After all the guest were seated..we remained outside for about 5 mins in case there were late guests that needed to register their attendance. Half way thru waiting..there was this lady dat came rushin towards us.. “OMG..it started??..i’m so late!!..oh no!!..”..and den after goin thru the guest list..she realized..she was at the wrong wedding.. -_-‘ …haha..yes yes..she can go elsewhere n start doin the OMG thing all over again..cos the dinner she’s supposed to be at..would probably have started too..

After I wrapped up the reception table..i guided the camera man to his seat and den I headed to mine..(cant afford to lose out on too much food!! Hee)..after digging into the cold dish..some servers came to ask if we wanted some beer or wine..n my dad started askin everybody around the table if they wanted the alcohol beverage..n one by one he approached..n I cant help but notice he deliberately skipped askin me…grr!!..his silent gesture of making me designated driver for the night..haha..

huh?...

Thru out the dinner..the cousins gang n I basically jus jus cam whored thru out the whole event..haha..takin endless pics..well..afterall..the food aint that fantastic to be honest..but the atmosphere n ambience was gd though..dat I hav to admit..

When the dinner ended..my dad took off to meet some of his frens for more drinks..n I had to drive my bro-in-law home b4 sendin my family bac..its kinda weird though..it has always been the other way round..him chauffeuring us..hee..

1800-1GSTRING

A couple of weeks ago..i was supposed to present an individual oral presentation for my comms module. We were supposed to sell something to the most unlikely buyer..n were given freedom of choice as to wat we’ll be sellin..n SO… …I chose to sell g-srings..to guys…Lol..although our topics were confirmed abt a week plus b4..i waited till the day b4 to prepare for the presentation..haha..partly due to LTB execution n bigger part to laziness..

Anyway…I started the presentation by introducing my settin to the audience..which was a talk show on tv..n since I was previously known as Alan MustaphaFandiAhmadAbullahTamugiMohammadScolari on Financial Watch | Channel Comms Asia, I thot I’d bring the name back..haha..but this time..i jumped ship due to my new found passion in fashion and joined MTV to have my veri own MTV talk show..Called..MTV..(My Thongs Vision)..Lol..whereby I spoke abt the 7 traits of highly attractive men..which was veri much self-created..haha..n how wearing g-strings will achieve them

All our presentations r video taped and I went on elaboratin abt wat gals wan in guys..sensitivity and stuff and how wearin g-strings will help guys understand gals n attract them in the process..lol..i’ve also linked it to some of the trends and celebrity practices..

Finally..i rounded up the show by playing a song I name… “erm..it’s beautiful”..

About 2 weeks after the presentation..I found myself attending a biz law class on tue..as usual. I sat at the back of the class and had a clear view of the room. As I was tryin to read wat the prof wrote on the board..i was lookin forward..n den suddenly I saw myself in someone’s laptop flap…lol..Someone

Was watchin my comms presentation on their laptops..n turning ard n grinning at me..haha..i hope they weren’t serious in sayin they wanna upload my entire presentation on youtube..haha..

Blood donor

I was walkin down the concourse the other day..where I past the red cross counter..and I recalled I haven donated blood for a veri veri long time..abt a yr..haha..not dat I didn’t try..but it so happened that the previous times I ran in to a blood donation drive..i was on anti-biotics..and thus..i was turned away..(alan always makes time for blood donation k!!)..anyway..the blood donation drive was held in the lib..and really..i felt..it was a weird place to hold one..haha..well..but SMU is a really small place…so..haha..poor us..

My latest accessory - Pink elbow guard

I was supposed to meet Clarence to go tgt but hee..i couldn’t really wake up..so went abt noon..despite me wakin up in late morn..i hav onli slept a couple of hours..so dun be goin ard thinking I’m a pig..haha..but I was a little scared dat I may feel drowsy after donatin..since I didn’t really slp..but still..i went ahead..cos alan is a kind soul!!haha..

The helpers @ the drive were really friendly..n during the check up..they spoke to us really nicely..which reminded me of the difference in experience as compared to my last medical check up..which was in SAF..haha..its good to be treated normally again..

It didn’t take long for me to fill up the pack..guess my BP ain’t low at all?..haha..anyway..my veins were so big n obvious..u cant miss it..n it would provide tons of blood..when I finished the donation..a helper came over to help me dress my ‘wound’ and he came with 2 dressin designs and asked “which do u prefer?purple or pink?..” and I replied “purple!..pink is abit sissy on a guy.”..he said “OK!”..n gave me the PINK one. … …diao..

Haha anyway..be gentle on me..cos..i’m a blood donor!..haha..

