First day....我做到了。

Morning:

- 5 km on treadmill
- breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal bread with sardine and cucumber + water

Afternoon:

- Yong Tau Foo soup (7 pcs of vegetables with bits of fishmeat) + water

Night:

- Porridge with chicken breast meat + water


Stomach growling a little now...but it felt ok thru'out the day though. Let's see if this is sustainable, of course wif some variations to the meals.

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To greater friendships!

Here's a song to bless greater n fonder friendships with all of you out there. Have a good term ahead.

Those who don't understand the lyrics, just listen to melody first..i'll do the translation for u soon.

最愛的朋友

作詞：李姚　作曲：林建成　演唱：蘇有朋

寂寞時你在身旁　陪我一起沮喪
聊一聊願望　談一談理想
消遣灰色的憂傷　笑看人世無常
給我些希望　打掃我心房

快樂時有你分享　所有喜樂悲傷
陪我一整夜　唱歌到天亮
追著迎面的海浪　笑的那麼瘋狂
彷彿這世界　只為我們忙

感激的話不必講　誰都會放心上
歡笑與共眼淚也相同　苦樂同當

真情不須要偽裝　患難中才見真章
你是最愛的朋友　未來一起去闖
有你有我有夢想　世界變得更寬廣
想飛的心沒有人能擋

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Diet ban

Haven't exactly worked out a fitness regime...supposed to do that with spence..but i've alr been hitting the roads and the gym..but there's something which can be worked out and implemented immediately...diet plan/ban!

I can't say i can avoid sugar or meat in my diet completely, but i'm damn bloody sure it's possible to abstain from certain things just like how people remain virgin for their whole lives or at least a large part of their lives. Here's the diet ban w.e.f 20 Aug 2007 for an indefinite period of time:

Absolutely NO:

- Beer (at the risk of my social life....damn it's time for a mugging recluse!)

- Teabreaks other than 3 main meals

- Coffee/Tea (this is the hardest to overcome...i'm beginning to liken caffeine with nicotine.)

- Sweets/candies/junkfood (not even when they're offered by the hottest ger sitting next to me in class)

- More than 2 servings of steamed/boiled meat a day.

- More than 1 stir/pan-fried item a day

- Deep-fried items

- Excessive carbo (rice/noodle/potato/bread)

- Red meat


More advices are welcome.

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AstroBoy vs AstroDex

There's a hero in each and everyone of us....

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眼底星空

I've decided to write this separate entry on our star-gazing experience in Tioman because it was something truly exceptional, totally unplanned and a bucket full of thrills and surprises...

Stargazing was indeed the most memorable part of the Tioman trip.. We did that for all 3 nights , each time staying later n later out at the beach after realizing most of the shooting stars only start to appear at around 1 to 2 am onwards. And man..it was the most awesome night sky i've ever admired in my life, and the more significant thing was that we had all the time in the world to lie there undisturbed with our beers and Keropoks n wait for the shooting stars to glide across the sky, while engaging ourselves in intimate heart-to-heart buddy talk (although I fell asleep occasionally cos of fatigue n alcohol). Haha.

In total, we caught enough shooting stars to make up for our unromantic lost childhood for the past 23 yrs of our lives, not that we were unromantic pple...but cos sg nite sky just cannot make it. Just when I have always thought catching shooting stars were some highly personal moments exclusive to oneself so that whatever wish you've wished for will be unique n specific to yourself only, the four of us shrilled and broke the silence of the night each time our 4 pairs of watchful eyes spot the same shooting star. Watching shooting stars are such fleeting moments, to the extent you can't even be certain if what you've just witnessed was merely an illusion or worse still a bird zooming past at top speed into the dark. So it's best to view it with a couple of friends just to make sure none of the shooting stars go unnoticed in your presence. There were the magnificent n graceful trailblazers who're out there on deliberate wish-granting missions, and there were also the elusive, shy but playful ones weaving in and out among the other lazy twinkling stars.

A truly remarkable and romantic lifetime experience that I'll really nvr forget. Maybe the beer and keropok part a bit off though...

Back from Island Paradise

Just came back from Pulau Tioman with tw, spence n dex...was sort of a last minute budget holiday to reward ourselves for our busy summer schedules and to revive the brother in each of us. There wasn't much planning to be done for the trip, except for the research n purchase of tickets which spence n tw have kindly done so.

