After the Taiwan trip...

I'm too busy on catching up with work and I'm too lazy too! *bleh*

I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Scroll on my right hand side, there is a link to eastking slide.

[I tried putting a hyperlink but can't work leh]

*Edited link on my Photos & Videos* (Sorry bee, was too lazy to do it these days =p )

enjoy!

I am back!!!

Hello! Miss me! Have you all been good? lolx

hehe.. I took lotsa pictures and videos. will post them in a website or something..

But no time to update now.. so will update later dates.

Home sweet home!

Back to work -_-"

When was the last time you talked to your ex?

I was on the msn with a female friend the other day and I chanced upon her blog. It wasnt something very exciting on the contents, but something caught my eye.

The line was something in the context of "The ex-gf and current gf in a single room, talking like friends."

Truly admirable.

I guess you couldnt catch me doing this. Maybe 1 million years down the road, my stubborn nature (or you could say immaturity) refused to see anyone that I had past relationships with.

Why? you would say.

Too awkward for me. Probably painful along the way.

The most uncomfortable situation I would imagine myself to be in. Trapped in a lift with ex-s. lol I cant imagined it.

Yes, years passed. You should forget everything. forget you ever been hurt. Forget the betrayal. the trauma, the drama. You should forget for what you are, and what you once stand for.

what a seemingly impossible task.

Sometimes I just wished I had one ex-phone number in my cellphone. Just one. but i couldnt do it. I guess gals are more easily forgiving than guys. probably a good nature in them.

like my friend, Ms E had loads of her ex-bfs contacts in her cellphone. its like they emerged to play other roles in her life. Sometimes as a chauffer. sometimes as chatter, sometimes as travel companion. Life goes on for her. the rest satisfied on the arrangement. Admirable.

this confusing heart-breaking nature of mine. Should i feel hurt when I see my ex? Should I feel happy when i see my ex? Should I be talking to her in the first place? I find no answer in it. perhaps I do not want to question it at all.

Leo nature in me probably. Proud lion. Lonely in dealing in heart breaks. but perform better in other areas.

I saw an ex in town last week. She was walking in my direction. I skipped to a corner. till she walked passed.

As I glanced back, there she was, holding a man's hand. So I duno how I should feel. lets just say, I was looking at the siluotte of hers, till she is gone.

I guess I am the kind that'll never ever see past gfs, but in my heart, if she is happy without me. I guess that'll be how it should be.

I'll walk silently away. and praying to God that I wish never meet her again in the next occasion.

The poor and pathetic emotional Leo.

Happy Advanced Mother's Day

I attended the car maintenance course in Comfort Delgro on Saturday with Matthew. I must say it gave me a better understanding of the concept of car maintenance.

But it wasnt very interesting. *kinda boring actually*

Mostly theories about car components and parts. And the trainer is a very experienced man, name's vincent.

After the 1st half of the theory lesson, we were touring the place, they had just started to service passenger cars and drafting out promotions. the service centre mostly did taxis, buses and companies fleet in the past. so now they're aggressive in getting the consumer's pie.

I wasnt very much impressed till I see the pricing they had to offer though.

As I am going to Taiwan this coming Friday and wont be back for Mother's day the next coming Sunday, so I gave my family a treat in Dian Xiao er at Vivocity.

It wasnt easy convincing my family to have a dinner together. I even managed to get elder sis to attend this dinner. You could describe my family relations in chinese proverb as "a plate of sand" （一盘散沙）

Its not easy maintaining when the owner of this house is just a gambler and hardly paid much attention to his wife nor children. I wanna to think that there is always a time for dinner with family. I guess when they finally appear at vivocity (everyone) I was quite... smiley?

I queued up at Dian xiao er for half an hr for this. (they dont allow reservations) and boy it was packed to the brim that evening! Luckily I managed to queue up and got my turn.

We dont talk much during dinner, but I can see that mom is quite pleased over the dinner her son had thrown for her. Almost the dinner cost over $200hundred, I guess its still worth it.

