After 1 week of inactivity, I have sad news. The final current generation Z4 has rolled off the production line. Undoubtedly the best-designed BMW in recent history, it has ceased production after 7 years.

So right now my list of production car wet dreams is left with the Aston Martin DBS, Maserati Quattroporte, Mercedes C63 AMG and Nissan GT-R.



Bye, Z4. You provided me with endless stares and exclamations on the road.

Looks like Chevrolet has collaborated with BMW for the rear end design of their new Cruze sedan. Now someone tell me the boot, rear bumper and rear light cluster treatment of the Cruze is not exactly the same as the one on the new 7 Series.
Can't tell much of a difference eh? Oh well, better to look like a premium manufacturer than a er.. Proton perhaps.

I was at a play just a couple of days ago and besides being hilarious as it was, one part of it made me feel a little warm and fuzzy inside.

Of course I'm not gonna say what play and which part of it that was (well cos it's still running right now), but erm.. well. Let's just say that some friendships come unexpectedly. Sometimes under the weirdest circumstances you find one, or a few people will appear out of nowhere and show you more support than you ever thought you'd get. And that's something precious.

I too have had the same thing happen to me, and thank you guys for sticking around thus far.

虽然有些时候我也不太理会一首歌的歌词，但为了更能了解一首歌曲想传达的意思，我偶尔除了旋律之外也比较仔细地看看歌词。最近杨宗纬的“存爱“让我听出了耳油，所以想和大家分享一段歌词！

爱情是一本存折 零存快乐
每天查询有多少的余额
你设下难猜密码 把自己锁著
既然给你的我就不会舍不得
我没有借口 去预支你的自由
也没有理由為了偿还爱的承诺
放弃你的天空
爱你很多 很多
只想存给你快乐
却提了更多寂寞
存爱存在记忆中
回忆太让我富有
思念却让我贫穷

其实严格来说这已经算是歌词的一大段了，但是整段看起来会比较有意思吧。
说真的，感情这回事本来不就像是个户口，像本存折吗？只要用心地经营才能够维持地好。不要太鲁莽草率地把所有存款都一次过地抛在一个投资项目上面，要看准时机，看好情况才行。不只是这样；爱情虽然很甜蜜，但单方面的付出往往会让自己不好受，只有坚强的心灵才鼓励参与。

跟金钱不一样的是感情一旦存进了就没得再提出。换来的或许是快乐，或许是更多的寂寞，但觉得自己遇见了一直在寻找的灵魂时候，又有谁能不冲动的存爱呢？

Special is not a word I like to throw around too often, because that wouldn't make it special anymore, would it? Once in a long-ish while special comes knocking on my door. I seize the opportunity. More often than not, it eventually slips by. You might then ask, does 'special' still stand if it came but left as easily as it appeared?

No. I'm sure many a times you've heard the saying 'it's the process that matters'. By being the eventual 'loser', I'd like to think that's true. It's not like there was nothing there ever. There was, but unfortunately the definition of 'special' well, differs sometimes. Loser trying to make himself feel better, you say? Perhaps that's true, perhaps one did walk away with memories all of his own when he did.

Of course it's a huge regret that you couldn't be my 'third time's a charm' and neither was I 'lucky number 7' to you. At the end of the day however, I'm glad I fought valiantly until the verdict was laid. Seeing that this fight eventually made you realize where your happiness lies, I feel somewhat comforted.

A new phase begins, one in which I have to view you in a slightly different light than before. To be perfectly honest, some effort has to be put in to ensure I keep my mind completely sane, but I'll make it. My version of the fairy tale didn't come true, but I wish yours does from the bottom of my heart. 'Special'? You were, you are, and you will still be. :)

HAHA! I saw this tee design at David & Goliath and fell in love. Unfortunately it only comes in L and XL. Darn.

July's to-watch movie list is very simple. Just remember this (slightly odd) sentence.



WALL.E Wanted The Dark Knight.

Geddit? Catch these 3. I'm waiting.

What is love? You don't love ME. You just love the feeling of being in love.

Pardon me for the 2-month hiatus folks, for I am back. My blog goes through yet another revival like Jean Grey and let's see how long this lasts.



So, Sex and the City. For those not in the know, this is the favourite show of women and gay men. Just watch a couple of episodes of the TV series and you'll know. 4 women looking for love in very different ways. We've got Carrie, the romance column writer (who somehow wanted Big for the rest of her life); Miranda, the way too rational one (unbelievably, head over heart even when it comes to love); Charlotte, the prim and proper Stepford wife (with an amusing auntie twist); and Samantha, the shag-a-thon champion (whom I absolutely adore).

