--friday--

went out with weijun to suntec to look out for his watch (as in his 21st birthday gift from his parents). i don't know how much he has researched around for the various brands and models but he just went to fossil upon our suggestion (maybe the prices are nearer to the budget given by his parents) previously.

so we got a skilled promoter recommending us the latest collections...and so weijun kept asking whether this is nice or what not...even the promoter suggested to weijun to ask me whenever she brings out one new piece out from the display cabinet (and i was like...huh? erm...ok).

in the end he bought one trendy roast gold coloured for around two hundred plus. then we went to epic centre so that weijun could buy the iphone ear piece for kim as her late birthday gift.

decided to watch district 9 but realised that gv doesn't show it so we had to move to the cathay and get the tickets first. since we were out we also decided to shop around for stuff. went to domanchi and i bought a checkered shirt. design's not bad...just that the fabric is kind of unfamiliar with what i would normally wear on. weijun chanced upon a blue/white shirt which i don't really recommend him of buying straight away. since (and as usual) kim turned up for the movie, we left to meet her up and decide on the shirt after the movie. had dinner at carl's junior before we made way back to the cathay.

district 9 is really a meaningful show. i didn't know that it was directed by peter jackson until i was at the opening...and thus it got me kind of curious on the movie. frankly speaking if darren didn't spill some beans beforehand i wouldn't have understood the real meaning behind the movie. but despite being a movie with low costs i think it was well done.

went back to domanchi to decide on the shirt before we left for home.

some guys around me have this tendency to be the 'better guy around' in the group if that somebody he likes is in it. i admit i might have this bad habit shown previously but now i realised (and experienced) from the view of the rest in the group. it's still better to be myself at all times.

--saturday--

woke up at 7am to buy some simple breakfast for my family. left home at 9 plus to get the birthday cake from jurong point before i set off to derrick's house. at that i saw windows 7 ultimate myself and played a little of prototype on ps3 (damn nice) before we set off to marina square to leave the cake at kbox and make reservations first.

meet up time was supposedly at 1pm (i apologise because even the planner myself was late for half a hour) but in the end we could only leave marina bay mrt station at 2pm. as a result the picnic (note: the idea of picnic was not proposed by me, i merely took over from kwan yong's idea and planned from there as he is busy with his advanced bslc course) was kind of hastily done because i made reservations for us to start from 3-4pm.

thought it's gonna be the typical small rooms for the seven of us but it turned out that we were given a bigger room. sing sang sung (cut the cake too and gave the couple gv cards as gifts) till 8pm and had a simple dinner at pizzahut. the new spaghetti dishes seem quite good (i had some mushroom spaghetti).

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korea is the hottest place in the entertainment industry right now and with the various girl bands like wonder girls and SNSD emerging, this relatively quiet category of fans known as fanboys are also surfacing in terms of their numbers and as well as their passion, enthusiasm for their favourite band/artiste. but they come in all kinds of...well. here's a few videos i saw from a k-pop website:

1st we have a small little boy dancing at some dbsk mv



next we have a fan who made a song for his favourite cl from 2NE1



then we have a guy dancing to a girl's dance (he looks like what yu jae seok would do in infinity challenge)



lastly some hardcore fans for SNSD

thought i can grow more lazy bones before i enter tekong...but i have been painting the walls of my house for the past three days. oh man my parents sure know about the concept of potential man hour loss. i always used the phrase 'order and ask me like buffet' to best describe such situations.

but frankly speaking the job itself is not very tedious as you might imagine. i am currently painting a side of the living room per day. a couple of hours and i will be done. the troublesome part lies on moving the furniture and whatever away from the wall and trying to avoid getting paint on areas that shouldn't be painted (which mainly results in me wiping the paint off frantically with a rag).

went out earlier on to collect my new biometric passport. kind of a long trip to lavender but luckily i am accompanied by my mp3 player and psp. was kind of surprised when i was notified that my passport will expire at next year. then i found out that i will need to take some oath crap before i can use the passport normally with 5 years of validity (when i already have a pink ic? will need to call them up tomorrow).

