Timothy.

Aaahh. Friday nights just don't feel the same when you know you've got to go to work the next day. Kinda ironic too... in the past 10 months at PwC, i've never worked a weekend before (touch wood), and now that i'm back in reservist, it's going to be a real drag getting myself out of the bed on Saturday morning. Heng i'm still quite slack in camp so i really dun mind waking up that little bit earlier to play some pool and attend a few lectures... hehe....

Anyway, have you people heard about this new Aussie band called Jet?? Really good stuff and they've got a few good tunes going on in this album of theirs:



What i totally DIDN'T know about the album though, is that there's actually a track titled... TIMOTHY. Yes, Seriously. A song, seemingly about a dude called TIMOTHY. This was pointed out to me by Jo and being the nice frenly shit that he is, he's send us all a copy of the song through email... plus lyrics just so you can sing along with it. Really weird listening to a song whereby your name is part of a chorus..... plus the fact is that the lyrics make me out to be some alien!! I'm pretty sure that the song will be a hit in time to come since we all know, the secret to a successful song starts with a successful title... and what name can be more successful than... TIMOTHY?

This is me signing off on a boring Friday nite then... with the lyrics to the song of all songs. Enjoy! :)


Timothy - by Jet
Album: Get Born

Timothy, I took your place
Timothy, cause it’s such a waste
Timothy, we found your spaceship
Timothy, it’s the farthest you’ve ever flown
 
Never used your head
To find out what this whole thing meant

It’s not what it seems
But it is
Timothy where have you been?
Timothy where have you been?

Timothy, where did you go?
Timothy, the boy can throw
Timothy, we found your spaceship
Timothy, did it hurt when you hit the ground

Never used your legs
To walk ‘round in this whole big mess

It’s not what it seems
But it is
Timothy where have you been
She cried in the kitchen
To let you go
Timothy where have you been

Missed your photo
Missed your birthday too
Missed your photo

It’s not what is seems
But it is
Timothy where have you been

She cried in the kitchen
To let you go
Timothy where have you been

Missed your photo
Missed your birthday too
Missed your photo

Transsexual Trauma...

YES! I've just gone through the 2nd day of my braces..... i'm still having problems talking, singing and most importantly, EATING! At times it really seems like i'm someone who's got a lisp and has a speech impediment all at the same time... and every bite that i make is really an agonizing one.. You just won't BELIEVE the torture i'm going through. Plus point is, i can feel myself starting to get used to it already. Despite my multiple-gashed tongue and sore lips, i'm more or less determined to make it work. Managed to even meet up with Soon, GYC and Christin today for coffee at Citylink Pacific Coffee and so far they've been quite positive about my braces thingy.... Soon was supposed to bring his "special friend" but alas.. we got cheated.

I remember listening to Glenn, Rod and the Big F.D. on Class 95 today, and they were mentioning the play, "Private Parts", by Michael Chiang. Sound familiar? I know for some of you it rings more than just a bell man. For those of you who may not be in the know, i shall let you in on a li'l secret of mine (it's not gonna be li'l after  this though...), when i was in NTU in my second year, i pulled off one of the stunts of my life by playing a character in this very play. The story was abt 3 transsexuals, their lives and the problems they faced from society. True enough i got very VERY much onto my role as Lavinia, and even did the unthinkable: Shaving the hair on my armpits and legs!!!!

The play was a really successful one, and i really don't regret being a part of it. It's really an interesting experience but it's also one that i would probably never want to do again. I've never been able to find the photos though, and i'm really wondering... has someone stashed it somewhere? Ready to pull it out and sell the pics for money once i become a celebrity after my braces are off? I wonder.....

 
For the moment though, all i have are memories and recollections of that amazing play. So far it still goes down in my short history as one of the craziest things i've ever done. What i do have to say is, all those rubbish gay jokes i hear so very often stem from this play that i did. So please... enough with all that gay shit... save it for the Real McCoys.. (ie. Lih Soon, Yee Chung, etc....)

 

Ebay Entertainment!

Yet another boring day in the army... managed to get home close to 545 and i don't even remember doing today except drawing today's pool session with Marc! 4-4 was the score but you've got to see it to believe how lousy we actually can be. Oh well with another 2 weeks of practise i'm sure i can even take on.... Chris and Zhanwen!!!

