Flying Gablurr

starless night...

2007-08-19T05:10:00.000+08:00

is life really so unpredictable? or is it only my life? things changes so fast. so unpredictable. juz like the weather. it was all sunny in the morning. but it started to rain...

met jaslyn and travis yesterday evening... had something light at sushi tei. then we walk walk. chit chat. smoke smoke. juz like old times. i was happy. i was glad. then i had to leave for dinner. dinner was great. dessert was nice. i was happy. i had some white wine at night. watched some tv. slept. even though i kept getting woken up, i feel good. i felt warm and i was happy. went for breakfast around 10am. chicken curry noodles. apple + carrot juice. some groceries shopping. i bought swiss bakery mini curry puffs. i ate tapioca kueh. it was very tasty. i was happy. juz like the weather. it was all sunny in the morning. it started to rain...

went to hougang mall to collect my specs. left my old 1 in bombay. silly me. had nasi lemak at yishun. mahjonged. lost $. 70bucks. came home. cant sleep. organised my songs. updated my nano. chat with jaslyn (i think we are so similar, we could be twins in our previous life).

think i will go sleep now... hope when i wake up it will be sunny. i missed the sun. i want a tan. i want a life.

nobody says it was easy..

2007-08-17T04:21:00.000+08:00

hmmm.. kinda feeling funny these few weeks. something significant happened 2 weeks ago and i am glad it happened but yet not completely good. ironic. but ya. i guess my life has always been like this. Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes, the first thing you want never comes... the 1st thing tat i want? its a four letter word. can you be both sad and happy at the same time? ironic. but ya.

i juz came back from london.. love london. dunno why but ya. it was very cooling when i was there. had a long walk in hyde park... sat by the river. soaking in the afternoon sun. the next day i went for a jog in the evening. very very nice. it was drizzling and i was jogging right smack in town but nobody gives a damn. i felt so free. it was as if i could just keep on running and running...

Paris

2007-08-10T02:17:00.000+08:00

my belated birthday dinner

2007-08-01T00:56:00.000+08:00

had dinner with my ppc alumni. at house of sundanese. got this craving for curry. haha.. then we managed to catch a show at suntec. we were 5 mins late and the box office was already closing.. so i had to buy tickets from the 3/4 shut counter!! the ticket person was actually quite reluctant to sell the tics la.

it was great to meet up with these ex colleagues of mine. trina, gen, henry... actually kind of miss those days at ppc. haha..

thanks for the dinner and cake!! love ya all.. =)

Party Week!

2007-07-13T02:55:00.000+08:00

its has been a crazy week. too much partying man! did hong kong/san francisco. had 2 very fun stewardess on board. so we went out in sf & hk. took karen to Castro & she brought the house down! haha.. had so much fun shopping with ling in sf (spent so much in A&F and Hollister). bought some really nice izzue.com ts & tank tops in hk. the whole of hk is on sale man. met my fren & we went to lan kuai fong. touched down singapore on wed & yes, mamboo tat night. went down with tim & met his f.o friend. so cute.. =P karen & my batch boy, francis joined me & after mamboo we went to dragonfly! god, i slept in the whole of thursday and now i am wide awake. caught harry porter 5. this is the best installment i say. finally got more magic and some serious fighting. =)

Torchwood - Stay

2007-07-03T03:53:00.000+08:00

stumbled onto this vid and loved the song.. the ending scene so nice. gawd.

Amy Winehouse - Rehab

2007-06-30T03:18:00.000+08:00

a long long day...

2007-06-28T05:52:00.000+08:00

its 5.55am now and i m still awake...

my day started really early at 8.45am yesterday at STC. had to attend a course, CN99: Connecting with Passengers. personally i think it was a waste of time, waste of resources and waste of time and waste of time. i had to sit thru a full day class listening to some old man talking about how to greet passengers, how to make small talk, how to prepare yourself before speaking to a passenger. i m like duh.. if u have it means u have it. how to teach ppl soft skills? if it can be taught, then i guess SQ need not spend so much $ for interviews. juz take in any tom, dick & mina and teach them. anyway, i got a cert at the end of the day, so ya..

mid way thru the class i got a sms reminding me of a mahjong game at yishun. mahjong? how come i dont remember arranging for 1. anyway, i had to go for it so i postponed my appointments. after class, i went to Eunos to look for dear jaslyn before going for my game. in the end, i lost 20bucks. cab fare there was like 16bucks n cab fare to zouk was 14. so now i know where my mojo $ goes too.

mambo was boring.. the baggage counter was full so i had to carry my bag. thank god for timothy who volunteered to carry it for me instead. so tim was with his MEDIA friends at members.. and i knew 1 or 2 of them so it wasn't as awkward as i thought it would be. sujin thomas, jumien, joycelyn... blah blah.. n with the alcohol flowing, every1 seems to be best friends.

anyway tim was quite drunk already.. after some PR-ing and dancing at the main floor, we left. had supper at pasir ris dr 6. oh well.. all the memories. ya, i was quite emotional. so i ate a lot.. ate n ate. then i walked back n i listened to my sappy chinese songs n walked.. man..

