poker session

live updates!
texas holdem at jiaxing place with wine, cheese and crackers!
jiancheng is really lucky! straight flush for 6 cards first round
straight flash again immediately on second round.
full house on third....nothing to say!

long lost me

well well...ever since the last iphone post (still lovin my iphone), there actually lotsa things happening ard me.

attended a wedding at KL
play a few mahjong sessions
sly a couple texas holdem sessions
went for a few birthday parties
sang for a few ktv sessions

but what's coming up for me?
chirstmas
chinese new year!! (lovin it)
cameron highlands
kl (again)
vietnam
shanghai
diving

stay tune for further updates. i will try to post as much as possible. as lame. as stupid. as funny. as interesting. as debating topics whatever whenever wherever possible!! hahaha

iphone

one fine day last week, my sony ericsson phone's vibration spoilt. i am actually kinda happy that my phone fails me. without having the thought of repairing it, i immediately went to singtel shop. hahah. the lousiest reason i give myself to get a new phone.

exams

paintball-ing

with 9 teachers was a fun one where we play 3 matches. 5vs5 twice and 2 on 2 once.

the objective is to retrieve a flag and a small box located on the left and right side of the border. as imagine, shots was fast and fury. especially those braves to attempt to get the objectives was heavily marked!! i kena headshot 3 times (1 shot went into my mouth !#$%^&*() and 1 groin shot. but overall my team won all 3 matches thanks to selflessness individual and great teamplay.

this week ends up with me knowing 10 teachers (1 from toastmaster). i always thought teachers have dull and bored lifestyle but after recent events with them tells me they are awesome ppl to hang out with!!!.

take the world by storm

steve

did something catastrophic and effectively lost a friend. but i hope that friend can wake up from her long long nightmare and move on.


on a brighter note...hey there is no brighter note....lol. anyone fancy a martini @ morton, oriental. =)

harry

A Primary School teacher was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what is your problem?" Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the Primary 1. My sister is in Primary 3 and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in Primary 3 too!"

The teacher took Harry to the principal's office.While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal that the situation was. The principal told the teacher he would give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the Primary 1, and behave. The teacher agreed. Harry was brought in. The conditions were explained, and Harry agreed to take the test.

Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9"

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36"

And so it went with every question the principal thought a Primary 1 student should know.The principal looks at the teacher and tells her, "I think Harry can go to Primary 3."The teacher says to the principal, "May I ask him some tougher questions?"The principal and Harry both agree.

Teacher: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two?"
Harry: "Legs.

"Teacher: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"(The principal wondered, why does she ask such a question!)
Harry: "Pockets."

Teacher: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?
"Harry: "Pants."

Teacher: "What's starts with a C and ends with a T, and it is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?"(The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer...)Harry: "Coconut."

Teacher: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
Harry: "Bubblegum."

Teacher: "What does a man do standing up, a woman do sitting down and dog do on three legs?"(The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer...)
Harry: "Shake hands."

Teacher: "Now I will ask some 'Who am I' sort of questions, okay?"
Teacher: "You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get wet before you do." Who am I??
Harry: "A Tent."

Teacher: "A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first." What am I??(Principal was looking restless and a bit tense)
Harry: "A Wedding Ring.

"Teacher: "I come in many sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When you blow me, I feel good." What am I??
Harry: "A Nose.

"Teacher: "I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates. I come with a quiver. What am I??
"Harry: "An Arrow."

Teacher: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck."

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put this ass in Primary 6 ! I got the last 10 questions all wrong myself."

lol

need a change in wardrobe selection

any advice my dear readers? appearance, hairstyle, clothing, skin toning etc?

mad birthday, texas holdem gathering, squid catching

my catch of the night!! i'm happy =)

squid catching on monday started my week late at night at ponggol jetty! once we reached, we had a food galore as ian and joyce brought lotsa sushi and durian. we couldnt find any place to savour our food. in the end we had to place the food on the top of the car boot!! lol. after which squiding started. i caught my first squid on my first time!!! it feels similar to prawning but squid is intelligent alright. as the water is pretty clear. they are fast. we can see how squid observe, taste the bait and swim off. we caught 2 in all. good try considering we are noobs. =)

mad birthday
tbc

thursday evening


meet frens who finish their overseas attachment from states, china, vietnam etc..over beer and of cos what else? texas holdem!! nice poker, great frens, tasty beer. what else can be better. =)

hero

previously about the adam khoo's talk. he ends with mariah carey's "hero"
the lyrics is fantastic, so is the singer

chorus
and then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive
so when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you

super wednesday

starts off with adam khoo 100mins of inspiring and motivating talk to manulife finanical planners. now i know why he is so successful! he is great.

fishing next as i mrt my way from suntec to pasir ris with ian and darren

my catch of the day

golfing + squid bday

yesterday was a interesting day. afternoon i had a tryout at golf range with des and kc! really interesting and golf is a very very difficult game to learn. sorry about the video but is a great video of me on the drive!!! thanks des for teaching me!!

squid's birthday bbq after that. happy birthday squid! after hours of bbq and eating, we finish up the food left the beehoon. lol.

