breakfast place gone....

Blk 216 market and hawker centre had it's last day of operations today to close for renovations which will last for half a year... this will also mean that a few of the stalls that i've grown to love for breakfast will also go into the history books... will miss the place though.. with great ppl to great food and prices as well... no choice la... everything increasing in price right? hahahha... now everything also blame the oil.. poor thing... hahaha....

went for TJCO alumni gathering last night at East Coast Park.. was a bbq but i went there late for dinner with my parents.. even though i was late, i still managed to meet up with everyone and have a good catch up with some of them... it was then that i realised that many of them are actually teachers or becoming teachers soon!! hahahaha... and two of them are actually interning at TMS right now in the Chinese Department... hahaha... interesting... =) will go back these few days to catch up with them while gg back for CO la...

getting lethargic again... but need to study also... haiz... dilemma of the century liao... =)

MJ!!

nope... not meridien jc... but MAHJONG!! hahaha... always have fun when ppl jio me to play mahjong.. but always dun have the time to jio others to my place for mahjong.. cos somehow my available times are always taken up by something very quickly one... my schedule is always packed a week ahead at least... so jio me muz say early k? hahahaa.....

of course when i'm bored, Wahjong is the place to go... cos can play liao then jus quit as and when i like.. hahahaha... can jio me go there play at night when i'm online also... hahaha.. anytime ready for a game... hahaha... wanna arrange to come my house play also can... jus find ppl and let me know early ya? hehehe....

went over to my RC member's house last night to play with other RC members... hahha... yes.. ur truly is in my neighbourhood's resident's committee volunteering... hahaha... well, at least gets me around and knowing some of the neighbours around me... =) also got good places to go play Mahjong too!! jus opposite my home.. no need scared too late dunno how to go home... jus walk back only...

had the chance to wear green again yesterday.. after 2 yrs...i was mobilized yesterday again... was something different yet familiar for me... meeting the gang again n catching up with them... man... i look good in uniform... hahaha.... too bad cannot take photo and show u all... hahahaha.... kidding la... sweat like mad lor... hot day yesterday..

ok.. time to study liao... ciao!! =)

MIA....

the past few days has been pretty rough for me... having gone down with fever and flu again... totally couldn't get anything done at all sia... many ppl were waiting for me to get stuff done.... hahahah.... sorry ah ppl... =)

but still, i went for lessons, coughing throughout, practically disturbing my prof the whole way.. and also my poor fren sitting beside me the whole time... then had to go for meeting elsewhere and still get some stuff for the goodie bags... phew!! got rest like no rest like dat... totally couldn't reply emails as well...

didn't feel like touching my laptop at all unless neccessary lor.... didn't even start playing viwawa until like yesterday or something though my wawa was created liao... hahaha.... Wahjong!! jio me when u all up there leh....

also managed to catch Sex and the City the movie due to a boo boo by my 4th sister booking the ticket that she wanted at the wrong cinema... so my 5th sister and i benefited from it naturally lor... hahaha....

was a good show in fact... love... between 4 frens who met 20 yrs ago and moving on to their second phase of their lives.. all having different relationships and of course its own set of problems and internal struggles with themselves... lovely closet of clothes too!! i wonder if ppl on the streets of new york really dress like they do in the movie? cos it's seriously out of my imagination man... but they still look pretty.. i guess dat's fashion right? and looking at me u know i suck at such stuff right? hahaha.... overall i enjoyed the show, though i've nv watched a single episode of it on HBO and i probably wun do so in the near future too... hahahaha.... good laughs and storyline well shot for the film... nice change from all the war war and fighting stuff.... hahahhaa...

well, as u can see, i'm not ur typical only soccer crazy, war and action flick kind of guy... in fact i love war and action films too... of course i keep myself updated with soccer still whenever there's a big match coming up (not as detailed as some who go right down to the player's names and size of their underwear and stuff u know...) hahaha.... yeah... well... i guess everyone has their own preferences ba... =)

go catch that film u've been wanting to catch for some time before it goes off air... cos nothing beats watching the show in a cinema.. not on ur pc or laptop... hahahaha... pirates!! garrrh!!! =) have fun!!

busy busy busy....

hahaha... jus finished with the allocation of FYP for my final year and now gotta start planning for my first sem in yr 4 with my frens liao.. hahaha... so rushed!!

then at the same time got tuition to manage and also Camp Insinyur which is very much into the final gear of things liao... only waiting for replies and hopefully a very good response!! been getting quite a few email queries abt the camp... hopefully with careful management, everything will go alright la.. =) school side is very screwed up with their planning and arrangement anyways... haiz... watever... =)

time to carry on being a busy little bee.... =) hahaha.... bzzzzzz.....

reminder...

once again saw a reminder yesterday on my way back telling me a very compelling reason why i shd be riding safely....

yupz.. it was another accident.. this time it involved a bike, a pickup and a bus... well, i didn't see much, except for the fact that the bike slid under the back of the bus after falling i guess and the rider was very near the rear wheel... others were there helping him out already by the time i passed by so i jus took an early glimpse and focused on my riding away from the scene to keep traffic flowing... ( i can't say the same for other drivers though...)

