Sunday, September 24, 2006

BRONCO...!!!

BAck from my 2 weeks confinement at Tekong...is now in Bronco company.Had absolutely no idea what the heck was Bronco until our OC told us is a horse...cool..haha..

Bunk mates are quite easy to get along and edwin lim, my secondary classmate is coincidentally inside the same bunk as mine..haha..
Food is good man...but sometimes the dishes just get rotated too fast...then u see this dish again..haha...Morning wake up is really something i hate...0515 when the weather is so cooling..

Anyway, did 4 route march n AGR n dumbbell training during the 2 weeks...and b4 we booked out they make sure we r damm exhausted b4 letting us book out....evil huh..haha

booking in in a couple of hours time....and to Eileen ...I am in army liao!!!!haha...blur sotong leh...
will update in a week time provided i dun kena confinement haha....

Take care.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Hero

Tribute to Steve Irwin






Steve Irwin has passed away after being stung by a stingray while fliming for a progamme at the great barrier reef today, 4 sept 2006. My impression of him was a very brave and fearless guy especially towards those crocodiles n venomous snakes which he normally call them names as though they were his sons n daughters. He cared and loved these animals very much especially their enviroment n habitat. This guy deserve all the respect n admiration from all of us n if the animal had feelings i m sure they would too be weeping in their hearts.
Above are some of his pics.

going ARMY.

1 month, tats the time tat this site was nt touched save for the tag box.
Went Bangkok with Hanzhong, Dan n my bro from 26- 3o of august. Sat Swiss Air instead of the normal buget airlines since the diff was ard 20 -30 bucks.n boy the diff was really big ...personalised Tv screen, with games , movies on it..watched the senital while on the way to Bangkok and completed it..haha..nice show and the meal on board was great despite a 2-2.5 hr flight time.
Went shopping most of the time at Chatuchak, MBK and Suan lum. And for u guys going there, Suan Lum is the place to be. Clean enviroment with plenty of items ranging from shirts to household furniture, u name it they have it....moreover they have 4 huge buildings which are all single storey ones. We took 1 nite to finish only 2 buildings...must bargain or else u will kena kan cai tou...
Accomodation was okie, stayed in those kinda of family suite,with hot shower,air-con and even a swimming pool...cool...and best thing was the hotel wasnt cheap by Singapore standard.
Their taxi drivers were friendly despite the language barrier...sit a taxi there, it is real cheap...it cant get any higher than $S4...except going to the airport.

Army PSE status was a real headache, took my third fitness test on the week b4 goin to Bangkok, and imagine the agony inside me when the PTI said NO COUNT when i did my pull ups. I trained for everyday doing till my hand grew blister but still i failed the IPPT. As i had my medical letter on my injured left hand, I showed the PTI b4 doing, and they were like either u do it or u outproc which meant that u failed the test on the spot. Then i decided to downgrade from my Pse B to PSe C, needless to say the downgrade process was swift n there i was with a Pse C status. However after listening some of my frens advice, i decided to switched back to Pse B. And there u go, i m back to square one.again. Gotta trust my hand a lot n will look for the doctor in Tekong if my hand really cannot stand it.

Alrite should write till here....going army in 3 days time....
take care

going ARMY.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

NAtional day's comin..!!!

Been doing nthg much recently,terminated my account at BBDC after the " fatal " incident at Indon,and also partly due to my parents objection...
Frequency of the work at the pool has increased quite a lot...to rd 5 times a week...and it really bores me out!!!.....sian is the best to describe my work man..>

Watched Nacho Libre and Pirates of the caribbean which were fabulous movies but of a different flavour..Nacho was really hilarous esp. the part where the fat wrestler claims to go to a deep deep wild to hide but is managed to be found by his friend becos...the deep deep wild was actually beside the town he previously stayed...haha...
While pirate, having missed first part but no effect on this part was nice except for the first 10 mins when I was trying to figure out wat they were ...but the special effect was good and
the island where the tresure was hidden was beautiful..crystal clear sea water..but the captain plus the crew of the ghost ship was gruelsome...octopus head with a crab claw and the hammerhead shark fella ...dont think i will be able to get within 10 m of them...eek..!!

