So cute...but e rifle looks fake tho..ooppssy..spoiler...
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Monday, June 30, 2003
ephemeral means lasting for a short time if u didnt noe..
...Now, together, I know
that the romance was not mine to give, but
yours to inspire.(..wahzz)
I will not wake you from your soft sleep, nor
disturb your dreams. They are yours to experience.
I am content to sit and watch over my dream.
Sleep, my love. I am here.
-e watcher
.."Individual beauty from
Thoughtful children, and the grave
Proves the child ephemeral:
But in my arms till break of day
Let the living creature lie,
Mortal, guilty, but to me
The entirely beautiful"....-Lullaby
by W. H. Auden
.."I love thee, as I love the last
Rich smile of fading day,
Which lingereth, like the look we cast,
On rapture pass'd away.
I love thee as I love the tone
Of some soft-breathing flute
Whose soul is wak'd for me alone,
When all beside is mute"...I Love Thee
by Eliza Acton, 1799-1859.
Eh..dont stare at me..found it in my favourite folders..
either my bro's or his gf..some of the poems are really
sweet..some r weird n others are very difficult to understand..
Juz d/l-ed New world disorder 1 & 2..scary videoz...crazy stunts...
dropping from super scary heights.. going down steep downhills n flying over
humps..hills..gaps..n even rubbish bins..alot of creativity but very risky too..
wonder y those unicyclist wanna do e stunts..they juz cant go on rough terrain
wif their one wheels no matter how they trying....but cool...inspiring..spare me
from e broken ribcages n likely injuries...
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Sars Joke in the Office
The Managing Director of a company wanted to find out how
assertive and
decisive his group of managers were.
He called them into the conference room and said:
"Those of you who are dominated by your wife, stand on my
left.
Those of you who are not dominated by your wife, stand on my right."
After some hesitation and a lot of eyeing one another, all
the managers moved to MD's left, except for one who moved to the right and
two who remaining standing in the middle.
MD: "Now I know that a lot of my managers are honest,
irrespective oftheir other qualities. May I ask our two colleagues why they are
standing in the middle? Are you undecided, as usual?"
Manager 1: "No, but my wife always tells me to avoid taking sides
in the office and be neutral in everything."
Manager 2: "My wife tells me not to take any decision without
first asking her on the phone."
MD: "At least I have one manager who has his head screwed on
right.
Marko, tell them how to be a real man."
Marko: "My wife tells me not to go into any crowd until this
Sars thing is over."
"Some say leh some say lah
Spread kaya dont spread sars.."
Ndp REhearsal
Hot day for rehearsal todae...still thinking of wat the pple up e the grandstand will say.
.stupid idiots(the things we have to do seem very dumb compared to the ever favoured Guard of Honour..they always leave
early n have e shortest time on the parade..Really dont like burning my SAturdaes for the rehearsal..Mondae compensations
usually are very boring..Back to e parade we have to sing a stupid song marching in, chant a cheer, n most importantly wear a
helmet..every rehearsal inflicts pain on my skull due to the stupid helmet..arrrgghhh..
my righteyebeen twitching since this week..dont noe wat happened
i am not under stress or anxious abt something..strange..even weirder i report sick for pimples on my body n the doc gave
me antibotics n guess wat i have to eat them 4 times a dae b4 meals(i dont eat for 4 meals a dae..) n 3 daes excuse uniform..
cool ya
Been thinking of taking up driving b4 training starts again..I have exactly 6 mths to do so..but i m lazy..lazy to sign up at e driving centre..lazy to read n memorise..juz plain lazy...how??..Anyway some1 help me out here...motorbike or car??..Learning bike n owning one will make my mum very upset..Getting a car license i will no chance to drive besides using my bro's in e wee hours..how??...which is more practical..
Monday, June 23, 2003
Cycled todae..Went to Sentosa..YEA!!!..hehe...tried out e Subaru challenge super difficult..fell down 2 times causing my dropout to bend had to fix it at Chinatown..12 bucks manzz fell down trying a sharp turn going down a steep slope..the rear wheel skidded out n i fell..rolled over a few times but was not hurt xcept for some scratches on my leg...Went down a series of flight of stairs at Camp laguna..cool...But by e time i went back was too tired travelling..esp since it was gonna rain so cold..every time the cold wind blew at my tired thighs felt like giving up..HAd to drink lotsa water n sweets to help endure e pain...But a great day still..no rain n the beach was crowded wif students n freshies having their orietation camp my turn next..whoa!!..ORD lorZZzz...
