had nth to do on sunday so decided to take my bike and went for a ride. initially, i wasn't fixed on any location but i decided find my root once again, to the place where i grew up and started my basketball journey.

somewhere around tp, there's an entrance into bedok town park, from there continue until u see the first overhead bridge and there's where my primary school used to be.

used to be known as min xin primary, now a malay old folks' home i think. well, this is where i started my basketball journey.

a closer view.

that was our assembly area.

and this was our basketball court. i would probably be able to dunk if the rim is still there.

our side gate. yeah. normally from here, my friends and i would embark on a short trip towards our favourite place.

well, this isn't the place. our favourite place is further down. but back then, the fence/gates weren't here at all.

this is our rival court. normally we will travel here just to give the rivals here a good thrashing. hahaha.

nothing much has changed other than the fences.

close up view of their rim.

part of the route to our own basketball court.

a stopover along the way. we will usually wait here for a friend to go home and change.

one of the "coolest" place along the route.

lol. we used to fool around and got our basketballs stuck over the ledge. wonder how we got them down though.

further down and you'll reach block 533.

used to be my favourite place. we did alot of stupid stuff here. block catching, stealing of ppl's slippers when ours spoilt, picking up g strings that dropped from bamboo sticks and pulling them over our friend's head.

the place where we played gameboys and talked cock.

and just beside u will come to this resident corner.

favourite spot to play card games. little exposure to the surroundings so police won't know that primary school students are playing dai di here. lol.

there was always a mentally handicapped uncle here who will always swear at us, so one fine day, we decided to bombard him with grass jelly. not a good thing to do, but still, it was thrilling back then.

favourite spot to stop for a drink.

the mama shop there.

the playground where we used to fool around. the starting point for our block catching too. it wasn't like this in the past. looks like this is the only thing here that's changed over the years.

and there u go. once my favourite basketball court in the world. would come here almost everyday. would leave home at 10am and go home at around 7 in the evening during school holidays. when i was in primary school, we got to know some of the bedok town sec basketball team players and eventually became very close friends with them and played with them everyday. thats how i got my basketball basics. playing against older, more experience players and nv winning them really caused me to push myself to the limit everyday.

these bench were where we challenged each other to see who can finish their packet of chicken rice faster. hahaha. of course, the secondary school boys will win.

the not so favourable side of the court.

this is where we will put our bags, relax in between games and spectate games.

our side of the court.

over the years, nth has changed. not even the colour scheme of this court.

close up view.

oh yah, along the way to the court, you will come across this small park/area.

one of the staircase leading up to it.

quite a nice relaxing place to be at albeit for the abundance of mosquitoes.

there used to be a swinging bench here. guessed over the years, it just gave way. best place to relax. my friends used to bring the girls they like here to pak tor. lol.

sometimes when we got tired of hanging around at 533, we will run over to a female friend's estate and hang out there instead. and this, is our daytona track. nth fancy though. just primary sch kids racing with their bikes though the bike accidents can be pretty funny at times.

while the rest are off racing or playing, some of us will just chill here.

another playground meaning another starting point for block catching.

there was a underground tunnel around that estate and on the other side of the tunnel is another paradise. this playground was part of it. its not a starting point for our block catching though, its the place where we would go and wait for a female friend while she went home to prepare to slack around with us. oh yah. fyi, my friends and i were from min xin primary but the female friends we had were from telok kurau primary.

the basketball court there.

so yah, this is the underground tunnel i mentioned.

staircase out of the tunnel.

ramp for bikes.

the sheltered walkway back to 533.

this is the overhead bridge at the middle part of bedok town park connecting it to block 533. u can see it along a certain expressway which i forget along bedok.

view from heaven. lol.

ok. thats was my trip down memory lane. a pretty fun part of my life. of course, dunman sec days and post secondary schools days with team18holdings are still my fav. but this is my root, the place where everything begins. my slacker and drifter attitude and of course my long, underachieving relationship with basketball.

thats all folks.

met up with dk on friday. walked around town and talked cock. nice outing. still the same old dk i knew. my partner in crime for pranking ky back in the ncc days. he's now a sportsman. very into hockey. good thing. more things in common now. lol.

pool with brothers ytd. the attendance was good. the outing was epic. peiren did some stunt again. last ball, mistook the black ball for the cue ball and shot it. epic foul which resulted in my win. hahaha.

slacked around after that and then its home sweet home for everyone. the whiskey brothers booked out only in the morning so better let them go home early to rest up arh.

so now, what should i do to keep myself occupied?

great day out with brothers ytd. slacked around and crapped. can't get any better. made plans for next week. chalet or major slacking at pasir ris beach.

today's a great day too. plenty of reasons to be happy.

