Belief@HazelCafe

Opps, slept too much in the afternoon, and so here I am, blogging this in the middle of a quiet night.

I was so free that I actually take the trouble to convert my projects section! Finally, I bring it back from ChaosBlue.

Completed Age Of Mythology's Campaign. Quite fun, although some parts are just too easy… It's always this way: win by numbers. Perhaps when I am really free next time, I shall try playing from the start once again… but I think I will leave it alone for now.

Did nothing just now. Did not even step out of my home, thus did not put on my contacts. The morning rain, although cooling, spoiled our basketball plans. I went back to bed again, turning off my handphone alarm once it rang at 7.15am. It was a great morning to sleep. So cooling. Finally I managed to climb out of bed after 8 and cooked myself some instant noodles. Had some trouble eating it due to the braces, but I guess I will get used to them. Currently, there's some pain when I try to bite, which is a good thing. The braces are starting their work.

Still not that tired yet… hmm… Staying up reminds me of guard duty…

Went to watch Spider Man 2 at West Mall with Zhixiang. Really pathetic. Only 2 of us. The rest… who know what they are doing!

It's really a very nice show. Nice graphics, nice sounds, nice actors… hmm… Somehow it's linked to the first movie… I don't think I will mind watching it again… hahaa… Well, in the cinema, I don't think there were more than 10 people in there! Free seating! Perhaps it was because of the time we chose to watch: 1300hrs.

After that, we went over to IMM jalan jalan a bit. Bought some foodstuffs there, as usual. Jalan jalan some more at JEC. Realised that K-Box's now has a new lunch package, called Musical Lunch. One can choose from nasi lemak, cup noodles or delifrance, and a hot or cold drink. $5+++

Less than 1 month to National Day… aw… what will it be like this year… Ran out of some ideas, but I think they will come… soon… very soon.. because I believe…

Did not write anything last night. Will do so now.

Tried my sushi skills again yesterday! Well, I think it tasted slightly better. And it surely looks more like sushi… -lol- could not find the seasoned gourd in NTUC, so I decided to use crabstick, ham and Ayam Brand tuna! Bought a packet of soba noodles too. I think the way I cooked it should be the way it was supposed to be cooked. Well, it's edible by the way… I don't really know how to read Japanese words yet…

Went for my dental this morning. The braces feel a bit funny in my mouth. They keep rubbing against my lips. Guess I will get used to them soon, and hopefully, not too much ulcers caused by the rubbing. Dr Ong gave me some wax for me to put on the metal parts if they did cause discomforts. So far so good…

Went to the library once again. Still, the David Eddings books are not back on the shelves yet. Borrowed another book instead.

And about ELove, it's almost done. I will slowly iron out some of those little details. Still very fond of that hearts background… lol

Imagine playing basketball in the afternoon. The sun was not around, however. But then, it was very humid! Sweat like hell, yet it would not dry up. After that was the familiar sticky feeling… ew… and before our basketball session, it had rained for a while, and the court was wet. The ball got into the puddles of water lots of times.

Maybe I shall try my sushi skills again tomorrow! Going to shop for ingredients, return library books, and try finding the book I want. Mondays… nothing much to do, so it's the best time for cooking, I think…

If only I have a flat frying pan for making the egg… Think I shall give the egg a miss. The usual ingredients: crabstick, tuna, seasoned gourd (if I can find it)… hmm.. what else can I put? Must be innovative… -lol- but before that, I think I shall go ask 周公 about it…

Alright, attempt #1 to make maki sushi, the one wrapped with seaweed, with the ingredients in the centre…

Well, the rice tasted like sushi rice. Quite satisfied with it, but I used too little water while cooking, so some part of it had gone a bit brown… After cooling, the rice became a bit sticky to my hands. First time… don’t blame me…

After preparing the rice, I got ready all my ingredients: cucumber (not the jap one though…), crabstick, jap seasoned gourd, and mayo. First rolling was alright. Second was a failure as I cut the seaweed too small and I used too much rice. Third time was the tasty one. Looks like I will need more practice…

These photos are from the last one that I made… Looks like, Tastes like, although the shape still not very nice…

Gonna try more next time!! ^_^

Opened the mailbox and found myself a large mail from NUS! Surprised, never thought they could have been so efficient. I was not expecting to receive that this week. Took a quick look at it, and lots of ??? More headaches coming… lol… they do have lots of things to say, like reading a story book…

So nice, having rain at night… was having dinner when suddenly I heard water droplets. So nice…

Went for that medical appointment with Dr Seow. Looks like those non-itchy spots on my skin have to wait. He recommended to remove them through a simple surgery when I am older, at around 25- 28 years old. See how… Well, I don't need to go back for any follow-up for the skin already. The previous medicine was for my agne, he said.

It's Saturday. Normally, for the past 30 months, I would have been waiting for this date to arrive every month… this will be the first one which I don't receive $$ in my account. zzz…

Going to finish that book tonight! Hope I don't fall asleep halfway through. I am really free… Want to sleep, yet don't. Want to correct webpage, yet lazy.