Light for one..and plight for some

If u remember from my previous entries abt the performance @ frujch..we played a song for a guy who was goin for a lung operation..I ran into him the other day..and he was bac in spore after his op..i heard his operation was a huge success..n he was now fit n healthy..I wanted to welcome him bac to sch..but couldn’t as he was on the phone..but still..i felt reali glad that he is back..and sound..

But later in the day..after dinner with my LTB mates..michael received a call..that his father was passing away..due to heart and lung complication..it is prob due to a build up from heart probs..hai..jus as I felt relieved to hav seen someone escape form death..somethin else happens..i was really concerned for Michael..but it seems that he would prefer us not to go down to the funeral..

I was pretty speechless..and not knowin wat to say at that period of time..but once again..Life is unpredictable..cherish every moment u have..

Creative Learning @ Boys Home

After weeks and weeks of planning..the day was finally here for the workshop @ boys home. I muz say that I was a little half hearted in conducting it as we weren’t allowed to take photos..which meant I had very little evidence to show for when I present my LTB final presentation. But since we’ve already promised..we should not go bac on our word.

My dad was out of town that week..so..hee hee hee..grabbed his GS300 for that week and enjoyed a week of convenience..and also.. …poverty. Lol..Cos its so so so expensive to drive to SMU..Plus it being a 3000 CC car did not help either..haha..

I went to school on the morn of the workshop to meet my biz law mates and soon after..met up with aloha, cindy and jenny. Packed food n headed for the carpark as we were running late already..n we had to pick up ze yan from his home(bayshore rd) as he’s carryin tons of stuff..alot of travellin to do..afterall Boys’ Home is in Boon Lay..

Chay: Show u my ass!!!

The moment I started the car..the CD player was on..with Howie Day’s Collide..dats where Aloha and Jenny started screaming.. “ahhhhhhh…so nice!!” After pickin up Ze yan..we headed str to Boys’ Home..FYI..Ze yan’s condo looked really nice!..haha..they r such a funny bunch to travel with..loads of lame jokes..esp from aloha..

When I played ‘innocent’ by Our Lady Peace..Aloha went crazy again… “OMG!! I love this song!!!..I am goin to sing!!” that’s where she turned n winded down the windows and sang(tried to reach the high notes with her low voice..hm..) really loudly to the motorists beside us..Lol!..She kept winding down n I kept winding up for her..thats where u can start to see all the vehicles signal and start changing lane away from us..Lol..They r really the craziest la..hm..nono..2^nd craziest..i jus recalled Ai Wei pulling off a worse stunt..where I joked abt askin her to open the door and leave the car while we were travellin.. n opennin the door was exactly wat she did!!..the moment she opened the door..i was stunned for a second..and when I snapped out of it..I looked at my side mirror and saw cars approachin (stunned again)..n I was..*swallow saliva..n pray*..haha..but she closed the door b4 the cars approached..OMG..can u imagine if we collided?..the car will be short of a door!!...n it wasn’t even my car..nor my family’s..haha..

these r the latest bears in Lexus club collection!

Anyway..we got to the boys’ home and started settin up our stuffs…the building really reminded us of BMT in tekong..and being locked up behind high walls brought back all too familiar feelings too. Haha..but the home was so much more secured..everywhere was card access..and when we forget something..we had to travel thru endless security gates jus to get to the carpark..

The boys came to the multi-purpose hall abt 1.15pm..15 mins later than scheduled..but it was alrite..cos we had a whole afternoon dat day…unlike @ ZHSS..but much to our surprise..the boys there were much better behaved than we have expected..maybe cos its afterall a prison home..but they were really enthu in playin our games..partly becos we had snacks as reward for winners..and being in the home..good food was something they would really do anything for..and..that would be extrinsic motivation..hhahah..LTB is drivin me nuts..anyway..

The boys really played their hearts out which brought the games into full effect..where I could relate a lot of wat they did into real life lessons..they were a much more receptive grp than the students in ZHSS..they were able to guess the lessons learnt at debrief after some promptin by us..and you can really feel them learnin thru the games..which was something we did not hav veri much in ZHSS..sad to say..

the boys over at boys’ home r really smart too..they thought of solutions that some of us didn’t. I rem a lecturer in SIM sayin that SMU students were the most critical thinkers around..and now…I disagree!!..the boys @ boys home were scrutinizing every thing I said..twistin..and tryin to find loop holes in ur statements..and I had a really hard time defendin..haha..but no one out debates me!!..kee kee kee..

