No Equals To Us

Mutual Mate

2009-05-24T15:18:00.006+08:00

The following thread from my conversation with Ajit shows either that he and I are telepathically connected or that the answer he gave to my question is probably true.

suhas says:
who is the stupidest person you know?
not academically
but like just someone who is a moron

el niño says:
harshil

suhas says:
YES!
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT!

el niño says:
LOL

suhas says:
i'm talking to the fucker on facebook

el niño says:
too obvious man

But of course, Harshil is one of my closest friends and I'd never confer upon him a title as embarrassing as this after merely consulting one person. So, I started my search for more evidence in order to give credence to Ajit and my opinion.

It took me a grand total of 3 and half seconds, including the time taken by my computer to load the page, to find this on his facebook profile.

"I'm one of the baddest motherfuckers of all time, one of the best singers and one of the best looking motherfuckers you've ever seen.

Hold my drink, bitch."

I think I'll rest my case. Too obvious indeed.

The Romantic Egotist

2008-09-24T12:31:00.002+08:00

When I started The Great Gatsby, I did it with much anticipation. I must admit, I didn't know a thing about the book. The name sounded interesting, had heard it was one of the best books ever, thought I had to read it.

And good it was. My words cannot do justice to the beauty of the language. Instead, I will let the novel speak for itself. The last paragraphs of the novel leave you in awe, leave you in love with the ability of a craftsman at his finest.

“Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes—a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby’s house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.

And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Gatsby left me determined to tackle more of Fitzgerald. At a random whim, I chose This Side of Paradise, ahead of of Tender is the Night (which I do still intend to read). I did not expect anything of this novel, didn't know much about it again, and frankly, I wasn't too impressed with it as a piece of literature at the end. But having said that, it was lovely for its snapshot of The Jazz Age. Sometimes I sit back, close my eyes, and wish I were living in that time. The '20s, in New York City, at the start of the Jazz. Parties on lawns, going to Broadway for theatre etc.

Without me realising it, that book has had such an influence in the kind of things I've done since I've read it. My taste in music, poetry, literature and choice of activities all under the subtle influence of a snapshot by Fitzgerald of his time. Amory Blaine doesn't lead a good life – but yet there is something enticing about the manner of his posturing, the “romantic egotist” in him.

We live in too pragmatic, utilitarian a society. The lack of romanticism (by this I do not mean it in the sense we are familiar with. Romanticism is, rather I mean it as a over-indulgence in sentimentality, I mean it as an irrational thought, fuelled by emotion) in this world, in modern culture, is really saddening. What I find sadder is that I know I would probably end up picking these traits over it too. As much as I would love to be an Amory Blaine, I know I will never live that life.

Is it worth a tear, is it worth an hour,

To think of things that are well outworn?

Of fruitless husk and fugitive flower,

The dream foregone and the deed forborne?

Though joy be done with and grief be vain,

Time shall not sever us wholly in twain;

Earth is not spoilt for a single shower;

But the rain has ruined the ungrown corn.

- Swinburne

gooaal

2008-09-17T00:05:00.002+08:00

okay a long awaited update from me is on the way but here's a little tidbit for all you people starved of my flamboyant presence

el niño says:
OMG DUDE
el niño says:
i have to tell you what happened in fm today
snakes and ladders says:
haha i shld just pick it up again ah
snakes and ladders says:
WHAT WHAT!
el niño says:
van der sar scored against arsenal from a GOAL KICK
el niño says:
HAHAHAHA
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHAHAHAHA WTH
snakes and ladders says:
OMG HOW HAHAHAH
el niño says:
I DONT KNOW
el niño says:
HE KICKED IT
el niño says:
ROONEY WAS LIKE BLOCKING LEHMANN
el niño says:
AND IT WENT IT
el niño says:
I DIED LAUGHING
el niño says:
'That's his first ever goal for Man Utd!'
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHAHAH
snakes and ladders says:
OMG DID U SAVE IT! YOU SHLDVE SAVED IT
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHA NO SHIT IT IS
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
snakes and ladders says:
SHIT SHIT SUPER COOL
el niño says:
yesssssssss
el niño says:
amazing stuff
el niño says:
lemme try to take a screenshot
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHAH OKAY HAHAHAH
snakes and ladders says:
otherwise next time i see la
el niño sends:
GOOOAAAL.jpg

snakes and ladders says:
haha coolcool

Transfer of "GOOOAAAL.jpg" is complete.

el niño says:
didcha see!
snakes and ladders says:
OMG DAMN COOL!!!!!!!
snakes and ladders says:
hahahha
el niño says:
I KNOW
el niño says:
IT'S THE COOLEST THING EVER
snakes and ladders says:
YES HAHAH
snakes and ladders says:
OMG HAHA WAY COOL
snakes and ladders says:
GOALKEEPER SCORE WITHOUT PENALTY IS SUPER COOL
el niño says:
I AM GOD
el niño says:
NO WAIT I AM JESUS
el niño says:
VDS IS GOD
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA INDEED
snakes and ladders says:
HAHAHAH
el niño says:
BEN FOSTER CAN KISS MY ASS THERE'S NO WAY I'M DROPPING VDS AFTER THIS

Football

2008-09-12T18:07:00.002+08:00

Just went to see the doctor today. While I've been recovering, building some muscle strength, I've still not returned to football or any sport yet. Today the doctor did some checks and felt for tenderness. The area around the screw still hurts and the area where the meniscus was repaired still hurts. So this is where she has advised me to drop my pursuit of playing football. Thus, it is time for me to hang up my boots, and move on. I will not be able to play football. Maybe VERY casually with little kids, but nothing intensive that requires the least bit of contact.

Her advice is also to focus on other activities, such as playing tennis. I hope to start some of this soon to build up some fitness and stamina.

I am definitely going to miss the football.

Brasil

2008-08-08T12:44:00.001+08:00

Every once in a while, you get to see something magical, something brilliant, something that takes your breath away, something that is... pure gold.

I was lucky enough to catch Brasil in action at the National Stadium little over a week ago, and it was all that. No matter it was largely a u-23 team, no matter it was against Singapore, no matter it was in the heat and humidity of our dear Singapore, it was still Brasil. The silky movement, the one touch passing, the ability to keep the ball at will, to let it flow to a player of their choice at will - all skills evident following the beat of the samba.

To be really honest, I went to watch one man play - Ronaldinho. Definitely one of the most gifted players the modern game has ever seen. But, sadly, he was the biggest disappointment of the night. Clearly overweight and match fit, he struggled to keep the ball, struggled to beat players with his silky touches. But even then, the master could not be kept quiet. Even then, his neat flick set Diego up for the first, and he was at hand to have the audacity to juggle in the second. He might have been a disappointment on the night - but Ronaldinho still left a smile on my face, still left me content at having watched one of the finest there has ever been.

The match itself was almost entirely one-sided except for a small bit after half time when Singapore had some really good chances. Kudos to Singapore for actually keeping pace with the Samba-masters even though they got outplayed a lot of the time. The passing that led to Ronaldinho's goal was just about the best move I've actually seen with my own eyes live (I mean, not on TV). Almost every Brazilian got a touch as they kept the ball for a spell of close to 5 minutes before releasing Pato who's stinging shot could only be parried for Ronaldinho to juggle in.

Sometimes words fail you when you describe an emotion, and I feel that way when I try to describe the way Brazil plays football. Its a memory that I will always carry, something which has left its mark on me, in my mind, an impression, of pure beauty.

Superstar India

2008-07-15T11:57:00.000+08:00

I went for a book read/book launch of Shobhaa De's Superstar India at Vishal's invitation on Saturday. It turned out to be a thought-provoking, engaging and entertaining session that I thoroughly enjoyed.

First comment I've got to make, she looks nowhere near the 60 years she is! When she walked in I was thinking to myself that “wow, she is pretty” and Vishal turns around and says “She must've been really hot when she was younger.” Most definitely. The first segment of the session was her just giving an introductory sort of speech. She speaks incredibly well, seems to anticipate the next thoughts you've got in mind and talk about exactly what you want her to do. She mentioned how she'd been up the whole night dancing away in the Rupee Room till the wee hours of the morning and somehow being able to be ready to give this talk and later engage in a conversation with Kishore Mahbubani.

After that, she went on to read bits of her new book - which I absolutely must get my hands on(and regret not doing so there). Incredibly funny at parts, it also seemed to get right down to the heart of several issues that I thought were pertinent to both Indian nationals, and NRI's, even those who have never lived in the country, or who know very little about it. The passage she read on Prince Charles was incredibly frank and terribly funny - loved it. I will reserve further judgement on the book till I actually read the whole thing, which I hope is soon.

I watched the dialogue between De and Mahbubani with great fascination. As the Indian High Commissioner later pointed out, on the one hand you had De who courted controversy, who was never afraid to speak her mind on any issue. And then you had Mahbubani, who is one of the smartest intellectuals I've ever heard speaking, and yet he's a brilliant diplomat, watching what he says at every step. It was still delightful as they talked about the future of India, the direction in which it was heading, some of the problems it faces etc.

Some ideas which I really enjoyed during the session:
1) ABCDs - American Born Confused Desis. I feel I need to email Rolly to mention this and what it implies about nationalism and national/racial sentiments. The whole sentiment of the session seemed to suggest that expats or people that don't live in their “home” country are mostly “confused”. I don't quite agree, but still, interesting.
2) Saying “I am Indian” is an emotion not a location. - Shobhaa De.
3) Mahbubani on the idea that hype generated over the future of India is a good thing, because it suggest that the country is moving in the right direction.
4) The changing image of India, and how throwing previous ideas at foreigners such as how India is culturally diverse etc no longer work, but that now we have to speak in the currency of dollars and cents. India's a youthful society, ready to undertake risks, ready to develop, ready to learn etc. Thats what makes India such an attractive place.

