there’s only one way to have fun

warning: this is a long post.

i think i’ll take a few hours to complete this blog post. let’s see…it’s 233am now. haha. yep. i just got back from hong kong. haven’t really unpacked my bag fully cause i didn’t want to disturb everyone in my house with the noise that i’m gonna make.

if you were wondering, hong kong was great. there’s only one reason why it was great/fun. it’s because i was able to let my hair down and act as a 6 year-old running crazily around disneyland.

the only reason why i’m up now is because our flight got delayed by 1hour10mins. if not, i would be in bed by now. i’ll show you guys some photos now. i’ll go in chronological order so that i can continue my train of thoughts in a proper manner.

the first banner that i saw upon arrival at the airport. it says: “Relax. Train (Transfer train between arrival gate and immigration) comes every 2 minutes“.

sights like this is VERY common in hong kong. this picture was taken at Mong Kok, Kowloon. To tell you the truth, i didn’t see any trees anywhere near where we were. thus, the haze we saw from the distance earlier that day…

let me present to you, my first LUNCH in Hong Kong!

it’s beef noodles with milk tea. i think. no wait. it’s duck noodles. ((:

after we were done, we went back to the MTR station (that’s MRT for you in SG!) and checkout the ticket! (i got bored at that time)

the MTR one-way ticket.

then towards the night…shaun became a bad bad boy!

shaun was caught on camera, drinking beer! nah i’m just kidding. i was drinking sparkling grape juice! ((:

i’m done with day 1. (time check: 245am)

DAY 2.

i didn’t know that 19nov was election day for hong kong. but heh, i took this photo cause i thought it was kinda cool.

if i had the power to vote, i would vote the most handsome guy, cause i’m a guy. (being a sexist here! ;p)

heh i found the one of the SDA church in HK. ((:

HEY YOU KNOW WHAT? i didn’t know this, but there’s a MTR station so-called named after me! don’t believe me? well, let me tell you this first. it’s a chinese culture that you read words from right to left. okay?

i trust you on that. ((:

see, i told you i didn’t lie. there’s a station named after me! (if you read it right to left, it’s “King Lai“)

i couldn’t help it but to do an angle shot.

this is how crowded the train was

and yuhong asked me to pose for the camera with this really weird face. seriously, i’m gonna regret posting this up…but oh well.

>< i shouldn’t have posted it here. oh wells,

DAY 3. (time check: 250am)
“WELCOME TO HONGKONG DISNEYLAND”

i’ll let the pictures do the talking. all i have to say is: i wished you were there.

this is proof!

check out my entry ticket:

hey! it’s Donald duck!

well, there was only one roller coaster there, called “space mountain”. and in space mountain, i saw a chris soh look-a-like there.

if you know Chris Soh, you should be agreeing with me that he looks like him!

it has been slightly more or less than 2 years since i last sat on a roller coaster. and after sitting on a simple ride that simply moves up and down scares me, i wonder about the roller coaster.

i was really afraid when i saw the roller coaster itself at first, because i simply didn’t know what to expect. it was only a matter of time when i was strapped into the roller coaster and then…the ride began.

the huge junk of metal started moving forward and the staffs there were checking whether we were secured, strapped into the seat.

and then…it all began. it started out pitch black. i started to worry more when the roller coaster started climbing…and climbing and climbing. the good thing about this was that the sound coordination was perfect. i can’t possibly tell you know yeah. it’s almost 3am ><

it only took 3 climbs for me to get super afraid – hoping to expect a super deep fall. but no…there wasn’t much falls. it was mainly focused on turbulence and speed.

when the coaster got back to the station, it was only a matter of time when i shouted “LET’S GO AGAIN!”.

i swear, i took that ride ~6 times.
and to think that i was afraid at first. ><

oh and, kodak camera picture of the day. ><

i was screaming like a crazy pig on purpose. i’m serious!

FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

DAY 4. (time check: 259am)

how cool is it to find a coke can with a coke bottle shaped barcode?

((: here’s proof. haha

crap, the other photos are all in the other cameras i used. SEND THOSE PHOTOS TO ME!

i’ll startup an online album of my misadventures in hong kong later on when i have the time and photos.

oh yes. one last photo. to avoid being caught for using your mp3 and to enjoy pitch darkness and sleep well, here was what i did.

if you can’t see, if was hiding below my jacket listening to my ipod shuffle while i had the headsets from cathay pacific outside. it’s the best disguise ever. i slept well because i had darkness!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

i had so much fun in hong kong. it would be better if you were there. thank you for talking to me when you could. ((:

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i am back!

I’M BACK!

