sooo I was challenged

Was at Changi Airport Terminal 3 with a bunch of my Poly friends and was somehow being forced to step up on a weighting machine for luggage ... to my shocking discovery ... I put on 4-5 kg more than last year weight in at my Aunt's digital weighting scale

felt rather sian abt it as I just started jogging n swimming ... then my friend challenged me to "Lose 10Kg in 3 Months!" Bet and the Bet is for S$100 .

Well I did a quick mental sum of weight lost based on my 2008 experience and felt that it is possible to do it ... and I took the bet on.

Later on, we spoke about food and i was going to plan to organise some makan session ... upon hearing that, my friend decided to raise the bet to S$150 ... well couldn't believe that someone want to give me so much money and I agreed to the increase and went on to discuss about the upcoming makan session ... talked abt what food I liked ... upon hearing that ... she raised the bet to S$200!!!

sooooo now officially, I stand to lose S$200 bucks if I don't lose 10Kg in 3 months time ... this marks the first time I am taking on such a big bet on my personal physical endeavour ...

I was still feeling good about it until people start telling me that it is impossible to lose so much weight within that span of time ... the first person even told me that it's only possible to lose about 2kg of fats in one month time .... the rest are just water loss ...

well I'm still hyped about doing this and let's see the result on 1st June : )

Tranquilized

had this song for a long time but took me quite a while before getting down to actually listen to it ... and even a longer while to recommend it on my blog ... here you go

The Killers (Feat. Lou Reed) - Tranquilize


"Cause I don't care where you've been
And I don't care what you've seen
We're the ones who still believe
And we're looking for a page
In that lifeless book of hope
Where a dream might help you cope
With the Bushes and the bombs arrrre
Tranquilized "

that turtle dream

A Quick jot down of my Dream

walking a long stretch of restaurant ... with my ipod, listening to Will Young's "Leave Right Now" and carrying my blue water bottle

Saw my cousin n his frens with their respective spouse, queueing at a couple long queues to pay ... felt rather envious of them with their partner ...

when approaching the last queue, I saw the back of what look like my ex ... as i didnt have to make payment ... I walk pass her as she was paying ... I saw that she was indeed my ex but I kinda avoided approaching her as I had nothing to say to her and wanted to go to a 7 11 (for what? I got no bloody idea ... it's a dream and we just had to keep moving on)

as I was walking thru a small garden ... She approached me by the side and stopped me. took my water bottle ... did something so disgusting with it that I shall not mention ... rather pissed with her unexpected crude action ... I wanted to say my goodbye after she was done and continue my journey to 7 11 ...

She stopped me once again by pulling my hand ..

She asked if i find her attractive before, back when we are together ... (well it was a more intimate question but I shall not go into too much details)

I told her she was ... and she followed with another question ... why does the guy she is with now had the "turtle effect" with her ...

at first i didnt understand what she was saying ... till she explained with sign language and i realize it was erectile problem ... at that moment, I felt rather sour that she had to tell me such intimate problem ... listening to her unexpectedly confide her sexual problem to me ...

But then I saw her very lost expression and realized it was more important to set her mind at ease and to comfort her ... I put my arms around her and told her that she is still very attractive and it might just happen to some guys ...

and we walked to the 7 11 together ... the camera pan backward and upward ... and we see the dark morning lighting up to a rosy morning, much like the one painted at the end of Vanilla Sky ...

waking up ... I still had that bittersweet taste in my mouth and it weight so much in my heart ... I saw how blue the morning was (thanks to my blue curtain)... but it had that weird buzzing feel to it ... that felt so liberated

end of rambling

Check out Will Young's Leave Right Now Song at Youtube Here

Chasing that pot of Gold

There something grand about seeing rainbow in person ... specially one that's bright and vibrant as this one that I caught while on my way to Shaw Lido ...

