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Last few weeks in pictures...
Saturday, January 14, 2012
in retrospect, at 12:14 AM
Phoenix at Kallang.
Lunch at Fat Boys @ Kallang, which is a pretty good place for food if you'd ask me - reasonable price, filling and good taste. Brought the camera out cause I thought the last time Phoenix cam-whored was ages ago, and I do miss those times, honestly. Coincidentally it was a shared sentiment - Su brought her polariods as well and there, some photo-count activity on Facebook again. Visited Katong I12 as well, quite a posh interior for a mall in the "heartlands", spotted quite a couple cool chocolatiers in the mall as well. And then there's that rooftop water-playground which totally pwns the Vivocity one flat on its face. Pictures will explain it.
Ann Siang Hill
You know what? I think the past couple weeks' been pretty solo. OCS's been eating up my weekends so much, what's left remaining of it isn't good enough to strike up a gathering, or maybe I'm too lazy, I didn't bother trying. Recently it hit me how much we actually do have to sacrifice for the sake of training up to be an officer, it's a tough life, honestly, and it isn't going to get better with commissioning. It's all about trade-offs, but that shall be another post altogether. This trip was taken on the previous Sunday, a short trip of photo-taking and book-reading before I booked in at night. I think the fact that I traveled somewhere else already makes me feel like I've made use of my weekend. More photos on
Facebook.
Box of Memories.
If you have excellent memory, you might recall that slightly more than a month ago, before I headed off for JCC, I said I wanted to bring zip-locks to collect little artefacts from the Brunei jungle and do up something with them? Well, last weekend I completed it. A black RIBBA frame bought from IKEA a few months back, it was inspired by frames I saw at BooksActually, containing various interesting contents. So in the end, unfortunately I didn't manage to bring anything back from Brunei. I would, if I saw an interesting bug. But I didn't, and there were rules against us taking anything back. We couldn't even keep the utensils we carved. But
if there was an interesting bug, I think it would be worth bending the rules for. But there wasn't. So anyway, the good thing was that the twigs I used aren't from Singapore. Minimally, you count them from foreign land. I collected them, together with the carved utensils, the last time we had the survival exercise at Pulau Tekong. The frame's basically like a memory box of JCC, along with a few quotes from Into The Wild. Honestly, it's
wayyyyy below my initial mental projection of how the end-product should look like, so I might be making edits here and there in the next few weeks. Maybe spread some mud over the whole thing, for example. If it turns out a lot nicer, I'll tell you. But meanwhile, the frame sits on the small table beside my desk, awaiting to be hung on a white wall. Not for sale though.
Last few weeks in pictures...
Saturday, January 14, 2012
in retrospect, at 12:14 AM
Phoenix at Kallang.
Lunch at Fat Boys @ Kallang, which is a pretty good place for food if you'd ask me - reasonable price, filling and good taste. Brought the camera out cause I thought the last time Phoenix cam-whored was ages ago, and I do miss those times, honestly. Coincidentally it was a shared sentiment - Su brought her polariods as well and there, some photo-count activity on Facebook again. Visited Katong I12 as well, quite a posh interior for a mall in the "heartlands", spotted quite a couple cool chocolatiers in the mall as well. And then there's that rooftop water-playground which totally pwns the Vivocity one flat on its face. Pictures will explain it.
Ann Siang Hill
You know what? I think the past couple weeks' been pretty solo. OCS's been eating up my weekends so much, what's left remaining of it isn't good enough to strike up a gathering, or maybe I'm too lazy, I didn't bother trying. Recently it hit me how much we actually do have to sacrifice for the sake of training up to be an officer, it's a tough life, honestly, and it isn't going to get better with commissioning. It's all about trade-offs, but that shall be another post altogether. This trip was taken on the previous Sunday, a short trip of photo-taking and book-reading before I booked in at night. I think the fact that I traveled somewhere else already makes me feel like I've made use of my weekend. More photos on
Facebook.
Box of Memories.
If you have excellent memory, you might recall that slightly more than a month ago, before I headed off for JCC, I said I wanted to bring zip-locks to collect little artefacts from the Brunei jungle and do up something with them? Well, last weekend I completed it. A black RIBBA frame bought from IKEA a few months back, it was inspired by frames I saw at BooksActually, containing various interesting contents. So in the end, unfortunately I didn't manage to bring anything back from Brunei. I would, if I saw an interesting bug. But I didn't, and there were rules against us taking anything back. We couldn't even keep the utensils we carved. But
if there was an interesting bug, I think it would be worth bending the rules for. But there wasn't. So anyway, the good thing was that the twigs I used aren't from Singapore. Minimally, you count them from foreign land. I collected them, together with the carved utensils, the last time we had the survival exercise at Pulau Tekong. The frame's basically like a memory box of JCC, along with a few quotes from Into The Wild. Honestly, it's
wayyyyy below my initial mental projection of how the end-product should look like, so I might be making edits here and there in the next few weeks. Maybe spread some mud over the whole thing, for example. If it turns out a lot nicer, I'll tell you. But meanwhile, the frame sits on the small table beside my desk, awaiting to be hung on a white wall. Not for sale though.
