My penchant for bikes and cars

2009-09-06T18:30:00.002+08:00

wooohooo raya comes and our misery goes!
I caaannntt waiitt!!!

Highrise sect comdr. hoohoo.

2009-08-08T12:42:00.003+08:00

Honestly,

The concept of Outward Bound and trying to find urself is a little pathetic to me. All the "quotes" as they call it, well i just played along to show some respect to the instructors.
Which is why i sent home a blank piece of paper to myself, which is open to interpretations, but of course the blank piece of paper i have my own reason for it.

Just that i have other ways of finding myself. I do not find getting stuck in a jungle and missing prayers useful to me. Kept worrying that my life would get taken away and i'd end up in hell for missing few days of prayers. Deep from my heart i do not appreciate that.

Well so why do i even bother to want to go?
coz of the prospect of visiting some place new, unfamiliar. And the physical activities like rafting/kayaking which i would otherwise not undertake due to my lack of leisure time and laziness.

Nonetheless, Brunei is a beautiful country. And i appreciate the fact that Islam is widespread.

And we saw live crocodiles basking in the sun on the way to the camp

2009-07-18T15:35:00.002+08:00

The following instantly makes u an idiot:
-When u think u're so damn good.

The following instantly makes u a shame:
-When u do things wrong but still think it's right.

Nuff said fool.

2009-07-05T18:44:00.002+08:00

5 more days till my class 2b probation period ends!

Then 2a woohoo.

And i've got an upset stomach. it's been growling since lunch.

2009-06-20T15:23:00.002+08:00

I'm back again for the weekend, and guard duty from last night till this morning. Some rather unpleasant things happened just now. Just hope nuthin happens to 33rd coming week.

Anyways, this week has been rather good. Combined training between rota 1 and rota 2 has, in my observation, allowed both rotas to work together. Looking back at the inter-rota tensions the past couple of months, it just feels good to see all clicking together. Now i feel a greater sense of being a part of 33rd ERS.

Apart from the whack-and-whack-under-the-hot-sun-session after REPT on thursday whereby i vomitted 3 times for the first time in my entire life in CDA, things have more or less started to ease a bit. I think the weather has made previously cool people a tad more aggressive. Including me i suppose. But all of that stays in camp. At home i'm a different person.

LPG training on thursday, medic week, fsc. looks like a good week. not too keen on LPG though. The thought of all the hoses and heat. AAH.

Oh no, which means i've got more work to do next week to prepare all the BA and stuff. AAAAAAAAHHH.

2009-06-17T20:46:00.001+08:00

The fury of my bike rushing me home, and brakes jammed late, and barely beating red traffic lights.

I'm home for a night out. Long time since we had one. Gotta be back in camp by 2230. urgh so fast.

2009-06-06T20:34:00.002+08:00

It's the weekend again!

Anyway what this week was for me,

Finished off the lesson on the Combined Platform ladder, which is really tall - 30 meters into the air - at Mandai Training Village. I love going to Mandai, it just doesn't feel like camp. It was so relaxed the week before.

And then back in camp, met Ryan who was having fire-fighting lessons in CDA. It's really nice meeting friends you haven't met in a really long time, like how i met a good old friend, Syed Khalid, who's now a Section Commander in Alex fire station, couple of weeks back.

And then went swimming in a small network of cramped tunnels. The first section was dry, just had to squeeze through, and i was in front. Then came the part where we had to dive through a part which was fully submerged with water. Well, i dipped my head in the murky water which resembled teh tarik, tried to breathe through the breathing apparatus, got super scared and pulled my head back out of the water. There was no other way so i just took a couple of deep breaths and took a plunge and started breathing slowly, afraid my face mask would suddenly come off and cause me to drown. eek eerie that would be. Went smooth, then became kinda fun coz it was pitch black i couldn't see anything. 10 seconds and i was out of the water. That gotta be the highlight of the week. Confined Space.

Ippt yesterday afternoon, got a silver for the 4 stations without much perspiration, then the 2.4 run. Well i think i did improve. I was like trying to remain hyper throughout the run so that it wouldn't feel so boring resulting in me losing my pace. It worked apparently.

So now I'm at home. But my dad's not home yet. Every weekend he's out working the whole day. The only times i see him is when i manage to wake up extra early for my morning prayers (sometimes i just wake up to the sound of the main door being locked), and at night, whereby he's usually too tired to hang around with us. Does his night prayers and then goes off to sleep. Oh i see him just hours before i book in too. I don't blame him. He's got bills to pay, and i understand that perfectly. Sometimes i get caught between 2 different opinions from other members of my family and it's kinda hard. I just wanna go home to a happy family every weekend. Well at least i get to see everyone before i go back to the horrid camp.

Went to play tennis at bedok with my siblings just now. 3 noobs playing tennis. Damn noob. hahah.

Oh and my dad's been insisting that i get my rear tyres replaced. They still feel usable, but I'm just happy he is insisting, coz it shows that he cares. I just feel thankful to God coz my parents are still, the best parents in the world, no matter the mistakes they make sometimes.

2009-05-31T19:47:00.002+08:00

Oh no.

Its a Sunday today. Not again. I just can't get enough of home, car and the outdoors when I'm a 2-day civillian. 1 hour and 10 mins to go before i leave my home for camp. PLEASE PASS QUICKLY 2 YEARS.

Drive drive drive. Ooops i find myself swaying back to aggressive driving. I should be backing down. But then these annoying road hoggers, cabbies and ignorant drivers alike. Urgh. U see the cab travelling at 90 - 100 on the fast lane. Damn annoying coz they cause the damn jams on the highways.

Class 2a is coming i can feeeel it. hahah.
Oh im tired.

2009-05-24T12:37:00.003+08:00

I pretty much enjoyed this weekend.
Thanks to my parents who let me bring the car out to meet up with 2 sets of friends.

Yesterday went to eat sup tulang with some of the dudes from 33rd ERSC. After that bowling at marina square. By then i was running a little late for the movie at 0005hrs.

At 0005hrs caught up with davin, darryl and fawwaz to watch Monsters vs Aliens. The graphics were pretty nice. In the beginning some bugger was hitting a ping pong ball or sth towards the screen, and it being 3d, i literally tried to dodge it. some instant reaction from me.

Ran into a police road block on the way home, and on the pie, the personnel in a traffic police patrol car did sth funny. I was trying to maintain my speed behind them, then they slowed down. When i was just beside them, the driver looked over his shoulder and kinda stared at me in a weird fashion. Like what the.... Interesting things happen at night.

2009-05-23T12:20:00.003+08:00

Oh great.
The washing machine in our dormitory went broke, refusing to wash our sweat-drenched number fours. And a great inconvenience it is.

And so here i am back at home for the weekend. Today was a very tiring week, with our Breathing Apparatus Proficiency Test to finish up the week, and sliding pole before we went home. I wanna learn how to jump off the landing onto the pole and slide down using the Singapore style. It'd be cool. Coming week, we'd be playing with water. How fun. Just dreading the ladder drills.

And my bike is out for repairs. The gear lever shaft snapped on my way home yesterday.
oh well.

2009-05-16T12:19:00.002+08:00

This is totally outrageous.

Not the first time smokers make us pay for their mistakes.

I thought i more or less finally began to settle down in camp and get used to the training.

And then confinement till 10pm yesterday instead of the usual 6, and guard duty starting at 8am on sunday. I would have been greatly, deeply pissed if they only let us out on sat morning, patience pulled thin.

Had a couple of tests this week. And its total bullshit. Like less than 2 nights to remember everything, really crash course. then we still needed our rest for ippt trials. bullshit man.

And we all thought ns was a break from studying for 2 years, especially so being in scdf.

2009-05-02T22:51:00.002+08:00

I dont wanna go back to camp man.

Seriously.

I'm so enjoying my book out time now. I can get to rest more, read up on cars and stuff. Watch some tv. Enjoy good food. And whole lot of other stuff.

The one factor that I actually miss the most when im stuck in camp is, my parents. Really, its no joke. I treasure them more than ever. B'coz at camp, its like no one looks after my welfare more than my parents, who actually listens and understands better. And there's no better place to recuperate than home. Nothing beats family and home. For me.

Spent 30 bucks on a new chain for my bike. Ouch. Nonetheless, im relieved coz it doesnt bother me anymore.

