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chinese new year eve...spent photohunting with pals

2007-02-18T13:06:00.000+08:00

gong simi fachay

2007-02-18T12:40:00.000+08:00

Today is the first day of the lunar new year celebrations....And i have to admit.i've never really been the biggest fan of chinese new year. Not to say that i dislike it or i don't enjoy myself, but asking me to choose between Christmas and Chinese New Year is like asking me to choose between erm Aishwarya Rai and that hot babe from Norbit. Yes. THAT hot babe.

Try to see it from my perspective, and i gurantee you insights of the insides. A view from the swallow's eye itself. Both Aishwarya and norbitbabe are so incredibly hot! Sorry, make that HOT! Add delectable to that list, for just as melted chocolate, they are that exquisite. Not to mention, they literally are creamily dark skinned. yum.

What i mean to say, is that they're both similar, yet really different. Chinese New Year originated in the orient, in Asia. Think Aishwarya Rai. Christmas, originated from the West. Think norbitbabe.

On Christmas, you get presents...and some of them - well they're huge! And don't u just love to unwrap them. Yes. there is a lot to unwrap. Lots of layers conceal the true value of the treasure hidden beneath what meats the eye. Meets the eye, i mean. Think Norbitbabe. On Chinese New year, you receive red packets..which aren't that big compared to some presents. They can be stuffed full, or can be slim looking - depending on how well the economy is doing. Think Aishwarya. She used to be a full, beautiful woman - but now she is a slim woman, quite possibly due to her arguably waning popularity in bollywood with all the sweet young slim things that are up and coming.

On christmas, we decorate that tree with ornate balls from head to toe. On chinese new year, we sometimes decorate that orange tree with red packets.???Beats me, really. I think the christmas tree looks better. Think norbitbabe with the hot pink bikini washing your car. OOh. (how do i live with myself after all these thoughts)

That said, culture is important. and being a chinese boy with chinese knees and chinese eyebrows, i appreciate chinese new year for what its worth. Red packets, relatives, goodies galore to fill my stomach with, supposedly entertaining tv, and just enjoying the holiday in itself. Culture is very important to preserve, before it begins to dilute and intermerge with other "ingredients", often imported from the West. What this means is that the holidays and celebrations might become increasingly meaningless and just the same as any other festivity from Kazakhstan or Urumuqi or Zimbabwe.

Similarly. Chinese new year could become more like Christmas. The more u stuff yourself with goodies like barbequed pork, kuihs (traditional cakes and snacks), oranges, beer, stout, food...the more we get fat. All this means is.....
Think Aishwarya becoming norbitbabe. YES>>>>>>> chinese new year just might be the next Christmas!

Amen.

Mid Jan..brokenback

2007-01-17T00:16:00.000+08:00

well. kinda.
Its more than halfway through January and its birthdays galore in school. Everyone has a bird day.

We're like doing some design project for DIY superstars homefix. Quite interesting haha.

Since birthdays are full of wishes as the candles go out, i would like to wish upon everyone's birthday. And i wish for more interaction. Dang i should've joined interact club in secondary school.

Finally repaired my car. Cos for those of you, whoever u are, who don't already know.... i got my car awfully scratched. haha.

And that's not the only thing that's been wrecked! My back is in a more drastic condition. Managed to injure it somehow... sneezing is a painfully recurring experience! can you believe, i cringe in anticipation of the pain that gnaws at my lower spine as i curl up for an implosion. Never thought of a sneeze as such a pain. Not in my ass, but just above it...lower spine. So i've been trying some forms of therapy - namely swimming, and i gave accupuncture a shot! Apparently the needles shouldn't be moved and tempered with, but i just had to turn around and look at what he was doing to me! felt like a metronome on my back with all the vibration and tick tocks.... Somebody save my back!

Waiting for better times. in all aspects of my life. not that its bad. but couldn't hurt to take a better turn, could it?

me carzakhstan sexy time

2007-01-03T00:57:00.000+08:00

damn damn damn i scraped my car against a toyota wish today, much against my wishes! haha.. shucks man. First major piece of crap i had with any car. Was careful, and was moving ever so slowly. but it was just too tight

The cars got stuck in a 69 and by the time i tried to dislodge it left my car with furious looking tiger swipes across the back door and a dent in his wish. Dang. A loud "OEI!!!" was heard and he ran out of his house... a conversation beginning with that, and ending with " thank you for not running away"

Haha what a wonderful way to begin a new year. Dastardly indeed. Maybe someone up there isn't happy with the trends i spotted for this new year and a revision is in order!

last week of the hols...oh man. Wanna chill everyday and live it to the max. Wouldn't mind some shisha arab st chilling. Let loose before hell does. Anyway. I love "bai wan bao" haha. Pan lingling is how farney.

Old Year

2007-01-02T00:49:00.000+08:00

I would like to take this opportunity. Opportunity is a window. A window which offers the chance to step out into a new world. Possibly better, possibly worse. The important thing is - it is a new environment.

As we step through this portal into the new year, everyone is gonna talk about New Year, resolutions, hopes and dreams. I wanna talk about what lay behind the window i'm gonna now leave.

2006 was an eventful year! Friendships fostered, heartaches, good times, bad times, times buried in work, but overall it was great. Got to visit quite a few places, like Vietnam (x2), Cambodia, Bangkok (x2), Sydney. Malaysia of course.

With every year past comes along invaluable lessons to be learnt. Daryll's lesson of the year to all peeps: girls please cut down on make up! i mean, everyone is beautiful in their own way. Save ur money, Save ur skin, Save the environment, Save the whales, save senseless vanity for another planet! If you're beautiful, you're beautiful. Don't overkill! It's like stewing beef in a pot for 3 days. It don't bring out the best in the beef man. Eyeliner to define and bring out your windows to your souls is perfect. Eyes are beautiful. Windows to your souls. This post is about the windows. Windows of opportunity. Windows that sparkle.

I have no idea what to expect from this year, except i'll be in the US & A from May to August. Besides that, i'm sure it'll be a blast with a few surprises around the coroner. (taiwanese spelling)

For all fiends who have had a tough year to forget. Forget. For everyone else. Embrace. A good hug never failed to spread some warmth.

Some trends to look out for in 2007

1. Women with moustache. As men get in touch with their feminine side, it is only natural that women will sport the "new fur". No risk of PETA action is expected.

2.Women with smoker lips. Once, fat women were hot. Now, they still get warm easily. But i mean, nows a day ( chinglish) women are stick thin. This year, black is beautiful. I mean, you can use black lipstick and all, but the true beauties are those with naturally black lips. Born to ooze evil. Goth personified. The rest can officially stop trying.

3.Bangs are out. Organic style is in. Never heard? Organic hairstyling is a new concept where stylists treat nostril hair and in a stroke of sheer genius blend nostril hair with scalp hair to form a continuous free form curve. Eco design at its fundamental best. Understated beauty. Envy surrounds the rest.

4.Skinny caps. Out with truckers. Out with fedoras. Out with all the rest. Skinny caps ace the test! Just like skinny jeans, skinny caps may feel a little tight around the head initially. (what an understatement) Like Nudie jeans and the rest, it grows to fit your head contours with time. Any extra bumps and humps and irregularities on your head that make you special also make your skinny cap stand out. Literally! The wash patterns become more pronounced with time as irregularities on your head create one-of-a-kind raw denim patterns worthy of showing off to the rest of the regular headed world!

5.Ear and nose wax furniture. The design world has opened its eyes and fallen deeply in love with sustainable design and eco design! Why use products that require landfill?! Why design products that are easily taken apart to be recycled? Why consider less harmful items that are still harmful! Use ear and nose wax. Unlimited resources await potential designers. Unleash the creativity. Unleash your yellow matter! When you use grey matter to shape yellow matter, waste is NO matter. Organic shapes? No problem. Just sand it down and finish it however u like. Lamps, Sofas, Tables, coffeetables, bed frames. When you meet with such stunning furniture, the one question every one must face is - why did i throw so much away? I wasted all the possibility that i created day after day but never finished! This year, genius comes to town, wax geniuses abound!

Please feel free to provide any form of feedback with regards to our 2007 trends special.

resurrection

2006-12-03T02:17:00.000+08:00

NOpe... i'm not dead. Yes, this is christmas approaching us. fast.

Dear friends, I'm alive!

I know i've not been saying much of late. Well better late than never. Call me the late Daryll john if u must, but hey - i'm back from the dead. literally. With a spring in my step i navigated my way back from the treacherous obstacles faced this semester. That semester is now over. YAY!

