Stupid Sucker!

The saying is all on the wall. Real Madrid paid 8 million pounds then for Michael Owen. Fast forward to today, Newcastle actually broke their record transfer and paid 17 million pounds for him when he is actually unwanted at Real Madrid. Their desperate situation can only be described in 2 words. STUPID SUCKER!

Tomorrow duty is going to last for 27 hours. It shall be a very very long day indeed. But in exchange for the very long duty, I’m going to have a very long weekend too. But in exchange for a very long weekend, I will not be able to take my IPPT test this Friday morning. In fact, I think it’s such a waste because I can feel my body condition is able to make it for the 2.4Km gold timing.

A stack of papers lying in a corner in the room can result in a full blown fight. Talk about butterfly effect. My family is utterly mad. Wonderful…

When human are push too much against the wall and reach their limits, be prepared to find yourself in deep shit and received the powerful forces of the aftereffect. You reap what you sow. Remember?

But who am I to judge whether the choice made is correct or wrong?

posted by Immortali @ 10:22 pm 2 comments

Crying Out Love, In the Center Of The Earth

Last week I watched the Chinese VCD "Mob Sister".

Conclusion: If you talk about the individual images shown on the screen, it is actually very nice. Like a photography exhibition where nice pictures are portrayed to you and let you admire them. But if you talk about the entire movie, it’s crap. The plot is so thin and lame that after watching ¾ of the movie I started cursing myself why I wasted $8.90 buying this stupid show. And so much so that I thought it was a comedy in the first place…Dammit!

Today I watched the Japanese VCD "Crying Out Love, In The Center of The World"

Conclusion: If you want the review of the movie by those movie critics, buy today edition Tuesday 30 August 2005 of “The New Paper”, turn to page 29 or visit “The New Paper” website tnp.sg tommorrow and there you will see an article about this movie. Apparently the VCD label which I bought describes the show as the No.1 movie in Japan that melted the hearts of millions. But strangely the label behind stated it is the 2^nd highest grossing film in Japan 2004. What the fcuk…bluff me ar! No. 1 in Japan but 2^nd higest grossing film. What a contradicting statement. But anyway since I got nothing better to do, let me type out the description of the movie to see whether it will entice you to go Beg Borrow Steal this VCD/DVD and watch this show. (I can also loan mine to you at $2 for 2 days if you want )

So here it goes:

Based on one of this century’s best selling novels, which has sold a million and a half copies since published in 2001, the films depicts a tragic romance over the years before the advent of cell phones. It reveals a young man’s pang of forfeiture after the death of his first love and the uneasiness of his soul wandering in the world without her.

In 1980’s Kyushu, two teenagers fell in love, exchanged their secrets and thoughts by way of sending tape recordings to each other. More than a decade later, the boy ( now grown up and embittered) rediscovered the last recording of his long dead lover’s voice. Her words trigger a series of flashbacks illustrating the joyful beginning and the tragic end of their relationship.-End-

Watch this show only if you like love tragedy. The love between them is so pure that I thought it is impossible at this age and time. No kissing (though the guy attempted to but not counted K) and no sexual content at all. It’s not like those Korean movies “Windstruck” who might go a little bit overboard with the exaggeration of the female character wilful behavior towards the male character. Over here it is more toned down, more of the stuff like sweet puppy love. After watching the love, you can’t help but feel a tinge of sadness for the male character for the intense sorrow for the loss of his girlfriend due to leukemia.

Recommedation: 6.8/10

Following on, I went for some physical training with Yuehong (Not gay buddy but running partner) at Chua Chu Kang Stadium. We ran 6 rounds around the track, stopped for a breather and ran 6 rounds again. All in all in total we ran 4.8km today. Did I forgot to mention I left Yuehong trailing in my wake of dust as I out sprint him during the last lap for 2 consecutive time? We were interview by 2 students from Nanyang Poly conducting survey for Singapore Sport Council while we were doing our warm down. Yuehong gloated the prettier among the two approached him first while I have to settle for ahem..the less appealing one. Hey come on, you were sitting closer to her direction of course she approached you first lei.

We proceed on for the static station and did countless chins up, push up, crunches, flutter kicks with the company of a very cute 3 years old boy that show no sign of shyness in front of strangers. He kept copying our action or exercises and even gave Yuehong a weak kick.In the end, we were sort of like babysitter for him while his mother went to brisk walk around track. And hopefully he will be able to remember the 2 tall skinny uncles who played with him when we decide to go jogging around stadium again

I am really a sucker for Japanese Serial Show/Movie, physical training and pain. Afterall, Pain is weakness leaving the body…does that sound familiar to anyone?

posted by Immortali @ 10:50 pm 27 comments

Recharge the Duracell Bunny !

And finally after 2 weeks of duty cycle, the standby week has finally come again. I can certainly do with a little bit of breather and take a well deserved rest to recharge my batteries again.

I had a great time during the Friday night supper with my poly friends. Even though the planning and organizing plan has been a headache, all I could say is: All that’s well ends well. The weather was great with breezy wind caressing our faces and keeping us cool while we play around the slides at West Coast Park. There were quite a number of young people like us who is still playing around even though it’s already 1am in the night. Thus we guys got to admire some ladies (I think they are from NUS) from afar as they attempted the flying fox. We settled down eventually and made “long, short, funny, lame, obscene, army and anything under the stars” conversation. Eric laughed so much till he complained his stomach gastric pain started to act up. All in all, it was a wonderful night to be spent in a company of great friends.

