The Last Day Of 2013

#NowPlaying - Happily by One Direction

It's been a great year, though I have more mixed feelings about 2013. Ups and downs are part and parcel of life and without failure there won't be success. I'm satisfied on most decisions that I've made this year, though some were not so good. I will definitely improve on my decision making skills in the upcoming year. 

The upcoming challenge that I will face is the IPPT next year, will maintain my silver standard or even try to get a gold. And then there's my braces which got delayed due to the dentist have too many appointments to entertain mine. (Damn, must be earning loads) Finally, I want to get out of my comfort zone and start trying new stuff, such as travelling overseas alone, learn more strokes for swimming like butterfly, improve on pool skills, get a bike license, enroll into university and many more! Someone told me one must have many goals in order to succeed, and there I am trying to fit lots of stuff into my humble life. 

Last but not least, let me end this year with a few pictures.

My Travelling Companion.

My Photogenic Memory Bank.

Last but not least, my friends.

I hope it will be a good one for both you and me. May every conflicts in this world resolve peacefully and happily. See you guys next year! 

Celebrations

#Now Playing - Intoxicated by The Cab

It's official, I've learned how to swim, by myself! Yea, one target down and 3 more to go. Though not a very good swimmer for now, at least it's some improvement from nothing. Celebrated the twins' birthday at Timbre last Saturday and it was a enjoyable night, kudos to the band that performed and even though they were Malays, they managed to sing Korean and even Cantonese. Impressed x100.

Awesome Food and Drinks. (Disclaimer: Only had Cake and Pizza for food)

Awesome People.

This wraps up my short update, and it seems like I update my blog every Monday without even knowing it until now. I shall do just that I guess. 9 more days till Christmas and gonna have a gift exchange with them. It will be good! That's all for tonight, Goodbye. 

Oh, and this is meaningful, not for myself though.

Tv Shows

#Now Playing - Love Love Love by Hope ft. Jason Mraz 

I am pretty sure many of us had watch alot of tv shows. Some were good, while others were shit. For me, I had started watching shows since young and I don't even remember half of those that I've watched before. However there are some exceptions that I still remember because they were just damn good. 

下一站，幸福 Autumn Concerto (2009 - 2010)

A 偶像劇 featuring Ady An 安以軒 as Mu Cheng 梁慕橙 and Van Ness Wu 吳建豪 as Ren Guang Xi 任光晞 where the story revolves around their love and difficulties being with each other. It all started with a harmless bet that led to their eventual love. Tragedy strikes when Guang Xi suddenly has to go through a major brain surgery which causes him to lose his memory. His mother begs Mu Cheng to leave him and the latter has no choice but to do so. Little does she know that she already has Guang Xi's child. Guang Xi had lost all his memories after the surgery.

Six years pass and Mu Cheng lives a quiet life with her young son in a rural countryside while Guang Xi is now a successful lawyer. Somehow, Guang Xi had to do community work at the rural countryside because he did unlawful stuff which led him to finally meet Mu Cheng again. And the real story begins here as Guang Xi struggles to recall his past romance with Mu Cheng. How will the couple make up for six years of lost time?

One of my personal favorite 偶像劇 due to the amazing chemistry between Ady and VanNess. Also the plot is awesome and is very different from most of the 偶像劇 that I have watched. (not that I have watched alot) Heck, even their kid 梁曉樂 is cute. Definitely gonna watch this again when I have the time.

射雕英雄传 The Legend of the Condor Heros (2008)

One of Jin Yong 金庸's novel and the 1st part of the Condor Heros trilogy, it has many adaptations and this is the 2008 version starring Hu Ge 胡歌 as Guo Jing 郭靖 and Ariel Lin 林依晨 as Huang Rong 蓉兒. The story revolves around Guo Jing's Father being killed by the court because of being wrongly accused and thus Guo Jing was taught in martial arts to help him avenge his father when the time comes. The journey led him to meet his future wife Huang Rong and their romantic journey while searching for Guo Jing's enemy. Guo Jing and Huang Rong learned numerous martial arts which includes 18 Dragon Subduing Palms 降龙十八掌,  72 Style Vacant Fist 七十二路空明拳 and Technique of Ambidexterity 雙手互搏 for Guo Jing, Dog Beating Stuff Technique 打狗棒法 for Huang Rong and the infamous Nine Yin Manual 九阴真经 for both.

