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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 10:00 PM

Survival

Survival

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

-Isaiah 40:31

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 @ 10:56 PM

Food Glorious Food

Food and Company

As usual, this must be one of my favorite pastimes. Having a great meal and great company. Anyways yesterday was out with the JC people at the Hong Kong Cafe at Cineleisure. Food was ok, but the ambience was really like a coffeeshop. No wait.. far worse.. we were practically shouting at each other to hear ourselves. It was that noisy la! Had a fish fillet spaghetti (Hong Kong Style) which ws ok. Then again.. I really don't see whats so Hong Kong about it. Maybe the chef only la.. haha.. Bong gives the place a reasonable 3 stars out of 5.

After dinner we went to Taka where I saw this Massimo Dutti coat that was so so so very nice! Except that the price tag was nicer. It was 330 bucks or so.. But it was really nice.. So gonna buy that if a sale comes along! Then we headed to Starbucks to chill..

Looking like a shot from Sweets for my Sweet

Well, today was horribly hectic, running from place to place. First was at Queensway, next was at Serangoon Gardens then next I was at Clarke Quay to celebrate Wei Ming's Birthday. Haha.. he wasn't expecting it at all! But he was really happy.. haha.. happy belated birthday! Had a whole lot of food @ Brewerks where I chomped down an extremely large burger. The portions are seriously huge.. obviously in an attempt to justify the killer price. Think Aditya must have been stunned when he saw the prices.. sorry man..

Bloated, we still headed to Central for Japanese Dessert. Oooh.. heavenly.. reminded me of MOF la.. This time I shared a Matcha Zen with Christine L.. haha red bean paste, matcha ice cream and rice balls = bliss. Really nice.. 4 stars!

Its times like this when I feel happier.. If not I would be so much more miserable.. haha.. So many things to think about la..

Monday, February 25, 2008 @ 1:54 PM

Gym + Swim

Gym + Swim

Gonna be a short post to start the day off.. haha.. just came back from a swim with KT after going for a gym session. ^^ It was great! haha.. really happy with my recovered tan. Hopefully it'll stay longer.. at least until Waikiki.

But I think the real shocker came when I weighed myself today. I'm seriously getting lighter/shrinking. No joke about it.. I'm currently 57kg le.. sigh sigh.. if anybody wants to know how to lose weight they can probably come and find me.

The day's not over yet! Gonna meet my dear JC mates later tonight! Cant wait to see everyone again!

Yup short post.. thats all!

I'm just really glad you're smiling again..

Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 9:42 PM

Updates

Updates

Haha.. mid-terms are over! Well, all except the dreaded Micro Econs, which is looming 2 weeks later after the break. Having the horror of scoring my record uni-low of 65/190 (average score was 70/170), I really wonder how I can really pull up my grades for this module. Taking in consideration the rest of my modules where Bs are showing up more often than I feel comfortable in, I really get the feeling that this semester is doomed.

Nonetheless, I'm confident for LTB (I think) as well as CAT, which should be strange. Target for this sem is thus 1 A+, 2 A and 2 B+. Though I think i'll end up with 3 Bs instead ><.

Also have gotten back my results for the Four Seas mid-terms as well. Was pleasantly suprised that I didn't fail. Did quite well for one of them too, considering I've missed like more than half the classes. But seriously, those papers weren't easy!

As the much anticipated recess week comes, I have to announce that 5 out of 7 days have already been filled. Thats like worse than normal school la.. And I don't even have windsurfing inside. Busy busy..

Oh.. big news! I finally got off my butt and applied to take BTT le! Haha.. its on 7th April, so must wish me good luck! Really wanna drive but then.. no car.. sigh..

Waikiki is coming!!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:03 PM

Jumper

Jumper

On a week that I should be stressed and worried (Mid-Terms as well as some unforeseen project hiccups), I felt strangely relaxed. The last few weeks were so much worse, and I really wonder why this week I'm actually feeling better.

Anyways, went to watch Jumper with Chui and Loke. Had dinner with Noddy too, whom we have not really gone out with for the longest time. Gonna take this time to advertise a little about our eating place: Changing Appetites @ Marina Square. Granted, the food was pricy and not all too nice, but but but.. Cheesecakes ar Half-Price on Tuesdays! That means a slice is $2.50. Not bad at all. The carbonara was pretty ok as well, but not worth the price in the end.

Jumper really sucks as a show. Bad story, ugly guy and uglier girl. Yes I know its Anakin Skywalker, but last I remember he got his hand cut off. So I don't really care ^^. Anyways, if you just want a cool feel of what teleportation can allow you to do, watch it. If not, don't bank on the story. Ending is horrible too!

