First Day at Work!

Today was my first day of work which is at my uncle's company in the city. Last night to this morning had this first day of school kind of feeling; the anticipation and also the anxiety. Anyhow, they were kinda unfounded because the people there are really nice.

Worked really slow though, because alot of this is new to me. I think accounting is kinda like math, the more you practice the better you become, and also, if you don't know what you're doing you can sit there for hours and still not know what you're doing, which happened to me.

Youth Camp

It's the time of the year everyone in COR youth congregation been waiting for, YOUTH CAMP 2007. And once again, I "missed" the registration date. Kinda hate going to camps, not youth camp in particular, rather, camps in general. The feeling of not knowing what's going to come next, the restrictions, I think that overwhelms me. My parents remind me that the next 2 years in NS will be a long camp; but then again, why experience it sooner than later.

For others, it is also a special time, to get out of the house and stay out. Brian had a mega long youth camp stay with the "extra" 2 days of youth camp spent at my place some 3 years ago. Sampling some of the world's finest cuisine prepared in the kitchen of my house, he lives to tell the tale of brown rice, beef rendang and vegetables to this day.

This year, Kiat is spending youth camp at my house! Kinda bad though, for him I mean, because at home I almost never entertain and thus my house is as exciting as the nearby Community Centre. Instead, he took me to his country club, which is a really nice place, compared to the one my parents joined, which happens to really suck in comparison. After what I would be ashamed to call a swim, because I basically was just standing around and frolicking in the water, had dinner (which happened to have really fast service, again compared to my club, but I shan't go into that before there's another lawsuit), bowled and played arcade, of which, the last 2 I hadn't done in a long time. Needless to say, I was really bad, but had fun nevertheless.

I love youth camp! <3

Dim Sum and Puppy

Let me introduce to you the new furry temporary member of the Krishnasamy family. Meet Whiskers. He arrived yesterday afternoon as an uncle of mine was going to Thailand with his family and decided that rather than to let this dog fend for itself, we could take better care of it.

My sister was worried that he might feel cold at night left outside, so it was decided that he should let him into the comfort of the house. After all, the dogs in the arctic region have access to blankets and hot showers.

Please do not be deceived by his cute and innocent demeanour. This son of a bitch, pun intended, was yelling his silly head off at 4am in the morning, because he didn't know who was the newspaper man outside and decided to show his displeasure aa a result of this ignorance by waking everybody up. He succeeded. However, if this keeps up I will have no qualms about leaving him outside to the elements and to fend off carnivorous cats who have, on one occasion, climbed into my window and attacked my arm with its fur. I am sure they would like to devour a noisy puppy who would be disturbing their sleep.

The day was spent later at a restaurant tucked in the middle of Chinatown. If any of you have some craving for Dim Sum, I would recommend Yum Cha Restaurant. We had the high-tea buffet which for 16.80++ (coming up to just under 20) per person, meant that we could eat whatever we want from an extensive menu. 3 hours, countless plates, numerous tea refills, language barriers sidestepped later, we were satisfied. Somehow, despite feeling full, this buffet didn't give the queasy feeling I usually get when eating at other buffets such as the fast-foodish sushi ones (you don't need me to spell out S-A-K-A-E, right?).

The Usual Suspects. Clockwise from top left: Millardi, Jingwen, Me, Ravinder, Kenneth

(see, we look so happy, told you it was good!)

Diablo II

It's almost 4 in the morning and I'm still up, which could mean only one thing. Shit, I'm back on D2, the crazy never ending game that sent many people over the edge and flushed their grades down the toilet bowl. Despite a 4 year hiatus, it feels like I've never been gone. Sure, the servers are a little more dead now, but everything that makes it quintessentially D2 is still present. Fruitful night. Levelled up a bit and made a new friend, LazyFatAss.

One thing I love about the game is the feel of control I get when playing. From the third person view, it's as if you have possessed your character, controlling every movement. And yet, having to take care of it, although detached from you, as each hit it receives brings a jolt to the senses. Teleporting, throwing blizzard spells is a little like writing poetry, albeit with a clumsy hand, with my haphazardly put together gear

Think I better not do this again. Thing about playing so deep into the night; instead of feeling sleepy, I'm wide awake now. Game sure is better than smoke or drink but nonetheless equally addictive.

SHUTUP ALL YOU HELLGATE LOVERS WHO THINK THAT THE CREATORS OF D2 MADE HELLGATE. HELLGATE NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE.

The last of S04 together

Yesterday, my JC class, 06S04 had a gathering organized by our beloved (and often teased) class representative, Jason. He put in alot of effort to ensure the class had this chance to meet up and have a great time. First time I played mahjong under the tutelage of Kevin, Nicole and Pamela (who apparantly isn't very orthodox). Can't imagine how people can spend hours and days even playing this game which was to me, rather boring and repetitive.

It's probably the last time, with many of us from/going to different countries, that we can gather as a class together. Though I was pretty determined not to enjoy my 2 years in SAJC, being in this class, with our zany civics tutor, Mr Fong, has changed that.

Stayed over at Kevin's place after that (Thanks Kev!) with Mil as well. Pro Evolution Soccer, movie, Simpsons later we talked abit. Woke up the latest I have for pretty long, still feel a little woozy, but it was great.

As are over!

Someone told me the As would just fly by really fast. Man, that person was obviously lying. Halfway through and it felt agonizingly long. Am I glad it's over and finally I can do (hopefully) all those things I told myself I had to do after the As.

This would be a time to give thanks, to all those who gave your prayers and best wishes, THANKS A BUNCH, you guys really made the As a little more bearable. To all those who shared notes that you got from dunno where; Millardi, Pear, Jingwen, Kenneth, Jason, Pamela, Kevin, Samuel, Valerie and the rest I forgot :P POWER TO YOU GUYS. And a shoutout to Samuel, who was my uber maths cum GP teacher.

The time has finally come to enjoy my break before NS. Bleah.

Night Out

Had my penultimate A level paper yesterday. I know I'm not supposed to have a life and have fun yet because my exams aren't over (damn you all who agree with this!). Was Vincent's last and he wanted to have some fun so we let Brian take us out for the night. Met with Kiat at potong pasir and embarked on the never-ending journey aboard bus 14 (EAST PLACES ALL SO FAR, HOW YOU EAST-IES TAKE IT HUH). Fast forward 2 months for the journey, we ended up at Siglap.

Had a great time there with the guys and Brian was pretty determined to make Vincent drunk, to no avail though. Halfway through my first bottle I was O.O already (yeah weak, whatever). Didn't exactly know how to get home from there and Brian offered to put me up for the night. Talked rubbish until 2.30am because he had to get up for work the next day. Seriously, can always trust Brian to know where's the nice places to eat and hang out.

One for posterity guys! From left: Kiat, Brian, Me, Vincent