The movie wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Sure, in the beginning it looks like it could be season 7 episode 1 of the series and the usual chick flick must-haves are present. But somewhere down there is a reasonable plot, and there're also dramatic scenes that requires huge amounts of money or the characters to put in more emotion.

Finally guys, your girlfriend will be more in love with you for bringing them to this film. Little girly squeals can be heard when those Manolo Blahnik pumps, Vivienne Westwood gown and Louis Vuitton bag appeared on screen. She will love you for taking them to 2 hours worth of absolutely beautiful clothing courtesy of Miss Carrie my-wardrobe-is-bigger-than-your-apartment Bradshaw. And they'll also be glad that you brought them to a movie with male frontal nudity.

Hate is a word that is thrown around rather often. He gave you that look because he hates you, someone says. She bitches at you in your face because she thinks you're hateful, another adds. Well many times behaviour is not simply based on whether someone loves or hates you.

Sure, these 2 spectrums are the most obvious and clear cut explanations for any actions acted upon anybody, but people usually leave out things like envy, jealousy and just plain fake behaviour in exchange for personal gains.

Who is to say that jibe was not due to jealousy? That someone else has something you dearly wanted but is unable to attain. So in order to keep that bruised ego in check, you take a cheap shot to temporarily make yourself feel better. Or perhaps all this was unintentional, it just came out from the mouth as some sort of reflex action when your mind detects insecurity? Afterall, we take jibes at our friends so often. It's not possible that all of us secretly hate our friends right?

Envy often expresses itself rather more than hate.

I love this image editor thing at Photobucket.com cos not only is it a photo-storing and sharing website it lets you do cool stuff to the photos! A free and easy to use Photoshop. I like! Hahah!

So so so I played with it a little bit and came up with these few! If they're not nice then erm too bad. You go play around with it yourselves and make it nicer. Woo!

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Photobucket should pay me for doing free advertising man. But it's really quite cool. Most importantly it's free. HAHAH!! Go try it!

Ok I have to admit the information in this post is not exactly piping hot right out from the oven, but for anyone who happens to be deciding between a Samsung i450 and Nokia N81 this may be helpful.
They're in fact very similar so it's largely up to design and brand preferences, and whether your choice of being connected is high speed 3G (which only makes sense if you've got a data price plan) or you don't mind getting connected only when there's a hotspot.

The i450 is touted as a music phone with input from Bang & Olufsen's technology while the N81 is more of a well rounded entertainment phone with greater gaming possibilities. Plug in your own headphones and the N81 will definitely not disappoint though. Plus the fact that I'm a cheapo, WIFI capabilities was definitely an attraction for me cos I can go online at (free!) hotspots. So between these 2, I'd say buy the N81, which I did. But be mindful that both phones have pretty sucky cameras.

I'm pleased to say that the N81 is the precursor for later N-series models as far as design is concerned. Below are the N78 and N96, which should be out on the market very soon.

Left-handers are smarter people than those whose master hand is the right one. Discuss.

I was doing shopping at the supermarket with a friend today. In my shopping basket was a 2 1-litre cartons of juice, a towel and a bowl of instant noodles. Upon arrival at my hall later in the afternoon, I threw my shopping bags (from the supermarket and somewhere else) on the floor, grab some notes and head off to the study room.

I came back to my room at 11pm, looked up at the shelf and saw that the bowl of noodles bought earlier wasn't there. Turning to the plastic bags, I realized the bowl of noodles was nowhere to be found. Then, I suddenly remembered about the towel. It's not here too!

Finally it dawned on me. The supermarket cashier must've packed the dry items and wet ones separately and I totally forgot to take the one containing the dry items. How retarded. Therefore I conclude that people who write with their left hands are not necessarily smarter.

Go to this website http://www.quia.com/ba/1476.html to find out if you often misspell certain words.

The exams are coming up next week and it's always peak period for people to start doubting themselves and thinking they're quite useless. I happen to be one of those people.

So I'm going to blabber like some unstoppable whining moron now. It feels like the oxygen I've been using up to support my less than contributive existence. Disappointment doesn't even begin to describe the feeling that's in me right now. Firstly it's really annoying that in my repertoire of skills I can hardly find something that is of particular value to myself and everyone else. And secondly it's really a huge fucking disappointment that despite 60% of people hating what they're doing right now they can suck it up and complete the journey while I can't. If you've already read my last post, you'll know I hate to appear like an absolute failure. And the inability to march on is a perfect example of being a loser.

