sweet victory

i'm so happy.

we won the intra-dept badminton tournament yesterday. i partnered this vietnamese guy in semi-final and crushed our opponent doubles to go 2-0 and made way to the final.

one of them was a girl though, but hey they got 7 points handicap, so it's not like i was being ungentlement or anything. we won fair and square.

didn't get to play in final as I was in the 3rd line-up and my team already clinched victory from the first 2 doubles.

so it was a great evening. even better when i watched nadal annihilated gasquet in french open tennis 3rd round match off super sports. and venus lost and sounded like a loser!!

woke up late this morning. it's very hot outside. very. waiting for CY to return from JB and maybe we'll take a stroll in orchard later. in the malls i mean. the great spore sale has just started yesterday...


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one step further

and so the american idol 4 has ended.

i was quite dissappointed in the finals just now. yeah i rooted for carrie but even i thought her performance was only ok.

bo? ermm..i don't like this guy. so he's a rockers, the first one in the idols, but still i can't appreciate that deep voice.

i was hoping for some electrifying performance. man, fantasia last year was superb. i actually gave her a standing ovation together with the judges after her performance.

this year was, urghhh..let's just say i don't care who wins it this time. ok maybe carrie. and that's only because she's such a doll...

ok. today i went to see the mortgage lawyer in toa payoh with my agent after work. a lawyer! i've never met a lawyer before. ok i have, but he's my friend, and i've never see him in session anyway..

this mortgage lawyer, julia was on the phone when we arrived. i tell you, her voice was loud, and she talked pretty fast with various technical terms that i didn't have a clue about, so i started to get a bit nervous.

it was such a relief my gouse agent was there, so i was kinda like celebrity. my agent answered all the questions and then explained all the procedures to me when all i could do was being dumb-strucked by the highway conversations and the low cut of the lawyer's dress.

signed couple of cpf release papers and now just have to wait early july to settle, some property tax or sth like that..

then, payment time. my hand was trembling writing off a cheque of 30 over thousands, i almost couldn't spell the numbers properly. Dollars thirty thousand and six hundred only.

now trying hard not to think of the depleted state of my bank account, i mean, compared to previously...

urgghh..

i better go and watch the remaining french open match today on super sports, keeping in mind that by the time wimbledon starts, i would be watching from my new 42 inch plasma flat screen tv in my new condo unit.


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shagged

another badminton practise after work.

this time we played in hougang badminton hall. i think i played ok, but maybe not enough to ensure my place in our main doubles.

the tournament will be this friday. i think i started losing it since our practise game last week, so now i think this guy, mike stands more chance to be in top 2 doubles.

which is probably ok with me, since it's easier being underdog. no stress. my ball still somehow always ended up half court despite all the energy i put, but at least i think i managed to kind of flicked it over just above the net in return instead of giving high ball.

anyway, we haven't work out our final strategic line-up yet, i just hope they won't decide to put me with a girl or sth.

i should work on tonight the abstract for technical paper we planned to submit tomorrow but ended up watching sharapova vs linetskaya french open 1st round match on sport channel.

(sharapova won btw. urrghh..i was hoping she'd lose then we could hear her usual tired remark of 'i'm ok, i'm only 18...')

oh well, can always work on it tomorrow first thing in the morning when my brain is fresh and at its full capability. no point rushing it now, frankly i don't feel like thinking at all.

i don't even feel like writing this entry further, so...


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"if there's one spark of hope left in my grasp,i'll hold it with both hands.
it's worth the risk of burning to have a second chance"

unwind on the death star

sometimes i just don't understand ppl.

some of them are just plain mean. here i am minding my own business, and out of nowhere i got insult thrown to my face.

to my post comment.

it's not like i'm complaining or anything, but it's amusing these ppl sometimes don't realize their own shortcome.

i mean, keep on blaming your own physical appearance, when the fact is your attitude doesn't seem to be better either. the chance is that boy isn't gonna like you any better even if you look like one of those creatures in planet kamino.

try do that to george bush, and he'll direct his death star laser to your country faster than you click the "send comment" button.

yup. i was surprised reading yesterday's news. bush just gave green light to US air force to go ahead with space weapon program.

funny that coincides with the release of revenge of the sith, which by the way, ended when the emperor overlooking the built of death star.

i should say the world we're living in is about to get more ermm... dramatic.

