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Quiet Life....

2012-01-17T11:13:00.001+08:00

My life seem so much quieter now.. phone stopped ringging...not much place to go...

Getting used to it..

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A new beginning..

2012-01-17T00:15:00.001+08:00

After 1 year n 8 months... Was it a right choice? Still wondering...

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I did it....

2012-01-15T16:50:00.001+08:00

I finally did it.. after so long.. perhaps cutting it now would be better...then to drag on for so long.. with no future ahead.. Did I do the right thing?

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Hellow blog... long time no blog...

2011-12-09T14:53:00.003+08:00

It's been such a long time... haha... since i visited here myself...

Life's weird... lol...

Time to get out?

Low....

2010-09-09T16:16:00.000+08:00

Haiz.... feeling low.... :(

:(

2010-08-15T21:18:00.001+08:00

I hate to be accused....

Just because I help other people?

I seriously dun like it....

Surprised....

2010-05-04T22:16:00.002+08:00

Lol.. I'm quite surprise I still have friends visiting here... though it's kinda abandoned... haha..

Oh well... nothing much lar... don't think too much :)

Just remember don't tan too long... not good for the skin.. and wallet... lol

Sleep Early ~~~

Exams coming.....

: (

2010-04-29T16:31:00.000+08:00

I don't like vulgarities...

^_^

2010-04-19T00:35:00.002+08:00

Head and shoulder.... ^_^

Some things... doesn't need words to express out :)

It's been so so so so long.... haha....

Finally.....

Words can't express how i feel :)

:)

2010-04-14T07:50:00.000+08:00

:)

Still l*** you :)

:(

2010-04-14T00:29:00.000+08:00

Haiz.... I can never understand....

:(

11.04.2010

2010-04-12T01:44:00.000+08:00

11.04.2010

The date.... I had my first contact :)

Is this it?

2010-04-06T15:48:00.002+08:00

It's been so so long... so so so the long....

But will this be it?

I've always believe in something good coming out of something bad... but when it actually does happens.. it's like... WOW...

Will this finally be it :) ?

We shall see... haha...

Life just seem so beautiful now :)

A sense of Peace....

2010-02-18T12:44:00.003+08:00

Hmmm... think my body has all the necessary immunity already... nothing much can hurt me anymore... lol...

This few days... I am beginning to feel a natural sense of calmness... of peace...

Life has reutrned to normal....

Perhaps i should really thank a particular flower... if not for this flower... I may still be trapped in my own cage of darkness... lost... in the big dark sea...

This flower, unluckily... became my venue for venting out all the nonsense... haha... and she took it quite well... sort of helped me over it...

So... haha... Thanks... Little Flower :).. i know i wasted alot of your SMSes... you don't have the student plan with unlimited sms.... yet... haha... next month we shall spam one another... haha...

Think i said this alot of times... but still want to say again....

In life... you will not always get what you want.... what is important is that you pick yourself up again, and move on bravely....
I mean.. the world was never meant to be a fair place... what you give out.. it may not be returned... (which reminds me... somebody still owe me some money... over CNY man... not good for him... lol...)
And so... why not give them out in places where they can be returned?

Life's too short to be spent wandering in despair... I shall move on bravely...

Just realised that I actually have alot of caring and nice friends around me.... who've been with me all these while...whom I've been neglecting... it's time i show some appreciation...

The world is indeed a weird place... but it where I become stronger and stronger...

Come March... I shall break the 4, or hopefully 5, tiles... It shall singnify a clean break for me... to start all over again...

Cheers :)

Happy Chinese New Year to one and all :)

The storm has calmed...

2010-02-16T22:49:00.003+08:00

Feeling much better... all the nonsense has subsided...

Had a bad night yesterday... couldn't sleep at all... lol... think finally slept at 4 or 5 am...

I am quite surprise... it was quite fast this time round... perhaps it's becasue I've already been trained.. and I already see the signs coming... so well.. mentally prepared...

Hmmm... yar... much better...

Tml suppose to have some movie thing... think I still need some time... won't be going...

Time to look forward man....

ANd my projects are not helping :(

Happy... CNY....

Life's as such....

2010-02-16T02:07:00.002+08:00

I wish that certain things aren't what they are... but since they already are... well.. don't think I can do anything about it...

Life's like that... I've been through enough to know the feeling... it's all back again....

I just hope it wasn't because of what i did.....

But it doesn't matter...

I like this quote... better to know and be disappointed, then to never know and wonder...

Well.. time to get over it...

All the best :)

The night seem so cold today.....

Happy Chinese New Year....

2010-02-14T08:56:00.003+08:00

Today is suppose to be a happy day... it had always been... for the past 22 years... but this year... well... mood's slightly different... more sober...

It's weird that in life... they often give you hope... only to take it away... all at once...

Haiz....

But at least I've done something for somebody else today... Alvin... and I think it was a great success...

Well done man.... All the best with that :)

It's over....

2010-02-13T22:33:00.004+08:00

I guess sometimes in life... if you've done your best... there's nothing else that can be done...

You can't always get what you want...

Well... at least I can say... I won't have regrets next time... I've tried my best... done it all... if fate doesn't allow it... then let it be...

Life goes on....

It's kinda hard to accept now... but I guess with time... it shall pass...

I just cannot believe that there is nothing at all.... oh well...

I am thankful that I have friends that cared about me.... perhaps I should be caring more about other friends...

It had been nice being such a close friend...

All the best :)

Stress.....

2010-02-08T23:14:00.000+08:00

Keep getting stuck at VB... lol.. spend dono how many hours on some simple codes...

Haiz....

Oh well.. hands getting better.. not to painful anyway... think I can expect full recover by next week... and I will be ready to break again :) (Not my hand though).. haha.....

Feelings kinda subsided already... I am at peace with myself now.... burying myself in my FYPs...

It's been a long time since I had such feelings.... calm... peaceful....

I should move on... should I?

Now the stress is coming... LOL....

Target... End of Feb... finish everything!!!!

A kinda expected surprise....

2010-01-31T02:02:00.003+08:00

Hmm... just received a news a few hours ago.. while i was watching Guess Variety...

I was elected.. or should i say.. selected.. as a Captain.. of my school karate... haha...

Hmm..... not much feelings here... I mean... I am graduating soon... and though I don't mind a post.... I dono.... I often wondered would it have been better if it is given to those not in their final year?
I mean.. afterall... they can contribute better.... when i work next time.. I won't know if I have the time and energy to commit much more...

But one thing for sure... I will train my karate to a Black belt... dun want to stop again.. like for my Taekwondo... LOL...

As with Track... well.. initially unhappy with the Vice-Captain post (Captain was given to a so call "new bird").... because I feel it's not really respecting me... I mean... I've been in Track for so long.. lol... but still... it turns out to be a good decision... because i guess i won't be active in Track for too long... after the exams....
Too many things had happened there.... pleasant.. unpleasant....

And I think it really is better for those not in their final year to take up some exco position... those in the final year should concentrate on their studies... and work... lol...

Oh well... memories....

But still kinda happy... that I am begin recognised for my contributions... in another CCA... and not because the post was given to someone who was an officer or from some special infantry unit...

Well... abit of grousing... but I've already accepted the fact.. and moved on...

Like they say... when a door's close on you, a new window will open up for you :)

The worls suddenly seem like a brighter place :)

Break Away...

2010-01-27T13:25:00.002+08:00

Well.. my hand has almost fully recovered...

With the breaking of the 4 tiles... it signifys the breaking off of all the "disturbing" ties.... it was a clean break.... I shall start anew...

What my hand suffer was nothing as compared... even if I have to break my hand... I will make sure those tiles are broken....

Good day~~

New Year's coming...

2009-12-30T16:27:00.001+08:00

2010... arriving...

Haiz... so many things to do....

So many thoughts....

When will it all end?

The truth is out...

2009-07-10T03:21:00.002+08:00

Finally.. after today's session.. the truth is out...

In a way.. I'm glad the air is finally cleared... although i no longer feel any thing... no more feelings.. no more pain... it just puts a great reflief to my whole mental self...

No more disturbed mind... peace at last....

In a way... I'm glad things turn out this way... or i may live with the pain even longer... had it been something else...

It just feels great... suddenly...

Phew....

Sometimes... i think it's better for me to remain single.... this worldly affairs is sometimes really too much for me to handle...

I guess life has it's way of helping me... the twist may seem wicked at first.. but it is actually for a greater purpose...I'm so glad it happened the way it did.... I shall await my destiny patiently...

Till then... go sleep le...

What have i done...

2009-07-09T00:54:00.002+08:00

Haiz... this whole thing is getting really weird... and abit hard of hand...

Tomorrow will be the revelation of the truth... someone asked to tell me things privately... I fear what will be told to me is what i fear shouldn't be the case... becasue if it is, then i would have made some very grave mistakes...

Argghh... this is really confusing me....

I'm not sure what i should be doing now.. my feelings and thoughts are rather confused...

But it shouldn't be what I fear... because time and time agian..things have shown that they are what they seem now... I don't think it'll change things that much... hopefully...

Anyway... i guess i'll have to wait till tomorrow to find out...

Till then.... a very confused state of mind....

Finally... truly... Free....

2009-06-25T15:45:00.004+08:00

It's taken some time... a few months.... but I think I've finally done it.... clear myself of the situation....

Time and time again... it had happened... and time and time again... I've clear it.... so this time round... I am expecting to clear it... just that it took a little longer than expected...

But well.. it's finally clear... so yar... I'm a new man...

However, as with the previous experiences.... it just taught me the same thing... stay away from such stuffs.... it's not really that good... lol... kinda like an addiction man...

But well... sometimes things happens... and well... it just happens.... but i know i can get over it...

Well... it's over now... i shall look forward in life :)

Been doing some new forms of training lately... feeling so much fitter now... haha... going to keep it up....

The world suddenly just seem like a beautiful place... and I am ready to take on the challenges ahead...

Life.... Haiz....

2009-06-03T01:16:00.003+08:00

I think life does have it's way of turning things around... making fun of people... but then again.. it could be just me.... LOL

By the way... just finished my exams... Tuesday afternoon... which is yesterday...

I guess I do have this problem... perhaps being over-sensitive.... always picking up wrong signals... and in the end... sort of figure out the truth... and oh well... just got to live with it...
Luckily, nothing has ever started... so it's cool...

My personality is that I will choose to be the one to be sacrificed.... to abandon myself... let things go...

Anyway.. I've been through quite abit of this stuffs... it sort of becomes just another routine to get by....

In time.. i should get more immune to it... stronger as it goes... it will take much more to crack me le...

Life... oh well.... if it's meant to be... it's meant to be... if not, just let it be....

I will get stronger.... :)

It's really been very very long...

2009-04-28T21:17:00.002+08:00

I was looking through my last entry.. that was like more than 2 months ago...

Woah... haha... oh well... been kinda busy lately... in fact.. I'm always busy... haha... beginning to have less enthusiasm in updating my blog nowadays.... hmmm....

I guess with FaceBook and all.. it just seem less attractive to do blogs nowadays... haha..

But still, I think i can use this platform to say certain things which may not be as suitable... haha...anyway.. i doubt there's much people reading this now... LOL...

Oh well...

Anyway... just want to share something rather interesting today... haha...

Hmm.... I stayed over at a friend's house yesterday... intending to come to school early to study... becasue nowadays.. with all the exams coming up.. my school library will always be packed by 1100hrs... and teh carpark will be overflowing already... no good lots... so i wanted to go to school early to get a good space to study.. as well as a good parking lot... haha...

I woke up at about 0815... then prepare myself abit... left at about 0835... but only reach school close to 0900... because of the huge jam near my friend's place... thanks to a less than efficient traffic lights... lol...
On the way there... I decided to go further up the road to do a U-turn, instead of at the nearest U-turn spot.. becasue there is alot of cars queuing up... too long... there was a chance to cut in when i went pass the queue, but i decided against it.. since it is rather inconsiderate and mean to do so.. although i did see some people eventually doing it... but well.. that's them....

As i entered the carpark... i circled one round.. before finally deciding on a spot.. though not ideal... becasue the basement carpark was already quite packed... -_-

Following that... I tok a lift up to the 4th floor.. to try to find a study bench for my friends... but well... as it is... all were filled up... I came too late...

As i was walking along the corridor.. I suddenly hear someone calling my name... looking around.. and finally up... I saw a friend.. lol... she came to school early to do some stuffs at the computer laboratory.... and we went to the library to study together after that....

Actually.. that's the end of the story... haha...

What i was trying to say here is that... it all seem so "qiao" that i actually meet this friend.. whom i would normally never meet in school much at all... It's like... i was wondering.... if i had woke up earlier... or if i had took a U-turn at the nearer side... or maybe if i did not circle around the carpark 1 round... i would have walked the exact same spot much earlier... and thus may not then be seen by this friend...

Kinda hmm.... i dono what's the word here... lol... but it's just so strange... becasue if i had done less of any of the things i have done earlier on... I would not have met her.... haha.... so weird...

Oh well.. actually that's about that... haha....

Hang in there... for my next entry some time later... mayeb after my exam... ending on 2nd June ^_^

It's been so long.....

2009-02-13T23:59:00.001+08:00

It's been so long since i last updated my blog... LOL.. until my very good friend... Ah Yang.. reminded me that i actually do have a blog....

Lol.. been so busy... haha... forgotten about it le...

Hmmm... actually also nothing much going on lor... study... train... study... train.. outings... like that lor... boring life.... haha....

Realised recently that i am committing to too many events and activities le.... CCA(s) trainings.. outings.. competitions... more outings... friends outing... attending talks and seminars.... abit cannot cope le... lol... -_-"

Well.. i guess i got to prioritise now... exams are coming... study more important... haha.... so i'm going to cut down on trainings... and also the outings... lol..

Oh yar... today is Valentine Eve... oh well.. not that it makes any difference to me... haha.. it'll be the same as how it was spent for the past 21 years... LOL...

Actually got abit of difference... haha... i may go and buy a love... A Polygon Helios 300 racer.... if they still have the stock... lol... need it for the upcomong OCBC Cycling Challenge man...
Hmm... tomorrow go see how... haha

Yar.... that's about it i guess...

Happy Valentine's to all those attached... and for those still seeking... Good Luck~~ May the force be with you~~

Goodbye 2008~~~

2008-12-31T23:59:00.001+08:00

Last post of the year... been so long... so busy.. so many activities... haha...

But here it is... last post for the year...

It has been a fun year.... yar... made many new friends... yep.....

So long....

Welcome... 2009~~

Yesterday....Everything not right day....

2008-10-19T23:42:00.006+08:00

Haiz.... yesterday was just not my day...

Haiz...

Everything that could go wrong just went wrong...

Haiz....

Start with the first even of the day... my IVP event... Discus... starting 1615hrs at Gombak stadium...

Did standing throw for my first 2 practice throw... everything was fine..

Then for the first throw... I did standing throw as well... hit 27m plus.... still ok.. not my best yet... and haven't hit my PB....

This distance.. as it turns out... got me into the final 8... because for my subsequent 5 throws... I flunked them all.. while doing the rotation...

Haiz.... and it didn't helped that it rained after i did my first throw... we all have to wait under the tent for around half an hour or more....

The only consolation is that... I finally got into the top 8, after all this years of competing in this event... my closest last time was the 13 position... but at least this time.. I am finally earning points for the team... with a 8th position...
My VS junior..Ryan... who is also throwing for SIM... got 7th... after just going for one training session.. and the long absence from throwing.. he threw just a few cm better than me... so did the 6th position...

Basically... after the rain... my rotation either hit the net... or it didn't got to my PB... which was around 29m to 30m....

The thing is... if i have jsut done standing throw all the way... I'll defintely get to 6th positiona dn above... becasuse my standing throw can hit over 28m... the 6th position was still at 27m plus...

But all along... i was hoping to hit my PB with the rotation...so that I could get at least a 5th position... and so i stuck with it although I somehow couldn't get it right... I don't know why.... during training... everything was just fine... but at the competition ground... everything just went wrong... I couldn't feel my rotation going right...

Really felt so damm wasted... I could have reached higher positions...

Is it the rain? Is it the pressure? Is it because got others looking? Or is it just because it's in the day? The pit was wet????
My training has always been after 1900hrs... when it's dark... did that affected me?
And why didnt' I just do another standing throw... and get a better position????

Why????

I was pondering over this questions.... while encountering the next few wrong events....

This photo doesn't really suit the mood of my blog now... but I just put it up... this is the SIM Track & Field Team...

After my competition... I was suppose to meet my Japanese Class classmates for dinner.. because yesterday was our E3 test... I took the test on Thursday due to my competition... and so we arranged last Saturday that they would inform me where they are going...

All the while... I didn't receive any SMS or what... so i thought they are still doing the test... and so i rushed down to the class.. only to find that they have all left... -_-

And so... i called one of them up...the one who is suppose to inform me... Haiz... then he told me they are at Central... Clark Quay....

At first.. I have no idea where that is... checked the street directory.. found a "Central Mall", just behind ChinaTown point..

And so... I though it was that.. and drove over...

The first wrong thing was that there was some road construction going on in the area, and so a road that i need to take to reach there was blocked... and in the end I have to make a big turn to get there...
I reached Chinatown area... and similarly.. there were some construction going on... and some roads are only one way.... and whatever nonsense... which caused me to drive round and round the same area... just because i miss the car-park.. and entered a lane which cannot cut to the other side because of the constructions...

Alot of things just blocked my way.... and I spent quite abit of time trying to find the building... my mood getting lousier by the minute... and I still couldn't find any "Central Mall"...

In the end, i went to park at ChinaTown point... then walked around to find the "Central Mall"... couldn't find any... only see some old buildings... and that's when it suddenly struck me that "The Central" was at Clark Quay that side... not here.... and i just suddenly recalled where it was...
Clark Quay....

Haiz.... having already parked my car... $2 per entry.. I was just so angry with myself... and with all the things that went wrong... I just called them to say I'm not going anymore....
Afterall.. I think they've forgotten about me.. didn't even bothered to inform me when they are going, or that they've left...

Haiz....
I had wanted to go home already... so i thought i should call my brother to ask if he needs a lift... he needed another 45minutes... and since I'm in the area.. decided to wait for him..and so... I went to eat MacDonald's at ChinaTown Point... eating by myself... all the while pondering over all the events that went wrong for the day....

Haiz.... finally got some sort of closure.. began to see things more clearly... then my brother called to me to go get him...

As i drove out of the car-park.... due to the constructions on the road... I couldn't get to the lane that could get me to AYE... and so i decided to hit CTE then link there... only to realise that I've already over-shot the exit from the carpark there....

And so... I just decide to drive along the road see how... when to amusement... I spotted the "Central".. it was just a 2 minutes drive away... and I just didn't know that.. didn't see on the map... didn't realise.... just didn't know...

Haiz.........................................

Seeing the building just make me feel like slapping myself...

And that wasn't all..... I reached all the way to Dhouby Ghaut area.. then decided to get to AYE from there... and ended up being stuck in a stupid jam.. think some car got into an accident at the KPE exit... so it caused a jam at the ECP side.. all the way to where I was...

The thing is.. the exit to AYE was clear... but since there's only 1 small slip road leading to the either the ECP or AYE exit... I was still stuck in the jam... waited for more than 20 minutes before I was able to clear.. hit the AYE... and drive to NUS to get my brother...

Haiz.................

Yesterday was really one of the lowest point of my life....

Haiz..........

But at least today... after a good night's rest... things began to feel better... but my mood was still kinda low...

