Dear all, I've decided to leave multiply and set up my own domain. Please stay tune to my new posts at

http://jphang.com

For those who have not watched and are going to watch, please do not read on...

刚看了不能说的秘密，觉得故事很感人... Jay 和桂纶镁把戏里的角色诠释的很好. 两人的纯纯的爱, 就连充满了事业心的我也被拉入了故事里. 回想着从前以无聊的小动作来引起喜欢的人的注意哈哈哈...

故事里的桂纶镁来到了二十年后的今天结识了Jay, 也因此和他发展了一段恋情. 热恋中的两人因为一些误会让桂纶镁决定回到二十年后，再也不回来. 在偶然的情况下, Jay发现了桂纶镁原来是他爸爸二十年前的学生, 这也让他决定... hahaha dun tell you, go and watch yourself =p

看了这样一个感人的故事, 我开始渴望在短短的人生中也能拥有一段像故事里一样美丽的回忆... 真在努力寻找中 hee...

Dear Friends,

I apologise for not posting for so long. I apologise for not responding to some of your emails and sms-es. I apologise to Renhao for not following up on our idea. I've decided to drop the idea for some reasons that are not convenient to reveal here =x, but trust me, it was a hard decision...

Life has been hectic, and fulfilling! Fyi, I am still rushing to churn out some papers now to meet a deadline next week... and yah... in office again. (My boss will so kill me if he knows I am writing this down in a public blog =D) Anyway, I'm merging well with the working environment here. Just helped out with an event last Friday and it was very encouraging to get positive feedbacks from others. Will be leaving Singapore for official duties on 20th July, and I hope I can get everything prepared by then.

Convocation next Tuesday, Finally!!! ECE dept has been calling me, and asking me why did I not reply to my NUS mails. Duh... my NUS email acct was terminated by you last year, rem? There'll be an interview session one hour before the ceremony next Tuesday, and I've not prep the answers for the questions yet... praying that I dun screw up in front of so many pple.

Edwin and me have came up a very very brilliant idea and we've been working on it since last month. We've spent nights after "normal" working hours on researching and discussing. Not easy to work with someone who is based in Fujairah with a time difference of 3 hours, but it's the passion that fuels us and keep us moving!!! It's like a dream coming true hehehehehe... Almost there liaoz Edwin, hang in there!!!

Life has been great, so far, and I hope that it'll continue for a long long time =D

Btw, I've finally got my own room!!! Bot half k worth of furniture to decorate the room, but I still feel something is missing... hmmmmm... I'll post some pictures of my "new" room and I've more time =P

Signing off... Phang

Heroes is absolutely fantaaastic!!! I am so looking forward to season 2 man!!

Top 3 reasons why you should watch Heroes,
1. Ali Larter is sooooooo gorgeous
2. The plot of the show juz makes u feel like u would die if the story ends here
3. In terms of super power heroes, it trashes X-men. In terms of intelligent plot, it trashes Death Note. etc etc etc...

My favourite character in the show:
Sylar (I would have chose Nathan Petrelli if not for his lousy power hahahaha)

I am going to start a stupid game... write down what would you do if you have any one of those powers in the show. Let's start with the ability to fly:

If I have the ability to fly

1. I would take a one year break and travel ard the world, much cheaper w/o airfare
2. Work for DHL or Fedex on a commission basis
3. Live in the night-time for 1st half year and day time for the 2nd half
4. Take out my Ezlink Card and Driving License from my wallet and put in credit cards
5. Wake up 10 minutes before my work starts
6. Get a spanish gf, and maybe a japanese wife hahahaha
7. Try Parachuting without taking the plane
8. Take close pictures of bird flying
9. Eating Breakfast in the sky
10. Find superman and see who fly faster hahahhaha

