Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Mingquan :" Ok.. so meet 2130hrs at Madam Wong.."

I was being invited to be the guest DJ for the night, spinning 80s and 90s and Top 40s. When i arrived, MW's bouncers were trying to restrain the hyperactive crowd, majority were ladies. Arms were waving madly in the air, flashlights going off... Ah. My kind of weekend.

Ok, the previous paragraph is a hoax. How can Mingquan be so popular anyway? Upon contributing 0.00004% to the Unemployment rate, i feel that i need to unwind. Upon receiving some news/rejection letter. I deeply feel I need an avenue for an emotional outburst, so i shall see how far can liquor bring me to.

Basically, there were 6 of us. Guojian, Me, Novem, Peili and Kangsen and Mingzhu. Novem and me arrived first. Being punctual that night, we were very cocky.haha. no la. the 3 of them came later and Guojian arrived the last due to some committments.

3051 isn't with me today, so TP shall have no issues with my alcoholic level. MW was quite empty, so we managed to find ourselves good seats, away from mad teenagers and loud music.
We had a 1/2 a bottle of Jim Beam left over from previous session and we opened another bottle of Jim Beam. Mixers were free flow, so it's good.

The usual games were played (Treasure Box Number, Fist-Guessing) until the fateful event occurs. Peili was pouring drinks...perhaps he was feeling tipsy. And the next thing i noe, my favourite bonds' chest hugging t shirt was rewarded with jim beam with coke from the side obliques down. Novem wasn't spared either. But her sacrifice was well worth, she had saved the bottle of Jim Beam from falling to the ground, so her efforts was commendable.

Crowd :" Wa lau , so what were u doing?"

My eyes was glued on EPSN, that was showed on TV, it was showing the Olympics. Thats why. I had no time to react at all. Nevertheless, the fun and games continued and to peak where Peili was(according to him) 85% drunk. Mingquan was say 50%, the rest was around my gauge too.

After the clubbing concluded, we proceed to Bugis to grab a bite. Afterwhich, Novem, peili and Mingzhu caught a cab home. Guojian and I had a great talk, a 'needed conversation' i very much wanted to have. We walked from Bugis to Kallang, then we caught a cab and we went home. Well although i very much wanted to have this emotional outbreak, but let's take a step back and analyse. Is it really necessary? What will positively happened after u say it out? Perhaps i would have felt better, but it might caused unhappiness to the friends around me. I withheld.

I reached home at 5 plus, I very much wanted to message my friend, but i guess my friend might be tired, so i didn't message in the end. But....... actually...!!!

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Laterz




Thursday, August 12, 2004

When Stairs meets the Lift

One night, i received an SMS. Its from my best-friend's little sister, Tracy. Hey, thanks for reviving that little incident. To prevent such memories from fading away, i shall type it out.

Its about one fine evening. We had our dinner at Chinatown. As usual, we will walk along Swanston st, to Flinders St. station, where we would wait for her Cranbourne/Pakenham/Sandringham/Frankston bound train before i walk home.

BF: Hey! want to have a game of Table tennis?
Stan: Sure, orkay!

So, my best friend and I walk to my apt, becoz at the basement of my apt, we have a blue table tennis table.

I dunno what got over me, i guess it was "Kid Mode"

Stan:"Hey, why not u take the lift, and i dash up the stairs?"
BF: "Bu yao siao la"

But i guess i was rather adamant and want to break the usual rountine. I lived on the 10th floor. Each floor is separated by 2 flight of stairs, having 8steps for 1 flight. U must be wondering how come i know the configuration so well.

Stan:" Ok la, but u have to to press lvl 1,2,3.. then we start together.
Med: "...."

So i help her press lvl 1,2,3. And the Race began!

G, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9------------>10

Stan:" *pant**pant**pant**pant**pant**pant* "
BF : ( med, can u fill in on this part? i cant remember coz i was panting)

All these as mentioned, i could have forgotten, if not for a spark that triggered it. Once again! Credit goes to my best friend and tracy whom were talking about it.

Stairs, basically i would climb it when the following situation occurs
1. Stressed
2. Can't solve a programming bug
3. Gym routine.

Besides that, i feel that stairs, although its a simple object in everyday life, is often overlooked. Its there when u want to use it. It helps u achieve what u want to do, while staying rooted faithfully.

Will Blog again.

Sunday, August 08, 2004

Classic case of wrong timing or should I just submit to my fate?

As what carrie bradshaw always starts off in SATC, in my version of it, I have somewhat similar concept. I am sitting on the floor, fingers on lappie, listening to "Ai Yi Ge Ren Hao Nan - William So" and i typed (upon recent encounters) - "........Classic case of wrong timing or should I just submit to my fate?"

In life, things don't just operate like clockwork. In certain point in time, one would have to make a decision. Decision-making involves implication in later stages which is yet to be delineated. In this point in time in my life, i would say the year of 2004 is really full of suprises. Surprises i expected, surprises i least expected and surprises that aren't surprises.

To a certain extent, i do believe that Heaven is fair. What justifies me in saying that? Humans have short/long comings. So one can be good in something, but somehow at some other arena, it stand seconds.

After 2.5years overseas, besides the paper i've gotten, there are so many valuable lessons that i've learnt. Lessons which can't be learnt in lecs/tutes. That's lessons in life. There is no training doctrine for it. Everyone's encounter is different, thus different TSR. No one can never say "Hey. how come your life and my life is so similar one har?"

Crap!

When approaching a Y-junction, its inevitable that a decision has to be made. One can't possibly revert back to the original settings when he/she made the wrong decision. Life Archictecture doesn't work in that manner. You live the decision u've made and make the best out of it, build on the fact that u do not know what lies ahead.

Life may seem simple, but it would be worthwhile if u inject some challenges in it.. Hmmm this thought just came in.

Till date, this bloke has sent out 30+ job applications. Dejected? no. Dis-heartened? No. I shall hold on. 95% of the jobs requires the Vitamin E, which i am lacking. "..bla bla.. u r too highly qualified,but we are looking for pple with more working experience". If all jobs requires job experience, THEN WHO THE #$%^&*#$% going to give Fresh Graduate a chance????!!!

Singapore's getting too stagnant. It's time to jump-ship!

Today's sunday. going to wash 3051 later.

Hai... i miss my best friend in Melbourne.

Laterz,
Unilodge on Flinders