Saw the round moon today and started reminiscing a little. Sigh.. hope you actually thought of me if you saw it tonight.

Anyways, I'm really overjoyed by Pool's win over Inter. Was really not expecting it sia.. Happiness!

NUS buds.. I'm still waiting for you to come to SMU for Frujch lunch wor.. haha..

Sunday, February 17, 2008 @ 6:43 PM

Gang CNY

Gang CNY

Yup and I'm back with a post! Okay.. I really should be studying at this point of time but just felt so very lazy to study now.. Maybe I'll study after my bath later ^^ Hopefully I'll be more awake.

Anyways, the gang finally got together to have a nice CNY gathering. We went to YX's house where we had steamboat cum teppanyaki! Haha.. it was nice, but we got way too much food! We also were very happy to see TY again, having being missing for a few years then even when he came back also never really meet the gang one haha..

But we celebrated his belated birthday yesterday, getting him a DCP shirt that well fits his usual "you monkey" statement. Was a nice shade of blue too!

Anyways, we did have quite a bit of fun yesterday till pretty late at night.

But thats the end of fun.. haha.. another hellish week ahead.. 2 tests tml.. ouch.. really hate it sia wahaha..

Take care guys!

@ 8:02 AM

Short Note

Short Note
Hey guys, many apologies for not updating for awhile. Just lemme get through this bit of tough time with school and all that and I'll put up a nicer post than this ok?

Mid-terms are coming and of course, I'm nowhere confident. Haha.. so unlike me now.. Yup, so lemme get through Week 7 and I'll have even more breathing space to work with, though I have the feeling I'll have to slog through recess week too!

Take care guys!

See ya soon.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 @ 9:47 PM

Valentines Day

Valentine's Day

Well, as the day in which both the attached and single state encounter strong emotional feelings approaches, I feel so very sad to announce that my V Day will be spent in school. Haha.. that sucks, but at least I have company.

Been pretty much planning to put up this post since 2 weeks ago haha.. so here goes:

To: Mr Valentine

Hi Mr Valentine, as your day comes tomorrow, I know many people will have a nice romantic event with their loved ones, while singles like myself do our best to pass by this day without thinking too much or by surrounding themselves with other singles.

I know I'll get by it, but I really would have loved a different situation anyway. Till the day when love comes a-knocking again, I shall improve myself in all facets and hopefully stay straight.

Yours sincerely,
Ben

Haha.. my Comms skills super lousy la.. But anyways, It was quite a crazy day today la.. But I really had a good talk, so I have to thank you for it. Its helped a lot and I'm happy that there are people praying for my continued strength and faith. I promise I won't fail, though I'm pretty sure that I won't come out of this unscathed. Sorry again for the request.. Really regretted saying it..

My results are gonna suffer!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 @ 7:52 AM

Sleep

Getting the Proper Sleep

Everyone who knows me in any capacity should know that I cannot function without sleep. And I love my sleep, even though I'm not getting it due to reason of my work in school (can't even call it studies cos i'm not even able to study effectively). So it was no suprise that a certain column in today's Today, pardon the pun, caught my attention.

Getting the Proper Sleep. "women who average about five hours of sleep each night are 40% more likely to develop heart disease.. but the the same study showed that women who averaged 9 or more hours of sleep were about 37% more likely to develop some kind of heart disease."

Shocking news indeed. I'm supposing this applies similarly to men as well. Can't sleep too little or too much. Currently I'm happy that my sleep averages 6 hours daily (enforced as much as possible by myself), and even that isn't enough to make me healthy.

Taken from Dr Bill Maier, Today, 12 Feb 2008: "Getting the proper sleep".

Singapore should really pass a law to ensure that people do little enough work to have 8 hours of sleep everyday! Just joking though..

As I post this to start my reflection of the days ahead, the horizon is ever so bleak. I continue to do my very best to stay sane and rest on any support possible. Thanks to God for keeping me going.. I hope I don't fail and start breaking down. Haha.. studies already suffering le..

Someone to lean on and comfort me pls? Haha..

Friday, February 08, 2008 @ 11:06 PM

Elderly Visitation

Elderly Visitation

Its Day 2 and the LTB team went down to Chinatown to visit the elderly today. After meeting up at Ivan's imaginary Chinatown's Exit B (there is no exit B), we headed to Mac's for a quick morning fix. Coffee of course ^^. Anyways we then went visitation armed with new year goodies.

It was quite awkward, but at the same time quite fun. Elderly people are interesting.

Won't be saying much cos this project is quite confidential!

