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: farid_bolverk; November 29th, 0:08

Did a "clean-up" on Facebook. "Clean-up" as in deleting people from my Facebook contacts. It's kinda annoying and useless if people added me and there's no interaction. And also on my part, I began deleting people whom I added when there's no visible interaction involved.

Seriously, what's the fucking point? You people think that Facebook is an another form of social networking site where you happily add people who you do not know ah? How can you be very sure that you can really be friends with those unknown people you added?

And to those who have at least 400+ contacts, I wonder if you know all those 400+ people. If you do, good for you. If not, you seriously gotta fucking wake up.

Therefore, don't be surprised if I deleted some of you. I take this social networking very very seriously.

Fun day today and it's gonna be more fun tomorrow

: farid_bolverk; November 28th, 23:58

Went to slack at Pasir Ris Park with Shahirah earlier this afternoon. Had great fun. I think one fine day people will surely know where to find me when I say that I'm slacking. I just love Pasir Ris Park! I will never get sick going there. And the more I go there, the more I feel like staying there. Haha.

Anyway, just now went to try out some new Silat moves on Shahirah. Don't get me the wrong way. I'm not bullying her what but I'm just teaching some self-defense techniques. Furthermore, she was kinda excited to learn it from me. Hahaha. I'm not a self-defense instructor or what ah.. I just love the practical Silat moves which is extremely effective. I'm not gonna talk about Taekwondo because I'm really sick of it and I'm on my way to permanently "delete" it away on my memory. Just to let you people know, I'm not being bias towards Silat or whatsoever. I'm only interested in gaining knowledge from various martial arts.

Back to the lepak topic. The air there was so cooling and it was very windy. The aroma of the sea breeze makes it even more relaxing. Simply put, I LOVE Pasir Ris Park.

Me can't wait for tomorrow's chalet. It is to celebrate Alya's birthday. I'm gonna stay overnight there even though I've got school the following morning. Hehe..

Shall update more soon =D

Finally got the strength to update. Haaaaaaaa

: farid_bolverk; November 26th, 21:01

I know my blog has been dead for dunno how long. So here's an update.

Since the beginning of this semester, I was having alot of FUN. I finally got a Malay classmate (not being racist or what but I need to converse in Malay okay). My classmates is the craziest bunch I've had since I was enrolled in NYP. With people like JAY, HAKIM, DANIEL, LING and many more, life just couldn't get any better.

Not to mention the bloody lecturer who is teaching us Computer Visions something something. Lab suppose to start at 1500h and ends at 1700h. She came in at 1520h and made her exit at 1645h. How can she expects us to finish the lab when our job was to type fucking long codes?? She already came in late and then babbles about some tutorial and spend the remaining time finishing the lab. Crazy la she!!

Anyway, yesterday played Left 4 Dead 2 with Jay, Ling and Kel. Hahaha.. Super fun la that game. I think I'm gonna get addicted to it.. Killing zombies which can really run fast and some crazy monsters.. Playing Resident Evil 4 was scary enough since the the amount of zombies are not that many.. I'm actually looking forward to our next session of L4D2.

What a day today was

: farid_bolverk; October 4th, 1:11

Woke up quite early in the morning. Went to buy newspaper. Then I quickly took a shower and off I went to Braddell Heights CC at Serangoon to see Joseph's grading. Reached there at 1230h. As usual, I meet up with my instructor and talked for a while. Looking at the grading examinations, it somehow reminded me the time when I went for grading. Back then, it was at Punggol CC. And that was7 years ago. Ah the bittersweet memories.. There was one boy from my club told me about the coming December camp. He wanted me to go. I, laughed my ass off. I happened to know this boy when I went to last year's camp. There was this bunch of primary school kids whose minds are corrupted. I merely told them that I had some "interesting" videos, which I meant it as a joke (I know I started it all...), and they were excited to see it. I was taken aback. Not a very good way to break the ice to the group of primary school kids. And one of them even recommended me to visit this particular website which I never knew or heard before! This just shows that kids nowadays are really 'adventurous'.

