The Chapter of My Life...

19th Birthday..

2005-07-26T22:51:00.000+08:00

i turn 19 yesterday. period. no birthday bash or cakes. i dun like birthdays anyway. it makes you think that you are "OLDER" and can't escape from responsibilities. got the day off, so i spent the day waking up late, taking my own sweet time to bathe and sit infront of the laptop playing game. that would be your average geek would be doing on a daily basis. someone called me to sing me a birthday song. how sweet of her. thanks. had dinner at "Anggerik cafe" near Mukminin mosque. so there your typical "birthday" celebration. guess this will be my last bday with family, come to think of it i'm serving the nation on my bday! Geez..

National serivce. that's been the topic lately. since my some of my friends who in the same age group as i am or older are currently serving the nations. one by one leaving us, and what left is some memories we held tightly. 19 years of my life passed so quickly. and soon i'm attaining "adulthood" (mind you i'm still a kid). Oh well too early for me to think about it. Right now, graduation come first.

have you ever wonder, what's the future have in store for you? what are you going to do after school? NS? further studies or straight to work? for the past few years, i've been planning myself till certain stages i want my education level to end. starting from PSLE, i aimed to be in the Express stream and i managed to be in one eventhough grades are not up to satisfaction. every year i made a resolution that i'll study hard to achieve my goals. So from express, i climbed up to Science stream, which i took 2 combined science and pure Bio + A and E maths. realising i couldn't cope with the pressure, i took things for granted. grades dropping, attitude changing. and the end results of prelim were R4/32 R5/41. with this shitty grade, even ITE won't take me in. so i work hard and finally got in Singapore Poly.

got my 2nd choice in Computer and network technology. wanting to catch up with technology i decided to try an engineering course. eventhough my interest lies more on software instead of hardware. Blah blah blah.. and walla.. i'm in the final year doing my course. doing my internship at Siemens Pte Ltd and be back doing some electives and i'm outta this sch!

internship sounds a great deal at first, until i was assigned to a "NEW" environment. i studied computer networking and ended up in a industrial automation department. so what's the big deal here? i have no idea what they doing cos it's totally a new thing for me. PLC here PLC there. commisioning here and commisioning there. Wattafuk! so i decided to give a try and treat this a new challenge for me. some tasks were easy mostly dealing with softwares but for the programming leave to the senior engineers. lately haven given any work so i decided to improve on my photoshop skills. surf the net to look for tutorials. and ya the supervisor, which is the boss of the senior engineers offer me this once in a lifetime opportunity.

guess what? sending me overseas for on the job training in August. it wasnt confirmed yet, but i was excited. me? overseas? which company would want to send an intern to help an engineers there for 2 whole WEEKS?! SIEMENS does. but if it really confirm, should i go? i mean, c'mon, you and one engineer, on the job training to Kuching, Sarawak for 2 GODDAMN WEEKS!! that's longest period of my life to be apart from my family and close friends. should i go? or should i not? it would be good if i go for my future career but i felt like i'm not ready for this travelling thingy. should i?

De` weekends

2005-07-16T00:23:00.000+08:00

Finally, it's the weekend, thank god. get to slack at home. eat, sleep, spending time infront of the laptop. work is great, no deskwork so far. now doing more hands on and got to go to the site (tech semiconductor) at woodlands industrial. it's a fab industries producing the wafer thingy to make RAM. went to work this morning and bike giving the same old shit problem. it cant start. so i give a push start and ride to work. came back home earlier this afternoon and it dies again. oh wtf! only 7mths of riding and giving me alot of trouble. wanted to hangout at wheelock CBTL today cos they will be opening 24hrs just for today. why? it's the Harry Potter book release at Borders. cancel it cos bike giving problems so decided to stay at home and do some photoshop thingy.

talking about photoshop, i realise you can do so many things with it. from design to photo editing and from text effects to animations. how cool is that? take your time to explore these great software if you have the time. i recommend the tutorials from this website: http://www.good-tutorials.com/ i just completed a sprite animation using photoshop and imageready. using sprite and animation. walla.. you got this: Click to Enlarge

Back to work..

