the UpRising

after 1 and a half years, i finally decided to get a new bowling ball for myself, amidst of all the wants for photography and biking.. haha! after much persuasion from uncle James from eastern pro shop at NSRCC, i decided to get track's latest high performance: the Uprising..

this spherical object is one of the most forgiving balls i've ever thrown.. the first roll delivered a strike.. haha! this will replace my long-overdue-for-replacement Ebonite Total NV..

a short video taken by my brother.. i lobbed the ball slightly as the oiling in the front part of the lane was very bad..

seldom posting these few days.. haha! becoming lazy to maintain this blog.. might consider stopping it entirely.. or maybe just update once in awhile..

anyway, since im taking a break from mugging..

woke up at 10 today.. went to school at 11, and was supposed to be meeting my mobcomp groupmates to finish up the project and to present to teacher.. in the end, waited till 11.30 when i got a call from teacher.. he opened the lab for me, and i went in to wait for my groupmates..

waited for 2 freaking hours and non of them came.. the lights keep going off, and i had to stand up and wave my hands around to turn them on again and again.. in the end, at 1.30, teacher had to go for a meeting.. so i presented the whole thing by myself.. i did the whole thing anyway.. haha! went back to cc after that and slacked.. sent baby home at 3+ and went back home.. cycled down to school after that to meet Suan YaWen and Alvin.. went to bedok reservoir with them as Suan and Alvin jogged 5km in preparation for their Nike 10km run.. cycled alongside them..

raced Suan and YaWen in Suan's civic to the main entrance, and i won =P

multiracial? phah!

my macbook got stolen today.. no, seriously.. guess by what specific race? i wont mention that god forsaken race here, but im guessing that you guys already know which particular race it is as it has a knack of producing ill mannered, poorly brought up, useless, primitive.. etc etc.. creatures that we share our humble island with, and are probably caused by years of inbreeding and sick perversion that they are known for

so anyway, i left my macbook at cc for what was to be 5 mins while i went to the bookshop and back.. during that time, one of the more inbreed male from said racial group decided that my macbook is pretty.. so instead of just admiring it and maybe taking a picture or two, decided to tuck it under his blue shirt and run out of cc.. luckily for me, PH saw it, and gave chase.. said chase was claimed to be epic with the mongrel running for dear apple goodness towards bedok reservoir.. PH recruited some help, which included the like of a foreign student on a bicycle. said student then gave chase, and when said unintelligent creature realised that it was a failure in life, decided to give up and throw my macbook + charger into the grass before taking flight.. sadly, the nasty piece of excrement was not caught and given a proper decapitation, but my macbook was safe..

back at cc, we reviewed the cctv, which the shit-for-brains didnt realise existed, and saw how he had scouted the area, and only entered when both PH and Dom was not at the counter.. the cctv just managed to catch a glimpse of his trollish, primitive face, but it is unclear if it would be of any use to us.. it showed how he touched lots and lots of things in cc with his clumsy, sausage-like fingers, thus leaving numerous fingerprints for the police to work with..

seeing how a mac is an advanced piece of technology, i must ponder about how a laid-back, unintelligent ape like himself could have comprehended the complexities of it, and thus had to conclude that he would sell it, and buy more bright blond hair dye, cigarettes, trucker caps, piercings and skinny jeans for himself to make him look like our average everyday (racial group) hooligan..

well, thus ends the epic tale of my macbook, and know that on this day (18/08/08), the civilised triumphed over the lower classed, incomprehensibly stupid.

P.S. I have NOT and WILL NOT reveal the aforementioned ethnic group in my blog. if you have a dying need to know which one it is, approach me directly.

P.P.S then again, you would have already guessed which low-lifed scum i am talking about

Fwah~ EPIC!

woke up at 8 on friday and cycled down to school.. put my bike at cc, then went for class.. after class, went back to cc and waited for Suan and Colin to arrive on their bikes.. after a short rest, we set off for the tampines bike trail.. didnt fall at all this time, but Colin fell like 5-6 times.. after the tough mountain section, me and Suan waited for him at the end point and we were quite worried because he was nowhere to be seen from where we were.. we finally saw him appear at the top of the hill, and we were quite relieved.. but all of a sudden, he fell.. we were like.. OMG! are you ok? he signaled that he was alright, and continued down, and fell again.. hahaha.. i had lots of cuts and abrasions on his hands and knees..

the second segment, the forest, was much better.. no one fell.. we decided to let Colin lead, but we overtook him a few times.. haha.. i FINALLY managed to clear the damn berm by following Suan's line.. had to bail out on the north shore log part because i lost my momentum.. but landed safely on my legs.. haha!

went back to school after that, and discussed the proposal and got it done with.. only left with the pictures.. went opposite with Noel, YaWen, Dickson and Suan so they could have dinner.. after dinner, Suan suggested that since he was already in the east with his bike, why not go to ECP? so Suan followed me home and pumped up his tires with my compressor, while i did my own stuff, and then we cycled to Dickson's place at pasir ris to meet him.. we was like.. cross the flyover, and go straight.. and straight was a huge hill.. turns out, his 'go straight' was turn left, then go straight.. riiiight..

after a fun filled journey which included the superb tarmac of the siglap park connector, we reached kembangan MRT and our rendezvous point with Noel.. cycled down to ECP after that, and headed for the food center, where we had some more food and drinks.. we then cycled down to bedok jetty where we counted down to Noel's birthday.. saw lots of people fishing there as well.. haha!

the rest went back home while my mum fetched me back.. cycled a total of 40+ clicks according to my cyclocomp.. EPIC!

nothing interesting to report.. didnt have school yesterday.. but still cycled down at 9 with the intention of meeting Dickson to discuss the ubin trip.. but he didnt arrive till 12+ -.-" late as usual.. should have expected it..