By the way... saw the Toyota Allion today... at Hougang Point... while eating lunch after playing basketball... it is sort of like the 1.5l version of Mark X... qutie nice and classy... and got alot of useful features... like the backseat can fold down... the gear stick is the type I like....
It's about the same price as Rush.... should have gotten this car instead man...
The thing is.. this car came out only after i bought the Rush....

Haiz... I guess it's all fated man...

Haiz....

Go rest liao.. think too much also not good...

Haiz....

Slack...

2008-10-02T20:06:00.002+08:00

Darn... been slacking these 2 days... since Hari Raya...

Not good man.... Haha...

Yesterday morning was spent washing car.. and other than that... it was resting at home.. sleeping... TV... slack...

Same for today... except I went for my dog walking in the morning instead...

Got some scratch marks from a particular dog... somehow... suddenly he hates the leash... I've been walking him for sometime... but today he was particularly hostile... and he was using his mouth to catch hold of my hands when i tried to tie the leash around his neck... both hands... and soon he began to bite my ankle also....

Ok.. not really bite... just hold firmly with his mouth... but that is enough to cause some scratch marks....

After a well 20 minutes of hoaxing and getting bitten... I finally got the dog on leash...

Phew....

Saw an uncommon dog at the SPCA today.. it's a border collie, also known as a "边境牧羊犬"... which is like... how's it possible... it's supposedly one of the smartest dogs around... especially used in country sides to take care of sheeps... and here it is.. at the SPCA...

I was like... WOW...

But well... that's the fact there...

The rest of the day... spent sleeping... LOL... realised i cannot stay at home too much man.. keep wanting to sleep...

Got to get to school....

Did one thing rather special yesterday though... which resulted in me sleeping late... created 2 groups on Facebook.... "VS 2002" and "SRJC ODAC (16th Batch)"... each for the group of friends in the respective organisation..

VS 2002... for all Victorians who graduated in 2002... I guess it's a good portal to keep in touch with everyone else... and it would be easy if i decides to do another VS BBQ again... haha... Post there can le...

And the SRJC ODAC (16th Batch).... well.. for my ODAC batch of friends... been sometime since i last seen eveyone.. it's good to be able to stay connected.. find out more about each other's lives...

And yar... so if another one wishes to join the respective groups... just go ahead... haha.. it's open for all....

That's about all.. haha...

Same old title.... Busy...

2008-09-30T23:45:00.002+08:00

Basically.. my life have about the same routines... go school... track training... go gym... do work.. do walk dogs... more track training... more work...

Hmmm.... oh well... as they say... life's a routine...

But this week was abit more slack... didn't go for training on Monday... because I had no lessons.. so didn't want to go down specially... so rested at home... packed up my old notes... prepare for the new term...
Should have done that some time ago... haha... but well.. better late than never... ^_^

Sunday was spent on basketball in the morning.. followed by KTV at Chinatown with Edwin and gang, and LYL.... haha... quite a fun session... nice place... quite cheap... and it's quite good also... good thing...

Been quite sometime since i last went to sing... haha.... realised that i am mostly suited for oldies... especially songs by Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung...haha.. low voice.... lol...
And after singing the few songs... it sort of fired up my passion to listen to their songs again... so i went to check around the area... and found some sort of best album for each singer... got 30 over songs each.... at a real steal... anyway the album i don't think it's real... but at least the songs in there appeals to me... so i got both discs... at less than the price of a single original disc...

Hmm.... that's about all to my life... LOL..

Boring life.... but quite fulfilling.... haha...

Busy.... Busier..... Busiest...

2008-09-25T22:06:00.002+08:00

Recently I have been so preoccupied with activities... not much time for rest man...

Actually i sort of take on those activities myself... so well... haha...

Tuesday was spent in school.... lesson and gym.... been some time... but it feels great to hit the gym again... time to pump up my muscles.... in fact.. I still have some muscle soreness from then...
And I further on went to play basketball at NUS with my friend and KL.... their court there is awesome... ok lar... at least better than outside ones... and i met a company mate there.... who is abit attitudish.... who came to challenged us 3 on 3.... and I am proud to say... we gave them a run for their money... haha.... nah.... no money involved... but we managed to climb back after a 6-0 lead by them.... and it helps that my friend, who is taller than me... catches almost all the rebounces...

Awesome game... but gym and basketball... muscle sore...

And I guess track training added to that... On Wednesday.... it was the first time i actually attended the full training... at least with their warm-up... which includes running round the field...doing the various leg drills... actually i think it's quite a good form of warm-up... and i can feel my leg muscles tightening up... but i was caution not to over-exert my left ankle... haven't fully recovered...

Improving in my throws.... at least now the flight path and pattern is back already... distance wise... I think I'm doing fine... hitting over 25m.... heard from the track captain that the winning last year was 30m... so i think i have a good chance at the top 10 or so... if i had joined last year... top 5 would have been possible... haha...
Another good news is that... a VS discus junior... who is also in SIM... is joining as well... haha... and he throws better than me... beign much taller than me... LOL....
But i think that would help in our training together... and also stand a better chance of scoring better for the IVP....
But he haven't been training as well... so hmm.... see how ba....

Today was my rest day... sort of... but i went for my free pre-Laseik evaluation at a medical centre at Paragon... their people came to set up booth at our school during some bazaar.. so i decided to go for it with a friend... both myopic... LOL...

On the whole... I would say the service standard is quite good and all... and I have been tested to be suitable for doing the normal procedure...
The only big set back was with this particular receptionist... I honestly do not know what is her problem... but she has a real big attitude problem man...
It happened when they sort of asked us on when are we deciding to do our surgery.. of which i replied that not today.. maybe a few years later...
Then she began to say things like, "but the test won't be valid anymore, then have to re-do the evaluation..", and the worst thing was when she said, " So what are you here for today?" ....

I was like.... huh? What was that? And being momentarily stunned... especially since she sort of raised her voice.. and sounded annoyed..... i just said i wanted to find out more and stuffs like that...
Then she told me to wait awhile... then disappear into a room... and left me there for a good 10 minutes or so... before another staff came to get me to do another test....

Thinking back.... I think I should have just tell her this," Is this the way you talk to your potential clients? Because of you, I am going to cancel my evaluation now.. and walk out of this clinic... and never come back.. or recommend anyone to do so.... and you can have a nice day..."
Then just walk out...

But well.. being my usual self... I would always be unable to respond first hand to a unsatisfied situation... it would always take me some time before i finally though out what I should have done...
Many a time.. i have been at the receiving end of poor customer service... and I should have just gave these people a piece of my mind... I mean... no matter how busy or whatever... you are afterall a front-line staff... in this how you are suppose to talk to your customers?

Still feeling abit angry now... and I am rather serious about not going back to that clinic... even if it means that i have to pay higher price... I do have the intention to do the surgery.... case being I am a very adventurous and out-going person... having spectacles is sometimes a hindrance at times... so having the freedom of no spectacles is definitely an attractive proposal....
But I don't want to do it as yet.. because I have some activities coming up... competitions... treks... mountain climbs... and it takes some time for my eye to fully recuperate... so I may have to stop all these activities if i do it now...

And it's abit uncomfortable also... because they actually cut your cornea, and do some laser correction, then out the cornea back... of which if they don't do it properly.... your eye is GG....
Though the risk is low... it is still there... low crime doesn't mean no crime... no risk doesn't mean no risk... haha....
So well.... hopefully not so "heng"... so far never kena any lucky draws before... LOL...

But I am definitely not considering the center is Paragon... who often advertises on the NSMEN magazine.... bad service staff.... one only... but it only takes 1 black sheep to spoil the whole farm...

I know i sound abit "xiao qi"... but really lor...I was stunned to silence... so now have to vent it out... LOL....

After the test... I had a terrible time getting home... because they put some solution into my eyes to dilate my pupils, and so everything became very bright... and it didn't help when the afternoon sun is out... At some point.. I can't even open my eyes... have to close.. and squint... super un-comfortable... but upon finally getting home... I went to sleep... haha... sleep the effect away.... hopefully.... but things are better... well.. maybe because it's night time...but my laptop screen is still abit bright....

Hmmm... the thing should clear by tomorrow...

That's about all... tomorrow still got to go school early... and also go for training... LOL...

Busy Busy....

Busy Busy Busy....

2008-09-22T22:51:00.002+08:00

Been rather busy last week.... so busy.. didn't have time to do much things...

Start of school term... trainings... school activities... lessons... new school opening...

Busy busy...

Stayed back in school last Wednesday to play DOTA and CS with my friend... haha... after lessons... because we both got laptop le.. can play play... haha... Awesome....

Then Thursday went for opening ceremony of the SIM residence campus... joined the Bossa Ball challenge.. got 2nd Runner-up.... also known as 3rd...
Abit disappointed... firstly.... I didn't manage to join the 3v3 basketball challenge... becasue I was away in Sabah at that time... and couldn't get a team to register...
Judging by the standards played this time round... I believe we have a better chance...
But then again... with my injured ankle... don't think i can play that well .... so well.. I guess it was meant to be that way....
Secondly... I didn't get much play-time for the Bossa Ball... abit sad.... -_-
It was rather fun... and it was onyl 5 people at a time... we had 6 in all... and with the first match starting without me... it soon stayed that way... until my friend exchanged to give me a chance to play... I only played a few halfs... didn't felt as deserving of the medal...
But then again... I played for the few matches that lead us on to compete for the final 3.... just that i didn't get to play the last 2 matches... of which my team lost... and so we got 3rd...

Hmm... maybe if i played it would have been different.... haha.... but i didn't have the chance... LOL....

Oh well.... disappointed... but it's over... at least i still got the medal and prize money... $100 for the whole team...

This is the team... "GoodFellaz"...

GoodFellaz... together with our un-offical photographer on the extreme right...
GoodFellaz jumping for joy~~~

On Friday... went to school early... had lessons.. then went for my first track training...

Initially... when i got there... training starts at 1830hrs... but my lesson ends at 1830hrs... and dragged abit... so I reached there late... spotted 2 groups of people training.. but I wasn't sure who to join... because I can't recognise anyone... don't know anyone... and they didn't wear any SIM vest or something... and so i sat at the spectator stand to watch them do their warm up for awhile...

Then I spotted my former coach from SRJC... he seem to be training the long distance runners... but i wasn't sure if he is coaching SIM as well... I later realised that the 2 groups are from SIM.. just that one is the long distance people... haha...
And i also saw a guy in the VS track vest... slightly recognise him.... from VS track and field... 1 year my junior...
Once they're done with their warm up, i went to the toilet to try to meet one of them to ask about which school they from... that's when the VS junior saw me.. and recognised me~~~

Haha... I was pleasantly surprised... because the last I remembered... he wasn't in any event that I would be in constant contact with... nor do i remember even talking to him before...

But well.. he recognised me... haha... and it made the conversation easier...

Soon... I went on to talk to the President... who corresponded with me on the email over my interest to join the team... and soon... i was in my attire... training... haha... with an recovering ankle...

The coach wasn't a thrower's coach... so i was left alone to train... and with my ankle this way.... I didn't dare to force too much....
I started off using the girl's 1kg discus.... to do some confidence throwing... before proceeding to my category.. which was 2kg.... Till JC... i only threw the 1.5kg discus... so 2kg was rather heavy and big....
The first few throws were abit hay-wire... fly here and there... but I soon start to get back the style... the distance wasn't very good... But at least i am progressing... haha... it was a good start... and with more training... I should be able to throw better...
At the moment.. there is only me for discus.. and 2 other guys for javelin... one of which is the VS junior... formerly from TPJC... forgot his name.. LOL... PB both 44m.... not bad..... haha...
So Mr Luis... on or not?

The other guy though... he seem multi-talented... can run.. can jump.. can throw javelin... and he tried his hand at discus... and seem to be able to throw as well...

Hmm... my positiion is at stack... haha...

Anyway... I'm sort of already signed up for the coming IVP... so I'll get my SIM track vest.. and also the track jacket.. something only given to CCA excos and altheletics... Awesome... thought i can never get it le... LOL....

The team has a practice of going for dinner together after training.. which is already about 2200hrs... althought it's good for bonding and all... and it's kinda late... and i don't think it's good for people like me... who have to reach school at 0700hrs the next day.... maybe i can skip the Wednesday session.. and go for the Friday one... since I am only attending training for these 2 days... skipping Monday becasue I have no lessons that day... and it is not economically and time viable to travel all the way there...
Afterall... to be honest... I compete just to compete... can't win anything... becasue I'm up against people who have been training consistently.. and also those from the altheltic clubs.... I've no chance against them man...

Oh well.. just do my best...

On Saturday... 3/4 of the day was spent at the zoo... attending some Church games event organised by a friend... Mr Li Kai... who sort of forced me to go... LOL....
I went ahead becasue i realised I haven't been to the Singapore Zoological Gardens... or at least I don't have any memory of it...

Spent a long time taking bus there... then joined into a group of total strangers.. except for Li Kai...

But well.. soon the ice began to melt.. then we were going around.. solving clues and all... I didn't do much... haha.. but correctly corrected 1 answer.... LOL...

Shot alot of animals.... pictures of them that is...

This is the White Tiger... going to be extinct species of the tiger...this was also the inspiration behind my email... snowtiger... haha....

This is the group... mainly made up of the church's memeber.... save for a few guest like me... haha... all about the same age group de...
By the way... I was taking this picture... so I wasn't in there... LOL...

Following that... rushed down for my Japanese class... was abit late... but still ok... and after that... went on to meet Esther and De Jian at Blk 85 for late dinner... catch up abit on each other's progress... since the 3 of us live within the vicinity...

And so.... yesterday morning... went for basketball....

This time round.. I played so much better... haha.. got back my form... played quite satisfactory... awesome... haha... although with a recovering ankle...

And basically after that... the rest of the day.. plus today... was spent at home... resting... sleeping... watching TV... blogging... haha...
Been rather hectic last week.... so got to rest more...

Well... that's about it.. go rest le... going to school tomorrow... at 0700hrs....

Busy Busy..... LOL...

2008-09-17T07:54:00.004+08:00

Been abit caught up in various activities the past few days... so busy... that i didn't have time to go online much... in fact... I'm now blogging in school... becasue I am here by 0700hrs... and my lessons starts at 1200hrs only.... -_-

So do some blogging... waste some time... haha....

Went for my cousin's wedding on Thursday night...
Friday was spent going out with my parents, as well as going back to school to do some orientation and attend briefing for the rock wall climbing on Saturday..... did some try outs with the other ODAC excos...
By the way... I am the only non-exco there... in fact... I'm not even in ODAC... at least not yet for this year... haven't pay membership... haha... waiting for the President to auto-update my memebership.... ^_^

ON Saturday, went to school in the early morning to set up the rock wall... and man it all the way to 1730hrs... for the Open House...
Helped to belay the public as wella s students.. it was rather fun... haha...
Following that... i went for my Japanese classes... was half and hour late becasue of the rock wall....

Sunday basketball...

Monday went back to school to man the rock wall again... this time it's mainly students.. quite fun also... LOL.... in a way... i actually liked what i was doing... so yar... haha.... I'm an outdoor guy man... Haha.....
Went for basketball with LYL at NUS... "chuang" into their basketball court... haha... was abit uncomfortable going in... but soon we were playing with the other people there already.....but that's when i sprained my leg... thanks to a person from NUS whom we are playing with... I was going in for a basket.... then I'm not sure if his leg was already in my path.. or he moved in to block me... and i stepped on his leg while attempting to jump... and because of the uneven surface of my left foot... it landed side-ways....

OUCH~~~~~~
Had to stop playing for awhile... but later joined back in.. limping around to play...

Met up with HK for dinner...went to Clementi interchange ... and that's when I realised my leg was swelling up...

And yesterday morning...I had wanted to go to school early to help out with the rock wall... but after waking up and realising my leg is in quite a bad shape....I decided against school yet.... went to see the Chinese physician later in the morning...fixing up my leg was more important... got so many sports waiting for me... cannot lose the functions of my leg...
After that... then i went to school for lessons... then continued to man the rock wall...

There was a particular incident that left a rather deep impression in me.. or raher... for everyone who was present then....

I was belaying this guy... whom have been for the past few times... tried to climb the wall.. but always got stuck in the middle.. can cannot proceed on.. and he ususally stayed there for very long... till some people abit angry.... haha...
But on this particular try with me as a belayer... haha... things got different... he still takes a veyr long time... but after much cheering from the rest present... and my constant pulling of him.... i was moving back alot.... and pulling very hard.... just to try to help him to move up... haha.... but it's still qutie hard.... but still... in the end... he finally reached the top.... and everyone was cheering for him... and I think he was very touched as well... looked like he was going to cry.. haha... becasue he had been trying for so long and so hard... but couldn't get it.... and i felt particularly honoured... that he managed to reach the top on my turn.... haha...

It was a very happy feeling.... ^_^

And after some time... I pushed him on to attempt another lane.. this time the left lane... which is slightly harder... he was doing the middle lane on the previous attempt...
And i am very happy to say that... haha... despite him staying longer on the wall this time.. with more rest time while beign stuck in the middle again... and in the end he actually moved to the middle lane to finally reach the top.... and i pulled like mad below.. pulled until my hands sore... LOL.... with my other friends helping me to pull him up... and one friend actually went up the middle lane to guide him... he still managed to reach the top again...

Haha... and he had another very touched face on top... LOL....

And yep... it felt good... haha... and when he came down... he was very grateful to me and all... LOL... I'm not used to that man...most of the time... people i belay just come down adn leave... and thank me for abit.. but this guy... lol... hugging me... haha... and in the end bought drinks for the whole ODAC club there... and specially took one can for me....

Wow.... to be honest... I'm quite touched by his gesture... but just by him managing to reach the top, it was a reward enough to make me feel that my hard work is worth it... haha...

And in a way... sort of made a new friend... haha.... he was really thankful to us... and went around getting our names and all....
Haha.. nice chap...

After the last climb.... we went to join in for a small celebration just outside of the school... got prize presentation for the competitive climbing... then got food... and performances... and best of all.. free wine appreaciation.... haha...

I tried all the 6 kinds of wine they put there.... and although we drank from a small plastic cup for each type.. by the 3rd wine... My face was getting red already.. LOL... my ability to take liquor was never good... haha... but i was determined to finish all... free one what... don't try like very wasted... haha... and so wheh i finsihed.. i was getting abit dizzy le.... LOL...
But still managed to compose myself... and sat down to rest awhile... while getting my head back.... and i still went for another cup of a sweet wine.. quite nice... haha....

After that... joined the ODAC exco for dinner at Clementi interchange... before heading home...

Through this activities... SIM suddenly become more like a University instead of simply being an institution of studying... last year... I wasn't that into the CCAs and activities... but after joining in the activities... it suddenly felt that life in SIM can be so much more fun.... haha....

And so.. I've decided to join the track and field competition for discus... representing SIM.... though I'm not sure if i can still throw.... haha...

Life in SIM seem to be getting better this year...

On a more personal note... the ODAC President... my friend... was sharing with me his issues with his exco over the performances.... and it's sort of like a reminder of what happened when i was the President as well....
And I'm qutie glad he shared hsi problems with me... becasue he also knew i was ODAC President before... haha... and told me about issues about exco members and stuffs.. and we were sharing views and all....

I'm just glad i can lend him my listening ear... and give him some advice from my experience... I must admit I wasn't performing well as a ODAC President in my time... I wasn't mature enough to manage people and problems... there were issues here and there... so I'm glad to share this experience with others...

Like me... my friend was also never in a leader position, and was chosen to be the ODAC President just like that.... and as a result... sometimes we do lack direction and experience... in terms of manging people.. especially the exco.... and so problems do arise occasionally...