assuming the death star takes about 16 years to complete (from luke was born to when part-4 takes off), i still have plenty of time to carry on with my life.

went off to orchard robinson's courts this afternoon, surveying things to equipt my new house with.

i so want that 42 inch samsung LCD tv to be in my living room, just that one of my friend recently asked whether it's worth it to spend more than one month pay to buy just a tv. now i'm considering whether it's too..well..luxury to have one.

plus the fact that i only turn on the tv to watch tennis, sumo, desperate housewives and american idol. and also, you know, fann wong's drama series if any..

but some time in my life, i ought to enjoy these thing, don't i? i mean, i don't want to get old and have cataract in my eyes before i decided i want to have this.

also i cannot believe how expensive furnitures are nowadays. it's almost a rip off. yeah they are italian design, but still, they're rectangular-ish, wooden and brown. what's the difference??

courts is having further 5% off for today and tomorrow. i always hate stores that do this short time and notice discount. i swear that just makes ppl not thinking rationally before buying.

and they mentioned credit card installment pay like it does not involve money at all. like you can get the stuff without paying..forever.

i guess those are the arts of business. what do i know? i just want to direct my death star weapon to them after i got my things and decided to put them on installment...


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the last war

i want to join the dark side. seriously. somebody plz direct me to lord sidious!

it was such a thrill watching the last star wars show last night. you know, part when darth vader rose from the operation table with that famous star wars tunes in background, made me feel like standing up and hail our new king...

except audience in singapore were so boring. they watched the show as if watching water drips from a pipe. no emotion. nada.

some of them even brought their 7 year-old daughter. duh..as if that kid understand what the force is all about. unless it was the mother actually wanted to see and couldn't leave their children at home...

i heard that chancellor palpatine was actually portraying george bush in a way. how he used the republic senate in the name of democracy to give him license to destroy his enemies for sake of peace.

hmmm...now that's a thought.

today i was like a celebrity in the office. everybody kept on asking me bout the show. so i just replied, 'it was ok, the scenes were breathtaking, the light-saber duels were electrifying, but i think the dialogues were to shallow'.

actually i got that from online review.

so it's the end of star wars saga. sigh.

unless..you know, if my boss were actually a sith lord and would try to lure me to the..ermm..what organisation could i join in the office?? oh yeah...the technical member committee...

that'd be cool!


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my first property ladder

it's already over working hrs and i'm still in the office. waiting to leave later so i can directly make trip to balestier shaw cinema to see star wars episode 3 revenge of the sith at 15 past 8.

i'm so excited over this. first, the fact that this is the last and potentially the greatest star wars episodes ever, and the fact that i beat so many ppl in getting the first day ticket (my colleagues so envy me, haha!) and also the fact that it's a night-out with CY.

poor CY, the new company squeezes every bit of efforts from their employees, so CY has been going home past 9 everyday. this just proves the saying that we should avoid employment at 3 companies, japanese, taiwan and singapore local companies, 'coz over there, employment means no life.

for me, life has been crazy the past few days. our test department secretary, katherine, overheard my conversation with st francis agent at office elevator lobby, so she introduced me to another agent, her friend, michael.

michael contacted me last sunday and we went and see condo units in simei. i ended up making a second view on one of the units at night, then decided on taking another unit the next day and signed the papers as early as monday night beside the condo pool.

so i'm now the proud owner of melville park condo in simei.yaaayy!!

i've not informed my current housemate yet, waiting for all the procedures to complete. plus, i wouldn't want him move out earlier than i plan to as i'd end up paying more for the current house rental.

in between viewing condos, dropped by buddhist charity events in front of taka in orchard over the weekends. CY was helping selling roti prata on the saturday (which was a mistake 'coz who'd buy roti prata at that time of day and that kind of place?) and mee siam on sunday (which was better). taufik the singapore idol even made live performance there on saturday night, so i got to see him up close. he was ok, just like on tv.

ok it's almost time to go.

may the force be with us!

