There's always 2 sides to a coin.
1 makes ur day while the other breaks.
Never under-estimates the power of a half-filled cup.
always look on the bright side of life.

i hate shitty group partners....they make shitty projects just that much more shitty. can i say shitty anymore than that? YES I CAN! the shitty subjects suck too. cos they give us so many shitty projects and give too little shitty time and put them at the same times as all the other shitty projects and extra shitty tests.

Had one heat and mass project wit 2 other pple...jon was a good kid who helped me a whole lot on the project. He would give me shit sometimes but we really did get along well. Natika is this short red indian girl who was a fuckin bitch. Fuckin ugly ass wont do shit, then always come to meeting then leave early. Come also will complain bout stuff. For the presentation just asking her to do one more slide also must bitch until no end. So, when giving peer evaluations, we both claimed that she did 10% of the work...which was pretty accurate i think. And i gave her a D for my individual peer evaluation. Will try and follow through on it with the TA.

Another project was a fucking bitch. Its for my machine design class and we basically had to design a whole gearbox, like the housing, lubrication method, shafts, keys, bearings, gears and shifting mechanism. So youre supposed to be able to choose your own partner but cos i didnt know many pple in the class so i didnt get to choose anyone. Just lan lan choose whoever was left. I saw one guy was indian so i thought ok...indian must be smart. Big motherfucking mistake. Didnt take into account that his guy is graduating this semester and doesnt care bout anything anymore. Plus he has senior design and another project class that takes up a shit ton of life. Basically most of the project teams did it together. He had the bright idea of doing it separately.Every single time i wanted to meet wit him, he would freakin cancel on me. At least like every other time we tried to meet. So wat to do, just have to get started on what i can. At the end of the project, Out of the 7 parts i listed earlier, i had to design 5, including the whole gear set which is no easy task. I even had to write the entire report besides the parts he had to do. No peer evaluation for this one, so im personally going to go to the professor and complain my head off simply cos i would have done the project so much better than thathad i been able to start earlier and have more help because of this fucker.

My third and last project was for a CAD class, we're still in the process of finishing it but it looks cool as hell to me man. I like this team besides this one guy who works when he wants to and fucks around when he doesnt wanna work. Then when we meet without him, he thinks its our duty or something to go and call him. But i think its his responsibility to come call us. I dont care if he wants to work or not cos i have more fun working wit the other two guys. But he brings us down too sometimes cos some of the mechanism hes designing, he keeps putting it off to next time cos he says oh thats easy...we'll just do it later...then when we change our plans bout something, he would say why never tell him. WEll if hes not there then how to fuckin tell him! fucker. oh well for once, i can get started revising for finals a week before rather than the weekend before. :)

yoyo~~start of a new wk..it's back 2 work..haiz...sianz...had a great wkend...fri mj bk out...wg, ben, mi n mj went 2 haf dinner..aft tat the gals met up wif us...we all hang out at holland v. upon reaching holland v, a lambo happened 2 drive past..Vroommmm past i shld sae..the sound the bull produce was excellent. veri bassy n deep. veri muscular sound..impressive!!!haha...tink the exhaust frm the lambo is better compare 2 others sport cars..haha..sat did nuthing realli much..went 2 check out some solar films for the car...went sim lim bought sum hardwares..send my freakin ps 2 to repair den later part of the day hang at home...haha...had pizza 4 dinner..ordered pizza hut..freaking delivery took an hr n a half...super sianz...super hungry 2...sunday was larggy slacker...send my bimmer for a safety check..everything was fine...checked out the new 3 series!!!awesome!!! got dvd player!!! power!! haha...6 series caught ben's eyes..haha..sadly we din get 2 sit in the car...other than tat...we both sat in most of the series...haha..mj had left for taiwan! goin there 4 training...army stuff...ben's leaving soon 2! for hong kong...on the 20th april. soon will be xiao n jen leaving for taipei!!! all leaving for overseas man...so shiok. left mi n wg back in spore..haha...hope all of guys enjoy ur trips!!!

