Precious Moments

Our very first chalet in June 2003 @ Downtown East.



Newton Chalet on 23 Dec 2005




14 Dec 2007 Home Team NS rugged chalet





And the lack of photos does not mean we forget the other time at Downtown East (raspberry vodka) and the one at Changi, cycling at Ubin, the one I will never forget, the super ulu and haunted one and the very pathetic camping at Sentosa with heavy downpour and sleeping in the toilet.

Since 2003, this is our 6th chalet. A little maths tells me that its 1.2 times per year. And a little simple statistics tells me that this is the clique I have "slept" most with.


And without fail, chalets always leave some of us feeling happy, high, angry, pissed, emo, sad. Things usually happen during, or after chalets, at least I thought. Through the years, chalets also make me know my friends in this gang better. I know who snores, who you can't disturb when they are sleeping, who slacks, who works, who cares, who doesn't, who will automatically do what they need to do, who will do what they need to do when pushed, to whom pushing doesn't help, who are the silent angels, who are the ones whom I can depend on, who can't drink and the list goes on.

There were so many times, I wanted to walk out of this gang. The reason I changed my picture to the one on the left, some time back, was to signify some form of walking away. Haha, abit childish, I know. There were times I wanted to just totally remove myself but somehow, somewhat, the deities up there stopped me from doing it.

So many significant things in my life has happened within this gang. First was the trialathon with Mak and eventhough it was my third so-called relationship, it was when I learnt about love and what giving your all to someone you care was all about. Then I had Den who was willing to give me his all and pamper me like a princess but I eventually had to let down. Including the respective break ups, that totalled to 8 significant events in my life.

Relationship aside, wars made up another sector of Peg's significant events in life. The war with Mak was one big influence to walk away. In fact I think you top the chart for being the one who appeared most in my significant events in life. Then came Yirong. And I really really wanted to leave this gang for good because, at that time, I didn't see any point in being part of this anymore and I feel that I do not deserve all this shit when I put in so much effort in this gang. There are way too many bad memories embedded in this clique that I really really wanted to leave and not be involved in anything anymore.

Those factors, together with bad responses for outings and pangsehing, was the reason I stopped being active to just take a back seat. And the reason I took a back seat instead of leaving was probably similar to why a lot of people hold on to relationships eventhough they have this and that problem - 放不下.

Because of those 3 words, I have slipped from a lead actress in this gang, to just a supporting actress (ok, watching star awards now lah), but I am glad to still be part of it. Let's imagine that the gang gives me a star award, I really want to thank all of you (台前幕后）for giving me this chance to be part of you guys. You guys made me learn so much about handling relationship (and I am still learning). You guys gave me the leadership opprtunity to lead, to instruct and to plan. So I really thank you guys for accepting this out-of-nowhere-netball-girl. If you notice, I am the only non-NPCC-choir person in the gang. And I would like to thank the person whom brought me into this gang. You are the only one who missed my birthday speech about how grateful I am to you for this gang of friends. Without you, I will not be here, going for chalets every year, having the chance to train my vocals, having people I can trust to help in my family business, having people whom I know I can depend on and obviously, if not for you, I will not be here saying all these. Thank you Mak! Not gay, FF!

I would also like to thank the people whom are always there for me.

This innocent girl Yirong whom genuinely feel happy for me when I know some of my friends don't. The one whom I could call at any hour to cry to when the above-mentioned made me cry. The one whom will always say nice things in an attempt to make me feel better. If not for you, I will never survive that period of time, and I will probably be seeing a shrink. It is one of my greatest regret that we are no longer on each other's speed dial and I can't be there for you like how you used to be here for me. And everytime I read about how you thank your friends for standing by you and being there for you, I feel a tinge of pain and regret that I can't do the same to you. But I am still glad that you are the one whom I can tell whats the immediate thing troubling me when the situation arises. (in the car)

And of course, ShiYin, one of the best companions I can ever have. You will not believe how appreciative I felt when you were the one whom I ended up talking to when I really really felt like shit, felt so bad and did not know who to turn to. I know I am weird in a sense that even when I am desperate for someone to listen to me, I am still choosy about who that pair of ears could be. That night when I did not think that you were the best person to talk to about the specific topic, you gave me such good feedback and maybe its pure physcological, I really did feel better! Although at times you irritate the hell out of me, I am still glad I can talk to you about so many things and I don't even have to finish my sentence before you know what I really meant and how I really feel. Thanks for being such a good companion.

Overrun. Gotta end my thank you speech.

The truth is, there are times I evaluate the importance of this gang in my life. And to be very honest, your ranking in my life have dropped quite a bit over the years. Every now and then, I tell myself that I have to be understanding and accepting because we have all grown up and we lead very different lives, compared to the school days when our schedules were so similar and we knew what one another was doing at any point in the year. But sadly, the fact that we are all grown up and leading different lifestyles are also why the ranking dropped. There were times I feel a mismatch of frequency, being left speechless about comments made, and not to mention clashes in schedules and being busy with so many different things etc.

Someone, I forgot who, mentioned yesterday that the only constant thing in life is change. Someone else also told me "你以前不是这样的" or something along that line. I can't agree more to it. And as each of us continue to move on in life and change, the gang will change even more. When we all have our families and children, you definitely wouldn't expect that gang to still go for monthly KTV and annually chalets. And you wouldn't expect me to call you and scream at you asking why you are not singing KTV with us when you have 2 children at home waiting to be fed milk and have their diapers changed. You get the idea.


Very sadly, this chalet did not live up to my expectations, it wasn't as fun as how I imagined it to be. Not sure if its worth 12 dollars of taxi and a few bucks of petrol. But whether you see it as fortunately or unfortunately, facing such disappointments is also a skill I picked up and constantly re-teach myself.

To whoever is the leader and organiser for the gang, the trick to stay happy is not to be so uptight about everything.

Easier said than done and I am obvious not perfect in it, but the next thing I want to say is that all of us, no matter where we are and who we are dealing with, should learn emotion management, anger management and possibly PMS management (note "possibly"). Because your emotions affects other people more than how you would think it does and it can be a multiplier effect.


I hope I don't come across as preaching but it would be lovely if we are more appreciative towards what our friends do for us.

Here's a big thank you to: -

ShiYin for the yummy food. BBQ and healthy ai xin soup. For all the effort, taking leave for this chalet, the initiation and organising. Without you this chalet will notbe possible.

Jianwei for booking the chalet! And I just want to redeem him by saying that I was the one who suggested him to get the rugged one instead of the one with bed so that it can accomodate more people and I thought it would be more fun to have that kinda space. The chats and games before we sleep and while we wait and kill time was exactly what I wanted out of the rugged chalet. 有福同享，有难同担。So stop complaining about the hard floor ok!

Mak for coming out with all the arrangements for present exchange. Of course I want to steal abit of credit by saying that I helped in the development of the idea and coming up with some of the questions. Haha! If not who else would Lun's primary school index number and Den's mum's age?!

HuiJie for buying breakfast lunch dinner. You are the sweetest lah!


To everyone in this gang, thanks for being part of my life and thanks for being part of yours. Whether you let out a sigh of disappointment or a heave of relief, I am not walking out of this gang - as of now. Unless something happens again, I am here to stay, whether you like it or not, you will be seeing my face and reading my emowheemo long post which heads nowhere.

Your friend,
Peggen

Kranjians take on the challenge,
to excel in knowledge.
Be creative, and uphold integrity.
Kranjians, we shall be worthy, of nation and family!

Eager to learn, and succeed. We *very fast words* and goodwill.


HAHAHAHA. I am getting abit excited about the chalet. And I amazed myself by thinking of our school song while thinking about party "Back to school" party. And I can remember lyrics! They are correct right??????


Tell me where you get your body from?
I got it from my mama!

Can't wait to party with you all.


peg them up!

Final Battle Plans

Alright. Looks like we are getting pretty good response! With that overwhelming, majority supportive, response, let's make it happen. The "Wear-A-Kranjian-Thing" project will be on. Confirmed. No doubt. In fact, this piece of garment will be your cover charge / entrance ticket / password to the chalet. If you don't bring anything that has a Kranji logo on it, you shall sponsor more food with your own pocket. Deal.

And let's do a summary of events for those people who are pretty blur on the happenings. Firstly, the chalet is (oh my goodness!) TOMORROW! Please don't forget that the chalet is tomorrow and then turn up next Friday or something. There will be an ADVANCE PARTY going there to check in first, and the party consist of J.Lim, Den, Yin and M.Jay. Our roles are crucial. Between the time of 2pm till when the main bulk of people come, we MUST check in; check that the beds and pillows are sleepable; check that our deck of poker cards are complete; check that whatever entertainment is possible will be possible. Thus, let's all agree to free the advance party from cooking at the BBQ. Deal.

From the look of things, DXO seems to be the venue for Friday night. That will probably last us till morning, and we will probably get wasted till like noon. Hope Yin has got the food up and ready. She has volunteered to marinate the BBQ stuff at her place, another reason why she should not cook at the BBQ, and I think the order has been placed for the rest of the food. J.Lim is bringing some vodka, I am bringing (the hated) Chivas. We also need... Oh boy, this summary is not a summary anymore. Alright, lets sum this up for real:

1. Club Attire. Remember shoes!
2. Your WRAPPED present for the gift exchange.
3. Alcohol, for those who have.
4. Money, for we will try to solve the accounts there and then. Don't drag till next Xmas.
5. Your Kranjian-Thing. Preferably something that will make an impact on camera. Which means that a collar pin the size of my thumbnail will be rejected.
6. Bring whatever damn thing you think can be entertaining. Balls, cards, whips and handcuffs..

