Of chained bikes

A true-blue FHL moment.

Of trolleys and pencils

IKEA Tampines' attack of the Pencil-Stealer! With a coffee cup from 7-Eleven. Well i did buy a cup of coffee from 7-Eleven okay. Now i have no shortage of lead for sketching!

Behold! Trolleys come in infinites!

Infinitely cool, IKEA.

1350HP Bugatti Veyron Centenaire Edition?

Holy shit this has to be the fastest production car ever if it's successfully manufactured. 1350 horsepower. The central air intake looks like a mouth ready to consume anything that stands in its way. Absolute monster.

Friends, Shopping, Aston's

Mischievous ball. The last time i was there it was still lifeless as usual at the foosball table, and now it has managed to escape the constant hitting by the plastic figurines it has once so painfully endured. I am happy for you, ball.

Ok anyway the above was taken from the foosball table at Adidas, The Cathay. We(me,yin,kasper), were there for dinner at Aston's. It was my first meal there, and it was surprisingly reasonable for a restaurant in town. Eighteen Chefs you have got yourself a competitor. 

C.C.Liap actually asked if this shiat was real.

Way before we met C.C.Liap. aka Kasper Koh for dinner we were shopping for a jockey cap at Far East. Well it wasn't hard to find, and then it was to Sim Lim for a battery-operated music player for NS. That one, however, was already a rarity. No outlet sold it anymore. Sad.

After dinner we spent the time at the basement of Cathay, discussing our very near future, even arriving on the topic of girls. This is as far as i go. Hehe. On the way back was another f***ed-up naming session. Out came the likes of : GOODS VEHICLE ANG, TRUCK KOH, PICKUP POH, BUS TAN...yeah you get it. We ROFLMAO-ed in the train until the aching in the cheeks was too much. I think we should do that more often.

I reached home way before my curfew! Parents are happy, i'm happy. Peaceful night. Hurray.

Mahjong at Leon's

Damn. I realise that i've got to work on my speech. Sometimes, when i've a flood of thought in my mind waiting to be verbalized, i might speak overly-fast while conversing with others, and come across as anxious and incoherent. I have got to slow down. Think before i talk. Go Shane.

Ok anyway, the plan was to meet up with OG 8 people at Leon's place for a day of catching up. After meeting ych, weizhou and tujin for lunch at Eighteen Chefs, i had a 'bus-race' with peejay and yvonne to reach the place first. I won. Hehe. And the promised drink for the winner turned out to be rainwater(because it was raining then). So together we braved the light but painful drizzle, with the ladies sharing the only umbrella. Life is tough.

Leon's unit had a nice view. A pity i didn't take a picture. We got settled down and finally, after so, so long, i have managed to grasp the elusive game that is mahjong(maybe to me only). Lady Luck must've been shining on me that afternoon, because i'm sure it was pure beginner's luck that i won 1 or 2 rounds. I'm still a mahjong n00b though, knowing only 1 basic method to win.

This was an attempt to make funny faces. 

Yvonne left for her family dinner while Kenny went to prepare for his book-in. The remainder of OG8 had me, leon, pj, dyane and shaoyun. 5 people, sounds familiar(right hor peejay?). Well that didn't mean we didn't have any fun. I fought with pj, not physically, but on the Wii. Mario & Sonic Beijing 2008, followed by NFS Prostreet(i still prefer it on PC), and finally Wii Sports Tennis. Who knew that such a subtle white box could make us sweat so much. Leon, dyane and shaoyun were playing Hotel626 behind us. Having seen it for the first time, i have to applaud the game designers for putting so much effort into its creation. I was impressed. The short clips of motion capture, the hi-fidelity sounds and the amazing graphics, all masterfully put together and executed. Cheers Hotel626.

