My Bro and I were YouTubing...

Cut you the slack. No TVXQ Videos this entry. I've got really cool stuff.

Well, wonder if you browse through YouTube's All Time Favourite Videos Section. My brother does.. the younger one. I'd join him occasionally for some distressing.
Btw, I don't just watch TVXQ videos on YouTube, I have a life too.

So after watching the Baby Ally's Whatever video recommended on laine's blog, it reminded me of a video highly viewed on YouTube.

I'm thinking, Zhiwei and Fel will love this.. maybe Shan too...
Seriously.. this baby is contagious. He is one happy baby.

I can watch this over and over again and still be so tickled.

Okays.. since I'm already here, I'll just recommend a couple more YouTube's most viewed videos.

This is nothing hilarious, but the guy performing is Awesome!

It's a French Talent Competition, so needless to say, everyone is speaking French.. the only word I think I heard/comprehended was "Bravo! Bravo!"

I did some percussion back in those acapella days in choir. Compared to him, mine wasn't Bbox.. It was just spitting saliva all over the mic sounding passable.

So since we're onto BeatBoxing, here's another Spectacular performance by some guy called Lasse from Lavik (wherever that is)

He didn't exactly BeatBox.. it was just making noise individually and putting them together to make it sound good. So the impressive thing isn't the BeatBoxing skills, but the Putting Together Skills. I wonder how long he took to put the puzzle together and make the whole beat sound so cool.
To add to that, he's got this comical face that spices up the humour factor.

Okays.. I'm quite done with recommending.. there are Loads more of such videos like these lying around YouTube.. Just go to YouTube.com>See More Favourite Videos link>All Time>Most Viewed or Top Favourite and you'll get an endless list of videos like these.

As promised, no TVXQ in this entry.. but that doesn't mean I won't create another one later on just for the boys... *Evil Laughter*

And then... The start of Deadlines

Calling out to all the young ladies out there.
If you are between 15 to 24 years of age, please holler to get a questionnaire filled in.
In return, you will get a year's supply of gratitude from yours truly.
Thank you so much for your support and cooperation.

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I've moved into my new room, period. Actually I've moved the night before departing to Shanghai, but life has been so tiring since my return, so I've not announced it.

I can't invite people in just yet, because there are stuff-that-does-not-belong-to-me still sitting in a corner of my room. I can only move them out when they "demolish" my old room, which is god knows when.

So let me introduce you to my room through this horriby drawn picture using Paint.
If you were wondering, what happened to my Art skills. I was ashamed of this piece of crap, but that's the best I can get out of Paint and 5mins. Spare me the stares.

Okays, back to the room.
The Yellow circle is me, where I am right now.
As you can see, there's a chair in red but apparently since day one, I've not used it, since it's much more comfy on the bed. Thus, I only use one side of the table.

In addition, my bed is quite cornered. I only have less than one side of the bed to enter/exit.

The green curvy line is the door and the pink curvy line is the full-length window facing East where the sun rises. No, that's not a good thing, cuz Sunrise means no Sleep-ins.

See my closet? Don't be too alarmed, it is not out of the room, I just can't seem to fit the words inside the room so I extended it to the borders. The closet is actually the purple stripe below the word closet.

And beside my closet is where all the stuff-that-does-not-belong-to-me are lying. Thanks to all these "rubbish", my room now looks so clustered and messy. Once again, can't wait to get rid of the junks.

But on the overall, it's a cosy-looking room, with the pictures and posters hung on the walls.
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I can't blog on Shanghai cuz I don't have the photos yet. Daz is having a hard time compiling it, and according to her, we have 1000+ pictures all added up.

I have no idea how am I gonna store that many pictures since my lappie and HDD are now packed with TVXQ videos. This only means that I have to start burning TVXQ DVDs to increase storage space.

The boys ended their 2nd Japan Live Tour when I was in Shanghai. Congratulations.

Now they are preparing for their 12th Japan Single, rumoured Korean Single and continue their 2nd Live Concert in Asia, which does not include Singapore :(
I think the SM Town Summer Album is coming out too.
OhOh... BzBzBz... so am I. Deadlines hanging on my neck, tightening by the minute.

Surveys, Anyone?

Finally... The End of Trips

I was getting so sick of traveling that I almost backed out of the Shanghai trip the day before.

I'm so exhausted. I couldn't keep myself awake since I got home. After the touch down, I got home, managed to force myself to unpack my luggage and put myself to bed straight after. No chit-chats with family at all.

The next day, on a Saturday, I had to go school at 10am for a project meeting, which I was terribly late and ended up skipping it. But I still had to collect the materials for the project asap, so I met up with my Shanghai Troopers @ the meeting to pass me the stuff. Had lunch together and hung out at Ice Rocks in HollandV. I swear I could barely keep myself awake to be attentive to what everyone has to say, needless to say join in the conversations.

