WTF

Something WTF had just happened.

I always put on my retainer after I brush my teeth before I sleep and take them off when I wake up to brush my teeth.

Just now, after I brushed my teeth before I was going to sleep, I took up the box containing my retainer and opened it. The retainer was NOT inside.

I looked around the toilet, living room and my room and the box AGAIN. The retainer was nowhere to be found. Then I tried to recall whether did I take out my retainer this morning when I brushed my teeth. I dont remember taking them out. Then I had this thought when freaked me out. I was thinking that I had sleep walked during the night and put my retainer somewhere outside of the street (Yes, I know its foolish and WTF). The more I think about it the more scared I become.

Then I told wf about it in the online game and he said that I was hallucinating and needed some sleep and then he went to sleep. I calmed myself down and I went back to the toilet and opened up the retainer box to look again.

My retainer was inside.

WTF?!

Was I really hallucinating before that?
Was that "ghost cover eyes"?
Was I thinking too much?

I dont know. I hope nothing "WTF" happens again.

Dead as a Shit

It has been quite a long time since I last blogged. The reason is because I havent been doing much interesting things lately beside paying the computer games, shopping and working. Same old rountine every single week. I soon realize how much things I had left undone.

Too much things to be done.
Too little time.

Screw procastination.

I just looked at the course structure yesterday. Looks like I got to face my worse nightmare, Statistics, for the first semester. I still never really figure out how that shit works. This time, I hope to get this right.

I still have not settle my university stuff and I have a feeling that it is getting too late. I am not going to enjoy my CHirstmas is that is not done by then. But I am still waiting for the email that I had sent to the school requesting for some help. I am really at a lost on what courses to choose for the first semester since I am not following the usual course structure due to the credit exemptions.

Christmas is coming.....



I still think this is the best christmas song ever.

New

Bored at Home.

Updates

Few things happened this week.

Applied for my student visa and went for the medical checkup. This checkup is much faster than I expected. I thought it would be like the NS checkup with those bloodtest, privates check, pee-on-the-strip and those weird shit medical machines check. The one I had is just a few qna, and very few other simple checks done in about 30mins.

Another "event" was my father's birthday. He called early in the morning (rare) and told me something which can be easily done through the msn (common). Well, I didnt wish him anything although that was the first thing I remmebered when I woke up from bed. I waited all the way till late at night and just leave him a offline message. I know what everybody is thing. Yes, I am a bastard.

Supervisor from the restaurant I previously worked at called. She knew I was back because I had dinner almost everyday there. She asked me to help out. SO later I am going to help out abit (with pay of course). But it seems that I will have to "help out" more often next week because everybody there wants their holiday.

Overall, most of my time in HK is now spent in gaming, a drug I thought I managed to quit. Thats why I decided to go back to work so that I dont waste anymore extra time.

Its abit early but just to remind everybody that christmas is coming and lets not forget those that are in need.
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE

May the Force be with You.

Backed

Finally back in HK again. Staying for another 2 months here before I head off to Australia.

December is going to be busy with all those applications and play...
hopefully I will have some motivation to do some revision....

Welcome Home

Today, Mr HWF is returning to HK from Singapore for good, just like what I did 3 months ago. Congrats and hope that he will enjoy his new life in HK.

Life has still been great for me in HK although I feel really damn lonely due to a lack of any close friends to hang out with.

I hope everyone in Singapore is doing better everyday and they will still remember who TCH is. ANyway, whether anyone remember me or not, I will always remember every friend that I made in Singapore.

Long time

It has been quite a long time since I blogged anything. There are several reasons for that but the excuse that I am going to give will be that I had been busy with work.

Anyway, the weather has dropped significantly since Saturday and I assume that winter has come. The wind is relatively strong so those coming to HK please bring a jacket to fight the coldness.

Now, I really regretted taking the easy way out by going up to China to work for my father. Although its really slacker life up there, but its hard for me to make any real friends.

My life was tough in HK but I had colleagues and customers that would joke and laugh with me.

And if I was still in Singapore...I could be...
1) Serving the army....
2) Chilling out with my friends...
3) In detention camp/jail due to overstaying...

Homeground.

After about 2 weeks in China, I finally had a chance to go back to HK for a day.

While I was taking the lift in HK, I was looking at a letter from the bank and I forgot to press the lift. An aunty then reminded me "Havent press the lift ah!" in cantonese. I didnt know why but my reply was "Sorry!"