And the offer about going to the coming camp, I'll consider.

Anyways, I'm into trance and house now. Haha.. Those who know me identify me as the 'Black Metal Guy' due to my listening taste. I love this two songs. One by Paul van Dyk and the other by Armin Van Buuren. Must listen hor.. : )

Sigh...

: farid_bolverk; September 24th, 0:11

Sigh...

Failed 2 modules. One of them is Semiconductor Technology. The other is Motion Control. All this while I thought Motion Control was a core module for Automation students since it has got nothing to do with my specialization which is Wafer Fabrication. In the end, I found out it is a PE(Prescribed Elective).

Fuck.

My day just couldn't get any worse than this. Now feeling kind of demoralized. Seriously I hate that Motion Control module. Anyway, enough of this. The thought of it just wanna make me throw up.

Yesterday night, I spent quite a long time with my brother trading un-armed combat techniques. Since he was from SOC(Special Operations Command), I thought I could pick up some new skills. In fact, the 'trading' session was fruitful. Not only do I learnt something, he did too. We came up with different scenarios and discussed ways to handle the situation with ease and... a bit of violence. All in all, we spent 5 hours talking outside the corridor plus doing the un-armed combat stuff. We discussed on how to disarm knives, machetes or parang, etc. All of this I learnt from watching this particular Silat video at YouTube. And I must say, it is very very effective. Why? Because I've tried it and it worked! I was more to finishing the assailant off by killing. On the other hand, my brother was inclined to subdue the assailant by using brute force. He did it on me and it was bloody painful. Thus the saying, no pain no gain.

Why am I suddenly interested in Silat?

It's mainly because it's very effective and all the 'jurus' and 'buah' have its effective application. You'll notice that the word 'effective' will appear more than twice in a sentence or throughout the whole paragraph. Silat is really EFFECTIVE. I don't mind learning other martial arts as long as I find it effective. Sooner or later, I'll lose my Taekwondo foundation. This I can assure. And learning Silat through YouTube(I've yet to learn Silat from a teacher) was an eye-opener. I learn how to disarm knives, using the weapon against its user and many more. From there, I try to fuse Aikido techniques with Silat and see whether it can be really applied.

My didi, Jasper, said using knife or, in general, weapons is kind of "dirty". What he didn't know that weapon is actually an extension of your own. It's just an added reach. This I learnt from my Aikido sensei. On top of that, you wouldn't know what your assailant is up to. Killed or be killed. Even Bruce Lee's have a set of kicks that goes to the groin! So, saying that some techniques are "dirty" without any concrete proof is simply bullshit.

I can really go on and on about this.

I better stop here.

3 more days to Hari Raya.

: farid_bolverk; September 17th, 16:43

To be honest, I'm actually not looking forward to Hari Raya. To be exact, I'm ONLY looking forward to the gathering of my family members.

During this fasting month, my routine has always been the same.

Woke up at around 1130h. Did some errands. Break-fast is usually around 1900h. I quickly ate the food. Performed my Maghrib prayers and it will be just in time for me to watch my favourite cartoon show. Hint: It's on weeknights at 1930h on Okto. After that, it's either I meet up wif Sham and Wan or performed Terawih prayers at my grandma's void-deck with Wan.

I'm obsessed with Avatar: The Last Airbender and One Piece.

Last monday, my younger brother and me went shopping. It took me 2 hours to get what I wanted. The clothes I got was a long-sleeve shirt, a brown bermudas and a black jeans. Then, I bought new footwear.(The base of my Crocs is very thin and there's a big hole on it) After that, I bought a new cologne, Hugo Boss Element. It cost me 114 bucks! And it's only 90ml! I hope it's really worth it.

2 hours and 30 minutes left till my favourite cartoon show =D

I'm hooked to trance and house..

: farid_bolverk; September 8th, 16:16

Ohmygawd!

I can't believe that I'm actually listening to trance. One of my poly friends were damn shocked. They know me as the guy who listens to black metal and stuff. To be honest, I listen to almost everything. It just takes a lot of time for me to really like a particular song. For metal, it takes an instant.