Ok ok enough rubbish.. i DID do something productive today, and that was to wake up in the middle of the night and make a winning bid on eBay. Yes i do buy stuff from eBay every once in a while... and this is actually 5th purchase! Yes 5th!!! A landmark for me yea?? U all must be wondering: "What the hell did Tim buy that can only be found on eBay??" Well the answer is.. of course.... right in front of you....


"Notice that you don't see Rio Ferdinand anywhere on the cover." 

 
Only Man Utd can make me do crazy things like this.... And in case any of you are interested in how much i paid, i'm NOT gonna say a word coz i think Sharon is gonna kill me after finding out about this. All i can say is that this DVD is being sold at $80 in HMV!!! Ridiculous price don't you think?? Even if it's for a Man U video???

Anyways, was thinking in the morning... i don't know too many people who buy stuff on Net Auctions... although a few are really hardcore auctioneers (Winz, Soon and Jo come to mind...). Is it coz even at this time and age, people are STILL skeptical about buying stuff and paying online? I for one think times are a changin' and things are already made easier through the use of Internet. I mean.. i dun think i buy tickets over the counter anymore for the past year or so!!

Finally, to end this post, here's a top 10 listing related to Auctions:

Tim's Top Ten - Weirdest Items Spotted On Ebay
1. Model of the Female Anatomy
2. Ronald Reagan Slippers
3. A Clown Museum
4. Toilet Paper Quiz
5. Request for Toilet Paper?!?!?
6. 2-headed Truck.
7. Stormtrooper Suit from Star Wars
8. "Care Bears" G-string thong (for Men!)
9. Ad space on a Tombstone
10. Smelly Sock Stand

Click on the links. And see it to believe it. :)

Metal Food Grinders....

Sad, depressed, down, sianz... i'm really having some trouble cheering myself up today... Why?? The obvious answer is right below u... *SIGHZ*


"I, Robot." 

The braces are finally in, and my oh my they sure look horrid man. Actually i'm not really concerned bout the look coz the rest of my handsome face can make up for it.... hahaha, but the fact is that its really REALLY uncomfortable.... The feeling of cold metal on my lips and tongue, problems chewing my food, which get stuck in between the metal, the many cuts and ulcers i'm starting to get from wearing these braces... ARGH!!! What have i gotten myself into?!?! 

Anyhows, what's done is done.. the decision was made by me and me alone... so i've got to endure through this tough chapter in my life. Food will never be the same again.. especially my mom's dinner which i just struggled through a few hours ago. A simple piece of fish cake took me minutes to bite down and swallow... and not before cutting my tongue here and there.... As you can see i'm really going through hell man...

Any of you reading this been through braces before? If you have please help by sharing your experiences or giving suggestions. It's tough for me going through this on my own... For the moment, i'm just gonna sulk and never ever, EVER smile again for 3 years.......

(yea riiiiiiiite.)

Almost Time!!

This is it. 1 more hour to my braces... all or nothing. That's it to my handsome life (for 3 yrs at least..)... hahaha... No one to complain to at home so complain here... Where did i get the inspiration to do it? Why didn't i put braces when i was in army and my mum wanted to sponsor me? Why did i listen to Soon and go to the nice li'l dentist Mr Quake? Why did Shumiin get in on the action and force more peer pressure on me? Why why why?

These questions will not be answered today, not tomorrow, but in 3 years time. Let's hope it's all worth the effort!!

 
Soon-to-be-metal-faced Tim.

Bracing Myself.....

Did i mention to you that being in the army is really great?? Reaching home at 4 plus yesterday was excellent, but today wasn't too far off.... course starts at 830, 930 got canteen break till 10, lesson till 11, then relax till lunch!!! After lunch it was a lesson all the way till 330, and then it was pool and arcade all the way till 5 before we booked out!!! Really starting to enjoy reservist life now man.... Wat a pity my unit is still pretty ON so i've gotta pia quite a bit when i'm back there next year... Oh well, i believe in basking in the glory of the moment.. and my oh my how glorious this 3 weeks is gonna be!!!! Woohoo!!

Finally got around to meeting up with my ex today...... "EX?!!?" I hear u ask loudly in front of your screen!! But dun worry... i meant ex-colleague of course!! My gd fren from office, Huey Shan... ex-AA, EY, KP, and PwC auditor (she regrets not collecting a DT employment letter....), and now plying her trade somewhere else NON-audit related... It was really great to catch up with her after so long man, and it was good to see that she didn't have the sad, dejected "audit" look about her anymore!! (This has been replaced by a confused, blur, "i-dunno-wat-i'm-doing" look but that's another story....) A good dinner at Ichiban Boshi* at Esplanade was topped with sinful dessert at Max Brenners**. What a way to spend a Tuesday.....