I just have this word for exco members.... it's not easy being the President....it's a thankless job... when things go wrong... the first person to be shot will always be the President... and the President also have to take care of these and that... worry about this and that... ensure this and that... it's a never-ending job... and it is defintely not an easy job....All the problems will have to be borne by him/her.... scoldings and all....
So it is always good that the exco members can give their support to their President... no matter in times of bad or good... or even when the President makes mistakes.... help him/her out whenever possible... afterall... since you all are in it together....

I guess fortunately for my friend.... he's managing more mature people...all in university already mah.... so in a way... it's easier to talk to and all....

Oh well... those were the days....

Bored.... -_-"

2008-09-09T23:23:00.002+08:00

I'm kinda feeling bored... so bored that I am going through my school portal emails.... LOL...

This few days are just spent at home... sleep.. watch TV...

No work... no activities....

Boring bored life....

Guess this is what happens when you have too long a holiday...

Man... can't wait for school to start again...

Some new news... I just joined my school's life-saving club... and went for their orientation yesterday....
I'm also not sure how i ended up joining... it started last December or early this year... with me inquiring about the activities they do because I was going to get my BM already.. so i was interested particularly if they do any meaningful activities, such as volunteering as life guards or something...
They ignored me for awhile... think busy or what.. then they recently replied ... then asked if i was interested to do the AM with them.. and so I thought... why not... and yep... I'm in their club then.... haha...

My main purpose was actually to only do the AM... but i realised that well... I think I'll be stuck in the club le... because i met the club's President... who happened to be a specialist in my company... LOL... Pioneer first year commander... haha....
And he very warmly welcomed me in le... so haha... I guess I cna't quit or what le... and it seem they do need skilled personnels like me.. who already have BM.... because so far they only have a few people with that... and alot of freshies are coming in to learn LS123 , then BM... so i guess they do need the expertises...

Oh well... it always feels good to be needed... and in a way.... I like sharing this essential skills... no point keeping it to yourself... LOL...

And yep... with this new school term... i'll have 2 CCAs.. ODAC and Life-Saving... I'm also considering joing the diving club and track adn field...
LOL... hmm... think I may get abit busy then... hmm...

Well... see how ba.... Haha...

That's all..

Darn.... 7th December....

2008-09-07T23:59:00.005+08:00

Arrgghhh.... My registration fee is going to be wasted le.... due to the clash of 2 important events....

As I've mentioned before, I signed up for the Standard Charterd Full Marathon already... on the 7th December...

Then i realised... My JLPT 4 is also on the same date..... LOL.... My classmates were talking about it.. and i suddenly find the date very familiar... then went home to check.. then realised.. well... SCFM is also on that day....

The only consolation.. or un-confirmed fact.. is that my teacher is not aware of the time of the test.. so that is a slight possiblilty... that i can go run first, then go for my test later...

I know it sounds crazy... in fact.. it is crazy... but i already paid money for both le leh... then I confirm have to go for my JLPT de.... that one spent so much money on the courses le... so if there is a chance for that to happen.. I think I'll just run and take test... which would of course be very very demanding.... I can't even walk properly after the run... not sure if i can think properly for the test...

But the greater probability is still that i have to give up my run... because I don't think the test is that late... anyway it's better to rest well for the test... there's always next year for the marathon...
And so.... I guess I'll have to forfeit the registration fee.. and the Finisher shirt... and the medal.... darn....

Haiz... in life.. you can't always get everything you want... there are always sacrifices to be made.. LOL.... -_-

Anyway.... that's that...This whole week i was quite filled up with activities....

Immediately on the next day after i returned...Wednesday... I went for some light activities with my new gang... haha... HK,YL and L...
Went Bugis for some light meals... played World Combat... then walked around Bugis... I went to Kinokuniya to look for the electronic dictionary... I should have gotten it much earlier... but well.. got delayed... so my own things.. then now then decided to get one... but didn't see much interesting models... and also.. the price is not right... haha...

On Friday... the same gang of us went for a post-birthday celebration for Luis... haha... was rather overdued... but because I was in Sabah... so the celebration have to be delayed....
Went for Seoul Garden at Ngee Ann City... after some deliberation over Sake Sushi or Seoul Garden... and walking around Orchard to find the eateries... LOL.. all of use haven't been to Orchard much... haha...
Following that... we went to the Kinokuniya again.. Haha... actually it's mainly because of me.. because i remembered the Kinokuniya at Ngee Ann City is the biggest... so i should be able to find my dictionary there... and yep... after some consideration and testing of the models.. i decided on 1 model that caused me $399.... Ouch... more expensive than the one that my languague class is offering.. but also much better...

And with that purchase.. we left for World Combat again at Parklane... haha... LOL.... favourite team arcade game... haha...
Followed by a short game of pool.. before heading for some tau huay...
Did quite abit of stuffs yar... haha....

Saturday wise...mainly went for my Japanese class... abit lost.. missed too many lessons... then after that went to play pool with the SHG.... didn't play too well... LOL... then let people laugh... Haiz... oh well...

And this morning... went for basketball... played really badly... don't have the feel....think it's really the long absence from the game... can't get my shots... same as pool...
Never mind.. I'll try again...

After that.. went to stick back my shoes... and give my Rush a good wash and wax... then went to meet my parents for dinner... a pre-celebration for my dad's birthday... haha...

Felt kinda weird... but somet things that people say... which i don't find it true... just make me decide that.. well... that's really that le... it's like all the same...
Haiz... oh well... then let it be bah... I don't see any point in dwelling over it... since it is as such... then i shall let it be... and treat it as such...

That's all...

I'm back.... with a sigh of relief...

2008-09-02T17:29:00.005+08:00

Phew.... just checked my results... and honestly... nothing gets more exciting than that.... Haha....

And yep.. Haha... at least it's positive news this time... haha...

Before that... Yep... I'm back... Haha....

What's up Singapore~~

Finally back... but I'm missing my Sabah life... again.... it always happens whenever i go back to Sabah and come back again.... I guess my life there is too comfortable le... and also.. with my parents mah....
But I also miss Singapore... LOL.. all my friends are here... haha...

So well.. it's conflicting... but anyway... I'm back.... haha...

In fact, I just reached home, when i received a call from Luis, informing me of my results... haha...
And though I was actually rather anxious to check them... i decided to finish packing my stuffs first... becasue i was fearing for one of my modules... and the stress is .... well... quite stressful... haha....

So i took my time.. dilly daily... such a coincidence man... the day i came back... the results were released...the day i went Sabah... Survey Hyper-Market was burnt down... LOL...

Anyway... here's my results... haha...

STATISTICS 1			A
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY			D
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS			A
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT			C
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING			B

I was fearing for my PSOC..... because i knew i wrote the wrong things le... and so being able to scrap through it was a great relief for me...

The other papers... was sort of more or less around expectation... except my IBM... abit disappointed... but it is a hard paper to score... even my lecturer said so.... so I'm not surprise...

But the good thing is... all were a very good improvement from my prelims... haha... becasue prelims haven't studied yet...

Getting this results sort of made me rather confident that... yep... I am getting closer to my goal... I'm going to work harder this year le... make sure every single module counts ....

I did some comparisons with my friends... and well.. I would say i am doing quite fine... but I got a friend abit jialat... didn't clear all... think it will be hard for him to progress... unless he stays on another year.... so not sure how he's doing yet... see how...

Got another good news.... another friend from SRJC... Miss A... haha...I gave her 2 days of solid revision over a common subject we have.. Stats 1... she failed it once le... and never bothered to attend lessons... LOL... and surprisingly... or should I say... proudly... she got 51... a very good pass.... haha... passing is 34.....
And she also cleared all her subjects... which is good... haha... Keep up the good work man...

Wow... i never knew seeing the success of your student can be such a .. hmm... i also dono how to descibe the feeling.. it's good man... haha.... very very good...

Hmm.. yup... glad I cleared my first year... looking forward to my 2nd year... haha...

Well.. that's all...

Advance Adventuerer.... Awesome~~~ So is the WI-FI.....

2008-08-29T19:17:00.008+08:00

I'm blogging from home now... in Sabah... something which was never before possible... haha... because we don't have internet connection, or phone lines for that matter.. at home... only at the shop... But now... thanks to this new technology... Haha.... i can.... Awesome~~~

Wi-Fi... haha... but the speed's abit slow though... but well... it's acceptable...

And so... as with just now... I've completed my Advance Adventurer course... now i can dive to 30 meters... did some underwater navigation... and alot of marine identification... poisonous marine life and so on...

The only thing i haven't saw is a turtle.... kinda wasted.... throughout my 4 days of diving.... I've never seen one....

The other group of Open water divers in training managed to see one though.... while i was doing my advanced dive.... darn.....

But well.. i managed to see some beautiful creatures as well... the lion fish... devil fish.. sting rays... even hermit crabs.... haha...

Anyway... started my course yesterday.... and finished today.. 2 days course... yep....

On the boat to Pulau Sapi, for my Advance Adventurer Dive training.... in the background is a Open water learner guy from Germany, and the fat guy is my instructor.. haha... full of tattoos....

Tightening of my BCD... getting ready for my dive....

Doing the wide stride entry....

And into the water~~~

I'm OK~~ And good to go....

A shot of the island....

Taking a break.... havingour meals....

A shot before we board the boat.... back for home~~

To be honest though... when i started my first dive of my first day of advance lesson.. I was beginning to feel abit bored... maybe it's because the instructor was abit boring at first... because it's 3 dives of marine identification... so i also felt bored...

And also... it's at the same island as before... so yar... kinda boring...

But slowly... as i began to see more spectacular sights... it got abit better... though i was kinda thinking that the advance course is abit like.. hmm... cheat money... haha...

On the 2nd day of 2 dives... things got much better... dive to 30 meters... but the thing is... at 30meters depth.. there is not much of life form there... not much corals... not much fishes... only some small fishes here and there... not very interesting...

Part of the lesson involves me doing maths equations on the boat before the dive, and under water at 30m, to test whether my brain is still working fine... due to the build up of nitrogen or something... haha... it is suppose to affect brain activity for those who cannot take it...

The funny thing is... i took 34s on the boat... 30s because i did once and recheck... then got a misinterpretation of the signs... so took another 4s to edit...

Underwater, at 30m.... i took 9s.... haha... but well... the equation was much easier... and i didn't bother to check... haha...

And after that.. it was more marine identification and sight seeing... followed by some simple navigation... and more sight seeing... and yup.... I graduated... haha....

Hmmm... on the whole.. it's much easier than open water.... but got abit boring for me...

Think next time i should just go soemwhere else to dive... maybe get to see different stuffs... and I'll be sure to invest in a underwater camera case... the sights underwater are just too beautiful to be left out man...

Kinda wasted i didn't have any shots for my this trip.... next year i will dive again... haha....

Hmm... that should be about all... yep

Going for the Advanced Adventurer Course...

2008-08-27T21:11:00.002+08:00

Yeah.. tomorrow I'm going for my advanced adventurer diving course... Kinda miss diving... LOL...

It was a very last minute decision.. in fact... I just called up the company just now... and they happen to have vacancies... so I just go for it... Mai tu liao....

Was in abit of a dilemma just now... but then again... well... heck... just go man... I don't get so many chances to dive....
And throughout the course... I will be doing 5 dives... haha... Awesome... think I'm going to rent a camera.... haha... take some nice pictures....

Hmm.. that's about all... got to go... haha.... go back rest and prepare le...

Boring....

2008-08-26T21:13:00.004+08:00

Suddenly... life seem to have gotten rather boring for me... LOL...

I long to dive again.... damm.... I guess it's addictive.... haha....

But it's not a cheap sports... LOL... although it's cheaper to do so in Sabah... it's still not as cheap...

Hmmm... think i am considering the advanced adventurer open water course.. let's me dive up to 30 meters... and have some more advanced skills...

Hmmm.... see how....

Took some pictures of a very famous hypermarket in Sabah... Survey Hypermarket... the MK gang should know... we went there a couple of times together... and this is what it looks like now...

The back...

Side.....

Side front...

Front... this used to be shelter for cars loading or unloading people... or goods...

Front on the other side.....

Basically... a fire took down the whole building... reason not know yet....and it was on the day I reached Sabah.... LOL

Before you go saying it's my fault... well.. it already burnt before my flight landed... so it's not my fault... haha....

Kinda a sad thing.. because I come to this hypermarket quite often whenever I am in Sabah... lots of stuffs....

And now.... oh well... luckily there's many hypermarkets in Sabah....

The rather amusing thing is that... the lighted signboard at the entrance of the road is still lighted up... saying the hypermarket is opened... LOL.... didn't take a picture of it though...
Perhaps it would have been better if they had turned it off... save some cost... because they've lost alot of investment already...

That's all...

A New Certified Diver... ^_^

2008-08-25T18:46:00.003+08:00

That's me.... Muahahaha....

Finally... a SSI certified open water diver....Yesterday.... Woohoo... can dive to 18 meters.... ^_^

I went for my last day of training for open water diving... yesterday... haha...

Getting ready for my 3rd dive... or 1st dive of the 2nd day... this time got to take pictures myself.. because the suppose-to-be my buddy is not here.... LOL...

Suiting up for my dive with my instructor... this picture was taken by a kind French guy, who is doing a leisure dive with the same company...

This is my full suit... with the BCD (Buoyancy Control Device).. goggles... respirators... everything...

Everything on... and you can start diving....This is my life-support system under the water... the tubes connecting to the oxygen tank...

My goggles... noticed that the nose area is covered as well... this is important... you need your nose for clearing your mask if water enters... also to trap air inside the goggles... so that you can see... and also to maintain the pressure of your nose.. so no water will go into your nose if you turn upside down... of which it can add to your stress level if the water enters your nose.. then you will star to breath more heavily... then more oxygen will be used up... so less time for diving...
This are my respirators... there are 2... one as a back-up... for yourself.. or your buddy.... used for you to breath in the oxygen under-water...

This is part of the BCD... can use to inflate or release the air from your BCD... allows you to float and sink accordingly...
And this is my SPG (Submersible Pressure Gauge).. used to check your oxygen level.. and also the depth you've gone too... some even have a compass in it for navigation purposes...

And as you can see.. my suit is 2.5mm thick... suitable for the warm waters of Sabah.... haha.... but not under the sun... you will sauna man...

This time... during the 3rd dive... I went all the way till 18meters... being tested on all the drills along the way.... i just had abit of problem with the emergency self ascend procedure.. always forgot to pretend to throw away my weight belt... LOL...

But still... haha... I passed~~~

During the 3rd dive... i saw alot of sea urchins... but these are not the usual round ones... this sea urchins area actually abit squarish... and they can move around with their spikes... it was totall awesome man...

The only thing i find it a real pity is that I don't have an underwater casing for my camera to take down all these beautiful and amazing sights... real pity... i can only put them in words... and i am going to need a thousand of them.... because a picture paints a thousand words... LOL..

And anyway... I passed.. haha... my instructor gave me a hand-shake underwater to signal that... LOL... and I still didn't get what he meant... haha... until i checked with him when we surfaced...

Haha... it's always better to check...

And so... took a break on the island for lunch...

Managed to take this picture of 2 monitor lizards fighting... by the way... the monitor lizards are allowed to roam freely on the island... but they mainly stick to a small area... covered by nothing.. and a small trail of water... they can still get across to us easily... And there are dozens of them around....

Then as per normal humans... some beach-goers there who had some left-over BBQ-ed chicken wings would throw the food to them... resulting in the fights... LOL...
Some kid even threw the chicken wing which hit the lizard's head.... they better be trained to run fast when these things gets furious and chase after them....

Following that, we went for our 4th dive... this time.. it is purely a leisure dive... no drills... haha.... and I joined in with the other instructor Ross... as well as 2 other leisure divers... the kind French guy who help me take my photo, as well as another guy from England.....

And I can only say... this was truly a amazing dive... there are so much more corals and fishes and all the whatever things... which i would again need a thousand words to describe them...

Truly... amazing.... awesome.. and very enjoyable.. because I'm not tested anymore on the drills... which can be quite irritating... and makes the whole dive not as enjoyable...

And surprisingly.. for this 4th dive... I was suddenly able to clear very easily... my left ear was very cooperative... haha... and i was suddenly diving quite smoothly... no more floating around or what... I somehow got the idea of using my breathing to control my buoyancy.... and was so smooth... I was going so smoothly... it made the other England leisure diver look like a noob.. because he was struggling here and there...using his hands and all.... my instructor even have to go over to assist him with his weight belts and whatever stuff...

Bet his training was too easy.... haha....

But alas... the beautiful sights was soon stopped when we have to surface... and me and my instructor went back to the island to chill.. while the rest went for their 3rd dive of the day.... My course only covers 2 dives a day...

And after a long wait.... with a heavy rain coming in... the guys are finally done.. and we raced back....

Since the boat was going quite fast... the rain drops suddenly felt like bullets against me... it was very painful... and irritating.. ans cold... because I was soaked wet and I've changed to my dry clothes... should have just wore the exposure suit.. it would have kept me warm...

And so... the 15minutes ride seem like eternity... as i braved the rain bullets and the howling wind...

After we reached... we still have to walk all the way back to the shop... because the rover we took initially to the sea-port was to be loaded fully with the diving equipments and the many tanks...
And so... in the heavy rain again... we walked back...

I'm ok... but the poor pregnant wife and mother of the French guy... they were soaked... they didn't dive... but just accompany the guy to the island with us... luckily... the England guy offered them his rain-coat... and i gave them a big black thrash bag to wear over... LOL....

Haha.. better than nothing mah... I walked back just like that leh...

And yep... that concludes the my diving trip.... haha....

Awesome.... I would love to go diving again.. but this time I'll make sure i get a water-resistant cover first... haha...

After the trip... my parents brought me to visit this giant mall of Sabah... something like Vivo... very big.. and new... called 1Borneo... quite nice... haha... maybe next time can bring the MK gang there....

That's that.... haha....

Diving... awesome...

There's no charge for awesome-ness.... or attractiveness... LOL...

My first diving experience... Awesome~~

2008-08-23T19:39:00.008+08:00

Went for my first dive today... and it was.... WOW~~~

Ok.. first of all.. didn't blog the past few days... because I wasn't really that free... and i reach Sabah on Wednesday night quite late... I only have internet access at my dad's shop... so i couldnt get to it....

Thursday was spent resting and slacking... and checking out the dive agency... and i signed up for the course for the next day immediately.. which was yesterday...

I did the SSI course.. because it's much cheaper than PADI ones... haha.. it's the same thing... but well.. i guess it's a branding issue.... LOL

And so the whole day yesterday was spent in the classroom... doing theories and stuffs... there's even a test in the end... and i got 94%... 2 questions which I mis-interpret... and 1 the instructor didn't go through... haha...
Not bad... I was the highest in class... there's only 1 other person in the class though... haha... a nice local Indian who treated me and the instructor to lunch.... he got 80%... becasue he was nodding off in class... LOL
But cannot blame him... he lives faraway...one and a half hour's drive... so he have to wake up early to get to Kota Kinabalu itself...

And today... we set off for our first dive... at an offshore Island..... think it was call Pulau Sapi... there was a initial swim test and float on water test... I made it through quite easily...(^_^)...Well.. I've made it through the much more demanding Bronze Medallion... haha..
But the other guy couldn't.. he's got some water phobia.... and he didn't know it... until he got in the water.. and began to struggle...
And since he can't make it.. he cannot go for the dive training... and well... he have to stay on the boat...

