gone sailing

a combination of the dreary rain and the retardedly slow internet speeds caused a few days of abject misery where there was pretty much nothing to do. except eat. -_-

well, glad weather finally turned better on thurs and especially TODAY! bright sunny skies! =) so happy! now i noe why ang-mohs come to Singapore and are so eager to soak up the sun whilst we Singaporeans rush into shopping centers and think the ang-mohs are siao. lol

aniwez, went sailing yesterday where I lernt several things abt life(wah.. so philosophical life)..

1. sometimes its good to be patient and wait for wind instead of pointlessly tugging the rudder left and right... haha.. it was nice to just sit in the lil' sail boat and wind for wind to pick up.. look at the surroundings (besides the water) and admire the scenery singapore has to offer.

2. sometimes in life storms are the most memorable and fun part of your life. trust me, the most fun part of the expedition was when we kena caught in the storm and the torrential rain just obfuscated stuff and made sailing really tough, but the accompanying wind was.. SUPERB for sailing.. haha (shit.. gonna get scolded by my mom le)

3. to discover new lands you need to have courage to lose sight of the shore. OBS motto(?).. but haha.. i'm a scaredy cat who doesn't dare to venture too far lest I capsize or what shit, and I'm equally scared of the debris floating around the sea, ranging from corpse-looking plastic bags, to snake-like branches and twigs.. gives me a serious shudder.. lol. i'm a chicken man. now you noe eh liksin.. haha

4. sometimes, when you suck at something, just relac and give yourself an escape clause by saying you wanted to have a leisurely time doing the thing.. HAHAHA...i fully utilised this today.. cos i realised i couldnt pull my sail to the required close-haul position, so I let it hang at around beam requirements and them steered my boat in the beam directions.. haha.. oh man.. whatever lah.. I couldn't blame the weather, the cold-ness, my sailboat or what.. but it's pretty much cos I sucked that I never could catch up with the rest of the sail boats.. lol.. man

haha.. i've been too frank man.. but well.. sailing's fun =) liksin says if i think i suck i should go for more. -_-.. hehe.. let's see lor.. somehow i think i have developed a phobia for dirt and stuff.. becoming too obsessed with cleanliness.. is the army effect wearing thin? haha.. i dunno

the censored truth

some random thoughts

- on sending e-cards for Christmas.
I was chuckling when I embarked on my tradition-breaking activity of writing cards yesterday night when I was highly amused by certain features on Bluemountain cards. first, what's with the mass-christmas card sending function? i mean, what's the point if you don't personalize the card?! u might as well be sending spam sia.

then came the clincher - bluemountain has this function saying - "can't figure what to write? click here to generate random greeting messages." WTH!?!? wah. now besides mass sending, people need help!? to even come out with some sensible warm greetings or care/concern? then seriously what's the point!? oh well.

- on others breaking bond.
well.. on hindsight.. freedom of speech comes at a price. i ain't willing to pay that. =) just say i'm quite saddened by the breaking of bond of fellow scholars.. cannot comprehend why, especially at such a premature stage. has something gone wrong with our selection process and the whole scheme in its entirety?

amazing food race singapore

i think im getting obsessed with the quest for good food. good singapore food. lol.. oh well it's fun.. im like ticking off my list of stuff with chicken rice, hokkien mee, tang yuan, S11 ban lian, roti prata, nasi lemak etc.. lol

now its time to hit the malls and nice jap restaurants etc!! haha..

oh well.. i love saturdays in singapore - a super combo of k box, lan session and then walking around the curiously unappealing vivocity and finding out that i'm dead cos the toilet sensors do not register my hands. -_-

honestly i've realised that sadly, Singaporeans favourite pasttime is to throng new malls and find new ways to enjoy sipping coffee after walking around vast shopping megaplexes. which kinda explains the crowd at vivocity. oh well. -_- and i realised i'm now a REFORMED shopaholic!! no more does the mention of GAP or levi's or stuff send a tingle down my spine nor does the prior magnetism of topman and zara have any effect. i was pretty bored (gasp!) strolling down the main aisles of vivo! hahaha!

though well.. saw a lot of potential good food places to try.. hehe.. lik sin whenever you're free again k? lol.. any other good food recommendations also can! =) heheh.. i'm swapping shopaholism for foodaholism.. kinda not too good also.. but well.. im only in sg for that long..

kk.. im dead tired. dunno why also.. can't possibly still be jet-lagged.. but oh well.. gonna zzzz

NYC on a shoestring budget

back in Singapore!!! yippeee!! but actually for consolation to all those still in US, the food that we swooned about so much in US is.. hmmz.. not THAT amazing lah. but still.. yummy =)

recap abit abt the nyc trip with WY and WJ.. i went around with the mentality of spending nada on shopping and absolute minimum on eating.. and well.. i think i made it lor.. i spend a whopping $40+ dollars in my 3 days disregarding accomodation.. and that's taking into account the $21 spend on transportation for the subway. seriously.. u can die of poverty by taking the US metro.

went to Bryant Park to the Pond, intending to skate but the queue stretched round the park twice.. so nada.. -_- then i realised Bryant Park was so familiar cos it was where the Project Runway Finale was held and then went on a photo spree..


sigh.. so much ice.. no way to skate..



found some unbelievable food bargains along the way.. including 5 dumplings for a fricking 1 dollar and sesame bun for 50cents.. 50 CENTS!!! i hardly knew such prices existed.


