Jogging Encounters
Thursday, June 30, 2005
I continued my jogging regime last night.. decided I didn't want to jog very far because I got a bruise on my knee (yes if you read last post I got my bruise from the maluating fall at Outram MRT station). So I decided to take the road relay route from my place.. to hall.. out through UCC.. then back home along FS..
Guess who I met along the way?
If you guessed some old man in a pickup again.. go and die.
But the old man part is correct. I saw Jeffry Thambunanto... along the Heng Mui Keng Terrace road leading into hall. He just finished his FYP (time 2230hrs) and was going home.. Kinda freaky coz he called out my name while standing in the shadows.. took me a while to figure out where he was.. Stood there.. talked to him for quite a long while.. (Francis drove past).. before continuing with my run again...
FYP sounds like a scary thing.. and that Chem Eng has to do not one.. not two but THREE FYPs sound ridiculously crazy. Oh well.. life in this Fac is already sucky so I guess FYP is just the tip of the iceberg...
So I continued my ran.. up the central libaray route.. down towards UCC.. out towards FS.. and along Pasir Panjang Road back home.. where I saw a fellow jogger cutting in front of my path. It was close to 11 already and to have someone jogging at around this time is quite rare.. esp during school holidays.. esp along Pasir Panjang Road.. So I caught up with him and jogged behind him.
I expected him to turn into Heng Mui Keng Terrace into NUS (coz I thought he was a hostelite or something) but he didn't.. he continued on.. along the direction towards my home... strange.. I closed in on him but didn't overtake him.. hoping to figure out who he was...
And he turned out to be my neighbour.. my from the same Primary School.. a hi-bye friend whom I know stays around the area but never really talked to.
So we chatted on the way home.. I told him I was jogging to lose weight.. and he said..
"Oh yah if you are into the losing weight thing, I can give you some advice. I myself lost 15 kg."
Wow. Impressive. I wonder what I'd look like if I lost 15 kg haha..
"2 years ago I was 75. Now I'm about 60."
Haha.. ok that was a demoraliser.. 2 years to lose 15 kg.. thats like abotu 500g every month.. though it doesn't really work that way.. but yeah.. mayeb to be realistic I should just aim to drop 1 kg by the end school starts haha..
Anyway.. the point is.. I got myself a running partner. Every Mon, Weds, Fri. =)
Well.. anyway.. another bastard has succeeded in his quest. Seems like the Bastard Phenomena has not died off yet.
And yes, he's from HwaChong. Feel so happy for him.
Signed off at
3:09 pm
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Bad start
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
The day didn't start very well.. I woke up a little late and my father left without me.. so I had to take bus to work myself.. which wasn't so bad I thought.. until my farecard turned against me coz my bank had no money for Giro to deduct money from.
Yes, that's how poor I am.. I have totally no money now.. not even in my reserve account. Squeezed dry I am.. I only can hope for the $300 bucks I paid for the Hall Opening lion to be reimbursed into my account by later.. so I'd have money to pay for the bash tickets later on. And my first month's pay has gone to pay for the SECC T-shirts and Sentosa entrance tickets and stupid taxi fares which I know I'll get all of them soon but not in the near future.. which is good in some sense.. having non-liquidated assets will surely curb my lousy spending habits.
10 more days to payday.
So that aside.. As I was rushing through Outram Park MRT station from the EW line to the NEL I spotted Jiayan (aka Daniel Ong) and friends in front. I didn't stop to say hi.. coz I was late.. and I had nothing to say anyway.. and just rushed past them. The MRT to Pasir Ris had arrived.. or so the display panel had shown.. and I ran up the stairs to catch the train.
And guess what?
I tripped and fell.
Malu like hell. I don't care if the rest of the world saw.. coz they wouldn't know me anyway.. haha but imagine I just saw someone I know.. and whom I didn't say hi to.. and the next thing is he sees me trip and fall on the stairs. How maluating can that be?
Caught the train anyway. But was late still. Oh well.
Signed off at
2:24 pm
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The day before KL
Friday, June 24, 2005
What a way to start a day.. with gloomy skies which were totally perfect for snuggling back in bed.. especially when I slept so exceptionally late persuading Aaron to stay in hall.. but I think he's still being held back by financial constraints...
Lucky Streak?
I didn't realise my horoscope says my luck will be surprisingly good these few days until Tat pointed out to me that I'm always getting the people I'm supposed to call while he can't. Yup.. and upon checking I realise my Money, Love and Attitude meters are blasted to full these 2 days haa and of course the "you're unstoppable" descriptions by the horoscope...