So here are the videos I like by Tiesto, 3 times No.1 DJ of the world!

Megamix

Power Mix. 36 millions plus views =D

Hari Raya is in two weeks.. So fast..

: farid_bolverk; September 8th, 1:03

Woah!

Hari Raya is in two weeks time.. Fast or what.. Anyways, I really got to frequently update my blog.

Sunday was really fun. Went Kampong Chai Chee Seafood Restaurant to break fast with my cousins and siblings. The food was okay la. After that, we proceed to Coffee Bean @ Century Square to chill there. Absolutely fun! I wish we could do this more often.

On this coming Wednesday, I'm gonna break fast with my secondary school friends. So excited! It will consist of me, Erah, Nadia, Diyana and Itah. Gonna have loads of fun.. Then on the following Monday, I'm gonna break fast with my poly friends whom I only know this semester. Over the period, we grew quite close I must say. Studying in school library for our exams like for example. I rarely study in school for exam for your information. Haha... Not to forget making fun of the teacher. Atiqah should know what I'm talking about =D

Now I'm thinking whether should I go for Braddell Height's training. I kinda miss Sir Sunny's exercise session. I don't really call it training since it's super relaxing. "Massage your kidneys" is what Sir Sunny will usually say when doing the warm-ups. And Sir Mike Tan idea of remembering Taeguek 4. Haha.. "When you got headache, ask for Panadol". Hahaha. That really cracks me up. Sheryl Tan should know very well what I'm talking about.

That's it for today's blog.

Deep in my heart, I'm missing PRSS TKD training... Sigh.

Shall avoid Geylang Serai at any cost.

: farid_bolverk; August 31st, 12:46

Yesterday night was the second time I've been to Geylang. The first was with my blood bros, Wan and and Sham. The second was with my older bro and two of his friends. One of them planned to go to Geylang. Since I was quite bored at home, I decided to tag along and give the terawih prayers a miss =D.

We took the MRT there.

The crowd was unbelievable. I'm the kind of guy who hates walking at small paces and at limited area. I was quite pissed at some people who were really inconsiderate. And not to mention those who wore skimpy outfits. Soon, I began to feel giddy. This usually happens to me if I go to such places. The bright lights, smokes coming from the kebabs and the people. A good combination for me to get sick immediately. Nonetheless, it was really fun with my brother around with his antics. However, I do mind going there unless you've already planned what to buy. Walking there aimlessly will either get me or the shoppers killed.

Last paper.. YAHOO!!!

: farid_bolverk; August 31st, 12:40

Tomorrow's my last paper.

Semiconductor Technology. Starts at 1600h. Can't wait to finish the paper. After that, I can worry less.

Anyways, I went to PRSS earlier today. The Teacher's Day performance is getting pathetic by the year. Was quite disappointed as I didn't get to talk to 2 of my favourite teachers. In the end, I talked to the noodles stall auntie of which I've been patronising since sec 3.

The best part is that none of my classmates were around. And the teachers need to leave the school by 1030h.

Sigh. Shouldn't have come. I can just sleep through the day till the time to break fast.

Bloody hell!

: farid_bolverk; August 27th, 0:24

I must say, I'm starting to HATE exams whereby you need to remember alot of formula.

EC Analysis paper was quite okay la. Flip over the question paper and instantly all the formulae I memorized disappear.

Break out in cold sweat.

Die die must pass that bloody paper la.

Anyways, after that paper I studied with my classmates mainly Atiqah. Never in my life I studied that hard. For 5 straight hours I chiong like mad. It's a good thing that exams were during the fasting month. No distractions at all. NO smoke break or water break. Just mugging.

I planned to break fast in school just now. To be exact at school Mcdonald's. But I misjudged the number of people queing there. That was at 1930h. So I made my way to YCK MRT station's Cheer's. Bought 2 sandwiches and Vitasoy. Felt energized.

Took bus 72 to Tampines to meet my bros. After that slack at a coffeeshop near my house. The Teh Peng Gajah*, I tell you, superb siols. For $1.50, it tastes even better than the one at Teh Tarik. At around 2300h we left. That's all for today.