Kinda of a pity... it would have been good to have a buddy....especially since he's such a nice guy... but still... it's also ok... at least the instructor can concentrate fully on me... haha ... made my money worth more... LOL

We began at the shallow ends of the beach first...doing drills and the basics of diving... tried breathing through the respirator... tasted pure oxygen... haha...
Basically i was drilled into clearing my mask in water... it's easier than you think.. haha... then taking off my BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) and checking the tank and tubes underwater, clearing water from my respirator.. and so on...

After that.. I went for my first dive... with my instructor... till 12 metres... and i would say... It was a true eye opener... staying underwater for so long... and seeing objects that you would normally see only on TV or books... the corals... clown fishes.... sea urchins.... you name it... haha...

And the feeling of actually gently floating around in the deep sea.... wow.... simply amazing...

But i have a small problem though... my left ear doesn't seem to be able to equalise with the outside pressure... it's a thing we have to keep doing to prevent damage to the ears... and whenever i equalise... only my right ear cleared... think there's something stuck in my left ear...

Sian... it became quite painful when i go deeper... so I had to go up abit... clear it bit by bit... then go down again...

It was worst during my 2nd dive... because I have to do drills which requires me to go up and down.... then I'll be cleared... pain...cleared again... then pain again....clear... then pain... and the cycle goes on...

But still... I enjoyed myself... haha.... though my ear's abit irritating... too much ear wax or something... LOL.....

After the first dive.. we went fort a break at a small eatery on the island... and Wow... lots of sights ... haha... alot of foreigners... Caucasians...Koreans.... haha... so you can see why...

Taking a break and having my lunch... that's my instructor beside me... haha.... Gary Brideger from England...

After the break... we went for our 2nd dive... did more drills in deeper waters... but went till around 10metres only this time..
That's me.. being pushed into the water... LOL... haha... no lar.. it's one of the many types of entering the water... assisted by a colleague of my instructor... Ross.. also from England... he's the boat captain....

And here I am.. with Gary... back into the water for more training...

After that... we ascended up... met up with the boat... boarded from the water.. then went back to the main land...
Trying to board the boat after diving...

And that's was the end for the first dive training day..... haha.... not very tiring.... and it was fun... haha...

Diving's good man....

Peacful day....

2008-08-19T23:55:00.002+08:00

Today.... well... I'm quite at peace le.... haha... actually it was even better till the evening...

The anger's gone... and I'm kinda glad... i received an SMS from one of my colleague who wasn't present... who woke up late.... and she also sort of apologised for it... apparently after hearing from my other colleagues who came who told her i was quite disappointed with the turnout...

Oh well... that sms sort of made things much better...

But anyway... I don't stay angry for long.. LOL... But i still wouldn't dare to organise anything anymore... let them organise ba... I'll go though... haha...

Anyway... that's in the past...

Today... another relaxing day... nothing much to do... just packing of my bags.. getting ready for my trip tomorrow...

It's been some time since I went back so Sabah.... so I'm quite looking forward to it... go learn diving... maybe buy a pair of blades... haha... as in roller blades....

But I think I will also miss the Singapore life... LOL... basketball ... friends....

Over there... think it will be hard for me to play basketball... and I don't have any friends there...

But well... it still will be a good trip.... haha...

So just now... i went to play basketball at 1900hrs... at the CC near my house... haven't recovered from my sore buttock muscles from the badminton session... and it's affecting my runs and jumps.... but i still manage to get quite abit of scores on a 4V4 match.... me with 3 whom I think are Phillipinos or something... and they quite short... so we had some disadvantage.. against another 4 more well-balanced and skillful team... though we lost... I'm ok with it...haha.. anyway I can't play well today....

It was a play more so to satisfy my basketball desire... because go Sabah cannot play... LOL....

Hmmm.. guess that's about all there is to say....

So long then....

Angry.... -_-"

2008-08-18T23:26:00.005+08:00

Today is not a good day.... I was very very angry... now I'm just pissed... but it's going to be ok soon...

Haiz................................................

On my heart.. I really swear man... today will be the last day i ever organise anything for my archery colleagues.... seriously...

Given the disappointing outcome of the last outcome... I wasn't too sure of organising another one again... but given the encouragement of those who attended... i sort of decided on it again at the last minute....

But today was really the last straw... i would rather use the big straws to suck on my bubble tea...
-_-.. ok... no link...

This was what happened...

We (total got 5 of us) were suppose to meet at 1100hrs at Marine Parade Community center... for basketball or badminton... and so i brought along my basketball... and reached there at 1130hrs.. thinking i was late....

But i became suspicious... because no one called me or anything... and upon reaching... i could confirm that no one have reached... after going to the top floor and checking the basketball court and badminton courts...

And so.. i began calling everyone... because I wasn't sure whether to book the badminton courts first...

The first one, because he is attending to some matters... told me that he will be late... but it's ok.. since he already mentioned before...

Second one... just woke up... live in the north.... later told me he no point coming, since he got archery work later at 1345hrs... so well... not coming le...

Third one... also just woke up... live in the far far west.... never say anything else...

Fourth one... told me he will reach around 1300hrs.. but he also already mentioned that he will be going late.. so it's ok...

I started playing basketball on my own from the time i reach.... for around 1 1/2 hours.... just shooting balls and doing lay ups... since i have not played at the sheltered Marine Parade CC before...

While playing... i keep thinking back to last Friday's disappointing gathering... then keep thinking of why am i playing basketball alone... why am i so on time.... why am i waiting so long.... lots of why and why....
Play until tired le... then sit on the steps and stone...

At one point... i just feel like going home.... really pissed until max already.....

At around 1330hrs.... the first one finally reach... he already told me he got something in the morning.. so I'm still ok.. but he apologise for being so late...
But it is kinda of late... and I have been wasting my time there waiting alone for close to 2 hours...

Never mind... we then went to book the badminton court and started playing first...

The next guy came at 1400hrs.. he already told me also... so I also ok lar... though like very late... but at least got come... so we played together...

The last person... never say anything... and in the end also never turn up... we played until about time... went Parkway for a drink... and that's when i found out that the one living in the west... went for archery work... when she mentioned that she not doing the night before... but yet she didn't inform us.... -_-

Haiz.........................................................

Upon hearing this.... I really just gave up man... gave up any hope of any gathering anymore.... really give up le....

First of all.. they don't have the basic manners and courtesy to even wake up on time... when I've already told them last night online about the thing today.... all said ok.... then now cannot wake up... 1100hrs then wake up.... I think pigs wake up earlier than that...

Secondly... got something on.. also don't want to tell.... then we wait like idiots there.... but anyway... at that point of time.. i already gave up on anyone else coming....
I mean... where is the basic manners of informing the person in charge when you can't make it? A simple SMS .. is it that hard? Or is it just plain laziness and taking things for granted? Do you think it is fun for the organiser to keep waiting and waiting... not knowing whether the person will turn up or not?

Another thing also... I think when you are coming late.. you should be informing me first... not i call you then you tell me that... I wait like a real Idiot there... one person playing basketball alone... for 1 hour plus... i shot so many balls... i even completed 1 round of ABC....
If not for the one who said he will come late.. and apologised for it..... i would really just have left and heck about the whole thing already....

Haiz..... the reason why i am ranting this all on my blog... is because I don't want to be arguing or scolding my colleagues for this... it doesn't help things... and we will be working together in future...

But i just stop contacting them online anymore...I don't' wish to talk to any of them anymore...it's that bad.... really give up man....

But i need a avenue for me to rant all my anger out... or else i will be so sick with anger... I may kill someone... LOL....

This 2 incident also changed my perspective of them le... I guess my attitude will change during work le.... really so damm pissed....

Haiz............................................................

As i am blogging this... I am still feeling the anger within....

Haiz..............................................................................................................

At least it was a good session while it lasted though.... It's been so long since i last played badminton.... so it was a good workout and a good refresher of sort.... found out I still have some skills with me... guess they are like part of me already.... but i got to work more on my leg movements... abit slow....

But still... it was fun while it lasted.... but i would never again organise anything for them anymore...

I don't even know if i will attend those they organise..... really so du lan....

Haiz.... go rest liao.... the more i mentioned it.. the angrier i get....

Too Free a day.... LOL

2008-08-17T22:11:00.002+08:00

Today i was quite free.. no basketball... no nothing... so stayed at home... went out with my Mum to IKEA for awhile.. then chill at home again...

LOL... boring... suddenly no work... feels weird... haha...

By the way, Singapore lost to China for table tennis... but at least got a Silver medal... not that it's not expected... LOL...

I didn't catch the match much... saw abit only... mainly due to 2 reasons...

Firstly.. I don't have much interest in table tennis... haha...

Secondly, to be honest.. though they represent Singapore.... are they really considered Singaporeans? Afterall... the players are all from China... LOL... it's like watching a match between China players.... honestly...

Read in the newspaper that Tan Howe Liang (if i didn't spell wrongly) mentioned that since now the table tennis have gotten a medal, the reporters won't ask him the same questions every 4 years...

But to me... he will still be the true Singaporean to have gotten a medal for Singapore at the Olympic...

Well.... don't think we can produce a true born and bred in Singapore medalist for now... but it can be seen that alot of locals are doing their best...

Maybe in a few years time.. we can see another true Singaporean get a medal... haha...

That's all~~

Many many activities....

2008-08-16T23:39:00.002+08:00

Got quite abot of stuff going on this few days... so much so that... well... i don't have much time to blog.... LOL.... haha...

Actually also not that much... haha...

At least now.. well... less projects... yup...

Friday i only have 1 project.. which is kinda rare.... LOL.. but it's all the way at Jurong East... then after that went to meet up with my archery colleagues for a gathering... again... sort of to celebrate the last day of one of the full-time staff.. in fact.. the only one... LOL...

It was a celebration... because it is sort of like the end of his suffering... from all the low pay and over-work...

But alas.. i would say the gathering was a rather disappointing one... i was the organiser... and nearing the meeting time... i started receiving SMS on people not going.. because some other people not going... and all that...

Haiz... our group is already very small... then with all these no shows... in the end only 3 of us went to eat....

Worse... the meeting was set in the city area, because 1 of the colleague live in the west... and she didn't come... and i kena a $2 ERP charge while driving in there....

Dui man....

But well.. it was still a good meal.. at Lau Pa Sat there.. quite nice food.. and all the gossips and talking bad about the bosses... LOL...

Haha... it was quite a good session i would say...

Following that.. we went to Parkway for pool... haha... then some of the other colleagues and former colleagues came to join... haha... actually only 2 more lar...

That night... my form was quite good i would say... i won all my matches... haha.. except one... lose on complacency... LOL.. but the guy i sort of overwhelmed him in the first round.. so it's ok....

Anyway.. win or loose doesn't really matter that much.. it's just a get-together session... haha...

And i found something cool about the pool at Parkway.... they actually provide free gloves... and after playing with it.... i found that it is indeed quite a good piece of equipment... better than putting powder on the left hand... haha...

Hmmm.. thinking of buying one personal one... the free for all one don't know how many people wear before already... maybe some go toilet never wash hand or what.. LOL...

And i suppose it should be quite cheap... haha... thinking of getting a personal cue also... haha... get cheap one... then when playing will feel more professional... haha...

Then due to some mis-arrangement.. in the end i have to send one colleague home at AMK.... form Marine Parade.. so near to home... but have to travel all the way to AMK.... LOL...
Reach home at 0200hrs.... wa liew.... like not tired... and the petrol.... -_-

Oh well.. once in a while... consider it a good will....

There were talks of another gathering this coming Monday... but i don't feel like organising anymore... i felt the feelings of being an organiser when no-shows happens... the feeling sucks... especially when they say they will come... then suddenly just change their mind...

Haiz.... heck... I'm going Sabah soon... want to meet or not i also don't care already....

Attitude sia.... haha...

Anyway.... this moring... met up with Baldwin, Luis, Yan Li and Heok Kia for basketball.. at the sheltered CC beside my house...

Quite a fun session... and it was definitely a good time to catch up with Baldwin, who have been away for so long overseas studying... but he has finally graduated, and came back to Singapore... haha...

Following that, we went for lunch, with some more catching up.. by the time I reach home, i have to get ready to go for my Japanese language already....

Lol.. very rush sia.... haha....

But at least there were no no-shows....

Oh well... many too many things going on this week... abit too hectic le... that's why it's good to go Sabah and chill around... refresh myself...

Alright... that's all...

Tomorrow's basketball session was cancelled... guess I'm going to have quite a free Sunday....

Burnt out.... Totally...

2008-08-14T21:37:00.002+08:00

I'm officially chao da already... after spending 2 whole days under the hot sun... doing archery coaching... especially at SAJC.... 3 hours for 2 days... under the morning sun....

With insufficient rest.... working the whole day.... burnt out man.... totally...

Tuesday was a whole day of doing stores and transportation... till the late evening... 1930hrs to be exact....

Wednesday was one of my best days.... I woke up at 0530hrs... to reach SAJC at 0730hrs... by bus... and did coaching all the way.. after SAJC, went to another 2 more schools.... all the while.. under the hot, unforgiving sun.... till 1830... after that rush down to SunTec City to help out at an events thing at the request of a friend... all the way until 2230hrs.... effectively... i was working from 0730 till 2230...
It was there that i meet with a situation which made me sometime wonder what's wrong with Caucasians man... really full of attitude problem....

Let me highlight my situation here...

Firstly.. i was assigned to do packing... for some books and CD products of a talk... the customers are supposedly to fill in their order, then make payment, then proceed to my counter to get the stuffs...
However, due to veyr good responses... alot of book titles were sold out... but we, or the events company.. offers to send the book over to the person's house for free.. and that was what i conveyed to the ang moh who gave his payment slip to me...
With a frustrated tone.. he rejected the offer.. and proceed to demand his payment back... as in like.. really demand lor... cannot even talk properly.... arrogant stupid ang moh....
I asked him to proceed to the payment counter to get back his refund... becasue as mentioned.. we are the packing counter... we pack stuffs... we don't deal with money issues... other people who also wanted refunds had cooperated nicely... but this stupid ang moh... suddenly raise his voice and told me this" NO! I came here to buy a book, and of you don't have any stock now, you will go and get the refund for me!"
And well... being a nice front line service personnel... and wearing my new black G2000 suit that i bought from Malaysia... I'm not about to argue back or anything... and so I agreed to it, and took his payment slip to the payment counter... which is just next to our counter...-_-"
Yes... just next door... about 5 steps away... people are still queuing up at our counter... but because of 1 stupid ang moh... they got to wait... he just stand there and refuse to move....

After that.. I signalled for him to come over and receive his money personally from the counter... after telling the payment staff about the issue... I mean... isn't it more logical that you collect the money personally yourself? I mean... the money is for you, so wouldn't it be better that you collect it personally from the payment counter? Going throuhg different hands may mean the money being pocketed or something... and so i nicely gestured from him to come over and take his money...
Haiz... again... like a stone... he stood there... and raise his voice again... "NO! I'm here to buy a book.. and if you don't have any stock now, YOU will get my money back for me!"

I guess all the good food made his leg too heavy to move...all the Macs... and all the dono what thing they put in their mouth...
Haiz.... and so... like all responsible front line service personnels... i obligingly took the money.. and pass to him... and nicely telling him sorry about that~~~

If I weren't helping out with my friend... I wouls stuff the money up his nose... or just throw it back at him.... or a 1000 others ways of things that i would say i will do, but not really do it... LOL...

Sometimes...I really respect frontline serivce personnels who have to deal with all this kind of people... and yet smile and tell them to have a nice day... this one incident had been fuming till now... at that point.. because i was too busy... i didn't take much notice of it... but after everything... i keep thinking back to the incident.. and now the anger fills me... together with the sun burnt feelins...

It is people like this that gives the whole community a bad name... I've always been neutral about ang mohs... I don't specially favour them.. but i also don't hate them... but after this incident.... I seem to view ang moh's differently already.... this arrogant and demanding attitude...

So what if your country is richer... or you are richer.. fatter... heavier... uglier... strong power nation... once colonial masters and what not....
Does that give you a right to look down on us Asians... and start behaving like a jack-a**.... talking to us in this manner?

Now i feel Bruce Lee's anger when he mash up the signboard dictacting Asians are weak cowards... I could have smashed up his face....

I sometimes wonder that with the type of things happening in their country... is it some form of a karma thing... due to their attitude... and looking down on us Asians...

Haiz.... I must find my inner peace.... too much hatred and evil thoughts are bad for me....
And i must admit my statement is unfair... because it's just one ang moh...1 stupid ang moh.... but still... the anger is making me want to condemm all ang mohs together...

Sorry about that.... but because of this 1 ang moh... i am going to change my view of ang mohs....

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Today... was almost another full day... same thing at SAJC... after that went to did coaching till 1830hrs... fortunately... the thing stops here.. and i was able to get home after that... and have a good rest...

My body still feels like it is burning now.... -_-"

Think i go rest liao.. hatred.. sun burnt....tired out.... not good for me...

Signing off... going to seek my inner peace in dreamland....

A free day...

2008-08-11T21:08:00.004+08:00

Today is one of my free days.... haha... finally... my work load has dropped significantly... it's good and bad though... i have alot of time to rest now.. but less income... LOL....

Too much free time ain't good for me.... thoughts will start to wander.... then well... it's not very comfortable... LOL

I thought I've gotten over this....years ago... but it seems like things can just happen.... once it strucks.. it strucks hard...

And i didn't want it to happen man.. in fact... i tried avoiding it.... hmm... but well.. it still got me...

But well.. as per in the past... i am working hard to get it out of me... haha... and so today... besides finishing all the last few days of newspapers... i went for a 2.4km leisure run.... too long never run because of work commitments... so start easy first....

After that... i went on to play some basketball at the CC near my house....

It was a rather good workout session for me... and get my mind off things.... haha

Felt much better while playing basketball....

And since it was a session between strangers... it was a rather peaceful session... in fact... i like this type of playing style... no one will shout around... and do alot of nonsense... everyone just play his own style... it doesn't matter whether you are good or not... or does the team win or lose... everyone just played... in fact... the only words i heard are sorries... when balls are missed.. or a player hits another...

So peaceful..... and i sure enjoyed myself...

But it wasn't a wise choice to play immediately after my run... had so much lactic acid in my legs.. they feel heavy when training and jumping... haha...

But still.. i managed to do a reverse lay-up... and shoot some loops... haha...

Although the team I'm in lose all matches... it was still fun....

Fortunately.. the session was cut short when some Malay martial arts group need to train... so i didn't have to force myself too much...

Was trying to learn from another tall guy... he's abit taller than me... and he sure is an experienced player... have very good team play.. and also rather good with his moves under the net... he even did a one had layup and slam board... Awesome.... that's like the Singapore playing style of the Olympic match between USA and China... haha...

Speaking of which.. caught the USA VS China match yesterday on Channel U.... and as I expected... the US team won... afterall.. they have so much more experience... and their team are a All-Star team.... LOL... almost everyone is like the top player in his own NBA team... How to lose... haha..

They even have the confidence and score leads to began playing fancy moves towards the last 2 quarters... and they sure slammed alot... there's one reverse slam also... Cool man...

And there's one more thing i find that they are really too good at... they steal alot... including layups by the Chinese players that would have scored... it's like.. the ball is going to hit the square on the board already to reflect in... but the US players can jump so high... they slammed the ball away from the board... and took possession...

It's like... Wow... you mean people can actually do that? It's like in the comics... haha.... i even remember seeing one US player hitting away a almost to be slammed ball i think....

Wow..... Amazing.... haha.... if only i could do that.... haha....

Oh well... dreams... haha... abit far... but i can work towards it... LOL...

Better start with my legs... really hope to one day be able to slam the rings man... haha...

