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The 17 things I've done in 2009. Permalink
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Did this up as a year end update.

1) First attempted baking on my own without the help of anybody.

Although results weren't that ideal.. Thought I should do something that sounds simple but in the end it came out like kinda crappy. X_x

Baked too many, couldn't finish! (Didn't read recipe properly)

2) Went on night walks every Friday night with Sheryl.

Basically the things that we do would be talking about almost everything. From relationships to dogs, from dogs to friends, from friends to gossips. Got time to walk don't have time to study.

3) Revamped my walls!

Although I did nothing special like drawing murals on it, but I pasted a lot of Anime posters so it gives my room an "Anime Land" feel. In addition, there was a Japan flag to boost the atmosphere.

That was the best I could do that time, I have no confidence in myself regarding drawing on walls permanently.

Of course, it has gotten better with Anime puzzles on the walls, Anime figurines on my study table, etc. :)

Cannot be compared to Danny Choo's kind lah but I'm satisfied!

There are improvements that I made here and there but these are pictures taken from my folders last time as I'm too arsed to take a most recent one. Maybe I'll save it for 2011.

4) Donated blood for the first time @ Nee Soon CC.

Had my 2nd time just behind the school few months later. It was a joy to help people and to get jabbed on the arm. I love injections! (Didn't take any pictures for the 1st so I'm using pictures from the 2nd)

I'm itching to donate blood again! But I still have about a month and a few days more before I can donate. Hopefully the donation drive is somewhere near my house (hate travelling).

5) Finally got my own camera!

Am more hyped up to blog after that, it's a companion that I HAVE to bring out no matter where I go. I do take loads of photos but I don't post it up on blog nowadays. I'm still having problems getting to know the camera functions more and I'm still kinda confused.

Now I need to cast my laziness aside, connect the cable to the computer and upload pictures more often.

6) Went for Natsu Matsuri! AWESOME!!!

Just that I didn't manage to eat my apple candy. I swear I'll get it next year! I hope that in the upcoming 2010, I will be going with the same bunch of people because I wouldn't want to forget them by then. :)

7) Went for Suntec Convention to see Anna "cosplay".

Usually I avoid events like these because I am afraid of crowded places, but since it's an Anime event and I wanted to laugh at Anna, I went!

Can laugh until you roll inside your dreams.

8) Baked my first ever melonpans due to influence of Anime.

Shana's favourite food. As much as I like eating it, I think having it almost everyday like Shana would make me so sick.

9) Went to Geylang for the first time.

I've heard about good food there but I thought it was so-so? Maybe I didn't went deep enough. Was afraid of being stared at. One thing I remembered was that I had a hard time peeling prawns.

Argghhhhhh!

10) Had a memorable primary school visit this year with a group that I didn't really know that well.

I miss wearing my uniform! I've always thought that wearing uniform is better than home clothes. You know last time in compositions, they will always set questions to ask which one was better?

I'll be wearing my uniform during results' day and that will be the last time I'm wearing it. I don't intend to retain even if I fail my O levels.

But still, I'll miss wearing it. :(

11) Experienced a fake Graduation Day.

Because we will still be seeing each other a week after Graduation so there's no need to cry or scream or feel lonely. But then again, it was a day worth remembering. Other than PSLE that you graduated from your primary school, secondary schools are the second stage you have to go through.

And it's when your emotions take flight most of the time. :)

12) The year that I focused on Mathematics it scares me.

Religiously going for night classes in school and having study groups frequently with the intention of passing my Mathematics from the bottom from my heart. A pity that after I did the papers, I realised it can not be done.

I couldn't attempt most of the questions you see.

13) My first Prom experience!

Food was average, company was disappointing (was at a table with not so familiar people), entertaining was average, price was enough to slit my wrist.

But the redeeming factor was that the theme was "Stars". I am biased so I shall let it pass. =D

14) Signed up for Japanese lessons.

