Pragalath

Death of a Hard Drive + Wedding

2006-07-25T10:22:00.000+08:00

2006-07-23T01:05:00.000+08:00

Harith's Birthday

2006-07-16T21:31:00.000+08:00

Harith turned officially 21 today ! Haha, his surpirse Birthday party was really cool, planned by his girl, Kaisha [pls inform me if spelt wrongly] Talib, Nizam, Bud, Aisha all joined to fray, pitched in and did the organising of the event :) Haha, Harith thought he was going to watch "Dead Man's Chest".... He came at a record 2 1/2 hours late, tsk tsk tsk. His spotlighted expression was worth it :) All in all it was a success !

My Life is getting back to normal

2006-07-12T23:13:00.000+08:00

Things are good when u can run 20mins without feeling a sharp *&^% coming from the left knee :D I promise to take it slow though... Alrite My house [ not by law, but cause I live in it :D ] is getting bashed up due to renovations.. I mean like ripped, its like chaos got lost and found my home. There is debris everywhere and anywhere, I would take photos and post them, sort of like before and after. However due to paranoia from head Parent (dad) :) all electronics have been clinged wrapped to oblivion... In fact everything has been cling wrapped... How could I use the computer though ? Through extremely diplomatic, tactical, brillant negotiation [ just told him I need it to check up NTU stuff! ] haha

Today Harith kindly walked an extra bus stop for my sake :> its so nice of him... actually he could have walked to my house, but his eyes got really really REALLY wide when I suggested it. Nizam is not feeling well, I promised to call him today... eeks :) He seems to be on the road to recovery. Have to call Talib. haha

Now recently watched movie is Superman(Nizam) and it was a blast, though the villains could have been improved. Superman Koncept is simple, u've kryptonite and he's a goner but if u dun have it, well... u are pretty much screwed :) ... Maybe a nuclear explosion ? or a particle decelerator ?

updated

2006-07-07T21:08:00.000+08:00

Hi People, sorry to all for this long and overdue post.

Okae, I guess I may as well update you guys on what Indians do when their loved ones pass on. ( a brief summary of sorts ). On the 8th day after the loved one has gone, the family gets together to pay respects thru having a padaiyal [ its a spread of food and special offerings ] . On the 16th day after "bye bye" its believed that the soul seeks rest at Lord Shiva's abode, so on the eve, all the family members keep vigil and at around 5am go to the beach [ some ulu place ] to release more offerings and say prayers. At night, everyone goes to temple and pray for the well being of the soul.

Next, the issue of the knee... Confound the knee... I've picked up swimming, thus am looking more tan than usual. Haha. Although I find it very sad that I'm unable to run decently these days, there is an advantage of swimming :) For the 2 of you who don't agree with me, I would tell you both to find a ... you know :) but I love yall too much for that haha.

Swimming is really not my kind of sport but it works... so yea :D thats my life for now... sch starting, very the excited lol.

Life & Death

2006-06-19T14:07:00.000+08:00

My Grandma, Mdm Govindammal, passed away on 16 Jun 2006 at the age of 84 from cardiac arrest. To tell you the truth, I think that she has lived a fruitful and memorable life. Thing is, no one expected her to pass on so... well, so suddenly. At 84 she can walk on her own, cook, clean, in fact she came with us to Malaysia for the temple pilgrimage just a week ago, it was really unexpected. Doctors said her heart just caved... She wasn't even chronic, only thing that she had was hypertension... for the past 15 years. She left behind 7 children, 15 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren... and that's not counting the in-laws yada yada yada...

Haha, I do have fond memories of her. When I was very much younger, resembling a fat molecule, she would bring my brother, my 2 cousins and myself behind the house to feed us. Now if it rained we would be in for a treat, she'd take these huge newspapers, tear them into square pieces and make them into paper boats. She'd then set these boats along the drain and we would watch with glee as they sailed down the not so meandering river. She also taught me how to play thayam, its an indian board game... After she taught me... :) she kenna owned by me lol... :P My mom, also thought she was pro... until kenna owned by me :)

Anyhow, her missing presence will be missed. I love her.

p.s. that's y i've been unable to reply to anything. sorry ppl.

Of Trips and Temples

2006-06-14T10:44:00.000+08:00

Departed to Malaysia on the 10th of June, 0700H... Reached Batu Caves at 1300H [ haha, due to the pitstops ] There we could only stop for an hour, so.. instead of praying all decided to go for lunch[ anyhow you can't pray after the midday pooja :) and the food was the priority] We reached Kuala Lumpur at around 1715H the Royal Bukit Bintang Hotel [ I'm not paying :) ] Since my brother didn't come this time round, I shared a room with my dad, my mom went to stay with one of her sisters[ note: she has 3 sisters and 3 brothers ] As it had been four years since I last went, the faces I saw were far from familiar, it was a process of reconnection haha.

11 Jun 06, awoke at 0430, showered, wore my jupa[ indian temple wearing costume ] and got ready to rumble...[ slept all the way in the bus ] We were headed towards Maran, its in Pahang. 2 hr drive and we arrived. There we all had to prepare things for the abishegam[ big big pooja :) lol ] Everyone split into section level and started working... I was in charge of milk and coconuts whahaha, Had to open several packets of milk and pour then into this huge silver pail, same for the coconuts, only its much harder to open coconuts :) The rest were doing stuff like, squeesing lime juice, orange juice, making sandalwood paste and panjamirtham.