Following that was a game of Texas Holdem. Blast, i ended up being the first to be bankrupt. Leon still raised his bet to 16, knowing that i had only 15 worth of chips remaining. Sad life. But it was fun. At about 9.45 we left his place, all of them took bus trips home while i made my way to Tampines for a cup o' Himalayan Tea Latte, with the man who introduced it to me, yinwei. Chatted abit before i had to(again) succumb to my parents' nagging and rush home. Sorry dood! Thanks for the company!

Back home, NFS most wanted has again managed to infuriate me. It keeps on crashing whenever i start a race. Life just became twice as sad.

101th post

Dear readers, one of my very own :

" Today, nfs kept crashing so i thought i'd keep the save profile and reinstall the game. The save file was deleted by mistake. FML "

my MUSTANG.

Nightwalk

Last night was fun. Started it off with a cup of coffee, large, at the Coffee Bean, Century Square. Coincidentally, yin and i met our primary school teachers. What a surprise. First time in what? 7 years? When you say it out loud it actually doesn't seem very long, but it sure does feel like it. Awkward, yes initially, but i managed to strike up a conversation with Miss Fadzillah(i think) and Mr Derrick Yeo. One was my primary 2(can you believe it) math teacher while the latter was our pe teacher in primary 6. It was funny when they were busy racking their brains for some kind of recollection.

It was down to random chatter for the rest of the time at the place. Talked about friends, army, girls(keke), the future, cars(nfs ftw) and whatnot. It wasn't long before we had to leave as the outlet was closing for the day. For some reason we arrived at the topic of naming our children(if we manage to have any). Yin likes his double 'T's and i like my double 'N's. Then out came the ridiculous ones.

Me  : "what about hercules? strong man leh"

Yin  : "Zeus then, Zeus Lee! "

Me  : *wtf*

Yin  : "did you say Bruce Lee? No! It's ZEUS Lee!"

Both: *laughter*

Following that were the likes of insane examples like 'Tutankhamen' (another wtf), 'Ramses', 'Anubis', 'Nefertiti', 'Cleopatra'. Yes those are Egyptian. Some gods, even.

We sat down at Macdonald's next for his double-cheeseburger. It was closing as well so we left shortly. We walked along the MRT track adjoining Simei and Tampines. The time was around 12 midnight so there wasn't a single soul around except for the occasional passerby returning home from late-night work. Shared more opinions on names(we decided on a few), and then it was time to car-spot. The carparks were literally a goldmine for a car enthusiast like me, and a hardcore-crazy car fanatic like yin. Spotted my (most likely)dream car at the moment, a BMW Z-4. A low-riding 2 seater. Heh. Yin got his kicks from identifying various car models with car nut precision. There were nice ones here and there. 

Time's 1.14 am. Taken at Shell Petrol Kiosk in Tampines.

The Z-4.

Ultimately we ended up at Simei MRT, munching on Hello Panda on the steps, drinking Pokka's Assorted Tea. Well on the way there we came across one place that creeped us out. I forgot which block it was, but we noticed something uncanny across the void deck when we passed the lobby. It was a painting. A Chinese one in fact. Of a woman. It's around 2.5 metres in height and 1.5 metres wide, hanging on the wall at the void deck. Yin noticed it first and i myself found it weird. It was staring at us between 2 columns of pillars. Eerie. Ok we decided to check it out on the way back anyway. The woman was Xishi. Google if you must. Why would a painting of Xishi be hung at a void deck? Strange. Well i didn't take a photo though. Yin's planning to check the place out some other time to see if the painting's still there. Hehe.

By the time we returned to Tampines via the same path, it was already 2.30am. I hailed a cab home while yin walked the remainder of the journey back. My parents got mad at me for staying out way past my curfew time, but fortunately they were already sleeping like logs when i got home. Nightwalk ftw.

More, tomorrow.

Nightwalk was sweet. Check this space tomorrow doods. Or rather, later today.

Have Faith

One of the contest entries submitted to Machinima. I hope it wins.

Love the game, love the music. Go Faith.

Where have all the pictures gone to?

