This bright and sunny, feng he ri li saturday morning...as i peered out frm my window...the birds were singing and the blangas were making merry among the angsana trees...

HOWEVER...when I turn around...aft deciding not to lift my 4kg dumbell for the 4th morning in the row...I was in for the rudest shock that could mar my beloved morning...

my war-torn room on display

WTF...what happen to my room? why suddenly become so messy??!? my friens all know me as a neatness freak be it my handwriting, my dressing (always ensuring that my zip is neatly in frt of my croutch), even my center parting during my teenage years, my files, my notes, my desktop icons and basically almost everything that can be arranged!! and now my room like that!! how can that be? wah piang......neglected the state of my room aft going out everyday since exam ended on tues...and worse i am not even halfway thru my packing and my flight is 8.10 in the morning tml...gonna be a super packing day literally i predict

had bah kut teh for brunch wif my family at our usual wkend kopitiam in bendeemer (nxt to the more famous boon tong kee chicken rice)...nxt up went for 1 more last min shopping with both my sis at sheng siong...stock up on batteries, oreos, gel, deodorant and fishermen's friens...went home and straight away set out to pack my damn messy room and my half-filled backpack...pa came in halfway and pass me "angpow"...di pek drop by to give me one more "angpow" in the evening... wah suddenly got back more den half my progress package...hahaha

went for ala carte buffet dinner wif my family at river city restaurant hotel excelsior (the one nxt to funan)...last time we went der was pa's 50th birthday last year...this time rd was sending off dinner for me cum early mother's day celebration...last time went der have to loosen one belt hole...this time worse 2 belt holes...ordered almost 20 dishes...4 fish cooked in diff manner, chilli crabs, chicken prepared in 3 styles...butter, sweet & sour, steamed prawns, not forgetting the must-have shark fins, the rest eat liao kan remem...really jia pah pah...strongly recommended for those kian peng, always jia beh pah, still going thru post-adoloscent puberty friens out der...call me i got 10% discount card...but to get maximum effect...pls kindly fast for 3 full days

ok make it short today...now going to see whether my fellow low got win in hougang anot...but as PM Lee says PAP is Prosperity And Progress...but tinking again better dun waste my time and sleep early becoz in Singapore, Politics Always Predictable...

nxt blog will be presented "Live" from US...stay tune!

Pictures agalore:

DHL Balloon frm my living room window...ahhh tml i will fly higher den that

my stomach feelin a bit funny now...better sit near toilet tml

The pple I will miss most for the next 3 months...love u all

Ready for action...Bring on the New Jersey thugs!!

Important Announcement: Dear friends of my virgin blog, I have decided to change my blog address to 10000kmaway.blogspot with effect from the next 24 working hours...pls kindly take note of the xtra "0" in accordance to the distance between New Jersey and S'pore...and to sound more imposing and grand...and of coz credit to clem and quek for this recommendation...haha...so remember one extra "O" from now on hor!

Finally all final preparations for jersey done this whole aftnoon...bought my khakis shorts at Taka U2, changed USD$$ and bought mouse with universal adaptor at Lucky, also bought $40 worth of World cards and finally the highlight of the day----> a brand new sleek chic silver plated Nokia 6111 to replace my 2 year old sony ericsson...i know i wanted N70 at 1st but after looking at the absurd price tag of $498...i decided to settle with 6111...by far cheaper, more stylish looking and most importantly within my budget (2 days of wild shopping and I am officially left with $10.60 from my progress package...erhh anyone got any idea when the next elections comin ah?)

Met up with my army buddies quek and clem for dinner...initially wanted to eat at Mr Bean's but waddahell they actually dun serve set dinner on Fridays...wad kind of logic is that man?? pissed off...we made a dash across the road and ended up eating sushi at suki paradiz...kudos to them for picking up the tab for me...as a form of sending-off for my road trip i guess but guys dun forget i going canada in Jan 07 yah...haha

explored SMU aft dinner for a while and realized how freaking big and stylo the campus is...always laughed off its size when i passed by on the odd days but the sheer size of its basement of the School of Accountancy can put EA block to shame...somemore got all the funny shops like singtel, Gift Ideas and even Biotherm (does it explain why SMU chicks are looking so hot these days??)