After that, I got home straight away, meaning cabbing home because I was too shagged, and plopped on my bed to LaLaLand, all the way to dinner. After dinner, had my first contact with my beloved TV for a short while and I'm back to Zzz again.

I woke up unwillingly this 'morning' (early afternoon) because my room was heating up like a freaking oven. Had 'breakfast' (brunch) and then I got comfy on my sofa and yeps... another nap until dinner.

And now, I can finally keep myself awake. It's back to school tmr and I'm not prepared for classes. Screwed.

I think I'll blog about the trip another day. It's too long and tedious for my state-of-mind right now.

Just to let you know, although I'm one of those who slept the most during the trip, and I really hardly slept, so I can't imagine how the others are coping. Or maybe it's just me cuz I'm really a sleeper. Anyways, till next time.

Moving my Mattress

I'm finally moving for good. No turning back, because I've moved my closet, now I only have a few pieces of clothes lying inside.

I'll officially move in when my mattress goes down, and I don't have to lay a finger to get it done. There are people in the house who are desperate for me to move. They will do it for me at no cost.

I've not had a decent Full day rest at all this holiday, and I never will. Let see...
BBDC
HoChiMin
BBDC
Tanjung Pinang
Pack Room
Project
Shanghai
I've never tried having something to do Everyday during holidays... until now.
I swear I'll get all the rest I want for the next holiday! Nobody dare to disrupt that!

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Call me crazy, I've got 20gb of TVXQ stuff right now. I can't live with it all in my HDD so I bought DVDs to burn it in... As a collection. :D

Now I'm juz waiting for my brother to get off the PC so that I can start burning. TVXQ Bansai!

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Back to my room. I've been in the new room the whole of today... clearing up, stacking things up nicely, folding any clothes that can be folded so that my closet can fit..

FYI, my closet space has shrunk from 2 closets to 1... My room shrunk so much, I have not much space left to walk.
Both my brothers has gained 1 closet each and more room space.
In return, I've got a toilet to myself.

Now I realise how much I've lost in comparison to how much they have gained.
Grrr.....

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To lighten up my spirits, I've had quite abit of TVXQ today.

Yesterday, on MTVchinese, when it was nearly 8pm, there was TVXQ - Hug.
On MTVchinese's J&K Pop show, aired on every weekdays 7pm.

Every Thursday is K-Pop day and there will definitely be TVXQ on K-Pop day.. Because TVXQ are like the hottest Korean Boyband in Taiwan after Shinhwa. Also because they've been really active for the past few years, there's always something new to talk about.

Wells, they had the debut MV for Lovin' You last week, so this week, it was TVXQ classic day.
Didn't translate that correctly... but I don't know how to do it right.. afterall, their average age is only 20 years old, abit wrong to use the word classic...

But anyways.. I woke up early at 11.30 am today to watch the repeat telecast of the show again.. Just to watch TVXQ - Hug one more time.

And then, at 12nn, it was VMAJ 2007 repeat telecast. Missed the first one and the 1st repeat telecast because I was overseas.. This is the one and only repeat telecast I'll be able to catch because I'll be away for the rest of the telecast. Damn.

Anyways, caught the live performance of TVXQ - O Jung.Ban.Hap. Korean/Japanese Ver.
This time, on the big screen, I noticed something..
Yunho dropped his earpiece during the performance.. You can see snippets of him struggling to put it back whenever he can.. Oh no..
But he can still sing in tune and dance on the beat. SarangHaeYo!!

Then I saw them getting the award on the big screen.. although it's not my first time watching it but I was still smiling from ear to ear.
For all the hardwork they put in, They deserved it.



This is like the Debut of TVXQ. First Single, First Song, First MV, First Song Sung in Every language.

I remember the boys were saying how the MV was design to portray their selling point... which started out good, but was ruined after the release of other singles.

Hero Jaejoong - Man with Tie, Roses. - Mysterious, Lover.
Micky Yoochun - Shaving, Attractive Bachelor.
Xiah Junsu - Dressed like a Rich Boy, Pen&Paper and Violin-like instrument (forgot the name) (Edit)Chello? Did I spell it correctly? - Charisma
Max Changmin - Cutie Pie lazing on the bed with a little Kitty. - Cute Boy(he IS the youngest)
Uknow Yunho - Sporty with a Football. - Leader.

Now that they've shown their true colours, it became...

Hero Jaejoong - Straightforward, Frank, does jokes with a cool face, which makes it funnier.
Micky Yoochun - Prince Charming.
Xiah Junsu - Act Cute, Oyagi Gags (Cold Jokes) King.
Max Changmin - Acts older than his age, the oldest acting like the youngest and the youngest acting like the olderst.
Uknow Yunho - Still the leader, only one who keeps the image. :D

Love 2 parts of the MV,

When Changmin kissed the Kitty... Awe...

When Yunho winked...

Ahhhhhh!! Killer-wink!!!

