@ work..but not @ work

posting this from office..haha..found a com which wasn't affected by the LAN and like the connections really really slow or they just can't process heh.

feeling a lot better from this time yesterday so thats good :)
and like the room's so empty today. the 2nd grp of temps left already =/ and like another 4 went MIA :P so like left 6 of us in the office..

now's a bit after lunch hour and i don't feel like working..its really very bored kinda feeling haha..like don't see the need to keep working since theres no one around. too bad there ain't no half-day pay if not i would have left to go home hehe ^^ nvm 3 more hours till i enjoy the freedom and do my stuff. i can do it!~~ :P
speaking of which they said they'll retain us for another 2 or so more weeks and some of them will be retained for permenant positions (good for them :)

looking forward to recover fully to partner up with zhong yan on sat to once again go on an unbeaten run (and beat dn chia and johan :D)

heh ok shall get back to work now.. :P

ughhh-i hate being sick

woke up this morning with this huge headache and lightheadedness. thot it was due to my wrapping myself in the blanket the entire night when it was so warm. woke up both my legs were wet so thot i somehow in my sleep tried to dehydrate myself..

then went to the breakfast table and couldn't seem to swallow my fruits at all..its like i take a bite and chew and chew and chew but when it came to swallow like quite difficult..and i had this wierd sensation of something like hiccups but without the "hic!" also felt like wanting to vomit but nothing came out.

went back to bed and called in sick and slept till 11 when i awoke to find that my stomach was still in pain. walked ard and tried to make sense of things before i went back to bed and waking up at only 2.40pm. same feeling.. :( can't vomit (which i destest..even though it would have made me feel better)..nothing to shit out (which was worse..felt like a block of rubbish sitting in my gut) and still no way to eat. so i went to the doctor which diagnosed me as having stomach flu -___-

so now back at home i'm starving but have to wait till half an hour later and also that there isn't any porridge stalls open now.. =/ so had to get instant porridge. will tell you how they taste.

btw..on a happier note, man u rox :) they won 6-2 :P

some days are good for first times :)

heh..today was quite a good pool day. drilling jere 7-0 was something new. i didn't leave him many shots and had him shooting out of a safety or a no-shot. the feeling was incredible, haven't felt anything like that before. ok lah apart from some of the 'tyco' snooks, the rest was all planned and executed well..and pity i couldn't run out. would have loved to cap that wonderful moment with a break clear.

and winning 2 bucks in guard is a no-brainer..

anyways for those reading..there's badminton on sat! clementi courts 14 & 15 from 11am - 1pm. so do come down and join us..! (and tell me if you're coming)

a short today = a long tomorrow

haha..they let us off early today..but that means we gotta stay a lil longer tmrw..darn! :P

tennis was ok lah..had a mini game and won 6-2 (joels vs eugene/danny) guess you could call it a game of double faults. haha..hilarious..only towards the end that we had slightly more gameplay..

quite tired..lots of stuff happened and happening these days and well i'm really bushed..!

two crazy days

work is fine but kinda boring now..once again its the after work activities that keep me going. haha..not that i worked on thurs :P

took off on thurs cuz a) my mum's birthday (so..Happy Birthday Mom!) b) my occupational theraphy and c) i just want some time off. went for birthday lunch at some jap place at novena sq. food was good..but my mum overordered and i had to run off to keep my appointment with my funky therapist. that was good :) had a wax thingy of my hand to help loosen the muscles and a warm pack for the shoulder and after that did some exercises which i'm supposed to do regularly but keep forgetting haha..and then i was done! but my arm was feeling the strain. anyways..pool doesn't need my left arm haha..

went to gf after that..to meet westin and alex and galvin. westin's got his new cue so heh..we all had to go down to view it.. really nice and all..just felt a bit light to me haha..but i'm nuts so can ignore my comment on it, and then i realised. gee...! its been such a long while since we came together as a group. and i was saying that..my "bust the lights out" came by and thus the reunion of sorts was complete. haha..he was ranting abt uncle scroogey being the ntu cuesports club coach..haha..i don't blame him. anyways galvin's still quite sharp..alex's improving..westin's still really sharp and benny..haha..goodness knows what all that studyin has done to that player..! made a deal amongst us that we should go out for a makan before i go in.

anyways..partly the reason we were there was because of westin's cue..the other however..was that it was dennis' ROM. so congrats to the newlyweds and many happy years ahead! had a buffet dinner and then more pool. justin (gf) organised a mini tournament, single elim, $5 buy-in, race to 7. haha..first round met justin but managed to put up a fight of sorts..well.. lets just put it as i've got a long way to go to beat them. after that me, alex and zhenjie played on then left ard 11..

