25 - 27 May 2010 Berjaya Tioman Day 1

Rendezvoused at Golden Mile Complex, 6am. The place has this unique pungent smell, like the mixture of salted fish and Indian spices. Boarded the bus at 30 minutes later, there were less than 20 people on the bus, so we pretty much had a spacious journey. Went on a 4 hours bus ride before arriving at Tanjung Gemok Ferry Terminal at 10:30am.

Had a break stop during the bus ride. Super unhygienic place. And this was where Min Yi smacked out her chocolate milk and announcing proudly how lucky she was to have prepared it for the journey. But she kinda puked the milk out in the second half of the bus ride. AHAHAHA!

Our ferry will only set off at 11:30am, so we just sat there, chilled and observe this "alien", hahaha! The ferry ride took around 2 hours.

Waiting, waiting...

Haha, got to drink protein shake even on vacation!

Ipod Touch is good entertainment anytime of the day!

First glimpses of Pulau Tioman!

We checked in upon arrival, unpacked our stuffs in the rooms and headed for lunch at the resort's main restaurant. We were all dead famished from all the traveling. Went back to our rooms to relax after a satisfied meal.

Our nice little "superior" room. Not a bad room over all, with a safe in that cupboard over there and a small freeze, water boiler directly opposite it. Their rooms are connected as well.

The toilet, which is not bad too, warm water available. The AC is good enough to keep us cool all day.

After resting for an hour or more, we decided to check out the snorkeling package they offer. RM$80 per person for 5 hours of snorkeling at 5 different locations; Coral Island, Salang Reef, Monkey Bay, Marine Center and Renggis Island. Snorkeling mask set and life vest included only, no flippers.

We decided to rent snorkeling gears and swim out from our shore, as a "try-out" as some of us are first timers. At Berjaya Tioman Resort, they charge the snorkeling equipments at hourly and daily rates, which can be quite expensive. But the guy was nice enough to offer us 2 hours of snorkeling at RM$25 with full gear(Snorkeling mask set, flippers and life vest). If I didn't remember wrongly, RM$25 can only, at normal rate, give you snorkeling mask set and flippers for 1 hour. By the time we finished, its already close to 7pm, so we headed back to shower, etc before dinner.

Relax first la!

kC "digging" it!

This pic is so gay I can't resist not uploading it!

Walked out of the resort to this Chinese Sea Food Restaurant, which is pretty cheap. We ordered dishes like steamed fish, prawn, a plate of vegetable, chicken, claypot toufu and it only summed up to around RM$30 per person.

Cheap right?! But we chose fresh juice over these :D

HP and the delicious fish.

This is some cheese prawn thingy, taste... Unique.

Went back to our rooms with some snacks, gay-ed around then off we went to the amusement center, pretty much mean the arcade.

Smoking... Love letters hahaha!

HP loves drinking! You'll know why...

Strangely, we prefer table tennis over arcade games.

Smash coming right up!

Thats pretty much for day 1. Will talk about day 2, where the highlight of the trip is :D

RIP Dr Goh Keng Swee, our noble forefather

Check these notes out! Especially the first $1 and $10! I swear I've never seen them. And my mum has quite a collection of old coins and notes.

2 more days to Tioman, I don't know what to expect but... Let's hope it'll be fun.

I watched part of the cremation ceremony of Dr Goh Keng Swee on TV just now. And I felt real grateful for all that he had done for us, the children of Singapore. Some say because of him we have to serve 2 years of NS, but I think its because of him that we learnt to protect our country. Let's just hope he can rest in peace.

I'm no fun afterall...

Fuck! No chalets available on 5th, 12th and 19th of June! No Aranda, Coasta Sand, Aloha! No Changi, no nothing! Can't get wasted! Can't chill!

Sigh... Looks like I'll have to settle with BBQ again. The problem with BBQ is that... Well, we'll get all sticky and sweaty! Not very chilling! Hahaha!

Sigh... ... FML.

F U-nny PEOPLE

Tonight, I shall sacrifice my reading time to talk about people. There is a minority of us who always act like others owe them big time. Taking advantage of people whom they know will go their way, throwing tantrum at least 20 times a week over little things.