Oh ya, the medical orderly in cd sucks. They don't do their work properly. Failed to diagnose my condition catastrophically. didnt even prescribe me antibiotics.
Turned out my throat is really in a bad condition.

2009-05-01T15:34:00.002+08:00

am back for a long weekend and im so happy.

totally not been enjoying myself in camp these few weeks coz the deputy rota commander aint exactly that lenient.

But then things have changed.

A medic said, u ers have been dropping like flies.

2009-04-25T15:06:00.001+08:00

Everytime i book in i have to waste my time on the stupid computer which i rarely use.

And i cant get to rest and do things i nid to do.

Bloody annoying these siblings.

Confirm this will happen again. Keep wrecking the computer then i have to clean up their mess.

2009-04-25T12:47:00.001+08:00

All praise be to Allah.

NUS accepted me into mechanical engineering.

The wait is over.

2009-04-19T10:03:00.001+08:00

book in again today.
book out time passes damn fast for me.

i still wanna catch up on my rest before torture starts again this week.

And nid to hydrate more.

2009-04-18T10:44:00.002+08:00

TIRED TIRED TIRED

That's all it is about every week. Day and night.
And it goes on and on.

Emergency Response Specialist has just shown its ugly head. The period of honeymoon slacking has rather abruptly ended.

I hate the bunker gear, or rather the thick suits firefighters wear into fire battles.

2009-04-09T21:55:00.002+08:00

Man I am so tired. Super long cab trip back home.

Anyways just got back from scdf brtc.
dead tired.
Most hectic day today.
Although this week has been damn slack. Holiday season still. Wait till tmr. I hope it won't get so crazy. I'm feeling a lil unwell.

Gg off to sleep soon after i settle something with my platoon mate. urghh.

Am now in ers. hope can graduate after 6 months.

2009-04-06T22:56:00.002+08:00

Again I am so happy today.
Learnt how to replace the old spark plug on my bike.
The only tough thing was to loosen this ring that is supposed to secure the spark plug. Wicked stiff.
And pick-up is awesome man! Denso Iridium spark plug.
And i managed to clean my bike a bit.

OH and goodbye everyone.
Please take cares.
Im gg jalan bahar (scdf) tmr. Reporting 8.30am.

Gdbye bike. will sorely miss u now. See u on thursday, God willing.
And latio, Friday will be The Day.

2009-04-05T20:06:00.002+08:00

Driving with the windows down calms me down faster. Especially just after it rains.

Well looks like i'll need to get myself a two-seater car in my working years since nobody can take my thrill of driving.
21" sport rims, low profile tyres, full bodykit with carbon fibre bonnet, boot and spoiler. Original performance parts. Track days every month in full racing gear. No chics please.

2009-04-05T19:55:00.002+08:00

Sometimes teenagers can be very silly indeed. They show bloody aggression, speak an army commander's tone and show childish immaturity. And they think they're bloody big when older folk just rather restrain themselves than reciprocate the hostility because older people have had their sufficient share of salt in their lives in order to be able to think rationally.

Teenagers on the other hand just run amok, lucky if they don't end up in a juvenile detention centre, simply said boys' town, or girls.

That is not to say that older folk aren't without weaknesses. Older folk is, whatever. Coz it might be already too late to change. You young people will see the new face of the earth. New times, new challenges. If you don't buck up and change your attitudes, I feel sorry for your descendents.

This has got to be the best penultimate pre-enlistment day ever. yeah best of the worst. Most notorious.

Oh yea wow i got to do away with tonight's ice cream outing because of you sickening teenager.

2009-04-04T21:57:00.002+08:00

I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Yea i know, i said that on facebook.

Anyway, here's why:

- I finally dismantled my bike's fairing and respray-painted the exhaust. Long overdue. Didn't know it will be done 2 days before my enlistment's due. Wanted to take out the whole exhaust from the valve, but the screws there were bloody tight and rusted, so almost impossible to remove.

- I finished 5km (i think) in approx 26 mins. Approaching my 25min target. If i dont get to surpass it, i won't feel too bad.

-Contact lenses have been collected. Felt damn weird at first. Then got used to it.

Will be busy coming 2 days.

I wish i just had more more time! And i want my hotcakes breakfast!!!

2009-04-03T15:33:00.002+08:00

weehoo i did my first drive up to JB today.
And the highlight of my trip was...
Checkin out the chic at the immigration checkpoint on the way back. hahaha. she looked like a barbie doll. and she got same hairstyle as me, only hers was longer. And i thought she was taking her own sweet time clearing the passports. hahah. quality time heh jk

Anyway driving thru jb was a lil horrific, coz it was an entirely different driving experience. The roads were faded, lots of potholes, and faded lane lines. And the different kinds of malaysian drivers; some slow, some insane. And then there's my dad who keeps giving me confusing directions.

Driving in singapore is still the best.

wow. this weekend, then monday, then it'll be time to go in. gonna spend 7 weeks in the jalan bahar camp.

And i still have yet to rip apart my beloved bike.
And complete my first mini photoshop project.
And befriend a mynah (no, not minah mind u).

I am so tired man.
Must aim to complete 5km in under 25mins, then i know my fitness has entered the building! to be ready for ns.

2009-04-02T11:20:00.003+08:00

Drove home from a function last night.
It was about 2345.
Very little cars.

And it was damn fun overtaking ppl at 1**kmh. Heh. It was one part urgency, three parts fun. Somebody just passed away then so it was an opportunity to speed a bit. Woulda done 140 if I coulda. Well that would have to wait till the next KL trip, where 160 would be my target.

I do my corners how I want to do my corners. Don't backseat-driver me.

2009-04-01T18:37:00.001+08:00

Never doubt the understanding between a rider and his bike.

2009-03-30T23:33:00.002+08:00

Oh no i didnt get paid a thousand bucks.
Oh no seven days more and i get stuck to cd.
Oh no i havent gained progress in cleaning up my room.
Oh no i just reformatted my computer, and have to dig out my utterly huge external hard drive to install photoshop CS4.
Oh no i havent really picked up photoshop skills. Someone teach me.
Oh no i havent ran 5km in 3 days due to persistent procrastination.

Oh yes i'm finally getting to wear contact lenses, for ns.
Oh yes i finally got endorsement for my driving abilities from my dad, yes finally.

SCDF better pay me well. Or i'd be damn pissed if i don't hit my $15k savings target by the end of ns.

Oh ya, bloody tjc. How come they process payments so late. I thought i had all the logistics settled when i went for the ASEAN forum. Apparently they still havent received payment for that. Then who the heck paid the NIE organisers? Were they even paid in the first place?

I hate subtitles.

2009-03-26T22:39:00.003+08:00

I am so bored at home. Am supposed to go for morning/evening runs. Haven't materialised so far. And my back ache is still there. Its not unbearable. Just annoying. Perhaps I should go see the doctor if it doesn't disappear by the end of this week, now that NS is swinging near. urgh. I've yet to complete my first long-distance drive up to KL. I hope i get released on the Good Friday (all Fridays are good btw, so no discrimination whatsoever. In fact all days are good. Nvm) holiday

And so now I'm pathetically trying to force myself to do more pushups. I do 15 and i'm tired. I do 15 dumbells and I'm tired. It's hopeless. I nid some regimentation right now to discipline myself. Oh and i've yet to clear the remaining part of my room. Like the tons of Time magazines collecting dust on one of the shelves. It's no use being a Time historical archive. Time has it online. Libraries have it. Might as well make the Karung Guni man a lil richer, and me $2 richer.

A lot of things i wanna do. 10 days to NS just makes me blank. Like dunno what to do, when there are things that i wanna do. It just makes me forget about the things I wanna do. zanadoo.

I'm supposed to save up for my bike 2 years from now. I wonder what will happen when my final pay from giant comes in. I wonder how much i'll receive. If i get a thousand, i'd be damn happy. hah. IF. I've nvr breached a thousand before in the 3 months i was there.

Tata Nano's rolling out soon i think. Nvr thought someone would actually produce that. Like he dispelled all the environmental guilt associated with it. Maybe Indian earth would collapse underneath all those weight and pollution.

If only I had a gaming console. Or a gaming computerrrr. OR cable television.
Been trying to make cs source work on this laptop. pathetic results. Like i keep getting shot dead while trying to move my mouse to aim.

