Wednesday, August 27, 2008

saw another video on youtube capturing the team's arrival at the airport and before they left for a tour (victory parade) around the heartlands..

Feng Tianwei's truly the new IT girl man..check out the video..you can really see that she's enjoying herself and truly appreciative of the support and cheers given to her..fast forward to 4:55 to see heartwarming images..haha..wish i was there..should've gone to the airport then head down to raffles city..luckily we have kind souls sharing the video..

puppy love @ 10:58 PM

Monday, August 25, 2008

Went to Raffles City today to welcome Team Singapore home and to see the accomplished paddlers first hand. Other treats included Chen Diya, Carrie Yeo and JJ LIN!!!! OMG the crowd went wild when JJ came out!!..



and my oh my were the loudest screams reserved for FENG TIANWEI!!..when Daniel Ong prompted for Tianwei to say a few words to the people that were there, the crowd erupted into a roar with a couple of people shouting "FENG TIANWEI WO AI NI!!" haha..but i dun think she heard them cos the atmosphere was pretty loud and i had to listen carefully to hear what each of them said. Luckily i took a few videos, hee, i thought that there was gonna be an autograph session since they were giving out free posters and i even brought my red bat case along with 3 TT balls for them to sign, but too bad, there wasn't any, sigh, i hope they have another event like that again.

initially wanted to go to the airport to welcome them as well, but dad said might as well head to Raffles City instead, saw on the news that there were lots of people at the airport as well, wa, nowadays Singaporeans all no need to work or stay after school wan ah?..all so free like me, an unemployed uni grad..lolz..they went round Sg heartlands like Chai Chee, Geylang Serai and Orchard Road on the deck of the Hippo bus where the news captured alot of Singaporeans along the streets and on bridges waving the mini sg flag and long balloon thingy..

overall, am really glad that i went there to show my support for them, they truly made each and everyone of us proud, amidst all the flak about foreign "bought" talent and what not, they flew the Sg flag no matter what people say..and I AM SO PROUD OF THEM!!!..YEAH!!

puppy love @ 10:19 PM

Friday, August 22, 2008

just when the going gets tough..it seems hard to get a job..

I still can recall when I was still back in Brissy saying that i cóuldn't understand why people can say that jobs are hard to find when i managed to get a call for interview so soon after i applied for a job. Alas, it was not meant to be, as i dun think the job is suitable for me, and all was gone, that was the one and only job interview i had and i had squandered it.

Taking things slow, steadily applying for jobs and patiently waiting for the phone to finally ring and ask me in for an interview. Since i'm not hte sole breadwinner of the family, i am having the luxury to take my time in looking for a job and working part time back in Scoopz earning my own pocket money. Will be waiting till the end of the month for any calls, if not, i will head back to KL for a short break as well as a couple of days up in Genting Highlands, afterwhich i shall come back to Sg and start applying for Gov jobs in Home Affairs, then again, i don't know if i will be able to get it or be discriminated against since i'm technically not a Singapore citizen.

Reality kicks in and thoughts run amok in my mind, should i have gone to Brisbane to further my studies?? Where would i be if i hadn't taken that step? Money does make the world go round, $$ is needed if i want to go back to Aussie land for my dear friends' graduation in Dec, $$ is needed to buy me a guitar, $$ is needed to get myself a new phone, $$ is needed to go back to Malaysia for a holiday.

Life as a graduate is not all that nice and enjoyable, at least it's not when you are an unemployed graduate. I miss the carefree life i had with so many wonderful people back in Brisbane. I've been having sleepless nights the few weeks i'm back, i will toss and turn in bed for at least an hour before i can fall asleep, the worst was when i only went to bed at 5am on a supposed tiring day for me after work. Lots of stuffs running through my mind, the life i led in Brisbane, the room's big but empty with just me in it, somehow something is missing, and i realised that i missed the company i had in Mitre Street and HQ in Durham. I miss the tuesdays, fridays and sundays where i wait at home doing my things on the laptop and welcome my housemates home after a long day of church activity just to say HI! and pop into bed to sleep. I miss the mondays, wednesdays, thursdays where we have dinner together and the occasional free saturdays when we can do anything. In short, i miss my FAMILY in BRISBANE!!

Family's good at home, but the constant nagging and control over almost everything i do except getting a job, sometimes get on my nerves. Back in Brisbane, i can just not get on MSN if i don't want to be bothered by home. Like how Sharon put it when family was in Brissy for graduation, my "non-government" days are over, and man is it O-V-E-R.

