One Year in Shanghai

welcome back to singapore

2008-12-31T15:56:00.000+08:00

[15:49] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: oh yes
[15:49] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: you want to run sundown marathon??
[15:49] !GaBe~: sleeping: no way
[15:49] !GaBe~: sleeping: haha
[15:49] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: they say you want to run leh
[15:49] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: haha
[15:49] !GaBe~: sleeping: wHO?
[15:50] !GaBe~: sleeping: they siao kian u ah
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: the year 4s lor
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: they say, jio gabe.. you dun jio him, he will also jio you
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: haha
[15:50] !GaBe~: sleeping: who is the year 4s?
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: erm.. ithink chio and allan bah
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: haha
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: no.
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: i think it's jingwen
[15:50] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: haha
[15:51] !GaBe~: sleeping: welcome back to singapore
[15:51] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: haha
[15:51] [ernest] [黄信源][SHopple][sbdl] singapore.. room in ultimate mess: back to the land of siowkiens??????????
[15:51] !GaBe~: sleeping: yah
[15:51] !GaBe~: sleeping: haha
[15:51] !GaBe~: sleeping: how can u believe them
[15:51] !GaBe~: sleeping: haha

Calvin and Hobbes: no last words, cos we will meet again

2008-12-24T13:29:00.003+08:00

Dearest Friends of Shanghai,

The Raccoon Story.

I really like Calvin and Hobbes. What makes Calvin & Hobbes the greatest ever is its ability to make you laugh your ass off, and identify with it.

This one's positively touching.

Read them individually, you will find that each strip is humourous. As a whole, i hope you can identify the emo-ness in it, like me.

The last line says, "death is as natural as birth. it's all part of the life cycle". similarly, i told myself, parting is as natural as meeting, and it's part of life. Thank you for being a part of my adventurous one year in shanghai. Soon, i will do an epilogue of the year and close this blog. the memories will stay with me and i'm sure the people will move on... move on to be a part of my real life.

As much as i say that Shanghai is like a dream. I am sure the characters in the dream are very real. The world is small and i know we will meet again, purposely or accidentally. so.. there's no excuse for leaving each other out of our lives.

quoting calvin, "...DuN YOu gO AnYWheRe.." (i meant it)

with love,

Ernest Wong

calvin and hobbes. part 3 of 9

2008-12-01T02:27:00.001+08:00

and i promised to give a 9 part series on calvin and hobbes. and i will make sure it happens before my departure from shanghai.

you may not know but calvin, a 5 year old kid, doesnt like his dinner most of the time. and he is always finding excuses to get rid of his homecook food and pack lunch.

meaningful? it's reallie hard-warming to see how a little kid is willing to give up things for a little racccoon .. =)
funnie? well... you can read it and interpret that Calvin is trying to find an excuse (again!) to get rid of his dinner.

but i still think that.. calvin is truly compassionate and willing to give up things for the needy.

Ernest Wong
+86 13564292754

calvin and hobbes: Part 2 of 9

2008-11-18T17:04:00.001+08:00

yeah.. by right it's supposed to be weekly. but since i hav less than 9 weeks. i can afford do this more than once a week.

why funny? =) i guess this is the only time in the entire collection where the mom actually talks to hobbes like how calvin always talks to hobbes. i literally LOL when the mom talks to hobbbes like a kid. there's always a kid in everyone's heart.

meaningful? facts of life. for those who knows, i literally watch charlie (my pet rabbit in shanghai) died in front of me. i held the cabbage which i bought from carrefour at his mouth. he was struggling to nibble at the cabbage. after a few seconds, he shivered a bit and died. treasure our days friends.

testing xoopit

2008-11-17T10:07:00.001+08:00

calvin and hobbes. Part 1 of 9

2008-11-15T13:23:00.002+08:00

hey peeps...
yeah.. if you are reading this, by now you should know that i like calvin and hobbes. i always find humour and meaning in the strips. my shanghai adventure is going to come to an end very soon. i want to use this last few weeks to share with you guys something that i really like.
this is a 9-part series and each strip is funnie (to me) and the whole series is very meaningful and sweet (to me). and here it is...

why funny? it's so childlike for calvin to think that his mom can fix everything. =)
meaningful? and i reflect, it takes me a while before i realise that my mom doesnt know how to be a mom until she is a mom. and she is learning now too. it's only when i realise that she's is also learning that i learnt to be more 'mature' and understanding to her. =)

they say i am fatter

2008-11-10T15:51:00.001+08:00

shirleen says that she was looking thru her photos and i have reallie grown fatter.
but somehow, i dun have recent photos on my computers. i must find a chance to take some photos and start posting.

or maybe people can contribute. haha..

be a man

2008-11-05T20:43:00.000+08:00

there are many privileges of a man.. let's learn to use them

1. he can not emo
2. he can be ego
3. he can fight
4. he can dun think about relationships
5. he has the rights to date his career
6. he does not need to rush his marriage
7. ....

so.. be a man, do the right thing.

pleasing people

2008-11-03T01:33:00.001+08:00

do you often fall into this trap? of going all out to please a lot of people and at the end of the day.. it's not worth it? cos they dun care. and you are unhappy in the end.

or do you fall into the trap of pleasing yourself only? what's the consequence? haha.. actulaly i dun know. right now. i tot if you are only concerned bout yourself, the most is that people will dislike you and dun care bout you. but then again, if you are such an ego kid, you probably wun need attention from people at all. so..what's the harm?

aiyah.. but my point is.. let me try to practice.. pleasing Him and Him alone. let me try.

comfort zone

2008-11-02T22:11:00.001+08:00

there was a time, i was a confident kid. i remember those were the times when i was very serious at work. (aka studying)

right now.. i guess.. being serious at work will be good to boost my confidence. indulgence is jus going to slacken your performance and you will not feel good bout yourself.

theory? do your best in what you are supposed to do. slacken will make things worse.

packing up

2008-11-01T22:57:00.001+08:00

in less than 2 months time, i will be leaving for singapore. yy ask me if i want to ship anything back and i said nothing much. i guess i am wrong after tidying my small room. as i packed, i see all the little things that i have bought, the books that i have and the little notes and scriblings made during the span of one year. emo? haha.. a bit. nostalgic.

as i packed those books and notes, i specially sieve out the little notes, letters and cards my dearest friends have sent to me. i have decided to keep them in my cupboard and bring them back personally in december. God send them to encourage me. reading thru the notes just give me a tinge of warmth. =)

and yes.. i stil have a small stack of notes friends wrote for me when i came to shanghai in January. reading them again brings me back to that early morning in changi airport. teary eyes and heavy feelings.

now changi airport is like a taxi stand when flying around is so common. the world has become smaller. and i have grown older.

one last lap. i need to be more disciplined.

losing focus

2008-10-27T14:33:00.001+08:00

i need a to-do list.
i need super focus power and stop dwelling in dreams and what ifs.
imaginations are killing me

biz case draft 2
photobook
bakerzin tempcard
menu
website icr
website meilan
ppt raymond
doing my FPC stuffs
visiting clients
digging info from company
writing shen article
think of biz plan

i need hiro.

finally something for the chinese pride

2008-10-23T23:23:00.000+08:00

so much about engrish.com

here's http://www.hanzismatter.com/

just some updates

2008-10-22T00:00:00.003+08:00

just some updates about my life..

on a weird saturday which i am free. kinda. cos the guys went out for soccer and i am left alone. so decided to go out =) and yes.. ice skating, chill, and supper. the pic sums it all.

what else? jinyao bought a dog. so cute. one day, i will also want to have a dog.

finding the right person

2008-10-11T21:16:00.003+08:00

timbre in singapore

2008-10-10T18:05:00.003+08:00

i cannot help it but to kope ernnie's photoscaped photos!!! damn cool. =) hahah

it's been a long time

2008-09-26T02:06:00.001+08:00

the night before i fly back...
i feel like i am back to square one.
as i am super excited to meet friends.. i wish to show how much i do care bout family.