眼底星空
李圣杰

你好喜欢看我眼睛
你说是宇宙的缩影
只要没有分离
天气晴能看见星星
我努力爱你宠你调整自己
我是邻居还是伴侣
时间带来残忍结局
在爱情的隔壁住友情
界线太锐利
对不起就一刀切开所有亲密
眼底星空
流星开始坠落
每一滴眼泪说着你要好好走
转过身跌入黑洞
看着天长地久变两种漂泊
男人流泪比流血加倍心痛
眼底星空
流星跌落手中
我静静握着抬头向上天祈求
愿你先找到温柔
有人包扎伤口也挡住寂寞
谢谢你陪我陪爱听雨吹风

用三年去维系感情
用三秒钟结束关系
剩回忆能回去能温习能把你抱紧
就算爱烧成灰烬扬起变乌云
谢谢他给你给爱另一个星空

WaT a DaY?

2007-06-26T03:03:00.000+08:00

had 2 pleasant surprises today...

Surprise no. 1:

when i touched down from Narita, 2 person came to welcome me at the airport! this is THE most number of ppl that turned up at 1 time since i started flying bout a yr and half ago. my best fwen timothy who juz came back from melbourne (i supposed to go fetch him when he came back last sat but i overslept! haha) and sunny. the feeling of seeing some1 close when coming back from a flight is priceless. even though i will do a flight almost every other day, you still cant help but feel happy, to feel loved. thank you for those tat have came to the airport to fetch or send me off... pls keep up the good work! haha. =P

Surprise no. 2:

when i was having dinner at suntec, muthu's curry (sanur is gone lor! so is kenny rogers i think!!!), some1 came in without my knowledge and sat right next to me. i swear i would have elbow tat person in the face if i did not stop myself in time. i was more shocked than surprised but it was a very very pleasant 1 nevertheless. out of so many friends tat i could bump into, its was john. some1 that doesn't live in sg and some1 tat juz flew in from hk for the night. also, i wanted to go to town but due to the traffic decided to stop at suntec instead. john had to drag himself out of his hotel to get food at muthu. do u call this coincidence or wat? i think its FATE. =)

anyway, my flight from nrt started off at a really bad note. i was working upper deck on the 744 aircraft and it was only my 3rd time operating in business class, UD. working with me is a japanese stewardess and a chief steward. i had trouble sleeping the previous night so all the above conditions gave me a really bad feeling. n guess wat?

my chief got pissed off at me during pre boarding duties! the plane has not even take off yet lor! i was a bit lost and he also thought tat i was being defiant when i questioned his so call 'instructions'. its like wat the fuck. you want you teach me teach properly la. be a bit more patient can? my fault tat i am new ah? my fault tat the other crew (the jap fss) is new too ah? so i had to pacify him, hold his balls before he actually loosen up & became nice. god, spare me the agony. i had to deal with obnoxious business class passengers (who thinks they are so UP there. ya, up my ass man!), with limited work space in the galley, with slow working counterpart (jap crew are juz too courteous and when speaking in jap, the sentence never seems to end), with the heat in the super old plane and still SUCK UP to people (you guys are supposed to be LEADERS!!?? wat happen to setting good example and leadership qualities??)!! anyway, after things warmed up, all was nice n good. and i got a complimentary letter... haha. my 5th one and more to come pls!! =)

ktv with tim and his friends (3 japanese exchange students and bryan and jumius). 1st time i hear ppl singing jap songs. it was very refreshing. thank you tim for having good looking friends... haha. =P supper at lavender foodcourt was great. wanted to eat the famous wanton noodles but no more. =( the chat with tim n jumius was a delight. amazing how much u can learn from juz conversing. gonna plan a tokyo trip early next yr. got sale. haha..

silent night...

2007-06-22T00:11:00.000+08:00

mahjong today ended much earlier than usual. n yes, i lost. again. haha.. but not much. i guess playing mahjong for me is more to kill time and its something tat i find exciting n fun to do. when i was in the cab on my way home, as i listen to my nano (i washed it in the washing machine so sent for repair n they gave me a new one!), my heart became really heavy. jus like how i feel everytime when i come out from the cinema. its like i will feel really lost, really empty and everything seems to be so unreal... mayb its also a feeling of missing some1?

i think i know why i sleep so late whenever i am back in singapore... i dont want the night to end so quickly. time is so precious since i am back so little and i want to do as much as possible. but no matter how much i do, like i partied the whole night, i still feel its not enuf, i still feel empty. i think i am too afraid to face the loneliness.

some1 called me this afternoon n i felt really good. whenever i get tat call, my face wld juz brighten up and i will be smiling to myself like an idiot. haha.. i guess simple things like an sms or a call does wonder to one's mood. am really looking forward to my hkg/sfo flight. especially hkg. so many fond memories. =)

hmmm.. suddenly i am feeling better already. gabriel, happy thoughts, happy thoughts! haha.

Dan Shui, Taiwan, 310507

back on the road...