GOTTA SLEEP SOON!! 10am semi-final clash between Li Jiawei VS Zhang Yining. So sad for Feng Tianwei, she lost to Zhang Yining 4-1 in close/hard fought games all deuces, she really gave ZYN a run for her money, FTW's definately the one to watch out for in years to come, can't wait to see her progress and improve for London 2012. Praying hard that LJW wins tomorrow, it's not easy, but we must have faith and belief in our sportsman, so much flak recently on foreign talent but i don't really care. COMPLAINS & COMPLAINS!!..win also complain, don't win also complain, can't stand it sometimes, and you know what i can't stand even more, China sweeping all the table tennis medals, sick of seeing them sweeping the golds, not that i don't give them props for being good, i'm just bored of seeing them. Shawn Johnson finally got gold for the Beam Apparatus Final for USA, Nastia Liukin got Gold for All around , SJ is just adorable at 16, can't wait to see her at London 2012 too!!

Olympic Idols:
1) Team Singapore Table Tennis
2) Feng Tianwei!! for single handedly winning the team event for Sg when she won both her singles match agianst South Korea
3) Shawn Johnson for just being an adorable and powerful gymnast at 16 with that really genuine sweet smile, and her Coach was from China too
4) Stephanie Rice - Aussie swimmer, she trains at Indooroopilly!!..haha
5) Tao Li for being the first Singapore to reach a swim final and finishing 5th, lots' expected from her too (London 2012)

puppy love @ 12:52 AM

Sunday, August 17, 2008

OH MAN!!!..i need to sleep early!!!..working tmr..10-10..BUT!!..it's the finals of the Table Tennis matchup between China & Singapore..WAD TO DO!!??.. i intend to bring my trusty laptop to work tmr and hope the wireless streaming will work fine..

we can watch it from afar cos the nice people at the singtel shop switched the olympics on for us on the left tv so that we can watch standing from our shopfront..but we can't hear...sadz..but it was an exciting match the semi-final..lots of ppl standing aroudn the singtel shop and watching team sg in a nail biting competition...kudos to Feng Tianwei!!..everyone was gasping at the misses and clapping at the wonderful topspin loops and smashes she produced against the "choppers" from South Korea...can't wait for tmr's match..

some pictures taken on my phone since i've been back..



my drink @ Mongkok Cha Chan Teng Bugis Junction where my family frequents the entire time í was in Brisbane..

some snack thingy that's nice..but i think i can make it too...hee..

my late lunch the other day at work..i cooked for all my colleagues...porridge with some simple dishes...recognise that huimin & sharon??our usual sunday breakfast??..haha..people might think that so pitiful, eat porridge cooked from home, but in actual fact! it tastes even better than wad u buy from the hawker outside..at least that's wad i feel and my colleagues told me that too..lolz...

that's singtel if u can see..haha..

it was POURING RAIN today afternoon when i went down for my usual brunch..i slept at 5am last night, no idea why i couldn't sleep..so much things on my mind..hai..so i surfed the web for jobs instead..

Fried Carrot Cake for dinner at bedok interchange today..

puppy love @ 12:57 AM

Thursday, August 07, 2008

BACK IN SINGAPORE!!

the little island that's a red dot on the map of Earth, where it's a place of:

1) endless queues for food, lottery & freebies
2) inconsiderate people talking like they are the only ones in the bus (esp in another language that gives ppl headaches)
3) uncle aunties and wannabe ah bengs and ah lians spewing of Hokkien and other dialects that sounds albeit vulgar at times
4) squeezing till there's a face print on the door of the MRT
5) brainless people trying to get onto the MRT where there are people desperately trying to get down
6) people so afraid that the doors are gonna close on them they knock into alomost everyone in their way of getting out the door of the bus/MRT
7) endless complains of raising food prices, oil prices, public transport prices
8) where i'm sure almost everyone wants to get their hands on the iPhone when it's finally released in Singapore end of the month

well, wad can i say, it's a place i call home, been perspiring like mad ever since i'm back..HOT HOT HOT!!! the only thing i'm glad to say is that i've brought home with me refined culture, i stand aside to let ppl get down, wished i was in another planet when ppl start talking loudly on their phones..

just taking my time to look for a job right now, while working back in Scoopz to earn some cash so that i dun have to get any money from my parents..

some pictures from my last days in Brisbane..

puppy love @ 2:01 PM