aye i myself have had a string of bad days. many funny stories to gossip about when i drop by back in spore in late june. yah tharin tan i hope you maintain your perfect vision man. you can come down here and get a pilot license on a 3 month course i think. ask karen.i dont wanna see u join me in me and tianli's nerdy glasses department. as for the rest of you people out there slacking u'll find it somewhere to want to finish up your work and finish it well dont worry! its a stage thing that everyone goes through. we should have a massive 21st bday party in dec and i look forward to it!

angel eyes. 

hey pple~was so happie 2 went back 2 gmss the other day...jen, xiao n ben were wif mi...haha..
we had ji shi mian (shredded chicken noodle)!!!haha...shiok shiok...$2 mix mix...well...gmss haven realli change much...the overall structure still the same...but the buidlings were re-painted...so look newer...we went 2 c some of our teachers...majority left the sch...but sum were still ard...so glad 2 c them...though we juz went back for a short period of time...many memories seem 2 flash back...those were the days...realli miss them!!! well, will keep these gd memories inside mi. Free sum day we all shld go back 2 gmss...n i mean we all!!!!

i don't have much to say either. been hell so far this sem...so much work but still doin so poorly in exams....think im headed for 2 Cs and saying bye bye to at least gettin a 3.0GPA overall... been having fun wit the guys here on weekends relaxin and playin poker and pictionary. Besides that, its been work work work. At least the weather has started getting a little nicer these days. Went to play a golf tourny this weekend and got myself an awesome tan. Did anyone watch the masters? i was freakin screaming and everythin watching it man. Very exciting stuff. Oh and by the way! i taught my roomie's cat to give paw!!!hahaha im very proud of myself i must say. But the cat is really adorable sometimes...will give paw just so that you will pet him. Deprived more likely....anyway its only less than a month before i get done wit school...still havent heard back from the company in detroit... half hoping they will give up on me then i can go home. Just want to get done wit school at this point. Cant wait for army....pilot school is where i wanna go so i gotta get my ass in shape. Peace out

this blog seriously need some updating.
it seems like all of us have died and gone to heaven or something.
i don't have anything to write about actually, so just rambling some rubbish, or what's happening in my life.
1) exams are round the corner, in 11 days in fact. nope i haven start revision. i got to get through a cybercrime test first. have i told yall how much i hate computers? I HATE, ABSOLUTELY DETEST them. yeah i think i have gotten my point through.
2) I am sick. Again, for the third time since 2005. instead of showing me motherly love, my mum is complaining about the amount of money i have spent on doctors so far.
3) I got a sleeping disorder, i think. first it was the overactive bladder (diagnosed it myself), kept needing to pee and now i can't seem to sleep. i am not even taking afternoon naps, can you believe it? i am the queen of afternoon naps!
4) i am still single (haha) but that is nothing new.
5) xl's and mj's comp crashed. so we won't be seeing them for a while (at least online)
6) i want an ipod, cause it looks good. i am so dying to conform to the latest pop culture.

and so you would have gathered, either i am 1)very stressed or 2) very bored to have written this entry. either reasons would have been an insult to you guys.
signing off.

hmmm, best advice i can give u is to camp at borders and read all the comp magazines. if u're looking for not too ex but quite good, try geforce 6600 series for graphics card, performance wise it blows away all the other mid priced cards cuz its cheap and good. And as for motherboards, stick with the brand msi. they have quite afew good mamaboards. think mamaboard and graphics card add togehter should be around $550-650 for an ok comp. RESEARCH!!! i suggest that you wait till end of june before buying, then i can come and help u find. probably prices will drop even more cuz intel and amd got new dual processor chips coming out soon i think

i just thought i take the chance here to explain to you guys why i refused to just walk away and not pay for the food.
i know most of you would probably see it as a double standard thing, and that i have done more evil stuff in my life. but like i said everyone has their own sets of rules and principles that they adhere too like don't smoke, don't drink, don't steal, etc. and for me it is honesty. i just like to be honest in every aspect of my life, to try to do the honest thing. In that situation i just had to take a stand cause it was going against what i believed in. it is not about doing the "right" thing, but doing something that i stand for and believe. yes i was tempted to give in to you guys, but once i give in it would be easier to give in the next time and the following time and then...

