Its just another Bananaworld

Its been 2 weeks since my Grandpa passed away. The family got together to have a traditional chinese dinner at a restaurant to have send my "small"-aunt's family. They are flying back to Australia.

It was a nice dinner as we only got to have formal dinner during weddings.

And it really have been some time since we had a wedding.

I'm looking foward to sunshine tomorrow!

run. run. run. i wanna run.

i wanna grove.


In a millions ways

Ok Go is a swedish band that makes very interesting dance moves. Remember...


Here it goes again


They even have fan spoofing their dance moves!

Finished work today, feeling abit down.

Ever since i stepped into Uni-life, i haven't got time to do the things that i want.

Meeting the friends that i missed?
They are working/overseas/schooling.


Working out every week?
Been 3 weeks since i've moved my bum


Studying every week?
My mind is not with me everytime i summon it


Having more dates?
I'm not keeping up my figures


And as i bitch as whine about my F*** up life, i recall that when you feel lost and F*** up, writing a goal or task that can make thyself happy.


Needs:
1. Drink until intoxicated
2. Drink until intoxicated
3. Drink until intoxicated

Shit. I'm suppose to be on a no-alcohol diet for my marathon.


Screw it.


I totally need to have some exercise to kick-start my body before the brain beats it before me and drowns myself to death.


Video Killed the radio star

My computer is revived with $170 (Graphic Card) + $85 (Motherboard) + $20 (Technician Fee) + $30 (Consultation) = $305

Haiz.

I miss having money in my pocket.

My motherboard is quite wrecked up.

The PS/2 port for the mouse does not work.

My Creative Sound card is not functioning.

And the computer must be fully rebooted to function well.

What the hell.... All because of itchy fingers of mine to plug out the soundcard while the computer is still running. And it cause my motherboard to be abit fried up here and there.

Remember this?


Hi pple,

On december 3, i will be accomplishing the next most difficult task apart from accomplishing my OCS course.

And that is the 42km Singapore Marathon!

Can you imagine running 42km? Even most common man walk 24km during their National Service and that was during their BMT(Basic Militry Training). And that was it. Try running non-stop for 42km!

Part of the motivation that i will be running this 42km will be for charity. Although i cannot do crazy stunts like how Mediacock do their annual circus shows for NFK, i hope that by at least running for them, is the least i can do.

And you, dear readers, can do your part by contributing $$$$ for this act.

No joke

I am deciding on how i shall 'sell' my running act.

How?

Well. See this?


Running with support

I am willing to do ONE crazy antic from the highest bidder. However, with conditions attached and also there is to be no interfering with the 42km distance.

Its not for personal gain, and its for charity. I'm game for it. Anyone?

Conditions: Anything goes, except for stuff that are religious and too sexual. Does not require hands, legs or head and does not leave me too covered up. Cause i'm running a 42km. If i am wrapped up like a mummy, i would die of dehydration. Leave me a comment and i'll contact u about it. For my close friends, just give me a ring.

I am serious.

(Too sexual: would be running with a dildo on my head. Or with a G-string. )

(Too religious: Can be prosecuted in court. So don't play play.)

Example: Companies can find me to print alot of their logo on my shirt. (The company pay hor!) and get me to run in a stupid mask. Sure can attract alot of attention.

Or...

For those romantics, you can get me to run with a signboard. Or a message. (weak example...)

Foreign media and Singapore media will be there to see it all. I am so tingling with excitement.

I am serious.

Hohoho.. Spread the word!

Ever had that disappointed feeling when you just cannot find someone?

I finally took up the courage to pick up my hp to call, and all i receive is...

"The user you are calling is not available.."

What is happening?!!

What is this about NTU pee?


And Jack makes his appearance in my blog alot more meaningful. Thanks Jack.


My (real-life) brother left a comment on my blog sometime ago. And he apparently wants to be mentioned.

Humm...

I'll leave that in the back of my head and have it when it comes.

A week has passed since Grandpa admitted in hospital.

I guess some random ideas of violence on video would work up some of your own ideas for the week.

