I guess this is all over my blog now.

Will be starting a new private blog at wordpress so that I can scream and shout.

Life is tough.

i dont know where to start from.

m just now was....clearly everyone has different idea on where to go. 

is a pity..

I just wanna sleep n forget everything...

Finally I have the time to blog again.

Korea trip was ok. Everything is so familiar and it was like a trip back home. I have been asked many times that if I have a choice, would I stay in Korea. Well, is really tempting to say yes but when it comes to food and weather I may have to think twice.

Went back to myongji to meet friends and teachers. Is a pity that it was exam week and everyone is doing their last min studying and most of them are not in the department. Lunch was supposed to be a treat by Prof.Nam but because of the large group of people we decided to call for delivery instead.

I was actually happy that the lunch was delivery because it has been a while since I last ate such "local" meals. 

On the way back I went to visit my apartment and because it was still not rented out, we managed to sneak in.

This place really brings back a lot of memories. This is exactly how it looks like when I first move it except that there is this extra cupboard on the left now. If is not for the crazy heater, this place would be perfect. 

Took this pic during last year summer. What a big contrast from the pic above. Sometimes I do miss living alone in Korea.

Another angle of my place. Now that I see this pic, I realize my place is crazily messy! There are almost no walking space.

I bought this small cupboard to put my clothes and it was too small for all my stuff. I must be crazy to bring my whole wardrobe over to korea.

I even have to get this to hang my extra clothings..

불후의 명곡 - [Jung Sung Hwa] Immortal Songs 2 EP98 # 005

I was watching this singing competition call Immortal Songs 2 where current famous singer like K.Will, Hak Guk etc. compete against each other. Every week they invite a special guest who is very famous in Korea 10,20 years ago and the current singer will have to compete using that special guest's songs. So I happen to see this singer's performance and I was really impressive by his musical singing talent, I almost cry when it reach the end. Too bad the youtube version dont have eng sub.

Was taking cab to work today and there was this massive traffic jam in bukit batok. It was so bad that it reached almost 10 bucks when i left bukit batok area. I thought it was some bad accident but it turn out to be a minor road construction!! The taxi driver was really a joker, when he saw the construction he said "wah lan these C***B** people everyday dig here dig there, dig for gold isit or they trying to hide gold. So difficult to find job for us but they got job everyday"

I was looking at the dan cert com today and I was really disappointed by the players' strength. I mean how on earth did they get into this com when the you have to be at least 5k to qualify yet they play like 15k in kgs. shake head...

Saw wen bin's post in nyp fb page and it makes me think back of my weiqi days in poly. Maybe I am getting old or maybe it is too long ago (almost 5 years ago), my memories of the weiqi days in poly are slowly fading away. Even so the 3 years are times that I really treasure. It was kind of sad that I was the only one in my batch though but I met many good friends and juniors. Come to think of it how come I am closer to people like xing wei and wen jun who are 2 and 3 years my junior and not as close to friends 1 year below me? I remember first meeting xw in the club room and it was only until recently he told me that he almost not want to continue because of me, hahaha. As for wj, he came to our first meeting after club crawl with his big bunny bag. There was this incident where he was playing with Alvin's sister and halfway through I showed him a way to capture some stones and he suddenly looked at me and said "wah how come you can read so far?" But at that time it was only basic reading of 3 to 4 steps ahead. I can never forget his expression. After these years, both of them improve more than I did and I should really reflect on this.

Went to SEA aquarium few weeks back with mum, aunt and granny. It was good but because I went to the Korean version before (almost the same), there was not much WHAO factor for me. But if it was my first time I would have enjoyed it more. I have to say that my mum and relatives are very unique people because normally people there admire the fishes and say things like "wah so beautiful" or "oh, so this is the bla bla fish" BUT when they see the shark they say "wah, this shark fin must be nice", when see fishes "the market use this kind of fish for fishball" or "this kind of fish taste good in sambal chilli", when see stingray "this stingray a bit too big, the meat wont be soft". Speechless...

After watching House of Cards I think politics is really dirty and is something not everyone can handle. Or rather if you are not smart enough to seize opportunity to make things go your way or you do not have the "up there" EQ, don't bother entering politics.

Was on duty in Bugis last sat and a chinese came in asking about beginner weiqi classes and when he can come down to play with other players. Everytime when I hear this question I find it sad that I have to tell them that is difficult to find players in the club and the best place to play is on the net. I mean we have 2 clubhouses and yet no one is interested to take time to come down lets say once a week to play face to face. Something must be wrong. People may say no time to come down and is more convenient to play on the net but is not true. Look at players in Malaysia, Japan, China, Korea etc.. and the best example of all, Mr Poh and his best buddy Mr Lee. I think we have unknowingly created a culture that cuts away the bonding between players and the association.

There are still many problems and we might need to go so deep that we start questioning ourselves "what is the objective of our association"

Anyway I asked the chinese why he wanted to learn GO and he said that he is a Chinese so he should learn how to play this game. I would be lying if I am not surprised by his answer. Seeing that he came all the way here, I offer to play with him (he already know the basic rules). Is easy to tell if one is really interested when reviewing their game, he asked a lot of questions during the review like is it good to play here, where is his mistake etc and was so enthu to play the next game. By the 3rd game, he started applying things I taught before in the past reviews. I was really happy to see him improve and it was at that moment which makes me realize this is the right job for me.