Hmmm... think I've been going on for quite abit... about all le...

Tomorrow.. may have work.. not sure yet.. my boss didn't call me... LOL.... so i take it as no for now... if no work.... think i will hit the pools tomorrow morning... then after that... another round of basketball... haha...

A Relaxing Day....

2008-08-10T23:20:00.002+08:00

Today was a rather relaxing day... managed to catch quite abit of sleep... Haha...

Went for basketball in the morning... and surprisingly.. the rim on our our usual playing court was missing... and the area cordoned off... think some idiot got and attempt a slam dunk and spoil the rim...

And so.. we went to another court near JK's house... the board there is shorter... haha.... could've attempted an assisted slam dunk by holding the rims... haha.. but i don't want to be another idiot spoiling the rims....

But it was a short session... cut short by the rain....

Oh well... it's been rainy this few days...

Went to Macdonald for lunch... got the swimming Olympic glass... should've eaten it last week.. then can get one more basketball one... wasted... no more stock le...

Hmmm... oh well.. today nothing special... after that went to take a long nap... LOL.... tired man...

Ok.. nothing to blog about liao.. later go watch the Men's basketball Olympic... China Vs USA... should be a very interesting match... haha...

Rainy National Day~~~~

2008-08-09T23:45:00.004+08:00

Happy 43rd Birthday Singapore....

Kinda glad the rain didn't spoil the parade... especially the marching contingent... and i think it's really good that our President is braving the rain... carrying on the inspection and so on...
Cool....

Other than that.. i didn't catch the other parts... doesn't interest me much... haha

Was working this morning.. LOL.. at Yishun.... but at a good deal... my boss promised me 1.5X... plus my new rate... I'm earning quite abit today.. for a short while of work... haha..

Had a very long day the past 2 days.... Thursday wise... went 2 schools to coach... followed by my Japanese lessons.... reach home very tired out le... but that wasn't the end... on Friday morning... i had to wake up at 0500hrs.... to reach a school at Bishan by 0715hrs... then after that it was a long day of non-stop and no rest day of coaching carnival style continuously... followed by helping out with stores after that.... so basically i worked 0715hrs to 1915hrs on Friday... non-stop... only had some rest while traveling.... -_-"

After that.. i went to join my archery colleagues for dinner... we were supposed to have a gathering together after work... but sadly.. i was recalled to do stores.. me and me alone.. LOL... so i had to join them later... haha...

This incident actually made me feel rather heart-warming though... i never expected colleagues like us could actually become so close to the extent of planning gatherings and all... in the past... colleagues stayed that way for me... except for one... who happened to be in the same course as me... LOL...
But other than that.. we seldom contact outside work...

But now.. with these group.. perhaps of the increased frequency of us meeting up for projects on alot of days... i guess we all got rather close... besides the dinner on Friday night at Bugis... we were already planning another one on the next Monday....

Haha....... that's kinda cool....

Had a talk with my boss during the ride back tot do stores.. then realised that... well... for the past month... the reason why i was being called up for so many projects... is simply for me to clock enough hours to earn a decent monthly pay.. comparable to outside jobs.. which my boss tried to make sure that he can match the salary... after i spoke fo changing jobs earlier on...

And there I was.. not realising that... bad-mouthing them.. wondering how come i am involved in almost every projects... like i kena worked like cow... haha... while my other colleagues have it easier... some even have insufficient projects...
My boss even sent me to Bugis after the store yesterday... after he realised i am suppose to mee the rest... haha....
Anyway.. his house near there.. so it's still ok... haah...

So there was a reason... haha... Hmm... oh well... next time i should watch my mouth... LOL

Ok... vert tired already... go sleep le...

Whole afternoon under the sun...

2008-08-06T23:25:00.003+08:00

Today... i did coaching at 2 schools in the North... for their Archery CCA....

Overheard the teacher mentioning something rather interesting... she was telling the students to hurry up and get out to the field to shoot... don't waste $30/hr of coaching fees...

Hmm.. I was paid $8/hr last month... only rose to $9/hr this month... and i am doing all the hard work... but i'm not even paid half of the fees....

Hmmm...

Well... that's the real world... employees are always begin exploited.... LOL...

Was abit sun-burnt today... the sun was very burny..... and hot.... and i am paid only $9/hr.....

Oh well.... it was rather encouraging at times... when the students express interest in the training... though not all... it's still ok.... haha....

Well... aiming to stop my archery work by the 15th August... want to rest abit... and also prepare for my trip to Sabah....

It's been awhile... time to go back and chill around in the Sabah breeze... haha... and yep... going to learn diving there as well.... one more certification to get.... haha...

I got quite abit of certifications this year... Bronze Medallion...Archery Technical... NCAP Theory 1.... First Aid... soon to get NROC level 1.... Rock climbing belaying Level 1... going to get diving....

Wow.... haha... I'm amazed myself... LOL

Ok.. go sleep le.. tomorrow is an early day..

Pilot Dream~~~

2008-08-05T23:33:00.001+08:00

Not sure why... but this few days i keep falling asleep rather early... then wake up rather early in the morning also... hmmm... that's why yesterday didn't blog... was asleep before 2200hrs....

Haha.... maybe it's the effect of the alcohol...

Just came back from a night basketball session.... alone.. against strangers in the community center near my house...
I would say it was a rather good match... 3 V 3 , and my team managed to win for 2 rounds... 2 of 3, and 2 of 2.... and well... haha... I was the top scorer... although ending getting abit tired le... but still managed to get quite a good number of shots.... my team consist of a kid and a teenager who abit anyhow....
After that that teen challenged me to a 1 on 1... won him 7-4... he's ok.. just not consistent... and too much patterns... haha....

Was practicing my 2 point shoots... and I'm not sure if it's the court or what... but i am getting silent shots in one after another.... i seem to be able to shoot well at the community center...

Hmm..... maybe next time should play nearer to home.. can perform better... haha...

Anyway... hmm...this 2 days.. nothing much... work again... but it's only in the afternoon...

Feels abit weird not being over-worked though... haha...

Was talking to a colleague.. who was also training to be a pilot... and suddenly.. my interest in being a pilot increased... i mean.. it's one of the potential career options i've been looking out for....

Well.. it pays very well... and you get to travel around... and since i have no commitments whatsoever... i think it's a job that suits me...
Being a vet is out.... I don't think i can get the qualifications.... a cook is also out... i cannot bear to kill...
Being a business-man.... abit uncertain.. but also can earn alot...
So yar... a pilot looks good....

A few years back... when i was called up for the Air Force pilot test... this career could have taken off... too bad i didn't make the mark.... haha..

Hmmm... seriously thinking i can consider it.. after i finish school... at least have a degree to fall back on in case i didn't make the mark...
But if my that colleague can make it pass the theory test le... leaving only the practicals... i don't see why i can't.... haha....

Hmmm... a pilot dream... interesting.... haha... go sleep le...

Basketball and Steamboat...

2008-08-04T08:59:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was a rather happening day... haha... Went for basketball in the morning.. followed by steamboat and movies after that....

Basketball wise... hmm.... i would say we lost quite abit.... 4 of us against 2 groups of outsiders... but at least managed to won a few matches...

Our main curse was the good shooting rate of the opponents... they had a few good shooters... shotting rate got 80%... so well... haha... if not for that... they wouldn't stand a chance... because physically they cannot match us....

Hmm.. oh well.. guess I'll have to train up on my marking le... need to be able to block shooters...

After that... i met up with my MK gang-1... for movies and steamboat... haha...

Well.. at least this time.. we manage to control quite well... only left with abit of food only... haha.. looks like i am getting good at this le... haha... next time should be able to control to just nice...

As it was a Sunday... the guys got to leave early.. because they still have work today...

But it was a really good gathering...

And many thanks to Yan Li... for helping to wash 98% of the dishes... LOL

It really makes a difference when there is a girl around... haha....

And also Luis... for preparing the salmon..... ^_^

And also to HK... for the alcohol.... LOL

Haha... and thanks to that.. yesterday i had to sleep early...KO...... so didn't blog...

Hmm... oh well... but it was a good sleep.. so woke up early today... haha

Too bad.. didn't win the Addidas watch... missed by abit.... Oh well.. try again... haha..

Later got to go work le...

This week.. at least there's not as much projects... so i'll have an easier week... haha

That's all....

Rock Climbing Level 1 Certified~~~

2008-08-02T23:59:00.003+08:00

Went for my Rock climbing level 1 certification course today.... haha... it was a sponsored course by SIM.... so i decided to go for it.... I only have to do some work during some open house or something... help to belay people... haha...

Actually it's a level 1 belaying course... you don't need any certification to climb... haha...

It was in a indoor area...so there is the comfort of no sun.... somewhere at Jurong East.... very very far away...

I would say i enjoyed myself very much... because it is not everyday that you get to climb a rock wall... haha.... but my hands suffered alot... it was one of the most tiring day for my hands... especially the fingers... from all teh holding on and grabbing on to little spaces on the wall... or the rocks... haha

But it was still fun...

Well... see next time got chance can go again... haha..

Very very very tired.... -_-

2008-08-01T23:54:00.001+08:00

Today had been a very very tired day... started work at 0800hrs... at Yishun.. ended 1730hrs at Jurong East... stand all the way throughout for the train journey home... shag like banana....

Go sleep le.... -_-

Tiring Days...

2008-07-31T23:55:00.000+08:00

Today had been a tiring day.... worked non-stop again... from 0730hrs all the way to 1900hrs....

Tomorrow is going to be another long day... except that i am ending at Jurong area... the journey home is going to be very long~~~

Go sleep le...

It refreshing day....

2008-07-30T22:01:00.004+08:00

It had been a very refreshing day today... haha... I've done something which i have not been able to do for the past month or so.... that is to SLACK ~~~~

Haha... sometimes i take slacking for granted... but since all the buffalo work this month... i really appreciate my rest days more... although it's a lied rest day... still.... haha..

As the Chinese saying goes :" 不经冬寒，不知春暖。"
You will always appreciate something after you lose it... or have less of it...

But it wasn't that slack actually...

Woke up rather early to do the dog-walking... now I'm seeing less of big dogs... but there seem to be an increase in small dogs... i even saw a young Husky... which was quite cute... haha... forgot to take a picture of it... and i got to walk it too... haha
It sort of showed it's nature... haha.... I've read that Huskies are actually cousins of wolves or something... when i was walking it.. it suddenly lied down... refusing to move... then when another volunteer with another dog walked closed... it suddenly rush out... trying to bite the other dog... -_-"

Luckily.... I've anticipated that... and pulled the leash tight to me... and i am strong enough to hold it back... ^_^
But you'll be surprise... small as it is... it's quite strong...

This session is actually a respond to SPCA's call for help... the volunteers are getting lesser... and since i just nice got a free day.. decide to go lor.. very long never play with dogs le... haha...

After that.. went home... watched CJ7... thanks to HK... haha...

And in the evening.. met up with one of the lobang employees to get my lobang... haha... as shown... only the tickets... the soy milk is mine~~~
Deliberately put them to add something to the otherwise simple shot... haha...

Ok.. no link~~

Helping them to do some advertising... haha... since I'm sort of linked to them... ^_^

But alas.... the slacking moments are not meant to last... the next 2 days are very long days for me... I have to reach Yishun area at 0730hrs.... can you imagine that~~~~

Oh well... that's life... Haiz...

The final decision....

2008-07-29T23:05:00.002+08:00

Well... finally decided... I shall stay as it is... Hiaz....

It had been a rather long battle with my thoughts... but with some factors confirmed... i thought i could get into IBM easily.. but it turns out they wanted a 3 months contract... I only got 1 month left... then the other jobs... i think it's abit hard to get le... because i intend to go Sabah in mid August to complete my diving quest...
For 2 weeks... guess I'm only left with my old job... haha...

Oh well... also good lar.. no need to keep facing my 2 bosses double dragon me... keep pyscho-ing me ... it was hard to resist man... I'm too easily swayed... haha...

And so... I'm be carrying on.. ensuring for the last 2 weeks... and then i shall be gone... haha...

It's been some time since i went Sabah... haha...

Missing all the good food le... haha...

Oh well... tomorrow going for dog-walking.. got some spare time...

Actually it was a lied free day... i lied to get tomorrow off.... say i got interview... but actually i don't...
Well.. just want to rest man.. I've been working like a buffalo.... it's tiring....

Hmm.. that's all.. go sleep le..

In a big dil...emma...

2008-07-28T20:41:00.005+08:00

I'm in a big big dilemma... big big big dilemma....

Haiz.... on one hand.. i want to leave my current job.. it's getting very tiring for me le... no fix hours of work... sometimes can't even have proper meals... everyday is like a rush... and after reaching home... I'm always burnt out... don't have the time to energy to do anything...

On the other hand... my 2 bosses keep pyscho-ing me to stay on... a fact here is that I'm quite a valuable assest to them... haha.. not that i want to brag... but i am one of the top instructors liao... 1 year's experience of coaching.... though not as much actually experience... and i have all the certification le.... haha...
And i am strong... can do alot of hard-work.... haha...

Which is also my curse... I'm being worked like a buffalo everyday... -_-".... water buffalo man.. have to tilt the land everyday.... not given much rest... Haiz...

A good news arrived today though.. i was informed that I've won something.. haha.... $100 worth of movie tickets... ^_^
It was from my lobang thingy mentioned previously....

Not bad.... at least earn back my investment le... haha...
Now i'm going to aim for other better stuffs.... haha...

One more thing... I just signed up for the Standard Charted... FULL marathon... again... ^_^

Slavery..... -_-"

2008-07-26T10:26:00.003+08:00

Been so busy with work last week.... didn't have much time for myself.... especially yesterday.... i nearly became a slave.... a paid slave though.....

Haiz....

Worked from 0800hrs till 2200hrs yesterday... whole day.. practically non-stop... meals were just a grab and go....

Well... except for dinner... was treated by my boss... but after that have to carry on working...

Morning went to teach... then move stores... then teach... then move stores again....

Wow... i sometimes wonder how i managed to endure through it all... haha..

But well.. at least today there's no work... so i can rest all the way.. except got Japanese lessons later...

The day i became a part-time maid.... -_-"

2008-07-21T23:50:00.002+08:00

Today had been a rather long day at work... started at 0815... all the way till 1915... doing stock taking... in a "storage-room".....

It was very mundane and boring... and the worst thing was i was left all alone to complete the job in the end... which was extremely sian....

Haiz..... man.... instructor also have to do stock-take meh....
No choice i guess... i evne doubled up as a part-time maid today... because the storage room was so dirty.. i was asked to also do a quick mop after I'm done with the stock take...

-_-"

Oh well... i guess it's a reality of the job scope nowadays... you must be prepared to do many things... even something as mundane as making coffee... or sweeping...

Just grousing around... actually the main issue was with the stock-taking... so long... then do alone... like not very right leh.... felt rather exploited.... although in a way... it is good for me... because i am earning every hour doing this mundane stuff... but it's not suitable for me because I'm not a mundane person....
And the frustration adds up from delays because i do not know what are the names of some parts... I mean... shouldn't i at least be aided by someone who knows these stuffs?
Then again... wouldn't' it be better to just get the person who knows all the stuffs?

Haiz.... this day made me even more keen on changing my job le... in fact... i may decided to push it earlier...

See how ba...

By the way.. finished watching "Claymore" le... but the last 11 episodes were just watching the animation... because they are only available in French sub... ????
Japanese animation... French sub ~~~~ not much of a link here....

But well... that's life... you don't always have a link...

And my handphone is getting lousier by the day... actually it's the batter... extremely shorten life-span... i am now charging my phone everyday... and the screw-up of the batter is also affecting the handphone itself....

Got to change handphone le... looking at one with keypad and touch screen... something of a PDA sort....
Hmmm... still looking around... go lobang can introduce to me... haha..

That's all....go rest le...

Baluku on head....

2008-07-20T16:43:00.003+08:00

Thanks to the basketball session this morning... I'm having a baluku on my head... now....

A stranger opponent.... wearing something like a metal watch on his hand..not sure if it was a bracelet or what... hit down on my head with it while we were both trying to get the rebound.... it was rather painful....
And now i have a baluku.....

Baluku....baluku....baluku..... ばるく

Ouch... pain... think it is affecting my head....

But it was a satisfying match... haha... especially since i am wearing a new jersey... bought in KL... haha....

Just got a rather good lobang... trying it out first... haha... those interested in some good lobang can contact me on my msn... ^_^

End of にほんご Elementary 2

2008-07-19T23:59:00.003+08:00

Today is the end of my Japanese Elementary 2 lessons... haha...

Just now still went for a celebration with my classmates... chill at Bugis area until 2300hrs plus...

Had dinner at Fish and Co... then my classmates keep bombarding me with food... haha... because they cannot finish...

It was fun though... because since the start of our E1.... we never really have a good chance to come together to talk adn chit chat... most of the time is finish lesson, then all go home le.... i guess today was more special in the sense that some of them are not continuing for E3 anymore... so it's kinda like the last day we will be seeing one another...

Well.. at least i am... going to complete till JLPT4.... haha...

After the E3.. it will be preparation for JLPT4 le.... by the end of this year...

They bought tickets to the "Dark Knight".. at 0030hrs... i didn't' join them... because its too late...

And so... i accompanied them at the arcade while they while they time away... waiting for the show...

It suddenly dawn upon me that ... i have not been to the arcade for such a long time... and the Bugis arcade had changed quite abit... alot of the machine for the basketball shoots were installed... maybe it's the new craze...

I went to check out "World Combat"... my ex-power game... haha.... i would dare say i am a mater of sort in it... haha.... hao lian abit here...
I stopped playing the game for quite some time.. because the guns were always faulty in alot of arcades... and i was kinda glad... when i look at other people playing it... the guns were finally repaired and working perfectly... maybe it's time for my awakening in the game.... Muahahaha...

But i didn't play the game.... because i was not with the right crowd...my classmates are all new to the game... a conclusion came about after i asked them about the game... and so it would eb unfair for me to hog onto all the life renewals... haha...

Oh well.. there'll be some other chance.... with the correct crowd... haha...

Hmmm... guess that's all.. tomorrow got basketball.... yep.... it's been a long time.... haha...

Back from KL....

2008-07-14T23:59:00.001+08:00

Haha.... finally back from my Kuala Lumpur trip... since last Friday night...
Went on a big spending spree... haha.... enjoyed myself quite alot.... haha...

But tomorrow still got work.. sian....

Haha... oh well...

Updated later then...

A good Basketball session... and A Minus 1 gathering....

2008-07-06T23:53:00.003+08:00

Today... I was out the whole day..... taking it as sort of a celebration for my BM pass... Haha....

In the morning went for basketball... was joined by HK... and supposedly Luis and Yan Li.... but well... the two... Hmmm... reached too late.... haha...

Anyway... i think i had quite a good session today... my shooting scores were amazingly very much higher.... I'm not sure why... maybe i was boost from the happiness that i passed my BM... and no need to waste anymore Friday nights.... haha....
Normally... i wouldn't score more then 2 shots per game.. haha...

Liked my last set of game... 2V3... quite a good play i would say.... haha....

After that went for lunch.. met up with Luis and Yan Li... then we went to HK's house to chill.... try on his new driving set-up... watch movies... went out to eat again.... come back watch movies again.... haha....
A small gathering... -1....

Talked about certain things... but well.... I guess not much can be done already... let the ship flow it's course bah....

To be honest though... haha.. I'm not that keen on the racing thing... maybe because I'm not that into racing... i mean... driving a real car is so much different... and well.... yar.... just not into it... haha.... seldom play games now also...

Chill all the way till 2000hrs plus.. then went home...

