Wednesday, October 25, 2006
photo dump!!
Posted by dear benji at 8:48 PM
Golden Village VivoCity – A Grand Sprawling Giant of a Cineplex
A hotel chef whips up your dinner and you get service at the press of a button. Arthouse movies play all year round in your own love seat. Excuse me, did you just get bumped up to first class on a plane? No, you’ve just gone to the local movie house.No wonder Kenneth Tan, Managing Director of Golden Village Multiplex is congratulating Singapore on getting the world’s best cinemasHe said as much of GV’s newly launched Cineplex in VivoCity, in a recent press release, “We […] revolutionized the cinema-going in Singapore 14 years ago, and now, with GV VivoCity, we’ve raised the bar yet again. We truly believe these are the best cinemas in the entire world.”For the movie-goer like you and I, this translates to armrests on seats that can now be raised so “every seat is a love seat” and new raised stadium seating in theatres with extra leg room, making sure that “every seat is a good seat”, Tan added.GV has also addressed a common complaint. The first-row seats in GV VivoCity are about 11 metres from the screen in the only GVmax theatre, almost twice as far as those in other theatres. Viewers in the front rows will no longer suffer a crick in the neck or have to deal with distorted visuals due to the inappropriate viewing angle.
GV VivoCity features 4 different cinema types – 1 GVmax, 3 Gold Class, 1 Cinema Europa, and 10 Stadium Cinemas. GVmax offers an amazing widescreen experience. With its widescreen the size of 2 buses placed side by side (22.4 metres), and its jaw-dropping 602 seating capacity, the GVmax is awe-inspiring. When entering the theatre, one will be floored by the sight of the sheer size of the cinema and seats spread out in every direction. Seeking first-class treatment? for $28 on weekdays and $30 on weekends, GV Gold Class Cinemas are peerless in their extravagant service. Step into the luxurious lounge before the movie and you can order from a 5-star Italian menu prepared by chefs from Oriental Hotel. In the theatre, plush and comfortable recliner seats await you. The angle at which the seats recline can be easily adjusted – giving the comfort of home a luxe edge. Each seat is equipped with a call button offering service at the mere touch of a button. You can even specify the time in which you would wish your food to be served!
If you are a fan of film festivals, then the newly-introduced Cinema Europa means you won’t have to wait for the few times in the year when they come by. Cinema Europa is “a film festival all year round” screening art-house movies, Asian films, local productions, award winners, classics and other film fare. Offering business-class seating, you can catch a movie in this theatre for just $15. Students can get in at a reasonable $8.
Posted by dear benji at 5:06 PM
Thursday, October 19, 2006
i woke up feeling damn hot and feverish.. ugh, i'm lucky that lessons starts at 1pm today. i went to drink lots of water after that, got a ice bag and put it all over my body's hotspots. (i hope someone can do that to Sumatra).After which i went to bathe cold water..eeeewww, it was darn cold. I haven't bathed cold water since those days in boys town. I'm missing that place, that kind of slow pacing lifestyle. I'm half naked now, in front of the fan hoping that the fan can cool me down before i head for school. On top of that i had puffy eyes. WTH, i dun like that feeling of something clamping my eyes down.
i downloaded Wolf's Rain OST, been listening to it. It evoke some alien feelings within me as i listened . I am not so sure what it is yet but i'll see what my psyche comes up =) Let it be. I have a confession, i did not study yesterday, perhaps this was why the fever =) heh.. i came home and head straight for the room, set up my bow and start pulling but after a few pulls i simply became lazy and watched a movie on my laptop- "My Super Ex Girlfriend". it was an okey show, not impressive at all and the storyline was predictable, Too predictable... haiz, i can't believe i wasted time on that lame show. 1hr32mins..
Here's a good movie which you can consider"The Guardian", the lifesaving kind of thing. It's a 2hr plus show and it makes it all the more worthwhile to watch it. Storyline is fantastic, be prepared to cry a bit ;so guys.. you can bring your tissue to the movie and offer it to them.
Posted by dear benji at 10:18 AM
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
i stayed backed in school today for a little while to see the life-saving coach. He welcomed me to the team and i can start as early as next monday. i am so excited. heh!!!! but of course i'd have to start from the basics; breast stroke, freestyle etc. i'd love to learn how to do the butterfly.. hehe, it looks amazing on the water.i've got my reasons for wanting to join the life-saving club. 1. that is to have a more physical demanding activities ,different from archery.
