Hippy Hop Trippin!

Joined the SEASO gang over at club C.B.R last Saturday... started out slow, no thanks to some technical glitches with the DJs' equipment... but once the beats start pounding, and the people started moving and groovin, the club came alive! I was moving a lot more than I thought I would, and I ended up only downing a single bottle of Killians (then again I was the designated driver, so it's just as well!)

Check out some of the pics, courtesy of SEASO's camera-trigger-happy host Nga! Yes, that is Nga who is doing a little Victory dance atop my head... I'll get ya for that!

Romelo and Julilette

Was watching an Asia-imported animated movie that was sent to my sis-in-law by her best friend in Singapore... Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai, also known as the classic Chinese romance novel "The Butterfly Lovers", with a tip of the hat to William Spearshake's tragic romance Romeo and Juliet. Of course, names and details have been changed to protect the innocent.

So that got me thinking... hmmm... what if there was a Singaporean version of the classic love story? Just imagine the headlines...

"Classic tale of love lost in an urban jungle"
"Star-crossed lovers take leap across supernatural boundaries"
"Forlon romance between Romelo 'Ah-Seng' and Julilette 'Ah-Lian'"

And the theme song would probably be a good 'ol fashioned remix of Ah-Niu's "Dui mian de Ah-Lian kan guo lai... kan guo lai..." (translate: "The girl opposite me just looked my way... looked my way").

Newest member of the entourage

Now that the period of rememberance of our dearly-departed Taurus wagon "Luna" has come and gone, it's time to introduce her replacement! Aptly known as the "GC" or "The Grand", laaaaadies and gentlemeeenn... I present to you... *drum roll*

Our Grand Caravan Sport, aka The Baby-Mobile! *ka-cheeessshh!* *applause*

Looking forward to many happy grocery store runs and road trips ahead!

Why do people remain homeless and bum around? Why?!!

Y'know, I always believed that given the opportunity... every member of society can get a job and feed him/herself. Aspirations and ambitions aside, this overly optimistic point of view often leads me to wonder about the poor folk in one of the most powerful and wealthy countries in the world. THE Hyper-power, if you must.

Led to this gentleman's blog by a funny link from mr brown's site about CosPlayers, I went further into Tian's blog and read this post: Spending on Homeless vs. Education ...

By giving cash to the homeless man standing at freeway off-ramp, he is being encouraged to live in a homeless lifestyle. When there is no incentive to be standing around waiting for hand-outs, he has to seek other ways to survive.

I whole-heartly agree on this. In more ways than one, I've always advised my friends and newbies (fresh undergrads) to ignore the bums on the streets coz they don't want your pity/concern, just money. And if you buy them something substantial like food and water, they spit it back at you. *pui*

So next time, do yourself and other fellow pedestrians a favor and move along... Your money is better spent if you donate it to an active non-religious/political-oriented charity, and your time is better spent volunteering at your local public community services center.

Hellloooooo Nurse!

Got my grubby hands on another pic from the Halloween party - with my friend, Jade aka HOT nurse, looking good as always!

Don't ask me what the hell I was thinking when posing for this photo... I myself still wonder, "was I talking mid-sentence or what...??"

One thing's for sure, I was SOBER!

Unleash the Gadget Freak!

My mom arrived from San Francisco last night... my dad is still at a conference, so he'll join us in around a week's time. Always great to see mom again (to tidy up, I got ma'self a buzz haircut @ Great Clips, since I got a coupon for that branch close by... and fortunately, I found some time to clean up my "pig sty of a room" to a state that it is presentable to the public and not require the presence of the Federal Radiation Safety crew).

Two things really threw me off on my mom's arrival. Firstly, she's branishing a sparkling new jet-black Moto Razr V3... OMG!!! my mom has a Razr!!!11!1!!! In black!!!!one1one!!1! That's the first shocker.

Next, she whips out a "gift from Dad"... here comes the major-domo:

Oh. My. Effin' Gawd.

My mom has just handed me a Playstation Portable. O. M. F. G.

In my hands. Is a pristine Sony PSP. I couldn't believe my eyes.

Holy I feel like a little schoolboy with his shiny new toy. My heart skipped a few beats and I was whooping in my head, totally ecstatic.

Ok. I have to stop now. Gotta midterm to study for.
BUT MY BRAIN IS ALL MESSED UP NOW!!!! AHHHHHH!!!

Photo me this...

After some frustrating attempts at linking photos from Webshots, Eleanor's daddy gave up and jumped ship to Flickr instead. So off her photos went, plus new updates posted on the web album! Check them out!

You cannot resist my cuteness!!!

It's close to miiidnite... and something evil's lurkin' in the dark...

BOO! Time to wrap up this pumpkin season! Shouts out to the SEASO gang for hosting the rad parrrtay! Namely, Nga for her hospitality, Jade for the invite, Nate for the coooolest costume (Blues Brothers coat and all) and Dan for putting on that huge sombrero! Plus, kudos to Dara for the advice he has on handling drunk friends (lay them on their - right? - side, so they don't swallow their own puke!) and for dressing up in nothing but boxers and an overcoat in sub-50 degrees (F) temperatures - you da man! Hee... cheers and see y'all on the next All Hallows' eve!

A fresh new look!

Oooooo! Check out theeez new template I peeeeked!

For one, it does make my emoticons integrate better into the paragraphs.

The Doctor is In!

Joined the fine folks from SEASO (SouthEast Asian Student Organization) for their Halloween costume party last Sat nite! It's my first costume party (finally pulled myself out of that hole at the bottom of Mt. Ulu) and mannnn it was crazy... hoooo... my friend (who gave the invite) was dressing up as a nurse (a really HOT nurse ;), so I decided to go along with the Doctor look. Of course, being Halloween, a straight-laced doctor simply won't do, so I hopped into a Halloween USA store + K-Mart, and got meself some accessories! $16 later, I got a stethoscope, floating eyeball, honkin' huge cleaver, a bottle of SFX blood and "here's my little friend" - a severed hand! w00t! :D

Borrowed a lab coat from a fellow Singaporean (Thanks Kumar!) and with the help of my sis-in-law (Kudos to Karen!), I did a little artwork on the plain-jane plastic butcher knife. Mix some reds and browns... mmmm... we've got ourselves a bloody mary! Splash a bit here and a bit there... hee... then next, it's off to the coat! I put it on (over my tee and shorts of cos)... stood in my bath tub and poured some of that SFX blood on my palms... mmmm... gooey. Quickly mushing the goop together in my palms I start patting and rubbing it all over the lab coat... heeeeyyyy... looking gooood! :)

And my palms... wow! After the goop dries off, it looks like real blood! Smells weird tho. *shrug* But it was great... and washes off easily too! Well... it actually needed some bleach to wash it off entirely later (the coat was a mild pink after washing off the initial blood splotches with soap)... but then again that's why I wanted a white outfit! ;)

Now that my main instruments of scaredom are set, time to dress up. Shirt, pants, a big blob of silver-colored hair gel (not exactly very effective... oh well), and I'm all set - the doctor with devilish intent!!! Mwahahahahah!

The Doctor is in! NEXT!!!