Walking the Sotong...

Walking down along Orchard Road from Paragon to Wheellock Place, on the eve of a public holiday and during the school holidays, pushing a trolley stacked high with boxes of frozen sotong and sea bass, with an cool extreme sports event outside Ngee Ann City going on... Not quite the coolest thing to do =p

Morning and Night

I love the morning sunshine, just nicely warm without burning heat, beautiful gold colour all around, only if I've gotten enough sleep and fully refreshed...

My favourite chill-out cum soul searching spot by the quarry lake past midnight... echoes of insects all round the place... sounds of trickling water down the cliffs of the quarry after rain... fresh forest air... I love to sit by the water... =)

49 Days Later...

My first return back to the trails since a week before 17 April... Man that's 7 weeks ago! My legs are still tired from work, and I struggled for most of the ride... But I still didn't waste the chance to have a nice, 45km mountain bike epic... Struggled to see the trails underneath all those leaves... Got to cherish my off day =)

So you have sang my song before too?

Ever since music returned to my life, life on the bus rides to and fro work aren't quite as boring as before (even though I'm not quite awake most of the time~!) The song that has gathered the most number of hits on my music player lately is 静茹's first Cantonese song, 原来你也唱过我的歌. Even though I only understand 2 or 3 lines of the lyrics, I love the melody, and Fish's voice is still like a bird's to me, even after 6-7 years of having her voice in my ears... so soothing, so warm, especially after work, like hearing my mum's voice hahas~ =)

*It may take awhile for the song to load... ;)*

Music's back in my life~!

Celebrating Elaine's 21st Birthday at the FishHead... the nickname that we gave our restaurant! Thanks to Woodie, Brenda and Grace for the behind-screen organising, and thanks to the Fishie people for their support =) Hope Elaine really enjoyed the lunch!

So nice... Malay teh, meat and rice for midnight supper right after work... And it was funny to see the Malay shop blasting their malay songs and all the uncles singing along! Man I've been eating and eating, forever hungry since starting work... Gained one more kilo~!

This bloody pair of rubber earbuds cost me $5~! Went to Jurong East Sony Ericsson Service Centre but they didn't have stock... Then I had to queue for 90 mins at Orchard's SE Service Centre for a sales transaction that took less than 3 mins... But after poking them into those holes on either side of my melon, and first time hearing music from those rubber holes after 2 weeks, I knew that I missed my music... really stirred up the juices within me!
读书想着你... 听歌想着你... 大地和蓝天出现的全是你... The song that I've been repeating and repeating, singing and humming along to... 静茹's 对不起我爱你...
Saw kitty at the void deck just now, but she didn't seem to recognise me anymore, sad man... She ran into a drain and hid there =(

Crazy Fishies!

Crazy nuts in mental hospital... check out those padded walls~! Wahaha! After a crazy day at work, in the goods lift at close to midnight, and still in "crazy mode" =p
Picture courtesy of "Cartoon Rat" Aisha and "Big Sis" Lina heehee!

Warmth at end of work day mmmph...

Another long long day at work, spent almost 12 straight hours at the restaurant, with 99% of the time standing, walking or running... My legs are like Hercules legs now~! But at least Big Boss treated us to oreo cheesecake, chocloate cheesecake and strawberry cheesecake from Bakerzin after work yeah wahaha!
Almost everyday, I have to rush for the last bus or train after work running on my fish-finny-soft legs, what an experience~!
Today, while slowly drifting my way home, I noticed this little kitty sitting on the void deck stone table. Strangely, I just automatically sat down and tried to rub nose with kitty. And it did the same too. It lept onto my lap, and I sayang-ed it, while it snuggled into the space in between my bag and my tummy. I felt really really good, really really comfy, having her befriending me and sayang-ing me right when I needed it... We snuggled in each other's company for close to an hour, despite passer-bys giving me strange faces... I played catch with her using my silver ring tied to my handphone pouch... I took pictures and videos... and she tried to do naughty antics such as biting my bag and shirt (my Fish & Co uniform!) and trying to bat my hands and handphone with her paws... until it got really late and I had to get home ready for work early tomorrow... It was painful to leave her there alone at the void deck, I was really ready to bring her home, but my sis will have to move out if kitty moved in because of her phobia of kitties, real stinking feeling... Hope to meet kitty again tomorrow =)

Sea of Love

The store finally opened for actual business today... I'll so definately miss the past few days...
I've been slogging so much these days, engine running plainly on the energy from friends and fellow colleagues, and of course the need to maintain, and eventually increase, that number printed in my bankbook...
Sea of Love... My new Fish & Co. t-shirt... I think it's cute... Especially when I'm rushing about doing work, as though I running around, lost, in the sea of Love... Hmm... that's why I need to do "sole searching"... Man I talk nonsense when I'm tired...

From Wiktionary, Sole means:
Adjective
1. only
2. (law) unmarried (especially of a woman), widowed

Noun
1. The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
2. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
3. A flatfish of the family Soleidae.