Panjamirtham :) is a most interesting offering. It contains jackfruit, bananas, mangoes, honey, dates, mango puree, ghee and secret ingredient X :) lol and no, I don't what it is. Everything is mashed up and blended together to create this viscously and sinfully sweet[ its sweet enough to increase your blood sugar instantly ] concoction.

So anyhow the preparations were complete and we were good to go, so at 1030H it began until 1130, alot of mantras and the works. After that was the lunch time pooja and lunch, after that went back to hotel, watched some soccer matches and next day departed back to Singapore.

The knee still hurts, its been 3 weeks... I'm gonna sue someone lol...

POP vs ORD.. the Omen

2006-06-05T22:56:00.001+08:00

Yesterday my cousin, Prakash, completed BMT[basic military training] He invited me to go and see the parade. All I can say is wow... Things have changed in the past 2 years... Recruits these days are living the good life as long as they don't kejer bodoh[ hopefully I'm spelling it right]. Congratulations to him for getting platoon best !

After that went with him and the sji jing bang(slang for gang ... I think ) to go watch the omen... Freak la, Prakash was abit wuss lah, everytime the Mother was alone with the child either I or Teggy kenna punched from fright... Krishna, don't have to say, heard from Sara and Kirthi that he watched the enitre movie without even flinching [stoned ?] Anand and I were too busy watching Amanda Bynes to really care haha, Murali and Gansu sneaked Gapsa into the theatre. Haha Happening outing la that one. The film would get 2.5 stars from me. But the fact that I was watching it with them made it a 5 star flick haha. *Spoiler* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When the Nanny kenna langa, lol got like mexican wave at our row haha, the nanny really look like a friggin witch lah... She and that dumb dog of hers... The movie is about dogs and prophecies. Suddenly the mother would be alone with the kid, and the music gets all funny, something would happen and she'd wake up in a cold sweat. I think the nanny more frightening... Confirm got Omen 2/3/4 lol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After that had to walk home myself... from the bus stop... like 100m, but cos its a tuesday night, there was really no one around. The HDB area at my house undergoing renovation on top of everything, so you can't really take the direct route, but must cut here and there... On top of that got 2 black[as in black as night, black] cats following and mewing at me... KNN, got goosebumps... Somemore the lift was taking forever to come ... but since I'm typing this out, I'm all good :)

Angiogram, Birthday

2006-06-05T22:56:00.000+08:00

Saturday, found out my eldest uncle[mom's eldest brother] suffered from high blood pressure and had to be admitted into TTSH. He's nearing 70. To explain details, I've to unleash family history[later, perhaps]. He's a very nice man with principles and uber discipline, a daughter and 2 sons, all married. Went to polyclinic for fever, doctor checked his BP, found that it was sky rocketting and called an ambulance, he was in ICU for about 2 days, then he recovered well enough to go to a normal ward. Doctor, sent him for an angiogram, something about send dye through his arteries and check for blockages, he was pronounced with 2 blockages, both at 50%. He now has to watch his health and what he eats... At least he's better :)

Today is my dad's birthday, yay. He's 1/2 century over. SOP, went to temple in the morning, had puli sooru[sour rice :) ] as offerings. Then my mom spotted Kesari[ sugary orangy substance, that hits the spot] :) Lunch, went to Jack's Place. Ate Salad and grilled Ayam, yumz! Dinner was a bigger affair[ more briyani... this time I passed and went for chappati haha]. He doesn't ask for much, and I love him alot. He just wants us all to be good kids[lol he said that there can be no better present than that] Having said that, we treated him to lunch, so for once he doesn't pay :) haha Its just a family thing :)

"For each and every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" - Issac Newton [ something liddat lah, I summarised tc ]

In the end

2006-06-02T17:01:00.000+08:00

No matter how you do it or how you go about it, in the end, you guys must be compatible with each other. To put it simply, it just means you must be comfortable enough to be able to do what you like, how you like and when you like in your significant other's presence[ This does not mean you can go around doing stupid things ]. As long as you all know you all can last, its good enough. Must practice giving and taking, don't always be either giving or taking ya, its unhealthy[giving] and selfish[taking].

Compromise is even better. Sometimes the person you love[ no longer like already ah!] or the person who loves you may not always see eye to eye on certain issues, that doesn't mean that he/she love you any less[ lol a Democrat and a Republican getting married]. Differences are there to be worked out, and please[for goodness sake] don't like someone for how they look. Cause looks change with respect to time :) Young lady, no matter how much cream you use, you still gonna get wrinkles[lol botox] :) Guys, you are more or less genetically going to get a paunch, from toddy or eating[Hell, I know I am.. so for what exercise so much?(actually now that I've put it down..., oh yea its to keep healthy, heng I remember, haha) ]

"Life is perfect, its your definition of perfect that counts" - Pragalath [ haha, cos I've yet to read it elsewhere, and by my definition, its all good ]

Omelettes

2006-06-01T15:33:00.000+08:00

Today morning at 0800, the entire house was silent, Mom and Dad had gone to work... You could hear a pin drop in another room. Not that anyone was around to drop it. That was beside that point, which is the omelette. I recce the fridge, and take out the can of tuna, 2 slices cheese, 1 red ripe tomatoe and a couple of eggs.