*For those who do not know what is Teh Peng Gajah, it's just an upsized version of Iced Teh. That's all.

Must pass EC Analysis

: farid_bolverk; August 26th, 0:26

EC Analysis's paper is in 12 hours time.

I really hope I can do it and pass that module.

If not, it spells the end for me.

And I'm gonna break fast in school later.

25 more days to go. Weee!!!!

: farid_bolverk; August 26th, 0:05

SO far so good.

Fasting I mean. If not, confirm plus stamp plus chop never fast. And I can't stop the urge to smoke. Alhamdulillah, it went alright. Although at times I felt like smoking. Then again, I was either too damn tired or sleepy to think about smoking in broad daylight. And I realised that my sleeping habits changed drastically these past few days. To be exact, since Day 1 of fasting. Usually I would wake up at 0930h but I will wake up at 1130h or later. To make things worse, I felt even more sleepy in the afternoon. What a way to fast during this blessed month!

The best part of fasting is that it does curb my urge to smoke and I feel exceptionally light! Haha. Only after breaking my fast I feel 'exceptionally' heavy.

Finally, the most dreaded paper was over. And I realised that it has got nothing to do with my specialization which is wafer fabrication. I began to wonder why I was studying automation stuff. Nothing on wafer fab. Furthermore, it's a core module for automation student. I felt so stupid. Wasted a semester on that goddamn module. However, I made good friends in that process.

Now left 3 paper. EC Analysis, Data and Network Communications plus Semiconductor Technology.

Last but not least, I NEED TO WORK!!!!

Fasting month is just around the corner

: farid_bolverk; August 15th, 0:29

Yahoo!
Fasting month is around the corner.
I can't wait to start fasting.
To me, it's the best time for me to lose weight and quit smoking.
Well, I hope it's not a repeat of what I did few years back.
The last day of the fasting month I smoked like a chimney and also the first day of Syawal.
Hahaha.
Classic and unforgettable routine!

Not to forget the freaking exams which fall on the first week of Ramadan (fasting month).
I hope I don't faint halfway through the exams.

Piano piece by Mustis of Dimmu Borgir

: farid_bolverk; August 15th, 0:13

Mustis of Dimmu Borgir plays a piano piece for the song, Progenies of the Great Apocalypse. It's a black metal song but done instrumentally. Damn nice. And whoever says that black metal is noisy and caused headache, you are absolutely wrong. Not all black metal songs are noisy. And a not-known fact: The black metal song was used in Hellboy trailer!

And the Hellboy trailer which I mentioned earlier on. The opening song for the trailer is also from Dimmu Borgir entitled Eradication Instincts Defined. Click here for the song if you don't believe me.

We're livin' on a prayer!

: farid_bolverk; August 7th, 23:00

Gosh! I love this song. Very encouraging and motivating. And Bon Jovi, he's a legend.

Once upon a time
Not so long ago

Tommy used to work on the docks
Unions been on strike
He's down on his luck... it's tough, so tough
Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For love - for love

She says we've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot

Chorus:
Whooah, we're half way there
Been livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Been livin' on a prayer

Tommys got his six string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used
To make it talk - so tough, it's tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers baby its okay, someday

We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot

Chorus

We've got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got

Chorus

3 more days to National Day

: farid_bolverk; August 6th, 22:49

First and foremost I would like to say Happy 44th birthday to Singapore. I know National Day is in 3 days time, but it won't harm anyone by typing it in advance right?

Actually, the reason why I'm writing this post is just to express my disgust to a certain people who celebrates National Day. I was wondering, why people are so damn excited about celebrating National Day? Is it because they are patriotic and willing to die for the country? Or is it because they like to see the fireworks? And I wonder if they actually sing the National anthem and say the pledge with pride. Most will mutter the pledge every single morning during flag-raising ceremony. Questions like "why the hell must I sing the goddamn national anthem?" and "do we have the say the pledge?" will probably crossed their minds. For them, it's just a formality. And to be honest, I thought exactly the same thing during my secondary school days. And I believe that many others will think the same way too. Don't lie to yourself if you disagree with me. When National Day is around the corner, they really went all-out to commemorate the special day. When all is said and done, everything returns back to normal.