This is one of my few holidays which i totally gave up my pilot seat n simply be a passenger. N it's just amazing how much fun n relaxation i had on this short little snorkelling + suntanning + bridging + shitheading* + drinking + photo-whoring + fishfeeding + stargazing + shooting star-spotting trip.

*Shithead is a card game introduced by Dexter to all of us and it involves collecting 4 cards of the same kind or in sequence by constantly exchanging cards from a pile of loose cards. Thereafter, the pair of partners have to signal to each other and shout out "ShitHead!" or "Double ShitHead" when both have the complete sets. Should they be caught signalling by the opposing team, the opponents will shout "Anti-Shithead!" to nab them and they will have points deducted from their total score....Guess wad, Spence completely sucked at the game!

Shall leave some pics taken using Spence's cam and my cam to do the rest of the talking abt the trip...

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End of Internship

And indeed, I walked out of UBS with a heavy heart. I remembered my last hasty handshake with my bosses Lucy and Stephen cos it was a friday and they were busy rushing off elsewhere or handling phonecalls. And I was presented a farewell gift together with my two other fella interns in the Recs & Controls team...was a really nice and sweet gesture. I am so gonna miss the entire team spirit that kept me going the past 11 weeks.

A pity I didn't get a chance to take many pics except this one cos everyone (incl myself) was just so busy..ha...



And that's Jeremy and Lucy from the Exceptions Mgmt team, a small but effective cross-regional team that maintains all the cash and equity a/c administration matters as well as investigation of all the breaks and missing a/c balances. And there's bryan who's missing in the picture. Really wanna thank them for their kindness n patience in explaining work procedures to me as well as correcting my mistakes again and again.

UBS is definitely an option for a future career cos I absolutely love the employee-oriented culture and working environment. At least that was how I felt during my internship. As for the job position itself, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of coming back again until I have explored more career options through further internships n networking sessions.


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Hello, i am 23 this yr.

Now that Spidey's subdued, he shall stop laying cobwebs all over this blog until Tobey Maguire decides to sign a new contract to star in Spidey IV.

Yes, it's been a while since Ernesto de Silent Screamer provided some real updates about himself. So let's see what's been keeping him bz for the past 2 months. His internship at UBS is finally coming to an end. 11 weeks of voluminous routine work made 2 months seem like 2 weeks. It's always gd to be occupied on the job. And let's take a look at his records..hmm...not a single day of MC, caught dozing off on the job once, 95% of the time turn up in office past 8.30am and 95% of the time stay past 5.30pm, no OT claims, no complaints from or against him. His extremely pretty boss must have kept him going. So overall, he did survive the internship! *clap clap* *whistles*...

Dear Ernest has grown fat from his severe lack of physical workout and his overload of sumptuous lunches and drinking sessions. So here's one of the latest pictures taken of him with his sis who's just returned from australia for vacation...

FaT, unshaven, shaggy looking, and still eating expensive unagi !



He's most probably eating all these to make up for the countless number of Kopitiam meals he's gonna have in school for the next 4 months.

So with the end of the internship comes a few pleasant surprises for him b4 the biannual academic cycle of misery kicks in. He's going Tioman next week for a second summer holiday (after HK) n gonna spend his 23rd bday there with 3 other econ guys on a wild sausage fest.

And since he's not spending his bday at home, his two ladies at home sprang a surprise on him with a $15.80 cake today! and what's so significant abt that? Although the cake costs only 15.80, it's his fav childhood cake and the price matches his bday, 15-08 ! How thoughtful of mom and sis huh...



Ernesto di SilentScreamer is actually feeling quite moody these days....23 yr old....direction in life not quite established..no internal stability, no financial independence yet, not much sense of belonging to his family, no trust from the family, no love interests in mind, no vigor to seek thrills and excitement, no big ambitious plans....watching himself grow old...withered and unloved. How is he ever gonna prepare himself for a career, for a family of his own in time to come? Why would any ger go for someone like him who's running low on motivation and self-confidence?

He's gonna walk out of UBS with a heavy heart tomorrow, and then go for drinks with his ex-JC frens some of whom he hasn't even spoken to in years.

Has he in anyway been able to identify who are the ones and what are the things which truly matter to him in his life?

Oh btw, today's 9 Auggies...COunt on mE s'poRE...cOUNt ON Me s'pORe...(like real)...

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