Tis the Season

So I was at the airport on Thursday and Friday to get people to download Digital Conceirge, which is essentially a handphone application which tells you where to go for shopping and food and that kind of stuff. It just so happens that the tourism board was having some kind of talk so there was a booth set up. It seems that the tour guides and all are very excited about this service so it was easy stuff. It was intense at times and relaxing at others.



On the bright side I got to enjoy the Christmas decorations and the wide open indoor spaces of the airport. Ooh, and I almost lost my wallet when I left it on the tray at BK where I was having my Double Mushroom Swiss. I went back about 2 hours later and luckily enough they kept it for me and it wasn't taken away by some random person. The staff there was really nice and even asked me to check its contents before leaving. I was too relieved that I found it to bother whether the money was there. I did withdraw 100 bucks that day though!

On Friday I worked only for 2 hours before going back to hall to rest.

I met David at City Hall at night for dinner. We ate at the foodcourt at Marina because I'm fucking broke.



And the view of the city skyline was good. It's probably the only reason why I would want to sit outdoors! David and I caught up on each others' lives. We ate till it turned dark, discussing his lifestyle in Australia, how the people were like, how studying there was like etc. etc. I think we might organise a class BBQ or something of that sort... just that we've got to think of other activities to go along with it.



I like the lights on the trees (although such blatant wastage of electricity contributes to global warming). It looks like the trees are wearing extra long dangly ear jewellery!

Being as broke as I was, we ended up going to 7-11 for a drink. It turns out that the things there were as disgustingly priced and we ended up buying Pocardi Sweat fir the simple reason that it was going at two for $2! Yeah, I'm quite repulsed at how I'm scrimping on the cents and depriving myself of a good Coke when I'm out but.... that's just how being broke (and not rich) is.



After enjoying our drink at the counter, we made our way to Shihlin in anticipation of eating the chicken cutlet! We hunted for it high and low, having seen it while walking to 7-11, but loosing it because the place was so huge! When we finally reached, they told us that some fan was spoilt and they couldn't make it for us.

They might've as well closed the shop!

So, tired of walking around the place (and not having the mood to see things that I cannot buy due to my current poorness), we made our way to Swensons where the both of us shared a Topless 5.



This combination's good despite lacking in variety of colour! Can't remember all the flavours, but next time you could probably try getting all the flavours which are brown!

Blake Lewis - Audio Day Dream

Blake Lewis is definitely one of the most exciting artists I've come across in a long time. I haven't been a fan of American Idol. I think the last time I watched it was the season with Fantastia. Despite not following the lastest season, I've heard a lot about the contestant who has had the guts to break out from mere singing and incorporated beat-boxing. One thing I thought was great was that he had a unique character, he stood out and he already had an idea of what his signature sound would be.

Sorta reminds me of Daniel Bedingfield.

This album is all over the place, with all sorts of different sounds and genres mixed into it. I like the spontaneity and the fact that it sounds like him. This is, of course, in contrast to Britney who probably roped in all the producers she wanted asked them to write for her and just pick out those that sound like what she wanted. She has musical vision, but its not the same as what Blake has, which would probably sound tighter and more focused with a couple more albums.

I think he freaked record execs out with the album he was trying to make but thanks to recent successes with the electronic sound from producers like Timbaland, this album kind of sounds like Justin Timberlake-lite.

There are a couple of stand out tracks including the lead single Break Anotha, Gots to Get Her and How Many Words. I might get this album before I get Blackout. Yeah, I haven't bought it yet!

Wet Vball

And so the day finally came for us all to go Sentosa for some sun, sand and sea. Daniel, Sandar, Kairong and I made our way down from hall to Harbourfront before meeting Kelvin, Wei Wei and Yu Lian there. We were very worried about the weather as it was drizzling in most places on our train ride to Harbourfront.



Anyway, we made our way there in the end and the weather was really crap. It was drizzling. Okay, so it was probably a bit heavy for a drizzle but we were still optimistic that the weather we improve so we played vball and frisbee at the pavilion. My roomie then made his grand entrance! Haha... after that there was this group of guys who asked us to play vball with them.

It was probably the time when the rain was the lightest but as we progressed further to the next 5 matches, the rain got significantly heavier. It could no longer be classified as a drizzle but we didn't really give a damn and continued playing. In fact it got so bad that the ball was soaked and heavy till I couldn't get it over the net while serving half the bloody time! Just looking up at the ball in the sky caused our eyeballs to be assaulted by humungous raindrops which in turn shifted our contact lens around. Kel temporarily lost vision in one eye till it was his turn to serve! Luckily it shifted back! I had a lot of fun despite getting drenched in the rain. In fact it was a first for me to be playing in that kind of heavy rain - definitely an unforgettable experience. There came a point in time where we started shivering but continued defiantly despite the cold wind, bad visibility and heavy ball.

After that Ivan, Shaun, Guo Wei, Clarence, Ah Soon and Ming Ming came down after finishing their dim sum buffet at Vivo and after devouring the curry puffs that they bought us, we continued a couple more matches of volleyball. My roomie was rather enthu about playing soccer and so we did. It's probably the first time I handled the ball for such a long time. I suck big time at soccer and almost no one can get me to play it. Despite my inexperience I had a lot of fun assisting a couple of goals and being part of the team.

The rest of them went back while we continued to chill some more.



And cam-whored a bit more. The weather really sucked. It didn't even show the tiniest signs of improvement. I was repulsed. Of all days why did it have to rain with such continuity...