Almeem next. after deciding in the carpark for like 30mins where to go...not wanting to go home early, the 6 of us des, kc, mad, shui, ric and me sat down and talk cock. seriously talk anything under the sun. from school to army to animals to ghosts to scary movies to travel to extreme sports to whatever la til 5am. crazy.

1st year anniversary

for solidsteve.blogspot and it is still ongoing!!! omg. i never thought i had the patient to continue for this long. no question that this blog will continue.

thanks everyone who read my ever-interesting blog. stay tune for updates and changes! over the year, i had major changes, jovial moments, sadness since last july while i was still in national service waiting for my "release".

of cos every moment is a experience for me to be better;

- additional of my web presence - http://steve.sincerely.to/you
- abit more focus - work, play
- making frens - all sorts
- doin work i like - lovin it, jus got all my certifications!
- learning the trade
- getting a great smile! - due for completion for 2009
- found someone i like and being rejected - what else
- my jokes are bottleneck - gosh !i need to improve on that

of cos the next 12 month is tougher of cos. certain things i wanna achieve

- learn basic bakery/culinary
- make even more friends
- constant improve on my work
- learn skating
- even more focus
- improve my jokes. how?
- having a great smile =)


2005 may. desaru. meaty me. messy teeth

xoxo,
solidsteve

muar

a short trip to muar. happens to be harvesting season for durians..now i know that there are so many types of durian. can differniate from the sizes and thorns. and of cos i eat durian like never before.

walking pass mac donald and saw --->

imagine that coming to singapore!

the pump room microbrewery

@clarke quay was a freaking freaking great place!!! lunar is nothing compared to pump room. no more lunar for me. pump room has a microbrewery which brew beer that taste great!!. the best live band, jive i ever heard in singapore!! what else. music, booze, babes. lol


babe dancing on top

critical updates

i want a shredder, laser printer, mouse.

iphone is coming
metal gear solid 4 is fantastic, awesome
soccer-ing is fun filling, fulfiling
ippt on coming wed! sliver? can i? will?

tbc

shuhui b'day at dampsey

at wine company. very affordable wines, cozy enviroment, interesting frens. what else can be better?


featuring (from left)squid, cherylo, berilyn, derick, madelyne, shuhui, ric and moi


we cheers like nobody biz. happy birthday to shuhui!!

prawning

at ang mo kio area on a friday evening seems a excellent choice. no mosquitos, breezy, rustic, accompany of frens and a good mixture of chinese songs from the 70s..what else can be better then this?


satisfying as i finally caught a prawn using the rod that never catches. the rest is history.


from left, joyce, ian, elaine, charlene and steve

elaine and her friends came at the later timing but she is pro in prawning!!! she taught me techniques and it really works!! danke sehr! i cant wait to go fishing!!! ian if you are reading this.....hahaha

sat is a relaxing day also..meet up with viagra luah and apple cao for late lunch, pool and kbox-ing.

the brothers reunite...and battling out

and how else can a saturday ends with sudden callup by shuling and friends for mahjonging. what a enjoying day!

get out of myself?

had a long chat with my junior yesterday over lunch..interesting and funny chat..i can certainly relate my recent experience to her endless courtship encounters (she's expert alright and bring certain insights to my thoughts)

"friends or nothing". hurting words hur?
i realise is all about me. face the fact of life. stop dreaming and hoping. (marcus chng is damn freaking right about this!). clap takes 2 hands to produce.

i always hope for the best but reality isnt. shit happens, life goes on. here is one example:


taken at vivocity. latest fashion season.! =)

hmmm...

thanks people of hollywood for the medicore movies and thanks people of hongkong for the outstanding action/triads films that accompanied me this few days. it keeps me away from thinking much =); thanks the people of thailand for bring me laughter since yesterday with their outstanding commericals..here's some:



peppermint field gel?? lol



one man does it all. cost cutting hur.

appreicate little things in your life. cheers!

