~经言/歌词~

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011大總結

2011也到了尾聲,對於時間的飛逝,今年的感觸是特別的深啊。因為,真的,今年時間過得超級快,感覺還歷歷在目的事情,原來早就已經是去年,前年的事情了。2011年,就這樣,在還停留2010的幻覺中,不知不覺,不帶走一片雲彩的,結束了!

2011其實最引人注目的其實是大馬的政治,八仙過海,各顯神通。今年大馬的政壇其實還真的是多姿多彩,卻遺憾的事,留下的罵聲其實也不少。我對政治的涉獵不深,其實可以說是我對政治一點興趣也沒有,但是我還是知道一些。

砂勞越州大選今年真的非常熱鬧,突然之間,砂勞越就像是被遺忘已久的珍珠似的,一旦被發掘,個個門派就開始紛紛出招,一時間,砂勞越的幾個夜晚裡,充斥著不同的承諾,一樣的批判,熱鬧十分啊。

再來就是709大集會了,大集會的目的是否成功傳達呢?不知道。但是這集會卻真真的撼動了不少人的心啊,對於政府後來所做出的舉動,不少人民,只有失望不已。

我的2011呢?到底過得如何?我其實也懵懵懂的,就這樣的告別2011了。

  1. 但是起碼,我的thesis終於也完成了,雖然還在supervisor評估中。
  2. 參加了兩次的conferences,雖然表現麻麻地。
  3. 終於出國了,和朋友一起到Medan走了一趟,雖然沒有幾個人曉得Medan是哪裡。
  4. 今年收到了蠻多的紅炸彈,祝你們幸福!
  5. 哎呀,終於在今年,我第一次踏進了Sitiawan戲院,和k-room,哈哈。
  6. 第一次做兄弟,而且一年就做了三次兄弟,三次裡,有兩次就被人拔了腳毛!有仇嗎?
  7. 參加了教會的羽球比賽,打的蠻過癮的,雖然名次較後,而且還犧牲了我的腳拇指,但是還是很痛快。
  8. 對了,差點忘了我的智能手機。
  9. 還有,我也開始有了小小的投資,起碼是個起步吧。
  10. 在2011結束前,和朋友去了一趟Langkawi,我可是期盼了很久的,終於達成了。
  11. 最後一件就是最可惡的,我被人“玩笨”!
24年的人生咯,我覺得2011是我過的最最最快的一年,我想當我以後想起當年事,2011怕是會被我遺忘!!明明期間發生的事不少,也不小啊,怎麼就是覺得2011真的不留痕跡呢?




Friday, December 30, 2011

薇恩 - 救。情歌

薇恩,這個名字對很多人其實陌生的很,但是因為最近我都有在看ntv7的電視劇,《甘榜情願》和《黑色夕陽》,而這兩部劇的主題曲都是由薇恩來演繹,所以,我對薇恩有了最起碼的接觸,聲音的接觸。

第一次聽薇恩是因為《甘榜情願》,這部戲其實很不錯,新加坡的新傳媒製作,而且,這戲的主題曲《舊情。歌》,其實我覺得寫的恰到好處,不知不覺的,莫名的體會到戲中兩個命生的不好的女人對命運的無奈。那時候,我就覺得薇恩的聲音很乾淨,也有情感,不知道是不是因為我看了那套電視劇的關係,我覺得薇恩也唱出一種無奈的感覺。不過那時我一直以為薇恩不是個年輕的歌手,因為無奈之餘,我還覺得有點滄桑的感覺,哈哈。也許是因為歌的旋律的關係吧。

薇恩 - 《舊情。歌》

後來看《黑色夕陽》時,又是薇恩唱的主題曲,《黑色疑惑》。這歌又顛覆了我對薇恩的想法,因為這歌可是有着明顯的搖滾的曲風!因為要配合電視劇的故事情節,這歌一開始其實有種詭異的氣氛,然後到副歌時節奏突然轉換,企圖呈現一種緊張的氣氛,但是我覺得副歌其實有點破壞了這歌的感覺。不過還真的不得不佩服薇恩的唱功,副歌的音其實有點高,但是薇恩唱的似乎不費力,一下子就到了那個位子,贊!

