Gee Tay

au revoir mes amis

2006-06-21T22:24:00.000+08:00

the time has come for the closing post.

wish all readers take care good health and success.

i quit gambling n i m determined to do that, since the divinity lot i asked for tells me that all things will be good after this.

good bye!

stunner

2006-06-21T05:08:00.000+08:00

my best pal in gambling (i quit gambling but frenship stays ok) sent this to me...

how cool is it to win $14390 with $10? :P m damn happie for him man this dude.

power. awesome. stunner.

quote: brother only once alifetime leh money can earn one! *touched*

its like a dream

2006-06-20T04:01:00.000+08:00

i m home. its kinda weird. everything is basically the same at home. i duno... it is home and it feels like home. but somehow i havent let go of the walk-in-str8-ahead-last-room-on-the-right 'home' of mine in grenoble.

it was kinda cool when i was still in the cabin and i smsed steven of my arrival. instantaneously i received an sms from him! aha it was kind of telepathic!

then angie couldnt make it eventually cos she was stuck at dinner at geylang... well, i didnt and couldnt reallie blame her. the gesture is already sweet enuff for some1 from woodlands who said she would go all the way to changi to pick a fren up, what more could i ask for?

i wldnt want her to rush over her dinner n disrupt a gd evening with her frens. i wldnt have wanted her to speed to bishan n then to changi to pick me. pragmatically, i dun think i wld have wanted to wait 1hr for her to come either.

initially i muz confess i did have some resentment that she dun take my word seriously. 9pm means 9pm right? i can be humourous at times... but.... ??? but then i cant blame her la. pple have their own lives. they dun live for me. anyway, she was so apologetic on msn. :S maybe we all shd learn to be on time n/or not promise anything which u cant fulfill? so much for the instantaneous response. the enthusiasm. the exclaimation in the smss. i deleted them.i think at times like this, what i m hurt by is the betrayal of trust. i m alwayz silly enuff to believe that the other party would fulfill their obligation. how many times has this happened on my big european trip in march n april, i duno. how many times at the mahjong table. how many times with the old gf. bahh. ahh... maybe i shd learn to be a bit more flexible. on the other side of the coin, 'promises r meant to be broken anyway'. (just fyi, the evian bottle is with me unscathed!)

well, maybe a twist of fate: when i got home myself mum n dad were out, i called them to buy supper and mum immediately suggested supper from blk 85.

guess what? bahchormee stall not open. maybe it was juz not meant to be.

some fotos b4 i go...

2006-06-18T16:14:00.000+08:00

Budapest - see the magnificent bridge? its the most famous one that links Buda with Pest.

Praha / Prague - Old Town Square... I was in Czech jersey! muhaha.

Munich - @ the beer garden ... the main culprit causing me to put on 3kg weight during my travels. Pork Knuckles + 1l of beer.

London - was at Highbury (Arsenal football club) the 2nd last day b4 it was closed.

Salzburg - Me with Mozart, a native Salzburger...

Wien / Vienna - Qiqi & me on the streets of Vienna... notice i look a bit slim in this pic wahaha..

Milano - Duomo the church...

Roma - Colloseo! at the colleseum with Stella and Roxane the ladies who are putting (up with me LoL) me up for now...

Copenhagen - Kenny & me @ the legendary mermaid... gosh didnt cut my hair it like shit.

Paris - at Trocadéro with Michelle & Jeremy soaking up the atmosphere b4 the big game...

Madrid - football pilgrimage once again... home of Real Madrid - Santiago Bernabeu!

i quit

2006-06-18T02:24:00.000+08:00

will any1 believe that i am reallie quitting soccer toto n 4d betting from today? :S

*self ridicules* nvr expected that my 'career' will end like this.

ps: mahjong continues ;) chinese cultural activities... hee.

离开以后

2006-06-17T20:56:00.000+08:00

last night re-discovered an old song by jacky cheung which i learnt to sing 4yrs ago. the tune is those kind of classic canton tune la... the lyrics which i thought was quite nicely written.

hope any1's canton is good enuff to read this? it juz sounds more right in canton... while u can read mandarin u can get a ruff idea though. this is the chorus, the title is 离开以后.

离开我以后我会习慣自卑
明天再偶遇我也不敢偷望你
离开我以后季节冷暖天气
我也置諸不理愿名字也再不记起

离开我以后我会长留这地
晨早到午夜扑进漆黑想念你
离开我以后醉了会看到你
梦中方可永久地接近你

Just in case u didnt get the meaning right behind these 2 paras... the 1st para tells of the guy's initial determination to try to severe all ties with the babe.... then somehow useless him end up become nua-ed in the 2nd para n start to think abt her again.... haiz.

back in france.. paris... then grenoble

2006-06-17T07:48:00.000+08:00

decided to give my dear feli a run for her money.. may i present to u readers... Praha. ;)

its 745am on my laptop now... singapore time. which means its 145am here in grenoble.

it was like a dream meeting sister kristl (love u babe) in paris. well it is actually like a little dream compared to the big dream of staying in france n travelling all over europe for 1/2 yr.

i brought qiqi, joe n sister to see le tour eiffel from trocadero at 1050pm last night. at 11pm the eiffel tower came to life with the flashing lights n stuff n it was captivating. simply gorgeous. i m glad they liked it. and so the lights was not juz a new yrs eve thing.. :)

2day i spent whatever time i had catching up with gd old sister... for a moment i tot sth was wrong with her when she held my arm as if i was her beau when we walked along ave des champs elysees and inside le Louvre.. i realised that we actually missed one another quite a lot! lol. it was a gd time bitching in the lovely louvre not looking at the pcs of art/statues n chit chatting. SGD$17 for the ambience :P

2day she suddenly told me sth which made me think abt it a while: "bro ah, u noe ah, u this kind of nice guy, next time sure end up with a 霸道 belle one... surely kena bully until jialat jialat one. but that only complements u." ha. i duno what to say~

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right now... i m starting to feel i made a bigbigbig mistake of crashing roxy n stella's place. with all respect to these 2 wonderful frens who graciously allowed me to crash for 2 nights, it is however a bit messy... a lil untidy, warm, the bed has no sheets nor pillowcase n nothing my dearest travel companion wld have ever wanted. i m so sorry i neglected that. its terrible.

i think i muz have screwed myself up at this last stage after a mediocre performance (self reviewed after a thought provoking have-u-been-taking-gd-care-of-her qn came from the US) :( save me n my guilt now.

later at 830am she will pack up n leave this lil town... i will be escorting her on the 40min bus ride to the airport, wait for the plane with her for 2hrs n then take the 40min ride back to pack my stuff n get ready to go home.

now i have my own problems. overweight luggie physically... (with the 2 newly acquired crystal vases from czech)... n emotionally as what the babe's msn nick says: luggage full of memories.

是时候收拾心情回家了。

HELLO EVERYBODY

2006-06-14T23:35:00.000+08:00

where did i leave off from the last post?
right now i m in prague, czech republic.... the weather here is hot n comparable to Singapore standards and so me n the babe decided to seek shelter in a nice cosy cafe with free wifi internet n 3 plasma tv to enjoy soccer over kopi n cake. :) the sweetie ordered a berry cake for me :P
ok this place is really gorgeous... but still we conquered the old town square in a few hrs... but the shopping for crystals was good. good stuff they have here. i bought my WC06 jersey... a Czech one! of the player number 10 Rosicky! Here no BK, surprisingly, but got many KFC (we had that for brunch) and Mac, of cos.

Previously in Krakow, Poland... that was a small place. and i mean reallie small. the basic sightseeing stuff.... food is cheap... and we did our favourite - grocery shopping. it was the best hostel/apartment i stayed in... we home cooked our own pasta dinner over World Cup action... :P

Previously b4 that we were in Budapest... i thought it was a gd city liao... the Buda (yes, essentially Budapest are 2 sectors of the city - Buda on the right side of the Danube river and Pest on the left) side of the city is gorgeous... but the sights were on 2 hills... the babe almost killed me for making her climb the 1st one for 20mins with me then the 2nd one we juz took the tram up. There is nothing much on the Pest side, except for the extremely touristy street of upmarket shopping. There isnt much cheap local food, we ended up eating burger king... got Mac oso la, but BK is like everywhere in Budapest.

We took a 11hr night train from Budapest to Krakow... totally cannot sleep man! the train was rocking then every 2/3 hr kena *knock knock* *passport control* whenever we crossed the borders Hungary - Slovakia, Slovakia - Poland. piang eh.... n hence the babe was like how irritated, grouchy n grumpy when we reached the hostel at 8am and we couldnt check in... :S i think she must have murdered me at least 3 times in her mind. lol.

ok the babe is now getting a lil bored with my long post... i will tell u all more abt Munich, Salzburg... Vienna and Bratislava i think u all noe liao.

till next time... i m gg home next wk liao!

HELLO

2006-06-05T03:01:00.000+08:00

HELLO readers

heh me now in Wien (Vienna)... just back from a day trip from Bratislava (Slovakia) it was more like a grocery trip to JB kinda thing.... it was a sunday, few pple spoke engrish then we found ourselves in a place of civilisation called a shopping centre. ha. basically we went to carrefour again and bought food n makan for tmr's trip to Salzburg (in case u duno its the home of Mozart)...

last night we had an incredible dinner with the folks from cr8.... it was crazy the food we ate. show ui the pics next time.

milano was great... had the best icecream i ever had in my life. thats all. the babe is asking to use the com. ciao folks! i m doing fine dun worry!!!!!

d-day

2006-06-01T07:50:00.000+08:00

Happy June to all...

The day is here. Heading to my big term-end trip. Nvr mind that my money does not seem enuff. Nvr mind that I dunno what i really want, i have been disoriented since Sunday.

Its not easy to leave a place you lived in for 5mths+. today bid farewell to Charles... and the walk down the 5storey flight of stairs was not easy. he was a gd fren and more, a gd brother. bonne chance mon frére~

My place is cold. I mean really cold - 11deg without heater? Why the french shut down the heater in Spring? then there's nobody... my 'family' all gone. sian. I know i will miss this apartment 6 rue des champs elysees. :)

frens on smu modified term... work hard. the crap will be over soon. guys, next friday... world cup! :D

goodbye all.

pricked by a lovely rose

2006-05-31T07:11:00.000+08:00

what happens?

blood. for some weird reason i got cut on my left palm. shed some blood. got pricked on the right index finger while plucking the nice rose :) shed blood too.

it can only be a gd thing, i say~ that the little blood was shed to prevent a disaster. got lucky at the post office, sending 9.7kg of stuff in a 7kg box n the guy didnt weigh! been winning on soccer too... perfect, of cos not without my brother stevies help ;) cheers~

i have been a grenoble tourist these days... its nice, but its time for me to go soon.

to milan on thurs. we'll c if i can still sneak a post here.

pricked by a lovely lovely rose

have been busy

2006-05-30T16:34:00.000+08:00

hi folks

have been busy... the babe was in the house from Friday! ~ brought her out, and i became a grenoble tourist for myself... plenty of things to clear... packing... n clearing rubbish for the other 3 mates who oredi left :S

was at charles place for a farewell dinner for wen (n probably me) last evening...

U see what they did to the toilet rows? ahah~ they stuck double sided tape!

getting tog n farewell

2006-05-27T16:28:00.000+08:00

on 2nd jan 2006, 5 frens came to grenoble together on a tgv. they reached the gloomy place ard noon. it was snowing, cold and they were total brur cocks who didnt noe where they were going.

today 27 may, where are these 5 pple?

me, i m still here.

val, just left for london. so emotional that gal.

kenny, leaving copenhagen today.

luming, in stockholm (i think).

wen, having a day trip in avignon.

i think i m better off expressing this in the famous poem, with which Faye Wong sang with the verses.

"....人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。"

The feelings of happiness sadness, meeting and separation are part and parcel of life, just as the presense or absense of the full moon. May people be together all the time.

u r gd

2006-05-26T07:54:00.000+08:00

i hope u r reading this man.

u r damn gd la. made a super nice comment juz now hor? well i suspect it was with a tinge of jealousy then oso try to make me look so bad right? tell me i m wrong can? i have planned to go to the airport later b4 u even thought abt it okie, i juz wana stunt her, are u happie now, hope that shuts ur mouth up.

dun ever let me run into u ok. i will light 10 ciggies and make u smoke it at one go. bet u nvr dared to try that.

that aside, seems to me u r a speed demon as well? i've long wanted to post this, it just turned out i had to blog this here. no hard feelings about the preceding 2 paras please. all along i wanted to share this with my readers: well, so it seems that conventional wisdom has taught us too much about the word 'fast' being measured in terms of speed, so much so that we have neglected the more impt thing. let me tell u all, mes amis, the 'time' attribute is more impt.