cocky gangster to deal with

lovin this one!!

i need time. =)

who i am makes a difference

thank you all my friends, family for making a difference in my life.

i hope my existence makes a difference in yours

popiah

the night before was a celebration birthday for wendy!! she had like 3 days of celebration at either pub or club before that and guess what? we went to a bar again for some drinking and games. lol....that explains her deep eye rings. me and xp was brutally injured (forfeit) by the games we played. (oh man, when girls hit, they mean biz). aniway happy birthday!!

wake up early morning to the wet market to buy ingredients for the popiah...my first time goin by myself. the stall holders there are friendly (becos alot of stalls selling the same thing) except for one dried food store (i was kena tok! 200g grinded peanut for $2!!).

anyway in the end, i only cut the vege and helping out here and there! my mum did the rest...lol. i must cook popiah by myself one day!!!

national achiever's congress

this week is pretty much the nac or rather national achiever's congress which is held at expo over a 3 day period. 9am to 9pm.

various speakers including blair singer, joe girard... were on stage. they were like motivational speakers which talks about topics like.. sales, ecommerce, self improvement, biz strategies etc

very interesting and captivating.. but near the end of every speech, they will sell/push their products(books, audio tapes, online learning, seminars, lessons etc). prices like sixty-nine ninety five is not $69.95! it means $6995. they sure have a way to say numbers in a beautiful ways!

but nevertheless, it was a fruitful trip learning from the gurus who already make millions. i met alvin and beng over there. i was talking to beng and he said, "the ticket cost 230. i have pick up 3 good points from the speaker and it's worth it!".. true enough, picking up a few good points and use it. it certainly helps ur biz to grow!

happy birthday to stev|e

special special thanks siew bo, elaine, jianming, shihui, kengkok, del, zhonghua, yaoming, alan and shu ling for the msn birthday greetings, dawei and yaoming on the facebook, kar yee for the friendster comment, edmund on blog comment!!!

special special thanks to nadine, fangting, agnes, wanting, corn, hanyi, sansoon, charlene, bernice ,yong kuat, xiangpeng, erica, wendy, kok cheng, kan cheng, jocelyn, del, amin, lionel, yiting, ivan, jian xiong, meijun, eugene, zhenhao, mum and berilyn for the exquisitely crafted smses!!!

special special thanks to jeow, del, desmond, kim, jian cheng, shuling for calling me!!!

my birthday wish every year ever since i got a handphone is frens who spend a few minutes of their life to craft a heart-warming sms or call to greet or wish me!! really really appreciated!!

lotsa thanks xiangpeng, shawn, wanting, fangting, serene, wendy, kengkok for the authentic fred perry and dinner and pool and the kiss the floor match!!!!!

many thanks agnes, sansoon, chelsia and kan cheng for the raoul cuff links and braun buffel key holder and the ktv and the ramen cake!!!!!

thank you dad and mum for the angbao

thanks berilyn for giving me 3 fred perry polo tee and 1 levis slim fit jeans!!!!!............by email. as below;


haha.. surprise! lovin it!

cine kbox 13th april 2008

after our usually weekly group meeting, we went for a celebration for april births


ramen cake!!


from left: agnes, sansoon, steve, kan cheng, chelsia

april babies


i eating the egg (jelly)

scream!! omg i look skinny...siao liao. need to train up!


thanks for the gifts!!! will post the items after my birthday =)

way back into love

This song is a simple way of saying what's inside of your heart, when you find someone new and you think that person could be "the one" - but you've been hurt so many times before that you're afraid to move forward without some encouragement from this new love in your life. Once the encouragement is given, then your heart opens and you're free to love again.

my rustic hometown

pandan reservoir 班丹蓄水池
6.2km of run, jog, walk.

730am
either on saturday or sunday. any takers?

abit of my past.
my primary and secondary school, pandan and commonwealth is located beside pandan reservoir and opposite each other. how ironic. =). my primary school used to have annual run at the reservoir. is quite a scenic view. the last time i went there was while in poly days. i stayed ard there last time. miss the fried black carrot cake! the candy shop! the rustic hometown feeling!!

sunset view

shit happens

life goes on. back to normal me.

while on the train back to office. i am thinking of my "material comfort wants" this year.
and in conjunction with my birthday of cos. lol. so (your know who ur are) here are some options.

awaiting still?
levis jeans (dark blue straight cut W30 L30)
belts (formal and informal)
a stylish slim working tie (black)
tons of sms and calls wishing me happy birthday!!!???

received!!
fred perry men's polo (strip black/ecru color size 38) = thanks alot. really happy =)
raoul cuff links (sliver)
braun buffel key pouch (new series)
elaine wong
kwek siewbo

a sad, sad post

feeling down. constant thinking. uncertainies floating in my brain

the last time i had this kind of feeling was 4 years ago..but this time, damage was direct. period

rich man's world

An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish.

