slip of the tongue

God has always been good.

2008-06-11T17:57:00.002+08:00

you know, i believe God is always good. the circumstances may be bad, but God always wants the good for us. sometimes adversity does not pass by immediately, or the 'good' we want does not come our way, but God's intention is always for our good and well being. and it does come.

the past sunday at church was a real blessing. i was a little down because i was going to be alone at service, and there were many issues bothering me, and i thought i was going to be late and to miss worship. but events turned around miraculously. i didnt need to fetch my granny, turned up late by 15 mins fopr the servie but in time for worship, and God met me there and ten. He comforted me and told me as always, and as usual, that He is taking care of me. my finances, my work, my illness, my life, my family.

and in the sermon, i was reminded by pastor mark that God will make good our mistakes for us. yes we should still do our best, but we must trust that God is in control. our human efforts will never be enough to make good the situation. but God can. it was a real good message and testimony.

Thank You Lord God, for being my God, and for you Jesus, for dying for my sins and giving me the blessed life.

First 3 days at work has been good. not too busy, to let me acclimatise to the place. more updates soon, and also on my euro grad trip to come soon. it was the greatest holiday i have experienced.

God bless.

no fear

2008-04-27T09:03:00.001+08:00

1 John 4:18
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…

i cant be redeemed by a million dollars

2008-04-25T08:00:00.000+08:00

1 Peter 1:

18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

Jesus' sacrifice includes our diseases

2008-04-23T09:30:00.002+08:00

i have always been puzzled by Jesus sacrifice. i did not understand the significance of his death and ressurection though i have been a christian all my life.

one of the new revelations i have had about Jesus in the past couple of years is that He not only died for my sins, he died for my diseases as well.

So when a christian asks God for healing, it is not based on God's will or sooka-ness alone. there is a more legitimate, more legal ground for healing.

it is that JESUS dies for our diseases.
lets look at Isaiah 53:4-5, a chapter about Jesus.

King James Bible
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

actually, griefs and sorrows meant pains and sickness in the original Hebrew.

Bible in Basic English
But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.

Jewish Publication Society Tanakh
Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Hooray! Hallelujah! and that is why today i know i am disease free. and even when any diagnosis of illness arises: i know i will be healed.

for a greater in depth look into healing see this article:
http://sg.geocities.com/saltandlight5/healingintheatonement.html

our covenant God

2008-04-22T09:11:00.003+08:00

Genesis 15:
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.

Genesis 15 is quite an intriguing chapter.
God promises Abram to give him a son (Issac).
Abram believes God, and is credited with righteousness.

God then promises and convenants with Abram to give him the land (what is today known as Israel). God also foretells the escape of the Israelites from Egpyt under moses.
The covenant proceeds to be cut.
However, before it is done, Abram is put into a deep sleep.
one might think, oh, God bluff abram and put him to sleep so covenant wont be cut.

the interesting thing is: God cuts the covenant with a "smoking oven and a flaming torch". This torch or pillar of fire is supposedly Jesus. So Jesus represented Abram as early as that and was his representative. interesting huh.

the same thing is in operation today, since Jesus' death on the cross.
The new covenant is cut between jesus as our representative and God our father.

sting of death is gone.

2008-04-21T08:28:00.002+08:00

“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”- 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

we have been set free from sin and its consequence: death.

it does not mean that we will stop sinning. because we live in fleshly bodies, sin still arises. but thanks be to God, eternal death and damnation sis no longer our reward.

he was made the sacrifice for us

2008-04-20T11:03:00.002+08:00

i believe that every person knows that there is good and evil, and that the evil needs to be punished. i believe this is inherent, and not a matter of social construct.

a human knows that evil, or sin, needs to be punished. criminal law for example, is a reflection of this. ( i am in the midst of my comparative criminal law 48 hour paper so i immediately linked criminal law)

i believe that when a person commits a wrong, there is a feeling inside that tells the person this is WRONG, and it needs to be punished. the thing is, how is the person to absolve this guilty feeling? how to atone?

Jesus was made the appropriation for our sins. we can try our best to do more good deeds than evil ones, or to avoid morally evil actions. but no matter how we try, we will fail.

there was only one perfect man, and He alone is 'innocent' enough to bear our punishment. and the best part is, HE was willing to.

Jesus died for our sins on the Christ to absolve us form guilt, eternal death, and punishment.

He IS our lamb that was slain.

and that is why today, i can live in peace, not stressed about having to be punished for my sins.

call it forth

2008-04-18T08:59:00.001+08:00

today's devotion copied from the new creation church website.

Romans 4:17
… God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

“Pastor Prince, I feel the pain in my body. How can I go around saying that Christ has redeemed me from this sickness? How can I say that by His stripes I am healed?”

Well, God’s way is to call those things that are not as though they are. And because you are made in God’s image, you can also call those things that are not as though they are.

When God wanted to make Abraham a father of many nations, what did He do? He changed the way Abraham talked. At that time, Abraham did not even have a single child from Sarah because she was barren. So how could he become a father of many?

God changed the way he talked by changing his name from Abram to Abraham, which means “father of many nations”. (Genesis 17:5) Just imagine: From then on, every time he met someone, he would say, “Hi, my name is Father Of Many Nations.” Every time dinner was ready, Sarah would call out to Abraham who was out in the field, “Darling… Father Of Many Nations … dinner is ready! Father Of Many Nations…” You can just hear their neighbours saying, “They want a child so much they have gone mad!” But God changed the way Abraham talked, so that he called forth what God saw him already blessed with.

You know, when Jesus saw the man with a withered hand, He did not say, “My goodness! It is so withered!” He said, “Stretch forth your hand!” (Matthew 12:13) He called forth what He wanted. He looked at the paralytic and said, “Rise, take up your bed and walk!” (Matthew 9:6) He did not see the way it was in the natural. He saw the way God meant it to be and He called it forth.

Genesis 1 tells us that in the beginning, there was darkness over the face of the whole earth. God saw the darkness and He said, “Light be!” And light was. God called forth what He wanted and it became so! If it were you or me, we would probably have said, “Whoa! It is so dark!”

My friend, despite the pain, call forth your healing. It is pointless to state the obvious. No, change the way you talk. See the way God meant it to be, and start calling forth your healing and wholeness!

go ahead and use your authority

2008-04-17T09:10:00.003+08:00

Exodus 14:15–16

15And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. 16But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

i really like today's scripture and the devotion i read pertaining to this.
many times christian pray pleading prayers, and we are waiting for results before we believe.

but God asks us first to believe, then we will see the results.

when we pray, we should pray filled with faith, knowing that God answers our prayers. we should not 'hope' for God to answer, because that connotes some level of unbelief.

faith is the confident expectation of good. we know God will work things out for our good. what a great God, what a merciful tender loving God he is.

Thank you LORD God for answering my prayers. Thank you Jesus, you are my high priest, my lawyer before God, and the one who saved me and made everything perfect for me.

Thank you for protecting my family. Amen.

jesus understands our struggles

2008-04-16T09:37:00.001+08:00

Hebrews 4:15
15For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

be strong in the Lord

2008-04-15T08:38:00.000+08:00

Ephesians 6:10
10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

abiding in love

2008-04-14T12:01:00.000+08:00

John 15:9
9“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

daily devotions

2008-04-10T08:53:00.003+08:00

time really flies. one moment i was starting the last semester of school, the next i am preparing for my final exams of law school. still, 4 years seem so short. can still recall my experience as a 'freshie' at law camp in june 2004. then, i was thinking: 2008 is my graduation. what a long way.

but i am here in april 2008 looking at 4 years of legal education and desperately studying for insurance, international commercial litigation, comparative crim and finishing up my globalization and international law research paper.

anyway, this is really an aside because my main purpose for this entry is to concretize my daily devotionals. small group had a wonderful retreat in batam 2 weeks ago and my aim was to really get seeped into the Word. meditation and absorbing the Word is what i will be trying to do now. so, everyday, hopefully, i will enter my devotional here and when i have the time, i will comment on it.

my devotions dont come from a fixed place. i go to a few websites and sometimes my daily verse will be what i listened to or read recently.

anyway, i was just reading up on the 10 lost tribes of Israel and am really interested to find out WHO are the 10 last tribes.
just some history: After the reign of Solomon and some time after that (not sure of exact details) the Israelites were separated into 2 kingdoms: the northern kingdom of Israel which consisted of 10 tribes and the southern kingdom of Judah which consisted of 2 tribes. ('jews' are short form for "Judahites", the inhabitants of Judah).

The Assyrians conquered Israel and supposedly deported them all over. so, many israelites fled and were spread all around the world. no one is sure where and who they are.

the theory is that the some nations of the world today belong to the 10 tribes. some believe Chinese are. Japanese are. Ethiopia are. and so on and forth.i dont think we will ever be sure of this until we get to heaven. but i know that will be one of the questions i ask Jesus when i see Him.

as for the current nation state of Israel, if i am not wrong, they only consist of the the southern nation of Judah, and thus are called Jews. only 2 tribes.

where are the 10 lost tribes of israel?

OK, NOW ON TO MY purpose of this entry:

my verse for today is Psalms 1: 1-4

Psalm 1
BOOK I : Psalms 1-41
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

i am looking at this verse because of a sermon i am currently listening to.
when i have time i will share what it's about.

2008-01-21T09:44:00.000+08:00

my name 'yeshye' came from Yishai. i merely changed the spelling but the pronounciation is the same.

the links below explain a little:

FOR THE MEANING OF YISHAI:

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Yishai

The boy's name Yishai \yi-shai\ is a variant of Jesse.
The baby name Yishai sounds like Jasha, Ash, Ashe, Isiah, Isia, Jascha, Jesiah, Joshua, Joshuah, Josh, Josiah, Josia and O'Shay. Other similar baby names are Lisha and Misha.
Yishai is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Yishai. Click here to compare Yishai with related baby names.

FOR THE MEANING OF JESSE:

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Jesse

The boy's and girl's name Jesse \j(es)-se\ is pronounced JESS-ee. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "the Lord exists". Biblical: the shepherd father of King David. Jessie is also used for girls. The similar-sounding Jesiah is a variant of Joshua. Athlete Jesse Owens; politician Jesse Jackson; outlaw Jesse James.

Jesse has 6 variant forms: Jess, Jessey, Jesiah, Jessie, Jessy and Yishai.

For more information, see also the related name Jessamine.

Baby names that sound like Jesse are Jase, Josue and Joss.

Jesse is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Jesse. Click here to compare Jesse with related baby names.

KTLZH

2007-11-01T12:56:00.001+08:00

kianteck likes his cock cold

whats for lunch?

2007-10-22T13:57:00.000+08:00

i am a positive person. i like to say nice things to people, i like to say good things about things, whatever things. however, sometimes i cannot help but criticize the school canteen or foodcourt, whatever you term it.

actually it's not bad, really, it is not like hellish lousy or expensive. in fact it has improved a lot since we satrted school last year. but sometimes, you just dont know what to eat, or just am sick of their offerings. especially so when it comes to snacking. sometimes i want something light. then there is the thinking corner. think of the name already i dont feel like eating there. some more, their food is overpriced. i dont mind paying that kinda money but please give me the commensurate quality.

someone should set up a better sandwich place in BTC. gourmet sandwich and good muffins and cakes and coffee. cos the coffee that thinking corner sells, at $2, is about the same quality (or worse) than the 50cents one in the canteen. it's no big wonder the cafe is not bustling. were it better, students will flock there. there is such a potential market for BTC.

so what to do? sick of cai fan, indian food, beef noodles, western food, jap, malay. i resort to sardine puff, onde onde and ice coffee. actually thay are really some of the best offerings of the canteen. so i am enjoying myself with them.

this is not a complaint entry. just some factual statements of my thoughts.

BANDITS ROCK

2007-10-08T09:53:00.000+08:00

THE KOPISHOPROCK BANDITS
from the left: sylvia tee(not teo), yeshye zhu zhiwei, melissa liew, elvin yeo, lee kee min, delphia lim

elvin yeo, the self proclaimed bass god. also a chen lei lookalike, and demoted to bass mortal for his mistakes. thank you for being the 'base' of the group and your stupid jokes and your sexist views which i must add are not unfounded. although you are always late, thankfully you are always or at least mostly good. haha.

mel liew the super songwriter and megan the perfect producer. mel, your songs are amazing and... thanks for being part of the band and many times the band leader as well. your commitment and work is second to none and you're great to be with! i think people might think you are all nice and sweet and though that is true, they should know you cant be bullied heh. great music, great violin, great person, great fun, but you can afford to brush up on your puns and almost-jokes ahahahahahahaha.

sylvia tee, tqui zee, di ren xin, heart of the enemy, eat man's heart, i dunno how many nicknames i have given you. thanks for tahaning me since year 1. you've been one of the funnest girls around and i forgive you for thinking that men and women are equal. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA. joking. i am very happy you are part of the band and though the brass part for kopishop rock was unstable from the start, you got it real polished and pro soon. and you are another look sweet and pure but actually the mind is...quite the contrary. thank you.

keemin and myself. ok, thanks zhiwei for being such a fantastic and charismatic band leader.
KEE-MIN, the electric and accoustic guitar, also the health freak of the band. everytime we go canteen, you only eat guava. you count your calories. you complain you are fat. how can you be fat!!!! thanks for being the nice guy, the blur guy, the helpful member who does a lot of the dirty work like carrying amps. i love kwan song and your guitar part. and your blur look, hiding behind the lamp post during the song and having a real in love look. tell you the truth, we always laugh at you when you play there cos you look so oblivious.

last but not least, DELPHIA the fragile delugionist. haha. our talented superb pianist. people were saying why dont ask XXX or XXX but hey, to my mind DEL is the BEST! and we almost didnt get you! i still remember mel and i asking you in my car whether you were willing. i always thought you were not but you agreed and there! we had our pianist! honestly, could not have asked for a more dedicated and skilful pianist. you were just ideal. and you're so nice, and patient with our pokes. i think we went overboard sometimes but you're more gracious than our crudeness. and thanks for trying to 'prevent' me from 'slipping' off the platform. hahaha. haha. P Diddy.

to my fellow bandits,

WE ARE TIGHT!
thank you for all the fun, all the jokes, all the laughter, the music thats wafts down lim peh street, the lunches, the being late together, the being late and making me wait, the feminist jokes, the sexist comments, the tightness. and so much more.

kopishoprock has been the best law school experience. (besides freshmen days, the period from law camp culminating to the official start of the 1st semester). and in no small part due to you guys.
without stress, worry, planning, or whatever, God helped assemble a group of six that were the best i could ever imagine.
i could never ask for a better combination of people or guys or girls or musicians.
YOU GUYS kopishop ROCK!

i loved every minute of law 4, especially the musical week. every performance day was awesome, and the high i got from performing with the bandits was something i never felt before. music is God's gift, one of His best gifts. and performing music with great friends? a greater gift! i enjoyed the cue-ing, the moving together, the sweetness of the songs, watching mel and keemin get down stage during kwan's song, the missing my snare cos i off-ed it on the second night, the sylvia's brass sounds on the opening song, delphia's emo look on the piano, elvin's 'bassgodyeo' look and the bobbing of the head, the shouting 'WE'RE TIGHT!'.

i love the platform(thanks wendy). everything i love.

thank you band for being the band. and momentarily on saturday for being ah long's jade dragon clan.
there are so many nice pics and these are some really random ones.
i have not chosen to place the best ones here, but you can see them on mel liew's facebook.
will post more pics soon though. my fav ones.

a great verse to memorize and meditate on

2007-10-02T07:47:00.000+08:00

Mattew Chapter 6
Do Not Worry

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

loh for

2007-09-18T14:38:00.000+08:00

This week is law 4 week.
Every year the law year 4's will come together and put up a play/musical and this year ours is entitled kopishoprock.

Don't worry this is not an advertising campaign. but if you want tickets let me know.
The dates are 21, 22 and 23 September. This friday saturday and sunday. but i think the sat ones are sold out.
tickets are at $15 and $20, proceeds go to charity. main charity is children's cancer society.

So, the story goes........ 2 rival coffee shops in the 70s and there's a loanshark and there's romance and all that. i wish i was acting and singing but i am not talented in that area.
anyhow, i am having tons of fun managing the band and playing the drums. has revived my love for playing music and drumming in particular.
do visit the blog at kopishoprock.blogspot.com.

ice coffee

2007-08-28T19:06:00.000+08:00

Tuesdays are bad days for me. I have classes from 9am to 930pm, with only 2 and a half hours of break in between. Today has been exceptionally bad. I think it has got to do with my waking up at 6 freaking 30am. Just now, at tax class, I was hardly listening. I spent most of time looking at blogs and friendster, which, I don’t usually do.

Now, at police class, I am blogging. It’s called International Police Co-operation. We took a class picture last week with my lecturers, who are rather distinguished men. one is Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol, and the other Mr Russel Martha, senior legal counsel. Class has been entertaining, though sometimes a little dry and too much international law. AH, Singaporean students don’t like international law. We have been trained to stay in our comfort zone and be frogs in the well.

See our photos at this page!
http://www.interpol.int/Public/News/2007/singapore20070827.asp

Besides Police, I am taking Tax Law, Conflicts of Law, Chinese Intellectual Property as well as Aviation Law, which is damn interesting. Fascinating. I have a two day week from next week onwards, Monday and Tuesday only. And Monday only have one class. Shiok, then, I can concentrate on:
LAW IV which is on 21, 22, 23 September
IPPT which I must pass by 29 October
Cell which is every Friday
VCF which is every Friday
Soccer training for Law inter year games which is on almost every week
Biathlon which is in March 2008
Enjoying myself which is every day.
Joni, which is also, everyday.

Today I have come to a conclusion that I have changed too much in the past 2-3 years. Become a little too serious. I want to have fun and let go but am unsure how to go about it without suffering from its consequences. In the past, I had a lot of fun but I don’t think I can do that now. am still having fun but its different.
as some of the kia put: 'we cant keep living in our past. we need to create new adventures'.
thank you ian for entertaining gerald shawn and i that night at island creamery. you are indeed the best.

Gerald told me I am too ‘lao’, cos he asked me to go clubbing or something and I didn’t want. not that I think clubbing is evil or what, I just…don’t enjoy it as I did anymore. nowadays I just prefer…running, playing soccer, gym, eat. Of course I also love bible study and holidaying with joni and hanging out with my friends.

I think I need more career options. Sandwich bar? Food food food. George Quek is a genius.

reply to david tan

2007-08-17T15:14:00.000+08:00

my dear fren david-tan-something-wei, sorry i forgot your full chinese name.

yes you did say you wanted to be a rapist. hope i am not tarnishing your good name.
by the way, i take back what i said about being your taxi driver. can be your defence counsel though, if you trust me enough. for free, if that day ever comes (i sincerely hope not).

hows things anyway, do drop me an email with your number or something, it will be fun to meet up!
yeshye@hotmail.com

beginning of the end

2007-08-17T15:04:00.001+08:00

school started this week. my final year in law school. it's passing by too quickly!
it's a hectic start to the semester, cos i have an intensive subject: International Police Co-operation (or the lack thereof) which takes up 3 weeknights a week for 3 weeks. thereafter, law IV Musical ,which will be on the last week of September.

i love school actually. i like deciding what time i wake up and wheni can go run gym or swim.
recently i have been training more, cos i have to pass IPPT by 29 OCT. hopefully, i can do that by the start of October.
After i am done with IPPT, i intend to train for a biathlon. i hope to complete 1 (and not end up the last) in the first half of 2008. anybody wanna join? so far, i know 3 friends who have expressed interest. shawn, jun, and ziliang.

alright, i also have decided to start posting food reviews on hungrygowhere.com! was so bored during lecture last night that i went alon and did it. haha not sure how long i can sustain. 1 step at a time la, i will aim for... 10 by the end of the year.
go check my first (and only entry so far):
http://www.hungrygowhere.com/chin_mee_chin_confectionery

my alias is makan-kaki, in reference to my makan mata days with shawn kenny and ros. these days we have not the time, but i will pay tribute to them always. it was those days that really got me into finding good food.
oh, lion king, i have not forgotten you too, though you always went for quantity more than quality.

yeap, see you all soon, God bless and take care.

