Tuesday, July 08, 2008

batam cable ski 050708

went to batam last saturday to have a go at cable ski...came back with aching forearms...most demoralizing kind of water sports i've experienced by far...cus you see how easy others are able to do it and yet you cant even finish 1 bloody lap...

the best i could achieve in that 1 afternoon--almost reaching the first buoy for the stand up ski and reaching the last buoy for the kneel down ski...drank plenty of water though...bleah...

us on the ferry to batam...jane, me, rachel, nicole, eugene, angie

us at the rest area

us at the "launch" area




they had motorbikes to fetch you back to the start point if you buang very very far away...
i scored 2 rides...lol...my first time on a motorbike too...hehe

this is where u stand-by while waiting for your turn and for the cable crew to pass u the cable...notice there're high and low platforms to start off from...dont need to say which ones are for who...

here's eugene doing the "tuck in your chicken wings" stance...the instructor kept emphasizing on tucking in your chicken wings...keep your cg low...keep your balls above the board...dont pull the cable and let the cable pull you...dont step hard on the board...


they also provided tandem rides, upon request...and most likely for girls only...here's rachel getting a ride from a super-zai malay cable crew man

Monday, July 07, 2008

cheer up adrian

when all the things that can go wrong goes awry...when all the cards you are getting look so darn pathetic...when your chips are down and the morale is so low...one thing is for sure...no matter how low these things get, i'm pretty frigging sure it will go up one day...

and that's me...trying to cheer myself up...
leaving you with radiohead's fake plastic trees

Sunday, July 06, 2008

CG awesomeness

Monday, June 30, 2008

farewell bbq at ecp 27/06/08

last friday our engineering dept got together for a bbq at ecp...it was a "farewell gathering" for Na and Shirley who got "restructured" and Chow who is leaving tos for sta...

anyhows it was really really nice to see so many pple turn up...next up...photos from that day...

the girls...

building 2...

tool engineering...

building 3...

building 4...

GSE...well there's only glenn here

tos alumni


chow, mak, jianxiong, me, chung and gary did a bit of cycling before the bbq


group photo...

Monday, June 23, 2008

ever get tired of...

ever get tired of always being the one who has to do all the pleasing?

ever get tired of always being the one who has to see other pple's 脸色 in order to get something you want?

ever get tired of always being the ones being choosed and not the one doing the choosing?

ever get tired of asking yourself "when will it be MY turn?"

times like these what we should really do is thank our lucky stars and be grateful with what we already have and own...to not complain too much...to be contented...

... .... ...

ever get tired of always saying and doing the politically correct things?

ever get tired of saying what you think you really should do and yet you jolly well know it's something only a saint will be able to do...

i'm not a saint...as much as i'd like to keep giving and pleasing pple...for once i'd like to be the one receiving niceness...i'd like to be the one doing the choosing...i'd like to be in an environment where we didnt need to depend on other pple's 脸色 in order for stuff to progress...

not in my best of moods this past week...leaving you with radiohead's no surprises

more Aur photos...well just 2 more...


Saturday, June 21, 2008

shaken and stirred...and sooo very sick...

my company carried out its retrenchment (they insisted on calling it "restructuring") exercise on wednesday...

a number of managers (who incidentally weren't in what i called the "iron rice bowl" gang)...all the AAs except 1...got the sack...not too sure how many associates kenna though...

they insisted the selection was based on "performance"---yea...i'm pretty fucking sure it was...

i'm shaken cus my boss is no longer around...now we have no proper engineering manager...in his place is someone my friend calls an angry little boy...an angry little boy who commands alot of influential powers in the industry due to his connections according to my friend...

i'm stirred because wayang triumphs over everything in my company...it doesnt matter if you know nuts...it doesnt matter if you do meaningless stuff which doesnt help the company to earn money...as long as u know how to wayang correctly at the correct time... as long as u know how to carry balls...as long as u have buddies in the iron rice bowl gang who looks after u...i'm pretty sure you'll earn your very own mini iron rice bowl...

the company is just so caught up in getting right its wayang activities...as long as u embrace that 3 letter nonsense, you're a winner!!!

and to think u've seen all the wayang there is while you were in the army...the 3 letter nonsense brings wayang to an entirely whole new level man...it's making me sick...so very very sick...

on the subject of being sick...i kenna some wicked throat infection on tuesday...the infection brought with it bouts of fever and an unforseen kind of sore throat pain i've ever experienced...took me 4 days to start recovering properly...

