Voice Blog - Talking About Potato

Another Jay-Cast in Ch1na on the Eve of Christmas' Eve. All on account of my deep friendship with Pam that I had to miss Christmas back in Singapore again. Still, I think it was worth the little sacrifice just to be able to be at the wedding reception in person. Instead, I wish to offer my apologies for not being to spend more time with you while we were both in Singapore. A big regret for me for not allocating enough time to be in Singapore. I hope you would be kind and understanding to forgive me for that.

Anyway, long audio blog this time with lotsa stuff, including a very lame but cute joke told to me by Daphne from Wala Wala circa 1995.

Enjoy.
---> Jay-Cast 2005-12-23 @ ChangAn

Note: For those who have difficulties getting the sound clip e.g. the audio would not stream, may I suggest that you right-click and save as to download the clip to your computer before playing it?

- Voxeros

1. vanna left...

Saturday, 24 December 2005 11:00 am

long long audio entry but FINALLY!!! hahahahahhaha
yesh, murphy was nice not to let me suffer the potency of it but i not tat lousy also leh :P
great to see u & hope to see u around when u r back again
berry merry xmas :)

2. JayWalk left...

Saturday, 24 December 2005 1:55 pm ::

Vanna: Not tat lousy? Is that a challenge?
Hor seh liao. Piah jiu liao!!!
Come back, confirm I sure jio you go lim jiu liao!

3. vanna left...

Saturday, 24 December 2005 2:17 pm

*in a demure voice*
drink slowly can lah..
drink fast sure collapse lor

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Saturday, 24 December 2005 3:06 pm :: 

Vanna: ONZE!!!

5. akk left...

Monday, 26 December 2005 11:15 pm

oy.....half way boh siah....both streaming and saving the clip onto desktop.

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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 1:32 am ::

akk: sorry! Fix liao. Transfer to an alternative server liao.

Senses Meme (Part 5) - Smell

The title of this blog entry reminded me of one of my favourite movies - "Scent Of A Woman", starring Al Pacino. The sense of smell is perhaps the strongest of my 5 senses as I have a very sensitive nose. I can detect and differentiate a lot of different smells both pleasant and unfortunately unpleasant as well. Did you know that if you lose the ability to smell, you will also lose the ability to taste?

Anyway, coming back to the "scent of a woman". Yup, I want to talk about fragrances i.e. Parfum, Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette, Eau de Cologne and Splash Cologne.

I remember being 15 when I put on my first fragrance. Nothing fanciful. Just a modest Eau de Toilette by Gatsby and I remembered buying it from Oriental Emporium on the second floor of Holland Shopping Centre (Holland Village), where House of Lim handicrafts is occupying now.

Then, I graduated to my first "non-supermarket" fragrance. It was an Aramis and I was in JC1. Cost me a bomb back then as it was pretty expensive by student standards. Fortunately, a bottle was able to last me about a year and so it really ain't that bad if you amortised it over 12 months.

I also remembered my first "fragrance disaster". It was a Thursday morning after swimming PE class in ACS Barker Road. We were in ACJC then and so after swimming and the subsequent shower, we changed back into our school uniforms and I accidentally over-dosed on the Aramis. I forgot I sprayed already and I applied it a second time. As the chartered bus is packed, my overpowering Aramis must have gagged the back half of the bus all the way back to Dover Close East. Big mistake and an important lesson learnt that day.

As there are so many difference fragrance out there in the market, I made it a point to try a different one every time though I have an affinity towards the fruity and the flora. From the first Aramis to Tuscany to Armani to Boss to Obsession to Egosite and countless more. Last check? Bvlgari Aqva. The only time when I stuck to one fragrance repeatedly is when it was the then-girlfriend's favourite and so for those who have been long time friends of mine, you would have guessed that it's Christian Dior Fahrenheit and Davidoff Cool Water. Separate times of my life, of course.

Enough about me and let's move on the scent of the woman. Like Achilles' heel or Kryptonite on Superman, the sense of smell can also be my greatest weakness. I am not talking about just taking and spraying any perfume off the shelf to get me hooked. I am talking about that intoxicating and totally mesmerising scent arising from the perfect mix of a woman and her perfume in the perfect dosage.

Take me! Enslave me!

Different perfume reacts differently with different people. That's why, you can have a scent that smell so good on a woman, and absolutely horrid on another. Some can have the scent linger throughout the day, while other last as short as 30 minutes using the same bottle.

Then there is the art of figuring out the perfect dosage. There is breath-taking and there is breath-taking. The difference? One takes your breath away while the other simply asphyxiates you.

The rule of thumb is that if you have people coming up to you and ask what fragrance you are using, you have used too much. The fragrance of a woman can be used as a tool of seduction. It draws the guy closer to the woman in order for him to continue to soak in her little piece of olfactory heaven. However, the natural scent of the woman should be the main ingredient of this nasal drug for after all, the perfume smells the same everywhere on its own. It is the woman's body bouquet that elevates her above the rest.

Never overdo the fragrance. After all, the guy want to smell you and not Jean Paul Gautier.

So. To the good people out there, what is your scent?

Image Credit: http://www.fragrancenet.com

- Voxeros

1. akk left...

Friday, 16 December 2005 10:45 am

BO. :)

2. JayWalk left...

Friday, 16 December 2005 11:53 am ::

akk: BO? Hmm... now that's a tricky one. Perhaps there is such a think as an acquired smell?
I mean take durian for instance? Some love it, other loathe it. Go figure.

3. hitomi left...

Friday, 16 December 2005 5:59 pm

You mean to say you like BO? *LOL*

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Friday, 16 December 2005 9:44 pm

What a coincidence, my ex used to wear Christian Dior Fahrenheit too, seems like it's a common choice among guys in the late teens.
I am going to get/hope to receive Dior's Pure Poison for Christmas XD
I think I have about 8 - 9 bottles of perfume at home, my fav now is Hugo Boss Deep Red, very sensual ...

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Saturday, 17 December 2005 8:16 am ::

hitomi: Hah! I knew someone is going to come up with that! Might as well be you.
Well, the answer to that question is no especially if the BO is due to hygenic reasons. Yeeew.....
I am just saying that different strokes for different folks i.e. I can't represent everybody. e.g. some girls like the sweaty smell of men. So how do you explain that?

Lynne: Hmm.... you sure we have never met hor? ~LOL!!

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Sunday, 18 December 2005 11:15 am

i like romanceeeeeee...
haha
anyway, cannot spray too much.. there was once i did tat too.. same exact scene.. the bus got over-powered with my perfume.. abit embarrassing.
hahahaha

7. nadnut left...

