Life really is different without a car now if u ask mi. Perhaps i've really been too used to driving that i've clean forgotten those days in NS when i haf to wake up super early and spent hrs of time traveling. Waking up before the sun rise is indeed a nostalgic feeling... not forgetting the feeling of dozing off on the bus trip to sch...

This few weeks was rather fun, been playing badminton frequently wif HoYang and involving wif the bash and pageant preparation. Must say its really quite a lot of work, but i hope ultimately things will work out.

Attended the YEN (Youth Entrepreneur Network) camp during the weekends. I must say given the limited man-power and resources they had, the camp was rather gd (in contrast to wat i anticipated hahah). I did haf fun, althou the games segment almost ruin my phone. Congrats on the success of the camp: Sheena, Shermaine, Janice and Huilin! Well Done!

Now for the main highlights of this post.. Something that will sure interest u ppl... My personal pictorial and guide to OCH (Old Changi Hospital).

After the camp, we were suppose to go for lunch together wif the OG (orientation group), but becos i die die wanted to go and take some pics, end up only Steve and ShengJie wanted to join mi.

Mortifying, Self-reproach, Helplessness.

Words that could fit best now... Endless questioning of why it has to be me.

I'm pretty sure by now, frens would haf known that i'm a accident prone person. Forever getting into accidents every now and then. Accidents of all sort be it my fault or not keep occurring.

Sometimes i really wonder if i ever shd haf been given the rights and luxury to be driving everyday. No matter how much i hone my skills or how careful i can be, things always happens. Call it coincidence or call it my misfortune, things nv get better...

• Nov 2006 - Knock the back of a Taxi due to carelessness while changing lane
• Jan 2008 - Reversed and knock into a Car. Reverse sensor was off without my notice
• Feb 2008 - A Cab rammed into the back of my car while i was stationery at a red light.
• July 2008 - Some noob dented my left door during SIM Freshman Orientation Camp.
• Oct 2008 - Dashed an amber light, another impatient turning car whack right into my side.

Not counting the dents and scratches i've accumulated thus far, i've lost count on how many 'injuries' i've caused to my car.

Countless times I seriously even thot of stop driving altogether.

Perhaps the many trials and tribulations are there to mould mi into something... Learning each and every lesson, i juz hoped that i can haf the strength and courage to continue on...

Time for a new post! Sch started and once again SRC (Student Representative Council) events started to lich my time yet again for another yr hahah. Whu ask mi Ge Kiang lah (act smart), join Bash committee for another yr then kana 2IC... Sian.. Alot of work to be done...

That aside, the things that i wan to focus on this post is mainly 2 impt things in my life... Badminton and Trance...

Firstly, let mi start wif the one and only sport i devote my life to... Badminton.

It was a special day for mi, a day filled wif uncertainty and anxiety. Cant really say much of excitement due to my timid nature, thus i attended my very first day in primary sch wif a sulky face, almost breaking into tears any moment. The bell signaling my first recess in Montfort Primary School sounded. Hordes of naughty boys dashed towards all parts of the school, for mi however, the first thing on my mind was to dash to my mum's arm. ( Haha, quite a mummy's boy isnt it?)

Perhaps i've always been wif my mum since birth, i'm quite sticky to her haha. (F.Y.I : My frens will noe that since young my father has been oversea working, traveling back and for every now and then.)

Finally feeling at ease seeing my mum, i began to look ard my surrounding while eating lunch that my mum prepared for mi. It was then i realise almost everybody ard was playing something i've nv seen before. At that moment, i discovered the name of the sport that i would in the near future devote my everything to: Badminton

Somehow my sch is rather obessed wif badminton, every single corner u can find in the sch compound sure has got some kids laying down water bottles as net line. What makes it even more surprising is that walking amidst the war zone wif massive numbers of shuttercock missiles, nobody ever seems to get hit... even teachers... Wat a miracle! (That's one of the secrets of a Champion Sch hahah)

Day after day, year after year, the only thing recess means to me is how fast i can buy my food and swallow it down, maximising the time i haf to play badminton! However, the negative side of being in this sch is linked wif one of my biggest regrets in life. I could never pass the trial to be a official regular in the school team... Sigh... Guess i'm juz not talented enough, hahah. Even though my neighbours whu plays only as well as mi is able to got into his sch team, guess my sch is juz too strong.

I'm rather thankful that even though in poly, i could still find classmates and fren that liked badminton, thus i could still continue to play.

Even though my chance is long over, seeing my brother representing his sch and playing his best, i somehow feel comforted that at least he has done something that i could not do, glad that i influenced him to play when he was young. Entrusting my dreams to him, i hope he could fulfill his goal..

