First week after i finish NS.

First week after i finish NS. Special, it is...sort of.

so far i had done 2 things that i had never done before:

First, Tuesday morning, 9.30am @ Tanjong Pagar, international Plaza. For a Job briefing (for my temp job next week)...and it's done 30+ mins later. So, with a mind not wanting to go home so fast, i'm left in this busy area in a weekday morning peak hour, "idling".

So the urban-jungle-adventure begins.
(anyway in a couple of hours time i'm also going to boon keng later, so just nice too ^-^ )

It's not a bad feeling. Never i got the chance explore this area by foot, and certainly it's interesting to do so in this busy atmosphere..surrounded by Office-wear-people and Delivery/Dispatch man only.

So i walked down to raffles place (by following the route i took when driving.. haha) stayed there for quite some time to check out some bank+currency stuff and rest by the riverside (behind UOB) ...and it's a very nice place to rest...sort of escape from the crowded behind (it's lunch time)...no wonder many pack their food to eat there too.

Then i continued the trip, down to City Hall..All finally gets so familiar as i touched City link mall. Adventure ends. haha..

As i took a bus to boon keng at Raffles hotel, then i realised i covered 3 "raffles" today..Raffles place to raffles city then to raffles hotel... ok lame.

Hmm.. If there's a chance, can do such walking again...Quite unique. Or maybe, i might be working there, soon?

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And today (thursday), "xiong" day. After leaving JC for 2.5 years, Finally i get to pack my room.

Yup, that pile of notes and files had been sitting on my table (and shelf) for 2.5 years, gathering dust and surviving my mum's Voice whenever she sees them and start to nag repeatedly.

And today, i spent the entire afternoon (until 10pm), and they are all cleared...cheeers..! Welcome back my clean n empty table/shelf.


During which certainly i found alot of stuff: From all those lecture notes to GP essays to sec sch tests papers and (alot) council stuff too... brings back lots of memories of school times.. seen how i had progressed too.. haha... ^-^

Here i scanned this essay i wrote at sec 4, which i finds it interesting. Topic "Q4. Your kind of music". After reading i realised why i like to go KTV so much. haha...check it out.


Click to enlarge to read. Pardon my grammar/tense!

Yup i kept some of these essay/work i had written in a folder and also packed up all those council stuff...talking about SC stuff, amazingly i could find some of those earliest stuff we all had (our very first contact list, item list for 14th SC organised camp, etc..)
Perhaps can scan them and show you guys, when got time ^-^

ah. so memorable.

ah, so tired.

And...allow me to enjoy my clean table for some more time....before uni starts and new pile & piles of papers come in again.. haa....


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going to work (real one) lor....

before i start anything first, here's an announcement..:

I had just uploaded new photos (in album "yr2006 SR"). It contains the so-called latest photos of our old SRJC, taken when we were paying a visit to the 18th council's OGL camp, 25th Feb... Check it out if u are interested how different SRJC look like now and how many barung they had added to her.

supposed to upload 'em long long ago, but my computer HDD was like dying that time.. until now then i fixed it... that's y long long no updates ;p

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Alright, now the main thing...

>>> The Stuff That Was In My Brain Tonight <<<<

hmm...
been thinking recently... time really flies eh. At then me was just freshly out of school and entering NS "innocently", and now in a week time i'm gonna ORD already. While previously i thought that i'm gonna die inside, now i came out and felt as if nothing much had happened. funny.

But still, some sort of feeling just linger inside me... I know that i have a 3months vacation, and certainly i got to go work then.. Real work now. Bear in mind that i actually did not have any work experience before NS, all my life. (ya, ok, i had a good life...)

And no doubt i would be thinking of all the uncertainly... How would be a "real" environment like? How would the people "bother" me? How would i handle "real" customers??

arggh.


