Kennyster

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Hmmm, where do university students find the time to blog??

haha... Im really curious leh. I mean i have only started 2 wks of school and Im doing 3 simultanous projects... not to mention readings which is like double my history notes back in VJC ..

And those textbooks which we have to buy?! Yup. There goes my $150.....

Bleah... I starting to hate my life now...

Wait. What am i saying... That's not possible since I BLOODY DON"T HAVE A LIFE TO BEGIN WITH ...

haha.. My Financial Accounting lecturer is right-- Life is like a box of lollipops...

It sucks.

Kennyster @ 12:22 AM

Sunday, August 22, 2004

Random Thoughts after a week at SMU (singapore management university)...

1: Projects projects projects...
The onslaught of work is never merciful. But 2 projects on the first day of school?!!! That's... brutal.. ha..

And the projects aren't those straightforward "places-of-interests-in-singapore" type of projects u do in sec. school. For uni. projects, you have to come up with a myraid of brilliant, zappy and zeitgeisty ideas.. You have to do video presentations, set up websites...

Quite stressful, esp. when all I know about html is "img=src" to insert pic.

2: Class participation: 20% overall grades
For one, you cannot afford to be a lie-back-and-watch-the-world-go-by sort of person in SMU. Bo bian have to read up before lessons so that you will have something INTELLECTUAL and INSIGHTFUL to contribute during lessons. haha. But i must stress that I really dislike those Super-zealous people who raise their arms at E-V-E-R-Y question , laughs at every joke that the prof. makes, or tries to make..

And okay, this is going to make me sound v.bitchy again, (haha), but there's this gal in my MGMT class that's just like that! Argh, such a turn-off. And oh, she's also the kind who scribbles furiously into her notepad although through my experience, people who scribbles down EVERYTHING usually don't have the first clue about what's really going on... *sniggers sniggers*.

And I'm glad I only see her for one lecture only. If she's in all my 5 classes, I swear I will go down Chinatown hunting for one of those sock puppet voodoo dolls and i dunno, staple her mouth or something.. hahaha.... (kiddin' arh!)

3: Some girls in SMU dress like they're going to Zouk even at an 8.30am class.
Haha, short skirts, sexaay pumps, hippy jeans, heavy make-up... I think one should be forgiven for mistaking SMU for a modelling agency.. haha

I mean, where do they find the time to doll themselves up and yet still make it to sch on time??? Line up their make-up like ammunition along the toilet sink 10mins before lesson starts??

Hiak... That would be so silly. .. BUT I'm not complaining arh!.. haha.. Im actually alright with it.. *hides big grin*... Albeit some unexpected nose-bleeds and more frequent asthma attacks, erhm such occurences are beneficial as this is actually also in line with the government's campaign of looking at something green or pleasant-to-the-eye after 45mins of cpu usage/studies. haha... It's true. In fact, for every 15 mins of listless staring at the powerpt slides, I make it a point to spend at least 45 mins looking at something pleasant. =)

After all, eye candies are chewing gum for the eyes... ( And its not banned in singapore!)

haha.. I'm horrible.. AND IM KIDDING BTW... I've been paying attention to ALL my lectures so far! REALLY!

4:There are more girls than boys in SMU. A lot more. =)

(haha.. The figures in the diagrams are accurate k.)

Barring factors such as superstar effect where the F4, Takeshi Kaneshiro lookalikes in the school will monopolise the female population(ie. one guy to many many many gals), and assuming that SMU is a closed economy where gals will not ever consider guys from outside the sch compound, and of course assuming that no girl will rather make a vow of lifelong celibacy than to go out with a guy, guys should have higher mkt values in SMU than in NUS and NTU! ...

(Sorry, been reading too much Case And Fair Principle of Economics for the past few hours... haha... I should pursue double degree in economics and business eh?)

Kennyster @ 6:58 PM

Saturday, August 21, 2004

ALIEN VS PREDATOR!!!

Let's set things straight first. I DID NOT WANT TO WATCH ALIEN VS PREDATOR!! I wanted to watch Collateral but the tix were sold out so we ended up watching this stupid sci-fi movie instead.