Photoshop rendering looks neat. Think i shall pick it up in the next few days. Its getting late. I thought of reformatting my laptop. On the other hand, it's just too much hassle. Just like how much hassle is involved in going to the damned polyclinic and having to wait an hour and a half just for a 5 -10 minute consultation with the doctor trying to look polite.

2009-03-25T11:50:00.002+08:00

Apparently there's no such thing as a GSX 400 nor a sport ducati 400cc and below, so i guess it has to be the super 4 revo then.

Anyway I was digging out the thrash from my table and drawers, and all the memories sweet and bitter came pouring out. Apparently mostly were sweet ones coz I didn't really keep much of the bitter ones. Only the one about me failing my 06 promos reminded me of my sadness, and the bloody mcs exco thing i ran for back in my very first year.

I pulled out a stack of coloured slips of paper. These reminded me about some civics period or sth back in 2006 when I was in 10/06. We were having some sort of CG bonding period where we were supposed to write letters to other classmates. Well I was a sucker coz i received more letters then i wrote. Anyway there was one which struck me the most, by a female classmate of mine, who mentioned, among other things that i was the 2nd malay/muslim friend she had. Well i actually liked her quite a bit. But then i was still in the shy vs boy mode so nuthin much happened. And I felt really appreciated. I was very much closer to the girls in my class back then. In 24/07, i was more comfortable with the guys.

Also found some pw op cards. it was fun doing the project. not fun doing the op. totally screwed it up. Not to mention it anymore.

Also found some postcards from the angels and mortals game back in TJ. There were lots of them.

Some notes. Actually quite a lot which i dunked into my last drawer. plus lousy exam papers.

And not forgetting, lots and lots of "green" packets; the not-really-green envelopes housing the money we received from elders during hari raya. Didn't bother to check them for money.

And there was a set of notes about macromedia software from an IT course back in sec 2. HAHAH. The times in vs were the most enjoyable. The attractive teachers. hahaha. those were the days, gone now never to return.

2009-03-23T13:50:00.003+08:00

Phewh finally cleared the problem with my ntu application.

I went to key in 2009 instead of 2008 for the year of A lvl exams. Then i was wondering why i needed to submit documents and faw didn't.

Stupid. So many dates to key in. And i was doing it close to midnight, and wedding earlier on in the day till 6pm. Naturally at some point i would end up in a mix up.

Nevermind about that. Driving totally rocks. I want to race! Of course not in my dad's car. It body-rolls a lot whenever I do a sharp corner at a bit higher speed. It needs harder suspension heheh. And good tyres. Its running on Toyo now. Not really fit for racing. Results in the steering feeling a lil jelly-like coz its comfort tyres.

Ok after NS I plan to upgrade my bike. No more second-hand headaches i hope. GSX 400 or Super 4 revo. Or Ducati. Voice your opinions now.

2009-03-19T18:49:00.003+08:00

severe heartache last night and this morning.

Nonetheless i managed to get my formal photo taken, and all's well. And, oh no, the photo looks like.... me. Really. I mean it looks how i look like every day. Nvm.

Been driving quite a lot ever since my parents came back. Hope I won't get sick of driving.

Okay now what, 2 more weeks to enlistment? AHH I've yet to rip apart my bike to try replace my spark plug. Looks like i won't be doing a paint job; no time, no money.

And bummer. CDC sent me a refund of $3.12 for the balance of my driving lessons. What? I didn't expect to be so little.

2009-03-17T21:00:00.002+08:00

Am so full right now.
Tried to eat 4 baked potatoes, and almost did it. Almost, coz I gave up trying. My tummy's just reached its limit.

Anyway,
I got to touch a bird with my own fingers! Nice!
It happened when I walked into the lift with my neighbour after washing the bikes. There was this black THING which fidgeted instantaneously when we stepped into the lift. We went, what's that?? Then my neighbour said it looked like a bird, and it was a bird. Hmm what was a bird doing crouched in a corner of the lift?

So we thought we should pick it up, and since I was the one actually standing in the lift, I reached out for the bird, very hesitantly, afraid for my fingers being pecked upon by the bird. I went for the bird's belly, and it jumped and scampered for the lift and away it ran with its wings stretched, but never gained lift. Poor bird, must have been injured and terrified by me reaching down for it.
Nonetheless, I was so delighted. Hope I can meet more birds.

I just love birds. They are highly intelligent, and beautiful too.

2009-03-17T10:49:00.002+08:00

Read a little Top Gear for breakfast this morning and came across this.

Introducing the Lamborghini Insecta concept, inspired by insects. I suppose Romanian designer Iulian Bumbu had enough of Bull shit, if you know what I mean. heheh.

Awesome right? I wonder how I can be a car designer in the future.

Okay I think I should get some real breakfast this morning. Getting pretty hungry already. Need energy before I do more scholarship applications.

Yes! This is the last day I have to endure.

Oh and interestingly, I found the admission pin NUS sent to me a few weeks back, this morning. I found it in my duffel bag. How strange. Which means I don't have to go back to NUS this wed. Which also means I won't have a reason to drive the car on wed. urgghhh. Why did I find you, pin? heheh.

Time I set my life straight.

2009-03-16T19:27:00.003+08:00

I don't know how to write an essay describing my qualities and stuff.

It's just not in my nature to talk about myself.
Maybe YOU can tell me what I'm good at.

Not more than 500 words for the psc one. Huh i don't even know if they'll pick me.
And time i buck up on my written and spoken english, most importantly. Uhh.. how is that possible now without a Time magazine subscription, I don't know.

And my handwriting now looks somewhat like a graduate's from primary school. Wonderful. Having written minimally over the past 3 months. It has all come down to this. Opportune timing.

2009-03-16T17:24:00.005+08:00

I so love birds.

Cute.

I wish i could have birds flying around in and around my house. That would be lovely.

2009-03-15T21:28:00.002+08:00

I am so tired.

The open houses were tiring, especially NTU. coz it was so far away. I rmbr seeing the 30km mark on the pie on the way to NTU. i dunno wads da distance for NUS, but it feels shorter.

Ahh scholarships. i dont have the energy to do that today.
I can't wait for my parents to get home.

2009-03-11T10:32:00.001+08:00

Do It Yourself

is the way to go

2009-03-11T10:01:00.002+08:00

wooooo!

I love driving man.

Cars were my first love, but i got my bike first.

Anyways i still got to drive finally!

although I'd appreciate an impreza wrx to drive in. that'd be awesome.
But a latio is still cool enough.
Oh no the car won't be here for me to drive this weekend!!!

I hope i still have my manual skills when i get my supercar then. hahaha

2009-03-08T11:54:00.002+08:00

This is way overdue.

GP H1 - B
MATH H2 - A
PHY H2 - B
COMPUTING H2 - C
ECONS H1 - A

Okay take a look at the last one. My oh my. its quite a shock. I only started mugging econs a few weeks before my exams, and only so because my neighbour asked me to study with him. I thought of putting econs on the sidelines for a while because it was a H1. I dunno how it happened, but i rmbr rambling on and on during the exam. Somehow it scored a distinction. And i didnt manage to study all the topics.

And computing was a joke. Our class didnt do well. i think i got the same grade for prelims. we all know who's behind this, no need for a mention. Just after i collected my results, i went to join few other classmates, and wow the few of us there all had Cs. Even those who mugged damn hard got Cs. only an A from Mervyn i heard. And i who got nuthin else better to do but take up computing tuition, got a C too.

And Math was a very, very pleasant surprise.

Physics, well i do believe i just missed the A grade, because i know i screwed up a few qns, which could have been avoidable.

And GP, well a bit sad i didn't get an A, but nvm coz at least i managed to shoot cambridge in my AQ. and im happy for it coz it settled for a B.

Okay now that i have fallen ill. i just hate air-conditioning.

And i finally quit my job. I felt heavy leaving, coz i made many friends, and found many new relatives too. I won't miss the warehouse though. been a place of misery ever since january when the last of my peers left.

What to do with the remaining month? Now that i didnt manage to buy an xbox since i already spent so much on stuffs.

2009-03-05T22:14:00.002+08:00

now i really really love my bike.

