Confessions of an eataholic

Back to skooool...

2012-01-03T20:00:00.003+08:00

Bidding for modules again. i hate this process... although it's good that i choose what i want to study but the process to get to it is so taxing.

new semester of the new year. hope i make more friends and be more sociable this time around.

result last sem was A-B+B-B-C+ CAP 3.5 not bad for my first semester considering that the modules which i thought is going to be the hardest got A- but ironically, the core module that i put in the most effort actually got me a C+...

this semester i'm taking up theatre studies wohoo. hope it's going to be fun ahah. i don't mind heavy workload as long as it is fun fun fun :D

i'm going to leave korean language level 1 to next semester because a) i don't have enough bidding points to shed some blood in the CORS website against those pesky seniors and b) one heavy workload module is enough for one semester haha

back to skool in a week! don't know how i should feel right now. reluctant or excited?

Lazy Sunday

2011-12-18T11:37:00.002+08:00

back to the same ol' weekend routine. saturday bowling, sunday family day

have to go christmas shopping soon. haven't gotten any present yet. didn't manage to find anything interesting in Korea (maybe because i didn't shop much).

results are going to be out on Tuesday! i'm going to die from the anxiety... i don't think i will fail any module? but erm... i wanna get good grades so i can slack for the next semester :) thinking of taking up Korean Language but i heard the workload is as heavy as the recent christina aguerilla; plus, i don't know if i have enough points to compete with the rest of the K-enthusiasts. i think i dread bidding for modules more than receiving the results.. argh. time to plan my timetable soon...

dreading jj

Day 8 - D-Day

2011-12-14T23:05:00.006+08:00

Forgot that my flight is on tues and not wednesday! so i had to rush to the supermarket to get all the korean snacks and stuff. wanted to try soju at night but there's no time! so i went to the supermarket at 10am and got myself a bottle of soju (only about $1.20). tried a sip and threw it away. tastes like ethanol can? although sweeter but i still don't like it.

Quick breakfast while walking to Sungkyunkwan University caramel machiatto and a hotdog bun

Sungkyunkwan scandal! loved that show haha. entrance of the university

must get off your horses here? i guess it's a no vehicle zone in those days

walking through the park trying to find the ginko tree where 红壁书 always hang out in the show haha. its supposed to be 700 yrs old? all the trees look 700 years old to me haha. and they all look the same without their leaves

maybe this was where the sacred note was hidden in the drama lol

i want a house just like this! a big wooden gate with overgrown bonsai tree in my front yard. eating watermelon during the summer and having charcoal bbq in the winter.. ahh...

jackson took me to this more-posh-than-usual korean restaurant to have a 99 course meal? lol. didnt count how many dishes there were but it was a lot. we couldn't finish most of it. first up, pumpkin porridge

then 4 cold dishes came. shellfish salad, chupjae?, tofu leek salad and something something haha

cold sashimi soup. i don't eat sashimi but this one is actually pretty nice! the raw fish is not the usual soft kind that i hate, it's sweet and firm

followed by hot seaweed seafood soup. the seaweed here is different from usual. it is like chinese 發菜 just that it doesn't grow in the desert. all the seafood in this bowl is so fresh and sweet. loved it

beef soup. extremely rich flavour. it's almost like drinking beef essence, if such a thing exists anyways haha. the soup was too rich for me but the beef itself is tender and the radish is juicy and has so much flavour to it

fried fish with chilli paste

bbq fish

last course to fill you up. kimchi and the usual suspects

together with brown rice? and seaweed soup (like those kind shown in korean drama where the mom always cook for their children's birthday)

i could barely move after the meal... such a waste that we didn't manage to finish everything though.

after waiting an hour before i could check-in, i walked around the airport and saw Kraze Burger at this food court. the black device is what most cafe and food court pass to you so that they can signal you when the food is ready to collect. i prefer to get a number tag and they serve it to me when it's ready. might be my prince-syndrome haha. but then again, there's no service charge so i'm not complaining

seriously? burger meal cost about $14.50. but i have no idea if it's because it's sold in the airport or are all fast food that expensive in korea. but in lotteria a set meal only cost about $6?

but the burger is perfect. although the patty can be thicker, the rest was just heavenly as you can see from the picture. this is the Matiz if i'm not wrong. their homemade pickle has a tinge of cinnamon to it which makes the burger so different from the normal queasy burger

off to beijing in AirChina. seriously. i don't think the airline is bad. i just think that it's its passengers that make the whole flight experience excruciating... the row in front of me had 3 ah tiongs. the middle one happily on his iPad and started playing some Chinese movie with the sound on enough for me to understand what the movie is about... and to make it worse, the air stewardess past them 3 times before asking them to keep it. not because its loud and irritating. but because she said the table has to be stowed. wtf? they had their iPad on during takeoff. omg. i know i'm a typical kiasi singaporean but listen to announcement can? you don't fasten seatbelt is your problem. just don't have your made in china iPad 5 on during takeoff can?

this is probably one of the rare things i bought in Korea. and i actually got it in Busan haha. a mousepad. needed one and saw that this was cute haha. my previous mousepad is actually 2 years old and was also from korea. free gift from JBros, some random shop in Dongdaemun i think.

i had to transit in Beijing airport and guess what? i left my RMB in my luggage and it's checked in. haiz... asked the shop if they accept korean won they say no... so i went to the currency exchange and they say theres a 60yuan surcharge. i would've starved to death if not for the korean snacks that jackson bought for me before i left haha. the brownie was simply divine... i wonder if singaporea has it. i saw it in the supermarket in korea but i didn't buy it. now i'm regretting to the max... after 4 hours and 3 episodes of korean drama later, i was on my way back to homeland singapore!

weighed myself this morning when i got back. i did not gain any weight at all!?!? must be all the walking i did while i was eating there haha. i tend to walk a lot when i am alone because i have no direction that i am heading. whatever seems interesting, i will head towards that. and usually it's food haha.

after helping my sis today, i gained 1kg. oh my god. singapore food really stays in me... who asked me to have upsized chicken rice and 5 gyoza followed by a piece of Popeye's chicken breast and some fries... what is with me and overeating?

i have got to start running with yuda when school reopens and pick up tennis from louis. really need to pick up an outdoor sports since most people laugh when i told them my sports is bowling lol.. people just don't understand competitive bowling.

this post concludes my 8-daylong Solo Seoul Trip :D

how i feel about this trip in one sentence, "it is by far the most liberating and free 8 days of my life; i just have to think about how to spend my money and what to eat every single day." haha

-sporty pjj heading to bed-

*annyeong~

Day 7 - Chillin' in Seoul

2011-12-13T14:20:00.006+08:00

Basically i didn't do much today. so tired because the auntie at the traditional house said breakfast is at 8am... felt tired the entire day because i woke up specially for this breakfast below... haiz... the fried ham was nice. the rest was, well, tasteless.

at breakfast, the other occupant at the korean house was a guy from switzerland. he talks funny and he's a REALLY happy guy. everything seems to be wonderful and cheerful in his life lol...
asked me to visit the hotel where he works in switzerland. 4000m above sea level. it's like asking me go tibet again... i can still rmb the altitude in tibet.. light-headedness and nose bleeds 24/7 zzz

wanted to eat here but the pictures didn't really attract me. i wanted to eat ramen and kimbap.

so i took a metro to dongdaemun to have my breakfast since i'm heading there today. saw this advert. to me, she's like the korean shu qi albeit much prettier, without the annoyingly thick lips. my 九尾狐 <3

Dongdaemun! i think guys would prefer shopping at dongdaemun while girls would prefer myeong dong. dongdaemun has tonnes of shopping mall; each like a platinium mall in bangkok.

the place where i had my breakfast :D

Kimbap! had to slowly place the kimbap properly before taking this picture haha

and ramen! how come they cook the maggi mee better than me??? must research on how to make the best ramen this holiday

typical street in Dongdaemun. selling jackets and stuff at low low prices. i think some hoodies are only around $11. but i have no need for them so i continued walking. visited 2 shopping malls but at 11am, all the shop owners are like so desperate for a sale. i was on the escalator going up and the moment my head pops up into their sight and they started talking to me in korean. i had to window shop with the corner of my eyes so the shop owner doesn't notice that i'm looking at their stuff lol. i'm a timid shopper

shopping at dongdaemun is too intense and stressful so i headed to myeong-dong. wanted to visit seoul tower but jackson said he would bring me to the world cup park so i thought i would visit it another time. in the end i did not go up to seoul tower because i forgot my flight is today and my plan to visit seoul tower and the han river cruise was destroyed... oh well. seoul tower will probably be like busan tower. go up see the whole of seoul with tiny buildings and people

stopped at cafe gurunaru for a cuppa coffee. breakfast was disappointing but the coffee here was fantastic. my second favourite in korea :)

looooove the tiramisu cake. must be the overload of mascarpone :D)

met up with jackson and he drove us to the world cup park. this place used to be a wasteland but now, it has turned into an eco-friendly park that is HUGE. there are 4 parts to this park i think. we went to the sunset park. i think running man was filmed here. the episode where ji hyo was the queen and she had a river taxi where she picks the team member up along the han river.

the tents at the bottom is where running man filmed with Kang Daesung. the park where they have to watch the bbq of top grade beef without swallowing their saliva haha

i bet the view here would be breathtaking during the autumn

at the top of the park, there were people making real snow for kids to play with sleigh

looks damn familiar cause i think daesung hid below that tap during running man haha

knowing my addiction over waffle and sweet treats, jackson brought me to a waffle place. homecooked waffle is the best! and the whipped cream is just heavenly.

too much caffine in me (coffee in the morning and tea with the waffles) so i ordered myself a Green Tea Tomccino back at Hyehwa after jackson left. i think you can get wifi almost everywhere in seoul because every single cafe has free wifi lol. i shouldn't have applied for dataroaming here

after the green tea at tom & toms', i was feeling hungry again. i blame the cold weather for making me constantly hungry. i went past this bbq place yesterday and i just knew i have to give it a try. i went in and asked for a table of one. and like usual, people were looking at me like, "oh my... one person?" i asked the owner if i can order just one set but he says minimum 2 pax serving again. but it's bbq so i have no problem finishing 2 people's share haha. order a serving of pork belly and a serving of beef short ribs (yum!)

*sizzle sizzle*

they gave me pig's skin!!!! omg so happy can? i've been looking for it since i got here in seoul. the mushroom was a good addition too :D

the place where i had lonesome bbq. after bbq, i felt so lethargic so i decided to go to a zzimjilbang again to have a bathe. bathing bakc in the korean house is just too cold even though they have hot water supply... i feel so relaxed after the shower. at least there isnt many wrinkly grandpas at this kind of hour at hyehwa. it's a young district afterall.

tteokpokki at 1am? decided i can still eat because i weighed myself at the zzimjilbang and i still weigh the same as before i came to seoul!! but can't be sure because i have to use the weighing scale i used at home to confirm haha. got myself a stick of oden too. a guy beside me took a stick of oden and after finishing it, he poke a piece of rice cake for himself and the uncle didnt care at all. i should've done the same because i couldnt finish the whole plate of rice cake.

back at the house was when i realised that this is my last night here and started to panic. if i've known i would've go back earlier and have an early night. because there's still a few things i haven't do here in seoul. ahhhh!!

-homebound soon-

Day 6 - Bu-bye Busan~

2011-12-12T11:50:00.008+08:00

the night before leaving busan, i saw this traditional performance along the street near my motel. in the background is Nickhun's ad lol

the walkway in my motel. it's like the walk of shame. sleazy ttm

metro ticket to Busan station! the ticket is different from those in Seoul. Seoul is like ez-link while the ones in Busan are disposable

<3<3<3 song ji hyo :D

Busan Station. Looks awfully similiar to Seoul Station

my breakfast place in the station

had a bibimbap with ox bone soup on the left side. thank god i did not order the whole serving of ox bone soup. the tense was too.... intense? lol

straight after breakfast, i didn't want to wait in the cold departure hall so i sat down and had a cup of coffee and a slice of Souffle Cheese cake - NAISE :))

it's funny how they phrase it. but they really do not check your ticket in the train. at least for both trips to and from busan, i did not see any train conductors. you can just hop on and off the train whenever you like and no one would care (i guess) just as long as you do not sit in other people's pre-booked seats

Met Jackson at Seoul station and he led me to my accomodation. it's not as close as they said in the map haha. at least 10 mins walk from the metro station. The entrance of my Hanok, traditional Korean house. it's located on Sungkyunkwan-ro! and Sungkyunkwan Palace is just around the corner where i stay! i thought that it was a fictional place haha. i will give it a visit tomorrow when i have the time :D

Jackson brought me to another BBQ place to have Sam Gyup Sal which is like very thick bacon but not at all salty like bacon.

looks damn fat right? but after bbq-ing them, you would praise the lord for creating such a wonderful animal...

jigae and the simply fantastic steamed egg

a mouthful of heaven. juicy meat plus melt in your mouth fats oh.my.god. ordered another serving because i just couldn't have enough of it :D

fragrant fried garlic in sesame oil

After the bbq, jackson ordered a anchovy-broth noodle. sounds weird but amazingly delicious. actually i like any noodle just as long as it does not have any kimchi in it or if it's cold.

waffle treat :D what is with my addiction with desserts recently... tennis and running when school reopens

after jackson left, i continued on my hunt for food haha. even though i was uber full with all the wonderful stuff in my stomach, i still could take more Korea in me. haha. 4 X red bean fishes

red bean and cinnamon really should marry each other. they go together soooo well with anything

the smell of roasted squid just lured me into having one.

i can't believe i'm still eating at this point... i could only finish half of it not because i was too full. my jaw was cramped from all the chewing. i could not open my jaw wide after i stopped eating it

walked around a bit to digest and saw these posters. omg. all the ads in Korea all so nice can. haha. because it has all the people i like in it. there's woo young, eunjung, and taecyeon!! basically the whole of t-ara and 2pm

was determined to stop eating and left the street of alluring scent. but on my way back, i saw this old uncle selling roasted chestnut and corn. wah... wood roasted corn sounds sooo nice right?

authentic musky smell of burning wood

in the end, i was disappointed. couldn't eat it after the first bite. it was as dry as the brand, Superdry? haha. i thought i would be juicy but i think the corn that was roasted before was left chilling in the dry wind for damn long...

went to this cosy little cafe near where i stayed and had a cup of Maple Cinnamon Latte. the whole ambience of the cafe just makes me feel so warm and comfy with 4 little cushions around me. wanted to sit at the table above me but it was taken... it's like the top of a double-decked bed and with a small table and kneeling down (traditional korean-style), that would've been wonderful...

instead, i chose the second best table. it has this tea cup light just a little distance away from my head. the whole "booth" is so enclosed and conducive to continue reading my book - 'One Day'. i heard the movie is nice so i decided to read the book first. but it's kinda complicated? they keep jumping here and there lol. maybe i just don't have the 料to be reading books. this is the first book i'm reading since... secondary 2? omg.. that's almost 10 years ago..

back to my little korean house. Friends House. the name of the place haha. would be nice to have a cup of soju and have a bbq at the yard in the Spring..

the entrance to my room. it's a small door that is shorter than i am. i've knocked my head twice so far. the first layer of door is a pair of glass doors which i can lock and the second layer of door is the traditional sliding wooden door with rice paper. it's damn hard to slide open. i'm afraid i'll spoil it everytime i open/close it.. since i'm notorious for spoiling things easily.

the most comfortable bed i've slept in korea so far. the hostel's bed was terrible and the pillow and bed in busan was far too hard.. only the floor is heated so i have to lie down in order to keep myself warm. after bathing, i raced through the icy yard and back into my room and wrapped myself up like a kimbap. after 10 mins, i need to go to the toilet; this feeling is the worst. i contemplated for about an hour till i decided that i really had to go lol.. although the toilet is about 15metres away, it's the longest 15m of my life. don't you just hate it when you return to your bed and it's cold again? argh...

the other corner of my small little room. although it's small, it's about 50% bigger than the hostel i stayed in. the white wire dangling from the ceiling is the switch for the light.

i'm starting to miss Busan. it has more christmas feel and where i stayed, everything is accessible by foot. in seoul, i have to take a train everywhere i go.

bu-hoo. busan. bu-bye.

Day 5 - Delicious wriggly lil' bastard

2011-12-10T17:13:00.013+08:00

Started off my day with a visit to Caffe bene that's just at the bottom of the hill from my motel. yes. bottom. hill. had to walk down looooong flight of stairs to reach it. Order Caramel Macchiato and a brownie cheesecake to accompany me while typing the previous post. the cake was kinda dry though...

