Raunchy!!! I like!! haha :)it feels so cathartic to just ramble on and on about nothing in particular. Seeing tt it has been a long time since e last entry, and now tt ive e luxury of time to surf freely, im gonna blog a very long and banal post. Lets kick off with my recent shocking discovery of myself: I think im putting on weight. Gonna balloon into a big fat pig not unlike those ive seen at bmt swimming pools filled with gargantuan whales of obese recruits. whenever they do aqua gymnastics, so much water lapped over the edges into the ‘drains’ im sure a refilling must have been necessary after each of these sessions in order for the next batch of ppl to have sufficient water to swim in. anyway, my face seems fuller, and my clothes are tighter. Boo hoo, ever since the italy trip, during which I stuffed myself silly with cheap yet extraordinary Italian cuisine like whopper-size pizzas, different types of pasta, bread, and not forgetting desserts, im close to putting on an additional 5kg since arrival… I want so much to believe that the clothes have shrunk in the wash/dryer, but their length remains the same, except the width. damn it. and so, unless im getting bustier (which is ridiculous), it can only mean one thing: im indeed fleshier and getting fatter. And tts not all, my metabolism rate increases during winter, and with practically no exercise and going out covered 95% from head to toe all e time, im getting fairer on top of getting fatter. Great. Imagine huge expanses of white thunder-thighs…
and now its time for e game that KS has ‘tagged me to play’.
Here are the rules:
Rule 1: List 5 weird or random things about myself.
Beware, some of them may strike as gross and exaggerated, and may see u changing your impression abt me. but then again, je m’en fiche. So goes …
1) I like cutting toe nails. It gives me a lot of satisfaction in cutting them haha. I always start off by using my fingernails to dig out the dirt/sock fabric that’s trapped underneath them, and as always, the greatest harvest wld be reaped at the biggest toe nail; after which I wld roll them between my thumb and index finger, smell them, and then chuck them away. I wld clip them next, and clip them in sucha way that theres no white part of e nail left. Cant rem the scientific name for it, but u get e picture: i trim it so short that only the pink part is left. lol, i feel 'cleansed' after removing them. maybe toe nails have more keratin than fingernails, and are thus harder. But they are really uglier than fingernails too. They seem to turn yellow at the edges, and can be really tough, so much tt i wld have to apply extra force to clip them. Ok… i think I better stop, on to
2) im given to the physical pleasures of the human body. before dirty minds start straying, lets make it clear tat im talking about non-sexual ones. I used to have a list of ‘5 greatest pleasures in daily life’, and I wld list those I remember/deem suitable for onscreen reading. The list was ‘drawn up’ during NS, and the very first one wld be easing an itch. There wld be countless hot sweaty nites in e bunk with 1-2 hardcore hogs snoring all around me; while I wld be awake, trying desperately to sleep but failing, thanks to pathetic whirling ceiling fans that did nothing to improve the air circulation of the room. Worse, the mosquitoes wld attack. And I wld be scratching away till the wee hours of e morning against the rough fabric of the blanket, dozing off only when it gets cooler, only to have to wake up 2 hours later for reveillé. Sandflies bites after outfield exercises were the worst, as they were often in huge patches of red tiny horribly itchy dots that you just long to scratch and scratch all day long, and I wldnt heed wat the others say of scratching only resulting in them getting worse. For me, the momentary shiokness was all tat mattered. And I rem longing to have an iron wool at that time just so I can scratch more efficiently. I wld only stop when the itching subsides, but by then, the damage wld have been done: bleeding. The same result occurs for the second pleasure: digging ears. The cotton bud wld be stained slightly with blood as a result of too-deep and too-vigorous scouring. But wat to do? Sometimes its as if theres an ant running up and down the ear canal, and it itches so badly im tempted to pour dilute acid into my ear just to relieve it. Of coz, I wldnt do such a thing, tho I wish theres a safer yet as-effective method of relieving e itch. Doing urgent business wld be number three. Who can describe in words the relief of unleashing all the load u have? Even your body wld respond by sending frissons of pleasure running down your spine, either tt or u wld have a slight spasm-like reaction upon completing the deal.