2. to learn how to swim better. i like swimming anyway so i thought ; WHY NOT?
3. i could get a life-saving cert from this CCA which will help me in my army, future career.
4. it helps me in my archery too, it develops my upper body.
okie, that's the reasons . apart from those i've still got some personal ones which i am not gonna declare; nope. not here.
i've been feeling ignored recently by a good friend. That friend of mind is probably hooking up the DVDs as i blog. haiz... DVD!! argh! .... i smsed and i get a reply after some donkey years. i called and i get replies like"can i call you back later?" But that call never came. DAMN. =(
Posted by dear benji at 10:19 PM
GPA4
ugh.. what a difficult. i had this worst flu ever this year. Kept sneezing. shessh! Anyway, i was pretty aghast by the reactions of people when i told them that i am aiming for a GPA4 this sem. It's not the normal "sheesh" kind of laugh but the type where they "Laughed Out Loud" that sort and it makes me wonder if they have ever set that kind of goals for themselves. it's intriguing to see the extreme reations. it makes me wonder whether is it because they don't feel that i can score or is it because they literally think i am joking. I am not excaltly hurt, but more of humilated.BATT's low.. gotta go now.
Posted by dear benji at 7:22 PM
Monday, October 16, 2006
my text books
today's the first day of school and here i am staying back in sch slacking my day through. geez, school ended at 10am. Can you imagine it, you come to school at 8 and you get dismissed at 10am.. phew.. i have nothing to do at home so i thought why not just stay ard in school and use the internet while looking at girls in the lib. heh =)
"knocking on heaven's door" this is a very nice song. there are many version to this but i prefer the later singer. This one's by avril lavigne. Listen to the lyrics, they are rather meaningful .
oh, the pictures up there, are my textbooks. and guess what i have a subject that alexis dreaded most- AUTOCAD. hah... we'll see how tough it can get. I'm sure with my calibre i can do better than her =p sheesh! I shouldn't have bought the AUTOCAD book, i could have taken from alexis. haiz.. looks the the haze is clearing off again, and it is turning for the better. hah, hopefully is it.
Posted by dear benji at 1:08 PM
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Fireflies That Dances Around The Dragon -andrea
"I went for a BBQ last night with the NP archers, and sad to say, the girls didn't turn up. Most of the guys did though. SL and his family were generous to let us have a BBQ at their place far from the actual hustle and bustle of the cityscape....behold, BBQ at Dragon Kiln at Jurong West.Yes, we had BBQ at one of the very very few Dragon Kilns in Singapore, and it so happens that SL's family owned one. Of course we didn't cook our food in their Kiln, we had BBQ pits dragged out to the open grounds where the boys proceeded to incinerate the satay and otah. Literally. It was all fun really, interacting, joking, dai dee and buggy driving was the game play of the night. Of course, being the only lady ( besides George's little daughters) present, I was served food with gusto. Hahahahaha....I missed the boys' rambunctious behavior, and I would have enjoyed myself more if the girls turned up.There was so much food, GZ was practically in 7th Heaven, inhaling everything on sight. But well, I think without him, there would have lots of leftovers for Benjamin to take home. George and Elsie were there, but I think I did the most babysitting for George. Why oh why do the little girls have to cling to me?SL led us to a really dark and abandoned place where a beautiful sight captured our eyes. Fireflies flitted through the few trees, glowing a greenish yellow in the dark, some of them even resting in the tall bushes and lalangs about. Never had I imagine that i would see fireflies in Singapore. As we bask in wonder and awe at the tiny pretty lights of the fireflies, I marveled at the simple beauty those fireflies brought to us.The haze was not bad in the extreme west area, the skies were quite clear despite the proclaimed PSI 116, but I think we were contributing to the haze with our BBQ. Scarfing down more otah that I wanted to, my stomach miraculously didn't protest at the amount of BBQ rubbish one expects to eat. Guess I was starved for rubbish.I wanted to ask George for a ride back to JP, but looking at the boys piling into that white van and squished like sardines, I'd rather not, and opted to stay a little while more. Turned out that I had to wait till 12am for Elsie and her daughter to finish up cooking a bit more with Benji, HL and SL. But as kind Elsie she is, she sent me straight to my home, and I waved them bye as the little yellow kangaroo sped off to send Benji home. Walking towards the lift, a thought rolled through my sleepy smoky brain. The same thought that plagues me now and then.In a few months, I would be leaving this unhealthy country and the friends I've come to know, my 'comrades' in NP Archery, my best buddies and the food. But on the bright side, I would be broadening my view some place else, make more friends, learn new stuff, be independent, and perhaps, make my mark on Aussie's Archery scene. Hah.Whatever. I'm looking forward to my change of city and studies. Till then, I toast my impending journey with a cup of chinese tea and a slice of mooncake. Kampai."--- this entry was taken from andrea because i was lazy to blog on it. And she had a better way of putting her words. impressive..Posted by dear benji at 11:17 PM
Archery BBQ photo dumps!