Once again the only word to describe the current state of myself is "TIRED"

Go Thrash Them Manchester United! Newcastle is doomed this time. Put them out of their misery instead. Am I politically and diplomatically correct Mr Yuehong? HaHa

posted by Immortali @ 10:19 pm 0 comments

Get Up Chip...Come and Fight

I am very tired today. It seems all the energy has been sapped out of me. Morale seems strangely depressed. Perhaps it might be the aching back pain that just happen out of the blue.

Being an organizer is a fcuk-up job. When the right people get together, they are able to have a good time and make fun together. But what goes beforehand of contacting everyone the time and destination is a thankless task which only the selected few are willing or able to do it. I could have pat my back and be among those who wait patiently waiting for the call to come but perhaps due to my nature or character, I choose to do the job.

As again perhaps it might be the turn of events today that cause me to be in such foul mood, which might the reason that I am voicing my displeasure with this post.

It’s a small hurdle which I must voice out, overcome and get over with.

I guess sometimes I need to break the rules a little, admit my weakness that I suddenly do miss the presence of One True Love .

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Small Town Village Girl

Another Chinese Oldies By David Tao:

<小镇姑娘>

还记得多年前跟你手牵手 你都害羞的不敢抬头
只会傻傻的看着天上的星星 你就是那么的纯静
知道你收到上榜的通知单 我的心里就变得很乱
不知为你而高兴还为自己忧愁 只好就放你走
不明白 不明白 为什么我不能放的开
舍不得 这个爱 你是一生一世不会了解
我明白 我明白 在我心中你永远存在
或许你会有一天怀念 可是我已不再

还记得一开始你不能适应 那个忙乱又吵的环境
一个小镇的姑娘到了大城市 你一定听过这故事
当你最寂寞的时刻我陪伴你 给你我的安慰和鼓励
自己矛盾的私心让我每天忧愁 只好就让你走
还记得一年前站在火车站 看着自己的悲剧演完
透过玻璃窗看见你的泪满面 那车头依然吐着烟
听说现在的你成了大经理 前途好比闪亮星星
我只希望这所有能够让你欢喜我才能放心走

Doing duty in the base is such a torture. Imagine standing for hours, breathing in those damn toxic fumes emitted by countless vehicles entering the base, waiting for the Babe to walk across you when she book in and yet you can’t introduce yourself to others because you know you get into deep deep shit if she decide to lodge a complaint against you for harassment.

Perhaps it’s the environment and the people around us that make us behave in such irrational behavior. Just because we are serving national service, we seem to lose out on everything compared to a guy who served finish national service but whose desirable qualities pale in comparison with yourself.

We are such a loser and sucker for self-pity. Dammit.

posted by Immortali @ 10:42 pm 0 comments

Glory Days

Today I was browsing over my documents inside my computer when I chanced upon a short video clip Darren made during our trip to Redang last year before we enlisted into the ARMY.

To those from Class 24, you may find it very familiar to this title “FIGHT CLUB” with the voices “Die MotherFcuker Die” as the soundtrack to complement the video.

Because I don’t know of any host/website where I can host this video for those interested to download without paying a fee, I’m sad to say those who don’t really know us don’t understand how crazy we were during those days. (No, we still don’t not support orgy act, we don’t take drugs, we don’t rob, and we don’t support the opposition parties because we are definitely law abiding citizen of Singapore)

Let’s just say the video contain a group of guys engaging in a pillow fight except it was so violent till a whack of the pillow against your head could leave you senseless, dizziness, lost of direction before another whack will land again, leaving you sprawling on the floor KO crying for help. It also doesn’t help when the rest of the guys gang up unfairly against me (imagine me myself VS 6 other guys) till I lost my cool and began to push away their advances with my bare fist.

Those were the glory days indeed.

posted by Immortali @ 10:28 pm 0 comments

Quidam Singapore

1) I think my family is so dysfunctional that my mother and sister will begin their shouting match towards each other the moment they stepped into the house because of something very minor. I guessed the bare minimum I could do is to stare in front of my computer screen and pretend nothing is happening. I guess the day my mother will stop talking for 24 hours is akin to the day world peace is attained.

2) Very often when your mind start wandering, when you start to doubt yourself and your ability, when you felt the world has turned against you, when mistakes and regrets start to overwhelm and choke your entire body, when you entertain the thought “ What If Things Turned Out Otherwise” and starts to accept those less feasible option available to you…..

But it's alright. Stall for time. Take a break. Everything will become clearer and better the moment you wake up.

3) Marcus is participating in the Standard Chartered Full Marathon 42KM Run. Darren is going to participating in the Mizuno Wave 2005 10KM Run. They are also going to run for their respective unit in Army Half Marathon. And it seems the wave of enthusiasm is starting to spread because I hope to join the Standard Chartered Half Marathon if circumstances permit to gauge how my fitness level fares with others.

