Tis' the season to...杀给他死!!

Fierce caption hor haha... waited for 1 whole year and finally the Pesta Sukan Vball Competition is back!... n i missed a whole part of it. -_-" ARRRRGH!!!

Started on 1 Aug, and yet the 1st match I watched was only on YESTERDAY, 27 Aug coz I didn't know till WJ told me last week and the website was super outdated. Watched almost every match from the preliminaries to the finals with Ms Goh practically everyday for the past 3 seasons. Lucky thing is yesterday was the beginning of the semis, so theorectically speaking I'll be watching the better teams pitting or rather spiking against each other. Most of them are the same old teams, except for a few newly formed teams of veteran players from other teams or pure newbies. V interesting to see how they play 跳飞机, jumping from 1 team to the other. 'Eh, 他以前不是 A team 的吗?', 'Eeee 为什么他跳去做 B team 的 Libero?', etc etc... "杀给他死!!", "SWEE!!", "Woohoo!!", "Wasted", etc are some of our common lingo.

Just like 牛郎&织女, I got to see my 2 idols as well...can only see them on the court once a year mah... though Mr Anything say they are the 牛郎s but I'm the 色狼 hahaha! 1 is a 超级 spiker, the other is a 超级 setter. Asked Mr Anything to take pics for me heh heh...

Yesterday's matches were not bad... some new techniques here and there. My idols were superb as always. Then there's this kns guy who sat beside us after his game, doing push-ups with his legs on the bench and then doing crunches...and then repeated the routine again! What the hell... Mr Anything actually asked if I was turned on. Yucks!!!

Only matches on this Wed, Fri and Sunday (Finals) left... not gonna miss any liao!

Now suffering from 看球后遗症... 手好痒!!!!!!!!

7th Month Dinner at SGW and Bowling Tournament

The 7th month dinner was fun! Quite many people.. around 60 tables if I'm not wrong. Got 歌台 and MingZhu 姐妹 somemore.. but they kept promoting their 881 songs and their own cd haha. All thanks to VO, many of the uncles actually thought I am a good drinker and that I can down 1 bottle of red wine without any problem. Like real! All of them started coming and toasting to me, expecting me to down glasses after glasses of red wine. 坚决 refused to comply with all their toasts as I have the game the next day (this morning). In the end I still downed quite many glasses, then resorted to taking cover at where else, but the CEO's and other HQ colleagues' table to siam haha! Was found and commanded back after a while then drank again. Poor Ms Starz drank quite a lot, esp during my 'absence' heh. Food was so-so, can't expect much. Quite an experience, let's go again next year hee.. Went to Mum's place after that.

Reached OCC at 830am and as expected, the games only started at ard 10am. Was a bit blurry coz of the drinks and not enuff sleep. Mum prepared 洋参-cum-鸡精 for me. Tasted yucky, but 好幸福哦 hee... Played 6 games, performance not as jialat as I thought I would be. Heng ar.... Today not so bad, wasn't as gan jiong or jittery like the past few competitions. Fingers kindda frozen at the beginning though haha... 125, 132, 141, 159, 134 and 145. Ended near 2pm! In the end got 75th position out of 118, to me its bae pai liao but could be better of coz. Whether will get to stay in the team or not, I duno, nothing was mentioned.

Now gonna eat the hokkien mee from Beach Rd that Mum bought for me. 好幸福 again... hee! At Mum's place 就是不一样。Later gonna watch fireworks... cya!

Wats(been and going to be)up?

Things are finally slowing down a lil' at work after the crazy 2 months+... not that I have nothing to do already though. Lotsa backstage stuff to do, more collaterals and a big event next month. All 3 client luncheons completed - commited a damn stupid and regretful mistake during one of it, but overall was a huge success, SFF 圆满落幕. Damn drained...

Later in the evening I'm going to SGW for the 7th month dinner. 1st time attending such a co event, hope it'll be fun with all my kakis around this year.