Lets start with my favourite.


"Sunny Muffin"


Pokemon! Got to catch them all~


America's First Dates + Aliens + Predator = "Er... I don't know lah.. watch it."

And lets end off with a few classics.


Remember the Neverending story?


That favourite FFVii game u play.


Inspector Gadget


Star Wars!

Whoa.. Robot Chicken has everything....

Work was interesting. I was like a real newbie at work.

Its really boring.



I think i'll get a mentos to work next time.

This post would serve as a round up of the wake.

I stayed over thu thursday night to friday for the wake. It seemed appropriate as i did not stayed over for any of the nights.

The nights were pretty cold at the nigth, but i got myself comfortable and stayed awake most of the time.

Around 5am, i knew i couldn't make it. So i took a nice spot on the chair and slumbered away till late morning.

Grandpa's coffin was moved from the wake to the church where a mass was conducted. After the mass, Uncle James and my brother each took turns to have a speech about Grandpa. Each were moving in their own ways. The mass ended and we accompanied Grandpa to Mandai cremation area where his body was cremated.

Everyone in the family was totally wasted and we hung out at Grandma's house till late noon.


It was odd not having his presence in the house.

Went to the wake after my lessons that ended 9pm. I wasn't to be at the wake the whole day as i was to prepare for my test before my lessons.

By the time i reached there, most of the guests at the wake had left and the chores were done.

Hope the cousins don't find it amusing that i don't stay overnight for the 'watch-over'.



Jay Chou's "Qian Li Zhi Wai"

Don't know why i put it on my blog. But as the song title suggest,hope that Grandpa watch over his loved ones from afar.

In the midst of all chaos, comes order. Then comes chaos and then comes midnight shift.

I wanted to stay, but apparently my 2nd Aunt's family is covering the duty.


In the midst of chaos.

The whole family was busy with chores to receive the guests, entertain them and expressing ours thanks to their condolences given.

Tonight was the first night.

And it was also a chance for me to rub shoulders with my cousins to serve the guests and as if it was all preplanned, I guess Grandpa wanted us to work out as a family for him. As far as i recalled, the only times that the family worked out was only on Christmas lunch that was ages ago before the children became to working adults.

What happened to those gatherings?

Tomorrow brings another day. And as i received quite a number of SMSes already... (including MSN), i do sincerely thank you all for the support/condolences.

I am well, and am glad that his departure is just a physical one as he will be with me always.





























Really... I'm fine. :)

For the past 24 hours, it was an extreme roller coaster ride.

My grandpa was admitted into SGH's A & Elast night due to heart failure.

At that exact moment, he told my grandma,

"This time i'm going to die..."

After a good effort made by the people in A & E, they manage to get him into CCU (Coronary Care Unit). Where he was under special care by nurses.

He was in a coma throughout the whole ordeal.


Then at 0300 hours today, his heart failed him again.


The doctor reckons that he couldn't make it for the next 2 hours at 1200 hours. Fortunately, i was present where i could stay at the hospital after the doctor made his annoucement.

The whole family prayed. My 3rd aunt (My grandpa's youngest daughter) was on board the earliest flight from Australia to Singapore. Her expected arrival in the hospital was 2100 hours.

After that, it was an emotional roller coaster with my grandpa going from a good pulse to bad pulse and then to good pulse. A bitter irony as i always have memories of him being humourous at the wrong timings.

Around 1900 hours, my grandpa was hit with another low timing. And then, the intensive prayer stepped in. I'm not a big fan of prayers, but i was sure that the amount of prayer at that time accumulated to around 2-5 years of my prayers.

At 2100 hours, my 3rd aunt managed to see my grandpa.

The family was reunited. And as if he if was not content with himself by escaping death many hours ago, he gave his last breath at 2155 hours and he was reunited with God in heaven.

He was 81 and had left a legacy behind. Life never seemed any less fragile at that moment. And till now as i type this, i can still remember the way grandma called out grandpa's name.

Oh Fack Its Monday

Enough of TGIF, lets have OFIM!

(This term was ripped off my unsuspecting sergent's blog from my BMT.)

