tIme oF yOur Life

2007-07-06T21:05:00.001+08:00

update in 2 days time.

Guaranteed. =)

2007-02-25T01:13:00.001+08:00

喜欢一个人，就是要她幸福，要她快乐。
i think this is wad i really want for her.

hope she really is happy n she can move on now.

-ghimz out

2007-01-08T23:52:00.000+08:00

[V Bash - In Vogue 20th Jan - St. James] ~PRU~ ghimzzz says:
pls tell me why i make my own life miserable or tiring or stress or wadnot..

.laine. says:
uh,

.laine. says:
uhm

[V Bash - In Vogue 20th Jan - St. James] ~PRU~ ghimzzz says:
can't rite

[V Bash - In Vogue 20th Jan - St. James] ~PRU~ ghimzzz says:
yeah...

[V Bash - In Vogue 20th Jan - St. James] ~PRU~ ghimzzz says:
cos i fan jian

.laine. says:
cause you haven found yr reason of NOT working so hard..

[V Bash - In Vogue 20th Jan - St. James] ~PRU~ ghimzzz says:
.....

what is my reason? where is that reason?

Please tell me.

-ghimz out.

2006-12-31T12:56:00.000+08:00

shiweii sayz my posts are getting depressive... anyway time to update this blog for the last time before the year concludes, ya?

had a very good nite yest although it was somewhat disrupted from my original intention for the nite.... was home at 9pm for the FIRST time in god-knows-how-long time, and was planning to jus nua and msn the nite away, when our dear oneclevergirl, ms rachel called up n we decided to meet..

we hung around at my place for a while as i've to settle the bash publicity proposal (PRU V-Bash, St James Powerstation 20th January $15 per tix + 1 free drink~!!!) finally left my house at about 12 plus, went food hunting... apparently my favourite porridge store jus opposite my block has CLOSED DOWN... -_- luckily the taxi uncle was nice enough to accomodate us, travelling almost to SAFTI to look for food.

we finally ended up at the kopi tiam we always called the "179 bak cho mee" (NTU ppl, u guys should know tt place well) some things changed, like now, there's this giant MRT line that runs parallel to the road beside the coffeeshop, and the road looks entirely different from wad i remembered... then again, alot of things remained unchanged, the noodles was still good, the bbq wings was acceptable, though abit charred, and the company, as always, has been really good =)

had a nice long chat n walk wif shiwei after our supper (my supper, her dinner) and we talked abt all sorta stuff, i guess its really true, wif some frens, u can jus go on n on the whole nite and it won't feel strained... i agree wif her theory of 1 on 1 outings: in a group outing, u can really crap n talk n make lotsa nonsensical joke n laugh as a group, but in a 1 on 1, its really down to 2 people being able to communicate and entertain each other. and this doesn't jus apply to ppl in courtship, but frens as well...

well, its been 6 years that i knew this girl le... some things changed, some things jus doesn't, and its jus wonderful to hv such a good fren around knowing u can count on. and its going tobe 10 years for my ncc gess buddies... 10 years... who can guess that when i first joined ncc in 1997 it would be these 10+ brothers that would still be among my good frens after 10 years?

was talking to shan the other nite at yishun BK... long term frens are really hard to find, n friends that you can safely say falls into this imaginary circle of trust is even harder, i'm glad to have found a couple of these kinda frens... i make frens easily, but i guess its hard to reveal my feelings n innermost thoughts to alot of ppl...

10 years of brothers, many more to come
6 yrs of frenship, many many more to come also

i hope everyone will hv somebody they can truely say is their close frens.

i know i do.

ghimz out. =)

2006-12-18T00:23:00.000+08:00

who the hell gives a shit about me?

as if.

2006-11-30T22:35:00.000+08:00

frens...

wad a funny term...

gives u happiness, provides comfort for u

and yet, they can be a source of sadness too, give u worries, disappoint you when expectations are raised...

i guess good frens are really hard to come by, even when u tot u've found good frens, or when u know they're ur good frens, but circumstances jus brings u all apart, less contact... n gradually the "feeling" fades away too...

they say close frens needs little contact, when they meet again, its like they nv parted.

bull shit lah.

not tt i'm not a disbeliever, but it definitely doesn't apply to every single damn case.

i'm jus thankful for all the frens i've now, thankful for those tt came in, sadly left, but occassionally will "you qing ke chuan" and appear again... =) thanks for amaking my life so exciting, so varied, so enjoyable till now.

oh well... jus another irrelevant post with no meaning.

18hrs away to the end of yr 2 sem 2.

18hrs away to beginning my real workload.

holidays? schm-olidays...

i can hardly wait.

ghimz out.

2006-11-30T01:24:00.000+08:00

4 papers.

jus 1 more left.

well, all this semester cumulates into these 5 days of exams...

at least its finally ending soon

which means

holidays are starting...

hmmm wad kinda holiday will i have man...

1) RH Touch Rugby IHG Practise every mon thur n sat.
2) PRU Chalet 9th till 10th dec
3) SLC from 11th till 14th dec
4) Charity concert planning
5) Campus Concert?
6) Search for Breakers PD
7) PRU Bash
8) FLV
9) Open House
10)Sec sch frens m'sia trip

suddenly i wish the exams dun end so soon....

and then there's her... hmmm well, she's getting very busy with her frens lately, been very active with her secondary sch frens, tt's really nice. well, jus see how much free time she n i hv ba... i won't give up, but does she care?

haha all this post is making me sound damn demoralised...

come to think of it...

THE EXAMS ARE ENDING!!!

woohoo.

ghimz out.

2006-11-16T23:56:00.000+08:00

*knock knock*

jus a sound out to all u guys out here: i'm still around =)

awwww shucks.....

oei, i heard that lah...

it has been a really hectic week,
study,

study,

study,

lunch,

study,

study,

study,

dinner,

study,

study,

sleep,

study,

study,

do i sound spastic or wad... u get the point.

been trying to ignore or pretty much, leave my other parts of my life as it is, i guess others also wan it to be like that ba... shall pick up the pieces and carry on after exams.

i'm not exactly stressing myself out too much, i know its pretty impossible to maintain that idiotic CRAP score

oh, CAP... sorry.

but yeah, i jus wanna do myself justice, justify my existence and my studying in this course, if can do better, that's a bonus.

i guess this is wad i really want for my uni, grades-wise...

for you, i've only this to say:

Not all guys are assholes. Just because ONE is a jackass doesnt mean he represents ALL of us.
Give me a chance, and i'll show u i'm different...

its been a hectic semester, next sem's gonna be unbelievable still.

lets jus hope everybody will enjoy wadever you wanna do, n everybody is happy =)

ghimz out.

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2006-10-23T01:10:00.000+08:00

Blog no. #322

sinking into a low again.

can jus feel it.

no particular incident or thing.

but it jus happens.

slc
flv
vbash
openhouse
breakers
charity concert
ntu smu nus talent quest
exco
meetings
pru profile
marketing
programmes
studies
family time
hall clique
touch rugby
frens
gess buddies
time
time
time

i need time

will we do well?
will pru ppl become closer?
will my frens think i'm jus trying to siam touch rug training?
will my buddies think i'm distancing from them? i hope not...
will my plans be fulfilled?
will my grades suffer?
will my seniors help me?
will my fellow ppl stand by me all the way?

will things work out for me between me n her?

am i grooming a group of 1 year wonders, or will i cultivate a group of yr 2 core seniors, or will this turn out to be neither of the above?

am i jus complicating my own life?
am i jus making my own choices n equations harder and tougher to look at?
am i getting into another low phase?
am i?
am i??
am i???

why do i keep getting these bouts of low-ness?
why do i stress myself?
why is my hand trembling from time to time?
why?
why??
why???

i need to find myself back again

i need to recover

i need time.

time is a luxury tt i can't hv.

i'll be back.

ghimz will be back.

-ghimz out.

2006-10-01T01:08:00.001+08:00

its jus so hard to like some one, is it?

or is it jus me that i jus hv to fall for her?

would things hv been diff if we're all in diff circumstances?

its a difficult journey, but i've walked this road for so long, why turn back? why drop out?

no

i shall persist.

i dun hv much hope, only a fool's hope.

-ghimz out.

2006-09-09T04:04:00.000+08:00

jus came back from rag comm qing gong yan.

there is only 1 word i can use to describe my rag comm.

fun-ta-bulous

didn't knew how much i missed my rag comm ppl until today when we finally had a great chance to sit down, chat, eat, crap, basically jus enjoying the pure company of each other, with no work in mind or agenda or deadlines to meet for some rag thingy.

looking at jocelyn socialising so actively, trying to serve the mushrooms, (only for it to fall onto the table) and khin trying desperately to avoid being smashed by either sea weed or wadever gooey stuff that liang han or hong keat gets their hands on, and looking at everybody jus having a wonderful time, it occured to me:

rag is really a strong bond.

the bond that came about from those few months n weeks of planning, and the final 2 weeks, it really showed here. min yee, shuying, tze, khin, jocelyn, shawn, andy, liang han, hong keat and dias looking ever so comfortable wif each other, think i'm really happy that this comm has came together so well, dispelling all of my initial fears tt i can't bond these ppl.

