Monday, January 31, 2005
CNY is jus around the corner..so I decided to start preparing myself for this special CNY. Why is it special? Cos its the rooster year! Yeap, I'm a chicken..
So anyway, after school today, I went for my monthly dental appt to tighten my braces..first thing i did to get in the mood for CNY, was to ask my dentist for red and orange rubberbands for my braces...during christmas I did red and green..
Next, I hopped on down to have a hair cut..hair was getting a bit too long for comfort..esp with the scorching heat these days..anyway I had a 50% discount voucher for my usual place so I was really tempted to dye my hair too.. So..i decided to do red cos i was thinking of it for a while already... red is the festive colour afterall...
It would have been this if I din decide to colour..
Looking moronic...
And the end product..much shorter than I wanted though..jus hope the l'oreal pple dun scold me..hah..somehow..the colouring din come out the way i wanted it..but oh well..can't do anything abt it....but its not tt bad la..was jus expecting much better...but i learnt in my experiences with hair colouring that you only get what you expected half the time...
So that's the 2nd prep thing for CNY...
When i came back..i decided to clean my room a bit..so i vacuumed the carpet, tidied my stuff...then i decided to clean my fan cos it was getting a bit weak..so i took a rag and stood on my bed to wipe the fan...and i learnt a lesson
Lesson 1: never open your mouth when u clean a ceiling fan.
As I wiped the dust off the blades of the fan...a huge ass chunk of black dirt/dust dropped straight into my open mouth...$#%@.. and i spat it out immediately and it splat on my cupboard door..then i saw how humungonous it actually was...gross to the max...
I went to rinse my mouth and when i came back..i turned on the fan..and i learnt a lesson again..
Lesson 2: never turn on the fan after wiping it unless u are sure it is clean.
As the fan started to spin.. little black 'snowflakes' started to fall....$#%@ and i had to re-vacuum the carpet...bloody hell...
Here's a look at my beautiful room..
Study mode.
Romantic mode.
Yes I do have a real plant in my room if u noticed..and the romantic mode doesnt look that good on photo cos i used my phone to take them..
Ack..I think i still taste the dirt in my mouth...
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Last night, Jane instigated me to go down to zouk for the hip-hop party. I was supposed to do my fyp stuff, but then I succumbed to temptation and went down for the 2nd time in the week. So much for trying to save $$ after buying my new phone. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad..at least the music was good, though somewhere thru the middle it got a bit boring. Anyway, that was that..and I slept only at 6am. Worse of all, I had to wake up at 930 for soccer finals. Today is the first time we got into the finals for soccer (I think). We were never ever good in soccer before until last year when ryan took over as manager and leslie and gang came along. Also, if we won soccer or polo today, we would be Overall Champs too, doing the double for the 2nd yr running (shen rite..). As usual, here's how the match went....
The first half started off well, we scored a goal from a corner. The score at half-time: 1-0. That's all i know about the 1st half cos we were busy enjoying our breakfast at canteen 2.
The second half proved to be exciting, especially since we were up 1-0. Each time hall 9 attacked, we all held our breaths. Each time hall 9 took a shot, our heart skipped a beat. Hall 9 was supposed to be the strongest hall in soccer. Their starting lineup included a bevy of IVP players and even an S-league player (Big black bald guy). However, we matched their attack with our defence and restricted their chances at goal. Big black bald guy didn't even threaten much. Good performances were put in by captain marvel leslie, speed demon amos, goal scorer farmi, captain marvel's roomie munho and goalie farhan. Lightning quick teddy bear ryan had quite a quiet game due to his ankle injury. However, he stuck on despite the pain, which is highly commendable (although it can be argued that he might want to aggravate his injury so he can have more romantic dates to the sinseh).
Sometime in the match, flin was tripped and chubby youyi stood up and showed his disapproval with a plethora of @#$$#%%^. A hall 9 guy, prob buay lun chubby's verbal abuse for the entire match, also stood up and launched his share of @#$%!#$%
Here's an excerpt of what happened....
Chubby: dfgerti;nkl
Furious Hall 9 Guy: sdgreyer
Chubby: ertydfgf
Furious Hall 9 Guy: dfhfgfjh
*exchange stares from afar*
Chubby not satisfied with his display of public speaking skills....
