Days of my Life

It seems like Shirmaine’s beloved dog, Happy, be going for an operation tomorrow too. In fact, she’ll be having 4 operations at one go.

She was so worried! Over the line earlier on, she asked me, “What do you think she’s feeling right now?”

-_-” I told her that I won’t know as I’m not a dog psychic and unlike Cecilia Lynne Adlehyde in Wild Arms who possessed a magic wand which enable her to read an animal’s thought when struck upon it’s head, there’s no way I can know for sure.

I also reminded her, at the same time, that her ex-best pal ( aka ME! ) is also going for an operation tomorrow and that I can really do with some care and concern from her.

…

That sort of hit the wrong button. She went in that weird trance of her’s and blasted me for not having a heart. That HAPPY is more pitiful as she had afterall, been raped, in a sense… “Do you know how painful that is?” She asked.

“Well… I don’t know! As I’m not the one being penetrated! Not that I really need to be…!” I retorted.

And we both had laughing fits.

Anyway, the real reason for calling her is not about the operation. It’s about… ( YOU BETTER KEEP IT TO YOURSELF MAINE! )

Hopefully I will be able to walk around without difficulties after tomorrow operation. Then I will be able to go out this Saturday with Angelia, Hui Ping, Lily and Ben. Birthday celebration in advance… Haha…

I’ll be hitting 25 in another 13 days.

Time seems to pass by so quickly once you enter the 20 mark.

Thankfully, they says that a guy’s prime is in their 30s. ( I’m sorry girls! But that’s our era. )

Actually it doesn’t makes much of a difference to me! Since I’m always mistaken for a Mature someone, when I was 16.

I was telling Sharon the other night on how I’d managed to sneak into those Casino in Genting Highland when I was only 16. ( I eventually lose close to RM $200 on those computerised Jackpot Machine! Fuck! )And she was surprised, beaming at me with pride. I told her that that’s nothing to be proud of, considering the fact that I do look old for a 16 years old, at that point of time.

And isn’t it hilarious just to even think of it?

About how you will get so uptight and be keeping your finger crossed when you are, clearly, underage and is trying to gain access to an overage place? Or is trying your luck to get a pack of fags or a can of Tiger from 7-11?

And now when you are clearly of age but will feel insulted when you aren’t being asked for ‘ID please!’ ?

Anyway, a handful of my friends will derive thrill from ‘being asked for ID’.

When I hit 12, I was thinking ‘Fuck! No more Children’s day!’ However, there’s still Youth day to look forward to, just that you will no longer received those fanciful stationary from your Teachers as gift ( Remember? Children’s day? )

At 16, I was proud to be able to step into the cinema, watching NC-16 show. Harlo? That’s an achievement in some sense okay? And that I was telling myself that I can’t pull off stupid stunts and get away with it, as I’ll be charged as per Singapore law.

I remembered when I hit 18, a good friend sms-ed me a greeting. Something about ‘ Go! Get a pack of cigarettes just for the fun of it! ‘ And of course, I didn’t do that. Though I’m not an active club go-er back then, but it’s good to know that you can go for Mambo Night. ( Fuck! You mean I can’t go Dbl O yet? ) Which I really did!

Okay! Just once! And the 2nd time, 2 years later?

And when I finally reached 21st, I was toying with the idea whether I should join those old geezers at Yangtze Cinema on a afternoon, for a RA movie. I decided not to do it, as PORN is easily available online! FREE! (Ooops! )

Since 09-09-08 till now, it had been pretty much a roller coaster ride for me. Never had it come across my mind that I will be having 5 operations in the same year. Let’s not even talk about the fracture!

In a way, things do happen for a reason ain’t it?

Honestly, it’s through this injury or can I say the lowest point of my life ( as of  27-08-09 ), that I know who I can really relied on. Thanks to my family and friends who have been there for me! I love you all =)

Had a nice lunch with Fay and Keith @ Marina Square today. We had Carl’s Jr. It seems like a must have before I go for an operation. Unlike the other time, there’s Beef Chilled Cheese Fries, my all time favorite!

We were talking about moles. Keith had just went for a laser surgery to do away the one right under his left lower eyelid.

Fay had one around her left lower chin area, and she wanted to do away with it, citing ‘ It may be cancerous ‘.

… I had one, make it two, above my upper lip. I voiced out that I want to have it remove too. To my surprise, both of them advised me not to, saying, ‘ Moles around the lips area are good!‘

I squinted at both of them, reminding them that as far as my life ( love life to be precise ) is concern, I’m not getting happiness out of it.

