It is my Birthday!

The first day of this month is my birthday. Thank you all for your well wishes. I haven't had so many well wishes fill up my sms inbox before. Hahah!

Thanks also to those who spent the time with me and also for all the gifts you got for me. You all are so sweet! :)

Of our National Day and the passing of my great-grandma

43 years on, and Singapore still lives on as a independent state. We can't forget those who have sacrificed a lot to make our country what it is today.



2 days ago, I received news from my sis that my great-grandma has passed away. Hjh Marfu'ah Binte Hj. Arshad, at the age of 92, passed away in her home. She was the headmaster of 'Sekolah Melayu Kampong Glam' in Arab Street. She was buried yesterday morning at Pusara Abadi.

We love you and miss you great-grandma.

Happy Birthday Maressa!

Happy birthday girl! Had an enjoyable time at the chalet. Long since I went to the East Coast chalet, forgot how nice an atmosphere it is. Come to think of it, whenever we come together, it is always a wonderful atmosphere. Had a good laugh when you showed me the YouTube video about the little boy who said Fire Truck.




Anyway, I went back and did some search on the Singapore Idol guy who whispers. We were all talking about 'The Showdown' and that 'whisper' guy was on it. And while searching about it at home, I stumbled upon your videos! :P

I didn't know you had your own videos. :P Gosh I must be a terrible nephew not to know about it.

Cousin Adan's Birthday (videos)

I have finally manage to upload all the videos into YouTube. YouTube seems to be having problems with multi-upload. It gets 'stuck' in between loading. Kinda irritating. I hope YouTube's uploading functions improve.

Anyways, enjoy the vids. There's about 13 videos in here.


Birthday Song and attempts to light the candles




Cigarette offer on his 18th Birthday, and family photo




Photo taking of birthday boy with his cousins




Photo taking with aunties and uncles




Cake cutting and water splashing




Aftermath of water splashing




Food and more food



BBQ food




Cake distribution




Sparklers (night video)




More Sparklers




Some more sparklers




Moon so bright

Cousin Adan's Birthday (pics)

It was my cousin's birthday yesterday. We had it at the East Coast with BBQ, food, drinks and also the birthday cake.

Here's some of the photos, I am still uploading the videos though so you will get to watch it tomorrow.

Kiera Nadine's Birthday 2008 (my cousin's birthday)

It was my cousin's 1st birthday, she is the little girl wearing the pink dress. Her cousin was there also celebrating together with her on the left. They were also singing the birthday song to her dad also who's birth date falls on the same month as hers.

My Birthday Presents!!

Oh gosh, how time flies by so fast. I don't usually bother much abt my birthdays, but this year has been a different year for me. I learned a lot of new things, eg: being a leader, a teacher, a good brother and son, managing my time and money, self-discipline and endurance, etc... It has been a pretty good year.

I recapped my past year on what I have achieved. And most of it have achieved, mostly on my own and I am pretty proud of myself. But all that is not attainable without the support of my family and friends. No doubt I have achieved things but there is still lots for me to accomplish. I am setting goals mentally as I write this blog, and as I recall what the past year has taught me, I think it has to be about growing up.

Don't get me wrong, it's not like I lack maturity but more like learning from the lessons throughout this year, from making mistakes to making important decisions.

This year, I finally passed my driving license.
I found a fulfilling job. (or maybe i should say, 'refound'; not too sure if that is a word itself)
I passed my IPPT on my own without a training buddy.
Made painful decisions in my past relationship.
Set up a new blog.

Although it seems little that I have done, but only I myself know the pain and sacrifices I had to go through to achieve all that. Weeks of staying home jobless when everyone seems to have a job. The countless driving lessons which almost drove me penniless. The late nights at work to finish up projects and weekend work to earn more to buy a laptop so that my sis can use my pc for her school work next year. The pain and fatigue from training almost everyday in the middle of the night running around parks and housing estates and still waking up the next morning for work. Having to face a painful break up and seeing her face tear in my hands......

What a year it has been.

Oh well, you live and learn. Life's would be boring without facing challenges. And I face it each day in stride, knowing I have learned how to deal with it.

Anyway, here are my presents!
















It's a candle, made by one of my colleagues at work. Nice isn't it! She is so sweet to make me a candle out of sand and tiny seashells. It looks too nice to light up. I be putting it in my desk room next to my laptop!

















My sis bought me a T-shirt. Yes it is light blue. So striking, I like the design on it. Looks pretty.

















Yes! Food! Glorious food! My parents bought me pizza!


















Yes I bought meself a laptop! With help from a dear friend of course. Got it from Sitex. It is an Asus A8Jseries. Pretty good specs, it has a 160gb HDD, 2ghz Core Duo, 2Gb of Memory, 802.11a wireless, ATi Radeon X2300 graphics card, plus, I got free Altec Lansing Speakers, free optical mouse, free laptop bag (the bag is pretty rugged and tough), free portable wireless access point, some free softwares, and all of that for $1515. My friend helped me pull it from almost $1600 to $1538. The girl was sweet enough to bring it down further to $1515 all because it was my birthday :)

I feel so gratified!
Now I Goota go customize my laptop!

Found a wallet

Genuine leather, all black. It had a white thread seemed through around the edges. Had a comfortable feel on your hands, and a leather scent. It had a soft light brown interior that when you touch it, it feels like holding velvet.

Where did I find such a wallet. In my own room! My window aircon was dripping water. Been having trouble with that. Anyway, I had a box near to it that got soaked because of the aircon 'pee'. So I had to rid of the contents in the box and dry out whatever was inside. There were some interesting contents in the box. Like perfumes, hard cover papers, key chains, earphones, spectacle cases, a watch, and of course, the wallet. Coincidentally I was looking for a wallet. I guess I can save my cash and use this instead.

I really can't recall who gave it to me. Maybe it was one of those birthday gifts that I forgot to get back to after unwrapping them. The wallet was in a nice blue box with a transparent cover. In it, there is also a watch. It is dead, but I think it just needs to change its battery and I would have a working watch soon enough. Oh ya did i mention? I broke my watch some days back, and now I have a new watch!

What a wonderful day I have indulging in past gifts. No pictures of them because my sis took my camera away to who knows where.