ANd...its christmas time! YAY! Time to enjoy. Going to vietnam (yes again) and no, not to find brides. With my family this time. Hanoi it is... I love that place. Especially the mountains up north in Sapa. Well anyway, then its over to bangkok (yes again) with moi pal Roy...maybe gonna meet up with Zhimin and friends over there..maybe meeting up with moi aacaan ( teacher in thai) too. One thing's for sure though, i'll be stocking up on some thai music and tees as usual haha.

A pity though, cos a large group from my class are going off to Malaysia for a school trip! Subsidised by the department! Dang man! I'm gonna miss out on fun! haha You guys enjoy though...with Carlos Alberto Montana Hoyos Shakira Che Guevara Roberto Carlos Ayala Heinze Ricardo Ronaldo Nolberto Solano Campos Crespo Angel . There, i've thrown in quite a substantial amount of South American names in there. Actually he's the Columbian lecturer and his name is simply Carlos Alberto Montana Hoyos. Ok not that simple la

Yeah so its time to busk in the yuletide joy, as all my friends and i have discussed along the way, through the shitty times stuck in school studying and projecting and all.... Sucks. But hey, St Nick's here. and i'm not talkin about the school.

Caught happy feet today with moi "sis" Zhimin and wasn't too bad man. Felt like cryin. sob. ahha kidding...but it was cool. I wanna watch saw 3 though! and the show with zach Braff? or something. that guy from scrubs. sorry bout his name and getting it wrong.

Arh. time to sleep. gonna catch up with some squash! drawin! Reading! Going out! and unleashing my crap on anyone and everyone! oh and to those who have shitty times to deal with, everyone needs to deal with shit occasionally. Just wipe it away and flush it down. No two ways about it. This ain't peeing. Although it may piss you off. There are no options. No gender bias. Guys get to sit down on this one too. So just hang in there... it'll be out soon. Hopefully this discharge doesnt take 9 months to clear like pregnancy though.

.,.,.,.,

2006-10-13T00:35:00.000+08:00

B33N BUSY with school work and the current project is on designing eyewear..and yeah designing eyewear to enhance one's natural features...meaning it has quite a lot to do with proportions and the face...so i gave Dr Waffles Wu a call...just to get some opinion from him.. he was rather helpful la.

Life as a whole is busy shit! Man i wanna be on a sunny island... not Singapore...(anyway it aint that sunny anymore with the haze)... but more like ok. not island maybe, but a chill coast like i was at in Vietnam.... enjoying the natural beauty and all. Was supposed to go Korea end of the year, but due to a couple of uncertainties, might end up a different location altogether (many thanks to kim jong il that whacko) But for sure, or at least quite surely, i wanna continue my pilgrimage to Bangkok.....maybe even HongKong this time....

Speaking of travels, Johnny and i signed up for Work and travel USA next year....doing stupid jobs to tide ourselves over but think it'll be rather cool...so i kinda have 2 exchange programs!

Anyway...damn shagged la after tuition... gonna add more entries sometime. soon la.

this is a mood board for my recent presentation....basically its to give a rush of sensations or feelings when u think of my eyewear product. theoratically speaking la.

yes thats me in stockings and adidas ALL ODDs.

2006-09-30T14:13:00.000+08:00

sing to the dawn in mingfong's vietnam

2006-09-30T14:12:00.001+08:00

floating along in a kayak...halong bay

2006-09-30T14:12:00.000+08:00

bayon with a dollop of golden sunset

birday

2006-09-28T03:51:00.000+08:00

Well just came back from Zouk.... and erm been having a great past few days.... got lotsa presents...but more importantly got to catch up with the various groups of friends and loved ones...although the holiday is by right partially for doing work, i have yet to embark on any such missions!

Got a nice watch from me mom... and a topman wallet from me squash pal Xiufang. Then on Tues night met up with my class n Tiff at Alaturka at Bussorah street for a combined birthday dinner with wanxuan.... and they gave me a cool watch to match my "vietnam hat" and Tiff got me a funny book titled 'Why do men fall asleep after sex'. haha.. Today met up with Wan for lunch, long time no see heh.Then, watched forbidden city in the evening with B n XJ...and I got a cute pet tortoise complete with its own rolling ball! Haha my new pet.... and a sketch book with prolly cost a bit, so i'm a bit apprehensive to tarnish it with my substandard sketches!! Thanks~
Thereafter had a present exchange session with fellow 28sept birday gal Zhenru haha i like what i got her la...some sequin pouch...i got a cool red wallet in return. Oh Ivan Minxiang Jolin Kelvin joined in festivities too...

So today is my day....gonna have dinner with my family and to be honest it means a lot to me...where isn't important... so see everyone soon! i'm tired....first i have to feed my tortoise though..... haha siao liao

2006-09-24T22:33:00.000+08:00

Lord how to sleep like that...

2006-09-24T22:31:00.000+08:00

in me kah....

2006-09-24T22:30:00.001+08:00

ah ma dii station

2006-09-24T22:30:00.000+08:00

wilson sanny and i @bukit timah hill....

2006-09-24T22:29:00.001+08:00

technoedgemacs

2006-09-24T22:29:00.000+08:00

into trees...

2006-09-24T22:28:00.000+08:00

random sketch of lamp concept

Mid Sem

2006-09-24T22:06:00.000+08:00

Er its currently the mid semester break... and so far so very good.... good break from design... I would say...despite my earnest attempts to improve in terms of attitude and all, things didn't really turn out the way i wished.. in school... But well guess if i keep going at it, something will come my way soon. I hope. I like to think la.

Anyway, gonna be my birthday soon!So this week is kinda packed with lunches and dinners... good way to spend my week i guess... The onli sad thing is how the week will breeze by and i'll subsequently have to face the propsect of returning to school...not that it's that bad... but yea no school's always more fun.

The past few days have been cool... had pepper lunch (never knew it was that yummy le)... desserts... on another day... played squash and made the fool Ivan run! haha sorry man. He just bought his racket, so he had to survive my assaults in the courts. talking about assaults...he also got assaulted by a guo tie..or pan fried dumpling... wth! he's too skilled man. Spent today in squash courts again! Roy's first attempt...met up with new squash pals Nancy and Junie? at Signature park...cool la. And now we're all damn shagged la can... brain fried.

Despite the frying of my brain, it still continues to function amidst the incessant whirling of random information... and yet.... the same thoughts keep perpetuating in my mind over and over again. Form follows function.... thoughts follow emotion

"weekend"

2006-09-09T12:11:00.000+08:00

Entering a period where design will consume my life, even more than it already has, as though there is that much more to consume. I'm not one of those living studio, but i think its only fair to say that its a parasite feasting on my life. That said, its not so horrific a situation really. As long as i give myself some breaks. And do I give myself some breaks haha. Been a busy week or two, having started giving tuition. to an unfortunate kiddo. heh.

Anyway, watched Akeelah and the Bee last night..and it was really good. Not my first choice kinda movie, cos i wouldn't in my right mind be too excited about a "spelling bee" movie. It turned out v nice, and was pretty touching. The kind makes it easy to cry. haha but i didnt. but yea was touched anyhow. and this passage featured in the movie stuck in my head throughout the rest of the night and this morning, so i just had to share it. It was similarly featured in Coach Carter. Now wassup with this and black movies? But love it lots..

'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?
You are a child of God, small games do not work in this world. For those around us to feel peace, it is not example to make ourselves small. We were born to express the glory of god that lives in us. It is not in some of us, it is in all of us. While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others.’

- Marianne Williamson in Return to Love: Reflections on a Course in Miracles , also formerly quoted by Nelson Mandela

Busy as a bee

2006-09-07T01:24:00.001+08:00

I'm so busy! Still coping, but i miss the days when i'd have the luxury of sleeping at 1 or 2 am after a fun filled day and waking up at like 1 or 2 pm or whenever my lazy ass deems fit to unfuse from the surface of the bed. Thai is fun , but taking up lotsa my squash time.... meaning i've been tryin to fit squash in at funny times like wed morns... anyway gotta present my CG tomorrow ...aka Concept Generation...aka sketches...of our current project which is a heritage lamp...with LED. wth!

Anyway.... life as a whole is olrite la...tim leh keeps my brain surviving... some drink red bull...others tim leh. I miss Thailand... gotta keep on going though.

I wanna watch more movies. I wanna learn sailing. I wanna try wakeboarding. Wanna try rock climbing. Wanna go blading. Wanna play more pool. Wanna swim more. Wanna fish. Wanna slack. Wanna cook. Wanna chill by the beach. Wanna sit under shade and reminisce the good times i've had around this world. Aight.

Birthdays.