Many paths we take along the journey leads to something we'll totally detest. How can I ever find the strength in myself to carry on?

I was sitting in my room in a state of laziness so I began to wonder why I've been in a less than fantastic mood lately. There were some obvious annoyances for sure, but they're probably slightly exaggerated. So it dawned on me. I've felt like my life is kinda loser-ish for awhile now. It's frustrating to feel that not much that I set out to do or put an effort in work out the way it's meant to be. To me, at least.

Let's face it, no one like to be a loser or likes to lose. That L word makes you feel bad about yourself, and often brings out the worst in you. And I have to admit I hate to lose. Some may show their unhappiness at losing, I choose to bottle it up until it feels like I'm a total loser, then I lash out at someone or something. Maybe running round the school will help. Being in a rotten mood helps improve physique in this way, so I encourage all be pissed off everyday.

I woke up this morning and got blinded by a ray of light shining straight into my eyes. Ok that's exaggerating but you would too because..... Oh Yes the SUN is out!! Woot! It's been god-knows-how-long since the mighty light shone upon us and seriously there weren't alot of occasions when I've been happier to see it. The crazy rain has finally taken a break and a clear blue sky is in for now.

Don't know when it's going to end, but I'm definitely gonna have a dip in the pool later (if I'm not lazy) and do some laundry! So come on people, enjoy this glorious brightness and dryness while, as my friend just said, stocks last!

On a side note, doesn't my hall look a little like some sort of holiday resort in this picture? I'm actually quite surprised. Haha!

My god. The rain. Take a look outside and someone please tell me why the heavens won't stop opening up. It's been raining for like the past 7 days I think. As in not 24/7 but we haven't really seen the sun coming out all week.

The same batch of laundry has gone through 2 rewashes because of the rain. Let me tell you the stories. First wash, I hanged them out through the night. Next day just before lunch I thought to myself, 'I'm only going down to the neighbouring hall's canteen to eat. Surely my luck can't be that bad?' But it is. I started eating and it started pouring outside. Like what the hell.
Then last night I went out at night to drink kopi with a friend. Before I got back to hall, rain was upon us again. Seriously, at this rate I'm gonna have to stop wearing anything to class.

And as all of you know I've been wanting to start a 'live healthy' plan. Thanks to the weather I've only ran once instead of 3 times in the past 7 days. Gross. Gonna die fat.

It's still raining outside as I type this, and according to the news 113.4mm of rainfall was measured across the island today, which is equivalent to 60% of March's total average rainfall. What the hell man. Sky, please stop being so gloomy anymore and let us get out of the rooms. I don't want to go to class naked.

2 photos linked to NTU is the topic of today.

No. 1: NTU should not be accused of being boring people. Evidence:

Yes this Alfa Romeo 159 was spotted at one of the carparks and frankly I was quite surprised that anyone in school actually drove this. Because this car costs a little more than RX8 money, and you don't even get all the novelty value (nor reliability) an RX8 provides. Its looks sure looks like a million bucks though. Anyway, proof that NTU folks are not a totally boring bunch, at least when it comes to choice of wheels.

No. 2: We have a bona-fide celebrity in CEE. Evidence:

In case you were living on Mars, you'd have known that the NTU Open House is on this coming Saturday. Ads in newspapers, online and huge posters like this one outside Heeren have seen to the promoting part of it. While I'm at it, those of you who want to come down and take a look at NTU and how cool it really is, take a shuttle bus from Boon Lay, Jurong East or Dhoby Ghaut. Experience the wonderful people in NTU (of course me included). And also, stand a chance to take a photo with CEE poster girl Lita! (Ok this is fake, but you can request a photo with Me. Hahaha!)

National Vertical Marathon was held last Sunday at Republic Plaza and it was the first time I took part in NVM. Yes ME! Can you believe it, the king of gluttony and sloth climbs 60 storeys of Singapore's tallest building. Woo hoo! Team Bucky Rox! Tag number 9033 (me) finishes the climb in an unknown amount of time (all I know is it's 10+ minutes).


To be completely honest though, it's not really that huge a challenge to conquer. One probably wouldn't feel much in their leg muscles but the killer is catching breaths while climbing. So if you count the registration fee to be solely on the climbing itself, it costs about $1 per minute, or more if you climb fast enough. A slight disappointment was when I realized that at the end of 1380 steps we wouldn't be coming out of the rooftop of the building or even somewhere to get an aerial view of what's around. Next time the organisers should just make us climb all the way up (it's just a few more storeys anyway. what difference does it make when you've already climbed 60 right?).

