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the 7 deadly sins: envy, angry, pride, sloth, greed, lust, gluttony

there a devil in each of us ... n each of us is capable of being
angelic as well ...

I juz saw a Nikon advertisement ... n the phrase 7 deadly sins
written on it

I thot abt the 7 deadly sins n which one I clearly have

I don have a large dose of anger in me nt much, I have some pride, sloth
envy, greed nt much lust n gluttony

if I have less pride, sloth n envy ... I might live longer

of the 7 sins ... the one I wanted to do without is envy

I don like to make pple feel envious ... but neither do I
like to feel tis way

it's a sunny, bright n cool Monday ... JUNE shd b like
tis

I alwae like June if it sunny all days ... I live for life
brightest moments ... but when it dark ... I knew
greater day will come ...

perhaps tt the value of optimism

zhuzhen helped me with the shopping for gifts ...
quite impressed with her efficiency ... overall
quite happy with wat I bought

my biggest prob is imy inefficiency... I usually
buy but sometime I juz can't find the time to
give the present away

tt alwae a prob with time management

basically i'm pleased with how this week has
progressed ... finally sent out my resumes

mom have been nagging me abt sending my
resumes days after days ... so finally it's done

spent Tuesday morning at the garden with
KL ... it a cool Tuesday morning ... the rain
has stopped when we reached the garden ...
pretty humid ... but still it a delight to see
flowers as well as walking past my old camp

Tuesday nite ... I completed my resume ...
everyday I complete a paragraph of my
resume ... tt is y it has taken so long

perhaps my penchant for perfection n leisure
has played a part

but I enjoyed myself thru June ... v relaxing &
slow paced ... the bez ting was recovering
frm an illness

sometime I relish bumping onto my sec frenzs
... it's like retrieving part of ur history back ...
tt wat exactly happened !!! saw zhixiong +
eddy yst

thot tt zhixiong hásn't change tt much ... still
as friendly as ever ... we chatted, have lunch
together ... den he mentioned abt some of
the nonsense ting I used to do Baowei ... we
all ended up laughing

I was effective on Wed ... nvr have I done
so much administrative stuff

everyone knew I was inefficient in doing
admin. stuff

my relationship with my army's officer
was bumpy at bez ... n I admitted tt
I cld have put my resourcefulness to
better use

went swimming with Brian at his condo ...
his condo has a wonderful pool complete
with a cool jacuzzi ... by the time
we finished swimming it was quite late

told Brian I loved swimming at nite ...
reminded me of the childhood day ...

life is a funny ting ... I used to be able
to swim v well ... I have tremendous
stamina during my pri sch days

cld swim 30 laps without feeling realli
tired ...

as a child ... running 1.6 km was painful
enuff

when my running improved ... my
swimming deteroriate

I cld still remember the sheer joy
of completing the marathon with gud
pal, Kwun Ho ... I nvr thot it was
possible

Bryon brought me to have authentic
italian pizza at Holland Village

I complained tt I couldn't find authentic
pizza at Italy

whenever I made a statement during
the Euro trip ... everyone will always
remember it perhaps becuz it is
ridiculous, bold OR funny

I wld say tt there is oni plc of interest
in London n tt is Highbury

some of the gals went there ... n I was
bombarded after I returned

but no matter how bold my statement
was ... I realli meant wat I say

it's the intensity of my passion tt
spured me to saying bold stuff
sometimes

swedish frenzs Karin & Ninni will be
in Singapore on Sunday

I hoped I will b a gud host ... but
I donno abt their plan

so it hard for me to plan for them ...
they might wanna party

but kunyao don party nowadays

went with Guorong to the gym tdy...
it was supercrowded ... I don quite
like the gym instructor ... but anyway
I'm juz there to do my workup

n we saw Edison when we were
eating

this week seemed like the week to bump
into my secondary school mate

it like I nvr met them for a long time ...
some mentioned we shd meet up one
of these days

I juz say oki ... cuz as the years went by
... there a gap in all the friendship ... I'm nt
quite sure tt we cld patch back the gap

but I wld wan to meet up with m pri
sch teacher, Mr Giang

he played an impt role during my
formative year

he was my most impt teacher during my
whole study life

I have gud memories of my pri n sec
sch yrs though I felt betrayed at times

I'm gonna ask my teacher out one of
these days ... I'm sure he will b happy
tt I've graduated

One of my close frenz, chun kiat is flying
off to HK ... deep now our group will
miss his sponaneity ... i'm pretty glad
tt he got the attachment ... realli hope
tt he will b happy throughout the whole
programme

some of the questions pple have asked
me recently included?