PUPILLAGE HOW AH

2007-06-24T20:40:00.000+08:00

how ah where to apply for pupillage?

i was thinking...since i am not applying to the big 4, maybe i should do something funny and send them my resume, but with obscene/sexy/retard photos of myself.

should i? life is full of important decisions....

this one not so stupid la but i lazy to blog and search for noce photos.
to the NUS Law students: happy applying. see you all at shenton way and raffles place on that monday.

oh and, who wants to play for the LAW 4 BAND?

SIA first class and tv shows

2007-04-17T08:33:00.000+08:00

to the lucky one who is off to Germany and who sat first class there, you blessed child of God!
when will i get to seat first class. i will i will i will.

on another note, i am curently 'hooked' on a Channel U tv show, it's called Hard Fate. it is a TVB (from hongKong) drama on a jade company and its owners and the love affairs, mysteries etc etc. Dont know how i got hooked to it also. seems like a very auntie thing to do but i assure you, this show is really exciting. the plot is awesome and the acting is great.

but still, i feel a little sheepish being addicted to the show. that i have to rush off from meetings to watch the show. rush joni from shopping to watch the show. plan my study timetable around the show. but when i like a show, i really like it. i will follow it religiously. current other show i am hooked on: RAW on WWE. yes, back to my teenage years when i was hooked. i am again. love the show. but am giving it up this 2 weeks for the exams. especially since the monday night screenings are at 3AM. that is too disruptive.

ok another kind of programme i am hooked to is the most normal one of all.
soccer matches. this season is especially exciting since Manchester United are fighting for the Treble. Every match from now is damn exciting. i also decided that having exams does not equate to having no life. i can still watch my shows, go for cell group, church, eat out, meet friends. just as long as i get around 8 hours of work everyday.

life cannot be all abot work isnt it. for that reason i have made up my mind NOT to apply to any of the firms which work their lawyers till 10 or 11 pm on a regular basis. Work, for me, cannot take my life. yeap, i know, some of you guys going to tell me that is impossible, that if you want success you have to earn it and all that. u think i am willing to forgo a bit of 'success' for my life, i just cannot imagine myself working so much. pardon me, i believe that it is unhealthy, and should not be inevitable for every lawyer in Singapore.

Actually, why not we have a campaign to reduce a lawyer's working hours? but then again, that might never happen as some people might be happy working so much, happy working for the money. which means that slack people like me have to suffer. ok i better stop saying how slack i am cos some future employer might be reading this.

I AM NOT SLACK. i study 12 hours a day. i am the type who 'chopes' classrooms in school early in the morning at 7am. i love family law, restitution, and comparative evidence. i am the type of lawyer you want for your firm. YES!

anyway, i was having a boh-liao conversation with KFC boy, bill, and melmel about what we wanna do if we dont do law.
i think KFC boy wants to be a baker. or maybe he can go into modelling.
bill looks and seems very much like a civil service kinda guy.
melmel seems happy to be in legal work.
for myself, i dont know. i would like to have my own business. previously i wanted to go into acting. when i was sec 2 it was taxi driving. david tan wanted to be a rapist.

ok ok. back to work. here's a picture of my blue hippo in my backseat. taken by ziliang and mel.

MORON-TORIUM

2007-04-11T12:37:00.000+08:00

Re Class of 2008 Moratorium [2007] 1 YLR 1

House of Cocks - Civil Appeal 1 of 2007
Coram: The Lord Justice Yeshye of Serangoon (St Francis Road)
Moratoriums-contractual liability-waiver-misrepresentation-interests of law firms-law students

Case(s) referred to:
Unfortunately there have been no reported cases and no precedents for the issue at hand.
Previous disputes of similar nature may have been dealt at at mediation.

LORD YESHYE OF SERANGOON:

Facts:
The facts have been well known to all involved and as such there is no need for the regurgitation of them here.

Judgment:
I have had the benefit of reading the scholastic and academically brilliant judgements of my learned friends in the recent spate regarding the moratorium. With due regard to interests of fairness, justice, certainty, equality, and progress for our nation(WE are Singapore, WE are Singapore, we will stand together hear the lions roar), i concurr with Lords OBL of Hougang, AM of Edinburgh. (emphasis added)

Judgment with costs.
Appeal disallowed, for there is no higher court.

death

2007-04-03T18:35:00.000+08:00

my granduncle 'Boo' aka Thomas Boo passed away last week at the age of 80. yesterday we had the funeral service held at the Mandai Crematorium.
after the service, the body and the coffin was sent to the furnace thing to be converted into ashes.

many of the relatives and friends attending the whole process were upset, obviously.
some were crying and saying their last good byes to the body.

i thought i would give a christian perspective (my own view) of deaths. and remind myself.
when a christian 'dies', he merely goes to sleep. and he is going to a better place: Heaven. therefore at some christian funerals you would not see too much wailing or sadness. if there would be, it probably be emotional loss. however, there should be greater joy, since we know that the person who has slept is going to a better place, and that we will re-unite there, and meet each other again.

1 Thessalonians 4: 13-14
13Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

the life that we lead on earth is but temporal. i think there are many religions which teach that too. i believe the reason it is so universal is that...cos it is true. i believe that.

anyway, as the body was being sent to 'burn', there were people bidding farewell to the body. perhaps there is an over obsession with the physical body. no doubt, it is our temple, our most outward, conspicuous expressionn of ourselves. but we are also soul and spirit. i believe the soul dies along with the body, but the real us: the Spirit, lives.
Men has placed a premium on the flesh, on what we can see. but once we 'sleep', we realise the Spirit has moved on.
so the people need not be overly sad at the cremation, cos only the outward appearance of granduncle Boo was gone. He still lives, in the heavenly places.

if i ever do 'sleep' before the second coming of Christ, the funeral has got to be a happy, joyful, celebration.
at this point, for somebody's sake, i will have to proclaim: 'God Forbid'.

of course i would prefer to see Christ coming in my lifetime.
ok, sorry about the morbid entry about death, but really, its not that morbid after all. Good day.

happy 16th!

2007-03-29T17:18:00.000+08:00

hello!

happy and blessed 16 months anniversary!
to many more wonderful experiences!

thoughts running through my mind

2007-03-26T17:32:00.000+08:00

i cannot understand why, during my intense reading of Peter Birk's article on Mistake of Law, random thoughts keep running through my mind. it is as if the ghost of blogger is inducing me to pen an entry.

and so here am i, in the library, after finishing the article, writing on the irrelevant yet endearing thoughts. it is funny how oyu just think of such things when you are doing just the opposite: something as academically exhausting as the Mistake of Law assignment for Restitution.

Thought number 1:
The late Professor Peter Birkswrites very well. i actually enjoy reading his legal thoughts on mistake. it is written like a story, a novel with plot and an exciting adventure which has not seen its end. the remaining chapters are for up and coming restitution scholars to complete. but in the field of law, it is perhaps unrealistic to say that there can ever be an ending, for the law is never static. it is always moving and changing tp suit our needs.

the subject of restitution is amazing. the thought process that goes through the academics and the judges is mind boggling. i cannot imagine having a normal conversation with them. 'eh, wanna eat char kway teow or cheeken lice?' cant fathom what kinda answer they would give me. a 10 page analysis of wht cheeken lice is better maybe.

speaking of acadamics, i met my resti tutor Tang Hang Wu and my Evidence tutor at the thinking corner earlier in the day. they were having lunch i suppose. i appreciate them a lot. they are nice friendly approachable tutors and professors. my best regards to them. i also wonder what their conversations revolve around. it cannot be law all the time right. yet i cannot in my wildest imaginations see them talking about soccer, the other sex, or frivolous things that most people talk about while having lunch.

but then again, theyare human too, albeit very much more scholarly able and academically gifted. i suspect Ho hock lai supports manchester united. there was one wednesday, on the 28 Feb this year, when he was very humorous.
that lesson was on the admissibility in court of character evidence of sexual victims.

First funny thing he said:
"Today we are talking about sex. unfortunately, not the fun part." (WAHAHAHA) for those who dont know, ho hock lai is a serious looking prof. very very decent looking chinese man. he got his PhD (Cambridge), BCL (Oxford), and LLB (NUS). ok i realise this is not alone indicative. the point is he looks very not the type who would say that.

Second funy thing. While examining England’s and Wales provisions on rape:
"We will just look at England. Cos wales doesn’t matter. (he laughs heartily and turns towards the other prof, prof tey). Apart from Ryan gigs, wales does not matter. (laughs)

HOW FUNNY IS THAT! HO HOCK LAI MAKING A JOKE AT WALES EXPENSE! INVOLVING RYAN GIGGS EVEN!

Thought number 2:
listening to McFly and David Tao songs remind me of PGP and year 1 days. school was different, very different. sorry if i alwayas repeat this, but sometimes, i like to reminisce too. in that sense i am like kian teck. i miss my frens, the law frens who call themselves freaks. you guys are indeed.

Thought number 3:
I enjoyed the Harry Elias open house, welcome tea, or whatever you call it. the lawyers there seem friendly and approachable. the culture seems to place an equal premium on work and play. i would like to apply there.

to end off, i just wanna wish everybody good health. God bless you.

family law and bintan

2007-01-25T10:55:00.000+08:00

YAY!!!! I GOT FAMILY LAW!!!!!
so now i have 4 subjects. i dropped law and econs and human rights in asia for FAMILY LAW!!!
Shiok! and family does not have test in the semester, just a final exam and class participation. i am damn happy.

anyway, in December 27-30 in 2006 the KIAs went Bintan. Ian Gerald Lion Shawn Xudes Jun Marcus Amelia Pongs went, along with Gerald's Dad, Mum and sis Cynthia. Gerald's super maid TinTin also went. one helluva cook.
notable absentees were Joni and Lawrence.
anyway, it was damn fun and we ate and we played soccer and we got injured and we ran and we kara oked and shawn lion and i nearly died in the bintan waters but thank God we survived. i am a survivor, otherwise known as Wavemaster.

YEA.

these are some selected pics!

shawn jun cynthia and me waiting for dinner at the 'Kopitiam' dinner buffet

xudes and jun looking in bliss at lunch. local food plus tintin cooking is amazing

lion shawn and MOKcus (formerly known as maycus or marcus or focus) giving a pose at the villa's downstairs balcony. i live angsoka villas. we have a personal pool too. MOK stands for Make-Out-Kia. i will not elaborate on how or why or under what circumstances we gave him that nickname. it is self explanatory.

the heavenly bintan local food plus tintin's curry. amazing stuff, thrashes the hotel's food.

shawn and gerald with the 3 or 4metre long bamboo stick which we used to rescue our soccer ball from the damn tree. it was a very very funny 30 mins.

Gerald and Ber-Nice at lunch on the very first day. this was an hour upon reaching Bintan, which is 30mins ferry ride from Tanah Merah Ferrt Terminal.

Ain Sim giving a beautiful face.

lion king and nipple with Marcus(at this point, early in the trip, still known as marcus) giving retarded poses. there is nothing much funnier or funner than being with the Kias and giving stupid faces. this is one time where i admit we are boys. there is a boy in every guy. waiting to emerge. and Bintan greatly facilitates our need to be boys.

my pose. i dont know what exactly i am trying to portray. nothing much really. just a plain ols stooopid pose. i have one more looking like Kim Jung II. will post that another time.

Marcus the happy kambing and Amelia!

Thats all folks!

just for the sake of it

2007-01-09T11:42:00.000+08:00

the post has no content, i am writing just for the sake of writing.

after i counted, i realised i have 7 essays to write this semester and 2 exams to sit for.
last semester i only had 1 essay (albeit a 6000 word one) and it was already a frightening experience. i got a C+ FOR THAT: ISLAMIC LAW.
so with 7 essays to write in 13 weeks, amounting to about 1 essay every fortnight, i think i have to practice. where esle to start but my blog.
ok..so whats happening now.. am in my clasroom where ther are 2 European guys, 1 Indian girl and 1 Canadian girl having a very serious conversation about their accents and others' accents.

this semester i have 5 modules. and it's not easy. this is probably the most difficult combination i will take.

Restitution.
Human rights in Asia by Thio Li Ann.
Emergencies and Legal theory.
Law and Econs for lawyers.
International Comparative Evidence.

so far 2 topics i have had are reminiscent of jurisprudence. all theory. Arg. it's going to be very difficult, but i see a great deal of training and learning ahead. i need to stop speaking Singlish, which is my favourite language.

God Bless,
zhiwei

when the Lord is with you, just amazing

2006-11-21T10:05:00.000+08:00

Recently i have been feeling the presence of the Lord, very strongly. i think it started with me putting my faith in Him for my healing of my abscess. and He did, as He always does, He is a faithful Lord.
Cannot stop reading the Word and gaining Life from it.

There are many verses which impacted me, but i shall share them another time. Today i just wanna bring this verse. God will protect you if you make Him your dwelling place. and we need not try to be sinless, or do good deeds. i 'll be the first to tell you i am not the perfect Christian. So i made god my dwelling place and He provided everything i need, and more.

Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
       will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
       my God, in whom I trust."

3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
       and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers,
       and under his wings you will find refuge;
       his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5 You will not fear the terror of night,
       nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
       nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
       ten thousand at your right hand,
       but it will not come near you.

8 You will only observe with your eyes
       and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
       even the LORD, who is my refuge-

10 then no harm will befall you,
       no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
       to guard you in all your ways;

12 they will lift you up in their hands,
       so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
       you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
       I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
       I will be with him in trouble,
       I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him
       and show him my salvation."

draw near to our God, He is the source of Life.

givemethatthosai

2006-11-06T16:31:00.000+08:00

tur tur tur turt, tur TUR!!!! (add the intonation using your imagination)

ROYAL THOSAI from Ghim Moh is Heavenly!!! (i wonder whether manna was this good)
i had lunch with Kero Lilly Melvin and Andre today and amidst our wonderful conversation(LWIPFG) was wonderful food and the heavenly ROYAL THOSAI!!!!

Thosai is.....this Indian crepe thing which is far from creepy. it is shiok until i cannot shiok anymore! Wah lau! Siao ah! it comes with 3 different sauces, usually 1. coconut, 2. a variation of coconut, 3. a sort of curry i dunno what to call it. after my research maybe i can tell you more.

And Royal Thosai has potatoes, onions, cheese!!!!! a glimps, egg, and butter in it!!!! AARRGHGHGGH its driving me crazy brother!!!!

try it, and shiok it around. these photos are just a glimpse of what it is like. i found these on the internet. oh baby, it is EQF@QW#%YHERGB!QW!!!!!

paper thosai

normal thosai

its the only stall in ghim moh which sells thosai. ok bye.

i am blessed

2006-11-03T11:51:00.000+08:00

The past month's been a whirlwind of activities. it started from the studying for juris test and subsequently my 6000 islamic law paper on morality. besides the public law assignment last semester, this has been the toughest paper to write. but i am happy to have completed it. the research required of me for the paper taught me a lot and gave me a real education on many current affairs concerning Islam today. these issues and problems are real today and they also help in one's understanding of the global conflict of terrorism. it was amazing to be able to read in depth and write a paper on issues that are real and pertinent today, stuff that you read on the headlines regularly.

along with jurisprudence, i can say it has been an amazing semester. it is a joy(and pain sometimes) to read relevant stuff. REAL stuff. i have been blessed to study a subject i enjoy and which relates to my human experience. studying law is a god given opportunity, considering how bad a student i was in secondary school and JC.

But i asked God to lead me and He did. i still remember the song 'The Potter's Hand' which we sang in church just after i made the decision to retain. i was afraid, not knowing whether i chose correctly. but i decided to trust God and that song ministered to me a lot. Thereafter, the greatest miracle occured un my life and i got good results, good enough for NUS Law. if you knew me in the past you would never see me being a law student.

i didnt have the discipline, and right now, i admit i still am too lazy and slack. But God continually works miracles and sustains me. and i am just thankful for studying all that i am now. to God be all the Praise and Glory.

THE POTTER'S HAND (chords and lyrics)

( G D/G Em D/E G/F F D )
G D/F#
Beautiful Lord, Wonderful Saviour
C Cm6/Eb
I know for sure, all of my days are
Em7 Asus4 A/C# Am7/D D
Held in Your hand, crafted into Your perfect plan

G D/F#
You gently call me into Your presence
C Cm6/Eb
Guiding me by Your Holy Spirit
Em7 Asus4 A/C#
Teach me dear Lord to live all of my life
Am7/D D
Through Your eyes

Em D/F#
I'm captured by Your Holy calling
G
Set me apart
C/G D/F# Em
I know You're drawing me to Yourself
Asus4 A Am7/D Dsus4 D
Lead me Lord I pray

G D/F# Am7 D/E Em
Take me, mould me, use me, fill me
F C/E Am7 Dsus4 D
I give my life to the Potter's hand
G D/F# Am7 D/E Em
Call me, guide me, lead me, walk beside me
F C/E Am7 G/B Dsus4 D
I give my life to the Potter's hand

end of the one week holidays!

2006-09-30T16:51:00.000+08:00

Once again, I have been inspired, and encouraged to blog, by a friend’s comments. I think if not, I would not have the motivation to open WORD and start typing.

I always am delighted when people, especially friends of mine, get over something in life which has bugged them for ages. Some issues are trivial, but some are serious. And I have learnt that what is trivial to you may be serious to another. So whatever the issue, I congratulate you, my friend, on moving on and continuing on with life.

As is said, we should conquer the circumstance and not let it conquer us. After all, we are made to reign over the Earth.
Genesis Chapter 1 verse 26:
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

So we, who are made in God’s image, should hold ourselves up highly, knowing that we are honourable, and now, made righteous by the blood of Christ.

As for what’s been happening, hmm. Nothing much, just worked at Acts Lifestyle from Monday to Wednesday during the holidays and had an unfruitful time trying to get work done on thursday and friday.
Jurisprudence test is on Friday 6 October. God grant me wisdom!

As for pictures, well I thought it would be good to post up some of my cell group pics since this past Sunday was small group ministries Sunday at Wesley.

marcus me daphne lion and lawrence at orchard towers subway, december 2004

lion king's 21st birthday at cell group

joni jerry shawn marcus eileen ay cell retreat december 2005. notice shawn retarded pose!

lion and jerry enjoying coconuts at pulau ubin

erm. i cant remember whose birthday this is. either gary or yas 22nd.

easter 2005 at jun jun place

cell girls at east coast with bernice dog! SHO CUUUTE!!

christmas dinner 2004 at marcus place!

have a great week, you blessed one(whether you think so or not)!

chiu is meh meh

2006-09-18T16:11:00.000+08:00

Good afternoon all.

School has been fine and I am really happy with my current timetable: I only have jurisprudence and Evidence to handle. It s okay I guess but the Islamic law paper I have to write is starting to scare me. It’s 6000 words and it is not law. That’s the worst part.

It is history, sociology, politics, and law. Plain law is more comforting actually. Take for example Evidence Law. The gist of what we study is whether a certain piece of evidence may be admitted or not. As simple as that. And to score better, we critique whether this should be the way or not, and what possible alternatives we can think of. Rather straightforward. Of course, there will be tougher issues here and there in modules like property and public law.

But I find Islamic Law, a paper about LIFE, really difficult to handle. I think I have over-estimated myself by choosing two ‘fluff’ subjects in Jurisprudence (what is law?) and in Islamic Law. Honestly I thought IL was about what is contained in the Shari’a, but actually, Hallaq goes far far beyond that. It’s a mini-study of Islam and Westernization as a whole.

With that, I must say it is one of the most challenging semesters I have experienced. This is real education. Lessons and theories of life, forcing you to think about all the institutions you are in (the state, democracy etc) and what they stand for and how they have been made.

It’s also been stimulating my views about Christianity and my life and belief as a Christian. I think it’s a wonderful experience and I thank God for this chance of education and really being able to appreciate the truth in life and what and how he moulds me.

To end off, I want to share a verse which has touched me and I believe will work stronger and stronger in my life.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

and here are some pictures of what's been happening in the holidays and now!

joni and i at her dad company family day at sentosa in july

joni and i at keppel club just before shawn 24th birthday dinner at Tung Lok. i love a la carte buffets.

joni posing at Olive Ristorante where we had our 6th month anniversary dinner. the food was so so only. everything else was lovely of course!

happy people at marcus 24th birthday dinner, where the food never fails!!

CELL GROUP in the lift at my place. i might be taking up some space.

my latest toy: "Meow Meow'. She's really adorable and is the family's new baby.

