Dwelling

What is dwelling? to stay on one spot continuously n nt moving off? tat must be me then.
Has been dewlling on my shoulder countless times n thinking what if i had nt dislocated my shoulder, where would I land up...lots of what ifs floated my mind...
Posting is finally out....been posted to TRADOC....at pasir laba camp...martin told me was kinda war simulation sort of center....shld knw by tml the nature of my work...

Been going to church and yes....God has in many times and situation blessed me again n again....Shld make it a point to read up the bible everyday where God wisdom,the wise words n his teachings are stored...Will be attending the sunday service instead of the sat as there 's TKD on tat day...

yea...talking abt TKD ..went back last week..and the old feeling of TKD the joy of the kids really sparks on one...training after classes ...jus seemed like the old days...had a little bit of sparring with Kelsen n Kelsen really improved by quite a lot..he's more aggressive n dare to take the first step nw....for me...is more training n training...haha...

Rather sad tat I was leaving Hotel Coy ooc...seriously...we felt more than jus a bunch of pple..we would siam duties given to us...do the Mininmun ..saying jokes on our superiors n best of all...the mess !!!...where we would hide..esp hong tat the joker of our grp..army hasnt been tat fun till nw....but again we cant keep dwelling.....wishes everyone the best in their vocation...the Hotel OOC spirit should nt die...our motto..."can siam,we siam"...

Went Physio n saw an army guy who had a same Bankart repair Op as me n he did his OP last sept n his shoulder is in a worse condition than me...still cant stright...i thing preseverance counts esp in physio....

alrite shld be gg to my new unit tml....at the same place .... will blog again ...

Take care.

Sai kang and more sai kang

Went back to SISPEC camp and was surprise tat there were so many OOCs...2 had failed the course...feel really sad..after going thru 10 weeks of tough training,then to be told they failed.

Looks like a recourse in sispec wouldnt be that possible now,my physio said that i may have problems doing pulls up and monkey bar or rather the bloody swing trainer..but!! these are wat but the physio opinion,will consult the Dr again when i see him next thursday...

Meanwhile been doing whole lot shit of work ,painting,counting magazines,cutting and pasting--these are just a part of them. The OOCs said that I m lucky to come back only now...haha...as there r not so much trainees around which means= lesser shit work...Master Max is a nice guy who doesnt demand much n the best is he gives nites off quite regularly...compared to the former staff....

The rest of the OOCs have been waiting for their postings since 8 weeks back,and till now they are still waiting. Haiz wonder wat the heck are the posting dept doing...

Alrite shld end here..

Take care.

7 days...

Happy CNY to all....lets hope that the yr of the pig brings more fortune n luck...
My former section mates at SISPEC are graduating this week, wish them many luck in getting their desired postings...
Finally, I m switching back to the military lifestyle....posting for me nt out yet or should I said that chances are there for a recourse which I am eager of...

Normally in CNY ,the highlight for me wasnt the renuion ,wasnt the shu bu qing angpows nor was it the renuion dinner but the lion dance performance.
However, this yr the lion dance was luckstrate as it could get...perhaps it gets simpler year by year...

Din went for any frens hse visits this yr...due to most of them had to bk in on chu 3 nite or some better ones chu 4 mornings...

My mother church frens came...haad been a long time since I last saw them and they still recognised me n my brother...haha...

All rite...shld write till here...

Take care.

16 days

In 16 days time, i will be back to camp..haiz....this period really brings memories back to a civilian where u have all the time in the world to do all the things...days passes so fast n the best thing....no need to bk in on sunday !!haha...but it will end ultimately...

My right shoulder has been improving quite ok n i still dun dare to move it much..but physio has been quite effective...

Went jogging at the new Jurong West stadium with HZ ,and dan & broo ocassionally during the past week...quite addictive i mus say haha....jogged for 4 days stright n today went jogging again...jus doesnt feel right when my legs dun move haha....

Went Chinatown on Sat with BL , Kian n KL....lots of pple ,saw quite a lot of muah chi stalls..i ate 1 and it tasted quite ok...feels like jelly...then went over to marina shopping center where Kia n kian bought clothes....