Straight after my pre-breakfast meal, i went to Busan's Jagalchi Market. Since they're famous for seafood, gotta give some of it a try right?

a tank of mini eel wriggling all over each other in the tank

this has got to be the ugliest looking fish in the whole Jagalchi

the street selling live seafood

Chilli paste stall

another part of the market. sells mostly shell-type of seafood

the motel owner told me to visit this restaurant if i'm looking for seafood. i walked 3 rounds around the market just to find this... even though he gave me a name card, i could not read korean and the only thing i can read is their telephone number. so i had to compare all the telephone numbers on their sign before finding it. the things on the menu are all sooo exp. i wonder what they mean.

the lady boss told me she has a one person set for 20,000KRW which is ~$23. you won't believe what you can get with this amount of money.

keys to my shoe locker. no shoes allowed in all traditional korean restaurant.

while waiting for the seafood feast

starters, one grill prawn, seasoned turnip?, sesame mayo salad, spicy squid salad, pumpkin puree, crab leg salad, kimchi pancake, some shellfish (like gonggong) and hot seaweed soup.

this gonggong-like thing is super sweet.. i think i can hear the ocean crying

my main dish. grilled fish. it's either this or fish sashimi but i don't like sashimi so i ordered this.

i thought that was all when she gave me a pair of sushi. surprisingly, the fish sashimi on the sushi is nothing like any sashimi that i've eaten before. the fish is crunchy and not at all squishy-squashy-kind. doubt i can order another serving of this because it's a set meal

i thought the sushi was the last dish but this came. hotplate mixed-shellfish. i think there is about 3 types in it

OMG. STILL GOT! a huge bowl of soup which i can fit my head in it. fish bone soup with tofu, udon and veggies... only drank one small bowl of this

and she think it's dessert? she still gave me rice, black beans and kimchi...

cant believe i manage to stuff all these into my stomach... (except for the soup)

the lady boss took a polaroid of me and gave it to me as a present lol. i feel like a star. she also asked me to write on a piece of paper so she can stick on her wall of foreigners lol.

keep seeing this tanks of live crabs... i feel like saving them from squeezing with all the others in the tank by ordering one... but i am just toooooooo full from my seafood breakfast

looks like a departmental store? no. it's busan's famous wet market also selling seafood. i have no idea why there is so many different venues selling the same things.

what it looks like inside. i just HAD to try the live octopus because i am not coming back here again tomorrow... even though i am damn full... i ordered a live octopus ($6) and a live abalone ($12). i think he asked me how i wanted them so i played charade with him. in the end he understands me haha. i wanted sashimi tako and bbq abalone :D

he passed the moving creatures into a plastic bag an handed to an auntie. she led me upstairs and i was surprised to see this picture. i thought it is also a market upstairs.

that plate of octopus looks uber raw and fresh right? look at the video below to see how fresh it still is...

OMG can? chop it up into 728348387441985874 pieces liao still move till that??? i use my chopstick poke one then they all started to dance like they shuffling to party rock anthem wth... it's quite hard to get one piece off the plate because their suction pads are all reluctant to leave the plate...

the first bite required a HUGE amount of courage lol. after dipping into sesame oil and soya sauce, the moment i put it inside my mouth, i chew like mad so i wun feel it moving inside my mouth haha. after awhile, i took a small piece and tried letting it dance in my mouth for awhile. the feeling is quite disturbing... the suctions are like french-kissing my taste buds individually... yucks. chew like mad again. haha. but it taste pretty damn good! although it might look mushy and all, it's very chewy and almost like cooked-squid, just juicier

would i try it ever again? definitely YES!

the abalone was a letdown though... despite being alive (i saw the boss plucking it out from the side of the tank), it was pretty tasteless. it lacks the taste of the ocean. the slightly salty but freshly-sweet kind of flavour...

the last piece of octopus which i contemplated for a very long time (i swear it was moving at some point of time). i thought it was the eye and i was frantically trying to recall if i ate the other eye... i asked the lady boss and she said it's the mouth of the octopus. then she stared at me waiting for me to put it into my mouth. slowly, i put it into my mouth and chewed slowly because it's not moving anymore. one the third chew or so, i felt something crunchy and it sent all the hair on my body standing..

at least i finished this exciting breakfast's "dessert" lol

lady boss. the photo doesnt do her any justice. she just keeps closing her eyes. not because she has small eyes lol. 3rd shot and this is the one with her eyes at least not shut haha

after leaving the seafood market, i went to the place where there are tonnes of street food and where the busan film festival is hosted everytime.

first stall got me captivated. i have no idea why but whenever i see street food, it's like an empty room in my stomach opens

it's fried chicken tossed in spicy sauce. not as nice as i had imagine. but decent enough because i had it on a 98% full stomach

looks too nice to ignore :D didnt buy it though. i'm sure to make a mess of myself trying to eat that apple.

saw a queue forming so i joined it lol. it's some mochi thing with red bean and cinnamon filling like the one i had in myeong dong but this time, she cuts it open and fill it with cinnamon sugar and sunflower seeds. there are at least 10 stalls like this on this street. seems like a popular snack in busan. 10% of the people on the street are holding one of these. after buying, i saw another similiar stall but there like 20 people queueing for it. immediately regretted buying mine. sigh*

looks like parrot food eh? there's flowing sweet red bean sauce in it so it's not as dry as it looks

Busan's walk of fame? looked at some of the handprints and i couldn't recognize any of the names. must be some indie directors for some indie films hahs

seriously. where does all the space in my stomach come from? i think there's a little black hole forming in it... just couldn't resist a warm place selling ice cream

oh my, sweet cream ice cream with crunchy chocolate bar

i think it might be the weather. i'd been eating non-stop from 12-4pm. but the whiff of the waffle's scent just hit my weakspot

wanted to have oden but i really cannot take it anymore... the tteokpokki in busan seems much spicier than those in seoul. the colour is much redder and the texture is much thicker.

Daegaksa Temple. thought it was an important place because it was on the map. but it seems closed so i just snapped a picture and left

away from the street food "market", i went to the Bupyeong Market (Kkangtong Market) which is the local market according to the motel owner who told me i should visit it if i'm free. he's right. the only people in this market are older people and the things they sell are all ingredients for a fashion disaster.

saw people crowding around a food stall and took a look. red bean soup. the musky-sweet cinnamon smell made me get one bowl for myself :D it's topped with cinnamon sugar and mochi.

the auntie tried to refill my bowl but i acted to her that i am too full. it costs 3,000 won (~$3.50) and it's free flow of red bean soup i think. i see other people refilling it and sharing a bowl and still pay only 3,000 won. after i'm done, she offered me a cup of cold sweet roasted rice soup? i think that's what it is lol

again... walked past this stall and she just had to sizzle a piece in front of me when i walk pass. bought one and regretted it. not nice at all lol. good thing i had her to take-away. i would be bad if i could not finish it in front of her.

assorted kimchi(s)

yong tau foo stall? haha. selling all the ingredients you can throw into a hot pot of oden or tteokpokki :))

even more seasoned veggies and seafood

佳节礼品？ i have no idea what it is. but i think its all mochi and sweets

right now, typing in another outlet of Caffe bene. i've had a lot of nice coffee here in korea but this right here is the best i've had so far.

back to seoul tmr! hope the weather there is turning better. i am going to stay in a traditional korean house next!! byebye love motel, hello 'hanok'~ it's located at an area full of traditional houses that are preserved by the govt. hope i can find it lol

~auf wiedersehen~

Day 4 continued

2011-12-10T11:28:00.005+08:00

Was still full and cold so i walked to Lotte Departmental Store and the first thing i saw when i stepped into the mall, a guy wearing suit and bowtie selling banana. talk about being overdressed haha. one bunch sell $6 lol. i guess banana is kinda a luxury item during the winter?

SO WANTED to have a krispy kreme but i'm just too damn full.. i keep eating 2 pax's serving in korea...i think i'm going to gain more weight that expected for this trip...

after strolling through the whole of Lotte departmental store, i went back to the streets and saw a performance that was ending. i don't understand a word the mc was saying but i know he's asking everyone to count down with him. 5!! 4!!! 3!!! 2!!! 1!!!

it's snowing!!! haha no la, the countdown was for them to activate the foam machine lol. he shouted merry christmas dunno for what lol. it's still 2 weeks away and he's so excited

back to my love motel lol. my king size bed with decorated ceiling haha. i guess people who come here mostly look at the ceiling haha

huuuuge tv too compared to the normal sized computer. watched tv for 2 hours not knowing what they are saying at all lol. saw running man and some music videos

there's a jacuzzi and steam bath in my room! jacuzzi big enough for 3. had a soak and listened to music like a boss. then used the steam bath and steamed away my fatigue for the day *ahh~

today, i'm heading for the fish market and have myself some fresh sashimi! even though not a favourite of it, i should try a bit. i saw cheap tako selling in the supermarket in seoul so i guess it's going to be even cheaper in busan. i wanna eat the hugeass prawn also lol.

再见for now :D

Day 4 - Annyeong Seoul, Annyeong Busan!

2011-12-09T22:36:00.011+08:00

Left my hostel at around 10am to get a light breafast before heading to Seoul station to take the KTX to Busan. Once i stepped out and walked a few steps, it started to snow :)) the snow was too fine to be taken with my camera lol. but if you look closely at my hair, at the right side of the picture, you can see a snowflake haha

Had a Cafe Latte and an Egg & Ham bread at DUdart near my hostel while looking at the snow outside the window

After i'm done with breakfast, i headed out for Seoul Station. The door of my hostel and my big luggage -.-|||

After dragging that huge ass luggage around, once i reached Seoul Station, first thing i saw was Lotteria! their fast food chain. Ordered their Bulgogi Burger set and munched away staring at the Ah Bing Ge sitting opposite of me. I think at least 10% of the people at Seoul Station that day was army boy. it's weird that they do not carry any bag around. most of them just carried a paper bag.

bought this at a convenient store GS25. lifesaver can? sticked it onto the pocket of my coat and kept my hands in 24/7. Seoul Station is so cold.. i regretted stepping out of Lotteria.. 30 mins till my train arrives

Only know my train number is 131 and it's a KTX train. so i guess it's on track 4 haha. i was right!

it takes only 2 and 1/2 hours to get to Busan with a KTX because they make less stops along the way. the other 2 kinds of train takes roughly 4-6 hours but cost 1/2 the price

Bloody cold right here beside the track. when the wind blew i wished i could've just drop dead.

Bought a bento set for my train ride! came with a cup of soup, rice and a mineral water. from the top left, it's kimchi, then pickled radish, seasoned cuttlefish (i guess and its my favourite of this bento), cucumber and some weird beans. then the leaves and tomato, lotus roots, tamago!!, fish cake?, and stir fried beef? with mushroom and onions.

most of them are businessmen traveling on this train. was so afraid that my luggage would get stolen because i left it at the space between the carriages. but then again, it's too heavy to be worth stealing :D

took like 9238748298 photos of myself on board after the girl beside me alighted. but shortly after, an ajuushi sat beside me typing furiously on his laptop. thought he was typing report for his business but he turned out to be typing subtitle for Cars 2 the cartoon -.-

Busan subway. "No Touch"! - you touch, you go to jail bad boy

After getting lost for about 15 mins, i decided to ask 2 girls walking past me how to get to the motel. they did not recognise the motel when i showed them the picture but when i showed them the address, she took out her iphone and used her gps to guide me. then she showed me where the motel is on my google map. so i just had to follow the little blue dot all the way.

when i was near, i got lost again. i went into a convenient store and asked the staff where the motel is and she said she don't know... i wondered about for 5 mins and found it... it's 1 min away form the convenient store -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

didnt have much time before the sun sets so i headed straight for Busan Tower. It's just 2 mins away, located behind my motel. spent $5 to get up to the observatory

okay, i'm still tired from climbing up the stairs for 2 mins from my motel. after taking the lift, the staff told me i had to climb up 2 flights of stairs to get to the top...

you get to see 360deg view from the top and the sea port in this picture have boats that ferries you to either Jeju Island or Japan. Yup, Japan. really piao yang guo hai

the $5 ticket, i spent less than 10 mins up there. and i walked 3 rounds at the observatory

went back to the shopping street and it was all christmas-y! lots of statues, swings, xmas trees for people to take pictures with. damn a lot of kids along this street. 1 hour after i took this picture, the whole street was flooded with people

walked past this streetfood vendor and saw this HUGEASS prawn? the prawn is even bigger than the pomfret?!? it has to be as long as my forearm omg. wanted to try it but i don't know how much it is... i might try it later on at the fish market that Busan is famous for

Decided to have dinner at this place. the rest of the "restaurants" were mostly empty and this one was crowded

decided to see what they're selling. the uncle is BBQ-ing spicy baby squid over the charcoal. the smell is unbelievably seductive lol

some fried pancake which i later ordered too

nope, this is not a meal. this is the side dishes. theres onions, sesame leaves (hate it), spinach, long tau ghay? and seasoned fish cake. the big bowl of soup is actually.....

FISH BRAIN SOUP!!! the soup damn nice can? the radish made the soup so sweet and the fish broth made it even better. at first i thought it was intestine or something. then i figured it might be brain. so i asked the auntie what is that. i ask if it is pig's brain (i actually pushed my nose and made a pig nose for her to see and pointed to my head) and she said "yae." but she said it's not pig. she say is fish. then i was like "?!!#!" and said "BIG FISH???" and she replied "yae" lol

and that's how i know it's big fish brain soup lol

baby prawn and baby squid pancake! minimum serving 4 pieces i think. but she kinda played charade with me and i think she meant that she will only charge 1/2 the price for 2 pieces.. with the dipping sauce, the pancake was soooo nice.... not oily at all.

tadddaaaaa~ BBQ baby squid. baby i love you.

ajjuma passed me a sesame leaf and told me to wrap it in.

roll it up and eat away~ tried sesame leaves a few times before and didn't like it at all the taste of it is too unique lol.. thought the leaf's taste might blend well with the squid but i was wrong. in the end i just ate the squid with the bean paste. the charcoal-smell-infused-babies was musky, spicy and had just the right amount of juiciness to it. ahh....

i can't believe i finished all those... the couple beside me kept looking at me because they only ordered the squid for the 2 of them lol. the squid is standard sized. my soup turned red because i started to wash the squids at the end because it's getting too spicy for me to handle. i finished a bottle of water they gave me which i think is about 1.5 litres lol. plus the soup.. i guess the couple was not the only ones looking at me because i think no one actually comes to this place alone.

i think it's a 聚酒屋where friends or colleagues comes after work and have squids and soju. i think this place is pretty popular among the locals because when i finished eating at around 7pm, there was already a queue out there. i thought it was because it's dinner time but when i walked around, the rest of the eateries are still pretty empty.

the squid place was rather cold so i had to get something hot to drink. so i bought a hot can of coffee at the convenient store. although i was walking around like a water ballon about to burst, i needed a hot drink to keep me from freezing.. at least i'm not at seoul, it's -4 degs that night in seoul and at busan, it was 4 degrees. but it still feels damn bloody cold...

Bert asked me to help him buy go stop, a korean card game for him lol. bought one for myself too. shall ask jackson to teach me how to play on sunday :)

Day 3 - nom nom nom

2011-12-08T20:50:00.009+08:00

Basically , i didn't do much today. i was so tired when i woke up at 8am today... couldnt go back to sleep.. the mattress in my room is so uncomfortable! i can feel the individual rings of springs imprinting themselves onto my back. nighttime is so early right now; it gets dark after 5pm.

and it's so cold today! at myeong dong i was freezing my ass off... checked the weather and it's 0 degrees... oh my tian.. fingers all frozen. had to keep eating to stop my jaw from freezing.

Even before breakfast, i decided to go do a bit of window shopping. i went to a shopping centre at Sindorim called D-Cube city and wanted to buy this pair of boots in H&M but it cost about $92.. maybe if i still have money left on the last day i will go back and get it :D

BREAKFAST! Pig trotters!

comes with pickled radish, rice cake and stuffed intestines (personally i only liked the intestine)

the pork was too dry for my liking and the skin was too jhun. not soft enough..

after breakfast, decided to have a sit-down and write about Day 2 on my laptop. so i went to this cafe called Artisee Coffee and ordered myself a Cafe Au Lait Cake and a cup of Ice Shaken Honey Lemon Drink (couldnt get a coffee cause my throat feels kinda sore)

Artisee Coffee's napkin. reminds me of CJ7 the movie cos of the thing on her head haha

i've seen quite a lot of branches of Taco Bell here in Seoul. at least it's surviving here unlike in SG

my studious get-up today. anyways, i heard that Ewha Womans University accepts male exchange students haha. maybe i should apply for it.

After going up a few levels in D-Cube, i found it kinda familiar and i search for it on my phone. turns out that the episode of Running Man where Gary thought he was the spy, True Gary Show, was filmed here. I also passed by the Seoul Museum where Yong Hwa's first appearance in running man was filmed. the part where at the intro he sang very loudly across the street to a Japanese girl lol

Mimine rice cake! i told jackson that i loooove tteokpokki and he told me that this is one of his favourites apart from Chopok tteokpokki which i had yesterday. He also recommended the Kimari Twigim which is the fried thing at the side; it is fried seasoned noodles wrapped in seaweed. i only liked the crunchy part because the part where the seaweed is has too much pepper in it. got a queue number and had to wait 10 mins for the tteokpokki. they sealed it for easy take-away. i would prefer the chopok tteokpokki i had yesterday because this stall's tteokpokki is too watery. but if you're a soupy person i guess you'll like it.

Mini melts that doesn't melt at all. i regret buying it when i exit the building. had to went back into the building and finish it. it's too cold outside plus i look like some idiot trembling and eating ice cream. lol. asking for it only

Single trip ticket to Myeong Dong - my next destination

Myeong Dong's underground shopping. there's not a lot of stalls here but they sell cheap spectacle frames here ~$11 each. but in Myeong Dong, things are generally cheaper than those in Hongdae.

