Just back from the SMU Stageit production of 'A Sword has Two Edges', a rendition of the Lu Bu-Dong Zhuo feud featured early on in the classic 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' series.

Overall, the play was pretty good, having blended all the elements of suspense, action and humour pretty well into an enjoyable play.

Rating: 85%

Also, having caught the exclusive premiere of 'Thank you for smoking', I think it's an act by Big Tobacco to legally throw in a few gasping advertisements into a major Hollywood production, and in good humour at the same time.

Rating: 77%

Just My Luck

Rating: 82%

X-men

Rating: 80%

Updates:

Due to the passing of my beloved grandma in February, there has been no updates for the past three months.

Exams are finally over (Okay, so it has been nearly two weeks since), and it's now time to descend into the entertainment abyss (Read "Gaming zone").

Will be away from this Saturday, until the 23rd.

Just thought it would be good to rearrange some of the categories, to make the site more readable:
New Categories:

NSS@Home
NSS@SMU
NSS Muses

"All cats are bats
All bats are rats
>All cats are rats"
This is a valid argument! (Though unsound it may be)

Thursday, 26th January 2006

Supper with V Gang (okay, so only May, Ivan and Ruiyi turned up) at Simpang Bedok.

Menu for the day:
Chicken rice paprik (Black pepper chicken with nasi goreng)
Egg Prata
Chicken Masala Murtabak (Chicken Prata with cheese and onions)
Tissue/ Paper Prata (Cone-shaped prata)
Prata Bomb (Fattening Prata with lotsa butter)
Roti John Special (French loaf with sweet sauce)

After much deliberation, the judges decided in a 3 to 1 vote that the Chicken Masala Murtabak was the best order (with a unanimous 4-0 vote on the most disappointing item - The Prata Bomb). In second place was the Roti John Special. Considering the relatively reasonable ($5/person) cost of the meal, it's certainly worth another go in future.

After supper, I wanted to grab a drink, so we went to the Shop 'N Save nearby. What awaited me was a frantic search for bottled and canned drinks, as I spent five minutes racing up and down the various aisles before reaching the 'beverage' aisle. Lo and behold! 'Beverage' in supermarket language means "Milo, tin", "3-in-1 coffeemix" and "Teabags". Frustrated by the layout of the supermarket, I stormed out without making a purchase (I found out on my way out that drinks were sold outside the store).

Friday, 27th January 2006

Went to Marina Square's Long John Silver's for dinner with JM and ZR. From past (bad) experience, I decided against ordering any of the 'special' meals, instead opting for the safer Combo meal. JM tried the grilled fish rice (with rice and fries), and ended up having to wait fifteen minutes before being served. And the worst thing? He had TWO servings of rice and one of fries. Apparently, the counter staff did not inform him that 'side orders' were independant of the main item (fish AND rice), so he ordered rice anyway.

We're getting better at Knights of Valour and Photo Hunt. Woo... :)

Went out again with ZR and mum at one in the morning to engage in the Lunar New Year crowd at Serangoon Central. The G'Value store has been rebranded (It's now a Shop 'N Save outlet) and it now displays poultry in freezer-fridges.

6 mods, 5 credits, 4-day week ,3 exams, 2nd sem, just 1 of me.

Been busy with Biz law the past week.

Happy 21st Sharon!
Saturday was lunch at Junction 8 with Sharon (Sakae Sushi). We had handrolls, beef soup ('twas sweet! but very tasty) and unagi omelette. Yum yum. Unfortunately, I had to rush down to school for biz law meeting, which dragge on till 6.

TKD reunion dinner
Response was g-reat! 25 people atended the dinner (We were short of space, so a third table had to be set up). Following a sumpteous dinner of yummy fried baby sotong, deep fried fish and cereal prawns, we headed down to Marina Square (a short walk away from school. Hoorah!) where we proceded to play arcade games and pool while waiting for our turn at bowling. Sir Peter was an extraordinary bowler, after he showed us a thing or two about the finer points of bowling. :)

Yup, back to work on Biz Law!

Just a thought

"What's the main cause for backaches in modern Singapore?"

This question popped to mind as I was travelling on board a public bus on Friday night. Recalling the high incidence of 'chronic lower back pain' at Gedong, I was not surprised that I came to a conclusion that it is all about posture, and buses are partly to be blamed for the aggreviation of such conditions. Just look at how youths and teenagers are seating nowadays: Slouched to the shape of a capital 'U', they adopt this position so that it is more comfortable for their (long, and sometimes not very long) legs (or so they seem, for this position hyperextends the spinal chord, increasing stress on the back). Tsk tsk.

Had an insightful exchange with NTU's TKD group yesterday night, a collaboration between our coach and theirs, to gauge our standard as well as 'bond' as one martial arts family.

Got the chance to spar twice (3 rounds of 1 minute each), and was fortunate to be up against 2 rather defensive exponents. Techniques and strategies will be formulated over the next few weeks in the build up to the IVP (hosted by NTU this year) after the exchange training session.

NTU's team had a few SAFSA fellas, and a great deal of black belters (no kidding!). Christine had her face kicked (and her gums bled!), but other than that, no major injuries on our side.

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After last Wednesday's extended schooling hours (From 8.30 am to 10.45 pm), I hope there won't be another day as long as this in future. Ever.

Our Business, Government and Society class was registered for the George Soros seminar at the Raffles City Convention Hall (George Soros & A Global Open Society - A Dialogue with a New Generation : Full commentary by Agagooga).

Am finding Business law more interesting. Probably due to the fact that I have managed to get my hands on the readings (Book, scripture, whatever you may call it) and actually got to read it. This is in stark contrast to the first lesson, where the Prof was, at least in my opinion, sprouting incomprehensible latin!

Yo, just a periodic update, to inform you that I am still around, albeit not as active as before (Before entering Uni, I must substantiate).

Term 2 has just begun for me, with the routine 4 day week (Thursday free!) and Wednesday Tae Kwon Do training to boot.

Just back from Toa Payoh Sports Hall, where the SMU TKD team just completed its latest round of grading. Went there from WWS and met up with the rest of the fellas just as they were about to leave Mac's for the Sports Hall. Only memorable event was Mel's pattern, which was very well done until the last section, when she made an erronous turn. I must applaud her courage and strong will, which saw her through the grading. All our fingers are now crossed as to who the mysterious three double promotions belong to (Yep, we sent a small contingent of twelve participants). Good job, fellas!

Next in line will be the TKD IVP, which will involve some really tough training and many more training sessions to be scheduled this Wednesday.