Hi Frens, sorry for mia-ing for so long. I was pretty busy with work and getting over with my depression state hehehe... Sorry Renhao, didn't have the time to discuss with you our plans but I am working out on something, looking thru the various funding schemes, public and private... things they look for etc etc. Will make a private post for each scheme, talking about its benefits, its funding amt etc. We can also discuss about various schemes to see if we can find a combo out of it hahaha. We'll be the funding gurus muahahahahha... But looking at the timeline hor, I seriously dun think I can make it by October hahaha sorry I'll try my best =p

Anyway, sorry for drifting away from my topic for this post. I am trying to organize a Mt Kinabalu Trip, most likely in June or August. Below is a brief itinery which I've gotten from somewhere (I've modified abit because the information was super outdated when I got it):

Day 1
0530: Leave Singapore (Copthorne Orchid Hotel) for JB Airport in the MAS bus
0830: Flight from JB to Kota Kinabalu
1200: Take bus to Kinabalu National Park
1500: Reach Kinabalu Nat. Park. Spend the rest of the day settling down, going for walks
Day 2
0700: Go to park HQ to book the guide
0800: Start the climb (~6km)
1500: Reach Laban Rata
1800: Rest for the night climbing
Day 3
0130: Wake up and get ready for the climb
0230: Start the climb
0545: Reach Low's peak (Watch Sunrise and start camwhoring)
0900: Back at Laban Rata
1500: Back to park HQ - on the way out to Poring
1730: In Poring - hot springs
Day 4
0900: Bus from Poring to Kota Kinabalu
1200: Flight to JB
1700: Home!

It is somewhat like a Huang Shan trip, but slightly tougher because of the humidity and longer distance. It can be shrink down to a 3D2N trip if we skip the hot spring at Poring. I added that cosh I've never been to one, just feel like trying.

Total cost is ~ S$600 to S$700 without the hot spring.

Please tell me if you are interested and also the date range you prefer. I am looking at a 4 pple team but if the response is good, we can make it into a big group outing (~23 pple) like the Huang Shan trip hehhehe... those were the memorable days =)

I was reading Tuesdays with Morrie and my attention was caught by the following phrase,

"...mother opens a candy store..."

I believe most of us would start to picture a nice, kind lady selling sweets to kids upon reading this phrase. Try picturing the following phrase,

"...uncle runs a cigarette store..."

Now, I believe most of us would have the image of a fat, rugged man selling cigarettes to underage teenagers... erm... maybe not exactly the same but along dat line hahahha...

We've been mould to add in feelings, emotions and information to things we read, see and hear. It's a good thing. It brings life to simple plain words you are reading now.

But because of the nature of some work, many of us tend to lose such "instincts". I learn to rip off all the marketing words to understand what the entity is exactly doing. I learn not to add in personal tots into reports I write, but only things dat are written by others. And not that I don't try to understand the underlying of the words, it's just most of the time, I'll need to start with a negative mindset - are they trying to escape some loopholes, are they tricking me into something...

It's not a bad thing (I think...), I just fear that I may lose myself in such a process. Hehehe... But as of now, I am still myself, very "phang min chuan" still. Hopefully, in times to come, not only will I gain a skill set of being objective, I still retain my ownself. Cheers!

By the way, I just remembered that some of you are going into the working world soon. Sorry sorry, I din mean to give a negative view of the world, it's just my own personal tots, you may not feel the same way =p

Wishing ET, CW, MH, JL and those who I've missed out, all the da best in your future endeavours!

P.S.: Pple, remember to bring your own bags when shopping now. Save the Earth!

The presentation went well last Friday, everything was good. Something struck me after the event and I realised the need for me to draw myself out from my obssession with work. As a self-declared workaholic, working OT has absolutely no meaning to me... it was until last Friday when I felt that being an "enthusiast" for working long hours gives me excuses to be inefficient, and that, was further reinforced by some events.

I had decided to look for some thing that would draw myself from "doing OT when not necessary". Joining SDU was one of those alternatives, which I told myself it was crap after staying less than 1 minute on their webpage. Then, I went to look for books to read... and dat leads me to my topic. Quite a long prologue eh... heeee

I teared when reading the ending chapters of the book, for pple who don't know me, I tear even when I read comics (sad one of course), maybe cosh I've too much to spare.

