its going to be june in few hours time. i hope my friends return safely from the adidas sundown marathon later on. i was supposed to be part of it, but due to my unknown hip injury, i could not participate the marathon with them. there are lots of things which i wash to participate, but i couldn due to the injury. i will have miss out national taekwondo pattern tournament, scuba diving course with zheng xin, PA sparring tournament in june and most probably miss out nationals in august. damn…

i am going to have my appointment with the specialist in SGH on 6 june regarding my hip injury. i hope 6 june comes faster, so that i can find out more abt this mysterious injury. this thing has been giving me alot of problems and i’ve been visiting western doctors, chinese physicians, indian doctors and blah blah… i’m became more and more frustrated when the doctors are giving me different opinions and making me going back for further appointments. its a waste of money and my precious time!! i want to get over it! i decided to go for a specialist instead…

i’ll be having my business law exams on 11th june. i’m rather happy because this is my final module for my minor in business.. yay!! i like my lecturer and i enjoyed my lessons except for the CBK who keeps interrupt the leson by asking irrelevant questions which drags the lesson… however, being a law subjects means that i have to be good and fluentin my english, but yours truly here is a failure when its comes to english. hopefully i dont do too badly for the exam.

12 june marks the 24th birthday of MR Tan Kar Wei (Chen Jiawei). i’ve been through 2 zodiac cycle of my life. not very old, but not very young either… time to think more maturally and do some plannign for the future. No programmes on that day at the moment unless some pretty girl decide to date me… and it falls on a thursday!! worse come to worse, i’ll visit wala wala pub to listen to my fav. band, 2 pints of beer, hawalian pizza and “wala wala” wings listening “all out of love”….

i will be going under knife AGAIN on 17 june to retrieve the metal implants in my right hand which was planted 8 months ago due to a broken bone. local anaesthesia this time round, meaning i can actually see the surgeon cutting my flesh and unscrew the screws on my bone!! i can actually remind her not to argh… *faintz* 1 more scar on my hand and at least 3 more weeks on inactivity for me…

What Tan Kar Wei Means

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless – and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You’re most comfortable when you’re far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic “Type A” personality. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life. You are also a keeper of knowledge – meaning you don’t spill secrets or spread gossip. People sometimes think you’re snobby or aloof, but you’re just too deep in thought to pay attention to them. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You’re always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can’t handle you. You’re very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you’re likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You are very charming… dangerously so. You have the potential to break a lot of hearts. You know how what you want, how to get it, and that you will get it. You have the power to rule the world. Let’s hope you’re a benevolent dictator! You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited… which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

What’s Your Name’s Hidden Meaning?

damn.. i failed my IPPT… so humilating… i havent failed any physical fitness test before!
ifailed the standing broad station as my hip hurts when i jumped. i couldn get 5 points for shuttle run because my hip hurts when i bend, twist and turn.
well i shouldn blame everything on my injury… i didn get 5 points for chin-up and 2.4km as well. its not because of my fractured finger that i didn managed to do 12. i would say that my grip power had already regain at least 70%, however, my arms were weak, couldn endure further… as for my 2.4km, i can only blame myself for not training hard…
all the while i’ve been too complacent.. thinking that i will definitely pass IPPT even if i dont train…
well, i think its time to reflect over it… maybe i should start a training regime soon (not bodybuild) and hopefully i can get back to the fitness

kids are so innocent… during my taekwondo training this morning, i asked the kids wat they want to be when they grew up…
one boy said “i wan to be a policeman, because can play catching with thieves”
one girl “i want to be teacher because can punish students”
“i want ot be doctor!!!” and so on…
when one of the kids asked, “kor kor, so what you wan to be when you finished school?”
this question makes me startled for awhile… damn it… i dont even know what i want to be!!!
“why are you thinking for so long??” they asked…
“i want to a scientist!! because i wan to invents lots of wonderful things for you kids to play!!” (i just anyhow crapped one answer)
quite sad about it… a question which a kid can answer immdiately whereas me as an adult have to take some time to think about it…
after my taekwondo training, i head off to work in jurong east swimming pool. i was assigned to station at the children’s pool. i love childrens… although they are naughty at times, but i feel that they are wonderful. they will come over to tell u all sorts of funny things which u cant even think of. they will be quarrelling at one moment and swear not to friend each other, but the next moment u’ll see them playing happily together again. this doesnt happen in adults. for adults, a small quarrell might cause both party not to talk for 10 years….
when we are childrens, we want to grow up fast. when we had grown up, we wished to be like childrens again. how ironic…

