***A W@lK +♡ R3mEM8eR***: August 2006

Thursday, August 31, 2006

lucky

Finally I have confirmed that my exams will end on the 29th Nov, and can conc on traveling. :)

Lucky today I talk to my spanish prof, if not he will be thinking I want a credit in spanish level 3. When I'm merely trying to get my spanish level 1 or intro to spanish.

Glad that he cleared this confusion and everything will be made easy for me, i hope. =p

This weekend I will be off to Puebla, so excited, and we got like so many people to join us. It will be fun. And i'm planning to skip class tml....even thought tml is the last day of my study.

Nowadays, the week seems shorter as I have a 4 days week. I can make it to none thou...hahaha

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

almost confirm

Alright, I'm almost certain that I will end my final exams or whatsoever latest on the 2nd last day of Nov, then I can travel in central america for 2 weeks, then a week in LA and a week in Japan. Not forgetting my 1 week in Cuba.

My mum told me storm is gg to hit cuba for 2 mths, please keep me inform in the news as I dun find any of such news online.

All my profs are so nice to allow me to take an early exam so that I can travel. Imagine if I were to leave my examaniation date to them, I will probably end on the 22nd of Dec. Madness.

Can't wait for the traveling part, but meanwhile, still must try to mug a little. Sigh...

Je t'adore - Kate Ryan (Please send me the mp3 if u have)



The sum of all my fantasies
That’s everything you are to me

You came around and made my senses fly
Shook me up when you took me to the sky
Never thought that I could ever get this high

Je t’adore
And I can’t conceal it
Je t’adore
Anyone can see it
You give me just a little more
Of everything I’ve waited for
Je t’adore
Here’s my heart so take it
Je t’adore
Only you can break it
You got me fallen to the floor
Anyway you want I’m yours
Ooh je t’adore

Bye bye to all the lies I’ve heard
You made a different kind of girl

You spun me out and you made my senses fly
Shook me up when you took me to the sky
Never thought that I could ever get this high

Je t’adore
I can’t breathe without you
Je t’adore
I’m not me without you

You’re the rush that I missed
Made a wish that I’d feel a kiss
Just like this

Je t’adore
Yeah you made me feel it
Je t’adore
And I really mean it
You give me just a little more
Of everything I’ve waited for
Je t’adore
Here’s my heart so take it
Je t’adore
Baby don’t you break it
You got me fallen to the floor
Anyway you want I’m yours
Ooh je t’adore

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

I am nature. you are art. Let us see how we compare.

busy busy busy

It is the time of the year again when university starts for all undergrads, many are feeling that they are having the most busy point of their life. I have the luxury of seeing all my friends complaining about how tough school is and how many 1001 things they have/want to do.

Even though my school started like one week before my home university, and it is expected to end one week later, I ain't complaining much, even though I must admit that the people here are crazy. Why crazy? Not because of the extra 2 weeks of school, no mid term break and no study week, but is because they start school at 7am and end at 10pm. Madness.

For once I get to observe my friends, being packed to the brim...mirroring images of myself for so many start of the semesters. But I always look forward for school to start, because I never have lessons on Monday, thus no Mondays blue. I also find that I'm most productive and efficient when I have 1,000,001 things to do. And the pleasure of seeing familiar faces around and working with dynamic and different individuals.

I really can't wait for my last semester to start, knowing that I have so many things planned out, and it will definitely be so different as compared to my 3.5yrs of education. Of which my 1st semester was spent getting involved in 11CCAs, and 2-5 semesters busy planning and participating in club activities and my last 2 semester spent familiarising in new environment and meeting new people. The last one will definitely end with a bang and it will be so much more fruitful than my 7 semesters. I want a semester that I can meet up with friends, attend external classes, take time off to travel in asia, REALLY study since it is the last time i'm gonna do it, and do some kinda community service. Yes, all within the 15 weeks-semester.

Well, not to the busy busy busy part. I had a conversation with my friend who has already started working since last year. She promised to send me an email, but I have yet to rec'd it for like so long already. Then I was teasing her, how cum I nv get any email from you. She replied that she is really too busy. Which I totally believe her. But the thing is....

How come people want to make themselves so busy? I mean, I agree that I'm one of the those that I talk about, but I also believe there is time for everything, like, dropping an email, a sms, a call, a short coffee meet-up, a tok cock msn session and etc. Even though, i admit that the time I spent on my bed is almost near zero. Not that I dun sleep, but I find myself falling asleep in my car, in the study room, in the living room, on the floor, all these places while doing something...

And I was thinking, if everyday we are so busy, then do we have time for our love ones? I was just thinking what if u will not get to see so and so soon, would you have done what you would have done? Why is it that when people start going overseas, they will wanna meet their frenz b4 and after travel? what and how about those that are leaving us for good ( i literally mean kicking the bucket)? They won't know when, so will we only meet up with them when we are paying our last respect and feel sad coz we didnt reallie have a chance for a meet up?

Every single second and moments you spend with someone is precious. Regardless whether you are plainly toking cock or doing some funnie activities like making fun of each other. Well, if that someone out there is important to you, please dun wait until it is too late to spend whatever little time you have on earth with him/her because no one lives in perpetualty. And the when you really want to start spending time with that person, u realise that there is so little or limited time to. Time wait for no one, act fast.

So my advice is dun be a busyBody. Have a relax body instead, let it rest when it needs to. Nourish it with things that eventually matters. ;)

Monday, August 28, 2006

The Celebrity in Me

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?