by the time the workshop was over..i was so drained..been talking non-stop for abt 3 to 4 hours..and I had no mic or speakers..but the team really felt a sense of satisfaction from the experience..as it was probably a much bigger contribution to the community than our first portion of the proj..in ZHSS..

after the workshop..we all tried to pack ourselves into the car..GS300 is a really big car on the outside..and small on the inside..haha..guess most of the space was to hold gadgets and engine..and all 7 of us were squeezing into the car..boy it was a gd time to be driver..haha..cos when I look into the rear mirror..heads is all I can see..lol..and I could really feel a diff in the acceleration speed..haha..while we were all packed in the car..

we headed to Taka for dinner..but I could have none of it..despite not havin a single meal that day..guess I was tired..and after I send everyone home..i got home..n still not eat anything till the next day..no wonder ppl r callin me anorexic..haha..

but It was really an experience we prob wouldn’t forget..

LTB prep

Its been 2000 yrs since I’ve blogged..things jus get complicated and workload jus get heavier..n alan jus gets lazier..lol..thats all the reasons for e lack of postings in my blog. Anyway..since the frujch gig..i’ve been ploughin away with proj..cos they all happen to due at the same time..and dat includes conducting a 2^nd Creative Learning Workshop..this time at Singapore Boys’ Home. There was a lot of work being put in to make the workshop possible cos we came up with new games and running style jus to suit the boys at the home.

Following r some random pics which we took at the prep for workshop..and also jenny was workin as this translator for Koreans and had to wear the Korean costumes where chay and cindy had a try on it too..

Disgrace to the costumes..lol

Performance @ frujch

It was the last week of sch b4 the term break..n frujch had an event – Half time..(felt it was quite an appropriate name)…where I was invited to perform with Alvin along with a number of other acts..i was really busy with mid term test dat week n didn’t really had time to practice..n though Alvin n I did meet up..for the purpose of rehearsing..we ended up doin our work..haha..told ya..realli busy week..

a|vin . @|an

That was y we were forced to really practice onli on the performance day itself..i was at frujch by around 2pm..for a sound check..where I met Jamil..the legend in SMU’s band scene..haha..n it took veri little time for me to see y..dat guy can play..can sing..n is quite good lookin..not to mention..humble..

As least he’s not like some of the guitarist(or rather 1) I know frm sch..not veri ‘zai’ but wanna act arrogant..haha..

"i'm a creep!!!"

While the performance was the highlight of the day..i felt it was something that happened b4 dat..dat is really stuck in my head..we were jamming n singin songs randomly..n a girl walked up to us and asked “can u all sing my fren a song?...”…and we were like erm..ok..but y?..n she replied.. “my fren is goin for an operation..if u guys dun mind..pls play him a song that will ask him to stay strong”..str away we couldn’t say no..she was beginning to hav watery eyes..

We walked over n spoke to him..n den found out that he was goin for a lung operation..my god..dat sounds mighty dangerous..we decided to play and sing him ‘superman’ by Five for Fighting..with the lyrics sayin..its not easy being him..but even heros have the right to bleed..we may meet obstacles..but its alrite..you can all slp sound at nite..i’ll dig for my kryptonite..

Half way thru the song..his frens were all cryin..n watchin them cry..I really felt terrible..not to mention I was tryin to harmonize with that song..it was a veri veri touchin moment..i almost cried with them..after the song ended..i told him..he will be jus fine..n dat he has to come bac to frujch after the operation for me to play more songs for him..

Ladies n gentlemen..as cliché as it may sound..Life is Precious..pls make the most out of it..if there’s something u haven done or someone u haven loved..jus be brave..n do it..b4 its too late..we r all fortunate ppl..

adeline . @|an

Well…enough of sad stories..anyway!..haha..i felt I played pretty badly dat nite..i dunno…I tink I can do better..both of us..but I would like to thank all my frens who came down to support us..esp when some even got frens frm outside to come..we had ppl from SIM n NUS @ frujch dat nite..n also special thanx to those who changed their work schedules to rush down n watch us..ppl like gaston..sentill..

There was abt 40 to 50 plus ppl we were playin to that nite..in the small chill out bar..n I’m really grateful that they sang along in some of the songs we played..we like it when u sing..u guys rock..lol..

kEvIn..dA band's other guitarist..

i jus wanna upload the photo u say u'r uglier in!! :p

buds 4ever..

@|an . zhuo xiang . c|arence

endure my horrible singin!!

dA duO..

Jamil the durex man!..Lol

david & alan

the musicians..

