new pictures are up

I have posted pictures of most of the animals in my house with the exception of Halia...and err... Beethooven......and my tortoises...and....
Coming to think of it, the pictures are only of Camou, Monk, UJ and Poison.
go here

demonised by my own

troubled.maybe not.

Just feel that people should not pass judgement on a person they have never talked to or even know all that well to begin with.

I am quite close to Lyn and also to a certain extent her sister,May. I have not done anything to either of them for which I should be ashamed of. I have always treated them with dignity and respect. I have never taken advantage of their trust in me. No not even once. Which is why I do not understand why their parents disapprove of me so much. What have I done to deserve to be treated like some pariah off the street? They still adhere to their old fashioned principles which held no water back in the day let alone now in 2005.

I do not have to answer to anyone for the company I keep. They expect me to treat them with respect when they do not even bother to show me any. They may think I am a playboy, a casanova, arrogant, proud, aloof or an ill-bred. That is their perception and not based on any fact. I do not have to answer to them or anyone who I go out with, who I attend church with or why I do not bother to strike up a conversation with them whenever we meet perchance.

I do not sleep around. I do not lead girls on. For that matter I have always conducted myself as best I know how to do.

It is too bad they cannot see that.

..too bad for them...

...shame on you!

refrains of a thoughtless mind

Superbowl is upon us once more, and now nipples and pigskins have become synonymous due to the wardrobe malfunction of the 2004 editions half time show.
for a reflection of the year past go here
funny stuff that!
But was a split second of nipple really such an outrage? I mean we all have nipples. Some of us even have more than 2. It was not even a bad looking nipple.Hell.. it belonged to Michael's kid sister,dammit! In the wake of Nipplegate it seems like the entire entertainment industry underwent examination and people were fined, network content was re-examined and the whole world went bonkers. Shows had to change their names and award shows had to be edited.

On a lighter note Faith left her phone somewhere and was without it since friday.As a result we could not arrange for church today and her whole weekenbd was 'ruined'.Just goes to show how much we have come to depend on our handphones. We feel so lost with our mobiles that sometimes it is crazy. On more than one occasion I have rushed home just to pick up my phone or just to recharge it when the batt was low. I wonder how long most of us can go without our mobile phones?

Camou passed his Temperament Test today.so now he can go to the dog run at bishan.yippie! Not so yippie though is that he is smaller than most other dogs and was hence bullied today by the other bigger,stronger and faster dogs.poor camou. such a tyrant in the home. made to eat humble pie today. considering bringing him to meet other wawas next weekend. maybe that would be better for him.

Ate a big lunch at dunlop street near serangoon rd.actually wanted to eat the wonderful thosai but they din serve that for lunch. *burp* ended up eating rice with fish, vege,chicken and mutton. sedap!

Is it sunday already? darn why do weekends pass so fast? :(

random thinkings

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has alerted its plant traders about the seriousness of the problem associated with fire ants.

Hmm...looks like more work and 'vigilance' will be required from me from now on due to the hoo-haa.

*Man U beat Arsenal 4-2 at Higbury of all places. Woe betide us. The end is nigh!
Not only have Man U done the double over Arsenal this season, they have also done the same over perennial rivals Liverpool.First time they ever done that in living memory. Now that is scary!

I got a letter from the Elections Department informing me that I have been duly selected to serve as a Counting Assistant in the upcoming elections.
At the end they had this to say;

The conduct of elections is a national responsibility entrusted to the public service in which every election official has an important part to play. I have no doubt you will find your involvement in this democratic process a memorable and rewarding experience.

*cough cough*

Valentine's day is coming up.Wonder what I shall do to commemorate the day of overspending and faux love?

Gonna go to the zoo with nads on the first day of new year. Gonna be fun what manner of deceit we shalt concoct over their feeble minds.

Next day gonna go MacRitchie with Lisa and hopefully Hasli. Too bad Lyn,Poh and Faezah can't make it though. We will just have to rough it and go on without them.

Lisa will not be joining me for Esoof's sons wedding on the 12th. She thinks it will be awkward and that people might think we are a couple. *pout*

Gonna go for Camou's temperament test tomorrow if all goes well. Camou recently had some treatment done on his troubled tail and I am not sure if he is up to the task. But you will never know unless you try. He seems back to normal today...

Faith has not got back to me about whether she is joining me for service tomorrow. Guess I will only know tomorrow at the earliest...

Gotta get me the new soccer game on XBox, Winning Eleven 8 International™. Seems like a sure fire hit to me. Yippie... more vegetating infront of my console in the coming weeks!

Got my letter from my unit dutifully informing me I have a BIT on 29th September for get this....ONE WHOLE DAY! I am really gonna miss my loved ones and pets.Imagine 1 whole darn day....*mumbles pathetically to himself*

Earlier today downloaded new MP3's to my phone. Now Metallica's Enter Sandman alerts me when I get SMSes and Eminem's Lose Yourself informs me of incoming calls.And honestly it is not as 'beng' as it sounds in writing.

