Tuesday's soccer with the army mates.





Which, like I said, was an absolute killer. Rushed there just one hour after touching down! Like Rick Astley sings,

a full commitment's what I'm thinking of,
you wouldn't get this from any other guy!

Mams on Wednesday!

It was a little depressing because our competition mate Kiat got hit by H1N1 and couldn't join us. The scary part was that we actually played mahjong the weekend before so it's still a mystery how he actually got it. If anything, I should be the most vulnerable now I guess.

But anyway, he's doing great and bumped into poly mate Lorraine!



And a couple of soccer mates as well. All in all great to be back!

Thursday was as usual movie day with the gang so it was The Hangover and Public Enemies.





Suffice to say, you'd probably know what to expect just by looking at the movie poster. The Hangover - lame, predictable and definitely not funny at all. And I am pleasantly surprised the movie has surpassed the $500 million mark in America already. Seriously! Wassup man.

super-lambo-o-meter: 0/5

Public Enemies was much better than I thought, kinda cool seeing Christian Bale kicking Johnny Depp's ass in the end, but overall, the ending was extremely horrendous and that was very anti-climatic to say the least. You don't get a more trashy ending, considering this was touted to be a big blockbuster. And I also didn't like the fact that the movie mirrored Prison Break in so many ways. Oh come on. There's only one Michael Scofield, and Johnny Depp certainly didn't break out of prison as gloriously. Mr Depp, please go back to the chocolate factory and join your oompa loopas once more. Thank you very much.

one-time-lover-turned-enemy-o-meter: 3/5


My aunt from Kentucky sent me an email this morning titled 'Car Accident'.

We were in a car accident yesterday on the highway. We came upon some really heavy rain on the hilly part of the road. Alot of cars stopped by the curb to wait for the rain to pass. Jerry decided to go through. It was so heavy you couldn't see in front of you. Jerry lost control (came upon something called hydroplane) and the car spun. (remember that Americans drive on the left) The back of the passenger side hit the steel fence along the median and pushed the car out & it turned again, this time the front passenger side got hit and brought down a few of the rails. It spun again and came to a halt along the median.

First thing Jerry asked if I was alright. I was, but my heart was beating so fast & so loud I could hear it. Jerry got out to inspect the damage & said it was bad. He called the police. The rain had slowed down & cars were speeding by...that was quite scary too! I couldn't get out to examine the damage.

The good news was that neither of us got a scratch on ourselves & we didn't hit another car. The whole thing happened so quickly. All I could remember was thinking Jerry would get the steering under control.

The car had to be towed (about 18Km) and we sat in the tow truck to come back to Louisville. AAA charged us about US$108 to tow it back! When we got back, I saw the condition...the front side on the passenger was dented into the wheel, sratches & dents along the side, and the back was caved in. We took some photos with the camera phone. When I find a way to download, will show you the damage.

We were really, really lucky. The median had a steel fence. If not, the car would have gone through to the other side of the highway with the oncoming traffic. There were no other cars at that moment. And the car must be a good model (Nissan Maxima) cos the air bag didn't even deploy. And we didn't even have a scratch on us. An angel must be watching over us!

The car is probably going to be totalled. We still have a pick-up truck!!

Wendy

I could really picture what was going on there because I was in Kentucky for 2 weeks just 3 years ago and it's really very dangerous when you drive in the rain. Well I'm glad nothing serious happened, because it's America and anything can happen. Probably should take time off and go back there once again. I miss that place!

But today, it's back to freezing Perth for the weekend. See you when I'll see you!

This photo means a lot to me because it just shows how much the team's strength has grown over the years and we finally have our new jerseys!

Erm although I look pretty unglam with Donald and Terence. We stick out like a sore thumb. I gotta stop posing like as if I'm at Zouk every single day. 

There's too much soccer recently. 2 hour session till midnight on Friday before a long mahjong session (yeah I wonnnnnn), this game on Sunday and then rushing to airport for my overnight flight and finally after arriving on Tuesday, it will be company dinner till 8pm and then Safra kickabout with army mates.

No wonder I've lost so much weight recently! Before flying I was usually above 85kg or so, and now I'M NOT EVEN 80KG. It's 79.5. Nononono I gotta start going for buffet every day of my life for breakfast lunch and dinner. Please feel free to join me in my quest for weight gain. 

Well of course, everyone is waiting for my grand and noble HARRY POTTER review!