When I reached home, I realize the lights were on....I didnt switch them off before I left to China the last time...

And then I went backed to the restaurant where I used to work in for breakfast. Surprisingly and at the same time not so surprised, the same regular customers were there. I greeted them and most still remember me and they thought I was still working there but changed shift.

Now its time to restock some stuffs before I have to go back to China again.

Boredddd

I AM SO FUCKING BORED HERE!!!!

Im...

I am down with a very bad cold and I feel like like shit both emotionally and physically.

I have njo strength to walk, no brains to think and feel extremely depressed or pissed over small matters.

I thought China milk only affects the kidneys....

2 weeks

It has been 2 weeks since I came up here to China. I didnt learnt anything up here except for nothing. I have no friends here and I am not even going online to chat with anybody. I am cut off from the world. But these gave me time and environment to really think of my life.

I can say now that I understand myself more and I finally have some objectives for the first time in my life.

I hope its not all too late.

haaa..

2 days ago, I was having my dinner with my uncles and aunties from my mother's side. We sat and had quite a long chat after the dinner, although I was 99% listening only because I couldnt speak their dialect. Of course, there were wine and beer....but I only drank pepsi. They were happily chatting, telling jokes and laughing.

While sitting there listening, this scene reminds me of myself in Singapore, when I was also happily chatting, telling jokes and laughing with my friends.

It has been a long time since I had told a joke to anyone.
It has been a long time since I've met any of my friends.

I really miss those joyful days.

Disappearance.

So I have been away for almost a week.

After I left HK, I am now in Shenzhen, China working in a company with my father. I am doing close to nothing here, spending my time dozing off, reading a story book or stuffs on the internet.

How exciting. I really miss my life in HK. Although its much tougher, less freedom, more scoldings, longer hours of work, I really had lots of fun listening to the crap my colleagues are talking.

I believe there will be more things for me to do next week since the golden week of China is over.

And I miss all my friends in Singapore.

Last day.

Today is my last day of being a waiter.

At the start, it was really a mental torture for me. Nobody knows my background. I was unable to write or read traditional chinese. I got bashed by both my colleagues who are now my friends and many many customers. In addition, there were just too much cantonese phrases I didnt know and at first, people were speaking at a speed I couldnt catch because I am just not use to hearing cantonese that "fast".

I didnt know how to handle them. I had to adapt fast. The culture is totally different.

Soon I adapted to the workplace and I made friends and knew a few customers.

Too bad, I had to leave as soon as I started to enjoy the life here. Now I got to start adapting to another job. A harsher environment with higher expectations.

Its the end of an adventure and the start of another challenge.

Leaving.

SO Sunday will be my last day. Confirmed.

Hope no shit happen and let me leave in peace.

And the replacement for me came for work starting today. A very pretty looking girl with sweet voice and of course, the horny uncle who is working in the restaurant had a few jokes with me when he saw the newcomer. It is very clear that customers are treating her with more respect than me or other aunties around.

The world is so unfair.

upup

Typhoon hits HK again but no holiday for me still.

Have been working for the past 20 days and I am really tired. Luckily, this Sunday will be my last day of work in the restaurant.

WIll be going up to China to work.
I wonder where can I get milk when I get there.
I don even think the place that I am going to live in is going to have any internet access.

I am going to try and learn as much as possible for the next 2 months.

Do or do not, do not try...

Old granny pisses young man.

Disclaimer: Lots of swearing in this fictitious story.

Business in the last few days wasnt very good for the restaurant this young man is working in. So the supervisor thought that it is okay for her to take leave and leaving minimum people working.

Life is strange. On the slot with the least number of people working, business became extremely good, even better than normal days. There were not enough people doing the job. Not only man power became a problem, utensils and cups were out too.

Customers were pissed. There was this old granny sitting at the back. Obviously, she will be attended to last since her the position she was sitting at was far away from the young waiter and although she raised her hands more often than the others, she didnt raise it as fast.

After she had her meal, she was sitting there chatting with her friends. Young waiter was then serving a table beside her. She complained "I raised my hands alot of times just now he also never come. So slow. If I am the boss i definitely will not hire him."

