tennis, table tennis

Yday night after work, went Kevin’s house to meet up for a game of tennis with Edmund and kokhou. Haha. The term game of tennis is not very accurate, as we are all not pro in tennis and just aimed to cross the ball over to the other side of the court. Haha, not abiding by the rules most of the time. Honestly, yday’s game wasn’t that enjoyable, probably due to our skill level and also being tired from work. Haha haven seen Kevin for qt some time but no surprise he is still the same pattern. LOL. And those who know him, esp those in my bunk would probably understand very well haha. Although I missed out half an episode of PPY (second half watched at his hse) it was a good day overall. Wats better than “working out” a little after work and seeing kevin’s yellow oh I mean grayish yellow singlet? XDXD

Tonight confirm will watch PPY though, and tmr morning table tennis @ tampines! Really looking fwd to that. I definitely like ping pong better than tennis. Haha. Doesn’t require that much strength, easier to control and im better at it hahhaa. Lets see what tricks ben have up his sleeves tmr (although I dun think he can improve that much to overtake Justin).

Ping ping pang pang….

Hahaha it has been really looooong since I last blogged. The reason (besides laziness) is that I dun really like my blog skin hahhaa. I love the part that I can personalize it, but the words are too small and not conducive for reading o.O and im not pro enough to know how to change that. So perhaps I will be changing my skin in a while.

Anws, have just been working and facebooking these days. Lol. Nothing baodian happened recently. Haha. My interest for table tennis is reignited after watching the ping pang yuan show on chn 8 9 pm weekdays. Haha. At first I despise the show even before it was aired and din watch the first few eps. Until we were at yingjie’s hse doing wenxiang’s ulti-cool board that I heard the then-disgusting ping ping pang pang song! Haha It totally sounded like shit. LOL. Then, only Justin watched the show. But the next week I began to show interest in listening to how the song really was with the lyrics and all. And actually it is still okay! Haha and I watched the ep and its not too bad. Then, I got hooked onto it and the song is my favourite, and I look fwd to watching PPY every night! And to add on to that, we played ping pong recently (XCT) and last Sunday morning we went again, along with the ping pang yuan wind. Hahaha. Yea I like to play table tennis! And we are going again this Saturday morning XD

Just started playing restaurant city on fb as well. Haha. So-so game. Chain rxn I played two days ago and got an incredible high score of 48 million! Oh gosh that was really lucky but it had to be my tactic that led to this score ultimately. But theres still a friend who has a higher score than me, 52 million LOL. Im sian of watching the balls flying ard alr. As I put on my fb status yday: got bored looking at 55 small balls moving in random directions in a box; hoping that they collide with the big ball(s) in a certain way he fancies; keeps looking at the flying balls even though he knows that the moment he clicked his mouse to create the first big ball there is nothing he could do to affect the final outcome. XD

NV BLOG AGAIN!

hai, nv blog again. sian. for now i shall just post one fb note that i wrote earlier today!

Click here to view fb note!

OR, just read here:
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Facebook is MADNESS. When I started using fb for the first time, it was SUPERPOKE, SUPERWALL, ZOMBIE games. Then came GEO CHALLENGE & friends. Recently, it started with NOTES games. 25 random things about me. How asian are you? etc.

But I have done none of those. (except of cos throwing sheep at my friends and remembering the flag of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA and the map of MOZAMBIQUE)

Today I am gg to try out writing a note and see if it actually works. And being me, I have to come out with something unconventional.

From a tender age, I have been obsessed with “counting” and “numbers”. (Pri Sch:) I rmbr our HEALTH EDUCATION tchr told us that “We must drink 8 cups of water a day.” And I drew up a recording list beside my desk to track my drinking progress. Hahaha. Everyday I forced myself to drink as much as I can, the record was abt 17 / 18 cups! This is just one eg.


OKAY THE ABOVE IS JUST INTRO, NOT IMPT.


Anw, my QN of the day is:

So, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU PEE AT WORK / IN SCHOOL / AT WORK (PER DAY) ?

I guess nobody ever bothers to count? Lol. Well, I did. Today I experimented with this idea. Usually, I use the same old urinal at the toilet beside my office. And I suddenly thought, why not I use all four? And another idea crossed my mind, if I use the urinals one at a time, from right to left for today, then I would be able to track the number of times I pee-ed in a single day at work, not including toilet trips at home / outside of course, with ease.

