well this morning after guard duty i walked to the post office down geylang road from my place, which was about a .5 to 1 km distance, to collect a registered article (secret!) then on the way back, i walked past this very old block of shop houses which was undergoing redevelopment. (the good thing is that all of geylang's shop houses are considered architectural monuments and hence their main facade will stay)
well the story is, as i slowly walked down the corridor, i somehow slowly recalled how i used to do the same all the time when i was young. but that was when the block was very busy so as to speak. at e corner would be the coffeeshop which closed down pretty early in my life. used to sell very nice chicken rice and dumpling noodles. there would be these 2 old ladies who very dilligently ran their cooked food stall, and their wanton noodles would be very very nice. pity they closed down, and e coffee shop became a bike shop after that. and i kept smelling either engine oil or brake free clp oil. after that would be a bicycle repair shop, where the scene of an old man fixing bikes like a pro would appear. smell of rubber and once again, oil would fill e scent. 3rd would be a unit which stored quite alot of rice, and occasionally would see people unloading/loading sacks of rice. and then would be a salon, and last, one of e two GP clinics i visit. very very old chap already, his clinic just moved outside my lane when the block was going down.
well i didnt have such deep memories of other places in geylang, much less in my life. like the classmates i met in hw, vs, and some even in mj. the people i met that gave me their service (like serving me food la zz) or the people whom i helped out. also my old neighbours before the two private apartment blocks housing quite alot of "takeaways" were built. that was in 1999-2000 i think. or the canteen auntie that always gave me free soya milk. or even, my first pri school crush. pretty much forgotten about her already. only knew her name's xj.
about the crush part, im already happy together with meibao, so i would rather keep xj as a fond memory i'd like to look back at times. however im not in contact with her la. =/
well simply put, i felt like i flagrantly let my childhood flow past me. they say the best time of your life is in childhood, just like e best time of technician life was in oeti. but ah, im sure some of you would share e same views as me. being a child, we wanted to grow up and leave childhood. but when you reach an age like me, how'd you wish childhood is a video game and you can reload the saved data over and over again. ~~~~~~
i wouldnt want all my childhood to come back over to me though. this means a father who fails very badly at interpersonal relationship management as well as financial management. and loads of ahs (anti-han-society, of which han was what i liked to call myself when i was a chum, but now you can call me fishy LOL) dudes. but now.. seems like the whole cycle going on over again.. hope my attempts at building good interpersonal relationships arent wasted. especially by people who dont appreciate a sincere dude trying to make friends.
for the first time im not worried about myself when the mid years come. instead, its more like 皇上不急太监急 (the emperor is not anxious but the eunuchs are). all the best mabell HUNNY. LOL. hope you far excel what i have done, which isnt very good really. our bet still on ok! i bet you cant beat me =p
i stabbed myself with a satay stick not too long ago. it happened during our unofficial BTT26SA chalet at CSEC. while walking (barefooted) at e balcony area, my left foot tripped on a satay stick on the floor, which got hooked up and went at my right foot. and being humans with slow reaction time, i followed through with my footing, and the stick went into my foot. about a good 1cm of it which is alot, considering our foot isnt exactly really thick. hence im excused boots and shoes for 3 days, due to the swelling of the puncture wound. yay sandals! ill have a fun time learning the ES zzz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
why has it seemed that nobody likes me at work? well this is a very stark reminder of my vs life, and maybe a good part of hong wen life. wake up naheuy, wake up. and make a move.
Four years you think for sure That’s all you've got to endure All the total dicks All the stuck up chicks So superficial, so immature Then when you graduate You take a look around and you say HEY WAIT! This is the same as where I just came from I thought it was over Aw that’s just great
The whole damn world is just as obsessed With who‘s the best dressed and who's having sex Who‘s got the money, who gets the honeys Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess And you still don’t have the right look And you don’t have the right friends Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends High school never ends
Check out the popular kids You’ll never guess what Jessica did And how did Mary Kate lose all that weight And Katie had a baby so I guess Tom’s straight And the only thing that matters Is climbing up that social ladder Still care about your hair and the car you drive Doesn’t matter if you’re sixteen or thirty-five
Reese Witherspoon, She’s the prom queen Bill Gates, Captain of the chess team Jack Black, a clown Brad Pitt, the quarterback Seen it all before I want my money back!!
The whole damn world is just as obsessed With who’s the best dressed and who's having sex Who’s in the club and who’s on the drugs Who’s throwing up before they digest And you still don’t have the right look And you don’t have the right friends And you still listen to the same shit you did back then High school never ends
High school never ends
The whole damn world is just as obsessed With who‘s the best dressed and who‘s having sex Who‘s got the money, who gets the honeys Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess And I still don’t have the right look And I still have the same three friends And I’m pretty much the same as I was back then High school never ends
Born from silence, silence full of it A perfect concert my best friend So much to live for, so much to die for If only my heart had a home
Sing what you can't say Forget what you can't play Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes Walk within my poetry, this dying music - My loveletter to nobody
Never sigh for better world It's already composed, played and told Every thought the music I write Everything a wish for the night
Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin Died for the beauty the one in the garden Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom Failed in becoming a god
Never sigh...
