2012 hasn't been the best start for my career. Despite ending 2011 on a high, hitting new pnl records and passing the probation, I'm now struggling to even cover the monthly costs required.

Why is this happening!!?? Been clocking 12-14 hours work daily recently that the body is a little worn out. In a bid to save my aging body, I've switched to a strict vegan diet for weekdays (For month of March). Let's see how long this will last.

My dream car for now, the Ferrari 458. Bloody awesome isn't it. The only job that will give me the chance to buy it, is the very job that I'm doing right now. I'm nowhere near it if you are wondering.

Chilling w the Lim bros

Dim Sum w Lim bros & sis, Jason and Charis

Laksa @ Conrad hotel. Good stuff.

Test post

Gosh, haven't posted anything like in a thousand years. Saw the blogging app for iPhone so I decided to try it out. It will be great if posting pictures and adding comments to them are easy.

That's me lazing beside the pool on a Sunday evening. Can't swim cos was still coughing very badly.

Sometimes I wonder why it seems impossible for me to have a normal relationship.

Can someone enlighten me?

Alas, I'm updating my blog again. Laziness has always been my weak point and this is proven repeatedly by the lack of activity over here. Just turned 25 last week, and thought maybe I should at least blog about the arrival of the much hated quarter century crisis.

Nothing spectacular on the day itself. Parents, Khloe, Jacob and Aunt Michelle surprised me with a small slice of cake during dinner on the 17th Nov. Though the cake was small, the thoughtfulness was huge. Was really happy. 18th Nov was just another normal day for me. Cough was still pretty darn bad then. Decided to stay home and recuperate. Uni friends were spontaneous and decided to meet for dinner to celebrate my bday. Thanks peeps! Will let pictures do the rest of the talking.

Laziness to blog has once again caused this space to be neglected.

Looking back at the last post, I realise the process wasn't really relevant in my job anymore. I no longer need to go through that same cycle to pass the week. Right now, the tasks that I'm responsible for makes the week shorter than it seems. Everything seems to be passing by so quickly.

Weekdays pass by rather fast, with weekends passing even faster. Sometimes you really wished there was an extra weekend, but yea, dream on.

The flu bug has caught up with me, shall update this space soon.

I've officially finish one month of work. Yes, one freaking month of official adulthood work. Well, it definitely feels like time just whizzed past you. Working really makes time pass at the speed of light. Described below is a brief snapshot of my weekly life.

The most sian day of the week is definitely Monday, thus the widely known Monday Blues. In fact, Sunday can be quite a sian day as well, especially when 6pm arrives. Anyway, I have my own way to help myself pass time while working. Monday is definitely the hardest to get by, and once you finish work on Monday, go out with friends for dinner or drinks to reward yourself. It's just nice for me since my mom works night shift on Mondays, and I will have to settle dinner outside. Tuesday is like a not here nor there day, definitely irritating as well. However, you can tell yourself that the next day would be the middle of the work week, which is a crucial checkpoint, so hang in there for Tuesday!

Wednesday, the most crucial work day of the week. Congrats to you and give yourself a pat on the back. I will naturally feel rejuvenated and motivated on Wednesdays, as I know half of the work week is gone and there is just 2 more days to the weekend. Go to the gym during Wednesdays, and buy some salad back to your desk for lunch. You will feel even more refreshed after the healthy workout and organic food in your stomach. My parents will be out for dinner with my grandma, thus it's usually a night out with friends, probably enjoying a nice movie after dinner too.

Thursday, the second last day of work for the week. Subconsciously you will not think about how boring work is and you just go about finishing your tasks for the day. Why? Cos the next day is freaking Friday haha! Usually I would head home for dinner and get a good rest, cos Friday nights usually require alot of energy HAHA.

TGIFF. Thank god it's freaking Friday. Somehow I will feel happy going to work on this 'sacred' day. You know the end is near, you are just hours away from the weekend that you so bloody deserve! The $3 bak chor mee during lunch taste better somehow, and you seem to be able to work faster and more efficient. Plans are usually made for Friday nights, as time is extremely precious and you would want to enjoy every single minute of it. It is a good night to have a fantastic dinner at a fabulous restaurant and chill out with friends in the city. Late night programs can include movies, mahjong or even clubbing (highly discouraged as it entails negative returns). I usually sleep extremely late during Fridays, say 4am or later.

