Oversleeping, Overeating, Overspending...
Oh what a Sinful Day

This was my bed for yesterday... Dun be misled by e appearance, it's really quite comfy...

Courtesy of my "Bra"dder, Mr Yeo Cheng Yao.

Still early go back to get some more slp 1st... So comfy dun waste...
Time is 12.45pm, 15 Feb 2005.

Look @ the time now... 1406hrs...

Bra, still DOTAing!?!! Haven't even got changed...
How are u gonna make it to Orchard by 1430hrs?? (Our original meeting time with Yifeng)

Alamak, so sorry to my bros.. Few weeks ago I told my grandaunt and granduncle that I'm free today, and I wanna give them a treat today, and I suggested that we go Sakae Sushi for Lunch.. Thinking (wishfully) that we're gonna be eating at Wheellock place's Sakae Sushi, so I asked (ok perhaps abit more like to pleading lah) my bros to bring me go along with them to shop in town, Yifeng wanted to get a coat from Zara, while my agenda included a slingbag from ZINC to go along with my former wear for Sundays when I need to serve in the usher ministry.

[Note: If u happen to be at EXPO on a sunday morning, u'll probably notice alot of teenagers, youth in pants and shirts, wearing like business excutives but with the coloured hair/ ear rings and hair styled like one of those taiwanese pop idol u see on tv betraying their youthful exuberance. They will probably be greeting and smiling at u and pointing u to EXPO Hall 8 or directing the traffic. Yes, these are the CHC Ushers, just like yours truly here.]

Well things don't always turn out the way u plan in real life (that's why there's the Murphy's Law). As things turned out, my grandaunt called and arrranged to meet at west mall instead, at 4pm. How to be at Orchard at 2.30pm and turn up at West Mall at 4pm.. So then I went West Mall to meet my grandaunt and granduncle, leaving my brothers to shop without me at Orchard (of course it took quite alot of internal struggle to for me to finally decide to abandon my bros. Ah-ber-than, I dun wanna pang seh u all unless I really can't help it!!) Cause I figured that I do really spend very little time with my lovely grandaunt & granduncle, who brought me up, I gave them the priority. As things turn out, Tuck oso cannot turn up, leaving Yifeng n Cheng Yao(bra aka B.O.S) (Murphy's Law strikes again. :p) As it turn out Tuck was given a tipped-off that the camp may call to check him at home, as he's on MC today (poor guy) , so he can't turn up too..

Haha, surprise surprise, there's a ZINC outlet here in West Mall too!! I went in to shop, little did I know I spent the next 45 minute here (wah lau feel abit like a za bor shopping sia). Took out 1 after another bag to try in front of the mirror, finally decided on the one u see on e left. (Oei, dun tell me it doesn't look nice, cause I think so too! I LIKE it can?!) Wah kao, wasted an extra $3.60 on the bag. Y? Cause yday Bin Juan wanted to lend me her ZINC member card (10% off!!) but I told her to pass it to Tuck (the conifinee) instead, thinking I would meet him today (as Yifeng would probably says "Ah Yang Ni3 Fan4 Jian4 lor")

My new bag from ZINC, $35.90, no discount.


Tea Time Buffet @ Sakae Sushi, West Mall.

Time: 1600hrs

End-of-Meal..

Time: 1715hrs

Grandaunt Betty : )

My lovable Grandaunt Betty & Granduncle Charlie and Me..

(Actually we're already struggling to even sit properly, apparently overate..)

30 plates of sushi + deserts + 3 green tea + ice cream + fruits + 2 bowls of udon
Total Bill: $55.09

Pretty worth it I would say (at least got back my $ worth :P )


SPECIAL feature:

Murphy's Law

1. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
2. You will always find something in the last place you look. (Unless u carry on searching. That of course is simply fan4 jian4)
3. No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper. (Just stop looking!)
4. The other line always moves faster.
5. In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it.
6. Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost you more than you thought.
7. If you fool around with a thing for very long you will screw it up. (fan4 jian4!!)
8. If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
9. When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly. (true, OCTs always come to us with perfectly working signal sets, esp in Brunei.)
10.Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
11.Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
12.In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
13.There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
14.When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate. (aka shooting arrows or da taichi)
15.Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
16.Murphy's golden rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
17.Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
18.A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
19.In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
20.Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
(1 of Tuck's famous lines. Ok BinJuan, Lijin, Lijia we shan't argue with u sisters)

Valentine's Day aka Friendship Day ( My 1st Post Yeyay!!)

Ok, today we celebrate the 20th century greatest commercial marketing festival and perhaps the most wallet burning day in history of MANkind.. Hmm, so how in the world did this day come about, is it a brilliant idea from a marketing genius or does it have its roots in ancient history. Here's what i found out after some intense research (ok lah, I went to google and type valentine's day ;p) but here's it...