And when people ask them to stop being so fucked up(nicely), they simply push the blame to other things like this or that screwed their day up, etc. But please get this straight my dear(s), NOBODY FUCKING OWE YOU(ALL) FOR WHAT YOU(ALL)'VE BEEN THROUGH! IT MAY BE SOMETHING UNFAIR, BUT IS IT FAIR FOR YOU(ALL) TO ACT ALL BIG FUCK AND CAUSE UNHAPPINESS & INCONVENIENCE TO OTHERS!?

And the best part is you(all) said that nobody cares for you(all) cause no-one actually asked why are you(all) acting like this. BUT WHAT THE FUCK MAN!? Like hell we know whats going on if you(all) don't say!? SEE! THIS IS THE PROBLEM, YOU(ALL) EXPECT PEOPLE TO GO YOUR WAY AND NOW EVEN TO READ YOUR THOUGHTS!?

Then if you(all) want some sympathy from your friends or whoever, please act like you(all) deserve it. Like, if you(all) need company cause you(all)'re feeling bad, why get all boiled up just because they can't be there at that point of time and do shit that pushes them further? Please be more sensible to understand that they may have something to attend to at that time.

Lastly, I want to clarify that this entry is not directed at any individual(s) or group(s). Its purely for self-realization & enlightenment purpose. But if you feel otherwise, then I think its time you(all) wake up your fucking ideas. Peace.

Something to share :D

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Yummy, yum, yum! :D

Labour Day!

Hot Boys Kelong was disappointing. I was pretty damn shocked when I stepped into the main area. People having lunch with tons of double decker beds behind them. Was expecting at least some segregation between different groups, like rooms or something.
The worst part was that they actually switch off the power supply at around noon till early evening, which is the hottest/warmest part of the days.
Regrading the catch rate, well, plenty of palm sized inedible fishes and larger fishes once in a while. Maybe its not the season or something, nothing amazing.

Bottom line: I'll probably never return there under normal circumstance. & I strongly urge those who aren't that into fishing to think twice :D

I want to watch Ip Man 2!!!

Hot Boys, Sibu! Here I come!

A short get away to Hot Boys Kelong near Sibu Island, can't wait to chill!

& regarding our Redang trip, anyone interested please feel free to contact me, the more the merrier! (Hopefully there's still slot for us though :D)

Lastly,
Happy Birthday Qing Hui! :D

Here goes nothing! Last week of May!

Another week has gone, and I'm still alone. Ahaha ok, whatever. Caught Kick Ass last night and its real awesome. Too bad its M18 :D hahaha! I'm totally digging The Karate Kid and Ip Man 2, can't wait for these 2! Iron Man 2... Nah, had enough of super heroes and futuristic techie shits already.

So glad May is approaching, can't wait for July 23rd! I'll be a one year soldier then, muahaha! Hmm... The number 23. Its my rifle number, the date I enlist, subsequently my promotion and ORD date and also the date I passed my TP! Hahaha what a meaningful number...

Damn, I want my Redang trip! I'm going to make it happen. Once I confirm the date, followed by attendance, and we'll be on our way...

I actually have lots of things to blog about, but kinda forgot cause tomorrow is Monday. Ok no link, bye.

Normal to Off-peak ):

Today is the first time I drove to work, and identically the final third. Cause I was told, the moment I stepped into the house, that the car will be converted to an off-peak car next week. My parents are convinced that this is more economical in the long run. I'm pretty disappointed cause that means I'll have to continue with the hectic MRT rides for... I don't know how long, sigh...

I know, I shouldn't be complaining cause at least I've a 7pm to 7am plus weekend car to drive. But what is the point? The car will still be rotting at home from Monday to Thursday (since I can't drive to work, unless I wait in camp till 7pm before heading home, which is totally retarded) cause nobody else drives it, and my dad will be using it at night during weekends. And just so you know, it costs $20 to buy a coupon for driving during the restricted hours.

Maybe I shouldn't be too "spoilt" and know my place. I'm no elite, just peasant or farmer, who has to farm so hard, not up the social ladder, but just to stay alive. Guess its time to be contended with what I have, in this case, an off-peak 7pm to 7am + weekend car.

Oh, & I realised quite a number of my friends are now attached. Looks like I'll be hanging out with myself real soon, hahaha!
& I can't apply off on Tuesday cause there is this last minute seminar I have to attend, FML ): hahahaha!

