Hectic May 06 Schedule!!!

Coming month is a very stressful n hectic month for me... last month of preparation for ACCA Examinations. Final 2 modules to clear level 2 and proceed to level 3 n then to the ultimate prize! Lots of classes after work to attend n my transport expense will also increase coz I'll be taxi-ing most of the time to Somerset after work. Kaozz! N my lecturer also mentioned that this June 06 sitting is the best chance to clear the modules coz after this sitting, some FRSs (Financial Reporting Standards) will be obsolette n new/admended FRSs will incorporate. Meaning that if I don't make it, I'll have to retake again come Dec 06 n my current notes/syllabus will be outdated.....waste more SGD$ and GBP£. Pressure n stress starting to build up... gotta meditate for that other sources of energy.....

my May 06 schedule

Dying In Your Arms

I'm wearing thin wearing out becoming weak

Holding hands with this rope she's my self-destructive
Bleeding disease the things that makes it hard to breathe
But if I shoved you far away
This addict just starved again asphyxiated
And now I see it's you that's tearing me ensnaring me
This is me dying in your arms I cut you out now set me free
Lynched high above what used to be
In her gallows built for me
So I escaped cut this noose around my neck
I break free to see the things you blinded me
And I shoved you far away
Now I live the life I dreamed of
You're dead to me
You poisoned my life
So I take this knife
And I cut you out
Cut you out

Another successful ebay sale

Yup, the title says it all.

Manage to sold my PSP game : WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006. Not that it was a bad purchase but that I completed the game so sell lor. Wrestling game, no point for keep sake after completion right? Anyway, can considered it a much favourite game among PSP community and the fact that I still receives many SMSs and calls asking is my game still available justified that!

2nd smooth deal within couple of months. I think my ebay ratings are slowing building up...

very busy ah....

Weekends!! Its the only time for me to get busy for my own stuffs........ I've lots of video clips and they are gonna eat up my com n portable disk space very soon if I don't do anything bout it. Yeah... I'm gonna take some time to do some DVD authoring, data burning and such.

so my plans this weekend :
- DVD authoring / burning
- study n prepare for exams
- guitar practise

PPV = Pay-Per-View

Much of today's entertainment comes exclusively on PPV packages. So what is PPV? Well, I actually first came across this term some bout 2 yrs ago from watching wrestling. In Singapore's context, this is much hype about only recently say, 6 mths back?? Not idea also. Ok some brief knowledge here on PPV.

Pay-per-view is the system in which television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to view in our own homes. The event is shown at the same time to everyone ordering it, as opposed to video-on-demand systems, which allow viewers to see the event at any time. Such events or shows can be purchased using an on-screen guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative. Events include feature movies, sporting events and adult movies (which is not available here in S'pore)

PPV actually started in the State bout 1950s... then evolved n improved till now and in S'pore, Starhub has been rather aggressive in promoting that inline (I think) with their digital set-up boxes recently. In my opinion, I think this is going to be the future coz digital entertainment is improving rapidly. Some may think : why do I still need to pay more to view? It is depends... for example Wrestlemania 22 - the wrestling event of the year! I actually watched that not long after it was aired in the States (don't ask me the source!) coz I'm a huge wrestling fan. However in Spore, the PPV for this event came much later... kinda disappointed.

ok, enough said. I just signed up for the World Cup 2006 PPV package coz die die must see! But honestly to me, I feel that it should be a PPV thingy since I'm a SCV sports group subscriber since ages ago. Anyway, its not that expensive for this PPV and since I can afford it, why not? Can't wait for the world cup to start! but damn! this also means getting nearer to my exams! Exams start 8 June, ends 13 June.....World Cup 2006 starts 9 June....

Yeah new Adidas watch!

Since I was outbidded yesterday for the Seiko Flightmaster, I went watch shopping today and this Adidas watch really caught my eyes! Nice & elegant & it adds more value to my already very expensive left hand! ha ha... see the pics I took... very chio right? I'm going to adore this watch from now onwards. ok I better sleep now...feeling rather 'high' after all that drinking earlier on + tml (sunday) I've ACCA 2.5 class from 2-5pm!

Happy that I bought this Adidas Watch!

