sorry haven't been writing new entries for the past 2 weeks cos was very busy with sch and church things then didn't have time to write...
well it was sch, home, church for most of the past 2 wks, except last fri which was our sch D&D. it was held at hotel rendezvous... its a 4 star hotel and although the ambience was great, the food issit that great. think it's becos of budget problems so can't get too ex stuffs... usually d&d cost $50 but ours only $29.90 so can't blame it, but we have a good time together...
this week was even worst, got is the lab week so have to prepare the log book, and on thurs spent almost 4 hrs to do the logic logbook until i have to miss the crusade crossroads, so its quite bad. hopefully this week won't. now is the java programming still stuck at dunno what place and it seems like an endless thing to do and the thing is never going to end with all the errors...
today we had a food fair in church to raise fund for the camp and my cell is selling fried rice. at first got fried bee hoon but somehow roger forget to cook it so in the end we just sell fried rice lor. haha. the other cells also got sell things like burger, sushi, dessert, etc... and we have a great time of fellowship together, that's the most important thing...
and its 16 Sep today, which means that its counting down 100 days to Christmas. wow time really flies and we're near the festive seasons again. hari raya and moon cake festival has already started. but now have to mug for the tutorials, labs and exams first and the exams is going to last till end of nov, and dec going back to NS from 3 dec to 6 jan. confirm liao. faster clear and forget it lor. and luckily next wk is the 1 wk break so finally can take a break. will be going to bintan from fri to sun for the pulse youth leaders retreat...
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
COMEX 2007
just came back from comex after all the squeezing and kncoking around there. cos too many ppl liao then keep knocking into other ppl here and there. bought a printer and a 2.5 inch hard disk to store photos when i go overseas... should be better then my prevoius one which uses USB. this one directly insert the card into the system. but so far can't figure out how to change the format to FAT32. now it's at NTFS which i can't use it here and i can't seems to change it from the com...
miss the lunar eclipse on tues as it rained the entire day so there was lots of mist in the sky and we can't see the moon :( managed to finish the java lab1 with my friends help then now still struggling with lab 2. and tue is the lab test. its a suicidal thing and think it's going nuts. and heard from my friend that its a sure fail kind of thing...
tmr got 3 different tutoiral as 1 of them is a makeup from the one we missed on union day. still have not done 2 of them and its almost midnight and i still need to do some programming... think may ended up going there with empty piece of paper...
miss the lunar eclipse on tues as it rained the entire day so there was lots of mist in the sky and we can't see the moon :( managed to finish the java lab1 with my friends help then now still struggling with lab 2. and tue is the lab test. its a suicidal thing and think it's going nuts. and heard from my friend that its a sure fail kind of thing...
tmr got 3 different tutoiral as 1 of them is a makeup from the one we missed on union day. still have not done 2 of them and its almost midnight and i still need to do some programming... think may ended up going there with empty piece of paper...
Saturday, August 25, 2007
its only the 3rd week in sch, but already starting to feel the stress liao...... but this is mainly cause by the programming module, the java programming. the rest i can still read and understand it, but the programming can really make me go crazy.
spend most of the last week doing the programming lab. and it's just lab 1 and already like that. getting stuck here and there. wonder how to survive the next 8 lab. the 1st lab is due on tue and still got quite alot of errors here and there now. think is maybe becos i didn't have java background and yet i'm exempted from the introduction module. so i'm put into the more advance module straight away...
on thurs went for the crusade afternoon event cos it was union day so there was no lesson from 1130 to 1430. in the evening went for the concert engineer welcome tea. luckily its not one that need so much commitment and mainly just ad hoc basis. so just go to learn how to operate the PA system...
now watching the campus superstar final... wonder who can be the grand champion. shawn or keely? well, i'm netural but shawn may have higher chance as he got lots of supporter. so wait for the results in 1/2 hrs time...
spend most of the last week doing the programming lab. and it's just lab 1 and already like that. getting stuck here and there. wonder how to survive the next 8 lab. the 1st lab is due on tue and still got quite alot of errors here and there now. think is maybe becos i didn't have java background and yet i'm exempted from the introduction module. so i'm put into the more advance module straight away...
on thurs went for the crusade afternoon event cos it was union day so there was no lesson from 1130 to 1430. in the evening went for the concert engineer welcome tea. luckily its not one that need so much commitment and mainly just ad hoc basis. so just go to learn how to operate the PA system...
now watching the campus superstar final... wonder who can be the grand champion. shawn or keely? well, i'm netural but shawn may have higher chance as he got lots of supporter. so wait for the results in 1/2 hrs time...
Monday, August 20, 2007
Welcome Week 2007
sorry had been busy for the past week although its still the 2nd week, but already got quite alot of things to do...
it was NTU freshmen welcome week last week and we had IT fair, CCA fair, carnival.... yup on monday i bought the new fujitsu laptop E8410 for like $2467 but its already quite cheap compared to outside. took almost 2 hrs to buy it and in the end missed one lecture cos the queueing time was much longer then expected...
as for CCA i put my name in quite a few, like concert engineer, guitarist, astronomy, campus cruasde, photography... but of course can't join all la, just put name only. confirm joing CCC then the rest dunno yet...
for lesson wise 3 tutorials started last wk but no labs yet. but i'm already starting to feel the uni workload and stress liao. faces alot of problems when solving the tutorials and always can't get the correct answers on 1st attempt :( sianz... this week the full swing will start so i got to be mentally prepared, if not may get a heart attack :p
it was NTU freshmen welcome week last week and we had IT fair, CCA fair, carnival.... yup on monday i bought the new fujitsu laptop E8410 for like $2467 but its already quite cheap compared to outside. took almost 2 hrs to buy it and in the end missed one lecture cos the queueing time was much longer then expected...
as for CCA i put my name in quite a few, like concert engineer, guitarist, astronomy, campus cruasde, photography... but of course can't join all la, just put name only. confirm joing CCC then the rest dunno yet...
for lesson wise 3 tutorials started last wk but no labs yet. but i'm already starting to feel the uni workload and stress liao. faces alot of problems when solving the tutorials and always can't get the correct answers on 1st attempt :( sianz... this week the full swing will start so i got to be mentally prepared, if not may get a heart attack :p
Sunday, August 12, 2007
After 1 week in NTU...
it has been a week since i started lessons in NTU, and so far so good... the whole of last week only got lectures so quite free, plus thurs is national day holiday so in total only had a few hours of lessons...
for this week some of the tutorial will start but not all, the rest plus lab will start next week. this week will have CCA fair, IT fair, library orientation, etc. still fumming about whether to buy the laptop from sch, cos all the models i saw either this not good or that not good and cannot find any perfect ones. tmr go see the show then see how lor... as for CCA i'll join campus crusade but still thinking if whether to join a second one but i doubt so cos i dun think i'll have enough time
as for the national day all of us didn't get the tickets to watch at marina :( then one of my SPCCC staff grandma passed away, so some of us went to the wake instead. quite a big difference in the atmosphere between the two side. but those schedule is planned by god so just thank him for whatever he planned as he know best what to give to us...
for this week some of the tutorial will start but not all, the rest plus lab will start next week. this week will have CCA fair, IT fair, library orientation, etc. still fumming about whether to buy the laptop from sch, cos all the models i saw either this not good or that not good and cannot find any perfect ones. tmr go see the show then see how lor... as for CCA i'll join campus crusade but still thinking if whether to join a second one but i doubt so cos i dun think i'll have enough time
as for the national day all of us didn't get the tickets to watch at marina :( then one of my SPCCC staff grandma passed away, so some of us went to the wake instead. quite a big difference in the atmosphere between the two side. but those schedule is planned by god so just thank him for whatever he planned as he know best what to give to us...
