In between
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
I was one of the inline skating instructors for the (mega) camp at Christ Church Secondary some few days back. The camp was a collaboration of 12 different churches, and participants were made up of young kids and some teenagers. I attended 2 out of 3 days and for the time that I was there, we developed a love-hate relationship with children, the sun and the hot weather. I don't know if it's just this bunch but children nowadays need to learn how to be more independant. I swear I could have started screaming at the top of my lungs if I had to take just one more lesson.
What exactly happened? I made all the kids grab a set of protective guards, a helmet, and a pair of skates each. Young children being themselves, I wasn't too surprised that a lot of them started putting on their skates even before wearing the guards. So, lesson after lesson, I had to repeat to them, "Children, please put on your knee guards before you wear your skates". I was okay with that, and maybe I'd just hoped that they'd start following instructions more closely.
TOO MANY of them were unable to wear the guards correctly at first, NONE of them watched when I demonstrated (though they managed to get them on one way or other), and ONE particular girl insisted that I help her put on every single guard. namai. She think she princess or what. What really pissed me off was the fact that they were unsure of how to wear the guards/skates correctly, yet they refused to listen to instructions and when they start failing to put them on correctly one by one, they'd be like "I don't know how to wear" with a damned helpless face. Imagine 7 - 8 children saying that to you all at the same time, I can assure you it's frustrating. I truly need to start my learning stint at NIE soon, keeping fingers crossed.
dougie left for Batam with his secondary school friends yesterday, in the morning. He'd just called to say that they went cable-skiing today, and will be back tomorrow afternoon. Keeping fingers crossed for a safe journey back.
Visited Zouk with XY and Edwina last night. I met Z at the entrance and he was really nice to have helped me cut the (damned long) queue. We hopped over to MOS for a short while for a birthday party and met an asshole in Smoove. Headed back to Zouk after we tried trancing at the main arena. It's Zouk for me anytime baby. It must be Fred Perry night or something la, noticed that guys are REALLY into Fred Perry polo tees now, and they don't come cheap, Z told me he paid $200 for his tee. If I see the whole club filled with people wearing an identical $200 top as me, I'd be damned gek sim.
Caught up with Z on the phone after we headed home. He told me bout how he 'tested water' to prove his point that girls nowadays are just犯贱, and the girls he talked about were all from NUS. NUS girls love clubbing huh. He got to know one of them on the dancefloor, and they exchanged numbers, held hands, and what-nots. One particular girl messaged him to tell him, "Hey I think you're a good guy so I don't want to lie to you, I'm attached", after he asked if she's home already. In the next few days, he'd texted the girl out for a movie, and she said okay. He fed the girl, and she let him. He said to himself, that poor boyfriend. If he ever found out that his girlfriend did something like that, the one and only thing he'll do is to break up with her. While I do not necessarily approve of what he does to prove his point, I am appalled that girls nowadays are so open and liberal bout getting touchy with random strangers. Whatever's happened to staying faithful, and loving yourselves?
Then, he told me about his Tioman trip and made me kinda tempted to go for another weekend getaway real soon. It's only $150 for a 3D2N stay and there are so many activities to do! Fill you guys with more details if I'm going to organize one such trip okay?
Met up with tan, lala and ev for dinner at Sakura, Compass Point, today. Had fun catching up with the babes, and talking about nothing. I hope all goes well for the girls, and we'll be able to go for a sushi buffet sometime soon again.
I do realize it's been a long and wordy entry. Here's some pictures to go along with it. Hope your Sundays will be awesome.
dougie, who came down to look for me on thursday. (that's the fred perry polo tee that I'm talking about)
my girls at dinner tonight
And last night, at Zouk:
xy & me
with xy's friend, karen (whom z described as scary, hur)
Other random stuff includes yf getting his fencing attire. This sport just seem so atas can, attire alone costs $500++.
yf. no sword yet.
And this is something that happened at the camp:
It was really sunny and the weather was hot. This group of children were taking off their protective pads and one of them suddenly exclaimed loudly, "it's so hot! I curse the sun!" One of the adult leaders heard him and gave him a short lecture on how "God gave us the sun" and reprimanded him for cursing it. Chuckle chuckle. church camps...
ps. overseas sms-es ftw. thank you, zz. and of course, rl too.
Labels: clubbing, friends, memories, photos, updates
10:48 PM
BF turned 20 last sunday!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Celebrated bf's birthday together at East Coast Park on Saturday night. It started out really great, night sky was pretty clear and we could see the stars twinkling most of the time, breeze kept us cool throughout. Guess we found a great spot! Bf flipped through the scrapbook I made for him in the dim light we had, and after he was done, we sat outside our tent to have some cherries. Competed to see who could spit the cherry seeds further, but it was dark and we couldn't really see where it landed anyway! Started raining at 5 plus a.m. and we started packing up. I guess that's probably any other camper's worst nightmare. Slept in the car till we were woken up by some bus driver the next morning and bf sent me to work soon after.