i've got more pictures here, so if you guys want just call or sms me. I'd pass it to biling to update in the shutterfly as well! meanwhile, school is starting tomorrow! ENJOY!
Posted by dear benji at 10:57 PM
photos dump!!!
Posted by dear benji at 10:49 PM
emotions running wild-express in words!
hmm, these pass few days have been very hectic and busy for me. I had a chalet cum BBQ with lional. And another one just yesterday at silie's house. BOY, i didn't know that he is the decendent of dragon kiln. wow, it was a beautiful place, and i envy him having grown up in that sort of enviorment. PEACE was all i could think of when i was there.i spent far too much this holidays, i've gotta curb the spending habit and start to save. Hmm, a big group was there and they drove ard 2 buggy cars. It's like the ones you see at the golf clubs. Andrea was there too. And there were fireflies at his house area. it's like small bulbs lighting up. It was such a beautiful scene; one of the most memorable ones. =) i was just thinking we could make this a yearly event;BBQ.
"There was a sudden surge of hope, i thought that she might be the one. That pounding heart beat racing with my thoughts to see who came in first. Should i propose the truth that my heart bares or just lament on the fact that it is simply pointless? i fell on my knees as droplets of rain fell on my face. it was raining. I imagined her face in my mind and tried to touch it, i hated the fact that she might leave. I have 3 more months before all is lost, just 3 more months. I do not know the reasons of such strong emotions but i certainly know that at the point where she touched me on my arm. i was freed. Freed from my cage of loneliness. "
haha, just a paragraph of words to express emotions within. cheerio!
Posted by dear benji at 1:46 PM
Sunday, October 08, 2006
i am glad that i shot well today. Credits goes to jaffar and the other coaches. I am on my way to hit above 300.. that is on 30m. Once above 300 on 30m, i am going on to 50m, aiming for above 200 first.phew.. what a blessed day. thank god and praise him. I am going to sign up for driving course tml. i hope it'll go well. I'm now thinking if i want to go private or public. Both has it's own benifits. ugh, think i'd go private than. I'm waiting for hanwei to come online, so that i can get his instructor. hehe... market price for private driving instructors is $24 per hr for those who don't know.
bloody alvin.. bluff me.. say can have dinner at his house.And when i reach there, he said" huh? i thought you're kidding". haiz.. So i went home with an empty stomach.. ugh, think i'd stuff myself with mooncakes.
Posted by dear benji at 8:52 PM
Saturday, October 07, 2006
i'm glad there was a progess in my shooting today. From 237 i jumped to 268 in 30m . And my 50m. i manage to get 158; not that good but i will try hit 200 for now. And as for my 30m; i plan to push it to 290.
Posted by dear benji at 11:54 PM
Friday, October 06, 2006
our world is degrading !!
OMG, god save the queen! The whole island is filled by smoke. NO, not because of mooncake festival(with the childern burning lanterns) but because of the hotspots in Sumatra. C'mon on, the goverment pls do something fast. Send in the devices that helps create artifical rain. Right now, my throat hurts. And i just dun feel like talking over the phone.Am i the only one who noticed? Or am i the only one who've learnt? The world is degrading faster than it's normal rate; faster than the scienctist's calculated timeline. The last time i remembered them saying was that the earth is degrading and if ppl dun do anything, earth will be gone in 1000yrs time. But now, i doubt that. The earth is getting warmer and i can feel the diff. i'm sure all of you guys are able to as well. And ice caps melting far too fast. This world will probably last only for another 100yrs at the rate it is going.