"How long it took you to catch them?" The American asked.

"Only a little while." The Mexican replied.

"Why don't you stay out longer and catch more fish?" The American then asked.

"I have enough to support my family's immediate needs." The Mexican said.

"But," The American then asked, "What do you do with the rest of your time?"

The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life, senor."

The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds you buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats."

"Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the consumers, eventually opening your own can factory. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise."

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But senor, how long will this all take?"

To which the American replied, "15-20 years." "But what then, senor?"

The American laughed and said, "That's the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO (Initial Public Offering) and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions." "Millions, senor? Then what?"

The American said slowly, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos…"

thanks marcus!!

nippon fund talk

today i attended a fund talk sharing about japan economics and insight. It was a japanese fund manager who give the talk. When he talks in very nipponese-english. i tried very hard not to laugh. The whole session went on about 20mins. can you imagine not able to laugh heartily out and control for 20mins!!!! after a while there's this Q n A. when he starts to speak again. i really cannot tahan le. i burst out a 0.2sec laugh and i had to look down and cover my mouth cos i cant stop le. everyone looked at me... lol..

i am really really sorry to the nippon fund manager for not able to control!!

xiao ming returns

okie. here's another quick one.

xiao ming grows up by drinking milk. what do da ming drink to grow up?

long lost updates

excited, scared, happy, confuse. promising, uncetainties. mixed emotions though but of cos i lovin my life every minute of it. this cny is kinda interesting though which i get to know a few more friends!!

and today i visit my dentist and finally..i got mine upper braces done!! is uncomfortable alr but i'm happy that i can smile the way i want soon!

playing mahjong, having supper, goin ktv.
pictures update soon*

a qn to all, xiao ming was trap in a room totally sealed with water flowing from 2 taps. he was given a rope, nails and a hammer. how can he save himself not to drown to death?

happiest lunar new year

my dear cousin


wow. hokkien popiah! hakka cha nuo! my fave


he's good!


my cousins and sis!! from left. lele, heng heng, jiayi, ah gal

this year's fireworks is kinda disappointing though. police starts to cramp down. but still i enjoy the food prepared by mainly 3yi and my mum . of cos myself help out abit la by cutting the vegatable for popiah and of cos helping to finish up the food!!! lol


congrats to the this cny's lucky 7 winner. every year shawn the banker, will kena lucky 7

this lunar new year is pretty interesting alr. somehow i din get to play mahjong..lol..but chinese new year last 15 days!! we should see =).

pre chinese new year celebrations

chinese new year is stepping up in heat!! wish everyone here a happiest, luckiest and warmiest chinese new year


first the company reunion dinner

family early reunion gathering.

the 2nd lo hei before cny even started!!

the much talk about peng cai. it was until halfway then i thought of taking it.lol

january 2008

Some updates i have been doing!
chinese new year is coming and i am excited about it! all the glorious food, ever lovin blackjack, the never ending sessions of mahjong and the red fiery ang baos!!


birthday boys!

jayden's birthday..her young sister is due next day after he celebrate this 1st year old!!

like his dad alr..very active. i dont think he knows that day is his birthday!

sliver hair exhibition. my first roadshow!!

manulife booth! interesting enough

breakfast set at westmall. looks good

so anyone got any chinese new year event please keep me posted!!!! please.. i just love cny too much

formal

in formal alr cool

unit photo

attended a annual general meeting by the new prestige group on the 8th Jan 07.


happy birthday to kok cheng and desmond which falls on the 7th and 13th respectively!

happy belated new year

happiest new year to all. long time since i last updated. new year must have resolutions.

mine is

-hit my target i set for my career (90k nac)

-enjoyable chinese new year (eat, gamble, angbaos)

-push for the standchart run (42km)

-play more sports (basketball, badminton, soccer, swimming)

-holidays with frens. (shanghai, rome, bangkok, taipei, scuba)

-material comfort. (new laptop, wallet, bags etc etc etc etc)

-be happiest man on earth?

(please lemme be entertained instead me being the entertainer always!)

whats yours? share your resolution for the year 2008 in the comments page!

npcc gathering at k-box je. recently