finally an update!

new blog design

::lipei and i busking long Flinders Lane, Melbourne, on her birthday. we earn $11.60, and decided to use the money to buy us some ciggies and starburst::

after days and weeks and roughly 2 months of procastination,
i'm finally updating my blog.
nope, it's not that i've lost interest in blogging,
neither am i busy....
i'm just lazy... period.
hmmm... wonder if that's worst...
but hey! what matters most is it's finally updated! right?!! ( '3')

a new year has arrived.
how was 2006?
the first half of the year was one of the worse.
however everything took it's turn by the second half,
and i really enjoyed my second semester in melbourne.
not the best of years, but definitely memorable.
i could only pray that this year, 2007, would be the best i'll have thus far.
it's my final year in melbourne, so i really wana go all the way,
and make a good lasting appeal before coming back to singapore.
new year resolutions?
i'm not a fan of it, yet i find myself secretly making a few...
so for this year they are:
continue to do the best i can in school.
continue to work out and keep fit.
have a fun time in melbourne.

a lot of stuff has happened since i last updated.
in a very-ultra-mega brief summary, this is wat i did:
-all my assigments have been submitted and handed back
-packed my ever-so-messy room
-gaz came to visit me in melbourne and brought him ard
-jeremy, lipei and i had a fabulous road trip ard the state of Victoria
-celebrated lipei's 21st birthday
along with our other usual daily rituals like lepak-ing at st jeromes,
watching BONJAHBANGO perform every sunday, shopping, playing game,
watching movies, eating out, chilling, slacking... and more slacking.... :)

i'll slowly upload more pics in my next few entries.
as usual, there are tons of pics to upload and i'm sure to miss a few of them.
and of cos, lots of stuff to write.
look forward to the road trip polaroid photos.
they're awesome!

for you guys who frequent my blog,
you'll notice that i've redesigned my blog banner and footer banner.
previous banner designs can be found on the side column.
(click on the pics to enlarge it.)
this time round i went for a more realistic illustraion of myself.
it's more simplistic as well to give a crisp, clean and sophisticated feel,
but yet somehow, giving out a dark aura...
the right wing, like before, represents the old me.
the old me that is carefree, passionate,
happy, optimistic, cheery, bubbly,
easily excited, always smiling,
expressive, caring, friendly,
not afraid of pursuing stuff,
dedicated, fun, loving, fearless...
the "prefect" me.
the left wing, represents my current growth in life,
that i'm still learning to live...
learning to be a better person,
learning to overcome obstacles,
trying to get back to where i used to be,
and even exceling from there.
compared to the old design, it has grown a little.
this shows the growth in me this past year.
the butterflies behind me represents my desire for freedom...
and at the same time, soaring and exceling in my final year studies.
the blood stains below my body indicates the "bloodshed" or rather,
hurtful experience i suffered last year.
these blood stains are a reminder of them.
the smoky part that forms the bottom part of my body
represents the damage i suffered, both emotional or physical.
the wavy lines in the background symbolises the ever changing
environment that i'm facing and living in.
the straight lines dispering out from the back of the portrait
represent rays of light.
and these rays of light mean a things.
firstly, i'm hoping that i'll be living in the light,
i.e. to be living in a good and safe environment.
secondly, i pray that God would shine his light unto me and guide me thru.
thirdly, i wana shine my light unto others, inspiring and motivating people ard me.
fourthly, i wana be of some importance.
as for the footer banner, (pls scroll all the way to the bottom of the page)
yup, it is an illustration of my right hand....
you can probably tell from my black braclets... :)
my hand is trying to reach something,
probably indicating that there's some soul searching to do.
wat do you guys think of the design?
feel free to comment on it.
rain, i did some minor changes to the design. do i look better now? hee!