Street of Myeong Dong. Tonnes of beauty shops, shopping and eateries. best to visit from 5pm onwards because that's when the street food vendors starts opening their "shop"

remedy for the cold weather. Oden. A stick of it and a cup of soup makes it all better. for about 2mins; then you start to feel cold again.

saw people queueing so i joined the queue and bought 1. you just throw 1000won inside the bucket and take a piece of paper and take the pastry yourself.

it is fried mochi with red bean and cinnamon i think. extremely hot and sticky... dripped all over my pants while walking and it froze. lol. just flicked it off after it solidified. i guess winter weather does have its perk afterall

after window shopping through some shopping centres and the streets of Myeong Dong, i was heading back to my hostel area to get some dinner. On the way, it was just too cold to carry on walking. so i had fried squid and a hot cup of oden soup.

the oden soup wasnt enough to stop myself from trembling. so i went into this convenient store and got myself a hot can of milk tea. saw this poster with Gary in it. and his rap partner i don't know his name lol

Back at Hongdae, i went to this ramen joint which the couple yesterday, who brought me to Chopok tteokpokki, recommended me when i asked which place has good jajiangmen. they served pickled radish, szechuan chai and pu-er tea while i waited for my bowl of korean ramen

looks exactly as i imagined it to be but the taste was far from my expectations... i thought it would be alike to chinese's 炸酱面 but it was not as thick or salty as i would've expected. maybe it suits the locals' taste.

the name of the ramen joint. i wouldnt have stepped into the restaurant if the couple had not recommended me this place because it has a chinese name. haha. usually i would find shops that only have picture and no english or chinese name so i know that it's authentic korean (well, at least that's my way of thinking)

on my way back, got myself a mister donut Pon De Double Strawberry :D the variety of donuts in korea is much better than thailand's mister donut

Went back to cocobruni to get their coco cake :D) <--- double chin going to appear soon

this cake is just unbelievable can?? arghh the cream is oh my 天啊！

saw this in H&M and it was too cheap to not buy it haha. my black jeans is going through puberty. all the wool and cotton from the winter wear made it so hairy lol

$4 simpsons boxers from H&M (also too cheap to ignore)

bought my KTX ticket to Busan and back at seoul station this afternoon! cost me a bomb... the price is about $20 cheaper than domestic flight tickets but all the check-in hassle deterred me from taking it. KTX takes about 3 hrs to get to Busan while the other kind of trains take 4-6 hours. KTX is about twice the price of the cheapest and slowest train. the return ticket to Busan cost me $123.50... and i already chose the economy seats... good thing i set aside money for this

now, to pack my luggage for busan... hate packing stuff back into how it was originally. they just don't go back the way they should argh... shall wait till tomorrow morning before i pack my luggage haha. more urgency= more efficient. just like studying for exams.

at least i get to enjoy myself before i get my results for this semester. tee gong bo bi please

-byebye-

Day 2 continued (Part 2)

2011-12-08T11:59:00.005+08:00

jackson had to fix his car plate at a garage and pick his son up so he dropped me off at a zzimjilbang (bath/recreation house). after hot and cold water skinny dipping with wrinkled grandpas, i had a full body scrub+hairwash and a massage for ~$30

after those, i headed for the coal furnace and wore their clothes (kinda look like prisoner) and tried out another photography app using iphone haha

at the coal furnace/rest area of the zzimjilbang. there was a group of ajuma eating fruit cut with their own knife. there was also a group of friends eating banana, sweet potato and some other fruits. it's kinda weird that they "picnic" at this kind of place and with those kind of food? haha

a group of ajumas were laughing loudly beside me as they folded this sheep-head-towel and wore it taking pictures. saw it on running man and other korean shows and i just had to try it. tried to fold it myself but failed. so i approach one of the ajumas who strayed from her herd of sheep-headed friends and asked her to fold it for me :D

rice cake at a famous stall in Hongdae. i asked a couple on the way and they offered to bring me there and helped me order. on the way, she asked if i was from Singapore. she said that my accent was very obvious (even though i didnt say lah, leh, lor etc. haha). she said she went to singapore before and she recognize the accent. they were very helpful and pointed out the different stuff to eat in Hongdae (youth district near my hostel).

Chopok Tteokpokki (kinda like gangster or ah beng rice cake) their rice cake is called Mayak Tteokpokki which means narcotics rice cake (meaning that it is addictive) the oden soup they have there was sooooo nice! for me it was better than the famous rice cake haha. and it's free-flow :)))))

The couple pointed this place out to me and said that it is a KTV. it's an open concept kinda KTV and she said that if i come during the weekends and after midnight, i can see drunk people in the second floor of a cubicle behaving like monkeys ahha.

each room is two-tier. u can go up to the upper level and dance or do stupid stuff in full view from the street

this guy sells candy floss using his huggggeeasss dog as publicity. his dog is the star of the stall (its picture is all over the candy floss machine

after the spicy rice cake, i had to eat something sweet to neutralize the numbness on my tongue. some of the rice cake here is surprisingly spicy lol. went to a white christmas-ish cafe called cocobruni and ordered their coco cake and carmelo (caramel machiatto). the cake is ZOMGBBQWTF delicious lol. i looooooove the lightness of the cream as it was not at all "gelat" even till the last bite. the cream taste like the foam on top of the green tea machiatto at Koi Bubbletea haha. no wonder i like it so much.

drank a few sips and found a bird in my coffee. what the bird?

end of day 2! currently typing this post at another coffee house in D-Cube at Sindorim. will post more about it again soon! annyeong~

now to search for xmas gift!!

-ciaociao-

Day 2 - Kind soul in Seoul

2011-12-08T10:49:00.009+08:00

Today, Jackson took me around the city and before meeting him, i had a hot chicken sandwich and cafe latte. Last night i had problem falling asleep because a girl (i assume) was using her hairdryer at 11:30p.m. for at least 15 mins... i imagine she must have a huge afro of a hair. i blame her and not the excessive caffine intake that i have here.

Seriously, there's a coffee house on every single street? looking from a coffee house, there is bound to be another coffee house in sight. i asked jackson if koreans really love coffee houses and he said he have no idea at all why there is so many coffee houses... are koreans so sleep-deprived?

The cafe where i had my $6 breakfast

After touring through Yonsei University (jackson teaches there) in his car, he brought me to Changdeok Palace. He said that one must at least see a palace in Seoul to be considered a tourist. haha

the long stone pavement that leads to the palace itself. it's very spacious and most of the rooms are just empty rooms. we thought that we could access the Secret Garden (no, the drama isn't filmed there) where the King used to have "fun" there. Fun = fishing, reading poems, making poems, talk about poems...

It is said that the King never put his feet on the ground because it is dirty. so, he rode a horse everywhere he went. the Secret Garden is so serene and the noise from the city doesn't seem to penetrate the palace walls.

This is the more leafy part of the garden, the rest is kinda botak from the weather. the best time to visit this place is during late autumn where the trees are all in different shades of earthy colours

a clock/calendar i guess? the english tourguide didnt explain it to us

the colours on the inside of the roof of most buildings. this palace is said to be opened to public only 2-3 years ago after they restored it for 8 years.

one of the rare camera-and-me-more-than-30cm-away picture haha.

this "door" leads to a something-something-room. it is carved from an entire piece of rock and the inscription says "不老門" which symbolizes longevity.

why are all the pictures taken with instagram soo nice? if i were to come after december, i think all the trees would be botak and even instagram won't be able to save it

Direct Translation: "Long Happiness Door" - may you be happy long long

a door for male to enter (something like a superstitious viagra door for them)

doesn't this "dormitory" reminds you of Song Keong Gwan Scandal? haha. i told that to jackson and he told me that Song Keong Gwan isn't that far away. And that was when i realised that Song Keong Gwan is not a fictional place. i thought is a korean hogwarts sia

little pavilion for the King to play with miniature boats. The tourguide had her own theory on this. she said that because nobles in the past think that excessive movements are not elegant (unglam), she thinks that the King just sits there and watch his servant play with boats. lol. lazy till backside cannot leave his seat

this pavilion was built in 1644. one of the "newer" ones in the Secret Garden

kinda reminds me of Ex Wallaby... the dry leaves and the weather..

300-years-old tree. i think i'm taller that it is

The oldest pavilion of all in the Secret Garden. Built in the year of 1636. the surrounding of this pavilion is a mini rice padi field where the King will symbolically plant rice to show the importance of agriculture in their time. the dried straws would then be used to cover the roof as a symbol of good harvest. this is the only pavilion that is left with the original straw roof

mini waterfall carved by hand

750-years-old tree that survived the typhoon last year (or at least half of it did)

Jackson told me that this is a women-only parking lot but he parked it anyways. i asked him if the space is wider and he said no. it's just because some women are intimidated by aggressive male drivers who stress them while they're parking lol

Cho Park Chip (duno how to spell it) BBQ Pork Ribs between Gongdeok and Mapo. this place is famous among the locals and he said that if we were to come during lunch, we have to queue for quite some time

heated floor ah... warm my backside... and frozen calves...

*sizzle sizzle*

cold kimchi (non-spicy) noodles with side dishes (onion and cabbage "salad" and seasoned spring onion) with 2 condiments, bean paste and hot pepper sauce (usually the sauce we have in sg is a mix of those 2)

it's a something-something chigae. haha. some soya bean, tofu and veggie soup. they place the pot of soup on the charcoal after you're done with the meat

full ttm... 2 pax meal for only KRW 25,000 (~SGD$29)

Originally, after the bbq, jackson wanted to bring me to a traditional teahouse but on the way, he scratched someone's bumper with his car and had to wait for both sides' insurance representative to come... his car plate was dangling throughout the rest of the day. i felt so bad because he was talking to me when that happened...

anyways, the parking near the teahouse was closed and he said he would bring me to another dessert place instead. the above is a red bean paste with chestnut, kidney beans?, some green chewy stuff, cinnamon powder and a ball of mochi! other than being slightly on the sweeter side, it was so hearty to have it in the cold weather

the napkin of this store says that it is the second best. so who is the best?

the exterior of the humble store

the president's mansion. didnt manage to take a good picture in the car

Day #1 Sin-Pkk-Icn

2011-12-06T22:14:00.013+08:00

In-flight announcement: "The temperature in Beijing is -1 degrees" zzommmggg

i wore a tshirt and a pair of jeans thinking there is a walkway straight to the airport but guess what, like budget airline, need to climb stairs down. i was trembling as if i was competing with a 99-yr-old parkison-stricken old man. it was not long before it started to snow.

Cup of toffee nut latte to stop the shivering from the cold-shock. My flight from Beijing to Seoul was delayed due to frozen wings and bad weather i think. Cause when i sat in the plane looking out of the window, i saw a crane spraying water on the plane wing to melt the coat of ice... after 1 hr in a stationary plane, finally took off...

Arrival at Incheon Int'l Airport!

Typical view of my train ride to Hongik University where my hostel is

Much worse than i imagine it to be. budget till like that? haha. but at least it was easy to find and near the train station

Panorama view of my room. if i open my luggage, i hardly have any space to move around... during winter, my "aircon" is the window; open big big = cold; close tight tight = not so cold?

OMG. SHOCKING CAN? After i bathed and tried to dry the towel that they provided me with, i saw this wordings on it. DID I JUST USED SOME SINGAPOREAN'S Left-behind-towel?!?!

RICE CAKE <3 the first thing i ate in korea.

everything in the stall looks so yummy-licious can?! can?!

no wonder the oden's broth tastes so sweet --> flower crabs

First stop, Uniqlo to check out some winter socks. but there was nothing much there. ended up walking around Hongik Univeristy area

In the shopping mall, when i look out of the window, i thought i saw a naked lady suntanning lol

that colour car is actually an ad for GAP apparel. the car is covered with knitted wool

下酒菜that was available with all sorts of pattern and combination at a "pub"

remembered someone saying 'hello kitty has no mouth because she speaks from her heart' damn lame i know lol

bought the book (One Day) in Changi Airport and tried to read it while drinking coffee to pass time waiting for the rice cake to digest... This coffeehouse was constantly filmed in a korean drama 强力班 by Song Ji Hyo so i just had to try it haha.

The coffees in Beijing and here didn't have any caffine effect on me and so i decided to go back to the hostel to sleep at 6pm. had a power nap till 8pm and went back to the shopping area to hunt for BBQ intestine!

the weather --- 1 degree celsius

Side dishes for my bbq cow intestines and heart (bip bop bip bop!!)

Clockwise starting from bottom left corner: fermented radish, shredded egg, "coleslaw", cold seaweed soup (didnt try at all), seasoned spring onions (surprisingly i finished it), and 2 condiments

the shopowner said a lot of stuff in korean. didnt understand what he was talking about until he brought me the bill. he meant that minimum is 2 pax serving. no wonder i couldnt finish the last few pieces of intestines...

my jaw was so sore after chewing on the intestines. and it didnt help that i was eating slowly because the heat made the intestine jhun jhun (hokkien for "like rubber feeling")

after eating for 10 mins, the auntie in charge of washing dish came and said shes from china... then offered me veggies to wrap the intestines and heart. too bad she didnt explain that i was eating for 2 earlier on... this meal costs ~$40.... omg...

my jaw was so sore i had to relieve it with something cold (apart from the chilling breeze). Melona!! tried once in singapore and it was UBER nice... only $1!!

taken with lemecam (iPhone app)

walked past this waffle shop and i just couldnt resist: "Auntie, one please"

ok i didnt call her auntie and i didnt say anything. i just showed her my index finger.

There's a shop in Hongik Univ that sells the hat that Ji Hyo was wearing in Running Man! But it's damn exp can? one for $70

Almost every roadside vendor has someone chewing on rice cake and other stuff

Found this petrol station to be interesting - the pump is hanging from the ceiling. i doubt i can reach it. i wonder what kind of vehicle can use this...

have to walk this long stretch before reaching my hostel

morbit me self-cam-whoring.

Well, that concludes my first day traveling alone :) didnt take the metro to anywhere else cause i was soooo tired from the flights... didnt manage to sleep well on the flight... AirChina... sigh... Chinaman #1 on my left raised his voice at Chinaman #2 on my right because he took 2 of the same copies of a newspaper. Then they buay song each other and i just had to sit between them...

I have a personal tour guide tmr!! hope he likes the bah kwa i bought for him haha. had to smuggle to korea cause livestock products are not allowed lol.

Off to bed~ oh wait, i'm already on it :)

-out-

^.^

2011-12-05T21:14:00.002+08:00

Packed and ready to go! :D

Be Home Soon

2011-12-04T21:45:00.002+08:00

so excited that i'll be flying off alone tomorrow!

First time that i'll be travelling alone. hope all goes well. some people might ask, "aren't you going to be so bored alone?"

then i'll tell them, "if not now, then when? if i have a job or a relationship (not that possible for now), i'll not be able to do this kind of stuff."

hope i can write about all the things i do there. not gonna bring a camera. just me and my iPhone :D

pjj, out!

안녕하세요 KOREA!!

2011-12-02T14:07:00.004+08:00

liberated from exams. ahh...

Korea trip after this weekend!!!

My plan for this trip: 3 days in Seoul, 2 days in Busan and 2 days back in Seoul again to rampage through myeong dong's shopping centres

things i've got to do there:

1) go to a bathhouse! (like in running man haha)

2) shopping in myeong dong! (specs, sunglasses, pair of boots, iphone cover etc etc etc etc etc!!!)

3) try to do cultural stuff in busan (maybe i'll try walking their "great wall")

4) take lots of pictures (note to self: take pictures before eating <---- not as easy as it seems)

5) go to dongdaemun at 12am to eat supper

Time to brush up my vocabs and adjectives to describe my trip :D

drools

2011-12-01T21:00:00.003+08:00

Drools can??? I soooo wanna have it when i get there. pork-based soup for breakfast!

*nom nom nom*

just need to get the marketing exam out of the picture before i can dream about it. if i fail this marketing module, i'll have to shred my marketing diploma and send it to chief of army just because i spent 2 yrs in army while my poly knowledge was rotting away

-PJJ *FIGHTING!!!!

PJJ is back!

2011-11-30T21:37:00.002+08:00

2 more days till the end of the exams.

i wish i have the attention span of a person who has really long attention span. mine's as short as a monk's hair... sigh. studying for exams turn out to be harder than i thought it would be. here i thought that after NS i would be very motivated to study. i turn out to be anything but motivated.

but it's okay! s.korea trip in 5 days!!! so excited that i'd be travelling alone for the first time. even though i've went to korea twice before, but i couldn't recall anything i did that was memorable. only shopping and eating.

speaking of eating... things i have to eat before i return to sg:

1) KOREAN BBQ (top of the list, nothing beats eating an authentic korean charcoal bbq during the winter)

2) Tteokbokki! (korean spicy rice cake)

3) Oden!

4) Krispy Kreme (haha, just because singapore doesn't have it)

5) Roti Boy! (the last time i went, there was a Roti Boy Cafe. the custard roti boy was NICEEE)

6) Spicy tofu soup

7) BBQ pig's skin with soju at dongdaemun at 1am

8) BBQ pig's intestine and braised pork knuckles (saw it on running man i was like @.@)

9) Bibimbap

10) Gimbap (korean "sushi roll")

that's it for now. thank god i'm typing this after a filling dinner :D

back to blogging after 2 years of NS

yes, PJJ is back!

updates

2009-06-13T17:39:00.003+08:00

too lazy to blog recently even though slacking at home rotting... ytd went to picnic wif dorin yt rs and sarah. went east coast park there to picnic, fly kite and play a weird frisbee that i bought lol... pictures at facebook..

today was summer cleaning for me. (too late for spring cleaning liao haha) cleared out all the pants and shorts wif waist 30" haiz... byebye 30" waist... hello 32-33" waist... haiz....

cleared out at least 80 tshirts and 20 pants & jeans. dam long nv clear liao sia. the hawaiian print shirt i still have loh, in S size lol. got all the flower prints and stuff haha... classic... got one period of time dam hip.

after clothes, i threw away all the poly notes and even some jc stuff tat i still kept lol... found some notes with doodles and took pictures of them haha.. got sentimental value, maybe someday will become valuable art :D

I know it might not seem like it has been cleaned, but trust me, for those who visited my room before. this is way cleaner.

