You don't mess with Bird Nests

Bird Nests can fucked you up.

I went for a birthday dinner, those similar to wedding kind, and they served birds' nests as the dessert.

I went home happy happy with a full stomach, and by 2 am, I was fucked up.

My eyes were so swollen, my lips were abit swollen, and I had block and running nose.
My face literally looked like this.... -_-

I could barely open my eyes and I felt itchy all over.

Went to the doctor first thing the next day.

The Class of Derby County

Here is the team that I have using for FM09. It is one of the best I ever had.
It gives me great joy to introduce them.
Some of the players I use FM Scout to search for them, but some of them I really took hard work and sweat to find them.

Formation: 451

Here is the formation I have been using.
Striker: The striker has to be "modern" and be able to fulfill a number of roles. He has to be able to score, hold the ball up and push the opponent's defensive line deeper, thus creating more space for the midfielders.
Attacking Midfield: The striker is backed up by 3 attacking midfielders, making forward runs and causing havoc. They are all quick, creative and intelligent.
Midfield: This is followed by 2 midfield centres who protect the back 4 , so they have to have good tackling, work rate and stamina.
Full Backs: The modern game requires full backs to be able to attack and defend. Therefore, they have to be speedy, high work rate, stamina and good positioning. They won't be doing much tackling, as their jobs is to intercept balls and block crosses from coming in.
Centre Backs: At first I wanted them to be able to head the ball, strong and aggressive, just like Sol Campbell. However, the modern game requires them to have some kind of pace as well. I was lucky to find 2 defenders to have both.
Goal Keeper: Often under-rated, I think the goal keeper is one of the most important player. I always look for players with good reflexes, agility. command of area and aerial ability. In this way, he can DOMINATE his area and block any attacks, whether they are high or low shots.

1. Ben Foster
He is reliable and stable. No mistakes made by him, but also no games that he becomes a spiderman and saves every ball that comes his way.
I bought him in my second season with Derby and he has been ever present in my team.
A solid buy at just 1.5 million.
Highly recommended for weak to mid table teams.







2. John Williams
He came from Derby's youth team. I was surprised to find him in my reserves and although he is not world class, he definately has the stats to suit my team and style of play.
This season his contributions have not been very outstanding, due to his poor defending.
However, his attacking form is very good as he has contributed 4 assists this season.







3. Gary Grant
I found this player myself! I bought him from Blackburn(sorry Tay) for a cheap fee of just 4 million.
In just 1 season, his reputation became world class and he was called up for the England team.
He became a regular, replacing Ashley Cole at just 21!
He is one out of 4 world class players in my team.







4. Francesco Buriani
This Italian defender came to me in a very very weird way.
I didn't find him, but my assistant manager did.
I was looking for a defender centre, and I asked my assistant manager for any recommendations. He recommended Buriani and I took a look at him.
At first, I was very sceptical as Italians cannot adapt to the English lifestyle. But his stats were so good that I plunge into it.
At that time, he had just signed a contract with A.S Nancy, a french team. However, the contract he signed lasted just 1 year! Needless to say, I picked him up for free after 1 year. He is the 2nd of my 4 world class players. =)



5. Danny Price
Another player from the famed Derby Youth Academy. Like John Williams, I didn't know he exists until I had an easy game to play and wanted to rest some of my players. He came in, did a good job defending and when Liverpool wanted to buy my first team defender, I sold my defender and let Danny Price make the step up.
He was highly recommended by my players and coaches to be the Captain.
At just 22, he is my captain.
Although his defensive stats are fantastic, his attacking stats are shit. Really shit.



6. Luke Marsden
Ok, I use FM Scout to find this youngster. I was a bit short on midfielders at that time. I wanted a hard tackling midfielder. I decided to be like Arsene Wenger and invest in youth. So I use FM Scout to find me the player with a high potential.
However, I really did not expect him to develop until to be so goooood.
His long shots are just superb. The only flaw I think is he is not aggressive enough and he can't head the ball for nuts.





7. Danny O' Connor
This guy I am DAMN proud of. He came from my youth team and my assistant manager say that he is probably the best player of his generation.
He is only 19 years old and yet his stats look very similar to Steven Gerrard.
Really, he seems superb in every way I look at him.
If I really have to criticise him, I think it would be his heading.
But seriously, I am damn blessed to have a player like him.



8. Luis Suarez Gonzalez
I bought this player for 18 million from Reading. My original right winger, Giles Barnes, had an attitude problem so I sold him. I couldn't find a replacement, so decided to spend big on him. I have no regrets though because he is turning out to be quite a good player.
No flashy shows like Ronaldo, but he is very efficient.
I just like to see him take the ball, dribble down the right flank, and cross for Chris Pearce to score!




9. John Fleck
Like Ben Foster, he is a real life player. Only both of them are real life players. The rest are regens that are generated by the game randomly. In this way, you will never play the same game twice.
I forgot about this player but Marvin reminded me of him.
In real life, he is dubbed "Wayne Rooney of Scotland".
He used to be good, but compared to the rest of my team, he is ok. However, I have some feelings for him as he has stuck with me for nearly 6 years.

Real life picture of John Fleck

10. Sam Roberts
Ok, he looks weird. But he is WORLD CLASS. He links up with Chris Pearce damn well. Many times, he takes the ball runs through the middle, and just slots the ball for Chris Pearce to run and score.
Simple pass, simple goal.
The only negatives of him is he just can't shoot. His finishing skill is only 13, and although he scores some, but he miss them more.
I will probably ask him to place his shots, in order to increase his scoring rate.
Oh, and he gets injured MOST OF THE TIME.
Stole him from Newcastle for just 2.8 million.