My tetras seem to get hungry faster and actively search for food now. Guess that there is greater hunger in numbers. Cos I used to remember them as peaceful,slow moving fish but now they resemble goldfish,the blobs of the fish tank, in feeding habits. For the record there are now over 70 tetra crammed into my 2ft tank.

I remember I still have that heart shaped box of chocolates from last Valentines day that is still uneaten. Well past the expiry date last I checked...

I just love the Mr bean bear Lyn gave me for xmas. it is so cute hanging up there above my CD rack.Only wonder what possessed her to get it for me. She said when she saw it in the shop she 'just knew that she had to get it for me'.

Finally brought that pack of individual breakfast cereals into the house that was in my boot. Now the idea is to snack on them when I get hungry in front of my PC on one of my all-nighters. (along with my packs/cups of instant noodles)

Next week gonna be a short week ,what with the CNY holidays and all that it entails.

Made a wager with Agnes that the first between us to get attached would give the other a treat to sharks fin at a reknowned restaurant (with an interesting disclaimer that only she and I know)*wink wink*

Gotta get me some more SD cards for my phone and camera,as well as an extra battery for my camera. Cannot afford to run out like it did the other day at Sentosa.

Gotta go open up an account with DBS or one of the other local banks and perhaps maybe also get a credit card to go along with it!

I need a holiday.Someone please help!

Gotta clear out my shoe cabinet. Seems like all the footwear I use are under my bed which kinda defeats the purpose of a 'shoe cabinet'. Really ...it does.

My prayer for 2005:
i) a girlfriend
ii) a continental car
iii) a job paying me 3 times as much as I am getting now.

It may be only february but I am getting kinda antsy here. Could we just get to the good part now??

As Agnes and I discussed:Tourism. Me just love finding out stuff about places and going to so-called touristy places. Hmmm....

darn it is 2.36 am and I am still awake....

to be continued....

Lonely rivers flow to the sea...

Oh, my love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time,
Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much.
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me, wait for me"
"I'll be coming home, wait for me!"

Today I drove to pick Agnes at her place. I took the PIE and ended up 1/2 hour late.So much for the rewards of being adventurous and blazing a new trail. Me seems tardy last couple of days. Was late yesterday to meet Natt and Nads,so too today. Anyway I finally got to her place and found her on a bench at the void deck.

We were initially planning to go to the Baker's Inn at either Plaza Singapura or Fullerton but I suggested TCC at Boat Quay. Had a good time there on Thursday and thought it might be better.Anyway I had a bad experience at Baker's Inn the last time when I was there with Simona. To recollect: the food and tea they served was the worst I ever had. Bleh!

Agnes had a chicken breast dish and I had the dory fish. She had some trouble finishing it so I helped her along but there were still some potato wedges leftover.
She did not seem to enjoy it as much as I had hoped.Probably had more than a little to do with the peculiar seating arrangements (read: bean bags and low tables).

After dinner we took a slow walk down the river through Boat Quay and Riverside Point,and then crossed over to the Clarke Quay and Empress Place side. Along the way we stopped by the G-max ride at Clarke Quay to witness it in action up close. Looks really thrilling. Gotta try it sometime soon. I also got to find out a little about Agnes too. I discovered she does not like thrill rides, and that she is scared of Lion Dances and that she can't swim. Heh heh heh *plots in his mind*

We got back to the car and I was at at a loss where to go next. Agnes suggested Orchard and Suntec, but in the end we went to Mount Faber. Apparently she has never been there before. As the night wore on I also discovered a few other places she has not been to. Lotsa possibilities for future outings. When we got to Mt. Faber it was rather quiet for a saturday night.We soon discovered the reason why. It was because the lookout point was closed for renovations. We then sat and chatted on one of the benches overlooking Telok Blangah for a bit before heading for our next destination...

We drove over to Sentosa! I parked at the lots just outside Dolphin Lagoon and we walked along the road to Palawan beach. It was kinda quiet. We crossed the famous bridge across to the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. I as usual played the silly monkey and tried making the suspension bridge sway much to Agnes chagrin. It was a really cool and breezy night as we climbed up the lookout post to the top. Up there we chatted again about stuff. Really having fun getting to know this young lady in my life.

After that we got down from up there and made our way across the bridge once more to the mainland. This time I was made to walk up front as she was already wise to my tricks. Clever girl.

We then walked further down the beach towards Bora Bora side. The pubs were already closing or closed so we stopped by the 7-eleven under the monorail station where we each got a blackcurrant Hooch each. I had wanted to venture out to the breakwaters and sit on the rocks but Agnes did not feel comfortable walking on sand with her 'ballet' shoes, so we walked back in the general direction of the car and planted ourselves at one of the wooden tables lining the beach where we slowly sipped our Hooches. We did nothing else, but chat again once more. I guess we are getting more comfortable together now and the initial awkwardness from our first 'date' has slowly dissipated. Having fully consumed our drinks we walked back to the car.