There was one bit to which I did not agree at all. When posed with the question on how NRIs and Indian residents can integrate and how NRIs can keep their identity of being Indian, De talked about how NRIs hold on to traditions and practices that are outdated in India and therefore both groups find it hard to integrate with each other. Now while I find that it is true in that they find it hard to integrate, I also think that this is that little bit which keeps a link for NRIs. This is especially if being Indian is to be an emotion not a location. When I go to India, I sometimes wonder what else there would be to identify with. I have never lived there, so I can't hold on to “life in India” or that kind of idea. I think these outdated traditions are important - as long as we are aware that they might not be practiced in India itself.

I totally did not agree with The Straits Times coverage of the event though. It seemed to miss the point of majority of the discussion, glossed over what were the important bits.

I thoroughly enjoyed it though, and hope to go for more of such events!

2008-07-12T23:41:00.001+08:00

-PAUSE-

wow it's been non-stop action the past week. i got back from ops on friday and grabbed a little rest before clocking morning duty on saturday (which literally had me going across the island at one point). knocked off duty in the evening and rushed home to get ready to rush to sengkang to meet immy. after all that rushing, it turned out that immy was late -_- . so he finally got round to picking me up and we had to navigate our way to suhas' place. it turns out that the both of us make quite the dream team with our wonderful navigation and driving skills. suhas finally joined in after we had completely missed bishan and hit thompson instead. next up was the turbs but not before imran nearly killed us all on the PIE. left is right indeed immy =D

clarke quay was pretty chill. joyce and gaia met us at starbucks while suhas ditched us for his angmoh friend cuz he's an SPG. made our way to colabar; popping by MOS along the way to chide suhas for ditching us. later on i realised MOS was having a COSTUME PARTY which would have been totally awesome. oh well halloween anyone? heh. anyway i've hardly been to many but you just gotta love indian clubs with their music and really wild dancing. the only downside would probably be the overpriced drinks and the inability to randomly hit on girls for fear of your life. suboy and harshil dropped by later and dragged me with them for an alcohol raid.

that turned out to be a big mistake as entering 7-11 immediately generated embarrassment when they untactfully asked for the cheapest bottle of vodka. i blew money on that but barely drank any cuz my empty stomach couldn't bear the liqueur. harshil got marvelously drunk and thankfully turbs turned up on time to save me. we left suhas to deal with drunk harshil (who is probably more dangerous than the Hulk) while we skedaddled off to kandibar. after laughing at a drunk angmoh alone on the dance floor and trying unsuccessfully to get harshil to dance with him, we decided to call it a night. i crashed at turb's place where i was very well treated. we gotta have a stay-over again guys. maybe my house this time?

sunday was recovery day though i did go for a buffet lunch with dad's side of the family. it was a rather pleasant affair which was rather odd for such gatherings. monday saw me meet 'ramalamalamalamadingdong' ramana and 'krishni hearthrob' girider to watch wanted. vishal joined us 10mins into the movie since his house runs on indian national time. our outing concluded with a trip to starbucks where latest happenings were discussed at great lengths and interesting revelations were made. indians ftw man

had duty again on tuesday so nothing remotely of worth to mention. except that a rat crawled up my leg. i don't get why there are so many rats in camp. oh wait i do - it's cuz we're terribly lazy entities when it comes to the indulging in a little area cleaning. though it still irks me how my official suggestion on regular pest checkups was so flippantly tossed aside. maybe i should learn the flute to summon a rat army that will march to world domination and establish me as High Emperor. muahaha

wednesday was slow. till evening struck of course. dropped some stuff off at camp before we all headed to wala wala. everyone was tickled to no end by how among the 58437983707 beers on the table, my bailey's with milk stood tall. soon other drinks started popping out too including my bday blue lagoon. it was rather amusing when nurisman asked the bartender for the strongest shots they had and implored us to down them. wah BUAY TAHAN! alvin the noob puked immediately after the shot. they all disappeared for a while suddenly leaving me to jaga the tables; resulting in boredom to the extent that i ended up talking to the waitress. bok chose this opportune moment to siam so that he wouldn't be dragged to club later. can't blame him for i too have developed an irrepressible phobia of cab fares. in the meantime, the rest eventually returned and continued to drain wala wala of their beer supplies. i hate beer but even that was outdone by a taste of the wine-gin-beer-vodka hybrid that had become of my blue lagoon. by the time we got out of wala wala everyone was quite high. except yours truly of course. i had fun trying to snap photos of an incredibly red faced lim lying on the pavement outside haha.

wow being the only fully sober one forced out excessive maturity that made me feel too old. i had to conjure up expert advice on two complicated relationship problems while simultaneously keeping people off the roads and from creating too big a scene. the semi-sober ones then decided the party should carry on at st james though my preference was mambo. so we cabbed down to st james and hit the powerhouse. emmanuel was so tossed by then that he just kept jumping up and down shouting 'ST JAMES POWER AH'. there was initially a group of girls dancing near us and my soberness rescued an intoxicated mak from hitting on a not too good looking specimen in a red dress. gosh.

it was my first time there and didn't really fancy the crowd to be honest. plus it didn't help that i had to hold on to the vodka cranberry jug most of the time on the dance floor regulating how much everyone drank. though that apparently didn't stop some hot filipino chick on stage from grinding my face with her *ahem* in a manner that screamed 'slut'. the guys were quite smitten by her and raj even pushed me forward lol. but ugh no thanks.

eventually we ended up outside the club where our attempt to enter movida was rebuffed. and this was even before they got the chance to look at my face or check my ID. HAHA. this was probably fate telling us to get our asses out of there. i had to drag some intoxicated souls back to camp afterwards. honestly what would they do without me haha. anyway this was just a prelude to nick's double O birthday bash on the 24th... 'make nick drunk' day! =D

thursday evening i met aysuria and junyi for dinner at ang moh kio hub. in unsurprisingly diva fashion, both were quite late. i was worried that we would contract some heartlander disease (sudden urge to queue for hello kitty) but suya pointed out that she lived in the heartlands and survived so we were quite safe. we trapsied down to soup kitchen where i watched them eat since i was broke. oh we had such a glorious discussion (bitchfeste in junyi's case) on the unfairness of life. but i think we've all matured to the extent that we've dealt with all our problems commendably. and like aysuria said (or implied), it'll all come good someday. looking forward to meeting them again soon =)

friday's duty was pretty relaxed so bok, nurisman and i had a mini movie marathon during our graveyard shift. first up was an eric khoo silent film that would have probably touched us if nurisman hadn't kept forwarding to all the lesbian scenes. next was 'just like heaven'. cynically, you could say that it was soppy and saccharine. however i prefer to classify it as a pleasant movie that casting reese withespoon for could be deemed a stroke of genius. the third was a korean movie; 'lover's concerto'. omg it simply oozed emotion and the acting was really convincing. if this doesn't manage to stir you then you must have a heart of ice. i was so moved by it that i couldn't help but tear afterwards (goodbye macho image).

today's feature was the indians vs mats soccer match at the rjc field. it was great seeing everyone together again after so long. props to nadjad for pulling it off and hopefully it becomes a regular event like before. my silky skills definitely need some tweaking and my fitness is C.M.I. though in my defence you could say playing the FULL field was rather cruel. also happened to run into dee at the rjc track and walked her to bishan station. meeting up with mich and her this week!

this is a ridiculously long post that only covers only recreational aspects and not the increasing demands of work so i'm sure you can guess how busy i've been. kinda rushed to spit this entry out so pardon the bad standard of english throughout. anyway i think it's about time i hit the unpause button so for now it's one day of rest tomorrow and i'm back into the rush once more.
but i'm not complaining =)

-UNPAUSE-

Howard Nemerov

2008-07-10T22:31:00.000+08:00

I have not blogged in a while despite having plenty of material to blog about, plenty of thoughts and ideas to express. I have not had the time, and do not wish to do so now, because I believe that certain thoughts should be left to your own mind, where you can mull them over. Which makes me wonder, why this entry? Well I don't know, just the mood to type something I guess.

I've read some pretty interesting stuff since I last blogged. Most of which I honestly can't remember. I find that happening quite often nowadays actually, reading something and thinking “wow that's good” and forgetting what you read a mere couple of hours later. Its a pity I can't always have Journler open to throw these things in as I read them.

But I do remember that I read a few poems by Howard Nemerov today, and I want to read more! They're witty and interesting, and leave you with a feeling that there is so much more to get out of the poem than you already have.

I'm sorry el nino, but I've just got to put up something by Nemerov, if not a few things.

Writing

BY HOWARD NEMEROV

The cursive crawl, the squared-off characters
these by themselves delight, even without
a meaning, in a foreign language, in
Chinese, for instance, or when skaters curve
all day across the lake, scoring their white
records in ice. Being intelligible,
these winding ways with their audacities
and delicate hesitations, they become
miraculous, so intimately, out there
at the pen’s point or brush’s tip, do world
and spirit wed. The small bones of the wrist
balance against great skeletons of stars
exactly; the blind bat surveys his way
by echo alone. Still, the point of style
is character. The universe induces
a different tremor in every hand, from the
check-forger’s to that of the Emperor
Hui Tsung, who called his own calligraphy
the ‘Slender Gold.’ A nervous man
writes nervously of a nervous world, and so on.

Miraculous. It is as though the world
were a great writing. Having said so much,
let us allow there is more to the world
than writing: continental faults are not
bare convoluted fissures in the brain.
Not only must the skaters soon go home;
also the hard inscription of their skates
is scored across the open water, which long
remembers nothing, neither wind nor wake.

Sarkozy and Mugabe

2008-07-03T21:16:00.000+08:00

Odd title, odd post. But as I was sitting at work yesterday reading the Economist, these two people really got me thinking for well, about half the day.

