Bad Day

If you think you're having a bad day, think again!

A man in Florida was arrested because what was actually breath mints was somehow mistaken for crack by the cop. Since the officer didn't believe him, he put the man behind bars for 3 whole months until the results came out and proved that there were no drugs indeed. The officer claimed that it was tested positive before, which is obviously false. For crying out loud, this man lost his apartment, his car and job! He deserves some compensation for the very least!

Read the full article here.

No Doubt, About It

No Doubt embarked on their comeback tour in May 2009. 3 months later and the tour has officially come to an end with their last show played in Hawaii. It has been five years since their last tour in 2004 while promoting their Greatest Hits album. I have been wistfully planning everyday about attending their concert and trying to work around my schedule.

I was considering attending the Los Angeles or Las Vegas show but well maybe next year. It was incredible seeing them live again at sold-out venues performing all their classic hits without any new material. The energy this band provides to everyone, you can't help but feel ecstatic and want to jump and sing along. Plus, this is the feeling I receive just by watching their videos, imagine being there live. Just judging from the concept of the tour to the props and the outfits of each band member and also viewing the pictures, videos and comments online, it was without a doubt a mind-blowing, and out-of-this-world show No Doubt put up.

To top it off, Gwen invited fans on stage to take pictures with her at every venue. These people got to impress her by showing off their Gwen impersonations and even tatoos of her on their bodies!

For those of you who do not know by now, I have been supporting No Doubt since 1996 and I am absolutely inspired by their originality, geniality and passion. Gwen Stefani is one hot mama who seems to be able to juggle everything in her life so perfectly from singing to writing songs, designing for her clothing line, LAMB, acting and even taking care of her two sons and husband, who seems to be in more scandals than her every time. What a life?!

With the end of the tour, I am eagerly anticipating their next album which is scheduled to be released sometime in 2010.

Addison's Addi-tude

This short film I made which is titled, "Addison's Additude", was my gift to Addi on his 21st Birthday, 3 months ago. The actual film is 30 minutes long, thus I have uploaded only one out of five parts of the entire video, which is the Christina Aguilera segment. This was my first time undertaking such a huge video project and I am really proud of how it turned out which is why I have decided to post this entry. Furthermore, it reflects and captures Addison's growing up, personality and his incredible friends and family. I'll probably upload the entire film on YouTube sometime soon.

Slam & Bomb

Decided to party for just one more night before getting serious and hitting the books to study for the exams starting on Aug 24.

Anyway, together with Addison, Corey, Debbie and Alastair, we headed down to Rebel to finish the bottle of Chivas we had gotten the last time there on Cassie's birthday. The music was much better than before. There was Jager bomb and tequila slams everywhere just as Deb and I had planned the night to be. Cor thought he would have to carry us home after having one too many to consume. Dance. Drinks and Dares. Overall, the night was WICKED, extremely.

Save Our Planet

Pearl said over lunch on Wednesday that she was considering becoming Vegetarian. I stopped and stared over at her t-shirt and her lunch (Chicken rice, by the way) and looked to her and said,"Right, no wonder you have meat written all over you!" If that's what it takes to be vegetarian, then hell yeah sign me up. If only I had a fairly reasonable weight, I wouldn't mind being Vegetarian too.

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Which reminds me of a game we played in school today over lunch. It was simply, "Guess the Weight?" of each of our classmates. I was taken aback when everyone thought I was 60Kg or above. It didn't come across to any of them that I could weigh 55Kg or below. This feels awesome for some reason!

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All these thoughts and talk on weight and vegetarianism got me researching and I found some pictures of celebrities that posed nude for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to save our planet and to protect animal rights such as from being skinned for their fur. I wonder if they really did it for the environment or just the chance to pose nude without being judged. Oh well, but I love them all and what they did have really benefited society and made a change in many people's lives. Above is one example of a vegetarian celebrity using her status to help save the World, Alicia Silverstone.

The Bumper Car

I recently did a quiz on facebook titled, "What's your Dating Personality?" As recommended by some friends who took it and thought it was pretty spot on. And my result was, The Bumper Car. It continues to say as follows:

Innocent. Loving. Indulgent. Spontaneous.

