so chio!

i have a new love....cycling!
been going ard the city quite a lot lately on my road bike. its so fun! a bit scary cos of those evil trams, but thats what makes it more exciting! haha.
theres a pro bike shop downstairs at my place, so i went there last wk to have a looksy. arrgghh all the road bikes are sooooooo cool! but damn ex la.... cheapest is like 1000+.
went online last nite to search for cheaper road bikes at various shops in the city (instead of doing my assignment). found one that was 800+ bucks...still ex, but thats the cheapest i could find thats good for starters.



shit la.... why do i always pick up sports that cost so much $$$??? in JC it was bowling, then running in NS(new asics shoe every year = 200 bucks), and now cycling! ahhhhhhh.
im really really interested in trying out triathlon next year. the more i hear my fren talk about it, the more interested i get! but gotta brush up on my swimming....cos, well, it sucks. after 30 laps of the 25m pool at my place im like half dead. i heard that the tri squad at uni swims 2-3 km during trainings! (i know...wtf!)
so heres my plan :
1. from now till feb next year, will start training up my swimming till i can swim (gasp) 2km non-stop.
2. save money from my part time job! and buy less comics! (oh thats gonna be tough...) if i can save 150 a month, and i work in sept, oct, nov, and jan....then by the time term starts in feb is hould have enuf to buy a road bike!
3. join tri squad during feb orientation!

sigh....im like totally not saving money for my future. everytime i get my paycheck i just blow most of it. i was supposed to use the money from this part time job to pay for my cartooning course next year, but now looks like its going into a bike. damn...am i making the wrong decisions? should i not be thinking about all this sporting stuff? after all, few years down the road, a cartooing course cert will be more valuable than a road bike. and its not like im super pro in sports and gonna do it professionally. just doing it for fun but its costing me so much money! sigh...decisions decisions.

(suresh, i think definitely no Man U jersey for me this year)

shit...been typing for quite a while now....back to work! assignment due later today!

4 more days to the half....

ultimate spidey 100!!!

ive been collecting comics for about 6 years now...started way back when i was 16yrs old. and the first comic that i started collecting, the one that started it all, was a title called Ultimate Spiderman. at that time, Marvel were just starting their new Ultimate line, in which they were gonna "restart" the universes. and the first character they were gonna try it with was spidey. well, that was 6 years ago, and in a couple week's time, Ultimate Spiderman issue 100 will be out!!!! ive not missed a single issue since it debuted! so excited!! i preordered my copy already! woohoo! hahaha.

met up with my frens from the SSS today. we went to natalie's house to make laksa and bandung. were gonna sell it at the Festival of Nations in uni next week. but silly me bought the WRONG kind of rose syrup. in fact, it wasnt rose syrup at all...it just looked like it. argh...d'oh!

went for a 15km run this morning with jensen. (satiish u remember him? he was one of the cadets during AHM, when we were ocifers) was quite a fast paced run... the knee held up fine without wearing a knee guard. im so glad for that. no pain so far, so im considering risking not wearing a knee guard for the 21km next wkend. we'll see how...

going DFO tmr with esther, yongsi and my mom. i just got my salary on friday, so i have a bit of money to spend spend spend!! but must keep in mind that the variant cover for ultimate spidey 100 will cost about 30 bucks. im definitely getting it! i dun care! its issue 100!!! gotta start saving a bit for uni games...

2 wks to the half! oh no!

less than 2 wks to the half marathon! yikes!
the farthest ive trained so far is only 10km. yeah....im so screwed. been telling myself to start clocking the mileage, but ive just procrastinated and procrastinated till now theres only 2 wks left. looking at my current condition, i'll be happy to do a 1.40.

went cycling down the coast on sunday with some frens. super fun! road cycling is great! we left the city at about 9am, then rode down to st kilda beach. the ride to st kilda sucks, cos there are lots of evil trams and heavy traffic and annoying padestrians. but once u get to the "beach road", its smooth sailing all the way. at some parts the wind was so strong, u kinda go "whoa!" and feel like you're gonna be lifted off the ground! the views are spectacular along the coast. wish we couldve gone further, but one of my frens had a skin irritation problem, so we had to stop and take a train back to the city. cant wait to go again this sunday!

