Saturday, May 31, 2003
A slow relaxing Saturday for me... Woke up @ abt 8+ (I believe it's my bio-clock...) after a night of drinking with my collegues... Spent the rest of the day un-winding... Relaxing... Ahhh... I'm looking forward to my leave oredi~!!!
I was @ ChinaBar yesterday where there was this live band playing... I must say they were pretty impressive... How I wished I could play some musical instruments too... Well... Now that time will be more uncontrolled once I finish my NS liabilities... These are the next 3 things I would like to do... If time and money and talent permits...
(1) Learning to play a musical instrument:
I remember back in my secondary school days... I did give drumming a shot... And I wasn't too bad... Juz that I know if you really wanna be good in drums... You've got to practise quite a bit but then again... It would require you to either visit those jamming centres often or get yourself a drum set... Not very likely since I'm only staying in a HDB flat... ( -__- ) So I tried guitar for a couple of weeks... Before my patience ran out again as usual... (You see... I'm never able to keep interest in anything for long... So far only soccer has enchanted me all these years...) Hopefully I can be singing and strumming to myself whenever I'm bored...
Cost and duration: $180 odd for a term of 3 months...
(2) Learning a 3rd language:
A couple of months back... I remember myself very enthusiastic abt Spanish language... I blame the lack of company for my discontinued practice... Learning a new language... I believe... Involves more speaking... More writing... And more listening... Basically something you cant do or achieve alone... I'm hoping to pick up Spanish (or maybe another foregin language) in NTU... Hopefully one day in the near future I can speak to the locals in their native language... Only then can I consider myself having been to that particular country...
Cost and duration: $175 odd for a term of 2 months...
(3) Getting myself a class 2B licence and of course a BIKE:
I'm still in the process of getting my class 2B... Sigh... My up-coming test is on 12th June... Hope it all goes smoothly for me... Cos I'm very negative abt BBDC and their mercenary attitude... More importantly... I need a transport cos I'm really sick of travelling liao... Time consuming and all... @ least on a bike... My time spent travelling is more of an enjoyment than a chore... Although riding has its dangers... (Dun have to remind me all abt it...) A faraway or inconvenient place will never be out of reach... Meeting up with frens would not be as hard as before and most of all... I dun have to worry abt my transport when going out in the wee hours of the night... As I await my TP... I can only surf for pictures of nice motorbikes... My ultimate goal??? To get a nice 2A sports bike... =)
Cost and duration: $500 odd so far and counting... TP following week!
2 more weeks before I start to clear some of my leave... I cant wait to be waking up @ 12 in the afternoon again... Until then~!
Quote of The Day:
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." ~ Eartha Kitt
I would want my tombstone to tower over others... Wouldn't you? So DON'T STOP LEARNING~!
I was @ ChinaBar yesterday where there was this live band playing... I must say they were pretty impressive... How I wished I could play some musical instruments too... Well... Now that time will be more uncontrolled once I finish my NS liabilities... These are the next 3 things I would like to do... If time and money and talent permits...
(1) Learning to play a musical instrument:
I remember back in my secondary school days... I did give drumming a shot... And I wasn't too bad... Juz that I know if you really wanna be good in drums... You've got to practise quite a bit but then again... It would require you to either visit those jamming centres often or get yourself a drum set... Not very likely since I'm only staying in a HDB flat... ( -__- ) So I tried guitar for a couple of weeks... Before my patience ran out again as usual... (You see... I'm never able to keep interest in anything for long... So far only soccer has enchanted me all these years...) Hopefully I can be singing and strumming to myself whenever I'm bored...
Cost and duration: $180 odd for a term of 3 months...
(2) Learning a 3rd language:
A couple of months back... I remember myself very enthusiastic abt Spanish language... I blame the lack of company for my discontinued practice... Learning a new language... I believe... Involves more speaking... More writing... And more listening... Basically something you cant do or achieve alone... I'm hoping to pick up Spanish (or maybe another foregin language) in NTU... Hopefully one day in the near future I can speak to the locals in their native language... Only then can I consider myself having been to that particular country...
Cost and duration: $175 odd for a term of 2 months...