Bought a mountain bike which i planned to use it more often on cycling trips with my colleagues at the pool...their bikes are really expensive..!!! near $1000....amazed man...!!my bike cost....secret....will be revealed at the next national day on 2007...no la...a fraction of their cost...

national day's coming in a few days time n i wish everyone a happy national day!!!! best hopes for the nation!!

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Indonesia....

Back!!...came back from Indonesia on monday n this trip was really nice n enriching for me..totally different from i had anticipated...

Went horse-riding, droved a mini sized speed boat over there, at their mountainous or should i say hilly reigions, was fun esp when the horse speed increases and one could hear the sound of the horse tip being touched on the ground ..was exciting however my horse had a bit of attitude problem la...and it went very very slow ...haha till the owener came and maked the whip sound b4 it went really fast.

the lamb soup or kumbeng soup over there wasnt as bad as i had tot,the smell as in every lamb soup would defintely possess was completely overcome by the soup base and this really give me a whole new sight to eating mutton.

Rode a bike over there and something somehow unfortunate happened to me n Sam, 2 of us managed to get away with light brusies.and becos of this exp, i m going to stop my bike learning lessons...

and yes, the Indonesian eats horse meat ...haha..was shocked when they told us that the street people were selling horse meat being skewed into sticks,kinda similar to staty.

Martin's relatives n mom treated us as if I and Sam were one of them...buying food for us,asking the maid to wash our clothes...they are really nice n fantastic people...a big thank you to them !!

Went shopping at one of their big shopping center, the taepaek ,dun know if it is the correct spelling...it was big with 7 storeys and each storey was around the size of 2 JP storeys...and ate A & W constantly for 2-3 days since S'pore doesnt have it...haha...their floats n waffles were nice...!!

Not to be forgotten was a guy we called him" Digital D ", why?, this has to do with something with his driving skill, in Indon, most of the families dun drive themselves, instead they employ a driver and this driver drove really fast, in the morning he would use his horn to ward off any obstructing cars and his horn will come on every 30 m...haha in the nite, when it is not considerate to use the horn, he will use his high beam ...haha...on stright roads he could go up to 120 km/h..and this was really fast...his driving skill was really good so tat he could siam all those motobikes whcih in Surabaya was aplenty.

Keropok and those crackers are famous in Surabaya no matter is those raw types or packaged ones, they are avaliable in most retail stores, plastic bags not included...no la..jus kidding..

alrtie should write till here...

take care.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

ages!!

It has been so so long since I last blogged....and really laziness really do play a majority part. Met up with jian bang n gangs at JP over dinner at billy ....discussed abt world cup n the we were all very excited upon hearing about gambling..haha....up to date gambled a bit only on WC 2006 n my winnings or losing were medicore...

Been playing soccer for the past one week as tze yong had to attend police training starting from today....hope the regular soccer games doesnt ends soon...and wishing tze yong all the best and take care for his police career.

had oso been working and really work makes one's life dull...haha...

Going to Indonesia with Martin relative hse together with Sam on the 2lst of this mth..anticipating on the things that we will experience n see...those kanpong style houses ..

meanwhile should end my blog here, will update soon...

I promise.

Saturday, April 29, 2006

it has been ages..

It has been such a long time since I blogged and I had to get back to the previous entry to see whether i had put in stuffs tat i gotta say in this entry....haha...

I passed my driving test liao!!!!!hurray...haha...a bit belated considering it was during march and yeah,tomorrow is labour day,1st of May. And stangely or coincindentally the date of my driving test was the same as my life saving test....looks like this date looks set to have something big happening annually...

Went for the 4/4 chalet organised by Dick n Chye Huat and I must said that u guys were great..the waterbomb games were interesting and everyone were spontaneous in engaging in the game...This time round many people turned up...and this chalet was really successful in bringing 4/4 together....