Before clearing the stack of tees were almost blocking the tv and the scv was totally blocked.

doodle #1 dun ask me wats tat. i tink i drew a star cos it was impt. then it looks like a starfish. but the starfish looks like a ballerina. so.. tadaa.. lol

Doodle #2 behind some statistic notes

doodle #3 which is still inside statistic notes lol. shows how boring it is...

Doodle #4 wow... my drawing really sucks lol.. garfield not i draw de. i tink it was dorin or something.. forgot liao...

those were the days... army in 3 days time.. sigh..

-pjj-

journey to the west (kinda?)

2009-05-22T17:20:00.019+08:00

finally back to civilisation two days ago. came back from tibet...

went on 10th of may. took an afternoon flight and arrived in Chengdu during the first day. Chengdu is in the Sichuan province and is quite a normal cityish city. after shopping in their main street, went back hotel and rest for the night.

the restaurant tat we ate in Chengdu

Their main shopping street

Hotel that we stayed in. notice the shower is exposed one loh. only the middle part of the glass is frosted. so i showered in the bathtub lol.

After the night in Chengdu, we took the morning flight to Lhasa, Tibet. Lhasa is one of the 6 cities of Tibet and the most populated i tink... the altitude there is 3650metres above sea level. Singapore's bukit timah hill only 165m above sea level nia... so this means Lhasa has low oxygen level (ard 40-60% of sea level's oxygen content).

Low oxygen= headache, nausea, nosebleed, insomnia... when i went there, it was horrible... at first nth much. but when we reach Potala Palace, the place where generations of Dalai Lama lived (not anymore, the 14th Dalai Lama ran to India liao). We were the last group to visit the palace, so the ppl there hurried us using a rude tone.. anyways, climb one flight of stairs alr wan my life liao... the lack of oxygen became real obvious there... heavy breathing... headache... fingernails turned 100% purple... wth... and all to see statues of dalai lamas, budhha etc... most of my dad's fren complaining why the stupid schedule make us climb before we even adapt to the sea level..

Dinner that night was horrible for me... as i ate some oily mushrooms in the afternoon, after we return from potala palace, i went back to the hotel with major headache and puked out lunch. and right before dinner, i puked out somemore... dinner i had one small slice of char siew and two bowls of porridge... felt like wan to die like tat... no appetite.. might as well kill me....

Lhasa Airport

Exit=Export?

Potala Palace. Imagine u hv to climb this after waking up 5+am in the morning and take plane. Climb to the top somemore with lack of oxygen...

hotel in Lhasa, supposedly 5*...

typical building in Lhasa. reminder: Lhasa is already the most advanced city in Tibet liao. and it looks like this.... Buildings in Lhasa cannot be taller than the Potala Palace as a sign of respect or something...

dam lazy to blog any further... i tink juz upload pics and describe them bah...

This temple is the aim for devotees to visit in Tibet. There is a Si Jia Mo Ni statue that was carved out hen he was 12 yrs old and was supposed to look like him. some tibetian from faraway village will send one representative to walk 3 steps then kneel followed by lie flat on the floor to the temple. they walk and pray at the same time. totally by foot. some of them take one year or more to reach the temple.

Mao Niu (hairy cow) they only live above 3500m altitude. tastes juz like normal cows

hairy lamb. lol loads of them

tibet dog

this is alr around a 4 star rating toilet liao. still got others open air.... some enclosed and full of shit everywhere... yucks....

lambs blocking the road. old woman trying to get them to one lane only hahah

mountains... lake... sianz...

more of mountains and river

snow in Ri Ke Tze

can anyone guess wats this? satellite for cable tv? nope! its a gadget they use to heat up their water. they point the thing towards sunlight and it all reflects to the kettle. quite smart right? no need electricity de. but dunno can boil water anot lol

temple... dunno which one liao...

mom n dad

windows and door frames are all outlined wth black paint to keep evil spirits from entering

gold plated roof. they use alooooot of gold to plate roof, coffins of dalai lamas etc. too rich

restaurant in the hotel. no heater. need to wear full gear and eat lol...

mini watermelon. its the size of a gypsy's predicting future crystal ball

3* hotel's toilet. its the best in the area alr.... reminds me of the hostel in rome.....

hard beds

hotel lobby

temple

temple entrance

pagoda of 100,000 budhha statue. as the name implies.. didnt climb up cos dam tiring. lol

snow

me n snow and mountains

toilet at 5000+ metres altitude. if u look down when peeing, will giddy lol. walk fast will headache... too high liao. heng pass by only

water and mountains... zzzz

ppl painting Tang Ka using minerals like gold etc.. they say colour wun fade away. they actually use their saliva to wet the brush.. disgusting...

huge painting takes more than 1 yr

Himalayas O2. Theater with oxgen supply. lol. acrobats n stuff

hanging bridge made out of wires and sticks and cow hair

thats the furthest i went. later cross liao still need go back dam sian. lol. scary

hot spring.

china's kfc

asked for chilli sauce and they gave chilli powder? haiz...

tats how they pray.

tibetian dog. quite adorable. i always tot tat tibetian dog will hv patches of hair missing or something lol

a poster in salon's toilet. went to wash hair

Good Luck? writing tat on car plate abit.... jinx?

pocky-fest :D

train cabin and big sis. 4 beds for 2 ppl cos we dun wan mix wif strangers lol

scenery in train

scenery in train....

Xi Ning. not tibet anymore. back to mainland china

automated mahjong table in xiang fang (restuarant room)

scenery on the way to Qing Hai Hu (Qing Hai Lake)

the white dots on the left side of mountain is actually sheeps... meh....

statue of Wen Cheng Gong Zhu. Wen Cheng princess who helped tibet to get to wat it is like today.

me n mom at qing hai hu before she had seasick

qing hai hu.. boat trip..

went to the Er Lang Shen island just to see this statue... zzz

big sis

qing hai hu

its hailing! got mini melts-sized snowball falling

dam big yang tui. lamb leg.

the people in tibet flattens their cow dung and stick onto their own wall to dry it. in winter, they use it as fossil fuel to cook their stuff... er.... ok.... no wonder tibet food tastes weird... and nauseating...

left bowl: Su You Cha. (combination of grinded barley, cow milk fat, tea and salt.. dam disgusting....) right bowl: hairy cow yogurt. (yummylicious? i didnt even try it)

well. this concludes my longest post ever. overall rating for tibet: 4/10 (cos i not budhhist)

most of my dad's fren say pay money go tibet suffer. lol.. rather true....

as for tibetian food: 2/10 (out of 10 dishes, only 2 is edible to me.... sigh...)

-pjj-

E-A-T!

2009-05-04T15:00:00.002+08:00

ytd, went to IKEA to eat with thiam wei, guan qi and nicholas.. very long nv meet up with them.. since last yr's steamboat lol..

after eating IKEA, we went to TampinesOne but got nth much to do there.. so within 30 mins, we left T1 for.... Raiders at amk. lol. we 4 go play left4dead. tat time install in my comp cant play dunno why. the game was dam fun lol. especially play wif frens ahaha.. guanqi keep getting bitten by the infected but she juz lay there quietly lol.. in the end, guan qi fell off the building cos she running away from an infected lol...

after tat, nic got attacked, tw go save, in the end both lie on floor i go save but in the end all die. lol..

after raiders, i parked at courts and went to take 136 with the germans (sabrina, laura, helen, anne, kathrin and 2 others). we went to chomp chomp to eat.

the 4 of us juz went to order almost everything tat we can fit into the small little tables lol...

we had:
1) Black carrot cake
2) White carrot cake
3) 2 Plates of Char Kway Teow
4) 2 plates of hokkien mee
5) Fried Oyster (Oh Lua)
6) 3 popiahs
7) Rojak
8) Satay
9) Many many chicken wings
10) Stingray
11) Sambal sotong
12) Gong Gong
13) 10 cups of sugarcane and one lime juice

after that, we went to holland v Baden restuarant (german bar) where sarah jane met us there

some of them got early classes tmr so we drove them home first and then we (me, tw, gq, nic, sj) went to jln kayu with helen anne and jessi.

ytd was all about eat eat eat eat eat! so happy. seldom eat 3 meals when go out in one day lol...

mom said shes not going to control me eat cos she say i going army le, let govt take care of the job for her haha. anyway, i'm not growing fat... i'm juz preparing the appropriate build so i can go army get some muscle or something lol. its not an excuse... really.. believe me...

-pjj-

ARGH

2009-04-29T01:09:00.003+08:00

today went to jurong point sell clothings... dam tiring...

i wan to slap slap slap some pinoys... one person is like a bloody hurricane. mess up ALL the clothings tat i neatly folded... after i slap them senseless, i wan to hammer hammer hammer their fingers til become doraemon hand cant see fingers. ARGH!

tired....

-pjj-

sad...

2009-04-25T10:57:00.003+08:00

back from bangkok trip. bought 30+ tops and 3 pants ahaha.. there everything so cheap... but i tink i ate too much cos one night i eat liao go back slp halfway wake up go puke lol....

came back from bangkok first thing i see, MINDEF letter... wah sian more than 1/2 can.... June 13th enlisting... haiz.... so fast....

next trip, tibet! 10th May going wif family. hope the food there dun suck too much... going to bring tonnes of instant noodles there haha.. enuff to last me 10 days...

thought of going army so soon... haiz... dunno wat it'll be like...well, at least i wun be spending my 21st bday in tekong! hahahah... ha.... sob... sob... ha... sob...

-p...j...j...-

back from trip and interview?

2009-04-18T20:45:00.002+08:00

back from korea/shanghai trip. :D bought 10+ tops and lots of seaweeds hehe :D

uni application haven been very successful.... received letter from NUS giving me second choice of computing which i totally dunno why i put that... other than business i totally dunno wat to take sia...
NTU totally nv reply me at all... sigh...
as for SMU, toda went for the business interview. wth can? got 3 test in the interview.

first, 30 minutes to do a comprehension. COMPREHENSION! wtf can anot? since JC's general paper i dunno how long nv do compre liao can... the article was abt science of happiness and how it can be measure? then the author say dunno wat happiness as a science and wat bullshit. dam chim can?

second, 45 minutes to write an essay of 300-400 words. i wrote on, "Describe one idea that is intellectually exciting to you, and why?" i wrote on human's never ending quest for knowledge and how with more knowledge comes more questions. i tink i outdone myself this time muahahah.. i tink i wrote til quite deep. lol....

anyways, lastly is the group interview.. got 8 ppl.. before that, we were given 10 minutes to read an article abt IQ and whether its in our genes or by nuturing... then i say something abt putting albert einstein in the middle of africa where theres nth for him to play with he also cant be a genius. something like tat... they still ask if we wan higher IQ and if we wan our kids to have high IQ or not... lasted for 30 mins...

first time i went to this kind of interview... its more like an english exam can... interview... they better accept me man... i squeezed my brain til no more juice le today...

yeah! i finally got a job. haha. simi called and said her hush puppies job need ppl to work on two sundays. so tmr and next sunday i got work le yay. haha... family wun call me mi-chong (rice worm which juz lies in a bucket of rice and eat rice and do nth) anymore :D with the pay maybe can buy new bowling ball.

-pjj-

b-o-r-e-d

2009-03-28T15:20:00.002+08:00

holidays are so boring.... nth to do at all... only thing i look forward to is monday and wednesday's bowling league... lol... and i juz realise still can go for nyp's training haha. so i got something to do on tues also liao hehe

so left wif boring thurs, fri, sat and sunday... haiz... NTH TO DO... read manga til my eyes going to rot liao... faster go korea trip so i can come back get a job and buy new bowling ball aha.

7 more days!!

-pjj-

Ching Ming shi jie yu fen fen

2009-03-26T00:40:00.006+08:00

today woke up 7.15am go clean tomb for Ching Ming. today morning the weather uber hot... by 12pm reach back home.. by then, i've already bathed twice. before i left house in the morning and after i reached home...

after tat napped for 2 hrs, woke up, slack and dam sian so i asked shaun to go bowling before the league.. so we 4pm go scc bowl.. so before i go, i bathed cos hair messy. bathed 3 times so far..

after bowling like 3 games my whole body sweat til dunno like wat... so we went to bathe after eating... bathed 4 times le.... wth...

then bowling league starts, i bowled 199, 181 and 146... last game dam lousy haiz... could've won tat game... oh well... so i went home and bathed before blogging... in total i bathed 5 times today. squeeky clean sia me. hahah.. no wonder today i bowl so heng. split also the pin can bounce back and hit the other pin. :D

WHY?! WHY?!?! Korean Won drop again.... haiz... tmr i go change alr... keep dropping cannot la... haiz.. tmr go chinatown again. i tink this month going there the 3rd time le. where got ppl go chiantown so often de sia.. other than those ppl staying in chinatown..

-pjj- :D :D

friday is a good day

2009-03-20T22:24:00.002+08:00

i'm feeling much better than ytd. finally. went to chinatown wif sarah yt dorin and daryl. went to pay the travel agent money, check exchange rate for korean won and go eat dim sum buffet haha..

although i could only eat all the steamed stuff.. but its still good. i was dam full. so after tat we went to mustafa. so first thought? mustafa=stop at little india. so we did. and ended up its kinda far away... sweat til dunno like wat... shld stop at farrer park loh.... then after check the exchange rate, its abt the same but chinatown still better.. after tat walk back so we walked to bugis...

today macham heritage tour.. go little india, si bay lor (4 horse road), chinatown.. lol... walk so much and sweat sweat sweat. i tink sweat til i feel so much better although im exhausted..

korean won pls go up again... i promise i will change as soon as u hit 930 won for 1 sgd... lol... i wun take ur good rate for granted anymore... (want to stab myself when the rate was abt 950 won and nv change haiz...)

-pjj-

3/4 dead

2009-03-19T19:28:00.002+08:00

feeling like shit today... finally went to see doctor...

throat still so pain.... cough... nose bleed... headache and slight fever again... juz woke up from nap and really feel like hell... ...

i feel like dying... ever body part seems like 100kg.. feel so heavy... argh......... so sick...

p...j...j...

. . . . . .

2009-03-16T10:42:00.002+08:00

i dunno how long has it been since i last had fever... ytd woke up wif a rockband in my head. felt like it was exploding... i was like the katy perry song hot n cold. sweat then cold then sweat again zzz...

today no more headache but very sore throat... despite me drinking soooo much water ytd (i went to toilet more than 20 times, at night slp woke up 5 times juz to pee zzz) couldnt go bowling today.. haiz.. tat was something i look forward to in my 'nth to do' calendar...

hope i'll be better by wed to bowl. whole day read manga 'Fairy Tail'. lol. finished Fruit Basket le.. moving on.. Fairy Tail really quite nice. shld find the anime and watch. manga keep have to click dam ma fan. cant wait for my throat to be better to go EAT EAT EAT!

-pjj-

2009-03-14T20:24:00.001+08:00

today went to SIM wif yt dorin siqi simi and siok. went to attend the talk.. eat in SIM.. then after the talk went to cold rock in holland v eat ice cream. honeycomb and ferrero rocher is still the best... mmmm.... nice... 21 more days to korea/shanghai trip!

-pjj-

Day #2

2009-03-14T00:26:00.002+08:00

hmm... today as usual morning eat salad. but the rest of the day dam chui. dun even wan to say. but i tink shld abandon this healthy diet thing. shld juz come naturally when i feel like it.

why live so unhappily. haha. fuck it (as chris 'skins' would say) :D

-pjj-

Day #1

2009-03-12T20:13:00.003+08:00

today went to chinatown to collect the tickets and hotel voucher for the seoul trip with dorin, her mum, yt and daryl. cant wait! less than one month more!!! 4th april leaving til 13th april. stopping at shanghai for 2 nights to eat xiao long bao before coming back to singapore haha...

hmm... for pjj's HD Day #1 i wouldn't say tat today is a complete failure but i would say its a 20% success haha

morning i was psyched, so i had oriental salad for breakfast. chcken breast and egg and lettuce. hmm wat a good start for a healthy morning.

after which, i nv eat til 5.45pm cos had to help my sis. i was sooooo freaking hungry can... almost had no strength. i was supposedly meeting yt and jh go play pool and eat. but then jh ps so only me and yt. while waiting for yt, wat appeared as an oasis in front of me was.... Sweet Talk... it was like i saw the Pearly Gate. so i cant help it but to buy a cup of bubble tea and drank it.. nice.... the start of the 80% failure of today's HD...

after that, went to S11 wif yt and eat western food. haiz.. oh well.. at least i was 20% healthy today compared to everyday's 0% healthy haha.

tmr i shall aim 30% healthy. then go airport fetch mom and eat popeye's to reward myself hahaha.

a healthy diet is nv going to work. so i tink i should lower the standard and make it one healthy meal per day at least. tat shld work. haha. then i'll be 1/3 healthier :D

-pjj-

laze lazing lazy

2009-03-11T23:24:00.002+08:00

its only been like wat? 2 weeks plus since the exam ended. i'm so damn bloody bored at home.

just came back from bowling league in scc... today not bad. avg 183.

when i go sch, i eat alot nvm cos i got walk here and there and stuff... now at home, do nth still eat so much... i tink i shld go on a healthy diet. not a diet, but a healthy diet. tmr shall be attempt #1. dun shoot me down just yet, i might be able to carry out this diet for a week. thats wat im aiming for.

tmr shall be the start of Healthy Diet for jj Day 1. i'm not going to starve myself, just refrain from eating cream pasta, fried stuff, junk food (e.g. the slightly bigger than ping pong ball sized jawbreaker which i finished)

after supper, which consist of laksa cup noodle, 5 prawns, one hotdog, 2 fried chicken wing and one fried egg. (yup, tats why i tot of this HD program for myself haha)

and now i'm weighing at 76.5kg.

lets look back a year ago at this exact date. i was headed for germany with a body mass of only 65kg. hmm... gained 11.5kg in a year? oh well. GO! JJ! GO! for the sake of not having heart attack too early or kidney failure, i must endure this. haha

-pjj-

so bored...

