January was a pretty topsy-turvy month for me, such that i don't even know when to start writing from.

start of the month was pretty smashing after going to christmas, new year and a week into the new year, i reach the time of the year when i reach the big two-five. so now that im a quarter-century old, everyone up on C4 is making a big fuss out of it although they're ALL only a year younger than me (less guoan, ben and eric). but well, i've always enjoyed getting older, every year i feel more accomplished than the previous and feel like im ready for more up in the year ahead.

thinking about being 25, i realized a list of things that i can probably do now, or i realize that it's happening as im 25:

• i can now no longer call myself a young adult, for the fact that i can use the word "century" when im describing my age
• i know that my quarter-life crisis is going to come soon
• thumper and similar clubs are going to have to let me in now (provided i go there)...
• .... although i should start chilling at bars now instead
  
• im now 5 years older than the year 1 girls now
• im going to be 6 years older than the girls that are coming into NUS next year....
• .... and it'll be perfectly fine for me to date girls who are 7 years younger than me :p

and the list will just keep going on and on and on....

something im amazed at myself for this sem was that i rarely missed lessons and i actually found time to do some revision every week, or at least until the chinese new year week, where the cycle was broken and i find myself starting to have backlog in my work. and i never really liked CNY anyway, for the fact that i have a very small extended family and everything is like closed during the whole period.

at the same time as the backlogs started to pile up, work for my photo exhibition at the end of february went full steam ahead and yes, i've piled up even more work from before and the trainings of my various IHG sports really didn't help the whole cause.

even as i sat down one of the nights to plan my time, i realize that i have close to no time for myself, all the meetings, assignments, revisions, trainings, jam sessions, hall events, shoots, you name it, i probably did it in january, maybe i should have taken out the revisions out to make more time for the other stuff, NOT :p

sometimes i really hate myself for wanting to do so much and not being able to priortize. i know some people find it hard to believe that im doing so much that some of them think that im talking big, i don't blame you guys, sometimes i take a step back and look at what im doing in life, i don't believe it myself either. haha.

february now, still busy, but at least i have a bit of breathing space now, im left with 1 IHG event after a tremendous result at touch and a result on the opposite end of the spectrum for basketball, now i just have to concentrate on my assignments and my long awaited photo exhibition which all of you guys who are reading are coming for!

hope feb will be fine~

Labels: hall, misc, personal, school

pretty bored right now, so i decided to make a random picture (and 1 video) post. oh yeah and results were just realized. nothing good or too bad. looks like my CAP's not going anywhere anymore. oh well..

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i know in the last post i said that i virtually ran out of things to do after i finished all my exams. life can be a bitch sometimes, after being "bored" for a while, im really freaking busy right now.

IHG (inter-hall games) is an important part of a hostelite's life as it is the pride of the hall and especially so in a sports hall like the one that im in now (temasek hall). being a slut, i have to do all the sports that i like, which turns out to be 4 sports (basketball, touch rugby, handball, track).

so far, out of the four, only 2 sports have started intensive training and i already have 2 trainings like almost everyday. i can't imagine what my training schedule will be like when all the sports go full steam ahead.

as much as i would like to train very hard for each sport, my body feels like a rag doll in recent times. it all started out with a back problem i picked up in HK after one of the ultimate competitions almost 3 months ago, then because of the back problem i hurt my knee and i got an unrelated injury on my bicep tendon after a knock during a league game, i can barely raise my left hand above my left shoulder after basketball training just now. the feeling of not being able to go all out really sucks.

i really just hope this body of mine can recover amidst the abuse it's still subjected to and make it in time for the IHG.

Labels: hall, misc

hey people, i did a mini revamp of my site to accommodate my portfolio for my freelancing stuff so now the address of the blog has been changed to:

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just went i thought i managed shake off the back injury that i picked up in hong kong 2 months ago, i managed to strain my groin and hamstring in my first training in 2 months.

it's really quite frustrating for me because it seems that i've been constantly injured for quite a while already and my game is just going downhill because of all these injuries.

usually even when im injured, im still able to push myself into playing very hard but it seems like my body is refusing to act that way even when i try to push it. robin and mondster were telling me in hong kong that i look like i was holding back on my game during the competition.

maybe it's just my body refusing to get injured anymore..

Labels: misc, personal, Ultimate

i have no idea why im still awake at this time, i suddenly feel awake after studying and i just don't feel like studying anymore... so i decided to do something that i haven't done in a while...






recorded 2 songs, slide by goo goo dolls and geek in the pink by jason mraz. both are not that good, i'll record a better one soon. i guess. haha

ps: val, is this interesting enough for you? haha :p

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this is hilarious, stewie's (from family guy) reaction to the viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" video that's been around for quite a while:



- Click here for more blooper videos

haven't seen 2 Girls 1 Cup before? just google "2 Girls 1 Cup" video and you'll find it, im not posting the link in this post because i don't want to be responsible for the scarring of your mind. so if you actually googled it, you did it on your own accord. haha :p

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my friend just showed me this site that's pretty interesting, apparently it's a viral marketing site for Doritos. take a look at the link here:

http://www.hotel626.com

oh, forgot to mention that you can't access the site from 6am to 6pm.

