Some developments...

I know this entry is rather overdue and babe has been pressing me for an update, so here it is!

Lately i've been up to literally nothing.. i am serious. Despite the fact that i am now in university, going for lectures week in and week out, the whole exam stress has yet to catch up with me and i have not really gotten the motivation to study YET. Kept telling myself that i have to revise my work, but being the lazy and active me who just can't sit still let alone flip through the countless pages of notes, i just can't start my momentum going. Perhaps someone has to hit me at the back of my head to wake me up because as much as i know it is important to prepare now, my pace of revision is somewhat slow. Perhaps it's because exams will only come about around March next year thats why i am still not at full steam. But back to reality, when i look at the chunk of notes that i have to digest by then,i am starting to get worried. Got to start the engines before it is too late. Got to study derrick, even if it was bit by bit. Slowly we will pick up speed.

Other than that, i have also been trying to stick to my regime of alternating going to the gym and swimming while having 1 or 2 days of rest in between. You see i have always been slightly underweight (the reason i was downgraded to PES B) hence i felt that it was time for me to put on a few kilograms, probably in the form of muscles. So far so good, several weeks of training have gone by and my weight has increased by about 2kg, more to come, hoping to break the 60kg mark real soon.

Relationship with babe is still going strong as ever. We are into our 10th month now and boy am i hungry for so many more! To sum it all up, she is a girl that is really very hard to find. Why i say so is because it is not everyday that you find a girl who shares so many things in common with you. Who would cherish you just as much or even more than the amount you cherish her. Who would always be there for you, supporting you in the things you do. Who would just indulge in the simple pleasures of life with you. Who is just simple and down to earth without the need for makeup and as well as to act as a different person in ur presence. These are just the things i look for in my partner and soul mate. Nevermind that here and there we have slight differences, nevermind that sometimes we think in opposite directions and go against one another stubbornly. Nevermind if she wasn't a super model. All that i needed and yearned for i have found in her and if it is gonna take a whole lot of understanding and compromising for us to reach the end, then that is exactly what i am going to put in because she is just the one for me.

Chirstmas is coming up. Initially it would have been my very first christmas with a girlfriend but sadly, this would have to wait till at least next year because this year,i will be away on holiday in Korea with my family.Prior to the booking of the trip,i was really looking forward to spending christmas with babe, going around to take in the christmas spirit with her. but sadly, we would not be able to do so this year. Well nevermind, so long as we remain together, i am sure that there will be plenty of chances for us to spend this special day together. Someday, i even want to set up a christmas tree with her in our own home=). As for now, looks like this year, we will be spending chirstmas miles apart but no worries, i'm sure we'll still be in one another's heart and for sure babe will receive a christmas day wishing from me, you will never be forgotten ok!

Sort of interested in setting up a miniature aquarium installed with live plants but the only fauna would be shrimps. Yes you got me right, shrimps but not those you can eat. These guys are really brightly coloured and they are highly prized in the aquarium world. Would love to try to breed them and probably sell them. However, to conceptualise my plan of setting up another tank, i need the finances and more importantly, the approval of my parents because i need to find a place to put it while at the same time, it would consume electricity once again. Click on the link below to see for yourselves what i mean by these beautiful babies.

http://www.crshaven.com

With the US greenback at an all time low, was considering speculating in it however i am a little wary because afterall,it would be my own money which i am using and i am kind of afraid that i would not be able to recoup my investment. Guess i shall wait out and see for the time being while trying to persuade my dad to see if he is willing to provide me with some form of financial assistance.

Well,thats about all i have for now,till next time, stay tuned for further updates=).

Can't stand these kinda people.

Just the other day i was on the bus to school when 2 people came up onto the upper deck and sat beside me. Initially i was unsure of their gender but as they started to talk,i could make out that one was a guy and the other a lady. I was listening to my MP3 as usual so i took no notice of their conversation but somehow,i realised that the lady's voice seemed to drown out the music that was coming out of my earphones. Subconsciously i started listening or if you wanna put it, eavesdropping on their conversation because i could no longer concentrate on my music especially when their voices were so much louder than the artists of the tracks.
I could somehow make out their conversation as revolving around the differences in lifestyle between that in Singapore and that of Australia and the UK. You see, apparently, the lady had either studied in Australia before or had a holiday there because she was bragging about how she found Singapore's lifestyle to be so hectic. She then went on to compare it to the likes of Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.. bragging about how life there was much slower paced and relaxing. The guy just kept agreeing with her throughout and even offered his own UK version of the story. One part which really irked me was the fact that the lady went on to say about how it was sad that in Singapore, we looked down upon rubbish collectors and shunned the profession while in Australia, they treated garbage collectors equally because to them,it was a service to the community. That really struck a raw nerve in me because i totally disagreed with her statement especially when as a Singaporean,i felt that we do not discriminate against garbish collectors but instead, we seem to distance ourselves from them only because we feel that it is filthy and hard labour. I do not see the need to look down upon them as afterall,it is a profession that not everyone can undertake. On top of that, it seems to me that she has ommitted the fact that Australia's population is more homogeneous as compared to the multi racial society that we have here in Singapore. This means that no matter what,somehow, some fraction of their garbage collectors will have to be the white man himself while in Singapore, garbage collectors tend to be the Indian nationals as most of us will avoid getting our hands dirty at all costs. However, bear in mind that the garbage collectors in Singapore are not restricted only to the Indians as nowadays we see many middle aged as well as elderly Chinese and Malay folks clearing rubbish and even sifting through them to pick out whatever is useful. I disliked the fact that all through the entire time, the lady kept saying that it was very sad that Singapore was in this state because somehow i do not see things eye to eye. She then went on to brag about how having too much stress is no good but having a little is productive and also how she could not stay at home and live without working. After listening to all the crap she had to say, i was waiting to see where she alighted and guess what, she alighted at the Macritchie area, a place wiith lots of private housing. I even got a glimpse of her, sporting an all black outfit and even wearing a pair of black shades aboard the bus. So my conclusion is simple,that she is quite well off, probably even a "tai tai". That left me pondering, if Singapore really is such a sad place to live in and has so much to learn from Australia, why then would she be staying in this country, depending on it for her peace and prosperity? And if Singaporeans really do look down on garbage collectors, why then isn't she a garbage collector herself so that she could further prove her point? The simple fact about the area she lives in just contradicts her statement. If this country is such a disappointment,then go elsewhere, we don't need a 2 headed snake living amongst us. Instead of shooting our mouths off like her,i am sure that there are other more pressing issues that we should draw our attention to.