And both of them just laughed!

I just have great cousins, don’t I?

Fay then showed used the ultra scan pictures of her baby.

If it’s a boy, the name be Gideon Lee.

If it’s a girl, the name be Zobelle Lee.

Be it boy or girl, I’m as equally excited ( Though I’m not the father ). This is going to be the first baby of our generation. The Tan’s Cousin Generation~

Woohoo! Way to Go Fay!!!

Gim Li was asking me about what do we do in Church on Sunday, over Mahjong, last Sunday.

The Church that I go to, is called, His Harvest Church ( H.H.C  for short ). The service starts @ 1015 am, but a group of people will be there by 930am. This time slot is meant for ‘Prayer’ session.

I was kind of shocked initially, because they are praying in tongues. I think I know why some people says that it sounds  ‘ devilish‘, because in a way, it sounded foreign. And usually we associate foreign with ‘ It sounds wrong ‘

When I informed Gim Li about that, she went into a shock and asked me how they do it. She then made a face, and started making hissing sounds ( Psst Psst Pstt ), asking ‘is it like that’

Joanne, who’s also a Christian, and I looked at each other.

Then, I gave Gim Li a look, telling her that what she’s doing is called, ‘ Parseltongue ‘

 That’s the result of too much Harry Potter.

Back to the service.

Around 1020, we will start to sing songs. So far, my favorite is Shout For Joy. It’s kind of a ‘High‘ song for me. Lift up my mood.

After that, Pastor Amos be giving the sermon. He’s a great speaker.

 I’m speechless!

… Okay! I run of of words to descript already can? Haha…

Thanks to Rajan who had been ‘ferrying‘ me there and to Steve and Fay for the ‘return‘ trip. I really appreciate it.

I went for another review yesterday.

And it was great!

The fractured parts looks like they are healing. Because of that, I will be going for an operation next Tuesday to get some of the wires out first.

The doctor had gave the go for partial weight bear, meaning can exert 50% of the strength on my left leg, and set my Ranger Brace (You know? that black thing I’m wearing ) to 90 degree.

I was reading a chapter from a book by Joel Osteen, ‘Become a Better You’ last night. It was a gift from Steve.

Joel Osteen is an America’s well known Pastor. One of the lines read, ‘ The Bible says “Be patient as you wait” .

And patient will I stay.

Tomorrow is going to be a better day.

Next year is going to be a very good year for me!!!

I hate September.

For one thing, it’s the month that I was born in. On the 9th to be precise. When I was young, it was a day worth looking forward to. But, let us be honest, I think I’d reached a point in my life, whereby, ‘ I’m too old for that ‘.

Secondly, my best pal is also a fellow September-ian. Her’s falls on the 17th. She’s a year younger then me. Thankfully, she’s born on the same month = fellow Virgo. We shared some of the same, bloody traits of a typical Virgo. Sometimes, I don’t even need to express myself much and she will have a rough idea on what i’m going through.

… I used the word ‘ Sometimes ‘, because she can be very DIM on all the other times -_-”

I called her today in HMV, asking her whether can I take the easy way out and get her a CD instead, as a gift for her birthday.

She went livid and warned me not to get her that, saying, “I DON’T need a CD! Why do I need a CD? You better not get me that!”

“To relive the Discman days? You have one, don’t you?” I suggested, and at the same time looking for a nearby pillar for support. It’s kinda shagged to be on crutches and talking on the cell.

“Nobody has a Discman!”

“Ermm I do! Used to! I threw mine away last year!”

“You BETTER not get me that! Go away! Bye!” She said, and hanged up on me.

Urghzzz…

I hate September! Really!

Below are Sharon’s answer…

[2] Are we friends?
- Nope…we are besties!

[4] How have I affected you?
- You made me puke at the sight of Horfun…

[5] What do you think of me?
- Emotional chao ah beng with gayish split personality

[6] What’s the fondest memory you have of me?
- Gotta be during sec sch days when you used to pull your sch pants high up to waist/chest level!!! Fashion icon, balls!

Oh Fuck! Your oldest friend is always the potential biggest enemy. She better not blackmail me with question number 6. Haha…

… How many of those such photos are still in existence?

It’s official!

I’m a HUGE fan of Drop Dead Diva.

Just done watching Episode 6.

It’s VERY heart-warming.