From my perspective, this book talks about someone who gave up his life after he lost someone invaluable to him... his mother. He tried to kill himself and on the brink of his death, met his "dead" mother. He got to spend just one day with her... one non-existing day. He never told his mother how much he loved her after his parents got divorced. Not even once... despite the love his mother had showered him with. It is only after she passed away and at the very end of the "non-existing" day, he opens his heart and tells her, he loves her.

I won't go into the details of the book. I just wanna share my post thoughts after finish reading it. I would say this is a good book to read especially when you are really too focus on something and starts to neglect pple close to u. I'll like to quote something from the book which it had touched my heart, and I hope it'll touch yours too,

"..there's a story behind everything... sometimes the stories are simple and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking.But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin..."



Short talk: Some pple even when they complained about their work, they dun like pple who complained about their work. I made the mistake of complaining my work (lying cosh I love my work) to engage in a conversation. Sigh... don't assume.

I seem to have problem speaking fluent english and the worse thing is that, this problem comes and go.
There are situations where I can deliver what I can to say smoothly without stammering. But there are also situations where I seem to have like things stuffs inside my mouth blocking watever I am trying to say. I am losing confidence because of such problems =(
I can't exactly pinpoint the source of this weird problem. Has anyone encountered such things before? Waiting for advice...

Sorry for MIA-ing for so long. Loads of work await me when I reach the office every morning and the moment I reach home from work, I just feel like going straight into my bed. Luckily, I passed my driving test and my weekends are freed up now wooo hooo... btw it was my first time and I passed with a "high" score of 18 muahahahahaha....

Back to the topic of "Balancing b/w Bureaucracy and Due Diligence". This is a whole new thing to me. I've been trying to pick up this skill since day one of my work. It's kinda hard especially working in the govt agency. On one hand, I've to follow strictly to the rules and on the other hand, I cannot be too rules-oriented at work as it compromises on the quality and speed of service. It's almost similar to what is depicted in Jack Neo's "Just Follow Law". Most pple think that it's an irony to have these 2 behaviour to co-exist in a person. From what I've experienced from my few months at work, I disagree to that. It's possible to have a fine balance between bureaucracy and due diligence. It depends on situation and pple you are deling with. Mastering the skill of balancing between these 2 is my next immediate objective hehehe...

Anyone interested to visit the IT show tomorrow? I'll be going down to get some stuffs, do msg me if you need a makan khaki. Need to get some sleep now. Nightzzzzzzzz.

On my way back home, I was trying to understand why I can be so energetic at work and when it comes to weekend, I feel damn lethargic. I was trying to understand why I am alwiz looking forward to work while others look forward to the end of work. Hey, dun get me wrong hor, I am not trying to pinpoint anyone, neither am I trying to say I am so zai dat I can work for 24 hours and still maintain a smiling face hahaha...

I used to think that as long as I am doing something I like, then I shouldn't be sad, and I will be happy to look forward to doing that particular thing. Budden, pple question me how do I know I am doing the things that I like. Hmm... my previous answer (posted long long ago) to dat question wasnt good, and it wasnt realli convincing hahaha... so I kept thinking, understanding, guessing etc etc.. And yes!! I found a pretty good answer to that question today.

It's about Liking what I do, but not Doing what I like. I am too tired to explain how I came out with this answer. I believe you can figure much out from the words yourself hahaha nitezzzzz...

And yes, I got the capsule calendar clock at 10 dollars. If anyone is interested, I can share with you where to get that.

Does anyone knows where to get this clock in Singapore?
Please msg me or send me an email through phang07@gmail.com if you know.
Thanks.

Before I start... this post is totally unrelated to CNY, the title was put there because I couldnt think of a proper title.