school is a little less hectic this week. fewer assignments. but there are big ones coming up, and if i dont start now, i'll regret it later. i got my essay topic a week ago. went to the library yesterday to find books and already a lot of them have been loaned out! talk about KIASU!!! and if they're like me, they'll just hog the books and keep extending the loan period till the essay is over. heh heh.

nothing much else happening really. its been very routine lately. cant wait for the mid-sem break.....and UNI GAMES IN ADELAIDE! but my coach wants me to run 10000m on track! 25 rounds! omg....

finally...a break

ah...ive been waiting for this day for several weeks now.
i only have one assignment to do this weekend. can u believe it?!?! only ONE!!!! woohoo!
finally, i can take some time off to start training again, go for a bike ride, read the new comic books that ive been neglecting, and maybe watch some TV!! its good....its real good.

still sick tho. the fever is more or less gone, but the sore throat is still bad. im glad the fever is gone tho, cos with it went the lethargic feeling as well. its good timing, cos im working tmr, and its no good waiting tables for 8 hrs with a fever.

i was so happy today. this year's issue of EYES (a magazine that showcases the best student work in the archi faculty of the past year) was released. I had submitted one of my projects for inclusion in the magazine earlier in the year, but i was told that i would probably only get a small portion of a page. so i was very pleasantly surprised to see that i had a whole page to myself! yay! that really made my day...especially after a long studio where once again i didnt get a very high mark for this wk's model making assignment.

its almost 11 now and im gonna sleep...and im not gonna set my alarm!!! haha. its been countless nights with 5 hrs sleep or less, so its about time i made up for it!

good nite folks!

TNA : Total Non-stop Architectural studies

its 1.31am now.... and i FINALLY get a chance to post another blog entry.
i have seriously not had a minute's rest lately!
the course coordinators for this semester mustve been on crack when they came up with the workload...cos its way too much!
and its not just me.

just take a look at some of my archi fren's MSN nicks:

rachael : architorture
monkie : starting to feel the architect's life
justmich : die

over the past week, ive been sleeping at 2am, wake up at 7.30, do assignments, go to school, come home n do more assignments, go for running training, come home super shag but STILL have to finish assignments. argh... NEED BREAK!

thankfully this week's assignment (one of THREE for the week) was to make an 8-10 page comic book! YES! THATS RIGHT! make a COMIC BOOK!!! i'm loving it!
there's a catch tho...we cant just do it on ANYTHING we want. it has to be based on this placed called CROWN hotel in the city. we went to take photos of the place, and our comic is supposed to showcase the movt thru the spaces...or smthg like that.
who cares! its a comic book! yay!
trouble is, its due in one week! and one week is NO TIME at all to be writing and illustrating an 8-page comic book. i spent from 3pm till 1.30am today (yes, thats right...with only a break for dinner in between.) just pencilling it. still havent got into inking yet. my hand is damn pain n numb at the same time now. ah.....
and tmr have to get up at 7.30am again to do ANOTHER assignment. cant go on much longer like this....

some good news :
im meeting a guy tmr who wants to sell his road bike for less than $100. if its in good condition im gonna get it!! some frens of mine go cycling on sundays, so im hoping to join them.

Uni Games is in end sept!! its this yearly event where all the universities in australia come together to compete in sports. this year its in adelaide!! im gonna tryout for the 1500m, steeple, and 5km relay. the qualifying times are quite psycho, but im gonna give it a go. PRAY FOR ME!

thats all folks. take care my dear frens.
hopefully i can update this more regularly...

mari kita rakyat singapura...

national day is tmr!!! hahaha. ive never been so patriotic in my life. but being on the spore student society committee means that i must spread the mood!! MARI KITA RAKYAT SINGAPURA... ahem ahem...