Sway

Artist: Bic Runga Lyrics
Song: Sway Lyrics

Don't stray
Don't ever go away
I should be much to smart for this
You know it gets the better
Of me sometimes
When you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you
Pull me out in time
Don't let me drown
Let me down
I say its all because of you and here I go
Losing my control
I'm practising your name
So I can say it to your face it doesn't seem right
To look you in the eye
And let all the things you mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth indeed its time
Tell you why
I say its infinately true
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
And there's no cure
And no way to be sure
Why everythings turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired
I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart
My logic has been torn apart
And now
It all turns sour
Come sweeten
Every afternoon
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Its all because of you
Its all because of you

Teothihuacan, Mexico

Out of the top 3 biggest pyramids, 2 is in Mexico, and I have someone asking me where is the other one. And I went to the one which is the 3rd biggest pyramid in the world. It is at Teothihuacan, about an hour plus drive from Mexico City.
I allwaiz have the impression that pyramids are made of very very big bricks. And there are lotsa tunnels under the pyramids with many treasures. Unfortunately, it is not the one that i saw here. It is made from sand, dirt and clay. Overall, it looks like a molehill of sand and dirt. Quite impressive.
They say that it is made by giants for the king. And the top of the pyramids is used for sacrificial ceremonies. And the best part is after every flight of stairs, i see people panting away. There is a trick as to how to climb those kinda staires. You have to walk up diagonally and when you come down, it is suppose to be in the same way, so as to reduce effort and increase safety. How apt....

This place have 2 big pyramids, one is the pyramid of the sun and the other is pyramid of the moon, which is divided by a passage of death. Surrounding the two big pyramids, there are many small one, and it is also rumoured that there are more pyramids in that region which is not uncovered.
The weather was so good, with good sun plus cooling. However, this turns bad as you will not even know when you get burnt, and this is what happen to me. :(
Teothihuacan reminds me of the lost ruins in Cambodia, the Ang Kor Wat. The feeling is so similar. Everything is so perfect, so natural, so magnificant, except for the hawkers who are desperately trying to sell you stuff and the Tourists. They totally ruin the place. Ok, not to mention that I'm a tourist too, but their objective is to go there and take photo and there are so much vandalism done to the pyramids, sigh....

City Center, Mexico City

Finally met up with some exchange students to make our way down to the city center. 2 pesos for any train ride to any way, how cool can that be. It is not that hard to travel around Mexico after all, other than having such complicated connections.

I believe that many will agree that Mexico City center offer fantastic view, however as I mentioned in previous enteries, there have been demostration on the streets, thus didn't allow me to take much photos. What happen is one of the presidential candidates lost the elections by 0.4% of the votes and he claims that they are "bad" votes and foul play. He set up a camp(literally camping with tentages) along one of the major road - Reforma in the city center. As all of us know that Mexico City have very very bad traffic and is the most populus city in the world, and he actions does not help in any way.

The government of Mexico City is not doing anything because he belongs to the same party as him. However, if he doesn't clear by September 15-16 (Mexico's Independence Day), military will be called up to take him off.

Meanwhile, I took the opportunity to take some photos of the protest and the demostration by his party. =p
This is the statue of justice.
This is the parade square in the city center, usually it is empty, but he is occupying up...argh.
And this is an arial view from the sky tower, and the traffic situation at the point where this photo was taken is suppose to be the best. =)

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

Greed

Today, I want to introduce Greed to everyone. Greed has always been seen as a -ve thing by everyone, but no matter how -ve it is, everyone use it in a way or another. No matter how u argue it, no matter how u beg to differ, you know it deep inside you that you have it.

There are so many ways in which u can be greedy or succumbed to it.

Dun try to stay out from this word or avoid it. Greed captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. The point is, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save you, but that of our World.

Why in the hell do you think what Adam Smith says make sense. If man all do things for their own self interest, it will create a better good for the society as a whole...

For once in my life, I want to be greedy. I want only the best for myself, and I thus, I have decided to eat more nachos for tonite. =p

TGIT

Weekends start on Thursday nite for me. I was in a party mood, there is like this party that is called Orange that is organised by my uni and free tixs are given out. The free tix included open bar from 9.30-12.30am. Not everyone get it, but almost all the exchange students have more than 1 tix, there is super crazy. They were all asking me to go....

I decided to go to the pre-party b4 the actual party at the exchange students' house. The first thing that I saw them, they asked if i want a shot or a beer. That is crazy. I took like 2 shots and 1 big glass of beer, and I was high, and I know I would not want to carry on.

But this is so freaking surprising, i usually have very high tolerence, but is only 2 shots and 1 glass, i dun believe my standard dropped so much man. Argh... But it was good, because everyone went crazy, we play games and chat alot.

It was raining so heavily that I have to walk home on those flooded streets. Remember me saying about Mexico City is build on a lake, hence the frequent flooding whenever that is raining. But it was good, I still see shops selling tacos in the middle of the nite, so i stopped over and got some quick snacks b4 heading home.

It was somehow a start to the many adventures that I know I'm gonna have in this beautiful country. First time reaching back home after midnite all alone at nite, pretty cool, and it is not that scary, other than the rain, and the stupid lightning that roars non stop the whole nite.

And when I got home, i realized that the lignthning disrupted my internet services, so no internet for me for one night, JTB. hahaha

backlogs again...

Haben posted my fun-filled pictures that I taken from last thursday at this very crazy bar-resturant where i got to see Alizee again....

Will do it by this weekend...part of the reason is because i have yet to rec'd the pictures, so pple hurry send me the pics.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Just for laughs

hey, think this is really cool.

And I really mean it, go to http://www.mrbrownshow.com/?p=197 and listen to the podcast. Gurantee a cure for anyone who is feeling down.

And for those who are really die-hards of this song, go download your ringtone at http://www.hddweb.com/79268/PM_Lee_ringtone_1.1.mp3

Man..this rocks!!