薇恩 - 《黑色疑惑》

整張專輯停下來,其實發現薇恩很像所謂的變色龍,首首歌都有着不同的曲風,呈現了薇恩的多變化,但是是件好事嗎?薇恩的聲線其實非常的清亮,簡單,有厚度,而且也很悅耳,但是,辨識度我覺得可能就少了些。我一直沒有辦法馬上就認出那是薇恩的聲音,可能是因為這張專輯太多變化了,而且,非常要命的一點是,有些歌,我竟然覺得有些其他人的影子。

這歌不知道怎麼的,我覺得一開始的那兩句,有點Olivia Ong的感覺。但是這歌卻呈現了薇恩輕鬆,帶點對情人說悄悄話的感覺,飄逸之餘,還帶點厚度,句句紮實飄進你的耳朵。

薇恩 - 《我會》

《找自己》這歌聽過太多人唱了,但是薇恩的演繹我還蠻喜歡的,可是不知道怎麼的,我有種潘嘉麗的感覺,我在想薇恩會不會是新加坡人啊。

薇恩 - 《找自己》

《關懷方式》,應該是薇恩和阿牛合唱,而這歌其實也是翻唱新加坡藝人陳漢衛的歌,應該是新加坡電影《七月俏佳人》的主題曲。在這首歌裡,薇恩又有不同的表現,雖然一樣和《我會》帶點輕鬆的曲風,但是這歌薇恩的音色就偏高,帶點甜蜜愉快的口吻。

薇恩《關懷方式》

不同於《關懷方式》的對唱,《說愛》就比較感傷,但是我聽不出男聲是哪位,哈哈。

薇恩 - 《說愛》

专辑曲目:
01.我会
02.找自己
03.关怀方式
04.It's so beautiful
05.流星
06.合二为一
07.完美
08.旧情歌
09.黑色疑惑
10.说爱
11.Part of your world

其實就整體來說,這張專輯算是很不錯了,薇恩在這張專輯裡彰顯了不同的音色,也許是因為這張專輯比較像張合輯,把以往薇恩唱過的歌擺在一起,所以才會出現這種多變的曲風音色,畢竟有些歌是專為某些電視劇寫的。而且專輯的介紹其實也多多少少說明了這張專輯裡不同的薇恩。

薇恩=单纯+舒服+好听,不要溢美的包装,是为了让情歌在众多混乱的发声体中,找到救赎!
有點不得不說,薇恩的資料其實少的可憐,我都還不知道薇恩到底是馬來西亞人呢?還是新加坡人?哈哈。不過有好音樂就好,何必在乎這些呢。

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Android: Zooming

I found the example of code for android pinch zoom. You can find the example from here and download the codes from the website of 3rd edition of Hello! Android.

Well, it is best if you able to debug using your android phone instead of the emulator, it is pinching zoom, requires two touch points after all.

First of all, let's look at the xml layout file of the example i downloaded from the website i mentioned earlier.


It is just another ordinary layout file, except, one property, android:scaleType is added to the component. We are dealing with zooming process, to enlarge or scale down the image. Therefore in order to enable the picture to scale accordingly, android:scaleType="matrix" is added, and later the image matrix can be set using setImageMatrix(matrix) if the scale changed.

another ordinary onCreate() function
Yes, assigned touchListener to the image as we have to touch the image to zoom right? Here comes with the main part of the example. Before zooming even starts, we need to get the pointer where we pin on the image. Therefore we need MotionEvent which is able to report the axis value (x,y) and the motions. 
  • MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN - A pressed gesture started, that's when someone press on the screen
  • MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN - A non-primary pointer has gone down, in my definition, it captures the second point when someone press on the screen without let go of the first press
  • MotionEvent.ACTION_UP & MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP - When a pressed gesture was let go
  • MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK - Handles multi touch
  • MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE - A change happens during a pressed gesture



It is better to show the pseudocode to explain the process.