These ppl bond each other easily without any help =)

looking at the card that they gave me jus now, the words all meant alot to me. even if its jus a single liner, or alot of pictures of animals and a zoo... it all touched me and made me all warm and fuzzy inside... although i really dun needa celeb my bday or anything, it really moved me when i see them bringing the cake suddenly and jus breaking into yet another rendition of the "happy birthday" song...

i could hv freezed time and wished for it to stay at that time for as long as possible.
at least i held back any outburst of emotions =)

i can't help but keep saying, these ppl are really a great bunch of peeps to be with, i can't put it in any way better than pictures, so i'll be posting pics up soon....

all in all...

i really loved my rag comm ppl...

wadever you do, do it wif passion, do it wif hope, do it with zest.

unofficially, i've closed Rag Comm 2006 (cos me not PD.. hehe... :P)

-ghimz out. out wif a smile

2006-09-08T00:38:00.000+08:00

i think

i am ready.

2006-09-04T12:53:00.000+08:00

...i wonder who will remember

2006-09-04T11:21:00.000+08:00

had a very bad sleep yesterday nite.

i dunno why, but kept thinking about PRU...

very worrying...

i've told my frens before, i need to hv my frens to support me and be with me wadever i do, be it being rag, being projs or whatnots...

frens helped me out for all the stuff PRU did last sem...

frens kept me sane n pulled me thru Rag 2006...

am i taking my frens for granted? i hope not.

because for the first time since university, i'm really afraid.

sighz...

i'm not sure if i should go one step further in PRU...

i'm not one that goes into a situation half cocked and not confident of my actions. i was clear about wad i wanted for Rag, and i set out to do it.

But PRU, i can't figure out why, but i've a bad omen about going one step further...

i'm not sure about the support i'll hv among my peers...

sighs...

who will be my PDs...

who will stick wif me for 1 more year?

who?

should i take it up? but who will be there with me?

sighz...

am i taking my frens for granted?

-ghimz out.

2006-09-03T13:36:00.000+08:00

*in love wif chocolate creame oreos*

its been like 1 yr plus since i last ate oreos... jus can't believe i've been missing out on this good shit for so long..

k pardon my language, but its really GOOD sh*t.

it's been a very slow weekend, compared to the hectic and mad rush 1 month ago, things are really toned down.

i wonder if i'll ever get used to this slower life without rushing admin docs, brainstorming and deconflicting rag day stuff.
guess i've no choice but to try.

its been only 3 weeks since rag day ended... but 12th august seemed so distant already.

...those days of working in the unearthly hours of 4am n 5am at nussu sect, reading, re-reading and re-re-reading pieces of synopsis to try to ensure not 2 synopsis are the SAME.

...rushing to and fro the stadium to check out rag day plans, to imagine how rag day would be like, to lay canvas wif my reliable comm members.

...praying to all kinda gods for good weather throughout rag week, and cursing and swearing at the heavens for giving me 3 days of solid downpours.

...the late nite dinner (at 1am~!! sorry loggies :P), going to bukit timah, adam road for good supper/dinner, KFC on mounting nite, the tau huay trip that nv materialised.

i can't help but thank whoever's up there manipulating or directing my fate. i've learnt alot from rag and from my frens, although my old temper's coming back, at least i've frens that can tolerate it and time and again remind me to curb it.

"ghim" will not be a nasty word again, this i'll try to do :)

think i've lost track of wad i wanted to blog about, ended up talking abt rag day again...

anyway i guess wif the passing of a yr, there will be ppl tt will go to the edges of our social circle as more ppl come in and leave.

to all my frens: you are very cherished and very appreciated by me. i cannot help but thank for your existence in my life, u could hv choose not to share your experiences n life wif me, but you did.

hmmm this is getting blardy cheesy... wadever happened to my original blogging intentions?

hope.

"hope i dun give you false hopes"

i nv had much hopes, only a fool's hope

hope gives me a sense of purpose in life.
hope.

i hope all those loved by me will always happy.

Simple Realisation:

enjoy wadever you do =)

-ghimz back to being a normal stressed up NUS chao mugger...

2006-08-31T19:51:00.000+08:00

12.50am

trying to get some blogging inspiration.

i should really be studying

but my motor's jus not starting... post-rag-syndrome?

at least lectures are now making sense to me, rather than being sessions for me to blow air con or reading off the back of my eyelids.

life has sorta settled down into a routine of sorts: lectures, tutorials, lunch, more lectures, more tutorials, back to RH for tea/dinner, fussball, stone in room/touch rugby training/ road race training...

but somethings missing

wrong

alot of things are missing.

Missing:

lee jiaxing
elaine hee yee ling
rabbit tan chuan seng
khin khin htwet
patrick lin ngai lung
Sin Jin

hall life without that usual big gang of people jus seems so dull, so monotonous... exactly 1 yr ago, we'll be at the RH concert bash jus making a fool out of a particular guy L_W_ _ NCE, dancing the night away, drinking flaming mambos, tequila shots, pops, n jus being wild.

1 yr on... its the same concert bash, abeit diff cast n diff ppl.

but i'm not at the bash. it jus feels empty ba without these crazy ppl tog

we all move on n carry on wif out hectic lives, we hv to keep looking forward.

let everything take its natural course, dun push it too hard?

take ur time, give her space.

mai kan cheong???

-ghimz out

2006-08-26T15:24:00.000+08:00

like i've told yushan n others,

uni life is meant to be fun, enriching

i wan to PLAY, play not int he negative sense of the work, i want to play when i work, play when i interact, play when i'm doing things wif good company.

i want everything in university to be enjoyable, to play and to participate n make good of everything that comes my way.

perhaps i'm stressing myself out for no reason, perhaps i'm freaking out at the slightest touch.

perhaps we all need a little time for ourselves.

perhaps i've lost touch with the ghim of last yr, the smiley, cheery guy.

traces of that ghim is still in me, i jus need to find it back.

with her around, my life is happy.

to all my frens, sorry if u hv been ghim-ed in one way or another, u all are equally important n treasured by me, this i swear.

sorry mys ec sch buddies tt i've left u guys out of my life for the past 2 months, it sucked, i really wanna meet up every weekend at coffee club n chill until 3am with u guys...

to my rag comm, i love u wonderful ppl.

ghim will be back in 1 week's time

he will feel refreshed
he will realise that there is no need to frown
he will know that every smile he makes brighten up the day of another
he will understand that even if times are down, a true person can still smile and remain optimistic
he will regain his optimism and happiness.
he will embrace uni n life like he did 1 yr ago.

ghim will be back.

trust me :)

ghimz out.

2006-08-08T01:11:00.000+08:00

5 more days to rag day...

good luck ppl.

ghimz, jia you....

ghimz out.

2006-07-28T22:20:00.000+08:00

i jus wish i can leave it all behind.

so many things on my mind.

so confusing the situations

or so i thought?

jus recalled the 3 days in dayang...

it was all so serene, the sun, sand, sea

the sea,

clear blue, sparkling and all beautiful in the wonderful sun light, it reaches out to you, yearning you to jus explore its deep mysteries, at the same time, giving u a crystal clear view of all that is around you, a literal blue castle...

at night, its calm and rythmic splashing of the waves against the white sand is such a soothing melody, like the sea is trying to cleanse ur mind of all frustrations,

shutting out all sounds, closing ur eyes, ur mind is at peace, ur body relaxed, lying flat on the cool sand, u can't help but wish you can stay in that position forever.

i think i stayed in that position for at least 2 hours, it was totally perfect, serene, utopia at that moment, nobody around, everybody else was busy with their own rumblings and tumblings, and it was jus the sea, the sand and myself.

my mind is so relaxed, my body was at peace wif the confused mind. and everything was nice and quiet.

no issues to think about, no personal probs to speak of, no need for worries.

its jus the sun, sand, sea, and me.

i want to return.

to where the sea is blue, the sand is pure white, where the sun is bright, where everything is moving at an idyllic pace and no worries to speak about.

i want to return there.

where i belong.

ghimz out.

2006-07-20T20:24:00.000+08:00

I need to get away from my life

... for 5 seconds

... away from rag

... away from my issues tt seemingly appear out of no where

... away from things tt alwys seemed out of my control

... away from my own life.

give me dayang,
give me hong kong,
give me life without care,
give me carefree,
give me no deadlines,
give me love with no strings attached.

give me a break.

.:: ghimz out ::.

