Steroid blues

Well I'm into my second steroid sojourn now, and I pray the flare will be much reduced this time round. It follows that a couple of days after stopping steroids the condition will worsen drastically. It's come true. I pray the flares will get fewer and further between.

United v Arsenal

'Nuff said.

The biggest sporting farce I've ever seen. Utter dominance going ultimately unrewarded. Arsenal sans Henry is really nothing. How we didn't win by at least 3 clear goals I don't understand. Rooney and ROnaldo were on song, with the midfield dominatedby Keane and Scholes. Butthe man that mattered, van Nistelrooy, failed to deliver on 5 half-chances.

You don't know whether to laugh or cry.

And to see Arsenal celebrate like they won it on merit. If I'm Arsenal I'll be damn paiseh to win leh.

Tongue twisters

Try these. They're supposed to improve your pronunciation:

She stood on the balcony inexplicaly mimicking him hiccupping but amicably welcoming him in.

Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with barest wrists and stoutest boasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

Good for typing too. =]

Shoo-bee-da-doo-bap!

I'm bored stiff.

Literally nothing to do, or blog.

So in true Letterman style, here's the top 10 things to do when you're bored:

10. Blog nonsensical nonsense.
9. Read a motoring magazine you have no interest in.
8. Listen to your boss nag about having to pay $10 more Mess Sub.
7. Play Flash games on your computer. A cat throwing rubbish at a dog. Go figure.
6. Play tennis on your mobile phone.
5. Drink coffee.
4. Eat cookhouse lunch three times over.
3. Sneakily surf the net now and then.
2. Apply moisturiser.

and the number one thing to do when you're bored is:

1. Zzzzzzzzzzz...

Leave approved: Signed, sealed and delivered!

Oh yeah!

For some quirky reason they shifted the block leave period to my church camp week, which coincides with an exercise we're involved in. Don't know why, but thank God.

So I can go to Trengganu for the second year in a row. I wonder who I'm bunking with. =]

Shiok man!

5 "M"s of a Mat Roker

Similar to the businessman's 5 "C"s, the 5 "M"s are more matching to the Mat.

1. Minah,
2. Marlboro,
3. Motosikal,
4. Metal dan
5. Maintain Balan.

The equation of war

A war doesn't determine who's right; it determines who's left.

My boss is back II

It's just as I feared. He's staying late again. It's gonna be a midnight oil burner today...

My boss is back

Sigh. My boss returns to work tmr so there goes my blissful freedom.
Good while it lasted, it's back to the grind.

Here's the schedule:

I'm going ALG today.
I'm going dentist tmr, after installing MaxOnline.
Friday I'm planless. Think Jasmine's going to a BBQ. Which means I should meet up long-lost friends.
Saturday too.
And i just realised it's a 3-day weekend!

Leave

I really hope I can take leave for church camp. Doesn't look good, as we're preparing for exercise that week. If church camp was the week before that'd be no problem.

Two hydrogen atoms

Two hydrogen atoms meet.
One says, "I've lost my electron."
The other says, "Are you sure?"
The first replies, "I'm positive."

Two fish

Two fish swim into a concrete wall.
One turns to the other and says, "Dam!"

Over budget

Hmm I went $20 over budget on my shopping spree. Now only left the controller which is proving elusive.

A USB controller that plays like a PS controller. Help? =]

SHOP SHOP SHOP!

I bought: Dark jeans for SGD47.50 frm Volume at Far East Plaza

I bought: Brown canvas trousers for SGD47.40 frm Fragile at Far East Plaza

I bought: Green leaf-motif long-sleeved shirt for SGD42.40 frm Fragile at Far East Plaza

I bought: V-neck striped tee for SGD28 frm TwoPercent Homme at Far East Plaza

I bought: Beige Wangwo short-sleeved cowboy shirt for SGD 37.50 frm Volume at Far East Plaza.

I bought: Beige Le Coq Sportif leather shoes for SGD55 at Famous Brands in City Hall

Do the math. That's one helluva shopping spree!