Luckily... i don't have work tomorrow... but still going places with my mum tomorrow....

So well... that's all then...

Finally.... Haha....

2008-07-05T23:53:00.002+08:00

Finally.... the long awaited result.... It's been such a long time since i last felt so happy.... Wow.... haha....

Yep... the thing I've been learning for a year...all the Friday nights sacrificed.... kena conned and sucked out of quite abit of money....
Haha.... it's finally over.... I've passed my Bronze Medallion~~~ ^_^

Met all the timing... and the very... i would say special thing.. is that... I am the only one chosen to perform the "Initiative" segment... it's part of the test in which the tester will just throw any situation to us, and we have to react on the spot...
During my Life Saving 1,2 & 3 test... I was also the only one chosen for it....

Hmmm.. I wonder why do always get chosen.... do i look like I have alot of "Initiative"?

Haha... anyway... it doesn't matter.... I've passed the test... I am now a certified Life-Guard.... Muahahaha...

Thankfully though... our tester is rather lenient.. so it makes the whole thing easier... haha...

Wow...... still can't believe it....

And to think that i have such a busy day... in the morning went for work... woke up at 0600hrs... reach the school at 0700hrs... then worked all the way till 1430 hrs... no rest... Sian...
Supposed to play basketball after that... but because of the rain... and no confirmation given... I decided to go home... and rest for my test... haha...
Think it was a good decision afterall... because the test itself was abit physically demanding...

So yup..... BM... cleared... my Friday nights are clear now.... haha....

Got sucked.....

2008-07-04T23:11:00.002+08:00

The above title doesn't refer to anything else.... it's just plain.... Money...

Just came back from what i hope is my last life-saving lesson... going to have the test tomorrow... but..... Haiz.... got sucked just now.... Sian...

What happened was that for the whole of last month.. i didn't want to go for the lessons anymore... because I've been going for so long... so I thought I'll skip the last month.. until the rest approaches...

Coincidentally... my instructor called me up last week... then say the test is this coming Saturday... so i thought... well... go for the last few lessons lor... And i thought since it is the last week of the month..maybe can skip the monthly fees....

Just now.. he collected the full monthly fee from me.. $40..... it's for 4 lessons... and i only attended one... -_-
Although he already told us that he will collect per on the monthly rates, regardless of attendance.... still.... it hurts to be sucked.... haha.... felt abit in-justified...
The only consolation is... i saved $3... on the swimming pool entrance fee... that instructor really cunning business man....

And so.... I paid up... but i also promised myself.. this is the last time i am paying him... I'm going to pass the test tomorrow... and never step in there.... haha.... no lar... the main thing is no need to pay him....
I've been taking his course for a year.... zhun zhun... think I've skipped at least 2 months... because he keeps on dragging the test for so long... it's crazy man... I've spent at least $400 on the whole test... i could get a diving certificate with this amount...
Even some people who came later than me... finished their test earlier than me... I'm like.. Why??? How???

Grumbles grumbles grumbles....

And it didn't help that i received an SMS from someone which i though was very no-brainer... I mean... why are you repeating what i just told you???
Really kinda no brainer.... and coming from that person.... Haiz.... well.. kinda expected...

Haiz... oh well... at least the test is finally here....

Tomorrow I'm going to be really busy... early morning go work.... will afternoon.. then after that go play basketball... then after that go for my test...

Busy busy day.... and I've yet to settle my circle of friend's issue.... hmmm... maybe next week ba...

That's all...

Busy Life.....

2008-07-03T22:30:00.002+08:00

Well.... whole week of archery work... in fact... from next week on, it will e from Monday to Saturday le...

Although I'm only doing 3 hours most of the time per day (but on Tuesday i did 8 hours of work)... the timings are mostly in the afternoon... and as such... it seem like a whole day is taken... because i can't use the day as efficiently.. like got something in the middle... then cannot do anything else also...

Tomorrow I'm going down to old VS again.... haha...

Most of the time, I'm doing regular coaching for 3 schools now... for the whole of July... as per my agreement with my head coach... August I'm really going to find some higher pay job... sometimes though it's like i felt that i have obligation to help him with the projects... because he has invested alot of money sending me for courses... though the courses are for the purposes of the archery work... but still... oh well....

At times though... i feel like I'm not doing justice to myself.... I mean... any other administrative job outside... going by the hours... will definitely give me a much higher pay... although the hours are longer....it's a much less labourious job... and it's like a same whole day is wasted... so might as well waste it more productively... with more money....
It is afterall a very real world.... Money $$$ makes the world go round~~~

I'm still not promoted to senior coach.... hmm.... that would raise my per hour rates... and perharps it would have done more justice...

Haiz... sometimes i agree to things without thinking thoroughly through.... oh well... so i guess have to just stick to it lor... promise le.... although abit reluctantly....

Getting more used to coaching CCAs now.. after some extra lessons.... more confident... haha.... so i guess it's not a bad thing afterall....

Hmmm.... i guess that's all... yup.... busy busy...

On a side note here.... hmm.... certain issues have happened among my friends... it led to a rather sad ending... not really sure how.... but i'll try to see if i can help to mend the hole in the wall...

Afterall... we've been friends for so long.... there should be a way around it... I'll try my best...

Victoria Thy Sons Are We.... and we will not forget....

Rest day....

2008-06-30T21:41:00.003+08:00

Been rather busy the past few days... so today was a great break... no work... no appointments.. no nothing... haha...

In fact... i slept about 1/2 the day.... a great relieve to my sore muscles... and tired mental state...
Felt so much refreshing...

Much of the weekdays was spent on my archery work... going to schools and all... but last Friday was one very busy day for me..

In the morning, i went for my dog-walking, after canceling my Thursday session because my boss suddenly call me up for archery...

But i left early from my dog-walking session, because I have to go for archery projects at noon.... at the old VS site... halfway through, i have to leave with my boss to another school at Sembawang... all the way till 1500hrs...

After that... i went home, rest awhile, had dinner.. then head down for my Bronze Medallion lessons.... I'm going to have my test on this coming Saturday.. so better go for the last few lessons... haha..

Yup.. that's my Friday.. packed from start till end....

Saturday morning... also got work... then after that go home rest... then went to meet up with 3 of my SRJC classmates to buy food for a small steamboat session at my house... 4 of us only... and as usual.. bought too much food.... then I have to settle the leftovers...

Hmm.... next time i really should control the food ration.... always having left-overs... not very nice...
Following that.. went for a late night discussion for the KL trip at Hougang.... all the way sia... at after midnight.... -_-... but no choice... some of them have other stuffs on...
Reach home and slept at 0300hrs... then Sunday got basketball.... High sia...

Went for basketball.. then after that meet up with Luis and Yan Li to go donate blood... my appointment was already long overdue... haha... because it clashed with my exams... then i have putting it off for so long... so finally decided to go... or else my target of getting a fish will be very long... for those who have went to the Blood Bank to donate, you will know what i am talking about ... haha...

Hmmm... that's that....

Recently heard a very nice song... 丁噹 and 五月天阿信-"走火入魔"... very nice duet... haha....

Have an issue with my work.... my boss is insistent on putting me for a project i am not confident... Sian.. and for the whole of July.. I've never handled a CCA before... then he suddenly just put me in like that.... Talked to him about it le... but he doesn't seem to want to change me...
Haiz... no choice man... I've already told him my issue... if i didn't do a good job... then like that le lor...

A long due visit....

2008-06-26T22:05:00.004+08:00

Went for my archery work today... at Cedar Girls... actually the highlight was not the fact that i am going there... but it's that i am going to the old VS site.... the place i spent 4 years studying... Cedar is now using it as a holding ground....

Really brings back the memory man... i took exactly the same bus i took years ago... 26... waited abit long for it though... as usual...
It travel almost the same route, just that there was some modifications to the road there... so the bus reached very near to the school there, instead of the usual where i will have to walk some distance... but i still walked the long way, because i didn't know it will end up nearer...

Anyway... going into the building... everything was like still the same... the sturcture... the tables... halls... walkway... even the male toilet beside the gym ( it's now being converted to a classroom) is still the male toilet that i use everytime after track and field training...
Those were the years... wonderful years....

Well... the colours of parts of the building did change though.. the grandstand has been painted over... a long time ago... haha... then the interior also got change some colours here and there...
But still... the place felt as it was before....

Getting abit nostalgic here.. ain't I.... haha...
But the feeling was still there man.... ^_^

Anyway... with regards to my job search... I've sort of made a deal with my archery head coach...
Since the IBM agency fellow did not bother to even contact me back, after I've attempted to reach her for at least 3 times, everything in which she is not around, and everytime the person answering my call say she will pass my number to her, and till now i haven't received any calls... it's been a week.... I'm honestly abit fed-up with that agency already... guess I'll look elsewhere for work le...

As i was saying, my deal was to do archery for whole of July... since there is alot fo projects on for July, so I'll help pit for the whole month, after which for August, I'll attempt to find other work, since the projects would have already toned down... so that's when i will hopefully find some administrative work.. never done them before... just want to try it out man... and also as HK mentioned... have something more to put in my resume.. other than just Archery for all 3 years of my University life...

Yep.. that's the plan.... tomorrow I'm heading down to the old VS site again.... this few weeks i will be getting rather busy... with all the archery projects coming up.... and also, my BM instructor finally called me to inform me that my test would either be this Saturday or next Saturday... I've already skipped all the lessons since this month... so I'll be heading down tomorrow... to do some practice... and hopefully get my Bronze Medallion by this Saturday... It's been a year since i started learning it... definitely taking too long... too too long...

Alright... that's all.. go sleep le...

An Elevated Sense of Happiness... ^_^

2008-06-25T23:59:00.001+08:00

Just came back from a night basketball session.. and i would say... Wow.... it's like one of my happiest time playing basketball.... ^_^

I am completely satisfied with my play... i scored well... defended well.. rejected a few balls... i did everything so well... and i am playing with what i call an elevated sense of happiness... i can feel the happiness while i am jumping to shoot or do layups... i feel so good.....

Hmmm.... you must be asking me why.... Muahahahaha....

Well... i guess it's the people there... or shall i say... the lack of people... person... ^_^

I played so energetically and motivatedly... i only stopped when my leg muscles finally cramp until cannot make it... haha... jump too much... too happy le mah....

Well... a satisfied basketball session...

That's all...

Facing a dilemma....

2008-06-24T23:25:00.003+08:00

Had a archery project this morning.... and well... after some talk by my head coach.. facing abit of dilemma ....

To be honest... I'm really abit tired of archery... as mentioned... it's a manual labour job... and another thing is.. it's rather temporal... not fix dates and no fix time... and in a full month, i definitely do not earn as much as any office job, even though the pay per hour may be lower...

But my head coach was sort of convincing me to stay on for archery... i guess it's also because I'm one of the better ones... (I'm not hao lian-ing here ... haha.. facts...), and I sort of feel compelled to do so....

But then again... my heart is to the outside world... to try other jobs...

Hmmm.... how?

わたしはしりません。。。。

My first direct pay cheque...

2008-06-23T23:59:00.002+08:00

Haha.... this morning went to collect my pay cheque from my lecturer... for the part-time survey job... it's quite a large sum for me... haha... never collect a cheque directly for my work before... so i was rather happy when collecting it...

The amount.. is enough for me to get a new bicycle... haha.. can go check out liao..

Went to bank it in already.... by tomorrow it should be in my account.... Muahahaha...

So Happy~~~

Back from another night of Night Cycling... ^_^

2008-06-22T23:59:00.001+08:00

Went for another PICE... night cycling... with my trusty old GT.... think my GT has lasted me about 5 years already... still going strong... haha...

But i am also looking into getting a faster hybrid... maybe for riding very long distances... such as to school or something... haha...

Here are some pictures to summarise the whole journey... i met up with the rest at Geylang, then we cycled all the way to the Singapore Flyer, then to East Coast Park.. then go tot Macdonald, before parting our ways after breakfast....

Group photo taken at Suntec City...

The Singapore Flyer with the moon in sight...

Jun Kok and me... actually we are both waiting to use the toilet... haha...

That's about it.... ^_^

Some updates...

2008-06-16T13:51:00.003+08:00

Today... i'm rather free... haha.. except later go for a meeting with regards to my survey project/job...

Spent the past few 2 days playing basketball.... so today rest abit...

But i must say a big thank you to my friends... who helped me cleared my surveys so quickly... haha... my mum also.. she helped me alot... hmm... oh well... Thanks~~

Hmm... well.. so far... apart from this survey job... also looking to other jobs... to be honest... i'm abit "sian" of my archery job liao... want to do some office jobs... never tried them... all my part-time jobs so far had been manual hard labour... time for a change man...

Hmm... nothing much to blog nowadays le... boring life....

That's all i guess...

Happy Birthday, Bro...

2008-06-12T23:59:00.001+08:00

Went for my dog walking today... saw quite abit of new entrants... that means newly abandoned dogs... there's a Labrador, and a few small dogs... a schizter i think... not sure how to spell it... haha

Anyway... the Labrador was quite another nice dog... somewhat similar to the Golden Retriever... very gentle.. and friendly with the walkers...

I guess this shows quite a sad sight... there's more households dumping small dogs.. which is not very nice... why buy it in the first place then?
And to think that the dogs are still in very good condition... if i can put it that way...

Looks like more education is needed... responsible ownership...

Oh well..

Anyway... today is more brother's birthday..

Happy Birthday Bro.... ^_^

In search of a hybrid bicycle...

2008-06-11T23:59:00.004+08:00

I went with TYS on a cycling trip today, in search of a new hybrid bicycle.... he wanted to get one... then i also shun bian check out new bicycles... considering getting one as well...

We went all over the east... actually not all over... mainly from ubi, then to East Coast Road there...

The whole journey was rather enjoyable... except for a small encounter at this particular bicycle shop... at somewhere which I'm not sure... but i know it's in Frankle avenue... and you will know later why i know this...

There's this bicycle shop that we bypass while heading to the one at East Coast Road, which was where TYS made his final decision to get a Scotts bicycle there...
This particular shop... i didn't even take note of the shop name... with the person whom i presume is the owner... seriously irks me with the "looking down on others' attitude...

When we went in to take a look, this AGK (ang gong kia - i call people whom i don't like this...), after TYS told him he looking for a hybrid, he just went out of the shop to show us some bicycles that are stationed outside the shop, and told us that this particular bicycle should be what we can best afford (something to that term)...
It was upon hearing this comment that i got abit pissed off already... though he went on to describe the bicycle to TYS... i wasn't that interested anymore...
I mean... you didn't ask for our budget or anything... just by looking at us, you presume we cannot afford any bicycle above $800?? Or even a $1000?
Though that may be the case.. is that the way to treat a customer? His words clearly showed a "qiao bu qi ren" attitude.... and based on my observation... he's obviously more interested in serving the ang mohs....
The next thing was that when TYS asked if his shop only have this brand of bicycles - i mean... hey.... we chance upon the bicycle shop, so decided to take a look... how we know what is the shop about??? - he arrogantly (or so i felt his attitude) told us that his shop is not just any bike shop on Frankle avenue... it's the sole distributor for this AGK brand in South-East Asia...

Wow.... great... anyway... you've confirmed loose me as a customer... no matter how rich i am... i won't bother looking at that brand of bicycle anymore... maybe until they decide to change the distributor...
Really arrogant AGK....

The thing was that he was talking to TYS mostly... so I wasn't that angry....relatively... i mean... if he talked to me this way... i think i would gladly give him a few pieces of my mind right there and then... and tell him off about his arrogant attitude...
By the way... he felt like a "gay" to me... so maybe he can really become AGK - Arrogant Gay Kia...

Along the way... we were talking... actually it was me who was most pissed.. so i was saying that if i am very rich next time... i will just go back there... and buy the whole shop... than make him wash my toilet....

Anger thoughts... Haiz... I mean... even if i am that rich in future... i think i wouldn't spend my money like that... maybe I'll just buy over his distributor rights... make his business to become my business... or maybe just open a super bicycle shop beside him.. snatch all his customers...

Pardon me for the anger in my entry today... just felt the anger... unjust.... whatever...

Haiz...

Anyway... think TYS got a good deal at this bike shop at East Coast Road... it's a pretty good bicycle.... yup... it may not be as expensive as the Frankle avenue stupid bicycle shop... but it sure is not gay....
No offense to gays though.... just that AGK...

That's all...

Finally.... I'm back... and free....

2008-06-09T22:41:00.004+08:00

It's been a rather long week last week.... actually it doesn't feel as long... because i was basically kept on my toes from day 1 till the end... and so the days seem to pass rather quickly, when i didn't notice it... haha...

Let me start with my day first... haha... then i shall go into my ICT....

Today had been rather strenuous.... i went for a 4.3km run at Bedok Reservoir in the late afternoon.. and the sun was very very hot... i decided to maintain my training momentum, after running a timing of 11min 25s for my ICT IPPT... which was like the fastest timing since i ORDied... and so i decided to improve on it there and that... and so.. went for a run...
But perhaps i had been sleeping too much for the past 2 days... and today as well... my run was rather lethargic... haha..
By the way.. the sleep was rather necessary.. i'll explain more when i go into my ICT...
After the run... i went to do some static trainings... and i was attempting a wide-arm over-grab pull-up style... when i think i sort of pulled the muscle in my right arm... still abit sore now... haha...
I saw my friend did this style during the IPPT... and i thought it looked very nice... haha... so now i am going to un-train my under-grab style, and change to the wide arm over-grab version... will take some time to do that... but i am going to give it a shot... since i so free nowadays.. haha.. just train everyday... i'm sure i can master it...

But well.. not today... let my arm rest... haha...

Following that... i went home for a break... and headed now to the sheltered community center for some basketball game... was planning to do some shoots here and there... but got people there jio me play match.... so went ahead lor...
It was rather fun.. getting back to playing matches... lost 1 game.. and won 1 game... and to be honest... i would say i was rather important in the group... because i have 2 shooters who cannot shoot... or do anything effective.. and an old man... who is quite good despite his age.. just that shooting also not as good...
There's one that's quite irritating though... one of the cannot shoot shooters... he keeps clapping twice whenever he wants the ball... and it's irritating me... i mean... can't you just shout out or something? There was once when i passed the ball to him... and he was in the midst of clapping.. then he have to stop and grab the ball immediately... it looks very lame... seriously...
And i say again... it is irritating...
Anyway.. the 2 shooters... young boys... maybe 16 or so... i can't understand them.. i am already in the center area... and i am always getting the rebounds... so why do they have to come in and always fight with me over the rebound... then whenever i get the ball... they show me a stupid face... and make stupid sounds.... Haiz.... not that i want to say this... but i think they are rather dumb players... literally...

Anyway... that's about that.... now i am feeling my head burning.. think too much heat... as well as too much strenuous exercises... haha

My ICT.... well well... think i can't reveal much...

But let's just say... i was busy right from the first day... officially taking over as a PS... Wow.... it is really a busy position man...
From the first day... I'm like running the platoon already... taking over stuffs... ensuring the platoon have this and that.. do this and that.. on average... i wake up at 0600hrs, and go to bed at 0100hrs... sometimes even later... got alot of administrative stuffs to do...

The 2 toughest days included a whole day of events... the first being our live shoot and some infantry battle course thing... and since i haven't done any fire and movement since i entered the mortar platoon... it was kinda tiring... especially since i was in the demonstrating detail.... and with the whole exam month of no-exercise... i was grasping for air till the end....
The course was basically fire and movement through the length of route about that of SOC... but throughout you have to clear alot of obstacles.. tunnels...crawl in mud... not to mention that it rained in the morning... and so... we were all wet when we finished....