2007-06-18T23:04:00.000+08:00

i must say it has been a very rough and eventful year for me... half of 2007 has went by and lots have happened. many are happy moments, most are not. especially because of wat took place at home and of course my love life.

i made a very emotional blog entry a couple of months ago and tat could actually mark the lowest pt in my life. the breakdown tat i had, the thrashing of my toilet, the outburst. a milder version took place just last month but i am glad tat i have my closest friends to help me through it. thank you so much for being there CHRIS, my beloved god bro and of coz ANDREW who tried really hard to hold me down. n not forgetting during the 1st incident, my dear friend/hsemate/bitch, ALYSSA who took all my nonsense (unfortunately, a few others; miss jamie, zad & belle were involved n they were so nice to put up with me)

when i was younger, i was prone to emotional outbursts and i was a very angry person. i had a near death incident which left a scar (9 stitches) on my left jaw. the smashed display could have cut my throat instead of my face. after tat incident, i sort of woke up and slowly learnt to handle my anger. i guess i am much happier now, but growing up also means more responsibilities and burden.

at least now.. my family's saga is over. my relationship has also come to an end. i have more or less settle into my job too. can i see rainbow after the rain? i really hope tat the rest of the year would be a blast! with my birthday coming up in july, bonus, new places to fly to (have not been to paris, milan and athens), maybe a new relationship, many exciting things to expect! definitely i would be putting in effort to make things work but it also depends a lot on the other party/parties.

yap, back on the road again. alone. but stronger a person! =)

Britian really got TALENTS!

2007-06-15T03:10:00.000+08:00

Redemption

2007-06-15T02:53:00.000+08:00

Redemption by `zemotion on deviant ART

Solve the case

2007-06-15T02:39:00.000+08:00

Last night, on a Japanese navy vessel, someone was brutally murdered at 2am. The police immediately detained the 5 members onboard of that vessel and interrogated them.

Captain: I was sleeping when the murder happened!

Cook: I was cooking...

Anchorman: I have no idea at all. I was anchoring the ship.

Crew: The flag was upside down, so i was putting it back in position.

Scout: I was looking out for an enemy ship due to a signal in the radar.

WHO IS THE COLD BLOODED MURDERER?

sms me if you can solve the case. =)

疯子

2007-06-15T02:26:00.000+08:00

love this mv... sometimes i feel like this.

2007-05-19T06:43:00.000+08:00

i am in good old london again... its already my 5th time here since i started flying just about a yr ago. and i must say london has grew to be 1 of my most loved places to go. its the world's most expensive city and definitely very busy. but there is still this mysterious peacefulness about this place. the old buildings, london cabs, parks, trees, cobble streets. i was having an afternoon stroll thru Hyde Park from Bayswater after my dose of roast duck noodles. the weather was perfect, sunny yet breezy. dogs were running around, people sitting on benches enjoying the fresh air, some were just laying on the grass. i saw this young couple in the middle of the huge park dancing a slow dance, dancing without music, dancing to a tune only their hearts know. he was twirling her around before embracing in each other arms and falling onto the ground. i thought i would only see such a scene in the movie. its was so romantic and loving.... i had lunch alone. its nice to be alone sometimes. to think about things. to just enjoy the silence.

anyway, i am finally trained for business class and i was working at upper deck, sin-lon. my 1st ever business class solo, full load and i was on check (on board assessment). i was a bag of nerves but everything turned out quite well. my chief was very patient and my check was above average! =)

KL Trip

2007-05-08T19:07:00.000+08:00

it has been a fun & crazy weekend!

i got back from my flight on fri evening, slept at 3am, left for KL at 7am the next day. Took a coach from golden mile complex and reached KL around 1pm. Didnt get to sleep much on the coach. Paid 15 ringgit (the cabs refused to go by meter) to get to Boulevard Hotel at Mid Valley City. Checked in with jaslyn while chris hide in the toilet (got to pay more for the room if additional people). Changed and went out straight for lunch. Jaslyn's friend, Wong was kind enough to drive us and we found the tattoo palour all thanks to him. and the rest is history! me and chris got TATTOOED!!!!!

i had mine tattooed 1st bcoz the rest was unsure! scared of pain la, blah blah blah. but after my ordeal, chris decided to do it & got his FAIRY re-designed by our tattoo artist, Lina. She is really good and the fact tat she is funny helps alot (i always have this thought tat tattoo artists are unfriendly n scary)! so we were in the palour till 9pm (we were the only customers left), went back and showered. dinner at 11pm then we and chris went partying! its was really crazy... i was so sleepy and my back was so sore but we still had lots of fun in the club. it was 'blackout' night and i bumped into my god brother no.2, andrew! its like we were so busy to meet up in singapore, we met up in another country instead. haha..

so after much dancing, it was supper at 3am, room service at 5am, much needed sleep at 6am, checking out at 1pm, lunch, shopping, snacks (A&W waffle with 2x scoop ice-cream), coach ride back to singapore and supper! at arab street. home at 2am, slept for 3hrs and i was up for my business class training!!!

IT WAS THE CRAZIEST 2 DAYS OF MY LIFE! and till now... it still have not really dawn on me tat i got INKED. and its FOREVER!

(p.s. jaslyn you better get yours done when we go back to KL for touch-up!)

I am that GOOD! =P

2007-05-01T06:27:00.000+08:00

You scored as Sex God. You are a master at sex. You make your partner weak in the knees, and you know it. You've had the practice, and you've read the books, but don't get too cocky (pun intended) or you'll get put into place.

Sex God

78%

A Slave To BDSM

73%

A Romantic

60%

Virgin

23%

How are you in bed
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insomnia... part 2

2007-04-21T06:38:00.000+08:00

even the free coffee is cool lor!!! see wat does it comes with inside the cup! and the way its supposed to be brew!

insomnia...

