Back from Crescendo

Finally,back in Singapore now,after 1 mth of overseas bunk living.
The scorching and relentless sun did quite a damage to my acne n pimples on my face...while outfield Afternoon was hot while it was bitter cold in the nite..
Cookhouse wasnt tat bad although it sucks durin a short period of time,canteen was brillant...I be missing the apple freeze,lychee freeze and the mango freeze..Freezes!

The R & R wasnt as bad as perceived,though it's meal were unfilling,saw a fair bit of animals,snakes,tiger,elephant,monitoor lizards,crocodiles...all were kept in their enclosure.I was rather pissed off by the way the trainers treat the dogs and elephants,this is how they do it,they put a collar on the dog's neck and when the dog refuses to do as instruct,the trainer would hook the leash onto the collar and give it a couple of hard knock pulls...and imagine in front of the audience he was there also threatening to kick the dog with his F@#king leg,one can imagine what goes on behind the scene..

Overall this trip was quite ok...sat SIA there but flew Jetstar back with multiple hand carry bags..u decide..The thing was tat we went there far too early and most of the time we were slacking ard,but gd thing was tat our offs came up to 9 days from our previous 7 days...steady!!

And here I am with a cotton in my mouth cos I jus extracted a wisdom tooth tat was pouncing on the wisdom tooth directly below it...feels numb still...2 dys of MC
I be leaving for ROC on monday along with my wisdom tooth and this time will be back only ard early may..but my reviews from others on ROC has been much positive and the R & R should be quite fun...

So,till then ...see ya n take care!

Chinese NEw year chu 2

Happy Chinese new year to all again!!

This year CNY is different,jus seems strange all your elder cousins either have a partner or is already married.
Suddenly,it seems like you are the biggest among all the cousins,expected to lead them,to indulge in games,be a starter.
Loathe this scene,it shows tat you are no longer young and it's time you do smthg to change your status.Gone are the days where all cousins sits together and share lame jokes,tease about one of our cousins,sing Karaoke,play poker and laugh at each others for taking too much cards during 21 pts,who's a bankrupt 1st,talk abt BGR,pure BGR....
Din do much at my mother side,since san yi wasnt present,bt did played some poker with my auntie and my almost drunk grandfather,The whole ah ma hse jus seems so much much quiet without them....miss the time when san yi husband would conduct the whole in-between game surrounding the dining table,all focused on the card and not on the TV.
Over at my father side,my grandfather sibling's sons and their sons came,did not expect much,someone's behaviour almost killed the whole day,and till today I am surprised...really surprised how I could tahan his this attitude for so long...
One of my cousins din came cos she went to work,really dun understand...we only meet once in a year and yet this..
Next year CNY gonna be a bit more lonier cos 1 of the elder cousin would be flying off to the state...haiz..
Talked to my father abt this thing on the way back....he said this is hw generations function.This was the same thing that happened to him and my uncles,slept in a same room when they were young,nw adults who have children who are in turn are my cousin...Time files..

I am always very motivated whenever I gets bk frm my CNY visits,looking at the successful pple....bt this dun last long,and soon I will rest on my laurels again..
Time is precious,it files without u knowing,so treasure your friends and relatives..

Chalet

Got bk from my family chalet at Pasir Ris,a long awaited one tat finally happened.
Went Wild Wild Wet with my Cousins,wasnt as lame as I tot...There was one ride which was very,very scary..the ride drop gradient was close to 90 degrees.....imagine,me facing the drop,my cousin back facing...hairs stand even if i think bout it...the bicycle ride round the theme park was frightening oso,u cannot do anything cept to pedal faster lest u starts to think about the scarier part of looking down...
Food was nice,cos it was prepared by the very experience uncle ronnie with chicken wings,musscle and even ramily burgers..haha..
Glad tat Sean n Bryan these 2 cute boys came...
Drank 5 cans of beer,n i finally knw where was my alcohol tolerance level...
A feeling of sadness among my auntie,nt gg to say the name...bt to leave hme for so long,who wouldnt..but with this renuion,i m sure she have no regrets having a final talk or look b4 gg off.

Camp's life been quite ok,days pass quite fast last week.Lots of things to do,lots of things to learn...defintely nt as slack as my last unit.LIVE run has become compulsory and lateness is nt allowed sian...dragging my feets to run in the morning..


Chinese New year in 3 days time...the period of gambling and fun begans..haha..took leave next monday so this shld be the longest holiday period for this yr..

Wish all Happy Chinese New Year and collect lots of Ang Pows...leave the work at home and have FuN!!

nails nails on the wall

My new unit is not so bad after all...hmm..

