Christmas Drama.

and there we have it.
the last event before my immersion into projects, politics and thousand word essays.

Photos With The Cast Of 'He Ran'.




good memories there. =)




and who could forget the crazy times - the actions for 'From Paris To Berlin' by Infernal, the more recent 'Bee Hoon' version of the script:




"Eh eh eh eh. Back off! Her bee hoon's mine! *and her fishcake too, ahem!*"

"EH WALAO EH. You two lovebirds can stop it or not! Want some beehoon, go to my stall lah! Don't be such a... EXHIBEEHOONIST!"




HAHAHAHA.


yes. memories.

the two strips of black cloth are neatly tied up in a bundle sitting in my pile of sentimental junk which will be looked through when i hit 80 (assuming i live that long) and maybe shed a few tears over.

heh heh.

He ran to me
He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said “My son’s come home again”
Lifted my face
Wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
He said, “Son do you know I still love you?”
He caught me by surprise
When God ran..

BAPTISM.

the pics are here:


do email/msn/sms me if you want a full quality soft/hard copy.

congrats to everyone who got baptised today. ^_^
the very first baptism in the sanctuary, no less.
God bless all of you.

and here are miscellaneous pics of the drama prac and the bbq thing we had at michelle/melanie's house after that. the food was great. X)


"IT'S NOT HOT!!!!" WAHAHAHA.











the new taxi fare hike is horrendous.
i swear, the meter jumps like SUPER MARIO ON STEROIDS.
i saw the fare go up by 20 cents every half a minute and my pocket felt lighter and lighter.
comfort cabs - avoid at all cost.
2 cab rides costed me 14 bucks when it should have costed me maybe about 8.
the fare is essentially double.. so if one takes a cab with the midnight surcharge, the fare will be $Z x 1.5 x 2.
so a $10 ride would cost near 30 bucks.
HOORAY FOR PROGRESS.

insanity.
eventually they're gonna charge us for every heartbeat, at the rate we're going.




i just remembered a quote from megatron in the 2007 Transformers movie:
"Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling?"

this brings much thought into mind.
indeed, is it fear or courage?
does one do something for fear of being slapped with a penalty?
does one do something with the confidence and courage of not being slapped with a penalty?

who knew megatron could be so inspiring?

Bot Of The Day Award.

yes, boys and girls. that is INDEED megatron as he originally was. no shark-faced bionicle-like robot. haha.




and on another note, people seem to not be able to mind their own business.
who on earth discusses a person when that person in question is sitting right in front of them?
MYOB.
just because i shut up doesnt mean you can ignore whatever little conscience you have and prattle on like some little old ladies at the void deck discussing the latest gossip.











losers.


ah well,
'tis the season to be jolly.
more posts soon.

Shanghai.

FINALLY.
i can access blogger and wikipedia.

the 大哥 in china blocks any webbie that ends with .blogspot.com or .wikipedia.org.
it's sad really.
oh well.
大哥是對的！

here are the photos i took in shanghai:

CAUTION. only view them if you're extremely bored.
there are about 400 pix in all. lol.
the post's after the pix.

1st day:


2nd day:


3rd day:




shanghai.
hmmm. what can i say?

to quote Rudyard Kipling: "a dark smear under the sky". (he originally said this about London.)

i swear, once i stepped out of the plane i became a chain smoker. no breath of air went into my lungs without airborne smoke and tar too.

on the other hand, the babies were extremely cute. round and chubby, rosy-cheeked balls of joy. AND they were very quiet, shy little things.
very unusual in singapore.
and all kids there have a little slit in their pants which show their diapers. apparently it's for easy access to the diaper and cleaning. there's a pic of one such baby somewhere in day 2.

and who could forget the non-stop pollution on the streets?
not a second went by with people doing the 'HOAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH PTUI!' spitting technique. they spit anywhere and everywhere.
and i mean EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE.
it rained from the second day.. i dread to think what horrors have been washed upon my shoe.

there are also many homeless beggars there - most have been handicapped in one way or another - lost limbs, blindness, the list goes on.
one cannot help but feel sorry for them.

but if one decides to give a beggar money, the rest will SWARM over to get some too.
one cannot be too kind for fear of being swarmed.

you have been warned.





cough cough.

they have warm bubble tea there. it's heavenly.
and i saw this chinese fella put chilli, soy sauce, pepper and spring onions on his - brace yourselves-




TAU HUAY. urgh. talk about confused eating habits.



and best of all, the SHOPPING.
shanghai (and also beijing) is a HAVEN for shopping.
everything and anything (of which 90% is counterfeit) can be found there really cheaply.

bargaining with the shopkeeper takes guts, patience and time - but can help one reduce the price of say, a suit that costs 3300 RMB ($660 SGD) to about 300 RMB ($60 SGD).
i can re-enact a bargaining scene if you ask me to in person. XD

and.. the most infamous thing in china: PIRACY.

piracy.
deception.
scams.
cons.

i got conned out of $60 SGD after i bought 5 fake thumb drives.

my heart bleeds.