Chubby: erytrhgfh
Furious Hall 9 Guy: gerghyjty
.........
Anyway, shan't elaborate further on this chubby spat. So, we managed to hold on and won eventually. While the rest of the hall was thanking God for this historic win, Trini was thanking God that the match din go into extra time..So..this win confirmed our status as overall champs and victory was doubly sweet for the soccer guys...
For ryan, victory was tripply sweet as xiaobin was spotted watching the match too. Although his ankle was injured, and he limped on the field, he sprinted over to sit with her after the game, probably asking her when they can go on another sinseh date again...Also, ryan's ambiguously intimate duo were also present to support him..(check out his blog for pics of the ambiguously intimate duo.)..seems like a great day for ryan indeed..
Next up, lunch at canteen 2 again as we waited for the polo finals to start. On trini's instigation, I decided to prove my courage and valour by using my straw to shoot ice at the the ice queen herself, jac! Bad move. Jac the ice queen grabbed a chunk of ice from her cup and rained them on me.
On the way to the pool, we saw a streaker running on the road in nothing but a pair of purple trunks. Not to mention the hole at the ass area. Jane was convinced that the hole was not big enough for him to shit through. Good observation Jane. Jane was also stopped at the entrance cos she had a hotdog with her, so she had to leave the hotdog at the bag shelf.
Polo match. Lost. But derrick O. showed his prowess and flair with a spectacular performance which delighted the crowd. Pio on the other hand showed his wonderful goalkeeping skills, distracting the opponent by making funny faces at them.
After the match, as we left the pool, jane went to collect her hotdog..only to realise that it was missing. Stunned, she created a commotion and everyone was sympathising with her for the loss of her hotdog. 7 colours Qiyan also condemned the cheapskate who stole the hotdog.
As the loss finally sank in, the crowd started to move out of the pool...when jane noticed an all too familiar red plastic bag lying by the roadside. She gasped, "that's my hotdog!"
Hongying picked it up and said, "hey, its still heavy!"
Jane opened it and found the hotdog intact! GASP! She went delirious...she started developing theories on how the hotdog got there. She suggested that the wind could have blown it all the way from the pool, which Poh Huat loudly shot down, calling it "crazy!". Jane then concluded that the hotdog walked..which was quite a good theory...
little did she realise that the hotdog was put there by the tricky master mingmong....
*
tired out already...not enough sleep...work on my mind...not much inspiration to write today..
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Because trini was rather touchy today because of what I wrote in the match report, I have decided to clarify myself.
In the match report, I described the vivacious Trini as GS (Giant Slacker). Well, I'm sure she did not understand what I really meant. What I meant was that she is a GS, which is her position in netball. One that she excels in since she was little, or synonymously, less big. Anyway, Giant Slacker was meant to describe her position, which essentially involves posing by the netball post and waiting for the rest of the gals to pass her the ball. When she gets the ball, she gracefully takes 1 step and lops the ball into the net. Though some other times, the ball doesn't actually go into the net. But of course, how can we blame her? I mean, the net is so small, and there is no back board like basketball, and the netball almost fits perfectly into the net. Definitely, the Hall 2 GS might have been cheating (normal of hall 2) with some secret aiming microchip that she inserted into her eye. Something like the one Robocop uses. That's probably why she got almost 95% of her shots in.
Therefore, the underlying point is, Giant Slacker was not used to describe Trini as being a slacker, because I'm sure she put in her best during the match to pose beautifully at the post. SO, that explains the slacker part. The Giant part, however, was indeed refering to Trini cos she just seemed to be humungonous beside her opposite GK (Giant killer). It was all based on relativity. It could mean that the gal was small in size, thus making normal sized Trini look Gianormous. Therefore, I heed all readers not to read too much into the lines, but look at Trini first before you think she is a giant. She is really a sweet lil' thing.
So, there is my explaination of what the GS actually meant. In fact, GS means a lot of other things to me too. For example, after going to the toilet, I would satisfiably say "boy, that was a GS!" Obviously, here GS means Good Shit. Therefore, if you were to hear me saying at the netball match, "boy, trini is a good GS!" It definitely does not mean that Trini is a good Good Shit.