The count for today is SEVEN. OMG that’s a lot! Hahaha what is yours? I wouldn’t, in my wildest imagination, think that someone could actually answer my question now. Haha, why not you count tmr? Feel free to just comment, anyone who sees this note.

Thanks for your time and attention, and hopefully comments and likes. Hahaha.

A BIG PORK CHOP

Today, three other colleagues (Keith, Valerie & Jesslyn) and I went to Loyang Point for lunch. Ever since the first day I had been sticking to these ppl for lunch. Sometimes Valerie drives us out, sometimes we take a bus, sometimes we order delivery.

Keith told me he had a so-called-friend at the food court selling western food and it was good.

Last week, we had gone to the Koufu food court, also at loyang pt, to try out another western food stall, HUNGARY JACK. haha (sounds like ~MAD JACK i thought) of course i cant conclude who is copying who or whatsoever. but it was quite bad and we all blacklisted that stall.

So, i wasnt very very positive about today's BERNARD'S KITCHEN. it was situated at a food court at the other end of loyang pt and it looked, more ancient and less clean. but you'll nv know, good food seems to pop up at the more unsightly places. the place wasnt tt bad, just less clean, def. more crowded.

Since there was a recommendation, i decided to try the PORK CHOP which costs $6. a little bit EX but wanted to try. we needed to wait for qt some time, as Keith had informed me previously.

When it arrived, I was quite shocked! it came in a huge portion! okay the plate was big, as per western stalls' plates. There were fries, beans and coleslaw. and of cos the 男主角 Mr Pork Chop. One could normally expect, one "piece", or one plus a small addition. BUT, guess what, it came with THREE pork chops! and individually it wasnt too small either. NICE. great for guys with a big stomach. and Keith's chicken chop was the biggest single-pieve of chicken chop i have ever seen in my life, so big it looked scary. haha.

the taste is not bad too! (better than that hawaiian pork chop i had in white dog's cafe last sunday) and thus, it is highly recommended for ppl looking for food that is value-for-$$ , esp in quantity. Girls with dieting on their minds can share, 2 to 1 chop. =)

RAINING

Except today, the past week has been a very wet one. my colleague claims "raining also got time table one", always rains in the afternoon, and lasts till evening. That day i was about to leave the building to the company bus, and since it is not sheltered, i had to walk in the rain, with my umbrella above my head of course. and just while i was walking in the rain there was lightning and thunder.

Did I ever tell you i was struck by lightning seven times? There was once, I was minding my own business....

LOL. a streak of "fear" and a smile on my face.

Man u Sweeper : BBT

From Soccernet.com:

The one blot on Ferguson's landscape is a chronic absence of defenders.

In addition, Wes Brown and Gary Neville are longer-term absentees, leaving Ferguson desperately hoping John O'shea shrugs off the heel injury that kept him out at the weekend or Evans makes a miraculous recovery knowing unless they both make it, either Fabio Da Silva or Darren Fletcher will be required to fill the right-back berth.

"My options? I panic!" said Ferguson, only half-jokingly when asked what he would do if both his Irishmen were ruled out.

"I suppose I could play Dimitar Berbatov as a sweeper."

totally LOL!

SAVE $$

Anws, i forgot to mention that one of the best things about my current job is that i can save lots of $$!

For one, i am being paid by my agent on a hourly basis. For two, TRANSPORT IS PROVIDED! i save $$$$ for transport. the company bus sends me straight to a bus stop 5 mins walk away from my hse. For three, (if you choose to) catered lunch boxes can be bought from $2 to $3 only! So, it is possible that one employee from this company spends only $2 a day! For four, Kopi-o Kopi-see Teh-o Teh-see are available for free two times a day during tea breaks!

Wooohoo. This company rocks. =]

Soccer Updates

Manchester United 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
I watched this match and the man u defense was a little unstable at times, leading to the chances blackburn had. I feel that it was a fine performance from the blackburn side, but we deserved this win. I was quite sad to see a goal conceded as it had been some 14 league games since it last happened, in the arsenal game which i watched too. The first goal from Rooney was a warning to all opponents that he is back, and is as alert and quick as ever. Santa Cruz showed cool and composure with his goal which upon replay, is a very good goal to me indeed. Another blackburn moment which got me to the edge of my seat was the shot that struck the woodwork from Nelson and the follow-up. And of course the moment when Pederson feel down in the pen area. Other than that, the chances created by man u were plenty and the conversion of a free kick by C.Ronaldo was very impressive. I am sure all man u fans are looking fwd to seeing more of this kind of goals from the europe and world player of the year.

