Its just another Bananaworld

First book of the year. I took this book because of the movie that was about to be released.

Its a true story about how man lives on after his stroke condition that leaves him bed-stricken. He is only able to move his left eye through the whole ordeal. Using his only eye, he sees his past and allows his imagination to tide him through his suffering and pain in a body.

And with his left eye, he chronicles about his days being like a butterfly in a diving bell. Hence the title.

It is written with fine words and is truly remarkable that all these are written by a blinking man.

The author passed away 2 days after the book was published in French.

Really think that the human spirit is truly amazing. No matter how one is beaten down, how can we feel that all hope is lost?

I want to catch the movie to see how the screen play captures the essence of the story.


The trailer of the movie.

Labels: books 2008

Woke up with a weird dream this morning!

Dreams seem to be haunting me every night. I had like quite vivid ones on a Friday night and on Sunday night. (Wonder why isn't there a dream on Saturday night)And there was this dream about me shopping some time ago too!

And everytime i woke up from the dreams, i end up being quite lerthegic from my sleep. This is not productive for my day work.

If i have anymore dreams that are a bit too 'real', i might have to consider a visit to a psychologist.

Is it a form of suppression that is within me? Will i turn into a 'gun-trigger' man that would hurt the school population?

I need to de-stress man. Perhaps the upcoming preliminary exams and the ongoing 'flu' on me is taking a toil on me.

Anyway, i am glad that i have tided somethings for this week. And this week looks like a good week to start mugging.

Monday - prepared the coming of CNY by cleaning the common areas of my house.

Tuesday - Mug for Marketing and ISDM

Wednesday - Tests for Marketing and ISDM then whine about how unfair it is to have 2 tests on a day.

Thursday - Study again.

Friday - Attend ICT lessons and hopefully have my bloody Networking book by then

Saturday - Mug and then meet friends for movie. Haven't decided on the movie or who to beckon for a movie. But i need some social interaction without burdens. The inflamation of rumours are not going to hurt my relationship with any of my friends. Just realised that i am meeting my Cha Dian friends for a session at David's house!

Sunday - Cello practice and then mug if got free time.

Mugging is going to be my next favourite activity for this week.

I am attending an 'Investor Club' welcome tea session later today. Hopefully its not as terrible as expected. Although this act is totally aganist my idea of participating any student activities while in University, but i think that i should do something about my need to meet with some 'University friends' as my social networking in the University is rather terrible.

Labels: dreams, sim

Some months ago, Lao Ma got this ringtone that i found particularly cute. And he was willing to spare it to me by sending it to my HP.

And since then, i have been using it as my ringtone, and the rest is history.

Recently, my 'new-found' study kaki Hui-Ge found my ring tone very interesting and he took a copy it too. And he found something very interesting online.



So whats the ringtone i am talking about!?


This is the full version of it, with crappy puppet actors of Harry Potter.

Sing-along to it!

And there is even a real life parody of the flash animation i featured above!


Banana Phone by Stephen Day of IYF Productions

There is also the really lame and crappy badger with flying Gundam-banana-phone.


Check out the flying Gundam-banana-phone~

The song 'Banana phone' is by Raffi. And it even has a Wiki page here~

Didn't realise that my ring tone has such a history.

"ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring... banana phone....."

hahahahahaha...........................................................

Labels: funny, Videos

I got this course recommended text book that i need to get. I knew about this last month, but i did nothing to get the book. (Usually, i would borrow the book and phptocopy it)

Only recently, has my lecturer taken upon himself to throw an assignment that i realized that not having the recommended text is a major handicap to my advancement in studies.

As i was the protagonist in printing the last course textbook, some course mates have advised me to take it easy and let someone else do it.

Till now, i hear no word of anyone doing it, except for a blotched attempt. And its been 3 weeks already!

Saddening to see that no one is putting in effort to realise the possibility of making the book copied.