Monday, June 16, 2008

Pulau Aur O.W.D 13-15 Jun '08

spent last weekend over at Pulau Aur, M'sia to complete my open water diving course...i'm glad my friends persuaded me to go...i was so bent on chickening out on the actual open water dive cus the pool lessons did a pretty good job in killing whatever's left of my interest in picking up this new skill...

i'm just grateful everything turned out fine in the end...and i'm now a certified open water diver=)

anyhows...here are some quick snaps from the trip...

Eugene and his oh-so-sweet oranges which were all nicely peeled for us...yum!

view from atlantis bay resort (ABR)...

some words on some rock...

Angie, Chung and Yeeling outside our room...room #6

our living quarters...

on our way out of ABR

view of ABR...

some other resort which looks nicer than ABR...hehe



think this is Pulau Dayang, which is also another one of the dive resorts

another resort...i think...


Chung and me...

view of the dive boat where all we geared up...minus all the tanks and equipment...we spent a whopping 4hrs on this bumboat just to get back to Mersing from ABR...my goodness...did time crawl...


random shots of random islands...

sundown marathon 2008 photo



koh, me, bryan, angie, max

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

25th....hmmm


25th placing with a time of 51.51...last year i ran 46.13 and came in 53rd...the sud ones must have ran the 15km category ba....hmmm

Sunday, June 08, 2008

saucony passionrun 2008


took me about 50+ min for this one...so tough to regain the 40+ min form of 2006 le...=(

Sunday, June 01, 2008

sundown marathon 2008


joined Bryan, Max, Koh and meimei for this inaugural night run...just wanted to experience what's it like to run a marathon which started at midnight...

route was not bad...a pity it rained at the end (first time i got caught in the rain during a race)...yawned alot as i was running at a time when i was normally sleeping...didn't pia for this run as i promised to accompany meimei...we came back in around 6hr 15min...

Sunday, May 25, 2008

seiko criteria sna501p1


something for me to splurge on next...a dress watch!

Friday, May 23, 2008

trains in Japan...wow


from dannychoo.com

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Casting Crowns - Who am I



this song makes me very emo for some reason...

saving grace...for another year

Thursday, May 15, 2008

a clearer and better picture

after all that has happened over the past few weeks...the articles i've read...the advice i've heard...i have a clearer and better picture of the mistakes i've made...

i realise i've got to stop being a knucklehead when it comes to seeing what you can offer and start finding the right audience who'll appreciate what you have...

being "a nice guy" is not a trait that girls are specifically looking for...any joker can be a nice guy...not saying that u must be a meanie to girls or neglect the niceness department, but being "nice" alone doesn't set you apart from the REST of the other "nice guys"...

if you cannot attract her at the first try, it's highly unlikely she'll ever be attracted to you...attraction just happens...it cannot be forced...i like these sentences from my previous post which pretty much sends the message across...

You cannot CONVINCE a woman to feel differently about you with "logic and reasoning".

Think about it.

If a woman doesn't "feel it" for you, how in the world do you expect to change that FEELING by being "reasonable" with her?

Women are more attracted to certain qualities in men... and they're attracted to the way a man makes them FEEL

another thing which i think is pretty darn important is knowing exactly what to do in each type of situation with women...if you dont know what to do or how to do it correctly, you'll probably screw it up...

i know what i've got to offer...nothing much to shout about...nothing spectacular at all really...not doing the "being modest or pessimistic or low self esteem" nonsense, but no one else knows me better than myself...

if there's any consolation i can give myself, i can only say that i've not found my audience who can appreciate me for what i am yet...

The Ten Most Dangerous Mistakes...

guess where i got this from---facebook...lol...now i know where i went wrong le...lol

title was way too long to fit into the blog title...anyways...here it is in full:

“The Ten Most Dangerous Mistakes YOU Probably Make With Women—And What To Do About It...”

Here Are The Top Ten Reasons Why Men Fail With Women—And How To Make Sure YOU Avoid Every One Of These Deadly Common Mistakes...

