It's not wise to keep Wisdom Teeth

You can never believe what has happened to me today, I went to National Dental Center. You can say it's one of the worse day of my life, literally. First, I spent a total of 7 hours all together with all the waiting, treatment, consultation, etc. Hey, that's totally waste of time.. Wasted my Monday just like that, in the most dreadful and fearful way some more. But then, to think again, may be the opportunity cost can be richer if I can get to enjoy all the nice foods and drinks again...

Secondly, I had the most terrible-tasting shredded chicken porridge in Chinatown! It doesn't even have visible chicken shreds, it's more like chicken skin and some big-pieced chicken chunks. And the worse part about this is that they tasted salty.. just salty. The porridge itself doesn't really tasted very well already. Geez.. sometimes, I really think why did people who don't really know how to cook, to sell food? No brainers..

Thirdly, I had to extract my right side wisdom teeth eventually. The part regarding this is that, I had swollen gum. Thought of consulting dentist on last Saturday, but unfortunately made a wasted trip down. And apparently my gum grew out of place and covered-up my right side wisdom tooth. It sure is my darkest nightmare of conscious to see a dentist and extract teeth alright. Long time feared it, never thought I would eventually still got to remove it surgically someday, and that day is today.

Lastly, in the eventful day of mine, guess how much I spent in total.. Let me calculate a bit [All dollar is referring to SGD]:
Lunch = $2.50
Transport = $2.60 (approx)
Dinner = $1.50 (approx)
Surgery (incl. medication) = $1,020.51 ($808.38 from Medisave)
Dental Consultation Fee = $98.95
Grand Total = $1,126.06

It's like WOAH!!! And it's like I only extract two teeth and it's this? In fact, I still have two more wisdom teeth to extract someday.. Goosh, I guess I got to spend more time recuperate this wound first, Hari Raya is here... I only wish now is that I can eat my delicious food when the time comes. It's really such a torment to see and not to consume them.

Oh, and after the whole thing, I spent around 1 hour waiting for the senior dental assistant to assure that my wound is ok and doesn't need further attention and then can send me away. After that, spent another 15-30mins waiting for the payment of surgery.. bla bla bla. After that spent another 30 odd minutes just to wait for the slow-poke pharmacy to issue me my medications. And I was so "turned-off" like a 'woman having mood swing' like that, what an unbearable state I was in. And it's the exact same state I was on the trip in MRT train home and got home. (the anesthesia said will last approx 2hrs)

Who would take care of me? :"( I guess the only reliance now is myself. Gotta put myself to bed now...

Brown Sugar Macchiato

I have just finished watching this Taiwan drama serial, Brown Sugar Macchiato. The overall is not bad at all, maybe I'll grade it 3.5 out of 5. A short and sweet kind of show which revolves around a bunch of young kids. Below is the drama summary:

One day, six boys with different personalities and backgrounds are notified they shared the same father. And on top of that they are entitled to a large inheritance. There is only one catch. They must attend the same school and live in the same house for one year to become loving brothers. But, the boys not only hate each other, they have to deal with nine mean girls from their class. Will the brothers band together and successfully pass the inheritance test? Or, will falling in love with their classmates pull them farther apart? --DramaWiki (Crunchyroll, 2008)

Here is the website if you are interested and bored and feeling low, down and unloved: Brown Sugar Macchiato. (Just click the episodes at the 'Latest Videos')

And slightly updating of my another interesting week. Yesterday, I met up with my cousin, Y.B., to do revision, study, and for me is to get my assignment starting. The interesting thing about the situation is that, she is capable to handle my assignment simply just a bit of reading and recap. And I, too, am able to help her with her revision is either the Law part or the Ecology part due to my secondary school education to have Geography background and Diploma to have Law background.

And so, under this "twist of fate", we spent twice as much energy and effort to try and understand each other point as we would try and help each other out. And Y.B. share this interesting YouTube video with me saying it's her Ecology lecturer shared this with her first. Enjoy!

Where the hell is Matt
by Matt Harding and Melissa Nixon


I was so amazed watching it with my cousin. Seeing all the places being filmed and stuffs, and I kind of enjoy the music as well as the "feel" this video has exposed me to. I and Y.B. then was like saying wouldn't it be nice if we the cousins could one day detach from the wings of our parents and travel together.. blar blar blar. Anyway, have a nice weekend and enjoy okay?!