Want to share a story told to me by my church fren which I find it to be very meaningful.

In those Colonial times,there lived a boy named Daniel.He quarreled and fight with other people very commonly. He would get angry or unbearable of the conversation or action with others very easily. He could not pass 1 day without quarreling or fighting with others.

One day,his dad told him,"Son,you see the blank wall over there? " Daniel nodded his head.His dad continued "Everytime you quarrel or fight with someone,you hammer a nail on that wall." Daniel agrees thinking that if he could curb his temper,the wall would remain this way.

However as weeks went by,his temper got the better of him,the nails started appearing all over the blank wall. Within a week, the blank wall was so full of nails that Daniel could no more nail more nails onto it.

His father on viewing the wall advised him to pluck out 1 nail if he dont quarrel or fight with someone for a day. 2 months later the wall was free of nails.

His father told Daniel to come over to him,and said" Look,son,you have done a great jobs of not quarreling with anyone for the past 2 months. However look closer, what do you spot?"
Daniel replied"Holes,Dad".

It's just the same with friends,once you quarrel or fight over something,you can simply apologise and say we be friends again...but your relationship will not be the same again just like the HOLES in this story..

Happy New year!!

Celebrated x'mas at HZ hse with Dan ,Pet,peggy on sat...had gift exchange and the figuring of how to ply open a turkey..haha...with the christmas tree and all the lighting,it could utterly be impersonated as a home in an european country.
Part 2 was on x'mas eve itself,with Kelsen,angie ,jin at han's hse...Went to meet CH n BL in the afternoon at town b4 joining them. Town was seriously packed at just 6 plus 7,din join BL for the movie.

In the end watched I m Legend with Han n gang...a very nice movie,Will smith is just fantastic the way he talked to the figurine after his dog passed away could move anyone...the effects was exhilarating...scary on some parts and high tech on another,Initially tot tat this movie was gonna to involve Will smith and his dog only..but surprise surprise,few others characters joined in to the picture too...should leave u to see who r the others mystery characters..

Our mega outing at Escape was a great success,kids enjoyed themselves thorougly and no mishaps or accidents occured...everything went on scheldule,weather was good..cant expect more from this event...
My group though came in last but they showed tremendous team spirit taking part as a team ,solving quizes as a team and finally losing as a team...LOL...nah...but perhaps other teams were too strong for them...
Our preparations 3 days b4 this event has nt been wasted...numerous trips to Escape,Jin's hse,sourcing for gifts and presents..i m sure this trip would defintely leave down a trail in my life...
Feeling rather lethargic these few days,maybe wat awaits in front of me is mysterious and unknown...

Here's wishing all a Happy New Year for the incoming 2008 Beijing ..no,is 2008..

Life is like a box of chocolate

"Life is like a box of chocolate,you never know what is going to happen next"

This famous quote was from the movie,Forest Gump which touches my heart and many other millions of hearts,I m sure. A fantastic show which show a guy whose IQ is slightly below normal who always,and i mean always able to find himself a road out of many dire circumstances. Be it the vietnam war,going to school for the 1at time in metal braces tied to his leg,his shrimp business,he always manage to get it done.

Been quite busy last week due to church and also because of a mega event organise by our TKD club. Went around sourcing for souveniers,transportation and logistics...was hard work but wat awaits will be the joy derived and the succession of the event...

Would be moving to a new unit come jan next year,plenty of outfield.No more numerous off days instead is being translated to doing "work" at companyline...sian ar!!

Started my first ever ever tuition assignment,was jittery and thought of a few ways out if the questions were to difficult...one was to call a friend,oops,no ..should be call my sis...and the other:like wat our teacher always says when we meet a difficult question in our exams...SKIP..haha
Thank God,nothing of such matter happened,in fact the boy was quite a pleasant one...

Going to the new year...enjoying my leave and offs for the moment...
I can still wait for the new year to come.

ESCAPE

Went Escape on monday with Jin and han,entrance fees took me aback:$7!Went with the purpose of navigating the place to facilitate our tkd club outing on the 28th.
Since when did Escape had such cheap tics?Earn tio,went to tried the go-kart,the swinger and the haunted house. The go-kart was fun though the kart in front of me was impossibly slow,while the swinger may look child play on the front could actually raise your heart beats by many folds.The haunted house wasnt scary much much lame than i could actually imagine,it was like walking into the preview of watch how electronics and mechanism combines to form those weird looking ghost to attempt to scare you.Escape isnt a big place hence the lack of rides however if u ask me if it's worth the adult price of $16 plus..no ...Went settlers cafe at katong after,quite a wonderful place to chill at,with the home-alike surroundings...played a few games over there with kelsen,angie,jin and han...Dinosaur is fun..haha

Sunday's comp was more or less fighting against pple from our same club hence,it din really matters where the medals went to...but I did indeed gain some experiece and exposure from this comp that stamina is real real vital before you plan ur tactics and strategies ...a calm mind helps too..