11. Chris Pearce.
This guy needs no recommendation. He is the jewel in the crown.
I wanted to make Danny O'Connor the vice-captain, but everybody liked him so much that I made him the vice-captain.
The only negatives of him, is his preferred foot is right foot only, long shots and positioning. Maybe his passing and bravery needs to be improved too.
But what the heck, he scores 1 goal per game for me. Better than Ronaldo.



Now that you have seen my team, I am hoping for some nice feedback. Who do you think I should replace? Who should improve and in what way etc.
Most of the players, I have some kind of bond with them. I have played the game the "Arsene" way by buying them young and developing them.

Hope you like this introduction as I definately enjoyed myself typing it. Now I feel even more gian to play. MUST CONTROL MYSELF.

Any comments?

EPIC Match

EPIC MATCH.

I was losing 2-0 at half-time. Gave them a damn good "hairdryer" treatment and send them out.

Within 10 minutes I pulled a goal back. But my stupid defender had to get himself red card for a 2 feet tackle.

I thought sure doom. But I played 3 defenders, 4 midfielders, 1 attacking midfielder and 1 striker. I had a feeling Newcastle will try to attack to get a 2 goal cushion, so I played counter attacking.

By 80th minute, I thought ok, another FA Cup gone. Try again next year. But then suddenly, the ball got cleared to my AMC who treaded a through ball to Chris Pearce to score in the 87 minute!

Literally jumped for joy.

Then in the 90th minute, Chris Pearce was 1 on 1 with the keeper again! But Coloccini went to foul him, so its 10 men each.

Then in stoppage time, the ball was crossed in the box for a goalmouth scramble. There was chaos and mayhem as everybody wanted to kick the ball. In the end, the rebound fell to Pearce who just BANG it home!

I jumped up and stand up with my hands raised and my maid say "Crazy", then walked away.

Fantastic victory.

Hope my r/s will end in a bang too. :)

My GF plays football

My girlfriend plays football.

She went to play some water football in Jurong with her friends.
Football is such a contact sport, and she is playing with some guys.
Sure get taken advantage.

Tell her not to go, but she wants to go.
I cannot control her, so I close 2 eyes and say ok, go.

Dabing say definately will get taken advantage. :(

EDIT: Oops. Wrong info. Not playing with guys. lol.

Anyway, today I read in the newspaper that Jazreel won some pageant contest. The thing I want to highlight is that she said she is working as a secretary in some investment firm and hopes to transit to be a junior trader when she graduate.

I'm so impressed. Why didn't the hell I think of that.
I'm always think that part time jobs are stupid because they don't really add to your resume. Therefore, I didn't work for Ghim Hong's call service job etc.

But I should have done what she did. I'm so demoralised now. Already 1 step behind NUS, NTU and SMU students, now I'm 1 more step behind SIM students.

Guess I got to buck up.

Today's mood: Doom and Gloom.

Upturn in fortunes

My world class striker Chris Pearce, which I posted in the previous blog post, has been injured for 3 months!

Thankfully, his deputy, Vaclav Kadlec, a Czech Republic striker has taken over his position superbly.

Vaclav Kadlec is a real person in real life, unlike Chris Pearce, and can be bought at the start of the game for a free. :)

Here is his stats.


As you have noticed, his stats is somewhat similar to Chris Pearce. Super in the air, and has good finishing ability. He has pace, although not very fast, but still enough to cause problems to a slow and pushed up defence.
Though not as good as Chris Pearce, he is what I call a complete striker.

Notice his goals per matches. Twice this season, I have played him in the 80th minute and he came off the bench to score a 90th minute goal. Fantastic super sub.
As Chris Pearce is injured, I have played him in 2 matches and he has scored in both. A good deputy.

As for my results, I think I have finally found the sweet spot :)
I used to play short passing football with a normal tempo. I thought that was very similar to the way Arsenal play in real life.
The results I got were not very good. Although I had very high possession and shots, I find that I was creating too little clear cut chances and my possession was due mainly to my players playing very cautious passes.

One day, I read an interview by Fabregas regarding the way Arsenal play football. He stated that Arsene Wenger encouraged them to play forward passes. Mistakes were allowed, but if you give the ball away carelessly, that was not tolerated.
This statement set me thinking. Maybe Arsenal were not playing short passes, but more of passes that were generally more attacking/forward. To conduct my experiment, I watched the match Arsenal vs Wigan.
My theory was proven right.

Arsenal were playing very attacking passes. Only the Defenders were allowed to play short passes that were mainly cautious. They were also capable of long passes when openings were spotted. This was mainly done by Fabregas.

So I went back to FM's tactical board and created a more direct passing tactic. I also made more forward runs for my players. More forward runs = more forward passes.
Direct passing didn't mean that there were more long ball passes, but meant that passes were more direct, more towards goal, rather than trying to keep possession and pass the ball short.
Direct passes can also be on the ground, not just in the air.

I created the tactic and then tried it. The results? Simply superb.



The football has been fantastic to watch at times, and there was always an element of control in the game. Sometimes I had less than 55% possession, but I was always attacking and the opposition chances were long shots at goal, hardly threatening.

Enjoy :D

Jizz in my pants!

As only Mahfin read my FM posts, I decided to post something else.
Since Limin love this song 李玖哲 - 想太多, I decided to post a song that I just heard!