2006-07-01T17:15:00.000+08:00

I AM BACK~!!!
woooOOO hhhhhhooooOOOOOOO~~~!!!

finally back after a 6 week hiatus from blogging.. despite the constant "okay, we shall blog soon" agreement between elaine n i, the "tian shi di li ren he" jus don't seem to click for me to really blog....

in other words,

i'm fricking lazy.

mr sleepy 2006

and it doesn't help that it takes you 148593729000000000 seconds jus to get the laptop loaded. intel centrino indeed...

if only i remembered which poor undergrad conned me into buying this alien technology....

shall be doing up a killer long blog that i can't even bear to read (warning to shiwei~!!!) but there'll be PICs coming up too~!!

keep yours eyes peeled for diving pics, crazy diving posers who takes pictures of themselves more than the fishes or corals, the bday gal elaine, crazy drinking nite tt resulted in numerous drunkards outside club momo and not to forget, long awaited pics of yours truely,

as an appetizer, here's a recent pic

jeeuuuussssss kiddingggg

oh, and dun worry i'm not into animals yet ~~(lest not endangered ones)~~

oh well, jus to let the world know i'm still around and still alive, and for all the world cup watchers so far, let me make my stand clear, forget about england, forget about portugal, argentina's old news, italy's plain boring.

lets hope for a germany vs brazil final.

joga bonito~~~

ghimz out.

2006-05-17T00:41:00.000+08:00

jus came back from my 1st pool session at outram sec sch...

today turned out really badly, everything planned didn't go quite as well, but thankfully the diving lesson was great and at least gave the day a good closure.

like jx said, taking my first breathe of tank air was really refreshing, diving's a whole different affair, all the behaviours underwater, all the things to do, note, and yet at the same time, sorta like empowering urself with the ability to do more things in a place which u can't do before.

empowering urself.

empower myself everyday to handle all the challenges.

dropped elaine perry ivan n gideon and jx drove us to boon lay market to have the Boon Lay "POWER" nasi lemak... not as "POWER" as before sia, only so so nia... but the chillie is still DAMN GOOD LAH... must try :)

against the doctor's orders of strict no-alcohol, had a heineken, jus like 2 ah pehs at a kopi tiam, we sat for a while n chatted... hmmm... giveit 20-30 years, i can actually picturing myself with some of my frens meeting up occassionally (frequently???) at a kopi tiam and do this... ahhh... the simply pleasures of life, at only $6 for a large bottle of heineken and free flow of ice =)

back in the comforts of home.

time to hit the sack, long day tml.

stay cheerful dude :)
laugh or sad, everyday still must pass, my as well pass everyday happily? :)

ghimz out. out wif a smile.

2006-05-15T17:28:00.000+08:00

ghimz: lifeless monster?

met up with fel and had lunch wif her, was talking about how we'll spend our holidays and how much of our times would be given up to our projects..

2 week forcast

15th
came to school, expecting to meet events company contractor, end up they changed it to tml. decided to change the evening contractor appointment till tml too. hopefully they dun last min pang seh us again.

16th
to meet med rag head, events contractor

17th
11am till 5pm meeting for rag and flag

18th
10.30 till 2pm meeting for programmers, afternoon ktv wif frens

19th
self declared rest day, nobody can take this away from me. if they try to give me work or meetings, they're asking for trouble... haha

19th till 21st
diving trip with hall peeps

22nd
rest day and family day

23rd
hosting for hong kong university

23rd till 25th
PRU chalet

26th
Rag comm meeting

27th
RESULTS RELEASE....

sianz... feeling quite down after looking at my schedule... esp how much of my time goes tot work before the releasing of results...

hmmm shan't think about it, it's giving me negative energy and sapping away my cheeriness...

ghimz out.

2006-05-14T19:24:00.000+08:00

hmmmm... end of a week alr... that meanst i'm into my 2nd week of hols le...

ktv - done
mj- done
movie: mi3 - done
movie: poseidon - done

but:

ktv: not enough
mj: not enough
movies: da vinci code, x man 3, etc etc.. too many good shows coming up :)
swim: only once, not enough
run: huh? got meh?

hmmm guess i'm still behind my schedule...

packed up my room today, now it looks really really empty, its jus an empty shell now.

was flipping all the stuff that jus basically took up living space and was left by itself, ignored by me. all those stuff dates back to sec 1 days... photo albums, sch mags, dinosaur magazines (was really crazy about it back then~!!). although they r really dusty n stuff, u can feel the "history" behind all of them and jus realise how much times have changed, abeit its jus a short span of 9 years...

remember the days when we would exchange autograph books and write stuffs n decorate each other's books and leave behind photos n all for memories? esp during primary 6 and lower sec... haha stumbled onto my primary sch autograph book. remember cheesy poems like this:

roses are red
violets are blue
i love my friends
and you are one too!

haha, and there would be stuff like nicknames, best frens, good frens, close frens etc etc.... i doubt any kids does these stuff these days.

moving onto sec sch's stuff, i found my old ncc beret and all the photos took wif my ncc bros, all those days, under the hot sun, doing pushups and foot drills on the hot tarmac parade square, hands red and sore and sweat drenched t-shirts. dressed in our smart no. 3 uniform (that's the no. 4 with all the badges in ncc sense) those were the days that cemented the strong n great frens that i have today. and to think gess was my last choice for sec sch =)

i'll give it all to be in gess even if i've a choice to choose another sec sch...

then there was also the national inter school debates.. those days n nites preparing out debate speeches, rehearsing them infront of miss d'costa and our team members, cheering each other on during the actual competition, and feeling the pride when we were annouced the winner for that round... those speaker's notes were found in an old dusty shoebox....

not to mention there were photos, photos and more photos... pity i dun hv a workign scanner now, shall get some of those more classic pics uploaded when possible =)

the old days are great, we all grew and we all move on, was talking to felicia at crazy 3am yesterday, we chatted about all sorta stuffs, one of them was about how diff i was between now and my sec sch self.. really had to thank my sec sch frens for helping me become the person i am today. and my jc frens gave me the avenue to develop my lame side even further (alert: Andy, Jinhui, Beng, Xu Chu, Zhi Hao, Raymond etc etc)

as i packed my stuff today, i saw that little young ghim song grew up from a little fatty whose width matches his height to a decent boy in ncc attire, roughing it out with great companions. this little boy then moved on to become a normal jc kid that mugged his days away and whiled his time playing pool and b-ball with his jc frens, who refused to play soccer for soem funny reason.

today, this boy has became ghim.

ghimz out.

2006-05-13T04:12:00.000+08:00

4.09 am

another entertainment packed-day jus ended.

went over to wen hui's hse for mj in afternoon. =) long time never see her and xin tian le~!! we played 1 round at a relaxing pace and jus basically caught up with each other. xin tian has started on her attachment, so not gonna hv much more chances to meet up with her le.

in a way, she was majiam vip today la? hahaha

we played till about 6 plus, and liang han came over with this bottle of vodka with coffee taste... it smelled DAMN GOOD LAH~!!! but stupid me have my doctor's orders to detox for the entire duration of my pimple med... *&#$(&@#&^(&*@

(p.s. took a small sip of it later in the day, it was GOOD... =( i want more... argh...)

had dinner at this zi cha place near wen hui's house... the food's decent and the chicken wing was sweet... another good place to hv dinner next time :)

went over to town to meet up with ed, jw, cy and pei heng, stoned aorund for a while before suddenly they decided to go for ktv~~ was quite stunned by it, but nevertheless we went to k-ster at lucky chinatown and sang till abotu 3 plus..

so all in all, today:

very shag (played from 2pm today till 3am jus now...)
very shiok (dmj, wad can i say... ktv, even better :D)
very shuang (play like nobody's business today and chilled around wif great company)
very poor (lose money in mj + spending at ktv + spending on cabs...)
very sleepy (eh... damn obvious why rite?)

jus got news that wen hui, xin tian, andy n felix they all jus finished mj... haha kaoz... they also very happening sia...

ghimz out. concussed.

2006-05-10T22:45:00.000+08:00

it jus hit me...

that it's been only 1 week since i had my last paper, that disgusting module only known as cn1111...

and it already seemed like i'm halfway or well into the hols mood already... wow... amazing..

but in anycase, i know i'm not gonna get tired or sick of this holiday, not jus yet, when i've yet to do so many things n yet to get sick of ktv, mj, shopping, soccer, pool, swimming, EVERYTHING but books :) (who will ever get sick of fun man?)

hmmmm msn's been giving me all sorta funny probs, was quite worried about it. but then, after 10++ repairs + uninstall + reinstall + sending emails to customer support, i've decided to give up on it and jus use it as muchas i can lah. let it "naturally heal" by itself :) i'm so natural.... *lame*

haiz, kk, think i shall go play some games :0 beena longtime since i've touched those comp games, getting kinda rusty at it alr man... :) haha

cya all.

enjoy ur hols.

more updates to follow.

ghimz out.