My 2nd morning at Tampines West CC, little progress from the students heartens me. Patience, patience. Met up with the rest of the instructors for lunch at our usual kopitiam and exchanged stories about driving lessons, great entertainment, if I can say so.
Met up with bf again in the evening for dinner with his secondary school friends. They decided on Crystal Jade at Takashimaya, and we were half an hour late? Anyway, I'm not a fan but the XLBs were kinda yummy.
At Crystal Jade.
bf's secondary school friends
uhm, this explains why they came out so quickly. one urinal for each boy.
kiss-a-cherry
At Swensens.
birthday boy making his birthday wish.
cherry kiss.
happy birthday dougie :)
11:53 PM
My 2nd morning at Tampines West CC, little progress from the students heartens me. Patience, patience. Met up with the rest of the instructors for lunch at our usual kopitiam and exchanged stories about driving lessons, great entertainment, if I can say so.
Met up with bf again in the evening for dinner with his secondary school friends. They decided on Crystal Jade at Takashimaya, and we were half an hour late? Anyway, I'm not a fan but the XLBs were kinda yummy.
At Crystal Jade.bf's secondary school friends uhm, this explains why they came out so quickly. one urinal for each boy.Moved on to Swensens where we had whatelse but ice-cream! Lots of ice-cream, if you ask me. Shared a sticky chewy chocolate with bf and his friends decided to surprise him with a cake and yet another sundae. We are so going to turn into fatties.
kiss-a-cherry
At Swensens.
birthday boy making his birthday wish.
cherry kiss.
happy birthday dougie :)Made my way down to NIE the next day for a tea session, it was more like a Q&A session. My doubts are pretty much cleared. I now feel like I'm ready for this, yes, I can finally say with confidence, that this is what I am going to do, I would like to teach, I am going to become a teacher!
Met up with Siao and Rob for some dinner at Chomps. Lip-smackingly good bbq wings, sambal stingray, lalas, sotong, and satay with peanut & pineapple gravy. Lots of love! Too bad the usual stall that we order from wasn't opened yesterday, I guess the seafood could be a little better. Walked over to Mr Bean for some ice-cream but Siao realized the outlet at Gardens doesn't serve ice-cream the moment we reached. I can totally understand that feeling please. lol. Tried to satisfied the craving with some frozen yoghurt instead, the shop's interior is super eclectic and colourful please. I like! Bitched about stuff and I learnt bout Robin's 2 left ears, and Siao shared with us how someone mistook her 3rd Gen Ipod as a hard disk and asked "how come your hard disk so thick one ah?" Couldn't stop laughing after that. And even more so when I learnt that Rob also knows about the "call me emperor" bonging tale in one of NTU's halls. News spread like wildfire. Hahaha. Thank you for the wonderful night guys!
Siao's got a new nickname, Martianess.
Bf's got a new sinus problem, hope he gets well real soon.
Labels: birthday, bitching, food, friends, photos, siao
11:53 PM
In Memory of Miki
I've just learnt that an ex-colleague from Coastes has just passed on. He's the guy with the long fringe in the video. We were never close, but he's always been the cheeky guy with a smile on his face. It was a bike accident, and the bike he's on got hit by a lorry. I can't tell you how sad I am, he was a good person, young like you and I. I hope he's gone to a better resting place for now.
Sad to have lost a friend.
Now people, please drive and ride carefully whenever you're on the road.
Labels: dedication, friends, special
4:49 AM
Overload!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
There's been a lack of updates and this entry's to make up for it. Wait for the pictures to slowly load people!
HOTBOYS KELONG 17th & 18th MAY
Slept over at Siao's with Rob the night before we left. Bf was supposed to come over to finally take a look at Milo but he ended up at andy's place with the rest of his gang. We spent most of the time watching madtv clips on youtube and munching on tasty tapioca chips before falling asleep finally.
The next day started damned early. We got onto our coach and were soon on our way to NTU, and then JB.
meet the primary school clique
and this is andy, one of bf's sec sch good friends.
bf and me. le sigh.
Took a 25-minute speedboat ride to get us to the kelong, and the ride was kinda thrilling. Think viking ship rides at amusement parks, plus a whole new lot of wind in your hair.
