BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER;clp.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Shocked to see this entry? haha..

Well my darling is currently damm busy with his internship, thinking about when will he be able to play volleyball and tennis again, application for exchange and spending time with me that he has no time for this blog already. So i am gonna do some updates for him.

This coming week will mark the last week of internship for him. Strangely, he is not as emotional as he was last year when he realised that internship is gonna end soon. Probably cause he did not make any good friends this time round who can make him feels that way. Besides that, he is almost fully recovered from his abcess on his butt and I know he is damm happy about it. He just cant wait to start excerising again, especially his usual tennis session on saturdays.

After internship, he will be flying off to Penang and Genting with his dad for a few days. He is extremely thrilled about it as he cant wait to eat the famous laska and chay kuay teow. Wat a pig! Right after this trip, he will have to attend his JC classmates' wedding dinner at four seasons hotel. First red bomb received at the age of 23. Not bad.. haha

Next up will be the long awaited BKK trip with his sweetheart(me)! haha i cant wait.. all the shopping, massages... YES!! Of course the most important objective of this trip is to spend more quality time together before school term starts and we are off to get busy with our own stuffs.

haha.... that's abt it. Yes his life is really quite boring that why there isnt much for me to write.

Haha, see ya folks!

{/6:57 AM}

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Monday, July 07, 2008

New Wimbledon Champ! Rafael Nadal!

One of the most historic Wimbledon finals I must say, what a match!

{/4:30 AM}

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Remnants of my recent thoughts

112th entry: 15june2008 01:50
listening to: bye bye - mariah carey

Sorry for not blogging in recent days, but have been really caught up with work, unnecessary and neccessary socializing after work, training on weekends, spending time with my sweetheart, tennis and mahjong sessions, and also a series of unfortunate events... But one thing to clarify before I officially start on this entry, the previous entry was posted by none other than my sweetheart, haha rather cute of her to think of such a move and she just knew I was too lazy to delete the entry (the photo really didn't do us justice lah... so many better photos don't wanna use hai.. haha)

Anyway, the past couple weeks were rather forgettable, because the internship consumed me to a large extent, and I really could not help complaining to the fellow interns... somehow I'm pretty glad that I'm on a one-week MC till 20 June, so there's no need to report to office and count down to 630pm.

Yup first up French Open men's finals. What a disappointing outing for Federer, I have never seen such dismal performance by the World No. 1, especially with Nadal (whatever happened to the tenacity and superbness from last year's Wimbledon final clash). Although I had wanted Nadal to take the title, neither did I wish for such a one-sided match with the helpless Swede conceding a bagel in the third set... To think that, a few of us volleyball guys rushed out of the sports hall to catch the finals with hope of an exciting, nail-biting clash of the titans, to be so downright disappointed at how quickly the match ended (our food came after Nadal ended it with a 61 63 60 hold of the French Open title) :(

The women's finals was worth the watch at least, although I wished Henin hadn't announced retirement so she could play Ivanovic in the finals haha. But Safina is one great warrior on clay and it was pure enjoyment to see her and Ivanovic swinging from deuce to advantage and back endlessly. Seriously I feel that Henin's sudden retirement really made the whole playing field level, and it seems like any player is also capable of lifting the prestigious title (I love Jankovic's determination, Sharapova's beauty and glamor on court, Ivanovic's strokes and talent, Safina's tenacity and attitude). Anyway, grass season's next and I'm looking forward to much more action between Federer and the other camp which includes everyone else but him, haha.

Visited Ruihong last weekend and was reminded how much talent this young chap, best buddy of mine, had when he was still around. Often quiet in front of others, most people would not realize how much fun it was to be around him, and I really miss having him around - someone who absorbs my nonsense, ignores my shortcomings and loves a friend simply for who he is.

Yup June wasn't great because I was sidelined twice. Once for the second degree in Business - now that I'm finally dropped from the 'prestigious' programme, the feeling was similar to abandonment from a family whom I have slowly learned to embrace, which made me think very hard about such pursuits and how much do I really benefit from them. The other sidelining was my own health, once again. Since 2008 started, I have visited CGH A&E twice. The first time was chicken pox (sidelined for 2 weeks into the new school term); this time was an abcess on my butt.

When the doctor said that I needed to be admitted cos the situation was not too good, it really came as a rude shock. But after a while, I figured out that the ordeal would be over before I knew, I took things really easy. In fact, I spent most of the time sleeping without realizing I had endured hours of no food or water. Simply waited for the operation, and when it was finally time for the operation, I was slightly happy cos I knew that I could eat after that. However, when I was wheeled to the OT, I found tears flowing down my cheek cos I was reminded of the pain my buddy had to go through, or maybe he didn't experience any pain at all. I won't know any of this because he never had the chance to describe it to me... But anyway, the operation was a success and over before I knew. One thing which I liked was the feeling of waking up from anaesthesia, it's just like waking up from a very deep slumber and everything seems rosy and calm. However I really hope I don't have to go through the process again. Made a vow to maintain a clean bill of health for the better, stay as far away from visiting A&Es or any hospitals again...

Yah so that gave me a one-week MC till this Friday, of which I'll spend my time with my dad and mum at home, as well as some quiet time to reflect, clean up my room, have a few good reads, watch a few good movies, take long afternoon naps, help out with some of the housework. I'm just glad this provided me the chance to slow down the pace of my life and appreciate the littler things which I often overlook. Obviously looking on the bright side of things, as always.

