August 14, 2003

07/08/2003, Thursday



went for a talk recommend by my brother at tanjong pagar, keppel towers... actually it's a free preview o f a program known as "Patterns of Excellence", which gives you a NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) certification.... don't misunderstand, this is not computer programming, this is an inspiring about programming your brain to lead you to the success of ANYTHING! too good to be true right? the talk was given by Adam Khoo and Stuart Tan of the company, Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group (http://www.akltg.com.sg)... ok, now i share with you some things I heard from him (he talked about a lot of things, i am only able to reproduce a little)



1. first step in suceeding is to have Correct BELIEFS, you MUST believe you CAN succeed

2. which leads you identify your Correct GOALS, and you MUST COMMIT to achieve these goals

3. then come out with Correct STRATEGIES, you can learn from successful people

4. then leads to taking Correct ACTIONS, but you have to control STATE (or emotions) first, and also controlling the factors that contribute to state



a lot of testimonials had shown that this works, so I could guarantee this is not a prank... they holding these kind of talks occasionally, visit their website for updates...



08/08/2003, Friday



went to borders tp continue reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", it's simply a book that got me addicted (you might i'm weird and crazy right?)... head for home after dinner when my friend jio me out for a midnight show... the show was "Homerun", a great local show by Jack Neo, as usual putting political issues betweent the lines of moving stories with some humour... we went for supper at Newton Food Centre after that... and as usual go home (at 4am) when we found there's no place to go



09/08/2003, Saturday, National Day



today is National day, but I prefer to stay at home rather than going out, where it's crowded everywhere...



10/08/2003, Sunday



planned to go cycling... but got heachache today, most probably because yesterday slept too much...
04/08/2003, Monday



met 1 of my good friend, Da Wei, for lunch at wisma... had a good chat and he go off for work... i went to borders alone, to enrich myself with some books... spent a few hours reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", by Robert Kiyosaki... a very interesting book on financial knowledge, which is just a right book that answer my question i ask my years ago, "Why study so hard when little of these skills apply to the really world?"... I strongly recommend you to read this book if you want to gain financial freedom... anyway, no harm reading right? this is the official website of the book, http://www.richdad.com



05/08/2003, Tuesday



went jihao's house for mahjong in the late afternoon to about 9pm... quite tiring...



06/08/2003, Wenesday



planned to go for a jog today, but didn't go... haha.. too reluctant to leave my bed... haha... think i really need someone to motivate or accompany me in sports... anyway, also too late to exercise liao.... for the rest of the day, basically stayed at home...

August 05, 2003

28/07/2003, Monday



receive a leaflet yesterday, saying "Great Shoes Sale at Tion Bahru Plaza"... so I went to tiong bahru plaza to have a look, to look for sandals and slippers (for NS)... but cannot find any I like, too bad lor... but at least i got a copy of a dictionary from Popular, quite expensive ($24), but it comes with a CD-ROM that will definitely help me in pronuciation of english words... great! well.. and of course, i go there alone (again?) since my friends are either not interested or not free...



29/07/2003, Tuesday



wake up early in the morning (7.30am is considered very early for a slacker), went to Lakeside for my 2nd bicycle lesson, finally I cold make at least 2 revolutions on the pedal, but that's not good enough, I must at least cycle a distance (my target).... but i had yet to achieve, maybe because of my balancing problem... well, the weather is not very good (raining heavily), so we stopped the lesson and went for lunch....



30/07/2003, Wednesday



went for a jog in the morning... cant run much also... spend rest of my day at home...



31/07/2003, Thursday



stayed at home whole morning and afternoon, went for a business talk introduced by my brother, quite a fruitful evening...



01/08/2003, Friday



accompany my mama to Carrefour (at Suntec) in the evening, or should i say night (because we only reach there at 7.45pm, due the dragyness of my mama)... it's so unbelievable that we could shop until they close shop, when we buy only some groceries and a standing fan... and luckily my brother got a car to transport all these things... or we will be taking MRT and it's a toture to me to carry so many canned food and a standing fan and walk a long distance...



after reaching and unloading the stuff, my whole family embark on a journey to a mignight supper at Cheese Prata Shop behind NUS... prata not bad, but the curry not so good... it's so amazing that i still got energy to watch VCDs until 5am...



02/08/2003, Saturday



went to meet my gang in the late afternoon at suntec... walking around, sitting down to talk and then xiang drove us to beach road military market (Golden Mile Food Centre)... we all bought some stuff and had dinner there...



03/08/2003, Sunday



slacking whole day at home.. nothing much...

July 28, 2003

21/07/2003, Monday



went to Bugis OG to buy a bag, deuter bag, 20 litres, original price $69, now selling at $30 only, 4 colour comination... quite a good design... but i don't know now still got this offer or not...



22/07/2003, Tuesday



met chong hwee for some programming problems and had talk together...



23/07/2003, Wednesday



met my friend, shi cong, to learn to ride bicycle from him in the morning... funny right? live until so old liao.. still don't know how to ride bicycle.. but most important is the heart to learn, it doesn't matter in when you learn... met my friend to pass him thing at 6pm at orchard, then meet boon kiat for dinner at 6.30pm at bugis... then brought him to hear the talk chong hwee introduced... very tiring day....



24/07/2003, Thursday to 25/07/2003, Friday



basically resting at home... nothing much...



26/07/2003, Saturday



went to bugis to play a board game, known as "Cashflow 101", created by the author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", Robert T. Kiyosaki... it's a game that teach you how to get out of the "Rat Race" and let Money work for you instead of you working for money... Interesting? a complicated but fun game... especially the counting money part... LOL!...



after that, went to meet my primary school friends for movie and dinner.. took some Neo prints (very expensive leh...) and had a chat on army life and kopi at hawker centre near my home... until past midnight... *yawn*



27/07/2003, Sunday



basically resting at home... watch TV... HK drama final epidsode on channel 8.. very exciting!

July 27, 2003

14/07/2003, Monday



met my friends for some Q&A session on the business i talk about previously... we actually talked until after midnight! have to take a cab again.. sad.. broke again... and also have to settle my dinner at 7-eleven... pathetic right?



15/07/2003, Tuesday



I also forgot what I had done also... think i was staying at home on this day...



16/07/2003, Wednesday



accompany my friends to hear again about the business thing... then went ji hao's house for mahjong... lost again... sad... is it because of luck or skill? i don't know... maybe because my opponents are stronger than me...



17/07/2003, Thursday



no appointments, stayed at home...



18/07/2003, Friday



went for a talk given by my friend's mentor in the business... quite a grand ambience with most of the audience are working adults... impressive talk, friendly people...



19/07/2003, Saturday



met 2 of my primary school friends for movie at west mall... look look see see amd had dinner...



20/07/2003, Sunday



went for a product carnival by my brother's company.. had a facial wash there... quite refreshing... then being forced to go shopping with my mama... tired sia...
10/07/2003, Thursday



met my usual gang, ying liang, boon boon and boon kiat for movie, had some chat, glad to see everyone fine since we last met about 3 weeks ago...



11/07/2003, Friday



met a successful person in the evening, introduced by a good firend, chong hwee, to talk about some business opportunity... nonono... it's not another prank or lousy business proposal.. i strongly believe that this business works and will lead to passive income (of 5 digits) every month in the future... (this is how I feel after some thinking, not because of the speaker's excellent talking skills) however, no business will be success without some hardwork lah... including this... (do you want a life time of financial freedom after a few years of hardwork?)... and i also believe that the product they have wil have a huge demand in the future... so what's the business plan and product? sorry, i promise my friend to don't tell anyone... let me know personally if you want to know more...



12/07/2003, Saturday



finally met my NS friends today after a month of their army life... we talked, er... actually is hearing them complaining about army life lah... they always like to complain... (those pessimistic kind of complaining)... why don't look on the bright side of life? well... what can i do but to listen to them? we went to watch terminator 3 after that... erm... typical plot.. bad guy try to kill good guy but good guy survive in the end... only thing good i think is the camera shoots and visual effects lah... better to watch at home then go cinema...



13/07/2003, Sunday



met my 3 months JJC (jurong junior college) OG (orientation group) friends to have lunch at Fish & Co. restaurant at douby ghaut.. jialat.. going to be broke again... but never mind lah... once in awhile... the fod there best man! fresh and tasty.... and not very ex.. but the service "a bit" (i mean very) slow lor.... after that, went to one of our friend's house (at Jurong West, Parc Oasis) to visit him, because he injuried his back in army... looks like quite serious... he got MC for a month... but he like not feeling leh.. stll can eat tidbits an watch TV happily... still can joke... maybe it's because of his optimistic character... he's one of the most optimistic friend I have...



after that, went back to orchard to meet a friend, to accompany him to buy some formal wear for his attachment work starting tomorrow... look like i meeting a lot of guys recently right? don't worry, I am not a gay... walk here walk there whole day... damm tired... then tomorrow still got appointment... alamak...

July 15, 2003

this week had been very eventful and enrichful and also tired...



07/07/2003, Monday



zhou bo day, boring day, resting day...



08/07/2003, Tuesday



went out in the evening to meet friends to look for present for 1 of my good friend's birthday... bought a G-shock that cost only $68 (it's value is over $100 at major shops)! you know where we got this lobang? we got it from the Bencoolen building at bugis, near OG building... there are quite afew shops... although there's not a lot of variety, but their price are much cheaper than outside... after buying, we went for some window shopping and coffee, had a good chat together...