I just experienced its raw power for a couple of days now. Thanks to its KIPS system, or Kawasaki Integrated Power Valve System, i now know why ppl say that the KRR ZX-150 is a fast bike. Fooh.

When the rpm needle hits 8000rpm, there's a burst of power. Pure adrenalin. My oh my. I sooo love the feeling.

And i bought a pair of new shoes, my first expensive pair. More about it later.

2009-03-04T22:51:00.002+08:00

Tell me,

Would u buy a pair of shoes that give u a big worry whenever u put them on,
or a pair of average, decent ones which u don't even realise wearing?

I'm in a dilemma. Approximately one month to ns. I wanted to get a new pair of shoes to wear on friday, way overdue.

So loner me went to tampines mall tonight to scout for shoes. first went to timberland. well the pair of shoes i saw on the mannequin at vivo city way back was just right, but i can't seem to find it at the one in tm. I dont wanna go all the way back to vivo just for a pair of shoes. And the others in the tm timberland shop weren't to my liking, so i moved on to isetan. bleah. Dr Martens or sth like that. upwards of $100. kinda put off. not fantastic are the shoes anyway.

then went around walking some more. to some more shops. then stumbled upon Puma in a corner of tm. woa then i saw the one with the Ferrari design. The nicer one costs 170+. the one without the ferrari logo costs 160+. the not-so-nice ferrari shoe, like 140 if i rmbr correctly.

AHHHH!!!!!

then went to some sports shop beside it.

ok the Puma motorsport shoe looks good, but it costs a bomb.

AHHHHH!!!!!!

what now?

2009-03-02T16:27:00.002+08:00

The A level results will be released on Friday, 6 march at 2.30pm, if you don't already know.

Anyway the past 2 days have been nothing but damn heartache.

Coz the inexperienced mechanic screwed up my fairing. Firstly, there was a broken off piece at the edge. Then today while getting back what's mine, i found out another defect. Bastards. now they wrecked it at 2 places.

And my exhaust, told them to sand off the rust and spray with a high temperature spray, which they didnt have. Anticipating that, i bought one at Mustafa and told them to use it.

And bitches they are. they didnt sand the whole exhaust properly, thinking that i wouldn't notice. They didn't even bother to spray it properly. I was wondering why my spray can was still heavy after the entire operation; some forum users said they used up the entire can for the whole process. the day after servicing, i checked it and to my frustration, the bottom wasn't sprayed fully. There was one big patch of rust. and when i wiped my fingers on the exhaust, some black flakes came out. Telltale signs of a job disastrously badly done. And only 1 layer i reckon. total bullshit. if u only took the exhaust out, damaging my fairing in the process, just to sand a bit here and there, and ONLY (4 letter swear word here plus the ing behind) SPRAY ONE LAYER, I could have done a better job MYSELF! Because i didn't have the time nor the tools, i sent my bike to them so that they can do it for me while i caught up on my sleep.

The chip at the side panel blew their story. One mistake led to others being uncovered. and that bugger of the shopkeeper kept telling me abt wear and tear, just like what he did to every other customer. Idiot.

Okay that was the first time i went hard on a shop for screwing up. and inexperienced me managed to squeeze only 25 dollars out of them. argghhh. that'll only cover for a new iridium spark plug, and a fraction of installation costs perhaps.

2009-02-25T21:00:00.002+08:00

A gorgeous GT-R made my day today.

Nissan GT-R.

UHHH damn gorgeous.

Ok here's how it happened. while on ecp on the way to work this morning, i wanted to make a lane change to the leftmost lane, from the center lane, when i caught sight of a fast approaching vehicle from the left. It had puny eyes, and a relatively small outline. So i decided to delay my lane change.

Then when that thing pulled over, wow. GT-R. and i had the luxury of tailgating it. It changed lane, and i followed it. It pulled faster, i followed it. I just love the car. Full of gadgets. super aerodynamic, with each curve on its body built for the sole purpose of channeling air into its rear spoiler to keep it on the ground in tight corners.

And the exhaust tune. My oh my. its damn DAMN mild at low revs. Can barely hear the exhaust from behind. But then the driver hit the throttle a bit more, and then more of its lungs came out. fooh. like a screaming ferrari given lessons on vocal restraint. Oh and btw every single GT-R engine is hand built, so each is slightly unique.

I want one!

2009-02-24T22:16:00.002+08:00

I wanna tune my carburetor. It sounds like fun.

But first i got to catch up on my reading if i were to start getting my hands dirty.

And i need proper equipment. and time.

Oh and u know what's one of my favourite sights? The sight of my bike's reflection of the back of a car.

I dunno, but my bike looks good in green, so i feel hesitant in wanting to respray my bike. Perhaps i should respray it green? Or maybe a green base with some red stripes. Maybe that'd do the trick.

I feel like setting aside a hundred quid for painting equipment. should be enough i think. A can of Rustoleum spray paint costs 25 quid. think i'll do without the primer. sand paper i need, oh ya and the rust reformer (special chemical used to convert rust into primer) and RJ high temperature spray, for my rusty exhaust belly which will cost me around 50 quid. ok maybe i wont buy the rust reformer and manually sand away the rust instead. So MAYBE i can buy the primer to make the paint stick better.

I feel excited. I wish i had more funding for this. I wanna be a professional in vehicle customisation eventually. well part time professional.

2009-02-24T19:12:00.002+08:00

wahh driving an auto car is really..... easy man. like totally easy. like don't nid to release again and again my foot on either paddle. just hit the accelerator or the brakes.

But then i still love the manual transmission. with the clutch to handle and all, its much more exciting. the automatic transmission just feels mature, and maturity loses its excitement.

and i wanna try a wheelie, but im a lil afraid. I've nvr achieved one on a bicycle, nonetheless a motorbike. it sounds dangerous. but, im tempted. i did a small drift today on the wet road, unintentionally while trying to overtake a car through a hasty downshift to gear 1 and a burst of the throttle. felt my tail wiggle.

2009-02-23T19:21:00.001+08:00

Bike Asia 2009.
27feb to 1mar (non-trade visitors only allowed in on the 28thfeb and 1stmar)
On-site admission : $15

2009-02-22T20:58:00.002+08:00

Someone tell me where to buy fabric and sponge. wanna remake my bike seats.

anyway life has slightly improved for me in the warehouse. I am now an illegal forklift operator. No formal training whatsoever. Its fun, but pretty scary at the same time, coz the brakes don't really hit it in time, causing me to swipe through a box of chips this morning. I was like, oh #%&@.

2009-02-19T21:53:00.002+08:00

i tried to tighten my chain this afternoon by myself, failed catastrophically and decided to let the veterans at spc do it for me. well not catastrophically, but miserably, coz i didn't get to turn the bolt, not even a budge.

ahh i need my money. to settle my debts, to do my stuff. ahhh.

2009-02-18T22:23:00.002+08:00

Cool.

There's actually a kind of paint that mimics chrome, but it actually isn't. This could be cool. Way cheaper way to "chrome" my bike.

Brands to look out for:
-R J London (chrome spray)
-Rustoleum
-Kangaroo (apparently local brand, so i think)

I actually stopped typing at this moment to randomly read a thread on singapore bikes forum, about how to contain rust.

And now im turning off my comp coz im too tired already.

2009-02-15T12:17:00.002+08:00

I must not panic on the 10th of March.

I must stay calm and be extra cautious.

okay NTU mechanical engineering is now one of my options. How many options do i have in the first place anyway? heheh.

And my lymph node is swelling again.

Argh pain pain pain!
so i pon work today. Hope i can pon again tmr. coz i don't really look forward to work anymore. those bastards there really i can't stand them.

2009-02-11T19:20:00.002+08:00

What was it that i wanted to post about today, that i have completely forgotten?

Oh i think i know.

Oh yes, i need to get my hands on spray painting equipment, coz i intend to do some diy paint job on my bike. coz if i send it to the shop, for one thing, it could be expensive, but most importantly, it might churn out a slipshod, horribly, hastily done paint job. And this site's really good if u wanna get an insight into how they do it properly.

Heh my long unused hockey stick will be my first victim of trial runs if i get my hands on those rattle cans and primer and overcoats and all.

And i have to get my equipment before march comes to a close, or i'll probably nvr get to do it properly.

2009-02-08T18:17:00.002+08:00

If i don't get my dept transfer by the end of this month, im gonna quit.