4) Quidam is coming to Singapore. To be frank and honest, I have never been to a money paying concert or performances. And s0 when I saw on TV the snippets of Quidam, I made a decision to check out the price and to my amazement, the cheapest ticket cost $69 but you have to be contended with facing the back of the performers most of the time.

Moral of the story: Be content with my lot if I have No Money. But it's still alright to dream big though. This time got no money watch LIVE nevermind...I still can go source for DVD or VCD to catch their performance. Next time if I managed to earn big buck I go buy VIP seats! HaHa

posted by Immortali @ 9:35 pm 0 comments

Hey What's going on..

4 Non Blonde: What's up

Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

And I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

ooh, ooh ooh
and I try, oh my god do I try
I try all the time, in this institution
And I pray, oh my god do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

I suddenly take great joy shopping around in the supermarkets buying stuffs I need to bring to camp rather than walking around aimlessly window shopping.

I bought a loaf of bread, 200 grams of picnic ham, 2 cans of drinks, 1 can of tuna, 2 cup noodles, 1 dozen of egg at NTUC Fairprice as I have plenty of time to walk around before buying dinner for myself.

And while I was walking back home after buying all my stuffs and dinner, I saw the middle-aged man in front of me carrying NTUC plastic bags with both hand full of stuff. It suddenly dawned on me we both resembled each other to a certain extent and I shuddered at the thought of walking his path when I am only 21 and he’s already 40+. While I hate others to keep calling me a kid, I also don’t want to grow old so quickly when I have not had all the fun in the world yet.

Hey what’s going on?

posted by Immortali @ 10:18 pm 0 comments

Ordinary Friend

Everlasting, evergreen, ever listenable Chinese oldies by David Tao

陶喆: 普通朋友

等待 我随时随地在等待 做你感情上的依赖

我没有任何的疑问 这是爱 我猜 你早就想要说明白

我觉得自己好失败 从天堂掉落到深渊

多无奈 我愿意改变 （what can I do?）

重新再来一遍（just give me chance）

我无法只是普通朋友 感情已那么深 叫我怎么能收手

但你说 I only want to be your friend 做个朋友

我猜你心中只是 just a friend 不是情人

我感激你对我这样的坦白 但我给你的爱暂时收不回来

So I 我不能只是 be your friend I just can´t be

your friend no，no，no，我不能只是做你的朋友

不能只是做普通朋友

For once, Fighting Fish and Me can’t comprehend why the particular lady in the base could catch our attention. We list down all the possibilities and tried to dissect them one by one but can’t seem to piece all the bits and pieces together. Perhaps what Fighting fish said is really right…you have to combine all the factors together to see the big beautiful picture. Don’t worry Fighting Fish; I will not fight with you over your mermaid. But I will pursue my own other interest which I think is better than yours…HaHa

posted by Immortali @ 10:25 pm 0 comments

60 years ago...

Morris R. Jeppson, 83 Weapon Test Officer on the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima



Last night while I was doing duty from 2200 to 0030, I read an article inside TIME Magazine regarding the anniversary of the Atomic Bomb that landed on Nagasaki on 15 August 1945. The article was very interesting as it describe the each individual role the personals on board of the Enola Gay had to perform to ensure their mission is a success. I was surprised to notice the original destination for the “Little Boy” was Kokura instead of Nagasaki, almost all the personals involved have no idea of the extent of damages that the bomb could cause and the course of history that will changed dramatically after the mission was accomplished.

FLYBOYS: The crew of the Enola Gay poses in front of the plane after the Hiroshima mission

There was also a photo collection of the after effect of the damages done towards the residents of Nagasaki. However, instead of feeling sorry for them, my thoughts were (I admitted myself) quite disturbing. You reap what you sow, An Eye for an Eye, its payback time for all the atrocious crimes the Japanese Imperial Army have committed during the World War II.

That being said, I guessed it’s pretty much frustrating to read the newspaper every now and then the Japanese Government or other Japanese educational institution which repeatly tried to 1) pretend nothing had happened 2) change the history of event by manipulating the words of their history textbook 3) kept stating regrets for their action but visit Class A war time criminal memorial.

It takes great courage to face up to one’s action and admits to one’s mistake. I am no saint myself and I have no desire to make any big Hoo Ha statement. But often, it is the civilians that suffered and bear the most burdens during the war because whoever stupid fcukshit ideology.

The museum has this section of a bank wall and steps which illustrates this. The circular grey patch on the steps is a shadow formed by a woman who was sitting there waiting for the bank to open for business.

Learn from History, avoid making the mistakes the predecessor made and lastly, may those who perished be able to rest in peace.

If you are interested to find out more in this article, do click here and browse around. It is definitely a very interesting read.

posted by Immortali @ 7:42 pm 0 comments

Get Away From Me

posted by Immortali @ 10:49 pm 0 comments

There was a time....

I chanced upon something very interesting while collecting some digital photos from Cynthia. Apparently 1 year ago, I have been updating others or rather participate in mini blogging using the now defunct website I assume called Zorpia. I sincerely swear that I have absolutely no idea what the term blogger mean 1 year ago but ironically I could have been one myself.