You're brash, passionate and magnetic. You're a carefree individual who doesn't lead a particularly structured life. It's likely that you're still trying to figure out exactly what you want to be when you "grow up".

Sometimes you don't consider the consequences of your actions carefully enough and you end up causing bad things to happen to the women who love you. You generally mean well, but you don't necessarily have the fortitude to stick things out enough to make them work.

Despite all this your spontaneous attitude makes you a lot of fun and people enjoy being around you.

National Day Weekend

This long weekend was dedicated to taking time off my school projects and to let my hair down. I can't say I've been the most hard working student, but I have been trying to fulfill my duties as one.

Back to the point, Butter factory shifted it's premises to near the Esplanade and I have yet to party there since it opened a few months ago. Gavin invited us there, and Debbie was enthusiastic about coming too so I called her along. She's had a 7 or 8 week party streak as of Saturday, kudos to you! Anyway, Butter was a blast, we hardly drank but the music and crowd were good. Deb and I shifted from Hash to Bump since we preferred the RnB music there and as the name speaks for itself, we did bump into so many friends and people while dancing and chilling at the bar. Mel joined us afterwards too. It was a great night with great company.

I managed to wake up at 10am on Sunday and went for the 1115am Mass at Holy Family. Met my Godfather, Bro Nicholas there and we had lunch. It has been a long time since we really talked and caught up with what's going on in our lives. Met Toria at the Airport afterwards to study and we travelled together to Dom's house for his National Day Party. Good wine, good games and an awesome night again!

"You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them"

John Ruskin

A Series of Fortunate Events

Sienna Miller in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Friday was a good turn of events though Rebel and Poker were out. The morning was a bit ugly due to some complications and misunderstandings with C but most of it has already been settled I think. After which I began to brainstorm for ideas and managed to complete the role-play synopsis for a class presentation this coming Tuesday. I'm supposed to be a Production Manager of a company providing metal spare parts. Since I've had experience in holding a meeting before this test should go well. Took a walk to Church afterwards for Mass and to just clear my head. Yesterday's weather wasn't that bad after all.

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Met Deb at Raffles for dinner at the Pizza Place. She had never been there before so she had to try their Pizza. Finally, we went down to Plaza Sing to catch G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I remember watching the cartoon series when I was just a child. The movie is the best new release I've seen so far. There is everything you would look for in a movie; the action, adventure, romance, humour, etc. I highly recommend it. Plus, Sienna Miller looks fantastic in the movie, I think it had something to do with the dark hair, I've never liked her even more. In my opinion, she seriously stole the show. 4 Stars for its awesomeness!

A Time Lost, But Not Forgotten

This video is an advertisement I made for my final year project in school. I googled most of the images found in the video. The restaurant is fictitious. Thought I share the video online. Hope you like it. Special thanks to Addison for helping with much of the photoshop work.

Don't Get It Twisted

The past 2 weeks have been so hectic working on projects after projects. Still hanging in there somehow. Met Pearl for lunch in school today after Investment tutorial and she accompanied me to class to hand over my assignments. We got to talking about her 20th Birthday and the possibility of hosting it at my house which will be great. Wherever it is, I'm sure we will have a great party for you Dora!

Business development presentation tomorrow, a very major project. I'm hoping after this presentation, school won't be so hectic as it is. And following that swimming and dinner with Corey after school. Need to get out and free my mind after being stuck in front of the laptop till 4 in the morning every night.

National Day is around the corner and I've got the whole weekend plan. It's going to be a great week and an even longer weekend!

8 things

I'm still spinning just coming to terms on how fast we've reached August! Thus, I've decided to come up with 8 things I would like to have/do during the duration of the month. The Global Gentleman must accomplish the following:

1. I Touch

(The N95 volume can't be adjusted any longer)

2. External Hard drive

(My Laptop is out of space from all the videos I'm storing in it)

3. Watch G.I. Joe and Public Enemies and maybe Fighting

4. Write a script for.../ Exercise more and eat healthily

5. Get a new hairstyle and maybe even dye again

6. More adoration room time

7. Party like a rockstar

8. Study

3 Nights in India

India was incredible, a certain part of it at least.