I sent her to her place and walked her up to her flat...

Then took another nice drive back with the music blaring and the windows down. I really enjoy this sort of drives on the TPE back home. ..

babes in bean land

Had a long, frustrating day at the office.So tired after and only got back to the office at 545 pm. Then had to rush down to Beach Road where I was gonna meet my sisters with the mostest. Sin,Hasli and Mr Cheng joined me on my way. I managed to bribe Hasli to join us for dinner on the pretense of 'belanjar-ing' him dinner. As a result Natt and Nadia finally got to meet the ever elusive mr Vaped.

Nadia was wearing this amusing yellow t-shirt with the words 'freshly squeezed' and 'jugs' emblazoned on the front. It did not take long for us (Hasli and myself) to realise what it meant.*cough*

I was late due to the delay at the office and reached Beach Road about 20 minutes late. Natt and Nadia did not let me forget about that fact.

The guys at the store were particularly enamoured with Nadia for some reason.Must be her bright yellow shirt I think. Anyway my order was kinda slow in coming compared to the others. Nat and Nads shared a beef steak.Hasli had one of his own.

After dinner, we drove over to TCC at Boat Quay. I just absolutely love the place and concept. It is the kinda place a guy like me can get used to. Few things in life come close to the hedonistic bliss of sinking into a brightly coloured bean bag and sipping a coffee. I will definitely come again and maybe bring my 'special' friends there.*wink wink*
I had a good time just chillin' with my sisters and bro. Hasli was kinda underwhelmed by how little we seemed to chat whilst we were there.Maybe it was the laid-back atmosphere. Maybe it is the relaxing music.Or maybe it was the soft lighting. But whatever it was it just made us wanna sit back and soak it all in. Nadia and I played footsies under the table. Hasli was hilarious as he resembled a man in a tub with his pose as he finally lay in his bean bag (he was the last among us to get his). The table was amazed by my amazing array of amazing tricks with not-so-amazing table glasses,particularly Nadia who was close to tears at the grand finale. The Einstein merchandise and art works also added a nice touch to the place. Natt liked one of the paintings of,what else? Elefunts!!

After had our fun, we waltzed back to the car and we made a rather boisterous way back home first to the ladies place and then to Hasli's pad. The car sounded like the Teletubbies and Muppets were in the back seat. haha... Was hard hearing myself think (harder than it is when I think in a quiet room).Hasli never heard such a din before.

Had great fun and it was good to finally let Hasli meet the girls. It was a change to see Hasli being rather subdued jokes-wise rather than the crude,rude and sometimes vulgar guy he can be.

satay n ketupat

After work, Hasli,Sin and I drove over to Lavender MRT where we picked up Agnes. We were initially supposed to go to Changi Village but midway I suggested East Coast Hawker Centre which my passengers readily agreed to.

I ordered 20 sticks of satay and some ketupat. Agnes,Hasli and I had sugar cane juice. For food we also shared gado-gado. Hasli ordered a nice Mee Bandung.

After our meal, we 4 walked along to Bedok Jetty. Was a cool, windy night which was good. We relaxed and chatted for a while at the benches at the end of the jetty.
All the while Hasli was asking Agnes probing questions about what she looks for in guys and about her transferring to our section, which Agnes was keen on neither. *kekeke*

After that we took a slow stroll back to the car,where I sent Agnes home and then dropped the boys off at Yishun before making my own way home.

Messaged Agnes once I got home as I had promised....

the heart of the beloved

Today is tuesday. Nothing significant in that.

Went with Lyn,Mrs Pay and Ana for lunch at Chong Pang.

Been pissed the last couple of days by people asking me for plants and stuff from my import inspection. The worst was when Mrs Pay tried to accuse me of being 'on' when I told her I would report the matter if anyone took any plants. I just cannot comprehend what my colleagues are thinking when they take plants home. Do they not know that it is paramount to corruption to take back stuff meant for official use? And if their indiscretions are found out some day who is gonna get their ass burnt? Ai Khim and I, not them.

As a result I was blacked-faced all morning. These are people who I would consider friends but they just do things without considering their actions could have dire consequences to me.

And all because of this it came about that Lyn got the impression that Ai Khim was the one that made me not bring her bicycle to the bicycle repair shop for some reason. As a result Ai Khim got a bad rap not of her own doing and I was left feeling disappointed that Lyn would imagine that I would forsake her because of something Ai Khim said. And another thing is how Lyn seldom if ever approaches me for help directly but uses Mrs Pay and Ana as mouthpieces. I told her countless times that if she needs anything at all,she can just ask. *sigh*

Lyn has no idea what I have gone through because of my relationship with her. My relationship with Lyn is probably the one I treasure most in this world even though lately we seem to have grown apart due to submission to Poh's wishes. But still...she is my sis,for better...or for worse.