Sunday, 18 December 2005 11:24 am

i like ckone!

8. JayWalk left...

Sunday, 18 December 2005 5:28 pm ::

Vanna: But sometimes you happened to be out for an extended period of time are concern about the scent (or rather the lack of) towards the end of the day.
In that situation, perhaps it would be wiser to carry the bottle along and have a refresher spritz somewhere in the middle of the day.

nadnut: ckOne is nice but when it first launched, I refused to buy it coz the whole Orchard Road was smelling like ckOne due to an overly aggressive marketing efforts by all the shopping malls.

9. An left...

Monday, 19 December 2005 11:50 am

yah.. I also like Ckone and Estee Lauder's Pleasure. But both were too 'popular' when they were first launched. Other favs include Issey Miyaki, Davidoff Cool Water and Polo Raphl. Currently... Friend's nose allergy to perfumes made me forgo them all. haaa!! The bottles are languishing in my cabinet... sigh...
I really dislike people who do excessive spraying. It clogs up my nostrils and I will start gagging...
If u have BO, pls use anti-deodorants and a bit (not over-powering) of perfume to hide it. :)

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Tuesday, 20 December 2005 10:14 am :: 

You have to forgo all perfumes just for ONE friend??? *raised eyebrow*
Actually the thing about BO is that if it is mild, they can be resolved with the application of anti-perspirant. For more serious case, a trip to the doctor is definitely a good idea.

11. zeenie left...

Tuesday, 20 December 2005 12:48 pm

I loved that movie. Scent wise, i used to be a polo ralph lauren user, but now quite hard to find the particular one that i used to use.

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Tuesday, 20 December 2005 5:35 pm :: 

Zeenie: Polo Ralph Lauren is not bad although it is a tad to woody for my liking.
I am more inclined towards fruity and flora scents.

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Tuesday, 20 December 2005 9:44 pm

I dun think so lah, unless your name is Daniel and you went to CJC in the late 80s? :)

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Wednesday, 21 December 2005 9:02 am :: 

Lynne: Wah heng ah... not me though I did go to CJC in the late 80s.. er... acherly it's ACJC to be exact. :P

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Wednesday, 21 December 2005 10:59 am

?? Then let my friend suffer arh?? She will go sneezing and sniffing and gagging... Anyway if u bath regularly, and no have BO, then wat for?? It will also be alright if u dun spray any perfume. hehehehe!!!

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Wednesday, 21 December 2005 11:55 am

haiz...i didn't mean that i like BO lah...You asked 'what's your scent?' so I answered.
I used to put perfume a long time ago, now I just spray lavender talc. only I can smell myself, its too light. but i like it this way. :)

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Wednesday, 21 December 2005 3:00 pm :: 

Anna Koh: This must have been one special friend! Could the sneezing, sniffing and gagging be a case of being overwhelmed or more of a case of being ultra sensitive?
Then again, the smell of soap from a freshly showered body can also smell pretty good too.

akk: Hmm... so that's the scent of lavender lingering in my car??

18. Lynne left...

Wednesday, 21 December 2005 9:23 pm

Why you said "heng ah", be my ex-bf very "suay" meh?!?!?! :(

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Wednesday, 21 December 2005 11:06 pm :: 

Lynne: wah so touchy! I meant "heng ah" as in the world is not THAT SMALL.
Arh bor have to go buy TOTO/4D liao.

20. aloe left...

Thursday, 22 December 2005 9:17 am

sensitive nose. She gives her perfumes away when she gets them as gifts. LOL! And usually her sis the one who gets them. Hiaz... but I did get the last one that she receives! Hahahahah!!

21. JayWalk left...

Thursday, 22 December 2005 9:38 am :: http://voxeros.blog-city.com

Anna Koh: So what was the last one that you received?

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Thursday, 22 December 2005 9:22 pm

XP
I am sure we will make a fine couple ... a couple of notti students!! Hahahaha

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Friday, 23 December 2005 8:50 am ::

Lynne: Ooo.. juicy... blog leh! :P

24. aloe left...

Friday, 23 December 2005 10:21 am

I was always a good student... hahahahaahahhahaha!!! lol!! :P
I can't remember... it was from shiseido though...

25. JayWalk left...

Friday, 23 December 2005 12:03 pm :: 

Anna: "Good" as in "You are Good!"
or
"Good" as in "You GOOD!"
Which one? :P

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Friday, 23 December 2005 9:30 pm

Haha, you wish man!!
Wish harder ...

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Saturday, 24 December 2005 12:08 am ::

Lynne: Aiyah.... you no fun one...

Can't blame me for trying though. :P

Senses Meme (Part 4) - Taste

As I have mentioned that good food is nothing without good company. As such, I shall, in this particular blog entry, assume that good company is a already a given.

I love food.

When it comes to enjoying a good meal, I let my tongue have the final say rather than follow our cultural norms. You know the saying that goes

"Red meat with red wine, white meat with white wine"?

I say screw that lah. If I enjoy my pittsburgh-rare steak with a bottle of Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, who is going to stop me?

And that brings me to a story of a meal with an acquaintance here in Ch1na. He was a retired local official and I brought him to a nice steak house nearby for some excellent New York cut. So there we were chatting while waiting for the main course to arrive. In the interim, we had our apperitifs, soup and salad. Then came a basket of garlic bread and he asked for jam (as in strawberry/raspberry/grape/etc conserve) to go with the garlic bread. This was quite a shock to everyone, myself included and what followed was a slew of apologies from the waitresses that they do not have jams for the garlic bread.

Initially, I rolled my eyes and started running condescending thoughts in my head about my guest. However, after replaying the scene in my head over and over again, I started to question myself who I am to judge how garlic bread should be eaten? I mean who died and made me the next Julia Child? Eventually, I let the whole matter rest but I was still upset with my guest about that incident on another matter. There he was letting go a tirade about how lousy the restaurant was on the grounds that they do not have the simplest of jam. Then he proceeded to give me a lecture of how widely traveled he was and he would like to "teach me" about garlic bread with jam. What insolence!

To sum everything up, the food was good but I had a lousy evening coz the company was crap. I haven't contacted him since.

Coming back to the main topic, I for one, am never a person to be swayed easily by the price tag. Just because a bottle is high up in the menu, doesn't mean that it is the ideal bottle for me. However, it must also be said that probability-wise, the chances of getting the lousy wine is lower when the price is higher. Well, most of the time lah.