Nice or not? I designed it!

I've always been learning Japanese on my own through watching Anime or doing research but I know it isn't enough. So what if I can speak, I can understand, I can scribble Hiragana and Katakana?

I need to know how to READ.

One of the best choices I've made in life. :)

15) Found an extraordinary job.

It's an awkward and strange job, but the people that I've met there is great. Met different people of different ages and it's somewhat cool that you can actually mix with anybody regardless of them being inside your age range or not.

Though I hate waking up early and work, but at least I don't detest going there. Detest is also quite a strong word too you know.

To be honest, I'm no longer ashamed of my job. I'm collecting good karma from what I do everyday which is sort of meaningful. I thought I wouldn't share this to anybody that I'm not close with but I'm actually working...... in a temple.

I didn't know it was a temple until I reached the place, but I've not regretted having spent my one month there (since it's already the 31st..).

I've done things that's considered adminstration, and done things which are not. Maybe some people couldn't accept it at first, like what I felt in the first place, but as time passes, I felt that it's no longer that important.

Why be ashamed of my job when I am doing something good everyday?

Why be ashamed of my job when it is something that you don't get to do even in your whole lifetime?

I'm glad I'm there anyway!

(Hmmm.. Should I share what I've been doing on my blog? Yes? No?)

16) Spent A LOT of money on buying Anime, figurines and manga.

I hope I can find cheap yet authentic buys for the upcoming year.

Which means money sources should be finding me!!

17) Bought a laptop that I can truly, truly call it my own.

Which also means that I can listen to music, watch videos and clips and play my Sims with sound! Hooray hooray hooray! I hope I still won't abandon my desktop though, it stores a lot of my personal life.

And memories.

I haven't got my laptop yet, I just bought it yesterday. Will take pictures when I can get my hands on it but not now because it was sold out so mine was pre ordered. Probably collecting it tomorrow or Saturday.

AND YES, GAYNESS! I can Skype with you!

And of course anyone that wants to Skype with me. :P

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Saving the best for last. Permalink
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

I was free to the max yesterday for work because my job was to just sit there, take a look at what's happening and that's it! Something everyone would love if they could do this for work, which is being paid to do nothing.

So I sent text messages to several people! Time was well spent.

The night before I was having a good feeling about being slack for work the next day so I brought three books of manga with me and I'm so glad I had the chance to read them! It's been so long since I've read some.

Today, I brought four books of manga with me but didn't have the chance to read them at all! Was asked to sit there, take a look at what's happening around me and cut the tip of the candles. Oh no!

There goes my effort of bringing such a heavy bag to work.

My job for the day.

I did two huge cartons of candles. Each box of candles (like the one you see above) consists of 50 candles each. One huge carton stored about 20 boxes.

20 x 50 = 1000 candles.

1000 x 2 = 2000 candles.

Within a span of 7 hours, I cut the tip of 2000 candles. Not bad I would say, but definitely sleepy to the extreme! *Speaks with Ryohei's accent*

Was afraid that I'll cut my fingers when I was cutting the tip off as my eyes was closing anytime. However, my arms continued striving for excellence, which is to complete cutting everything. I'm such a nice worker though I would admit to be the slackiest person there.

In terms of attitude and such. :P

Wonder what I'll be doing again tomorrow.

And oh! I've completed a year end's entry to commemorate the end of 2009, but I'll only publish it on the last day of the year, which is tomorrow *being long winded*. I spent about two days thinking about the content so I hope I won't be too arsed by then.

Hopefully.

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Alrighty! Permalink
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

FINALLY GOT PHOTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!!!!!

But then ah I'm very tired today, maybe next year! HAHAHAHA! Will replace it with another entry, will be up before this year ends.

:)

In the meantime, watch this. Social Studies pupils would like this I guess. Saddam Hussein's execution.

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:( Permalink
Monday, December 28, 2009

I AM BEAT!

