welcome to my workplace
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 0 comments


Ahh this is what a room service beef burger looks like the changi v style :) Took this while i was sending it to the room.

Okay the top one is the malay ayam percik and 2 cod fish horfun changi village style.






Picture speaks a thousand words.

The Changi Village hotel experience.

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Woo Merry Yuletide
Monday, December 25, 2006 0 comments

With the power of N73 comes new power and new responsibilities :)


Alicia and me. She says her face is like that since young. So dao. Cant smile one x_x

Haha, the surprise birthday celebration for me at work yesterday night.
Thank you everyone. Everyone spent Christmas eve doing service to others.

And yes, the turkey in the oven roasting

Cousin Spencer and I watching soccer together.

My Mom dissecting the turkey

40 pieces of sushi. Sorry I ate one of the egg one before i took this picture haha. So there is a missing one. Can you see it ? :D


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241206 the lucky numbers for today
Sunday, December 24, 2006 2 comments

Hey wadddddddddddddddddddddddddssssssssssssssss up! haha

If you dont know what day it is today you ought to be slaughtered, butchered, tormented and torn apart ten times over.

Psst: For those who conveniently forgotten, i will remember you!!

Ahh too busy to be blogging over the last few days. Anyway, I achieved what i needed to buy and more before the year ended. I'm the proud owner of a N73 bought with my own sweat money (: I will take a hell lot of pictures tonight at work with everyone haha. NOW I finally own a camera phone after 21 yrs on EARTH haha! And my dad gave me a hell lot of money in a cheque. Thanks dad (:

Talk about the other day, last wednesday, I went mambo night since I will be working on christmas and NYE, so I wont be going out at all cause I would be working to like 3-4am in the morning so I took the chance on my off day to go with zf and magan and met new friends like cassandra ( siao cha bor (: ), Hoyang (maniac dancer) and fabia (pon cha bor guy). The music that night was good! Better than the last time we had our bash there. No house trance which was ultimately heavenly. Lots of incidents happened there haha, I would not touch on that sensitive issue.

Christmas Eve Lunch Menu: Roast succulent turkey w/ cranberry sauce, honey baked ham, 40 pcs of sushi from idk where(should be edo sushi), and a hell lot more..

You guys have a great Christmas yeah.

Celebrate with your loved ones and may your wishes this Christmas come true.

Working at 6pm argh haha (:

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Raymond's 21st Birthday
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 0 comments






All the moments captured on photo.

And I met this girl. (:

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Ew.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 0 comments

Time flies crazy.. Its almost 2 more weeks before school reopens yet again.

Hell. Studying intuitively. Facing friends that are incredibly smart. More lab reports.

Argh. I cant say anything more than ARGHHH. :)

Wow these days the rain has been quite bad. Raining non-stop. Lucky for me, i have a sheltered walkway from my bus stop all the way to my block. And so happens, the walkway ends at my void deck. Lucky me :) if not i would have to be drenched badly after work these days.

Again, this has been the umpteen time my manager has been asking me to work on Christmas eve and Christmas and NYE 31th Dec 2006. Hmm, I had been thinking about it already and I think I would wanna work since I don't really celebrate Christmas other than having the normal Christmas lunch with roast turkey, honey baked ham, cranberry sauce, and this year SUSHI included in the package we are ordering from NTUC. Heard my dad said, 40 pcs for $39 bucks. Incredibly expensive like shit. HAHA. I'm not paying, so I'm not complaining. I'll just eat as usual. Think I'll work from 3pm - 2am or 3am on Christmas eve i heard. Aw well. Whatever. Haha the pay is $7.50 /hr :) from what i heard.

IVAN WILL WORK.

Lure of money is so evil. All thanks to the expensive textbooks at NUS. Thank you NUS for importing textbooks that cost a bomb.

Today I went home with this china guy that works for banquet studying in temasek poly doing electronic engineering or electrical. All sounds the same to me. Circuits, DC etc. Yeah, you get the picture. He told me how poor his family was and the ugly side of some china students that come over to Singapore to study.