I take out the non-stick teflon, turn on the stove, and pour extra virgin[ I have no idea what it means] olive oil onto the pan. Following which I crack the eggs, beating them until they are, ... well beaten :) I slice the tomatoe[unevenly of course, I eat the thicker piece(there was only one)] I put the tuna into the pan and hear it sizzle, added some italian herbs, oregano leaves and a dash of cinamon. I let it cook awhile, then I place the sliced tomatoe onto the tuna, sprinkle abit more herbs. Then I pour the eggs[well beaten, of cse :)] over it, turn the heat down and let the eggs set, as they are setting I break up the cheese and place it over the eggs. Then I flip it over for a few seconds to let the cheese fuse into the omelette.

I add a sprig of parsely and some chopped coriander, for my own thing. God Damn [ forgive my blasphemous ways ] it tasted damn friggin good.

The Differences of Brown

2006-05-31T23:10:00.000+08:00

I am brown! Now, for those of you who lack the vocabulary, I've painstaking found the different magnitudes within which anyone can describe me, savvy? :)

There is Mahogany, Deep Brown, Buffy, Dark Brown, Rufous, Dull Brown, Chestnut, Dusky, Golden Buff, Reddish-Brown, Tawny, Rusty, Bright Rufous, Dull Rufous, Rich Chestnut, Fawn, Grey Brown, Warm-Reddish Buff, Brownish, Red Buff, Warm Rufous, Nondescript Grey Brown, Neutral Grey Brown, Yellowish Buff, Sandy Brown, Dingy Brown, Pale Brown, Dingy Brown, Khaki, Brownish Grey, Olive Brown, Bright Chestnut, Pastel Brown, Warm Brown, Dingy Yellowish Buff, Rich Rufous, Dull Olive Brown, Rich Red Brown, Sooty Brown, Mousy Grey Brown, Dusky Brown, Dingy Buff, Sandy Brown, Warm Sandy Brown, Dark Sooty Brown, Warm Golden Buff, Sandy Rufous, Dark Dusky Brown and [if all this is too much to handle] just plain brown :)

There are probably more, but I can't go around finding everything :) Now that its cleared :) I can't believe the sort of things you can do when you are at home and have absolutely nothing to do after you call your Grandmother [I was referring to the article, if you could call it that, I just wrote] Tonite should be Dota again, we are finally putting our training skills to the test :)

"Laundry is the only thing that should be seperated by colour" - Anon

Grace & Yi Feng's Birthday Pics

2006-05-30T00:12:00.000+08:00

Its a great weekend

2006-05-29T15:10:00.000+08:00

Friday was Grace's birthday party, 260506. It was held at her home, which is super spotless. The food delectable [ i think I'm running out of positive adjectives to describe food ]. And though I was the only person who knew no one there, I made it up by finding new friends. Grace introducded me to Tarani and her younger [sec 2] sister Tripta, you wouldn't believe it, but Tarani is in Track and field! Anyhow she's a super energetic person who reads harry potter. Plus she can engage in conversation, which concludes that I had a ton of fun[ funny how it rhymes eh? ton, fun.. ok nvm]. Saw Eugene and Nicholas[PTI], but they came way later, though. Caught with them. The cake was chocolatey yummy, had a biscuit middle.

Yi Feng's birthday was on 28th May and he celebrated it on the 27th. Haha, went to his home, his mom thought I was the pizza delievery guy :) Now that's an ice breaker. I made more friends and renewed old ties. On top of that I got to see all my classmates again! He had a buffet spread which was fantastic, and a cheese/berry cake. Yi Quan, Kai Chao, Boon Teck, Kee Hong, Li Ping, Hui Jing were all there. These are part of the 02S57 gang! And someone I thought who would come didn't come, Harith. I also had the wonderful opportunity to catch up with Hui Shi, Li Jia :D The party slowly wound down, what we did after midnite was... how shall we say... interesting :)

The Sunday[ i.e 28th ] Well Dota galore... Harith, Nizam and Izan have gotten good at it... Now can't play random anymore... its going to be spiritbreaker all the way, whahahaha...

Today went for a swim, then driving.. later at night got to go teach tuition. Its a great day today!

"You can make your own world larger by simply acknowledging everyone else's" - Jeanne Marie Laskas

Diagnosis

2006-05-25T15:45:00.000+08:00

Yesterday went to see Doc, at TTSH. Quite a surprising long wait this time around, maybe all want longer weekend :) Anyhow the good news is that the doctor said, " young man there is absolutely no fracture or torn meniscus" [ the torn meniscus can be a real bi*** , worse than a fracture] He made me sit up and twisted my knee this way and that, wide range of motions to determine the cause of my agony. He smiled most knowledgably, stating that only the tendons to the left of my knee are torn [ wow, such good news! (ps I'm being sarcastic) ], bad news is that its going to take 3 weeks of non-activity, 3 WEEKS ! God Damn! for it to heal completely. He banned me from every form of exercise known to man, except walking. So most probably I'll be going for a swim at CDANS tomorrow :) , !Xobile. Fishing is still an option, though.

Hmmm, more or less decided what to get Grace for her birthday, She told me that I would know no one else there... Oh well, time to make new friends. Yi Feng's one is on Sat. Oh yea, gotta teach tution on Sat morning, A-maths, its pro bono. Then Sunday, whahaha, Havoc time :D I'll probably sun tanning you realise, cause I can't run or kick for peanuts. Getting a little pale lately :>

"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settle for" - Maureen Dowd

Knee day 2

2006-05-23T22:45:00.000+08:00

Today was neat, Nizam ran 4.8Km easy as pie. I couldn't even catch up with him, he was owning. Apart from that the day was pretty standard, meeting Talib and Nurul later. Wake up in the morning kill a few demons, slay the unruly dragon, followed by some brainwork, deciding what to get Grace/YiFeng for her/his birthday. Doable but still tough.