Was on the Bus when I first spot it ... then it made a turn and was blocked by all the construction @ ION ... was hopping that the rainbow would still be there when the Bus turned into Scotts Rd

I kept snapping whenever possible as I don't know when the rainbow might just disappear

lucky the rainbow last quite sometime and once I alight ... I took a few more with other fellow rainbow admirers ... there something about the sight of an actual rainbow that lift one spirit

New Words Learnt today

while writing my reviews, I had to find words to express unselfish type of love .. wanted to use magnanimous but my friend suggested altruistic instead ... thought it was pretty cool to describe that type of love

magnanimous : Courageously noble in mind and heart. Generous in forgiving; eschewing resentment or revenge; unselfish.

altruistic: unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

then read a review of this gay couple who had the May December type of romance (Significant age disparity in sexual relationships > thanks to wikipedia) ... and the partner who is still alive is a septuagenarian ... perk my interest into finding out what does that mean ...

septuagenarian: of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.

not sure when will i ever use this word but it might be useful during question time in "Who wants to be a Millionaire"


thanks to www.dictionary.com & http://en.wikipedia.org

3 Cds to look out for in Feb, Mar n Apr

if you asked me back then ... abt my 3 fave bands, I would tell you in a heart beat that it's U2, Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys (in according to the length of their name ... not ranking them according to preferences).

But Out of the 3 ... one left me behind two albums ago with the leader's constant dabbling with politics and everything else other than improving their music. The two constantly impressed with their new works and somehow managed to bring something new to the table while retaining a certain flavour of their past work...

and coincidentally .. all three groups are releasing their new studio albums this few months ... and they are the only groups that got the power to make me buy a Cd nowadays

First Up ... U2's No Line on the Horizon Released 27 February 2009

the cover look pretty cool n zen but the songs ... argh ... after sampling the "rock" tracks, Bono sound like he is still trying to rock / sound cool but sound very out of place and what the heck are they singing about ? how does being beautiful, putting on your boots and letting them in the sound gel together? sound really desperate in trying to sound cool ... the most horrible single from them ... the rest are quite bland and the better songs are from the slower tracks ... and boy Bono sound so whinny to me

might need a few listen to let the songs grow on me ... but i'll definitely not be rushing out to get this CD

Pet Shop Boys' Yes Released March 23, 2009

The boys are back with their new studio album after their uber cool Fundamental / Fundamentalism. Likewise, they will be releasing the album Yes with a limited ED bonus disc titled ETC. Back when they released Fundamental / Fundamentalism (Fundamentalism being the limited Ed), I only had the last 30 odd bucks in my bank account for the month and I spend them on that limited ED ... which I was glad that it was worth very cents of my last 30 odd bucks.

Come March, I will be getting Yes / Etc

Depeche Mode's Sounds of the Universe Released 17 April 2009

Another band's new album that I am anticipating ... loved their last Playing the Angel album immensely and can't wait to hear what they got for their new stuff ..

incidentally .. all three new album covers are rather minimalist ... isn't it ?

who the prey? who the predator?

I thought I was going to be the predator giving the chase for my frail prey ... I thought the only loss would be the inability to capture the prey and nothing more, nothing to lose ...

but at the end of the day, not only I end up empty handed ... I realized I'm have been so wounded in that chase ... it's starting to feel like the o'so familiar slow acting poison

in a strange way ... I've became the prey and just waiting for my prey to devour me or be left to my own devices ... I feel so utterly hopelessly trapped with no way out ... waiting for the night to come

Andrew could have been Ansell

was checking if my newly added Ram is working properly on my CPU (18 Jan 09) and found out that I named my PC as Ansell ... which means God's Protection. There's a joke about the name Ansell and it could have been Andrew's name (and since his birthday is around the corner ... I will save this post as a draft and to be published on his birthday ... yup it's today)

Back when he was in his mommy's pouch and I was in Australia, a list of possible names were chosen for him ... among the front runners, there was this name call Ansell ... look n sound unique which nowadays parents are going for ... (sidejoke, my teacher fren told me that one of his boy was named Enoch ... which is so sad)

I was thrilled and amused that was going to be my nephew's name cos ... that's the brand of a Condom in Aussie Land : ) YUP Ansell !!! God's protection for U n MEEEE hahaha

I was slightly disappointed that the name was dropped in the end

Jokes that crack me up today

Teacher asks children, what do u wish 2 do in future?


Ram: I want to be a pilot.


Vinod: I want to be a doctor.


Deepa: I want to be a good mother.