Overall it's a show with 2 genres, wuxia and romance which does mix well in some ways and came out to be pretty unique. Hu Ge and Ariel's chemistry is unparalleled too, very cute onscreen couple. Pne of the main reasons why I started watching is because of Ariel Lin! She's one of my favorite actress not only because she's beautiful, but also she's a very strong person. Started watching her show It Started With A Kiss 惡作劇之吻 and that made me like her, didn't know such a bubbly person exist at all.

Same person, she changed alot during the years, definitely lost some cheek fats which made her face look slimmer. Gonna watch 兰陵王 Prince of Lan Ling soon, will be good I hope. Heard that the show will not be dubbed and since Ariel is from Taiwan, she has a Taiwan accent, and the other 2 lead actors in the show are from Shanghai and China respectively. Will get to hear many accents mixed in their conversation, weird.

The Walking Dead (2010 - ongoing)

Ah, another zombie apocalypse show, just that this is a tv show instead of a movie. The Walking Dead takes place in USA when the main actor Rick woke up after a surgery to find himself alone in the hospital and 'walkers' all over the place. From there he met various people whom will eventually help him find his family, whom his wife Lori had gotten an affair with his best friend Shane. And this led to a chain of events which led them to find a farm and then a prison and then a town with a psycho leader whom they had a war with. Alot of people had died in the show including some of the main cast which makes the faces of the show change quite often. 

If you are into zombie shows, you ough to watch it as it depicts alot of zombie killing scenes as well as humans dying to zombies too. You'll get to see what people will do in order to survive during tough times like this, stealing and killing other humans are a common sight in the show. Zombie shows often have a deeper meaning to it if you notice. It is now in Season 4 currently and still going stronger after 3 years. Word of caution, it has gore in it and if you cannot take it, you'll be missing out a great show.

ワンピース One Piece (1999 - ongoing)

One of the longest running anime after Detective Conan and others, this has got to be one of the best anime that I've ever watched. It started with a 17 year old who went out to sea to search for the legendary treasure One Piece left by the previous Pirate King in the Grand Line, a treacherous part of the ocean that is said that no one had fully explored it before. Luffy ate a Devil Fruit which grant him powers of rubber that makes him be able to stretch his body and not feeling so much pain when being hit. Through the journey, he met different people which some eventually became part of his crew and allies.

A very fun, interesting, emotional anime to watch. Its content is truly unparalleled to any anime out there currently in my opinion. If you are bored, this show will be able to accompany you for quite some time as it has nearly 700 episodes at the time I am writing this article. Go watch it, you won't be disappointed.

海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー Kaizouku Sentai Gokaiger (2011 - 2012)

No, this is not Power Rangers. This is Super Sentai, a superhero series that started in 1975 and Gokaiger is the 35th season of the long running series. It consists of 5 young pirates who have the ability to morph into Gokaigers to fend off evil space villains from Earth, while they search for the greatest treasure in the universe. Besides their own powers, they also have the ability to transform into all of the previous 34 season's ranger with their Ranger Keys. Something unique with this season is that at least 1 of every season's past actor/actress will be back as a cameo which makes this season like a memory lane for many. A truly awesome show.

On the side note, Power Rangers was adapted from Super Sentai itself, which is why they share so much resemblances with each other. Call me childish, but this will and always will be better than some of the shows out there.

And yup, that concludes my list of favorite tv shows. It's not a huge list, but at least it's something. Will be watching some new show such as Two And A Half Men and 兰陵王 Prince of Lan Ling for my first duty of my job. 

Oh well, as I always say, time pass by so quickly and without knowing, 2013 will be coming to an end soon. I've been through quite a number of difficulties this year, in fact there are still some which are ongoing right now. Meh, should blame myself for being stupid and digging even further down the hole and now there's almost no way out of the mess. Bah, someone said before;

"Tough times don't last, tough men do"

Yes, I hope I will be stronger after this bullshit since I'm not dead yet. Nevertheless, some things are just meant to be and it seems like some people are much more complicated than you think. On the bright side, I am getting darker day by day which is good. Swimming skills had slightly improved too. Good start to prepare for next year, will be inspecting my teeth soon, hope to get braces by end of the month. Time for me to sleep, Goodnight.