"If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it Remember only the verse, songmaker's cry the one without tears For I've given this its strength and it has become my only strength. Comforting home, mother's lap, chance for immortality where being wanted became a thrill I never knew The sweet piano writing down my life"
"Teach me passion for I fear it's gone Show me love, hold the lorn So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me I'm sorry Time will tell (this bitter farewell) I live no more to shame nor me nor you And you... I wish I didn't feel for you anymore..."
well theres this article on Sunday times today that features 2 sisters that have SIXTEEN THOUSAND FRIENDS ALTOGETHER. whats more out of the SIXTEEN THOUSAND FRIENDS shes only come to personally know FOUR HUNDRED of them.
honestly, i dont get the craze as to who gets the most contacts on friendster or myspace, especially when we dont really even try to know everyone of them, or when we already do. has the rat race got into everyone's head?
a new phase in my ns life has begun. in fact 1 week has passed. new people, new friends, and though i hope not, perhaps new enemies as well.
talk about enemies, i read this article about not being a "downer", also known as a pariah or a mood-spoiler. seems to me a few symptoms of the "downer" occurred against me recently be alot of people. how would you read it when your sincere friendster testimonials get zapped out soon after the fella seen it? well i dont know. ill just take it that i got one less person to show concern to, and more to share with those that deserve it.
You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships. It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close. But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.
well i was cleaning up the house yesterday cause i just realised theres A FUNGUS EPIDEMIC going around my house zzz. as you can see...
FUNGUS! (represented by white dots)
ON MY BED FRAME TOO! ZZZ (this is taken after i cleared more than half of the original)
well i did abit of organizing in my room and found all these sweet stuffs that mabell gave me when we were BOTH still in mj. not that i dont want sweet stuff from her anymore, although i think i still give her more sweet and mushy stuff =xx
this is her first letter to me!
and a few more to come.. cannot show you whats inside =p
and well, i think its my birthday gift... isit? lol. my birthday and anniversary are too close. and given my STM.. well never mind. appreciated.
haha, this was very interesting, i framed it and gonna hang it on my wall, when i get some wall hooks zzz
this was our first neoprint (neo card actually) LOL. its like we never went out from may to september like that. well one year later when we started out, i got this for her. 1 year ago i bought a cheapskate palm sized blackforest cake for her to eat herself. so i promised her next birthday i get her a big one. so here is a 2kg cake kindly bought on behalf of me by a classmate of hers, jenny =x i would like to wonder how did the class reacted. haha
well, her class celebrating for her. no tau pok though =x well i wish you all the best for mid years! not that i dont for others, but especially for you.. dont be like me, CDO for mid years zzz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ok my training wing had a outing at ecp on friday. so heres some pictures from the photographer wannabe. featuring some people from my class and unit itself.
this is Jia Leong, one of the sleep gods in class. anand, the high class indian wannabe. and tai chi expert. HAHA
raymond, or boogie as he is fondly called. can be a total joker at times. chee hui, or tai as i like to call. likes to act cute. LOL. you quan, with a super dota prowess. likes to poke fun of mrcarlo together with ming long. tianwei, the BFG of my class. hao wen: huh? huh? huh? cpl kevin: eh cheong, drop 30 already ah. me: zzzz.. (smacks hao wen) (background story: everytime hw [below] says huh, i have to drop 10, due to his saying huh too many times to instructors, and me being the fellow armskote ic) aaron, who is so crazy to run 5km before we went on this activity. super athlete. here pictured tryin to do a haowen.
here is a very lucky shot! with the big boss, zachary on the right (not the extra at the back ok =x) autographed copies can sell millions! and he spends 800 bucks a month at oeti. doing what? cabbing to and fro lor. zzz. our new intern instructor, bryan. who is super chee ko pek. LOL. and lives beside eugene and once oogled at her girl LOLOLOLOL.
ahh, who can forget our BELOVED CORPORAL ALVIN HAHAHAHAHAHA IF YOU SMELL.. WHAT THE ROCK, IS COOKING! some slackers on a bench. from left, russell, some low-profile dude. shaun, even more low profile, but a very good musician. and kok wai, pictured without his trusty sword, an umbrella. paranoid of rain i guess. and teng leong, 4 years as my fellow ncc mate, and now in the same training wing as me. too bad ill be leaving first. prolly this is what you call your life-friends. warrant sara with "warrant" jacky. LOL. well of course i had to take a picture with the big boss right? if not he pundeh me. ming long, aka spiderman cause he wears a lookalike glove while playing pool/billiard. pretty good player for the record. shuang quan, some easy-going guy from comms. and my instructor-in-charge for the day, sgt alan.
the body-builder of my unit, cheng siong. pictured here with all his stuff. also a henchman of zachary (see above for picture)
jun yao. classmates for 4 years, now classmates and same vocation some more again in ns zz. aka stickman. i dont know why i have so many pictures of him (i didnt take all the photos ok) but yea, close up of russell. my "group leader" of sorts in class, sgt edwin (right) pictured with sgt shaun. both very cool-headed
the gang of 5, from left, jia leong, justin aka mr panic, tianwei, chunyu aka smart ass, and russell again. zz
more to come as i meet more people at my new unit.. ah well. boring boring.
Naheuy
Hana Fishy <3
Samick Guitar
Victorian
[Nil Sine Labore]
Meridian [Mugger]
HANA THE HERMIT
Wants
Class 3 Licence
Honda Jazz/Fit
Maybe a Nissan GTR =x
Or a EvoX will do too =p
Sony Bravia HDTV
Xbox 360
To pick up guitar skills again
To build up a noob investment portfolio
Double degree!
our new intern instructor, bryan. who is super chee ko pek. LOL. and lives beside eugene and once oogled at her girl LOLOLOLOL.
some slackers on a bench. from left, russell, some low-profile dude. shaun, even more low profile, but a very good musician. and kok wai, pictured without his trusty sword, an umbrella. paranoid of rain i guess.
and teng leong, 4 years as my fellow ncc mate, and now in the same training wing as me. too bad ill be leaving first. prolly this is what you call your life-friends.
warrant sara with "warrant" jacky. LOL.
shuang quan, some easy-going guy from comms.
and my instructor-in-charge for the day, sgt alan.
