happy chinese new year everyone... maybe the year of the dog be filled with lots of happiness and prosperity to all...

went straight for visits at my relatives' house after i book out for camp. quite a fruitful day cos i earned lots of ang paos (i guess it's kinda bad to be so practical) but i guess that's wad we call the benefits of being unmarried ba. still can collect a few more years of extra income before anything happens (like ended up marrying at a tender young age)... lol...

had steamboat these couple of days... the most interesting and unforgettable is of course the merah steamboat (a tradition that has beem there since ages ago?) still remember vividly the last steamboat we had that time. almost ate until our stomachs blew up that time. so this time round we bought less food (after all there is only 8 ppl eating cos daniel att C at the last moment)... dunno wad boon teck they all bought also... they claimed the most expensive food is actually eggs lor (worth $2 the most ba)... tot surely gt not enough food that we almost rationed it (each person entitled to 2 hotdog, 2 crabstick, 500ml of soft drinks, a bit stupid also)... but ended up with more food again... though not as much as the last time, so i guess it's not waste of food ba...

today basically the same. went to meet some relatives that we only visit once a year... first time see my long-lost cousins of the extended family. hmm... didn't know there were actually nieces of my age group sia...always tot the family full of sons one...veri surprised. but too shy to go tok to them also... maybe next year can see them again ba... hopefully that time got more guts le lor...

kk... got to end le... happy chinese new year everyone...

extremely exhausting day today... it is the family tradition to help out at my mum's shop during every cny period (except last year when i was out working at ntuc). this year is no different, hard work and lack of sleep accompany most of us. after staying awake looking after the shop yesterdae nite, i pretty fatigued. but still have to post this before i go catch some sleep and wake up later to help out at the shop again...

super busy time of the year at my mum's shop... a good sign of the celebrative mood at the neighbourhood... but somehow this year is not that "in the mood" like previous years... still remembered when i was young, there used to be lots of celebrations at my neighbourhood. somehow these are missing the last couple of years... dunno y also... but nevertheless it's still the occassion for celebrations...

cny eve and cny will be spent in camp (as predicted)... wonder wad activities will be installed this year? not a single clue... maybe except for the steamboat dinner in camp ba (the usual merah tradition).most likely end up watching more movies or tv ba...

finally finished watching the whole series of "Jewel in the palace" aka "Da Chang Jing"... fabulous show... after chionging the series for so many mounts, it's finally over and done with... this show is seemingly addictive (seems like i dun mind watching it over again)... really gives a good view of korean history... i guess that's all for now... time to get some sleep again... happy chinese new year to all...

seems like the flu virus is quite rampant nowadays... a lot of ppl around me has fallen sick (including me)... been having these flu-like symptoms for a few days le, with no sign of recovering... now typing this post in a semi-conscious state (feeling veri giddy rite now) so i guess i'll keep this veri short... maybe see doc later to get att C ba... then can skip duty for tmr... for now, i'll just pop a few pandadol and go sleep again... see ya for now...

p.s: yuting if u see this post (which i doubt so, but just in case)... happy 17th birthday... may all ur wishes come true... do remember to come online soon...

back frm my grandma house... did something which i found to be extremely interesting to me - cooking... since my grandma was a bit sick , i decided to take this chance to learn and gather some cooking experience (maybe going to read up more cookery books soon enough)... realise that cook is such a fun and practical skill, after the veri bad experience in home econs in sec2, this is perhaps the first time i touched the wok again... a big step forward for me sia... (veri soon can start to ask penghui to sign up for cooking class together)...

received a mail from nus yesterdae... seems that the letter shd be here long time but dunno how cum it was delayed... haiz... reminded me of the impt decision again le... shd i still remain in nus fass or change course leh? still veri much hestitant and undecided... some how been thinking if i stay in fass, i'll still be troubled as to which course to take (after all don't really feel that teaching is athe right career for me) for practical reasons, maybe changing course would be better... but change to wad? maybe go take up comms studies in ntu or take up business in nus...haiz... after the failed attempt for the USP last year... i remain undecisive... still gt 2 more mths to go before applications start... guess i have to start thinking about it over again...

btw... also received a mail from mindef regarding credits to take up new courses... went to check on the net for the choices available, only to realise the credits given can only allow me to sign up for only 1... so maybe i might use it to learn a new conversational language (most likely to be French)... so now waiting for the credits to come so that i can apply for it... i guess i'll be having a tight learning schedule for 2006...

kinda miss home for now (after being stuck in camp for the past one week all because of the stupid confinement given by my oc...) cannot really blame him totally also cos it is partially my fault (so maybe i do deserve that 02 x confinement given to me).... cos i never really check properly wad the contractor wrote on the key press book and countersigned it... haiz... but the fault is a bit retarded also... kenna confined just because i never check that the contractor never write clearly on the book (he just scribbled something in it)...

the security audit is still on... the admin part of it is over and i guess our merah side kenna a lot of trouble because of the books sia... maybe that's why oc and rsm like so irritated and gave our spec a very bad scolding (which in turn affects us also)... but haiz... wad's done is already done, cannot undo anything also... hope that the punishments will be more lenient...