2009-03-01T20:19:00.002+08:00

its only been 5 days since my poly life ended and i'm alr as bored as a monk in a disco club... haiz.

nth to do? go out eat lor. eat eat eat. haiz. later go army jialat. lol... last night had ice cream crave at 10pm... didnt noe where to go so went to petrol kiosk and asked yt along. we bought ben and jerry's ice cream haha... went home and ate 1/4 of a tub and already felt guilty...

today, i dun feel guilty, i feel the consequence of my gluttony. being slightly lactose-intolerant, i'm such a ironic bastard when it comes to creamy delicious dairy products... haiz... mouth enjoy, stomach suffers..

still tinking wat to do other than the korea trip wif daryl dorin and yt and dorin's parents haha. i shld find a part time job like events. at least save up abit for the trip so can eat imperial feast there hahahahah.

i can still rmb the korean bbq i had the last time i went there... it was heaven... its like pigs flying all around u, wrapping themselves in lettuce, dipping themselves in bean sauce and flying right into ur mouth, rolling all over ur tastebuds.... mmmmm.... gonna have tat soon. YES!

meanwhile, wat am i going to do before and after the trip? too lazy to start anything...

-pjj-

exams

2009-02-16T20:11:00.003+08:00

exams once again... today finally started on my first subject which was planned to be finished by ytd. haiz. jialat... oh well, at least today finished that suject. have to chiong liao. in the blink of an eyes we will be planning for grad trip alr. exams will be over...

ahh.... still tinking of wat i can do after exams.... like nothing to do... find work also hard to find. maybe work part time or something.. too lazy to find new job.

but ytd $400 fell from the sky. GST offset package. it finally pays to be old! im 21 this yr so can get money from govt liao haha. fruitful day today.

-pjj-

joke of the day

2009-02-13T17:30:00.004+08:00

ytd, i was listening to 987fm in the car on the way home. then Muttons to midnight was talking abt a joke. heres how it goes:

Long long ago, there was a Japanese Emperor who is seeking for a head Samurai. So, he put up notices that he is recruiting a head Samurai. A few months later, only 3 people turned up.

So the Emperor said: "Please show me your skill and I will decide who the head Samurai will be."

The first samurai opened a matchbox and a fly flew out. "Whoosh!" and the fly was sliced into 2 pieces. The Emperor was very impress with his skill.

The second Samurai did the same thing and opened a matchbox and a fly flew out. "Whoosh! Whoosh!" and the fly was sliced into 4 pieces. The Emperor was even more impressed by his performance.

When it was time for the third Samurai to show off his skills, he thought to himself: "Hmm... how do I compete against them..." Without much thinking, he did the same thing and opened a matchbox and out flew a fly. "WHOOSH!" But it seems that nothing happened. The fly flew around the room alive.

The Emperor was furious and asked: "Why is the fly still alive? What kind of skill is that?"

The third Samurai replied: "Sir, if you look closely, the fly is actually circumsized."

LOL! i was laughing to myself in the car loh...

anyways... today is the last day of school... time zapped past like a laser beam sia...

haiizzzz.... have to study for exams too liao. starting from tmr. so sad... Valentine's Day... last time v day is work. now v day is study. wat a sad boy pjj is... lol...

went to bugis with MA-ers today and ate CJ HK Cafe. after that went to BJ walk walk. then go back there the Ah Chew desserts eat. then came back...

one of our last after-school outings........................ there goes my excuse to eat eat eat..... sigh...

-pjj-

Service marketing management blueprint

2009-02-05T18:41:00.003+08:00

tues had smk presentation. was quite ok. heres our blueprint!! to show how ppl from frontstage and backstage work to bring service to customers

today was our quality management project. we did a video on how chain of command slows down processes for singtel. video!!

rmb to keep ur eye out when rs is driving. haha. turn up ur volume too!!

this project-infested week turns out well afterall.. that is if our imc also good. haha

-pjj-

25 things u might / might not know about me

2009-01-31T22:26:00.002+08:00

xw and yt today facebook tag me on 25 random things. so i did the same. haha. still procrastinating on project works as always... so i copy from facebook and paste here. haha

1. I love to eat. ALOT. Gained 8kg since last march.

2. I don't buy my clothings.

3. I don't like to stay up late.

4. I passed my basic driving theory test on the third try. (forgot to go the first time, failed the second)

5. Favourite colours are orange and brown.

6. I hate enthusiastic people.

7. I've only completed 2 RPG games before. Pokemon and Tales of Destiny 2. Never finish any FF before.

8. I suck at Dota but i still play it.

9. I have a turtle soft toy. haha.

10. I spend 90% on food and the rest of the 10% on transport to get to the food.

11. I have no idea how many clothes i have.

12. I don't really like school holidays. I rather go to school.

13. I prefer savoury food to sweet stuff.

14. I can never ever commit myself to master anything. e.g. bowling, Dota, etc...

15. I can never bring myself to complete a tutorial.

16. I hate people who break down their sentence into more than 4 parts in msn.

17. I need to know. I'm very nosey.

18. I hate it when people don't answer my call.

19. I need to be in control of things around me. Or else i will get real grumpy.

20. I hate movies that have ghosts in it.

21. I always have sweets in my bag.

22. I think that the worse type of pants are those without pockets or have small useless pockets.

23. I have not sprained or injured myself in anyway before. Maybe cos i'm flexible.

24. I HATE waiting.

25. I tend to get scared real easily.

-pjj-

6 projects in 7 days

2009-01-30T17:18:00.003+08:00

SIGH.... i'm as bored blogging abt project than u are reading abt me bloggin about it. lol....

next tues: SMK presentation
next wed: PS presentation
next thurs: QM presentation & Entrep rehearsal
next fri: IMC presentation
next sat: Entrep Day Presentation
next next mon: IM presentation

out of all, i've only done my part for PS. lol. 5 more projects to go! chiong chiong chiong!

but before that, how can pjj juz let his ang bao money sit in his wallet and emo? so, tmr brunch at dempsey barracks cafe! although i dun really noe how to get there. haha. sure will reach there somehow i guess.. after tat, mahjong!!!!! hopefully to earn wat i spent eating the brunch. hehe.. today chiong finish SMK then can relax for saturday alr.

looking forward to the 7-layers pancake... drools.........

today photographed our SMK blueprint. haha. lame stuff... today, rs or daryl said tat if i dun eat junk food, i wun be so gaining weight or something... i said "why dun u juz ask me to jump down?!?!" we were on the fifth floor. lol... crazy loh. cutting off my junk food addiction u might as well cut off my tongue and dig out my stomach.. god gave those innards to fill junk food with and to savour the luscious MSG and preservatives and other heart-stopping (literally) flavours.... mm..... junk food? i tink not. i would tink of them as treasure food.... simply divine....

i love my arteries-clotting, heart-attacking, kidney failing, liver damaging, luxurious delicious food life... one life, savour it. see? this post ends with a non-project happy note. :D

-pjj-

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2009-01-21T17:27:00.003+08:00

i hate numbers.... especially when they are in a table waiting for u to put them here and there and try to balance them... wats wrong with them? cant they be like phone numbers and just stay there dun move...

BALANCE SHEET.... balance shit.... i detest financial stuff... they disgust me. lol... but then dun care liao la. let the teacher see if he can balance for us before EDay anot...

projectsprojectsprojectsprojectsprojectsprojects came crushing down on pjj. tmr got entrep presentation. haven do the ppt yet... die liao lor.

next week, no need pass up any projects. -small little yay-

next next week, tues SMK, wed or fri PS, thursday QM, friday IMC, saturday Entrep....

the following week monday is IM. CAN DIE! why is nyp doing this to final sem student? plus the random draw lots thing, i cant really rmb who in my project grp loh... argh...

so many many many many many many many more things to do for my project... recently my post all about projects... so no life... haven play dota for dunno how long le...

went liquid kitchen ytd... other than being abit expensive, the service was excellent and the finger food not bad.

cant wait to graduate and AR OH TEE ----> ROT

rot rot rot. tats wat pjj does best.

-pjj-

imc project

2009-01-12T18:40:00.002+08:00

its all about projects recently... juz different modules' project... haiz...

wrapped up imc today. shld be able to do other projects liao.

last night went sembawang shopping center wif daryl and yan tao for supper. new shopping mall. yt went to subway to fill his stomach first before we head to MOF (Ministry of Food). its a jap dessert store. after eating it.. not tat fantastic i tink... but the california handroll is not bad. quite nice actually. had gelato waffle but its normal. the waffle taste like frozen waffle that u can buy from NTUC then go and toast it... after that went back home.

recently cant really spend the whole day doing nth sia... haiz... i miss doing nth...

-pjj-

entrep proj

2009-01-03T01:08:00.002+08:00

no projects to chiong to hand up for today. haha. so happy.

so i decided to improve slightly on my entrep website. the confinement centre website. i do til dam long. like 3 hours. lol... the bloody buttons dam hard to add actionscript to it. especially when i nv go eldc... lol... keep yahoo find flash tutorial. haha

anyways, heres the fruit of my labour: http://illithyia.bravehost.com/index.htm

the soundtrack is taken from Twilight: Bella's Lullaby :D

-pjj-

i love projects*

2008-12-30T19:47:00.002+08:00

*selected projects only. Subjected to terms and conditions.

i love smk project. lol. why? cos we have to evaluate service from a service provider. my grp chose din tai fung. hehe. and so, today park at tangs and go to paragon eat din tai fung. asked a few qns but ended up wif only a phone number. anyways, it is stated in the assignment that we shld check out the major competitors. so wat does that means? crystal jade la mian xiao long bao here we come. haha. i juz loooove eating.

for IM project, we have to choose an SME. so we chose Canelė. Nice pastries shop. lol. altho i dun really like the cakes and stuff there. but its dam classy and good looking. lol. Canelė here we come! all in the name of PROJECT! hehe

tmr going waffletown eat breakfast. then head further down to eat island creamery. :D this week shall be eating week.

-pjj-

no title

2008-12-28T21:59:00.001+08:00

haiz... time flew past like a bloody mosquito that u try and catch but fly dam fast and dunno where it went.

juz now went to my grandma hse, she ask me tmr got school anot. i was like "huh? today wat day?" she told me "sunday la, 'gong sun'" <--- translated as its sunday, dumb grandson. lol. then i was like "oh. then tmr sch reopen le"

so fast... haiz... well. at least im done wif IM report. yay! back to sch means go and eat eat eat!

-pjj-

things to eat before i die

2008-12-26T22:37:00.003+08:00

i watched Discovery Travel and living ytd... the program on was food paradise... they show the best buffets in america... wth can... after watching that show, i ordered mac delivery... at like 1:30am... mcnugget meal plus double cheeseburger... thats my late night comfort food... haha.. ate that while watching zohan on dvd..

now im so craving for buffet.... seafood buffet especially... best if got king alaska crab legs... *drool*

things i wanna eat before i die:

1) alaska king crab leg
2) the best waffle i've ever eaten
3) andersen's ice cream (must-have)
4) New zealand natural hokey pokey thickshake
5) boon tong kee chicken rice at balastier road
6) high tea at marriot
7) brunch at pan pacific's jap restaurant

now i cant wait for sch to reopen so i can go out eat before and/or after school. lol. but for now, chiong report. everyday type half a page... haiz... talk abt attention span... im lacking of it. my attention span is shorter than a botak ns man's hair.....

-pjj-

happy xmas to all except for pjj

2008-12-25T12:20:00.002+08:00

all i wanted for xmas was for santa to shoot me so that i dun have to face the dreadful projects that is due like next week.... he didnt do it... im disappointed in u santa... i shall stop believing in christmas.

anyways, 2 days ago, we had a potluck cum present exchange xmas party at dorin's house. my dear sis lent me her car and im so grateful. or else have to take bus dam sian... all the way to tampines.

woke up at 10am that day. started cooking right after i washed up.
i cooked: 1) tiger prawns with garlic cream sauce.
2) aglio olio pasta (for those who dun eat cream pasta)
3) cabonara (which i cook at dorin's hse)

after cooking and bathing, went to fetch siqi and yt and drove to siqi bro there to take her bak kut teh. then we went to J8 cos siqi haven buy present... wth rite... but J8 and the carpark beside it all full so we parked quite a walk away.

met up wif simi and started shopping for siqi present and some drinks for our potluck. then sarah turned up. then we went to fetch cindy on the way and headed for dorin's house.

heres wat everyone cooked:

Yt: ngoh hiang
Xingwei: beehoon; jelly
sarah: spring chicken
simi: sheperd's pie
cindy: wasabi nugget which she tot was normal nugget and fries
daryl: fondue set and loads of fruits
siqi: bkt
me: pasta and prawns
yuanlin: canned longan, lychee and cocktail (but she arrive late so everyone full le)
dorin: provided us with her house which we messed up

had a good time that day. but now, have to chiong projects alr... haiz...

-pjj-

holiday?

2008-12-20T02:51:00.003+08:00

someone pls refresh my memory, wats the definition of holiday again?

its definitely not wat i'm having rite now.

got 2 report due the first week when sch reopens, and i've only done the cover page for one. and wrote "Burger King is" in the report.

great. now i have a cover page and 3 words.... time to do some serious fingers to keyboard action. and i do not mean networking on msn. haha

its 3am and i'm still awake. juz now went to watch Twilight with daryl yt dorin and sq. not bad show. i tink its quite nice. though the male main lead looks abit like michael jackson (white version) when i first saw him. lol... square jaws, very white, intense eyebrows and red red lips. not to mention the hurricane hairstyle...

oh well, i tink this show is worth 4 out of 5 stars. looking forward to the next movie. i shld go to sleep now.

ciao ciao
-pjj-

napfa test

2008-12-12T20:07:00.002+08:00

haiz.... its been 3 years...

3 long years.... since i did napfa... first time just got back from germany and working. so nv go. then after that recently the make-up rs bday so nv go also.

so today, all the remaining ones have to take... me, simi, siok, siqi, dorin, yuanlin, cindy all went. i'm the only guy left in class that haven do napfa loh...

1st station: Standing Board Jump --------> 245cm {A}
2nd station: Shuttle Run -----------------> 10.2s {A}
3rd station: Sit And Reach ---------------> 41cm {C} (last time i did 52cm de lor.haiz.. old liao)
4th station: Sit-up -----------------------> "48" {A} (figure out why i put "" by urself)
5th station: The DREADFUL Pull-up -----> 3 {E} (KNNNN. i did 3. omg lor. miracle alr can)

2.4km run: After 1st lap --> 2:12 mins. so i gave up. run half a round and caught up wif siok and dorin. walked wif them. my 4th lap. their 3rd lap. we told them we give up. lol.

so overall i got napfa grade of...............................

N.A. (Thank you for your participation) <---- their polite way of saying "u suck."

oh well... now my back feels like the spines all dislocated.... stupid sit n reach and pull up...

at least i went for the napfa test didnt i...

hooray for pjj. ciao! cheers!

work work

2008-12-06T22:45:00.004+08:00

wah.... this coming wednesday smk ica... then thursday hand up entrep project. have to do a rough website loh... my bobo entrep teacher say he wan it in the report... wth.. he doesnt seem to be very much reliable lol... but tats juz wat i tink..

a rough layout of my website:

kinda girly cos its for mothers. lol. they after give birth can come our resort and stay wif their baby to tiao yang back their health.

today work 10am-10pm. tmr work 1-10pm. monday work 10am-10pm.

how to study and do project?! haiz...

its always liek this before the two week hols. then after the two weeks hols, presentations, projects then final exams then grad le.

so fast....

i dun wanna go ns so soon....

oh ya. speaking of ns. bloody hell. when taking blood sample, other ppl take like 2 test-tube sized samples. i took 5! bloody five tubes of my blood.

had to sign somthing before taking blood lol... after taking i feel sleepy and my arm no strength sia. for now i'm in pes D.

at first tot pes D wah! ot D = Do nothing

end up Pes D is pending see go which pes. so might still go Pes A or B. haiz....

cant i juz slack and live my life? why go ns... why singapore so little males...

after counting, i only start my working life at ard 26 or 27 yrs old.. if i make it into uni tat is.

like tat quite old liao lor.. then if i wanna get married at 30 yrs old. i only save for 3 years loh. cant afford anything. lol...