When first press gesture happens,
         Get the axis value of the pressed location,
               If second press DID NOT happen,
                       The action to be taken when the press gesture moved is DRAG (drag the image around to    
                                        show the other part of the image which might covered outside the screen)
                       Then using matrix.postTranslate() to get the part of the image at the pointer after the move
              Else
                      When  a second press triggered, calculates the distance between the two pointers, and                      
                      calculate the middle point as well (because the scale starts with the middle point)
                      The action to be taken when the press gesture moved is ZOOM
                      Calculate the distance between the two points after moving
                      Calculate the scale between the two distances measured
                      Then using matrix.postScale() to enlarge or scale down the image matrix
Set the image to the current matrix

spacing() function is used to determine the space between the first two fingers, the reason of calculating the space is because the author would like to set a constraint to ignore the event if the distance is too small.

midPoint() function is used to calculate the middle point of the first two fingers, as the scaling process always starts from the middle point.

the declarations

Declaration again, the code above is downloaded from Hello! Android, and please refers here for further details. 

The explanation above is only explaining my understanding regards the code. Thank you.


Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas + Weirdly Surprise

Yeah, it's Christmas time again, Merry Christmas everyone.

My Christmas always the same when i was at home, joined the church carolers two nights ago, then attended the church Christmas service this morning, and enjoyed the performances from the bro and sis. I was used to play a role before i went for my study, but now, i am one of the audiences, time flies dont you guy think?

It should be an ordinary Christmas week for me, but yet, yesterday, the Christmas eve, i received a call, and it broke my ordinary Christmas mood, well, i wasnt saying it was bad, it was definitely something different. Why was it so different? Because, i was being fooled by a jackass!!! I am not trying to say i am so smart that i can spot the lies immediately when i heard one of them, but at least, i thought i was aware enough to be suspicious when i heard one of them. Ironically, i overrated myself.

When i picked up the phone, he asked me, where was i, and i told him that i was at home now, and he told me that he was at Kuching now, thought of asking me out, wanna buy me a buffet lunch\dinner. I was stunned for a few seconds, then my memory started to flash back to the last time we had lunch together, oh ya, i did ask him to buy me a buffet lunch at Four Points hotel, and i wasnt expect he would keep that in mind, because clearly i wasnt being serious as i dont remember that! Got to admit that, i felt warm and touch when he said that, because he remembered what i said before, and he keeps that in his mind. Guess that's the reason i chose to trust him immediately when he said he was at Kuching, even though i know that his friend's wedding dinner is on tonight, the Christmas night. I asked him though, why wasnt he being invited to the dinner? He told me that he didnt know the groom much, just another see-and-nod kind of friend, i felt weird but i chose to ignore my instinct. Then he started all the bullshits, said i should have told him earlier that i am at Sitiawan now, then he will come to Sitiawan and Ipoh, try the local cuisines. Then he started bringing out his intention, saying if i was at Kuching now, he will sure buy me a buffet, and asking if i would do the same if he comes to Ipoh one day. Well, from my place to Ipoh, it needs 2 hours driving, and i dont know Ipoh at all, but since he already brought that out so clearly, i have to say yes right? Thought of i would still have times to prepare because he wont come any day sooner right? But hell no, i should have say no, thousand of NO!!! 

When i thought i was talking to him across the sea, he was actually in a car, heading to Cameron Highland! I should have notice all the weird background sounds came across through the line. It was very noisy, some people were talking. And the line isnt so stable, it had been on and off for so many times when we talked through the phone. We were barely hearing from each other, it shouldnt be like that if he was at Kuching! I should have aware of this!! But yet, because of the stupid emotion, it blinded me! When he told me that he was at Perak, heading to Cameron Highland, i lost my sound for few seconds. Then realized all the things he said early was just try to lead me, step by step, stepping into his trap! CRAP! Well, i wasnt angry with all the lies, i felt like, crap, what did i just agree on?! I said if he comes at Ipoh, then i will buy him all the local cuisines! And clearly, he is invited to his friend's wedding dinner, and he will be at Ipoh from 25th to 26th. Crap, crap, crap!!! But lucky me, the line was so unstable, therefore we ended the conversation, i told him i will call him the next day after he got back from Cameron Highland. That gave me some times to think about it.