So, read with a light heart and after reading this, you could also say, "Boy, Eu Ming is a GS (Good Smoker)!"
Note: Smoker here does not mean cigarette smoker. Duhz. Just to further clarify things..in case I get misunderstood again.
Finally, I would like to quote Jane for her wise words of wisdom: "see kids,this is what happens when yu don't listen to the whole story."
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Just went for the netball finals. Result? We won 26-22 (i think). This makes us sports champ for 2004/2005. Third time running..boy we are good...anyway this was how the match went..
The first quarter must have been exciting..I assume so...since I was late..was busy having my dinner at the UBS talk..food was alrite..had siew mai, mini chicken drumsticks, fried wanton, and the best were the little fruit tarts. I like. Think I had about 10 of those? delicious. Oh yes, back to the match..
Anyway, I got there in time for the 2nd quarter. I was surprised that the score was amazingly close...I mean, can't blame me cos we are supposed to be the queens of netball and hall 2 sux. But of course a close match just makes it more exciting, maybe that was the plan..to dangle the carrot for hall 2, let them think they had a chance to win..but then pulling back the carrot just enough so that they will always be chasing something they can't get (unless of course they cheat again). Anyway, the match was exciting cos hall 2 seemed to be in top form today. Their GA had near 100% shots on target, shooting one ball after another making it seem just too easy. Hall 2 also had a C who seemed to be all over the place. A spectator named jane was overheard saying that the GA is gross, and the C runs like a guy. Wonder what she had against them. Anyway, We managed to keep the lead all through the 2nd quarter nevertheless. At halftime, the whole bunch of spectators walked across to the volleyball court. Hall 2 was playing hall 6 in the finals. Of course we cheered for hall 6.
3rd quarter. Once again, our netball gals kept us on our feet with their lacklustre display and hall 2 always looking threatening. At a couple of instances in the game, hall 2 merely trailed us by 1 point. I think that was when the netball girls decided to execute our secret weapon. Crushing. However, this time it was mass crushing time. Mojo (expert crusher) and jac we the key crushers this time. However, out of 3 crushings, only 1 damaged ankle. Seems like our girls need more practice. This seemed to slow the game down a little and keep hall 2 at bay.
4th quarter. We enter the final leg of the match with hall 2 breathing down our necks. Trini was exceptionally lacklustre today. Spectator jane was overheard complaining that trini is not so lousy usually. Seems like this jane bears alot of resentment for many people on the court. Hall 2 tried hard to cut our slender lead but seemed to be thwarted at times by the towering Mojo. GK (guniang killer) Jietling also seemed to be doing well guarding hall 2's fair and gu niang looking GS (guniang shooter). Jac too was intercepting passes well. Fortunately our defence was doing their work, unlike our GS (giant slacker) Trini. Suddenly, hall 2 players started falling on the floor. Seemed like they were getting injured very easily. Too easily. Sometimes even when no one touched them. Spectator Poh Huat was overheard telling others about his theory of the invisible hand helping us. However, no one seemed to be listening to him. He seemed rather sad and is currently playing Clay Aiken's "Invisible" in his room. As the quarter drew to a close, and the score never seemed like opening up, we grew tense. Hall president Albert was heard saying that he has never seen hall 7 held so close before in a netball finals in the past 6 years. Does seem like a long time since we had been given a good fight for our title. Seems like a long time since Albert came into NTU too.
Before the end of the game, Poh huat, the man who exposed hall 2 two years ago, was keeping his watchful eye for any sign of cheatery as usual. This time, he noticed that hall 2 was in charge of time keeping and score keeping. In a flash, he danced over to VP Gary to report his findings. Gary then instructed Sports Sec Ben to go check up on the time keeper. Ben checked, smiled and showed 3 fingers. Poh Huat yelled "Wah liew, from 2 minutes become 3 minutes!!!!". However, 3 seconds later the game was over.
And so it ends, with us sports champ title for the 3rd year running. The usual picture taking and cheering took place. This time, however, the guys din seem really interested in displaying their shooting skills with the netball.