now.. i cannot dwell too much in the companion so sweet..
but, reality is knocking at the door

time to find a niche and my value in the economical world.
i need to find a role.

nike run - my first 10 click

2008-09-03T10:45:00.001+08:00

擦干眼泪

2008-08-28T17:49:00.001+08:00

看小小幼苗有多勇敢，任雨打风吹都不怕难。
它呼吸着空气和阳光，一天天的成长。
看小小鸟儿有多坚强，它就要学习如何飞翔。
它努力的挥动着翅膀，要遨游在云端。
你要学着自己擦干泪滴，懂得如何跌倒再爬起。
像那幼苗不怕风和雨，不轻易放弃。
你要学着自己擦干泪滴，懂得如何跌倒再爬起。
拥有鸟儿飞翔的毅力，从不轻易放弃。

test disqus

2008-08-23T00:20:00.001+08:00

test test

getaway

2008-08-22T23:10:00.003+08:00

yeah.. in singapore want to getaway go msia,
so......in shanghai want to getaway go suzhou.

pictures. haha. not a lot. just enough to docu my time in suzhou can le.

no need to explain too much words also ba=) pictures speak a thousand words. enough of crap. here's what allan wants.haha.

2008-08-18T17:23:00.001+08:00

you know what? at work, it's always taught that, i should be chirpy and then people will correspond. this is a skill that i cannot master at or outside work. when i think that people dun like to talk to me. how to be chirpy.? not chirpy, no topic to talk about. dun talk infer that dun like. dun like then not chirpy. it's a vicious cycle. idiot. how to get out of it?

another convocation message

2008-08-18T12:09:00.001+08:00

A speech by Adrian Tan at one of the convocation ceremonies at NTU:

I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It's a wonderful honour and a privilege for me to speak here for ten minutes without fear of contradiction, defamation or retaliation. I say this as a Singaporean and more so as a husband.

My wife is a wonderful person and perfect in every way except one. She is the editor of a magazine. She corrects people for a living. She has honed her expert skills over a quarter of a century, mostly by practising at home during conversations between her and me.

On the other hand, I am a litigator. Essentially, I spend my day telling people how wrong they are. I make my living being disagreeable.

Nevertheless, there is perfect harmony in our matrimonial home. That is because when an editor and a litigator have an argument, the one who triumphs is always the wife.

And so I want to start by giving one piece of advice to the men: when you've already won her heart, you don't need to win every argument.

Marriage is considered one milestone of life. Some of you may already be married. Some of you may never be married. Some of you will be married. Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times. Good for you.

The next big milestone in your life is today: your graduation. The end of education. You're done learning.

You've probably been told the big lie that "Learning is a lifelong process" and that therefore you will continue studying and taking masters' degrees and doctorates and professorships and so on. You know the sort of people who tell you that? Teachers. Don't you think there is some measure of conflict of interest? They are in the business of learning, after all. Where would they be without you? They need you to be repeat customers.

The good news is that they're wrong.

The bad news is that you don't need further education because your entire life is over. It is gone. That may come as a shock to some of you. You're in your teens or early twenties. People may tell you that you will live to be 70, 80, 90 years old. That is your life expectancy.

I love that term: life expectancy. We all understand the term to mean the average life span of a group of people. But I'm here to talk about a bigger idea, which is what you expect from your life.

You may be very happy to know that Singapore is currently ranked as the country with the third highest life expectancy. We are behind Andorra and Japan, and tied with San Marino. It seems quite clear why people in those countries, and ours, live so long. We share one thing in common: our football teams are all hopeless. There's very little danger of any of our citizens having their pulses raised by watching us play in the World Cup. Spectators are more likely to be lulled into a gentle and restful nap.

Singaporeans have a life expectancy of 81.8 years. Singapore men live to an average of 79.21 years, while Singapore women live more than five years longer, probably to take into account the additional time they need to spend in the bathroom.

So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.

Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.

I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.

After all, it's calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average.

Revisit those expectations. You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that, as graduates, you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.

That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste.

If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself. You will be living your life according to boundaries set by average people. I have nothing against average people. But no one should aspire to be them. And you don't need years of education by the best minds in Singapore to prepare you to be average.

What you should prepare for is mess. Life's a mess. You are not entitled to expect anything from it. Life is not fair. Everything does not balance out in the end. Life happens, and you have no control over it. Good and bad things happen to you day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment. Your degree is a poor armour against fate.

Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live. Your life is over as of today. At this point in time, you have grown as tall as you will ever be, you are physically the fittest you will ever be in your entire life and you are probably looking the best that you will ever look. This is as good as it gets. It is all downhill from here. Or up. No one knows.

What does this mean for you? It is good that your life is over.

Since your life is over, you are free. Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.

The most important is this: do not work.

Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.

Work kills. The Japanese have a term "Karoshi", which means death from overwork. That's the most dramatic form of how work can kill. But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there's nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.

There's a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are "making a living". No, they're not. They're dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

People will tell you that work ennobles you, that work lends you a certain dignity. Work makes you free. The slogan "Arbeit macht frei" was placed at the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps. Utter nonsense.

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself.

I like arguing, and I love language. So, I became a litigator. I enjoy it and I would do it for free. If I didn't do that, I would've been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction – probably a sports journalist.

So what should you do? You will find your own niche. I don't imagine you will need to look very hard. By this time in your life, you will have a very good idea of what you will want to do. In fact, I'll go further and say the ideal situation would be that you will not be able to stop yourself pursuing your passions. By this time you should know what your obsessions are. If you enjoy showing off your knowledge and feeling superior, you might become a teacher.

Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't, you are working.

Most of you will end up in activities which involve communication. To those of you I have a second message: be wary of the truth. I'm not asking you to speak it, or write it, for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things. The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth. Often, there is great virtue in being evasive, or equivocating. There is also great skill. Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.

In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.

I have told you that your life is over, that you should not work, and that you should avoid telling the truth. I now say this to you: be hated.

It's not as easy as it sounds. Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many. That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it's often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one's own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love.

I didn't say "be loved". That requires too much compromise. If one changes one's looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.

Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That is false. Modern society is anti-love. We've taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the truth worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul.

Loving someone is therefore very important, and it is also important to choose the right person. Despite popular culture, love doesn't happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming. It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don't, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.

You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy.

what i have

2008-08-18T01:43:00.001+08:00

"You can choose to dwell on what is lacking. Or you can focus on what God has given."

so, i may not have this and that already. but let's concentrate on what i still have before i lose it.. sigh. then again, maybe even if i make effort, i will sitll lose it. crap.

okie.. consistent effort not to lose.. even if i am still in the other end. as what Carl suggested. if everything is account to Him. you will never feel shortchanged and the need to vent.

without the need to vent, less troubles. haha =)

ernest

every morning

2008-08-16T19:42:00.001+08:00

his mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness (Lamentations 3:21-22)

every night, i want to wake up and start afresh. but it is always not the case and the night falls again.

God's will

2008-08-14T19:23:00.001+08:00

His will is higher than ours.

quoting don's msn nick, "if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans..."

for now.. Praise the Lord for helping my friend to get her job.

for helping my another friend settling quite nicely in his first temp job

for helping me to learn from little things in life.

there will be Ups when you think you are down

2008-08-13T23:16:00.002+08:00

=) there's a lesson in everything and as it is written. All things work together for good to those who love Him...

the loss of physical companion means more time spent with Him. the less confidence in man means more reliance on God. but I also know.. that i need to wake up in the morning as if nothing has happen and break thru my own barrier and hindrance. it's a lesson to be learnt. mistake made doesnt mean i have to dwell on it.

and in the midst of these..
i must thank my dear Junior for sending me Chicken rice paste and bak kut teh. it's GOOD.

and i must thank my chem engin classmate to tell me something to encourage me to move on and try harder.

and i must thank my fellow chem engin bro for being there for all the crap and cock and serious stuffs. 感情厚厚。

and i must thank all of my friends who are there to chat a few lines or two. it's a couple of lines here and there that make me to feel like i have never left singapore.

all of you know who you are. thanks!