2007-04-21T05:44:00.000+08:00

tried to sleep at 12am... woke up at 3am (dun know if i actually did fall asleep). after which kept tossing and turning in bed. dunno why my mind cant seem to rest. lots of things going thru my mind and i hate it... normally i dun think so much 1.

its 545am now... still got an hour to kill before i have to get ready for my flight... wat shld i do. the hotel rm so nice here in fukuoka. grand hyatt lor. got free internet somemore.. was actually quite excited bout this trip but it turned out to be so boring. all the stewardess on this flight are japan stewardess so they wun hang out with the rest of the crew. then the other flight steward is "oh so str8" = boring so cannot click. two nights here and i have to makan alone...

ate japanese fried noodles the 1st day and cold soba with katsu don yesterday... i loveeee the jap food here. singapore 1 really cannot fight. also bought a lot of beverages man. coffee, milk tea, apple tea & this ice pomelo alcohol drink. cannot resist since everything looks so nice... the packaging n all. even the cigarettes tat i bought looks so cool tat it hurts lor. side slide box 1.

went to MUJI after dinner... took a big basket thinking tat i might do some retail therapy but i bought nothing in the end. couldnt take the overwhelming feelings when browsing at the clothes section. the stripped white shirts.. the underwears.. the whole MUJI feel. it reminds me too much of my tokyo trip, where i spent so much effort... oh well! =)

yay! 10 more mins to my planned wake up time. JASLYN, i will be really really tired later when i touched down. mayb i take a quick nap k? (most of the time after a flight i dun sleep my mood will be damn bad 1) meet u around 7 for dinner? u decide where to eat pls...

Which one is nicer?

2007-04-21T03:00:00.000+08:00

I need opinions! =)

Loneliness...

2007-04-19T23:55:00.000+08:00

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I am who I am! =P

2007-04-19T23:54:00.000+08:00

You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

Moscow

2007-04-19T21:13:00.000+08:00

Was I Happier before?

2007-04-04T06:24:00.000+08:00

stumbled onto some pics tat i took when i juz started flying... exactly a year ago... wonder if i was happier then? the person i saw in the pics seemed to be really enjoying himself, smiling tat wide teethy smile of his...

The Keys to My Heart

2007-03-31T02:07:00.000+08:00

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart.

In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Life...

2007-03-31T01:16:00.000+08:00

is it true that as you grow older life gets more tiring? is it true tat if you are older you are more matured? is it true tat age comes with more responsibilities? or is it true tat you are destined to meet ya prince charming?

life can be cruel at times. when you think tat you finally 'did' it or finally you are happy, something comes along and hit you real hard. smashed you deep into the ground and u have no strength to stand up. life is so unpredictable. tragedy strikes when you least expect it.

just a few days ago, prior to my departure for my 10days flight, a couple of things happened. a friend is diagnosed with an illness, another had to go for operation. One found out something and came to face with the uncertainty & mystery around the relationship. as for me, i found out that my younger bro got into a fight & is in boy's home. so sudden, so unreal.

am i responsible for what happened? yes. for not staying with my family, for not being there all the time. but am i responisble for playing the father figure & being the breadwinner at my age? maybe yes, maybe no. for me i believed its only natural to look after ya family.

BUT WHY? why me?

am i wrong to indulge in things tat will bring me away for that couple of hours?

am i a bad guy bcoz i smoke & party?

am i immature bcoz i am only 26?

am i stupid bcoz i have no savings and still lend money to my friends?

am i not good enough bcoz i am fickle-minded?

am i destined to be a love fool bcoz i am emotional and passionate?

who to appreciate me for who I AM?

what does relationship means to you? does it mean finding someone that you can share a life with mentally, physically & emotionally? someone that you can loved and be loved? someone that will be on your side for the rest of your life? REST OF YOUR LIFE... but who will know tat it can last so long?

should a opportunity that you have lost comes back, would you grab it? or would you let it pass again and hope something even better will come along? or would you just stick to what you have?

would you live life like there is no tomorrow bcoz life is so fucking short?

Koh Phangan

2007-03-14T17:31:00.000+08:00

juz came back from a 11days holiday in koh phangan, thailand. it has been almost 4yrs since i last went to the island. i can still remember the times tat i was there. 1st time, i celebrated my 20th bday & got really sloshed. insisted on riding the bike back & ended up falling off when trying to start. laughed n cried at the same time while walking back to our hut, scaring the shit out of my fwens. the 2nd time, the three sacrifical leambs (aly, yun, miss jamie aka wen jun) & the dodo bird (me la! 1 & only!!) was born. 3rd time with luanne, the clam & our near death experience on the bike out in the mountains. 4th time with the whole gang including momo, zad & tim.

koh phangan has always been a secret getaway sort of place for me. a place where i can throw away everything n juz party, laze on the hamock, on the beach, sun tan & do watever. but the place has since changed a lot. its like a small, pure island being invaded. more n more 7-11 popped up, more n more tourists, simple huts bcame resort like. no longer simple n laidback.

this trip has to be the most drama filled one, right from the start.