We had a little fun cheering for hall 6 later on...anything goes..so long as hall 2 doesnt win. I jus abhor them.
Anyway, today I had my presentation. Seems like not many pple actually appreciates slapstick humour. The class din seem to roar in laughter as I hoped for. Jus a few sniggles here and there..oh well, I still have my supporters who think the video was a riot.
Today I also had a very meaningful conversation with someone whom I had hardly spoken to before. However, today we somehow chatted and he made me feel very guilty and lousy. This friend of mine, was sitting beside me as I was engaged in another conversation about my plans to go europe after the exams. After that we talked about going overseas too, and that was when he told me about how he doesn't have money to do so. He told me about how he has a study loan to repay, how his CPF will have to be used to pay his mom for his school fees, how he has to help out with the finances at home because his mom is waiting to retire once he graduates, and how he only has one other brother who just started working to help out. Suddenly, it made me feel so bad about talking so enthusiastically about my europe trip and all in front of him. It made me think further about how fortunate I really am to be provided for by my parents. Its not only today that I realised how fortunate I am to be born in a relatively well-to-do family. Although I spent 12 years in AC, my friends were never those who come to school in mercs and beemers. Then in army, I lived with those from dubious backgrounds. Similarly, in uni, no rich friends too (ryan is prob the richest..ha). Though I do envy those who have their own cars, those who buy what they want, I have grown to live with what I have, though at times extravagantly. This friend is also not the only one I know who has loans and a family to support. But today, I dunno why it just made me rethink my life and count my blessings.
I dread going to work cos I wish I can have more fun, while others want to work quickly so they can help out with the family. I complain that 2k for a starting pay is peanuts, but for others, out of the 1.6k that we take home, they will need it to repay their huge loans, give parents some and what's left might even be less than my pocket money. I guess i'm lucky I start work without any debts, my family is not waiting for me to help support them, and the money I earn will be mine (less parent's share of course).
So, this has been some day. Stressful cos of presentation, enlightening thanks to that chat, and ecstatic cos we won (and hall 2 lost), and now tired cos i am tired.
p/s. video is still available on the website i provided. if u can't access it, prob too many pple did in 1 day so try again next time.
Monday, January 24, 2005
Aye..can't access my video? seems like the web host is smarter than I thought. They managed to find out that my account had been accessed from different computers..so they suspended my account. I dunno for how long..but shall wait and see.
Those who got wanna to see it (which of course is highly recommended..heh) can msg me on msn and I'll send it to you.
my msn is eu_ming@hotmail.com
update: pingpong says she could download..so I suppose its still available so long as not too many pple enter my account there in 1 day. So if u can't enter, try again some other time...if not jus ask me for it..
It was a really long weekend for me. Spent the hari raya working on my presentation for 306. Gotta present, facilitate class discussions and keep the class awake for 1.5 hours. Its funny how our presentation guidelines change over the years. In year 1, there was no time limit for our presentations. Then in year 2, suddenly we were all give time limits, so we suddenly had to keep track of our speaking times and have dry runs prior to the actual day. In final year, last sem was the worst, cos my presentations always had too much content and we found it hard to squeeze everything into the 20, 25 mins that we are given, such that I got penalised once for a presentation for exceeding the time limit. This sem, whoa, both my presentations are 1 hr and 1.5 hrs! Now we have too much time, and dunno what to talk about! So in comes the games for the class to play, the discussion questions etc etc..all these were picked up from the Grp A pple who seem to love to make their presentations so entertaining.
So, for my up and coming presentation on tuesday, we decided to spoil market, and have some fun too. Our presentation has so much corniness in it that i'm worried my tutor might penalise us for being unprofessional. But we will be presenting professionally and dressed professionally anyways. Just that we included some really corny stuff in our slides and games. And to end it off, we made a home video.
Anyway, being an ardent stephen chow fan, if I were to make a video, it would definitely be a comedy. A slapstick, classic stephen chow comedy for that matter. So anyway, I am going to share my creation with all of you and hope it makes u laugh your head off! If it doesn't, guess you either do not have a sense of humour, you do not like stephen chow, or you do not have a sense of humour.