Last but not least, today is the last day i'm gonna see my crooked teeth naked in all their glory. Tomorrow's my Braces day if you all know and i'm seriously having butterflies in my stomach knowing that its a 3-year commitment. Argh... oh heck.. i still managed to take a photo one last time, and hopefully someone out there might use it as a "Before-and-After" ad... Think of the money man... Ok ok here goes nothing:

Disclaimer
For those of you who are faint of heart, have any heart problems or diseases, asthmatic, suffer from bouts of fainting spells, can't take shock, etc.. Please please PLEASE do not scroll down. 



"My Preciooooouuuussssss... teeth.." - Smeagol, after using Colgate's Simply White.
 
Yes yes i know my teeth ain't anything to be proud of but i really wanna be able to see the diff in 3 yrs time. No time to be afraid anymore man.... BRING EM ON!!!

 

*Ichiban Boshi: Excellent Jap food at affordable prices. Had a Unadon+Zaru Soba Set and a Katsu Don and Salmon Sashimi Set at $16.80 each. 
 
**Max Brenners: Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. Try the fondue at $20 for 2 persons. If possible bring your own marshmallow and bread to make full use of the extra chocolate!

Soldier Of Fortune!

"Hostage Training was easily available in New Zealand." 
 
Today is the day i finally went back to reservist (i use the word FINALLY coz i was turned down by SAF a few months back...). After yesterday's insane session of Sunday Soccer, it wasn't gonna be an easy task waking up early to book in but amazingly, i managed to do so. In truth though, my alarm was tuned at 4am to catch the Man Utd vs Bayern game which was on TV but being the sound sleeper that i am, i managed to wake up almost 3 hours after the alarm rang. Sad to have missed the game but felt better knowing that it ended 0-0! The morning was therefore a mad rush with me finding my old No. 4, slacks, green socks, boots and most importantly, my gutters!! In no time i was back to my NSF days, looking like an overly-enthu NCC cadet. This was made especially worse by yesterday's army haircut, the dreaded decision having been made as a result of my exceptionally stylish cut from J-Salon, which was TOTALLY never gonna be accepted in Nee Soon. 

I made my way down via MRT to Yishun then taxi then.. now i know the bus to take is 169. Don't wanna take any more cabs liao... since i can't claim anymore from my company at the moment. Upon reaching the place and finding the lecture room with a slight degree of difficulty, i found myself sticking out in the group like a sore thumb. Everyone was well into the Reservist Look... with reservist-hair, reservist-uniform, and a resrvist-belly to boot. Can't believe i bumped into an old friend though, Marc Chao from my Spec II course waaaaay back in 1999. He himself told me i didn't have the reservist look and it was kinda sad...

During the course of the day, i'm thinking this Spec I course is gonna be a really relaxed course. I mean, almost the whole of the day was spent on lectures and talks, of which i had problems staying awake in (as usual). Furthermore the course instructor mentioned it'll be something like this for the next 3 weeks. We do have a Field Camp to look out for in our last week though but it'll still be better than being at work at this time!! Yea... the feeling's great to leave work behind and offer my services to the SAF now.

Hmmm.. this whole bo lioa post was about army... kinda sounds weird don't it? Well no matter what, if every day of this course is gonna be like today (i got off at 315 and reached home at 420), i'm gonna be Lovin' It!!!

Sheer Super Sized Stoopidity!!

You can never tell how a day will turn out, no matter how much you've planned for it. I'm saying this coz the Orange Team soccer match scheduled this morning... or maybe yesterday morning... was cancelled and Seh Guan forgot to tell me. Ah well... at least i got to stay at home and spend real quality time with Sharon. Amazingly i helped out quite a bit in making the potato salad for the potluck! I helped with peeling the potatoes, chopping the ham and pineapples and... well... assisted Sharon whenever she needed it. End product was a powerly power specialty potato salad which i knew everyone would wan a bite of in the evening! After preparations we spent our afternoon watching The Truman Show DVD... one of my favorite shows and evidently one of Sharon's too.

