The Wedding Bell Rings

Current Mood: Joyous
Current Song: Canon in D
Current Read: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

January 2009.
Two weddings.
A month of love, reunion and joy.

L-O-V-E stands for love.
Simple to spell,
Difficult to understand.
A lifetime to know it.

Cousin WeiGuang marrying in a week time;
The first male within our generation.
Never expect him to be the one;
Cause he's always the studious one among all.

Alex's next.
The last day of the month.
The last day of singlehood.
But yet, a love of everlasting.

A church wedding,
As the "Canon in D" plays,
A wedding of a lifetime.
Congratulations dudes.

Love.
A wildly misunderstood,
Although highly desirable malfunction of the heart,
Which weakens the brain,
Causes eyes to sparkle,
Cheeks to glow,
Blood pressure to rise,
And the lips to pucker.

Love.
Does not consist of gazing at each other,
But in looking together in the same direction.

Love.
Two souls, one heart;
that's the quote.

Forever;
That's the word.

Best wishes.

Oh, that fucking innocent kid

Current Mood: Contemplative
Current Song: I have a dream, Westlife's version
Current Read: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

O, I was once that fucking ambitious kid.
With big dreams, high hopes, and lovely wishes.

I want to be a high tech farmer,
That's when I was taking my O's.
I want to open an aquaculture farm,
That's when I was taking my O's.

Oh, was that me?
Oh, was that me?
Yeah, that was me.
Yeah, that was me.

I want to be a cafe owner,
That's when I was graduating from poly.
I want to study coffee in Italy,
That's when I was graduating from poly.

Oh, was that me?
Oh, was that me?
Yeah, that was me.
Yeah, that was me.

...

O, I was once that fucking studious kid.
With big dreams, high hopes, and lovely wishes.

Six months time from now,
I'll be graduating,
Whether I like it not.
Four months time thereafter,
NSF in that green uniform will be my status,
Whether I like it not.

And when everything's over,
I will be a goner.
Cause I can't see my future ahead.
And when everything's over,
I will be a goner,
Cause I dunno what I want in life.

...

O, I was once that fucking optimistic kid.
With big dreams, high hopes, and lovely wishes.

I shall continue with school, shall I?
That Master in Molecular Biosciences in Germany?
That Master in Applied Medical Biotechnology in Sweden?
I want to continue with school, can I?

I shall step into the workforce, shall I?
Be that researcher who work till the day I die in some laboratories?
Be that clinical trial associate who travel around?
I don't want to step into the workforce, can I?

...

I was once that fucking ambitious kid.
I was once that fucking studious kid.
I was once that fucking optimistic kid.
With big dreams, high hopes, and lovely wishes.

I was that fucking innocent kid.
I was that innocent kid.
I was that kid.
With big dreams, high hopes, and lovely wishes.

...

And now, I'm no longer that kid.
Cause I no longer have big dreams.
Cause I no longer have high hopes.
Cause I no longer have lovely wishes.

And now, I'm no longer that kid.
Cause life fucks me up.
Cause reality fucks me hard.
Cause I was fucked.

End Post of 2008

Current Mood: Calm, yet confused
Current Song: 突然好想你 by Mayday
Current Read: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

I suppose this will be my last entry of the year 2008, cause 2009 is starting in just about 17 hours time. Two years back, this time, I'm in Taiwan having the best countdown in my entire life. Alex was there with us, and now he's getting married! Haha, congrats dude. One year ago, this time, I was getting ready to cycle overnight with some dear old friends. Kok Guan was there with us, and now he's in New Hampshire. Haha, have fun there bro, and date a Hispanic woman! This year shall be a simple affair of drinking by the beach with the friends who stick to me thin and thick all these 11 to 13 years.

Wrapping up 2008, I have my fair share of ups and downs. School was as usual busy, though I'm enjoying it in another way. I went to the casino for the first time in June with the folks, and won myself 500 bucks. Then I got myself a little trip to Hongkong with the buddies after working as a hard labour at Ulu Tuas, and came back from hongkong with four big blisters and two small ones. Baby Bryce was born in October, and now he's the little tyrant of the house with his thunder cries. Oh yeah, he can even do a hi-5 back to me now though he's only 3 months old. Hmmmm, I met a girl, and she rejected me; I met a boy and I rejected him. And I concluded that I attract more gays then girls, which is goddamn sad.