Lk not wanting to work to support their own expenses, depending solely on their parent's money. Skipping lectures. Lotsa stuff. Hmm. He told me not to feel sympathetic for them cause some of them dont deserve sympathy. Well. (:

And and he is like the 32493284932849324 china friend I met in the hotel that said my spoken Chinese was incredibly GOOD. Cause I could understand when they speak in their slang/slur or whatever. YOU GET WHAT I MEAN :)

Another 14 hrs and its back to work again.

Tick Tick Tick...

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This Wednesday
Saturday, December 16, 2006 2 comments

20th December 2006 Coming Wednesday

Go Mambo Night? Those who see this post wanna come? Tell me okay? :)

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Unofficial Results
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Still Surviving
Friday, December 15, 2006 0 comments

Lucky, I'm still surviving being home alone for the 3rd day running.

Cooked myself Spaghetti. How fufilling.

It seems strange, there is a bone on my right foot that is very painful when i take a step each time. Idk what seems to be the problem but aw well I still went for a run. It better get well soon or I might have trouble walking properly then I can't work omg. :)

Tomorrow is Raymond's bday celebration and I haven't got him a gift. I think I need to go shop alone tml early afternoon. Argh. :(

I don't get much joy nowadays when I work. I guess its just not the same like last time with the changing of people and all. Everyday is like working with different people. Haha, aiya suck it up. Its work.


CVH's new promotional scheme. If you can't see the wordings its alright.

24th December the Buffet pricing is $48 for lunch :) and a whopping $68 for dinner :)
25th December the Buffet pricing is $48 for lunch and dinner.
26th December its $32.
This above pricing is not yet subjected to GST, so with GST, prepare to pay more.

So if you guys are thinking of somewhere to eat for lunch and dinner during the festive period here's an idea. Provided you have your cash ready :)

I'm staring into space as I'm tying hahaha. Freaking bored. Serene as hell at home.
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Home Alone
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 0 comments


For the next 5 days im home alone!!! Everyone is going to Korea.

I have to wake up to
5 days without breakfast on the table.

I have to do the housework for
5 days.

I think I wanna spend more time at work than at home now since no one is at home.

Aw well.
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Wei 'Wolverine' Ren
Saturday, December 09, 2006 0 comments


Today was a rather eventful day that started from tram riding to Singapore general hosp.

We spent almost 1 1/2 hrs trying to find a place to play vball. Thanks to ZOUKOUT 2006 today, right now happening at Sentosa Siloso Beach, we were not able to play at our usual spot. Nvm. We finally found a spot to play.

Played against a bunch of guys who didn't look like they were playing? Guess it was due to Ryan's incredible serving technique that got them into all sorts. Whatever it was, we won that game. Then came along a white man and a old man who joined us for a game.

The white man was in his 50, resembled abit like Lance Armstrong, giving tips to some of us on how to play properly. But the thing was, he wasn't playing well too. Haha. Really funny.

Then came Wei ren crashing into earth, OK sand, and dislocated his previously dislocated shoulder again while trying to do an acrobatic save on the ball.

Deja Vu.

He was telling me about dislocating his shoulder and it really happened. So suay. I quickly accompanied him to the beach medical centre only to find out that it was locked when the operation hours were 9am-7pm. I was wondering what was going on. If there was really an emergency someone would have died. Anyway, during that time the tram uncle saw us and called for the guys who were supposed to be stationed there to rush back. While waiting, I tried to push his shoulder back but his arm was freaking heavy. Whatever I did was useless.

THEN CAME THE BEACH BUGGY....

Oh my gosh. No shit. I thought for a moment.

A bikini-clad lady dashed towards us and I was for a moment mesmerised. Irene was her name, athletic body and younger than us. She was in the FHM lifeguard edition i heard from Ryan and Qin hong. :) Okay that's not the point..

She asked Wei ren about whether he felt pain here and there and both of us thought that she was a doctor for real. We went from the tropics to Antarctica into the medical centre. I was freezing to death. Wei ren confessed to me that she was hot when he was grimacing in pain. :X How crazy was Wei ren

I was wondering, how could a doctor be so hip and sexy, wearing a black and white bikini to work?! Okay, no she was just a normal Sentosa lifeguard haha. She didn't really know how to handle dislocation so they said they usually send people with dislocated shoulders to the hospital directly.

