eighteen.

3 days after i posted the ‘teaser’ post, the real thing is finally here.

i was lying down on my home sofa enjoying the game of soccer (which reminds me, i left kor’s hamster in the ball downstairs. shit shit shit) when i thought of what should go up onto today’s post. after all, it’s been almost a week since i last updated.

and so, here’s the post summary (the longer one) for your viewing pleasure.

- dhinesh’s 18th birthday
- no podcast this week (but there’s corn!)
- random photos

dhinesh’s 18th birthday
dhinesh is 18! though his birthday celebration wasn’t so fantastic (we didn’t have cake!) as we wanted it to be, it was a fantastic boys-only day out – something we haven’t had for months.

having red wax in my bag, i thought that it would be nice to put some on his hair and make him walk round east coast park with it.

all eyes were on the indian!

dhinesh, mark, me

i don’t think you can really see what’s in his hair. i think it’s more obvious on the photos taken by jimmy’s phone. i shall wait till he posts it up.

no podcast this week!
due to an unfortunate chain of events, episode 5 of East Meets West did not hit the airwaves as scheduled.

but there’s corn!

fret not, it has been rescheduled to this friday. the podcast title has been temporarily named skyb reunion.

random photos
ever since watching the thai version of shutter, i’ve been too afraid to snap photos with my phone. if you believed me, you’re an idiot.

no seriously, you’re one.

it’s just that laziness and low battery power has prevented me from taking candid shots like i used to. (dang, why must low battery spoil the fun all the time!)

nonetheless, here are 2 random photos =]

frustrated, i took a photo of the lecturer and his slide during a lecture.

and can anyone guess, what this is?

no prizes for the person who gets it right though. but there’s no harm trying yeah? D:

and, CHECK OUT LIFE IN MY ROOM!

i promised myself that i’ll pack my room on thursday. i promised myself just now that i’ll pack it up first thing tomorrow. i helped promised for the tomorrow-me that i’ll pack this thursday.

sweetheart symphony
my wildest imagination has always wanted me to live a love story – one similar hollywood films and movies. being able to sing a love song to a girl with emotions. the closest i got to that this year was singing “Truly Madly Deeply” to muthu during the bintan camp.

but i know that i’ll never be able to live it anytime soon.

my responsibilities and commitments have been non-stop piling up so much that i’m unable to cope with life.

when opportunities come, i’m unable to grasp them. but over the past few days, i’ve had friends who bothered to ask and talk to me: helping me to think of the brighter aspect of life. i thank you guys for everything!

i’m not perfect, but i know that life could be through the right perception.

the other time i posted up the lyrics of “Far Away” by nickelback, i posted the first verse which didn’t really reflect my thoughts. here’s the chorus, which does.

[CHORUS]
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you’ll be with me
and you’ll never go
Stop breathing if
I don’t see you anymore

On my knees, I’ll ask
Last chance for one last dance
‘Cause with you, I’d withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I’d give it all
I’d give for us
Give anything but I won’t give up
‘Cause you know,
you know, you know

until then, world.

a tuesday night out »« episode 5 teaser (unreal)

reflexion

5 days just came and went in a blink of an eye. at this point in time, i’m still trying to adapt to the new study environment even though it’s been 3 weeks.

i miss secondary school a lot. i really do. i miss it because i miss the people i used to study with. i miss the way we have our fun and all.

and that’s one of the reason why i started to podcast. allowing my feelings to flow through the internet waves via audio. (even though no one listens to it)

podcast episode 3 and 3.5 were recently released (we did that podcast on 7may) and it’s our best one yet. we did make fun of a group of people. but as episode 3.5 shows, we can’t have much fun if there weren’t a group of people to make fun of.

and we are looking for people to come on as guest speakers to our podcast. if you’re interested, do contact me =]

anyway, here’s the post summary.

- trip to NUS
- bLAW presentation

trip to NUS
NUS is huge. on wednesday, i stepped foot into the campus that is so big, we had to take the shuttle buses to get to our destination.

to cut the long story short, i’ve been inspired to study at a local university….until…reuben told me his university life.

the university hall at NUS

the view from where we were

i’ll strive for excellence in my 3 years in NP. then i’ll contemplate if i want my ass in a local uni

bLAW presentation
our bLAW presentation took place on thursday and gosh did we know nobody. but i know that we (yuhan, serena and myself) presented well.

here’s a photo that i took while the other 2 were preparing.

UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS! and don’t forget to listen to episode 3 (and 3.5!!)!

internal crisis »« podcast ep 3

revelation

the latest happenings have often been catching me off guard. still, i’m still gonna celebrate.

here’s the post summary:-

- rugby by the city skyline
- xtc photo shoot

rugby by the city skyline
st andrews played acs in the police cup rugby finals last wednesday at the padang. it was a good change for the event, considering that the previous location the event was held at was inaccessible very far away for many.

rugby by the city skyline

the referees sorting out a foul committed by a player (i can’t remember by which team)

to the happiness of many saints, our school rugby team won by a convincing margin of 17-10.

saints gathering around the rugby team to celebrate

as for ACS, fret not. the best is yet to be. heh.

and it’s time for my personal reflections for this event.

as an experienced events organiser, this event was poorly organised. the event felt like any other rugby qualifiers. the action on the field was horrendous and players from both side lacked sportsmanship.

officials lacked the authority and the set-up for the event was disappointing.

xtc photo shoot
the photo shoot for xtreme chaotix staff and players took place last friday at singapore poly. thanks to jason for allowing us to take photos there!

here are some of the photos

our MD – reuben wong – posing!

hammy (middle) is probably the luckiest guy in xtc. i mean seriously: he has 4 girls to himself!

it truly was fun and amazing. especially when it’s the first time for me. if you’re itchy to see one of my photos, here it is. (thanks to jason again for sending it to me. heh)

until then!

skyb podcast 2 bloopers + podcast ep 1 and 2 »« free cone day

shaun time

wow, time has flown by so fast that i haven’t had the time to blog! and i’ve (almost) lived up to SHAUN TIME! (linkable page).

hop on over to see what SHAUN TIME is in Real Time!

i was digging up my old domain stuff when i stumbled into that. so yeah. if you wanna hang out with me, make sure you make a reference to shaun time. it’s quite old though. couple of years old.

i’ll have it updated soon, for the sake of many

anyway, i’ve too many topics to cover that i’ve to classify categories into days.

so here’s the post summary for the days:
- sunday
- monday
- tuesday
- wednesday

sunday
swimming at zhen wei’s house

it’s been awhile since i’ve last touched the inner-swimmer in me. and to the sadness of many, i made it out alive

zhen wei’s house is simply amazing. the view he has: fantastic

his condominium aesthetics: awesome
the condominium’s swimming pool: excellent

and me: jealous

i wanna go back there again! :\

monday
syfc training at st andrews

i was supposed to have a gym session with kor, but i cancelled it (cause i was genuinely tired ) the meeting with andrew was also cancelled, so i had lots of time on my hand.

and when you have time, who do you call?

the duckie! my quack master: jonald

here’s 1 snapshot i took during the training (oh and if you were wondering, i was being a calefare)

what a better way to end a training with nothing else but PIZZA!

if i’m not mistaken, i ordered chicken teriyaki and hawaiian pizza

tuesday
a trip to the zoo

i’m waiting for more photos on this. when i get them, i’ll dedicate a post on the trip =]

for now, we (cheri, qiheng, adeline, hua xiang, melissa and myself) found a really nice place to take photos at.

and it’s somewhere in the zoo:

3 different types of shots of the same thing. it’s beautiful right!

oh and, i can’t forget the white tigers in the zoo

save this poor creatures! they’re slowly becoming extinct ):

wednesday
brain juice

i’ll update about this day some other time in some other blog post. (oh and, it was nice meeting sylvia and chew ting too heh)

UNTIL NEXT TIME PEOPLE! – shaun time

the final free friday »« left and right

my week in pictures

YES, I’VE BEEN BUSY. and i’ve got photographic evidence to show you why.

my week has been plagued by…

lots of calculations

and…

lots of planning

can’t forget the mind-blowing scribbling of work

my schedule for this week…

is uberly packed

my table

is super messy*

when xtc calls, i’m on the case

and finally

preparing for my keynote presentation.

i’m presenting in St Andrews (Auditorium) next monday at 110pm to the whole sec5 cohort. if you’re free, do come down and support me. drop me a call or sms if you’re interested to come

* – other than the messy table photo, i think the rest of the photos were taken for the fun of it.

I look forward to my day of rest (which is…Sunday?)

anti-work weekend »« PAINtBALL