check back for more photos. can't finish uploading. gonna slp le. tml tim's bringing us for new year celeb dinner at shish (shit) mahal restaurant albert court. why not other restaurants? i din even hear shit mahal restaurant b4.

now's realli back to sqaure 1 man! holiday over. ritz carlton stay wasn't perfect after all.

"certainly." "it's my pleasure." these were the 2 frequently used words by ritz carlton staff, to the point that they misused them. out of nothing said "certainly." i asked them to repeat wat they said cos i couldn't hear, and they replied "certainly." i almost bursted out in laughter.

Sat 24/12/2005

met sis at bugis and had mac with her frens b4 we went singtel shop to sign up a new line and bought a samsung E730 for 298 bucks. i left in a hurry at 2115 to tanjong pagar mrt to meet shar and my. took a bus to railway station.

train was supposed to depart at 2215 but delayed till 2240 den depart. got a guy whose hair realli looked like bonsai n he was on the same carriage L5 as us. couldn't realli sleep well even with a fully flat bed cos of the motion and noise. slept at 1am, woke up at 1.15am, whereas they slept at 1am, woke up at kl.

Sun 25/12/2005

reached kl at almost 0800 den went to ritz carlton. check-in was efficient. the male receptionist escorted us to our room no. 909, then a lady came into our room with 3 glasses of orange juice and to process the check-in as well.

meiyin almost immediately went to bathe and asked for laundry service.

our executive deluxe room was tastefully furnished with an "english" feel and the bathroom was well-appointed with full marble covering. was feeling hungry so we went up to the ritz carlton lounge on the 19th floor to have continental breakfast. was brought to a seat by Ayu, the waitress whom shar said looked like shaf. we kept joking over ayu. ayu is so good. remembered by surname and addressed me by "Mr Ng" everytime i visit the lounge. so shaf, you gotta learn a great deal from ayu.

after eating we went lot 10 and sungai wang for shopping. halfway i forgot i din bring along my swimming trunk so in the end i spent rm50 to buy a bods bodynit's one. quite cheap. i got shocked on seeing how shar and my shopped. by the end of the last night, both of them were penniless. to think at the end of the trip, i was still left with rm150. wanted to buy a shirt from espirit but so ex. rather buy in singapore.

returned back to hotel at 3pm plus went ritz carlton lounge again for light snacks. after that we visited the healthclub on the 4th floor. one male healthclub attendant brought us to the pool area and later brought me to the men's spa. so relaxing man!

we went back to the room to change into our swimming gear den together with our bath rob, we went to the health club again. i dipped into the whirlpool, water was so hot. den went into the steam room, wah almost died of suffocation. but i endured and stayed for 5 mins, then went into the sauna, also felt suffocating. den a staff came in and said "Mr Melvin, your 2 frens are outside waiting for u." i was like "huh," so fast? but i continued dipping in the whirlpool while ignoring the staff. shar and my said they cannot take it. whahaha.

shar told me meiyin totally slipped into the hot whirlpool and i lol. so clumsy. went for dinner at sungai wang. ordered tonic soup, wanton noodles, dim sum. only rm80 plus. went to petaling street by monorail where i bought bah kuah and stuff. was so crowded and i felt like being sandwiched between ppls. floor was wet cos rain just stopped. returned to hotel and rested.

Mon 26/12/2005

woke up at 9 am plus to have breakfast at Rossini's on G floor. while i returned to collect my waffle from a chef, he addressed me as Melvin. was so shocked that he knew my name. guess when shar called my name earlier he might have heard it. when meiyin was making an order, she kept insisting a hashbrown which is already an included stuff in the set that she wanted. the indian restaurant manager kept explaining to her. still can say "egg with mushroom" when wat she wanted was an omelette! shar and i couldn't help laughing.

took a cab to 1 utama for shopping. bought a book written by rick warren on purpose-driven life. den took a cab to klcc for some photo shots before taking cab back to hotel. went ritz carlton lounge again for light afternoon tea. "shaf" was on duty whaha! i had a glass of white wine and took pic with "shaf."

went swimming finally. initially wanted to swim the day but was raining. meiyin and i pulled shar's legs and she kept stuggling. got 2 times i also press meiyin's head into the water without her knowing. den went to use spa facilities again. very funny, after using the spa all of us secretly hide some towels inside the bathrobe we were wearing and took it back into our room. den we stole it home muahaha. it's a good quality baumwolle towels.