She continues the complaining but young waiter was too busy to hear. But there a thought flashes across his mind...
YOU FUCKING OLD BITCH SHUT THE FUCK UP. CANT YOU FUCKING SEE I AM TRYING MY BEST AND WE ARE SERIOUSLY LACK OF PEOPLE HERE. THE REASON WHY YOU ARE SO FUCKING BLIND AND CANT SEE IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN A BOSS OF A RESTAURANT BEFORE BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO FUCKED!!!IN ADDITION, THE REASON WHY YOUR EYES ARE FILLED WITH SHIT AND CANT SEE THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACING IS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN DONE THIS BEFORE. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND EAT YOUR OWN SHIT BECAUSE YOUR TITS PRODUCES MILK WHICH CONTAINS MELAMINE!!!

Wouldnt the story be wonderful if the young man had said what he was thinking in this story??

So many things

Quite a few things happened today.

One good.
One normal.
One bad.

I will start with the normal one first. Business in the restaurant is really bad today and that is abnormal, even if the market is really bad. The reason is clear. Today is the second last episode of 家好月圆, a tvb show. As the people in the restaurant were very little, all the staffs get to enjoy the show too. One customer was tearing and we were laughing behind =x.

The bad one is the tutee is not improving. I think not many know about my tutee. I thought that as long as I am much more patient with him than the other tutors before him, I will be able to do the impossible. But I think the other tutors gave up not because they had less patience, it was because they saw what I see now...The boy cannot be saved unless he wakes up his idea.

The good was I received a small little prize from the tv station. Its a Pilot Frixion pen in which the ink can be removed by frition.

Quite interesting.
7 more days till I leave this job.
14 continous working days.

wtf

WTf is wrong with the people today.

Today everybody seems so grumpy. Ask for some many things and none seems to be satisfied. It makes my job difficult.

People are never satisfied with the good things they have. But they always say enough of this shit. Why cant they be saying. I had enough of good things and more shit please?

The world would be a better place.

Embarassement

Yesterday, a Caucasian couple came into the restaurant and I was the one serving them. They were exceptionally polite and I was really flattered by their thank yous and the words they use. I dare to say that they are the best customers I had served.

Today, they came in to dine again and I was the one serving them again. I was also taught how to handle the billing machine too. The problem is it does not calculate how much change you have to give back. You have to do it usuing a calculator. Just so happens that the receptionist was not around while the Caucasian couple were paying the bills so I took over. Their bill was 81 dollars and they gave me 120 dollars. I was shocked and panicked. They walked away after saying "They are for you."

I told them to stop and said "No, I cant do that"

The reason is because they are too kind and I don deserve that. There is no tips system in the restaurant in the first place anyway.

But here came the problem. The entered 100-81 on the calculator and I just gave them 19 dollars of change; short of 20 dollars.

I only found out that I gave the wrong change when the receptionist came back and saw the money.

I know those Caucasians will never read my blog. But if you do, I will gladly return the 20 dollars to you from my own pocket. (The boss kept the rest of the extra anyway).

I will always remember their faces and smiles and I will always have a 20 dollars note in my wallet so that one day when I see them on the streets, I will insist on returning the money back to them.

I know it sounds silly and people must be thinking that I am a madman. But they are really too kind and I don deserve this 20 dollars.

MOONCAKE2

The weather in HK is extremely hot now. Actually its not only now, it has been so hot since I came back from Singapore. There was only about one week of "coolness" due to continous raining and the typhoon.

This is much hotter than in Singapore. In fact, since last week, I had been switching on the aircon since I get home and will only off when I leave the house because the heat is just unbearable.

And why has this got to do with mooncake?

Because I think the temperatur for this mooncake festival is going high you can bake your own mooncake by putting the raw ones just under your pillow. In addition, everybody is going to be so hot tonight that they will be glowing. Nobody needs any lanterns anymore.

Im actually starting to worry about the electricity bills. =/

MOONCAKE

So I am not really soon when is the mooncake festival.

But my boss gave each workers 50HKD so that they can buy mooncakes themselves. I donno about the others, but another youngster and me were happy. In fact, we were saying its even better than having a moooncake.

Because seriously, I can eat a much tastier meal by topping up another 50 HKD instead of eating a boring mooncake supper.

time

Finally the restaurant hired a new guy.

This means i will be working one shift now. Which means I am going to earn half of what I am earning now from now onwards. But that also means I have twice more time for myself too.

Hahaha.

stock

Yesterday, I went to the supermarket to buy some stocks for my breakfast and supper.
Spent 357 HKD.

I hope it can last me for at least 2 weeks.

COCO

Offday ~~

and a new bed on thursday!!!

Bad.