-=:][ For those whu are reading this post, if u like badminton like i do, do invite mi when u all go for a game ok? ][:=-



Many occasions, when ppl sit in my car for the first time, undoubtedly the first thing they will ask is, " Whoa lau, u listen to this kind of music ar?"

I feel sad for the Trance community... Often mistaken wif its cousin Techno. Both are labeled "Beng". Somehow ppl juz dun realise the beauty in them. Here we go away wif my long-before-u-were-born story.

I was exposed to music when i advanced to Secondary sch. At that time, althou Montfort Primary and Secondary is juz side by side, we were still not familiar wif the ECA (Yes, in my time they were still called ECA hor!) that they haf. Being forced to join at least 1 ECA, we had no choice but to scout ard the booths on ECA day.

SerYew: "Sian, badminon dun laf leisure leh, sch team only... hai~ Mian sng liao lah (no need play already)
MingHui: "I think the band not bad, i wan to learn the saxophone leh, quite cool."
SerYew: "har~ wat is that? sian leh, like those that come on funeral 1, whoa lau"
SerYew: "Bryan, wat u join?"
Bryan: "Ohh, i join band already"
SerYew: "WAT? so fast?? y u join band?"
Bryan: "Becos they got gif free cake if u sign up"
All of us: "....................................................."
SerYew: "btw, those were leftovers from last nite's alumni reunion......"

Fate has a weird way to make fun of ppl, all of us ended up in the band. That started my awareness of music.

I'm sure some of us will noe that last time arcade got this super fun machine call DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). Its a big machine that got 4 arrows and u're suppose to step on them

It was damn popular those days! All of us would practice at hm then go to arcade all over sg to haolian to other ppl hahha! Best if got "Ah Lian" there hahah!!

Ok, the main pt is, althou the game is fun, wat i was particularly attracted to was the music that they haf. It was so different from the usual pop songs that we're so used to. Bring in the band allows mi to broaden my horizons on the different types of music, eg classical. And playing DDR showed mi the direct extreme of it, e.g Techno & Trance.

From then on, i belonged to the Techno & Trance faction. Even when i go clubbing in my poly yrs, i nv liked R&B clubs. The clubs that i frequent are techno clubs haha, which explains the possibility of encountering a fight: 100%...

Techno and Trance somehow has more energy to it and the rhythm seems to be on the right frequency wif mi. But soon after my NS days, i slowly switch to only Trance, maybe cos i'm getting on in age, find that Techno abit too high for mi hahah.

Fav DJ : ATB
Do take a look at his vidz, i simply love them!

Erm... seems like my standard introduction paragraph always starts wif something like, " Its been so long since i've updated my blog..." Maybe i shd think of something more creative, but i really must say its been long lah! Now i've been addicted to Facebook's Friend for Sale application, whoo its damn fun lah, maybe i shd blog abt it another day.

For this entry, i've decided to dedicate it to the person i've known the longest in my life (Not counting my family or relatives), a total of 16yrs and counting; Mr Bryan Ong etc. (Ok, upon seeing this i think many of u feel like skipping this entry liao rite? hahah)

I believe i did wrote a super long entry abt him in my friendster blog before, it was so damn long that i had to stop and wrote: to be continued... Anyway, its been more than a year since that last post and i believe its dead in my friendster blog. So let the sabotage begins...

Bryan was:

• Carrying a pink and purple LION KING bag featuring SIMBA's face smack right in the middle. That was in primary sch.
• Stung by a bee after recess in pri 6 while we were juz about to be seated for lesson. The loud "ARGHH" was most memorable... Sent to dunno where, didnt see him after that... for that day lah.
• labeled weird by my girl friends in sec 2 after he hugged the badminton pole while we were playing, making it seems as thou he was doing something...... weird.
  
• Going after a particular girl whose name sounded like Indian name. Thus from then on, he became Indian to me. (No offence to any race or religion, juz a note)
• Repeated an entire sem in poly becos he wanted to keep his long golden hair... Long golden hair is not allowed into the examination hall... Wat a noble sacrifice for vanity
• My parents haf bad pronounciation of english, thus they call him 'Lion' instead of 'Bryan' further reinforcing the Lion King bag memory in me...
• Already a pro in computer at age of 6. BUT asking him to fix my com always ends up wif 20% success rate and 80% of making the problem worse...
  
• In the same pri sch, same sec sch, same CCA, same polytechnic, same Airforce as mi... Had girlfriend with the same birthday, and stayed in the same area... while both the girlfriends are in yishun, we're both in Hougang. Too bad he got rejected by UOL this yr, if not same uni again...Wat a coincident...
  