Mondays. The day when the week starts it whole routine of work, again. Some find it boring as it would signify the begining of the whole week's routine. Others find it stressful as it would mean that assignments are due.

I find it refreshing!

I mean, what other better way to celebrate a terrible week that has passed than to have the new week to welcome you?

If the blues are still hanging all over, why not just have a good laugh?


Jimmy Fallon + Sex and the City + Matrix = ????

Maybe you would prefer music to make yourself happy. Try this...


"Try playing it hatless...."

Lets brave the week with a happy smilez.

This afternoon went down to Bugis area to get the birthday gift for Haohao.

Every Man should have a nice Toilette!

Met up with HaoHao during the evening for a good meal at Lai Lai Beef Noodles and gorged ourselves with the food.

HaoHao not only got himself a nice smelling bottle of Eau De Toilette, he also got a shirt from ladies like Xiao Zhen, Jing Ying and another shirt from Iris.

Both shirts are purple. Concidence?

After the heavy dinner, we moved on for some drinks at Loof.

Being the first few of the customers of the place, we chose a nice spot and settled down. As it was only 8pm+, the place wasn't that cooling, so the management had to drag out their cooling fans to start 'chilling' out the area.

We had our camera to keep flicking around the whole session of drinking and 'talking cock' to keep the session interactive. Maybe it was because we were just camera-whores?

After the whole drinking session, we made our own ways home... and i forgot to get from Ah Bert my library book!

*Argh*

My memory seems to keep failing me each time. I have failed to switch off the tap water three times (causing the water to overflow my mug) for this whole week. And now this!?

I need another brain.


Beaker sings "Feelings"

Do you know that Banana looveesssss the Muppets alot? They are soooo cool.

Bring The Muppets Show back!

oh.... and not forgetting,

Happy 21st Birthday HaoHao. Its that time of age where you can get sued. smiles :)

Visited the SAME senseh today.

Senseh: "You again!? You came yesterday... and you are here again!?"

Banana: "hehe... my coughing not getting any better."

Senseh does some writing on his electronic pad, sending important data to the computer while deep in thoughts.

After a quick diagnosis, he sent me home....



with the same medicine!

After a long hard mind bloggering debate within myself, i have decided to take up the job offer.

Its cheap, but its a small step. And big man should learn to take small steps.


Thank you everyone for your advice, and i will work hard.


For $$$ and country.

i've got a job offer today.

$4.70/ hour.

Should i try it?

Heck Lah. For $$$$!

(I'm getting better with my coughing. I have visited a Chinese Senseh today, and he gave me only a bottle of very tasty cough medicine. Is the Senseh so confident that i will recover so soon? Lets wait and see~)

Woke up this morning with the most terrible feeling in my chest.


One lumped breast!


Alien!

Its definately not an alien (chest buster) that is emerging my from chest.

Seems like my coughing is still not stopping.

Hate being sick.

Hate the feeling of not able to do anything.

Hate not able to concentrate 100%

Hate not able to go out!

This is crap.

Public Transport Council approves 1.7% fare increase for bus, trains

Argh. More money to be spent.

And i only got Privatisation to blame.

Its interesting to see my knowledge from my course put into practical application.

Apparently, Privatisation was first introducted to increase efficiency in the governmental organisation. SMRT was suppose to be part of a government body. But as years go by, SMRT seperates to form its own organisation. This new organisation is meant to be like any other profit organisation, like Microsoft. (People pay for their services.)

So as SMRT works hard to have everyone use their product, it will have to increase its efficiency so that people can say,

"Hey.. SMRT trains are nice to take. Must sit! Must sit!" (Actually is bo bian, SMRT owns the bloody MRT mah... No MRT= No transport)

Then while consumers like us use SMRT services, we pay for their services and they earn the BIG money.

But when is enough, really enough?

Shouldn't the organisation consider the ethical aspects on the labouring costs on the consumers?

The reasoning that SMRT needs adapt to the current economic outlook (high oil and etc...) is kindna lame shit lah...