We continued with more volleyball. Okay, I'm kind of addicted to it. I just can't stop but I think Kelvin and Sandar are just a little bit more hardcore than me. Or a lot. Haha... I know there'll be plenty more vballing this hols. In fact as I'm typing this exhaustedly (because of work and other nonsense stuff I had to deal with today), the gang of them are out there playing volleyball still. The rhythmic hitting of the ball is kind of soothing in a weird way.



Things guys do when girls (specifically Sandar) take longer in the shower.

We had our very late lunch at Food Junction, which was disgustingly expensive. The nasi lemak was fantastic though! I've never tasted such good stuff in a long time. The price wasn't justified because I still cannot fanthom spending 6 dollars plus on a plate of nasi lemak. Outrageous!



On the way back we camwhored some more with Daniel's T-100, the camera I used to sell by the hundreds but never had enough money to afford. I like my trusty Sony camera though, it's just lacking one digit - T-10! This picture reminds me of the the cheer "muscle muscle jiu shi li liang" or something like that. For some reason I find the cheer very... freaky.

The next day after working at Changi Airport for Digital Conceirge, I made my way down to Hair Profile for a haircut. I didn't get one that was as fantastic as my previous one, but now I know the name of the guy who did it so the next time I'm going there, I'm going to request for his service. My current hair isn't too bad though, it's just that it isn't very... unique.



Feeling ANTM-ish! Liqi got me hooked onto it again...



So we did some poses to get in the mood just before watching yesterday's episode where Bianca got eliminiated! Haha...

Sports Freak

I've had an absolutely insane week so far and I'm loving almost every second of it. On Monday I went to watch Pan Wei Bo's mini-concert (which didn't allow photography DAMMIT) with Hall Queen. Haha... his dancing was good. I was thoroughly entertained by his prescence (radiating shuai-qi in every direction) and his showmanship. However he only sang 4 songs, and one encore, which was the duet with Angela Zhang, Kuai Le Chong Bai. Of course Angela didn't appear - it was only a recording. He was pitch-perfect but someone one suspects that is not all that is needed to be a good singer. He was pleasant and funny on stage and really enthusiastic about playing Charades. However the showcase really showcased how he's being marketed more as an idol than as a singer. I was much more moved by Zhang Zhen Yue's appearance in NTU a couple of months ago, despite not being a fan. With Wilber, I could almost rap along word for word to his first single Bi Hu Man Bu (Crawling Gecko or something!), but he sort of lost me somewhere along the way in his career and seeing him live didn't change that. He had a hugging session after that though... but JY and I didn't stay to watch it!

Instead we rushed to JP to catch Hero, which was bloody good. I think I'll give it a 4/5. You don't have to watch the TV series to be entertained and it's no wonder it's the biggest blockbuster of the year in Japan. I thought the storyline was tight and the pacing was rather good. It's nice to see some cinematography that isn't so typical of Hollywood films. Refreshing to say the least. Also the highly talented and comical cast brought the film to a whole new level. Definitely one of the best movies I've seen outside Hollywood this year.

I've never been good at sports, but I do enjoy them tremedously.

So I had water polo on Tuesday morning and that almost drowned me. I'm just not that good in water I suppose but I'll still go for training, as long as I'm not allowed to be a liability during the match! It was cool, as my roomie put it, to be in the water, throwing balls and getting a tan. Although we didn't really turn dark after that!

Headed back to hall for a couple of hours of rest before going off to Hall 2 to attend training for my school's volleyball team. I enjoyed myself warming up and mixing around with people from CS. Haha... I'm more of a hall person so I do value the opportunity. After that I went to NIE court for more volleyball with my hall, and that was really another level. I was really knocked out by the end of the training. The match was thrilling. I can't believe I managed to serve balls properly during practice yet missed TWICE during the match itself. It's retarded. Blargh.

I was aching all over and feeling a sense of satisfaction after the long day. Although I'm looking forward to more training, I don't think I'll be able to after staring at my bank balance. Time to take on my jobs. =(

Anyway, I've just received photos from Dan-the-man (or in Sandars' terms "big Daniel") of our Sentosa trip yesterday. As you might recall it was pouring buckets (whoever uses the expression "cats and dogs" should really be sent back to kindergarten) but we had a hell of a time all the same. More on that tomorrow or something!

Enjoy the freaking hols people!

Random Stuff and Dan's Bday

My roomie was hungry during the exam period and tried to flatten me into Roti Prata.

Anyway LQ, YP and I went to KBox last Friday. I was quite excited becuase I haven't been there for 3-4 months! Usually I visit the place a couple of times a month, so the feeling was kind of like finding an oasis in the desert. It quenched my thrist for singing. I sang my usual stuff...



Yeah, that one, and Toxic, and Wu Niang etc. etc. I'm good at the old songs. I haven't been listening to new stuff. I did regret not singing Jolin's Ai Wu She! Go go sister... go go brother!



The food's really good. It's damn cool that they replaced the fruits with the muahchi! I don't really know what that's called but it tastes damn good! The food at Kbox is always improving!



Qi singing some very sad kind of song. The one that requires chang1 shang1 voice! Yi Ping sang well too. I've got a video of her rendition of Umbrella! Haha... we got damn high singing that one.

And yesterday I made my way down to Sembawang to celebrate DG's birthday.



Ate and played mahjong. I think I need a serious mahjong session really soon. My past two sessions didn't involve money, and weren't that fast and furious. I'm not very good at it, but I just crave playing it... Sam, GF, Ivan?



The four of us army mates... who travelled to Thailand, Bintan and Taiwan!

Cos I Can

One of my better works in awhile. It took me about 2 hours. I'm just a little bit out of practice but Sidney gave me some feedback, and it'll be better the next time round! Made a wallpaper for him using a couple of pics he sent me last month. Sorry it took so long dude, hope you liked it!