2006-08-29T00:15:00.000+08:00

Today we celebrated, as a studio, the birthday of Luke Pang Puke Lang . And Stephanie " Do u know yr called ah-boi" Chu Ming Chen. Equally important characters in our studio life. Luke is famous for his trademark eye popping mouth gaping "huh!" look. Steph on the other hand is famous for living up to the high standards of BDC blunt design corp - being uncompromisingly blunt at times. very direct. but that's steph for u and our studio loves her for it. well most of the time. haha.

School's starting to get pretty busy. i'd like to play squash as often as possible - that is monday evenings, wed evenings, and thurs. However... this has been made near impossible due to a few complications... including thai lessons in school on mon wed fri. in the evenings. and then, there's my new tuition kid Faye! haha first meeting was aight, very talkative little thing. So anyway...plus design work..i'm filled to the brim.

Meanwhile i'd like to say,...to all who're feeling some burden upon their weary shoulders... God bless. and I hope u can at least take a deep, solid, long breath. and hopefully it helps. If not i'm always a call away. Shit happens. That's why people have made a fortune researching and developing flush systems and toilets to the point when u have a robotic squirt. Smart flush. In time to come, you will be the smart flush.

Anyway..could do with some shopping. Sneakers are calling me!!!!!

puma 96 hrs from venue!

cool asics poster that reads: He who looks in your eyes is likely honest, he who looks at your feet is likely envious

2006-08-23T01:36:00.000+08:00

alessandra? x 3??? can they all fit in my cayman? aiyah make do la huh? u can't always have ur cake and eat it. wait. its not each sold separately rite??

2006-08-23T01:27:00.000+08:00

alessandra x 2???? do they come with the cayman?

2006-08-23T01:26:00.000+08:00

just checked. gonna cost a mere 298 888.00 SGD! what a steal!

2006-08-23T01:23:00.000+08:00

sexy curves...

2006-08-23T01:21:00.000+08:00

cayman renderings. i would like to say i drew them. but no, honesty. I normally draw with my right hand? This one is by leftie. so u cant really consider it my work.

2006-08-23T01:18:00.000+08:00

tomorrow i'm gonna buy my Cayman S

my my my in in teresting li fe

2006-08-18T14:51:00.000+08:00

lines
lines
lines
i'm drawing lines
cubes
cubes
cubes
i'm drawing cubes
my life is ex
ex
ex
ex
citing.
i've been fishing. fishing is a sport. fishing breeds patience.
so i'm gonna leave the rod there and chill.

Malaysia boleh!

2006-08-16T00:25:00.000+08:00

Well just returned on Sunday evening from Melaka and the peranakan trip....or should i say.... perm-makan trip.. cos basically what it was, was an eating trip. And do i mean eating. Peranakan food from the get-go. Day 1 lunch was an explosion of peranakan cuisine in your face... no suttle introduction, no "easy does it" approach. It was "boom" - and dish after dish of peranakan delicacies strewn across our seemingly small table when placed in comparison to the amount of food everywhere. Buah Keluak, blah blah blah cos i'm not an expert and i gave up learning names due to the speed at which every dish made its appearance on the "catwalk". I use the term catwalk because like a model on show, it disappeared rather quickly after showing what it was made of.

On the contrary, however, we looked nothing like models after the meals unless u mean heidi klum when she was pregnant. And there wasn't really such a thing as a meal. There was a Meal Meal. where u sat down with others and ate. Besides this there was a "snack Meal" where u ate anything u could find.. like street yew char kuay, or wanton mee, or snacks like bei teh soh. Basically we ate till we were damn full. And with all the chilli, spice and all things nice - came something not so nice from us...slight tummy discomfort and loads of recycling going on.

Along the way we met a few friends. The rest of the bus - excluding Tiff, Dom, Sanny, Wilson and me were mostly retirees and the like between 50-70+ years old! In between meals were lotsa dancing - no hip hop , no break dancing... just good ol fashioned line dancing and ronggeng (some malay traditional dance..i think)

Characters we met(or created)

1. Mr Gomez.... or so we named him cos he looked like a non-pure Chinese... he had some angmoh-ish look with extremely curly greyed hair. He was funny, and constantly paraded his "beautiful" classical batik shirts over dinner and was ever the suave charmer among the aunties. He was there with his wife of course. straits chinese by descent i think. Turns out, his name was Mr Horace Pinto... a la Joao Pinto from Portugal... and Wilson said his hair looked like hair from the nether regions... well... i'm sure he didnt get a good look la. nether did i.

2. Hang Eddy... the tour guide with a very malaysian accent. he liked to punctuate his sentences with "ah?" (rising in tone) . For example, "tonight we'll go to the jonker pasar malam, ah?"
as if asking for ur confirmation or agreement. Thereafter, he'll proceed with an "ah..." (descending in tone). Besides his ah?ah.... Hang Eddy had a particular habit of saying "aight". Either he was Hanging out with the rappers in his estate, or his wife just loved Ali G. (not from malaysia... ah? ah....)

3. Uncle Nelson...the greatest story teller that ever lived... Dom and i had a little bit of adjustment to make since we had no idea lectures had already started despite school starting only yesterday..Nice guy and funny...but it seemed all the food he could eat he had the power and ability to convert into a neverending chain of words that formed a neverending series of stories...

So...school has started and we have moved to level 1.5 of studio which sucks..cos we dont really get good reception and all our archi friends have moved up to level 2!~ so too bad...anyway good to see all the people again... and to all Singaporeans.. Please. do not get funny ideas and pepper spray our malaysian peers.

aches

2006-08-09T02:10:00.000+08:00

Body aches.... just recovered..or on the road to recovery from a bout of flu. It all started the nite we (mx and i ) camped at Ivan's place overnite with 2 large pizzas, 1 drumlets, 1 loaf of garlic bread, and the 1.5 litres of honey lemon green tea after countless packets of green tea and chrysanthemum. Put aside my aches for supper on sat, which was nice and chill.

The worse ache, is the heart ache, and the vibes of discomfort that accompany it. Its not that i like it this way, but i guess it has to be. Not that there are no feelings, but once again, i guess it has to be. Inexplicable? Maybe. And i'm tired. Hate doing this cos i want to ask if u're ok out of concern but then again it is I who inflict the pain. All i can say is sorry.

To better times ahead... for all who read this. I'm going fishing. Minxiang! when are we going fishing! (when other than saturday that is.)

To all the guys out there who have problems and heartaches... Happy National Day. Such heartaches exist so that when we finally find THE one.... we can begin OUR nation building someday and contribute to our dear country.

2006-07-23T22:22:00.000+08:00

timeless-ness to last a million years

2006-07-23T22:21:00.000+08:00

friends to last a million years

2006-07-23T22:20:00.000+08:00

the ant a million times more ferocious than u've ever known

2006-07-23T22:19:00.000+08:00

a million steps to last a million aching moments

2006-07-23T22:17:00.000+08:00

fashionistas deep in discussion...a million ways to look trendy...a million wannabes in the fashionista world

2006-07-23T22:16:00.000+08:00

friends worth more than a few millionaires put together

2006-07-23T21:58:00.000+08:00

a million records i bought today! pretty woman...casablanca.....guerilla records...lobo...german something...anita kerr...rod stewart x2 etc...

2006-07-23T21:48:00.000+08:00

is it a millionaire? is he worth millions? he's me granduncle getting a million needles during accupuncture haha

2006-07-23T21:46:00.000+08:00

weighing a million pounds...

2006-07-23T21:27:00.000+08:00

a million million million drops of water form a water fall

2006-07-23T21:25:00.000+08:00

worth a million million bucks

2006-07-23T21:22:00.000+08:00

he may handle millions, but u just can't handle EVERYTHING

2006-07-23T21:18:00.000+08:00

u know he's a millionaire...

from down under.

2006-07-21T16:42:00.000+08:00

Been busy of late entertaining some relatives from down under Australia that have come up over to our sunny island to participate in my Granny's 79th birthday (according to lunar calendar she's 80 though...for some reason). So anyway to heck with my normal diet and the eat all u can eat diet came into play... basically its an influx of local favourites such as

1. Char kuey teow
2. Carrot cake
3. Hokkien Mee
4. Ice Kacang
5. Durians
6. Crabs
7. Beef Hor Fun (geylang)
8. Frog's legs porridge (geylang)

Which is all very good and all, i mean it has brought me to realise that Singapore is indeed fortunate enough to have so much yummy food at our bequest...well kinda at least. Think about it for a second - from the chinese quarters we have favourites like Char Siew Fan... Chicken rice...beef hor fun... Duck rice...yong tau foo...ipoh hor fun...dim sum...the list is quite long man. From the malay and indonesian quarter we have nasi padang...mee rebus...mee siam...lontong...mee soto...mee bandung...curry puffs...satay...roti john... From the indian quarter we have the ever popular prata...murtabak...teh tarik....indian rojak....thosai....and NAAN!

