last minute talk cock sessions

a last minute arrangement, a few last minute calls and a last minute change of venue. soon i was standing all the way to tampines on a packed bus 23 full of working crowd devils to have dinner with clarence at seoul garden. actually, it was more of helping him spend his seoul garden voucher which was expiring in february (check out today's date: 28 feb. yup, last day of the month. well done clarence.)

it was a good thing zhenhao and ziyang popped along. if not i would have killed clarence for being so last minute. or for being so cheapo as to rush his friends down to tampines to use up his precious voucher. or both.

with the 2 buffers around, i flicked the 'talk cock' switch and turned on the superior lameness. i couldn't kill clarence, but at least i could bash him left, right and centre. and so the talk cock sessions began...

it's been ages since i've been to seoul garden (clearly, i don't know how to cook too well and i don't have a strong love for BBQs). so i started taking some pictures.

every now and then, the sweet zhenhao would place some healthy veggies on my plate. thanks bro. and ziyang would lay freshly-prepared morsels of meat for me. thanks buddy. meanwhile, clarence would 'make good use' of himself by flinging a piece or two over to my area. we all knew there was a kind little heart behind that 'chee bye' middle-finger-flicking reflex of his.

with that fork pointing menacingly at me, it became rather apparent that clarence's bruised OC ego couldn't take anymore bashing. hang in there man, we still have our bangkok trip later this week. you can kill me after that.

oh, obviously i wasn't smiling too much after reducing quite a bit of my food to inedible carbon flakes.

i'm amazed clarence survived all that bashing. maybe his ego didn't, but i'm not really concerned. still, he deserved a pat on the shoulder for his outstanding courage in the face of difficulty in true OC spirit.

the constant gardener

after a scrumptuous lunch i had to unwind. so, i watched the constant gardener. it's directed by fernando meirelles, the same guy who mesmerised the world with his brilliant arty farty work as well as gritty storyline in 'city of god'.
an arty farty shot.

he did include lots of footage of the breathtaking african landscape. if i were him, i'd have done the same. it's just too beautiful to leave out. it's quite an irony, given that justin was walking to his deathbed.

cute african kids demonstrate the innocence and simplicity amid the complexity of the plot.

ralph fiennes and rachel weisz put in very convincing performances as justin and tessa. kudos to them. the characters set out to expose the lies of mulit-national pharmaceuticals and also demonstrated their undying love for each other. a bittersweet ending, but i would not have it any other way. every bit of this this movie is definitely oscar-worthy.

congrats irene and bronson!

my cousin irene (mom's sister's daughter) had her wedding ceremony today and obviously i couldn't be left out. i was the car-door-boy: the young unmarried man who opens the groom's car door when he arrives at the bride's home. and bronson arrived in style, driven in a mercedes.

together, the bunch of us guys bargained and cajoled at irene's door. her sisters made it hard for us with the funny games and puzzles, but the ang bao part was the most interesting. he had to wrap them 3 times only due to time contraints (oh and he was generous too). i had a little look into what it would be like when i get married in future. hopefully i won't be fat and balding and marrying a vietnamese girl from an agency by then.

lunch at yishun safra imperial garden restaurant was good. check out the dish list:

• seafood fried rice
• braised mushroom with vegetables
• hainanese lamb stew
• fragrant butter prawn
• fried fish with teriyaki sauce
• roasted crispy duck
• breaded chicken fillet
• dough fritter with sotong paste
• mango pudding

for me, the highlights were the mushrooms (shitake, straw and button!) and prawns. my favs. i took on the noble responsibility of eating till there wasn't any more space in my tummy. however, the food seemed inexhaustible. the mountain of prawn shells was quite a sight too.

i had a great time. my tummy too. oh and did i mention that i got a big fat ang bao for my door-opening services? haha!

CONGRATS IRENE AND BRONSON!

chicken in michigan

i got an email from UMich on sunday morning: "We have made a decision on your admissions application to the University ofMichigan. You may review our decision at our Wolverine Access website."

where college applications are concerned, the word 'decision' is a really big and important one. i was skeptical that they could give me a decision this early. after all, their application deadline was the last to close, their application forms were the last that i sent in and they were the last to inform me that they had received my documents.

due to their online portal only operating during their office hours, i couldn't check that so-called decision for the whole of sunday as i needed to sleep early for my morning run in camp. that only prolonged the agony.

so, i came home today and the first thing i did was to check the portal. surprise, surprise, they did give me a decision: i was accepted. take a look at the video.

i'm happy, but not over the moon. my hopes are pinned on stanford and berkeley.

well at least i'll be assured that i can have some chicken in michigan.

asian aerospace part two

as promised, the second and final part of my AA06 odyssey. all pictures appearing in this post courtesy of zhenhao. thanks for the high-quality stuff man.