T_T




on a lighter note, i bought quite a few transformers. HUZZAH. (they're real, btw.)
and completed my christmas shopping too.
heh heh.






and finally:













大哥是對的！WAHAHAHHAHA.

Day 1 in Shanghai.

i can't seem to access my blog OR wikipedia but i can strangely access blogger.
hmmm.
thank God for internet access in the hotel room. at least now still can talk to people.


this post will be updated with pix as soon as i get back.


i swear, the moment i stepped out of the airport, i became a smoker.
no wonder there are no mosquitoes..

the smoke's killed them all.

GOODBYE ALL.

huzzah.
i'm leaving in 3 hours' time for Shanghai.
please please don't miss me.

there -should- be internet access in the hotel room.. which means i might be contactable.
my handphone plan has autoroam so you can sms me what you want me to get at a normal sms rate - but i won't reply because i'll pay the extra charges. haha.

pictures when i get back.






if i disappear somehow, please:

1) take care of my little terrapin. he's outside my house in a little blue bathtub. the neighbours will check on him everyday.
2) give my new 2X2 rubik's cube to aaron pang.
3) give my lego to hafeez.
4) give my manga to whoever wants them from BoB3.
5) give my cd collection to whoever wants them from BoB3. SIVA, OWE CDS RETURN CDs.
6) give my stuffed toys to cousins joleen and fabian.
7) give my spider-man comics to bryan chan/amos pang.
8) tell my relatives i loved them.
9) tell my friends i loved them.
10) tell my enemies i loved them.
11) tell the KFC youths i love them.
12) tell the cluster ppl i love them.
13) tell the cell group i love them.
14) give me a funky farewell.
15) declare to the world that Jesus is my Lord now and forever.
16) do not cry.
17) do not be sad.
18) do not miss me. (okay, maybe a little)
19) do not go into depression.
20) do not forget me.

and big ol' 21:
publish the poems in my blog.





JUST IN CASE. you never know what might go wrong.

XD

Shanghai, Here I Come...

heya all.

i'll be going to shanghai from friday, 14th of december 2007, at 5am.

probably arriving at 5am on tuesday morning. XD

NOTE:
IF YOU WANT ANYTHING, DON'T HESITATE TO SMS/MSN ME.
MSN IF POSSIBLE.
FOR SHIRTS/PANTS/SHOES, TELL ME YOUR SIZES PLEASE.

i'll gladly get em for you. haha. please tell me by friday 5am k. thanks a lot.

don't miss me. ;)

COUSIN CHELS' WEDDING!

Today was cousin Chels' wedding to uncle Tom.

and now jabez is officially my nephew. *here are the kudos you wanted some time ago. XD)

Pics here:

Tea Ceremony (Morning)


Dinner (Evening)




and boy am i burnt out. i just finished an online forum assignment as well as an individual online assignment. it's 12:27am and i still have yet to study for my journalism.

my bed will miss me for today. sobs.


I came across this female taxi driver while cabbing to church today. and yes, i have confirmed the fact that women are bad drivers.
describing the details are too painful - all i can say is that i know how the tofu felt in the AE-86.
and i am NOT an initial D fan.
yucks.







SPOILER ALERT. SPOILER ALERT.

first Nathan petrelli:

and NOW jiraiya.


WHAT GIVES? nice characters are dying one after another.
heck, even aunt may's gonna conk off.

Trivia Question:
Out of the three characters here, one is shot in the chest once, one is shot in the chest twice, and one is stabbed in the chest five times. guess who? the winner will be posted in the upcoming post (if people do bother to take a guess. XD)



O_o. there's a burning smell in my house. i thought it was my air-con so i turned it off. then i realised the whole house had the burning smell.



venturing further, i then came to a further realisation that the whole NEIGHBOURHOOD could smell it. talk about silent but deadly.
i wonder if i'll suffocate in my J2 studying- induced coma.




maybe.

A BIG THANK YOU..

to all you people who read my blog.

i had this impression while i was answering the call of nature.
it was a long call btw. XD

my counter shows quite a few hits on my blog..
and it logs only unique ip addresses. singtel probably alternates ip addies so im not so sure.

even so, my blog has been visited near 300 times in about three weeks. thats quite a bit.
NO, i don't refresh on my blog. lol. that's loser-fied.

it's you people that keep me blogging -
the people who view this blog for the remotely scarce entertainment value it has,
the people who view this blog and bother to find out more,
or the people who are just plain bored.

thank you. heh heh.

updating this blog is just about the closest i can get to keeping my writing and poetical skills alive.
entertaining people is just about as important as entertaining oneself, IMO, and i hope to do just that in the smallest way - entertaining people and myself through this blog.

you have no idea how good a feeling it is just to hear someone tell you, 'hey, your post was pretty funny!' or 'hey i read your blog'.

it's great.


by the way, the songs on my blog are mash-ups done by this dude.
his site's here. give the mashups a listen/download.
as you can probably tell, it's worth the time.







gee, i wonder if this blog will become famous someday..




then again, maybe not. goodbye, fleeting dreams of stardom. XD

Pics Long Overdue.

here are pics from

The Lowest Key Event.
you haven't played monopoly til' you've played with us. heh heh.


