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December 22nd, 2009

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wow, a lil eerie tho. hehe

http://www.nadinejarvis.com/projects/carbon_copies

Carbon Copies
Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.



Each pencil is foil stamped with the name of the person. Only one pencil can be removed at a time, it is then sharpened back into the box causing the sharpenings to occupy the space of the used pencils. Over time the pencil box fills with sharpenings - a new ash, transforming it into an urn. The window acts as a timeline, showing you the amount of pencils left as time goes by

December 21st, 2009

Useless crap.

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And now, I have a subfolder in my FYP folder called "USELESS CRAP". Stuff which we wasted our time reading, but couldn't be used. But stuff which should not be deleted 'just in case'. So to organise the clutter, 80% of all the articles have went into "USELESS CRAP".

December 20th, 2009

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Wowszer note tags. I should get these for my female frens and clients. Maybe the very gay ones too. Hehe.

http://youngandbrilliant.net/post/289314387/hana-fusen-note-tags-each-petal-of-the-flower



Hana Fusen Note Tags: Each petal of the flower peels off to make a note tag just like the rhyme “he loves me, he loves me not.” Place a “bouquet” in your pen stand or a glass and use the petals for bookmarks and labels.


Our first overseas competition... and our first SILVER MEDAL!!!

It was really a moral booster to everyone in the team. Furthermore it's a 1000m race, never expect to win for we were there to give our best shot. Glad we did well!

Not to forget all the delicious food we had there:

Supper @ eating place beside Gurney Plaza. Was so bloated that i decided to talk a slow walk back to the hotel which is about 1km + away...


Dim sum for our sunday brunch! only RM177 for 14 pple...

Time to take a rest from DB for the next few weeks, while i prepare to welcome the new year... :)


Completed my 2nd Marathon at the SCM 09... Felt perfectly fine as i didn't bia thru the course. Glad to be able to finish the run together with JL in about 6hrs 27min 30s. Shall continue to train and go for adidas sundown together with JL.

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its getting far n few that one will ever receive greeting cards these days. i'm not talking about obligatory xmas, birthday or new yr cards from your credit card company, business partners or insurance agent. a well thought after, meticulously written and mailed card from someone who seals their best wishes for u.

i am never a card person. u can practically count the number of cards which i've sent out in my lifetime. its just not in me. my best fren dennis used to make really beautiful n creative cards for us. but its just not part of his lifestyle now. haha. i keep my best wishes for ple whom i care n value; spoken, unspoken. most of the time it shows as an sms, telephone call or thru some online media. i guess it's the way of my life and it's the same with many people out there. perhaps its also why i, as much as possible organize little gatherings and cook for my friends especially as a way to stay in touch other than a blog or a fb profile and not taking a friendship (even kinship) for granted.

as i opened my mailbox this morning. many xmas cards were in. one card touched me most. its from a uni fren of mine, liptong. i'm sure he has a unique message for every recipient of his cards and it makes it all the more endearing by etching a special moment he's spent in his life w someone he calls - a friend. i wld like to share a tiny bit of lippie's card to me. he said,

"best-est time spent in the treatment room with you... *laughing*" :D



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my fren gave me this youtube link. i jested asking if he wanted to buy me that apartment. turns out that this is the last song that his fren sang during their trip. her family was at the beach when the tide came in and took her son. she went to look for him but never came back :~(

December 19th, 2009

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Cummable

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December 17th, 2009

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busy bee. buzzbuzzbuzz

December 16th, 2009

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Wed
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accompanied client to orchard clinic for a medical checkup
taitai wif huge blingblings+ferragamoshoes commented, "wah so good ar, accompanied yr client to the clinic", chatted wif me, and asked for my namecard.

and of all things, i dont have my namecard wif me. *snores*
she gave me her no instead, and asked me to check some insurance stuff for her.
yay~`

actually i was quite surprised at the clarity of insurance questions dat she posed, ie. she knows what she wants.

