season's greetings

hi to all folks who care,

but really are just so darn bored during the school holidays that they bother to check back on a blog that is hibernating frequently and irregularly.

geez, christmas is coming but i'm not really feeling the season's love and wishes. i do, however, feel the coolness setting in and i am grateful for that.

today's post is an update to all my sim friends whom i haven't met in forever. i miss you guys and you guys do rock. i am just too broke to go out with all of you. i spent all my money on my second aniversary celebration with your dear friend, jocelyn.

i am about to start work at sony once again, but this time doing administrative stuff. alas, my hopes of working with val and jocey has probably fallen thru judging by what my agent, yvvone told me. well, everything happens for a reason, but i am still thankful and indebted to val for her help.

i hope everybody's doing fine and i sincerely wish to get in touch with all you sim people real soon.

in the meantime enjoy these pics of my family's latest addition:

and her name's phoebe. cheers and season's greetings everyone.

is a random post precisely random?

heya guys, its nice to be blogging again. i seriously doubt that this post would be read by anyone as i haven't been blonking a blog forever. but whatever, if any kind soul happens to read this post by chance or purpose, please do leave a 'hi' in my chatbox. I AM a social being and i crave attention.

seriously. i'm not kidding.

alright, back to my topic for this glorious sunday.
how many times have you guys come across a post that forewarns, 'random post ahead', or 'randomly random post'? the author might as well be saying 'i'm gay and do read my post'. haha, ok that was a joke. and no, i'm not a gay-basher, at least not publicly.

well, ladies and gentlemen, due to the abundance of time i've had recently, i discovered a breakthrough. this is thoroughly my thought and opinion, so please, for your own sake, take it with a pinch of salt.

righty, here goes. 'Random' as a word is defined by cambridge dictionary as "happening, done or chosen by chance rather than according to a plan". i beg to differ. see, if you think about it, Morpheus from 'The Matrix' once said that nothing with a purpose happens by chance. ok alright, Morpheus never said that, but thats still bladdy true. Think about it. a blogger comes online, logs onto her (chances of female bloggers posting random blogs are significantly higher, as they think a random blog makes them more mysterious which they believe that guys would dig) account, and then proceeds to go through the tedious process of inputing her passwords and accessing her dashboard, only to say five minutes later, 'ooh, this is sooo random, i'm likee sooo not wanting to be posting on like, my blog, but well since, like i'm like here, so i'm like gonna post like a RANDOM blog. random my arse. that blogger accessed her account with a purpose to blog, so imo, that post was certainly neither happening nor done by chance.

so next time you think about titling your post 'randomly random randomness', you should just shoot yerself. haha, man i had a great posting. check back for more, dudes and dudettes.

of beds of roses and time

life can certainly be likened to a bed of roses. sometimes.
everything goes smoothly for you, without troubles and hiccups.
and naturally but unfortunately, it is impossible for anyone to simply stay in that state of ethereal ecstasy.

Forrest said, "life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you get."
indeed, life is supposed to be filled with unknowns and unexpected events. things that come along may not always work to your advantage or liking, but that's life. its supposed to be filled with ups and downs.

recently, i had a friend who had the most unfortunate thing happening to him. it was tragic, and i was barely able to cheer him. but he's fine already and for that i'm thankful to God. My prayers shall stay with him for the next week. i hardly pray nowadays, so i figured this is a jolly time to start again.

life's like a box of chocolate, you never know what you get. but, if you trust the person who brought you that box of chocolate, then you'll be in for a pleasant surprise.
God breathed life into man. He brought me my box of chocolates. I'm pretty sure He brought me my favorite chocolates (that would be caramel-flavored and dark chocs).
Be encouraged all who are weary and heavy-laden. He's got tonnes of your fav chocs. ;)

Say "say say say".

DOMO!!! Okayy, guess who's back!

Yea people, I'm alive and kicking and I've very recently found my muse for blogging. She's none other than my very lovely gal, jocey (or otherwise known to other peeps as joc, jocelyn, josserlyn, jawmon or that gal with the really big eyes, nice legs and great smile). Say say say.

Alright. To my blog topic proper now.
I would like to write about the fading popularity of the uber-cool, Mr. 'Hardo-Gay'.
Yes, it's true. The hard gay fad is dying and that kinda upsets me. Woah, before you jump to any conclusions about my sexuality, I'm as straight as that hard-gay guy who's straight and married and pretending to be gay in order to rake in big fat paychecks. Guys, he is a genius. He saw a need in the market for lame crazy ideas and he exploited it thoroughly. It's beyond belief. Who would have the world would subscribe to his very public and crazy gay antics. I'm not gay-bashing or anything. It's just that even conservative societies like Singapore's have opened up to his gay-lobbying variety shows.

Just that other day at work in Sony Gallery Wisma Atria,

wei hong: .... i cant rem what he said.. its was something lame and crappy haha
mel: okayyy..(typical hardo-gay style response)

wei hong: Say say say!! Wa your Okayyy sounds just like hard gay's!
mel: yea i like this guy. he's funny.

wei hong: yea i like him too. i love the way we could use his responses against the ever persistent electronics consumers (namely the Indians who come from far far away just to seek discounts on electronics and upon finding a great price, refuse to purchase until at least another 50% discount is reached).
wei hong: before the customer can ask for discounts, put out your hand in front of their faces and say, "Say say say".

haha that was hilarious.

