply... Atrociously ""Delicious"" ....when i tried...i was damn turned off...and seriously considered if i should continue eating...it was the one of the worst noodles i have ever tasted in years...
then we rounded off the day..by going to IndoChine Bar...outside Wisma Atria...first time entering a bar...they didnt even check..lolz...oni shi hui was 18 years old..me and samantha were still 17 years old....but who cares...i ordered a cocktail, Fuzzy Navel, it had some vodka in it...den shihui and sam had heineken...shihui couldnt finish it..lolz..
so that was it...after that it was home sweet home.. :) ...really enjoyed myself last wednesday...think theres gonna b another outing soon...lolz...
some pictures so that it won't be so wordy..i know it is damn wordy lolz.. the pictures are in reverse order and i dunnoe y so small...click on the pictures to see the enlarged version.. :)
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