So one thing that I wanted to try completed. Next up, 128km-long round island Bike Rally on 1 June. Somebody go with me! PS it's not competitive so don't get stunned by the distance. Hahah!

So yes, everyone knows there's a nationwide comb for a particular Mas Selama bin Kastari. But I can't help but find too many question marks regarding his escape.

Firstly, as some kind of JI leader in the Detention Centre, shouldn't his every step be monitored, including when he goes to answer the call of nature?
He limps. Or as revealed now, only when he tries to run or something like that. Which still means he can't move fast. I don't think the toilet is so close to the gate of the Centre that he can walk out before anyone realized anything was wrong.
I suppose a detainee would look quite different from the guards. How did he pass the whole grounds, including security?
Does this mean that security loophole in the Detention Centre is so terrible that it actually allowed a highly dangerous terrorist a chance to escape?

I don't know. This incident really doesn't seem as simple or on-the-surface as it seems.

Been a week since I last posted, and I really didn't have much to say in the past 7 days so there. A lack of ramblings can either mean I'm getting used to whatever used to be bitch-worthy around me so there's no need to specially mention them anymore, or maybe my life is just getting way too boring.

It definitely feels like the excitement-o-meter on JR's life is plateau-ing though. Questions like 'how are you' and 'how's your day' can largely be replied with 'same old' almost every day. Does this signify, as my friend mentioned, a quarter-life crisis? I really don't want to spice up my life by buying models of Lamborghinis (since I can't afford a real one) or dyeing my hair bright green or getting a nipple piercing. Perhaps I just have to find more meaning in the things that I do again.

Or maybe I just need a person to show me the meaning of my life.

As you know I love to dream about cars and gadgets, so I’m gonna dream again today that tomorrow after the $10 million Toto sweep my family will be worth several millions. Also, imagining that after becoming millionaires, I get a driving license out of nowhere. These are the cars that will make up my garage on a million dollar budget.

Fiat Panda 100HP

Would you just look at how amazing this little thing looks? You need no less than a Mini to look as cool in a small car. However only the $57k cooking 1.3 litre version is available in Singapore, so I’ll predict a price tag in the region of $70k to import this baby.

BMW Z4 3.0Si Coupe

If you want to see me go gaga over a car on the road, this is one of them. To keep my garage within $1mil I had to go to sgcarmart.com to find a used one and this slightly tasteless-ly overdone white example costs $185000 and is just less than a year old.

Maserati Quattroporte

This Italian luxury car is on my shrine so no need for introduction. How can I not have it in my garage if I’ve got the dosh for it? Hands down the most sensual looking car in the 7-series cum S class cum Lexus LS segment so dump those and come sit in ‘my’ one year old $325888 sex on wheels!

Range Rover Sport

Now for a person who owns a 1000 Gs worth of cars, one luxury vehicle is not enough. Massive road presence this premium off roader has, and although there’s no terrain that can be remotely be classified as ‘off road’, I want to know I can drive through muddy fields if I ever feel like. $309888 brand new.

Mazda 6 2.0 Hatchback / Subaru Legacy 2.0R Sedan

Rich people have senses too I believe so on a normal day while mummy takes the Panda out, I’ll drive the 6 or Legacy. Biggish Japanese semi-executive saloons should be more than spacious and reliable enough. Plus these 2 look pretty great to boot too. Fresh out of the factory Mazda 6 costs $89888, and the Subaru Legacy $86388.

So out comes the abacus. If I pick the more expensive Mazda as the sensible car, that’d bring my grand total to $980664. The remaining 20k, well I’ll set that aside for insurance then.

Wow I’m really good at dreaming.

Today is already the 12^th day of Lunar New Year and the whole relaxing and holiday mood is just about to end. 3 months worth of less and less meaningful holidays that seemingly only managed to squeeze your wallet dry have passed and now, it’s time to start our engines! And boy do I have to start my engines big time this semester. Well I’ve already told the story before so no more boring everyone with that again.

Talking about holidays, Lunar New Year is seriously becoming a season to binge on both food and greediness. Pineapple tart after pineapple tart, greeting after greeting that mostly hide ‘just gimme that red packet man’, CNY is nothing but get fat time. It’s evil, I tell ya. So everyone let’s stop celebrating this evil holiday! HAHA!!

Okay, so the day of plenty of cheesiness (especially for people who are single) is almost over. No longer do singletons have to cringe and shun away from couples once they step out of their doorstep. So no more avoiding and hiding in another 10 minutes! Well while St. Valentine's little day has become terribly commercialised by now, are any of the ladies complaining of receiving some flowers and chocolates and love from the gentlemen? Whatever it is, hopefully everyone's got a good day. And for those who are indeed hitched, please treasure your loved ones!