Saturday, also known as the no alarm clock day. Pretty shiok as you can sleep as long as you want. However, after your biological clock is used to waking up at 7+am during the weekdays, chances of waking up late on Saturdays are quite rare, as I would find myself logging into msn at around 10am. Saturday afternoons are usually dedicated to tennis and swimming, and I certainly hope to slot in golf training if possible. Usually it's dinner out with friends and whatever plans that comes along with it.

Sunday arrives, and the sian-ness sets in. Usually I will stay home on Sundays, to rest and slack, catch up on some shows and nap a little. It's pretty much like admin time during army, as you just spend the day relaxing at home. Of course, head out if you have plans for Sunday and enjoy this last day of the week, but be mentally prepared for another tiring week ahead.

It's almost Monday now. FML.

FMIS - Fcuk me it's Sunday. Means Monday blues is due to hit me in less than 24 hrs. Well it's ok, stay positive, 2 more weeks to pay day!

Yes. Come end of May will be the first time in my life I receive my first ever official pay check as a working adult. Remuneration's not a lot, but definitely more than the meager sum I received during my part time and internship days. Still, it is far far lesser than the amount that is needed to own a Lamborghini.

3 weeks of work has passed, and I'm beginning to get a hold of things at work. There are many more things yet to be learned and mastered, but I'm actually looking forward to learn them all and see how much can I absorb, something positive I thought. Hopefully this optimism will last, or pop up whenever it's needed.

TGIF! Finally it's friday. =)

I finally started work at Morgan Stanley after a tedious 3 months of job hunting. The last time I worked was way back in Feb '09, while I was doing my internship with Deloitte. I'm so not used to waking up at 7+ in the morning and forcing myself to sleep early the night before. When I was a fresh graduate, I can't wait to start working. Now that I'm a full time working adult, I wished I was still having that freedom I used to have. Now, that freedom is forever gone, at least till the day I retire.

I enter the corporate world with much enthusiasm to be honest. I am grateful for the chance to work in a big company like Morgan Stanley as well. I wish I can excel at every task given to me, portraying professionalism and excellence. I do not wish for slip ups and failures. I wish I can climb up the corporate ladder at the fastest speed possible. Yet, I fear I might suffer a backlash or what some people term as burnout. I am already fighting the zzz monster during work, but I attribute that largely to my screwed up sleeping hours. I was angry at myself for almost dozing off while my colleague was giving me training. I thought to myself, "Hey don't you screw yourself by dozing off!"

First week of work was spent mainly focusing on on-the-job training. Time was spent familiarising myself with the IT programs, excel spreadsheets and work processes. I realised there was a huge bunch of things waiting for me to master, and the work load will no doubt grow gradually. Even the new hire e-learning programmes require quite a bit of time to finish, not to mention they include a 2 week deadline as well. Oh well, at least a busy schedule and work load will help time pass faster?

Picture of a random bird that flew into my house (and shitted comfortably all over), just like the one that flew into Black Lion Place residences in Sydney. Damn I miss that 2nd home of mine.

My blog's really dying from lack of activity. I have so much time on hand, yet I am just too lazy to lay my fingers on the keyboard to update this space of mine. I spent most of my time catching up with friends, watching shows on my tv, playing mahjong and sleeping. This is the lifestyle many envied, especially students and working friends of mine.

This non-stressful and carefree lifestyle started aproximately 3 weeks ago when I got the phonecall from Morgan Stanley's human resource department offering me an analyst position in their finance department. I was ecstatic and felt thoroughly relieved as I had 2 job offers to choose from. One that is from arguably the best bank in the world, but only offering a 4 months contract, and the other one as mentioned above. In the end, I chose the permanent role mainly for the job security it brings about, and the better prospect of a middle office role compared to one of a back office.

With the signing of the contract on a Monday-Blueless Monday, the commencement of my much anticipated career was imminent. I was informed to report to work on the 26 of April. I was delighted and grateful for this opportunity, as I know my prayers and effort did not go unanswered. Throughout the 3 months ++ of job hunting, I had the support of my family and friends who gave me non-stop advice and encouragement. Gone were the days of daily job hunting, sending out countless emails only to be ignored, feeling lost without any direction and the ultimate fear of unemployment.