PHOTOS time.. long time no photos.

national day dinner in shanghai!. well. i guess except for my exceptional short yamseng.. i hope i have done pretty fine for the rest of my emcee attempt.. haha

did i say how much i miss the tab children?? i cant wait to start sunday school.

and Junior, here's a table of bakkutteh and chicken rice using ur packets of spices and chicken rice paste! thanks!!!!

gabe sent me this

2008-08-07T15:15:00.001+08:00

http://61.137.191.80/43/16/43795428EA1BBE1D022401693C36FD3AF57F6F16.wma

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Your impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you i'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may of failed
But I have loved you from the start
Ohhhh

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
Cuz talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When your asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Your impossible to find

it only takes a spark

2008-08-06T22:52:00.001+08:00

yes.. it only takes a spark. and the whole forest can be burnt DOWN.

when i cannot find anyone to talk bout it. does it reallie mean that i am in the ultimate wrong.. 无心之失。不是借口。我只想好过一点。

i love parcels

2008-08-04T13:53:00.001+08:00

it's reallie the little things that can be make people happy. =) and it's even better if i can share this happiness with people.. to tell people about it and rejoice together. =)

thanks junior!!! for making my national more singapore. hahahah! super timely and nice .

chicken rice and bak kut teh for dinner soon. hahaah

talk in the car

2008-08-03T00:10:00.001+08:00

talking to carl is quite interesting. i am like talking to an ernest ten years older than me. something like that..
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and i really think that. we are all adults le.. and all have kinda fixed their personality and reaction models. and we reallie to have expect less change but more accommodation from time to time.

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zyy ask me why everyone changing to wordpress.. i changed for the same reasons as many some time ago.. maybe i will change back soon. change to wordpress where it's just words and SHOUTING of stuffs..but meanwhile. i still want to keep my shanghai blog a good log.

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recently.. i reallie have learnt. carl's advice is good. do it HIS way. that's The Way i should go.. it's reallie when i stop to ponder and contemplate the other way when i got stuck. stick to one way.. if not i keep U-turning, i cannot reach my destination.

harmony

2008-08-01T08:43:00.001+08:00

i guess it all starts with me..
it's like a mirror.. its all reflected.

for a long time, tho i diint fully do it. i try to
"be friendly, so that you will have friends"
maybe i have failed.

sometimes, i guess, the mirror is just not working. it's not nt reflecting. i grief over the loss of the pretty mirror. but i guess 破镜难圆。

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in china, if you think you are right, you are right. like what carl says, if you speak as if you think you are wrong, people will pick the signal and believe they are right and you are wrong. i guess sometime, at least in china, the way of taking a step back and state that i am wrong will nt gain understanding. it will just shows that i am wrong.

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so when i call clients and talk to them, i must also speak as if i am giving them the stuffs that they NEED.

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but if you wonder, i stil treasure the little old things. i wish they last. i dint know why they can end so abruptly. i tried to ask but to no avail. so i guess let's hope that time will make things better and not worse this time.

best regards
ernest

ktv

2008-07-26T16:00:00.001+08:00

ktv with shuzhan lynette and angela..

i think song of the day is

爱我的人和我爱的人裘海正

.. =)

still have.. erm..

他来听我的演唱会。 good song..

"在乎的人始终不对"

my wall paper on my desktop now

2008-07-21T23:17:00.000+08:00

thank you zyy for such a nice picture.. haha.. =)

beautiful pictures from china west

2008-07-20T00:14:00.002+08:00

it's half year into my one year in shanghai. and many of us are taking a mid year break.. i guess we are all a little tired from work and everything. also, many couples are taking the chance to travel and tmm before they are going to be physically separated when one of the two return to singapore.
me? i dint go back to singapore like zyy, elim and shirleen and karmeng and bryan and lijuan and hansheng and maybe shuzhan and lynette.

but i still need a break.. so here i am going to one of the most exotic place i can think of. it cost me a bomb but i know i need the break and i wun have the chance to travel ever again, at least not as a student once i go back to singapore.

it's a beautiful place. i will let the pictures do the talking. will talk more bout the trip and place next time. for now, it's a thankful heart to God for companion, safety, and provisions of money. let's hope i will move on to be more hardwork in work and everything else. time to buck up and do more in Shanghai.

hairspray

2008-07-11T18:46:00.001+08:00

watched hairspray in shanghai. it's gonna be my last concert / show. in fact, it's my first musical. i have always wanted to watch musical but dun the chance and money. thank God for the chance in shanghai.

in the days when blog talks

2008-07-09T16:14:00.001+08:00

i just realised that there are 2 comments in my previous entry ermo. they are sooo timely. esp for today since i am so down.

so down that i wish i can chill but it seems so hard to chill. why? maybe no more fongseng and level 6 corner to chill and bitch about it. sigh..

zyy pointed out something that is right. that i am spiteful at times. i was wrong that we can be occasionally spiteful and people will give you the leeway and let you be and forgive you for being 'have a bad day'. want to be good guy. it should be all the way.

i was quite unable to reconcile. how come sometimes, i am always the one that is in the wrong. is it reallie the louder is the more correct guy? i guess it's wrong too. the one with demand is at the losing end.

if i quarrel with the shop auntie and bargain, i will lose out eventaully if i reallie want to buy the thing.
if i am spiteful and ignore the world, i will lose out,.. cos i know. and i cannot deny. i need the world more than the world needs me.

shux. i am at the losing end.

what can be worse will be when the shop auntie dun give a damn about my business, despite being such a nice customer for so damn long. sigh

brat

2008-07-08T14:24:00.001+08:00

　　至于《天龙八部》，很遗憾，那个人人讨厌的阿紫仍然健在，问金庸，他笑得很慈悲："世上真的有这种讨厌的小姑娘，小时候环境不好，后来又爱上姐夫，令她任性反叛，其实身不由己，也是个很可怜的人。"

it's true that there are sad cases around. 任性反叛，其实身不由己，也是个很可怜的人。but, will we give sympathy? often not. so work harder and not to be a brat, not even occasionally.

thoughts

2008-07-07T14:18:00.001+08:00

talking to amos makes me feel what is it like talking to myself. he's an emo kid now.

and i do feel ashamed that i am not contented with my lot in life. quoting someone when i say i wish i will have a grad trip.
"u are already in shanghai and NOC.. "
"you know how many people want to go NOC but cannot?"

when i tot it's bleak for my future career. another one says
"you dun know how i wish i am in ur shoes?"
"nus, chem engin"
"it's like how nice"
"i have to take part time degree lor"

so, i feel totally wrong to lament about my wants in life. haha.. but nvm.. i shall still write them down.

it's a constant struggle. to be good and to be bad like the world.

it's a shaping of character in shanghai. i am starting to dun care and stop trying to be that perfect guy.

and those damn ego there are like so nice. they are egoistic about themselves and yet happy.

and, i also realise what is it to like a person again. it's about knowing how wrong the person can be and yet you still want to stay around.

and there are no good guys. all are bad. the difference is, are they at ur side or not. i hate that feeling. but it's getting real.

and who says looks doesnt matter.

---

in church, after so long, i finally hear a lot of hyms in church. the feeling is so farmiliar.
"it is well.... (it is well), with my soul (with my soul).. it is well, it is well.. with my soul"

--

one good thing that i have gained. someone whom i can talk bout God as well as about the bad things that i have done. not a lot of people i can talk bout the 'holy' and also 'unholy' stuffs.