-pjj-

the consequence of a glutton

2008-12-04T20:42:00.003+08:00

haiz.. go work. eat eat eat... drink so many milkshake and ice cream....

went to doctor on monday... got gastric flu again knn. lol... the super-duper-yummy-bestintheworld milkshake got me into this... just like that time in shenton way when i was addicted to the teh-cino. lol....

i guess dairy products doesn't go with me... sad.

moral of the story. dun eat 5 scoops of ice cream in one day even if its free.

on another note, now tat i'm better and my sis juz got back from nanjing (nanking), she got me this present. and i must say. no one noes me better than my family. lol... they noe how to get the best presents for me. :D

IS THIS LIKE THE BEST PRESENT OR WHAT?!

BEST SISTERS GOES TO THE PAN FAMILY :D:D

work = eat

2008-11-30T19:12:00.002+08:00

becca is rite... work=more money to eat.

however, work is also equal to eat

cos... when i work, i eat more than usual. take today for example...

breakfast, went to the bakery in marketplace, bought chicken parmesan bread, milky toast (butter and sugar) and 3 small breads. then went to orange julius and bought a chicken sausage. elaine cant finish the sushi so i helped her wif 3 sushis.

lunch, My Mum's Cuisine's scallop and crab fried rice. i tink its not tat nice considering it costs $15 for tat fried rice.... and a new zealand's natural thick shake. 3 scoops of hokey pokey and a little milk! voted best milkshake in the world by Summer. lol... but she ordered with skim milk. which sucks. (duh, low fat)

ytd, breakast was orange julius hotdog w/ bun and their orange juice.

lunch, my mum's cuisine's ipoh horfun $9.80, two sticks of tori Qs, new zealand's natural thickshake. and gelato ice cream before tat, bon bon rocher and baileys. mmmmmm.....

dinner for ytd, din tai fung's xiao cai, xiao long bao and sushi.

i love to work. lol.

-hwjj- <---- happy working jj

my apologies

2008-11-27T18:40:00.003+08:00

i'm deeply sorry for my insensitive post recently. if i've offended anyone or hurt anyone's feeling, i hereby apologise for my insensitiveness.

it is the season of joy again

2008-11-26T22:40:00.002+08:00

sigh... so it starts... the season to be jolly all over again. started working today since have to save up for grad trip :D

today went to work. but they forgot to bring the chair! so had to stand from like 10am til 5pm... lunch dam pathetic. had to eat 3 breads cos no chair to sit and eat. wth loh....

i miss sch...

oh well... earned $72 today! ahh.. shall feast when i get my pay.

projects projects projects!

ica ica ica!

can die...

-pjj- :(

t-u-e-s-d-a-y

2008-11-18T19:04:00.002+08:00

today went to sch earlier to do entrep proj. but bus 72 went pass my busstop without stopping. everyone at the busstop was like the head from right all go to left at the same time. haha...

and, today is a fine day. so i decided to walk to sch (yes, its the second time pjj is walking to sch). took me 10 mins... wasnt tat bad though. but i still tink spend the 71 cents more worth it.

yl told us to be punctual but arrived 10 mins late. the table i was sitting at was slowly occupied by Ms... wth loh... irritating loud ppl... the macdonald's long long table also can fill up by one whole bunch of ppl...

anyways, when they reach i went to buy hotcake wif sausage meal as usual. the typical mac breakfast for me. for lunch i tink it would be usually nuggets or mac wings meal. plus a double cheeseburger hehe.

then after school (nothing exciting abt classes...) went to orchard eat din tai fung. walk abit then go home le. haha. nth very bad or very good happened today.

-pjj-

Celebrating two decades of eating

2008-11-08T19:42:00.002+08:00

tmr is a special day for pjj.

it marks the start of the third decade of eating for pjj.

wat have i been doing this past 20 years?

most of wat i can recall is mainly food... my family... food i ate wif my family... frens.... food i ate wif my frens...

up till today... i've been going out to eat since last thursday... lets recall wat i've eaten...

Before that, i decided to rate the food wif a tongue face --> :P
The food are all rated out of 5 :P and according to my food preference. those with only : means is half. haha.

e.g. :P :P : <--- this means 2.5/5 which is just pass. edible.

Last thursday: Bedok eat supper. (Muslim western food) (Approx $13) :P :P :P

Last friday: Holland v. Eat crystal jade's zha jiang dao xiao mian (spicy minced meat knife shaved noodles) :P :P :P :P and cold rocks' ice cream (Approx $28) :P :P :P :P :

Last saturday: Jalan kayu eat prata bomb and nasi goreng ayam (Approx $10) :P :P :

Last sunday: Cheeky Chocolate at upper thomson. Had chocolate banana crepe, chocolate lava cake and a savoury crepe (Approx $14) :P :P :P :

Monday: Went to bowl and ate sambal fried rice (Approx $10) :P :P :P :

Tuesday: Lao Beijing eat dim sum buffet (not nice at all. dun go) (Approx $13) :P

Wednesday: Dempsey Hill's P.S Cafe. Had P.S. Burger and shared the double chocolate blackout cake and some choux wif ice cream and chocolate sauce. (Approx $50) :P :P :P :

Thursday: Went Club 21 warehouse sales at 10am before school and had breakfast at marina square's foodcourt (:P :P :) and Andersen's ice cream (:P :P :P :P :P). (Approx $13) Bought a puma shoe at $30. super cheap can? Had invitation to dinner by Caesar's Palace Las Vegas at Marina Oriental. (I guess is around $80++?) :P :P :P <--- only liked shark's fin haha

Friday: Went to yishun and had laksa (:P :P :P :P :), popiah (:) and red ruby (:P :P :P :P). (Exactly $5.90)

And finally, today....

1pm: Meet for lunch at Mount Emily's Wild Rocket.
Had 3 course set lunch --> Fried Cod Cake with sweet chilli sauce :P :P :P :P
--> Spagghetti with Tiger Prawns in sze chuan chilli sauce :P :P
--> Black glutinous rice with Coconut ice cream :P :P :
(Approx $32)

After that, we went walk walk.. then walk walk walk to paragon at around 3.45pm we had tea time in Cova, an Italian Pastries Confectioner (looks quite posh). Treated daryl, siqi, yan tao and dorin. We had an imperial set (4 tarts and 3 mini cakes), and a coffee/tea (use silver teapot sia) each. The tart is sooo nice! (Approx $60+) :P :P :P :P

After finish having high tea at around 4+, we walk walk again and we went to far east. I told them i still hungry so we walk so long then finally just sit down and eat chicken rice (my bad for being so fussy haha. but its my bday! hahahaha) the far east chicken rice CMI (approx $6) :P

after finish eating, daryl went to meet his frens so we headed for home. but halfway walking to somerset, nose bleed. lol. so go ck tang the toilet grab toilet paper cos no one had tissue. haiz... stupid nose.

well. this concludes my past 10 days. wahah. man im getting poorer... gotta work soon. haha

maybe tmr celebrate bday with family go out eat again. but this time no need to pay YAY!

-sdhjj- <--- super duper happy jj :D

no more ipp

2008-11-01T18:07:00.002+08:00

HELL YEAH! IPP IS OVER!

i shld be typing my report rite now but oh well.... haven do anything to this blog recently...

report how? LO say must hand in by tuesday if possible... wth loh...

time to blow the dust off my balls...

yeah... so long nv play with my balls le... shall start when sch reopens.. more time.

hehe.. wednesday the new season of bowling league commence!

first league i was in red dove.

second was in blue viper.

now in grey porsche. haha. now change to car instead of animals le. but the colour combi and the animals/car all so weird de lor.

imagine a red dove. macham the dove the big auntie come then couldnt find the Paseo tissue in time to wipe (stupid advert long long time ago) hahahahah

blue viper? i tink the viper swallow own saliva and kena poison loh

grey porsche. still not as bad but distasteful choice of colour for a car.

if its me, i'll choose yellow homer (wohoo!)

juz nice. my ipp pay get on monday when sch reopens. but after 6pm then will debit into my account. oh well.... still $KACHING$!

with the money, pjj is going to eat eat eat!

News update:

pjj only gained 2kg since he got back from germany.

plus the 6kg from germany....

pjj's bmi is now at.... 22.6

according to the Wii Fit that my mom bought... BMI 22 is the most ideal point.

i use the wii fit thingy to calculate my bmi is 21.94. so im quite ideal le.

pjj has got an ideal physique :)

another excuse to eat eat eat!

2008-10-25T16:18:00.002+08:00

ahh... four more days... finally going back to nyp... after almost 9 months... first thing im going do when i get back is go to school earlier and eat hotcake.

wahahaha. it has been ages since i had hotcakes.... also almost 9 months plus.... haiz...

YAY! YAY! YAY!

back to school soon :)

-PJJ!- wohoo!

fav things ard the world.

2008-10-19T13:28:00.007+08:00

got nth to do today and my sis is still sleeping so i cant use the desktop in my room...

on friday, after eating at newton wif yt, on the way home, we were toking abt where got the best food. like for me, the best chicken rice is at balastier road's Boon Tong Kee.

so i decided to walk down memory lane and review the best things ard the world tat i like.

starting from the nearest to the furthest.

Malaysia:

-Genting: one of the first rollercoaster that i sat on. the weather was not bad too. but now genting really boring. cant tink of anything there tats nice anymore..

-JB: I like their supermarket there becos it has ALL the junk food tat i like at cheap cheap price and the cheap dvds and vcds haha.

Thailand:

-Bangkok: Definitely the dee kar rice (pig trotter rice)
Sticky rice wif mango
Everything tats priced at 199 baht. haha

-Phuket: the kayaking experience to the bat cave where u have to lie down in order to enter the cave cos the entrance is really small.

China:

-Macau: The best hotel i've ever stayed in. Sands hotel. the family suite got a living room, ktv room, 3 bathroom wif big jacuzzi, toilet seat warmer w/ asshole cleaner (hahhahah) and a 24hrs butler. u call for roomservice they come and prepare the meal on the dining room table.

-Guangzhou: The best warm milk tea wif pearl ever. (haven been to taiwan so dunno if taiwan better anot)

-Beijing: Great wall is not tat great when i went. cos its really tiring... but i like their steam sweet potato & corn at the roadside. their cabbage also quite nice surprisingly. haha

-Dalian: Nothing much there except for seafood which we didnt get to eat much.

-Harbin a.k.a Har-er-bin: the ice sculpted slide!! super fun hahaha. and the ice sculptures were amazing too wif the lightings. saw wrinkled and dry old man swimming in a pool of freezing water during winter.

-Zhuhai: The uber cheap dvds there. lol. one piece only like SGD$0.40????

South Korea:

-Seoul: KOREAN BBQ! the best best best bbq EVER.

-???: Another city where we stayed in a skii resort and had my first snow skiing experience.

Japan:

-Tokyo: Disneyland (cos i was still small and i loooove the bloody chipmunks and donald duck) haha. was too small to rmb much... had ramen i tink... went to mt fuji...

-Harajuku: Saw a lot of cosplay people which was scary at that time cos they all got weird expressions.

-Kyoto/Osaka/Tokyo?: Went to this temple where it snowed. first snow experience

Australia:

-Surfers' Paradise, Gold Coast: Movie world, Sea world, Dream world. super duper fun themeparks.

-Cairns: went snorkelling at the great barrier reef. really clear water where u can touch the corals. couldnt scuba dive cos i was below 12 yrs old..... :( they went white water rafting too... haiz....

-Perth: Quite a boring place. went to the market and walk walk and nth much. lol....

-Melbourne: 2nd best hotel i've stayed in. Crown Casino Hotel. the hotel has everything, arcade, casino, shopping arcade wif AX, LV, Jag and etc.

-Brisbane: Went for farm stay which has the BEST freshly toasted bread with honey and butter and the BEST billy tea where u swing the teapot round and round dunno for wat. lol... the farm stay was really fun and diff from other vacations.

-Sydney: Went there for 1-2 days and came upon this street where its the red light district. couldnt go in also becos too small. haha

New Zealand:

-Went up a hill for a cave climbing trip. was really rough... but after that, we had a home cooked meal tat the family of the cave climbing business. they make the BEST apple cinnamon cake! also went to Rotorua to visit some tribe where there's hot steam coming out from ground.

Europe: (the food in europe is not my fav at all)

-Germany: Has the most not-so-disgusting beer i've ever drank cos beer really sucks. haha. the food there i didnt really liked it except for one of the bratwurst or wurstchen forgot which one.
really liked it when it snowed and we had to wrap ourselves up like bar zhang.
the factory outlet town in metzingen and wertheim village was also not bad but i wasnt tat rich lol.

-Italy:

Rome: The ruins was absolutely amazing. destroy til so nice. maybe shld try and destroy shenton way and make it look nicer too. haha. but the 40 degrees day that almost roasted us wasnt tat fun to walk in. lol

Milan: Happy hour from five to eight. buy a drink and get free buffet! haha. food wasnt tat good but its a good deal. had fun walking ard the town wif my sis fren melissa and she showed us around

Venice: The St Mark's square was really magnificent... hated the pigeons shit all over the floor though..

Prague: Tw had baked bunny for lunch. lol... but i simply love the dai dee sessions we had. whenever we see a grass patch and our legs are tired. we sit and play dai dee. haha

Barcelona: the shopping was not bad and the weather was great. sunny wif strong wind. the port that we went to was really really really good for sun tan.

Holland: The sortof countryside stay wif sj's aunt was really diff and nice... great relaxing place...
Amsterdam: Eye-opening window shopping (for hookers) and the Dungeon was fun too. not scary one loh... although at first quite scary cos of the atmosphere. haha

who knew blogging can waste so much time?

timing super good. my sis woke up while i was typing this sentence! wohoo!! can watch hitman reborn and play dota liao hehe

ciao ciao!

2008-10-14T20:41:00.004+08:00

after the trip to ntuc ytd, tonite i went as planned and cooked myself a japanese meal. wanted to cook for my sis but one go find bf one go bangkok wif mom and dad... so pang seh loh...

so heres wat i cooked for myself:

starting clockwise

1) Rice wif tamago and crab meat

2) Half dozen scallop baked with anoki

3) Fried chicken

4) Juicy sushi (bet u cant say it 10 times without saying jushi shushi) haha. got 3/4 inch of tamago as base, crab meat stick, scallop mayo and ebi roe. best sushi i've eaten. cos got all my fav haha

5) King prawn mentai! (tried to copy the jap restaurant kind and ended up 85% alike) not bad liao le... haha

this concludes my "NIPPON! Set Dinner for 1". lol

freaking bloated and im juz going to stone right after this....

-pjj-

tidbits shopping frenzy

2008-10-13T21:33:00.004+08:00

is food all pjj tinks about?

a) Yes

b) No

c) I have no idea who is pjj

if u answered a), u are 80% correct. which makes u a potential fren of mine (not tat u'd care anyways haha)

if u answered b), u dun noe me tat well and shld juz hang urself or beat urself wif a nokia 3310

if u answered c), why are u still reading?

anyways... tat was a lame poll.

it all started... one fine day.... and since i said "one fine day", it obviously meant a non-working day. so its a saturday! yay!

the bowling league finished and my team emerged champion! (i had nth much to do wif it cos i only bowl abit lol)

anyways... they had this dinner in seletar club then got lucky draw. and guess wat?

i got $50 NTUC voucher!!!! WOHOO!!! pardon me for being auntie but can u imagine how happy a boy like me can be if u have $50 to buy all the snacks and junks u wan?

and so... today i set off on a journey wif yt to NTUC and later meet up wif siqi and all had dinner tgt...

at first i tot $50 might be juz nice... but then... haiz... wanted to cook jap meal tmr nite for myself so kinda spent like 70+ lol... on juz tidbits...

heres wat i bought:

all this plus:

an apple

5 king prawns

ebi roe

tamago

hotate (scallop)

jap mayo

one packet of maggi

one orange drink

this makes me really really really happy and this is really a simple bliss that can satisfy a simple stomach like mine.

PJJ DECLARES OCTOBER 14TH TO BE...

POCKY DAY! with one hi-chew and orange drink :)

-hhhhhhhhhjj- <------happy X 9 jj :):):):):):):):):)

eating frenzy

2008-10-11T13:19:00.002+08:00

got my ipp allowance like a week back. saved 250 and took out 450 to spend. 180 on Wii. the rest i only left like $90 now... haizzz.... after got pay, went to ichiban sushi eat wif yt at amk hub. we two eat alr $50. then next next day or smth, went crystal jade in bishan eat... $50+ again.. then two days ago we went Sushi Tei eat.

wat we ate:

1) tamago sushi

2) ebi mentai sushi

3) cold udon (my carbo to keep from from ordering more)

4) soft shell crab

5) fried chicken

6) baked mayo miso scallop (big and juicy, ahh....)

7) teapot soup (gimmick dish. soup in a teapot. pour into a tiny little cup and drink)

8) scallop sushi

9) seafood salad

10) ramen (yt's)

11) ice cream (yt's. i only ate 1/4) of it)

total $80+

haizz.... no money liao... keep eat eat eat... haiz...

but i need more eating khaki! who wan to eat?? jio me out pls...