I'm sure that blogger's having some trouble with its uploaded pics because i can't see em! Not on my comp, not on my sister's too. Damn. Go blogger, solve it asap!

Chope Seat Culture

Ok this is my 2nd time posting. I totally hated the way i wrote this previously, so yup its gone down the bin. As i was saying, i had lunch with my parents at the Amara, a hotel cum shopping arcade beside Tanjong Pagar MRT.

The food court was packed. Hell. Finding a seat was a chore. Ok we found one anyway. or we THOUGHT that we had. 2 women came over with their food trays claiming that our seats was THEIRS. According to her, a crumpled, empty packet of tissue sitting clasped under a leftover soup bowl was the evidence. We are nice people so we didn't bother to fire back, with the fact that the packet was probably left behind by previous patrons. The neighbouring table got freed up anyway.

What hit me was how a simple packet of tissue could be used to mark out one's territory in a food court. A powerful weapon in the meal centres of Singapore. Nonetheless, an awful practice of ugly Singaporeans.

Switched

Hello template's been switched. Looks cleaner and more spatial. Hurrah to more space for pictures.

Everything's still jiggly like if you notice the words aren't aligned in the previous posts. Small matter.

It was fun, dear SUVs

FINALLY. It's done. The NFSMW Black Edition Challenge(aka the MAN challenge, according to yinwei). Completed in 6mins 29 secs. 

Ok i know it isn't anything great, but hey, it's my first attempt of the day and i succeeded! Hooya. And you know i ain't faking you cause right in the pic sits my Camaro and the sky-high bounty that i chalked up disabling those SUVs. What a great start to the day.

Here's a vid all about the pretty little challenge. Not mine though.

NTU talks

Hello people, it is yet another amazingly boring sunday. Yesterday was Valentine's Day, but i didn't spend it with a girl. *sigh* quoting yin : " life's tough ".

Well anyway, it was a rather fruitful morning plus afternoon. Time was spent attending the NTU talks held at the meeting rooms within the Suntec Convention Centre. I had yinwei in my company so together we scoured the place for all the relevant brochures and stuff

I met alot of people along the way. Here's just to name a few : xinzi, hazel, raghu, june, cheryl, elis, fangyun, pingyen, yusong, dave and wj(heard they were there), chewguan, siewyuen, jitrui, hanyang, soolin, cherylnn, carmela, michael. Some tjc people as well. I managed to say hi to some, others got lost in the crowd.

Listened to lecturers from comm studies, multilinguistics, adm, and admission matters. I left the place at 6 and met up with yin and michael to go home.

I went down to my godmother's chalet last night. Ate abit, stood around for a while and then i left. Too tired. For the first time i actually felt that i could sleep before midnight!

Well. Thats my Vday for you. 

Gumpert to make an appearance at the Geneva Motor Show

Oh my god. 

Vday Eve ( Friday the 13th )

Alas, it is the eve of Valentine's Day. And yes, it is also Friday the 13th. Not to worry couples, i'm sure everything will turn out great!

I went out with angus for a date. 

nah kidding. hehe. we just went shopping. had our lunch at suntec and then walked over to raffles city to have a look. my wallet is currently falling to pieces so yeah i've been looking for a new replacement.(sigh another outflow of money)

we didn't get anything in the end though. headed over to funan for some fun. the consoles were calling out to me. i could just hear them i swear. so yeah, we spent probably 45 mins playing batman on lego. surprisingly fun. behind us was a bunch of people glued to 2 people sparring in the new street fighter IV on a ps3. so much that they didn't notice an xbox360 unoccupied behind them. hehehe.

after angus reported for work i went to meet up with chap, yin and kun. kun just finished serving his confinement so yup. after having cheap cheap 180 cents worth of chicken rice and himalayan tea from macdonalds, we had a walk around century square.

two typical idiots HAHAHA

HAHAHA. laughter sums it all up.

Too Darn Hot

Omg just have a look at the new concept car Chevrolet came up with. Too sexy already. And it's just for Transformers 2! Specially requested by Michael Bay.