Call the advance party if you have any quries:
For information on timing and facilities, please press "Jonathan"
For information on food and beverages, please press "Shiyin"
For information on gift exchange and miscellanous entertainment, please press "Mak"
For information on the babes going and any other things, please press "Den"

M.Jay

Theme!

Mak Jay has a weird idea here, but needs everyone to participate in order to make it a success. Really everyone. Every, single, one.

Lets give this chalet something special to remember by. And to do this, I suggest we all wear something Kranji on one of the days. Probably BBQ night. I had this inspiration when I was packing my wardrobe and come across this piece of KSS garment that hadn't been worn for years. In fact, that's my last piece of garment from KSS. I have got nothing left to wear to remember Kranji anymore. So I wonder if you people have thrown away those House T-shirts, CCA T-shirts, or whatever piece of garment that tells the world you are from Kranji?

If you are on for the idea, let just see you put your support on the chatbox here, so I can judge whether I wanna bring mine there. Can just imagine us wearing shirts that we used to wear 8 years ago! That gong dai Jian Wei now and then.. The Den in his grey nighthawk with that ti-ko face.. Yirong in her red, and abit "lum nua" Rhino.. Of course, the champions Jaguar have to be me and Miss Peggen! Speaking of which, I clearly remember a few of us guys admiring the sexy netball and basketball (girl's, of course) jersey.. Not to mention the extemely comical NP t-shirt that looks like Starhub promoters.. Haha! In fact, I think I can remember all our houses!!!

Kestrel - Mui Hwee and Jianwei...
Rhino - Chay, Delon, Hui Jie, Yirong, Desmond!
Albatross - No one!
Nighthawk - Weilun, Den, Siewyu
Jaguar - Mak J, Peggen
Ibex - Elaine Dang!

Agreeable, give a shout out. Not agreeable, explain on the chatbox too.. So we know if we should "push" this idea. And these days really always rain in the afternoon till night. We should be prepared.

Mak Jay

GIFT EXCHANGE!

People.. Its official now. After days of guessing whether it is "on or not", this is the official announcement: The xmas gift exchange will be taking place during our chalet, and it will commence on the BBQ night. Heres the skinny:

Date: 15th Dec (BBQ night)

Budget: S$10 - S$20

Style: Almost like a lucky draw, but with a weird twist. Mak Jay's incharge of that twist.

Participant: The Originals, of course. Girlfriends and boyfriends are optional, which means if they bring a gift, they get a gift.

Must Do: Wrap the gift up before it reaches the chalet. Try to make it unisexual.

Cannot Do: Don't tell people what you bought (duh!) Don't buy food - means no chocoloates, no candies, nothing that should be able to end up in the mouth. Don't get vouchers - not from World of Sports, not from Royal Sporting House, not from Adidas, not from our good old NTUC.

Okay. We have less than a week to go search for the gift, so put some effort in it. We seldom have a big event with almost full strength together. This is like our once a year, big event to commenmerate our friendship - like the shepard and his girl up there in the sky. So really, make it funny, make it happening, make it blast sky high!

Hate to make it sound like National Day but here goes:
"Celebrating 8 years of Frienship - Growing in Harmony!"

Mak Jay
ps: why is this account in Japanese? must be shiyin's idea...

Hey gangsters~~~ Mak Jay suggested steamboat instead of BBQ during chalet. Because (according to him) it has been raining nowadays which might affect the bbq session, and also we won't smell so bad too.

In fact, i'm fine with anything. So, do you guys wanna vote or feedback?

And anyway, who's holding on to the steamboat now?

Shiyin

Food wise you all decide. Yin has taken over the duty from me. Thanks dar!

As for Friday night party, I don't know how Zouk on Fridays are like. But I think DXO got free entry and free flow drinks for ladies on Fridays. Guys wise not very ex I think, with 2 drinks. I went once, the crowd abit yucks but music not too bad. If we big group then I guess the crowd doesn't really matter. Or we keep our eyes and ears open for parties with free entries lor. And I think we should have pre party drinks in the chalet before going club. Then can save on drinks there? Or we can keep the drinks for sat night BBQ and drinking games lahh. Better actually.

Ok, I am abit incoherent. Haha.

I will be away from tmr to wed. So if there's anything, call or sms me.

This time round, if I see anyone going to be gone soon, I will make myself gone first!! Haha. Strategy. I think I have earned enough credits for you all to take care of me. MUahahhaa.

In the meantime, everyone keep your ears and eyes open for any parties on 15th Dec!

PS: Why is our blogger in Japppppp????????

Peg

Hey guys~ Let me give you all 2 options to choose from.

1) We shall order the food from the website Peg recommended.

OR

2) Some (including me) go get the ck wings on FRI and i will marinate and place in my house fridge first. On SAT, we shall all go Shop N Save together to get whatever food we would like to eat.

Which do you all prefer?

And btw, on last sun, we 4 (me, peg, mak and huijie) had agreed on the itinerary for the chalet. Just wondering if you guys are fine with it.

The below itinerary is IF we're getting the food on our own.

Fri Afternoon: Check in and get ck wings first. After that, we can go CDANS for some activites if there's time. Then, everyone dress up and get ready to chiong the night! Yeah, we shall go clubbing, shall we? Hehe. We've decided to choose places where there's free entry b4 9pm or 11pm. (I know St James is before 9pm) Whatever it is, we can always go in and get the chop first!

After clubbing, get ready to get high in the chalet playing 'HU KE CHUAN ZHANG' or whatever! ^_^

Sat: Wake up, and get ready to chiong the supermarket! After that, we will just get ready for the BBQ. Anyway, if possible, bring your partner along also can. They will be counted as a share in the food too. It will be a BBQ night all the way then. Perhaps more games after that! =)

Sun: Heard from Jian that we needa check out around 9-10am right? Hoho. Early huh? But it's alright, i just need to walk a little to get back home and catch my beauty sleep again. HOHOHO.

Anyway, if we are going to get the food from the website, the time we will be using to chiong supermarket shall be used for some other activities in CDANS or what. Maybe swimming or singing or whatever we can find inside. I'm not really sure of the facilities in CDANS too.

And guys, i believe Jian's in charge of the chalet cost. As for the food, i have no idea of how many will be sharing. So, can you pls SMS me whether you're coming for sat BBQ when you see this? Thanks!

Shiyin

HELLO gangsters!! just wanna say, heard frm jian that peg's gonna settle food stuff? if need help please let me noe!


and as for entertainment wise, lol, im gonna contribute the game 'Twister'! cos im getting it for my fren's bday chalet, so can bring over and play with u guys also, hope it'l be fun! other than that, i'll bring cards la, then whatever u guys wanna do la~


eh.. that's all? k till then ~ =)

14th-16th dec same? the rugged type? no bed? is the room big? any sample picture? how many people sharing food? what time check in what time check out?
shiyin

Yu - 15th
Rong - 22nd
Peg - 7th
Mui - Any Week
Me - Any Week

Jian - Any week (Jian, it's 15th not 14th, sorry. hah. so any week for you?)
Lun - Any Week except last
Mak - I assume any week
Den - I assume any week
HJ - I assume any week
Delon - Whenever he can
Chay - Any week
Des - No response

Erm, up till now, we have a vote for 8th, a vote for 15th and a vote for 22nd.

Basically, we try to accomodate everyone in lor. So whoever DIE DIE also cannot make it on any week, pls reponse in the tagboard or post and we shall avoid that week, since most of us are flexible.

For the games, i was thinking if we could come up with those unusual games, we could actually prepare the 'props' at home first that's why i suggested everyone to brainstorm first. But as what peg said, it would be more fun if we decide on that day itself, so shall be it. Save my trouble from preparing 'props' too.

For the BBQ catering, i guess i'm fine with the idea. So Lun and Peg going to headhunt for this right? Great.

As for the chalet, if you guys want CDANS or GOMBAK GOLF CLUB, you know, i really don't mind. But i just feel that, might as well you guys pay me then come my house chalet? Because the distance between CDANS and my BLK is like erm, 50 steps away??? Hahaha. Eh can we avoid CDANS or GOMBAK not? To me, chalet machiam like no chalet leh. =( How come Lun suggested CDANS btw? Near my house huh? Then see if can bump into any FAMILIAR person? Muahahahaaa.

Let's go Pasir Ris lar! Hahaha. Got beach somemore. Nicer crowds and atmosphere.

I'm able to go for 3 Days 2 Nights btw. (Sat-Mon)
But provided most of us can stay for the 2nd night, then we shall settle on 3 Days 2 Nights.

Okay lar, response asap people. Because it's already the mid of Oct and we need to book the Chalet by the end of this week, hopefully?

In Summary...

First things first, when do the NTU and NUS people finish exams? My last paper will be on 1 Dec so anytime after that is techincally fine. I am assuming NTU finish by 7th Dec also cos the 3 guys never say anything. Mui mui?

