2005...

as e year draws really close to an end, i shall sumarise this wonderful year of mine.. (minus e dec 8th part) :(

e A level year.. supposedly e toughest year n e one tt shd sucked e most.. but yet to me, its one of e funnest... yes e studying was tough, but there we so many enjoyable moments of 2005.. so many 1st times..


it began with e new year countdown... (31st Dec - 1st Jan) e company: sh and rey and his frens.. went 2 watch movie with sh n benji (forgot wat movie le.. zzz) i think it was meet e fockers.. great movie & damn funny but after tt ben went home.. we went to find rey who was playin pool with his frens.. and after pool... haha.. we bought foam sprays and ganged up to spray others.. so much fun.. *cough* rey.. *cough*.. then i took nightrider 4 e 1st time.. went to a wrong bus stop & walked 1 bus stop home @ around 3am???


next was shanghai... spent my Chinese New Year there.. (10th-14th Feb).. family holiday.. saw snow 4 e 1st time in my life.. experienced my 1st winter.. set off firecrackers 4 e 1st time// Hangzhou, Suzhou & Shanghai.. great shopping, great sights, great holiday, great company..


and then it got better.. my 1st cruise.. (11th-13th Mar) jus a cruise to no where.. went with rey n der.. had lots of fun.. ate till rey dropped, played till they bankrupt (monopoly n daidee/blackjack).. my 1st time into a casino.. e feelin of not havin to worry about sch & studies was jus wonderful.. Thx to rey's parents 4 makin it possible..


& it didnt jus stop there... my PSP purchase.. (1st Apr) paid 4 by my parents.. $446.50.. i never once regretted this purchase.. it accompanied my thru my lonely hours on e bus/other places and occupied me when i was bored studyin.. and it also created more fun for e 3 of us.. believe it or not rey bought his on mon, der on wed and i on fri.. e fun we had on our psps.. and i'm still havin fun with mine right up to today.. credit to bittorrent :P sounds ironic but Thank You Reynold..


and then my luck got better.. Hong Kong '05.. (1st-4th July) immediately after mid-year exam.. luck was on our side.. rey's mum had to go hk for business & so rey and der tagged along.. and guess wat.. we took the same flight.. they extended their trip and we returned together too.. though shoppin in HK was jus soso.. Shen Zhen was great.. cheap CDs/DVDs too as was in Shanghai.. my 1st holiday with frens (nt with sch).. a very enjoyable n memorable 1.. my only regret is tt we hardly took photos.. oh well i'll remember e memories.. our night walk in HK, midnight supper, PSP accessories shopping, airport custom hiccup *cough*... etc etc etc..


like e above was not yet enuf, bring on cruise no. 2... this time sh went with us too.. (29th Jul - 1st Aug).. as much fun.. this time we even brought our own mahjong set to play.. we ate even more, entered casino again (i was e only 1 under 18).. so smuggled in again.. haha.. unforgettable experience with buns as hard as rocks.. guess wat.. we threw them into e ocean.. if my memory serves me correctly, there were 30 of them.. 7 each and rey n i threw 1 extra.. but not b4 we designed an "I love u" wif e buns.. pure fun.. great time! thx again to rey's parents..


soon, in about 6 weeks after e cruise, it was our prelims.. nothing fun/enjoyable about it though..

after e prelims, more joy.. Bangkok.. (21st-26th Sep) went with family n uncle + rey n sh.. (der was in kl).. though e shoppin wasnt really that great, jus havin frens with u on a holiday is enuf to make it enjoyable.. we talked sala deng, kana asok, went to na na etc etc etc.. e 3 of us even went around by ourselves.. ate quite a lot too.. sizzler (i also happened to eat this 4 e 1st time in sg too this year.. almost got addicted..), swensens (also ate in sg many times w them during e $3 promotion) aunt annie, A&W and many more.. a memorable trip undoubtedly.. FUN!


after e came back from thailand i rmb going to johor 1 weekend and there i drove 4 e 1st time.. ignore e legal issues, or rather illegal.. though drove for only about 20 mins and only in a very large carpark, it was time very shuang.. after tt trip, i probably drove for another 3-4 times in other trips to JB.. learned to park and even drove on main road.. never to b 4gotten..


and then reality hit hard.. A levels is here.. 2 years of building my army, jus for these 10 days.. (8th-18th Nov) thankfully, they past quickly.. (18th Nov) watched Harry Potter & TGOF with rey @ nite @ marina.. 1st time watchin movie with tickets bought online.. nice show.. reached home b4 12 cose rey's mum sent me home.. haha..


and den there was e class outing.. a consolation since there wasnt gonna be a repeat of last year's highly successful chalet.. (21st Nov) -- if i rmb correctly.. there was still fun there ba i guess.. though i didnt see daqiu initially..


and of course after every exam there must be a reward.. Beijing (25th Nov - 5th Dec) only my parents n i went.. and despite tt i had another great holiday.. lucky enuf to see snow again.. but e 1st time i see n walk and sit on a frozen lake.. -12 degrees.. omg.. BJ, Tian Jin, BJ, Cheng De, BJ.. excellent shoppin again.. nice food (BJ duck).. nice/cheap tidbits.. e food there more suitable 4 sgreans tt in sh.. stayed in 5 * hotel 4 2 days.. climbed e great wall, entered e palace and so many other places.. it even snowed in BJ.. very cold though this trip.. but very satisfied.. enjoyed myself greatly..


but.. all banquets must come to an end.. u cant have e best forever.. BJ will probably be my last holiday in a long time.. because as many of u all know.........


NS (8th Dec) darn....... i do not want to comment since this post is only about e wonderful things in 2005..


well.. i guess tts all.. unless any other special events occur from tmr/today (which happens to be christmas since its 0056 now) till 31st.. anw ytd (23rd Dec) i watched Narnia with sh, rey & der.. nt bad la.. dun hiam.. also, on my b'dae, watched e myth (jackie chan show) with rey, zq & alice..


in concluding, i would like to thank everyone who contributed in makin 2005 such a pleasant year 4 me.. Esp to all my frens and also for my parents' support(without which none of e above could have materialised).. i shall also include tpjc where i never regretted choosing as my 1st choice.. thx 4 e vouchers on college day.. (21st May) haha.. thanks guy.. Thank You Sooo Much!!!


p.s .. the SAF is on another list.. the 'Shit You' list.. for ending my year on such a miserable note.. together with some others.. cant recall who offhand but surely got 1 la throughout e year.. haha..

'A' level year but still watched many movies @ e cinema.. i try placing them in chronological order...

Hotel Rwanda
Seoul Raider
Aviator
Ms Congeniality 2
Hitch
Sahara
House of Wax
I Do I Do
In Good Company
Hostage
Himalaya Singh
Kingdom of Heaven
Starwars Epi 3
Monster in Law
Initial D
War of e Worlds
Crash
The Island
Stealth
Fantastic 4
Mr & Mrs Smith
Zathura
One More Chance
Harry Potter & e GOF
The Myth
Narnia

maybe missed out 1 or 2.. e above of course do not include movies i watched from other sources eg. on e plane, in my dreams, on my psp etc.... which i would say is also quite a lot too.. haha..


tts all folks.. i realised its quite a long post.. lol..