How does it feel to graduate?

It feels very great to finally graduate ...
to get the honours class I want ... deep
now my body language during lectures
doesn't speak well of my commitement
... but tt becuz i nt aiming first class ...
to me I don wish my NUS life to b
sorely based on studyin ... I'm glad
tt things turned out exactly wat I
wan

Are you bored these days ?

these days I felt more like myself ...
I liked to enjoy the warmth of the sun ...
slumber ard during lazy afternoon ... do
some serious stuff at times ... meeting
up with my frenzs ... there a bit of
everything ... n it the kind of balance I
want

Do you enjoy teaching ?

no doubts I have been teaching tuition
for like 6 years ... wat I defined as passion
is tt it is sth like an obsession, sth tt u will
tink abt it v v frequently ... in tis sense my
passion is nt quite there ... but I felt tt I
have the know-how as well as the intuition
to make a difference ... it has been quite a
satisfaction ... for me I expect my students
to improve a lot within a short time becuz
I wan den to develop the knicks to maximise
the results with their efforts ... so they will
have more time for leisure back to top?

Day 2 @ Tai� Hongkong  back to top?

w Steven  back to top?

the last meal of the tour @ Beijing ... the plc was cool but the food was so-so  back to top?

@ HK ... tink near Tsim Sha Tsiu  back to top?

@ Tianamen Sq ... taken by our tour guide ... we look too BIG in the pic ... but tis is ideal for the blog page... =)  back to top?

@ HK ... with my cousin (far left) n my aunties all frm HK ... have been pretty fun hanging out with den  back to top?

still @ summer palace, Beijing ... Trepassing !!! they say if I'm gonna caught i will be excuted at Tianamen Sq HAHA  back to top?

kyonium@ the tomb ... don tink I'm an archelogical freak ... but the scenery ard tis plc is cool ... no wonder the kings chose these areas ... THEY REALLI HAVE foresight !!!  back to top?

with pal, YS at Summer Palace, Beijing ... it a pretty cool day ... oh I LUV BEIJING!!!  back to top?

tis is cool ... at Lantau island, HK  back to top?

sunshine butterfly... commencement issues

hey ... my blog got a new look ... personally it's not
my first choice ... nt my ideal choice

I prefer the previous one ... it's lighter, more
sentimental n it's nt BLACK !!!

but the image server was down n i couldn't
initially retrieve my image ...

so tis a temporal one ... at least there r spaces for
posting my fotos ... plenty of fotos to b posted

sunday went with Dick for haircut ... he passed me
the application for the powerboat course ... I haven
play seasport for a long time ... it has been a while

haircut was ok ... I felt it was short ... but Audrey
n Priscilla both said I looked gud in it ... at first I thot
they were sarcastic ... it's v odd ... sometimes when I
liked my hairstyle pple say it's nt nice ... n vice versa
... I missed having my hair styled n cut my Ken ... he's
young n talented

black eyed pea "Don't phunk with my heart" is realli cool ...
v melodious, lyrical ... liked some of their previous
songs ... u r juz addicted to the rhythm within a short
while ... felt tt Fergie contribute significantly to the success
of BEP ... she has tis seductively tone ... tt will make
the rhythm firmly imprinted on ur mind

it cld b fantastic to watch BEP live... nvr tried tt before
... hope they come to Singapore soon, not now