Why can't us Singaporeans treat any normal days like National Day? Saying the pledge like you really mean it and sing the anthem with pride? Only then will you be a really true Singaporean.

I'm not saying this to show that I'm patriotic or whatsoever. I am really proud of my country but don't be a fucking hypocrite people. That really disgusts and disturbs me alot.

Exams coming soon

: farid_bolverk; August 6th, 22:38

Can't afford to fail Electronics Circuit Analysis.
Die die must pass that module.
If not, it's going to be 4 years in NYP.
Not only will I receive the diploma upon graduation, I will also receive another special award.
No, not Honour's list but Long Service Award.
This award is given to graduates who have exceptionally serve the school for 4 or more years.
Although it will be an added point to my resume, I do not wish to stay in that institute any longer than I have to.

Now, I've got to study, study and study.
And I can't accept the fact that the exams are during the fasting month.

Test

: farid_bolverk; August 4th, 23:44

OMG!
Tomorrow's comm skills 3 written test.
I hope I can do it.
I hope...

And a video I like..

Had a blast yesterday afternoon!

: farid_bolverk; August 2nd, 22:56

Time for an update. Well, someone reminded me again to update my blog. And I'm not doing it for that particular someone. I'm doing it coz I might forget the interesting details I had yesterday afternoon.

My day yesterday began by waking up early in the morning. Went to school for unoff training. By right, I'm not supposed to be there since I'm no longer affiliated with the Aikido Club. But I went anyway since Layho, my former training mate and current close friend, invited me. Reached Ang Mo Kio at around 0915h. Took bus service 45. It was at Yio Chu Kang stadium where I noticed something catchy. There was an event there. A Science one. Something about rocket science. Was really interesting. Watched it for quite a while since Layho haven't reached school. Then I slowly make it my way to Yio Chu Kang MRT station to meet up with Layho. On the way there, again I saw something catchy (to me la). I saw people either play or learn tennis. Watching them play/learn spur me to take up the sport. Haha. Watched it for a quite while till I noticed the MRT from Woodlands arrived. Layho's in it. Just nice. We made our way to the sports hall for the unoff.

Learnt quite alot especially since I quitted Aikido a year ago. Haha. But I'm amazed that I still could remember to do most of the basic techniques. Why can't this kind of thing apply to my studies? Anyways, began to feel bored. So I started to do Taekwondo pattern from Taeguek 1 till Sipjin. After a while I felt quite pissed since I do not know the bloody applications for the set of movement. Well, about 1230h we called it a day. Proceeded to school Mac's for lunch. Talk cock till 1535h.

By the time I reached home, it was 1700h. The futsal session with my cousins, siblings and uncles is at 1700h till 1900h. Took a quick shower and made my way to SAFRA Tampines. Reached there at about 1800h. They were still playing. I'm supposed to be one of the teams but there I was, very late. So I entertained Akid. Then when I was about to watched the game, they told me to play. So I played. To be frank, I have zero knowledge of playing soccer or any that sport that involves ball. And I'm proud to say that I never regret playing it. Had a blast la sey. Running up and down that small futsal court. Went for the ball instead of waiting for the ball to come to you. Haha. And and and.. I SCORED A GOAL!!! Hahahaha. Damn excited la!!! Not to forget, I was barefooted while the rest had their shoes or boots on. Chances for my feet to be trampled on is at 99.99%. But alhamdulillah, nothing happened.

It was almost 1900h. Everybody played. All 18 people! So the situation was really chaotic. Become rojak already.. That last match was the best ever. I mustered all my stamina that was left and became a horse on ecstasy. Ran all over the court. Hahaha.. We packed soon after after Syarafuddin, my cousin, scored the Golden Goal. We packed and left soon after.

And here are the photos.. Credits to Kak Alus...

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