2006-05-10T01:18:00.000+08:00

its 2am but the sky's red...

the sky's painted a weird red colour now, like its burning or sorts.

went to sch today for rag (surprise surprise... -_- ) and spent the whole morning goign to each of the halls to meet up with the heads, no probs so far, apparently this yr's rag heads are friendlier and consultative, thats really good and hopefully this rag would turn out fine.

after meeting up with the PBs, met elaine n rabbit at RH, they looked tired (rabbit usually always gives that kinda face, elaine looks out of sorts, maybe cos didn't get the korean fix? :P )
anyway we had lunch at ghim moh market, where edward recommended the chicken rice store at the market. Really good, should give it a try whenever u're free. =)

hmmm after which we went back to RH and concussed for a good part of the afternoon.. the sleep was good, though i was kinda freaked out by my dreams... those interested to know more abt it, msg me...

argh... too tired to blog anymore... lousy boring entry today, but hey, at least i've updated :P

ghimz out. knocked out.

2006-05-08T18:40:00.000+08:00

ugly moment, but wad the hell, at least daryl looks good (p.s. daryl, u owe me $10 bucks for advertising for u)

2006-05-08T18:39:00.001+08:00

wondering how does this ktv thingy work....

2006-05-08T18:39:00.000+08:00

who cares abt ktv? say che---EXAMS OVER---ese~!!!

2006-05-08T18:38:00.000+08:00

ghim... cannot siam....

2006-05-08T18:37:00.001+08:00

wee kwok in his "moment".....

2006-05-08T18:37:00.000+08:00

5B ktv outing, think we're one of the more siao on classes among chem eng le.....

2006-05-08T18:36:00.001+08:00

the hair, before

2006-05-08T18:36:00.000+08:00

the hair cut, after... =)

2006-05-08T18:35:00.000+08:00

lunch at manhatten fish market wif hall peeps... pity we didn't had any group pics...

2006-05-08T18:34:00.001+08:00

the girl n THE fussball table...

2006-05-08T18:34:00.000+08:00

my dream fussball table... $1488, anybody feeling rich for my bday?

2006-05-08T18:33:00.000+08:00

laine n i. courtesy of jx's D500C...

2006-05-08T17:02:00.000+08:00

finally i've the time to sit down n blog.

past 5 days been wicked to a certain extent... the 1st 3 days after exams was absolutely crazy... lets see...

wednesday:
immediately after CN paper, went to orchard to destress and forget abt a disastrous paper. slacked and hung around with my hall peeps.

oh ya, caught MI3 with them, it was a really good movie, elaine was literally at the edge of her seat about 70% of the time and her actions was...... very laine-ish. too bad didn't use my phone to capture her in action. but the movie was really really good. next up, "Poseidon" with my sec sch frens...

immediately after the movie, went down to Mr Bean, where our ever hungry patrick had a $20 chicken chop and we chatted and took some pics there, been there with cy ed jack jia wen yikang pei heng khai before, and i didn't recall the service was that lousy, felt like throwing my ice chocolate at the waiter that served us... rude was an understatement.

didn't let that bad episode dampen our mood to hyper. we hopped over to the chicken rice store jus across the field from Mr Bean and (to our dear patrick's rage) decided to have a good $2.50 chicken rice. not bad, considering its jus one tenth of pat's chicken chop, it was well worth it *smirks*

and the nite was still young~!!! after that, we went to jia xing's house for a nite of MJ, warm up session for my mj session next morning. we played till about 4am before we parted ways, boarded a cab back home to hall with elaine.

Thursday
and as if wed wasn't enough of MJ, went to andy's house for another round of MJ with zhi hao, andy and xu chu. the training session at jiaxing's was really effective man.

for the first time, i'm pleased to annouce that ghim's fund is in the positives!!! won quite a good sum from jus 1 round, super shiok.

went to meet my chem eng class in the evening for ktv session, as we've promised before our exams started. the ktv session was fun, but i was down with cold by then... couldnt really sing well... haha anyway it was jus for the fun of it.

went to geylang, to this dim sum store infront of lorong 17, recommended by wee kwok, highly recommended by me~!!! it was superb, love those big juicy prawns in the hakao and the fried fritters... u've gotta try it some time man... :) haha.

come friday: packing up day. took the entire afternoon and evening to get my bags n items packed and finally dragged them all back home at about 9-10pm... totally shagged out and absolutely in need of sleep...

but guess wad....

the crazy devil in me agreed to play mj at 12midnite wif my halll frens~!!! gone nuts by now... it was crazy lah, but nevertheless, went over to jx's house (again!) for another 2 rounds of MJ, knew it wasn't my nite, every tile u wanted jus dun wanna come or jus comes later after somebody won. was jus playing for fun after the 1st round. haha 7 dollars for a nite of interacting and mixing around wif frens, it was worth it :)

had rag meeting the following morng, shall not bore u all with the details anymore.

so far, the hols been crazy, looking forward to meeting my sec sch frens again, was quite sorry for not being able to meet them on fri cos of my hall packing.

its jus 5 days into the hols, my holiday plans are still quite fluid n empty. haha so anybody wanna mj, ktv, pool, swim, soccer (watch or play), beach, sentosa, eat, crap etc etc, pls jio me!!! hahaha

hope everybody'll hv a wonderful hols ahead. =)

ghimz out.

p.s. elaine, i've blogged, ur turn!!!
p.p.s photos coming up.

2006-05-03T12:51:00.000+08:00

3rd may

last paper

need i say more?

WOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo~~~~~~~

ghimz out to play~~~

2006-04-30T11:09:00.000+08:00

jus walked laine off to the bus stop.

peeps count in hall:
Rabbit (snoring away)
Perry (snoring away or mugging for LSM1301 or wif gf)
Jiaxing (not in hall/room yet)
Min Chen (sleeping???/mugging???)
Michael (snoring damn loudly)

sin jing (left hall le)
Ivan (disappeared from hall today)
khin (left hall le...)
elaine (left jus 30 mins ago)

well, things are really really REALLY quiet around here, wonder if its jus cos its a beautiful sunday ~~and no idiotic lunatic nus undergrad wif a LIFE would actually stay in hall n do NOTHING~~ and other ppl are mugging their dear lives away, summoning wadever last ounce of energy they hv to pia finish those disgusting papers...

really hv to get use to this silence, and maybe even those quieter moments in hall dinners n tea when there won't be no more hyperactivity or loud noises n shrieks from some people... (to save my ass from being whooped, there shall be no reference to any particular person, or else i confirm die like crazy)

in summary, ghimz shall miss his hall frens deeply.

but we shall play even more n meet up in hols too~~~

okay....

back to cn1111

ghimz out.

*p.s. shall post up some hilarious pictures n videos for ur viewing pleasure in a few days time :) look out for the dancing (prancing?) rabbit, the 2 masked femine la' RH, and the ktv singers~~~*

here goes!!!

the dancing rabbit

...getting high on ktv...

2006-04-27T01:25:00.000+08:00

*aaaahhhhhh........ aaaaaaHHHHHH...... aaaAAAAHHHHHHH*

*ARGHHHHHHH*

its a relief when u can get those big big ULTRA big sneeze out, but it sucked equally when u seemed to reach the release point, but suddenly.

it died off.

damn du lan lah. feel like never finish something not shiok, like eat chocolate cake didnt' finish it, like swimming halfway across the sea, then decided the other half is too far away and swim back to where you begin.

idiot.

been having this terrible cold all day long. and it doesn't seem like it'll subside any soon.

thankfully i've my hall mates and a big bunch of *thankfully* ~~naggy~~ , i mean, concerned friends. thanks alot peeps. things ain't gonna be the same when we all leave this hall for the hols, and some permanently leaving it....

feeling abit sad, empty, but hey, all great things must come to an end somewhere.

the true test of frenship shall begin when we leave this hall.

anyway, trivial, you know that the 1st time DNA was used as evidence in US was for a murder cum rape case in 1987?

now you know. ;)

anyway shall go hit the bed now. maybe i can sleep off this bug.

smile. tml shall be a brand new day, a great day for everybody.

ghimz concussed.

2006-04-26T21:47:00.000+08:00

i've concluded.

i'm not a ladies' guy.

suck thumb.

ghimz out.

2006-04-24T00:31:00.000+08:00

to all that are apprehensive (me included)

tell yourself:

1. You've done yourself justice in recognising that this exam is important.
2. you've worked day n nite jus for these few days of judgement.
3. you're capable of overcoming all odds.
4. you'll be careful and not fall into pitholes

most importantly

5. I CAN DO IT.

its jus 10 days away from certain liberation, ppl, we've walked this far, we jus hv to give it our last shot for these last few days..

push on.

jia you~~~

ghimz out.

ready for battle.

2006-04-22T02:27:00.000+08:00

Plan: to cover entire taiwan.

Starting point: Tainan (Heng Chun)

you saw it rite :) some dreams over the past few days inspired me to hv this plan...
really been yearning to return to those scenic training grounds in taiwan and jus walk around the area.

the plan goes like this in brief:
Day 1: reach tainan via some cheapo budget airline and hitch a ride or cab to heng chun/ ken ting. spend the night at one of the resident's house.

Day 2-3:trek through heng chun and visit mike ridgeline for an all round view, walk up to the mountainous region and spend the night at another kind resident's house.

