Politically Correct in a Crazy World

Last Friday,I had a mini gathering with a few of my HGC members(well 5 of them)at the Botanic Garden.This is perhaps my first time visiting the New Botanic Garden ever since it was relaunch few years back.My last Botanic visit was around 12 years ago,somewhere around my primary school days.


Botanic Garden was greatly renovated since I last came.From a old and boring place it used to be,it was become a place for the families to enjoy a wonderful picnic.



It was a very sunny day indeed.The sun was shining towards me when I was taking photos,maybe to my disadvantage.But I find this photo is nicely shot,as if it was taken during the sun rise.





Apparently I don't see alot of swans in the lake(maybe it was taken to the restaurant for swan meat?!).I just saw 2 of them from a very far distance where my camera is unable to capture them nicely.





This is a place where they'll organize symphony concert.Right now it's a place for fun and games,like dodge ball if you're able to see it.







Didn't know it was printed on a $5 note.



The sky was kinda cloudless on that day.It was such a humid weather.Anyway,this photo was taken in the evening.

Seems like it was not a best day to take a walk in the Botanic Garden.Maybe next time when the season was right,we'll organize a HGC picnic session.

2 nights ago,when I was playing with my DS on my bed,I heard a loud squeaky sound.

At first I thought it was a rat,maybe a big one.I tried to ignore the sound,thinking that it was coming from somewhere else,until I heard a wood tapping sound.It was coming from my bed!

I tried to look around the bed trying to find the big rat but couldn't find it.Thinking that it has gone away,the sound came from my bed again.

Thus from the whole night,I couldn't sleep well and was afraid that the rat may bite my ears off,like the case from Doraemon.In the end I got up with a strain on my neck.It was a very demoralizing day at work with a painful neck.

When I talked to my colleague about it,he told me that the squeaky sound is actually from the lizard,not a rat.A rat wouldn't be existing in a tall area unless it was found in the toilet bowl or it happened to climb up the rubbish chute.

Ah,lesson learned for a person who knows nothing about how a lizard squeak.I didn't know lizards make noise until now.

Anyway,damn you big lizard!Better eat away all the ants you see in my house or I be burning your tail off......That is provided I found you lah.

Yesterday I overheard a conversation between my Mother and my neighbor next door.

Neighbor: I knew you for so long,but I don't know your name.

Mother: My name is XXX.I also don't know your name leh,what's yours?

Neighbor: YYY.Aiyoh,when people ask me about something,I don't know how to mention your name.I always refer you as my neighbor next door.

This is the best I can do to recall the whole conversation.The chat session may be simple,but to me it was a sad one.

We knew our neighbor for 10 over years,yet we fail to know their name by heart.Gone were the times when we had stronger bondings with our neighbor,knowing them one by one and what trouble they gone through and need help from others.

Just a question: How much do you know your neighbor next door,or maybe the one below or above you?

There's not much of an update nowadays.

It's kinda boring right now,especially when most of my friends are undergoing the "paper battle(examination)".

William is planning for a trip to Langkawi around July.I just hope at that time my probation period will be over and my company will offer me a letter to continue on.Just keep my fingers crossed and put my hope in God.

Somehow the news for the past few weeks has shocked me: Cyclone in Myanmar and Earthquake in China.Is that something scary going to happen?I hope not.Just pray for the survivors to cling on and that they would be found by the rescue team.

After all these shocking news,I realised that Singapore is so much blessed by God.Despite the inflation and unstable stock market situations,our country has managed to go this far.It's a blessing indeed,but we should not be compromise by that.

Today's post is kinda random to me,probably due to the lack of inspirations?Let's hope not.

Yesterday we celebrated Mother's day with a lunch in Din Tai Fung.This is the third time I went there for meal and all I would say is: stick to the restaurant in Paragon.The food is slightly better.


For dinner,we had pizza from Pizza De France,which to me is a next step to eating pizza from other outlet.You know,I'm kinda sick of Canadian Pizza;the former has a thinner crust.

Anyway,the main subject of today's blog is not about Mother's day I ate this and that.It's about a scary encounter when I was going shopping in IMM Giant with my Mother.

When we were in the fruits and vegetables section,there was this promotion of mangosteen at 21 cents per 100g(mangostten season,great deal,go buy it!).In the midst of choosing some nice purple fruit,we saw a LAM(Lau Ah Ma)busy opening up every mangosteen she picked.

she was like enjoying her "free" mangonsteen session with her grand-daughter,and there was a China man(in whom I'm not sure if he is her son)talking to her about the cheap deal of longans,mangosteens,etc.Obviously what they did not know was thyat there was a big English warning that says "No sampling".I doubt they know English.