{/1:50 AM}

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Monday, May 26, 2008

I love my SWEETHEART.. happy belated birthday~

{/7:37 AM}

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Monday, May 12, 2008

First day of internship tomorrow

111th entry: 12may2008 00:20
listening to: i'm yours - jason mraz

Tomorrow's the first day of the ten week internship at ocbc bank's risk management department. Hai.. I guess this summer will be as busy as last year's, and although I'm looking forward to doing new stuff this time round and learning more things, but I know I really dread the office life... which includes waking up early, dressing up in business formal, networking with colleagues and other interns, joining the office crowd during lunch, travelling on the packed trains on the way home, feeling sleepy after lunch, ahem sounds really like a drag.

Anyway I think it'll probably be better this time around, cos I wasn't as blur compared to last summer, and the thing is many of my friends are also interning this summer too (quite a number working in the CBD so can meet up for lunch or drinking after work haha). Alright, but a damn sure busy summer it is going to be, still have tuition, training, sponsorship stuff from the beach volleyball event...

Very sleepy now, better catch some sleep if not I'm certain I will fall asleep during work tomorrow.

{/12:20 AM}

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Friday, April 25, 2008

A nice lazy Friday

110th entry: 25april2007 22:47
listening to: rise above this - seether

One day after the sports leader camp at Nacli, and the camp was much better than I had expected! Definitely, I did not expect much of the camp to start with, so it turned out better without much surprise as well. The main objective of the camp is to provide an interactive platform for all the sporting members and leaders to gather and share thoughts to make everyone's jobs easier. I thought it would be more effective to just include discussions and sharing sessions to gather feedback as a collective group, but the part on games (supposedly to build rapport with members of the other sports clubs) wasn't that effective in bonding everyone together.

Post-camp thoughts - I have a much better insight of the different management styles of various sports clubs because of their size, requirements, periods of competition and major events. Also had a good talk with them on the kind of problems each club is facing, seemingly different problems which I would never have thought about. Thanks to all who had willingly shared their experiences and added value to the camp besides the long discussions and talks with the OSL and SSU peeps.

Yup physically tired from traveling to and fro Nacli, cos it's damn freaking far. Nevetheless, I was pretty happy to enjoy the comfort of sleeping in my own bed (although I must admit that the accom at Nacli was seriously rather good too), just couldn't resist the idea of 'staying out'. So I came home on Wed to make the booking for the upcoming Bangkok trip in August, after my internship. So that'll be something little to look forward to when I start toiling for the summer internship, gonna have a good time shopping and unwinding before preparing for another demanding school term.

Spent the whole of today slacking, taking naps, checking out videos on Youtube, traveling to the library to borrow some books, and it is really enjoying to have all the time to do things slowly without rush. A far cry from a usual day during the school term... Now I have a couple of good books to accompany me for these 2 weeks, and for another few days before Sweetheart comes back from China. Haha maybe I should also get busy with my community service and internship reports, both LONG overdue... I don't have the mood to associate myself to school at all at least for this weekend, so probably till Monday will I see myself starting on the reports.

And some good news, my amnesia cleared partially cos I found my friend's textbook in another friend's locker, and that means I do not have to fork out money to buy a new one, but more importantly, I feel so much better knowing that I did not lose something that I borrowed. Yup looking forward to a couple of things this weekend on top of the sufficient rest and lengthy naps... Tennis tomorrow morning! Yup kinda looking forward since the week before study break. And volleyball training on Sunday too, also haven't been training intensively since a long time due to school work. As for the SMUX event, Volar, on Sunday, I'm having second doubts about attending it even though it sounds really interesting and fun. But Tanjong Beach is really far and inaccessible and unless someone offers to give me a lift, I'm really lazy to travel there to have fun. But worse than that, I could not find anyone who is the least bit interested to go with me, must be the location lah... maybe SMUX can look into that next year. Hahaha now I understand how other people felt about going for Waikiki, the location must have been a huge put-off... then again, where else can you hold a hip beach event other than on sunny Sentosa?

Alright, before I wait too long for Sweetheart to come online, I'll start reading the Kite Runner first (didn't manage to catch the film early this year.. prob rent a DVD sometime)

{/10:47 PM}

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Monday, April 21, 2008

109th entry: 21april2008 22:35
listening to: dreaming with a broken heart - john mayer

I'm pretty certain I have amnesia. So many things I can't seem to recall, and the thing is those things are not exactly dated, probably around a couple of months back... but I just can't seem to remember anything.

First, I thought I had my friend's textbook with me all throughout the semester, but when I tried searching for it at home, I couldn't find it... The book I thought was my friend's was my Finance textbook, all this while! - how unbelievable can it be. And then, I had problems recalling how much my tuition kids have paid me, or how much they have not paid me... the ironic thing is that I have been keeping a record of the payments, but I just couldn't figure out what I had written...

And worse, I forgot whether I had received the remainder of my scholarship money from Office of Finance. When I was really certain I have not received it, I was told that the payment was already made in March, and I seriously can't remember a thing.
All these sound really ridiculous and I'm afraid my memory is indeed on the decline.... It's not as if I was so busy this semester to forget all these things... Anyway, I'm so glad exams are over, this semester has been a breeze, considering the 4 modules, inclusive of FT and Counseling, and I'm grateful for the amount of time I had to do the assignments and readings at my own pace. Learning seems more meaningful when you do it properly!

This week is going to be crap, all because of the 3 days I'm going to waste at the Sports Leader Camp... Nevertheless, I had a great time shopping for groceries with Dad today, and I realized I haven't been spending enough time with my parents especially during the exams period. Will be meeting up with the old bunch of friends tomorrow, before Tingyi leave for Alaska for Work and Travel. If not for family pressure and peer pressure, I would also be setting off for Work and Travel around now... but never mind lah, since I've made the decision I'll just make the best out of the summer internship at OCBC.

Alright, off for a night jog with my brother now.. before I begin to lament how better I wish my summer is going to be.

{/10:35 PM}

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