I thought of asking him to come to Sitiawan, though i told him that Sitiawan does not have much special local cuisines, but at least, it is where i grown up. I can still show him some places here, but Ipoh, it is just another new place to me.

Today, i called him, and we had a little talk. I asked him to come to Sitiawan, but he is with a bunch of his friends, all are invited to the wedding dinner, and he supposes to stay with his friends since most of them they havent meet after the graduation. And i would feel uncomfortable with his friends because i barely know them. Therefore, we just called it off, oh yeah! Since he already called Waiyee, and Waiyee will be their hostess. He doesnt need me lah, haha.

Then we talked about some other craps, like he said that i must invite him to my wedding, but he said then again, even if i invite him, he might not coming because, the friendship of ours, isnt enough to the stage, because i never helped on his homework, never helped him cheating during the exam, and bla bla bla. Jit jit jit, is this something that you would say to your friends? If you asked me if i felt angry or upset when i heard he said that? Hell no, i felt funny, i wonder what's his friends reaction when they heard he said that in the car!!! Then i said if he wanna invites me to his wedding, he better prepares the flight tickets, and he said sure, because our friendship different from the others, sure buy you tickets. I just couldnt stop myself rolling my eyes, but one lesson learnt, never take serious with what he says, ever again. He defended himself, saying that 99% of what he had said were true, hell i said, 99% of what he said were lies! The line was bad, after the line broken, we stopped calling as well, because we had came to a sense already, i am not going to find him, and he is not expecting me, and the less, were just talking, like he said, 鳥話!

Though i was fooled by him, but i appreciate for his call, at least he brought something new to my Christmas. 
Kind of different experience after all!



  






Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Langkawi Trip

This was the third time i had planned to go to Langkawi, and finally made it!!! Seriously!!! 

The first plan was decided on 2008, with a bunch of secondary school classmates, but plan cancelled because "someone" flew all the way to Thailand with her bf at the very last minutes. Well, she finally told us this year that the Thailand trip was actually a must-go trip, things happened between her and bf and they needed the trip to smooth the tensions.

Then last year, us, the Uni friends, decided to go for a trip, because we never really have the opportunity to go on a trip together, everyone just couldnt wait to head home every holidays. So we decided to go to Langkawi as some of us never been to that island before, plus all the seductive duty free chocolates and liquors, tickets to Penang was cheap as well. That trip somehow blew away due to unforeseen circumstances, at the end, we spent a night a Penang, like we planned, then headed home separately the next day. Thanks to that trip, my laptop's adapter was broken, and i experienced the worst and scared to the hell flying experience when i was on the plane back to Kuching from Penang, with PeiFung. Man, that was scary, it was a super cloudy day, and it seems to rain heavily in any second, and the flight captain, he somehow made up his mind, instead of flying slow, he speed up the plane. Huh, imagine that the whole plane was colliding with the air, swaying non-stop ever since it took off. Luckily it only took not more than 10 minutes to get through the heavy cloud. Huh, seriously, i wasnt afraid that the plane would crush, touchwood, but it was like sitting in a roller coaster, you know that you wont be thrown out yet you would scream like no yesterday still, that was exactly how i felt right at that moment, but i hold the scream back inside my heart, i would probably kill myself if i allowed myself to scream!!!

Then at last, this year, by the end of 2011, the same bunch of classmates asked when were we going to have our next trip after the Medan trip. Then i suggested to go to Langkawi again, seriously, I wanted to go Langkawi so badly, i wasnt not going to lie, it was all about the chocolates and the liquors, haha. And this time, everything went smoothly, we departed from Sitiawan on last monday, 12th of Dec, spent two nights there.