Haven't watched any movies in 2 weeks man. So dying of withdrawal. Alright Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! In the end, the 7-month delay was really well worth it! Caught it with Nicole whom I reckon I haven't seen in 7 months as well. Really exciting stuff, considering I haven't read the book and I was pleasantly surprised to discover who the half blood prince was in the end. And yeah, I can't imagine people were crying when Dumbledore died. Yesssss I know it's damm sad but oh my gosh. It's just a movie. Like when there was one Transformers that died and everyone felt so sad too, can't remember what's that robot's name. But it's ok lah, maybe I have more emotional attachment to real human beings, such that up till today I can't bring myelf to watch The Curse Of The Golden Flower because my beloved Zhou Jie Lun died. And I might not even watch the last episode of Prison Break because a certain someone wrote on my wall that Scofield died in the end.

Ok I'm obviously deviating. That's the longest movie review ever. Everyone give yourself a rainbow clap for making it through.

Yes a rainbow clap. I remember in Primary school got all these dumb clapping patterns. Rainbow clap means you clap in the direction like a rainbow. As taught by Mrs Fong Wee Miang. OH MY GOSH I CAN STILL REMEMBER. Bloody hell. You think what. Mambo ah. Or Wondergirls.

harry-potter-and-those-magic-changes-o-meter: 4/5 !


Just went to see a doctor today, injured myself on board the last flight. Grabbed some stuff from underneath the seat and bang! When I stood up, hit myself hard on the overhead lockers. Felt very very giddy and doctor said might have mild concussion. But because I'm such a great servant on Jetstar, I didn't take MC woh! And I'm certainly not gonna miss soccer training tonight. At the most I don't head the ball lor. Hahaha.

JUST BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS STEVEN GERRARD MEANS YOU'RE INNOCENT?

CCTV evidence: "He was clearly walking round, pondering, musing over what had happened, about the man who said NO to Steven Gerrard... Steven Gerrard joined in the attack with a succession of well-aimed uppercut punches, delivered with the style and speed of a professional boxer."

I don't know why I keep going about attacking all these big BPL clubs but seriously! Would all Liverpool fans quit whining about Gerrard not coming to Singapore! He's committed a crime, he's gotta pay for it. Simple as that. It pisses me off that when Joey Barton only lifts a finger, the world torments him and sends him behind bars but when ohhhh, you're big o STEVEN GERRARD, one of the greatest Liverpool legends ever, you get involved in a nightclub brawl and everyone is pleading for your innocence. I don't give a shit about reputation. It has no meaning in English football and you deserved to be punished. So I hope you spend the rest of your life in jail and next time you wanna find ways to release steam, get a damm hooker instead and too bad, no chilli crab for you in Singapore! Eat your damm jail food!

And Liverpool fans, one more damm comment about Gerrard not coming to Singapore and I will seriously go up to you and give you a Steven-Gerrard-like punch as well!

And another piece of news;

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 3 Newcastle United (last week)

Shamrock Rovers 0 - 1 REAL MADRID (this morning)

THANK YOU CRISTIANO RONALDO AND KAKA PLEASE GO AND EAT SHIT BYE SEE YOU.

Alright pardon my rants. It's been a horrendous 2 nights because there's renovations going on at my place now and it starts at 10am. ZZZZZZ. 10am hello this uncle here still haven't even sleep half of my daily requirements. And to make matters worse - it's going on for the next 2 weeks! Wah lao eh. I have to seriously consider moving to my aunt's place temporarily. Tonight my flight in the evening but I think I'm gonna go airport NOW. I cannot stay at home with all that drilling; can you imagine I'm actually wearing earplugs and watching Discovery Channel wah where got shiok like that!? I'm going crazy!

That's not all! Was a little depressed yesterday because 2 of my closest colleagues quit, just like that. TWO. In a single day! Heart wrenching!

Ok before I do a Steven Gerrard on anyone I think I better ciao now!

NUFC away jersey is out !

Winner winner chicken dinner!
Yellow yellow dirty fellow!



Ohhhhhh yessssss.

I am definitely getting this. And wearing it everywhere I go. And making the whole Singapore blind. I looove bright colours.





I gonna wear that plus yellow socks and yellow shoes. Hahaha. Machiam walking banana sia. Kinda reminds me of my sec school Chinese teacher, Wen Xia. Yessss she wore like that to class ok! No wonder I needed a cornea transplant. So it's payback time!

The team wore this for their friendly against Darlington and wooooooooo.

6-1 BABY. EAT THAT SHIT. Man Utd can only scrape past our neighbours and we are trashing everyone. We'll be back with the big boys by December man. Ho ho ho.



I LOVE MY RONALD MACDONALD JERSEY!!