Talking about what this day represents, sometimes when it comes to love you never know when it hits you. One fine day you find yourself pretty much bowled over by someone probably quite unexpected. But what do you know? When it happens it happens eh? Embrace those special feelings for that someone!

I had wanted to post something today but my closing eyelids are fighting a strong battle. They seem to be winning against my will to do work on the computer and.... it's...... difficult to....... keep..... my peepers........ open............ zzzzzzzz.

I'll be back tomorrow. Good nig..................... zzz.

Happy Lunar New Year to all! I'd expect all the Chinese to be binging on pineapple tarts, melon seeds, loveletters, peanut cookies, kueh bangkit, belachan shrimp rolls and blah blah blah now. So since all of us is immersed in our very Chinese traditions this period of time, let's talk about something Chinese!

Earlier I was wiki-ing what my friend's Hokkien surname is in Mandarin and came across this article showing the most common Chinese surnames in China as of 2006, using a sample size of 296 million people. Here comes the top 10!
1. 李 6. 杨
2. 王 7. 黄
3. 张 8. 赵
4. 刘 9. 周
5. 陈 10. 吴

My surname is number 18 woot! Not bad, and it shows how fertile people with these surnames are. Hah. Once again 恭喜发财 and 身体健康 to all and I hope no one balloons up after the New Year!

Apple’s iPhone has certainly received a mobile classic status since its announcement at the Macworld Conference a little more than 12 months ago. A whole slew of products with similar working concepts have been announced in the year that passed so check out what other touchscreen products that mainly utilizes the fingers rather than a stylus there are!

Samsung has 3 such announcements for now, 2 of which you can already buy overseas in the form of the F700 smartphone and the stylo mylo Armani P520. The F490, a 5 megapixel LG Viewty challenger is coming soon and will also be packed with the gorgeous Croix interface of the other two. F700 sports a sliding full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2” display and 3 megapixel autofocus camera. No wifi though. Pity. But look how gorgeous! To prove that Samsung’s really produced a one-arm operable touchscreen phone, all 3 models don’t even come with a stylus.

Much praise has already been heaped on the Prada’s design and Viewty’s 5 megapixel snapper, so LG’s next full touchscreen product will now focus on functionality. It sports Windows Mobile 6 OS, a 2 megapixel autofocus camera and wifi! And all in a package the size of a Prada too, which makes it yummylicious for any tech geek. A modified WM6 OS allows some functions to be operated by fingers alone but there’s no escaping the use of a stylus sometimes though.

HTC provided the first smart phone alternative to the iPhone in the form of the very stylish Touch and now there’s an updated but uglier version, the Touch Cruise. The modified WM6 home page (TouchFLO) still features but upgrades like GPS receiver, a faster processor and 3G have been thrown in. With possibly all the connectivity features included in this powerhouse, maybe a sacrifice in the form of looks can be forgiven for road warriors.

Motorola’s ailing mobile phone arm actually came up with a widely finger-operable phone a couple of months before the iPhone was announced. The ROKR E6 was marketed as a Linux based entertainment phone with Realplayer, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack and cheap SD card expansion loaded.

The W960i and P1i may have a numerical keypad and QWERTY keyboard respectively, but Sony Ericsson’s offerings actually adds to the usefulness of its almost finger-operable Symbian UIQ OS. W960i is a more direct competitor for the iPhone with its 8GB hard drive. Unfortunately as a fashion statement and the coolness of its touchscreen interface, SE won’t be giving Apple engineers any sleepless nights yet.

Finally, Nokia. Surprisingly the number 1 mobile phone maker has only produced 1 touchscreen phone ever and the iPhone’s strongest rival yet may be appearing soon. The Symbian S60 touch OS has already been shown and we’re now just waiting for the finished product to hit the stores. Keep your fingers crossed, because if Nokia’s presentation at Nokia World ‘07 is any indication, Apple had better be working on iPhone version 2 already.

Despite running late, I couldn't help but post this before I forget. This is to report the appalling behaviour of the bus driver whose bus I was in earlier.

That dude certainly is miles away from being a good driver from the way the bus jerks along rather than move and accelerate smoothly. Okay, I get that he's probably trying to drive a little faster so people could reach their destinations faster, but his driving style required young people like myself to definitely have to hold on to something or take the risk of being flung to the front of the bus.