Today, I pissed a couple off real bad and I am deeply sorry for it. Because of me, their wonderful high tea session is ruin. Because of me, they might hate the restaurant I am working in forever.

I am filled with guilt now. I know they will never read this, but I just want to express my guilt here and explain why it happen. I am not trying to make any excuses but such an unfortunate incident happened because of a series of coincidence.


Disclaimer: Wall of text below

Firstly, it happens that was holding many small stacks of paper to take orders today because I picked them up from a cupboard and I thought that since nobody is using them, I will collect them and use it as one big stack. So after taking their orders, I carry on to take orders from other customers using other small stacks (easier than flipping). Thus, the couple's order shifted towards the middle of the stack. After that when I was about to give the orders to the reception, I remembered that I have to give my employer my address (I was already late for 2 days). So, I went to undate my address and had forgotten how many orders I had actually taken.

It was rather busy this afternoon and thus I didnt have time to go through all the small stacks of paper. Therefore, their orders were not entered.

After their long wait, I realize something is wrong and I checked my stack. I found their orders and I went to the reception right away to place their orders. I think they had also sensed that something was wrong and they approach to ask me too. I apologized for my mistakes and told them that their orders were coming.

But they orderd baked rice which takes the longest time to cook. So after a few more minutes, they couldnt take it. The guy complained loudly and the girl stormed out of the restaurant banging the door. After the complaint, the guy walked out angrily too.

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I am such a cock up.

I want to...

I want to tell my boss...

Can I sleep please??

Can I sit please??

No more shit please.

If.

Before this, I had 3 opportunities to quit my current job and get a better one.

But I didnt.

There were many reasons for that. I dont wish to elaborate due to some private reasons.

I might have another chance to quit my job again.

I am really tempted this time.

The pay is not really good.

But the offer is highly tempting.

But the question remains, will I get the offer??

End of this month, I will get the answer.

Injury

Yes, this is my hand. No, this is not STD. It is my hand being scalded by the sizzling sauce from the steak while I was serving today.

Time

It was really a struggle. I cant decide whether to work the full time or just part time.

The money for part time will only give just enough to feed myself. I got to rely on my father for my new bed + desk + bills. In addition, I wouldnt be able to buy myself an expansive chair for the desk and a new laptop.

Anything thoughts such as new clothings and my plan to travel overseas during decemeber and january to some places will also have to be discarded.

No, I am not going to find another job.

Steps

Im going to take any steps towards more hardship. The restaurant is offering me to work full time. Their full time means working at least 10 hours a day with only 4 days leave a month. The worse shit is even if you are on leave, you are still on standby. If they need you on your leave day, thats too bad. Find another day for rest.

Its one small rise in pay, one big step for slavery.

FARK YOU!

I cant take it anymore.

Warning!!! EXPLICIT LANGUAGES AHEAD. DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU WILL BE OFFENDED. tHE FOLLOWING CURSES DOES NOT EXPRESS MY VIEWS. I AM JUST CURSING BLINDLY.






































































FUCK MY JOB.
FUCK THE CUSTOMERS, OLD YOUNG FAT THIN BOY GIRL MAN WOMAN LADY GENTLEMEN ANIMALS GAYS LESBIANS AND TRANSSEXUALS.
FUCK THE AUNTIES WORKING IN THE SHOP
FUCK ALL MOTHER FUCKERS
FUCK ALL OF YOU READING
FUCK THE HUMAN RACE
FUCK THE WORLD
FUCK THE UNIVERSE
FUCK THE WORD FUCK!!!

Signals

Yesterday the typhoon signal went up to signal 9. There was a significant increase in the strength of the wind compared to the previous signal 8 typhoon.

Almost EVERYTHING was close on the streets and I was so so afraid I am going to starve to death. Luckily Macdonalds and KFC were open. And after a stroll around the neighbourhood to look for more alternatives and to enjoy the wind, I found that they were the only eateries opened. So I had Macdonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

My boss decided to close the shop too after I worked for one hour.

And with such a big wind, anything can fall from any building. The streets were quiet. No vehicles and very little people. A scaffolding collasped near my house and hit the building's windows. Roads were closed and pieces of glass were on the floor.

I better stock up some cup noodles before a bigger one strikes next time.

Screw the typhoon

So typhoon is something I want to experience very much. However, not this time. The restaurant I work in is just underneath my block. Thus, if signal 8 is hoisted, I will still have to work....

And I have a feeling its going to be long working hours because many people will not be able to make it to work....

