Somehow singnet decides to rob my internet connection from 7pm-2am. I have no fucking idea why my modem just refuses to connect during this period, when it's working fine and dandy throughout the whole afternoon. It's been like this for 3 days already. I suspect it's the weather.

I wouldn't say i'd bombed the AGT test, but from the looks of everybody else, it seems like i wouldn't be tt worse off. Shouldn't too bad lar, though i put in quite alot of hours for it. Oh well, this is what happens when every question is like a brain teaser.

Nth much to say, really. The weather literally robbed me of any chances to run/shoot/swim. Been doing static at home these days.

Oh well. Night.

Workout Log:
Yday:
3 sets of:
-50 pushups
-15 deadlifts
- 3 x shark drills

Today:
5 sets of:
- 1:30 plank
- 20 trunk twists
- 20 single leg cross reach squats
- 20 rip-thru

Is October the rainy season? It's raining too much for me. I'm a dry and cool person, dun really like too much sun, dun really like too much rain. Have a good balance yo. Run, ball and swim have became such troublesome events due to the erratic weather.

A wave of work suddenly appeared this morning for my FYP, but i'm taking it all in stride. It's always better to have more stuff to do for the project than less isn't it. The only gripe is the doctor that i'm supposed to collaborate with keeps talking about publishing some random shit paper.

Note to doctor: I dun give a shit about your paper.

It will just be more bragging rights if i can finish whatever required in time, but i dun need it, i dun live to finish it. And the deadline seems to be quite tight, Jan 2009. My project is due Mar-May dude! Wake up ur idea.

Somehow i have my worries over the AGT test. Surely, he'll set some fuck-shit stunning question to throw everybody off. Tt's the typical Singaporean lecturer style. Must be prepared for said landmines. 1 more day left to finish up the solutions manual.

Hapi is afraid of thunder, and guitars, and anything tt makes weird ringy sounds actually. It's funny to see his expression, but yet u pity him cos he'll look very worried and start to find some place to hide. Actually he only wants to hide in my brother's room, but CWK is always NOT AROUND. See, only i'm nice enough to open the room for him to hide during the thunderstorm and keep him company there. Useless shithead owner.

I love pets, but i realise i'll have to live for them because i love them so much. That's why i'll never have pets. Cos i love myself more.

Finally tabbed out more stuff. Woo. More metal riffs! Rarr!

Workout Log:
5 x 15 deadlifts (added 5kg each side. Super shag)
6.4km run
5 x 20 situps

Sorry to all the people that were looking for me just now. I know i'm really wanted, but i'm not around my com the whole day.

Try again tml :)

Fixing coms sucks when you have no net access.

Maybe the wedding party at the pool isn't that much of a good idea after all:



Oh well. Murphy's Law.

One thing i dun quite get is, why is it so tiring to live your life nowadays. Why do we dread what we do so much? Are there just too much expectations of yourselves, or of other people?

Probably i'm already out of the emo-phase, so i can't really relate anymore. The issues of having little/no friends, no bf/gf, mundane lives, hectic work etc etc.

In my humble opinion, the simpler your take on life, the simpler it will be to live.

There's a quote: Accept the unchangeable, change the unacceptable.

Everybody knows change, but there's always an inertia to change. But very few people know about accepting. Being contented with what you have.

I dun have much. But i'm really happy.

Workout Log:
10 x A,B,C
50 Threes
Rain cut me off

4 Sets of:
- 50 pushups
- 20 deadlifts

To Johnson: But is it really for me to show off to other people? If that's the case i can choose to not show off. But it isnt the case, cos some random people will get upset and bitch that there is no banquet (i.e parents/relatives/bitchy "friends"). So essentially banquets are organised because of said problematic people in your life. And it has to be grand mind you, or else they will bitch again.

So i say, FUCK THEM.

To notify people that i'm married, just send a postcard lor. With all the kickass pictures i've taken during my holiday.