Its called Jizz in my pants!

Here is the URL to see it. :)

Video on Youtube.


I COULDN'T RESIST THIS FM POST. WAS HAPPILY PLAYING AND THIS HAPPENED.

Rainy Day

Heng today got no school!!!

It's been raining non stop since morning until 1 pm in the afternoon. Limin is still asleep, I'm feeling drowsy due to the lack of sleep and its so cooling!

Feels great to laze around at home. :)
Going to enjoy this precious moment by studying FI.

FM Update:
I managed to get both Oscar and John Fleck homegrown by using an editor. Cheat? Yes, but considering I got cheated in the first place gives me to right to use it. :)

Anyway, I bought this young striker for 5.5 million from Bolton. I had some money to spend and
needed a striker. I found this young kid and Bolton had just been relegated. I was at first reluctant to spend 5.5 million on him as that's all the money I have. But I had a hunch he was going to be a star as his stats is superb for a 17 year old.

This is him as a 17 year old.


And this is him 3 years down the road, as a 20 year old. Notice the difference in stats and value.



Fantastic development. he is going to be my star striker for the next few years. A pity his favoured foot is right only. However, he is really the complete striker. I love strikers height, big, strong and fast. As a lone striker, the ball can go to him in every way and he will be able to feed on it.
The only thing weak about him is his Long Shots, Right Foot Only, Determination, Decisions, Anticipation and Natural Fitness.
Other than that he is puuurrrrfect. :)

Sudden fall in FM09

Ok no WTF.

I bought Oscar and Fleck when they were 18. But they didn't get homegrown status despite being at my club for 3 years. I was so angry that I immediately submitted a post to the FM game forums asking why is this possible.
They replied that they turned 19 during their 1st season, so in truth they were 19 when I bought them.
This is utter RUBBISH.
Cristiano Ronaldo was bought by ManUtd on July 2003 and he was 18 years old. On feb 2004, he turned 19, so he shouldn't be homegrown too.

I replied this answer to the forums and everyone kept quiet. Still awaiting a reply from them.

After browsing throught the forums awhile, I came upon this thread which really sums it all up.
Just watch and enjoy.


Stupid game. They talk so much but cannot deliver.

Lim's Top 5 players to buy in FM09

I have made an update since the 9.03 Patch Database. Click Here to see it!


In every football manager game, there are a few precious talents that are young, cheap and waiting to explode on the scene. I have just played finished my 4th season in FM, and am proud to present to you the top 5 players to buy in FM09.

These players are all young, cheap and not meant to throw head first in a big team like ManUtd, Chelsea etc. However, they will serve you well if you are a smaller club.

Lets get rolling.

5. Daniel Aquino - AML/FC, Murcia
This Spanish striker is young, able to play on the left and has good creativity. More of a Del Piero striker than a Ruud Van Nisterooy type. Having pace and strength is what I look for in strikers, as they are able to run fast and yet shrug off challengers from defenders.
The only downside is his preferred foot is his left only.


4. Robert Lewandowski - SC, Lech
This polish striker might differ from game to game as he has a random potential. However, on my game he is RED HOT. He has pace, strength and jumping ability. A complete striker.
The only downside is his preferred foot is his left only.


3. John Fleck - AM/FLC, Rangers
This guy might be a tad difficult to get for small clubs, but in the 2nd season you can get him for around 3 million. Here is a trick I did to get him. Offer them 1 million to loan him and a 2 million option to buy. They will accept this rather than accept a 3 million offer to buy him outright.


2. Oscar - AMC, Sao Paulo
You can get him for 4 million. Its in his release clause. The only downside about him is his low passing rating. However, he still makes 100 through passes per game. What I like about him is his finishing and off the ball ability. In my game, I slapped a 50 million tag on him, and yet there are numerous clubs ready to pay.



1. Mascio - MC, Cisco
This Brazilian/Italian midfield centre has the attributes to be a tough tackling midfielder or a creative attacking midfielder. You can pick him up for 250k in the beginning of the game. Die die must buy. I bought him in my 5th season on a free transfer. If I had bought him earlier, he would have a homegrown status. Perfect for any club.


Most of the good attackers in the game are left sided. Its hard to find some good right sided players. I know there is a lack of defenders in my top 5, but I really can't find any!
Hope you enjoy this post and look forward to a pleasant FM gaming.

Bolt

This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long long time.
Strangely, 2 of the good movies that I last saw were cartoons. This and Kungfu Panda.

This movie had everything, action, comedy and some parts of it were quite touching. It was abit predictable, but what can you expect from a Walt Disney movie?

Highly recommend everyone to watch this movie.

Updated Ipod Touch!

Whoooo!


But there is something wrong with it. Why is there a darker shade behind the time and the slider?

David Beckham!

David Beckham just graduated from my youth team!


This game rocks

"Zhng" my Ipod

Many thanks to Yip for showing me the way. However, you may think that his guide is very detailed, but actually it is not.

I let this girl, who is one of Ghim Hong's gf, follow yip's guide and she got lost several times. In the end, her Ipod still got hanged, and she had to hard restore it.

Anyway, really after zhnging my ipod, I really think it is the world best hardware. You can do anything with it. The only downside is that it can be quite complicated at times. One small mistep can cause your ipod to hang, and then you have to hard restore it.
So, always make a backup!This is how my ipod touch looks like now. i want to zhng it somemore. A little bit of icons here and there and then it will be perfect.

