Happy Chinese New Year to all!!!


Hope everyone has a wonderful new year
... 4 days of holiday ... I even forgotten
which day of the week it is


It's quite an enjoyable new year for
me... not wild party but quite
simple ... the best part is
I spend quality time
with my family &
close frenzs


& the next best part was unlike
last year, I din fall sick on CNY ...
just a few days ago ... I was having
sore throat that last thru
the night but I was ok
in the day ... so I
was apprehensive as it's pretty
sucky to be sick on CNY


come to think abt it ... it has been
since May last year tt
I have a bad bout of flu ... so
things are shapeing up
quite well ...


On the eve of CNY, cousin Huateck
rented a car & we went to Marina Barrage ...
there was an open field on the
second floor & we picnic there ...
the view is quite beautiful ...
not so accessible for couples
but I think it's more ideal
for gathering


On new year day itself, my family
& relatives watched the
HK festive season movie, can't remember
the title ... it's v funny ... but it
doesn't have much plot ...
but everyone enjoys it ... I met
pals Yuansong + Sinwah for dinner
at Yuansong's place, karaoke was
expensive so we settled for pool
after dinner ...


It must have been since I played pool ...
everyone was pretty rusty ... I din play
so much before also but for the
first half an hour, I wasn't
sure what I was playing


On the second day of new year ... my relatives
were all at my place ... it was pretty
crowded ... wasn't as wild
as the Christmas Party
that I went before with KK + pals but
the feeling is quite good


there's a lot of beer at my place ...so
I asked my frenzs to take some back...
I don't particularly like
Tiger Beer a lot ... German Beer is much
beta ...


I remembered me & 3 others frenz
once ordered a tower at Brewerk ...
they were trying to improve my
drinking skills while I kept
saying tt such things cannot
really be improved on ... those were
fun time in a very difficult year ...


I have a lot of new year wishes ...
to complete on my project
on time ... to continue having
excellent relationship with
pple I'm close to ... to have excellent
health ... to complete my middle-term
plan (my middle-term plan is
secret, when I completed all aspect of
it, I will write it down)


Happy CNY!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy ...


Jan was a completely opposite
month to Dec ... have to
try to work harder
so tt I can
graduate on time


sometimes in research there
are lotsa unforeseen cirumstances ...
& training pple on the job
is oso nt easy


It's really weird becuz over
the years I have like
4 attachment students for me
& I nvr tt it was gg
to happen


Sometimes i can have

high expectations but I try
to tamper my expectations
& try to encourage
the students when things
are not right although
I am equally frustrated
myself


In short, Jan was like v busy
but things are like nt quite
moving at the pace
tt I want

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this year CNY is just 1 mth after
Christmas ... so it's really v fast ...
can't remember a time
when it's tt close


din do too much shopping becuz
post Christmas sales were
quite disappointing


I just got a sore throat so I'm
keeping my finger crossed
tt I will be well
before CNY ... but
for sure I will control
my consumption of
bak kwa and cuttlefish ...
cuttlefish is so nice especially
the sugar-coated one


other than tt I still don
quite have the mood for new
year ... yihao said it's too
near, I totally agreed!!!


KK told me tt Monkey

will have a great year ahead ...
tt will be great, a good
lucky patch tt
will see me complete all
my stuff on hand


for me I'm all geared up trying
to complete my PhD
project ... it's has
been a struggle but
I have finally started
writing my thesis ... haha ...
TODAY!!!


tt a lot of other "projects" tt
I have undertaken since 2008 ...
by end 2009 I hope to
conclude all of those n
usher in a slower but
more productive phase of my life

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in January I went urban
skateing with Junwei + a few pple
Junwei met on the forum


they were all so pro so I was
really struggling try to keep
pace with them ... it was like
the blades were part of them ...


in the end, I blade with them
from Queenstown all the way to Kallang


they were really 高手!!! must try
to reach their level


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I have finally completed the
refurbishment of my room ...
back in October, my room
was in a total mess
& unmanageable


I have taken a before & after fotos ...
will post it up one day
which I hope is soon


with all the new furniture,
all my mess is easily
managed ... becuz I can just
dump them into all the close door
drawers & no one can
see a thing ...


other than tt, I will be
starting another JC tuition ...
din ever think I will
take it ... but I think
I really enjoy teaching Jonathan
& I think he has great personality
so when his dad approached me
& asked me to continue, I think
I just couldn't refuse...


the family have treated me very
well ... in fact I am seldom
ill-treated by pple n frenzs
... but den
sometimes I take
pple for granted ...
this is sth I always
think I shld change ...

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Self-interview


wanted to write this in December,
but din quite have the time.
So this
is it, just for some fun!!!


Are you serious abt dogs?

I always find it hard to comprehend
when pple doubt my
interest in dogs. Dogs are
fun-loving, loyal and passionate;
values that I appreciate deeply.


Phoenix once said perhaps half
jokingly tt she wishes to have lotsa
dogs nxt time ... actually I
do share those vision too,
except tt a lot of pple
cannot see tt
side of me ...


I have always been so busy
but gradually I hope my pace of
life will slow down


How has things been relationship wise?


Nothing much has happened, so it's a pretty
boring reply. Bascially, I have always
been laid back with whatever I do.
I believe tt to have a beautiful
life, one must let nature
takes its course. When
the time is right, a lot
of things will miraculously
click.


What is the best thing of 2008?


I love 2008 tremendously. Things
have improved a lot, but
I'm glad that I have been
illness free for more than 6
mths. MY will be glad to
hear tt; I have
always believe tt the regularity
in which I caught flu was just
a bad patch so I feel
vindicated.


Are there things that make you
feel doleful?


I finally made the decision to
shut down my korean
movie website. It has
been a good 4 years.


The first year there wasn't much traffic
but suddenly in 2006, the website
was indexed in the first
page of major search engines
and traffic shoot up. It was a
great feeling then! But
somehow, I just couldn't
manage the time to update
the content.

Sometime you can work very
hard to get to a destination
and then you realise that
it is the journey that
you are really after.


Do you think Arsenal will
have a terrible season?


My pals kept broadcasting
that Arsenal will finish
outside top 4. Honestly,
I don believe
any of this crap; if
Arsenal finishes outside
top 4 who can substitute
them ... no other team right?

Football is about 2 halves &
the EPL is 38
matches ... 19 matches
of mediocre results
doesn't mean the team is doom


Supporting a team is like
doing the team you love ...
sometimes things
are not rosy but
somehow u just persist ...