Attended my cousin's wedding which was a fun culture collision of India meets Taiwan. Visited cultural places like the palace of the King and Queen from centuries ago and a "pilgrimage" to St Alphonsa's Church. Had the pre-wedding party on Sunday and the actual wedding on Monday. I'm glad to see that India is improving and slowly picking itself up. I did feel however like I have been living in the stone ages the past few days of living there.

It was exciting still getting to meet family that I've never met before and some that I have but couldn't quite seem to remember, darn, it made me feel just awful about. Kinda shows how my memory is just deteriorating. Time to boost the brain cells! I have yet to receive pictures from the wedding so I'm only uploading snaps from the "touristy" areas.

Walking up to the Palace

The Deer Park

A dinosaur made from fibre glass

Priceless

OK, decided to make a quick post before I fly away and leave you high and dry.

Visited St Joseph's home last week to spend some quality time with the elderly and visit Brother Herbert who turned 94. Something I realised about an aged home is that it is also like a school. You have the timid people, the bullies, the talkative ones and the smokers! Ah, and i saw many inspirational quotes on the walls of the home. The quote above impressed me the most.

Flying off to India tonight for my cousins wedding which is literally going to be a culture collision! Wish I could stay in town though with all the school projects piling up and most of which I have yet to start. Guess I'll be saving them for Wednesday when I get back... Ah...

Cassaundra Gail is Rebellious

Alakazam!

To celebrate Cassie's 19th Birthday, Corey, JH, Debbie, the birthday girl and myself had a rebellious night out at Clarke Quay. We had dinner at Hot Stones which serves steak and seafood. The restaurant adopts the unique style of cooking your own food which was very enjoyable especially when we began poking fun at one another especially Cass since the clock was ticking, as we only had a couple of hours left to "disturb" her before it was officially her birthday and as the rule states, we're suppose to be "nice".

Following dinner, we had ice cream from the Turkish stall. It was absolutely delightful and embarrassing. They are really incredible in their job of creating this unique way of serving ice cream to people which was quite like a magic show. Moved over to Rebel for some partying. It looked great inside and even better music.

Last but not least, what is a birthday without something sweet and delicious?.. So, to end off the night, we surprised Cass with a cake at Nectarie. We ate, talked and were merry!

Hope you had a fantastic 19th. Happy Birthday gorgeous.

Mind Over Matter

No SLEEP. No FOOD. No WATER.

I have been feeling very lethargic for almost a month or more now. Think it could be because I'm growing older! Reaching two decades of your life can really put a toll on you it seems. Well, but I have reached another theory. Recently found out from a scan that I have a very low water level in my body, less than half the amount that is required to be retained by the body. Furthermore, I have not been getting much sleep or food. My meals are so inconsistent, it's crazy. Can people actually forget to have lunch or dinner. Ah, well at least I've just started having breakfast now since it's supposedly the most important meal of the day. So just gotta start reminding myself everyday now to drink more H2O and sleep earlier.

However, this could just be all in my head. The mind really is very powerful. If we put our minds to it, we can overcome any obstacle. So if we set a goal or an idea in our minds and be really focused on it, we can conquer. How we set our minds determines our abilities, whether we can or we can't. Like the saying goes, Potest Qui Vult, "When there's a will, there's a way". The goal now is to start getting active again and keeping my mind motivated and running.

Wicked Games

Push yourself to the limit!

Travelled to town this morning to Gym at California Fitness with Darren. He had a buddy pass and asked me along too, especially since there was going to be a personal trainer for this session. Seriously, I understand now how the stars keep fit especially those that give birth and display their abs and post-baby bods within a month... Heidi klum for instance! It takes whole lot of commitment from the individual and in addition, physical and mental strength. Persistence is key in delivering. If you want it, you've gotta work hard for it. Trainers normally expect a 100% commitment from their students too. The facilities there are great anyway.

Met Toria afterwards for lunch and coffee following that at Gloria Jeans. Thought it was about time we catch up since we hardly meet these days in school.