Really sian about the fact tat i would be posted out to another dept,since it is a dept,isnt really posting out but transfer.....lots of outfield man...with ard 9 mths gg this news has to come..haiz..

take care.

Birthdays again

Been celebrating a few birthdays the past week.one being my dad and the other my secondary classmates,Serene.

Been more than 1 yr since I last saw Yongsheng n Andrew...glad to hear tat they r doing well.lin n Cindy r working in banks now..haha,now i know who to look for when i need a loan...

Dad's birthday was rather unique this yr,instead of the usual zhi char or curry fish head...we went one notch higher to Swensen,Food wasnt tat filling though it tasted quite ok,I had clayfish n salmon Spagetti...nice though serving could have increase lots more..Been a long time since we got together as a family in a quite posh setting...hmm,it seriously beats the hawker center in terms of atmosphere and the surroundings.

Watched Lust.Caution. with YC ...haha,the 1st time where I could show my 11B to the usher confidently to prove my 21 yrs of age,BUT,he din bother to check..anyway,it was a rather artisitc film talking about a minister who supported the war on the front but who was actually a traitor,helping the japs in various ways...acted by Tony Leung..while the female lead,acted by Tang Wei,is a spy who gets close to leung to kill him one day..in the end...should linger it in suspense,very very unexpected...Sex scenes was rather aplenty,but I agreed with YC tat it was necessary,to show that clothed vs unclothed,emotions are normally at extreme ends..

Buying and choosing presents may look tiedious on the surface,but when they open the presents,and a smile curl up their face naturally..
It is worth it.

They are back!

Looks like after a month since the incident happen,everything has revert to the original way it was...my auntie are gg bk to my grandma hse and my cousin has manage to regain the full functionality of his hand. Great!

Celebrated Ri Sheng birthday some days back at a restaurant tat was fairly similar to Pasta Mania bt more luxurious...it's pasta was ok but the indigrent such as clay fish and the steak tat goes with it comply with the pasta,seems like it was jus made to suit the dish...made a promise while drinking with Kaixin,jian bang n ri sheng..will keep up to this..haha...I try

After looking at SIM,UOL and RMIT,I have decided to sign up for the Accounting
and Finance course with UOL...bt it starts only next yr jan..Course fees gonna be hefty bt will either take up loan or work part time...still considering on this...


Sprained my ankle during a basketball game in camp last week and it hurts if I applied pressure on it..by right should have recovered bt it still hurt by left..
let it rest a few days then see how 1st ba...

Alrite,shld write till here..

Take care.

They are back!

Happenings or incidents

So much had happened for the past 2 weeks,my cousin had to be rushed to the hospital after i stepped onto his forearm which was by any means an accident.

If only his father had scolded me,the remorse n guilt is so tight,your brain has the image of the worst scenario and the cries of my cousin whenever he tries to shift not move, his hands sends tingle of regretness,if only I had been more careful.

I was also part of a scuffle between my auntie and uncle prior to the incident,now they have stopped coming whether is it temporary or permanent,no one knows..my hope is that they will come back and be part of this family like this quarrel has never happened.

Remorseful,guilt and regret are a gross understatement to my feelings....if only the incident has never happen.

Birthdays

Attended 2 birthdays celebrations the past week.One was for my grandma while the other was from my neighbour cum friend.

The grandmother one was hugely anticipated by me since the only time where all the ah yis , jiu jius and all the cousins gather were usually the chinese new year.Ate in a restaurant called yu chun at east coast,food wasnt tat fantastic....but wat matters most was everyone was there,from the cousin u met during CNY to his dad..the updating,the current status,ahem,haha....i think even if we were eating salted fish n porridge,it wouldnt matter.serious.

The other was held at a restaurant within nite safari,was a bit late due to some carelessnss..haha..bt doesnt matters..since we all got there in time.it was Kaixin birthday,went there with ri sheng n jian bang.buffet style drank a bit of champagn but a huge chunk of the cake. Took the long route bus back bt wasnt as long as i had expected...

Going to sign up for SIM on wed,see how it goes..

Been missing church for 2 wks liao, got to go back soon..did guard duty and boy ..was shag...the next day was like a living zombie..

Looks like I really needs inspirational and motivation no matter what form it comes.
I need it!