My goodness.. It's by far THE WORST movie which I have EVER watched. *shakes head*

Arghh.. It's like they (e producers) gave a video camera and 20 crew members to a homeless guy and said "Hey, wanna make a movie?"..

Its THAT bad lor.

Predators are supposed to be bad-ass, ruthless and mean killing machines..not some pussy-whipped, sensitive new-age cyborgs. haha.. Arghh.. If you are fortunate not to have watch the movie yet, then try to imagine a chummy alliance between Predator and humans, where the Predator suddenly become's a female survivor's best friend and is saving her ass left and right. Sounds sucky already rite??

There's even a scene where the Predator was looking into the eyes of the woman and for a moment, I swear everybody in the theatre thought that it was going to kiss her... What the...?!!

Yeah... there's definitely even more love in their eyes than Frodo(supergay) and Sam(quitegay).

So in short, don't bother paying $8.50 wstching it... Heck, DON"T EVEN BOTHER DOWNLOADING IT!!!

(PS: Hmmm, just out of curiosity, I wonder what's next after Alien vs Predator..... RoboCop vs Terminator????heh heh.... =) )

Kennyster @ 2:58 AM

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

SELL DIEGO FORLAN ON EBAY.
SELL DIEGO FORLAN ON EBAY.
SELL DIEGO FORLAN ON EBAY.
SELL DIEGO FORLAN ON EBAY.

Ohmigod. What is it -- Oh God would someone just tell me why is Forlan still at Manchester United??? Can somebody pls tell him, maybe explain, to Forlan, that the whole pt, the whole bloody point, of being a STRIKER, is to SCORE GOALS???...

But no - no, Diego, no..... In the space of 15mins which he was on, he BLOCKED a shot from Bellion, ballooned a shot heavenwards, mis-passed the ball 3 times to Chelsea players... and did just about everything he could to prevent a United equaliser as i stared murderously at him on my tv screen....

Mr. Diego Forlan, MY PATIENCE WITH YOU IS NOW AS THIN AS THE FLESH ON A SUPERMODEL'S BACKSIDE!!!

If u can't score, at least CREATE???

*humph*!

Kennyster @ 2:38 AM

MY BELOVED OG group from orientation!!!

haha. For some reason, i really like the people in my group. so fun! haha.. and i sound so bimbotic... =)

And i won a manicure and pedicure voucher from the lucky draw...

That's like so lucky. Lucky me.

(19-yr-old gals.... =) )

(CHANNEL NEWSASIA WAS TAPING US FROM THE SIDE!!! hahaha.. we were on teeveeee!!)

Kennyster @ 2:22 AM

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

MELOOOOODY CHENGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!

Haha... Melody appearing out of nowhere on National Day has to be one of the nicest surprises ever man. haha. I think kel and nel deliberately kept mel's return (from thailand) a secret, and i thought i was just meeting the 2 gals for the firework displays when this mad gal jumped on me out of nowhere... haha

Most of you prob. knows who melody is rite??? haha... The legendary hyper-active gal with dolby-digital surround sound laughter and a fetish for biting my arm gal???

Ring a bell??

haha... anyway she's like one my most unique friends ever. I mean its not possible to say she is unaware of her looks. She would have to be deaf(possible), blind(possible), dumb(v.possible), mad(which she is), not to have noticed that she is actually quite pretty. And to her credit, she doesn't rely on her gd looks to get along in life and yet she does gets along so well in life...

And there is still not an ounce of unnecessary about you lah... (ie. still thin!)

haha... kk .. this is starting to sound like some friendster testimonial... haha.. But just wanna say glad dat you are back and do have fun in singapore! See ya around ya..

Kel, Nel, Mel, ..... hmm.. my name doesnt rhyme with theirs... bleah.

Ha... this is like our only group photo?? and its not even a complete one (short of ppl like john, dawne etc. etc.).... Just wanna say it has had been a fun summer holiday spent with you guys, watching europe 04 at kel's house, playing latenite bridge, going to mustafa at 2am, eating prata at jalan kayu, seeing fireworks, watching baybeats ..... As sch starts, we prob. won't have the time to meet up so often but do try to hang out ya?? cos we RAWK!