I'm nt v rich now ... in fact I have to balance my
saving with my spending

as long as I can balance the book ... tink it's okie ...
like they say wat is the value of $$$ if u don spend
it

nephew nautilus has recovered frm his flu ... so his
mood has suddenly became v gud on sunday

started to cling onto me ... climbed onto my desk
... n stuff ... when he well ... he's a darling with
his innocent smile

finally completed lab work ... can't believe tt FYP
is over ... n tt commencement is coming real soon ...
the pace is alarming ... tt it's scary

over the past 4 yrs there r definitely tings tt I've
liked n tings tt I realli hated

I hated working in project gps knowing tt we will
just b acquaintance n nt frenzs, I hated giving
out on certain tings becuz that was the oni
alternative I have and I hated worrying abt my
grades in the final semester becuz i don wan to
get a second-lower ...

but I like visiting more den 10 countries during
this period and I enjoyed the house parties in Sweden
and having whiskey in patrick's room, and I
like being reminded of all the fun time I have
with my frenzs during these 4 years

overall ... there r more gud memories den
painful one

I have a wish ... to work in NSC ... five years ago,
I wouldn't realli tink abt working there ...
sometimes situation change and one change
as a person

in the next 5 yrs ... I wondered how my life
will be like

hav a jolly gud time with JH and CK yst at
East Coast park canoeing yst

it was like back to the old days in sec sch ...
when gg to ECP is quite common

we were quite carefree ... splashing water
ard ... drifting along with the wave ... we
ended up half an hour late n have to pay
a fine

the book tt I realli wished to own is Arsene
Wenger: the professor

AW is a person I respect a lot, a man of courage,
imagination, ambition and foresight; Myles
Palmer is quite a writer, I love his style,
aggressive yet cool, short but concise. I'm quite
addicted to his articles in www.anr.uk.com, I
yearned for it everyday

one of the ting I alwae do in the morning ... is
to get out of bed ... pop online n surfed into
www.anr.uk.com, www.soccernet.com and
www.tribalfootball.com

I'm quite addicted to tis soccer ... n AW plays a
role, if there was someone I wanted to be
it will b him

managing the life of superstars, millionaires, the
primma donna r hard ... but AW is a
soccer manager, nutritionist, financial planner, psychologist ...
all combined into one ... in the world of soccer
there is nobody else like AW

on Friday ... my job at toxicology lab was almost over...
finished the lab stuff ... it was a frustrating last day ...
becuz I felt I couldn't finish the job for prof

I felt tt I have nvr been so disappointed in a while

some pple asked whether I got paid to do extra stuff
in the lab

I said, "NO"

when prof asked me whether I would do a few more
expts. I agreed even though I knew I wld nt b paid

without prof ... my proj might b a shamble

I will alwae remember his kindness ... so I was
gutted tt the expt din go as much as I wanted it
to

prof will definitely talk more abt the positive
aspects of the outcome ... but deep down
it will nt mask the disappointment

complete sth I wanted to pen for a long time ...
sth tt was v close to my heart ... I'm glad
tt it was completed ... I felt so happy on Sat
... finishing the stuff n went shopping with mom

ikea was crowded ... gg to ikea remind me of
Sweden

oso reminded me of pple like patrick, bjorn,
johanna ... n pals like Jayce, Zhihao, Rachel,
Karen ...

Jayce was my floorball's buddy, a Man Utd fan ...
Cliff was my NUS hostel's buddy ... also a Man
Utd fan ... wat an irony ... but I like den both
as frenz ... they have diff personality but both
of them r full of self confidence

i haven met keith, serene or yuan sing for a long
time ... so it was great gg macRitchine with den
... soon chye was there oso ... somehow time
went by v quickly ... juz walking thru the trail ...
we chatted n joked ... den we sat near the golf
course n juz enjoyed the scenery

yuan sing is quite a cool person ... quite funny ...
donno y thot tt he was dao when I first met him

tdy did quite a bit of shouting in tuition class ..
I guessed I looked too nice to be a tuition teacher ...
until the kids knew my style

but now they knew tt I'm nt like most teacher ...
if they gave me nonsense I will juz ask them to
redo most of the stuff

classes alwae dragged n dragged ... sometimes
boss even advised me to let the student off
on time cuz the parents r waiting

to me, I'm responsible for their grades n I
don feel too gud if I don do my job well

all rite can't realli write anymore ... juz feel
tired ... realli tired back to top?