I tried my best to find a free web host to host my video since its only ard 2 mb, but to no avail. Found this site called streamloaders.com and I thought it could host for free, but I got tricked. (fancy the trickymaster getting tricked!) When I tried to host the video, they said "sorry but freeloaders are not allowed to host videos, pay $4.95/mth and be a streamloader and host your videos now." Are they corny or what?! but i like.
So anyway, i have no choice but to resort to this method.
To watch my video,
go to www.streamloaders.com
enter my username : mingmong
password : mingmongster
then you will go into this email looking account and you will see a file there called "stress relief from 306". Thats the video. Click on it, a page will open and u will see an option to play and to download. I think downloading will be faster since its only 2mb. Clicking play will stream it on media player, and i tried it, its quite slow..
Watch it before you read further! Don't wanna spoil the surprise!
Watch it and read on!
These are pics I took to commemorate my debut as an actor.
The things I do just to be an actor.
1) I wore that torn t-shirt. Where did it come from? Boonie (the lead actor) brought it from home. What was it used for prior to the filming? IT WAS A FLOOR RAG. *deadpans*
It was no joke wearing that piece of shit. It stank as hell! But, being a professional actor, I had to ignore the smell, ignore the grossness and put in onto my bear skin.
2) I had to put on the most effective pimple cream on earth. SAF's camouflage cream. Unlike most pimple creams, this one causes pimples, thus being named the most effective pimple cream.
3) Put my finger into an electric socket to mess up my hair
4) Play with my crutch. (which is not a wise thing to do, playing with crutches. karma. that's prob how i got my crutches anyway)
About the video.
The bicycle part was purely a last minute idea. We were doing our ppt that fateful afternoon in the lab, and Boonie suddenly thought of it. He meant it as a joke, but I took it seriously. haha. But the problem was, we did not have a bicycle. So, the plan had to be shelfed. However, as though it was heaven's will that I add more stephen chowness into the video, when we went downstairs to the carpark, I saw a bicycle in front of me at the bicycle stands! UNLOCKED! So i 'borrowed' the bicycle. Hope the owner doesnt somehow see the video though.
We meant to use a mercedes, but on a saturday evening, not many cars were in sight, so we had to settle for the biggest one available.
How did the light appear behind Boonie? haha. Go figure.
For non-stephen chow fans, the beggar part was a spoof of KFH.
For those who dun know what KFH is, are you in this world?
So how did you guys like it? Tell me whether I should put it in my presentation too!
Friday, January 21, 2005
Today was the day of the girls bball finals. This was a crucial match for us as it would decide whether sports champ came to us or went to the "tacticians" (actually it is just a synonym for cheaters). The odds were against us to win...hall 6 had one of the top bballers in the country who was also notably the fairest of them all, they had a long bean no. 6 to match the vertical limits of our Cheryl, on the other end...they also had Stuart Little who can run under our arms...just to name a few of their players. I was rather reluctant to go watch the match initially cos I came back to my room and I had a delicious dinner and I jus didn't feel like moving from my chair. But, luckily Amos (hall tennis hunk) offered me a lift, so I moved my ass over to NIE. I guess I am glad I went down afterall, because we crushed hall 6. We, the underdogs, crushed the overcats! This doesn't mean we suck, our team has great players too....just that they are not as highly rated.
Anyway, the match started out closely with hall 6 controlling the pace of the game. However, our team was able to snuff out their attacks with some tight marking. The first quarter was fast and furious with hall 6 making their shots count..while we were keep close tabs with some sharp shooting as well. I never thought the game would be so exciting! Seeing shot after shot go in the basket, the first quarter finally came to an end. The score for the quarter stood at an amazing high of........................ 6-3.
The second quarter offered much more promise with the grand entrance of the fashionably late patsy (our star player). With her in the game, the pace of our play changed visibly and we looked like a much stronger force to be reckoned with. Our team continued to pile in the pressure on hall 6 by matching them point for point, and keeping their shooters at bay. Some excellent defending was displayed by our twin towers of Mojo and Cheryl in grabbing the rebounds. Also, supersub jac was introduced into the game and boy did she make an impact...raking up 2 successive steals and scoring once in her first minutes on the court. However, the mvp for the day had to go to "written face" connie. Comments were heard among spectators and players alike that connie had the words "win" written on her face. Was that why she put in an mvp performance today? Maybe the other players shld have considered writing on their faces too.