Anyway its been a long long long time since i did vigorous physical activity like playing soccer, and as such, i have muscle aches waist down.

Okay and i was so frustrated with Top Gear coz ytday i tried to watch some new videos on their website, and they blocked me due to my geographical location. what the heck.

And i'm so tired i tend to experience micro sleep while riding my bike on the highways these days. Especially if its a hot day. And i don't like those huge lorries that are involved in construction. Coz everytime i ride behind them, no matter diagonally or directly behind, i find myself in a mini meteor shower. and it is quite painful with the debris travelling at high speeds.

Alright time to look for more ideas on my bike mods.

2009-02-07T20:44:00.002+08:00

Left house damn early today to play soccer at The Cage. Its funny coz i dont usually leave that early everyday to go to work such that i only occasionally arrive early at the wretched Giant hypermarket.

First time there. almost got lost, again, at the area around the vintage national stadium.

Damn tired.

2009-01-31T20:33:00.002+08:00

Damn a lamborghini roared past me this afternoon.
Heh fortunately there was a car hogging the fast lane, allowing me to slooowly catch up with the black beauty.

Couldn't associate it with any of the models i know, thanks to a lack of catching up on the motoring scene. But the most eye-catching thing i noticed about it was its wide but short rear side air vents protruding out of its body. bloody nice. and i followed it from the back for a good 5 seconds i reckon before pulling away into the exit. oh it was on the ecp(aye) around the marina bay area.

Ah i can't wait to be finally able to drive.

And i finally did it!
I asked my boss for a department transfer.

2009-01-29T17:01:00.002+08:00

I want my payslip. No, its not a paycheck. its just a piece of paper telling u how much u've earned, cpf contributions and stuff.

And i've been waiting for it since ytday coz the department head's been missing for 2 days now. ARGH.

Hah anyway i had a surprise today at Giant. My circle of relatives is GROWING in Giant Parkway Parade. All because of the boss. hahaha. didnt know until now.

Oh and i feel like switching departments, but then warehouse work is getting slack now that cny's "over".

And dammit i missed the 2 days of hong bao they distributed over the 2-day holiday. Sheesh.

2009-01-25T22:43:00.004+08:00

I went to KL on saturday, and i'm back not too long ago.

Been catching up on my Bike magazine during the journey. lots of riding gear i wanna obtain. like a sleek retro leather jacket. and a one-piece racing suit. and a neat full-face helmet.

So i enjoyed my time in malaysia.
Singapore was being sickening as usual at the immigration checkpoint. Wake up at 4.30am to avoid the jam, just to end up in one for more than an hour.

the journey back to singapore was a breeze. heh an interesting observation, malaysia competing with singapore to see who can set up the highest, most annoying road humps in their respective checkpoints. its all clean and green in the new malaysian immigration checkpoint. see what happens after a year. the green painted road is starting to turn black.

Okay so i've finally tested the 3 most common gaming consoles - the Nintendo Wii, Sony's Playstation 3, and Microsoft's Xbox 360.

And my console of choice: the xbox.

coz the games are much nicer, the graphics a vast improvement from its predecessor.
I thought that the ps3's graphics weren't so impressive, after playing GTA 4, WWE, and ridge racer. and their range of games not so appealing as the xbox.

anyway, i dont think i'll be getting one anytime soon.

I have another plan in mind, on what to do with my next salaries.
No, it wont be so much on my bike, although it would have been.

2009-01-16T18:06:00.001+08:00

I didn't know the GT-R's tyres are inflated with pure nitrogen.

Hmm where do u get pure nitrogen from in singapore i wonder.

2009-01-15T17:45:00.003+08:00

I am so bloody frustrated, annoyed and cant-be-bothered-anymore at work.

In other words, I am deeply pissed.

I don't know why my patience is so thin nowadays.

Probably the lethargy and exhaustion shifting into survival mode.

Things were just gonna be slightly better ytday until we received news that one of the bloody bosses ain't happy with our organisation of the warehouse.

These ppl just know how to boss around. There's minimal chance of voicing out my opinions; well i haven't really tried but the way things are now, it just isn't so straightforward.

Anyway if the other ppl who patronise the warehouse cooperate, then things will surely be much better off. sadly, it isn't.

And another woman just pissed me off again today.
Coz she kept bugging me to bring some pampers down like at that instant when i was doing sth else.

Controlling my emotional urges is driving me nuts. trying not to go nuts is well... nuts.

2009-01-06T13:26:00.004+08:00

Wait this is gonna be damn awkward, coz the last person who text me was a friend's friend who asked me abt the giant job.

Anyways,

Dear Joshua,
I don't really know how to tell you this but, you're a loser. I think I realised it when I changed tennis shoes with Paris Hilton (i wish hahahah) and I saw you sit on my fart balloon. I'm sure you're cowardly enough to understand that Extreme Makeover Sucks. I'm returning your false teeth to you, but I'll keep your suicide note as a memory. You should also know that I never will forget Oprah Winfrey imitations.
Get away now.

Love, Hakeym.

p.s. You're so lifeless, vain pot Afiqah.

RULES:
#1 Do the “Letter MEME”.
#2 Tag no less than 5 other people, and leave them a comment, informing them that they have been tagged.
#3 Copy the “How-to” Letter Meme, and finish your Journal entry. How you do the Letter Meme:
Dear(the last person who text you), I don’t really know how to tell you this, but __1__. I think I realised it when/on __2__3__ and I saw you __4__5(1)/5(2)__. I’m sure you’re __6__ enough to understand __7__.. I’m returning __8__ to you, but I’ll keep __9__ as a memory. You should also know that I __10__11__. __12_.Love,(your name).P/S: You’re so lifeless, __13__ (the name of person who tagged you).

1. What’s the colour of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I’ll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn’t match
Grey - You’re a pervert
Yellow - I’m selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You’re a loser
Other - I’m in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women’s clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife

4. What’s the colour of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out

5. Boys: What’s the colour of your undergarment? Girls: You have 2 parts(1) What is the colour of your bra(2) What is the colour of your panty?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United’s goalkeeper
Beige - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other (please state) - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - ManO.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - HighHighHouse
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I’ve felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn’t exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we’re cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Pathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I’m allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Over joyous - That I’m open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What’s the colour of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - How awful I’ve felt
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David’s tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college
10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always thought of
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water - Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drinks - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Get away now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

13. What is your favourite activity when hanging out with mates?
Gathering for drinks – Ugly pig
Football – Silly duck
Shopping – Kisser
Indulging for food – Cranky banana
Movies – Smelly Armpits
Snacks – Horny wolf
Snooker – Tiny stuff
Bowling – Sexy grandmother
Outdoor activities – Vain pot
Having a long talk – Nose picker
Taking pictures – Dumb person
Other – Burn yourself

Persons who have to do this:
1) Chia How
2) Davin
3) Fawwaz
4) Shaza
5) Winston

2009-01-03T21:43:00.002+08:00

Nonsense.

U wanna get a law changed, get elected into parliament.

And like that will change anything.

Response to channel 5 news.

2009-01-03T21:39:00.001+08:00

US sucks.
And the Jews in Israel can go to hell.

2008-12-29T18:47:00.002+08:00

Now i really don't like working at Giant.

Everyday suppliers bug us to do their work for them.

I'm getting increasingly pissed off.

Once my contract ends, damn i'll never wanna work there again.

Being a storeman would be more enjoyable without those annoying suppliers around, who only know how to make a ruckus and complain to the boss when we ignore them.

Especially the old chinese aunties. Why the heck are they employed when their job is to climb up 2 storeys to get freaking pampers? It is seriously damn stupid. They don't even bother to try going up. straight away come to us and.. ah boy u bring that one down for me. ah that one that one. Seriously it makes me bloody mad.

I don't know why can't they send male suppliers who are more independent, and only ask for directions and locations. NOT DOING THEIR JOB FOR THEM. During peak periods some more.

My job is to bring them up, not bring them down AGAIN!

2008-12-27T18:51:00.002+08:00

My power filter's now installed.

Now it's giving me worries.

Coz i am not hundred percent sure it is street legal.