E next time we play..we’ll be better!..haha..i look forward to playin at frujch again..haha..afterall I get free alcohol for performin..haha..i hope I can squeeze more gigs into my schedule in the comin weeks..maybe a couple more at arts café @ esplanade..we’ll see..

But rest assured…we’ll be bac..haha..

Another dAy @ LTB

As much as I hate the time its takin up…I muz admit that LTB classes are quite fun actually..at least way better than biz law..Lol..the last lesson..we were required to construct a structure..dat will be able to protect an egg..such that it wun crack even when we thew it down from the 3^rd floor..so we took some time..to cut the materials and started piecing bits n pieces of them together..our structure was veri much..trash?..haha..we jus built a straw frame to hold the egg..n wrapped it with lots of newspaper..haha..simple..but workable idea..

When we were tryin how to fit stuffs..chayanait n aloha tried to insert the egg into the balloon..n dats where the egg cracked n was all over chay’s dress..oh my..n it was a white dress..tsk tsk..salute her for her sacrifice..though she always veri mean to me..haha..

After we constructed the structure..we went to the stairway n threw it down one by one..some team’s structure gave way…n the one with the hot air balloon look alike structure..had their balloon burst on its own..haha..n it was pretty much a free fall..

craftswomen at work

piecein..

inner structure..

looks like hot air balloon huh..

Presenting!..Bak Zhang with umbrella..haha!

Vote for Xuan Ming!!..haha..

awaitin...

crashin down!!..

look wat chayanait is doin in class!!

After which..we went bac to class to unveil the results…n ta-da!! Our trash, bak zhang lookin structure survived..our egg did not hav a single scratch..hey hey..wat did I tell ya..simple but workable..haha..but most teams achieved it though..so..haha..but it was great fun la..i hate conventional teachin styles!!..

Super Friday

followin my collection of ic..i met up with gary, lixin, ai jia n ai wei..well…we figured we’d club once more b4 lixin returns to Oxford..(my god..she is smart..)..haha..
Lol..she looks so wierd in the pic..

anyway..we went to catch a movie b4 clubbin n we watched Rob-B-hood…the Jackie chan show…when I first heard wat they wanted to watch..i was… “huh?!! Jackie chan??”…liew…fightin all the way…Lol..but after watchin it…I tink…its not bad la..haha..the baby in the show is super cute!!..almost as cute as me…Lol..muz be thick skin abit..but I dun tink the baby is Chinese though..

after the show..we strolled down orchard road b4 headin down to MoS..the music @ smoove was pretty bad to be honest…when we jus got there..after a while..it got better though..den qiang called me to say he was headin down too..cool!..been a yr since I clubbed with him..i left the dance floor when he arrived n headed for some drinks at the bar..that’s where I met this lady Eileen (hm…a lot of eileens ard..)…seem like a pretty intelligent lady..biz intelligence analyst..ard 26 or 27? (quite Hot may I add..lol)..who wanted to pay for my drinks…haha..but I turned her down though..hm..natural instinct..haha..n NO!..i am not ego!..haha..n qiang was like.."let her pay ma.." Lol..

headed bac to the dancefloor to find dat lixin n ai wei were there alone..gary left the area cos he was pissed at some guys there..lol..but the guys there were...hm..pretty touchy?..haha..they tried to touch ai wei up her skirt..n she was freaked..haha..n while I tried to protect her..n act as if I’m her bf..they ‘attacked’ li xin instead..hey!..dun u try me!..veri tiring one u know..jugglin 2 of them...haha..but I could see how much the guys wanted to kill me..haha..after I keep snatchin the gers away..sorry..dats my job..saya bodyguard..lol..

but it got a little out of hand in there n dats where we decide to go get drinks over @ the main arena..felt we needed more alcohol pumpin in the veins..haha..as I went over to the bar there..n ordered..i met another lady..who’s name was crystal..(hm..*eye balls rollin*)(same name as my ex)..anyway..she was dancing there..n den suddenly she grabbed 2 shots n gave one to me..sayin its her bday..well..a little hard to turn this one down..bday gal..haha..so we toast.. after dat she challenged me to a drinkin contest where we gulped 8 tequilla shots..hee hee..of cos I was the winner!..haha..

after sharing a dance with her..i felt it was time to rejoin the rest..durin that time..she hugged me thrice n gave me a total of..hm..8pecks??..guess she’s high?..haha..den the guy who was standin next to her all those while came over n talked to us..dat’s where he introduced himself..”hi..i am her husband.. i tink she’s had enuff..”!!!!!!...i was freaked!..wat??!!...this guy is goin to kill me..hhahaha…I had no idea..n she insisted on exchanging numbers..my god..i can feel the bulls eye on my head..n her hubby was like..”maybe u shud giv him my no. instead..”…n still she din care..hm…y do I smell a fight after dat?..haha..

after plenty of drinks..we headed bac to smoove..to groove to the music..n we were on the podium..tsk tsk..y did I disgrace myself like dat..haha..hope no one was watchin..haha..we left the scene ard 5…when the music stopped..cab bac after that..n I was unconscious once I reached home..lol..gd thing we din drive there..haha..

haha..well..it wasn’t a bad day la..haha..pink IC..funny movie..free drinks n all..