went for dinner at 2015 at an open hawker behind ritz carlton along jalan imbi. just as we were about to leave the room, i called the housekeeping department to clean our bathroom and replenish the bath amenities. meiyin left her hp in the room to charge.

on opening our door, the 2 male housekeepers were coincidentally at the doorstep ready to clean. after we return from dinner at 2140, her handphone was gone. shar's and my stuffs were still intact. nothing can be even more accurate. on the way back to the hotel meiyin was saying she wanted to make a false police report and claim $ from insurance company lol.

we rang up the front desk and the front desk assistant manager came up together with another male staff. he asked me to write an incident report (a short paragraph) of the incident. i asked the mgr to assemble all housekeepers so we can identify but he said he already know who cos there were only 2 housekeepers assigned to each floor.

den i told him we will not hesitate to birng this case to court. shar was saying i was very fierce. but when the mgr said wanna arrange for a limousine to bring us to the tourist police station, i could actually say "so this service will be complimentary?" at 2230, we were accompanied by that male staff to lodge police statement.

heng meiyin bought insurance cos she was so sway!

we returned to the room and put on mask. i rang up the butler asking him to deliver a flask of hot water. idiot him! he came to our room with a kettle instead of flask, expecting us to boil the water ourselves. guess because we kept asking for flasks of hot water since the first night until he buay tahan and expect us to boil ourselves. felt so insulted. if for a nice kettle nvm but the kettle looked old.

slept at 1am finally i tot. but as i was about to doze off, the phone rang and the receptionist said if i dun mind the police coming to our room to take photo. i almost shouted at the receptionist for waking me in the middle of the night and i told her to ask the police to come in the morning. she said "certainly" and i hung up the phone.

thanks to meiyin. if not for her lost hp, we wouldn't get the opportunity to get a free midnight tour of kl and the illuminated twin towers. but there is a price to pay. initially we tot we can have wine at the lounge after dinner but no chance. no chance to bid farewell to ayu also.

Tue 27/12/2005

front desk woke me up at 8am as i requested. i rejected a second wake up call supposedly at 0805 and slept till 9 plus. skipped breakfast. not nice anyway. meiyin called the front desk to inquire about the investigation but the manager said the 2 housekeepers denied.

we checked out at 1140 and left for pasarakyat by cab wanted to buy coack tickets to singapore but all full. went to puduraya all also full. in the end we took a coach to jb which left at 1345. we bought from a woman and she told us it was a transtar executive coach. in the end the coach became a "starliner" - unheard brand. but only rm30.

went up the coach, no more seats left for us. fuck. we alighted and waited. the driver made a ticket check and those who boarded wrongly alighted. we boarded and settled down finally. reached jb at 7pm and was raining heavily. some areas were flooded still. took bus no. 170 back to singapore together with a lady on the same coach as us. at woodlands i hired a cab home that cost me 22 bucks. reached home at 2130. so tired...

THIS ENTRY WAS WRITTEN ON 24/12/2005, 1745

die! it seems my blog got prob. can't input the date and time of my entry! stuck on 22/12/2005.

ytd wx bought mixed veggie rice for me and papaya! thanks for your mini christmas treat. finally bought life insurance from esther's mum from great eastern le. it covers critical illness. have been delaying for quite some time.

tonight going kl by overnight train on "prince and princesses tour, as named by shar. tis time got bed to sleep. i can't seat for too long hours. travelling time is around 9 hours. 3 hours plus longer than taking a coach. persuaded them to take coach, hopefully transtar's first class 16-seater coach, but they dun wan cos they nvr take train b4. anyway it will be a good travelling experience ba.

de onli worry is we may not b able to buy coach tickets back. den hafta take train liao. shld there be seats, they are usually lousy 26-seater coaches with no server. somemore have to stop at yong peng for refreshments. there got so mani flies, so dirty! food exp too and awful!

aeroline best man! even though it's RM110, which is 70 plus bucks more exp than those 26-seater coach, but den aeroline got stewards to serve meals, toilet can be used, personal tv, and best of all - nonstop kl to singapore.

gonna stay ritz-carlton. richard told us got 24-hour butler service at our disposal by pressing a button, free laundry (yin said wanna bring whole laundry from home to wash at ritz carlton), free access all day to ritz carlton lounge with 5 selections of finger food and alcoholic drinks for free! i love breakfast most, hope it will be pleasant. and also got pc in the rm with free internet connections! check-in will be done in the room itself, not at the counter, cos we booked an executive deluxe room instead since normal rooms full house liao.

