Damien Gone...1 Man Down.

Sad day... it came so suddenly, so unexpected. Haiz...

So freaking lame... 2 months of course all wasted just like that...

Your absence will be felt.

New year relative gathering...

Went for the gathering yesterday night at about 8am. Wah the atmosphere there is really damn high... -_- Really got the new year feeling.

Been a long time since I see all my cousins and aunties and uncles. Basically there was one huge group singing Karaoke, from Hokkien songs by the older generations and more "Hip Hop" songs by the younger generations. Very fun when you see the older people try to sing the new songs. Freaking funny LOL I think most memorable was Jia Yin singing the 戏凤 song... her actions were hilarious. 我一见你就讨厌 再见你更伤心 你要带她走 我就跟你把命拼

After that, we did what we always did on New Year... from like 11pm until 5am in the morning. They were still at it! But I think my mother and I also buay tahan liao... So we just left after that.

Reach home nearly 6am liao. Super shag. Collapse on bed and didn't wake up until 12. Use computer for about 2 hours before collapsing again. LOL. Now 6pm just wake up.

Have to leave home for camp soon... Tomorrow is a very important day. Hope everything goes smoothly.

Misfortune doesn't come alone...

Today is my most "suay" day so far in 2007.

First, I was late for work because I thought today was Thursday (cause it's the 4th day of Lunar New Year). Then I keep thinking the day that I was KM was tuesday. Anyway it's total screw up. I still wake up super early and use com, slack around the house doing nothing. Then after I stepped out of the house and look at my watch, i saw the words 'WED'... Stunned. Nothing to say. Suck thumb. As I result, I have to do SK for 3 days straight. First misfortune.

Later, I forgot to close the record book, and was given the KM test. 4 mistakes = 80 pushup... 2nd misfortune.

After that, went to do the SAR21 review... forgot a lot of things. Got pumped 120 times... 3rd misfortune.

Later in the day, we still went to do some ST and 2.4km run... but that's training, not punishment. So I can't count that in...

Haiz...it's like one bad thing leads to another. Anyway my arms are totally sore... Did more than 200 pushups and countless sets of dumbbell drills. Geez.

Blargh~

2007 First Day Update...

MC Increment

Current total MC strength at a staggering 1420!!! Fully rated, completed with arts and text, neatly classified into their respective folders. More than 300 (27%) increment since I enlisted. I added a lot from my block leave period until now (only about 2 months). I've probably gotten all those that I want. Now, it's just keeping up with the time...

Medieval 2

Still playing the game, but super frustrated. Played with the Ultimate AI mod (which made the game much challenging and fun), but it hanged at some point after I've conquered almost half of the world. Super sian. Think I'll go back to playing Civ 4. Some incredible mods was just released.

My Goddess...

Just finished the second season of AMG. Hmm... a bit disappointed with the ending. It doesn't even seem like an ending. So abrupt, with not much resolution done at the end. The "villian" didn't even die or repent or what... Guess they're saving it for Season 3. Feel that Season 1 was much better. (Classic "Save The World" storyline)

Hong Bao Update...

Pathetic collection... usually Chu Yi a lot of people will visit my house. This year...-_- can cry... I've got like 3 hongbao so far.

Tomorrow...

Will be the first day I'll be the KM. First time in my life. In preparation for the event, I've brought along 20 volumes of TCZ II, 2 huge books I've borrowed from the library last friday, and the S.H.E Concert DVD. Heh... entertainment is so important. I've got the whole day to myself. Minus some sleep time, meal time and taking care of my "kids", I'll probably still have 10+ hours to "zuo bo". That's why all these are so important... Haha.

Jackie And Grando!

Up till yesterday, these are the only 2 dogs I have yet to take. I don't even dare to go into their kennel, but for 2 entirely different reasons.

Jackie - I'm afraid he'll bite me.
Grando - I'm afraid he'll run away.

But today is a BREAKTHROUGH! Woo. I finally get confident enough to actually go into the exercise ground, muzzle and brought Jackie out! May seems like a small thing other people, but to me (and the people in my platoon), it requires quite a great deal of courage for first-timer. I felt so good~

Luckily, Jackie doesn't seems to hold any enmity towards me. I guess 1 month of feeding him helps. Haha. He was surprisingly obedient when following me. So happy lah~ At least now I've overcome one of the major obstacle.

Grando is a totally different thing. He's not fierce. He's CRAZY, both mentality and physically. He's very strong and has the tendency to run away. If I can't muster enough strength to pull him back when he goes into "havoc" mode, he'll AWOL, and I'll be in deep "poo".

Next monday (2nd day of New Year), I'll be all by myself. For the first time. I have no one to depend on except myself. On that day, I have to take out EVERY SINGLE DOG... hope everything will go smoothly~

Zacky

Haiz... the future road will be filled with tribulations and obstacles...

Anyway, did something different today, which is definitely good as it gets you away from the normal work once in a while.

Ever tried bowling like there's no tomorrow? Like you own the whole freaking alley. LOL. I finally experience that today. Bowl to your heart contents. Just keep "throwing" balls after balls. Haha. You don't usually get this kind of chance... I guess. Now that I think about it... been a long time since I last bowl. 1 year at least...

Anyway, I got marked. -_- And I got a new name - Zacky, bestowed upon me by... Blargh. Don't know what to say... except I felt very 无奈...