My supervisor told me to standby for earliest shift tommorrow, which is 730am. I wonder how am I suppose to wake up since i finished work at 10pm tonight....

ANd one more thing to complain about work. I hate serving couples. They are so hard to please!! Guys will always try to act man and make freaking demanding requests and the girls will complain like a bitch and the guys will translate those barkings into human language without thinking just like a dog who can talk human language.

DIsclaimer: The above complain is only directed to hard-to-please-couples. I am not stereotyping.

Hope

I want to keep this place free from vulgarities.

May the Force be with Me.

COL

Its just too different. Working in HK is just too different.
I've long heard about it but I didnt know it will be this bad.

Before I work in HK, people have been telling me that if one work in HK, you will learn to be smart and you are going to get shit from your boss.

I never really understand that.

On the first day of my work, I already understood.
Nobody teaches you ANYTHING. YOU got to guess almost everything yourself. If you are lucky, your colleagues will teach you. The normal reaction is no answer, they just dont care. If you are in bad luck, you will get sarcastic remarks such as...Dont you know how to see? (I got this quite alot of times).

Seriously I dont understand. Instead of giving sarcastic remarks, why cant they just teach since it takes almost the same time to teach and give the sarcastic remarks.

So of course you wont stand around even if you don know anything. You will try and follow what others are doing. If you are lucky, you get it right. If you are wrong...you get some shit from you supervisor and sarcastic remarks by your colleagues.

I learnt how lucky I was being born in a family that gave me such a comfortable life.
I learnt how much I had been spoonfed all these 20 years.
I learnt that if I dont want to lead such a painful life in the future, I really got to work hard for the next 3 years.

Today, I burst into tears when I thought of those things above.

Land of the Tyrants.

Hong Kong is my homeland.
It is also the place where tyrants are everywhere.

Kids talking like adults, with adults protecting the, making them the king of the world.
Kids in HK are much more powerful than singaporean kids because of this point. They are not only proetcted and pampered by their parents, they will even make the first move to piss you off and get you to challenge them or get you into real trouble.

Well, in Singapore, people take english as their first language and mother tongue as their second. I think in Hong Kong, their second language is sarcasm. They are so good at it they can get a gold medal for it.

Summary : MY JOB SUCKS.

Lets put a smile on that face!

harhar

I actually wanted to stop looking for a job when the olympics is going on. I didnt want to work during the olympics so that I can watch it all day at home.

SO I stopped looking last friday already but on monday morning (yesterday), the 茶餐厅 just below my block called me for work. It is not a good job at all. Being paid only 23HKD/hr (4 SGD/hr). I have to perform really mentally challenging tasks too. Because it isnt really a restaurant, we dont have computers or electronic receipts to take orders so everything is handwritten in lousily hand written CODES.

Memorizing the codes is a piece of freaking cake to me BUT I cant make sense out of the damn handwritings of my collegues.....and thus I have to keep asking what are they writing. This really made me stress because after 2 days of working I am not improving still.

I believe that if Jacques Sauniere were to write like that, Langdon will never be able to solve the mysteries of the holy grail.

(+)

I feel the lack of energy today. I read less than 5mins today. No mood to watch the X files or Olympics.

I cant even finish both my meals today, eating only less than half of the fried noodles I ordered during dinner.

I think I will have to sleep earlier tonight.

Why.

萬人入場觀賞奧運馬術 奧運馬術今早舉行賽事，約有萬人出席，未有滿座，部分觀眾聲稱，不懂欣賞，感到沉悶。

Disclaimer: The text below are just my views.
I believe that people are always drawn to things that has a lot of publicity or/and when alot of people are doing it but many never really understand what is happening or what is it that they are actually doing.

End result? Wasting of own time.

The above incident reminded me of the Macdonald Hello Kitty saga in Singapore many years ago. Who actually what the Hello Kitties are for? Who actually really likes Hello Kitty? How many of those who got those dolls still have it now? Yet so many queue hours for it.

I had similiar experiences too. One of which is playing of Tamiya cars years ago. I didnt really know what I was doing or why is it fun. But everyone was playing it and so I joined in too.

Now, these stories reminded me that I should not waste time on things that I dont like or understand or not planning to understand at all. It reminds me that I should spend my time on things that I really need and that are important to me.

Sorry, I am crapping again.

News.

SO yesterday I was talking about the signal 8.

I said that the wind wasnt very big.