Ok well.. I don't see love knocking on my door anyway.. haha
Best Friend Dinner
Didn't meet up with Yanru ever since she came back from the US.. and since she would be going back next week it was like a rare meeting for us..
It took a little warming up at first.. after all we haven't been communicating much the whole time she was in the States.. But I guess since we were good friends for so long and we knew each other so well already it didn't take long to converse comfortably.. About her lifestyle.. my boring life.. guys.. girls.. gays.. sex.. blah blah...
Though it was easy to tell that both of us have matured lots.. in the past 10 over years it was just her talking on the phone yakking yakking yakking all night while i just have to "orh.. orh.. uh-huh.." all the way listening to her whining and rants.. haha.. her crushes every 2 weeks.. her complaints about the class blah blah.. and now we've evolved into serious topics.. and it seems so much easier to say some things that is usually hard to say to other friends.. wonder why..
But she's landed herself a job with a fat pay in New York.. you won't want to know how much she's paid.. it's a high 4 digit sum.. yes, in US dollars. So I guess I'd catch up with her one last time next week before god know when I'll see her again...
Holiday
In a few more hours I'd be lugging myself to KL.. for a so-called holiday.. though it does not really seem like a holiday coz it's only 2 days and I've been so very busy (post SECC clearing up and work) that I haven't been really thinking about it. Only yesterday then it dawned upon me that today was holiday-day.
Being poor as I am now.. (my reserve account is depleted dry and I have lotsa money all over the shop.. unclaimed and cant be claimed so soon...).. Going for a holiday to spend more money seems to be last thing on my mind acutally.. but well.. a break is alwasy good.. and to celebrate Weijie's bday.. ha wonder what we're going to do...
Clearing Space
I have so many SECC videos in my laptop I don't know what to do with them.. Don't really have time to slowly burn all of them into DVDs for archiving.. Think I'd have to watit till the end of the month when my campaign is over then I'd have all the time in the world to start burning DVDs and taking away space clogged up by videos.. photos.. argh..
And I'm still figuring out the DivX thingy which seems to be able to compress avi files beautifully.
Lucky Streak Continued...
This sounds bizarre but guess what? I just got a call from someone from NUS..
Hi is this Clement? Is it convenient to talk now?
Yeah it's ok.
Ok I'm calling from Arts and Social Science. You took a module last semester SC1101E Making Sense of Society right?
Yah.
And you got a C+ for that module?
Yees... (Don't scare me it's already low enough.. somehow I had the fear that she was going to tell me that I failed that module asking me to retake next semester...)
Ok Clement.. actually we rechecked your marks for the module.. and we found out that you actually got a B+ instead of a C+.
Ah? Really? I was wondering how come I did so badly for that module.. What happened?
It's some problem with the multiple choice questions. They were marked wrongly and we just realised it. So we manually marked your answers and decided to give you a B+.
Oh.. did this happen to everyone in the course?
No, only a selected few.
Whoa I so sway ah?
Haha yah. You'd be receiving your new result slip through your mail soon.
Ok thanks.
Haha.. whoa that's like super crazy right? Though my CAP is still like horrible.. but it's totally ridiculous someone called me to tell me I jumped like 3 grades just like that... Imagine if they didn't find out this glitch? It'd be just so unjust.
So er.. ask me for 4 digits someone?
Ok I've taken the whole day to blog this post.. not a very good multitasker.. to call my calls and to secretly blog hiding this window amongst other windows on my screen.
It's almost time to knock off.. so I guess I'll just surf other sites and make a few more calls before calling it a day.. Oh. TGIF!!!
Signed off at
1:29 am
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Pet dog
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Hey look I have a pet dog in my blog!
Play with it!
Signed off at
1:59 am
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Of Halls and Hotels
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
I seem to get the kick out of blogging secretly in the office.. haha while the rest of the world think I am diligiously calling people with the headset kiapped in between my ear and my shoulder.. while frantically bloggin away haha..
HOTEL
Robin was invited to stay over at some posh apartment in Orchard.. lavished with all the HP gadgets from huge projector screens to photo printers to laptops to iPaQs so that he could write a review for Digital Life.. and he invited me to stay over.. and boy did I have a good time there..
It was like almost staying overseas.. nice posh hotel room with a cool view over the whole of Orchard.. all the gizmos all over the room... and all I had to do there was to enjoy life.. There was even a whole supply of HP photo paper for us to print photos.. which unfortunately I didn't have the time to because I went there late.. but whou this is they type of house I would definitely want to live in.. high tech.. everything controlled by a remote.. and if given a chance to steal something from the room.. it would definitely be the projector which I could watch TV (SCV included), DVDs and even use MSN from...