and yeash i was late for work cuz i couldn't get up.. :P can't help it if my bed's too nice, my pillow's too soft, my bolsters too huggable rite? and work was quite a bore haha..happened to 'keng' a bit more today..nearly beat my minesweeper intermediate score of 138 secs but killed myself on the last mine at 130 secs.. -___- then after work dropped by cartel to say hi to lisa before heading back to gf for day2 :P haha..

which started out quite well..played bryan from hsb again, not too bad..really nice guy to spar with and train against. then guard caught his eye and his wallet and he proceeded to earn a bit of moolah from these bunch of ginas playing guard haha..sort of a hustle of sorts..continued to train on my own and managed a break clear..(its been awhile since i had one) and then sparred with zhenjie losing 5-7 and then beating him 9-6 later on that nite. all in all a good nite..learnt some shots and position play..found some errors and correcting them. a really good nite for me today..

anyways just to end off with a quote, "you can't have a better tomorrow if you keep thinking about yesterday all the time." (yes its from the NEL :P)

p.s. when we had our reunion we took a couple of photos of our 'partners' (some wives, girlfriends or mistresses =X) and its all here photos! or you could go to the link called "photos and calendar" on the side bar

muuhhhh eyeeessssss

had a bad nose-eye day..my eyes were so dry! had to keep dropping eye drops to keep them moist if not open eyes also quite painful. then keep having to chase my nose.. work was fine..was doing appeals today.

so basically had to read thru the "sob-stories". well...some of them are legit but when they aren't fulfilling the clauses, guess its time to be 'hard-hearted' and reject them once again. well well..learnt to 'fake' an approval letter.. mine came out not too bad k! tried to copy the real ones till they were almost identical.. so identical if non of them said anything you would have thot that it was real! :P (r--i--t--e..!) so now i'm a pirated forger LOL :D

then went to hit some balls with the local indian hustler..played quite ok if not for my eyes which were burning out of their sockets..my friend did spot one of my major errors..said my head tended to lift up at the last moment thus losing the aiming point..so guess have to keep my head down more..

anyways there's this dumb show on ghost-hunting on ch 5. haha..imagine this scenario, you're sleeping when 4 pple burst into your room.. you throw something at them to hint to them you're not to be disturb..they seem to take the hint and leave. but 10 mins later they come back in chanting some rubbish and putting up some lights so you sneak up and pull the plug on their light. they freak out and run back downstairs. then they pull out a board with many letters and expect you to play with them, when all you want to do is to be left alone to continue sleeping. well thats precisely what those pple in that show were trying to do.."hunt a ghost" really looked like some video that could have made it for "america's funniest home videos"

anyway signing off..i remember its 28 days more to ns. haha..how time flies =/

stressed tennis or tennised stress

talk about stress man..! i was so stressed today at work. see the work had to be cleared really quick and the supervisor wants it to be cleared..so was rushing the work and realised that a lot more things had to be done. and most of these things my cousin didn't and hadn't done. well i seemed to have taken a more leading role in doing it and been delagating work to the other staff as well..sometimes i feel bad. so when i had to find the missing pieces and stuff today..i felt quite under pressure to 'do well' and do my job..so embarrassing :P

well really had a good time at tennis after work today..seems that i've picked up a couple more things and well i'm playing slightly better :) cept for the slight knock i picked up when the ball hit my racket's rim and hit my eye..so there's a little bruise there now..

so tired..

methinks i'm gonna sleep quite soon..falling asleep typing this post heh ;)

btw..songs of the week are "if i had a million dollars" by bare-naked ladies, "simple kind of lovely" by maroon5 and the accoustic version of "she will be loved" by the same group and "innocent" by fuel.. haha..!

nites ya'all..btw..its 29 days to go!

the essence of time

heard this on my way home from lunch from a father of two daughters..

daughter: "look pa..we're only going to be 5 mins late.. its better than being 30 minutes late which is whole lot more later!"
father: "well..5 mins is alot of time. see 10 pple are waiting for me. so 5 mins to 10 is... 50 mins. and that is alot of time isn't it?"
daughter: "ummm..."


well..really found that interesting and had my head thinking abt that for awhile..guess i should be more punctual, ya?

couple of things to do this week..
- mum's birthday on thurs
- tennis tmrw!
- badminton sat!
- save more money :P
- physio on thurs


and yes i'm wondering what has happened to my faithful taggers..seems so quiet there.