The car, a new Stingray Corvette Concept, is a remake, reminiscent of the actual 1969 model. Vaguely resembles the Camaro though. Well, both are from Chevy anyway. It plays the vehicle form of Sideswipe in the upcoming Transformers 2 : Revenge of the Fallen. And opposite the yellow Camaro, Bumblebee, as well! Eye candy whoo!

Space Grenade

Yahoo News : Big Satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia.

" CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of its kind in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the International Space Station. NASA said it will take weeks to determine the full magnitude of the crash, which occurred nearly 500 miles over Siberia on Tuesday. "

" "Right now, they're definitely counting dozens," Matney said. "I would suspect that they'll be counting hundreds when the counting is done."

As for pieces the size of micrometers, the count will likely be in the thousands, he added. "

" At the beginning of this year there were roughly 17,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting Earth, Johnson said. The items, at least 4 inches in size, are being tracked by the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, which is operated by the military. The network detected the two debris clouds created Tuesday. "

I came across this at mrlim's. Wow. Satellite collision. The first i've heard of, ever.

Yes it's amazing. I mean, what are the odds of 2 masses crashing into each other in the vastness of outer space? Ok, amazing, but awfully dangerous. Yeah, collision in space isn't a joke. It's not as simple as 2 cars crashing into one another on a road, for example.

The physics of outer space has to be taken into consideration. What's space famous for? Yes, lack of the great Newtonian G, G for GRAVITY(i'm trying not to sound like a physics tutor here). In such a weightless environment, with little influence of gravity, such a collision is life-threatening to our astronauts living at the ISS(Int'l Space Stn) for example.

Notice they mentioned debris clouds, for all you know, shrapnel, ceramic shards and whatnot could be in there. If these are shot outwards following an explosion or crash, the particles would be travelling at breakneck bullet-speed. Now in space, there's no gravity, so they won't SLOW down. Velocity could be maintained for kilometres, even light-years, unless gravity kicks in. 

So effectively, the collision becomes a space grenade, with deadly shrapnel bullets flying everywhere. Except that it doesn't have a death radius. Take this, imagine one day, an astronaut decides to take a breather(i don't know how) and space-walk outside the ISS. The collision occurs, and a single piece of debris, even as small as a piece of dice, comes whizzing past and drills through his spacesuit, exiting on the other side and continuing its journey. It is akin to getting shot by a gun. One of the many hazards of space. Wannabe astronauts, anyone?

"  It's gotten so bad that orbital debris is now the biggest threat to a space shuttle in flight, surpassing the dangers of liftoff and takeoff. "

Certain materials can even penetrate the hull of space shuttles and the ISS, provided they are given enough speed. I hope our friends in space are okay. Goodluck and Godspeed,........ and Goodbye.

Hummings Production

Ok some pictures of the workplace of 2 weeks, which ended just before CNY. The company's Humming House/ you can call it Hummings if you want to. The hours were a killer, we worked from 9am to 2am on average a day, thats a whopping 17 hours on the job. You do everything from sticking birds on hampers, packing/setting them, tying ribbons, moving stuff etc. I must say i miss the job, and the people there too. Made quite some friends with the full-time staff and the aunties and uncles which fought the fatigue war beside me. I actually miss getting only about 3 hours of sleep per day, i'd give extra sleep anytime, for the company of my fellow workers.

Thats the company building. Notice all the lorries.

One of the delivery lorries that me and yujun took to coughslackcough* with the driver, Richard.

The place had 4 lifts. 2 passenger ones and 2 cargo lifts. Very convenient. After lunch if we had spare time we'd always buy can drinks and slack around this area.

The company's office.

Miss the place and people lots. Yesterday(payday) was probably the last chance i'd get to see them again. SIGH. Alright, goodbye.

PEH DEH

Today is PAY DAY. YES finally. Going down to collect the cash later. Yeah man!

