"Project Work"

Followed Brian after church to his friend, Dean's house as they had a project to complete and to play Monster Hunter 2. While waiting for the last project mate to come, we quested and ran around abit on MH2. The 2 of them have played a much longer time and they're much more skilled than I. After more than an hour, the last project mate Kelvin came. Dean got a mahjong table for them to discuss the project while I sat aside to continue playing. 5 minutes into their discussion it seemed like none of them really had an idea of what to do and started calling other people and listened to this online lecture that basically said nothing. A few calls later Brian found someone from another group who did it already and who could send it to him tonight. So basically, their project ended in ~ 10 minutes and the real work began...

2nd time I played mahjong in my life and the 3 of them really seemed to know what was going on while I was just fumbling along. They knew like all the combos and what having this tile and that meant. I guess it's good to start young otherwise when you're 60 and have to play this to fit in the senior citizen's circle it's not so nice to be laughed at, then. 6 o'clock and everyone was leaving after an eventful day doing project. Kelvin rode his motorbike and I was really interested to try riding on one since I haven't. Rode pillion without a helmet for like 50m around the carpark but it was pretty thrilling. Wonder what it's like to ride at 80km/h down the expressway...

2 violins

Very nice of Bridget to invite me to her place today to play violin together. If we got the job though it would have been in really different circumstances, and probably I'd be shitting my pants because it would mean the assignment is tomorrow. Anyhow, a part of me is glad another quartet got the job so we could just play for fun today. And fun we had. First up was the Bach's concerto for 2 violin, which I exasperated my previous 2 teachers with, with my awful, non existent sense of rhythm and my reluctance to count, which makes it really difficult to follow. After much struggling and restarting, we decided to go quite alot slower and it got better. After that it was trying pieces from the book I got the other day which was for 2 violins. I think all of the pieces are from suzuki but it's really different playing it with another violin. Again I gave Bridget the hard parts to play and we covered the Humoresque, Minuet and Waltz.

She had a young student over. After his lesson we performed for him. But he didn't clap. So I'm gonna kill myself :( He can really talk though, at bullet speed too. After the lesson he asked Bridget if she could play the guitar and whether she could teach him, before remarking that was his favourite instrument (Telling your violin teacher that the guitar is your favourite instrument, go figure!). Before I got going we played Canon in D which was arranged for a quartet but I think it sounded rather nice. So that brings up the songs that we can play for weddings/funerals/anything to 4 and a half! (half because the Bach isn't really there yet)

No. 2

After church today, went to Xin Ning's mom's shop to get my 2nd piercing. Kinda stressed cuz I think I'd prefer going to get my piercing done alone, and Xin Ning and Shiqi came with me. Her mom is really funny, was almost nagging at me before/during/after especially when I wanted to pierce tragus/cartilage, which she does not do, then it was about the piercing like how to take care of it, remove it, yada yada. Great to have a place nearby where I think I'd do my 3rd lobe (LEFT LOBE LAH!) piercing at.

Met Brian at west mall later, who was entrusted with the task (and 2 dunno how much limit credit cards and a blank check) of paying up his sis' wedding dinner bill. Xin Ning wanted to catch Warlords too. Really nice show, at least I feel it's worth the ticket, since I don't watch movies much. After that basically talk cock and eat at Al Ameen. Super nice to hang out with both of them. Would have been great if Kiat was there too. But I think he'd have a continuation of the onslaught at lunch from Brian. Schedules kinda clashed abit. Bleah.

Saturday at Home

Seems like I plunged head-on into Diablo II again. Worked on my sorceress for half of yesterday and a great part of today and finally got my full gear. Couldn't have been done without the kindness of the guy who rushed LazyFatAss and I the other time, and a whole lot of good luck.

I guess when I'm bored of it I'd look right back and think to myself why I had spent these hours playing D2 instead of putting it to something more productive. Perhaps, working is a good thing after all, so my time spent on D2 will be limited. But then again, I feel that I don't always have to look out for the long term; if something could make me happy for a time, no matter its transience, it could still be worth it.

Recovering from an extremely sore shoulder and twisted left knee/ankle after badminton with Kiat, John and Nelson at Kiat's club again. It's the result of not playing for one year and suddenly going at it for more than an hour. Now my body feels like its broken and time is the only way to mend it. Anyhow, it was really fun. Takes me back.

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!)