U feel so at home when u suddenly hear things like this even though im at the other end of the globe.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Mexico City

Mexico City, the oldest metropolis on the American continent, is perched atop a highland valley at about 2,240 meters (7,392 feet) above sea level. Towering high above the city’s southeast side are two volcanoes: Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. The nation’s capital has some of the best weather in the world with an average temperature of 22º C (72º F).

Once known as the City of Palaces, Mexico City has two areas that were declared World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO. The first, the Centro Historico (Historic Center), has beautiful historic and religious buildings, such as the Catedral Metropolitano (Metropolitan Cathedral), one of the most important architectural structures in the Western Hemisphere. The Palacio Nacional (National Palace) has spectacular Diego Rivera murals that chronicle Mexico’s history. And Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts), which hosts the city’s most important cultural events, is a beautiful construction that blends art nouveau and art deco styles. The other World Heritage Site, Xochimilco Ecological Park, is often called the Venice of Mexico due to its beautiful canals. Flower-painted boats offer tours of the canals and floating gardens.

If you’re interested in cultural events, Mexico City offers a wide variety of museums, such as the Museo Nacional de Antropologia (a world-class anthropology museum), the Museo Nacional de Arte (The National Art Museum) and the Museo Nacional de Historia (a history museum in Chapultepec Castle where you can see an amazing exhibit that chronicles the nation’s history and art, from the pre-Hispanic era to present day).

Matters of the heart...

Gosh, Claudia is at the brim of breaking up with Thiago, and I'm here again to witness it. I think it is really a hard time for her man.

I mean it is like a hard time for any couples who is facing the breakup.

Then I went to her place today, saw the stuff he did for him, oh my gosh, if im that guy, my heart will just melt. Yesh, I get touched very easily. hahaha, my standard very low one, so as long as ur sweet can oledie...

As I was talking to her, what she say caught my attention, she say she is willing to do anything for him man, but it really takes two hands two clap. Hmm, how does this sound to you? At first I thought that was quite selfless thing to do, den I start reading into what she say, it seems to me it is more like a conditional thingy.

Like I will do all these for you if you....

So tell me what is love really about? When I do this to you, ur expected to do this and that to me. Or I will do this to you, if you want to do something bac to me, I'm totally not interested, I just want you to be happy.

And I also can see that there is so much expectations on both ends, too much expectations, too little contentment and so many conditions.

Gosh, since when such an easy thing such as LOVE have become so complicated and confused.

Please spare me the complicated part of it and let me enjoy the simplicity of LOVE.

And yes, if you love me, I'm currently missing Oyster Sauce, Chicken Stock, Garlic & Cheese Mashed Potato instant mix and fried rice. Oppps, my Mexico's address is in the 1st/2nd week of August entry. And as gesture of my love to, I will do something that is virtually impossible for me to do it here. =p

Easy way out?

I just talked to all my professors today, and it is confirmed, I shouldn't have any final exams other than espanol. I will be required to do term papers, yeah for all my classes. Lotsa independent study, all in ENGLISH and I really want to do a good job.

Now that I have managed to convince all the prof to allow me to do so, I'm thinking if I'm looking for an easy way out? I guess the reason why I choose mexico is to experience the culture and of coz to travel, studies is not suppose to be on the priority list. And yesh, I'm seriously putting my heart and soul into espanol, and I hope to do well in it also.

Therefore, essentially, I'm not merely looking for an easy way out for myself. I have justified my actions and in fact, I feel that I have changed the environment to suit myself, so I'm prettie please with the outcome.

For a matter of fact, I was cheated to come here as they told me they would make exceptions for me and to let me take courses in English, but is so sad that I only have 1 out of 5 that is english, and this is probably the only english course in the whole school. I guess I'm not the only one that is cheated, the rest of the exchange students are having quite a hard time comprehending the lessons too. And I feel for them, especially their command of espanol is 100 times better than mine.

I feel kinda disappointed too because all the classes that I'm taking are so interesting, but yet, I will have to explore the field of study on my own, argh....

It is really so interesting man, but just too bad, time and place doesn't allow me to know. I guess I will have to give and take. But still, I must thank god for answering my prayers man. For that, I promise to learn prayers in Spanish. I will start doing it tml. :)

Easy way out? No, finding the right way out!!!

Slowly but surely

Today was quite fun. Half of my entreprenuership class is filled with exchange students. And they are really nice to me though I dun really hang out with them. They all took turns to help me out in spanish and translating for me.

Everybody sort of like know me because I'm like the only asian among the exchange students, the only asian in the whole school, probably the only asian I have seen in Mexico City thus far.

I'm starting to learn spanish with a little more easy. I can remember phrases and words faster and more at a time. This sounds good....

I met one french guy who was sharing with me traveling in Europe. He is really tempting me big time about traveling in Europe. As for those who know that I "was" suppose to spend 2 years traveling around Europe is now putting on hold because of change of future plans. However, I will definitely travel at least half a year upon graduation(dun wanna conform to social norms to find a job). I want to make sure my school doesn't have the 100% employment within first 6mths, thats for sure. :) Unless of course, the magic editor can twig it to 100% again. ha.

This weekend will be going to watch a play - grease, the pyramids and hopefullie the protest in the city center.

And that french guy promised to bring me round Mexico. Which is good, coz both of us share the same interest in traveling, skipping classes, drinking, doing all the budget stuff. Coooool~~~

As I see myself improving my spanish, there is like so many things I can and I want to do...I can therefore I MUST!!!

Societal Norms

I was browsing through my school's new website, was quite impressed until I reached the page where I saw scholarships and awards.

I was terrified as to what my school is turning into. Almost all the awards(except for 1) required "Excellent Academic Performance". Everything is so grade oriented. Even like this student leader award is only given to student who is within top 5% of the cohort.