Man...the list is so damn long...speaking of naan and indian rojak though, i had both of them sometime this week...naan at Khansama as usual...along Norris Road in Little India. The funny thing is that having been given some new publicity in the newspapers recently, it appears they are doing brisk business and have added several upgrades...One of which is the "uber romantic" blue lighting...which i have no understanding of? Its like so blue dabadee.... eiffel 65.... and at either end of the 2nd floor is a huge plasma screen tv screening best of bollywood mtvs.... and the best part is - the previously nonchalant and arrogant staff now have a new found smile for everyone....and it begins 10m from your table...it turned my salty lassi sweet.. Little india for those who have no idea, is near BENdemeer road. yea.

Then the other day i went out with me OGL(orientation group leaders) pals like Fuhan, Sammie, Anna, Vanessa, Dom, Sanny, Wilson to Bukit timah hill for a morning hike CAN U BELIEVE IT!well it was more gruelling than the last time i went with Jolin Fiong and co... walked for longer and on more treacherous paths.. after that we headed to Adam road for lunch..so u see...its about food . food. food. At adam we had prawn noodles, duck noodles, indian rojak.. and we were damn full. Thereafter fashionista boss fuhan proposed a trip down Arab street. wow. only we never got there cos we took da wrong bus and ended up..at LITTLE INDIA. once again. haha... so there we had some mustafa shoppin....and it was bloordy hot... warm weather la.

Talking about yummylicious dishes, i hereby take this opportunity to thank the person staying 4 blocks down from me who has been openly broadcasting that she is a very keen prospect and talent in the field of blood donation. See, the bus stop i take bus from is about 5 blocks down from mine . Meaning i pass by this blood donor block very often.. and frequently come across this particular spot where there is always a used sanitary pad to be found. Some pads are for helicopters to land...to demark the spot where the pilot aims to land his bird. These pads however seem to direct pilot flies where to land. So picture this busy scene, a cosmopolitan city with sky scrapers that have helicopter landing pads on its roof. Many, many pilot flies or flielots encircle the landing pad, trying to touchdown safely. The key difference, is that in normality pilots land safely to avoid any bloodshed. In this abnormality the flielots are aiming for blood. The question to ask, is why the hell is there always a used pad in more or less the same area!? I often suffer from motion sickness if i were to travel in a plane or helicopter, since we are in this context. So similarly, i feel sick everytime i pass this helicopter landing pad.period. What is the blood donor thinking of? What goes through her mind, or lack thereof, to throw her pads out of the window a la fair dames and ladies throwing down garland after garland and stalk after stalk of flowers at the victorious solitary gladiator in the arena having defeated every other bafoon? I say, the villain is Whisper. Say it softly please. The villain is whisper. Give it WINGS, they said. It'll be a BLAST, they said. It'll FLY off the shelves, they said. ARRIVALS and DEPARTURES won't even be felt - its so comfy, they said. BLOOD DONOR said, "Maybe it will glide like a majestic eagle soaring through the open skies, wings spread to its maximum span in all its glory!" So it is my conjecture that this blood donating fool has been throwing out the bloody (in all sense of the word) pads out of her window to see if the wings take flight. Not once, not twice, but many many times. After all, the Wright brothers didn't succeed the first time...After all, failure is the mother of success. And until blood donor becomes a mother i suppose the wings won't cease appearing along the void decks of my otherwise serene walks to the bus stop. Yes, my relatives are here from Australia. But unlike some other things that keep coming back from down under, they're going back this sunday.

aquariums... i like

2006-07-13T00:06:00.000+08:00

Been busy the past week with orientation camp for me freshies at SDE (school of design and environment) and like all camps u make new friends. So i met fellow OGLS -Anna, Fuhan & Sammie in alphabetical order and had a lot of fun...can't say we were the most on OG la cos i'm quite the slacker as u prolly already know...They say u can sniff a slacker like a slack mile away... besides this... existing friendships are further developed and the IDs had a great time...with Dom, Sanny, Wanxuan, Luke, Wilson Tan, Siwei, Steph, did i miss out anyone? Oh yea Ah boy too... So anyway...our OG was called Ando, named after famous Jap architect although pls dont quiz me on his works! Occasionally we merged with the Building and Real estate pple (bre) and our OG became ANSA..dont ask me why. Nuff said, here are some pics from the camp

thats me second from right getting tickled...who's the bitch that tickled me haha

Me in the hat doing some cheers with the rest on Sentosa island...yes...my vietnam hat...hence the moniker VIETNAM DARYLL.

Group photo on the beach at Palawan.. cool pic

the ID OGLs....luke.steph.siwei.wanxuan.sanny.me.dom.wil tan.joanne.

So anyway had lotsa fun...plus went for coldplay concert like on Monday and it was a blast... really it was awesome.

12th July was Dwayne's birthday..so to all who know him..pls tag my board and wish him many more years of Krispy Kreme.... Happy birthday BOY!15th! A decade and half of yummy donuts!

2006-07-13T00:04:00.000+08:00

Ending off today's dose of Vietnam springrolls and nostalgia is this sunset shot in Hoi An Vietnam. Ever seen a purplish sky? We don't miss what we don't see - having seen it before i dream of beholding such a lovely sky once more in this life

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Streets of Hoi An, Vietnam in sepia mode... not unlike Singapore a few decades back.. decadent memories

2006-07-13T00:00:00.000+08:00

Red dudes and a red dudette in Hoi An, Vietnam

2006-07-12T23:58:00.000+08:00

johnny and i on the Nha Trang beach, early sunrise...time check? prolly around 4 am Vietnam time

2006-07-12T23:56:00.000+08:00

amazing sky...i fell in love with Nha Trang

2006-07-12T23:53:00.000+08:00

pretty flowers and pretty foolish tourists

2006-07-12T23:52:00.000+08:00

pretty flowers part 1

2006-07-12T23:49:00.000+08:00

View from temple in Nha Trang vietnam. Doesn't really have that vietnam feel eh

2006-07-12T23:47:00.000+08:00

mr Hung (pronounced hng) a Vietnamese villager we stayed with for a night... nice chap, with whom we indulged in a few shots of rice wine.. Mekong delta Vietnam

2006-07-12T23:44:00.000+08:00

cruising along mekong delta. near can tho city Vietnam

2006-07-08T15:17:00.000+08:00

us up on the mountain pavillion, vietnam. temperature around 15 deg celcius?and i'm lovin it. haha

2006-07-08T14:05:00.000+08:00

us 3 on a junk floating in Halong bay. Vietnam

2006-07-08T14:03:00.000+08:00

wan and i on the bridge...hue (pronounced hway) vietnam.

2006-07-08T13:56:00.000+08:00

johnny and i on rented bikes by the coast...Nha Trang, eastern vietnam beach town.

2006-07-08T13:53:00.000+08:00

flaming lambordicky....outside one of the tribal caves in Sapa, Vietnam northen highlands...johnny boy and i

WORLD CUP FEVA

2006-07-08T13:20:00.000+08:00

heya...just back from the aftermath of SDE (school of design n envirnoment)'s orientation where i was unfortunate ogl... or actually aogl la (asst orientation group leader) but more accurately it was (absolutely obsolete group loafer) cos i was too sleepy...sleepy watching world cup matches and surviving the days with about 2-3 hrs of sleep? on my hammock.... which i bought from beach road and lugged around vietnam cambodia too.... Oh by the way...wore that funny vietnam hat around orientation and hence have been termed VIETNAM DARYLL...haha

And then there was this incident... in the pitch dark tunnel during orientation...me dom and shuxian were camping in there pretending to be ghosts where we swipe the feather duster at their legs... or grab their legs with icy cold hands...you get the gist.. at the side of the tunnel is a small longkang where we sat in...and we would like jump out and grab. Above this drain were some aircon fan systems...we sat on these too..and that's where the accident happened. There was this trio coming..and it was so blarrdy dark..once i heard their voices pass i just swiped... and felt something soft... damn damn damn i swiped too high up and chest as fate would have it i groped her hoo hoos. Not my fault...couldn't see shit. Oh well..i was damn pai seh , especially since she shoouted to her friend, "somebody groped me".... arrrrr..... the 2 other ghosts had a good time mocking me after...calling me Walter GROPE-ius.... one of the Bauhaus directors (if im not wrong). Thankfully, being pitch black no one saw me...no one found out... awww...to that freshie i'm sorry...i wasn't trying to get fresh..hur hur...