Nothing much at the moment, except for this sudden outburst of joy at payday. Woke up at 1.30pm again, ate noodles. Thats all for now.

Sophia Magdalena Scholl

Sigh this blog is getting boring. I will still blog, nonetheless.

Ok last night's okto filmart was something fresh. Not the usual violence, sex and gore-rich movies nowadays.

The film : Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage( the final days ). She's 21 years old, and a member of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi non-violent student group that opposes the regime. The film portrays her in the final days of her life as she struggles to secretly spread the anti-Nazi movement to  all of Germany.

Definitely not for light entertainment, adrenaline junkies or people who dislike history will most probably find this boring. The show's events don't seem like they happened over half a century ago, they make you feel like you're right in the middle of it. I was surprised to feel anxiety creeping up on me when Sophie and her brother were secretly distributing anti-war pamphlets throughout the campus, for fear of them being caught. 

Julia Jentsch's role as Sophie herself was brilliant. I loved her acting. I look at what she's done in the movie and can't help but wonder if i myself were put in that situation, would i be as brave as her, take the risks that she took. Fortunately Singapore is a peaceful country.

The film's set was pretty normal, nothing worth mentioning( except maybe the beheading part ). But the actors and actresses on the other hand, were exceptional. I shan't elaborate on the story here but it isn't one with a happy ending. If you wish to know more just go wiki Sophie Scholl and read up. The film's title gives you a huge clue already.

Yup so i'm recommending this show to anyone who still reads this wreck of a blog. An absolute must-watch, you won't regret it. It has gotten me hooked on history involving Germany so i think i'm going to borrow Der Untergang (Downfall) to watch, a show about Hitler's final 12 days.

Until the next post, goodbye.

A sea of green

Hello. I realise i procrastinate alot when it comes to blogging. I'm sorry haha.

My hair's getting quite long right now (some say its unruly), yeah so i'm reduced to wearing a cap whenever i head out. Figure i'd miss my hair when enlistment comes, so i'm leaving those strands on my head to grow as much as they can. While they still can. 

Returned from a trip to white sands. As usual every sunday weekend, i'll go to pasir ris to meet the army guys one last time before they book in. met tujin first, followed by weizhou, and then ted, all one by one. Didn't meet with ych this time though, heard his dad's sending him to cdo camp straight, so yeah take care man! grow your biceps over this 2 weeks and show me!

The upcoming week is a dreadful routine. Sleep late, wake up late. Be a statue in front of the PC for the entire day. How unhealthy. I hereby declare that i shall exercise, YES EXERCISE. run swim fly, whatever. And yes, vday's coming. No one to spend with, sigh. HAHA.

I've gone back to listening to music again so i got myself a pair of earphones from challenger and a 2.5mm plug with a 3.5mm jack to fit my mediocre mp3 player of a phone. Hope the battery still lasts. 

Ok i'm off to catch Sophie Scholl on okto 10pm. A show about a German heroine who opposed the Third Reich during Nazi Germany. Bye

Nothing to do

Hello blog i'm back. With nothing to do. Except maybe blog.

Okay here is a list of possible things that i can do right now:

1. Race all day on nfs most wanted and beat Blacklist #8 and get my Ford Mustang =O=O=O! (trust me it gets reeaally boring, except maybe the cars)

2. Play through Max Payne 2 and savour every kill in awe-inspiring bullet-time. (as if i haven't seen enough)

3. Turn on the telly. Ok i just did. Almost every channel is airing re-runs. Nothing good.

4. Eat. Very unhealthy at this time of day/night.

5. Sleep. Waste of time.

Boredom is really a killer. I've looked through all my feeds and even so, nothing interesting is coming out of famous local bloggers. Sigh. I'm planning to take a walk around town to look for part-time jobs after my previous stint ended just before CNY. Being jobless really sucks. Now i'm getting hungry all of a sudden. Maybe it's a sign to go sleep, and i think i will.

Someone tell me what to do!

- Bored to Death x 999