2005-07-09T18:12:00.000+08:00

2 days of MC are over. playtime is over. laziness get to me. basically my life is about working. 2 jobs, 6 days a week. 8-9hrs per day. i wont complain. seeing most of my friends are going to serve the country soon, it scares me that my turn will be soon somewhere mid next year. time flies really fast. one by one leaves to serve the nation. just got my notification of national service pre-enlistment thingy and medical examination. finally, it's coming! right now, all i can think of is "GRADUATION." after my internship which end in late Sep, gonna be looking forward to come back to school. kinda miss my buddies. reminiscing the good ole`days. skipping of lectures, hanging out af FC3 "washing-eyes", sleeping in lecture theatre, getting warning letter and copying our labtest assignment. hahaha.. great times. jeff finally passed his TP and riding his bro's X9. good for him. next sem we'll be having our lunch at NP and "wash eyes" this time riding our bikes.

anyway, went out my CBTL colleague to see a musical concert at Victoria Theatre Hall. Orchid Park Sec Sch Wind Orchestra is performing. it was boring actually, if not for supporting mabel playing the flute and the rest of the grp tagging along i wont be going. haha. by the time the concert end, it was already 11pm. headed to lau pa sat to have dinner/supper. sat at the satay club corner. we got conned. haha.. some dishes and satay cost $50++ and the nasi ayam goreng and mee goreng looks so instant. we just ordered and it came so quickly. damn, and it costs $4. this will be my last time sitting that area. and the teh tarik there is not so "power" after all. i would not recommend it.

A new chapter..

2005-07-07T18:21:00.000+08:00

anyway, guess i'll be starting to blog again. life have never been better. aite, sums everything up eventhough it's was old news. first thing first, got my internship at Siemens Pte Ltd. what does the first thing comes in mind? HANDPHONES!! nah i'm not working for a mobile company. mobile is 1/6 of the business Siemens does. others include, medical technology, transportation, lighting (you noe OSRAM?!), industrail automation(the dept. i'm in) etc etc. working for the first week is boring. cant count how many things i fell asleep. but it's getting too stressful nowadays. too many projects to complete. this is how my workplace look like:

such a boring working environment. ya i know. but the pay is good not including the overtime. all work and no play makes me a sad person. that's why thanks to bunch of colleague who make the day to remember. no one gave schedule on 10-12 June so that everyone could go to the chalet. great times and memories there. dont wanna go thru the details. if you ever wanna go to sentosa costa sands, think twice. the room is small. here are some of the pics. gonna post the album soon. ask me on MSN if you want it.

the boys of Coffeebean Wheelock Place and our manager with the specs (now in Paragon)Time to go home. Playtime is OVER!

and ya, got selected to join the "Barista Olympic" competition organised by Coffeebean. it's like a coffee making competition where you make 4 expressos, 4 cappucinos and 4 signature drinks. held at Coffeebean Sun Plaza(sembawang). you cant imagine how pressurizing the competition were. imagine while steaming the milk everyone is staring at you and you have to serve to the judges and present yourself. if you were there, you see how nervous i was, trembling while serving. haha. Pictures below:always look on the bright of life.did you see the hand behind me? that's ronnie(judge), he's so SHORT.glad that everything is OVER now.

That's all folks.

Updated.

2004-09-01T22:50:00.000+08:00

Finally updated. It's been a while. Kinda pre-occupied with some stuffs. Finally Bike Practical have reached Stage 3 so far! 2 more stages to go! Kinda upset that needed to repeat for certain subjects. Sucks to be me. Had "S" course (the figure 8 track) and crank course practical today. Skidded during the practical bruising my elbow. Minor injury don't worry. But still failed to complete that stage. So I skipped sch (well only left with Server Management Lab, so who cares) and booked for another session on that day.