Looks like that isnt true.

I saw on the news. The wind is big.

I just wasnt at the right place.

When will I be at the right place right time and doing the right thing?

signal 8

For 20 years of my life, this is my first time really witnessing a signal 8. But i guess this time the wind wasnt even close to big.

Well but yesterday night, I was having my windows opened (I didnt know that I wasnt suppose to do that....). Yeah but I witness something cool.

One howling wind and some of my windows suddenly opened FULLY and then the next monment another wind blows and they closed back. Just like the movies.

So in the afternoon today, I went out to have my lunch as usual. MOst shops were closed except for fastfood....which really gave myself the excuse of eating them (I am still sick so I had been avoiding fastfood and coke for almost a month already).

Macdonalds/KFC is still my favourite dinner choice.....

Updateee

So I still haven got a job. Which really makes me feel useless. I hate to admit it but I think wk is right, my diploma is useless in Hong Kong. Diploma is already useless in Hong Kong where people are studying for degrees, associate degrees and higher diploma. Who gives a shit about diploma holders?? In addition, mine is a Chemical Engineering diploma...

But thats not an excuse to use when I cant find a job.
I know.
Thats why I am feeling damn useless right now.
I have no experience in serving customers, nobody wants to hire me to become a waiter.
I do no have a good O lvl cert, nobody wants to hire me to become a tutor.
I do not know the way well in HK, nobody wants to hire me to deliver goods.

Anyway, Signal 3 has been hoisted.
I am hoping maybe I can have a taste of signal 8 storm/typhoon tommorrow morning (I know its quite an irresponsible statement because signal 8 is quite troublesome and dangerous...but I just want to feel how is it like....)
The rain is damn big right now.
Its hard to sleep because of all the rain tapping on the windows.

Lets hope tommorrow will be a better day.

明天会更好

Looking for a job

So this week, I went on a quest to look for a job.
I am willing to those almost anything. But still, I cant find one.

So after sending a few resume, a restaurant asked me down for an interview for a waiter position. I definitely can take the standing and hardship and I can speak 3 fluent languages. I thought the interview is going to be easy.

But there is no interview....instead, there is a test.
Personality, maths, english and chinese were all tested.

Well, my heart started to beat faster as I heard that they were going to give me a test. But I dont think a waiter test is going to be that difficult.....

I started to panic when I flipped through the questions. They were all written in chinese. Long maths questions in chinese. Personality test in chinese.

The english test......they gave me a chinese sentence and then in the middle of the sentence is a english word. I am supposed to replace that english word with a chinese word to complete the sentence. Althought it is multiple choice, I still find it difficult.

And so, I took too much time reading the traditional chinese questions ( I think I took more time than the time allocated for the test because the manager kept coming back to see if I had finished).
I didnt expect them to call me to hire me after the test.
But at least this is a wake up call for me.
I need to improve my chinese and start reading traditional chinese books if I want my future to be in HK.

What if the next time I apply for a chemical engineering job and they give me a thermodynamic test in chinese?!!

uncertainty.

My favourite quote comes from the PS game FF9, which is "The only dependable thing about the future is uncertainty."

People are uncertain about the future because the future has not been set yet. It can still be changed as long as we move towards the direction we want it go. And I believe this is the reason why many people always try to overcome their problems. Because we know that man can change the future.

Give up and the future will be set. Continue and think of a way to solve the problem you have in hand and act towards it. Remember, thinking alone dosent change the future, you have to execute your plans.

We are all part of the future and creating it as time passes.

Book fair.

So HK is now having a book fair. I didnt intent to go actually because I still have 4 unread books but due to unforseen circumstances, I went anyway. I am not sure when it is ending.

There are so many people going to the fair that there is a long queue outside the exhibition hall.

According to my estimation, this is only 1/10 of the whole queue.

And the queue continues......................

However, I must say that it is a rather smooth queue because the crowd is moving constantly with very occasional stops (Only about 5 minutes or less).

So you will need a 10HKD ticket to enter.....

This is Hall 1 if I remember correctly. There are....lots of books and more books, both in chinese and english. There is also a area for christian books and another area for buddhist books. There are even booths that sells pictures of pop stars, snacks, stamps, souvenirs.....

I spent about 2 hours in Hall 1.

Hall 2. This Hall is less books, more stationaries and some other office equipments. I spent about 1 hour inside here.

Overall I would say if you are a love chinese books, the book fair would be quite an exciting trip. There are also alot of english books but I feel that it is not enough.