After i killed some brain cells, i told myself...: "eh, you think too much le bah??" Yup.. isnt i was worried too last time before i enlisted into NS? Now i felt nothing after 2 years. So isnt all would be the same too, after i worked for a certain time? Now my NS job soo demanding...perhaps it had already drilled some skills into me...so that i'm able to cope better than other newbies?


Ya, dont think so much. Go apply to a Job agency first then talk again.


cheeers
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finally, finally, SIM..

I'm been accepted by SIM!

phew... finally...

after these years/month of "lost", now there's something that, at least, secured the road of my near future..

yup, finally the envelope that comes is a thick one, no longer those which only one paper.



yeah...

so up next, finish off the rest of the applications and procedures...

an xin le.. an xin le..


p/s: now really can find people for lunch at climenti le.. hee. (read previous post)

2 quick thoughts : Drama & 21

Just to share the 2 quick thoughts that came to my mind just now.

(1)
Assuming if that everyone would be like what they do in dramas -- Always meet up in cafes just to tell the other person something -- then what a more peaceful world we would be in, coz all chances of misunderstanding each other when you communicate by sms or phone, will be gone.



(2)
And our age is actually quite a "difficult" time...we are too old as teenage and too young for adults. Yup, this is a known fact to many... we all can relate this in many parts of our life.

At this age you are old enough to be independent. And at same time you are too young to teach others or be listen-ed to by them. hmmm...

how? hope you quickly grow up and became more successful lor. Then you get some respect.


Or perhaps on the more simple issue, dressing could be a problem too (as what Dom said before) ..at this age you cant dress too young (kid-ish) or dress too old (office wear)... there are just no such "dress code" for our age.

hmm...

maybe that's why we have "forever 21" @ wisma bah... haha


what an age. 21. haha.

going SIM? please raise your hand

Imagine this:

1) Back in 2004, you took your A-levels results, and a full cert with one of the subject having grade B, all seems not too bad.

2) Especially when seniors told you that even C's and E's can get you into engineering courses, and that's where you want to go.

3) You happily go to career fairs and applied for NUS/NTU

4) And finally when the mail from NUS and NTU came, they only hold a piece of paper. And all that very beautiful language can be summarised into this line "sorry, you are rejected".

5) Come to 2005 and you tried everything all over again, this time round applying for even "easier" courses.

6) And...months passed to June, and the same piece of paper came to you again. From both uni.


Plus, through-out all these 2 years, you see your peers all getting their courses from NUS/NTU/SMU, going to interview, discussing whether should they change course, the girls studying hard at their uni, etc etc.


sounds familiar? Yup, that's what i went through.


And i can say now, that feeling then really wasnt too good.

It's like a suddenly change in your vision of your future.. What you thought would happen all these while is not going to happen.

And especially after everything had been so smoothly sailing in your academic path... I had scored well in PSLE, got to the best class in secondary school, went to the JC of my choice, and did not bad for prelims. And all fall down the slope in JC2... and til this state.

For moment i felt slightly inferior and been left out.... i asked, why, my peers can move on but why i just receive those rejection letters?



Perhaps there's also some of my friend out there who went thru the same as me. And i know some are in worse situation too...they still have to pull thru the remarks from their parents and the pressure when compared with their elder sibling who are studying in NUS/NTU now.




Thankfully, i began to feel better after i took a good look on the courses from SIM.

Yes, it's a private school offering local taking of overseas courses, and to some it might seem a grade lower than local uni... But after my checking around and feedbacks from friends, it not that bad. Or even better in some parts. Fees are higher for sure, but still quite ok for the time.

So after thinking, re-adjusting my future goals and planning, i decided on a course. Business Admin from UOL. Still not too far from my ulimate dream. With that, i submitted the application some time back.


But dont know why, until now i still have some un-easiness inside me... perhaps that fear of rejection still lingers inside me, after receiving 4 copies of those stuff... Yes, i know my friend had been telling me countless times that i'm certainly able to suceed with my grades, but well, the fear is still there at times.

Must jia you oh..


