The Lord yr Healer

I could not sleep... been trying to sleep since 11.30pm... and now it is almost 2 am..

and so I was juz on my bed humming away

U r the Lord, who heal-th thee
U r the Lord, my Saviour
U sent yr word to heal my disease
U r the Lord, my healer

BobSy

Work & Cell

Work is so mandane... so boring...

grrrr...

sometimes u get certain clients... u juz feel like putting ur hand thru the pone to the end of the other line and give them a few slaps...

But there's still this little excitement in the midst of mandane routine... hahaha!

And cell tdy, Wen preached abt committment... 4 levels of them... and 1 of them is frenship committment... and this can only occur thru 2 events : meeting together constantly and sharing with each other...

So what can you share?

(a) Sharing your experiences

Sumone once said "Fools say they learn from experience but the wise learns from other pple's experience"

(b) Sharing your homes

Quality frenship is much more easily forged when we gather at each other places (like the Pot Luck?) rather than spending time in big grps outside (though dis is a gd thing to do too)

(c) Sharing our problems

Galations 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.


Off to bed...

BobbbbbbSy

Fren's Place

As I m blogging this, I am at a fren's place..

Tmr or rather, later is gonna be work work work for me...

As I m typing this at my fren's place seeing certain stuff, I realised that I ought to thank God for so many things tat he has alrdy placed in my life... wonderful frens like the PotLuck gang, church frenz, above all, great sec sch frens like Fa Lum and Kenneth... Family etc etc etc... Ooo the privilege to know God...

And yes.. tat idiot... Ivan too... though we r having lots of issues esp in recent times, but nonetheless, still a wondrous fren (though he may not see me as one.. haha)!

I saw this somewhere once tat reads "Pick your friends but not to pieces". As Dr. Gana would say "Beautifully put!"

Indeed, frens r frens r frens... Good frens will not sit by and great frenz will not take 'NO' for an answer (by NO, u guys shld know wad I mean, so plsz dun tag some lame remarks pertaining to this) - Compliments of Desperate Hsewives


BobSy

An evening of Tee Hee

Pot Luck.. the long awaited Pot Luck at Joy's place...

The Host: Joy Fang

The Guests: Xin-a-ling, Yuyan, Import, QingLong, Gents, Stevie, Jason and honourable Bobz

The Event(s):

Alrite, so most of us were late but I had to cook n carry a super hot pot of curry so I m excusing myself...

So sat ard and watched some lame south park show and then ok we had dinner... delicious curry from Bob, yummy sandwiches frm Yuyan, snacks, nuggets and of cuz the staple food Bee Hoon from Joy... SO NOT! Frm JOy's maid!

At first it was all not bad but a little slow in pace but but but when ju-on sets in, I decided to take a walk ard the hse and appreciate the beautiful things of her hse... and appreciate them I did...

And.... oooOOO... cheesecake after Ju-on... yummy! I muz get the recipe... a joint effort by Gents n Xin-along... pity, not enuff... everyone only has 1 slice...

And oh, though Joy watched Ju-on 2 b4, the way she acted... as though she had nvr watched it..

Anyway, Xin's dad came a little early... so Gents had to leave too with Qinglong coz they r pple of the weat (hitched a ride)... so left like 6 of us and we finished up the Bailey's and the absolute vodka and lots of secrets where flying all around but of cuz confined to tat table... hahaha

Then came a classic moment, Joy was desperately trying to unscrew the Bailey's bottle cap to the extent where she reached for a cloth to try to do it.. until Stevie said sth like It aint capped wad? hahahahahahahahahah!

Joy's a classic, she shld be displayed in some museum or something...

It was really kewl... the whole nite of crapping and stuff...

SO it seems tat a large grp outing is best held at someone's place where we can communicate n have fun together rather than going out coz it's not easy talking to everyone at the same time out on the streets...

Anyway, I had fun! Thnxs Joy for hosting the event!


BobSy

Redang and a long Run

Off to Redang! I left on Friday night and my coach was supposed to leave at 9+ at night of course!

B4 tat, I wanted to meet maybe IV or J n gang for dinner nearby since they were workin in the vicinity but as usual I was dragging n by the time i started packing was sth like 6 pm? haha...

Anyway, I saw J online and so told him abt me boarding the coach at 9+ and he asked "So u aint joining us?" I was like "huh? join u all? for wad?" Apparently, the guys had arranged for dinner w/o askin me along (at least the organiser din), but not tat I m surprised! The worst thing was IV din even ask me... not until I had to communicate with him on the pone n drop hints tat I m leaving only at 9+... after tat he insisted tat I go down n meet them for dinner..