For the benefit of those with low-bandwidth

Spring Cleaning

I am forced to move by the end of this week otherwise everyone (2brothers + mamma) is gonna do it for me.
Er... yea.. I'm not moved in yet. It's been quite a while.
So far, I've spent 4 separate days clearing my room and I estimate another 2 more days until I can really move in.

Today, it was the Secrets Drawer that needs clearing up. It's where all the hush hush items are locked up.

There were things I never knew I still kept hiding in the dark corners of the drawer. Namely, the letters from Gerald. Of course, I read them all, "reminiscing" the past.
Feels embarrassing reading the letters.. I was blushing even though I'm the only 1 in the room. That's not the point.

After the breakup, I always thought Gerald was being too possessive, being pushy and super Emo. But sometimes I can't help but wonder if I had a part to play in being the villain. Afterall, it was me who initiated the breakup.
After reading the letters, I think I made the right decision and I'm not the villain.
Most of his letters have complaints on
how he felt neglected,
how I'm ignoring him,
how I'm not spending enough time with him.
I was like "Excuse me! I spent everyday in school with You lar!! I had no friends! When I had friends, I had no chance!!" when I read those parts.

And then he was going on about how tough it was for him to hold on and make everything work out, how much it hurts.
I went like "Then why didn't you just break up!! Stupid Ass!! Then I wouldn't have to play the villain!"

Thinking back.. we were just being childish.
Then again, the game of love is childish.

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Okays.. this is for Zhiwei and Alvin and those interested in the 104/204 gathering.
Guess what?
I found the Register for class 204 while packing my room.

I know Zw is not around to read this, but I'm guessing she'll read it when she returns.
Now we won't miss out anybody from the class and we won't have to rack our brains to list out the names in the class.

Eh... don't ask me why I kept the register, I have no idea myself and I'll have to keep it again for the sake of the 104/204 gathering.

So now, AlvTel can get back to business and start calling up peeps on the namelist. Thanks Bob The builder
Wait a minute... is AlvTel, OrangeTel and Bob (Bobby Drake) from the same company?
I mean, although they are all from the same service provider, doesn't mean they are the same company right?
Or izzit like P&G has different brands of shampoo?

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I found another Dong Bang Fan, but not exactly a friend. She's Bernard's friend.
Don't know if Ber reads this, but remember Melisa?
Not the Sasa/MelLou in QSS, but the Moqi buddy.

I saw her nick on MSN... something about DBSK. Woots!
Spread the TVXQ Love~

Peanuts

I always thought my family was considered well-to-do among my relatives... until I went to visit more relatives then I felt the true meaning of 'Peanuts'.

I went to another rural village for a family gathering for the weekend, it changed my perspective of the word "Rich".

This is part of the family, My family.

In Singapore, an Island City, it is a big deal to own a land. Some own lands they live on, the richer ones own land others depend on for survival. That's about it. Consider Singapore being developed and with the high standard of living, it takes quite some effort to own Something.

Afew years ago, I learnt that the hotel I always live in when I visit Indonesia belongs to a relative. I didn't know they were so loaded. Then again, it's probably quite affordable to own a hotel in Indonesia, not a 5 star, juz a supposedly humble 4 star hotel, which I think juz got demoted to 3 stars when I last visited it during the weekend. This is One family.

Our purpose was to visit another family living in the fishing village(island) of Tanjung Pinang (Bintan). They live in Kelongs stretched from the home on land to the sea.
They shit/pee into a hole on the ground and guess where the excretion is disposed to.... I shall leave the answer to your imagination.
They bathe with well water, pumped from pipes and generators to a Huge Sink/Tub in the toilet. You're suppose to use a pail and splash the water manually.
With such sanitation and profession (fishermen), you might wonder how loaded can this family get.

Wells, they own plantations, which means who knows how many hectres of land. The Patriarch seems determined to conquer Bintan and money is rolling in every second as I type.
Btw, they are the only Chinese on that island. Every1 else is Malay, that explains why they can't take the risk of flaunting their riches, they are out-numbered. Better to make peace, they say.

An Island separated from the main island. This is where we were lodging for the night.

The on-the-sea-side of the house. This is just part of it, the Kelong is quite big, the biggest in the Village, I think...

And you think that's it, that's the richest they can get, I thought so too, until I visited the Islands. Yeps.. the third family owns Islands. They've built 2 resorts on each Island, which are running already. The 3rd resort on the Island I went to is under construction, most probably going in operation by the end of the year.
I freaked out.

This is the Island I visited. It's still under construction, so there's nothing much on the coast.

Because there was no jetty for our bigger boat, we had to take a smaller boat to reach the island.

So in Singapore, the size of your car pretty much shows your status. In Tanjung Pinang, it's the size of your boat that matters. And normally "chauffeurs" are hired, in our case, all the boats had "chauffeurs". If they can afford Islands, why not?