Kennyster @ 12:50 AM

Saturday, August 07, 2004

One of my friends actually felt sorry enough to send me this picture...

Haha. Thanks man. Thought it was quite funny.

Anyway, last couple of days have been pretty occupied doing stuff. Had an post-lasik eye checkup at 10am which I so nearly overslept if not for my mom.....

8.55am:
*phone rings*
First thought was #$%)!! - Why, oh, why is my phone ringing at 8 freakin 45 in the morning??! Arghhh..

"Helloo?", I said.
"Eh". Its my mom. "Are you STILL in bed?"
"No. I'm not." I always say Im awake when I'm asleep. Don't know why. ( everybody does that right? haha. Not just me right?? *silence*.. hmmm haha)

"You know you have an eye checkup today at 10?"
"Yesss mother. I know. Im awake.."

Eyes... heavy. Mouth.. can't open.... haha.

Was about 10 mins late but it was okay since it wasn't crowded.. The irritating bit after the lasik surgery is that I need to go back for monthly checkups which involves the doctor checking my eyesight for like 10 mins and me ending up paying $40 each time round... *fumes fumes fumes*

That's like blatant daylight robbery can??!

But speaking of exhorbitant prices, the winner of winners has to be my car's airbags. Okay, understandably, airbags save lives. But do you know that one bloody small airbag cost $1000+ each??!!! And your hero here burst 3 airbags on that fateful night 2 wks ago... champion.

And I got a call from Renault workshop today. Repairwork has started and it will take awhile because they are importing the doors and airbags from Germany...

*Looks in Advanced Disbelief*

GERMANY??!! Why Germany?? haha.. Im starting to have this weird premonition that they are turning my French automobile into some German tank or something.... bleah.

Okay, why do I keep ranting about cars these days?? Ah fuck. Well, lets move on to the "Let's Go Buy A Kettle In Orchard" outing which left me with an ouch-Christ-my-back-is-killing-my-curved-spine slump.

Neltje (nel) was bored and asked me if I wanted to go shopping for kettles in town for her hall and I said yes since i was free and I was having orientation dinner at Heeren later on..so ya.. Herlini was with Nel at that time and somehow we bumped into Kelda and eventually it became 4 ppl hunting for a kettle...

N c'mmon, how difficult can buying a kettle be right???

It cld have been so simple... If not for WOMEn!!!

Singapore women nowadays aren't just high maintenance leh, they are UN-AFFORDABLE!!!

haha.. lets start with Neltje Fu first.. I've been to her house once and when I peered into her storeroom, I gasped. As in really gasp.

Nel has like the largest collection of sandals/flip-flops/slippers/heels in the whole of South-East Asia. Reeally!! haha.. I think if she wants, she can actually go to school wearing a different pair of footwear for a WHOLE semester.

Next up, Kelda Chan Sze-Mun!!! haha..Do you know, when you put Nel AND Kel together, somehow their voices become car-alarm whines and they talk in excalamation marks? haha, okay okay, that's abit off-topic, so erhmm back to the main topic, Kel is quite shopaholic as well .. V.determined i must add.. haha... I think I nearly died of gastric pains when me and her went shopping for her birthday present afew months back... She was considering some FCUK top for a long while, cldn't decide if she wants it or not, thus decide go walk around first, 1hr later went back FCUk, thinks for a loooong while, looks at other tops, goes back to original top, decides to try it on, thinks again for another loooong while, then decides that she doesnt want it... =) .. (Take a knife. Plunge into heart.(mine) Twist.)

Finally we have Herlini!!! Hmmm, I actually only got to know her today so ya, can't really tell. BUT judging from her heroics at Espirit where I think she thoroughly browsed through EVERY single piece of clothing in the store, she must be quite a formidable shopper as well... haha

So in short, to these 3 extra-ordinary ladies....*thumps chest* RESPECTTT!!!!!!