Day 3: walk up to lao fuo shan and visit lao fuo miao :)

Day 4: walk down to the nearest town/city and relax for the day. refresh n resup :)

Day 5: hitch a ride up to kao shiung and check into a hotel. beginning of 5 days R&R :)

Day 6: Kao Shiung~~~

Day 7: hitch a ride/ bus/ cab to Taipei city.

Day 8-11: TAIPEI~~~ eat shop eat shop eat shop eat shop =)

Day 12: back to singapore.

very rough plan... but its better than non :) shall upgrade it more until it's really neat n stuff :)

hope can put this plan in place by next yr june, if not december :)

hitch hikers are welcomed to join =) looking for willing and equally crazy ppl to take on this challenge :P

ghimz out.

2006-04-21T14:21:00.001+08:00

to hell wif econs, and to hell wif mugging, shall photo blog for a while.

2006-04-21T14:21:00.000+08:00

friends for 9 years, brothers since day 1... no words can describe that feeling.

2006-04-21T14:20:00.000+08:00

RH touch rugby guys =)

2006-04-21T14:19:00.001+08:00

...we take pictures in cny visits...

2006-04-21T14:19:00.000+08:00

...we take pics while mugging...

2006-04-21T14:18:00.001+08:00

we even take pics when we sabo people..

2006-04-21T14:18:00.000+08:00

...we even take pics in the car

2006-04-21T14:17:00.000+08:00

how come i'm the only guy in white...

2006-04-21T14:16:00.001+08:00

oneclevergirl...

2006-04-21T14:16:00.000+08:00

2006-04-21T14:15:00.001+08:00

2 capable women/ girls =)

2006-04-21T14:15:00.000+08:00

events cell :) great peepz

2006-04-21T14:14:00.000+08:00

the fun never seems to end

2006-04-21T14:13:00.000+08:00

they've all grown up n ord liao.. hope they're all doing fine... and hope they won't forget their pc like i wont forget these amazing ppl :)

2006-04-21T14:12:00.000+08:00

told u we were mj freaks..

2006-04-21T14:11:00.001+08:00

RH mj freaks...

2006-04-21T14:11:00.000+08:00

who dares to fool with us?

2006-04-21T14:10:00.001+08:00

concert....

2006-04-21T14:10:00.000+08:00

those days that seemed so near and yet so distant- brings a smile and unlocks a memory.

2006-04-21T14:09:00.000+08:00

memories of days gone by...

2006-04-20T01:16:00.000+08:00

1.20am

31 hours away from 1st paper for sem.

13 days away from certain liberation

16 days away from finally leaving RH.........

its gonna be really sad parting ways with some of my hall mates, some of them u know they'll never appear at comm hall for tea, dinner and hall events...

jus had a random thought. you can really notice the change in some people, and for them, the change is not obvious, nor will they know it, but the way some people behaves, talks and act, may be so dramatically different that you might even ask your self. do i know this person?

another random thought: am i too nice in general? jus plain nice to frens, people, etc etc... rarely saying no, or being the quiet guy that jus seats there n laugh n joke along?

is that a good thing?

i crap, i laugh, i sing, i cheong, i dance, i joke, to me, smile is an important thing, frens are even more impt. family: needless to say.

is this the person that i've set out ot become? or did it go off track somewhere some how at some point? am i still being the person that i wanted to be 1 yr back?

i may seem like a guy that can hold it even if the sky falls down... thats good, can giv epeople good impression... but i'm also jus another 21 yr old in uni, needing reassurance, comforting words, warmth n love.

its hard to live.

but hey, who said life was easy? besides, it ain't worth leading an easy life.

jus need my dose of security n warmth.

ghimz out.

30 more hours to go.

2006-04-16T00:34:00.000+08:00

PPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEpppppp pEEEEEEEEEEEE~!!!

*FULL TIME*

absolutely had it wif studying n reading up about internal energy, entropy, enthalpy, surface tension, Young-Laplace, Gibbs Free Energy, reaction mechanisms, hybridization n a whole lot more...

if you understand what the above meant, i feel sorry for you too. my heart goes out to you.

10 hrs of reading n mugging...

6 blardy chapters,

3 meals in less than 2 hours each,

1 long day.

at least i'm done wif reading cm1502, tml finally can get down to doing past yr papers

"yay~!!! OH I CAN'T WAIT TO START~~~~"

yeahhhhhh rrrriiiiggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttttt...............

hmmm......... jus happy that i'm done for the day. dunno wad else can i say or feel le. hahaha...

lets hv a check on progress:

1) MA1506, enough of it le, shall do abit more mid week but thats it. need to improve help shit.... eh i mean help sheet.
2) CM1502, tml do paper, then fri n maybe half of sat must clear it up...
3) CS1101C, sick of it, enough of it, shall not do anymore of it till sat n sun
4) GEK1527, sighz.... another mugger memorising subject... shall do it after cm....
5) EC1301, my S/U and yet its one of my worries.... hmm give it 2 days prior to the paper on friday ba..
6) CN1111..... killer...... study also no useba.... will use the last 4 days before the paper to clear it...

hmmm.... its 12.44 at YIH study room, but the place still looked as packed as it was at 9am today... what are these people? they dun sleep, they dun walk out of this place, but they dun stink either... i wonder....

enough of crap talk. time to pack my stuff n hit back to hall.

suddenly my room bed looks so welcoming... at least for the next 8 hours.

nitez ppl. work hard, work smart, but leave some space for breathers. =)

ghimz out.

2006-04-12T14:10:00.000+08:00

when things goes wrong as they sometimes will,
when the road you are trudging seems all up hill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
when you want to smile, but have to sigh,
when care is pressing u down abit,
rest if you must, but do not quit.

life is queer with its twists and turns,
as everyone of us sometimes learn,
success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint, in the cloud of doubt.
and you never can tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seemed so far.

so stick to the fight when you are hardest hit,
cos it when things seemed worst:

YOU MUST NOT QUIT.

jia you everybody...

PE in 2 hours time.

good luck ghim

ghimz out.

2006-04-06T16:16:00.000+08:00

Rules:
1. Bold the following words that are true about you.
2. GREEN! the things you wish were true.
3. add one thing true about you
4. and then tag onetwothreefourFIVE more people.

I miss somebody right now.
I don't watch TV these days.
I own lots of books
I wear glasses or contact lens.
I love to play video games.
I've tried marijuana.
I've been in a threesome.
I've been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I curse sometimes.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. <-----(i think???)
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
I'm TOTALLY smart
I've broken someone’s bones.
I'm paranoid sometimes.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost and scar-free.
I need money right now. oh yes.... gimme money.....
I love sushi.
I talk really,really fast/unclear.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
I like the way I look
I am usually pessimistic.
I have alot of mood swings.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
I have alot of friends. <--------------(i dunno, how much is alot?)
I am currently single!
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop.
Enjoy window-shopping. <---------- but somehow, my wallet always end up lighter than before i window shopped...
I would rather shop than eat.
I don't hate anyone.
I'm a pretty good dancer.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. (HELL NO~!!!)
I have a cell phone. <------------ eh, quite hard to find somebody w/o it now...
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex. <----------sometimes.... =P
I have made a move on a friend’s significant past or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.<------------------does a 167mb version of it "ripped off" the net count?
I would die for my best friends.<------------for some, yes.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
I have dated a close friend's ex.
I am happy at this moment!
I'm obsessed with guys. <-----------eh, is this survey for guys/ gals???
Democrat.
I am punk rockish.
I am preppy.
I study for tests most of the time.<---------if not,...... siao liao....
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.<------------- u mean fix a car or do work in one?
I love my job. <------- happily an NUS student, though it comes without a pay... =(
I am comfortable with who I am now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.<---------- thats wad the green people make u do... jump off a perfectly fine bridge when u can dun need to do it...
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
Plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient in a musical instrument. <---------eh... think i can play do rae mee on the guitar, that COUNTS rite??? =)
I worked at MacDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies.
I think water rules.
I went college out of state.
I like sausages.
I love kisses. <-----------*lame warning* especially those hershey kisses, i like cookies n cream *lame warning*
I fall for the wrong people. <--------- sighz....
I adore bright colours.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.
I usually like covers more than originals.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongues in waves, much like a snakes slithers.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep. <----------- eh ocs n bmt buddies n roomie, do I????
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distraction.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at LEAST one person I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
I'm an artist.
I only clean my room when necessary.
I like a person of the same sex. <-----------HELL NO~!!!
I love being happy. <------------------ who doesn't =)
I am an adrenaline junkie.
I have ridden an elephant.
I love chocolates and crowns! <--------- dunno wad are crowns... dun wanna risk it :)
I go to school NOT for the sake of lessons.
I can't ride a bicycle. <----------MUAHAHAHAHHA, NOT ANYMORE~!!!! MUAHAHAHAH
I think i'm the only person crazy enough to do this at 6 in the morning without any sleep for the night.
I feel crazy. <-------------DOING THIS............
I love tomatoes!!
I like peanut butter on bananas.
Been told "You're on fire!"
I'm a netballer. <---------------------I'm very sure this thing is meant for girls now.......
I believe in Serendipity. <-------------------Wad ever that means............ i jus felt like "bolding" it
I think the word 'RASPBERRY' is sexaaay!
I love to look at people's teeth.
I don't wanna grow up.
I can cross my eyes n stick out my tongue n still look cute.
Gaining weight is a wonderful thing.
I am a PRO...procrastinator. <--------choose to ignore the last part.
I love listening to gossip.
I really should be studying for exams now.
I hate pimples....

tagging:
1) Shuying
2) Tze hwee
3) Daryl
4) Elaine
5) Zhan Sheng

2006-03-31T11:59:00.000+08:00

"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's... ...knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. nothing else will give you that. not money. not fame...