Initially, we planned it was 4 person trip, me, Melisa, PuiSee and ZhiFang, the same geng went to Medan few months ago, but Melisa brought a friend who is from Taiwan, introduced herself to us as XiaoBa, we were fine with it. It is good to know a new friend, especially from Taiwan, haha. Got to mention, the boat that we were taking to the Langkawi from the dock, so damn cold!!! I tot i would freeze to death for a second!!! It was Langkawi that we headed to, so it never cross my mind that i would need a sweater!!!

When we reached Langkawi, having our lunch at Kenny's Rogers, then got the car, headed to the Zackry hotel, checked in, then started our journey in Langkawi. Our first stop was to the handicraft center of Langkawi, because there was an exhibition of handicrafts, and it was the last day of that exhibition. Well, initially we tot we would see something different, yet, those were ordinary pieces. Then we headed to the well-known Black Sand Beach. I tot we would see a beach with a wide cover of black sand, but disappointed. 


The underneath of the sand is black in color instead of the black sand on top of the beach. And the black sand, lack of attraction as well, i tot it would be glamorous, shining with the sunlight, perhaps too much pollution and some human selfish behaviors, businessmen altitudes, this place is dying.

It was getting late, and we needed to head to the dock again, because Melisa's family was coming as well. Her mom, and her three sisters. Our trip, started with 4 people, ended up with 9 people, and me, PuiSee and ZhiFang somehow, like the strangers, accidentally joined their family trip, sweat. After taking Melisa's family to their hotel, we went for a little walk around the area. There are so many shops selling the beach wears, restaurants, and hotels, We were all hungry, so decided to look for a place for dinner. When we passed a Zon Free emporium, Melisa's mom and sisters decided to go for shopping instead of dinner, woman nature, haha. So the five of us, went for dinner ourselves, we stopped at a thai seafood restaurant, but we ordered for ordinary Chinese style food because XiaoBa is from Taiwan, Chinese style food is actually a better option. The food, just ok, but not worth for the price, but we knew that Langkawi isnt a cheap place to visit to. 

After the dinner, we went for a little shopping, haha, PuiSee wasnt plan to buy much chocolates before we came to Langkawi, but when we started to shop, she was so tortured, buy, or not buying? She did shop a bit, ZhiFang, a teacher, buying for her students, how nice. And me, sure couldnt stop myself, how much i bought? Ha, that's a secret, haha.

When we got back to hotel, took the shower, then we started to play card game again, but without punishment this time, how come we didnt buy any beer like we did last time in Medan, and the beer is so cheap in Langkawi. I guess we just forget about it somehow. 

The next day was the island hopping, we went to three viewing points, stayed an hour each at the two islands we stopped, and few minutes at the points to see the real eagles. 

on our way to the first island

a few minutes walk to the lake we headed to

the lake!
We saw lot of monkeys on the first island, and those monkeys are fierce, PuiSee was holding a plastic bag with the snacks, one monkey jumped to her directly, and rubbed the bag, wah, u should see that scene, the monkey wasnt going to stop until it got what it wanted. PuiSee was scared, and screamed, and throw the plastic bag away, and the monkey went straight to the bag, and run once it got the bag. Gosh, never show your plastic bag in front of the monkeys!!!

the eagles
When we reached the viewpoint to see eagles, we saw some of the visitors were feeding the eagles, we dont know we were going to see eagles, so we didnt bring any food, so just pure taking photos.

last destination
last destination

This time, we applied lot lot lot of sunblock lotion, we were all scared with all the burnt we experienced in Medan, haha. Luckily we only stopped for an hour. We headed back to hotel after the island hopping because some of us were so wet, but the three of us took a short shower as well. Then we went for lunch, another Chinese food restaurant, the food was much nicer and price cheaper than the restaurant we went for dinner. 