I'm reckon the new year will be a year of crisis. First and foremost, I will be one of the pathetic victims of the economic crisis since I'll be entering the workforce this coming June when the economy is right at its downfall. But the worst could have been the fact that I will be turning 25 (though I just celebrated by 24th birthday couple of days back), and I'm kinda sure I'm entering my quarter-life crisis RIGHT NOW.

Symptoms of Quarter-Life Crisis
(extracted from Wikipedia)

√ feeling "not good enough" because one can't find a job that is at one's academic/intellectual level (starting soon I guess)

√ frustration with relationships, the working world, and finding a suitable job or career (ahhh, i don't want to work!)

√ confusion of identity (not in the gay way la!)

√ insecurity regarding the near future (yes, very!!!)

√ insecurity concerning long-term plans, life goals (i've never meet any of my goals since 2004 ended.)

√ insecurity regarding present accomplishments (not enough A's for the degree! haha!!!)

√ re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships (true friends, a few will do.)

X disappointment with one's job (not yet, soon. But I hope not..)

√ nostalgia for university, college, high school or elementary school life (those around me will know...)

X tendency to hold stronger opinions (still okay la!)

√ boredom with social interactions (I start to hate clubbing recently.)

X loss of closeness to high school and college friends (I'm fortunate we are still close over the years.)

√ financially-rooted stress (overwhelming college loans, unanticipatedly high cost of living, etc.) (and that stupid economic crisis!)

√ loneliness (no comments)

X desire to have children (no comments)

X a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you (luckily I still have that little bit of self esteem left...)

I scored 11/16 of the above-mentioned symptoms, how great(!!!). But nonetheless, I'm still looking towards 2009 positively, and hopefully I would get what I want at the end of the year. =) 2009, here I come!!!

HAPPY 2009 BABES AND HUNKS!!!

Malacca Trip

Current Mood: Relax
Current Song: 捕夢人-潘裕文
Current Read: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

ALOHA!

Just came back from an impromptu self-drive car trip from Malacca with some of the family members. Nothing interesting there, probably just some nice heritage tours to follow, but the foods there were GOOD(!). Tried the famous Hainanese Chicken Ball Rice, Satay Celup, Melaka Assam Laksa, but my favorite still goes to Chendol with the superb black sugar syrup. It was orgasmic.

Clockwise from top left: Chicken Ball Rice, Assam Laksa, Satay Celu and Chendo.

The Heritage Tour

Random pictures.


Mr. Watermelon Man
The one and only thing I bought from Malacca.
The shopping there was WORST then Singapore!


Home sweet home.

Besides the Malacca trip, the lifestyle after exams has been relaxing. It basically involves of catching up with friends I haven't meet for a long time, WII-ing with the brother, babysitting little Bryce, as well as practicing VAMPIRE-ISM (Haha, I have been sleeping at 8am everyday in the morning, and wake up at 12mn ever since the school holiday starts).

Random pictures just uploaded from my handphone:

Bryce.

Bryce again.

Bryce being kissed.

Bryce being hugged.


In the arms of 外公.

Aftermath of studying too much (1): Good luck for exam?
Wear red, eat red, and have a red head.

Aftermath of studying too much (2): Can't memorize facts?!?
Take a picture using a hand phone and look at it whenever u go.
E.g. In the toilet when u poo.

I wish December never ends,
January never comes.
Dread school.

THE EXAMS

The last lecture of cardiopulmonary systems ended with:

When you learn to appreciate the wonders of Human Physiology,
you will also begin to appreciate what our bodies can do,
and to live our lives in such a way that will preserve the body we exist in.
Human physiology, life and existence are inseparable.

A/Prof Fabian Lim
Exercise Physiologist

And yes, yours truly no nuts of this fucking module even after 13 weeks of slogging. All I can said is Human physiology, sad life and predicted C grade are inseparable. Fuck it.

I will see what I can do in the next one week. =(