Though it’s only a show, still the thought of ‘ Such love does exist ‘ is so… * Speechless *

… Actually, *Speechless’ is a good way of saying ‘ Hi! My command of English sucks! I’d run out of description! ‘

There’s this line in the show which’d caught my attention. A guy after meeting a gal, went home happily and tell her sister, “I’d met the gal that I want to marry!”

Hope that such a day will come to me.

A day whereby I can happily tell my circle of close ones the exact same thing.

Few weeks ago, I’d posted a lame quiz via facebook and selected few of my good friends to do it. I was reading Maine’s answers and found some to be really interesting…

WHAT IF…

» I committed suicide:
- Obviously i will cry but 10 yrs later i will laugh at yr stupidity

[2] Are we friends?
- Ex best pal to be precise.

[4] How have I affected you?
- U helped me thru bad times… And totally ignored me during good times… =)

[16] On a scale of 1-10, how nice am I?
- 5. U are an arse hole at times

[21] What was your first impression?
- GAY GAY GAY ! and Weird Arse.

Oh My God!

I’m totally making the wrong first impression!!!

Sharon was suggesting that I should open my eyes wider and that she’s sure that there are really awesome girls around me. Just that I’m picky!

*sigh*

I’d to bring her back to the reality, telling her that my eyes are just that big and there’s a limit to how wide it can go. Any wider and I’ll have to go for plastic surgery.

It sucks that I’m roaming around in the desert of love.

… To be specific, limping around, as I’m still surviving on Kenny and Lanny.

Shoot! The Shilin Branch, which sells the fried chicken cutlet, will be folding their business at the end of the month. The cashier was the one who broke the news to me earlier on and that if I need to satisfy the crave, the nearest branch will be @ IMM.

I’m sore-ry! As much as I do love that sinful deep-fried indugle, but travelling to IMM just for the sake of it, is damn crazy.

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show ‘08 was showing on Channel 5 last night. Though I’d watched it via Youtube, but let us be honest, it’s clearer on TV.

I was surprised to see Carmen Kass back on the runway, as I thought that she’d quit the VS show. Hadn’t seen her for 3 consecutive years. Maybe I had missed her? Camouflaged under those heavy makeup? Haha… I don’t know!

No sight of Naomi Campbell.

As usual, both Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio took my breath away =)

Looking forward to this year show~

Joanne and Fay came over for lunch today. And Fay is into the 4th month of her pregnancy ( Congratulations Sis!). Just like old times, she’s afraid of getting fat. She had gained a ‘healthy’ 7 kg since getting pregnant and she gasped, slapping her cheeks with both her hands, “I’ll be 81kg by then!”

Both Joanne and I rolled our eyes, telling her that it’s normal for someone who’s pregnant to get FAT and  that she will have loads to worry about if she’s not.

She’s the blur-queen among us all, cousins. For example, she had somehow managed to lost her house-key and hand phone at home last time?

Don’t ask me how!

Don’t ask me why!

Somehow, she just managed to -_-

I do cherish the fact that we are still very close after all these years! And it’s seem like only yesterday where we sneaked to Sentosa without telling our parents. 16 years had passed by just like that *snapping of fingers*

… I shall blog about this part once I get hold of those pictures from 16 years ago… Haha… That requires effort…

After that, it’s dinner with the Lavid’s 6, minus Genki ( working ), @ Lot 1. We had Pizza. And their Pasta is very nice. I shall stop going to Pastamania.

Kartina and Sharon asked me what I’m going to do for my 09/09/09.

My fractured kneecap sort of changed everything, Initially, I’d thought to get all my close friends to go clubbing. Oh well! I can’t possibly club in this state. Haha… Wasted!

And my home can’t house so many people at one go!

Guess I will have to meet them up seperately for a nice lunch/dinner!

Wasted! And I thought it will be a good time for those close ones in my life to know of one another existence.

Still, there’s another chance!

Provided that I’m fortunate enough to get married = wedding dinner.

And also provided that, if we are still good friends by then…Muahaha

Yesterday, Shirmaine informed me that I’ll be part of her ‘ Jie-Mei ‘ gang on her big day. It’s an honour to be one. In fact, she’s the 2nd close she-friend who had booked me for the role. The first being Chew Li.

I happily agreed telling her that it’s a good occassion to wear a suit, a White suit.

“Ermm…but you will have to wear purple if all my girls wear purple (Here we go again! Her purple fetish )!” She said after a pause.

My friend, you know I do love you!

But I don’t do purple!

