Weird-ass dream #724
I was reading a blog. It was a really long blog with a beautifully decorated page. I could only remember the first line of the blog. "Thank you for your milk and for taking care of me."
What gives? Needless to say, I did not get very good sleep at all. In fact, I actually contemplated calling in to work and give some lame ass excuse of having a migraine and asking to come in a couple of hours later. All so that I could sleep in longer. But after a while, I just became too awake and I just got out of bed. I'm glad too, because as a friend said,' Its a beautiful day.'

Thank you for the overwhelming support for my online poll. A grand total of 1 person had submitted votes and so the ice cream poll now stands at 2 votes for Rum and Raisins, 2 votes for Double Chocolate (or Chocolate chocolate) Chip, 1 vote for Cookies and Cream and 1 vote for Strawberry. This is from the tedious counting of votes sent in by 1 member of the public and 1 member of the private, namely me. ;p
Well, don't be shy. We still have the rest of today and also tomorrow. Lets see what we can do. Keep it coming now.

Guess what have I been doing the whole day, while sitting at my desk?
EATING!!!!
Yep, thats right, just sitting down here banging away on my laptop and stopping every 30 sec or so to reach for a drink of water or some tidbits. I have chocolates, chocolate-coated sunflower seeds, sweets, preserved food and right now, one of the vendors just brought in a cheese cake. What next?!
Help me! Help me please...

Help me to have the strength AND appetite to eat all these delicious food! .... ;p

Weird-ass dream #723
I was with a couple of people whom I have no idea who they are. We were walking near this basketball court, that was surrounded by those high, green coloured, chicken-wired fences. Suddenly, this bull came charging out of no where straight at us. Well, more like straight at me because the three of us ran in different directions and it only came after me. I saw the fence so I started to climb, thinking that I will be safe. And what do you know, the bull could climb the fence too! So there I was, swing and climbing the fence, trying to escape from a fence-climbing bull that was hell-bent on getting its horns into me.


Ok, the online poll is going well. I already have a set of 3 choices for fave flavours of ice-cream. Does it count if it was from me? Hmmm... Anyway, keep them coming.


I just finished another Colin Cheong book. Another sad ending. I don't know, but I have already read 4 of his books and they all have sad ending. Some have said that his books are a little depressing but in a way, it really showed the inner struggles in our lives. The little battles that go through us everyday. His books are actually love stories but in a rather twisted way because the guy never gets the girl. Or even if he did get the girl, he always lose her by the end of the book.
Maybe he is writing about his past experiences? Maybe he is writing about life in general?
I always liked the 'About the Author' part in his book. He wrote that he was looking for a nice dog with a nice girl. He admitted that he was a die-hard romantic with a love for his 2-wheeler.

Mondays...
If the work week was to start with Tuesdays instead of Mondays, would we then dread Tuesdays? Remember the song 'Still Got the Blues For You'? I bet the songwriter must have written it on a Monday. Hmmm... just can't remember the singer right now. Any idea? Email me if you do.


I bunked over with a close friend on Sat night. Met him for a late dinner before heading for our usual pool place down at Marina South. I really suck at pool right now, having laid off it for like a couple of months. I can't even pot a ball at the edge of the pocket with the cue ball 1 feet away, much less play a decent game. I got to pick it up again.
Well, anyway, we finished well after 12 and met another friend for supper. We bitched and teased while we ate till around 2 plus before heading home.
My friend and I were up till 6am the before hitting the sack, with wrestling showing on cable TV. It was a very honest conversation we had going. I think back and I realised how much we have both changed and yet remained the same. To think that just about 6 years, we were merely 'hi - bye' friends and right now, he is one of my closest friend. We have come quite some way, haven't we?


I apologise to those out there who complained that I have not been updating my blog as often now. Well, what can I say, I grew lazy! ... Neah, just that I did not have the time and I was pretty tired. Seriously, I tried and I was tired.
In fact, right now, I am feeling a little sleepy. I do not understand it because I certainly slept early enough last night. But I do remember that I had a weird dream and I woke up around 4 plus in the morning. Maybe that explains the tiredness.