After the lunch, our next destination was the cable car. God, so many people were in the line to get into the cable car!!! We waited for almost an hour for our turns.






             
Unlike the cable car to Genting, this cable car trip, it was scary!!! I think i has slightly phobia of the height, huh!!If you asked me if i wanna to experience it again, my answer is definitely, hell no! Even though the views up there are nice, and the weather is windy and slightly low temperature, but that's it, no second time. 
you can feel the bridge is swaying when the wind blow...
After we finally stepped on the land again, it's dinner time. We went to a japanese restaurant, Ukaizan Japanese Restaurant. At first i tot it would be only the five of us, so we suggested to go to that restaurant, but Melisa family came along, and the prices, expensive!!! But the sushi are nice, and sushimi are definitely fresh,  you can feel the sushimi melt right in your mouth. One minus point of that place is too much mosquito, you might want to do reservation, reserve a table indoor. 

Ok, night time again, it's card time, and this time, we bought some beers, 3 bottles of Hoegarrden, and 1 bottle of Vodka cocktail. ZhiFang was sick, Melisa was sick, XiaoBa needed to take care of Melisa, so only me and PuiSee were cool enough to drink the beers. We spent the night playing cards, drinking, chatting, and we were me, PuiSee and ZhiFang, Melisa and XiaoBa were both sleeping in their room. We had our moments though. 

It finally came to the end, the next morning, we spent our breakfast in a normal noddles stalls, then waited for Melisa family members to finish their breakfast and getting ready to go to the dock, and stopped for shopping. That was our last stop to continue our shopping, we learnt quite a bit in choosing wines, there are three types of wine, according to the salegirl. Merlot, tends to a bit sweetness. Carbernet Sauvignon, tends to a bit bitterness. I wasnt sure about the name of the last one that the girl showed us, it was a bit spicy, the reason of why i could still able to recall those two  types is because PuiSee bought Merlot and I bought Sauvignon, haha.

A small incident happened almost caused the three of us couldnt pass the boarding room. The guards asked for the prove that we had spent at least 2 nights in Langkawi as we bought liquors. Any receipts like the car rental, accommodation receipts that could prove we spent two nights in Langkawi will do. Come on, we didnt know that, plus all the receipts were with Melisa,and she wasnt with us, luckily i realized that we bought chocolates during the first night in Langkawi, and PuiSee used her credit card and therefore she kept her receipts, huh, that was a prove, luckily.

It might be a bit rush, and we didnt visit a lot of places there, but yet, we had our fun. Poor ZhiFang, this was the second time she went a trip with us, but both trips caused her fall sick, haha. Looking forward for the next trip!!! But before this, saving is important!!! Haiz...I wasnt even dare to make a list of how much i spent in Langkawi...speechless...    
   

Monday, December 5, 2011

Buddy's Wedding

The very first big event of my Dec was attending to Tommy's wedding. Tommy and I, we were met on 2nd July 2006. I remember the date so clearly because he was my housemate back then in the days when we were in our university, Unimas. He and I were more than just normal housemates, we were both also students of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, different major though. And one year later, I became Tommy's roommate, and also coursemate because I changed my major to his major! Not to forget to mention that back in the days, only 4 chinese students in our apartment, and the college management actually arrange the students into the rooms according to the birth order. And guess what, Tommy was born in 30/12/1986, and his roommate, Waihor, one day later, 31/12/1986, and I, another a day later than Waihor's, 1/1/1987, my roommate, born in April 2006, that was a bit like the outlier, because he passed the test and skipped his standard 4. Because of the sequence, Tommy was our big bro (da ge), Waihor, the second bro (er ge), me, the third bro (san ge), and Lingxuan, our little bro (xiao di). My name was kinda hard for Tommy to remember i think, he received English education since he was small, so he used to call me san ge. There was quite a while, i was well known as san ge in our faculty. Even today, Tommy's wife also calls me san ge, haha,  what a big honor!