Gonna be going jb next week...with the ogls....and wreak some havoc in malaysia!!! haha....gonna eat lotsa shit..shop lotsa shit... etc... and another thing....they(some other ogls) discovered during orientation that i'm actually a yoga guru! nah..just kidding it's just their sick ploy to pull another hapless guy along for yoga class haha....

Coldplay coming up sometime next week too.... should be swell man..... lookin forward to that...just hope it doesn't clash with me jb outing.... watched 4:30 with wan yesterday and it was like.... typical eric khoo-ish royston tan...i hope he doesn't lose his own flava and be the next eric khooo prototype cos that's sad for sing films... it was ok..quite interesting... but not as shocking as 15 was..but i'm sure that wasn't the point anyway.... i fell asleep at points...though i'd have u know...its not cos i don't appreciate it...just tired after the orientation camp..hahaha yeah rite u say??> RIght!... some pple really enjoy such movies ok?? Such as my good friends IVAN ZIYING AND MINXIANG... right guys? haha..RIGHT.

AWHAHNSFOA

2006-06-08T15:12:00.000+08:00

Firstly, id like to wish me pal HIVAN Happy birthday. Hi IVan = HIVAN. and its aliterated with Happy Birthday haha...anyway, since vietnam, i've been in bangkok... for about a week of non stop shopping with wan and johnny and from there we went to Cambodia for some watting... at Angkor wat and a couple of other temples... it was cool cos we would awake at about 0330 hrs before cycling around 7 km to the Angkor wat in time to catch sunrise at 0500 hrs! We almost missed it the first time we tried...we took too long to get ready and so had to sprint on the bikes like fools to catch some nice colours in the sky..the 2nd attempt was much better. Although, i have to say, the highlight of the wat visits was at this temple called Bantaey Kdei.... for a very silly reason.

I was wearing my "charlie hat" or "jungle hat" with Vietnam printed on it...and so couldn't really see what was above me... in my haste to take a timed photo i walked straight into a really low horizontal temple stone beam and there was a loud bang... a little stunned i took off me hat...and blood flowed freely down, covering my left hand entirely in blood. It generously stained the temple ground to form a motiff of splattered blood approximately 10 cm in diameter? Crazy shit...thank God i didn't have to go no hospital or the whole Angkor experience would've been ruined! And also for the 2 medical students from Canada who chanced upon us and came to my aid with antiseptic and gauze and know-how. My rationale is, it being a hindu temple in origin, tried to convert me by forcing a red spot on the middle of my forehead by making me bleed for it. Ok just kidding. sorry to any hindu friends i may have. or had.

Anyway,,,,like i said i'm back in Bangkok now...gonna catch up on some father-son "quality bonding" with me dad.... and then headed back to Singapore...kinda miss my family and friends... On one hand...it seems like it hasn't been all that long...on the other hand...everyday so many things happen and so much changes... I bet at home it feels like I've been gone forever...but then again... I'm such a lovable character i wouldn't be surprised. Ok, make that loved. I see the rotten tomatoes hurdling my way.

So.... well i have quite a few plans ... one of which is to ben it like beckham when i come back.... what are u thinking man! Of course i'm talking about the world cup. what else could i be talking about. Anyway yeah world cup...and also to catch up with all me friends. and family of course. family.long time no see man. So anyway...i bought quite a few stuff im gonna set up me own shoppe...with paraphernalia from across S.E.A..... nah just kidding. Anyway.... see u soon!

same same

2006-05-11T22:08:00.000+08:00

Dear fans....i apologize for the lack of recent posts and updates on this highly frequented url. Of late i have made the arduous trip to the NAM for a very personal reason. However, being my faithful followers, i shall let u in on this lil secret. Truth is i bidded for a mail order Vietnamese bride on ebay, but then she never arrived. Even though i used Paypal!!! The user's rating was 100% so i thought it would be safe, but its never as safe as safe gets. So i decided to make sense of it all by catching a plane down to the NAM itself and have embarked on this long journey to determine the next course along this river called my life. I appreciate all your well wishes and for all of u who miss me, I'm used to it, so dont worry. Though i may not be by yr side - fans, i assure u, I am not far . It is not any different. As they say in the Nam, SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT...
Chuch trang nai sai pho muine dang bo vy sin sinhto saik.

SAY SAY SAY

2006-04-24T15:49:00.000+08:00

Been rather busy of late....whats new eh. But hey! its the beginning of the end! First exam paper today, and one more hellish day on wednesday, before i have my last on 5th. Thereafter its GOOD MORNIN VIETNAM!!!! haha... good stuff...but so unprepared!!! for my trip la. although that doesn't at all mean i'm prepared for exams... but oh well. too bad i guess... haha kiddin.

The past week has been spent, everyday in that dingy studio...mostly with Dominic and Wilson... the Happy 3 friends watching happy tree friends for lunch breaks...shit man. what a life. Here's a brief intro to some shots (courtesy of Dom) of studio life.

Dom.....................

Wilson "leave nothing intact" tan.............

and that makes the happy 3 friends studying in studio....what a sad existence. Besides watching Happy tree friends, we indulged in our new past time. Watching episodes of one of the sickest and craziest shit heads on the planet...the neighbourhood friendly Japanese "super hero" HARD GAY....

i feel sick just putting him in...but oh well.

Besides all this shit going on in studio, we also discovered a "long lost star" among our ranks... Leslie Cheung is back folks.....

nah. psyche ur mind....its just my classmate Sanny.... much to his displeasure haha...

We also had a bbq the day we finished our handles proj and crit.... simple, impromptu (rather), but endless shiokness man...some photos...but first....during crit...the zzz monster sneaked up upon us...

kk back bbq pics..

a happy moment....

haha long time no post again

2006-04-07T00:18:00.000+08:00

Hellooo.
Guess its been yet another disappearing act by the great houndini...houndini as i continued getting hounded by deadline after deadline after yet another kickass deadline. No matter, amidst internal conflict and confusion i will stand firm and emerge stronger - viagra couldn't have made someone tougher. Haha kidding.

So anyway.exams are around the corner so i'd like to take this opportunity to wish all da babes out there best of luck. And to the hapless males, well i guess same to u la. haha. Stayin alive! Been grooving to the tunes of saturday nite fever. and quite seriously, the boogie is back! ah ah ah ah stayin alive.... funky tunes..

Amidst all the turmoil in my life, i have achieved a newfound state of nirvana within my soul. An imagery where east meets west, where sea meets sky, where the sun meets moon. Goos Frabba. Haha i think i'm just a bit high from being tired. Had soccer from like 12-3 plus? Right smack in the middle of the day with me design buddies. No i don't have any designs on any of them. Life in studio is getting interesting tho, with newfound friendster links within archi and id. Jive talkin, baby...

Latest pics from my life...
Some random shots at Asylum in Ann Siang Hill..wonderful place man
Check out their lovely wallpaper

New sneakers....Adidas Superstar vintage...as u can read...snakeskin...Ivan "u made me spend so much money" lim got the white one. Actually we each got 2 pairs. crazy bastards.

I call this photo....vintage on vintage. for those not in the know, its an antique radio clock that still works wonderfully. Aight.

Some random photo i took.... This is a hamsome geomancer...check out his mous....so cool. everything is in its right place...the water from the east flows behind his black mountain and energy flow is imacculate. GAN BEI!

Amazing discovery! A cleric has been in my home... not too sure about his pose. Not too religiously accurate...a mish mash of buddhism and islam? No blasphemy intended. Simply for racial harmony day.

Also, been back to some squashing of late..so far so good....how the season turns out remains to be seen..What i know is, next wed i'll be playing at serangoon gardens country club....Sauna here i come...woo hoo. Chomp Chomp and the uber big fat giant sugar cane juice here i come!!!! Today, we played soccer from like 12-3..and we got really burnt... Oh well... can't forsee myself turning into burnt toast like some friends already have...not gonna say who.

2006-03-11T00:01:00.000+08:00

Hey.... its been quite awhile eh? Actually pretty long! Been busy with school work...and school in general heh. Just got back from Sydney on sunday. I left last thursday, and it had myself quite a good time despite it being a really short trip. Here are some of the more interesting pictures. Oh did i mention, i went over mostly because my distant Aunt was getting married. To a hippity dippity Aussie bloke named Tie Elliot. Cool name for sure; his hippie mother from Finland named him such because she thought Tai Chee was cool. So anyway, Tie was gonna Tie the knot. And that would make my Aunt Tie Tai Tai. hur hur.And as i found out later on, he had absolutely no clue how to tie a neck tie - didn't even learn for his wedding's sake... So anyway, Tie tied the knot last saturday, but couldn't tie a tie if his life depended on it. What a knotty situation. Anyhow, we digress. I was saying i had taken quite a few photos - with my Samsung phone. Cos i didn't manage to bring along my camera. So anyway...i realised, when i returned, that i had not a single shot of the wedding or bride. Presenting... scenes from Sydney

This is a pretty cute van i found near my Grandaunt's humble but quaint abode.