Voices heard:

Jian: 14 Dec so that he can shun bian go for friend's party. Idiot.

Rong: 22 Dec so can celebrate early christmas [exchange presents etc? cool actually...]

Delon: (implied meaning) go ahead with the planning without him. If he can come, he come. If he cannot come, we enjoy without him. Am I right, Delon?

Lun: Last week of Dec out = any date but 28th Dec. Right?


So taking out 28th, we are left with 7th, 14th and 22nd.
14th has one vote, 22nd has one vote.

Now, I am going to make things more interesting...

I choose 7th Dec. Reason being: I only start work on 10th. And interns can't take leave. So any other dates, I will only join you guys on the saturday.


Alcohol

Judging from the tagboard, I think we have enough.

Jian can bring 1 Vodka. I can bring a 80% full Chivas (courtesy of Chay. my bday present from him). Mak can bring more Chivas. So we are kind of settled on alcohol. At most dump in few cans of beer in our shopping cart when purchasing BBQ food.

Games

Can I suggest we dont make this so formalised? Spoil the whole fun element of it being a game. Abit like organising orientation camp already leh. Think of games, submit proposal, dry run, improvise. Yucks. I think we should just let it come when we are high. It will be more fun..

Food

In fact, I don't trust anyone else with food other than myself. But having said that, it means more sai gang for me which I am not willing + no time to do. I suggest ordering from some BBQ catering to save us from all the trouble. Cos if we are at Chalet, we have to buy food from somewhere near. It means that:

1. we could spend the time to buy food to do something else, like cycling suntanning etc. You all should know how tuuu we are. That is ALOT of time actually.
2. We don't have time to marinate and it wouldnt be tasty at all.

Alternatively, we can buy from Sheng Shiong or wherever, marinate and prepare at home then bring down. But that would mean more work and we will need a car. And none of our cars are technically ours, it doesnt make sense for us to drive down to the chalet and park there for 2 days, depriving the actual car owners from using it. And also, it means more work. Buying, preparing etc.


I think Lun knows one caterer and I can find out another one. If the price is not alot more expensive than buying from supermarket, can I suggest we just order?


Oh yah, are the dates mentioned the nights or the days? As in is it a 3 day 2 night chalet or a 2 day 1 night one? If its 2d1n, Cdans ain't that bad. But if 3d2n, we will at least need a beach and a bicycle rental shop to prevent mushrooms from growing from our heads.


Okay, it doesn't sound like a summary anymore.

Anyway, I feel abit bad. Although abit late but happy birthday HuiJie! (:
Don't like the word belated. Happy adulthood!

pEg

yoyoyo!!

i'm on fer the idea also...i am not sure leh abt the date...well i vote fer 14 cos my friends invited me to her birthday party on 14...haaaa...so shun bian ma...actually i got safra card which means to say we can book chalet at bukit gombak leh...anyone feel that its better...ntuc card can borrow frm lun ma...i think he has it..

k i wan to join the alcohol and food committee...i think we should have this system...this outing who organise wat wat wat..then can have points...so end of the year we will tabulate the points and award the winner.maybe all of us will fork out money to give the winner a treat..like this then we will be motivated to organise outing...okieeeee...i can hear several voices(shiyin yu rong peg)....................................who will be as yao gui as jian.................

o yaaa..i can donate a bottle of vodka...peach...den dun worry not rasberry...this time round we try diff flavour...maybe the vomitus wil smell nicer..shiyin i still can remember how the vomitus is like...reddish pink..yi kuai kuai...long and sticky....*censored*

this is the first time of my life blogging...i have given to u guys...where is my reservation!.. yin u skiving again ar...everyday i see u online can chat can blog wo...ur boss is so kind..

tell u guys a story....the title is" i realli dunno wat girls are thinking abt"...

k the story goes like this..yest i purposely left my house half an hour earlier to ntu to have my lunch...as usual i took 172..transfer... 199...those got go ntu b4 should noe...i alighted frm 172...i carried my guitar my bag and books..7 girls and me crossed the road to the bus stop to wait fer 199..i was squeezed to the back of the bus stop..cos they were all standing in front of me..i look around...i see one of them putting make up...another one was browsing through her notes..one was using her laptop..the rest look at the sky...dunno see wat...maybe birds or birdshit la...then i saw the bus frm far...driving toward us...kk!! this is the part...e bus was errrrrr*engine sound*..the sound got louder...u noe wat...seven empty heads stare at the bus...and not a f***king hand flag the bus...can u imagine u see seven head looking at the bus...as it travel passed us..their head turn frm right to left and no one flag fer the bus...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my mama...wat are they thinking...??

After e bus drive passed us...this girl in front of me ask her friend...eh y u never flag...her friend reply...i tot the others will flag...everyone tot...realli everyone tot...so i also tot....and end up nobody confirm...and so i miss my lunch...mother pissed...i feel like throwing my slipper at them...well i am a gentleman..wo ren!! Bad day fer me...i have to eat my chicken rice in the lecture theatre and everyone was looking at me..like er gui...but i realli hungry...

well...there is always a moral fer a story...that is dun stand at the back of the bus stop..or i should say dun rely on others...especially NTU girls!!

就此停笔，
love,
JoNaThAn LiM JiAn WeI
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Hey guys! Ahhh surprise huh! It's just you know, i suddenly realised our gang blog hasn't been so active for tooooooooo long and i just feel like posting an entry now!

Anyway, i don't really have an idea of what to say actually. But then, maybe we can talk about some major gathering? Like chalet at the end of this year??? Muahaha.

Okay lar i volunteer to be one of the organising committee members. First of all, i need people to help in areas i'm not familiar with.

1) I need someone who has got ntuc card or whatever discount card to book the chalet. I've just checked the reservation website. Below's the available date and chalet type.

I'm assuming everyone will be more free on weekends so it's all weekends slots. (Sat to Mon, so that we can have a whole day on Sat)

7-8 Dec : Pasir Ris Chalet
14-15 Dec : Pasir Ris Chalet
21-22 Dec : Pasir Ris and Downtown East
28-29 Dec : Pasir Ris, Downtown East and Sentosa

Thanks dude. Because my birthday chalet wasn't booked by myself either. Hahaha.

So, everyone pls vote on the date that you prefer. Majority wins. And most probably we would be getting Pasir Ris Chalet lar, based on the availability.

When the chalet is confirmed booked, the below will then be valid.

2) BBQ. Okay we will have BBQ as usual. I will be involved in the food committee. And i need 4 helpers. Volunteer!

3) Games. It's games which make us crazy all the time. I will never forget that night when everyone is tipsy while playing 'HU KE CHUAN ZHANG'!!! So, this shall involve everyone okay? Anyone can suggest games which you think will be fun! Again, i'll be coming up with a few games too because i love this! Wahaa!

4) Alcohol. 2-3 pax to be responsible for purchasing of alcohol. Pls do not get too much or too little. Too much leads to 'drunken fist' stunts and too little is not enough to knock everyone down! Okay lar, no more 'drunken fists' stunts this year okay. I promise. Muahahahahaaa.

5) Time, location and further informations will be supervised by me. So i will update informations on our blog when there are new ones.

At the end of the day, we will then calculate everything together at the chalet then divide by everyone okay. =) So pls bring enough cash too. Important huh.

Hopefully this will go smoothly.

You may start volunteering now! Pls be involved if you miss the fun we had together before! ^_^

Love,
Shiyin

Greetings from Perth

Hey guys,

I didn't know Citibank works on Sunday cos I received a call from them asking me about a debit card I applied a few months back at the Bukit Timah branch opposite Salvation Army.

FYI MR MAK,

1. Citibank is for the higher class and higher income so I don't think they have any debit card!

2. The bank opposite salvation army is Standard Chartered and not Citibank!!! You goon.

Ok, since I was fooled, I must be even stupider. But you know what, my first thought was that this conman is trying to con me for my account number and deep in my heart I was actually thinking "nah, you can't con me, you stupid conman."

Oh well..........................

Ok, stop reading in puzzleness. Mak called me on my HP on Sunday late afternoon. And yes, he tricked me, Blardy helll.

In a nutshell, he sent his regards to the gang and asked about you guys.

I told him everyone's good. Chay and Yirong are attached and his reaction was:

"HUH?! REALLY?! ARE THEY ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER??"

Hahaha, OMG, so funny.

Asked me the usual how they know each other kind of thing. So I told him what I know lah.

I told him about the massive turn out during my party. Our recent meet up to celebrate Lun and Delon's bday etc. Whatever that comes to my mind lah.

He said internet there is damn ex so he really has limited access. He borrowed his friend's access and wanted to blog but forgot our username and password and didn't want to waste his friend's money so didn't.

He said he just finished a SOLO - Something 2 days ago. [ok, chanhowe actually verified the solo-something but I forgot again. anyway, not important lah huh]

He said they are trying to get them back by 15 Dec but cos its winter now, the weather is quite bad, they don't get to fly so might be delayed.

He said he calls his gf everyday but calls home every week. [what a filial son! haha.]

He said everything's good there. He is alive and kicking.

He said his gf told him Jianwei commented on his friendster that he is buying a car and waiting for him to come back to drift together and ask me true anot. Haha. Jian you mean your lorry and his van drift together ah? HAHA.