Agonising fact: I can't climb a flight of stairs without wincing. Seriously though, I guess fishing is gonna be the sport of choice, beware all you guppies, there's a new lure in town! Ok not funny, but who gives a .... Anyhow a question I need to ask myself is, " Have I turned evil? ". It does feel that way at times. :) well back to dragon killing, sides my alignment is now "Lawful Evil"... its what happens when u snuff out "innocent" defenceless serfs.

Its only words

2006-05-22T23:35:00.000+08:00

Words are important, the way you speak them, the manner in which you phrase them and how you choose to intepret them. Btw, my LIMITED capacity for understanding things are, and always have been minimal. :D i.e. what I say is what I mean, and what I hear is exactly how I take it, verbatim. I don't have this deeper/secret/special/whole new level/and whatever else anyone can think of, thing to what I say, haha. Summary: I say what I mean and I mean what I say[ of cse there could be better ways of saying it, I'm indian after all! haha], sometimes it can result in faux pas, but ...!xobile. :D

Today quite shack, I think my left knee went bye bye, stupid grass and stupid foggy glasses, I couldn't estimate the depth and uneveness of the grass patch. Hopefully the confounded thing will recover soon, if not I've got to find some alternative sport, like fishing :) Thash is good at winning 11, 50% victory rate, i.e I lost 1/2 the time :) But all like close margins, both for me and for him haha, I need more practice 6 stars haha. Sides he hasn't been playing it for sometime :)

Hmmm, cousin in NS haha... ahahahahahahahahahahaha.... haha^infinity. He's the one in the photo below. Spoke to my tamil teacher recently, she's always so lively and gushing with enthusiasm when she sees us, haha, that's what I like about her, she's not dull to talk to. :) The weather lately is quite rainy, just the way it ought to be. Maybe it'll snow in Singapore. Maybe.

Tell lah.

2006-05-21T18:32:00.000+08:00

Oei, if you like a person can you go ahead and tell them? I mean, more or less by now you should know whether if the person is reciprocating your feelings. And you should strike while the iron is hot. At least you'd know right? Rather then hanging around in limbo, neither here nor there. Wait too long and some other person will just potong jalan [ cut and go ] on your guy/gal then, well ? what can anyone do ? I'll sympathise [ then go for a run :) ] and that's that. So kindly wake up your idea can or not?

Btw, if you are the "Own time Own target" person then the above is not intended for you :) This for those who know that they certainly like that special someone for X period of time[ where x is any integer betwn 100 days unto infinity :0) ] but could never muster the courage to tell for fear of rejection. What the hell eh, if you never ask then you never know, comprende? And you end up being a bulb. Have a nice day :)

P.S If kenna rejected, always look at the positive side of things.

P.S.S. Love = reciprocation, Infatuation = One sided, and pls don't pull an R & J

"If you are Especially in Love then you tend to do Especially Stupid things" -- Anon

One Week

2006-05-21T12:07:00.000+08:00

Procastination is a most henious disease, one that should be dealt with swiftly. However, though it may be curable, it can be a most agonising process, that requires discipline. For the past 6, I dunnoe, 7 days is it? , I've been lagging to type stuff on my blog. Just tired I guess, it has been an interesting week, after all. Monday and tuesday were no-brainer days, nothing much to blog, just the usual day to day thing.

On wednesday Talib and I went for a teaching interview at Shuqun Sec. Its a real lively place, full of energy and sound. The interview went well, and they said we'd be contacted shortly... Still waiting :) Anyhow after that the world's greatest rugby match took place. Saint Andrews JC won Waffles by a score of 15 - 10, although waffles played very well, they were hard pressed in the last 10 mins and their defence crumbled under the onslaught of the Saints Offensive.

All I'm going to say about the champions league is that Arsenal should pay Lens more that what Barca payed him. That's all I'm saying.

Thursday went to watch Da Vinci Code. Cool cryptex and stuff, I've never thought[ the key word is COULD ] could have married until I read the book, I always felt he was single. Like I said, cool stuff.

Friday, went out with Thash for lunch at Bukit Panjang Plaza :D Concept ORD haha, very neat ya. Talked cock, had fun... Must admit my maths is rusty :) haha but at least my Virtua Striker is not :)

Saturday was SJI touch rugby day. I realised that I'm not rugby fit, have to work on it ya. Qn is where was Harith ?? haha Later went with Talib and Zan to Dota, though Talib took a nap :) After that all came over to play winning 11 :D need I say more lol haha Hmmm, actually this is a really brief summary of the week... Oh well, toodles

Shiva's Birthday

2006-05-15T17:44:00.000+08:00

1stly I realised that alot of people I know are born in this month, Talib's on the 3rd, Shiva's 13th, Grace's 26th and YiFeng 28th :) Wowza. Shiva was sick on his 21st, had to go hospital and all... but he's on the road to recovery now. A severe case of flu. Sudhan and I went over today, we bought him a tiramisu cake at Jurong Point there, tasted yummy. Thing was, its a surprise. He had no idea we were coming until we rang his door bell, his mom was in cahoots with us, together with everyone else in his family haha. Should have taken a photo of his face, stunned :) but it was all smiles and laughter. Well some of the cake was sacrificed into giving Shiva a facial hehe. Hadn't seen him and Sudhan in ages. Sharmala and Gunalan couldn't make it, work issues. Guna is serving the nation while Sharmala is somewhere in Tuas doing her attachment. They both sent their regards and best wishes. Had lunch afterwards, Cabbage Kootu, Fried omlette, beetroot stir-fry, Onion curry[actually, I don't know how to translate to english ...] Love this type of food :) healthy and delicious at the same time haha. Thanks !!