Wasted time with Chris Liew today haha.. funny la.. she wanted to go shop.. all the shop were closed! Haha.. too bad!

Haha.. KT came over for some monster hunting! Fun fun fun.. lol.. he says he's gonna revive his blog too!

Thursday, February 07, 2008 @ 4:00 PM

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!

A very happy CNY everyone! I'm sorry I don't have many sms to send around, so I'll wish anyone and everyone I missed out here! Haha.. Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone! May the year of the rat treat everyone well!

Just came back home not too long ago after visiting my father's side of the house. Heh, its pretty much only a yearly affair that we see each other, so it was nice to see everyone again, even though we're not really that close. But relatives are relatives, and I'm happy to see that everyone is still looking well. Aged, but still well.

And the few cousins that I saw today are growing well too. Haha.. I'm nowhere near the oldest cousin despite my age (may dad's the seventh brother), but there are still quite a few youger ones, though all are not much older. Haha.. I've never really felt like the kor kor before la.. so i think thats good.

But somehow, I'm getting more used to mixing with adults. Think I've blogged this down before, but yeah.. really feels like a grown up now. If it were 10 years ago, I'd probably be working, have a home and a wife and even kids by this age. But times are indeed different now.

Ang Pow collections are ok la.. haha.. never got much before anyways. I already know what to spend it on le ^^

Other than this coming Sunday, I think thats all the visitations that I'll be doing this CNY. Tml I'll be going down with the Building Blocks crew to Chinatown to do some filming. LTB! Haha.. time-consuming but its really fun.

Hope to go around visiting friends lei.. but must really arrange. BP Gang how? Haha.. wanna meet up with you guys. Tsuen Yung gonna be in S'pore soon. S14 that side also.. lol.. wanna see you guys again!

Till then.. hope I can get the festive mood la.. but I really doubt it.. Nothing is really the same anymore..

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 @ 12:20 PM

The Boy

There he was, at the building. His heart in a turmoil, his index finger keeps throbbing for some wierd reason. He goes down one floor, looking for respite. He sees an open door and walks in. A place that was usually noisy and full of chatter, seemed so silent today. There was no noise. He takes a seat in the back of the room and gives a sigh.

"Its so quiet", he says, as tears well up in his eyes. "So very quiet". Like a heartbeat, his mind slows down a little, trying to harmonise with the serene environment. He says a prayer to God and stills himself.

Feeling a little comforted, he stands up again and returns to the outside world.

Amen.

Monday, February 04, 2008 @ 8:13 AM

Off to Class

Off to Class

Haha.. just rushing of a short post before I head off for LTB Lesson. Lol.. I had a really bad dream.. I don't know what I dreamt but I woke up to one really random though that really affected me.. I know its just a dream but it really sucked thinking about it. Gotta wipe it off before I get affected.

Staring down a pretty long but interesting day. We're gonna work on the LTB project again! Haha.. its fun working on it.. except that its gonna be super time consuming. And Comms! Haha.. whole day packed again as usual. Oh wells.. heading off!

Sigh..

Saturday, February 02, 2008 @ 11:13 PM

Updates

Updates

Haha.. before anybody thinks that I've stopped updating, here's another post! Lol.. no worries, Bong is still very much active for the moment.

Its been a tiring week. Things haven't been going well, both in school, in meetings and all that. Emotionally I guess its not much better as well. You could say that once again, I'm really feeling the pressure now. Just came back from Econs test today and I think I got killed. But seems that everyone else got killed so thats some relief to me. But the thing was, there was no time for me to study.

How ironic. Normally we'd have a choice to work or slack. This time I had none. There was nothing I could just cut off to lighten the load on the sinking ship. And I hate sacrificing friends to study cos they are the only ones left to brighten up my life. My only other recreation is my dear PSP on buses and trains.

But looking at the fellow students around me, I really wonder if I'm comparatively better. I can't really tell. But I do know I'm not the busiest person around. The ruggers seem to train all week. And if they can survive, surely I can. Maybe I can still strengthen myself and improve my brain capacity haha..

And as I take a short respite to clean my room, celebrate Sandy's birthday (it was fun!), and kill monsters with KT, I still gotta kill the CAT, fight with LTB, struggle with Econs and smooth-talk through Comms. The to-do list and calendar is never ending. Sigh..

Give me a pat on the shoulder if you see me! I think I'm quite appreciative of any support possible.

Will there ever be a pillar which I can rest myself on?

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Benjamin Chen
Born 24 Jun 1986
Reborn 24 Aug 2003
Perpetually in a zombified state. Liverpool fan.
Keming Pri > BPGHS > PJC > SMU
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