I have a new name.

When I pick up a swa related call, 60% of the caller will scream into the speaker and say "HELLO!! WEIQI AH??" Hello hello, my name is not weiqi and I dont understand why do they have to sound so fierce. The word association may be too difficult for some.

Human relation is such a complex topic. Why isnt this taught in school?

Is difficult to blog these days. Everyday is about work and is not really good to write about work stuff here. There are just too many holes to mend and I am always preoccupied with other stuff. I realized that you need to have tons and tons of passion for weiqi plus good discipline to hold on for this job and I am working hard towards it.

Is depressing to see that i am one of the few minority to believe in that idea. Sometimes I start to ask myself if I thinking correctly, if I moving towards the right direction. Is really tiring to move against the wave.

But I am just not convince and satisfy with their answer.

Had my first public talk on weiqi this afternoon in Chinatown national library. Everything was better than I expected even though I miss out some part of my "prepared" speech. But I need to improve on the teaching part cause I think i din explain well enough or rather the explanation of the game was too brief. 

I am starting to think that weiqi is really hard to learn (pls dont say this to anyone might scare them off, hahaha) especially the logic of 2 eyes and the favorite question of all time "how do i know if the game has ended?" How on earth did i learn these 2 things? I am so amazed that I learnt these before attending classes in swa. My passion at that time must be crazy.

Hikaru no GO really did change my life. Sometimes I wonder what will I be doing now if I miss out this particular comic. Fate...

I was surprised that some people approached me to find out more about Myongji after the talk. They were amazed by my passion and gave me words of encouragement and I really appreciate it.

Work in SWA is good so far. Even though the working hours are killing off my social life, I enjoy the working environment.

I have to say this..I hate it when people especially friends who play GO say despising stuff  like "work in swa will have future meh?" Seriously what is the definition of future? Become CEO of a company? Become millionaire? The thing is that if you dont work hard enough and if you dont know how to grab and create opportunities you will stay the same no matter where you go. Thank you for your concern about my future, I know what I am doing.

No longer a student.

Will blog more soon...

Went to CQ's place today for lunch and took a look at coco his miniature poodle cause he wants to give us his dog. I always wanted a dog, a breed like shetland sheepdog and poodle is the last thing on my mind cause poodle always portrait a very "act high class" feel and some look very ugly for their weird trimming. I know that poodle is the second smartest dog in the world but I din know till what extend until CQ tell me about his experience with the dog and his dog look nothing like what I mention above haha. I still have not decide to adpot coco or not cause is a big decision, I even went to buy 2 books on dogs to read about them especially on barking and toilet cause these 2 problems might force my parents to put coco among their seafood display in their store.

I went with sis to her hosting event for a new singapore singer Nick,姚俊羽. It was a small event with his fans but it felt more like a family gathering with powerful connections in the media industry, haha. His uncle was a director in a recent drama in channel 8 and Julian Hee is his cousin. When this singer start introducing himself he sound like an amateur but when he started singing..wah... really different and it makes me want to have a good voice like him.

Anyone who wants to play mahjong please look for me, I am super desperate to play!!

Finally got a new phone and data plan. I bought a HTC phone again and so many friends asked me why not choose iphone or samsung because these phones are the trend now and some even laughed at me for using a ulu brand hahaha. Actually there are a lot of good phones out there just that they are not "branded" so most people wont even bother finding out about them. After having data plan i realized that it is really a conversation stopper because I became busy checking emails, whatapp ppl, instagram, facebook etc. I wonder how I survived in Korea for 2 years without it when everyone around me has unlimited data plan.

Have been going to some high end restaurant with sis for lunch these few days and I get to see how the rich society behaves. In my impression the rich are very well manner and polite, a role model for us normal poor souls to look upon. But I was wrong. Some behave as if the whole world owes them, demanding silly stuff that will make me roll my eyes. Kind of disappointed :(

It has been more than a month since I last blogged. So many things happened and sad to say that I left Korea in a terrible state. I wasnt able to walk around yongin and take photos as planned and I couldnt say my last goodbye to the shop owners around my area. The last winter was a very terrible memory for me :(

Anyway continuing from my last entry, my secondary school friends came Korea to visit me at the end of december. We went Jeju and while all my Korean friends told me that Jeju is much warmer than mainland Korea, i realized it was a scam THEY ARE ALL LIARS!!!! The wind in Jeju is 他妈的强 (pardon me for my language here, I cant find any better word to describe it) and wind in cold weather is really lethal. If you have hair problem Jeju is definitely not the place for you because you may lose half or all your hair thanks to the wind and dont bother putting wax or hair spray, they are useless in Jeju. I will never ever go Jeju in winter again. When we returned to mainland Korea, the weather became mad.. it dropped till -17. When I thought I was already "winter proof" in Korea -17 was really crazy. Now I understand why Koreans say that they will just stay at home and not go out during winter.

My worst nightmare started when my friends left Korea, my room heater broke down!!! Now when I think back I wonder how I survived the night in that room...and finally I felt sick for the first time during my 2 years Korea stay, just few days before going to London. If is not for Chaelim's help I think I would have die in Korea. I am really grateful to chaelim and her mum for letting me stay at their place before leaving Korea. I was really touched and amazed by their parents because I was so sick and they really took care of me. Is something that not everyone can do to a stranger. I hope that if I am a parent in future, I can be as good as them.

London trip (to be continued..)