(3) Getting myself a class 2B licence and of course a BIKE:
I'm still in the process of getting my class 2B... Sigh... My up-coming test is on 12th June... Hope it all goes smoothly for me... Cos I'm very negative abt BBDC and their mercenary attitude... More importantly... I need a transport cos I'm really sick of travelling liao... Time consuming and all... @ least on a bike... My time spent travelling is more of an enjoyment than a chore... Although riding has its dangers... (Dun have to remind me all abt it...) A faraway or inconvenient place will never be out of reach... Meeting up with frens would not be as hard as before and most of all... I dun have to worry abt my transport when going out in the wee hours of the night... As I await my TP... I can only surf for pictures of nice motorbikes... My ultimate goal??? To get a nice 2A sports bike... =)
Cost and duration: $500 odd so far and counting... TP following week!
2 more weeks before I start to clear some of my leave... I cant wait to be waking up @ 12 in the afternoon again... Until then~!
Quote of The Day:
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." ~ Eartha Kitt
I would want my tombstone to tower over others... Wouldn't you? So DON'T STOP LEARNING~!
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Erpz... I'm home today and yesterday cos of a damaged ankle I sustained whilst playing soccer... Back in camp as part of our ORD activity... It isn't very bad... I can still move around and walk... Juz that it may take some time to recover... Hopefully before I'm due for my TP... On top of that... I absolutely welcome this 2 day break... I simply cant stand working these days... ( -__- )
KL and I went Taman yesterday for an afternoon of pool... Goodness my ball sense is seriously lacking these days... I managed to pot most balls... But as for my long shots... I'm seriously weak in those... After which we paid a visit to the Toto shop... I was feeling lucky... So I splashed all my money on hand on 4D and Strike! We bought the number plate of some van involved in an accident we saw earlier... While my remaining $10 went to ZERO and TWO goals for the upcoming match between AC Milan and Juventus... Fortunately for me... The match went into extra time with a goalless draw and I'm $32 richer! **All smiles...**
Slacking @ home is something I truly miss since my enlistment... Listening to my painstakingly-downloaded mp3s... Lying on my much missed bed... And doing absolutely nothing @ all but laze ard... Gawd this is GREAT! I intend to spend the rest of my day playing FF9 on my PS1... I happened to stumble upon my guidebook (I never knew I had one!) while looking for my college magazine... Well... Hopefully my PS doesn't fail on me...
I'd be free for the 1st half of next week... I'll be on off and soon after I'll be clearing my leave for ORD... Any gal out there who wishes to renew that old friendship... Pls feel free to ask me out... **Hehez... Big grinz...** As for the guys... I'm not available for soccer for the next few days... Maybe weeks... Anything light like pool or watching movies... Pls...
Happy Birthday Qimin! You're 21 now... So start flipping the pages for those golden movies @ Crystal... ^^,
Quote of The Day:
"I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better." ~ Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903
I seriously cant agree any further... ORD Loh!
KL and I went Taman yesterday for an afternoon of pool... Goodness my ball sense is seriously lacking these days... I managed to pot most balls... But as for my long shots... I'm seriously weak in those... After which we paid a visit to the Toto shop... I was feeling lucky... So I splashed all my money on hand on 4D and Strike! We bought the number plate of some van involved in an accident we saw earlier... While my remaining $10 went to ZERO and TWO goals for the upcoming match between AC Milan and Juventus... Fortunately for me... The match went into extra time with a goalless draw and I'm $32 richer! **All smiles...**
Slacking @ home is something I truly miss since my enlistment... Listening to my painstakingly-downloaded mp3s... Lying on my much missed bed... And doing absolutely nothing @ all but laze ard... Gawd this is GREAT! I intend to spend the rest of my day playing FF9 on my PS1... I happened to stumble upon my guidebook (I never knew I had one!) while looking for my college magazine... Well... Hopefully my PS doesn't fail on me...
I'd be free for the 1st half of next week... I'll be on off and soon after I'll be clearing my leave for ORD... Any gal out there who wishes to renew that old friendship... Pls feel free to ask me out... **Hehez... Big grinz...** As for the guys... I'm not available for soccer for the next few days... Maybe weeks... Anything light like pool or watching movies... Pls...
Happy Birthday Qimin! You're 21 now... So start flipping the pages for those golden movies @ Crystal... ^^,
Quote of The Day:
"I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better." ~ Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903
I seriously cant agree any further... ORD Loh!