Hey, lets see if we can get an online poll going here. What is your fave flavour of ice cream? Ok, give me 3 of your fave flavours. Go on out there and ask some of your friends and then just get back to me, ok? Gives you something to do with your email now doesn't it? I will post the results maybe by the end of the week, that is if I get enough votes. So now, go out there and ask that question,' What is your 3 most fave flavours of ice cream?'

I always had this problem back in my primary and sec school.
I had this knack of saying things without it going through my brain first. In the end, I end up hurting countless number of people, some of them my good friends. I tried really hard after school and I guessed I succeeded, a little. But alas, this flaw still surfaces from time to time.

One of my closest friend from the U had told me this sometime ago. By the way, he is a very even-tempered person and I very seldom see him getting angry. Well, he told me that he only got angry twice in his 4 years in the U and guess what. The person who made him angry was yours truly, on both occasions, no thanks to me big mouth.
Lets not even start with the other people I have hurt with my gap. Maybe they should label my mouth a lethal weapon and there should be a warning label on me to warn others to stay away

But like I have said before, I have this problem of not being able to express what I am thinking, so in the end everything always comes out wrong. I never meant to hurt or cause any adverse reaction. Sigh...
Well, if it means anything to you, who had the unfortunate 'pleasure' of having a run-in with me.
I never meant to hurt anyone, much less you. I'm sorry.

I am officially 28 years old, as of yesterday. Hmmm... does not feel too different really, or is it really so?

My early morning coke did not help much today, which is rather rare. Last time this happened was... hmmm, way back.
I'm tired, real tired. Did not get to sleep till late and woke a couple of times. Had a really weird dream, about myself. What gives? I think I need a holiday. *Yawn* sorry about that...

Today's blog is taking me ages to write. Whats up with that? Age catching up with me? Heh heh heh. You got to be kidding me, I'm too young to be having trouble with words and writting.

The methods of my love:

- I sms you the first thing in the morning when I wake up because I would like you to hear from me early in the morning. It feels good to have you as the first person to talk to in the day.
- Flowers for no occasion at all because you deserve them as you are.
- I try to call you everyday at work just so that I can hear your voice.
- Picking you up and sending you home whenever I can is a pleasure, because any little time spend with you is good.
- Looking after you when you are sick is a must for me.
- I tell you where I am going and who I am going out with because I want you to know so that you would not worry. I do it because I want to.
- Going anywhere in S'pore is never out of the way, because Singapore is only that big.
- Asking you where to eat is not because I have no idea but because I would rather eat something you like. Its the company that counts more when it comes to dining.
- Taking leave to spend time together is great.
- Don't be afriad to speak your mind. Communication is the key.
- I always apologise first because it really does not matter who is right or wrong.
- I nag because I care. Or maybe because I am naggy? Hmmm...
- Holding hands, hugs and kisses are just some of the things I give excessively.
- Though I know that I can never fulfill everything I say I would, but I would always try my darnest to fulfill as many as I can.
- If you need to talk, I would be there to listen.
- I want you to go out with friends whenever you want to, but if you want to spend time with me, I will make time.
- I like to talk to you before I go to sleep, even if its just a 'good night' because I want you to be the last person I speak to before I sleep.

I'm putting this out not because I feel that I am a good lover, or a bad one.
I put this out not because I feel that everyone should love like this. On the contrary, I feel that everyone should love as they want to and as they feel like and not be 'restricted' to 1 kind loving.
I did not put this out to impress anyone or to put off anyone.
I'm not doing this to attract women because those who know me knows how I work.

I put this out hoping that everyone who reads this would think about how they love and how they want to be loved. And then, you should go for it.
Have a peach of a day now....

There are a few blogs sites which I visit without fail, everyday.
Today I came across 1 particular blog from a friend who is now in the UK. Something she wrote struck me. I just have to post it up here and I hope that she would not mind. I believe most of us must have gone through a feeling like this in our time.

