mooncake festival at ktt

pau and his housemate, arun
together with jing ying
a bunch of spectacled guys...
beautiful lanterns...
this guy here, i always adore him like my little brother...

first and last celebration of mooncake festivals at ktt. next year, it's going to be at indon. going to miss this guys... very memorable indeeded. about 60 of us, chinese and indians, jpa sponsored medic and dentistry students came together and celebrated the festival with musical chairs and lanterns, walking up the hill... to the top...it was one of the best moment i have ever had together with my friends. some brought guitar and sang to the girl they fell for...a romantic moment

the same old nerd with the jellyfish on the head and a kena shocked guy...

farewell party 2007

this time my hair is long enough to go for a third haircut. and it looks much better this time. a different outlook. this proves how vain a man can be... yesterday night the prefect board had a farewell party again, i attended, but this time with a different status, no more a member of the prefect board. it feels awkward as anyone would have expected since you practically don't know who the juniors are and those you know are not those you normally mingle with. so that's left with the few remaining lower six prefects in school. nevertheless, it turned out to be okay since i met my old schoolmates, which was my main objective in the first place---to kill all the birds with one stone. go to one party and meet everybody there better than seeing different people at different venues at different intervals. that's going to be really time and vit.M consuming.

foo zen xing, jia goon

cai ping

the past and the present

lin wai and yan yee

haih...it has been a week here in KTT. hoo...one whole week of orientation. and really sorry for not updating this blog for so long already. yeah, i said i will bring my laptop here...but guess what i was rather doubtful about the security over here on top of the situation that none of my housemates brought their laptop. so i decided to ask my mother to bring it home. finally, i manage to settle down and post a new article. as an appetiser, i came to KTT by taxi, droven by an Indonesian(what a coincidence) and he "rightfully" loses his way. he has no idea where is KTT. anyway, we managed to reach KTT with a whole stomach of irritation. well, there were quite many chinese there. met some Indonesia bound students as well. got Poland, Czech Republic, India and Melaka Manipal. and practically everybody here are excellent students. so somehow pressure is felt over here. the apartment i am staying in is not bad. all my housemates are chinese. very nice people la. initially, it was like hell staying here for the first few days (exactly like NS). but now, it's fun. so many friends over here. ...Denning, Lim, Hao Qi, Hao Ming, Tiw Zhung Shen, Liang Jie, Zhen Yao, Zhen Liang, Kean Seng, John, Douglas, Pau Kat Siong, Wei Bian, Jessie(he's a guy), Yi You, Wei Ming, Mak, Roger, Zul, Qayyum, Yong Yao... great time here. ok, that's it for now. have some issue with privacy over here.
P.S.:got problem with the title here. so no title for the time being.

McD after Tan Chai Ang's Maths T tuition

this time, i decided to change a little, to mix with a slightly different company. although kok jie is still a constant. i wanted to give them a treat, but McD ain't cheap. so i only bought a burger for each of us and a french fries as well. the rest...i suggested they share it among themselves...ERGHHH...SO CONTRADICTORY! i just can't believe that i actually did it. i promise i will give them a 100% treat when i start working next time... it's a promise...

hooi ann (my form 1 classmate and the proud owner of a horrendous laughter)

wan li (the naive teenage girl. her smile is always so infectious.) and han cheng (the monitor of L6S1 yet doesn't seem to know how to organise his stuffs well)

huan chen (a kiasu fella who knows his maths and sciences very well and at the same time stays pride to be privileged with a wicked laughter)

kok jie (never cuter, not forgetting his fats molecules struggling to break through the thin fabric of his Debate Club tee)

i thought i smile, didn't i? how come i look so fierce here...

Jesus Christ

scrabbles

Since it’s a non-schooling day, and since I’m kinda free cos I have not officially started school yet, I decided to take part in a scrabbles competition. Underestimating scrabbles as an easy board game and totally taking it for granted…it was something that I have expected out of myself. (hey Chong, you better stop your bad habit of underestimating!!!) As the game progresses, I found myself wrong. I was defeated but still I have Lady Luck to thank for still giving me a third prize. The truth is, only 4 person were competing for the upper secondary level! It was supposed to be more than that, it’s just that the school announced that Saturday is a schooling day and the game was pushed forward, which end up clashing with the “Amazing Race-Keat Hwa version”
It was also a coincidence that Yeoh Thean Jern, the Xiangqi Master was taking part too. For those who have no idea who he is, he emerged 4th in the 14th Asian Xiangqi Championship. Since I never spoke to this personality before, it was a very good encounter and an experience proved to be invaluable. I always had this impression that he was something like a book worm as he looks rather nerdy, and belongs to the passive type. Meeting him today made me change my mind altogether. He didn’t look nerdy and was rather outspoken. The bottom line is he was really good with scrabbles, which contributed to my inferiority and my unusual quietness. His steps…I mean they were like so…planned and highly skilled. And finally, he emerged champion, Han Cheng second. From here, it’s obvious he had the ability to predict something even before it happens, so that actually save the fuss of cleaning the mess after something happens. Very profound…

loss - 张国兴

"ring...ring..., ring...ring..." the house phone rang.
"hello," my grandma picked the phone.
"ah ngi sim ah, ah sam suk mao lo!" replied the caller
"hah? ah sam suk ko sin? ki xi xi hi? zo kai hiao xi hi?" she asked loudly
"gi tet lok hang kui..."
for any of you guys who were wondering what the heck i was talking about, it was a relative conversing in hakka calling from simpang empat(my grandpa's birthplace) informing my grandma about the death of my grandpa's brother. my grandma started shouting into the phone to ask for more details. according to them, he died after falling into the drain. emotions running high, tensions rise. although i wasn't close to the deceased, but i visited his house every chinese new year. somehow it's someone i have encountered every single year for 18 years. whether or not i am close to him, somewhere in the heart, i still felt the loss of a relative. visiting him every year, i was always welcomed with smiles. he's rather quiet since he's partially deft due to old age. nevertheless, i always felt comfortable during visits to his house. it's a rather sad event. he had heart complications. he suffered the same fate as my grandpa. my grandpa died 20 years ago after suffering a sudden heart attack in the paddy field. he fell in the sawah padi. his brother...in the longkang outside his house. to think about it, life is so unpredictable. our lives are practically hanging on a precarious line. we never know when it's time's up for us...人的生命是如此的脆弱
at his death, he's 77+3