I remember a year back I was reading quite a lot about current affairs and the French elections were at the forefront. I remember going for my PSC interview hoping that the topic of French politics would come up because I had followed exactly what was going on. With Sarkozy as president, there was genuine hope. He seemed determined, his ideas well thought out and he looked like he could really bring change. Instead, the only thing memorable about his presidency's been his new wife. Rolly used to talk about history and the “corners not turned” sometimes, and I think this is definitely a corner France failed to turn on. They had the opportunity to for the majority of last year, but they didn't seize it, they resisted, and Sarkozy had far too little teeth to force anything through. Now, its probably way too late. The dire state of the world economy probably gives him little room to institute anything. Sarkozy's missed his chance, and I can definitely say I am one who feels deeply let down by a little man who promised so much. France takes over EU presidency, and lets hope at least in that sphere he does something worthwhile (though now, I have no hopes.)

The atrocities (yes li li, I can hear you saying it in the accent) occurring there are not to be condoned and not to be ignored. Mugabe has had a free reign to do what he wishes to that land for far too long. Zimbabwe's in a terrible state and it is clear the people want change, and they have shown it. But kidnappings, murders and violence has scared away the opposition and the peoples suffering just gets worse. Mbeki and the rest of Africa need to take a strong stand against Zimbabwe because only they, and not the rest of the world, can bring about genuine change to this country. This is Africa's time to show that they as an organisation of states do have the ability to enforce peace and stability and humanity to their region. The sad reality of the situation is that any action by the west will only harm the people of the country more, people who are already suffering immensely. The western nations should do the wise thing and stay out of this, because it is not for them to do anything here. They should restrict what they do to helping Africa help itself. But the sad reality of the situation is, they can probably do little to help themselves.

Reading extensively on the happenings of the world gets you really deeply passionate about them. It disgusts you at times, but brings about so much hope. These things are what ultimately really matter. Not what we love to talk about, not about the trivial little fancies we have on a particular day.

On a separate note, I received an email from PSC asking me to go for a lunch as part of their attempts to engage us during our NS.

After Love

2008-07-01T23:05:00.000+08:00

After Love

by Jack Gilbert

He is watching the music with his eyes closed.
Hearing the piano like a man moving
through the woods thinking by feeling.
The orchestra up in the trees, the heart below,
step by step. The music hurrying sometimes,
but always returning to quiet, like the man
remembering and hoping. It is a thing in us,
mostly unnoticed. There is somehow a pleasure
in the loss. In the yearning. The pain
going this way and that. Never again.
Never bodied again. Again the never.
Slowly. No undergrowth. Almost leaving.
A humming beauty in the silence.
The having been. Having had. And the man
knowing all of him will come to the end.

From The New Yorker

2008-06-29T02:34:00.003+08:00

OKAY i rewrote EVERYTHING so please read the entry below this one
apologies for my earlier rant haha

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I HATE YOU BLOGGER

just typed out a super long post and blogger screwed it up. gee the icing on this week's birthday suckfeste.

thank god mich and anita rescued me on friday. at least some people care enough =)

bittersweet

2008-06-28T23:06:00.009+08:00

this would probably be my dream spain squad. excluding players currently in the spain squad of course (except iker casillas).
the current squad's done really well to get to the finals. i think once they beat italy (especially on penalties), the psychological barrier crumbled - resulting in the demolition of russia (i know one upset russia fan who needs consoling =p). also the Galicia-Catalonia-Basque political tension amongst the players has never been more dilute. tomorrow will be the first time i'll see this spanish team play. forza espana! der germans shall fall!

watched 'get smart' with the family today and loved it! nothing spectacular about the plot i guess. yet i have an affinity for spy comedies and it was generally pretty funny so yeah. i've always been a fan of steve carell of course since he's a great actor and a really likable guy. AND it also helped that anne hathaway was acting. ohhh anne... schoolboy crush hahaha X)

anyway much <3333 to anita and mich for rescuing what would otherwise have been a terrible birthday week. contrary to what mich thought about 'you don't mess with the zohan', i felt that it was exactly the sort of crude humor needed to cheer me up. gosh my brain has seriously rotted judging from how i got bored after 2 sentences of the psychology thesis anita was reading. though at least our conversation brought out the best spoken english i've used in one and a half years. and i did manage to squeeze out some singlish from them eventually =p

so we all trapsied down (or up actually) to toys'r'us after that, which turned out to be a rather brilliant idea. we first wanted to play basketball with the giant plastic balls but that area was too crowded. lol plus mich made a baby cry and i looked rather odd hiding in the barbie section while the 2 of them tried to subdue the baby. softball was next up on the agenda with the squeaky hammer thingie. it was TOTAL MAYHEM. we had so much fun that we played it in various aisles- most notably the CD one which definitely wasn't a good idea haha. anita won cuz she hit me (hard -_-) with the rubber ball. our hula hoop competition saw me get completely owned, proving that my hips don't lie muahaha.

they thought that my obsession with sesame street (elmo & cookie monster!) and barney hand puppets was odd but it was waaaay more amusing watching them ride on the skate scooter and mini car. finally it got less crowded so we returned for our basketball competition. my superior sportsman skills (bite me kobe bryant =p) saw me clinch this one but mich of course overshadowed this when she threw the ball too hard and knocked stuff over heh. it was probably an opportune moment to scram which is what we duly did. it felt so GOOD to unleash that inner child =D

we window shopped a bit more (even running into wanjun) and compared taste in bags and shoes. which reminds me that anita's shoes were really really pretty! okay sorry i'll go take my testosterone shot now. mich had to leave soon after so i walked anita to topman (i'm the perfect gentleman of course) as she waited for liyana. i need to shop for some wardrobe reconfiguration lol. all in all i had a great time. i can't believe that mich still has the shotglass chess set she bought when her, dee and me went out a couple of days before i enlisted. we're all so gonna get drunk playing chess! can't wait for the reunion party (hopefully at anita's house) when dee gets back =)

and speaking of parties guys, i hope our mega-birthday-bonanza thingum materializes. there've been too many false dawns so we have to make this one count! after all it's gonna be suhas' bartending and my DJing debut =D. maybe it's time to rope imran in and get harshil to find us a good location. it HAS to be a costume party though thankz

it's been a rather strange week. funny how two people whom i've not seen in a year haven't changed a bit yet some around me flutter in the blink of an eye.

okay i'll scram since this is dangerously hitting emo-alert levels haha
muacks!

Dinner Random Stuff

2008-06-26T23:26:00.001+08:00

Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AJIT!

Went out for dinner with Brenda last night. Was good seeing her after what, almost a year? Thanks so much for the present, really love it heh. Am really glad for her that she got her Reuters internship. All this talk about internships and unis and stuff has me thinking about the future again. Has me thinking about what I want to do after NS and thinking about how exciting uni will be. (By the way, good luck Ajit! Hope your Monash application goes great!) Next year should be a pretty damn exciting year.

Am heading up to KL early tomorrow morning again. Third time in the space of about six weeks I'm going there. Will be back Sunday night. And I'm off on Monday. A long weekend to really look forward to! And with that, June's over. Time's passed really quick since I've been back in camp. Though it feels like forever since I've been back, the times actually passed by pretty quickly. Works been interesting too, which is definitely a plus point!

We need to come up with a new layout for the blog! Get out a blogroll, and do this up really nicely!

Amsterdam

2008-06-24T21:51:00.001+08:00

“The friends who met here and embraced are gone,
Each to his own mistake;” - W.H. Auden

This quote sets the tone for one of the most brilliant books I've read. Its a book about two characters, related by one recently deceased female, who apparently have absolutely nothing in common. Yet, the moral dilemmas they find themselves in, and the subsequent choices they make, leave you wondering - just how different are they after all? It just left me thinking on what everyone would do given such a moral choice to make - to do what is perceived the more morally “upright” thing or to take the choice to further your career - the choice that will take you to the very top. Both took the latter choice, both failed in their attempts to get to the top.

The second idea that got me thinking was whether anyone has a right to pass a moral judgement on another's actions. Both the characters did and I found myself questioning whether they had the right to do so, considering they made a similar decision earlier/later in the novel. But, again, do I have any right to pass that judgement on them and how they reacted to those situations?

For a large part of the book, I was puzzled as to why the book was called “Amsterdam”, but towards the end, it was what dominated the book. Actually death, and more specifically how one dies had a big part to play in the book. Right from the start, Clive and Vernon talked about how Molly was in a pathetic state before dying and how they would not want to be in that state. They then agree on taking each others lives if the other ever gets into that situation. They end up in Amsterdam at the end, and commit a double murder in the city of Euthanasia. Both have reached that pathetic state they discussed about - just not physically, but by their actions against each other.

A dark but delightful book, I'm really glad I've started reading McEwan.

2008-06-21T23:16:00.002+08:00

okay the handsome one returns to rescue this blog once more!

my life has been pretty much a whirlwind these past few weeks. first up was my wonderful sentosa trip with the family. my mum and i were literally rubbing our hands in glee at the prospect of spas, facials and whatnot. then we noticed the marvellous prices after checking into the hotel and decided to do some DIY body maintenance instead.

somehow that didn't work out very well either.

i happened to notice the scented conditioner and tried a little to give my hair a silky luxurious finish often seen on telly. what i got was clumps of hair in my hand and much hysteria as i assessed the damage. which thankfully wasn't much. that wasn't the end though. next morning, the shaving cream gave me rashes and a pimple outbreak. damage control is still ongoing. so much for pampered spa treatment -_-

other random stuff:

disappeared for the weekend after on ops but i'm sure we all agree that it's best not to leak out important secrets blah blah yada yada

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING NAVJOTE OF TURBAN!

mich and suhas are back! though both have been rather uncontactable =/

euro 2008 is in full swing. i feel asleep last night watching croatia - turkey HAHA. i'm starting to like the turks and how they make everyone look like idiots by hibernating then only actually playing soccer in stoppage time

jodie picoult is such a chick novel writer. but the sad part is that i'm hooked X)

got promoted to CPL but the 11 months of hard work to get it just look wasted now that turbs can get his after 11 months of MC (i'm not pissed with u dude, just the system)

i got a new asus laptop and i still haven't decided on a name for it so suggestions would be welcome!

thurs with mel got cancelled so i went to watch the incredible hulk in the morn with kind army dudes who rescued me from a pointless trip to camp. the part where he goes HULK SMASH is so. friggin. cool. and liv tyler was great

zooey deschanel was fabulous as usual in 'the happening' but the rest of the movie was pretty B grade though

monash interview on tuesday. GOSH I HAVEN'T PREPARED.. DIE

ladies and gentlemen i believe THAT is the cue for me to hastily resume preparations.

hope the gang's having a blast out there tonight. anyway tmr with mel should be fun (or else she'd kill me lol) =)

20!

