on taller and not-so-tall people...

here're some words of wisdom:

"Taller people have to hang their heads low,
while the rest can hold their heads up high and live..."
- Diep Zinnia Tran

haha, how inspiring! :P

strange encounter at the pool...

it was a nice and sunny afternoon, so decided to take a
dip. as usual, it was not very crowded coz
not many people can afford the time to swim at this hour
on a weekday afternoon.

after a great swim and tan, while i was taking my shower
in the shower room, there was this 30 y/o odd chap trying to
hook me up. i was drying up myself, and there he was, parading in his
birthday suit in front of me. i tried to shift my angle to avoid him, and
wherever i turned to, he'll position himself to make himself be seen by me.

then all of a sudden, he... uhmmm... jerked off in front of me!
feeling irritated, i took out my phone and quickly took a shot:

but he was quick enough to dodge and took his towel

to cover up (well, save me the time to do the censoring :P ).

and guessed what he said: hey, do u know you can't take photos here?

i replied: yah, i know, go ahead and report to the lifeguard.
and i left immediately after that.

when i shared this with my friends, they told me that i should feel honoured instead.

duh, how comforting....

east timor team...

thanks to jonathan for the handmade fridge magnet.

really very impressed by your courageous decision!

$ING DOLLAR...

it was great to catch SING DOLLAR musical with
my buddies from xerox; connie, samantha and eugene.

however, i made a very foolish mistake, and
it was so silly that i'm so embarrassed to spell it out here.
ask me personally if you wanna know bah... keke...

well, it was really not that bad despite all those not so favourable
comments from the critics. and i really have to take my hats off
Kumar, coz he was sooooooo funny!!! music composition was rather catchy as well.
the story wasn't really that great though and it wasn't really about money and wealth.
in fact, it's more about kinship, friendship and learning about how to live
together in a multi-racial and national society in singapore;
all happening in GEYLANG...

goodbye xerox...

today's my last day in fuji xerox. although i'd love to say that i smelt freedom after finishing my handover duties and stepped out of the tower, but i think i'll miss some of my colleagues there.
colleagues who had made my life in xerox more enjoyable and fun. colleagues who had become my friends.
welcome to my new life! yippie!

first 'modelling' experience

it was really a very tiring but fruitful day,
coz it was my first 'modelling' experience...

Don't Work too hard. Nobody notices anyway...

sure or not? so unbelievable....
sad but true lah....

MUS'ART Wind Orchestra presents.... DECADE

not a bad a concert but repertoire wasn't that fantastic:

1) Ireland: of Legend & Lore
good majestic opening piece. wise choice...

2) Titanic Medley
the arrangement was quite good. familiar tunes with a twist
within the piece...

3) Ocean Deep & Memories
the vocalist, liza foong's more suited for pop pieces i think.
her rendition of ocean deep's better than memories...

4) Highlights from Phantom of the Opera
good arrangement...

5) "GR" Selections for concert band
can't really appreciate this piece...

6) Atmosphere
a classic lullaby~~~ *zzzzz.....*

7) The Butterfly Lovers
total tranformation from the original one.
was looking forward to some similarities, but found none... *snore.....*

food for thought...

"just because your work stressed you, your boss stressed you, your customers stressed you, doesn't mean you can stress the people around you...
and just because your work environment push and give you pressure, doesn't mean you can give pressure on people around you...
i'm sure you've made the right decision to quit, it's not worth staying..."

thanks a lot for the words of wisdom Will.... appreciate it....

my friends, this is where i made the decision...

after meeting with my customer yesterday, i walked along henderson waves, and made the decision to resign. i wanted to find back and regain my true-self, and so i made this decision...

this afternoon when i told my boss that i'd made up my mind and decided to leave the company, i felt the sudden relief and load off my back.

For the past couple of months, the lost of passion and motivation in my job, and the working environment made me feel extremely stressful. so stressful that it got the better of me and had affected my life negatively.

i get agitated very easily, tend to over-react and possessive about the things and people around me. nearly everyday, i would suddenly wake up in the middle of the night. i've totally lost my energy, positiveness and confidence that i had in the past. i wasn't myself anymore and changed into another person whom i couldn't recognise either.

dear friends, pardon me for my erratic behaviour. and to those who had been showing me concern, support and understanding, i'm very grateful that you took time off hearing me out...

now that i've quit my job, i'm going to find back the old cheerful and positive steven. for a moment, i felt so happy and peaceful. a feeling long lost within me...

xtrail 2009...

woke up 6am just for this event...

and when we arrive at the scene, we realised that

we're one of the oldest participants...geeezzz...

it wasn't really relaxing actually, in fact, it was super shag.

having to run, then walk with our legs tied together and

running up the pagoda.... nevertheless, it was quite a great experience

to do things and have fun together with my frenz...

alright, still fresh and energetic before the race

look at the tiresome and shag look on our face...

our first date....

it was my first date with weiqi, and

our first digital 3-D movie...

and surprisingly, both of us have never watched

Lord of the Rings before!!!

was on my way back today after work and saw this car
beside me along west coast highway...

the banner read: we love you 4ever michael...
at the same time, the driver was blasting michael's Billie Jeans...



i can understand how deep the impact was on many people when
michael jackson left the world. just like if someone you loved and
cared for suddenly disappear from your life,
the feeling of lost and emptiness is immense...

treasure the people and loved ones around you, be your family
members, your friends, your colleagues and other acquaintance...

各位观众, 献丑了...

wasn't in good form that day, got a bad sore throat

and cough that day... thanks to yaevoon, the videographer...

fruitful sunday...

had a very fruitful and fulfilling today...
finally went for a haircut, it was too long!!!
after which, i met up with eugene and karen for eugene's
virgin photoshoot outing with his new babe; Canon 50D.

thereafter, went to attend Kent Ridge Harmonica Ensemble @ The Esplanade...

Great KTV meetup

it's really great to have a ktv gathering with the HB (yes, HB) folks...
it's been a long long time since we last sang together, should make it a
more regular affair in future...