CELL at my place

wonderful crab at Macpherson where shawn victor vivien kt and i had kt's birthday supper!

TILL next time, Goodbye!!!!

2006-09-11T16:56:00.000+08:00

Another pic of us.. enjoying the korean bbq! One of joni's fav cruisine! the bbq rib is the bomb! we had a second helping cause one was just not enough. i was even bo liao enough to take a video of it sizzling on the hot grill...ou yeah!

ok movie time later, will it be little man? the movies arent packing much good shows theses day..

return of the WEH WEH!

2006-09-11T16:06:00.000+08:00

Merry September everyone!

It’s been a long time and I would like to revive my blog. Some current updates on myself: I am 100 kg (+/-5). Erm… I have moved to Serangoon road, near Boon Keng NEL Station….. I own a cat called ‘Meow Meow’…Year 3 in Law School has finally started (and before I know it it will be the exams!)….and of course I am (still)happily attached to Joni(for those who are wondering). I do not like the word attached. I wonder which culture adopted the word for its current meaning. I think it sounds a little too juvenile. However, in today’s context, I think ‘dating’ and ‘going out with’ already have too casual connotations attached to them, so I avoid using those words.

So I shall elaborate on my definition of ‘attached’: “being in a serious relationship with getting together as an ultimate goal in the future.” Well, for now, it’s something like that.

Anyhow, I was chatting with Friend, hmmm, lets call Friend Caddy. So caddy and I were talking about his near approaching birthday, and I remembered what happened last year. Caddy, another friend and I went Hu Cui @ Taka for dinner for his 22nd birthday. The following day, some friends in law school surprised him with green tea cake and mooncakes. Time flies (whether you’re having fun or not, because I don’t exactly think studying long hours and writing law essays are very fun), and it’s been one year since all of that happened.

I also think back on my own birth-day last year where I was surprised, not with green tea cake but PANDAN CHILLI cake. I doubt the sensation and memories will ever leave me. The more painful it is, the more one wont forget. But it was all fun.

So, school is a far cry from what is was in the first 2 years. Apart from the fact that the batch only has 1 common lecture in the form of Evidence, we are further dispersed (I feel) by the structure of the new school. There is not so much a common area now as we had in Clementi NUS. No more comfortable dirty-smelly-dusty-coffeestained sofas outside the library. And the library is made of 3 mini-levels instead of 2 broad areas, where we would be able to see who was coming in and out.

But I would hesitate to say I like or dislike the new arrangement. It’s all a matter of perspective. I would prefer to think I like it now because, heck, whether I like it or not, it is now like that. So might as well like it right?

Ok enough rubbish and time off my hearsay readings, which are tons and not easy to read. Meanwhile, Smile, and be happy (no I am not referring to the gahmen campaign).
I mean smile, cos life should be led joyfully, cos God loves you!

And here are some pictures to end off!

at animal show in sentosa

at a restaurant in Bangkok MBK

pulau ubin trip in december

2006-05-01T20:32:00.000+08:00

I know this is way way overdue but since i am kinda free now, well, while joni is studying i thought i would do somehting useful or interesting. these are the pics for the cell group's retreat in december.

i also have some videos but i am so so tech-savvy to know how to put videos up. yet. pulau ubin is quite nice and the chalet is quite cosy too. the cze cha is pretty good and affordable. eat from the ubin seafood, it is one of the stalls nearest the jetty. jetty ride only costs $2 and the fresh coconuts are not to be missed.

another draw about going pulau ubin is that the wonderful Changi Village hawker centre is nearby and the nasi lemak is NUMBER 1. ok here are the pics!

joni and i in the chalet. somehow this pic makes us look like patients in a hospital.

the delicious coconut. you gotta try it. i had 5 in a row. i mean the flesh.

shawn and i in ecstasy, i promise you its that good.

jerry and lion cant agree less. look at jerry's face. damn funny.

jon chuu and marc enjoying the usual game of bridge.

exams are over. phew.

2006-04-28T16:23:00.000+08:00

i've been thinking about why i cant be bothered to blog and i cant figure out why. partially cos i have been so busy, and i guess partially cos now i 'report' or recount to someone all that i feel or have gone through. hence lesser the need to flesh it out here.

my original intent on having a blog was to record down what i have been doing and also to paste pictures of beautiful life and moments. i think i also use it as an outlet to express my feelings and opinions about certain issues or matters in lfe.

as for now, since the exams are over, there are a few things i am excited about and are occupying my mind. i dont need to say about Joni cos she's the other constant besides God.

1. THE ELECTIONS~~!!!!
i think it is this saturday right? well to me it does seem a little too soon and i would like more time to assess the candidates and think carefully about whether or not i will vote the opposition purely because they are the opposition or because i think they can do an equally good job as the PAP. but most importantly, i think we do need more opposition in the Parliament to provide as a check. in a way, you could say that there needs to be an opposition just for the sake of having an oppsition. and why not? you cant just allow a party to have full control can you?

i know some Ministers have come up and said that yes, they do not mind having an efficient opposition who questions them and also PROVIDES BETTER SOLUTIONS than what the PAP has been proposing. i agree that probably, the PAP has given us good solutions but notwithstanding that, i think that even if an opposition party does not provide better answers there still needs to exist a REAL opposition voice in Parliament that serves as a check.

and 2 or 3 MPs coupled with a few NCMPs DOES NOT MAKE A REAL OPPOSITION. it is interesting that at this year's nomination day, the PAP was not returned to power automatically. 37 PAP MPs are in without a fight, but there are 47 more seats to be filled. i think we are all sure that PAP WILL RETURN to power and be the ruling government.
however, i see the growing strength of the opposition as a good sign for the local polictics and so does our PM Lee. he has said that he is happy that the PAP has to fight for their place rather then be uncontested. that is the true meaning of 'General Elections'.

i am happy that PM Lee has openly declared that he is happy with the opposition's stronger showing this year and i am excited to see what developments will take place! Hopefully, there will be a more substantial voice parliaments seatings.

now that i have said all these, this is an invitation:
Anyone interested in attending the rallies which are starting tonight? i probably cant make it tonight but am interested in listening to what the opposition has to say. it's going to be exciting! next week!

2. My Thailand mission trip, which is in 4 weeks. will really miss Joni.

3. erm....not sure what else is on ..oh yah. WORKING OUT!!!!!

With that, hope you guys have a good holidays, and for those working or still studying, God Bless and try to enjoy everything that you do!

2006-04-28T01:33:00.000+08:00

EXAMS ARE OVER. HOLIDAYS HERE I COME! I EMBRACE YOU!!!!!!!!!!! HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!

next sem i promise to study and do my work more consistently. but for the next 3-4 months, it's just a big party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God Bless you people!!!!!

wah lau so long never blog.

2006-04-01T22:04:00.000+08:00

i wanna apologise for so long never blog. been busy buti would attribute it more to laziness.
that day i met an old friend ya NTU library. his name is otard.

me: eh Hi! hows everything...etc etc..what you studying?
him: long time no see..etc etc...civil engineering..i didnt know you were in NTU..me: oh, no, my girlfriend is here..just studying in the library..
him: oh what you studying?
me: oh law.
him: wah law ah. ok next time my building collapse or got problem can find you la.

WOO HOO SHIOK MAN! long time never see my friend and he say next time got problem then find me huh! this is not the first time i met a friend and he or she tells me 'next time got problem find you ah, lawyer'. Lawyers have it tough huh. their friends only think of them when there are problems. sigh.

thursday night i had cze cha dinner with my parents, and aunties, one of whom is my Godma. we had 10 dishes, there was deer meat, fried chicken, fish soup, fried poh piah, kangkong, pork ribs, fried egg, cereal prawns, sum lou hor fun, and ma pou do fu. there were 10 of us eating, and the bill came up to $116 only! damn cheap man, and the best part was, the food was good! YEAY! was some coffeeshop in potong pasir.

oh and this morning joni and i went scouting around for some random hawker centre in taman jurong. yea we just took the map and decided, let's try this hawker centre. it was about 10 mins drive form her place, 5km away. some ulu place man, but i must say the food was quite good. had bak chor mee which was recommended by one of those eating shows and i had lor mee. the standard surprised me. it was good! and damn cheap! only $2 per bowl. and the ice milo, damn thick, only 80cents. usually is $1. yah then we walked at their litle food centre and shopping centre which is a non aircon type of place but very cute. and there was damn funky shop selling damn retro food and toys and really damn cheap snacks. i will buy them one day, for some party or something. i must buy, cos it is so cheap and fun.

besides that, its the exams. ok bye!

happiness?

2006-02-19T22:06:00.000+08:00

i believe i have actually posted an entry on happiness before. but i have decided to once again say something on 'being happy'. this time, in regards to being in a relationship.

i would first like to make clear to any one who is reading this that this is my personal opinion which, if you disagree with, i hope we can agree to disagree. this is my take on stuff and how i live, and i dont propose this to be some universal truth or law on how humans should think or behave.

i notice some people like to tell me stuff like:
'wow, you finally attached ah' or
'now that you have a girlfriend you must be damn happy'.

Occasionally, i also hear phrases like:
'one day when everyone is happily attached'
'when can we all have boyfriends/girlfriends'.

To me, i find it rather discomforting at times. True enough, iam VERY HAPPY, ELATED at that fact that people are vicariously happy for me, feeling my joy, soaking in my happiness etc. i feel loved, yes i do, not only by Joni, but also by people who care for me and want the best for me.

However, i also note that underlying some (not all) of these comments is, the idea that

A PERSON NEEDS TO BE ATTACHED/GOING OUT WITH SOMEONE TO BE HAPPY.
In my most polite tone i can muster, i have to emphatically say that i HIGHLY disagree with that.

NOW whassup with singles going around saying that they wish they were attached? OK, even if they dont say it explicitly, i know they think it!

MY TAKE: A PERSON CAN AND SHOULD BE HAPPY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE/SHE IS ATTACHED OR NOT.

First of all, by thinking that you need to have a bf/gf to be happy/complete or whatever, i think you are severely delimiting yourself and it shows some low confidence. i would say, be happy when you're single,man, enjoy, relax, socialize, get to do the things you can do whilst you're single. some people will reply me, 'i've done that for the past X years. ' Well then, continue doing that till you find someone you really love. You are a complete person and you dont need a gf/bf to make you FULL.

2ndly, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR BF/GF is? a commodity? what do u mean by you need him or her to make you happy? you make that person sound like a product man. i say, give your future bf/gf some respect. he or she is a complete human being like you too sostop talking about her/him as if she/he is some KFC chicken wing or Tony Roma BBQ Rib or something.

ok. i think i have not been able to explain clearly, really, what i mean by all that. SO, perhaps, if you have any doubts or confrontational issues with me, please do go ahead and have a conversation with me and perhaps enlighten me on your contrary position. i always love a heart to heart talk.

lastly, I was very happy being single, and i AM VERY HAPPY BEING together with Joni. i think she's a GREAT girlfriend and of course, there are many things that we can do as a couple that are sweet and nice and all and definitely, i say i dont regret 1 bit getting to know her and all that has happened from then till now.

Notwithstanding that,

Every moment in your life can be joyful and blissful. now let me end off with some evangelistic preach.

the end moment or goal in life (in my opinion and i think some people would agree with me, them being called christians) is not to find your gf/bf. It's knowing that God loves you and wants you to enter into a lasting relationship with Him. one that endures beyond yor time on Earth. So if you think you need fulfillment or meaning in life, i suggest, knowing more about God and Jesus, who is our comforter and Friend could be a solution.

God bless all of you!

(Joni Dear, i love you)

a highly emotional day

2006-02-14T23:57:00.000+08:00

it has been a day of ups and downs. what a day. let me share my misery first.
i sent my computer, or rather, my dad sent the comp to Cuthbert, our computer man, to remove a virus. which i think can be easily removed by most mortals. and guesss what.
he reformatted my ENTIRE hard disc and ALL, yes, ALL my photos and videos are GONE.

GONE.

GONE.

the remaining ones are those on my blog and those that my frend have. SO IF YOU, yes you, have any photos that i am part of, PLEASE DO email or send them to me! i would really appreciate it. i am one who treasures memories and the past a lot. i love taking photograhs. so it really is quite a disaster for me.

on a happier note, HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY everyone. i am not one of those suckers for V-day cos i think it is SO damn commercial and really just a money making gimmick. i also find it cheesy that there are couples walking around holding hands and looking SO IN LOVE on this 'special day'. HEY MAN, if ya in love, everyday is special, just like for joni and i. everyday is wonderful.

BUT ANYWAY, thank you dear for making my day. thanks for ending it off with a terribly SWEET 'book' or collection of photographs rather. BABY YOU ARE THE BEST! i feel so guilty now for my whimpy little gift. oh no. but it is the thought that counts right?

yes, so today was a really sad yet sweet day. BAH, i am still upset about my pictures.

as for why i havent been updating, it is cos i really am so damn busy. but things are getting to a halt, as i have just finished my last official MEET Team meetings and Joint meetings. Also, LAw Ball culminates this friday at TRader's Hotel, also, i have officially ended my service at YM. NOW, time to concentrate on cell group, VCF law, and School.

yes, almost forgot that i am a student. public law assignment due next friday.

more to come soon!

something for encouragement

2005-12-15T12:40:00.000+08:00

i am actually in the NTU library preparing my sermon which o have to hand in for my MEET programme and as i was searching for stuff online, i came across this. so i thought i would just share it here. if course, there are always arguments against these but i would say, read it with an open mind and heart. praise to God the Father.

For all the negative things we say to ourselves,God has a positive answer for it.

You say: "It's impossible." God says: All things are possible. (Luke 18:27)
You say: "I'm too tired." God says: I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: "Nobody really loves me." God says: I love you. (John 3:16 & John 13:34)
You say: "I can't go on." God says: My grace is sufficient. (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15) You say: "I can't figure things out." God says: I will direct your steps. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
You say: "I can't do it." God says: You can do all things through Christ who strengthens. (Philippians 4:13)
You say: "I'm not able." God says: I am able. (II Corinthians 9:8)
You say: "It's not worth it." God says: It will be worth it. (Roman 8:28)
You say: "I can't manage." God says: I will supply all Your needs. (Philippians 4:19)
You say: "I'm afraid." God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear. (II Timothy 1:7)
You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated." God says: Cast all your cares on ME. (I Peter 5:7) You say: "I don't have enough faith." God says: I have given everyone a measure of faith. (Romans 12:3)
You say: "I'm not smart enough." God says: I give you wisdom .(I Corinthians 1:30)
You say: "I feel all alone." God says: I will never leave you or forsake you. (Hebrews 13:5)
You say: "I can't forgive myself." God says: I FORGIVE YOU. (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

have a nice day.

NUS VCF Annual Teach In Camp 2005 (ANNTIC)

2005-12-11T21:43:00.000+08:00

Anntic was great. for me, it was much better than last year's. there are a few reasons.

i shall make them clear here.

1. Spiritually, my faith has grown from last year, due to many different reasons. the fact that i was a bible study leader for this camp forced me to seriously look at issues and think of them. Somehow, God was gracious and blessed me with wisdom this camp. it was really refreshing spiritually.

2. i liked my group this year. there was a good mix of people from science, arts, and law. there were no engineers though. they were frenly, welcoming, willing to share, and the testimonies were a great blessing. they are also very cute, and funny, and love to sing. more on group ZEPHANIAH on my next entry.

3. There were many many law people this year. if i am not wrong, there were 25-30 law students at the camp. one phrase that Zanzoo remembered was 'throw a stone and chances are you'll hit a lawyer'. i was very encouraged that we had so many law students this time compared to last. the year ones are also very commendable, they meet every night to pray and discuss their vision. amazing stuff. there were about nine year 2s this time. it was great having bob sleeping next to me, seeing nick, Jordan, grace, kianteck, joseph, amanda, laura, yinbing, bob in the camp. so many familiar faces, i didnt feel so lost and alone like last year. last year, some of us law people (well at least me) felt so out of place cos many of the vcf people already knew each other.

besides these 3 reasons, there were many incidents that made the camp oh so memorable and lovely. i shall recount some of them briefly.

1. going out on the 2nd night with the Law 2s to the roti prata place for supper. was quite good, and had a good time out of camp. the next morning the camp comm told the campers that there would be no more going out for supper. haha. at least we got to go out. so we were quite happy although some of us felt like prisoners for the 3rd 4th and 5th night. haha.

2. the numerous games and songs that my group sang. so funny. the experential games were great too. and though weiying sprained her ankle during the camp, i think it helped our group grow closer as we took turns to piggyback her, these in turn led to many conversations which went past the superficial 'what school you from what eca etc etc' ones. thank you group, the next entry shall feature you.

3. 9 of us had a mini misadventure on the way back from the malaysian customs. Qibin Yue-En Yanchang Shawn Kianteck Gary Amanda Grace and myself ended up in a group making our way home from City Square. We decided to be adventurous, and walk from the malaysian customs to the singapore one. We went back and forth, got a lil lost, had directions from many old men, went thru the complicated roads, endured all the smoke, all the mess, and finally, got on the long walk back on the causeway. it was quite an interesting experience. i am glad that everyone was positive about the whole thing, especially the 2 girls, who did not mind but kept their spirits high. for me, i was delighted. i love these kinda misadventures. the shopping and walk walk at city square itself was also fun. i love malaysia secret receipe and KFC original. shiok and damn cheap.

4. the seafood dinner out of the camp on the last night at this semi kelong restaurant.

5. the time i spent reading God's Word, reflecting, and the worship sessions. amazing. the worship leaders did a great job. great choice of songs, good leading, and yet not too distracting and giving glory to God. was truly a great experience.

OK, as for 3 lessons i learnt. or re-learnt.

1. God is Almighty, Omnipotent. Faith in such a God is not misplaced. Kingdoms come and pass, but our God's kingdom will never pass. God gives and takes away.

2. The example of brave courageous and faithful Daniel. What a hero. Through fiery pits, lion's dens, interpreting visions and dreams, this man ought to be respected. i need to foolow him and do what is right in the eyes of God, all the time, and everytime, despite strong social pressure that says otherwise. What a character.

3. Ther ARE other Gods in my life that i need to get rid of. the things on earth ARE precious, like relationships, friends, family, money. All these are God given for out pleasure. Food too. but if we place them over and above God, the problem begins. Let's worship the Creator and not the creation. (dont worry baby you are second only to God)

yeap. with that, i end my long entry. pictures time. the next post will feature more of the people and my group Zephaniah.

us walking along the causeway. see the woodlands checkpoint in the back?

the building we were housed in. Majowe Camp. it is a Catholic campsite.

most of the law people.

a traditional KT pose.

mussels at our sumptuous seafood dinner.

a typical spread at our lunch in camp. 1 veg, side, and i meat.

my must have pose. with food.

i liked this chicken curry a lot. just slightly sicy but very tasty, it had a mysterious blend of spices and a tase i never experienced before. the food was generally good.

the fantastic roast chicken at the seafood dinner. Hallelujah!

return of the mushy - i love joni kok episode 2

2005-12-05T00:16:00.000+08:00

ok i love joni and here are some photos of the lovely girl and i.

so how did we get together?
we went to this restaurant, Wild Rocket, opened by a ex lawyer. i think shawn wants to follow his footsteps. but anyway, do try the strawberry cheesecake. it is wonderful! the restaurant is located at Hangout Hotel, Mount Emily. it is a very nice place.

they have a romantic rooftop garden on the 7th floor. as it is located on a 'mountain', it overlooks the city area and you can see suntec and the rest there. we went atop, admired the scenery a lil, and i presented the flowers before her and asked,

'Baby, will you be my girlfriend?'

To which she replied: 'Yes.'

And that was it. old fashioned and formal. but i like it formal. must put it clear amd unequivocally la. express words. and now that i have blogged it, it is in writing as well. Yay! ok enough talk. some pics.

at the hotel lobby. so cute the deer. and the girl.

at the hotel lobby. so cute the guy. (i was coerced into taking the foto.)

the rooftop garden. see it 'live' lagi nice i tell you.

moments after we got together, beaming with love.

SHE IS SO PRETTY!!!! THE FLOWERS ARE SO COMPLEMENTARY!

this was taken after property paper. we went out had dinner and walked walked.