2008-06-18T02:02:00.004+08:00

Just had a great night out sitting down at coffee club (not TCC, sorry christine) and talking nonsense with the company of people I absolutely adore. Twas great to meet almost all of after ages and ages, and really made a great start to my day :) Only pity was that the rest couldn't make it! But no matter, I am sure I will meet you all real soon!

Just got back, waiting for two great games of football to start, and there's the nba finals tomorrow morning and I'm asking myself, could I have asked for a better birthday! Really looking forward to two excellent games of football, but this entry is not about football, by no means.

I just realised something. When I came back home, the first thing I felt like doing was getting on my Macbook, turning on some music (which is playing in my ear right now - insha ji utho) and typing away at something or other. We really are well and truly products of the IT age. My Macbook is my home and me to such a large extent I cannot honestly do without it. Me, who I am, is in such a large degree shaped by this pretty white thing that these random letters are appearing on and by its capabilities. I absolutely love it.

I want to go on and on and on but I feel I have so much else I can do, I shall update tomorrow, later today, whenever.

I need to get the photos from Angie and I will put them up here! :)

Continuity

2008-06-04T07:39:00.002+08:00

Gentlemen, I notice we have no continuity in our posts. So how about we start a new conversation topic that will enthrall all of us.
Do you think I should aim for the really muscly buff guy look? This would mean that I eat a lot more, protein myself up and work on the weights really really hard. End result - I become like one-quarter of Arnie!
Or Should I go for lean, skinny but super defined with abs look? This means not lifting that much weights but going for the reps and stepping up my cardio regime. End result - Looking like Rain w/o the ability to sing...
Oh btw, to whoever this may concern....in person mate. In person.

2008-06-02T01:36:00.008+08:00

let's make this short and sweet (like me HAHA)

i'm addicted to 'monsoon' by tokio hotel. i dunno how a german band with a goth androgynous lead singer could rock out like they did at the MTV awards ceremony but stranger things have happened. if only ballack and schwarzenegger (yes yes i'm not a bimbo, i know he's austrian) would do a duet of '99 red balloons' in tutus. that would totally outweird tokio hotel!

was forced to watch a bit of opera since mother, aunt and sister inexplicably love the show. it has to be this irrepressible female presence which has forced disney channel, hindi movies and daytime talkshows into my tv dosage. probably explains my fab bag craze heh.
anyway MILEY CYRUS was on the show. which probably explains why i lasted longer than the usual 5 minutes before i run off to escape opera's hypnotic mindwaves. =D

saturday with mel and the turbs was fun. i realised that there's a thin line between narcissistic and camwhore. turbs is narcissistic. i am a camwhore. and imran is gay (sorry honey those photos with andrea really are heh). anyway the both of them gained 439480237827275 calories while i nearly escaped scot free if not for a certain someone buying chips then FORCING us to help her finish X). i would so survive in the modeling industry (if not looks then eating habits)

lastly HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUHAS MATHOVA! i wanted to get you a present but hot girls and fast cars were out of stock at GUYS 'R' US heh

okay byebye.

2008-05-30T21:41:00.002+08:00

Haven't blogged in abit. I actually want to start on my Euro 2008 predictions soon, but am too lazy to get started typing out what I know will be a terribly long post.

It is a really good feeling to sit in front of my computer, type away, and know that I do not have to wake up early tomorrow and go to camp. Instead, I am to meet Ajit and the Gay Whale tomorrow, at what time I can't remember also, needa drop Ajit a message soon haha.

Bleah, I have absolutely nothing interesting to blog about so I shall stop here.

2008-05-25T22:30:00.009+08:00

i actually was halfway through another post but got kinda bored so i stopped. after browsing through previous entries, my degeneration in humor sticks out like a sore thumb. and this makes me very sad.

i really have nothing funny to say right now and i'm bordering on emo so it's probably best if i say nothing at all.
but since when have you known me to let something like that shut me up =D

the enforced week-long silence wasn't due to me being seized by a top secret government agency... or was it (cue X-files music)

here's what i've been up to in no particular order:

1) got attacked by a stork while standing on a flimsy plank jetty
2) 3849374 love bites from adoring mosquitoes and sand flies alike. i think some of them even form a picture of anelka missing a penalty X)
3) played hide and seek with commando rats that swim, climb trees and steal rubbish
4) made friends with a lot of real commandos (who happen to be the nicest people i've met in the SAF. i will never make fun of them again)
5) dipped my hand in liquid hand sanitizer and set it on fire. i am the HUMAN TORCH muahaha
6) been more emo in a single night than i've been my whole life only to have one of those 'moments of clarity'
7) kept awake at night by dogs having sex (gosh even they're getting some)
8) korean heartbreak =(
9) discovered that i'm finally gonna get a promotion after delaying it despite me holding 2 vocations *coughgrumblecough*
10) went to the aussie study fair & noticed a lot of hot chicks - i'm so gonna be the wizard of oz =D

sigh =(

The Best League in the World

2008-05-24T16:17:00.000+08:00

An all English European Cup Final, three teams in the semi-finals, four in the quarters. A representative in the final for the last 4 years. English club football is definitely on a high. Not since the late 70s and early 80s have English teams dominated European football in such a fashion. Then, Liverpool, Forest and Villa swept all before them - till Heysel. The timing of the Heysel disaster could not be more unfortunate. Liverpool were playing with one of the greatest teams ever seen. Everton under Kendell were emerging as a dominant force and Graham's Arsenal were just starting to flourish. One wonders how different English football would have been if not for Heysel. What followed was a gradual drop in the level of the English game as the rest of the European teams gradually raised their game. This was largely due to what I will call the “globalisation of world football”.

Without European football, the English game stagnated and failed to attract foreigners. What is interesting to note is that this process had actually started earlier in some of the Italian teams - who were the first to adapt- but only finally had something to show for it towards the late 80s, early 90s. Roma had the genius of Falcao by '84, Juventus revolved around Platini in '85. In the immediate years after the English ban, several “lesser” teams from “lower” leagues took the crown - Steua Bucharest, Porto and PSV. While the circumstances of these wins might be regarded as fortuitous, it does reflect the phase where the bigger teams slowly adapted to the newly emerging globalised footballing scene. Milan, with their three dutchmen, were the first to complete this process and it comes as no surprise that they dominated European football for much of the next 7 years.

English football only started this process in the mid-90s, by which time the other leagues were far ahead of them. The starting point of when they truly embraced this globalised game can be traced to Chelsea. The Gullit and Vialli eras at Chelsea marked the start of the first truly global team. Some might claim Sir Alex's United teams showed elements of this too - Probosky, Kanchelskis, Schmeichel, Cantona - all great players signed from around Europe. However, the core of the team, and more importantly, the nature of the play was still very much English.

While this process of “globalisation” of English football started at Chelsea, it really developed with the arrival of one man in the English game - Arsene Wenger. The role Wenger has played in transforming the face of English football cannot be underestimated. The double of '98 was won with the flair of Bergkemp, Anelka, Petit, Overmars and Vieira. It woke all of English football up, making them realise the genuine talent of players in the continent and how they could adapt to the English game even from a young age. There was no longer a need to sign players past their prime, or second grade overseas players, the very best could play in England too.

This prompted United to up their game and it comes as no surprise that Fergie added Stam and Yorke to his team. These two players turned out to be pivotal in their '99 treble. Arsenal went on to reach the UEFA cup final in 2000. And Liverpool, under the guidance of Frenchmen Gerard Houllier, went through their own internationalisation, climaxing with their victory in the UEFA cup in 2001.

English football though, was still behind the Spanish and Italian games. The very best of the best still played in the great clubs of Madrid, Catalunia, Milan and Turin. But all that was set to change as the English game grew from strength to strength. With the roubles pouring into Chelsea, Mourinho arrived and spent en masse. Rafa Benitez brought about a Spanish revolution in Merseyside. Now, no one in England looks to buying locals anymore. Pompey bought Nugent only to chuck him on the bench in favour of Kanu and Benjani. The four “big” English clubs have all invested heavily in foreign talent. Many of the worlds top players now want to play in England, and English clubs want to buy them - Ronaldo, Torres, Fabregas, Drogba, the list goes on.
Starting with Liverpools victory in 2005, English clubs have become the dominant force in Europe. They have knocked out continental giants such as Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan, Valencia, AC Milan, Roma on a regular basis.

English football got on this path late, but it has embraced this process the most thus making it belatedly the best league in the world.

2008-05-22T21:01:00.001+08:00

Young Orchard

by Richard Wilbur

These trees came to stay.

Planted at intervals of

Thirty feet each way,

Each one stands alone

Where it is to live and die.

Still, when they have grown

To full size, these trees

Will blend their crowns, and hum with

Mediating bees.

Meanwhile, see how they

Rise against their rootedness

On a gusty day,

Nodding one and all

To one another, as they

Rise again and fall,

Swept by flutterings

So that they appear a great

Consort of sweet strings.

2008-05-16T23:59:00.004+08:00

okiedokie ladies and gentleman after probing the tip of the iceberg of human existence (and scouring the rest of that damn iceberg) i've finally discovered the ultimate secret to life, the universe and everything. (disclaimer - this doesn't apply to 'where are the weapons of mass destruction in iraq?' cuz even god's stumped by that one)

and since i'm cute, unselfish and an all round nice guy, i'll even share it with you! =D

in life it's pretty normal to not have a clue about what the heck is going on so DON'T even bother trying. all you gotta do is to look as if you know what you're doing
if you can pull this one off then the world is yours for the taking =)

sigh i can't seem to stem this growing nicotine craving =/

2008-05-15T00:35:00.001+08:00

nice very nice! i like that answer. might i add arrogant, rude, crass and non-committant....