1) momo met some prob and had to leave koh phangan b4 we could reach there.
2) costa's visa problem at the thai border.
3) aly forgot to take her bag from surathani. (stupid woman!)
4) costa got into a fight bcoz of bike prob. the locals actually took out a GUN to threaten him! n paid 2500baht for the bike.
5) hong paid 6000baht bcoz his bike got a few scratches.
and there' a saying, bad things come in 3s right. so the 6th incident...
6) ME! we paid 2000baht also bcoz of the BLOODY bike rental!!!

i thought i would be able to 'siam' bcoz 1 more day & i would be leaving the island but noooooo...... so wat happened was that some1 took a picture of me pillion-ing 2 people (miss jamie & yun) on the bike & in the bike rental agreement, it writes :"you could be fine up to a maximum of 5000 baht if more than 2 people is on the bike". so the owner try to extort the amt from me by showing the picture as proof & by claiming tat its the police tat wants the $!!!! the girls were furious and refused to give in. so we called the singapore embassy in bkk & finally ended up in the police station. n guess wat, the police said tat its not them tat wants the $, its the shop owner. so after much drama n negotiation (3hrs to be exact), we managed to settle the price at 2000baht. so in total, our group paid 10500 baht all bcoz of bike rental!

but all the incidents aside, i still enjoyed myself. the sea was really clear this time round & full moon party was a blast. we danced on the beach from 12am to 10am! went to some jungle party the day b4. quite a different experience to dance inside the forest. and i rode on the bike all the way to the other side of the island. such liberating feeling to ride. topless, with the sun and wind on you....

SQ 12 - Tokyo/Los Angeles

2007-01-27T22:39:00.000+08:00

have not been doing any 4 sectors flight for a long time liao... the last one was taipei/l.a in oct 06 i think . Did frankfurt/new york before tat but couldn't post any pictures for that trip bcoz all the pics are with my team girl. i still dun own a digital cam but now i got my n73 to do the job!

its was great to fly with my team again. tania (my closer team girl who is juz 2 weeks my senior), adna, jana, joanne, michelle, fiona & sam. for me i prefer to do team flight bcoz u r not working with strangers thus saving the hassle of introducing yaself la... trying to figure out who is the bitchy 1 la... doing all the plastic things like oh i love to work with ya la. hahaha... but of coz there r cases where u meet really nice colleagues & new fwens were made. like my sista jane & min.

michelle being the more active 1 plans to go to universal studios and all of us went along. i have been there in 1996 with my secondary school and nothing much has changed. still the same rides & shows such as back to the future, jurassic park, backdraft & waterworld. nevertheless i still had a smashing gd time, esp the mummy ride where we forced timid cats, tania & adna to take the ride. i tell u... they were scared like hell and kept scolding me after the ride. me being the big stirrer told them its not scary at all. hahaha... wanted to go santa monica to do some shopping but got lost in the subway. so no american eagle nor a&F.

tokyo was nothing much... went shinjuku & did some shopping. the girls bought burberry blue label bags & me, a agnes b bag which i took a longggggg time to decide. it was a gd buy bcoz singapore selling at $170 more!

m looking 4ward to our next team flight to johannesburg. had always wanted to visit the safari. i think we will play paintball also. haha...

UPDATE UPDATE! =P

2007-01-14T18:20:00.000+08:00

its been quite some time tat i last posted anything! the transition from 2006 to 2007 was quite hectic...

i was called up for flight on xmas eve, went to osaka. i maintained flight and went to osaka again! went to kyoto and visted the love shrine. the view from the temple was breathtaking and i bought a love amulet. =P and it SNOWED!!! for the 1st time i experienced snow and it was amazing.

house party on the 30th, quiet countdown on 31st, holiday in bangkok from the 1st then off to frankfurt.

back from frankfurt & its chris's birthday on the day itself! treated him to sushi tei with jane and jaslyn then went mamboo to continue the celebration.

PHEW! 2006 has been a fruitful year with unexpected changes and pleasant surprises. and i m happy to say that 2007 started really well... =)

i wanna take this chance to thank all my fwens that have been with me. i mentioned some names in my past post and missed out some so now i will try again! in no particular of merit. haha! here it goes.... chris, andrew, huiling, timothy ouyang, alyssa, wenjun, shu yun, trina, gen, henry, mel, ryan, jaslyn, travis, jane, min, qianlin, charel, anna, dee, er, xiu jiao, zhi xing, alvin, tania, jac, gus...

FAREWELL 2006! ITS A BRAND NEW YEAR! =)

(p.s. photos taken with my new Nokia N73. haha!)

The Maldives

2006-12-18T16:35:00.000+08:00

Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives are located south of India's Lakshadweep islands, and about seven hundred kilometers (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka. The twenty-six atolls encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets, roughly two hundred of which are inhabited by people. Maldives is the smallest Asian country in terms of population. It is also the smallest predominantly Muslim nation in the world.

i know i will get a lot of hate mails after i post this blog! yes... i went to the maldives. and yes.... it is BEAUTIFUL! too bad i only got 1 clear day there bcoz this flight is a 3days pattern instead of the other 5days one. but nonetheless i enjoyed myself tremendously. We stayed at Bandos Isalnd Resort, woke up early, ate breakfast by the beach then went snorkelling... my virgin trip... n i drank a lot of bloody giam seawater bcoz the sea was quite choppy bcoz of the monsoon season. so we juz snorkel for a while b4 breaking for lunch. but the trip after lunch was amazing! simply BREATHTAKING! the water was really shallow and then comes the DROP! the whole shoreline juz dipped into the ocean & oh my god!!! i saw schools n schools of fishes... fishes of all shapes n sizes, nemos (so colourful!), big black fat sea cucumbers, jelly fishes and ONE baby shark (basically all the fish we saw in the movie 'a shark's tale')... i tell you... no words can xpress my feelings man. but apparently the water is not tat clear bcoz of monsoon. so i cant imagine how is it like when the water is at her best!