A 60-ish year old lady boards the bus, and he got ready to move off once everyone boarded. She hasn't sat down or really grabbed onto anything yet cos she's got to put the purse in her bag and stuff and with one jerk of his goddamn bus she fell on the floor, hitting her head on the ezlink scanner in the process. She didn't start bleeding, but that definitely caused a substantial amount of pain in her head I'm sure.

You're not gonna believe how the bus driver reacted to this. While a couple of passengers went forward to help her up, that mother fucker said 'Auntie, must hold on properly when you board the bus next time.' Like what the fuck? She rubbed on her head for awhile then he had another comment. 'Need to go to hospital or not? If very pain must go, or else the next few days something happen then you go and report me then I'll be in big trouble you know.' Stunning. Absolutely stunning. A couple of passengers then helped her down the bus, presumably bringing her home.

It's just amazing how disgusting some people can be. The one obviously more at fault barking his ass off at the victim. I sincerely hope the same thing happens to this son of a bitch one day.

I reach school at 930 in the morning thinking "ah I'll be a good boy today and use that hour before classes to sit in the library to do some research on my laptop and look through the file that I edited last night again. Imagine how disgusted I am when ALL the freaking power outlets were already taken up. It was bloody 930 in the morning ok? Shouldn't most people either be in class or sleeping in their halls?

Then came another realization. Most of the power outlets were taken up by our friendly foreign students. Like come on! You foreign students stay in Halls where you've got your own power outlets, don't come to the library and snatch it from people who brought their laptops to school so that they can do their work! NTU is already pathetically short of places where students can plug in their laptops (so much for a Technological university) and people still don't have the courtesy to share our very limited resources together.

Seriously, NTU, why don't you spend a few more dollars building useful stuff like sockets instead of things like electronic pricing for parking?

I've recently started watching this new modelling wannabe show Make Me A Supermodel, and I've got to say Niki Taylor and Tyson, you've got to work harder. Where's the fun bitchin? Where are the fierce photos? Where are the Tyra-esque 'we're not looking for just a gorgeous girl on the outside, but one who's also beautiful inside' kinda nonsense that is pure joy to listen to?

Granted any reality TV program will have some bitchin but I'm really not feeling it man. Even Janice Dickinson alone creates more noise and drama than all the 14 contestants in her JDMA show. But for girls, maybe there is a reason to like MMAS more than ANTM. Because although clearly ANTM inspired, half the contestants of MMAS are guys. It also allows viewers to vote out a contestants from 3 judge-chosen poorest performers.



So verdict: watch ANTM for pure entertainment cos it rocks. Tyra Banks rocks my socks! HAHA! And be sure to catch the brand new season starting Feb 20. WOO!

Woo SRC was once again packed to the er.. doors at the annual HO cheerleading competition! 14 Halls took part in the cheerleading and mascots comp while 2 of the halls only joined the mascots comp.

Prizes for the mascot competition went to Halls 5, 7, 14 and 15.
For the cheerleading segment, prizes were bagged by Halls 1, 8 and 15. I still can't believe Hall 13 weren't in the top 3.
Ok photos photos!


Hall 1


Hall 3


Hall 5's Powerpuff Girls and Mojo


Hall 6. Ain't the green nice? HA!


Hall 7, once again very very creative but perhaps abit too much story telling this time


Hall 11. Woo Xiuwen well done!


Hall 12. And since I was supposed to be there to support Hall 12, you guys rock! Hahaha! But frankly it was quite good!


Hall 13. The cheerleaders looked the part and I felt the part too so someone tell me why they didn't freaking nab one of the top 3 spots?!


Hall 15. Presumably inspired by 881 cos their mascot was a crazysexycool flamboyant crossdresser with a ge-tai-ish pink furry thingy.




And I've forgotten which halls these teams were from. Lol.

Finally....

YH look at yourself dance! Coooool sia~ HAHAHA!!

Alright that's all.. I didn't manage to snap pictures of every Hall's performance cos the battery went flat so those people who don't see your Hall's pictures here, don't be sore! HAHA!
Just to to be clear, I'm not from Hall 13, but seriously you rock my socks! I will give you a trophy myself! Hahaha!!

Isn't it fun how some signs are just able to make you laugh with their language even if you're not having such a great day?





Oh yea, giggles aside, those who're taking part in the Inter-Hall cheerleading competition tomorrow: all the best and may the best hall win! And of course I'm gonna put my bet on the halls that my friends are in. Hah. Good luck all, don't break any legs!