Ravi : I want to help Deepa.

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A man is dying of Cancer.

His son asked him, "Dad, why do u keep telling people u're dying
of AIDS?"

Answer: "So when I'm dead no one will dare touch ur mom"

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What's the difference between stress, tension and panic?

Stress is when wife is pregnant,
Tension is when girlfriend is pregnant,
and Panic is when both are pregnant.
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A little gal just had her first period in her life, she was very afraid so she went to ask her friend little Johnny wat she did wrong that cause bleeding from below:

Little Johnny was very surprised and ask her to lift up her skirt to have a look, after doing that he replied:

"OH MY GOD, LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE CUT YOUR BALLS OFF"
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An old man was on the beach and walked up to a beautiful girl in a bikini - "I want to feel your breasts" he exclaimed.

"Get away from me, you crazy old man" she replied.

"I want to feel your breasts, I will give you twenty dollars," he says.

"Twenty dollars, are you nuts!? Get away from me!"

"I want to feel your breasts, I will give you ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" he stated.

"NO! Get away from me!"

"TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS" he offered.

She paused to think about it, but then comes to her senses and says, "I said NO!"

"FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS if you let me feel your breasts," he exclaimed.

She thought, well he is old, and he seems harmless enough... and $500 IS a lot of money... "Well, OK... but only for a minute."

She loosened her bikini top and while both are standing there on the beach, he slid his hands underneath and began to feel... then he started saying, "OH MY GOD... OH MY GOD... OH MY GOD..." while he was caressing them.

Out of curiosity, she asked him, "Why do you keep saying, 'Oh my god, oh my god'?"

While continuing to feel her breasts he answered, "OH MY GOD... OH MY GOD... OH MY GOD... OH MY GOD, where am I ever going to get five hundred dollars?"
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A man joined a big Multi National Company as a trainee.

On his first day, he dialed the kitchen and shouted into the phone:
"Bring to me a cup of coffee, quickly!"

The voice from the other side responded:
"You fool; you've dialed the wrong extension! Do you know who you're talking to?"

"No" replied the trainee.

"It's the Managing Director of the company, you idiot!"

The trainee shouted back: "And do you know who YOU are talking to, you IDIOT?"

"No!" replied the Managing Director angrily.

"Thank God!" replied the trainee and put down the phone

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Flowers for Vday

flowers for you : )

what sticky balls you have there?

out of the blue, my friend msg me that his balls feel sticky. That was right after we went to bath together (at the same time ... not same location).

Amused, I told him that mine is clean and not sticky cos I bath and clean properly.

then I asked if he wash properly .. which he said he did.

Since he was properly bathed and unlikely to have done any strenuous exercise inbetween bath n the sticky ball msg (unless he is withholding information from me!)

I asked him : "maybe your sperm leaking out ... go check your balls again for leakage!"

" ) sometime I amused myself in ways I could never expect.

Victim wished to be remained anonymous but readers could ask me if you know him or not ... I would gladly tell you personally behind his back ... so we can laugh behind his back ... hahaha "oh what sticky balls you have there"

would like to stay/visit in this hotel once in my lifetime

There's the Ice Hotel and there's the Invisible Tree Hotel ... although still a concept, I would like to visit this hotel once in my lifetime ... just to see the grandeur with my own eyes ... and check out how Invisible it actually is ...

And I wonder how many Birds will actually bang into the building

check out here

overheard today

that my new niece might turn out to be a nephew instead ... cos doctor detect something growing in between the legs... nooo it's not a tail and it's too early to start shitting

and while traveling in a bus, I was thinking ... " ohhhh COW BOY, Not Cow Girl .... haha " that what I am going to write on his birthday card ... and maybe draw one Cowboy Picture for him ...

sigh ... no de niece ... only de nephew

Almost a wet dream pt 2

Last night, I dream of my ex gf and we were patching up, making out, having the "patch back" passion thingy going on.

and when things got so heat up, so passionate, I called out her name and guess what came out of my mouth ???

"Aileen" !!!! *(Name edited due to copyright reason)

My Best Fren from the Northern States!!! *(Location edited for identification purposes)

My ex gf in my dream gave me such a sad face that I was slapping my head in my dream .... why did I call out the wrong name !!!