2008-05-15T00:06:00.004+08:00

you want to know why can you not be yourself when there is too much at stake?

because to be yourself would mean to expose the self centered and insecure persona that resides within you

and that isn't exactly something she'd find endearing is it, suhas?

2008-05-13T23:20:00.002+08:00

being the bundle of joy that i am, it is my duty to bring some warmth and joy into this emo wrecked world and blog =D

el niño says:
i'm gonna write an emo entry about how i cant emo on our blog
el niño says:
hahahahahah
snakes and ladders says:
that you are allowed to do
el niño says:
X)
snakes and ladders says:
hahah
snakes and ladders says:
as long as it dont involve blasting ME
el niño says:
HAHA
snakes and ladders says:
coz otherwise you will be breaking my second rule
el niño says:
you and your rules

so this got me obsessing over blog rules. questions started floating in my mind. what happens when two people post an entry simultaneously? whose post has higher priority? does the lower priority post get deleted? do you really get a mantalope if you cross a manatee with an antelope?

so i've suggested adding these potential rules to solve such a tricksy situation. perhaps if we add enough pointless bureaucratic stumbling blocks, we might even make it to the government! =D

1) we post in order of good looks. which would mean that i always get first pick. followed by a vicious catfight for the remaining slots. then finally imran.

2) we have a race. heehee navjote...

3) we debate to the death (or till we're too thirsty). obviously this would mean that i have a better chance of catching swedish pixies dancing on the alps than winning but OHWELL

4) did i just say swedish pixies?

5) we all just forget that i ever typed this completely idiotic and meaningless post. and resist the very strong urge to beat me up. heh

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today i added the supermarket at IMM to the list of places i have to wear a paper bag before i can set foot inside (Giant at Plaza Sing being the other prominent name on this list)
thankew melissa lim for invoking the lost camwhore within me
hope we survive turb's wrath X)

and thankew imran for emotime =)

muacks =D
(please excuse the relative sloppiness of this post. i promise i will be funnier next time.)

2008-05-13T03:25:00.000+08:00

Why can I not be myself when there is too much at stake?

2008-05-09T23:38:00.002+08:00

wah kopite, now this blog has rules! but still no theme. haha ok but what's wrong with whoring ourselves? not that i like to whore myself. i mean i am pure and chaste but i cant say the same for the others.

it isnt easy for me to post on both blogs, so i dont have much to say except ask suhas, (if you even read this), how are plans for THE party going!

2008-05-08T23:39:00.003+08:00

today the former 1st and 3rd prettiest pairs of eyes in school were brought together once again

translation: i met kevin at ISAT
i miss all those times the lecturer would say something completely innocent and yet he'd somehow corrupt it with a perverse glint to his eye. and of course, the mini kamasutra he had in his n-gage. hoho

met immykins and the turbs at little india afterwards. yes imran what your employers told you is completely true. little india is so near orchard that you effectively work in orchard! you are very important. an important little boy! now run along and do your job so that no more terrorists hell bent on destroying our nation walk out the back door of a toilet in the most secure detention facility available. or go catch thief =D

in other news, imran's better half (though that's not saying much since it's a comparison against well, imran =p) now addresses me as the pms guy. and turbs has planned out my period cycle. DUDES I AM A REAL MAN OKAY

sorry today really seems to be blast the mat day

el niño says:
is this what they call an uncomfortable silence
imran. existentialist. says:
hrm
imran. existentialist. says:
here here
el niño says:
it's hear hear lah
AceSpades says:
HAHAHaHA!!
AceSpades says:
hERE HERE!!!
snakes and ladders says:
haha
imran. existentialist. says:
sorry distracted
snakes and ladders says:
its ok immy

and to end it all off, let's go run a 10km half marathon eh.
since half of 42km is erm.... oh wait.....

i'm out =D

2008-05-07T23:43:00.002+08:00

during today's man to man talk with reub (between two brave soldiers mysteriously at home on a weekday afternoon) it occurred to me that a chunk of my inspiration in life comes from scrubs and harold & kumar.

honey i've said it once and i'll say it again
if my life were a movie, it would either be a tragedy or one heck of a comedy.
with tom cruise winning an oscar for his role as me of course =)

2008-05-04T18:20:00.002+08:00

Great to see some activity and err one reader! Well you've got some really good ideas there and the last one of your ideas sounds really tempting, but we shall be nice to Mr Malhotra. What I think we should do is agree that certain posts have no place on this blog. And I for one really need to take note of that. Absolutely no emo bullshit and no blasting of people(unless all five of us hate that bugger in which case an exception will be nice!). I think whats more important is that we want to post stuff here and we enjoy reading each others posts. We could actively seek a readership but that would be akin to whoring ourselves, just doing what sells rather than writing what we believe in, what we want to. Lets keep them updates coming.

whambam

2008-05-02T23:19:00.002+08:00

i totally agree with mr goh, we should most definitely whore our blog.

though any controversial entries involving politics or certain organisations are bound to get us into detention since we consist of a mat, walking loose skin, an outspoken chinese, navjote (self explanatory) and a latino-italian-indian guy who looks handsome enough to be a spy in the james bond mould. but then again certain detention centers don't exactly require you to be Houdini to escape right heh.

who am i trying to kid, we're so going to jail. which means i chope death by electric chair! after all i've always wanted to go out with a bang =D

i am a funny little boy

2008-05-02T23:00:00.003+08:00

ah gentlemen. i have the honour of being the 50th entry. not bad. i figured that i should try to do my part, although immy and suhas too good for us lah, will not contribute to this blog.

so yes, as part of efforts to revive this blog, we have to try to regain (or rather simply just gain) readership. and i figured given the volatile, fickle nature of net readers, there are only a few ways - go political - aka rockson.blogspot, without the vulgarities hopefully; go gossipy - but getting first hand news would prove to be tricky; post pictures of hot girls, post pictures of hot guys; post entries blasting the army - but ajit would have to arrest us; post pictures of suhas in his growing years of 15 and 16.

so what shall it be?

2008-05-01T16:29:00.004+08:00

I've been trying to post things up today. Got flowing on a couple of ideas but couldn't put my head around them. Ever got the feeling when you know exactly what you want to say but somehow the words don't come to you? I shall just return to this tomorrow or another day. Don't matter.

Glad to see you're returning to this el nino. Keep the updates coming, complete with your distinct brand of humour!

If my words aren't heard
Don't doubt that I'm the one I was.
There is no silence that doesn't end.
- From "For Everybody" by Pablo Neruda

2008-04-28T12:31:00.004+08:00

guess who's back

for those of you who have just tuned in, this blog is a story about 5 people

the hairy one (turbs)
the noisy one (junyi)
the math genius (immy)
the beautiful one (elnino)
and some fat guy called eyebrows

until recently, time was a rare commodity due to our lives being intricately woven into the majestic (or moronic; it's a thin line we walk here) ideal of servitude to the Motherland.

but eyebrows fled the Motherland and joined an institution that would allow him to pursue his life's ambition of bastarding people for a living. he was welcomed to this great empire by chants of 'go home paki', the standard greeting natives reserve for people of his stature.

immy was deemed completely untrustworthy to remain in the great military forces and was hence sent to 'relac one corner'. also, word has it they were afraid of handing him a magazine of 30 rounds as it was rumored that he couldn't count to 30.

the kopite was perhaps most unfortunate as his dream of eternal servitude to the Motherland was cut short by a career ending injury. this was the same injury suffered by the original kopite; michael owen (except that owen's was sustained playing against olof mellberg while kopite was playing against a kid half his age. and size. and IQ.)

and then there were two. to cut a long story short, junyi learnt to combat chemical/biological/radioactive attacks and got really fit (though still puny) while elnino basically picked up more military skills than GI Joe and somehow contrived to remain fat (though still shockingly handsome).

and that brings us to where we are today

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thanks for resurrecting this blog turbs! now all we gotta do is get those other 3 to start again. and advertise. we deserve to be singapore's hunkiest blogger................ and his friends X)

stay tuned for more wacko adventures kids! =D

2008-04-24T21:43:00.001+08:00

Just read this sonnet by Shakespeare that I really enjoyed.

Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd,
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd,
And strength by limping sway disabled
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill,
And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,
And captive good attending captain ill:
Tir'd with all these, from these would I be gone,
Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.

JFT96

2008-04-15T22:31:00.003+08:00

Today we remember the 96 Liverpool fans who lost their lives at Hillsbrough 19 years ago.

96 fans who lost their lives while supporting their beloved football club. Their spirits and voices still fill Anfield and bring us on to further success.

JFT96

YNWA

A Clean Slate

2008-04-12T13:22:00.002+08:00

After an extremely long hiatus, this blog shall live again. But I resolve not to go down the path of previous entries and make this an infinitely more interesting place. Especially for me, as I am creating these particular patterns of words on the screen.

I just discovered the joys of reading The New Yorker. Here's a poem I read while browsing through earlier.

A Clean Slate
by Fred D'Aguiar

Each morning I worked up spit

Aimed at my slate and wiped

Shirttail from corner to corner

Each day was a clean start

Born again and born big-so

As grownups loved to say

The day before disappeared

Somewhere between

My saliva and Terylene shirt

The new day promised

Something hitherto not

Seen or guessed about

A cobweb not there

The previous twenty-four hours

That overnight dew reveals

“A” for aubergine

Known to us as balanjay

“B” for bat for playing cricket

Until I filled the slate

With slant text my left hand

Told my right-side brain was new

Coins on the sea pressed by light

This morning sky wiped of stars

Chalk off my shirt climbing sun

i am alive

2007-07-10T21:20:00.000+08:00

i do read this blog lar, just not quite sure what to blog about. things are fine and dandy, crawling along in the murky depths of monotony and moil. hope everyone else is doing fine. anyway ajit, now that i've blogged and fulfilled my quota, i do hope that my next cameo would be in a good 10 years time. out-

2007-06-10T12:58:00.000+08:00

i have passed out of my course (finally) but they are still going to treat us like shit i think and now to top it all up i am a waiter for the s a f.

no one seems to be blogging! does suhas or imran even read this?