09/07/2003, Wednesday



finally got all of my FYP group friends to come out, to celebrate my good friend, Chong Hwee's birthday... but we went for a talk first at bugis on some business opportunity recommend by the birthday boy... the talk is quite inspirating, which makes me quite interested... message or email me if u are curious.... the talk lasted quite long. from 7+pm to around 9.30pm...



after which we went for dinner at Ajisen Japanese Restaurant (Bugis Junction), good food, good price, good service... a nice place to eat in... it's 10+pm when we finish dinner.. and you think we going home right? nonono... the night is still young! we went for a drink (i mean drinking alcoholic drinks lah..) by the SIngapore River at the Esplanade.. we chatted for quite a long time... from 11pm to 2am.... from the business CH recommends to our plans for the futture to our childhood times and family... some head for home, and the rest including me went to ji hao's home for mahjong... we played until 5am in the morning and ji hao drove me home..
03/07/2003, Thursday



met a friend, boon kiat for a movie at bugis, Shaw Towers (a place where cinemas are big but with little audience... we watched "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", a very extravagating show, more like a comedy than a action film to me...



04/07/2003, Friday



went to ji hao's house for a mahjong session.. si bei suay... had not won a single round from all the rounds of East, South, West, North... we head for Victoria Concert Hall after that for the Music Delights concert by SP Concert Band, where my firend, Yanxi plays the clarinet... it was the first time I went for a proper band concert, the music was great, but the concert hall is not in good maintenance, I'm not saying the building, I mean the chairs, carpet and doors, completely don't suit the grandness of the concert hall... after which, we head for dinner and then home...



05/07/2003, Saturday



went for a club event early in the morning at Sentosa, which lasted until 11pm.... super tired (but quite happy) and got sun burn also.... but it seems like nobody knows that... i wonder why.. cause I am usually quite white....



06/07/2003, Sunday



a zhou bo day again.... finally got some time to watch some TV shows...

July 11, 2003

28/06/2003, Saturday



went for a club event for the whole day at SP campus... wah.. super tired...



29/06/2003, Sunday



actually i forgot what i had done... think i stayed at home for whole day...



30/06/2003, Monday



basically zhou bo for whole day.. then went back to SP for some club matters in the evening....



01/07/2003, Tuesday



time really flies... now is already july... and I had been zhou bo-ing for almost 2 months... recalling for the past.. I should be preparing for school reopen this time in the past 13 years (1990 - 2002)!!! school times are really the most worry-less time of everypne's life, and also the happiest... (you will know why if you had experienced full-time working life) I'm glad that I had cherish and not wasted it... because I had learned a lot and make lots of good friends (and also learned who are bad friends)... did you?



graduation means you are jobless, start planning for your future if you have not done so... and I mean really planning... don't make your whole life miserable by choosing a boring job that you have no interest and job satisfaction... go further your studies if you think you should gain more knowledge or you want to work in a field not related to your course of study... check this out http://www.jobstreet.com.my/career/jobs123/graduate9.htm



02/07/2003, Wednesday



went to world book fair at suntec to look for great bargains of books... alone again.. cause nobody seems to be interested... the book fair was a great disappointment... chinese books more than english books and most of these chinese books are from china... and the english books are most about boring topics... got interesting topics, but the books are so expensive...

July 03, 2003

27/06/2003, Friday



cant stay at home for long... bored to death liao... went to take the whole NEL route to punggol then back to alight at sengkang to have a look at compass point... bought a book from popular bookshop, named "Longman Dictionary of Grammar and Usage", actually not a dictionary lah.. it's something like a guide (or textbook) on grammar usage, which is usually my weak point in composition writing... found it to be quite useful and detailed... some more it's handy and cheap (only $10 leh!)... also went high and low to search for the cap I want.. still can't find...



so I head for suntec to continue searching... search here and there.. still cannot find.. haiz... never mind... hungry liao.. alamak! cannot find place to eat... everywhere is so crowded... do you know there's a 2nd food court in suntec, located opposite eng wah cinemas, on the 3rd floor... do you know they sell good food, moreover, it's not crowded... good place to eat... only disadvantage is that it's a bit ulu...

July 01, 2003

21/06/2003, Saturday



wake up early in the morning about 6am to go to club event (it's a Freshmen Orientation event held along orchard road), *yawn*... I go there as the first-aider.. walk for the whole day from cuppage to forum.. wah.. legs very tired.. the event end around 8pm..



rushed home to get changed and bath, then go to dbl O ( a disco/pub at Robertson Quay) for my good friend's birthday celebration... he is treating all the drinks, so I only spent $20 on the entrance fee (quite ex for me actually)... well, you may think that I like to "chiong" lah.. but actually I only go "chiong" if got friends jio me... why? because I not so rich and not very enthu about this kind of activity lor...



22/06/2003, Sunday



stayed at home... why? no money to spend mah...



23/06/2003, Monday



today is my grandfather's death anniversary, went to ah ma's house to pray pray and have lunch in the morning... then went to visit my uncle who had an operation at Mount Eliazabeth Hospital... hm.. he became a lot thinner and cannot use month to eat or talk (only can drink milk drink through opening in his throat)... and also cannot walk well... why become like that? this is the result of working long hours for 29 years... well.. I only could say healthiness don't come easy... I think I had to start exercising also...



after which, me and mother took to the new NEL (North East Line) to Chinatown... we planned to make my spectacles there... but also kenna indirectly forced to accompany my mother to shop... we went to Pearl's Optical Centre (at People's Pearl Centre, Zhen Zhu Da Sha) to make my spectacles... surprisingly my eyesight become better.. from left 275, right 300 to left 275, right 275 (in degrees of course).. I bought a pair of specs with High Index, UV Protection and Mult-coated lens for only $90! quite worth it...



24/06/2003, Tuesday to 26/06/2003, Thursday



well, no money, no go out, stayed at home, downloaded some movies, mtvs and songs... specially recommend you Lin Jun Jie's songs... check it out....

June 24, 2003

15/06/2003, Sunday

basically slept whole day because of yesterday's (or should I say this morning) late night activities... nothing much...

16/06/2003, Monday

went to met boon kiat for lunch at IMM, had a good chat on other people's NS life.. then talk about nuclear weapons in other countries (strange right?), then went a round to look look see see and bought nother chinese movie vcd.. quite enjoy this kind of activities, simple life and some more no need to spend so much money...

17/06/2003, Tuesday

went to jihao's house again for a mahjong session in the afternoon with jihao, shicong and yanxi (lee shaung came in middle of the game), this time we got bet money, thought that I will win the first place, but wnd up I lose the most.. it's really fate that I cannopt win if money is involved.. don't know why... everything like that...

then went for KTV at Kbox at Lot 1 (Choa Chu Kang), there's a promotion on tuesday, that is Gent's Night... however it's really much more with than expected when the bill comes.. next time I won't be going.. well... quite enjoyable, I got to sing a lot (but without the mic 0_0 , but never mind..) , we sang until about 1 am, and not forgeting to break the mic before leaving 0_0 (no lah... accidentedly broke it, don't know they will ask us to pay or not :P)

June 19, 2003

13/06/2003, Friday

a good friend of mine, wei xiang, went to NS today.. sad..

met my FYP group friends (or should i say half of my ex FYP group..) , we met west mall to have dinner at 8pm.. then went for a drink at happy cup... had a good chat on what we doing now.. and our future plans.. quite happy to see everyone fine.. except that everyone is complaining that they have no money.. :D , cause everyone cannot find a job... as for me, I don't intend to find one... what for work now when you can work for the rest of your life? moreover, I got things need to learn and do before going NS..

after the drink, we went jihao's house for a mahjong session.. we played from 11+pm to around 3.30am.. actually, this is the first time I play mahjong until so "Early" .. I was the big winner, won about $3+ (but too bad, we didn't bet real money).. jihao drove us home after that... reach home around 4am, then slept around 5am..

14/06/2003, Saturday

basically slept the whole day.. except wake up for lunch.. it was 7pm when I actually wake up... my family suggested to go pasir panjang food centre, to have dinner, to celebrate father's day.. we had some seafood, rojak, chicken wings etc. for dinner.. the seafood there is quite good (The price also quite ex lor...), but still cannot fight with those of Newton food centre... after that, we went home, then my sister sugested to go for midnight show... alamak... so we went for movie at PS, we watched "the In-Laws", quite a funny romance comedy, worth to watch..

June 16, 2003

08/06/2003, Sunday & 09/06/2003, Monday

stayed at home.. watch TV, eat, sleep, surf... nothing special...

10/06/2003, Tuesday

1 friend (zhenrong) gone to NS today... how I hope I could be enlisted early like them, then I don't need to worry so much... (mostly about money).. haiz... what to do? life have to go on... 1 gone, 2 more to go in this week... think I will stay at home often in the weeks to come.. met the rest of my usual gang for a movie, Confidence, a NC-16 show, a very vulgar show about a plot to cheat money from someone... bo bian, no show to see liao...

11/06/2003, Wednesday

stayed at home.. watch TV, eat, sleep, surf... nothing special...

12/06/2003, Thursday

another friend, sebas, went to NS today..

went out with boon kiat (BK) alone.. because the rest don't wish to come out.. we had lunch, then went for a movie at cineleisure, it's Phone Booth, a lot of people says it's not a good movie, but still give it a try... actually it's not bad lah... the plot is quite unique, a man trapped in a phone booth, because he is threatened by a sniper on the phone, the motive is to let him tell the truth to his wife... personally, I think the sniper is really eat ful liao, nothing to do... a very busybody, got so much time to threaten and kill people... although his intention is quite good lah... to let people tell the truth...

after movie, he went to look for his friend, then we went for dinner at wheellock place burger king... had a good chat, and a quite meaningful 1, we talk about how's our life recently, about views on friends, BGR and what type of girls we like...