But of course the post were written in broken English, narration were a little lousy, contents a little bit childish, lots of complaints and forgettable incidents which we would not normally remember until I saw the post again and laugh over the comical situation we found ourselves in.

Only 1 year has passed and yet it seem like a century has come and go without us realizing it. But the best thing that remains and seems unlikely to change for a long time is still the strong friendship and bonds we forged during our poly days. I’m glad all of us still remain close even though we all have different priorities to tackle all the time. It is really a blessing to know all of you indeed!

Ps:I have edited and paste some of the post over here .

yo funky ladies n gentlemen..the nation is...
Tuesday, Jul 20 2004, 12:40:28 AM

yo funky ladies n gentlemen..the nation is calling and i will be enlisting this thur yesh this thur 22/7 hope everything will take care of yrself n everything yi lu ping an..meanwhile tat all la

going to and return from work nowaday is... Sunday, May 23 2004, 11:34:56 AM (Last updated: Sunday, May 23 2004, 12:14:46 PM)

going to and return from work nowaday is getting fun n exciting! there always seems to be someone who is constantly spying about our every single movement! it is jy lol keke got 1 gal working at robinson also <long black hair quite tall nice white pearly skin will u believe me? > kept spying on jy like a stalker..poor jy constantly on a stress coz we also kept describing worst case scenerio to him..aniway jy attracted lotsa attention at robinson so tis is not uncommon haha i tink tat gal shld give up bah afterall mian qiang shi mei you xin fu de (its act our fav phrase for tat gal lol> meanwhile i am super sianz in my dept..keep getting isolated coz the gal are always having their gers tok n i dun hav ani guy to tok to except for the supervisor arggg...super sux y cant they hire more guys for kitchenware? kept visiting kb jy yx at their level to disturb them..1 more week our contract end le.. its abt time also i tink i got permanent black eye bags liao + some extra muscle gain after working there Still im thankful for it for making me so exhausted..once u are tired u tend not to tink too much and time always seem to pass so quickly! though i haven got bk my heart frm someone (it realli not easy) there is a few occasions when nitez are lonely.."u r only lonely" trickles of her image will came floating bk but hey at least im glad im able to let go little by little..y? coz i can feel her shadows are disappearing frm my life liao! geez i tink i will be able to see light <let there be light and there is light> soon after being stuck in the tunnel for too long! (tunnel not = to her of coz..and also provided nothing goes wrong la!) hope she is doing well now..last but not least a very big thank you to all my frens who hav always been there...

TOday is the day i started my revision! went...
Thursday, Apr 22 2004, 06:05:53 AM

TOday is the day i started my revision! went to the library with markie to revise BBC..progress is not bad excpet he kept disturbing me with his thoughts..poor him keke of all time the problem have to surface now! haha dun worry all you need is time..also saw another person at the library..she look so tired and frail while revising her work.. i saw her like tat my heart felt so pain..dunno y..hmm i tink i shall do something for her to make her happy.

its all over..everything is over end of exam... Monday, May 3 2004, 11:50:35 AM

its all over..everything is over end of exam end of poly life..so many things to miss so many things to forget..haha cant say im not happy to graduate frm sp but memories still lingers ard whether they are happy or sadzz..poly has chnage my view and help me grow mentally, emotionally.. meanwhile will be travelling to redang for a holiday tomorrow! fri then come back..but sianz sat will have to start work at robinson as sales assistant ar..bo bian no money liao..as my mother said: "diploma also no use still have to work as sales assistant" haha

lot of memories with her floating in my mind. Wednesday, May 12 2004, 05:58:31 AM

lot of memories with her floating in my mind..her images still lingers around my life..i am not sad juz only lonely..no use pondering too much coz oredi resigned to fate le..if she dun appreciated my effort i can also do nothing...happiness depends upon 1self, not waiting for ithers to give it to you..wish to move on and trust myself i can live without her by my side..but issit once poly end our relationship..whether issit frens or more than tat is also going to end..if tat's the case its such a pity!

woah..time pass real quick..it has been 1...
Sunday, Jun 13 2004, 10:48:19 AM

Marcus called me frm his commando camp! said there super xiong not enough time for everything..obe la ask him dun be hero yet he kept saying FOR HONOUR N GLORY..mayb after e training he become a more "discipline" person

Ps: For your info, Marcus together with Jy and Desmond is now a full fledge Commando.

posted by Immortali @ 5:30 pm 0 comments

One on One

范玮琪: 一比一

Yes this song might be savored better for those currently in love or attached. As for me, the emotionless robot…I listened to it to try regain my Sense and Sensibility. KeKe

I guessed at the end of the day, I very much prefer to love and pamper myself instead of deliberately searching for the other half.

"If only people would listen more rather than criticize, the world would have been a much better place to live in."

posted by Immortali @ 10:39 pm 0 comments

Lousy Weekend

A lot of people were busy yesterday even though it was a Saturday. I actually hope to find someone to go Orchard Ngee Ann City catch “Fan Fan” performance at the MIW Challenge event but I couldn’t find any suitable khakis. Eventually I thought of going down alone but "kena" a splitting headache instead after staring at the computer screen for too long. I want to catch Everton VS Man Utd Match but after scrolling down the list of friends…no SCV. Wish to go downtown to witness the entire pretty babes congregating together at Cineleisure, Hereen or Plaza Singapura, shop shop and jalan jalan…realised it is not worth the effort. Want to play basketball in the evening…basketball khakis disappeared.