1) went bballing. what can i say, my passion. trained on a new move, showed good results too.
2) pulled 12 chin ups. hahaha. results of doing training at the back of the truck where the grip is like shit.
3) just dl-ed one piece 13th opening. epic nice song.
4) just read one piece 601. romance dawn for the new world. f-ing awesome.

well. hope tml will be better.

counting the days. 2 weeks plus. omg!

ok. short and sweet post.

wah. balls almost dropped. the circuits tripped when i was switching on my fan. and when everything was ok, guessed what's not working fine? my external hdd. straight away no morale.

know what's inside not? all my sitcoms, movies and animes. actually, movies and other animes can forget it. can always dl them when i wanna watch. but my collection of one piece and sitcoms, epic ttm ok?

good thing, i'm a natural genius. kept double copies of the really important files. these files are like an old navy seals' war medals to me. f-ing precious. they are the photos and video clips that team18holdings took over the years. really precious stuff. those memories: priceless.

anyway, went running. u know there are times when u are in ur absolute best and u broke ur own record and u are especially proud of urself? well. there one more occassion where u might actually be even more proud of urself. i think that time is when u are at ur absolute worse and u still manage to push urself to cover the same distance when u are at ur absolute best albeit a slower timing. i did just that today. determination ftw yo.

actually, i realised one's determination might actually have a direct correlation to his/her gl-ness. like u know? gl ppl nv give in? so the more gl-ness u have, the more determination u have in a sense.

hahaha. finally, my external hdd nv spoil. the adapter spoil nia. thats y balls nv dropped. lol! actually wont drop also. at most re-download those stuff nia. plus i have lots of time nowadays.

so today's 10-10-10 huh?

gets me thinking. so far, i've survived the millenium, the millenium bug, sars, secondary school, 6-6-6, 9-9-9, h1n1, etc. whats next? 2012! and i am coming straight for u yo!

malaysia on monday with my mum. nice trip. the only purpose of going to malaysia is to eat. could have stayed longer but my mum wasn't feeling well so reached home by 3 plus. went running though. something got into me and i simply went all out.

not a really smart decision because i cant really walk properly for the next 2 days. hahaha. but come on, its not training if u don't go all out right?

so for the next 2 days that i can't walk properly, i pretty much still accompanied my mum to do her daily shoppings. lets just say i'm doing what i can when i'm still free.

met up with my insurance agent along with jj then its full time hanging out in town.

cycled from pasir ris to the tip of east coast and back on friday. super shagged. plus a lapse in concentration resulted in me buang-ing. hahahaha. my mind drifted off somewhere eh and when i came to, the front wheels already at the edge of the pavement.

the injuries are not really painful but more of a nuisance. cant slp properly and no bballing for at least a week. holy shit.

queenstown with ky ytd. i have nth to do and he needs someone to accompany him to shop. so why not? i'm like freaking free everyday.

regretted quitting my job so early. was thinking that maybe 1 month is enough to rest. but seriously, i have too much time right now and nth to do.

ok lah, there's something to do but it is not looking that great.

and crap. jj's block leave ends today. =(

here i stand
with lines drawn in the sand
on each side there’s an ocean
staring out to see the lights as they pull me in

it’s brings me close to home
i start to swim alone
the stillness of the sea
comes crashing at my feet
i try to watch the sky for signs of a new life
i try to stay with what i know

i don’t wanna follow sorrow down
i don’t wanna live a life without
the past is over now

i don’t wanna ever let you down
i don’t wanna die, i don’t know how
i hope you’ll stick around
we’re lost until we’re found

i had that dream
where i just can’t wake up
i’m standing on the edge of my little world
i’m filled with silent sounds and bliss

with little to believe
i think i found the words
a story to be heard
with every whisper

i try to watch the skies for signs of a new life
there’s so much that we don’t know

i don’t wanna follow sorrow down
i don’t wanna live a life without
the past is over now

i don’t wanna ever let you down
i don’t wanna die, i don’t know how
i hope you’ll stick around