---

and do i have someone special in mind? haha.. i guess so.. i wish i do. but it's so fleeting and i am starting to doubt my fleeting thoughts. but the thoughts stays there consistently. so it's like a permanent fleeting thought. haha.

--

"i dun know about tmr.. i just live from day to day.. "

ermo

2008-06-24T20:56:00.002+08:00

this blog has always been a photolog. nothing reallie much about thoughts. i guess one year in shanghai is also one year to grow up and be less emo.

emo is such an overused word. but i already cannot differentiate what's and what's not emo.

i guess i know what's wrong with me recently. coupled with the fact that i am overseas without many people around me. and plus the fact that i have restricted my tonnes of emo talking to only a very very very small grp of pple. most of them not even in shanghai has turned me to a deprived kid.

i dun dare to let my emotions be known. i was too tired of being read. what is worse is that most people will throw this book away after reading it. it's like.. too easily read. no challenge. and there i go, to the shelves.

now back to logic, i think. my prob is not with the change. is just the skillsets that necessary. the ability to think and speak. and not thinking and speaking at the same time. and the ability to express my thoughts (which are , i hope, friendly most of the time) correctly.

i guess. i am a little affected. i know.

when i baidu my name.. i tot i wun find anything but i'm wrong

2008-06-24T18:07:00.000+08:00

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happy birthday to lingfei

2008-06-20T18:49:00.000+08:00

happie birthday to lingfei.. and tesing go@blogger.com

vain !!!!

2008-06-14T10:58:00.000+08:00

here comes a super vain pic...

hahaah!! but well.. it's good to document things down right?
jason says, "those who likes to take pictures are emo kids" then i think think..
allan, zyy, karmeng, chio, are all pple who likes to take pictures..
amos as well..
true to certain extent sia. =)

calvin and hobbes ending

2008-06-14T09:37:00.002+08:00

it's fake. fortunately calvin and hobbes final strip is much more positive.. like this

impt things come first

2008-06-08T01:34:00.002+08:00

> > One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'
> >
> > The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'

it's taken from a story where it shows that the important things in life should fill your life first.. then there will be time for other smaller things..

when you have all ur big and small things already.. there's still space for cups of coffee with a friend.

i guess as asians, we grew up watching movies and serials about friendships. for guys maybe will watch a few jianghu or gangster show and be acquainted with brotherhood. i guess, sometimes we fail to realise that brothers are important but the bigger things in life is still more important. sometimes, we learnt lessons using a longer timeframe. haha..

previously i was talking to one of my friend on msn. and that's what he says.
"friends will get married and eventually, they will have no time for you. so why bother... "

haha.. i laughed.. and realise that one day that statement will be true.

Christ's love

2008-06-05T20:45:00.003+08:00

i seldom or never blog bout my spiritual life. i feel like jotting some of my thoughts today.

"I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back."
a familiar and "childish" song but it gives good reminder. Why sometimes, i am thinking of turning back? Throwing the towel? Quitting? I am reminded that there is no turning back anymore.

sometimes, i feel emo becos of my guilt. the guilt of not performing as a Christian. and most importantly, the guilt of being emo. it's in fact the last thing i should do becos God in heaven, is my Father and He goes before me and takes care of me. the cheerful and confident kid i should be, i reallie should.

and life is a cycle. The older will guide the younger. But me being older, should reallie be an example. BE a good example, ernest.

happy birthday to me!

2008-05-31T16:39:00.011+08:00

birthday celebrations starts with a slack thursday morning and going to school in the afternoon. I even took leave on Friday (30 May) just to chill and relax a bit. haha.. i guess i dint regret my choice. i had a great day out.

and when i tot it will be a quiet birthday in shanghai. esp when zyy is in wuhan and weihan is in zhejiang. but it turns out surprising a little 'noiser'. i really have to thank God for His blessings and the friends He gives me.

and thanks CHIO! for being the first one to sms me happie birthday!!
and ALLAN to facebook me at once.

and thanks wei wei karmeng shirleen to call me from 2404 to wish me happie birthday. i reallie felt bad for not being at home. =p

thanks to Kerryn who sms me from singapore and jinyao and young for wishing me happie bdae. and my ahbang lipchong who gives me a birthday call and birthday parcel! and crystal
for remembering my bdae as well.

and huilian who sent me a bdae card from singapore

you will see the photos later.. but before that, i have to mention thanks to people who wish me happie birthday thru facebook like weixiong, calvin, yuwei, an yu, patricia, yeelian, choonhan, yee mun, jevin, alex chew, peichien, yang yuanyuan joseph, esther liang, marilyn.

pple who have msn me like weiming, sukiang, and henghai!

and block Dee level 6 guys who have sent me a birthday card from singapore!! thanks!!!

and my ahbang lipchong who sent me such an atas present that makes me feel bad. i reallie hope you bought it at at SUPER GSS or something. haha =) but postage is cheap.. ahha.. only $5.3.. =) it seems cheaper to send things from singapore than to singapore. bro, thanks a lot for ur present. .haha..

29th May.. after school. and i know i dun want to spend my birthday eve alone. fortunately there's hansheng and elim who are always there when i need entertainment!!! wanted to eat steak so much that i went to this ulu no customers restaurant. the formula is proven, that if the restaurants has no customers, DUN GO IN!
but still.. it's a nice talking chatting eating session~

birthday present from the cofeebean boy. and the present is mocha ice-blended!

vain pic #1: =) enjoying my first birthday present. =)

zyy drew the bear, shirleen wrote the words. she keeps calling me nerd.. dun know since when.
jack ah sounds super Karmeng. haha..
thanks!!! for leaving a birthday message on our house bitching board.! =)

and i received something very surprising from Singapore!!! it's a birthday card from Huilian!!! i sms her right away to say thanks. nv expected something so swweet from her!!! =)

thnaks!!! must reallie meet you once i go back! =)

ya.. it's very weird but i am couting down at 1703 but not zhongshan 2404. why? erm. well.. i tot no one will b around mah.. so naturally i will go to the more lively place. you know.. i just want to be with people. esp today. ~

and guess what? i have my 2nd birthday present. hhaa.. to be reallie honest, i wasnt expecting any presents from anyone. reallie. cos i tot everyone adult liao.. so will not give present. =)

and yes.. i go back home to do a thorough cleaning, facial wash, dress nice nice, put lotsa cologn and deordorant and took a lot of photos before going out.
vain shots #2345.. =) it's my birthday anyway, justified.

ktv at haoledi with hansheng onli. 36 rmb for one hour. so it's 18 rmb each. haha.. okie la.. just for fun!!! haha

and barbo in at 5pm! it's reallie a luxury to chill in the park under the nice bright and yet cooling weather

thank God and friends for all these well wishes and presnts~!! i reallie dint expect them!!!

finally, it's time for my birthday dinner at Cloud 9 Buddy Bear restaurant. it's a kiddy restaurant and that's exactly why i chose it!=)

thanks to all who have come for the dinner. reallie appreciate ur presence. =)
troy, yos, ronald, shir, hansheng, yenfang, lynette, weiwei, damon, elim, buddy bear, karmeng and yiyang and weihan who came right after reaching shanghai.

first it's a cool singing elmo balloon which facinates all of us!!! and it's from shirleen

and my dearest best roomie gave me a shaver~! i wonder did i say it myself that i will want to buy a new shaver. maybe i said it in my dreams. haha.. but then, it's a very practical and useful present!! =) thanks!!!!

and that's me and weiwei and damon, who came back home before 12 with the intention to say happy birthday to me!! thanks thanks.. touched a bit. =) hehehe.