In the end I stayed at home to catch Channel 8 afternoon Japanese serial " Power Office Girls" for the first time and found out surprisingly it was quite funny. Hopped down to Lot 1 after the show and made my way to Starhub to get a brochure for SCV subscription, went TS Laser to buy a copy of FAN FAN latest album “One to One”, ate Laksa for dinner and went home to catch “Zhou Ri Ba Tian Dang”. Saw two lame buggers: "Tall Tall guy" and "Fat Ass" online and gathered them together with me "Skinny Boy" proceed on our way to West Coast Prata for supper.

What a damn lousy way to spend a precious Saturday weekend doing all these things that could be done on weekdays….

On a brighter note, at least Man Utd started their season opener with a 2-0 win over Everton.

posted by Immortali @ 12:05 pm 1 comments

Sing when You Are Winning!

After 2 blisters on my left foot, some raw skin on my right knee, 1 dented glasses and pure tiredness…final score for today match

TDS 4:2 TMB

Tuas Defence Squadron : We Will Rock You

But I’m very sorry I did not score. I’m very sorry I played very badly in the 1^st half. It was till during the 2nd half I shifted a little from my left back to a more central defensive position and I felt I played better from there. I am seriously considering wearing contact lens again after my glasses got “Kena” dented by “ball dropping from the skies” twice. Dammit.

I hope to catch any of these 3 movie by this weekend but I doubt it is possible anyway because the theatre will be packed to the brim and getting tickets is such a hassle.

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Wedding Crashers

Mob Sister ( Wait for VCD come out also not a bad idea)

posted by Immortali @ 10:47 pm 0 comments

Clear Minded Decisions

I have noticed the moment you wake up early in the morning at 6am and your brain contain absolutely nothing, seems disinterested in everything, with no other elements to influence your senses and wellbeing, it is often I made the most practical or best decision if I look back at what has been irritating me in recent days.

It was this morning I suddenly tell myself I should not use so much coarse language in my blog even though I’m not happy with those minor criticisms I have received because they are not very constructive at all. My frequent use of coarse language to blast Anonymous (I even know how to spell the word correctly right now) has cause me to lose focus on my resolution for 2005 “1) Cut Down On My Swearing And Cursing”. I’m not too pleased with myself and I think I shall take action right away starting from today by typing this post without any coarse language.

And therefore here I go:

This week has been a whirlwind of activity because Fleet Commander as well as another external unit is coming to visit us. I guessed I’ve ever seen so much dirt being wash away and our bunk so clean before in preparation for their visit. After attending a meeting conducted by OC, I witnessed first hand on the decision made by the top level and indeed it was quite an eye opener for me. I guessed this is what being a junior commander is all about. Participating in decision making, relaying decision made to the men and feedback any suggestions back to the top level. All these shall bode well to help me mentally when I join the workforce in future.

Our unit TDS will be participating in a soccer match with TMB tomorrow and I will be playing in the left back position rather than my usual central defensive midfield. Leslie said I might be the Roberto Carlos for a day. I told him I prefer Asier Del Horno because Carlos is too short and seems to be plump...just like Doraemon. But that stupid KuKu said I’m more likely to be Asier Del Horny. In the end I changed my mind to Gabriel Heinz because I wish to control all the Heinz Ketchup production in the world and earn millions and millions of dollar.

Leslie himself will be playing as a forward rather than his usual right midfield slot and he actually labeled himself as Fernando Torres. Somehow I think Fernando Terrapin might be a more suitable to name himself after…

Ps:I am so tired that I swear to myself I am going to sleep early today!

posted by Immortali @ 10:29 pm 0 comments

Running

NDP 2005 Jurong East photos have been uploaded into Flickr. Interested parties can go take a look and view how bad my photography skill is as well as how limited are the functions available in the digital camera.

Our platoon is on standby this week and we are engaging into a lot of physical training to prepare ourselves for the ITTP test in near future. If the training continues like this, I predict I might have a good chance to break the 9.44 timing and achieve gold. On the other hand, my left knee is now aching very badly after too much running and hopping around. It is very frustrating to know when your body and mind is raring to go but your knee keep letting you down time and time again. I guessed this time round; I can’t have the cake and eat it too.

Meanwhile I'm so pleased Man Utd won. Glory Glory Man Utd!

Ps: Nothing to do at night do what? Closed eyes sleep lah! Sleep early then can stay healthy correct? Don’t stay up so late till wee hours in the morning and surf net. Got the hint anyone?

posted by Immortali @ 10:51 pm 0 comments

Celebration At Jurong East Central

Today, I went with KB to Jurong East Central to witness the community celebrating the nation 40th Birthday. It was quite intriguing to be involved with the crowds and enjoy the celebration with the rest of the Singaporean island wide. We saw exhibits from the army Signals and Armour unit as well as the PTI. At the PTI encouragement, I did 13 chin-up in exchange for a bottle of Newater. Damn Malu…

The moment the President SR Nathan arrived at Padang for the parade, the crowd rose together and sang the National Anthem. Being a soldier who is currently serving the nation, KB together with me stood at attention; feet closed stomach in chest out fists clenched together and sang the National Anthem with pride. Such a pity we aren’t in uniform or else we will have to salute the Singapore flag as well…HaHa

The rest of the event did not stood out. It was the usual stuff. We witnessed the mini fireworks display and after another round of National Anthem to signal the end of the NDP show, we stayed back to watch the mobile column which were making their way from Padang to Jurong East. In the meantime, several artistes such as Eric Moo, Zhou Chong Qing and Joi Cai performed their usual hits. Joi Cai looked particularly pretty and radiant when she sang her new hits from her latest ablum.