I've not been writing public post for a long time because the stuffs I do are somewhat sensitive. Yah... and I do love my current job. It is Exciting, Fun, Challenging, Innovative... you name it. I've oso been pretty busy, partly because of my job, and partly because of tuitions and driving lessons. I am practically left with less than 24 hours per week to myself.

Anyway, apart from work, I oso keep myself update with news going on ard the world esp entertainment ones. And I got to know dat Xu Weilun juz passed away after a freak car accident. She's someone I used to adore when I was crazy over Taiwan serial shows. Pretty, good acting skills... sometimes fate likes to play cruel jokes on pple ehhh??

On the topic of dying. I used to think dat as long as I live my life to fullest, even if someday I pass away, I wun leave any regrets. Den again, dats not true. How about pple ard u? How about pple who care about u? How about pple who lend u money hahahhaa... I got to realise dat life is not just a commitment to myself but oso to others who sincerely care about me.

Ever since I started work, I would send out cheering messages every monday morning to some of my frens to wish them all the best at work. I think it's very impt to like wat u do and enjoy the process of doing it. Joy and Laffter come naturally when you are positive in everything you do.

Note dat some of the paragraphs are totally not link... these are just some of my random tots. No time to link them up. Will post again soon...under private post. Btw, I enjoyed my pre-induction briefing today hee...

Just as I was writing my self introduction for the first day of work tomorrow, I realise I have missed out something  in my previous post.

I would like to amend my 7th point,

7. And most importantly... put in 101% in my work!! At the same time, get to know more friends at work!!!

hahaha... dat's all... thanks for reading! I will start to post pictures again in the upcoming entries.

Btw, if kimberly is reading this, thanks for the presents!!!

Oppps... this came kinda late because I was tied up with some family matters in the past few days. I shall now officially announce my NEW YEAR RESOLUTION for Two Thousand and Seven!!!

1. Save 25% of my take home pay (Needs super lotsa discipline for dis)

2. Tutor Annabelle and Graham for the whole of the year and make sure their grades improve! (More discipline needed)

3. Do a good job in designing my own room.

4. Pass my IPPT.

5. Pass my Driving Test although I am not really into driving...

6. Find someone like Han Ji Eun (Full House) or Zhou Youlin (My Girl) to make myself happy everyday hahaha...

7. And most importantly... put in 101% in my work!!!

Yupzz... 7 resolutions in 2007 written on the 7th of January 3.57am, my favourite and lucky number! All da Best to myself and hope everything goes smoothly for me this year! Of course not forgetting my frens and readers of this post - Happy New Year and wish you 事事顺利!!!

Starting the next journey of my life......

I've been zobo-ing for the past 2-3 weeks and I have decided to do something SERIOUS!!! That is... to list down all the dramas that I've watched in the past 1 year with reviews so that my readers know which to watch when they have too much time to spare...

1. One Litre of Tears (Japan) - Total 11 episodes

Plot: * * * * * 5 stars!!! Cosh it is a real life story!!! And it is really a tear bomb drama... I started crying from the 4th episode.

Cast: * * * * Erika Sawariji (深田恭子 lookalike, with slimmer figure) is really pretty, plus her acting skills is awesome. The way she portrays Aya lets me feel like she is really Aya herself.

2. Full House (Korean) - Total 24 episodes

Plot: * * * * Typical plot whereby the female lead is forced to be with the male lead and in the end both fall in love blah blah blah... But!! There is a lot of funny scenes in the show... guarantee laff till pengzzz, and the last few episodes are kinda touching... awww....

Cast: * * * * * This is one of the few shows where I would pay attention to the male cast. Rain is really funny in the show and I used to think that Rain is some kinda act sey, but not shuaiz, only know how to dance but cannot sing type of artiste, but this show really brought me a different perspective of him. Plus the chio chio but short short Song Hui Qiao... realli worth to watch sia...