Life's defintely not a chore

I was totally blown away by his positive attitudes....the guts to carry on and to make life a better one..Now who's complaining life's not fair.


Watch this video and be inspired!

A month!..Tats was when i last blogged,din had much to blogged was part of the reason...

Ever since the twice a week running sessions ceased and the departure of my running buddy to another camp, my running sessions has been decreasing and i hardly run nowadays..haha...Running sessions has been turned to body maintainence time...

looking forward,since no local Uni wans to accept me,I think enrolling to SIM would be quite a good choice since overseas Uni are talking too much about moola and I dont wan to waste time giving a shot at local U again.Going for the Uni Talk this sat and hopes that it will give me a positive outlook....

TKD has really been slack as our weekly training sessions are either cancelled or I had to leave earlier. I guess the absence of training plus the emphasis on teaching has made me to feel luckstrale....dont knw whether it is spelled this way,...Gg to TKD has more or less become quite a chore and i need motivatioN!!!!

Watched Knocked up and rush hour 3 the past month...both are great movies esp the latter esp where Chris tucker danced to the tune of "kungfu Fighting" while at the Eifel tower...Knocked up is more of a sexual comedy kinda movie...the ending was really touching...

Army Open House is being held in my camp this year so the preparation of it has led me to see many specs....And again the what ifs flow thru my mind..but nevertheless 2 years is jus a transition period,whats more with 1 yr left it would be fruitless to be a spec...and undergoes the training again..

Alrite shld write till here...will update when someone taggs again...haha...Nah..soon.

North korea

Jus watched a documentary on TV about North Korea,it talks abt a team tailing a mission team secretly to capture the scenes of North Korea.
In the show, the mission team are followed by security agents from north korea b4 they depart and every action of them including taking photos,yes,taking photos are restricted to certain areas,their handphones are confiscated upon arrival....they are shown around and the roads are really empty and deserted,buildings with a glamourous front are jus a empty shell.....poster of the great genral kim are everywhere and they worship and praise him...despite the poverty and hardship they are facing...
North korea really fascinates me as a mysterious nation...one day, I really hope to have the chance to go there...haha..

Watched the match between home u n woodland with Mingyong last week...1st s league match of the yr for me...home u unfortunately lost and is out of the Singapore Cup..nevertheless there is stil the S.League title..jus hope they wont slip it away...
Watched Simpsons oso...a must watch comedy ...rather short:88 min but the jokes and actions inside are really hilarious and entertaining...the spider-pig and it's shit...hahaha...

Had a compete weekend,went Tkd on sat n church on Sun....followed by 2 day Off ...whoo...haha...

Take care.

bad bad sore throat

Argh....having a bloody bad sore throat,making me hard to talk and swallow foods.
Even if i speak,the voice is so deep tat it resemble Optimus Prime from Transformer...haha
Yea...transformer was great,the effects were fantastic expecially when they "transform",u could identify parts of them previously after they have been transformed..and the actress was a real beauty...and guess wat,she's the same age as me...she sure looked more mature..
1 day after watching Transformer,went to watch Harry potter and the order of the phoenix..a bit draggy but nonetheless makes me go back to this fantasy about the amazing power of magic..plot was simple..
HZ organised a mini gathering the day b4 dan went in...at his hse..had pizzas...Dan was really sian...haha..can understand la...FREEDOM!!

Take care.

blogging

was stunned for a moment when i couldnt see my previous post...luckily blogger save post automatically nw...hehe

Been busy for the past 2 weekends on the tkd comp....went there to help out,or rather only 1 cos the senior one,i wasnt doing anything much...Our club won quite a number of the medals.....congrats to HZ n Dan for their medals and winning...

These few days had been really slack...doing a lot of body maintainence..or wat some other people label it as sleep...watching sispec trainees doing their SOC ,IPPT.....the urge is there for me to do the same...bt dun think my fitness level is there anymore...

It's been pre-historical times since i last stepped into a theatre...and i missed out on quite a no. of gd movies....gonna try to watch them...

alrite,shld write till here...

Take care.

MUAR trip

Came back from Muar,m'sia on tuesday nite..was a nice and rather enjoyable trip..hehe....

Muar a city within Johor is a rather quiet town,it's population seems to comprise more of chinese than of the other races..
set off on a high on Sunday morning and reached her auntie hse ard noon.On the journey,I witness ard 10 -15 polis motobikes opening the way for 3- 4 vehicles whose speed was so fast tat i couldnt see whats inside...spectacular....
shopped at their shopping center which i tot was rather clean...din bought much cept for a t-shirt...ate pizza for lunch..continued shopping till dinner time,ate their stingray the spicy n the non spicy version...hao chi...the spicy one was excellent nt forgetting the sambal baby squid..sedap..i think could have ate 1 bowl of rice with that sauce alone..