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
1st 2 days in NTU
it has been 2 days since i start sch in NTU, and can say that currently it's still not bad but its still the honeymoon week so hard to say. this week only got lecutres so there's alot of free time but spend most of it looking at computers and thinking which one to buy. still havent' decide whether to buy in sch or wait till comex...
i think from week 3 onwards the stress will start to come in with all the lab assigments and reports, esp the programming one which can make me crazy... think must start studying that one myself first.
the sianz thing is all the electives that i want all full liao. i think the seniors took it liao as they have priority so i think most likely have to take econs. the rest i think have to wait till next sem...
and another disappointed thing is that we can't get the ndp tickets after all.. at first on sunday my friend actually got some tickets which he can give to us but somehow i think things screw up so i think he can't get the tickets out or wat i dunno la, but now i think all of us have to revert back to watching the parade on TV. :(
i think from week 3 onwards the stress will start to come in with all the lab assigments and reports, esp the programming one which can make me crazy... think must start studying that one myself first.
the sianz thing is all the electives that i want all full liao. i think the seniors took it liao as they have priority so i think most likely have to take econs. the rest i think have to wait till next sem...
and another disappointed thing is that we can't get the ndp tickets after all.. at first on sunday my friend actually got some tickets which he can give to us but somehow i think things screw up so i think he can't get the tickets out or wat i dunno la, but now i think all of us have to revert back to watching the parade on TV. :(
Monday, August 06, 2007
NTU Orientation, Disrupt from NS, Festival of Praise (FOP)
just came back from the FOPit has been a week full of activities since wed, with the ntu orientation from wed to fri then went for the FOP on sat and sun... had been outside most of the time for the pass few days and sch is officially starting in like... 7 hours??? yup its true...
on thurs we had the ntu college of engineering orientation talk where i got a better understanding on how the sch system work, then at night got pulse talk in church which ended only abt 2300h
on fri there was a freshmen welcome ceremony in ntu... mine was in the morning session then after that went back to PLAB to take back the Pink IC! but not ORD yet... only disrupt and still have to serve the 35 days. at night got worship practice...
on sat went for the FOP with zhi qiang. we reached there at abt 1730h so still got quite a good seat. it was full house and totally pack and i think there's still ppl outside when its full. it ended only at abt 2240h and everyone rushes out to take the bus... i think the organistation is very bad as there's no queue for the bus and everyone just rush to the road when the bus comes. so waited for like 40 mins before we manage to got up a bus.. the worst thing there is they use private bus so cannot get too many ppl to stand so there's a waste of space...
then today also went to the FOP after church. there's lesser ppl today and there's no queue and we could just go in after reaching. i went with roger but we reach there quite late. luckily there's ppl who booked seats for us so we could get good seats also. and he drive there so we can avoid squeezing for the bus and just drive seamlessly out. after that went to old airport road for supper. there got a wonton mee store which ppl said is very good. yup i try that and it's really good. but must wait for quite long and they give u a number when u order then when they call your number then u go collect.
now ntu lesson is officially starting in less than 7 hrs... luckily mine monday is start at 1130h so can wake up later tmr. very tired now from the lack of sleep for the pass few days. going to slp soon...
on thurs we had the ntu college of engineering orientation talk where i got a better understanding on how the sch system work, then at night got pulse talk in church which ended only abt 2300h
on fri there was a freshmen welcome ceremony in ntu... mine was in the morning session then after that went back to PLAB to take back the Pink IC! but not ORD yet... only disrupt and still have to serve the 35 days. at night got worship practice...
on sat went for the FOP with zhi qiang. we reached there at abt 1730h so still got quite a good seat. it was full house and totally pack and i think there's still ppl outside when its full. it ended only at abt 2240h and everyone rushes out to take the bus... i think the organistation is very bad as there's no queue for the bus and everyone just rush to the road when the bus comes. so waited for like 40 mins before we manage to got up a bus.. the worst thing there is they use private bus so cannot get too many ppl to stand so there's a waste of space...
then today also went to the FOP after church. there's lesser ppl today and there's no queue and we could just go in after reaching. i went with roger but we reach there quite late. luckily there's ppl who booked seats for us so we could get good seats also. and he drive there so we can avoid squeezing for the bus and just drive seamlessly out. after that went to old airport road for supper. there got a wonton mee store which ppl said is very good. yup i try that and it's really good. but must wait for quite long and they give u a number when u order then when they call your number then u go collect.
now ntu lesson is officially starting in less than 7 hrs... luckily mine monday is start at 1130h so can wake up later tmr. very tired now from the lack of sleep for the pass few days. going to slp soon...
Thursday, August 02, 2007
QET
went to NTU today for the QET and it's the same format as the pass year paper, which is to write an essay of 250-300 words. but i think i wrote abt 400+ words but like only use less than 1/2 of the paper they provide. if use all i think can be abt 100 words liao...
basically just have that today and i also went to collect the ezlink card and hand in the Giro form which i think i've miss the deadline liao cos its not written on the website and i didn't see the booklet for quite sometime... for the ezlink i still haven't activate yet cos my NS concession pass still valid till 8 Aug, after that then i buy from the student one which is $9 cheaper...
tmr will have orientation talk and i think i'll be useful as now still quite blur in some of the things and hopefully can solve tmr if not do wrong things then got big prob liao..
basically just have that today and i also went to collect the ezlink card and hand in the Giro form which i think i've miss the deadline liao cos its not written on the website and i didn't see the booklet for quite sometime... for the ezlink i still haven't activate yet cos my NS concession pass still valid till 8 Aug, after that then i buy from the student one which is $9 cheaper...
tmr will have orientation talk and i think i'll be useful as now still quite blur in some of the things and hopefully can solve tmr if not do wrong things then got big prob liao..