Kelong was pretty packed with many other fellow Singaporeans when we arrived, kids running about and shrieking, uncles in different corners of the kelong with their lines cast into the waters. It was lunchtime! Didn't take us long after that to start our own fishing adventures, set up the idiot-proof rigs and found ourselves a comfortable spot to cast our lines.
hur hur
robin's attempt
4 pm came and it was time for to visit the nearby sibu island. waves were kinda strong, though it's probably not at the strongest yet. Got pushed about by the waves abit before we came ashore to play Captain's ball.
frolicking... classic shot leh siaos!
and another one...
siaos and rob on the way to the island
we were at the stern's stern.
hotboys kelong
beach of sibu island.
jump shot, as you can see, i failed!
moon and i-forgot-her-name! on the way to the island.
first catch of the day, credits to jon.
spastic me-bf shot.uh-huh uh-huh
the 4 girls who recently just graduated from RJC. we played captain's ball with them.
part of the kelong
foamy sea-water
with the ntu/ex-cchs girls, mahjong at night.
sun-rise
group shot
sunshine girl!
So 2 days and 1 night passed by pretty quickly. With that many people on the kelong, I guess I am thankful that it didn't have to be any longer/shorter. It was a good weekend getaway, perfect for people who don't have that much time to spare, but would still like to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city life.
VESAK DAY 19th MAY
Accompanied my mum to the Gwan Yim temple at Geylang Lorong 27 in the afternoon. Did the 'bathe Buddha' thing, had a serving of vegetarian lunch and a stick of durian ice-cream before we moved over to Peninsular Plaza to get her a new pair of track shoes.
Met up with ex-Empathians for dinner at Heeren's NYDC and contemplated for a long time before deciding to head to the bar/pub that jianwei frequents. Had a hard time persuading zeling there. The bar's called 6 A.M and it's located near Central, Clark Quay. Bf came down and stayed for a short while before he sent me home. Realized that he left his wallet at the pub only after I got home.
ep girls...
nydc
Dinner at SHIN KUSHIYA
Met up with bf for dinner on Tuesday evening. We were supposed to meet for Gelare but we ended up in some Japanese-skewer restaurant first instead. And it's also on this night that I tried Godiva's goldlixer drink (or sth like that, dark chocolate) and I tasted bliss. $10 for a cup of ice-cold bliss, you should try it someday too.
Right back to Shin Kushiya. It's located somewhere (very) near to the new underpass when you walk out of Citylink to Suntec.
Salmon sashimi, the belly part. $9.50 for the few slices of salmon but it was (in bf's words) heaven. He's quite a salmon sashimi fan these days... Quality-wise, it was pretty good. Near to melt-in-mouth.
Bf's main, bits of char-grilled salmon and rice in clear broth. Reminds me of mwee fan, if you know what that is. Don't be fooled by the looks, this seemingly normal bowl of soup actually tastes power, especially with the little bit of wasabi mixed into the broth.
my katsu curry don. the curry's sweet, I would actually prefer it a little more savoury. As for the pork cutlet, it stayed crispy throughout and it's also not too greasy. guess the pork's really quite good.
lighting
complimentary drinks, lychee cocktail and beer.
Do try this if you're a fan of sesame desserts. The ice-cream's accompanied by some thick sesame paste at the side for extra eating pleasure. miam.
At gelare,
mango smoothie, i've never been a big fan of smoothies but omg, this has got to be one of the best that i've ever tasted (which is in this case, not a lot).
Siao u'll like this.
Half-price waffles FTW!
GRADUATION 22nd MAY
And so, we officially graduate. Was sick and hence, the lack of pictures. Made my way home quickly after the ceremony ended. Mum attended the ceremony with me. Left much emotions surging, but I guess that'll be another entry by itself.
stage very nicely done-up.
performers, diva-sth, or sth-diva. sang a song from celin dion(?)
mum & i. what a contrast.
dearest ev & i. your speech brought about many memories, thank you for that.
And so, we graduated.
I went wakeboarding the next day, barely after I got a teeny bit better. Bf picked me up and drove us to Punggol Marina to meet his friends and the rjc girls. It's like a once-a-year thing now, wakeboarding. So bloody expensive can!
Will not forget to mention that relatives are here to visit from Penang. Danny's starting school in a week and the family's here to help him get settled. We visited at least 10 different "3 for $10" shops selling the same stuff over at Chinatown last night. Ohgosh.
What a superlong entry.
10:49 PM
HOTBOYS KELONG 17th & 18th MAY
Slept over at Siao's with Rob the night before we left. Bf was supposed to come over to finally take a look at Milo but he ended up at andy's place with the rest of his gang. We spent most of the time watching madtv clips on youtube and munching on tasty tapioca chips before falling asleep finally.
The next day started damned early. We got onto our coach and were soon on our way to NTU, and then JB.
meet the primary school clique
and this is andy, one of bf's sec sch good friends.
bf and me. le sigh.