Think I shall clean up my room later… I see lots of papers all around me. ELove plans, catalogues, NUS letters, handbooks, CDs, plastic bags, cardboard boxes, etc…

Been playing Age Of Mythology and reading Abduction by Robin Cook. The part of the game, which involved collecting wood to build a trojan horse, reminded me of the movie, Troy… The story book's quite interesting. It's about some deep water drilling company personnel who went on a dive to check out the underwater drill and somehow ended up in another world which was supposedly under the seabed…

Found a bug in my login log. I did not have the script write an entry when someone tried to log in with invalid information. I have since corrected that. No wonder I have not seen 'LOGIN INVALID' so far… corrected this and that, that and this. Next, I shall attempt to rearrange all the links! They are still very 'complicated', even to me, and some links are still missing! Only I know how to use as I know the keyword… 😛

Just listened to this song, 明天见, by Cyndi. Here's the lyrics:
雨下了 又停了
泪流了 又干了
你走多久 多远了
我还在这
你说的 你忘了
可是我 还记得
手心里 紧握着
已不属于我的亲热

爱怎会输给了时间
我的耳边 再听不见
我以为永远不会变
最习惯的明天见
放手了 该回到原点
心会受伤 也能复原
我会学着自己走出从前
祝福明天

Imagine I have not SMS… Imagine I go there, standing around, waiting, looking, hoping someone will turn up eventually, but not. Imagine flying a kite…

This is the second failed attempt to watch Spider Man 2. Yesterday was the first. And I think I may as well give that movie a miss, because someone\'s bound to watch it without me. Yes. Without me. As usual. I wait for friends to watch together. They do otherwise.

Yesterday was simply a waste of time. Travelled all the way to JP just to look around. Not even a cent spent there. The costs were the travel fees.

As for today. If I had known this will happen. If I had known, I would have just joined some other people for the movie instead. If I had known, I would have gone out in the morning, and not waiting for confirmation from some people about going some place. If I had known, I would not be at home now.

That's why I am very, very reluctant to organise outings. No. Some have those requirements. Some have stupid reasons. Some simply don't care.

There's more to come, I am sure. I wash my hands. No more wasting of SMSes. Today's the last time. The very, very last…

A few more weeks before university starts… time for more friends… and old friends… 一起去国大了！

Went to NUH Dental again! Haha.. now, I think the receptionists will have known me… been seeing them at least once every week…

Dr Ong had already placed the 8 separators in between the molars. Those were to create space for the braces. After that, he realised that the 2 premolars had not been removed yet, and thus send me for extraction again…

Once again, the needle. Once again, the hamster feeling. This time is the whole upper lip! It's still feeling numb now… The extraction took quite a long time. 2 doctors took turns… once was Dr Egwin Yeo, the one who filled my molar and cleaned my teeth last Friday, and the other one, I did not know, and did not ask also… hmm… they said those were some strong teeth… if I had a choice, I wouldn't remove them too… Finally, the 2 got pulled out, and I am left with 2 less teeth… 2 strong, healthy teeth. Sorry teeth…

This extraction is more painful than the operation! Perhaps it's because I've been given painkillers for the op. The doctor advised me to take Panadol if the pain is unbearable. Never mind. I endure… no problem…

At least the bleeding stops, for now. No hot drinks for me again…

Next appointment: Tuesday.

Tired I was, for today's bball. Tired I was, that I could not shoot in the ball. And yet, the coach for that training group came and asked us not to play bball on Sunday morning as they need the court for training.

At first, I wanted to shoot back some rude remarks, but I keep them. I don't anyhow say people for fun. If I was in some sending-people-out-of-the-door mood, I would had given him that stare that I gave 2WO Tony when he wanted us to come down to workshop when it was our guard duty rest time. I prefer to let my eyes speak for me.

Well, I can see that it was the older coach that was being difficult. But never mind, give way to him. We play at some other time, or at some other place.

If I was in some shit mood, I would have shoot back with these:
(1) You think it's easy to gather so many people just to play a few hours of bball… you have your trainings, we have our own time plans. You think we are all very free? We have been very good by sharing the court with you all.
(2) Training? Need the whole court? So what if we refuse to leave? What will you all do? Remove the basket? By all means. I will be waiting with my camera.
(3) You own the court? If yes I would like to see the ownership certificate.
(4) *give that killer stare*(5) *walk away and back to court for more bball games*

Enough of that problem. Now it's Project ELove Update. Basically, the basic functions are working. Some of the admin pages will still need more time. At the same time, I am also trying for a face-lift. A minor one. Just colour changes. Yes, Project ELove, completing soon, very soon…So far, I do not have the resources, but next time, I hope I can add in these: calculation of the distance between 2 addresses of 2 friends, providing transportation information for those addresses, and maybe, SMS services…… These will be Project ELove Dream perhaps…

Later's Euro 2004 Final. I better get some sleep first…