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25/7

quite a number of things happened in the past few days. finally passed up Business Enterprise project on Friday. heaved a HUGE sigh of relief and i was still feeling stress until the very moment the report was handed in. finally. around 110 pages of goodness. haha. my group than carried on to plan our presentation rehearsal dates for the whole of the following week. shiok.

Ticketing on a Monday morning is always hellish. wats worse i forgot to bring the latest manual, totally lost and praying for the next test. good thing is that it has been pushed back by one week. at least more time to practice.

Terence roped me and Calvin in for the Tobasco Hot Chef competition after his original teammates pang seh him. he had the menu and ideas all ready but Calvin and I are afraid that we might be able to reach his standards as we are seriously out of practice. had a discussion on the menu and managed to come up with a mind blowing ending drink together. believe it would work and hope we can win. its a great exposure.

Sometimes i really wonder what would have happened if i quitted HTM last year and joined CCM instead. i would be cooking everyday at this point of time instead of chionging projs if i did that. but wat are the consequences? hmmm...seeing how terence can get so soaked up in exploring cooking does make me abit jealous, just a wee bit. i always tot to myself if there is no NS, i would change course w/o thinking. but due to NS, 2 extra years wasted. and if i decide to further education, i will be like 25 before i start working and that is DAMN OLD.

settled with wat i have. agreed with what the Chef from Bambino! said "A man who cannot focus on the tasks in front of him is not fit to talk about his dreams". so damn true.

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22/7

have been slacking past few days after Business Enterprise have been handed up. feel more relaxed but now i fear Business Enterprise reflections. oh well.

Started to look for indian videos on youtube. all of them are damn funny, esp all their dance steps and the retarded english subtitles. here are some links so enjoy urselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJRNyPK-lc&mode=related&search= -> Thriller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedFnHHCHGM -> Tunak Tunak Tun

Yesterday (saturday) went out to Vivo with mum to try to find new slippers. my old pair of crocs are giving me many slippery problems. fell down a short flight of stairs once and have to walk super slow on wet grounds. I bought the current pair almost 1.5 years ago and i wear it almost everyday, everywhere i go. The wear and tear it suffered is unbearable. the sole is completely flat and so i decided to get a new pair.

Was considering over another pair of crocs for the comfort or a pair of haivannas as it seems hip. headed to crocs store first and the pair i wanted had no new piece so we went up to New Urban Male. tried the Haivannas, wasnt tt great and my mum said it looked "beach boy-ish". i decided i was really into "hip" stuffs nor do i wanna be a "beach boy" so i left the store and went back to crocs. got my eyes on this pair and i really want it. so i asked them to reserve a new pair for me at Marina Square for collection within 3 days.

SUNDAY. the following day. went to bball as usual with the guys and headed to Marina Square with them for lunch, arcade session and collection of my crocs.

new pair's up there. really BRIGHT as compared to the black and brown previous pair i had.

after tt i decided to cook pasta AGAIN when i reached home. my mum said it was damn good. and i hope she isnt just trying to make me happy . haha. Its bacon aglio by the way.

Cheers

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19th July 2007

Went to Tasting Notes (wine bar) to collect my June pay today. saw yuan kai setting up the alfresco area, reminded on how i used to do that 2 months ago. when i walked into the bar, saw the familiar scene: joseph smoking and reading papers, jil behind the computer and yuan kai at the bar. the same music CDs from 2 months ago were still playing.

i started work at Tasting Notes at about March 2007. recommended to the place by eunice. initially thought i would not be used to the bar environment but decided to give it a try, widen my experience scope. fell in the love with the place gradually, the friendly staff, friendly guests, nice night scene, good food all over. Get to see many people from all walks of life. since i dun go clubbing, it sorta opened my eyes to the night life of SG.

there are so many memorable things about Tasting Notes that i will always remember.