I have exactly one week more to the start of my job. I had initially planned for a short getaway before starting work but it had largely been unsuccessful due to the political situation paralysing bangkok and the unavailability of my friends. What should I do in this final week of freedom, before I step into the prison of work?

Hi guys, just a quick update over here. As follows:

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Please do remember to vote for Rebecca for the Favourite Female Character for Star Awards 2010. To do so, please follow the following steps!


1) Click on this link --> http://starawards2010.mediacorptv.sg/favfemale.htm
2) Select on the show "The Will"
3) Select the character 黄盈 (林慧玲) Huang Ying (Rebecca Lim)
4) Key in the code, and click on vote! The website will prompt for your name & IC. Click submit, and viola!

Voting is ONCE per day, so do remember and try to vote everyday!

Weekly updates of the current leading Top 10 will be updated every Thursday.

The current Top 10 Female Characters are: (NOT according to votes, but according to name of character)

1 方宋乔(范文芳) Fang Songqiao (Fann Wong) 双子星 The Ultimatum
2 黄丽萍 (陈靓瑄) Huang Liping (Felicia Chin) 添丁发财 Baby Bonus
3 林佳乐(刘芷绚) Lin Jiale (Jesseca Liu) 未来不是梦 The Dream-catchers
4 林佳琪(瑞恩) Lin Jiaqi (Rui En) 未来不是梦 The Dream-catchers
5 孙敏(陈靓瑄) Sun Min (Felicia Chin) 双子星 The Ultimatum
6 陶海桐(陈靓瑄) Tao Haitong (Felicia Chin) 心花朵朵开II Love Blossoms II
7 吴晓莉 (郑荔分）Wu Xiaoli (Michelle Tay) 一切完美2 Perfect Cut 2
8 姚剑虹(欧萱) Yao Jianhong (Jeanette Aw) 当我们同在一起 Together
9 叶予晨(郑惠玉) Ye Yuchen (Zoe Tay) 双子星 The Ultimatum
10 张洛芸(瑞恩) Zhang Luoyun (Rui En) 书包太重 My School Daze


Even in the event that Rebecca doesn't win, YOUR votes will allow Mediacorp to gauge the number of supporters that Rebecca has, hopefully granting her more prominent shows in the coming year!

Thank you for joining the fanpage, and thank you for your efforts in voting!

Yours sincerely,
Shi En (:
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Would appreciate if you guys do help to vote as Rebecca is a really good and upcoming celebrity. Thanks a bunch people! =)

Was pretty tired this morning as I only managed to catch 3+ hours of sleep the night before. I accompanied my parents to SGH in the morning for their medical appointment. They didn't ask me to go initially as they wanted me to have more sleep but I insisted. We headed to maxwell hawker centre to have breakfast after the appointment and bought the famous oneh-oneh which was really delicious I thought.

We headed back home after breakfast, waited for Dave and Amer to arrive before leaving for Changi Airport to catch a shuttle bus to the Singapore Airshow 2010. Mom managed to get free trade-day tickets and I must say I enjoyed myself at the exhibition. Afterall it's my first time to an airshow exhibition and everything was rather intriguing and enjoyable. Security was extremely tight as there were so many police and security around the venue. As it was trade days, there were many high ranking military people as well as business people. They must be thinking what am I doing there haha. The only downside was the crazy weather. Had to queue close to an hour under the scorching sun in order to get into both the F-16 and Apache. Gonna get sunburn for the third time in a week when my skin is already charcoal black and peeling like a snake shedding its skin. I think I must really avoid being under the sun for at least a week if not my skin will be completely destroyed.

We left the place at around 4+pm, and I managed to get a nap on the shuttle bus. I think I took 3 seconds to fall asleep despite the shaky bus haha. We had Yakun Coffee Toast before heading back home for a deserved break.

At night, Amer and I brought Hau out for dinner at the Astons in East Coast Road. It is a western restaurant which serve some pretty decent food, and it is not too expensive as well. We ordered almost the same dishes, prime ribeye steak, medium rare for both Hau and me while it's well done for Amer. I felt so full and fat after the dinner, what's new haha. Amer sent us home, and Hau met up with his fellow cousin who's also a doctor as well for drinks and supper at Changi Village. I think I'm gonna sleep early tonight. Gotta wake up early to send cousins to the airport.

Oh, I didn't receive any calls for interviews today. The drought continues...

