Friday, February 20, 2009
20... Day 2
Today should be the last day it feels like my birthday. Went out for lunch with Kevin which he was really nice to treat for my birthday =) Caught up with his family a bit which was nice too like the good 'ol days *shucks I'm really old now :(*
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Turning 20..
I didn't think somebody would be able to surprise me twice in 4 days. This just shows what a trusting person I am. It was an Amazing Race in the national library to find my birthday card. Only the host wasn't Phil Keoghan but ASHLEY NG XIN NING. Sorry for being late and causing you all the distress.
After that we tried the Singapore flyer. Passed it a zillion times but that cannot compare to someone who "saw it being built". Anyway, for those who haven't been, it's very tourist-ified but it was pretty fun to be sooo high up. Didn't really feel as long as half an hour either. Wanted to go late evening to see the sunset but wasn't late enough and the sun was hiding behind clouds! Anyway, for all those camwhores in you or camwhores personified, the Singapore flyer is the place to be!
After that we tried the Singapore flyer. Passed it a zillion times but that cannot compare to someone who "saw it being built". Anyway, for those who haven't been, it's very tourist-ified but it was pretty fun to be sooo high up. Didn't really feel as long as half an hour either. Wanted to go late evening to see the sunset but wasn't late enough and the sun was hiding behind clouds! Anyway, for all those camwhores in you or camwhores personified, the Singapore flyer is the place to be!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
20... Day -1
The postman came today to deliver a letter from LOO QUANRUNG. Thanks for the card! Funny how you can make something like that naughty.
Lunch was at this Korean restaurant really near my place. I don't remember eating Korean food before and am not exactly a fan but the food was pretty good to me and the price was very good.
After the pizza plan was cancelled because of having eaten too much pizzas already, Beatrice decided to bring me to Sweet Indulgence. Got lost multiple times on the way there due to a retarded GPS but made it there anyhow. The food was good and luckily we shared the dessert otherwise I think the chocolate would have scarred my throat and make me mute for a while.
Lunch was at this Korean restaurant really near my place. I don't remember eating Korean food before and am not exactly a fan but the food was pretty good to me and the price was very good.
After the pizza plan was cancelled because of having eaten too much pizzas already, Beatrice decided to bring me to Sweet Indulgence. Got lost multiple times on the way there due to a retarded GPS but made it there anyhow. The food was good and luckily we shared the dessert otherwise I think the chocolate would have scarred my throat and make me mute for a while.
Monday, February 16, 2009
20... Day -3
Today was awesome awesome.
Watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Xin Ning. Some food for thought, since I don't think backwards that much. Brad Pitt took on the role pretty well, especially the parts where he played a an old man with the heart of a child confined in the physical limits of an old man.
After that went to Timbre. Really didn't see it coming, that's why I drank until I got so tipsy already. Then the whole gang came. Really nice surprise. Thanks Xin Nin, Tze Kiat, Brian, Vincent, Naomi, Dean!
Watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Xin Ning. Some food for thought, since I don't think backwards that much. Brad Pitt took on the role pretty well, especially the parts where he played a an old man with the heart of a child confined in the physical limits of an old man.
After that went to Timbre. Really didn't see it coming, that's why I drank until I got so tipsy already. Then the whole gang came. Really nice surprise. Thanks Xin Nin, Tze Kiat, Brian, Vincent, Naomi, Dean!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Under Pressure
The title of the play I caught yesterday by Hwa Chong's drama club elddfs. Actually I was never keen in plays and just got a ticket to support Kellie who was doing the sales for it. Am I really really glad I got to catch it. It was a musical and the cast had really really good singing voices. They managed to make very cliched themes very very very very very *runs out of breath* very entertaining. Instead of feeling like it was a favour to Kellie, it feels like she did me a really big favour instead :)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
7/2/09
Went to Beatrice's church today which was a presbyterian church. After going to an anglican church all my life maybe I was expecting to see aliens or people with 7 fingerso on each hand there. Turns out that it isn't all that different. Perhaps they don't have bass guitars or guitar amps. Since we're all God's children we can't be that different heh (unless someone's adopted). Sermon seemed to be directed at me though, being about having more fellowship with people (especially christians) to encourage them in hope and love. That's something that I don't even struggle with because I simply don't bother. Even talking to fellow christians I don't usually talk about christian stuff or in a christian manner. Much less non-christians.
After that had dinner and went to Daily Scoop but it was really really crowded so went to Marina at Keppel Bay for dessert. The breeze there is awesome! Reminds me of lazing at the Club Med in Bintan beach. Had cheesecake and some chocolate peanut butter cake at Privé. The chocolate peanut butter cheesecake more than made up for missing out on peanut butter ice cream at Daily Scoop!
After that had dinner and went to Daily Scoop but it was really really crowded so went to Marina at Keppel Bay for dessert. The breeze there is awesome! Reminds me of lazing at the Club Med in Bintan beach. Had cheesecake and some chocolate peanut butter cake at Privé. The chocolate peanut butter cheesecake more than made up for missing out on peanut butter ice cream at Daily Scoop!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I'm still alive... I think
It's been a super long time since I last blogged. Perhaps I didn't feel any need to, or I had nothing to blog about. Maybe both.