and, in case you all think that i am judging you. i am not. i am not even saying that what you guys did was wrong. it is a personal choice. just that in our circumstances it was difficult, i could not just give the uncle 3 bucks right. i am sorry for putting you all in a difficult position with my stupid morals that i plan to keep to for a long long time.

rhinoboy your face is overpowering the webpage. so damn huge man. anyways all is well in the land of the people who are supposed to be big down under. have a 1 week break and i'm addicted to world of warcraft. its slowly eating away my time and im sinking sinking into this deep deep hole, nooooooooo... so much work to do yet i dont feel like touching it. we should have a skype session meeting man! then everyone can meet and talk. i'd like that man. i wanna hear all the old irritating voices that i havent heard for a while. so yeah. :)

i have succumbed
tharin.blogspot.com

end of yet another chapter of life...
time for the triller...:<)

i can feel despair- i dont know whether the sorrow is mine or his, probably both.
i am still standing outside the circle of trust and confidance, i dont think i'll ever enter it.
he wont let me. crumbling walls before him but i see them too.

wtf...so much happened within the last couple of months... CQ!!! not fair!!! i want bimmer also! 21st bday present isit? anyway congrats man....make sure you take care of that thing man. And if im not wrong, the picture shows an E46 BMW....probably a 325 or 330 CI....they already stopped making 318s for that series...they might bring it back wit the new line of 3 series though.. not too sure. But if chen's car looks like that ....its almost pornographic man.

Good memories mj....definitely havent thought of those times in a while and it was nice to reminisce. Im on break for a week....but still gotta do some work for classes cos im not doing too hot this sem. Gotta get a heads up on pple while theyre partyin down in florida wit chicks wit tits in bikinis...OMG wat am i doing hereeee!!!!!

I am suppose to be working hard on my term papers. one due on wednesday the other on saturday. but i am waiting for my creative juices to flow. too many weeks of not doing anything, my brains aren't thinking, rusty.

It is funny how not a very long time ago i envisioned being 21 as a new beginning, doing new things, just being super happy and contented with my life. happy being 21. But now that i am at the threshold of being 21, it doesn't seem that way. i am still stuck here, my social circle has not expanded in any way, i still have deadlines to meet, i still got to ask money from my parents. basically life is still pretty much similar to the life i had at 16 or 18. more problems in fact. I ain't looking forward to being 21, i am actually dreading it cause life is still going be like that, and the following years to follow. just places me into misery whenever i think about it. sometimes i wish i had more sparks in my life, more exciting things. i am not your "seek out excitement" kind of person. i am more of the "wait for excitement to come" kind. i am still trying to accept the fact that boring can be a good thing. yes it can, yes it can. trying to psycho myself into it. so am i the only lonely soul with this thought? i hope not, or else it is going to be so sad for me! haha.

sociology is seriously screwing up my mind. simple things like food, shopping, holidaying has become more complicated. i see them in a different light. bascially i see the world is a more pessimistic way. crap. talk about embracing life and having hope.

http://www.download.com/Skype-for-Windows/3000-2349_4-10355789.html?tag=lst-0-1
go download it pple. yesterday me, dreas, cq, xiao were talking with mic togehter conferencing, its free and quite clear la.

hope mj and tianli get theirs fixed soon then we can chat

im trying to find and be the optimist i was a long time ago and ive been watching so many good movies the past two weeks that i feel impelled to write abt them. finding neverland, sideways and in good company has officially attained the rank of brilliant movies, together with amelie poulain, trainspotting and fight club. i love movies that warm my heart, give me a nice tingling sensation and make me feel good about myself and the world around me (although trainspotting n fight club belong to a different category altogether). they're dont become just another movie i've watched, a lot of times they're educational and affect my perspective of life. they make me appreciate the smaller things in life and reassure me that there's gotta be more to life, than chasing the 'highs' that will satisfy me temporarily.