Zouked Out..

2006-12-10T20:05:00.000+08:00

my whole body is aching lor... zouk out machiam like annual singapore work out for me like tat.. dunno how many times i have to walk all the way out to fetch ppl la.. walked from 1 end to the other la.. "i m at b11, come look for me at b8, where are you? we at main areana" i think i spent most of the time in sentosa was spent looking for people lor! but overall its still quite fun. the weather is cooling and got more beautiful ppl.. oh, then we witness this incident of this ah qua beating up fucked up angmo! damn shiok man! she chased after him n kept pounding on his head then walked back, adjusted her hair and started dancing again! anyway we partied till 7+ in the morning before leaving for transport. must thank tim su for organising the mini bus transport. feels damn gd to be driven away without having to queue! haha..

MR SI HUA!

2006-12-09T07:34:00.000+08:00

i tell you... wat i m about to write in this post could be the biggest joke of my life! so this is wat happened...

while playing mahjong, we (chris aka my god didi, qianlin aka apee, sandra aka apoo & me aka achee) became hungry & decided to order macdonalds delivery, our usual practise. so i called 67773777... ring ring ring...

GIRL: "Thank you for calling Mac delivery. Can i have your contact number please?"
ME (in a manly voice): "97673212."
GIRL: "Ok..." (typing away)
so while waiting i showed sandra how to tell what tile is it by juz feeling it.
ME: "Yi wan... (proceed to 'feel' another tile) Er tong... Ba tong... Animal...
as i was reading out the next tile...
GIRL: "And your name? pls hold on... (typing sound)
before i can react...
GIRL (matter of factly): " So Mr Si Hua can i have your orders pls?"
I TELL YOU...
Me (in a high pitch voice): "Hahaha... Could you... *grasps for breath* haha.. pls.. hahahaha.. give me a.. haha.. *deep breath* min!"
i was laughing so hard... my tummy nearly went into spasm... n there goes my image...

so.. there goes the story of how mr gabriel wong became mr si hua!

RYAN SPEARS

2006-12-09T07:29:00.000+08:00

this post is dedicated solely to MR RYAN SPEARS - the most happening and fun dude u can find in singapore! from ex colleague to ex bf's best fwen to now.. its been a long time!!! around 7 years???

SO DUN COMPLAIN I NEVER PUT YA NAME IN MY PREVIOUS POST AH! hahaha... =P

RYAN SPEARS ROCKS!!!!

party week!

2006-12-07T20:41:00.000+08:00

gosh.... finally i m having my weeked in singapore! been missing out on all the actions for the past 3months!! cant wait for zouk out and attica on sun. haha...

went mambo last night and it was crazy. was there bout 12+ and it was already full house! they stopped selling entry all together and velvet only velvet entry. collected zouk out tickets and left for tantrix instead. bcoz of chris, we went back to zouk at 2am! dunno why i got quite drunk, ended up puking at hm. haha...

it suddenly occur to me tat time really flies... exactly 20more days and i will be with SIA for 1 yr oreadi. looking back it makes me wonder if all these were planned by some1 up there. how i ended up not going to melbourne to study (which is a gd thing bcoz my dad supposed to support me backed out last min), how i emailed sq way after the application date and ended up in the job within 2mths which really turned my life around. or rather its when i really start to have a life. how with this job i bcame the breadwinner for the house when my dad went out of our life totally. without this job, i wld not b able to buy a hse with my mom, pay for my brothers, for a life.

havent felt so carefree for quite sometime liao... it was a fun day out with chris on tues. we went swimming/tanning at tampines safra. then jane joined us for lunch n bowling. after which we went ktving in safra itself n sang till 1am! it feels so gd to just do anything whenever i want to.

soon a new yr will start and i thank god for all the good things tat happened to me this yr... a new career, lots of blossom luck! (chris has been complaining bout it), new friends tat made life more enjoyable (jane, min, travis, jas), old friends whom i love (aly, timothy ouyang, huiling, miss jamie, shuyun, qianlin, augustine, cheryl, trina, gen) and my 2 god didi (chris & andrew).

THANK YOU ALL! =)

29th October - Jaslyn's bday @ Sentosa!

2006-11-18T19:21:00.000+08:00

celebrated jaslyn's bday in sentosa. booked 2 connecting rooms at the beaufort hotel. crew gets 50% off published rates! haha... was fun to hang out in the sun (even though it was cloudy for most part of the day) & finally got to try the luge. quite fun as it can go quite fast. Had a fantastic branch in this indian restuarant...

27th April 06 Venice

2006-11-09T00:49:00.000+08:00

took a overnight train from Rome to Venice... arrived in the wee hours. Its a really lovely place...

tired but happy...