Quite a lot has changed since the last time I blogged. First of all work has really changed with the 2 new people who just came in. If anything it got a lot worse, everyone is toying with leaving now, and if it materialises, things will spiral downward. I hope that either I will get adjusted quickly or things actually do get better.
It is now somewhere about 5 months as a policeman. I guess I've changed a lot too. Initially, I tried my best to not let what happens in the day to affect me after I finish my work. I guess this is sort of a self-defence mechanism to protect my emotional stability since feeling for the people I come across after the day draws to an end makes no difference anyway. After a while, I don't even have to try anymore, it just becomes routine, something that happens in my 12 hour shift. In a way, there's less of that fragility to protect anymore. I don't know if that's a good thing or not, it's just the state that things have become.
It took quite a long time but I think I've finally come to terms with shift work, even having to be recalled for whatever on my second-offs. It really bothered me in the start, not being available when everybody is, forcing the body to sleep when it doesn't want to, keeping it awake when it is not supposed to. Physically wise, I think I've adjusted to it well now, and I appreciate shift work a lot more now. I can happen to be free at times when needed where I would have to otherwise need to take leave if I were on office hours, and sometimes when I don't really feel like going out, shift work is a really convenient and valid excuse.
Yesterday was a really nice evening. Beatrice took me to Dempsey which is a really nice place but pretty inaccessible without a car. Dinner was really good. Although we didn't get to attempt suicide by chocolate cake or get drunk on ice cream I think it enough for an evening. Thanks :)
I finally bit the bullet and got a road bike end last year. To me, it's the destination of cycling if trails are not your thing. I guess at the core of most of the activities I choose, being able to do it alone is quite a big part. Perhaps growing up without lots of people around has led to this development, maybe it's the lack of a particular social gene hardwired into my DNA, maybe I chose it to be this way myself. I don't know. Cycling is a really simple activity once you get the hang of it, getting on a seat and zipping around on 2 wheels. However, it can be as complex as one wants it to be. Taking the technical route with all the various components, accessories and latest fashion that's available on the market, to refining one's endurance, cycling technique. However, presently I'm pretty unconcerned with all that, just enjoying short rides around. Enjoyment is the most important at the end of the day, regardless the path, regardless what others say/think :)
My dad was pretty worried and got me an early birthday present of a helmet which was really thoughtful. He helped me buy some stocks which I would pay him back when my unit trust funds become unfrozen. However, it went up a bit and he sold it so we could buy it back at a lower price if it drops and gave me the profit! Awfully sweet.
This post is really a mish-mash of things and the extent to which each item has been distilled is the amount of time and thought it had, with alot of the raw feeling adultered to become more subdued.
Quite a lot has changed since the last time I blogged. First of all work has really changed with the 2 new people who just came in. If anything it got a lot worse, everyone is toying with leaving now, and if it materialises, things will spiral downward. I hope that either I will get adjusted quickly or things actually do get better.
It is now somewhere about 5 months as a policeman. I guess I've changed a lot too. Initially, I tried my best to not let what happens in the day to affect me after I finish my work. I guess this is sort of a self-defence mechanism to protect my emotional stability since feeling for the people I come across after the day draws to an end makes no difference anyway. After a while, I don't even have to try anymore, it just becomes routine, something that happens in my 12 hour shift. In a way, there's less of that fragility to protect anymore. I don't know if that's a good thing or not, it's just the state that things have become.
It took quite a long time but I think I've finally come to terms with shift work, even having to be recalled for whatever on my second-offs. It really bothered me in the start, not being available when everybody is, forcing the body to sleep when it doesn't want to, keeping it awake when it is not supposed to. Physically wise, I think I've adjusted to it well now, and I appreciate shift work a lot more now. I can happen to be free at times when needed where I would have to otherwise need to take leave if I were on office hours, and sometimes when I don't really feel like going out, shift work is a really convenient and valid excuse.
Yesterday was a really nice evening. Beatrice took me to Dempsey which is a really nice place but pretty inaccessible without a car. Dinner was really good. Although we didn't get to attempt suicide by chocolate cake or get drunk on ice cream I think it enough for an evening. Thanks :)
I finally bit the bullet and got a road bike end last year. To me, it's the destination of cycling if trails are not your thing. I guess at the core of most of the activities I choose, being able to do it alone is quite a big part. Perhaps growing up without lots of people around has led to this development, maybe it's the lack of a particular social gene hardwired into my DNA, maybe I chose it to be this way myself. I don't know. Cycling is a really simple activity once you get the hang of it, getting on a seat and zipping around on 2 wheels. However, it can be as complex as one wants it to be. Taking the technical route with all the various components, accessories and latest fashion that's available on the market, to refining one's endurance, cycling technique. However, presently I'm pretty unconcerned with all that, just enjoying short rides around. Enjoyment is the most important at the end of the day, regardless the path, regardless what others say/think :)
My dad was pretty worried and got me an early birthday present of a helmet which was really thoughtful. He helped me buy some stocks which I would pay him back when my unit trust funds become unfrozen. However, it went up a bit and he sold it so we could buy it back at a lower price if it drops and gave me the profit! Awfully sweet.
This post is really a mish-mash of things and the extent to which each item has been distilled is the amount of time and thought it had, with alot of the raw feeling adultered to become more subdued.
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