Late in the game, Tower 1 Mojo was put back into the game....her task: to execute our deadliest move...in one swift and deadly move...Mojo crushed one of hall 6's star players...imagine the full force of a towering Mojo crushing a helpless ankle...boy it was not a pleasant sight...however, as the injured gal was carried off the court...she was overheard saying thank goodness trini is warming the bench today...that must have been the finishing move of the day as Hall 6 failed to penetrate us in the second half of the game and surrendered at the final whistle and was crushed...again...
Anyway..after the game..the guys who went to watch seemed so inspired that they too started shooting some hoops..some were seen mimicking connie's lay-ups..others were seen trying to imitate patsy's 3-point shot...while others jus wanted the work out to be hunky asap...
I must say..i was really impressed by connie's commitment today...made me reminiscence the good ole days in AC where we fought our hearts out on the rugby field...such passion and fire to win gave me the feeling I got when I watched "remember the titans" (wonderful show btw) cos its sad to say that I have not seen many pple display that kind of passion in games...be it a personal determination to win..or to win for ur friends or ur school or ur hall for that matter...its really a great to see someone give it his/her all on the field/court. With that..i salute u connie!
So there..the day ended with hall 6 crushed twice in an enthralling match...congrats to the bball gals! and condolences to the crushed gal... hall 6 must be green with envy now too..
Sidetrack : Minimingmong is handsome too...
Sidetrack 2: kewpie rejected the null hypothesis that she is high maintainence..but mingmong believes that it is only at a 95% confidence interval..heh..
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Firstly, I would like to extend my utmost thanks to minimingmong who answered my call for help and put the finishing touches to my blog. (btw, mini is my bro, the smarter of the 2 ming geniuses) Its amazing how he seems to learn and know almost anything and everything...just by using the legendary skill of our simian counterparts, monkey see monkey do, he can somehow learn the art of html...but this is probably just a stroll in the park for my GEPer, top scorer of the australian maths competition, IQ of more than 150, yet highly happening and hunky metrosexual brother..(did i mention he is rich too?)
Ok enough credits given to him...
Prata was on the menu for supper tonight, courtesy of trini and taijie (who drove them for supper at a top speed of 60km/h)...I ordered an egg and a mushroom and cheese prata...initially I was reluctant to eat but I decided I needed food to keep me going through the night...The prata was amazingly big and thick..it has got to be the thickest prata I have ever eaten....however, I couldn't seem to find any mushrooms in the prata..and I couldn't tell which was cheese and which was egg..when I ate the first one I thought it was cheese cos I tasted cheese, but then I tasted egg later..when i went to the 2nd one..I tasted egg..but it became cheese towards the end....never have I eaten such a dynamic prata....
Ok..its back to work...long night ahead with conso..
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Alas I have got my skin done! I never thought starting a blog would be such a chore! I thought it was some idiot proof thing since small kids and gals seem to all do it up so nicely. No offence to gals though, but based on empirical evidence in year 1 when we took the IT module, I was convinced that gals and IT are mutually exclusive. But I guess I was wrong...Anyway, with no HTML knowledge, no help from Trini (who seems to be disappearing or having a 'class' whenever I ask her questions), no help from minimingmong (who seems to be also practising his disappearing act these few days), and with my school work piling up, I almost threw in the towel. But no...Mingmong doesn't throw towels, and my perseverance finally paid off. What an accomplishment for the day. HTML seems to be quite interesting afterall..hah..but no time for that yet..school work beckons...
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
After much deliberation, I have decided to plunge into the blogging world at last. I am surprised that I am actually doing this actually. I am one person who loves to keep my personal life private, and blogging effectively opens my life to the world. However, maybe its the constant coercion of trini, or probably the need for an outlet to kill boredom, but I think its just the urge to try new things in my final months as a student. Unfortunately, contray to what I have learnt in school, full disclosure will not be practiced here and classified information will be withheld. ;)
Anyway, I shall keep this short while IT idiot mingmong tries to figure out how this thing works.
With the click of the mouse, I will be a blogger.........*shudders*