Even though I got some of the scholarships and awards, but I just hate the system. The system that made it so elitist. Everything is about grades, grades and grades.

Given this 2 hypothetical pple A and B. If A is a student leader, who displays great leadership qualities and single handedly brought the school's student life to another higher level and if B is just one of the person who comfortably sits as a chairperson in a high performing team, and he is one of the top student too, the price will go to B without a doubt regardless of the intangible stuff that A has done for the school.

This is so sick. Imagine A give up so much of his/her time to help the school and in the end, it is given to someone who probably hide himself at one side and just mug and mug. No offence to anyone, and the above story isn't true yah.

It have proven so many times that people who do well are not necessary people who have higher paper qualification. In fact, almost all those who are high-achievers are probably under achievers in their time as a student. Why den does companies look almost solely for paper qualifications?

What can you tell from a paper qualification? That a person can mug? That has the quality to listen and produce? This is so dumb. I have seen so many people who are "no so educated" being even a better person and succeeding better in the outside world.

And in fact, we can't really blame the company, but there definitely have to be someone to blame rite. Obviously is the person at the top....stopid stopid.

U noe the highly paid and regarded people are not their investment banker, nor their govt, but are their farmers....

Stupid social norms....I hate it!!!

Coded communications

Below are how 2 good friends talk.

A: I'm damn sad, argh....
B: What happened?

A: I just wanna whine, and I'm so saddddddddddddddddddddd....
B: I hope everything is alright.

A: What is done cannot be undone.
B: Ok, just look on the bright side k? Anyway, I'm really happy!!!

A: Why are you happy?
B: I did something that is so extra-ordinary today....

A: Tell me...
B: Gosh, I'm just so delighted.

A: Guess you are just like me dun wanna share the reason.
B: (Duh, ming zhi gu wen)

How can both good friends who usually share stuff with each other stop sharing(or at least minute details)?

Is this a sign.....???

Oh well, god has plans for us...;)

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

You are of course allowed to treat with skepticism anything that I say.

Only few can match my determination and dreams.

And I've succeeded because I've always known I was born to dominate your sex and avenge my own.
I'm sorry to say this but those who are most worthy of love are never made happy by it. Do you still think us - men love the way that women are? No... men enjoy the happiness they feel. Women can only enjoy the happiness that they give. We are not capable of devoting ourselves exclusively to one person. So to hope to be made happy by love is a certain cause of grief.

However, when one woman strikes at the heart of another she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

I thought my maths was great, but these are even betta.











Monday, August 21, 2006

May I always be in your heart, sometimes in your thoughts, but NEVER in your debt.

Sigh...

Was hoping to be able to move out of Mexico City and discover other places but the situation does not allow. With constant political unstability in the City and in some part of Mexico, it make traveling really hard. But I really want to travel. Argh...

I just hope the sitatuon improve soon. Cuba will be my next destination and I hope to make it b4 something happen to Castro. I have finally done my research on Cuba and Guatemala, first time before traveling that I do research. Ha...

There is like so many things to do now, and I want to do it, and I allwaiz faced with the fact later on why should I do it. Perhaps life is not a succession of urgent "nows". It's a listless trickle of "why should I's". So do not rush to do something when you do not even know the reason for doing it. :)

Falling in love again....

10 out of 10 guys I asked here in Mexico tells me that if given a chance to be with this girl, they do not mind forgoing their girlfriends. Ha, i was wondering how come true can it be. She does not belong to their kinda. She is a french babe.

Yesterday I saw her on TV again, oh my god, the impact was so much greater than the first time I saw it. She is like so stunning, adn moves to die for. Sexy and sensual....OMG.

It is so weird how a french celebrity get so famous in Mexico. Then again, after watching her MTV, you guys will understand y. Nice songs and lotsa more....

Please view it at your own accord. Scenes may contained stuff that is not favourable for viewers underage.