This is taken off a book she had read.

"We are unerring in our choice of lovers, particularly when we require the wrong person. There is an instinct, magnet or aerial which seeks the unsuitable. The wrong person is, of course, right for something -- to punish, bully, or humiliate us, let us down, leave us for dead, or, worst of all, give us the impression that they are not inappropriate, but almost right, thus hanging us in love's limbo. Not just anyone can do this."

Hope you are a feeling a little better, zanyone...

I tell you, the storm last night was LOUD!
I was woken a couple of times because of the thunder. I mean, it was really really loud and it was not one of those 1 time thunder. It was a prolonged series of thunder, all at one shot. I must admit that I was a little frightened by it, because thunder are just like surprises. The only sign of it would be the lightning but when the storm was directly over you, the thunder followed so close to the lightning that you barely had time to cover your ears.
I wonder how many trees were uprooted last night or were there very many broken branches?


I really must stop being so prone to mood swings. Dem, that sounded like I was having PMS or something, but no. I got to learn to hide my feelings better. I mean, sometimes, when you are out in a group, everyone is out to have fun, so why ruin it just because you are feeling down. Face it, when you need to bitch, do it with a couple of close friends and not show your mood in front of a group of friends who are out just to have an enjoyable evening. Thats the trouble with me. Aiyah... sorry about that.

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He used to be able to pick it up and held it to his face. Now he was old and it was too big.
The man had found the little puppy shivering in a corner of the corridor on a rainy afternoon. It was a stray and was obviously cold and hungry. What attracted him to it were its eyes. Even though the whole body was thin and shivering, the eyes looked at him and they were very much alive. He knew that he had to help and helped he did. That was 15 years ago.
Joey, as the man named the puppy, had grown well under his good care and it was a puppy no more.
The man had aged together with Joey. Today, as he remembered, was the exact date when he had found Joey.
Joey had moved from being a playful puppy to a faithful adult and right now, he was a tired old dog in the twlight of his years. He knew it and the man knew it.
They had been spending more time together the last few weeks. It seemed that both knew that they needed to spend some quality time because their days together are diminishing as the clock ticked on.
They had more walks and with each passing day, the walks got shorter because both really could not take the distance. Instead, they spend more time sitting around in the vast hall of the house. The man on his rocking chair with Joey always laying down to his right. From time to time, they would looked at each other for a bit.
Somethings are meant to be but like all things in life, nothing is really permanent, especially life itself. Both of them know that. But they do know that they had spend a good 15 years together.
Nothing is permanent? Hmmm... what about the memories in our minds, the mental photos and of course the love in our hearts?

Ladies and gentlemen, TODAY is the day.
Can you feel it in your heart and soul. Can you feel something special happening or just about to happen. Well well well...
Because today is THE day. Tell yourself that and you know that it will be.

Feel it. Its in the air you breathe, its in the food and drinks that you consume and its all around you. Can you just feel that something special? Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Feel that?
Its there and waiting to happen, waiting to take place. Let it break free, let it go, let it be you.


My song for the moment - which I am listening right now - is Queen's 'I Want To Break Free'.
Sing along with me now! "God knows! God knows I want to break free!"
Its a pretty liberating song and it helps that it was done by a very good group.
"But I have to be sure, when I walk out that door, Oh I want to break free" .... guitar solo!
Feel the fingers moving up and down the guitar....
"But life still goes on, I can't get used to living without, living without, living without you, by my side. I don't want to live alone... Hey, but God knows, I've got to make it on my own.... "
" .... I want, I want, I want, I want to break free .... "

Freddie Mercury did had his way to make you feel... to just feel...

So are you able to feel it yet? No? Well try harder then... because this is the day. Remember that...

Go on try it...
It will make you feel good...
It will make you feel heavenly...

No, I do not want to be addicted to it. You might not think so but this has got to be one of the most addictive thing in the world. Once you've tried it, you will not want to stop. You will come back for more, craving for more.... Got to resist... Got to.

