Q & As


I shall ask myself some qns
& answer it here:


What have you been busy with of late?


Something which my frenzs always
ask me. A lot, a lot of
pple have said tt I'm always
so busy ... Kian Leng mention
it, CK used to say it
& so does Mingyan


There are so much I want
to do but time isn't enuff. I
like my work but I enjoy my
life after office hour ... tt
is when my creative
mind is being released


On weekday nites, I have tuition,
an evening run with
either Sinwah or Pingting
& Jiajian, some entertainment
either movies or other stuff &
occasionally I bring
my work home


I wish I got more weekday
nites ... & more time
to spend with my
frenzs


There are a lot of frenzs which
I promise to meet:
Yuansong, Leoyun, stella & siffanie,
Zhuzhen, Dick &
Kian Leng ... so I gonna
find time to meet them ... once I'm
done with my flu


The first 2 weeks of October ...
I will be busy with
tuitions. Student, Jonathan,
is setting for his 'N' levels.
I wish Jonathan could
be more hardworking.
If he's 15% more hardworking,
he will do v well. I always
push him to the point
of nagging ... last month
i was kinda sick of it ...
but now, reaching the
finishing point, I'm motivated again.


Any regrets for the year so far?

It has been a challenging year so far.
Some hiccups along the way &
some pain to bear. But, things
happen for a reason, tt
wat I chose to believe. In the
long run, such pain get diluted.


At work, I'm making slow progress.
It's not like the breakneck speed
tt I want, but I'm contented
tt I'm finding more
energy by the day.


I'm also glad tt I'm fufiling
my commitement to my
frenzs & spending more
time with them ...
tt's a different den
one year ago


I'm trying to be frenz
with Phoenix again. In my
heart, she will always
occupy a special position.
I said to myself "Let's
not make a problem out of it &
start being frenz again"


I agree I have make a mess
of things & I'm
responsible for the
pain I'm feeling right now ...


I will learn & in the future
& I won't commit
the same mistake again


What is the best thing in
Sep??


Sep was busy & emotionally
straining ... but the big
plus was Arsenal's performance ...
BOY!!! what a good run ...
Arsenal is on a purple patch.
Football strives on
confidence & sequence ... so
Arsenal will be very hard to beat


It was saddening to
know Henry left Arsenal when
I was in Japan but
I knew it was better
in the long run


The thing about soccer
is thru oso abt life ...
tt there are always
good and bad patches ...
when u are in the dump ...
juz try to survive ... things will
pick up when u least expect it...
tt what I always tell myself


The stock market has picked
up ... so my loss is less...
I knew the market won't
be heading for a slump ...
but when things are gloomy,
ur confidence about
things can drop

September Blues


Other than my birthday,
Sep has traditionally been
not a gud month for
me


This year, it's no
exception


A year on & things between
me & phoenix were just
like how it was one
yr ago


last sep, it wasn't gud
but 2 months later it
was like a beginning
for us


this sep, things doesn't look
good again


Things hasn't been gud since
8 Sep ... I'm glad
tt at least other aspects
of my life haven't
stagnate


I can smile, laugh & appear
perfectly all right. It's like
everything is as
normal... but
during quieter moment,
the pain tt I felt
was immense


JJ said :" the easier way to forget
is to know another gal."


which is v true, becuz
when someone dear left u,
there's an emotional
vacuum which
seem to expand until
it overwhelms oneself


But I don believe tt
one's affection
can be easily transferred ...
if it's tt easy den love
isn't worth much


Even if love is fragile ... it's
still valuable ... tt's y
despite the pain ... I will
live with it

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Finally, I have completed my
module on Research Skill


It's a 2 week course ... n I luv
it becuz it's a good break
from just working
in the lab whole
day


& I skipped lesson on some days


though I don like to take non-exam
module, i took it becuz
of lotsa pragmatic reasons


I submitted my literature review
today ... so this mod
is closed ... I'm quite happy
tt despite the turbulence in
recent weeks...
I have completed the mod


in the weeks ahead ... I want
to focus on fine-tuning my experiments ...
I have stomached one year
of failure ... I think things
will work up soon

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I have signed up for this year
Standard Chartered Run...
will run the 21 km with Sinwah


my last major run was in
2004


Sinwah is more dedicated in running
than me ... sometimes I
skip training becuz
of work ... but Sinwah
has been exemplary


It will be fun to take part
after a 3 years lapse ...
I reckon my body
will rise to the occasion ... so
no prob


I do in fact have a competitive
streak ... some of my
frenzs don believe ... but
run with me & u will
know one thing "I HATE
TO BE OVERTAKEN"


After the half-marathon, I will
be off to Bali with a couple
of my frenzs


It's a tough year so I decided to make exception
for my "maximum one overseas
trip a year" policy


Phoenix always said "It's the company
tt counts". So does JJ.
I always laugh when they
say tt ... but I do
agree with them ...