Tomorrow morning we are gonna have a bowling tournament. My whole team has to participate and there'll be a screening process after that. Those who 'did not progress' will be asked to leave the team. How much 'progress' can you see when we are still at the basic-basics during training? I might well be one of them but nowadays i'm more 坦然 towards it le. Of coz i'll try my best tomorrow, but if I don't make the cut, I can only say I 技不如人. Rookie pitting against Lao Jiaos leh... Last training, we had to swing the ball 10 times before throwing it.. whole arm almost flew out with the ball after some time haha. Then we had to bowl 1 game with proper scoring (normally training no scores), anyone who didn't hit 150 or miss a spare must stand on the lane divider and hold the ending pose for 30 counts. Damn malu-icious but it was kindda fun n funny when everyone do it together or even wait for the other hoping he'll miss, then do it together haha.. i did it once... 2 more times near the end of the game i geh siao heh heh. Got 161 for that game. Hope tomorrow I can at least maintain...

Then fireworks tomorrow nite @ Marina Bay!! Bought tix at corporate price of $4 each, so me n a few friends are going to watch it at the platform. Company bought a whole block of seats, so many colleagues are watching it too.

That's all for now... my 3-hour lunch 是时候 end le heh heh... oh btw I met Xin to go collect her photos and we had lunch at the korean restaurant @ Heeren. Okok back to work.

The bomb I've been waiting for...

And it's exploding next month, on 15th Sept heh heh...
Time to get crackin'! Prepare things and stuff... liaise with the rest of the 姐妹s whom I don't really know well. Hopefully after Ms Bao's wedding I'm more experienced liao haha..
Head coordinator this time. Stressed. Heng I managed to siam 担任-ing the emcee hiak hiak

Hen Nite, Gate-crashing, Dinner... Didi, I heard you are on for everything and anything. =)

姐妹s

Tek asked me just now, "So, they've become your 姐妹s?"

Absolutely. 哈.

Been hanging out with them more than ever since Tek and Shir went abroad. Hanging out, late nights, la-teh, talking proper and nonsensical stuffs, sharing daily anecdotes, confiding with each other... can decipher Ming's miming and broken questions, understand in an instant what Law is thinking from his smile or look, chatter with Da and B, indepth topics with Bao, etc etc.

Takes time and efforts to cultivate and nurture. Totally comfy with one another, no guarding or walls necessary, best buddies = Simple. Nice. Happy. Heh. =p

Happy National Night!!

National day was fun... met Tek, Ming n Law for Rush Hour 3, grocery shopped @ NTUC for a while, then Tek left and the rest of us went to Da's place to watch NDP'07 together. Come to think of it, this was the 1st time we watched NDP (on tv) together. The last we ever watched it together was 12 years ago, during the NDP rehearsal @ the Padang I think.

• MacDonald's Meal - Check.
• Hoegardden - Check.
• Chivas and lotsa mixers - Check.
  
• Lots of nonsense and crazy laughter - Check. Check. Check.
  

It was super fun n somehow new yet heartwarming, to watch the NDP together, sing out-of-tune 爱国歌曲s, listening to the guys discussing abt the various weapons, units, vehicles, aircrafts and so on.

After the NDP, we played the silly mouth-n-finger game, pick-the-card game and 猜拳. For the mouth-n-finger game, we are supposed to call out a number but show a different number with our fingers at a fast speed - which Ming repeatedly failed to do so, and got the rest of us all flipped out with laughter... Loser gotta drink for all 3 games, and no need to guess who was the lousiest player and drinker haha!

This year's NDP was very good I think... with the new venue, show choreography, etc. Too bad we couldn't get the tix. Looking forward to the fireworks show next week!!!

Happy Convocation!!

Today (27 July 07) a few of us met up to go to (quote-en-quote Mr Anything) "KNN far" NTU for Vin's and admittedly-accidentally a few of our frens' convocation. Well, we were embarrassingly and yet happily surprised that it wasn't only Vin who's graduating that nite heh heh...

First we realised it was D-rence's as well... then WJ, then Miss Muchacha, then Izac and then ZY haha! Paiseh lah, we really didn't know mah... but important thing is that we were present nonetheless hee..

Heng Zns was there, so we need not travel all the way back via public transport. A lot of changes at Boon Lay; the whole bus interchange was 'transferred' to the other side. And I actually sorta lost my way in NTU coz of the new building when i was supposed to 'lead the way' haha... my own Uni! -_-"

Looking back, its 4 years since my own convo le... 好快哦...

Mahjong session at my place now.... =)

清舅... 你好吗?