I love yum yum (Part III)

We had a food tasting session today... Power we got to eat almost everything on Fish & Co's menu! Swordfish collar... mussles... salmon in all sauces... Various types of fish & chips... stingray... salads... pastas... drinks... clam chowder soup... even a lobster (shared with everyone else though...)! Wahaha getting paid for eating~! But to think that we'll be tested on product knowledge tommorow... haiz still have to study my notes... And I hate doing the Fish & Co birthday rap~! Especially leading the rap... I keep making 'new lyrics'... man it sucks~! =p

But I haven't had much free time to do anything else for the past few days... I miss my cycling... I still have so much more stuff I want to do... haiz...

Gone Fishing... At work~

I've applied to work at Fish & Co... And I already think I would really enjoy this job already (no, the pay isn't high at all~!) ... I love the uniform hahaha! *BTW, Sole is a type of fish... =p*
I'll be part of the 1st batch of staff at the soon-to-be-opened outlet at Paragon Orchard, and it would be special to see the place transform from the dusty mess that I saw today to a full house of diners in a few days time... Meanwhile I'll do some "sole searching"~ =)

Vacation Life Part I

I love to walk around the house, admiring the floor. Most especially after I've spent good time sweeping and mopping it. =)

Not full strength, but part of the "GC LC" team at Manhatten's for Biscuit's (who's flanked left & right by hot babes =p) birthday!

Early Morning Reflections...

10 minutes ago, I was lying on my bed, waiting to get to sleep, and I started thinking... and I switched on the lappy to blog it down...

I was never someone who showed my feelings very explicitly, my family never was either. But I really liked it on those rare occasions where my mum would hold my arms, and sometimes rub while holding. I knew that she liked it too... Just like when I rub her shoulders and legs with medicated oil... And today, while at my grandma's shop, for the 2079th time, someone said I really resembled my mum...

I like it when my grandma would insist on holding my hands when we are crossing the road, even though kids are already starting to call me 'uncle' instead of 'gor gor' whenever I help out at her shop... I knew I'll always be her grandson to her...

I patted off the dust on this teddy bear that is on the shelf right beside my bed. I started counting the years... it has been 18 years since my mum gave me this bear! I still remember that she made me sing the National Anthem before giving it to me hahaha! Yes, it still is beside my bed, like always...

Maybe the elements of the night have gotten to me... maybe it's because of this Japanese drama "One litre of Tears" that I've been watching lately... maybe I need to sleep...

Good Nite~

Cruel Truth...

I went to support this friend this afternoon, who registered in a gaming competition. His hopes... to win a PS3 or a PSP. He braved an hour's journey to get to the competition venue, and waited for two hours hoping that he'll be picked for the final competition. But he wasn't. Not even getting his hands on a game controller to compete. He was blast. He was sunk. He was angry. He felt wasted.
Hopes, dreams, things that we like, beautiful things - these make us high, like on drugs... Until the bubble bursts and harsh reality sets in, like the pitch darkness after the glory of fireworks... But still, we continue to bang our heads against the wall, hoping that there'll be a rainbow behind it...~

Night Cycling, Morning Shower, Bridge Crossing

Night cycling - Tang Yuans... Nasi Lemak... Terracotta soldiers... Oyster Omelettes and Carrot cakes... Newton prawn noodles... Numb posteriors...

Heavy shower during the early morning ride home. Was wishing for wipers on my eyes. Tried a new route home from Holland Village, and ended up having to cross a disused rail bridge over the Sungei Pandan river, right alongside the AYE. One arm straddling my bike, trotting across metal planks of the bridge. I realised I was getting scared, halfway across the bridge. It was scary, seeing the muddy river water flowing below through the gaps of the metal planks 3-4 meters below. I remembered that this river claimed the life of a girl just last week. I realised that wet metal is slippery. In my mind, I thought about the possible consequences of me slipping, or getting my shoe caught in between the gaps, or a metal plank breaking or coming loose. I wondered if my bike could float on water. I wondered if crocodile sightings along the river were real. Still, I just prodded forward, one step at a time, making sure each metal plank has four bolts tightly screwed in place before my shoe made contact with it. I tried not to look at the gap in between the planks, where the brown waters gushed without remorse. And I made it across, without any drama, other than the blockbuster that just played in my mind. Phew.

Thanks to Frizal and Qingfa for the photos!

Spring season

The exams storms have blown through the plains, and the lands have been left weathered and tired... but with the coming of the spring showers and comfy spring sunshine, the grass will come back green and healthy, so do the buffalos, so do the gophers and so do the flowers... 'Eating wind' at the cafe yeah!

I love yum yum (Part II)

Stewed pork (lor bak) for supper at 2.31am? Sinful? Guilty? Doesn't matter whatsoever! It's for the last night of exam mugging season! It's for Liverpool beating Chelsea! Alright~!