When Tommy asked if can i be one of his brothers, the soldiers to fetch his wife in the bride fetching session, i was so neglected, and i made sure some of my friends agreed to become the brothers, then only i let Tommy knew my answer, haha. But things happened, Yew wasnt coming, Waihor unable to make it in the last min due to his family matters, Waikit and Joo only reached Tommy's place at the midnight, only me, reaching Batu Pahat where Tommy's parents stay and the wedding held, at 5am of 2nd Dec!

Tommy's wedding was on 3rd, which means 2nd was his wedding preparation day, and i had no where to go, so i followed Tommy went around the town, settling the accommodations for his wife's family (his wife is from Pahang), and also the friends that coming from different places in Malaysia to attend the wedding. It occurred to us that we had nothing much to do during the afternoon, only to make sure that the accommodations were ready, but we had no idea that troubles were starting approaching us.

Like i mentioned earlier, relatives and friends were coming from different places, and you cant expect them to arrive at the same time. Yupe, troubles came when relatives and friends started to showing up one by one. Tommy was so busy answering the calls, looking for people, bringing them to the houses, things, suddenly things started getting messy, and someone was starting to lose his temper, haha.

It was a awful experience, because we were having a small car gear problem when we were on the way to take bride's relatives while the bride was sitting in the car as well. The car broke down right in front of traffic lights, and next to a shopping mall, which is always crowded with cars. Though Tommy brought the car gear issue with his dad before, we were driving his dad's car because Tommy's car was getting ready for tomorrow bride fetching session, uncle told Tommy that just a little techniques required to change the gears, not a big deal. But when the car clutch finally lost it's function, Tommy got upset. I was super awkward because i was the outsider when he talked so loud to his father, and losing his patience to his wife as well. We were forced to push the car aside, because the car broke down in the middle of the road, it was hard because we blocked the corner to the mall, so we had to make sure we manually parked the car in the right place so that we wont block the way. Gosh, that was my first time ever, pushing car in the middle of the road!!! And so many people watching when they passed by.

If this happened during some normal day, then it wont be that pissed off, but it happened one day before the wedding, and the relatives were still waiting for Tommy to take them to the houses, it was too much to handle at once. Tommy had to call his friend, another brother came to take his wife to take her relatives to the houses. I think we spent more than half an hour to wait for the helps. Luckily someone stopped by and checked for us, and told us that it was because of running out of clutch oil. Tommy's uncle came afterward, and temporarily settled the issue, as long as the clutch oil that we filled enough for us to drive back to Tommy's parents place. Then we changed another car, continued to take the friends to the houses. And it was around 9pm, and Tommy and I were starved, especially Tommy, he wasnt taking lunch because he lost his appetite.

It had been quite a rough day for Tommy, haha, my final job was taking Tommy's real blood and fresh brother to the house where Tommy's relatives going to stay at. And then I was done with my day, while Tommy and his bride went to see their friends at another hotel.

As for the bride fetching session, me, waikit and san joo were a bit quiet, staying out of the war, haha. But the challenges werent too hard, it considered as nice if compared to Chiam's one. Just that, two times of my experience of being the brother, my leg hair were torn for two times!!!

The wedding was actually quite merry, Tommy and his bride were Form 6 classmates, so they have common friends, and when a group of old friends stay together, they brought a lot of fun to the wedding. In the other hands, us, the friends from the university, were a definitely a quiet group. Waikit, San Joo, Kent, and Choon Hui were quiet sitting on their tables during the wedding dinner, while me, waiyee, and her bf sitting on another table next to theirs. We were all so quiet, so so so quiet compared to other tables. Of course, me and waiyee did talk a lot, also with her bf.

Tommy were so drunk, so drunk that he couldnt remember we took picture with him and his bride before leaving the dinner. He said he didnt see me after the dinner, only remembered taking picture with waiyee, sweat.



It was a tired journey, but it was worthy. Tommy and Shiny, wish the two of u have a great and happy future ahead!!!