Monday, May 28, 2007

Parlay?



Just went to catch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with Law just now~ And despite bad reviews from friends and newspapers, I still think it's great. Johnny Depp simply shines once again as Captain Jack Sparrow. Wouldn't be able to imagine someone else taking over in his place. It would be like so "un-Jack-Sparrrow"! Haha!

Great cinematography and jokes, but i was a little confused with the numerous deals and pacts that went on with different people in the show but it wasn't all that bad. For those who are going to catch the show soon, stay till the VERY end! Wins waited for like 15 mins but i think the credits ended slightly longer than that. Not much but it wraps up nicely. There could be a part 4 i think, contrary to what some of my friends feel... =)

Sunday, May 27, 2007

同窓会、二番目!

The title means "The 2nd Reunion"! Had dinner with my Japanese senseis at Kotobuki Restaurant at Liang Court last evening.

The evening started badly when I was late in meeting the rest of the students first and din manage to get a table at the planned Marutama restaurant, when I'm the organiser...

Luckily the senseis din mind that we walk over to Liang Court and find a place there hopefully. We were fortunate to find a place that could accomodate 13 of us! and we even got a private room with traditional Japanese seating arrangement where you can stick your feet below the low table. =)

Had an enjoyable dinner and lotsa fun chatting, cracking jokes (that's me only) around the table. The dinner was actually a farewell dinner for one of my sensei who's leaving for america soon. So we started giving presents. Some of us (including me) got a rolling-ball pen with her name engraved on it. =) She was really delighted to recieve the presents from everybody!

Took quite a few photos and here's the link to the album! I also included photos sent by the same sensei who's leaving for America as well. Enjoy~

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/559196115ttHadB?vhost=good-times

Cheers!

By the way, I made a video which is a slideshow of all the photos taken with classmates and senseis from Japanese 3 and Japanese 4 to give to the different senseis yesterday. The song I used was from YUI, titled Good-Bye Days, which is also the soundtrack of the movie "Midnight Sun" YUI acted in as well! The Youtube video below is the MTV for this song. Enjoy it too!


Saturday, May 19, 2007

The four letter word that will drive women crazy..

No you slimy monsters out there, not that word! It's S.A.L.E

Was at the Isetan Private sale on Thursday. Didn't feel like going at first cos I felt a bit ill from the Indian lunch I had earlier in the afternoon... But I'm glad I did go in the end!

After breaking through the THRONG of sale-crazy women (and men) at the entrance and on the first floor, I managed to reach the third floor (Men's apparel and shoes) alive albeit a little knock from someone...

First stop: Levi's!

Always wanted to own a pair of Levi's jeans ever since... And now it's 30% off. So GO GO GO! Surprisingly, not too many ppl there and the queue for the fitting room was like 2-3 ppl each time. Silly me had no experience at a sale, so I had only 1 pair of jeans with me each time to try and kept on re-queuing after getting another pair.. LOL

Kept on eye on the new Redloop jeans which cost like almost 200 bucks but sanity came in and i went for a 525 but later 512 instead. Yeah!

2nd Stop: G2000!

Stopped by to get a couple of dress shirts as ppl are beginning to realise how often my shirts repeat across 2 weeks... Hm... Decided on an all white cufflink and a normal striped one.

Was about to go off and look for my sister (needed her Isetan card to get another 3% disc on top on the 30%) when I saw some cufflinks going for 35%. I got myself one pair to replace the plain ones that came with the G2000 shirts I had. My sister managed to find me (reception was bad so calls and SMSes took some time to get through..) and picked one pair for me which looked like chessboards!~ cOoL! (Might post pics of them soon, I hope)

All in all, spent about $190 just 2 days after my payday.. Very bad.... but it's worth it~ =)

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Priceless~



Caught this with Ashlyn, Weihao and Huishan on Wednesday. Gotta say this show's worth the full 7 bucks I paid for. It's sexy and funny without making it overboard. Audrey Tautou is at her best, playing Irene, a gold-digging hooker but the real star I felt was Gad Elmaleh as Jean, a lovestruck waiter who falls hopelessly in love with Irene.

Catch it before its run ends!