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it's insane that i'm still awake right now, this is my 3rd night in a row that im sleeping after 4pm and it's totally not helping that i've stuff to do at night till late. someone asked if i was busy with work. well, i AM busy with work, just not school work and it's really worrying. i really have to stop playing DOTA after clearing all my hall stuff and actually do some school work. it's about time to start revising my work.

on another note, was at sentosa for a beach tourney over the weekend and it was pretty tiring, came back with a semi-swollen ankle (old injury), a graze, cut on my back and pretty pissed off. pissed off at the fact that the filippinos that we played against in the tournaments were so much faster than me. haha. i'm not pissed off at them but myself, seems like im still not as fast as i want to be, it's giving me more motivation to run more. it's always a joy to play with the filippinos in any Ultimate Frisbee tournament, they're all really fun and friendly people.

pretty glad that i played in the tournament with an "all-star" team, it's rare to play with experienced players from different clubs and countries in one team. and i really have to thank jason for showing me how it is to be playing with heart, something that i've think that i've lost over the years and perhaps to a certain amount of laziness as i become more seasoned. reminded myself of the days when i just started playing, i made up whatever i was lacking in skill with heart and just played really hard. i haven't been able to do that in recent years and it felt good to be doing it again. now to make sure that it stays that way.

will leave this post with a photo montage of the singapore flyer that i made for a part of my assignment:

check out the full assignment here if you're interested to see more:
http://www.egomy.org/triggerhappy/2008/10/assignment-4-urban-fantasy-1.html

Labels: design, hall, misc, personal, Ultimate

sometimes i just really think that im asking for it. woke up this morning and had quite a bad case of diarrhea. in the evening, after i had finished a pickup game of ultimate in school and ready to leave for wala with the rest of the guys, i suddenly felt like puking (and stomach still feeling queasy). got to wala, ordered a beer anyway, didn't finish it and i actually met up with the guys from hall at wine bar where it was freaking cold and i couldn't resist drinking (as usual). halfway through, i started feeling feverish and achy, i had this coming the moment i was at wala but i still went on to do what i did and im suffering the consequences now. aching and feverish.

it sucks when your body is not exactly fully intact and you get the body aches, because all of your injuries will start hurting and frankly speaking, there's not a lot of parts of my body that are still out of harm's way. haha.

medicine. sleep. hope i can study properly tmr. roar.

Labels: hall, misc, personal

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was talking to 2 of the guys after training today and they asked me how many years i have left to go in NUS. told them that i had 2 more years to go and they said that it was a very long time and i agreed.

then one of them went on to say that he didn't regret not studying hard enough to get into NUS because the degree he got from SIM is giving the same salary as a colleague who graduated from NUS. the other went on and said that he chose not to go to NUS so that he could save time and not study for 4 years, when i was the one who helped with all the applications for NUS a few years back. im sure he would be saying otherwise if he got the acceptance letter back then.

it's funny how they were frantically applying to get into NUS last time.

i'm not angered by all this talk, it's just weird that people can just write off something that other people worked hard for simply with their own perception of how things are, failing to look at things in another person's shoes.

but then again, everyone's entitled to their own views i guess...

Labels: food for thought, misc, personal

finally got around my laziness to post something.

work has been mysteriously tiring, im not doing anything physical in camp, i just send tons of emails, make calls to arrange for meetings and actually going for the meetings. at the end of the day, i'll just reach home drained and just sitting infront of the computer screen, doing nothing, like what i was doing before i got myself to login and post this.

im still trying (i think..) to find out what is making me so tired, i don't remember being like this the last time round. maybe i haven't recovered physically from the sem, i still feel very weak and unfit but i always end up just whining over the fact that im unfit, like now. i seriously need to get a regime going soon, at least before school starts, so that i can follow it through when im back in school.

body's not exactly being kind to me, or rather, im not being kind to my body by not taking care of it, at least for ultimate wise. my knee feels busted, my back feels strained from my recurring slipped discs injuries. im on a low and a high at the same time, how messed up is that eh? im on a low because i can't play as hard as i want to, but at the same time, for some weird reasons, i somehow manage to get my throws back. yes, it's kinda like an ultimate dilemma, to stop or to keep on going when my throws are back.

