Yes..some things are just frivolous.And some are plain stupid. Why waste time and effort trying to be a part of something that is.

As the eyes gaze one cant help but wonder.
How easily things have gone so bloody asunder.
The one who gingerly straddles the line
what makes you think that all is just fine?
The one for whom the blue globe spins around.
to you sometimes i cant help but frown.
The one who from all this mess pleads innocent?
Yes indeed you are..you are and your different.

Don't believe everything happiness says
Nothing feels better than hiding these days
We bury our fears in the drinks, in these tears
For the days we believed we could fly

Call up your brothers and sisters and friends
We'll go back to the place where the night never ends
We'll remember the fires, the burning car tires
Boy how in the hell did we get here?

So why don't you meet me, down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend, with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be, that beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away

Over and over and over again
We sat down for a minute, grew up into men
Now we're putting out fires and changing car tires
Man how in hell did we get here?

So why don't you meet me, down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend, with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be, that beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away this time

And we'll never get back what we
Gave away, when we still have that fire in our eyes
Don't believe everything happiness says
Nothings as real as our old reckless ways
When we drink by the fires
The burning car tires
Bad girls and good liars
The dreams we'd conspire
The days we went crazy
The nights wild and hazy
Man how in the hell did we get here?

So why don't you meet me, down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend, with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be, that beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away

Why don't you meet me, down behind the old school
We'll waste away the weekend, with perfect regard for how
Cavalier we used to be, that beautiful insanity
The apathy's surrounding me
Don't close your eyes or we'll fade away

Im like a candle burning at both ends..and i just lit the middle of it.

Ever tried making your own MTV of "bad day" in your mind with pieces of your life? Its pretty fun.

2 Corinthians 4:8-18 =

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Its all coming like a crushing waterfall. And im right at the very bottom of it all.

i turned the tap on this morning..

and it was amazing.

Celebration is now in full swing after that gruelling month of studying. This sem is probably the worst by far. Almost every module had 2 midterms on top of finals.zz. Well at least its over.







Im actually quite indifferent to it all already. When the final paper ended, nothing seemed different.Was something supposed to be?

So in the meantime ..

Team games 2009 at Emmanuel house. Cool climbing/evangelistic event. Went to help set routes on the mega roof.-- > Back ache. Day itself saw jc and poly novice climbers.

Responding to a random dare by Daryl, he said if anyone can do a certain route with only inserts, he will treat Tau Hway. Hence was born : Tau Huay Zuiii, 7A.Attempted by hh and me.Rather good route actually..crux right at the beginning, and another on top. Fell off just at the top though. Helmets = suck.






This was followed by the kenneths bday/kenneth loves alcohol, dinner. Went to timbre arts house, but we got a table inside. Pity.no live band..I miss those.

Erdinger and pizza!


A doris and erdinger and pizza with some shu hui.





Kenneth stage 1.


Shaoting's extremely alcholic 150 proof 75 % absinthe johnny walker.. mocktail.



Kenneth Final stage.


Kenneth is brought to a more scenic spot to lie in exactly the same position.



Gym climbing on monday. Met joy for breakfast in the morning then headed to borders to kill time. Picked up a dilbert book. Dilbert is an engineer..so..perhaps some insight into my future job prospects :

Then was off to school..where it started pouring. It really made my day. Had lunch with hh doris kai n leon at yih which i vowed not to touch for the next 3 months. Yih food = Exxon Valdez oilspill.

After some maniacal sloper and crimper routes, we got bored.Boredom is the mother of invention. We soon realised the potential that the gym mattresses had to build : Engineering Marvels : NUS GYM tunnel.



Tunnel was a feeble attempt at getting doris and shu hui to waste their shower.



Doris was sporting so she happily went in. Went off later to shop and catch a movie with some of them. Great evening, and with more to come.

Tuesday! Cleaned up the room. There was a gargantuan mess from all the stuff i brought back from hall.




But im not sure why, i love tidying stuff. A little ambitious, but im gonna clear up the entire house this holiday. Evening was dinner with Eunice. Shes so grateful for my loaning her my laptop for the month she decided to give me a dinner treat. How nice : ) Always great fun talking to her.


Waraku's new menu items. Pretty good i think. Heres the Unagi something something and the tomato ramen.






Theres this small podium in the background. And its FULL of couples making out. haha..