Of course when such things happened (whether in reality or in dreams), things became soured and the "pack up n go scene" will occur ... why am I screwing up my own dreams ???

*Edited 10 Feb 09 11.15am

My Mom's 1st MacDonald Delivery Call

This is another entry into my Mom's big head prawn legacy. As recounted by My Mom ...

Early this morning, Andrew and My Mom were hungry .... Andrew claimed he was too tired to go out for food so My Mom decided to call for Mac delivery. She tried to ask Andrew Mom and Dad to help her order but didn't get a reply.

So vaguely remembering the number, My Mom called 1777 to try and order.

With selective hearing problem, she wasn't able to hear the introduction on the other end of the line. So after the introduction ended, she asked them if they got MacDonald delivery or not. The operator politely replied they don't have such service.

She continued to ask if they could transfer her to the MacDonald delivery line or not. The operator once again replied that they do not provide such service too. Disappointed she hung up the phone ...

at this point, my Dad butted in and said

"That's because 1777 is for Non Emergency Ambulance Service"

: )

Almost a Wet Dream

I dreamt of my fren's sister ... someone who I am not that close to and haven't met for a long long time. This dream got her to seduce me right at the start ... asking me straight if I want to have sex with her ... She led me to her hostel room which looked simple to locate ... but once in the room, we realize there's no condom and I told her that I am going back to get

Once I gotten them and tired to find my way back to her room ... I realized it's actually quite difficult! It's like a maze and very rundown like Kowloon Tong City ... I became more panic and run up n down the stairs ... until time run out and I woke up ...

wondering why I bothered to practice safe sex in dreamland!

Quote from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Benjamin Button: Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss.

Daisy: Will you sleep with me?
Benjamin Button: Absolutely.

Len-ti-cu-lar Covers

Feel like I am sucked into the gimmicky covers trick all over again (was a sucker back in the 90s gimmick comic covers)

Loved the movie Mr Brooks and thanks to Linus who gotten a dvd copy of this movie for me to view ... but when I learnt that there's a Lenticular cover out there for this movie ... I just gotto get it : )

Thanks to a friend who fly about (you gotto love a stewardess), I managed to get my hands on the Mr Brooks Lenticular cover ...

The changing covers captures the essence of the duality of the unwilling serial killer.

Just love the bloody fingerprint behind Mr Brooks ... chilling

Then there's the HellBoy 2 Dvd ... which is a "gift" from my Mx Pals (thanks folks, yeah that what the voucher was spent on)
Like how Ron's face changed into the comic version of Hellboy.

changing

uncanny right? ... see how alike they are : )

and to put Linus's heart at ease ... I didn't sell that Director Cut of the first Hellboy Dvd off ... I got it from you because it match the Lenticular Cover of the Hellboy 2 Director Cut very well ... the picture can't really show but the first Hellboy Director Cut has red foil on it....

It feels like the 90s all over again

MJ Luck Strike Back !!!

My Luck is backkkk ... after losing money on Chu Yi and Chu San, my luck came back in a spectecular streak on Chu Qi.

Covered back all the money I lost and a few bucks more : )

the first manfu was given by my Cousin ... who i guess it's either distracted by his son or his luck really not so good ... pity cos it seems that he is an expert in MJ ... even intro a new way of playing with the flowers.

the Hen and Centipide gave me 2 tai, the Pong Fa Cai gave me another tai. The Half Colour gave me another 2 tai and it added up 5 tai. Was waiting for 3 Wan, 6 Wan and 9 Wan to game and my Cousin fed me the 3 Wan eventually ...

The second Full house came with one pair of flowers that belongs to me (2 Tai). The Hen gave another 1 Tai and the Half Colour gave me another 2 Tai. Was waiting for one 8 Bamboo and my brother in law thought it's unlikely to game but lucky I managed to.

Actually I didn't want to play anymore but my Mom and Uncle wanted to play on ... and resulted in me collecting a self touch full house. The Tong wind, Centipide and White Block gave me 3 tai and the Half Colour gave me another 2 tai. I self touch the 6th Bamboo to much of their dismay ... "$6.40 everyone ... thank you very much"