Coz on my way to work this morning, i passed an accident site - a luxurious executive E-class merc was sprawled with its nose facing towards traffic flow, in a junction near marine parade library. Anyway, on a more important note, the TP officer at the junction stared at me while i moved off from the red light. I was aware of him staring at me coz i checked my rear-view mirrors, and his head was turned in my direction.

Legalities aside, the power filter smoothed out my engine. Doesn't vibrate as much as it used to. and it sounds way much nicer and sportier and muscular. too bad my bike can't drag. coz on the 2nd gear, when the tachometer reaches 7000 rpm, the engine suffers from an asthma attack and refuses to rev some more.

I'm just scared i get caught. I didn't think of all these earlier. urrghh.

I learnt an important lesson though: do my homework before modding further.

2008-12-26T14:53:00.001+08:00

argh im still stuck with my power filter, yet to be installed.

Can someone recommend me a shop which can do it without hassle?

2008-12-25T21:32:00.002+08:00

i went to spc today to install sth on my bike (yes certain spc stores have maintenance shops for customer convenience), but they were closed. I forgot it's a public holiday and some ppl dont work.

Anyway it's funny. heh. i only go to spc for bike-related stuff. Only once did i purchase petrol from them. Dont think their's that good.

I realised Esso's petrol pretty good. their Esso 5000 beats shell's Formula 95 to me. But Shell is unbeatable with its V-power no doubt. Nonetheless Esso delivers smooth engine performance. fuel economy quite good too.

Oh and Parkway Parade carpark has some pretty nice cars, mostly of BMW and Merc. and there's this Brabus too (if u don't know, Brabus is a tuning company that tunes Mercedes cars to become monsters while retaining its reputation).

Ah and im so tired today. Worked hard today, and yesterday. so i'm taking a break tmr.

I wanna meet up with old friends. Like the brothers from VS whom i havent seen for 3 years now.

And merry christmas to all those who celebrate.

2008-12-23T18:23:00.002+08:00

wokay.

And so today's the day that i first spent my birthday away from home, for half a day in fact. And it's all bcuz of work.

Well Nabeel started telling everyone (no not everyone, but u get the picture). Earlier on ytday he said Sri, one of the Indian Malaysian storemen looking after us while bossing us around at the same time, would do sth - which he refused to say - to those ppl who had their birthday on the days he was ard.

Oklah then it was a bit expected when he said, Ah Hakeym belanja. meaning i was supposed to treat my colleagues during lunch. Oklah since i would only be around for 3 months or so, and one of our storemen gonna leave soon, i paid for the drinks. Luckily it didnt wipe out my wallet.

Oh and i was so tired today. and so sleepy. walked around the warehouse feeling drowsy. didnt really understand what ppl were talking. just tried to live the day, just like that.

2008-12-22T18:54:00.000+08:00

anybody wanna watch Yesman?

2008-12-19T21:05:00.002+08:00

I'm back.

Didn't feel like visiting to blogger recently coz, i had other more interesting things to do. like playing campaign in Gears of War at my cousin's place, and finally getting my racing fingers back. And getting thrashed at Halo 3 of course.

And then there's some movie-watching to do. I just caught up with The Dark Knight. Woops i told winston the dark night instead i think. oh well. AWESOME movie. Next would probably be... Mamma Mia or sth. i dunno. looking for a new copy of Bolt and Transporter 3. the one i have quality aint too good.

Anyway, guess what? yesterday i had free overtime pay. and how long? 3 bloody hours. Reason being some heck of a ceo said he'd be visiting, our outlet being the last. So preps and everything, it was 7pm and he hadn't showed up. Our manager told us to go home then, so it was 3 hrs overtime for free. though i'd rather go home. total waste of time. Can't believe we waited for 3 hrs slacking around in the warehouse.

And then i did something fun a few days back. On my way home one fine morning, i rode my bike like how they do on the race track, on a relatively empty flyover. Was really hoping no one was around coz i thought it quite embarrassing. so i laid down my chest on the gas tank and hid my face behind the windshield. There was this sound, like strong wind blowing against rubber. and then before i knew it, i was hitting 110 easily. heh. the things u can do being streamlined.

Oh and i seriously can't wait for my first pay. got things to clear by feb i hope.

2008-12-12T18:39:00.002+08:00

I watched The Kite Runner on DVD yesterday night.

Man its a damn good show, with a damn good storyline, albeit being very sad.

And if i'm not mistaken, the author - i think an afghan himself - won a very prestigious book award sometime this year.

Oh and the movie i watched was based on the book.

Pity i haven't read it.

I recognised a good read when i saw people carrying it around, but didn't have the time to read it myself. Other things to do.

And the past week has been nuthin but Top Gear!

I can just keep myself from being bored just by watching the vids on the Top Gear site, a link to which can be found on the right side column of this page.

2008-12-09T19:31:00.002+08:00

Oh wait. I forgot, in my preceding post, that I'm not in school anymore where I'm free to shoot whatever I want with minimal consequences so severe. And that i think i heard some corporations monitor the online activities of their workers. Like typing Giant into the Google search bar.

But I don't care. Let them hear my piece of brain tissue. Coz I am one frustrated worker.

2008-12-09T19:10:00.002+08:00

The Malaysian Indians at my workplace are a carefree and funny lot, well at least my colleague. He just shoot sama dia. Dont care guy or girl. heh.

Anyway, sometimes I don't feel my loyalty to Giant company. Like i am not a valued worker there. It's just plain ridiculous some things they do there. And i dont think they really take care of worker welfare. And yea some ppl cannot be trusted, but they dont trust those who can be trusted. And that's bloody annoying.

But the thing that removes that is the friends and colleagues there who just have fun when most of the work is done.

And.. some things should be better left unsaid. Like Giant is a bloody messed up place.

2008-12-03T20:02:00.002+08:00

aahhh im so damn tired.

Wasted my time and money attending prom.

I am so damn lucky i spent only a dime for it.

The new footrests now don't count as prom material.

And coz of prom, im feeling exhausted 2 days later.

my job is not tiring; gg home late from prom did. and it now has a ripple effect. luckily no runny nose on the job today.

So typical of a tj function. truly tj. hah. wad a truly stupid idea.

friends are not stupid; tj is.

and wow i almost ran my fuel tank dry today. luckily i checked before going home, or i'd probably have been stranded on ecp tday.

Oh and in case some ppl who were "shocked" to see me come to prom wearing my jacket and nuthin else interesting, well this is my identity. but the bottom line is i just couldnt have been more bothered with prom. this has been my first, and will be my last.

2008-11-30T17:50:00.002+08:00

wow i feel so happy.
Like a sense of satisfaction.
A sense of new.

Okay i went to the Ah Boy shop at Kelantan Lane just now at noon and reached home at 3.

Initially wanted to get a helmet bag ONLY. the footrest was secondary; if cheap, got money, BUY.

Then i asked the staff there for a helmet bag.
5 bucks.
wow. dont tell me i went all the way to jalan besar to spend 5 bucks.

So i asked for a bike cover - the kind u usually see on cars to protect from rain and dirt - since i needed to cover my bike to prevent bloody cheapo thieves from fiddling with my bike; my keyhole has been tampered with, a screw gone missing, and a screw cap. URGH!!! bloody thieves.

Okay then i asked, u got footrests? The person asked racing footrests? i said er... yeah. i asked the price, 75 bucks. wow i was a bit shocked. my budget was 50. ah anyway i paid by nets. so total spent abt a hundred bucks.

But i dont regret replacing my footrests. they're positioned much higher, a lil bit uncomfortable but i'll get used to it. my brakes now are more responsive, and the gear lever more smooth.

alright im tired.

first day of work at giant tmr.
prom tmr night.

wow. might, might not be an interesting day. tmr.

2008-11-30T10:57:00.002+08:00

Prom doesn't seem to be a rather interesting event to me. Coz i havent bothered to get anything for it.

At least till now.

In a few moments, well minutes, im gonna hop on my bike and do a lil "chore".

Well guess what I'm gonna buy?

A t-shirt, helmet bag, and probably new metal footrests if they're cheap.

Okay I'm off to Ah Boy (it's a well known bike shop selling bike accessories.)

I just can't be bothered to dress up for prom.

Partly coz I don't have the funds to.

2008-11-28T11:08:00.003+08:00

$130 and 4 demerit points.

That was what i coulda been slapped with for speeding at 78kmh on a probably 60khm road.