Ok im getting quite tired, but i might as well finish up the entry with wednesday evenings event. Outing to sunset grill with the climbers. This is some restaurant located deep in seletar camp. It is unbelievable how ulu it is. No car = no go.



This is the map :

Of The labyrinth of King Minos Of Crete.



This is the map of seletar camp.




At sunset grill, the highlight is the chicken wings. They range in chilli level from 1 - 30. We tried level 7, which was enough to make us sweat and gulp water. But it was an achievement. Level 30 is tongue dissolving certain death. Level 30 looks like they buttered it in lava.



Mains were pretty nice..bangers and mash.The others had stuff like ribs, pork chop. Regina had just one level 7 chicken wing.




Ended the night at jalan kayu talking about primary school. haha..yes which reminds me, il have to do a post on that.Concludes my longest post ever for now. More to come soon !

As if i havent had enough of fluid mechanics..but ah its mesmirising indeed..

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Guess i should blog something before the exam week hits..reading week is already almost here. I can just see it..the countless hours in the library..the infinite tutorials..who cares when your with friends doing the same : )

The pictures should sum up whats been happening lately..




red pill..or blue?



the crazed motorcyclist..haha



The cat.


The obedient dog.



The big cat + small cat.



The fixed brain.






Smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
my glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines
upon each page

Rowan Atkinson as most havent seen..for the times of exam stress..and whatever.







Blackadder: Baldrick, what are you doing out there?

Baldrick: I’m carving something on this bullet sir.

Blackadder: What are you carving?

Baldrick: I’m carving “Baldrick”, sir.

Blackadder: Why?

Baldrick: It’s a cunning plan actually.

Blackadder: Of course it is.

Baldrick: You see, you know they say that somewhere there’s a bullet with your name on it?

Blackadder: Yes?

Baldrick: Well, I thought if I owned the bullet with my name on it, I’d never get hit by it, ‘cos I won’t ever shoot myself.

Blackadder: Oh, shame.

"lost" by coldplay. Its pretty wonderful..so here i am blogging after a million years..as i watch minority report in another window. Recently got another handphone ..with 8 megapixels! And it wasnt one of those exorbitantly priced ones. Guess all the food pictures and others will be much clearer now..

Ok now for several things random that have been happening lately. More like i was trigger happy with the camera.

time for really really random.

A weird coloured bird on the garden swing. looks like a king fisher


A lacoste shoe !The rare rare rare times i would go shopping, and even more rare i would find a shoe i like. Pity..it was going for cheap at Queensway..but had no more sizes. I wouldnt pay for it elsewhere.





And then one strange night.at 5am.a huge crash woke me up. I thought yixiang might have pushed over his shoe rack or something. Going out to check, it seemed 3 dustbins on the ground floor were all toppled over. Imagine how freaky that was..Went up to Doris's room (where she was still studying at F.I.V.E am). Turns out i left my wallet there , and according to her..she heard some drunk people kicking over stuff. Phew.




Now on to..soft boiled egg in a bun! yes this is indeed random..For 1 dollar you get this interesting combination. Theres this specific sequence i follow whenever i eat this..1. Stir Coffee 2. Remove spoon 3. Add sauce n pepper to the weird cavity in the bread 4. Scoop it all up with the coffee spoon. Yumm. Though most would think its gross.







A bunch of orange bougainvillea flowers. And in my favorite shade too.




On a sadder note, my wrist has been kinda injured. Im pretty sure its a culmination of weird moves and excessive slopers that led to it. Its the annoying kind of pain that seems gone but appears when you climb. Its the kind that makes you rub your hand every morning when you get out of bed..only to find it still hurts. Ive been injured many times. 6 major ones in all..you could call it erm.."experience" but that doesnt make a new one feel any better.

I guess the best way to heal sometimes is to really stop. It sucks though when you have to withdraw from competitions, watch your friends climb fun stuff while you watch in the background. Then there are times you try to climb, and feel..hey i can do this this and this. But not that. But in the end, your injuries worst enemy is your ego.

Sometimes i feel that if i hadnt been so often injured, i couldve trained much more with the time, but i guess its all part and parcel of a sport that pushes your body this much. Boulderactive is in 2 weeks time, and im praying il be fully operational by then. Sounds like some spoilt machine..





and perhaps we'll just leave it be..