Orangeous Dailies

It’s about time…

Someone in the family is down with H1N1 and will spend the whole of next week at home.

Nothing to worry about since the fatality rate is so low.

We’ll all be exposed to it someday.

Down with flu and fever (very close to 38 degrees celcius) for the past 3 days, which have not subsided till now.

I hope it’s not what I think it is.

[ Update : 1505H ]

The doctor says it’s only a viral infection.

I have oily skin and I’m well aware of it. Exercising just adds a lot more oil to my face.

So I thought that by washing my face with hand soap first, then using facial foam, I could keep my face dry and clean. True enough, my face felt extremely dry. But it became very oily (even worse than before) within the next 2 hours.

I continued this for two weeks or so, satisfied that I have washed my face thoroughly.

One morning, I woke up to an eruption of cystic acne and whiteheads all over my face. It was so bad that I didn’t dare to look at myself in the mirror.

I stopped using hand soap to wash my face and the acne subsided. Nightly applications of pure lemon juice (stings like crazy) all over the face managed to dry out the remaining acne. I’ll probably give it another few more days to clear up.

I’ll never ever use hand soap on my face again.

Standard Chartered Marathon 2009 Registration Confirmation.

Here we go again.

I was traveling along Alexandra road, very much cautious after the accident on Friday.

A lorry, just in front of me, swerved from the left to the right lane. Instinctively, I slowed down. From under the lorry’s rear tires, the corpse of a very fat grey bird got thrown out towards my car. The size of the bird freaked me out so much, that I grabbed the steering wheel hard.

In less than a split-second, I ran over the bird. Two consecutive loud thuds coming from the left tires and the car shook (as if I just ran over a speed hump). It was the biggest bird I’ve ever ran over. Looking through the rear mirror, I could see feathers all over the road.

Something is really really wrong with my luck.

Varun will be leaving for London on Saturday night (end of his school holidays), so we threw him a little farewell party. Kia Wee, my classmate whom I haven’t seen for almost 8 years, turned up for dinner as well.

Victoria School 1999 Class 2I photo.

Kia Wee is in the 2nd row from front, 3rd guy from the left. Varun is in the 3rd row, 3rd guy from the right. Caleb and Jiarong were from another class. You’ve got to agree with me that we all look almost the same as we did 8 years ago!

Had steamboat buffet dinner at Happy Joy Restaurant @ Bukit Merah Central.

(Top row, from left) Kia Wee and I. (Bottom row, from left) Caleb, Varun and Jiarong.

Followed by drinks at BluJaz Cafe @ Bali Lane.

(From left) Caleb, Dennis, me, Varun and Jiarong.

(From left) Jessie, me, Jiarong and Varun.

Met up with ex-Victoria-School classmate Dr (to-be) Varun Reddy for dinner at Dian Xiao Er @ Tampines One. I haven’t seen him for almost 8 years and I could still recognize him from far. He’s currently a 3rd year medical student at Imperial College. He just came back for a short holiday and will be flying back to London on Saturday.

Graphics card crashed.

Be right back.

Phonsak’s 22nd Birthday held on 100709 at Timbre @ The Arts House.

Blowing Out The Candles

Flaming Waterfall

Phonsak drinking the flaming waterfall we ordered for him.

On Stage

Phonsak got invited on stage by The Goodfellas to pole dance.

BBQ held on 080709 at Pit 31C East Coast Park.

(From left) Clarisse, Amelia and Jessie.

(Back row, from left) Mira, Jessie, Clarisse, Amelia, Jessica, Aisha. (Front row, from left) Gabriel, me, Phonsak, Wen Jie, William and Fauzan.

(Back row, from left) Jessie, Amelia, Clarisse, Gabriel, Jessica, Yan, Cherylynn, Leonard, Aisha, William, Mira and Fauzan. (Front row, from left) Me, Phonsak and Wen Jie.

(Back row, from left) Wen Jie, Phonsak, me, Joshua, Leonard, William and Yan. (Front row) Gabriel.

Photo Album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sukianto/sets/72157621809071425/

Wenjie and I have each gotten the “Blackberry” of all pencil boxes. Available for $14 at Mustafa.

Blackberry Of All Pencil Boxes.

The pencil box has an eraser compartment, a series of magnifying glasses, a thermometer and an angled tray for writing instruments.

Jessie and Amelia, on the other hand, have the “Motorola” of all pencil boxes. They are almost similar in design, with a larger storage compartment but minus all the features. Theirs cost $8.

Friend : Haha, that pencil box is for kids!

Me : Do you know why I bought it?

Friend : Why?

Me : When I was young, my mum didn’t buy that for me.

Friend : Reliving your childhood days eh?

Me : Exactly.

Time : 0855 H

Venue : Changi South Avenue 4

Injury sustained : Abrasions on right elbow

Activity being carried out

Sunday morning training,

Injuries caused by

Protuding lump of tar on the road.

Immediate action taken

Continued skating. After training, Samuel eagerly ran to his van and retrieved a bottle of Green Grass oil. He grabbed my hand and held it there, while Margaret poured the oil onto my wound. It felt as if someone had poured acid on the wound. Thankfully, it wasn’t a big patch of missing skin!

Lesson learnt : Green grass oil really hurts. Never fall when Samuel is around.

Pictures

(From left) Clarisse, me, Wenjie, Gabriel, Amelia, Mira, Jessie and Aisha.

After school, we headed over to Clarisse’s place @ Boon Lay, where she prepared lunch for all of us. We spent the entire afternoon playing Taboo and Uno.

Thank you Clarisse for being such a great host!

Birds normally fly away in time when a car approaches. Not this time.

I was going at approximately 40km/h. There was a bird in the middle of the lane. As the bird was trying to fly away, my car bumper caught it in mid-air. I assume it was quite a huge impact because of the loud “pop” sound. The collision sent the bird tumbling past the left window.

Immediately after the collision, I noticed another dead bird lying on the ground.

The only logical explanation I can think of :

1. The bird was engrossed in trying to move its dead friend.

2. It didn’t notice my car coming and therefore wasn’t able to fly away in time.

For the next half hour after that accident, I was in a state of shock, until Jessie managed to talk me out of it.