We have our expensive champagne under the labels of Louis Roederer Cristal, Dom Perignon, Krug etc. but somehow my all time favourite is the little-known Bruno Paillard, one of the youngest independent (read: not commercialised... yet) Champagne Houses. Very yummy bubbly but without the over-the-top price tag, signifying that I am paying mostly for what's inside the bottle and not what's outside. Purists may be appalled by my selection for this is one Champagne House that has to buy grapes from other vineyards instead of growing the grapes on their own. Like most other mainstreamed labels, Bruno Paillard, is also a blended champagne using Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. As such, with that and without the "pedigree status" of the having their own grapes, the Bruno Paillard, takes quite a beating and is placed quite low in the pecking order.

However, as long as I like it. It is all that matters to me.

p.s. I first got to know Bruno Paillard, in a restaurant in Pasir Panjang Village called The Wharf more than 10 years ago before the restaurant closed its doors a few years later. However, I was presently surprised to see the reapperance of this bubbly at Les Amis outlets e.g. The Canteen and Sebastien's Bistrot. While the restaurants offers the champagne on their menu, I was delighted to discover that the wine shop attached to Sebastien's Bistrot (Greenleaf Road), sells them by the bottle. Check it out if you have the chance!

- Voxeros

1. akk left...

Friday, 16 December 2005 10:44 am

erm...i eat the sausages from mcdonald's hotcakes with syrup and pepper.... ahem...just my 2 cents....ahem.

2. JayWalk left...

Friday, 16 December 2005 11:52 am ::

akk: Syrup and pepper on hotcakes? Now that's an interesting combination. Must try it for myself when I get the chance.

Senses Meme (Part 3) - Touch

I have always love the cold. It just the sudden drop in temperature (like getting out of a warm car into the cold night) that I hate.

I remember how during the school holidays when we were kids, how we used to stick ourselves inside the hot sauna, getting ourselves all heated up and then dashed out, plunging head first into the swimming pool. The gush of chilly refreshness engulfing your entire body in that split second is beyond words. Ahh... the good old days. Ahh.... choo!

Now what's that about hating to adjust to sudden drop in temperatures? Well, swimming pool water in Singapore is 24 degrees Celsius at best and so I won't count running from sauna to pool exactly drastic change in temperature, now would we? I mean it's not like I run out and start rolling in the snow, right? Just normal Singapore outdoor swimming pool water lah. Piece of cake!

After being away from Singapore for quite a number of years already, I am having a hard time getting used to the barmy weather back home that leaves you hot and sticky. On the other hand, I don't envy the weather over at Vandice's, Lynne's or Heatherina's respective places where it is probably sub-zero temperature at this time of the year.

Even Pam's, Vysia's or Faythxz's warmer weather (10 degrees Celsius) is a pain in the ass as that would mean that I have to switch to long sleeves. Damn leceh. If it is slightly about 10 degrees, still ok. I can tahan wearing a vest on top of my short sleeved polo t-shirt. So perhaps now peeps like AKK and Sheena would understand why I didn't feel cold the last time when we were inside Eski-Bar. It's just a pub with a strong aircon lah.

Weather at my place is like Hong Kong due to our proximity and it currently averages around 15 to 20 degrees. Just nice! A good indicator of the chilling weather is that you gradually find yourself getting harder and harder to wake up each morning. You are just so comfortable under the warm blankets!

Piping hot food also gets to me as I am always the last guy to finish a bowl of soup noodles. I remembered during my NS BMT days where I always asked for half a cup of milo instead of a full cup, so that I could run over to the tap and fill up the rest with tap water in order to cool it down. That way, I would be able to gulp down my breakfast in under 5 minutes as required by the bladdy chao Corporal.

Now thinking back, is my intolerance to high temperature an indicator of my low threshold for pain?

I wonder.

Talking about pain, there is the BIG pain and there is the SMALL pain. Big pain would be stuff like injuries, wounds, needles, etc. Small pain would be like ant bite, bee sting, poke eye, scraped knee (ang moh ones) etc. I realised that I can be quite the warrior when it comes to big pain but ironically a real puss when it comes to the small ones.

What is brown and 360 degrees?

It's a stupid game that we played when we were back in ACJC. Someone would go to an unsuspecting victim and asked the above question. The question would be answered when the prankster reached for the victim's nipple and twist it a full 360. While doing it, he has to say "Whistle and I will let go."

The first time I kena, I failed miserably with the whistling part (I can't whistle with a twisted nipple!) which led me to the next question:

What is brown on one side and purple the other?

Ouch.

- Voxeros

1. kIm left...

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 11:42 am

How to whistle with a twisted nipple?!? I lost my ability to whistle in recent years. :(
Anyway, a twisted nipple is considered small pain ar?

2. mht left...

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 2:21 pm

if you want to experience the 'hot and cold' stuff in s1ngapore, i believe some health centres have 'such hot & cold pools'.

3. akk left...

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 5:07 pm

argh...the games boys play...

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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 6:26 pm :: 

kIM: You can try this on your boyfriend and later ask him if it is small or big pain lor.

mht: Funny you were to put 'hot and cold pools' in quotes and not 'health centres'. Hmm.....

Akk: Looking back on hindsight, it sounded like a damn stupid game but bear in mind, we were stupid then.

5. heather left...

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 8:39 pm :: http://www.midsummergirl.com

It's friggin -10 here :) but nice and snowy!

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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 8:50 pm ::

Heather: I was in ShiJiaZhuang 2 years ago around this time of the year and it was -8 degrees.
Good thing I had my long-johns on but the problem is when you get back indoors. OMFG, I think I've cooked my nuts!

7. Lynne left...

Wednesday, 14 December 2005 9:47 pm

From weather to twisted nipples, man, you are twisted alright!
You are right on the money, bro, it started snowing like crazy again last night, and the drive to work today doubled. Will have at least a 10" accumulation, damn ...

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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 9:54 pm :: 

Lynne: Me twisted? I was merely following where the writing leads what?!!

From weather to cold to hot to hot food to pain from hot food to pain from twisted nipple.

Even if I were to omit writing about the hot food part, it would still be weather to cold to hard nipple to twisted nipple.

There is no escape the moment I start penning this blog!

There was no way I could nip (no pun intended) it in the bud!

Fate lah, I tell you!

Senses Meme (Part 2) - Hearing

Music has been a big part of my life when I grow up learning to play the organ (The instrument lah! Oh wait, the MUSICAL instrument lah!). Granted that I have all but forgotten how to play, the ability to read music and the dexterity which attributed to my "magic fingers" fortunately remained.