Football Manager Update

Not sure why it posted twice for the last post, but nevertheless here is the update.

I went to the Football manager forums and went to search for help. And I found this guy went to make a 50 page pdf file explaining how tactics should be made and even include an Excel file to help you choose your tactics.
Immediately downloaded it and speed read through it. After applying some of the formula, I'm still losing but at least my players look more compact and more like a team.

After the fans asked me to change my formation, I change from a 442 to a 451. Hey presto!

A fantastic 3-0 victory. :)
Now I'm using this tactic and have some very good results. I'm still losing certain games, but its down to player mistakes rather than my tactics. I'm sure there is room for improvement as I progress through the game. I need to create an ultra defensive tactic that plays counter attacking football against the Big teams and a very attacking and pressing tactic to use against weak teams.

Suddenly, the game is looking more addictive :D

Football Manager

This game is so freaking hard that it's not fun any more.

Feeling guilty because have not been studying despite my lofty goals.
So bored at home with nothing to do.

I need more spice in my life. Hopefully can find some in love.

Sick

What a horrid time to fall sick. Due to Monday's running in the rain and Tuesday's swimming in freezing cold water, I have fallen ill.

The worst thing is, although I'm sick and staying at home, THERE IS NOTHING TO DO. No Football Manager, no Fifa Manager, NOTHING!

I rather be in school.

Anyway, I promised Limin that I won't use the computer, so I will be logging off soon. I think I will do MSM later to make me feel better.

Presents

Anybody out there who, out of their kind heart, wants to give me presents for christmas or belated birthday etc, please buy for me..

1. Football Manager 09
2. Fifa Manager 09

Blog skin

So hard to find a nicer template for my Blog.

I want something simple with large fonts so easy to read.
Those on the website all so complicated with so many pictures. The pictures also very "act", full of funny and cheesy designs.

At least I change my blog to a much lighter colour!

Enough

Enough.

Uninstalling WC3 this very minute cos Dota is such a timewasting of a game.
Sure, there are a few good games, but the negatives of it is more than the positives.

Going to hold true to my word just like with World of Warcraft.

Anyway, on a nicer note, today I went to school to accompany Limin. She had lessons and I didn't so I just studied in school. For the first hour, I was still suffering from motion sickness due to the bus ride and I couldn't concentrate. So I watched Bleach and Soul Eater on my Ipod.
After Limin's break, I had gathered up some strength, and I managed to finish Chapter 1 of FI. So proud of myself.

Chapter 1 of FI basically states why does Financial Intermediaries like banks exists. Not just to safekeep money but they also have other functions.
I swear FI and CF are easy topics once you read the study guide. Hope Limin successfully change Monetary Econs to CF and I can teach her CF. Already draw up a schedule for her in my mind. :)

Football Manager Demo is out!

Here is the link to download it. Click Me!

Now playing Fifa Manager.. I think the only feature which makes me want to play Fifa Manager, is the ability to be a player manager. Other than that, Football Manager win hands down.

Roll on November 14th!

Happy 2 years!

Happy 2 years Anniversary!
So fast 2 years past by!

Shiok ah! Birthday update.

Shiok ah!
Limin bought me to this place call Dozo Restaurant at River Valley to eat. Its a 7 course meal and cost about $65 per person.
Eat already feel like a king! But now I think I should have called something more exotic rather than my lamb shank.

Will update when I get the photos. Song ah!

Limin's birthday is coming soon too. Think I must give her the ultimate present.

This.

P.S oops kana scolding! got to remove it.

2nd Year Results

3 words to describe my 2nd year results.

DOOM AND GLOOM.

My 2nd year results totally pull down my total score. Now in my 3rd year, I left 4 more subjects to take. My 4 subjects total must be at least 232, making an average of 58. Furthermore, out of the 4 subjects, at least 2 must be more than 60.

I blame 2 papers for my predicament. Macroeconomics and Corporate Finance.

In my Macro exam, I wrote 3 booklets, covered everything in detail, and yet scored 43 marks. I was expecting 70. Until now, I cannot believe how I scored so low. I only improved by about 10 marks from my mock exam, and in the mock exam, I left the exam hall 2 hours earlier.
To sum it up, I had the most confidence in Macro, but yet I scored the lowest for it.

For CF, I'm really really angry with the school. For the past few years, the type of questions set were all similar to each other. However, in the paper I took, the format of the questions were totally different and never heard before. The questions asked were never asked before. There was not a bit of similarity between past year papers and this years. Past year papers were so easy to do that I had confidence of achieving 70.
Why the sudden change to make if difficult and set questions that is completely different from the past year papers? Are they out for our blood? Obviously, its a sudden change when last time CF used to be the paper everybody scored in and now its the paper everybody failed in.

Pray my 3rd year come through. I don't want to waste all my years of studying just to get a 2nd lower.

Help with this song!

Hi all,

Anyone who is able to get a copy of this song for me in mp3 format gets a secret prize!
I only have the video copy of it from DailyMotion.
Its call La Chambre Renversée by Julien Ribot.
Please help me find it, I'm addicted to it!

La Chambre Renversée : Clip de Julien Ribot
Uploaded by CasparDix

Coming soon!

Coming soon!
My top 5 picks for the Best Romantic Movie :)

Stronger

Work it harder,
Make it better,
Do it faster,
Makes us stronger,
More than ever,
Ever after,
Our work is never over.

Now that that don't kill me,
Can only make me stronger.
I need you to hurry it up now,
Cause I can't wait much longer.