In any case, I would like to shout out a big Thank-you to all my friends who have been wishing me well. It's been a long time since I blogged and people must be wondering how I had been.
(I hope.)
I've accomplished a great deal this past sem and this past year. Got satisfactory results (they'll get better). SimDragons got our first silver medal in nothing less than the Regatta Men's Finals. Kudos to this really amazing team. The dedicated coach, captain and rowers made that happen. And we got our first overseas medal in the Penang Pesta. It was a bronze in the Mens finals as well. Now, surely, SIMdragons reputation is sealed as a solid 'real' team. No longer are we the 'bao-jia' in every race we compete in.

Also, I worked for a couple of Sony roadshows and got to know dozens of lovely people. From the lucky plaza roadshow I met Zep and Royston, the coolest dudes ever. Jerry, Ted and Wensheng were crazy company as well. Had a ball of a time with the rest as well, Rich and Derrick. The gals, Clara and Felicia were lovely, as always.
From the Wisma Atria roadshow, i got to know jack, jolene, stacy and the lovely santarinas! okayyy. they were emileen, jamie and trillia. amiable bunch of part-timers. also, my in-charge terence was a freaking awesome guy. he was a great supervisor and allowed us the max welfare we promoters were entitled to. oh, i think he's as lame as i am too. Though, the rest of the in-charge's and managers were quite anal, i must admit.

So i made some money and treated my gal to great times. This was my pleasure and my honour as nothing pleases my heart more than seeing her joyous and carefree.

The last year had been a great ride. By God's grace, this new year would be freaking awesome too.

ps. I can't wait to meet my Sim pals and check how they've been.
did jeff pass his driving test?
is gerald attached?
what happened to ivy's hair?
did val spend $5000 again on shopping this month?
what new moves has alex mastered on the dancefloor haha
did reubes meet any new meimeis?

Cheers to one and all. And to one and all, SAY SAY SAY!!

School has begun.
i haven't blogged for a while. The reason's plain.

I was, I am and I have always been a lazy bugger.

Alright, so for the persons who care about me and wish to know if I contracted the Avivian Flu or the Mad Indon disease, I regret to inform you that I have contracted none of the above.

Now, for the really close friends who wish to know about my trip. One word sums it all up.
And, that word is disparity.

Indonesia is afterall a third-world nation and the differences betweem Singapore and Indonesia are appalling, though that hardly comes as a surprise. Its not just the physical appearances amd outlays of the two nations that defer greatly. The living conditions, lawkeepers' integrities, legislature and administrative handlings, culture and a great bunch of other stuff, which i can't recall right now, and am too lazy to try to recall.

So this disparity made me quite the upset person. I was missing everything that makes us uniquely singapore. from fastfood to hawker food to seafood to foodcourt's foods. hmm, seems like singapore is uniquely 'food'.

and well, of cos, i miss the people here in Singapore. I mean, 2 weeks is a long time and obviously being a human being, contrary to my friends' belief, i miss a lot a lot of people..and i swore that i would catch up all these precious peoples and more(those i have lost touch with) when i return to singapore. erm, well, now that i'm back, i dont quite understand why i made such an oath.

but. but, i am back and thats the main point. thats all that matters. i wish you folks best in everything that you're working on, in, below or above.
drink lots of water as it sure looks like the climates on a killing spree.

I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus

howdy folks.
the holidays are in. some friends have started on their vacation jobs, namely ibee-chan. the others are chilling at home, hanging out in town or trying to find meaning for their lives. right, so that last part won't exactly be happening. but regardless, people do that alot and quite often too. people try to answer the aged-old questions like, where're we going, where're they from, why is this guy spanking my arse? sick. grotesque. darn, that last part reminded me of the bladdy brokeback scene.

Well, people find meanings in lots of things in the world. Normal people find faith in religions. Of course, there're always oddballs and loose-screws dedicating their lives to star trek, hairy POT-ter or even plastic toys shaped like laser-swords.
Religions all share a similar purpose, to keep people on the good track, which is supposedly the right track. What many people don't know is that what Christ gave us, is more than a religion. By His death, He gave us the right to be sons and daugthers of God. Just picture this people, you get to call the Almighty your DADDY. thisss is mind-blowing. An omnipotent being who is all about love, and you get to have a Father-child relationship with God. I am grateful for that.

Because of that, I get to have everything I want. I mean, come on, My Daddy is God. I don't know about you, but I doubt I would have to ever worry about anything ever again.

lastly, did you folks know that santa claus is a paganistic idea. yea, chubby old man is the world's way of coping for the lack of luuve during Christmas, and he probably lives in Ireland. hah, no offense to the Irish. if only pagans knew about the love that they're missing out...

If I ever saw mommy kissing santa claus, I would kick him in the nu%*

p.s. Happy Birthday, Pastor Prince.

its over. phew. darn exams.