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cool blogging on my phone. Serotonin levels fluctuating in my brain. Something is wrong with me. I know this feeling. I wanna run away. But where can i run to?

Time to step up.

Alvin. Time to step up and do better. Step up your game. Stop being careless. You know the consequences. Take note of the details. Do what you have to to give a good job. Make notes. List. reminders. You know u can always do better.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Aud! wait wait.. not 0000hrs yet.. but yeah.. its her birthday and i don normally remember most pep's birthdays. HaH.

But thanks to aud that i had a chance to practise making chocs on a larger scale and make myself much poorer. haH. made chocs for door gifts for her party. and i managed to get them done, packaged and delivered in time.

I know.. its a birthday and all.. and thats my present to her.. but yeah.. hope people who eat them actually taste them and enjoy them as much as possible. Didnt take any individual pieces cause they kinda are the usual ones i make.. and maybe i shall just show the end pdts as a whole.

V for Vday!

hahaha.. forgive the sudden outburst. has been sometime since i've posted anything.. so yeah.. here's a treat and a glimpse of what vday was like for me..

Spent kinda the weekend before fussing on chocs cause a yxian kinda asked if i'm making any.. and so i did.. rushed the stuff out within 2 days and sent it to her. hope the box of chocs pleased something and stuff.. and that it was all worth it.

Kinda spent the time tweaking my choc ideas and improved on some of them.. used the technique of making my fav lemon sqs to give an extra punch to the grandmarnier one.. and got good comments bout it..

had a first attempt to make coffee infused chocs.. not perfected yet.. but i guess i'll have more luck when i use my new npresso beans.. will fine one fine day to blog bout them.. =)

Then came Vday itself.. went supermarket shopping at jp for some time.. picking out ingredients and all.. and got those creative juices flowing.. ended with a nice mashed carrot and potatoe cake.. with Seared Cajun prawns.. simple.. but tasty with the nice tiger prawns..

For main course, i kinda served risotto with tomato and shiraz infused sauce which i didnt take pics of.. and my little tiramisu from scratch.. with a little of brown brothers cierra wine and of course that npresso gourment expresso. Heavenly..

Although it wasnt any classy candlelit dinner, i guess all the hard work paid off and i got her some nice stuff and i guess she's quite happy with what she has? cough*monkey* hahaha..

anyway.. i guess i will get to update more with more time at home nowadays.. and hope my attachment goes fine.

Change is inevitable. But we are meant to adapt to change.

Life

Lets see. wanted to update but the com kinda wasnt cooperative..
wanted to post pics of what i cooked but i guess its a wrong timing thing.

Stuck at home with 3 days mc.. gastritis.. whatever it means.. puked on mon morn and i met my lunch and dinner in the sink soon aft.

good part of this is the wonderful schedule which allows me to book in on sun.. but bad part is that its sorta a confinement.. no oily food and most food that have like a taste?

and as usual.. being stuck at home gave me time to think.

actually i think i'm way too stressed up in camp.

people think that way too.

on high alert all the time..

nervous wreck.

but yeah.. i guess i have unique ways to unwind. and chill.

i stand down only when i think theres a correct time for it.

and yeah.. i think rock music is essential in chilling me down.. and i don get that much in camp..

aww.. missing my headphones.. hope i get them back soon.

random?

Xmas is here!

ok.. at least for my family kinda way.

had our xmas gathering yest and as always theres a tonne of food.. chaos.. and contribution by people even thoug they were damn busy and stuff..

This year theres new additions to our family tradition of over eating.. and it proved to be quite exciting.. hahaha..

And C and i contributed too. I made like chocs with an xmas twist and she did a tedious blueberry cheese cake that took precious sleeping time.

My Xmas Creations!

Left: Dark chocolate mint truffle coated with icing sugar

Right: White chocolate truffle with coconut and gula malacca ( hot favE)

Back: White chocolate mint truffle coated with candy cane

all of them were like new recipe and ideas and they worked out pretty fine.. all with a theme along too.. all the white snow minty xmas-y kinda feel to it. hahah a challenge for me esp with that date line of mine.

Next was C's creation of blueberry cheesecake which was made from scratch, painstakening baked and refrigerated repeatedly till the wee hours on sat..

The Blueberry sauce or whatever u call it is definitely the best part.. the sweetness is is just perfect to bring out the taste of the blueberry and not too much to overpower the taste of the cheese cake.

Something definitely good for this kinda function where people take food seriously and very good attempt for someone who bought her oven for only a week. =)

my friends dropped by too to have a chat and all with me maybe due to the fact that i sorta MIA-ed for something with the short weekends during bookout and other commitments.. had a lil wine.. food and entertaining chaos.. hahah..

the pic was take by sx and i think it describes what happens during xmas at my house. haH.

So many things happening at the same time. Can u handle it? hahaha

Chunkfest! Not.

After reaching the 4th mark, decided that we should do something nice that both of us will enjoy.. what meant to be a surprise turned out to be too much of a surprise.