Lost as ever

The weather these days is so unpredictable. & rain in the evening seems guaranteed.
Kenneth's advance birthday celebration later, followed by my second guard duty for the month tomorrow. Guess I shouldn't be complaining since I already have the benefit of staying out... But then again, that doesn't mean much cause all I do everyday after work is have dinner at home, look at the laptop for another 3 hours before heading to bed.

Sigh... To be honest, I'm quite bored of my current life. But I've got no idea how to go about changing it. Where is that beautiful girl!?!

Journey to the West.

Awesome! I just learnt to travel to NTU and my camp! Basically the west side la! Ahahaha! Its way easier than I thought. The signboards along Singapore's roads are real informative.

We are 1/4 there!

Happy Birthday Alvin Ong!

Took off today because the past 2 days were kinda tiring. I'm a pretty light sleeper so didn't really had enough rest on Saturday's guard duty. Reached home on Sunday morning, went out at noon to get something done and went to Alvin's birthday around evening at his place.

How come there were so many places to go and things to do at night when I couldn't drive and now that I can, they all seemed to have disappeared...?

Oh, and I watched Shutter Island today. That movie is not simple... Ahaha! Clash of Titans huh... Can't wait baby!

April is finally here! Don't know how my guard duties gonna be like but I know I'll have 2 weekend duties cause I've been promoted to Guard-2-IC. Sucks. And did I say I kinda overspent this month? Yeah... I'm pretty low on cash now but still surviving... Maybe another Sushi Tei or Manhattan Fish Market wouldn't hurt :D haha!

Promotion & Passing TP!

Holy shit! I can't believe I passed! Its the last day before my PDL expires too! Haha! The tester was like pin-pointing my mistakes like crazy throughout the test! He said my driving skill is ok, but safety wise quite bad. I thought I'd failed when he was telling me all the mistakes I made in the room but towards the end, he said, considering the heavy rain to how I performed, still okay. And his last words, "don't drink and drive." Ahahaha! Lucky... My tester is a nice man.

Oh, and today is officially the 8th month since I enlisted, means... I've been promoted to a CPL! I know... No big deal, but its still an increase in pay, a step closer to 3SG(means more $$$) and to ORD! Hahaha!

Now, I'll just have to get used to the car and its time to have some fun! & its time to save up for... Maybe A.P.C and some island get away! Gambling cruise sounds good too :D haha!

Good weekend, great nights, better friends.

Great weekend, hanged out with the "automotive people" on Friday. Haha what a name :D
Anyway, played LAN at Mystery Box, ate dao huai at Sembawang road and chilled at Yishun dam.

Wanted to sing on Saturday with the usual bunch, but the place is still under renovation. And the best part is that the restaurant around that area we had planned to patronize closed down. Haha, what luck huh...? We settled our dinner at Khatib in the end. Then we decided to go prawning, but it was too crowded, so we had a couple of drink and went home.

As usual, spent my Sunday lazing at home. Caught Hurtlocker. Was a great movie, but I feel that Avatar, with all the visual effect plus awesome storyline, deserved Oscar more.

And I still don't understand what the fuck is wrong with my hotmail. It just keeps spamming emails to my contact automatically! I've changed my password, did numerous virus scans, but the problem still persist! So whoever, if you're reading this, please do not click on links in the mails sent by me, if in doubt, do confirm with me.

And I need to run/workout badly... So out of shape :/

First MC from Polyclinic

"A sniper with a target 2,500m away has to take into account not only wind and elevation but, to a tiny degree the rotation of the planet."
- Woah.

"It may seem unreal, but it is a fact: regular sex enlarges women's breasts. Sexual excitement intensifies the bloodstream, which may add 25 percent to a woman's breast size. Furthermore, women can raise their IQ with every orgasm that they experience."
- Ahahahaha raise IQ with every orgasm is just too funny! I don't know bout this but its true that woman who engages in healthy sexual activities looks more radiant than those who don't.

Today is the first time I took MC from Polyclinic in my life! In fact, its only the second time I went there due to medical reason. The first was regarding my ankle last year, I still remember the doctor who attended to me was a chio bu! :D Haha!
MC at home, watched some movies and its night again... I really liked Paranormal Activity, can't believe I missed it on big screen... Anyway, time to sleep, getting drowsy from the medicine.