2007-06-05T00:24:00.000+08:00

the song is to remind us. that at the end there is always hope.

when you walk through a storm hold your heads up high and don't be afraid of the dark. at the end of a storm is a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark. walk on through the wind walk on through the rain though your dreams be tossed and blown. walk on walk on with hope in your hearts and you'll never walk alone. you'll never walk alone.

2007-05-30T18:36:00.000+08:00

quantifying the unquantifiable is probably the most important thing you can do. and that has to be if a common stanfard for sth like that can be derived. the asymmetry can otherwise lead to terrible effects. symmetrical information, not perfect information is necessary. besides just knowing we hav to know what we dont know. that way any interaction between people, firms anything can work.

i dont know what i know and what i dont and i think you don't know too.

2007-05-20T21:41:00.000+08:00

was listening to a road to athens podcast and bishop giving his all time liverpool team from players that hav won the european cup. my god what a team that wldve been.

clemence; neal, hansen, carra, a. kennedy; case, gerrard, souness, r. kennedy; rush, dalglish.

but i wld settle for the current team :D go you mighty mighty reds! bring it back to anfield! back to the red and white kop! bring ole big ears hoooome!

himbo

2007-05-02T00:08:00.000+08:00

in a continuation of my himbo streak, i watched hannah montana today.
AND LIKED IT

(though it's partially because miley cyrus is cute. BUT STILL..)

=)

2007-05-01T11:21:00.000+08:00

ajit i cant believe you said all that! perhaps tt's y blogger refused to put it up at your first try.

and dont worry nav. u are meant for bigger things so dont let this little upset push you back! go get ur psc! (:

2007-04-30T23:28:00.000+08:00

my life is super boring, seriously.

i got rejected by sia.

i will not put up an emo entry to spoil ajits :D entry.

i dont know what else to post.

hair

2007-04-30T22:03:00.000+08:00

severely cheesed off right now since blogger refuses to post the super long entry i typed yesterday. oh well life's a bitch. haha.
since i'm bored, attention seeking and stunningly good looking, i decided to shamelessly address all 3 using this blog. this narcissistic post shall be dedicated to documenting the constantly changing hairstyles of yours truly!

1) the Afro
this was generally sported in my formative years as i sped around on my tricycle eating newspapers and getting my cheeks pinched by strangers. little did everyone know that every night, i climbed out of my cot to boogie/groove with my homies usher, luda and lil john yo.

2) the Red Sea (aka the ramana)
this could be classified as a failed venture. apparently it only works on sri lankans who can get 10A1s by "only reading through my notes a little bit what!". the centre parting is achieved via skillful use of a ruler (plastic not metal mind you).

3) Brylcreem Boy
many assume that david beckham (or even ramana) were the first people to endorse brylcreem. these people obviously hadn't tracked my primary school life. hair was given the 'indian coconut oil' look with the oil dripping down my face adding to it's authenticity. *shudders*

4) Gelled Geek
after beckham started cramping my style by using brylcreem as well, it was time to move on to gel. the neatly slicked look was really popular. however only with females who had probably by-passed menopause age. it nearly landed me a leading role in the next 'revenge of the nerds' movie.

5) Curly spikes
this one was more of a good luck charm rather than a proper hairstyle. i think i my hair was wet one day during a hcjc challenge shield and happened to have curly spikes when we beat ac. then i didnt do the same an we got thrashed in the final. ever since then death threats from my beloved teammates persuaded me too keep this hairstyle during debates (along with the black tshirt but that's another story eh). i am still convinced it won us JGs =)

6) Floppy fringe
this one was a desperate attempt to get a fringe to could practice the sweeping hair from the eyes move that seemed to seduce all the girls in novels and movies. what i didnt factor in my calculations was that all the dudes in the novels and movies had straight hair while i had curly hair. so much for being a chick magnet.

7) Indian-outta-bed
this was effectively my brief surrender to my hair and indian heritage. bascially i didn't comb my hair and left it in that all too familiar indian mop. it was pretty liberating though it made everyday a bad hair day. it's the hairstyle that now resides on my SAF identity card as well as my original IC which is hidden somewhere in the bowels of the SAF administration.

8) Burgundy Bombshell
i shall always remember this as the hairstyle that drew a 'whatthefuckisthat' from mastan. basically it was indian hair dyed reddish and was used for prom. you could say it was highly attention seeking heh. it's something i definitely wanna do once again once i'm given permission to dye my hair. i miss my red hair =(

9) Crew Cut
a hairstyle i'd rather choose not to remember though for some obscure reason, my dad thinks i look best with it. it was amusing though when i first enlisted cuz i had a crew cut with red streaks from my burgundy days.

10) GI Joe
apparently all privates in the army are supposed to be given the GI Joe look as a symbol of their passing out from bmt. the barber gets two bucks for effectively shaving off most of the hair around the sides and leaving the top untouched. it makes everyone there look garang despite the fact that we're actually a bunch of hopeless dodos.

11) Flamboyant Fin
yet another beckham ripoff. i owe this one to the causeway point malay barber who cut my hair cuz after a few weeks it just resolved into a fin without my trying anything special. though it was very shortlived, it was cool nonetheless.

12) Carricked!
and now finally my hair seriously is starting to look like michael carrick's! without me doing anything to it at all either. now i have both his range of passing and his hair! (pauses to allow readers sufficient time to roll eyes). maybe this is a stepping stone to working towards cristiano ronaldo hair. oh well anything as long as my hair isnt like rooney's. haha X)

omg this is such a retarded and attention seeking post but at least
a) there's no emoing involved
b) blogger is uploading this unlike my previous mega-entry

haha okay i'm off to enjoy more of my super long mini block leave.
toodles! =)

2007-04-24T14:20:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNYI

:D:D:D:D heres wishing junyi a very happy birthday from the other four of us. thanks for being our awesome friend :D

2007-04-23T19:10:00.000+08:00

junyi shld be booking out today!! yay hahah.

i woke up early today and went for physio. the physiotherapist said that i should really go show the doctor coz it was all red and exceptionally warm. and the pain was hindering the progress so called up the doctor and went there. saw the doctor who changed the dressing and said that the reason its all red was coz i was allergic to the initial brace the inside one. so she changed that one and now its feeling alot better. i can walk ard alot more with alot more ease now so really glad with that. it is improving :D:D v v happy!

came back and basically fell asleep for most of the afternoon. got a letter from ucas telling me that i have submitted a firm to oxford. so now just gotta wait for the final confirmation letter and alls done man :D can't wait.

2007-04-21T12:51:00.000+08:00

yay junyi! hahah yay for updating too!! so i guess all of u must be out by now, even suhas for your short while only. pity we cant do anything coz i am stuck in my beeeeeeeed :S hahaha wenjie and chere came over ytd!!!! they stayed till like 12+ near 1 hahah was awesome la just talking for so long and i love compannnnnnnnny hahaha. coz otherwise im really at home, alone. and that gets really lonely after a while. so the company was really brilliant. and the three football newspaper/magazines they got me :DDDDDDDD IMRAN! u still owe me 70bucks worth of gifts :D:D:D:D hehehehe

cmon imran and suhas, update this place too!

2007-04-20T20:23:00.000+08:00

i decided that isnt very fair that only navjote keeps this blog alive so i shall chip in as well!

this week hasnt been all that bad. in fact it has been qte good by last week's standards and to an extent rather interesting. we went into the stf, of which my outstanding performance earned me an extra half day off :D:D:D:D as navjote wld have heard haha. and stf in and off itself was a pretty -new- experience, given how we were made to go through a more advanced set of movements as compared to the ocs dudes who i heard have already went in last week.

things shld get more interesting as we are through the first 'term', now we will move on to simulated ops, which hopefully wont be so tekan.

little admin time means that i am unable to contact ppl and find out how everyone is doing so i hope all of you are doing well - suhas wont go ooc anytime soon haha, imran wont b corrupt when he pass out, ajit doesnt fall asleep during many of his guard duties (which i wont have anymore :D:D:D) and navjote's knee fine. yes i hope all of you are in good shape and doing well!

2007-04-19T22:57:00.001+08:00

back from hospital today.

it hurts alot alot alot :S my legs kept totally straight in this brace that spans the length of my leg. walking is super painful. haiz got sia interview on saturday that cant be rescheduled :S so soon after e surgery sia.

doctor said that it went v well tho. she intended to trim the meniscus but she said they managed to stitch it back which is better coz e whole meniscus is intact now but it will hurt alot more coz theres repair to a soft tissue or sth like that. u bio students shld understand better. so yea.

from the hospital went straight to physiotherapist at collyer quay. walking to thelift was quite alright did the thingy upstairs which was bend my knee about 1degree diff from totally straight. lol. but thats already considered alot lol. then when gonna come back down wah it hurt so much i cldnt move!!!!! had to take e painkillers and wait half hour before they took effect before i cld move back down!!!!!! sitting in the cars difficult but gotta manage mannn sighhh :S

everythings rather difficult now hopefully will get easier soon. :S hope i recover fast!

2007-04-16T22:33:00.000+08:00

tmr is d-day. haha surgery day

take care guys

ill be back here soon :)

infact before u guys come out :P

im gnna be knocked out for three hours tmr hahaha.

bb

2007-04-13T18:18:00.000+08:00

one more day of work before mc!! annnd even then its a half day! coz i got psc shrink interview in the morning!! hahaha. so half a day of work to gooooooo! then mccccccccccc!

lets hope we get to go for the play tmr!!

annnnnnnnnnnnnd! haha i dunno what i wanted to say! liverpool! crouchie! :D:D:D:D

oh read some quite cool quotes by thomas sowell

"To me, the fact that I have never killed an editor is proof that the death penalty deters."