What does SMRT do with its profit? Build more shelters and buses?

Be practical. Keeping the minimum profit should be alright with SMRT already. Why aim so high? What can SMRT do with more profits? Can they justify the profits?

At least the $1 million dollars contributed by the transport services is a better contribution.

Lessons resumed their order from today.

Last week, i had a really long break.


Really looking foward to order. My flu is getting better, but the head doesn't seem to be able to form practical thoughts.


*Argh~*


Reminder to thyself: Must have a balanced healthy lifestyle.

Damn. My MSN messenger seems to have some problems. Keeps turning up with a 80072745 error message. Was it my firewall? But i tried switching it off already.

It could be a Microsoft conspiracy to test run the crippling capabilities that it now possess since Microsoft controls most of the PCs on the world!

I want my MSN messenger back. I'm having withdrawal symptoms already.

I've discovered a trend!

I have been falling sick for every month since July.


July, August then September.


Not good. It could only mean that i have not been a very healthy banana.

Yesterday went to XiaoQian's 21st Birthday party.

I love going parties. Its even more fun if the party goers actually relax and mingle with the other people. It would actually be better if the host actually help to facilitate this. But then again, in Singapore culture, people would go rather nasty at parties.

Guy: "Hi, i'm XXXX. So how are you related to the host?"

Girl: "Hello..." (Then ignores the guy and goes back to her own group)

Girl's friends: "Whoa liao.. who is that fella!? Trying to kao zhar bo isit?"

Girl: "Aiyah... Don't know lah. Must be some weirdo."

Its actually a very common things for people to do this in parties! Its rather depressing to see such occurance happen. Why can't people be more relaxed and just chill out at a party?

Break away from that group and try venturing!

The last time i held a party, the whole group thingy is so damn obvious! Why must everyone form their own clan and own democracy? Really regretted not playing games during that party.

Next time when i hold a party, i better have more interactive games!

Finished dinner with Miss Wong and the rest of the gang that helped with the CO training camp.

Although i was sick before the dinner, i made my effort to go there. Since it was only a dinner at Rajah Inn of Tiong Bahru Plaza.

The dinner was simple, and i was great that everyone enjoyed it.

After dinner, some of us went to watch the Monster flick (since it cannot be specifed as a movie flick, as no horror was really in the show), The Host.


Please call 1900-112-XXXX to support this host.

Not your average SuperHost.

I think the movie is great. Its really fun. And its not your average horror flick!

The current CO chairperson is really very excited about having a camp at the end of this year.

Well... hope that the secondary school CO bucks up so that they will be able to demand what they want.

Foward Outram CO! Foward!

Damn.. i'm drowsy and tired. I'm sick again... TMD

It really ticks me off when someone closes to you doesn't appear as who they are.


Its really sad to see that someone you admire says such words.


And must it be that difficult to admit ones' mistakes?


Going thru a tough time to accept the truth.

This afternoon had an appointment with Barber (uncle), i've decided to go really wild for this semester so i told him that i really wanted to leave long hair so i told him to trim my hair.


Maybe by the time i do the marathon, i can run with a longer hair style.


Lets see how long i last before i get fed up from the hair.

After some trimming of my hair, i walked pass the block and saw this stuck on the glass door of a hair stylist.


"Tomorrow have something, never come off dey 5/9/06 - 6/9/06 then open"
(Have to edit the pic due to reflection.)

Makes my day man. My first pic of bad English!

Another occurance that made my day was that the NYAA letter has come!


NYAA Letter

"Congratulations! I am please to inform you that the NYAA Council has accepted your submission for the NYAA Gold Award."

"... Details of the Ceremony......His Excellency Mr S R Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore, will present the NYAA Gold Award scroll to you at the Ceremony."

"Other extra details..."

This is SO EXCITING. Oh yeah!

Did my 30 laps of swimming today.

*super shiok*

I'm totally addicted to that muscle aching feeling.

Finished watching 'Gong' today.


24 Episodes of handsome guys and cute gals.

The ending is kind of what i expected when i was watching it at around episode 3. But the ending was nice after all. Who doesn't love happy ending?