P.S. I think I later got to make a trip to the dentist, my right-side gum really hurts. =(

The Greatest "Mistake" All-time: Wikipedia

Disclaimer: The below contains objective information. The information herein are subjected to individualism. Please be warned that the author shall not be liable to any form of responsiblities. Short to say, if there is anything wrong with the post contents, don't blame it on the owner. And by reading it, you are reading it at your own will and shall abide the above. JamesW850i


I don't know what's the wrong about people nowadays. Seemingly, I have this weird problem with people in general. The thing is, whenever in topic or in reference, people likes to refer to this one website called Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Until now it sounds totally alright, and doesn't seems to have any problem, right? No, wrong! This IS the problem. Let me explain further and I hope all readers that trip over this post will understand the issue.

Wikipedia is created with the contents of volunteered work, information, perceptions, and understanding. This is to say that anyone can be a contributor to the website, and anyone can be an article writer. This low barrier of content is the information we all would refer to as knowledge. With this in mind, do you mind ask yourself a question: How accurate can the information be, understanding that Quality Control (QC) is this low?

Most articles can be edited by anyone with access to Internet. A very bad example of amendment, improvemental or enhancement management. How so? Since Wikipedia is created with the ability to share information across Internet, it would means that whoever wrote an article may, or may not (in most case) know the people that reads them. Not to even think about the people that edits the same article, can be re-edited by millions of other people, leading to more unreliable information implant into the original information. First, is caused a sense of lost of originality in the information; second, the lost of accuracy in communicating information.

It is stated that articles contain 'significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism'. But it seems like most user that I know, isn't aware of this. And I am sure a lot or in fact the majority of the people who studies or are young student refers to Wikipedia for information and isn't aware of this. And I guess the most stupidest (as in folly) mistake would be to use it in a graded academic assignment, project or report.

After sharing so much, actually, if you are interested to read the original thing (the most true thing), you can visit HERE. Oh, and back to topic. You know what makes me really come to the point to write this? Everyone take the information for real! My cousin does, my friend does, for now the only person I know who doesn't is Chris. For he is a lecturer and a PhD and he knows the academic lookouts. The rest, is either lazy, take things for granted, or don't be bothered.

Some bottom line from me: you want to refer to Wikipedia, is not exactly a problem. But know what you are reading and treat it as casual information if you must use them, but not treating as the ultimate knowledge. And even if you must, kindly learn from their sources then, at least it does not subject to casual re-editions. Last, if you can't do any of those, then just don't refer to it, this will do you better than mislead your mind with false information.

D is not Decision, is Dreams

I thought it would be cool and relevant to bring back some understanding on a very alienated topic to the residents of Singapore and more significantly, friends. Topic on dreams. Not in the context of a visual during sleep, and also not in the context of building castle in the sky. But is the spark of all hopes, is believed to be dreams (at least that's what I do believe).

I don't know why it came to my mind to speak of this fundamental freedom of thinking. But I know it is going to make the difference to the people that sees, understands and evaluates it. Dreams are very important, but sad to say, in the present context of living and rationality, the extend of outreach only arrives at hopes and opportunities. It doesn't only applies to work, academic, social, project, entrepreneurship. It also applies to something even closer than all these, such as life, relationships, and friends.

The topic of discussion makes me feel a bit awkward as well, since the last time that I had a proper thought of dreams is when I was in secondary one (OMG!) and after that, I didn't go back to it again. And my dreams then was to overcome domestic pets' health just the same way MOH (Ministry of Health) would to the residents. Sounds good then, but the only reason why it has yet to be achieved is due to the understanding that I didn't properly cared for my studies then (LOL!).

Back to dreams. Why am I talking about dreams now then? Inclined towards love in relationship (especially something so exclusive such as homosexual serious relationship), I guess the only thing I can established now is the dream of the one man. And only by so, I am willing to put to try my last and only trust in having a fulfilling relationship in man. To also give this one man an opportunity to my vulnerability which no other things, no one and situations can access to.

In conjunction to discouragement of social acceptance to gay (or may I say it as, discrimination to homosexuality), my dream was that, may the gay community grows to be the majority and thus, leads to acceptance and appreciation of rainbow culture. It is not a futuristic thinking or what, but that, I believe that since gays can accept heterosexuality in the society, and even condone to metrosexuality (could also be a cover-up, as metrosexuals are believed to be straight), so why can't it be reciprocated? Since what the gay community needs is only acceptance and freedom, why not? It isn't like trying to legalize satanism in the Nation right..? (Comparable??)