We waited the mobile column for quite some time and when they did arrive, they did not disappoint. We tried to catch Darren with his sniper pose. However when the vehicle came to a standstill, he stood up; fired a shot and went down again all in a matter of seconds…what the fcuk! There was a secondary school kid behind us who tried to impress his friends by naming the purpose of the vehicle as well as the unit where it come from but the problem is…he got it all wrong. When the vehicle, with the antenna protruding out at the back and obviously from “Signals” stopped right in front of us…he actually exclaimed it was the Medic vehicle. I almost “Peng San” on the floor upon hearing that.

I will upload the pictures taken into Flickr tomorrow so for those who are interested can take a look what happened at Jurong East for our nation 40^th birthday.

And once again, Happy 40th Birthday Singapore!

posted by Immortali @ 12:07 am 0 comments

Good Things Come In Pairs

2 very nice Fossil Box. The one on the left is actually a display set but I beg the sales assistance to let me had it even though taking it down and replacing the orginal with another design will ruin the entire display. I guess I actually won her over with my smile and yes, did I forget to mention she is really a very nice lady.



Part of the free gift for their latest watch promotion "Big Tic". They are able to do many awkward post when you press the bottom of the figure. The teiliqua shot glass is a gift from Cynthia during her trip to Australia.



Last but not least, for a person who don't wear any watch when he go out "Jalan Jalan" for the past 4 years and depend on his handphone to keep track of the time, now I have 2 pairs of watches at my possession for my 21st birthday gift. Now I don't have a excuse for being late anymore. Yuehong got a shock when he discovered the one on the right is exactly similar to the one he is wearing. I solemnly sweared 100% we are not gay buddies.

Thanks Everyone for your gift. May Friendship remains and Never will End.

posted by Immortali @ 2:02 pm 0 comments

Hello...Is This X-Files?

Upon discovering someone has added some comments on my post: " May We Live With A Clearer Mind ", I realised there is still indeed many creatures in this world who still prefer to name themselves with the 9 letter: "Anonymous"

Well I'm pleased part of my stragety to blast the nameless creature is working. Another nameless creature has come to the defence of Anonymous 1 and according to what I see: He/She revealed He/She is a late night sleeper.

KB revealed he got a hunch Anonymous is a Male.

But I'm tired of coming to blow back and forth in words with 2 nameless creatures for another round. Because I have already blasted Anonymous 1 till I "Song" liao and therefore whatever comments that is coming back doesn't matter anymore.

There is certainly some weird creatures in this world. Can someone call the X-Files please?

posted by Immortali @ 1:35 pm 0 comments

Happy 40th Birthday To You

Even though you took 2 years of my prime away from me, I guessed deep down when times call for it, I still Love you deeply. Happy 40th Birthday to You...Singapore! May Peace and Prosperity watch over us as we grow old together.

posted by Immortali @ 12:29 am 0 comments

May We Live With A Clearer Mind

Anonymous wrote on my tag board: Grow up..kid, its time to get over yr everlasting yearning emotions wif yr tat one true love.Move on and dun bring e past forward wif u, alright? Sometimes, if it was not meant to be, it never will.Give her yr blessings n u might receive yrs, in due time.

When I read it the first time, I felt like bashing Anonymous up.

When I read it for the second time, I think Anonymous is an fcuking Coward because he/she didn’t dare to put his/her name.

When I read it for the third time, I felt it sound familiar because perhaps I heard it before from someone in the past, or perhaps it is exactly what I must be preaching to those after lending a listening ear to them

When I read it for the fourth time, I know what he/she made some sense but I’m still sore/bitter why he/she didn’t put down his/her name.

When I read it for the fifth time, I felt the need to defend my pride because he/she still identify me as a kid.

When I read it for the sixth time, I felt Anonymous was advising me to take a very very big step which if successful will make me much happier and satisfied with my current life.But however, while it’s alright to give my blessing to any mother’s son or daughter, it is certainly a damn bloody difficult task to give my fcuking blessing to One True Love or whatever she is with right now because it don’t concern any of my damn business. So Wakey Wakey Wake Up Anonymous.

And the truth is: I didn’t read the same old passage for so many repeated times because I am not that stupid not to understand what the hell is Anonymous talking about. Based on "Elementary... My Dear Watson" Theory: He/She do visit my site only once in a blue moon; He/She might be a friend of One True Love; He/She might be so sick on the frequency of the 3 word One True Love appearing in my blog that He/She decided to do something about it.