I know I got to be right now,
Cause I can't get much wronger.
Man I've been waiting all night now,
That's how long I've been on ya.

Action Movie Awards Part 2

Only Marvin and Baby Min posted, so I think they showed me enough support for me to post the top 5! Anyway, its being a long time since I posted, so here goes the top 5!

5th - Enemy At the Gates
This movie is freaking cool. Its about 2 snipers, playing a cat and mouse game with each other, but trying to kill each other. The tactics and the way they go about their duties are just fantastic!
You can watch a clip of the sniper action here
Its just brilliant.





4th - Terminator
If you haven't seen any of the 3 movies of the Terminator franchise, you must have been living in the mountains. Terminator was a fantastic idea by James Cameron, and he really must have fantastic imagination to come up with a story that has time travel, machines becoming self aware and going to war with the humans, and a heroine who saves the day. Terminator and Terminator 2 was fantastic, but Terminator 3 was quite a let down. Now, there's Terminator 4 coming up, and its about John Connor leading the fight against the machines.



3rd - Sin City
Sin City is a movie that I watched a few months ago, but the way it is being filmed just takes my breathe away. It consists of 3 stories which intertwines with each other. My favourite story is the Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba story arc. Willis said one of the most memorable quotes in the film which is "An old man dies, a young girl lives. Fair trade."
I love the comic book style of the film, it might be in black and white, but the way they use the colours in the film, just amazing.





2nd - Predator
Let's not talk about Predator 2 cos I think its shit, but Predator 1 was really the kind of action films I love. The way Arnold Schwarzenegger resorts to using the environment, setting up traps and using mud as camo to battle with the Predator is just wow! The Predator is just a hunter, who hunts for sport. Remember in Predator 2, after the cop managed to kill the predator? The Predators spared the cop life and gave him a cowboy gun. Well, there was an idea from the producers that they wanted to make a Predator 3, involving cowboys and a Predator. This would be a very good idea as in the cowboy days, there wasn't really much weapons to fight it. However, the idea wasn't materialised but I still hope that 1 day it will.
Predator is linked to the number 1 movie in my list, so I'm sure many of you will be able to guess what it is.

AND NOW, NUMBER 1 ON THE LIST GOES TO......


1st - Aliens
Alien 1 was good, Aliens 4 was ok, nothing fantastic, Aliens 3 was crap but Alien 2 was just AWESOME. This movie was produced by, James Cameron of course. Instead of a leading man, its a leading lady, heroine Ellen Ripley, which is very similar to the Terminator series, which has Sarah Connor as the heroine.
This movie has been copied by many movies, games etc. The design of the Aliens, the idea that Aliens are like insects, even Starcraft has some ideas from them!
So many fans in the world has called for Aliens to fight against the Predator, as in Alien 1, the Alien species was brought to the planet by another unknown alien that was quite similar to the Predator.
Anyway, back to the movie. I really love the part where the American Marines came on the planet being very cocky and arrogant and thinking that the Aliens couldn't match their firepower. However, after the team was nearly wiped, they know that the Aliens are a species not to be messed with.
The final scene of the show is the best. It caught me unexpected when I was watching it as a kid. Highly recommend you people to watch this scene. Here is the LINK.

Hope you guys enjoy my Action Movie Awards. If you ever find yourself bored, you can go watch anyone of these movies. I guarantee you will be satisfied. :)

Friendship

Today is a sad day for me.

My friends have failed me so many times. I was talking to limin and she say maybe its my character. I now really think its really my character.

:(

David Beckham scores from 60 yards

Not a fantastic goal compared to the one he scored against Neil Sullivan, but the Americans are going crazy over it.

Sharon Stone says China Earthquake is Karma

What the hell is wrong with this woman. Stupid woman.
Karma to a country?
So is 9/11 Karma on America?
This isn't the time to blame who and who, but to pray for the lives in China (and Myanmar).
Totally lost all respect for her. In no way, does anybody deserve the pain of an earthquake.

Liars

How can you trust these people after what they said/did?
How can you let them be the most powerful person in USA?
Imagine if this happen in Singapore, the newspapers will be fucking happy!

John McCain taking a nap
WTF MAN.



This video shows Hillary Clinton telling a lie, which was later exposed.
You can tell 1 lie, you can tell many lies.
Your credibility is ruined imo.

America Election part 2

After this post, I think its quite obvious who I'm rooting for.
I'm a Singaporean, but Singapore is part of the world, and America is the most powerful country in that world.
A change in America, will result in a change in the world. :)

I'm quite supportive of the Singapore government, but I really hope they will take the steps to ensure that Singaporeans are getting the priority to enter local university, the money to enter local university and the money to enter foreign universities if competition is still too tough.

What's the point in a local university if local students are not allowed to enter because of 1 failed attempt at the GCE 'A' Levels?
What's the point in a local university that is built for local students to pursue further education, if there are foreign students, who will leave Singapore after getting their degrees?

Yes, foreigners enhance Singapore's economy, but when they are taking our jobs, taking precious places in local universities, I think it should be curb somewhere, at some point.

I might be abit biased, because I can't enter a local university, but when I found out, that a few years ago, my grades are more than better to enter local university, I just feel so terrible at the state of things. There are competition everywhere!

America Election Part 1

Lets help America build a better future.
I am a Singaporean, but I really caressss for America.