$70 dollars was the cost of calling an ambulance to the A&E department. No shit, it was way too expensive and we decided to walk our way to the bus bay to catch a bus out to the exit area to grab a taxi since Wei ren could bear the pain. My hats off to him. Even Irene was amazed at how he wasn't shouting and screaming like her past cases.

On the way out, we hijacked a St John Ambulance which was supposed to be covering for the ZOUKOUT tonight. They sent Wei ren, Kelvin and I to the Singapore General Hospital FOC.
They were so nice. Damn it. :)

I will never forget the scene in which 3 of us entered the A&E of SGH.

1. Wei ren half-naked, body covered with sand.
2. Kelvin, all red faced and sandy too.
3. Me, all sandy from knee down carrying Wei ren's and my bag with my volleyball on my left hand.

We didn't have anytime to wash up at all.

What a grand entrance. Omg. All the aunties la, uncles la all looked at us in amazement. We looked like we just fought 'Operation Desert storm'.

Soon they took Wei ren inside and attended to him. Rather quick, abt 15mins? Quite efficient :) High service standards. :)

Kelvin and I waited for 2hrs before the rest could catch up with us. Talked about alot of stuff. His target girl in smu, about some stuffs. Watched Prison Break while doing that. We entered SGH at 4pm and left at 7pm. My first time to SGH haha. My first time EVER on an ambulance as well.

Wei ren came out of the A&E as though nothing ever happened to his arm. He has just wolverine's recovery rate haha.

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Im old..
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My body can't seem to withstand fatigue as before. 16 hrs and I'm aching almost everywhere. Maybe its because there wasn't alot of guys at work today, almost all of the part timers working today were china girls.

They couldnt do room service so i had to do room service the entire day.
They didnt know how to set up the bar so i had to do it.
They didnt know how to take care of the buffet so i had to do it.
There were 25 fruit baskets that had to be placed in rooms of coporate guest which i had to do it.
There were so many room service orders that everytime i returned to the kitchen i was preparing to deliver the next.
There were a million and one wines to be open today by me in the guest's room, which idk why I had to open like 10 bottles of red wine, till my poor swiss knife wine opener became crooked :(

However the highlight of the day was getting tipped with my first ever USD from room service :)

My bones are so cracking..

10am Harbourfront,
Mission: Beach VolleyBall

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Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6 comments

I hate to say this but sometimes, I can't help but pity the youngsters nowadays.

I went running at my park as usual. Sat down at my usual spot as usual, doing my statics after my run till I saw a group of very young malay boys and girls talking very loudly, blasting music on their handphones. Well no big deal right? Went I walked pass them, they were SMOKING away.

One of them was even younger than my sec 3 brother, taking a puff and blowing out and taking another one in quick succession and blowing out more than 5 times trying to boast to his friends. I actually felt quite sad for these bunch of people.

So young and wasting their lives away on cigarette. Wonder if their parents found out that they were smoking what would they do. Looks like the law isn't doing its job. More and more young kids getting a hold on cigarettes.

Oh well. :?


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World Trade Center
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Like everyone else on the morning of Sept 11,2001 , I woke up to revel in shock as the news reported of a plane crash in downtown Manhattan, New York City. I was totally stunned at the size of the catastrophe. I still remembered my first lesson that day in school was GP lesson. My GP tutor thought we were joking when we said that there was a terrorist attack in America.

Scenes of people jumping off the building, plummeting 50-60 over storeys to earth. Scary and revelating. I just saw the movie about 'Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center'.

The World Saw Evil That Day. Two Men Saw Something Else.

My impression of the movie before i even read any critic was that it was one of Nicholas Cage's kick arse movies, the hero of the show. But NO. It was not to be. Haha, sorry if im providing the spoilers here.

For the whole time he and his partner was trapped beneath the rubble. Quite draggy at times but yeah, it was a new perspective for me, thinking that this would resemble 'Ladder 49'.

Aw well.

Holidays are here for at least a month more till January 8th I think, and its back to studying again. I must decide what modules to take for next semester again.

I have been procrastinating alot about work. I have to start work tomorrow haha.
I kind of miss working.

Concocting drinks at the bar. Setting up the buffet. Doing room service. Returning back to the hospitality service :)

For now, today, I will take a break and enjoy more movies.