I thought of this entry ages ago...but decided to wait till nearer the date before I post it up... and its difficult to write, with emotions building up each time i try to, even now...

清舅 left us on 23 July 2005... its traumatic to witness a loved one breathe his last, in such a painful way... 好心酸, 好心痛...

Am very close to my maternal uncles, especially 清舅 and 华舅. During childhood days, these 2 uncles would play hide-n-seek, block catching, lights-off-瞎眼猫, etc. with us 4 ninja turtles, bring us to our then-heaven, FunWorld @ Parkway, playgrounds, parks and so on. Then when we got older, we moved on to karaoke and mahjong. Whenever he's at my place, he would try to break my Minesweeper records. All of us could connect and bond with each other totally, despite the age gaps. He brought me to watch a movie when I was very young... Can't remember why I was deposited at my grandma's place and he wasn't working that day. Bought me a new dress and it was a 武打片 if I didn't remember wrongly. At the end of the day I fell sick and he took me to see doc.

Will never never forget the horrible Boxing Day 2002, when I brought Ah Ma up to my Woodlands flat... Was going through bad times at home then. When we reached my doorstep, 华舅 was the 1st to come to receive us. Was aware then, that 华舅 was in the know of the going-ons, so i was already feeling very relieved to see him. Then 清舅 stood up from where he was sitting and appeared right behind 华舅.. I totally burst into tears... didn't expect to see him at all but I was so so so glad that he was there too and that they were there for us and to take over the situation. This scene is deeply etched in my mind... kept replaying itself...

清舅 fell sick and was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. Was almost back to normal when he had a relapse. Went to visit him in the hospital as much as I can, almost everyday after work... Then it happened swiftly...

It was a 海葬... During 23 July last year, we were at Fisherman's Village... with a mug of beer and a burning cigarette on an empty seat. Will probably do the same every year..

清舅... 你好吗? 好想你.

The Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour 07

Watched the 2nd show (14 July) with my colleagues...the indoor stadium was full to the brim!

Boy, 张学友 is THE VOICE... finally get to 'witness' his vocal power and 招牌动作. And he can groove better than I expected! Started with a few dancey numbers, followed by some 金典s such as <<一千个伤心的理由>> and <<一路上有你>>... He asked us if we wanted him to speak in cantonese or chinese, and the crowd's answer as unanimous... so cantonese it was, and he talked to us about what happened in his life in the past few years... dedicated and sang songs to his daughters and wife, and then to his good friends Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. The whole arena 遁时间 became somber, slient and 感伤; lost in Jacky's tribute song <<给朋友>> which he penned for them...almost teared at this line " 我到家了, 你呢?"... Bet you guys din noe that huh heh...

Then he sang some 口水歌s such as a nice remixed version of <<明天我要嫁给你>>, <<天黑黑>> and <<爱如潮水>>. The pleasant surprise was the 穿插 of the exec-summary of <<雪狼湖>>... and later <<如果这就是爱>>... damn strong vocals! More fast numbers and 金典s next, such as <<吻别>>, <<每天爱你多一些>>, <<情书>>, <<爱是永恒>>, <<我等到花儿也谢了>>, <<心如刀割>>, <<我真的受伤了>> - (my fave!) and many many more... concert started at 8.30pm and ended around 11.50pm...the 1st show ended at 12.30am though... drats!

The nite ended with <<祝福>> as expected... overall, it was very very worth the $168 ticket... Next up is Aaron Kwok's concert on 1st Sept. Anyone interested? =)

Rookie Bowler's Self-Mental Battle

Somehow I just can't play well when it comes to competitions, even with my team-mates who are all so pro. Happened during the games last year, during the selections early this year and it is still happening. Get so damn demoralised each time.

Every training session is about un-learning and re-learning, and after every session I play differently. Diff starting board, diff target point, diff arrows, etc. Correcting this, correcting that, then today, to my horror, I realised I've been throwing the ball wrongly all along. While I'm doing these corrections, my scores bungee-jumped along with my morale.

I jolly well knows that's the way it goes and I am glad that I'm given a chance to go through these training. Have to learn to play under pressure, incorporate the things I've learnt and to battle with my mental-self. This is what I like and I will cherish this opportunity to absorb as much as I can and improve.

What am I grumbling about? Dunno. Just need to vent it out.