Monday, July 31, 2006

entrapment?

read this from my cousin's blog. and i think she's right.

entrapment is like tempting someone to commit a crime so that you can catch him/her in the act of committing it. and yeap. singapore practises it.
taking from her blog an example of an insurance agent who in order to meet a certain quota desperately requires customers. then some plain clothes policeman acting as some rich big shot comes up to him with an offer of helping him to meet his quota on the basis that he has to buy drugs from him. while in the process of doing so, the other policemen of the team comes swopping down liek eager hawks to arrest the poor guy. why? coz he got tempted. it's tempting. but in the first place, were that option not available to him, would he have even thought of it?

just like my cousin, i believe that all men are good by nature. it's the environment that shapes us all. not only the environment. the people, the work we do, the things surrounding us.

entrapment is dumb. i personally knew a person who went to jail coz of that. and there's nothing i could do about it. it's sad coz i knew that she had a great life ahead of her before all these occur. it's not fair if cnb has to meet a certain quota each month and resort to entrapment just to meet their quota.

seems that my little sis i not doing well in learner's hub huh.

well. you can try not to hate it at least. i mean hating it doesn't help. it just makes you more resentful towards it. you can actually try thinking that it's here to help you. and accept it with grace? can probably start thinking that you're enjoying it coz you get to learn new things and clarify your doubts and queries.

actually..

1) you're not stupid.
2) you're not stupid.
3) you're not stupid.
4) stop comparing yourself with me. it's different.
5) don't stress out too much anyway.
6) i'll help you. but you've gotta come forward to ask me for my help. i won't know when you're struggling or not. you've gotta open your mouth girl.
7) i'm not fierce k.
8) be a hubber not a quitter.
9) if you're teachers don't help you, they suck.
10) we have webcam. you can ask me for help even if i'm in uni.
11) good luck and jia you~

last ndp at the national stadium! and me and en went for the preview! haha, we were practically rummaging through the funpack once we got it and were seated. haha, and it was quite fun. the fun pack i mean. and it was all in the spirit of national day though it was only a preview.

that's me in the cap! and i tatoo-ed my arm! it says: made in singapore.
that's me and en with our caps on. kinda big the cap.

and it was a sunny day =) love sunny days
and us putting up some fine pose before the sun goes down.

and too soon the thingy was over!!! fireworks were great as usual. haha enjoyed myself very much. ah. but stanley was quite poor thing. had to stand guard the whole way while i was sitting and enjoying myself. kohji too. standing at attention for most of the time. and eugene had to be on duty as bus i/c.

but it's a fun experience for all of us i guess. they in ns and us at the parade. don't worry. memories becomes more valuable. their value grows with time.

was moving into the hostel for the past few days. haha, some pictures to see how it's like. actually the hostel wasn't that bad... in fact i think it's.. kinda nice. afterall i had a brief stay in sec 3 i think. for some camp.
see. that's mummy papa and my auntie sitting on the bed. yeah. my mummy's skinny huh.

oh and here's like some stuff i brought over and put it on the mattress. mattress looks so dull looking doesn't it.

haha, and i did my desk all by myself. looks nice?

yupz. these are wad i've put on my desk. extreme right is owen alarm clock. hee. pictures. there's zir and me. mini fan. and yeah. owen figurine! =D well they didn't allow me to paste posters in hostel.. so gotta make do.

then i posted some pictures up on the board too. haha, life won't be the same without low xuan xin yue and mei yin. and of course pictures of my family.

haha, that's my tidbit corner. and of course i put up some pictures too.

ta-dah! i put pictures where there's boon! coz she reminds me of eating.. hee. sorry! hahaha, kidding lah. but kinda true wad.. open to take food i'll think of you k?

and my liverpool bedsheet! yay!!!!!

that's us after the cleaning up. satisfied.

oh yup. here's my dustbine. cool huh. mummy got it for me. actually during cleaning... momsie did most of the stuff.. well not that i was lazy or anything. just that she practically helped herself to doing everything lah. got me irritated sometimes. i mean who's the one staying? but then since she feels that there's a need to do it.. then i'll just let it be. i guess somehow i can understand why she's doing it.

anyway i went to ndp preview coz i had free tix by courtesy of eugene liu. haha coz he won it but had duty that day. well.. thank you!!! coz i went with en and we really enjoyed ourselves. haha, though we were in wrong colours. it was kinda last minute. no i love singapore red shirts. but it's the thoughts that count k. we love you singapore!

and temp staff ng yen yong has gone for camp le. haha, oh no.. will be missing you! haha, but don;t worry. we can always meet up. hall 13 and 10 is not very far. but it was a great working experience with you k!