Dont ask how fast a car can go, ask yourself how fast you can stop the car. think abt it.

ps: i m such a mean bastard these days, aint i? :( grrrrrr i'm sorrie gal, i had to blog cos i didnt wana tell u juz now n this is genuinely what i felt. u noe me, we're one kind, we say what we like HERE.

i kissed her! muahahah

2006-05-25T06:59:00.000+08:00

oops. nvr sounded so excited for a long time huh...

hai. it was the 1st and last time i wld ever kiss the babe again :'( she's quite a babe, with that little tinge of tomboyness and even more sportiness :) i dun think i will ever see her again unless of cos if she comes to singapore.

and so... it was the last day in sch. exams over 3 days. this time no study week. but really the lack of incentive to do well killed me. "just need to pass nia" was on singaporean-in-graynober's mouth. now hope for pass liao... duno what i write for the exams oso. :(

one question that came across my mind today... Where Are You? Singapore? France? Hong Kong? China? US?

M - my mahjong kaki @ Singapore. MT week 13 thurs for him. must be on a high. he nvr gets more high than during examination periods. he'll be fine.

-c- - my cuzzie. in US New Jersey. work-and-travel. kena bitten by bed bugs. gosh. hope the babe recover soon. US$140 see one %^&*()(*&amp;^%$^&* doctor. grr.

f - of cos, my old fren. Where R U! no internet access right? having a gd time immersion programme in China ah :)

Where r youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...........

Oh, Dirk the German guy who has my camera has called FedEx for me! (yah i noe, FedEx grrr cos UPS now giving me problems) tmr they will pick up the camera and send to me... at a cost of... 74euros :S it was interesting we had the best conversation we had cos we didnt noe each other at all? he iss a fren of my German fren Jan here in Grenoble and it was really nice of him to run to Madrid Barajas terminal 4 to get my camera for me. The interesting conversation started when i invited him to see the pics in my camera... this fella quite sharp man... he noes all the places i went to! Venice Rome Valencia Seville Madrid... all the places he recognise!!!

PS: my voice was heard in tiong bahru today~ muhaha

Bon Anniversaire!

2006-05-24T05:24:00.000+08:00

le vingt quatre mai deux mille six,

je voudrais te souhaiter un joyeux anniversaire :)

à bientôt, mon amie.

vraiment

2006-05-23T22:25:00.000+08:00

quote from qiqi's blog:

"we were talking about how most of the exchange people after a while had trouble/conflicts with the other smu people at the same place as well.. why? I think it's cos yes, initially everyone was good or just plain friends with one another, but not being the closest of friends who understand each other or can tolerate each other, living together or in close proximity starts being literally a pain-in-the-ass. Boundaries are being stepped over and tolerance level is being tested. And yet cos you aren't even close friends, you find it hard to tell each other off, and it all just gets bottled up, which makes it worst."

*clap clap* i think i have kaopehed enuff to the readers of this blog, via msn via phone calls... abt how disgusted n traumatised we r.... so true. what an ass.

The Day of the C.L.Final

2006-05-22T19:58:00.000+08:00

It was a weird feeling to go back to Gare de Lyon in Spring. The memories of that wretched day came back. It was snowing and freezing cold I remember. That was the 1st time I had seen snow :P

I had this distantly remote feeling, and it was kinda nostalgic. Paris was stil la foreign city, yet I knew my way around perfectly. (gee i m so proud of myself)

In any case, it was nice to be skipping school the week b4 exams specially taking a 25euro 3hr train ride to catch a match (perhaps not just A match, its THE match) to capital of France.

1st met up with Michelle and Jeremy. u shd have seen Jeremy's face when he saw the huge Hallmark shopping bag. lol

then at the carnival we ran into nicolas earlier than the stipulated meeting time. we went to take our own adidas poster :) went to the trophy room. some displays of old time memoribilia from the competition. grabbed free goodies everywhere. it was crazy.

even slept at the Jardin beside la Tour Eiffel for abt half an hrs. relaxing in the sun. but the Catalans were crazy pple. they nvr stopped singing nvr stopped believing in their team.

met kianwee outside the stadium. went ard both camps, bought a souvenir tshirt which according to val if i wear it in smu how many pple will be jealous haha.

the game was exciting :) can u imagine i was sitting in the first row? n good luck bestowed when all the goals were in my side of the pitch right in front of me?

one wk later today, everybody noes Barça won it :P but the strangest thing happened.. at half time, it immediately started raining. (sitting in the 1st row, we r lucky enuff not to be covered by the shelter. i was half drenched even with the cap i wore so that i wldnt fall sick. i even used my jacket to protect my paper bag cos it was so nice, but ended up it didnt help, it was gone too) then 2nd half barca were trying to find an equaliser desparately, and so all the players were in my side of the half. maybe the fact that the barca crowd was on this end helped them. eventually they scored 2, but the rain stopped almost immediately when it was 90mins.

Showers of blessing? Barça Barça Barça!

It was no fun thing staying overnight at the train station. god. other than the fact it was dirty, i juz cldnt get to sleep. terrible experience once again. LoL.

i said this b4 i say it again

2006-05-19T20:36:00.000+08:00

life is more than first come first served.

El classico:

u queue up to buy 4D/toto at Singapore Pools, it does not mean that you buy your ticket early u will tio. no such thing as early bird catches the worm. understand? the only things that u can be certain are: (1) u get less sleep, (2) ur money go to Singapore Pools accts faster.

life's a bitch isnt it. c'est la vie. (thats life) great. grrr.

ps: Champions League Final updates next post.

Big day tmr....

2006-05-16T23:23:00.000+08:00

I'll be off to Paris 1st thing in the morning tmr! Be well! barbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i was a mad man

2006-05-15T01:49:00.000+08:00

3 yrs ago i did this stunt which i wont (nor can my kakis back then) forget... anyway the result was 0-0 draw. :P scared the shit out of me that night.

will this yr's final be a draw again?

Happy Mum's Day

2006-05-14T04:20:00.000+08:00

"You dont marry some1 because u can live with him/her, you marry some1 because you CANT live without him/her."

“闭上眼睛忍住泪别哭泣

末日前夕请留在我怀里

看太阳暗去月光失明我只想牵你的指尖绕地球最后一圈”

I miss Singapore. The familiar bus stop at my home. The void deck. The sound of lorries at the JTC factory blk 10 just outside my home. Everything else. Its all in my mind. The feeling is weird when I close my eyes and lie on the bed. I can imagine my room door is at the 4 o'clock position, the window at 9. But then when I open my eyes, they're not there... ...

fa cup final

2006-05-13T22:26:00.000+08:00

rain alwayz make me sentimental. i duno y.

i was in the sch library today to do work (on a sat morning i cant believe it myself neither!). initially wanted to stay till 6pm with Wen (yes that hardworking bitch bleah) cos i checked the internet streaming tv schedules n there will be no telecast for the fa cup final: liverpool vs west ham.

then at 340pm i checked the schedule again... piang eh! how come got telecast! i realised i was a brur cock in looking for programmes at 1600hrs in asian time on a asian website... (1600hrs is the kickoff in french time!)

rushing home in the 20min walk from sch to home, i walked past a grocery store, grabbed one of those beer cardboard cartons to shelter my head from the rain.

it was exactly 51wks ago. fa cup final: man u vs arsenal. there were 9 of us at sketches @ robertson quay. in clockwise direction there was qiqi, teng, mr & mrs wong(marcus' folks), marcus, zhirong, me, jo-ann and my brother.

one yr has passed so fast. looking at how things change: that very same table has pple now all over the world - denmark france canada singapore.... there are pple who are no longer together... (of cos not the lovely Mr n Mrs Wong, wonderful pple they are)

景物依旧，人事已非。

rantings on a friday afternn

2006-05-12T21:43:00.000+08:00

hello all...

phew. a crazy week of class schedule. i had 2 days where i woke up no later than 624am. :S 2nd last wkend of term... need to catch up work lo. still there r some assignments/papers due... 2 exams one quiz gotten over n done with.

wtf? singpore dollar become strong against USD? against Euro as well? madness. i still havent book the Milan accomodation(yes babe appreciate ur input asap pls) then this time siao liao. euro rate is now 2.03!

sometime envy the guy who can sit down there, read newspaper, watch tv or movie while the lady goes cook for him, fetch him drinks n stuff. lucky guy hor?

gloomy weather in "gray-nober" today made me so lethargic. i was so lazy i took a tram then bus home instead of the usual 20min walk. blah.

oh happy vesak day! i almost forgot abt my gods heh. alwayz gd to have a public hol on friday isnt it?

i was randomly clicking the jetstar asia webbie... prebooking a ticket from SGP to HKG still costs $118? a bit exp compared to my super ultra London ticket kangtao?

Ladies roxy n stella going to cote d'azur which includes cannes nice and monaco. wish u all have fun ok. i wonder if tony leung is gg to cannes? wen joining them :) i was supposed to join them for monaco BUT.... i decided i shd quit casinos for now.

time for a nap~ tonight cookg porkie porridge.

lust n love

2006-05-11T07:06:00.000+08:00

juz back from charles' place, watched the uefa cup final. Sevilla won 4-0, putain!

next wk it will be my turn to Paris! weee....

abt the subject for today... he showed me his quiksilver t-shirt which he was happily wearing. next, a sexy boxers embossed with the 4 poker suites print. a 90s brick game and a customised birthday card - black with black white image of him in front and a hot babe at the back.

it was an affair he had in singapore. YES n i mean really an affair. he admitted he was just looking for 'fun'. i dun need to go into the specificities. but somehow, we think that this sexy siren fell in love with him. she sends him hongkie vcds. get well card. n the stuff above. it was so sweet of her, cos when he broke his arm, he told her he cld only wiggle his fingers... n came the gaming console.

val even said to me in mandarin b4: 法国的男人都很没用的。

argh. as much as i like him and martin as gd frens... they reallie quite useless la. womanisers + drunkards. ha the french. as much as i love this land for what it has given me, i still believe in this.

"she's too good for me, jt." charles said to me in an embarassed fashion, not knowing what to do + some guiltiness.

"she's too good for me."

Joyeux Anniversaire, mon frère~

:)

2006-05-09T06:13:00.000+08:00

West Ham vs Tottenham Hotspurs

2006-05-09T05:43:00.000+08:00

Sunday 7th May.

I was in Soho, the London Chinatown. Wanted to use internet to clear the mails and thought of placing some bets on the last day of EPL. I was going to Upton Park (West Ham home grd) for pre-match atmosphere anyway.

There was too much faith on Spurs to win this game today to qualify for Champions League.

"Total crap I thought. Spurs wont win."

When I went to the internet shop, I started to on all my mails and all my Msn windows... gosh it was hell of a busy time trying to do everything in 2hrs.

Then news came abt key Spurs players kena food poisoning at 11am when match kicking off 3pm!

"Hoe seh liao! Spurs confirm wont win liao!"

Gleefully I did sth unprecedented. I maxed up my account limit on West Ham. A few thousand more to covering the whole exchange expense. A pity. :P

soccer pilgrimage to....

2006-05-04T15:04:00.000+08:00

London!

goodbye wish all well take care lots! miss me, will you!

FedUp with FedEx

2006-05-04T01:58:00.000+08:00

will some1 save me pls!!!

I M SO FED UP WITH FEDEX CAN.... in Angie's terms... MOTHER FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The camera saga.

And so, my camera is still happily holidaying in Madrid airport under the safekeeping of the Lost and Found. They said all I have to do is send them an authorisation fax and they will allow any courier company to do it for me.

I happily called FedEx and they said they can pick it up for me at around 40euros? Its a good price to pay I think cos its less than a replacement fee for a new camera.

Apparently i tot everything ok liao, until... FedEx Spain wants the sender (the person who has possession of the camera) to CALL them stating "yah the camera is with me my addy is blah blah blah".... and so... shdnt be too difficult to ask the officer at airport help me call right?

"Sorry Lin, this is our policy, I cannot make any calls for u, I can only safekeep your camera."

W.T.F. now i m juz one step away and both side dun wana help me make calls????? then?

i m so frustrated with the fedex policy la.. i was even thinking of pretending to be calling from the airport... but i thought, Spanish airport personnel shd speak Spanish to the FedEx Spain right?

Now with a suggestion of my German fren Jan, I m gonna try conference call via skype... call every party once and for all. N tmr i gg London i cant do it. :S have to wait for monday.

hope my camera baby will be back in time for Champions League Final?

the time has come...