you never know, you’re high or low
there is a lot i’ve got to learn
you start so fast, you never last
thinking the time was mine to burn

you never know, you’re high or low
there is a lot i’ve got to learn
you start so fast, you never last

i don’t wanna follow sorrow down
i don’t wanna
the past is over now

i don’t wanna ever let you down
i don’t wanna die, i don’t know how
i hope you’ll stick around
you’re lost until you’re found

oh, you’re lost until you’re found
oh, you’re lost until you’re found
oh, you’re lost until you’re found
oh

tonnes of thoughts running in my head now. guess this one month will be my last month focusing on bball. learnt that we dont always get what we want after a heart to heart talk session with a couple of friends. time to stop, i'm missing out on so much opportunities along the way. 13 years. its not that easy to put down. sometimes, it feels like i'm at a crossroad. i wanna take a step forward and move on but when i think about the years spent on it, i'm afraid i might regret that decision. seriously, i know my skill level is pretty high if i get real serious, but despite that, i still feel quite useless at times because bball is the only thing i'm good at. wonder how i will feel like after putting it down? wonder what life will be without it?

i feel like renting a bike and just cycle around for one day on my own. just explore. disappear. maybe i'll do that next week.

hmmmm. i might have gotten my hands on something that i can't handle right now. i guess i shouldn't approach this situation with the thought of failure in mind at all. i might not be the best for it right now but as long as i give it my best, everything will be fine.

had too much time on my hands and went back to friendster to read up on all the old testimonials. remembered how i used to be. great life back then, great outlook on life back then also.

hitting 21 soon. time to take on the obstacles in life head on. dig deep jem, dig deep. it'll be a long fight till the end.

we don't live our life just to find our purpose for living. its what we do in our short lifetime that matters.

guess i should learn from my old self and dont be so hard on myself at times, have a simple outlook on life, just do the best i can in everything and enjoy every single processes as they unfold.

be optimistic, asshole. =)

daddy's home! lol. thats directed at tp bball court.

been a very long time since i went there to play bball. hahaha. training on bball really feels great. the swishing sound is really sweet.

6 months hiatus and the skill level is still there. of course, i do need to do some rust removal and my senses all not that sharp yet. but overall, quite satisfied with what i am now. expected myself to be alot weaker.

strength training accomplised via carrying of goods at harvestlink really paid off eh. lesser strength needed to shoot. get tired less easily also.

went running on sunday and worked for 2 days. training and playing of bball with jm ytd and i still got the strength to wake up at 6 plus today to go running. hoseh boh?

ok lah. got really bored at home thats why decided to blog abit. excited eh! after one month of waiting, new one piece chapter coming out either later on or tml. hahahaha.

planning to wake up at 6 plus again tml to go train on bball. =)

男人，
能为兄弟两内插刀，
为女人插弟兄两刀。

hahahaha. how true is that? epic. came across this while crapping with my colleague during work.

really like my work because of the ppl there. makes the work which is tiring as hell not so tiring. sad case, i'm gonna leave soon to rest and train up for ns.

pretty much one of the reason why at times, i prefer work that allows me to run around rather than sitting in the office. get a chance to run around and experience a whole different world with very interesting ppl. the kind of experiences and skills that you learnt from these ppl are really useful for life. no joke.

anyway, check this out.



bathe and slp. sounds like a nice plan. =)

man a: it's call mindfucking. you ever been mindfucked before?
man b: i don't think so.
man a: i'm mindfucking you right now.
man b: you are?
man a: can you feel my dick fucking your mind?
man b: i don't think i can really feel anything.
man a: see, that's it. that's the art of it. i'm mindfucking the shit out of you.
man b: hope you're wearing a condom cause i got a dirty mind.
*awkward pause.
man b: that's a joke.
man a: it's no time to joke. mindfucking is not no joke.

lol. epic shit. go download get him to the greek. nice movie yo.

anyway. my freaking htc snap snapped 2 weeks ago. only went down to htc service center today. demanded for a one to one exchange. hope everything went well.

shopping with my mum and bro after that. broke as fuck right now. but thats ok. mum and bro are happy. thats enough yo.

went out with a workmate just now. wanted to play pool at ehub. waited for one hour still no table available. in the end went for supper and drove around in our company van. i was the one driving yo. did nth much but driving was fun. brushed up my skills a lil bit. =)

till next time then.