Birthdays! Birthdays! &more to come!

Happy belated Birthdays to Xing Lun & Zhao Yi!

Celebrated Xing Lun's on Friday night at Sushi Tei. The tiger prawn + Unagi sushi thing totally blown my taste bud off, it was so effing good! & while entering my pin number, I can't believe I had a mental block. I literally stoned there for like 5 seconds after keying 2 of the pins. Luckily I managed to remember haha! After that we took a stroll to The Cathay, grabbing some beers on the way. The rest of the night was spent outside Cathay, drinking & chilling.

The next day was Zhao's belated celebration at Hog's Breath Cafe, Chijmes. Pretty nice place with decent live band and huge projected screen. The steak I had was good as well. Then we headed to a pub at Devonshire Road for a drink before heading home. Thanks Zhao for the treats! :D hahaha!

I had been kinda sick since Monday. Coughs, blocked nose, shortness of breathe... Maybe I should report sick tomorrow :D hahaha!

The beginning of something more

Happy Birthday to Jolene and KC!
May y'all have a fruitful 2010!

& this weekend(Friday, Saturday) was actually well spent! All thanks for Jolene's chalet(The bungalow at Pasir Ris Road)! I'm pretty drained out though... But it was fun, all the gambling, etc...

Driving lesson at 8am tomorrow. And I'm reserve 1, hope I don't activated! Ok, I'm out, so tired that I can't even think...

The Chinese New Year breakdown.

Had reunion dinner at my grand-parents(paternal) place on New Year's Eve. Went to Chinatown with some of my poly friends after that. The place was mad crowded! But guess its ok cause it'd been awhile since we met up so I thought might as well... And I was really surprised to see so many chicks there! Haha!

New Year's Day 1 morning was SOP. Went to grand-parents(paternal) place again to celebrate my grandfather's birthday before heading to the maternal side around late afternoon for dinner & some gambling action. I love blackjack, simple yet exciting! Caught Percy Jackson & The Lighting Thief at Cathay with the regulars at midnight, I enjoyed the movie, not so sure bout others.

Visited some relative on the 2nd day, didn't play much as I was saving all the "love" for the night at YL's place :D hahaha! Was fun seeing old friends & meeting new ones. Won some money this year, hope that means the start of something good. But there is a Chinese saying, "赌场得意, 情场矢意", meaning when one wins in gambling, he'll probably lose in love. Haha, let's hope its not true man! I rather have it the other way round :D

And I slept at 3:30 for the past 3 days, so today shall be the 'recuperation day'! May everyone huat this year! Peace!

My time table

Busy, busy, busy, everyday is a busy day at work. Chinese New Year round the corner, are y'all done with new year shopping? For me, I don't even know what to buy. I've become so materialistic that I rather keep all the money than spend it. Tell me, other that family, friends and girls, what else can be more important than money?

Anyway, I haven't met so many of my friends that I'm beginning to wonder if we are still friends! Hahaha! Ok, thats silly. We are all busy, totally understandable. Take me for example, I spend on average each day:
- Wake up at 6am, wash up, travel, wait for MRT & shutter bus, arrive in camp at 8am, 2 hours.
- Stay in camp from 8am to 5:30pm, 9 & a half hours.
- Journey back home; MRT & shutter bus, 5:30pm to 6:45am. Thats an hour & a half.
- Sleep, from 11pm to 6am, 7 hours.

So if you do the math, you'll get, 24 hours = 24-(7 +1:30+9:30+2) = 24-20 = 4 hours! I'm left with 4 hours each day for dinner, bathe, connect with the world and relax! & you know how tiring it is after a long day traveling & stuffs... Where got mood to go out after reaching home!? Even if there is, also save for girlfriend right!? Haiss... But I got no girlfriend :D ahahaha!

Let's just sleep ( :

Random emo thought

January will be over in a flash, its amazing how fast time can fly. Come to think of it, I'm a real sad guy. You see, we're only teenagers once and I've never experienced a teenage kind of love; an under 20 relationship. Youth, its something that will never return once you've lost it. Sigh... I'm just too weak.