the pendulum times.

Thinking of a new laptop to purchase?

Or are your neighbours been tapping secretly on your wireless network that you been feeling the latency?

How about a new portable external harddisk for more storage?

Come down to Comex IT Show 2008 at Suntec City level 2, 4 & 6 this Thursday to Sunday (28th, 29th, 30th ,31st Sept) for some IT shopping to be done.

Check out the new xxx harddisk 160gb only for $99 ! (prices here are not real and changeable to the market on actual dates)

Or going for big storage, consider xxx harddisk 1TB less than $350. (prices here are not real and changeable to the market on actual dates)

Remember, don’t leave empty-handed, IT shows price are always the best, compared to Sim Lim and Funan.

4 days back, when the clock strike 12.00am..

Some people might be busy online, some might be phone-talking, some might be preparing cookies for the next day ’s outing, some might be even fucking at this time ..

But it means,

OFFICIALLY IM NO MORE 1Xs le -.-

20 yr old to come, i’ve lived 1/4 of my life.
And i must keep asking myself, what have i done? o.o?

See the current American Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps , 23, so young yet break the US previous record of 7 gold medals in one Olympic game 38 yrs ago. Sighh… i also wished i can swim like a butterfly , sting like a bee at times =(

Nevertheless, don’t think too much, before 21 comes, things will get better and i’ll continue to strive hard for the things i want and my aims in life. .

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Below are some cakes contributed to my amount of virtual fats on that day
(Cakes displayed are not in order of timing delivered or most creativeness cake )

1) Edwin:

2) Eve:

3) Hoe yin:

4) KC:

5) Rachel:

6) Ruth:

7) Shaomin:

Stephanie:

9) Vanessa:

10) Wendeee, my sis:

11) Xue yi:

12) Yew aik:

13) Yanzhang:

And i noticed one thing, there are 13 cakes, which also tele to my birthday date > 13th August . wahhahah. 13 cakes on 13th August.

Anyway, Thanks to the all cakes above, and a big hug to them for drawing these. If you are looking at this post now, thanks alot xoxo, ben (;

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Apart from that, there is a mini celebration for me at New Yorker that evening.

Officially a 2x man, im getting older as time passes each hour..

” While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. ”
Amos Bronson Alcott

Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.

One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound was getting worse. He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said, Good or bad, hard to say’. In the end, the finger of the king was too bad that had to be cut. The king asked the follower again if that was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, ‘Good or bad, hard to say’. The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.

One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end he found himself lost in the jungle. To make thing worse, he got captured by the native people lived inside the jungle.

They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But when they noticed that the king had one finger short, they released him immediately as he was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The king managed to get back to his palace after all. And he finally understood the follower’s wise quote, ‘Good or bad, hard to say’. If he hadn’t lost one finger, he could have been killed by the native people.

He ordered to release the follower, and apologized to him. But to the king amaze, the follower was not mad at him at all. Instead, the follower said, ‘It wasn’t a bad thing that you locked me up.’ Why? Because if the king hadn’t locked the follower up, he would have brought the follower along to the jungle. If the native found that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower. Again, the quote ‘Good or bad, hard to say’ stands.

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Moral Of the Story:

Everything that happens in this world, there is no absolute good or bad. Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become a gain.
Whatever good things that happen to you, enjoy it, but don’t have to hold too tight to it, treat it as a surprise in your life. Whatever bad things that happen to you, don’t have to feel too sad or despair, in the end, it might not be a total bad thing after all.

” If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier. “