Mother's Day

2006-05-14T10:36:00.000+08:00

Last 2 days havoc :0) Friday, had changed driving to AM session then went to play soccer in the afternoon, fitness not quite there yet though. Scored a few goals, thanks to Talib for the assists. :) Usual gang was there, Izan, Kin, Talib, Bud and Irwan, great afternoon. The weather was just perfect, no sun and no rain[ well, a slight drizzle with a threat of downpour loomed occasionally but... yea you get the idea] Went to Marine Parade area to LAN. Irwan had AWP issues... and some psychomotor[ is that how its spelt ?] issues too. How he carry drink sial? At least his saves were on form :) On the MRT ride home, he got teased and he ran in loops around us. It was good-natured ribbing.

Came home, saw the internet light flashing, too lazy to fix it so I went to sleep. Woke up Sat morning saw it still flashing, too lazy to fix so I went for lunch. It was a mother's day celebration thing, went to this Indian resturant near gleneagles, Saamy's Curry. And No, this time no chicken briyani :) something else equally yummy though. lol. My cousin prakash and my brother prasad were creating a havocking good time there :)

Both are my brothers :) prasad and prakash hehe

After the makan, went home, you wouldn't believe but the internet light was still flashing and this time I felt like I was most certainly lazy enough to do nothing about it yet. At night went out, hmmm, lets just say I had an outing with my brothers. Then went home after having a Macdonald breakfast[ that really hits the spot ]. Woke up saw the light flashing... Well, I'm typing this in aren't I ? :)

Happy Mother's Day !!

Birthday and a Wedding

2006-05-11T17:05:00.000+08:00

May 11, 2006. My Aunt just turned... well its not proper to state her age, so I'll just say she's one year younger today :D haha. Went to Perumal Temple, its the 2nd temple along tekka there, if you continue further down after Mustaffa Shopping Centre you could see it, in the morning, and did prayers for good health, etc etc :)

At the same time, there was a wedding going on inside the temple itself. An indian guy marrying a chinese lady, how do I know ? well, from looking at his/her parents, and the relatives who were seated, she also repeated the mantra in english [ there's a translation ]. It was very nice to behold, but I think the girl can't breathe properly, its always like that at Indian weddings :) haha, they bedecked her with a ton of jewellery, girdles, rings, bangles and some items that I can't even begin to name haha kenna overflow, but she was glowing [ can tell ]. Afterwards while she was standing up, she shook abit, same for my cousin's wedding :) the bride like quite spotlighted during the entire ceremony. Got smoke,fire alot of interesting processes each with its own significance, it can take quite some time to complete. This one was unique, instead of tying a string, he put a gold chain directly over her head, first time I've seen that happening, usually a string is tied with 3 knots. The guy, however, looks like a bulb[ this is an not an indian term of endearment :) but its an indian term alrite :)] It was fun, sort of like an impromptu ceremony that you just go and join in [ not considered crashing cause temple is public property, acutally trustee property but.. yea you get the idea ] Hmmm Idea :)

So ya, after that went to an Indian resturant to eat, wack only, chicken briyani, prawns, fried fish, boiled eggs, veggies[ can always run later ] :) *smacking of lips* The thing about aunts is that they love to dispense advice, and there's no escape while eating :) from studies to girls to jobs [ quite concerned but still, I'm 21 !! ] anyways after that headed back home.

"Impossible is Nothing" - Adidas

Retrospect & reflect

2006-05-10T22:17:00.000+08:00

I met up with Gomathi today, didn't see her for sometime, since april the 14th 2006. That's when she turned 21 ! When to Marche to eat Rosti[ forgot the spelling ], well, it seems that chicken sausages are wrapped in sheeps' or lambs' intestines. Tasty :) So we talked and had a fun time haha.

Afternoon, later at home, Talib msged me, " praga get your a** to city hall, lets lan" [ may not be verbatim, but that's the gist] too tired bro, sorry, Nizam too wanted to watch the Da Vinci Code, lets go ! when its out :) suggestion, make it a thailand group outing ? :D

Anyways, I was given the meaning of retrospect and reflection, my GP not there ya. Actually, I do relfect and retrospect, while I'm running, cause I've got nothing on my mind, its quite blank. So that's when the "What ifs?", "Could I have done that better?", " Was that wrong?" and the like, pop into my mind, its aggravating, to be honest. It does keep me from thinking of the euphoria my body is experiencing while I'm running, but it can get quite naggy... persistant, annoying, little voice up there saying things that should only be said on cold,dark lonely nights, when I'm 75 years old :) Maybe one day I'll get it to shut up, maybe. Maybe that voice is why my 2.4 can't sub a certain digit... Maybe.