The Specs :

Band: Brushed stainless steel bracelet with a fold-over deployment clasp

Case/Dial: Polished stainless steel case, Royal blue dial with three black subdials

Description: Quartz movement, Dress watch, Multi-function, Silver-tone luminous hands, markers and numbers, Small black markers on outer dial, Three subdials for day, date and 24 hour timekeeping, Polished stainless steel bezel, crown, case and caseback, 50 meters/165 feet water resistant

While waiting....

Was authoring some videos to DVD a while ago and based on 'Nero Vision' my DVD should be burnt in another 40 minutes, gotta wait lor. Early saturday morning now... and in another bout 6 hrs, I'll have to go back to work. Aiyo...sat back to work! I think I'll try to clear my outstanding tasking by 12pm then go home n rest cum personal time cum maybe go out have fun cum maybe study for a while.

Hmm... recap for the day : my Friday is kinda slow... secretariate a 2 hrs morning meeting then after lunch sort out some outstanding issues till bout 6.30pm. My minutes have to be out by tuesday for vetting. Thank goodness that idiotic craphead with strong body odour subordinate of mine was 'sick' for the day, allowing me more time n focus to carry out my tasks!

ok I just checked the defination of body odour - "malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe" which I believe is rather true for that craphead! ha ha ha

Outbid-ed!

ok this was my 2nd time outbid-ed on ebay! Was bidding this very chio Seiko Flightmaster watch on ebay (see pic below) but then this guy outbid my highest offer for couple of times till it burst my initial allocated budget for this watch. Sian, dun wanna bid anymore. I think I'll go watch shopping tomorrow. Dying to buy a classy, elegant, stylish n presentable watch!

Seiko Flightmaster (which I'm dying to bid for)

Physiotherapy session

Pratically spend the whole day at SGH today! Physiotherapy session on my appointment card states 10.00am but I was already there around 9am. Used to waking up early during weekdays liao... Took some light breakfast at the cafe over there then wander around till time to register. Got the locker keys n get changed for the therapy session. Rather tiring coz bout 2 hrs then lunch, another 2 hrs after that. The weather wasn't doing any great also. Waited for bout another 3o mins before the heavy rain stops. By the time i finally left the hospital, it was bout 5pm. Another day gone n nothing productive stuffs completed on my agenda. Too tired to do revision for the upcoming exams.... slack day man. Sian --> another therapy session two weeks later...

Why so last minute!?

Wah damn pissed and sucks man! I'm supposed to be on 4pm shift tomorrow but then got da news from my IC that I was needed tomorrow morning! Wah lau...so late then tell me....all my plans for tomorrow gotta reschedule now! Arrrhh... Hope they stood by their words and gimme a off this wednesday to compensate. Damn! I really gotta sleep now....2 more hours to wake up!

IT Show 2006!

Went IT show 06 today. Have been anticipating this event ever since i saw the article n advertisement last month on Straits Times and digitial life. This time, my main focus was to get a PDA-phone (Pocket PC) and was glad that I got one - Eten M600! Prior to this fair, I did rather detailed 'research' on it n my comparision was mainly on O2 Atom, Dopod 818 Pro and Eten M600. Not very interested in HP and Palm ones.

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My take after all those review n readings :

it seems the battle to be the mini's successor is among these 3 PDAs: Eten M600, O2 Atom and Dopod 818Pro.

The Eten M600 is the clear winner for all my needs as it is the speediest (processor) among the 3 and in fact even speedier than any Pocket PC out there at the moment (fact : the benchmark test comparision) which is pretty amazing.

O2 Atom just doesn't cut it for me... the camera (thought 2MP) and fm function ain't that useful and its processor speed is a slow (though not that slow when compared to Dopod 818 Pro's ti omap) at 416Mhz. Also, just browse thru' those forums and u can see tons of complaints from current O2 Atom users in Spore!

Dopod 818 Pro? Its only saving grace is the G Wi-Fi, better photo taking quality and longer battery life. Other than that, i can't imagine running applications on its damn slow processor.