Wheeeeee... Wiiiiiiiii.....

2008-10-05T22:29:00.002+08:00

yay! finally bought Wii.

shared wif my two sis and my mom (becos of Wii Fit she wanna share) haha.

brought to my grandma's house to play cos her tv there bigger. played wif my little cousin and my sisters. quite fun and tiring. really tiring... lol...

weekends pass by way too fast... haven even recharge my biological battery then have to go work tmr alr...

its like carrying an mp3 tat left like 20% battery and gives u the 'feeling' tat its not fully charge very gaw wei lor...

yes... i go work wif only 20% of my battery everyday... haiz...

can school start soon? haiz...

and have to register for the ns checkup alr...

the bitter-sour life of being a guy...

sigh... have to go sleep soon... tmr have to 'do cow do horse' again.

-tjj- <---- tired jj...

saturday

2008-09-27T21:53:00.002+08:00

saturdays nv felt this good before.... after a week of work, finally got to rest today...

woke up by my mom this morning to go market eat breakfast at 10+, so i woke up and bathed...

after tat, my second sis woke up then have to "doll-up" as usual cos she going out after that.. waited til 11+

when we're ready to go, my mom's fren asked us out for lunch. but she steaming huat gou. then we waited til 12+... can u imagine how hungry i was....

then she came and picked us up with his son then we went to dempsy for jap food. very nice food there but quite exp

after that, went shaw's isetan walk walk... then went to paragon cos my mom's other fren is there. so we went to meet him and his wife, went to Cova cafe or something for tea... 5 small little tarts tat's bite-sized plus a drink costs 20+...

after that we went back to isetan to buy the swiss roll at the basement of shaw. then it came to ard 7pm.. time to go home but went to my mom's fren house instead cos she said she cooked abalone and sea cucumber.

"YEAH!" - tat was wat my stomach yelled. haha. after tat finally came home and watch fringe and hitman reborn. ahh... saturdays are great... especially when u took it for granted during school-life...

oh yea. speaking of which, during work on friday, i came across this guy's i/c and he freaking looking like stephen chow with moustache and glasses. SUPER LOOK ALIKE. haha

-jj-

and so... the nightmare begins...

2008-09-18T21:00:00.002+08:00

walking from the kitchen to my room... i stumbled upon something all men dread (except for some psycho ones)... its a letter... an orange letter... from M_ND_F... would anyone like to buy vowels?

wth la. its like the second time im going thru this dreadful mail. its from mindef... argh... i've dreaded this day ever since i deferred for nyp....

dreadful is the only word going thru my head...

dreadful....

have to go check up and stuff... have to go to the ns website...

have to go army soon...

oh my youth.... poof...

its going to be gone just like that...

2 years of doing "it"....

haiz....

-sdsjj- <---- super duper sad jj.......

saturday = boring day

2008-09-13T19:30:00.002+08:00

woke up at 1pm today. nothing much to do

ate korean maggie for "breakfast"

yt came over and we dota abit. slack awhile.. then he go home.

now i'm dam freaking bored like an unused dildo.... and worst of all, i'm not hungry... wats happening to me...

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bored. work really makes life borng.. school life is much better.

i never want to grow up..

LWS

2008-09-11T19:21:00.003+08:00

im so LWS.... its been like forever since i watched skins... im so lost without skins... haiz... who knew that life without skins could be this boring? i wish series 3 would come sooner. praying that the new cast wouldnt suck as much as im imagining now...

anyways..

for my accomplishment today:

1) I managed to wake up for work.
2) I scanned close to 600 pages of paper today.
3) Ate BK mushroom swiss upsize + 6 pcs nuggets + taro pie + ice cream :)

i deserve a trophy or something, or a bk voucher will be nice too.

-cjj- <------ contented jj :D but still feel so lost...

SKINS!

2008-09-06T00:20:00.006+08:00

EVERYONE should, ought to, must really really watch Skins. its a UK drama series depicting lives of a bunch of UK teens mainly 17 yrs old. makes u laugh and cry sia.. the writer of this show is dam sadist... keep killing or destroying the characters... keep f***ing up their lives... lol.. but it shows wat real life is like and not everything is lollipops and fluffy cotton candies in teenage lives...

finished watching season 2 and awaiting for season 3... but they said they're only keeping the main character's sister. the rest of the cast are being AXED! wth loh... but then at least my favourite character stayed. Toni's sister. haha. coolest of them all. emotionless yet shows everything and always gets and knows wat she wans. shes a model and a rather good actress i tink considering shes only 16.

Kaya Scodelario [Effy]

2008-09-04T13:50:00.003+08:00

gastric flu... got mc for today.. first time im taking mc in a loooooong time.

didnt even take mc before in nyp i tink.. not even tep also.. oh well... i deserve a rest..

realised theres alot of things i can't have cos i cant take milk products.... ice cream.... cream pasta.... milk tea.... spicy food which includes about 30% of my cravings... haiz... just shoot me.. anyone...

-jj-

singing in the rain...

2008-09-03T20:36:00.002+08:00

today is the only time i liked rain. the feeling of being so tired from work, holding a brolly and singing aloud in the rain and no one hears u...

-Sir JJ- ----> singing in rain jj

omfgihjklmnoq..

2008-08-28T19:22:00.003+08:00

im so so so so tired and sleepy... rain plus work really knock-out combo sia

work is sooooo boring, uninteresting, tedious, dull, dreary, mind-numbing, tiresome, lackluster and unexciting…

im juz going to sleep before 9pm today... seriously lacking of sleep.. eyebag plus dark circles alr expanding their territory on my face... haizzzzz...

-j- <---- only one j. cos im half dead... the other j is dead within me... and tats the fun j... bye fun j... bye...

The bittersour life of pjj

2008-08-26T21:20:00.002+08:00

im like the polar bears in the picture... but change coca cola commercials to scanning chores.... haiz... dam tired today... argh... 9 weeks and 3 days to go...

-tosjj- -----> tired of scanning jj

back to one

2008-08-25T19:54:00.002+08:00

went to daryl's house last friday and had potluck. after tat played few rounds of mj... then stay over wif xingwei and dorin til next morning cos too late take cab exp.. lol.. then go home sleep awhile meet yt and rs go cityhall marina square and suntec walk walk...

my satisfaction in changing appetite has dropped... the food isnt as nice anymore... well, at least the steak sucks in my opinion...

theres dorin and yuanlin at the corner toking abt some auntie things for sure... then zhenhao using hp like business very big like tat.. lol... he bought 30 curry puff.. wth.. we sure couldnt finish it. left 12...

yuanlin cooked potato and minced pork, dorin fried some seaweed chicken, siqi brought her dad's bah kut teh, yt cooked chilli prawn and brought some fried chix wings, rs did some baked macaroni wif cheese, xingwei bought gogofrank's cheese sausage and i did some dessert.. daryl provided his house and his ribena.

Its siqi saying hi!! say hi back guys. haha. and rs wif food in his mouth giving tat sian look wif his short hair. haha

oh man... my hols is officially over... sad... but yet somewhat delighted... no more slacking and doing nth...

but.......

im back to ops... argh... why not marketing??? haiz... back to square one again... routine work everyday makes pjj a dull boy...

-nssjj- -----> not-so-shiny jj

osep photo album

2008-08-19T20:22:00.003+08:00

went to tpy wif reb ytd to develop pictures from the OSEP trip. out of 5k+ photos, i chose 382 photos.. and its alot alr... cant fit all into my scrapbook...

developing pictures: $60.70

Scrapbook+papers+pens+adhesive roller tape: $23.10

haven started on the coverpage... reb was rite, coverpage shld last part then do... lol... did 3 pages out of 77 pages of the scrapbook so far....

3.8961038961038961038961038961039% of my scrapbook is completed.

96.103896103896103896103896103896% to go....

a tribute to my evil landlady...

zZzZzZzZzZ

2008-08-16T19:25:00.003+08:00

addicted to Duffy's "Warwick Avenue" that song. super nice. lol...

been slacking all day again. baked peach strudel. haha.. shld be the last thing im going to make in a long time. since ipp is going to start.. very soon... one more week..

Taadaaa.. made apple puff too. but then ate it and forgot to take picture. haha

-jj-

Wonderful day

2008-08-14T20:17:00.005+08:00

woke up at 12:30pm today as usual...

and my second sis made for me -Ai Xin Zao Can- or -"Made With Love" Breakfast-

at first tot is she make for her bf de. but then got include everyone! yay!

After the wonderful breakfast, slack slack slack. then late afternoon, since got some passionfruits at home so i made passionfruit cheesecake. :D

doesnt look all that fantastic but i have a strong feeling this will be a good one. lol.

the sweet scent of passionfruit plus the creamy cheese... ahh...

It has been a wonderful day, afterall, my PCC wasnt a failure. haha. (PCC=Passionfruit Cheese Cake), "wat were u tinking?".

-fvwjj- <----- "feeling very wonderful" jj

-wjj- <----- wonderous jj (if there is such a word)

lazy saturday

2008-08-09T22:24:00.003+08:00

today has been a lazzz day. went for bah kut teh at siqi's place then went home and baked a lemon meringue pie. Looks nice.

but then inside the filling abit too watery. lol... oh well, can try again. this hols dam slack. nth to do.

-bjj- <----- bored jj

crazy bitch..

2008-08-03T17:20:00.002+08:00

went to my fifth aunt's guppies farm today at lim chu kang. then my dad asked me go see some other kind of fishes at the other side. went there wif my sister. then got dog barking hiongly. then we walk away. but the bitch, literally, came out and bloody bite my right leg. wth.

CHILL DAWG! i juz wanna see the bloody fishes, not snatch ur bloody babies. got babies big shot? can bite ppl? crazy bitch. next time i got baby i come back bite u.

-bjj- <---- bitten jj

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2008-07-29T23:16:00.002+08:00

4 words... "tar ai yert ah......" work 10am-10pm almost everyday.... dying soon....... but the thought of all the food i can eat when i get my pay... mmmm.... ahh......

-djj- <---- (dying jj)

Another season of enchantment, my ass.

2008-07-26T23:11:00.002+08:00

haiz. began working ytd at the singapore garden festival at suntec... as usual, work is fun but tiring... working my ass off.. only ate one meal today til now... record breaking... im going to shove myself with food food foooood FOOODS right now.

-tjj- <---- (tired jj)

CRAB

2008-07-24T23:17:00.002+08:00

finally.... No Signboard Seafood at geylang. finally went there to eat seafood... seems to be seafoodless in germany... alright. after eating char kway teow, hokkien mee, bah kut teh, i will die a happy pjj... ahh....

-jj-

Back in singapore! - all about food

2008-07-22T20:54:00.004+08:00

finally back in sg.... ahh.... muahaha.... sg food, beware!

(warning: if u're hungry, don't read on)

my dear sis (have to say this cos if not no ride back home hehe) came and fetch me home. went to eat mee goreng and prata before going home.

then the next day, my dear sis (if not no breakfast) bought duck rice and kway chap and jwee kueh for me for breakfast. ahh... nice.... then after tat, met up wif rs, yt, daryl, dorin, siok, sarah, germaine and simi for lunch/dinner. CHICKEN RICE!!! woohooo! ate quite alot.. cos daryl say he treat me muahaha

the next day, went to orchard road. first rs, yt and i went to lucky plaza eat the fried ayam wif rice. nice! apparently is quite famous. after tat walk walk walk. then dorin who overslept came. then after awhile she hungry. so we went to mos burger. i bought the butterfly shrimps... another thing i miss....
Dinner!!! after every meal i just cant wait for it to digest... we went to marina square just to eat dian xiao er. roast duck!~ ahh....

Sunday! family day! went to eat dim sum in the morning. then went to my grandma place then eat dinner. home cooked food.. fish head curry, fried eggs... mmm.... grandma never disappoints :D

Monday! woke up. eat instant noodle wif prawn and hotdog and fried fish&chip and fried eggs. then went back to sleep til its abt time to meet yt, daryl and rs and siqi for lunch. haha. wanted to go to eat bah kut teh but siqi the shop close. haiz... so, off to amk hub! went to the basement the hk cafe eat fried rice wif some dishes... wasnt really full.. so went to bengawang solo buy some kueh to eat. then went prima deli buy waffle to eat.. then at night went to tiong bahru wif family eat fish head steamboat. and had COLD CRAB. soooooooooooooooooooooooooo niceeeeeeeeeeeeee...

with so much things to eat.... today, tuesday had a simple breakfast. one egg tart. then went to amk central wif mom and sis to eat mushroom and chicken noodle. carrot cake and gado gado. then went home and slack and its dinner time!

its all about food eat food eat food food food food food food eat eat eat eat!!!

so heres the summary of wat i ate:

1) mee goreng
2) prata
3) duck rice
4) chicken rice
5) fried ayam with rice
6) butterfly prawn from mos burger
7) dian xiao er's roast duck
8) dim sum
9) grandma's food
10) instant prawn mee wif lots of things here and there
11) some hong kong food like 3 cup chicken, X.O fried rice, spareribs, hotplate beancurd
12) kueh kuehs and prima deli's kaya waffle
13) COLD CRAB
14) steamboat
15) carrot cake
16) gado gado
17) mushroom & chicken noodles
18) home cooked food

drinks drank

1) syrup ice limau (lime drink wif rose syrup)
2) ice milo
3) green tea
4) soyamilk
5) kickapoo
6) mos burger's milk tea

stomach! mouth! tongue! gastric! no time to slack! theres somemore evil food tat must b-eaten!
so lets go!!! char kway teow! prawn mee! hokkien mee! bah kut teh!

grew slightly heavier by a little little bit. ard 6kg like tat. but who cares? going to slim down when go get tortured by army anyways. eat now! dun worry!

-jj-

HOMECOMING!!

2008-07-12T04:59:00.003+08:00

CHICKEN RICE, I'm coming back to eat u!!! 5 more days!!! at sarah's aunt's house now in Veere, Middelburg, Holland. Beautiful countryside.. went to rome just a few days ago and it was freaking hot.... 41 degrees! omg... hot til we all like walking kebap. one of the nicest european cities ever.

im coming back. im coming back. im coming back. im coming back!!!!! WOHOO!!!! lazy to blog. shall update the backpacking trip soon.

-pjj-

prague, czech republic

2008-07-04T00:56:00.002+08:00

our 6th day of backpacking eurotrip. went to munich 5 days ago. we caught the euro 08 finals in Germany!!! germany vs spain! bought a germany flag but they didnt win.. maybe becos i nv wave it around. but Spain won! which is good too. cos nicholas treated us to COCA-COLA! my fave... mmm....

after munich, rebecca went to london find her friend and the 5 of us came to Prague, Czech Republic. the first day here, "wow.. we have to cover this and that and that. second day here, "ok. lets cover this and that. oh no.... then tmr do wat?". third day, "hmm... we got nth else to do here.... and got not much money left... let's go to the park and play cards." lol. so we went to park play cards, walk abit, eat, go park, rained, took shelter in train station for awhile, then go to kfc here and blog.

5 more hours and we depart for Vienna on a overnight train. camping here in kfc til it closes.

Mannheim live performance

2008-06-17T15:20:00.004+08:00

Bleeding love rock 'n' roll version. not very clear though.

Vida la loca or something by ricky martin sang by some random young guy.

Rehab by amy winehouse by some girl with lots of zest. lol. she increased the tempo at the end and made the song more unique. too bad i didnt record tat.

BERLIN BERLIN!

2008-06-15T23:11:00.005+08:00

We were supposed to meet 6.55am at the bus stop 20 mins away from our house. And I set alarm for 5.15am. so I had time to pack my bag for the trip. Apparently, the previous night were juz got back from Barcelona, so I was super tired. So I kinda went back to sleep after the alarm rang. Next thing I heard, knockings on my door. Took me a few seconds to jump up from my bed and it was alr 6.20am.

OMG! 35 mins to pack and go to the bus stop. And wif Rebecca! OMG OMG! Brushed my teeth, shoved things into my bag, sarah jane helping me pack my chargers too. Chionged out of the house but forgot to bring passport… damnnn….. ran back to get it and was extremely tired. The whole trip from Barcelona to Berlin and back to Bad mergentheim yesterday was juz tired tired tired. The class excursion trip to Berlin was fun but tiring. We went to the Berlin wall, the Jewish holocaust memorial, BMW motorcycle plant (the only BMW plant that manufactures motorcycles). Went to a club called the Matrix and partied wif our classmates and walked back to our hostel at 4.30am… was so dead I could juz lie down on the street and close my eyes.

Next morning, went to the Prussia Palace where Frederick the Great I, II or III lived. Dunno which one. I mean who the hell juz adds I to their own name and give it to their son. Its like if I have a son and I call him JJ I. sounds like some star wars robot loh.. anyway, we have to wear some heavy bathroom kinda slippers over our own shoes and walk ard in the palace so we dun damage the floors. Wth.. apparently, the tour guide said the pplin the 18th century doesn’t bath with water cos they tink tat water will enter their pores. So they juz put powder. And they got fleas all the time. Yucks…. The palace was quite nice inside and it has this marble room where everything was made of marble. The room was so heavy that it was closed for viewing and we couldn’t enter becos it was unsafe.

Finally, we left Berlin and had a bus ride back to Bad mergentheim. Slept all the way back. Ahhh… still recovering from the tiredness..