Why would you turn away a chance to make yourself feel good? To make yourself feel like you are in the most wonderful place of all. Heaven maybe? Mmmmm... just the thought of it would make you want to plunge right in, doesn't it?

But but... I can't. I just can't. Or can I? I'm totally confuse now. See what have you done. Part of me wants it but another part of me stops me. Its a sin right? I mean, something so wonderful can't be all that right, can it?

On the contrary, it is totally right. Its okay. Go on... try it, try it.

I'm losing the battle. I am giving in, I can feel it.

Yes, yes... come on. Just do it. Just try it...

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Thats when I finally gave in and went for my chocolate fondue.

Alternatively.... the ending could go...

Thats when I went and fell in love.

A year of extremes.

This had been a year of extremes so far. From extreme happiness to extreme saddness. Extreme boredom to extreme excitment. Emotional rollercoaster which can be compared with the biggest and baddest of all rollercoaster in the world. And you know something? I like it.
Thats the way to live man! Its THE way to live. Would you rather be living a mundane life with no extreme conditions at all? Come on, lets all experience all that we can and need to experience right now, while we can and while we are still young. We need this. I need this. We all need this in order to feel alive!

You might want to differ but just stop and think about it. What is it you want?
It is through extreme saddness that we can come out into the sun and feel extreme joy. It is when we know boredom, then we are able to feel the excitment. It is through love that we are able to feel the lost of love. It is through dying that we really understand what it living.

We are on our way, don't you think so?
I think so. To where, you might ask? Well, I do not really know but I do know that we will learn a lot from getting there.

Can you imagine yourself sitting in front of a bomber on a timer and you are just staring at the clock ticking away.
10...9...8...7
And whats worse is that you are tied down and you cannot run away. You are just stuck in this small room with no where to run and no where to hide.
6...5...4...3
Your fate is sealed.
How would you feel? Hmmm... chilling.


Movies movies movies, I want to watch movie. I love to watch movies, have I told you that or have I said that too many times? I'm really a big movie buff. I have already missed my fair share of movies so I must not let it happen, well, not too often I hope. Onwards and upwards! To the movies we go...

I think its official.
More than half of the year has gone by just like that and with the laws of average, I should be getting rich anytime now. So all those of you out there who has not been good to me, well, you better start because I would not like to take my chances, know what I mean? I laff... loud loud...

Anyway, it is way past the half way mark. I always liked the second half of the year, from July onwards, because it just starts to feel a little festive, don't you think so? There is Christmas at the end of the year and of course New Year's Eve. Before that, there is always Deepavali. The chinese gets to eat mooncake in the annual mooncake festival - double eggs for me please - with all the lanterns coming up. Ahhh... what else?

Things will only look up from here on, I'm sure. Take heart everyone, take heart. I do, so should you.

Been away for a while, miss me?

Just like that, the weekend is almost gone and the weekdays are upon us again. Its a cycle we go through everyday but we still cannot get used to it. I guess there are certain things in life that we cannot get over, but we need to get used to them.
Have you seen Matrix Reloaded? If you have not, then I advise you to stop reading now because I am about to reveal the ending.

OK. Remember the part where Neo was told that he was actually the sixth 'The One' and he was about to do what the other five before him had done. He needed to make a choice between saving the world and human kind as oppose to saving the one he loved. Well, Neo the Sixth happened to be different and he chose what the other 5 before him did not. What gives? What would possess him to do that? Hmmm... What would you choose?

One day, YOU would find a job you love and you will not need to work another day of your life. One day, you will find someone who love you just as you love that someone and you will realised that life is just beginning for the both of you. One day, you will be able to enjoy a weekday just like you enjoy a weekend and you will like it. One day... things will come together. But till that day comes along, YOU should enjoy the whole process of getting there. Enjoy ourselves, boys and girls...

I'm really too lazy for lots of things these days. I can take the easy way out and blame it on age but neah, we all know that its not just that. Its the mentally that we are all having. Spending too much time at work and not enough time to do other things.