Headed over to St Patrick's in the evening for a Legion of Mary reunion. It was fun catching up with everyone again.

Made it home in time for Poker night. The guys were playing a drinking game using the roulette to get warmed up. Roulette was wicked! Played poker until 5am. Was worth it since i made a reasonable profit eventually. Family friends from US came in at 2am and will be staying here. Lorenzo made a joke that our place is "like an open house". We get visitors all the time and it's fun having people around the house.

Deeper with... An Icon and Champion: Roger Federer

15 grand slam titles to his name and has reclaimed the throne as World number 1.

Roger Federer is undoubtedly not only a legend but an icon. He has been an icon and has inspired for the past 3-4 years now. He possesses the qualities of a champion like humility, strength and graciousness. Federer has been without a coach for awhile and his ability to train himself displays maturity and determination for his love of the sport and willingness to commit wholeheartedly to challenging himself by reflecting on his game and making changes where necessary.

On June 5, Roger Federer made history by being the first man to win 15 grand slam titles at his Wimbledon victory (5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14). Kudos goes to his his opponent, Andy Roddick who delivered a great game and was just as close to winning his first Wimbledon. Roddick did not let Federer walk away without a fight which made Federer's triumph something worth remembering rather than an easy win in straight sets.

Roddick put up a brave fight and playing like I've never seen him play before. He was amazing on the court and proved once more why he was world number 1 back in 2003. He has surely won over more fans worldwide from his display of tennis at the finals and inspired many Americans especially.

The Centre Court was packed with over 15,ooo people including tennis legends like Pete Sampras (who flew in from California to see Federer superceed his 14 slams), Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver. Other famous names in attendance were Sir Alex Ferguson, Woody Allen, Russell Crowe and close friend Gavin Rossdale who cheered on for his pal!
The Wimbledon final was amazing to watch and spurred a roller coaster of emotions which got me jumping on the couch and running back and forth around the house. I'm so determined to experience Wimbledon live at centre court someday soon! But hopefully I don't fall off the seats or something knowing how frantic I can be.

Queen V

Victoria turned 19 yesterday, and Dominic and I brought her out for lunch at Say Cheeze in Tampines 1. We would have bought a cheese cake from there but crazy me forgot and got it from 4 leaves instead, which Tor loves so it's a win-win i suppose. After the main course, I clearly instructed the waiter to bring the cake out with the candles lighted and everything but he brought it out with the plastic bag still attached. I signalled him to bring it back without anyone seeing and excused myself to explain to the waiter again. He clearly still did not understand so we just lighted it ourselves, which was fine still. On the plus side, the service and food there was fantastic. Decided to travel back to Tor's house to play poker.

Happy 4th of July

Bring on the fireworks!

Headed to Church this morning for the annual lector's retreat. Didn't feel very up to it but still attended nonetheless. Turned out better that i was expecting it to be. The speaker was quite inspiring and funny too, so that's a plus.

Since it ended early, went down to St Patrick's for the carnival since Corey was still hanging there. Met and chatted with friends and teachers mostly and caught up with the godfather after a very long time. The rides looked exciting but we weren't really dressed down for them so we basically spent our tickets on subway cookies, yeah! It was all to raise funds for the school and am glad we helped still, though the little that we did.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

— Mother Teresa

Disconnected

It's amazing how I've come to realize that it is already July 2009.

Almost seems like I've been disconnected from the World around me. Not only with the World but my goals for this year too. At least I can say that the past 6 months have not been all too bad.

Tried new things from playing poker to fishing. Travelled around Asia mostly, especially to Malaysia, Indonesia and India and met cousins earlier in January that I've not seen since I was probably 3? because they migrated to Canada. Did all kinds of water sports in Bintan too which made me challenge my fear of the sea! As for now, I bought a new tennis and badminton racket and will start playing next week for sure. The next phase is to find a job. Yeah, I'll probably get about applying for the one at Esplanade that I've been procrastinating for almost a year already. Damnations! Well, this post is really more of a guilty pleasure. Just trying to keep myself grounded and focused.