This is one of them electrical boxes outside a shop in Newtown. Love the art.

The weather, when i was there, was pretty gloomy at times and overcast.

Quaint architecture..................................

This is QVB - Queen Victoria Building, and as u can see it was rather Victorian, if i may say so myself. This is also the building where i was abducted. The story goes, I was out on a mission. Mission Havianas. Highly classified information, but just to let u rookies in a little - i had to help 1 friend get her havianas. The search took me to QVB, where i was in a shop - General Pants Company. Was looking for them cherry prints all over down under, and at this shop it was no exception in that they didn't have this model of Havies. So anyway, suddenly these 2 gals tell me they know where to get them, and offer to show me where. So off i go to a suburb known as Chatswood by train... it was quite a nice experience cos i had no idea where the hell they were taking me. Anyway, they sold out at Chatswood so i finally get them the next mornin at Bondi Beach. Love that place.

One of dem coastline apartments. Really really would do me no harm if i owned one of them! The first car is a Carrera - don't think that'd hurt either.

Bondi beach at about 10am in the morn? Broodingly dark morning. Extremely breezy.

Seagulls slacking on the beach itself. I think maybe surfer dudes dig their surf cos they had some seagull shit to spice up their life. I mean most prolly they excrete into the sea? But anyway... MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE

My absolute favourite picture of the whole trip. This is a club i think, by the coastline. And the pool, which looks huge, is constantly under barrage attacks from the crashing waves. Especially on a grey sky morning like that one, the waves were huge and relentless - and it was indeed a stunning sight. One of them moments in life that can make u feel like everything is better even if they aren't.

This was taken in one of those boutiques around Bondi beach i think. Cool displays, where they submerged robots and what nots into huge jars. Life there and then was that good.

Parting shots from a great 3 days spent down under.... Miss the life already. Oh ya, to my Aunt and Tie - Happy life together and have a cool honeymoon. No idea where though? Tiewan? Tiebet? Tieland?

bell bottoms and more balls..

2006-02-19T03:20:00.000+08:00

Friday marked an eventful day. . . the day i first watched forever fever. It is with pride i announce that it is my new favourite Singapore film! Boasting a rather watchable cast in Adrian Pang and Anabelle Francis etc, marinated thoroughly with humour in the right dosage - this flick is a must watch for all who never got the chance to. Somehow i found it touching and Adrian Pang's character's eventual triumph actually tugged at my heartstrings. I didn't tear, but put it this way - i felt it coming. Haha its not super like gonna cry, but i somehow bonded with his victory. I'd gladly watch it again for sure. It also featured Madeline Tan, a sweetie pie on our local screens back then whom we seem to have forgotten in recent times.

Well anyway, tennis was next in order after a day of school on friday. I originally wanted to show my friend who's boss on the courts, but ended up getting a lesson in "following through" haha. The role reversal was truly a cause for wander. Anyhow it was good exercise and i came to realise tennis might actually be a prospective substitute for alcohol - since they both get u high anyway. Speaking of high, i just had to dispense my usual dosage of high lobs from my vast arsenal, much to her displeasure i guess. Yes it was wrong i know, but i blame it on my miscontrol haha.

Just got back from goodwood actually... Mel's Birthday! eh Melissa Joan Hart? Or Melissa Jane Brown? Something in between... haha well. still gettin to know everyone i guess. As usual..drinks drinks drinks... and so little food! Wassup with that, doesn't anyone spare a thought for growing boys??? Games...silly but fun games... and drawing with pencil liner on some sleeping fella's face. It was damn funny, especially when the birthday gal got high (actually she was high the whole time) and began spouting nonsense and showing her violent tendencies.

For now im gonna be my baby-back porker self and turn in.... Its about time. almost 4 am. What's new? Well, Sydney is beckoning - more forceful than ever. And destinations like Laos and Vietnam resound in my mind and dreams like the gentle lull of waves lapping up the seashore.

Oh did i mention i played golf at the driving range today? First time since 1999! Ancient. And very rusty, with frustrating moments aplenty. But, i will get better. I hope.

what a composition

2006-02-16T00:19:00.000+08:00

It was a hot day, the blazing sun hanging high up in the sky. The fruit seller went round squirting water on the fruits keeping them fresh. The apples and the oranges were placed side by side and the hatred between them were strong although there was one problem, they did not even know what started the hatred between them.

In the middle of all the oranges and apples, there were two that were different, they were in love. They always hope to get married by they knew it was never going to be possible. The day went on like every other day, the fruit seller recieving little business, but one particular lady bought the orange, the apple, deeply in love with the orange wanted comit suicide, jumpig off the stand but surprisingly, the lady walk back and out of pure luck decide to buy an apple and it was to be the apple she was going to be picked.

As the lady paid for the fruits and went off, the two fruits, happily together in the plastic bag knew that it was possible for them to get finally married. When they finaly reached the house, they were placed in a fruit basket, along side to other pears. They knew the marriage was possible and they wanted to start it right away.

Halfway while they were taking their wedding vows, the lady walked over and took the two to the kitchen. They did not know what was happening, the were placed in a plastic container and a lid was placed above them. As the blades beneath them started to speed up, they knew they were died, their new life ended even before it started and they were drank as juice.

The above is one of my mother's sec 4 student's composition....entitled MARRIAGE. Never seen a healthier marriage - one between fruits.

tennissimo

2006-02-04T00:21:00.000+08:00

Fifteen-love, Thirty-love, Forty-love, and then back to love-all. for the next game.

Today was a day of intense tennis training - finally my pals and I managed to awake for our much-postponed tennis duel. Although of course we didn't get up at 7am or anything since the game was at 10! So no big deal..then it was back home for a quickie (shower) then off to school we went. School was particularly exciting for a friend today - learning never seemed so fun i guess.

After my Singapore Film Lecture i was off - to Holland V for Dinner part 1. Well, not quite dinner, but chilled at Crystal Jade with me pals. And would u believe the number of peeps already at Walas? I couldn't. So anyway after that we adjourned to me pal Moses' condo for tennis. or so we thought. After relacking in one of the corners of his home, he announced the following activity - dinner at Holland V. So waddaya know? Back to Netherlands i guess. Devoured XO Beehoon soup. Shiok to the max, man.

And finally we got back to the main agenda: tennis. Eight till about eleven! It was intense stuff, base line to base line, drop shots, frantic scrambles, desperate dives, power strokes, gentle touches, and lots of magic. I kid u not! (I was also spiderman in my childhood daydreams. PS I am a daydreamer.)

So at the end of this day; i sit, with an aching body but brimming with pride. Pride that the legacy i left behind on the courts today will forever be etched in the history of tennis at PINE GROVE condominium. Pride that we upheld the ideals of sportsmanship. Pride that we snatched victory for ourselves. Try as i might, i failed to keep track of the scores the whole evening. Something-love, something-love, something-love.

Love conquers all, but we conquered...and gave them some of our love. I guess Valentine's day is drawing anear.

2006-01-30T16:09:00.000+08:00

its the ear of the dog!

2006-01-30T16:06:00.000+08:00

i always knew kids in my family were bright

2006-01-30T16:05:00.000+08:00

mosquitoes took my room by storm last night, the bites were so swollen i'd swear they were pomelos

2006-01-30T16:03:00.000+08:00

pocky.chokolate or stawbelly

2006-01-30T16:01:00.000+08:00

Cinderella told me this year's annual chinese new year ball was a blast

Chinese New Year

2006-01-30T15:22:00.000+08:00

Well its that time of the year again...where i get in touch with my roots (supposedly) and meet up with the relatives here and there.. though there aren't that many i meet (to be honest).

So i'm like thinking, it'll be nice one year, to take a trip to China - Beijing or Shanghai and have steamed dumplings (preferably a cold night) and some China beer. That'd be swell i think. Plus some china shopping would do me good. For anyone who's watched perhaps love, or those who haven't, the scenes of winter in china are actually rather pretty. With some good friends, great conversation about absolutely nothing much, not much worries, and the whole thrill of Chinese New Year in China seems really enticing at this point. With real firecrackers going off in the distance, i think it'd be potentially the best New Year i'll ever have.