On the other hand, Shirui has a milder and less controversial solution to this issue which i think can work out too:
- Hold the traditional banquet for relatives and important people who will provide big red packets. Skip friends cos everyone else's a cheapskate :D.

- Since everyone in the banquet is more or less a high roller, we can afford to hold it at a very nice restaurant, aka Tung Lok Signature. High rollers care more about food, less on entertainment. Feed them as many sharks as they want. Nobody can complain about the food cos Sam Leong would be v pissed and leave Singapore. That wouldn't be nice.

- Make a profit ^^v

- Take said profit money and find a nice place with a condo and hold a pool party. Get Botak Jones catering, cos it's damn good food at damn good price. Nobody cares about buffet food during a party anyways. Play solid party music. Drinks for everyone. Hire a bartender or smthing.

- Invite friends only, and perhaps young and single cousins. Yes party for the cheapskate crowd. Dress relaxed, come in bikini if you're single and horny. Everyone is happy cos there's lotsa drinks, and lotsa babes and dancing like in a club. You oughta be happy in a club right? There's a pool to dip if u really want. No boring ceremonies, no fretting over what to wear to a formal dinner too, just party clothes! Lotsa cam-whoring, lotsa drunk people too. Red packets optional, but of course if u never give the next time i go ur wedding i also know what to do lar right.

- Make more profit ^^v

- Take leftover money, go on a luxurious holiday like Johnson said. Have great sex.

- Make nice postcards of wonderful holiday and mail to everyone. I'm married. Woohoo!

See. Good plan too, though abit more troublesome. But it's ok!

For holiday, i'd really like to bring the top half of my suit, then walk around with half-suit and berms, while Shirui wears a modified short skirt gown thingy. Then we take pictures in them. Since being tourist, we're already sorta alien to the locals, so might as well up the alien-ness! Then everyone we see will know we're married, and would be happy to take photos for us too. Fuck the professional photographer! We'll take photos everywhere, in taxis, in front of nice mountains, in some cafe, while taking a theme park ride. Wedding photos with a wild twist.

And then take said photos to make the very nice postcards and send to people. I'll write "Sorry but u guys have been missing out. Studio shots sucks".

Roar!

Workout Log:
Yday:
5 sets of:
-1:30 plank
- 20 trunk twists
- 20 single leg deadlifts
- 3 x Shark drill

You know you really love what you study when you get so involved in helping your friend solve his probability questions. Really wonder wtf Berwin is teaching in GEM2900. The questions are so challenging even for a year 4 like me. I wonder why stats majors couldn't take the module, it's not easy u know.

Matching problems. Disgusting.

Long day, but i managed to get some of the tutorials done ahead so as to free up time during my free days. Good strategy i guess. Rather waste time at home than waste time in school. :P

Nice to see so much support for my exciting wedding plans. Told u guys it was a brilliant idea!

Sleep sleep. Hope you are sleeping good too. *you*

:D lazy to blog again! :D

To Joseph: Fuck conventions!

Workout Log:
5 sets of:
- 50 pushups with ball
- 20 trunk twists
- 1:30 plank with ball
- 20 dead lifts

I'm so gonna do the shark drill nxt time. Grrr

I'm starting to feel disinterested in blogging, cos it's always the last thing that i do and it gets easily forgotten or ignored. Not that it's a bad thing, but it's just one less thing for Shirui to read.

Speaking of Shirui, i din know she hailed from india: Shirui from Manipur, India

Vel-come to Singapur.

Dunno wtf NBA.com is doing but they are pushing for this new video site which kinda fucks up the whole viewing experience so far. Laggy and limited videos. There oughta be a better balance. I want more vids!

Somehow i think most relatives are over-rated, and yet i'm obligated to help them if necessary. I wonder why. They are people whom i almost never see and bother. There's a chinese saying that loosely translates to "Far relatives are not comparable to near neighbours". Which is very true.