So when I reached, they oredi had their dinner at Soup Spoon. So much for meeting me for dinner? In the end, they juz sit ard and watch me eat at the foodcourt. Nice... Anyway, I asked IV abt it, he said he ASSUMED tat I'd eaten (tat's amazing for someone who tells me not to assume stuff) and knowing me.. since when do I eat at home? (and wad's the point for meeting them for dinner then?)

Maybe, sometimes certain changes r drastic n i cannot accept it.. then tat's my fault...

And of cuz I learnt abt ppl backstabbing me.. oh well..

So the redang trip sounded like kinda bad and even as I walked to take my coach, I had to push all my negative feelings down...

But oh well, thank God, my travel mates were awesome pple and soon we warmed up to each other even b4 we cleared the customs.. nice ehz?

First day: I saw a HUGE 4-5 METRES LONG WHALE SHARK! Woooo HOOOO! It was awesome sighting! Beautiful... I even got to stroke its tail.. nice hor? :)

The rest of the time, nothing much lo.. and the sad thing was tat, it was pretty cloudy so not much of tanning *sigh*

So back home... I went to do a looooooong run... 90 mikes run.... (1.5 hours can???) Great achievement... and I realised the greater the 'pain' the greater the 'shiokness' when I ended...

Everything comes with a price or so it seems...

Looking forward to the PotLuck..


BobSy

Friends are still friends / 友人は静かな友人である

Here's the Japanese Version:

よのオハイオ州に、私が... 事のprobems を有していたよりよいものの話があった!

ありがとう!

そしてオハイオ州。私は次のfrm のジェニファーのblog を得たが、私のサイド・バーにそれを置く方法を知らないそうここにによって私のblog のポストに... 代りにある

Oh well, had a talk with the one I was having probems with... things are better!

Thanks!

And oh .. I got the following from Jennifer's blog but I don't know how to put it in my side bar so here it is in my blog post instead...

How to make a Bobby Goh

Ingredients: 3 parts friendliness 3 parts crazyiness 1 part empathy

Method: Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add wisdom to taste! Do not overindulge!

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Joy's Birthday Pictures

Some of the many pics taken during the celebration! WOW! It was fun.. simple! Friends are friends are friends! A bra is a bra... =)

Thanks Joy for being there... (at least most of the time) haha! Enjoy the wallet.. ok?


A MERRY GRAND BIRTHDAY!
CHeers!!!
BobSy


The TurnOut at Joy's Belated Birthday!
Friends and Bob


The Boys!
Friends and Bob


Various Poses: Look at wad Yuyan is tryin to do...
Friends and Bobs


The Boys Again!
Friends and Bob


Comparing Accessories
Friends and Bob


Group Pictures!
Friends and Bob


A pity it is blur but personally I like this pic a lot!
Friends and Bob

Joy's Birthday and regarding the last blog

Ok! I know tat in the last blog, I said sth like tat was the last time I m blogging there. Yea.. I meant the last time blogging on bobzified.blogspot. Time for a change and this time I m restricting the ppl who can access my blog. The previous blog was so filled with memories... sad ones... and happy ones too... but the last really happy ones were quite sometime ago...

ANyway... had a mini celebration for Joy's super duper belated birthday.. sth like 3 weeks? Haha.. April May and June... most of my NUS buds birthdays occur ard this period and best thing.. Xin-along and my birthday same week.. (monday and friday respectively)...

The celebration was cool! Xin-along, Importhan, Gentsnifer, Bob-about and Hilarious were there.. so lots of laffs and lots of crap and basically lots of frenship... simple... no complications...

Frenz r Frenz r Frenz

I like being Bob-about

I dun like being Bobbing-out

Bob-About

Last Blog

Guys, I know u ppl r going to miss my blog rite.. all the witty posts.. but ya, this is going to be my last time blogging here...

And I shall share extracts frm the book I m reading a last time...

There is some kind of dispute going on between the sea and the sand... Why the 2 adversaries fell out in the first place I do not know. But as I watch the battle, I got the impression that the fray had been going on for quite sometime...

It's hard to see who originally held the territory in question, but the conflict played out in the following manner. First, the sand clamied the space by just occupying it. Then the sea stake its claim by rushing in and covering the sand. Then the sand reasserted itself and pushed the sea back. Then the whole sequence repeats...

Sand and sea are like two duelists locked in a never ending fight and neither will win. They would fight but they would not try too hard.

Then I realise, sometimes in life, u can agree or disagree and to do so is neither defeat nor victory, it's juz being pragmatic. And pragmatism was invented so that we could get on with the things we really want to do. [modified]

Interesting eh? If u guys r interested, u can go get the book... simple yet deep...