::the bus station at Kamunting, Taiping, Malaysia. pic taken with my T5::
update on my recent trip to malaysia.
i was there to visit my dearest lipei of course!
was there from the 25th of dec to the 11th of jan.
it was unexpectedly long, wasnt planning on staying there for so many days.
but i really had a fantastic time, and i would like to thank lipei and the rest
for making me feel at home and being part of a big family.
i stayed at Taiping cos lipei and the rest reside there.
but we also travelled to many places like penang, ipoh, KL and genting,


::wong playing the guitar at jeremy's house during xmas. had too much fun that i didnt take many pics that day::
during christmas, we went to jeremy's place for, none other than a x'mas party!
it was extremely fun, and with a crowd of over 20+, anything and everything can happen.
we were, of course, drunk.... haa!
i puked like 3 times, twice in the living room, once in the sink.... :)
charlotte said "merry x'ams" like a zillion times to us...
kian kit went around proclaiming it was a "rocking" party and then layed on the grass...
lipei puked 3 times then started jumping ard saying how shiok it was to finally puke...
wong had the bucket to himself for hours...........
yen yen puked and concased...
roy was "cutely" drunk....
and many many more casulties....


::pic taken during the new year count down at The Curve, Pertaling Jaya, Malaysia::
during new year, lipei and i went up to KL for our new year celebration!
we stayed at jen's place.
the celebration was awesome. we went to Laundry bar, and though it was packed,
seng hian managed to get us seats.
and just outside Laundry bar was this huge space where the count down was held.
fireworks, confetti, screaming, dancing...
it was a sight to behold.
lipei, belinda, seng hian, seng hian's gf, wan win, joan and teddy, thanks for
the amazing new year count down!!!
thankfully i didnt puke... :)
and i wana thank jenn for letting us stay at her parent's place.
it's great being able to see you again!!!

more pics taken during the new year celebration:

::me, wan win, joan, belinda and lipei::


::a group photo of all of us::


::me, joan, teddy and lipei. not sure wat teddy is doing...::


::belinda, me, joan, teddy and lipei... er... hmmm... teddy... lipei...::


::we again, in another pose::


::lipei vandalised on the table... our names were written on it. but it was really sweet and nice of her::





::pic of the house we stayed at Maxwell Hill, Taiping, Malaysia. a huge house i must add::
the 8 of us (jovin, charlotte, yen yen, jermey, joshua, eugene, lipei and i) planned to go up maxwell hill for the night.
i love that place a lot!
peaceful and relaxing...
i really have no words to describe it.
you have to be there to know what i mean.

more pics taken at Maxwell Hill:

::view of Taiping from Maxwell Hill::


::wonding road that leads to the house we were staying that day::


::not sure wat flower this is, but it sure is pretty::


::joshua, lipei, eugene, jeremy and jovin::


::jeremy posing with a flower that he had plucked for yen yen::


::yen yen with her pretty yellow flower on her hair::


::lipei... with flowers that were anyhow chucked in her hair... stylist: charlotte ::


::hmmm... yesh it's me with flowers in my hair... stylist: none other than lipei... ::


::playing Monopoly to keep ourselves busy throughout the night::

and in between everything,
we sleep at 7am everyday and wake up at 2pm...
we went to different places to eat...
yup... eat and eat and eat and eat....
lepak and lepak and lepak and lepak....
but it was still extremely enjoyable!
oh yeah, and we played poker too!
the first time i played, i won RM$40! considering that we played using 10-50cents,
i could say that i was extremely lucky! :)
all in all, i did so many things!!!
it was definitely a very good start to 2007!!!
and with all sincerely and appreciation, would like to thank
lipei, jovin, charlotte, yen yen, jeremy, joshua, eugene, wong, belinda
and the rest for making this an amazing and fantastic trip for me!

more pics that i took during my malaysian trip:

it gives a rough idea of the many things we did in malaysia.