Saks 5th avenue


me being silly at the M&M's shop at times square


wall of M&Ms


the beautiful christmas tree and skating rink @ Rockefeller


Rockefeller again.

kk.. gonna go traipsing around Singapore to complete my Amazing Singapore Food Race le =)

i'm tired...

whoopee!! finally have cleared all exams and hopefully (presumably) need not write back to my scholarship place to explain dismal grades or what.. lol

which means it's time to focus on winter break. my break's simple.. HOME BOUND! =) drooling over alot of sgp food liao.. torture lor.. lol.

oh well.. i need recuperate first.. had a helluva day playing (losing) too much mahjong and doing too many irrelevant things. it's wierd ain't it? the things you crave for and waste time on doing during exams period turn out to be much less fun when you have finished all your exams.. hmmz

kk.. nitez

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

ok.. i noe my psych finals is tmr.. but honestly, when the first real snow blankets ithaca, who can help but go out, soak in some lost childhood, have some snowball fights, and envision some winter sonata scenes!?! lol.. well.. i couldn't resist. =)


outside my dorm


cars snowed in


the beauty is just.. haiz.. indescribable


battlegrounds - appel field


WY and her futile attempt to make a snowman


snow calligraphy! lol!

kk.. back to work

so sick

I'M SICK OF STUDYING. sighz.. who isnt.



first few days of snow finally coming. what a long wait. and yeah.. i took the photo from inside my dorm with the wire mesh there. there's no way im gonna brave the cold for one silly picture. lol

kinda sucks when you are (most prob) gonna study on your bday. haiz. oh well.. waiting for delicious delicious stuff at singapore and then going back NY for more skating, red lobster, wicked and cheesecake!!!

haiz.. back to work and dreary takeouts for now bah.

the present also kind sucks when you look into the future.

btw, for those interested to know:
15 - 18th dec - NYC
18 - 20th dec - NYC enroute Singapore (2.. days -_-)
16 - 16th jan - back to NYC.. to the frigid cold.

haha.. aniwez temperatures have been at consistent negatives, but my power abercrombie jacket pretty much keeps me warm. for now. lol. =)

and i din spend a bomb on it. =) yippee!

kk.. really going back to work

going horse crazy

today started off pretty chilly as compared to the past week of warm nice weather.. oh well.. haha, the yesterday i was still gleeful that I was wearing short sleeves in the winter. -_-


there's supposed to be snow flurries in the picture.. but it's too small to be seen

well aniwez went for my last horse riding lesson for the semester.. and haha.. went around taking pictures of the cute horsies, esp my favourite, CAL. the wild horse I rode for like the first 6 lessons, who refused to turn in the direction you wanted and insisted on going way to fast. lol.. Cal is a really good complaint boy besides the occasional nibble when he tries to get food from ya.


Cal looking pensive and then looking shocked as I leant back to take a shot

as compared to Ioway. -_-.. rode Ioway for the following few lessons who honestly gave me so many problems my interest in horseriding waned.. lol.. he refused to wear his bit, refused to lift his hooves, started trotting out of his stall when i momentarily unclipped him and so on.. -_-.. and it's really no use fighting a horse. you simply cannot. and when riding him, he can completely fall asleep and refuse to move despite kicking, whipping, jostling and whistling at him.


naughty horse!

haha.. so u can sorta guess which horse i rode for my final lesson. CAL! so fun.. well.. that's it for my horseriding stint i guess.. it's been fun. =)

update

it's 3.23AM here at i still haven slept. omg. and it's not due to studying.

i think some of us went slightly crazy and we basically played gq's heroscape till 3.00.. -_- and btw, heroscape IS the boardgame that was within the toys 'r' us bag. -_-

which pretty much means i screwed up my studying schedule. and with finals looming a week ahead.. haiz.. oh well.. err i'll not do anything else except mug for the next few days.. lol

which also means that.. I'M GOING HOME SOON! haha.. quite estatic cos I pretty much miss the food in Singapore.. hmmz.. not that the food here sucks lah.. but eating at Appel Commons for dinner and Oakenshields for lunch every single fricking day does not sound appealing in anyway. -_- speaking of which, went to try out Risley food today during Hogwart's Nite... basically a nite where the Risley pple dress up as characters like Malfoy, Myrtle, Hagrid and so on and the hall is supposedly decked up just like the Banquet Hall..

err.. not too impressed though. lol. but the costumes were nice. =) SSA should hold some feste like that also lor.. haha

oh rite.. that's it.. really needa sleepz.. ciao!