and a call from singapore to wish me happie birthday. somehow, after progressing to skype and internet emails msn etc.. during certain occasions, calling is still very meaningful! ~

and here's zyy who came right after his flight from wuhan!!! quoting zyy, "you still say no body loves you!!!" okay la.. haha.a. appreciate your effort to rush down. =)

and when i tot everything has ended at buddy bear. the kids, clowns, mascots and all. hahaa.. =)

and the final picture for my birthday celebration on 30 May 2008, with my dear 2404 house guys.

something that i thought will only happen in sheares hall. but well.. these are a bunch of hall kids too.

look at the facial expressions of karmeng, zyy, weihan and myself. i feel the love.

the video of what has happened shall be classified. =)

day out

2008-05-24T22:56:00.000+08:00

i start to feel bored. yes.. feeling a bit tired with my job and almost giving in to wh's persuasion to change my job. i want do do something real.. something that is like sheares production. i need to find the energy to think bout something i like 24/7 like before. i need something that i like to suck away all my energy. decide to have a day out alone.. haha.. supposed to walk in shanghai alone but in the end, met up with cystal to go jingan xiao ting before it's closed. bought 2 shirts that's too big for me.. that's a super and ultimate turn off. not only does it mean that i have to go down and change the shirts, i just feel pissed and unhappy for not fitting into a bigger shirt. argh!!!

nvm vn.. one thing.. i realise that i have grown darker. while i am trying to get fairer, all the girls like shirleen elim and crystal is telling me that it doesnt matter for guys to be dark. reallie?? i tot i still shouldnt be too dark.. so took a lot of photos of myself to take a look myself if i am in the okay tone. okie>!! that's super vain.. but ya.. i dun want to be in the wrong tone.. maybe it's true. it doesnt matter for a guy. or even, according to elim, it's better for a guy to be dark than fair.. okok.. i shall stay this way.. until the sun disappear in the winter season again. =) ahhaa.. taking a lot of photos also entails my level of boredom. i haven been brining my camera out for a loooooooong time. real long time.. =) so photo whore a bit to pass time and erm.. ya.. just for fun..

photo whore moments.

and yes.. playing with the accent function of my canon ixus860. after showing crystal this function, crystal is so tempted to buy my camera. i knew it.. canon rocks. haha =)

and yes.. you can see that i have bought this yellow giraffe. haha.. think it's damn cute. crystal bought it first and decided to buy for someone who likes giraffe. that's the good thing bout liking something so specific... .people will remember what you like easily and buy things for you more often. hha. +)

we bought a birthday present for lipchong.. =) yes .. happie birthday to lipchong sooN!!!.. which is 2 days after mine. =) ah bang.. you present will be late cos it takes time to travel from china to singapore. =)

and i reallie think crystal should change her name to swaroski.. cos she's damn expensive. she's like earning sooo much more than me!!! guess what? she asked if i want to work for her uncle instead. haha. it's a media company!!! wah!! it's like a small size YnR. if this is an opening, i will think thta God is opening doors for me. we shall see.. may His will be done.

some macau iced ice..=) erm.. it comes with a pipette tip bottle. =)

david tao concert

2008-05-11T19:56:00.000+08:00

if only mayday concert were at this venue and i had this kind of seats. =) haha then it will be the perfect concert. enough of concert experience. quoting someone "been there done that" and i dun reallie like it.. haha a=)

well.. next will be a musical in july. i am very excited bout it. no matter what, i think i am still quite a theatre person. =)

huangshan scenery

2008-05-03T23:04:00.000+08:00

okay.. even zyy is posting my camera's photo.. so i must die die post some of my photos too..
erm.. and yes.. canon camera rocks. the colour is damn nice and good. and ixus860 has this wideangle lens which is damn good for zipai (self take) and for scenery shots!!!

if only picassa will allow me to arrange the photos position.

asian x-games

2008-05-03T22:59:00.000+08:00

zyy: ernest, your blog is like so boring.
true... i mean.. i tot just put photos lor.. if i write too much, will go into emo stuffs.. haha.. i am not that kind who will crapp and bitch about things.. you know.. i cannot write zyy sux when he do his work and nv go out with us.. i cannot write.
i also write that shirleen is damn irriating to keep saying that she's chio.. haha..
you seee. if i write these shit i have to put...
p/s: just kidding..

talking bout PS. i just watch PS i love you.. it's like so so sooooooo sad. okay. yes. i teared. it's meant for pple to tear what.. so it's okay.

and labour day what i do?? i went to watch asian x-games live!! yes.. the game is in shanghai.. and lijuan's company can get the tickets.. so we went there.. shiok. see something that's shown on ESPN live. ahaha=)

karmeng, amos, me, shir, elim

maybe it's the sun.. i think i kinda look a bit better in these phots..haha.... hahaa
but they say i am tanned. i dint even like go out to tan myself unlike zyy (running in the park to get the sun and take off clothes to get even tan)
why am i so tanned?? i want to be bai bai one. hahaa... being dark makes me look even skinner. hahaha
okie.. cannot believe it.. i am bitching bout looks like shirleen. argh.

and yes.. the background.. the BMX finals.. there are reallie good ones.. normally from america etc..
but the commentor sounds really bad when he said things like "as an asian, this standard is really commendable and good already" i'm like.. what the!!! very see asians no up. yes.. asians arent good in this game but dun say until like that mah..

and yes.. shirleen!!!! taking photos like no body's business.
we all say, she will die of boredom if there's no digi cam in this world.

erm... just a station for pple to take pictures. haha.

blog

2008-05-01T22:46:00.002+08:00

i have a lot of things to say... in my journey to adulthood. although i am technically an adult already.
i have whine about it somewhere some how. argh..

mayday concert

2008-05-01T09:22:00.000+08:00

photos

the 8 x pple who paid 255rmb to watch concert.
well... many of just want to try what is a concert like. while it's still relative cheaper in shanghai than singapore.

the die hard fans.. with self written tshirts and sparklers. supporting mayday far far away from the stage. it's this kind of pple that makes the far far away seats more worth it. haha

i think mayday songs either very high or super emo... i bet 阿信can be an emo kid. haha

这是我的温柔……

像孩子依赖著肩膀像眼泪依赖著脸庞你就像天使一样给我依赖给我力量

如果失望……不能绝望！

如果失望，不要绝望。

五月的天看五月天

2008-05-01T09:02:00.000+08:00

五月的天。五月天的演唱会。8万人体育场的蓝色荧光棒。
= 一片蓝色的天。蓝色的海。

阿信：“把你们的手机拿出来。我想看星星”
蓝海中闪烁着一闪一闪的白色手机灯，恰似天上的星星，在地上的天河里。

能够这样的带动人群。真美。

stupid

2008-04-29T17:45:00.003+08:00

i stupidly tell the repair uncle that i am a singaporean. now, he tell me repair my phone need 300 plus rmb. now i cannot help but think that he is cheating me. and now, there's nothing i can do or verify.

argh!!!!!!!

and i dun tell my clients that i'm a singaporean. when i should.. strike conversation. argh..

wrong time wrong place.

huangshan (3)

2008-04-29T00:21:00.000+08:00

beautiful scenery..
and i just realisei dun have my canon stiching programme!!!

huangshan(2)

2008-04-29T00:15:00.000+08:00

i think the above is the nicest pic of myself.. haha.. cos the face small small.. =)

huangshan(1)

2008-04-29T00:08:00.000+08:00

finally made our way to the mt. huang. it's supposed to be one of the best mountain in china. there's a saying... 登过黄山不观岳
so.. ya.. finally. 1120rmb. erm.. cheap in singapore sense.

yy, shir, elim, daemon, weihan, ernest

pose suggest by zyy

on the mountian after sunrise

msn chat

2008-04-16T11:40:00.002+08:00

There is this special friend which often struck me with queer similarities. and when i asked about why he haven changed his msn pic for so long...