Not that Ang pows, kuey lapis, bak kwa and the like aren't appealing to me. Being a pig, i don't complain as long as there's swill to keep me occupied. (do i hear an uproar) Gambling has never been my thing, and quite seriously this new year is rather marred by the nagging at my head that screams "work!". Not quite the ideal holiday i guess. Overall though, it has been rather nice la.

One of my favourite CNY activity is the new year shopping of course, and though i've confided in many a friend that "shopping kills my soul" i can't seem to get enough of being killed. I mean its a good excuse to look at all sorts of clothes and an even better excuse to spend money. Another favourite activity is the yearly CNY movie. or movies. Be it Jackie Chan or someone else. Preferably not Jack Neo though...this year it was Fearless with Jet Li. Violent at times, it was rather gripping and i enjoyed it, being the shallow fan of kung fu shows heh.

Will be headed to Syndey early March for an Aunt's wedding. Another excuse - to travel. haha. Long time no see-d-ney. Not for long though, since its actually during term time! But no worries, i'll make the most and milk it dry by making the most of my time and prob buying stuff i can't get here. Imagine the sidewalk cafes and sandwiches and pies. Love that life.

So anyway i leave here on Chinese New Year "chu er" (second day) wishing everyone happy new ear. Which is probably essential, not many ears can stand listening to my crap for too long.

spehling-B

2006-01-25T01:26:00.000+08:00

Bin welly BZ risenlee, got lod of werks. Pleshuh welly big.

1 plojat i is do, is the desig plojat. like that 1. call wat, ah - tlansfomer.
Thats mean, ah from 1 ploduck can chane into 1 mor ploduck la! Also can, is like 1 animal chane to ploduck or vejetaber, so , mine is seehor chane gahden hos.
see the seehor

den seehor chane to the hos la

That day i go Bra Brazar there, got 1 booksop. Busrhreer or wat la. got 1 toy welly kiut la. never see b4. This the side of box.

That day i buy brekfas for my family. They is like penut brad.

Elly body say well nice.

Sometime , i kno. i engris not welly good. But cher say , ai pia then ok la. so i art got pia la. my bu say, u onli kno tau sa pia. hur hur. plesent 2 u. my art.

The And.

Komens: The above text was inspired by a bakery in AMK (angmokio) which i visited recently. My favourite sign was the penut bun, followed by another which was PUMKIM bread. Amidst my guffaws i tried to take both photos. However, as i was finishing off the PUMPKIM shot when the baker ah beng started making noise, worried i might spy on his trade secret. Although the secret (or not anymore) was his choice of interesting names for his creations, a la Bread Talk. Anyway, so i had to run out of the shop and pretend i didn't take no photos. Crap. Also, that isn't really a piece of art. Not intentionally anyway. i was painting squares ... and i guess the best things come when u least expect it. So. Any bidders?

Cumming to a cinema near ya

2006-01-21T00:15:00.000+08:00

i carry your heart with me(i carry it inmy heart)
i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)
i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

Poem by E.E Cummings taken from In Her Shoes

Watched it today w me friend Nic.. Jolly good if not a typically saccharine-enriched ending. But then again, who doesn't like a happy ending? Besides... Cameron Diaz was smokin'

2006-01-16T23:12:00.000+08:00

inspired after project runway, i grab my mom's old specs and make off with em for a photoshoot subject to heidi klum's approval. Either you're in. Or you're out

2006-01-16T23:09:00.000+08:00

latest inspiration....royal cheena robes

LIFE

2006-01-15T02:36:00.000+08:00

who is the man i am to be,
who is the girl that will love me
what is it i am here to do
to myself will i stay true

Because i got high aka Lucie in the sky with diamonds

2006-01-15T01:34:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was all over the place - before school, it was down to town where my friend Ivan and I bought 5 pairs of shoes? (What?) then it was to school for film module ( the lecturer is a DR who looks like Lum May Yee man..) then it was off back to town....wasting time and all...this time with Jolin too. Then after a bumming session doin funny things like shopping with her Aunt (haha) we (Ivan Jolin Mel Me and some say Farrah) head off to Holland V. For Spizza and to smell some fart at Walas. Following which we decide to stop procrastinating and bring on the shisha!

Ambrosia and shisha was how swell..totally chilled out man. Ivan the new opium addict emerged from behind the curtain of sweet smelling smoke to shed his previous facade.

The rest of the night was spent trying to blow the largest puff of smoke and also to try perfecting the "nostril technique" hahahaha...and playing silly games like "truth or truth" ??? Haha

Overall it was a really swell night, if not a little cloudy in my memory bank... Nothing seems certain about what happened last night... Surreal? Magical? Bring on Puff....the magic dragon

2006-01-15T01:33:00.001+08:00

cool

2006-01-15T01:33:00.000+08:00

an end to my day

2006-01-15T01:25:00.000+08:00

more calligraphy in the shape of a tiger...its whip nowhere in sight though

2006-01-15T01:24:00.000+08:00

check out the quran calligraphy...

2006-01-15T01:23:00.001+08:00

en route ACM part II.....here we go again. well at least the view's not too bad i guess

2006-01-15T01:23:00.000+08:00

cavenagh bridge is how happening....im totally thrilled...

2006-01-12T23:29:00.000+08:00

my brada n my sis in law showing off her wares...haha actually a standee in mustafa.

2006-01-12T23:28:00.000+08:00

culture club!

2006-01-12T23:26:00.000+08:00

downcast afternoon enroute asian civilisations museum

Horrid Thursday!

2006-01-12T23:19:00.000+08:00

Today is Thursday...a horrid day, usually due to the fact that its "studio" day! The day i dread the most as deadlines are always on thursday... and it means rushed work, and possible shellings from a not so-manly-bomber pilot aka my teacher. Anyway, today's studio turned out fine.

Finished early, and we went to Asian Civilisations Musuem at Empress place to find some artefacts on which we could put some design analyses to some good use. (assignment. i'm not quite that cultured haha)

The weather was negative as usual, or positively dreadful - whichever way one wants to look at it. I anticipated this, and brought an extra pair of socks to accomodate the puddles of oceans the rainman set for me. Alas! I tahan-ed till late afternoon and just when i thought the reinforcements would do me good, the 2nd pair got wet too! The Lord has interesting ways of developing our understanding of the fairer sex and their daily trials and tribulations - how wonderful it feels to be dry and comfy. A luxury to be enjoyed and fully appreciated, i now know.

Speaking of the fairer sex and attraction, you won't believe what happened to yours truly at junction 8 today! I don't, myself, believe it. I was still swimming inside my shoes after the Museum trip, and upon reaching j8 i went about looking for slippers or some alternative. As i walk like a drowning ghost through the hordes of people, i notice a guy looking at me as though i'm his friend. Which i was quite sure was impossible. Later, after emerging from a shop, he comes up to me, and this conversation follows.

Dude: Hey, u look so familiar.
Me: Really? (taking a good look at his face) Don't recall man. Where've we met?
Dude: Maybe it was camp?
Me: Don't think so...
Dude: where's my car? (HAHAHHA okok, this part is crap)
Dude: Maybe it's from school. Are u from AJ?
Me: Nope, NJ
Dude: Maybe its from cca. I'm in swimming. U?
Me: Squash. so guess not.
Dude: You look familiar le.

At this point in time, after having this weird conversation for awhile i decide to be nice and introduce myself. Upon which he tells me he's named Derrick.

Me: Don't think so la man.
Dude: Maybe its the clubbing. Where'd u hang out?
Me: Zouk? Rouge?
Dude: (babbles a whole list of i-dunno-wheres)
Me: nope. i guess not then

Dude: Well, or maybe its cos yr cute
Me: (feeling my manhood disintegrate from within.very painful.)

I gave some lame excuse and booted off, making sure he wasn't following me. Man..... Whassup! Couldn't the good Lord send me a babe? Why the humiliation! haha....

I guess when it rains, there really ain't that much to look forward to eh? :)

Rain,man

2006-01-08T23:29:00.000+08:00

Its been raining cats and dogs the past few days, just to let u know. In case any of u have yet to glance out of the window. Things seem to creep up upon us sometimes. All of a sudden, heavy downpour. All of a sudden, school knocks on our door once again. All of a sudden... u never know i guess. So since its the start of a new year i plan to undertake all experiences on a positive? When the shit hits the fan, you'll need all the help u can get.

oh and part of my new year resolution is to put some of the money i blew back into wherever it came from aka thebank. Part of the loot contributed to neccessities (did that come out rite) like my cny clothes... or teee. lacoste here i come. Haha. although ivan is the true spokesman as he best represents the buaya style. kidding dude.