These few weeks while waiting to my enlistment date of sept 8 was spent on working at JE and also movie n VCD watching. Watched Below 8 on one day and Election 2 on the other at Jurong Pt...2 different kinda of movies and different feelings...
Below 8 was rather touching as it talks on 8 huskey which was left in the antartic waiting for their owner who promised to come back to retrive them, it shows the 8 dogs surviving in the cold on their own, a very touching story given the dogs unitedness where they overcome obstacles and shared food among themselves....worth the price $$$

Election 2 wasnt as good however it shows the brutal ways of how the triad society can go in terms of becoming the chef and earning $$$....this show was gruelsome in the sense tat it used a hammer and this was a larger than norm hammer to knock on a person head and his palm,and then chopped the person into pieces , mince it into small pieces b4 feeding to hungry dogs...Horrible!!! I will never wan to die in this way..

Went pulau Tioman 2 to 3 week ago, for a 3D 2 N stay together with bro,matin n YC...and yes diving was on the card n it was really fun all the fishes which appears to be so close to u and immersed in a world of ur own....saw cuttlefish which was ard 60cm ....and a stingray...but unfort, din managed to saw turtles which other divers said to have spotted, Corals deep under also seems more colourful and also more sea urchins also....spikey black spines are enough to deter u from getting closer to them....made 3 dives in 1 day no doubt tiring but it was really enjoyable...and the funny thing was tat we sang Karaoke in the nite till the owner said cannot sing anymore...LOL...haha....since it was the owner who said we could sing how many songs we could!

Received my application from NTU ..rejected!!!
Nevertheless if i will try again next year....

alrite....shld write till here..

Take Care.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Examssssss over!!!

Finally....!!!! I am able to blog,haha...all these exessive security settings prevents me from accessing into any sites that requires a log-in. And that includes of course my emails as well.

Exams this time,studied quite ok for the first three papers and for the subsequent 2 papers ...din really had the mood..arghx....and with the TV and com just within walking dis, it really distracts y. U guys have any idea y tv programmes during exam are just much more tempting then normal days?

Watched final dest. 3 together with WK n BL...was expecting more but they couldnt turned up,
at westmall on friday, quite similar to saw 2 in the sense that everyone was going to die..is just the way that was different...and it was really horribblee....head stuck by nail tagging gun, body overheated by the suntanning machine...wondered y the police din had any suspicions on the 2 lead actor and actress who was always present whenever accident occurs...
Wei Kian going to Thailand today with his classmates...and then to KL...so happening ...couldnt go as they booked the tickets 2 mths ago and when WK put this matter to us..we din had any formal responses....haiz...going abroad is just so fun...who cares where the place is..

anyway...going to chiong for my driving lessons as my test is on the 14/3/06!!!hope tat day good weather and if possible lesser cars on the road....
Went to be a sort of refree for Chinese Swimming club sparring event...and boy,their poom belts standards were amazing...continous turning kicks, 360,and back hook..wow!!and they were just 10 ,11...their kicks were aimed at head and their braveness should be applauded despite being hitten on their head and continuing fighting..after which went for a wedding which was held at a open area at suntec city...an open concept...cool..food was nice...the bride saw him a few times during CNY...surprised at the numerous activities he took part in....on the video....

working at JE swimming complex later on....

thats all.

Take care.

Friday, February 10, 2006

last day of polytechnic dayS.............

Today is the last day of my polytechnic days..and I ended it by skipping the last lesson...haha...wanted to g0 but nobod seems to be going...

Hmm....think I will be missing Food court six fabulous and cheap food( minus the carribean store)...esp. the malay store.. Over the 3 years, never really paticipated activelly in any activities or CCA ...except to help out in some events or talks....get CCA points ma..Guess this somehow sums up why my attachment with SP isnt that good...

1st year---most of the time was spend poning school with frens...to do nothing actually got..TKD....haha...even skipped all the lectures of an entire module..LOL...year 1 was supposed to be the year where we were the most guai ones...but we did the opposite...explored SPGG until we knew where all the gates and shortcuts were....

2nd-3rd year---bucked up on my studies ..but fail to see any impressive results still..haha..dont think got chance to go local U....got to know a few really characteristics and nice lecturers such as Mrs Christine Ying , mrs Christina Chua ..and the more dramatic ones...such as mrs Veronica Tan who added much laughter to our class...FC 6 n the library were regular hangouts...and yes... I almost completed eating all of the foodies from the stalls at FC 6 except for the pau store n chap chai peng store..din really attracted me...
Classroom times were spent with Wei liang ....n only ocassionally Addy n once in a blue CHee Chong fun... being the minority sex in class....teachers always pick on us since guys names were always much easier to remenber..haha...but we oso learnt to be unite..not gays ar...but happy..haha...Projects were always left until the day b4 submission before we allocate the work...but always managed to hand in on time..