anyways...its been a busy as heck week. this semester has started in 5th gear!!! assignmetns are pouring in already!! just this week alone i had to build this weird cube-window-model thing (yes, its exactly as weird as it sounds), go down to some building in the city and draw plans for EVERY ONE of its 35 floors, and prepare a hist paper/presentation thats worth 20% of my overall mark for the subjust. supposed to meet up with my hist partner this morning, and i only just finished reading the reader last night!! die lah...shes gonna be pissed... saw her at lecture on monday and she had already finished the reading over the weekend and had made lots of notes n stuff. and im like..."erm....yeah....i'll uh.....read it tonight."

oh and I GOT A JOB!!
yay!
am gonna start work at this indonesian restaurant in the city on friday. i was very lucky to get this job cos there are only so few halal restaurants in the city. the manager said that he'll put me on 'trial' for the first 20 hrs, and then if all goes well, i can start working on a regular basis.
pray for me!

nothing much has changed on the whole "i dont want to be an architect" front. i STILL think i dont want to be an architect. im so indecisive. one week i may feel like drawing for MARVEL, and the next i feel like going off and doing some humanitarian effort-thing. i wish i had as clear a vision of where i was heading as some of the other students i know. i guess i do have an ultimate goal...... DRAW FOR MARVEL. but thats more than a far-fetched dream than a goal. need to think more realistically...

ok..running late for school!

...

friday morning.
the beginning of the weekend.
the beginning of another torturous 3 days where i have to do assignment work, and comtemplate, even more, what direction my life is heading.
weekends arent nice. weekends suck.
during the weekdays, going to school keeps me busy. keeps my mind occupied. but the weekends are a different story. since i dont have sch on fridays, thats 72 hours of time to myself.
i cant turn back now, though.... already halfway thru my 2.5 year course. I must at least graduate with my first degree and find some work. i owe my parents that at least. But beyond that...i dunno. i want to be a comic book artist. sounds cheesy i know....but i really want to do it. and theres only one place to do that.....the states. sigh...am i wrong to have a dream like that? is it immature of me to wake up every morning wondering how much BETTER my life could be, when its already very good now? uncertainty......argh i hate uncertainty. the future is a scary place...its rolling towards me everyday at breakneck speed, and i cant see more than 3 feet in front of me. i think i need psychiatric help...... some moments im super happy, and 5 mins later i can slump into a completely depressive state, and not feel like talking to anybody. tell me im not crazy? is that crazy? oh no.....im going crazy.

2SB3 nite out in melb!

hey everyone!
sorry but this is a very delayed post.

a week ago, we had a little sb3 gathering here in melbourne. Bennett and Evelyn came from singapore to join the usual suspects of yongsi, esther, denise and myself.

I dunno who came up with the idea to wear our sch uniforms (esther? haha), but yeah....we WORE OUR ACJC UNIFORMS!! hahahahaha...and went to eat a buffet at Crown Casino.
It was so nice to hang out with friends that you feel so comfortable with. Friends who dont judge you, and whom u know u can talk to about anything and everything. Its amazing how after all these years, when we get together, we are STILL the same ppl. still talking nonsense and still lauging at all manner of lame jokes. i miss ACJC!!!!

ok, i'll let the pics tell the rest of the story! enjoy!

PICS HERE!

l dont like mornings

sunday morning. yawn.

i dont like the weekends anymore. theres too much time to do nothing. feels like im not accomplishing anything and my life is passing me by. as u can see, mornings are NOT my fav time of day. i like evenings...sunsets.

went to Crown casino to have dessert yesterday nite with Crystal n Ah Yen... passed by this Warner Bros shop and Crys pointed out that they were hiring at the moment!!! Gonna go for an interview on monday. ahhh....i so so so so want that job!!! working in the WB store, surrounded by stuffed toys and not to mention superman n batman merchandise....its like a dream job. (probably ranking as high on my job-wish-list as max brenner)

yesterday, went to esther's drama performance at church. she was an angel...literally. nice! unfortunately, silly me forgot to bring my camera. d'oh!

back

hey everyone.

its been almost a month since the last post. sorry!
now that im back in melb and sch is starting again, the blog will be updated more regularly.

tasmania pics and pics from the sb3 uniform nite out will be posted soon.