There are certain times in your life when something quite paranormal hits your life. Like a comet, an asteroid, meteor shower. Things like that. Not quite F4 though. Please don't tell anyone i like Jerry Yen? So this was one of those moments. Someone inform area 51

Chinese New Year festivities and spirit are heating up, yet its sizzle seems somewhat smothered by the daily blessings of rain. Nonetheless i bring you images of the place to be this festive season- thomson plaza

yinglishe deenar

2006-01-06T02:21:00.000+08:00

Been busy this week with guess what! Not anything guessable, i guess. To tell you honestly, not unbashedly, i've been busy with water colour classes! Well to all those NUS people who've seen a crazy group carry a backing board and palette and water colours and brushes around the campus (raffles hall) .. I'm sure it wasn't us. yeah.

Not only was this watercolour class rather pointless, it also chewed off what precious holidays we had... and that kinda paints a bleak picture, doesn't it. No pun intended. Just had to add colour to my otherwise dull and sad life. Oh sorry did i just do that? Don't mean to brush your displeasure aside, but this inborne skill of corniness just seems to be breaking free of the chains i tie it down with. Its insolence seems to be weakening the influence i had over it, resulting in corny mayhem around the region.

Had supper at Fosters Cafe Holland V around 2020 hrs? Well, being an English cafe and all ...i had to succumb to its practices and jargon so to speak, and the conversion being from Singkapoh to Eng-lish:
breakfast - breakfast
lunch - dinner
and dinner - supper

'Twas 'cos my friend had a birthday did she
Thine name wanrong had dinner with me
Merriest Birthday number twenty three

Been catching up on some reading of late, bought 2 books aka Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell (by Susanna Clarke), the other titled Rules of Life (by Richard Templar). The former is a sorta Harry Potter book but a little darker and similarly very BRIT-ISH in culture. Seriously a page turner and a must read.. I am, at this moment lost somewhere within the pages of this enchanted tale, and have brought it to campus and back. (aka best friend on bus, somewhat pathetically). The other book i've not much idea yet since i've yet to unleash its contents upon my useless grey matter. The only thing i've done with it recently (meaning the past 5 years) was to wear it on...and on my sleeve too..at Hillcrest Drive aka NJC.

Globe Trotters Malaysian 05 edition

2006-01-02T00:44:00.000+08:00

Warmest welcome to Globe Trotters Malaysian edition 2005. In this episode we'll revisit all the magical destinations blessed by the very presence of that suave celebrity genius Daryll Kaan. With the entrance of a brand new year we leave behind yet another memorable chapter in the Globe Trotters ongoing anals. Oh, pardon, we meant annals. Hosting this edition is the genius himself, Daryll Kaan.

shot taken from the car along the way up to Cameron Highlands. Check out the amazing cloud. Cumulobnimbus rain clouds that can tower up to 10m in height threaten to unleash a barrage of sky juice missiles. (please do self-verification on geographical facts) Ps. this isn't discovery u know.

On Camerons, close to Tanah Ratah, a town up there among the clouds is Robinson Falls. Which is , in layman's terms, a waterfall. Named Robinson. This is; apparently, in layman's terms once again, trek no. 9. More shots of our perilious exploration coming up...

A rare sighting along the path leading to the falls. Highly endangered flower Dwayneilily. Hence the heavy protection to deter passersby from ending its negligible life. Seriously. Please do not pluck. Still growing.

Uncle John aka Dad version beta giving his usual dosage of relentless geography lessons. Those who were spared were without doubt, grateful.

The best meals up there on Camerons are the steamboats and this one certainly was the Titanic with its coal powered steam chimneys.... and its contents set to go down sinking into the depths of our hungry bellies. Hey isn't that Traveller Extraordinaire Daryll Kaan's mother? Taken at Brinchang town. Btw, they have Secret Recipe up there on Camerons. And cakes are like half the prices here. What can i say? Cheapscake?

Isn't that Daryll Kaan himself? OMG. Taken at Tanah Rata as well

The Dwayneilily flower made its way out of the bushes and into civilisation in a noble mission to ensure Santa gets his ass burnt come Christmas. Oh whats that? Christmas is over? Ok his name is Dwayne . Just so i don't get bashed up.

A scene from the bible - Adam and Eve, the serpent and the Forbidden tree. Who's that jerk spoiling the photo anyway?

Camerons brought out all the love...

Bar Bar Blacksheep. How bout a martini?

Traveller extraordinaire unleashes his musical genius upon the world. He came. He performed. He defined that word. Applause.

A definite must go on Camerons is the Ye Olde Smoke House, where they serve up fantastic authentic British cuisine in a quaint cosy Motel kinda thing. Though prices of food are a tad exorbitant, the visit there is definitely worth it with picturesque scenery to take the breath away. The previous 2 shots were taken at this premise.

All good things must come to an end (just like this unfortunate morsel of scone), and unfortunately so does this delightful episode. We hope you enjoyed the tasty Trotters info we provided about certain locations up on Camerons. Feel free to post any queries regarding the eats. Till the next irresistable episode, stay tuned to... Globe Trotters on ID-iot TEEVEE.

Globe Trotters '05

2006-01-01T13:04:00.000+08:00

Warmest welcome to Globe Trotters special edition 2005. In this episode we'll revisit all the magical destinations blessed by the very presence of that suave celebrity genius Daryll Kaan. With the entrance of a brand new year we leave behind yet another memorable chapter in the Globe Trotters ongoing anals. Oh, pardon, we meant annals. Hosting this edition is the genius himself, Daryll Kaan.

First stop: Captial of Thailand - Bangkok.
Personal Favourite. Here are some shots:

View from the plane window....

my little bro and my dad version alpha

some mini temple in the midst of shopping district

temple paraphernalia...Por Yai like in Tom Yum Goong

Give and you shall receive... they believe

Early morning stupor

My dad version alpha, Dwayne the lil bro and yours truly mucking around chatuchak market... the absolute favourite Globe Trotters hangout.

Dad Version alpha, Dwayne and Stepmom version beta at Chatuchak

Which brings our Bangkok special to a close, unfortunately. Some tips to potential tourists:

1. Bring a shaver. Thai women have a tendency to spot moustaches.Kissing one hairier than yourself can only mean 1 of 2 things : Either she forgot what a shaver is, or she forgot that she's actually a he.

2.Be wary of visiting the "tiger" shows lest that lioness at home shows you who's boss.

3.Sing dollars can get you plenty of thai butt. (not just at a money changer) Do make sure you get what you ask for. Nobody wants a scare when the lights go out.

4.Shop till u drop, drink chang beer, and chill.

We hoped you've enjoyed this Siam edition of Globe Trotters. Khop Khun Kharp! (ignore the amateurish spelling)

anyone can make aloo gobi but how many can bend a ball like beckham?

2005-12-31T01:21:00.000+08:00

Today was a homely sort of day, at least till evening. As usual of late, i was drugged out and groggy and kinda spent the morning sleeping! What happened to our morning tennis? It was gone with the wind. This phenomenon began like this - I was supposed to wake Ivan up at 8 plus for tennis at 9. What happened was i called his hp a couple of times, which wasn't on. as usual. So since i didn't mind continuing my beauty snooze, i "considerately" decided i'd better not wake his whole clan up by calling the residence. Then later i get a sleepy sms saying... tennis postponed to 10. And somehow after that the situation gets totally confusing and drowsy as Roy calls me at i-dunno-what-time and asks "where are u?" to which i reply "on me bed" and i hear a sleepy "me too".
So that was our tennis session today. No balls on court. But in hibernation.

Then i spent the afternoon assuming my alter ego aka CINDIE. Why cindie? Kindly bestowed by my sis Zhimin, it reflects my subservient nature as i undertake household chores like dusting, vaccuuming, wiping, changing sheets, and washing. All to ensure my home is spick and span and glimmering like gold teeth. Or Gold bullets to kill WERE-RABBITS!!!

Caught Wallace and Gromit at great world...My kinda show... No puny feat u know! haha....dry sorta brit-ish humour and it was smashing!

Anyway its 0143 hrs now contrary to whatever time they might publish this...meaning... its New Year's eve! Here's my list of to-dos and resolutions for the new year!

1. Grow a beard before next christmas
2. Lose some weight and stop pigging out like a monster
3. Read more books and re-assume my HEAD LIBRARIAN status
4. Try to put money into the bank instead of sucking it dry
5. Get a manicure
6. I'll try to think of some more.

Head getting wonky already.

2005-12-28T00:56:00.000+08:00

dunkin doh!nuts.... homer's favourite...and my bro's and mine... what happened to them here? everyone's busy making wrong kinda dough...

2005-12-28T00:55:00.000+08:00

spooky nude...w ivan and roy

2005-12-28T00:53:00.001+08:00

more malaysian scenery...i miss my holiday....