Me on the deckchair where shawn helped planted the flowers. thanks to sylvia too. i owe you guys a million.

my precious darling with the flowers at the garden. the flowers are really pretty. we went to rochor taohui place after we left, and this auntie kept staring at the flowers. she took the opportunity to clear our bowls after we finished and commented: 'WAH! HEN MEI LEH NA GE HUA!'. i was quite puzzled as to which was beautiful, the girl or the flowers. probably the former. but seriously, the flowers are damn pretty, and many people beo-ed them. they were so matching with her purple skirt.

Joni made these little penguins. haha. the fatter one on the right is 'me'. FYI, i am twice the weight and mass of joni. but i will cut down soon. dont think the tummy is very lovable.

ok, hope i grossed you guys out again. i am going for ANNTIC camp, monday to saturday. bye bye and God bless!

i love joni kok

2005-12-02T11:47:00.000+08:00

LOVE!! LOVE!! LOVE!! LOVE!!!!

Love is in the air!

OK, for those who have been asking, yes it is now OFFICIAL! Joni and i are together! ok sorry getting a lil too mushy here. EEE. even i cannot take it. but yeap, i have a lovely GIRLFRIEND!!!! The cutest sweetest yummiest loveliest girl! (in my eyes la).

i dont have that many pictures of us but they will come soon! yay yay!!!

On a side note, exams are over, company law was difficult but i should get a minimum C grade. So that is fine!

God has blessed me many many this sem. but the greatest blessing is YOU, baby! On the other hand, i hope to be a blessing to you too, if i not already am. haha. May God lead us into a fruitful and wonderful and amazing and beautiful relationship in which we are a blessing to others as well!

ok i hope i didnt gross out many of you. i know by now, victor shawn and sylvia have been grossed out to the max(due to past actions). ahahaha. Sorry man, but i AM A MAN! I DARE TO ADMIT MY LOVE! YOU GOT A PROBLEM? ok ok just joking ah. deep down inside i am still an animal(ANIMALERL! ANIMALE!).
ok enuff nonsense, some pics of my baby-

me jerry joni eileen @siglap Gelare's.

isn't she lovely? Isnt she wonderful?

oops. duplicate!

baby and i.

joni looking bright and happy at the zoo.

nice group pic at the zoo entrance.

TADA! i am not very good at the programme la sorry so the heart is not very chio. but it's the effort that counts anyway right? haha! I LOVE YOU BABY!

MUACKS.

(the editor apologizes for the content of this entry if it is offensive or puke-worthy, however, he does not guarantee a non-recurrance of such explicit demonstration of love)

it is really just a few more days

2005-11-26T20:53:00.000+08:00

ok so CLT went well and Prop Law was not too bad. so, despite a sem of slacking, things are turning out quite fine for my standards. company preparaton is going on well and so i am happy. i just cannot wait for the exams to be over. the holidays are going to be jam packed for me. yes before i know it, it will be over.

in december, i have a 6 day 5 night VCF camp in JB. i also have a 3 day 4 night Cell retreat in Pulau Ubin. Followed by a 4 day 3 night secret camp under MEET, where i will be missing Christmas. ok it's really jam packed.

been enjoying the past few weeks of studying though. quite interesting, funny, enriching. And meeting joni almost everyday, eating engine food. sometimes the routine of it all makes you feel comfortable. but knowing the hyper person i am, i dont like being stuck in routines. i like spontaneity. i like change. it's exciting. but of cos, when you meet someone special, that does not need change. somethings you can keep for life.

Whatever it is, i think it is important to enjoy every phase of life that we are put through. looking forward or backward all the time can be detrimental. we can enjoy today just as much as we did for yesterday and we think we are going to for tomorrow. as Bernice said in cell yesterday, our attitude defines a lot of things. i quote the Man, Jesus, from the Gospel of Mathew Chapter 6:

Do Not Worry
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

what another wonderful passage! Yea. ok, so now, i will endeavour to just enjoy life, work hard, make friends, love the people around you, and be happy. Life really is as happy as you make it out to be.

a beautiful passage

2005-11-19T19:35:00.000+08:00

i am studying in the library now but for the past 2 hoursor so have been really restless and i can't seem to get much work done. well, at least i have completed what i wanted to do. i think the mortgages chapter took too much off my brain power. anyway, i was just thinking random thoughts and reminded of this verses my mum messaged me. there were also on Gerald's msn nickname. this is for all my friends who are weary, lost, waiting, and just in turmoil or not good state. Thank You Lord for revealiong Your mercy and everlasting truth!
I take this beautiful excerpt from Saint Paul's letter to the people in Philippi.

Philippians Chapter 4, verses 4-7:
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

i think sometimes it is so very hard to quantify what it means that 'God's peace' will come upon us. it is just so ...IFFY it seems. what are we talking about when 'our hearts and minds will be guarded'? I can never explain it in words, at least not for now. But rest assured that i too have doubts on God occasionally and this 'peace' thing that we Christians talk about. Seems so flimsy and all.

However, when God comes upon you, you know at that moment, God is real. The feeling/phenomenon cannot be explained in English, nor any other language(i think). when it comes, you just know. i am a doubting Thomas, I AM. but God spoke AGAIN during worship last night at cell and i know that HE is real.

So for those friends, especially jaded christians, please dont give up your hope. continue seeking, and God will refresh and renew you. as for any of you who want to talk to me about my faith and why i believe etc etc, do feel free to call or sms or email or comment me or anything. i LOVE to discuss and talk about Christianity and what it entails. it is not a religion.

have a good day people!

legal traditions of the world

2005-11-16T21:06:00.000+08:00

eh eh eh eh eh eh eh HELLO HELLO!

yet another update on...... THE EXCITING LIFE OF ZHIWEI WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

woo hoo.

The past week was pretty much mugging all the way la. but of cos it was slightly special cos i got to see her almost everyday. i got to say that the engine canteen prata is seriously not la dey, not bad. in someone's words, 'HAPPENING~~~'

ya i like their telok bawang(egg onion) and their kosong is tasty too, and quite crispy. its 40cents only man. so damn cheap and it's gooooood! their other dishes are good too so do try NUS Engine Canteen's Indian Stall! i rate it as BEST STALL IN NUS!

(in the words of Jose Mourinho) - trust me, believe me, i am the special one.

Saturday: we went kerong house for dinner and to watch Z, the movie on the Civil LAw legal system. And his daddy cooooked for us. Roast duck, Roast pork, Kung Pao Chicken, and Caulifower with indian spices. we had an enjoyable time. There was Vic Kero Shawn Joni and I. As for the movie, i dont think it helped much la. But i enjoyed it anyhow. As for the CLT paper on tuesday morning... well it went pretty well for me. i was aiming for C+ la and i think i should get at least a C so i am quite happy. but i think there is a possibility of a B. Sooooo, i am happy la.

I am now SO big that i look at the mirror (topless) and i freak out. it's a result of the food therapy i have been helping myself with. Exams turn me into a monster. Cannot Cannot. i am SO SCARED now that i am going to run. Yes, Now, on wednesday 10pm. i have to run. then saturday i shall swim. i need to.

Thank You Lord for the miracle on tuesday morning that helped me complete my paper. Thank You Lord for tasetebuds that help me appreciate food. Thank You Lord for the small things in life that i take for granted. Dear Lord, help me to be more like YOu each and every day. Thank You for your grace and mercy.

Psalm 23:1
'The Lord is my shepherd, i shall not be in want'.

Good day friends. now for the pics!

enjoying the food at Kerong's.

cauliflower fried with curry and some other spices!

ok sorry this is a bad shot of the duck.

some friends of mine think i look like him. sometimes i agree.

a younger pic of the North Korean Leader.

Kungpao Chicken. (chicken cubes fried with dried chilli)

fatty roast pork.

thoughts

2005-11-13T21:20:00.000+08:00

i am feeling quite scared cos i am damn fat, shit, better start eating less and running and swimming. shit shit shit shit.

On the other hand, i am not stressed about the exams. I admit i could have done better this semester, but well, i am happy la. I decided, life is not about exams. And as Michael Ewing Chow said, 'Exams are not the be all end all. they are but one indicator of how well you have done in school. they are not the complete assessment of your education.' Anyway, i think i might not want to work in the big 4. i dont want to work 9am to 11pm days. that kills. i dont want. i want to knock off at 7pm, thereabouts.

Another thing i decided on. I will eventually do something in my life that I ENJOY DOING and I AM GOOD at. Meaning, if i really dont like practising law, i think i am quite willing to walk away, even though there may be a pay cut, initially. It would be better to do something i like and enjoy and excel in. It also doesnt neccessarily follow that i would not be as wealthy if i pursued my dreams or interests. So there. But i must say, i DO enjoy studying Law. A LOT. it's one of God's best gifts to me so far, coming to Law. Thank God.

Oh yah, Trial Advo, i laughed at my opening Statement. Could not control myself at the last few sentences and i just burst out uncontrollably. HAHA. i laughed so hard, i had to go out. AH. and the tutor was just looking at me blankly throughout my laughing fit. it was really funny. i laughed for about 2 minutes before running out of the boardroom. it was really funny la. Go ask Vic Wenjhiern or Junren. ok some trial advo pics.

Me aka Chong Ti Lang. I was pam's witness.

Vic posing at the photocopy machine. so funny!!!!

Pam the Prosecutor.

you think Canon will pay me for advertising?

acting cool in the boardroom.

pretending and posing.

my opponent wen-jhien and Jun Ren, his 'Bawas'.

posing with the grandfather clock.

Victor and i enjoying the sofas. anyway, i only prepared my opening statement an hour before trial and my questions were prepared the day itself, within 1 or 2 hours. that's why i was so COCK. but anyway, pass fail, just pass fail.

ok CLT here i come! happy with a C+.

birthday post part 2

2005-11-05T01:22:00.000+08:00

ok so these are some of the pics. mainly those of the fullerton surprise and the pandan chilli.
guys, i cant stress this enough. i really like the presents you gave and i cant say how blessed i am. i wont mention who gave what but these are some of the prezzies. sorry pam and jess, yours is not here cos i am wearing it in the other pictures.

The collage of my presents. the slipper in the circle is the present. the rest are my old slippers.

manu laughing, having a good time while i am in pain.

after the first smash by mel. look at the cake on the floor.

pam, me in new shirt, and mel.

nick Kathy me and grace

victor tqui shawn and i

poor me, it really looks like blood.

adopting the KT pose

this is a really funny pic, vic the lamp post with shawn and sylvia.

2005-11-03T22:26:00.000+08:00

MY BIRTHDAY BLOG. FINAALLY. ok its been a weekend of surprises seriously. i never expected people to care so much, and they did. So it's a wonderful feeling! Thank God for friends, and thank God for birthdays! Thanks to all you fellas who made my weekend! thanks to YOU DEAR especially!

Surprise 1: Joni coming down to NUS on friday morning to pass me the card. wah lau call me ion the morning tell me you are at NUS when i was still at home! thankfully pam drove so i could see you for at least 15 mins! ok shall not thank you further here. elsewhere.

Surprise 2: Cell group surprised me with a carrot cake from Cedele! the best carrot cake i have eaaten! i seriously was not thinking of it la. cos last week they were threatening NOT TO CELEBRATE for me so although it was just a lil something, i genuinely DID NOT EXPECT IT! thanks guys and girls!!!

Saturday night, baey shumin evelyn sylvia victor shawn and i went for dinner at newton. enjoyed the food and the delicious OR LUAK. i SHIOK the or luak down. ate a lot leh. yah the stingray and all. was so shiok. then came surprise 3.

Surprise 3: Jun Jun came with a cake from Island Creamery! (i love island creamery cakes, really). i kinda guessed the surprise when Jun was speaking on the phne to me when we were at Newton. aiya, complicating story la, but that was really sweet of Jun! and thanks to Janice and Angie who were there too!!! i loved the cake. ReversO packed.

Surprise 4: BakerzInn at Fullerton. Initially i was complaining that i was wearing damn lousy cos i thought we only going Newton mah. but i am glad i wore just t-shirt and berms. ok it's another complicating story, this one, with us bumping into Jordan at Esplanade and me spotting Nick Grace Azmin KT before anyone else did. actually i am still confused. was the surprise meant for sylvia and i or me? and then there was the Jordan coming in and telling us about Pam quarelling with some outside guy and the guys going out to 'rescue' her, and the finale:

Melissa Liew running straight at me, in slow motion with a pandan cake coated with SinSin Extra Hot Chilli Sauce. (more on the cake later). i thought she was running towards me with a cake and going to present it to me. little did i know that she was going to smash it on my face. WOW. as if that was not enough, KT took it up from the floor and SPLAT! again on my face. ok.... after a while it got really painful and then there was the toilet fiasco.

i washed my face neck and body in the toilet for half an hour, writhing in agony. the toilet aunty was quite pissed. the public thought it just came from a gangfight. WARNING: Sin Sin Extra hot chilli sauce is KILLER. do not ever let in come into contact with your face. it's meant to be in your mouth, not your face, or neck, or back. IT IS AS PAINFUL AS GETTING BURNT BY HOT WATER. MY SKIN WENT FROM BEIGE TO RED. OUCH OUCH OUCH! AS I TYPE THIS THE PAIN IS COMING back. my hair is STANDING.

haha yah although it was really painful, it WAS FUNNY and yah.. thanks anyway guyS!!! yes manu, thanks. i would have preffered JAM, but ya la, would be only half as funny right. anyway, friends, really, thanks for all the presents. SERIOUSLY THANKS!!!! i had no idea my 23rd would have so much stuff, cos i was not thinking of anything at all. no party, no big dinner, just simple stuff. SO, I CANT THANK YOU GUYS ENUFF FOR EVERYTHING.

sunday - went for NEW CREAtion service, which waas really good. (no not only the company). every point made by Pastor Prince related to me. after that, hung out with Joni for a while and i had dinner with parents and sis.

OK, the exciting part - the FOTOS!

sis and i at dinner. she looks kinda funny here.

most of us at Fullerton at the end of the night, after the surprise and all.

evelyn shumin baey and sylvia, having a fun time, i suppose.

Jun Janice Angie and me at Newton with my lovely cake. IT WAS REALLY SWEET.

Dad and Mum.

Shawn and Vic eating Choot Choot. i love Choot Choot very much.

Mummy and i sharing seafood platter with beef. i love food.

MY FAV OYSTER OMELLETTE. I LOVE IT TO BITS.

US at newton!

sorry for this damn late update fellas!!!!

2005-10-30T21:19:00.000+08:00

Wah ok it's been a real long overdue entry. has been a thrilling 1 and a half weeks since my last update and boy i must say, it has been EVENTFUL, with most 'events' being non-tangible events, instead, they are conducted via cable lines. did i say i love free incoming? i also love my mum, who went fone shopping with me at Toa Payoh and she brought me to this amazing Roast Meats house at the central. Wah Lau it was simply SHIOK. the Duck they put the Beijing Duck type of sauce. The noodles got Pork Lard in there. WAH WAH Heaven!!!!

There was the fun trip out at Ghim Moh last last friday, with Leon-Keng Shuwen Jiax(pronounced as Jugs) Victor Kerong Bob. having the car is wonderful, i can eat at Ghim Moh!!!!

Then there was the VERY INTERESTING karaoke session at PartyWorld ORchard with Bernice Gerald Shawn SYlvia and me in a corner. haha. OK anyway it was hell fun and i enjoyed singing all the Chinese songs. i am, after all, Chinese, and a worthy cousin of Ah Du. i should give Jay Chou a run for his money. Looks and talent wise. HAHAHAHA.

After that we headed to Rald's and met the rest for our combined birthday dinner. Popiah, Curry, Heh Lua(prawn omelette, the cousin of oyster omelette and it is pretty daarn good!) and shiok Tiramisu. Bernice should consider opening a cake shop. After all, she wants to be a tai tai right? and thats what many lawyers do what. leave practice and open restaurants and cafe. waste public funds! haha. had an awesome time with the KIAs there and guys, only you can make me laugh like that. if anyone ever thought i was funny or mad - you gotta meet my brothers. and of cos, the sisters who were there - Jun Jun and Bernice. a certain ahem ahem TQ *coughs* UI was not there though. haha yah thankks FELLASSSS!!!!

all right, God's been amazing and i am SO ashamed of myself for doubting Him sometimes. WHAT A FOOL I AM!!!! Sorry ah God. Went for New Creation service this sunday (30th October) and it was really AMAZING how every point Pastor Prince made related to me. Even Joni thought so and it was quite incredible. More on that and my Birthday post SOON. for now, these are the pics for the aforementioned events:

Leon Keng 'Stevens' at Gerald's sofa after dinner.

the KIA from the left: Leon Shawn Rald Pongs Maycus Xudes Ain. Lion King is SO GAY.

Xudes HengJun and Marcus, who is so full of shit. How to protect our skies? haha! Serious-Lee!

Gerald and Bernice, the Sweet couple who made the fabulous Tiramisu. i ate at least 6 slices.

the TIRAMISU. Looks like Heaven, tastes like Manna. ok i am just talking nonsense by now.

Shawn ME and Gerald at the Karaoke! Gerald is inherently AH BENG.

Jugs and KERO at Ghim moh. 'What you looking at?'

Me and my favourite roast duck rice, JiuJiang @ GhimMoh. sorry dear i prefer it to Johnson!

Kero, Shuwen, Vic, Black Chai tow Kuay, White Chai tow Kuay. they are all my frens.

ok CLT in 13 days. sHIT. Trial in 1 day. by the way law peeps i am the 'back in Lib' zhiwei already. CJ Koh so familiar, so reminiscent of Law School Year 1 days. all the year Ones doing their Binder. feels not too bad to be back.

Dear God, thanks for Blessing me and showing me YOUR LOVE. (no it's not only that, frens, i see God in many other ways too, dont think so little of me ok?). And to YOU, thank you for everything and aLL i am learning.

trial & advo last class!

2005-10-23T20:28:00.000+08:00

The most fun ever class has ended. So Sad! i must say we did end with a bang. We were terribly unprepared, we went shopping and eating b4 class albeit not being prepared; we went for SHIOK dinner after class, full attendance including Mr Lai Yew Fei. Each person contributed $10 and FeiFei(the girls call him that) topping things up with a $50 note! WE Love you FeiFei!!!!

We had bloody a lot! Erm sotong, mussels, lala, stingray, pineapple rice, Seafood Hor Fun, Kangkong, xiao bai cai, oyster omelette, baby squid, satay, forgot what else, and desert too! banana split for me! ate like MAD!!!! DAMN FUN!! and of cos as usual, we were laughing like mad. we were going around the table sharing out special talents.

Christine: 'I have the ability to make people think i am a bimbo when i am actually NOT!'
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Aiya too many things were said la they keep asking me to blog it but i forgot already! Sorry ok! but i very TIRED!!! but ya, you're my BEST TG ever and i hope we can stay together for Legal Case studies! I LOVE TRIAL ADVOCACY!

Lilian Claire and Pervert Bob at dinner!

the 'Defence' - Kero Pav Grace Lilian Nicole and FeiFei.

Shuwen and Christine 'i am not bimbo' Huang Mingsi at dinner. ok la sorry she's really a very nice girl.

the 'Prosecution' - FeiFei Claire Christine Shuwen PervertBob and Yeshye

Lai Yew Fei - the legendary trial advocacy tutor who looks like andy lau tony leung rolled into one. Who dare to day your tutor more handsome than mine!?

the Maddest class EVER! at class. this was when FeiFei walked out for awhile. trust me, we really are mad! even during class! it's a whirlwind in there. LOOK at stupid Grace Tan's POSE. haha she's damn funny!

'I WANT YOU' - PERVERT BOB.

Yeshye Zhu hanging out on the comfy sofas in the boardroom b4 class.

Yeshye having Kaya Toast eggs and Teh Beng b4 class. Nicole Christine Kero and i were having a nice chat at Raffles place whilst Grace and Shuwen were shopping.

YEAP. I LOVE TRIAL ADVOVCACY. and thanks Shiny for tagging! :)

GOD BLESS!

Give Thanks!