Sunday, July 29, 2007
New Nokia 6110 Handphone
the clock now is 16 mins to 300707... 1000 secs more to the date i've been counting since 730 days ago... NTU!!!!!!!
just bought a new handphone from the singtel fair at suntec city, a Nokia 6110... it has a GPS function and also includes a singapore map in it so it can detect where you are. As for the other functions i have not use it yet so i dunno about it yet, now still transfeering contact numbers in it if not then u all sms me i won't know who is it except for those very familiar number lor... write more after i've more familiar with it
before that in the afternoon went to university culture centre to watch a musical"Love Above All". its presented by mt carmel BP church and the musical is about god and forgiveness...
yest evening also went to suntec to check out the phone... then at there saw some of my NS friends in the GOH as their resting place is at suntec. the best is when i was going there just i alight the bus i saw the singapore flag flying pass with chinnok helicopter, its the real one for the preview and also hear the national anthem and the 21-gun salute. after that went to marina square to catch the fireworks and took photos of it to send for competition. just send lor by email but i dun think will win cos there're so many ppl taking photos and the chances are really small...
just bought a new handphone from the singtel fair at suntec city, a Nokia 6110... it has a GPS function and also includes a singapore map in it so it can detect where you are. As for the other functions i have not use it yet so i dunno about it yet, now still transfeering contact numbers in it if not then u all sms me i won't know who is it except for those very familiar number lor... write more after i've more familiar with it
before that in the afternoon went to university culture centre to watch a musical"Love Above All". its presented by mt carmel BP church and the musical is about god and forgiveness...
yest evening also went to suntec to check out the phone... then at there saw some of my NS friends in the GOH as their resting place is at suntec. the best is when i was going there just i alight the bus i saw the singapore flag flying pass with chinnok helicopter, its the real one for the preview and also hear the national anthem and the 21-gun salute. after that went to marina square to catch the fireworks and took photos of it to send for competition. just send lor by email but i dun think will win cos there're so many ppl taking photos and the chances are really small...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
NTU CCC FOC
just came back from the ntu crusade freshmen camp... it was a 3 days 2 nights camp but there's only planned activities for the first 2 days... the last day was just for checking out and admin stuff...
had made quite a number of friends from the camp, all my fellow bro and sis in christ... and was quite close to a few. yup, had there's many games which requires team work and bring us closer to one another... and really thank god for the weather cos for this week it rained quite alot on mon, thurs and fri but i didn't really rain at all on tue and wed where we have the camp and outdoor activites, yeah god is really GOOD!
as for the accom we stayed in hall 4, and after staying there can say that luckily i didnt stay in the hall... cos i prefer to stay alone and with air con which they dun offer to yr 1. and the toilets and bed is worse then my camp one... the mattress is quite hard and the heater for shower is not working properly, and the fan is directly on top of the study table which can make me headache...
for the food wise the food provided in the camp wasnt that great, like same standard as SFI. but the food in canteen 2 & A was great... haha! i think going to frequent these 2 canteens more, and canteen A got mac! haha but cant eat that often also... then on the 2nd night after supper we went to the coffeeshop opp ntu at around blk 908 to eat roti prata till abt 1am then after that talk till abt 4.30am then slp for less then 4 hrs...
then after checking out went clementi to eat botak jones, just got intro to that last fri then eat a 2nd time with anothe grp of ppl just 6 days later, haha! then after that went to play pool but i left at 5pm cos i was very tired... the cos we sent the bags to clementi by car then somehow forgot to take down the file so it was brought to the person house... but thank god managed to get it back today as most of my QT stuff and bible are in it...
had made quite a number of friends from the camp, all my fellow bro and sis in christ... and was quite close to a few. yup, had there's many games which requires team work and bring us closer to one another... and really thank god for the weather cos for this week it rained quite alot on mon, thurs and fri but i didn't really rain at all on tue and wed where we have the camp and outdoor activites, yeah god is really GOOD!
as for the accom we stayed in hall 4, and after staying there can say that luckily i didnt stay in the hall... cos i prefer to stay alone and with air con which they dun offer to yr 1. and the toilets and bed is worse then my camp one... the mattress is quite hard and the heater for shower is not working properly, and the fan is directly on top of the study table which can make me headache...
for the food wise the food provided in the camp wasnt that great, like same standard as SFI. but the food in canteen 2 & A was great... haha! i think going to frequent these 2 canteens more, and canteen A got mac! haha but cant eat that often also... then on the 2nd night after supper we went to the coffeeshop opp ntu at around blk 908 to eat roti prata till abt 1am then after that talk till abt 4.30am then slp for less then 4 hrs...
then after checking out went clementi to eat botak jones, just got intro to that last fri then eat a 2nd time with anothe grp of ppl just 6 days later, haha! then after that went to play pool but i left at 5pm cos i was very tired... the cos we sent the bags to clementi by car then somehow forgot to take down the file so it was brought to the person house... but thank god managed to get it back today as most of my QT stuff and bible are in it...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
6 days to NTU, 13 days to official start of lesson...
the countdown clock says 6 days to NTU... yup, 6 more days to 300707 which i've started counting since 2005 when it was still 730 days away... 300707 is the orientation week then 13 more days to 060807 which is the start of lessons...
going for NTUCCC freshmen camp from tue to thurs and hopefully can make new fellow bros and sis and get closer to God!
going for NTUCCC freshmen camp from tue to thurs and hopefully can make new fellow bros and sis and get closer to God!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Swimming
yesterday went swimming with some of my NS friends... it's also the first time i went swimming since dunno when... yup really long nv go swimming liao...
before swimming we went to clementi for lunch at botak jones... it's on the other side of clementi mrt, not the central side... it's really good, esp the fries... yummy! haha... then while we were eating there's someone got knock down by mrt at clementi station but we didnt see it... by the time we finish eating train service has resume...
so we took bus 185 to jurong east swimming pool... there got some renovation but its mainly the children's section... so we go to the lazy river and the wave pool... but sadly it started to rain only about 1 1/2 hr after we start so have no choice but to come out... it was raining quite heavily and there's lighting and its cold too as our towel is in the locker so we decided not to wait anymore and to get change...so we didnt get the full enjoyment of swimming but manage to have interaction with one another as i dunno if we still got chance like this after we ORD...
before swimming we went to clementi for lunch at botak jones... it's on the other side of clementi mrt, not the central side... it's really good, esp the fries... yummy! haha... then while we were eating there's someone got knock down by mrt at clementi station but we didnt see it... by the time we finish eating train service has resume...
so we took bus 185 to jurong east swimming pool... there got some renovation but its mainly the children's section... so we go to the lazy river and the wave pool... but sadly it started to rain only about 1 1/2 hr after we start so have no choice but to come out... it was raining quite heavily and there's lighting and its cold too as our towel is in the locker so we decided not to wait anymore and to get change...so we didnt get the full enjoyment of swimming but manage to have interaction with one another as i dunno if we still got chance like this after we ORD...