I also caught 28 weeks later too on Sunday with the boys. Din really enjoy the first show "28 Days Later" but the sequel is pretty decent. Us forces re occupy Britain after the deadly Rage virus is wiped out and refugees stay in containment areas and u guessed it... the virus breaks out and all hell turns loose. Kinda reminds me of what US is doing in Iraq right now. occupying it and making it a "safe" place for the Iraqis to live in... Not too bad though. The scary scenes are that scary so they're pretty safe for ppl who are generally afraid of horror movies. =)

Monday, May 14, 2007

My steals for the past month

No, I'm not a thief... My definition of 'Steal' means something I hanker after each month and I finally get it after some consideration. After setting enough aside for my parents, travelling costs and basic expenditure (makan, misc) , I usually pick something to get something for myself each month. Something to pamper myself with for working hard~ (Hyak hyak) Here's some stuff I bought recently.


Creative Zen V Plus 8GB (to replace my Creative MuVo 512MB from donkey years ago)
adidas canvas tennis shoes! Not a steal actually, I was forced to get this when the sole came off my heel one day while at work... But not bad a steal at 47 bucks~ (original at 59)
adidas Firebird jacket. My latest steal, been wanting to get one of these for ages...
More to come soon! =)

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Maximum Spider!



Just caught Spidey 3 at GV Yishun with GY this afternoon! Gotta say it's not bad, it almost follows the original storyline pretty closely 'cept for a few things here and there.

Eddie Brock isn't actually that of a small size. He was in athletics first before switching to journalism. So he's pretty huge size and he was a reporter with another newspaper company instead of the Daily Bugle as well. LOL. Shall not reveal anymore about the movie lest someone sues me already. Out of 5 stars, I would give it 4 stars! So catch it soon before the run ends.

One thing I find it cool though. I'm a fan of mindless, useless trivia, you see. (Think along the lines of Matrix and LOTR)

Spiderman 1: Spidey faces off against 1 villian, the Green Goblin
Spiderman 2: Spidey faces off against 2 villians, Harry Osborn(?) and Dr. Octopus
Spiderman 3: Spidey faces off against 3 villians, Venom, Sandman and The New Goblin (Harry Osborn)

Cool, eh? The next sequel might have the emergence of another villian, the Lizard who is *gasp* Spidey's professor! He has one arm missing if you've noticed... (Again, another trivia) and tried to use reptilian DNA to regrow his arm. Bad move coming, as you see it. Also hope to see my al time favourite villian of Spidey too! Carnage! Whose name is Cletus Kassidy, a murderous serial killer and Eddie Brock's prison cellmate later. The symbiote that became Carnage was spawned from that of Venom... Hohoho..


Carnage, more insanely powerful than Venom and Spiderman COMBINED.

To end things off, got a nice Youtube video of Spiderman vs Venom in a video game. (Think it's Marvel vs Capcom 1 from the background stage) This also explains the title of my post too! It's one of Spidey's special moves where he leaps onto a wall and hits the enemy for 5 times. "Maximum Spider" is something I personally utter when something serious happens. Haha. Enjoy! P.S Check out the last special move that Spidey does at the end of the video. Those who watched the movie should be able to identify it. *winks*


Saturday, May 05, 2007

Updates for the past week~

Haven't had time to blog this week so I'm giving everything in a nutshell here.

Took leave on Monday but din go anywhere cause my right foot hurts again! I'm guessing it could have been the sneakers I wore on Friday to work. Just when I could walk normally.. Sianz..

Went for Peiling's bdae celeb on Wednesday at Sizzlers' @ Suntec. Supposed to meet there at 7 and almost everybody was late! One thing I cannot stand is ppl being late (for too long). The manager kept coming to our table to remind us that the kitchen would be closing at 8.50pm and the salad bar at 9.00pm. Think it's important to remind us cos the cost of the main entree comes with access to the salad bar... Anyway, everybody came in the end and finally celebrated Peiling's bdae. =) Happy bdae, Peiling!
My Mushroom Cheese Steak at Sizzlers'! Yummy!~

Met Huiru for dinner on Thursday at Bugis and we had a great dinner together at Aji-Tei. I tried the Nagoya Special Miso Katsu (Cutlet) Set and it was not bad. We went for the specialty desserts later. She's planning to go to Taiwan with her friends soon, so I gave her a few tips about accomodation and getting around. Haha~ Suddenly reminded me of the good time I had in Taiwan for my grad trip. LOL
My Mocha Sundae Anmitsu + Huiru's Sundae Anmitsu!
Difference is mine has green tea flavoured icecream instead of vanilla.