Heck, why should I complain anyhow? The waves are looking good, so maintaining form would be just dandy. After studying, feel like migrating to some place far far away from singapore, Canada is top of the list, after making enough to retire, rhasta in India :) Probably buy a house in Ooty[ cold, hilly region... popular with tourists ] haha, Dad will get high just hearing this idea, not the migration mind you :D

btw a lvl 40 monk is quite godlike too*shivers*

The Most Beautiful Experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art, and true science. Whoever does not know it, and can longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead and his eyes are dimmed - Albert Einstein.

Hen -rrrrrrryyyyyy!!!

2006-05-09T07:40:00.000+08:00

I am prompted to type this after watching the EPL highlights. Sad, [ acutally quite glad ] to say that I did not watch the Manchester or Chelsea highlights, however I did get to view the Tottenham vs West Ham and Arsenal[Darling!] vs Wigan A. I heard the commentator mention that 10 Tottenham players were down with food poisoning, well that's what you get if you eat indian food, [ all the curries, ang moh stomach where can tahan?] before playing a match, especially the match that decides whether you qualify for Europe.

Having said all that, I did dance a little jig and screamed myself hoarse when God[Henry] scored a Hat-trick as a Highbury tribute. It was a fitting end for a place steeped in glorious victories. Got Fireworks. But Wenger, with the exception of Lauren and Ljungberg played his 1st team :) Pires, Cole, Henry, Cesc, Reyes, Hleb... have to admit he was a bit paranoid. I think Arsenal need 2 goalkeepers, one for the Champions League and another for the EPL :) Lens... as long as you maintain your Champions League Form...

I believe Arsenal opened bottle when Rooney broke a foot, Diaby not yet key player. Maybe Deco and Ronaldinho.... anyway its all wishful thinking :) But still,... Just go for IT, Arsenal !

One more thing... We qualify for Europe yada yada yada Whoop Dee Doo !Xobile Say it !!

2006-05-08T11:05:00.000+08:00

Day started routinely, run and all, then went to play NWN, lvl 34 Sorc = Demi-god... Anyhow the afternoon was quite slow, until Izan msged me " Praga, Xbox later at LOT1". Sounded like just the thing. Wouldn't say I owned, maybe Harith not used to Xbox controls :) oops... Got the winning 11 Ten but I guess I was so caught up having a great time that I forgot to take it haha.

Izan is going for his interview[090506] wish you all the best bro !! Talib's going for a med appt[090506] too. Interesting thing was, today was spotlight day, doesn't happen often but when it does...

We went to LJS to eat after the mini league, the food that I purchased cost $6.95, grilled fish/ayam combo with pepper sauce and salad. However I gave the nice lady over the counter a $2 note, and I waited there for her to accept it... Did Di Dee, Talib saw... hahahaha. Spotlighted.

Then I fed Talib, yogurt with cashews :) not "happy" ok ? After I fed him and put my spoon back into the cup, the cashew nut popped out from the cup and fell onto the floor... I mean, come on !? Anyhow was a mild day with a glorious end!

NUT sent me my admission letter for SPMS [ school of physical and mathematical sciences ] haha some tea thingy reception, I should wear a bow tie, now that'd be "happy", maybe. There's a Q & A session, various promises on where I can go and what I can do, I'll go... maybe. Maybe I just want to purview the entire [K]oncept of back to school. Playing rugby, wonder if we have our own table... Acutally that place is gigantic, so maybe we'll have our own field. Maybe 2 fields...

"Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody can get there" - Virginia Burden

Interesting Day

2006-05-07T20:24:00.000+08:00

Actually, I've no idea about the genres of Music, I just want to let people know that my genre of music is Nice, Pleasing and gives a good feeling when you Listen to it. I don't know Celtic from Sonata, savvy ? Now that we've cleared that :)

Today was an interesting day, why... well...ahh, it just was. I lack the appropriate and adequate vocabulary to describe the day. Had a waffle though, waffles perk me up, better than coffee or anything else for that matter. The weather today was marvellous, studied alkenes, oooh Electrophilic Addition... exciting Bromine. Parents went to Malaysia, cheaper oil and groceries, and to buy pizza. Everything is 1/2 price there, however, the next 20 years will tell.

Its easier to be evil then to be good, have you ever wondered why? Maybe a definition of good and evil would help, but it was just such an interesting day, I know that if I carry on typing all anyone would be reading would amount to baldderdash. So take care and have a nice day ya.

"Its a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done" - Sydney Carton [ Read the tale of 2 Cities ]

Grandma

2006-05-06T21:40:00.000+08:00

She, ladies and gentlemen, is my most lovable grandmother. She came over to stay on thursday night, well she lives over at Pasir Ris but because of voting she had to come to CCK and stay. She's registered under the CCK, so there. Haha, I'm high when she comes over. It was quite hard to get her to pose like this :) hahahahaha, but after pleading with her, she relented. She took care of me, since I was young, always pampering and loving, just the way she still is. Looking at her, I feel happy. Instinct, definitely. Her cooking I think is the bestest in the multiverse and she still feeds me :D hahaha That's cos I ask to be fed.

Today quite rejuvanated, hee, 12 hours of sleep haha.