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Combat shoot & FFI
we just had our combat shoot on mon and tue and sad to say is that none of us got marksman... this's mainly caused by the night shoot cos at night its so difficult to see the target that u don't even know where to aim... in the imt on mon everything was well and most of us score more than 20 of 30... but the actual live round wasn't that good...
the weather on tue was quite good as compare to other days... not too hot and not raining... but it's still quite humid... then at there bought quite alot of things from the ninja van and the SFI food there is better then ours so ended up eating lots of things and i think the last 2 weeks of eating less are all gone liao... worse is we still eat macdonalds at night after coming back to camp and eat till abt 1am, and we each got 2 packet of fries cos the first one wasnt very good so we call to complain and they send a new one here... but we still eat the old one so eat 2 packet lor... haha :p
then yest and today did all the clearence and FFI and thank god all are done liao... now only left those which can only be sign on the last day... but the worse thing now is we still havent really confirm when is our last day, although the disrupt is approve liao...
the weather on tue was quite good as compare to other days... not too hot and not raining... but it's still quite humid... then at there bought quite alot of things from the ninja van and the SFI food there is better then ours so ended up eating lots of things and i think the last 2 weeks of eating less are all gone liao... worse is we still eat macdonalds at night after coming back to camp and eat till abt 1am, and we each got 2 packet of fries cos the first one wasnt very good so we call to complain and they send a new one here... but we still eat the old one so eat 2 packet lor... haha :p
then yest and today did all the clearence and FFI and thank god all are done liao... now only left those which can only be sign on the last day... but the worse thing now is we still havent really confirm when is our last day, although the disrupt is approve liao...
Sunday, July 15, 2007
had experience something which is not good and nobody would like to have it... sounds quite bad and yup, this afternoon went to NUH with some of my church ppl cos one of our brother fracture his shin while playing soccer so we went to visit him... but beside him we also got visit another two more ppl... they are from the elder generation and one of them is our youth pastor's dad... so is like going around the hospital to see 3 ppl... and there's lots of links inside and we almost got lost...
but really thank god that all 3 of them are recovering well and are all in stable condition... pray that they'll recover well and will be able to discharge soon...
but really thank god that all 3 of them are recovering well and are all in stable condition... pray that they'll recover well and will be able to discharge soon...
Friday, July 13, 2007
Poly 50
poly 50 come and go... yup, congrats everyone for completing the race.. although we didnt win any prize, but its great that we have a good time of fellowshiping and catching up with one another... and we managed to complete the race faster then expected! that's a good thing but i think next year if got run must really train properly... now lots of us including me having serious muscles pain around the leg and stomach esp today friday 13th...
after the race went to PS BK for dinner cos one of our bro flying off to Perth to study next week... so its like a farewell dinner la, as i dun think we'll get to meet again till dec when he comes back...
then yest went back to Sp again for the live meeting... they call it crossroad now... after that have dinner at clementi sumo house.. quite alot of us go and it can really rekindle back my student's day, which i really need now and i'm starting lesson in like 24 days and orientation camp in like 12 days... haha :)
must get the studnet and study mood back! :p
after the race went to PS BK for dinner cos one of our bro flying off to Perth to study next week... so its like a farewell dinner la, as i dun think we'll get to meet again till dec when he comes back...
then yest went back to Sp again for the live meeting... they call it crossroad now... after that have dinner at clementi sumo house.. quite alot of us go and it can really rekindle back my student's day, which i really need now and i'm starting lesson in like 24 days and orientation camp in like 12 days... haha :)
must get the studnet and study mood back! :p
Monday, July 09, 2007
now sitting in my newly arranged room which i've spent the whole of saturday (070707) doing it... its cleaner now but its still messy on some parts cos i've not finish sorting out all the stuff yet... got many of the old notes and letters and must think of which one to keep and which one to throw... if not the whole room will be overflowed again... :p
sunday in church saw one of my ex-spec who was brought there by one of my church friend... quite suprise to see him there esp that we've not seen each other since he ORD in feb... then next week i going to lead my cell for lesson formally for the every first time... so its kinda stress now to prepare the lesson and what i afraid is getting stuck halfway, but hope it wont happen la... for the past 1/2 year cos i was doing shift duty so quite diff to lead... now finally can attend church every week... :p
this morning went back to camp again to clear some of our things but in the end only take back a little thing cos next week got range so still need them... bought a bus concession from today so took bus to PLAB and it took 1h 45 mins... but its faster then expected and if take train is 1 1/2h... Poly 50 is on wed and i think we're still not prepared yet... just go there for fellowship ba... haha... :)
sunday in church saw one of my ex-spec who was brought there by one of my church friend... quite suprise to see him there esp that we've not seen each other since he ORD in feb... then next week i going to lead my cell for lesson formally for the every first time... so its kinda stress now to prepare the lesson and what i afraid is getting stuck halfway, but hope it wont happen la... for the past 1/2 year cos i was doing shift duty so quite diff to lead... now finally can attend church every week... :p
this morning went back to camp again to clear some of our things but in the end only take back a little thing cos next week got range so still need them... bought a bus concession from today so took bus to PLAB and it took 1h 45 mins... but its faster then expected and if take train is 1 1/2h... Poly 50 is on wed and i think we're still not prepared yet... just go there for fellowship ba... haha... :)
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Buffet Dinner & Poly 50 training
had a buffet dinner with some of my NS friends on tue night at furama hotel... although its in a hotel, but the buffet itself is quite disappointing... there's not much variety and the only thing that's more worth it is the clayfish... the rest are quite normal stuff... but luckily OCBC card got 25& discount so each person only abt $27... if not need abt $35...
then after the dinner at first wanted to take cab to go back camp to sign some form but we waited for the cab for like 1h+ still can't find any cab... all the cab are either with ppl or on-call or busy and we refuse to book a cab cos i think they're waiting for us to book one and by booking one means that we've give in to them... so some of them take bus instead but it was quite late liao so i decide to go the next day if not have to take cab home which i dun want...
so yest morning went back to sign the thing and happens to be able to do the blood test and book FFI date so went to do it... at first they say need to wait for the letter to come then can do then suddenly dont need... dunno what they doing also la, keep changing things... after then went to e-mart to buy shoes and use up all my credits...
in the afternoon went to SP to train for Poly 50... i think in the state which we're currently at, i dun even if we can complete the race in 2h or not... dun need to think abt winning any prize liao la.... this year we only train like 2 or 3 times and only a few ppl attend the training... not like last time got almost 10 training and most ppl attend at least 5... then yest run 2 rounds already want to die already and on actual day will be even hotter and have to run more...
then after the dinner at first wanted to take cab to go back camp to sign some form but we waited for the cab for like 1h+ still can't find any cab... all the cab are either with ppl or on-call or busy and we refuse to book a cab cos i think they're waiting for us to book one and by booking one means that we've give in to them... so some of them take bus instead but it was quite late liao so i decide to go the next day if not have to take cab home which i dun want...
so yest morning went back to sign the thing and happens to be able to do the blood test and book FFI date so went to do it... at first they say need to wait for the letter to come then can do then suddenly dont need... dunno what they doing also la, keep changing things... after then went to e-mart to buy shoes and use up all my credits...
in the afternoon went to SP to train for Poly 50... i think in the state which we're currently at, i dun even if we can complete the race in 2h or not... dun need to think abt winning any prize liao la.... this year we only train like 2 or 3 times and only a few ppl attend the training... not like last time got almost 10 training and most ppl attend at least 5... then yest run 2 rounds already want to die already and on actual day will be even hotter and have to run more...
