Place where I share bits about my life, and occasionally, my troubles and worries.
Test test.
Ahem. Suddenly felt melancholic after looking at some photos on Facebook which brought be back here.
Anyone here?
I didn't know blogger is now connected to google... or has it been like that for a very long time?
Posted by Jun Xue at 21:23 2 comments
Went back to Sheffield with Yvonne over the weekend.
Met a few new friends, and had a great time at the peaks and clubbing for 5 hours straight! Can't remember when's the last time I did that... my left ear's hearing is still affected but heck it was a really fantastic time!!!
Sheffield is gradually changing bit by bit, but not much. The new Student Union is nicer than before!
Anyways, I don't know what's going to happen in the future, so definitely not sure what's going to happen to this blog. Should I post photos and keep it alive? Blogging seems like a past nowadays.. no more regular readers, just the random one or two once in a blue moon.
Oh well, we shall find out in the future =)
Posted by Jun Xue at 22:25 2 comments
Labels: My life in Reading, My life in Sheffield
Fell asleep during a nap and didn't woke up as planne.d
Woke up at 4 a..m. instead to the sound of thunder and heavy rain. Nice!
Lightning and Thunder went on for half an hour, once every 5 seconds!
Took shower, and now trying to concentrate and prepare for Friday!
Posted by Jun Xue at 22:36 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
Had a good trip to Botanical Gardens, nice performance of Chopin and Listz's works .
What was really amazing was the sky's "performance" as well, I saw the sky suddenly bloomed red as the sun set and the dying rays of the sun were reflected off the clouds. It appeared and disappaerared as quickly, in a manner of minutes.
Singapore's Botanical gardens is really a nice place for performances.. nice little "valley" with many people with picnic baskets, lots of birds flying around and chirping, feels like man and nature are at peace.
Posted by Jun Xue at 15:57 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
I finally did it.
I finally finished Final Fantasy 7.
After all these years of playing, stalled, starting and restarting, procrastination, I've finally finished the game. All the cajoling from friends to finish it.... and I still remember all the excitement about it long ago.. heck this goes back beyond my secondary school days.
At long last, I can put this down =)
*the satisfaction has definitely reduced, I finally completed it but I don't feel or no longer feel the sense of achievement as I would have back then. Nevertheless, it gives it a sense of completion, and I've finally finished what I set out to do. Lesson learnt: Never wait, do what you want to do now in that small window of opportunity and you'll live life to the fullest.
Fin.
Posted by Jun Xue at 15:16 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore, Myself
There! Done! FInally opened my Investment ISA account! My first step to invesetment! Finally, there's something that makes me excited.. something new! Getting tired of the same old stuff at work.
Actually, really considering venturing into the finance/banking field now.
We'll see.
p/s, Finally fulfilled one of my things to do in life, look at the stars and sky with telescope.. was in Jurong 's Observatory to look at the moon (closest in 20 years!) and stars.. not that impressive, just bright lights, but Saturn is so cool! So cute actually.. you can see the ring around it so clearly!!!! Must do it again!
Posted by Jun Xue at 15:56 2 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore, Myself
I should really note things down. Like running to Shin Xiong mart at 10.45 p.m. from Esplanade. and dining at the cool steak place. And just shopping for the whole afternoon.
I think my heartbeat rate is higher than ever during rest state..... I'm gonna have to do cardio everyday now to try to reduce it. Hm..
Good thing is, now that I have some fat, (ahahha), I feel I'm bulking up faster!
Posted by Jun Xue at 14:18 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
****ing hell I get energy and decisiveness from my anger.
Double edged sword though, sometimes I'd regret my approach and way of doing things after that. But then again, often the same thing happens when I am too indecisive.
Posted by Jun Xue at 14:08 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
I;ve finally been to Butter Factory!!
Songs are R&B but unfamiliar.... but the view from the dance floor is fantastic! Overseeing the Marina Bay!
Posted by Jun Xue at 16:53 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
Happy New Year everyone!
2011 is here already.. this year.. i didn't put up my new year resolution. I took the last week off and was just relaxing, started a certain Final Fantasy game ahahah... and was visited by Yein Shiang here in Singapore.
Just came back from Clarke Quay after enjoying the fantastic fireworks display in Marina Bay Sands. (there was some lady gaga, who is a lady boy performing in Clarke Quay ahahha)
Very tired now after organising bbq for 20 plus persons, too busy cooking. Should have started earlier and limite the number of invitees. Too tiring and frantic.
Ok lah... too tired to type more... see you guys next time!
Posted by Jun Xue at 17:58 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
Ara suddenyl I see Hao Shen post something on the chatbox!?
Back from Sibu/Kuching trip for Mark's wedding. Nice meet up, but spend too much time discussing "sam si" lol... not a very adventurous/active trip but it was nice to meet up with everyone again. One of the highlights must be seeing Fung jumping up and down in excitment meeting us in the airport... and the beautiful sky that evening.
Wedding was nice... suddenly felt like everyone's grown up... but, I've definitely become much less sentimental loh..Just thinking of the present, and a bit of the future.
