The Wheel Needs a Job
I am starting to get worried. I think I have doing nothing for too long. I really need to concentrate in finding a job, as the lack of finance support is really draining me out. I have been going out too often too, which contributes to the draining of the money.
Last Friday, I met my NUS class people, for a mahjong session at Weian's house. It's really fun meeting this people up to talk about the old days, and to continue teasing each other. And most importantly I won 10 bucks from the mahjong session, something that seldom happened. Anyway it was really a worthy afternoon spent, (though the time can be better spent on earning money or looking for a job). After the mahjong session, I went to meet up with my NUS OG people at Woodlands (yes, all the way in Woodlands). Jiasheng brought us to this Tze Char stall at Marsiling Industrial Estate. The food was really good. There's deer meet, vegetables, mushrooms, fish, pork, and most importantly the Yi Ping Guo, which was a pot of soup with abolone, Fish maw and other chinese herbs. It was really really good. The thought of it already made me salivate and drool! After the nice dinner, we settled ourselves at McDonalds' and talked. We talked about Yuhui's marriage, and Zhi Shern and Vivien getting married next year, about the work as teachers. Its really pleasant to able to reminisce with these guys!
Saturday was another busy day for me cos I was out early in the morning for tuition, after which I had a haircut at Tampines mall. I then bought lunch home for my granny and myself, and did some internet admin stuff, before going to school. I was supposed to help Charm with the editing the photos, but in the end I could not do much as I was not really proficient in photoshop. In the evening we had a really really long full dress rehearsal and I was in school till 11.30pm. Thanks to Andrew for the ride home and hope the car worked well after having to squeeze the other 5 of us in your car. Haha.
Sunday was another day when I was out the whole day. Met Lix and gang for her birthday treat at Waraku at Marina Square. The food there is not bad, and we had chicken cutlet don meal, salmon sashimi, chawanmushi, etc. After that we went to coffee bean to drink coffee and Kim showed us some of the DS lite games including Professor Layton and the curious village. She showed us some of the puzzles in the game which made us all scratching our heads to search for answers.
After that, I went to Tampines Mall to meet up with my JC band gang. We had a nice dinner at Swensen's, spent a nice long time talking and taking photos, before going back home. I realised it's been a long time since I last seen them, and we did have a lot to catch up with.
Met up with Mervyn at Simei for lunch at Sakai Sushi. Haha. Thanks for the treat. I owe you big one. Will pay back when I found a job.
The past 2 days have been either home or school practising for VO III. A few good news. The concert is sold out!! All thanks to your help!! And 8 of my NUS classmates are coming to watch, FINALLY! Haha! Thanks to Mervyn and his friends for supporting as well.
This blog is really quite long. And I realised I did not have describe the events taking place at the end. Maybe I should blog often.
I really hope I can find a job real soon. Wish me luck!!
Labels: 5 man gang, CN4A, friends, gatherings, horn gang, life, Xenus gang
The Week That Has Been
It's only the second week of school and I am feeling the stress already. Probably it's the work and projects that start to kick in and it seems I am in school more often than ever. Hopefully, I can cope with the final semester, and maybe it's after all not a bad thing, so that I can stop worrying about the stresses in life other than school.
Met up with the color-coordinated gang yesterday at Bedok having Botak Jones. Yes, there's an outlet here at Bedok North. Tired the Cajun Chicken, recommended by the goat. It's actually not bad, 'cos I would not normally eat chicken breast, but the preparation of the chicken was quite good that I don't feel that I am eating chicken breast. I am never regretful meeting with these people, as we always had laughter and happiness around, and for once, we could put aside our worries and stress and just enjoy the company of each other.
Looking forward to the next outing with these peeps.
Still waiting for photos to be posted.
Labels: gatherings, horn gang, school
Bye Bye 2007
It's the last day of 2007 and before the year comes to its final second, people would normally have some reflections and make new resolutions. I looked at my post at the beginning of the year and saw what resolutions I have made for 2007. I can safely say I have tried to fulfill some of the resolutions to a certain extent, that is to spend more time with people around me, and to spend less time doing unnecessary things, though I still waste quite a bit of time here and there.
This year has been rather packed for me in some ways. There's internship, first tuition assignment, new friends made, things that happened that made me realize the importance of family, gatherings with friends, etc. I think and hope I have grown in one way or the other through the things that have happened this year.
My posts recently have been of a long length, thus I would try to keep this short. As a whole, I would say 2007 has been a year of growing and learning. I have also learned if I really want something, I can achieve that aim to a certain extent. Some didn't turn as well as I expected to be, but still it can be achieved. Probably I should just want things harder, then probably I can achieve it.
2008 will be great and greater.