200th post..

long day today..was so busy covering my cousin's duties..got a bit overwhelmed by the amount of work and like realised how slack a cousin i have.

doing extra work to cover but at least it was good i guess..i feel good at the end of the day when i saw all the work completed. :)

went straight to gf and played with a couple of the guys there..won 7-5 (with 2 golden breaks) and lost 6-7 to bryan and won some team gf member 5-4 (with lots of safety play)..not bad..even though haven't touched the cue for like quite a while.. since sunday heh.

playd quite well after that at rc but like the table was really bad..so apart from that i could well, drop out of that playing rhythm and get right back into it is really a good start..tmrw's there's still ept tour at klassic (which sounds really..phoneyy!) and i have to work!!hahaha..alternatively..i could sleeeeeeeep in..*rolls eyes & yawn*

and yeash this is my 200th posting.. :) its been so long..haha..and didn't realise that it's finally here! haha...but well..just another small marker on the road..

btw..joseph has like such a "lucky" mouth. the first time it happened was when he told kevin that he was going to try the 5 ball combination if kevin missed the ball..which he did..and jos pulled off the combi like it was a piece of cake. today's the second, when edgar missed the 2, jos said he's going for the 9 at any cost and then he made it..incredibly. guess whats the third..we went for supper at west coast..then we ordered teh tarik..but the guy took like forever to come, by which time we were thirsty and had almost finished our food..so we decided to heck care and order from the drink stall across us..as the guy was getting the drinks for us, he said, "after we buy this only the teh tarik will come.." well he wasn't that far off..i had only filled my cup when..yes, the guy with the teh tarik came.. -____-

well done joseph..! well done! -______-

now i'm all awake la!

really ahchoo-ed

woke up today feeling really sick..ugh..

didn't head out for work today and still feeling lightheaded and throatless.

gonna go down to the polyclinic to see a doctor later and at the same time get my ankle checked out. its been really bad of late.

still feeling like going to sleep..again.

uuuugggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..!!!!!

aaaaahhhhhhhchhhhhhooooooooooo

haha..bad nose day. my sinus really acted up today.. 'ran' thru 4 packets of tissue within the day..literally 'blowing my own trumpet' haha..got made the slight brunt of jokes in the office..

speaking of which, today wasn't that a killer day (if not for the nose) but it was tough and fun in a way..had more staff to help us out but some of them turned out to be more non-committal than i thought. haha..apart from that the ankle's really bad..seem to have really bad muscle spasms in my ankle and they really hurt. apart from that, the work was good..what made the work light was prob the company (its like really good to have pple who are naturally funny working alongside you :) also lots of wierd cases, like these person has 2 mothers, and like how would you address someone's mistress? yeah, that got my sups stumped. lol..really funny day.

wantd to run today..but didn't in the end cuz of my ankle..then couldn't book the court so no badminton on friday =/ really quite looking forward to it and now its off. really tough to book man..hahah..owells..went to buy groceries and stuff after that..so that i won't spend so much on food in office..like really..you'd be surprised how much i've been eating since i started work. and yes food = money. so if you waste food = waste money. thus more money = more food..erm wait..that doesn't work out rite! hahah..

well..hopefully the ankle will get better..! its like quite bad today and don't want to get it any worse.. songs of the week has been, "me and my monkey" by robbie williams, "falling for the first time" by barenaked ladies and "hold on" by jet. it'll be a while before i get some of those lyrics up..quite meaningful some of them.

and yeah my 'desk' has now 3 styrofoam coffee cups and they're all decorated by..me! haha..got so bored while waiting for my work to respond so i drew a herd of sheep..haha..workplace art huh? ;) maybe show it you peeps when i finally quit haha..

ouchh

work was a killer today. a huge stack of those levy forms ended up on everyone's desk but heh still managed to clear my pile of work from my desk. didn't move from my desk except for a 'power nap' and a toilet break..a couple others did too but like the rest still had alot leftover. btw there's like another mountain of papers to go thru..really doubt we'll finish by the 19th. quite impossible, really..

and yes more raves and rants..btw..there's a family thats quite cool..there's like 6 kids and their names all start with 'A'..and not those normal names but "cheem-cheem" names. haha was too busy rushing thru the forms so didn't really take it down. and i found out that the fastest i go thru a form that only needed checking was 18 secs haha.. ;)

and yes..the thought of tennis after work just kept me going. didn't really play very well. donno how to hit the backhand even though some pple *prod-prod* make it look so simple haha..guess it boils down to lots of practice *shrugs* and then the doubles game was crap..kept double faulting.. =/ need more practice and like eugene can really serve along with dn chia against the two joels who couldn't.. hahaa..no prizes for guessing who was losing but! didn't lose! ah-hah! the lights went out as we were serving for the game at 2-4 (yes, joels 2). earlier called a fault from dn chia's serve and then foolishly didn't move out of the way -__-! yes ouchh.. but i'm fine lah..