Come now, lets not kid ourselves and say that because of work, we have no time to meet friends. That we have no time to spend with the family. That we have no time to get in exercise or just to relax at the beach. I know for sure that I have used the excuse for almost all the time but at the back of my mind, i know better. We just need to put in the effort lor!

Neah, I'm not out to educate people in general because I ain't that great. I am using this to spur myself so that I can use my time better, or at least spend it more than just on work. I need to smell the roses more, spend more time with me friends and go get a TAN! *snigger* ...

Oh well, I was told that I looked like the hainanese white steamed chicken. Oh drats then, I better go get dark, like soon! Ahhhh... the beach and the sun.... longing longing longing...

Been another one of those really hectic days and so I just managed to squeeze in this little bit of time to update me blog.

So how is everyone this day and what is the world out there like?

I feel like ice-cream suddenly. Not sure why? Oh yes, I have not had my coke today too, not that I really need it. Heard that drinking to much coke and taking too much mint will lower your sperm count. Hmmm... interesting. Next time, if I do not have any babies, you will know why.

A friend told me that the Jeff and Jim dialogue was a little on the not-so-bright and not-so-good side. Yet another told me that it was really 'nothing' but it did reflect on who many of us carry on with our lives. Pretty aimless at times, maybe just feeling our way around. Well, guess what? I'm not stopping Jim and Jeff at all. In fact, stay tune for more. Why? well, because they are just 2 very ordinary persons, people whom you see around you everyday. In fact, if you look deep enough, you would find a part of Jim and Jeff in you too.
Enjoy... : )

When I heard the news yesterday of the Iranian twins, I felt really sad.
Here were 2 person, who had lived 29 years of their lives together, but when knew that there was a way for them to be seperated, they still jumped at it. They knew fully well the risks and that the chances of success were slim. The procedure was an extremely difficult and delicate one. If I'm not mistaken, there were doctors who had warned them against going for the operations because of the dangers involved and yet they still maintained that they wanted it. Why could this be so?
They were a pair of brave individuals who knew what they wanted out of live and they went for it, regardless of the risks. They knew what were the consequences and yet they had the courage to 'want' something and go ahead to get it.

Lets go on our lives and remember the bravery of these 2 special individuals.

(Jeff and Jim sitting at kopi tiam, drinking their tea)

Jeff: So whatcha want to do after this? (sips his tea)

Jim: I have no idea. Whatcha want to do?

Jeff: Don't know.

Jim: Its the weekend. Lets not waste it.

Jeff: Thats true. Damn, really should have slept in later this morning. (Yawns)

Jim: What time did you wake up? I woke at 10 plus and I lazed till 11 before getting out of bed.

Jeff: Me? I was out of bed by 10. Could not sleep. Too used to waking early that I can't even stay in bed for long.

Jim: Sianzzzz. How about going to the beach? The weather looks fine.

Jeff: Neah lah. Too hot. And the beach is too far away. No transportation there leh.

Jim: You sure found a good time to send your car for servicing.

Jeff: Hey, check out that girl over there.

(Jim turns to look and then turns back)

Jim: Ok only.

Jeff: Ok only? Your standard too high lah.

Jim: I'm going to get another tea and order some kaya bread. You?

Jeff: You just had lunch leh? Damn glutton man, you.

(Jim stands to go)

Jeff: Hey, order rojak for me.

(Jim laughs)
(He comes back after a while)

Jeff: Did you ask for chill?

Jim: Yes.

(Both look around a bit, as Jim finished his cup of drink while Jeff sips his)

Jeff: So whatcha want to do after this?

Jim: Don't know. Whatcha want to do?

15 years ago. Errr... that makes me 13? More or less, yes. Well, what do you know, I was in Sec 1 back then and I was this small, yep, small little kid. Then I was quite nerdy, carrying a huge bag and all that stuff. Because I was physically smaller than most guys my age, lots of people treated me like a small kid. I remembered taking the 157 bus to school and back then, there were a lot of boys and girls on it because the bus service passed quite a number of secondary school. From what I heard, many of the girls called me "xiao di di" (little brother) behind my back. Oh well... that was then.