...not work"

"tuesdays with Morrie"

Mitch Albiom

it means so much, and its really true.

and it makes me wonder.

who will care if one of us suddenly disappeared or left this world.

*********************************************************

The fourth Tuesday- On Death.
"Do what the buddhits do. Everyday, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am i ready? Am i doing all i need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?"

"tuesdays with Morrie"
Mitch Albiom

The book is simply amazing.. read it for the 6th time so far, it doesn't fail to touch me or provoke thoughts.

Am i doing all i need to do? no.

Am i being the person i want to be? not yet.

Am i ready? No.

i hope i can be a better person, better fren, better son after this. i really hope so.

ghimz out.

2006-03-28T19:01:00.000+08:00

ever had the feeling of being lost? being in a crowd that u're supposed to be familiar with and yet u can't find a place u belong?

ever had the feeling that you tot things will always follow an accepted order, and yet, turning ur head, only to find that things ain't wad u expect them to be?

ever had the feeling that you always know ur frens will always be there, but turns out cos of some screw up, u find that u dun belong to "that" group for a moment?

wad will you do?

that lost feeling is not leading u to anywhere. you look for a place where u can be familiar wif and yet u can find none.

all doors seemed shut.

u stand there and looked like a fool and u felt for a moment so lost.

so lost u can't find ur footing.

"where, oh where are your frens", u tot to urself.

u can't join them, they ain't wif u.

it makes no difference.

you're by urself.

a thousand opportunities like these come and go, and today i learnt a small lesson for myself, abeit from a simple dinner...

wad do i do?

I move ahead alone.

ghimz out.

Disclaimer: Please do not read too deep into wad i say. Thank you.

2006-03-21T02:14:00.000+08:00

*breathes*

finally... the freaking helluva disgusting 2 weeks have gone by.

disgusting is really an understatement, averaging abt 4 hrs of sleep max for 14 days, not going home for 13 days and not contacting ur family for 10 days straight, it feels too much like army all over again.

except there's tests n studies that u can't cheat or copy answers from.

lets see what happened in the past 14 days:

NUS Openhouse was a tremendous success~!!! can't believe it, but it was over le, really enjoyed myself in the openhouse, although i was jus logistics and had my mind occupied wif electric cables n lines throughout the entire 2 days... xin tian n the entire comm put in helluva effort doing up the mpsh n getting everything in order for the big day. =)
had 2 tests in 4 days, from Cm1502 on thursday and then Cn1111 today.
conclusion: memorising units conversion like 1m = 3.2808ft and 1kg = 2.20462lbm and even 1lbf = 32.174lbm ft/s^2 is disgustingly USELESS....
i passed my NUSSU van orientation course (conducted at 12 midnite on friday nite wif jeremiah) --> more saikang arrows available le...
went to watch Huang Cheng Ye Yun to support chu jie, really nice production, it was held at Victoria Theatres. it was made up of 3 plays, all 3 were very interesting n unique, the first one was particularly touching... thx to the openhouse comm for letting me go off to see the play. =)
i never talked to shiwei much
oh ya, and dorlisa too...
battery was at an all time low in 2nd week.
battery recovering since cn1111 ended.
realised i can't answer the simple question : "what is ur hobby/ wad do you do in ur free time"
realised i dun understand the meaning of "free time"
or "hobby" even, for that matter...
i need a job/ tuition/ mahjong sessions, all donations in cash or kind are encouraged to send it over to "save the ghim foundation" all donations will remain anonymous unless requested =)
my face is still the same as it was 1 month back... hopefully the medicine i've been religiously taking over the past 5 weeks plus will hv some use... its not looking good so far.... =(
got great news that there'll be a hosting task for 14 students from taiwan on 3rd april~!!! =) time to know more taiwan galz....... n guys :P hehehe

okkkayzyy....

time to hit the sheets...

realy tired out le.

hope i'll update this blog soon agian.

till then,

ghimz out.

2006-02-28T03:35:00.000+08:00

3.30am

jus finished my CM1502 tut, showered and browsed some of my usual websites.

today jus didn't felt right.

morning was fine actually, went for lecture and then had lunch at biz ad club...

suddenly my battery jus died off.

it happened so suddenly. no mood to talk. not interested in anything.

and i had to have a mini debate (i.e. arguement) with my dad over some issues...

felt bad and felt shitty after hanging up my phone wif my dad... i dun wanna speak that way to him, but sometimes, it sjus that he dun understand me and keeps doing things that i cna help him to do so that he dun hv to worry so much... can't they understand that i dun want them to worry unnecessarily?

the mood was set for the rest of the day...

a times, i was actiating my reserve battery, being the friendly n crappy ghim tt ppl know.

but even the reserve battery will get drained out one.

thx to all my frens that noticed some wierd change in me today and asked if i'm alrite.
really appreciate it. and thankful that i've frens like these.

i always say i need a break, but wad do i need a break from? wad is it that is really wearing me out?

is it jus me?

i need some time. time to recover. time to top up my energy level again.

tml will be a better day.

ghimz out.

3.50am

2006-02-24T10:31:00.000+08:00

if life is going to be a game that we can only play it once...

then GAME ON

u can try and make me stumble, but i won't be defeated~!!!

2006-02-21T22:55:00.000+08:00

been so busy these months, been working almost non stop for different things, that sometimes all we need i jus to take a moment to stop n think for ourselves:

What are the things that really mattered in my life?

What are the things that define us, back in the past n now?

What are the things that we have missed?

think its time to take a pit stop n reorganize my life....

What are the things that really mattered in my life?

Family and Friends
Studies
Enjoying every moment
Making a difference...
Money

What are the things that I ve missed?

hanging around wif frens anytime i want
training n doing my own swimming for singapore biathlon
slacking 24/7 with nothing to do
outdoor life, the waterfalls and rapids of kampar river, the caves of m'sia, the hills of tai-nan, the rivers of biang, the scenic lao fuo shan...
the days of teaching those funny sec 2F n 2H kids in GESS and conducint PE lessons and TAF sessions during recess, of being called "Mister Goh~!!", "cher~!!" and knowing them as if they're ur own class....

time to move back to 5th gear, back to mugging, back to rag, openhouse, hall, university in general =)

time to move on ghimz.

ghimz out.

2006-02-16T02:41:00.000+08:00

do this for ghimzzz if u hv the time =)
access this site and doa survey for him :)
http://kevan.org/johari?name=ghimzzz

thx~!!!

will update as soon as i'm finished wif my triple midterm combo o_O!!!

nitez ppl. =)

ghimz out.

2006-02-05T15:16:00.000+08:00

haiz.... cny's almost halfway over le... haha today is chu1 ba1 le... 8th day of cny, wonder if anybody is still out there visiting....

hmmm actually there's still alot of ppl's house i'd love to go visit... if not for sch n proj n stuffs.

things tt happened in the past 1 week:

visited n took alot of pics iwf my baby cousins (100%guaranteed cute-ness) - pics coming soon
collected a decent sum of money, (hoping that it'll tide me over for at least 2-3 months) *dream on, i guess*
met up wif old friends n had them over for lunch at my house
lao yu sheng on thurs wif my RH frens at the takraw court~!!! -pics~!!!
watched Fun with Dick n Jane with my close frens, nice funny show, classic jim carrey style =)
went elaine's house wif jiaxing, khin, sinjin, ivan n perry for blk 5 cny bai nian-ing yest nite :) -pics~!!!

oh ya, went to the skin centre on wednesday, was given the amazing revelation (!!! ya rite!!!) that my acne is severe... and... (saw it coming) the medication will last 6-8 months n will cost near the upper end of 3 digits... maybe even popping over the magical 1k mark....

somebody jus sandpaper/file/smoothen my face.... please.... at least its cheaper....

i've proudly went on medication regularly for 5 days without forgetting~!!! *prouds*

oh well, at least the cost will remind me to constantly take my medications =)

guess it's cool to tell ppl abt how potent the drug is, that it'll cause deformities in a baby if a pregnant lady took the medication while she is, well, pregnant...