3. Nobuta wo Produce (Japan) - Total 11 episodes (or 10 I forgot)

Plot: * * * A bit yuckish... about a high school ger turning from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan with the help of 2 frens...

Cast: * * * I dun realli like the female lead because I cannot find anything attractive about her. And the 2 male actors give me those gek sey feeling. The only person to look for is the female supporting actoress... she is the one who played Misa in Death Note 2 - quite cute.

4. Kurosagi (Japan) - Total 11 episodes (or 10 I forgot)

Plot: * * * * * Very innovative... about swindler cheating swindler. A fair bit of schemings and plottings against each other in the show... my favourite muahahahaha

Cast: * * Dun like... but watched for the sake of the plot...

5. Taiyou no Uta (Japan) - Total 10 episodes

Plot: * * * Almost similar to One Litre of Tears but not that attractive maybe because the story isn't as sad as One Litre of Tears

Cast: * * * Erika Sawariji did not show her powderful acting skills in this show... plus the rest are all guys... a bit boring...

6. Princess Hours (Korean) - total 24 epsidoes

Plot: * * * Super duper draggy... and very typical Korean drama plot... female lead kena force to be with male lead and in the end fall in love with each other......... again........ not creative.

Cast: * * * * The female lead is very funny and cute, but the male lead failed to catch my attention unlike Rain in Full House.

7. 我的野蛮奶奶 (Hongkong) - total ??? episodes

Plot: * * * * Starting is not too bad... but the story gets boring halfway. The last 2 episodes manage to bring the show back to life with some touching scenes.

Cast: * * * Average.

8. 金枝玉孽 (Hongkong) - total 30 episodes

Plot: * * * * * * 6 stars for it!!! Awesome... a lot of schemings and plottings with some romance in it. Able to keep me in front of the screen for the whole day.

Cast: * * * * * So many pretty gers, and the male actor Chen Hao caught my attention because of the character he portrayed... kind-hearted but ambitious... ironic character but he managed to bring it out juz nice...

9. 阿旺新传 (Hongkong) - total 32 episodes

Plot: * * Almost like the 1st 阿旺... boring

Cast: * * Same cast... plus some others which did not really spice up the show... boringzzzzzzzz

10. 爱在哈佛 (Korean) - total 24 episodes (I think...)

Plot: * * * Starting was nice but it became too draggy in the end and I gave up halfway... dats why i dunno how many episodes in total

Cast: * Yucks~~~!

11. Supplement (Japan) - total 11 episodes

Plot: * * * * Not too bad... at least it gives me a peep of how an advertisement is created...

Cast: * * * Woo... got the pretty pretty  ger who acted in the Train Man... Misaki Itoh!

12. Train Man (Japan) - total 11 episodes

Plot: * * * * * Innovative!!! Getting tips on how to woo a ger on the net... it's like what I used to do when I was younger hahahaha... the ending is quite touching too

Cast: * * * Misaki Itoh!!!

Hmmm... that's all I can remember. Those in red are highly recommended. I am watching 薯童谣 and 胭脂水粉 now. Between the 2, I would recommend 薯童谣, as it gives an idea how important technology was in the past... not bad not bad...

muaha muaha muahahahahahahahahaha... see how zhuan1 yi1 I am???

Your Birthdate: November 7

Calm and understated, you struggle to express your love with words. Over time, your partner learns to recognize your passion by the actions you take. You're good at wooing someone slowly, without them even realizing it! Number of True Loves You'll Have: 1 Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 2 You are most compatible with people born on the 7th, 16th, and 25th of the month.

Be warned!!! This entry is pretty long, read at your own risk muahahahaha...