Another typical day at home. Woke up today and did the usual routine, surfed the 3 major job recruitment websites for Commerce:

1) www.efinancialcareers.com.sg
2) www.jobsdb.com.sg
3) www.jobscentral.com.sg

Today was a particularly morale killing day for me. I called RBC Dexia up and asked about the outcome of the interview and was told that they hired someone for the fund accountant position already. I failed to fulfil the promise I made to someone, to find a job by the end of January. Biyaneh...

I thought I performed alright during interviews, but apparently I'm wrong. If I were good during interviews, I wouldn't have let 3 different job opportunities slip by me - Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered and RBC Dexia. Back to ground zero again. There's no replies from the various companies that I've applied to for the past 2 weeks and recently there's not much job openings as well. The morale is really running low now. Quite a bad start to 2010 =(

Anyway, cousin Hau and Ling are coming back from Japan and I'm gonna pick them up from the airport at around 135am. Hope they enjoyed their trip to the fullest. Hopefully I can visit Japan soon. I really want to visit more countries and get exposed to different cultures. I want to try skiing too, haven't touch snow in my life before urgh.

Year 2010: The start of a new decade and the start of working life...

Time really flies. I was just looking at my "2009 New year resolution" post that's dated almost a year ago. The countdown this year was a lot quieter, the marists did not gather at daniel's place, some couldn't make it thus it was decided that we hold the gathering on the coming Saturday instead. As the clock ticks towards 0000 hrs, I was in the company of my parents, as well as my girlfriend (over the phone). 2009 was quite a wonderful year I thought...

Family
2009 marks a year of great health for my family, and I certainly hope it stays the same. Parents' business is fine, though at a much smaller scale now, it also meant that my parents need not work as hard as before. Bro quit his job at JPMorgan and left for Sydney to fulfil his PR requirements, as well as to get international job experience. Many relatives from my dad's side voiced disapproval of my bro's decision, citing several reasons, most of which were rather ridiculous, such as "why are you leaving your parents behind", "you can't get a good job there" etc...I wish they could be less 'conventional' in their mindset. I applaud my bro for his courage to quit a stable job and venture overseas, this is a risk not many people would dare to take. Would you?
As a result of his departure to Sydney, my parents have been under immense pressure from the relatives (For eg. "you shouldn't allow your son to go overseas to work" kinda meaningless statements), but they never once stop supporting my bro. They respect and trust my bro's decision, kudos to them.

Relationship2009 marks the 10th year of my bachelorhood, and also ended the 10 year curse as well. I've been blessed to meet a person like her. She has many good qualities that many girls now, sad to say, do not possess. I daresay, she definitely makes a good wife. It was really fate that I got to know her, as she was an exchange student and do not have any tutorials with me, just a single similar lecture. I really treasured the limited time we had in Sydney, as we grew as a couple, knew and understand each other more. I knew the path ahead would be shrouded in uncertainty and filled with obstacles. I never once gave up, and I will keep my faith and continue to put in my best for this relationship. Why? Cos I love her.

Friends
I've always mentioned this, I'm blessed to have many good friends around me. They are always there when you need them. I wonder what will happen to me if I do not have these wonderful friends.The marists have been awesome. We must have known each other for more than 10 years at least. Gatherings had always strengthened the bond between us. All the advices and concern from them really made me a stronger person. Thanks bros. Mark and Zhenhao had officially left the education route and joined the cruel workforce, with me following closely behind sadly. Most of the rest are on course to finish their studies by the mid of 2010. By 2011, everyone would be done with university, hopefully Grad Trip Japan would be a reality then. Really look forward to it.