A: "So... what's your name?"
Me: "Zhen Zhao..."
A: (Hard to understand look)
Me: "Er... you can call me 'Z Z', that's what my friends called me"
A: You don't have a English name? Hmm...I'll come up with one for you.

That's how I got this name. Haha. It sounded like a dog name to me initially... probably due to the influence of Jackie.

Basically it was a fun event. Got to see a lot of "heroic" figures. The games like minefield, Birthday Line, Tower of Feetsa, Bingo were quite fun. Got to know the seniors better...

Overall, it gives me some idea of what to expect in the upcoming future... definitely "widen my horizons"... I guess...

Think before you do anything stupid...

I did something extremely idiotic and dumb today. And I got "make love" upside down because of it. ZZZ...

When I was "invited" to do that thing, I knew it was dumb. I knew at the moment that it serves no purpose, and is likely to get me into trouble.... but I still did it in the end. After that I think back and I felt like a fool...

I was still wondering why I did what I did at that moment. My mind told me "NO" but I still went ahead out of playfulness I guess...LUCKILY, that event just ended there and didn't get bigger. Whew...

Anyway, the bottom line is, think before you do anything stupid. Think of the consequences and what could it lead to. Even it may seems like nothing much on the surface, it could have lots of implication that you may not be able to see. Most importantly, don't do anything you're unsure about out of playfulness or curiosity even if it seems like a very SMALL thing to you...

Best way is, do everything you're told to, and don't do anything you aren't told to...

*Archived As 'The Skipping Rope' Accident"

Finding Motivation...

Recently, I manage to regain a little motivation to do some things instead of rotting away every single day...which is what I've been doing for a long long time...

First, I've finally started on something to program. Been like years since I opened JBuilder. The feeling is so...陌生 already. When I wanted to just type something, I don't even do what to do... and then errors start popping up for even little things like making arrays... Luckily, all of these things started to resurface in my head very quickly as I started to do...Now I think I'm "as good as old".

I've been wanting to do this since I got to my new vocation, but it keeps getting delayed and delayed due to the lack of motivation (and losing touch for so long). I don't know what to start, how to start and it gives me headache just opening that thing.

Anyway, currently working on the prototype. Progress is slow, but I'm still satisfied. I don't want this to turn into something that is stressful. It's just something to let me feel like I'm doing something. Now I try to like spend 2 hours every weekend to do. If I'm feeling good on weekday, I'll just open and add like 5 lines of code, or solve a small bug. Even if I just add one small feature or solve a bug every week I'm more than happy~Looking at the progress I'll probably able to get the prototype done before April.

Second, I've finally find some motivation to exercise. I think it's due to the IPPT test. Haha. (Bad things happen when you fail IPPT Anyway, last thurday, I volunteer to go and run on my own in the camp. Almost 2 months since I last ran in Tekong. Timing, 12 mins 40+ seconds. I failed, but not as bad as I expected. I thought my stamina would go back to the time before I enlisted... luckily it's not that 'jialat yet. I've determined to not fail IPPT... I'll run and do pull up whenever possible.

Third, not really related to motivation... but I feel that I'm "getting better" at my job. I've grown from "worse to bad". Haha. Yeah I was horrible in the past. Now I'm just lousy. I'm getting a lot of advice from the seniors (Thomas especially) and I'll strive to be better.

Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu - Continued

Currently at episode 10...

What I can say about the drama is... Horrendous acting, but still enjoyable.

Haha. The acting is really quite horrible. Some parts are extremely fake. The storyline is so predictable...

Basically, it's a very basic, very simple drama that follow the "Problem", "Solution", "Problem", "Solution"... storyline.

First 3 episodes basically introduces the characters and establish the relationship between Quan and Rei Xi.

Problem 1: Rei Xi brother (Lin Jun Jie) threaten to take her home if Quan can't do high jump. In the end, Quan overcome the obstacles...

Problem 2: The main characters went to work at a rural hostel. Rei Xi got aimed by the bad guy who tried to rape her... Quan appears to save the day. -_- (Extremely extremely predictable scene that had been used in hundreds of idol dramas)

Problem 3: The grand hostel competition at the school. Basically, Rei Xi got kidnapped and Quan again appeared to save the day, and they won the competition.

Problem 4: A reporter came and tried to "Ji siao siao". In the end, she was chased away by Quan... -_- (Very bo liao I feel, ran out of ideas?) Some of the things the doctor did in this portion are quite amusing...

Still, the whole show is very enjoyable to watch. The next problem is the most interesting one. Xiu Yi (in love with Rei Xi), tried all sorts of methods to dismiss the "fact" that he is homosexual. He tried to avoid her, get a girlfriend and all that stuff but still failed in the end. In episode 10, he gave up and declare himself gay, and announce his love for Rei Xi. The ENTIRE episode is darn hilarious...(especially the confession part) I was laughing all the way from start to end.

Xiu Yi is the JOKE of the whole show. All the scenes involving him are absolutely humorous, especially those about him imagining how he and Rei Xi are involve in some intimate actions... There's one phrase that Quan said: 这个家伙，爱上男人已经有点扯，还爱上一个扮成男生的女生

LOL...funny stuff. Very interesting... eager to find out what's going to happen next...

没天良：真正的爱情就像鬼魂一样，每个人都在说，可是没几个真正遇到过