Luckily they only gave me a warning.

I've learnt my lesson - not to speed on the road next to expo. heheh.

Okay im so quitting my car grooming job. I can't take it physically already; my hands feel like dropping off; my palm is a lil swollen; my whole body aches and I am so damn tired.

Looks like i'll just stick to my giant job after all. will be working 8 hrs so its better than what i initially thought.

ARGH my wrist

2008-11-26T22:54:00.002+08:00

I am so damn tired.

First day on the job.

Car groomer.

This is my first tiny step into the automotive industry.

I think i'm just plain crazy to do this.

And now i feel so miserably tired, and i just ate too much coz i survived the day on just two eggs and bread.

But it's nice. Just now i cleaned a merc S350. Damn nice car i tell u. I always thought it was just an oversized merc, nothing interesting abt it. But upon closer inspection, man its a nice peace of luxury.

2008-11-25T22:53:00.002+08:00

aaahhh my cousin just tagged me. a really really long one. i dont really have the time for that. im so bloody drained.

Day didn't turn out to good.
Turned out the pay at Giant isn't really much of a giant at all. really of the opposite. Hm 5 bucks per hr. Storeman. So I'm looking for another job. got the rest of the week to do that.

Actually wanted to try out being a parking warden. But then i found out it's in 3-hour shifts; and one of it extends into the wee hours. so i don't think i'd want that. first job and possibility of working so late at night, or early in the morning, doesn't really make much sense.

So now im thinking, try out challenger. Im waiting for IRAS to contact me; applied for a data entry post there. my friend told me its like 6+/hr so shud be way better than Giant.

2008-11-24T23:34:00.002+08:00

Okay i did this during my short vacation in parts of Malaysia. Didnt have access to free wireless internet, so had to type it out on ms word. More on my vacation later. Feeling a little sick. had a terrible cold yesterday.

It’s been an extremely long time since I last created a post about the girl that’s been in my mind for the past... 4 years approximately.

And I met her yesterday. I just feel happy and sad at the same time, being able to finally see her again. Happy doesn’t need an explanation. Sad because, many reasons, of which, firstly I know it’s not the right time for this sort of thing but nonetheless she is my ideal kinda girl.

And so I just feel kinda uncomfortable around her, like I dunno what to do or say. Like my thoughts blank out and all i can do is to force a smile. Pathetic me. My family knows about it, but nobody can do anything, coz we don’t wanna jeopardise inter-family relationships.

It’s complicated for me to tell you the whole story, and I don’t want to.

Anyway sometimes I feel I don’t want to harbour any hopes that one day it’ll work out. I’m just gonna see how it goes. She comes from a very respectable family, and I’m just average. But for now it’s “only her” and i don’t think it’ll change any time soon.

2008-11-21T23:11:00.002+08:00

Probably one of the most dreaded sights to ever being seen by a motorist: the outline of a man standing behind a camera on an overhead bridge facing towards vehicles passing underneath.

I tell u my heart sank when i saw him. I happily accelerated off on my bike at the junction opposite ITE simei. Then i approached expo, and the bridge connecting it to the opposite road, the one i was travelling on. I unknowingly rode into the path of the man's sight, and only noticed his presence about a metre away. I glanced at my speedometer; 80kmh. i just hope that fella was slacking, or at least just close one eye please.

Oh come on, last day of my exams, i was so eager to release all the anxiety and adrenalin swelling in me. I dread the next few days. hope i dont receive any letter from them.

Now i feel so miserable, i have no mood to start building up my resume. oh well i think im just gonna start on it during my short KL stint.

i dont wanna lose my driving license, what more my dearest bike. still paying for it.

2008-11-18T18:08:00.002+08:00

AAAHHHH i've been tryin out this online game... guess what kinda game is it....

ok nvm it's a stock-trading game, available here.

I really suck. I only managed to make around 30K on my first (many) rounds of playing. then after that it just went downhill. urrrghh now i feel worse, losing virtual money.

ARRRHhh physics mcq was disastrous. Some questions i could have been able to get right if i had more time to think. rushed thru the 2nd half of the qns, so a lot of them were tackled poorly. I dunno what will become of my physics. i really wanna become an engineer, coz it'll make it easier for me to be able to invent stuff in the future with all the knowledge taught in uni.

and then there's computing on friday. i just hope friday will come fast, then can go KL already for the weekend.

Then after that, its down to finding work.

My friend told me to go look for work at T2 at the offices around the staff canteen. hm. im exploring other options. i'm still waiting for ikea to contact me. arrghhh.

2008-11-15T15:40:00.003+08:00

heh

paste this code into ur address bar. no not on my site coz it doesn't work. already tried it. u can try my sch's website at for a pretty nice result.

okay here it is...

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++ }setInterval('A()',5); void(0);

dont worry it won't screw up ur com nor ur web browser. its just a neat trick abt java scripts

2008-11-15T12:46:00.002+08:00

arrrhhh... im so tired. tryin' desperately to study...
but i've lost the study mood. seeing that it's less than a week to liberation doesn't help.

wanted to go national library today to do physics mcq. But then, couldn't wake up coz i slept at half past midnight last night. so when i finally saw daylight, it was almost 9. too late to go already. so i ended up at my aunt's hs.

looks like the only challenge in an exam isn't just the exam itself.

AHH come on come on. its gonna be the last cambridge exam in 5 days. the worst thing is computing paper 2 being scheduled for the last. if i cant study for mcq, am i ever gonna be able to study all the theoretical aspects of computing within 3 days?

2008-11-11T23:41:00.001+08:00

thing to do after As:

Create my own EMI brakes for my bike as an experiment.

If success then
find new ways to make use of the electrical power generated

2008-11-09T21:39:00.002+08:00

now that the bali bombers have been executed early this morning, i think we have to rethink our tactics in overcoming this problem of terrorism.

The Indonesian govt can carry on with the arrests, in the hope of putting terror cells into disarray. But, in my opinion, this won't solve the problem at its root. there will still be anti-western sentiments coming up here and there. and with the indo govt conducting these arrests, they are seen as having giving up its people for the sake of satisfying the west.

If u ask me, i think that we should engage these extremists in constructive discussion, like asking them whether destroying infrastructure would do any good to the country, and the killing of people not directly involved in their anger is justifiable. It may not seem like a quick fix, but to combat this problem, we've got to remove this deluded ideology. these people need to be reverse-brainwashed.

2008-11-09T11:15:00.003+08:00

man this is so bad...
and,
the next leadership -autocrats more likely- to go will be the Lees.
Bloody hell. they really got nuthin else to do that father-son pair. LHL just talked more than what was really required. ya like there'll be fair voting in sg. u choose who will succeed u, how can the ppl really get a better representation and choose their leaders? talk about securing votes. u secure the votes even before u put forth ur candidate.

Next one to go will be them. or we'll just have to hope they stop reproducing, so that we'll just have to weather this temporary storm.
I'm getting sick of them, everytime they come out on the media. the stuff they talk are becoming increasingly absurd.

I'm sick of talking about them.
SICK SICK SICK

2008-11-07T14:03:00.003+08:00

aaahh i wanna play!!! got no intention to study today

oh they built a freaking hump at the road bend down the road, at pasir ris street 11, where i frequently pass on my way to school. damn. no cornering first thing in the morning already. luckily they didnt build another hump on the opposite direction, or i'll be swearing at them

2008-11-05T15:48:00.002+08:00

and whoa.

yesterday while getting ready to go home on my bike, a group of girls - one of whom i recognised - walked past.

I dunno if they wanted me to hear it, but i somehow caught the sentence, "can i have a ride" out of the random stuff they were saying. I wouldn't get these kind of remarks from girls walking alone. unless they're pretty darn brave, which i havent came across.

obviously it seems that a lot of ppl in tjc perhaps do not know ppl who ride bikes in their close circle of friends/relatives. wealthy bunch with loads of cars. hahah.

and it also seems that many ppl havent seen me ride in sch before. heh.

driving is fun yeah. but riding? hahah u nvr know till u get on a bike.

2008-11-05T15:16:00.003+08:00

Obamamania.

I aint surprised he won. well it'd be good for their country for obama to be the president-elect.

At around midday today it was announced that obama won, even though the votes were still being counted. I went to sleep then, and only talking about it now.