2006-05-03T19:46:00.000+08:00

it will be over on 20 06 2006.

nice date to end the blog?

after some thought, i reckoned that there wouldnt be anything in the final yr of my academic life in SMU as interesting as this european journey of my life (not that my private life is boring).

and of cos, a dangerously exciting/excitingly dangerous n pleasant 15day journey across 7 countries b4 my return to Singapore.

time to call it a day in 50days.

au revoir ma cherie.

l.y.r.i.c.s.

2006-05-03T05:37:00.000+08:00

有时候有时候我会相信一切有尽头
相距离开都有时候没有什么会永垂不朽

可是我有时候宁愿选择留恋不放手
等到风景都看透也许你会陪我看细水长流

nothing will be more dear now

2006-05-02T22:48:00.000+08:00

juz went to the post office.

the champions league final tickets are here. my hands trembled as i opened the envelope. it was the ticket to an experience of a lifetime and maybe a dream come true for me. 2pcs of paper worth $800+.

nothing will be more dear for now till 17 may 2006.

paris here i come.

gone and back...

2006-05-02T20:59:00.000+08:00

lunch talk over teochew porridge with Wen. it was gd feeling to eat teochew muay. oso good to talk to Wen, though i bully her n suan her abt Martin(pronounced Mar-Tarng, not Mar-Teen) n her all the time, she's my gd venezia ice-cream n lunch buddy. we alwayz have gd talks in private ;) (be it gossip or bitching or life issues or philosophical stuff)

she tot it was a genuine love visit to copenhagen. :S to be honest, i dunno? :S:S was it to casino @ Malmo? or the mermaid? or juz to clock 2 more countries under my European adventure?

still, even if so... how to compare with some1 who flys 6000miles across the globe? (as per 21 April's post)

Je ne sais pas, je ne sais pas.

Maybe i shd heed the advices n messages from frens, Heaven and the roulette wheel? Peut-être.

c'est pas mal... vrai?

2006-05-02T04:26:00.000+08:00

"To continue my previous post about scandals, I still think scandals add spice to your life la. It's damn bloody exciting to be in one but it takes a hell lot of guts to get out of it. The worse part is somebody gets harmed ultimately so it's super "chek ark" and that's why I term it a form of "guilty pleasure". I was just recalling the shit that I've been through the previous 2 academic years and oh man, I must say that although I still pale in comparison with my fellow peers and that even though its still "shiok", it becomes a damn bloody wake up call when you truly realise that your actions are affecting and harming the people around you. I have observed so far, whether people use other people to stroke their egos, whether they break the rules to play the game or to manipulate the situations and people to stay on top of the game, ultimately people get hurt and once the scandal gets out, it's the protaganist that utltimately suffers in the end. The thing is, scandals do get out very fast, soon.. everybody knows! After all, the famous "6 degrees of separation" is prevalent and you will realise people who you initially don't know start coming up to you and talking to you as if they have known you for years! So that's why people in scandals are so busy, cos they are trying to play the game and yet keep the entire game secret."

staying o'night at airport

2006-05-02T03:32:00.000+08:00

no fun at all!

piang eh!!!! cannot sleep! maybe becos all the nice seats w/o armrests (those 3 in a row, so that u can lie down) were all taken. i was stoning opposite the Terravision counter OMG. tot v energetic till 6am... then from then i went downhill. jialat. i hope this is not a deterrent to the babe who is coming soon... look out for my graffiti *lol* opposite the counter btwn Area E & F ;)

what a tired journey. shd have paid $100 more to get a direct flight so that no need stay overnight? ah, heck it, its over :)

up next an exciting schedule for the week... tmr: one finance class. wed: final class assessment for sales & negotiation, then sports mktg... then thurs: one finance class. wait a min, flight to London clashes with class time!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee................ long wkend. hur hur hur.

feeling like fuck now. what an emotional wreck. tired.

24 saved my ass (AGAIN)!

2006-04-30T07:55:00.000+08:00

i love u baby 24.. LoL

weee.... today was a gd day. went to my 10th country in my european adventure? Sweden. Just specially for the casino in Malmo. ha.

started at the roulette table(what else?) initially on a losing streak... lost 200... the turning point was when i nvr bet on 26 then when not allowed to place bets... i realised i 4got to place, n there it went, right in front of me n qiqi's eyes the ball dropped into the 26 slot.

Zut!

then decided to move on try blackjack for the 1st time (yes i dun like to play cards one).... initially won 100 then end up lose back 150 to become overall deficit 50. sian. dunoe y the stupid luck lidat.

armed with half my capital n a heavy heart, i guai guai BBA walk back to that roulette table number 7 and start to play again. stupid luck still ard cos i keep betting stunt on 2 n 3rd column n the pretty croupier (:P) n she able to give me 5 results all on the 1st column... diao. sianed 50%.

thinking: haiya lose so much oredi cheong number 24 la. then i juz place 3 bets every spin... 1 chip each on 2nd n 3rd column n 24. after 5spins the 24 opened! wahaha win 35times!!! shiok shiok shiok! v heng ah... then now anything not oso not scared liao.. having been ressurrected i cheong 8 11 la.. my birthday.... cheong ahhhhhhhh hahah mange to tio number 8 won 17times then eventually got some winning left juz keep whacking on 11 n 26 but end up nvr open... left with winning of 30 (which juz nice was the cover charge).

dun wana say abt what happend next at the carribean stud poker table haha... anyway, Stevie, i got one casino chip as a souvenir for u!

anyway, copenhagen is quite a nice city u noe? the sights r ok... lovely n nice. special thing here compared to Rome is that the statues here all kena the verdigris > green rust on statues cos of humidity and seawater... its in a class of its own. pple speak gd english... tmr gg to carlsberg brewery!!! wahaha~~~

think of the return journey to grenoble abit sian.. i will have to stay o'night at the airport cos my flights cant connect... will i tahan the night?

go back will have a "exam" or assessment to prepare for.... haiz. will i be shagged out on monday? another things is that ken (my casino buddy) n qiqi (ma femme LoL *giggles*) both have danish exam on monday! what a timing for me to come... these 2 pple r great :)

To my family: wish u all have a great sunday relaxing n tmr's public holiday as well....

to all readers n frens: have a gd Labour day holiday~

with love from qiqi's room.

holiday.

2006-04-28T06:51:00.000+08:00

the arsenal squirrel:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwmKM8E8RhU

see how tired i m from the title?

yah cant be bothered to complain abt this wk's schedule and esp todays. gd thing, tmr gg copenhagen visiting ma femme qiqi n mon ami ken.

so heng, tmr ponteng sch then kena quiz!!! heng the prof super nice guy la let me re-take another time. i promise i will be studying my quiz on the 2 flights. darn it takes abt 11hrs from my apartment to reach Kobenhavn central.

WAS on a winning roll in soccer for 5days (pretty incredible haa)... today 6th day died. but damage still ok. *shrugs*

will be an exciting trip this time. heading back to a winter zone again. using non euro currency again. getting to stay overnight at airport for the 1st time in my life.

sat night cheong casino in malmo, sweden. LoL. confirm must buy 24 on roulette liao. ;) u muz help me ok?

fate lesson: champion league > arsenal vs barcelona. uefa cup > boro vs seville. BOTH anglo spanish wars. so qiao?! marnah woo yia. i support spaniards la.. juz back from seville (super nice gd cheap tapas) and barca (ladies the zara is H.U.G.E.)

ciao. adios. au revoir. zaijian. byebye. barbye. 明天会更好。特好。超好！Very the 好！

Denmark, here i come!

ps: tonight upstairs got bavarian beer stock clearance gathering.. wanted to go if not for my headache. grrr.

and so it is...

2006-04-27T06:29:00.000+08:00

And so... Barcelona faces Arsenal come 17 May â Stade de France! A dream come true for me. Now it feels I m destined to go to this final... for me it will be like a World Cup Final for me... I wont sell it for 890euros for nuts. (just penning this down to make sure i dont do siao dai ji and sell it!)

Which one shd I wear? ;)

The Roulette Wheel

2006-04-24T07:06:00.000+08:00

Gambling aside, the roulette wheel is a really mystical thing.

1) The sum of all numbers on the wheel (1+2+....+36) adds up to 666 (Number of the Beast). A legend tells about François Blanc, a Frenchman who added the number '0' in 1842 to increase house odds, supposedly bargained with the devil to obtain the secrets of roulette.

2) It is not difficult to see that there are 18red and black numbers each. Another way to look at the wheel is there are 2 sets of number, 1-18(commonly known as small) and 19-36 (known as big). On the wheel you will observe that (i) each red and black number is alternated and (i) each number from the small series is alternated by each number from the big series. The only exception to this is of course numbers 5 and 10 where the wheel is dissected. If you sum up the numbers from 0 - 5 (not 0,1,2,3,4,5 but 0+26+3+....+5) it is a perfect 333 (half the sum of 666). Same goes for sum 0 - 10.

interesting?

Single Ladies.... Ball Games.

2006-04-23T18:28:00.000+08:00

disclaimer: this one came from the mouth of a lady hor.....

When you r single and

1) 18 - 29 yrs old: you r like a soccer ball.... got 22 guys chasing u!

2) 30 - 35 yrs old: you become a basketball.... now only left 10guys chasing u (and the field of play become smaller)

3) 36 - 40 yrs old: you become a table tennis ball! left 2 guys keep wanting to pass u to the other guy!

4) 41 n above: you become a golf ball. the guys wana hit u far far away!!! as far as possible!

lol.

So swEEt right?

2006-04-21T02:49:00.000+08:00

would u fly a $1400+++ 17hrs flight from Singapore to visit your ex-gf in Europe?

(note that the specific location in Europe has been concealed to protect your identity, babe)

LoL.

Super SwEEt Guy! :) :) :)

17th May 2006 Grande Finale de la Ligue des Champions

2006-04-20T03:44:00.000+08:00

sometimes providence is a strange thing.

i believed in it all along. this time it just happened again.

i remember surfing uefa.com last term on a wed afternn in my ethics class about the location and date of the final and to my pleasant surprise, Paris! by that time i already knew of my impending journey to France and the date was kinda special to me...

17th May.... 17/05. my daddy's (old) car number 1705! (if u had read a post here, ahboy was just disposed off to dubai b4 CNY)... which oso happens to be my mobile number 9***1705 (changed deliberately). Lucky old me, having gotten the ticket to the finals via kiweto, i bought the TGV train ticket to Paris and voila, the ticket i got assigned was Car 5 Seat 17.

incredible?

i brought with me 2 soccer club jerseys with me to France. Barcelona (courtesy of F, -c- and marcus >> i promised to wear to the club and take a picture at the main gate, but unfortunately i didnt do so and i still a bit upset) and Arsenal (courtesy of Steven for my birthday).

Strange enough, these 2 teams are currently a foot in the grand final! which jersey shd i wear for the final!?

ha.

PS: fallen unwell from an oily serving of aglio olio 4 lunch yesterday afternn + kier (white wine + cassis syrup) as beverage. a 1.5hr conversation on the phone followed and throat became sore.

Or is it too much travelling? i sound like an ass i noe, with all the envious folks back home travelling from toa payoh - city hall or hougang to orchard hearing me travelling from madrid - barcelona and luxembourg - amsterdam that kinda thing. but it really is a tiring affair! qiqi wld agree. and shan too (from last term she told me that, and yes it is true)

next wkend to copenhagen :D :D :D (and malmo) following to london! :)

Special message for my cuzzie... have a gd trip to USA. take care of urself, dont work too hard, but shop hard! watch the luggage!

interesting qn

2006-04-19T06:23:00.000+08:00

Q: Which one is more jialat?

Getting involved with your good friend's ex OR getting involved in your ex's good friend?

A: Getting involved with your good friend's ex

if you get involved with your good friend's ex, you stand to lose your good friend

but if you get involved with your ex;s good friend

then it's not so bad because chances are you're not that good friends with your ex anymore

but, will the situation change if the person in concern is guy or gal?

the easter holiday contd

2006-04-19T05:23:00.000+08:00

ok...

back to bore u with italy n seville.

Venice of cos, is an incredible city as well... so few cars i saw. i nvr saw so few cars in my life in a city. the 1st night we each gorged down a pizza... yucks. the normal sized pizza. cos we wanted to buy 3 and share 5 pple... but they dont allow. end up, we order 5 diff flavours... and b4 we tucked in, each of us attempted to conjure up 5 * 72degree slices of our pizza and pass to the other 4. only then did we start the meal...

After Action Review: the meal was the most expensive we had and not say v perfect lor, the pizza.