I just realised that I am the sort who gave a bad first impression. I'm not eloquent at all and I'm definitely not a PR sort of person. From what I learnt from my friends, I sucked the first time they saw and spoke to me. Wait a minute, I sucked on the second and third occasion too. But after they got to know me better, they realised that I did not suck that much. And when they got to know even more, they realised that I am not sucky at all. Now, I'm glad and am happy that these friends of mine were willing to go through all the time and effort and get to know me better. Thankfully, they did not abandon me from the onset when they thought I was sucky. Yes yes yes, I know that there are people out there who still wonder whether it was worth it... so what do you think?

16.

I am tired. This uncomfortable sleep thingy is really getting to me. I do go to sleep easily enough but the dreams and the waking is really doing me in. Even on weekends, I still wake up after 7 hours of sleep, no thanks to the conditioning I have gotten from just sleeping 7 on weekdays.

There are many questions I want to asked but I fear, not just that I will get no answers but even more so of the answers I will get. What if the answers are not something you want to hear? What if the answers ARE your worst fears come true? In the end, would it be better if you not know?
What sort of a person are you?

17. Fandi Ahmad's number. 7 Beckam's number, well used to be. 23, his new number. But 23 is special. 23 has always been reserved for one person and one person only. Michael Jordan, his royal airness. It is his number, Beckam or not.

Last night saw the coming together of 2 extremes, yet they seeked and settled for the same release. Booze. Drinking till everything around you was spinning and your head feels like it weighed a thousand tonnes. Drinking till you could not even speak without slurring and drinking till you laugh at every little thing.
A couple of them was down, really really down. One chose to drink and just sit quietly in the corner, minding his own business after that. The other was a little wild, which was a little out of character. It was a role reversal really because it used to be the other way round years ago. Age had probably mellowed one, and released the other. One more was just happy to be out.
The last was there for good company. Nope, I'm neither one of them.

I'm surprised because I thought that I would get really sloshed, which would be a good escape from matters. But I did not. Why? Hmmm... good question. I myself did not have the answers. Maybe it was because I realised I actually hated the foul taste of beer and whisky. Or maybe it was because I hated the hangover which came as a package deal whenever a person got dead drunk. Or maybe... just maybe, it was the company? No, don't get me wrong, the company was great, in fact, they were perfect. They were really good people to drink with. But a part of my heart and my mind, it was somewhere else. If your heart and mind are not in the matters at hand, be it work or play, then you are just half a person. Unable to do the job at hand, unable to enjoy and release yourself.

I'm sorry for anyone who would read this and was present last night. To hear that I was just half a person there and not fully 'present' must have been quite a lousy thing to hear. But then again, my happy friend was probably happy because he is going to get married soon and his heart and mind must have been at home with his wife-to-be. My 2 sad friends must have been thinking of someone or something else in order to feel that way. So in truth, we are all 'not there' last night.

Someday, I will go drinking again, only this time with no worries. I will be happy as a lark because my joy will be there with me, beside me and drinking with me. In this way, my heart and mind is right there with me.

Sorry my friends, for not being there. But I hoped that I was there enough for you.

18. It was a strange age to be at. I was enlisted in the Army, old enough to carry a gun and defend the country but still not old enought to make a lot of decision and worse, not old enough to watch an R(A) movie. But that was years back. I remembered sneaking in to watch my first R-rated movie. It was at an old misty theater in Chinatown. After I reached twenty-old though, the idea of watching R-rated movies just died off. What gives?

Do forgive me if you feel that this site seemed to be dwelling on certain theme/topic for the next few weeks. Sometimes, its rather difficult to keep something inside you for long, and so when it explodes, everything just comes out. Thus, the sudden 'influx' - or should it be 'outflux' - of info and emotions. Bear with it, for it will not be long.