First, to those who are concerned about me, I am almost recovered from dengue. According to the doctor, I will be more prone to illness in future because my physical constitution has been affected/"spoilt" because of dengue fever. Initially I thought it won't be too bad... but I am starting feel its effects now like getting tired easily (as compared to past) and feeling much more pain when I knock against something... Is it cosh of aging? or is it cosh of dengue? hahaha... dunno sia... but I hope dis will go away soon *praying hard*

Second, X'mas was spent at home with myself, nothing special... but I did have 2 X'mas gatherings on 22nd and 23rd with my secondary and jc frens. Received a pig and a set of nose trimmers from the gift exchange with these old old frens of mine. Then, I had lunch with a future politician on X'mas eve, all da best to her future endeavours haaaahahaha. Then, bumped into Shallene in Bugis and I got suanings from her as X'mas gift sob sobzzz...

As we are closing to the end of the year, I am going to note down some of the special and unique things that had happened to me for the past 360 days:

1. Started to post pictures in my blog entry
2. Attended my 1st JC class outing
3. Attended 2 of my frens' weddings... I am starting to feel old
4. In the past, we had one secondary class outing annually. But this year, we've got 4!!
5. Studied alone at home during exam period because all my mugging buddies have graduated
6. The amount of efforts I've spent on studies dis year is equivalent to the efforts I've spent on studies for the past 10 years (accumulated)... never have I been so diligent before... but the results still SUCKS!!!
7. Cried the most this year (because of all the Japanese and Korean Drama I had watched... nothing else)
8. Experienced ultimate depression during early stages of job hunting, but luckily things turned out well... phewzzz...
9. Struck down by dengue fever
10. ... and because of dengue fever, I got to know the pple who are realli concerned about me and I really feel blessed... there was even a time when I realli believed that I am the luckiest and most blessed person in the world...
11. Started to have a clearer picture of things I wish to achieve in life

Dat's about it for now... maybe I should have a list of 2007 resolutions hor!?!?! Hmm... ok I shall go and think about it... till den, ciaozzz

53 more minutes to X'mas and wishing everyone out there a happy happy merry christmas dis year!!!

Sorry to disappear for such a long time. I've been really sick. Was down with dengue fever and spent a 3D2N in NUH. Fever started on 8th and the temperature went up and down for 2 times before I was officially diagnosed with dengue on 14th. And from there, I spent 3 days in the hospital. I swear to god this is the most PAINFUL period I've experienced... the food poisoning + altitude sickness during my Yunnan trip was nothing compared to this man. Muscle aching + Joints aching + Nauseous + Giddiness + Itching all over + more and more... and I am still not fully recovered from it yet...

Ok, no more whinings =x. My main objective of this post is to thanks all those who have showered concerns over me during the past 2 weeks. You, pple lemme feel how bless I am, REALLY!!!

1. Edwin is the best, he reached my ward before I was even admitted to it. God knows how he did it. And he brought me super nice X'mas and birthday gifts!!! Thanks ya!!! I was too unconscious to thank you properly dat time but realli thanks!

2. Thanks Zijia, Zhihui and Shengwang!! My bestest frens and supper khakis!!! Thanks for the gift jia! And thanks for the fruits basket!!! Muakz Muakz!

3. Thanks Christina for coming and helping me kill time in the hospital! Thanks thanks!

4. Thanks Justin, Huimin, Kenny, Qingyuan, Chinkeong, Mingchean and Junchih for coming to visit me! I felt like a newborn baby watched over by so many of you that night hahahahaha...

5. Thanks Angel, Cheewei, Hongwei, Weekeong, Peili, Jaron, Pamela, Zuanyu, Chongguan, Guowei, Fuming, Huiling and many many more who sent your concerns over sms/emails.... *touched*

Thanks mother, father and ah-mei who have taken care of me during this torturing period. Thanks uncle and auntie for preparing tonics for me.

I feel so blessed even though I was in so much pain... hehehe ok I gotta go back to rest liaozz, will post again when I recover soon...

I think I've got Dengue Fever... hit 39 degrees on Friday Night, went to see 2 doctors on Saturday but still hit 40.1 degrees on Saturday night. Doctor says if the fever still dun subside, i'll need to go hospital sianz!!! Why why why at such a critical time???... I am praying to recover by monday pls!!!