I learned to play the clarinet in secondary school which I then graduated to the saxophone when I was Sec 4 (all because of the saxophone solo in Careless Whisper). The transition was easy as clarinet and saxophone are very similar instruments, right down to the fingering. Perhaps, it was these 6 years of playing the clarinet and the sax that I am able to flip my thumb to the back of my hand unaided but I digress.

Anyway, because of my early exposure to music, I listened to a wide range of stuff although I have yet to full appreciate grunge, heavy metal and rap. Still, I get by with the rest of the genres out there.

Speaking of listening to music, my walkman would be with me everywhere I go. From the days of the cassette tape walkman to the current crop of portable CDs and MP3s players, my ears are plugged in all the time. Strangely, I never did like MD players. Hmm....

I remembered driving my mom's car when I just gotten my driver's license. Now my mom is your classic technophobe to the extend that she refuses to install a proper FM tuner/cassette deck in the Honda Accord. Instead, she reluctantly agreed to have the bladdy AM radio that came free with the car if not for the fact that it would have left a gaping hole in the car console. Problem is that there isn't any decent stations on AM frequencies and the closest I got was RTM Radio 4. Even with that, I got deafening blank sounds of static when the station shuts down at midnight. Grrr.....

And so I took it upon myself to buy two mini battery-operated speakers (anybody remembers Cost-Plus at Scotts Shopping Centre?) and lotsa blue-tack. Finally, with a bit of wiring and my walkman, I finally have music in the car! However, my mom was totally flabbergasted with my flash of ingenuity as the dashboard became a mesh of wires running all over the place. Apparently my "a bit" of wiring turned to be "a bit too much" instead. Well, I never said that I was an accomplished Ah Beng Car Stereo Zhng Specialist, did I? Well, after getting my head chewed off for my little pet project, I was forced to removed everything after a week of bliss in the car.

Sigh, the days of being a teenager.

Speaking of being a teenager, everybody wanted to be a DJ at that age and so I signed up with an events company as a part-time roadie. Granted that I won't have to opportunity to get on stage under the spotlights, I was contended to just be there and soaking up the atmosphere. Then on those "less important" gigs, we would occasionally get the chance to get behind the turntables and spin a couple of vinyls.

"Raise your hands in the air and wave them like you don't care!"

I am no stranger to loud music being a roadie and all. Probably that's why my sense of hearing is on and off these days.

- Voxeros

1. Jaslyn left...

Tuesday, 13 December 2005 1:45 am :: http://precious-jas.blogspot.com

Hmm.. My teenage dream I would say was to be a Radio DJ! Hahaa.. Similiar lah. Also cant live without music type.. Imagine the world without music.. It seems everybody's deaf and dumb.

2. Lynne left...

Tuesday, 13 December 2005 2:20 am

Word Up, my bro!
I love music too, I am a big Rave/Trance fan. I oso want to learn to play electric guitar like Slash! I oso want to learn to play drums too. Hehehhee

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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 10:47 am :: 

Jaslyn: I guess the closest I ever got to being a DJ is when I was running the songs dedication booths during the ACJC Fun Fairs and the NTU lunch time music.
Er... audio blog counted or not har?

Lynne: Do you know that "Word Up" is the name of the song by Cameo? I loved that song. Very 80s.

Here for the lyrics
Currently, I am into chill music, lounge and acid/fusion jazz stuff.
BTW, Madonna's latest album is pretty good! So is Pussy Cat Dolls.

4. akk left...

Tuesday, 13 December 2005 3:31 pm

i saw the pussy cat dolls MTV...i swear, they look and act like their namesake...
minus the last 2 words...

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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 3:46 pm ::

akk: They made a cameo appearance on a recent episode of Las Vegas. That's how I got to know about them. Very catchy pop-hip-hop type.

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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 9:50 pm

Yesh, I do, I love that song too. In fact, I have it on my MP3 player and on CD too, took me a long time to find it! :)

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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 10:01 pm ::

Lynne: You know the song??!! How old are you??!

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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 10:29 pm

"Probably that's why my sense of hearing is on and off these days."
ya, sure, things you want to hear, you 'switch on'; things you do not want to hear, you'll just 'switch off'. beri smart!

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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 8:55 am ::

mht: LOL!! I didn't see it that way! Good one!!

Senses Meme (Part 1) - Sight

To think I would still have perfect eyesight today had it not been for the "A"-Levels.

I was grew up under very strict upbringing where freedom as a kid was almost non-existent. (Maybe that's why I am so warped now. :P ) My life as a kid revolved around a timetable that detailed exactly what I should be doing at what time. Very regimental. Even when it's the school holidays, it's also the same. The dreaded timetable telling me when is play time, when to studying, when is art class etc.

Anyway, a glaring big part of the timetable that is missing from it is that there is no TV on school days. Quite sad lor when you are back in school the next day and you are clueless to your friends' discussion about the TV shows that they watched the day before.

Well, it's been like that since K1 to JC2 and I have had perfect eyesight all the way. It was nearing to the A-Level exams when my studying started to stretch past midnight. According to my timetable, I was supposed to be studying from 8pm to 12am. However, I would usually extend it on my own to 2am.

The stroke of midnight is routinely the time I would stop and take a break from the books and there was this one night I decided to switch on the TV, albeit secretly, just to see what's available at the hour.

God bless RTM2 where all the comedies were showing on weekday nights. Shows like Four On The Floor (Tue), The Dom Deluise Show (Wed), The Gary Shandling Show (Thu), The Benny Hill Show (Sat - TV3). These are not the mainstreamed comedy sitcoms that we usually see during prime time on SBC. These are the really good stuff. They are all half-hour sketches much like today's Saturday Night Live or MadTV.

My personal all-time favourite was  The Gary Shandling Show where even the live audience were sometimes involved in the sketch.

In a word, I was hooked.

And thus started my illicit relationship with my TV everyday at the stroke of midnight. I can't turn on the living room lights coz that would wake everybody up and I also had to turn the volume down so low that I was practically sitting right in front of the TV in order to hear anything.

It wasn't before long that it was time to sit for my A-Level preliminaries. So there I was in the middle of the exam hall and I realised something strange. The big clock that the school placed in the middle of the stage was a blur. I couldn't tell the time from where I was sitting. Yes...

... My eyes spoil liao.