This morning, i went down to school early to zap the book, but turns out that the printing shops around the area would take more than the stipulated hours of the book loan (4 hours). Ended up wasting a few bus trips to printing shops at Queensway and Beauty World.

Perhaps it is my nature to be impatient, i always want things to be done quickly. But just that some matters only require effort to accomplish, but its never an easy task. And for me to rely on people to accomplish them, seems like not a good idea.

Looks like being selfish in some matters is always better?

P.S : I ended up not doing the assignment cause i felt that by not doig enough research for the assignment would only ended up getting crappy results.

Labels: sim

That are taking their 'O'-Levels results tomorrow at their respective schools.

Good luck. And remember, no matter what results you have, there is always a road out there that is meant for you.

I know quite a few people who still lead successful life even with crappy results.

At least you have conquered one major step in life.

Still got 'A'-levels, Diploma, degree, BGR, marriage, work and other major 'crappesarous' with an enormous size awaiting.

After tons of action having fun at Mickey Mouse land, we finally get to experience some Hong Kong feel by going to one of the High schools and having a student exchange there.


The march of the students for the breakfast.

Can u imagine the girls and boys wearing skirts and shorts respectively on the cold streets of Hong Kong?


The pple of Hong Kong must be looking at us with dazzled eyes. What weird attire we wear.

After breakfast, where we had a 'boohoo' over a missing Pei Suan, we met our way to the high school.


The school corridor is small.


School hall. And where we will be performing that night.


Students listening attentively to the speech.


The Vice-Principal hosting the event. Nice chap with very good fashion sense. How come Singapore don't have such cool teachers!?


The Hong Kong high school Principal giving her welcome speech. Her speech strikes me as she mentioned that her school's motto and Outram's school motto is similar.

Labour conquers all! <- school motto

I sneekily paired myself with one of the students. And got myself into the classes.


Their maths lessons. This is like their 'C' Maths for Secondary 5. Their 'A'-levels is a continuity of their 'O'-levels.


Posing with one of the students. Emily. Check out their school attire. Very Chic.

I also started crashing all the classes during the whole exchange experience.


Home economics.


The teacher wore 'Tarepanda' apron. Ha!

I even crashed into the Hong Kong students' forbidden area. The teachers' room!




This cubicle was randomly chosen. So neat!

At the near end of the school tour, we arrived back to the classroom where our Hong Kong partner involved us in their discussion for the Christmas celebration.


Sneak shot at the teachers. They have a combined class system as the class is too small to function. So they have two teachers. The classes differ in their subjects taught.


Yuruu and Xiao Han display that Singaporeans can photo whore anywhere.


Ta-da. The students of Outram and Ko Lui Secondary school. Very obvious on the attire on who is from which school.

This picture is suppose to have the Outram students, Xiao Han, me and the Hong Kong partners. But the other Hong Kong students got excited and came in the picture.


A better picture of the whole group. Taken at the school hall. Except for the Hong Kong guy thats hiding behind Emily. He is shy.

The tour ended with the students and i preparing for the concert.


I snapped this teacher who was also the stage manager. Every teacher chipped in their part by helping out.


At one of the piece rehearsals.


Nice pic of the bass section with the primary school cello players. Their cellos are also small sized too!


At one of the main rehearsals. Everyone is getting ready.


Weihao and Banana doing silly pose. Suppose to look serious in this pic.


Mr. Pang, Weihao and Miss Wong giving their respective 'morale-boosting' speech before the concert. At that moment, each person gave very lengthy and naggy speeches, that i almost fell asleep.


More cam-whore at the back stage.


Benda, Mei ee and Banana.

Benda declares that 40 degrees tilt of her head is her ideal pose.


Miss Wong showing her paternal love.


More evidence of Miss Wong showing her compassionate love for the CO members.


Last min catch up!


Relax lah!


Cam-whore when bored/stressed.


Sylvester is going to be cool dude when he grows up.


On stage le!