I have this idea for my wedding:
- Hold a banquet/buffet for everybody tt's either obligated or invited to attend.
- Bride and groom enters, everybody claps.
- I say: "Thank you for coming, appreciate you guys. We are flying off to Rome now. Enjoy the meal. See you in 2 weeks!"
- Guests look bewildered and confused but claps during our exit anyways.
- Leave the country with my wife and having great sex in wherever we are.

Isn't it a wonderful plan? Since 90% of the guests dun really give a shit abt me, and they probably dun even want to be there. The banquet is just a another networking event, for relatives, old classmates and old friends. That's it. Nobody cares abt the bride and groom, they care more about the people they are sitting with at the table. As such, just give them the obligatory good food, and i fuck off with my wife. No hard feelings.

My wonderful plan probably wouldn't materialise, but it's a worthy shot. ^^

Even better still, fuck the banquet. Just quietly get married and fly off. Then when we come back, hold a buffet at my house for housewarming. 2 in 1, saves everybody the trouble and pain. Same effect, more casual, everyone is relaxed. Can check out my house at the same time and dun have to bear with horribly boring slideshows and cheap MCing. I'll probably have stuff like Xbox, karaoke, mahjong, soft toys corner for kids and jamming room set up. Everyone can have a good time.

Oh someone added "Nobody's Going Home" to his soundclick station. Which means he wants to torture himself everytime he listens to that playlist. Ok maybe Shirui's singing is not horrible like mine, so i guess tt's a good move on his part. I wonder if i should recommend him some of the other songs....

Speaking of which, i'm extremely disturbed when Shirui comes over my house and starts listening to my songs! And then she purposely skips "Nobody's Going Home", which is like wtf. And then she goes on to tell me to write more instrumental songs. -_-

I only like to listen to my own songs when i'm alone. Dun ask me why. I can't explain.

Workout Log:
Yday:
Swim 14 laps
Today:
Run 6.4km

The NBA is so worth watching this season. Every team has at least one worthy player to check out. Thanks to the major player trades + 0809 draft class + coach sackings, almost every team looks and feels different. And the smaller/weaker teams are coming up, so watch out!

I've "transcribed" one issue of GT already, and it's like adding another 50+ licks to the collection. Madness stuff. I have about 20 issues more to go. Woo. Licks galore!

Greatest find today: Gigapedia! For all your e-book needs. Register to download via Rapidshare. Disgustingly disgusting stuff! (Thanks darling's colleague for the hot link)

Can find almost all sort of books. Insane in the membrane. Insane in the brain!

I see how the markets fall this few days and i can only laugh to myself. Haha. Have you cashed in your money yet? Your assets could be gone tml! ^^. Speaking of which i should really hunt for some aussie dollars. Hmm.

Somehow i feel like Nostramadus. Roar.

Workout Log:
6.4km run
3 sets of
-10 chin ups
-20 situps

I'm really liking my random number system to select the licks for guitar session. It keeps everything fresh and interesting each time, and as i add more licks to the library it will get more and more diversified. I've already ripped through my tab collection, now i'm thinking of ripping through my guitar techniques magazines. Gonna be tedious work now. But it's worth it! Anything to keep me interested.

The key objective here isn't really to play as fast as possible, but rather to play as much as possible, and as widely as possible. Of course right now it's mostly rock/blues/metal stuff, but i've got some John 5 in which adds a nice little country element, and probably gonna get some jazzy stuff too. We'll see ^^

My favourite guitarist is playing my favourite Jay Chou song:


Fierce la he. The rate he transcribes and records is quite stunning. Like 5 vids every month? I think he's damn free too.

Ok forgot what i wanted to say.

Workout Log:
10 at A,B,C,D
50 Threes
13 consect FTs
100 Jumpers
30 consect FTs (Woooooooo)

NBA pre-season has started! Finally some basketball action. This year is proving to be more exciting than ever, with a buttload of trades and a buttload promising rookies. I've never followed NBA so closely before. Good stuff!