I intend to use my Pocket PC mainly for VoIP calls besides the usual organizer so i would need a relatively fast Pocket PC. While Dopod 818 Pro's high speed Wi-Fi is a plus point for this task, everything else just doesn't sums up. Thus the eten M600 seems to be the clear winner. (Afternote - Eten M600 has pre-installed Skype application. Hooray!)

Support wise, Eten has been known to be on the ball with constant updates while O2 is on the other extreme thus this is also an influencial consideration when purchasing the device As for Dopod, its services have yet to be tried.

After-purchase support is a very important factor. Trust this vendor : Trends Mobile Pte Ltd (http://www.trendsmobile.com)

Also, storage fuctions was also another important consideration. Eten n Dopod using SDIO slots while O2 Atom uses mini SD card which is pricely n currently market only have till 512MB. I've lots of SD cards (2x 256MBs, 1X 512MB n 1x 1GB) which is less pricely; so to spend extra getting those mini SD cards - no brainer for me!

however, getter fancyful accessories might be a problem for Eten M600 as compared to O2 Atom - but lets give it some time since Eten M600 was only recently launched.

the booth @ level 6

Eten M600

I got the Eten M600 for S$1138. But I sold my Sony Ericsson k750i to Jacky for $400 and convert some investment gain to cash, so come to think of it, I only forked out $250 for it! Worth it!!
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ok off to other areas....

another highlight is the Olympus 7.1 MP digital camera which is water n shock proof and not forgetting those beatiful n hot promotors. Chio lah, but I already have my Sony T-5.

Other notable purchases during the show :
- iPod leather pouch --> sleek n chio
- Golla PDA Pouch Cover --> cool looking
- A4 Glossy photo paper (5 sets of 20) --> for only 30 bucks!
- 2 years subscription to Photo.Video Magazine --> for only 99 bucks w free gifts.... wah ha ha

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Oh yah, the Xbox 360 at level 3. Damn choi and n sexy! Too bad the official launch is 16 March 06. I think they are very clever. They have so much live sets to let people play n try so as to tempt n seduce game lovers. What will happen when Xbox 360 officially launch on 16th !?

took this pic with my new Eten M600
(quality not bad lah)

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Conincidently, I saw lots of familiar faces...
Saw my long lost BMT-mate Weiming (who is currently studying @ NTU) at the show too. It was so damn crowded that I lost my friends... went out of the exhibition hall for a breather n saw another bunch of friends : Kenny, Cherry, Kelvin, Shen Wei and Eng Jie who came after Kang Ling's wedding. Too bad I did not went for her wedding. Joined them for dinner at Bukit Timah after calling my friends to abandon/'pang seay' them. At dinner, saw Aunty Shirley n family and we dine together. After dinner, 2 more friendly faces appear - Ivy and WenJun. Never met so many friends conincidently in a day!

I passed my damn ACCA Exams!!

I passed!!!
I passed!!!
I passed!!!

I passed my Paper 2.4 with a not bad result!!
Came as a shocker as I think I did only ok like border-line case whereby pail or fail depends only marker's mood but whatever. The fact is I CLEARED THE DAMN PAPER!

ok now, 2 more modules before I'm eligible for the

ACCA/Oxford Brookes Degree - BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting!!!!!

time for some wild celebrations!!!

Fast & Efficient Deal!

Close a deal today! I was sleeping late today when a phone call woke me up. Some guy called asking if my Creative mp3 player was still available and of course I replied yes and freshen up immediately! Finally someone wanted to buy my mp3 player. Was rather worried that I can't sell it off after I bought my iPod. Anyway, this guy sounds rather sincere and interested so after explaining some details to him, he arranged to meet up at City Hall at around 3pm.

Sold for S$350

The quality of the pic i posted on Yahoo auction did me much favour! So we met up at City Hall Starbucks and the deal was settled in less than 10 minutes! He played around for a while and paid me cash as he was very satisfied with what he saw. (coz honestly speaking, my player was in a very good condition!) Now I'm gonna close the bid on my Yahoo Auction account...