( But let me lie down and rest my back first can... =) )

Kennyster @ 12:30 AM

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Hey, sorry to those who read my blog constantly for the lack of entries for the past one week...

Haha. Been spending some time by myself actually, in my own world of sanctuary. I needed that lah. In times of crisis when life seems screwed up, I usually hide in my own shell to lick my wounds (or plot bloody revenge, as appropriate). haha.

Maybe the prayers worked, although I didn't actually tell God how big my problems were...

I told my problems how big my God was.

And the sun will still rise and my heart will continue pumping for now whether I like it or not, so ought to feel the best with what I've got and do something to make my stay on Earth worthwhile right??

***
Hmmm.. k.. enough of all the emotional crap.. haha.. a recap of the major things I did last week...

Went to watch Acapella Fest 2004 at ACS campus on Saturday. It was really really really very very very good. Okay, I know that not alot of people listen to this type of genre of music, but do yourself a favour and check out this WEBSITE to look up on some of our local acts like In-A-Chord, Acatones and of course Budak Pantai, which performs every last friday of the month on the rooftop of YMCA (pretty good chill out place btw).. =)

If half of these acapella singers join Singapore Idol, Singapore Idol would be one hell of a show man.

Other than that, I guess the only thing which I did was swimming.

Haha. Although I MUST admit, Im a very slow swimmer, practically close to being a water walker actually.. hahaha. As I shamelessly/helplessly hog up swimming lames and eventually got overtaken even by the very oldest and fattest people...

Oh God...

And I miss my car. A lot.

Don't think many people know this.. but Renault Megane was actually voted European Car of the Year for 2003...Mégane II scored a total of 322 points, coming in ahead of the Mazda 6 (302 points) and Citroën C3 (214 points).

The judges were particularly appreciative of the car's ride and handling qualities – dynamic behaviour, braking and comfort were all considered exemplary – and its highly sophisticated passive safety system. Indeed, Mégane II claims best-in-class performance and scored five stars in the crash tests conducted by the independent body Euro NCAP. ( I can sadly attest to that. )

Megane's xenon headlights have an adaptive beam height control that lowers low beam height for city driving at speeds under 30 km/h. The variable assistance electric power steering heightens driving precision and combines ease of use at low speeds with precise control at high speeds.

Standard features include tinted glass all round, intelligent windscreen wipers, heated rear window, electric front windows trip computer with warning system, remote controlled central locking via Renault Card, RAID (Renault Anti-Intruder Device),a heat reflective windscreen, colour coded heated electric exterior mirrors and door handles, electric windows front and rear with "one-touch" and "anti-pinch" functions, exterior temperature indicator, roller sunblinds for the rear window and the rear side windows and the air conditioning system has a solar radiation sensor for more precise regulation of interior temperature.

Sigh sigh sigh... I miss my Megane...Oh Megane Megane, are you thinking of me the way I am thinking of you right now???

Kennyster @ 2:51 AM

Sunday, August 01, 2004

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

Oh my gawd. Did anyone count the number of times Zhang Ziyi rose from the dead in the movie???

Because I lost count.

Haha. Actually i thought it was a pretty good movie until all the bizzare plot twists came in and Zhang Ziyi fake-dies like 3-4 times and eventually the majority of the audience actually found it funny when Ziyi staggers up after being stabbed through the heart.

I mean, seriously, she is like one of the zombies from the Night of the Living Dead can?

Except much much hotter. ( duh! c'mmon, she IS ZHANG ZIYI! ).. haha.. and then to make the ending even more ridiculous, a freak snow storm blows in and covers everything in 20 feet of totally gonadular powder. ( What the hell?! ).. And then you even have the Francis Ford Copolla-like angelic choir music in the background and this kung-fu epic becomes an over-the-top artsy-fartsy melodrama.

Not that it was a lousy movie.

It's entertaining if you don't find it too bizzare. And how come they didn't show the part where the General's troops were supposedly lured to mountainous fortress of the Flying Daggers squadron where they would be ambushed?

Hmmm.

Kennyster @ 9:09 PM