Thursday, July 27, 2006

nationals are over. and if you're wondering. the guys got 4th placing! and the girls got 5th!

hmm. individual medallists by qin wei and michelle who got 3rd in k2 1000m. that's not an easy feat man. they were 3rd placing behind njc. 1st and 2nd place went to njc of course. then guys.. vasin the new j1 got 2nd or 3rd for his k1 1000m race! and dharma got 1st in his t1 500m race! hahaha, and after that everyone was hailing him king dharma. a well-deserved title though.

proud of the j1s, happy for them and a tingle of jealousy of them. haha.

to move on, i saw an accident that day. it involved a ns guy on his bike. no one was hurt though. ahah, and the first thing i noticed about the accident was sadly not the number plate of the vehicle involved but how cute that ns guy was. aiyah. too bad i cannot get down papa's car to help him.

ah. and i went to the east coast ski cable thingy. haha it was damn fun! and there were jellyfishes! in the water! cool huh. but it stings when you get bitten. and wan yuan got stung. haha made me felt apologetic about dragging her along there.

and i caused a guy to fall. it was really an accident and he didn't blame me for it. it just so happen that i was sort of blocking his way and to avoid hitting me he had to drop off from the ski and fall in the water. anyway i did him a favour coz it was really such a hot weather. i mean, you should just get down in the water and soak it up a bit.

anyway he was really nice about it and even helped wan yuan carry her board. he was 22 and we found out that he was going to sim! same school as wan yuan! but too bad it was only a chance meeting. doubt we'll get to see him again.

and so i got tanner and went back to work with boss commenting that i look black black de. haha, wad. black is good. but i turn white pretty fast anyway, doesn't matter does it. i would love to go cable skiing again. but when i have enough money.

and my hall sorting is done. i'm sorted to.. hall 10! see. like harry potter. and hall 10! michael owen's number in liverpool was 10! so was it in newcastle! it's fated. now all i have to think about is how many posters i wanna shift to the hostel and paste it all over the wall.

sigh. i guess, living with a bimbo is kinda hard.. hor ang hiang en. seriously the things i explain to her... needs to be explained twice, thrice and i feel so dumb. hahaha. and please don't bring so many heels. make up set keep to the minimum. clothes.. not too many. enough to fill your wardrobe. don't pile on to my wardrobe. if you need my wardrobe to put your clothes, i'll charge you 10 bucks per clothing.

nothing much to blog. just that i've found a new fantasy author. robin hobb. although her stories are interesting... it's.. a bit chim. like i have to read at a much slower pace so i can fully grasp it's context and certain paragraphs are.. let's just say it requires a hgher level of comprehending. but nvm, it's still nice to read and had me hooked on for days.

busy watching korean shows too. gosh. my aunties are seriously buying a lot of korean vcds. i'm not complaining though. i get to watch it when they're done. then they pass it on to their colleagues.

k. hall camp next week you know. i shall miss my com. i shall miss slacking. it's so long since i had a camp. and now i've to open up and make new friends.

not blogging ready. my thoughts are all jumbled up. haha, see that's wad you get for not blogging often.

tricia logs off. sayonara!

Thursday, July 13, 2006

heh. today was the day of the canoeing nationals. and i am proud to say that our juniors did not let us down! there were many changes and even a new event. but yet many were able to get into straight finals and semi finals! including the new j1s! so happy for them!

seems that wad we were unable to achieve, they did it in our stead, but even better than that. they were simply awesome lah!

here's some pictures that i took.

here's queen jac! she started off the races and got into straight finals immediately.first to reach the end buoys.

next race was a j1, who managed to get into semis too! cool huh
warm-up time.
winning champions in their event of k2 1000m! see! they're the first to reach the end buoys!
winning champions michelle and qin wei!!! so proud!
hee. that's yayun! she got into semis too for her race!
remember our brasca paddles?
boats, lifevests...
ah ha! the new teacher miss lim! she looks sweet ya? she's awfully nice too. posing for me and at times chatting with me. hahaha, wah lao. if it's mr tang.... -shudders-
group photo with the girls!
a j1 in his race.
haha, mr lim yew wei! lovable teacher~
xiao hou and wayne coming in second place.
that's the new j1 that they sort of pulled over. he's called vasin i think. from acsi. he's thai. sawadika!
random picture.
another j1 team~
haha, 3 stooges. xiao hou got his leg injured. but still managed to get second place!
haha, me with the guys.
i think this picyure looks like a postcard. nice nice? my photo taking skills not bad can.
hahaha, this retarded picture is michelle me and qin wei pretending that we're in a cold country coz we're all wearing jackets. look like not? haha, truth is that we were damn hot lah.
that's small girl jiayi with her j1 partner. made it to semis too. and beside them is shimin!
weikang taking part in the new event called c1. tough sia. but he managed to get in semis! lost to first boat nj in the heats by a bit only. coz of his direction that dragged him down. well done anyways!
one more j1 also taking part in new event.
another j1 girl in her race.
jiayi and her partner crossing the buoy.
bryan in the k1 boat.
one j1 in the k1 boat.
that's raymond and his partner.
jonathan looking hyped up.
another j1 team.
woah. weikang in his race. not easy huh.