I think thats about it lah. Thats all I can remember. He ended off with a "ok lah, I'm going to have dinner now. Send my regards to all of them."

The reason he called me was because he can only remember my number and Jianwei's old number off hand. But since he isnt sure if Jianwei's old number can still be used, he took the safer choice to call me instead. And probably he knows I am not someone who will go "wah lao, I must pay anot? hurry up say."

And I think calling from Perth is not ex. (Since he can call gf everyday) Cos my aunt in Perth calls my ah ma every other day just to talk one. So if you guys want, can subscribe a calling list with him and make him call you lah. haha.

Ok, so now we know everything's still kicking over there.


Alright, da gong gao cheng. I can go nurse my leaking nose now. Nights gangsters!

The Cat--String Theory

The wool-ball floated in mid air, supported by the hand of an unknown. From it, a single tiny thread of wool hangs and swings aimlessly. The cat purred…..it readied itself; every muscles cell in its body is ready as it launched itself into mid air. Its clawless paws fully out-stretch as it tried to snatch the wool thread that hangs before its eyes. The paws closed-in onto its target every split second…it was just 5 centimetres away when the thread suddenly moved an inch higher and beyond its grasp.

The cat landed on the other side with a three and a half somersault, it turned its body around and made another attempt for the thread. This time, its attempt was even worse than the first—it paws managed to close in to 2 cm within its target BUT it only landed with only one somersault. The cat tried again…it jumped but failed…..it jumped higher but still failed…!! The process repeated as the persistent cat hangs on knowing that victory would eventually come.

Then Mr. Unknown decided to let go of the wool ball. The cat leaped onto the ball in a flash as the ball dropped onto the floor, it purred in satisfaction. Then suddenly, the cat gave the ball a hard push and walked away. The ball rolled around as the cat walked off; not once did it even turned its head back…

Ever heard of the cat-string theory? It is actually a theory that describes how a person lost interest in the things he craved so much for almost instantly after getting it. If there is a thing that affects me more than the heat this instant, it is the cat –string theory. The freedom and the relief that I yearned and craved when I left Maybank only lasted few minutes. It is like a surge of joy that rushed through your body, energizing you for a few minutes then after that it is like---“ like that loh!!”

Sometime, it make me wondered why the cat-string theory is so powerful that it affects many people. Is it because I am a tiger that I fall prey to the theory easily…maybe one day, someone who study Chinese zodiac could answer…

hj

nothing much. juz bored. =)

Haha. haven blogged here for soo long tat i couldnt remember the username. had to go and check the previous post peg posted. n while i was doing tat.. i realise tat this blog is so dead tat we only have one or two posts per month. kinda miss the past when there will be tonnes of entries and i would need to spend quite some time finishing reading them. haha. n sometimes even so much tat i would skimp thru or skip a few paras. haha. now i can re read n re read huijie's previous post for so many times still no new ones have come in. haha.

really kinda miss those days. n i really kinda miss mak. been mths since he flew. haha. n within months he will be back. haha. time really flies. by the time he's back, 10 months would have zoomed past us. =)

hmm.. i really miss u guys eh. was so glad we all got to catch up during peg's bday. =) n m really glad to see Chay n everyone else with the other half! its so amazing isnt it? i dunno. juz felt kinda warm seeing everyone sitting around the tables..its like a glimpse to the future.. when we will be attending each other's wedding sitting around such tables chatting too.. =)

hmm..nothing much le. sch's starting for me. so sian. haha. but no diff la. got lect, dun nid work, no lect, go for work, so its kinda the same lar. haha. hope u guys are coping well! update soon wor!

take care. byebye!

The MayBank Story 2....

Haha....back by popular demand. Just re-read my previous post and felt the story is like dangling in mid-air so i might as well give it a conclusion. Think u can call it blogging for the sake of blogging but then again, the story continues......



Chapter 4: The Zoological Garden



The train dashed into the station with a speed of an mrt train and came to a halt. The door opended, no one came out. Instead, everyone waiting at the station rush through the door and into the already packed little aluminium-steel alloy cabin. Just when i was feeling lucky to be able to squeeze into the last inches of avaible space, i felt a hand pushed me from behind. The push totally slammed and pressed my body against a office lady. Anger filled me, not because i blamed him for for not pushing me to my left instead, where a better looking mei nu was standing but by his super INconsiderate behaviour.


I turned around to have a good stare at him. He is an XX ( nothing racist...). If a GORILLA ever goes on a slimming regime, it will surely look somewhat like him--try to imagine, its not that hard! Then he tried to reach for the hand-pole despite standing at the door. That positioned his armpit right next to my face!! After studying Biology and animals evolution for so many years, i have heard of some gorilla eating fish but never had i heard of gorilla " SELLing FISH "!!


The train pulled to a slow halt at Jurong East station( taking a straight train to pasir ris ). I thought that he will alight there. Afterall, its common knownledge that the MANDAI ZOO is somewhere ard the jurong area. But he didn't. Of all the break related words in the dictionary, none seemed as real as "Zoo-break"--Damm, A Gorilla is on the loose!


Kicking the gorzilla aside, the train actually has a few swans around, swans that flies around wearing the tag " from SP". There were also ppl that dressed a little too "outstanding". Guess these are the peacock, attracting attention via visual appeal. Its was no longer a train ride to work, its was a TOUR on a moblie ZOO!!


Final chapter: The End


I am probably writing these 3 weeks in advance but i feel no different if i were to do so later. For the past 10 weeks at MayBank, i learned lots of lesson and came to realise one thing...


Using analogy...MayBank is just like a big wolf bearing its teeth at me. Its razor-sharp teeth reflecting the toughness of the outside world, its saliva filled with the acidity and kindness of human nature. Dark and towering, it stand guarding its lair, its home--a place called SOCIETY. If you can't get past it then you are unable to enter the place behind-its that simple!

With friendship as my shield and family as my weapon, i know that getting past the stupid wolf will not be a big deal. 3 more weeks and the wolf will be slained!!

In glory, people bask. In battle, people fight. In adversity, people GROW. For me, i felt that i have grown a little. Things that i want become clearer and friendship become dearer. Maybe, what our parent said were right--you cant mature till you go outside and work and see for yourself the big picture.Haha, hope i got matured abit at least :)

Gonna end the post with a phrase i liked.
"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.." by William Shakespears


Sidenotes...

*If someone called you "toot" and said you are studious looking then i guess you can called her an ape and said that she is human looking...( for those who understand )

#Learning the song "Hao Xin Hao Bao" now. Find it very nice but just manage past the first paragraph...

$Extending my apologises to ppl that i might have offended in my post!

@Nowaday, have been doing things which i had did in the past that can be hurtful......



By author: MrGinsengRooster.

The GANG book of records

CONGRATS!

For the record breaking attendance last evening!

For the record breaking number of couples in the gang!

Lun, Den, Huijie! HURRY! Don't be the last one!

You all really super give me face. Damn touched.

PS: Sorry hor, the offer I gave to Rong and Chay has long long expired. Don't starting coming after me for your holiday package and what not. HAHA!

The MayBank Story...

Since there no one blogging le then me blog a lttile short story to breathe some life back to the blog. The story might sound abit like complains but it is anyway......just want to let out some stupid feeling i having nowaday before it explode inside.



Chapter 1: The devil fire



The second hand hit 12, it was 6.10pm. 300 more "tick" of the second hand and it would be game over. i was READY, very single muscles cell was ready to dash out of the door when a pile of application forms was smacked onto my table. "please rush these for me, thanks!" was what i heard if u exclude the "bang" sound when the forms hit the table. The U on my face changed to n instanlty.



Thats what happened on most of my days in MayBank. Working OT is nothing if i were to say, what matters is the fact and the thought that you are still earning 5 bucks an hour even in OT!!! The more u think about it, the more unsettled and frustrated u become. Its like a devil fire burning from deep within and is straining my mental limts to the extreme!! Sometime i really like just tearing the application form to shreds, don give a damm, and just take off but the word "responsibilty" is like a 1000kg leg chain holding you back.

My mum told me not to play with fire when i was young but now a devil fire resides deep within. i have no ideas how to pull it out but i am sure i will soon....



Chapter 2: The two words killer.



I was becoming more sian at Maybank with each passing days. My "sianness" reaches its peak when i heard the story of a guy whose first name was ONG and last name was JIE...One fine monday afternoon after having a good lunch and rest over the weekends, jie feel so motivated and energetic that he think he could stop 100 rampaging bulls. He told himself, "i could do it, man! "



He paused to check his workload after rushing for a couple of hours and yes, he on track to finish his work before 6pm. just when he thought he should slow down a little, a lady walk over and dump another stack of application on his table. "Aiyah! just rush finish the existing applications and try to do as much of the new appl. as possible till 6.15pm" he thought, afterall he was so motivated that he can stop 100 bulls.



But all it took was 2 words from the lady to kill and piss him off....' BY TODAY!!' The energetic guy was totally beaten when he heard the two killer words, not because the lady that said it isnt a chiobu but the fact that the two words is make up of 101 rampaging bull compact and squeeze into them--1 more than what he can handle.