right now i just dun feel like doing anything. im so sian....
every morning over the past few days when i wake up, i think about what i will be doing in the future. its probably not a good idea to worry about the future too much, and just take it day by day, but i cant help but worry about where i'll be in a few yrs time. most of this i think has to do with my course.

last semester when i started out, architecture was like rEALLY waht i wanted to do. but now that ive dived into it for a year, and seen snippets of what the industry is like....it scares me. cant help but worry that if i dun make it as an architect, i CANT DO ANYTHING ELSE!!! its too specialised. u know that "calling" that doctors have...like they WANT to be doctors....well, i dun feel that at the moment. its as if i just keep going on n on, day after day, rolling forward towards an inevitable outcome that i cant hide from.

bleah....i dunno. like i said.....really sian rite now.

life ahead seems so uncertain. what am i doing???? i dunno..... waht is my purpose in life???? i dunno....

4 more years here is a very very long time. and im not even sure if its what i want to do. to quote someone..."nothing is worse than uncertainty. your soul leaves you."

sooperman

finally after years n years of waiting...superman returns is opening tmr!!!!
and of course ive got my tickets booked already! im not taking any chances with this one.
x-men or spiderman i can afford to watch week after opening.
but for superman, HELL NO!
its gotta be opening day! no questions asked!
and so we come to it at last....JUNE 29th 2006!!!

other things ive been up to when im not counting down the seconds to tmr.

1. went for a run yesterday. it was horrible. ive learnt one thing....dont run after u have taken a nap in the aircon. your body will be too cold n not warmed-up yet. when i ran i felt as though i was running thru a furnace. not a good feeling. its nice to feel shag after a run cos it gives u a sense of accomplishment. but if u feel pain, then something is wrong. and yesterday i felt PAIN. was gasping for breath even as i was walking home after the run. not gonna do that again...

2. been reading this comic called Y:The Last Man. Its about a plague that kills every since male creature on the planet, except for one man named Yorrick BRown. the story is about how yorrick journeys accross the world to get to his girlfriend in australia, while along the way also discovering why is it he was the only man spared. There are 7 collected trades now on sale....i bought the first one from kino the other day and ive finished reading it already. as usual, it ended on a bloody cliffhangar so now i have no choice but to buy the next set. im more than happy to do it tho..hehe.

3. my body clock is totally screwed. been watching both soccer matches for two days straight now. and somehow the afternoon naps are not making up for the loss of sleep. i feel tired ALL DAY LONG now. thats not good.... especially when driving with the air con blowing at my face.

4. need to start practicing my AutoCad. brought the CD back to spore n told myself that i will do it in my free time. still havent gotten down to doing it yet. i want to start, but there are so many other distractions...PSP, comics, world cup. ahhhhhh. truth is im just too lazy to do it.

yawn. im sleepy again.
oh well, might as well take another nap.
the more i sleep, the sooner it will be to tmr.....and the sooner i can watch SOOOPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!

one week back in humidity central

phew!
finally after almost a week back home, i have time to blog...

been going out almost every day this wk...wait.....make that EVERYDAY.

monday - went to help Lala at her workplace, then went lau pasat for dineer
tues - went out with mom cos she took the day off, then watched WC with suresh at nite
wed - went to airport to pick up satiish, then hung out the whole day with him
thurs - whole day spent with satiish n marie preparing for the bbq, which was at night
fri - cleaned up the bbq stuff in the morning and went to meet khalsom at orchard in the afternoon.
sat - went queensway with satiish, then macritche to run, then thompson to eat. (nasi goreng ikan bilis! POWER!)
sun - morning REST! FINALLY! malay wedding in the afternoon.

damn shag now. haha.

was supposed to play a soccer match this morning but it was cancelled cos we couldnt get enuf players. just as well, im still reeling from the middle-of-the-afternoon macritchie run with satiish yesterday, and my ankle hurts too. so thanks to the cancelled match, i have the time to relax this morning, before i have to head off to a malay wedding later this afternoon.

just spoke to crystal last nite and she said the tazzie trip is confirmed!!! yay!!!!!
cant wait for that!