Yup.. and I met some of the reporters from Digital Life as well.. people who write the articles you read.. and realised that they are actually quite a crazy bunch.. friendly as well.. coz we were chatting quite casually almost instantly.. kinda coz maybe it's because of their job requirements to be friendly so they can dig out the juciest stories from their subjects haha..
Too bad I didn't really take many photos of the place.. it's really cool.. just that the wireless internet connection didn't like my laptop I couldn't configure my laptop for internet last night.. so this entry had to be written now instead.. But the night was spent watching Gangs of New York.. yeap on the big screen.. all the way till 3am... before tucking into the comfy bed to catch that few hours of sleep....
HALL
If you were reading consientiously you might have realised that I went over to Robin's place late.. yeah I was. Coz I was summoned back by Francis to choose new foreign students into our hall.. Not like I made much of a difference there.. he had already an idea of who to take already.. which seemed like good choices.. (anyway they were foreign students which had a good chance they'd all be off and slack away with their door closed for the whole of next year). Glad that we took in all Malaysians.. so hope they would be onz kias...
But I forsee the fight for the local students gonna get rather ugly.. especially when it comes to how many we are supposed to take in.. coz different blocks are of different capacities and taking in less locals will mean filling them up with more scholars (scholars from certain countries are incredulously off). Though much lies in fate and luck with the rolling of dice.. it suddenly dawned upon me the choice between friends and capability... with so limited places left in the block. Promoting Sheares Hall to friends doesn't guarantee them a place in a block that they want.. aiyah too confusing to blog abt this anymore la
See? Absence from blogging has rendered me non-bloggable anymore.. Aiyah I'll pick it up slowly anyway...
Signed off at
11:04 am
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The Encounter
Monday, June 20, 2005
So now I'm stuck in the SMG room burning the raw SECC videos onto DVDs.. I have burnt 3 DVDs worth of videos already which means it's about 12Gb worth of vids!! I'm still buring so here I am at 10pm.. haven't eaten my dinner.. clearing up the SMG computer of any traces of SECC 2005...
Would have very much wanted to go for a run while waiting for the burning process to complete.. but I didn't bring my running attire.. damn if I woke up earlier for work today I wouldn't have rushed and forgot to bring my change in clothes..
Guess my lose-weight regime couldnt' work out again today coz by the time I get home it'll be close to 11 and would be an unearthly hour to hit the roads.. and yeah I dont wanna be picked up again...
Hmm.. guess I haven't updated everyone on my encounter rite? ahha.. yah too busy to touch this blog.. so I shall update you all now...
This happened a few weeks ago.. like 1 week before SECC.
I was running from my home towards Harbourfront.. and back.. so at Harbourfront I was all ready to cross the road to continue my journey back home. Waiting by the pedestrian crossing.. suddenly a grey pickup drove past me and the driver waved at me.
I didn't recognise him at all.
But he turned into the the Harbourfront taxi stand and parked there. Thinking back.. he did wave at me.. so I decided to take a look just in case it would be paiseh if I really did know him.. my relative or what.
And whoever got off the pickup was this middle-aged man (abt 50 years old). And I totally didn't recognise him at all.
(purple is that idiot.. orange is me)
"Hi.. I thought you looked like my friend"
"Ah apparently not.."
"Anyway there's no harm making another friend rite?" He extended his hand. I shook it.
"So what's your name?"
"Clement"
"Ah I'm waiting for my friends at Sentosa. Was lonely waiting alone so was thinking if someone could chat with me."
"So what time are your friends coming out?"
"11.30"
I looked at my watch and it was 10.45 pm.. no way am I going to talk to a stranger for 45 mins..
"So why don't you drive in and wait for them or something?"
"Nah I think I'll just wait here... So are you schooling or working?"
Gotcha there. I thought he was trying to sell me something..
"Schooling."
"Oh so you ran all the way here from school?"
"Yeah..."
"Ok.. I just wanna tell you....
that you look very sexy in your sweat.
You look gorgeous."
WAT THE FUCK!!! I WAS ENGAGED IN A HOMOSEXUAL!!!
For your curiosity I was in the OCS singlet and shorts.
"Yeah yeah.. no lah..." I anyhow answered as I planned my escape route.. clenching my fists to get ready to punch him in his face if he tries anything funny... Anyway.. I was sure I could outrun him... and I continued "Ok I'm sorry I can't talk for long. I have to run along now coz I don't want to break my momentum..."
"Ooh.. I'm sorry I caused you to break your.. momentum." Shit somehow the term 'break my momentum' seemed to turn him on... "Do you want me to give you a lift back or something?"
"NO."
"In that case why not I walk you across the road?" (towards Seah Im Food Court)
And so I did... keeping my distance behind that asshole...