And I will always remember the first time I felt cold in Malaysia in my life (not in the mountains/hills.. it was next to the river in Kuching!).. it was raining that night, and after 1.30 a.m. me and Mark walk down to get some instant noodles (the night before we leave). When the wind blew, I actualyl shivered and felt cold! So unusual, but nice!
Lots to type and too lazy to post pics as usual. Work lately has been quite stressful, partly my own undoing also lah, but boss hasn't been too kind... everyone's always too busy at site.
Shame I got too much to do and have to leave in December... sometimes the work makes me feel like I'm glad I'll be leaving in December but there's so much I'll be leaving behind here......
There, an update!
Posted by Jun Xue at 13:38 0 comments
Labels: My life in Singapore
I think i better start a private diary to keep track of the stuff I do here in Singapore.. time flies and memories are lost so quickly it's hard to keep up sometimes.. Live each day at a time.. Life in Singapore is Good!
Posted by Jun Xue at 12:59 3 comments
Happiness = having maggie mee at 3 pm just because I felt like it =)
Posted by Jun Xue at 15:22 1 comments
Hello all,
I'm back again after such a long absence. So here I am again, typing away in my little room in Reading while snacking on smoked salmon trimmings garnished with lemon juice.
Anyways, it does appear that many events will take place on May 6th... just one more week... decision on project, election, one of my friend getting his interview....
Tomorrow is bank holiday so I can afford to just chill and relax a bit.. not particularly feeling well. Too much wine? Which reminds me I have utterly failed in my efforts to finish taht bloody bottle of wine. Aiya, i should start slower I guess.
In any case, I'm enjoying my prawn noodles ^^, finally got time to cook them (well it doesn't take that long considering the sauce is ready made) with prawns and meat and taugeh!
I need to get back to my bodybuilding regime... my hard gained weight.... I must get to 60 before year end! Sometimes I'm amazed by my ability not to be fazed by the bigger problem (potentially)... I think it's just my natural instinct to ignore lol
One last thing I'll like to add is, life sometimes throw suprises at you when least expected... and when it rains, it pours.
Oh ya, all the best to Wai Loon hahaha.
Posted by Jun Xue at 17:51 3 comments
Labels: My life in Reading
So it seems I survived the first round... what is to come remains to be seen. How many more rounds to go?
Spring is here finally! FLowers are blooming, birds are chirping, normal sunlight hours..... It seems like April is the actualy month spring begins!
Posted by Jun Xue at 20:50 5 comments
Labels: My life in Reading
Tonight, I shall bid my good ol' trusty Toshiba laptop goodbye. This is the last post from my laptop!
I'm going to return it to my dad. After using for 4 1/2 years.. it's time to say good bye lol!
Did my final year project on it...
Cursed it for being so slow for the past 2-3 years.
Played so much Dota on it.. completed FF8 on it... Almost finished FF7 (LOL) on it...
It's time to move on.
=)
Posted by Jun Xue at 18:54 2 comments
Labels: My life in Reading, My life in Sheffield, Myself
Hmm today, I organised a dinner for my work friends I'm closer with. The usual a dinner. Again, I feel indebted/ bad for like... not "taking care" of everyone.. but what can I do right, so many people and they all don't really know each other.. fortunately they have their own little groups so it's not so bad. Then after dinner, I wanted to go have some drinks with Jessie, Logan and Rachel but... FORGOT MY ID. As a result we all just went home early without.. getting any drinks at all.
Aih.. I should have just gone home earlier with the rest, then I wouldn't have spoilt their night. Anyways, nuff of moaning, I've not blogged for ages. Still waiting for my bloody kettle plug, i'm gonna buy it somehow tomorrow, somewhere SOMEHOW! Gotta go town early to get it.
Yes.... gotta do that.. then tmrw night, gotta go out with Jess and the lot and make up for tonight.
Sunday is another..... working day... ahhaha not litereally working but... well stuff i'll need to do.
Posted by Jun Xue at 22:34 0 comments
Labels: My life in Reading
I just bought a new Desktop PC!
Cost me a fortune but i've been wanting to do this for a long time now.. more than a year! Probably 2 years! Laptop was dying.. anyways, here's the specs:
"Titan Krypt" build (whoa even the name sends shivers of excitment down my spine)
| Case | Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black |
|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card |
| Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500 GB |
| Memory | Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Dual Channel |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 Motherboard |
| Optical Drive | LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter |
| Sound Card | 7.1 High Definition OnBoard Sound Card |
| Warranty | 1 Year Onsite Collect & Return Warranty |
| Processor | AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz |
| Processor Cooler | AMD Approved CPU Cooler |
| Power Supply | Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply |
Posted by Jun Xue at 22:36 7 comments
Labels: My life in Reading
Hello, another short update.
Had a terribly busy and somewhat stressful long week, travelled so much in the SE England region thanks to some train cancellation (gotta remind myself to get reimbursement), slept for 8 hours-ish for two consecutive nights and still wake up feeling tired, very happy with my new rice cooker, still experimenting with my phone, still no time to buy computer.
Weather is still hovering near zero, average about 3-4 degree celcius everyday, more sunshine now, but still not getting/seeing enough of it.
Need to decide what to cook and do my grocery shopping later and then..........
Posted by Jun Xue at 09:41 1 comments
Labels: My life in Reading