still have a good 3 more weeks in spore. 1st week went by so fast! i cant believe its already sunday again. but the faster time goes, the sooner it will be the opening of SUPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 days!

its thursday already!
im going home on sunday!
wooohooooooooo!!!

tmr is my last paper. its an mcq paper....120 mcqs. bcos of that i feel so lazy to study. i think today i studied a grand total of one hour. damn. no motivation la.... in the back of my head all i can think of is going home on sunday. ive even done most of my packing already! haha.

im bored now. i dun feel like doing anymore practise-mcq questions, and world cup doesnt start for another 2 hrs...
so to kill time, i shall come up with a list of thing to eat when i get back!!

(not in order of preference)
1. mushroom swiss
2. chicken rice. (the one at rex and the one at far east)
3. roti prata! omg this one on the way back from the airport i'll stop at jalan kayu n eat already!
4. pizza (one with a lot of MEAT)
5. pasta mania fussilli arrabiatta with a shit load of cheeeeeeeese (suresh, its time!)
6. mom's cooking! hehe
7. big mac meal
8. seoul garden
9. nasi goreng ikan bilis (east coast and thompson)
10. cheese prata @ thompson
11. nasi lemak
12. cheese fries @ kfc (satiish, we must go to the suntec one again. hahaha)
13. chicken chop w/rice @ ang mo kio
14. lontong! (but dunno where to get nice one.....anybody? help?)
15. indian rojak (the one near ntu)
16. cook house food! (hahahaha. if i can...just for old time sake)
17. teh bing! (not a food, but i wanna have it sooooo bad!)

k la...thats it for now. cant think already. thats quite a list tho. its good to plan ahead. haha.

best. commercial. ever.

i was just browsing thru youtube.com today when i chanced upon this very old nike commercial. i think its one of the best, if not THE best one ever!!

u gotta check this out. im sure you'll remember it.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRjiawSZrT8&search=cantona%20nike

aussie aussie aussie! oi! oi! oi!

Went to watch the world cup match btw australia and japan last night at the BIG screen at federation sq with esther. It was maaaaaaaad!
The atmosphere was amazing! We got there about half an hour before kick off, and the square was already totally packed!!! remember those images of a sea of red koreans in world cup 2002? yeah, it was exactly like that!!! there mustve been thousands of people there. luckily we managed to squeeze a bit here n there n get good places up the front. nobody was sitting down tho...everyone stood up thru the full match!!! felt sorry for esther cos i asked her to come along, and she had to stand the whole match. Thanks esther!

oh there was one japanese flag in the crowd...which was quite surprising...in the midst of hordes of screaming, and possibly drunk, australians. pity them...hope they didnt get bashed up. haha.
neways....what a match! down 1-0 till the 84th minute...then up stepped CAHILL!!!! 3 goals in the last 5 mins! DAAAAAAAAMMN!!!!!! everyone went crazy. there were even flares!!! like those that u see in LaLiga or Serie A matches. dunno if thats legal or not. oh well, the police didnt do anything. hahaa.

after the match, people were just going insane on the streets. traffic literally could not move cos there was a sea of people blocking the main intersection of the city. picture thousands of raving fans at the intersection of orchard n scotts road....and cars honking away as far as can be heard. thats what the atmosphere was like. damn i cant imagine what it must be like to be in germany!!! okok...new addition to "things to do b4 i die". gotta watch a world cup final match live.

got home at about 2am after sending esther home, and watched the USA vs czech republic match till about 3am. czech were leading at half time by 2-0, and we all know USA sucks too bad to come back from that, so i went to sleep. wouldve caught the italy matchat 4am, but i had to wake up early today to study. =(
exam is tomorrow. haha...yes exams are still going on amidst all this soccer. im quite worried actually. i dun feel as prepared as i was last sem. oh well.... we shall see. if its meant to be, its meant to be. hahaha. fate can be a good thing when it works to your convenience.

kk...lunch time. ive posted the rest of the photos of last nite in my photo gallery above.

5 more days! just 5 more days!!!!!!!
cya all soooooooon! =)