Minds Cafe

Family portrait

The last time I went to Minds Cafe was with Ziwei and the bunch. I can't even remember if it was a skate session but it was years back. But nevertheless, the place hasn't changed much at all. Even the adorable PRC wait staff who sounds like Russell Peters is still working there.

Today was a blast man! I can't even find words to describe the absolutely amazing company i've had today. It's beyond what words can convey. This is the EPITOME(this is the umpteenth time i'm mentioning this word today) of bonding, seriously. Rah and me were just sharing how we feel about smaller groups bonding sessions... no one gets left out and everyone feels equally involved!

I can't wait for the next outing...! All my other friends outside of climbing have been complaining... "Climbers outing AGAIN?" Awww man...

I was reading the papers... saw that Shane Mardjuki is going to be acting in The Extraordinary V Conference 2009. Ever since I caught the play The Pillowman where Shane was the lead... i thought he was an amazing actor. Okay, the downside to this is... the location that the play will be held at is at Zirca! Why the hell am I not 18 this year, tell me why.... :( Can someone sneak me in please!

Working wonders

We've had another crazy climbers outing movie date. The greatest thing that I've taken away from the movie "The Proposal" is the love of a family. Nothing more significant can ever break a family apart... especially the love within that readily extends out to receive others.

This later part of the year... I've had this thing about money matter. I think it seriously has great abilities to break a friendship apart. There's this really fine line about being overly generous and the other party taking the initiative to reciprocate. Do people act blur about it? Or are they just not that aware of the hidden motives of money being the root of all evils...
It can be quite trying at times when you know you gotta stop the vicious cycle and pick up the bits and pieces later on.

There's firsts for everything

Today is the day... where i obtained an egg for a test.

鸡蛋
Kosong

0/32 for Physics Lecture Test.

Come on, i deserve a medal too. =D

Title-less

Even the calmest of classics is unable to soothe the tense soul in me. I've had consistent anxiety running through my veins for the whole of today. Of all those who have been around me long enough know the word "shit" is closely associated to me when I'm anxious about something. I've had my fair share of output due to the churns of the stomach since the morning. And I still can't calm myself down. I am so stressed from the pile of work waiting. People and noise sure add to my stress levels.

I need some alone time, space for myself - to breathe.

It's currently 10.32p.m.
I have Written Report waiting, re-do EOM, essay plan for Econs, Physics tutorial and Math tutorial to complete before 11.30p.m ideally.
Come on... slow the pace down. This little princess is dying already.

I need pig time tooooooooooo.

The best video ever

Omg i couldn't resist a post on a late Friday night where i am supposed to be in bed for tomorrow's training...

BUT, this video is definitely worth it.... gosh.

Subconscious VS Conscious

The recent news about the Maintenance of Parents Act made my mom talked her talk of being abandoned by her 'unfilial' children. I wonder why, is it commonplace for all parents to say things like that to their children?

"Ah, next time you all grow up, I no need to depend on you all, because you all will throw me one side and heck care."

I've been hearing many variations to that line since 13. First from my dad, persistently insisting that my brother and I will end up not caring for them when they enter old age; or when we start working and that they know that they don't have to depend on us to provide for them.

Sometimes i wonder how these ridiculous assumptions could somehow be inbuilt into the subconscious mind and turn the assumptions into harsh reality in the future.

I'm sick of such talk, seriously.
With such continuation, the pessimism of such talks will surely turn the theoretical to reality.
I'm sure there's a better way to educate us than to bring us down, right?

There's so many mistakes committed by parents that I keep that in mind to not repeat in my future generation.

Just like this post made by a friend of mine:

When I was young, I had the habit of losing my house keys(yes you too, admit it) Now, I really didn’t understand what the big deal was, just make new keys.. it’s not as if I did it intentionally.

It’s not until one fine day when I got caned real bad for losing the keys. This time not only was I not given a new set of keys but I was grounded for all my other activities, I can’t go to the playground, no more basketball in school. Time flew by and I “earned” back the new set of keys. And as you may have guessed I lost this one too. Now, knowing what will happen when I get back home, I retraced my steps got my friends to help and did all I could as a little kid to find it. All was in vain and I dreaded going back home, my legs went weak as I recalled the last beating I got, my heart dropped as the thought of not being able to play basketball for another month is gonna happen. Let alone going back to school with bruises and being made fun off.

And so it did happen, I went down to hell and came back barely alive.