************

hmmmm, gonna go viist chu jie soon, long time nv visit my god-parents n my dear god-sis, great time to catch up wif them...

oh yeah, will go back to hall later at nite, photos should be ready for uploading, latest tml :)

hmmm sometimes u jus dun feel like blogging, but once u get started, it somehow jus flows quickly n smoothly, like a blogging diarhoea or seomthing =)

oh well, happy chinese new year peepz~!!!

ghimz out.

2006-01-28T03:13:00.000+08:00

it's been a very very very long n hard week...

not cos of school work, not cos of IHG, not cos of family or friends...

3 words:

rnf...

the offer was really tempting, the chance for a freshie can only be described as once in a million? really appreciate them for actually casting their eyes on me, that they actually tot maybe a freshie can pull this off....

but it was abit too much for myself i guess.

alot of things i've to consider, alot of things, too many to list, it was really a frustrating roller coaster ride as i contemplated taking it or rejecting the post....

finally, after some nice conversation wif seniors, ppl i care abt most, my daughter, etc etc. finally decided that i'll hv to pass up this chance...

it sounds abit cruel, but i guess it should be the way i've to take.

maybe i'll take it up next year?

but until then... jus hope that i can still play in rag....

ghimz out...

2006-01-18T14:02:00.001+08:00

big groupie pic at university hall :)

2006-01-18T14:01:00.000+08:00

pictures at nussu sect

2006-01-18T13:59:00.000+08:00

a big big groupie pic at university hall

2006-01-18T13:56:00.000+08:00

pictures againz... at munchie monkies

2006-01-18T13:55:00.001+08:00

more pictures, (one of the good looking girls in the hosting group, not bad sia...)

2006-01-18T13:55:00.000+08:00

and even more pictures.... was feeling like a exhibition object sia... lotsa pics. heh

2006-01-18T13:54:00.000+08:00

good bye from zhejiang~!!!

2006-01-18T13:45:00.000+08:00

wooo hoooo.... jus finished another hosting.

feels real good to be like ambassadors to the foreign students, today's group was from Zhejiang, heards its like the 3rd best university in China... anyway, was a super daunting task.... it was like CL1001 all over again, chinese languange revision liek crazy.

thankfully communication was still possible (abeit wif alot of "eh"s n "ah"s and "ya"s....)

k k, dunno wad to write abt leh,,, jus let photos do the talking.

look above~!!!

ghimz out.

2006-01-18T00:10:00.000+08:00

hmmm
finally,,, my confirmed time table is out.

6 modules:
CN1111
MA1506
CM1502
CS1101C

EC1301- Principles of Economics
GEK1527 - Genes and Society

for those familiar with ghimz,,, u'll realise he didn't take Econs in JC, nor was he a Bio student in A levels...

so....

wad the hell is he doing with these 2 modules??

haha... i also dunno why sia, initially it was cos i really wanted to clear my SARTOR requirements before yr 2, and also i wanna take 6 modules to alleviate my work load in subsequent semesters... and also to allow me to do industrial attachment without having to come back to the university for additional courses at the same time.

haha but now, come to think of it, hopefully will be do decently well for all of them, dun really wanna s/u any of the modules (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, something like Pass/Fail grading)

haha... jia you ghimz...

on a brighter note... IHG Touch rugby is jus 4 days away... finally gonna be over soon le, and after Feb 8th, when IHG Road Race is over, i can at last put down my hall committments and concentrate on PRU n studies le... can't wait man...

been a while since i've updated my blog. haha well, will try to update it more regularly man... know its quite bored looking at the same ol' freaking page for the past 12 days, sorry folks~!!!

anyway hope everybody will enjoy ur week ahead :)

its wednesday already~!!! halfway through :)

ghimz out.

2006-01-05T23:37:00.000+08:00

had the impulse to blog abt some issues, but suddenly lost the drive le...

in any case i was talking to xin tian n shan shan over msn, jus realised how packed the 1st 4 weeks of semester would be for me:

week 1:
IHG training every nite for touch
IHG training every alternate nite for road race
Gong Shi Jia Concert
Helping out for PRU Bash

week 2:
IHG training every nite for touch
IHG training every alternate nite for road race
Zhejiang University Hosting
PRU Bash
IHG Tough Rugby

week 3: (my slackest week~!!!)
IHG training every alternate nite for road race
Arts club Bash

week 4:
IHG training every alternate nite for road race
Chinese New Year
IHG Road Race

this is not including studies and any other committments like frens n openhouse proj... and 6 modules... hmmm wonderin if tt was a sound idea after all... haha

i jus pray for strength to be able to make it past these 4 weeks with minimum hassle, and maximum fun n least frustration...

hahaha its not like i've never gotten so much stressload before dude... hahah...

oh well, jus pray along for me if u can :) wadever ur religion maybe ;) shall blog abt tt big issue i wanted to discuss abt the next time i blog again :)

ghimz out.

2006-01-05T10:07:00.000+08:00

*at secretariat*

and so our short break comes to a closure.

kan puah fast sia... which leads me to the next ultimate question in every single singaporean student's life:

WAD HAPPENED TO MY HOLIDAYS???

ok... time to breathe.

wad hv i done for this hols?

wad hv u done for the hols?

ennjoy the sem ahead =)

ghimz out.

2005-12-30T22:18:00.000+08:00

if there's a bad way to end 2005 that i dun wanna try, its gotta be this......

in the fricking toilet bowl....... with fricking feverish vomitish diarrhoea.........

sighz.........

ghimz out...............

2005-12-30T12:50:00.000+08:00

been a very busy 9 days since pru chalet ended... for those that lived in recluse and hv no idea wad happened, 2005 is coming to a close... yes, its twenty-O-fricking-5-going-6, if u've not realise ur resolutions made last yr, time to press the panic button.

then again, nobody fulfils their resolutions, rite?

hmmmm lets see wad i resolved to do (and wad really happened....):

-earn money (forget it, my acct may hv rose for a moment in may/june, but lets jus say that enron's accounts books look even better than my own bank book...)

-keep my fitness (went for singapore biathlon in march, wanted to go for AHM, DBS and Standard Chartered... but couldn't find time... but generally tink fitness still can make it lah...)

-learn driving and cycling (WOOO HOOO~!!! i DID IT~!!!! *grinz*)

-learn diving (oops..........)

-enjoy myself (hahah, think i've overachieved on this one...)

look back, this year has been quite a nice year, been very eventful, started the year in sembawang wharves on ops bacinet duty as a 2LT, and ended this year as a MISTER goh ghim song.

went for real ops as an infantry pc, left ns and became a relief teacher, teaching 2 great sec 2 classes wif really cute students, then became a survey officer for general household survey, then came for union camp and slacked n played my way around into uni.

got into raffles hall and got into PRU, had a ball of time playing both PRU and hall stuff... all the while re-starting my engine, getting reacquainted wif my calculator and lecture notes...

ended the year wif closer sec sch buddies, a superb room mate-buddy n 5 great peeps in the form of jx, elaine, rabbit, pat, khin n sin jin, n not to mention having really wonder PRU friends, my 2 daughters, shan shan n tze hwee, all the pru ppl, we're one big family rather than a unit wif clear distinctions between ranks... my ideal way of doing stuff. :)

been a really enjoyable year. hahaha only thing that stayed the same is my single status, hahaha,,, but its perfectly fine, with so much good stuff happneing ur way, there ain't much that we should complain abt either rite? =)

hmmmm maybe i'll rather change something: that i dun end off the year wif this shitty diarrhoea that's causing so much inconvenience.... haiz...

haha, hope everybody hv a wonderful new year's eve

here's to a wonderful 2006 for everybody :)

ghimz out.

2005-12-21T19:43:00.000+08:00

pru chalet was HEAPS of fun~~!!! abt 30 pru people attended it :) not too bad considering the turn out :)

met up with liang han, wen hui, jeremiah, shawn and hong keat earlier yesterday 2pm at IMM to buy our food stuff and bbq stuff. we were abit late but still managed to make our way to the chalet by abt 4 plus.

the chalet itself was REALLY REALLY good :) can't recall when was the last time i had a chalet that has 2 fullr ooms, 1 big living room complete wif a bbq pit jus outside of ur chalet man... all fully air-conned =D there was ample space for everybody and no squeezing around, everybody were able to mingle and interact in their own way in the room, picture this, a standard size hdb living room, with abt 10 ppl sitting on the floor playing 99, 4 ppl beside them playing mj on a table, and a further 5 people chatting behind them on the sofa, all comfortably seated and not squeezy :)

ok, enough advertising for aranda country club...

had loads of fun playing mahjong(!!!), 99, shithead and jus simply chatting around wif ppl man... there was always something to do around; in fact, too much to do that almost everybody stayed up the whole nite! then again, there were some really bored souls, so they decided to go around doing blanket party to every single available people they can lay their hands onto.

i survived the 1st attempt unscathed...

but hell, they had to pick on an unsuspecting vitim while SLEEPING: ME!!!!! argh.... wads sleeping really nicely (abeit on a chair) when some idiot threw and blanket and started pounding away like u would when playing arcade games...

poor me.

but all in all, it was loads of fun amd always feels great to see that things go smoothly and everybody enjoyed themselves :) jus hope that we'll get to hv more outings like this soon (but also meant more work for my team... :( dun complain leh... hehe)

oh well, hada nice long sleep, now time to play some comp games n stone around again :)
i'm beginning to get the hang of this stoning hols mood :)

ghimz out.