June 12, 2003

07/06/2003, Saturday

met liang and sebas at clementi early in the morning.. yawn.. my gang is planning to go to spa.. (luxury right?)... don't misunderstand.. the spa is not at clementi, we meet there to take a super long bus ride to roxy square, a shopping centre opposite parkway parade, the following are the details of the spa

Name of shop: Hot Spa
Venue: Roxy Square, third floor, across the carpark
Cost: $59nett, ala carte buffet meals + facilities + massage, $39nett without massage
facilities includes spa, movie room, suana, steam room, gym, relaxing corner
PS: I think the spa is meant for males only...



so we reach around 12.30pm, and had lunch there.. by the way, it's eat-all-you can... but there's only 2 main course everyday (we had fried kway teow and seafood soup that day) , while waitng for others to arrive after their SAT test after they reach and we have finish our meals, we went on to change our cloths and went straight to spa... the water is quite hot, but very shiok... quite a luxury, once in a while... then we went to the steam room.. but didn't tried the suana... we dried ourselves after that, and went out for snacks (toasted bread with tuna, kaya or luncheon meat)... then we went for movie, while waiting for our massage (need to book)...

the massage is really an eye opener... the person massage you from tip to toe, from back to front.. almost your whole body, except your private parts, of course, and of course there is no special service (you know what I'm talking)... and sometimes she grab and stretch your whole body, and also crunch your fingers and toes.. I a bit scare she will break my bones.. however, I feel great after the massage... really worth the money for a 45 minutes massage... then we had dinner there also... and went home after a walking a round at parkway parade

June 11, 2003

04/06/2003, Wednesday, Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Jie)

yeah.. today is duan wu jie.. the time when we eat one of my favourite food, rice dumpling.. hohohoho.. while there is so many new varieties of rice dumplings nowadays, I prefer traditional made rice dumplings, especially nyona rice dumpling... but this year I got a bit sian about rice dumplings liao. because I had been eating them for days, at least 2 per day.. sometimes it even substitute my meals...

morning went to ah ma's (grandmother) house to pray to ancestors, and had home-cooked lunch there... it had been months since my last home-cooked lunch... because my mother don't cook at home nowadays... there's a saying says "There's no food greater than home-cooked food", I agree with that.. so friend, be grateful if you have home-cooked meals everyday..

05/06/2003, Thursday

went to Lido to meet Sebas to watch Finding Nemo in the afternoon... the show was very funny, and the animation was very good (much better than Monster Inc), although the plot is quite typical (a clown fish father looking for his son in the ocean).. went to The Heeren after that to listen to some music and look around for the cap I want.. but in the end didn't find any .. hehe.. but I found a new mouse pad meant for optical mouse, quite a new dicovery.... now my cursor movement is much smoother

06/06/2003, Friday

went to IMM to meet xiang and sebas, for some shopping of their NS stuff.. then went for dinner.. then we begin talking our childhood, but don't know why end up talking about Singapore Government, I don't have a stand about this matter, you can say me is undecisive or what lah.. but the answer of this matter is not an yes or no.. but I do totally agree that SIngaporeans has no freedom to voice out their views in public.. for example, you protest on the roads, then you got caught immediately, while this is not the case in other countries... well, this is my point of view lah.. so how you think about this matter? leave a comment!

June 05, 2003

28/05/2003, Wednesday & 29/05/2003, Thursday

stayed at home for 2 days, and do the usual stuff, surf net, download stuff, watch TV, sleep, eat, help my mama with some things, and stare in the air (haha...), downloaded some songs and MV of SHIN band (an all-rounded taiwanese rock band), their songs is quite good, and also can sing their songs to fa xie and throw away your worries... don't believe? try singing lah!

still can't find a cap i want, and lazy to go out (partly because i have not much money left also.. haha...)

30/05/2003, Friday

met my usual gang (ying liang, wei xiang, sebas, zhenrong) for movie at PS, and they are late again -_-" and it's very late, about 1 to 2 hours late! why everytime like that? we watched the movie, "What A Girl Wants", it's a romantic and sweet comedy, it's a great show, the plot is good, the actors are good, the girl is sweet also (hehe...) the movie is about it's about a US girl going to UK to find her long-lost father... and encounter a lot of crazy things during the stay at UK....

we went to the food court there for dinner, I had beef noodles there, the beef meet is really soft and tasty with the noddles and sauce, give it a try next time you go there!

31/05/2003, Saturday

went back to SP in the morning for some club matters.. (in case you don't know, I was an active member of SP Current Affairs & Debating Club)

then met 2 of my primary school friends (wei sheng and wen cai) for movie at Lido around 4pm, we went to takashimaya yoshinoya for dinner before movie, the whole orchard road is crowded, maybe because Sinagpore had been removed from WHO* SARS*-affected area name list, in the end, we have to face the wall to have dinner (pathetic, right?)... after dinner and look look see see here and there, we went to Lido to watch "Bruce Almighty"... it's a comedy by Jim Carrey, a very funny and interesting comedy, and also meaningful in some way, "why curse and swear the God, when the problem lies in you?"

01/06/2003, Sunday

finally used up my money in the bank, bo bian.. i have to "yin zhe tou pi" (make hard my head skin) to borrow money from my mama.. met my usual gang at liang's house for mahjong, this time I didn't lose much.. only about $4...

after mahjong, xiang drove us (in a car, of course) to turf city to look for boon boon, and have dinner... we headed for home after that...

02/06/2003, Monday, Brother's Birthday

stayed at home, and did the usual stuff... and celebrated my elder brother's birthday, and oops.. i remember to buy satay, but forgot to buy cake... it was already 11pm...

so me and my sister rush to holland village to search for cake... luckily we are in time for a last order of 2 slices of cake at NYDC...

we had satay and some dim sum together, (the usual way of celebrating birthdays at my home, the FOOD way), quite happy... :)

03/06/2003, Tuesday

stayed at home and did the usual stuff.. nothing special... went to bed at around 3am... but can't fall asleep.. feeling very sticky and comfortable (especially when my brother share my matress, fyi I don't even had a bed), and the whether is hot also... only got to sleep at around 5.30am...

*WHO -- World Health Organisation
*SARS -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

May 30, 2003

yo! i added tagboards to this page and main page! start tagging!

May 29, 2003

take at a look at these!

Friends!
SMile!

May 28, 2003

27/05/2003, Tuesday

I cried again today (I don't know why, maybe because sad, maybe because angry).. today planning to go out, but again (yes, again)cancelled due to poor attendance, I don't know is it because I'm a bad organizer, or my friends' attitute, nobody is at fault and I don't wish to comment... you may think this is ridiculous, a man of 20 years old, stil crying? but at least I'm better than those who hide their feelings to deceive themselves... whenever I cry, I will isolate myself or immerse myself in music, and at same time reflect myself, life, and think a lot of things.. I went out of home for fresh air and took a long bus trip to west mall, look look see see here and there, maybe that will let me think better... don't worry, I'm back to myself when I'm writing this blog

May 27, 2003

26/05/2003, Monday

slept until 10am and then watched "Wan Quan Yu Le" (show biz) on channel U (a taiwan entertainment news show)... it's a must-see show for me on weekdays.. 10am is the retelecast of friday's epidsode, 2.30pm is a new epidsode... felt sleepy after watching Wan Quan Yu Le, went to sleep again.. hehehheehe.. then woke up at 2.30pm, for 2nd round of Wan Quan Yu Le.. after that went for a shower and went downstairs to buy some groceries and lunch... then saw Jiu Cheng Gao showing on channel 8, and started watching.. quite an interesting show.. carry on to watch news and 7pm drama on channel 8.. at the same time, playing warcraft with friends on the net... after the game, had dinner and then watched another drama on channel 8.. hehhehe... then surf net until Ah Cheng on channel U comes.. watched ah cheng... and then back to my computer.. downloaded some MVs of xiao xiao and pictures of SHE... and then wrote blogs.. non-stop activities right?? hahaha.. that's how I spend days..
25/05/2003, Sunday

12+ in the afternoon then wake up.. missed a part of the police drama on TV.. what a pity.. maybe it's because yesterday (or should I say this morning).... the whole thing is like this.. on 24th may 2.15am. i went for my bed... then I was shortly waken by my mother... guess what? my brother rent a car and my mother suggested to go out for supper in the middle of the night!! sheng qi right? that's explains why I stay up late and yet nobody in my family complain.. because everyone in my family sleep late! (except my dad).. so after much discussion, we finally set off for clementi kopitiam (the coffee shop is named as kopitiam) at 3.00am... damm sleepy at that time.. we ate toast bread, sandwich and coffee.. and then went back home.. it was nearly 4.30am when I get to sleep... by the way, look at the time I'm writing this blog! it's 5+am!

so in the day.. I wrote some blogs, watch show and watched a VCD I had bought some time ago.. chinese name is "Wu Xian Fu Huo", english name is "Second TIme Around", starring Zhen Yi Jian (Ekin) and Zhang Bo Zhi, that's quite a romantic story, but plot is a bit typical.... in the night, changed some layout in my links page.. and watched some Japanese drama on channel 8 and channel U..