And so we performed the few songs that the orchestra has been practicing over the past few months. Practices that included weekends and daily practices. Grilling, but compulsory to attain perfection. As the Chinese saying goes,

台下三年功，台上三分钟

3 years of practice, for that 3 minutes of fame. This saying goes true to the final bit for orchestra-practitioners.

Although the performance that day was not a 100%, but it faired well and the audience gave their approval by their rousing applause.


Tiffany and Banana. She has this 'puffer fish' look every time she take pictures.

And so, the concert ended with us leaving the school sadden as its the end of the day for us too.

Tired, satisfied, happy.


Benda playing his game on the HP.

Labels: chinese orchestra, OSS CO, pictures

Infront of my home desk is a calender. It chronicles the important dates of the days ahead of me and the days that past. Situated at the position of my sitting upright pose, the calender displays the current month right before me.

For every month, it has a good enough box per day for me to scribble important events occurring on that day. At the end of the month, i just flip over the month and a new month is for me to conquer.

Since 2008, i have not gotten myself a new calender to replace the old one. I can't tell what date was that day, when is the month ending and what are the days that lie ahead of me.

Short-sighted, the day seems to be easier to spend. No worries about future and the end of weeks or month. Just spend the days as it is.

Waste the days? Or do something useful?





I need a new calender.

Labels: others

Went back to secondary school to see how the CCA Orientation went along.

The crowd was not as happening as before. I recalled years ago that the stairways was always crowded, and people were like squeezing and sweaty is the next thing that happens to people.

But it didn't.

Outram is getting more smaller in the student cohort and the teaching staff too. Although this might mean that the population can get to know each other better, it could be a potential risk to be taken over by other schools since merger of schools are quite a trend too.

What a waste to a school's repute! Hope that the school can reign like it used to and take the school's name to greater heights.

After the orientation, i took some of my juniors to Singapore Polytechnic to view the open house since they are having some doubts about their future after the O's.

It made me realize how time have moved on since i graduated with my diploma. And i was so clueless like the juniors on how to choose what diploma to take. And through out the cluelessness, i graduated with a diploma and grind through the 3 years without failing it. Although a great success did not came along with the diploma, it made me a better person. Because i was fortunate to meet the right people at that time. My club mates, Cha Dian group, poly class mates and Chinese orchestra members. They gave me a chance to push my limits to the borders, and emerge as a winner each time.

Regrets? No way.

Labels: nostalgic

Totally didn't update my resolutions, so might as well do it now.

I really want to.....

Read 15 books for this year
Not including textbooks in my course. My intellectual capabilities are failing me. Fiction and Non-fiction only. Comic books (although they take up MOST of my reading time) are not counted! Only books with wordy thingies.

Run a marathon
Don't set my sights too high. But i hope that this year i can do it this year.

Silver IPPT Standard
Pull up: 8
2.4km : 10.30min
Sit Up : 40 times
These are my only obstacles.

Grade 3 Cello
Please, let me get it this year. Expect it to cost a bomb this year.

Be Enthusiastic about everything in Life
This one is a bit over broad. But, HEY, why not!?

Meet up with some old friends like from CSCC, OCS, BMTC, Polytechnic classes, Secondary School and Secondary School's CCA.
This one is a must. When did i last seen them!? I am vanishing from their heads already! Need to reappear and scare the hell out of them.

Have a better dress sense
This is a must. My friends are all bitching to me about it. Fashion tips anyone!?


Look like my 2008 resolutions are set. So hope that this year is going to be an exciting year, because its my year!

The year of the RAT! Thats my year~ hoho....

Labels: others

Lack of updates in blog. Apologies.

I finally got like 80% of my Phuket trip photos from Wenz. The remaining is with Qing. And as for when will i post them up, it'll be some time.

Its the mugging season for me as the assignments and tests are all flooding right to my doorsteps. Need all the time to focus on the right stuff. My mock exams are coming right after that. And a Chinese New Year Festival is squeezed between both events. As if my life is not exciting enough.

Mugging sessions are not productive and some more drive to become more efficient.

Work hard Banana!

Labels: sim