Sunday, August 20, 2006

~~~Happy Birthday Smintz~~~


Saturday, August 19, 2006

You must acquire the trick of ignoring those who do not like you. In my experience, those who do not like you fall into two categories: The stupid and the envious. The stupid will like you in five years, the envious, never.

You will not like me

Allow me to be frank. You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be repelled. You will not like me now and you will like me a good deal less as we go on. Ladies, an announcement: I am up for it, all the time. That is not a boast or an opinion, it is bone hard medical fact. I put it round you know. And you will watch me putting it round and sigh for it. Don't. It is a deal of trouble for you and you are better off watching and drawing your conclusions from a distance than you would be if I got my tarse up your petticoats. Gentlemen. Do not despair, I am up for that as well. And the same warning applies. Still your cheesy erections till I have had my say. But later when you shag - and later you will shag, I shall expect it of you and I will know if you have let me down - I wish you to shag with my homuncular image rattling in your gonads. Feel how it was for me, how it is for me and ponder. 'Was that shudder the same shudder he sensed? Did he know something more profound? Or is there some wall of wretchedness that we all batter with our heads at that shining, livelong moment. That is it. That is my prologue, nothing in rhyme, no protestations of modesty, you were not expecting that I hope. I am who I am and I do not want you to like me.

End of first week

Friday is the start of the weekend for me, it really seem so. No school, sleep in, and party time.

School week ends on thursday for me, and i'm very happy with it. I allwaiz leave mondays free when im back home coz i allwaiz have mondays blue and i will just laze at home doing nothing. Dun think i'm a workaholic, coz i dun work on weekends plus mondays. strictly for rest onli. and I expect to have mondays n fridays off when skol start in sg for me. =p

Was planning to travel round Mexico City but there is some political demostration in the city center where all the attractions are, so i can't go. So today, Claudia brought me out again. She has always been so nice to me...I just love her.

My mum is taking dancing instructors exam soon, and i think she is going to pass with flying colours. how cool to have a mum that teaches dancing. Yesh, all kinda of dance, from rumba, salsa, line, tango to ballroom. And yesh, i'm so gg to master all of these when im back in singapore.

Tml is another happening day. lets hope it stays this way man...i have to give a presentation of an impromptu topic in spanish on monday. wish me luck man.

First lesson on Politics

Finally, I have my first class and is the one and only one that is in English. The prof was quite good. From UK. Is also my only class to be in 7am in the morning. I have never attended lesson so early in my life before man. It sucks.

But he was nice, he offered to buy all of us coffee in all our classes. The class was quite interesting in the first half, and i started dozing off in the 2nd part. i think he saw me, is quite bad, coz the class only has 13 of us. I'm sure he can see me nodding away. hahaha

Anyway, lotsa take aways from this lesson, and it did trigger lotsa personal thoughts.

I have a fren who allwaiz say he hated politics. Well, from my first lesson, a classical definitations by academics for politics is a solution for conflicts or is conflict without violence. I'm sure in either ways, it is definitely better than no solution or conflicts with violence rite, so how bad can politics do?

Anyway, I think the fren of mine haf yet to seen how politics work, and i think alot of them try to relate it to the outside world, as if it is like an experience. I just find it so ridiculous and funny, like how people will allwaiz tell me, they hate the politics, i mean, i can understand if they are working and they are like suffering from it. But, wah lau, but more often den not are people who are still studying and telling me students play with politics. I would think that they are reading too much when there is nothing much to start of with.

There are people who are really simple, but yet people choose to think they are deep people. There are people who really carries great agenda, and yet people just write them off. So I think there isn't and perfect knowledge on any of these matters, so one shouldn't just use politics as a form of generalisation.

And politics is like the study of power.... And power is a very big and important word.... With power u can do alot of things.... Do you know what is the person who is the most powerful? haha. The person who is the most powerful is not the president, the chairperson, the leader or watsoever. Is the one who is giving all the directions behind. So the person who controls the person who has all the power is the most powerful.

I'm really looking forward to my class, because of free coffee, and there is no exams, just papers and oral exams. Which i think is very very good. hahaha..yeah.

Friday, August 18, 2006

USA's quotable quote

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever, would you and Why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"

--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."

--Mariah Carey

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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become
Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.

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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other partof my body,"
-- Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."
--Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.

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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,"
--A congressional candidate in Texas.

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"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

--Al Gore, Vice President

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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
--Dan Quayle

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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"

--Lee Iacocca
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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." -
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."
--Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.

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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

--Bill Clinton, President

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"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel Enderbery

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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice thatyou passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when
they wake up dead, there'll be a record."
--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

Looking for Soul Mate

A few days ago, a mate of mine asked me to introduce some girls to him, because he always find chinese girls attractive, especially singaporeans.
He is my friend from the Philippines. His name is Ban Joseph. He is like the most amazing guy that I have ever seen. His accomplishments are so so long....
Imagine this k? He is 23 years old, one year younger than me. He has already owned a 'pad'(a condominium), 2 cars, top sales representative for Abbot@Philippines, currently pursuing MBA, and has lotsa great overseas exposure. In a short 2 years in Abbot, he has already put his name in Abbot's President Club in Asia Pacific. That is how cool. All of these are the fruits of his labour, and not something that his parents bought for him. This is like how amazing...
Ok, achievements aside, he is a very nice guy and treats his friends better than best, very sensitive and well-mannered.... and with the pictures below to tell you how great he is. He is a good model with a natural candid smile, great love for photography and all the kids just love him.
What else do you ask for me in a guy? He has everything that a dream guy possesses. Girls, what are you waiting for......while stock lasts???

Student of Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico

3 different student card in a year, quite impressive uh? hahaha.

This one look quite funny leh, coz the cameraman didnt even ask me to pose and then there she took my pics.



Being the student of this school also means that everything is about money. even this student card cost me more than SGD15.

And also, having the ability to speak espanol which i'm desperately trying to blend in...argh.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

~~~Happy Birthday Kester~~~

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

I got tricked

argh, today i'm suppose to take a course in English, but it turned out to be spanish. Assuming my last course is in English, I am already taking four courses in spanish. Wish me luck man. I need to pass everything leh...how?

then i keep seeing the song, "even the best falls down sometimes". not that i think im the best, but i suddenly thot that I actually come to exchange so that I dun have to study that much, but it looks like now i will need to study even harder.

after these 2 exchange, i realize how good my university is in terms of the cirriculum. and my university in Mexico is called, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico. The whole school looks like my old campus, it feels so homely, just that I dun feel homely YET coz i still cannot speak fluent spanish. Alright, i will give myself till oct to master it.

I noe i can, therefore I MUST.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Salsa...

Some little quick video to get u guys to b on your feet and start to salsa...

The Touch

Damn, I missed that touch....

The soft touch tickles down the rough shiny surface.

The touch that makes u feel everything is complete.

The touch that melts your heart.

The touch that smitten whatever garangness u have.

The touch that you simply cannot resist.

The touch that ultimately gives u the most satisfying sensation.

I need it, i need it bad. Someone please DHL/FedEx that touch to me.

First day of school

I'm traumatised.

I only had spanish lesson for my first day, and guess what language was spanish taught in.

It is taught in spanish. Everyone in class knows how to speak a little spanish, but not me, and the teacher just go on blabbering on spanish, and i literally do not understand anything at all.

This class is so draining, because I pay attention, but I seriously do not know what the hell he is talking.

Well, instead of looking on the downside, i guess this will definitely bring out the best in me. It better.