Chapter 3: The stretcher



The colleauge are generally nice and friendly people but then there is this thing called the stretcher in the bank. Not those stretcher use by the ST JOHN, stretcher here refer to a group of people witht the ability to stretch an hour work to 2 and a half hours. i really give it to these guys man, afterall they can be sit and reach champion anytime, anyplace, anywhere!!! Fake Fake look ocuppied and very busy at times till the clock hit 6.15pm. If you can see them still working 15mins past 6.15pm, faster look out of the window, A pig is FLYing over the rainbow.



To sum the whole experience in maybank so far up, i ended up with a sentence...



By author: MrFtheMaybank.

As promised at chevrons just now, i'm here to blog!

It has been real long since we've had a real good gathering with great attendance, i guess the last one was on my party? Keke... i'm so looking forward to peg's party now~! I bet she must be damn excited, just like me last time. Wahaa.

So what have the guys been doing while waiting for school to start? Better be doing something useful like working part-time jobs yah.. don't be lazy like den lin. Heh.. just kidding la ah den!

And i'm here to announce that actually lun has quite a nice voice yah... it's only during the last few times at chevrons when i could really hear him sing~~~ lun must be very high now..... HAHA.

I hope everyone is not forgotten by everyone!..... ??? nvm, read slower and u'll get it!

Tc all my dearest!!!

Ah yin.

http://retail-the-rapist.blogspot.com/

HELLO!

Hehe. I'm here to make a little advertisement, at the same time fill up the empty spaces here. I recently picked up the interest on making earrings, if you haven't known. Set up a site today so feel free to go browse for some additions to your jewellery collection, gifts for your girlfriends, friends, sisters, cousins, mothers, grandmothers etc k? Or simply just go check out the blog I've painstakingly created for some therapy. Would love it if you could help me spread the word too! *blow kisses*

Becasue you all are my great gang, I'm willing to give an additional 10% discount. And if you are a reader of purplepeg, you are entitled another 20% if you have seen the requirements on my blog [for that you have to refer to my blog! discounts don't come so easy. haha!] That means to say that as a member of this gang, I am giving up to a total of 30%, 10 for being the gang + 20 if you can give me the requirement I stated on my blog.

Check it out at http://retail-the-rapist.blogspot.com/

I am still an amateur in this area. I would appreciate friendly feedbacks but don't be harsh on me lah. hahaha. Comments about my creativity on the name is welcomed too. Hahaha. Shit, damn bhb.

Ok, thats about it. Anyway, has anyone heard any news about Mak since he left? I hope he is still alive lah. I hope I didn't miss some news on the TV or papers when I was mugging. hahahaha. ok kidding lah. Really wondering how is he and stuff. So if he contacted anyone, do share k?

And when is our mahjong session huh? If I arrange it on a weekday who can? Haha. I only got up til 1st May before I start internship, if dont play then I don't know when liao. QUICK QUICK!

Love...
PurplepEg - Your Retail theRAPIST.

(yes, your rapist. I just thought it was fun to break up the word. hee.)

Specially for Mak..

hey peg, really glad to see your post coming up...

so long dint really talk, how are u? jia you jia you jia you! can only say jia you n rest more~~ =))




its been a while for us, really, like peg mentioned.


if confirmed, mak is leaving next week already. can we die die bid farewell to him, cos it'll be a long 10 MONTHS before we get to see this friend. when he returns, either he's more handsome or ruggard or has more lines on his forehead, we dunno.


since he's leaving, shall we make an effort to send him off at the airport if its a night flight?? Fri NiGht you all can??


or if not, next weeknight, who can make it on tues or wed? which day better?


im leaving thurs out as it is the last day before he flies, im sure he'd wanna spend with family + dog+ gf, unless we go his house 'chou re nao'~


so can we fix a day soon n plan something? guys pls respond and let me know kk~~~~


yu~

Hello Dead Town

I wished I had a different way of starting an entry here, but, Hello Dead Town.

I just had a short chat with Ms Sim and everytime we talk, after asking about me, she will ask me "How's Mak they all?" Well, I know the "they all" refers to you all.

I realised I couldn't really answer her question other than tell her that Mak is flying soon for 10 months. Then I continued by telling her that we have been so busy with our own lives that we hardly meet up now.

Sad, but true.

I wish the next time Ms Sim or anyone asks me the same question, I have so much to say that he/she will be listening to me for the next hour or two until she cannot stand me and ask me to stop. Haha.

So, how's everyone? A little update about myself, I have been real busy for these few weeks over project datelines, tests and upcoming exams. If you have read my blog, I stayed in school to from 1pm to 3am on a Sunday (the same Sunday HJ jioed for Marche). Thats how bad it can get. We've got so much things on hand and have no choice but to be last minute. And I haven't had time to come visit my Ah Ma that I decided to bring all my notes and whatever over to study so that I can sort of visit them at the same time. I haven't been spending quality time with Chan Howe as well so forgive me if I got no time to meet up with you guys.

Undergraduates live by weeks. Its week 12 of the school term. Week 15 is exam week and after that its holidays. Mak is not going to wait for me to finish exam but you all will still be around for me to catch up on, right?

To you guys out there, I'm getting abit emo now, I hope ALL of you are getting on fine with your life.
To fellow undergrads, press on and jia you. The hols are coming.
To the working class, its never easy but strive on, for the better of your life and future.
To the operational ready (what does D stand for?) people, just work enough to live properly and enjoy whats left of pre-uni life.
To the NSmen, it will be over soon and enjoy your 11 benefits to the fullest.
To the one flying off, I hope our schedules allow us to meet up once before you go. But if really cannot, I'm wishing you all the best and we will miss your presence.

IT show

Hi me and des will be at the coming IT show selling electronic gadget...if free come down and buy..don no wat 24hr brand one..got a lot of diff kinds of gadget...got bluetooth adapter optical mouse wireless mouse and laptop mouse etc...at cheap price...come down and support...


denlin

Dinner on Sat

To those who are going for the dinner:

We will be having our steamboat buffet dinner at Ting Yuan. They have ma la yuan yang guo. And the thought of it is making me drool. Its good, the food is fresh. Its the order style of buffet, means no need to walk to take food kind. It abit more ex than those marina steamboat. About 15 like that? I can't remember. Include drinks all that $20 should be more than enough. But I guarantee better quality food, fresher prawns, CLEANER and more hygenic.

So the game plan:

We reach there at about 6pm? Eat until our backside rot there then probably go sing or catch a movie. I don't mind going back to Chevron. Hehe. Attendance might be bad but it can be a blessing in disguise if I can get my Jazz baby on that day. 5 just nice to fit in. Haha.

For those who got things on and think you might be able to join us for after dinner activities, do come.

This is the location of Ting Yuan, drawn according to my memory. If you don't trust, the link to streetdirectory search result of Liang Seah Street is here. We can meet at Bugis and go there together actually. This is for late comers and those who decides to pop by for a surprise. Haha.

I didn't make reservation cos 5 person should be easy. (And becasue I lost their number lah. Haha!) I dunno if they sell yu sheng cos sat is chu 7. Just nice. If have then we lo hei ok?

For those who are not coming, I think you are losing out big time. This is the best steamboat buffet I ever had in singapore. After I tried this place, I never visit marina south, chong qing or tian tian anymore although those places are cheaper. And coupled with great company, what more can you ask for? Haha.

Alrighty! See you guys.

Hello!

Apologies for letting the fact that Den and Lun cannot go people's house bai nian slip my mind.

So we eat out? I even happier. Haha. No need to prepare and wash up. Eat already, pat pat backside can go. Hehe.

And hor.. can we have it on Saturday instead? Which days you all have problems with actually?

Do get back k!

Dead Town

Before I go to my main point, I wanna apologise for screwing up our blogger account. Aiyo, this stupid blogger asked me to change to the new blogger, if not I cant sign in. So I did. Filled in the fields and I cannot recall our yahoo account, so I used my hotmail. Then I realised that now our username is my email add (peggen_86@hotmail.com). But our password is still the same lah. Tried to change back to our yahoo account mail. Trial and error and finally got the correct id and password BUT our account expired due to inactivity. -_-. Now we don't have our yahoo mail account anymore. Before I go do something to it, please log in at the NEW BLOGGER using my hotmail address with our old password ok? Don't understand? Come buzz me. :)

[Ed: Done with the mess. The username is now gang_of_all@hotmail.com. Password remain unchanged. Thanks!]

Anyway, back to my point proper. As you all know, Chinese New Year is around the corner. So I am inviting you guys over to my place for a steamboat dinner on Friday (23 Feb). Rationale is simple. We shared the cost for the steamboat pot. And I feel bad for treating it like mine, having my own steamboat feast with other people. And since the reason we bought the thing is for steamboat gatherings. So I am taking the initiative to invite you all over. And since I have been using it, the pot has been depreciated quite alot now, so the food and all will be on me. Just bring your asses and 2 oranges down. I am still quite traditional in this aspect and frankly speaking I was quite disappointed when only Yu and Mak brought oranges the other time. Haha. But then, this time round I will try to get my mum out of the house to minimise our losses. LOL! Jokes lah.

Please do make a note on your calendar. Friday evening of Chinese new year week. Partners are invited. Please RSVP so that I know how many person's share I need to prepare. Don't get me bugging at you asking if you can come huh. Initiative to send me an SMS or a msg over MSN is very much appreciated. Thank you! :)

Oh yah, those people who haven't received my xmas card (lun, delon & xia, jian & xue), please come hor or at least send one representative out of a pair lah. Hahaha. Its super overdue. And I think some of the cards are with other people. Please try to return them to me too ok? Wth, xmas card. I can't believe this man. haha.