Problem.

This is bad.....
The current money I have in hand can only last me for another 7 more days. But since rt is coming next week and wk wants to watch imax batman, I think I will have to tap into my reserves........................................

Those money that I had been saving all these years..........
I will be using it finally............
And once I finish spending those...........
I will starve to death.................

So I better settle my university stuff by next week and get a job quickly.

A Walk to Buddha.

The Big Buddha is a tourist attraction in HK. Although it is just a big bronze Buddha statue sitting down, there are also lots of stuff you can do on the way.

If you are taking the train, you will stop at the Tung Chung station if I am not wrong. Near the station, there is a shopping mall with all the warehouse sales. But please shop after you have visited the Buddha. You will have the time after the seeing the triple B, Big Bronze Buddha.

So after reaching the station, get to the cable car station to take the ngong ping 360 cable car. I would recommend the 145 HKD package which includes many things there ( cant remember the package already).

This is just the beginning............

The good thing about going to the Buddha is you can enjoy good air. In my opinion, the air in HK is quite polluted compared to Singapore.

This is what you see when you arrive.

This is the stairs leading to the Buddha. Before this, there are many shops for people to buy some souvenirs. If you have bought the 145HKD package or if you have the tickets for the Walking with Buddha show, go watch it. Pretty Good. There is also a 7-11 there which sells alcohol too...although I dont know if the Shaolin 18 Bronze man would appear and beat the shit out of you if you try to bring them up the stairs.

Say Hi!!
Lastly....

You don't Mess with the Buddha.

Embarrassing

Its a damn tiring day today.

Walked the whole damn day.

Drank lots of shit the whole damn day.

So there is this sushi shop that is on half price if you eat after 10pm.

And so being a cheapo (myself only), wk and I decided to walk until 10pm.

Sad to say, both our legs cannot take it.

So we just settle down in a random shop to eat.

I ate curry chicken rice and drank honey red tea.

I must say that shop is one of the best I have eaten in HK so far.

Anyway after that, we went to wellcome to buy another drink.

And while paying, I took out my park n shop card.....................
(there are two well known supermarkets in HK, wellcome and park n shop, much like shop n shave [its supoose to be save, but I always laugh at that so I prefer calling it that] and fairprice.)

without knowing that I had entered wellcome.................

the cashier only took my money....................

and didnt take my card..............

I thought she forgotten about it..........

and so I just walk out of the shop..................

and then wk realize that it was wellcome............

lucky I didnt ask why didnt she take my card................

I am never going there again.

Okay back to Miss HK 2008.

Internet

Finally got my internet up in HK.

Now I just need a new mouse and a keyboard to start gaming.

But I better start settling my university application.

The deadline is coming soon.

Previos Post.

So yesterday I was trying to blog about my days in HK.

I am still enjoying my days here as some of my friends are still in HK.

But after this week, I will be alone here with only wk as my only friend in HK.

So I got to start establishing new contacts and make new friends in HK.

And of course, get a job in HK.

For my friends in Singapore, enjoy too.

Bad.

Shit. I typed so much and then gone.

Shit.

Update again soon.

9th July 2008.

Today, I should be enlisted into the army.
I should be meeting a new group of friends, eat some canteen food, clean my bunk.

But here I am in Hong Kong....shopping, and eating buffet with my friends.

No, I am not trying to be funny here. I may seem to be enjoying myself, but choosing a different path just means that I have a new set of problems. Just that they are problems I do not want to dicuss it on a public blog.

The life here is already different. I am on my own now. In the past when I was in Hong Kong or Singapore, I might be living independently, but I was still financially dependent on my parents.

Now its different. Now, I have to earn what I had spent myself.

Life is going to be tougher.
But I am going to be tougher than that.

7th July 2008.

I have been meeting out with lots of friends these 2 days.

But sad to say, there are still many people whom I didnt get to meet up before I leave Singapore.

So I have been quite emo for these 2 days too.
So emo I cant tell a good joke.

Thanks for everybody's concern.

And the reason why I decline some offers to send me off because I dont want so many people to see me become a crying pussy in the airport later on.

I remember the day I left Hong Kong for Singapore 14 years ago. I cried and struggle on somebody's shoulders while he/she is carrying me (cant remember who but most probably my father).

Before this, I was very determined to leave this country.
At this moment now, I cant really choose where I want to be already.

SG

I spent 14 years in Singapore, almost 15 now.