Friday da 13th = fun

Ok not exacty fun during the day coz of work, etc... had to sit thru' a rather unpleasant meeting in the morning. Another unfruitful day of work, at least, for my point of view. Anyway, manage to have some decent fun of soccer in the early evening as we kick-off small Teo's testimonial match. It has been months since we had soccer on friday evening. But too bad small Teo can't score leh... I kept passing him the ball so that he had chance to score on his last match with us coz he's leaving for other work opportunities elsewhere.

Anyway, kinda rush after the soccer game... Garry had to drove me home to shower n get change for our steamboat dinner at Marina South. Yan is back from Hong Kong for only bout 2 weeks and we're glad to invite him into our midst for the dinner.

JJ had actually no intention of joining us for the dinner but ultimately came, after I persuaded him to and being " pressured" by the rest. He has been feeling kinda depressed due to some problems... so I had to keep telling him to relax and enjoy our company and to have fun for the rest of the night. We had actually plan to get him drunk but as I guess we decided not to do that.

Hongkie boy Yan is only back for 2 weeks, so gotta treasure him.... Look at him! Sleepy or seductive?

we were drunk....

da group

another group pic

new boy, old boy

1st day of class

Today, or rather Thurs 12 Jan, my 1st day of my new ACCA 2.5 Financial Reporting module. It's back to the same old days of hectic work + study schedule....hard to adjust back my mentality especially after all the fun since Christmas, New Year and the the coming Chinese New Year. Anyway, the day started of with rain (damn! has been raining for the past 1 week already leh...) then on to some normal work stuffs and thankfully a rather short meeting in the late afternoon, so I can make it to class earlier today. Ha ha and today suppose to meet Trish for dinner before class coz she's now taking ACCA in the same school as me. But that ever-blur Trish forgotten to brought her mobile and thus we didn't make it for dinner.

Class size this module was rather small as compared to previous modules so I can manage to pay more attention instead of looking at the ladies.... ha ha. Lecturer started out telling us we have 146 days to exams! What a way to inaugurate the 1st class....no comments. I must say this module will be another tough one to conquer so my aim this time round is to attend every single lectures (I manage to do that last year... yeah!) Lots of Financial Standards (bout 28 of them!) to learn and apply throughout the whole module n the exams. Lecturer was able to capture the class's attention throughout and make it interesting though.

ok class ends.

then what?

wait at the lobby for Trish lor... she appears with some friends after her Law class and as usual, smile then talk talk talk.... actually I'm rather tired today but nevertheless accompany her home hor. I've just finish reading 17 pages of notes and now gonna zzz liao so gotta long day tml. Oh ya tml after work, my section is going to Marina South for steamboat dinner. Should be fun. Better standby my camera coz I'm going to make someone drunk tml!!! Oh by the way, Yan is back from Hong Kong yesterday but only for 2 weeks and he promise he'll join us for the dinner. Should be fun. Should be fun.

another new toy > the new iPod video 60GB

ok i admit i bought a quite a lot of tech gadgets this year - 1st, the Sharp 26" LCD TV, then Sony PSP, then Sony Cybershot T-5 and lastly the iPod (which I'm very proud of) that i bought today!

I suddenly have this crazy urge to get the new iPod video 60GB after my vacation and have been checking the net for details of it and bam! I bought 1 today! Actually, my big boss gave us an incentive half day off from work this afternoon around 1pm and the the 1st thing I did after I got home was to check the net for the features of the new iPod video. That's when I made up my mind and rush down to Sim Lim Square to purchase the iPod Video 60GB (Black). Oh I also bought and installed the screen protector film to protect my new toy and those rubber-like skin for my iPod.

What a way to start year 2006 with all my tech toys! I always believe you gotta work hard, study hard and play(+ enjoy) hard!

Even the packing is so slim & sexy!

oooh...

Now, I'm going to sell/auction off my Creative Zen 20GB. Anyone interested?

Arsenal was Pathetic!

I was an Arsenal fan for that mere 2 hrs hoping the Gunners would give Chelsea something for Christmas but the former was just playing badly at home! Arsenal lost 2-0 to Chelsea for the last time they played them at Highbury. Was hoping Arsenal can help my Man Utd to close the points gap but given their performance and the terrible mistake by Lauren that awarded Chelsea the 2nd goal & cost the Gunners the match,.....disappointed.