Once again,I'm not a person who likes to interfere with other people's business,so I didn't stop them,neither did all the shoppers around.Well,this is what we call the SBC(Simply Bo Chap)society.

Moreover,the look of the LAM reminds me of those Hong Kong ghost movie where this old lady kept haunting the male/female actress.She do looks scary when she smiles.Or maybe it's the dark purple mangosteens,it looked like those fruits grew in evil dark forest.

Ghost Movie LAM + Evil forest mangosteens = ?!?!?!?

I really can't imagine.

Till now the LAM still haunts my mind.I was kinda traumatized by the incident right now.Hope I can forget everything I saw yesterday.

Every Friday after my cell group,I had to face the fact of squeezing with the people inside a MRT.If you're lucky,you be able to find yourself spacious or barely make it.If not,you'll have to wait for another 4 minutes or so.

No,I'm not trying to complain about the quality of the service SMRT had provided for us.They had done their best in whatever ways they can(increasing frequency,trains,etc).Another frequency less than 2 minutes will lead to a train jam.What I'm actually going to say is: Are we able to take this kind of thing for another 4-5 years?

Given that the population is still increasing(with more foreign workers),and government encouraging us to take public transport,I think boarding the train will be much of a challenge for us.Seriously,how can we possibly take it?

Maybe today is Friday and it is the time people finished their shopping in City Hall and Orchard,so that's why the train is super jam-packed.

But thankfully I don't encounter this situation when I board the train to work every morning.Without fail,I'll be able to secure a seat unless there's some special occasion going on in the North area.

I hope I can have the faith that SMRT will continue to provide a better service for us.

2 days since I met up with Yan Liang for some gym session in Clementi.Both my arms are still aching like mad.

Should I just buy a muscle rub to ease my pain?

Anyway the gym session is great,although I kinda prefer Jurong area more(more hunky guys and sporty girls).

Hope after all the intensive training,my shoulder will becomes wider and I'll be walking with both my arms wide apart.Ahh...one step further to become a himbo.Hohoho.

Was doing some search using the google website for some latest update of bands.I searched for "Kings of Convenience",no update,"The Fratellis",album coming soon,"Franz Ferdinand",album coming soon too,"Coldplay",single released,and it's free download.

Free download?I immediately went to their website to get their free song for listening.

The song "Violet Hill" sounded kinda like those World War II song,perhaps it's because of the tune and the lyrics to it.Not bad for a single,but not as good as their previous album.

For me,my current best 3 Coldplay song would be:

1. Fix You
2. The Scientist
3. Clock

Sorry Kelvin,"Yellow" is good,but it doesn't appeal to me.

The song "Violet Hill" is free for download until 6th May(from their website),so which means I sampled their song legally.Will consider buying their album when it released(somewhere around June).Hope that their other songs would be better.

Just got addicted to this cute Japanese drum game which I happened to "find the demo" of it.Though the Taiko got this simple looking face in it,I find it very cute.

The control is rather simple: just have one hand controlling the base while the other controlling the side.Wait till you try the hard mode,I had difficulty completing it.

After playing Taiko no Tatsujin DS(the game name),my love for Japanese song is starting to pick up.Maybe it's because of the catchy tune,or maybe is their creativity.I hope to gain back my love for Japan culture,as well as my Japanese language.

Oh,just in case people tell me that Utada Hikaru had just released her new album,I'd actually bought it.Hohoho.

When I was on my way to the bus-stop in Bukit Batok(taking a bus home),there was this guy who was shouting at me.I ignored him at first,thinking that he was calling someone else.But when he shouted at me for the second time,I know he was calling me.

He was trying to ask for directions to one of the blocks(25X).Since I'm not familiar with Bukit Batok,I told him that I don't know this place and I just came out from block(24X).

Then he proceed to change his topic out of a sudden,asking me to open up my bag.I questioned him why and he told me that he need to check some stuff which he had lost,and my bag is exactly the same as his.

I tried to reason out with him,refusing to open up my bag but he insist.After some firm rejection,he decided to give up and apologized.I,in return,apologized to him saying that I don't open up my bag for stranger.

But after incident,I thank God for blessing me with the wisdom to tackle this guy and remain calm in this tight situation.He might be preying for my wallet which he believes is in the bag.

One of my ex-camp officer passed away this morning.