...ed

friday the 13th

ok my update.

actually i have nothing to boast about. i have not invented anything new, or save anybody's life..neither have i found AIDS drug, or found osama bin laden...

just plain everyday's life.

except now i can boast that i have one of the latest (not to mention the coolest) handphone in town.

it's samsung E720 with slick design, bluetooth, megapixel flash camera and mp3.

god, i'm such a sucker for good handphones. i can go jello. i'm like imelda, just that instead of shoes, i collect phones. well not exactly collect, coz i sold my old ones, but you get the idea...

and i'm still loyal to samsung ever since i converted from nokia. samsung mobile is way cooler. just check the screen and the polyphonic sounds.

plus, their customer service officers are angels. just now i called them to ask where can i buy leather cover for my new handphones, and they picked up at the 2nd ringtones. i mean, they don't even have '..for english, please press 1' crap.

now i can walk around in town in peace 'coz in case i come across fann wong shopping in taka or sth, i can always snap her with my megapixel handphone camera, hehe..

though mind you i'm a bit less of her fan now, since she showed her true colors in beautiful life. how ugly things had turn in this series. we're getting like one dead character per episodes. such an easy and lazy way to end a story.

CY is coming over tonight, after quite awhile. i got the cheese fries in my rice cooker for a surprise later, as we the stupid KFC we went in the other time didn't serve this. CY adores cheese fries, and it gives me chance to get a bit cheesy.


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dumb and dumber

my forehead is throbbing like crazy.

god, i don't even know what happened. i was playing tennis on office rooftop just now and was chasing this ball near my body, tried to flick it and somehow the racket found my forehead instead.

i hit my own head with a tennis racket.

i mean, how stupid does that sound?? and i must say the swell between my eyebrows made a nice affect to the clumsiness who i am...

not to mention the whole impossibility of it. it's like driving a car and run yourself with it. this should be almost impossible.

went to medical center at the office and asked for some ice and antiseptic. the doctor was under the impression i was playing doubles and my partner hit me, which could made whole lots more sense.

not a great start of the day. well, i better go back home and maybe continue sleep, hoping the weather won't be so hot to hibernate for the rest of the day. i'm feeling a bit dizzy now, but this must be because i slept at 3am last night watching nadal vs stepanek match and woke up dutifully 7.30am to play tennis myself.

maybe i'll go to the cafeteria first and check whether they have food ready yet, keeping a close watch-out so i won't bump anything on my way there...


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beautiful illusions

it's 10pm and i just saw (what else) beautiful illusions...

you know, i've always hated the part when they showed clips of next episode after the ending song, 'coz i didn't understand a thing! they must have not done the subtitles yet or sth, so i'd see clips of ppl arguing (or so it seemed) or someone telling some news etc, and i wouldn't have a clue what was it all about.

well, guess i have to wait till tomorrow. better be home on time as i noticed my housemate switched off my tv/video power when i got back today. it got me all irritated. i mean, resetting the video clock is one thing, what if i ended up having vegetarian buffet dinner at quality hotel just now?

as if switching off those things can compensate even 5 minutes of electricity his aircond consumes...

for once tonight, i'm not too troubled by the house thingy as previous nights. today i cancelled the 2nd appointment to view the st francis unit few hours before lunch break. kinda decided that condo might not be good for long term investment, or even re-sale in the future if, you know, i were to work in m'sia or sth...

so seems like i'm gonna stuck in this rented unit for some time more, putting off plans to buy 42-inch LCD tv and set up my own home theather and worse, having someone who always bring strangers home at night.

to make myself feel better now that i won't have this spore unit, i've almost decided to buy this condo in kl instead. they're supposed to be designer units and good location-wise, though that 99 leasehold is a bit turn-off.

this 99-lease hold concept is so wrong. why would ppl spend thousands of dollars just to buy sth that will have to be returned sometime in the future? that's so not buying but renting. work it out, if the unit is 300K, it's like renting off ~250 bucks per month. the advert should instead read 'condominium unit for rent with 99 years contract'. see if got ppl buy...

these property thingy is so troublesome. when i consult somebody, they'd tell me it depends on where i want to stay permanently. duh... as if i know that myself.

i wish i could make up my mind on this. i don't even know what i want. i wish there is a sign or sth... that says i should spend my life at this country, or apply and work at that company, or even let what be my eventual sexual orientation....

the one thing i'm sure of, is that the kl trip last labour-day weekend was fun. we occupied 2 suites at istana hotel and spent time loosen-up.

yeah we didn't get to go karaoke, or bowling, and also i should have checked some properties for sale there, and yeah, the time square sara cosmetic shop saleslady was a bitch and tupai2 restaurant was out of our reach, but nevertheless, the whole trip was a strike.

how i long we could meet again in the future. just hope it won't be just one of my beautiful illusions...



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