And i guess my 2nd n 3rd year life in polytechnics are much more colourful than the rest ...

EXams coming....with UCCD starting the ball rolling on 14/2/06...valentine day..haha...guess the teacher who setted this date must either be married or single...

should write till here...good luck in all ur coming exams...

take care.

Friday, January 27, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!!!!!

Just came back from " night time " shopping from Old Jurong west with my parents. Every year without fail, on the nite b4 the eve of CNY, my mother would go to Old jurong West to buy some CNY goodies and groceries since all provisional shop would be close for at least 2 days....Atmosphere at the market at old jurong west was great, u could sense the CNY mood with those shouting of goods n tons of people...and it wasnt easy squeezing thru those pple...haha...Kinda remind me of last yr CNY when i was working as a promotor for tiger beer, n together with the cashiers there, F&N, Guiness, yeos promotors how we shouted to lure crowds.. the prata across the street.....and the long lunch n dinner we took...LOL...

CNY always brings mixed feelings to me, meeting relatives I have no or little impression is always ends up in a quite awkard situation...however once the ice is break and we r so engrossed in our games normally ban luck...wat else..haha , then we would realise that it is already so late and have to bade goodbye...the feeling keeps repeating yr after yr...meeting once in a yr..haha

BD presentation on 4 th of Feb...heng it is not held at a multi lecture thea,...otherwise could have jus freaked out , will be held in a com lab. We are the 2nd group to present, hope everything really goes smoothly..

wishes u a happy chinese new year...hope that u receives a lot of hong Baos and win lots of money when gambling!!!!...haha....

take care.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

18/1/2006

Wednesday afternoon and normally at this time I am usually working at the damm pool but no calls from them so here i am typing in front of the box....
Went for the NTU talk on sunday together with Shuen n Wei Liang..quite a useful talk as I gotta know the various courses and the ranking of NTU...BUT..1 thing...they were tight tipped about the details of our admission....saying they would review..now ,everyone who is studying in a Poly knows how hard it can be to get into a local U...hmm....i guess i just have to try my luck and see but i am not putting my hopes high..haha...

Skipped TKD last saturday which I seldom did...as i had to do my BD ,UCCD and also my ECM part project...perhaps have been accustomed to the timings on saturday, I suddenly felt so restless on that day and keep projecting wat the TKD pple were doing at this time of time...haha..FInished my project at around 5...phew.,...went out with my mom to the OLd jurong west to walk...it has been ages since i last went out with my mom...Unfillial u may say..haha..but avaliability was always a constraint in our case..shopping with mom was fantastic ..no worries about the financial part .

Major BD presentation is on the 4/2/2006...just the mere thinking of it is giving me jittery..imagine presenting to a group of high ranking business associates..oh gosh...guess i better be more prepared in our slides and the Q & A part...haha...

has been a long entry..haha....pardon me..

thats all for now..will be updating soon!!!

Thursday, December 29, 2005

30/12/2005

Today is the 2nds last day of 2005 .. my resolution for the yr 2006 is to fulfil my resolution made 3 years ago..haha..jus kidding...hmm...still pondering over that..

Been wondering whethering whether to take part in the NUS biathalon...800m swim is okay for me but the most tiedious part is the 5km run especially where u have to do it after the 800 swim....tried 1km swim and ard 3 km of run on monday together with Yueng choung ...and wei kian n boon leng for the run.. but the interval between these 2 events is like 4 hours..haha...cos got something on in between..and the feeling was like damm shag man...the run....still a decision
not decided...

My TP test has been bought forward to 14/3/2006 ..I dont think there would be other dates earlier than this...haha... after constantly monitoring of the BBDC website every nite...hope that i still know how to control that machine since the date is like ages away...

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Merry Christmas ....