the next event that happened was juz another typical trademark of our outings...always end up doing the most outlandish and unconventional stuff whenever we meet up (who can forget our white tiger, UOB Plaza, the sail and of coz The "Downgrade" Pulau Ubin adventures...hahaha)...this time we had the sheer verve to go up to westin stamford 70th level to a French restaurant called "JAAN"...can u imagine 3 of us...me and clem going into one of Singapore's most posh restaurant in the world's tallest hotel in t-shirt and jeans??!? we raised a few eyebrows when we walked in and aft we made our order, the eyebrows turned into sniggers among the serving staff...haha of coz not when 3 young punks (excluding Mr Quek) walked in and ordered a $22 1/4 glass filled of white wine (for Quek) and a $16 puny mango icecream with cheesecake (shared by clem and me)...but i can tell u every cent was worth it...the paisehness was simply overwhelmed by the ambience, the night view and of coz the fantastic melt-in-3mouths icecream...felt like the prince of some Arab sheik or the only heir of a $10 Billion business empire...though was quickly brought back to reality when i took the mrt after realizing there was no ferrari waiting for me at the lobby...ahhh high flier life...ahhhhhh

ok guys proudly presenting to u the FIRST pics of my blog......ahh high flier life...ahhhhh...taken with my one pixel 6111 (errrm...in case u r wondering why 1 pixel still so like shit the quality is because I realized I forgot to take out the plastic sheeting from the lens...apologies for inconvenience caused)

French white wine wif mango icecream cheesecake at JAAN...tell me if this is not life den what is it?

Q:What does esplanade look like from 70 storeys high at night?
A: Glowing Durians

Best pals frm MP&C...Quek and Clem

Trying my best to look "dignified" on 70th Level Swissotel Singapore

Warning: The blogger is typing this blog in a half-drunken stupor after downing one bottle of corona extra, one pint of stella, few sips of sex-by-the-beach, blue lagoon and around the world. Any materials found within this post may not represent the views of the blogger completely and is thus hereby immune to any civil and criminal lawsuit by any real or wayang party.

A day of long bus trips and reflections...woke up at 11.30 a.m...with my eardrums still ringing with "love in the first degree" "mambo no 5" "square rooms" and "that thing you do"...it was afterall my 1st mambo after one whole bloody sem...music wise 9/10...crowd 7.5/10 (a string of pre-mature braces wearing yet-to-reach full puberty young teenage gals) alcohol 6/10 (one corona is definitely not enough for that adrenaline) company 10/10 (good old chionging buddies)...haha in fact we have become so seasoned that we practically know what is the itinerary for the nite without a word spoken---> meet at orchard mrt, dinner at far east, free iced water at taka coffee bean, SBS16 to jiak kim, get chop, kim seng for 9pm show, walk balonglong to zouk pretending to fish for VIP card while fidgeting with our ez link card in front of the gathering queue, order corona at phuture sitting at the bunker, hit the dance floor at zouk and sway until 3a.m, bah kut teh den finally cab home cab...ken and gab if u r reading this...correct me if i am wrong...hahaha

went for med review...a complete waste of time...the MO still got the cheek to ask me why i am here when i shud be asking why they call me back man...knn before ord already say wanna upgrade me den today still call me back...but in any case enjoyed my 2 hours bus ride to and fro...always love those long smooth bus rides...on my receiver (upgraded to creative zen nano plus 1gb at mustafa today)...and den juz reflect slowly on life...today was juz thinking abt all my good friens at diff stage of my life...juz felt lucky that even though i do not have that many friens...i always have a good and steady clique of friens from primary, secondary, jc, army and now uni...every group with each unique kind of experience and camaderie...but that raise the question...is it better to have many friends or simply a few groups of good friends?

met up wif ken tai and TR for dinner at ramen cineleisure...promised them to pick up the tab this time rd...and these 2 buggers rewarded me by forcing me to watch a gory show "Hostel" jolly well knowing i going to US with my backpack on sun...nabe really disgusting heng eat liao den watch...aft that went alley bar for a few drinks and call it a day frm der

forsee another bz day tml...but first going to be bz wif installing FM06 to my laptop andden try out my new mp3...yuppie!! finally a mp3 to call my own..."didadi didadidadi i am a little butterfly...aye ei aye i am a little butterfly..."

Halfway preparing my backpack to jersey...took out my blood-red 70L Active Gear backpack for the 1st time since I bought it from Army Market in early Jan...A moment to savour...just merely looking at my half-filled backpack sitting at the corner of my room really strikes me...it's time to fly to the furthest place I have ever been...and the longest I will ever be away from home...3 months and 2 days...90 days to be exact according to e-mindef...hopes, dreams and aspirations waiting to be fufilled as I embark on this unprecedented journey on Sunday...fears, worries, doubts set in at the same time...will China Airlines make it safely across the Pacific? will I get used to the food, temperature, housing and working conditions? will I be used to the fact of being a minority for once in my life (having only travelled to Malaysia and HK before)? will I succumb to racism after hearing so much stories about NJ being a notorious crime state?

So many "will I..." lingers...anxiety fears I guess...hopefully all these will be dismissed asap...the moment I step onto the sunny beach with a bottle of corona and the summer wind greeting me in Wildwood...and of coz with a Hebe look alike in tow watching the sunrise den the sunset den the sunrise and finally the sunset...ahhh...