In any case the place we stayed was perfect man. Super nice apartment. even nicer than my home in france! got dishwashing machine! washing machine for clothes! fully equipped kitchen which we nvr made use off. :S

next day we met up with Wei and Kell! and of cos how could i not mention Gelato ice cream? my personal record for the day was 10.5 scoops? good? steady?

off to the Eternal City the next day... quite shagged journey... but we went to Colosseo! The Colosseum... i like that place. and of cos who can forget The Gladiator? we were lucky, it was the last day the last 5minutes of the cultural week in italy and we saved 8euros on admission! phew! dinner for the night was italian cabonara... its not the cream sauce cabonara i had in singapour leh.. its dry kind with egg and bacon as the ingredients. not bad restt to be honest.

next day we went to Vatican city! weee.... ended up queue 1hr to enter the museum.. man..it was italian election day and many pple were off. and there were so many korean tour grps! it really is quite amazing the 1st hr.. but after that i got bored. pls pardon me, i'm not so museumish. haha. then I had prepared a list of pple to send postcard to from the Vatican City post office (special cos they have their own stamp)... then i nvr bring the paper out!!! *kok my own head* zut! fais chier! (swearing in french) ended up sending one to charly and one home :S <desole angie ma cherie>

had a walk round Pantheon where Raphael was buried... which brought me to the famous dig at the Italians by the makers of Ninja turtles... Leonardo/Raphael/Michaelangelo/Donatello who cant stop eating Pizza... n the master... a mouse. how crude and sarcastic!

We moved off from Rome to Spain the next day. Stupid Ryanair changed my flight from like noon to 705am in the darn morning... which meant that I had to take a shuttle coach at 430am (its the policy to take the one 2.5hrs b4 ur flight) only to reach the airport to find that the stupid flight kena delay 1hr? WTF?

Well the good thing that came out of it... we had the chance to visit the city of Valencia... its a nice sunny place. and where i had my 1st good impression of delicious spanish cuisine... the paella was really good (i still miss it) savoury and a lil oily n salty.. power la. we had lunch on the bench by the roadside opposite fountain. when my camera is back i show u all the pic haha.

Next flight took from Valencia to Seville and it was a gd flight... non-budget spanish airline with budget prices... served almond nuts and bottled mineral water. came with allocated seats. i love iberia. :)

Seville is a quite kampung city.. it has no metro.. and it really is kampung cos it got a lot of muslim influence! but the Semanta Santa (Holy Week) processions and celebrations freaked the shit out of Wen and she was like clutching on to my arm when we saw the black hooded counterpart of Ku Klux Klan (right spelling?). scary la.

food was cheap la.. spanish tapas in seville are like less than 2.50euros? and after the sights we wanted to see, we still had time for shopping? the cool thing is the stadium of the football team is beside this huge mall... haha.

Thanks Wen for the Sevilla suggestion :)

Got miss me? ;)

2006-04-18T06:25:00.000+08:00

¡hola amigos!

Voila! I m back! from Italy and Spain!
(Grenoble >> Venice >> Rome >> Seville >> Madrid >> Barcelona)

Prego! (in Italian it means no problem, and super widely used as slang at dining places)

but wait.... there's a leetle problem.

I m back in Grenoble, but... my camera is still on Easter holiday in Madrid!!!!!! n Lu's entire bag got stolen right under our noses :S

wtf! "cock jt's camera is in madrid while he is in grenoble" reads my msn nick. haiz...

heres what happened in Spain...

we took a 6hr coach ride from Seville - Madrid because it saved us like 53€ compared to a 2.5hr fast speed train. shag and tired, we moved to the metro station and the 1st thing I wanted was a metro map/information etc. put down our bags in the middle of the station (fatal mistake) and I proceeded with the queue at the information counter.

a while later.... "shit where's my bag!" exclaimed Lu. his bag was gone just lidat cos 2 of them had their vision on eye level not watching the ground. Wen was like stunted! I tried to remain calm, but I was feeling a bit afraid cos this just means that there are predators all ard looking at us! urgh, so much for the capital of Spain. found our way to the hostel and met up with Mich n Jem then we all tried to help Lu get police report and stuff (yeah talking abt that, Spaniards cant speak english for nuts! haha not all lah..)

with half the holiday mood gone, Madrid was not a v fantastic city either! not much sights to see... expensive food (compared to good old kampung Seville)... boo. n the hostel I booked was apparently ranked one of the top cos many of the angmorgias who previously stayed and gave it a high rating cos the bar at the basement rock *boom-ch-boom-ch* (think an ah-beng in his open window black Honda Civic) till like 3am? :P

then came my stunt... neither Wen nor I were believers in arriving at airport 2hrs b4 our flight from Mad - Bar. so we decided to wake up 9am and relac relac for our 1145hrs flight.

it turned out to be one of the most emotional + traumatic experience I had went thru in my life. (the fact that i put this statement as a para by itself means no joke no pray pray okie dokie *LoL*)

it was a terrible mistake. thinking that the airport metro station was just 8stops away... we took our time to breakfast. end up the last 5 stops were super long, instead of the average of 20sec per stop, cos the airport metro line was new! I was panicking away at 1111am cos usually check-in closes 30mins b4 takeoff.

when it was 1115hrs my heart was like half dead and lost hope. and it didnt help matters that after i reached the dreaded stop, i still have to take a shuttlebus to the new terminal 4 which was in my opinion a pretty nice fabulous and cool colorful airport!

reached at 1134hrs, hoping for hope. checked the departure information... no have our flight!!! Wen n I totally stunted AGAIN!!! rushed to customer service 20steps on my right, and with her heavy Spanish accented english she told me i still could check in at the counter 10steps on the right...

"Huiwen, quick, can check in!!!" I yelled.

Thank god! The customer svc officer (with a heavy Spanish accent) let me check in! but when i was gonna send the luggie thru to the belt, she told me to hold on. "uh-oh", must be stunt again... CONFIRM got, i felt! We were told the flight is full and we kena standby list! Oh man... sian 50% again.

then Wen came to tell me stories abt flights being overbooked 120% and stuff but we were put on a 1220plane instead. hmmm cant think too much abt what happened to our 1145flight... but we didnt care... we simply wanted to charge our way thru the customs so that at least once we r inside, I hope we can take the next next or next next next flight to Barcelona.

In Spain, the customs are v efficient in order to smoothen the checking process. they set out on big tables the big big black trays for u to strip your belt la, put all ur electronic gadgets/metallic objects into it... so that u take ur own tray prepare it and send it thru the scanner and not jam up the queue. so i faithfully grumble and placed my sling bag and grumbled as i stripped my belt (cos my pants were gonna drop! i shed 5.5kg remember? ;)) put the tray and the big adidas bag thru the machine, tried to walk the human scanner but kena rejected... camera in the pocket! sharks... usually I will just strip my whole jacket to throw in the tray, but maybe because i was too kan cheong.. i took my camera which was in a BLACK pouch and placed it in the BIG BLACK tray... (now u noe how i 'lost' it).

collected the items from the 1st tray + my bag , we rushed to the sky train platform (alamak! we had to take 10min skytrain!)... panic again... but was happie i cleared the immigration side. we were still steady steady pom bi bi when we reached our gate M43. there was a queue, but no standby list counter. after queuing for abt 2mins i saw this couple with a similar standbylist boarding pass asking for the counter and walking to a direction... I followed them but all i heard at the queue at the counter was "the flight is full" "its full" + a few shakes of the head and shrugs of the shoulder from the pple in front.

I thought I'd better go back and pick Wen 1st cos after all i was holding on to the passport and perhaps we cld enjoy some good quiet Duty Free shopping (the shops were ALL so quiet!) I fetched her and pushed a luggie trolley as well... and we relac our way to the counter.

The i saw, how come the same couple just now in front of me now got boarding pass 14C and 14D! means the flight got seats!! :D when it was my turn in the queue, the moment i said "hello", the uncle said "madrid barcelona?"

*nodded frantically* guess what came next.... NEW STUNT!

"Business Class for u! its boarding NOW NOW NOW 3minutes, hurry!"

I was on a high. :D:D:D I turned my head n told Wen the good news... she was a bit high too and of cos excited haha. I outstretched my hand over the tall counter to shake the uncle's hands and after "thank you thank you + gracias + merci" we just turned and ran for our lives muhahaha... 1st time i on business class!! though the flight was just gonna be 55mins.

we were back in the queue in less than 1 min and sweating and panting away. haha. then talk cock talk cock, thinking abt the food to be served to us hha... and finally we r settled down at the business class seats.

I decided to take a picture of this glorious moment, my good old 1st timer on Business Class... and..... *sad music + roller coaster mood from super happie to sinking heart*

"Wen, I lost my camera." *thunder + lightning in the 78.5kg JayTee*

Needless to say, it took me less than 30s to rem where it was. grrrr. but i asked the stewardess what I cld do and she suggested i call the Lost & Found from Barcelona airport. it was like a dilemma to me... the flight was perfect i didnt want it to end. but i so wanted it to land faster so i cld make the phone calls. haiz. I called at 2+pm, it was not found.

Fortunately, i called at around 1640hrs and it was at the desk. so now, i can either go collect it myself, ask some1 to collect for me, or send DHL/FedEx to collect for me. :S

of cos, despite me being in a barcelona football jersey, i had no mood to visit the Nou Camp anymore. no camera, go stadium tour oso no use right?

sometimes really.. Lorng zorng see zhu diah. not fated to go Nou Camp. maybe its with this regret that I will return to the great Catalunya again soon. :) I swear by Barcelona, its wonderful shopping, the incredible architecture (its really INCREDIBLE, wiki Gaudi and see for yourself), the great soccer team, the Med sea and its breeze. gorgeous place.

"C'est la vie, JT." - - - i tell myself.

WOW. so much for just the madrid airport story... shd continue on Barcelona and revisiting Venice/Rome hor?

Right now, I m just pleased to be home sweet home in Grenoble, save for the fact its a bit messy my room and i have little fresh clothes. :) drop a message if u enjoyed this post... hah... ESPECIALLY those who MISSED me muhahaha. Merci Beaucoup. this post is actually the 301st , I wanted to quit at 300 previously.

ps: thanks fabian for sending my cable from belgium to france. now it seems that its the camera's turn to be away for a while. :P

i lost weight!

2006-04-07T03:38:00.000+08:00

it has been ascertained.

nothing wrong with the bathroom scale. means i shed 5.5kg! muhaha~

really ah, sometime the french administration v cock. i book my flight from Milan - Vienna oredi 2days after the original end-of-exam date, then they stunt and say exam finish one wk earlier.

its like :s but heng ah, i was thinking can go Lyon or Turin (if YOU wana go ;))

tmr gg holiday *er.... again*.

Je vais aller a Venice - Rome - Valencia - Seville - Madrid - Barcelona :)

be back 17 April.

babes who kena computer problem, dun pek chek ok.. everything will be just fine. ;)
darling angie pls pls pls dont 4get my mailbox... anything impt sms or call me hor. thankies.

Au revoir.

Bonne Vacance! SMu peeps, take care esp those in Week 15 :) Good luck!

77days!singapura oh singapura~~~

2006-04-05T06:39:00.000+08:00

aha...

just realised i m fulfilling my 15country visit after all!

France - Paris + Grenoble + Britanny + Normandy + Lyon + Nice + Monaco + Strasbourg

Switzerland - Geneva + Lausanne

Luxembourg - Luxembourg City

Belgium - Leuven + Brussels + Brugge

Netherlands - Rotterdam + Amsterdam

Italy - Venice + Rome

Spain - Valencia + Seville + Madrid + Barcelona

Denmark - Copenhagen

Sweden - Malmo

U.K. England - Manchester + London

Austria - Vienna + Salzburg

Slovakia - Bratislava

Hungary - Budapest

Poland - Krakow

Czech Republic - Prague

32 Cities! :) Today just weighed myself haha... duno whether the scale correct anot.. how can be 78.5kg??

This is sheer madness, but i m going on a 10day trip again... ha. Its the Italy/Spain section of the travel itinerary as above... Qiqi is out too, so she cant clear my mailbox for me...

So.... Angie... Bother u ok! ;) I promise at least a postcard from Vatican City! *if i can find a post office*

tired. time to sleep. Allez a Milano!

i dun have good temper

2006-04-04T19:35:00.000+08:00

i m not a person with a gd temper.

i get fed up n irritated easily. in SOME1's words "jaytee's tolerance level is lower".

having been back from amsterdam for a week or so, sometimes it juz get on my nerves whenever Wen talks to me abt the trip's incident and the person concerned.

its like... rekindle... no wait. re-IGNITE the flames of anger.