I am so addicted to Air Crash Investigation now. I mean, with my current job, I'm kinda more inclined to aviation issues now and this series is just simply awesome. We had to watch a few episodes during our training but it seems to be always on Discovery Channel and National Geographic and even on Australian TV. The show can even re-enact everything the cabin crew and pilots said and how the passengers react. Really really realistic! Thinking of buying the DVD! Just checked the schedule and the entire night, one episode per hour. Haha no need sleep liao! Confirm wake up late and stone for my flight tomorrow.

Can't believe that I wasn't called up for standby today! That is soooo sooo rare! BUY 4D LOHHHHH.

Pretty random but life's a little bitch at times, don't you think? Nobody likes being called up on standby because it really disrupts everything and it's very hard to plan things ahead, as I've experienced the past few months. But here I am, staring at my roster and it suddenly does seem that getting called up on standby next week will actually be advantageous for me, so I called to check and oh well, it might seem it will be the first day that I won't be happy not being called up!

Quite simply,

When you want something, it doesn't come.
When you don't want something, it comes.

Thank you Murphy!

Just caught the finale of Master Chef Australia in my room and wahhhhhh. I seriously cannot comprehend the perplexities of cooking. Over one single chocolate dessert, the contestants were working for 2.5 hours trying to perfect it.

ALAMAK JUST GO GODIVA AND BUY CHOCOLATE LAH.

Ok it's 10pm and I think I will go the gym!

These past 3 off days were pretty blissful, because I managed to go out a lot and better still, had my aunt's lovely spaceship to accompany me. But after just 3 days, I'm $44 poorer from the petrol, cashcard top up, and a disappointing small loss at mahjong when I was winning all the way until the LAST game of bei feng. Which made me wonder if I really made a wise investment, but if I consider my friends who were with me for those trips then yeah, kinda divides everything up and it also kinda opened me eyes to owning a car. Guess it's really not that cheap after all. And the greatest revelation - PARKING IN THE CBD AREA IS A WHOPPING $5 PER HOUR. Gosh. It's like living in New York City. Just that New York doesn't have ERP.

Wednesday was a huge night for me. Had a very strenuous soccer session at Safra with the army mates before adjourning to Zouk for Vernon's birthday.



And lesson of the day? Never ever play soccer before clubbing because that's just absolutely crazy.

Super Lambo treat from the birthday boy to everyone, and in the end, despite everyone's insistence, I still didn't budge and gave my share to someone else.




The biggest question of the day from facebook album - what is the blue milk that accompanies super lambo?



You know what? I DON'T KNOW. Maybe those who have drank that can tell me. Some say milk, some say spirit. I say it's SHIT.



This shitass server wasted so much of our time because his bloody lighter couldn't light up and he had to change it 3 times. I bet he had 10 rounds of super lambo before he started his shift.

One by one, off to lambo land!















This is the after effects.



And of course, getting all crazy on the dancefloor. Especially Kiat!











I shall be a demure lady hear me tonight and drink ladies' only drinks.

Jagerbomb and lychee martini!





Same t-shirts. How gay.





Poly gathering today at Fish and Co. Topic of the day was today's newspaper headline - 3 air crashes in the past couple of months. Everyone's saying that I will always be the first to evacuate the aircraft in the event of an emergency and heck care the rest of the passengers. Hahaha. Alright people, I know I'm very demonic and devlish but nooooooo, I don't want to be the sole survivor and when I land on the ground in the parachute, be hounded by 20,000 reporters asking me to explain everything.

If there are any cowards around, it's MANCHESTER UNITED. Cancelled their Jakarta leg of the Asian tour because one hotel got bombed.

HUM CHEE LAH.

ASK THE WHOLE TEAM GO AND EAT HUM CHEE BANG LAH.

Back to Perth after 2 months and boy was it cold. Six degrees with just a jacket. I am a hero! Better hope I don't fall sick! Autumn is coming lorrr!

So anyway it was the first ever Sunday since I started flying that I had an off day in Australia so I took the opportunity to go to church in the morning!

St George's Cathedral



I have to say it was a pretty awesome service. Kinda reminded me of my Student Council Commendation Service in Sec 4. Everything was so planned out! What the Pastor was going to say, what the congregation as going to repeat after, all typed out on a nice booklet.



The church itself was really really beautiful. Somewhat like what I saw in Angels and Demons kind. Really really stunning that I just sat there when the service ended to admire how big it was!

The pastors were really really nice, they came and talk to me after the service! Maybe they knew who the regulars are and they could tell who the first-timers were!

Alright lunch was at Belinda's spanking new rented apartment! Wah these places in Perth are soooo nice! I AM MOVING TO PERTH TOMORROW.







We can even turn the living room into a bed!