The regular visits to the hospital for physio session made me witnessed the prison van n the inmates which i think is for their medical check up...the 1st time i saw it,was really scared,dun know y, the inmate was nt cuffed at the hand rather at the legs,think it was to prevent him from running away...the inmates were wearing sort of pyjamas pink clothes...hmm...prison is really a scary place ba...

anyway ..CNY comin ...wish u all an early happy CNY if I never blog for the next few days..

Take care.

freestyle!!

Hurray,I am able to swim freestyle ,tat is in 3-4 weeks time....the physio said....which is really a piece of good news esp when i read all about the negative news and whats not abt a dislocated shoulder..shld nt talk abt tat nw...

have been going for physio quite regularly and it has really benefited my shoulders agility...went to watch the match between S'pore and indon and s'pore din really played tat well....in my opinion S'pore futball team is very easily discouraged esp when multiple attacks on them then they will sit back n absorb and leave the goals to counterattack which rarely happens.
Mani although has a vast sea of experience is slowly losing in his fitness n 1 thing tat all backs need:speed.Against Indon the Indon striker was able to outpace him n get to the ball earlier than him while centerback precious dun seems to be able to clear the ball away into the right direction in dangerous situation....hmm...they must really change if they want to achieve the lion cup.....

Tml will be going church and a steamboat at ah ma house courtesy of my uncle..haha....slack the whole week then saturday so busy...what to do since everyone will only be free on weekends...

I dun really feel as if I am serving NS nw except for my ocassional glimps of my 11B...

alrite shld write until here...will be updating in no time...

Take care.

Wandering aimlessly

Been at home for the past 19 days after my op. and it is really bored.real bored.
found out tat i had nt exercise for the past 19 days...i'm sure is getting fatter...

previous week was spent at my grandma hse playing with my 2 little cute cousins..and time indeed passed faster ...

Went to meet up with my platoon seargent a few times concernig my injury report with once making me go all the way back to Tekong....missed the "fast" craft and had to wait for 1 hr b4 the next one comes... anyway it was then tat i realised there was a store selling finger food n drinks at saft...

Met up with Ming yong and kel yesterday n hearing at wat MY said he was learning abt navi and night navi sounds exciting...we ate at clementi FC and the western food there is rather cheap, steak is 4.50 while chicken cutlet n chop cost 4 bucks...and it's taste good..

Physio at NUH has been helping my right shoulder less stiffen..with the sling on for another 12 days...i m counting the days b4 the sling is taken off...

Should end here ...

take care.

dislocated shoulder

it has been ages since i last blogged....becos i dislocate my shoulder during SOC in BMT....was painful man..but the thing is after my dislocated shoulder...the Dr at tekong told me tat it was a muscle strain n told me to rest...then while doing some hand exercise at home....i dislocated it...hmm....wondering when was the 1st time i dislocated it..haiz...but luckily i was nt considered OOC which meant Out Of Course from BMT...which meant tat i need to retake BMT as a whole again!! many thanks to my encik...

I have decided to go for the OP for my right shoulder which would take 45 mins.....on this wed....he says tat if i go for the OP...90 to 95 % i wont dislocate...while if i dun go for the Op n continue,....it would meant 90-95%tat i would dislocate it....
But the thing is...coincidentally...1 of my TKD friend whos in his 40s dislocated his shoulder 20 yrs ago...n he says he is nt going for the OP cos he doesnt find it useful...hmmm..contradicting...

BTW....i screwed up my grading for my 2nd Dan...I made 2 mistakes in my poomsae, my sparrring sucks n my plank kicking was successful only in my 3rd attempt...too long nevver touch TKD liao...going training once a week or even less...tats the result man..looks like i still need to polish up my techniques...

Been posted to SISPEC>.....but dun know will I be OOC or OOT...cos OOC will means tat i have a chance to recourse SISPEC after my OP...while OOT will means I be posted to other vocation....HOpe tat I can be put as OOC n be able to recourse SISPEC....n pass my FFI>...seriously hoping.....

Was quite depressed n sad initally when i dislocated my shoulder...a lot of things n tots flash across my mind...would i be able to play badminton?but all this will have to depends after my OP....all the physio....

Good thing was I participated in the Passing Out Parade in BMT.....which my grandma was there to witness...sense of achivement was there....

keep thinking about being able to redoing SISPEC again...hmm....hope tat it happens...

alrite...shld write till here...i shld have a lot of mecial leave after my OP....will blog again...
meanwhile take care .

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!!!