No words can express
The dearly missed
presence of a departed one
Memories live on,
In a photograph, a poem
A loving memory,
a joyful moment
And we treasure them
and hold them close
to our hearts.

final moments...

today is friday. since leonard and me are leaving for kl in july, and shy chi already in matrix, which mean our time together as secondary school mates won't be long. everybody's following their own dreams. while leonard, me and shy chi were more fortunate since we were awarded some kind of scholarships, the rest (cai ping, wan yan, xiang wei and chee sheng) more or less remain in the same geographic entity, it was going to be difficult for us to meet frequently after leonard and me leave. so after some brainstorming on where and when to meet, we have come down with a unanimous decision to meet today at 11a.m. at McDonald, City Plaza. (although shy chi and me was late...but she was later...haha) Below are some photo shoots. by the way, i really gotta say that i look not bad in that red shirt (self-praise is so typical of me), and leonard and chee sheng, very creative and looks good. to xiang wei, burn more calories! haha, just kidding. to the girls, i don't know how to comment on female clothes. sorry...

We Live in Singapura by Hossan Leong

clipped from youtube.com

donatello_feast

mondrian_gray_tree

愉快之处

其实，国民服务计划也是愉快的。在那儿，我认识了很多朋友。生死之交呢？就或许称不上了啦。但是至少我们曾经互相扶持，相依为命。but this is only applicable to some of us. 这是因为华人当中，自私自利的很多个，愿意伸出援手的屈指可数。我较好的朋友有骆庭裕、叶家维、张泳伦、许志坚、谢棕菘、孙伟亮、骆俊宏、ming shen、ming cai、jia yong、 kai xian、 wei hao、 wan ling、 xin jie、 zen ling、 pei shan、 rui fang、zul(睡我床边的那个马来朋友。讲实话，他真的很照顾我。虽然他抽烟，但是他很友善，很愿意帮助别人。)apih(跟我同房的那个吉兰丹马来人。他很好。他跟zul一样都是好的马来人。他有很强的宗教观念，是我们营地company alfa 的ustaz)、Nathan(跟我较友好的印度人。也是好人一 个。他在元宵节那晚，跳的印度舞很geng！) below are some of my memories in ns camp.

me and ah Teh (zhen4 ji2)

from left: wei hao, ming cai, me, jia yong, wing loon, ting yu and zong song

from left: wei hao, me(in red), wing loon, eujeen, kai xian, ju4 ren2, ah Teh

xin jie, wan ling, jun hong, ah Teh

the difference between polishing and not doing it at all...

zong song, wing loon, jian wen, jia yong, eujeen, me

by the way, that malay girl below there, we never invited her for this photo shoot. she is like so thick faced!!! (thicker than the Great Wall of China)

posing in Wirajaya

far right is zhong wei

isn't apih cute? so...like hello kitty! wan ling (right), jun hong (left)

above : suji, lynny, ah wei, xin jie and pei pei (ella)

below : i guess no need me to introduce to you some more gua....

the last night - malam perpisahan (TEMA: SERIBU KENANGAN)

hafiz (blue) and umar(white), the pembahas both from Kela'te'. they were great guys. i love them. will we meet again?

十二生 肖actors: zen ling(pink)& xin jie as 宫 女

yue ling(black) as cat

ming cai(yellow) as monkey

me, the main character as pig

zong song as chicken

jia wei as goat

jia yong (the not-so-thin one) as ... snake???

zhi jian as dragon

jun jie as rabbit

eujeen as tiger

jun hong as cow

wing loon as mouse

eng seng as the palace officer

ah Teh as Jade Emperor

hui shan posing with the lion

wei liang (from heng ee) and me

tino, jack, me, zhi jian

me, kai xian, hui shan, ting yu

me, zhi jian and yue ling

me and ming cai (pig and monkey)

佛 学 院 -国 民 服 务 计 划 男 佛 教 学 员 全 体 合 照

理 佛 -“ 南无本师释迦牟尼佛。 。 。 阿 弥 陀 佛 ”

唱 佛 宝 歌 -worship Buddha

佛寶歌

人天長夜，宇宙黮闇，誰啟以光明 ?

三界火宅，眾苦煎迫，誰濟以安寧?

大悲大智大雄力，南無佛陀耶 !

昭朗萬有，衽席群生，功德莫能名!

今乃知，唯此是，真正昄依處 ,

盡形壽，獻生命，信受勤奉行。

珍 惜 在 佛 学 院 的 最 后 时 光

享 用 佛 学 院 的 美 味 素 食 (说 真 的 ， 佛 学 院 为 我 们 所 准 备 的点 心 味 道 还 真 不 错 ！ )

the last day on bus together with all the buddhist members

11.03.07 -going back...


天下无不散的宴席。此时此刻，大家分离了，又何时能够再次相见呢？就算见面了，大家是否能 够像从前一 样，如此滔滔不绝，接一连二的话题？古人有言：有缘千里能相见，无缘对面不相 逢。