May 25, 2003

24/05/2003, Saturday

time flies.. I am now 20 years and 1 month old today.. really old liao.. graduate from poly.. what's the next step? need to plan for my future... (although I still have NS to serve)...

went to Liang's house to play mahjong today... and got to learn how 3 person mahjong is played (when 1 khaki have not come yet).. although lost a lot of money ($9!), but I enjoyed the process of playing... we went to turf city to find boon boon who is working as waiter, and had dinner there, the food is quite good, but the size is not big (maybe for me only lah..) but still ok lah.., and it's quite cheap.. ($8.80++ for a set meal, includes soup of the day, main dish, drink and dessert), good place to eat..
23/05/2003, Friday

very tiring week I got.. time to rest at home, basically zhuo bo at home.. surfing net and watching TV shows.. hehe..
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May 23, 2003

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22/05/2003, Thursday

meet my ex-FYP group 4.30pm today to go out.. , as usually, ther's no full attendance.. and again don't know what to do.. then finally decided to go play pool. we played for about 1 hour, then played archade for some time.. then went Edo Sushi for dinner.. the service there is bad, maybe bacause there's only 2 waiter, I had a yakiniku ramen ($6.80) and a plate of sushi ($1.90) (because the sushi there is not cheap), plus service charge and GST, is about $10 (quite cheap for a japanese meal, if you don't order too much sushi)... we went to jihao's house for mahjong session. yeah.. didn't play money 1 lah.. but quite fun also.. then jihao drove us to clementi, and I took the last bus (I think) home.. *yawn.. the headache is finally gone.. but still got ulcers..
21/05/2003, Wednesday

had appointment to meet the client for the freelance project in the afternoon, so went to shuang's house with CH to prepare some stuff, but the laptop gives us problem, in the end we had to explain to the client thought paper.. we met the client, but she's like hesistate to clinch our deal, sad case.. she says will get back to us again, she had to discuss with her partner.. we went nearby to eat rice balls (tan yuan!), very delicious... then we split ways and I go jurong point alone to look for my cap.. but didn't bought any... hahaha.. maybe because I to choosy.. I looking a plain 1, that don't cost > $10... any sale, please tell me.. bearing my headache, I took an hour bus from boon lay back home.. *yawn* tired... again, did not write blogs..
20/05/2003, Tuesday

finally meeting my gang today to watch matrix reloaded... we meet at around noon, they say want to eat international buffet at taka, it's so expensive! $30! however, the food there is not bad... but not as good as I expect for this kind of price, there's seafood like fish, scallops and oysters.. and other food like tepanyaki, sushi yaki and birdnest soup.. this is really the mosr expensive thing, I had spend on for, Ithink, 2 months! we ate from 12 noon to 3pm..

then went to cineleisure, play archade first, before watching the 4.15pm show... the show is generally great, with the actions, but the story need quite a time to digest. (it's just too complicated!)..

we went to sim lim square, to look look see see some stuff, and i bought some 870MB CD-Rs and 2 CD-RWs.. quite cheap.. considering the fact that the CD-Rs can store 870MB (instead of 750MB).. we went for dinner at bugis village buger king, and talk cock on what business to do in the future.. hahahha.. then went home... also very tired, and also got a headache and some ulcers.. so didn'r wrote any blogs... :p
19/05/2003, Monday

planning to watch matrix reloaded with my gang initially today, but because some not free, so postponed to tomorrow :( , so I met my ex-FYP group at lee shuang's house to discuss and draft out our free lance project (which had been delayed for weeks)... we say is discuss lah... but there's only 1 computer available, so some of us ended up playing UNO.. hahhahaha LOL.. after that, we 3 guys (me, chong hwee and shi cong) went to causeway point to look look see see, I am looking for a cap (any where got sale, pls tell me.. hehe..), CH looking for a kogepan (cartoon character) badge, and Cong looking for a gift for her god sister... then coincidently saw yanxi again, and this time with jack, her bf... hahha.. so coincidence.. we had dinner after that and went home... quite tired when I reach home, maybe because I took a long bus ride from woodlands back home.. that's why didn't write any blogs.. pai seh..
18/05/2003, Sunday

Zhuo bo whole day at home, and trying to figure out what is digital sound output and SPDIF connector, I surf the net, but cannot find 1 explanation that explains wat I need to know... I know know how digital sound works and what are digital speakers, but still not sure about the different connectors for digital sound (I saw SPDIF, coaxial RCA, coaxial RCA minijack, optical etc...), is there anyone out there who can explain to me? and anyone got 2.1 digital speakers to recommend?
17/05/2003, Saturday

initially planned to go to visit my uncle in the evening, in the end visited him in the night... why visit him? because he is going to hospital for operation on monday.. because his nerves are affected by his arteries expansion... he looks quite weak to me, but still able to talk well.. hope everything is fine...

May 17, 2003

16/05/2003, Friday



Today went out with my usual gang and pla LAN at parklane.... played CS and Warcraft 3... quite happy actually.. at least I no need to be bored at home... (but also disappointed bacause cannot watch Mattrix Reloaded due to some reasons..)... and do you know there's a Han's Restaurant at ParkMall? we went there for dinner.. and ended as the 2nd last batch of customers in the restaurant...
15/05/2003, Thursday



Today had been zhuo bo again... doing the usual Internet activities, and watched the "Austin Powers in Gold Member' movie in the next day morning... it was a damm crap show, but it's definitely very funny... then slept at around 4am...
Apologies for no updating of blogs from 21/04/2003 to 08/05/2003



Thousands of apologies to anyone seeing my blogs for not updating my blogs during the above mentioned period, this is due to I have to finish my attachment work before I leave my workplace on 8th May.. any inconvinence caused regretted.. :)

May 15, 2003

14/05/2003, Wednesday



I had basically been zhuo bo for whole day... updating blogs, surfing net, reading mails, downloading stuff, and watch the movie "Simone" (at 15/05/2003 4am actually.. which I downloaded days agao...)
13/05/2003, Tuesday



today at first not going out.. then xiang ask if want to come out.. so we met at PS (plaza singapura) at 2pm.. we had lunch at yoshinoya and then went to parklane to play LAN again.. we played for about 4 hours.. and walked to bugis junction for dinner.. (shun bian go see see boon kiat at work..), we ate at Ajisan , I could say the ramen is the best I had so far eaten before.. (but it burn my another pocket)... overall quite good...
12/05/2003, Monday



finally can wake up late on weekdays.. (without worrying about work!), but cannot sleep too much.., because got to go to bank with my father at noon... to open a fixed deposit account, that's meant for my further studies... after that, went to tiong bahru plaza to meet Boon Kiat for lunch... (lunch only), and I bought a 3 chinese movie vcds (at only $5! cheap leh! but that was the last day of offer liao...)... a boring day basically...
11/05/2003, Sunday. Mother's Day



today is Mother's day, also my mother's 55th birthday... (crashing of these dates occurs every few years.., so we no need to celebrate twice.. hehe..) ...we original want to go Yum Cha Restaurant ( at Chinatown) t ohave lunch..but there is full house.. so we went to the nearby hawker centre at Niu Che Sui Da Xia (Chinatown Complex), we ate a lot of dim sum there..... some deserts and a dish named "Zhu Jiao Dong", where pork legs are put in pork oil to solidify in the fridge.. looks like jelly... but it's too oily, and not tasty.. but my father likes it.. don't know why also...



then my mother pulled my sis and me to the nearby Chinatown Heritage Centre (Yuan Mao Guan), located at Pagoda Street.. It's a place where 3 shophouses are being restored to look like shop houses of the past... We took a look on the ground floor, outside the entrance.. there's also a restored coffee shop where drinks like milo and horlick are served, most of the furniture are restored from the original old furniture.. quite a good place to visit...



I went to West Mall alone after that, planning to shop for a pair of earphones to spoilt myself for the month... i went to Harvey Norman and bought a pair of Panasonic Clip-on earphones, for $22... although the quality is not as good as those $80+, it's already good enough for my music enjoyment..

May 13, 2003

09/05/2003, Friday



Went to school early in the morning to meet LO to settle the last Internship matters.. 9am leh! so early... I want to sleep longer also cannot... and some more , my LO is late ... late never mind, he don't infiorm us that he will be late... this Farooq always break promises... and my partner agreed also... it's a short briefing, about 20 minutes... and that's all... I could say to be "graduated" from SP (if I pass my Internship lah..).... saw a lot of classmates, friends and acquaintances... and quite happy to chat with them and glad that they are fine...



I meet up with my usual gang of friends around noon, and again, don't know what to do... so we went orchard cineleisure to have lunch.. then decided to go all-the-way to parklane for LAN games again... I'm going to collapse.... being working all day and night for 2 weeks... and we played there for 5 hours.... then we went to Newton Circle Food Centre for dinner, the sting ray and squid there is quite good... and the price is also quite "attractive' (a plate of squid for $20!!), however the quantity is a lot... all of us eat until very full...
08/05/2003, Thursday



Today's is the last day of Internship, but I still have a lot of work to do, and because I had headache, it's a hard day for me.. The staff at SCS booked me and Da Wei (my partner) for lunch at V8 Movies Cafe at Bugis Junction... It was the 1st time I saw so many staff have lunch together... we had quite a enjoyable lunch, and some collegues asked us what we going to do after leaving... and we started chatting... however, we have to cramped together to have lunch (too many people liao lah!), waited very long for my food, and the quantity is quite small, I ordered spagettie with mushroom in cream sauce... it's a bad place for lunch, as for the pricing.. I don't know, because the they are treating 2 of us.... I continued working after lunch.. and only managed to finish 5pm, and left workplace around 6pm... and of course, we took some photos before we leave...