And for "left-out" feelings... thankfully it's minimising too. Although those of my closer friends are all at NUS/NTU, recently i seems to find more and more people going to SIM too.

First i have those few friends around me going.
Then from gatherings i found some of my old secondary sch classmates could be going too.
Then those people i know from NS, or old squad-mates
Then you have friend's friends.
Then even your very own colleague (but his's part time course)


Wow, seems like there are really alot of people applying for SIM. Certainly bound to see lots of familiar faces if i'm there this August.

And not forgetting currently there's already alot of girls from my year there now. Enough to form a Mini-SRJC union, some joked. Although they would be in their last year when we're there, but it's not too bad too.


Well, worse come worse you can make new friends too what, right?


Hmm... think there's shouldnt be too much to be afraid bah.

'Cos at the end of the day, the real good friends wouldnt lose contact and the feelings, despite been separated in different places. Or even different countries.



And for SIM case, you can still easier meet your those mates from NUS for lunch or dinner. Since both buildings are all in climenti area.

So, those who are going to NUS, please raise your hands too. Lunch anyone?



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take a breathe, tell yourself you are ok, bear....

i always tell myself, i would not put unhappy stuff, as much as possible, on this blogspot space... but this time round, i really buay tahan already arh...

so first thing of all, my apologies to all those pals i have sort of not given "attention" to this week... really had a bad week..

so bad that....dunno y, was feeling so so down last night...


haiz.

i think one of the main thing could be from my office side..
You may ask, "eh isnt u going to ORD in 2 mth? y would it still bothers you?"

coz, last nov i was put into a place where it's seriously short handed. Then now come to time where the major project is happening... so the rest of them would be engaged with it outside, and i would be alone in office, handling all the other stuff there....

and so because of this, my leave all have to be re-arranged... oh well, "luckily" i dont have much left (coz the system here makes you clear leave every year, not like the army-style of "clear-all-2year's-at-one-go". )

that's not all. Then came some last minutes shit from my supervisor (which i guess he doesnt know how to clear it too) ...and it became my shit (which i dont know how to clear even more) which i have to settle it by the dateline given from top... arggh...

Then there came stand by duties... wah, couple of days before gotten one again. This time it was because of some people fault that caused us to be involved....so went all way down to tuas at night of valentine's day. cool.

Oh yes, isnt i suppose to have a replacement NS boy too? Yes he came, but i dunno in what sense the top gave us this poor chap that doesnt know english well and not good in computer.... so, he's not taking over my job and went to do field work in another section.......
so in the time when my peers are already teaching his junior happily and working at 50%, i'm still working at 100%, alone.


And with all these stuff i still have something that is struck in my brain.....


TAke a deep breath......left two months only, after that your mind will be cleared, and you can think anything le....


erm, apologies to all the people around me again huh.


luckily there's weekends and off days. I can stop thinking about work if i didnt work on that day.

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i'm learning. i'm still learning.


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gain and lose?

One day i was talking to yasmeen, and she was telling me about this...:

"When you gain something, you lose something else"

She finds it quite true, and to think of it, we could really find quite some examples to support this statement.

Just like a couple i know. The guy had gotten a driving licence, and since they gained the convenience of travelling. But as the girl tends to lose her way during navigation and the guy was quite stressed while driving, they tend to argued and piss each other off. Thus they lost some happiness too.

Or, one might gained career, but lost time for family...


But what happens when you believe in this? Tendency is that once something really good comes to you, you would start to be afraid that you might lose something in return... So you might not really be happy...


Hence, we have to know, this is not the case all the time. First, what is it that we would lose? It might not be what we forsee. Or rather, what we lose might be much smaller than what we gained. Or even, we might not lose anything at all. We might gain more in the long run.


Give you a scenerio. Assuming that you are going overseas to study in your dream course but, base on that logic on top, you afraid you might lose your bf/gf. Well, that logic still applies, but it could be just that you lost some money for the payment. Instead, you and your the other half might get even closer (cos you start to cherish each other more) And once you are back, the valuable education you had lets you earn much more than what you and/or your family had spent.