Bak Kut Teh (without chilli, unfortunately!) egg omelette and chicken!



Maybe I shouldn't move anywhere because I so cannot cook. I think I'm gonna starve to death living in a house overseas. I will bring my maid with me.

Ice cream for DESSERT. Because Hossan Leong says never gonna run around and DESSERT you.



Ice Cream in winter. SHIOOOOK.

Oh my gosh look what I found in the fridge!


ROTI PRATA??

WITHOUT CURRY?

IN AUSTRALIA??

Drove to Harbourtown for shopping.



IN A MANUAL CAR.



Even though it's only 9 months since I drove a manual car, I wasn't going to do that. IN AUSTRALIA. Of all places! Oh well, Belinda and her house mate did a pretty good job nonetheless. Though it did stall a lot of times. With passer-bys even offering to help push the car! But not so bad as compared to ME driving it. The car would probably still be in the middle of the road next year.

Fish and chips in Fremantle for dinner!





Wah, I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's really the best fish and chips in the world.

Of course, with my self-brought chilli sauce that got everyone staring at me but I DON'T CARE. Nobody should eat fish and chips without chilli sauce. What a loser!

The Little Creatures Brewery!



This is a pub where the beer is brewed locally so it was pretty exciting! But of course, lao niang here doesn't drink beer because it tastes like bittergourd and makes me a fat pig so I had lemonade instead.

Ok going for supper, I've got the MITSUBISHI I SPACESHIP tonight baby. No more Honda CRV! Woooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Get into the groooove.



Right, one should never ever drink so much Red Devils + Jagerbomb in one night. Noooo you won't get drunk but because there's so much Red Bull in all the drinks I ended up tossing and turning the whole night and couldn't sleep even though I'm as tired as a dog.

Anyway yesterday was yet another shitty night. It was like attending Micahel Jackson memorial service. My gosh. When will this end??

BUT, BUT, last night was pretty awesome because I saw so many friends! First up was my primary school friend which I haven't seen since, erm, Primary 6! Of course, loads of secondary school friends, a poly friend, an army friend, all my brother's friends and the regular BOYS. Wicked! Felt sooo loved.

Alright gonna have massive 'feeeels likeeee insommniaaaaaaa ahhhhhhh' again. Back to Tree Hill marathon!

Alright my last trip was pretty awesome, before I even stepped on the plane! The feeling was soooo good! Saw someone familiar at the airport!



Hahaha everyone's going like WHO THE HELL IS THAT.

And that's Aaron Hughes from Fulham FC! And yeah he might be a nobody today but he was an ex-Newcastle player and definitely one of my favourites during our golden era.

And yeah that's probably the closest I will ever get to seeing a Newcastle player and that means a lot to me! The last time I ever saw anyone of them was way back in Primary 5 when they had autograph signing at Takashimaya and Shearer wasn't even in the team yet!

So it was really kinda cool, managed to speak to Hughes a bit and he was with another Fulham colleague but heck lah, I don't have a bloody clue who's in a shit team like Fulham. Hahaha. Fortunately had my camera in my bag! Yes ALWAYS carry a camera with you in the airport! You'll never know who you'll meet!

FAREWELL TO RUSSELL SIM



So this Wednesday's was Russell's last mambo before he serves the nation! Can't believe I still have friends who haven't even enlisted! September will be Marcman's farewell and finally, Kiat's farewell is October. I didn't even have the chance to do this before I enlisted because I just flew back from America after catching my beloved MADONNA in concert!

While the company was great, unfortunately the music was really bad and completely 'un-mamboable'. Should have just gone to kaya factory and get swined!

Yes once again I appeal to the whole world - I know he's dead BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY ALTERNATE SONG HAS TO BE A BLOODY MICHAEL JACKSON SONG.

It's very irritating when the stupid dj plays every damm song from every single era and get this - SOME SONGS WERE ON REPEAT.

Even perennial favourites like Blame It On The Boogie was the Michael Jackson version! Oh my gosh!

For the very last time, my entire crew:









Yes the main man himself is wearing blue to prepare for life in SCDF.



Boys Boys Boys is now Boys 2 Men.





Ah Chris!







Chock, Marcus and the other regulars.
























Vern and Sam!





And yours truly, of course.





Fortunately for Russ, the last strains of the night ended with his favourite songs and not Michael Jackson!



Together in Electric Dreams / Summer Rain



SEE YOU IN 2 YEARS.



He says that because he can't mambo for 2 years, he will print out all these photos and bring to camp and think of us every Wednesday.

OK YOU SHALL NOT DO THAT.

THAT IS SO WROOOONG !