When I received a SMS from an unknown person(due to contacts lost),I was going through my mind who this person was.The only name I could think of is my officer during my army day,but I choose to deny it was him.

After knowing who my messenger was and he talked about the sergeants going there,I was right: It was the officer I knew.

It was a sudden news for me.How could it be that a healthy man like him died just like this.I cannot accept the fact that he's dead and I try to cheat myself that it was a wrong person sending message to me.

The cause of death is yet to be known.Maybe I should ask what exactly happened.

It was quite a sad news for me.I rememebered the days when he organised some cohesion and we kinda enjoyed ourselves(with food and relay match),the time when he tekan us with his exercise routine and the time I did shouted at him during my recce course.

There are so many things I could think of and my brain is going to get haywired soon.

Will be going there tomorrow with the rest of my ex-campmate.

Ever since my bag is lost,I had a hard time connecting back to the world.I spent almost all day trying to think of the scenario and the expectation of the outcome.

I can't stop thinking.Why am I "blessed" with a thinking-to-much mind?

After all the encouragement and consolation by my friends,group leader and pastors,I'm feeling slightly better now.So the next things I had to do: buy a new handphone and make a new IC.

I must did a compliment on the service from M1.Their service is very good!They delivered my SIM card 1 day after I made a report to temperately canceled my line.Well,apart from the long waiting time when trying to connect the call,the service was good.

When I went to the M1 shop thinking of what phone to purchase,the stuff recommended me to wait for 2 more months,instead of telling me to buy at a retail price(yah lah,sign plan earn more money,but they gave a good suggestion).

So I take the advice from the stuff: wait for 2 months,then sign new plan.Anyway,there isn't a phone which I'm interest on.

POSB/DBS service is exceptional good too.I received my ATM card and my debit card within the next 2 days.Very fast,very efficient.

Next week will be making of my new IC and buying a new bag.Hope that it won't be so costly.

So in closing,can any kind soul here lend me your handphone for 2 months?Pleeeeeeease.

I just lost my bag today.

It all started off with a jog with Yan Liang and when we came back from the run,my sling bag was gone.

My whole world collapsed right after the incident.But thank Yan Liang for comforting me and cool me down before I started cursing and swearing at the person who stole my stuff.

Thank God the lost was not so great.Just my wallet,my handphone and my ipod,which contains alot of my favorite songs,but it doesn't matter to me right now.

Right now I'm feeling slightly better.Thinking of all this will end me with a depression.Maybe God is telling me something like "Wei Liang,let this be a lesson to you not to be so materialistic".

God,let me forget the incident but remember the lesson taught.If possible,let me get my bag back and perhaps my keys too.

Last Friday we had a great feast in Pastor Kian Cheng/Sharon's house(which eventually will becomes Sandra's house).As everyone suggested potluck,each of us had to bring our own food.

Everyone came for the last HGC gathering,except for Lay Kee and Mark.I wonder what happened to them?

It was such a wonderful feast with all the mee goreng,fried rice,popiah,yam ring,chicken wings laid fully on the table.As I came late for the dinner,I didn't managed to capture the "beauty".

We surprised Yunn with a song called "friends".As I didn't really know the song well plus the lack of rehearsal,all I could do is to lip-sync with them.At least I sang the chorus loudly.Hah!

Yunn was touched by the song and she nearly cried.Well,that's our main purpose right?

Here are some photos taken:

Maybe this will be the last HGC gathering for us,or maybe not.It's a matter of how we want to invite one another for house warming party or other activities.

Looking forward to the new group this Friday.

Just finished doing our last HGC performance to church today.But then,let's not think it's the last of our performance,it should be our start of it right?

During the drama part,I was nervous because I didn't managed to catch the emotion right during the rehearsal.Everybody was saying that I smiled/laughed too much during the practice.So before the actual performance,I was going through in my mind the script that I should say,the sad/depressing emotion,the sequence,process process process.Don't forget I am super thinker.

Finally I catch the right emotion during the performance!There may be some flaws in the drama,but at least we had gone through everything.This will be my third performance so far.

Now,because of that drama,I was well known for being the "I only know how to make paper crane" guy.Damn,people might be looking for me to help them fold paper crane.

Church member: Hey,it's the paper crane guy!Let's ask him to make paper crane for us!

*Wei Liang proceed to cover his face with newspaper*

Haiyoh,paper crane so easy who don't know how to fold.It's one of the simple origami to learn.However to master folding a perfect crane is not easy.First you have to...