then went to rail road place or sth to follow jq to return and borrow some movies..then tried to get some food from cold storage and 7-11 but didn't see anything appetising so left with a 'big gulp' of 100 plus..then while waiting for the bus to go back, saw a shop which sign read to me as, "life's like a bagel" and wondering why it looked so wierd till jq told me that it was actually "life's like a booze!" -_-" felt really stew-pidd after that.

saw this quote and thot this was really cool, goes like this, "chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends" so choose wisely :)

past few days have been alright..did what i set out to do and stuff.

one of the more experienced (and older) temp staff left for another job so means more work coming in. gah..and my cousin's taking 2 days off this week so.. -_-!

ended up playing pool instead of sleeping today..bad choice haha..but *shrugs can't chase the time back, aye?

this is gonna be another long week and i'm still ranting and raving about those forms whose applicants either can't read (low levy conversion is for maids for parents/grandparents over 65 and/or children under 12 -- but pple apply for themselves, their sister/brother, uncle/auntie)/spell (hmmms...so do i give low levy to pple who have a monther at home? -- maybe 'monther' = mother-in-law .. hmmms..)/understand (like 'read' only that when you ask them about whether xxxx is their auntie, they go, "no..she's my mother's sister" -- d'oh..!)

yikes~ anyways tennis tmrw at jq's place at 7..and touch nfl on sat was quite fun..haha..like my team's plays and like it ain't fair that their wide reciever is 4 years younger and 4 times as fast as this old fart sitting front of the pc :P

btw..the last post wasn't really directed at anyone..just felt fustrated that sometimes (because of upbringing/perception/opinion,) we tend to read between the lines..when we shouldn't and we're all guilty of it sometime or another, myself included.

there's more to life than just the girl

well..things just seemed like a blast all week..having fun, working out doing the things i always wanted to do but never did..feeling good and all that and then "bam!" sth happens and now it really seems quite pointless to carry on.

maybe its abt time to come clean.. maybe its abt time to say that i just guess i've been misunderstood.. maybe its time for me to say, "hey, there's more in life than just the girl".

in another 40 days i'll disappear into the system called national service, all i want it to have a good time before i'll have no time..

to those who know me well enough.. you'll prob know of my interest in someone and you prob know that i just got two left feet. guess i have my problems expressing myself and stuff.. haven't ever put my feet right into the right path and while its changing.. i'm not too bothered by what i do anymore.i'm not too bothered by what to care abt..what pple think and what you feel anymore.

but sometimes i wish pple could look at the big picture and not get sidetracked.. life just sucks when everyone looks at you like a freak.

Check out this cool pic!

Thanks, James.
Thanks, Lianyi!

speaks of my impending doom.

haha.. =)

been really draining at work, but the after-work activities have been keeping me going. first, monday's badminton @ cck, tuesdays' squash/table tennis @ jq's (which i was made to run in circles), and today's badminton @ clementi. played 3 hours today and well thot it was quite good..(considering i hadn't played at that level since i was p4?) so like my fitness program has gone quite well hahah..cept i lost weight when i should have gained.. rofles =D

still got lot to learn to improve my game. can't serve for nuts haha..

might go running tmrw and then see how abt friday ;)

work work

had posted on sat but then the post got chewed up..

owells a short summary..started work on tuesday (you guys know that already), weds was spent in the mail room then thurs onwards was furiously attacking the coms to check and amend the info (so to those who's parent(s) applied for the low levy maid thingy, pls remind them incomplete forms and bad handwriting is really a pain in the ass to process) haha..really..can die going thru those forms.

thank God for a good week on the whole, and a good job with a good work environment. and also for good colleagues. starting a brand new week is tough..i don't feel like going to work today :P but don't think i'll have a choice.

caught bourne supremacy on thurs and it was good :) the action scenes, car chases, the predictable plot but it was still good. however, those who are fans of robert ludlum (guy who writes the bourne series, 4 books altogether - identity, supremacy, ultimatium, legacy. you'll be disappointed to know that the book and movie aren't the same)

and ain't it ironic at times when you're just waiting and looking forward to seeing someone and then hesitate and then find out later that person was looking forward to meeting you too?

and somehow i still feel vindicated..even now.

"we have two ears and one tongue so we should listen more and talk less."