The "Sona" Eclipse or How Do You Stop a "Bummed Out" Man??

Well... it couldnt get any worse... Stayed at home all day without doing anything the least bit significant, unless if you count downloading old sega games significant that is. I must say, i did go through jobstreet but didnt find anything of much interest. Would you ever count blogging significant? I think i'm just talking to myself here, more like monolougue-ing ala Anthony Bourdain? Anthony Bourdain is one of my heroes definitely... i try not to miss his show on travel and living at 3pm. Nobody actually reads what i blog so i think i'm crazy just doing this.

Well, just concluded 1 season of Heroes. So what have i learnt? In some way or another, you are significant and you matter to this world. I'm still wondering how i will contribute to this world. Same old same old thing... Get Rich, big house, big yacht... yada yada yada. Probably i'd invent something or maybe come up with a new word. hahaha... oxford would be so proud. Maybe i was born to draw? Drawing has always been what i wanted to do since i was young. Growing up made drawing the most important thing in the world, especially before u reach your teens. I did remember once in kindergarten when there was gonna be this arts drawing test. The teacher gave us a week to think of what to draw for the test. There i was, day and night, i knew exactly what to draw. A family of black panthers grazing through the savanna finding for food. I even dreamnt of that scenario every night preceding the drawing test(well, almost everyday). I knew that was it... the masterpiece, so to speak. And so the day came, with the confident strokes of the pencil, i drew the panthers and the savanna landscape. And since the panthers were supposed to be black, i colored them black. The test was drawing to a close and i was so proud of my work, until i noticed all around me... Kids were coloring their drawings (every color you can think of. think of the rainbow for example) and finishing up their work. It dawned upon me, other than the color of the trees and a few sandy patches, the color i had on my masterpiece was only black... Black does not equal to the perfect kiddy drawing. I was sweating... how did 1 whole week of planning backfire?! hahaha... i suppose my imagination was more suited for discovery channel rather than kindergarten kids central. Rule of thumb: More colors = Fantastic kid's artwork... Black = Drab and dull. And so i got only a C+. It was the day that i almost hated art and what it stood for. hahaha... But well, thats how life is... everybody does the same thing, everybody goes home happy... when you come up with something different, and you don't fit in... which pretty much sums up my whole life.

I'm Back! Or am I?

Well... its been almost a year since my last post... I suppose it was down to plain intense indulgence at the start, and it slowly faded away... this whole blog thingy, that is. "No time! No time!" was the excuse. Well, i have all the time in the world now, which means... More randomness. A little something to potential readers(if there is gonna be any)... The blogs will contain more stories and reviews... There might be stories about my life, reviews on tv shows or movies and even football matches. So sit back and relax...

What i need now is just a direction for this upcoming holidays. First up, to find a job. $$$ makes the world go round they say. Which is true to a certain extent. But well, thats another tale for another time coz some people would go for happiness, some for money, yadda yadda... we heard all that before. With money comes clothes and with clothes comes happiness. For me at least... Which brings me to the topic of eBay. Hidden treasures lie beneath the eBay sea, which make me sound like a pirate. It aint easy to find the right thing on ebay. Sometimes the tee-shirt is nice but it doesnt come in the right size. Sometimes its the right size but the colour is so wrong. And most of the time, you'll be outbidded. Its a really sad case. But hey... doesnt hurt to try rite? Credit to Mr Grunge for the introduction to eBay.

Next up on the agenda is a well deserved holiday. Which also means more $$$. See... i told you money makes the world go round. Without money, u cant go places. Micheal Scofield and the other dudes from the famous Fox River 8 went to great lengths to unearth DB Coopers 5million. Would you do the same too? I digress but Prison Break rocks my socks. I have to admit, it is better than Heroes. The thing about Prison Break, you get heart attacks watching it. Heroes on the other hand, makes u more curious. You want to know how this character develops. So which would u choose? Suspense or Curiousity? They say, Curiousity Killed The Cat.