2005-10-18T19:16:00.000+08:00

Keeping up with my practice, this is an unrelated picture. ok maybe it is related. anyway this was from the JB trip last week which i suffered so much from. I DONT CARE WE MUST GO AGAIN!!! I NEED TO EAT THE CRABS AND THE SWEET AND SOUR PORK AND THE BUTTERED CRAYFISH!! GIVE ME!!!!!!! yasmine having a whale of a time.

ok today's post. Gratefulness. Despite being down and out last week with mumps, i would like to thank my creator aka God, the MAN upstairs, for several things. Yes of cos in this life it seems there is always a lot to complain about and say like Life sux or what, but i think we should also count our blessings! so First, thanks to ALL THOSE who expressed their concern at my being sick and sore last week. those SMSes, MSN messages, phone calls emails ETC ETC. Especially to U for caring. And anyway even if any of you DID think of me but did not send your regards personally, its the thought that counts, SO, thank you anyways.

2nd thing: for the great rest and recuperation from everything. the 5 days that i spent at home, albeit boring, helped me to take a break from my busy life and think reflect, and enjoy TV. i dont usually watch TV but for soccer and wrestling. i also managed to read a lot of nonsense and shed 5 KGs. SO thank God for that.

3rdly: yesterday at Mission Training (Team Meeting 3) at Matt's house, the food was DAMN GOOD. His mum can cook DAMN WELL and we had this roast Pork thing, Chicken in Mustard-and-something thing, Beef stew (i freaking love beef stew), Potatoe salad with tuna (SHIOK) and his dog was damn cute too. oh and we hada great dessert! and not to forget (more importantly), a good time of Bible Study, Sharing and discussion. Yea what a great time i had.

4thly: this week and next is rather exciting. This thursday got TG outing and i hope we are going BREWERKS BREWERKS!!!!!! i want the KING BRU BURGER and hmm... yea saturday is my combined birthday dinner with gerald tan. YAY!!!! and sunday is YM lunch where the leaders get our ANNUAL TREAT!! yea and next week, i think i am meeting a few groups for DInner cos it is my birthday week. yes lots of food lined up for ME.

lastly, just a very general thing, i just wanna thank God for everything. i am in an exceptional mood today though nothing really happened today. ok there was Pam who was very excited about something, which really amused me. She's just a PORK BALL who i wanna kick down the business slope. there was my really shit Company tutorial, which i didnt know nuts about cos i totally didnt study, but i still found it fun. Well just talking to people, enjoying humans' company, that's what life's about right? yea! oh ya and today was the Law King and Queen nomination day for the Year Ones. that was interesting too!

OK my beef brisket noodles are here. my mum just bought back from Toa PAyoh Central and they are my FAV beef brisket noodles!!! YAY!!!! another thing to be thankful for. see ya guys.

2005-10-16T11:26:00.000+08:00

This picture has totally NOTHING to do with today's post but i am just displaying it cos it is funny and i like to reminisce. Also, this pic has prompted many people to curse and scold me on msn. Apparently, it 'scares' them. i think that is quite strange. what's so scary about this pic? Details about this pic:
It was taken on a sunday after church where some of us Wesley youths/young adults were gallivanting in Plaza Singapura. i think we had lunch at the food court and were just browsing around. these are fake eyes from Spotlight. behind me is marc. we can only see his hair from here and on the far right is Chuu Ling.

OK now on to this post proper. I do not intend to scare anyone with this information. it's mainly to instill a little urgency into me. i've been at home almost the whole week but not done any work cos when you are sick and suffering in pain, you dont exactly wanna further torture yourself by studying. i spent my time re-reading Dragon Ball Comics for the 10th or 11th time. so on this beautiful sunday morning, a rare day that i am not at church (cos i am still sick), i woke up and start thinking about the exams. i opened my little notebook calendar and surveyed the number of days till the exams. and that is scary.

As of today, the 16th of October (how did september fly by?):

4 weeks and 1 day to CLT paper(29 days)
5 weeks and 2 days to Property paper (37 days)
6 weeks and 1 day to Company paper (45 days)

which effectively means 46 DAYS TO THE HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

this piece of information is really unnerving, considering how little i know about CLT. think it's time to be back-in-the-library-zhiwei again. i really have to buck up from now on.

Mumps is terrible

2005-10-14T20:52:00.000+08:00

Down with mumps this week. It's really terrible. had it since monday night and i have been suffering hell. for the past 5 days i have only been eating porridge or milk. NO SOLID FOOD. Sigh. i wonder when will i fully heal. i am healing today, thank God. but yet, am missing cell cos i am afraid it will get worse.

wednesday, some of went JB ''Da Ma Hua Yuan" for dinner. in the afternoon i felt much better so i thought it would progressively get better. little did i expect that the moment i stepped into yang lin's car, the pain started increasing and by the time we reached our dinner place, i could barely talk. ARGH. needless to say, i could not eat. AARRGGHH. let me recount what they ate.

2 chilli crabs
1 pepper crab
pig organs soup
hotplate beancurd
sweet and sour pork
deep fried butter crayfish (which was really really delicious)
sambal kangkong
baby kailan

and only 5 of them ate la. all i could do was eat porridge and stare at the food. SIGH. well i also tasted the sauces, that's all i could do. SIGH. there was Yang Lin, Yan, Yasmine, Jerry, and Gary. well it was fun if not for my STUPID mumps. ARRRGH.

so i have been home all the way. damn boring. cant do work also cos it's so painful, i cant even think properly. i read a lot of dragonball comics and i slept. i also lost at least 5 Kgs. imagine eating only porridge and milk 4 days in a row. ARRGH. i caught the 40 Year Old Virgin on tuesday night at Cine, its really lewd, but quite funny.

tuesday night was also the night i went to TTSH. was too painful to bear already. Thanks to you 2 for coming down, i REALLY REALLY appreciate it.... and after we had supper at Al Ameen haha. i didnt eat la, but i introduced my mum to my favourite cheese prata. but that day's standard not too good. whatever it is, i enjoyed myself.

i also missed trial advo class!!! AARRGHH. i am damn upset!!!!!!!!
ok good things about this sickness - i got a good rest, got to relax from my hectic lifestyle, lost some kgs so maybe can fit into some of my shirts. and also, received concern from friend(s).

SO, i hope for a greater week ahead and still praise God for everything.

hilarious

2005-10-06T21:43:00.000+08:00

MY TRIAL ADVOCACY CLASS IS HILARIOUS!!!

I am so blessed to have such a wacko class and rather slack. ok maybe they are not that slack but whatever it is, it is sure damn funny and yesterday's class was really.... SPASTIC! Of course credit goes to the tutor who seems to be oblivious to our peals of laughter and acts as if nothing is happening. That makes things even funnier. He's nice. anyway these are some pictures la. Not everyone is is inside but i will sure put up a comprehensive foto guide after we take more photos next week. We are going to go BREWERKZ with Mr Lai, our tutor. and yes, i will put his picture up. the cross breed of andy lau and tony leung surely credits a photo or two.

PAV 'Lean Back' G at the Rostrum at *****&**** Advocates & Solicitors.

Me entering the 'auditorium' at *****&**** Advocates & Solicitors, where we have our lessons.

From left, Bob, Claire, Shu 'my muffins are delicious' wen, Kerong, and Grace in the auditorium at *****&**** Advocates & Solicitors.

From left, Nicole, Bob, Claire, Shu 'my muffins are delicious' wen, Grace at *****&**** Advocates & Solicitors.

From left, Claire, Shuwen, Grace, Lilian at *****&**** Advocates & Solicitors.

this was just yesterday. i find her neck brace VERY amusing. it looks like the mun tou that you put your 'kong ba' in. very fun to punch. i kept doing neck exercises to tease her, AHAHHAHA.

Let me recount some of the stupid things that were said. one of the funny things was bOB aka kinyew. apparently he has some pronounciation issues. He kept pronouncing PROBLEM as PAW-BERM and PREMISE as PRAIR-MICE. and we were just laughing throughout his cross examination of Nicole, who was putting on a filipino accent, acting as the maid, Mercy Bonifacio. However this accent was somewhat strange as it warped into half filipina and half Malay and half Indian. HAHA. ok thats like 1.5 right but ya you get the drift. anyway my highest qualification for Math is O Level E math. so ya, cant be faulted on that right?

Moving on, there was GRACE Tan the idiot, acting as the Maid, Mercy. i am the Defence Counsel, Cross examining the her. So i was questioning her on Exhibit 2, a message sent from 'Maria', which read : 'Get rid of her. Find way to complain about her, i have number for embassy'. obviously, 'her' was my client, Madam Lao Gu Por.

Me: Mercy, can you tell the court, who is this 'her' Maria is referring to?
Grace/Mercy: er..er...er. it is.. OH it is NINI! NINI! Nini is pregnant so we hate her so we want to get rid of her!!! she slept with my boyfriend! Nini is another maid friend of ours!
Me(dumbfounded): WTH!!!????

turns out that 'Nini' is actually grace's real life maid's name. WTH.

Then there was Nicole. Bob was Defence counsel for Madam LAo Gu Por, cross examining Nicole, acting as the maid.
Bob: How could Madam Lao aim at you and yet hit the cupboard? Surely she was not aiming at you.
Nicole(in thick Filipina accent): she wanted to throw at me. but. i think, she is 45, no play basketball, so she missed(and hit cupboard).
WAHAHAHAHAHA! WTH!!!! WTN!!!!!!

Last but not least, there was Lilian. i thought this was the best. Shuwen was Defence, cross examining Lilian, acting as the maid, regarding the message sent by Maria, which read:' Good luck. Short pain to take care of long pain'. LAw students, i am sure you know what this meant.
Shuwen: What 'pain' are you talking about?
Lilian: Oh. erm. oh my exercise regime! Short pain to take care of long pain what!
CLASS(non stop for 1-2 mins): WAHAHAH WHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHWHWHWAHSASHAWHASHA
WTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WWWWWTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

yeap. truly was a wondrous 2 and a half hour 'lesson'. we then had cze cha dinner/supper at one of the coffeeshops at Circular Road. AAHH. if only all lessons were so fun.

shiokay after company law and property

2005-10-02T21:09:00.000+08:00

This week was stressful and i am just happy it's over! 1 thing about the last entry: Yah i am not upset anymore. Thanks for that sms on saturday night 24th September after you read my blog. Appreciate it.

I tried quite hard already la for both the assignment and the test. I did put in a fair bit and so if i get a C, so be it. I will just keep trying harder, i hope. Last sem's C for LAWR really discouraged me a lot. I was speaking to a certain someone[aka li nanxing] and he was just telling me i should not give up. I agree la. spend 5 hours in library only study 2 hours is really crap. I gotta work smarter than that and not let my brains go to waste.

Had a particularly enjoyable thursday. first was the good lecture by SC Cheng Han. He can speak really well. but Jinhuang can impersonate him really well too haha. had me rolling in the MC room that day when jinhuang did the fantastic impersonation. 10/10 funny.

Then shawn sylvia kaiyuan(kailing) kero and i went IKEA for lunch and shopping, thus skipping the CLT lecture. Had trial advo at night and boy was it funny. ok these are my TG:
nicole(the black frames one)
christine
PAV G
lilian
grace(the madder one)
shuwen
bob
claire
kerong
and me. i like this TG cos we are slack and we got a strange tutor. he looks like andy lau from the side and tony leung from the front. Obviously, you're going to get lawschool girls HOT over him. haha. and he's a salaried partner at this LAw Firm called 'something & something.'. so after class on thursday we EIC-ed him and grilled him with some questions. these are among others:

C: SO DO YOU HAVE A WIFE?
LYF: mumble mumble mumble...no. No time.

C: SO WHAT CAR YOU DRIVE?
LYF: mumble no car. no money. take bus everyday. gave my money to NKF.
Class(in unison, but me very loudly): DONCH BLUFF!

C: SO... YOU GOT TIME FOR SOCIAL LIFE?
LYF: No. i work 9 to 9 daily and i bring work home.

C: SO, YOU BETTER BRING US OUT FOR DINNER.
lyf: See how.

I get a feeling we have been bullying him . Especially when he asked us whether we were ready to EIC other witnesses (this was during classs) and some answered like: 'i thought i told you just now i am not prepared?'.
And when all of us were saying 'NO, not prepared' , he just went: 'Ha... why? next week must prepare leh'.
Was really quite funny. then a certain C also told him: 'We know we are your first Trial advo class. but you dont need to be so strict and uptight. Relax. it's not like this class or grades is V impt to us. anyway it's only a pass fail.' haha. i thought that was really really funny man.

whatever it is, he's quite nice la and we are planning to dinner and karaoke this week. SO FUN!

As for friday, as usual, school day, and the female drummer for the year 1's best band, jaime, is quite good. Saturday, had MEET training, and i love MEET so far. very intensive. lots to read, good Bible study, discussion, i am so excited. Thank GOD for the opportunity man.

sorry that i was unable to witness your crowning of champion law band, caveat emptor. you guys rock and i really think you guys are great. serious. i would have gone for saturday's concert..just that... i had OTHER stuff. not nice to say here.

Finally, today, visited nick's church, St John St Margaret at Dover Road. i enjoyed the service. was quite fun visiting another church. i might do that more often. after that, a whole bunch of us went ghim moh to have lunch, yea it was fun!

Today is my sis 19th bdae. we went Tony Roma's at Suntec for dinner and these are some of the pics!

the family at Tony Roma's.

mum and sister at my place downstairs. we going en bloc soon so take some fotos b4 they tear it down.

my dad posing with some Porshe at the carpark. Sorry Dad, we aint that rich!

another trademark pic of me and some food. Shiok BBQ chicken drumstick.

my cute lil 19 year old sis holding the Roma Feast. quite good.

me posing.

Yeap thats all Folks! see ya all and God bless you!

grief

2005-09-23T00:14:00.000+08:00

i am trying to make sense of it all. sometimes life can be really frustrating, yet endearing all the same. GRIEF. i wonder..is it a gift or a curse? can grief only exist because there is love?

God is a genius to have created feelings, emotions; love and grief. they are amazing. they overwhelm you and take you like a storm. sometimes you can be knocked out cold and sometimes you can be brimming with excitement.

i am wondering how i would feel if someone close to me dies. how much grief would i feel? i mean, i wonder what real deep grief feels like? and i wonder how different it would feel from what i think 'sadness' is to me now. i mean, occasionally i feel bogged down and 'sad' and all that but...really..what does grief really mean? damn. i would hate to experience it.

conversely, i am wondering what's it like to feel really loved?

feel like i should step back a bit.

(half) DONE!!!

2005-09-22T15:24:00.000+08:00

ok i just 'finished' the property assignment. finally. i've been really slow but it's done. just need to tweak some parts which i will leave to do on sunday. hopefully it wont take more than an hour. 2 hours max. now to get on with tonight's first trial advo tutorial and the impending company law test on wednesday. tonight's tutorial is at Rajah & Tann. i hope it will be fun.

something else. was really in a good mood till i received a real bad piece of news. well...kinda crushed me a lil. it also reminds me that life can be...real unpredictable and you never know. you never what it has in store for you. the only thing i can do now is pray and ask God for directions. and trusting always in His providence for all that happens.

Dear God, i want to learnt to trust. help me to stop trying to control all thats happening cos in the end, i am human and we can never craft all that's around us. even if we grow so powerful. so help me give it up to you Lord, Creator, Saviour, and Ruler of the universe.

Good day everybody.

great mood

2005-09-20T23:41:00.000+08:00

ok i am in a great mood today. though it did start off badly. yah it's the 2nd day of the hols.

yesterday i was really in quite a bad mood, upset by some stuff here and there. and i know that the stuff that i am upset about is really silly, and i know i am just being an idot. but i cant control it sometimes. i know i am a cock. but yet, these idiotic feelings just overwhelm me. although my rational mind tells me i am being illogical.

so anyhow today i went school had breakfast with kerong and 'started' on the irritating assignment. and well, it was going OK till some point at about 12 i think. something happened and i've been in a great mood since. yea!

so we had lunch, discussed with jinhuang and wendy, had some great laughs, and i went off to meet sumei and jerry for dinner, and we went for the talk 'Fact/Fiction' by Rev Gordon Wong. well it was quite good. and jerry lion yan sumei and i went balestier for some good Bak Kut Teh and we had a great discussion on God and proving morality and that has also contributed to my fantastic mood. i think apologetics is really my passion. i really appreciate you guys and your company and all that we talked about tonight.

ok so i trudge on this week, with a property assignment and company law test to study for. but i trust God will encourage me and bring me through it all. He also told me last week, and also on monday night, that i need to learn to love more. Life is about Love and your relationships and friendships that you build. Yes, that's right. ultimately, that's what matters. i need to love EVERYONE. yes EVERYBODY. i think that's really tough but i will work on it!

GOOD DAY EVERYBODY! GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

some updates

2005-09-14T23:10:00.000+08:00

ok as i had said there have been many interesting things last week and this week so far but i am not going to blog about them all cos it's too damn long and some things are PRIVATE after all. HEH HEH HEH. i am also helluva shacked out now after soccer, dinner and stuff so i shall just put up some pics!!!!!
me at dinner with Kathy and Shawn. i am eating the remainders of the Beijing Duck. shiok. this was at hu cui, a crystal jade branch in Taka.

this is the duck. roasted duck is one of my MOST favourite food. we ate the skin with the popiah thingy and the meat was served like that to us. ooooh yeah.

at the entrance of the restaurant. kathy with yet another gay pose.

at kathy's birthday surprise! in the student lounge.

this is just a funny shot. pam and i were on the way to the bus stop and we chanced upon the 'shop' in the Law IV play - Roses and Hello!!! it's really cute so we took a few shots!

just another random pic. choosing what to wear and this is part of my room.

went for 'roses and hello' on sunday night and i thought it was quite good. shawn gerald and i.

sunday morning youth Ministry went down to play some games at West Coast. not bad, quite fun though only 5 youths and 2 leaders from GAY came down. the overall turn out was good though. from the left, david Fong Xuefeng Me Rachel Andrea. Aren't they adorable!!??

Joni came down for the play too on sunday night. she said it was quite good. i hoped the 'lawyer jokes' didnt put her off cos sometimes you wont enjoy these kinda faculty plays as they like to crack internal jokes. but i thought it was fine and i am glad she came!

ya thats all for my mundane updates. coming up next: my decayed molar tooth. cant wait to show all of you those disgusting pics of my rotten tooth.

today

2005-09-14T12:12:00.000+08:00

it's been very long since i blogged. 10 days. not that nothing's been happening. actually a lot of things happened. some mundane, some thrilling, some lovely. but i shall not do a full entry blog like right now cos i dont have my fotos. cos i am using my mac and i am alone in the library and most people are out and i have decided not to join shawn sylvia and shumin at IKEA. so i shall just 'study' here in the library.

i am not joining them for lunch cos i cant really any too solid food and i find it a lil troublesome to travel there. besides, i am really spending too much nowadays. cash is running out way too fast. but more importantly, i have just had my last molar on the upper case pulled out. surprisingly, it didnt hurt. my molar is really ugly. i cant wait ti go home take a picture and display it. it's real. i hope this wont affect my enjoyment of food.

yayh so this morning i was in quite a bad mood. i attempted to wake up early, like 630. so i could reach school by 8 and do my tutorial till 9. but i woke up late about 650 and in the end i decided to take a lift from my dad and i took 151 from the toa payoh canal bus stop and it was crowded but thankfully it was air con.

i think i wasamost pissed that i could not come to school early to do my tut and i only reached school at 845.

but whatever, ever since i pulled out the molar i have been in a good mood. i think tonight will go well too. the woman told me not to play soccer, but i think i am going to. dont think it will affect my gone tooth.

till tonight, good afternoon.