But KNNBCCB Nah Beh Chao Barney Fcuking Hell + !@#$%^&* Anonymous You betta wake up your Fcuking idea for calling me a “KID”. I don't give a damn whether you are a male or female to read my coarse writing. But I'm going to tell you; After surviving for 1 year in the army, going for live firing in range and South China Sea, “Chong Sua” in the jungle, going through SISPEC course, turning 21 years old, having to turn up to elect a new president for Singapore if the new candidate is approve, being old enough to enter into Zouk or China Black, being eligible to watch R21 movie, getting extra or confinement for wrong decision made in the ARMY… You mean to say you still call me a “KID”? Then what do you mean by “Adult”? Does Fcuking a bitch/slut makes you an “ADULT”? Going to Lup Sup KTV or Massage Parlour makes you an “ADULT”?

My point here is…Thanks for your kind intention but in doing so; you wittingly/unwittingly made me very "Buay Song" with your choice of words. Yes you may add any comments to the Tagboard as you wish provided you leave you name behind (I’m sure your MaMa gave you one didn’t she? If not perhaps I can name one for you? How about “Coward” for a suggestion?) or take note of whom you are referring to… If you think I’m a pushover whom honour and pride means nothing to me, then I’m very sorry. You have picked the wrong person. And if you let me discover your real identity, I will make sure I “BUA” your "Kan Cheng/Asshole"Up Down Left Right Center first before saying a prayer of thanks for your well meaning message.

May We Live With A Clearer Mind.

posted by Immortali @ 12:04 am 4 comments

World Cutest Dog - Coconut

Meet Coconut, the World Cutest Dog. For more pictures of Coconut, click here

But how come he is named Coconut when he doesn't even resemble any part of a Coconut. Anyway I think Elisa's dog Meijia look a little bit like Coconut so perhaps we might have another World Cutest Dog right here at our home.

Meet Sam, the World Ugliest Dog who was voted for 3 years running. Because he is so revolting, I don't dare to post his picture over at my blog when it also coincide with the Chinese Seventh Month currently. But if you are interested you can click on the link and witness first hand for yourself.

Ps: August is a good month. Everything good seems to come in pairs.

posted by Immortali @ 11:18 pm 0 comments

The "Million Dollar" Song

This Hokkien song titled “One Million Dollar” is solid. It can be heard on http://blog.galvintan.com/?p=97. No Bluff. Try and listen. There is no harm. Hear it for yourself but the result will be better if you understand “Hokkien”

When I was small, no one spoke to me in Cantonese. I seldom visit my father’s side relative and therefore even though my dialect is Cantonese, I can’t even speak or even understand a full Cantonese sentence. But nevertheless, I believe Cantonese itself is a beautiful language, unlike Hokkien who is more coarse and vulgar.

There was this time when I got nothing better to do and bought a Lonely Planet Cantonese Book to learn/practice on the language. But after some time, I realized even if I put in my best effort, there is no one to correct me if the tone is not right. And even if I master the language, I can’t even find someone to communicate the language with. I felt very foolish and therefore gave up mastering Cantonese. Currently the book is hidden in one corner inside my bookshelf collecting dust. Perhaps the book might come into use when I visit Hong Kong for holiday next year.

My mother is a Hokkien. When I was small, she will chat with my aunties or "Ah Ma" in Hokkien and so as time pass by, I could gradually pick up and understand what the heck she is saying. But nevertheless, even though I could understand majority of the language, I can’t speak Hokkien very well except maybe for vulgarities which is often used in my camp. Haha

So does that make me a fcuk up Cantonese and a half fcuk Hokkien “Lang”?

一百萬
詞： 曲： 原唱：黃一飛
提供者： 李紅真 添加/審核： 李紅真

若是我有一百萬一百萬 我有一百萬 一世人就輕鬆
無講無人知 講到真歹勢 吃甲彼呢大漢 擱不曾坐飛機
打拼彼多年 無車無厝擱無愛人 看人娶某擱做生意
有錢擱有勢 若是我有一百萬 我要坐飛機
我要遊世界HAWAII曬太陽 日本吃壽司
若是我有一百萬 我要買車買厝山珍甲海味
啥人卡福氣來乎我做某 若是我有一百萬 一百萬
若是你有欠用錢 開嘴免客氣 若是我有一百萬
我要坐飛機 我要遊世界 義大利飲咖啡 路邊吃Spaghetti
若是我有一百萬 我要買車買厝買店來收租 閒閒免做工
帶狗去散步 若是我有一百萬 一百萬 若是你有欠用錢 開嘴免客氣
若是我有一百萬 一百萬 十千八千拿去用 免還嘛無問題
若是我有一百萬 一百萬 口白：朋友啊,你想一百萬真多啊!

For those whose Chinese is “Chui/Cannot make it" type, there is direct English translation available for you to grasp the essence of the song.