We took a walk around Vivo and mum complained of pain in her legs again (she cant walk very well) so we ended the shopping early and send the rest home.

I went over to St James and attended.. evon and ah bit's birthday party. It wasnt easy having 2 gals who had past misunderstandings celebrating at the same weekend and at the same place. lolx

One was held in Dragonfly and one was held in Powerhouse. I managed to attend both and gave them each a present. I guess I done my part as friend already. I left pretty early that night because I felt.. sick.

Music, lethargic or maybe just bored of nightlife.

Yeah I saw Iori10 CH-ing as well. We agreed to held the biggest birthday bash this coming August. (his bdae on the 4th while mine on the 7th)

we are gonna invite till the whole corner is filled with guests that month. So dun be surprised if you received my msg to attend the function that month. I have booked the biggest corner (next to exit) at powerhouse and we are booking months in advance to avoid disappointment. (YOu can call that KS as well)

So that's all for this week. Looking forward to Naruwan!!!

Car trouble II

This morning I received a call from him and he asked me to look into the email.

Hi east,
As regards to your above mentioned you need not need to pay the balance payment to Cycle because your top up $2500/- is added to your loan, you only need to pay the insurance and 1st installment in June. Sorry for the wrong info during our conversation.Have a good trip, bye.

Regards,
T

Phews, finally i can depart for Taiwan without much worries. Slavery is next month lolx. End of luxury tours and impromtu travelling.. as well as cheong sessions. God I feel this is going in a direction which I approach with anxiety and anticipation.

Its like.. marriage.. and commitments. those kinda stuffs I wouldnt wanna face till now. lolx

Car trouble

I made a call to my salesman on Friday and asked if about the payment mode since we are going to settle our paperwork on June.

So as we were talking about insurance and first downpayment, suddenly a sum of $2K (which I had no idea)pop out from his mouth.

I was quite taken aback by his sentence, I muttered a few words and hung up the phone. as it is quite disturbing, i spend the whole night tossing around and decided to write him a letter on Sat morning.

"Dear T,
I write to you with great concern on our phone conversation yesterday. I t seems that whenever we speaks, new confusion started popping out.

As far as I rememberd, I had top-up $2.5K just to win the bid for April COE. (Which you told me you did not bid for me, but reassured me its OK, I will still get the COE, which I do not question how you will managed to get them, but definitely Not on the consumer expenses)

So please correct me if I am wrong, I am SUPPOSED To be paying 2 COMPONENTS ONLY prior to the paperwork in JUNE.

1) INSURANCE S$1897
2) Monthly payment of S$452.13 + ($2,500 top-up / 120 mths = $20.83 extra per mth) ~ $473/mth

That would make up to be S$2370 for the paperwork Transaction. AND THAT's IT.

When we are having a conversation yesterday on the payment mode, you mentioned AN ADDITIONAL $2,000 WHICH I HAD NO IDEA WHERE DID IT DERIVED FROM?

This distresses me extremely, AS I DO NOT RECALL having to pay $2K more for anything else. IF THIS $2K is to PAY FOR THE INCREASING COE PRICE in JUNE WHICH IS an OPEN CAT cert, I have to inform you that we will have no deal this coming June.

If the email is completely mis-interpreting your phone conversation, PLEASE WRITE BACK TO ME as I will have much understanding reading your sentences than hearing it from the phone which might causes more confusions.

I would like this to be resolved amicably within our level as I am still interested in C&C products.

Looking forward to your reply soon.

Rdgs
east "

I just hope he will reply me soon. *sigh*

Affairs of the heart

Probably one of the topics which I do not wish to venture into...

Was out drinking with a friend at St james yesterday. Very surprised he actually asked me out for a drink. I mean, we hardly go out and all we does is msn each other at work quite often.

Turned out that he got dumped by his gf of 4 yrs. (haiz)

They started out in the final yr of poly, sweet innocent love, then graduation. Enter society. Both went into different careers of their lives.