Beginning of the End

On the 28Sept 2006, I finally completed my longggggg…draggingggggg….service. Lol. N I collected my IC on the following day (fri). I went bac to camp with andy and we were freaked to find out that the new RSM was lookin for ORD personnels..i was “oh m god!!..my hair!!..”..havin not officially discharged from service, there was a chance that they might try to stamp their authority on me one last time..so andy n I went into tactical mode..lol..

There were mainly 2 figures we wanted to avoid..the new RSM (dunno even know who he is..n frankly I dun care)..n of cos the hideous S2 Cpt Gan Eng Seng (who cannot be more unreasonable). I heard he screwed up pretty bad in ROC..printed new maps for the battalion..everythin was accurate on the map..except the grid lines (which is pretty much the most impt thing)..Lol..they were 1 km off..n he sent the whole battalion into ‘holland’(lose ur way) mode..haha..n they walked n walked n walked..n finally crawled n crawled n crawled and still not finding their check points..Lol..all cos of one person..haha..I wonder wat the CO would have said to him..

I still remember the days where he tried to ‘motivate’ us n gave us motivation speeches..which really made no sense to me..esp the time where he told us “you know..some things muz try one den u know..like for example..last time when I was a cadet..i was in ROC..i saw this hill downslope..it seemed very high..den I jumped..hurt myself n realized…wa…really veri high”…I really burst out in laughter inside..was coverin my mouth all the way..Lol..i dunno man..i dun wanna judge but…hahahah..

omg!..i was so innocent lookin..lol..i mean i still am!!

Anyway..when I was makin my way around camp..ppl were all pointing at my hair..haha..n den the inevitable occurred..Mr Gan suddenly appeared in front of me..n said my hair was veri ‘ghim’..n I replied…ur beret also veri ‘ghim’ ma (guard’s khaki beret)..Lol..den we had the following conversation:

Gan: “Next may I’m goin to recall u for exercise typhoon”

Alan: “I will be at school…I will write a letter bac”

Gan: “I will reject it!”

Alan: “Its not up to u to decide!!”

Lol…but we were talking in a relaxed mood la…but dat really felt gd…finally able to talk bac to him..haha..civilian rocks..haha.. I finally got bac my Pink IC..i’m over the moon!!

Michael's Bday

ok...i'm realli back loggin now...last fri was michael's 21st bday!!..haha...someone is finally able to sign his own indemnity form!! hahaa...i was one of the onli few in LTB grp that could indemnify myself..haha..we met up in the morn...disguisin to be for proj...but the moment michael left...we hurried to write his cards..and discuss plans for later part of the day..Lol!

7=4+3!!

we lied to him sayin that we had probs n needed him to solve..haha...n dragged him to one of the GSRs....where we have the cake n stuffs ready...and the unsuspectin party..had a shock when he opened up the door and found an astounding "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" burstin out of the room. haha..

Michael..wat age liao..still act cute..

This aint no cigs man..tsk tsk

we did spare him from flyin cakes though...but dat is no exclusion clause form cream on his face!!haha..i'm haunted by biz law la..haha..

Cream on face!!

Lays Endorsors!!

Sushi Feast!!
Yes!..Mid term is over..Lol..thus...bac to blog..but i'm still tired though..from playin too much guitar..haha..


We celebrated Li Xin's bday at Sushi Tei @ Paragon last thurs..haha yummy!!..free Sushi..haha..i hav to say...their improvised n localised sushi is realli pretty tasty!..haha..esp the one with mango slices wrapped around the sushi with tempura as the filling...and ebi roe to top the icing..yummy!! haha..

Mango Ebi Tempura Sushi (dunno the real name)

not to forget..the avocado and unagi sushi...die...i'm so hungry now..haha..

cant believe we actually ate from 7 plus till 11...we can eat man!!..haha...i ate til i was realli realli tired..n felt like slpin..haha..till now...i'm still left cravin for it...muz go bac again!!..haha..

Giant Prawn Head!!

Bday gal!!...