Sunday, May 25, 2003
Finally... I've passed my lesson 13... Final Evaluation... With a little bit of luck and grace... But then again... Like I've mentioned... Having failed for the past 2 times... He probably passed me out of norm than anything else... Cos I certainly didn't think I passed... Wobbly S-course... Rather fast narrow plank... But then again... I'm not complaining... Since the pass is a huge progress... With that all elusive stamp... I'm finally able to book for my final TP... Coming 12th June... All cross fingers for me pls...
I haven't been sleeping much these days... 3 a.m 2 nights before... 4 a.m the night before and 3 yet again last night... And after I reached home this afternoon... Bathed and all... I had one of my most maiden sleep in months!!! Although it was without the air-con... But wat made the sleep all more rejuvenating... More refreshing... Was the fact that I finally passed my lesson 13 this morning and that it was 4 afternoon hours of undisturbed sleep... You see... On weekdays... I'm not able to sleep in the afternoon like that... Yet on most weekend afternoons... I'd usually be out celebrating some dork's 21st... Or playing soccer... But this time round... I've given up morning soccer (which I dun usually do...) for my much-cherished afternoon nap... The last of such enjoyable nap... If I could remember... Was during BMT... Because that was during office hours and in a military camp and as a recruit... Which made it even more sweet...
10.37 pm and I'm looking forward to my bed again... Man don't I juz love sleeping... Haha! Good night one and all... I promise I'll Blog more often from now on... Sorry for not...
Quote of The Day:
"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late." ~ Charles Caleb Colton
I am guilty myself of such a paradox... Every night... I sleep late cos I feel @ times... Sleeping is such a waste of time... Yet in the morning... I wished I had gone to bed earlier... Such a pleasure lying down... When asked why I'm always late for work.. I usually reply... "I was pinned down by my bolster and blanket... Nothing I could abt that!" LoLz!!!
I haven't been sleeping much these days... 3 a.m 2 nights before... 4 a.m the night before and 3 yet again last night... And after I reached home this afternoon... Bathed and all... I had one of my most maiden sleep in months!!! Although it was without the air-con... But wat made the sleep all more rejuvenating... More refreshing... Was the fact that I finally passed my lesson 13 this morning and that it was 4 afternoon hours of undisturbed sleep... You see... On weekdays... I'm not able to sleep in the afternoon like that... Yet on most weekend afternoons... I'd usually be out celebrating some dork's 21st... Or playing soccer... But this time round... I've given up morning soccer (which I dun usually do...) for my much-cherished afternoon nap... The last of such enjoyable nap... If I could remember... Was during BMT... Because that was during office hours and in a military camp and as a recruit... Which made it even more sweet...
10.37 pm and I'm looking forward to my bed again... Man don't I juz love sleeping... Haha! Good night one and all... I promise I'll Blog more often from now on... Sorry for not...
Quote of The Day:
"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late." ~ Charles Caleb Colton
I am guilty myself of such a paradox... Every night... I sleep late cos I feel @ times... Sleeping is such a waste of time... Yet in the morning... I wished I had gone to bed earlier... Such a pleasure lying down... When asked why I'm always late for work.. I usually reply... "I was pinned down by my bolster and blanket... Nothing I could abt that!" LoLz!!!
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
And yes it is!!!
Okay... Here's a very good reason why I'm starting to Blog again... B'cos INJUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE and yet THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I CAN DO ABT IT!!! Totally pissed me off man... GOD DAMN it!!!
I was going for my usual night motor lessons... Juz a couple of hours ago... Absolutely enthusiastic abt it... Cant wait to pass the final circuit evaluation test before attempting for my motor test in early June hopefully... Now lesson 13 is somewhat a mock motor TP... (Only FUCKING biased...) It requires you to complete the courses as stated and on top of that... Ride on the road and observe traffic rules @ the same time... The most dreaded part... The U-turn which is a potential "killer"...
Now wat happened during my lesson was downright disgusting... I did my courses pretty well and out on the road... After 1 round of warm-up... We started our mock "road" test... I happened to be the 1st bike of the pack... And there were 3 trainees to 1 instructor... At a particular junction... The rest of the group were held up by a traffic at a junction and I was left to ride on... Knowing I had to be assessed... I travelled @ 45-50 km/h on a 70km/h road (Some serious road-hogging here...) in an attempt to wait for the rest of the group... Even so... They couldn't catch up with me... After turning into a 50km/h road... I travelled @ 35-40 km/h to again... Try wait for them... It was only after more than half of the road test gone did the group finally catch up... So be it... I'll juz get on with my job... I completed my U-turn pretty well... And proceeded back to the circuit as per normal...