Bali should be fun ... & the
beginning of more fun
in December


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Tidying up things for end of year fun


About 2/3 of 2007 is over ... It
was not too long ago
tt I was planning for my Jap
trip ... n now August is over


2007 has been an eventful year
so far ... July was
the worst ... but on hindsight
it wasn't so bad ...


July was a disaster waiting
to happen. Tt's wat I see
it


Now in Sep, the stock
market is starting to recover.
In Aug, one wondered
how bad things were
gg to be


But the market always
survive; tt sth
to always rmb


& people always over-reacts.
during good time, people paint
a heavenly picture ... too GOOD
to be true ... PRECISELY


but when things go sour ...
the pessimist comes
into plays


The extreme optimist &
pessimist are usually wrong ...
& in the stock market
sorrow will land on
those who believes them


In Aug, I got a sum of $$$ in
stocks. But I never
lose sleep over it. Still,
u don really go out n

celebrate when u lose $$$


I just say it's just BAD patch.
Until, pple ard me are sick of
it.


I like the BAD patch theory. Becuz
when u got all the shit ... u
know the worst are over


BAD things always come together.
So does good things ... in June,
things were so rosy, even
an optimist likes me
started to get
a tad fearful


So July evens things out


I haven't lost my nerve. I did
some calculation on wed nite
& I bought in a stock
on Mon


I started understanding n
reading abt stocks in Oct 2006.
tt time I was
a greenhorn.


At tt time, I knew absolutely
starting. I picked
up the Business Times
& then I started
learning how to read
a company financial report


It's like 10 mths n gosh
I have learned so much...


I guess it's the interest tt
carried me thru ... I luv
reading company annual
report ... kinda gave
a feeling of seeing
vision n dreams
becoming a reality


tt's this enterprising spirit
with me ... but I always
wanted to do research
first


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By third week of Sep, I will have completed
by fourth module for
my postgrad


I only have 2 more modules left after tt


Postgrad has been quite
a bitter bill to swallow


#1: I couldn't adapt to the long hours.
During undergrad, I have so much
freedom. I skipped lectures...
n I just went thru
the four years always
studying last minute. It's
good life. Then I was struggling
after I started my postgrad...
long hours together with
my tuition just burnt all my
time away.


#2: Umpteen failures
n setbacks are hard to take


I was falling sick all too often. Four times
in a year!


The most beautiful thing of
my postgrad last
year was getting
to know
Phoenix


When she suggested we had
a bet this year on whether I will
be illness free from April to Mid-Sep ...
I was on for it


Prideful Kunyao don't like to lose.
So I revamped my day to day
routine. So far so good, haven't
been sick & it's a
good feeling...


Phoenix has been
an inspiration. Maybe she doubted it,
but she was a big
part of me.


But postgrad was a quantum
leap from undergrad... after
a year there were so
much to learn, so much
to adapt... I guess
I'm reaching a new level
of stability, & tt's a
pleasing thing


There's lotsa fun coming
at the end of the year ...
so in Sep I wish to
iron things out den
it's time to PARTY!!!


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Time really flies... yst I was celebrating
my bdae with a couple of frenzs...
It wasn't too long ago
that it was January 2007
& I was rueing the fact
tt it was a difficult yr ahead


They celebrated my bdae
at Brewerks ... we spent
sth like 6 hrs there; the
aircon wasn't strong
& plus the alcohol,
my body was feeling hot
after 2 to 3 hrs


my first bdae treat came weeks
ago ... Kian Leng treated
me to Carnivorus @ VivoCity ...
The place is good for dining...
there's a huge TV showing soccer &
the nice music in the
background making dining
an enjoyable experience ... As for the food,
save for the salad and the dessert bar ...
the rest of the stuff r Carnivorous...
if I'm not wrong they serve
sth like 14 type of meats ...
the chef will come around n
slice meat onto ur plate ...



they had this card on the table
& if u do not want any more
meat on ur plate ... u can just
flip the card to the other side


it's a very pleasant surprise ...
becuz I never expect it
to be my birthday treat but
I enjoy it a lot


Jiajian & pals celebrate my
birthday with me @ Brewerks ...
we spent close to 6 hours @ Brewerks
until my seats get really
warm


the bdae was tasty ... I could
say tt it is one of the best non-chocolate
birthday cake tt I had
taste before


I made a wish & I hope it comes
true