After work, I went Plaza Singapura to meet my gang.. we had dinner at mos burger and went to play War craft III cum CS at parklane for 2 hours... what to do? nothing to do mah... and no movies to watch... and actually I'm not keen in playing LAN games.. after that, again we talk about what to do tomorrow, and again, didn't come to a conclusion... -_-"
07/05/2003, Wednesday



Today is already the 2nd last day of Internship, and I haven't finish my part! jialat liao.... So I bought my work home to do... but 2am alrady went to sleep, because I had a bad headache, cannot think anything...
06/04/2003, Tuesday



Supervisor went back in the afternoon, and so I took a rest, because I only slept a little for these 2 weeks... our LO (Farooq) came at around 4pm to visit us, And this is only the third and last visit during the whole Internship!! Then we went to a nearby Roti Prata shop (Singapore Zam Zam Restaurant) to have dinner, I ordered a mutton murtabak, I think, the food there is quite good... And of course is our LO pay for it!! (because he use our $5 given by SP every semester to treat us mah! You thnk he use his own money meh?) talking about treating, As far as I recalled, my supervisor only treated us drinks on the 1st day of attachment!! and that's all! very niao right?
05/04/2003, Monday



Time really flies, and now is the last week of my attachment, actually quite happy, but also she bu de some staff there, who treated us well (except my supervisor!)...



today went to meet xiang and sebas to watch Anger Management at West Mall, as the rest of my gang had watched before... that was a great romantic comedy, and full of lots of surprises, eg. actions you never expect will happen the next minute... Laugh until cannot Laugh... A must-see show...

May 12, 2003

Summary of significant events

for week of 28/04/2003, Monday to 04/05/2003, Sunday




Basically, I forgot most of the things I had done this week, because I had been rushing all day and night to complete my work, (even took leave on monday for that) and didn't sleep much, so quite moody, and gone a bit crazy liao... but bo bian, I had promised to deliver the work on time, and this is the result that I eat snake too much previously while my supervisor is not around, don't be like me hor..



30/04/2003, Wednesday

Today, I met my gang , wanting to watch X-men 2 together, however, it's full house at plaza singapura, so we went to suntec to watch, and it's 1st few rows seats.. we bought the tickets and went to Fiesta to have dinner, the food there is very ex, and there's not much quantity, actually I prefered to have cheap and good food lah.... maybe at a foodcourt, but don't mind to have ex food (although it burn a big hole in my pocket), and really don't understand why eat at a restaurant whne there's nothing to celebrate...aiya, never mind lah.. they happy, me ok with it..



The Xmen show is really a must see show, filled with action, imagination, and touching scences... it's really a very good production, It was 11+ when the show end, and I am really damm tired... tomorrow, thursday is labour day (a public holiday), but I still have to work, because my work is not done yet...
Summary of significant events

for week of 21/04/2003, Monday to 27/04/2003, Sunday




24/04/2003, Thursday

Today is my 20th birthday, looking back at my 20 years of life in this world, I had certainly gained and achieved a lot, especially in my poly life, be it in academic, in thinking, in skills and in relationsips.... however, I also lost a lot, I lost a lot of free time to enjoy the life of most poly have, and lost contact with a lot of good old friends... I really wish to heard from them again..



As for the celebration, I reserved today for today for my family, my brother bought pizza hut Classic Italian crust Pizza, we are not eating out because my mother is scared of SARS.... it was a simple celebration, with a slice of cake, 2 pizzas, and some side orders.... my family always make birthday celebration as simple as possible, because my brother and sister are very busy... the pizza is quite good, but is lower than my expectation.....



25/04/2003, Friday

Today my gang met together to celebrate my birthday, we went to Kuishinbo (at Suntec City tower 4) to have dinner, the food there not bad actually (althought I hate its advertisement at cinemas).. as for pricing, if you choose alacarte buffet, it will cost a lot... but if you order 1 by 1, it's reasonable, I ate a bowl of Ramen and 1 water melon juice, and I am quite full and it cost only $9+ ... afterwhich, we went to starbucks at raffles city to have coffee and a good chat..



One more thing to add on... Thanks A lot to xiang for your My Sassy Girl OST, I know that cost you a lot..



26/04/2003, Saturday

Today started to do some work at home, or else I cannot complete my work, that's suppose to be due by end of month! And of course, I burn midnight oil for that....

April 24, 2003

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this blog is for 20/04/2003, Sunday



basically, had been a zhuo boing day... nothing special except the NKF charity show at 7.30pm.. an it lasted for 4 hours!! damm long program... so ended up.. the rest of the programs like new and a japanese drama are all delayed.... and of course, i very late then sleep...
this blog is for 19/04/2003, Saturday



at first, I thought today can relax a day at home, but suddenly chong hwee tell me to meet a client (on a freelance programming project) at 2pm, and need to wear formal!! alamak! so i quickly prepared and rushed out of home... i reached clementi some time earlier than 2pm, and we went to meet the client's compnay is located at the block where the town council is, we discuss for quite some time, and understtood their requirements, basically, it's a web site for their customers to search and enquiry maids.. we agreed to draft out the project before quoting the price and closing the deal (because we have competitors also, although their stuff is not up to standard, frankly speaking...) ... but frankly speaking, I am confident that we can clinch the deal at a good price successfully.. the details I wish to keep it as confidential...

April 23, 2003

this blog is for 18/04/2003, Friday, Good Friday



today have been a very busy day... supposingly meeting my FYP group friends for lunch to celebrate my and shi cong's birthday, but in the end, I only reach there at 12.30pm.. hehehehehe... very pai seh.. we went to Marina Square Ponderosa restaurant for lunch...... then they gave me a wallet as present... I think it cost quite a bomb, really thanks to them for the present.. just in time for me to change a wallet...



they went SPGG after the lunch, and I rushed to Liang's house to meet my usual gang of friends, because is Liang's 20th Birthday!! 4 pple are playing mahjong and 2 pple playing PlayStation 2 when i reach there.. so i cannot play mahjong, too bad, but never mind, I still got computer and pianos (not lah.. i don't know how to play, i anyhow play 1...) to play with... found some songs that I want but forgot the song names.... we went Ivian's Perankan Restaurant for dinner, the food there super nice, but too spicy lah and also quantity quite little for each dish.. I think we ordered about 10 dishes, then we each paid around $10.. quite cheap, I think... then we went back to liang's house to eat cake... and heard Liang's father say a lot of things on starting and making business, for example, do not loan from banks at the initial stage, or else you will suffer in debts..
this blog is for 17/04/2003, Thursday



today supervisor didn't come work again... then xiang sms me to ask me want to ask me want to watch Johnny English tonight or not... of course I want to see lah! I had been looking forward for days.. but he ask me to call the others... I xian 1/2 lor.. -_-" but what to do? I just can't reject his request... I and da wei went to capitol building Long John Silver for lunch, then he took a half day leave to attend a medical appointment regarding his old leg injury... so basically, I had been spending a boring afternoon at work place after lunch...



after work, we met at Lido to watch johnny english.. a super funny but super lame show, never expect "Mr. Bean" (Rowan Atkinson) can joke with his speech also.. a really must-see show!! if you need a good laugh to relieve ur stress...
this blog is for 16/04/2003, Wednesday



today supervisor didn't come work again.. we went capitol building Long John Silver for lunch... also forgot wat i have done for the day... very forgetful recently, I can forget a thing in 1 minute!! sheng qi rite? then i went dunnoe where for dinner...

April 17, 2003

this blog is for 15/04/2003, Tuesday



today supervisor didn't come work again.. maybe bacause his daughter kept pestering him to accompany her.. why I know that?? because she called him I think about 10 times at work yesterday!! I had heard the words, "Hello, girl" for about 10 times I think... so today basically I had been (0.75 X(eating snake)).. because I still got do some work.. that's bebugging my partner's codes.. I think I could have the title of human debugger and all-purpose consultant there liao.. (because even my supervisor ask me how to setup IIS and some programming stuff)... we went to eat BK again at the Coucourse at Beach Road... then i discovered that there sell quite a lot of cheap party stuff, BBQ stuff games (those we play when we are small).....



after work, I went capitol building Long John Silver to try out their new Hot and Spicy 3 pcs Chicken combo (that cost $3.90).. the only special part is the tasty & spicy & crispy skin of the chicken.. the meat inside is still the same (very tender)...
this blog is for 14/04/2003, Monday



xian ah... today my supervisor come for work.. and raise up more issues on the project... and obviously I'm the 1 who is going to solve it!! wah lau... more work to do.. and he implies that we have to complete our part in the project by end of next week.. I even more xian.. I think I have to bring work back home to do in the weekends..



as for lunch.. we went to Jalan Beseh Hawker Centre.. I heard from my supervisor that the yong tau fu there is good... but I didn't go try because not much dishes left in the stall liao.. the place there quite run-down, but surprisingly the toilet is well-renovated!! sheng qi!



after work, went to peninsula plaza to have BK meal.. (because got coupon mah! hehehehe...).. then quickly went home.. because it's going to rain.. heng that I only encounter little rain... when I reach the bus stop. it become heavy rain liao..... wondering why so much rain recently... now is rain season meh?