Not forgetting effort comes into place too.... You must of cos, at least make that effort to keep in contact with your other half or family when you are far away too, in order for all to cherish each other more too.. If you had taken them for granted, then certainly you might lose the bond...


In short, whatever things happens, be it be good or bad, just dont worry soo much. Do what you have to do, enjoy what you can, and let nature take it's course. All will be fine eventually...

...coz I believe everything happens for a cause. No matter what happens, all will come to a good end.

You too?
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one bear down

The mightly polar bear is sick.

Right after CNY visits on tues, i'm already feeling abit funny on wed, with all the runny nose...

and come to thurs, wah, cant stand it...getting worse.

so after lunch time, left office and went to see a doc.

Went Sengkang Polyclinic... wah... the queue is horrible... Spent 2, 3 hours there for a 10 mins treatment...

Finally home. And slept for the entire night.

til today, slept and slept and slept...

til just now 4+ pm.

Luckily today on leave wor....


Think should call myself polar-pig. ;P


p/s: Apologies to Derrick and May again huh. Initially had planned to meet you two for dinner on thursday...Will re do another one next week yup? paisei!

Happy chinese new year!!

Happy chinese new year!!

(oops, seems like i had missed the date by 15mins.)

Anyway, just want to wish everyone to have a great lunar new year ahead!

For the guys, we might be having a year of challenges ahead, as we are finally re-starting school again. Jiayou!

and the girls, jiayou too, for the 3rd year!

May everyone be peaceful and shun shun li li!

And, for now, enjoy this festival!

Eat more, play more, and spend more time with family!

For the tired, try to rest too for these few days of vacation.


take care people!

"i not stupid 2"

shufang is always so lucky. Many of the movies we watched are won by her thru online/sms contests and it happend pretty oftenly. This time round, it's the preview screening of the latest local production "I not stupid 2".

Well, i'm not gonna to type out the entire story here. This post is simply to recommend this movie to you guys.

why?

1) It's not just an follow up on the part one and digging back on same topics. Focus is different. This time it's on parenting...so if u didnt watch the previous it doesnt matter.

2) It's not lame, in fact, some parts are so true and so close to our hearts (and our ears too.. it what we always hear!) The words from parents, the scene/characters in class, etc...

3) And surprisingly for a Jack Neo movie, some parts actually are touching to me. Oww, thought i can only feel that from Japanese dramas & Wan Zi Bian Cin Wa. And dont worry, there's lots of comical relief too.

4) The actors are great! The "Jerry" 's actions/expressions are cute...very animated. "Tom" has his style, and "cheng cai" 's acting is stunning. A real life musician acts as a fighter? hmm... Anyway, just no kids that sounds like they are at a story telling competition (a common problem on our local dramas)

5) It's not overloaded with computer Graphics like I Do i do, and didnt talk much on Politics like the part one.

6) Some parts are quite exaggerated, but they made an powerful impact. Just take note of that scene on handphones in school...power.


Just one complain... Why did the theme song sounds so Jay Chou?? sounds as if they took one of his existing song and re-write the lyrics...argh.


Still, a highly recommended movie. And yes, please bring along your parents to watch too. Just nice for this festival season. ^-^

(p/s: In fact, i want to get my mum to watch it... There are some parts which i really hopes that she sees it.. 0_0 )

Left and Right hand

during work today, i had a small cut on my right thumb. ouch, it's small but slightly deep.

As you know, it's ok during normal stuff, but when it contact with water + soap, that's when you feel it..

So problem comes just now at bath time... ouch ouch..

Thus i just use my left hand for the entire soaping process. No problem, the left hand can reach the legs, the body, the back and right hand. Nice job done.

But how about the left hand itself? I'm unable to use the right hand as per normal. In the end I can only use the back of the palm...and certainly it could not be done so nicely...