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the 3rd century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men (how they gonna produce they next generation soldiers when the pple can get marry and reproduce? Pea-brain idea leh) -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius (yeah, wayta go father!) and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death (OMG!!)


In a second legend, it is said that in ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno, the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses . The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia. The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate (reminds me of sec sch :( ). However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man (why man, kinda sexist huh...) would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry (maybe that's where 'Lunch Actually' get their idea from. see below for more details)

So this Emperor Claudius II Rome aka Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. Therefore as a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. Then our Saint Valentine, a priest at Rome, together with Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples. Alas Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to his death on the 14th day of February, about the year 270 AD.

At that time it was the custom in Rome, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a heathen god (paganists!). On these occasions, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed (wah ma jiam lottery. At least the men n women WON'T Be DATELESS on feb 14 lah.) But the pastors from the Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way. Also in an attempt to do away with the pagan element in these feasts, the pastors substituted the names of saints for those of maidens.

Well that pretty sums up the brief history of St Valentine and how valentine's day came about : )

LUNCH ACTUALLY, Singapore's premier lunch dating company offers you the chance to get acquainted over lunch, coffee or even after work drinks! feat. on Channel News Asia's report on 11 February 2005.

Ah Yang Says:

Personnally I think Valentine's Day a GREAT day. Why?

Firstly its a marketing dream come true!! What look at the packages being offered at restaurants, diners, gift shops, hotels, florists, and not to mention the slimming centres and saloons to make you look like the next Brad Pitt (ok, or as who the men wanted to believe they look like the Beckhams or Andy Laus etc.) or J.Lo(this could really cost u a BOMB!)

Secondly, what a better time then Valentine's Day to express your love for the people whom you cared for. I mean it's also friendship day, still remember the JC days when the female schoolmates (the thoughtful and sweet ones (",) ) make little gifts and presents for everyone in class. Wow, I mean what a sweet (all the chocolates and sweets definitely make for a sugary feeling) action to begin your day in school right? So nice.

Thirdly, the pressure!! Yeah man, singles, me included, don't you feel alittle (well maybe some....oh ok lah ALOT) pressure from seeing all the people going out in pairs and you're the only one without a date! Oh man. Well, what a better motivation (esp your close friends, clique)(notice how pressure can be GOOD too? It's all in the mind ok?) to express your love for the SPECIAL ONE in your heart. Ok lah, if you kena rejected, then nvm, tmr's another day rite? How about considering the BEST case senario? You got hitched and spend the most romantic and memorable evening with your new found girl/boy friend in your life thus far (maybe even more?? :P)

Fourthly, ok you are unattached. Go clubbing, Kbox, movie,or drinking with your best mates (people in the same plight) and share the most wonderful time together (hopefully u don't end up too drunk and vomitting on your friend's bed ;p Yuwen does this sounds painfully familiar to you??) It's time like this that we really appreciate our friends of the same sex (nan4 xiong1 nan4 di4) dun we?!

Lastly, well how about waking up to a great surprise (hopefully pleasant). Heard this story from a friend, her boyfriend told her yesterday that he will be busy in camp today, and he can't be at home. Then there's this DVD delievery that will be made to his house today in the morning, so he asked his girlfriend if she can help him collect the DVDs instead. My friend agreed, so the DVDs are to be delievered to her house instead. And the boyfriend even asked her to put on a cap when collecting the DVDs, pirated stuff, so gotta be more inconspicuous la. Then today she woke up when the delievery man came, reluctantly she went to open the door la (Wah lau Valentines day no boyfriend and then help do tis kind of stupid stuff, which girl won't sian diao? Summore disturb her beauty sleep), however her dad who was oso around beat her to the door. Oops, uncle is an honest man, pirated DVDs, so my friend tot she confirmed get scolding liao, then timidly standing behind her dad, to my friend and her dad's surprise (for obviously different reasons la), the delievery man handed a bouquet of roses to her dad. Wah kao, clincher liao la, that must have melted it her heart (wah daddy stress liao la, daughter boyfriend chu high power, wat now will mummy expect from daddy :-) ) Ok my point being isn't it Valentine's Day a good time for couples to put in their creative juices and think of ideas to give the other person a wonderful and sweet surprise? Hey this is the way to teach creativity, not from text books, but practical test!!

Well hope you had a great time on Valentine's day, if not at least the day is over at last isn't it ? 8-)

About Me

Gavin Tan

A final year student studying in Nanyang Technological University, living on the western part of sunny Singapore.

Enjoys physical activities, traveling and (when time permits) blogging. Following Jesus Christ since April 2005, attends City Harvest Church.