One masterpiece incident happened in our 2nd yr in poly. We will always meet after our night lesson for dinner at hougang point on monday, thus everytime when we were there, the foodcourt will be rather empty. Juz like usual, we visited the same 'Kueh Chay' store. As he was approaching our seat, i realise his portion of the ingredients was much larger than usual. Out of curiosity, i asked him wat he had. This was wat he replied:

Bryan : "Ohh, the auntie said she gif mi more. She say its wat 'She Tou'... Dunno wat lah"
SerYew: "HUH? u dunno wat then u still take?"
Bryan: "She say its 'She Tou'......"
SerYew: "SNAKE HEAD? WTF?!"
Bryan Shrugs...
SerYew looks damn hard at the thing......
SerYew: " WHOA LAU, pig tongue lah! Wat snake head! U go and die lah!"
Bryan: "HAHAHAHHAHAA"
SerYew: "U chinese fail lah! How the hell would she serve u snake head sia!!"

Another flaw of my fren is that he has got trouble pronuncing properly, resulting in ppl not knowing wat he was saying, including introducing his name...

SerYew: "Hey u shd juz change ur name lah, ppl also cannot hear wat u saying..."
Bryan: "No loh, they noe leh, if not they will not ask mi its B-R-I-A-N or B-R-Y-A-N."
SerYew:" I think Sebastian is a gd name for u"
Bryan:" Too long lah, SE-BAS-TIAN 3 word leh, even harder to pronunce"
SerYew:" Y not? Ppl like Mary Kate Olsen also 3 word leh. Even longer leh, special mah hahah"
Bryan:"....................."
SerYew:" Ohh i noe! Let's be even more special, u noe ppl name after some celebrity rite? Call urself Felicia Chin lah!
Bryan totally speechless......
SerYew:" Then ur full name become Felicia Chin Ong Zhe Yan! Felicia Chin as name, the Ong is ur surname! HAHAHA"

I continue crapping and created a scenario for him...... In the case whereby his name is Felicia Chin Ong Zhe Yan.

One fine day at Citibank Customer Service Centre Counter 3...
Receptionist full of anticipation: "Ms Felicia Chin, its ur turn..."
Receptionist look ard and find only 1 guy seating at the waiting bench staring at her...
Receptionist look back at the application form: "Erm... Mrs Ong?......"
Receptionist still see the guy staring at her...
Receptionist:"Ong Zhe Yan?"
Guy promptly appraoches the counter...
Receptionist: "Erm... is Felicia Chin ur name?"
Felicia Chin Ong:"Yes, got problem?
Receptionist:" Ohh no sir, ur name is special..."
Felicia Chin Ong:"Of cos!"
Receptionist:"So... Erm Mr Ong, wat name would u like on ur card?"
Felicia Chin Ong:"Felicia Chin lah... Ar bo wat?"

I went on to elaborate the uniqueness of the name, becos no matter how it look, its still a girl's name.

Felicia Chin Ong Zhe Yan can mean: A girl name Felicia Chin that is married to a Mr Ong Zhe Yan, thus having both Chin and Ong. ( NO WAY IN HELL FELICIA CHIN WILL MARRY HIM!!!) But under my theory, Felicia Chin Ong is just another guy name structured like Mary Kate Olsen. Simple and Easy. HAHAHAH

Not letting him off, i went on and say:

SerYew:" Hey imagine we walking at orchard, then i shout ur name FELICIA CHIN!! Then ppl turn ard and thot Felicia Chin is here. But then u say 'WAT?' ppl sure stunned! HAHAHAH

Never a day meeting him fails to activate my creative side. I'll forever still think of things to suan him... I juz hope reading this wouldnt make him commit suicide, HAHAHAH!



-=:][ Dedicated to the person i know the longest and the best of my frens ][:=-

Ok, been awhile since my last updates... Guess its time to write something already. Here's one of the entries that i've always wanted to write about; Titled: Electronic Mail aka Email.

I bet some of u may be thinking, "So Email is electronic mail? Wow i didnt noe that!" I think only the younger generations would not know, since email is like been there all the time for them. However, for some of us, we can still vividly remembers how it came about when we're still sending letters... (damn old sch)

Now for the main point of this entry, i would like u to first look at ur own email address, and try to recall when was it that u first register it. For some of us, it may haf been there since the beginning of time, whereas for others, we somehow change it during some point in time. Now look at ur MSN list, and try identifying ur fren's email without checking. By the end of this entry, i guarantee u'll look at them differently (that is if u manage to finish lah, which is rarely the case... ppl come and go without reading everything in detail... Lazy ... Get a drink from mi if u see this line, consider it my treat for ur kind attentiveness)

On my list, i see different emails wif super diff personalities (if u call it personalities). So ladies and gentlemen, behold the wonders of email address!



