Happy 26th birthday to me!

A year older, 26 to be exact.

No celebrations, except for the one with the guys earlier in the week. It was a combined dinner for Doong's birthday as well, but it was nice to see everyone gathered together for some serious steamboat buffet-fest! I got a Calvin Klein underwear and a Ashworth Polo T from the folks. Thanks guys!

This year, my birthday happens to fall on chinese new year eve. Can I see myself getting twice the no. of ang pows? Hehehe...

Everything's going good for me so far. I have no special request for my birthday wish except to wish my loved ones in the pink of health always and smooth sailing days ahead for all!

Reunion Dinner

There was no steamboat style reunion dinner this year. It was the first time (if I never remembered wrongly). My mum would always do the food preparation because she's the best cook in the extended family (and the reason why I'm so phat).This year was no different, except she had less things to prepare. Still, reunion dinner was good. At least something new.

I found out my cousin just got himself a bike license. He's riding a Piaggio X8 right now. KEWL. After the dinner, we hit the roads and made our way to Yishun dam where we chatted for quite a while on what happened in each other's life. Even though we're cousins, but this is the first time we actually had the chance to sit down quietly and talk, so its good for bonding relationships again.

Yeah, thats pretty much it. Will update again. =D

Valentine's Day

Love is in the air. =D

I'm a willing victim of the St. Valentine's merciless commercialization created by the money grubbing capitalists of today's society.

Having said that, today is just another ordinary day. I've always believed you've gotta be consistent in how you treat your other half, not just on V-day only.

Ladies, if you've been treated extra nicely, chances are your guy's done something wrong and this is his way of making things up to make himself feel better. Heh.

Tips on how to be desperate

Today I found out that the most popular way to get hold of a long-lost female contact no. was by saying:"Hey I misplaced my mobile phone, what was your no. again?"

Like real! My big fat kar chng ok! More like you don't stand a chance last time/she rejected you and you proceed to delete her no. from your mobile. Now you met her by chance, feel gian and decide to try your luck again right?

N-A-B-E-H

Some guys can be such desperados...

Sorry that was the green eyed monster himself. I wouldn't have talked in that manner.

Wedding bliss

The past 2 saturdays were the ROM and wedding dinner of 2 of my closest friends from SIM. Oh well, here are some pictures to feast your eyes on. Anyways, its been quite some time since I last put up any pictures on my blog, so there you go... To the 2 happy couples!

First was on Saturday, 20th Jan 2007. Jonathan and Jasmine's ROM date. It was also intentionally planned to fall on Jasmine's birthday as well. It was a simple but yet sweet solemnization ceremony that was followed by a 9 course lunch.

Happy people!

On the following saturday 27th Jan 2007, it was Zhiwei's turn to be the star of the show - The much awaited wedding dinner was held at Grandplaza parkroyal hotel and they played host to tens of tables from army friends to relatives. A big congrats to the married couple Zhiwei & Suet Lay!

Alex and GF Siqi weren't in the picture because they're late and also, because there were too many people, we couldn't grab hold of a picture with the married couple together. I only managed to catch hold of the nerdy boy himself. Don't see him outside guai guai, far from it loh! There's an inner beast waiting to be unleashed! For the very first time, I or rather we find Zhiwei quite dashing in that suit and funky hair do of his. HA! But I still think I is more yandaoz. =P

I suspect more people are starting to throw red bombs as the months and years gone by. Mid 20s seems to be the ripe age to get hitched, it appears to me. But for me, not in another 4 years before I'm financially stable. BUT! Never say never. Accidents do happen from time to time... NO don't think dirty! Accidents as in accidentally falling in love with your other half and deciding the spend the rest of your life with him/her! Accidents of love! Not bang bang bang, then 2 become 3. Geddit??! Hahaha...

ASEAN Cup 2007 finals

I was watching the Singapore-Thailand match on the tube just now. It was the finals first leg, played at the National Stadium for the last time before it was to be torn down to make way for the new. I had really wanted to catch this game, despite the fact I knew that Singapore soccer was still essentially the same old boring turd. Fcuk it man, why am I born a Singaporean, and not Italian? or French? or Brazilian? haha...

All right I must admit our boys look more like a decent soccer team nowadays under Raddy. But they still suck for being stick-in-the-muds. Like forever knocking the ball high up to Noh Alam Shah who's beginning to look like a bull on rampage/ or headless chicken running. Or say forever playing short corners even though your opponents have already figured out your intention. Sigh, some things never change, but as long as they get the results. Would anyone really care? Case in point: Bolton. Damn physical lah, like our Lions (damn scary).

Today's match was highlighted by a controversy late into the game. Noh Alam Shah was wrongly judged to have been brought down in the penalty box and was subsequently awarded a penalty when it wasn't supposed to be. Video replays confirmed this inevitable truth. But to err is human lah, the referee is not omnipotent lah. So the thais did what was seemingly an unthinkable and "childish" act to some - by walking off the pitch in unison. This got me into a heated debate with my fat ass friend, Doong, who called them crybabies.

I told him to show more respect to the Thais, whom I felt were dealt a grave injustice from the purist footballing point of view. Yes, to walk off the pitch in protest to the referee's decision is wrong. Law by law, we Singaporeans like to say, means die die accept whatever comes your way... just because it is simply... law. When you are in a finals like this, and late into the game, you are dealt with such a cruel blow, how else could you react? Football is a passionate game, and emotions rule the head more than anything else on the pitch. The Thais could not have found a better avenue to protest, had they rather swallow whatever is given to them by the rulebook. They chose to make themselves heard, and to get their point across to the officials, in the faintest hope they renounce the penalty claim. I believe they knew it was inevitable the penalty had to be given, but they have to do something to claim their innocence.

In the end, they reluctantly returned to the pitch and try to stage a comeback after being a goal down. What irked me was not how the Thais made a scene on the pitch, but rather how the Singaporean players celebrated after blasting the ball high into the net for the ill gotten penalty bonus. If I was the Singaporean player and knew that we shouldn't have been awarded it, I would have fcuking blasted it into row Z of the stadium or if I happened to score, celebrate it quietly, instead of punching the air in jubilation. Where has footballing justice gone to? Where is the chivalry of old? and code of ethics?

Where is the beautiful game???