If I have got one million, one million,
I got one million, my whole life no worries,
Never say nobody knows, say already very shy,
Eat until so big, never sat on a plane before,

Worked so hard for so many years, no car no house and also no lover,
See people get married and do business, got money and got success,

If I have got one million, I wanna sit on a plane,
I wanna explore the world, Hawaii to sun bath,
Japan eat sushi ( treat you eat sushi )

If I have got one million, I wanna buy car buy house,
(I’m lost here)
(I’m lost here too)

If I have got one million, one million,
If you need to borrow money, just open your mouth and ask and no need shy shy,

Never say nobody knows, say already very shy,
Eat until so big, never sat on a plane before,

Worked so hard for so many years, no car no house and also no lover,
See people get married and do business, got money and got success,

If I have got one million, I wanna sit on a plane,
I wanna explore the world, Italy drink coffee,
Road side eat spaghetti ( road side eat spaghetti )

If I have got one million, I wanna buy car buy house,
Buy shop to collect rent, easy easy no need to work,
Bring dog go for a walk,

If I have got one million, one million,
If you need to borrow money, just open your mouth and ask and no need shy shy,

If I have got one million, one million,
Ten thousand eight thousand take go and use,
No need to pay back also no problem ( pay back money not a problem )

If I have got one million, one million,
Wei friend, you think one million a lot ah?

Someday, I would like to earn a million buck too....KeKe

posted by Immortali @ 12:26 am 0 comments

Alive and Kicking Again

Now that I have recovered about 75% of my energy, which also mean I'm getting better after taking countless tablets of antibiotics, honey drink, Jia Jia Liang Teh, cough syrup, lozenges, Strespils, Panadols and many many hours of sleep for the past 4 days...I wondered why the hell for fcuk did I "type a letter to One True Love" as my previous post.

It must be the germs/bacteria/virus that infiltrated into my brain matter or the medicines that cause my mind to go haywire. I was secretly surprised how did I manage type the lettergiven my lucid state of mind at that time. But luckily this time round, I did not SMS or copy paste and send as email to her or else it would be a one hell of trouble clearing up the mess.

For once... I honestly think I have exercise my mental/self discipline at the right place on the right time.

"In order to Live, you must first learn to Die."

posted by Immortali @ 1:00 pm 0 comments

A Letter, From Me To You

Dear One True Love,

During trying times, it is common for people to find a pillar of strength for support and provide the final push to accomplish difficult task or objectives. And during trying period, people may also act irrationally with their behavior without knowing and understanding the reason why.

I look towards you as my pillar and source of strength during the 1^st year of my NS Life. As mentioned earlier in previous post, I did not have an easy time making the transition from civilian to military life and a series of knee injuries during tough training didn’t help at all. My mental strength was weak. I didn’t want to be alone when I felt depressed over the wretched state of life during that period. You offered me opportunity after opportunity to be my listening ear but unfortunately, because of my unreasonable behavior and expectation of you, you distanced away from me. I was confused about what and where I did wrong. I didn’t want to admit defeat about the thought of losing you to others even though I’m not sure about my own feelings for you. Call it selfish or whatsoever, it was certainly beyond my control during that period of time when others more pressing matter are on hand to tackle.

But because of your absence, I was forced to grow up and helped myself. I was forced to mature faster than ever. I push you towards the back of my mind while I trained myself hard physically and mentally together with my fellow buddies. I pushed myself to believe I have to build my own happiness instead of relying on others. I pushed myself to believe I must love myself more than others. (Notice I use the word “love” instead of “put” because it means selfish and I don’t mean that)

After closed to 10 months of tough training, I got posted to my current unit where current conditions have improved greatly. Life is getting better and in a way, I’ve changed and adapted. I no longer need people to be around me when I’m lonely just because I can feel better with them around.

And even if I’m feeling upset or down, I wear it on my sleeve and still go out and mix with my friends without lamenting about my predicament. This may be a side-effect of better mental self-discipline. I learnt to look things at a positive point of view. I began to give up things which I have no use for. I started to take things for a pinch of salt and suck it up like a man.

But perhaps I wish to escape from the harsh fact you can’t be around my side forever and to prevent myself from hurting/accusing you further with my headstrong character, I made a promise in the past not to have any contact with you ever again. You were extremely angry/piss off when I failed to keep my promise. It made me very guilty myself when I know I broke the rules time after time. And that’s the reason why I felt I always own you something, why I don’t dare to lift my head up and look into your eyes when we saw each other at XX birthday party.

But with time, the guilt will began to lessen. Mistakes made will be forgiven. Even though if you may not have forgiven me, this time round; I decide to forgive myself because after all, I didn’t really commit any atrocious crimes nor did anything despicable towards you. That being such, I have decided not to honor my promises anymore because time and circumstances have changed greatly since that period of difficult times. This does not exactly mean I will take up the initiative to resume contact with you. I’m sure you have no wish for that either. I will leave things the way it is right now. I have my life and you have yours. What I really hope for is that we will still be able to call out or acknowledge each other presence when we cross each other path if there is an opportunity. Surely I guess this is not too much to ask for?

I shall end here by wishing you success in life, stay healthy and pretty as ever.

Sincerely Yours: Alex

Ps:I kept having recurring dreams about One True Love. I read in Reader Digest which stated “Recurring dreams or nightmares might indicate a person has an unresolved issue or trauma in their past.” Well I guess it’s time to confront and solve the matter head on for if not she will appear in my dream every now and then and leaves me with a bitter taste whenever I woke up after the dream.

posted by Immortali @ 11:04 pm 1 comments