I guessed I never realised the extend of my loss until I was offered the RSAF Pilot's scholarship. It was to be a 6-year contract with an 8-year bond. Like every hot-blooded male, I dreamed of being a commercial airliner pilot at the end of that. Oh yah, the movie Top Gun was all the rage back then too. :P

However, it was not to be as I failed my eyesight test during my medical examination and hence POOF! goes my scholarship. I do have to give thanks to the nice people at the medical centre for not giving up on me so easily. I was in and out of that eye-examination room at least 6 times, before we mutually agreed to throw in the towel. I was offered the Air Defense Artillery Officer scholarship as an alternative but nah.....  the idea of getting paid to 打飞机 was just not my cup of tea.

Then it was NS but I didn't bother about wearing glasses during my 2½ year stint. Nothing worthwhile to see anyway. Then it was contact lenses when I got to NTU coz by then, there were A LOT to see. hur hur hur.

I remembered my first pair of contact lens being RGP lens and lasted all of 45 minutes before it fell out in the middle of a taxi queue at Far East Plaza. Curse my rubbing hands!!

The replacement pair lasted 9 years though.

Q: Why do women rub their eyes when they wake up?
A: Coz they have no balls to scratch.

Image Credit: http://us.123rf.com

- Voxeros

1. kIm left...

Monday, 12 December 2005 10:40 am

That is so sad. My friend has been yearning to become a pilot for the longest time. But no to avail la. And he has perfect eyesight leh!
By the way, how come all pilots are male ar?!

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Monday, 12 December 2005 11:24 am

no balls to scratch? doesn't have to be her own.....*koff*

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Monday, 12 December 2005 5:37 pm ::

kIm: I believe the RSAF are starting to have female pilots already. I guess you don't see a lot of that as the new direction on policy is just taking off. Besides, you don't get a lot of female applicants to begin with.

akk: LOL!!!! Good one!!!

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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 10:33 pm

sure you are watching RTM comedies and not some pron.
no specs during NS...then your CTSS how? (isn't called CTSS during yr time?)

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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 9:01 am ::

mht: Alamak brudder, last time no internet, you think pron so easily accessible meh?

Some more we all not like today's kids. Own room got own TV one. How to watch pron??? Siao lah you... 

My time is BATP and AATP (Basic/Advance Arms Trainfire Program). I do ok lah. I passed the test with one eye closed. Piece of cake!

Death Of Santa Claus

Christmas is just round the corner and this blog entry was inspired by TheHungryBunny when she thought how nice it would be to have Santa Claus climbing down the chimney on Christmas' Eve in Singapore.

Well, if Santa really come to Singapore and climb down chimneys, I can see the newspapers' headlines now...

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Singapore News >>

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 25 December 2005 0830 hrs

Man Burnt To Death At Ulu Pandan Incinerator Plant
By JayWalk, J-News.

SINGAPORE - Workers at the Ulu Pandan Incinerator Plant returned to work on Christmas morning only to find a corpse of a man burnt to a crisp at the bottom of the incinerator.

The Police have identified the victim as a Mr Santa Claus after several clues have been recovered from the scene of the incident, which include parts of a red jacket and a black boot, stucked along the chute of the chimney. A sleigh, which the police determined belong to Mr Claus, was also found parked atop the incinerator's chimney and the expired parking coupons, left on the sleigh, suggested that Mr Claus was at the plant between 11:30 pm and 01:30 am, the night before. The Police have determined that the vehicle is not local as it was missing the valid Road Tax disc and the ERP In-Vehicle-Unit. However, they were baffled by the sleigh's origin as it was without the AutoPass as required for all foreign vehicles entering into Singapore.

Six reindeers were found grazing at the front lawn of the plant and The Police suspect that they may be part of the sleigh set-up. One of the reindeers, answering to the name of Rudolph, was found to have a shiny red nose. The investigating officers from the Ministry of Health suspected that this particular reindeer may be a carrier of the Avian Flu H5N1 virus strain.

"We understand that what we have here is a mammal of the deer family. However, given that this particular flock of reindeers are capable of flight, we have no choice but to also classify as them as members of the avian family. Hence the need to quarantine them on suspicion of the bird flu." - Dr Bi ZiHong, Chief Science Investigator (CSI).

A member of the public came forward as a witness claiming that Mr Claus came to the plant looking for a friend.

"I was walking past the plant when I heard a loud booming voice going 'Ho! Ho! Ho!'. I think this Mr Claus was there to meet his friend but because the plant was quite dark at that time, he had to shout out his friend's name to try to locate this friend, Mr Ho, in the dark." - Mr Boh Tiah Tio, Witness.

While the investigation is currently ongoing, The Police have ruled out foul play as the gift wrapped boxes and lumps of coal were found to be still intact in the sleigh and there was no signs of struggle except along the inner walls of the chimney which was possibly self inflicted as Mr Claus was quite large in a very narrow chimney.

The Police are urging members of the public who have relevant information to this case to call their hotline at 1800-WITNESS.

- Voxeros

1. kIm left...

Wednesday, 7 December 2005 7:38 pm

For one moment I thought I was really reading the Singapore News and was about to shout to my Dad that someone died at the incinerator plant!! -__-
Hahaha.. But good one. Hahhaaha..

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Wednesday, 7 December 2005 9:22 pm

He's drunk!

3. Lynne left...

Wednesday, 7 December 2005 9:53 pm

The reindeers would have died too, of heat stroke! Either that, on the hot plate, mixed with green onions and garlic, yum!

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Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:32 pm ::

kIm: If only I am able to bruff all the XMMs in the world as easily as I bruffed you. It would have been a perfect world. sigh.....

Lynne: Don't forget the ginger slices!!

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Thursday, 8 December 2005 12:42 am :: http://thehungrybunny.blogspot.com

Ouch. And you just effectively terminated any remaining hope of Santa coming for me this year round. I am going to take down my stocking now! hmmmmmph

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Thursday, 8 December 2005 9:04 am ::

Bunny: Stockings??? So that's where the smell came from!!! :P

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Thursday, 8 December 2005 9:52 am

muahahahah.....good one abt Rudolph and the Ho Ho HO....

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Friday, 9 December 2005 4:07 am ::

Akk: Hmm.... Ho..... Maybe Santa was looking for Sheena???

Rubbish Chute Fires

I was reading $traits Times this morning when I came across an article about fires in the HDB rubbish chutes. A HDB block in Sembawang has seen as many as 15 cases of fire in a single block in a single year. Sounds to me like a serial repeat offender rather than 15 separate culprits that happen to stay in the same block. I mean in a block of 85 units, 15 separate culprits would mean close to 20% of the blocks population. In other words, 1 person in every (almost lah) 5 household is trying to burn his/her house down? Very unlikely lah. I don't understand why people are so thoughtless when then throw something burning down the rubbish chute.