Monday, July 02, 2007
Happy 40th Anniversary, JCC & SAF
indeed its a weekend with so many events and commeration... not just the celebrating of the 40th anniversary of JCC & SAF, there's also the closure of the national stadium, the late night shopping... plus also the GST increase to 7% on sunday (1st july), at least 5 ppl i know have their birthday on that day too... plus among other things... luckily the bus fare don't increase on 1st july now, but i dunno if it'll happen in oct...
on sat 30 june, our church had a 40th anniversary dinner celebration at the Chevron ballroom... its a 8 course dinner but somehow cos there's 10 ppl on each table so we didnt get that much food as expected... and it cost $40... but it include the t-shirt and magazine so still ok la...
after the dinner the youths decided to play bowling upstairs... it was already almost 11pm liao but we still decided to play... now i think the price increase liao cos it cost like $3.80 per game... last time was like $2+ only... most of us played 2 games and my score was 99 and 111... still get make it given that the last time i played was like 1/2 year ago... played till about 1.10am then took a cab home...
the yest got service at 9am... so is like me and most of us only slept for only 4h+... cos by the time i finish bathing all these is 2+ then got to wake up at 7am... so was very tired during the service... after the service there was a buffet but can say that the buffet was disappointing... there's only 3 main dish and the dried mee siam was so dry and hard and the chicken wing was quite hard also... the mee siam was worse than the SFI one in camp... but the side dish like the chocolate was great!
at night went to IMM with my family for a dinner at long beach cos we havent went there for like 1 year + liao... and today is youth day so my bro dont need to go sch... the crab there was great but we also got order the fish soup so in the end the bill comes to $191 after adding svc charge & GST... so ex sia...
but overall it was a weekend full of events but now its time to recharge and start preparing for NTU, which is just a month away... :)
on sat 30 june, our church had a 40th anniversary dinner celebration at the Chevron ballroom... its a 8 course dinner but somehow cos there's 10 ppl on each table so we didnt get that much food as expected... and it cost $40... but it include the t-shirt and magazine so still ok la...
after the dinner the youths decided to play bowling upstairs... it was already almost 11pm liao but we still decided to play... now i think the price increase liao cos it cost like $3.80 per game... last time was like $2+ only... most of us played 2 games and my score was 99 and 111... still get make it given that the last time i played was like 1/2 year ago... played till about 1.10am then took a cab home...
the yest got service at 9am... so is like me and most of us only slept for only 4h+... cos by the time i finish bathing all these is 2+ then got to wake up at 7am... so was very tired during the service... after the service there was a buffet but can say that the buffet was disappointing... there's only 3 main dish and the dried mee siam was so dry and hard and the chicken wing was quite hard also... the mee siam was worse than the SFI one in camp... but the side dish like the chocolate was great!
at night went to IMM with my family for a dinner at long beach cos we havent went there for like 1 year + liao... and today is youth day so my bro dont need to go sch... the crab there was great but we also got order the fish soup so in the end the bill comes to $191 after adding svc charge & GST... so ex sia...
but overall it was a weekend full of events but now its time to recharge and start preparing for NTU, which is just a month away... :)
Friday, June 29, 2007
Last mount
it's the last mount loh.... the new batch of ppl finally finished their OJT and are now officially doing duty... so its time for us to step down!... but heard from oc that in aug we still need to go back on some days to help out as some ppl got to go for RSAF day training... although i'm already disrupt by then, but still have to go back in Dec...
watched transformer yesterday with my army friends at causeway point which was also the 1st day of it showing... its very action pack and there's fighting scene right from the start to the end... after the show actually planned to go to one of our friend's house for steamboat but it was quite late liao and we havent bought the things for the steamboat, so we decided to eat ichiban sushi instead... it still cost us abt $15 each... and GST going to increase in less than 2 days... so its going to be more costly then...
watched transformer yesterday with my army friends at causeway point which was also the 1st day of it showing... its very action pack and there's fighting scene right from the start to the end... after the show actually planned to go to one of our friend's house for steamboat but it was quite late liao and we havent bought the things for the steamboat, so we decided to eat ichiban sushi instead... it still cost us abt $15 each... and GST going to increase in less than 2 days... so its going to be more costly then...
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Pulse Summit 1
we had our jcc youth pulse summit today at jonathan's place which is at heritage view condo... its near dover rd there... it was suppose to start at 1pm but somehow everybody was late so in the end dragged till abt 1.45pm then start... its a summit where we'll discuss the outline of planning for the future of our church... its just a rough idea and it'll be look into more input during pulse talk...
cos we started late so we couldn't finish on time... but we only booked the function room till 5pm... so in the end have to move to an outdoor grass patch to carryon with the discussion...
after that we had dinner at a coffeeshop in the dover HDB blocks... i had mutton mutarbak and its yummy, other foods there are also not bad... after the dinner we decided to walk to the MRT cos we're all very full, but its a long walk which took abt 30mins... then the funny think is after we reach the mrt station some of them decided to take a cab cos got 4 ppl going to around the same area... sweat! cos its like can just take the cab before walking... haha... but we enjoy the fellowship le... :p
cos we started late so we couldn't finish on time... but we only booked the function room till 5pm... so in the end have to move to an outdoor grass patch to carryon with the discussion...
after that we had dinner at a coffeeshop in the dover HDB blocks... i had mutton mutarbak and its yummy, other foods there are also not bad... after the dinner we decided to walk to the MRT cos we're all very full, but its a long walk which took abt 30mins... then the funny think is after we reach the mrt station some of them decided to take a cab cos got 4 ppl going to around the same area... sweat! cos its like can just take the cab before walking... haha... but we enjoy the fellowship le... :p
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Fantastic 4 movie...
watched fantastic 4 with some of my shift mates at the new cathay AMK hub... before the show we had lunch at subway... the meal was good and healthy but the place is like very squeezy cos its very small... but i think most of the other subway outlets aren't any bigger... :p
as for the movie and the theater the show isn't as great as expected cos i think like the storeyline is a bit messy... the theater isnt that great either as compared to the grand cathay... and the worse is there is no toilets inside the cinema area... have to go outside holding your tickets else u can't go back in...
for my disruption still haven't hand in the form yet cos they say must get the certification letter and cannot use the acceptance letter in the enrolment package... just receive it thru email and tmr then see how...
as for the movie and the theater the show isn't as great as expected cos i think like the storeyline is a bit messy... the theater isnt that great either as compared to the grand cathay... and the worse is there is no toilets inside the cinema area... have to go outside holding your tickets else u can't go back in...
for my disruption still haven't hand in the form yet cos they say must get the certification letter and cannot use the acceptance letter in the enrolment package... just receive it thru email and tmr then see how...