And oh was listening to some hymns juz now... and I heard 2 of my favourites...

The First Hymn

"And when I tink, that God His Son not Sparing,

Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in

That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,

He bled, he died, to take away my sin

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee

How great Thou Art, How great Thou Art

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee
How great Thou Art, How great Thou Art "

The Second Hymn

What a Friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit

O what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer!

Have we trails and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged:

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Can we find a friend so faithful

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness:

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy-laden

Cumbered with a load of care?

Jesus only is our refuge

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer

In his arms He'll take and shield thee!
Thou wilt find a solace there.

Ok! Off I go! and THANKS A LOT JOY!!!

BobSy

Realisation

Tried to fall asleep but I cant... images of 2 person kept coming to me...

I juz have to wake up n blog... i tink i m a blog whore...

B4 Joy or anyone else starts questioning who I m in love with... I m in love with NO ONE! (as usual --> the Amoeba remember?)

K... so rite at the beginning, there was a purpose... I din like to see wad I saw... So I wanted to do sth (okok, juz being kaypo)...

I tried and to a large extent I have succeeded...

And I realised no matter how things progress, it cannot go beyond... I tink it's me la.. I m not exactly an easy person to have fun with I tink... Ivan can testify to tat?

But nonetheless, it is still good to see happy happenings...

And oh as promised, I am supposed to share something frm the book I m reading. This one is gonna be a bit long but I tink it is quite interesting and to some extent... deep. Here goes:

U know... one of the many toys a baby or toddler plays with is the shape sorting toy. It is one of those where u have many objects of various shapes n sizes and u muz try to fit the correct shape into the correct hole... Ok.. now u got the background, here goes [modified a little]:

Sorting shapes. What's it all about? It has got no practical use... The basic principle seems straightforward enough. On one hand, you have shapes and on the other, you have holes. So basically, fit the shapes into the right holes. Sometimes the shapes want to go thru the holes and sometimes they don't. Or maybe it's the holes that do not want the shapes to go through. Maybe, the holes like the latest club operate some kind of arbitrary door policy.

Being an egalitarian individual, I believe that such a policy is divisive. Who give the holes the right to decide who should or shouln't be let in? That's why I spent a long time trying to get any shape to fit thru any hole. My efforts were in vain... My parents looked on in disappointment at my attempts to create a fairer world by pushing what was, in their outmoded, conservative view, the wrong shape through the wrong hole.

Then, I finally gained insight into what sorting shapes is all about. It is about fitting in. Knowing your place. It was a parental attempt to impress upon me that unless I discovered where I belong and fitted in, then my life ahead would be one filled with frustrations and failures. It is not abt sorting shapes but maintaining status quo. That's why parents attach such importance to it.

Interesting eh? Think abt it.

BobSy

Out with Madam Butterfly

Yea, had quite an interesting nite with Mdm Butterfly (MBF) juz now.. dinner n window shopping...

But the trip there was not pleasant...

As usual, peak hours: Train transfer from north-east line to north-south line means a lot of pple and a lot of butts... so I was standing in one of the compartments near the near and I saw a lot of butts...

There was one particular butt out of so many butts that came nearer n nearer n it finally met me... yea... some swiny sweaty plump lady... argh...

Anyhow got out of the train... met MBF for dinner... Korean food le.... not bad...

O well, it was juz korean food at Taka foodcourt...

Then it was jalan jalan and as usual, I do not really shop... But I did hop into a Guess Boutique to look for something tat my Joy so desires... and I found a few samples and of coz I got MBF to gimme some comments... Beyond juz commenting on the samples, MBF went on to tok abt handbags... oh well.. so typical..

And gosh I saw this super nice bag frm the guess boutique but it costs $130++++ sighz....

But hey... Birthday coming soon... any takers?

I need a bag and clothes! I want webcam, nice wallets and good frens!

Haha...

Tat's it for now...

Oh ya... I dun mind a liposuction package or some men's expressions packages tat's supposed to do the same thing...


BobSy

Dota!

Dota.. an addictive game... ppl come late n as a result a whole series of thingy happened...

well.. it is all over..

n Joy, know this n know this well........

WE LOVE U! So plsz... dun feel down!

I'll tink of sth to make it up...

And I m reading a book on loan to me by Joy "Autobiography OF A One-Year-Old" and I tink this is a fascinating book abt perspectives of a one year old...

Yet, there r so much depths in it...

Shall post more of them soon...

Ok... tink I shall put one tonite... But I modified it a little to my taste...