2005-09-05T00:14:00.000+08:00

this week really really really shit student. i missed 3 lectures. i really never read. i online during all lectures. so i felt really bad. SO. i did a good thing tonight. i started wrapping my books just now. quite proud of myself cos i think i did a good job and it looks as if it has been wrapped by a girl. yea good good good. good start. see the scissors and the scotch tape. as can be seen i am quite proud of my wrapping.

wednesday night we had our year 2s christian dinner at Joseph's place. and it went well. glad for the relatively good turn out and some good sharing and conversation we had over the dinner table. i hope all can make it more regularly for our morning prayer meetings.

thursday lunch. was just about to but my rice from the malay stall. oh that chicken wings and begedil and all that oily and curry. but kenny called just be my turn and offered something better. lunch with him and his mum at bukit timah's Punggol Seafood. how to resist such good lunch and company!!??? shawn and i immediately left for there. had a great time. now this is what school should be like. and that same night we had kenny's 'last dinner'. Hong Kong street Chun Kee at thomson. famous for their sum lou hor fun. the other dishes were good too.

us at the entrance doing some sexy poses. after that, we procceded staright to the prata bomb for.......the prata bomb. since we were there already, just eat la. i mean, kenny's last few days here leh.

the prata bomb. i dont mind terrorists bombing me with these.

us at HK street Chun Kee.

hey kenny. bye man. one more year till we gorge like crazy again.

another great week

2005-08-27T13:50:00.000+08:00

alright alrighty time for my weekly update. alright maybe previously i have complained of law school and i wanna get out and all, but hey, it's been great this week and i am in a terribly great mood! what a fantastic week!

but before i begin my round up, i want to say that i have decided not to sell my life to law school and be trapped in schoolwork and taking part in this and that. i decoided that i shall be more active outside i think..and grades dont matter to me anymore. yea i will still work for it but i will no longer be stressed about stuff(at least for the 2nd year). so i AM going to play. and this week was testimony of it...haha...

ok so basically. i now see myself as ZHIWEI who also happens to be a law student. i was previously the law student- zhiwei. maybe i was trying to be somebody i am not. but i wanna be myself again. meaning - i want to play!!!

friday i skipped Ewing's company lecture for maxwell brunch and yakun after that! my usual outings with the makankakis!!!!!! really miss these kinda outings and now that kenny is going off again, the ARE going to get less but heck, we will still continue eating!!!! the pics are a lil random and not in proper order. sorry about that. this is the lovely yakun eggs, toast, and ice lemon tea. it is undoubtedly the best!!!!!! i know some of you are killiney fans, but sorry..i really love yakun. i would climb the mountains for it, swim the deepest seas and kill the largest sharks for my yakun. and always eat the Far EAst Square one. the rest..i think..not as good la.

ok this is my FAVOURITE onde onde, from maxwell. i cannot descibe how good it is. it really is the the the best. its really quite unbelievable. the coconut flakes, the skin, the juice. this one also i can die for it. and it is always sold out damn fast. i SWEAR it is the best.

kenneth yam and i at yakun! he's studying medicine at Ireland.

for all those who dont know, this is KENNY, the original Devil, makan kaki, advocate of pork oil and fattening foods of the world. he is on an oyster cake here at maxwell. its really good, this oyster cake, i never liked oyster cake but this one is just breathtaking!!! alright so who else was at maxwell? my fellow zao-er shawn chen, lion king, ros, and junjun, who took a break from work at OCBC and joined us! i love the porridge. chinatown is really..shiok. i will love it forever my life.

ok this was thursday night when kenny i and xudes and lion were at BK orchard. i love BK's taro pie.

anyway this week on tuesday, shawn, lion, kenny, sumei and i had dinner at wee nam kee chicken rice. most of them really like wee nam kee chicken rice. i think it's not bad, but that day the chicken didnt seem very tender to me. but whatever it is, everyone should know that i LOVE BOON TONG KEE chicken rice the most. for me, that defines chicken rice. i've been eating boon tong kee ever since i could chew. hahah no la. but really, i have been eating at the balestier outlet since i was 8 or 9. back then, they still had their backrow open and all. nowadays its much nicely done up, but their fried beancurd and fishhead is still unbeatable. i also think their sambal kangkong is the best i have ever tried and of cos, the chicken and the rice itself. i dont mind marrying boon tong kee's daughter.

shawn and i showing off the food from wee nam kee. look at that chicken! look at the skin! after that the cell went to watch MUST LOVE DOGS. but shawn kianteck kenny and i went to watch the MAID. i thought it was quite good and at least there is a plot. not so silly. i liked it and i give it 3 and a 3/4 upon 5 popcorns. yea. too bad i fell sick then and went back to kenny's place to sleep immediately.

the next day, wednesday, was supposed to have prop tutorial at 11. BUT.... i was kinda sick and tired... and did not prepare. and how can you go class when your frens are downstairs discussing where to eat for brunch? SO, lion kenny shawn and i went to eat hainanese TIAN TIAN curry rice at bukit merah, and BOY AM I GLAD i went! fantastic! kenny always say its damn good, but i have forgotten the taste cos the last time i went was 2 years ago i think. but this time. ialso say, its the BEST!!!! it's shiok!!! the assam fish curry, i can eat unti l i shout - 'WHY YOU SO DELICIOUS!!!!!!!'. REALLY IT IS THE BEST. OK LA IT'S A LIL EXPENSIVE, BUT REALLY WORTH IT. 4 of us had fish, pork chop, big pork ball, 3 layer fatty meat, cabbage, brinjal, and sotong. about $7 plus each. i swear it is the best.

the 3 of them just before we started eating.

yes, the best curry rice.

ok this pic is a lil out of place sorry i dont know how to upload the pics properly. this is sumei scooping soup and dumplings at wee nam kee. she's so aunty! haha but she's the cutest aunty around la! great to have her back from princeton!

so anyway yesterday, after cell, we went for supper at Macpherson Kopitiam and then eileen kevin Joni and i went shopping at MUSTAFA. and i bought a shirt. it is quite a cute shirt. i like midnght shopping at mustafa. it's empty, fun, and there really is a lot to look there. including my dear G shock watches. but anyway, after that then we went airport to send eugene off. he went McGill for exchange. hmmm.. so fun.

i am considering applying china for exchange. school's really been great and i like that people are so funny and intelligent. and i had a great engine canteen breakfast with kerong, lilly, melvin, jess and kianteck on thursday, the day that pam drove to school. haha. ok i know i been a lil slack la but i am going to pick up soon. i just dont want to enslave myself you see. but i will work..when the going gets tough. and kenny is still in town la. must EAT EAT EAT. next up - AL AZAR. i like their nasi goreng pattaya.

ok seriously, been finding GOd on another level, and i think i am currently facing a test from HIM. i do hope to see GOd on a greater and greater level at each test. but really, GOD, thanks for a great week. whatever it is, dear Lord, please help me make the right decisions and and glorify YOU in all i do. i submit all i am to You. take the step of FAITH.

LION KING IS FAMOUS

2005-08-20T22:42:00.000+08:00

what the @#%#%&@#!!!!!!! LION KING THE GALILEAN IS FAMOUS!!!!!!!!
yeap, you heard it right man!!!!! his band, DOCUMENTARYINAMBER, is HOT MAN!!!!!!

today, some of us went to support lionking and his band at the esplanade!! and boy were they popular!!!!! the crowd snapped up their sample CDs even before they finished their set! the applause was thunderous man! and at the end, this British man beside me was ranting and raving about how cool they were!!! haha!

'Marvellous! Wonderful! Are they Singaporean?! (as if singaporeans are incapable of making tunes) Dont you have any more CDs! I'll pay for it! I really want one!! Absolutely MArvellous!'

so i told him, 'hey man, i know the guitarist', then i brought him to see lion king and they managed to appease him with a CD. no jokes man. this Ang Moh was actually sitting at one of the nearby restauranst but was attracted to the music and came to listen and he really found them fantastic! SHIOK! LION KING IS FAMOUS! WOO HOOO!

LION KING CAN BE OUR NEXT TANYA CHUA. OR STEFANIE SUN. OR EVEN CORRINE MAY!!!!!!
jerry lion(the star) benedict yasmine and i before the gig at the esplanade

lion king and i! this photo is going to be so valuable!

lion and his fans!!!! anyway, yasmine was recounting her conversation with a fren.

Yas: hey girl, i am going to esplanade tonight to watch my fren's band play.

fren: oh, really ah? Izzit? what band har?

Yas: oh. some random band la. documentaryinamber.

fren: WHAT! DOCUMENTARYINAMBER! YOU KNOW THEM! WHAT! I ADORE THEM! THEY ARE SOOO COOL! WOW! YOU ARE SUCH A LUCKY GIRL AND HEREAFTER MY BESTEST FREN! I LOVE YOU YASMINE!

shiok man. lion's band getting famous man. dont forget to play guitar for us at cell group when you get even more hot ah. besides that, we went for Carl's Jr dinner before the gig. i love the burgers man. shiok and big and great.

gary benedict(his youth member) and yas after the meal

i ate the double western bacon cheeseburger. great man great!!!!!

ok sorry this is out of point but this was last week at lecture when shawn me and shuwen were all wearing orange and we had to seat together because there is a compulsory sitting plan. yes NUS Law School should be renamed NUS Law Kinders or something.

yeap me with the leftovers. i forgot to take a pic of the burger. cos when it came all i could think of was eating it. so anyway, was a great day cos i had a wonderful penang buffet with kenny and shawn and ken's mum and sis. was quite good. really ate and ate and ate too much! really am grateful to GOD for giving me these things in life. hope i dont take them for granted.

i am very happy

2005-08-17T23:11:00.000+08:00

ok it's been a great week so far. AH. thank God. anyway, saturday, i went sim lim and got myself my new thumb drive!!! its a 256mb imation, and i think i sort of vandalized her by writing my name on it. there. also, after that, i went to the pasar malam at bugis for the first time. and it was an eye opener. it's actually quite interesting and they do have a lot of stuff there. something that i am definitely going to take a better look at is the faded jeans, they were going at $20 per pair. hell cheap. overall, very interesting experience. my new thumb, i dont know what to call it though.

monday at school, had a very very chaotic trial and advo lecture. the place was being turned upside down by lim lei theng and her idea of a quiz. seemed a bit like a zoo, with people flashing, shouting, screaming, and answering questions. many of them were trick questions for the record. and know what!? my group ended up with an embarassing -5 points!!!! the top groups had like 50 points la! wah!!! anyway after that i took bus back with pam and i went home earliest ever for a school day. i think it was 4 something pm. amazing.

tuesday, went for lecture only to find it cancelled. was quite fine with that anyway cos i had to settle my withdrawal letter from the LAWCLUB campaign and went for ghim moh lunch with kianteck shawn and kenny. kenny shawn ros and i had dinner at this amazing place in chinatown, quaint little restaurant near maxwell market with great food, anique original chinese decor and a cute jap girl in my line of view. i enjoyed the Beijing food (it's about a thrillion zillion times better than biz's beijing fengwei) and they had good chinese pancakes and pizzas. i am very upset though that i forgot to bring my camera to take fotos of that restaurant. another time perhaps. watched 7 swords after that. not bad.

wednesday, today. had VCF welcome tea and once again God told me that i need to be more holy. am really glad to feel God and hear him. i thought Paul's message on us being sinners, yet saved, and are now SONS(and daughters) and are sent to the world very meaningful. indeed i thought about my vision in Law and i really want to be a christian who happens to be a lawyer and not the other way round. am also encouraged by the good turnout of year 2s and year 1s for the welcome tea.

we had a 'christians in LAW 2' dinner at village in China Square Central. jess jo gillian shawn kianteck Bob jordan nick grace joseph and i were there. sorry for the poor publicity, hope all the other christians can make it for the next dinner on AUG 31!!!!!! of course all are welcome to join us, we will probably discuss how we can pray and care for our batch and LAWFAC in general!!!we had a great time laughing talking and even telling ghost stories haha. we also arranged to continue our daily prayer sessions b4 lectures, and for us to try gather our year christians to be more united and all. really, i think we need a lot of prayer and stuff. am really glad that this dinner took place. i had a great time really. GOD IS MOVING I TELL YOU.

anyway, to end off, this is yet another thing i bought. really love this and been looking long and hard for a G Shock to replace my old one. this one is so funky! and i got it cheap! $80 at Bras Basah. its beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeap yes...so......thank God...and....now to prep for company law lecture. night.

2nd wek of school starting

2005-08-14T22:40:00.000+08:00

ok i have so much to say, i should have taken notes. so much floating in my mind now.

i had thai food today at first thai in purvis street with my parents. its slightly expensive but the quality is not bad. but i am not exactly a fan of thai food.

i have decided not to run for LAWCLUB. since law camp ended i have been wanting to run. but now..... especially this week, this first week of school, i think my priorities have changed? i dont think i wanna spend my life in Law School like how i did in year 1. basically, i am taking a step out. i did enjoy my first year...but....its kinda complicating and i really feel i need a breath of fresh air now....

besides that...i would say....life is still exciting. very much in fact. but in all i do, must have patience. whatever God plans or has in store for me, i do not want to destroy. i would like it to be perfect. no jumping the gun.

decided not to go for the bash cos i really want out of that kinda lifestyle. oh ya, i am quitting hard liquour for good. no more getting drunk anymore. sorry frens, especially those who love to see me drunk...haha.....no more entertainment for you guys.... so do cherish those videos. you'll probably never get that side of Zhiwei anymore. unless its somewhere near my wedding date, which wont be anytime soon seeing that i am still single.

school started but i really have not done anything. theres a shit load to read...and..... i get this feeling its very competitive. i really dont want it so pressurizing. shit i think deep inside me the old lazy ac slacker is still very actve. kenny's been back for about 2 weeks and its been damn fun with him around. eating, soccer, staying over, watching shows, suppers. but school has to start. then recently, somehow, there have been many fun activities. like cell's BBQ at YangLin's house. and the zoo. sooo fun. and mahjong. and having jason ho back. and we still can laugh over the same stuff and talk cock like it was in the past.

thank God that at least, i like what i am studying. it just seems... a lil too pressurizing sometimes. i think i really wanna do something i enjoy for a career. i still am unsure..but...increasingly, it feels as if it is not being a 9am-12am lawyer....

just trust God to bless you in all that you do...and all that is going to happen.

i happen to be approaching some kind of spiritual revival. i really dont want to lose it again. victorious christian life. can it happen? can it work? is there such a thing? i do think it can be! it can happen! i can enjoy life to the fullest! finding fulfilment in God and not letting other 'gods' rule you! i dont want to be a slave to this world anymore! i want fulfillment!

i dont wanna lose it this time serious. i also do not want to make the wrong moves anymore. just do the right thing....was trapped for my first year in uni....

i really had a lot more to say...i shall pen it down if i can rem...goodnight.

has school really started?

2005-08-10T01:45:00.000+08:00

school just started but i am just not in the damn mood. anyway, it's only the first week. guess i can afford to slack a lil1i heard people already started doing their readings. shit man.

i went to town for lunch, slack around and buy stuff after prop law lecturee on monday. it was fun and interesting. but i got poked at by Tan Sook Yee. Sigh. 1st day of school and i must kanna. caught charlie and chioiojcl;ateg facxopothiry78. i thought it was ok only. just OK. i like the hoopalampas though or whatever they are la. they're funny. then it was Ros' house for dinner and cut ian's cake!!!!!!! ate hell lot. Ros really wanted to make us eat until we explode. i appreciate that actually. the chicken mayo and egg pizza was great! then we went kenny's house for Shutter. the best Horror show ever. please frens, GO WATCH IT!!!!!!!!

lion king, ian(wah hanstome sia) and me

Sweet Ros and 'sultry' me

Tuesday! National Day!!!! Cell outing to the Zoo! it's quite Ex at $15 but it's worth the visit la. the Zoo's greatly improved and it's beautiful! i had a wonderful wonderful day there! i rate it 9/10.

From left, Jerry the mehmeh, me, shawn, Yan, Joni, YangLin, Yas, Eileen, and Kevin. we had KFc for lunch at the Zoo.

a black and white Kambing for marcus.

MY FAVOURITE PICTURE!!!! I LOVE THIS MINIATURE HORSE!!!!!!

Lin and i with the funky Ben n Jerry's table

twin of the black kambing

the potbellied pig. its legs are disproportionately small. so cute.

the attendance wa not perfect, but well, we had a great time nonetheless!!!!

then we had dinner at Seng Kee Cze Cha at Kembangan then Gelare's at Siglap. AH. if only everyday was like that. once again, great day, 9/10.

Law Camp Day 2

2005-08-07T13:06:00.000+08:00

Day 2

LAND TELE

The station ICs, managed by Azmin, went down to SRC 45 mins earlier to set up. Earlier than that however, some were already there making water bombs. Kudos to these unsung heroes. Azmin and Joanne did a great job and this was one activity I never needed much worrying cos they always had everything laid out beautifully. And everything did go well, on time, and we all had lotsa fun(at least I did).

The skit preceding the activity was performed by Shawn at the SRC basketball court. He was Hitler, gathering his troops and Land Tele was sort of a training procedure for the freshmen. It was really quite funny and he can actually act quite well. Maybe only in funny roles such as these. The best was his Hitler salute which occurred erratically, accompanied by the crisp shout ‘HITLER!’. It was really retarded and funny.

Ok on to the games. For this activity, I accompanied my OG8 around, cheering them on and helping when I could. First – the Captain’s Ball station. Quite fun, and I really enjoyed seeing them throwing bags of dirty water around. Some looked like leftover cheng teng from 1 week, complete with sweet potato. 1 problem however was that the ground had many giant roots, and as a result, one freshmen, Audrey from OG3 injured herself in the course of the game. On the whole I think we did not emphasize safety enough and I am thankful that this was the only ‘major’ injury. I think in RnF and Matric we need to be more caring towards the freshmen and watch out for their safety and general well-being,

Next station, OG8 went to Shen and Mel’s pass the orange station. These 2 are really thick skinned. I think every OG that came had to call cheer loudly and call them ‘babes’! haha! Quite entertaining seeing them pass the orange with various body parts. But my OG lost and we had to carry each other piggy-back style and run-up and down the slope. I did my part and carried a freshmen up and down too! Fun fun!

Next, this really dirty station called dirt path. Once again, I enjoyed seeing the freshmen going thru the dirt and getting damn dirty! I wanted it to be worse actually but I think I would have been opposed. But anyway I managed to throw a few eggs on the dirt path. Just to add to the madness. OG2 lost to us and Andrew and Grace, as a forfeit, had to crawl through the path too. Haha.

Last, hit the OGLS. I had fun pouring soap water on the canvas but I think I didn’t deter the freshmen much. More fun was hitting tricia and xiaohui with water bombs and pouring buckets of water all over the place. The activity didn’t stop there however. After the games were finished, some of us councilors went crazy and began attacking each other with water bombs and the leftover eggs. Now that’s what I call fun! I stupidly failed in cracking a egg on Gillian shoulders. I forgot that eggs are not that easy to crack. SORRY Gillian for bruising your shoulder. Anyway I think she got her revenge when she splattered an egg all over my back and neck. That was really sick. But I got back when I camped outside the toilet and SPLAT the egg on her hair. Ok all in the name of fun! Besides this, I vividly remember Michelle like a mad woman throwing waterbombs at various guys. That was damn fun too. HAHA. Then the freshmen went back, washed up, and went off for their scavenger hunt.

SCAVENGER HUNT

So after they left, I bathed and settled in TH hall and rested. Han Bob and some others went to HV to buy lunch so Jackson Melanie Sicong and I played a bit of Mahjong. It was fun, resting in the afternoon. But lunch took quite a long time and I was damn hungry. I duly devoured my whopper when it arrived 1 hour plus late.

We started Jungle Trek prep at about 5, with various briefings, and stations being set up. Was quite stressful at this time cos I was afraid we could not co ordinate the kidnapping and guides stuff. Many OGs were coming back late from SH and we started our briefing late. Also, we had to walk the ground b4 starting the activity proper. But the PICs Han and Michelle and the AICs Melanie and sicong were capable enough and though everything started late it was well organized. Great. I was a guide so was not overseeing the whole event. Rather, I was having fun! FUN!

JUNGLE TREK

So the kidnapping started at about 9. I was situated at the level 5 lift lobby in Arts with Shellen, Kailing and Arvind. We tried scaring the freshies when they came out of the lift but I think we failed! They appeared to be blur than anything else. Perhaps they were too shackled by this time of the day. After all, they had already gone through land tele and the afternoon walking in the city hall area. I must say the ski masks that Arvind and I wore were real fun. But he was complaining half the time on how racists the masks were. They could not accommodate his very sharp nose! Haha! So we kidnapped them, shouted at them. Blindfolded them, and set them in their details.

Then the ‘tour’ started! I chose my detail, made of 3 men. Longjin, Winston, and Daniel. There were then known as the ‘Muskees’ (short form for Musketeers) and I told them to call me Sathya. Haha.

from left, Winston, Daniel(best looking freshie), and Longjin.