"Too many academics write as if plain English is beneath their dignity and some seem to regard logic as an unconstitutional infringement of their freedom of speech."

"Envy plus rhetoric equals 'social justice'."

"Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."

"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."

2007-04-11T20:53:00.000+08:00

united served up an absolutely delightful show of football last night. I dislike united strongly, with a passion, but gotta give credit where its due. to beat one of the grandest european teams, roma, 7 1 is no joke man. theyve got class all thru the team. In cristiano ronaldo theyve got a player whos my god in his early 20s but has played in a world cup semi final, a european championship final. Whos played regular football for 2 of europes biggest ever clubs. as much as i dislike him the club and the footballing nation, it is a pretty damned impressive cv.

enough about saying united playing well. i STILL think chelsea will win the league and facup BUT that might be emotion taking control. it is a v real possibility but yeaa.

we are going to go through tonight! first time ever will there be 3 english teams in e semifinals of the european cup! amazing!!

just read this bit about Hume talking about free will and determinism. pretty interesting. i am growing to really like what Hume has to say. very very interesting.

easterr

2007-04-07T21:12:00.000+08:00

yes the 4 of us other than navjote still exist donch worry. it's just that we're all rather busy. junyi's learning how to blow things up, imran's ironing his uniform and suhas has been running around in full battle order with camo on. my mp course isn't exactly a stroll in the park, but the people are great and we learn so much interesting stuff. plus loads of cool things are always happening in the camp too so i'm pretty happy with my posting.

but that doesn't mean that i'm thrilled about booking in early tmr morn for my easter guard duty.

oh well this week is gpmg week so there's something to look forward to at least hahaha. i love the sar way more than the m16 but everyone says u haven't had fun with guns till u've played with a machine gun.

okay enough about army haha. couldn't join immy, junyi and turbs for the movie today cuz i had to settle some stuff at home and rest. but maybe next week eh dudes? we still havent decided whether we're all going for ravenscoft yet. chances are we'll decide 10mins b4 it starts so we'll end up sneaking into the theater and sit on the steps watching it, before the security guard throws us out.

oh cmon ur telling me that there's nothing more suspicious than a malayalee, a singh, a mat, a chinese and a dope in a pink polo tee actually turning up together for a show where the cheapest ticket costs $20.

anyway hold that thought cuz i'm blazin outta here babesssss
till my next entry! =)

2007-04-06T21:07:00.000+08:00

talked to suhas after v long today. hes in yeelers and hulins section!! i shall blog on behalf of him and say that ocs has been tough but suuuhas is gonna be a sir hahaha. sir malhotra :D i went to look at the oxford map today and mine n his colleges are v v near each other. only seperated by christ church college. why cldnt suhas be the one in merton instead :S andandand law fac is near the econs/polsci building! so thats damn damn good!! hahahah

spoke to junyi too who is gonna be super super fit!! dont mess with him man haha suhas he is gonna beat ur napfa levels too :P THREE DAYS OFF K JUNYI! :D

hopefully we can go out tmr.

hahah i love the lyrics from this rollingstones song, start me up. its damn dirty hahaha.

If you start me up
If you start me up
I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up
I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop

You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up

If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up

Don't make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She's a mean, mean machine
Start it up

If start me up
Give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Never, never
Slide it up

You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen
Start it up
Love the day when we will never stop, never stop
Never stop, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop, never stop

You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man cum
You, you make a dead man cum

hahaha cool right theyre damn damn good hahaha. theyre really prob e best band ever. hahah.

went to ri ytd. the debate was quite sucky was about teaching intelligent design. but yea then went out with chere for dinner. dropped by rj for a while to their ravenscroft rehearsals. oh n i met donkoh in the rj canteen hehe we both decided last year that rj walls are not v nice so we must put our faces on them to beautify them hahaha :P :P

ok ok i shall err come here agian another day.

2007-04-04T20:19:00.000+08:00

liverpool pwned psv last night man! away at the philips!!!! hahahaha absolutely awesome!! :D:D:D

ajit msged me today!! yay you all are all coming out soon ready. we ARE GOING OUT THIS WEEKEND I DONT CARE! hahahahah. might be last chance before my surgery man.

hmmm i am going back to ri tmr after work! they got semis next friday against sc!! not bad eh. hahahaha will they bring back the trophy for the first time since our three machas suuuuuuuuhas juuuuuuuunyi and ajiiiiiiiiit did so :PPPP whee hahahahah.

eh immy rmb that thingy i was telling u tt day! ahahah that quote is still sticking in my head its damn good. "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"-aristotle. it really really gets v interesting when u think about it coz it fits in so nicely with the whole criticism of keynsian economics and how economics so often looks at things from the macro point of view forgetting its micro foundations which gives rise to the new classical though hmmmmmmm hahahah

i can almost imagine suhas reading this and going "naaavjooooote! wth! how is something like that going to attract girls!!" hahaha well suhas start posting!! then all the girls will come :D:D:D:D

ok ok ok i shall stop now maybe continue later!!

2007-04-02T20:27:00.000+08:00

haha i shall single handedly keep this place alive thru the weeks you all are gonna be in! am determined to do so. in the future, itll be good for us all :D wonder how suhas is doing in ocs mannn.

i also want to like add links etc to this blog so the next time you all read this, please gimme a list of links to add k? hmmmm and then we can like start telling ppl bout this place etc adn suhas can get his wish. :P

staring at the com all day has my eyes hurting alot. my surgery is in about two weeks. yea tmr will be exactly 2 weeks before it. will hav long mc after that.

slowly getting to know ppl at work. there are some really smart ppl there. one guys going to harvard. talked to another rj senior whos going to lse. got tooons of rj ppl there seriously. and most are v nice strike up conversations with you etc. so its really really good. i really am v lucky in that sense. i think in retrospect we've all got fairly decent places that we can bequite alright with for 2 years.

this entry is getting rather long but i am on a roll! so i shall go on. :PPPP

everytime everyone books back in it makes me think, this is gonna be life once we move on from our comfortable school life. all the people we've become accustomed to, the people who we talk to everyday, the people who we talk about everyday, all thats gonna change. imrans probably felt it abit before but for most of us, 6 years in raffles has really put the same ppl ard us and really we ve yet to be put in a different environment which we're all gonna be thrown to at some point or other. yes we talk about not letting all this go and we might/mightnot let it go but regardless of this, our context will change. at least forthose of us going abroad it will. i was reading an article about saudi arabia err ytd? and read bout their policy of "progress without change". what an almost oxymoronic phrase. we're progressing in our life, and well things are gonna change. haha i dunno why i am writing about this or anything but it well err just came like that.

its like that johnny cash song(altho he didnt write it) but my god did he perform it well eh ajit?

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

2007-04-01T17:57:00.000+08:00

noone blogs so i thought i shall. sigh can u all pleaaaase update!! waited one whole week for u all come out and ur going back in already! and ive hardly talked to any of u all all weekend :( :(:(:( i is getting sad.

got a new laptop yesterday. its nice! :D:D i liike! liverpool thumped arsenal ytd! 4 1! crouchie the man! i looove peter crouch :D

everyones us uni results came out over these past few days. some damn pro sia. i hope everything turns out well for everyone! :) :)

johnny cash is awesome.

2007-03-29T22:39:00.000+08:00

spoke to imran and junyi yesterday!

theyre both fine. imrans enjoying his life and gonna get a laptop soon lol. haha junyi is gonna become v v v fit hahaha and own suhas and imran at their ippt hahaha.

yay theyre booking out this weekend! cept suhas. who i spoke to also by sms! :)

was on mc today didnt go to work. woke up with cough and the same things that got me quite sick two weeks ago. so yea got it checked out got the med so back to work tmr! :)

2007-03-27T22:45:00.000+08:00

just spoke to ajit today! good to know he's fine! :)

hanyi yeeler n ramu smsed too! hanyis buddy is matt and yeelers is hulin how cool man! :D haha and ramu said he is in the ninja of sispec :S hope it goes fine mannnnnnn

and lauyeeler!! i say i going osc tt day not ocs! haha now EVERYONE thinks i am ocs clerk lol. :P

2007-03-26T23:37:00.000+08:00

haha i am the only one at home! all you guys at campppp! hahahah anyway hope everyones doing fine! lets meet up when u guys come out before i go for surgery aight? hahah ill try to update this while u guys are all away.

2007-03-25T12:09:00.000+08:00

it just dawned upon me that none of us made it to the same school/unit haha. which is somewhat interesting given how when you sit in a group of r j individuals and they tell you they are all going to o c s. haha.

whatever it is, block leave ends today. have fun everyone. and to those that are not in a stay-in unit. actually to THE TWO not in a stay-in unit, have fun too. haha. (mine is btw but i hear we are waiting for the mono-intakers to come in first, or something like that).

o well.

woohoo

2007-03-23T11:45:00.000+08:00

imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
police INSPECTOR
el niño says:
MILITARY POLICEMAN
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
YEAH BABY
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
we r OCCIFERS OF THE LAW
el niño says:
WE'RE GONNA DEFEND THE NATION
el niño says:
OVER DONUTS AND COFFEE
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
YEAHH BABYYY
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
NO MORE SOC
el niño says:
NO MORE SHELLSCRAPES
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
NO MORE FIELD CAMPS
el niño says:
PISTOLS!
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
YEAHHHHH
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
WOOHOO
el niño says:
WE CAN LEARN LAW
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
YEAHH
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW
el niño says:
OMG
el niño says:
WE MIGHT EVEN GET TO RIDE MOTORBIKES
imran. i am the borders of your imagination says:
CARS FOR ME
el niño says:
WE OWN DA ROADS MAN

kids it's time to play guess-his-posting! =)

2007-03-22T23:27:00.000+08:00

ello! k i thought i'd post to prevent this palce from dying.

so the 5 of us went out that day! me n junyi met up in school first then we WAITED IN SCHOOL FOR DMAN LONG COZ AJIT WAS LATE! then imran kept bugging me but it wasnt my fault! then we ate lunch met up with imran and suhas and played poooool! hahahah me n junyi suck at it. the rest are lucky shits :PPPPPPPP

haha then suhas met me ytd for history boys with my class where they showed some scenes of oxford that got me telling suhas we gonna be there! and getting shhhhhh-ed by joy for that hahahaha.

k cool, enough for now! some1 else post!