Went Malacca the next morning....a very hospitable and horny tourguide cum driver..haha...tats the word man...he has a few of that kind of magazines in his van...haha....understood frm him tat malacca was under portugese ruling previously,tat was y sme of the hses we saw were sort of european design...viewed 2 museums which housed informations of the sultans and the history behind...went to ate chicken rice after tat...the rice is rolled up into a ball shape...the reason behind was...the tour guide din say....it tasted more like the ketupah normally served with sataty...on the whole the meal was alrite...went to buy some local products b4 gg to visit the lim Bo Seng memorial b4 gg bk.....

Sang Karaoke at nite under the tour guide recommendation,a sleezy place with advise tat we pay 1st once beer are served to avoid paying the "girls" tips when we pay up at the end...and there was this uncle who treated us beer and seems like a happy go lucky fella who shakes his bum bum...haha...likes to gives high fives...and shout "yo ar,yo ar"Was quite drunk cos of the liquor he treated us....together with HZ....

The next day was spent playing with xue fen aunt cute daughter who 's less than 1 yr old..yea..almost forgot throughtout the trip there were these 3 kids...called Eunice,Gordan and beavies...who provided much humor n fun to us ...esp Beavies...the boy who loathes gals and the black black n smelly thing..LOL...
After eating a home cooked porridge,it was time to bid farewell...stopover at city square to have our dinner at vivo....Sang at a karaoke outlet there as well...the space was big enough for more than 7 persons..the price was big as well...43 RM per person...for a 4-5 hr session..it offered a buffet for us...which din prove to be much console for us as we had ate our lunch b4 singing..nevertheless I tried to eat..haha

Many thanks to xuefen aunt for her hospitality and her family for letting us accomodate in her hse...
It had been an enjoyable and fun trip with HZ,Dan,Bro,Sherry ,Pegyy and Xuefen overall.....

alrite the com ink running out..

Take care.

clubbing!...woohoo...

Clubbing with HZ n gang on wed....was supposed to go to Zouk, bt with the queue extending to the whatever hotel next to it...we decided to give it a miss....Went MoS instead to find a long queue...sian..went to this place called Clinic which was within walking distance in fact very near to MoS...

Was rather fine....strong air-con..haha...$15 entrance seems ok with a drink...however wat wasnt tat gd was tat it was very ,very cramped....especially the dance floor...people would walk past and brush against u...and i dun mean once every 10-15 mins..rather a few times in a minute...wonder whether the management actually did any form of crowd control...bad experience...the music was ok...

Going Muar next week....yesh..finally a chance to go overseas..haha..

Having duty tml...and it;s a sat...argh...n most probabaly the day after tomorrow which conincidentally is a ....Sunday...=weekend burnt...
Duty has been quite ok nw with this huge 3 tonner which has a MRS inside and this MRS is contained in a air-con room...and yea less mosquitos bites....

As for the TKD tournament...which falls at the last mth of this year...i should nt think abt it 1st...concentrate on my training b4 making a decision whether to take part when it is nearing...

A biathalon??haha...

Alrite...shld write till here...

Take care.

Gangster

The first time I went to TRMC which is my current unit,there was this guy who in every way looked liked a gangster,he smokes,walked like a gangster and most importantly his face which tell pple to back off.....I knew tat this guy would be a tough nut to crack...

I was wrong,totally wrong. He turned out to be one of the best senior I have ever met.He gives good advices and teaches pple the dos n donts in the OPS rm...and the way he cares for his understudy ...was seriously in a understatement,caring. Knowing tat my vocation would be quite a zhuo bo and slack vocation, he churns out advices tat we shld find smthg useful to do...dun be like him who wasted his NS liability doing almost nthg....
And these words,mind you ,came out from a guy who has only completed his O level ...who has a little bit of hearing difficulty and talking...and yet he looks forward to life after ORD brightly.

His future jobs arent exactly dream jobs...yet he doesnt mind telling people abt wat he plans to do...and listen to advices given to him

This ...i think is wat respect most abt him...a patient and caring person with a big heart.

Went phyiso and saw a familiar face ....it was the guy in plt 1....he too dislocated his shoulder...while playing volleyball...advised him to go for the OP since SAF pays for everything...the shoulder joint really vulnerable..
Whenever I see my instructor doing unarmed combat involving the shoulder,i really shrudder to look....

This coming friday n weekend are burned!!! as there are OPs duties...sian ar...

alrite shld write till here..

Take care.