Rotten morning

1. Skin getting worserer.
2. Mop floor and mopping skills kena mocked.
3. CrapNet, sorry PacNet, cut my connection even though the cheque is on the way.
4. As a result, went to Library to surf net and $%@$&*@$*&^!@* they don't allow you to surf Fantasy Football at Yahoo.
5. Had a heathen Indian taxi driver who slowed down before every traffic light waiting for it to turn amber, took a circuitous route. And drove like acceleration costs more money.
6. Ice coffee this morning tasted like tea. Carrot cake tasted like carrotty-carrottop hair.

But all's good. Came to Jasmine's school, got stuffed with junk food, surfed on MOE's account to my heart's content, had a proper cuppa Java, and changed my Yahoo team. So there. Now I'm going shopping.

Waiting

While waiting for you guys to come up with tonnes of ideas on where to get my gear, I've finished the Bde History. Sigh. Need retail therapy. Starting with the cargo pants.

Want list

Hmmm like what my sis has done maybe I should write a wish list, den you all can pop in with ideas on where to buy these things:

Cargo pants, thinking along the lines of grey stone-washed canvas: $50
Higher end Adidas sneakers, to go with trousers, something like the Adidas ROM. Doesn't need to be adidas though. Reef etc are fine too: $70
T-shirt, non-baggy, fitting type. Nothing too presumptuous or poseur, the varley one i have is nice. got that from bugis: $25
Short-sleeved shirt. Running outta things to wear on sundays, so i guess this is prioritaire! Nothing too loud. Topman has some, but i'm budget conscious: $40
Pseudo-PS controller for PC: $20
Levi's jeans lookalike that can be worn with anything: $60

Ideas people?

Bde History

Whee. I've started writing it, starting with the chronology. Rather interesting, seeing I have to condense an entire coffeetable book into 2 pages. If I post it here, it'd be really boring. But really I'm quite proud to be part of this Bde, with its illustrious past and premier status. I shall not wax lyrical. =]

Wordplay

To solve the problem of boredom, lets talk about work. And then ramble on.

I've been tasked to come up with a two-page history and heritage of our Brigade. While not so daunting, you need what programmers would call a base copy: something someone has done before that you can modify and mould, but apparently no such thing exists. I do have a book, but it was published in 1994. I have a week more to do it and I do have the resources of my RSM to call upon, but I detect a lethargy that sets in since the Boss went to ROC.

Speaking of ROC, Nicholas is there as part of 7 SIB, which is a Guards Bde. Wah, sisn't he's so garang. So his Bde is the one doing Ex High Noon, while mine is the Umpire. I'm sure he'll know someone I know somehow.

Speaking of which, I've just created Nicholas as a striker, modelled on Kewell (which makes him hella good) in Winning Eleven 8. Just got the PC edition and I've been hooked on it. Taking my time to feel this game out, but it's fun creating your own players based on their attributes and hearing the commentator saying their names with conviction. Heck there's even an Eddie Howe! Any of you guys play this, we can even play it online!!!

Speaking of which, I realise I'm having fewer and fewer things to do online. I used to play online games often in Poly, but somehow nowadays it just doesn't appeal.

Speaking of which, I'm also hooked to X-Zone at Dhoby Ghaut. You pay $3 an hour to rent an Xbox console with unlimited games. I need Xbox buddies!!!

Speaking of which, one of my closest friends is getting married in December. How time flies! To think I met her 6 years ago, when i was *gulp* 16!!!

Speaking of which, I realise I turn 22 this year, but I don't seem to want to do anything about it. Lethargy. Must break out of it before ORD.

Speaking of which, what should be my first job? I erally don't know. Should I study first? *shrugs*

Many questions, so few answers. Guess we need to use trial and error. =]

ORD update

ORD calculator
0 years 5 months 20 days 15 houre 54 minutes 37 seconds to 9 October 2005
OR 5.679 months [*4.35]
OR 24.702 weeks [*7.00]
OR 172.913 days [*24.00]
OR 4,149.910 hours [*60.00]
OR 248,994.617 minutes [*60.00]
OR 14,939,677 seconds (after that it just gets depressing)
OR 20.281% of NS to serve!
Correct as at (CAA) 08:05:23 on 19 April 2005

But, as StarHub would say, What's next?