Finally passed! At least I didn't fall again. Cornering was fun and danger. Peng maut nyer! 45 degree. One mistake can cause you to hit the curb and skidded thus injuring yourself. So far so good. Gonna book the next prac soon. Ah well.. Mid Semester Test is in 1 week ++ Haven't study anything yet. Can't focus at home man.. Can't afford to fail. Have myself to blame if I did.

updating..

2004-08-14T04:54:00.000+08:00

Finally some updates. Just came back from work few minutes ago ard 3+ am. kinda tired now but not sleepy. pay day is coming!! Able to get some stuff for myself.

Just witness something earlier. Ard 2.50+ am. An accident infront of CBTL@Wheelock. This mini green car hit a comfort taxi. First time sak nampak accident. Ni mesti case baru balik dari clubbing. There were 2 ladies and 3 guys in that car. For the taxi, it was carrying a passenger. After the accident, the passenger quickly get out of the car and walk away. Happening sak.. Then cars/taxis from the centre lane kepo² move towards the right lane.

The got this drunk guy with his fren walk towards the car holding his hp. His fren pulled him away but instead he shouted "I want to take number lah!!" Hahaha.. I believe all the drivers who passed by confirm keep the number 4D. I could only remember the taxi plate no. 4089! My colleague already saving the numbers in their hp, planning to buy 4D tommorow.

Time flies..

2004-08-01T02:55:00.000+08:00

It sure does. fast indeed. Been feeling this emptiness inside me. What or who did I left out ? Feel like there's no social life in me. Life is dull and it's a cycle. After 18 years it's still the same. Am I just unsatisfied with the things/people ard me ? I dunno. Can't find the answer. You tell me. It's been a while since I hanged out with my best buddies, watching movies, playing soccer, pool or just chilling out at some coffee shop talking all night long. How I wished life could be simpler. We have options, we choose how our life going to be for the next few years.

Life have been busy for me. Schooling in the morning, working in the night and sometimes cultural activities. With the new addition of having Bike lessons (just enrolled) @ BBDC. Having tight schedule here. As always you guys will say "You can always choose to quit your job, no one force you to work" But who gonna sponsor me the money for my bike ? I know it's not my top priorities but still it's been a dream for me to get that freaking license. You work hard and it pays off.

Kinda excited that I'm gonna start my bike theory and practical soon. Sekian lama menunggu akhirnya tiba.. been telling my mum "Isk tak sabar ah nak naik motor.. lambat tol bday!" Tgk lah da enrol pun. Just waiting to book the date. Not sure if I have the time. It's almost 3am and I'm beat.. Signing off..

Weekends.. finally

2004-07-31T03:15:00.000+08:00

It's Saturday finally! Not working on Sat!! Woohoo.. Got the weekends to myself. Maybe gonna visit my grandama (it's been a long time yea..), do some revisions (yea right!) and go for motorcycle enrolment at BBDC!! Just came back from work 30 mins ago. A very long day at work. Damn slam!! it's like never ending. The queues just coming in non-stop and as USUAL, bad day when working with Jag-ass!

Warn myself not to touch cashier when working with Jag, now look what happened. Shortage! My 2nd shortage of money working with him. Imagine you working your ass off to earn money just to pay back the company ?! Well i'm not complaining too much, just glad that I have a part time job. PT job = extra income = money to buy whatever you want! != pay company back.. Nah-uh.. Ah well.. I'm freaking tired now.. gonna head to bed. My blog entries getting boring. It's not that I dun have anything to type.. just that I'm to lazy to type!! Signing off...
Chaoshinci~

Happy 18th Birthday to Me!

2004-07-25T13:22:00.000+08:00

Finally i'm 18 bebeh!! Legal already!! Wohhooo.. Working yesterday, it was ok lah 5 staffs + 1 manager. And yesterday was the best day of my working life. A birthday Bash!! Havoc man.. I must say. Naz was the mastermind behind this sabotage. Thanks for making my birthday a great working and lifetime experience. Started the sabotage just after the last order. I was the first victim. When the clock struck one and the last order was carried out, Han wen started splashing water at me. I was from top to bottom wet. So I took 3 cups which I have standby splashing it towards Michelle and Liza. And that's when the fun came in.