The stations are too many and too long to recount. Basically, I had a lot of fun. I usually prefer to be on the ground and doing stuff like this but my appointment in this camp limited my opportunities of meeting and playing with freshmen. I am so glad I was a guide for Jungle Trek.

I think many of us had fun asking stupid questions, tricking the freshmen, and basically doing things to people when they are blindfolded. It’s very thrilling. The swing station was very entertaining, thanks to the guys who made it seem like some Indian station. The accents were really damn funny. Another funny station was the holding area at the Barrels. Bob was bloody funny with a pseudo British accent. He sounded like a mad professor teaching/forcing people to dance. It was hilarious. I don’t know which entertained me more, Bob or the freshmen dancing.

The cat maze station looked like hell. It was chaos all over. Food, water, powder, everything was everywhere. It was hell messy. I had great fun pairing up winston and Quan Quan though. I made him propose and she had to hold the flower everywhere. Haha. There was a lot of shit going on in that station. Shawn was also going crazy making his detail dance and whisper sweet nothings to each other, problem was they were all guys. Haha. I remember a Joseph being a particular good dancer. They should rope him into presentation.

After I bumped into Andrea. She didn’t seem entirely happy about being blindfolded for so long. Cant blame her. I was really sick of this activity last year. I hated it. So this year was our turn to play! Yeay!!! Anyway we had trustfall and something unfortunate happened. One of my detail guy’s shoes was apparently too slippery and he fell off the table, knocking Julia off the table as well. Literally knocked her off her feet. Thankfully he was alright. She however had a great big bruise on her left thigh. It was huge. But, it was ok and nobody was too hurt.

The people behind the kidnapping at level 5. Arvind zhiwei Kaiyuan Shellen

Me just b4 the freshmen unblindfold themselves after 5 hours of 'FUN'.

Xiaohui Gillian and Hsien Fei with their details just before set off.

Me helping to stoke romance between Winston and QuanQuan. LAw is a lovely community.

Jackson and i in Temasek Hall, totally shacked out after jungle trek.

Councilors looking satisfied after torturing freshmen.

Grace looking fresh even at 3am. must be having a great time at Jungle Trek.

group of madmen. April CX Adam xiaozhu Arvind Liangwei.

At the end, we gathered them all at the BIZ lobby and asked them to take off their blindfolds. At the count of 1,2,3 we had a
‘WELCOME TO LAW SCHOOL!’
I thought that was really great. Then we had Han to give a short speech on the purpose of jungle trek and all. Then we packed up. It was very quick and the councilors were quite co operative and I think we finished everything at 3 plus. So I slept at 4 or thereabouts. I enjoyed Jungle Trek the most, out of all the activities. I think cos most other times I was involved in overseeing but this time I actually had the chance to play and interact with others. And it was great. However making sure all the other activities went well and everyone enjoying themselves was also very satisfying for me. So it’s a give and take la. You cant have your cake and eat it.

Supper this night was very good we had chicken foldovers and egg sandwiches. It was really good. It’s a pity many were too tired and didn’t eat them. I think we had at least 50 people’s share leftover. What a great pity. I ate 2. It was to make up for my dinner, which I missed due to the evening’s events. I really like the Temasek and Sheares Hall caterer. The guy in charge is Vincent and he and his wife/sister/friend are really nice. They even gave us free breakfast on Friday. And most importantly, their food is good. Not like last year’s law camp, where we had sh*t food!

CHOO family

2005-08-07T00:20:00.000+08:00

this is my family at Vines Restaurant, Novena, for my parents dunno whatff wedding anniversary. i think it is 25th. anyway, School is starting, i am dead tired, have not bought my books. why holidays end so fast? but then again, i am quite excited to start school man. no more PGP, take bus everyday. sounds daunting. oh ya but i will be moving house at end of the year or early next year. just hope i move to a place which does not require me to walk 100 upslope whenever i go out. either that or someone buy me a car. jess can give me her suzuki swift.
my mother.

me and my adidas SL80

my sister, Rachel Zhu aka Rikaku

my dad. he is really full of nonsense. he thinks the sausage is a shit.

the Choo family. Zhiwei, Rachel, Iris, Peter.

Sis and Dad tucking in to minestrone soup.

My mother and sister. mum is about 160 while sis is a whopping 173cm. Damn. i have to stand straight beside her or i look shorter.

So, comments anyone? do i look like my family?

law camp day 1

2005-08-02T18:29:00.000+08:00

Alright i am damn sorry i am no genius so i could not get the day 1 photos in order. so this is at night, me acting as Timmy! i dont have photos with Susie Pall Mahesh!!!!!!!! Damn!!!!
my 'partner' Bob. the rich businessman who is unsatisfied with his wife.
Lerky and his OG at mindbenders in the afternoon!
PamPam and Sylvia in lorry early in morning en route to School!!!!
Guanzhen, my OGL last year, with a host of this year's councilors. the old has gone, the new has come.
me scaring the cameraman in the lorry, early in the morning!!! see how dark it is!

Sylvia Carol and Ziliang looking happy and EXCITED FOR LAW CAMP 2005!!!!!!

INTRODUCTION AND CHECK IN
The freshmen came earlier then expected. We told them to report at 830, but at 745, there were already a couple of them. Thus some councilors were deployed to take care of them and slowed down our admin process. The aim was to get all councilors checked in before 9 so that thereafter the O TEAM could entertain the freshmen. However, since we could only get the keys at 830 and not 8 as planned, we only managed to check all councilors in by 930 thereabouts. Lesson learnt= don’t underestimate freshmen. They are excited and will come on time. I think I had an impression that they would be late because I myself came about an hour late last year. Haha.

The admin table outside consisted of Jordan, Pam, Melissa, Hanwen, Sylvia, Carol and Jackson. They handled the admin quite well but I still thought it could be done faster. Also, I noted that some OGs had more enthusiastic people or pretty/attractive/outstanding girls than others. I hope this was due to pure chance and not any rigging. Whatever the case, I made a mistake by not verifying the OGs before letting the introduction start proper. In the end, OG 6 had 5 girls and 10 guys whilst OG 5 had about 8 girls and 7 guys. Some other OGs also had more girls than guys. I was not too pleased. But by the time I found out, they were already in their ice-breakers and it was too late to break them. Subsequently, I tried putting any girl who was late into OG 6.

We had my 5.1 speakers to work for the system and the mikes in TH were good. So at 10, we began our intro. There was LAW CLUB, FOCC main committee and finally the LAW CAMP COMM. This was done in 15 mins as compared to last year when every single committee was introduced. It got a bit tedious and complicating for us freshmen. We should stick to a simple intro.

Next, we began a short skit by me, rehearsed just 30 mins ago with zhu. She made me do some stupid stuff. I was rather embarrassed at first but decided to stick to it. It paid off because it was, apparently, either funny/entertaining. I especially liked the part where I shouted ‘SHUDDUP!!!!’. I just love to shout. Then we had the OGLS video and the newscast by Mahesh and Alex.

Ice breakers was held in 4 locations in Temasek Hall. They went well and on time. The ICs had done the recce earlier in the morning and had gone off to prepare the stations during our skit, so all was well on. A problem was the shortage of water bombs for one particular station, wishy washy I think. We needed a few hundred more. Lesson= don’t underestimate the importance of making more water bombs. They always run out faster than you would expect. As a result of the shortage, freshies had to fill water bombs at the end of the game. That should not have happened. By and large the other games went well and were fun enough, as it seemed to me at least. This first activity is crucial for the OGLs to stamp their authority as well as to make their freshies cheer. Start off on a wrong note and you are done for. I spent my time walking around and making sure people were playing by the rules and having fun. For example, I suggested the chicken dance forfeit for the caterpillar chairs station run by Si Cong and Melanie. In the meanwhile, Jackson Sylvia and Carol were busy allocating rooms for the freshies so they could check in at lunch time.

One thing about freshmen room allocation. We should just stick to 2 in a single room and 3 in a double room we save money that way. Besides, many of them would rather have someone to sleep with. I totally understand. I think we wasted about $1500 because of this.

Lunch was good and the TH caterer, Vincent, does a great job. We checked in all the freshies in this hour and b4 lunch even began, we already had our 5.1 and projector shifted to the moot court, ready for Liangwei’s R n F talk. Great job loggies.

RnF, SECRET PAL, MINDBENDERS

Liangwei’s briefing was great. However, it was pushed back to after SP because Liangwei noticed a hitch in the video. Jinhuang, our plant for the day, was very evidently jumping up and down in the RnF video. It’s always good to check your videos and activities b4 your programme begins. It never hurts to be prepared. It always benefits. Also, we had Jugs the genius to help us edit the video so it could be ready to play after SP. Bernia had a short talk too. Watching the video brought back wonderful memories of last year and our stinct at bishan home. It was so care free and fun then. My do a deer dance was shown. The presentation days were a period I will remember forever. New friendships forged, out of which, we have a couple of couples today. Hahahaha. ZERO regrets joining presentation last year. I am glad that I was there.

Secret Pal was a little messy, as expected, but it went well and I think the seniors had more fun than the juniors. We started with a real cheesy but cute skit by Favian and Grace. It was quite funny seeing those 2 act in love. What an odd couple. But it was cute. I actually wanted a longer skit with a little more cheese and romance but we did not have the time to think about it. We spent lotsa time disturbing them and I don’t think many of them actually had proper conversations. One thing we learnt about this batch is that they are significantly guai-er than us and possibly a little more dead. Our batch has many colourful characters. I felt that if all the councilors were more disciplined we could make the waiting time shorter, but oh well, I guess we all had fun tickling and molesting them. Jordan and Pam’s system worked well but I think they should also have included a system on how to deal with stranded freshies or people with no SPs. It’s really a lot more complicating then you would think. Also, its difficult when you have 40 over councilors trying to make fun of 100 blindfolded freshmen. It was chaotic to say the least.

Mindbenders ICs had already prepared their stations during the RnF talk and SP, so it was a smooth transition. WE started off with a skit of Che Guerrera hounding me, the Chief Minister of CAFWAL, for information. I ended off telling they could get information from the ministry of information. This activity was helmed by Adam, Saify, and Pardeep. The 4 stations were well run, but my only grouse is that the classrooms were too small for 2 stations. They were almost 40 people packed into each classroom. This was my fault. I should have forseen that. Anyway Guanzhen was there at mindbenders. Was strange to see him cos 1 year ago he was leading OG8 and now I am in charge of Law Camp. My my my how time does fly.

NIGHT COURT

The freshmen went back for dinner at TH whilst we had our night court dry run settled. It was a bit messy with everyone having their 20 pence worth (damn lawyers) but thankfully manu and Susie managed to tie it all up and we had a few good runs. Technically, the sound, projector and video went well too. Thank God. I went back to bathe and eat and was back, with my garb for the night. Real gay shirt and pants. The judges, Au Da Yu, Sandra Tan, and Kex came at about 7 and we had one last dry run with them. Was good. So in the meantime, the OGLs had already been preparing the freshmen for tonight. I think we scared them a little too much because even when they came in, they were dead silent. They probably thought it was something really serious. Plus the fact that they were well dressed seniors at the back.

So we had our video, our acting and the question asking time which was really stressful for me since I hated acting gay and I don’t think I was really doing a good job. I was more of a sex crazed sissy than anything else. But well, as long as it looked silly and entertaining. Mahesh was really funny because he acted really well as the gardener and we collaborated a couple of times on when he would attack me or Bob(acting as Bob), the wealthy businessman. I was trying my best to stifle my laughter at the times after his ‘attacks’. Once he nearly knocked me off the chair. That was the best. Also, when he shouted at the freshmen to quickly start with the questioning. I really could just burst out laughing.

Then we had the judges come in and the freshmen do their stuff. I think they must have been terribly frustrated. I was last year. Adding to their discomfort was the stuffiness. The management refused to switch on the air con after 9pm and so we had to suffer. There was a little confusion and hiccup regarding the calling of witnesses so we had to waste a good half hour before our plant jinhuang emerged. But that scene was perfect. I think we really scared the balls out of the freshmen. Everyone’s acting was on cue and Barter looked real convincing dragging jin out. All the rehearsals were worth that minute of madness. I even addressed the freshmen after jin was brought out and told them that his was highly inappropriate behaviour. I guess our talking to the judges and their mini lashing of the crowd really worked things out. The freshmen were dead serious. The 2nd plant, our year 3 Albert Loo also did a great job. He seemed nervous and not too confident so his Penal Code 300c did not seem too rehearsed. Fantastic.

I think 1 drawback on our superb acting and creating the somber mood was that the freshmen could not laugh or were unable to see the funny side even when the judges started making them do stupid stuff. I shan’t recount all the funny thing that happened, but of course, we had out Fabio Man of Man from OG8, and we had the bailiff and people shouting good job, well done, in Melayu, Chinese, and Tamil. I will never forget Cheryl, I don’t know which OG she is from. She acted as Bob, and shouted at Fabio, acting as Cuixian/the deceased wife’Susie’ –
‘You! Better give me sex tonight! You better open up your legs or I will pluck out your nanapok!’.

Wah. I laughed till I teared. Even as I am typing this at home, I am grinning. It was so damn funny. In the end, the freshmen realized it was a joke. But Au Da Yu gave them a good debrief and justification for such an event – to prepare them for Judges who are strange and unreasonable. Great.

So we ended day 1, packed up and I had an early night. I think I had the luxury of 6 plus hours of sleep.

law camp prep photos

2005-08-02T18:06:00.000+08:00

alright before i give my 5 separate posts on law camp, day 1 to 5, these are some law camp prep pics. i am working hard while zhiyou is playing a fool. tsk tsk.

victor acting like steven lim at one of the lawflowers jamming sessions at andrew's church.

shu, shawn and bob playing afool in the moot court. tsk tsk tsk.

well, i am the only serious guy around i suppose? once again, hard at work in the comm meeting.

seems like colleen is also rather hardworking, painting star wars props in 1-6.

so anyway, there will be 5 posts coming up. each law camp day will have 1 post each.

law camp day 1

2005-08-02T17:16:00.000+08:00

testing the law camp pics. why oh why, cant i post many pics at 1 go? damn.

what a week

2005-07-30T22:27:00.000+08:00

been quite a meaningful and eventful week...lemme try to recap....

monday= dry run for senior's concert in school. pav and chin yong can rap quite well. it's going to be a blast. my band...a bit off la cos it was our first time with drums for those pieces. but with a lil practice, it should be fine. YEA LAWFLOWERS! after that, soccer with xudes gerald lion ravi zhuang shao muzahair da peng. quite fun but was a lil too wet. was damn tired was my 3rd day of soccer in a row. then dinner at marina with gerald xudes lion and jun. we stayed up till 11 plus talking about stuff. good chat and catching up, guys.

tuesday= inaug dry run. unwittingly, i am the chairs ic. but it's quite a simple job anyway. went to have a simple forum with NUS dean of students to discuss amenities and facilities we might need in bukit timah campus. am thinking of running for law club this round. anything but chair or vice chair.at night, shu's dinner. very entertaining group of people there and we had a good time, including making fun of HOM HOM. supper with Ros at prata bomb.(this was the first of 3 nights there).

wednesday= met bernice at coffee club for a chat, met kathy jess jo pam mel for 'lunch' at HV crystal jade la mian xiao long bao. the senior stewards/managers were having their lunch beside us. and were they having a SPREAD! so much good food! cant believe the staff get to eat so good food! and nicely laid out for them at the restaurant itself some more. wow. the perks of working in crystal jade. then we had QUEST dry run. VERY VERY VERY VERY VEYR VEY VEY4YVERYWERVAWFGHSG; FUN. HELLUVA(if you catch my pun) FUN!!!!!!!!!!!. PART OF THE ENJOYMENT COMES FROM working with some people i usually dont work with. my station people are jordan, kathy, colleen, siok hoon, cynthia, andre, and sheena. ended quite late, plus all the debrief and all that. then started my adventure. yes, it was about 1 plus am already.

the plan was to send pam back, then jac and i would go prata bomb for supper with kathy shawn sylvia and vicky. pam reached home safely and seeing that jac was damn tired, sent her home. at serangoon gardens, on making a very late turn, the car became very jerky, like beef jerky you know? take the stick of beef jerky and whack on jac's head you know? ya so the car became jerky and my worst fears came true. a bloody punctured tyre.....rims were like grounding the floor already.

thankfully we were about a 10 minute walk from jac's house. so we parked at the bus stop, walked to jac's house, she drove me to the shell. where the midnight man say he is an owl so he want to eat nests. so cannot fix my tyre. damn. went back to the car, found the spare tyre under the mountain of shit that my dad keeps in the boot. yay! got spare tyre! but dunno how to fix!
shit! idioit! last time in taiwan when the rover tyre punctured i just stood around doing nothing. diddnt bother learning. thankfully, my pal gerald and bernice came to my rescue! all the way from clementi! haha! so they arrived at like 3 plus am.

gerald tan weijun, the fastest WRX in Singapore as of now, fixed it in 10 minutes. he's damn used to it. always changing his tyres when he goes racing. anyone want to buy car, pls find me or him. got many kangtao and sure get you a good deal. and free trye changing services too.

ok so off to prata bomb with gerald and bernice for supper. 2nd night in a row!!!!!!!!!!! thankks jac chua for staying up with me and waiting all the way till 4am. had a good chat. jac chua is damn funny la. and her dog is called cola. reached home and slept at 530am. dead shacked like a camel who ran 27km like that.

thurs= work at Acts. kinda miss it but i know i cant be there forever. went for the ravi Zaccharias talk. i dozed off about 10 times. you know when you are at lectures or sermons and you fall asleep and your head like tilts until you suddenly jerk and wake up? ya i experienced it many times that night. it was a good talk. i am just a bad guy la. so after that, i thought, ok good, time to go home! yea! and Yan Cheng Kang gave me sumei and lion a lift home. but he was kinda hungry so we thought, what the heck since sumei stays at thomson, where should we eat?

THOMSON PRATA PLACE. BOMB. AGAIN.

ok la but to its credit its quite shiok. their mushroom cheese is good, $3.50 though. it's still half the price of the mad jalan kayu. that mushroom cheese is $7. shiokay man. ok it was very fun with yan, sumei and lion. great to have ho sumei back from princeton. she's really really really funny and entertaining and though she's 23 like me, she's damn aunty. but still cute in her aunty way la. i once thought she was going to be our first female prime minister. but looking at her now, i think tai tai more like it. still, she is one step behind Yang Lin, the soon to be Married one!!!!!!!!!!!