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lunchied wif ubercrispy and shopped around a lil before heading back office to submit insurance stuff

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headed home to do some more paperwork before meeting up jonjc+xiaohao @jurongpt
bumped into weixiang+beau

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tis' 4am i need to sleep
2molo gota work.

miaoz.

December 15th, 2009

STARS WARS!

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Not this time around. =p
Maybe its because I only had one core to register for, and I managed to get the exact slot I wanted.
Now, its just hoping that I get the electives that I waitlisted for!

December 14th, 2009


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being on a high protein, low fat, low carb, low sodium diet didnt seem to work very well for me. :p haha well, i'm just trying out to see if such a dietary pattern has actually any substantial effect on my flabs. the good news is... IT IS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL!! :O

did my body composition analysis last week. i'm happy to say tt by weight, protein mass and fitness score went up. BUT!!! my body fat% went up to 7%!! how strange n frightening is tt! in other words.. i shd just eat anything!! ANYTHING!! and remember tt i used to say tt desserts make me slim? i think its really true for me. i have no sweet tooth, but i think i shd just do less of those calorie and fat counting. eat all and anything i like!

chicken in a biscuit, anyone? ^^


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December 13th, 2009

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blahblahblah transfer marnee to my account for steamboat and jasonbloodnite 's birdday pressie

*piak*

December 12th, 2009

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chainsaw woodcraft

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Reformed alien, now it's only Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch for him

Meet alien, Miles Melman in this exclusive video.

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I'm Yours(ukulele)


the change of lyrics' refreshing

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December 11th, 2009


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can impressions can be misleading? of cos it can! what's ur impression of me should u guys know me from this photo before really knowing how i am in person? i'm pretty sure just by looking at this photo, words like homely, hard worker, considerate friend, caring son etc will never come to mind. haha! (not taking the chance to compliment myself! haha just an illustrative example!)

welcome to the world of impression. everyone ard us, to a certain extent is playing a sort of character that they consciously and sub-consciously want to be/wish to be/be as a form of escape/as a form of impression to achieve certain goals or motives in life. i'm in no way condemning or dropping in my vote for any of the mentioned. its just a way of life tt everyone is entitled to chose and as the saying "willing seller, willing buyer goes"; the ple ard them accept them for who they see and who they can relate to. however, if the person is actually how he seems, is probably secondary. :p ple thrive on looks and impression. its a fact!

the reason why writing this entry came to mind is tt my hsemate made a comment abt living w me today. he said, "charles u r actually a very simple person, u dont have much wants or wishes and u r indeed very different from e rest of the guys i've seen." i take tt as a compliment. cant possibly fake much and for tt long to ple living 24/7 with me isnt it? just glad to be me, as me. i suddenly remembered abt wat my best fren said abt me too. he said, "well charles siew bao, no matter wat u do, how u dress.. after a while, ur tail (true nature) shows which tells u not to be too hard on urself cos u only need very few things at e end of e day." how true! perhaps some ple cld read me like an open book! i'm prob just a few pages. haha which is good! so it saves the guessing work! :p but well, ple have also said tt my few pages can take many yrs to decipher! open to interpretation!

i get it pretty often tt "hey i know u so well from ur blog!" i take it as a compliment tt frens of frens (of frens of frens) tune in and i'm glad to share bits of my life, not just as a way of keeping in touch w ple (frens n family) i know but in e process of sharing, to help ple i prob will never meet to improve their quality of life and hopefully to inspire and make life better. life is abt learning, experiencing, sharing and taking a leaf from someone's experience isnt it? however, tt doesnt mean they know me. they just know a small part of me.

perhaps its the way i write, what i write and things i chose to share, my life may seem eventful, delicious, full of hype or even voyeuristic to some who cant relate to how the blogsphere works. truth is, it might not just be so. u gotta understand that a blog, or even a virtual space like facebook only allows an individual to focus and share abt JUST a FEW aspects of their lives. and i have no wish to expand that few aspects!

i definitely will chose not to display everything out in the open. it can be a horrible, naked feeling! only a select few of e ple ard me whom i will share my private life, thoughts, fears, happiness and sadness with. privacy is something which everyone is entitled to and hopefully they can share w someone they trust and love.