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Rotten to the max. Permalink
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Today is a bad day. :(

I sent my pants to alter few days ago and the seamstress asked me to collect them on the 26th, which is a day after Christmas. When I went back that day, she told me it's not done yet and asked me to come back the next day.

I went back today and she told me SHE FORGOT TO DO IT!!!!!!!!

I was pissed to the extreme! I had a fight with Pops in the morning regarding an issue which I've forgotten and was in a bad mood. Of course, I gave her an unhappy expression to tell her that I am damn pissed off and am ready to snap anytime.

Even if I snapped, I don't think I'm wrong. She asked me to go back for TWO days yet she has done nothing?! It's not like her charges were super cheap either!

Just now, she asked me to go back tomorrow. What does she take me as? Do I look THAT free to travel down even though it's just a stone's throw away? I'm a temporary working adult now as well as a very lazy person and asking me to go back and forth is a tedious process.

Usually people tend to take advantage of such opportunities to cut the charges by half or something. I wished I could do that, but I've never done something like this before. As much as I'm angry, my heart wishes to do it, I can't!

I even need my friends to bargain for me last time. That's why I cannot go bargain paradise like Bangkok, surely kena chopped like bird nest mountain.

Anyway, that summarises my bad day because of the seamstress and Pops. I really loathe it when my parents talk about money with me. It makes me boil and I'll shoot my mouth off which angers them more and what I got in the end was isolation.

But then, is I isolate myself lah. Pops tried to talk to me but I refused to respond. For Mom, she didn't even tried to talk to me. All the more better, I wouldn't want to talk to her either. I'm letting her know that she's not the only one that has got the right to have a temper.

In other words, this year is shitty. Hope it'd just go away within seconds and 2012 should just come. Letting this world be destroyed is not a bad idea, I'm all for it. At least everyone dies together and no sorrows can be felt.

P/S : One of the better things that happened today was probably Aizen-sama's call. Good to hear her voice again since it seems to be so long since I've heard it. One bad thing was that I started to get jealous of Grace. :(

Time to shower.

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Reasons to why I hate Christmas and New Year : Permalink
Saturday, December 26, 2009

I was surfing the net aimlessly when I received a call from my uncle a few minutes ago.

He asked me to get something from him and when I got down, he handed me this party sushi platter (some are gone because I can't help but stuff it inside my mouth)! I think it's perfect for a rainy day snack. I shouldn't have travelled just for Subway earlier on.

I got this platter for free because uncle is working as Sakae Sushi's delivery personnel and apparently they got the order wrong, so they gave my uncle this platter and he gave it to me. CHEAPSKATE ME ISH SO HAPPY~~

A pity I don't eat raw, and family don't eat raw stuff too. Most likely gonna throw away the raw salmon sushi I guess. It's a wastage since it's quite expensive, maybe I should try and gulp it down and learn to appreciate raw food at the same time.

But the moment I think about it, my blood kinda froze. I'm afraid of eating it raw!!

Anyone living in AMK? Come eat free one lah. I treat you. :D

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Anyway, back to what I was planning to type earlier.. *shoves a sushi down my throat*

I spent my Christmas in tears.

It has been a legend that I would be unhappy every Christmas, and that is why I hate that occasion. I can no longer remember as a child about how I longed for Christmas to come so I can receive many presents and such.

Actually, I don't even know since when did I start to dislike 25th December.

I sort of figured out the reasons why I hate Christmas and New Year yesterday while watching Brother playing Final Fantasy XIII (no link, but it was natural hor). But I am aware that this upcoming New Year would be the worst up till date.

Let me sum it up a little.

Why I hate Christmas :

Knew that I would be extremely upset no matter what I do/did not do. It's a curse.

About 6 more days to a new year. I hate the feeling of starting from Square 1 (because January keeps coming!) It's like you finally trained your for instance, Maplestory character to level 150 but you suddenly have to train from level 1 again.