Not only water, milk, chocolate power, caramel drizzle were also used. I think the worst person to be hit was han Milk on his head + drizzle and chocolate power. Hahaha.. man it was fun! Should have seen Liza wrestle Naz on the floor after he splashes water on her pants.. As Naz trying to struggle, we put some ice in his boxer.. Take that dude!! man it was really fun.. No money can buy this experiences. If only everyday working is this fun, I will be always looking forward to come to work.

well check out the pictures:
My 18th Birthday Bash!!

18th Birthday

2004-07-24T03:52:00.000+08:00

The big day has arrived..well eve of my 18th b'day to be exact. Been waiting for this day to arrive. The reason is plain simple. I want to take my motorbike license. That's why I take up a Part time job. Cos parts of the money will be used for the license and yea.. lighten up my parents burden. Pejam celik (2x) da masok waktu nya.. Hopefully, that girl could remember my b'day. It's been a while since I contacted her -sigh- None of my frens doesn't know my birth date cos been keeping a hush2. Well I dun really celebrate birthday. The last b'day cake was like in.. Primary 5?! Kesian eh..

Oh well, haven't been updating this blog of mine for a very long time. Don't really have the time lah. Sorry peeps! Lagipun bukan nyer ader org baca. Dun really have aniting personal to type on my blog. I rather talk personal stuff face to face rather than expressing it here for everyone to read. Been schooling, working, cultural activities. It's been a while since I go out with my friends for a game of pool, hangout together at town, playing soccer with them. Some frens noticed I've been sleeping in class. Yea I know I'm kinda tired and stuff and they said "well.. if you really tired and can't take it.. why don't you quit"

Actually I want to but.. kinda tough to get a Part time job. And this is my first job that lasted me almost 3 months. My previous job at KFC lasted my for 1mth+ With this part time job, I can use the money for my own use and future use. All the hard works you put in pays off. Mcm leh rasa tu duit ah.. The feeling is really different from your parents giving you money. When your parents give you money.. mcm rasa syg gitu nak buang².. drg kejer penat.. aper kiter tau ? Membazir jer. If your own earned money.. you know how to manage it.. you set a lists what you want, how much you wanna save and all that stuffs.

Oh well.. Don't wanna think too much.. signing off now.. kinda tired.. came back from work @ 3+ a.m

First day of sch

2004-07-05T23:18:00.000+08:00

5th of July. Supposed to be Youth Day but well, tertiary students have to go to sch. Anyway, it was mum's b'day. Gave her a brooch, picture frame and a birthday kiss. Ok back to sch. Sch is great. Umm.. sort of. Classes ended early bcos of briefing and stuffs and the semester gonna extend to week 10 before MST. Therefore term 2 is gonna be short! Had internet programming lecture today. The same lecturer who taught me java last sem. Mr Kwa! Tired of seeing his face. Oh well, not sure if I want to buy the txbk which cost $30+ Image the amt of money u have to fork out just to use for 1 semester.

Ah.. server management. Yet another book u have to buy, $40+ Books included lecture and practical. Damn poly wasting money on these textbooks. Why don't they use binded notes instead? Got few new ppl joining our class cos they forwarded their modules. Ok lah, finally 2 malay girls in my class. But since it's the first day and week, didn't have the chance to talk to them. Maybe thru'out the semester, will get to know them better.

Just came back from West Coast, family together-gether, celebrating my mum's bday. Had dinner there. 5 plates of rice + 3 dishes ( chap chai, ikan pari bakar and egg tofu ) costs $20+. Kinda cheap u noe.. better than "blanja-ing" 5 frens eating fastfood. Kinda tired today, been out the whole day, school, watch Spiderman 2, and family get together. School at 9am tmr.. Signing off..

