Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

Porridge ---------------- Yeah everyone. My current craving is PORRIDGE! Solid rice is a thing of the past for me. Find that its not so tasty after my so many years of eating solid white rice for my meals... I find that porridge, despite its wet rice, which is still rice, the softness and the water makes me feel that I can taste the ingredients much better. The actual taste of vegetables. Fish... This is what I have discovered. For every mouthful with porridge and lets say a dish, steamfish. Wow, I tell you. Its wonderful. I can really taste the sweetness of the fish you know? And with every swallow, the whole mouth resets to the neutral state. And then, with a second mouth of vegetables, your tastebuds can really feel the difference and wow... POrridge is wonderful. Somemore, it can serve as a drink because of the of its nature - semi-liquid. Amazin I tell you! Last night, I ate Frog leg porridge. Its superb!! Love the taste!!! Loving Porridge Loving it! Somemore with my bud, Fred! ...

Hello Everyone. My Don ---------- Yeah, I am real glad that my Don has actually grown much understanding and from what I feel, is very good. ALso much more tolerant le. Recently, his small brother spat on his face. Just because of computer usage. Instead of fighting, he merely just shouted and went to his father's room. And his father was sleeping and in a daze, he said to Don, "Never mind. Tomorrow then settle." And he carried on with his work after that. Man, I shouldn't say this as a joke, but it is quite funny when I heard the story. And yes, he has passed his Physics. WOOHOO... and he told me that if he were to get full marks for his listening comprehension, he will be able to get A2 for his Chinese. Really amazing leh. Continue later...

Letter from my company ------------------------------ Dear ALL HR Personnel, I have received complaints from employees that some IA students are spotted wearing quite a-beng style - torn pants, track shoe without sock and bad seating posture in the shuttle bus. I would appreciate if you could inform all Students on the appropriate attire to be worn to H******* office as this will affect our Company Image. Comments: What the... Its like the company is getting more and more picky about minute stuff. Well, not that they are saying about me. But there are certainly some black sheep in the company which dressed as the above stated. However, that is quite ridiculous. Here are some of the views... 1.Who really cares if the person wears socks on the bus? 2.A-beng is incorrectly spelt. It should be Ah-beng. 3.They should actually talk to the people who really are in this category. Don't you think so? For my 2months in this company, these are the various issues that were mentioned as ...

Numbers Post ------------------- 20 ---- I ate 20 longans...and guess what? I enjoy planting the seeds along the journey with my dog's walk. After eating one's flesh, I threw it up in the air. And it will land on the ground. Of coz, before that, I looked around and check if there are any passerbys. Ha.. Enjoy the greatness of littering non-polluting seeds. 3 --- This is the number of hours I slept during my afternoon nap! :) Mervyn

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I AM LATE TODAY! I WOKE UP AT 9am! I was so shocked. Actually not actually. In my mind, I was thinking, should I take MC? Ha... But i didn't. (Please applause here) I reached office at 10.30am.... which equates to being late for 2 hours 00 minutes. I am so good!!! Will I be even later in time to come??

Hey hey Happy ----------- I am so happy today. Really so happy today. HAPPY. I find that the moment I stepped into the office, I felt light and began to smile at my collegues. They felt that I'm very happy. And guess what? I find that time passes kinda fast when you feel happy and wow, its lunch time before you know it. Cool eh?? Try it man... HAPPY BIRTHDAY --------------------- Happy birthday to Angel. Happy birthday to Dennis. Ha... I find that in the month of August, there are alot of my friends who are having their birthday. And that brings me to one question. Does that mean that most people do it during december?? Ha... August - 9 months = December. Maybe its a question to ponder about. HINT: Ask your parents!!! Godcousins ---------------- I am having so much fun with my godnieces and godnephew. Ha... Nearly everyday I will receive smses from them and they will disturb me with their phonecalls. I find it quite entertaining because they helped me to actually destress from my ...

WHITE... I am on terms with WHITE for these few months! Love the white colour. WHITE - pureness, clean. Oh yeah, apart from spreading the white message, anyway, today, I did a displacement of 1 LRT station in 30mins [usual time required is 1minute]. What a day to start right??? DISPLACEMENT: MY HOME --> COMPASSVALE LRT TOTAL DISTANCE: MY HOME --> SENGKANG MRT --> KOVAN MRT --> Take 136 --> COMPASSVALE LRT OMG... I did a big round all because I was 1 minute late. And that 1 minute snowballed to 1 hour. This morning, I headed to KOVAN MRT because I wanna take the Company Shuttle Service and the bus came at 8.15am. And who knows! I reached there at 8.16am and it was GONE! GONE!!! I say again.... GONE! GONE!!! Ok, I think its enough. Because I was super shocked. There is another regular passenger, whom I saw on other days, was also there. Think she reached at 8.15am. And later, I saw her hopping onto a public bus. From then, I knew that we have lost the shuttle servic...