2007-03-11T13:35:00.000+08:00

todays our last ever tekong book in! :D hahaha meeting imran later to go to nus law fac and then maybe smu if got time.

submitted my psc ytd! some guy from psc called me while i was doing the form and was like "you know your school ranks you v highly so please do apply." and i was like "yes! yes! i am doing the form" then he helped check out alota things for me. haha so nice of them!

LIVERPOOLS THRU PASS BARCELONA WOOHOOOOOOO! psv in the next round, shoud be awesome :) the team rooocks.

alright will be out quite fast this time! tuesday is my pass out day! pass out, pass out! :D:D:D hehehehe and i pass out before any of the rest of you do :P last to come in, first to go out :P dont messssssssssssssssss :P

booookin

2007-03-05T18:04:00.000+08:00

okay in about 30mins i will be leaving the house to book-in and return to tekong for the SECOND LAST TIME! i still havent fully recovered yet but i heard this week is damn slack so good haha.

as for results, well i guess everyone didnt exactly get what they wanted. i feel bad for u guys cuz u actually put in so much effort and deserved better. i, on the other hand, smoked my way thru quite a fair bit and am 'tasting the bitter' as my seargant would eloquently put it lol. i guess the moment i realised i wanted to do medicine and couldnt afford overseas, a large chunk of motivation seeped away and i did what was barely enough to scrape that place in nus med.

shucks i shouldnt have left so early on friday cuz i didnt see a lot of ppl. sorry couldnt join u guys over the weekend too but the mood wasnt really right yet. nvr mind, block leave is coming up and it's an excellent opportunity to catch up with a lot of ppl. plus i'm looking forward to kicking all ur asses at daytona and airhockey again =)

alrighty till next weekend then!
over and out~

2007-03-03T09:54:00.000+08:00

ayy

so ytd we got back our results. congrats to suhas and all the others who did v v v well :) i guess the rest of us who didnt get our 4As will always have that dissapointment, and for immy and his 3 too. but lets move on to our "greater things in life" like the armyyyyyy :P hahaha and i guess for me and suhas it means we've got our oxford places. i really really really hope that immy and junyi, you two will get law and ajit will get to become dr nair :D and if we get that, as i can't rmb which of the teachers it was ytd told me, a levels becomes forgotten coz it will be nothing compared to that. haha we're consoling ourselves, but heck, we got a right to do so!

take care guys, rock on, and we have to meet up soon! :)

2007-02-25T15:27:00.000+08:00

no one is updating. probably because the army is highly damaging to the mind and soul. but whatever the case is, let's congratulate auyong for winning many fans this drama feste and maybe he will not be a sterile single for long. haha unlike all of us.

3 more weeks to POP! cant wait to have to leave tekong hurrah. and results next week, so good luck everyone.

and i have nothing else to say. o thanks for coming on mon haha hope you guys managed to catch up and all. yea.

2007-02-17T21:40:00.000+08:00

alright i shall blog today.

tekong makes me fall sick alot. was sick again this week with fever all day on friday. my knees in a bad state so i'm not gonna be allowed to go for field camp so my bmt is kinda over cept i have to keep going back there for three weeks. dont have most of the stuff u guys gotta do. pes c is really quite little stuff. and i HATE DETEST the veg food there :(

anyway i shall blog more over these few days. 5 nights in my own comfortable bed!!! :D

update!

2007-02-17T10:17:00.000+08:00

okay dudes since everyone's too shagged or lazy to update, i shall be the one to rescue this blog; being the bundle of energy that i am.

we just got back from sit test yesterday. okay lah i concede it was quite fun but omg it also exposed us to a whole new level of retardedness. we were the last detail to get back to base camp and kept the whole company waiting cuz our navigators rocked. apparently the solution every time we got lost would be to bash thru the jungle which got us even more hopelessly lost. normally that would be tolerable but throw in a bunch of whiny chinese aussies and we were seriously damn tempted to stuff the LAW down their you-know-what.

oh and the tonner ride back to camp was damn cool haha. the driver was mad and it was seriously tekong drift lah haha. the striken expression on our pc's face throughout the ride was classic. it's generally the same expression suhas has whenever you-know-who is within a 5m radius of him. hoho.

actually there's loads more stuff to talk about but i'm too lazy to type now and i wanna play fm. nvr mind i got FOUR WHOLE DAYS to update more so hooray. and i'll also force those 4 other lazy bums to update so this blog will rise from the dead once again.

"oh you look so beautiful tonight in the city of blinding lights"
cheerios =)

2007-01-27T23:33:00.000+08:00

aha and i am finally out of tekong and am awfully tired - wanting to go out and enjoy myself as i once again get to enjoy the civilian life that i was deprived off for 2 weeks but not actually having the energy to do it.

navjote has moved in opposite my block! haha. yes his distinctive turban wasnt that hard to be missed when he booked in ytd (:

whiskey rocks. although what i have been thru was really the adjustment period so i guess we will see how it goes!

and in 22 hours, i will be back at tekong.

ROAR.

2007-01-25T20:29:00.000+08:00

alright i'm in tmr. so this weekend i'll be the only one in there. have a good weekend back! and well i hope i see u guys alot there. we all go out on my first book out k! :)

me again

2007-01-21T11:35:00.000+08:00

look suhas it's a universal fact that we all don't have lives and we've all embraced reality unlike you dude haha. cmon blog also larh

anyway i've finally dragged myself from fm to come here to do a short update so the blog doesnt die. managed to catch apocalypto yesterday which was the first movie i've watched in 348563463457 years. it's damn violent but after watching it i think it makes our upcoming army field camp look like a holiday resort haha. cine counter staff suck man. everyone was walking in freely until it came to our turn cuz we were the only friggin ppl they asked to produce identification to verify our age. oh well. eternally youthful lah. maybe i'll still look 20 when i'm 94857945632 years old.

army army army. gosh a lot of funny things seriously happen there and if civilians really knew some of the clowns defending our nation, they probably would be quite worried. i'm sure suhas would agree with me when i say the image of mark (our filipino platoonmate) running out of the jungle during the camoflague test wearing a giant leaf like a peacock tail and looking like an exotic brazilian dancer will forever be etched in my head hahaha.

okay but enough about ns. liverpool beat chelsea yesterday too so i liked liverpool for about 30mins hahaha. too bad i cant catch the united match tonite but oh well.

i have once again sucuumbed to the lure of fm. looks like for the next one week, only turbs is gonna update again haha. nvr mind this coming weekend goh and immy will be back too so i'm sure there'll be more updates comingg.

ciao babes!

2007-01-17T23:12:00.000+08:00

just got back from singapore vs indonesia asean cup match. 2 all, singapore thru to the semis to face malaysia. my god, it was a great experience! was amazing.

my new hero noh alam shah scored the opener from the penalty spot woohooo! :D

but the crowd really rocks. at one stage got the kallang wave going, was amazing how many rounds it went. with the full roar, banging ur feet in anticipation for ur turn to go up, amazing.

what was even funnier was the crowd. hahaha their was this malay guy behind us, bout 2 rows behind. his son got up at one stage and started shouting "fuck you ref" and some things in malay and his dad gets up and joins him!!! Then everytime indonesia miss a chance, the supporters get on their feet and signal to the indonesians doign the sign action indicating onthing. An indonesian player comes near, the boos start, with the finger shown to him. the finger goes up against the ref almost every other minute by a whole lota ppl, DAMN funny!!

Towards the end it started getting funnier. There was this player whos hairstyle looks like baros cept hes black and hes called "burnt baros"!! by some guy! HAHAHA! hillarious! and then next you've got the end when its ending, they all stand up and sing the nah nah nah nah good bye song hahah. and and and then! the song starts balik kampung!! hahahaha!!! then one guy starts a balik batam! OMG hahahaha amazingly funny! Oh and once a guy stood up and shouted balik kalimantan! hahah the fans are seriously amazing!

thoroughly enjoyed myself. can't wait for the malaysia game :)

omggggg i just remembered i forgot include one hillarious moment that got e ref ALOT OF STICK! and middle fingers. HE LET 12 PLAYERS ON E PITCH FOR INDON AT ONE STAGE! omg can u believe how bad the refereing was!! haahha worse than graham poll :P

boo

2007-01-14T00:55:00.000+08:00

hello the handsome one has returned. and is too tired to properly type a long post now so i'll update more tmr lah.

i love cristiano ronaldo.

cheers and nice template =)

2007-01-12T23:20:00.000+08:00

I am the only one on the mainland now.

Junyi went in today, imran yesterday. Suhas and Ajit only book out tmr. this suckkkkkkkks.

i am gonna be friendlessssssssssssssssssssssssss.

2007-01-12T00:17:00.000+08:00

tt's right. And i will be booking in in slightly more than 14 hours time!

o well hope everyone is feeling good at this point of time!

first post

2007-01-11T23:47:00.000+08:00

When this idea came up, I said this to Jun Yi and he said this should be the first post.

and this one we all gotta make a commitment
that we will update u noe
like say when u become pm u must still update hahahaha
when s uhas wins e biggest law case in e world he must still update
when a jit successfuly completes e most complex surgery in e wrld he most update
when i mran blows up a building he must stil update

:) u guys rock. its been at least 4 years, lets make it much much longer than that.