Had been a wonderful christmas eve for me this year..,..went to celebrate and the countdown of Christmas at Orchard with my secondary school classmates..who r really fun to be with. The whole stretch of Orchard road was really jam packed,walking was a chore and if u consider those pple who spray white foam on u I dont think u might wanna even make a trip down to Orchard.
Played pool in the early night as we din managed to sing KTV at Party world as the rate was skyhight rocket..after which slacked ard and saw our buddy class 4/2 classmates at Somerset MRT station...
Ended the nightt by watching the Chronicles Of Narnia...which I tot was a fairly nice movie..this movie talks about 4 teenagers who were to explore the mystery of a place called Narnia and are set to be the 4 people who would save Narnia from the helm of the evil queen. The most exciting part was when Azlan the Lion promised to save Edmond one of the 4 kids from death as he was a betrayer...and he fulfilled his promise....leave u guys to watch that...
Normally watching an movie at 12.40 in the night is usually watched with ur eyes half closed...but not for Narnia..
Gotta end my entey here for now...merry christmas to all...
Take care.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Figures.....

Business Development is really getting on my nerves....figures and figures...still have to do analysis some more....sian...but looking on the bright side...after this report ,this should draw a conclusion to our final year project...lets finish this project on a high note ....

Taekwondo trainings for the past 2 weeks including yesterday has been really tough, but at the same time, i manage to find out my bad points from these trainings... these trainings has been effective in the sense tat it trains ur stamina, reflexes and ur kicks...Presevere...and results will be coming...and watching Nanyang CC TKD training has really spur me on...ahem..also because of that person...haha...

projects deadlines r round the corner...and yet i have not started...gotta really push myself real hard this week and to add to the fact there's a test on this tuesday...wah...

ate delifrance buffet this morning....quite ok ..was really full...but the varieties were quite limited...the organiser..Jia Jie actually overslept and din met us for breakfast..haha

take care.

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Early in the morning...

It is now 7.41 am in the morning ....and here I am typing my blog instead of sleeping...haha...the truth is that I just couldnt get to sleep..slept at 1.30am yesterday...perhaps guiltness of 2 tests in this coming week and yet I have not touched any of these 2 modules at all has come to me....

Tests aside first, yesterday star awards was indeed an eye opener....with their dress code and their winning speeches, esp. when christopher Lee got up the stage to say his winning speeches and Zoe Tay came to intervene...haha..but neverthless it was really entertainment when u see these actors and actresses at their own self...

Projects deadlines are drawing close .... gotta be real busy in these 2 weeks ....

And yes....congrats to yueng choun for completing his first marthon yesterday...

Waiting for my driving lesson tat starts at 9.50 am.....

Take care...

Monday, November 28, 2005

cubs are out!!

For u guys out there who have been following closely the under 23 soccer team in the S.E.A games......only 1 word... disappointment.....promises such as lifting the cup again at the sea games said previously by the cubs is as as of now broken.

Frankly speaking, it is not hard to see why the cubs r out. The opening match against Vietnam, vietnam gave them chances in the first half, but the cubs fail to convert and vietnam relied on their aggressive counter attacking style to defeats them. Subsequent matches were played half heartedly...and against minnows such as Laos, the result almost came to a draw if not for some fantastic goalkeeping who I think is only the cubs who played his heart out from: lionel Lewis.

Quite disappointed as I had anticpate some spectacular performances by the cub,time n time again the cubs have disappoint singaporeans who roots for them....haiz...

Been quite some time since I blog...school wasnt that busy lately, but perhaps in the later stages ..haha..

Started my car learning at BBDC .... driving at BBDC is defintely better than those private instructors...BBDC instructors are veryu friendly n concerned with ur learning...hmm..hope tat i would be able to get a test date b4 Chinese New Year..haha...
In the meantime ..keep driving , driving and driving.....

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Korean demonstration team

Yesterday, the korean demostration team came to toa payoh sports hall to give a performance on their TKD skills....and boy !! they were fantastic ....doing 3 kicks in the air, doing back flips in the air while breaking planks as well...whoo...i was sure that the people in the sports hall were just as as amazed and wow by their spectacular kicks ,turns and their precision on the target as i did.... they were so flexible that their leg could easily reach above their head level with 1 raise of their kicks.....and there was the apple smashing where they used an apple as a target and then using their kicks smashed it into bits n pieces ..perhaps as a souviener for the spectaculars...