Durians -------- Heyhey. I manage to eat them on Thursday night. The day which I took unpaid leave because I was really very unwell that day. And my dad bought durians home. Its definitely worth the money. Ate 1 which is super-sweet. Ate 1 which is of XO quality. Ate 1 which is of normal quality. Ate 1 which if not so sweet. Guess how much?? SIX DOLLARS FOR SIX! OMG... But cannot eat too much! Otherwise, will overheat and have sorethroat. Lucky thing is that I didnt have that on Friday. Jackfruit ----------- Had it today. Very big but no so sweet. Ha... Love it! Peppercrab --------------- Yes!! Ate them today. Saw them alive in the basket and watched them being killed alive at the chopping board. Sad but delicious... :) Mervyn

Hey Everyone. Well well, I have deleted the numbers count le. Coz I find it quite redundant. Ha. I am on unpaid leave today because I am still feeling kinda flu-y. Water keep flowing like a tap from my nose... And I did real unglam and gross stuff. When bringing down my dog for walk, I didn't have tissue with me. I felt the phlegm was near my throat. So with some suction, I manage to get it to my mouth. And man, I just want to spit it out IMMEDIATELY. I then realised that around me, there are suddenly so many people walking around. I have no idea why. Somemore got 2 batches of nursery children... saying Mickey is very cute and stuff. I can't smile coz the phlegm is really accumulating with saliva. I just walked away from them (acting as natural as possible), trying to find an area where there is no one where I can spit. SOME AREAS THAT I THOUGHT OF: 1. Grass 2. Drain 3. Swallow it down I was thinking, if Grass, it will not be that hygienic. Because what if those ants ate it an...

Ladies and Gentlemen... I am sick today. So I didn't go to work. And I took MC from doctor. Also took 2 naps which made me feel blissful. I also made a pair of new specs today... haa... Its so different from what I have wanted to have all along... One day I show you all about it... hA! I got actually the Transition pair of specs whereby it will automatically change its shade colour just to suit the eyes. Woo...somemore the stall has discount. So I got it. Jolin is simply great!! Love her!!

Heyhey I am so glad that I have a sec 2 student... enjoyed teaching him and wow...he's really learning very fast...haa... And everytime after 1 session, I will feel very energetic because I felt that I have done a great job. That is one of the way to keep me motivated for in providing the tuition service. Ha... Well, my workplace, everyday, I'm taking my company's bus to office. Felt so good because not only I can save up travelling time. But also the cost of travelling too.. haa.. So if I were to take it for 1 month, I will be able to have SAKURA Buffet for free (if I regard my past travelling fees as unspent). Cool right? WOOHOO... Today is the first day of school for most of my NUS friends and I smsed them early in the morning to wish them a HAPPY SCH DAY. Ha.. I feel so fortunate as in not to actually have lessons for the entire Semester. Yeah hoo!! No exams wor... Love the feeling...haa... How nice if someone can help me study for my next semester... Who wanna volu...

Hi Everyone I wanna share this great experience that I had yesterday. I was the emcee for Ray Day 2006 and I wanna say that it was certainly a great experience and I will remember it! :) I just do not know why. When I was approached to be, it didn't take me long before I said YES. The thought of FUN and GREAT EXPERIENCE was in my mind and that made me decide. Ha. It was like a very different feeling when I was in JAMX. The people fear was not in my head at all... Really leh. I'm really amazed! In fact, I actually kept this decision as low profile because I have this image in my mind that people may shocked to hear...or they can't believe that it was me who was hosting the event. Ha. I was actually hit by flu badly from Thursday night and on Friday, I was feeling terrible. I even asked Yiwen if he may be interested if he can take over me just in case I cannot make it on Saturday. But he was unable to help out. And I kept praying and also keep drinking water leh... hoping t...

Ha... Today, I went to catch the fireworks by myself. It was unintentional. But I was on the way home from Suntec, and suddenly, in the sky, I heard the explosion!!! WOOHOO... and there was a large ball in front of me. Then, I quickly had the urge to see more. I dashed across the Marina Promenade Road and then rushed to Marina Square to go and catch it. I was so amazed that there were other people rushing, just like me. Ha... Then, when I reached at the viewing site, there were so many people! WOOHOO! The fireworks were magnificent. I didn't take photos. However, they are all registered in my mind. Ha!! Its actually my first time catching it alone. Quite a nice feeling as we all applauded at the sky after the whole event... Mervyn Spears PS: Happy Weekend!!!

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY Singapore! I was at the Parade performing yesterday and I tell you, the spirit was there and the fireworks are definitely the highlight of the whole event. Boom, boom, boom was the sound that you hear from the sky and great colours filled around the stadium as the fireworks exploded! WOO! Love it man. Somemore, I met my friends like Iris, Lijie and Crystal who came down for the event. WOOHOO! Took pictures and I am really glad to see them as I find that for the performance, they came down to support me. Ha... that's my way of thinking la. But come to think of it, its true right? They came all the way down to watch the NDP and watched my event. Which is in a way, supporting me. Yeah. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the way to the Stadium, I saw a group of people lining up and they were actually providing a service to paint 'Singapore Flag' on the faces of the audiences. I also queued up...