Top Ten Action Movies I Love

Today on the bus home, I was thinking about the movies I love to watched.
Making a list of them, I noticed that most of it was Action films!
To pay a special homage to action films, I'm taking time out of my studying to compile this top ten list of movies I love.



10: Nikita
Hands up anyone who has heard of this movie before.
Well, actually I couldn't think of my number 10 action movie, so this has to make do for the time being. Its a very nice movie, with lots of breakthrough scenes that inspire lots of other movies. This movie is one of those that has an actress in the leading role.




9: Star Wars
I watched this movie when I was a kid, and I was so engrossed with it, that I remember the lines of those "special" scenes. Those lightsaber fighting, the Millennium falcon, the TIE fighters. FANTASTIC man. Its so incredible, that someone can think up of the idea of Star Wars, when at that age, the ideas of civilizations in space were so far away!




8: Matrix
Another breakthrough movie. With the bullet-mode scenes, there was now a new way of filming fighting scenes. The idea of the matrix was also something refreshing from the usual Hollywood stories, and I just love the idea.
One of my favourites scenes is when Neo rescues Morpheus in the building full of agents and fights his way out.
Dodging bullets, easy peasy.




7: Saving Private Ryan
Its weird how when this movie first came out, I didn't really had the urge to watch it. I wasn't really a fan of war movies as I hate seeing the blood, the gore and the sadness. But, after seeing it, I'm really amazed.
It's such a sad and unfair ending. Out of all the soldiers that were sent to save Private Ryan, only 2 made it out alive. The first 20minutes of the movie was already such an eye opener, and it just took my breath away.
Go catch it.




6: Die Hard
One mad cop, all the bad guys that he can kill, with all the odds stack against him. Its not just Die hard that was fantastic, Die hard 2 and 3 were damn good too. 4 lost a bit of its charm, but its still good. If I had to pick a favourite, I would say Die Hard 2 was my favourite. Bruce Willis always ended up in these weird stuck in a hole scenarios, but he always managed to escape it with a bang!






I hope this post is well-received. I purposely stop halfway to see if the response is good and whether it is worth it to continue posting. Recently, no one is visiting my blog and tagging it. Not as popular as 2swanskiss. If response is good, then I will post my top 5. :D

FUCK

FUCK!

Just realised I wasted 2.40 on a stupid mechanical pencil's lead. I accidentally bought the 0.7 size when my pencil uses 0.5 size.

FUCKING WASTE AND FUCKING STUPID. WHY THE HELL DOES THE WORLD NEED PENCIL LEAD OF DIFFERENT SIZE?

Just to add on to this posts, I love attacking football. Lots of nice passes and players going forward. That is the way football should be played. So even if Man U is out of the picture, I rather another team like Arsenal win it.
Or Aston Villa.

Fat

Even after so long of not exercising, I still can do 8 pull ups. And it is not my maximum as I can still do more. So, I think i just need 6 months of training, I can be as good as new.

But my tummy is getting bigger and bigger.
1 thing why my tummy is getting bigger is because I hate running. I can't run well because of my injuries so I hate it.

So after a discussion with Tay, I realise that I can go SWIMMING. I stay in a condo and I stubbornly refuse to go swimming. The reason? Because I am shy about the scar and pimples on my back. And my ever expanding waist line. So I'm going to come out with a new regime.
Swim 30mins per day. I not sure if I can start now during exams time, but I think it will be great if I can swim and then study.

I think instead of Limin lying on my shoulder, she can lie on my tummy. Natural pillow.

Sibeh Sian

Sibeh Sian la.
As expected, the HSBC Internship thingy was sibeh sian. I am assigned to the Customer Service Dept in HSBC Insurance. :(

Insurance to me, is such a small part of the banking and finance industry. I don't want to work in that department forever. I wanted a job like Jiunbin, financial analyst, where you can look at stocks and the market. Pray that I won't stick in Insurance forever.

Additionally, today I waited for 1 hour for the HSBC woman to come out. She didn't come. So I asked the receptionist to call her infront of me. She didn't come... to work!
WTF.

My latest craze

I LOVE SHOPPING!

MSN Chatting on Fashion

Bentley says:
i want to wear very tight
Bentley says:
until can see my nipple
Yuanwei says:
y?
Bentley says:
fashion

Any Comments?

I also bought some stuff from AE. My wardrobe sucks right now as I haven't buy much stuff and everything is so old and getting out of size.

Can't wait to wear them! *pray they are of the correct size*

Seriously WTF

Seriously man, wtf.

Today, I received another callup for ICT(in camp training).
WTF man.
This will be my 3rd callup for this year, and my 4th callup for 1 year.

WTF MAN. 4 CALLUPS IN 1 YEAR?!?!

Seriously, don't the army have any efficient way of finding out why I have been deferring my reservice?
It's because I have fucking school to attend! It's because right now I am building my foundation! It's because the fucking ICT can't give me a degree!

Yes, I know that its my duty and responsibility to go train, but can't they wait until my studies are fucking over?

This shit is really pissing me off. The army is so slow to defer, effectively wasting one full day.

I'M PISSED OFF!

And on another topic, I'm getting quite worried for my studies. I thought I did relatively quite well in my mock exams, but then I notice this girl got 60 for Macro!
PANIC!

Updates

I haven't been updating much, but that's because I have been very, nope not busy, but LAZY.

My studying progress is very much well behind what I had planned, and although my MM, CF and Macro is doing ok, I have no faith at all in my POA.