Went with yueng choun to kayak today...went to the usual place at changi sports club...it has been 2-3 yrs since we been there...however the usual price of $7/hr had in fact balloned to $17/hr...wow...who will kayak for an hr for $17...and so we walked abt 3km to the PA sea sports club only to be told there was wind surfing there only...hmm....bedok reservoir came to our minds n we went there...yohoo...!!! there was kayaking over there...the charge were normal save for the water that werent salty....it kinda feels weird when u r normally kayaking in the sea...refreshed our skills and even had a race......the water stinks quite a lot...haha...i can smell it form my bag on the way back...

my fav team i in the amazing race : the gaghan family was eliminated last week..n since they were featured in the newspaper, i might as well talk a bit bout them..for ur info, the parents ran marathon n their 2 kids competeD5 km races..wow!! and the reason y i supported this team was becos throughout the race, the dad keep encouraging the kids to carry on, not to give up and even if they had lost..they were to told themselve that this was nothing to be ashamed of...inspirations words was perhaps wat keep this team going, supposingly the weakest team in the amazing race given their 2 kids....

And when they lost..my heart went out to them....with 2 kids in the team, manual tasks such as moving something heavy was disadvatagous for them..the fact that their mum took 45 mins to look for a red little bean among a sea of beans without giving up was commendable, simultaneously, this was also wat costed the gaghan family to lost the race...

A very meaningful phrase from the gaghan family..." winners never quit, quitters never win"

take care.

Monday, November 07, 2005

Singapore Cup final....

Went to the national stadium on sunday to watch the exciting singapore cup final match between Woodland and my fav s league team : HOME U ! Went with Ming yong n yuan da...
First, went to the stadium early at ard 5.45 to chop a desirable place but alas! the mac food tat we had wanted to bring in was prohibited and as a result, we had to finish our food outside....together with quite a few others....why did they implement this stupid rule...is not as though we would use the mac food to throw at the players on the field( even if we did, wat harm could fries n burgers do...n which guy in the right frame of mind would waste food like tat)

Went into the stadium....memories of last yr s'pore cup final flooded my mind...it was tamp vs Home....tied at full time and amazingly, Tamp scored 3 goals in extra time to make the final score 4-1..disappointment...hopefully history would not repeat itself..
Found a seat positioned in the middle of the field, exhibition match was between s'pore ex int. and malaysia ex int....most of these players name sounded greek to me and the only name tat i knew was Malek Awab...anyway s'pore went on to win 4-1

Match commenced at 7.30 pm sharp n within 10 mins into the game woodland scored...my heart sank, can Home fight back? without their inspiring playmaker oliverio pires...and yes ! they did ..in the second half by Indra ...from a precise pass by Sahib..score was 1-1, and the home united fans erupted with joy...3 mins later Home scored by Fadzu....Home was leading!...

but the joy didnt lasted long as woodland scored, which was assisted by a free kick from ahmad latiff which caused confusion in the box ,leading to woodland to score...the home U fans was silenced...The score was 2-2.If the match were to go into extra time, i doubt Home players could cope with the pace of the game especially with numerous ageing players such as Surachai and Egmar..Just when I tot that the game was going into extra time, INDRA ...yes the man of the match scored !!!!!!!! in injury time...a pass from egmar led to Indra n Fadzu chasing for the ball n just when we tot the keeper would safetly save the ball, Indra got to the ball faster n pull the ball to the right side of the penalty area b4 blasting 1 shot in to the back of the net...HURRAY!! Home has won the game...this match was more the memorable as some Home U players like Pires , Indra and their inspiring defender Aide was leaving the club after this match...and also their coach....a great game after all...with plenty of goals---5 and also wonderful skills... HOme have successfully added 1 trohy to their impressive cabinet...

While we were watching the match, a guy behind us kept boo-ing whenever woodland's Ahmad latiff had the ball....and saying all sorts of comments on him...guess Ahamad latiff could have probably offended him....haha....and he booed through the whole match..haha wat wonderful stamina he has!!

Home U may not be the same team next season with so many inspiring players leaving... hope tat Home U can repeat their Singapore Cup success next season....

for now...3 cheers to Home United Football Club!!!