Before you read this,
This blog is not going to be about cheery encounters, sizzling gossips or interesting current affairs.
So if you're looking for any of the above three, do 'x' this page. That was a warning - before you waste your time here.
The author of this blog is pretty much a narcissist, and most of the posts here would be constantly lamenting about tiny things in his head which wouldn't concern you, nor the world.
Instead, the further he serves his two-years compulsory bond of being born a Singaporean son - National Service - the more tiresome and self-absorbed his posts will get.
The only intended audience for the blog is the author himself, and perhaps those who care enough.
Take this as a warning, so if you're looking for entertainment, this really isn't the right place. I've warned you...
P.S. I know this blog template's absolutely narcissistic.
More About Me
Chew Bolong, Singaporean. Would have to emphasize on that point at times cause you're not exactly the first one thinking that my name's PRC.
Oh, yes, my name's a Mandarin translation. Get on with life already.
I graduated from Dunman High School, then Victoria Junior College and I'm currently spending the next year and a half of my life (brainless), in National Service.
I have interests in designing and art [note: interest doesn't mean ability], (indie rock / folk) music, nature, long walks at night and making friends - sounds like a weird combination to say but those are things I associate myself to.
I'm an
ENTP but at times an introvert. I love deep conversations with people.
I'm always in a dilemma deciding whether or not to change this description about myself, so I've decided that additional details shall be listed under.
27 Random Facts you HAVE to know about me
1. I used to suffer from insomnia cause annoying tunes would be stuck in my head or I tend to think through every event that's happened in the day, so I wouldn't be able to fall asleep. But in NS that doesn't apply anymore, cause I'm always tired. Don't think that's a good thing.
2. I like long walks alone at night, because it gives me a good opportunity to reflect, let my mind wander into deep stuff and just immerse in nature and the surroundings. That's provided the place I'm at is quiet and green. Yeah that's parks, garden, and most of Serangoon. Unfortunately, since NS, my mind's been pretty empty most of the time.
3. I told myself that by 37 years old I must have a (big) house complete with a billard table, a home-theatre system, a cosy round table and 4 armchairs in a corner of my (huge) living room, a secret hideout with natural lighting to chill and read books, a tiny bartender corner, a walk-in wardrobe and a useable kitchen amongst all other things. But my definition of future success only encompasses one thing - happiness. Yeah, it's a cliche but there must be a reason why it's a cliche right?
4. I enjoy people-watching. Behavioral science. You can actually tell a lot from that.
5. A part of my body I hate the most? My calves for sure. If you're a consistent reader of my blog I'm sure you would have heard of it already. But yeah, I'm standing at merely 165+ but I'd rather have thinner calves than be taller.
6. I (secretly) detest the Secondary 1, 2 me cause I was way too childish and immature. Not that secretive anymore, but I could have better spent that 2 years doing something else rather than doing lame things and attracting attention. I don't exactly like to mention this cause it's unglamorous, so lucky you.
7. I'm extremely afraid of cats. Like as if you don't know that already.
8. I can't take plain white bread. Nor powder formulated (warm) milk. They really make me wanna puke, cause they've that gooey feeling and they get stuck between or under your teeth. Which is disgusting. That's probably one of the reasons why I'm so short. I didn't know fresh milk existed when I was young, so I didn't drink milk for around a decade.
9. I find people who have good fashion sense and natural leadership emanating from them incredibly sexy.
10. I like girls with slightly reddish long hair and colourful sun dresses.
11. I have an inevitably heavy breathing, and it always gets worse when I start to notice it. Instead, I just reminded myself of it and am having a hard time trying to regulate my breathing right now. Plus I only breathe through my mouth. Although I've a big nose, my nostrils are probably small cause I have a blocked nose 24/7. BUT somehow when I fall asleep my body will force myself to breathe through my nose. Which is the reason why I snore in lectures. It's not even a snore actually - just heavy breathing sounds. I know I sound defensive right now. But no. True story.