Sounds familiar in our daily life?

The most hardworking person who serves everyone is like the left hand... in the end he/she might not get back the same treatment he/she gave to others.


If the person just feels happy serving others and see-ing others happy, then no problem here.


But what if the person expects rewards or the same thing back whenever he/she did something? he/she might just be disappointed.


hmm..

if everyone in this world gives freely and doesnt expect rewards, then we will have perfect and happier world?



Luckily for my thumb it's only a small cut...it should recover in 2 days. Else you might see my left hand getting "blacker" soon.


ok la, too exaggerated already.

2006 week 1 = New Year + Yan Jun Bday + 15th sc Chalet

Indeed, the first week of 2006 was one of the busiest one for me.


Let me start with the first day of the year. I had never spent a night outside doing count down before, so with the recommandation of derrick, me him and dom had a small small outing by going to ECP to watch fireworks -- both the one from town, and those shot off by ships on the sea (some maritime tradition of shooting the SOS flare on midnight)

...And we miss out the entire thing. There're delays in public transport (derrick and dom was coming from suntec), When i finally got to pick them up and we rushed down to ECP area, it was already 15mins to Midnight... And after all the jams along ECP service road and highway (great minds think alike, the world was there for fireworks at last minute too) we missed out the fireworks... sigh. No wonder the crowd was coming out as we was walking in.

But still, we still have our another "main dish" -- that's the fire sticks contributed by derrick. Of coz we had a fun time playing with them and taking photos....felt like a kid again.. haha... enjoy the pix below... they better describe the fun.


look closely... it's in an order of "0" and "6"


lighting them up carefully..


...and the joy filled child... ^-^


....Oooo...


.. trying to "write" 0 6 ..



(more at Yahoo album : NY 06 Fireworks)

p/s: When we completed and went ECP mac for a seat, Jinie came and joined us awhile too (She was hanging around outside with her friend, and just dont want to retreat home early) Ah, she's still as crappy in the new 2006.

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The very next day, it's Yan Jun 21st birthday celebration at her house.

She is a very fortunate girl... so fortunate that i can only say "wow" and "wow" at her birthday... why? First, perhaps as it's a 21st birthday, they did a Catering at her house (landed property, fyi) and invited many of her relatives and friends.

And it was pretty grand...the type of catering tells it all. Not only there's the row of tasty food (hey i like tat fried prawn) and a big Turkey sitting at a corner, there's this BBQ pit where the food are been cooked by the staff on the spot...

And of cos, that Chocolate Fountain.....whose thick chocolate smell tempts you from afar and makes you drool infront of it.... argg... Sinful sinful.. haha. So tempting that her dad was actually happy to repeat his demostration on "how-to-dip-a-strawberry-or-marshmallow-into-chocolate" repeatedly for us...haha...


.. fountain and turkey...yummy yummy..


*chocolate makes you happy*


Not forgetting the part on birthday song/cake too... As by that time we (friends) was in her "KTV room" singing with her, we was only been called out with her when everything was ready outside. And imagine, as she stepped out there's was chapping and cheering and the entire big crowd was just there right infront of her, gathered and to welcome her to her cake... OMG.... she's certainly like a Star that night...cheers for her ^-^



Happy 21st Birthday!!


(more at Yahoo album : Bday-Yan Jun 21st)

p/s: This is a small world. Yan Jun is shufang's JC first 3 months classmate (And a good friend since).. So i know her when thru shufang when she called her out one day. Then i realised Jinie is her current SIM school mate and Secondary school friend too (so of 'cos the entire group of kenneth, ling ling etc comes into the pix) And at this birthday, i ran into my Primary School-mate, Simon, Who was actually Yan jun NYJC classmate. Power.