9th anniversary

To babe: This may seem like a replica of your entry but it is just me stating my version of it. =P

Just 2 days ago,me and babe marked our 9th month anniversary together. Basically as usual,we would try to discuss about where to go and since we could not really come up with anywhere special to make our presence felt,we went with babe's theory of it is not the destination that is important but rather it is the journey that matters". (adapted from my theory of it is not where we go or what we do that is important,but rather who i am with that matters) So in the end,we ended up at one of our usual haunts,vivocity. When we were there,true enough, we were so engrossed with one another that the entire time,we did not realise that we were going around in circles(typical us lah). At first we contemplated watching The Game Plan as it was a movie that we had long anticipated to watch but we stopped short of doing so as babe made sense in her next theory - "why spend $8 on a movie when we can catch it at $6.50". Haha..so guess what, we channelled our funds towards something else more worthwhile - a ride each on Sentosa's cineblast. Though the cost of it was higher than a movie (at 1$12.50 per person) , it was nonetheless something which we had never experienced before so why not? Turned out it was a 3D simulator ride(the 3D effect did not seem to be working for both of us because everything was just so blur) just that there was a greater feel of personal space with each miniature simulator holding up to only 4 people. So me and babe climbed into our own simulator and soon,we were immersed in our own world. The ride was so bumpy that babe clung onto my arm as though for dear life but don't get me wrong, i liked that feeling of being able to be that pillar of strength( more like bamboo) for her. Seeing her holding onto me just made me feel loved and trusted by her=). Throughout the ride, i also made some noises and screams to enhance the ride for her and looking at her laughing away just put the smile upon my face.

Thereafter we returned back to vivocity for yet another walk around and before long, it was time to decide on a place for our dinner. Since we already had a meal of fish and co. earlier in the month,that had already counted as our anniversary meal being brought forward and at that time, babe also happily agreed that that should be it and according to her on the actual day itself we will "just eat char kway tiao lorhz". Haha. But the funny part is, despite the numerous destinations like the foodcourt and hawker centre that i could come up with,they were rejected by babe one by one. So in the end,guess where we went! Sakae sushi! Lol...but i would like to state that i was not forced..somehow i had the craving as well and since it was really our anniversary and that babe looked so pityful,we went ahead with it instead of CHAR KWAY TIAO. During dinner,i made a booboo which babe happily mentioned in her blog entry. I had asked her if they would provide me with another packet of green tea because mine was getting diluted from the numerous times i had topped it up with hot water. It was really a genuine and innocent mistake on my part because i really thought that they were providing me free flow of green tea but turned out only the water was free flow. But oh well,babe had a great time laughing at me so ok lah, at least my booboo did something good.

Before making our way home, we sat outside vivocity by the sea and just spent time talking to one another. In the midst of it,babe leant her head back exposing her neck to me and i suddenly had the urge to tickle her and that was exactly what i did! But what happened next was totally unexpected, babe actually struck me in the nose in self defense or as a natural reaction,whichever way you wanna see it. Thank goodness it wasn't a hard one and that my nose doesn't bleed if not,it would really have been a truly memorable 9th anniversary.

Well,to sum it all up, this anniversary,just like the others we've had so far is truly memorable in it's own way. But none of these could be possible if it wasn't for her - my most beloved girlfriend. My world basically revolves around her,i will be happy for as long as she is. Seeing her laugh and be filled with happiness because of me is the greatest accomplishment and satisfaction for me. I want to live each day knowing that i am able to bring my loved one joy and happiness. That because of me,she is able to put her fears and troubles aside and just live for the moment. These are the many special and precious moments that we share and i never ever want them to cease. Everything that has taken place in our lives did not occur purely by coincidence. Being able to understand one another, read one another's minds,say the same things at the same time, make decisions together are not things that come by easily. It takes a whole lot of chemistry for them to be present in a relationship. I am just glad to have been able to meet her and be her better half just as she has been my better half. May all these last till the end of time because 9's DEFINATELY NOT ENOUGH.