Slow, slow week ...

it has been a slow, boring week

the weather has been v v strange, it rained quite often,
n the air is painfully humid, den the fans at home r
spoilt, can't realli get down to doing some research for
my review article becuz the virus has attacked my
comp

wat a mess, how convenient!!! everything have came
together to create so much nonsense for me ...

on the plus side, i have a few tings done - resume
completed, oni one experiment left n I'm done with
lab stuff, almost finished with a letter I have always
wished to pen

but I'm frustrated tt I din accomplish more tings ...
the flu has halted my progress

still haven't start running, or gg to the gym, or
doing any exercise for the matter, but guess shd
completely recover v v soon

anyway I hope to start running + swimming v v soon,
can't realli wait ... kinda miss those days when I used
to go gym/swim/bowl with sy, bh, ch, fab n pals ... all
of them r working liao ... alone, I don have much
motivation to go to the gym becuz it so painfully static ...
with no one to talk to, it can b quite boring

tis muz be the week where I realli spent a lot of time at
home, I was at home on Monday, n the whole of Thursday
afternoon n Sat as well ... the heat + the flu just made one
felt v tired

was mtg someone yst, someone frm Philip Securities ... was
quite worried tt I was gg to fall asleep ... "battle v hard ... din
fell asleep luckily but realli almost" ... I badly wanted to
start exercising v v soon ... can't wait ... tink I'm abt to recover

tink no one like to fall sick ... seriously oni when I fallen sick ... tt I
realli saw the value of engaging into research ... honestly, it has
been quite a struggle deciding wat I wanted to do for the nxt
few yrs of my life... in the beginning I wanted my career
to have some elements of fun & challenges ... but by the day
I'm convinced tt I might b satisfied in research

my HK aunties advised me nt to worry abt making the wrong
choice ... I'm still young ... guess wat I've forgotten to send
den the fotos we took together ... alwae told my frenzs tt
they shd alwae request kunyao to do the tings they wanted me
to do immediately ... if I wait ... chances r u wait a lifetime

bez day of the week was Tuesday ... started v routinely in the lab
den after tt met Abel at Junction 8, den went on a ride in his motorbike,
but it rained halfway thru .. so we stopped at Chong Chong for BBQ, it was
gud, haven been there for a long time ... we din meet for a long time
after Ophir ... but tis yr after exam I finally have time to meet all the pple
I ever wanted to ... I wondered when will b the nxt time I will go on
mountain trekking ... vincent told me rainbow falls was great ... if there
were such a expedition I might go

wed ... was in Malaysia ... juz to do the norm ... Singaporean went
JB to do the usual stuff... no need for me to elaborate rite ... but
the pirated DVD market is v vast there ... quite impressive ... they
have a gud business model haha

HK has one in sino centre ... tt plc is quite THE plc ... to buy
posters ... if I cld ... I will buy lotsa posters ... but sadly I don
hav plc to put them

I'm worried tt my posters will be damaged by my small nephew ...
so all my precious posters r kept in my cardboard holder

I luv my room in Sweden ... it has the telling of an Arsenal fan ... my
luv for Arsenal might b a lifelong romance ... but I donno ... maybe
one fine day Chelsea might finally taint my interest in the game

finally cousin Noi persuaded me to watch 'Scarlet Letter' ... it was
on my table for the whole week ... I was struggling in my decision
on whether to watch it

it was Eun Joo's last movie ... some rpts in the press said, it was
one of the contributing factor to her suicide

tt y I was reluctant to watch ... she was and will always be my
favourite korean actress

n Korean cinema will alwae remember her for the passion she
brought to the industry

I tink Eun Joo din make a mistake in agreeing to act in
Scarlet Letter

Scarlet Letter IS QUITE A MOVIE ... it was a pity tt it was
underrated

It BOMBED in the box-office ... but it shouldn't has

It has everyting to b a SUCCESS

Mabbe morality was an issue ...