To Do List

#Now Playing - Candy Store by Faber Drive

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel uncomfortable and awkward.

I've been wondering what the hell am I doing for the past 21(soon to be) years in my life. Not much productivity, so I have decided to change all that and have a better lifestyle. Normally I would just procrastinate and just move on with life, but not anymore. I don't want to be someone who is all talk and dwell in the past just because of various setbacks. I want a change, for a better me, and people around me. So what do I want to change in my life?

'The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step' Lao Tzu

- Learn to Swim (Doing this daily now)

- Get Fitter (Doing this whenever I can now)

- Get Braces (Due in December)

- Be more Vocal and Outgoing (getting used to)

Currently, these 4 are the stuff I need to do the most, 2 on physique, 1 on appearance and 1 on personality. Not much I know, but it's a start. Surely Rome wasn't built in a day, nor will I change that quickly. However, slowly but surely, I will eventually turn into a much better person, I hope. 

2 more days to my birthday, wow time flies really. 3 more days and I'll be going to Melaka with my family for a short getaway. It's long overdued due to not having a car, but things are different now. Gonna buy a camera soon so self taken photos will definitely be introduced into this page, a fresh start definitely.

Anyway, I've always wondered what is wrong for this whole year. Almost everything I reckon., which is why I want to have a change. Sometimes things are just too complicated and maybe we need to find the right moment to get it right, although you may have the risk of losing it during the period of idle. It's a gamble really. Perhaps when I've completed these 4 task, perhaps. Another list maybe? I shall refer back to this post in 3 month's time and see what I have achieved.

Food Hunt

Food Hunt

It's been quite awhile since I've met up with Sing Gee and Ding Ping to hunt for food, mostly due to NS and personal commitments. We finally managed to free up last Sunday for a meetup session and food hunt. 

This time round is quite a unique one, Sing Gee had actually found a Korean Vegetarian Stall. It's called  涵義 Hanyi Vegetarian and it's located opposite of Tai Seng MRT Station, Sakae Building. Odd choice for a location, since it's sort of a industrial park and chances are not many people will get to know this place at all. I've heard they are moving out by the end of this month though to a new location at Serangoon. Hope they will last long because they do sell very unique vegetarian dishes that you don't get to see it everyday. For us, getting there is a breeze because of my own car and it's near our house too. (East Side). It's located inside a food court and I really do hope they can expand their business into opening a stall of their own.

It is a ulu place but worth the trip and effort to go there and try if you are a Korean Fanatic. Their menu is a tad small, but still enough for you get interested for a whole week. Besides Korean dishes, they do have western dishes too such as Spaghetti and Baked Rice. This is a selection of their dishes.

I ordered the Korean Army Stew Noodle, Ding Ping ordered the Bibimbap with Gochujang as the flavour and Sing Gee ordered Al Fungi for our dinner. Their dishes are quite cheap too, only $4.50 for most and it is another reason why you should come here. Ding Ping ordered the Bibimbap with Gochujang. At first, we were laughing at the weird dish name "Bibimbap" as we don't know what it was until I googled and found out it was just Korean Mixed Rice. Pretty interesting, even though the name itself literally makes my tongue twist when saying it. The flavour "Gochujang" is some sort of hot pepper chili which doesn't tastes like chili at all. It taste abit like durian chendol which makes the Bibimbap a little weird but still nice to eat. 



I ordered Korean Army Stew Noodle, which is basically Korean style Maggie Mee I think, since the noodles looks like Maggie Mee(curly curly). However, the soup taste good, something like Kimichi mixed with cheese and it has a very unique smell. 