Mom is damn stingy. $20 for Christmas.

Pops gives nothing. -_-

Feels no love. Festive season of giving? I never felt that before.

Can't help comparing to other kids what they got from my parents.

May sound like a demanding and materialistic child here but I'm really not. Sometimes friends give you much better gifts than parents do. Not like they're financially going down either. You know like how you will place your friends much more important than your family members just because you thought they care for you much more than your own kind?

Eventually, you will feel that your family doesn't love you that much.

I know it's damn petty of me to think like that just because of something trival but when I already couldn't feel the love, and Christmas advertisements or slogans always shows how family gathers around, having fun, love here love there, you'll feel damn sick.

My family doesn't do stuff like exchanging presents or anything like that. Just give money like normal. I TRIED before, to request a present instead. But Mom said anything that exceeds $15 will not be considered.

You see? It's a problem of rejection.

Why I hate New Year :

Needs to travel to many places. Actually all of them live in AMK, and all in walking distance but I just hate travelling. Why? Read second point.

Makes me feel that I'm a greedy teenager because it seems like I only go there for money.

I'm not familiar with my paternal cousins so Brother and I don't talk there, just going there to be blockheads and mutes. The other cousins are very familiar with each other so I kinda feel outcast (remember, I'm an introvert).

Will always ask about academic results. Sorry for being stupid?

Sometimes cousins do talk to me but I'm too shy for my own good.

New hate factor for this year : "How's your O level results?"

Because I know I will fail this year O levels' so I wouldn't want to answer that question. -_-

And our family tree people is damn stingy (yeah, I'm comparing again). I'm glad I do not have to face such shit when school reopens like "New Year you receive how much money?" or something like that. I don't even have to attend school anymore.

My friends receive a few hundreds from parents and after adding up the relatives and the house visits, you get the idea. Well, my parents both give $10 each. Imagine the difference. T_____T

I feel so poor. And my maternal side are biased to boys so Brother always get more allowance money than me. Feeling unjustified but it's been like this since I grew an ego of myself from young, so maybe I am immune already.

And this Christmas and the upcoming New Year, I have extra hate factors to add on.

Because they are PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

I have to miss TWO WEEKS of JAPANESE LESSONS

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's getting out of hand soon.. stressed. X_X

P/S : This is a picture taken AFTER I tried to tidy it up for about 10 minutes? Got tidy like never tidy like that. Lethargic leh, and somewhat nostalgic. Because it seems like it happened before uncountable times.

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Merry Christmas & Happy Birthday to Grace Lim! Permalink
Friday, December 25, 2009

It's almost coming to the end of the year.

May you stay short in the days to come so I can continue looking tall (actually I AM tall) when standing beside you. Do train up the amount of food you eat with the remaining days of 2009 so you can eventually challenge and defeat the shit out of me in 2010.

And lastly, stop splurging on branded goods!!!!!!! THINK ALSO CANNOT!

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It's Christmas eve! Permalink
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Change my wallpaper to Syaoran!

Work today was very entertaining. My colleagues told me that through the days, they found me to be a hilarious person with a lot of inspiring and daunting ideas. They seems to laugh at the things I've made remarks on, and the way I respond to when people are talking to me.

Am I really that funny a person? Because it's not the first time I'm hearing such stuff.

I'm not self praising but I can almost hear the people there calling me "cute" everyday on an average calculation. I know self praise is no praise (though I do it all the time) but I'M TELLING THE TRUTH!

But well, since they found me cute, what can I do? Just accept it of course. :P

One of my colleagues about two years older than me sought help from me regarding something and I thought I gave her a few astonishing ideas. I racked my brains and squeezed my relay, motor and sensory neurones this afternoon to produce such awesome ideas!

They were so good that it seems like I've experienced it.

But they didn't use all of it, she's too shy. Damn! But it's fine, I'm sure things would work out the way it should be. I hope.