This is so draining, i finally can sleep early. :)

Timetable

First day of school, while waiting for my class to start at 4pm, i did my time table. 4-days week, i hope it is going to be easy for me.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Hips Don't Lie

Ladies up in here tonight
No fighting, no fighting
We got the refugees up in here
No fighting, no fighting

Shakira, Shakira

I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man wants to speak Spanish
Como se llama (si), bonita (si), mi casa (si, Shakira Shakira), su casa
Shakira, Shakira

Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body

And I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection

Hey Girl, I can see your body moving
And it's driving me crazy
And I didn't have the slightest idea
Until I saw you dancing

And when you walk up on the dance floor
Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl
And everything so unexpected - the way you right and left it
So you can keep on shaking it

I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como se llama (si), bonita (si), mi casa (si, Shakira Shakira), su casa
Shakira, Shakira

Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body

And I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel you boy
Come on lets go, real slow
Don't you see baby asi es perfecto

Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection
Shakira, Shakira

Oh boy, I can see your body moving
Half animal, half man
I don't, don't really know what I'm doing
But you seem to have a plan
My will and self restraint
Have come to fail now, fail now
See, I am doing what I can, but I can't so you know
That's a bit too hard to explain

Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de día

Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de día

I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como se llama (si), bonita (si), mi casa (si, Shakira Shakira), su casa
Shakira, Shakira

Oh baby when you talk like that
You know you got me hypnotized
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body

Senorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia

Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it!
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así

Yeah
She's so sexy every man's fantasy a refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country
I go back like when 'pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
I need a whole club dizzy
Why the CIA wanna watch us?
Colombians and Haitians
I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction
No more do we snatch ropes
Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats

I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel you boy
Come on let's go, real slow
Baby, like this is perfecto

Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel it's right
The attraction, the tension
Baby, like this is perfection

No fighting
No fighting

Man Eater

Maneater, make you work hard
Make you spend hard
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
make you fall real hard in love

She's a Maneater, make you work hard
Make you spend hard
Make you want all, of her love

She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
Wish you never ever met her at all!

And when she walks she walks with passion
when she talks, she talks like she can handle it
when she asks for something boy she means it
even if you never ever seen it
everybody get your necks to crack around
all you crazy people come on jump around
you doing anything to keep her by your side
because, she said she love you, love you long time!

My Cherie Amour

La la la la la laLa la la la la la

My Cherie Amour, lovely as a summer's day
My Cherie Amour, distant as the Milky Way
My Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine

In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street
I've been near you, but you never notice me
My Cherie Amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine

Maybe someday you'll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine

La la la la la laLa la la la la la

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Earthquake? evoke your senses...

Today in Mexico City, there is an earthquake. It is common here, but the last one was in 1995. so it is something refreshing. Many were alarmed. Me - I guessed i was probably sleeping soundly in my bed.

Orientation is at 9am and i woke up at 11am, that explains why i cant hear my alarm clock n feel the earthquake. =p I went there and missed like the whole campus tour, but i went on for the city tour. There is absolutely no Asians around in the exchange, and almost everyone speaks espanol. This is going to be a huge adjustment.

Interacted with many exchange students, they are shocked that I do not understand Espanol then they are concered about how am I going to take my classes. But I'm like the gem, coz i'm the only asian mah. They are asking me the stuff in asia. Lucky I travel a little and thru the fellowship, im able to share with them lotsa stuff.... but i find it so motivating to inspire so many of them to want to cum visit asia.

At least i'm sure I manage to psycho 2 person - Raul (clau's bro n clau's fren) to cum asia. I was given a private session by the exchange coordinator, she is really sweet. She even tell me she will try to make exceptions for me. awww...

At night, there is another earthquake, nt in the literally sense, is like it totally Rawks... The coolest and the best party I have ever been to.

It was Raul's friend 21st bdae party. This party have to be invited. So there is the invite list. Those in the invite list have a rist band. Then is a formal dress party. You will have to tell them your name and then they will ticked. And they will stamp on your rist band and give u a stamp on your hand, like the normal clubbing, but it can only be seen under illum. There is like bouncer outside his house.

The main party is in the garden, it is so well decorated. It is filled with tents, and with illum lights. The setting inside is like bed-supper club in thailand, there are beds, sofas, all whitely decorated. With candles on the table. Its theme is Martini Lounge with free flow of Martini and other liquors.


With invited DJs that is playing lounge and spanish dance music, how bad can it be? Why is this party the coolest...? There is like free flow of alcohol, sushi, sashimi, choco fondue, and half way thru, the mariachis(traditional mexican band) comes in and play music for us all. It is so cool. It is like some hi-soc kinda party, and I must say that this party makes me feel like I want to cum bac to party.

And yes, long queue at the bathroom. There is a cleaner outside the bathroom, and he cleans the bathroom once someone used it. It is just so grand and cool....way to start my mexican exchange. =)

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Tuesdays with Morrie

I finished another book. So impressed with myself. And I think I can relate so much of the book to life's lesson in general.

The phase, learn how to die and you will learn how to live. Just like what I allwaiz thot, live ya day as if it is your last, so that u will make sure u do what u haf to do....

I talked to a personal mentor a few days ago. It was nothing like Morrie and Mitch. He was the one who showed me travelling, showed me the faces of the world and helps me in my school work since sec skol.

To me he is was like the most organised person I ever met. Had time for almost everything. He always gave priority to me and many others who needed him. Despite all these, he did amazingly well in his studies. He has a strong faith and character. Someone whom u will never expect to be disillusioned....

Now when I mention that I want to meet him, he will say he is busy, and he always tell me he is busy. Of course, I'm sure he is busy, but the least he can do next is to tell me when will he be available. He even fell out of religion when he was the one who taught me about faith.