My friends!!! Today is my dear friend, Tuckleng's birthday and we went to Sakura International Buffet to munch dinner! I tell you. Its so worth the money! Haa!! I had my first virgin bite of super fresh large oyster and I tell you, its so heavenly. After squeezing the lemon, wow, the oyster tasted so sweet and I let the taste flow through my mouth. Really felt so blissful! Guess I ate around 7 oysters today! Ha!! And the good thing is that the place, there is no competition and they keep refilling and refilling. Picture of the oysters. Yummy yum yum. They are such lovely creatures. (Burp) Oh yes, they have a section of raw food such as sashimi and sushi. They also provided tuna (my favourite fish). As well as salmon. I ate so much wasabe. WOOHOO! Well, I didn't take picture of the tuna because I had so much enjoyment. In the midst of my bliss, I even ate octopus and they are so amazing. They do not have any straws (unlike sotongs) and their umbrella heads are ever so juicy. ...

Hey all This is the performance which I am involved in...see whether can u spot me?? Ha!! V excited about the actual day!! Let me tell u the truth. This is the first time that I have seen the whole video after these 6mths of training. I didn't even know the actual graphic and formation and now, I can see what I am forming! Ha!! Real thnx to the photographer man!! Mervyn Spears

FIREWORKS ------------- 8 August 2006 Tuesday 2100 hours Theme: Singapore 11 August 2006 Friday 2100 hours Theme: New Caledonia 12 August 2006 Saturday 2100 hours Theme: France Badminton with my godfamily -------------------------------------- After church, I met my godfamily and real happy to see my godsiblings as well as their children! Ha... its been awhile eversince I have met them. We played badminton and its so fun! Ha. After changing up, they all rushed and wanted to play with me their hand games. Oh my. Then, I have no idea which one to play with first. Really was overwhelmed by them. Ha. Luckily, we need to leave for the dinner at Swissotel at Merchant Hotel. I got a treat by my godbro coz he is working there as the manager. And we had their international buffet. I ate so much food! Felt real blissful!! Their salmon sashimi is so great and fresh. Super thik and I took the stomach area. WOO! Love the sweet...

Hey everyone Its been quite awhile eversince I have played frisbee, dodgeball. And years since I played handball and soccer. Today, I went to CSC Sports Day and it was really a fun time meeting up with my CSC friends and also playing the sports. I find that the way we play the games are very unique. For example for soccer, its so funny! Only the girls are allowed to shoot and for the passing, we MUST pass to the opposite sex. Then we found that it's really very hard to play. Then, they changed the rules saying that only the girls can shoot from a box and no guys are allowed to be in the box. So in the centre of the streetsoccer field, the guys actually fight vigorously (sort of) to get the ball to the goal area for the girls. And when the ball is actually at the girls' court, we all waited behind the line and just watch the good show. All of us laughed! For frisbee, its also very strange. For my group and the opposing team, we ended up instead of throwing the frisbee, we me...

Yes! Awaiting for this day eversince Monday. Today attended the Festival of Praise and I am really amazed by the crowd as well as the pastors. Woo... learnt alot too.... and enjoyed the rock music! Haa... Look at all the seats! They are all taken up and filled with pple at the Indoor StadiuM! Cool! Also met up with a super senior of CACS camp! He's name is Daniel (or is it David). Well, he's a friend of Mika and he's really very enthusiastic about orientation camps. And we were sharing about Ethelonter I as he was a councillor then. Ha... Found out that NUS Community Service Club indeed is a friendly background to start with. About the past camps, these were what he shared with me which I find super amazing. -For beach games, all the station ICs were girls and they wore bikini carrying scoreboards. -The ghosts in Frightnight - some went shirtless and acted really like zombie. And will vomit things out after seeing the freshmen. Cool right? -They had 200 over freshmen and co...

"I am also observing a lot more activities with the new students coming in. I will like to stress the importance for them to observe the safety rules that we have instilled. Chit chatting, resting and discussion should be better carried out in the staff room or office and not in the laboratories..." This is written by a dumbass in my workplace talking about the students (including me)... WTH I was really very shocked to hear that!! No chit chatting? Resting? Discussion?? Dumb... the office is on the 4th floor and u expect us to go up to discuss? We are not animals which are mute, for your information, Mr Au. You are the safety officer, yes, I know. But can you please have the due courtesy that conversations are a part of a human behaviour? How can you work in a place where there is no chit chatting?? Maybe you can survive in such an environment. But my friends and I can't. And by the way, fyi, there are no accidents that occured in our lab. Not at all. I really don'...

Hey Everyone! Yes.... Its back again... On Monday: I was 15mins late. On Tuesday: I was 25mins late. On Wednesday: I was 20mins late. What will be tomorrow?? Juz found out that if I have MC to cover my absence for a day, I am still paid by the company as a full day in office. COOL Right?? Ha... Opps... Please keep this to yourself.