I really should stop making empty promises. Why do I make promises I cannot deliver, I have no idea. That makes me a really unrealiable person. People, from now on, you should probably take my promises with a pinch of salt.
Don't think I will have the chance to watch 'My Sassy Girl' on the VCD for sometime to come. Incidentally, I am listening to the theme song of the movie right now. Never stops me from smiling because it reminds me of the very simple but very nice movie. Do you go to movieonline.com.sg? Audience actually give ratings to movies and so far, 'My Sassy Girl' has been the only that everyone liked. I mean, for every movie, no matter how good, there would always be someone who gave it a 'I hated it' or a 'tolerated it' rating. Not sassy girl though. Interesting....

When the papers reported on the 'Sinagapore Flyer' to be unveil in end 2005, 2 things came to my mind instantly. Ferris wheel and 'so late!'.
Ferris wheel because it is one, and a very huge one at that. It must be very beautiful to be right at the top and you can see the night sky filled with stars and the moon. Many would ask what is so special about a big ferris wheel. Well, Singapore hopes to bring in tourists with it. For me, ferris wheels just hold a special significance to me. Sometimes, its not such a bad thing to be daydreaming, isn't it?
But, like I said, its kind of late, only in end 2005. But then again, I was brought back down to Earth and realised that it did not matter whether it would be built by end 2005 or end 2003.

Right, I have just downloaded a Ronan Keating song. I don't know about you but I have lots of fave songs and they change from time to fime. Different moods=different songs. Hmmm... thats makes me a little fickle minded now, doesn't it? Does it?

Enough raving! And its only midday... Stay tuned for more.
Weekend is upon us. You go out there and have a good one!

19-eighty nine. My first year in secondary school. Fours years later, I entered into a JC which was reputated to have the highest abortion rate amongst all JCs in Singapore. Where they came up with that, I would really like to find out. This was a rather interesting piece of information and knowing where it originated from would really solve one of the mysteries of the world.


Its raining this morning. It looks kind of dreary and gloomy for a Friday morning. I just hope that weather would not get you down, but hey, it is afterall a Friday. Nothing should get you down on Fridays because it is the weekend tomorrow, unless of course, you need to work tomorrow. Well then...


I met up with my financial advisor last night. She asked me a very interesting question.
"At what age do you hope to retire?"
What do you say to that? I mean, if I had a choice, I would retire tomorrow, but we must be realistic. At what age do you think you can retire, with a tidy sum of money/asset that will last you and your family till the end of the your life. Hmmmm...
I gave a very conservative 55. What about you? Have you thought about it?

Story...

(Jim driving and Jeff in the passenger seat next to him)

Jim: Mmmm... that was a good dinner right?

Jeff: Yep. Very good. How did you find out about this place?

Jim: Well, Sue and I used to maken there. She loved the food there.

Jeff: Sue? You guys parted 1 year ago. You still think about her?

Jim: Not really.

Jeff: Then why you still go back there?

Jim: Because the food is good? Hello... thats why I go back there. Because the food is good.

Jeff: Sure, the food is good.

(Slience for a while)

Jeff: Hey, I thought you did not like to eat sushi.

Jim: I don't used to.

Jeff: But you had sushi back there. In fact, you had 2 plates of it.

Jim: I did? Hmmm... maybe its because when Sue and I came here, she liked to order them. She made me tried it. Subsequently, I just eat it whenever I am there. Force of habit.

Jeff: Sue made you eat it and you did?

Jim: Yep. And I'm glad I did because I found that it was actually quite good.

Jeff: Ok.

(Slience, as Jeff looked out of the window)

Jeff: Hey, this is the long way to my home. Why did you not take the CTE?

Jim: Oh, sorry. I must have taken a wrong turn back there. Nevermind, you'll still get home.

Jeff: You took this road so that you would pass Sue's home right? There, right there, she lived there, that block just behind the community centre, right?

Jim: ....

Jeff: You still think of her a lot right?

Jim: Not really...

Jeff: You still speak to her?

Jim: Of course. We still talk from time to time. In fact, we just met for dinner 2 weeks ago....