儿子是路人，
女儿是亲人，
媳妇是仇人，
女婿是佣人。

lol. what an interesting concept. from my point of view, its pretty true. hahaha.

here's another nice fact. according to studies, with every relationship a person gets into, he or she will lose an average of 2 buddies per relationship. hahaha. cb, who so bo liao go do this kind of study?

anyway! had a very nice holiday outing with a few members of team18holdings. to me, brothers' gf aka brothers by extension are considered members of this great organisation.

went to jb. ate until we drop. the climax of the trip was my daytona duel with ky. lol. according to jw, we 2 are competing internationally in daytona.

2 rounds. sexciting to the max. its been a long time since i got so excited playing a game. was so excited that my hands were trembling and i felt abit giddy after that.

lost the first round by a car's length. lol. lost focus and drifting abit longer at the last turn. won the second one though. this time, its ky's turn to lose focus.

score check. location - singapore. jeremy 6, ky 1.
- malaysia. jeremy 1, ky 1.

anyway, we returned to singapore at around 7 plus. after which, i went to kallang/geylang to hang out with my workmates. dinner with them and then walked around geylang for awhile. they decided to go ktv but i skipped it. was too tired to hang out until so late.

photos as usual yo.

sparkling ribena spam.

random shot by joy.

members of team18holdings.

full strength of that trip.

ok bye peeps.

the coolest, funniest, most retarded, most guai lan, most fun loving ppl i know. my kind of ppl, my favourite ppl around.

i always believed that i could have been borned elsewhere, like in america or bangladesh and have a totally different group of ppl as my brothers.

but be it destiny, a twist in fate, a cruel joke by superior beings or anything else, i've become brothers with these shit heads.

ppl are looking for miracles all the time, but actually, miracles have already happened around them. seriously, with these many ppl in the world and u crossing path u those destinied few u cherish, its truly a miracle. go do the math. its hard finding just one, its fucking way harder finding so many.

seriously, there's alot of things i've regretted doing, but i've nv regretted the choices i've made which led me to anyone of them. and seriously, there's alot of things i would trade for something else like money, but not my bonds with anyone of them.

this is my lifestyle, this is my brotherhood.

peaceout.

wah honggan, one piece on 2 years time skip and 1 month break. hurray to the time skip but fuck, one month without one piece is like one month without sex. lol. although i dunno how it feels like yet but i'm sure u get my drift.

i'm pretty sure the in my moment close to death before one piece is completed, i will be swearing something like, "fuck! i still haven finish one piece!" and i'm also pretty sure that if i survive death is partially due to me wanting to see one piece's ending. lol.

anyway, went to watch the hole 3d with ky. he won the tickets from dunno what competition and his gf cannot make it so he asked me out. nice one arh. lol.

from the title of the movie, i seriously thought it was a horror film. kao peh-ed him from the moment we met until almost halfway through the movie. hahahahaha. can't blame me arh. my balls don't like ghost.

he told me that the hole is g rated and the name is like not so scary, so its gonna be fine but i kept on saying, "fuck, cb. the ring and the eye also don't sound scary. in the end also horror film." lol.

that aside. first time watching 3d leh. quite song actually.


us with the 3d glasses on.

work until now has been both fun and tiring. spent the whole of last week in sim's new extension building installing the chairs and table for 1 of their 28 new lecture halls. cb. 1 lt takes around 1 week. 28 lt leh. go do the math urself.

sneak peek to sim new lecture hall. ain't completed yet. those buggers studying in sim or are planning to study in sim, please be nice when use the new lecture halls. my hardwork u know?

oh yah, was working at sim ytd and the main comm of the project were organising the 中元普渡. so after everything's done, they distributed the fruits, drinks and food. cb fucking epic. those banglahs and indians chiong like they were hungrier than the hungry ghosts man. epic shit. i totally stunned when i saw the scene.

ok lah. at least logged one post for august. not bad also. ciao.

been freaking long since i last blogged. been somewhat busy. started work on 1st july. well, the work's tiring but the people there are good.

next week will be more hiong. they say i've only seen the tip of the iceberg this week. lol. next week on site work. pray the work site got elevators. so no need carry the parts up the steps. fucking 30kg per box hor. no joke.

oh yah. what job am i working? see those chairs u sit on at polyclinics? or those chairs in classes or lecture halls? yeah. those are what i do. its like dnt all over again. everyday screwing things. lol. ok, sounds wrong.