Moreover North Korea wishes to test it's nuclear weapons! This is CRAZY. bastards... the earth is degrading at a fast speed and all you can think of is to test your nuclear weapons? fuck it! c'mon.. get a live luh. You want to show the world how powerful you are, do it at the right time and i'm sure you can do it some other ways. Rather than "testing your f***ed up nuclear weapons". You can show the world how powerful you are by sending troops to Sumatra and try put out the forest fire that has been spreading. oh.. i forgot, the haze and forest fire are affecting the southern-asian side, which isn't affecting you. So it is none of your fucking business.. Is that what you're thinking.. bloody hell.. i am so damn pissed when i heard the news. "applying for permit to test nuclear weapons". why do you even need to ask for permission? When you did human cloning, it was against human rights. Did you even ask for permission ?NO! you just went ahead to do it.And push the blame to one scienctist. poor him who contributed so much to your nation. So even if the UN was to say no, you'd be sure to still test that shit of yours.
Posted by dear benji at 9:36 PM
Thursday, October 05, 2006
photo dump!
hah, there is my most impt and materialistic owings. There is my LOgitech mouse, my Nokia 6260, my Nikon digital camera, my wallet , my white PSP. I included the stretching band because it helps me to shoot better. haha, i can train at hm using that, it's pretty effective!
But anyway, i went down to cdans today. ugh, my muscles dun feel too good. I think afterall geogre was right, i overstrained myself. And it takes a longer time to recover after my first overstrain.. hmm, i was too impatient.
Anyway, there was something materialistic that i have not included into my pictures is my new second hand O2 XDA phone. hehe.. ok luh, it's a pretty old model already, but hey. i've never owned a PDA phone before.. so, first one is always the suckest. hehe. pardon me for my language.
I didn't include my bow, because my bow is something i treat with pride. It was not based on materialistic sense when i bought it. Sometimes, it's just instinct. =p well, opps.. that is a result of too much of wolf's rain- jap animi.
time is 2.58am, phew.. i'm going back to wolf's rain, ciao..
Posted by dear benji at 2:46 AM
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
hmm, just slacking at home, doing my usual stuff. seriously, i hope sch can start earlier, all my friends from other polys have started sch, (not all but most of them). This is so boring, being the 0only that hasn't start sch. I tried jioing ppl out but they are busy with sch. hmm..Today's a tuesday, i'm going down to CDANS later to shoot, than get some stuff from there. But before that, i am going to have to this invsetment thing where they need people to pump in money into making taiwan a wireless place, just like how singapore is. As in town area is now WIFI. Not the whole taiwan of course, but the heart of taiwan. Where alot of businesses take place.
Hehe, later andrea's gonna gimme some mooncakes.Wee.. i haven't ate mooncakes for a long long time. Mooncakes reminds me of the times where i played lantern with my mum. I love mooncakes festivals , cuz that's the only time i get to play with fire without my mum nagging at how dangerous it can be..
Alexis supposed to accompany me to the investment project, suddenly she backed out on me. UGH! darn.. what am i suppose to do. I'm gonna feel pretty awakward there. ALEXIS!! I am half my mind on calling the guy and telling him that i am not going. geez..
Posted by dear benji at 12:58 PM
i am so into this natalie cole's song- this will be(an everlasting love). This song is soooo catchy!Natalie Cole---This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
(Chuck Jackson/Marvin Yancy)
Ooh...ooh... Oh...oh...
Ooh...oh...oh...yeah
Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...
This will be An everlasting love
This will be The one Ive waited for
This will be The first time anyone has loved me, oh...oh...oh...
Im so glad He found in time
And Im so glad that
He rectified my mind
This will be An everlasting love for me, whoa, ho
Loving you Is some kind of wonderful
Because youve shown me
Just how much you care
Youve given me the thrill of a lifetime
And made me believe youve got more thrills to spare,
oh This will be And everlasting love, oh, yes,
it will now Youve brought a lot of sunshine into my life
Youve filled me with happiness I never knew
You gave me more joy than I ever dreamed of
And no one, no one can take the place of you
This will be, yes, siree, eternally
Huggin and squeezin and kissin and pleasin together forever through rain or whatever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you and me So long as Im livin true love Ill be givin, to you Ill be servin cause youre so deservin Hey, youre so deservin Youre so deservin, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh The love, the love, the love, the love, the love, the love, love, love, love, love The love, the love, the love, the love, the love, the love, love, love From now on, from now on, from now on, from now on From now on, from now on, from now on, from now on From now on, from now on, from style
Posted by dear benji at 12:52 PM
Monday, October 02, 2006
my dad is a good parent
my dad is a very good parent., but before that how does one defines good parent or bad ? in my point of view, it's simple. But before i debate on my point of view, i wanna let you guys know how my dad is like.he is nice, opens a chicken rice stall. wife died 7yrs ago. Wife is my mum-breast cancer. Been trying very hard to raise us , i have 3 younger sisters staying in a hostel. Alot of times he had run into troubles with money but he manage to get through it with the grace of god.
