Rocky Balboa

Just finished watching Rocky Balboa with Alpha. It is not too bad a movie, though not exactly classifed as a fantastic one. But well, just kind of grew up watching Rocky (series) and this just had to be watched for the sake of completeness.

I thought it kind of depicted the state of many people. Sometimes choosing to live in the memory of the past and kind of living in the present with the past embedded. It is in the subconcious state, but it happens because of the memories. You watch the show and remember the Rocky series when the soundtrack comes on. If "Eye Of The Tiger" was played, it would have been the absolute classic moment.

The Italian Stallion. An amazing story of mind over body.

There are some things you have to do in your life before you feel complete.

Confirmed Job

New position confirmed on 9 March 2007.

Shifting desk. Losing laptop. Gaining knowledge.

Will I Be Remembered?

Will I appear somewhere in a certain chapter of another's life?

What part do I play in the journey of another person?

Will anyone remember me when I'm gone?

Dinner at Katong

Went for a late dinner with Tingie becoz of Excel spreadsheet! So no chance to shop or walk a bit and I guess that means she still cannot wear that dress. Let's hope she gets to alter it on Friday........

Hmmm, went for some food at Katong Village. My first time there lor. As usual, suaku bah. Astons was closed, so ended up there. Only two of us eating there, listening to two guys who were karaoke-ing upstairs. Tingie wanted to throw the glass upstairs at them at one point leow. Hahaha....their singing was big time cannot make it lah.......

And here is Tingie trying to ask me if I lost weight.

Tingie:

You suck in your tummy is it?

Prawnkid:

...

*Bee Gees' YOU WIN AGAIN is top favourite again*

Coloured Balls & All

Fantastic dinner with Akira, Mr & Mrs Atom.

Snooker time after......

Finally!!! Prawnkid 3 - 0 Akira

First time I beat him three in a row! Woohoo.....must remember this for a while......

Rest

Break from mahjong today!

Hmmm....work is going to start again with the preparation for the new aircrafts......looks like double portfolio again (and perhaps triple considering the third backup) for quite some time yet.

Should be more interesting to look at stuff to be equipped on the aircrafts though.........

Exciting days ahead :o)

First Day Of Work

First day of work back in office after the official Chinese New Year public holidays. I guess some people wished that the 15 days of Chinese New Year are declared as public holidays as well, similarly for the 12 days of Christmas.......but then again....even such dreams are hard to come by......

Just finished mahjong with Mindy, Jacy and Patrick. The speed of some of the games are pretty scary! But well, it was quite fun. I always love the game...but sometimes not easy to find the kakis to play.........

Now back to cleric duties.........
Down with the zombie mushrooms!!!

The Gathering

The "brothers" came to my house for a nice time of gathering. I hardly host such gatherings at my place, but I guess it was a good one. There were people watching TV and some playing mahjong. Chit and chat and chit and chat.........I suppose can have this again somehow sometime.

Went to Atom's place to bai nian after. With Ah Gal, Jacy and Ah Sky. Siao Lang came later. My turn to watch TV and play some mahjong. Poor Ah Gal watched TV all the way with Ah Sky. Hahaha.....no choice lah, since they are not interested in the mahjong or card games........that was probably the longest time I spent watching TV though.......

Came home to rest and relax since I will be working in about 6.5 hours. Guess I am saving leave for some other day......mabbe I should plan a trip again. First time I am asked to go travelling together with someone. Will think about it. Unless the person is pulling my leg. Hmmmm....

Over and out.

Unwholesome Talk

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen"

-- Ephesians 4:29

The word unwholesome covers any type of speech that tends to tear down another person, either spoken to or about another that person. And Paul's prohibition against this type of negative speech is absolute: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up" (emphasis added).

-- Excerpt from The Discipline Of Grace by Jerry Bridges

The Fire Wizard & The Cleric

Full time gamer.

The Chosen Path
PrawnSoup - Fire Wizard
PrawnHealer - Cleric

The Becoming
PrawnStabber - Bandit
PrawnArcher - Hunter
PrawnChop - Spearman
CutePrawn - Lightning Wizard

The Supporter
OreNjewS - Storeman

Reunion Dinner

Today is a day of eating. Woke up to have lunch! (Came back early morning from mahjong and slept till lunch time.) Porridge, so quite okie lah. Was getting hungry towards the late evening though.

Then lao yu sheng! This time my brother remembered to buy the radish! Hahaha....so funny last year where he didn't know the radist were sold separately and we used beehoon to lao yu sheng.

Tomorrow (or rather later) is going to be even better! My favourite noodles!!! I can eat it for 3 meals a day for 7 days a week for that! Anyone who had tried the true blue Henghua noodles will love it too! Hehehe..........