McCain couldn't have possibly won. His choice of palin made his chances worse. heh. why choose a bimbo to run the country.

So now it is crucial that the republicans get over their loss and support obama. division won't serve them well.

2008-11-03T13:03:00.003+08:00

arrgghhh. a flying insect flew into my face while i was entering the car park at a relatively high speed. that yellow thing just flew straight for my temple. and now it hurts.

When the thing hit, there was this prolonged sharp pain. The thing didn't fly off. instead the pain just stayed there and grew worse. i stopped my bike and started tapping on my temple. then that yellow thing flew off. when i wiped my face, there was this disgusting yellowish-white stuff.

when i reached home there was a small lump. and the pain's gone now, but the discomfort is there.

i got reason to believe it was a bee. and so, my first time getting stung by an insect, on the first day of my A level exams. Wow. really wow. interesting things happen at the most inopportune moments. heheh.

ok now, gp. woah i was real nervous at the start of my essay. chose to do qn 1, abt whether a foreign power ever helps a country with its problems. i just had to do that qn. the other qns were kinda strange to me coz i had forgotten some of the stuff.

and so i spammed the usual examples like the russian-georgian conflict, credit crisis and some others. wrapped it up in a rush though coz i was wasting some time during the essay. trying to calm my thoughts. and think of what to write next.

then the compre. woa i read the first passage... nooo its not controversial. the qns were kinda boring, but a little challenging. Then the 2nd passage, woohoo finally some controversy which i can whack in my AQ. know what? i said the author was absurd and even naive in staking some claim. heheh. think that was the most controversial AQ i've ever written under a controlled exam environment. probably one of the best too. hope the examiner won't be offended.

It really helps riding a bike to sch for exam. it just made me fresh. like started the adrenalin pumping, and i was revving quite high this morning. eager to get to school.

Oh and today i received more stares from possibly external examiners when i was abt to go home. and other tjcians too, who probably saw me for the first time. but there were some who did see me before, stared again. hmmm am i supposed to enjoy the attention or what? no way!

Oh and i really got to change my rear tyre after my exams. just now i did a mild corner from bedok entering to east coast, and i felt it do sth strange. possibly hazardous.

ok the first few paychecks i receive if i were to work would be sent on servicing my bike, and do some modifications. maybe i'll get an xbox later on, maybe during ns.

2008-11-02T16:04:00.002+08:00

PALIN GOT PUNKED!
U gotta hear this. its a recording, not a vid.

AHAHAHAAHAHAAHA

Affirms the fact that a McCain-palin administration will just be heading right for "mildly amusing" disaster.

2008-10-31T21:40:00.001+08:00

adibah u silly girl

2008-10-31T14:38:00.002+08:00

"I don't know what's next. By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten."

-- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, mocking Republicans accusing him of being a socialist.

"Joe's with us today. Joe, where are you?"

-- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain calling on his mascot Joe the Plumber, during a meeting in Ohio, which he had unexpectedly failed to attend. Joe did, though, turn up at another rally and went of stage with McCain.

McCain should just retire lah. hahahah. oh man. McCain totally got owned. those americans who vote for him, are plain stupid.

2008-10-28T18:51:00.002+08:00

ooh how many more days?

i don't have to count.

i only have up till this weekend to complete my preparations.

oh no

2008-10-23T21:36:00.004+08:00

i dunno what i did today.

went to sch morning to see mr Ngoh to trouble him with some hci and vj math qns.

caught up with shaza a little before going home.

reached home, read a lil computing, felt my head throbbing, consequently taking a "short nap" from after 2 till 4, sprawled on the carpet among the big pillow-cushions whatever you call it.

heard my sis ringing the bell when she came home but i didnt bother to open the door coz i was just feeling so tired, after increasingly having to put up with a certain domestic problem at home these couple of (mid)nights.

then went to the airport to greet someone.

got home at a lil after 7pm. prayed. ate. attended to davin's qn. responded to a commentary in Berita Harian (malay newspaper) in a mix of english and quoted malay.

then im writing a post now.

oh what the heck. A's in a lil more than a week now. I must do well in math, phy, econs and gp. computing notwithstanding

2008-10-20T22:30:00.001+08:00

wow. last time i knew, there were 4 weeks left.

Then now less than 2 weeks.

Argghh this is one of those times when we don't need time to be so efficient as always.

2008-10-14T22:28:00.003+08:00

"You are hereby required under Section 10 of the Enlistment Act (Cap 93), to report for enlistment on

07 APR 2009 (TUE) AT 8.30 AM
to SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE (SCDF)"

waaa i was feeling damn shocked when i opened the letter. i was expecting at least army, coz i wanted police. then skali kena scdf. wooo.

but then after that i talked to rod and some other friends. and now im somewhat convinced it's gonna be ok.

oh well. oh what a night

2008-10-14T17:11:00.003+08:00

alright the tj student leadership just earned my feelings of contempt for them. well done! First they pushed aside the minority. and now they totally don't give a damn.

Whoever's in charge of the grad night, is a bastard.

2008-10-13T22:49:00.002+08:00

okay i changed the picture to a newer version of the Hayabusa. Nice right. and i found some pics of a wickedly modded busa in an online forum. take a look

nice right? i wanna get my hands on one and do some modifications too

2008-10-13T20:15:00.002+08:00

The teachers really put up a good show this morning.

And so school's out. I wouldn't exactly miss TJ, in the sense that i'd miss the school. I wont miss the campus, coz there's really nothing fabulous about it; it's design is really lackluster. The administration, not really. The principal's really of the Sarah Palin type; totally no shame. Then the VPs, ah mr aziz. His talking cock every morning assembly, always finding sth to babble abt on the podium, nvr failing each time. he's ok, but then him closing down the hockey team just didn't play well for me. and the dedication from mr iskandar and ms tan, the crowd just went silent. Even the hockey team didn't cheer. it's just freaking upsetting, really. I hope we really hit his nerve by giving that response, it's like everyone just kept quiet, like someone just died. And now there's no more hockey, my links to TJ would cease once A's end. and mrs lim, i just dunno what to say abt her. they're just not the students' principal/vp.

I miss the good ol' VS days. even the time in geylang baru - the old campus. the then principal mr ang pow chew was strict, but he was dedicated to improving our standard in education and more. and the discipline and student development people were fantastic. most people respect them, if not just finding them plain amusing -mr chia for eg.

why am i talkin abt vs? to give a comparison on the kind of experiences i received. VS was built -and fuding raised- for the students, by the (former) students; TJ was built for the principals and dm in my opinion.

The admin's slide show was totally ridiculous man. Like many people realised they did that video for some other event, and recycled it to us. Bloody idiots. think we won't realise it.

My respect and salutations for the tutors in TJ(except the bus driver), even for the chinese teacher who sang dedications in chinese and i couldn't understand. but i really admired and respected that. math dept modified a few songs and made them eye-catching. then the gp tutors came up with a really brilliant skit. "To be or not to be? That is the question." then "alas it was not to be." hahah. coz lofthause's (hope spelling's correct) leaving for spain, and in the skit she stayed on in sg and set up some sch, with another ang moh teacher. it was just wonderful.

then chemistry dept too. well i nvr fared well in chem when i came into TJ. but the all the tutors were fantastic today.

And a whole lot of other dedications from the teachers to the students. hahah ms woodford's dedication to us came as one of the first few, then mr kao's open brackets gave it all away. hahahah.

the sc dancing wasn't relevant to me. and the other perfomances, wasn't as entertaining as the teachers.

Oh, me and winston thinkin of getting something for our teachers. anyone wanna chip in?

2008-10-12T22:24:00.003+08:00

ooooh.. my blog's been pulling netizens from other countries. like the UK, US to name a few. and i think the picture of the hayabusa's the reason why.

And there's this fella from China. Don't know what the heck is he doing here. i didnt know chinese were a bike-loving folk

2008-10-12T22:19:00.002+08:00

fooooh im so tired. whole day out.

Oh, and remember we're supposed to confirm our portfolios by this Wednesday 15th Oct. Oh no. it's the 15th already. ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH. i just feel so restless and disturbed. AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i've got to curb my taste for speed in singapore. at least for another 9 months. woo that's a long time. and try to be a good citizen during this period.

urgh.