Wednesday, February 28, 2007
the parents came and left over the chinese new year period but it was certainly good having them around. at least abit of home was present over the festive period. it also helped that mum brought over cookies and dad brought angpows :P
wasnt too bad when they were over, went to apollo bay for two nights, which was quite an experience with pitchblack-ness and no handhpone reception making it a very interesting and novel experience.
only eventful thing that happened lately had to be dan and me debuts for weian's archi-fac sunday league team. played against a very dirty angmoh team but won 6-2 nonetheless. i thought i had a great game if i may say so myself, scored two, won a penalty although i had a million and one shots which could, and should have ended up in the back of the net.
school's officially started which means no more slacking. it's quite shocking but i'm in my final year of uni already. haha that means if all goes to plan and i dont further my education, this is my last ever year of study!! and i'm not saying that in glee, but horror!! because after army, it'll be work!! shit man, i am going to make the most of my last ever year as a student.
okie dokes, i will be back soon enough. gabriel out!!
lights off, pyjamas on
1:45 AM
Saturday, February 17, 2007
so after 18 years of angpows, visiting and new year cookies, 2007 marks the first ever chinese new year i'm away from home. and you know how i always say i prefer christmas and the english new year, but i am really starting to feel the pinch!!
i really miss reunion dinner on the eve itself, where since it's at my place i just sit down in tshirt and shorts without anyone saying anything. waking up in the morning of the first day used to be the best feeling when i was younger cause of prospective income. but eventually i kinda enjoyed it more for the gatherings. it feels like as people get older they see each other less and it's just nice to see how everyone has grown and their lives have gradually changed.
i will also miss always having the 'hassle' of getting new clothes. despite always moaning about having to dress up, i seriously am despondent knowing that tomorrow when i leave the house, it will most likely be in a polo and berms.
miss catching up with my dad's friends; all of them who i've known since i was a kid and some whom i really enjoy talking to. also realizing that with each year our conversations become increasingly adult is pretty cool tho.
chinese new year's also always the time where i'll get to meet up with friends. it's the time where the people busy with school at least get a couple of days break, the people in army get to book out, and the ones busy mugging arent allowed to do that cause it's the festive season!! spending chinese new year away makes me miss the ones back home that much more.
well on a seperate note, i decided to make a rather unorthodox chinese new year resolution (since i didnt make any in the english new year) and be more careful with my friends. well not so much in choosing them because it's been awhile since i've made a friend that i've kept, but rather it's time to seperate the good from the average in an already exisiting pool.
i know i always say i will never make anyone dislike a person that i myself dont like. and it still remains the same. but there's something more if you know i hate that person and can sympathise with me on that, but act like a real chum in front of that person. i'm not asking you to ignore said person, but keeping a slight distance in terms of affection wont really hurt would it.
also, the extravagant amounts of cash i have spent at zouk makes me reconsider the true intentions of many people close to me. i know we all feel people use us, and likewise i can only think of two reasons why people might use me. one, because of my need to ensure everyone has a good time when we're out, at the cost of my own pocket. and two, because my rockstar status elevates their social status (heh heh). and since two is highly unlikely, i can only think the people belonging to one is the ones i have to be careful of. well once or twice is totally fine by me, but when you start expecting me to do it for you, or even have the cheek to ask me outright. worse still is when you have offered me nothing in return. owen chong drives me home every single time we go out together even though it's out of the way, unless we're dead drunk haha.
ok i have ranted enough, but i wanted to do it before the new year actually arrived. tomorrow morning when i wake up, happy and cheerful thoughts.
GONG XI FA CAI!!!
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9:13 PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
today was a sucky day. and i was hoping to find someone to bitch to but even my best friend mr owen chong had no time for me :(
times like this, i wonder why. times like this, i can only turn to mr reds and a nice beer for solace.