How can someone change so drastically. I have seen to many of them...
Change is inevitable, but drastic?

Someone told me to give up trying, as much as i want to, but I'm afraid of giving up. Mainly because, I know one day something good might happen. It may be a naive thought, but i just dun want to give up so easily...

Am i trying to stop changes? I dun think so, everyone change, i change too. But how can friendship or a relationship change, and it is even worst when there is nothing bad that happen.

Argh, i ask god to bring all these people back to me. I am not selfish, I'm merely missing them...

Back to Mexico City

I went to school on Monday to settle my courses, I have a 4 days week, how great. I bought some grocceries and planning to learn how to cook mexican dishes. yum yum...

I got my mobile number, it is on my msn, so feel free to send me any love messages.

I'm going to plan for Cuba, Guantemala and Japan trip.

Till now I have yet to even see an Asian in Mexico. It is damn sad lah, I'm like the only chinese and asian here. Good also, coz I will fully immerse into Mexican culture. My friends here are like the mexicans can. I'm like the only different thing here, so I'm gonna be the most exotic thing alive here. hahaha

So far, the people is great, the food is marvellous and the weather is like NZ. How can it be right?

Do you know?
Mexico City is build on a lake in a valley around the mountains. The buildings sink every year, and they have to keep adding concrete to support it every year. And you know the characteristics of a valley, you dun get too much sun because of lotsa cloud cover, even though we are in summer now, and it rains every night.

And the way they drive here, is similar to bangkok, reckless and dangerous. I'm super jet-lagged, sleep like 5am,6am,7am every morning, and wake up just to see the sun to set. Damn sianz. No more jet lag, I'm gg to hit the bed.

Acapulco

Claudia's friend Fiabiola picked me up in the morning to the bus station, we too a 5 hours bus ride to Acapulco, Claudia's summer house.

It is really amazing to see the scenery on the way. Though it is not anything near NZ, but it is definitely pretty in her own way. I do see cows on the way, and for a moment I though I was in NZ. hahaha.

We spend the few days nua-ing. Sun-tanning by the beach and by the pool. It was great.
To make things even better, all our meals are mexican food cooked by Claudia's mum. The food are simply Fantastic. Mexican food are really great.... I know I'm going to miss the food once I leave this place.


I met Claudia's bro, Raul, a nice and funny guy. And then I met Raul's friends. In less than a week, I get to know so many mexicans, way to go man. And I'm slowly picking spanish. The people here is like people in Thailand, they speak their own language and a poco english.


On the 1st night, we went to the disco. The cover was 400pesos(1SGD-7pesos), and then to have a table another 100pesos. It was free flow, but the price was ridiculous. However, I heard there is an even more expensive disco. But it is so nice to see the crowd. There are all the hot latinos. Both guys and ladies are hotttttt....all of them are pretty spontaneous too. Every guy and any guy can pick up a girl. Even if the person is tipsy, it is definitely not a problem. Everything was good, just that I dun understand spanish songs, hard to dance to it lah.

It seems like my age have caught up with me, no more those havoc havoc kind liao. sianzzzz...

And it is funnie how people do funny stuff like taking numerous shots at one go. No, I have not tried Magaritas yet nor have I tried Tequila. But i have tried their drinks, quite potent thou.

Everyday I seem to wake up so late, I think I have very bad jet-lagged. There was one day that I slept from 4am to 4pm. 12hours of sleep. I think this kinda compenstated for the sleep lost in SG. hahaha

I came here with burnt skin, but know i'm totally golden brown.

The 4 days we spend in Acapulco was really worth. And I'm not even one week in Mexico yet.

The first sight of Mexico...

It took me 26hours from Singapore to get to Mexico City. I was so exhausted for 3 planes rides to myself here. I dunno what to expect, I really dun. With Airlines such as United and Northwest, no wonder SQ allwaiz wins.

When I was in the plane, I so many cars in the whole city, the city from aerial view was hugh, so hugh that the plane probably took like almost half an hour to reach the airport. Unlike Singapore, it is only 5mins. hahaha.

I was welcomed by Claudia's friend, Ferneda. She drove thru the impossible traffic for abt an hr to bring me to my new home for the next 4mths.

Fernenda told me the street that I'm staying is her favourite street in the whole Mexico, I was thinking she was doing some sales talk, until I saw it, I couldn't believe my own eyes. It was so rustic, so colonial, so authentic.... With spanish like houses, stoned roads, ferns growing on the wall of the houses, and the architecture of the house... What else can I ask for.

The house I'm staying is Claudia's grandparents' house, however only her Aunt Magji stays there. The house is really big, a 2 storey house with a car porch, a garden both infront and behind the house, 8 rooms in the house. What else can I ask for man.

I even got my own bathroom with wireless internet. With a big queen size bed. And the room is 1.5 times bigger than my own bedroom at home. I got a TV in my room too, just that every channel they have are all in Espanol. This is so shiok...



For those who want to send me love parcels and mail, feel free to do it to...

Leon Felipe No.77
Colonia Tlacopac
San Angel
Mexico, D.F.
C.P.01040
I reached the house at about 9 and I finished unpacking my stuff at 11pm and I have to wake up the next day at 6pm to rush to Acapulco. I have not even seen Mexcio City, and I'm already going to some other parts of Mexico. Mad rush...

Just for sharing an interesting analogy

I would love to appreciate live in another perspective instead of working my arse for something I want so badly. Work shouldn't be mundane and meanhingless, it should be the sparked by passion and interest. In fact, I yearn for the working life to come quick, but on the other hard, I hate growing up. I dun believe that I'm already in my mid-20s. This sux....

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A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university Professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee,the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."

So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.

