Seasons' Greetings!



I'm due to fly off tonight and won't be back till 2008 so I shall take this opportunity to wish all my friends and close ones a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Hope u guys have lots of fun out there partying or countdown-ing! This is going to be my first Christmas overseas and I'm feeling like a kid in a candy store!

2007 have been a year that passed really fast and to recap, there is simply nothing really eventful and nothing really tragic either. Its' just been a fast paced year in NS for me and yes I know I don't seem like a NSF to many people but who cares. I always believe everyone have the word choice implemented in their lives. The most memorable issue this year have been my Birthday. It's the first time a group of people outside my family ever celebrated my Birthday. It may be simple but long will the memory live with me. And the one to forget has long been forgotten - 6 months of hell under my previous boss. It was a miracle I contained my explosive temper and lived with all those nonsense and hell for 6 months! In the end everything proved worthwhile - a new good boss came in, treat everyone well, I'm able to go overseas or anywhere as I wish!

I've already mentioned my simple and single Christmas wish so now I shall talk about my hopes for 2008.

First I hope I will get into the course I want, do my degree and get through everything fast and well. Then I hope I will always stay in the pink of health and the same goes for all my friends. Health is primary, others are secondary! And finally I hope ORD comes soon! This time next year I will probably in England enjoying the fruits of my ORD before coming back to start work on a new chapter in my life! I'm a simple person, I don't ask for much, just 3 simple wishes! May 2008 be a blast and yes I'm getting older it's so terrifying!

For now, I shall put aside everything and enjoy my holidays in HongKong! And before u think of asking for presents, think if u've been good to me this year! :p

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

I'm drooling........Hong Kong here I come!

All I don't want for Christmas...

...Is one that is screwed up and forgettable. I've tasted this bitter pill once when some inconsiderate person totally ruined my Christmas. I'm determined never to taste it again but hey who is to say it won't happen again right! So I'm going to be less greedy this year, I just want to have a happy, memorable and special Christmas somewhere out there in Hong Kong. The primary reason why I choosed to spend Christmas this year in Hong Kong is to escape the extremely predictable and boring festive season in Singapore. I want something new, something with more of a Christmas feel, somewhere where it's at least cold if there isn't any snow. I think I will be spending the next few Christmas out of Singapore.

This year certainly passed really fast, only yesterday it was excatly 1 year since I enlisted into NS. And in another 365 days, I'd be a freed birdie. I haven't really thought about ORD, unlike most people who tend to do countdowns or kept looking at the calendar and feel sorry for themselves. I tend to look at the calendar too, but it's always about my next trip or other important appointments. Maybe time passes faster this way?

It's quite scary actually, after the next 365 days I will begin another new chapter in my life. I have a year to prepare myself mentally for the adventure and challenges that lies ahead. But for now, I'm only interested in having 8 days of fun out there in Hong Kong and Macau! It's really exciting going on a holiday, and u know what? The most exciting part is the planning of the schedule itself. I learnt so much new things like culture, places and so on just by planning the entire schedule. I love planning, it gives me a sense of assurance and security when I go overseas. I may not follow excatly to the schedule but at least I know where I'm supposed to go each day and how much time I should spend at each place. It's of course not easy, u have to research all the places, check their opening/closing times, check the maps, and plan where to go each day. I've put in so much effort in this planning that if I had a screwed up x'Mas I'd be really disappointed! So dear Santa, u've heard me.....I've been a good boy this year so do grant me a great x'Mas this season!

Next time your partner tells you how obedient or faithful they have been, have your doubts raised. Human nature, irresistable lure of lust or loneliness? Whatever it is, all of us have done it or have at least experienced some 'over the line' crimes in relationships. You tell your girl how sweet, thoughtful and great she is, and then you tell an acquaintance how nice her eyes are, how cute she is, or whatever. Is this a form of 'over the line' crimes? Sure it is. How about an attached guy buying a stranger girl a drink?

People say guys make up the majority of the flirts but I beg to differ. Girls are no different. The other night, an old friend of mine was at the club with me and being packed and squeeze, she held onto me as we zig-zag our way through the crowds. She's attached and I did feel sorry for her guy. I'm not a bastard, I didn't take advantage of her, we are old friends and there's nothing 'cheesy' going on. But I know no guys (ok maybe the odd 1 or 2 out) will be able to tolerate their girl holding hands or holding onto another guy at the club. Guys may have more tendency to flirt than girls but it's not right to say they make up the majority of the flirts or 'over the line criminals'.