One final note, not being naggy, but a friendly reminder, RSVP!

Remember that there was once we discussed that the tradition for a funeral after death may be displaced soon out later…I agreed at that moment…but now I think setting up a wake for the dead is quite important…I realized it only recently…its to soothe the sorrow in you…reminiscing the thing he/she did for you…the things u all go through together…and make u feel that he/she is still around and hasn’t leave you…getting used to the soul and not he/she physically by your side…the missing will minimize to the lowest…though it may not help for some people…u must used to the fact of he/she has left you…imagine u cant even send he/she off on her last journey and bid the last word of farewell to the dead…it will be the greatest regret in your life…life and death is the harshest reality…



den lin

Combined pics of mine and Yin here.

Efficient is my middle name. :D

Merry Christmas.

6.30pm at Rocky's

Hello!

No one reminded me but I remembered to make the reservation.

Under Miss Ang :D for 10 pax at 6.30pm!

The person threatened to cancel the reservation if we are not there by 6.45. So if you all reach earlier than me, do make your way there first k?

So see you guys at 6.30pm tomorrow at Rocky's! Remember the gift exchange.

The Teck Whye people who wants a lift, contact me!

love,
pEg

smiles!

uh0o~! I thought i saw the wrong sign off name or what... MJY! Finally bloggg le huh... how glad~! Let's all start to keep our blog alive BA~~~

And yeapp, everyone... let's thank peg for organising this! I'm alright with any place as long as it's with u guys! So anyone with any objection, BLOG or TAG. =)))

I'm looking forward~! ;)

Yin.

23rd

Thanks for the effort in planning this, and I know it can be quite a feat to get good attendance.

Nonetheless, pizza sounds good to me and Bojangles might be a dangerous temptation if I happen to get the Tua Leng Gong Van out that night. Just make sure that I don't even drink a sip.

I am good to go on 23rd. Let me know the details. No violent objections to the gifts exchange, lucky draw style.

Live It Up,
Mak

Yes, you didn't read wrongly. Its Mak.

Xmas plans

Hello people!

As the title suggests, the christmas dinner on 23rd will still go on. I think its not very fair (to the other people) to let a few people spoil the whole event and our enthusiasm.

But due to the fact that attendance might not be satisfying, I think we should not book the chalet anymore. If not it will be quite bad for our pockets. Then we can use the money to eat better food.

Attendance so far:

1. Yin
2. Yu
3. Mui + Bf
   
4. Den
5. Mak
6. Chay
7. Peg +Bf [but bf say if no bf/gf go then he not going]
8. Huijie
   

I got this from the responses I see on the tagboard. If I included your name wrongly, correct me. If I did not include you but you are on, then just let me know ok? Actually so far I only duno if Huijie and Delon is going. The rest I know they are not.

Gift Exchange
Since its a christmas thingy, I think it would be fun to have a gift exchange. But since our gang event is always so prone to last minute changes, I think it might be easier to buy general stuff and just exchange by drawing lots or that sort of thing. If not if last minute people pull out, someone might end up with no present that day and I think its not very nice.

I do understand the difficulty of buying general, unisex stuff. But I hope we bear in mind that as 20 year olds, we are kinda too old for soft toys, chocolates might be too sinful for us etc. Haha! Actually Yin suggested we should restrict/ban some gift ideas (i think due to her traumatic hp pouch experience!) but I feel restrictions will spoil the fun of it. And the whole idea of this is not about the materiality of the present but the fun and the spirit of sharing and giving for the season. And I think we should be old enough to decide what goes and what doesn't.

But then, we are living in a democratic country, hence a democratic gang. If you have violent objections, please do voice out ok? :)

Edit: Price range for gift about $10-$20.

Venue:
Since we are not having a chalet anymore, I think it would be good to have somewhere we can chill out and sit longer. Having said that, town's out! The ideal place (to me) is somewhere less buzzy. And hence, town's out again! HAHA!

I'm proposing Rocky's Pizza (link)@ Rail Mall. Where our good old hangout, Bojangles is. I tried once eons ago, it was pretty good. Better than Pizza Hut and Canadian. I hope their standard don't change. I passed by it today and there were only 2 familes of 4 on a Sunday evening. So I assume it should be quite peaceful there and we should be able to sit there and chill. And even if we wanna chill till very very late, there's still our good old Bojangles to go to. :)

Food wise, you can take a look at the menu from the website. There's a link if you goon didn't notice. Its quite reasonable. About $10 for a plate of pasta. A large pizza for about 2-4 pax is about $20-$30.

Location wise, it should be pretty convenient for most of us. I would gladly love to send you all home in my Jazzie baby. Although cannot take alot lah. But the F-ing Kah Motors now tell me it will only be ready for collection on 26th! $^&#@#$ And I'm prepared for further delays. :(

And once again, democracy. I am only suggesting because I get the idea that no one really knows where to go. If you have better places, do suggest!

If you all are cool with Rocky's, then I will make reservation k? Although it might not be necessary. But better be safe. If not we one big group quite hard to get seats sometimes. So if you wanna bring your other half, do let me know so that I can reserve for the correct number. [Chay, Mary is welcomed. I would love to meet her. AND SEE IF YOU ARE RIGHT BY ASKING ME FOR MY SIZE! haha.] And do get him/her involved in the gift exchange as well ok?

Dress Code:
I dunno if you all still wanna go for the initial dress code since its so near. Haha! I'm fine with it actually. Smart casual for guys. Lil' casual dresses for girls (not the prom dress kinda lah).



Alrighty, thats about all. Sorry ah. A bit lo so. We really don't have to force this thing. But I'm just trying to make everyone happy as much as I can and keep this tradition of ours. Its pointless to just get upset and screw the whole thing just because some people cannot make it (I know I was guilty of that in the past but I learn already). We should still go ahead and have our own fun. Okok?

But that doesn't mean that you can just ignore and bo hiew my long long post. I still need confirmation so that I can make reservation k? Haha.

Till then!

love,
pEg

plans.

According to the webby lun provides, each ard $10 for 2D1N... everyone alright with it? Maybe we could book it earlier just in case... and i did research on the costa sands sentosa kampung huts too... it's e same rate as chevrons. If there's ntuc member, e rate will be cheaper...

http://www.costasands.com.sg/web/availabilityAndBooking/rates.aspx

Everyone cfm whether u can stay overnight asap alright~!

And for the dress code, girls... u all wanna wear dress instead? Hehe... maybe dress will be better than denim skirts if we were to stay overnight... so u girls just comment here kay.

Yin.

Unavoidable laws of the universe

1. Law of Mechanical repair
After your hands get coated with grease, your nose begins to itch.

2. Law of the Workshop

Any tool when dropped will roll to the least accessible corner

3. Law of probability

The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act

4. Law of telephone

When you dial the wrong number, you never get a busy signal

5. Law of driving

After you change lanes, the one you were in will always start to move faster than the one you are in now

6. Law of the bath tub

When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings

7. Law of close encounters

The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with

8. Law of result

When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will

9. Law of the theatre

The people whose seats are furthest from the aisle will arrive last.

Measures of a man

Everytime when i book out, the sky will be exceptionally blue, trees are so much greener and the seas are so crystals clear that i can see that sch of fish swimming.

However, freedom only appear in one colour. PINK


Anyway, i will be out soon.

One of the most important i learn is how to be a man.

So what is a man??

Hmm


After so much physical stuff that we do everyday will make our muscles more define and develop. Maybe that is training to be a man.
But too superficial already leh, some muscular guys also act like sissy.


Maybe admitting to the own faults is being man. Just like the guy who admits farting in front of the officer when he is talking.
But that one is integrity, a value that everyone should have.


Maybe it is about giving abit more to others when everyone is feeling very shag and tired. Just like me helping some slow mole in digging their shellscrape after 5 days outfield.
But it is about being helpful.



I finally came to understand what is the true meaning of man after last week route march.

Everyone was marching with high morale, singing all the way, encouraging each other. Although there may be people dropping out but we were satisfied by our performance.

When everything is over and it is time to wash up, i finally found the answer that i am looking for.


A true man will walk with a limp and his leg very very wide open. Just like a girl i use to like, who walks with her leg really wide open and we used to make fun of her because of that.

Haha, not funny. But nvm, at least i got put some sensical stuff here.
Will blog more when i come back next time

REC CHAY

x'mas party

Hey peepz, as agreed in mac just now... x'mas party is CONFIRM on!

Draft of our plan~

Date: 23rd Dec 2006

Venue: Some restaurant with nice food, cosy ambience & inexpensive buffet. (do research, everyone!)

Time: Probably late afternoon till e next day, 24th! Shall decide where to go after dinner on that day itself... ;)

Dress Code: Jeans with a long-sleeved shirt or jacket. Denim skirts for girls. Everyone is to wear a long-sleeved shirt or jacket... LONG-sleeved.. =) And jeans for the bottoms. Standardized huh... no one is allowed to 'chu' patterns...

Attendance: ALL 12 or 13 to make it... muahahaaa.. another quan jia fu again? Gee..

If you're reading this... better tag to show that u've acknowledged this party & cfm attendance!