To the dentist

2004-07-02T10:06:00.000+08:00

Went to the dentist yesterday night. Can't imagine the pain I go thru'. Appointment was supposed to be 9pm but it was delayed till 9.30. So since we came early, me and dad went to the coffeeshop nearby to have dinner. Left at 9.20 and have to wait for another extra 1 hr. Finally it was my turn. Man.. I was fucking afraid to go to the dentist. Well.. firstly, she gave me some injection on my upper and lower gum. Kinda hurt thou, I was like holding tightly to the chair. Then she asked me to sit outside for 15mins so that my mouth would be totally numb.

After 15mins were up, went back inside and the surgery began. Since my mouth area is already numb, I dun really feel anything. She started with my upper tooth and that was fast about 2mins. For my lower tooth she had to use the drill and pulled it slowly. Then drilled again and pulled. Finally it's out. Can't really feels the pain until I went back home. Had to take painkiller to ease the pain. But it's alright. Luckily I had it remove cos my lower tooth has this sharp edge poking on my gum making a small hole and that cause it to be swollen. Anyway the pics are below:

Tick-Tock

2004-06-29T15:24:00.000+08:00

Time ticking away and sch gonna reopens next week. Hell yeah! New faces, new friends and new everything.. yea including new modules and lecturers. Hopefully retain in the same class, hated it if I was transferred to another class. This week been tight man. Working, cultural event and the training (Kompang at Pesta Buku this Sat), some club commitee meeting. That's all. Might look few but when u minus everything, left with Sunday as a free day for me.

And yea, dental appointment tommorow. Need to pull out my wisdom tooth. Now it hurts. Been delaying it since March but not, takbleh angkatz!! I wonder how long it will take to heal. Hopefully before Sat. Tak hensem sak sambut G.O.H kat youth park in this condition. Swollen cheek. Argh dun wanna think bout that. Countdown 26 days to my b'day!! Woohoo.. lesen motor!

Tired

2004-06-25T02:29:00.000+08:00

Time check 2.25am. Just came back from work. Doing closing today with 4 trainees, Michelle, Irwan, Anthony(M.I.T) and including myself. Left with Jag and Naz. Our closing was great cos we managed to clear everything before 1am and by 12.40am everyone was already slacking and smoking while waiting for Alex to come. Few more hrs gonna have my FISH program training at HQ. Dunno how the hell I gonna wake up but hopefully it will be alright.

And yea Saturday! Going to BBQ at Pasir Ris. It's been a while since I go BBQ almost 1 mth+. The BBQ is like the reunion for the facs and freshies from the previous FO Camp to get together again. Man.. I missed the camp times together, the bonding we had, everything!! *waits for BBQ* Well gonna watch the Eng Vs Por Match now. Signing Off.

Siapa kata gadis melayu tak menawan ?

2004-06-17T23:20:00.000+08:00

Went to sch earlier today eventhou' there's nothing in store for me. was at the club room with yat and farhana playing monopoly until the rest came. SP floorball was having their FO camp today.. yea yea I know.. heard from Nurul and Akil that ard 40+ ppl came. I was like Whoooahh.. asal byk nyer ?! And most of em are malays. Even MLS FO Camp tak byk ni mcm. Anyway, Amali joined me later to take his Camp VCD and hang out with me.

Sadly, he sold his 6610 and camera headset for $200. Now he's trying to fork out another $200 for his N-Gage QD. Macam takder kejer jer dekni. Hang out at club room to watch the camp VCD part 1. Kenangan habis.. All the stoopid things we do, the lame jokes are part of the content of the VCD. But regretfully the ending was an UPSET. Just "THE END". After that folled mali to CCK. Meeting up his hp buyer at 8. Since we left early we went to eat and walk ard at Lot 1.