angel eyes 

it's been a long time since i had written this long anyway just bear with me will ya?... got a hard time tryna put my thoughts into singular n plural verbs anyway let me start with congratulating cq on those 'angel eyes' fitted into his 318.. definitely a must have make over mate.. juz hope he post some pics for u guys to appreciate.. a lethal combination of elegance and sporty fiery.. WICKED! money well spent... next i'll come to ben.. removed his turbo.. installed some air cooler which i think is quite a wise choice consider that it boost the car power without putting much damage to the engine and it sounds quite good, lowered the car by abit.. and installed a pair of tail lights...(ben install the 'angel eyes"!).. wg been kinda busy didn't catch up with him this weekend.. hope to cya next week end man... jennifer got a new haircut.. look from the back i can't detect 'old' jennifer from 'new' jennifer but when she did a 180... witness a refreshing change.. keep up the image man.. (post ya pics lei share wif the dudes)... xl, xl xl busy as always.. lately it got worse.. she fell in love wif sales n more precisely the thought of opening her own fashion boutique.. hahahah.. she's been helping out at at a fren boutique... cheers to her...hope to c you own one one day... it seems older now when our conversation included terms like profit, networking, management, future....etc..haiz!.. had my breakfast at ghim moh today i was eating and looking at gmss.. the way it stand, it sang memories into my head.. at the moment i wished we were back in those days, sitting at the first 2 tables nearest to the walk way in the morning, shagged, after sch threw our bags there n speed off to play soccer or bball and end the day with a visit to the ice kachang store.. wicked man.. but come to think of it those r jus distant memories..happy memories..it will remains that way... just like i like today, now the way we are, how i got to knoe each and one of my friends better, how significant or insignificant we have changed, how you let me c the world through ya eyes and the way you are bring me or us too.. i appreciate. happy that we will have plenty more days to share and create

dude, relax man. these things happen every now and then. In terms of your car right, make sure that the body shop checks out the frame/subframe properly and that it wasnt pushed back on impact. Also, make sure everything in front, your intake, your radiator, all the radiator hoses, everything is still workin and not leaking. From what you've described, it seems mostly cosmetic la... no big deal...so time for a new aftermarket bumper! i recommend kamei or oettinger... both very nice brands. Not too expensive either...plus it would cost only slightly more than a stock bumper considering most of it should be covered by insurance. Just be glad that youre safe and all... plus, it couldve been worse. you could've hit harder and the air bags couldve blown and then your car would be worthless...not to mention that you probably would get nasty bruises on your face from the impact of the bags...chill man..i know the sinkin feelin of an accident...not fun but shit happens

yeah.. i had a small accident.. i crashed into another car who is stopped at the traffic light.. i wasnt travelling fast.. just tt his car was higher so the angle at which my car hit his meant tt the damage to my car is far worst than his.. right headlight has to b replaced, bonnet as well.. front bumper has to b fixed.. as for the other car.. not as bad , prob need to fix his bumper n left taillight.. wen i think of it, i feel bitter tt i wasnt focus enuf.. so avoidable la.. y wasnt my reaction faster, i could have swerved left, darn it.. juz thinking of the money tt i need to spend to repair the damages makes me so 'keksim'.. i told my parents, they juz told me to fix it, cant help tt it has happened.. i feel bad tt i have to spend parents money again..

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fosters 

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smile! 

my birthday cake...sweet! 

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trust me mate jennifer ain't that happy!!...=P 

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thanks guys! 

'to be tested is good. the challenged life may be the best therapist.'
-Gail Sheehy
'hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear.
-Monroe Forester.

good stuff r worth waiting for.
if its not worth waiting for, it aint good stuff!!

im really excited about going to taiwan. taipei's xi men ding, the slim possibility of actually going to one of the GUESS shows, the even slimmer chance of bumping into jay chou there, the fooooood, the hot springs, the shopping plus all the "meat" i get to feast my eyes on..haha. i need a break although im not too sure if i deserve it. but in any case, im all set to go now. just need to get my exams outta the way. ha.

pls dun ignore the elderly we saw at lido today; for she made mi feel quite a bit...
she looks so sweet tt she sld be at hm taking care of grandkids n not out here cleaning up our tables...
Probably the next time any of us c her again, we might consider getting her sth to eat - no leftover pls...
Thanx to all...

guys thx 4 coming over my place last fri for cny...realli enjoy!!! hope u guys enjoyed 2...hehe...all of us juz chilling, chatting n playing ps2...haha...xiao was realli gd at the game where she goto ramp many cars...haha...i'm sure she enjoyed it!! miss the guys who r all at overseas...if they were all here...it will be super duper fun!!! haiz...our ages r catching up guys...so we shld enjoy ourselves 2 the fullest!!! life is short!!! haha...