Today is Sunday, June 15, 2008. going to have a BBQ later on by the river. In germany, when u have nth to do, u can always call a few people and have a picnic or bbq. Such a great kind of life… stress-free.. that is until International Accounting and Finance tmr… haiz…

VISCA BARCELONA!

2008-06-15T23:11:00.004+08:00

After typing the agonizing report writing for change management, it was full steam ahead to BARCELONA! Again, we went to Frankfurt budget terminal and took Ryanair to Girona Airport and took an hour bus to Barcelona city centre.

We managed to take the Metro (mrt) and walked to our hostel. The hostel was surprisingly nice and clean and breakfast was included. Then we went window shopping at a nearby shopping mall. We decided not to buy anything and go back again on Sunday. But who noes… on Sunday, we went to the shopping mall and it was still closed at 10am. So we went to the playground. Rebecca went onto a net-like swing and tried to stop the swing and *crack* fractured her ankle. Nice one reb… haha. At first tot is sprain so juz let her walk ard for awhile.

Mainly in Barcelona, it was juz shopping and some sight seeing. After tat, 1am in the morning, we set off as the 3 of us guys, took turns to piggy back Rebecca and walked like 2-4 Metro stops. We were all super tired. By 3.30am, we finally reached the bus station and took the bus back to the airport.

Mannheim

2008-06-15T23:11:00.003+08:00

With nothing to do that weekend, we set off on a journey to the town far far away, Mannheim. Ok I’m exaggerating…. Its juz 2-3 hours away… we didn’t even noe wat to do there til we got there. But as soon as we got there and walked abit, we heard loud music and saw a carnival! Although we didn’t noe wat the carnival was for. But I guess its probably some brazilian carnival.

We arrived at some rock ‘n’ roll band singing elvis era songs. Then they sang Bubbly in a rock ‘n’ roll tune and bleeding love too. Its cool that they made the song their own and it was pretty nice.

So we walked further down and there was a whole stretch of pasar malam thingy with all the foods and beers and stuff. Then we got our air-brush tattoo. Haha. I tink mine is the nicest. Yea. Definitely. Hahhahaha. Cos its on my neck. My nice neck. Lol

After tat we walked to the other end of the carnival and there was another live band performing. This time, its 3 young singers. They take turns to sing a song and the other 2 will be background singers. There was ricky martin’s vida la loca or something, amy winehouse’s rehab, rihanna’s umbrella and a few others.

After everything, we went back to our town and rested.

On Sunday there was a regional festival in our town but there was nth much. Bought gummy colas. Ate ice cream as usual. Went back and rest.

Picnic + Frisbee + Playground

2008-06-04T16:54:00.003+08:00

went to the park nearby and had a picnic wif rose, katka, mehdi, florent, josh and the other 5 of us. for us, we made chicken mayo and egg mayo, topped with bawang goreng from IKEA. haha. it was super nice.. we used our blanket cover to use as a picnic mat since our "hotel" alr provide us with bedsheet and covers. after eating this and that, we played frisbee.

even though the frisbee flew into the pond a couple of times, and there were flies mating here and there and everywhere, it was fun. after that, the french guys left, followed by rose and katka, so the 6 of us and josh went to the playground. SWINGS! man... singapore hardly have any swings left.... its always mood-lifting to play on a swing. at the playground, there is this big net-like swing where 4 ppl can sit. tat was awesome! feels like a mini viking ship in theme parks. and that was all for that day.

Milan & Venice

2008-06-04T16:54:00.000+08:00

from our town, we took a 5 hours train/bus ride to the frankfurt hahn which is a budget terminal. then we took a 50 mins flight to Milano Bergamo Airport. after boarding the plane, some technicians came up the plane and fix some panel that was loose.... how comforting to fly wif ryanair..

after we landed, some weird sound effect came out and said "RYANAIR, the on-time airline, last year, over 90% of our flights were on time!" when i heard it i was like "wtf?" cos the sound effect was really amusing...

took a bus to Milano centrale and i took a train to my sister's friend, Melissa's place to stay. the rest of them stayed in a hostel. thank god i stayed wif melissa! i heard the hostel was like shit. Melissa has a cat called koocholini or something. The cat likes to jump here and there like spiderman.

Milan didnt really have anything much except for expensive shops like Armani, Gucci, D&G and everything else.. we juz walked abit, rest abit, walk and rest.. but the buildings there all very unique, all got stone carvings on it.

at night we went to a bar and had buffet. melissa said that everyday, 5-9:30pm is happy hour. order one drink which cost 8 euros, and have a buffet. quite a good deal i must say. After that, we walked around and went back to the apartment.

Next day, Venice, pigeon heaven. we were headed for St. Marco square, the main tourist attraction. it took us 3 hrs before we got there. we went into almost every tourist shops to see and buy things haha. typical singaporeans.

And so, we finally reached the Rialto Bridge which leads to the St. Marco square. The square is FULL OF PIGEONS. After walking around here and there ard the square, taking some pictures here and there, I looked under my slipper and well well…….. what’s there? BIRD SHIT. All our soles have bird shit on it. But the view there was majestic.

Then we headed back to melissa’s apartment and talked through the night till its time for our flight.

Go-kart

2008-06-02T19:49:00.002+08:00

a few weeks back, we went go-karting wif some germans from another class. it was super fun! beats the one i played in Escape Theme Park before. lol. i got 3rd position for the best timing out of 8. so its not too bad. nth much happened actually. juz fun while playing it. one post down. alot more to go.

CYCLING

2008-05-18T21:20:00.008+08:00

Dating back to last Thursday or Friday… on 9th May (sorry my post all jump here jump there cos I dunno which came first.. haha)

We rented bicycles on Thursday. and my cycling skill is really bad and I admit it. So only me, Sarah and Rebecca rented the bikes because we stay quite far from sch and at that time, the rest of them (tw, Nicholas and gq) was still crashing at Chris’ place and they were near the sch. So, after meeting up with them, they wanted to ride the bike too. So. 3 bicycles, 3 guys and 3 girls. What to do? They said that one guy shld carry on girl at the back. But it wasn’t a good idea since I suck at it.
So we decided. Tw ride the bicycle and I was behind him. Then Sarah and Rebecca took one bike. But it didn’t turn out well becos my butt super hurts after awhile of sitting at the back.

So, I rode the bike and Rebecca sat behind me (yes, she has such a brave soul). So here we go. After ard 5-10 mins of Rebecca shouting at me, we took a rest. After that, here comes a new challenger, Sarah Jane. It was her turn for the not-so-safe-but-free roller coaster ride behind me.

We went to a field of Raps (some kind of flower that can be made into cooking oil) and took some photos. Then we headed back.

To cut things short, I crashed into a tree after avoiding a bush. Wait, let me rephrase it. The stupid tree crashed into my bike even the kind-hearted me tried my best not to hit that innocent bush, that dim-witted tree came crashing into me… We heard a couple of laughter and a car honked at me which I guess they were mocking me too. Oh well… Don’t worry. I’m not injured. Haha… the bike was though… a small part of the sponge on the handle kinda ripped off.

Nothing much happened after that. The day just had 3 people with near-death experiences.

Before we returned our bikes, we took some pictures.

EDELFINGERSTRASSE 36

2008-05-18T21:20:00.005+08:00

After moving in, didn’t have the time and motivation to post any pictures of my new hotel apartment. So, let’s look back on the day of 20th March 2008 at around 12pm in Schlossgartenstrasse 6 (my previous hellhole)

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As you might already have seen before, thiam wei and I share a king size bed frame with two separate single mattresses. But its still one big bed.

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This is my new apartment. The balcony kinda sucks though.. even it has a chair, the chair has a hole in it as I was testing if it was stable. And my finger went right through it…. Nice…… -.-

And this is the view outside of my window. Which explains why I have to buy air freshener cos of the overwhelming smell…

RANDOM PICS

2008-05-18T21:20:00.001+08:00

Some random pics….. there’s the nightsky here at 9pm… my breakfast… IKEA’s hotdog bun. It’s so different from Singapore’s. their hotdog here got mustard, mayo, ketchup, pickles and bawang goring (fried onions) which is super nice can… without the mustard and the pickles of cos..

Human resources...

2008-05-14T21:49:00.002+08:00

Human resources management.... h…e…l…p…. m….e…… Dr. “Makes-me-sleepy” Frank who likes to call my name is back… after Organization module… he’s back. . . A-G-A-I-N…

But now, I’m sitting at the last row. Which I’m happy so far but the moment he came in on the first day ytd, he said “oh… so u guys have moved to the back. Hiding in the back… JJ”

WTH. JJ? If I get a penny every time he calls my name, I’ll get a kababoomillionkazillion pennies. He said “I don’t feel comfortable because I can’t see you (me, jj)” because where I’m sitting, a pillar is blocking me from him. So today, he moved his proffy speaking table thingymagic and now he has direct sight of me. AGAIN. Internet is down… so I’m blogging in Microsoft words rite now. So I can juz copy paste inside. Ahhaha…

And as internet is blocked during lessons and the unsecured network is down, I fell deep asleep… now he’s toking abt wat “Luddites” is. WTFASDIEJFKLDLWEJD! WHO cares! He talked abt a slide for 1 and a half hours ytd and I managed to stay awake (with the help of Maoam sweets, caramel choco chews, Tofiffee, chewing gums, some sweets from David and last but not least, INTERNET).

Sarah jane is beside me throwing pieces of paper to anne and passing notes to Nicole… its like a war of paper messages… im juz here sitting down, wif my table of sweet wrappers and a sore jaw from eating chewing gums.. spacing out… in my own World of JJ. Haha. Yup. Like the one in Bishan last time. And yes, I still rmb wat is bishan amk and nyp all tat. Haiz… I so so so so so so so miss nyp classes where I can juz sleep without caring abt the feelings of the proffies…

Ich habe keinen Bock!!! Tats a phrase tat anne and jasmin taught sarah jane and she taught me. It means I have no interest whatsoever… Tonight we’re going to try mee hoon kueh again. Haha. This time, we will make lesser unlike the previous time where we almost exploded eating tat.

I managed to stay awake for 31 mins now…since the break.. still surviving… its amazing that in germany, the students are soooo participative. When the teacher say “wat do u tink” in Singapore, we will juz ignore the teacher and continue toking among ourselves. But here, people raises their hands and voice their opinions. And I mean OPINIONS. Some juz wun stop til they get their points thru or until everyone agrees wif him…

Someone please throw a rock from Singapore and kill me… anytime during weekdays from 9am-4.30pm Germany time. Or 3pm-10.30pm Singapore time. But dun throw from 6pm-7pm Singapore time becos I will be eating lunch.

I can juz keep going on and on and on…. Cos the class is soooooooooo boring….

Oh ya, we went for a BBQ yesterday after class by a lake ard 15km away from my town. BY A FREAKING LAKE! Ok. Maybe an oversized pond more than a lake. But the bbq was nice. The weather was nice… so nice til the mosquitoes u have to count in dozens. But everything was fun…

Alright…. Time to go back to sleep or something…

ALRIGHT!!! INTERNET IS BACK ON!!!! WOHOO!!! D.GRAY MAN ONLINE MANGA HERE I COME!

New apartment

2008-05-14T21:49:00.000+08:00

New apartment is so nice…. One person to a room is so nice… I mess I clean. I no mess I no clean. :) and dinners was awesome so far. We had chicken rice (Prima Taste, thnx mom!), fried rice, prawn noodle maggi, aglio olio spaghetti with honey baked chicken wings

Went to Heidelberg last last weekend with Dustin as our guide. He came to NYP for exchange program before and Heidelberg is his hometown. We went to this castle where the Germans and the French fought. Nice view from the top of the castle and we went shopping in the main street after that. Only bought chocolates and a glass boot. Interesting mug….

My pictures shld be in facebook soon… and I’m still in Human resources class. Haiz….

PREMIERE OF LLCB and my new hair :)

2008-05-11T04:00:00.006+08:00

so here it goes... not for the faint hearted... "THE LLCB FROM HELL"

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Thats her, counting the plates and forks and spoons when we leave.

Sorry if i scared anyone. but thats wat i had to face almost everyday since she got back... imagine that...

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my new haircut! haha

cool rite

super cool rite!

haha. when she shaved it was dam pain. it was like sylar cutting my skull open.. but its worth it. altho i didnt had any say in it. after paying for a normal haircut, sarah jane was like "hey, why dun u go do some design on ur hair?"

me: "Hmm... i dun mind.."

Hairstylist: "So, how do u wan it?"

me: "Erm.."

Sarah: "Anything"

Hairstylist: "Big or small?"

me: "Erm.."

Sarah: "BIG" <----- not her hair of cos she say tat..

me:"Err..."

as u can see, i didnt had any say in it. all i said was "Erm.." and "Err..." next thing u noe, RIIII-OUNWWWWW hair shaved off at the sides... and it began.. oh well, its quite cool anyway. haha.

new apartment!!

2008-05-08T15:13:00.003+08:00

we've finally broke free from the LLCB!!! even though we couldnt get back our half month rent.... but we're all still SOOOOOO happy!!! ytd, when she checked the house, omg... i've never seen someone so ridiculous in my entire 19 going 20 years of life before!

she claims that everything is dirty, even after we've wiped it. she counted every single fork, spoon, knife, plates, cups, mugs, glasses. she'll say "this spoon is from upstairs and a fork is missing from here"

she noe which fork is from where and which plate is which room's! wtf!!! its just so ironic that shes saying everything is dirty and she wans everything even cleaner that how she left it for us when her face is like. . . . . . . . i shall post her photo soon. i took a snapshot of her. so for the next post, do not read if u're weak hearted like me.

when our saviors, theresa, mehdi and florent came with two cars to help us move, they were shocked upon seeing her, "i dun even think u call tat a face", face for the first time. Florent the french guy said after we asked him, "so, wat do u tink of our landlord?"

he replied "Oh, she's beautiful! if i eat in front of her, i'll puke"

haha... after cleaning up the house with her at the side saying this not clean tat not clean for 2 and a half hours, we finally moved!

only 3 of us moved becos the other apartment wif 3 single rooms will only be available today and 2 on monday. So, sarah and rebecca shared the double room and i got the single room. YAY! our rooms are like hotel loh. white bed sheets and towels. every 2 weeks will have ppl come and change our bed sheet! haha. altho its abit exp.. but tats all the international office could find within such a ridiculously short eviction. oh well, the chinese saying goes, po cai xiao zai. that LLCB is really a zai nan lor.

and we finally have internet! at night can use internet alr!! internet access after 7pm is a luxury here in germany sia. lol... took tat for granted.. my room smells like the forest. i open the window and within 30 seconds, buzzzzzzzzz, a fly flew in. wah biang eh.... but its okay, cos i figured opening the window wun get rid of the forest smell becos i open the window, its the forest alr.

No. 1 grocery on shopping list, Air freshener. so stay tuned, for THE PREMIERE OF THE LLCB FROM HELL coming soon to a blog near u. Rating has yet to be advised. Most probably GORE involved.

-yottyott-

Land Lao Char Bor (LLCB) from Hell

2008-05-05T20:03:00.003+08:00

As we all know, our landlady (or land lao char bor [LLCB]) is f***ing annoying, First she say that we are messy people and asked if tat was the Singapore culture to be messy. And she tot tat Singapore was supposed to be a clean city.
BUT OUR ROOM IS CLEAN! WE EVEN MADE OUR BED! she complained tat the carpet in the toilet was on the floor. WATS A CARPET FOR IF ITS NOT ON THE FLOOR AND HANGING ON THE BATHTUB?!? and she expects our shoes to all point to one direction. ONE DIRECTION!! WTF??! I DUN TINK THERES SHOE FENGSHUI RITE?!

To get a rough idea of how she looks like. lets imagine Hagird without beard, with 80% rotten teeth, ogre-ish looking and have a slight smell. She was seen wearing the same outift for 3 days. and she say we're messy?!?! look at her face man! tats wats messy.
After saying we're messy, she learnt tat we lived wif our parents and she said that our parents must be crazy to live with us. so once again, a messy looking LLCB saying that we're messy saying tat our parents' are crazy when she herself isnt entirely sane.

After telling her tat we're trying to move out of the house, she says that we're bounded by a legal verbal contract and she expects us to pay 90% of 3 months rent if we were to move out. AS IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE! we're so going to use all her electricity since she said we used too much electricity. Bullshit...
Also, she demanded to have our passport as security or deposit but 6 of us refused. we told her in her face that theres no way that shes going to have our passport. she even told us tat the professor in our sch told us to hand it to her. If not, shes going to call the police. So, not knowing the german law, we went to sch and searched for our professor. He said he said nth abt asking us to handover the passport and told us NOT TO GIVE IT TO HER. he called his lawyer fren and asked him if we have to pass our passport to her. and guess wat? SHE HAS NO RIGHTS TO COLLECT ANY DEPOSIT anymore if we've moved in.

it was ridiculous in the first place to charge us 5 euros per wash for the use of the washing machine. 5 EUROS!! $10.50 Singapore!!! WTF?! money-faced messy crazy slightly smelling ogre-ish lying b****!

So, today we learnt tat shes going to kick us out tmr and expect us to pay 90% of the remaining rent. we'll see how it goes. its the school and the 6 of us against her alone. come to tink of it, we're very outnumbered... ARGH!

IT Lesson isnt helping this anger... wan to vomit blood alr... but at least IT lessons can use laptop. finally! Alright. have to gear up soon and go battle wif LLCB.