Marcus and Terrence, my jc buddies, have been doing well in 2009 as well. Both are happily attached, and are also busy with their businesses. Haven't met up with Terrence ever since I'm back, I think he's too busy with work and uni. Have been meeting up alot with Marcus, who's always there to offer me advice on almost anything. Thanks buddy, and work hard together bros.Uni mates. Yusheng had finally graduated from uni. I must have been really lucky and blessed to have him as my room mate. He got a job soon after graduation, and I'm sure he will soar and excel in his career. Ivan is as usual, the smart fella that gives me peer pressure making sure I mug as hard as him, making sure we are sure in our career decisions and the path that we want to take in the near future. Kc's the playful fella that's always influencing me to play, which isn't really a bad thing as I clearly didn't have a fine balance between work and play in uni. Though we had many disagreements pertaining to living habits, he's still a great mate. Without them, and many other great uni friends, the 3 years of my uni life would be dull and monotonous.University
I highly suspect that my grades actually followed the stock market. In 2007 my grades were sky high, just like the mortgage market in the U.S. In 2008 it plummeted together with the sub-prime crisis and in 2009 it recovered alongside the improving global economy. 2009 also marks the end of uni life for me. It's ironic how I wanted uni life to end asap so I could start working and earn my first million, which clearly isn't what I feel like now. It sad knowing that I am not a student anymore. I wish I am one still, with studies as the only responsibility on hand. It's time to go out into the workforce and earn my first pot of gold, taking care of my parents as well as saving up for my future family and business.Holidays
Thanks to Yongrui aka Alex, I get to visit Europe again, this time with the company of Zhida as well. Europe is always fun, and this trip was far more relaxed and slow paced compared to the eurotrip we had in 2008. Places visited include London, Barcelona, Luxembourg, Lisbon and Porto. Mid sem break of sem 2 saw the black lions with the capella couple joining forces and visiting Gold Coast together. Needless to say, the holiday was fantastic. Finally got to visit Taiwan in December with my family and relatives. The 7 days tour was simply a blast, as I enjoyed almost every single minute of it. I have to go back there soon. 2009 also saw me visiting Perth not once but twice. I enjoyed, and most importantly treasured every single moment I had in Perth. I think I'm pretty familiar with Perth now haha, but I still look forward to going back. I hope I can go back soon asap.
Year 2010
Let's check if I met the resolutions I set for 2009.

1) Get my grades back on the Distinction track - Failed
2) Exercise to lose weight and keep fit - Incomplete, I did exercise and lost weight, but more could be done
3) Save more money/earn money - Failed
4) Visit more countries (Taiwan, Thailand, Bali, Japan???) Accomplished
5) Brush up on musical instruments - Accomplished
6) Get a girlfriend? (Considered a resolution? LOL) - Accomplished

Here are the resolutions for year 2010:
1) Work hard for my family and girlfriend
2) Brush up on golf
3) Save up money for future family and business
4) Visit more countries
5) Exercise to lose weight and keep fit

The resolutions above sure do look challenging. I shall not give up and I will persevere till the very end. Tough road ahead for career and relationship, but nothing comes easy, especially things that you treasure alot. You want a good career? You work hard and stay focused. You want a lasting relationship? You keep faith and stay determined. Aza aza fighting Damian, chin up and face 2010 with confidence.

2010, bring it on.

Pardon me for the extreme lack of activity in this blog. Busy I was, with countless tasks and stuff. Much had occurred in the past few months. I wished this blog has an auto update feature whereby I just need to plug the USB to my brain.

Something I've learned:

"Love is like a double edged sword. It makes you happy and fortunate, but it can hurt you to the same extent as well." Come to think of it, almost anything can be a double edged sword. You have to learn how to cope with almost anything in life, love is no exception. I need to learn how to be more embracing, understanding and caring. Aza aza fighting!

I'm getting so lazy to blog nowadays. Just look at the number of entries in 2009. Pathetic. Hopefully I find the time and energy to start blogging again.

Aloha! Been such a long time since I last blogged. I just kept delaying and delaying. Just couldn't find the spare time to really sit down and do a proper blog post. Reason why I'm doing it now is because the worse is over for this semester I guess. Yes! The applied corporate finance project, which happens to be an extremely tough one for my team, is finally over. It was almost 2 weeks of daily intensive meetings that stretches till the wee hours. Meal times were always delayed, there wasn't enough sleep and my mind seemed to be cracking under the immense pressure. After the presentation on Thursday morning, my team and I can't help but feel relieved.

Besides being busy with projects, job applications have been of top priority too. Applications to various banks commenced in early September, as I scrambled to juggle them together with my project right after the awesome mid sem trip to Gold Coast. With the project done and job applications coming to an end, it seems like a good time to relax a little and catch up with whatever work I've lost touch with, especially management.