::pic showing one of the many occasions we were playing poker till 6am. the biggest winner would have to buy breakfast for everyone::


::jovin, charlotte, chuan chun, vernon, ronald, wan win, lipei and i went to the golf driving range to test our skills. pic shows my dearest lipei... trying so hard to hit the ball... i'm not any better... ::


::lipei recording her new song in wong's room. wong standing outside::


::me, lipei and joan in jovin's car, driving down to penang::


::pic taken from Genting Highlands::


::jeromes, lipei and i on the escalator at Genting Highlands::


::pic of us at the carpark with our umbrellas. it was drizzling that night::


::charlotte, jovin, yen yen, jeremy and li jin::


::our umbrellas::


::lipei, wong and i went jamming. this pic shows lipei with the eletric guitar::


::wong on the drums. liepi and i were singing::


::joshua's birthday!!! yen yen with his cake::


::lobster!!!!! yup, we ate lobster at Penang!!! damn expensive, but damn tasty! the lobster was cooked in cheese. yummy!::


::cant wait to dig in!::


::lipei's first time eating lobster. see how happy she is::


::fu ho at the back seat while we were making our way to Ipoh, Malaysia::


::the beautiful view of the Lake Garden, Taiping, Malaysia. it's a very relaxing place to be::


::another shot of the Lake Garden::


::jovin and charlotte on one boat::


::yen yen and fu ho on the second boat


::lipei and i together on the other boat. we had a lot of fun paddling the boats that day!!::


::lipei and my legs, paddling the boat::




::pic of my gorgeous K800i::
my lastest buy....
the new Sony Ericsson K800i!!!!!!!
i've yet to use this phone extensively.
but nothing could really go wrong with a sony ericsson phone.
i'm lucky enough to get the limited edition "Allure Brown" colour, me likey!
it sure beats the boring normal black version.
and with it's 3.2 mega pixel camera,
i'm ready to snap some sharp looking pics!
look forward to them in my future entries.



::polaroid of Bonjahbango, lipei and i outside St Jeromes::
Bonjahbango is the greatest band!!!
i love Bonjahbango!
their music is awesome and the guys are amazig people to hang out!
their music is a mixture of raggae, folk and funk.
do check them out at www.myspace.com/bonjahbango
but i'm telling you, hearing them live is so
much better than the studio recordings.


::polaroid of Bonjahbango playing in St Jeromes::


::nice, me and lipei at St Jeromes. nick is holdin kangeroo meat btw. he's BBQing it for us to eat::


if you guys dun know it yet,
i'm actually an ultra-mega-gigantic anime freak!
recent animes that i've completed watching are
gundam seed, wolf's rain, R.O.D. tv and honey & clover.
currently watching shakugan no shana, death note, welcome to the NHK and bleach.
i'm really happy to finally finish watching gundam seed.
it's quite an old anime, but i had problems getting a hold on the DVD.
but it was worth my AUS$95!!!
i love it so much! cant get enough of it! hoping to watch gundam seed destiny soon!
honey and clover is excellent too!!!
love the characters, love the story, love the soundtrack.
do check it out. it's doing extremely well on the charts of animenewsnetwork.
i'm in the middle of watching shakugan no shana.
so far, it's fantastic!
i find it really weird that australia has such a wide library of animes.
it's even possible to get really rare titles too.
when i get back, my first wave of purchases would be
paranoia agent, tsukihime, voices of a distance star and either gantz or rurouni kenshin.
that will keep me busy for a while. :)



was at holland village the other day.
that place brought back quite a few memories.
good... and the horrible...
memories i could live without.
memories i wish i had forgotten.
coffee bean...
i remember sitting there with him,
as we drank coffee, took photos, read magazines and joked together.
we were in a world of our own,
a world filled with laughters, smiles and... love.
and nothing could come between us.
we stole glances at each other,
laughed at the silliest of jokes,
and wish we could remain like this forever.
but good things always come to an end.
i remember that day we barely talked as we
relunctantly sat there drinking our coffee.
we were both in our own world.
a world filled with hurt, disappointment, anger and... hatred.
everything were coming between us.
we refused to look into each other's eyes.
all we did were throwing meaningless words at one another.
i wished we could go back to our happy times.
he wished we could end it all.

love, a forbidden fruit so tempting,
brings only unforeseen disasters to the lives of one seeking it.
it only takes a bite to fall within it's prey.




::polaroid of us at Ipoh eating tauge chicken. it was my last day with them...::
hope to update my blog soon.
there's till so much to write and so many pics to upload.
for now i'll just leave this entry as it is. :)