April 16, 2003

this blog is for 13/04/2003, Sunday



another day of "got a lot of things to do, but no mood to do, so zhuo bo" day... basically watching TV shows and trying to install Creative Wave Studio, so that I can convert mp3s to wav files... (one of these wav files is played on the main page)..... need to restart a lot of times, reinstall some other creative software affected by this installation...



7.30pm, watched the show th NKF show and saw a lot performance... the one that Jack Neo lay on pieces of glass... at 1st, Jack Neo walk across the glass... ok.. I think it's nothing very special.. (but I think is still quite difficult) but then Chao Qi Tai sort-of "forced" (I could see that it's a difficult thing to do and this is no joke, ) Jack Neo to do another time with the back on the glass.. Half-willingly, Jack Neo agreed and done it.. (people may think that this had been rehearsal.. but I can see that It's a sudden request).. ok... heng he's fine after that stunt... then Chao Qi Tai made a more difficult request.. he asked Xu Zhenrong to jump on his stomach (I think Chao Qi Tai must be crazy! and he thinks it's easy to do that ah?? Jack Neo is not a professional that can withstand a person's weight!!).... I really buay tahan Chao Qi Tai lor...... he sacrifice others because of the TV program's interest..
this blog is for 12/04/2003, Saturday



afternoon, I went sim lim square with my gang, mainly because xiang's computer is spoilt.. partly because some RICH guys want to buy accessories to upgrade their systems.. , as for me, I only buy something to cover up my PCI slots... (no money liao... have to pay so many bills, including my 'O' Level exam fees)... actually I intend to network my and my brother's computer (need to buy cable, NIC cards and maybe a hub), but I think next month ba..... the others bought speakers and LCD monitor! (haiz.. how I wish to have money to buy those also.., however, I won't buy because of a moment of madness...)



we went to a cofee shop opposite selegie complex for dinner (lunchner for me), there is famous for pig organ's soup and bak kut teh.... I hate to eat organs... so I choose bak ku teh.. it's was qute nice.. but a bit too salty liao.... then we went a few shop houses away to eat beancurd... we ate the hot beancurd 1st.. it was so smooth and instantly disolves in one's mouth (eh! those words v familiar leh.. didn't I hear that in dramas? but it is true lah...)... then some went to buy cold beancurd, I didn't eat.. but heard from them that it's more delicious than their hot counterparts...
this blog is for 11/04/2003, Friday



this morning, we thought that our "beloved" supervisor will not come again... but he suddenly appear for work... and we xian 1/2 -_-" ...



after work, I went to meet my gang for dinner and movie... we watched Taxi 3... it's was a damm funny show, and everyone speak a fluent french in the show (yes, it is a french movie..) which makes the show packed and fast-moving.. and of course, it wouldn't be so funny if there isn't some dirty jokes... it's a definitely must-see show and I give a rating of 4 stars on scale of 5 stars...
this blog is for 10/04/2003, Thursday



actually I forgot what I had done today!! hahhahahah LOL! basically, it's a tiring day again and my supervisor didn't come again..yeah! we had lunch at the nasi padang stall we went on monday.. but surprising the food was not so nice as monday.. then after work, I forgot I go where for dinner alone liao...hehehhehee... I think my daily life had become a routine...
this blog is for 09/04/2003, Wednesday



we are assign to go to Bukit Merah Centre to get feedback oursleves in the morning...supervisor don't know gone to where again... so we took this oppuntunity to stay outside until after lunch time (2pm) ! we had yoshinoya to before 12noon to have lunch.. (in order to catcha promotion... hhehehhe... save money mah..) then we went borders to read some books and magazines.. nowadays orchard road very quiet liao...(because of SARS, I think, saw another ambulance by pass us again...)



xiang and liang went back SP to retake NAPFA test... liang got Gold but xiang failed just because of 2.4km run.. what a pity.. so liang should be going into NS in october, and xiang in june, and yah! did I tell you my enlistment date is 21st August 2003? I will be going to BMTC school 2 at tekong... actually I hope the enlistment date to be earlier... so that I no need to worry what to do after graduate..... it feels so stress to worry about this..



since they are at SP, I dated them for dinner at Stafff Centre Restaurant at SP (dun misunderstood, the price there is just normal food-court price).. after dinner, we had a good chat.. mostly, about our future life... they should be furthering studies at SMU and University of Queensland, as for me, I think I wil continue to study Computer engineering at NUS (if they accept me lah....), then at the same time, maybe start a virtual company to do free lance programming (so I will not impose so much burden on my family and can start and also start a foundation for my future company)...
this blog is for 08/04/2003, Tuesday



today supervisor didn't come again...felt quite sleepy and tired, maybe because yesterday slept too much... lunch went to eat burger king with da wei because got coupons.... hehehehhee... some more got new burgers... nothing special really... i also forgot i went where for dinner liao....

April 10, 2003

this blog is for 07/04/2003, Monday



today lunch finally ate something delicious... we went to the Nasi Padang stall a few streets from my workplace... basically everything there taste great! the ayam goreng and mutton especially... and the quantity is really a lot! but it also cost us a bomb... I paid $6.20 for mine!! but if you share dishes with a few people, that will definitely be cheaper...



after work, dinner at cine BK (the new Mushroom Swiss Chicken Deluxe burger!), go home watch Ah-Cheng, 9.30pm buay tahan I go sleep liao...(early hor?) ....ZZzzzZZZ...
this blog is for 06/04/2003, Sunday



today is basically a zhuo bo day... I got a lot of things to do.. but don't have the mood to do anything... so I switch on my computer (my source of entertainment!) and put on my headphones to listen my "to becontinued.." CD (by Sun Yanzi!!) that I had bought on wednesday..... (i'm not rich ok? this is just my second CD I had bought!).. the songs are really nice... (stay tuned for my review on this CD at my music reviews section..), then watched the companion VCD that comes with the CD.... then basically whole day watch show, download stuff and surf net... xian.. no mood to do anything... or maybe it's too tired to do any thing? I think I need a holiday...
this blog is for 05/04/2003, Saturday



It has been a tiring day today... morning went to pay respect to my Ah Gong at my Ah ma's house.. about 2.00pm then come back home..



then went to a club event at around 5.30pm at Marina Bay... that was a event called Annual Reception to mark the end of this year's management of the club... we went to Marina Bay to eat the BBQ Steamboat... the stall is called "Dragon Village"... the food there alright lah.. but their service is quite good... and they worn uniforms also... it's been quite a long time since I last meet my club friends, I'm glad to see them doing fine, and enjoyed talking to them!! especially to my brothers, Dy and Alvin Ong.. when I reach home, it's already pass 12 midnight... once again.. I collapsed to my bed....ZZZZzzzzZZZz...
this blog is for 04/04/2003, Friday



today my supervisor didn't come work again! yeah! another eat snake day.. and after much delay, I finally know where to download Messenge Plus! download it at http://msgplus.patchou.com/ , this utility adds many interesting and exciting features to your MSN Messenge or Windows Messenger (for WinXP)... for example, you could find out what you say previously with their logging function and can access latest 32 messages just by pressing Ctrl+up! and got some hot keys for you to access frequently used functions, such as smileys! and many more functions! so download Messenge Plus now!



after work, got people treat me 10 course dinner!! why? my grandmother's birthday... (alamak! this month a lot of people birthday! including me!), my whole big family went usual eating place, West Lake Restaurant at Farrer Road, the food there is great! but not high class, of course... my family not so rich lah.... however, the service there was quite bad.. the people there a bit the arrogant, maybe because they have receive a few certificates from well-known organisations... this year seen an increase from last year's participants, because my 2 cousins got married and 1 cousin brought his boyfriend.. wonder when will I have a partner also?? (aiya, stop dreaming lah.. who will like you?), any way, I'm going to NS soon, so I not intending initiate any relationships now.. BUT if fate comes, I will accept it... but I think fate will be far away...
this blog is for 03/04/2003, Thursday



after work, went to meet xiang and zhenrong for a movie, actually intially is all come out, but in the end, only left with 3 bachelors... don't ask me why.. it's just not my day..



we went to watch "the Core", it was quite an good show, with a blend of sci-fic (science fiction), trailer, touching scences.. the show is about that the Earth's core that drives the electro-magnetic field of Earth, has stopped turning. This leads to Super storms, with many powerful lightnings, birds losing their ability to navigate, and the Earth will eventually lose it's EM (Electro magnetic) field, that shields the Earth from strong UV rays of the Sun, and etc... destroying the Earth, and soon, life on Earth will not be able to survive if the core remains still. So, the scientists began to find solution to solve the problem... and then they began to embark their journey to the core to make the core start turning again... their team includes 2 astronaunts (navigation), 1 weapon specialist (dealing with nuclear weapon to restart the core), 1 national scientist (who calculates the solution), 1 fogotten professor (who builds the ship), 1 college professor (main character, who found out about this fact)... they complete their missions in the end, but with many obstacles and sacrifices, of course...



after movie, we went for dinner at KFC, and started talking about the current SARS situation, and they say Singapore government is not transparent enough, and singapore education system is not flexible, but what I think is that the education before is only for foundation purpose, how you will excel in the industry is all dependent on yourself... and of course there's no conclusion of this debate, everyone has their own views... and although I disagree with anyone, I will still respect their views...