AND I HAVE LOADS OF PICTURES, both retarded and nice to show you guys! ((:

meanwhile, let me tell you the 6 cantonese words i learnt over there.

hai yak zham, yau ma tei (next station, Yau Ma Tei) :p
(yes you guessed it, i tried to learn the language through the MTR announcement thing.) ><

LATERs. ((:

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“there must be more than this”

i finally gave blading a chance yesterday when i was convinced by amanda and wc to blade. the sense of regret set in only after the cashier bell made it’s routine ring and i was presented with the receipt.

i had developed a phobia of learning new things like blading in the past because of a bad fall into the drain while i was learning how to cycle. blood from my gum, forehead and many more came down like a waterfall.

the stain was there for many months. i could still remember.

anyway, back to topic.

yes, i did injure myself while blading but heh, that’s normal yeah? i mean, for shaun, it’s completely normal. unfortunately, i didn’t take out my phone to take photos cause i was too concentrated on learning how to blade properly.

amanda told me that i learnt the same thing as her in one day, compared to her one month. right.

oh yes did you know, about 5 minutes after i had my skates on and moving around, i had my first fall as amanda “back-slided”. i’ve got no reason why, but i’m not worried about myself. i’m more worried about her leg. just head on to her blog and you’ll know why. ((:

learning fast is one thing. forgetting fast is my other. ((:

we saw a little boat made up of trash while we were blading

i still remember when we were changing pathways and weichan shouted that there were some bumps on the ground, i was trying my very best to stop while i was barely half-way there. i tried various ways of stopping. the ’V', the “use the plastic thing on the right skate” and many more. it was only a matter of time when i tried the ‘T’ thingie, which amanda made it looked ever so easy to do. 

eventually, i lost control and fell backwards on my back. if i’m not wrong, i fell on my tail bone and gosh, my back has been aching for days already.

but who cares? i kinda liked the falling bit. hehe.

after we returned our skates back to the store, we took a nice walk down the beach. and boy, did it bring back loads of memories. i was trying not to cry while we were walking along the beach. instead, i tried to pretend as if i were having fun. but i failed miserably as i kept quiet while looking down and out at the sea.

one word. why.

here are more photos of what amanda drew on the beach:

here’s another:

the words there says, “WC, AH and SL were here (:”

amanda working on the angels

the final product (without my shadow in it! )

after all that, there’s some posing for the camera.

they wanted their pictures taken while they were in the air…but after many failed shots – we gave up.

after the failed shot

after giving up,

after i moved back a little

okay. i guess that’s all the photos i have to blog for now. ((:

till next time,

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“all the world around is singing…”

whew. it’s about time that i blogged. the ‘o’ levels are finally over and yeah, i’m kinda glad that all of us are done with it.

unfortunately, i’ve to go through secondary 5 next year and the biggest worry is this – whether i can make it through.

i’ll leave this to you guys to think about it. anyway. here are some pictures that i didn’t have time to post up.

REMEMBERING THE PAST. james posing for the camera

can you believe it? JAMES POSED FOR THE CAMERA! and i was there to catch the special moment! =D

this has got to be my favourit picture!

let’s see the transition to the next picture:

this is kinda too much. -.-

but you know what?

this has got to be a photo finish. (james wearing the BK ‘crown’)

REMEMBERING MONDAY. the day before the POA Paper 1

after practising mcq questions for poa like crazy, i eventually got tired of doing more questions on monday. and if you were to know me well, i’d tend to unleash the kid within me every now and then. thanks to that someone. ((:

anyway. check out what he had on hand:

YEP. WE HAD SMARTIES!

and guess what we did with it? we wasted one book doing this:

(smarties did all this)

and here’s proof:

can you see it? SMARTIES!

that’s me with the bottle

i tried drinking the green liquid. hehe. (if you can see through it, you’re smart. (cause i wasn’t drinking it, obviously -.- i suck a posing ><)

and thats carol yap in the back!

smarties did all this mayhem to these two bottles.

REMEMBERING THE PAST. chimchar soft toy posing.

i’ve gotta love this picture. haha.

this is uber cute can? :p

i’ve got badminton on later so…i can’t really continue blogging now. i’ve loads of pictures left about yesterday’s blading trip with amanda and weichan but i don’t have the time now.

till next time okay?

(I’M FLYING OFF TO HONG TOMORROW. YAY)

“there must be more than this” »« pictures from the “past”

pictures from the “past”

fine, it’s not exactly from the past (ie. 80s…) but within the past 1 week or so.

but heh, pictures i’ve taken are meant to be BLOGGED! ((: what am i to say? hehe.

anyway, i’ll post the pictures that i took at alvin how’s wedding which took place last saturday.

REMEMBERING SATURDAY. alvin how’s wedding

i couldn’t help it but to take this photo. (itchy-hands lahh)

jimmy playing ‘intensive’ puzzlebubble (is that how you spell it?)

jimmy posing for the camera

i dont know why my phone had this photo!

i like the interior of the church. there’s two big LCD-like tvs on the sides. it’s damn cool lah.

the people from our class (2n1) who attended his wedding

almost the whole school’s faculty was there!

alvin how can be seen in his best in his tuxedo (is that how you spell it?) at the bottom left of the picture

group photo!

we got bored. yeah.

that’s all for now,

i’m having some problems with my phone, so i’m not able to post up the pictures that i took yesterday and today, sadly.

i’ll do it tomorrow okay? :D

till next time,

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