2005-12-19T09:58:00.000+08:00

things that hv happened and realisations in the past 1 month:

slc is finally over~!!!
watched king kong (great show, but be mentally prepared for the 186mins of show, yes, that's 3 fricking hours)
fell sick and recovered, then fall sick again...
went to paint children's home at Ramakrishnan mission
sin jin's bday chalet last sunday :)
man utd knocked out of champions league (*^#%%&%*$) and won 6 league games out of 7 (finally some decent football)
my fitness plan for the hols went up in smoke (why ain't i surprised?)
romance and leadership roles are ALMOST always mutually exclusive.... (no wonder SDU wanna sponsor us at SLC...)
i've not played a single computer game for more than 2 hours (thats like..... damn miraculous lah!!!)
i learnt how to play shithead (no, its not a vulgarity, nor a racist joke, its a frrreaaking card game~!!!)

and as if it wasn't enough to realise these, guess wad nus peeps?

we're fricking halfway through our hols already~!!!

omg... who the hell stole my hols away from me~???
kk, some saving grace: slc was really fun and the organising and planning part of it took up quite some time, but it was all worth the effort, and besides, we did hv fun doing all the preps and stuff, only prob is we'll either end up with muscle cramps or with fried brains at the end of the day :)

************
hmmm, i guess i must hv set a record for staying away from home... up till end of slc, i've not slept at home for more than 2 nites in a roll~!! can somebody phone guiness and check if i get a place in their books?

***********

for the past few days, hv been thinking:

u know ho some frens will jsu come n go in ur life? whereas some will jus stay there, and no matter wad shit u do to the person, (as long as it ain't too hurting) the person will always be a fren for ya? think lately i've been wondering if we should be such frens, yes, loyalty n stuff is all cool shit.

but think abt it, ur fren jus pushes u or throws u aside for a while, then later reappears to acta s if nothing's happened or wrong, is tt really a solid frenship? yes, u may hv been frens for a long time, but then wad kinda frens will these be?

these tots went on n on for a while, but i finally came to an understanding, for me at least. as a fren, i dun care how the other party feels, if i really feel that i wanan keep this frenship and sees the reason to keep the frenship, i'll continue to be a reliable fren for he or she, doesn't matter wad happens or stuff.

in a frenship, u never ask for reciprocrates, ur fren will recipricrate u when time is due. :) and the best reward of a frenship is ur fren's smile n frenship in return. :)

haha, gonna start thinking abt things i wanna do for the next few days :) tentatively, here's my of fthe cuff list, in order of priority:

DMJ~!!! (da ma jiang, for all that still dunno my lingo :P)
run n swim regularly (i wanna be fit again~!!)
go out n jus enjoy time for MYSELF
clean up my blog
play comp games

haha... hmm these list sounds good enough :) alrite finally i getta write a long n leisurely blog :)

cya around peeps :)

ghimz out.

2005-12-16T09:52:00.000+08:00

mission accomplished

100% satisfaction

jus returned yesterday from SLC (aka: student leader's camp)

in summary: 4 days of smooth sailing activities.

was quite apprehensive about how successful the camp would be, and being a programmer wif tze hwee and shan shan, we spent the best part of the last 2 months prior to the camp to think up of all the games and pray that it would not be similar to other camps. all the late nites at nussu sect, crystal jade and munchie monkey brainstorming sessions. it all boils down to the 3 days of camp.

u can't imagine the satisfaction and smiles u see on all the comm members and especially us 3 programmers when we see campers having fun and enjoying the activities and games. it was most rewarding.

not to mentioned that we also had our fun among programmers and camp comm members.... shit head, 100 secs let you die (hope campers won't forget this), beach games n more more more...

all in all, it was really satisfying and happy, that at the end of the day, comments on the camp were really positive and they totally enjoyed the camp...

that is all that mattered.

oh yeah, n my 2 "daughters" tooo :) hahaha, thx to all of ya.

ghimz out.

p.s. haven't blog in ages, still trying to get back into the blogging mood, haha guess hols is not really an internet frenly time. haha will update more soon i hope.

2005-11-22T23:58:00.000+08:00

hmmmm..................
PC1431
FNA1002
EG1413

jus 2 more papers to go, 5 more days, 5 x 24 x 60 x 60 seconds.

i can literally smell the air of soccer, mahjong, cycling, swimming, slacking, chalets all jus a wiff away...

jus tahan ghim.. 2 more days till maths paper. :) been doing nothing but mahts since saturday and immediatley after monday's EG1413 paper.

oh well, can't wait to burn them notes. for all of us nus, smu and the unfortunate few ntu guys n gals that havent finish their paper (shiwei is done wif hers~!!) good luck.

its a rather boring post. wad do u expect from somebody that faced the laptop screen for 14 hours a day with nothing but maths in his brain?

laplace, s shifting, t shifting, definite integrals, fourier series, alternating series tests KJGDS&^dsafh67384.....

hmmm sorry, had a sudden muscluar spasm... too much writing n typing n msn-ing all day liaoz...

ghimz out.

p.s. oh ya, like wad jiaxing said, i never imagined i could use THAT much pencil lead in my entire life.... n i tot a plastic eraser's life was supposed to be at least like 3-5 months... hell i can't even take 4 weeks of mugging.... u learn new stuff everyday....

2005-11-19T13:23:00.001+08:00

financial accounting text book.... meet my best friend, mr lighter....

2005-11-19T13:23:00.000+08:00

u can't imgine the satisfaction of throwing them notes into THE trash can...

2005-11-18T18:27:00.000+08:00

hastalavista BABY~!!!

2005-11-09T18:13:00.000+08:00

this is a story.

a story of a ball and 2 guys, a project.

this story began in early august, in the realms of raffles hall, where 2 guys, room mates, came across a group of people playing foosball in the comm hall.

a simple game u might think.

the 2 of them, lets call them G n J, went forwrd to have a friendly game and they were convincingly defeated by the 2 female players.

J couldn't believe how easily the game was thrown. He loved the game, and yet, he lost, at the hands of others. G was equally distraught.

how it changed the 2 of them.
********

1 month went by, an inconspicuous day at the Comm hall after Tea. J saw the table and asked G to try again.

with the defeat firmly etched in the back of his mind, G finally picked up the courage to begin playing again.

it was difficult. but G began to pick up the ropes, the twists, the turns, the fakes, the defence. a weaker left hand, he found his strength in defence. with J in guidance, they trained and played, countless hours were lost on that foosball table with their friends. laughters filling the table, those were enjoyable times they had.
*******

another week went by and one fine day, they were invited to a friendly game with another pair. J in offence, G in defence, they won. it was a sweet victory.
they wanted more, they believed in a vision: To be a powerful team never seen by others before.

Project Gigital D was formed.
*******

The project involved daily 4.30pm tea sessions at the comm hall. days became weeks and a month passed. Project Gigital D grew, the pair forming a strong partnership: J being the powerful offense and trickeries, took offence; G, mastering the ropes and learning with the help of J, took the defence.

They went on a spree, they challenged teams. they were "the freshies" with no reputation in hall, with little known abt them except for their friends.

they leanrt more abt themselves, their opponents and sharpened their moves.
G found the corners to hit, the strength and calm of a defender. he was a amatuer, but he defended like a mad miser guarding his money.

J regained the trickery and the techniques left behind so long ago in his military days. every ball was filled with strength, with confidence and with certainty of scoring. he had a killer instinct.

together, they were a team.

they had a point to prove. they looked for challenges and they proved to be a step ahead of their opponents every tea session.

they are Project Gigital D...
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they targeted their rivals, they knew who to look out for, they eagerly trained and played in the anticipation of the day that they would face their most regarded rivals.

they played with difficult opponents, they lost once, against N and Y, but that lost galvanised them for an instant fightback. they responded to that only defeat of their pairing with spirit and fought back a victory, ever moving closer to their rivals.

then it came.

Their rivals came in after J n G's victory over another pair. G n J relished the fight and fought hard, their efforts came to fruitation, a convincing win ensued.

undaunted, their rivals was game for another round. it was another tense round, abeit with laughters and all,
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0
7-0
7-1
8-1
8-2
9-2
10-2

they did it, J n G won with style. the game ended in smiles, handshakes with their opponents, it was an impressive victory.

and as J n G walked away, a smile broke across both of their faces, there was little that need to be said at that moment.

there will be more fights coming, but it won't be as simple as it was already, Project Gigital D is moving onto its 2nd phase, from unknowns, they're challengers. they relish avenging that embarrassing first loss...

Project Gigital D continues...