And now, they will ask me early in the morning what will I have for lunch because I always take a few hours to think about what I want to eat. Smart move, they must have been sick of me being all stressed out in the afternoon when lunch break is near.

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Brother is having a good life in army. Permalink
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Have to Grayscale to cover my haggardness. T_T

Got myself two bars of Snickers and Mars chocolates just now because people say chocolates can make one destress. I don't usually eat chocolates because I don't like them. Anyway, I don't think they made a difference in my life.

Or maybe they haven't take effect? I only chewed them down a few minutes ago.

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It's my day off and I'm satisfied with the number of hours I slept!

I kind of am looking forward to work tomorrow because it's going to be interesting! Dreading the workload though. Can finally sleep a bit more since recently I've been starting work at 8AM in the morning (an hour earlier than my usual timing) so I'm beat up.

*Waiting for the chocolates to take effect*

Side tracking a little.

Brother went back to camp on Monday and he removed the plug for the DVD player in his room, and I'm dead scared that if I touch any wires or anything foreign I'll get into trouble. And you know what's more to get on my nerves?

Brother is treating army camp like a holiday inn.

Final Fantasy XIII has been out this month and he's already playing it on the Playstation 3 (dammet!!!). As you all know, I am jealous like shit and due to my work commitment I have no extra time for gaming, unless I quit my job, that is.

People said that army is tough, and naturally he should be more weary and more worn out than me. But it doesn't look like it's so.

Apparently he's got time to even play Playstation 3 there.

Know what? HE FREAKING BROUGHT THE PLAYSTATION 3 TO THE CAMP!!!!!!!!

And then you ask, it's no use if he doesn't have a television set! It's now that you scream in awe, because

HE
FREAKING
BOUGHT
A
NEW
PLASMA
TV
JUST
FOR
ARMY
CAMP
USE

!!!!!!!!!!!

That's not all, the TV that he bought is even BIGGER than my own!!!!

GOOD LIFE OR NOT YOU TELL ME??????

And that is STILL not all. He even bought new huge speakers for army use. Good quality sound effects while playing games?

He's damn cruel! He brought my salvation back so I can't even watch how he plays the game! My heart is broken into bits and pieces now. T__T

And everytime he returns to camp, he'll always bring lots of big bags of tidbits and snacks back. I don't know what party is he having everyday but he certainly looks more blessed and blissful inside. Perhaps next time he'll even bring his own bed, own bolster, own pillow and own blanket there.

Or his shelves of manga or his own collection of Anime, or even decorate his bunk until it looks like Anime Land.

While me being left to rot at home.

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Away. Permalink
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I'm having a day off, yatta!

But meanwhile, it's time to enjoy. Blog later! I'm just a minute away from the next day.

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I need to get some rest. Permalink
Monday, December 21, 2009

Looking haggard nowadays. :(

Sleeping early doesn't help! I was wandering around Heartland Mall last week while waiting for my Japanese lesson to start and I walked past a full length mirror inside Royal Sporting House to find myself looking so tired, dull and grumpy!

I was shocked! I know I was lacking of rest but I didn't know I can look that bad. Must be the spotlights inside the shop that enhanced my dullness and fatigue at that instant.

Lesson was great but I couldn't really concentrate much. Screwed up at the first question sensei shot at me, it was about numbers. :S

I told him I'm not good with numbers, and he gave me the answer. Managed to perk up a little so that I can perform better and got the second question about the number he gave me correct! If I'm not wrong, it was 80 million in Japanese.

Never expected that I'll encounter stupid number problems in Japanese too. I'm fine with words/structure but totally lost it when it comes to thousands, millions, billions, etc etc.

I don't even know how many zeros are they in a million. 6? or 7?

.__.

The next lesson would be two weeks away (since Friday is Christmas, damn you Grace Lim LOL). I hope I have time to revise a little on my weakness.

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What is a Tatami room? Permalink
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Had Sakae Sushi last Saturday!