scholars of today, leading engineers of the future, nerds ooh-ing and aah-ing for the day at AA06.
that looks nice to hug when i sleep.
minority report-esque touch and drag screen. brilliant, really.
i already looked air-sick in the cabin exhibit.
yes, zhenhao, you can pretend to be all classy and suave in first class.

the cabin of the rescue copter is claustrophobia-inducing. pretty much like the rooms in the NUS halls.

i won't be smiling if i were strapped to the stretcher.
guess whose ass zhenhao was checking out the whole time.
super hornet looked...super...
this plane reminds me of a subaru impreza WRX. but i bet it can kick the WRX's ass.
after a long day at AA06, i decided to call MY own pilot to land MY private jet for a little picnic in the sun. check out the red carpet. posh.
when the picnic was over, i told my pilot to start packing up. zhenhao just couldn't resist posing with my private jet.
sunlight and strong winds combined forces to ruin my hair.
in our smart white and black outfits, both of us looked like we just passed the Bar. not that we're not able to, we're just not interested. haha!

at the end of AA06, i left was in awe of all the aircraft. the babes were the side-attraction. but the sunburn lasted the longest. fyi, i'm exfoliating as i type this post.

natalia!

irresistable. that's natalia vodianova. my favourite supermodel.

and if i can take her out for some char kway teow, it'll be pure euphoria.

look at her body. you wouldn't guess that she already has a hubby and a kid.

oh shit, i've fallen for a married woman. i've the makings of a home-wrecker.

i'm in love

today, i fell in love.
this is how you use the zipper...
look at the way the jacket fits the contours of my body perfectly.

the moment i lay my gaze upon you, i knew it was love at first sight. but love comes at a price. and at $119, i had to put you back on the hanger. i'll need to think this over. i can't be too rash in relationships.

but don't fret, i won't forget you any time soon. i'll always remember the time we spent together this afternoon.

sugar mommas out there, you know what to buy for me.

tammy, tammy, very contrary

so i read in the sunday times that her dvd's are on sale in malaysia. those pirates, those vultures deserve to burn in hell! tammy, you did the right thing by reporting to the police.

now it's time to swing into action by getting a copyright. defend your intellectual property! contact the World Wide Red Light District company (of 'one night in paris' fame. they have a good reputation, it seems.) to package, promote and distribute it. you have a cash cow over here; make it work for you. it's time you become singapore's paris hilton. we need one. i'm sure the STB won't mind. you can be the leader of the 'uniquely singapore, uniquely gorgeous' girls. good luck.

i'm gorgeous

ben koh says,"i'm gorgeous!" well, ok. maybe.

anyway, MoS is having this 'i'm gorgeous!' event on wednesday, 1 march. it being ladies' night, MoS is encouraging all girls to come in their best dressed to burn up the dance floor. talent scouts will be placed among the crowd to give the bimbos some incentive to doll up.

i'm torn between going to mambo night at zouk or MoS. mambo is always cool, while MoS will be packed with lots of chicks outfitted to vie for their 15 minutes of fame.

oh if you wanna club on wednesday night too, sms me.

asian aerospace 2006 part one

i went for my most geeky adventure this year on 24 february: asian aerospace 2006. this post is part one with all the pics from my mobile phone camera. part two will arrive shortly when i get the high quality pics from zhenhao.

the pass they gave me was so un-glam.
title: NSF
organisation: SAF

i'm not showing off, but it should have been -
title: scholar
organisation: DSTA

i'm 17 days from becoming a civilian again. 17, bitches!

it's a good thing that asian aerospace will be replaced by singapore airshow in 2008. hello kitty queues aren't really associated with the whole of asia.
a mock-up exhibit.
this is the eurocopter, as confirmed by ziyang.
apache longbow! the only attacking chopper. look at the size of the ammo. super cool.
"the tail's so long. no wonder it's called longbow." - zhenhao. "it's called so because of the radar dome on top of the rotor." - ziyang. and so the battle of the z-boys begins. at the entrance to the main hall.
scaled model of a thruster.
airbus 380; take your entire neighbourhood on a holiday. remember the karung guni man too.
things you put in a carrier: M113, 5-ton truck. things you'd rather not put in the carrier: yourself.

i hate camo-green. but this guy over here is carrying a lot of stuff, so i had to appreciate his effort by taking a photo. airborne rangers take a little trip...
f-16, about to be phased out by the RSAF. no wonder it looks so forlorn.
skykawk with a bunch of posers.
if i had all the money in the world, what would i buy? a fleet of private jets! and i'll hire a pilot for every jet i have. add a few bottles of champagne in the cabin, comfy sofas, some nice music and say "have a pleasant journey". J-E-T, you are so good for me!
all the giant aircraft. can't remember their names though.

there were quite a few babes at AA06, especially the 'uniquely singapore, uniquely gorgeous' girls. oh, and the sexy secretary too, complete with short tight skirt and high heels. i had to choose between taking pics of them or the aircraft due to the lack of memory in my mobile phone. clearly, i chose the latter. i'm no voyeur.