Some had their name spelled out nicely...

Some had their address taken by others and had to add in the year ...

Others combine songs they like with the year...

Some decided to do some modification to their name...

Really makes mi wonder where the creativity comes from...

From an old friend... (Refer to my previous entry: Meteor Garden)

Some address suggested that it used to be shared...

Unfortunately, see wat the sister had become after the separation...

And their common fren decided to join in the fun...

Speaking of friendship, here's the best buddies for life... Time for a change of email, megaboy and spiderboi! age is catching up wif u 2! (P.S. both are army regulars now)

"Oei soldier! send the guard duty list to my email... NOW! how long u need?!!


There will always be ppl in their lovey fantasy land...

Not forgetting those in games land too...

Where Jap meets the English...

And those that seriously need to be told that literate translation is bad for the eye... (Yes Daniel, it is creative...in a wrong way...)


SBS drivers needs a speed check to ensure safety for the commuters... Especially bus number 165...

Some addresses simply makes mi wonder whu the heck they are...

Whereas some makes mi ROFL...

Finally... the best i've ever seen... i take my hats off u...


If u think i'm deliberately teasing my frens, think again. When i was in the SRC Bash committee, there was once when i had to send emails to the sponsors, as there was a template provided by Melissa and Minghui, i decided to take a look at it. It read...

"......Please do not hesitate to send your queires to Melluv5566@hotmail.com or mousie_mouse@hotmail.com......"

HAHAH! Can u imagine if u're the sponsor?? OMG! U would think u're doing business wif a 5566 fan and a Here-i-come-to-save-the-day mouse! (Sorri Mel and Minghui, if u ever read this, i owe u 2 a meal ok??)

So right now, can i assumed that u would be looking at ur own email address and trying to think of some flaws in it? hahaha!

-=:][ For the ppl implicated in the making of this entry, i sincerely offer my apologies and hope that u'll be kind enough to forgive mi... (well, this is blogging, even Xiaxue is getting used to being criticised and sued...) See u guys for a drink as my apology ok? hahah ][:=-

Once there was a young boy who was bought up in a good family. He was constantly taught discipline and values of life. Keeping in mind the teachings that his parents taught him, he grew up to be a fine young man. He set a dream of being a billionaire that he would one day fulfill not for himself, but for the ones he loves.

He worked hard for his entire life, never allowing himself to lose sight of his goal. At last on his fortieth birthday, he finally attained his life long dream.

On the night of his birthday celebration, he announced the news of his retirement. With the massive wealth that he has obtained, he thought to himself that its finally time to enjoy the fruits of his hardships.

The very next morning when he woke up, there was two letters placed neatly on his study's table. He took the first letter and opened it; it was a report from the bank summarizing a portion of his wealth. However, the second letter was a report from his private doctor, stating the result of his check-up last month.

Being officially on retirement, his employees certainly wasn't expecting him to be doing his routine work after he stepped into the office. Out of curiosity, his secretary decided to clear her doubts with him. This is what he said:

"I've lived my life this way for years, i wouldn't know what to do if i ever stop...The only way i could find myself is within this job of mine..."

After his death two months later, his friends found out that he had actually suffered from cancer. Unknowingly even to himself, the crucial period of time when he could still be cured was when he was fighting his hardest for his goal that were within reach. That had clearly been a catalyst to his condition. Apparently when he went for the check-up, it was already too late.

He spent the final days of his life continuing his work... The only sanctuary that was once the place he believes there is things to fight for... The place that would make him feel that he's still alive... And the only place that would give him hope... The glimpse of hope from the past...



-=:][ In Life, we often lose the very thing that we worked for after accomplishing everything...][:=-



A dedication to the life i once lost



-=:][ Ser Yew ][:=-

Harlow ppl~ Once again its time for updates~! Really feel like blogging such events are getting more and more tiring, especially when u juz dun feel like doing it. But nevertheless, i wish to pen it down before my memory of this wonderful event starts fading...

At first i was quite worried abt the turnout rate becos i wasnt able to confirm the number of ppl attending. In case really not much ppl wan to go, i still hope the OG can still meet up for dinner at least. For my FOC OG, there were 2 ppl that pulled out from the camp. I feel that if pulling out from the camp already means missing out all the fun, i shd at least try to introduce them to the OG so that they could still be frens and still belong to the OG family. Thankfully the 2 of them were enthu enough to turn up for the dinner, and i'm relieved that they too feel that they are part of the OG. And thus i've got a noble vision for OG7 Artemis; To gather all lost child whu haf no place to belong to... Artemis will embrace u wif open arms! (Basically i'm gathering ppl whu couldnt go FOC into my OG )