Pls think of others and more importantly the consequences when doing something, especially when knowing procrastinating will affect those around u!

today sun was great

2006-04-02T18:32:00.000+08:00

SUN was great today!

i went for my skipping exercise today at the garage! in a tshirt and a Taekwondo pants... pple thinking i siao ah. but it was genuinely not that cold. nvr skipped for 80+ days... off form liaoz.

ok that being said. i kena complain by some1 up north, saying "hey, your lowest temperature is still higher than my highest temperature ok!" just to save u the tricky thinking... today temp in grenoble is 7 - 16 degrees. in copenhagen its 5 - 8 degrees. hmmm today the complain not accurate liaoz leh dear, how?

anyway, the dear babe not feeling too well last night... take care ok. eat sth 'heaty' to resume the Yin/Yang balance! and if not ok, tmr see doctor! best wishes from la France!

ok today so interesting!! i became a private investigator in search of the famed environmentalist + water conserver that some pple have been telling me about:

standing in the kitchen which is adjacent to the toilet... i heard the following sounds>>
1) bedroom door opens... slipper sounds (suspect walks into the toilet)
2) peeing sound
3) slipper sounds (suspect walks out and returns to room)

missing sounds:
(i) closure of door
(ii) locking of door
(iii) flushing of toilet bowl
(iv) sound of water at the sink
(v) unlocking of door
(vi) opening of door

what happened? *****trying v hard to decipher*******

the trip to BeNeLux

2006-03-30T05:12:00.000+08:00

cool trip u noe... yet another tour on my 'see-the-world' series...

17th March Friday: left for Strasbourg... we missed the train lol. we were at the platform to see the train leave. sharks. ended up we took the next train went jalan jalan in Lyon (the shopping mall not bad) then went to Strasbourg... we arrived early evening... maybe a gd thing, cos nothing much to see anyway... pizza for dinner... cheap n good!

18th March Saturday: departed Strasbourg for Luxembourg. Lexembourg is quite a cool place... basically its just the old city to be seen.. which i tot was kinda silly... cos the central of the city is low in the centre... and the hills/walls surrounding it were higher on the surroundings? pple can juz throw bombs from the sides? lol. we had a lil walk of our own cos Fabian and Fangkai were a lil late in arriving... it was like walking in one of those diablo towns u noe...? then we played punk, stayed in the hostel boOked 5 beds... but got 6pple... we juz nice ended up in a 6bed room and voila, cost savings.... haha. bad thing we did, we even dabao the nice clean bedsheets n covers... haha the sheets r for u when YOU come!

19th March Sunday: went out of of luxembourg city to a kampung area... super nice town la. went up to this fort or sth at the top of a hill... it was a gd experience... good walk, good sceneray good weather.... v nice! headed to Leuven, Belgium(its a student town... in case u still dunno what place that is, thats the hometown of Stella Artois) for the night's stay. Lu Val and Wen crashed with Fangkai (this lad is so nice, he offered to take 3 of them in) while i crashed with Fabian in his room. alwayz good to get together with an old old old fren of 11yrs... i think we had quite some philo talk!

20 March Monday: to Brussels we go! Brussels is quite a nice place... well in general we like Belgium. cos they speak good english! the Grand Place is a square with all the nice nice buildings around it la. we didnt need to have lunch... cos... we simply went into each and every nice chocolate boutique we walked past and tried their chocolates till we were full. LoL. so sneaky. of cos, how cld we miss out the peeing didi... juz a small bronze statue nothing fantastic haha~ we went to dinner @ this restaurant recommended by Lonely Planet and the mussels in brussels was just so fantastic!!!! superb!!! yum yum! we went to the casino after that muhaha free membership! then i won la blah blah blah posted b4....

21 March Tuesday: Brugge. its a kampung kinda place... quite cool sometimes to go out to the outskirts... well, in this way we didnt need to spend too much $$ right? rotate one day kampung one day city... and at the train station i spotted some1 drinking Hoegaarden in the cafe and i ordered that too. price of cafe: $1.85. price of beer: $1.90. haha. n i smoked out the glass for u ;). haha. cheers! *btw did i mention i bought a giant size hoegaarden glass as souvenir?* we cheong the way back to Leuven and cheong to Fabian place and cheong again to the train station and caught the train to Rotterdam. i left my sleeping bag on the train and now wishes it will serve its new owner well.

22 March Wednesday: breakfast spread was so good! i ate SO MUCH that i wasnt hungry till 5pm. u think urself how much i ate la. Off to visit the museums of rotterdam. it was cool funky. oso went kampung to see windmill!! :) very nice. cheong casino in evening. no gd no gd. :(

23 March Thursday: Heavy breakfast again!!! buffet at hotel mah... departing rotterdam for amsterdam. amsterdam is such a cool place.. it forever has a crowd i dunno y. so bubbly. but at night it gets a bit complicated. it doesnt help that we r staying near the red light district! of cos we went to check the 'babes' out. oh oh oh amsterdam has SO MANY museums laaa.... a lot of the weird weird one la. but we went to the Hemp & Marijuana one.. ha.. v cool.

24 March Friday: Wen left for Constance, Germany to look for her fren... then i went to Ajax Amsterdam ArenA alone.. think only me on football agenda mah.. v cool stadium, colorful and all... n of cos the CL trophy!!! we had dinner in a singaporean owned restaurant! ok fine we paid 7.50euros for unlimited serving of chub cai bng dishes haha... but it came with limited dim sum as well. still, it reminded us of home and the food totally tasted Singapourien with the Tampines chef and the AngMoKio Aunty manager haha.

25 March Sat: Houseboat museum ... Anne Frank house... and Pancake brewery... the dinner was gorgeous! marvelicious! its salty savoury pancake then got diff flavour for u to choose.. mexican la, chilean la, indonesian, norwegian blah blah blah... haha. then where else to go at night leh? CASINO!!! i got my 2yr membership after being a 4time patron! ha. got free drink somemore. didnt bet, cos feeling shitty then after that we went to smoke marijuana aka cannibis... oops. its legal in Holland ok. :) :)

then suddenly we lost 1hr of time, cos the clock gotta be adj 1hr later!!! many european oso duno when it start but basically from 1am onwards, u gotta adj the time to 2am.

26 March: wakey and........... we r going to and then we MISSED the train to the airport! best soln: take taxi. voila! 48euros gone. reached airport :S haha. safe n sound. good flight. then we were stranded at Geneva airport for 5hrs!!!! cos plane reached 1030hrs. train home is 1621hrs! :S:S:S and my 2 travel mates fell asleep b4 i could... so i watched the luggies n i didnt sleep. but i did read up on travelling itinerary for Eastern Europe in summer ;) i totally konked out on the train from geneva to grenoble can. oh, one lucky thing, no train controller came to check our tickets from geneva airport - geneva central - grenoble! which means we can refund the 18euro tickets for 90%! and juz nice to pay the taxi! phew!

OMG OMG OMG

2006-03-29T01:08:00.000+08:00

b4 i cld even pick myself up from the 1hr time loss (daylight saving time - the moment the clock turned 1am on 26 march, it becomes 2am, n the time difference of france n singapore is now 6hrs) to blog abt the exciting trip to belgium holland luxembourg...

i wana tell u all...

i got the Champion League Final tickets @ Stade de France 17 May 2006 in Paris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahh~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lux n Belgium!

2006-03-21T08:22:00.000+08:00

Holidaying n enjoying life ha~

Luxembourg - it was cool... nice old city, somewhat similar to Lyon and pple there speak decent english. met up with fabian aka wenyi whom i noe for 11yrs (yes kevin, 11yrs and yes the acquaintance of me-A-Q-F-you is so interesting ha) and fangkai who was in same ama class last term.

bought a pair of pants in zara... cldnt resist... cos half priced in this time where there was no sale! set me back 24.90euros. fk was so disappointed that the casino was like 20km/20min drive away from the lux city centre. we had a drink at the bar... (beers r gg for really cheap from here onwards... abt 2 euros and above)... n the boys indoctrinated me to kope the beer glass. ha. i got one there!

next we followed them home to Leuven, Belgium home to stella artois. 2 places we went... STUK this cultural centre... live jazz band.. pretty cool. had a hoegaarden but it came in some other glass... but heck it i dabao-ed it as well. next to a dessert place... nice man the dessert..... v steady. can check the pics soon~

next day was one hell of a happening day. we walked so much n ate so much choc. i pratically had choc for lunch. we decided to save money n being typical singaporean, we juz walked into any choc boutique n tasted their good stuff until i was so full n sick of choc. of cos we bought some back for the frens n relatives as well, fret not. 2 belgique tshirts went into my bags as well.. n last but not least a Hoegaarden souvenir... a pint glass which was abt 20cm tall... the big one!!!

then we had dinner.. OMG the mussels from brussels were incredible. n at a good price! the sauce, be it tomato or white wine were both so delicious and we had so much bread with it. i dun need to say much, it was such a gd for value n satisfying meal.

then we went casino!!!! haha... the brussels one was newly opened and it was right in the heart of the city centre. we went there n voila, not only was there no cover charge no entrance fee no coat fee... they gave us lifetime membership free!!! shiok ahaha... my game went well juz now.. really well... i won twice each on 08/11 (1 pay 17) and 23/24/26/27 (1 pay 9) once on 23/24/26/27 and once each on 30/33 and 32/33/35/36. then win abt 160euro come one stupid fugly old croupier come n spoil my luck! things went downhill WTF!!! grrrr.... end up won 64euros plus one 5euro chip n one 2 euro chip :) :) :)

wed reach amsterdam cheong again! HAHA. night!

... ...

2006-03-17T06:25:00.000+08:00

luck... its a strange thing.

fyi: Levski won 2-1. Strasbourg score was 2-2. Schalke score was 3-0. and Steaua won 3-0.

incredible stuff brother!!!!!!

French Freedom made me a BAD boy

2006-03-16T23:36:00.000+08:00

blog is to post n share thoughts n feelings mah, right?

so i m not supposed to write anything which it is bad ah. no freedom of speech even in here? i dunno... if i cant write anything i want on my blog (be it good or bad), then y not u readers write my blog for me, then i can reciprocrate and write really sweet stuff in ur blogs? sound gd?

i'm such an ass. sometimes when i dun feel good, i reflect on the past n hopefully dont dwell on it too much.

damn garang, yesteryday skipped half class to play mahjong. played till 4am this morning. best part is i got a french test coming up in 1hrs time.

tmr is start of altigliss (winter games holiday)... on holiday! meetg fabian, a Double Bassist from CO days in Dunman. crashing! meeting Fangkai n Lijen from SMU as well.

be back on 26/27 march.

ps: je suis un mauvais garçon. La France m'a fait pire. deux cent quatre-vingt onze. arrêter à trois cent? peut-être.

scatter brain post

2006-03-15T18:05:00.000+08:00

got pple ask me how come no post...

here it comes~

1) had two busy wks in sch. but still the workload was only 70-80% of SMU power... managed to survive. that was the most busy schedule of my term here.

2) i sent my mum a photo of a babe in this pretty nice floral dress... wanting her to comment on the babe. instead she came and tell me, the dress was nice suitable for youngster n that i was gg to buy for my ex-gf. me: WTF??!!! Huh? Come on, she's not worth that money. Mum: orhh haha. that was probably the most exciting thing that happened this morning. PS: that dress cost abt 600DKK.

3) i had the opportunity to converse with this woman, who would at all times propose counter arguments to whatever i was saying. come on man, it was just a normal conversation and there she goes telling me abt all the things on the opposite side of the issue. really duno whats with her. just yesterday she was at it AGAIN. we spoke abt my ryanair tickets (www.ryanair.com >> cheapest air tickets in Europe) and there she was going on and on abt how i shd be prepared for flight cancellation n delay and find someplace to stay. then i just asked her abt how come she was so optimistic abt her Italy overnight train when there are so many stories of pple getting robbed on it n no matter how i told her things such as penknives existed she just told me she will tie all her bags to herself n keep all her money in a money pouch next to her body. really wtf right. optimistic abt the unorthodox and yet so pessimistic abt a well established airline that occasionally plays stunt on pple. thank god she booked a private cabin with doors that can be locked. Bon Chance, Michelle~

4) gg on a 8day trip to BeNeLux. this one is tricky... over the past 2 days i had pple asking me what it is.. haa so funny. Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg. the reason why such a nomenclature was given was because we bought European train passes and these 3 being small countries, were combined as 1...

5) french test on thurs! muhaha~~~

6) last one.... dont bring up ur children by giving them TOO much restrictions. for instance, thou shalt not impose a curfew of 12am on them till they are 21yrs of age. by the time they turn 21, they yearn 4 too much freedom. this, coupled with the JT-Observed hypothesis that "pple do foolish things on exchange" will do them no good. with the new found freedom, u nvr noe what nonsense they can do.

but then again, whats the worse thing that can happen right? sex only mah. juz rem to use condom. its readily available on the streets in small vending dispensers anyway. yeah, amazingly not available in supermarkets here.

home in 100 days

2006-03-13T07:31:00.000+08:00

ok so 75days have gone by....

wassup for me in the next 100 days?