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For the next few days (before the chalet) it was busy and busy... with work, and also me trying to find a car. Been browsing online and making phone calls during free time, until i found one..(more details later)

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Friday came along and it's my department's annual dinner. This year it's at Inter-continental hotel and with a very special theme "LIVE @ the studio".. So for the daring, you can dress up like any TV character from the name of the show that you had named your table. Thus, We saw some very interesting table theme, like the Shanghai Beach, CSI, God Father, Kong Fu Hustle, a Flintstone couple, and an entire table of pirates...haha... so animated.

Guess this year my Maritime section was also very luckily... Quite of number of us actually won the lucky draw prizes, especially our very own colleague who won the first prize of an overseas trip worth $700...And me too, hehe...12th prize, an Adidas Watch.. ^-^

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Finally, the day of came. 7th Jan 2006, 15th SC Chalet ...A long day it was.


First thing in the morning was to go to SIM and apply for my degree course, with shufang. Well, since i had gotten a car, as might well i utilise her fully, hence the trip down to clementi road. Finding the way down there wasnt hard, and after doing all the admin stuff and queuing for payment, the application was all done.

Spent some time exploring my hopeful-future school. A nice place i have to say, with a garden in the centre of the Building...and a big study area in the library too...foresee that i will be spending my time there to do work (if i got in)


Next, preparation for the chalet begins. Now the time flies from here onwards.. Once me and shufang pick up dom and weiting, we went to the supermarket to do our purchase, after which to Marine Parade pick up Derrick, then to Kembangan to pick the Satay/Otah, and to the chalet (Aloha loyang)

Poor dom, she was actually sick for the day, but yet not only she came out, she even did the purchase and stuff... And despite her hunger, she wasnt requesting to eat, until we (esp weiting) forced her to buy some food along the way (we paused at Siglap Shell Kiosk) ...After taking the food and the medicine in car, only then she rested for the moment..

Finally we reached Aloha Loyang (Garden Terrace D). As shufang settled the check in procedures, i dropped them and all the stuff, and off i went again, to Heartland to pick Kathy jinie and kent (and his bee hoon) ...No problem here, only that the smell of Bee Hoon was filling up the entire car and making the hungry us hungry-er.. haha..

Reached the chalet (again) and shortly, we started the fire....and soon, it rained.. Emergency plan was excuted: few of us to lift the trash bag to act as a shelter while the other continued to start fire...haha...although we were wet, alot of fun comments/things happened too... ^-^

Gradually more people came and more food was ready, and people settled down... This was the time that i'm really so heart-warmed to see more than half of 15th SC back together and interacting with one another...Not forgetting when Mr Ong and Ms ong arrived...i still can feel the small "cheers" as they came in.


Beginning of BBQ


...middle of BBQ...still quite wet.


Group photo before IZ got to leave us


derrick, me and ms ong!


the staller owner and 2 tv host..haa...


And quickly time passed....to the time when some of us have to leave. Another big group photo, and a strong "Yam Seng" concluded the first half of the chalet...


all together, once more


...yam seng!...


As i have to make a trip back sengkang and home, when i came back they had already wrapped up on the BBQ and settled in the house. Finally a time to relax..hee. For this 2nd half we had a great time playing all sort of stuff.. from the Daidee that i had created a big joke out of it (*shh...*) to the hiliarous "7-level pig" to all the funny shots we took....


...can win or not?


...this what you do at 530am...


...and at 530am jay is normal...


...gals power!


...charlie angels??


...and all of us, with a Big Smile


arh, until the time i lied down then i realised it was already 6.30am..

Shut my eyes, and in a short while it's morning, shufang had came back. Time to pack up and leave. And realised that for the time we slept the entire MRT exercise had taken place and finished..,haha...that's how fast it was.

Went for breakfast and sent some of them back home...Wah, on the way to shufang hostel i nearly fall asleep on the wheel... luckily i can get some rest at her hall...



This is the Chalet.. looked so forward to it but yet so short. hmmm...




p/s:

Thank you to...

DOM, kent and IZ... for planning together with me..