1. on my 2nd day at work, Jil said i look like a 2-month old
2. opened a bottle of 1986 and broke its cork
3. cut my fingers multiple times with the wine opener
4. broke at least 20 wine glasses
5. the day when a drunk guy walked straight into the glass panel with a loud "BONG!"
6. the day where i saw kelly fainted and shaun carried her to the clinic
7. microsoft party - total mess
8. Jimmy's birthday - I "won" a pack of tissue paper during lucky draw
9. Egon was in total shock when he knew i was ONLY 19 years old. he thought i was at least 25
10. Me and Yuan Kai VS the Security Guard. Classic
11. The hunt for the missing Yoyogi plates
12. Jil's "holy missions"
13. Guests gave me $20 personal tip
14. the attack of the lemon girl
15. how kim and I would stand at Alfresco and await the late night rush
16. the way Jil says "i think the crowd will slam in soon"
17. Foggy specs after exiting the cellar
18. PS' fancy beer bottle opening skill
19. Magnum ice cream behind the car park
20. Running to get baguette and talking cock with the person at Canele
21. Phone calls to the Thai restaurant "Hi~Put Thai~"
22. Phone calls to Sangokushi "NI HAO! SAN GUO YAN YI!"
23. rolling sofas
24. predicting the rain
25. Unagi fried rice by Jimmy
26. Mr Tham's "f*kced up-ness"
27. Angeline's bombastic hair
28. Spizes with angeline, YK and Kelly
29. Jil's "admirer"
30. Yuan kai "the pimp"
31. Joseph telling me "trust me, you will make it big in this industry"
32. Popped champagne for a group of excited Japanese guests
33. Eavesdrop guests' conversation
34. the filthy side station
35. "old chio bu" quoted by yuan kai
36. "ONE coke....for my consumption pls"
37. "lovely" smell for cigars
38. watching people make out at sofas
39. Nigel's bday surprise for his girlfriend - failed cake and heart shaped balloons
40. the staff telling me "we miss you"

the list goes on and on. I've worked there for only about 4 mths, and i feel very attached to the place. but commitments in school make me unable to carry on working there. but i will remember this period. for sure. will go over for drinks and visit the guys. for sure.

after i got my pay, went over to tiong bahru plaza to meet mum for dinner and got ingredients for cooking pasta. den met zh while he let me taste his new tom yum chicken patty, a little too soggy and missy that tom yum sting.

Went home and chionged report. it is finally done. cooked some pasta today, mum said it was nice. will continue to improve.

Lights out

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so i got back my amadeus test 2. 39.5/50. At least i know i have secured an A for 60% of my coursework grade. gotta maintain it for test 3. quite some things happen the last few days.

14/7 Saturday:
Watched Harry Potter with phy and team daidee at Suntec. arcade session with zh, played time crisis 4, have no idea why i am so drawn to noisy arcades. The movie seats sucks but its a 5 bucks per tix thanks to hazel, so nvm la. well, the movie sucks i thought. it totally did not bring out the feeling that the book is trying to let us feel. merely riding on the fame and special effects. boring show. had Sizzler's for dinner, kinda ex but was ok since the guys were around. crapped alot.

crazy mel watched harry 3 times in 2 days time. finally got HH and cindy together as planned, dunno how it will work out though.

15/7 Sunday:
Played basketball as usual. Couple of injuries as usual. Went for lunch with the guys and headed home for Business Enterprise compilation. heard from mel that HH was being a wuss and did not dare to talk to cindy thorughout. Watched Wu Zhong Xian show in the evening. nothing beats a good laugh.

16/7 Monday:
got back amadeus, went for lecture. nth much. went for haircut at QB house at CS with phy. feels so much better with shorter hair, i predict if i keep my hair long it will look like afro. perhaps one day i should try. LOL.

17/7 Tuesday:
went to sugar loaf. the donuts were still as good.

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Finally the projects are ending. this is the last lap to go. feel so damn tired but at least my group is dependable and fun people, takes out alot of fatigue. going to school everyday like a zombie. tired and sleepy and tired.

With the projects ending, it means my poly life is ending soon. how fast, i still feel like year 1. i dunno anything much abt TP, probably because i nv join SL or GL or TPSU or any CCAs. Now i think about being in a fine dining place for 5 mths, gives me the creeps, esp after watching Bambino! but i am really looking forward to it.

My list of things to look forward to:
1. SIP
2. Genting Trip
3. Kbox Trip(s)
4. Buy a PSP
5. Taiwan or Hong Kong Trip
6. Basketball Rematch with Han Xiang's group
7. Basketball Match with William's group
8. NS? lol....

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I believe it was during Year One, when i was still 16 years old that i first tasted pasta outside the hawker centre's standard tomato sauce and spaghetti. It was at Pastamania. Somehow, from that day onwards, i was fasinated and addicted to pasta. The versality of pasta is limitless, unlike chinese noodles which gets soggy after cooking awhile, pasta is a whole new thing to me. I tried almost every item on Pastamania to date, and when i go to restaurants, i would order pasta. Bit by bit, my expectations of pasta grew higher. Pastamania which used to be a "Wow" place for me was "okok" now. I decided i might want to try my hand at cooking it myself.

regularly on and off i would go down to the supermarket alone and buy stuffs to cook my own pasta at home. to be fair, all of them tasted pretty mediocre, nothing special, but i didnt stop. i cooked more. ok so it was a few days back, i was pissed at projects. so i went down to the supermarket to get some ingredients and whipped some lunch myself.

Looks like a mess, but it is beef and asparagus with spaghetti. the sauce came from a bottle.