In the evening then, we set off to John's place after sending my parents to church (which i haven't gone to yet this week!!). Needed quite a bit of help with directions from Ivan... which were kinda wrong anyway, but i got there in the end, as always! Early birds there were Ivan, Mel and Ailing. The few of us were thus the first to start on the satay and the fried rice "prepared" by John... together with the championship belachan chilli!!! The rest filtered in about an hour later and we had a good time catching up while eating. Sure enough Sharon's potato salad was a favorite, but my Ben & Jerry's were a great way to cap the night of eating too! After all this though, there wasn't much to do but watch TV, and Wen came up with the brilliant idea of watching Super Size Me! It was off to Great World then.....

Super Size Me was a documentary, which reminded me alot of the previous docu which i caught on cinema, Bowling For Columbine, which was nothing less than brilliant. Think most of you know the story by now, about the director dude who ate nothing but Macs for 30 days and putting on weight together with lotsa health problems along the way. Made for interesting watching although the talking and interviews would kinda get to you since its already past midnight. Also, this was a very one-sided docu which only focused on all the bad points of Macs and i guess it got its point across and you'll see a bit of a change in many of our eating habits. For myself though i dun really think i'll be THAT affected. Sure i'd probably pass on 1 or 2 extra McSpicys or McChickens... but still i'll go there every once in a while.. even if its just for my 25 cts ice cream cone.

Tim's Movie Rating - Super Size Me ====> 3/5
Watchable movie with a few good moments in between. In the end it's still a documentary only though.

Wet Weekend....

Aaaahhh... a nice Saturday morning to sleep in late.... with the sound of raindrops falling outside, and the nice warm blanket blending well with the cool weather... but why the hell am i awake at this time of the morning?!?! Haha... maybe it's coz i'm waking up a different person knowing that i'm done with my TWL job for the past 2 weeks and that i've got reservist coming up for the next 3!!! No need to think about work for about a month... now THAT's the real bonus of going to reservist!!

Anyhows, i think i've got this weekend nicely planned out.... Sharon's still sleeping now but i think i'm gonna wake her in a while coz i'm really hungry and i wanna have breakfast together with her somewhere.  She's also supposed to make the famous (or INFAMOUS) Potato Salad for Johnny Boi's gathering later! All the ingredients have been bought.. all it needs now is for her to wake up and if you ask me, that's the hardest part of it all..... I wonder though, there doesn't seem to  be too much food on the potluck menu. Maybe i should pick something up later for the whole group to eat?? Shall see about it.. i have a soccer game to catch...

This reminds me though, the last time the Orange Team met up, we got a last minute spoiler at Marina, with the groundsman claiming that the pitch was waterlogged and the game was a washout. Can you imagine that? 2 teams, 22 people, all gathered there ready to play, only to be told that there was no game and no referee??? Really was a bummer last week.. but luckily i had 2 other games the following day to make up for it. Anyways, as i was saying, today's game is also at Marina, and it's also raining and it dun seem to be stopping anytime soon. Better check with Seh Guan and maybe Desmond on the status of the game and possibly make new arrangements if need be. Should the game be cancelled i'll probably stop by J-Salon for a hair cut. No one really wants a funky soldier in the army i think.

Oh yes, finally caught Shumiin's braces yesterday. Hers ain't obvious coz she started on the bottom row of teeth. Mine is the top so i think everyone will really get a shock once they see my braces on next week. I've come to the point of no turning back though, and i'm absolutely committed for the next few years.... so i guess i've gotta face it. Some people have mentioned its coz of vanity, but PLEASE. Metal stuff to make ur teeth look like a tin opener for 3 years? i don't think so. It's basically for practical reasons... less teeth complications when i grow older... plus i have a few friends Lih Soon, Shumiin and maybe even Keli who are gonna go through the same thing together. At the end of it all, nice straight pearly whites.... after 3 yrs of horror and $4k paid out from my own pocket.... but i'll then smile beautifully for the cameras on.. well.. maybe my wedding day?? Hehe.. hmmm... wait a minute... now that's starting to sound like Vanity....

The Weekend Warrior fights on then... we'll see how it goes this time. 

Teeth Trouble....

Owwwwww..... Sitting here, trying to eat my dinner, and it's causing me lots of pain and anguish. I finally got down to putting the separators on my teeth yestrday... 2 of the top molars, one  on each side, being fitted with some irritating green stuff. Dr Quake says its to make space between my teeth for the inevitable braces, which i'll be putting on next week. Yesterday was still fine after putting em on... as i managed to eat a Zinger at Burger King and watch a movie too... but today was really insane. I struggled to eat.. no... SWALLOW my prawn noodles and chee cheong fun today!! One wrong move while chewing and you'll feel a sharp pain go through the sides of your head.. almost like an electric shock to the brain as Shumiin and Christine have warned. Anyhow, it's just the beginning man... really hope this 3 years of torture will be over before i know it.