Next, inclined towards my (gay) family and members, dream is to stay as the way a family would, live through thick and thin with the support and understanding at periods and moments of needs. And on top of that, we will forever be there for the priority of attention doesn't goes anything lesser than siblings and family members. The bottom-line of it is: We are family!

And one last thing, think of what dreams it would be in application to what you are facing. I am sure we all have dreams, don't extinct such an invaluable and sacred benefit. And always remember, sub-consciously we usually would take things for granted, so don't let it happen to dreams. The power to dream, gives the power to change, and leads to the power to live a better tomorrow (James Theory). Have a fun time reading and thinking. JamesW850i sign off

海南鸡饭, Rice Rhapsody

I watched this movie called ' Rice Rhapsody', and that's why I named the post Rice Rhapsody. What's so amazing about this movie one may ask. I find the movie interesting, meaningful and touching. I like most about this 2004 year production is that, it compiles Singapore's traditional liking, "flavors", and love. On a second liking, it enhances the love of 1)family, 2)relationship and 3)coexistence of homosexuality possibility.

This movie leads to a lot of open-statement conclusion and bottom-lines. As for me, I perceived that for whatever reason it maybe for a family to drift apart, for the same reason, it should bring the family together.. That's why it is called 'family'! Last but not least, please enjoy the movie even though the resolution and quality is pretty bad, try to look beyond it. =)

海南鸡饭, Rice Rhapsody Synopsis:

海南鸡饭属新加坡名菜，软软的饭中渗出淡淡鲜鸡香味，而配料经鸡油炒香后滋味扑鼻而来，加上新鲜靓鸡皮爽肉滑，令人食指大动，胃口大开。一道正宗上等海南鸡饭不仅属顶级美食艺术，更能吃出大厨心思，感受不一样的故事﹗
　　
珍(张艾嘉 饰)自十二年前遭丈夫遗弃后，以祖传秘方调制的海南鸡饭打响名堂，于新加坡开设餐馆，独力养活三个儿子。传统的珍一直渴望儿子继后香灯，当发现长子及次子皆是同性恋者后，将希望孤注一掷放在小儿子LEO身上。
　　
珍为一尽家庭责任，延续传宗接代的理想，与好友金水(世界名厨甄文达 饰)合力介绍女孩给LEO，其中法国交换生SABINE与LEO投契，珍大感安慰。然而……

(河北酷儿, 2006, Tudou.com)

Rice Rhapsody, Part A


Rice Rhapsody, Part B


Feel free to share your views on Rice Rhapsody. (How I wish my parents could watch this...)

TODAY Newpaper unrest

READ: Stop making A mockery of rule of law: Let's accept gays (Ho Kwon Ping, 8 Sept 2008, TODAYonline.com)

READ: What's next? Same sex marriages? (Anton Chan, 9 Sept 2008, TODAYonline.com)

Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Wow! Loved it. Watched it in movie theaters back then and now, I just finished watching it online. Yup.. Had another boring online streaming overnight. And, hey, I enjoyed it just as much. They always go through all the less possible situation and looking at that chic Harold Lee freak out. It's totally cool. By the way, this is the sequel from Harold & Kumar: Go to White Castle. Had a good laughed and now going to catch a little nap now. Oh, in case you didn't catch the ending part Kumar's poem properly, I had it all below (that's the best I could do...):

"I fear that I'll always be a lonely number like root 3
A 3 is all that is good and right
Why must keep 3 out of sight
The need for vicious square root sign

I wish instead that I was 9
For 9 could forge this evil trick
With some quick arithmetic
And I know I'll never see the sun (???) as 1.7321

Such as my reality, a sad irrationality
When arc is what this I see, another square root of a 3
Is quietly convoncing (???) by together we multiply
To form the number we prefer, rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our moral bonds
And with a waive of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed" (Kumar, 2008, The Square Root of Three)

Watch "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" Movie

Love Unlimited

Looking at relationship from a little depressing point of view, sometimes, a little differentiation wouldn't hurt. Why the Love? Whether or not PLU Love got potential future? Love versus Lust? Love versus Hate? Bla Bla Bla... Sad to see, more sad to hear, sadist to say. What always seems to be a good choice, or a better choice in Love, usually ended up with blood pool in the heart. It doesn't need to be always the case to prove this existence, but in this scenario, it is so.