Friday

2006-05-06T14:02:00.000+08:00

The Chalet on thursday was fun-tastic :) Thanks Nizam!!! Hey is this word original, fun-tastic ? [ I mean, its derived from Fan-tastic, you know, the rice burger adverts] If it is, I've got a 100 things left to do before I can die, haha. We played PS2 till the sun came up, literally, though we did take a break to play poker and eat MacDs. Poker was entertaining, we had to bid chilli, ketchup and cards, oh and mayonnaise hahaha. Forfeit was very entertaining, very. Right Talib? Cold Cans of sprite, dangerous things. After that went for a swim, I accidently gave Nizam a haymaker on his right cheek... Swimming is trecherous.

Went home after, was dead tired, but I knew I couldn't sleep had to go and meet Nat :) If I fell I sleep there would be one very violent albeit forgiving Natalie who would use a pump action shotgun and hunt me down, cause promises aren't meant to be broken. We had dinner at Cafe Cartel together with Stefanie [ if I spelt inccorectly, sorry :) ] Salad and Linguine, large portions, after that we updated each other[ I think 'update' can be used ] She's working at CHIJMES, and brought me there to her workplace, there we talked abit more, it was my 2nd time at CHIJMES. Then I went to meet Talib and we went home. I slept like a log. *Quantum Foam Makes Me Roam

Bangkok Trip

2006-05-04T13:55:00.000+08:00

Today, went for driving, quite good, considering I only hit the pole once during parallel parking haha. Shiva was supposed to come over today, but then he woke up, hmmm not early ya. Going for chalet later, at Downtown East, will be fun!

Now about Bangkok, 7 days of pure joy and entertainment. Made new friends on the 1st day of the trip, Kenneth, Meiqi, Eelynn, Nizam & Melissa ! They are so easy to talk to, and awfully cheery, with a ton of endurance and energy to go shopping all day[Nizam and kenneth included ]

Arrived in Bangkok, very peaceful, no visible signs of violence, took a large cab and had all the luggage stuffed into the back. Came to "First House" hotel, very central location, directly outside the hotel there's a bustling market place, people yelling, cabs and cars squeezing past each other along the narrow alley and so many tourists, very colourful. Settled down into the hotel, Kin, Nizam and Myself to a room and Ken, Izan and Harith to room, and the 3 girls shared a room.

Went shopping like crazy over the next few days, plenty of great bargains, was able to put my bargain skills to the tests, I wouldn't say they are perfect but for the first time w/o my parents I think I did ok. Got some good stuff, shirts mostly , Nizam and Kin got a pair of matching original TOUGH wallets. Harith got swindled when it came to candleholders. How do I know? I bought a bigger holder at 4 bucks lesser. I bought the holder for my uncle and aunt.

The food was tasty, It was mango, papaya salad with grilled prawns, pad thai and pad hoi. Now I've been told that I'm not hungry during meal times...well its time to reveal the truth. While everyone was sleeping or stoning at the hotel, I take a walk down and tekan all the hawker food... I must declare though, it was terribly scrumptious. Hee. From sausages to fruit smoothies to grilled seafood, I've tasted them all, except for the fried green thingy... its just too green.

Weather was blistering, but wasn't too humid, so it balanced out. Then the girls returned to singapore with Kin and kenneth [ hey, K^2 :p ] and there was Harith, Izan, Nizam and Myself. We had a Fun-Tastic Time :D !Xobile !!! Found this great tandoori eating place. In conclusion [ I was told by my GP teacher never to end anything in this manner if it could be helped, but hey... ] Bangkok Rocks ! And for those of you who know, cheers for the $11 coke ya.

"Always act like you are wearing an Invisible crown" - Paris Hilton

Bangkok Photos

2006-05-04T10:04:00.000+08:00

Talib's 21st

2006-05-04T00:23:00.000+08:00

Okay, first of all, 030506 was a fantastic day, until I came home and found that my CPU crashed[ but its all good now] and that... darn, it just slipped my mind, don't usually focus on the negatives after a such a day. Talib turned 21 today, gazooks*! I came abit early to orchard mrt, but Talib and Izan arrived shortly enough. Astonishingly, Kin was late... Wonder why... *cough* no comments * cough* Harith was on Indian timing i.e. arriving when the food arrives. Haha. All of us are officially 21 save for,... well you know who you are, kiddo. We had lunch at Pizza, the Cheesy Lava Kind. Finger-smacking good, lots of chicken in the soup. After that we all went to play Xbox, actually we wanted to, but it was closed. 2 outlets left open, one at downtown east and the other at LOT 1, no prizes for choosing the nearer one. So Izan picked out a good place to play lan, real havocker time with counterstrike, secondary school memories all came back. After that the rest went to watch M:I-3 while I had to go meet Shiva to watch... M:I-3. It is a fantastic show, and if u thought "Ultraviolet" was great, you'd end spending a month's pay to watch M:I-3 again and again. Because unlike UV, M:I-3 actually has substance. Then we talked about Thailand and bangkok about abit. After that I headed home, told you the day was Fab. "Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great." ---Roger de bussy Gazooks - An exclaimation

I've added an Image ! Maybe.

2006-05-02T11:10:00.000+08:00

Day 7 of Construction, Viola ! An image has been added. Now that's me. I believe it was taken at MacDonalds, near SHAW. I honestly can remember the details of how this photo was taken, however its not at all interesting :) All I can say is that Harith is involved. Woke up today, there was an empty feeling, as in there was no one at home. Brother was at school and I was idylling in the house without any purpose [ just the way I like it ]. Maybe I could go learn how to juggle, Maybe. The entire house is silent, save for the whirring of the fan and the tapping of the keyboard. Maybe I should upload the bangkok pics ? Maybe. Tomorrow is Talib's birthday ! Haha, he's turning 21 ! hmmm, do I have a photo of him ? I do, but then I may as well introduce you to the gang :)

Nevermind if its not clear, just strain your eyes abit. From Left to right, Sudhan, Shiva, Talib, Qiyuan, Thash, ME !, Suffian, Harith, Yi Ming, Tinaga and Halim.