Aston Villa 0 - 1 Chelsea
I watched this game as well, and as always, i sided the team playing against Chelsea (since my brother supports Chelsea and he too always supports the team playing against man u LOL.) However, I have to say that the Blues played much better than they have done in previous games. the only goal of the match, was absolute brilliance from Lampard and Anelka. Besides the Ashley Young free kick, Aston Villa did not really look to put the ball past Cech even though they had some good chances and attacks in the second half.

Arsenal 0 - 0 Sunderland
I took a look at the highlights of this game. And sometimes Sunderland even looked more dangerous than Arsenal. Fulop put up quite a few good saves and the only plus point for arsenal is that their latest signing from ZSP performed well on his debut.
( I always thought that Arsenal players had a certain face/look and arshavin fits in to the Arsenal look perfectly! )

Saw the news that Barca lost to Espanyol. haha. quite a shock and i definitely pray that this kinda upsets will not happen to the English champions.

FRIDAY

yesterday, was the 5th day of work. I have to say i'm settling in pretty well, but yday was quite bad in that it was the most tiring and boring day since monday. at about 3 plus i started to drift away. i could not really stay awake or focused as there was only one thing to do, which was too plain SIAN. thus i did a bit of the work, and tried to find means or keeping my eyes open. for once i still had to play a game on my handphone, go toilet n times and watched the seconds pass by. i have to be more alert/ awake for the following months to really survive man.. hope it won't get too bad, too quickly.

speaking of yday, the dept organised a celebration for 3 Feb babies in the pantry, during lunch. i had no idea what was gg on and i followed my colleague Keith down to wait for the rest for lunch, before he got a call and asked me to go up with him, but he would have guessed what it was all about alr.

upstairs, they laid out all the food on the table including canadian pizza, kfc chicken and popcorn chicken, fruits, jelly and chicken wings. it was a bit of 冷场 and stoning session for i only knew ~5 of the ~20 in the room. most are just faces that appear in the office. hahaha. one lady still told me, "等一下你不要吓到啊.." and i was like thinking what are they gg to do to the bday ppl, esp the bday guy (Keith) as the other two are females. they gonna scare him? smash his face into a cake? No idea.

anws, there were so many CAMERAS around and it was 猛拍 TIME! one lady even had a video cam in her hand. then everyone bagan to feast in and enjoyed the food. in total i had three slices of pizza and some pieces of popcorn chicken. thats (OBVIOUSLY) not the 重点. After that, a cake was taken out of the fridge. they placed the candles which are shaped as alphabets, so there were so many candles, forming HAPPY BIRTHDAY. and three more "normal" candles. i was like thinking are they gonna light up all, but the candles were supposed to be "recycled" lol. aka reused. so only 3 were lit up. but that is still not the 重点.

the 重点 is that at this time, someone opened a cabinet and took out 3 plates of "things" and on the first look, i couldn't help but laugh. LOL. it is damn creative and exquisite and detailed and somehow, cute. haha i have never seen anything like this before. maybe some of you have, i definitely have not. i was said to be from the internet, but improvised by the ladies who organised and planned it. on the plates, there were human bodies formed from food! omg. there were two males and one female, gifted to the two females and one male colleagues. amazing stuff! i didnt take photos but it was stunning. haha it got everyone laughing. but it was R-RATED. haha no wonder she warned me 不要吓到啊, as i was youngest one in the room.haha i also 20 yrs old only, cannot watch this R21 stuff. lol.

if i get the photos i will post it. imgaine for now. the head was a fishball, with vegs making up the hair, some chilli and raisins to form the face, asparagus the hands. the main body part is made with two whole fried chicken wings joined tgt with toothpicks at the drumlet part, with the remaining parts of the wings splitting up into two legs. wide open. and of cos the most impt part is the privates. erhem. for the male version, there is a hot dog, erhem. and even have two raisins below them. erhem.and seaweed on top. erhem. and 发菜 on the chest. erhem. for the female one, there are two pineapple tarts, you know, the kind with some herb on top that you have to remove before eating, that incredibly formed the erhem chest. and later one, someone even placed a strawberry on the female versions, between the wings, erhem.

total 疯掉! everyone was just laughing non-stop, stunned by the vivid detailed "model" formed. and 猛拍 and 猛拍. and best of all, the feb babies had to, erhem, eat the hotdog and the pineapple tarts, and the seaweed. hahaha. to think of it it was quit disgusting, but of cos they are all adults and sportingly agreed to all the requests. after eating the cake and all the stuff, the incredible "models" were still on everyones minds as some even played with them and place the male version on the female version.