Jeff: But?

Jim: What but?

Jeff: Thats a 'but' somewhere there...

Jim: sigh... but its never the same.

Jeff: Take it easy man. Be like me, just chill. Move on man.

(Silence)

Jim: What about you? You still think of Samantha? How is she?

Jeff: I would not know. Have not seen her for... 3 months?

Jim: Don't you think of her? Not even a bit?

Jeff: Neah...

Jim: Are you sure? You can tell ...

Jeff: Ok. I'm here. You can drop me here.

Jim: You sure? Your block is at the next street.

Jeff: No problem. I'm quite full, just want to walk a little. Thanks man. (Opens car door and just before closing it) Hey, thats a good song playing on the radio.

Jim: Good song? Hmmm...

(Jim drives off as Jeff looks on)

Jeff: Yep, good song. Sam's favourite. And I don't think of her a bit. I think of her a lot, everyday... bye man.

20s, well at least the wrong side of it.
Its rather interesting when I look back and see how far I have come. I have changed, definitely, more so in the last 2 years. Hopefully for the better, but you never know.

I was speaking with a friend and she confirmed my thoughts. I give people a bad first impression. She was pretty candid on it and I totally agree with her. She said I used to be loud and was such a rambunctious person. I wanted to be in the limelight all the time and I wanted to be right all the time.
I'm glad to hear from her that I have changed, a little. Maybe I have toned down a little and I am not as loud as before. I must admit that I am never right all the time, in fact, I am probably not right more than half the time. Age you say? I don't know, its so convinient to just blame it on age. I would like to say that it is due to life's experiences. I learn from them, I learn from the lessons in life, about life.

My favourite radio station is Class95. Whats yours?
Have been listening to them since forever and I think they are doing really well. I guess I am still stuck in the past when it comes to music (though many would say that I am stuck in the past for lots of things) and they play a good mix of past and present music.

The new trio of FD, Glen and Rod on the Morning Express ain't too bad but I personally preferred Vernon A and Maggie from back then. But the current trio is still all right. Lots of laughs too, though some are a little on the risque side. Of course there is the serious side of the Morning Express and they tend to discuss topics close to the heart. This morning's topics was quite a good one and from what I heard, the phone was ringing non-stop.

Oh, oh... and let me give you a taste of their corny joke!
There once was a man who was involved in a car accident. After a few weeks, he was recovering well, but he ended up having his left arm and left leg amputated. So as of this moment, he is ALL RIGHT! ....
get it? .... lame ... save the tomatoes for the radio! I'm merely telling you what I heard! .... Aaarrrggghhh

Interestingly, there will be an actors' concert this saturday down at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. Actors and actresses like Lim Kay Tong, Neo Swee Ling and Tan Kheng Hua will acutally be singing. I believe this would be quite a spectacle. See if I can find the time - actually I have loads, just a matter of whether I can get off me lazy butt - to go down and have a listen.

Also, I read that there is this new play on at the DBS threater or something like that. Its called Atomic Jaya and its suppose to be a satire which tells of Malaysia planning to build an atomic bomb. It has pretty good reviews and this is actually the second time it is playing.

Of course, Charlie's Angels opened on Thursday so thats one movie to catch. So is this suppose to be a chick flick - as in a movie for girls. Or a CHICK flick - as in a movie filled with girls for guys. Hmmm...
Terminator 3 opens next Thursday. Action flick with Arnie back for a 3rd time. What the heck, its pure action so why not?
Talking about Arnie, here's a corny joke. Please stop me if you have heard this one....

One day, Ridley Scott has this really crazy idea of filming a comtemporary movie about great classical composers, played by muscle-bound action men. So he approached a few of them action men with the script and they loved it.
Stallone went,"I love it! I want to be Mozart"
Van Damme replied," Its good. I get to be Chopin."
Arnie went,"I'll be Bach!"

get it?! get it?! I'll be Bach?... I'll be back!? ..... oh well, tough crowd.