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Noble House
just came back from a dinner outing with my shift mates at noble house restaurant at UIC building... its a la carte buffet... the food are mostly great but the price is quite expensive... about $40 per pax... the total bill came to $772.38 for the 18 of us... but of course in the heart of shenton way sure ex one lor... about same as the si chun dou hua in UOB plaza but there is at 60 storey so seems to be more worth it... food wise like currently not much different for me...
after that decided to went home with some of us instead of going to the pub with the rest cos like quite tired liao then i also don't like to drink...
after that decided to went home with some of us instead of going to the pub with the rest cos like quite tired liao then i also don't like to drink...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Kid's Camp 2007
over the past weekend had been busy with the church kid's camp and also to use my new digital camera and so sorry that havent update the blog for over a week liao...
on fri nite went to the Photography society to get more knowledge on using the camera... thank god i go cos the SLR has lots more function then normal camera which i'm not very familiar with... although it cost $20 but i think it's worth it..
then on sat went to church for the kids camp and also starting using the camera... afternoon went to science centre with the kids as part of the camp and its been a long time since i went there and quite alot of things have changed... after science centre went to IMM with my parents for dinner
sun morning went back to the camp and we went to upper seletar reservoir park... we had our worship there b4 we proceed to play games... the weather was so hot man and theres not much along the path on the side of the reservoir although the surrounding areas are nature reserves... and its a long walk between two ends of the park! but we have fun anyway and after that went back to church for the kids performance... the journey was fun too as we keep singing songs although the bus was overloaded and some of us have to stand...
for the 2 days i already taken over 800 photos and total space is more than 3GB... better quality pics takes up much more space and last time 3GB was the hard disk of a PC... i still need to select and compress the photos first b4 i can upload for everybody to see... so be patient ya...
as for today i took off and now they say that confirm must distrupt to go study... so now is getting a big mess in the schedule and must replan on how to do things and clear leave all this stuff... in the evening went for dinne at fish & co cos i won a $20 voucher last wk, and after that went to SP to visit their camp...
on fri nite went to the Photography society to get more knowledge on using the camera... thank god i go cos the SLR has lots more function then normal camera which i'm not very familiar with... although it cost $20 but i think it's worth it..
then on sat went to church for the kids camp and also starting using the camera... afternoon went to science centre with the kids as part of the camp and its been a long time since i went there and quite alot of things have changed... after science centre went to IMM with my parents for dinner
sun morning went back to the camp and we went to upper seletar reservoir park... we had our worship there b4 we proceed to play games... the weather was so hot man and theres not much along the path on the side of the reservoir although the surrounding areas are nature reserves... and its a long walk between two ends of the park! but we have fun anyway and after that went back to church for the kids performance... the journey was fun too as we keep singing songs although the bus was overloaded and some of us have to stand...
for the 2 days i already taken over 800 photos and total space is more than 3GB... better quality pics takes up much more space and last time 3GB was the hard disk of a PC... i still need to select and compress the photos first b4 i can upload for everybody to see... so be patient ya...
as for today i took off and now they say that confirm must distrupt to go study... so now is getting a big mess in the schedule and must replan on how to do things and clear leave all this stuff... in the evening went for dinne at fish & co cos i won a $20 voucher last wk, and after that went to SP to visit their camp...
Monday, June 04, 2007
PC Show, World Book Fair, Runway Cycling...
it was indeed a busy week with so many events, and it was public holiday on thurs when i'm dismount... on last wed and thurs went for the world book fair and the PC show... the PC show was like super crowded and you couldnt even see things properly cos ppl just keep pushing you here and there...
at the show there i bought a new Nkon D40x digital SLR... yup finally my wish have come true! now can shot good photos lor... but first must get used to the camera and know it well which i've not done so cos after buying the camera the next 3 days have to stay in camp cos of the runway cycling so only today then can start to explore it... also bought a 1GB RAM for my friend and also another 2GB SD card... don't think 2GB is alot but with the SLR if want to shot high quality photos i think it can only take about 200 photos each...
yesterday was the annual runway cycling which was held at plab... so had to do lots of preparation work here and there... luckily got the new FDC to help us do most of the work if not i think its going to be tiring man...
oh ya on fri got the news that we may have to distrupt to go to study instead of clearing leave to do so... this means have to own them abt 5 wks and then go back to serve during the holiday... sianz... they say is new rule but i dunno lor... going to ask the sch first then see how... then out of all days have to say it on fri which happens to be 100 days to ORD on 9 Sept! why??? now dunno if my official ORD date is still 9 sep or not or going to be next yr or when... and tmr got to go back camp for the P226 THT then go home then tmr nite go back again cos wed is the shooting range... finally got the chance after 1/2 yr since 5 Dec (yup, exactly 1/2 year as of tmr) when the ex PC screw up and put my name in when I'm going to HK, and the next time forgot to put my name...
at the show there i bought a new Nkon D40x digital SLR... yup finally my wish have come true! now can shot good photos lor... but first must get used to the camera and know it well which i've not done so cos after buying the camera the next 3 days have to stay in camp cos of the runway cycling so only today then can start to explore it... also bought a 1GB RAM for my friend and also another 2GB SD card... don't think 2GB is alot but with the SLR if want to shot high quality photos i think it can only take about 200 photos each...
yesterday was the annual runway cycling which was held at plab... so had to do lots of preparation work here and there... luckily got the new FDC to help us do most of the work if not i think its going to be tiring man...
oh ya on fri got the news that we may have to distrupt to go to study instead of clearing leave to do so... this means have to own them abt 5 wks and then go back to serve during the holiday... sianz... they say is new rule but i dunno lor... going to ask the sch first then see how... then out of all days have to say it on fri which happens to be 100 days to ORD on 9 Sept! why??? now dunno if my official ORD date is still 9 sep or not or going to be next yr or when... and tmr got to go back camp for the P226 THT then go home then tmr nite go back again cos wed is the shooting range... finally got the chance after 1/2 yr since 5 Dec (yup, exactly 1/2 year as of tmr) when the ex PC screw up and put my name in when I'm going to HK, and the next time forgot to put my name...
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Pentecost Sunday - GDOP 2007
its Pentecost sunday today, and its also the global day of prayer 2007... it is the day where christian pray in unity across the world... yup, in singapore, we also had it at the national stadium... this is also the last time it'll be held at the national stadium cos it'll be torn down later in the year... last year we thought it'll be the last time but this year we still manage to have it there... haha...so its quite special and memorable and it may be the last time that i step into the stadium...
and god was good too... it hold the weather at the stadium throughout the session, even though there's lighting... and heard that it rained in certain parts of singapore around 8pm+, when the session was halfway through... but we have to leave slightly b4 the thing ends cos they dun want to get caught in the traffic jams... but overall we had a good time praying and fellowship with one another during the journey...
and god was good too... it hold the weather at the stadium throughout the session, even though there's lighting... and heard that it rained in certain parts of singapore around 8pm+, when the session was halfway through... but we have to leave slightly b4 the thing ends cos they dun want to get caught in the traffic jams... but overall we had a good time praying and fellowship with one another during the journey...
starting of school holiday...
the pri/sec school holiday is here again... although i'm not in sec sch anymore but will feel the effect as malls are more crowded on weekdays... plus the great singapore sale and the many fairs that are going on or coming up, its going to burn a hole in the pocket again... haha...
yesterday night went out with my NS friend for dinner... at first we wanted to go to a japanese buffet restaurant but somehow the restaurant has already closed down... nobody knows why it has closed down and i dunno if the info my friend got was up to date or not... so we ended up eating at sakura again which cost $28...after that some of them decided to go for KTV but i didnt go cos i'm meeting some crusader... but luckily i nv go cos as it's fri night so the rates are ex and i heard that each person got to pay like $20+ for 4 hrs of singing which i think is super ex... plus singing till 12.30am means have to take cab or night rider home cos the last train leaves at 0040h even with the extension...