Sianz..after taking the bike from my fren at midnight went to pump the tires..dont noe y one suddenly went flat..was lost didnt noe wat to do..the mobil gas station didnt have any tools. After very long i was clueless...Was abt to hail a cab n bear the cost from CCK to Jurong plus midnight charges..Luckily i saw a button on the pump system..flat tire..whew..it helped to add a lot pressure into the tire....could ride home..anyway there was no problem wif the tyre..dont noe wat happened..
Sunday, June 22, 2003
oh ya missed out on the Ndp rehearsal
During our usual breaks we had the privilege to watch the commonwealth students performing their transformations wahzz..so many transformation so many pple but so little errors..Even got to see the Hosts on stage...Sharon Au Gurmit Lilin n Jean DAnker Jack Neo..Sharon was acting cute..Lilin had e hottest outfit( spagetti top n a nice tan..) Gurmit was funny..Jack neo was a bit funny n Jean had e sweetest voice...
Cycling dae todae..
Ya haven touched my bike for quite a while
Morning
Vince stayed over my place so we could cycle to church together. Woke up early at 0545..slack a while n set off at 0630 Easy ride coz we were riding quite slow at least for me..As we were passing Bukit Timah somewhere near church..We realised there were quite a bit of cyclers around e Bukit Timah...were overtaken by roadies n some mtb-ers..even a bangalesh worker...couldnt swallow tt down..wanted to catch them like wat i always do..but my restrain was the lousy bike vince was using(it was mine i noe how lousy it was) so gave chase for a while n gave up..REached church at ard 0740 quite early..
Lunch time
After service someone pointed out tt Vince had a flat..Didnt noe how tt happened but hope he didnt cycle to church with a leaking tyre..felt quite guilty(no i didnt puncture his tyres) y didnt i see it...it would have been quite obvious...So Vince me n Zongren set out on a mission Operation: Fix a flat..Fiirst we went to shell to pump up e tyre in hope tt the damage wasnt so bad but within secs e tyre was almost losing all its air(vince carried e bike there n i carried it back)..plan B we went to e church office to savage any tools we could find..Spent a lot of time taking out e wheel..e bolt was too tight n we werent too sure which direction to turn e bolt n it was very tight..after tt we removed e inner tubing..strangely Zongren seemed to have some experience like he knew wat to do..Found 3 holes in the inner tube..wahzz..tts alot..Patched the holes with cloth tape n went back to e shell station to check if there was any leak...all was fine...Went back to church fitted the tyre back wanted to go to e station to pump air..Hide den popped in n said there was a bike shop at West lake there...wahzz..all our efforts went to waste when the mechanic fixed everything in 5 mins n removed e tube we fixed haizz...Guess my hopes of being a bike mechanic failed
After lunch
Since ZongRen had to book in early i suggested cycling to his place n also to check the reputed..Tiong Hin bike shop..at least next time me stuck in Hougang i would noe my way back..Travelled from Coronation down to Adam Rd to Lornie Rd to Ang Mo kio turn in and out wahzz..tiring lehzz..was wondering where it was..anyway i realised tt Zongren was quite slow while we were resting realised tt Zongren's front derailuer cannot catch on to e biggest chainring n tt e previous owner pulled his brakes too tight coz-ing traction while moving..When we reached the bike shop..the owner didnt even examine the fault properly n said it was spoilt either get new one or contact the previous owner..I was like..wat..reputed one of the best service providers didnt get a hack abt the customer..Disappointing..Anyway got to see a Sintesi n f3000(Cannondale)..drool drool..the pple hanging out there were discussing Cannondale on the verge of bankrupcy..oh no..
Travelling Back
Nothing much..stopped at Pee's place n chat wif him for a while..lent him my bike..
Extras
Travelled 72 km todae...wahzz..cool sia..
Learnt how to patch a tyre without patch kit
Stopped by Pee's place to pass him the bike(lend him til he gets his super high speed racer..use my fren's bike for the time being)...Got new tricks up his sleeve way cool..
Saturday, June 21, 2003
Cant lose u- Caedmon's call
So ure gone
But i noe ure not so far away
Ure a call on a phone
Or a ride on a plane
But now it juz isnt e same
Ya well...