Posting another movie review soon.. stay tuned.

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A million apologies
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It's an eternal sin to forget someone's birthday.

A MILLION APOLOGIESSSSSSS...............

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Movie Review
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WARNING DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU'RE under 21 :)
DO NOT OKAY? DON'T DO IT IF YOU'RE UNDER 21!!!










Cut the suspense.

Haha, this american pie series is perhaps one of the more dumb-witted movies i have ever seen. Hilariously insane. Going gaga over women. SEXY as well haha. Okay, if your not 21 yet it is best not to watch this. Not in front of your family as well, lots of scenes not really suitable to watch during the day. You know like , yeah you know :).. <== im not drooling

Take it on a light tone, dont go like "Oh my god, Ivan, you're watching a PORN FLICK? I can't believe it!!".

Its not anything like that.

Its just pure comical relief.

Trust me, you will enjoy this show alot.



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Ripped !
Monday, December 04, 2006 0 comments





Heh, I ripped this off from my friend's friendster. Introducing my civics class 02s11 haha @ sentosa. Look at all of us. All burnt frm playing beach soccer and volleyball.

Shit, i suddenly miss Sentosa.

Last paper tomorrow! haha, such a relief, finally a rest.

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Nostalgic Photos!! You have to see!
Saturday, December 02, 2006 0 comments




Haha, since i posted some stuff, I might as well add more. These are photos from my JC english GP trip to Western Australia Perth. Peeps from my civics class :) The last picture, we almost got blown off cause the wind was so strong! It was taken at Great Ocean Road along the Twelve Apostles. Now sadly become I think 8 or 9 apostles cause of wave erosion so sad right!

Ps: If you cant see just click on it and enlarge the picture for clarity :)

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What I Found Clearing My Room :)
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In case you're wondering how come they kept mentioning I took their money, haha i was the class treasurer in my Tampines JC days. So collecting money was my forte nonetheless, I would force, steal and torture to get them to pay me so that i can buy notes for them. How nice of me and I get abused all the time haha :). I found this while i was cleaning my room. Our civics tutor proposed that everyone write somethingl like a testimonial for everyone else so this is mine haha.

This is priceless stuff.



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Sweedish Feeva
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When I first saw this picture I was like WOW. Okay, Henrik Larsson. My all time favourite guy in Championship Manager and Football Manager.

I loved him and emile mpenza on my team.

Both are outright goal poachers.

Hmm, I guess this is one of Sir Alex's shrewed buys again I think. Somehow I think Larsson is going to score alot of goals when he comes over.

Who knows? Just have to wait and see.

Back to maths... Maths and more Maths :)

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Rants Raves And More.
Friday, December 01, 2006 0 comments

It seems like after so many years of education in all the different schools, I've finally ended up in NUS.

Not that i don't like NUS or anything but it seems like the entire school is rather detached in a sense that people that you get acquainted to are somehow just school friends, they are no longer your school/buddy/hangout friends that you used to have when you were in JC & secondary school. You know those people that you can play computer games together, meet up and go out together?

Believe me when I say this, people in university rather go out with friends other than those they made in university. Strange but true. I have lotsa of friends telling me this. Haha i'm not making this up! :D

Like today on the way to school in the morning for my test, I saw my secondary/jc friend on the MRT.

Such a coincidence i thought.

He told me how different it was in the past comparing to now. I shared the same sentiments. I told him exactly, it seem really odd. I just can't figure out what is wrong sometimes. Maybe it might be me too.

I guess people in NUS are made to study forcefully because of the circumstances like CAP score, grades, CA that will ultimately determines your intellectual ability at the end of the day.

Everyone WANTS to do well. Everyone WANTS to fight for good grades.

Idk, its just paradoxical. Maybe I haven't merged properly into the school's culture. One more semester?

Well, the hard earned holidays are coming real soon.

Its the start of December. A wonderful month. My birthday month haha. Guess I will be spending my time at work to kill off the holidays instead of staying at home. Earn some cash to sustain my following semester's expenditures :)

All right I guess I will have to stop here today. Im quite tired after my run.

To my dear friend who is taking the chinese history paper tomorrow, jia you!

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