download the following software to edit, record n remix sound...
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

i have a friend who's getting married in a few months. thats how i know im old. i look forward to the day i get married, but i fear that the day will not come.
i sent a really close childhood friend off at the airport yesterday, didnt burst out in tears there but ended up crying in the cab home while reading the letter she wrote. i realised how much space she took up in my life, so much so im feeling im missing a limb. i hate goodbyes, especially if im not the one leaving.

haha...yeahhh the days of bliss and youthful ignorance.... days of punching pool tables and smacking peoples heads....haha i have a volkswagen! lucky none of you here to tu tu chia me... turbans were fun and all...didnt really get it though...
we should have a new game! i dunno wat but we should!
hai...i miss the days when i could still whoop ben's ass at pool...and looking at where's your gf's cha boh man....
we have to go back one of these days and see all the young'ns playing pool... only then will we feel old..
you know youre old when your dad talks to you about marriage... :(

i miss our hangout days at table 7 watching hot chicks through the "one way glass", playing "tu-tu-chia" and "smelly bangali". must chope the colour of the turbans and volkswagon. damn fun. yeah. so sad! everyone is so old now

for my last hols trip, i think i enjoyed it more than those that i went for in the recent years. i know i was less bitchy and in a bad mood.. i just was pretty determined to try to enjoy the hols more. hanging out with my uncles and aunties (fathers sibings) was fun. didnt expect it really. they are fun bunch, a bit 'crazy' at times.. both my uncles are more 'loose' than me, they are not afraid to go up on the stage and sing or dance.. they were having a good time, which is good. its also nice to listen to them when they are telling stories, all info that i dont have knowledge of. anyway, the places are nice, not great.

turkey, istanbul to be more exact is quite beautiful.. there is this higpoint where you can see countrys land seperated by body of water and the houses on one side of the land.. nice.. we went to a belly dance show, they sure can shake it man.. body is damn good too..

egypt is a poor country but rich with history. it reminds me of jakarta with how messy the city is. the pyramid is HUGE! the pyramid is made of huge cubes stack on top of another, these cubes are abt 3/4 my size and i have no idea how many levels are there.. had a chance to get down one of the pyramids, found nothing at the bottom, came up sweating like a dog and legs feel like jelly. the hole/passage way was not big at all, have to crouch, squat walk.. that is tough. when you buy things, let you know that the sales people are agrresive, they are like Oz flies, stick to you like a glue.. irritating.. good to go when you have kids, can fill them with stories of egypts hist.

athens, greece was the most developed among the countries that i went. their currency is also the most damaging to my paretns pocket. it has v.gd potential to be a romantic getaway for any of you.. really, loads of places where there can be potential moments. prob the easiest to get around too.. if anyone of you is going there, dont miss this isalnd called santorini, its abt a day ferrry trip from athens,, most of the buildings there are painted white with blue roofs/windows.. really pretty.. loads of photos/posters uses the buildings/view as the artpiece.. my younger bro bought a small painting of tt island.. sadly, i didnt go there, wasnt part of the itenary..

I juz wanna make today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today...

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Eat less, live longer say scientists
cutting your daily calories by a fifth leads to a gain of about 20 percent in the average life span
That amount could translate into an extra 15 years
Scientists recommend the following foods:
One glass of wine a day.
114g of fish, four times a week.
100g of dark chocolate a day.
400g of fruit and vegetables daily, including garlic and almonds for cholesterol.
More good news? Scientists estimate the Polymeal could add an extra five years to your life.

watch your diet man. stay healthy!

i feel that one... must scan every life choice with rational thinking but then base the decision on whether one's heart will be in it
-jean shinoda bolen

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_elevator_020327-1.html
this is the future man, in 15 years u might be able to take an elevator to space. there's this link to how we can live on mars but i lost it, in i think afew hundred years scientists gonna use gases to heat up mars so we can inhibit it

Check this out: http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-97.htm im sure some of u might have heard of it. its a game where u like try and sleep with the girl in 100 days. not easy k i tell u. i still haven't succeeded! damn wonderful time-waster la if u are sian