Need me not to emphasize on the usual after-effect of an end any further. But Love, can't it get any better or any simpler? In my PLU family, three members in Love, two members falling in Love, remaining stays out of Love. Me? I of course contributes to the stay out of Love portion (if not, I think involvement takes away fairness in judgment) Although so, I admit I shall not show any prejudice to the act of Love.

To be in Love, I am more of curious than anything else, to know what actually makes those in Love stays in Love. Maintain usually turns out to be more exhaustive than creating something, or even getting something started. People usually is believe to influence another, and in the case of a relationship, the most active influence act is no other than the involved couple. Things turned sweet or sour is all up to them to cook something up.

For those that's falling in Love, I am more concerned on the other hand. Maybe is because I am a "fundamentalist" and always believe in the future depends on everything about the initial stage. Today is more important than tomorrow. So, the take a flight, it takes a lot of convincing factors to make it seems and feels right, and if possible, strong points to affirm it. But, how come things don't seems to be so simple nowadays? At this moment, I feels kind of "lucky" that I decides to stay out of Love for now.

A little fight over coffee

It's been a day plus since my last argument. It's really been kind of sad to me that having to have a handful of straight friends left, and yet, I have to rebuke my friend in the most straightforward way. And in the most sensible manner, retaliation makes the re-bounce twice as powerful, that is called nature. It is very unlike me to really share my thinking with someone who is truly different from me in all ways. And I can tell you is, it is my first such fight with this one.

Christopher, someone I knew for two years plus ever since my Diploma in MDIS, until now that I am in TMC. A little info about this guy, he is considered an extreme of me to my perspective. Age gap is huge, behavior, attitude, mindset, etc. We always doesn't lack of things to "talk" about. In a lot of ways, we in return will get into something like a debate or a cross of ideas of "what else it could be". In most every case, we will little by little brushed from topics to topics and back and forth, and ended up with laughter.

And yesterday, I met up with Anson. Something about yesterday remained in my heart and spinning until now, and it is the word "assertive". Assertive being 'confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic' (Dictionary.com). And yet apart from just the word, Anson was saying something about trying to be assertive and not aggressive. This sets my mind thinking if was I an assertive person or an aggressive person when I was having the tea talk with Christopher.

And seemingly, this time, Christopher's heart-trapped issue gushed out his unstoppable mouth, and I smelt trouble. It was like suddenly, he say about his inconfidence about last failed relationship, and next saying that sometimes I should feel for him when saying something, then next saying people can't change how he think of things, and jump and jump and jump irrationally. And yes, I was caught off-guard, but the more important thing is, he can't take differentiation, for example, understanding what is socially accepted from tolerated.

Oh well, this is sometimes I hate about straight guys, they just can't "think" the way things are. I never have the same problems with my other friends, nor ladies I spoke to. But one thing for sure, I am still who I am. Politically right doesn't refers to truly right. Right was said and came to conclusion with Anson long time before, that right was comparatively so. So for now, that shall be what I am using to guide my thinking. Till then, may my mind be enlighten further.

Meteor Garden Overnight "Marathon"

Guess what? I have had this one big craving lately, craving to dig up Meteor Garden, Taiwan Drama Serial, and continuously watch it over the night. Apparently, I manage to complete the whole thing within 36hours with 27 episodes.. Good God!! Don't know why, but I just feel like not quitting until I have finish the whole thing, even though I have seen it when I was in my secondary school age. And finally, I finished it, just few minutes ago...

I just feel that it is very different from what I used to agree to in a lot of things. I never failed to get touched by the parts and parcels of the story and eventually, teared. Really find a sense of liking for the TV serial ever since I lay my eyes on the first episode ever since then. Changes my perspective, I somehow have an overwhelming feeling for the characters in the story... especially when I have glued my eyes on the story.

Being brave in Love, pursuing Love no matter what it takes, obstacles in life, etc. It makes me feel that the word Love is something which I never experience before. I never feel or even took initiatives in anything more than just something I label as interest.. But Love, maybe I am very far-fetch from reaching there. The Love displayed in the serial is something which makes me feel that it is either too good to be true, or it will never happen.