While walking, saw this girl.. I mean waitress standing outside Gurame. Deep down inside "Fuhyoo.. siapa kata gadis melayu tak menawan" She smiled so sweetly and with her dimples.. Fuhyoo.. cair akooo.. I kept looking at her while smiling at her. And she too was smiling back at me. Man.. she was sweet. Dun get me wrong, I'm not a flirt. Just that if a pretty or sweet girl smiled at me, fuh leh cair. hahaha.. and I'll smile back at her for sure. :)

Went up the escalator to the arcade area and by chance met up with old time buddy. Firdaus ex-LPS. He was like "Eh! Zaini?!" He still remembered me.. He's changed alot. I mean A LOT. Well firstly his body size.. mak ai.. peh besar.. da macam abg² body. Tattooes on his arm and forehead. But he still the same old firdaus. Joking ard and still remembers the good ol' days. We stayed in the same block, in the same pri sch and same class. So glad that I get to meet him. He was with his friends, yea the tattoo guys and some minahs. But still he was a great friend. Acknowledge me after almost 6 years not seeing each other. Oh well signing off. Work tommorow.. gonna be a very very looooonnggg dayyy tmr..

Boring..

2004-06-17T01:13:00.000+08:00

Well World of Coffee/Tea was fucking boring. Should have not attend that class. I was like half-awake in that class. 8hrs training listen to that Pamela talking non stop. And at the end of each session, there's a quiz. Lucky for me both Tea and Coffee quiz I got 90% so it's ok I guess. But with the help of Nadia and zu. The new girls I made frens with. And this chinese girl next to me. I think she's a nutcase. Sat really close next to me talking nonsense. She's over friendly man.. felt really violated.

Gonna ask for weekends off next week and the week after next. Man can't work on Saturday. Got something important ah. *Rant* Life sucks, feels like I really need a proper social life. So why does my life sucks ? Firstly, because of work. Work is fine but the ppl is not. Seems like my crappy, joker cum chatterbox personality does really blend into my work place. Well I just keep quiet, don't really show my tempered. Why ? Working politics. I know it's normal for ppl to gossip, spreading bad rumours, but I don't care. Just hate it when they showed you the "please-get-out-of-my-sight" face.

Secondly, school. Man I really missed school except the study part. It's been a while since I had a cultural performance. Missed the zapin days during the 50 to 50 and president visit. And yea.. OLD PARLIMENT HOUSE!!! Dikir performance infront of the president and other ministers. Great times man.. Still remembered when I took a picture with a tiger girl in the bar.

lastly, well I dunno how to describe but I feel like there's something lacking in my life. Yet to find out what am I missing. Shikin b'day was today. So happy b'day old time buddy. Finally she has reach the legal age of 18. I have to wait till next month. And gonna apply for motorbike license after that. Can't wait!

Been a long time...

2004-06-15T22:46:00.000+08:00

Firstly, my blog host, oxyscripts.com is close. Have to find a new alternative. So.. I found blogspot. Remove the banner and clear all the source code and relink to my personal website. So what have I been up to ? Well Kemy?stery was over last week. Had loadsa fun especially when the group I'm in won. Yea.. my grp (tele-berOk). Should have seen our grp cheer and our berOk dance.

Well enuff of camp. Had 1 day off last wed and work 4 straight days doing closing. Closing was fucking tough. First closing was with Jag. Do service throw trash all that shit. 2nd and 3rd closing with Dean (OM). Closed Espresso and Brew Station. Tough man.. and last closing with Jim. Do yet another service, throw trash shit. Having training tmr something to do with 'World of Coffee'. And working on Fri and Sat. Well have to rush to work A.S.A.P after playing kompang at wedding.

Umm yea.. Got my pay. Got a mere $275. Oh what the hell. Gonna withdraw $100 and save the rest. Well the purpose of me working is to save for my bike license next month!! Went out to Westmall with my family today. Had lunch at REX Chicken Rice before heading to WestMall to watch Shrek 2. The movie was great. Yea I know I watch it too late but it's better than nothing. Since it's my off day and dad's too, it's the best time to spent together as a family.

1st post in blogspot

2004-06-10T14:57:00.000+08:00

Just a test. After my previous host is down. Have to find a new host. :D