hail the king of Europe!! Manchester United downs Chelsea 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Champions League!
The Red Devils are European Champions for the third time in history after a dramatic win in Moscow on Wednesday night. The victory makes United both European and Premier League CHAMPIONS! this marks the 18th title won by the devils which beats Liverpool’s record of 17 titles won. I’m proud of you guys!! :p

European Champions league tml morning. which team am i rooting? well.. i dont drink carlsberg, i dont use samsung handphone, i dont take emirites airlines and i’m considering taking up AIG insurance in future… hmm i guess its pretty obvious right? i’m a man-u supporter. i think Avram grant is lousy and i hate john terry. thus i hope Man-uto win for tml morning’s match… Go man-u go! :p be the champions of england and Europe!!

yours truly here is damn bored today. he decided to pull out his favourite camelbak, put on his running kit and explore his neighbourhood. its a long time since i last jogged because of my injury. although i’m still not recovered yet, but i still decide to go for a jog, to sweat it out.due to my unconditioned physical (aching hip and knees in the midst of my jog), i could not finished the whole distance. i walked 30% of the distance instead. to break it down, i jogged from my home to mount faber safra to henderson wave to faber point to telok blangah hill to alexandra road and ended at queensway shopping centre. although google earth clocks the distance to be only 5.73km, but i believe i had travelled more than that distance because there were alot of twists and turns and u-turns which was not accounted for in the google earth. during my jog, i did a few 自拍 (please, not those edison chen kind).this is my 1st stop, the newly build henderson wave. its actually a bridge which links mount faber to telok blangah hill and they named it henderson wave probably because its not the conventional horizontal bridge, it looks wavy from the side.this is the trail which leads to henderson waves. seems eerie even in the day. since the bridge is 60+ metres above sea level, theres a log way for me to go…after climbing counless steps, i finally reach the top. it looks majestic and beautiful. however i did not cross the bridge, instead i jogged towards the other direction towards faber point, the highest point in singapore (not counting infrastructures such as the westin hotel and UOB building). its been so long since the last time i came to mount faber. i remembered during my secondary school days, i jogged up mount faber every other day to train for my school annual cross country race as i promised i will give her a trophy as a gift. On the cross country day, i got 18th position and was awarded a trophy. I gave her my trophy as i promised and she gave me hers which was 3rd position, a much bigger trophy than mine. well the relationship didn turned out well and thats a story to be told for another day. on faber point, the summit of mount faber, is suppose to be the highest point of singapore, it is possible to see half the singapore. however, due to the overgrown trees, most of the vision is blocked by the damn trees. but fortunately, i’m still able to see my home from there.after visiting the faber point, i decide to return to the henderson waves to go to the other side of the bridge, the telok blangah hill, a place which i have not been in my lifetime to even though i stayed around that area for 24 years. haha, ironic right? yes life is just as ironic. we dont tend to treasure things around us, because we think that it will always be there. however, once its gone, we regret and blame ourselves for not spending much attention on it. heres a picture of the henderson waves. it doesnt looks wavy on the inside as we thought to be. it does look beautiful.. isnt it?

and yes, this is my second 自拍 of the day. i’m in the middle of the “not so wavy” henderson waves, 67+ metres above sea level.