this morning we had a JCCK family day in church... i was there to help out with the games to let the kids play... i was helping out with the F1 car race which is for the children to ride on a bicycle or go kart around a circuit... its fun but tiring cos some of those children just keep going out of the circuit or go in the wrong direction... so have to keep looking at them to prevent accident... after that went to expo for the food fair with parents and bought quite a number of food back... :p
yesterday night went out with my NS friend for dinner... at first we wanted to go to a japanese buffet restaurant but somehow the restaurant has already closed down... nobody knows why it has closed down and i dunno if the info my friend got was up to date or not... so we ended up eating at sakura again which cost $28...after that some of them decided to go for KTV but i didnt go cos i'm meeting some crusader... but luckily i nv go cos as it's fri night so the rates are ex and i heard that each person got to pay like $20+ for 4 hrs of singing which i think is super ex... plus singing till 12.30am means have to take cab or night rider home cos the last train leaves at 0040h even with the extension...
this morning we had a JCCK family day in church... i was there to help out with the games to let the kids play... i was helping out with the F1 car race which is for the children to ride on a bicycle or go kart around a circuit... its fun but tiring cos some of those children just keep going out of the circuit or go in the wrong direction... so have to keep looking at them to prevent accident... after that went to expo for the food fair with parents and bought quite a number of food back... :p
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
flu virus goes on and on...
ya the virus seems to be unstoppable, and more and more ppl are falling sick... flu, cough, fever, sore throat... just in my unit alone already more than 10 ppl are sick at any one time... my bro side in his sch also got alot of ppl sick... :(
so for the weekend was in camp mounting, but feeling tired cos of the sickness... luckily the checkpoint that i do was not so siong one and cos it was weekend so not much vehicle if not sure die one... went to see MO on sun night to checkup again cos the old medicine doesnt seem to work much after 4 days... got some different one and now at least feel better... dont have fever now but still have flu and cough, although not as bad liao...
so for the weekend was in camp mounting, but feeling tired cos of the sickness... luckily the checkpoint that i do was not so siong one and cos it was weekend so not much vehicle if not sure die one... went to see MO on sun night to checkup again cos the old medicine doesnt seem to work much after 4 days... got some different one and now at least feel better... dont have fever now but still have flu and cough, although not as bad liao...
Thursday, May 17, 2007
sick again...
oh... i'm sick again... down with flu, cough and slight fever this afternoon... i think its the flu bug around which has infected quite a number of ppl and its still spreading...
so now at home resting but tmr got duty so see if can get better tmr... if not then see how lor... afternoon went to billy bomber for lunch with mum before i starting feeling worse... but i think already got some symptoms as i couldnt finish the whole plate... although the serving is big, usually i can finish all, especially that i only had a light breakfast... so now i think must rest well and hope will feel better tmr...
so now at home resting but tmr got duty so see if can get better tmr... if not then see how lor... afternoon went to billy bomber for lunch with mum before i starting feeling worse... but i think already got some symptoms as i couldnt finish the whole plate... although the serving is big, usually i can finish all, especially that i only had a light breakfast... so now i think must rest well and hope will feel better tmr...
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Happy Mother's Day
its Mother's day today, and here's to wish all the mothers Happy Mother's Day... but didn't have any celebrations today as my dad is going to thailand for a business trip... we've already went for a dinner last week and my mum birthday is also coming soon so maybe wait for it then have a proper dual celebration... also most of the restaurant are very crowded today and they also increase the price...
and this is the 3rd consecutive year that one of my family members are not around in singapore on mothers day itself... in 2005 i was in melbourne for the Gen12ii mission trip & my brother was in malaysia, last year my brother was in perth on a school trip, then this year my dad is in thailand for a business trip... what a coincidence... and also just to say that we dont have mother's day celebration on the day itself... ;p
and this is the 3rd consecutive year that one of my family members are not around in singapore on mothers day itself... in 2005 i was in melbourne for the Gen12ii mission trip & my brother was in malaysia, last year my brother was in perth on a school trip, then this year my dad is in thailand for a business trip... what a coincidence... and also just to say that we dont have mother's day celebration on the day itself... ;p
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Happy 22nd Birthday!
turned 22nd on tuesday which means i've broke out of the 21st age and stepping further into adulthood and also means that i'm turning older... :p thanks for the sms and the gifts and also some mini celebration although not as grand as last year 21st birthday...
and also on that day finally got the real rubiks cube after having it out of stock for the past months... yup now can practice the hand techniques to turn faster although i need to season it first if not now it's abit tight... together i bought 3 cos 2 are for my friends who ask me to help them buy...
then yest night we had a pot luck dinner at patrick house for our dot and each of us bring a food each... then this kind of thing usually ppl will bring more then what is expected so in the end have a huge overflow of food... plus the 2 biggest eater are not around... so the rest of us eat till like crazy... the worst thing is all the food are fried and heaty stuff, and dont have a single veg... also all are bought outside except for mine which is made by my lovely mum... she got the receipt... i think i need to learn it from her so that i can make it in the future but sorry ar... having think of an english name for it cos when my mum learn that time its all in chinese... haha...
Monday, May 07, 2007
Happy 4th birthday PULSE!
our jcc pulse youth ministry is 4 years old! yup indeed god has been so faithful to the ministry for the past 4 years and we've been growing strength to strength in the name of the lord... also this also means i've been in jcc for 4 years loh... i first went there when pulse was just establish for 2 weeks... haha
yesterday we celebrate this event through a series of games and fellowship... we went to jurong lake park for the games after our youth worship, which also happen to be the first one since 11 march... oh man thats like abt 2 mths back...we had 3 water games with the intention to make everyone WET!... ya it wasnt as wet as i expected but it's more dirty, cos the we actually add colouring and some detergents in the water bomb... so beside getting wet you'll get those 'grossy' things... and for the first 2 games it actually went out of control and we ended up playing cheat and to attack the leaders instead of the target thing... but it was fun anyway... it was also so hot yest and now i've some sunburn on my skin... ;x and sorry dont have the photos yet cos my camera is still crazy and not working properly so the photos still over expose... must wait for those from other camera... and i think i need to get a new one soon if not can't continue to chase my photo dream... :(
i took off yest so that can go for the event but have to go back at night cos not enough ppl for mon morning... actually wanted to eat crab at long beach first with family to celebrate my brithday but it's fully book, so we go to jurong pt crystal jade instead... after that bought some food back for those ppl in camp... and the funny thing is cos they want to have steamboat but the wok is not working so they ask me to buy a new one... so is like buying everything that i can buy there...
yesterday we celebrate this event through a series of games and fellowship... we went to jurong lake park for the games after our youth worship, which also happen to be the first one since 11 march... oh man thats like abt 2 mths back...we had 3 water games with the intention to make everyone WET!... ya it wasnt as wet as i expected but it's more dirty, cos the we actually add colouring and some detergents in the water bomb... so beside getting wet you'll get those 'grossy' things... and for the first 2 games it actually went out of control and we ended up playing cheat and to attack the leaders instead of the target thing... but it was fun anyway... it was also so hot yest and now i've some sunburn on my skin... ;x and sorry dont have the photos yet cos my camera is still crazy and not working properly so the photos still over expose... must wait for those from other camera... and i think i need to get a new one soon if not can't continue to chase my photo dream... :(
i took off yest so that can go for the event but have to go back at night cos not enough ppl for mon morning... actually wanted to eat crab at long beach first with family to celebrate my brithday but it's fully book, so we go to jurong pt crystal jade instead... after that bought some food back for those ppl in camp... and the funny thing is cos they want to have steamboat but the wok is not working so they ask me to buy a new one... so is like buying everything that i can buy there...