Sing Gee ordered the Al Fungi. It was quite salty according to him, but I do like salty stuff so I don't find it bad. So, if you guys are not into salty food, steer clear of the Al Fungi.Overall, their dishes are very good and unique since I think this is one of the few if not the only Korean Vegetarian seller in Singapore. The food there literally made my nose drip because it's too shiok to slurp on the soup. Damn nice lah. I think we should find this type of unique Vegetarian stall more often. There is  also a Japanese Vegetarian Restaurant at Lucky Plaza, very unique too. I shall bring them there on our next trip.
After which, we had a great chat about all sorts of things at Tampines Mall Delifrance like we used to do before we enlist. Should ask them out more often, miss those days. Oh well, everyone is so busy now as time goes by. Shall sleep early tonight, gonna be a long day tomorrow. Shall dedicate this song to everyone before I go, stuck in my head for quite some time after I've watched 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' with Huitong, damn awesome tone. Maybe I like humming songs alot lol.

External Course

True but tough initiation.

For the past 2 days, I had went to the Central Manpower Base for an external course "Working With Difficult People". Working in my company, we employees will have many opportunities to attend such development courses without paying anything. I feel that we are quite fortunate to have such opportunities because there are very little companies out there who are willing to send employees for self development courses.

Instead of the usual 8am work time, I get to sleep 1 more hour because the course starts at 9am. The venue is at Depot Road, which is near the town area. Taking the ECP/AYE path passing by MBS and then Keppel Road, I was exorbitantly charged. It cost me $7 just to pass through 2 goddamn operating ERP. I was pissed but what to do? Gotta suck thumb and move on, I will avoid travelling through the town area during peak hours though. This will just be the start of the horror though. Parking wasn't so friendly either, I have to put more than 10 coupons to last through the day, totaling to a grand amount of $10. Wow seriously, I had spent $34 for the past 2 days just for ERP and parking. However, the course was quite motivating and I found the it to be worth the money spent. Thank god my camp is not situated near the city area, I will go bankrupt very quickly.

1 day worth of coupons, tiring to tear all these crap.

One of my friend is serving his NS at CMPB and I managed to contact him and have lunch with him (and another colleague of mine) for the past 2 days. He is a vegetarian like me and we used to travel around Singapore with one of our mutual friend to find good stuff to eat. We had been to quite a few far away places such as Clementi, Bukit Gombak etc to eat, hardcore if you ask me. Somehow the city area are places we left out during our search. Not sure why, but it seems like nobody was quite familiar with the town area.

On the first day, we went to a coffee shop just opposite of CMPB. The stall was only selling mixed rice and bee hoon, nothing quite fanciful. To be honest, I don't really like vegetarian bee hoon as they tend to put alot of mock meat which are made of flour and stuff like that. I prefer natural foods instead of processed ones and hence I will avoid vegetarian bee hoon if possible. Hence, on the second day, we went a little further for our lunch. We went to the ABC Market in hopes of finding nicer food to eat because I heard from my friend that there's a Vegetarian Stall there which is quite nice. Somehow we only found 1 stall in the hawker centre and they only sell vegetarian bee hoon and mixed rice. Tough luck, another day of mock meat feast. It wasn't until when we were leaving the place when we saw another Vegetarian stall called 'Nature Vegetarian Catering Pte Ltd'. Damn, if only we had seen it earlier. The menu looks good though. Oh well, looks like I'll have to try it only when I pass by next time. 

Working With Difficult People Course

During these 2 days, I had learnt how to cope with difficult people, be it at work or if it's just your friends. I feel that this course is worth the $34 I spent LOL, but seriously it's true. It makes me rethink on how to solve a problem with different approach. Normally, the problems are not difficult to overcome if you can blend with that difficult person you are facing. There are actually 10 types of difficult people, they can either be aggressive or passive. (Yes, passive people can be difficult people too)

The Tank

Pushy, Pointed and Angry, Confrontational

The Know it All

Seldom in Doubt, Low Tolerance for Correction, Blame others Quickly

The Think They Know it All

Attention Seeker, Loves to Exaggerate, Prima Donnas

The Complainer

Helpless, Blames the World, Complains about Everything

The Sniper

Prone to Gossip, Backstab King, Tries to make you look bad

The Grenade

Unpredictable, Emotional, Easily Provoked

The No Person

Wet Blanket, Says No to Everything, Cynical

The Yes Person

Tries to Please Everyone, Pleasant Outside Resentful Inside

The Maybe Person

Procrastinates Alot, Avoid making Decisions, Fence Sitter

The Nothing Person

Passive, Introverted, No Feedback

These are the 10 types of difficult people you will face in your life. So far, I have not identify anyone that are in the list in my workplace due to my experience. I will take a look out for them though, as chances are I will have to solve the problem before it gets too big for me to handle. I wish to continue writing, but it may get too long and I think it will bore anyone who is reading but chances are there aren't any readers. Perhaps I shall continue tomorrow, oh well. 