i oao hope i can change to one with me n a girl instead of two guys

haih...i came to hall...accomplished all things except for one

19days more before i leave hall, its like there's the one thing i've not achieved, a void that has yet to be filled

leaving hall with a heavy heart...with a single heart

and, i have this hunch that i will say the exact same thing.

shanghai

2008-04-12T09:35:00.000+08:00

i think it's far to early to blog bout my house people. but well.. since we took a polariod, and the photo just induce some emo feelings. and hence. here you go.. presenting to you, 2404, the zhongshan house.
thank God for choosing the house for me. of cos if you want to compare, there endless complaints but for now, it's quite a good combi.

let's hope it will be a nice cool house even when summer comes and winter comes again. =)

thank chio. this is what i want. i tell yo the quantity again=) will bank transfer the money to you =)
you are the best. haha.

beijing (4)h

2008-04-06T23:49:00.002+08:00

beijing (3)

2008-04-06T23:49:00.001+08:00

beijing (2)

2008-04-06T23:40:00.001+08:00

movie in shanghai

2008-03-30T00:26:00.000+08:00

movie in shanghai is nt cheap.. it's about 60 rmb.. anything that is singapore priced is not cheap. but thanks to English First, a english tution centre, we won 4 free tickets. hence decide to try to watch movie in shanghai.
the first and prob the last time in shanghai cinema.
10000bc.

anywya.. the movie is quite okay.. haha.. i like the way they imagine out the story in 10000bc. quite nice.

--

emo shit. have to decide what do i want to do.
1. make friends and keep them
2. network, know more pple
3. work hard to gain recognition
4. do more comm stuffs.. this time as SHEN and not sheares hall
5. to clique with house pple
6. to know NOC pple..

i am irritated. i dun know what i want and i am pissed when pple dun gie me what i want. there's not typo error. that's exactly how i feel.

rag designers

2008-03-15T13:48:00.000+08:00

behind the screen

2008-03-14T23:04:00.002+08:00

sometimes i wish i can speak in person.. wheni tot i tend to express more negatively over the net and when i am typing. i blame the lack of positive expressions, friendly face or smiles when we talk over msn..

but at the same time, i thank God for msn.. it allows me to apear happy when i dun like expending energy to my face muscles to smile.. haha =)

it has reach a stage where by i can sense the smile in my heart but my face is expressionles..

okie.. then i wonder if it's truly smiling.. haha whatever.

it's still nice at times to talk behind the screen.

blog before my battery runs out

2008-03-14T19:44:00.002+08:00

there's this thing that i cannot run away from even when i am in SH and not SG.. that's attention. about getting the attention of pple and trying to giving attention to pple and wondering why do people give attention to those pple.

okie.. i mean.. heart affairs is always so interesting to me.. heart affairs of others. it's always about others, i wonder why. i cannot guarantee that if i am the subject of the matter i will be any happier.

however, right now, i just hope that i am not the last to know bout things...

cute shanghainese

2008-03-09T11:52:00.001+08:00

it's a poster.. and of cos there's a reason for this poster.

lijuan birthday

2008-03-09T11:50:00.001+08:00

before meeting the rest for lijuan birthday.. taking more gay pics with hansheng.
but then agin.. i think the pitures are good. =) haha

lijuan's birthday. =) with a oreo cheesecake

now.. gues what it this??? it's not an monument or something oki! it's a.....

vertical parking lot. talking bout saving space.. i think shanghai has done it better than singpore. haha a!

klunch

2008-03-09T11:45:00.000+08:00

that's good for K-lunch!!! at 40RMB we can K for 3 hours. and the system is good.
the only sad thing bout the ktv experience is.. erm.. haha.. cannot catch key and tune and tone and everything. a bit paiseh..
must go and k again with pple i can go zao sxia with.

minwah and jinyao. carl,
me and rongshun, kerryn and me

gayish hansheng with his pictures. haha..

ｍａｔｒｉｃ　ｆａｉｒ，　ｑｉｂａｏ　ａｎｄ　ｓｕｚｈｏｕ　ｂｉｚ　ｔｒｉｐ

2008-03-09T11:20:00.002+08:00

the matric fair. they have it too.. they have it in the air-conditioned basketball courts. i think if we were to hold it in the open space, no one will go lor. haha =)
there's all sorts of activites la.. then it brings me to the question: to hang around and know more pple in fudan. to hang around with colleages and know them more. to stick with my house pple cos eventually i dun think i want it to be a one year friends thingie.
but well.. time will decide ba. =)

qi bao gu zhen 七宝古镇
by the time we reached, which is about 9 plus.. most of the shops have closed. but it's still good. without the tourists and all.. i can enjoy walking down the empty streets.. looking at the architecture and the little food stalls.

shirleen and i washing my hair. if dun use loreal shampoo... it's 6RMB for girls and 10 RMB for guys. okie. in local terms it's quite a waste of money but well.. i am a partial tourist as well.. this kind of cheap thing (in SGD) must try la../
and shirleen is my official try-anything-dun-mind-spending-rmb buddy liao.
"this kind of stupid thing only can do it with ernest"-shirleen.
haha.. true.. weihan will think it's luxury item.
wei wei will think it's wu liao .

and i went to suzhou myself. for biz trip. okok..just to meet client. if you haven known. my job is to meet customers. i can travel like 2 hours just to meet him for 30 min. fortunately this time, this mr zheng is good. he talk cock a bit with me.. if not my hours of travelling with be wasted. haha..

wondering what do we do other taking photos? taking video.. life is more than pictures with mr i want to show my face - lin han sheng, and the ever ready camera - zyy!

all for the fun of it.. haha.. i wonder what the locals were thinking when we were taking the documentaries.！～＝）

at the backstreet of zhou zhuang

2008-03-09T00:11:00.000+08:00

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trying to blog without photos

2008-03-06T22:40:00.002+08:00

shanghai is fun.. with all the hilarious videos and shots and cam whores around. =)

but i think work creeps in. lives crossed path. study do matter a little. and we sometimes have to think about what we really want in this year.

to work. to study. to learn. to achieve. or to play?

shen. it's like hall. but at least we are targetting at earning money for ourselves.. erm.. actually not reallie outselves but for our own organisation.

i wonder what do i want? do i like to micro and stuffs like sp? to be there and make sure it will pull thru ( haha.. tho choonhan is the real one doing it.. )

or do i want to continue my attempt to do designs. i never delve far enough.. i wonder will i ever
be sure of what it is..

work

2008-03-04T00:28:00.002+08:00

feell like complaining about work.. argh. but nvm. shant talk much about it here..

going to just write my crap here ba

2008-03-04T00:14:00.002+08:00

you know.. i shouldnt reallie blog bout work and my company cos blogs are public. plus there's so much comments i have about my company that i dun think i want my boss to know. but heck.. i must give it off me (not 100%)

anyway, i am reallie impressed that there are employees in my current company. i guess the company (aka companion) matters a lot more than having great jobs or working conditions etc.. yeap.. i am thankful to have colleagues with no age gap and very frienldy talk cock environment. =)
the only think i dun like is.. me, who has been the first to reach the office like 95% of the time, is feeling indignified. there seemed to have no rewards for being punctual but only rewards for staying late. and what's the pt of staying late man!!! seriously.. i dun mind working until 630 if my knock off time is at 530 if the company culture is to work late cos startup mah.. a lot of things to do.. but. if the knock off timing is at 630, i will leave on the dot. i am just feel lots of grievences.

nvm. nvm. God is great. He has it nicely planned for me. at least i dun have to work on saturdays. i dun hav to work shift or on sundays. so. He is good.

i may not have good welfare, but i great colleages. i may not hav clean toilets but i have good food around the building. i may not hav high pay but i have decent income. i may not have slack job but i have the chance to bump around and learn things. God is good.