Why? Got insurance windfall from burning down the common rubbish chute har?

Why? Can jump queue on the HDB upgrading works? "Eh, since you are already repairing the burnt rubbish chute, how about also doing the new elevators, extra toilet and balcony extensions while you are at it?"

While it is not surprising to suspect that the cigarette butt may be the cause of the fire but charcoal embers??!! A bit the stupid right? Dumping burning embers confirm will start fire one what!!

I can understand the carelessness of not putting out the cigarette butt properly before throwing it down the chute (I will get to that later) but burning embers?

What were they thinking??!!

So what else is there in the rubbish chute? BBQ sets? Or wait, maybe I should look at the charcoal from the traditional chinese medicine angle, er.... claypots??

Is is so difficult to dowse the embers with water first to extinguish them first before disposal?

Why? Water very expensive is it? Then pee on it lah! Free one!

But then hor, don't say I neber warn you hor, when you pee, observe safety distance  hor arh bor you kena roasted nuts and/or Afro hair-do downstairs, don't come complain to me hor. I say up front liao hor.

Coming back to the smokers, would it be too much to ask for the smoker to make the extra effort to put out the cigarette properly before disposal? Flush it down the toilet bowl also can what.

For whatever it's worth, I think the perpetrators should be caught and severely dealt with not only are they risking their own and their neighbours' properties, they also risk endangering everybody's lives.

You think what? Christmas coming and so must have a fire place is it? Like those ang moh homes, they have the fire place in the wall and a chimney leading up and so we also must have is it? Please lah... Santa Claus won't come down the rubbish chute on Christmas Eve one lah. ERP too expensive for Santa's sleigh and Primary Production Department would have quarantined the reindeers anyway.

- Voxeros

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Tuesday, 6 December 2005 8:57 pm

this is a result of modern living, where people don't really care about their neighbours or what might happen if their actions aren't up to scratch. basically, by not being able to identify the culprits, these culprits will continue to do what they do. call it ignorance, call it bystander effect, call it modern living...

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Wednesday, 7 December 2005 1:34 am :: http://thehungrybunny.blogspot.com

Haha quarantine the reindeers... especially when reindeers have such cute red noses, might easily be mistaken for deer flu or something. But i rather fancy a Santa Claus coming down the fireplace if i have one. He could be cute you know.

3. akk left...

Wednesday, 7 December 2005 9:34 am

eh...might not be adults/smokers leh...
it might be a kids or a gang of kids living in the same block throwing matches in...
I admit to belong to such a gang and throwing waterbombs at passerbys below when i was 8....bad bad....

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Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:00 am :: 

Pam: Yeah, nobody know their neighbours anymore. A far cry from the old kampung days. Then again, you won't get every stupid thing splashed all over the kampung gossip grapevine by those nosey aunties.

HungryBunny: Consider yourself lucky that it is only the nose that is glowing red and not their er....

...Or else we'll get a brand new meaning to the term "Bird Flu". :P

As for Santa coming to Singapore, stay tuned as I will turn the response to this comment to a full blog entry proper.

Akk: I supposed water bomb is very common prank among kids but at least it doesn't risk killing people like fire.

Remember Michael Fay, the American kid who kena caned for spray painting a judge's car? These kids used to be in my area when the American School campus was still in Ulu Pandan.

I tell you, these kids were really out of control. I remembered walking home one day to the smell of burning rubbish and thick black smoke.

The kids have set my condo's dumpster on fire.

5. Lynne left...

Thursday, 8 December 2005 9:28 pm

Hmm, my comment didn't get published :(
As for the reindeers, they will be perfect for hot-plate venison, with some green onions and garlic, yum!

6. JayWalk left...

Friday, 9 December 2005 4:10 am ::

Lynne: Got published lah. It's under "Death Of Santa Claus".

You really want to eat the reindeers with green onion and garlic (don't forget the ginger slices), don't you?

 

Run For Funds 2005 (Marathon Day)

Today is the marathon and I hope everybody finish safely and successfully their respective distance. Pictures will be put up at a later day as they are not available as yet.

In the mean time, perhaps if I may republish the next email from Adrian dated earlier this week.

Afternote: Adrian did complete the marathon in a time of 5 hours 35 minutes. Congratulations!

Read about it over at the RunForFunds blog.

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Hi all, (Superfriends, pls cascade to your sponsors)

6 days to the run.

I'm still perspiring too much from my prep runs.

Just can't adjust fast enough to the warm weather.

Pledges from my sponsors so far: S$ 4,388.

Please keep those pledges coming! 

I will send info on how you can make your payments after the run.

1. How will the funds be used in 2006?

Someone asked me how the funds will be deployed in 2006.

Essentially it will go to:

1. Needy kids in schools (pocket money fund, school books, uniforms, shoes misc expenses)

2. High potential underprivileged kids (maximize your potential programme)

3. Old folks in institutions and homes

4. Orphanages

5. Helping the destitute (groceries, no cash)

Great news !! One of our Pri 6 Max Your Potential recipients excelled in his PSLE with a score of 243 (282 is highest score in Singapore).   He will be going to a SAP school (one tier below gifted).

2. Let's hear it for the RFF SuperFriends

I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce the team of 28 Superfriends who will be running for funds in 2005.  

10km (15 SuperFriends)

Manohar Khiatani, Naomi Kwang, Lynette Tan, Kelvin Wong, Sidat Senanayake, Kong Jen Siang, Tan Choon Shian, Chua Kia Chee, Eugene Leong, Deyna Chia, Lenny Lim, Beh Swan Gin, Diana Wong, Eric Chan, Khoo Wei Ming

21km (11 SuperFriends)

Koh Sing Liang, Aw Kah Peng, Julian Ho, Moo An Wee, Li Jiawen, Justin Keh, Chua Yong Hwee, Mok Chee Liang, Chen Yiwen, Kelvin Aw, Chiang Heng Kheng

42km (2 SuperFriends)

Raphael Heng, Adrian Lee

At least 6 would-be SuperFriends were not able to register for the Stanchart run as registrations closed early due to an overwhelming response.

3. The power of blog

One of my secondary school buddies, JayWalk, suggested that we spread the word about the RFF movement in the blogsphere.

So far, RFF is plugged into 15 blog sites (including Taufik Batisah's site!)

The intent is not the solicit funds from the public but to create an awareness that, as individuals, we have the power to effect a change in the lives of the less privileged. 