Can't play guitar now, cos my bro and Hapi are sleeping over in my room. Yea house got guests so there's some shuffling ard. Was planning to work on more sweeping, but i guess i will sleep earlier tonight and wake up early to play. I'm really getting the hang of this sweeping shit. It sounds better each time i attempt.

Botak Jones again, to reward myself for doing pretty well for my midterms. One more to go, not really confident with graph theory tho. No helpsheet, so tt's like studying for JC. Gotta practise the entire book's question to assure myself. Bah.

K gonna sleep.

Workout Log:
3 sets of:
-50 pushups
-20 trunk twists
-1:30 plank
-20 dead lifts
-20 step up shoulder press
-3 Shark drill

To Johnson: Never! Must... Be... Selfish...No lar, y not u also start your own collection. Then we can trade and share ma. If i always just give u, then there is no return, u probably also wun value it as much, becos u nv understood the trouble to collect and tab the stuff.

Be amazed at the master:


It's music at it's highest level.

Alright it's some spoof bullshit. So funny.

Here's some serious skill:


Really creative stuff.

I'm beginning to get the mechanics of sweeping. Was able to perform a quite few streaks of good consecutive sweeps. Seems like less gain more muting is the way to go. The issue with sweeping is that no one performs it slow enough to let u have a good idea of how good/bad it sounds when really slow. And sometimes it sounds painfully bad when i play it so slowly. Ugh.

My NUS Science of Music Prof Bernard Tan has quite a number of orchestral songs under his belt. This guy is serious stuff:

Bernard Tan's MP3s (thanks Johnson for the link)

Finally put in some effort for my FYP. Gonna ask the shit outta LJL tml. And he better have some good answers! Rarr.

Time to sleep. Long day ahead.

Workout Log:
5 sets of:
- 50 pushups with ball
- 20 trunk twists
- 1:30 Plank with ball
- 20 deadlifts

10 suicides
3 x 20 step ups.

Shag.

My friend's pop duo, July Snow, has recorded a new song "对错" or "Right or Wrong" in English. Visit their Myspace to check out the song. It's typical Chinese pop, but the 2 guys can really sing, so yea gotta give them credit. After all they were from Ocean Butterfly singing school, can't be that bad.

July Snow

I dun really get the reasons behind rushing to record an album and shoot MVs and what not. It's like you're not a superstar yet what, so what's the point of spending time doing such pointless "promotional" stuff when it's better to devote the energy and time to hone and finetune the song arrangement and technique. And better still, write more songs so that you really have a good selection to choose from when recording the album.

Jay's album is coming out soon. The first 2 leaked songs i heard weren't very exciting to be honest, but of course the king of recycling is able to subtlely abuse his magic and reuse his ideas again, cheating all the xiao mei meis once more. For me the benchmark would be his ballads, so we'll wait for Joanna to pass me her copy when she buys the cd. ^^

I've expanded 2 more sections to my guitar practice sessions, namely legato/tapping and flash riffs. So that's 6 sections in total, which gives me a more rounded rock guitar practice. I mean, how can it be rock without tapping and flash riffs?

And it's actually quite tedious to tab everything into gp5. I've already cleared Beez's book, so now it's troy stetina's book, which is gonna take quite a long time to finish tab. Gah.

And and, i've devised a way to decide which lick to choose from each section by generating random numbers! See statistics at work! Abuse R to it's fullest! runif FTW.

Alright getting high in the middle of the day isnt quite a good sign. Shall sign off. Bye.

Workout Log Yday:
Run 6.4km (Actually it's 5km run, cos Chao died at abt the 5km mark, so we walked back the rest of the way.)

Hadn't swam in a long time. Did 600m today, wasn't much, but i guess it's a good start. Shld aim to swim every sat morning, where there isnt much people ard in the pool.

Slept real early last night, like 9pm. Now this is really what i call a refreshing sleep. Woke up at 8 and didn't feel any fatigue at all. Must be due to that i didn't dream much, or nothing exciting appeared in my dream. Most peaceful and energizing sleep in years. Yes, i've some sleep issues.