about half completed the proposal.. going to finish it with Suan and Dickson later today over dinner at simpang.. cycled my hardtail down today for Suan to use.. the 3 of us and others are going to head down to simpang after school for the long overdue chiwawa wraps and milkshakes..

now at CC waiting for pubspeaking to start..

nothing much over the weekend.. worked on my bike frame.. sanded it down, sprayed the pre-coat primer, and the matte black coat on.. the bike looks so much better now.. also bought a dull finish clear coat to protect the paintwork, but it wont be on till i can get my vinyls on.. still sourcing for places to make them!!

been bowling quite alot lately.. got the feel back again.. haha! anyway, today, had our final lab test for ewebapps.. i didnt study one bit at all.. and i felt super guilty last night for not studying.. but luckily, it was open booked.. and lucky me, breezed through the test.. 80/100.. Wilson was super shocked lah.. haha! i was super elated..

asp and maths went pass like that, and i was home again..

nothing much these few days.. went to school as usual.. shot abit of the iLive event outside lib.. the iTahan was damn cool.. the winner actually stood there for 1hr 14mins! OMG man.. so free.. haha! baby won 1st place in the sudoku challenge.. so she won a free movie ticket and $50 adidas voucher! haha

yesterday night, went to sin ming to buy a new bike frame for myself for 100 bucks together with a wheelset, seatpost and saddle.. but the frame was quite heavy and the 'custom paint job' was actually spray paint.. so im planning to sand it down and respray it myself.. thinking of matte black or white.. hope to get discs asap!

back to school

it was back to school as usual on monday.. made it past the day, and met some VC members at mushroom, and then took a cab down to T1 to send Jojo off on his OSIP to Brisbane Australia.. reached there at about 6+, and hung around till more people came before going to popeye's for dinner.. first time eating there.. haha! so sua ku..

sent Jo into transit, but not before all the guys present gave him a huge hug.. the girls didnt want to.. haha! sent baby home, and then went back home myself..

today, went to school as usual, and did up my lost mobcomp project.. hung around CC, and went for maths.. failed my maths test as expected.. went back home after school, then to NSRCC.. bowled abit, and got another blister.. it burst halfway through my last game.. oh well!

tomorrows the submission for ASP.Net.. hope my partners done with the whole thing..

Hidden Street: Tampines

i could not really decide upon a name for this series.. i was sitting on "Hidden Street: Tampines" or "The World After Humans".. the maplestory induced one sounded better

i never thought that such a place existed in tampines, let alone singapore.. this was truly how roads would look like after years of negligence.. nature over man.. a great place for model shoots

the entrance.. note that it is a regular tarmac road covered in dead leaves
the corner.. more dead leaves, and a metal rail
high-saturation: looking out into civilisation
my bike, after the corner
the road that ended.. the tarmac was just overrun by grass and creeper plants that it was impossible to continue without a machete to clear the path
ever wondered how it looked like to cycle my bike? haha


on a side note, i tried installing some programs today, and my computer just wouldnt let me run them.. no idea why, and i thought that it was because i was running on Windows XP Service Pack 1.. so i upgraded my whole system to SP3, and that didnt solve the problem.. in fact, it created new ones.. to quote Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear, "Babies come out of the womb faster than that"

woke up at 11 today.. stayed at home for the whole morning and afternoon doing nothing, and wasting time.. i finally could not take it anymore, and grabbed my bike, and went cycling around the neighborhood for fun..

theres this place in tampines which i shall not disclose because me and Alfred dont want it so popular.. anyway, i thought that i'd go take a look at whats behind the fence, since it was already cut open by others.. what was behind the fence was a vision of what the roads would look like if humans were to just disappear.. the road was overrun by vegetation and fallen leaves, and it really inspired me to take a few shots of it.. so i went back home, and got out my camera, and cycled down again..

after shooting, went back home, and went to CSC for dinner at Samy's Curry, followed by bowling at NSRCC

friday: woke up at 8, and met Jo and Suan at school at 9, and convoyed down to the tampines mountain biking trail.. went round the 10km offroad trail, and i fell once after taking a downhill to a left turn abit too fast, with loose gravel.. nothing serious, but scraped by knees and elbow abit.. need to get guards soon.. haha! went back home after that, and a guy whom i emailed regarding buying some stuff from smsed me, and drove to my place to pass them to me.. so i finally got my new stem and riser bar! WTB CXC Riser and 90mm stem..

had lunch with baby, and went to TM to catch the mummy.. a pretty good show! but slightly far fetched.. sent baby home, and then headed home.. went for dinner at hougang area, and then to my uncle's place to pass him something.. went home after that..

Saturday: woke up at 12, and cycled to NSRCC.. on the way there, saw a TP sports club jacket on the grass near to bedok reservoir, and picked it up.. haha! once at NSRCC, got my old shoes, and bowled abit for free at the demo day.. tried the new Ebonite NV-D, and Hammer's Raw Hammer and Black Widow Venom.. loved the Venom.. its even more reactive than my Black Widow Pearl.. the whole Black Widow series kicks ass!

went back home, and then left again to mountbatten to see my brother's performance.. brought along my camera and shot abit also.. plan to burn them, and give it to my alma mater as a gift.. haha! at about 8, Dickson rode down to the grass field behind my house, our usual meeting point, and we both cycled down to simpang bedok where Noel and Jojo were already waiting.. Jojo was the only one not cycling.. awww~ haha! ate 17.50 worth of food.. had sambal seafood fried rice, roti john special, and 2 milkshakes.. haha! super full, but managed to cycle home.. the casualty of the day goes to Noel.. it seems that everytime we go cycling, we are sure to have a casualty.. haha!