@ the end of the lesson... When I received my assessment... I had a shock of my life... I accumulated a total of 22 points and 1 immediate failure... Well the immediate failure came about at the start of the test when this car came out of a GARAGE @ a rather high speed as I made a left turn onto the circuit... He horned @ me as if I had cut into his path when I was clearly accelerating away... SON OF A BITCH~! The driver... An instructor of BBDC driving... HEY BASTARD... YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH A CAR LICENSE DICK~!
As for my 22 points... I was "caught" not checking blind spot on 2 occassions... And changed lanes @ a bend... (4 marks each for the former and 6 marks for the latter... The rest being resaonable mistakes...) And when I asked him kindly... "Where did I not check my blind spot?" With such chubby cheeks... And a straight face... He replied "On the road..."
On the road? ON THE ROAD?! And my lane change? "Road." FUCK IT PRICK! You weren't even with me on the road and yet you managed to catch me make mistakes which even I am unaware of?! And so I challenged him politely... "How did you managed to catch me not checking my blind spots dutifully as I ride? You weren't even in sight in my mirrors..." Of course that ASS remained silent... I FUCKED him in his face for being such a thief... Being so dishonest in his assessment... For being such a FUCKER... Right in front of the rest of the trainees and instructors... **Bad move I realised... Read on...**
And so... If there was a hump for us to cross... I bet I'd be penalised for jerking on the bike due to throwing of my clutch! And if a pedrestrian somehow twisted his ankle while crossing a zebra... I bet I'd be failed more "knocking" him over~!!! Screw this shit man... BBDC stinks!
If there's anything to blame... I think it would be my priceless dick... If it was a golden pussy... I bet I'd pass straight away~!!! Either that or after I've failed for the past 5 times or so... He might juz pass me on grounds that well... I've paid my fair share of money for those lessons and should get a pass... MERCENERIES!!! FOUL~!!!
I know... Failing's failing... There's no 2 thing abt it... I did after all get an immediate failure... I used to console myself... And tell myself... That I deserved repeating all the other lessons cos I wasn't really up to the mark and that it's for my bloody own good... Even when other trainees used to tell me rumours that the instructors' eyes are tinted... I defended BBDC as an upright and honest organisation... I cant say the same anymore... I cant do that no more... I too was a victim... I WAS VICTIMISED... People used to tell me... They have a quota or something... That they'll only pass you on your 3rd or 4th attempt... To make the most out of you... And earn all your money... I hate to believe this but it's sounding too true now... Profit-driven bunch of monkeys... Suck my ass!!!
We're afterall @ their mercy... Cos during our Class 2B test... We'd still be assessed by the same bunch of people with integrity problem... And after all the commotion caused by my uproar... I bet I'm in every single monkey's bad book now... And more abuse is yet to come... Well @ least I did not stand there doing nothing... I defended myself... And pretty well too... Half of me says... "Well done Berd! You showed them you're no push-over..." Another half of me said "Bad move dude... You juz did yourself more harm than good... With juz 1 freaking lesson and a test left to go... I had to screw everything up..."
Argh... Well done anyway... Fuck BBDC... Fuck injustice... Fuck this shit...
Quote of The Day:
"No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is." ~ Isaac Rosenfeld
God knows what I'd freaking learn... THEY ARE SUCH CHEATS~!!!
"Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of the government." ~ Pierre Joseph Proudhon, quoted in The Match!
Okay... Here's a very good reason why I'm starting to Blog again... B'cos INJUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE and yet THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I CAN DO ABT IT!!! Totally pissed me off man... GOD DAMN it!!!
I was going for my usual night motor lessons... Juz a couple of hours ago... Absolutely enthusiastic abt it... Cant wait to pass the final circuit evaluation test before attempting for my motor test in early June hopefully... Now lesson 13 is somewhat a mock motor TP... (Only FUCKING biased...) It requires you to complete the courses as stated and on top of that... Ride on the road and observe traffic rules @ the same time... The most dreaded part... The U-turn which is a potential "killer"...