Shufang... for your many help in booking and checking in and out and the running of it..

Weiting and Dom.. for active purchase of items at boon keng, esp when dom is sick too.

Kent.... (or rather sorry) for that incident we had

Ben Jinie Soon Leong.... You guys was cooking continuously non-stop

Patrick.....for asking around and collection of money from everyone

Rui... for helping to drive to tampines after you saw my low petrol level

Alvyn...for your sms... please take care!

All of you..... that had came to support this chalet

...And anyone that i had left out..



(more at Yahoo album : Aloha chalet Jan06 (15th SC) )



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sideline

This time round i have to get a car as it just happened that we had some overseas relatives coming on the same weekend also. So i got this Mazda 323 1.6M for the weekend... but sigh, i shouldnt have done so...

...'cos now i missed the comfortable leather seats, that gearshift, all those electronics, that 10 CD changer...It too made my dad's van felt so powerless on expressway, a Corolla's handling so muted, and the previous Civic's steering so light... And that great service from the friendly owner really tempted me to get from him again...

argh. sorry ah shufang, i sort of like that car leh, after together for 249.1 km...haha...





ok la, it's just a car ok...


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1st Jan 2006 -- 8th Jan 2006

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Merry Christmas

well, once again my computer is down. So many thanks to shufang, for her kind loan of her laptop to me for the week, again... thanks sf.

I came to realise this... it's actually not a bad thing to celebrate christmas without a big gathering and any special event. Something small and simple is nice too..

This is how i spent my 25th dec. Me, derrick and dom went cycling at East Coast Park in the afternoon.

It was very nice, coz it was out of city area and away from the crowds... and i enjoyed the peaceful times when you are on the bike, with the sense of speed and the cool breeze on you...

And certainly the time the 3 of us spent on the Bedok Jetty... it was really such a long time since that we last had a nice chat and enjoying each other company.. not forgetting all the fun we had playing with the camera (photos to be uploaded at online album)

Dinner? A simple one at Parkway's Pasta Mania. 3 Pasta with 1 Pizza.... doesnt it sounds like what we all had during our old council days with all the other people, after school?

We walked around parkway after dinner.. And settled down at Mac again, for a nice chat again (a long one too, this time. So long that i caught one of the last few trains home.... ;p)

Wah, so tired when i touched home... but it doesnt matter, coz i had a really nice day.

(belated) Merry Christmas.

just 10 seconds too late

Tired tired tired..that's what i'm telling myself now.

My legs are aching... my brain is lagging... my knee hurts.

and i'm very sian too.

What happened?

i took an IPPT this morning, only.

And? Only 10sec slower on 2.4 run, and i will have to go back to the academy again for a full retest.

And and? As it's shifting end of the year, the next time when i'm going it would be all the way at chua chu kang...

argh.


haiz. nevermind lar. When i receive the email then i start to bother about the location again.


oh my lovely bed. you are so lovely when legs are aching.

p/s: sf, dont jealous ah.

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sensible or timid?

thought of this after been with my colleagues for > 1 year..

Say when something doesnt goes in the way you expect, and you realised you had been "short-changed" by the management,

Eg: Pay scheme wasnt fair, thus you got slightly lesser money for the first month.

Would you :

1) Keep quiet, take note of the scheme and dont repeat the mistake next month?

2) Or complain and argue with the top/pay department, more for the principle rather than the money?


Thus,

Are those people who choose (1) are sensible people who knows that it's useless to fight with the top for something that's been in place for so long, and rather not to be "marked" by the top after arguing;

or simply timid people who would always be taken advantage of?

And, are those people who choose (2) are people with principles in life and would always speak up for themselves for what they deserve;

or simply people who have not seen the corporate world and think that the world is really so democratic?

(this is a different story from someone who fights as a customer/cilent.)


Well, after thinking, i still cant find an answer to this question in my mind...