At that point in time, my mum owned money due to the company she was in . It was doing well when she was ard than all of the sudden her death caused alot of uncertainties. He could have just ran away like some other men did. I've seen alot of such cases in boys town and i'm glad my father is not one of them. I'm so damn glad.
now, he always are gentle to us. And whatever we wanted, he would try to give it to us. But of course it's not as though we asked for things everytime we got home. he would try and get it for us. if not he would gently tell us that he can't afford it or we have no need for it. He doesn't give me the feeling that he wants to have control over us. Nor does he gives me the feeling that he is authoritative, egoistic. When he voices out something, sometimes i have something to say or i have something to oppose, he'd just listen and take it as it is. he does not hold any offence it any of my words. and that is something i like. this means i can voice out anything i want without him feeling offended .
the only time where he disappointed me was when he went drunk at home and we had to send him to the hospital, other than that.. i dun see any reasons why shouldn't he be labelled as a good parent. Education wise, he is not literate, so he passed on the role to the goverment and to the hostels that we're allocated in.
so, not all parents are controlling. some give too much space and guess what.. the next min you see them in boys home, than next in the prison... Singaporeans, think bout it..
Posted by dear benji at 10:36 PM
Sunday, October 01, 2006
peeps..check this link out if you have nothing to do and just slacking your butt off..
http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/index.htm
woah, you'll be suprised. Japanese and their craze for machines.. It tells alot about them.. If you visited the site, pls tag and make known your views.. =p gladly appreciated.
Posted by dear benji at 9:50 PM
ugh, i dun feel too good man. i have been sleeping late and my body can't take stress. my eyes red, body aching due to archery's training. But all is worth it. i find wisdom in what my coach; jaffar said:"ppl have their own mouth and they say what they want to say, alot depends on the archer whether to react or not to".Anyway, ngee ann has one of the riches club in singapore. Our members are buying metal bows. WOW.. haha, so far we have already quite a number of ppl having metal bows and there will be more. Today a few of the them was talking abt getting a new bow set. And the thought going through my mind was that you guys have been only shooting for how many months and you want to get a metal. Also you guys haven't even hit the 300 points target on 30m. It too soon, you probably can take another 6months before you buy your bow. But i dunno what coach was thinking , he just told them that he dun have a problem if they buy, but just ask what is the right equipment for them. I am so "toot" with his answers. Isn't it the right way for a person to buy a metal bow only when they hit a certain score? or when they have been shooting for a number of years? If jaffar was there he would have opposed to it, he would have asked them to go train harder before coming to him to ask abt metal bows.
That is the only thing that i was disapointed, but i think the gospel today had a msg for me. It has to do with the situation that occur today. And i dun wish to talk anymore abt this topic. I simply had enough. DARN!!!
What i did in today's training was that i closed my eyes and listened to the click than release. I'd have to train more on that before going on to shoot 30m. Both of my shoulders aching. hmm.. YOKO YOKO =p
PPL pls stop buying NXpert, it is too common. This is absurd, i don't want everyone in the club to have the same bow!! than what is the point? GODLY ARCHER:"The point is that everyone shoots well". haha, just a spoof that i came up with.
I think i am gonna get a stab soon. benjamin:"why do i need a stab?". So that i can tune my bow and also use it to train whenever i feel like =) and i dun want to lend anyone that, reasons simple; because it cost 138 for one. hah, ok.. that is not a good reason.. i' ran out of excuese why i shld not lend ppl my stab. Anyway, take it that i am plain selfish. I dun want to buy something that cost 138 and let ppl borrowing it. C'mon, if you were to buy such an equipment , would you lend it? ok, maybe exceptions with ppl i am close with and ppl i trust..
You saw gavin's stand? wah, that one is good stuff. the stand's base is big so the tendecy to fall is less likely. And you can change it to either indoor or outdoor features. I LIKE IT!! Than i am also gonna get the rubber band.. the long one, cdans selling it at 20 for 2m. that is for home use . you dun have to set up your bow to do form training.. Will get it on tues, anyone who wants, pls TAG!! i'll get it for you first..
okok, enough of my talk, i've kao bei everything already. BITCH!!! F*** YOU!