My god I love this car. A saloon car has no right to look this beautiful. Sensual flowing lines and a sumptuous leather interior matched with the masculinity of the mesh grille, fabulous wheels, quad tail-pipes and a Ferrari-derived engine. Phew. This is what you call a dream car. A 4-door Ferrari in all but name. Presenting to you the latest Maserati Quattroporte variant: the GT S. What a name too. Simply orgasmic.

Mood today: a little bum-my if you know what I mean. Reason? I was sitting in front of my computer a tad too long and started thinking. About people. About how people come in and go out of your lives. I open the MSN window, scroll down the list and realized that there are people who for some reason haven't talked to for a pretty long time.

I then asked myself, so what exactly happened? Honestly I couldn't provide an answer for most of the people. Over time or sometimes seemingly out of nowhere, people just stop talking to each other. Then they drift apart, and after some time the last thing these 2 people remember about each other could just be their names. Sadly it's not always about whether anyone made an effort or not, because if it's gone, it just somehow is.

There are people whom I'd love to talk to again, but well many things that are lost probably never see the light of day again. To me though, some people may be gone physically, but they've never left.

There was some information about the Singapore Flyer in the UOB privileges booklet that came with my monthly statement so I thought I'd visit the website and do a little wiki on our version of the London Eye. Here goes...

Official Opening: 1 March 2008 (although it will open on 14 Feb for a couple of special rides)

Height: 165m (which will make it the tallest ferris wheel in the world until the one in Beijing opens)

Carrying Capacity: 28 capsules carrying 28 passengers each

Duration of a ride: 30 minutes

Prices: $29.50 for the ride alone, $52 for express boarding which includes a souvenir and $69 for express boarding with a special Flight cocktail. Senior citizens and children enjoy 20 and 30% off those prices respectively

Entire capsules can also be booked for events and that's exactly what's going to happen for Valentine's Day. It is however $399 per couple for the V Day package with no dinner provided. So maybe you guys can go to the food court at Marina Square to eat first. Haha!

So it holds a world record for the time being and at $30 a pop, not really that expensive but the design of the Flyer's website didn't leave me very pleased. Singapore Flyer you say, but navigate through the site and you'll realize in not a single one of those photos do you see our 3 main races. You see Asian kids in one of the pictures, but they don't look like local Chinese. So there. It's a pretty nice man-made addition to our very man-made landscape (especially at night when it lights up), but failed to show any local flavour where most visitors will first go to for information of the attraction, the website.

Before CNY comes everyone will do their spring cleaning and clear out the junk that's been sitting around the house the past year. While the wiping and rearranging isn't really what I love to do, it's really not the worst thing in the world to be doing.

Because every year during spring cleaning, I'll come across some very special objects that in the course of a hectic year were sort of forgotten. Things that've been sitting in the drawers and shelves but somewhat abandoned due to the whirlwind of events that's happening around the owner's life. Stuff like presents, birthday cards, tokens from a overseas trip, crumpled up notes, or probably just a movie stub. Ok so the people who wrote those cards and notes or gave me the things are still alive and I don't have to like have something to remember them by but these things show how much they care. For example my birthday may fall on a pretty special date which is so easy to remember but anyone could simply not care. But hey, I still receive messages and cards. So spring cleaning time becomes a day when I relive some memories and feel warm and fuzzy several times as I go through some of the things. They hold rather special meaning to me and I just can't bear to throw them out. *dreaming of a sweet birthday card*

Which is very unlike my mom, who views most of the stuff in my room as junk. She nags at me for keeping so much stuff everywhere. For keeping boxes that the presents came in, for displaying that soft toy even though it's just sitting atop my drawers gathering dust. Like come on, surely she can understand her son is a sentimental and appreciative guy and just wants to go 'awww' each time he comes into the room and see all these precious stuff?

Alright I don't really know the point of this post. Maybe I just miss the toy cars that I had to throw away to clear some space for other stuff. Or maybe I just want to let everyone know that the cards you people give me may be turning yellow but they're still sitting very comfortably in my cupboard. Happy cleaning everyone!

Ok updates updates. The past 2 days have been pretty tiring with a meeting yesterday and then lessons till 830, settling some admin stuff in school and typing 2 long emails.

Thankfully the rest of the week will be more sane, but it's time to get into the swing of work already. I may be getting my ultimate last chance. So wish me luck for what will happen in the morning. I'm gonna meet my Assoc Chair to see if my journey in NTU continues.

Unrelated to what's above, I'm probably a less secure person than most would believe me to be. Well, just a thought.

Have a great week ahead to all, and good night.