12. I think the first gush of air from the air-conditioning system of a car is extremely addictive and pleasant. I'm pretty surprised some of my friends thought so too.
13. Crocs look ugly, but they smell really awesome to me. That fresh smell of sweet rubber. Everytime I walk past a Crocs outlet my heart melts a bit. No one seems to agree with me on this though.
14. The standard pen I use is a Pilot G2 0.5 ballpoint, and I write with such force on paper that Mr Ken Leong once commented on my essay: "braille?". The problem's so severe I need to use a cardboard piece (or a stack of paper of at least 5 pieces) as padding whenever I'm writing on paper. I switched to Uniball 0.38s in JC2. I am now using the Uniball to sketch as well.
15. I'm fully equipped in the skills of martial arts: junior black belt in Taekwondo as well as 6 years of Wushu. But I haven't even so much as laid a punch or slap on anyone. Okay I think I've slapped my brother a couple of times but that doesn't count cause I don't use my full force on him. One day I'd really like to try and punch someone. See if he even feel it hurts.
16. I'm guilty of judging people by a first impression (or just a quick scan). Don't everyone do?
17. Though I do say that, I find that my first 'evaluation' of someone is always pretty accurate. If I don't like someone, after time others will find it the same too.
18. I really like to whine and complain. I've been trying to tone it down recently because I realised that I feel better after I let it all out, but yet it only spreads the gloominess to my friends. I'd hate it if my friends were always whiney too, so I'll tone it down. I'll try.
19. I don't know why but I'm much more expressive online. I spill out secrets more often. I blog about things I don't even tell my close friends. So yeah, do read more when you still have the chance to. :D I suppose I'll stop blogging once I'm off the "student" label. Once I enter the workforce, when things are really so much more political and shit.
20. I've a weird habit of munching off the circumference of my burgers before I savour the centre of it. Don't laugh.
21. I have slight lisps. I wouldn't exactly call it that really, cause I refuse to admit it as a flaw, but pronouncing things with "esses" usually results in my tongue sticking out between my teeth and what comes out really sounds more like a "th". Yes, you can mock me about it for all your eternity of a boring, insipid life because I've came to terms with it. Booyah.
22. I believe that if someone isn't vain, he/she probably doesn't look good either. So yeah, come join me in being vain.
23. I'm quite a perfectionist about my companion, love and relationships, so I don't date easily.
24. I'm a huge nature lover. I want to walk Singapore's city at night with my friends. I want to camp under the stars with my friends. I want to live in the mountains without civilization. With a close friend or alone. My future half would probably have to love nature as well. Not like hiking-nature or climbing-nature, but really just the nature all around you. Even in the city.
25. My friend once said that I like to "fix broken dolls" as a boyfriend. In some ways it sounds apt, cause I think that girls with... a bit of emotional damage are deep and... more exciting to be with. I sound like I've dated before, but no, I've always been single. Evergreen, if you play that 'traffic light' game in University. Don't be weirded-out by me please.
25(ii). So yeah, if you're someone (or you know someone) who likes nature, likes long walks at night, likes folk / indie music, slightly emo / reflective at times but friendly otherwise, call me.
26. I listen to folk, alternative rock and indie music. I hate it when the artists I like gets famous and extremely mainstream. And that's not just a childish thought. It's because I think there's this special bond shared between you and the artist (and his / her music), and when it gets mainstream, the bond you had gets shared with all the other millions of people in the world, and it's no longer special. Kinda like what you'd say with relationships.
27. Finally, I fancy a good laugh everyday. My friends have given me that, and that's why I love them so much.
Not your usual Bucket-list
Yes, in order of 'want'.
1. 1 month backpacking trip to Europe / cold climate areas with a close pal (or two). The less civilization the better.
2. Is wanting something illegal illegal in itself? Yes, drugs - at least once. LSD, to be exact.
3. Making (good) friends with someone insane. I mean, mental. But I don't want to make it sound derogatory. There's something strikingly beautiful about insanity, like experiencing another dimension of some sorts.
4. The Killers' concert.
5. A folk / acoustic concert - say Iron & Wine, Bombay Bicycle Club, Inch Chua or Zee Avi.
6. Camping under the stars in the city (Padang?) and listening to acoustic sounds.
7. Experience the Glastonbury / Lollapalooza / Woodstock / Coachella festivals.
8. Bungee-jumping.
9. Scuba-diving.
10. Going for a real Broadway production.
I know - I'm weird, right?
emails: chew.bolong.2009@vjc.sg (main) / bolong02@hotmail.com (dominated by junk mail)
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