2006-10-27T18:38:00.001+08:00

juz came back from jarkata nightstop... surprisingly light load on the way back. only 34 in economy. almost unbelievable. but it was a terrible stay in the hotel. some idiot called me at 5am, woke me up then at 845am, mosquitoes woke me up! there were like 4 bites on my neck n shoulder area, 1 on my cheek and i think got bed bugs! my legs were itching whole morning. horrrrrriiiibllleee.. so my gym/swim/tan plans were ruined. slept thru call time...

m tired but happy.. mayb not happy but glad? relieved? satisfied? in my previous post i mentioned tat sq 217 Melbourne is my 1st flight without probation and guess wat? i received my 1st compliment letter addressed to me on the return sector. it was from my complex leader. a fun n nice malay leading steward. 2wards the end of the flight, he asked me: "gabriel, a lot of crew like to say thank you right?" i was like... "ya. all the time". then he continued: " wats the pt of saying just for the sake of saying?" & promptly proceed to pass me a piece of paper. i was caught off handed & then almost speechless. its a crew feedback form. inside he wrote, " even though gabriel has just passed probation not long ago, his work could pass off as some1 tat have work for more than 3years...." he said, why not give me something that will go into my record rather then just saying thank you n hoped tat i will continue to be humble n hardworking n not bcome a 'zappy' crew like most of 'them'. to add on to my sense of achievement, the other LSS tat i worked with on the way up asked if she could add in her name. haha.. i must say i was in cloud's nine. (p.s. since i m boosting here might as well go all the way. duringmy 4th month flying, 1 LSS actually asked if i was a returning crew! =P)

ok.. enough of haolianess. i was telling timothy that this melbourne trip was 1 of the more fulfilling 1. i went out for lunch, did some shopping n had coffee. met tim's fwen, gabin. its nice to have fwens to hang out with when ya out stations. it makes u feel less lonely... =) thanks tim!

here are some pics by my personal photographer, tim.

gabin, tim & me @ max brenner

SQ 217

2006-10-22T23:16:00.000+08:00

location: australia, melbourne, crown promenade hotel

damn nice lor the hotel. so new. so white... n casino so near. haha.. so i m in melborne now. beri cold still. 9 degrees. bleearrrggghh..

bad bad bad bad bad flight today.... oh my gaawwwd... actually i was quite excited bout the trip bcoz i luurvv melbourne n i m gonna meet tim n my probation juz ended n so got no more P plate next to my name in the crew list. but guess wat... in total there are 4 junior crews (including me) in the flight, so all cannot work business class, so all in economy, and so put all 4 junior crews together = ??? DISASTER!!! i was alone in aft with only 1 FSS n 1 LSS. so i was working like mad and fwd was super slow bcoz 1 of the fss only 1 mth flying. so we had to cover fwd until beri beri far n i also start to blur bcoz not enuf meals & trays in my galley so i was running around like mad dog trying to get trays!

i shall not talk bout work. the flight is over anyway n nothing matters liao. i juz need to eat n sleep n wake up n eat n work n sleep.

8th Oct Graze @ Rochester

2006-10-19T23:26:00.000+08:00

finally got to meet up with tim and huiling together on tim's departure day. had brunch at graze at rochester. beri nice atmosphere. a bit atas. a bit ex. haha.. (back-dated post)

me, tim & huiling
ron & tim
travis & me
me & huiling

Rome Part 2

2006-10-19T13:19:00.000+08:00

SPANISH STEPS (Scalinata di Piazza di Spagna) - The monumental stairway, of 138 steps, was built with French diplomat Stefano Gueffier’s funds (20,000 scudi) in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish embassy to the Holy See, today still located in the piazza below, with the Trinità dei Monti church above. In modern times the Spanish Steps have included a small cut-flower market, a favorite place for eating lunch (now officially frowned upon and rewarded with fines) or picking up a gigolo!

VATICAN CITY (Stato della Città del Vaticano) - A sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a landlocked, almost completely walled, enclave within the city. The entire state is about 44 hectares and thus is a European microstate. It is the smallest independent nation in the world, created in 1929. Although it is governed by the Bishop of Rome (the Pope), the Vatican City State is not the Holy See but can be said to be the governmental capital of the Catholic Church.

I must say the trip to Rome was fun and memorable. The team that i flew with is so bloody nice. None of the typical aircrew bitchyness or zapping. Every1 worked equally hard. Every1 partied equally hard. Below are some random pictures! - up next - VENICE.

SQ 29

2006-10-17T14:22:00.000+08:00

location: taiwan, taipei, sheration hotel

i m back from L.A! i must say L.A is quite boring.. the places are so far apart so u got to drive. end up hanging out with Jane (my best girlfwen) and her taiwanese fwens. n i actually played mahjong! lost 18usd... sobs sobs..

so now i m in jane's rm waiting for tat stupid woman to get ready... i m so so so hungry. woke up eary to go gym. was surprised tat i actually went lor. haha.. i think i shld start my gym regime again. i got so much free time when out station n most hotels tat we stayed in got gd facilities.

went to xi men ting yesterday. finally got to eat my mee sua! its so so gd lor. =P then walked around. never go shi ling ye shi. saw taipei 101. beri tall but beri ugly.