I was saddened by Eun Joo's death ... now I was saddened
tt Scarlet Letter bombed in the office ... BUT i tink it was
a role Eun Joo wld b oni too happy to accept

I admire her courage n her passion & enthusiasm in
acting

anyway Scarlet Letter will in my collection v soon ...
after I got a job

my acquisition list r Samsung E-630, an iRiver mp3 player
and the DVD "the a day pig fell into the well"

both KL n chunkiat liked the tees I bought den ... oni mum
was a bit unsatisfied with her souvenir

these days I'm happy tt I got my time to help my frenzs or
my students ... the other day I managed to do a tentative
plan for Dick's holiday trip

I actualli hated it when I din do wat I promised others ...
sometimes i forgotten

finished a letter which I wanted to complete a long time ago ...
there will however b a lot more editing ... before I sent it out ...
much more den my thesis

for my thesis, I have prof to look after me ... but I
cld oni rely on my feeling to edit the letter

but I won't publish the letter here, it's too private to put into
my blog

but the day I'm satisfied with the letter might b the day I
will pop my champagne

someone asked me whether I'm straight ... nt the first time
tis question reached my ear ... c'mon ... being unattached
doesn't mean I've no liking for gal ...

Enjoy the weekend!!! back to top?

Embrace the sun in JUNE

June kicked off with a bang ... it's funny to see
it rains sometimes ... June shld nt be like this ...
I don mind if it's sunny every day

I like it this way ... June is odd even with the
occasional rain ... anyway I promised my
frenzs tt i need to tone up for the coming
convocation ... havent been running, gg
to the gym or playing any sports

I forgotten tt I promised jianhong to go canoeing
with him, gosh ... need to call him perhaps tmr

coming week I'm gg to finish my expts. in the
lab ... den it's celebration time

wild wild wet, karaoke, canoeing, KL trip ... these
r all plans ... oni plans ... let see how many of it
are actualli carried out

guobao n eugene r scared of water ... so I have
to do some PR job ... hehe ... to get them to
like the water

sometimes I wish I have all the time in the world,
becuz there r so much tings to do ... most of
the souvenirs r still in my room ... I need to "get
rid of them real soon before they collect dust"

need to start writing my resume too ... luckily rite
now i still have my tuition to support me ... it's
enuff if i don buy expensive electronics ... anyway
i enjoyed living simply sometimes ... there is
beauty in simplicity

got a veri bad cough the last few days ... prof joked
tt I might have bird flu ... haha ... it felt more like
TB though ... so reluctantly I went to see the doc
on Fri

I can be both a spendthrift n a miser ... but it hurts
to spend $$$ on medical stuff ...

prof is one of the few academic staff I realli respect ...
he taught me the value of dignity n respect ... I will
always remember that

one of the reason y I'm still reluctant to enter
research field is tt I have scant respect for a lot
of the academic staff in my university ... they think
too highly of themselves ... I don wan to be like them

yst have a chat with kwunho ... we both decided tt
we will both work together to develop SK III !!! KH
is still in London , kinda missed him, the
last time we met we were both limping after finishing
the marathon

KH will b back in dec ... but chunkiat might nt be back ...
i nt sure yet ... realli glad tt chunkiat was selected for
the IA ... I think his turbulent period is going to b over

anyway I'm glad I went on a trip with yuansong n sinwah ...
have known each other for like 7 years ... but I tink
it is oni in trip lidat tt u noe ur frenzs even more ... I tink
I will remember my graduation trip for a while

have a lot of photographs to show my frenzs ... biggest prob
is to arrange them ... I'm satisfied with the fotos taken tis time
... my desaru trip fotos was rubbish !!! but tis time there r some
stunning fotos which I liked a lot!!!

enjoy the weather in June ya ... for me I wanted to make tis
June a memorable one ... i hope i cld patch back a friendship
that was strained by me (sorry, couldn't elaborate it here)
... i hope my best will be enuff... wish me luck!!! back to top?