-By David DeAngelo, Author Of “Double Your Dating”

MISTAKE #1: Being
Too Much Of A “Nice Guy”

Have you ever noticed that the really attractive women never seem to be attracted to "nice" guys?

Of course you have.

Just like me, I'm sure you've had attractive female friends that always seemed to date "jerks"... but for some reason they were never romantically interested in YOU.

What's going on here?

It's actually very simple...

Women don't base their choices of men on how "nice" a guy is. They choose the men they do because they feel a powerful GUT LEVEL ATTRACTION for them.

And guess what?

Being nice doesn't make a woman FEEL that powerful ATTRACTION.

And being NICE doesn't make a woman CHOOSE you.

I realize that this doesn't make a lot of logical sense, and it's hard to ACCEPT... but GET OVER IT.

Until you accept this FACT and begin to act on it, you'll NEVER have the success with women that you want.

MISTAKE #2: Trying To
“Convince Her To Like You"

What do most guys do when they meet a woman that they REALLY like... but she's just notinterested?

Right! They try to "convince" the woman to feel differently.

Well, I have news for you... YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE HOW A WOMAN "FEELS" WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTION!

Never, ever, EVER.

You cannot CONVINCE a woman to feel differently about you with "logic and reasoning".

Think about it.

If a woman doesn't "feel it" for you, how in the world do you expect to change that FEELING by being "reasonable" with her?

But we all do it.

When a woman just isn't interested, we beg, plead, chase, and do our best to change her mind.

Bad idea. One that will never work.

MISTAKE #3: Looking To Her
For Approval Or Permission

In our desire to please women (which we mistakenly think will make them like us), us guys are always doing things to get a woman's "approval" or "permission".

Another HORRIBLE idea.

Women are NEVER attracted to the types of men who kiss up to them... EVER.

Don't get me wrong here.

You don't have to treat women BADLY for them to like you.

But if you think that treating a woman well means "always getting her approval and permission for things", think again.

You will never succeed by looking for approval. Women actually get ANNOYED at men who seek their approval.

Doubt me? Just ask any attractive woman if Wussy guys who chase her around and want her approval annoy her...

MISTAKE #4: Trying To “Buy” Her Affection With Food And Gifts

How many times have you taken a woman out to a nice dinner, bought her gifts and flowers, and had her REJECT you for someone who didn't treat her even HALF as well as you did?

If you're like me, then you've had it happen a LOT.

Well guess what?

It's only NATURAL when this happens...

That's right, I said NATURAL.

When you do these things, you send a clear message:

"I don't think you'll like me for who I am, so I'm going to try to buy your attention and affection".

Your good intentions usually come across to women as over-compensation for insecurity, and weak attempts at manipulation. That's right, I said that women see this as MANIPULATION.

MISTAKE #5: Sharing
“How You Feel” Too Early In
The Relationship With Her

Another huge and unfortunate mistake that most men make with women is sharing how they "feel" too early on.

Attractive women are rare.

And they get a LOT of attention from men.

Most men don't realize this, but attractive women are being approached in one way or another ALL THE

An attractive woman is often approached several times a DAY by men who are interested. This translate into dozens of times per week, and often HUNDREDS of times per month.

And guess what?

Attractive women have usually dated a LOT of men.

That's right. They have EXPERIENCE.

They know what to expect.

And one thing that turns an attractive women off and sends her running away faster than just about anything is a guy who starts saying "You know, I really, REALLY like you" after one or two dates.

This signals to the woman that you're just like all the other guys who fall for her too fast... and can't control themselves.

Don't do it. Lean back. Relax.

There's a much better way...

MISTAKE #6: Not “Getting” How Attraction Works For Women

Women are VERY different from men when it comes to ATTRACTION.

You need to accept this fact, and deal with it.

When a man sees a beautiful, young, sexy woman, he INSTANTLY feels a sexual attraction.

But does the same apply for women?

Do women feel sexual attraction to men based mostly on looks? Or is something else going on?

Well, after studying this topic for over five full years now, I can tell you that women usually have their "attraction mechanisms" triggered by things OTHER than looks.