Big change, small change, doesn't matter.

Just do it 'cos the small good deed is better than the grandest good intention.

Cheers,

aL

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- Voxeros

1. heather left...

Monday, 5 December 2005 7:21 pm :: http://www.midsummergirl.com

I can't be there to run but I will support you guys mentally! hehe..

2. JayWalk left...

Tuesday, 6 December 2005 1:04 am ::

heather: Thanks. The run was good. Adrian did complete the marathon!

Stay tuned! Pictures to come!

Run For Funds 2005 (Marathon's Eve)

It's the eve of the Singapore Marathon and I would like the wish all SuperFriends of the RunForFunds Project a safe and successful run.

My thanks to those who are taking the time to run for a good cause.

My thanks also to the following people who have so graciously plugged the RunForFunds Project on their respective blogs, either in the form of a write-up, banner-ad or a sidebar link:

List of Appreciation

Sheena - http://merenwen13.blogspot.com
Nadnut - http://nadnut.liquidblade.com
AngKuKueh - http://akkueh.blogspot.com
Jaslyn - http://precious-jas.blogspot.com
KingMeng - http://kingmeng.blogspot.com
Jaschocolate - http://jaschocolate.blogspot.com
Vandice - http://twiuc.blogspot.com
Lancerlord - http://lancerlord.blogspot.com
Razlan & Taufik - http://www.taufikbatisah.net/home/
Razlan - http://www.razlan.name/blog/
Sha - http://www.singaporeatheletics.com
Zeenie & WibbleWamble - http://zeenie.blogspot.com
Vanna - http://winter66.blogspot.com
Juliana - http://juliana78.blogspot.com
Phil - http://putitthisway.blogspot.com/
Dicta - http://dicta.blogdrive.com
Kelawar - http://kelawarkilat.liquidblade.com

Again, if I missed anyone, please let me know so that I can quickly add it to the list.

Anyway, RunForFunds Project is not a once-a-year one-off event. It is an ongoing project throughout the year. As such, please do continue to support even after the marathon. Adrian will continue to update everybody on the project's progress regularly on the website. Please check back often.

Cheers everybody!

- Voxeros

1. Sheena left...

Sunday, 4 December 2005 5:56 am

You're more than welcome! I was glad to help. i couldn't do anything financially, so yeah, this was the best way for me to do something. Tell Adrian I hope the run went well!

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Sunday, 4 December 2005 9:48 pm :: 

Sheena: Adrian did complete the marathon! Pictures on this blog and his soon! Watch this space!

Fizzle In The Drizzle Series (Part 5) - The Pageant Queen With The 25-Cent Face

1995 was the year I was with Rita but only briefly. I remembered the year clearly as it was the same year my grandpa passed away. She was a faculty pageant queen which means that she was quite the chiobu and a trophy girlfriend of sorts. It was easy getting to know her as we were in the same faculty, while at the same time had quite a few common tutorial classes together. I see her almost everyday as we also shared some assignments and projects together.

While I keep telling myself never to shit and eat in the same place, the caution of the cardinal rule was once again thrown to the winds (!). She was a very sweet and simple girl and we had a great time spending the school holidays together. The problem began to surface when school restarted and we started to prepare for the exams. We saw very little of each other as I spent quite a bit of time away in Taiwan when my grandpa was admitted into ICU and the outlook wasn't exactly very optimistic.

I was there for a couple of weeks before I returned to Singapore when my grandpa was showing signs of improvement. I couldn't spend a lot of time with her when I returned as I had a lot of school work to catch up.

Then just when I thought things were going back to normal, I received another call informing me that grandpa passed away. He was 93. That was really bad timing for me as I was very very close to the exams. Still, saying my farewell to grandpa was above everything else as I boarded the plane once again with my books and notes to Taiwan for the funeral.

Again, when I returned, I had even more backlog of lectures, tutorials, assignments as well as preparation for the exams to clear. I hardly had any time left for her.

As a result, she got upset and the amount of time (or rather the lack of) we spent together in school was being misinterpreted that I was trying to hide our relationship from the public eye. She wanted to tell the whole world about us but unfortunately I wasn't there to follow the script of things. She took it very negatively.

Then that's when the 25-cent face come liao. Face black black that made even the darkest piece of charcoal looked white. Unlike, the Fern, she was the silent sulker when she was unhappy. Right there and then, I knew the relationship was doomed.

In a way, I knew it was my fault that she was was being neglected and so I tried as best as I could, to endure all crap attitude thrown at me. Alas, a man's got his limits and I "resigned" when I reached breaching point.

- Voxeros

1. Sheena left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 2:49 am

What does 25 cent face mean?
Anyway... you're quite the Casanova aren't you... always getting the chiobus!

2. Vandice left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 7:18 am :: http://twiuc.blogspot.com

I like this series! And yes, JW bro, the pledge is transferable. Suggest a name can?

3. JayWalk left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 8:50 am :: http://voxeros.blog-city.com

Sheena: 25-cent face ah? Let's see if Vandice the Chemical Beng can help me out on this.

Re: Always Getting The Chiobus

You are trying to set me up with this trick question, aren't you?


I am not going to fall for it and so I shall say "Yes! I am always getting the chiobus."


Acherly hor, two-way street lah... chiobus always get me... hahahahaha :P

Vandice: Ahh thanks. Glad you liked it. Transfer pledge to Adrian lor, after he is the one running right?

4. akk left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 10:27 am

i hate silent/cold-shoulder treatments...

5. Raz left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 11:50 am :: http://www.razlan.name/blog

Hmm... interesting stuff (I have no idea what this series is for, but.. oh well!). Casanova, eh? Haha... put up a gallery of your girlfriend photos, as a track record of sort, will you? Haha... must be taken with you in the picture!

6. kIm left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 12:04 pm :: http://wispsofstars.blogspot.com

I think girls don't like to be neglected. But she should have been more understanding la.

7. JayWalk left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 3:59 pm ::

Akk: ......
:P

Raz: The Series concept is like a theme for the week where I spread the stories out over a few days.

Essentially, it's just me recollecting my past and putting down in words in case I forget them when I become old. Feel free to browse through my Lorbert, School Boy and Tuition series. Just key in those keyword into the Search engine, located on the right side bar and it will pull up the respective archives. Enjoy.

As for photos of girlfriends? Cannot lah... too many. Sekali wife upset, how? :P

kIm: Don't say girls lah, guys also don't like to be neglected but like you said, have to be understanding mah. Sometimes we have our hands tied and really bor pian.