Despite doing burpees in the morning, and restricting my rice intake, I still feel I have not lost a single kilogram. Think I will have a round tummy in 10 years time.

I'm so lazy that despite make so much plans to go out and study, in the end, I stay at home, sit infront of the computer, and touch my work periodically. I'm doomed.

On a lighter note, I have just been accepted by HSBC for my holiday internship. :)
Haven't asked about the pay yet, but I heard from the school that it is 1k per month!
Hope I'm not doing customer service or sales.

Escapist

Who's there knocking at my window?
The Owl and the Dead Boy
This night whispers my name
All the dying children

Virgin snow beneath my feet
Painting the world in white
I tread the way and lose myself into a tale

Come hell or high water
My search will go on
Clayborn Voyage without an end

A nightingale in a golden cage
That's me locked inside reality's maze
Come someone make my heavy heart light
Come undone bring me back to life
It all starts with a lullaby

Musical Therapy Part 2

Hello, welcome back to musical therapy Part 2.

I hope you like the last musical therapy. This one will be even better featuring songs for different moods and feelings, but I guarantee that the songs will still be FANTASTIC.

To start off, lets start with a happy song. Something to make you jump up and dance!
Warrant - Cherry Pie



This song has such a rock feel to it and yet it still feels abit pop enough to get down jiggy to it.

Feeling sad? Got rejected in love or u just wanna feel Emo?
Here is the song "I wanna know what love is" by Foreigner



For those who are wandering right now, who the fuck is Foreigner, they actually sang another hit song which is very famous.
"I've been waiting for a girl like you, to come into my life!"
Sound familiar?

I have never been religious. Yes, I have said a few prayers, talk to God when I'm scared but I have never been to church or pray everyday or believe in anything to really be considered religious. I still respect the different religions and its good knowledge to know them.
However, whenever I listen to this song, I just feel that life is so beautiful. Everything seems so calm and clear. Really recommend you to take the time to listen to this song patiently.
Jeff Barkley - Hallelujah



Superb right? Too bad he is dead. He drowned in a river when he was at the peak of his career. His voice sounds so ethereal, so saintly, so *insert word*. Fantastic.

All the songs so far are from the 1980's to early 1990's when Rock and Roll was a powerful influence on music. I love Rock and Roll, thats why most of my music are from that genre.
So, to dedicate this post, here is the song, "We built this city" by Starship.
Built this city from what? From Rock and Roll :D



To finish off the post, here is a favourite of every Blackburn fan. According to Tay, this song is played during halftime at every Blackburn home match.
Its Europe with The Final Countdown!



Guess where they are from? Sweden. So America and England is not where all the musical talent comes from. As a bonus and tribute to them, here is a video of them.
Check out the way they play the guitar, the hair, the screaming fans with the lighters, the energy, the atmosphere is just so FANTASTIC!



Seriously, be patient, take the time to listen to all the music, watch the video, and hopefully, you will convert into a true Rock and Roll fan. :)
Enjoy!

Rock N Roll

I Love Rock N Roll.
Jack Black is so cool.

Football crazy and Fitness update

I am football crazy.

In my computer got FM08 and Fifa Manager 08.
In my PSP got Winning Eleven 08 and FM08 Handheld and FM06 Handheld.

I am still the same size after 1 week of burpees. :(
Think my metabolism rate is slowing down.

Ipod Madness

After getting my Ipod touch, I thought of stuff to put in. I wanted to watch shows, movies, listen music etc.

The itunes user interface is user-unfriendly! So difficult to put stuff in and sort it out. Maybe its just me cos I'm a noob.

Anyway, these are the stuff I put it in.

Terminator 2.
Aliens
Alien Resurrection
Fun with Dick and Jane
Spiderman 3
Hard Candy
The Mist
Silence of the Lambs
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2 Faces of my Girlfriend
My Tutor Friend
House MD Season 1

I'm looking for Terminator and the other Alien series. House MD is also good.

Any other ideas what I can put in? Still haven't put my rock n roll collection in yet.

The ride to Bukit Batok is going to be short now :)

Spendthrift

After 1 month without an Mp3 player, I couldn't take it. My mother wanted to buy a laptop for my younger brother who is in polytechnic. So I asked if she could sponsor me a Mp3 player. At first, I was thinking small, but when my mother said she would sponsor me, I asked for.......
...... an Ipod Touch! It was on sale for $399.

Suddenly, I felt the spendthrift virus gaining a grip on me, and before I realised, I asked if she could buy a memory card for my PSP. My current one is 1gb and that is so small! In the end, I bought a 4gb memory card for $85, sponsored by my mother too :)


I am a spendthrift. Agree/Disagree?

Army Status

Finally after nearly 8 months, I managed to get a downgrade.

I didn't chao geng or do anything funny, I really have an injury.
Yes, its an old injury but it certainly is serious.

I dislocated my right hip severely and suffered a right foot drop after that. I don't have complete strength and mobility of my right leg and it is affecting me as I grow old.

I had to see the Army MO a total of 3 times, before they send me to a proper specialist medical board.
The first 3 times I went to see the Army MO, they look at me and say "You served 2 years of NS as a PES B soldier, so I don't see no reason why you cannot do your reservist as a PES B soldier too."

To me, this reason is just full of shirking responsibilities and ZERO medical ethics.
I volunteered to upgrade myself to PES B, so I can serve the nation better. The Mind says "Persevere", but my Body says "Stop". It came to a point where I might develop Avascular Necrosis.