I’m Sore-ry but friendship just go that far. Haha…

We shall see when that day arrives =)

Finally, after what seems like forever, my PC is back.

Woohoo~

I’m listening to those precious Retro Hits of mine stored in this PC as I’m blogging this.

Saw Huiping online 2 days ago and we had a chat.

Strange-ly, was it something which I’d done or said that makes her think that I’m in one of my blue mood.

Rest assured my friend! I’m currently very alright =)

Thanks for the concern though~

Seems like a guy is playing hard to get on her. It’s kind of sick to hear that. I mean, since when is it a guy’s job to be hanging up there for sale? And I always thought that it’s a girl thing.

She said, ‘Lol! but nowadays guys love to hang high high sell..’

I told her that it’s not true and quoted myself as a classic example. Hanging quite low but still in the middle of nowhere after all these years.

And she was Pal enough to console, ‘haha i know u wun hang high high sia! You belong to e minority who r stil v decent de..’

Hmmm this is not a very good sign. Not more than a year into our friendship and I’m getting predictable! Haha… SHARON! I seriously need to ditch LAVID and get a new one!!!

‘The majority r mainly bastards.. and it depends on which level of bastard-ness they belong to..’ She continued.

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Maine be adding this to her collection of branded bags.

For a moment, I thought it’s for her Chi Hua Hua, if you get what I meant lolz

And Ming Yong flew to Denmark yesterday!

Sorry dude! I’m unable to go send you as I do have difficulties afterall. Haha…

A very last minute decision to meet up with Sharon and Genki yesterday. We went to MOF @ Lot 1, which I don’t think I will ever patron again. In comparison, Shokudo seems like a MUCH better choice.

It took us quite sometime to get a table for 3, because the 2 ladies sitting at the next table decided that their ‘branded bags’ deserved a seat entirely to itself. Yes! They took 4 chairs when they only have 2 person. Failed attempt in throwing them dirty looks! It’s scary to learn that people who are oblivious to their surrounding actually exist! Shit! I was silently wishing that Maine was there with her branded bags. Honestly Maine, you just need your Burberry to win! Haha…

And Sharon had backed up on what Shirmaine had claimed, “LV really have no sale!”

“But what about during the Great Singapore Sale?” I demanded. I vaguely remembered seeing a queue forming outside the Ngee Ann’s City Branch.

“No! They just don’t take part!” Sharon said, with a sigh.

P.S. Ashley had also commented on my post, saying that LV really doesn’t do sale.

… I’m surprised! No wonder it’s still the very IT brand after all these years.

The Ice Kachang with the Green Tea syrup and Red Beans filling. I bet if Hui Ping and Ben were there, they will be totally disgusted.

Happy Sharon with her bowl of Red Beans and a scoop of Sesame Ice Cream with 5 rice dumplings. While looking through the menu, we were debating whether is this a hot or a cold dessert. We finally decided that it’s not a hot one as there’s a scoop of ice cream in the middle. Haha… Can’t believe we are that DIM -_-

It’s a PRAWN!

No! It’s Xiao Long Bao!

No! It’s Japanese Mua Ji…

4/10… I’m sore-ry but it just doesn’t work for me… There’s a layer of Malt Candy Syrup acting as a base though. THAT brought back childhood memories. I used to have those when I was a small kid. There’s this old uncle, selling outside the temple which my gramps will always go to catch the Teochew Opera. I’m glad that I was born in the era whereby there’s still Teochew Opera. It’s a vanishing culture, or had it died off completely already? The last time that I actually saw one was last year? While passing by a Temple? There’s only a handful of audiences, like 5 people?

I can’t believed the dessert which I’d ordered came in such a small cup.

Compare it with what Genki was having!!!

I received a call, reflecting a home fixed line number, today.

“Hello…”

“Yes! Who is this?” ( I can’t seem to recognise that voice! ) I was praying that it’d better not be that insurance/MLM agent calling. I learnt the lesson a hard way. Next time, I won’t be entertaining those agent who’s stationed @ MRT Station, asking you to fill up a survey form, citing -’with no obligation’.

Yar! RIGHT! In fact, I had already composed a nice ‘fuck off’ message mentally.

“Me lah!”

” Oh You! Shirmaine! ” ( Had something happened to her voice? She sounded different! )

As usual, we updated each other on our lives. Seriously, I don’t even have any spectacular update these days. Just the other day, chatting with Ashley online, I asked her on ‘how’s her love life’, just for the sake of asking.

 She corrected me, saying that it should be ‘ How’s your sex life!’