but den only staying for 2 nights. initially worst, only 1 night. luckily we extend 1 more nite cos tue no sch. if only we got more off days to stay longer. thinking of wearing my boots and asking the butler to polish it in the comfort of our room. cos they also provide polishing service. my boots looks dull le cos i din polish. surely must make full use of the service man!

mum bought a new sling bag for me at the wallet shop cos my billabong bag is about to die le. dio intestinal cancer le. it's "Tough" brand, not mont blanc leh. but for casual use. only 109 bucks. but it doesn't look like 109 bucks. maybe some will think it costs less than 40 bucks. but den it's durable. the salesman said can last for 6 yrs, but i doubt i will be able to use it for so long. 6 yrs? mum also bought a new shirt for me from fox men. christmas gifts?

tdy kept feeling like puking. dunno y n it's awful. it's raining outside... the aircon's so cold, just like i'm in a freezer. a freezer? or a mortuary?

soon it will be another day. each day passes so quickly. if only i have 48 hrs a day, so i can do more things before i'm gone someday. i wan to travel more, study more, teach more, be it sensical or nonsensical.

the highest power - God.

I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy.

I'll be your hope, I'll be your love be everything that you need.

I love you more with every breath truly madly deeply do.

I will be strong I will be faithful cos I'm counting on a new beginning.

A reason for living. A deeper meaning.

I want to stand with you on a mountain.

I want to bathe with you in the sea.

I want to lay like this forever.

Until the sky falls down on me.

And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky,

I'll make a wish send it to heaven then make you want to cry.

The tears of joy for all the pleasure and the certainty.

That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of..the highest power.

In lonely hours. The tears devour you..

ytd went orchard with sis. went taka first den to far east plaza. treated me to nana thai restaurant. ordered tom yam seafood, sambal prawns, chicken with cashew nuts and mixed veggie. the tom yam was so hot till i felt like a sausage lips growing.

after dinner went heeren. wanted to buy a slipper with a strap around the ankle which costs 40 bucks at New Urban Male but sis said it was awful. looks like beng. but i still think it is nice. dunno whether shld i buy or shld i not.

this morning went swimming at 11.30am. initially planned to go with wx at 8.30am, but couldn't wake up. so forget it. no sun tdy... so couldn't suntan. i realise after i bought my suntan oil, i seldom have the opportunity to use it. the sky is mostly cloudy, if not raining. sadded. . .

got one guy kept swimming nonstop. since i was there, he had been swimming. when i'm about to leave for the shower, he's still swimming. if only i got such endurance man! but sadly i manage to swim only 30 minutes nonstop, and i'm already feeling like gulping tonnes of swimming pool water, if not on the verge of drowning. useless me. but nvm, i like the useless side of me. heheX.

reached home at 1pm, after lunch, started to do my itp proj. now analysing de survey results. more than 15 pages so far le. so happy. i guess for itp proj, what really counts is the quantity and not the quality. i saw those reports written by our seniors, they were so thick and got hard cover. do u think the lecturers will waste their bloody time reading through reports that are individually more than 50 pages? for me i won'y, cos i'll practise random sampling by then.

mum's not working today. so i dated her le. wanna bring her go shopping. and hopefully i can shop for free. she's complaining liao. cos i kept typing and letting her wait. ltr miting sis for dinner at 7pm also. mum's treating us seafood dinner. but guess where? at lau par sat. even though the place aren't any up-class, but i suggested it cos i rmb eating her with my and shar etc and the food tasted superb.

kk gonna go.

My heavenly Father, as I enter this work place,

I bring Your presence with me,

I speak Your peace, Your grace, Your mercy, and Your perfect

order into this office.

I acknowledge Your power over all that will be spoken, thought,

decided, and done within these walls.

Lord, I thank You for the gifts You have blessed me with.

I commit to using them responsibly in Your honour.

Give me a fresh supply of strength to do my job.

Aniont my projects, ideas, and energy, so that even my smallest

accomplishment may bring You glory.

Lord, when I am confused, guide me.

When I am weary, energise me.

When I am burnt out, infuse me with the light of the Holy Spirit.

May the work that I do and the way I do it bring faith, joym and a

smile to all that I come in contact with today.