So the question was, did I want all these to happen? Did I intentionally lose the keys so I’d be reminded how pain felt? I lived in fear once I earned back those keys, in fact I remember refusing to go out lest I lose them again(of cos that didn’t last too long)

What reminded me was, the next time someone made a mistake, be it a bad judgment call, an item lost or even a reminder or an advise that was ignored, don’t step on him/her. Sometimes it’s bad enough that it happened, don’t make it worse. (else it might break relationships)

Parents sure should read widely on how to bring up effective and successful children and even if they don't, please - don't assume that you are right in everything.

NDP Urban Skate

This urban skate has definitely relighted my passion all over again... I didn't notice how much I've lost touch from the skating scene since 2-3 years back. Initially the group of us skated with NP skate club, then we decided to split up from the huge group of 40-50s and continued the urban with NUS Skaters. As usual, with Ziwei around, food is definitely included along the skate, and good food at that. We went for some traditional dessert at Peace Centre then headed on to Old Kallang Airport food centre for dinner. I had Jap curry rice, and i'm already missing the taste. This morning i woke up thinking about the taste and drooling over it!

After that, we headed to Kallang river to watch the fireworks, which so unfortunately got 60% blocked by the condos at Tanjong Rhu. Nevertheless, we managed to see lots of smoke from the after effects of the fireworks.

While waiting for the fireworks, the group of us laid out cones and slalomed! Wah... the feeling is REJUVENATING.
The last time I actually touched a cone was what... 2 years back?! I really want to slalom again!
And I haven't checked the skate park at ECP out yet after so long! How amazing is that - calling ECP my 地盘. Sigh~

Ah! JC! AH! Stupid JC :( Hate JC life. No time for anything. ANYTHING. My school hours are like working hours and even longer, cos I report to school earlier, and reach home later than my mom on training days.

It's back to the crazy school days again tomorrow...

Quality education and not so quality a life

How much are we sacrificing for a quality education, all in the namesake of a future that's been crafted so beautifully in our minds? I'm losing myself ever since I've started this journey in JC. I'm even regretting my choice. I barely have time for myself for any leisure activities. I can't indulge in books like I used to; I haven't stepped out of the house for a long time purely for motives of relaxation like shopping or skating. When was the last time I could just lay in bed till 12/1p.m over the weekends? I can't even remember. I have no time for self reflections like this very post, the irony.

I really want a break. A break for a clean fresh slate to start it all over.

Singapore's education system is too stifling for the well-being of the state of mind. Knowledge for content and moral values share an inverse relationship, with the latter on a huge decline. I think we need more education injected into the system to cultivate the soul.

It's quite a vicious cycle... I foresee sending the future kids to enrichment classes to get them on a head start for life. The more highly educated the previous generation is, the greater the expectations are of the future generations.

I pity my malnourished soul and mind but they are rendered helpless given the circumstances.
When will we ever break out of this rat race?

Climbing JTS 2009

It is definitely a big success! I am so glad to be a part of the whole thing!
It was my virgin experience playing guitar hero yesterday at Calvin's house. I think the songs are damn cool, but the pressing of the buttons on the guitar is not. The drums is even more of an epic fail for me. Calvin! Your yellow thing on the drum spoil liao la! Haiyo.
O2jam on the keyboard is still much funner, but the songs on o2jam are not all that fantastic.
I woke up at 4am in the middle of the night to unload semi-solids and 10 minutes after that relieve, my stomach started convulsing and i was over the toilet bowl with my head half bent over. The insides of the stomach started contracting rapidly and i puked a consecutive of 3-4 times till i teared and was out of breath. When i started rinsing the mouth, i felt mucus coming out of my nose, so i took some toilet paper and blow it out. Guess what i saw? The little bit of chinchow from dinner! How gross! My throat was feeling all raw after that, and the acid from the stomach remained in my teeth, making the whole experience even worse.

Nevertheless, I still got up at 630am promptly and went for the Economics Seminar at SP. I really enjoyed the first 2 speakers of the seminar.
One of them Mr. Manu Bhaskaran, CEO/Director of Centennial Asia Advisor Private Limited and the other Mr. Jimmy Koh, Head of Economics-Treasury Research of UOB.
Both tend to use less jargons and relate more to circumstances in real life and are also more animated in their speeches. It really helped seeing how early the day was and Economics isn't exactly the most interesting topic on a Sunday morning.

These kind of things always leave me dangling on a thread.
Economics or Interior Design!
Singapore or overseas!
Too much choices, too short a life.