I replied,  ‘ QUICK! Ask me how’s mine! ‘

That bitch said, ‘… Is there a point? ‘

Fuck! I’m like at the lowest point of my life now. Everything is so predictable. It will need lots of salt, sugar and spices to make it tasty again!!!

…

…

…Since when my life is tasty to begin with anyway? ( Shirmaine, if you are reading this, I BET that’s what you are thinking! Don’t lie! )

” Is Ming Yong attached? ” She asked. Not that I told her, but she reads my blog.

” Yup! I’m so happy for him! All good friends around me seem to be attached!”

“What ARE you doing?” she demanded.

“In case you forget, I do have a limp! ( Thanks for rubbing the salt in… ) How do I go out with a girl like that? Will you go out on a date with a limp!” I challenged.

“Well…” -She began with a very faraway voice – ” That will depends on how he get that limp! If it’s due to chasing other girls, then that’s too bad! I’m sore-ray!”

“Hah! And if it’s due to helping you getting an LV during a mad sale? ” I retorted.

… She laughed that horrible laughter, which made my hair stands, and told me that, “LV doesn’t have sale!”

K-box @ Clementi with the Kee’s gang on Saturday.

Ming Yong’s mission is afterall, a HUGE success!

Congratulation bro!

I won’t blog about that mission here, coz that’s his to share at his own wish. Haha…

When he sms-ed to meet at Cineleisure, I didn’t asked more as I thought he wanted to slack around in town before going down to Clementi to meet up with the others. Ended up, when I reached within audible distance from him, he said, “Why didn’t you tell me that the meeting place is in Clementi? I thought it’s in Cine!”

… A very ‘gabra’ case of mixed-up location. Still, that’s what will usually happen when you decide on a location when you aren’t sober. Yes! He’s drunk the previous night!

And the best thing is that he had also asked Angelia and Ben Woon to meet @ Cine as well -_-” Happy Days!!!

Can you believe?

That smile was on his face for like hours?

Kinda irritating, ain’t it?

I’d lost count of the numbers of time that Ben, Angelia and I rolled our eyes! Haha..

Still, I’m very HAPPY for you lah!!!

And he told me, “Don’t worry! I will still go Mambo with you next time!”

“But are you SURE that you won’t have a curfew?”

He called me a fucker and said confidently, “No one can stop me to do the things that I like!”

YAR! We shall see next year! Haha…

The Mahjong Gang!

Too bad! The game that which we ever played proved to be the first and the last for 2009!

Hui Ping joined us after she knocked off from work…

And Uncle Lim too.

Damn happening can?

Everyone was supposed to dress in black but given the looks from the above picture, I guess I need not pin-point to who is the real fucker! Haha…

C U next year dude!

After disappearing into the thin air for 5 months, my good friend from Secondary School, Weilong, finally called me.

Not only him, some of my good friends, in fact all, happens to fall into this category. The ‘No News Means Good News’ category. For example, my all time best bitch, Maine. The last time which I’d heard from her was during that time whereby she was being visually raped by a sick perv in the lift.

Seriously, I do wonder who is the bigger victim?

The fact that she’s being visually raped by a sick perv, or that ‘visually raper’ found out that she’s not a good catch afterall. Haha…

I was complaining to Weilong about my life currently…

1) With a limp

2) No career ( Seriously, being ‘fucked’ over the phone , doesn’t really get you anywhere in life. Unless you count training up your patience as one? )

3) Financially, well I’m not starving but walking into a LV boutique is considered a challenge. If you get what I mean…

4) Let’s not even touch on love life, coz it’s practically a desert there. And my expectation isn’t high at all… or is it?

He,on the other hand, is fretting over will he hit his $100k comission for this work year. ( He’s currently hitting his $80k soon )

I mean, HAR-LO? Speaking of people with issues?

And he suddenly said, “Take a look at the color of your palm! Is it red or black?”

I must be a fool to really take a look at it. “Oh my god! It’s white!” I replied sarcastically.

There’s a pause on his end and he repeated, “It’s red or black?”

“Red…”

“That’s GOOD! Red means good luck is coming your way! I’m happy for you!”

“My friend…” -I said with a sigh- “…It’s red because I’m using crutches!”

-_-” I didn’t even bother to tell him that if it’s black, it’ll really means BAD LUCK. And not in a superstitious way. It means that it’s gangrene and an amputation is so coming your way!!!

And you won’t even need a fortune teller to tell you that!