Marching into the Year of Tiger

As what people usually do at the start of the year, I did make my resolutions; in the hope that I can accomplish them, at least a few i hope.

After a hiatus from school for about 2 years, going back to school did bring back some familiar memories from my close to 16years of studies. It would have been better if NUS didn't change that much. Not to find the Wellness centre at its usual location at YIH wasn't that great a feeling; luckily, I was thick skinnned enough to approach a student who looked like he was from secondary sch. Perhaps back during Uni days, I do look that young before. At least for now, what I hope to do for sch, would be to do well for studies. To do the best in whatever I am in right now. Not to just get a minimum passing grade (Masters doesn't have classes of honours though) but to get more than an average score, but juggling time between work, loved ones and personal time isn't easy.

The normal aspiration for work: Promotion, pay rise etc. For myself, I just hope to get opportunities for better exposures and get to learn from the best in the trade. Learning is paramount as I believe with interest, tangible/ intangible benefits will then follow.

In the prime time of my life, striving for a good career and trying out new things are the first in my to do list. However, this doesn't negate the fact that family, loved one and my friends still play a very important pary in life. I am so glad that while I am rushing from work to sch and then going home from school, I know there are people who are always behind me giving the support which I need. Time. My dire need. Time management is what I aim to better in.

Nevertheless, this year is supposed to be a VERY good year for people born in the year of pig. When I say very good, it meant real good. All the fortune tellers all said that. Job progression, Romance, health, family... U name it, pigs, i mean people in the year of pig, are going good in it.

But... before good fortunes bestow on us... a mishap got to happen to me...

10K worth of repairs and 2 weeks of inconvenience. I am going to claim whatever I can from that driver's insurance.

Mr Fuji

Not forgetting he likes to bite my socks (though not the nicest thing to chew) and running away when i tries to get it back... chewing the newspaper in the pee tray and licking your whole face when you are back from work... even my mom is starting to like his presence (cos she was the impedance to us getting fuji)

All in all, fuji is a welcomed member into the family... seriously behaving what a little kid will behave and everyone is spoiling him.

Little Spoilt Brat

Never did I know a puppy behaves like a little kid.

And now I am becoming like a parent, disciplining the spoilt little brat.

"NO! Cannot Bite"

"NO! Don't urine there!"

"Ouch! Stop biting me"

How long more does it take before he can be toilet trained?

Malaysia......... Truly Asia

A sat in Malaysia with Audrey and her colleagues. Not too many people. Just the 5 of us cos the other 5 threw stunts at the last min. hahaa.. Sometimes I just wonder where is the most basic responsibility in a person.

Anyway We had fun. Go karting at a place which I don't recall how I reached, massaging at a parlour where my male masseur was constantly taking a peep at whichever gals who came in and lastly, a malaysia trip is never complete without a zi char dinner.

Frankly speaking, I was quite scared when I was running through his fur.

The unglam before the action. Because the dirty helmets stink, everyone was given a disposable shower cap.

Call me Justin Schumacher.

Seriously I tot I was quite good. First few laps were slow because as a frequent driver, I actually tend to slow down at every corners. It was those people without license who drove without even tapping the brakes.

The RM3 bucks Fruit Juice. Cheap Ah~

A satisfied Tin. RM200 for dinner. Less than 20 Sing dollar per person. Cheap ah~

7 Jan 2010

Like I always tell myself, education is never cheap.

Clearing my 20K of undergrad fees soon. Another 6K of graduate fees coming.

But all for a cause, upgrading myself.

I miss...

I miss being labelled as U048899Y. The number which almost everyone can remember... to the extent all will know my test grade even before I do.

Why am I now labelled as A00**72*H? Why is it not g09*****?

Luckily there's a new thing called friendly email address. At least i can now be called justin.lim.

I miss U048899..

The festive season of giving really tore a hole in my pocket... At least 1K worth of gift... I am so glad that I went overseas for work prior to christmas, at least it helps to cover the cost of the gifts...

A dinner to celebrate mom's birthday yesterday. A log cake for her birthday cake. Frankly speaking, I think I am quite good in scoring pts with old folks especially aud's folks... but aud is good this time round. She actually bought birthday present for my mom. My mom was so happie that her smile was as wide that it stretches from one end of the face to the other. My mom even switched to aud's bag just for the dinner... Outstanding la aud... And I think all women have a weak spot for bags.... But I don't understand how on earth can a bag can cost so much... some even has bags which cost more than $1K...I can buy a laptop with that amt of money.

Practicality vs Fetish for bags.... Beats me... I will never understand.

My resolution for next year... save!

My Buddy

Me and my buddy Wenxing.

This is the guy whom I slept with for the whole of my national service. I really mean it when I say I slept with him.

Our bed was literally side by side. Sometimes when i woke up at night, his face was just in front of me. Sometimes I wonder did we ever kiss when we were both asleep. hahaa.. The reason behind the arrangement of the bed was because of the fan which was smacked in between our original beds' location. So to better "harness" the wind from the fan, we decided to join our beds.

I still remembered vividly how we would do our before-bed-time crunches and leg raises (btw, i do have 6 packs during NS.. so sad that it is fading away now), how he reacts when i start to make advances on him.. hahaaa..

Buddies are seriously hard to come. I was there for him when he broke up with his first gf... and he was there for me when mine happened too. hahahaa.. sounds cheesy.

Anyway, we had a "enjoyable"time at Stand Chart Marathon 09. Not a good timing but at least we managed to overcome all the cramps, fatigues and complete the race.