This was at my 21st birthday, Green cake, "Hey Hey Hey Wish you a ..." but there was everyone and that made it Fun-Tastic.

Maybe, I should upload my class photo. Maybe.

Anyways I've know all those in the photos for close to 9 years and they are wonderful, dependable people. No Maybe, its a certainty.

New Things

2006-05-02T00:13:00.000+08:00

Talib and Shakin were kind enough to aid me in my creation process. Wow, its day 6 already, I think they managed to change the timestamps successfully so that I would not have to suffer dating my entries. Well, its official the results of winning 11 Nine are out... And well my brother, Prasad, is victorious, confound Blackburn Rovers and their pet, M.G. Perderson. They rest of the competition was a tough fight, although shots were coming in from every angle, the finishing was lacking, so most matches ended in draws. They were nail biting to watch though, as the ball riccochetted off the post, and a single goal would determine the outcome of a match. Qiyuan, however did not wait for me to change my players.. the price of that decision was most dastardly * Evil Laugh * After that, went down to Sinaran for dinner, hot food after PS2 soccer hits the spot. Well, I was just attempting to upload an image of myself, would it work ? Technology is really slow.... ZzzZzz, I'm not sure if it is even uploading or not ... Hmmm, Can't detect network settings... Reloading again.--------> "Your Images are still being uploaded to Blogger" Well guess its not happening tonight :)

If You Can't Get Things to work out... You adjust...

2006-04-28T08:26:00.003+08:00

Day 5 of creation... I realised that I took a break on Day 4... The dates, they just could not be changed, I tried to follow instructions but maybe my interpretation skills have taken a severe beating... Being told what to do all the time makes the mind malfunction. So I'll just make good, at the end of every entry I'll just put in the date and time myself, makes things easier. Anyhow last night [30th Apr] I was at Harry's, it was a pub, a very nice pub indeed. They played pleasant [ I genuinely can't tell what is fantastic and what is not fantastic, simply put I liked listening to it ] music. I met some of tinaga's friends, [pls forgive if I can't name all of you guys, or if I got the spelling wrong...] Iqbal, Tata, Christie, Shi Li, One guy looking like wang li hom, One guy looking like Jay Chou but much taller, Robina and Eugenia. Well, Eugenia is this young lady I bumped into at the entrance of the pub, it was very packed and eventually we got into conversation, she's a singer too with a real energetic personality and she's portugese. After that went to Lau Pa Sat to have supper, I had this craving for Ice Kachang, it was such a huge portion though but oh so delectable. Tinaga introduced to me to Jazz, from the NUS cultural show, "An Evening with Porter and Bacharach" on the 26th of Mar. I went with Yi Ming to watch the show, I had a great time. Yi Ming and I got Tinaga's Autograph * Grinz * Today we're having a winning eleven 9 face-off against everyone. Its gonna be real havoc! Well, go to go and warm up, the results will be displayed shortly ya. Maybe its time I uploaded some pictures eh ? !Xioble

Soccer

2006-04-28T08:26:00.002+08:00

Today was a gloriously sunny afternoon, the birds were chirping and no insects were buzzing, except for tht gorgeous green butterfly, ideal for a fantastic round of soccer, street soccer. There was dribbling, passing, running, shooting and of course, scoring. Scored 2 goals today, one, thanks to a brillant assist from [Sha]Kin, though the other, well forgive me for my sheer lack of modesty, but it was pure luck :) Talib, Izzan, Bud, Irwan and Harith played, defended marvellously, creating ample opportunities, thus in the end we were victorious. They all scored too... Though do forgive, I can't really rememeber :) After that went to order Mutton Chop, but no more Mutton, so ended up with Mee Goreng instead. Was yummylicious. Still can't change the timestamp on my blog... Day 3 of creation

Saturday Morning

2006-04-28T08:26:00.001+08:00

Good Morning, its the 2nd day of creation, still doing some touching up and fiddling. Not really quite sure on what needs tweaking and what need not be tweaked... Feel this urge to add a photo, will do it, maybe. Woke up early today, 0730... Just can't stay asleep during the day and can't stay awake at night as my eyes begin to mist, and a woodpecker makes a nest in my head. Its been awhile since I've woken past lunch, those were great times. Seriously though, I shouldn't be nostalgic on a Saturday morning. Reminiscing should be left to lonely, dark nights, when nothing can interrupt your thoughts or cheerful saturday mornings, just cause I feel like it. "You Miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky

2006-04-28T08:26:00.000+08:00

The Genesis of a blog, my blog. Why did I not start one earlier? Honestly, I think I was lazy and maybe the 1st blog, prior to this, had waay to many protocols... basically it just wasn't user friendly. Gee, now that I've more or less given life, I sort of feel like Dr. Frankestein... Have I created a monster ? Hmmm, a blog is just a forum of personal thoughts and their intepretations. Ha, I could use this as a means to at least improve my creative writing. Express myself using words, what a Koncept. "As Long As You are going to THINK, you may as well think BIG" ---- Donald Trump