Lies

Everyone lies before. Do you?

Lying isn't taught in our moral and ethics lessons and is usually deemed a wrong act, yet everyone does it every now and then. Why do people lie? To cover up something disgraceful they had done? To not let someone get hurt? To hide something they don't want anyone else to know? To gain something beneficial to them? I'm sure everyone in this world have their own little secrets and have lied before. To be honest, there is more chance of you getting strike by lighting than finding someone who doesn't lie in his life, ever. There are actually different kinds of lie and your lie may fall into either of these categories, depending on situations.

The first type are Beneficial lies. Beneficial lies are usually mean to help. They are told out of kindness and people benefit from them. They help avoid hurt, sorrow, insult, and impersonality. You lie to a long term smoking friend that the cigarettes were sold out ; parents lie to the children that their beloved grandpa is living happily in heaven. These do cheat the listeners, but the liars ought to be praised instead of being criticized. These are sometimes called  'White Lies'.

The second type are Broken promises. Broken promises are failure to keep one’s spoken commitment or promise. Broken promises can be especially damaging when the person who made the promise had no intentions whatsoever of keeping their word to begin with. Most of these lies does not have a happy ending when being found out.

The third type are Fabrications. Fabrications are meant to gain benefits and hurt someone else's reputation. They may come in the form of Deceits or Rumors. Deceits are mostly made by liars to gain benefits for themselves. Lawyers lie on the court to help his criminal client win the lawsuit; Conman lies to victims to gain their trust and eventually cheat on their valuables. These liars benefit from the lies and gain something in return.
In comparison, Rumors are more vicious. Rumors are made to pull any potential rivals down, or simply just to stir shit up. These happen a lot in the working world, and more between friends.  A politician and his party may make rumors that the rivalry in involved in sexual scandals or corruption; A person may come up with bad rumors of different friends to try and create feud among them.  These lies are very VICIOUS and if you do have 'friends' who does that, please try to stay away from them. They are not your friends at all.

The fourth type are Boastful lies. Boastful lies are lies that enhance a truth by exaggeration in order to impress someone. The person who exaggerates usually mixes truths and untruths to make themselves look impressive to others. An exaggerator can weave truth and lies together causing confusion even to the liar. After awhile the exaggerator begins to believe his or her exaggeration, which I may know a few of these people.

The final type are Neutral lies. Neutral lies are meant nothing and are much simpler. When asked about private matters, people may tend to avoid speaking the truth by telling a lie. People may lie to prevent anyone from entering their heart and feelings too. This does no harm to both sides and is a protection to privacy. Most of us had used this lie before as a method of protecting our own world and thoughts.

I am a human and I have definitely lied before in all of the categories. Most of my lies comes from 1,2, 4 and 5 though. Even so, I am trying to speak the truth most of the time now. It's not a good practice to lie often , be it good or bad.

 People tend to get bad habits easily and lying will be one of the easiest to get stuck with. Eventually, you will be lying at whatever you say, regardless of the severity of the topic, because you have a habit of lying. Some of the lies will get you into serious trouble. In order to solve the problem, you will have to use another lie to cover up the first lie, which led to the chain of lies you will have to tell. There is no way out. So stop lying so much and start saying the truth.

Lately, a chain of events happened around me and I don't even know what is right or wrong now. People changes fast, things happen too quickly, time passes by like a bullet train. No time to observe such bullshit anymore, gonna push forward and plan out my future. 

Pretty much describes my personality. Gonna change on it.

Passion

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

We have been taught in school English, Maths, Geography, etc. But have we been taught to find our passion? Nope. Different people have different passions, some may want to be a famous vocalist, some may want to be a billionaire and some may just want to be a teacher. For me, my passion is ... Truth to be told, I have not found my passion. I used to think that I have found my passion. I was dead wrong though. Most of us are confused between passion and hobbies, and I am one of them.