And oh Lord, when I leave this place, give me travelling mercy.

Bless my family and home to be in order as I left it.

Lord, I thank you for everything You've done,

Everything You're doing, and everything You're going to do.

In the Name of Jesus I pray, with much love and Thanksgiving...

Amen.

tdy went to work late. in fact the latest so far. reached at 9.50am. but not later than serene and weixin. cos tim not in the office. yay.

whole day in office doing itp proj. managed to complete intro on company and proj. intro only. only got 4 pages, single line. and wx finally managed to complete doing the statistical graphs. tml gotta analyse the survey results liao.

went to united square with serene for lunch. wanted to eat la mien but was so ex. 6 bucks plus exclusive of +++. in the end settled down at food junction and had mee rebus.

serene got car tdy. so after work she drove me to bedok stadium cos on the way back to her house. i ran 2.4km and surprisingly, i ran in 13 mins. pass finally man. while running the 4th round i saw a female lecturer who taught me computer applications. wanted to stop and say hi to her but i think i better continue running cos i was timing my speed. after running wanted to approach her but was super exhausted. in the end went home.

just now a fren said i won't listen to any advice. so utterly sadded man! she must be so mad at me. tis the season to be jolly mah =(

tml's sat le. going canoe after work with am. gonna suntan as well. after canoe must go home make er jie happy. cos my performance in making her happy will determine a dinner treat to marche on mon. but i dunno how to make her happy leh. my massaging her whole body perhaps? yhahahahah.

It's interesting to see how people change over time. Agree? Yes. It's even strange to see how more and more foxy people can get as their life progresses. Starting from primary school where all the naive n innocents angels will break off a friendship by a familiar statement of "i dont friend you". Then came secondary school where ah bengs fight and ah lians paw over one another. Den along came Mr. Tertiary, where the war starts. A mental war and a war on words. it's like playing some typical arcade game.

As u progress, (in this case, as life progress) they become harder to deal with. Hypocrites, everyone lives behind a mask. No one tells the truth. i have no idea what people thinks abt me. i'm not ashame to admit i'm stubborn n mean. It's amusing how everyone can be grouped into sub categories. You can be straight forward or hypocritical. I belong MORE to the straight forward category. I'd rather be deemed as someone who is mean n stubborn than a hypocrite. I have my own thinking than to follow the crowd. Still, i dont deny that there is a tinge of hypocrisy in me.

but den again, everyone, yes everyone, needs to be a hypocrite to live in this world. before u say "no, i'm not a hypocrite" ask urself: "have you not smiled and acted like you're totally fine with something that made you fuming inside?"Human nature is complex. But still, i believe that true friends stay by your side (of course work separates from friendship) when you need them most. According to nb (2005), you dun need the entire world to be your friend. You need just a few to make it worthwhile. Life is a game of politics. Whoever said Life was easy is probably the biggest liar ever. Life aint easy, but it can be worthwhile.

now in office feeling super sleepi. just dozed off on tim's chair. he's away in surabaya. have been working on my itp project the whole day, but managed to complete only collating the survey results, a total of 29 qns. then drew up statistical graphs for qns 1 - 15. the rest will be drawn by wx.

pheck hoon called asking why me and wx have been skipping class on tue. i told her we had work duty in genting and bangkok repectively. then she took tim's hp no. wanna call him and check. dun believe us man! think we nothing to do to lie to her sia. called and spoke in an 'attituded' (new word from me) manner. so i replied sternly and attitudely as well lol.

had a heavy lunch tdy. tdy my appetite was humongous man! ate a vegetarian potato burger from komala, red bean paste pancake, beancurd and soya bean milk. costs me over 6 bucks man! to think i only earn 3 bucks plus an hour. fuck sia.

tdy shall go home early and slp early. hopefully at 8 pm plus. cannot take it animore le. tml's only fri.

looking forward to christmas day, ritz carlton kl, new year and chinese new year, chalet, bangkok, hong kong (or china or honolulu).

but transportation to kl is a headached now. train office in jb not open this sun so can't buy. if buy in singapore will have to pay double, cos hafta pay in singapore dollars. just asked meiyin if she dun mind taking flight to kl for abt 300 bucks. yet to get her reply. worse comes to worse i'll gonna fly there alone man! should there be no more train beds left. utter waste of $$ this time.

so why I blog afterall? cos i'm too sleepi and in order not to fall asleep again, i blogged.