spent my weekend in KL for food and abit of photography. KL is still in a mess, a bigger one actually compared to my experience a few years back.

Park Royal hotel is good, superb in fact and cheap for a 5star hotel. the service was 5 star and so was their breakfast buffet. didnt bring back much other than 151 photos and 72 donuts from Krispy Kreme. only if they had a branch in Singapore.

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

and these are all mine!!! 16 of them to be exact, all from Singapore.

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

From Mission KL

the foodcourt near the hotel that totally resembles the one at ION. Only that this is cheaper.

From Mission KL

Traffic problems.

From Mission KL

And piracy…

From Mission KL

This always has a queue no matter where it is located.

From Mission KL

And the journey back to Singapore, rained on the way.

From Mission KL

i might visit kl again, not that i like the place but its interesting and rather cheap. hygiene needs to be improved, traffic condition and the infrastructure needs maintenance.

i've been thinking about the uni courses lately, since the application to all 3 schools have opened already. im pretty much sure about what i want to take, but really got stuck at the NUS's application form. they just have too many choices, and im not really interested in any. but really tempted to put science/engin as one of the top few options, i know thats a bad move. research is a shit hole.

in the next 10 years, let me see....
2 years for army
the next 4 for uni, 6 years gone. hopefully i'll graduate with a really good honours degree.
2 years to build up my career, and pursue a MBA at the same time. maybe part-time for this.
now i'll be 27 years old. should already have a pretty girl of a good character, get married, have a couple of kids, a nice house, a warm home.
by the time im 29, i'll probably have a stable career, MBA, and all i'll need for a good life.
make my first couple of million dollars by 35.

the simple man mentality wont go wrong. but there's so many little details, i can be rather picky when it comes to my future. plan your life well, but never stop making changes to it. learn from the past to make the future better.

meanwhile, enjoy a beautiful tune by sungha.

#300

post #300!

much has been going on for the past few days. results, prayer meeting, bike delivery, dinner+drinking with OCIPeeps at my place, OCBC 40km, SMU open house.

1. Results.
im rather disappointed with the gp grade, but other than that all else is worth celebrating. i was still worried about my Math and Chemistry grade, thought that something will go wrong. thankfully it still came out good!

2. Prayer Meeting
it wasnt as boring as before already, and numbers are increasing. i would want to play for the band at prayer meeting, but dont have the time to practice. maybe after NS, which will start in around 2months. yongsheng is in already, im the last man standing in Must. should start to recruit more guys.

3. OCIPeeps gathering
its been quite a while since we last met, only a week actually. there's Tom this time round, which is rare stuff. the damage this time is quite a bit, 3bottles of wine, half a bottle of sake and a bit of greygoose. close to $200 of alcohol in just 4 hours. awesome stuff, pics up on facebook soon. email me if you have anything from that night, i'll post them as well. i wonder when will be the next gathering. someone organize something please.

4.OCBC 40km
got up at 4am in the morning, barely slept cos the OCIPeeps left rather late the night before. was still able to maintain a fast enough speed to finish under my targeted time. i gotta check whats my actual timing though. been half dead for most of the day, especially after lunch with olivia at tonkichi. its still good, serving is big enough and just makes us sleepy after lunch.

5.SMU open house.
umm nothing much, really. got the material i wanted, didnt even attend the talk. my queries are clarified already. submitting my application pretty soon, hope my As get me somewhere i want to.

3 weeks left in ibn, i cant wait to get out of this dirty place. i wouldnt want to step back in to do any work.

results will be out on friday, hopefully i'll do well enough to get into my desired uni and desired course. meanwhile, i didnt have much to do in lab. and helped to defrost the 2 freezers since im so free. and the product? my snowman-which will join the 3 others in their frosty wonderland in the -80degC freezer.


i have about 3 weeks left in astar, hopefully i get to see how the story will end. it just reached its climax now.

have a good day!

think 168km is easy? its not.

my actual cycling time is 6h 16min for the full 168km distance. and total time to complete from start to finish is around 8h. i took a one full hour break at yishun stadium, that was after 100km of cycling at 11am. and 7 other compulsory rest points which i topped up my bottle.

i want to thank Giant Bicycles for making such a wonderful OCR road bike, shimano for the gear and shoes, NTU for this wonderful event, olivia and peter(who was late again) and dutt. and of course GNC for the energy drink mix and the energy gel that tasted terrible.

one down, another one to go. OCBC Cycle Singapore 40km Challenge on 7th March 2010.
Flag Off at 6am, start/finish is at the F1 it building. expect road closures.

as the weekend draws near, so does the 168km bike rally (:
im still happily doing carbo starving before the carbo loading on saturday. its a way to trick your muscles to perform better during endurance events.

so here's the checkpoints(there's a slight change)!
1. Big Splash at ECP (start)
2. Labrador Park
3. Tuas
4. NTU
5. Kranji Dam
6. Woodlands
7. Yishun Stadium
8. Serangoon Stadium
9. Changi Beach Carpark
10. Big Splash at ECP (finish)

flag-off: 7am
expected cycling duration: 7 hours
estimated time of arrival at Big Splash (in dry weather): 3.30pm

its been a week since ah gong left us. i know that i cant handle my emotions when such things happen, especially when it comes so fast. im not prepared for it at all. since last sunday, its been harder for me to go to sleep at night without thinking of my grandpa. 7months from diagnosis, now he's gone. who can i talk to about my pain? who is willing to really listen to me? i've never lost someone so dear to me before. although its Chinese New Year already, no one in my family would be in the mood to celebrate it.

thanks all who have been offering your prayers, who were there when i needed you. i really appreciate it. i need to pick myself up from all these, learn to take care of my grandma and my family and the people around me. being able to wake up in the morning and live till the end of each day is a victory. thank God for that. love the people around you, for they love you too.

meanwhile, happy chinese new year. have a blessed and prosperous year ahead.

Better Man-Robbie Williams
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

Go easy on my conscience
'Cause it's not my fault
I know I've been taught
To take the blame

Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I'm in pain

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

Once you've found that lover
You're homeward bound
Love is all around
Love is all around

I know some have fallen
On stony ground
But Love is all around

Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doin' all I can
To be a better man

as im typing this entry, all i can say is that things are not going well. my grandpa watched me grow up and took care of me throughout the whole my 19 years. though he didnt talk much, i knew he is really concerned about how im doing.

just last weekend, things took a turn for the worst. i need to brace myself for the worst to come. the doctor's prediction yesterday wasnt good at all, in fact its very terrible. chinese new year may be different this year for my family, relatives and i. less than 2 weeks to go? thats really a short time.

i dont know what should i do, or rather what can i do now. i'll put all my faith in prayer, and visit him as much as i can. seeing someone you love so much, and loves you as much as you love him surrender to death and fading away every second is painful. it hurts real deep. the 168km challenge will be for him.

as you read this post, i hope you can join me in prayer. help me to pray for him, i'll really appreciate it. i want to celebrate chinese new year this year with him.