and i sitll dun knwo why work until 7? if you need loong hours.. then dun be late la. ending at 7 means no dinner. no time for anything at night. i can work till 8 on certain days but leave at 6? i wish there's such flexi scheme. ernest, dun resort to report 1 hour late periodically like the rest of them. argh. i still dun get why should we work until 7. that's not called efficiency. that's a stupid PRC way of keeping pple employed. loong hours.. to tell pple you are working hard.

just like the PRC here.. 5 lifeguards in a small small poool.. why? full employment rate mah. now you know.
okie.. bosses, if you are reading this.

kope from hengfai

2008-03-02T11:56:00.002+08:00

spending some money

2008-03-02T10:27:00.004+08:00

okay. i have been wondering why am i spending so much.. then i realise. i avoid rushing to buy gifts and presents towards the end, i will be buying little things that i think will be quite cool to give away. and relatively cheap la.. okok.. cheap in singapore sense.

you see this la bi xiao xin thingie? okie.. it's more than just an ornament.

okie.. ya.. and the poker cards.. i think it's quite nice. no matter what, it's olympics.. so can keep for rememberance.

and.. edmund, show papa this.. he says he want it. quite big la.. of cos there's even bigger one. when you all come to shanghai i bring you all go choose again lor.

zhou zhuang (1)

2008-03-02T09:52:00.000+08:00

zhou zhuang周庄. some water village. a place for us to take pretty pictures for wall paper. =)
so here yougo..

a picture of the 双桥。the 2 bridges which brings tourism to this little village.
some stories about this person taking this picture and show to some leader and the leader realise there's such a nice and beautiful place in china and decide to develop it into tourism place.

this is not a nice shot.. cos dint see the double bridge.
they say must take the 2 bridges and somehowyou cna imagine the 2 bridges to be kinda the picture of an olden days key.
some how you can see la.. cannot see nvm

pretty pictures again.. against the 后花园of some ming dynasty officials

shux.. shouldnt smile.. haha..

zhou zhuang

2008-03-02T09:50:00.000+08:00

yeah.. i did this super touristy thingie.. but well.. aiyah.. heck la.. i still think it's worth it. it's bout 20 SGD but i hope if i do this in singapore, it will be far more expensive. i hope. haha
i think my dad will reallie like to have this at home.. pretty calligraphy to put on the walls.

that guy still say, "送你一个大字吧，这字就只150元了”what the.. want to give me the word also mus tlet me choose. i can put 黄 instead of 兴。 nvm. la.. so here's the poem starting with my dad, my mom, mine and my bro's name. =)

the legendary china toilets

2008-02-28T22:50:00.001+08:00

house pets - charlie and pandy

2008-02-28T22:47:00.001+08:00

left: pandy, right: charlie
centre? erm.. not the impt guy here.. skip.

cheng huang miao- house outing

2008-02-28T22:40:00.000+08:00

the photo crazy pple. yy trying to pose but dumbo-dimbo hide himself behind karmeng haha

friday night is a house eat good food outside.. so we got to this guyi xiang wei nong thingie.. a recommendation by howard (the bottom right corner bald guy). he's weiwei's colleague. he's a taiwanese brought up in US.. so a bit complicated. haha

and yes.. i think shanghai is module after singapore quite a bittt.. haha.. now they hav rules about .. not saying vulgar words. haha. like they will listen. haha

and yes.. more photos of the food. the style of pictures a bit different right? not i take one. .it's shirleen's photos. haha -)

2008-02-28T22:36:00.000+08:00

a random photo.. this is in singapore.. left to right: ernnie, chio, ernest, allan. ktv was more fun in singapore.. guess i haven found the right karkies to K with. haha..

and there we go. the first cca. ssba yuan xiao celelbration. ssba is the singapore shanghai biz association. thanks to amos, i was roped in host a bit.. haha.. actually i tot it's in chinese, hence offered to help. but in the end, we find it stupid to have chinese MC since everyone knows english. so i do it in english lor.. too bad..

the famous 城隍庙food. erm.. actually. nothing really spectacular. just eat at ding tai feng.. you get the same thing if not better. but of cos will be SGD pricing lor =)ｈａｈａ

being a tourist.. must take picture with the classic buildings. yo uknow.. sightseeing a bit.. haha

a truly gracious society SG should be. dun be like SH

2008-02-25T00:36:00.001+08:00

Dr Balakrishnan said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew asked him two key questions after Singapore won the bid last week.

The first was where will the games be held because Singapore will not have a National Stadium by 2010.

So YOG events will be held in the heartland sports facilities.

And Dr Balakrishnan said these will be upgraded so Singaporeans will also benefit from the world-class facilities.

But he said Mr Lee's second point involves changing software, not hardware.

Dr Balakrishnan said: "The second question, or actually the challenge he threw, was that this is a great opportunity. Let's uplift our people, bring ourselves up and truly create a gracious society and let's use the games as an opportunity to test ourselves, to showcase ourselves and to benchmark ourselves."

He added that it is time for Singapore to develop a polite and considerate culture for the country's sake not just because of the YOG.

And that way visitors to the Games will know the warm welcome they receive is genuine and not just for show. - CNA/ch

fireworks

2008-02-17T10:25:00.000+08:00

fireworks in shanghai CNY!!! wow.. dun you feel like it's NDP!! it's really magnificient. and since they are not shot up that high like our NDP, you can literally feel that the fireworks is going to land on you!.. it's like disneyland. hahaha and best of all, it's all free. neighbours just lit them up along the streets. some even lit of small crackers outside their windows.

okay.. the nice fireworks are lit up by the rest of the pple.. we? we have this BIG sparklers burning on the ground. hahaha..

SQ831 and SQ836

2008-02-16T11:39:00.002+08:00

1. leaving singapore is much easier for the 2nd time	2. at at least it's more personal, taking my own time to enter and board
3. T3, a bigger brighter, spacious terminal. it's so big that for certain gates, they even suggest you to take a shuttle bus !!!	4. taking the plane by myself, is just like taking public bus by myself when i was in sec 1. full of excitment and illusion that i am a grown up. okay, i am a grown up now. i know. hahaha

ethan and fish and ernnie.

1. arriving in singapore.. it's like taking bus home. a 4 hour bus ride	2. but i reallie never expect pple to fe there when i touch down. i mean.. wah.!!! nick, bohao, des, honghao.. you all ups la..
3. honghao, as usual, acting... as if he's cold. aha	4. des and my 25kg luggage.

Chinese New Year in Shanghai

2008-02-16T11:35:00.002+08:00

1. before shirleen and wei wei leave for harbin, we decide our 2404 reunion dinner.. so, as singaporeans.. haha.. of cos we will choose the easiest way out.. steamboat!!!	2. we got weiwei cooking the stock; shirleen cooking dumplings; ckm the mushroom and vegs guy; weihan the lay the table guy
3. and viola..!! spread is set. we have so much food that we can eat for another 3 days. hahah	4. cheers!!!!!

1. the real newyear's eve, we gathered at hansheng's house for steamboat again. this time with people from all 3 houses. it's a spread as well	2. the highlight of the day must be the firecrackers and fireworks
3. they "pia, pia, pia" (sound of firecrackers) all the way from 10pm until CNY Day 1 4/5am!!!	4.and me, attempting to light up as well. =)

1. the famous Pearl of the east building.. so of cos must take picture	2. and finally, my ixus 860 has it's pride. it can take the full view of the tower using it's 28mm wide angle lens while the rest of them cant!! yeah!!
3. there's weihan, elim, lijuan, yiyang and myself.

1. carl, my sales boss, brought yusheng back from singapore to lao with my IT boss cos he dint return this year.

