Parental Guidance

Unconditional love is about giving all and holding hands always with no regrets. =)

I have been missing in action for a while. So I posted this to give readers a new direction of my future posts and change of theme. This post is inspired by the million of writing 25 random thoughts in Facebook and I have just written mine after Valentine day.

25 Random Tots – Jimmy Boh

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. (Qualifier: Only when you feel bored, alone, feel like typing non-stop aimlessly)

Here it goes…

1. I am now recovering from flu, which leads me to count the number of times I am down with any virus and it led to on average I only fall sick at most 3 times annually. So i guess the next flu would be around May. The reason i guess is maybe due to the natural antibodies I had built up will expire around then. By the way, I don like taking panadol or flu medicine as I believe it will decrease my immune resistance. (Scientists and doctors, help me prove my hypothesis)

2. On a second thought, maybe the reason I don like to take medicine was because I was into too much drugs in my past history. Google "jimmy boh" and you know why.

3. I never did like and have not attended the 7pm classes and the summer modules (Sat morn to noon for 6 hours) when I was in SMU. But now I am going to do them in an advanced dip course next week. Yea, I am going back to SMU to study. Can I consider myself a fifth year senior?

4. I like to network. Or rather I like to help people I know or link them up for any kind of reasons. Looking for jobs, lobangs, looking for good vendors, contractors, teachers, or even matchmake. May I matchmake myself? Oki that a random joke.

5. I am in the alumni exco. Partly because of my desire to be serve my friends I have made while in SMU and hopefully I can still connect to them when I am 50 years old.. I think they would be 40 plus by then. By the way, the new university lounge is cool. Got free coffee, mocha, latte, mocha. Can play pool and futsal. Don forget to play the Wii and watch cable tv. Mon-Fri 9am-10pm, sat sun i think it is opened from 9am till 6pm.

6. I have a blog. Intially, back then in 2006, I set a theme of writing posts with an inspirationally mischevious theme. I am running out of topics and I seemed to be repeating myself in new posts. So I do not know what to do with it. Should I revent with a new theme? Like writing a novel and each post entails a chapter with readers giving suggestions to the next? Woo sounds exciting. Then what kind of novel should I write? I am thinking of a thriller with crime sex and passion. Haha. Oh yea, my blog add is jimmy.boh.spaces.live.com

7. I think I am a romantic person. I written my first love letter on Valentine day to my late mother when I was 10 years old. That was when I first knew about valentine day. I think I got the idea from some TV programmes and the message is to appreciate the ones I love, and not the lovers' kind of message. I remembered cutting the drawing board white paper into half, took out my crayons and drooled a woman holding a boy's hands. I think there are the standard sun, birds and a tree. And the message was "Happy Birthday and Happy Valentine Day, Mummy! I love you forever." I miss her.

8. Oki, 7 does not meaningfully support my premise of "I think I am a romantic person." I have written love letters to gals I am or was attracted to. My first ones were also during primary school years, it was kind of sweet to reminisce now. But I think i was remembered for being a mischevious terror in class rather than a romantic boy. Haha. To meaningfully support my premise, I have also written some (oki I am modest) to .... (due to privacy controls, the content is censored. =)

9. My childhood hobbies ranged from playing marbles, climbing up and jumping down from carpark walls, kicking ball in the void deck when I am in HDB, in primary school, I tried everything from one legged catching, zero point and five stones and I loved the school band, the practise hours keep me occupied because I just don like to study. Most of my sec school years I spent my time playing with my freestyle bike which I spent 650 bucks ( I went to work as a caddie to save up for this bike). Yup I got no cca during secondary school because they do not have a freestyle cycling club. I am in named a Gardening Society member. =P I love nature but indifferent towards gardening.

10. I got my motorbike licence when I was 17. I got my first bike, A Yamaha one seater 200cc bike. Two weeks later, I got into my first accident. I was racing with a scrambler and I refuse to let go thottler nearing the corner when the scrambler let go. And I cannot do the bend with that speed and thus... i threw my bike and rolled rolled . I had injuries on my knees and shin. Worst injury is .... oki, I shall described as I walked like a duck for two weeks. =P

11. I drive an old toyota now. Yup with four wheels. And no more angst about racing.

12. I had my first cigarette when I was 17. It was Marlboro red. My first drink was Martell Cordon Bleu. I don like Gin and most probably tequila ( I don like shots but love long island tea). But I have grown to love voka. All these was done when I worked as a nightclub waiter when I was 16 turning 17.

13. For those who do not know me well, yup, I spent 5 and half years in prison for peddling marijuana. A transformative and enlightening 5 and half years though. I think the most peaceful years I had was in prison.

14. I love poker. The reason why because of all the psychology about it. You may wan to bluff a hand but you got to know whether you would be able to pull it off, by understanding various factors, like opponents still in the game, their likelihood of cards (this need understanding of betting patterns), their historical streak till that hand, their chips left, and their natural inclination to call every hand. Another thing is that you may feel lucky and wan to try your luck against another by gambling and raise or call all in. This you would also have to understand the best chances. Though you would not survive long if yo do this more than too often. Anyone game for a session soon?

15. I like coffee. I usually tapou one from Coffee and Toast on my way to work, another one during lunch. I would take tea in the afternoon, stopping myself from too much coffee because at dinner I would have another one.

16. I like drinking. Yup I got a belly. But since have gone down after less drinking to like once a month and been going to gyms quite recently. And will be going for more gym since I am a fifth year senior now. haha.

17. Since SMU, I learnt to open up more about my past. I think I am oki now, meaning my inferiority complex is gone.

18. I have a premonition that if I don get married by 38, (I am 34 this year), I will be a swinging bachleor for the rest of my life. Actually it sounds good. Oops. But I do yearn to becoming a good father to my children if that really happens. Oki I will also be a loving and responsible husband.

19. I am planning for a good old revamp cum renovation of my 3 room HDB flat where me and my father lives. So I have to start saving now. My friend already agreed to help me design. Woo. (Thanks in adv, if you are reading!!)

20. I getting tired of typing 25 random things. Where got so many random things to rantle about? Oki, my dream holiday is to Japan around Mar and April where all the sakura petals would be floating around. I first saw them when I was in Canada Vancouver on a study exchange. I also wanted to experience the Nippon culture. So I guess the trip will be at least a month stay over there at some guest house or friend place.

21. I tried snowboarding when I was in Vancouver. Been to Whistler, Grouse and I miss snowboarding.

22. I want to travel the whole world. But I guess I will only complete that when I am in crutches. But rest assured I will do it.

23. I have more than a thousand contacts in facebook and msn. I do try to make small talk with them on msn if I can actually remember their nick or email addresses. I also kept my old nick "SMUgging Marathon" hoping people will remember me and talk to me. haha. Maybe I should try harder.

24. I lost my mum when I was 24 years one month and 20 days old. Gonna be 10 years anniversary soon.

25. Woah, I guess the last would be thinking of putting this 25 into my blog. And thanks for staying with me till now. Cheers.

My elder brother added a 26th:

26th - injured your head when young and see doc and got bandaged, told to rest then injured again the 2nd day crawling under the drain and hospitalised with more bandage and "ordered" to stay overnight to prevent 3rd injury...

No regrets

Jimmy