Jeff's Birthday.


COP.







the following can only be understood by people who watch Ben 10 or Naruto.
wiki them to find out more. believe me, it's a good way to pass time. haha.

i was watching Ben 10 season 3 episode 4: "Merry Christmas"
at 21:14, this is what i saw.
and i remembered them being suspiciously familiar.
and then i remembered them:


(from left to right) Udon, Konohamaru, Moegi.
spot their counterparts in the Ben 10 scene?


now who said anime and cartoons don't cross paths?
kudos to the Ben 10 writers for putting in this little tidbit.
it was highly entertaining seeing those three in Ben 10.


and no, Ben 10 does not have anything to do with Ablay Ben.
except maybe the slobbering alien Ben transforms into occasionally:
notice the long hair and the nails.
uncanny, no?


HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA. =.=

Nat's Performance @ Victoria Concert Hall. *edited*

Event: 'The Right Step' by Kampong Chai Chee CC.


i vaguely remember my sister participating in the same event a few years back. and i get shivers down my spine just thinking about it. the craters in the floor still remain.

yes, it's the pot calling the kettle black. whatever.

pics are embedded:



here. duh.

enjoy. msn me for higher quality original pics if you want.
photoshop services available - not entertaining morally grey requests. only I get to do that. heh heh.
i love my dslr.


there aren't any pics of the performance because photography wasn't allowed.
but some sgreans, BEING sgreans, simply ignored the rule. camera flashes totally ruin everything.

and the music the ballet was being performed to was totally hypnotic.
hypnotic as in @_@ hypnotic. lol.



*Edit.

It's precisely 0731 hours and i'm just about to go to sleep.
been awake all night just waiting for the perfect sunrise for the photog project..




and the neighbours just had to leave their bamboo poles sticking outta nowhere.
looks like i gotta stay awake for more nights.
or maybe somebody would like to camp out with me at east coast to catch the sunrise.




anyhow,

i managed to get ONE good shot out of the 1 hour i was standing there.


this:

i shall name this shot syaonan-to.
remember your history lessons kids..





and i shall go knock myself unconscious with my pillow.

heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.
i'm never gonna survive friday.

SCHEDULE.

Tomorrow: FRENCH TEST.
Notes: I'm screwed. totally. je suis finished.

Sunday:
Chel's wedding (part 1)
drama rehearsal
Chel's wedding (part 2).
Notes: mother doesnt want me to go for rehearsal and i gotta cram everything inside on sunday afternoon. not good. nobody's free to take over me too. gotta find replacement for w&i duty, study for monday's J2 TEST.

Monday:
J2 test. got to try not to fail.
struggle with studying for mmp.
Notes: take a tiny weeny break. try to negotiate with mother on the holiday i'm supposed to have.

Wednesday:
MMP test. Try not to fail.
exams are over.
christmas drama rehearsal.
Notes: bear with juggling drama rehearsals and my mother trying to cram in a holiday so the tix won't go to waste. gotta try to get my timing right for my scene.




just for my own reference. laugh if you want to. lol.

on a side note: does prickly heat lavender really smell like alcohol? O_o

man my head's gonna blow. @_@

Geek-ism Evolved.

whoopee. i got a dslr cam.. and a huge hole in my pocket.
HUGE HUGE HOLE.

oh well. i'll finally get good (albiet extremely large file sized) photos.
hooray. XP
falling asleep at the dentist's is NOT a good idea. especially when she's picking at one's braces. one might feel wires stabbing one's gums if one nods off.

and i heard two geeks/nerds discussing maplestory in the bus.
they managed to be more geeky and fanboy-ish than me - previously thought impossible.
-DISCLAIMER- i do NOT like maple. i think it's gh3y. =3

the bracketed terms were the parts i couldnt understand.

geek a: BUT YOUR ARROW DOES (X) DAMAGE WHAT.
geek b: yeah but if i (do this and do that) then i'll be POWERFUL. MORE.
geek a: you CMI lah. where got people play maple like this one! you MUST (DO THIS).
geek b: yar lor. i agree.
--------at this point, i was thinking "O_o?! MAJOR SELF PWNAGE!"------
geek a: THEN WHY YOU SAY IF YOU (DO THIS AND DO THAT) YOU'LL BE MORE POWER LEH.
geek b: *mumbles and shuts up*

THEN.

HORROR OF HORRORS.

THEY GOT OFF AT THE SAME STOP AS ME!

O__________________O

geek b: *clenches fist and mutters to self as he trudges away with geek a* I MUST GET STRONGER. *does uber anime inspired pose*
geek a: LETS STRIVE TO BE STRONGER AND MORE POWERFUL!







i nearly lost it and walked quickly into the lift.



what is this world coming to? O_o

watch this for a load of laughs. XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diSBTmDJ_do&NR=1

this is good stuff. im giving you the link so you can open the vid in another window/tab.

AND TAG using this one.

my tagboard can be laid to rest already. zz.