And my opinion is...this is a great country.
For the past 14 years, the government has been stable and had done alot in improving the people's standard of living.

The environment is nice, with trees, playgrounds, recreactional parks in many neighbourhoods.

Education system that allow students to learn fundamental and important subjects.

Laksa, Roti prata, Hokkien mee, Kway teow....

And there are many more good things about this country.
Many people thinks that I dont like this country because of some of the things I say.
Thats not really true.
It is just that I have came to realize that although other countries may not be doing as well as SG in terms of economy, there are still many things I can learn from them.
There are still things that I can appreciate.
There are things that that this place dosent have.
There are things I want to experience and see.

Therefore, I am leaving.

Poly.

If secondary school is weird, my poly life in singapore is crazy.

Getting into ad15 is both fun and sad. I will not talk about the sad part.

This is a class filled with the craziest and funniest ideas.

Pranks can be played in any places. From classrooms to lecture halls and the toilet too.

Jokes are told everywhere.

There wasnt a single school day I wasnt laughing my ass off and rolling on floor laughing.

Too bad, it only lasted 3 years.

I got to thank my classmates for letting me laugh my way through the three years of poly life.
I got to continue apologizing for giving the CPTC group many troubles and at the same time thank them for letting me some of the most important lessons in life.
I got to thank the people in year 3 tutorial group for helping in projects and my studies.
I got to thank many lecturers for tolerating my crap in class and at the same time not showing much biasness. Although the remaining few I would like to curse them =). But I am not going to because I don blame any of them for aiming me.

Okay maybe I lied in the previous sentence.

Secondary School

Secondary school is weird.

I typed one long wall of text and I realized that there are just too much to say and so many people to mention.

But here is what I found out...

• I got to know ty much better in secondary school although he is not from prss.
• I got to know rr, wk and many others who were not from my secondary school earlier than my classmates. Maybe thats why I wasnt really close to the sec 1 and 2 bunch....
• I never thought that I could make any good friends from 3e1/4e1...but i did.
• Too much things happened in secondary school, too much friends to mention.
• I have to thank everyone I've met for that 4 years.

Primary school

CAUTION: WALL OF BORING TEXT!!!!!

I started living in Singapore when I was K2. At that time, I stayed at Bedok and the friends that I hang around with was the HK kids in that neighbourhood.

When I was primary one, I moved to Tampines.

But during primary 1 and primary 2, I still hang out with the usual "HK gang" in the old neighbourhood.

Because of geological factors, I didnt get to play with those HK people as often as I can when I was in primary 3. However, there were still occassional swimming meet ups.

And I started to make more friends from church and in school.

Here there are three seniors which I want to mention and thank. I dont really know their names in english so I shall just call them C, D and L.

C and L were the first ones that I met. I knew D at the church. At that time, I was already the naughthy bastard and my results were way below any of the HK people I knew at that time....and even until now I am still the worst. But these three seniors who were way smarter and well behaved than me became the first few good friends that I had. Though I had already lost contact with all of them. I thank them for teaching me valuable lessons in life (L taught me how to cycle, I continue swimming because it was fun playing catching with D after swimming and C taught me how to be street smart).

Soon it was primary 4. I got to know the playground gang more. (WF, daniel, wei qiang, etc....sorry if I missed out many names xD). Those were the times we used to call home telling my mother there was a project....and instead we went to the playground to play.

Then primary 5 and 6 I got to know the people who played the playstation and marbles with me (Jeremy, Chee Hong, Rainer and Joel if I remember correctly).

I thank all these people that made my primary school life intresting and fun.

Not to mention Mrs Tan and Mrs Lee who were good teachers I met in SHPS at that time.

Pack.

I already started packing 2 weeks ago.
Throwing away my CDs, DVDs, games, old computer parts, stationaries, etc.

My room is no longer messy because there is almost nothing left already.
And i even threw away my trophies and medals.
Because I feel that they are not something that are really valuable to me and I am too lazy to bring them back to HK.

My father said that I am going to regret it in the future.
I didnt care much and threw them away.

So on that night when I was sleeping, I had a dream.
Somebody picked my trophies and medals up.
He polished them until they look like new ones.
And he was putting them in his house.

Lol. I don give a shit still.

6 more days....

Some people might have already know it....
Many have not...

Just 6 more days, I will be leaving Singapore.
For good.
Maybe I will return again.
Maybe not.

But I am not going to regret my decision.