Passion are often confused with Hobbies, however there is a critical difference. A Hobby is a "pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation." Passion on the other hand, are not relaxing. Passions don't leave you alone. Passions insert themselves into your life whether you have time for them or not. Passions excites you and drive you crazy at the same time. We think of a passion as something or someone we love, an overwhelming feeling of devotion and obsession. In older English, passion also means suffering.

Can you turn a hobby into passion? You could, but it's not easy. Nothing will be able to stop you from pursuing it, regardless of how high the price you might have to pay for it. You can sacrifice your time, money, sleep and youth for it. You have the determination and perseverance to do it for your entire life. If that's something you can do for something or someone, you have found your passion. 

"A hobbyist photographer will love the click of the shutter and the magic of a great image. A passionate photographer will continue to pursue that magic despite bad days, early mornings, tough clients, expensive equipment, and all other things that would stop a hobbyist in their tracks."

I used to think that my passion is to become a programmer, seems that I was wrong. They are my hobbies though and although it seems geeky, I am putting it into good use in my work. That alone had paid off on hours spent on researching and understanding more on the PC. I'm sure it's better than some other hobbies such as playing the guitar, becoming a overly crazy Kpop fan, sports car fan boy(when most can't even afford them),  solving the rubicks cube and so forth. These are some hobbies people do to be in the trend and when the craze dies down,most of them will not be motivated enough to continue pursuing their 'hobbies'. Regardless, I am still trying to find my passion though, it's not easy, though I still have a lifetime to search for it.

You may have found your hobbies, but have you found your passion?

Speaking of hobbies and passion, I have finally got this 23" monitor for the price of $253 with a earpiece as a free gift, not a bad deal I suppose. My new computer is pretty much ready soon, just another few more parts it seems. Last but not least, one of my favorite songs.

Coding and Encryption

C, C#, Java, VB.NET, Pascal, Bring it On!

During my 3 week course (started last week), we were told to write a Chat Program. Seems like it's Socket Programming and I'm not familiar with it, so instead of enhancing the UI and features, I'll just add a simple login to the program.

To have a login feature, you'll need a database. I've wanted to use either Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server but it's not available. I'll just have to stick with Microsoft Access I guess, being not able to use stored procedures in a pain. I made a pretty simple database for the program, just one table lol. After which, They can create account by using my form I made, nothing fancy and very simple to implement.

After creating the account, you'll get to the login page where you login(duh). The program will check if you type in anything into the username box and password box. If there's nothing, the program will prompt you to type in something. After that, the program will connect to the database and check if the username and password matches. It it matches, you'll get into the chat program. If it does nothing, then you will be prompt with wrong username or password. The password stored in the database is encrypted with SHA-1 though hence it will appear to be random gibberish.

I am still not used to VB.NET yet, need more experience and training with this language. It's very different from C, C# and Java where you end with semicolons (;), instead they end with, well the word End in everything, even with If Else, Try Catch statements. Still, most of my work are using VB.NET and I will need to work on this to contribute more to my company. Also, while surfing the net I found a very interesting picture as a programmer, useful and funny to know.

Sorry about having technical posts like this but I just can't help it when I am coding, it's my passion I suppose? Also, I realise it's a joy to code when it's raining, you will have a very 127.0.01 feeling, if you know what I mean (:Last but not least, an awesome song I've been hearing on air for the past few days, oh yea!

Ordinary Day

Today is just an ordinary day, with a bit of a twist. I was driving by this road outside Sembawang airbase which has traffic light so close to each other that it can only fit maybe 8 to 10 cars in it. As I drove through the first traffic light, the second one starts to turn yellow and then red. I was just halfway through it and decided to just drive past it. However, I realised I could not do that fast enough. Hence I started braking till the ABS light came out and stopped right after the traffic light. Half fked stop, I had no choice but to continue driving away, ignoring the red lights. The braking sound was not your usual one, it was screeching. For once, I am afraid of my car getting torn up by myself, and I hope not to get the 12 demerit points you'll get for beating the red light.