another thing. big news. lebron james is leaving cavaliers to join dwayne wade along with chris bosh in miami heat. 2 top tier players in lebron and wade and a second tier superstar in bosh. lets just say this is the most talented team in nba history.

lebron changing team is not a big deal to me actually although this means lakers wont be able to make a three peat next second. this move by lebron actually wont put him with the all time greats anymore in my perspective.

why? its because lebron cant win a championship on his own team and need to join wade and bosh to get his first ring. thats why.

what about kobe? at least he won all 5 with his sole nba team. the lakers. i seriously think that lebron should stay in cleveland and lead the team. kobe was in this position before. even michael jordan was in this position before.

well, whats done is done. there's a new nba powerhouse team in town. hahahaha. it would be fun to see lakers against miami heat in the finals. i wonder what strategy phil jackson is gonna come up with. and if lakers manages to win against this powerhouse in the finals, it would only means that kobe is better than not just lebron alone, but lebron and wade together. =)

the deadliest trio in nba right now.

alright. dota with jj.

lakers is the nba champion again. back to back yo. hahahaha. my prediction went wrong. thought that celtics would win should there be a game 7, but lakers came through despite being down 13 points at one point of the game. lets make it a 3 peat yo.

below are the mini movies to the 7 games of the nba finals.















these are the moment u live for man.

november 8, 11.45am. that's the time to report for ns. fuck. still got so long to go. freaking waste of time.

anyway, had an epic night with sam and his friends. his aunt went on vacation and that idiot dunno until i mentioned the it. so stole the car and drove around for one whole night. went to eat at rochor famous dou hua before going on a search of spooky and haunted places in a car. nv went in. just drove there and look see.

$2 lan. 1 game of dota and 1 game of bvo before samuel sends his friends home. then both of us had breakfast at mac and headed down to pasir ris beach to chit chat. nice long chat there before heading home.

slept and then went it show with my mum and sis before meeting samuel and going to it show with him again.

esplanade for long chit chat part 2 and home sweet home.

should do the driving round whole night more often. nice as hell. bye.

los angeles lakers and boston celtics. probably one of the most heated rivalry in the history of sports.

here's the record. boston celtics has a nba record 17 championships and while lakers has 15. total up and they would have 32 out of nba's total 63 championships. thats more than half yo!

and until now, lakers have met the celtics in the finals 12 times with boston winning 9, lakers winning 2 and the last one yet to be decided.

these 2 storied franchise had many individuals and ideas clashing with each other. the great wilt chamberlain and shot blocking bill russell. offense vs defense. the dazzling magic johnson and the sharpshooting big man larry bird. black vs white. and in a very minor way, samuel ng against me. well, its all just me being a lakers/kobe fan and samuel being a boston/ray allen fan.

the last time they met in the finals was 2008 with lakers losing by 39 freaking points in the series clinching game 6. i saw it on tv and it sucked to the core watching lakers getting their ass beaten so hard.

this time with home court advantage. it might be a little bit different. pau gasol is more aggressive than he used to be and lakers have andrew bynum, their starting center this time round unlike in 2008 where he was injured. ok, actually, andrew bynum just twisted his knee so we do not know how things will go. lakers also have ron artest, defensive specialist who can slow down paul pierce and lamar odom, lakers versatile big man off the bench albeit a little bit inconsistent. and finally kobe bryant the black mamba. well, i do not need to say much arh. everyone knows what kobe can do.

as for the celtics. they have an aging kevin garnett who's still able to play very well. paul pierce who can make shots when it is needed, pretty much like kobe bryant but not that skilled and not as good looking. a very talented bench with the likes of rasheed wallace, tony allen, nate robinson and so on. but the 2 most dangerous weapons that the celtics have would be ray allen and rajon rondo. probably the best shooter in the league with the nicest shooting form and one of the league's premiere point guard who can record a triple double anytime. with the 2 of them, celtics can play the inside outside game very well. no need to say much, just watch game 2 of this year's finals.

currently, lakers leads the series 2-1 and i predict them winning the finals in 6. should the celtics win, it will be in 7 games.

so go lakers. fucking beat the celtics this time round and cut their championship lead down to 1 yo. championship no. 16!

anyway, life's been so-so lately. jj's serving ns now. major sianness up ahead!