I've seen girls who are attached dirty dancing with strangers at the club, flirting with the cute waiter or getting too affectionate in public when the status is only 'friends'. I put it all down to human essence, it flows in all of us. Sometimes we may not realize we are crossing the line and overdoing things. It's incredible that women can sometimes say something like "aiya its only flirting mah, not like I sleep with him or what right!" and yet when they see their guy chatting with a sweetie or cutie on msn, they get all agigated.

To most people, it seem that flirting is fine so long they don't go beyond that onto the sexual part which is totally and correctly an unacceptable sin for any attached person. And sadly, these sins do happen when insensitive people failed to realized they are crossing the line when dumping the respect and thought for their partners by participating in sinful 'over the line crimes' like getting to know new guys/girls, secretly going clubbing, going out on solo dates, etc to the point of no return.

However, god is fair. For every bad ass they create, a good apple is created too. But we humans being one of a kind, will still have the tendency to make stray sometimes without knowing it.

I don't understand why some people like giving one word replies or replies with some lame smileys or worst, sounding like totally mono-tune? I appreciate it and can fully understands it if the person is busy or uninterested in chatting by telling me so but I can't understand it when they give really lame replies.

You make an effort to think and then type something constructive, u make an effort to initate a conversation and then u get a reply like "haa", "oic", "lol", "is it", "haha ok" or whatever u ask, the person answer u like some machine.

"Never go out today?"
"No"

"U watched that show yet?"
"Ya its nice"

"Boring weekend today"
"Go out loh"

You don't feel like u're talking to some robots/machines/computers? I do! I know I'm not necessary a comedian who can make people laugh, I know I'm not blessed with an infinite sense of humor, but surely u can just tell me straight in the face.....

1. Ur busy

2. U don't wanna chat

3. U don't feel like chatting

4. Whatever reason u have

Surely that isn't that hard to type out is it? I've written about such an entry before but I can't help bringing this up again. I believe it happens to everyone and it's something very rude and lame to be honest. I myself do it sometimes too without knowing it but I always make a point to at least tell the person I'm closing the chat window, even if it means cocking up some excuses. It's better than making the person feel like he/she is holding u at knife-point forcing u to chat isn't it? I'm going to do the same to these people back, totally pisses me off!

My msn list is filled with quite afew white elephants and all the way the list is getting smaller and it will continue to get smaller! No time to be sentimental anymore, delete button rules the day!

On a sidenote, I've been thinking hard about what I'm going to study as a part time degree next year whilst still doing my NS. It boils down to 2 choices - designing and journalism (media). I don't wana make the same mistake as I did while choosing my course for poly after O'Levels. It's quite a dilemma this time because I'm good at both, they are both my subjects of interests and I can definitely see myself as a journalist and or a designer in the future.

There's a saying that goes by... "Get a job u like and coming to work everyday is like a hobby". It's so true man, and I also believe doing something ur good at or interested will also mean the bucks starts to come in. I don't wanna dread going to work every morning even if the salary is fantastic. I would rather do something I love for a normal salary. Of course the money is important - in Singapore it always is! But so long it isn't some obscene amount it will be okie. I have about a month and a half to decide before submitting my application forms and it's such a tough and important decision! Bahhhh

Wannting to be funny

When u watch a stupid high school movie from Hollywood u see all the teenage stereotypes: geeks, sluts, jocks, nerds and so on. Each group seems to hang with its own kind, with limited cross-group contact. Growing up, I was hard to categorize and as I grew older, I wanted something...

I'm a serious guy most of the time but I can also seem like the kind of happy go lucky type. But most of the time I'm just serious. Sure I can be amusing at times, and when I relate true life stories, there are some people who find me downright fascinating. But I'm not particularly inventive, I don't have a talent for witty phrasing and I don't really know how to make people laugh. And it's certainly not from a lack of trying.

I'm just plain boring. I need to face it; I'm not funny. I've never been funny. I never will be funny. I'm condemned to a life of humorless analysis and observation....destined forever to sit on the sidelines and cheer on those who have the gift that I don't. A gift that is important as I realize that sometimes, having a great sense of humor does make everything much easier and people much happier. Afterall.....

1. Humorous people are likeable people
2. Girls like guys with a sense of humor
3. Having a sense of humor makes u more fun & exciting to hang out with

There are other reasons but right now these 3 are probably the most important ones. It's a sad day for me, to realize that the dreams of wanting to be funny will never come true. I can try to change it, I can try to be funny but I will probably end up making a complete fool or wierdo out of myself. Sometimes in life, there are situations and things which u know that no matter how hard u try u won't succeed. Yet many times I remember this statement vividly....