Went out with the horn gang again yesterday. The usual KTV session, where Gary brought his girlfriend along. Post KTV was dinner at my favorite Lan Zhou La Mian at Chinatown, where we ended the gathering after some phototaking at Central at Clarke Quay.
So long now, 2007.
Photo courtesy of Siandy
Shannon, Siandy, me. Central Mall, Clarke Quay
Labels: gatherings, horn gang, life, reflections
The Inner Thoughts
I realized the things I have posted recently are what I have done in these few days and have not really written and emo-related stuff. Maybe its the holidays where I'm actually less stressed. However, I have also been doing some serious thinking, about the path I should take, about the things I should or should not do, about the person I am.
I think I am a coward when it comes to relationship issues. I never tried or dared to take a leap and to act as I suppose to, and in the end, I have lost many opportunities. Probably because I think too much before taking any actions at all, thinking about the consequences and sometimes even decide for the other party. Probably also because I am not good enough to be with anyone. Who wants to be with an ugly, character-less, boring, un-charismatic, non-intellectual person? Some say I lack self-confidence, but truth is truth.
Actually, I am quite comfortable in this situation now, doing the things I do, getting crazy, not being involved with anyone, doesn't matter if anyone cares what do. But will I get too comfortable and fear of changes?
I once told my friend that one of the reasons why I am afraid to be in a relationship is because I hate the breakup. I think I will also act differently when I am in one. I also tend to think if the person really suits me, or I really am the one she's looking for.
Jeremy, you are such a romance idiot.
So now, should I take a big leap and open my arms wide? I am not young anymore, my friends are getting married.
Now, emo-self aside. I went out again yesterday, to meet up with Siandy first. Went around Orchard to look at stuff and had dinner at Lemongrass Thai restaurant at The Heerens. We were quite amazed at the emptiness of the place, not only in the restaurant, but the place around as well. What amazed us as well was that the waiter served us our pineapple rice as well, as in he scooped the rice out from the pineapple (the rice was placed in the pineapple, thus pineapple rice) and served it on our plates. Siandy (or was it me?) commented that they could do that because there were really not a lot of people around, and thus were quite free. After dinner, we walked toward PS, where I supposed to meet my Union Camp -aka -Xenus -aka -Fervo -aka -Cap5 mates.
I didn't really feel like going out yesterday. Somehow I really felt quite lethargic. Even when Siandy asked me to meet her earlier, truthfully, I was really tired, even though I slept in the noon. I was so
sian that I didn't even bring my camera out, which I normally did.
I didn't regret meeting her. I think my energy recovered slightly after that.
And then, I was supposed to meet my union camp peeps. I told Siandy I wanted to just meet them and go home. Being lost and can't find the place where I supposed to meet them, made me even want to just give up and go home. But I guessed I couldn't just break my promise, so I hanged on and found the place eventually.
The Mind Cafe at Prinsep Street was actually not a bad place for gathering. It's like Settlers' where we can have food and place boardgames. At first I though there were only 5 of us meeting, because I only see KC, Jiasheng, Guoyong and Zhi Shern, but later more of them came and there were eventually there were 10 of us, where Vivien, Fang, Elisa, Weiye, Yuwei joined us later.
The games sort of perked me up. I liked the last game most where we have to exchange the cards on our hands so that all the cards have the same color. And when anyone has the set of same color cards, he or she was supposed to silently grabbed the bones that were placed in the middle, and the last person who realised that the bones were gone, or didn't manage to grab the bone, he would be the loser. It was interesting that the location where you were will determine if you lose or not, because it's always the same people losing. I didn't believe it until I exchanged places with the unlucky position and I lost in the end. There was also a funny moment where there was actually 2 bones left on the table and 2 of the guys snatched the same bone leaving the other bone unsnatched.
After Mind Cafe, Elisa and beau left first. The rest of us proceeded to a bar nearby called the Roomful of Blues. It's actually a nice small chill out bar where there is nice live singing. The singer was good, and I loved his style of singing. And while we listened to the nice crooning, we played the usual beer games of guessing fists (direct translation from 猜拳) where the one on the left of the winner will have to drink from the big glass of beer. I realised I was quite good at the game actually, which made Fang drank quite a bit. Oops.
The other game we played had to do with dice and guess the number of dices with the number that you called. If you guess correctly and another person caught you, he had to drink. But he caught you and you guessed wrongly, you have to drink. I am REALLY bad at the game and I drank really a lot. I think as a whole, I drank around 2 big glasses that night, which I seldom did.
I didn't bring my camera so I took photos with my phone. Pardon for the quality.
At The Mind Cafe
An idea of how big the glass was.
Waiting for Yuwei to send me the photos, so that I can post them later.
Pictures from the lunch with Pris and Shannon.
Realized this is a really long post.
It's already the last weekend of the year. Wish everyone would have a great 2008.
Labels: feelings, gatherings, horn gang, Xenus gang