Can't wait till that happens......should catch some sleep now....

Long Weekend

The beginning of another long weekend! Goody....so there is till next Tuesday where I have to plan of things to do. Many people would probably be doing their visitations during this time, guess I am over that phase :op

Parents will be going overseas, so got free time and space to havoc lo! Mabbe it is time to wear those shirts that I have been buying for the longest time and just staying in the cupboards. New Year, New Clothes? Lame reason to wear stuff really...

Mahjong tonight!!! Have not played that for some time, so I guess it is a good time to start again. Hand itchy lah. Quite fun game, especially with this usual gang. Super funny lor.....except the 2nd hand smoke!

Have a feeling that I am going to be a full time Mapler these few days...
Mushrooms beware!! PrawnSoup is on the loose............

Farewell

Had farewell lunch with my friend / colleague / mentor yesterday. The whole department went to a nice restaurant somewhere in Joo Chiat. The price is really cheap for good food. Though most of it had so much curry, I kind of avoided. BUT there was still enough nice food. It was about $15 per person and there was about 15 dishes excluding desserts!

Then there was the usual farewell speech. I guess the department has kind of grown used to having him around. He will soar to higher heights (literally). Maybe one day he will come back as my boss, if I am still in the company. Hehehe...

Well, all the best William!

Ball or Bar?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Headed to Bugis MRT after work today and met up with some friends to go Sim Lim for some purchases. Was there to get something for two colleagues while my friend was on a special mission.......The search for a mouse with ball(s).....

That's right...in an era where optical mice (using infrared technology) rule, he wants to look for the authentic mouse with ball.............claims that is the best for gaming so far........am surprised that it is really more difficult to find that these days.......

Then again.....can you find someone who is still playing Western Bar? I tried to search for it and only came across an auctioned piece in Yahoo e-Bay going at USD35! I hope they start to re-market that game......coz I would really wanna buy it..........hehehe........

The familiar sounds of Western Bar deeply implanted in my head.....

dor deh duh dor deh duh
*sound of items sliding across bar counter*

TERK! *sound of apple hitting head!*

doink chik doink chik
*animation of character losing one 'life'*

tur tur duh tur ter der tur, the tur ter duh tur
*sound sequence for game start again*

dang dang dang dang, dang dang dang dang, (pitch going lower)

dang dang dang dang, dang dang dang dang, dang dang dang dang (pitch going higher)

THE ONE ON ONE fight in Western Bar!!!! Woohoo!!!!

(whoever reads the above might probably be thinking of the game and it does not really matter if I capture the spelling of the sounds correctly.....I'm sure there was that momentary transport back in time and memory)

Hmmm.....I am stuck in history for a moment...........

Neglected Blog

Neglected blog for a while because just busy with work, sorting out some stuff, health check and basically slipped off my mind! Anyway, I guess I will be coming back to this for a while as I have been thinking some things and memory is getting poor to remember them. Ha!

Just came back from a nice dinner with Alpha and Ah Gal. Practically finding a place to eat Japanese food and ended up at Sushi Tei behind Takashimaya. Not the BEST of places, but not too bad. Ichiban Boshi was just too packed at Wisma. Anyhow, it is the company that counts :)

Not very sure what the cashier was trying to prove, but I am still wondering the whole point that he was trying to communicate to me.

*handing over bill to cashier for calculation of amount to pay*

Prawnkid:

Is there any promotion with any credit cards? (You never know till you try.)

Cashier:

Oh, we had the promotion with UOB and also Sushi Tei members with special meal sets and discount.

*About to take out UOB credit card from wallet*

Prawnkid:

Ah okie. So it's a 10% discount with UOB credit card?

Cashier:

Sorry, the promotion is already over.

Prawnkid:

Huh???

(What the heck was the whole conversation about then?)

Incurable Controllable Condition

Diabetes is incurable, but controllable.

Just got news that Martin's dad passed away this morning :o(

There were some complications....failing eyesight, dialysis issues and finally infection that could not recover proper due to diabetes.

I'm not discouraged, but I'm sure some will say this better be my wake up call........

GTT Part 3

Finished with GTT Part 3, the final of the three. Confirmation of the undesired, but bestowed without request.

Simple meals from now on...

Time to get back to running too.

GTT Part 2

Completed GTT Part 2. Not so good news so far. Paths narrowed to two possibilities.

GTT Part 1

Went for GTT Part 1 this morning.

Part 2 at 1015hrs.

GTT

Going for GTT tomorrow. Fasting from tonight and no food till noon........can I survive?