this is the part of my neighbourhood which i have not been to even though i stayed 20+ years in this area. it is the hilltop garden on telok blangah hill. i felt damn “paiseh” when i have to tell people i have not been to telok blangah hill. and its even more “paiseh” when people says “huh!! u stayed so near for 20 over years and you dont know where was it?? it’s only a few kilometres from your house…”. but its better late than never, i’m proud to say i have visited telok blangah hill. :pthese metal bridges is called the “forest walk” ( i would call it a maze). it is situated at the other end of telok blangah hill and it leads to alexandra road and kent ridge park. the first look of it reminds me of nano wires on top of silicon chips :x. pardon for my wierd imagination because those might me my “tan chiak” in future. i decide to terminate my journey at alexandra road so that i can have a drink at queenstown shopping centre wich was about 3 km away. and at the exit at alexandra road, i saw this nice structure called the “alexandra arch”. it looks white now, but it is said that it illuminates in the night and we can see it in purple or red. and yup, that marks the end of my run today. it always feel “shiok” after a run, especially visiting these “new” places…

working on a sunny tuesday afternoon, low morale. the walk from the mrt to my workplace makes me sweat… (-_-“) 10x sian…. as usual, i was early by 30 minutes and having a sip of 7-up at the KFC and meanwhile i took an iconic structure of my workplace which was under the scorching sun…the weather seems fine from this pic. but its actually fu*king hot… but the great thing for working on weekdays is that the crowd is very little as compared to weekends (i would say its easily 10 times lesser). which means fewer bikini babes!! argh…
during the lifeguard duty, uncle L (codenamed) asked me “what kind of job earns the most money??” working in the bank!! i said. uncle L said 25 years ago he was a clerk working in the bank, earning $250/mth. he switched to become a lifeguard earning $800/mth back then. however, his colleague back then is earning a salary of $4000+ as a supervisor now (which is much much more than a liofeguard!!). Uncle L is rather regretting about his choice choosing the path as a lifeguard because although he had 20 years of lifeguard experience, but its as though he has only one year of experience because he is repeating the work he does for the 20 years and had learnt nothing new. on the other hand, his friend although earning $250/mth, but he gets the chance to expose to different work positions. and the bank industry is changing so fast, from typewriters to computers. and the longer he worked, the more experience he gained and thats the truly 20 years of experience gained.

i shared the same point of view as uncle L and glad that i am already considering lifeguarding as a boring job. simply sitting on the chair, “beep!! no jumping!!”, “beep beep!! no t-shirts” and etc. uncle L asked me “so what do u want to work as after you graduate?”, without thinking, “bank!! because its where the money lies!!” i replied. but at the back of my mind, i’m going for the job because of money, not really a passion. i’m a person who doesnt like mandane job and i prefer jobs which requires me to use my brain. however, most jobs gets mandane and routine after years of working. which means for people like me, i would have to keep on job-hopping all my life??? i guess most suitable job for me would be a research scientist, though it may get routined, but it requires me to get to use my brain to analyse. if i had a chance and my grades allow me to continue a phD in NTU, i might consider the choice.

i have a new toy… hmm i would say its an old toy, but with a reduced size. its a 3x3x3 rubik’s cube key chain. the keychain looks as though its a standard size cube because this is a close up shot. in fact, it only has a dimension of 3cm x 3 cm x 3cm, 1/8 the size of a standard rubik’s cube.

i already a standard rubik’s cube at home and i can complete it in less than 3 mins (still trying hard to improve the timing). however this mini cube has got me a hard time bvecause its small and stiff.. and my finger hurts while flipping it. however, it serves as a source of entertainment for me during waiting or when i’m on public transport :p.

i agree that i have my way of socialising with girls. guy friends around me (especially our beloved TanKY) kept asking questions like, “how did you know that girl??”; “teach me a few tactics leh..”; “wow, you are good with girls”and etc. frankly speaking, kar wei is a shy guy. i am just ordinary and i blushes when i talk to girls sometimes. however i do admit i do have the ability to think, process and speaking quickly. during the process step, whatever i think will be sort of being refined such that it will turn out to be something nice and less vulgar without losing its truth. but during men’s talk, i will just skip the processing step since most of us wouldn mind the unciviliseness.

to those people who doesnt have a girlfriend and yet complaining the whole world is against them (sounds like someone), heres some tip. dont try to change what you cannot change. try to do something to touch the girl, do some homework… for instance, rent a few series of taiwan/korean/japan soap dramas and study them… there must be a reason why girls love the male lead of the show so much. when the girl run out into the rain, go after her (dont bring the umbrella) hug her, tells her how much u loved her and she’ll love you for that.

For the girls, its pretty simple. just buy/borrow/download some japanese AV shows and do what the AV idol does in the show to the guy. he’ll definitely fall for you… :p