Tts ok
Coz I was nv home anyway
So everyone's evolving
And i am juz the same
As i was ten years ago
Ya i dont noe
Maybe the simple life is more the way to go
But then again
Im mostly all alone
Coz I am losing everyone
But I noe I cant lose u
And maybe my time will come
For i noe I cant lose u
The older I get
The more the life is making sense
And its similar to traffic or being President
Coz Im not the one in control
U rather hold...
I am juz a hammer helping to nail the future down
Its getting hard
To watch my friends leave town
Bridge:
Maybe I miss the nose ride on my face(Not too sure)
Juz past it
And maybe I have e gift that everyone speaks so high of
Funny how noone wants it
Sunday, June 15, 2003
Singapore Street Festival
Wow!! Stages everywhere ard HMV Cineleisure n Youth park..lotsa bands..rappers dancers n showcase of diff. types of artistic creations...cool..Anyway i was watching a band outside of Hmv they were called Clash's flower shop or something..they were great..betta e previous band e previous band was very jap rock..this band was very alternate rock...like cranberries n radiohead..a nice rhythmic guitar sounds n melodic basslines, plus the drummer was so young i dont tink he's even 16 so jealous... e other members are ard 20...The whole band worked as one..smile at their own blunders..no fanciful stuff none of them were trying to be e star of e day, they were all making music..catchy tunes n lyrics Way to go!!..Suddenly feel like forming a band n touching black beauty once again..haizz need to bring black beauty for servicing
Mr NDU
Met Ian juz now while buying drinks from my frens..He looked so lean now n had a coarse voice..5 more weeks to passing out wow!!..i admire him manzz such tough training but still able to make it thru..guess wat!!He's going to OCS too..wow again my frens say its not easy to be selected as an officer esp nsf one...Respect sia..hehe~
Saturday, June 14, 2003
Lesson Number One
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.
A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I
also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"
The crow answered: "Sure, why not?"
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and
rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on
the rabbit and ate it.
Management Lesson:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting
very, very high up.
Lesson Number Two
A turkey was chatting with a bull.
"I would love to be able to get to the top of that
tree," sighed the turkey, "But I haven't got the
energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my
droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with
nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that
it actually gave him enough strength to reach the
first branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he
reached the second branch.
Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly
perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly
spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the
tree.
Management Lesson:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep
you there.
Lesson Number Three
When the body was first made, all the parts wanted
to be Boss.
The brain said, "I should be Boss because I control
the whole body's responses and functions."
The feet said, "We should be Boss as we carry the
brain about and get him to
where he wants to go."
The hands said, "We should be the Boss because we do
all the work and earn all the money."
And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs
and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up. All
the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being
the Boss.
So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and
refused to work.
Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the
hands clenched, the feet
twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the
brain fevered.
Eventually they all decided that the asshole should
be the Boss, so the motion was passed. All the other
parts did all the work while the Boss just sat and
passed out the shit!
Management Lesson:
You don't need brains to be a Boss - any asshole
will do.
Lesson Number Four
A little bird was flying south for the winter.
It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the
ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a
cow came by and dropped some dung on it.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow
dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung
was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm
and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to
investigate.
Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird
under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out
and ate him!
Management Lessons:
1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your
friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth
shut!
Haha funny stories ya..from my email archives
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Juz saw a trek bike..black colour...very chio...look like a giant xtc team or principia..very cool...wonder y trek cannot make their bikes models stand out from each other or be like santa cruz n give the customer e liberty to choose e colour n design he/she likes...hmmm..wanna repaaint my bike but dont noe how...
Monday, June 09, 2003
...n guess wat..it can take a whole lot of beating..Norco Performance bikes..yea..
Note to all gerfrens(newman mag)
null n void after 7 daes
a fruit not a colour. Pumpkin is a a fruit.
WE have no idea wat mauve is
Too old to make new friends?
by Sumiko Tan
SUNNY, one of my dearest friends at work, will leave The Straits Times next month for greener pastures.
He is not my first friend from the office to say goodbye.
Over the years, there have been a handful of colleagues who became friends. In recent times, at least three others have also
left. When Sunny told me that he was leaving, I moaned: 'With you gone, I will have hardly any friends left in the office!'
Which set me thinking: At what point does an acquaintance or colleague become a friend? And, to take a step back, what is this concept called 'friendship' anyway? Indeed, what makes you click with one person and form a friendship with him, but not some other?