2. it's a nice yusheng lao-ing experience. if there's anything this CNY makes me feel like a singaporean, it's this thing call lao yusheng.

mix cereal biscuit

2008-02-05T00:42:00.000+08:00

she's damn pro.. smooth handling.. and it's realie quite healthy.. reallie.. haven been seeing healthy stuffs liao.. it's made of mixed cereal.. orkay, the sauce a bit salty but othe than that it's realli like flour and wheat and eggs. wah.. damn good and crispy. and further more.. it's like erm.. 2.5 rmb for one.
i reallie love to take time to eat breakfsat. it's cheap.. unlike lunch and all. esp when you meet pple for meals.. tend to overspend and burst the budget. =(

冬天的美丽

2008-02-03T17:30:00.000+08:00

冬天有多美？
在冬天，能穿很多层衣服，像港剧里的男女主角。
可以在茫茫白雪游戏
可以在雪花纷飞的背景拍照
可以踩着白绵绵、柔软的白色大道漫步回家
可以在寒冷冬天吃热腾腾的生煎和麻辣烫

但…… 雾浓的上海，可以像是雾里看花，美。有人也会觉得天灰灰的，很哀伤，很凄凉。
冬天里总有这”卖火柴的小女孩“，在严冬求生……

当你穿着一层棉，一层羊毛背心，一层羽绒服走过，心里就会真心感谢上帝。

food and snow

2008-02-03T00:03:00.000+08:00

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but things dun come so cheap most of the time.. average lunch is always above 10 or 20 cos i dun eat alone and hence the cost depends on the crowd. i realie think the living standards in shanghai is reallie so damn high. the amt of thing 1rmb can fetch is so much less than 1 sing dollar. at least we can settle a meal at below 4 sing if we want to. okie. actually in singapore also a bit hard le. but then, the common food stalls like hawker centres also cost bout 6 rmb for 1 lamian. it's freaking 6rmb. it's less than 2Sing i know but 6 rmb is a lot to the china pple here who also earns bout 2-3 k rmb.

i also start to realise the beggers along the street when i walked to mrt station are the same few. the reason i dint give is because i dun know if i should give. but many times, mins after passing by them, i realise the 1 or 2 rmb is only like less than a dollar to me. why cant i just give it to them? it pains when you see a lady with full of white hair kneeling in the snowing city begging for money.

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4: today is the day after the amazing 10cm of snow. it's liek super a lot.. look at the snow accumulated. so thick.
3: and look at the floor. it;s totally white!!!!! of cos when more and more pple walked on.. they will melt and become disgusting liek pic 1.
1: the difference between swept and unswept floor

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weihan jioed me to join him and the interns for their farewell.. why am i there? i also dunknow.. but i think over the phone he sounds realli sincere that my presense will be appreciated by him.. so go lor.. and make some friends also la.. actually it's self shoot arrow. now they are asking me to bring some things back to singapore for them because they ahve excess baggage. yeap.

anyway, it's also becos we were talking to baberozza.. we found this reallie beautify place with many trees as canopy and the floor is covered with soft white snow. it's enchanted against the foggy and pinkish shanghai sky. how romantic, if you hae ur gf with you.

snowfight in singlets and short

2008-01-30T23:45:00.000+08:00

karmeng: "it's once in a lifetime thing"
seetoh: "let's go.. have to take a picture.. no matter what"
it's reallie crazy!!! every one will think so. but we have done it.. it's liek damn exciting.. snow fight @@@ in singlets and shorts.
they drink vodka to keep warm lor.. =) i am the man, i dint drink! muahaha

wind in the willows

2008-01-30T23:33:00.000+08:00

i may be fortunate that while i'm in shanghai and choonhan is giving his best to make sure that the show will go on. but i also know that, i have missed the chance to do something with choonhan. it could be like rag.. a prolonged one. but maybe this time, i would have teared. but again, without giving my 100%, i can only feel the anxiety and imagine the feelings.. no tears from the eyes but it's watery in my heart. =)
choon han. i realised i have spent so much time talking to you during semester 2. when i recall where all my time goes to.. then i suddenly realise how much have we talked bout SP. tho i am not there.. i wish i am with you emotionally.

people, please buy tickets for the Sheares Production. 22 and 23 Feb 08. The Wind in the Willows. Give us your support.

shanghai snow

2008-01-27T10:52:00.000+08:00

the ice on the hand rails.

snow flacks on my gloves

shirleen against the white plants

雪一片一片的飘落。把上海的草皮披了一件雪白的衣裳。
kerryn 说，“你真幸运，在上海的第一个冬天就碰到了雪！”

感谢主，在寒冷的冬天里，我有个温暖的窝。亲切的同房室友。
在路上看见行乞的人，心里不禁会感到……

珍惜。我们真不该埋怨自己的外套不漂亮了。

2008-01-27T10:33:00.000+08:00

zyy, ernest, weihan

look at the snow.. on zyy's head.. =)

the white ground

雪白的上海

2008-01-27T10:15:00.000+08:00

it's not rain. it's not hail. it's snow!!!!

never will i thought that i will have to chance to brave thru the snow and walk under the falling snowflakes

when i mean flakes. it's really the 6 edged crystals that we see in primary school encyclopedia! =)

zyy

2008-01-26T02:29:00.000+08:00

this is for Ronald. i know you are not readin gthis. but ya.. chingay publicity is here in shanghai!!!

and yes!!! we actually took photos in the freaking squeezy metro!!!! wonderful cam whores

of city and food

2008-01-26T02:28:00.000+08:00

下班之后，自己走走。是一种享受。

快照！真实讽刺。

上海富有特色的建筑物。

it looks as if i have just use photoshop to cut and paste my face onto the backgroud. but you know, i am realli there.. against the lights of the city

the rubbish dump full of sticks of 串烧。哈哈

week 2 - working week

2008-01-26T02:19:00.000+08:00

going to church with fellow housemates. thank God for people who are eager to go together. yes. =) it's a way to keep in going on.

sheng jian bao!!!! it's super good. i have not eaten xiao long bao yet in shanghai but sheng jian bao is a must try!!! it's like it will squirt juice out literally.. delicious!!!
when i walk to work from the MRT, i will go early to queue for it as breakfast.

while pple may want to experience Chinese New Year in China, singapore is the place the PRC might go to for the festive mood! haha.. i think the advertisments tagline is damn up. xin xiang shi cheng. =)

my workstation. well.. at least i have a computer.. i will try to use it more often. cos i dun wnat to bring my laptop for work like the rest of them. ahha

the value of one dollar

2008-01-24T22:05:00.000+08:00

one sing dollar can get me a drink.
one rmb means 20 cents.
dividing by 5 becomes a norm when i buy things in singapore
after realising that average china pple earns also about 2500, which is what i am earning, 1 dollar has raised its value to one sing dollar equivalent.

when my lunch is cheapest to be at 8 rmb
when my dinner can be as expensive at 25rmb when i eat at fusheng (aka coffeeshop zi cha)

i am still buying things at singapore value.. erm.. okay la.. must better liao la..

1 rmb is one chuan of mala tang
1 rmb is half of my breakfast cost
1 rmb is what i can give to the poor guy who begs in the 0 deg with thin clothes.
1 rmb is reallie 1 sing dollar considering i am earning 2500 rmb only.

Bund with puayfang

2008-01-20T00:19:00.000+08:00

他乡遇故知不亦乐乎
how often do you actually get to meet hometown friends in the foreign land? maybe in this global day it's very easy and possible but to me, it's still quite interesting.. since we are both in Shanghai, i think it's only right to meet up right? so ya.. went out with her for dinner and take pictures at the bund. it's actually just like a singapore river, just that it's much bigger, with much more renaisance building? and with more lights, and much bigger river.. haha.. =)

oh ya. i tihnk my face has grown fatter.. !! haha..
but my face is peeling .. very worried. sigh.. hope it will be over soon.