Helped Ashlyn to book a hostel room in Hokkaido cos the website was almost entirely in Japanese. Suddenly become the Japanese Transalator.. although my level is far from being good... Going to pass her my shopping list soon! Haha~

And last night (Friday), I was about to leave my office when the sole of my shoe came off! *stunned* So i went to Raffles City (rendezvous point) to get some shoes for replacement immediately and got myself a pair of adidas canvas tennis shoes, which kinda looks cool! Anyway, some of us gathered to celebrate Val's bdae at The Post Bar @ Fullerton and got to know some of Val's friends who are connected to me in some way! Singapore is too small! One is working in the same company as my sis and is currently undergoing training by her and the other fren's colleagues used to be my ex-coursemates in ECE back in NUS! Had fun and drinks last night and I taught the 请你跟我这样做 game from the 齐天大胜 variety show. And it seems that they had fun, especially Val! Happy birthday, Val! =)

I shouldn't be going out this weekend. Gonna rest my feet at home~

Monday, April 30, 2007

What your name means!

Tried this off WY's post...

You entered: Hwee Wei Chuen Jaron

There are 17 letters in your name.Those 17 letters total to 88There are 8 vowels and 9 consonants in your name.

Your number is:

7 (Editor's note: It's my favourite number!!!)

The characteristics of #7 are:

Analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

The expression or destiny for #7:

Thought, analysis, introspection, and seclusiveness are all characteristics of the expression number 7. The hallmark of the number 7 is a good mind, and especially good at searching out and finding the truth. You are so very capable of analyzing, judging and discriminating, that very little ever escapes your observation and deep understanding. You are the type of person that can really get involved in a search for wisdom or hidden truths, often becoming an authority on whatever it is your are focusing on. This can easily be of a technical or scientific nature, or it may be religious or occult, it matters very little, you pursue knowledge with the same sort of vigor. You can make a very fine teacher, or because of a natural inclination toward the spiritual, you may become deeply emerged in religious affairs or even psychic explorations. You tend to operate on a rather different wavelength, and many of your friends may not really know you very well. The positive aspects of the 7 expression are that you can be a true perfectionist in a very positive sense of the word. You are very logical, and usually employ a quite rational approach to most things you do. You can be so rational at times that you almost seem to lack emotion, and when you are faced with an emotional situation, you may have a bit of a problem coping with it. You have excellent capabilities to study and learn really deep and difficult subjects, and to search for hidden fundamentals. At full maturity you are likely to be a very peaceful and poised individual.

If there is an over supply of the number 7 in your makeup, the negative aspects of the number may be apparent. The chief negative of 7 relates to the limited degree of trust that you may have in people. A tendency to be highly introverted can make you a bit on the self-centered side, certainly very much self-contained . Because of this, you are not very adaptable, and you may tend to be overly critical and intolerant. You really like to work alone, at your own pace and in your own way. You neither show or understand emotions very well.

Your Soul Urge number is: 3

A Soul Urge number of 3 means: With the Soul Urge number 3 your desire in life is personal expression, and generally enjoying life to its fullest. You want to participate in an active social life and enjoy a large circle of friends. You want to be in the limelight, expressing your artistic or intellectual talents. Word skills may be your thing; speaking, writing, acting, singing. In a positive sense, the 3 energy is friendly, outgoing and always very social.
You have a decidedly upbeat attitude that is rarely discouraged; a good mental and emotional balance.

The 3 Soul Urge gives intuitive insight, thus, very high creative and inspirational tendencies. The truly outstanding trait shown by the 3 Soul Urge is that of self-expression, regardless of the field of endeavor.

On the negative side, you may at times become too easygoing and too optimistic, tending to scatter forces and accomplish very little. Often, the excessive 3 energy produces non-stop talkers. Everyone has faults, but the 3 soul urge doesn't appreciate having these pointed out.