His gf, I seen a couple of times, a very confident female and I should say, she had a stubborn streak inside her which I would perceive as arrogance. My friend is a very laid-back, relaxed and humorous guy. But everyone can see that the guy is very accomodating to the gf.

Everytime the gf came over to stay at his house, (he doesnt have a very big HDB, because its tucked in btw a very profitable piece of land) he will take out her casual clothes, stacked it neatly, towel and all, asked her to take a shower before having dinner.

And because he had a small room, (single bed that is) he would ask the gf if she would take the bed or the mattress on the floor. He heed every whims and demands of his gf. when they had an arguement, the gf had a very fiery temper, (this i challenged personally before lol) and would end my friend in defeat. He would say sorry everytime for giving her the trouble. (even when they are in an arguement)

I would say my friend is kinda 'hen-pecked' in this situation. because everytime his friends asked him out for a drinks or programs, he will say 'sorry, I had to keep her company'.

He slowly loses his social circle in this scenario because he betted everything on this gal. Lately i heard they even bought a HDB together, 400K worth. and been pumping into the instalments for quite sometime. even his (and her) parents think they're gonna be married.

They had 3 accounts. (one for the future kid) (one for the flat) and one joint account. I can see that this is quite a dedicated piece of r/s.

One day, ( a few days ago), his gf called him up and says, "sorry I felt no love for you already, why dont we take a cooling period and see if we can hold on?"

My friend says ok. if that is what she wants, maybe she will think through it right?

So after 3 days, the gf says "sorry I tried. but I think its best we spilt. find a day to settle our bank accounts and flat."

My friend spend the entire day crying in his room. Anguish, depression. loads of whys. agony of heartbreak.

I can understand why the breakup is so cool for his gf. The gf was in a different line before she joined the banking sector. Because she was so serious in her work, she was promoted twice and my friend, was in the same post doing what he liked best.

Probably she went out with the big bosses for social functions, seen all those big cars and rich ppl, realized she could have all these. She isnt really an ugly gal, probably the rich bankers took a fancy to her. and the story ends here.

You heard of the story of the peacock and the bull? The bull toiled his whole life in the fields to give the peacock a good life, but the peacock merely wanted more ppl to lavish attention on.

He was telling me, in between our tiger beers (I ordered a high tower tiger beer for him) , that this is 'the darkest hrs of his life'.

I told him this, "Bro, this is your brightest moment of your life. it's so bright you could actually see ppl behind their masks. the sacrificies you made, you remember, but when ppl like her looked down on you, it will be you, who will need to re-convince the world."

I kinda find it funny. Probably he had too much to drink or just kidding, I couldnt help but stifle my laughter.

"Bro, (he said) I wanna be like you."

I almost laffed out loud in that loud powerhouse atmosphere.

Me: " You dun wanna be me! trust me! Be someone else!"

Him: "No really. You are always so carefree, you get to travel to other countries and see so many exciting things, and you're getting a car already by yourself!"

Me: *Frowning* I dont think this is something you admire me about yeah? those material stuffs and luxuries?"

Him: "okay I am just kidding... then. (he proceeds to take a sip)

We had a cool 3 hrs finishing the gallon-full of tiger beer. and still quite sober after that. He is stronger than I think he is. he didnt want to go back should the gf regrets her decison.

I took him around st james because he never was a cheongster and probably he lost his social life worshipping the very woman who plunged the knife into his heart. I kinda feel sorry for him.

We went home at around 1am. He msged me and thanked me for the time tonight.

As I laid in bed looking at the ceiling. I think to myself.. "why would anyone wanna be me?"

I made sacrifices as well.

There was one fleeting moment when I chose not to be in this position and have you back. I would gladly do so.

I sighed aloud and went into a deep slumber.

I dreamed a nightmare that night.

P:S: On a short note, Happy Mayday everyone! Short week ahead wor.