Wait,I'm not here to teach people how to fold paper crane.Arrrggg!!!!!

Photos of our HGC gathering will be coming tomorrow.Stay tune!

Boarding bus 198 is something I hate doing so,but you have to do it simply because it's one of the buses that:

1. Takes me halfway to church

2. Takes me to my cell group

3. Takes me to Queensway

4. Takes me to Jurong Point

The reason why I hate boarding this bus is because it's a chinese/malays/indians beng/lian infested bus,especially at the second floor.In second floor,they'll be sitting in their quiet back area trying to show off their mp3s through their handphone.

Seriously,I don't find blasting music through handphone is hip.Wait till I bring my boom box to blast their ears off.Now that's call hip.

Today,when I was boarding the bus back home,there was this Indian uncle sitting behind me.At first the journey was okay,until he coughed suddenly.

The smell that came from his mouth is rather pungent.It's like DoTA hero with toxic breath level 2 that deals 16 damages per second,last 10 seconds!In Final Fantasy,it's basically Bio level 1.Fortunately,the smell is those kind whereby you've down 4-5 mugs of beer,it's not those kind where you really smell ammonia.

I wanted to change my seat,but I don't want to make it so obvious.So I endure until the bus reached my house.

Sitting at the 1st level of 198 would be a wiser choice for me.

Last week's food feast had just provide me with another additional weight of 2-3 kg.Right now my current weight increase to 68kg!I got to get some serious training before my weight reached 70kg.

Proceed with my food photos:Last Saturday I went to Hotel Miramar with Ming Keat and Yan Liang for our dim sum buffet.At first I planned to go Harbourfront for dim sum,but Yan Liang recommended me to go Miramar instead.So I choose the latter.Anyway,they're all from the same branch.

Turn out that the food is absolutely fantastic!The prawns in the dim sum taste fresh,very tender and bouncy.I wonder how did they maintain the freshness of the prawns?Could it be some kind of trick?

I love eating Lor Mai Kai or "he ye fan",so I ordered 1 tray.I didn't know it comes in 2,so I passed one to Ming Keat and Yan Liang.


Maybe I'll consider going for it again the next time.Bringing my polytechnic friends would be good.

At night,I have Fish and Co with my Clementi HGC members.Well...6 of them.

Note:The font in italic means photos from Clara.


When I flipped the menu to this page,I was tempted to try the New York Fish and Chips,because it has cheese on it.

After much consideration,I decided to get the cheesey fish and chips.







Didn't know that Fish and Co are good at doing sabotage for the birthday boy/girl.So next time if you were to bring your birthday friend for celebration,this will be a good choice.

For me,I was told to stand on the chair with holding 2 sparkling stick while they sing birthday song.Wah lao,how embarrassing!

Somemore Clara managed to take a video of my not-so-well-developed butt.Damn,if only I know the coming,I should have train it.

Anyway,with this "sacrifice" came a 10% discount!Sweet!


The next day...

Went to the Central with my Polytechnic friends to try out the black pig.The restaurant name?Tom Ton.

Black pig should be nice because...



My premium black pig cutlet.The meat must go with the special sauce they provide,together with crushed sesame.


90% of the menu has black pig listed on it.You can't escape from them.

So throughout the meal,we had mentioned "black pig" for God-knows how many times.Dunno why leh.

The food was okay,the black pig tasted slightly different from the normal pig that we ate,with more tender and fragrance.However,the service was not quite good.We were served by a noob waiter who took some time to understand what we're ordering,and they missed out Raymond's food!Luckily Raymond ask about the dish,or else he'll be starved to death.

The party doesn't end it this way.We had another relaxing time at the Mind's Cafe.

Probably because it's on the Sunday,I don't see any crowd over there.We got our seat with much ease.

They had a wide range of games for us to play.Some of the board were over-abused until the game set gave ways.For example the Deal or No Deal game.



The atmosphere is just too quiet for me.If there were more people around,it would be nice.


I really had a wonderful birthday celebration this year.Will there be another time next year?

When I came back to work after my ICT,some of my colleagues were surprised with the change in my complexion.

"Wah,your face looked even whiter after your reservist!"

Face?Whiter?Hey,I didn't use any face whitening cream.How possibly could my face gets whiter?

Maybe it must be the jungle hat that I'm wearing during my outfield,but with 1 day of sun blocking,it's impossible for me to get white.

Looks like I got to go for a sunny swim in order to make my face tan.


[Edited: Oh yes,happy April Fool Day.More photos coming up soon,and I'm not joking!]