Have you ever noticed that you see a lot more average and unattractive men with beautiful women than the other way around?

Think about it.

Women are more attracted to certain qualities in men... and they're attracted to the way a man makes them FEEL than they are to looks alone.

If you know how to use your body language and communication correctly, you can make women feel the same kind of powerful sexual attraction to you that YOU feel when you see a hot, sexy young woman.

But it's not an accident. You have to LEARN how to do this.

And ANY guy can learn how...

MISTAKE #7: Thinking That It
Takes Money And Looks

One of the most common mistakes that guys make is giving up before they've even gotten started... because they think that attractive women are only interested in men who have looks and money... or guys who are a certain height... or guys who are a certain age.

And sure, there are some women who are only interested in these things.

But MOST women are far more interested in a man's personality than his wallet or his looks.

There are personality traits that attract women like a magnet...

And if you learn what they are and how to use them, YOU can be one of these guys.

YOU DO NOT have to "settle" for a woman just because you aren't rich, tall, or handsome.

Let me say this again: If you know how to use your body language and communication correctly, you can make women feel the same kind of powerful sexual attraction to you that YOU feel when you see a hot, sexy young woman.

MISTAKE #8: Giving Away
All Of Your Power To Women

Earlier I mentioned that it's a mistake to look to a woman for approval or permission.

Well, another similar tactic that a lot of guys use is GIVING AWAY THEIR POWER to women.

Said differently, guys try to get women to like them by doing whatever the woman wants.

Another bad idea...

Women are NEVER attracted to men that they can walk all over... Women aren't attracted to Wussies!

MISTAKE #9: Not Knowing
EXACTLY What To Do In Each
Type Of Situation With Women

Now I'm going to blow your mind...

A woman ALWAYS knows what you're thinking.

Women are approximately TEN TIMES better than men at reading body language. That's ten TIMES.

I know, it might be hard to believe. But for example, if you're out on a date with a woman, and you want to kiss her, she knows it.

And if you don't know exactly what to do and exactly HOW to kiss her, and you just sit there looking at her and getting nervous, she won't help!

And this goes for ALL aspects of women and dating...

Approaching a woman, getting her number, asking her out, kissing her, getting physical... everything.

If you don't know what to do in each situation, you will probably screw it up... and LOSE EVERYTHING.

And you KNOW it.

It is VITALLY important that you know EXACTLY how to go from one step to the next with a woman... from the first meeting, all the way to the bedroom.

MISTAKE #10: Not Getting HELP

This is the biggest mistake of all.

This is the mistake that keeps most men from EVER having the kind of success with women that they truly want.

I know, guys don't like to make themselves look weak or helpless. We don't like to ask for help.

Hey, I've been there myself.

Let me tell you a little about me and how I figured out how to be successful with women...

About five years ago I became fed up with the fact that I didn't know how to approach, meet, and get dates with women that I was attracted to.

It frustrated the hell out of me.

One night I was out with a friend, and I saw a woman I wanted to ask out, but I just couldn't get up the nerve to do it. I can still remember that night... right on the spot I made the decision to do whatever it took to learn how to be successful with women and dating.

Well, after a lot of hard work and trying all kinds of crazy things, I finally figured it all out.

I can now approach just about any woman and get her number almost instantly. I've dated models, I've dated actresses, and I've dated nice, normal, regular girls as well.

It has been a very rewarding experience. I no longer feel that sick, insecure feeling... like I don't know how to meet women... and I might wind up alone.

I know that anytime, anywhere, I can go out and meet attractive women.

retail therapy


sports fair going on at taka from now till 28th May...i raided the saucony stuff...total damage...$107.70...woopie

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

yearning to love and be loved in return

the "perennial yearn"..."the yearn of all yearns"...it continues to elude me...for the second straight year in a row...i seem to have a thing with knocking on wrong doors...

maybe it's a test...sometimes the tougher it is to obtain something, the more you'll treasure it when you get it...hmmmmmmmmmm

did you know...

was going through my mailbox when i came across this article about some "did you know"s

did you know that the 3 most difficult things to say are "i love you", "i'm sorry" and "help me".

did you know it's easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someone in he face? but did you know it has more value when you say it to their face?"

Sunday, May 11, 2008