Talking point 1 : Van Persie's goal should not be ruled offside!
Talking point 2 : Essien should had been sent off!

Arsenal's title race is definately over...Let's see what my beloved Man Utd can do to mount a serious title race.

Some thoughts after exams

Exams over! Managed to sit thru' the 3hr Financial Manage & Control paper from 3 to 6pm. Don't really felt relieved after all. Maybe because the paper is so F tough! June 05 passing rate was only 37%, what bout Dec 05? I don't know... Seriously, the paper is tough and i doubt i can struggle through. Kinda low morale now after giving all that I could n knowing it could all turn out to be disastrous when the result are out come Feb 06.

Gimme a pistol so that I can play Russian Roulette with myself.

International Seafood Buffet @ Marina Sqaure

ah.... so tired, only slept for a few hours after watching that disappointing Man Utd match (still very disappointed). Took a cab down to Marina Square coz I woke up late but when I reach the restaurant bout 12 pm, the receptionist wouldn't let me in coz reservation was for 1pm! Called Garry up and he said the whole bunch of them are on their way, will be late. Screw you dude! Why tell us to be there at 12 when all u guys are coming at 1pm!?

Then ah Kong and Yeo appear, also being told the same timing crap! So the 3 of us went to look at some world cup jerseys, wander and shop around the mall until those late assholes appear. Anyway....

the restaurant looks kinda posh, located at level 3, Pariss International Seafood Buffet. Rather posh lah, good food and different variety of them.

JJ sucking on some weird seafood

Shankar always likes to disturb JJ even outside work

the ever-mischievous monkey

It was all fun during the long lunch from 1pm+ till 3+ especially after I haven been back at work for a week due to my exam period. Rather gd break for me since I've been home for the past few days stressing myself for next wed's paper (for crying out loud). Shankar and Garry kept telling me what happen when I wasn't around, how Prem (the ass clown) always screw up the task and how I should 'takan' them when I'm back... ha ha. Oh, and Garry bought the new Nokia N70 phone. *envy envy*

ya ya showing off ur new N70 in front of me!

So jealous of Garry coz ''my mum bought me one...'' should be an early X'mas gift from Mummy. I actually tried out his phone and compare some shots taken from his N70 n my K750 (both phones offer 2 Mega Pixel) both shots taken also not bad lah... mine looks brighter n Garry's N70 also looks gd coz larger phone screen mah... arrr tech geeks!

But once again, my Sony PSP stole the limelight as the guys are having a ''break'' before officiating the 2nd half of the buffet.

desperate Prem watching while Shankar had a go on my PSP

Prem is not going to and I will never let him touch my PSP! I just wish I can control myself not to whack him later....

the guys watching some video clips off the PSP...isn't it cool?

bossman Mr Tharma being presented the plug

Not to forget, Tharma is leaving us for some better pasture elsewhere after all these years of contribution to our section. Wish him all da best in his future endeavours!

you're welcome!

Last shot of the day...Garry giving us a ride and a finger before we left for our own agenda.

Aiyoh, so tired today. Think I'm not going to do my revision liao, I need a good sleep then I'll study harder tomorrow onwards.

F#@%$^(* disappointed

I'm so f*beep*ink disappointed that Man Utd totally screwed up and crashed out of the champions league and totally out of Europe! This is so frustrating coz not even a UEFA cup placing. F%#k!! Started off well with a goal by Paul Scholes in the 6th minute and then bout 10 mins later, disaster struck! Benfica equalised with a superb diving header by their Geovanni and then they went off to lead 2-1 and finally won the game and proceed onto competition. a dissapointed Alan Smith & Paul Scholes

But what pissed me off was the 2nd half time wasting tactics by Benfica. You can see players fell, rolled in pain when there was any real contact or just a slight one. At one point one of the defender actually walk up immediately after being stretchered out! And in the dying moments bout 80+ mins, the Benfica goalkeeper made a big issue out of nothing, claiming being injured after a knock! I'm not going continue bitching bout how Benfica players were but reality was, Man Utd crashes out. m really disappointed...

Damn, I don't feel like carrying on my revision...no morale liao. Gonna sleep now coz later still have to attend a lunch gathering @ Marina Square.

so disappointed...