Week 11 is almost here, and it's actually the last 3 weeks of my student life (assuming no more studies thereafter). Come to think of it, I've been studying for 15 years since Primary 1. Now, everything seems to be coming to an end. It's a little bit scary though. People like to complain about studying, and how mugging for exams suck. The truth is, working out there sucks even more. Having done numerous part-time jobs in the past, I know that working life is a chore. The only incentive is the salary that you draw from your job, perhaps satisfaction for those working in industries they are interested in. Being a student has so many advantages. I believe there's an exhaustive list, but the four listed below are the main ones I guess. Strike the whole list off when you start working HAHA!

1. Sleep all you want
2. Slack all you want
3. Play all you want
4. Long holidays

I've always wished to end student life and finish university in Sydney asap, but now, I wish I have another year to go. Ironic? Yes I think so.

Been having lotsa fun during the first 3 weeks of school, didn't really realise that week 4 onwards till the mid semester break was packed with so much work, tests and projects. Busy busy busy. Hopefully I find time to enjoy my last semester here. Is this my last semester? Haha I'm not sure of that myself.

Will update with a proper post soon. :)

4/7: Had golf practice again at NSRCC. My golf really sucked. I think I need like another 100 practice sessions at the driving range to play at the green. Had supper (yes supper again. singapore wad. haha) with Marcus and Xinyan at the famous mee sua at Kembangan. It's not too bad, but slightly overrated I guess.

5/7: Went to old turf city to look at 2nd hand cars. Yea look only la no money to buy :) Good cars can always wait lol, I will be patient. After that went to the sin seh to 'push' my toe. Freaking hurt like hell but worth it cos the toe's 90% recovered now.6/7: Uni mates came over to dad's stall to show support, and we ordered many other hawker fare from other stalls as well. Lunch's a feast, all hail hawker food! Went KC's house to chill and later to Sarah's place for some guitar hero action. Fun! It was raining like mad as we made a mad dash for Jamie's jag.7/7: Attended Xinyan's (thanks for the wonderful meal at Vivocity with your family!) convocation. I think she's offically the first friend of mine that I've attended a convocation. Even though most of the people there were strangers to me, but I can't help but feel happy for all the graduates. There just seemed to be a very positive and joyous atmosphere. Feeling down recently? Attend a friend's convocation and bring a smile to that face of yours. Rushed down to city hall to meet Yusheng and Ivan for tailor fitting, and had supper, yup supper again with Terrence at geylang. 永和豆浆and 牛肉河粉. Shiok to the max. Stomach stretched to the max too~8/7: Met up with the uni mates for supper at ponggol nasi lemak. Standard was a little below average that day, nonetheless still quite tasty haha. Felt extremely guilty after eating the $4+ plate of carbo junk. Proceeded to Ivan's crib to chill after that, I envy his big room!9/7: TPJC day. Met up with jc classmates Dennis, Joycelyn and Wenyang for dinner at Taka's Crystal Jade. My order sorta got mixed up and end up eating the sichuan soup lamian. Abit not that tasty haha not gonna touch that anytime soon. Great catching up with them, been a while since I saw them. A number of them are overseas at the moment, hopefully there will be a gathering at Jerome's place after I go back. Just like the good old days. I miss...

10/7: Marist day. Had dinner with Shiwei, Dave and Mark at Serangoon Gardens. Been going there quite a couple of times this holiday I wonder why. Initially decided on Sushi Tei but it was way too crowded, thus decided to head to Pow Sing restaurant. Freaking alot of dishes, and therefore was freaking full. I think I'm really testing my stomach's flexibility. Went to Frolicks and woah, the girls they employ really quite pretty leh. Tsk tsk tsk. (Gonna head back soon HAHA!) Had to wait for 5 minutes for the youghurt to harden or something (whatever it means) so we decided to head off, reluctantly for me haha! Had mahjong at Shiwei's house, and lost money as usual zzz. Still love mahjong anyway.