The other day... which as the 2nd last day... was a combination of IPPT and our platoon drills.... i thought i can't perform much for IPPT... due to my whole month of non-exercise.. bu surprisingly... i managed to complete 8 pull-ups... and everything else was silver grade.. except for my SBJ... as usual... only managed to pass... the more surprising thing was my 2.4km run... i managed a 11min 25s... the fastest since I ORDied... so i was kinda happy... haha... and so i am going to improve on it... as mentioned earlier... until a gold standard... haha... we shall see man...

On the same day.. i slept at close to 0500hrs... because we had to clean arms till super good standard... plus sending in all our stores and all...
And as a PS... as usual... i have to ensure this and that... and i am always called out to settle something while cleaning arms... which makes me the last to finish cleaning everything...
Then i got a specialist who suddenly have to go hospital.. then i have to arrange for him to be send back to camp.... which was about 0500hrs.... and so i could only sleep by then..
The next day... i woke up at 0600hrs...

Wow..... am i power or what...

Well.... on the whole... i would say the ICT was rather fine... things went about smoothly... i get to see and work with my platoon mates again... and this time i had more commanders with me.. including the first-year commanders... had to do some integration with them....
On the last day though... driving to NUS to meet up with my brother was rather dangerous... i kept wanting to sleep... eyes giving way... and so i had to blast the music.. and slap myself to keep myself awake... and i keep making wrong turns as well...making the journey even longer.... luckily i got to my brother safe and sound... and after that he took over the wheels.. while i go sleep...
The sleep deprivation from the past week was so powerful.... i kept sleeping throughout the weekend.... dono why... just wanted to sleep.... and sleep.... haha...

But well.. finally today i am awake enough to start training up... and blog around....

Haha... think that's about all...

Now... my priority would eb to look for a job... go Sabah for my diving lessons... and also train up for improving my IPPT...

That's all...

ICT... 020608 ~ 060608.....

2008-06-01T23:35:00.003+08:00

Yup..having ICT... for the next 5 days... and i like just finish my exams.. so one thing after another... go out... play basketball... go Zouk....go SPCA... go swim.... play somemore basketball.... i also no time to blog... haha..

Yup.. surprisingly.. i went Zouk... on Wednesday night... well... peer pressure... it's a group thingy.. celebrate end of exams....
Although it's not exactly my thing, I do enjoy it abit... guess because it's a group thing...

That's that... haha...

This is rather last minute... going to sleep le..

Yar... so you won't see me till this coming Friday... haha...

Guess that's all... cya till then....

Hmm.... -_-

2008-05-20T21:33:00.002+08:00

Just had 2 papers today... Principles of Sociology... and Introduction to Information System....

Hmmm.....

-_-

Alright.... honestly... i don't think i did well for PSOC... in fact... i think it's bad... my concepts were not there man... can't remember who's who and their theories.... darn....

But on the other hand... my IS paper... which was just after the PSOC... I would say... it was easy... in fact... abit too easy.... hmmm...

So that sort of balanced my feelings....

My PSOC ended at 1300hrs... but we have to wait for the invigilators to finish checking and everything... then during lunch, i had to wait very long for my food.. because there was only 1 cook... and in the end... after i finished my lunch... it's time to go in for my IS paper at 1430hrs.... so i didn't get to revise... much....

Lucky it was all in me yesterday.... haha...

Think they really shouldn't do this me... put 2 papers together... it is really not good for us students... but the reason SIM gave us... well... they can't change... then say what last time go people 2 days take 4 papers... i wonder what's his/her grades sia....

No student welfare man... Haiz....

Pay so much money somemore....

Haiz.....

2 more to go... IBM and Programming.... ending on the 28th May....

Hoo-arh....

It's an on-going battle...

2008-05-11T22:24:00.003+08:00

Still in the midst of my exams... but well... taking a break now... blog abit...

Had my first paper last Friday morning, Statistic 1... hmm... i would say... i was rather confident of the paper... though i did not have enough time to completely finish my last question... and didn't have time to check through 1 or 2 questions...

But still, on the whole.. i believe it should be quite good.... haha... hopefully...

Attended a 21st Birthday Party of a SIM friend yesterday... she held it at Botanic Garden... Wow....

But before that... i feel like i should describe two situations that happened before i went there....

First up... i offered to fetch my friends from Orchard, at a public carpark infront of cineleisure... forgetting got ERP.... haha... ok... that one i guess no choice... have to pay one... the thing is... i exited from CTE, going down all the way... and though i could turn left into the carpark...
The problem was.... i can't.. and so i made a big round trying to get back through another side... without going into another ERP...
In the end... i realised i will waste more fuel driving around... and so.... Haiz.... donated another dollar to the government....
Sianz.... i think the ERPs in Orchard are really a killer man.... just a wrong turn... and you could get hit with another ERP.... feel quite "dui"... but no choice.... Haiz...

The 2nd thing was... i was trying to cut into a left lane to turn left into Grange road... i saw a bus coming in... i had already signalled my intentions for awhile.. and inched leftwards...
I was trying to see if the bus would give way... but in the end... i sort of made a rash decision to just cut in.... haha...
And so.... i was horned like no body's business.... ok.. fine... i do admit i have some fault there... but the thing that is most annoying is that... even after i've made the turn, and on the bus lane (but it wasn't the red lane ones), the bus that i cut carry on to horn me....
I initially wasn't too aware of it... because my friends were talking rather loudly, and i was trying to cut to the right to move out of the bus lane... but upon hearing my friends mentioning the bus horning me, i begin to get abit irritated...
I mean... ok.. fine.. maybe i was in the wrong... but is there a need to keep on horning me?
I've been trying to cut left (at that time), and the bus just doesn't want to give way... when i have already inched into the turn left lane.... and so that's why i decided to just cut in.... i mean... you are approaching a left turn.. how fast do you intend to go? And why can't you just let me go, when i am already into your lane?
I think this really shows the attitude of the bus driver... and the bus was from a the smaller public bus company...

Haiz.... oh well.... i don't remember the exact details.... but i do admit i have some fault... but that driver is a real jerk... big bully....
I considered writing to the bus company... but knowing that they are just going to give me another standard answer... i decided against it... i received one the other time when i suggested installing video cameras at MRTs....

Oh well... then again... i just went to their website and sent an email... haha...

And yup... that's the 2 things that happened... went for the party... it was kinda hot... because it was an open space thing... with an air-conditioned room meant for dancing... and since it's not my thing... i did not step into that room...
Following that... i went with my other SIM friends to Dempsley there for a drink... they drank... i didn't... just sit there and eat nuts.... haha...
And yup... after that, sent some of them to the MRT... then went home...

Just went for a run.... 6 rounds on the outer-most lane of the 400m track... haven't been running and exercising for very long.. so took a medium speed run... it sure felt good...
Got to maintain some fitness... because i'm going to have to take IPPT during my ICT... and it's not nice if a commander fails... or just pass... especially a PS.... haha...
SO well... got to take responsibility for myself... maintain some training...

Hmmm... guess that's all... tomorrow i'm heading to school to study.. and maybe try out the new gym... haha..

That' all~~~

Bringing joy to others...

2008-04-25T23:34:00.004+08:00

Someone told me once that my blog was a source of entertainment....
Hmmm.... i think that's quite a compliment... haha...

Afterall... i figured that we are actually born into these world to bring joy to others... haha...

Take it this way... you play games with your friends, they are happy... you do volunteer work, you make the receiver happy.... when you donate money or buy things, the person at the receiving end of your cash will be happy...
When you loose a game, your opponent is happy....
Even when you get rob, you make the thieve happy.... ^_^

So... isn't it quite right that your purpose in this world is to bring joy to others?

I've been watching some Korean and Japanese movies lately... and i have been doing some comparisons...
Generally... i think Korean shows score much higher.... maybe it's the way they direct their shows... it kinda attracts me more... can't tell why...
On the other hand, Japanese movies tend to be rather moody... and though they can be very touching at times, it doesn't seem to attract me that much... except well.. the actress are much prettier... haha....

So... hmm... the best would be to get Japanese actors and actress in a Korean movie... haha.... and they actually did that... well.. the opposite...
There was this movie, entitled "Virgin Snow" .... no.. it's not some R(A) show... it's quite a touching movie actually... they got a Korean actor (the one is "The King and the Clown", or something or clown and king) in this Japanese directed movie...

Hmmm... oh well.... nothing much to say liao.... tomorrow got to go school... for my programming lesson.... i honestly think there is not much point in going.. the lecturer is seriously quite screwed up... honestly.... it's really much better reading up on your own....
But well.. i'll still go... give some respect... it's the last lesson anyway.... i mean.. he's ok as a person lar....

That's all.... tada...

A nice evening run....

2008-04-23T22:52:00.002+08:00

It's been some time.. but i finally did it... haha....

I went for a short run... 4.3km... at Bedok Reservoir...

For the past few weeks... I've been busy with school lessons and studying in school... so much so that i did not manage to do much exercise, save for a short basketball session with LYL...
(To L: in case you are reading.... that's your name's first letter... haha)

Anyway, through the match... i can found out that i really sucked at basketball already.. as well as my stamina... haha... really getting weak... all that studying and sitting at the table is making me a dull boy....-_-"

For the past 2 days... i have been spending the entire day at school.. sitting on the bench... studying... and that really made me back ach (because the bench and seat proportion is not very good), and my butt is sore (from sitting too long)... and my legs rubbery... haha... never move for too long...

And i am thinking... well... this won't do man.. i got to incorporate exercise into my daily routine...

The only problem is that i can't do that at school... because once i leave the bench.... no seats liao... the school tables are hot properties now man.... they get snapped up right after you leave... haha... it's that kua zhang... and if you come later than 1000hrs... no space liao...

Everybody's studying in school...

Hmm.. so i was thinking of maybe go study.. from 0700hrs to 1900hrs, then after that go L's house for a swim.. think that would be a nice idea... haha...

Oh well.. see how ba...

Got to go... tomorrow still got to go dog walking...

FCH~~~

How do i live without you....

2008-04-17T21:54:00.004+08:00

Ok... in case anyone is thinking that i am involved in some ship or what-so-ever... nope... haha.... that's the title of a song that i just heard (the title should be correct)... at the end of the movie "Con-Air"... and i'm not really sure why, but i suddenly found it very touching.... haha..

And so.. i went for the net and search for it...

Suddenly remembered that there was another old English song that i liked..."Because you loved me" by Celine Dion... haha..

I think these classics really have the power to touch you.... haha...

Oh well...

Today just got back from my dog walking....

And i would say... well... sometimes keeping a big dog... may be abit dangerous... especially dogs like Huskies...
Their notion of play.... may not be manageable for some people.. especially of smaller size...
Today, i experienced a Husky biting at my food pouch and strap.... it wanted to get more food.... and so i was tugging at it... pressing it down.... and boy... was it strong (lucky i was stronger.. ^_^)
I was kinda bitten on the finger... but at least it didn't bite down... just those small pressure type... and that dog practically climbed onto me...

Well... aside from some scratches here and there... and alot of dirt mark on my clothes... i was still in 1 piece...
But please don't get me wrong... i am still a dog-lover... and i think this is part and parcel of managing a dog... but it's a good precaution for smaller size people not to rear big dogs... it would be hard to control them when they turn hostile...
By the way, the husky, when it was on all fours, is already at my thigh level... around there... so imagine it pounding on you...

Wow....

I still love dogs... muahahaha...

That's all.. go study le...

E1 Completed~~~ And i finally got my master key....

2008-04-12T23:59:00.005+08:00

Had my Japanese Elementary 1 Test just now... my last lesson for E1... ^_^
Well.. at least i now have some form of basic knowledge of the language... going on to E2 the week after next...

But well... that is not before i went on to complete some troublesome chores... Haiz...

Had a rather dry IBM UOL lesson in the morning, from 1000hrs to 1600hrs.... and after that, i went down to the car firm... to finally collect my car master key....

Haiz... it had been such a tiring process man... just talking about it drains my energy.. and infuriates me....

Haiz....

Let me began right from the start...

First grouse.... was when i went to collect my car...

The first thing... the car wasn't in a showroom condition... there were visible rain marks... i believe the car was waxed, and they drove to the showroom.. but on the way it rained, but they didn't bother to clean up after that... i have to tell them to do it... i mean.... hey... i am buying a new car from you guys, and you are going to give me a car with all the dirt marks and all???
Hello???? You ok or not???/

And i only got the spare key, which doesn't have the remote control, because the master key have not arrived... i was told the next week it will be reach...
Oh yar... and i seriously don't like the way the lady boss spoke to me... seriously a lack of customer respect...
Hey, i may be younger than you, but i am still your customer... better show some respect...

And another big issue... the brake area of the 2 front wheels shows a clearly rusting sign... and when i asked about it, i was told it is normal.... -_-"
Hey, i sell you a car with rust here and there lar... you happy or not?
*In the end, i got it removed during my first servicing...

Second thing.... i waited super long for the master key... 1 week's wait lead to another week... it was getting on my nerves... it is extremely troublesome to have to lock and open the car from the driver seat manually...
Oh yar... and i realised that the remote control to the car radio system is not working.... and i keep forgetting to ask them to sort this problem out whenever i go there...

Anyway, the main thing that is infuriating me is the arrival of the master key.... as mentioned.. i waited 1 week, just to be told it would take another week(which was this week)... and from Thursday, to Friday, and finally today then i managed to get my key...

The worst thing was.... i was arranged by my point of contact (POC) to go collect the key from the shop on Thursday, but when i reach, the person i should contact is not around, and after some calls, i found out that the key hadn't been taken... and i wasn't informed earlier... wasn't told anything... until i call up to check.... i made a wasted trip down there... and i am seriously not very happy...
From Thursday.... i was promised a Friday can take liao....

The whole Friday... i waited for a call to go collect the key... no news at all... i couldn't get through on the phone to my POC... it was only after i called the shop itself, and spoke to the manager, only to realised that they key still haven't been taken...
Another broken promise....Getting very pissed off.... and i was informed of this by my POC after i made that call...

And finally... today... i was informed that i can get the key already... and i seriously think... there's not much of a point in waiting for my POC to get it from me or whatsoever... i went down personally to get it... and i showed my displeasure to the boss... seriously man...
But the thing was... the manager and the boss were very apologetic.... and in the end... i decided to let it rest... but i still forgot to check with them on the damm remote control...
Man... i hate myself man... should have given them all a earful....make them wake up their idea.... I'm too easily pleased...

Haiz.... i always thought i could trust this POC... but it looks like i was wrong... it would have seriously been much more efficient if i had dealt with the manager from the start... or even the boss for that matter...

This whole incident has really been infuriating me... so much so... even when i write this... i am boiling within myself....

The worst thing is that... this POC... is a friend.... so how do you go about scolding a friend over this type of atrocious services?
I wouldn't deny that he did help me a great deal to get good deal for my car... at least i think so...though looking through the newspaper seem to make me doubt myself... shan't go into details for this.... but his mis-coordination and alot of all this not informing me about things and stuffs.... I mean... even there is a limit to a friend's tolerance...
Put it this way... had i been a stranger customer, i believe he would have been scolded good and proper... because that was what i intended to do, had he not been a friend... i holded back alot for him man....

Even up till now... i still have some stuffs with my POC... and he still haven't seek to arrange a time to return me the stuffs...
For the whole key issue... i was the one who kept reminding him about it... asking when can i get it... and the whole time, he wasn't free to help me get it or something... i had to go get from the manager... is this how you serve a customer?

I don't know man.. do i need to go all the way up to your house to get back my stuff?
After all the trips you made me go to the shop just for a stupid master key? Wasted trips... broken promises and all????

One thing i am sure now though... the image of Parallel Importers (PIs) is already spoilt to me.... i would seriously re-consider getting a car from PIs next time.. or from a friend... for that matters...

Getting emotional.... Haiz... go sleep liao.. maybe i will feel better...

4.8KM Run at Bedok Resevoir....

2008-04-09T22:13:00.002+08:00

Went for a run at Bedok Resevoir just now... ran a relaxing 4.8km....

Been a very long time since i ran this distance... think since i finish the marathon last year... i stopped running long distances... haha.... only did 2.4km to train for my IPPT....

Legs abit sore now... haha.... but it's a good run...

After attending my ICT briefing last Saturday... i was rather motivated to train seriously for my IPPT.... got some rather motivational talk by the 9Division commander... a Brigadier General.... haha... IPPT is a form of commitment...it's not only a test.... train not only to pass it, but also train for it for your fitness.... he mentioned something like that...

Anyway..... since my last poor performance of a pass at my last window... i am going to improve it for this window... and another thing is... come June, during my ICT.... the CO have told us that he is going to have a IPPT every in-camp.... and so.... to prevent looking bad... i mean... i am now officially the Platoon Sergeant... cannot be fail IPPT, or just pass.... it's rather un-becoming of a commander... so i am going to work hard for it... haha...

Going to service my new car tomorrow.... nearing 900km liao... so after i go school and elsewhere... the mileage would be about there le... so can go service....

Abit irritated.... not blaming anyone here though... but i was told my car only come with a normal spare key, and a master key with remote control...
So the question now is... if i lock my key with the remote control, and a family member want to use the car with the spare key, how can he/she open it without triggering the alarm?

I mean...i haven't bought any PI cars before... so i'm not sure what's the standard... but so far... all the car that i've had comes with 2 remote control keys... so well... see how ba... tomorrow going down to the shop to get my master key... see can make it to become 2 or not...
Because after 2 weeks of opening and locking the car with the spare key... it is rather irritating.... and troublesome.... and yar... you know what i mean...

So well... see how ba...

That's all...

Oh man...

2008-04-04T23:58:00.003+08:00

Oh man... i just committed a very serious sin.... it's gruesome and horrible....

Darn....

I just killed a rat....

Ok... to be fair... i wouldn't say i intentionally wanted to kill it... here's the story...

I as cycling home after my life-saving lesson... and upon nearing my house... out of the corner of my eye... i saw a shadow darting across my bicycle... in between the 2 wheels... very near to the back wheel...
Next thing i know... i felt a "thud"... and i instantaneously recall that i did see something dart past... and so i went back for a look...
And there it was... the rat... lying sideways... motionless...

I didn't see any other visible injuries... maybe it was too dark.... but i think i saw some liquid around it... can't make out what it was though...

I was kinda stunned... i just stared at it for some time... and at last.... seeing that it won't jump back to life... and i don't think i should handle it in anyway... i mean... rats are not exactly the cleanest animals around... especially street rats... and thus... i went back home...

The feeling of the "thud"... suddenly going over something... alive.... can't describe it man.. it just felt absolutely sick...... Arrghhh......

Oh man.... I've just killed a living thing.... think it's my first time on a mammal....

But hey.... it just suddenly dart out.... i couldn't have stopped in time... in fact.. if i had e-brake... i think my back wheel would either be standing on top of it... or drag it across the road.... it would have been worst...

Although in a way.. I know it's not exactly my fault... I couldn't have prevented it... i was going at some speed... and another fact is that... well... rats are not exactly a very acceptable mammal on our society... or should i say.... they are considered pest... so it should be good to exterminate them...

But my inner soul... well... feels that i would rather not have done any killing... it's so sick... and it's against my soul.....
I mean.. though i still eat meat and stuffs, i don't do the killing... so it's still acceptable...
I still remember there was once when i went for a steamboat, and my friends just threw the live prawns into the hot soup and hot plate... i felt so disgusted...

I absolutely do not wish to kill man....

Arrgghhh.....

What's done is done... forgive me ok, rat?

I pray that your soul will go in peace....