12 more countries to visit thats abt 16 cities....

3 exams.... =P

31days of school (er... how come less than 1/3?? muhaha)

a 2500word paper?

skipping exercise cos spring is coming, no more excuses?

Identity Crisis?

2006-03-12T08:28:00.000+08:00

some stories abt 3 pple i got to noe on exchange.. its kinda interesting the thoughts and feelings of these folks...

lets start with J. J is a 22yr old guy from Maastricht. His dad is German his mum Dutch. His actual nationality is German, but he feels more Dutch. he has only 1 passport, a German one cos for that yr which he was born, somehow the German gahmen (sounds cool) didnt allow dua nationality. spent his early sch years in and out of eastern Holland/Western Germany.

C is more complicated. His father Belgium. His mum Philippines. He's born in France, hence he assumes French nationality but is Belgium nationality as well. After an exchange to SMU last term, this guy actually comes and tell me he is Asian and feels Asian! think the Asian genes in his blood acting up. He loves Asia to the max. currently searching for internships with French companies all over asia.

last one is N. he's Mauritius. studies in NUS. on exchange in France. educated in french since young, watches French Canal Plus (cable tv) back in Mauritius... identifies himself with the french youngsters of his age... yet juz after a few yrs in Singaporean, he is a bit singaporean! ha. cool dude.

its incredible how these pple feel after i talk to them and get to noe them better. things r really complicated for them (in my opinion). is it good or bad? compared to a true blue singaporean like i m? ha. (ok perhaps some of u noe i m half indon)

its raining ice

2006-03-11T00:57:00.000+08:00

yes... not snow... ice cubes... but really small... say abt 2mm by 2mm by 2mm? gawd... wtf. we wld get hurt if the 'rain' got any heavier!

ok next.... Olympique Lyonnais draws AC Milan in the CL quarter finals!! muhaha i m definitely gonna try to buy the tickets this time... no escape!

back to work 1st... wana post a topic entitled identity crisis...

shd go?

2006-03-10T15:24:00.000+08:00

last wk i was beoing flights to london... to n from grenoble it will cost me 56.82 euros.

today wake up suddenly see the mailer, everything become 20euros!!!

shd go!? :P

update: West Ham vs Tottenham tickets SOLD OUT le. :S

言之有理

2006-03-09T19:00:00.000+08:00

有用心才会契入智慧之道理，

有考验才会显出真心之坚毅；

有大爱才会发挥心灵之美丽，

有谅解才会维系彼此之情义。

this came in my mail...

2006-03-07T07:21:00.000+08:00

awwww how sweeet.... from gd old beloved sister Kris.

ohhhhh my love my 鸭饭 *sings**

some updates on my life

2006-03-07T06:51:00.000+08:00

i was on the busy week of a sporadic class schedule. really busy. but not even 70% of smu's tempo.

weekend - sat was good la... but somehow things didnt turn out too good n i actually KO-ed at 830pm. i slept like a log till 1044am. gawd. but i was awake at 544am cos i cld hear my stella artois at moving at the window ledge (over here no need to put drinks in the fridge, put outside the ledge autochill, more environmentally frenly).... closed the shutters brought in my 6 cans of stella artois n back to sleep. sunday woke up, to find internet down the whole day. ok fine, at least till dinner time. irritated can. we suspect cos we 4got to pay the administrator upstairs then he geh siao shut it down dun let us use. sharks. then guess what, the bottle of kroneborg (dunno how to spell) french beer at the kitchen ledge fell to the grd floor. we cld still c the remnants. ha.

monday was ok. save for the stupid toto.. duno y this yr the toto so diff to catch. n then now still got Man U won last min courtesy of a own goal. its really like wtf for me. *ouch*

need a holiday soon i suppose... or m i oredi on 1? hope to go london. some1 save me, send some money! god, drop some more cash!

106 days back to the sunny island n seeing u :)

the babes are here! in my home! n in my room nownownow!

2006-03-03T21:40:00.000+08:00

they are here! earlier than i expected!

notice how petit the babe is...? awwww..... so cute right?

NB: notice from 2006 onwards, i have affectionately termed them feminine... cos learn too much french, must allocate gender to them.

last but not least, thanks to my cuzzie -c- who made all this possible. sank u. lol~

....

2006-03-01T07:49:00.000+08:00

snowing.

n been at the melancholic music again. late at night, sometimes feel a tad down. duno y.

this one's for u paopao. :(

just some post...

2006-02-28T08:28:00.000+08:00

god i realised i nvr spoke anything abt my weekend trip 2 wkends ago to the countryside... goodness we kena a 7km walk the 1st thing we arrive in Lisieux. it was unforgettable. but it was also the beginning of good frenships with Kelvin and Nicolas from NUS..... ;)

today we had a gorgeous and absolutely wonderful dinner courtesy of Wen. she cooked aubergine which was brinjal.... at least according to wikipedia its the SAME. v nice, pan grilled contents removed and filled with croutons n hard boiled egg. then we had rice with vege stew. the stew ah, i tell u is powerful la! potatoes, veggies, carrots, chippolata sausage turned meatballs so naturally sweet with the vege essence and tasty and healthy. we had it with a bottle of red from roussillon villages which costs us like only 2.80euros and so smooth. topped up the meal with sorbet... v wonderful indeed!

was on the msn with qiqi a moment ago and we were talking abt our eastern europe travel plans then i suddenly rememered some1 on exchange last term actually travelled to 14countries! incredible! then i started my own count:

so far France and Switzerland

planned>>>

March: Belgium / Netherlands / Luxembourg
April: Italy and Spain

June: Poland / Czech Republic / Hungary /Austria

11 and counting!!!!

Intending to go Denmark n Sweden on a beautiful end April weekend pending an email from Gustav the big viking in Lund.... and maybe catch EPL the coming weekend West Ham vs Spurs in London.... then if i am able to get an accomodation in Germany come summer... we'll drop by there as well then voila!!! 15!!!!! muhahahaha. ;) c'est parfait!

goodbye PaoPao

2006-02-27T18:57:00.000+08:00

Pao Pao was a Jack Russell owned by my fren Steven. He arrived in his family after the last time I visited him on his birthday BBQ last year, hence i didnt have the chance to play with him personally.

I did webcam him a few times... (freaky, but hey, i was webcamming Steven then saw Pao Pao lah) there was this strange thing as in the moment he heard my voice over the computer, he knew where to look at, i.e. the webcam and his black dark eyes seemed to tell me some story. (juz look at his eyes in the pic) that dude was also a poser in front of the camera. cute dog he is.

today, he got run over by a bus. f the bus driver la. his internal organs, stomach and bladder everything were gone and had to be put to sleep. gosh, he must have been traumatised and been in so much pain.

Rest in peace my friend.

prankster! or maybe not?

2006-02-24T20:03:00.000+08:00

Dear Mdm/Sir

I refer to your advertisement for the position of Trader in SMU's online portal on 24th February 2006.

I understand that Singapore Pools is looking for a team player with strong mathematical background, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to cope with pressure. I believe that my enclosed resume will demonstrate that I have the characteristics and attributes that you seek.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss these further and my passion for sports, especially football with you. If you are interested, please contact me at this email address: XXX.YYY.200Z@WWWWWWW.smu.edu.sg as I am currently on international student exchange in Grenoble, France. The mobile number as stated in the resume is under my brother's custody.

I look forward to meeting with you after my return to Singapore come 20th June 2006 to discuss the way my skills may best serve Singapore Pools.

Thank you for your attention.

Yours Sincerely,

YYY XXX

enclosed: resume

haha~~~ i asked for a remuneration that was like above $2500 and they had to wait one year for me. haha haha u think they will call back meh! siao!

we love ah girl

2006-02-22T17:20:00.000+08:00

aha ah girl is lucky!

she came to our home for abt 3weeks +.... and daddy mummy keep striking 4D! the chasis number la, the car plate number la....

cant wait to go home and give her a big fat hug! will it be my turn soon for her to bring me luck? :)

LoL

PS: back from normandy the kampung countryside... i think we must have spent more than we did in the cities. aha~

Quiz Results~

2006-02-16T19:42:00.000+08:00

1) Analysis
2) Basic
3) Balance
4) Silence
5) Lucky
6) Eyes Contact

(6) was particularly tricky... but yet SOMEONE got it right! aha!
(i) the bloke couldnt spell the term correct so he put a 's' behind the 'eye'
(ii) typically french nature not to read the 1st 'e' hence the pronounciation "yes"
(iii) but yet so untypical of french to pronounce the last 's'

cockster right?

guess what, today was the 1st 8am class i kena with this bloke n he was late for a god damn 45mins! what the hell! i wakey at 0645hrs lo~

2day in his class we wrote a pc of paper on our ideal job.. i think i wld love to get a job here based on european remuneration, cos the folks here mostly drive manual cars (which of cos includes my beloved BMW!)....

n today a Dutch-German friend told me that in Germany u order a plank of drinks... its a one metre long plank with 16mugs of authentic German beer on it... it costs 9euros. =P

hilarious~

2006-02-14T21:01:00.000+08:00

care to have a phonetic quiz?

well, these words came right from the mouth of some french bloke professor who cant really speak engrish that well.

try to guess what the actual words are.

Easy:
1) ah-nah-lai-sis
2) bear-zik

Medium:
3) bear-lance
4) sea-lance

Hard:
5) loo-ki
6) yehs contact [the word contact was as in english]

have fun... answers.... say 2 days lateR? PARTICIPATE pls!

i miss u~

2006-02-11T08:44:00.000+08:00

i juz tuned into the internet radio 933. though the connection sucked, the same old station msgs were being played. then i thought of u.

then... when i ventured to the lta website to check on the latest car plate nos to bid... i ended up at the live traffic camera of PIE - Paya Lebar... (the eunos one wasnt working!!!???) then i thought of u too.

the wonderful times we shared and how we went out having a good time together. ah... those days... but they will nvr happen again. the chemistry we have within us is ...... undescribable. {Ah Boy in KL}

let us live in our memories. ='( i m still loving u and miss u.

I MISS HOME!

2006-02-07T17:48:00.000+08:00

booooooooo

miss home last night cant sleep man. sharks.

maybe cos i m a little sick? when i lie on the bed n open my eyes, i wish the view was my blue wardrobe on the right and the window overlooking the JTC factory on my left!

heh... good to hear quite a few different mahjong tables are missing my good presense, esp during CNY muhaha~~~

then i oso heard my bkie change car from toyota to lexus???!!! look like he making big money~~

food food food!!! hawker~~ i feel like eatg laksa n roast/braised duck rice :S

R/S

2006-02-06T16:50:00.000+08:00

happened to read abt r/s on a frens blog > the conversation btwn her and an indien taxi driver abt r/s = relationships.... which coincided with my topic today! cheers to u ger!

曾经有一段很美的爱情在眼前不懂得去珍惜,直到失去了才懂得后悔莫及。

she was a girl who didnt mind him being a gambler, a smoker. she didnt mind him to be heavily in debt. she didnt mind his lowly income. but as with most, if not all ladies, they want the boy to accompany them and spend time with them.

recently he went for upgrading. taking classes on his own it seems. she understood that it was for the sake of their future and it was eating into his already busy schedule from the air steward training.

the guy tot abt it for a long time. even alone at Paulaner. he thought about it for a week. then finally a few days into the CNY, he told he thats the end of it. he so claimed he didnt want to waste her time as he couldnt give her what she wanted, and furthermore end of the yr he would be completing his training and will have to be shceduled to fly out to the world.

hai. so sad this 2 frens of mine.

btw, r/s cld oso = really sucks? ah~

what have i been eating!!!!!

2006-02-01T22:53:00.000+08:00

aha juz to share with u folks some of the wonderful carrefour products here in france... i m writing an email to them soon to ask them to bring these into singapore!

cereal bars for a snack... very nice!!!! 6 bars in a box cost 1.20 euros! light lunch for me! healthy!
raisin and apricot flavours~~~ =)

This stamp biscuit is v popular in France man~ basically its a stamp la.. but the 3D part is chocolate.. even the carrefour one is v nice lo.. if buy the upmarket ones... v tasty!

poor me have to settle for the cheapest toothpaste... carrefour brand!!! muhaha~

wah kangtao! 1 litre of Carrefour shower gel 0.82 euros!

