My aggressive nature ...

And I don't mean being nasty to people on the streets but I did spend a lot of time in aggressive skating from 1994 - 1996. However, I wasn't intensely good at it cause I was afraid of bursting my b*lls on the rail. No, seriously.

But I did manage to pull off a few 360 jumps on huge stairs and couple of grinds on half pipes and rails. Looking back they were good times with buddies like Sexy Boy (Joshua), Teck Lee, Ian (who have since got married) and Yanbin (who now likes topless fast cars instead!). Oh well, we all grow up - don't we?

I remembered watching this VHS tape when after school to get inspiration. It was damn hard to get la ... so expensive. Now it's free on YouTube.

Hoax II (Intro)

Hoax II - New York



I went through this phase of skate rock/ 'punk' also (that noisy music you hear on the background on these videos).

It was my secret ambition to be filmed by the film producers of these videos. Guess it didn't happen ...

There was this up and coming skate called Jon Julio and I just found out today he's still around (and regarded as one of the legends!). Respektt!!!

1 million hits and counting ... the ol skool rockstar

Lost 200 calories

Had a rather exhilarating evening earlier. Jason & I went to favourite Chinese restaurant Wong Kei in Chinatown to have our weekly duck-chicken rice fix. We then went on a pub hunt at Soho that's showing Sky Sports (equivalent to Starhub TV)  but didn't manage to find anything decent.

Decided to walk to Leicester Sq to see where we could find with a good vibe and a large screen. It was a good decision as as we walked past Vue (equivalent to Golden Village) Leicester Sq, we noticed that they were showing the match live. Furthermore, it was free entry as well as an UNHEARD OF drinks promo (right in the middle of London!) - 5 bottles of Bud for £10! 

What's there to wait for?!

We had a couple of Jason's friends join us as well (all Singaporeans!) and we had a smashing time watching the duel. I was really hoping to support Korean Man U player Park Ji Song (the only Asian to have played in a Champion's League final) but he was not fielded by Fergurson throughout.

Although I was in London and the match was in Moscow - I really felt that I was there!

Team picture before the match. What's to come in the next 90 mins?  - Photo by Reuters

Ronaldo scored in the 24th min with a header which left Cech stunned ... 1-0 to Man U.  - Photo by Reuters

Chelsea equalised just before the 1st half and the match went into extra time after no other goals. Surely, Man U had lost the match when Ronaldo missed the bloody penalty. But John Terry missed it too after slipping (damn it! pay you £130 - 150k PER WEEK to miss the penalty. I'll gladly do it for half of that!!). Anelka, looking really stressed and out of place before his turn screwed it up too - Van der Sar saved it and won it for Man U - Photo by Reuters

Ballack ... looking dejected after the match. (Forgive you for ballooning your shots .. since you paid less than Terry .. at £100k PER WEEK)  - Photo by Reuters

Glad I am a Man U fan .. hahaha. Photo by The Sun UK

IDAHO Day - May 17th

IDAHO is 'International Day Against Homophobia'

There's nothing wrong with gay people. It's merely a sexual preference. 

1986

See some shocking photos here .. even it's has long been forgotten from the memory of millions.

Stealing a car in Singapore more difficult than other countries?

I read Straits Times Online everyday whilst I am in London. Sometimes, I am apalled by the type of stories that appear on the national newspapers. I hope this did not appear in the printed version - what a blatent waste of space! And to think advertisers actually pay thousands of dollars for a junior page media space.

Check this story out (pasted below also)

It kinda shows how typical a Singaporean is to think a car in Singapore is more difficult to steal than, say, Malaysia. No matter where you are in the world and you want to steal a car, it's the same technique isn't it?? 

And as to why the reporter even bothered to piece this story (and actually got approved to be published) baffles me. How many Singaporeans care if she lost her car?? 

Maybe the reporter need to meet KPI.

=====

May 2nd 2008

Owner finds car missing from carpark
By Lee Pei Qi
WHEN Audrey (not her real name) went to get her car on Thursday morning from the car park at her home, she found an empty lot.

For over half an hour, she combed all the floors of the five-storey car park in Block 125A Kim Tian Road in frantic search of her four-month-old Suzuki Swift but could not find it.

She covered the entire car park three times before giving up. Her brother drove her around the neighbourhood, but still, her grey car was nowhere to be seen.

The IT consultant finally made a police report that her car had been stolen.

Audrey, 35, said: 'It is incredulous... this is Singapore, I don't think it is that easy to steal a whole car like that.'

Audrey who bought the car last December for about $57,000, said she last saw her car on Monday afternoon when she parked it on the second-storey after returning home from work.

She was sure she had locked the car, which also has an alarm, and also wound up all the windows.

Audrey did not use her car for the next three days as she does not drive to work everyday.

It was only on Thursday when she was going to fill petrol at a nearby pump station that she found her car missing.

Police said they are investigating the theft of the car - an offence which carries the maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment and a fine.