3 nights of thomson prata in a row makes zhiwei a full bodied 200 pounder.

friday= LAST DAY AT ACTS. had lunch with kenny, he bought puffs for everyone! but that bloody xudes ate his yam one without waiting for me! jun came to visit. i wolfed down her ya kun toast in 2 minutes. i love ya kun. ok its a bit sad leaving Acts la. going to miss everyitng.EVERYTHING! BYE TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES!!!!! I WILL BE BACK TO VISIT AND DISTURB YOU!!!!!!!!!! I WILL BE BACK TO SHOUT, DANCE AND ALL THAT. BYE BYE BANQUET TEH HALIA! HONG LIM WONTON MEE!!!!!!! CUTE FEMALE CUSTOMERS!!!!! STOCKTAKING!!!! ARRANGING BOOKS!!!! 3PM LUNCHES!!! SURFING INTERNET WHEN ITS EMPTY! UNCLE PETER AND HIS BELOVED ARSENAL!!!!!! MY GREAT AND BLOODY FUUNY MANAGERS!!!!!!!! it's been real fun there. but well, we have to move on........

so went for cell. we had 2 newcomers, bernice from SMU and Joni from NTU. we had one sheep back from michigan, Mark, the 'sexy mark' according to Yang Lin. it was a very interesting cell session to say the least. great worship by lion king and discussion. we ended on a very serious note though. supper at adam road. and cab back homeeeeeee.

saturday, which is today. lawflowers practice, good. lunch with keny shawn and vic at commonwealth. shiokay cheap and tasty chicken rice and fishball noodles. $2 and they give you a big bowl of noodles and 7 fishballs. how to beat that? Ym training session in church, and then dinner with gary at Macpherson Kopitiam. we had a great chat about everything. my life, his life, whats going on and hows God working. indeed God is working strongly in my life. it's truly exciting man.

ok matriculation week ahead. one year ago i was a freshmen and now i am helping out in O Team and starting year 2. my my my how time does fly. chiupee lives in my toilet.

one step up

2005-07-30T02:05:00.000+08:00

in this week alone i have 3 times come across the need to go further in my christian walk. i know it is God's call for me. time to step up. enough of the basics. no more a new believer. i guess that explains my yearning for deeper Bible study and more intellectual discussions and apologetics. so exciting seeing God prepare me for the next step. so maybe the 'emptiness' i was feeling the past 6 months was just a step and to prepare me for greater things ahead.

i would like someone willing to brave the front with me, to do what God calls me to do, even if it means living an uncomfortable life. even if it means no BMW or nice house.

frustration

2005-07-24T23:37:00.001+08:00

i am damn frustrated. i got my pc fixed, i got my internet back, but i bloody hell cant post pics up this damn blog. and my other blogs! whats wrong!! ARGHHH.

ok after reading Jac's entry on friendship and visiting old folks and talking to her about it on thursday night when i met them at prata bomb i have mulled over it, and i am not too happy about the 'comm service' i recently performed at All Saint's Home. feel a bit hypocritical cos i think i was in it for the fun and a bit of the feel good factor but not really to do service. after all, without RnF, i wouldnt be going down to any home would i?

friday. last day of RnF. we had a concert and the residents were treated to some better food. felt really bad when i saw the folks unable to feed themselves and looking so poorthing. my heart bled a little. and my heart was also lifted when i saw some freshmen actually feeding and REALLY helping the folks. cleaning them, feeding them etc... some of whom i thought would never do such stuff. well. and i, i had to bring myself to do it.

sometimes i feel that we(or i) are using the old folks. its like,

'hey, thats an old folks home, lets go do some work there'. it's like i am doing for the sake of doing and not because i really love them or something.

i learnt one really important thing. not to think of myself as noble or what shit just by the fact that i performed some meagre Comm Service last year and this year. i think i need to GENUINELY love people. and it should start by showing love to my family, friends, and people around me first. it's strange if you can 'show' so much love to old folks you hardly know but yet swear at or treat your friends like shit.

in response

2005-07-21T18:43:00.000+08:00

This is in addition to a friend's response. This message also goes to christians especially, and, myself.

Just do the right thing that you know GOD wants you to do and everything will be alright. Too many times we know what to do but we fall and we choose the wrong route and we get hurt and we suffer the consequences and we ask, WHY WHY WHY.....

When in the first place we consciously decided to trod the wide path, which leads to destruction. Sin has its consequences. But if we repent and seek for forgiveness God brings healing.

The road to recovery is open. It starts with us.

that aside, another friend of mine has been trying to matchmake me too. she is aunty Rebecca, my 49 year old colleague at ACTs. she also constantly asks me to pray for my future wife. and she asks me to pray using Proverbs 31. and this is my favourite verse out of that chapter -

'Charm can be deceiving, and beauty fades away,
but a woman who honours the Lord deserves to be praised.'

adidas gazelle

2005-07-20T18:57:00.000+08:00

i love adidas gazelle and i lost a pair a few years ago. so please, buy for me friends. i cant find them in singapore!!!!!

THE TOP ONE IS THE PAIR I LOST. BURGUNDY GAZELLE, SIZE 9. DAMN. I REALLY LOVE IT UNTIL I DIE OF SPASM!!!!!!!!

saturday's events

2005-07-17T18:18:00.000+08:00

saturday was a nice day so shall recap it.

slacked in the day, read some books, watched some news, ate beef kway teow.

4pm - went for a jog in Botanic Gardens and my future campus with lionking, jun, and xudes. nice place, ood for a jog and stuff. xudes and lion are considerably fitter so they went off after the first 20 mins. jun and i continued for another 25mins before we started walking and enjoying the scenery, dogs, swans, duck, and various groups of people enjoying their day out at breezy Botanic Gardens. good run, i enjoyed it, i think i also need such runs frequently.

i had dinner at newton with kenny's mum and shawn. and what a spread we had! OOOH!
sambal stingray, BBQ sotong, sambal kangkong, 3 BBQ chicken wings(i ate them all, and Or Lua. shiok!!!! i also had a big bottle of Tiger. MMMM....beautiful. i rounded up the meal by washing away the oil with a teh tarik. AHHHHHH. thick milky creamy sweet TEH. yea......

then i went to jun's place. had to wait quite long for xudes and lion so jun and i baked betty crocker's blueberry muffins. oh yea. quite easy la, and we added the cow cheese in the middle, just like how kerong taught. and AH, delicious. i had 4 before they arrived. and i also had 3 cups of milk. was really quite full. then they came, we watched some TV, ate the muffins again, i drank COKE, and we had durian!!!!!

i dieded of fullness man john.

ok then go home xudes fetched. great. i love food.

blonde

2005-07-16T23:18:00.000+08:00

i am going blonde soon so i have decided to put up some pics of me blonde.

gerald and i at newton after law bash

cutting my hair at kojimaya in chinatown

'hui ge' cutting my hair

me at yakun at far east square

me mel and shawn milking the cow in china square central. pam refused to be in the pic.

Glory to God

2005-07-13T22:23:00.000+08:00

went for the benny ho talk yesterday at church, organized by the YAM. wesley church's new Young Adult Ministry. gary was commenting that it seemed a little SDUish. Because there were many young adults. anyway my cell is one of those 'involved' in the startup of this ministry. personally, i think it's a good idea and i hope it can serve the young adult's needs. as for my own contribution, i am unsure. play drums maybe. like i did last night and i am doing tonight.

the benny ho talk was really good and i am excited to go for the 2nd session tonight. it's on Discerning God's will. 1 very important thing is that if you already walk closely with God and are constantly listening, following and obeying, USUALLY, you will not need to try too hard to 'find' or 'discern' HIS will.

cos if you know HIM well enough, you will naturally know what HIS will is in difficult situations. for example, choices between right and right. like a job, your lifetime partner, or something like that. something that does not involve moral choices.
anyway, i will talk more on this another time.

another interesting matter is that some of my small group members are trying to matchmake me with a good friend of theirs. i am grateful for their worrying for me, that i will never find someone to live life with me. my cellmates are really hilarious. and i appreciate it. so there, thanks girls, for your effort. this is a public THANKEW.

for my friends who dont know, my small group is one OnBendedKnees, formed in 1999 by a batch of 17 year olds then who wanted to meet outside of church. we grew, we split into 2, we merged, and now we have many different faces and people who come from different walks of life, but all who want to know GOD and seek christian support as well as good in-depth BS(bible study, but sometimes we like to bullshit as well). for some of my friends who didnt know, this is the group i hang out with every friday night till1 or 2 am and it is one of my life priorities. i love them.

a few of us are in uni now, a few in army(but all getting out soon), a few working adults. and we are a crazy lot. i guess most people think christian small groups must be rather solemn and serious or something like that. well, if you know me, do i look or seem solemn? haha. actually my cell is something like a madhouse. and got all kinda animals in there too. including myself(yes manu calls me the beast). i think i shall post more on the cell another time, and i will add fotos!! WOOHOO!!!

to round up, i went for the talk last night not exactly looking forward to it. in fact, i thought i was going to be bored and all that. i did not even really want to play for the worship in the first place. but it felt like an obligation and something just pushed me to it. even at the rehearsal on monday night, i was a bit sian and tired. but last night, GOD breathed into the worship and the worship really spoKe to me and helped me rekindle my fire. everything was perfect last night. i can't thank God enough for bringing me close and speaking out to me and assuring me He's there. just when i am dwindling in the faith. make no mistake. GOD led me here and He wants me to follow Him. and i want to. Faith is so exciting. thanks to the Mighty God whom i serve. thanks. Seriously.

happy

2005-07-13T15:59:00.000+08:00

ok i am in a good mood. it will last for the next 10 minutes. a very cute girl just smiled at me as she walked out of the bookshop. seen her around for more than half a year already but i dont speak to her. she's cute. ok that's all.

go watch initial d.

initial D

2005-07-13T12:21:00.000+08:00

i watched 3 movies on the big screen and 3 on the small screen last week. i liked fantastic 4 best, and i slept in batman. war of the worlds waas good too. i slept in infernal affairs 2, i watched dark water and did not get scared(cos it's my 2nd time) and i witnessed chinese being treated as a dof in 'unleashed', staring jet li.

so far, this week i have watched initial D. i really enjoyed it. i like all the characters. it's very good, go watch it.

test pics

2005-07-09T22:43:00.000+08:00

testing testing 1 2 3.

2005-07-09T20:29:00.000+08:00

this is testing testing. i am testing to see if i can post pics on the blog. this is Gerald and i at Bernice's 2oth birthday.

2005-07-06T14:00:00.000+08:00

law camp is over. it's very sad, although fulfilling.
looking forward to R n F.
i went JB with the kia. it was fantastic. i will put up the pics soon. also, i will put up the pics for law camp soon. ok ok pics pics pics.

what's the truth

2005-06-25T01:05:00.000+08:00

what's important in life? what makes you happy? what makes you satisfied?

for me, one, it's finding truth. God, that means. finding God and knowing what's the truth behind our existence.

Two, having a family that loves me. i admit my family is not too good, but it's ok.

Three, Friends. friends who love me and appreciate me for who i am and not what i have.

Four, doing stuff that gives me satisfaction. one of which is making people happy, people laugh, and organizing outings. also, the upcoming Law Camp.

Wealth, beauty, and a great education would be great, but these do not neccessarily make a person happy. if only people who have these are happy, only 0.0000001% of humans would be happy. it also means that my mum, your mum, and most singaporeans dont deserve to be happy. after all, who looks like allan wu, fiona xie, or who is as smart as LEE Kuan Yew, or rich as Ong Beng Seng? are only these people happy?

on the contrary, the coffeeshop man and the average poly student look quite happy to me.

i realised i'm as happy as i want to be. looks, beauty, and status are really not everything.

The truth hurts

2005-06-24T22:39:00.000+08:00

I have a confession to make.

Some of you have questioned my sanity and wondered if i really meant what i have said on this blog and on various other immensely popular (read: KT) blogs, and i am going to answer you guys now;

I WANT TO THROW A YAM PAU ONTO BERNIA'S FACE AND PRESS IT UNTIL THE YAM DRIPS OUT ONTO HER NOSTRILS. SHO CUTE!!!!

I ALSO WANT TO WIPE MY ARSE AND STUFF IT INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S MOUTH. SHO CUTE.

I hope to one day be able to take a picture of the abovenmentioned events with my new Powershot.

so there you have it. Have a good day boys and girls.

I love law camp. It is making me go mad.

final run up to Law Camp

2005-06-24T13:06:00.000+08:00

am in the moot court now practising and waiting for the other lawflowers. just finished acting a gay scene. again. yesterday i did it in HV in public. it's damn sick!

anyhow, i am in a darn good mood. i am overjoyed. i have just gotten my digicam. the canon powershot A400. from Alan's Photos or something like that in Sim Lim, first level. original Price=$399. Sale Price=$319. but i got it at $278! it's a real good buy. i love it. but i have not thought of a name for it. maybe ericia. or veronica.

this week has been filled with law camp stuff. law camp law camp law camp. i breathe law camp. i even dream about the possible glitches. like food and all. anyway, thanks for all who came down and helped in the dry run! there are a few nice pics up at jac's blog of us at work. so, be ready guys, law camp is really approaching. to a TH near you.

reminiscence

2005-06-19T18:03:00.000+08:00

dont know why but this memory keeps coming to me. it was last december when NUSVCF had their annual anntic camp at Cameron Highlands. it was damn fun.

i didnt make many good friends there though. i went with some good friends. there were quite a few law people there and i think they were the only people whom i knew.

the whole camp was very enjoyable. perhaps because it was a good break from the hectic first sem of school. where we had return concert, repro filming and of course, the damn exams. cameron highlands was damn peaceful. the weather was amazing. the bible studies were not bad but not as intensive as the ones i am used to. the food was good but somehow, i just didnt feel like i belong. perhaps because many of them already knew each other. i kept telling myself, maybe it's cos they ostracize law students? but now i dont think so. i think i was just not frenly enough. actually i really am quite a shy guy but people dont think so.

so anyway, i had a lot of fun still. there were many times where, after the lunch, i needed a part 2. good thing things come in pairs, so usually shawn gillian elesse vic and i would go for our second lunch. the nearby roadside coffeeshop had quite good penang laksa and maggi goreng. and it was cheap. and all the ice cream, wah shiok.

there was this day shawn l-less vic and i decided to venture a bit further so we walked a longer way out to this cluster of older buildings which looks like....sin ming that area just more ulu. there was a coffeeshop and we ate prata, nasi padang, tissue prata and some other stuff which i forgot. that was real fun. peaceful. serene. cold. good conversation. thoughts on GOD. discussions on relationships. i really liked it.

on the last day of the camp, we had a little R&R. we visited strawberry farms, had some great fresh ice cream. shiok. we visited the BOH tea factory, had some great snacks and hot tea amidst the cold weather. we droppped by a market and bought a lot of foooood. and shared with the bus. so fun. oh ya, there was this quite cute girl in the camp too. we bought ramly burger, fried stuff, and a lot of nonsense. we just ate and ate.

i remember this particular moment on that R&R day when shawn gill and i were sitting at the front of the bus when it was negotiating a very challenging bend and it looked as if we would all fall down and meet GOD(hopefully). we were talking about some stuff and at that point it just seemed so calm and relaxed and i was damn happy. i dont know why but that scene plays back in my head every now and then. during this trip i discovered that gill can eat a lot. that makes good company.

i loved the trip. i love church camps.

law camp prop building

2005-06-16T17:17:00.000+08:00

the weekend b4 prop building was great. i spent it at YM's leaders retreat at Singapore Sports School. and i even got to play on their beautiful pitch. shiok. it's fake grass, and it is shiok. but a couple of us boys lost to old men. i think their experience gave them the edge. besides, the space was too small. i could not dribble. and my team mates were just running all over the place. young boys la, 17-20, they have a lot of energy to run.

so then there was law camp prop building. wow. very tiring. very messy, but thankfully, we got it done by wednesday. it was really a lot of work done and those who came down must be commended. it was fantastic. for those folks who didnt come down...SHAME ON YOU!

i think it was good time of working together and i especially liked going down to clementi to buy dinner on tuesday night. well too bad some orders were screwed and some didnt get their food. i apologise. however, jac chua and i still cant figure who owes us money. we are short of $12! actually it belongs to colleen (kala pencer). she paid for all the chicken rices.

i liked painting and i think we had a lot of good paintings. the paints cost a bomb.

but overall, it was great, working, planning, eating, running around, getting to know people, building, cleaning, sweeping, CLEARING PAINT STAINS. the place really looked like hell on tuesday night. it was such a mess. but we came on wednesday and really did a great job and made the area outside moot court spick and span again. thanks for coming down on wednesday guys!!!!!!

next week will be more fun. we are going to dry run the games. hohoho merry christmas we are going to dry run water tele. haha. yes it will be fun, along with all the other uni studios stations. and jungle trek. yes, i want to play swing and all that. fun fun fun.

gOD SHOWED me what to do if i wanted to hear
HIM and commune. you need to let go certain areas of your life. confess a particular sin, forgive a person, or simply give up something you know GOD's been asking you to give up. the retreat was marvellous.

richard nixon and the flying giraffe(s)

2005-06-09T15:17:00.000+08:00

The series of impersonations has gotten Grail country in a furious chaos. People are hardly recognising each other anymore. The turmoil will not end, according to experts, unless the impersonaters are exposed. Will the real slim shady please stand up?

Shouts of 'Freedom! Burn the scams!' are heard all over the streets, particularly in the outskirts of the town 'weh ji pong'. Student organizations there have been crying to officials to quickly expose the impersonaters.

'We can't have lessons anymore', says teary eyed Rendezvous Tan, a 15 year old student at the Chiu Chiu Ni Pang Ga Mang Secondary School. 'I used to be a straight As student, but now, my future is ruined. I cant trust those who teach me anymore! Is the world really flat? Do i have to shit facing the square box or can i face the outside? It's much more difficult to read my magazines that way! I need to know the truth'.

Educators warn against the false teachings propagated in schools today. You can wipe your A$$ from the front or back, it does not matter. As long as you get it cleaned. You sure? Is there any objective truth? Such is the reign of terror in the land today.

ChannelOldsAsia Reports

law camp

2005-06-09T15:04:00.000+08:00

Law camp is

27 june 05 monday - 1 july 05 july friday.

if you have any friends who have not signed up, SIGN UP NOW. YOU CAN direct them to me or louis. this is the page for our orientation -
http://geocities.com/laworientation05/
Counsellors, any questions, please e mail me or any of the law camp comm!

busy like mad

2005-06-08T21:06:00.000+08:00

hi jianhao, sorry i cant make supper this saturday cos i have a church youth ministry leaders retreat and there might be a freaky dinner. sorry, Mr. President.

the next few weeks are helluva busy. retreat, work, law camp prop building, dry run. how exciting. it's very exciting, but it's also damn tiring. law camp is coming!!! law camp! law camp!

hello all councellors reading this! law camp is coming! come! come!

been contemplating many life issues this few days. or week. perhaps. great changes going around now, one of which is definitely very exciting..heh heh. well, all i can say is, God bless, and ya...God bless.

well i am very geared up for the next few weeks where i will be meeting many of the law people again, after a long exile huh. let's all have fun, and we can have dinners after the day's activities, and this time, we won't be discussing legal issues. wow. that's great for a change.

to all my friends who i have been missing out on, i really would love to meet up and arrange for stuff with you all. but alas. i need to work la. and i think i also need to work on this 95kg frame of mine. it can really weigh me down. and i really cannot wear a lot of clothes. thats why you will keep seeing me in the same stuff. haha.

hey KIA, you guys are really terrific. i know not every one of you reads this but i know some of your girlfriends do. so perhaps you can tell it to your boyfriends. you guys are really #$&$@#$ funny. i swear nothing ever evr ever can make me laugh as hard when i am with you guys. that night at macritchie was really hilarious, thanks to lion king's #@$#$, gerald and his vivid descriptions, shawn and his shouting, and of cos me and my shouting. i had trouble sleeping cos my stomach was aching like mad.
now i know why i was slimmer in JC. every damn day in ACJC with ian gerald, and occasionally shawn, xudes and marcus made me laugh like mad(of cos i am not forgetting my mad class of aa2 and jun and the rest and my bandmates!). i think i was a madman then. laughing is damn tiring man. I LOVE SHOUTING.

LIFE AS A KID was much easier.

funny funny

2005-06-03T16:43:00.000+08:00

rather disappointed with my results but i have gotten over it and i will just have to work harder next sem. anyhow, i did try my best in the last 8 weeks, so ya, sometimes, life is unpredictable!

these are some funny quotes and trivia i came across (whilst at work!). enjoy!

"I think it would be a good idea."- Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization.

"We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."- Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, in 1962.

The Greek word "gymnasium" means "to exercise naked". In Ancient Greece, gymnasts wore no clothes.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (wow)

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

i found these on stupid websites, they are really easy to find! i am not very free by the way, just that i can afford to do this at work occasionally! bye!

Nothing's gonna change my love for camera

2005-06-02T12:13:00.000+08:00

nothing. and i mean, nothing, is going to stop me from getting my digi cam. i will work and save the damn money for it. think it's good that my mom did not agree to lend or sponsor me for the camera. then i will learn the meaning of earning and spending what you have. ya thats a good lesson. so i will just work and save. ok la it's only $275 for a canon powershot A400 3.2mp(anyway thats damn cheap cos all other shops selling for at least $320) thats about 10 or 11 days of work. but in those 10-11 days i have to spend also. so see how. but i am bloody determined to get it.

the last time i was so determined was studying for contract i think. anyway, results out in 3 hours from now. how exciting. i dreamt that i got 6As. how i wish it would come true.

my digicam, here i come.

army

2005-05-30T17:14:00.000+08:00

tomorrow i have to report to sungei gedong camp far in the west of Singapore. i hated the army. and it's back to haunt me. less than a year after my ORD. Damn. but i will try to take it positively (as i always did, or i would have died in my 2 years 3 months there). i also have to run a bloody 2.4km. doubt i can finish in 15mins. yes thats how unfit i am.

cant wait till tomorrow night.