It was truely an eye-opener for me! i was not 吓到. it was just very interesting, as i answered when ppl asked me. the interesting part is that i tot this kinda things should be played on teenagers and young ppl, in contrast to the room, with 5 guys and 15 ladies. (yes i counted) and those who are the most excited and involved were the ladies, presumingly in their 30s. hmm. interesting indeed!!

and it is commonly understood that the ppl present would think twice before eating fried chicken wings again. or at least eating them would bring a smile on their faces. =]

PATHETIC BENDTNER

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=619600&cc=4716

i thought this was quite pathetic of Nicholas Bendtner to give such comments. never thought he could really make it at all.

SECOND DAY AT WORK

Today was my second day at work and it was not too bad either. feeling more relaxed in office. however, it can be extremely boring when there is no one to get you to help them or to do stuff, just like how i spent a few hours rotting my way in front of my computer, exploring outlook options and changing desktop settings, including hunting a man u wallpaper. lol. i could stand sitting in front of the pc and not surfing the web or pretend to be doing things. haha started walking around, asking ppl for things to do a couple of times.

and i can say that the fav time of the day for me is, using the TYPEWRITER! is that how you spell it. it is absolutely incredible that they are not extinct yet i thought everyone uses the printer!!! it is BIG (only second to the photocopier) lying right beside me. oh my, but it was fun typing on it as it could actually provide a mini "adrenaline rush", because it was quite scary if you type wrongly, the backspace doesnt erase the print totally. it was the most enjoyable time of the day! o.O

FIRST DAY AT WORK

today was my first day at work, and overall it has been a very good experience. from the first time i stepped into the company for my interview two weeks ago to today's HR intro to meeting everyone at the office, it was very smooth, friendly and i was very much at ease..

I started the day with a walk-the-ground around the whole company, and 猛 shake hands with everyone in the office. the dept i am in (aka marketing) is full of colleagues who like to joke and are very warm, taking the initiative to guide me along and tell me more about the company, which helped me a tremendous deal, and dismissed all my previous worries about 冷场 and what-to-do-at-lunch-time. i am indeed grateful. Thank You. =]

And all these falls into place naturally and nicely. me, having dealt with machinery maintenance in the army, esp generator, could relate to the things i have to help generate and file. some terms and the concept was easier to understand with this background. and after watching 未来不是梦 and 随时候命 and me gg into engineering, it was nice to be in such an environment and to take a look at how things are done in a engr company.

the only drawback is that the pc is a bit the old and sometimes the system is hard to understand.

gg to watch superstar now.

and yes. another match closer to a quadruple!

25 THINGS

In view of the recent facebook craze with the 25 things note-writing, a teacher of mine has posted a note that is quite impressive, as of below.Click to view. It surprised me because I didnt expect her to post such a note, although the content is indeed very her.

Clumsy Gummie

woah i have become more and more clumsy these days man! i realised. earlier i was vacuuming the house and the "hose" of the cleaner hooked a tall standing speaker in the living room. as i advanced away form that speaker i felt that the cleaner was gaining weight and within a split second I knocked it down. and my reflex action was to use my leg to cushion its fall. well somehow this always works. i think that this reflex is actually quite interesting as (i guess and assume) most ppl fully siam the falling object so as not to get hurt. perhaps sub-consciously AND consciously i would rather not spoil the object instead. But i believe that this tactic used is quite reasonable as i have succeeded in protecting my stuff with this move. hahaha..

Yeah back to the point that i felt i am clumsier than before. i hope it does not get much worse and the situation can be revived, because i love the feeling of being flexible and in charge, capable of doing so would be impt to me. ppl say that as u grow older the clumsier u get, i definitely hope thats not the reason. haha. perhaps i am really past the peak of youth.

And, i think i cant afford to drop things like knives and weights. xD

SCOLARI SACKED

oh my i was quite surprised when i knew of the sacking of Scolari in the morning. I didnt really like him nor think he would be a great success, but neither did i imagine him being sacked now. haha lets see who chelsea bring in next. luckily, i dun have to worry that Ferguson will be sacked. lol.