"Why not we go in there and have a chat?" as he pointed into the dark carparks behind Seah Im Food Court.
"No I think I'd rather stay here..."
"Oh ok I think you're shy or what.. It's ok we'll stay here..." Alright no way your reverse tactic is going to work on me slimeball...
And he was at it again..
"I really just want to tell you that you look very sexy in your sweat.. you look gorgeous.. very handsome..."
"Ok look.. I just want to make it clear that I'm..."
"No.. no.. I'm not saying that you are gay or anything. I just want to tell you that I really admire you and.."
"Ok that's enough."
"I really gotta run along now.. so if you excuse me..."
"You sure you don't want me to give you a lift?"
"No thanks."
"Ok alright. At least we still talked for like.. 3 minutes? Is there anyway I can contact you next time?"
"I'd be running along here every night.. you can catch me if you want then." Yeah rite.. over my dead body will I be running there again...
"Ok.. what's your name again?"
"Peter."
"Nice talking to you Peter. Let me shake you hand."
And I reluctantly shook his hand and he touched my cheeks (eewww)
And of course I DASHED off...
Think I took half the time to get home compared to the time I ran towards Harbourfront itself.
Ok that's the end of the story.. haha guess what I'm at work now.. couldn't finish this post while in SMG room yesterday and didn't have time to complete last nite coz was uploading photos of SECC.. so..
Check out SECC 05 photos here!
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If you're still reading this.. thank you for dropping by..
My my my I've been soooo busy i practically abandoned this blog.. It's a rare time that my computer I'm working on (in office) has internet connection so here I am blogging away (taking a leaf out of suzanne haa coz she blogs in office too). Hope my bosses don't see this coz my computer screen is like facing the rest of the world. Yah and urgh I can't use web messenger.
So SECC just ended last week and I spent the whole sunday SLEEPING.. can't believe it also.. after the bash I went sleeping all the way till this morning before i reported to work this morning.. *yawnz*
Looking back I was really kinda happy with our OG.. more on than expected.. not only coz of aaron (who i was fighting for to be in our OG) but coz of the rest also.. Think they will be a nice addition to Block D next semester.. brings back to the good ol days after SLCC (what it was called then) where we MSN group chat the whole night almost everyday after the camp...
Ah something worth saying about SECC though.. haa I think SDU sponsored us well for it.. coz of the number of (potential) couples we generated.. 1 group our OG (*winkz) and of course the famous XT and L who *muakmuak* already during the bash haa..
Actually i don't really know what to blog about now.. Kinda lost the momentum to blog alreayd.. coz haven't been doing it for such a long time.. But guess now I have a lot of time so this place will be updated quite often... and get my readers back haha.. though I think something is wrong with my flooble chatterbox.
Signed off at
2:31 pm
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普通朋友
Saturday, June 04, 2005
等待
我随时随地在等待
做你感情上的依赖
我没有任何的疑问
这是爱
我猜
你早就想要说明白
我觉得自己好失败
从天堂掉落到深渊
多无奈
我愿意改变(what can i do?)
重新再来一遍(just give me change)
我无法只是普通朋友
感情已那么深
叫我怎么能收手
但你说
i only want to be your friend
做个朋友
我在
你心中只是just a friend
不是情人
我感激你对我这样的坦白
但我给你的爱暂时收不回来
so i
我不能只是be your friend
i just can't be your friend
no,no,no,
我不能只是做你的朋友
不能只是做普通朋友
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1:50 am
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am i not cut out for engin??
Thursday, June 02, 2005
I once told myself if my results this semester sucked I'd not stay in hall anymore and take to the sad life of a chao-mugger.. and the Central Library would be my new hall. I mean.. this is it. I can't let my CAP get any lower.
Sad to say.. this will be true. I'm sorry to all my friends whom I've told I'd stay.. and made promises on certain commitments.
But weighing pros and cons.. It's definitely obvious that an enriching hall experience will never outshine an impressive grade once I step out of the gallows of NUS. It's ironic how I used to persuade people to stay on last time while I'm the one that's bowing out now.. gracefully I hope.
When I read my horoscope last night I didn't have a good feeling about my results...
"Change can be stressful, and that applies to changes for the better, too. It means leaving behind what was familiar and embarking on a new way of life. And you definitely have some changes (for the better) heading your way. So how can you minimize the stress and maximize the positive? You can acknowledge that things might be crazy for a little while. And that things will settle down soon. And, yes, that things are definitely (most definitely) going to be different around here."
Disgustingly apt right?
Hopefully a fulfilling dinner, a good run and a decent sleep will tide me through this.
D805 out for grabs.
Signed off at
7:00 pm
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