Didnt taste wonderful, but the beef was surprisingly good. I enjoyed myself throughout the process. cooking has more or less become a hobby. but if were to be a chef, i would love to excel in pasta.

Finally bought a sautee pan today! all these while i have been trying to cook with a bloody wok which sticks like hell. now i got a non-stick pan. wahahaha. ok projects again

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Alright, so I sort of mini blew up our harmonious group today by repeated pressing and questioning a certain member about her work. Guessed it pissed her off, but had to represent what the others felt, had to play devil's advocate.

Ironically, OB was teaching on grp dynamics today and one of the concept covered was known as groupthink, meaning everyone agrees to a certain idea w/o opposing it due to fear that your team mates would condemn you or sorts. hey, i never believed in that shit, which is why i blew that dynamite today. no personal attacks though, never believed in that. work is work.

Finally bought the Professional Chef book at 44 bucks. Been wanting it since year 2. more of for my own enrichment purposes, i've always loved to learn more about food. Carried that almost 10kg bag to TM, met phy while she buy her blazer and went to Ding Tai Fung for dinner. Not too bad, not the best also, just dun get why places like this and Crystal Jade and get THIS much business when their food might not even be half as good as neighbourhood Zi Car stall. The power of branding.

Went home and continued to churn out Enterprise report while watching Bambino! at the same time. A short into on the show, it is a jap serial revolving around how an arrogant small town chef who thought he was the best was forced to learn humbly when he came to work at a fine dining place in Tokyo. DAMN GOOD. sort of reminds us of culi lessons in the past, just much more intense. very addictive show. catch it when you're free on crunchyroll.com

alright, its past midnight and i feel dead tired already. gonna skip lec tml so i can have 2 days of rest and time to churn my report. sleep sleep sleep sleep.

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amadeus test 2 at 10.30am today. reached school 8.30 have breakfast with phy, always a good way to start the morning. flipped through amadeus book multiple times and got fed up, so met cherie and she suggested we "practice" amadeus on microsoft word. wat a "great" idea. Went outside the lab, saw yan wan and co. walk out after the test looking depressed, and i felt worried. Test started, was stunned by 1st qns but went on to complete the test on a steady pace. challenging, but managable.

lunch with ivan at biz park, he had a special order of crunchy mini cockroach and drumstick, damn funny when he bite into the drumstick and shouted OH FCUK when he realised the extra ingredient. went on to destn lec, followed by proj grp "interaction" cum meeting. came up with new ideas and yan wan had to remind us on how long more we have before submission. THANKS.

den went on to filter the number of SA applicants, 40 confirmed ones. Quite alot but we shall see how many active ones are there. Met phy for dinner and rented a dvd "hard candy" at PLAY!. home now...starting to do proj again. boring

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so i decided to blog again, begin my once a year update. LOL

so tml is ticketing test, gonna start punching a whole string of numbers that dun make sense into the computer. on book, the theory looks damn easy. but i know tml when i look at the test paper, it would be another story.

watched 2 great movies over past few weeks. transformers and die hard 4.0. Excellent shows, but i tot die hard was better, no offence to transformers fans. Remember when i watched die hard first movie abt 5 years back, i liked it alot, this new one sure didnt disappoint me. Bruce Willis is back as the super policeman who can take out any number of well trained assasins and any war vehicles with nothing but a handgun. Cool show, should catch it.

Projects coming to an end soon. My group is excellent, except for the huge number. I am someone who can perform when i am in desperate situations, so mebbe i did slack a little this sem. At this point of time, projects seem to have slowed down, dunno isit all our engines die out or we are near completion.

And Calvin recently expressed his anger towards the * to me and Stella, so he is on our side after all, and i tot he was neutral and all, bullshit. Like i said, * do things, she do the head and the end. During the most intense and manpower needed middle parts, she would disappear, why? Coz her chances of being seen as "hardworking" would be reduced as everyone is around. So when everything is over, she would come out, give a "well done speech" as though she was part of those who fought the war and show her face to the lecturers etc. So much for being the leader, supposedly.

I really dun get how * can be so damn selfish. I mean, she does things ONLY if she benefits from it. Anything that would allow her to be seen as the one in charged and as the pro one, she would jump on to the chance and make the rest of us look like trash. Oh well, she has good PR skills to be fair, but wouldnt it be sweet if i told her "hey, you know, apart from lecturers, no one really gives a SH*T abt you." She will climb high in her career i admit, but only to a limit. What can she do, where can she go when everyone below her or on her level does not support her? As a friend, i can really see her change ever since she stepped up as leader. I believe everyone who once treated her as friends would prefer the old her.

Enough of *makes me sick. and hey, it feels pretty good to blog once in awhile, mebbe i should more often. off to sleep now

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