When We Hit Japan

When i was working just now, i happened to be on msn... decided to chat with some peeps and ended up chatting with an old lab friend from second semester. Darren's his name by the way... And i found out that he actually got Ford Motors Japan for his Industrial Attachment! At that point i was turning greener than the Incredible Hulk (heck... i think i was greener than the grass on the other side). He was telling me about the apartments that they were allocated with and what not and how the group of NTU students cycled to work in their business gear... And i was thinking to myself... That could have been me... Could have... I was really really hopeful to get the opportunity to rub shoulders with people from my dad's homeland. I even went as far as thinking of what clothes to wear just to impress those japanese fashionistas on the street... I think i would have made Gwen Stefani and her posse of Harajuku Girls proud... Hahahaha... And i thought to myself again just now... where did it go wrong? What was the selection criteria for Ford Motors Japan? Were my grades not good enough? But i studied Japanese Level 1 and got an A for it dammit! Or maybe i didnt sell myself well enough in the resume. It didnt help that later in the day, Jozzy(colleague at Goodrich) told me that her friend too got Ford Motors Japan. To make matters worse, she showed me her friend's blog and lo-and-behold... Pictures of those attachment students smiling away with bustling Hiroshima as its backdrop. It was a real shove in the face(there was a point where it was a shove up my nose kinda feeling). All i could do was just to stare at the screen blankly and thought again of how it would/could have been. I told Ding about this afterwards. She had a totally different outlook towards this and told me that God has other plans for me and that it wasn't my time yet to be at the Land Of The Rising Sun. It has always been a dream to live in Japan... Well i'll keep on dreaming then... just like that song by the Mamas & the Papas... California Dreamin... only thing i'm dreaming about Japan... Ding always make the most sense out of situations like these... As always, she's pratical (as opposed to my dreamy nature)... Talking about Japan, Ding and I had the most awesome trip to Japan during June 2006!!!


This pic was taken at Beppu Eki. I love Ding's get-up. As you can seem there are many train tracks and platforms at the train station... A distinct contrast from Singapore's dual track and single platform. Its possible to get lost on the platforms coz every sign available was in Japanese. Another distinct contrast was that many train companies were in operation as opposed to Singapore's one and only SMRT.













I call this pic "Everything Zen". This pic was taken at Embak Lita's place. Very therepeutic indeed...

















This pic was taken by Ding. This was the point where i was going on a picture taking frenzy... Embak Lita had the coolest house... It used to be an old school Japanese Inn/Hotel... with communal baths and what not... And what used to be that Inn is now her house.









A setting fit for a queen or in a more Japanese context... Empress. Hehe...
















Who's the most kawaii-est of them all? *hint... 2nd from the left*














Back alleys of Oita...


















Pachinko anyone??


















Those Japanese dudes banging on those drums were chanting, "Wee Orrr Weee Orr Heeeyy Orrrgghhh!!! Waaahhh Yooohhhh!!" (I am not making this up). Very thoughtful of them to organise a cultural show upon my arrival... Hehehe. How hospitable can these Japanese get?!!








Why looking so glum dear? Love the get-up yet again!

















Ding and I together with our favourite little Japanese girl... Sarah Hayako. She's Embak Lita's daughter by the way. Breathtaking scenery don't you think?















And there you have it... Beppu/Oita trip 2006. I have tons of pictures but i singled out these few coz i felt these pictures had a story to tell. Anyway, if i have the time, i'll put up scenery pics as well. Nite then... Back to Goodrich tomorrow.

Greetings Earthlings...

Take Me To Your Leader!!!

First and foremost...

This is the first blog entry ever... Decided to give blogging a try and this is the reason why:

Nothing to do at work and because of that I simply resorted to surfing the net all day at work (its been 3 days at Goodrich Aerostructures already and still no work for me). Stumbled upon some friends' blogs and eventually ended up reading most of their entries(entries even dating back to May 2005... that was how bored i was). I must say, I was drawn to their lives like how i was drawn to Days of Our Lives back in 2002 and the Bold & The Beautiful. Have to admit that actual true to life accounts may not be as sensationalised as soap operas but pretty good reads nontheless... Hence my INAUGRAL BLOGGING DEBUT!!

Well... its been already a week at Goodrich and i have to say that things are starting to kick off after a relatively slow start. Went to the esplanade yesterday for Baybeats 2006. Caught Tiramisu, Love Me Butch and stayed till the end for Poptart. Will post the pictures soon. Can't wait for Plainsunset later. Its definitely time to re-live the good old punk rock days. Been waiting for this moment for years... Plainsunset being my favourite and most influential local band ever. They started it all for me back in 1999. Its been 7 years... I'm older and wiser... Hehe... Not sure about the wiser part though. Been listening to their tunes lately to get me back in the mood... Feeling nostalgic already... See you guys there!!!