If a friend is defined as someone I feel completely comfortable calling up at 3 am to bail me out of trouble - and Sunny will do so - then, alas, I don't have that many friends. Other than family members, I can count on just one female friend and three, at best four, male friends.
But then, maybe that's plenty. As someone once said, one friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. FRIENDSHIPS are different from relationships - and thank goodness for that.
You can be great chums with your partner, of course, but a relationship is so much more complex.
It is not only about that enrapturing feeling called love, but - if you are unlucky - also a host of murky emotions like jealousy, resentment, anger, pain and despair.
Friendship is simpler and fills you, mostly, with harmless Type B emotions - kindliness, fondness, warmth and cordiality.
With a lover, you make demands and have expectations. But with a friend, you're cool. You don't really owe him anything, or have to explain much, because, ultimately, you demand nothing more from each other than pleasant company and an occasional listening ear.
Love, I read somewhere, is blind, but friendship closes its eyes. How true.
THE older I get, the more I value friends. Yet, ironically, I find that it is now not only harder for me to maintain old friendships, but also to form new ones.
When I was in school, friendships came naturally. My friends and I moved in a pack - we ate, studied, gossiped and partied together. We exchanged secrets and gifts, sent cards and gave treats. Our friendships were firm, and sweet.
Coming from an all-girls school, I didn't get to make male friends until I was in junior college. Initial shyness aside, I found that it was possible to have a platonic relationship with a guy, and that they made equally good friends.
By the time I went to university, I was already attached, and had little time to make new friends, male or female.
Then came working life. Through sheer proximity and the amount of time spent together, it was inevitable that some colleagues became more than co workers.
What is it that allows you to become friends with some people, and not others?
Shared experience is one requisite, and the sharper it is, the better. For Sunny and I, it was our years spent pounding the same beat, politics.
That X factor called 'chemistry' is another, and I suppose this explains how you can be firm friends with people who are very different from you.THE saddest thing about friendship is that it can die. It doesn't come with a lifelong guarantee.
Distance is one killer. Unless you are diligent in keeping in touch with a friend, being far away can drive a wedge in your relationship.
Changes in circumstance is another. It has been said that a friend in power is a friend lost, and I have found this to be true. When a friend moves up in life, he will become too busy for you, while you don't want to risk rejection by trying to keep in contact with him.
Marriages have also caused friendships to fade as your spouse might not take to your friends.
Then there are friendships that die because they have simply run their course.
I had a close female friend whom I had known since we were both 17. About four years back, after 16 years of keeping in touch through the mail, long hours on the phone and giggly lunches, our friendship died. Just like that.
There was no quarrel, no disagreement, no underlying unhappiness or animosity or hurts. The plug was just pulled.
The last time we saw each other was at lunch - in fact, it was to celebrate her birthday. We were our usual loud selves.
After the meal, we gave our usual hug, said our usual cheery goodbyes and made our usual promise to meet again.
We didn't call each other for weeks (which was normal, as we were both busy), then months (which began to feel a bit strange, but nothing to be alarmed about), then, yes, years (by then, it was too late to resuscitate the friendship).
We did talk once, last year, when my father died and she called. I was grateful to hear from her and I know it took a lot for her to pick up the phone after so many years.
I wish nothing but the best for her, and am always glad to hear from mutual friends that she is well. Yet, I know that if we were to bump into each other today, it would feel awkward.
IF I value friendship so much, why don't I just go forth and make more friends?
It is easier said than done. People my age and older are busy with careers and family. I have fewer things in common with those younger.
But the fault is mine. At my age, I lack the energy and enthusiasm. Starting and maintaining a friendship might be far less arduous than a relationship, but it still requires effort. Do I have the strength for that on top of the other demands in my life?
So, next month, I say goodbye to Sunny and I am left with one friend fewer at work.
British writer Virginia Woolf once said: 'I have lost friends, some by death - others by sheer inability to cross the street.'
Should I spot Sunny - and my few remaining friends - on the street, I trust I can muster the energy to walk up to them and say 'hi'.
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The greatest regrets in our lives are the risks we did not take.
If you think something will make you happy, go for it.
Remember that we pass this way only once.
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"The hardest part in loving a person from a distance
is not being able to hold her hand
and embrace her tight
and tell her how much you love her
- because you are only a friend."
- Love Quotes, #21
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