anyway that's all for today. coz i had to leave halfway and i didn't manage to take everyone's pictures. but overall it was great. hahaha, brings back much memories huh. finals this fri! jiayou manz!!

Sunday, July 09, 2006

today was supposed to be a fairly good day. in the end it was spoilt. darn. hate it when it happens.

just to set the record straight. yes i may be working at the driving centre. but it's only a part time job. there will be a time to part, and i will not be working there as often as i am now. i am NOT oblige whatsoever to constantly help you look out lessons at your requests and not even more so by your smses.

there's probably a reason why we gave you a userid and password to log in. sheesh. if yuo even think about it, it wouldn't really be fair for me to help you look out for lessons, coz i'm working there and coz.. you're well... SORT of my friend. what about the other customres who are having tests on hand and needs the lessons mroe than you do? by helping you i would be the one deprieving them of lessons to book.
hey. it's a dog eat dog world. you want lessons, you look out for them yourself.

anyway, i see no reason for helping.

coz even though we knew each other in sec school. if you remember, WE had NEVER spoken to one another. even when we were in the same jc. we still hadn't speak.
then, miss lai decided to combine classes for us. if not, we would have NEVER spoken at all yeah. even though so. we're not on very good speaking terms.

and for so long. we have never smsed each other in any way, except to settle school stuff. suddenly you're always smsing me to help you book lessons. what the hell ya.

i'm so irritated. not that i don't want to help. but there should be a limit to the things you ask people to do.

haha, right. so now in a better mood. hmmz. today went blading with en. had quite a fun time even though today was raining. and hiang en. haiz. she can just be the curse of my life lah. hahaha. and she's going to be my roommate. haha good luck to me!

that's all for today~ night

today's date looks good. 080706. haha, wouldn't it be cool if like my wedding falls on some nice date too. easy to remember too. wonder which baby was born on 080706.

good date means good things. hee. coz i recieved a nice sms. it was exactly wad i wanted. only that i didn't say it. haha, the sms was: thank you princess.
yupz. made my day =)

me and esther were taking bus home from work and we saw this j1 mj canoeist wearing new jersey! i thought the new jersey was damn nice lah. there were two white strips at the sides, making it look like it was sponsered by addidas, and the meridian logo looked nice on it too! it was red and black. damn cool. gosh. and i think it's dri-fit. anyway meand esther didn't dare to turn back to look at the malay guy i think, who was wearing it. but i think quite obvious we were staring at him lah. not him, the jersey though. but i bet he thought we were staring at him. hahaha, oh well..

next week competition kicks off for the j1s! cool. i'll be there to support. and qin wei and michelle makes me superduperultra proud. they're in k2 1000m which was exactly wad me and en took part in. haha, well, they broke and created their own record, which made me proud and jealous! haha, if only we could do the same huh. but it's okay. i'm happy for them. shall not say their timing here. later got other jc spies read my blog. ssshhh =X

anyway band ephyra had a new song title which i thought sounded nice. it's called deaf september. hahaz, song titles are important to songs, just as names are to us. i think lyric writers, or rather composers, and people who name the songs, are way way way smart. even if they don't go to uni or get some shit of a degree, it's amazing how they can come up with so many meaningful lyrics.

okay then. nothing much to crap about. actually have lah. but i kinda forgot wad i want to say. oh wells. night people.
princess bids her people goodbye*

okay just kidding.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

don't do what you can't undo, until you've considered what you can't do once you've done it

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

hidetoshi nakata

hidetoshi nakata is leaving his soccer career. it's japan's loss though. i always thought he was a great player. just that there seemed to be some problem with teamwork coordination that's all.

anyway he's older than me by about ten years. and good looking too. i figured if i could master the japanese language well.. there's a possibility that we could be together. okay. just kidding.

i guess after a ten year long career in the sports arena, it's time to take a break.

it's really trying sometimes, when the sport that you have a passion for actually stretches you to your limits to deny you every bit of self-worth you thought you had. and you wonder where that passion goes. but i guess in the end it makes you a stronger person.

goodbye nakata... have a good life ahead!