Your Inner Dream number is: 4

An Inner Dream number of 4 means: You dream of being a very solid citizen that people can depend upon. You strive for organization and predictable order. You want to be recognized as a person with a plan and the discipline to make that plan work like clockwork.

Haha, kinda true especially about the perfectionist part and the organised part.. But i din study well too.. Haha...

Try this out at : http://www.paulsadowski.com/Numbers.asp

Sunday, April 29, 2007

A long weekend...

Spent most of my saturday sleeping at home.. Finally completed Command and Conquer 3.. The last mission for Scrin was pretty tough but i managed to get by.. It sucks that I can't play online.. and the thing that irritates me is that I dunno what's the prob.. I just get an error msg saying "Could not connect to the backend server". I connected once before but did not try any mulitplayer game. So I believe my connection settings are fine. Just thinking that the CC3 server is screwed up...

What to do tomorrow I guess? Maybe it's time to assemble my Minerva model i bought from Japan. Was going to spray-paint it with metallic grey, but I'm just gonna assemble it au nutural instead. :P

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Strike!

Managed to get my homies out for bowling at Safra Yishun last night. It's really been a while since I last bowled and I was pretty surprised at my result. Haha. Average of 136 (let down by a bad third game) and an average of 4 strikes per game. =)

Everybody was having fun giving high fives after a spare or strike and "aww"-ing when someone misses a pin or 2 to convert a spare or in a strike. That's plain good ol' fun. =)

We went for supper later at S11 and ended up chatting all the way till 4+ in the morning. Woot~ Anyway, looking forward to the long weekend. Applied for leave on Monday! Good time to catch up on my sleep.... Zzz...

Saturday, April 21, 2007

A touch of kindness

I was on the train, on my way to office on Friday morning, when I suddenly heard a loud THUD sound and saw a young office lady lying on the floor. Ppl ard her scrambled to help her up slowly and one kind soul gave her medicated oil to rub at her temples. Others asked about how she was. One other lady offered to bring her to the doctor but she replied she was fine. Me? There were too many ppl offering help already, i would kinda be extra if I were to show some concern too.

She looked fine later when most of us alighted at tanjong pagar mrt and I could see that people were still looking out for her. That's kinda sweet, don't you think? Singaporeans may be infamous for being inconsiderate, rude and kiasu, but I'm glad there are a few kind souls among us. =)

Monday, April 16, 2007

Penny for your thoughts?

Went to Tan Tock Seng Hospital today for my appointment with a podiatrist (foot specialist). Senior consultant. Paid $75 to see him for 10 mins and hear him say, "Dun wear that shoe anymore", "Get a new pair of shoes", "Rest your feet well" and "You're discharged!".

Felt conned... Period.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Busy week past..

Wow, just realised that it's been almost a week since I last blogged... had a busy week at office and had my personal record of staying in office late till about 8... haha. not that I'm complaining. The first few months were boring, with learning the ropes and waiting for stuff to come. Now that my manager has seen some quality in us, he's handing us projects to my colleague and I to take up on our own. To the dismay of my colleague and to my delight! Hehe, at least now I look forward to work and time passes pretty fast now. =)

Midweek, I called Sarah for a quick chat on the phone. She's pretty busy with her stuff so I understand perfectly that our communication by sms was pretty limited and I send her stuff that doesn't need any reply. It was pretty nice, just hearing her bubbly laughter. And that helped make my day even when I was plagued with lotsa problems~ Thanks, Sarah!

Went to play pool with Law last evening and I realised I've improved by quite a bit. Normally, I'll lose to him by a margin of 4-5 games out of 10 but last night we were neck to neck for the first half and I finally lost out to him for abt 1-2 games? GY and YY, beware! *ROAR* Lol.

Later meeting GY for lunch and getting my Weinbrenner slippers that I badly need. My feet hurts when i wear my regular slippers and I can't use my heel supports on my slippers. They'd look horrid!

Going back to office for a while tomorrow for some testing and off to TTSH for an appt with a podiatrist on Monday morning. See how my life is "fun-filled"? =)

Peace~

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Slack weekend

It's been a long weekend all thanks to Good Friday! But I've been slacking away at my cousin's place playing with his 7 dogs and PS2 as well. Never really went out cept on Friday for dinner. Wanted to give my feet some rest before the weekdays comes again.