Ciao 1st! Looking forward to our party!

Yin.

Album of mui's bday updated with Huijie's pics. About the same but the pic of mui and the cake and with the guys one is nicer. :)

Link

Mui mui's bday pics

Tried uploading the pics until I wanna puke already. Its finally loading on Yahoo. The zipped file is about 8mb you want it transferred over MSN. If you trust your network and mine, that is.

The VERY NICE STRAWBERRY cake!! With mui's 2 big candles. :)

Girlies

Birthday girl with the boys with Sambal kangkong.

The rest of the pics (from my phone) here. Huijie and Den zi dong huh.

Everyone in the gang has hit the big 2 already! Gong xi gong xi. Gong xi gong xi Ah Yin. Haha.

Start planning your 21st, Chay!

lovelove,
pEg (with her damn peauuuuuuutihuuuuuuuuul thumb)

I haven't been here for quite some time i know...

Since everyone's blogging, maybe i should come post sth i guess.. anyway i do admit that my efforts for this gang ain't as much as b4, and i guess u guys realised it too. Maybe i'm tired, need to take a break. Maybe i'm too busy... but for all of ur info, u guys will always be a part of my life, u guys will always be inside my heart. =)

I'll be part of the christmas party organising team too... ^_^

And guys, see you all soon ba~! ;)

Yin.



ps: i tried posting up e bbq pics but it doesn't seem to work... maybe someone wans to help? wahaa...

hey hey guys....



jus wanna say that despite a lot of times when perhaps some had disagreements, people are disappointed with one another... perhaps at times a lot of us felt that this gang is not going to last and everybody is tired of so many issues...




i really really love you guys and am glad that friends like you all still are around.


no matter how far apart i am from you guys; i may be busy with my dance life that i no longer put in effort anymore, i may be drifting away a lot... but i still wanna try k??



the bbq though a simple gathering, but its just great, so great that all are present to enjoy each other's company.


thanks again to mak n rong for organising... thanks to everyone else who prepared n help n for the present!!!




hey, i would like to do something for the gang.. so christmas party, i will help to organise can can!!!




anyway one thing really amuse me is mak's video that he made... it shows how free he was and how boliao, but den again, i feel that he will be someone who will do something sweet for his gf!!!! and to make a video like tt is really a sweet gesture... so live it up jiayuan!!




and for the four-some that wore red that day... perhaps one day we shld have a color code and everybody wears white or black to go out together!! it seems like we long time never do something like tt le..



one more thing, i am really happy for you, yin~ =)




be happy, everybody. chay, stop lamenting about yr sad life. be happy too! haha~



-ciaoz-

yu~

[pleasant suprise!]

Hey guys,

[pleasant suprise!]
I think last night was a nice get together. To take time off amidst busy schedules. There is no doubt that there are inherent flaws in this gang, but we learn how to seek perfection out of those imperfection. We all change, we all grow and are becoming more and more different. I guess its all part of life.

I know I'm abit mad. Since yesterday we kept harping on Yin's "xi shi" and Rong always like to think about what will happen 10 years later. I just thought of something. HAHAHA. If one of us gets married, the rest can fit into one table at the wedding dinner. Just nice. Hahahahaha. That is based on the assumption that it is not an internal marriage. But then again we will bring our partners. Maybe 2 tables lah (as of now, at least 1 1/2). Then for the one who is the last, probably have to reserve 3 tables liao. Cos got children also. HaHHAA. So you know whats the moral of the story? The LATER you get married, the MORE you have to spend. Bo hua one leh. 1 table or 3 tables you will still get the same number of angbaos. If those CC one maybe not much diff. But one table at ritz carlton surely got diff lah! SO if you want to save, GO GET MARRIED NOW!!

Alright, I know, Peg is siao already. Monday morning. Brrr.

And sorry, no need go chiong get nice dresses or suits, I am not getting married yet.

hahahahaa.


ps. photos, hint hint.

hi guys... so long nv update here already manz..


anyway, thanks rong for trying to organise this.. and guys hope to see u all k!?



everybody's busy i know.. but prb i nt too sure what u guys r really busy with...



yin busy with work.. and having fun.. haha..


peg busy with studies and bf... exams soon huh.. jia you !!!


rong also busy with studies... better do well k~


mak busy with... his work, dog and family... n prob flyin off somewhere again..


lun busy with work.. and tuition.. and play pool?


den seems slack to me though.. HAHA>.


jian.. busy with work, gf... pool? i duno~


huijie busy with work.. n wad else? lol


chay looks shagged.. take care.. protect yr hair against the weather!!!


muihwee.. so long nv see u le!! pls join us soon k... come this sun!!




hope to see everybody this sun.. i am similarly busy as well.. haha.. but really hope to catch up with u all again please!!!!



btw, for those if still have no idea.. i am now working FULL TIME. hurhur.



and those coming for my dance production, ive reserved tickets!!! yayyss so please come n support n pay up soon! lol~


love,
yu

ok. so now tentatively we are meeting on sun evening instead. most probably going chevrons. i dunno where else le. if u guys got any suggestion, pls tag or blog. n i m so disappointed. coz i still have to spend a bomb. only peg is kind to me. haha. no lar. i bet none of u even came across our blog, n maybe some of u did, but juz ignored. rite? i m so pissed off now. i m juz not cut out for organising stuff lar. always make me dam furious. now i understand how yin, peg, lun n mak always felt when they try to organise things. its so frustrating lar. grrr.

rong

All of ur coms spoilt is it.........y no updates......

y no updates... y nobody blog.. sian leh.. everytime i come this website i will be anticipating a new post, but everytime, i m faced with the harsh reality..haiz...

haha. but its ok lar. guess we used to it also liaoz. U guys are BUZ mahz. haha. i dun meant it sarcastically wor. i know u ALL are ALL V BUZ la. SO BUZ hor. wahaha.

anyway, i enjoyed myself on fri during the mini celebration for Huijie. Huijie, i hope u enjoyed urself too!! Happy Belated Bday!!

so now, the upcoming bdays are... Siewyu's n Jianwei's bday!! Shall we go Chevrons this coming sat to celebrate? Any suggestions? Sat night meeting around 8 plus u guys can? Pls tag or sms me to let me know.. help me save $ lar.. i still got many ppl to feed.. Juz drop me an sms only 5 cents, if i send u all will cost me a bomb. so pls be kind to me k? haha. N u guys better make it, coz i m having final exams coming 2 weeks, n i m still going. so u guys better make it, unless u got really good reasons lar. Jian, i dun know whether u will be free. Drop me an sms to let me know bahz. kk.. nothing much le. gtg. Bye!

rong

mon blues

Hey hey!

I am back, feeling very very bad. For the severity of what happen to my, pls contact me directly as the description will cause serious loss of appetite.

Training has been managable for me but i am afraid that once i go to field, heat rash will come and haunt me. There is no way to cure heat rash which means i will get those needle prickling sensation for the next duno how many days once it relapse.

I miss the days where i can get information freely from the papers and internet, the freedom to cycle down the road, blasting mp3 andfeeling the cold wind blow. Oh and cannot anyhow call people, cause their bf/gf may complain.

Time change and i understand that i have to give all these up so that others can sleep soundly at nite and carry on their daily life the next day.


My hair is getting worse, it is just like i been thorough chemotherapy, can see the shiny scalp so clearly and it looks so fugly. arrrggghhh!!!

Blog more, if not can tag. Everywhere is getting more and more silent.

Chay

HEY GUYS!

Sorrie for the delay of the photos taken on rong's bday!!! I will get the cam from my sis tonight, charge then upload! I promise!

Anyway rong, hope u enjoyed the chevrons session. I'm really SO SO SO SO SO sorry for my mood. I feel so guilty, up till now. Really sorry... but u must noe, i really sincerely wished you. =)

As for the rest, maybe that night i was a little different than usual, so sorry that i din talk much with u guys... sekali u all din even BOTHER.. >_< wahaa...

Bt anyway, i'm so sorry for that whole night... foul mood was my excuse, not a good reason though... but i really couldn't control my emotions. Deep inside, i still care! =)

Yin.

di ban dong zuo

Just out of sian-ness from books.
Notice who's always one the floor. Haha.

Pictures

Pics from Yin's camera here. With a very chio cover picture.

heart heart,
pEg


- "to an enemy, forgiveness. to an opponent, tolerance."

Sing

Boozing and Sing-A-Long session at chevron is confirmed.

Venue: Chevron
Time: 9pm
Dresscode: Dress up abit, i bringing cam to take picture.

Pls bring abit more cash for those alcoholic.

Chay

Sunday

Wha!!! not bad not bad, today got 3 post. Another 20 more post and we will hit half a grand.


Delon suddenly reminded me that i have about 12 days more to my enlistment, which i was trying really hard to to count.


2 weeks ago, i was stilll screwing someone during the sch ndp. 2 weeks later, i will be screwed.


I came across this picture when i was surfing my cadet blog.


my patriotic SIRS ... HAHA.

examiner asked: what do you tink the man on the left side of the picture is doing?

Perfect ans:on the left side of this picture, i see a man clad in a blue tshirt and adorns a cap. He is saluting. i guess he is sleeping when singing the national anthemn.