Took a 25-minute speedboat ride to get us to the kelong, and the ride was kinda thrilling. Think viking ship rides at amusement parks, plus a whole new lot of wind in your hair.
Kelong was pretty packed with many other fellow Singaporeans when we arrived, kids running about and shrieking, uncles in different corners of the kelong with their lines cast into the waters. It was lunchtime! Didn't take us long after that to start our own fishing adventures, set up the idiot-proof rigs and found ourselves a comfortable spot to cast our lines.
hur hur
robin's attempt
4 pm came and it was time for to visit the nearby sibu island. waves were kinda strong, though it's probably not at the strongest yet. Got pushed about by the waves abit before we came ashore to play Captain's ball.
frolicking... classic shot leh siaos!
and another one...
siaos and rob on the way to the island
we were at the stern's stern.
hotboys kelong
beach of sibu island.
jump shot, as you can see, i failed!
moon and i-forgot-her-name! on the way to the island.
first catch of the day, credits to jon.
spastic me-bf shot.uh-huh uh-huh
the 4 girls who recently just graduated from RJC. we played captain's ball with them.
part of the kelong
foamy sea-water
with the ntu/ex-cchs girls, mahjong at night.
sun-rise
group shot
sunshine girl!
So 2 days and 1 night passed by pretty quickly. With that many people on the kelong, I guess I am thankful that it didn't have to be any longer/shorter. It was a good weekend getaway, perfect for people who don't have that much time to spare, but would still like to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city life.
VESAK DAY 19th MAY
Accompanied my mum to the Gwan Yim temple at Geylang Lorong 27 in the afternoon. Did the 'bathe Buddha' thing, had a serving of vegetarian lunch and a stick of durian ice-cream before we moved over to Peninsular Plaza to get her a new pair of track shoes.
Met up with ex-Empathians for dinner at Heeren's NYDC and contemplated for a long time before deciding to head to the bar/pub that jianwei frequents. Had a hard time persuading zeling there. The bar's called 6 A.M and it's located near Central, Clark Quay. Bf came down and stayed for a short while before he sent me home. Realized that he left his wallet at the pub only after I got home.
ep girls...
nydc
Dinner at SHIN KUSHIYA
Met up with bf for dinner on Tuesday evening. We were supposed to meet for Gelare but we ended up in some Japanese-skewer restaurant first instead. And it's also on this night that I tried Godiva's goldlixer drink (or sth like that, dark chocolate) and I tasted bliss. $10 for a cup of ice-cold bliss, you should try it someday too.
Right back to Shin Kushiya. It's located somewhere (very) near to the new underpass when you walk out of Citylink to Suntec.
Salmon sashimi, the belly part. $9.50 for the few slices of salmon but it was (in bf's words) heaven. He's quite a salmon sashimi fan these days... Quality-wise, it was pretty good. Near to melt-in-mouth.
Bf's main, bits of char-grilled salmon and rice in clear broth. Reminds me of mwee fan, if you know what that is. Don't be fooled by the looks, this seemingly normal bowl of soup actually tastes power, especially with the little bit of wasabi mixed into the broth.
my katsu curry don. the curry's sweet, I would actually prefer it a little more savoury. As for the pork cutlet, it stayed crispy throughout and it's also not too greasy. guess the pork's really quite good.
lighting
complimentary drinks, lychee cocktail and beer.
Do try this if you're a fan of sesame desserts. The ice-cream's accompanied by some thick sesame paste at the side for extra eating pleasure. miam.
At gelare,
mango smoothie, i've never been a big fan of smoothies but omg, this has got to be one of the best that i've ever tasted (which is in this case, not a lot).
Siao u'll like this.
Half-price waffles FTW!
GRADUATION 22nd MAY
And so, we officially graduate. Was sick and hence, the lack of pictures. Made my way home quickly after the ceremony ended. Mum attended the ceremony with me. Left much emotions surging, but I guess that'll be another entry by itself.
stage very nicely done-up.
performers, diva-sth, or sth-diva. sang a song from celin dion(?)
mum & i. what a contrast.
dearest ev & i. your speech brought about many memories, thank you for that.
And so, we graduated.
I went wakeboarding the next day, barely after I got a teeny bit better. Bf picked me up and drove us to Punggol Marina to meet his friends and the rjc girls. It's like a once-a-year thing now, wakeboarding. So bloody expensive can!
Will not forget to mention that relatives are here to visit from Penang. Danny's starting school in a week and the family's here to help him get settled. We visited at least 10 different "3 for $10" shops selling the same stuff over at Chinatown last night. Ohgosh.
What a superlong entry.
Labels: bf, events, family, friends, photos, updates
10:49 PM