3) Im afraid of cats and rodents. never liked them since I was young. Used to hate going coffee shops as there are always cats there. Remember being stricken by panic once when i was young and had a meal there, with a cat sitting right below my chair. Couldn’t eat properly at all since I had to peer over every few minutes to check if it was still there, and had to prop my legs up against the pillar of the table just so my legs wldnt brush against it. *shudders* one of my nightmares wld be sitting on a stool and having a cat’s upright tail tickling my arse thru the middle hole in the stool as it goes by underneath. Now, I just steer clear of their path. This cat thing is bordering on paranoia tho. I wld come across one of the street, walk past it and still inadvertently turn my head back a few times after tt just to see if its tailing me. and rats are really the ultimate. Fond memories come flooding back now as I recall doing prowl duty on jurong island at night; and there wld be several rats either scurrying all around the prowl or rummaging thru some rubbish a few feet away from us. It was worse than supernatural activities. I tried not to sleep at all during nite duties lest some pesty rodent come and take me by surprise. Had to thank SQ tho for graciously helping me clean my helmet as I refused to touch it after the rodents brushed around it. Yucks. They were actually daring enough to come rite up to where we put our stuff and sniff around them.
4) Im super-prone to sore throats. This is really my Achilles heel as I get them really easily. Even rite now as im typing this, im having a sore throat. Before, it wld be due to excess spicy or heaty food, or too much throat exertion. but now, its amazing. I didn’t noe cold winds can result in you getting sore throats. I know better now and try to wrap a scarf around my neck or zip up higher when the wind is too strong/its too cold.
5) I cant think of anymore quirky stuff, so theres just this: I am tireless when having a gd chat, tho often at an inconvenient timing. Nothing pleases me more than a long meaningful conversation, or even idle wacky chatter, with friends. an eg wld be tt of doing guard duties at graveyard shifts. That wld often see me being wide alert and being unable to sleep. Skive we did, but I cant fall asleep at all and thus had to cajole e other buddy to stay awake. Else id be stoning away for 2 hrs straight.
Rule 2: List 5 ppl whom u want to do the quiz.
I wld like wengkeong, ANGry, timothy tay , lim zhiguo and Charlene ng to play too =) of coz theres no obligation whatsoever.
Rule 3: Next, leave a comment "you are tagged" on their blog and ask them to read your blog for rules.
Ok, some photos of italy up next, as well as of my new place. Sadly, I cant rem the names of some of e sites/monuments tt we visited as it was such a whirlwind of e trip. Went to lyon, nice, cannes ( all in france), followed by Monaco, pisa, florence, rome, Vatican city, Venice, san marino, verona, and finally Milan. All in a short span of 7 days. Take away the time spent on traveling from place to place and u have a rough idea of e balance time for sightseeing. Still, it was a fun trip. I realized that my Chinese is really pathetic and that my French wld be better than it anytime soon; and also, e ppl whom you’re traveling with is very impt. A week of close constant interaction wld surely see u getting to know e rest better, but some wrong buttons might get pressed, and if one doesn’t know how to maintain the harmony, tts it... Know better now which traveling kaki to call along.
the grp whom i went with. i was red again due to wine.
in monaco. look at e bevy of ships of luxury yachts!
against the backdrop
i was wondering wat on earth is indonesia's flag doing in monaco till i asked a shop-owner and realised that it IS monaco's national flag.
bentley!
wat cars they have here..
e casino
in florence
statue of david as proudly proclaimed by e graffiti
a scenic view of e river
e over-rated tower of pisa
vatican city!
when u stand inside this circle that this cheena piang had been hoarding for ages, you wld see that the 4 row of columns in e above pic wld all 'line up' one behind another
inside st peter's basilica
another façade of e basilica
swiss vatican guards. all of them are to be swiss to honour a swiss guard who died while trying to protect the pope during an assassination attempt yrs ago. seems a bit silly to me tho.
list of popes
wats tt???
i dun mean to be disrespectful, but this body of some papal staff reminds me of jim carrey in the grinch...
outside e metro of e coliseum. roman guard to play with tourists haha.
inside e coliseum in rome
being a gladiator then must have taken lotsa guts. to stand before the crowds with a lion to overcome..
ruins of e ancient city
off to venice!
look at e beautiful buildings from inside e fast craft! compare this to e sights when inside e fast craft to tekong haha...
gondola rides!!
some corridor
e main square!! absolutely breathtaking!
our gondolier against e sunset
the river by twilight. venice is really really scenic.
the gondola ride costs 120€, imagine how much they earn during sunny spells...
on to milan!
streets of milan
one of e shopping belts
View this clip on Vimeo
listen to these amazing buskers.. really good
my new place
all-functional table
foodstores
spanking clean bathroom, and best of all...
my personal super-clean throne!!!!! =))) no complaints!
Im so pleased with my new room. Its bigger, so much nicer, newer, cleaner; and best of all, has everything in it. But I think I need a study lamp and an additional chair. Alright, this is really taking longer than I thought, high time to stop here and go off to play!