I really want to go for a Biennale tour!


And i really wanna go Mambo Jumbo Zouk~


I was looking at yesterday's newspaper (The Strait Times), and i was really shocked to see the report on SAF personnel video-recording their crazy-funny antics on their mobile phones and uploading them on Youtube.

What actually drives people to display such antics when they know that some basic rules will be broken thru?

All SAF camps have a simple rule that was not to have any mobile phones with any camera functions. Then what is with all the video clips!?

Has the training in army gone all the way up into the head to dilute the brain cells!?

I guess this is one of the examples that the army turns normal civilians into stoopid people. And i was one of them before. *Sheez* My experience in Army was very beautiful, please don't wreck the image!

I'm tired from the camp. Fortunately, i managed to catch some shut-eye sessions when the juniors were training today after lunch.

The scenerio: The month of October is going to be the time when my Alma Mater's (Outram Secondary School) Chinese Orchestra is to have a joint-concert with a Hong Kong's Chinese Orchestra troupe.

The plan: Have a intensive training camp for the Outram Chinese Orchestra so that they can have a better team spirit to face the upcoming challenges in the joint concert.

When the plan was brought before me (under heavy influence of Weng See & Peishan), i was really hesitant to do this. But as the saying goes,


"To do nothing is the greatest evil."


Yeah.. So the story reverts back to 2 weeks ago where i intensively met up with the Orchestra's students that were in the management to come up with the grand scheme.

Eventually it turned out to be a 2D1N of training camp for the students. It was a 180 degrees different from doing a CSCC camp.

How different? Lots of it. I doubt i want to list them down.

Fortunately, i was blessed with capable helpers. And one of them came in the form of Jordan. His participation in SP's EEE club definately trained him to become the ultimate 'camping' personnel.

With him by my side, it was a breeze and confidence was a definate boost. Apart from working with him closely for this camp, i also got to understand the Orchestra's teacher in-charge better and vice versa. The teacher in-charge happens to be a character researcher too. Spending time with her would end up having your character diagnosised. (scary but true!)

Apart from working hard to make the camp's activity as engaging and meaningful as possible, i tried to get the other graduates to participate in the activities. Fortunately, the graduates are very willing to play along and engage with the students. I tried my best to do some 'goal-setting' with the students, but they gave me the very "HUh!?" kind of look when i mentioned the word,


"Objective of camp"


Am i speaking an alien language to them!?


Despite my hopes that my speaking skills had improved, maybe it didn't really improved at all. Otherwise, how could secondary students not understand me!?

Disappointment put aside, i was impressed that my temper was not as bad as before. Trust me, if i had such intolerant nonsense from the students in the past, i would have exploded. (Ask the graduates ah!)

There were quite alot of good review of the camp at the end of it and even from the teacher in-charge. Maybe it was due to the long absence of 'camping' sessions for the orchestra (got 8 years meh!? as quoted from the official orchestra blog site, was it that long!?).

During the camp, i picked the movie "Sing Girls" for the orchestra to learn something about teamwork.


Swing Girls
Cute girls + Teamwork + Good music + Real funny storyline = Great movie


Hope the students had liked it. :)


The best form of reward for me is that the orchestra does well in the concert and that the management plans to do another camp at the end of this year for the upcoming SYF next year.

For the facilitators of the camp, thanks for helping out in all matters. It was really great to work with you all. Hope to see you all more often for the orchestra's events.

I need human contact.


Miss those 'la-teh' sessions, those campfire with a bunch of us singing the good times away, those nights where we tok cock about the future, and those jokes that we say all night.


Now they are replaced by BGR, tired bodies from the long working hours, 'realistic' talks about the 'realistic' future, and stories that were from the past.


Where have all the good times gone?


Welcome to the real world.

I miss the good times.

Rap should now be in Canada, sipping the water there and taking in the wonderful air there.

He is there to further his studies.

Lucky bugger!

It seems that quite a few of my friends are already overseas or preparing to go overseas.

Just hope that they come back and remember dear old me.

:)