It's good to visit the dogs now and then. They'll remember you, adorable, playful, provide companionship even right now when i'm blogging away at my cousin's com~ They dun bear grudges against you and are much easier to take care. Humans are tedious~

Speaking about that, it's difficult to understand what a girl thinks. I wish I could have that power that Mel Gibson had in What Women Want. When he can read womens' mind and work it to his advantage. Not that I want to read ppl minds' but it makes things easier to work out something between ppl to avoid misunderstandings and prevent arguments from happening... Meanwhile, I'm confused on whether I should go ahead as per EW's advice and just give up because I'm afraid of rejection again.... =(

*Confused* signing off..

Friday, April 06, 2007

=)

Finally surviving thru the week, it's a holiday today! Means can sleep in and slack ard the house! haha.. in fact it's time for me to rest my feet.. it still hurts ever since a month ago...

Anyway, the whole jing gang (Law, GY, YY and BZ) came over to my place! So happy, rarely got a chance to meet up cos everybody's busy or occupied.. We played Dividends and 2 rds of German Bridge later. Been a while since I had some fun already~ Thanks guys~

Oh yes, finally after 10,00 years (4 months actually), I finally got my Kenneth Cole Watch. Usually won't be able to afford it but I signed up an 8 year membership with SAFRA to get this watch. Badly need a watch since my current one is a little rusty.. *Gasp*

Will try to post a pic of it soon, I guess.. That's all for now! Going to Ivan's place to see the dogs tml. Miss all 7 of them, even Rascal~

Peace~

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

30

No.. not the name of a movie. It's the age I hope to marry someone by then... YY and BZ's ROM set me thinking. What am I doing with my life right now? So I gotta start planning~ And what if I dun meet anyone by 31? Then that's it. *Poof* Going to take my mind off marriage, relationships and most importantly, girls. Period.

You might think it's silly. I think it's a target I set for myself. =)

Monday, April 02, 2007

恭喜大哥!

It's past my bedtime on Sunday, my right still hurts and I still gotta work tml... But I'm still online blogging. Y? Cos the blog must go on!

This week just past, I've realised that I have some loyal readers of my blog! Ppl tell me on msn that they come visit my blog from time to time and I feel honoured~ Thanks for visiting!

Just some updates for the weekend~

1) Met up with EW on Saturday afternoon for tea at TCC @ Citylink Mall. It's been a while since I've met up with her and we had a good heart-to-heart chat about lotsa stuff over coffee. She's leaving for the UK on a trip next Saturday and hopefully I can get a chance to see her off.... After that, she had a dinner appt at Suntec and I went to Sim Lim square from there.

2) It was quite a painful walk from Suntec to SLS (Sim Lim Square) and i regretted walking just in order to save money. Anyway, I went there to get a copy of Command and Conquer 3 (CC3). It's been a while since I bought a computer game last one being Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Hammers of Fate expansion. Wanted to buy the normal edition of the game cos nowadays I'm not into collector's stuff but changed my mind cos the Kane Edition (limited) came with a Razer Mousemat which is worth $30+! And I just need to pay like $20 extra on top of the normal price. Tried it out for the first few missions of GDI and the gameplay and graphics rocks! =)

3) Sunday was a happy day for me. By now, you must be wondering what the title of my post means... It's that YY has finally gotten MARRIED! Yes, now they're officially Mr and Mrs Ng already.. LOL The solemnization ceremony took place at Hotel Rendezvous and there was a reception buffet after that where I gorged myself silly... *blush* Really happy for YY and BZ as it's like moving forward onto a different stage of life. *weep*

After that, Law, GY and I went to play pool nearby at Pool Junction and I had a good time, winning most games today. Thanks guys~ Seems like I've improved slightly. =) YY and BZ joined us after that! Haha~ Thanks to my persistant psycho-ing... So here's wishing YY and BZ a blissful marriage! Must grow up now hor, 大哥!