a long time ago, someone who loved me alot asked, "charles would you stop blogging for me?" my answer was "no, cos u know the contents were meant to keep ple whom i know in touch w my life, create conversational topics when we meet and they blog, leave comments as a wonderful modern way of maintaining a frenship. besides, the contents were just tip of e iceberg." but today shd someone i really feel for ask me the same question, "i'll say yes i'll stop." or if the person is easier on me, i'll just blog occasionally, but contents will be selective. i think its silly to blog and cause troubles to a part of my life :p!

as for what kind of impression am i creating for myself when it comes to my livejournal blog, friendster and facebook profile? honestly i dont really care because i post anything i want and there is nothing dark or disgraceful abt my life tt i have to hide. neither will i have the energy to craft a hypocritical persona to con the world. its tiring to ever lead a double life acting as someone u're not and hiding the sordid truth abt urself to ple who are dear to u. as much as the real me is never fully revealed online, the bits u see/read are real. i cld come across as energetic, sporty, fun loving, silly or optimistic to some; and foolish, pessimistic and paranoid to some. but isnt a person's life made up of so many, many facets? just dont judge a person based on a few mere entries! ok, hundreds in my case :p

i am not trying to make any point w this blog entry. just some food for my thought and for your thought.

well, at this point in time.. i'm looking forward to keeping an even bigger part of me private; perhaps its in preparation for some things to happen or to make it easier to (hopefully) allow someone to come into and stay in my life. and i think its been something which i've always wanted to do. kinda like a mental and emotional spring cleaning. perhaps there was so much happening over the past few yrs tt prevented me from doing so. and perhaps there wasnt someone inspiring enough to steer me towards this course.

life is like a box of chocolates. u nvr know wat u'll get and wat u'll end up with. however, no one shd lose themselves in the process. and with this, i once again remind myself how much i treasure my core values. it has never changed and it will never. :D there is a very huge private part of me tt yearns to be shared with someone i feel for as well. haha ok, that's a big part of the real me! :D


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Oh, and Christmas songs are being played all around town already. Damn. I really hate this period. Really makes me aware of the fact that I am antisocial, have few friends, and ultimately am alone.

You know, I think I know the reason why I tend to spend more on shopping during the Christmas sales than the GSS. Because there's no celebratory atmosphere around then. So there's not much reason for me to indulge in retail therapy too much.
I'm starting to feel a little worried about my job hunt. Okay most of the marketing people aren't employed yet (and I guess the only people close to getting a job are the 4 girls at Samsung pre-MA internship now) but its still really getting into me.

Honestly, if I don't get a job offer before graduating, I won't go for my grad trip. Cause I know I'll be too preoccupied and worried to properly enjoy myself there. So, I might have to say goodbye to my 2-week solo Japan trip, from Osaka to Sapporo to Sendai to Tokyo to Nagoya to Hiroshima to Fukuoka to Osaka and back. I can always take 2 weeks off to go to Japan once I start working (but yeah I know its easier said than done) but if I don't make the most out of an opportunity I might live to regret it.

Yes I'm really worried. I know that I don't really have a good reason to, but I don't feel secure. On the other hand, maybe it's a good thing that I didn't go into B&F. Hearing all the stories from my friends there really makes me feel quite bad. And now that its after the exams I've hopped around some of the blogs of the NBS people, and even the Marketing side people are all sending out applications too. Okay I shouldn't be surprised cause why shouldn't they, but hearing that makes me think of the competition andt hat makes me worry more.

On hindsight, maybe I should just have went into Accounting eh? Ah well, I should treat myself better, and make it a point not to worry, unless 1/3 the Marketing cohort gets employed and I haven't.

December 10th, 2009

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Okay, done my Xmas shopping for this year!



Think i'd just randomly give/luckydraw them during the xmas eve partee @myplace. The off-coloured one's something dat I bought but never gotten around using :P

Yea ,I'm this "sincere" when it comes to presents.

Cos actually hor, frens no need presents one lar, the gd company is enuff ;)
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