For all the folks in NTU and SMU, WOOHOOO our semester starts again tomorrow! I'm not a mad person who's eagerly awaiting having to bury our heads in notes again, but the non-studying part of school rocks. Yea. You get to see familiar faces again, get to bitch about other people, get to eat together and waste time in school together. And er of course occasionally discussing work. But we all know how that goes.

So have fun everybody, good luck chasing the perfect GPA while cursing the school daily. Have fun visiting other hall mates while having sucky/great canteen food. For myself, uh well I do wish this semester will be a little like the last one. Bah.

How could I have had a month of posts without talking about gadgets at all? There you are, the gadget of the year and another 10 great toys that you can actually own, at more sane prices.

Gadget of the Year

Undoubtedly the most talked about gadget of 2007 is the Apple iPhone and although there are a couple of glaring omissions in its spec sheet you just can't fight against the lure of Apple's latest halo product. Previewing on the iPod Touch (since the iPhone only reaches here 'sometime in 2008'), the design is extremely minimalist chic which is synonymous with the taken-a-bite Apple logo by now and the fully touch-sensitive user interface is just frigging cool. While it may not sport 3G, only has a 2 megapixel fixed focus snapper, will likely to be locked to one mobile operator and should cost alot when it Does arrive, that doesn't diminish the fact that it is The gadget of 2007. Techno geeks, get a N95 8GB. Techno-sexuals, this way to the coolest convergence device yet please.


and the others....


Notebooks

Sony Vaio TZ

Amazingly compact but yet packing in computing power of an average machine, this stunner packs a ultra low voltage processor to extend it's battery life. Flash memory instead of hard disk storage can also be configured to save power, weight and improve shock resistance.
Toshiba's Portege R500 does all of that too with a 1" bigger LCD screen (12.1") and weighs about 100g lighter, but just look at the this. $2999 - $4999.

Asus Eee PC

UMPCs seems likely to be the next big thing with the appearance of the Eee for combining big name manufacturer, full functionality as well as an extremely pocket friendly price tag. The LCD may be 7" with flash memory of 4GB, 512MB RAM and no optical drive, but this Linux based costs just $598, upgradeable if you must run on Windows. Dump that $1k+ smartphone and carry a real computer to work instead.



Mobile Phones

Sony Ericsson W910i

Sony Ericsson got design in a big way this year and this is arguably their best effort yet. Large 2.4" screen and a nicely designed interface with typical SE usability. So it's not the best Walkman ever nor is its photos Cybershot-sharp, but who cares? Just look at the thing. $608

Sony Ericsson P1i

I would've bought this myself if not for the price at launch. Rather attractive for a smartphone, big screen, lovely keyboard, wifi and 3 megapixel auto focus-equipped snapper. All it's lacking is GPS and that's not even important because you can't get lost in Singapore. $728.

HTC Touch

The HTC Touch is surprisingly compact and stylish for a smartphone but its trump card must be the touchFLO interface. You can actually access many features without the stylus now, which is rare for a Windows Mobile device. Well, much like a prelude to an iPhone then. $668.

LG Prada

The first luxury model to not be based on an existing phone (like the D&G Moto V3), this was again an attempt to have a iPhone-style device. Again, the design and attractive masks the fact that its spec sheet is very average. But well done to LG for upping it's image in a big way. ~$800+

Nokia 6120 Classic

You may own a N82 or N95 8GB, but Nokia's best is still at the simpler side of things. Compact size, no 5 megapixel or smartphone gimmickry and a low price tag. In short, it's exactly what it's supposed to be: a communication device. $338.



Portable Media Players

Samsung P2

The P2 is the Touch's closest competitor at this point in time, with a full touch screen interface and that sole Menu button below the 3" screen. Looks gorgeous too. Pricey though. The P2 runs from 2GB to 8GB priced between $299 and $459. Touch 8GB is priced at $498 but comes with wifi.

Microsoft Zune 80

While flash memory takes over the world with the first 32GB players rolling out of Creative, just the Zune 80, iPod Classic and Archos 605 are left in the market of hard-disk based memory media players. And the 2nd generation Zune is absolutely sexy with that gigantic 3.2" screen. Unbeatable memory per dollar ratio too. US$250.



Digital Cameras

Canon IXUS 75, Canon IXUS 860 IS

Choosing between the 75 and 860 IS is a matter between small size and features. The 860 IS has an extra megapixel (8) max resolution, a wide angle lens (like higher end Panasonic Lumixes) and comes with image stabilization. However the difference in thickness is 5mm. Which is more than you imagine. Both comes with a nice big 3" LCD screen and performs nicely as point and shoots though. 75 $499, 860 IS $669.