Now wat happened during my lesson was downright disgusting... I did my courses pretty well and out on the road... After 1 round of warm-up... We started our mock "road" test... I happened to be the 1st bike of the pack... And there were 3 trainees to 1 instructor... At a particular junction... The rest of the group were held up by a traffic at a junction and I was left to ride on... Knowing I had to be assessed... I travelled @ 45-50 km/h on a 70km/h road (Some serious road-hogging here...) in an attempt to wait for the rest of the group... Even so... They couldn't catch up with me... After turning into a 50km/h road... I travelled @ 35-40 km/h to again... Try wait for them... It was only after more than half of the road test gone did the group finally catch up... So be it... I'll juz get on with my job... I completed my U-turn pretty well... And proceeded back to the circuit as per normal...
@ the end of the lesson... When I received my assessment... I had a shock of my life... I accumulated a total of 22 points and 1 immediate failure... Well the immediate failure came about at the start of the test when this car came out of a GARAGE @ a rather high speed as I made a left turn onto the circuit... He horned @ me as if I had cut into his path when I was clearly accelerating away... SON OF A BITCH~! The driver... An instructor of BBDC driving... HEY BASTARD... YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH A CAR LICENSE DICK~!
As for my 22 points... I was "caught" not checking blind spot on 2 occassions... And changed lanes @ a bend... (4 marks each for the former and 6 marks for the latter... The rest being resaonable mistakes...) And when I asked him kindly... "Where did I not check my blind spot?" With such chubby cheeks... And a straight face... He replied "On the road..."
On the road? ON THE ROAD?! And my lane change? "Road." FUCK IT PRICK! You weren't even with me on the road and yet you managed to catch me make mistakes which even I am unaware of?! And so I challenged him politely... "How did you managed to catch me not checking my blind spots dutifully as I ride? You weren't even in sight in my mirrors..." Of course that ASS remained silent... I FUCKED him in his face for being such a thief... Being so dishonest in his assessment... For being such a FUCKER... Right in front of the rest of the trainees and instructors... **Bad move I realised... Read on...**
And so... If there was a hump for us to cross... I bet I'd be penalised for jerking on the bike due to throwing of my clutch! And if a pedrestrian somehow twisted his ankle while crossing a zebra... I bet I'd be failed more "knocking" him over~!!! Screw this shit man... BBDC stinks!
If there's anything to blame... I think it would be my priceless dick... If it was a golden pussy... I bet I'd pass straight away~!!! Either that or after I've failed for the past 5 times or so... He might juz pass me on grounds that well... I've paid my fair share of money for those lessons and should get a pass... MERCENERIES!!! FOUL~!!!
I know... Failing's failing... There's no 2 thing abt it... I did after all get an immediate failure... I used to console myself... And tell myself... That I deserved repeating all the other lessons cos I wasn't really up to the mark and that it's for my bloody own good... Even when other trainees used to tell me rumours that the instructors' eyes are tinted... I defended BBDC as an upright and honest organisation... I cant say the same anymore... I cant do that no more... I too was a victim... I WAS VICTIMISED... People used to tell me... They have a quota or something... That they'll only pass you on your 3rd or 4th attempt... To make the most out of you... And earn all your money... I hate to believe this but it's sounding too true now... Profit-driven bunch of monkeys... Suck my ass!!!
We're afterall @ their mercy... Cos during our Class 2B test... We'd still be assessed by the same bunch of people with integrity problem... And after all the commotion caused by my uproar... I bet I'm in every single monkey's bad book now... And more abuse is yet to come... Well @ least I did not stand there doing nothing... I defended myself... And pretty well too... Half of me says... "Well done Berd! You showed them you're no push-over..." Another half of me said "Bad move dude... You juz did yourself more harm than good... With juz 1 freaking lesson and a test left to go... I had to screw everything up..."
Argh... Well done anyway... Fuck BBDC... Fuck injustice... Fuck this shit...
Quote of The Day:
"No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is." ~ Isaac Rosenfeld
God knows what I'd freaking learn... THEY ARE SUCH CHEATS~!!!
"Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of the government." ~ Pierre Joseph Proudhon, quoted in The Match!
I wonder if this is finally working...