The World that I know seems to give me very little confidence in experiencing something so desirable and natural understanding such as Love. Or is it that I am too coward to life up to it? Anyway, how many right choices can a person make until a wrong choice is made? Imperfection in the serial sets my mind entangled in a even more imperfection situation.

You know, the part I repeated and encored again and again is not a cut with lots of sweetness and nice scenes, but is the scene of Episode 20: when Shan Cai and Dao Ming Shi broke up, in the rainy night, and Shan Cai denied her love for him... What could this mean? I feel pretty exhausted and satisfied now and set my mind to ease. Bed, here I come...

Thank you, Muk!!!

Well, what can I say, maybe a sequel of my 23rd birthday (OMG, it's slowly getting closer to quarter of a decade already). I had a fun, relaxing and memorable pubbing experience today. After a short dinner at Marina Square's Xin Wang Cha Chan Teng, we slowly strolled to Raffles City collect a cake (which is meant to be my birthday cake, 3rd cake for 2008) and proceed to Bras Basah area, a pub at 3rd floor Oden Towers.

Ambiance was pretty new to me, very fresh and cozy. Okay, before I proceed any further, George, Jerald, Muk, Jun Jie, and Thong Kee (someone I first met today) was there.. Its always nice to have George around to bitch-up the area a little. Okay, anyway, as we settled down with one of the cosy table and browse through the menu. Its actually a piece of paper folded into four (what a lousy idea) and a whole list of words and description was there (another lousy idea).

And we placed out orders after that, I ordered Strawberry Frozen Margarita (let me try and figure out what's the whole order: Champagne, Sea Breeze, Lychee Martini, and Cosmopolitan). Not too bad, sweet drinks was just right for me there and then. Taste wasn't very phenomenal though, but was just what I expected and wanted. Hmm.. Its pretty much a waste as we didn't take a single picture throughout the whole thing lo. Sighz, maybe the next thing I should buy is a digital camera. Gotta skim through expenditure for now =/

So nice to pub during Sunday, when Monday is the start of another round of work week and plentiful of sian-ness. Gotta do it again some other time, that's the kindda enjoyment I call it lively, okay~ So, I wanna thanks you guys for both the presence and thoughtfulness, it's all appreciated in my heart. And thanks Muk for this night, it's wonderful. Hugs for all, have lots of sweet dreams tonight ^_^

May soon I master the arts of cock-tailing =P

What do you do when it rains?

Its been typically a end of year season to rain, but the only different is that it is not end of year season yet. It has been raining almost everyday, like as usual as out of seven days, five days are wet kind-of rain. It is just a bliss for me, as I was not out in the open air whenever it rains. But nonetheless, it is really irritating to walk on wet roads and yucky dirt paths, worst to come rotten mud if there is any and if drivers on the road are inconsiderate, they will "add water" on your shirt even before you can dodge! This applies to a typical Singapore context...

Alright, back to my day. Had a very slack day today. In fact is so slack that I myself feels kind-of sinful even to think of doing it a second time. Definitely clock more than 18hours of sleep today.. (Ooops) But what really happened is that, in the early afternoon, met Andy at Jurong Point. He's kind-of anxious and nervous as he bought a sneakers the day before. And after used it for a day, decides to change another shoe size as it was too small. The amazing part is that he is aware of the small size and yet was convinced to buy it.

Of course, we got it exchanged for another sneakers (white body and green touch ups) but it cost him more than what he would pay for (but for the sake of nonrefundable but exchangeable situation, we give and take). I hope he likes the sneaker though... After that we went Kopitiam and eat my lunch and breakfast, one of my favorites, curry chicken with white rice =P

After sending Andy off at MRT, I go home, reaching home around 4pm. A bit blue as it was not a lot of time nor very little time, I crawl back to bed and napped (I really love afternoon naps ^_^). And before I knew it, it was 9pm... Missed my Accounts class today (not feeling as guilty as sleeping so long) and go Boon Lay Place (road was wet, wet, wet!) and eat my other favorites, Power Nasi Lemak with deep fried chicken wing, hash brown and egg. I guess tomorrow got to go National Library and do self-study le (if not it'll be never)

Hmm.. I am going to bath, chat a bit, watch TV and a bit of Viwawa before crawling back to bed again =D