As a fellow Japanese lover, it's for sure that I love sushi (sadly, except raw food), and I always frequent Sakae Sushi for their buffet! A really good deal which is extremely filling to the stomach since it's eat-till-you-drop.

With a variety of choices to makeeeeee! Oh, my tummy just made noises.

Sushi companions. Used to dine at Sakae Sushi frequently during a period of time with one of them when Bernard was working there. Now he can join us, like finally!

Checking out the floor even though he's off working hours.

Have you noticed the place that we're dining at?
Looks like a room doesn't it?

IT IS A ROOM! A TATAMI ROOM! =D

With a flat and wide screen to take our orders!

Although Bernard was on leave, he was still repeating the menu and the things he have to explain to our "customer enquiries". Professional waiter in demand, hire him today!

But too bad he's engaged to Froggy.

Kah Hao likes Froggy so much that he wanted to buy it home. But the Manager of the outlet said that it's only available to their personnel outlets for now. No doubt the mouse is cute. No wait, the frog. But it's a mouse. A frog.

老鼠，青蛙，傻傻分不清楚。 o_o

My utmost favourite, FRIED TOFU!!

It's a must spam order item during my every visit there. I tried Nihon Mura's, but this one is still better. I'm not lying, you have to try it!

Initially, it was Qijun that introduced it to me. I thank him for that.

And my favourite sushi, Tuna Mayo!

I know the ingredient used is very common and plain but I still like it! Doesn't look as appealing as other sushi(s) of course, but beauty lies in the beholder.

To me, it was as if it was made of gold. Not like I particularly like gold lah but I'm just describing how good it is.

Starter dishes.

Unagi Chawanmushi! (茶碗蒸し)

I tried all flavours of Chawanmushi that day! All are equally nice.

Favourite? Unagi or Sakae Chawanmushi.

Soon, plates started to pile up..

And soon it covered Kah Hao's face!

Actually he took another picture of me and the plates.. which is damn fugly. And I'm talking about me, not the plates. I don't really use the word 'fugly' but that picture was closest to that term. :(

There was complimentary Udon, and the bowl was HUGE!

A little about the Tatami room we're in.

It's a room different from the normal ones that you see. You have to spend a minimum amount of money to get the luxury to use the room. I love it because no strangers would be staring at me eating (actually no one would, they should be busy eating), and you get a feel of privacy between closed doors.

Maybe you can refer it as something like a KTV room? Like you have the room all by you and your friends, enjoying delicacies. How wonderful is that??

Just that the TV you have in a KTV room can "order" songs whereas the TV there can order food. Which do you prefer? A TV that fills up your stomach or a TV that swells up your emotion?

Personally I think my EQ is high enough so I would prefer the other option.

Delicacies in a mess due to excitement.

Waiting for more to come.

Yes, my hair is that short now. :(

Feels weird when I couldn't play with my hair like a horse whip sometimes. The substance isn't there!

Enjoying the outer scene and videoing the actions of pweety girls. Sad that I'm not attractive to capture their attention instead, but anyway I was joking about the videoing part. They were viewing Facebook accounts of some acquaintances of ours HAHAHAHA.

A small glimpse of what was going on outside. Even the manager himself came to serve us several times! With a few dishes of complimentaries that tasted like octopus. This is how a manager should be, generous and efficient!

I don't think I can be a manager, because I don't think I am very generous towards food (also cannot considered stingy lah) and I am slow, have difficulty talking to new people and hates customer service line.

Some random pictures :

And Bernard was having fun in a private room trying to breakdance as requested by Kah Hao but literally failed. I don't know if the word "Epicness" (I know epic, but not epicness) exists but it was certainly the word to describe that moment.

H-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s! Laughed too much.

What's so good about breakdance? I don't like it leh, but got shot by Kah Hao by saying that.

Lastly, always remember to take off your shoes before entering a Tatami room!

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