April 04, 2003

this blog is for 02/04/2003, Wednesday



Yo! good day! firstly I like to say sorry that i didn't launch my web site today as promised.. SORRY! reasons being i'm too busy this week, everyday after work will have somethings on.., by the time reach home already very tired... ok.. you may see this as excuses lah.. but work is really boring and tired lah...



today after work, I went home early (sheng qi!!)... why? because it's my father's birthday!!! but this year looks like it's the most pathetic celebration (despite that it's his 60th bithday!!), because we just have a dinner at home... but bo bian, because of the SARS outbreak.. my parents suggested just to eat Pizza Hut at home lor!! sad case.... but ate quite full and satisfied lah... yummy!
this blog is for 01/04/2003, Tuesday



Happy April's Fool Day .. this had been quite a quiet April Fool's Day for me, compared with the previous years, cause i only received a joke this year, that was a link to an article to a page that said, Microsoft's CEO, Bill Gates is murdered.. of course it's false news lah!!



ok.. don't talk about work today lah... I today after work, went to Kimage at Funan to cut hair, let's say about that...

today was my worst visit at Kimage.. previously, I'm very impress by the quality service and good management of Kimage.. but today totally disappointed.. I could say i give the stylist 5 marks out of scale of 100!! and not only the service is poor leh... the skills also quite bad... I will list 2 examples here..

do you see before people don't dry ur hair with towel first, then directly use hair dryer to dry? (in the end my ears remained wet until she cut finish)

do you see before people use hair dryer to blow away hair on your face? (normal people will use towel or brush)

the most important thing is that she no confident in cutting my hair!! I really scare she spoilt my hair man! heng is that she make my hair presentable in the end... or else i cannot face people liao.. I totally nothing to say about her lor..



after cut hair, went back home and saw the news that Zhang Guo Rong commited suicide... I was shocked when I heard the news! (this is not a april's fool's joke), it was really very pity and sad that the society has lose such a good celebrity who contributed significantly to the society, especially in charitable events... , although he commited suicide because of homosexual relationships, I still respect him and will like to salute to him, and send my deepest regards, Farewell Leslie!
Important notice on SARS



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(source from a reliable friend's friend's friend, who is a nurse)

April 01, 2003

What happened on today in the past?? (source from Yes933)



1. Today is Bart Simpson's Birthday



2. 01/04/1989 - The song, "Ethernal Flame" goes on the chart



3. Long time ago, today is new year's day, but then changed new year's day to January 1st, people that still believe that april 1st is new year's day are said to be foolish. that's the origin of april fool's day...



4. Today in the past, "Superman" is first published
this blog is for monday, 31/03/2003



another programming day..... but today got do something different, so not so boring, and finally can achieve something..



around 4.30pm, a miracle happened, Boon Kiat called me out for dinnner leh! sheng qi!! It was planned that we meet straight after my work, but I forgot 1 important thing I must do, I have to deposit my pay cheque, or else I no money to survive liao.... so I rushed to Funan to drop my cheque, and then rushed to orchard wheellock place to meeet boon kiat... the weather is damm hot, that makes me sweat a lot... HOT!! some more, i still coughing... then we had dinner at BK together, and I persuade him to go dinner and dance at the same time.. but failed... then Zhenrong came and successfully persuaded him to go... we went HMV and arcade after that, and go home at around 8pm..



reach home liao, after watching Jack Neo's variety show, "Mei Wei Qing Yuan" and news, I buay tahan liao, so go sleep... but told my mum to wake me up for the 1am "Ah-cheng" (my must-see show!!), the show is scheduled at 1am, but in the end started at 2am... (wah lau!! don't know how channel U schedule their programmes..), in the interval of waiting, heng heng still got Jacky Wu's "Shi Zhi Lu Ko", so i didn't fall asleep... the show is super funny with all the actions they do.. I think many will want to know why I so interested in "Ah Cheng", it's because this story illustrates how Ah Cheng started as a poor but hardworkig fellow to becoming a successful businessman, through seeing this shows, I could learn how he handles things, manpower and relationships well... maybe you should go and watch an episode, so you can understand what I say... "Ah Cheng" is showing on channel U on weekdays at 7pm, and re-telecast at 1am MUST SEE!!!

March 31, 2003

SORRY, DUI BU QI!!! sorry again,, Yong's Hub's Official Launching date is again postponed.. the main reason is that i'm sick this week and partly becuase I don't have enough information for my friends section... Please look forward for the Official Launch date on some day this week, tentatively on wednesday, 02/04/2003, my father's 60th birthday!!!
this blog is for sunday, 30/03/2003



today felt a bit fever, and started coughing... will it be SARS?? or is it I yesterday ate heaty food?? don't know tomorrow should go work or not... morning woke up and watched the "Interpol" final episode!!! and my whole family watched together!! how amazing is that!! the ending is expected, and the plot is typical and a bit not logical (where got hacker like that hack into system?) , but I enjoyed the process of watching it... just don't know why..



today whole day no mood in doing things except watching TV shows.. 2.30pm, i watched "Super Sunday", 1 of my favourite variety show!! there is this section where Ah Liang will help artist to find people, in this episode, a female old singer is trying to find a kind-hearted bus driver... I like to share this story here, the story goes like this...



the female singer was very poor and can't afford a car, even when she's a superstar, becuase she had to repay her father's debts, so she took public bus as her daily transport..



So every night, she and her sister took the last bus driven by this kind-hearted driver home...

His appearance: always in a neat and tidy uniform, with pure white gloves, always straighten up his back...

His behaviour: very courteous, show care and concern to everyone

His actions:

1. always ensures his passengers are seated well before driving, and never will complain if people take their time to board the bus..

2. always help nedy people, such as old people, pregnant woman, small child to get onto the bus...

3. always ensure that his passengers enjoy a smooth and pleasant ride with no rushing and no skiing of the bus..

4. and he did all these to even complete strangers!!



I could say I respected him very much for his attitute towards his job, he loves his job and does his job to the best, this kind of person nearly extinct in today's society.. (tears drop from my eyes when I'm watching the show, really), after watching the story, I felt so guilty that I neglected those beggars and flag sellers on the streets.. this story arises a lot of lessons I had learnt in the past, be charitable, show care and concern to needy, be satisfy with what you have, love your job and do your job to the best!



hope you learn these lessons also, it's getting late and I think I have to sleep early to regain my immune system, good night!!

March 30, 2003

Important Notice on SARS



US suspected SARS can be spread by AIR!!! (source from 10.30pm channel 8 news)



believe it or not... believe is better than don't believe!!
this blog is for saturday, 29/03/2003



today planning to meet at west mall for dinner with my gang. but ended up going to bukit timah market & food centre, dont ask me why!! long story, it's just fate...



then went to Liang's house for our actvities!!! activities includes, playstation 2 session, mahjong session, and movie vcds session.. then sang a birthday song (with cake of course!!) to our beloved Mr. Seah Wei Xiang (oops, am I rude to spell out his name?), the guy who turned 20 this year..



afterwhich we took a long bus trip to suntec for a dinner at congress, and Sebas falled sick.. so he went back home.. hope he's fine...

for those who don't know, Congress is the buffet restaurant located near the exhibition hall, opposite the "high class" coffee shop.. the price is quite quite ex, around $18.50!! provided you have a POSB card lah...(entitled to 15 % discount)... the food there lack of variety, most are made of salmon, not like last time we came here, so we think not worth it... maybe it's salmon season?? who knows? after dinner, we talk about whether to start a IT business, hmm.... maybe but we must take into consideration that we going to NS soon... (really soon, 3 of them got their enlistment letters) afterwhich, we went home, what a day!!
this blog is for friday, 28/03/2003



today is my second day of rest at home, yeah!! basically whole day watched TV programmes...



10am "Wan Quan Yu Le", then have lunch, 2.30pm "Wan Quan Yu Le", took a nap, 7pm "Ah-Cheng", 8pm "Ming Zhuan Qing Zhen", 9pm "Mei Wei Qing Yuan", 10pm news, 10.30pm "MVP Valentine" final episode!!! and etc...



today feeling better, and called my gang regarding where to go tomorrow for my good friend, Wei Xiang's birthday and we decided to go Ying Liang's house tomorrow...
this blog is for thursday, 27/03/2003



today i went to see doctor and took my 1st MC (the MC is for 2 days) during my internship.. don't worry, it's not SARS... doctor said I had a bad sore throat, and also a bit fever... finally have a break from the boring days of programming, and finally I got the chance to watch some TV programmes I had missed, such as "Wan Quan Yu Le", a taiwan entertainment news programme.... at night, my fever worsen... so I told my supervisor, I will not turn out for work the next day...

March 26, 2003

it's has been a tiring and moody day today...



morning saw a message from my partner, saying he taking MC today, so i expected today will be a boring day without him..as normal, i cheched mail, surf net and done some programming, then debug some of my supervisor's code... (yes! i debug his, not the other way round), then in the afternoon rain heavily.... the progress of owrk is slow because i no mood...



in the afternoon, I asked my usual gang want to meet for dinner tomorrow, and guess what is the reply...

1 say no mood... never mind (he got heart matters, i understand)...

1 say no cash card to go into CBD... never mind...

2 suggested going geylang to eat.... never mind...

the people that say go geylang, told me to go ask others, so I ask them got what to eat?

they just say there is something to eat, and insisted i go ask others...

I ask you lah... how I am going to ASK others to go when Myself is not confident that there is something to eat there?? and when I'm not keen to it?

ok... he say "ASK and no need to PERSUADE, no need to force someone to go"

fine.... I asked in the end, why am I always the one that do this?? why they push all responsibility to me? why no one support me when I suggested something? I'm angry, sad, disappointed and demoralize...



after work, as usaul, eat dinner alone, go HMV, go home.... then felt sick... will be taking MC tomorrow...
this blog is for tuesday, 25/04/2003



yesterday is yet another boring day wake up, go work, programming, knock off, have dinner alone, go HMV listen music, go home...



juz something to say... the zhou hua jian album i mentioned also includes 5 "LIVE" version songs in the 1st CD.. including some songs originated by other singers...