lots of designing and brainstorming to do lately, just done with a cd cover and now i have to brainstorm for designs for TH DnD's poster and website, i hope eric has something already cos im pretty much having my face in the designer block. it's hell of a pain in the ass, but i guess i have to try to get around it.

here's the cd cover anyway, comments are welcomed:



of movies lately, wanted is good because angelina jolie is just sizzling HOT inside. hancock is pretty funny, think of a black superman, drunk. oh, and zohan is just hilarious, if you haven't watched it by now, wait for the dvd.

my camera is feeling lonely in my dry box and i really need to bring it out for a walk to take beautiful sights (esp beautiful people), so whoever's interested in taking photos with me or being taken by me, please ask me out. pretty good way of getting people to ask me out eh? hah. ok, that was totally random.

wait, isn't that suppose to be the point. being random. now, that was pretty random wasn't it?

ps: it never really did occur to me until recently but im reaching a quarter century in less than 6 months' time. so my friend was right, the older you get, there will be more things that will bother/scare you. and for me, somehow, age is bothering me a little, really, just a little.

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after the 9th, i felt very empowered by my bank account and to quote a line from spiderman "With great power, comes great responsibility". apparently, this applies to financial power as well and it's pretty obvious that i had failed to exercise responsibility by spending more than half a grand in a week.

sometimes i think that computer fairs are run by the devil and in my case, it's the PC Show. i bought a printer, razer mouse pad and a apple wireless keyboard. and if that's not enough, i bought a second hand lens (24 - 70mm, f2.8) for my camera which put me off around $300.

it's quite a bit, now that i look at my bank balance. time to practice restrain. hah.

anyway, there's a new photos section up on the blog, it's above the chatterbox and clicking it will open up a new window. more photos will be added soon, so stay tune!

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.. is totally not happening. infact, i think M. Night Shyamalan just successfully ruined Mark Wahlberg's career with this movie. there are no saving graces in the show at all, and i really do mean AT ALL.

stay away from this film at all cost.. don't say i didn't warn you.. hah.

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just collected my children storybook module for one of my New Media modules and we're pretty proud of it. im so proud of it that im like showing it off right now. haha

Read the whole book here






anyone, interested in publishing our children storybook and let us earn a few quick bucks? haha

Labels: misc, school

disclaimer: this post might sound disturbing to some readers and may scar your impression of me forever.

it's been a while since i've felt this way. this very high and sensational feeling, one that tingles down your spine and give you a light shiver.

the sight of it gives me a very calming feeling as well, feeling in peace as it frolics around in my sight.

i've spent many hours meddling around with it and i've finally found it....

Labels: misc, personal, school

been in korea for the past 3 days and i must say that it's a very interesting experience so far, from almost missing our transit plane from bangkok to korea, oversleeping on a bus to the backpackers' hostel, getting lost on the way from a subway to another and having a bitchy roommate in the dorm.

some of us had to fight the freeze in the rain while we were clad in denim skirts, bermudas and slippers. all because we thought that it won't rain, it was kinda hilarious looking at them fighting with the rain and the freezing temperatures.

more updates in a few days time

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was just taking breather and i was watching pablo fransico on youTube and he was doing an impression of the the voice that we hear all so often in movie trailers. ever wonder how he looked like in real life and whether he sounds the same as the movie trailers, i took a little time to search the net and he's called Don LaFontaine. Pretty interesting clip below

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was reading jean's blog just now and she was talking about Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra who came to Singapore during the recent Mosiac Music Festival. Which reminds me how pissed off i am at myself for missing the concert. haha. they're simply fantastic.

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was talking to gabriel during lunch today and he directed me to a parody of Wikipedia called Uncyclopedia, it's pretty interesting, especially when you need a good laugh.

heck, even if you don't need a good laugh, you should take a look at this side. you'll be surprised at what you'll find there.

http://www.uncyclopedia.org

here are some of my personal favorites: women, god, satan, rap, slut

have fun with uncyclopedia!

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... and help me do this survey, im currently doing a research on bloggers' motivation for a New Media module that i'm taking now. i'll be forever greatful. Thanks.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=78543401835

anyway, i've been swarmed with lots of stuff both from school and hall since CNY. hopefully i'll be back soon after next week when most of my hall stuff are completed. but for now, please do me the favour. Thanks!

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was driving back to hall the other day and i passed by an area that i used to drive to quite frequently last time; to drop off someone that i was close with in particular.

i have no idea why this feeling hit me but it just did and when i look back, those were good times and it's a pity it would have never worked out even if i tried. it's not everyday that i can find someone that i can engage with so well and i sure miss that feeling.

come to think of it, i haven't had that feeling in a long time and i don't know it's because i've stopped trying altogether or is there nobody around that can really engage me as well as that person.

sometimes having randoms thoughts can be quite refreshing for some reason.
life is good now.

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this is pretty funny

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