SQ 30

2006-10-12T14:40:00.000+08:00

location: taiwan, taipei, taoyuan, monarch hotel

jus had lunch (hotel buffet). the spread is not bad... got sashimi, handroll, lamb, beef, salad, oyster, seafood n dessserts. only $NT420. ate sooooooo much.. haha. 1st buffet tat i went tat offer so much variety for drinks! got kopi, tea, hot chocolate, lemon tea, rose tea, fruit tea, oj, cranberry juice, lemongrass tea and dunno wat... =)

slept super early last night. after touchdown, went opp the hotel to buy yen su ji (crispy salted chicken), spicy fried beancurd & cha ye dan (herbal tealeaf egg)! beri nice! i cant wait to come back from L.A to Taipei (will stay in the city area) so tat i can eat AH ZHONG MEE SUAI @ ximenting!!!!!!!! have been dreaming bout it since my last taipei nightstop. its so so so delicious. esp the chilli sauce. travis wld definitely love it.

i think i go swim a bit. the hotel pool like beri nice. then will sleep a bit b4 reporting for flight. 14hrs. can die. but i will be meeting jane! yay yay. can go party with her in L.A. she is doing this flight 1 day after me so she will be handing the aircraft to me.

will try to finish posting my rome pics when i back to sg. got 3days off! n i think i gonna play mahjong with my tai tai khakis! havent played with them for many months liao.

24th April 06 Rome

2006-10-09T18:59:00.001+08:00

THE COLOSSEUM - In Ancient Rome, a prime spot for entertainment which holds as many as 50,000 spectators at one time. It took ten years to construct & stands 160 feet high, containing windows, arches, and columns. Each layer contains 80 main arches. Before each show, spectators would fill in through 76 arches. Wooden flooring was utilized to hide the underground chambers in which the props, people, and animals were kept prior to their performance. In most tournaments and games, death played a prominent role. Professional gladiators, primarily condemned criminals, prisoners of war, and slaves fought either animals or eachother, often to the death. This form of entertainment in Ancient Rome was fundamentally political.

MONUMENT OF VITTORIO EMANUELE II - In 1870, Rome became capital city of the new Kingdom of Italy. And neoclassicism, a building style influenced by architecture during the late 800s, became a predominant style in Roman buildings. Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II or "Altar of Fatherland", where the grave of the Unknown Soldier, that represents the 650,000 Italian fallen in World War I is located is one of the best-known symbol of Roman neoclassicism.

TREVI FOUNTAIN (Fontana di Trevi) - is the largest, standing 25.9 meters high and 19.8 meters wide, and most ambitious of the Baroque fountains of Rome. A reported current legend is that it is lucky to throw coins with one's right hand over one's left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain. If you throw one coin, you are ensured a return to Rome; two coins to get married; and three to get divorced!

to be continued...

a lazy afternoon...

2006-10-05T18:52:00.000+08:00

n a sleepy 1... i fell asleep at 430am, woke up at 630am n tat's it. cant get to sleep again... eventually i got tired after playing travis's psp n slept at 10+.

at starbucks, the cathay. surprisingly cozy and nice! got free connection. with ryan, jas n travis. gonna catch scoop. hope its nice.

i think i m getting the blogging flu liao. haha..

okie.. movie time!

jas & me.

ryan & me

love 愛

2006-10-05T02:38:00.000+08:00

gay, straight, bisexual, transexual. we are all the same...

old fwens...

2006-10-05T01:01:00.000+08:00

met up with huiling and timothy today (separately)... all of us r supposed to meet for dinner but as usual tim is so busy that he cant make it. so i met huiling for dinner n then tim after dinner. huiling mentioned tat we are not his 1st priority n i juz found out the reason why! (to tim: he is really cute! =P)

both are my really close fwens from poly. its funny how tim use to bitch me in school. he being the ang mo pai, me the cheena 1. haha... 2wards end of year 3 he started to hang out more with huiling n me, picking up mahjong along e way! playing mahjong with tim is so so hilarious. we have to converse in english n he would say "pong" with tat bit of ang mo accent. instead of "hu" he will say "oh! WIN!" or "WAIT!!! game!".

i shld meet up with huiling more. i remembered how i used to bunk over her place at times. sleeping on the foldable spring bed in the living rm with her falling asleep in the toilet... haha. miss ya too! hugs!

huiling & me @ hongkong cafe novena

tim & me @ specialist shopping centre

its 7am...

2006-10-04T06:42:00.000+08:00

the sky is a moodly blue n birds chirping... its almost 7am n i m still awake. guess its jet lag again.. gosh.. my whole system is a mess. now i juz sleep whenever i feel tired. be it bight or dark...

juz came from london.. 320 is a shit flight. no1 sleeps. n damn, they drink like a fish!

went to st james power house. dragonfly, 1 of the 9 clubs in power house. devil's bar no2. nice deco n huge stage. sly guest performed. dj set was gd. weird mix though... chinese live songs then funky english dance tracks complete with hot dancers. but i m say the whole set up's refreshing n fun.

went ktv with jas, chris & travis. hardly goes karaoking until i met travis n jas. at least i sing 1 or 2 songs now. tone-deaf. haha... but with them i dun seem to care much. juz sing n torture their ears!

started this blog aftering reading jas's. good to write again. can put some of my time during my off days to use. want to share the amazing places tat i managed to visit after getting into this job. rome, new york, s.f, copenhagen, hk, venice, tapei, shanghai, l.a, tokyo, osaka, india, seoul, london in just 5 mths. more places to come n looking damn 4ward to it. =)