We got there after it had just rained and the sun got back up. So it was humid, muddy and incredibly warm then. And when we got into the actual place, it was damn crowded(free ice cream.. who guessed?)

We made it all the way up and found that the lack of tentage was getting on our nerves and soaking up in the mud to queue for our free ice cream wasnt much for a motivation to stay. So decided to do what other people have done, take pictures.. and get the hell outta there!

we didnt get free ice cream so i decided to take a bite out of the wooden board ones..


the only thing mildly entertaining was the foam stars that they had which floats arnd the place and it attracted crowds of people standing arnd, just to take pictures of the UFO. We even had to help some folks take picture for them.. like?

We saw the UFOs all arnd town after that and it was more of a pain in the ass than an attraction.. and yeah.. we got ice cream anyway.. in air conditioned comfort.. just to make it up for the mud sweat and effort. haH

1234...

simply disgusting hypnotic song that i liked the the first time i heard it.

Simple.

and gets the point across.

1836hrs

weekend coming to an end.
Start of a new week.
Cant sit still.
thoughts going tru my head
like cars racing on a high way.

Maybe i'm just bad alone.
After so long of being arnd people
or being inseparable.

Maybe its time to cut some slack and give a lil room for freedom.
or is it too much freedom for me?

Chill out Sat

After a week of hectic schedules, ups and downs and nervous breakdowns..

i get to relax for a day or two during the weekend and just stay home, watch a nice dvd and whip up something to eat..

Grilled chicken sandwich.. not much of a cheem gourmet thing, but satisfies my craving for meat..

Just a simple grilled chicken with lettuce and slightly toasted bread.. delish.

Watched the notebook.. kinda sappy romantic film.. C liked it.. but yeah.. maybe a guy thing.. kinda obvious love story.. but yeah.. for the company ya?

hmm.. so is it rlly possible for it to last that long?

ponder on.

Avenue Q

Cool. just caught Avenue Q yest with C. interesting musical and happens to be like our first musical sorta stuff in esplanade..



3 hours of puppets and adult-ish content. interesting.



Sucks to be me eh?



hahaha

Updates.

After a really short week, shall brace myself for the real deal.

What cant kill u makes u stronger.. but what kills u kills u.. shall tread on that line as well as i can and do everything well enough to get me my 2 ikan bilis.

Weekend was fun. ate alot and jogged like once this morn. shall step it up when i'm inside. get some stamina and stuff. Fri was mostly staying hm and resting with c coming to visit and just hanging tgt.

Sat had dim sum with alex wayne and sx at tong lok at ecp. not bad the food and i believe i ate enuff to get the cost back. hahaha then aud joined and had la mian for dinner. 3 botaks met lotsa pep on the way and u cant believe how much NS guys can talk when they meet each other. hahaha..i'm the "other" kind so wont have so much to talk bout. but at least theres a convo.

Sun was out with C, went back to amoy street fc for food, most stalls closed but had this nice fish porridge which cost 7 bucks, not wholesome but good enuff to eat. chinese desserts were next and we shld get there earlier next time. haH. walked anrd like everything from china town to clarke quay and headed home for dinner. Steamed fish and curry.. MMmmm.. somehow after ns.. i always get cravings not for the sinful stuff.. but more of steamed fish. like old sch promfret teochew style. something i don get to eat often. maybe thats why.

aft talking to the guys i found out that actually what i go tru aint that xiong and bad. in terms of numbers, we don do that much and theres alrd concern over safety.. so it aint that bad eh?

Brace and take it like a man.
"you're a big guy and should have some power eh?"
lets see some power in the coming week.
and make C3P0 into the terminator kinda robot...
its not OSA if its all in my brain eh?

Picnic Time!

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Went to Fort canning for picnic and i didnt have to do much work. hahaha. being in camp u don really have time to think about what to cook and do.. but yeah.. this time someone else did the work for me ya? =)
Started the day with fruit salad and freshly squeezed orange juice.. made from a dozen oranges by hand.. thats as good as it gets.. but even i wont be hardworking enuff to do that.. or maybe i'm just lazy..


then there was egg and potato salad.. also made by C.. how does she do that anyway? like so much prep and effort just to feed me. hahaha

okay.. finally my little contribution to the day.. croissant-wich with ham, eggs and cheese.. and lettuce of course.. like a one course meal kinda thing. hahaha i know it looks hideous.. but i'm greedy and tried too much to fit everything in one serving. haH.

For dessert there was the chocolate tart that C made with marshmallows, short bread crumbs and cornflakes.. hahah mmmm Chocolate..

after enjoying the food, we went for eagle eye and i guess its nt bad, but yeah.. predictable and stuff at parts, bt not too bad as a whole.

will be getting confined this weekend.. guess i tried my best to enjoy before losing freedom ya? hope everything goes well and time fly.

cya guys in 12 days ya.

hidden away from the world.

The feeble Life.