4) Went on down to Hark Music Cafe @ Prinsep Street to lend support to YS, who's gotten into the finals of a singing competition. Gotta say that the finalists all have a certain level except for one, who said is ability was affected by illness, which turned out to be fine later.. Lame! YS did well and he won the Best Hosting Award (最佳主持人奖) I knew he always had a flair for talking... He din get into the top 3 places (out of 8) but at least he won an award, while 3 others didn't, including the "sick" guy...

It was my first time there today and was surprised to find out that it was its last day of business as they are going to undergo some renovations soon to convert it into a performance studio and training room. Kinda lucky that I was able to patronise the cafe on its last day of business~

That's all for now~ I still gotta try to edit the wedding photos I took pretty soon and I have yet to do my japanese homework for today's (it's past 12 already) lesson! しまった!(Oh dear!)

=)

P.S To someone out there, know you've been busy this past weekend, hope you've seen my sms and reply soon. Take care~

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Cowabunga!

Met up with Sarah at J8 for dinner together and to catch TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the mis-informed..)

We had dinner at Ajisen Ramen and had a great time chatting and catching up on each other. After all, it's been 10 years since we met! Lol... It was great chatting with ya. ;)

Later we collected our tickets and shopped around J8, looking for a deck phone and other random stuff. She also contemplated getting a camera and I showed her my Ixus 50 for her to try it out. Hehe~

We had dessert before the show at Haagen-Dazs and this is a sample of what she took.

Not bad right? Nowadays point-and-shoot digicams are designed for amateurs like us so shouldn't take much effort to take decent pics. So I had a go and took a pic of what we had for dessert.
This is called Divine~
Caught the show and felt it was not bad. My fav cool Raphael, still typical bad boy.. and Michaelangelo still so funny... Something interesting Sarah and I shared between us. The first TMNT movie was our very first movie~ How cool is that? No wonder we wanted to catch the show...
It was pretty much an enjoyable evening and probably next time we're going to play pool or she's going to bring me to taste "Best Chicken Rice in Singapore! Really!" ard her place! Looking forward~
=)

Monday, March 26, 2007

Is being nice enough?

Saw deb online yesternite. It's been a while since she went to London to do her Masters and I was in for a surprise when she said she was in Singapore! A little short trip to surprise her mom for bdae celeb. How sweet can that be?

Anyway, she saw my MSN photo of Jung Ryu Won (pic below) and asked if whether I have a gf. I replied "What do you think?" and she said ""yes!!!!"



I told her no and then we went into a lengthy discussion of self-confidence and stuff liddat. And then at one point of time, she suddenly said "But Jaron, you're a nice guy and nice guys are hard to come by nowadays." I was slightly taken aback cos I seldom receive such compliments, let alone from a hot babe like deb. Din know whether it was said to cheer me up or it was really for real (oxymoron there). But I was touched. Thanks deb~ That really made my day.

I chose to reply that being nice doesn't really attract girls in Singapore. To that she said, "you'll be surprised, in relationships, it matters!" Lotsa girls might want to rip my throat after this but I kinda feel that gals in SG are typically looking for the whole package. Good looks / physique is one thing, having a good career is another, having a car is definitely a bonus. Being nice is the icing on the cake. I have seen my gal-frens falling for bad boys, only to have the bad boys cheating and bullying and abusing them and the girls just can't get enough of them. *rolls eyes*

But average guys like me out there who are reading this, have no fear. I have guy frens too who are average like you and me, who have found partners who treasure them for what they are, who know that character lasts in a relationship and almost / are happily married.

That gives a glimmer of hope in my boring, mundane and sometimes sad life. But that's how I remain optimistic all the while. You'll usually see mi smiling even though I'm down cos there's always something to look forward to every now and thenn. =)

Cheers!

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Yes! Finally won at Settlers of Catan!

After a long, tedious, always-getting-mocked losing streak of 18 games with GY and Law, I finally won a game of Cities and Knights of Catan! With 2 metropolises (someone correct me if the plural form is wrong), 3 cities, 2 settlements and 1 merchant!

Thanks to GY and Law for the win~

Anyway, thanks to my sis who bought I-weekly for me cos there's Fiona Xie! *beams* see if i can upload one pic from the magazine to here or not...

Feet still hurts so limping to office tml! Peace ppl!

=)