11/7: Attended Marcus' convocation at the same place, NUS Cultural Centre. Experienced the same happy feeling, further intensified this time round, really glad for this buddy of mine. I'm sure he will do well in his property business now. Heaps of people and the slight rain made it a little hard to take nice photos. Finally got the chance to meet Wenyang's girlfriend as well. Good to see that they are very blissful together haha. Marcus' family treated us to buffet dinner at Corpthorne Kings Hotel. I think it was a peranakan buffet, food's pretty delicious, quite a range of variety and most important the Kuehs are freaking freaking nice. I forgot when was the last time I've ate such delicious Nonya Kuehs already. Will definitely head back that for the same buffet! Saw fellow jc classmate Mingsiang graduating too. Congrats!Rushed to the Marist '01 reunion organised by Yongrui at Hotel Rendevous. It was another buffet spread but the food can't be compared to the one earlier on, and I'm pretty damn full at that time so didn't really eat much. Spent most of my time catching up with my long lost friends. We were mainly talking about the pranks and hilarious events that took place in secondary school. It was the definitely the most enjoyable period of my life so far. If only man can go back in time...Can only wish for such a reunion to be organised on a frequent basis haha. Yongrui I hope you read my blog LMAO!

Going for a jog now. Here's to a more healthy life!

黄国俊- 算了

很難撫平, 很難清醒...
現實夢境, 全都是你...
不奢求你, 能動了情, 只願能守護著你.
不敢說, 我能給你什么, 因為在你身旁的不是我...
算了, 一切算了
不管捨不捨得, 都該停了...
既然明白他才是你唯一的愛...
也許真該說 Goodbye...
算了,一切算了, 故事裡的角色, 都已選擇.
你的等待, 他的關懷, 我的無奈
一切都值得
算了........

28/6: Healthy day overall. Had golf in the afternoon with mom and relatives. Really glad that mom is picking up tennis as a hobby/sport. :) Her swing is pretty good too. Finally she is taking some time off to do something other than work. Looking forward to the day when all she does is golfing and high tea sessions. Had tennis with bro, his friend and our fellow neighbour Matthew at night. Having not touched the racquet for almost a year I think, easily made me the lousiest player on court. More practice is needed Federer!!! LOL~30/6: Went down to Silver Strip with Ivan and Lyn, and Lyn's professional advice proved to be really helpful, thanks! Had dinner with the marist lads at this bak kut teh stall near clarke quay mrt. The food is pretty decent but the price is unexpectedly high. Wouldn't pay so much for bak kut teh I guess. We had drinks and finger food over at Brewerkz @ clarke quay, and as usual, hanging out with the marist brothers was fun and enjoyable.1/7: Had lunch with Kc and our new house mate Kaimin at Tampines One's Kim Gary HK cafe. Food was below average though, a tad disppointing given its high reviews. Later on, I went down to Silver Strip tailor again with Ivan and Yu Sheng, and after much deliberation we finally decided on our cloth design and the cutting for the suit and pants. All identical to that of Ivan's! Haha. Went to Zouk later that night with Amer. Ivan and Yusheng called to inform that results for International Banking was out. Didn't want to check it lest it spoils the night. Failed the temperature check at Zouk but passed it after I went to take a cold drink and cool down after a long and hot walk. After getting our stamps we decided to chill at the maccas in Great World City before hitting Zouk again when it's crowded. There I lost to the temptation of checking the results, and luckily, ti gong was overlooking me as usual as I barely managed to secure a distinction average for the module. That certainly helped to set the mood for the night as liquor, sexy babes and loud music took me to Utopia.

2/7: Amer stayed over at my place, a norm if we club together. We had our virgin experience @ Fish n Co express in Downtown East. It's sorta the fast food version of Fish n Co. Burger's quite delicious, drinks can't be any different, but the fries suck big time. Evening time came and I made my way to Levina's house for poker and dinner. It was fun and laughter as we played and gobbled hungrily all the various hawker food. Note the hilarious picture of Ivan. As mischievious as a monkey3/7: Helped out at the stall as mom and dad needs to attend to the catering order far out at Tuas. Turned out to be a rather busy matter as queues were forming (think they are curious as to what am I doing at the stall) and luckily I managed to do everything smoothly and calmly. Business has been rather slow recently. Maybe partly is attributed to the H1N1 scare that's every present now. At night was a ktv session with bro, Amer, Raine and Ivan over at Joms in Toa Payoh. It's pretty cheap at $10 for 3 hours with free frow of, I mean free flow of drinks. Pretty updated songs too. We proceeded to supper (I promise no supper in Sydney!) at the prata house along Thomson road. The prata bomb was disappointing, but the constant catwalk of really pretty girls made up for it!

More updates coming soon. In the midst of applying for internships and graduate training programs too. Going back to Sydney real soon. What a short holiday, arghz~