My Special Angel - The Teenage Textbook Story

Found an old movie CD, The Teenage Textbook. Decided to watch it again, and be transported back to those teenage days of dreamy lovey dovey romance : ). The movie is so sweet, can't help but reminiscence about those JC days. There a a couple of nice songs in the movie, "Falling In Love", "My Special Angel", "When Things Seem So Wrong" & "No More Tears"

Like the lyrics for My Special Angel, used to fantasize who might this angel be and now I finally know who this song is meant for : )

Took for granted of those days
Thinking nothin' gonna happen in my way
Know I'm wrong and I regret
For the things I did and things I've said
Come back to my life once more
So my aching heart won't hurt no more

You're my special angel, show me the way
It's just that there is no one who can
Ever take your place
So bring me back the days before
There is so many things
You have to learn from us all

I questioned why you left that day
Didn't say goodbye and left your way
A wave is only what you gave
The image will never fade away
I memorized the things you've said
And I'll carry it on until I'm dead

You're my special angel
Show me the way
Those children needs your lovin'
In each and every way
All I want is only you
Take me now take me far away

Tears before my eyes
Hangin' on forever
Shattered dreams go broken
In all through their lives
Words you always said before
Tell me now that you'll leave no more

You're my special angel
Show me the way
It's just that there is no one who can
Ever take your place
Words you always said before
Tell me now, that you'll leave no more

Cause I know that you're the one
i'm waiting for...

Finally Found My Baby Photographs

Phew, after digging around for half a day in the stuffy store room, finally managed to find my baby photographs. It's all yellowish, but I think the scanning software should be able to do the corrections. Now to scan some of them in for the wedding montage.

Looking out from my window, the haze looks bad. My nose tells me the PSI is in excess of 100. The radio just reported 130. Time to don the mask or risk irritation.

My Short Term Wishlist

Hahaha, I'm on leave today.... Somehow Sundays feel different when you know you do not have to step into the office on Monday.... hehehehe. The topic for this post is a wishlist. Well, everyone has one, so I should not do without it too : )

Let's see, here's a list of things that I want and the reasons why I can't have it. Strangely, short term wish lists comprise of mainly or close to 100% non-essential things.

1) A Samsung ultra edition phone. The slim models. I think the slider model suits me.

Reason: Cost aside, my lame company has strict rules that camera phones are not allowed. Hence, no ultra slim phone for me........ sobz....

2) A Heroes of Might & Magic V PC Game.

Reason: I'm a Heros of Might & Magic fan, and I can't get my hands on a cheaper version of the 5th edition of the game..... dang............. The original version is just too ex, $75 bucks for a game..... yes yes yes I'm a cheapo......

3) A Tool Logic SLP Series Knife

Reason: I'm not sure why I need one of these cool niffy, multifunctional blades, but it's sure nice to have one : )

642 Days to End of BOND

Yups yups yups that's right, that's the number of days to go to the end of moi bond. That's about another 20 mths. The next time I take up something with a bond, I'll remind myself to think more than twice..... sheeesh... not that the present job or boss is very bad, but nothing beats having a choice.

Then again, that's the price to pay when one can't afford his education : ). For now, lemme fantasize what I'll do on the day that my bond ends.... hehehe....

Wedding Montage

I've just been tasked with finding all my photos and creating a wedding montage by Dec.... problem is.... I dunno where I kept the photos..... drats.... looks like I have to turn the storeroom inside out to find it. We were thinking if we should outsource the wedding montage, which will prob set us back like maybe $400-$500? That's money we could save... so I think I am doing it using powerpoint : )

Hope it turns out well.... my animation skills are fairly rusty. Used to play around with the Macromedia Flash software, but I think it'll be very time consuming to get it done. Powerpoint sounds less daunting, and I think the newer versions are more powerful in terms of animation functions.... shall find out soon.

Birds Love to Shit on the Move

Yups that's right, birds love to do that. Just had an experience at the kopitiam table this morning. It flew from it's perch on the roof, dive bombed the table like one of those Jap kamikaze pilots and off it went..... narrowly missed my cup of kopi...... The damage, a trial of watery looking stuff on the table, something that looked like 2 pieces of fruit seed on my bag and a small patch of shit.......

I wonder how it feels like to shit or pee on the move.... esp when you're in the air..... do you get a high or a rush.... too bad we have to stay put when doing our business..... it'll be fun to move around : ) Heh heh heh

My Dream Car

Ok.... I've got to face it.... after trying to convince myself for months that I dun have a need to have a car.... This babe still comes to mind now and then. Perhaps not now, perhaps just a little while later......

My Experience with 2 Blind Men

Here's something I never experienced before, one of those things that caught me off guard completely. Happened about a month back.

Knocked off work, alighted at Clementi MRT station. There was this pair of blind men who alighted as well. They were trying to make their way down the escalator to the bus stop. Since no one was helping them, I brought them down to the bus interchange and to the Bus 284 queue. It was empty initially. I offered to accompany them since they would not be able to see the number of the bus that is approaching the berth.

10 minutes later, a long queue had since formed and without warning, one of the blind guy nudged is way out of the queue. His blind partner followed along. Puzzled, I asked them where they were going to but did not get a reply.... afraid that they might get into an accident, I followed them out of the queue.

The next thing I knew, the first blind guy unzipped his pants and started peeing on the spot...... Gee... for that 5 seconds or so, I was quite stunned....... din know how to react. He relieved himself right in the middle of a bus interchange and at the queue. Feeling quite embarassed and still unable to stop him.... I just stood there waiting. Could feel the blood rushing to my face as everyone was looking at him and me.

Luckily, the bus came along and gave me a chance to divert the attention and get them on the bus. Pretty interesting experience though......

The Irritating Haze is Back

Arrrrggg..... I found out last Sat that I am allergic to PM10 (read Particulate Matter 10)..... yesh it's the smokey stuff you find in the haze. Gave me a runny nose for the whole day......

Good thing is, I've got a mask on standby, one in office and one at home, just in case the PSI goes beyond a hundred again.

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Work sucks..... I find myself dragging my feet to work these few weeks...... Not sure why. Not as energetic as I was 2 years ago. It's probably the load, makes me feel like butter spread over too much bread..... hahaha sounds familiar?? I stole that phrase from "Lord of the Rings".

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I'm getting fatter.... hope the coming RT (Remedial Training) in Nov and Dec will do me some good.....

What Have We Done So Far For Our Wedding Prep

Ah, it's been a while since I've update the blog. Been super busy with work and giving tuition. At least we've started the stone rolling for marriage prep next year :).

A tally of what's done
1) Identified ID company, scope of work work & signed contract with the company
2) Decided on wedding venue and signed contract with the Hotel
3) Settled the bridal package

Phew...... that's a cool couple of thousands paid up..... getting married is an expensive event in Singapore. To whoever is reading and is not yet married, remember to save early.

Now, we have to find a Justice of Peace, a photographer for the actual day and figure out the decorations at the ROM venue.