Drafted out my shopping list for jersey
1. 1 khaki shorts
2. 1 black belt
3. 1 new pair of NB shoes from Selerang emart tml
4. 3 $20 calling World cards (assume i call home 10min a week)
5. 1 Nokia N70 (wonder how much my good old T610 will fetch in trade-in)
6. 1 Creative Zen Nano Plus 1Gb
7. 1 Laptop mouse (must think of yahoo pool on those lonely American nights)
8. 1 universal adaptor

Of coz all these would not have been possible without my $900 Progress bonus...would like to take this opportunity and say "Thank You PAP!! Majulah PAP!!!" (Too bad no need to vote with LKY holding the fort)

Meeting ken and gab for one final mambo tonite...haha remembered the last hols when we 3 clowns were at zouk on every other wed and sat...christmas eve and NYE including...only mambo idol had a higher attendance than us...haha...but thinking back was quite fun though albeit in a rather silly way...haha

ok time to go back packing...still haven't decide which colour underwear to bring...den will get some nap so got energy to jambo the nite away! yeah bring on the music tonite!!

A day to revel in...once every 6 or 7 months...twice a year...bigger and more happening than any public holidays for the past 2 years of my life...and of coz a day u look forward to since the start of the 1st day of sch ------> LAST DAY OF EXAM!!!

Wah...Whew...Phew...Hah...finally...after 13 weeks of lectures and corresponding 10 weeks of tutorials...1 week of reading week and 2 weeks of exams...7 modules...28 MCs...6 papers...CE3101 final presentation...term papers, lab reports, readings, assignments to hell with all of you really! who gives a damn shit now...currently on cloud 999...in ecstasy...the world is at your feet!! wah shiok!!

had lunch with the gang at ajisen Lot 1...then follow by some pool action and then head to YJ's house for 5 hours of non-stop gaming...winning 11, mariokart, mario soccer, fifa 06, etc...wah lau play until my thumb harden...haha...then head straight to town to meet up with Vortigern Entertainment at marche before realising it is closed for renovation...end up eating at Spageddies Italian Kitchen at Paragon...always wanted to try that for a very long time...but end up regretting my choice...ordered tenderloin with crayfish spaghetti and i can tell u the size of the tenderloin is smaller than half of my palm and the crayfish can easily be finished in one mouth and I have to pay a damn $24++ for that...kaoz really dio jia loh!

after that head down to mambo and played pool again but this time round with the girls...haha funny thing suddenly blackout and we all thought can play for free...then we realised they had a backup generator!! *damade* should have complained and ask for discount since our play was disrupted and had to tolerate the air con break down after that...

oh yah of coz forgot to mention I kenna bird shit for the 1st time in my life...while waiting outside YJ house with xiao hong...pple say u will get heng and all that...what UTTER rubbish...end up losing all my pool games (some in a scientifically unexplained manner) and all my soccer games...what bad luck really...maybe should try buying 4D and see how tml...

had a strange feeling on my way home just now...before the exams ended wanted to do this and wanted to do that...now that the exams has really ended...suddenly felt lost...dunno what to do or which one to do first...got so many things to settle for jersey and it is only 5 days away man! wah lau can't believe it is finally here after so much talk and anticipation

ok shag liao *zzz*

Hello everyone!

Wow finally kickstarted my blog after much apprehension...heh...initially tot i would stay out of this blogging craze that has been going on like forever...dismissed it as some luohan or bubble tea fag that would burst in no time...and now i am biting my own words...haha

But seriously, I guess it's about time to start writing something abt my life and to start recording down my own's history at the grand old age of 22.5 and avoid possible scenario of grandkiddies asking me this question in 2049...

"Ah Gong, what were you like when you were young?"

and predicting my senile dementia reply would go like this

"Ah Gong ku za......"

"Ah Gong ku za si......"

"Ah Gong ku za siao lian si..."

"errmm...Ah Gong lao liao...long zhong beh kee liao...paiseh ah"

Wah lau imagine that really...nothing to look back when u are old and only fading memories to keep u company...with grandkids reminding you of not only youth has surpassed you but worse with close to zero or totally no recollection of it...tsk tsk...better start blogging or write a diary if you haven't...

Of coz I would recommend blogging as it would seem the most natural way to do it in today's www.com age...though i am not sure whether my interest or literacy juices would last long enough to really go full swing into it...especially 2 years of engineering torture had depleted my left brain somewhat...but afterall I once won an engrish essay writing competition in sec 1 back in my cat high days...haha sometimes this type of thing need to haolian abit...

ok lah better stop here liao...i still got one more freaking struct paper on tues and i am starting my blog here...kaoz what am i doing man?! my toughest module and i am starting my blog?? no choice lah really...holiday mood has already sink in during this long weekend and i am like not even halfway thru what i am suppose to study...but dun care liao la seriously...just happy the sem is finally over...one hell of a sem really...

off to my notes