And anyway, if you are curious, i'm the person who choose (1). so am i sensible or timid?

the power of termites

My office. Although is more than 30 years of age, but it's still a nice peaceful place, next to the sea and have a good city view.

Except that it does suffer from flood last time (i heard) during high tides period;

and now, termites. (maybe the humidity)

In this recent wave of attacks, wasted items are a new cabinet, a paper cutting board, and a game board. And not forgetting the time when they started to spray pesticide desperately, causing everyone having to move outside 'cos we really cant breathe inside..


Here are the 3 items:

The "hole" was all done by them.

and take a look at the amount of "dust"...

the cutting board:

Take note, the entire interior was empty. Had been all eaten up.

The drawer...

which was from this new cabinet.

now just sitting there to collect dust.

Even the thick door wasnt spared too:


Scary huh? Moral of story... must know how to keep our home pest free...

Luckily we are all changing to new furnitures when we are shifting to the new office in 3 months time... If we have to shift them and bring the pest over too.... argh. Cant imagine.

what a year, what a day...

Things really could be soo unexpected.

Just realised that i had visited 4 different hospital this year... First SGH for my colleague, then TTSH for my grandmother (that long post below), last week Changi hospital for a friend, and now, Derrick at KKH..

Initially the plan for last friday was to go back SR to visit the OGL camp. As i was about to set off from my house to pick up derrick from Pasir ris park, his mum called and informed that he had hospitalised, due to his fits attack.

Thus, after the visit at SR we went down to see derrick. Although he was very much stablised, i could tell that he looked plain and was very tired... my heart really sank..

Still quite worried, i visited him again on the next evening (sat) with Dom & IZ, and on sunday again, with shufang. The good thing is that he was getting better on each visit after another. Especially for sun, he was more energetic after he got off the bed and started walking around... Guess he could have lied down too much too..

Thankfully, he was discharged on monday, and currently is resting at home. Please take good care, derrick, and rest more!

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Sigh....from this i really how unexpected life can get. Someone could be ok this moment but something might just happen at the next. We really cannot take the people around us for granted and must cherish every time spent...

Further more, i felt for the parents too. For derrick's case, i can really tell how tired his parents are... all the rushing to and fro house & hospital and the worries... Further more, this is not the first time over the years too... Hope that they take care too...

And oh yes, how would i not forget his repeated "thanks for visiting" whenever we are there...If i'm not wrong he even went off to buy buns for us on sun....regrettedly i have to leave before he comes back 'cos i need to fetch my mum from work..

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On lighter note, during the visit on sat Jasmine came down too, with her boyfriend. Certainly they brought joy along, from the humourous dialogs between she and dom; She even brought along a Kola Bear to keep Derrick company.. haha.. .And yes, they bought too 3,4 magazines for derrick, in case he's bored... From health to tv guide to automobile, all genres are covered..haha.

Jasmine ah, nice to see your boy oh... yandao eh.. hahah...

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p/s:
Regards the OGL camp we visited, what i can say is that the 18th council are very good. Not only all of them made it through their promo exams, spirit wise they are high for it too. Many actually remembered us (esp. dom and pearlyn) Respects to the president Isa too... Not only he was cool and stable (and definitely a good PR spokesmen) , his leadership and organisation skills lead the council well....despite that times are harder now with more activities to organise and to even take care of both council and the Student leaders team (something new) as well. Kudos to him.

Indeed it' was heartwarming to see the 18th. Reminded me alot of those days when we were the 15th council...

damn, i feel old.

this blog had just been "facelifted"

since i have some time today at home, i decided to give my blog a "new" face.

so, went online to check out the blog skins available.... dont seem to find any i like yet,

thus DIY again.

And was reminded of why i dont quite like computing last time.... alot alot of bugs~!!

haha... so finally... settled it more or less..

Hence, hope u guys like this new little facelift!!

Once again, if you see any problem or it appear very weirdly on your scree, drop me a email and i'll attend to it.

thanks~~!!