Maybe I was tired because of not having enough sleep, or maybe I was just having too much thoughts when driving, probably. Regardless, I have told myself to drive more safely in the future, don't want that to happen again.

I am also really happy to see friends finally reconciling between themselves too, things finally turn out the way they were before.

Changing

Many things are changing nowadays. Things come and things go, some people get rich and some goes low. Some find happiness, while some met sorrow. Life's never fair since the day we were born. I am pretty lucky to be born somewhere far away from war and hunger. People born in places like Congo and Afghanistan are not so fortunate though. Count yourself lucky to be living in Singapore. I wish I can help and end sorrow in the world, but that's not achievable without money and power. Pretty bold ambition eh? 

Enough about saving the world, I could not even help friends who are having trouble. Perhaps all I can ever do is to give moral support and be a listening ear. Pretty lame eh? I just hope time itself will heal their wounds.

This week seems fast too, it's already Tuesday damn. And finally Thor will be out in 2 days. Can't wait for the sequel, hope it's good. Oh yea ate some vegetable noodles yesterday thanks to one of my friend's 好介绍, was damn nice with all the peanut and almond sauce. Also, I found out that Garden by the Bay is an awesome place to chat, nice ambinence with a peaceful environment, well thanks to my friend again. If anyone needs somewhere to talk your heart out, that might just be the damn place for it.

I don't usually listen to slow songs, but this will be an exception, awesome song.

Fighting Spirit

The greatest things in life doesn't come easy, that's why we have to fight for what we love.
Nothing is worth having if we don't fight for it.

It was a pretty fast week and tomorrow is Friday already. Seems like time is getting quicker and quicker. Exactly 90 days to Chinese New Year, my gosh. Chinese New Year  used to be my favorite time of the year because I get to stay late up at night, have nice food to eat and of course getting angpaos! However, things seemed dull as I get older. Not sure why, perhaps I am getting used to adult life now. I wish time can slow down because in another 10 years time I will be 31 years old already, damn.

Loving someone is when you always want to be together with her, and when you're not, you're thinking about being together because you need that person; and without them, your life feels incomplete. It's when you trust the other with your life; and when you would do anything for each other. When you love someone, you want nothing more than for them to be really happy- no matter what it takes because their needs come before your own. It's when they're the last thing you think about before you go to sleep- and when they're the first thing you think of when you wake up. Love is giving someone the power to destroy you, and trusting them not to. When they're with you, your heart races. It's when you can't get the smile off your face when you are thinking about her; and you feel like you've been touched by an angel. That's what I am feeling right now, and I will fight for it.

Confusion

Most misery started with apparent happiness.

It's been a fun, yet hectic week for me. Been to Genting Highlands with my friends and oh boy, how I wish I can travel back in time to go back there again.

Climate over there is superb compared to Singapore, accommodation is alright, entertainment is surprisingly plentiful even though the outdoor theme park had closed down. The only problems are that food is scarce for Veggie Lovers like me and OHT and it's quite inconvenient to travel around that area without you own transport. Typical taxi rides cost around 80MYR to 120 MYR (31 SGD to 47 SGD). Ouch, that's quite alot. Still, a trip worth the money and those moments will definitely be staying in my memory bank for quite some time.

Back to reality I guess, time to work hard for what you want, although the list is increasing for me. Next investment will be braces. My set of teeth are horrible, like seriously, it's time to change those shit. That will cost me around S$4k to S$5k, though it's not a problem since my Year End Bonus are coming. Oh yea, after one short damn course for my career, my pay will be increasing again. Just the right moment for the Year End Bonus too.

Next up, time to gain some mass. Gonna be eating alot more and hitting the gym at least 2 times per week to prepare myself for next year's IPPT. I will need to do something now if I still want to maintain my Sliver, lol. Besides, getting a little more mass in my body will help me look better for sure.

Finally, it's time to not feel upset about anything now. No time to get heart pains and stuff, all that will just pull me down. NO, I won't feel down anymore, just stay focus and put in more effort of what I do. Seems like I do get this type of feelings annually, like seriously lol, no more. It's tough loving someone, but is it worth it? What I do now will just be true feelings, no more motives whatsoever. It's just gonna make you think alot.


Percentage to S$1,000,000: 2% (lol)