“Have A Loose and Colourful 2010!”

well, good bye 2009. hello 2010.
2009 has been a rather awesome year, yea, bumps here and there. but i’m glad its been a hell of a journey. Every year, i set myself three major goals to fulfill. i shall touch on these below.

i finished my service to the nation this year. i thank all who has served with me throughout my service in N.S. they have made it an experience. the one thing i really can never expect is that i’d be working alongside my APC when i was in OCS. i thank Verdy for giving me a chance to work with him. i must admit that it was quite terrifying to even imagine working under someone who made you leopard crawl to the low wall at 3am in the middle of the night with thunderflashes and smoke grenades being thrown around you. but things worked out fine. i must say i am having a lot of fun working with him and more importantly, i am learning a lot from the company and him. i can see his vision for the company, and i want to carry his vision. his vision is my vision. let’s bring this company to where we want it to be.

i spent a month in India. it was sort of a getaway trip for me after my national service. i was looking forward to it cause i could see my cousin whom i havent seen in a long while. try, 10 odd years. we had fun in india. i learnt a lot in india, and took back the good parts of the culture from india to singapore. i approach people who look lost now, and give them directions and help them. thats what they do in india. i chilled out with jamshed wadia in india. chilling with him in india is really different from chilling with him in singapore. its like, in singapore, its my home. in india, its his place, his turf. you could see a different kind of spark in his eyes. i view india as my 2nd home now. nevermind the jams, and the dirt, the rampant peeing. they’ve got good food. thy’ve got nice people. if ever i become uncontactable one day, try india.

i took up my guit teacher’s challenge to to something great. and i pieced up a gig together with a canadian friend of mine. we nailed, some, we missed some. but we tried. i thank all who came down to support me and see me achieve one of my big goals of the year. 2010 is going to be a another year to do something great. i know what i want to do already, but i won’t tell you yet. i love you guys.

2009 was the year i did my first marathon. i pushed myself to the limits, i wasnt proud of my time (thats why i dont wear the finisher tee. thats why i dont wear the singlet.) but i was happy i pushed myself to the limits. i thank Timothy, Jacky and Keith for being there with me. to the K.L chc girls who congratulated me after my run. you girls are sweet. and to kristy too!

those were some of the interesting things in my life of this year.
now, to make amendments to those i hurt.
im sorry for all the hurt i’ve caused. i never meant to do it although i had to. we need to do drastic things to make things right. you take the simple way out, things will be difficult. you take the difficult way out, things will eventually become simple. if i caused a you to tear, i probably would, in john mayer’s words, pour tears into your drying eyes. im sorry.

here’s a personal note to all who have in some way of another made an impact in my life this year.
Tim – dude, this year, will be our tenth year as buddies. i think the fried rice nonsense, the fire incident, it will all keep surfacing once in a while, and will definitely come up again at our weddings. the first ten years was crazy shit. we still get each other’s jokes and only laugh at our own stupid stuff.i’m glad i’ve got you as a buddy. although you like to talk a lot about your stuff. and you used to not give an opinion about my problems (but you’re changing! really. you start telling me your views on the opposite gender and i totally feel you on that!) you’ve got me as a friend.

Keith chan- dude, you’re one of the sweetest , most tolerant (haha!) boyfriend ever. just keep on keeping on in your studies and you will see where you’re headed. im sure your career will turn out awesome. thanks for being the gentleman. always.

Keith he – oh wait, you dont read blogs. haha. in any case, if you stumble upon this. STOP BEING HYPCRITICAL. whenever i ask for your opinion, its like, up to you, and when i do it, you scream at me. “WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!” for real, bro?

Jamshed Wadia (im full naming you cause google will inform you. i remember!) – we seldom talk/hangout, but i still regard you as my friend, my close friend. i know that whenever i have got a problem, i can approach you. and i will approach you. i regard your opinion highly. everytime i see you, i smile, because i know you wont judge me because of what i have done. i’ve got a friend in you.

Verdy – thanks for giving me a chance to work with you. i really learnt a lot. i want to grow in design in the company, and carry the vision of the agency. and im glad i’ve got you to mentor me with my journey here. and yes! we got really screwed up thinking and funny nonsense ideas. we cannot run for presidency because the world will be more screwed up than what it already is. we must do what we must, to the ends of the earth, across the universe!

Matthew – how can i talk about one of my director and not talk about my other director. how can i not thank him who feeds me? thanks for giving me a chance to be part of the team. i really believe if we work our ass off, we can get to where we want to go. and i am happy to be working under you. just for you today, Liverpool rocks.

Ah Yong – ahyongyongyong. im glad we trashed things out yesterday. im beginning to see that you really have changed. i hope things between us are like that forever, got any problems, we trash out. we talk, like guys. Arsenal FOR THE WIN.

Jiayu – thanks for everything. you know me really well huh. people are surprised when they ask me about my schedule and i direct them to you instead. thanks for listening. i hope things will work out between joseph and you!

Kristy – my sweetest friend! you arent afraid to tell me i am wrong. and it pisses me that you dont get my point, but when you reiterate your point to me, my point doesnt really matters anymore. stay rock and cool. and hey, pow and you… it will work out. just chill and dont put pressure on yourself.