Ok.. go sleep liao.. tomorrow still got to go for ICT briefing....

A day made nice....

2008-04-03T23:59:00.001+08:00

Went for my dog walking this morning... and i would say i had a pleasant surprise... haha..

I was walking a cross-breed husky back to the shelter, when i chance upon a middle-age man, who parked his blue Mercedes along the path that i was taking... he was wiping his car....

Anyway.... as i walked past... the dog i was walking suddenly went abit closer to the man, staring at him.... then the man just engaged in a conversation with me while greeting the dog with a "Hello"....

But well.. that wasn't the main issue... haha.. the main issue was when he suddenly commented that i was a very kind young man.... ^_^

I was suddenly like... Wow... it feels good to be praised... haha... i mean... i don't remember being praised like that for such a long time... it is especially meaningful if it was made by a stranger...

Wow....

That certainly lifted my spirit for the day...

As i was momentarily stunned... and didn't know what to reply... i just smiled at him... haha...

Anyway.. he is a very kind rich man too... because he told him he adopted a Golden retriever from SPCA some time ago...

Speaking of which... i suddenly don't see any more GRs.... hmm... i guess maybe alot of dog-lovers came down to adopt it le...
Well.. though i may miss walking them... but at least they are now in a good home... which is the best way onward...

Hmm.... oh well...

Starting on my revision already.... 1 last stride for this whole month... i'm going to make it count... Muahaha...

FCH!!!

Busy Weekend....

2008-03-31T23:27:00.003+08:00

It had been a very busy weekend for me... having classes from 1000hrs till 1730.... 7 hours... 1 hour lunch break... for both days....

Oh well... i guess part from missing my basketball sessions... I don't have much to miss... well.. maybe more sleep and slacking around.... which is not good.... haha...

So in a way... i guess it's good to be in school... haha...

Went for a run this evening... haven't done any exercises since 2 weeks ago....i even missed swimming because of my night revision class last week.... so the run was rather refreshing.... and my muscles felt revitalised....

Last Friday, I went for a small army gathering... just a few of the specialists... and in a way... i was sort of eager to share with them my new purchase.... but in another way.. they surprised me with their new purchases as well... haha...
My other mortar specialist who also drives to camp last time, used to drive a Subaru TS.... but that night... he surprised me when he drove up next to me in a Mini.... haha.... $127k woh.... can buy 2 normal plate Rush....
I felt quite happy... seeing that he is doing so well already.... think in some oil firm....so with all the price rise... it's not a surprise.... but anyway, he has always been rich....

Well.. there'll be a big gathering this coming Saturday... we will all be gathering for our ICT briefing... so it's nice to catch up with everyone again....
Those were the days man....

Oh yar.. forgot to mention.... my left little finger injury... from a basketball session about 3 weeks ago.... I've always been ignoring it.... thinking of it as a small problem, and that it will heal itself...
But last week, i finally went to the Chinese physician... because the pain has been going on for so long... and i can't use my little finger... it hurts when i move it...
And last week.... wow.... i thought it couldn't hurt much... because i've tried massaging it myself... but the sinseh proved me wrong... i seriously have no idea how he can pressed till the pain shoots throughout my body....
Ouch man...

And just this evening, after my run.. i went to have it re-assessed again... and though it was much better... and i was still thinking it couldn't hurt as much now....
Haha.... the sinseh proved me wrong again....

Now my little finger is all bandaged up..... lucky it's on the left hand.... but still... it is kinda troublesome...

Oh well... that's all...

Heal my little finger....

A new Era has begun.....

2008-03-28T12:07:00.004+08:00

I just came back from sending my last family car off..... the Nissan Sunny.... it had to go....

Felt abit sad.... haha.... but well... it has to go..... so it had to go.....

Ok.... crapping liao....

Anyway, just passed it to the car salesman to be taken away.... because as mentioned before... my family is trading in 2 cars to change to one...
The Picanto was handed over by my brother at NUS yesterday....

And all of this would have mean.... ^_^

Oh yar... forgot to take a picture... later take liao then upload .... ^_^

Well.... the old one don't go, the new one don't come....

Spent quite abit of time last night transferring all the stuffs to the new Rush..... slept rather late because of that... then just now still went on to adjust some stuffs here and there... haha...
Well... it's not everyday you get a new car... so i guess it's normal to want to fiddle around with it...

So far... everything seem fine and good... just abit sian that they haven't pass me the original key... now i have to lock and open the key with a normal house-key-like key... no remote control, no nothing.... sian....

But well... other than that.. i would say... i am very satisfied... haha...

Rush.... ^_^

4646.... ^_^...-_-

2008-03-26T21:55:00.005+08:00

Ta dah.... that's the number of my new Toyota Rush..... ok.. wait... not exactly mine... family... haha...

But well.. haven't' got it yet... going to collect it tomorrow..... ^_^

The number... well.. initially it didn't sound that nice... but after awhile... got used to it... haha
Like i have a choice anyway....

Quite excited about it... haha...

By the way... i went into Singapore Pools to buy 4D for the first time... on this number... bought $10.... if want to win must win big big mah... first time leh.... ^_^
Really noob sia... didn't even know what to know... lucky my friend accompany.... help me fill up the sheets and stuff....
Well... actually he was the one who pyscho-ed my go buy in the first place.... haha..

Oh well.. already saw the results... well... I've never really been luck in this type of "luck-relate" stuffs... so take it as do charity ba.... haha... (trying to console myself)

Anyway... yar...

Been so busy this few days.... attending the First Aid Course (FAC)... 3 days... Tuesday till tomorrow... it's a requirement for my NCAP Level 1 Coach license....

So tomorrow i am going to be real busy.... after finishing my FAC tomorrow afternoon.. having the final test by the way, i have to head down to the car mall to inspect and get my car, then after that go for lessons in school....

Busy busy busy....

Been catching some Korean movies on VEOH recently... and i think... i'm kinda addicted... haha...
There so many funny and touching shows which i have been missing... but thanks to this thing... haha..... can watch for free...

Anyway... i think maybe i've made a mistake in learning Japanese... maybe i should have gone for Korean instead... haha....

Movies wise, i think it's the Korean movies that are attracting me.... like Windstruck, my Sassy Girl.... Japanese movies doesn't seem to have that great an effect...
And worst still... Japan is now facing a very tight market... so should i say.... filled up.... everything there is getting very expensive... not a very good place to venture into i guess...

The only thing that is touching me are the songs by Ayumi Hamasaki.... hmmm...
And well.. Korean language sounds quite rude....

Oh well... already going to finish my E1... maybe i'll finish up with Japanese, then go on to learn Korean.... haha...

Multi- lingual man....

That's all~~~

Happy Birthday, Mum!!!

2008-03-21T23:59:00.001+08:00

Today is my Mum's birthday... haha.... hitting the 1/2 century mark liao...

Had just a small celebration at home... going to wait for my dad to come back this weekend, then we go for a big celebration.... haha..

Well... in case the cake looked similar to mine... well... it's about the same... because i choose one.. haha....

Happy Birthday Mum!!!

The sad story of a Golden Retriever...

2008-03-20T23:59:00.001+08:00

Went for my dog-walking at SPCA this morning... carried on with it despite the rain... and also despite the fact that i was quite tired by the late night outing last night... haha...

Well.... the dogs need their walks....

Anyway... seeing lesser Huskies left there... but there's still 2 Golden Retriever (GR)... and i think it's kinda sad....

After the walk... i went into the cages to play with the 2 GRs... they were in separate cages... i went into the first one... and i had a hard time getting out.... the first GR was so excited with a human... it just hang on to me... refusing to let me go.... once i open the cage door, it will just try to dash out with me...

It feels kinda sad... because i have the feeling that it wanted to go back to the company of humans very much... the comfort of a warm family in a house, instead of being caged up... so it is actively trying to get any human owners.....

It's sad....

After i finally manage to get out... it barked at me.... i guessed it was it's way of scolding me for not bringing it out together... something like that... -_-

Haiz... really sad life...

The 2nd GR.. the name's Prince.... he was a much better tempered GR.... he was rather silent and steady throughout... not sure if that should be normal... he just walked around me... not as fiercely active as the 1st GR... but he just gave me a very sad feeling.... like he already knew that he will be spending some time there... and i am not the one who will bring him out.... but he was still very friendly to me.....

Haiz... if i am living in a private estate.... i would straight away just adopt this Prince.... he just touched me as a dog.... really good tempered and calm dog...

Following that... i went to check out the cats adn rabbit cages.... and that's when i started wondering.. maybe it would be good to start with rearing either one.... the first and foremost thing is that... they are so much cleaner... and not that smelly... haha... rather low maintenance... you can just leave them to themselves for a long period of time.. and they won't go crazy...

Given my irregular schedules... maybe getting a cat would be a better idea.... at least they would interact with you more than a rabbit.... rabbits are rather "dao".. based on my observations...

Hmmm.... got to give it more thoughts first...

Oh well... a rather emotional trip this morning....

After that, i went home and was knocked out... all the way till it's time for my Japanese lessons...

Going to finish my Elementary 1 (E1) soon.... going on to E2.. then E3.. then can go for JLPT 4 liao... think that is going to take at least till the end of this year....

Hmmm... so far so good... having a test at the end of my course... shouldn't be much of a problem... maybe after getting my JLPT 4, i would decide to change schools or something... see how ba.... haha

That's all....

My Birthday Celebration with the MK Gang...

2008-03-19T23:59:00.001+08:00

Had a belated birthday celebration with the MK gang today... well... it was a combined birthday celebration together with Luis's girlfriend, Yan Li.... haha... her's is on the 21st March... same as my mum.... and so we decided to have a combined celebration in between both dates...

Anyway,before the celebration... i went for work, then went home to get changed, before moving out to the birthday celebration venue, at the Sakura (Clementi), just opposite NUS engineering block... a buffet restaurant...

I didn't know this place actually existed... in fact... i couldn't even find it... i had to make a few U-turns before i finally managed to find it.... haha... it's at such an isolated location.... but i guess that's what makes it special.... it has such a nice ambience as a stand alone restaurant... not to mention that the food is really great... ^_^

Really a nice place... haha.... maybe next time I'll bring my family here...

I ate till i was so full.... it was kinda uncomfortable..... actually i didn't eat alot... i guess either my appetite has decreased, maybe due to my illness from the day before... in fact.. i just recovered this afternoon... and it could be the fact that i had a light meal before going... i didn't know it was a buffet.... -_-"

Wasted.... haha.....

This is one of the recommended dish, the salmon... really nice and tasty... and the sauce is just fantastic...

Yan Li, Heok Kia and Nelson on the other side of the table...

And Luis and me, on the opposite side.....

Gathering for a group shot.... with the aid of my S5 and stand... haha... took a picture of my car as well... because i am going to change car soon.... haha....

Oops... keep it a secret first.... ^_^

After that, we went for pool, at a Bukit Timah shopping center... found out that i've really lost my feel... haha... aiming is so off.... actually not very off... but it's not accurate... so teh balls always end up hitting the side of the hole.... -_-"
But it was fun... been a long time since we last played pool together.... haha...

Then since HK and Nelson had some school stuff to work on, we left early.....

It was a awesome celebration today man.... nice food... food friends.... haha.....

Thanks guys!!!

22....

2008-03-18T21:56:00.004+08:00

Today is my birthday..... ^_^

Well... turned 22 already.... Haha....

But the only downside is that... well... i spent this few days in a sick form... had a terrible running nose.. sore throat... and abit of fever...

Think i was infected by the air con in one of SIM's lecture hall... smelt something weird the moment i went in for my lesson.... and subsequently just developed a running nose.... and start sneezing...

Haiz....

But i guess i am already sort of sickly from the past weekend... spent quite abit of time under the Sun... had a archery project on Saturday, plus played basketball on Sunday.... my face was kinda burnt...
I think the weather is getting rather hot nowadays... and rather sunny.... not a good sign...

Anyway, i had a small celebration with my SIM friends on the eve... with 4 guy friends... we went to Bukit Timah Centre and played pool... followed by dinner...
Pool was rather ok... though it's been ages since i last played... my aiming and "feel" was rather terrible... haha... but still manage to win some matches... haha...not bad...

Our dinner wise... i think it was a mistake... haha... i decided to eat something else other then the usual Indian food we always had, so in the end we went to a Korean restaurant...
The first issue was that... there wasn't any food that i see on the menu that is to my liking... there's no hotplate stuffs like the Korean food in foodcourts...
Secondly... the waiter seem rather unsure... it's like everything i ask... he's not very sure.... and i think he is from China... in fact... i think the whole crew of them are from China...

In the end, we had no choice... we ordered a big bowl of some spicy stuff to share amongst all of us... it's wasn't that great... they replaced the pork content with hotdogs... because i had a friend who don't take pork... kinda cheapo i would say....
But the main thing was... it wasn't that great... and it was rather expensive for some food that is not nice... in fact... very....
Since it was a celebration for me.. i decided to pick the tab.... haha.... costly not nice meal... -_-"

Today.... i had another celebration... haha...

In the morning... i went to the Bras Brasah Complex.. wanting to get pens with Chinese engraving of my family names, for my family.. as well as one for myself... haha...
The only problem was that... well... the shop wasn't open today.... and there's no indication of any sort at the shutters... i waited for 2 hours before giving up.... and went home.. empty handed...

In the evening, I went for a small celebration with my JC classmates... actually only 2 of them... De Jian and my Tu Er.... haha.... wanted to keep it small and easy... we went to Block 85 for dinner... ate quite abit... which i shouldn't have... i haven't recovered from my illness.... but well... heck.... it's my Birthday.... Haha....

By the way, thanks for the gift... haha.. ^_^

Had a small celebration with my family at home just now... just a small cake... haha... because there's only my brother and me eating the cake... my mum cannot eat due to the sugar content... so basically we each took half... and finished it of...

On my 22nd Birthday.... well... just want to make some change to myself...

First, i shall let all grievances, grouses, hatred... and whatever injustice that i may have suffered be gone... they shall be passed along with history...
And as such... i shall stop calling people names.... haha... I've been rather guilty of them... and well.... bear no grouses against anyone....

I wish to start my life anew... haha....

Any mistakes that i may have made.... i hope they will be passed into history as well... and well... let's face the world anew...

And to my FCH.... i am coming for you.... Muahahahaha....

Hmmm.... think that's all ba.... go rest liao... really not feeling good... Haiz... and tomorrow i still got to work......

Haiz.....

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Sian....

2008-03-16T16:03:00.002+08:00

Darn... just wanted to book my IPPT for tomorrow... it's the last day of my window.... and i wanted to go for a silver tomorrow...

The problem is... i have to book by 1200 today..... and i've already over shot the time...

Arrgghh.... damm wasted... i feel so ready for my silver... and another thing is... as a commander... getting a pass is really not acceptable for me....

Haiz... there goes $100..... sian.....

But then again.... well... i may not get it... my problem is with my SBJ... the other events are all ok... SBJ is more of a on-off temperate event...

Well... i guess i should start training up more now... aim for a Gold next year... compensate for my loss.... haha...

Oh well... still feel abit wasted....

Haiz.....

Angry Rainy Day....

2008-03-13T21:22:00.003+08:00

Some idiot released all the air in my bicycle just now... at the MRT....

And i have to walk with my bicycle home in the rain because of that....

I wish the idiot ^&&*&(^&%$$#$@%()_ *^&%^$&*(&)(*)....

At the same time... i wish the idiot well... so that he/she will not have to go through what I've gone through... walking in the rain, pushing a deflated bicycle.... wet... and cold....

Haiz.... oh well...

Anyway, i just shot an email to SMRT... requesting for more camera surveillance around the bicycle parks.... i hope they would really consider it.... I've heard too many stories of bicycles being stolen from the MRTs.... from friends.... rumours... even i myself lost a bicycle to the MRT thieves already...
Actually it's not me, but my brother......

I believe it's high time they do something about it.... a business organisations is not only about profit earning... it's also about being a good corporate citizen... taking care of the general public...
With so many bicycle users at the MRT.... it would benefit them in retaining loyalty of the users, especially the cyclists...
Not to mention that having more cameras around would add in security as well, especially terrorists or whatsoever....

Went for my dog walking this morning... saw only 1 Golden retriever and 2 huskies left.... either they've been adopted, or they are being rotated around... i hope it's the former... this dogs shouldn't have been abandoned.... in fact.. no dogs should be....

In the afternoon, i went for the Canon training workshop... learnt so much more about my camera... it's something that i have always wanted to take up... but reading the manual was too much trouble... i can't even finish my own lecture readings... haha...
Having someone to physically explain the stuffs to you is so much easier.... though i must admit the presenter was abit boring..... -_-

But well... at least i still learn quite abit of things....

Currently... i'm rather hooked on "Gong Zhu Xiao Mei".... haha... anyone got the whole series.. please do lend me..... ^_^
That's all...

Rainy Rainy Week....

2008-03-12T23:46:00.003+08:00

Just been through a rather rainy week... and very cool months...

I haven't used my air-con and fan for dono how long.. save for the occassional switch it on to prevent it from spoiling...

Raining all day long this few days... even during my blading session with some ODAC friends on Tuesday...

Well... i guess they are considered friends... haha... though i haven't been to so many activities... because they are all so expensive man... and require quite abit of traveling... and i practically don't know anyone there.... except for my course mate.... haha...

Guess i'm not too used to it...

But now, at least my good friend is the President of the club... so it'll be easier to be in the club i guess....
And in a way, i was sort of happy... when he began to consult me on activities i've done in my ODAC, since he heard form my other friend that i was the President before.... to be exact... 16th SRJC ODAC President.... ^_^ (hao lian abit... haha....)

And i happily, and proudly, told him about out Mount Ophir trip, which also motivated him to want to do a trip like that too... haha...

Iw as quite enthusiastic with it too... don't mind doing it again..

Had rather beautiful memories of it.... ^_^
And this time, i am going to capture this memories with my Canon S5IS.... Muahahaha....

By the way, i just signed up for my camera training by Canon, a complimentary class for all new purchases... haha... and it's tomorrow... really last minute... i like just registered... haha...

It's at harbour front... so i'll go after my dog walking... better go now while i am still free... haha... next week start revisions liao...

Kinda miss my dog walking already... didn't go last week because of my prelims... so i am sort of looking forward to go tomorrow... haha...

I guess in a way... sometimes, it's really good to have a bond with a dog... it's really.... un-describable.... if there's even such a word...
It's a beautiful world for a dog lover.... haha....

I'm really aiming... next time .. if i have the financial capabilities... i'll get a private home, jsut so i can rear the bigger pure breeds... either a Siberian Husky, or a Golden Retriever... they are in abundance in the SPCA now... which i really think is a sad thing....

Haiz.... what a world.....

Oh well... think that's about all ba....

LDW School of Thoughts...

2008-03-12T00:30:00.002+08:00

I suddenly have an inspiration... to record down a thought of mine... haha...

It is titled.. "Identity lost"....

This takes places when a person, whose personal identity is not strong enough to withstand the influence and pressure from the group identity, thus resulting in the personal identity being taken over by that of the group identity. The personal identity is lost here.

This is especially so in cases of gangs, doing drugs or fighting, seeking trouble. The individuals in the group lost their identity, to conform to that of the group.

The inspiration for this thought came from a remark by our MM LKY, in which he mentioned something like our country is too small to survive on our own, and sooner or later, we will need to merge with some other country. This is when, we, as Singaporeans, would loses our own identity, to join up with the other big countries.

It is also evident when we were a British colony, occupied by the Japanese, and also when we were under the Malaysia rule.

Well.... that's about all... for my SOT. ^_^