To the Army MO, his view was: "You have a high chance of developing it, but you haven't develop it, so you cannot downgrade."
Its like saying, you have a high chance of getting lung cancer if you smoke, but you haven't get it, so you can continue smoking.
Shouldn't prevention be better than cure?

Shouldn't they take a more deeper look into my problem, rather than just assuming that I am fit and healthy just because I can run and jump? Yes I can run and jump, but it takes more strength on my right leg and I get sharp pain on my right hip occasionally.

Finally, after continual persuasion that I am experiencing pain when I run and jump, they referred me to a board of doctors who are specialists.
They did some tests on me and I told them, "I have been running with a limp."

They downgraded me immediately.

To them, my problem was deemed so severe that the army should not have upgraded me in the first place.

There was this man in his 40s at the medical board too. He had an accident and a metal pin was inserted in his leg to hold it in place. He was in hospital when his IPPT and reservist was due. He couldn't go because he was still in hospital, and the army charged him. Like me, he had to go through a long process to finally end up at the medical board of specialists where they downgraded him.

It just infuriates me when there are double standards of doing things.

Fitness

My pants are getting tighter, my shirt is getting tighter and I can see an increase in my tummy area.

I'm getting FAT.

I used to think that I have a high metabolism rate. But actually, I have a medium metabolism rate. I managed to stay slim when I was schooling because of an active lifestyle. I had rockclimbing, soccer and PE classes.

Now, I have no exercises, I am starting to see how fat I am getting.
Wanting to lose weight, I went online and search for tips, asked the fitness guru Tay for tips and started to plot out my schedule. So jealous of Tay now. So handsome and got so many girlfriends. So fit and Ippt also no problem.

Every morning when I wake up I'm going to do 3 sets of Burpees with a jump and pushup. Do maximum for 1 minute, rest 1 minute.
After that, I'm going to do 20 crunches, 3 sets with 1 minute resting time.

Not sure it is enough to cut my waistline and become leaner and fitter. Thinking of adding some gym inside.

However, I have a very weak discipline. Just this morning, I only did 2 sets of Burpees and 0 crunches before I managed to convince myself that I should start slowly.
Few weeks before, I arranged to go running with Black Lim once a week, but suddenly it stopped.


*IMPORTANT*
Beg you my friends, please pull me to the gym or do some exercise. I really want to get fit and look good.

Falling Slowly

Won an Oscar.

Musical Therapy

After Yip showed me the Michael Jackson video in his blog, I wanted to hear some soulful music. Not music that we are hearing on radio nowadays but the old classics.
Those are more meaningful and more original.

For starters, lets start on The Police.

They sang the song Every Breath You Take, and it was written during the collapse of the lead singer, Sting, marriage.
If you hear the lyrics, you will notice that it focused on how his heart aches and that even though she is gone from his life, he is still pinning for her.




Next we have the legend, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Everywhere you see, there are people doing impersonations of MJ. From the moonwalk, to his pop and lock moves.
Additionally, he writes his own songs, uses his own lyrics and not only is his dancing good, his singing is damn good too.



Lastly, we go to one of my favourite Rock bands. Heart
They are fronted by 2 FEMALE singers. In this video, they play infront of a live audience. Look at the freaking reaction of the crowd. Look at the energy in the concert! I wish I could see one of this kind of concerts.



Listening to all these music while studying, woooot!
I just wanna get up and dance! It gives me the energy to study thruuuu the night!

Valentine Day

THANK YOU YIP FOR HELPING!

I'm so last minute. Didn't plan anything for V-Day.

Until I talked to Tay and found out about his V-Day plans, I decided I should buck up.

So last minute, I devised a V-Day outing with Baby Min. Booked 2 seats at Waraku at East Coast Park and I bought a wallet for her. I bought a very nice box to put the present in.
I wanted to make it more special, so I made some clues and riddles and hid them in the car. I even took the effort to fold the riddles into a heart shape. She had to find the clues and solve the riddles before finding out the password to win the game.

After the game and dinner, we went for a walk at East Coast Park before heading home. It was a normal and tone down outing. Enjoyable and relaxing.

I came home and wanted to haolian my so called "zai" outing to dabing. But realised that he is really the MASTER.

He went camping with Angel. CAMPING.
ZAI MAN.

Dabing the undisputed "Love Guru". Tay, you lose to him.

Babies Galore!

WARNING! LOTS OF THE WORDS "CUTE" IN THIS POST!

Went to my cousin housewarming party last Saturday. Check out his daughters. So damn CUTE!!!


This is Baby Shyann. A little more over 1 years old. She doesn't cry when I carry her and she is so cute!
This picture has 2 babies. Baby Min(left) and Baby Camille. Both are so adorable and pretty! Please ignore the red spot on Baby Camille's cheek. Mosquito Bite!

Forgot to take any pictures of Baby Camille's room, but I'll try to describe it here. Her room is PINK colour, has a pink bed, pink table and a DVD player with a LCD Samsung TV. She said she is a princess. So young, but already have a drama queen room!This is Baby Charlotte, younger sister of Baby Isabella. Sorry Baby Isabella, I forgot to take pictures of you because you are so unfriendly to me. Unlike her sister, Baby Charlotte is so friendly and doesn't cry when you carry her. She likes tickles :)

Attack of the Cute Babies! I feel like kidnapping one home. So cute! Baby Isabella gave me a mini hug when I left and Baby Shyann waved bye to me while she was lying down and drinking milk from her bottle. CUTE!Best picture in my opinion. Byebye!