Good days and bad days~

Good day:

Met Ash for dinner at Cafe Cartel at J8 on Thursday and got a chance to use my new Citibank Visa~ Keke. Ash just came back from Japan and she managed to get a box of 白い恋人 (should be able to guess the meaning from the chars right?) chocs for me from Hokkaido! Thanks Ash!

Then later we went for dessert at the basement, forgot the name le.. something like 味-something-园, nice dessert stall and we tried the black sesame paste, which was pretty ok~ =)

Bad Day:

Bad day at office the moment I stepped in in the morning... Can't really reveal much but basically something wrong with my program, no damage done, problem was resolved after 2 hrs later, reputation and confidence loss... Haiz.. then whole day no mood to work, felt a little disappointed...

Nobody like bad days, but we all need bad days to remind us of the good days that we've enjoyed right? And there's something to look forward to everytime, like I'm going to meet Irene for tea later and meeting my buds at Pitstop for a night of fun and games ;)

お見送り

My title means "to send someone off (usually someone going overseas)" i think... Suzuki-sensei, who had been teaching me for the past 2 years left Singapore early this morning for Japan and then going to New York to teach Japanese. A few of us went to the airport to see her off and wished her all the best for her new job!




From L to R: Eddie, Me!, Suzuki Sensei, sOx and Wins


Me and Suzuki Sensei!

Here's wishing you all the best, sensei! Keep in touch! =)

Fantastic Four!

Caught it with Law and GY last friday at GV Yishun. The show's not too bad~ Great for the family, the kids and even ppl like me. Silver surfer's one of my favourite characters in the Marvel Series. Powerful, cool and noble with a cause...

Catch it if you can! Now waiting to watch Shrek 3 (if it's still ard..), Die hard 4.0, Transformers (No money to buy...)! Wahaha~

Happy Birthday Irene!

Met up with Irene for dinner at Newton Food Centre yesterday evening. Planned to dine at Orchard but she suggested Newton instead. It's been a while since I've been to Newton ever since it was renovated. Place looks good, but still can't stand the touts pestering us here and there. The thing is the more the pester the more turned off I become.

Found a nice little spot (away from the touts) and had fishball noodles with satay. The noodles were normal but the satay was pretty ok. We actually met up to celebrate her bdae which was on Sunday and I got for her a Care Bear! One of her favourites~ =)

We went on to walk around Orchard cos she wanted to look for a makeover studio and check out the price. Not really sure where is it in Orchard, and ended up finding none. Anyone who knows a good studio, please tell me thru SMS, MSN or my chatbox in my blog, k? Thanks!

To Irene if you're reading this: Happy birthday once again! =)

=)

Went to Pitstop on Sunday with Law, GY, Elaine, Yunyun and Huishi. Yunyun told me she'll be bringing a friend along, but i din expect to see one of my fellow ex-course mate there. Hehe. First time for all 3 ladies to Pitstop and glad they really like the cosiness of the cafe. Great job, Eve!

Played quite a few games. Some interesting (The Igloo game, can't remember the name), some fun (Imaginiff..) and some outright lame (Ugly Dolls!) We all pretty much enjoyed our time there and here are some pics~

All of us~

Elaine and Yunyun

Hmm...

Had dinner at Xing Wang HK Cafe and walk-walked around Marina Square later. Thanks to Law, who recommended a place for us to chill out at a nice bar in Marina Mandarin Hotel..

=)

GE Raid Party at ZOUK!

Joined Law, GY and James yesterday to go on down to ZOUK for the Day Raid Party for Granado Espada. First time at an official launch so didn't know what to expect. Heh. Wasn't really planning on going cos I had to go for my A07/08 (Uni class) BBQ gathering later in the evening but Law had persuaded me to join them anyway..

Went to Great World City for lunch and reached Zouk at about 3, even though the event started at 2. Here are some of the pics I took during the party although most of them are quite blur.. I need a better camera...








Nasty Hill Giant at the entrance


Phobitian War Chieftain


There was also a cosplay parade as well!


Here's a Muskeeter...


And an Elementalist...


2 lovely Scouts with a pirate


There was also a FHM gamer babe you could take on 1v1 (in GE) She was nice to smile for the many cameras clicking away at her. =)


Me with my favourite Grace Bernelli~


Solune Faction~
From L to R: Darkon Family, LawHain Family and LupusArctos Family and me (missing)

Managed to catch some of the cosplay characters while on the way out! Heh~

Female Wizard. Law thought she looked great~


Female scout 1.


Female scout 2. I prefer this scout though~ LOL!



But she's definitely number 1 for me in the party. *Starry eyed* (*-*)

Peace~
Level 32, Janzer family, Solune Faction, Pachebel server

That's what frens are for...

Realised that it's been a full week since I've blogged! Mainly due to 2 reasons

1. Down with a bad cough I got since coming back from Malaysia.. Must have been all the good food eaten there. Haha!

2. Granado Espada. Busy playing and trying to catch up with my mates who've been levelling up so darn fast. Wonder how they do that...

Just read the papers today about this pair of sisters who have 16,000 friends between them. I was like "OMG?" Reading on, I found out that some of the "friends" are pure online friendships, that is, haven't met up face to face before... And ppl are dying to add them as friends. Been to their friendster to take a look and the vlog (video blog) of one of the sisters dancing in skimpy clothes might have been one of the factors...

Last I checked, my Friendster body, I mean friend count is 277 and contacts on MSN is 283. Not too bad, I think, comparing to the ppl around me... =)

Might as well take the opportunity to thank all friends who have showed care and concern for me when I need it. You all rox~ Heh~

Peace~

Kukup!

Just came back from M'sia for the weekend! Joined YS and his friends (14 in all!) on a short trip to Kukup, a nice little town situated near the coast. The drive up took about 2-3 hours in all. I got to know new friends along the way as well! =)

Photos to be uploaded soon as soon as I have the time to touch up on some of them and if I can pry myself from playing Granado Espada in the meantime... :P

OK! Finally uploaded the album online. You can take a look at it by clicking on the link below!~
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/559309658FtEQds?vhost=good-times

For those who wanna download the picture,
1. Click on the pic
2. Select Full Size at the right hand side of the page
3. Wait for the pic to load fully.
4. Right click on the pic and choose Save As...

There you have it! =)

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... =)

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!

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~ =)

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. =)

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! =)

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*

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~

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

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

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...

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. =)

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.