March 25, 2003

this blog is for monday, 24/03/2003



yesterday i has been a long day... dam sleepy and shagged!!! so buay tahan.. go sleep liao... so din blog...



after many days of (eating snake)ing... my supervisor came back to office today... and I finally got the urge to program!!



today's task is to program a security feature that kicks a user out when his user id is being used in 2 workstation... this is how I go about doing it...



1. create a table to do logging of user sessions...

2. during login, delete away any previous logs of the user, and create a new log for the user, with his ip address... that means the latest user with same user id that logins will have the access

3. on every page... you have to check if the current user has a matching ip address as the user log, or else, kick that user out (set empty all cookies, redirect to login page)

that's all!!



after work, I went to meet my usual gang of friends... sebas told me that there's something important to announce.... and guess what?? Ying Liang and Wei Xiang is back from HK!!! so glad, happy and suprise to see them doing fine.. and free of diseases... you know why coming back? becuase of the diseases in HK lor... I had a great time talking cock with them, which I haven't in 2 months!! their surprise brighten up my mood... we went for dinner and then a movie at 9.30pm...the movie was "Cradle 2 The Grave", the actions were good, but the plot is bad...



It was 11.30 when the movie ends... and still have to buy groceries when I reach home.... damm shagged... after watching the "Ten Word Road Mouth" (you know what I'm saying)... i buay tahan.. go sleep liao.... zzzZZZZZzZZZzzZZ...
yo!! good morning!! v tired these 2 days.. so didn't have energy to write blogs... this blog is for Sunday, 23/03/2003



wah... slept at 3.30am at saturday, and have to wake up at 7.30am on a Sunday morning!! why?? cause it's Qing Ming Festival, and i'm going to temple with my big family to pay respect to my grandfather who had left us 18 years ago...



the temple is located in punggol, called the Pu Ti Buddhist Temple (Pu Ti Fuo Yuan), where my grandfather's ashes lay... it's damm far from my home... I and my father took 45 mins and 2 buses to reach there.... but consider it's punggol, 45 mins also not long lah.. hhahahhahha... this year a bit special, we usually took one of my uncle's bus (he's boss of a transportation company), to go there.. too bad he's sick...



after so much complains... you might think that I'm a unfillial grandson rite? no lah.. i'm not... I understand that it's important to attend this kind of occasion... and I will try my best to attend, no matter what... sometimes my mum say i too traditional-thinking liao... you know... if ancestors don't give birth to our parents... there wouldn't be us... actually, looking at it.. life as chinese saying says... "life is short short few decades"... most importantly is that we live our life to the FULLEST! and you will die without regrets...



this kind of occassion also serves as a gathering for my big family... i'm glad that see my cousins, uncle and aunties are doing well... and occasionally talk to them...



the sun was damm hot... shine until i very sleepy... and also make me very shag...

then went back home and slept the whole day... until night the n wake up... strange hor?? me is like that 1 lah...

March 22, 2003

yo!! or I should i say yeo!! hehehhee.. good night! today had been quite a day.. tired sia...



morning wake up early to go to the SMU talk at SP, *yawn*! took away my precious sleeping time... you know.. I din sleep much for a few days... although the talk is optional and I don't have much interest in SMU also, I go there just to get som additional info, because I planning to further studies....



the talk is quite a long 1... it's about 2 hours... but the presenter is the interim dean of School of Information Systems, SMU... he was a good presenter that in the sense that he TRY make the presentation interesting and interactive, but he failed... hahahhaa.. because he don't understand most poly students don't response to questions... hahahha... but the whole presentation looks more like a lecture than a presentation, he took 1 hour to talk about 2 slides!! wah lau.... all right, let's talk about the course he is talking about...



the course is called Bachelor of Science (Information Systems Management) (BSc(ISM))

offered by the School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University..

The advantages:

1. teach you enough knowledge on business and communications skills and how to integrate IT with business

2. have exchange programme with Carnegie Mellon University, who initiates the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), those who took ISNS and INSE before should know what I talking about...)

3. It's a Direct Honours programme

4. you can do double degrees (majoring in 2 areas) if you wish in 4 years' time

5. Applicants with good results in their polytechnic diplomas WILL be considered for Advanced Standing at SMU. Students with Advanced Standing MAY be granted exemptions of up to 5 modules



The disadvantages (what i personally think)

1. too much business modules, I hate business modules, they are almost the same... and you don't need to a degree to do business.. you need ideas and creativity..

2. most of the Core IT modules they offered are repeative as what I learn in SP, for example, OO systems, Data Management, and Software Engineering Process

3. there are much more non-IT modules than IT modules..

4. there are no interesting topics, and what they teach is too general..



personally, i will not choose this course, if u are interested, you may check it out at BSc(ISM) and Admissions Criteria to get into SMU, additional criteria for the course are as follows

1. min C6 in Additional Maths (mathematics modules could also be considered)

2. min. D7 in 2nd Language

3. For your application to be considered, the recommended minimum total score for SAT I is 1200 with at least 500 each for the verbal and math components. (e.g. If your verbal score is 500, then you must have 700 for your math component.)



Additonal info:

1. Deadline for application: 07/04/2003

2. How to apply: apply online at www.smu.edu.sg

3. To be considered for admission in 2003, your SAT I scores must reach SMU by 30 June 2003!

4. To be considered for admission in 2003, the latest SAT 1 test you can take is on 3 May 2003 (registration deadline :28 March 2003)

5. Guys going NS can apply 1st, and SMU will reserve the place for you until you ORD (NUS and NTU also can)



after the talk, i went for lunch alone at SP, FC6.... and thought of all the moments I had with my classmates there.. time flies, amd we graduating... sob...:(, hope that we will remain in contact!! don't forget me!!!



then go orchard walk walk, and saw the Iron Ladies 2 movie will be out on 27th march, which I had long wanted to watch..

ok, that's all... hope you are not bored by my long blog... if I did, i want to say PAI SEH!!

March 21, 2003

today is really a boring day for me at workplace, especially when my partner took a half day leave after lunch... then left with me alone working on the third floor, adding boringness and tiredness to me, and no mood to work, so I surf net for info on Tablet PCs after seeing a Fujitsu roadshow and going bank at Funan, tha's why i come out with some info below...



after work, i went cineleisure to eat dinner alone (again... if you know me well, you will know that my mum have not cook dinner for months, so i had to settle dinner outside), that's when I saw the Yoshinoya promotion and recall that there's a veggie burger promo at BK (Burger King, not boon kiat ok?).. I went to Burger King and ordered a mushroom swiss double meal to spolit myself for the week...



after dinner, i walked around cineleisure and saw a lot of ah lians and ah bengs.. LOLz... and also saw a street dance competition going on there... then suddenly i remembered my partner told me there's a Yang Qian Hua performance at the Heeren at 7pm, it was 6.15pm, so i decided to wait...



then I went to HMV and saw that zhou hua jian's new compilation album, called 329, i think... and it costs $15.95 only! for 3 cds!! i very "gien" to buy liao... but need to consider....



then i went to see Yang Qian Hua's performance, it's v good man! although i only seen she sing 1 song, but she sang LIVE, despite her poor chinese, and she is as she is, very active and hopping around.. then i went straight back home...

I saw this Fujitsu Road Show on Laptops and Tablet PC at Funan this afternoon, after lunch, just want to tell those who wish to buy a Laptop or Tablet PC...





Title: The Truly Mobile Lifestyle


Venue: Funan the IT Mall (Main Atrium)


Dates: 20th to 23rd March 2003 (until this Sunday only!!)


Time: 11:00am to 7:30pm






About Tablet PC



If you are considering to buy laptop recently, wait 1st!! Recently, a new evolution of notebook PCs had been launched, called the Tablet PC, view the intro of Tablet PCs at Tablet PC Hardware Showcase and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition




There are two types of Tablet PCs, Slate Tablet PC (without keyboard), Convertible Tablet PC (with attached keyboard)




Some special features of Tablet PCs includes:


1. Tablet PCs use the Windows XP Table PC Edition operating system which is build on the Professional Edition (capable of being a web server)


2. You can write directly on Tablet PC's LCD full-size (smallest is 10.4")screen with the stylus provided, you can write directly on the screen and save your notes in your own handwriting�or convert them to typed text for use in other applications. The pen can also handle common mouse and keyboard tasks like opening applications, selecting text, and displaying menus. Or, if you prefer, you can still use a mouse or keyboard with Tablet PC. It's not just touch screen, because the screen only sense the stylus and nothing else, so that you rest your hand or things on the screen


3. most Tablet PCs includes built-in wireless LAN, ethernet, modem and infrared


4. And with its speech recognition capabilities, your Tablet PC is a dictation machine that converts your voice into text. You can also use the pen and your voice to control your computer


5. most Tablet PCs has a optional docking station that will convert your PC to a full-featured desktop


6. an many more...




I personally recommend this to tertiary students and mobile businessman..

the following are models I recommend


1. Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 (cheap, detachable keyboard)


2. Toshiba Portege 3500 (good features)


3. Fujitsu Stylistic ST4110 Tablet PC (ex, nice, good docking station)


4. Acer TM C104TCi (nice)