It happens a lot and I don't understand why. The tears that fall are cold tears. Sometimes they are fine and soft, other times they are fat and hard and angry. Why the sky is crying is a mystery. Has it run into some problems? Who could it be missing?

Often when the sky cries, I tilt my face upward and catch the tears on my cheeks so that the sky's tears become my tears and I try to feel what the sky is feeling. But it never works. So I never know why the sky is crying.


BobSy

Vacillate

Sem ended on a bad note somewad, and I oredi did a post on tat...

Sth JOy told me a few days back struck me... Her msn nick was something like "Since nobody cares, I shant too..." [sth like tat.. cant remember exactly]

Then it got me tinking...

I've been told tat I DO NOT allow pple to finish wad they want to say...

I've been told tat I am not sensitive...

I've been told tat I am too callous abt stuff...

on the other hand...

I've also been interupted...

I've also been 's' such tat ppl said u r being too sensitive...

I've been told "Hey thanks Bob... I knew u be there for me..."


ANyway, there's a sidetrack.

Tdy, I m going to tok abt indecisions. No, I m not pointing at anyone... juz in general...

Now what is being indecisive? Indecisive is an adjective often used to describe a noun, usually a person.

1. Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute.
2. Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle
3. Not clearly defined; indefinite

A manifested example: "Let _________ decide!" or "___ wants to eat where then we eat where lo..."

So u see... indecision often leads to nothing getting done n stuff...

But oh well...

Live life as it is... it is these little pebbles tat spice up life somewad...

But on a lighter note, hols have begun and life's still good...

so r frenz too...


BobSy

Mother n Brother(s) + a Bra-der

Ok.. after all the bad posts, now a little good and nice ones...

Now, Mum's day coming. What is a 'mum'?

A mum is not merely someone who gives birth to the child (tat's juz a factory) but one who brings up the child the best she knows how...

So I din get the MOE thingy, Mum said "Screw it la! and have a break after all the exams!" Then she tried quoting something frm the bible knowing I m christian "U r my beloved son in whom I am well-pleased..." Awwwww..... so sweet...

Then I was toking to my brother. Now, take a moment to tink: What is a brother?

A brother is not someone who is tied to u by blood ties but someone who is there for u, someone who is dependable. Someone like Jesus Christ, someone like Goh Chee Yew, someone like... D even though it is love-hate, someone like LH even though she can be quite sarcastic, someone like Joy (oops, she's a BRA-der), someone like Sheng... someone like Jonny or Xin, n someone like J (though I hardly know him but during this period of time he's been more than a 'brother' but also a landlord and antagonizer)...

ANyway I was tokin to my natural brother (now... DO NOT ask him what 'natural' here means... I will strangle he/she who asks...

So my brother was like saying "...Kor, u know something, I may bring granny or mummy out for great sumptious meals, bringing them to the classiest places to eat but it is nothing compared to you bringing them out even to the nearest kopitiam for makan. That will make them so happy..."

Tat stunned me a little... It might be true for my granny coz she really loved me a lot (she passed on couple yrs back n I do miss her) and I remember, I merely spent like $20+ to buy her some bottled bird's nest and she was like so excited abt it...

What surprised me was tat all along I tot my mum loves my brother more since my brother spends so much time with her n stuff (not tat I minded - not a jealous sort). Then I realized how little time I actually spent with her, so much so tat with the little acts I do for/with her seems to be magnified... I betta repent...

ANyway, Mum's great!

As said in Desperate Housewives by one of the neighbours (can't remember her name) "No one in this world is going to love u more than your mother"

"Screw it la! Have a good rest and I m not bothered by these little failures.. so juz screw it and have fun for the hols la..." - MUM (translated frm chinese lang.)


BobSy

Sem 2

The semester ended with EC2303 at 1630 hours on 6th May 2005.

This has been a more eventful semester yet at the same time a more miserable one...

Sem 1: Had the spirits of orientation... being freshie, there's JOy, LH, Xin, Jonny and the rest... a whole new ideology wanting to do well and in fact, I did ok... Nothing eventful nor dramatic...

Sem 2: Bad modules, bad choices and I seem to have lost LH, Xin, Jonny and a little of Joy too... feelin sianz over results, the fire juz aint there... got to know new pple --> good or bad?

Good things: It is always great with new frenz... get to know some better and rid my bad tots abt them...

Bad things: Other frenship being compromise...

Conclusion: Actually, why do I even bother with what or how people think of me? sighz... tink I cared too much abt that...

+ I din get the MOE thingy.. so it's bad...

The good news is 3 mths hols coming along and I m glad there has been frenz standing by me and some of which I do not even expect to be there...