Home Sweet Home (for a week)

Immediately, when I got out from the plane, I can feel the much talked about humidity in sg, it is one of the reason why i dragged gg home...haha. So happy to feel that I'm back home. My parents, grandma and my aunt came to pick me up. So nice to see all of them. One of the best thing about travelling, that you will learn to appreciate whatever things you have so much more. ahhhhh

I missed my parents so much, was welcomed by lotsa great home cooked food. My mum cooked potatoe soup, the same soup that i cooked more than 10 times in NZ. hahaha, but obviously how can my standards be compared to her. I love it so much. I miss my wife, upon my return, i quickly take Francesca out for a spin. Must learn to 4get about the wife in NZ to get use to this one at home.

Obviously, after being away for so long, the first thing u want to see/do will be something that is of great priority to you. And that was what I did, I gave my love a big big surprise, muacks. And the love doesn't just stop when I'm out of sg, I went to NZ to continue this great love, therefore the natural tendency for me when I come back is to look for her. She was having a camp, someone whom I spend 1.5years with, and grew so much with it. I'm glad that everything has grown for the betta. The camp was fun, Got myself all burnt. But we did have lotsa fun. And I missed the SUN too.

Looking at the camp, it definitely draws back fond memories of the same camp that I was part of the organising comm 2 yrs ago. Time flies man, and how fast things like these seems to be like yesterday...

Then...this was my biggest surprise for coming back. Kester organised a get-together man. Can u imagine that. Wah lau, sun will not set at night man. And he got such a great turn out. The food was great, but the company was even better. Oh my god, even Mark turned up. If this can allwaiz happen, I would want to travel more, coz when I come back I get to meet up with all these people that I dun even see when I'm in Singapore.

Then I saw the picts and msn msg abt this outing, these picts mean a whole deal to me man....gosh. Must frame big big...



Got lotsa good mahjong sessions. And it seems that everyone give me chance to win big big. Thank you ah. I think I will 4get how to play again, so when I come back, more mahjong sessions to help me improve on the rules of it yah?

I couldn't meet up with alot of you, for that I'm really sorry. Time really didn't allow. I have to run lotsa errands. Need to see my exchange advisor, need to go school to see prof, need to get the stuff that I need, like travelling book, accessories and then need to get my visa which is such a tedious process. I have to go to the embassy twice, how irritating is that. argh....
but I manage to get it for free....sheeshe dun tell anyone hor.

For those whom I met up with for the short span of time, I promise i will make it up next year when I'm back, and for those whom I really didnt even see at all, I will compensate even more when I'm back. dun worrie, when I'm back, I only left with 3 modules. lotsa time to lim kopi, 8 hours week. (minus 15mins break and late start and early finish)

Things that I want to do when I'm back(again)...
-Learn Thai
-Learn Blading
-Continue Dancing
-Daily dosage of friends and family

Till then, see you all in year 2007 and may you make the best from 2006.

Exchange @ NZ in a nutshell

Thinking back as to why I wanna go NZ for exchange is rather funny. I heard from a couple about their exchange experiences in NZ and I was so fascinated by it, especially the cost that they told me they incurred. Of course, they did not tell me how much they scrimped and saved to make ends meet.

I have my fair share of experience to share with anyone who wants to go NZ for an exchange. 3 reasons why I want to do my exchange in NZ Otago.

1) European lifestyle with Singapore Standard of Living
2) Extreme Sports and Activities
3) The school is reputation, at least it requires a certain GPA to get in

Though I did not manage to even go to Pacific Islands, but I've enjoyed myself to the max. for what these two islands of NZ have to offer.

Lotsa good and positive take aways man. I experienced my much wanted extreme activities, a 100% Maori experience at the marae, homestay with a Kiwi Family, learn about the laid back life that was so contrasting as compared to back home, make lotsa good international friends, appreciated what mother nature has to offer and got lotsa good quality time to myself to reflect and think.

What else could I have asked for man? Like I said before, doing what I did in NZ is like a childhood dream come true, studying infront of a lake, mountains and nice cold weather. Playing in the snow and experience lotsa independence, especially so when I did the road trip all by myself, and how I eventually got so used to my life there...

Here are some of my favourites of my Northern Island Tour...







Southern Island Road Trip...


My friend was telling her parents that u can take nice photos of NZ anytime anywhere, but her friend(who is me) takes even better pictures with his camera. She is trying to say my camera is good, but i beg to differ. It is the photographer that make the moments worth living for. =p

Well obviously there is something that I dun really like. The AIRPORT in the Auckland. There did a manual check on the hand luggage taken on board. Obviously I was taking more than I can handle. They refuse to even give in to me knowing that I'm a student. I'm very sure Singapore Airport is not even close to that stingy. They are raping people off by those excess baggage charges they charge to the people. Dammit. I paid $175 ($35 for 1kg) for those excess baggage. Obviosuly I had more than 10kg. But I just told them I will throw away, but in the end, I just put back into my bag.

Imagine that I left 5mins for boarding, and they made me go all the way down when I was at the customs to pay for the excess baggage without even considering the fact that I will miss my flight. I actually ran all the way after paying to the gate. While running, they are already making the last call. Oh well, good lesson learn, no more excess baggage from now on.

Goodbye to all mates from NZ, will keep in touch with all of you, meanwhile, just make sure u guys continue to rock yah?

Clearing backlogs...

I know I have been inactive for quite a while.

Trust me there is nothing to do with procrastination. It seems like I just replied most of my emails only when I reached Mex. I realized that I can never have some time for myself when I'm back home. ha

I got back home from New Zealand on the 23rd July and I left Singapore for Mexico on the 2nd August. Too little time to do too many things.

I will try to revive all my thoughts from where I have stopped....