Yeap, no doubt that is a perfect ans. BUT THAT IS PERFECT FOR ONLY LVL 1 or 2.

For a level 3 ans: He is sleeping or trying hard to remove the sweat from his eyes. It may due to the fact that he spend alot of time preparing for the parade and end up feeling very tired during the whole ceremony which is held early in the morning and during the short moment in which the camera flashes, he is resting. He has done alot of work the moment before and is so sweaty that beads of sweat is flowing from his forehead which he has to use his eyelid to open and close so that the sweat which is burning his eyes from entering.

For a level 4 ans: The bloody camera is taking at the time where he blinks, therefore the photograph shows that he is closing his eyes, although his singing can drown a whole contigent of mumbling.



SEE SEE. This is the kind of cadets that I have lor. Unappreciative

I spend money, time and effort trying to attend trainings which benefits them more than me. I could have spend it on looking for a gf.

I dun mind not receiving the tons of appreciation letters. ( my brother had a mountain of it during his POP, all from his female cadets)

But this is like saying that i am not good lor

What will the cadets of the future think of me.

"Sleeping Sir"
"ZzZ instructor"

What will my son think of me.

"Pa, why you sleeping when uncle is working?"

You may think that i am petty, its just a joke , relac ar.


NO!!! DUN YOU KNOW THAT CHAY IS A VERY PETTY PERSON. I WILL REMEMBER !!!









HAHA, ok la i think its a joke. Just that he didnt post some better photo of me.
But i am still a petty person.

Chay

No worry

haha, i plead wif my PC, most prob wun let me recourse, meanwhile i went for TCM, traditional chinese medcine, shld be alrite. No wry guys, i'm alrite, from wat the Sinsei sae, i should have i tink i got Chronic Recurrent Ankle Instability, sounds bad but its better den ligament Tear, meanwhile i dun have to do IPPT, 24 km, SOC, blah blah, SIONG BO?. k lah i m glad i can miss dem, but i m sad it hurts. take care peeps

8 MORe daes to POP, pop, pop, popopopopopopopopopopop

sry chay, 13 more days to ENLISTMENT, ENlist, enlist, enlistenlistenlist.. :p

cyc, if u got injury urself, dun endure, report it :) or else u wil be like me

A pleasant Surprise

Hello!

My habit of coming here everyday has reduced to once in a few days because at the back of my mind, I know that there wouldn't be updates. But once in a while, I get a pleasant surprise by seeing a new post, or even a new tag. So here, I hope I can bring a pleasant surprise to some of you as well.

4 month long of summer holidays has officially ended. Good and bad, happy and sad. Its not gonna be a easy 4 months ahead for me, definitely.

Read from xia's blog that Delon might have torn his ligament or something and might need a recourse. And apparantly, its only one week from his POP. And very obviously, our friend is not feeling very good. I ain't that close to him and I don't know what I can do or say to help him. So I'm urging you guys who are closer to him to help him out emotionally, physically or in whichever way which is necessary.

All I can do now is to tell you that I think ZhongChou faced something like that before when he went for his jaw op. He thought he needed a recourse. But after he reported on his first day, shaved his head, they told him that actually he had completed and didn't need a recourse anymore. He was super gek that they only told him after they shaved him, which was quite funny in a way. But obviously, shaving your head and not needed to go through it again is better than shaving your head and making you go through it again, right?

Anyway, I think some of you going to see your pink IC soon right? Cos some of my JC friends already counting down liao. Think those January batch one. Very fast hor? Can still remember how funny you all look without hair and insisting to wear the cap everytime you go out. And now, you all going to ORD soon liao. Sui yue bu rao ren.

Sorry la, Chay. Know you haven't even enlisted yet. Hahaha.

2 Sep, Bojangles right? No playing out..

pEg

Out of place

Last sat i went over to fareast to jalan jalan.

When i walk and walk, i find that i am so out of place. The place is saturated with xiao meimei and youngster who seems to have generation gap with me. Even though i try to blend in with them by wearing punky t shirt and sneakers, the barrier seems to be there.

Sad lor, although i just pass my teens, i just dun feel like one.


Anyway, there will be a sing-a-long session this fri nite. Any ideas where to go?

People that will be present:

Lun
Peg
Shiyin
Chay

Pls reply your attendance asap so that a more detail plan can be made

Chay

THANKS!!!

hey guys.. feel really touched n grateful to wat some of u guys did. so hereby, coming to say thanks!

chay: thanks for being so willing to lend me your printer n stuff. although its so troublesome n stuff, but u still wanna help me print n even insist on bringing it over to my place coz its v late in the night. really touched by that. thanks so much. :) n u were so concern abt my project even till the next day. thanks thanks. really appreciate it.

peg: thanks for being there for me. hearing me out n stuff. really appreciated that. thanks girl. :)

yin: thanks alot for wanting to pool money to help me pay for the cycling n steamboat. really appreciates the effort n thought. thanks girl! but its ok bahz. guess i will go for the steamboat n save more next mth. :) thanks!

yu: heh. thanks girl! for hearing me complain n shout over the phone. haha. pity ur ears sia. thanks thanks. for callin even though u know i only wanted to complain. haha. thanks!!!!!!!

lun: u idiot. dunno what u buz with. NDP over le lo. still got so much stuff to do meh.. call u always nv pick up my call. see miss call also wun reply. grr. but nvm.. i m v forgivin one.. i forgive u! tmr den u know. i spike ur food let u lao sai until u cry! haha. k la. know u buz la.cannot so unreasonable. later u curse me.

jian: u another idiot! i soooooo long nv see u lo!!!!!!!!! haha. but ok la. at least today saw u at marina square. but NDP over le.. so shld be more free le ba.. muz meet up often k?

mak: hey. really glad to see u tat day. sooo long since i last saw u! so glad u came! but din really talk much to u leh.. so muz meet up again soon to catch up abit k? take care!

Den: hope u enjoyed urself on ya bday celebration tat day. haha. esp the blowin out of the 20 candles. haha.

mui: heard u super buz with the orientation for the freshies. dun tire out wor! cindi is like roasted pig now. haha. are u also? or u guys bully the freshies? muz be la.. haha..

huijie: haha. haven thanked u for the cab fare. haha. thanks!

ok. i guess i m more or less done..")

went to watch the fireworks today. n i started to miss u guys so much. remember tat year when we went to watch together? still rmbr peg was so crazy over purple n the fireworks got purple de, she so happy. den yin n mui saw alot of indian ppl while squeezing to us. haha. dunno why that one i super remember. haha. walked ard den saw alot of youngsters like us then.. haha.. in a whole group walking and kidding ard. n i miss u guys so much. next year fireworks we muz go together k? if can, we muz watch the NDP also. make our 21st year memorable! heh. ok. gtg le. bye ppl!

rong

ECP confirmed people.

Okay those who've confirmed with me that they'll be going this sun are
Chay
Peg
Den
Lun
Yu
Huijie
ME

Those who might be going...

Mak
Muihwee
Rong

Those with no answer...

Delon
Jian

Not going...

Desmond

I would appreciate if anyone is able to get answer from those who hadn't given me an answer. =)


As for Mak, Muihwee and Rong, hope u guys can go la... i dun wanna say so much, cuz i rlly dunno what to say.

yin.

HNY

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!!!




Just want remind people who are going to ECP ( the park not the expressway) to cycle this weekend.

Drink enough water the nite before to prevent dehydration
Bring extra clothes if not stinky stinky
Stretch your muscles well enough
Bring your own supply of plasters


Ok thats all, try to tag if you think you got something to say

Chay

ECP outing!

ECP OUTING ON THIS COMING SUN~ PLEASE DO NOT FORGET!

=)

Let me briefly bring you through the whole events on that day... wahahaaa. Sounds like some class outing sia.

Okay, we shall meet ard 10am in the MORNING at cck control, taking train to ECP. We shall start our day by renting a bicycle each & cycle, maybe some beach games, some 'our own' games, photo sessions, lunch, OHH YA, my card forehead game! Some of you might understand, for those who don't, it's okay, come this sun lo! Heex...

ECP activities will end ard 5+, and we shall go Marina for steamboat~!

For ECP we'll need ard $10 (rent+lunch).

For Marina, it's $12-$17 for each person, i really can't remember the pricing now. Anyone knows???

So for that day, we'll need ard $25-$30 each.

For those who haven't transferred Peg the money, pls bring $10 extra, you all should know what's that for la hor... thanks~!

I can't wait! Just hearing of it sounds fun, and i've a strong feeling that MANY can make it this time! Pls don't disappoint me alright... see u guys~! ;)

ah yin.

Den's Birthday Celebration

Den's Birthday Celebration at Chevrons














He was actually touched, but he gei gei...



See... smiling so happily...



Stupid face.



Poor peg, holding the cake & breathing in the smoke from the 20 small candles.



It just suits Den lo... WAHAHA.










Seldom there's such a nice pic of Den...


To view the rest of the pics, http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/plaster_28/album?.dir=917fscd&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

=)

I can't wait to see you guys this coming fri~! Heex...

Actually i don't mind planning birthday outings, but if u all can be more zi dong, try to make it, at least cfm asap even though u can't go, don't give me craps, i'll be happy le.

So people, see ya all this fri lo! Don't miss me kay, i've been sneezing so hard lately, must be u all la... *grinz*

ah yin.