Everybody knows riding is more dangerous, even i know dat, but it's a passion of mine already... jus as CO is a part of my life... the feel of the wind, the freedom to go wherever u like, i guess it reflects a lot on my true inner self, though not many ppl have seen it... i think only jus a few... hahaha...

this is also a reason why i make sure i remind other frens riding to be safe and others who intend to get a bike to ride to reconsider, only to take it up unless really required or really passionate abt it...

Lastly, those who have zero experience, i would also encourage all of u to find somebody whom u can trust and get him/ her to give u a ride around somewhere to have an experience of riding.. at least once... this will seriously clear some misconceptions about riders on the roads... n if u've got the spare cash, go pick up riding lessons and get the license.. but don't buy a bike if u're not comfortable with it... learn wat it's like from the rider's point of view... this way, u'll understand better n hopefully drive better in future... =)

safe travelling to everyone!! =)

Start of Special Sem....

today marked the start of my special semester taking a module of Business Finance.. a little tiring cos the lecture was like 3.5 hours long lor.. hahaha... but had a half hour break in between... so still quite tahanable lor... =)

the module seems to be getting interesting further down the road, and it also widens my perspective and concepts abt businesses and companies as well... hahha... hope to be able to learn a lot in the 5 weeks la...

the insinyur website is up and running liao!! YEAH!!... hahaha.... but sadly, yours truly the photo doesn't look very good lor.. cos she picked like the most awful looking shot of mine to put up there lor... the one where we were supposed to act "professional".... hahahahaha.... jus click on the insinyur blog link and go search around la... =)

went to recce the SP night location, SAF Yacht Club... Kaoz, the place is seriously very ulu lor... birds don't lay egg there sia... hahaha... but it had a wonderful sea view at the timing we'll be there... very nice... then hopped over to chalets there to recce the games' sites... after which, went for dinner with the SP comm... havent seen many of them for quite a while le... chatted and had dinner at swensons before calling it a night... =)

have to go choose FYP project now le... take care everyone!!

memories....

packed things up in the CO room yesterday with the juniors... hahaha... found all the history that nobody ever knew or understood.. but sadly, there was only me to enjoy with myself... hahaha.... but i still enjoyed it nonetheless... afterall it's 11 yrs of history for me...hahaha....

tonight went for wedding dinner of Sing Yen and her husband Guan Huat.. it's been a while since we last met... and even more so for the ppl i was sitting with tonight... met up with my TMSCO senior Wen Zhen, who played cello also with me back then when we were at Fengshan CC and also met others from Hsinghai and Hui An Huay Kuan... all the history for me when i jus started CO all came back... had a wonderful time reliving my Sec 1 CO days with Wen Zhen... thanks!!

memories are jus that wonderful.... as long as we choose to remember and keep the good ones.... =)

relive ur old memories too today!! =)

Dumplings!!

Rushed back home from last day of work at KFELS to get started on the annual big event in the family... Dumpling wrapping!! YEAH!!

ya... eat is fun but once u've been through all preparations every year, u know how torturous it can really be... prep work starts a week ahead, with the leaves being soaked and wiped daily... then we have friday night where we cooked the fillings for the dumplings... cutting took hours to mince and cut all ingredients for the dumplings... once everything was done it was close to 2am...

and cos i had to work half a day and we've decided to cut down the quantities to half this year, i only started wrapping in the afternoon... the routine started....

leave, rice, meat, tau sar, rice, fold and tie.... that went on for 80 dumplings... with 8 having double tau sar... hahaha... cos there wasn't enough meat to go around... left the cooking to my sisters and my mum... whom without we wouldn't have been able to learn this wonderful family dish...


here's the bunch!! all the hard work of so many ppl.... yummmy!!!!



after all was done, i hopped onto the massage chair and just KOed... too tired and still nursing an aching back from the overtime work during the last week in KFELS... then my sisters took turns to slp on the chair after their massage sessions too.. hahaha... so funnny....

woke up today at 4 plus wanting to go to work somemore... hahaha.... crazy!! then went to the markets with my mum to get all the prayer stuff ready to cook at home and settled everything by 12 plus jus now... cleaned up the house a little and here i am!! typing on my laptop for the first time in quite a few days.... still tired and will be dropping into my bed for a while again later... hahaha....

hope everyone has a good time eating their dumplings too!! =)

Finally Over!!

IA has finally ended for me in Keppel FELS... the place i've spent 5 whole months in... it did feel a little sad to leave the place cos i've made many many frens there who've really been nothing but supportive and wonderfully friendly to us during our stay there...

made our way to HR to collect the documents to sign before the day ended and then went over to the workshop to give out presents... too bad the rain caught up,( see, the sky also crying for our departure...) hahhaa, so listened to our chargehands telling us stories again and from Peter telling us to return after our graduation..

cleared our stores once the rain got smaller and finally went to main production office to chat with dave... without him, these 5 months wouldn't have been anything to us... Thanks Dave... will definitely call u up for a good meal outside one of these days... hahaha....

a big thanks to all staff of the mechanical section for the wonderful stay in KFELS... it couldn't have been more memorable than it has been... =)