Also thought i was finished with my current job today... as i was scheduled to pull out, but my manager,  a certain TWL, came over to review and after going through all the coaching notes that i've cleared, more and mroe started appearing. In the end she said it would be best if i could come back tomorrow to clear this, especially since i have nothing on... so wat can i say? Now i'm left with the arduous task of waking up to go office, telling Wang Noh to change my retain AGAIN, and then coming back to follow up with some of the stuff. TWL really really is.. as i was told... as detailed as can be. And those of you PwC auditors who may be reading this... please beware!!

The movie i caught last night, at the SFS free movie thingy, was called The Dreamers. Critically acclaimed, as Sharon saw in some reviews and that's why i chose it over... well.. Mean Girls. Turned out the show was really freaky shit man... about some American dude studying in France who makes friends with a bro and a sis who are fellow film buffs. Well one thing leads to another and they invite him to stay over at their place... and then you start getting a lot of kinky stuff going on in the house. You really REALLY have to see it to believe it. That said though, i don't really think many people will take to the movie. I know I didn't... for those of you who like erm.. nudity (and i mean FULL FRONTAL), incest, warped out characters, more nudity, virgin blood (no kidding), and lots more stuff like that, you'll probably enjoy it.
Tim's Movie Rating ====> 2/5 (1 for each boob) 

 
Oh and lastly, for those of you who wanna check out my New Zealand Trip photos part 1. Please click the link below. Part 2 is under construction and any inconvenience is wholly regretted. NOT.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4286376341

I'll Be There For You.....

Just caught another episode of Friends.... can't really believe it's the last season already, but i guess they're really saving the best for last. Some of my friends have already watched the last season, since you can get it online, Malaysia, and maybe even ur next door neighbor! All of them say itss really touching and heartwarming... Anyway Friends used to be my favorite show back when i was in Junior College... i remember catching almost every episode without fail..... midway through the run though i guess i lost touch, what with army and school and all, but at least i'm probably gonna catch every episode of this last season. Today's one had flashbacks and recaps and all those funny moments many years ago came back again... nostalgic humour i call it.
 
One wonders though.... what would i see on the telly if i try to recap the funniest moments of my life in half an hour? I really wonder what i'd see, although i do know that my best friends will always be close to me. Seeing how closely knit the 6 dudes in Friends are, i can only thank my lucky stars that the good friends i've met along the way are just as close to me right now... True friends really are hard to come by and despite all the crap, rubbish and nonsense that these friends are so full of, i'm still grateful that they're always around and there whenever you need them.
 
Friends really ARE some of the most important people in your life. Whenever you need support, whenever you need help,  whenever you need guidance, it's always a friend who can bring you through the worst of times. Let us try not to take this for granted yea?

Everything... has a Beginning....

Well, this is it. The Start. The Beginning. Where it all happens....
 
The last time i've kept a diary was like in Primary School... and a FAILED attempt i might add. Since then i've never really thought keeping a diary would be worth the effort. However, the New Zealand trip i had just a few weeks ago really got me thinking. I kept a journal throughout the amazing 18 days there, keeping track on everything that was happening around me. Everytime i take it out now and read it, i feel like i'm back in NZ again, the memories flashing back in my head. Don't ask me why i decided to keep something like that but i just thought before the trip that it'd be good to note down all the good moments during the trip, which i really regret not doing for Perth 2003.
 
True enough, it seems the journal has more than served it's purpose, and it's sort of a sign to me.... letting me know that my Life is just passing by me full steam ahead and if i don't make an effort to slow it down and take note of directions, i'm just going to lose my way and not remember the paths i've taken. Thus, i've been inspired to start this Blog. Ok it ain't like the typical cute book with a lock that people used to use back in the 80s, but i guess it'll do. Furthermore i'm online almost a quarter of my day, so i won't be having any excuse not to write updates on my life and thoughts...
 
I'm looking forward to making sure this works... so that one day, if anything might happen to me (touch wood), somebody out there will at least know what goes on in this little crazed mind of mine. In the meantime though, it's back to reality. I hate Mondays.