So under that circumstances and girlfriend still give you the crap attitude, how not to feel damn du-lan?

8

. hitomi left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 6:32 pm

If she's the one from my JC... Wah, really chio leh... *salivating*

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Friday, 2 December 2005 9:29 pm ::

hitomi: OMFG!!! How the hell did you guess??!! Oh shit..... get on Yahoo! I need to talk to you!! Now!!!

10. vanna left...

Friday, 2 December 2005 11:06 pm

i also hate being neglected
it's like being "mind-fucked"
haiz

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Saturday, 3 December 2005 7:19 am :: 

Vanna: True lah. Nobody likes to be neglected but under those circumstances, must cut the guy some slack right?

If not happy can talk about it right? No need to give 25-cent face right?

12. vanna left...

Saturday, 3 December 2005 10:10 am

but of cos
at least u tried to make effort
one word - communication
:)

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Saturday, 3 December 2005 11:41 am :: 

Vanna: Believe me, I tried. But she miscontrued it as me trying take the easy way out of the relationship by acting blur as if the relationship never existed in the first place. Haiz.....

Too tiring man....

Fizzle In The Drizzle Series (Part 4) - The Law Student with the 320SL

Maddie was a law student when I was an undergrad cum part-time roadie for an events company, that was engaged by her faculty for an evening ball function. She was on the organising committee and hence we have quite a bit of contact in the preparation leading up to the ball itself. The thing about these events is that when you are the event's coordinator, your chances of being inside and enjoying the party is shot. You don't have a chance to sit down. You are essentially the sacrificial workhorse as you find yourself working and coordinating from beginning to end. Ironically, even when there is a seat reserved specially for you, the seat would be empty throughout the night.

Being a roadie means that I am busying only during setting up and closing shop times. Everything in between is left to the big kahunas (e.g. Hamish Brown, Florence Lian, Moe Alkaff, Gurmit Singh, Victor Khoo, Bernard Lim etc..) to execute the programme and its just idle time for me to sit back and watch the events unfold, less of course, there is a technical emergency that requires me to rectify before anyone realises something was amiss.

So there she was, stealing a breather behind the stage bumming a drink from my glass. Her calves were sore from wearing heels the whole day. I offered for her to prop her feet onto my lap and I gave her a once-thru. Let's just say that I had magic fingers.

She kinda figured out where and how to locate me subsequently (read my 3-Day Week section in my previous entry) and we saw more and more of each other despite the fact we didn't have each other's numbers until much later. Before anyone starts exclaiming "STALKER!", let's just say that there was always a smile on my face when she showed up. I liked her.

So it wasn't before long after that we hooked up and we got to know each other and each other's background deeper. For those who know me, I come from a pretty comfortable background and this bit of information is crucial at this point in time when I say she was way out of my league. At first, I tried to ignore the gap in between our backgrounds but the cracks at the hull was slowly showing under the strain.

I remembered when I was an intern in a bank later that year. She rang me on my mobile one morning and said she was taking me out to lunch. So at the appointed time, I went downstairs to the lobby and my jaw dropped. There she was in her dad's 320SL in full glory, parked right in front of the bank. Now the shittybank of which I was an intern had a viciously horrible gossip grapevine that passes information faster that the speed of electrons and the last thing I needed was to be the latest topic of discussion.

"What da heow?!!" As I ran for the car almost diving in through the window, trying to avoid being identified. After lunch, I had to make some lame excuse about needing to buy some stuff from the Old Lau Pa Sat and hence needed her to drop me a distance away from the bank. You would have guessed that I only wanted her to drop me off far enough so that nobody saw me. Now many would be saying that I shouldn't let this sort of thing get to me but alas, I was young and stupid then. We all have 20-20 hindsight vision, don't we?

Anyway, even if I didn't let that get to my head, it wouldn't have lasted anyway. We were just too far apart in terms of backgrounds and interests. We don't have enough common ground except perhaps that we both love to party and my house was always a hurricane wreck every morning after.

- Voxeros

1. vanna left...

Thursday, 1 December 2005 10:35 am

hot stuff right??
hurhurhur
:P

2. JayWalk left...

Thursday, 1 December 2005 10:37 am ::

Vanna: Absolutely sizzling!!

3. akk left...

Thursday, 1 December 2005 2:51 pm

the way u meet girls.....
massage? prop feet on lap? wah lau....
I need to get out more...hehehehe...

4. Sheena left...

Thursday, 1 December 2005 7:12 pm

I've heard this story before, haven't I?

Ahhh... the difference between guys and girls... girls WANT their boyfriends to pick them up and drive them around in SLKs.

BTW I've a new post up on Red Half of Manchester, on last night's Carling Cup match vs West Brom. Why am I like the only one updating it? I've got to get to Lun and make him contribute...

5. Lynne left...

Thursday, 1 December 2005 9:29 pm

So what did you guys do to cause the house to become a hurricane wreck every morning after huh????? ;P

6. Pam left...

Thursday, 1 December 2005 9:38 pm

Lynne, this kind of thing cannot ask...:) hehe...

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Thursday, 1 December 2005 9:59 pm :: 

Akk: What d'ya mean by "the way I meet girls" har?

Why? You also want massage is it?

小姐要不要 SPECIAL ? Wahahahaha.....

Sheena: Told you the story? Maybe, maybe not.
Read the update on RedHalf. I didn't cover the Carling Cup coz Mickey Mouse Cup lah... I do only EPL and ECL (and if I good mood then FA Cup also lah).

Lynne: Wouldn't you WANT to know? *raised eyebrow*

Pam: Well said. If you need to ask, you probably should stay ignorant about it. Heh heh...

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Friday, 2 December 2005 8:26 pm

You could have been super filthy rich.. with the alimony.. haha.. too bad

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Friday, 2 December 2005 9:41 pm :: 

Jaschocolate: I won't say that money is not important and having some is a good bonus. However, there are other things that are just as important if not, more.

Alimony would have been a nightmare for me as it is always the char bor who would be at the receiving end. Given that she was rich to begin with, my alimony would have been a huge number since I have to maintain her current standard of living.

10. nadnut left...

Tuesday, 6 December 2005 10:44 am :: http://nadnut.liquidblade.com

how come i dont get to meet men like ur girls? bah. rich ones or will mop my floors!

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Tuesday, 6 December 2005 11:39 am ::

Nadnut: You neber come out often enough mah....

I got introduce this Porsche-driving Ah Siah Kia to Sheena before but alas, SOMEBODY taste too atas liao. Say people ugly. Wah raoz ... how hurtful can one get???