Grenoble study plan~

2006-02-01T17:53:00.000+08:00

ok so we were made to sign a study plan in front of the administrator saying i will attend these courses and i understood the rules n regulations of the sch for exchange students blah blah blah.. and i wld like to show u our study plan~~~

7 March - the big match! Barcelona faces Chelsea at Nou Camp! I'm bidding for this ticket haha... currently my bid the highest!!!! muhaha~~~ but the reserve price not met =.=" he may not sell. i will have to skip 2 days class to watch this... and take 8hrs train to and 8 hrs back.

18 - 26 march: altigliss the Grenoble winter sports holiday~ we r gg to BeNeLux = Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg... gg to Amsterdam to try some "stuff", Brussels - Waterloo and dunnoe where... stopping by Strasbourg on the trip up, and coming back from Geneva (again)~

7 - 17 April: Easter break! as the chief planner we r thinking of gg to Italy then Spain! we will be visiting Venice (Venezia) , Rome, Valencia, Seville, Madrid and Barcelona~ muhaha~~~ maybe i will watch football in Rome and Barcelona again~~

shiok hor... but the wallet gonna kena burnt liaoz... jialat jialat~

tmr Champion League final tickets opening for application!!! whack ah!!!!!!

mad abt you

2006-01-31T17:34:00.000+08:00

Gucci set... ard GBP1500!

i'm no tai tai wanabe, but how can any aficionado resist this... LV set... on ebay aussie bidding starts A$149.

yes, u darling.... where r u!!!!! come come come!

贺新年祝新年

2006-01-30T04:42:00.000+08:00

1st of all, wish all of u readers a very wonderful and prosperous year ahead~ :)

how was your reunion dinner and your day 1? hope it went well?

of funerals and cnys... i alwayz tot if got pple ko b4 sometime near b4 cny, cannot 过年.. personally 2 frens kena... but i oso noe a fren their family not pantang one then v gd lo. at least have good time in sgp k. hope u had a gd time babe!

well, i'm feeling a tad down. theres no mood here... fortunately we managed to do up quite a sumptuous feast for the dinner last evening and accompanied by our angmor frens and the 6bottles of wine (muscat is for start and end, its wonderfully sweet, rose with white meat, and of cos the reds)

no public holiday till tuesday~ theres class later on Monday afternn i'm reading the textbk, i cant believe it.

no mahjong of cos... cant wait for mich n jem.. my budd zhiwei will find for me n send to me...

no bakkua.. a fren wana send too. ha so nice of these folks~

world cup ticket allocation will be out soon~~~ will my cny dream be realised?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO QIHUI~

care to see whats happening outside my room window?

恭贺新禧

2006-01-27T17:22:00.000+08:00

The entourage of apartment 6, 27c rue des Champs Elysees, 38100 Grenoble a.k.a. Monaco 5/Geneva 4 *think Ocean 11* wishes all a happy and prosperous CNY ahead~

money~

2006-01-26T18:43:00.000+08:00

money is an innocent thing.

humans are innocent beings too.

its the interaction between humans and money that causes the evil to flourish. and sometimes it gets into the human heart and makes us selfish and greedy.

sometimes we look at the things pple do for money and what money does to them, its a harsh reality.

what bugs me is some pple wana count money with u down to every single cent. that really sucks man. i m glad i was brought up not to be too ngiao... sometimes we just do away with the odd 88cts or 75cts.

another issue is when some1 owes u, say $x. he/she tells u, "hey i only have $(x-y) today, pay u $y another time ok" *NB: y usually <= 20*.... how do u respond?

1) "oh sure..." good for u if this person REMEMBERS to pay u that $y. not good, means u will have to be thick skinned and ask for the $y?

2) "oh its ok la, when u got the full amt then u pay me k?" "aiyoh, dun lidat la, only $y mah, i wont run away right?"

what do u do?

to switzerland... n back~

2006-01-25T06:26:00.000+08:00

and so, the entourage of apartment 6 went on a weekend trip to switzerland...

we went to 2 cities, geneva and lausaunne. geneva more famous la.. this one most pple heard b4. lausanne *pronounced lor-zann* not that well known, but it actually is home to the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.). it is a sports city, with having some 15 sports federations setting up their hq there, including FITA the archery one muhaha~ i went! the main attraction is the olympic museum.. quite cool la~ the 2 places we went are not exactly coastal cities like Monaco (i love that place) and Nice... but cos its juz by Lake Geneva, its gorgeous alright... but super WINDY n the wind chill factor is very the very the coldddddddddd!!!

swiss is part of the european union but not part of the euro dollar zone. thats terrible. we had to change currency. blah. things in swiss r expensive. swatch watches r not cheap apparently. wanted to go buy tag heuer somemore! haha~ macdonalds lagi exp than france and they dun have formula etudiant - student meal!

sidetrack: students get special student meal at major fast food outlets in france.. u get a normal extra value meal with additional one more burger... apparently they think student can eat a lot. but cos it is too costly, (one EVM costs SGD$12 n above it is damn caitao) we usually take a student meal n share....

and hor... no chili sauce... want ketchup n curry sauce all must pay one! sharks man.. heng we met a china ger at the counter we queued, we spoke mandarin n she stunt out 2 pack of ketchup for us.. thats how cham we were in swiss. yikes.

yest received news... ah boy is gone. yes.. even the car plate. originally daddy wanted to keep.. end up... bo liao~ byebye to ah boy~ then shd i change my mobile number? haha~ most of u readers noe my m1 mobile number i had it changed to be same as ah boy *1705*... now ah ger come... v pretty ah ger u noe? chio man...wee-u-weet! SGC 7588 B! huat huat! cant wait to meet her~

today wen's dhl package came... she treated me to some 6 pineapple tartlets! waha! new yr mood come! man... i do enjoy new yr.. bak kua, the gatherings.. abalone and not forgetting my mahjong..

2005 was a mahjong yr for me man.. since CNY day 1 cuz came over mahjong with my grandaunt n mum n myself... the whole 2005 play non stop.. i think we must have had min 26fridays playing mahjong my home.. then internship that time play till luan~~ 2005 was a harvest yr where i honed my mahjong skills.. i gamed a 13odds... and the jack's-place-table-cloth-pattern mahjong set which i bought won me a lot of money wor... bahh~

this saturday we r preparing for CNY reunion dinner (now i m irked by the word reunion, the existence of the 're' doesnt sound v nice to me) ... the 6 of us singaporeans in Grenoble Ecole de Mgmt... then we invited 3 french peeps.. and they bringing one taiwan ger... we'll have a good time!

have a wonderful and prosperous yr my dear frens~ hope all is well at sch, work n at home~ miss u all~

《发如雪》

2006-01-19T19:35:00.000+08:00

狼牙月伊人憔悴我举杯饮尽了风雪
是谁打翻前世柜惹尘埃是非

缘字诀几番轮回你锁眉哭红眼唤不回
纵然青史已经成灰我爱不灭

繁华如三千东流水
我只取一瓢爱了解只恋你化身的蝶

你发如雪凄美了离别我焚香感动了谁
邀明月让回忆皎洁爱在月光下完美

你发如雪纷飞了眼泪我等待苍老了谁
红尘醉微醺的岁月我用无悔刻永世爱你的碑

1st time saw this lyrics.... phoah.. the contemporary and sophiscated (and somewhat nonsensical) usage of vocabulary brings out the old pugilistic theme~ way cool~

i saw a cloud crashing into a mountain!

2006-01-19T07:00:00.000+08:00

aha.. it looked really funny to me today on the bus ride home from carrefour.. the cloud was like 1/8th crashed into the mountain.. a beautiful sight though.

kenny is leaving us for copenhagen on friday.. a pity the sch timetable happen to kena us a course that all 4 of us r taking! then we cant see him off... awwwwwwww..... tmr night we r having a feast once again to c kenny off.

i look grouchy n sucky cos the sun is too bright!

menu is out... chicken curry w baguette... cabbage stew... sambal prawn... fried calamari!

talking abt copenhagen... qiqi is coming to europe later! have a good journey babe! c u soon! plans for spain are coming out!

evening was wonderful~ for some weird reason i decided to update my ipod to this new laptop n voila it revived! previously it died-ed-ed on me!!!! then the team i bet on.. score in the LAST minute of the game! waha~~~ then me n wen had a great harvest of songs from the-chinese-company-that-recently-got-listed haha~

shiok evening!

check this out~

2006-01-17T16:36:00.000+08:00

plucked 2 mandarin oranges off the trees from monaco street. and my new lucky tie which i bought in grenoble and wore to monte carlo. haha~

i think i found a place for retirement~

2006-01-15T23:58:00.000+08:00

and so off we went to Monaco and Nice...

mad rush to the train station on friday morning cos everyone woke up late! i even set my alarm clock in my hp nicely end up nvr enable! haha.. so silly. heng end up we were there 10min b4 time...

boring train journey.. when i happy happy take out my ipod shuffle... i kena the dreaded traffic light syndrome! damn man.. think gone case oredi.. no ipod.. juz sleep sleep sleep the journey lo. came home realised how come so funny the ipod still can function as thumb drive... under warranty go back sgp then go n service!

wah.. monaco being a coastal area has lots of sun all year round unlike grenoble :S maybe we folks miss the sun too much, but every1 was mesmerized by the place.. its port where the yatch club and of cos the gorgeous yatchs are parked... the seemingly short residential buildings... the streets... not forgetting the hot cars.. it really is a wonderful place... it really captivated the Monaco 5 *erhemz me ken lu val n wen* haha... so much so that me n ken wana make this our retirement place!

we wana save $$ then we booked a 3 person room for 5 of us.. cos initially me n ken were gonna spend the night in the casino anyway... n i brought sleeping bag... end up the room got 4 beds! how cool is that! haha..

so we went to walk walk take pics lo... walked to this street and to our amazement mandarin orange trees grow freely there! haha... wanted to pluck.. but too paiseh laa... we had quite a wonderful dinner... initially thinking the sandwiches are normal priced for europe, considering it is such a nice city.. 3 of us ended up having a set menu.. with drinks n coffee... n the babes cldnt resist the temptation of the delectable pastries on display.. haa.

the time for the casino came! so exciting! we were all dressed up! all guys turned up in biz attire all with ties! n the babes of cos were lovely ;) then.. initially we took the bus n tot we missed the stop! cos we wanted to go to the grandest one called Le Casino Monte Carlo... but end up heng heng huiwen read the map wrongly we found ourselves at the door! waha~~ n the way kenny put it is damn funny "luck good anyhow walk oso walk correctly" haha...

we started off looking at other pple play. roulette was what greeted us in the hall... then we went off to see blackjack.. i dint like card games so i set my mind on roulette. in any case, min bet per blackjack game was 25euros.. too much. kenny played 3 hands n lost then we went to roulette table 2 tog cos min bet was $5. average luck initially... one pt in time won 165 then lose lose till about 65... (my capital was 100 euros)

then casino changed the croupier team of 4... as they were settling down suddenly i spotted the 24 then i talked to it...

"darling ah darling u muz be good ger n open ok! i will bet medium and 24 5euro each ah.. pls help me ah..." then came the spin... the result: black 24!! waha!!!! madness! 3500% net profit... from then on i become more heng on form n strike 6nos bets and 4 nos bets! then play play play until 12spin losing streak juz nice they said wana close shop... then time to go home with 105 net profit exclude cover charge and a 5euro chip as souvenir! we ended up back in the hotel room at abt 3+am... haha...

Nice was another just as nice coastal city... went to the flower market.. in between we could not resist the temptations of the shopping sale (we now believe it is all around France) i bought sth at Zara... in fact all the guys did, cos Grenoble the Zara no have guys stuff. the beach was damn good la! the Med sea... but i was like kinda sad... cos... i pity them, God gave them a pretty sea but no sand.. only plenty of stones rocks pebbles and smaller pebbles... so uncomfortable sitting there! kenny was thinking retire in Nice... n there got more food and happening makan places along the beach.. then if wana go Monaco casino juz take train or helicopter! hahaha~~~~ shiok! *kenny tone*

current craving: bah chor me, oyster egg, fishball noodles, chicken rice, duck ruce, curry fish head, satay, laksa and more.