ordered a belgium chocolate cake for my friend's birthday celebration at this saturday. largely because i am one of the most free guys lazing around in the cliq, i planned the outing in a form of picnic (and obviously this isn't my idea; i merely took over from somebody else). but because i it seems that i ordered a smaller cake (only 1/2 kg) for a crowd of 7 i am kind of worried whether with the inclusion of other foodstuff will be able to fill our stomachs or not. the weather is also something i am concerned with. i certainly wouldn't want history to repeat again...but the location (marina barrage) is somewhere i am not familar with so the wet weather plan might be a headache for me.

lastly a very innovative honda advertisement to share. i really respect the people who put so much effort to link all of these stuff up. singaporeans still have to look up to the japanese when it comes to such stuff.

it just irritates me to find myself repeating the same mistake over and over again. i really have to think and do something properly for this- for such a flaw in my personality will affect the rest of my life.

on the other hand i really have to appreciate those who can still stand my nonsense and repeat the same advice to help me out. they are always there when i need help; they always happen to be there when i screw up (sometimes even unknowingly myself). as little as i want to lose them, but all these anxiety and impatient bit of me surfaced and urged me again to get it done asap.

so it's just simply: listen. think. then reply.

maybe i should start by watching 'Yes Man' again. perhaps everything starts from a 'yes'.

EDIT: Upon looking at this post i realised i might be wrong at what i've said at the previous post. maybe this is how some people work?

dear botak,

i admit i am always bad at telling my friends these kind of stuff but somehow i don't feel like leaving it in my heart like a chunk. but it might be pointless since i doubt you do read my posts very often.

though it's just a few events that made me feel so but i think as time goes i am afraid that the more you hope (and spend more effort) the more disappointed you will be.

actually the actual purpose of me questioning you so much (in your opinion) is because you didn't realise how tight your schedule is. you wanted to ask her out for a movie at 1 plus and you asked me only at 12 plus. nevermind me feeling like being some decoy again, but what irritates me is yet another last minute stuff from you. and the worse part is she might be late for that movie slot and we will have to wait till the next slot at 2 plus. even that you were fine with that when you will have hell of a rushing to do to make it to the ferry terminal back to tekong. in the end i was asked by you why did i have so many questions when i wasn't intending to go.

well ultimately it lies in you botak; it's your path anyway. it's no wrong of you to try but fancy making yourself rushing for time just to suit her schedule (or to see her) is kind of...unfair to yourself? don't you wanna have sometime for yourself after every week of tekong crap (besides all the gaming at home)?

and to all my close friends, please remind me if i were to have such symptoms surfacing next time...i don't like it sticky either.

1 month just flew past when you are working. another one and i will be on the ferry to tekong. time is god damn fast.

went to marina square's changing appetites to treat my friend chun leng for lunch. he was late for meet up so i decided to go recee to see whether it would be crowded or something.

and i have to spend so long to get to there. and surprisingly it's damn empty. from i saw there's only one family dining.

i doubted the need to do any last minute reservations so i went up to the arcade and rot.

chun leng arrived and we had a very filled lunch. each of us had a main dish, shared a big jack (a almost jug sized cup full of chocolate) and a cup of iced lemon tea, one big mudpie, and an ice cream.

i am actually quite glad that i have found another person to keep in contact after my poly days (even though he had some harsh words on me during my work period before). though we were classmates for the past three years but i didn't really get to know him more.

then went to friend's 21st birthday at the aloha chalet@loyang. was kind of bored for the whole thing but the event was kind of fine. luckily we made it on time for the last few trains back home.

how should i say it...i can't say i hate that...but i feel that i am 'poked' whenever that topic is touched on.

it's something i can't deny- yes i have that problem. but everytime the same stuff are being said and yet i feel more and more being left out. i guess my weakness of not focusing for long contributes to this but...ah forget it.

as i mentioned there's no hate involved...maybe i should be careful of what i say...but that means the gap will widen as time goes by.