Jiaying – i know you will be reading this. and if you dont see your name, the princess will complain. so. hey princess. learn to make milo at least la. if not next time your child want to make milo. how?! get your doctor boyfriend to make huh?!

RYAN WRONG AND VALERIE RIIYON – BRO! SMLJ!! yes, you’re damn vulgar and always always always trying to make a fool out of me. but i know beneath that clown, is a boyfriend to his devoted to his girlfriend. beneath the “SIOLA, THAT GIRL HOT SIAL. CAN TOUCH NO NEED TO PAY MONEY ONE” is a guy who would protect the integrity of his friends. thats what a brother is. and HEY SISTER, you gonna do great things for design. just chill and do what you do now. you’re already good. dont pressure yourself ok. sisterhooooood yo! MAN UTD CITY POWER!

Luke – hey dude, im glad we gayed out last night. i am glad you and the Wrong are my friends i made in N.S. lets just keep on keeping on. if you need a helping hand. i’ll pull you up. i’ll be there. lets just walk.

to the rest of my friends out there: there are so many of you i want to thank.
to david, for teaching me all that i have to learn in logistics. i salute your dedication to Team D.
To adrian, thanks for the nonsense every week!

to adelinnnnnnnnnneeeeeee, $@#$$$^^Y^@@%%^&^&&##&$%$#&%$@@$^^@$$^@&@@&$$@%@%$@$%%&%&$%@$%$%&$$#@#$@#. decipher that! i think you’re a lovely girl.

to jacky, LSKLSKLSKLSK <-lau sai kia. :/

so before i i end this post, to all my friends and loved ones, this one IS for you.

Standard Chartered Marathon 2009

so every year, i set aside three goals for myself. i completed one during the middle of the year. and i just finished another one yesterday.
honestly, i thought it was impossible. throughout my run/walk/stretches, i felt like it was impossible. sure, i wanted to give up. sure, i thought i was too weak to go on. but faith kept me alive. i finally realized that when you hit long distances,its your own race that you’re running. just keep on keeping on.
my first marathon. definitely not my last. pushing myself to the next level again come 2010!

this one’s dedicated to all those who believed in me.

curve or bold?

bold

or curve?

i like it, its nice. slim. and business like. i can update my tweets, surf the net while waiting for people who are really late when it comes to meeting me, etc etc. just that the curve’s an older version, a tad slower and less stylish looking.

but maybe i want to do games too. how?

jabez…

“..Jabez probably had to struggle with being unwanted and unloved. He must have suffered rejection as a child and that would probably have been a big handicap in his life. But Jabez’s faith was stronger than his handicap. So instead of being a cause of pain to others, he rose up and laid hold of God in faith to become a great man of God…” -Pastor Kong.

i must remember who i am. i must remember who my God is. i must remember what my God.

gravity…

iwokeupwantingtogobacktosleepagainbutihadtoworksoiwenttowork.
wheniwenttotheoffice,everyonecouldfeeliwasglum.
ireceivedacallintheafternoonwhichgotmeirritatedandiretaliated
atthepersonoverthephonewhothencalledmyofficerandhecameovertospeaktome.
ialmosttearedwhenitoldmyselfishouldgointotheHouseofGodbecauseineededHim.
onthewaythere,itstartedtorain,igotdrenchedtomyfeet,mysockswerewet,
myshoeswassoaked,iwantedtowhipoutmyphonetotextyoubutitwasspoilt.
isleptthroughtheeveningandwokeupnotwantingtoeat.
isettledforyoghurtlaterintheevening.andthatshowsthedaysgoingtoend.

gravity…. stay the hell away from me…

decisions

We make millions of decisions in our everyday lives. the decision to take one bus service from another. the decision to have lunch or not, the decision on whether or not to let people’s emotions affect you. 

some decisions leave bad consequences. others makes you stronger. 

i do believe that the past of our decisions will come back to haunt us. but whats done has already been done. that’s why we look forward in our race to finish. who sets off a race with an intention of quitting halfway? and so what if we fall from our races? in a race, there’s always a winner, but does that make the loser any less of a man than the winner? i don’t think so. 

the winner can walk home with a trophy. but the “loser” walks home with a determined heart to strive harder. and that drives men to go on in life.

random stickies- 1) luke has a damn cool beatles tee. 2) francis is looking for a steve irwin top that isnt too steve irwin. 3) i hope i win the coming safti’s 16th anniversary photo taking competition. so i can buy a hamster in put it in ME Team. i will name it Becky (if its a girl). (:

i am a rock, i am an island.

when my boss is not around in the office, we usually do crazy stuff, the craziest was to break open glow sticks and collect all the liquid in a wine glass. i’m pretty certain an unsuspecting person will drink it thinking its the elixir of youth.

anyways, just a few days ago, luke was listening to Simon and Garfunkel in the office. i’ve heard of these legends, but i never bothered to listen to them until he dedicated the following song to me. please note that this was done when they’ve become old. but still, legends will always be legends.

i’m a little under the weather. there’s a “civet cat” running around the office and no one wants to catch it. instead, they caught the flu bug. luke says boss hasn’t gotten it yet because he’s not around in the office much to catch the bug. HAHA.