Grim. Very grim.
Another one drop like flies.
Something quite freaky.
So close to what i do.
Its not about limits.
Or about how u stop if u know u cant.
Shit happens.
Thats the fact.

How would i know i'm next?
Or when i'll drop?
Its all too good now.
I'm just starting to enjoy it.

Lets just hope the higher power thinks so too.
Grim. eh?

Life as a PNSF

apart from the hair, nothing much is different. i still walk like a robot.. careless still.. but opened up a whole new social circle.

everyone knows someone in each other's social circle i tell ya..

and yeah.. finally have achieved sorta balanced life. enjoying my weekends and slogging my weekdays. so yeah. if wanna meet up tell me in advance ya. hahah

going back in a few hours alrd. then back to the same communal lifestyle. shit happens. but hopefully less on me and my squad.

nt feeling too good actually. but i hope i can persist and not miss out much. hope i don get worst and survive everything.

i know i'm fortunate.. and i hope i get to stay that way..

and i'll be ready to tackle anything that comes.

stop whining and be a man.

The legendary black pork.

after my initial encounter with the kurobuta black pork, loved it. but somehow failed to conquer it.





here's today's practice run.. hmmm

abit charred.. but pink on the inside..


a little bit more maybe?

hmm.. making brownies and ice cream tmr.. hope all goes well. and that my dear will enjoy herself too.

2 more days?

Limit

I am officially at my limit. Although i still slp at least 6hrs.. i'm not feeling too fine now.

lefts see list of accomplishments

moved office,taught tuition, made brownies, became office boy, did a truck load of data entry, prepared stuff for RAFFLES II, made new friends, met old ones, ate alot, learn how to use photocopier, made chocolates, fell in love with my new Bose QC 3 headphones =)

Here's the beauty =)

Sleek, Slim without losing the amazing quality.

Makes the old one feel like shit. and this beauty blocks out sound like no one's business. makes noise feel so yesterday. =)

anyway. to not digress.. tmr is my last day and i shld have caused my colleagues to spent a bomb on my meals. and rlly thank them for taking so much care of me.. =)

hope the chocs meet your expectations. and yeah. i've learnt so much.

Rest is in my reach. one last week to enjoy. before my life rlly changes.

and i hope u'll be there with me. 8)

Chill out time

Finally, after a long long week of work, i finally get my wonderful break. dinner at aston's prime and stay over at sx hse.

and of course. cam whoring. =) enjoy

The usual 3 old folks, posing for this one.. we look normal.. don we?

Of course we arent.. watch those hands ya? hahaha

only we are capable of such retarded gestures.

Somehow aud and i have gone a long way. since FO and all.. but yeah. contempt is universal. haH

i think we're just born for the cameras. except me of course.. lack that special.. GIFT. hahah

The beauties for the night. I had the black angus with nice red wine marinate.. and the cool and exotic one was the black pork aka kurobuta pork which rlly tasted like beef.. despite porky origins. hahahah

The girls were there too la. but i guess it just that i wasnt in a picture mood that night.. so didnt take with all the gals.. but i guess i have something to make it all better.

I got the interesting idea of painting the nails of the first fella who fell aslp. and yeah. the gals had lotsa fun out of it. Don worry. only finger and toe nails were harmed. and yeah.. don that shade of pink bring out alex's feminism? hahaha

SingFest 08

Whoo whoo!

Ok. u guys shld know that went for singfest. Didnt get tix. but enjoyed it like i can. hahah.

First night went to catch lost prophets.. kinda alone.. but i guess that would have been me like a year ago if there werent anything exciting changes in my life.

Not quite a fan so i only enjoyed the rooftops song. felt that the system sucked and not cool enough. so i was desperate to get my hands on tix for sunday.

as u guys have know, the sunday tix is like impossible to get.. sold out a week ago, with new 300 tix to the alrd sold 10 000 tix. cost like 250 for each too. madness.

so i decided to get some when sistic opened, but was convinced not too.

then.. we kinda made pancakes for brunch, ate more food and prep for the lil picnic at singfest.

hahah i meant lil when i say it. cause we saw a bunch of pep with this huge picnic basket.. madness.

so we were there watching like jamie scott and the town, one republic, panic, and most importantly jason mraz. he rocked. seriously. the trumpet player too.. but everything was tight band, singing.. even the crowd. sgreans was damn high la. good atmosphere.

then of course.. had our share of jokes, ant bites and laughs.. something that will be hard to forget..

Wonderful memories forged today.

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Yours truely?
=)

I stand by my word.

I still don believe in fatigue.

If u sleep right,

Work right,

You can never be tired.

As long as u have something to look forward to,

The energy will just ooze out of you.

U might feel the strain, but never get taken over by fatigue.

Yeah i know, what does the jobless guy know?

Its all psychological.

How can i convince?

If all goes well i have 2 jobs, commitments and maybe something or someone else to fuss about.


I'll put myself to the test and will update. =)

Theres no such thing as fatigue