Din really have much to do today actually. Most lectures are behind the tutorial schedule, so i can't really work ahead. Shall relax this week then, but it also means next week will suffer. Bah.

I havent ran in a week. Gosh. Nvm tml shall run. Once a week too.

Tired. Night.

Workout Log:
Swim 600m
Ball

I slept early yday, but i woke up damn late! Slept like 12 hrs la. But it's good, havent felt so refreshed in a while. Was raring to go for the day. Somewhat.

Was checking out portableapps.com and realised how cool it would be to be able to run apps off my iPod. So i can bring all my kickass apps to Shirui's horribly messed up com and fix for her without her whining about me installing random crap on her com. Roar!

It's funny how some people need help in starting a conversation with another person of the opposite sex? Maybe it really means the 2 of you are not meant to be? Having stuff to talk about is critical in building relationships, be it bullshit 90% of the time. Shirui knows. I bullshit all the time. :D

I realised my dedicated scales file is too saturated with different types of licks/riffs and stuff, so i split them nicely into 4 categories, namely:
- sequences (patterns to apply on a particular scale)
- licks (memorable runs from a guitar solo of a guitar god)
- rhythm and riffs (memorable challenging riffs like master of puppets DOWNSTROKED)
- sweeping (malmsteen anyone?)

So everytime i play i just probably pick 1 from each category and i'm done. Fun and efficient. It's also really fun now to hunt for segments in tabs and categorise them. I learnt this from John Petrucci, i'm amazed that he's also such a orderly freak like me. Must...rename...songs...properly.

Ok tml midterms. Wish me luck.

Workout Log:
3 x 5 shuttle runs
5 sets of:
- 50 pushups with ball
- 20 trunk twists
- 1:30 plank with ball
- 20 dead lifts
( i realised timed rests between exercises helps to get them done faster)

Kinda sleepy now actually. Dun have much to say.

Havent played team ball in a long time. Quite fatigued now though i really din exert much. I guess the body is just not used to the movements anymore.

Shld i sleep early? Enticing.

Workout Log:
Ball
50 Threes
10 Consecutive FT (made 20)
50 Jumpers (part of the fatigue comes from picking the ball cos there's no net this time. Pfft)
10 Consecutive FT(made 20)

Phae: Glad someone else appreciates the total lameness.

Everyone's emo lately. Even Hapi had sudden outburst of emo by not coming upstairs to sleep with my bro. If dogs can get emo, i wonder what humans go through.

I was kinda excited to go home today. Kept thinking about all the guitar i'll play tonight, and my evil plan of swimming once weekly. Same excitement kept me up through the graph theory lecture.

I feel like a little kid again.

Apparently people question when i appear to be very lonely in school. I mean, no one's timetable is as garang as mine, and every sem my timetable gets more and more garang, how to ask pple to join me in my madness? I'd just pray tt there's someone i can attend class with on the first day of school. Expecting pple to plan timetable with is probably too much for them.

Who can take a 8am to 10pm day? Raise your hand. I'll like to take lectures with you next sem.

And stats cohort is really quite small, and saturated with tiongs. I'm already thankful i have some misfits singaporeans to hang out with me. Cool Singaporeans are classified under arts majors. Uncool Singaporeans like me will be under stats. Sad. And idiots will be taking computing (personal attackz @ Louis! ROAR!)

Shirui's going to tioman for 3 days, so i'm single and available for tt amount of time! Freedom Gundam! I shall take the valuable time to study for my clinical trials test and work on my fyp and tuts. And of course workout and shootout! Must make my shots!

I kinda have this feeling that i'm constantly under rehab, which is somewhat true due to my troublesome back and ankles and knees. Which is fun in a way i guess. Like hibernate and secret training, for no apparent reason tho.

And my hero, Gilbert Arenas made his fiancee propose to him. Haha brilliant. I shall try to pull tt off too.

Good day! Rawr!