BobSy

Ken's 23rd

These pics were taken during Kenneth's 23rd... quite overdued but here they are!


O the wonderful 3!

Super Bobz

All act camera shy...

Super Bobz

A wonderful Mix

Super Bobz

And yea.. the rest of it!

Super Bobz

DIne

Oh well, here's one of the pics I managed to collage out... wanted to put more but oh well...

By the way, tat cutie in the pix (other than me) is my landlord and of coz a best bud!


BobSy

Dining oUT!

Super Bobz


And it's all here: Food and all
Frenz n Bobz

Un-Superimposed Version

Super Bobz

The Fit once more

Regression is all abt the goodness of fit... aint it?

Trying to find the best fit for a linear equation with scatterplots...

I've tried to find the best fit since I told Joy abt it sometime back...

And no, in spite of things being betta, I still cannot fit in and I m not being 's' (sensitive) nor 'e' (emotional) here... juz cannot fit. I tink my coefficient in regression term is near zero (0) which means, there's no linear relationship which means no fit...

Maybe, Joy I shld have taken ya advice...

Maybe I shld, coz now in some ways I fit even less and yea even so with some other frens


Regression

A Regressive Run

Muahahaha! I've gained control over J's room...

Yay! I did a run (the SP route with improved timing! So happy la! Down frm 34 mikes to 31:45... not bad not bad

And ya I hate econometrics...

More like I hate regression


Regressed BobSy

Men, women and Bakers' Inn

"The will of man(woman) is by his(her) reason(emotions) swayed." [modified]

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."

These were beautiful quotes from the dear Shakespeare.

How apt they are as I go through this phase of life... Never had I known life to be so colourfully painted with scenes and acts.

Yesterday was quite packed with various events... good things, bad things, neutral things, interesting things, fascinating things and amazing things.

So I went to the CLB to mug for the bloody stats paper on Friday. Then I was invited for a private chat. I felt so pai seh... ppl inviting me for chats... esp during exam periods...

Anyhow, had a tiny weenee little thing with Ivan juz now.. but well, it blew over...

Then my dearest uncle, Prof XXX invited me to go 'la teh' so we went and so nice of him to bless me with S$100... hahaha... juz came in handy coz I am like super broke...

Came back to campus and went for some food n desert which is like super nice can? The food was like wowowowow! Esp the deserts though J tink it has been overpriced and not tat nice but wth! I paid for it and so I would like to tink tat it is nice...

And nice it is...

So got back to sch, passed the key, get my stuff and wheeeeeeeeeeee off we went, sending J, D back b4 making my grand entrance into the den of CC...

But tat's abt it...

But b4 these nice things, of coz like wad I said, "All world's a stage". Trials and tribulations b4 the great rewards...

Men, women (not physically... oops, I meant not biologically) and yea... Inn..

And oh! I will post some really nice pics up soon!

Actor BobSy

Normality

I woke up earlier to a feeling of serenity...

Is tat a good sign? I woke up not saying "Good Lords! It's morning" but with "Good morning Lord!"

This sudden peace tat I haven felt since I got rolled into various events of life of which boundaries and parameters of frenship, honesty, and 'love' had been challenged. I wished I had circumvented all these terrrible trials and tribulations...

Lesson learnt: I muz in future be circumspect in dealing with things of similar nature...

On a lighter note, there has been nice ppl all ard these few weeks...

Joy's been busy with mugging so hadn't seen much of her but oh well, CC has been there and so has J (not much help though.. muahahhaa)! D n M in their subtle ways...

And the best news is... exams r finally going to be over... going for a little trip to Genting... 2 weeks after the exams... a getaway...

The hols came in time but shit la! 3 mths break! Wad am I suppose to do during this period of time?

I NID A JOB!


BobSy

Final Destination

Exams exams exams... everyone is mugging at it... everyone wants to do well.. the greater the calling the greater the trials...

Obstacles that stand in the way of mugging...

What can obstruct Bobby frm mugging? One wonders...

Love? Na... frenship? Maybe...

But gd news is... It is all coming to an end... every single thing... yes... the exams...

Hols is coming! Cheer up guys!

And all the best u guys out there having papers this week!


BobSy

Screws n Movie

Exams exams!

Issues issues!

Tensions tensions!

Screw-ups... secrets... lies...

At the end of the day... The heart of the Matter is a matter of the Heart!

ANyway, I watched SUmmerSTurm with D n M.. not a fantastic show but it aint bad... a refreshing genre of movie...

anyhow, I got something frm the show: at the end of the day, we r all still frenz.. aint we? :)


Frenly BobSy