La France

2006-01-13T08:15:00.000+08:00

this austria guy upstairs told us: sometimes u nvr noe what the french are thinking and u juz dun understand them. haha indeed.

but the French are really energy saving pple and environmental concious... the lights at most residential lobbies are energy saving and are off until u press it. over at supermarts, they encourage pple to bring their own bags or use canvas ones.... n the cashier will just throw ur stuff at the end of her counter n u pack urself.

i was juz reminded by val that the french work only 37hrs per week... super good wor. even in sch.. the admin stuff can rotate alternate day off! so shiok, i oso wana work in france!

next... grenoble got big sale! the stuff here is really expensive... but the sale is really big! i got a coat for 60% off!! incredible stuff here... muhaha~~ shopping at carrefour today.. phoah the carrefour here really power one lo... got donkey rows of goodies and donkey rows of cashiers!!!! v power! n carrefour's product (those they make their own brand) are really cheap n good!!!

today opened the 2006 toto acct with a positive win! not bad for a start! tmr 1st thing in the morning go monaco - monte carlo!!! the gyus gonna try our hand at the games! wish us luck! update with pics and events from Monaco n Nice! tata!

finally... internet connection in the home

2006-01-10T05:41:00.000+08:00

finally got internet from home!! waha~~

its not bad.. 10 euro per person per month.. we share with the austria austie british german folks above... its fine. i watched finished the chinese movie Qing Dian Da Sheng.. now watching... Memoirs of a Geisha! v clear!!!

www.pplive.com hahahaha~~~

show u all sth exciting!!!

in school!

2006-01-06T22:00:00.000+08:00

and so... we've got the apartment the insurance... now awaiting sch to start... as i was saying, there only 1 week of school in Jan... we going skiing over the weekend and monaco...

we had a good housewarming "feast" last night... come on man, considering the nonsense we been eating... fried rice with sausage, egg, greens, pork steak with lee kum kee sauce, fried vege, tomyum soup with prawn tomato and chicken topped with a young bottle of cabernet sauvignon (cost only 2.42euros) and californian mangoes (they cost SGD $2 here!!!!). shiok laaa.

ok abt my room... its bigger than my room back in Jalan Tenaga! 2 huge closet in which i put my clothes sparcely... even got a 5layer shelf... i dun have so many things! study desk... v luan as usual~~

slept over the 1st night in my new home... wah kau... sleeping against the wall on the left and above my head is no joke.. this place is natural air con!!! like i was telling lulu... in singapore, heat n warmth is free... u think twice about turning on the air con at home... over here... air con (VERY cold air con) is free everywhere... u dun need to think twice to shut the damn window!!! all night long... i shut my room door and must have left only 9mm opening in my window... and i was still freezing! grrrrrr.....

n i did one of the most amazing stunt i ever did... last night the shower no have hot water... so i challenged myself!!! i got out in the most amazing time.. i think it was slightly less than 4mins... and my teeth were really chattering... hahaha.... crap.

heh.. these days its peaceful laa... next wk whole week orientation... slack ard... read bk.. cos no tv. i very long nvr read so much oredi... heh. now i think, no tv no internet is really a good thing.

they found abt some 7 english fiction books in the apartment left behind by the previous inhabitants! aha... i shamelessly put them on my shelf.. cos apparently didnt wana lose to huiwen who brought some 5 or 6 books including 2 on Jack Welch =S only the last 3 books are mine... (1) international finance (2) lee kah shing (3) french phrase book. haha

in grenoble

2006-01-04T20:39:00.000+08:00

reached school. it is so,ewhat like city campus. a small student town with the school beside the train station. all locations shd be walkable. oh did i say we only have ONE week of school in Jan? slack man! now the 5 of us are contemplating a trip over the weekend to Monaco the Monte Carlo casino haha oops :p

ok found a place to stay... v cosy apartment.. but it is 20min BRISK walk to sch! rental incl water n heater is 360euros/mth (exc rate = SGD1.983 = 1euro) reallly cosy... n the best thing is it is as planned 4 of us are staying tog, val, wen, lu and myself... so.....beaus n frens pls dont worry k!

anyways, would any1 be sweet enuff 2 send a postcard? moi addy (note the weird notation on top of the e):

(my name)
27c rue des Champs Elysées
Apartment 6
38100 Grenoble, France

we r planning for the move in 2days... er.. we got approx 160kg luggage! after which we will top it up with w nice home cooked dinner (oh by the way the kitchen has this small teeny weeny table like in fairytales with 4 small chairs juz nice :p) menu is out... muhaha... how we missed hawker food man.. eat here one most simple unfulfilling meal is 3.5euros!

so, folks back home, appreciate we r living in such a nice place! tata~~

last day in paris~~~

2006-01-02T05:35:00.000+08:00

last day in paris... totally shagged out last night... the countdown at eiffel... though here they dun really practice 5...4...3...2...1... cos the french cant count (think tennis) we just stood and watched the eiffel in awe. gorgeous stuff. metro was packed until gaolat gaolat. slept 230am.

woke up 1122am to skype with my mum and bro... surfed some net... then today we were out quite late... lunch was served at 3pm... n all i ate was that... ok at night found starbucks me n wen spoiled ourselves with a drink each.

we went eiffel again at 435pm... wanted to queue to go to the top of the tower for the shiokness... long queue nvr mind.. but end up raining too cold and freezing... then sian liao... we gave up then opted to walk walk other place. nvr mind we be back in eiffel during summer k~

tmr going grenoble.. the student town... good thing sch and station and our temp hotel are really near one another.. hopefully we find apartment soon... but then again, we booked 3 nights hotel.. so.. if 1st day can find aparment... then like a bit wasted haha... oh well.. c how hope all heng heng. then sch will start =S

have a great term my smu folks... c u soon. =)

GREETINGS FROM PARIS!

2005-12-31T14:31:00.000+08:00

WAHA i finally found a wireless network....!!!

hows home my dears... it is cold here. ok we reached paris... then reached our destination - where our hotel was... then it was snowing omg. 3pple, 9pcs of heavy luggage totalling 100+kg and being lost in the snow... not exactly v shiok lo. haha.

that night val and ken took us out for dinner - being newbies in this awesome place... meals are expensive man.. kanasai haha. walk walk around visited Bastille.... then next day was Louvre the museum... the one with mona lisa la... then it was both snowing and raining... not exactly v comfortable...

oh we found paris chinatown too! it is more than a slump man.. haha. oops. but we had a nice chinese noodle soup meal... pics to be uploaded...

http://sg.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/qx4596t/my_photos

happie new yr peeps... i m 7hrs behind u all... now 727am... lulu is zzzzz-ing now... tonight going Eiffel Tower see fireworks.... be well! wish all of u readers good health....

sth for angie my darling haha....

in dubai!

2005-12-29T09:08:00.000+08:00

god... the flight from singapore to kl to dubai was.... :S

shag man! y so shag one! heng now at dubai got free internet... my mates KO liao...

luming juz stoning away... and huiwen... cant start her laptop... sleeping away haha... i gonna let her use.

miss home!

counting counting counting... ... ...

2005-12-28T11:55:00.000+08:00

sunday was a day of madness...

i mahjong the whole afternn till dinner time, entertaining my great grandma... we had a christmas/farewell dinner for me... the kitchen was totally chaotic... cos we wanted to cook the stuff we want ourselves...

who were the visitors?

maternal: great grandma, grandma, uncle Jie, aunty, the maid, clarice, damon, 2nd aunt, uncle ee chong, junsheng, junqi, 3rd aunt, uncle kee, qingyan, joyce, uncle jeff, aunty susan, ryan, cheryl

paternal: Gugu, uncle, kelly, alvin, nicholas, Shushu, Ming, Meihuan, huihui

family frens: aunty sally, uncle teng, sarm, aunty jenny, uncle chua, sijie, jiahua...

kau.. 35visitors + my family.. .39 pple cramped in a 5room flat!

monday was ok laa... i met bs and family... went to buy handfone haha... at night be good boy stay at home watch soccer till 1am.. damn tired la!

tuesday ran some last min errands... like making intl student card... and buying TEXTBOOKs for the coming term....

and here we r ....Wednesday... later catching Narnia!

goodbye folks~ catcha in France!

counting... 83hrs...

2005-12-25T11:52:00.000+08:00

weird right? y i nvr post the 4th counting day = 96hrs neh?

cos 96 = "gaolat" in hokkien muhahah~~~

oh well... merry xmas to all!

i found activity last night... mj lo what else...

whole day nvr do much.. juz lum nua at home. slept in preparation for the big game in the evening. i reached home 0530hrs.. slept less than 5hrs.. went to pick my uncle and cousins and there are now abt 6mj kaki at my home now... excluding mum.. she has been busy preparing the food since last night.. n there she was welcoming me home at 5am by waking up early to cook and prepare today's feast... xmas + ny + cny.. for me... =P thankew mama~

counting... 120hrs...

2005-12-24T00:37:00.000+08:00

today did many thingies.

went to dunman with mama n bro. ahha, today went back.. 10yrs went by in a flash! like what i told my fren RS whom i got to know in sec 1 n juz played mj with him on wed.. 仿佛看到从前的我们。

then came the gd news all our visas were done.. rushed down to embassy to collect.. another obstacle cleared. thank god. next went to Beng Hiang for hokkien cuisine with my police frens... good hearty meal of hokkien kong bah bau.. i swear it is fattening sinful but hey whos complaining!

sent aunty lucy home.. then went shopping.. so scary.. there were so many little things i nvr buy... end up still bought 2 vcds haha i will bring to france as CNY entertainment for my French family... perhaps tmr shd go find travel mahjong set.

been at home at the vcds ever since.. hooked liao.

tmr 24th eve! no programme! how siah. bahh.

Merry Xmas to all my frens!

2005-12-23T17:05:00.000+08:00

http://www.syfc.org.sg/christmas05/hokkien-rec.htm

*lol*

that day.. i was driving along cluny road... i smiled :) when i saw a bmw 5 series with plate number SFW 26. but as SQQ26 enlightened me.. i might not make it for my SJT 26... now is SGB. SH series is for taxi. means SJ series come liao. n i still stoodent. ='( can that be my xmas wish...?

counting... 144hrs...

2005-12-23T01:22:00.000+08:00

hmm.. lets see. the more closer it is to the trip... the more unsecure i feel. yucks. y ah? maybe luggage not packed yet? maybe i will be a bit safer tmr when i get it done?

today mahjong w tommy.. possibly the last such gathering for 8mths... until yr 4 term 1 begins... what a day... drove round to bro sch, to skin centre, toapayoh, anchorage, tiongbahru, 6th ave, anchorage, toapayoh, farrer park, parkway,east coast... heh.

daddy's birthday dinner today.. it was ok. except all the waitress all old aunties.. but they v steady n zai. so good that mum booked lunar reunion dinner w them... price affordable.. good!

steve came all the way down from upp bkt timah to meet up for supper.. though i dint eat.. he bought me the ribena arsenal jersey.. haa. adrian was here too.. but a pity we talk all about soccer he seldom follow.. but they was v much things to talk abt too... great to have those guys come down from the west!

many special thanks goes out to SQQ 26, F, -c-, steve and adrian for the things u have done, r gonna do and the accompaniment! cheers.

counting... 168hrs...

2005-12-22T02:11:00.000+08:00

that is how fast i m leaving singapore for such a far place for such a long time.

counting down.. i had the honour to have tea/kopi with owner of SQQ 26. wanted to try tong shui at zion road... but the kitchen closed. heh.. moved to Mr Bean @ Prinsep on her recommendation... parked in the middle of the road *v diff to explain situation* and kena qx!!!! ahha... i cld feel they were gonna give chance anyway, but i heong my police nric.. =p "u r our men" says Sgt Malay... SSgt Chinese shakes head at me. =S

after which we did one of the most weirdest things... we went to LYTPK @ 0029hrs. waha... in the middle of the night.. fyi.. that place is open 24hrs a day 7days a week 52 weeks a year one... heh.

then here i m. 164hrs to go....

my tommy family

2005-12-17T17:41:00.000+08:00

cheng sim

2005-12-17T13:39:00.000+08:00

how wld u feel or think if u tried to contact some1 via calling 6 times in 2 days and your calls not being picked up? nor getting a return call?

what wld u do, if u had 6 missed calls in 2 days on ur mobile? surely the person who call u got an issue right? u dun return a call or sms back "hey wassup?"...

thats like so sophiscated!

argh. take care.

feeling shortchanged.

2005-12-16T22:00:00.000+08:00

yeah thats right.

shortchanged is a v gd word.

1) its the overseas insurance. thinking that rather let my extended family earn any potential commission from the purchase of the travel insurance for wen lu and val i looked up my cousin and asked him to settle this for me.

all was ok.. then until i decided to go apply for my visa on thur. wed night he said he'd come pass me the policies. reached here end up nvr bring.

arranged to meet next day at 8am.. as i wanted to go to the embassy at 9am and not to be late for F's birthday lunch... end up this chap came at 10am. =S

HELLO??!! i had the heart to take care of my own relative's interest, only to be reciprocrated with this 2nd class treatment whereas if i had looked up AIG Insurance company directly, there would be an officer "Mr Lin"-ing me from head to toe? WTH?

2) bahh... dont mention it. foul mood carried over from (1) and the thought of this lackadaisicality/bochupness of (2) is making me v frustrated. why the hell ask for it myself.

fuck off jaytee.