going to sleep soon... veri long never stay at home le... so maybe later go visit my grandma house...bye for now...

today standby is practically a waste of time... haiz... make me travel so far then in the end never do anything... basically the whole day just go there and wait for 2pm for the run then can book out le... waste my money going to and fro from camp.... today almost like rain the whole day again, so stuck at hm slacking...

yesterdae was payday so decided to go buy some clothes for CNY (though i'll most likely be stuck in camp on those days... so suay again) but dun care also, just wanted to do something outside home... wanted to just stay at cwp (trying to save some transport fee) but ended up going to jp (after much persuasion from penghui)... went around looking for clothes (while he go take a peek at some pj girl he met through some connections).... dunno spend like how long at jp cos he wanted to wait for the girl to send her home after work... so in the end me, my bro and weelun went off, only to see him in the mrt train mins later... haiz... waste our time lor...

went to cwp and bought some shirts at U2 ( the one we have seen for veri long but got no money to buy that time)... by then i guess quite late le so ended up going back hm (cos have to book in for the stupid standby) other than that, i guess that's all... now waiting to book in tmr for the security audit (die liao cos not enough ppl, so maybe going to recall some ppl back lor)...

wad is wrong with the weather these few days sia... keep on raining non-stop le lor... can't even see clear skies these days lor (cannot even go out lor)... haiz... managed to take leave yesterdae, hoping to go out but the weather not on my side, keep on raining cats and dogs, so ended up at home playing hitman again... a bit sick of it le cos cannot clear the mission lor... keep on stuck at the same level...

sianz sia... wanted to do something creative again yesterdae, so decided to upgrade on the collage i did a few weeks ago... but not really impressed by my sudden surge of inspiration... am i really losing my artistic self le ma? cannot really answer also...

some how i started thinking about the goals for the year again, wonder how many of it can be achieved? today seems like a thinking session again le lor... cos stuck at home also boring lor... haiz... today payday but got no place to spend... starting to fall sick soon... can sense the flu virus invading inside me le... so time for me to go, it's about time to start planning for another storyline le (but have to finish the 3 books of "Hu bian you ke xu yuan shu" first)...

just came back frm camp again... haiz... supposed to type this post yesterdae but ended up delaying this cos i kenna recalled back to cam this morning... haiz...seems that the camp got some trouble again... this time went back cos got some stupid fellow go and gate-crash our camp... in the end have to report back to camp to do some leftover clean-up... had to search through the entire camp for dunno wad thing also (just making sure that fellow doesn't leave anything behind ba)

it's still the "Da Chang Jing" serial craze again back at merah... decided to chiong through more of the vcds... it's quite good and exciting... maybe that's y i'm like starting to get addicted to it... no wonder always got so many ppl go watch korean serials... other than that not much thing le...
going to chiong through more of the vcds (secretly brought some of them back to watch with family)...be back soon...

just came back frm bbq at terence's house...couldn't really sleep so decided to blog...the bbq was great... had quite a shock cos got more ppl turned up then wad i expected... but then the same old gang were there too (as expected) but there were others like amanda, brenden and kenneth whom i haven see for such a long long time...

hmm... as usual with the 03SD ppl, we played the most fav game, mahjong... some how all of us are like mahjong freaks... craving for more everytime we met for bbq lor... the only drawback today was the heavy rain, which caused us to stop our barbecueing for quite a long period (we played mahjong of course during this period...) but ended up eating not much... esp me cos i was on such a high mood (partially from the alcohol and from the consecutive wins in mahjong)....

but the most surprising is still meeting amanda once again, didn't really believe wad qijun said at first, but i guess she really changed a lot after her stay in the US... wonder if going overseas make u like more foreign with the rest le ma? but still glad i'm able to see her b4 she leaves again this fri (which i'll be in camp most likely)... but after that, i think i had a great time there (with all the entertainment provided by some ppl we met at the bbq)... lol, yong dai kenna "sian" by "chiobu" lor...hehe...

it's 2006, a brand new year (that started with quite a sad note) cos i kenna scolded for trying to "smoke" my OC... but nevertheless it's a new start to everything... a bit wasted to be stuck in camp for the new year eve again (same like during xmas eve)... and again as usual there will be our veri little mini-celebrations at our little home,merah...

contrary to wad we did during xmas eve, the guys decided to order food again... and not mac this time round, but kfc... but still there is something in common... we overbought the food again... ended up with too much leftover chicken.... arghhh... play the same stupid game where the forfeit would be to eat all the leftover food... and again someone had to become the junkie again (but not me cos i slept early)...

started the new year watching a veri veri long tv serial... it's the korean serial "Da Chang Jing" it's a good show sia... all of us like watch all the way in the early morning until like late night until we almost ended up wanting to cheong marathon until we dismount lor... now like lacking in sleep... going to sleep for a while soon... cos meeting the JI ppl later for the BBQ... long time never see they all le lor... after our last meet-up like half a year ago... amanda's back too so i guess i'll be seeing her soon (haven see her since she left for overseas)... gtg for now...