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11:48 PM
Monday, February 12, 2007
i must say today was a pretty fulfilling day. firstly, i found last week's prison break episode on youtube so i managed to watch it so that was good.i also met leeren for lunch and a few beers in the afternoon, the day we used to think was centuries away when we were graduating from trinity has duly arrived. lee and me back in melbourne again haha.dinner was fulfilling cause dan roasted chicken with stuffing and on the sides he put potatoes wrapped in bacon which were damn freaking good but bad for the health :Pi remember when a few years back an was telling me about his cousin's band who were pretty famous in malaysia. i remember back then thinking their music was pretty darn good but that day while talking to him we touched on the subject of the cousin's band again and shit man they're damn big now. they had a song that went number1 on hitsFM and they even have their own music video which i had the privilege of watching on youtube just now as well haha.but yar man i wish thecaravan/belle'srevenge will one day be as big as that but i really think a huge amount of luck is involved too, ie that one BIG break. hopefully weian can talk to his cousin and when they have gigs they will let us open which is what i've been dying to get. pay and groupies are secondary, the exposure is the most damn important thing right now. so fingers crossed they come down to singapore for a gig, or they have a big gig in malaysia and then we can all fly down like real rockers haha.anyway until then you should check them out they're really good. type in youtube, the band name is vespertine and i especially like the song going astray. gabriel out!!
lights off, pyjamas on
7:37 PM
Sunday, February 11, 2007
stand back for verbal
laosai cause i havent update in such a long time. well since the exam, i have rushed one assignment but overall, it's still been very easy and relaxed so far back in melbourne. dan and i have been cooking and eating meals fit for kings. the past week has seen us consume steaks, bangers and mash, chicken parmas to name a few.
had tennis yesterday with weian and dan but it was so damn windy up on the 8th floor couldnt even play properly. plus it was hot so you couldnt play properly and felt grouchy cos of the heat heh heh or at least i did. we came down and i cooked burgers for us which i have to say were pretty good, thanks to the pretty delicious chilli burger patties i bought from safeway. yummers.
actually i thought i would have alot to say but not really, i was thinking about how good our cooking was this past week but there's only so much you can talk about food eh. so that's that, until i have something better to say, gabriel out!
lights off, pyjamas on
10:23 AM
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
i have no absolute idea why they call it a glorious summer day. there can be nothing glorious about a day where the sun just burns right thru your clothes and makes you sweat like a boar. nothing glorious about being drenched in salty water!!so yes, yesterday's high was 38 degrees which is, literally hotter than me, and it made me wonder why i even bothered leaving singapore which probably feels like antartica in comparison. my exam was a real farce yesterday. whilst preparing for it, i clicked on "exam tips" online and the guy said look up the past year exam papers for a rough idea on what questions are gonna come out. so i did and well when i sat for the paper in the afternoon guess what? it was the EXACT same paper!!! rough idea?? i actually think the past year paper gave a very CLEAR idea of what was gonna come out!! so needless to say, i think i'll do pretty decent. the funniest thing tho, was how all the other student used all 15 minutes of the reading time scrutinising and analysing the paper. i took a two second glance and could tell you all the questions by heart. haha so in the exam hall. there were like 30 plus people vigorously reading the exam questions and one idiot sniggering away to himself.lesson learnt, exam tips DO help.today was just a laze at home and recover from exam day haha what a sloth. gonna catch epic movie tonight i think, should be good, my kinda humor. alritey then, gab out!
lights off, pyjamas on
3:37 PM
Sunday, February 04, 2007
back in melbourne, with the summer temperatures being a real bitch. i was so looking forward to coming home but this has been tainted by:
1)missing nicole
2)blocked nose that i got on the plane
3)stupid eye infection
4)exam on monday
5)dan isnt around
but nah, it is indeed good to be back because the apartment in melbourne actually feels more like home than yio chu kang haha.
well the most memorable day before i came back has to be wednesday night, where i perhaps overdid it with the drinks i guess. but nonetheless it was quite funny gaining awareness only around 4 and wondering how i ended up at river valley from zouk. seeing photos taken that i cannot even remember is also quite amusing in retrospect. as usual, owen did his disappearing act halfway he as well cannot remember how he ended up at home.
haha supper was fun, getting jacked by basically everybody, but the food and company were good.
so until i'm back again (here, as well as singapore), gabriel out.
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3:54 AM