Thursday, May 03, 2007
flu... cough...
down with flu since tue night and quite a no. of ppl in my shift got it too... dunno if its pass from one another or the air... so now having block nose and an ichy nose...
yest went to watch spiderman 3 at grand cathay cos the flu wasnt so bad in the afternoon... there's the 4k digital for this show at cathay and vivocity and the screen is so much clearer than the normal one and its for the same price... so its very worth it... and no wonder its full house even on weekdays and during the mid year exams period for most sch... but half way through the show the nose block again so was feeling quite uncomfortable in it...
went to see doctor this morning to get some medicine for the flu and tmr got ippt but i dun think i can take it properly in this state... so see how first lor but got to book in tonight... :( and i'm taking sun off for the pulse anniversary... pray that the weather be good cos it's been raining for the past few days...
yest went to watch spiderman 3 at grand cathay cos the flu wasnt so bad in the afternoon... there's the 4k digital for this show at cathay and vivocity and the screen is so much clearer than the normal one and its for the same price... so its very worth it... and no wonder its full house even on weekdays and during the mid year exams period for most sch... but half way through the show the nose block again so was feeling quite uncomfortable in it...
went to see doctor this morning to get some medicine for the flu and tmr got ippt but i dun think i can take it properly in this state... so see how first lor but got to book in tonight... :( and i'm taking sun off for the pulse anniversary... pray that the weather be good cos it's been raining for the past few days...
Saturday, April 28, 2007
100 days to NTU :)
countdown... 100 days to begin lessons in NTU! yup, its true... 100 days more and its back to studies... although the countdown clock reads 93 days today but that's countdown to the orientation... the acutal lesson will start on 6 Aug, which is 100 days from today... yeah man! and that also means less than 100 days of full duties in NS... haha...
SPCCC FOP (27/04/07)
yesterday evening the sp campus crusade had a FOP which is also like a welcome tea for the freshmen... as it was my dismount so i went there... it was lead by the christian music band Forerunner... there was alot of good songs which can bring you close to God... we had more than 1 1/2 hrs of worshipping through singing the christian songs... close to 200 ppl were in the auditorium and it really connect me with the lord... many of them are freshmen but i didnt talk to them much but catch up those from around my batch one since we havent met for quite sometime liao... the current freshmen are from 1990 and it makes me looks so old now... 5 years difference...
although its not as big scale as the FOP at indoor staduim in august, but its as powerful as it... it's been quite a long time since i last attend a worship of this scale... hopefully sp ro other campuses ministry will orgainse this type of event and also looking forward to the indoor stadium FOP in 3-5 Aug which will feature Hillsong which is a famous christian band worldwide... that will be like the 3 days b4 i officially start lessons in NTU... :) yeah
although its not as big scale as the FOP at indoor staduim in august, but its as powerful as it... it's been quite a long time since i last attend a worship of this scale... hopefully sp ro other campuses ministry will orgainse this type of event and also looking forward to the indoor stadium FOP in 3-5 Aug which will feature Hillsong which is a famous christian band worldwide... that will be like the 3 days b4 i officially start lessons in NTU... :) yeah
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
MacDonald's food rules over SFI
over the past weekend mount, which i was in camp for the whole mount i had 4 meals which was ordered from outside... so this is like a record cos i usually eat the camp food... but this mount one the food was really sucks so everybody all order food outside...
then on sun night got like abt 22 ppl want to order macdonald... so in 1 phone call got like 22 extra value meals plus some other side orders... total $156... cos its too much then the delivery man have to take taxi to deliver the meals instead of bike which they usually does...it comes in 1 big box... at the best thing is the delivery charge is till $2... wonder who pays the taxi fares? :p but cos the order was too large we had a hard time sorting out the food then in the end find out short of 1 set... we total got 12 mcspicy set then i think they miss out one... so they come to send another set... then i think throughout the day got more then 5 delivery there...
during the mount also got teach some ppl how to play the rubiks cube... now we got 3 there so got more chance to play and now must try to improve the speed... the orginal one is easier to turn compare to mine but if u use mine to practice then use the orginal one u'll find the original one super easy...
but yest b4 dismount got another talking session with OC... this time is becos of not good things... cos certain things screw up again... so now some privilage is taken away... now cannot read books even at night and must walk to checkpoints... sianz... and on sat is 100 days to NTU... so it's less then 100 days of duty there... hee...
then on sun night got like abt 22 ppl want to order macdonald... so in 1 phone call got like 22 extra value meals plus some other side orders... total $156... cos its too much then the delivery man have to take taxi to deliver the meals instead of bike which they usually does...it comes in 1 big box... at the best thing is the delivery charge is till $2... wonder who pays the taxi fares? :p but cos the order was too large we had a hard time sorting out the food then in the end find out short of 1 set... we total got 12 mcspicy set then i think they miss out one... so they come to send another set... then i think throughout the day got more then 5 delivery there...
during the mount also got teach some ppl how to play the rubiks cube... now we got 3 there so got more chance to play and now must try to improve the speed... the orginal one is easier to turn compare to mine but if u use mine to practice then use the orginal one u'll find the original one super easy...
but yest b4 dismount got another talking session with OC... this time is becos of not good things... cos certain things screw up again... so now some privilage is taken away... now cannot read books even at night and must walk to checkpoints... sianz... and on sat is 100 days to NTU... so it's less then 100 days of duty there... hee...
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Gen12ii Melbourne, Australia - 2 year on...
today marks the 2nd anniversary since i went for my first mission trip with crusade to Melbourne... it was this day 2 years ago that we board the plane EK404 to begin our 19 days journey and blessing from the lord... and talking about mission tmr 10 ppl from my church are going to cambodia for a 7 day mission... so everything about mission trip starts popping up, and the most impt thing is to pray for them...
and also this afternoon managed to get a rubiks cube from science centre... but that one is not make by rubiks but some other company so its not as good as the orginial one... so far the original one still out of stock but i still prefer that... my one like hard to compete timing esp since i've known and memorise the steps...
and also this afternoon managed to get a rubiks cube from science centre... but that one is not make by rubiks but some other company so its not as good as the orginial one... so far the original one still out of stock but i still prefer that... my one like hard to compete timing esp since i've known and memorise the steps...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
CO dialogue
today b4 dismount we had a dialogue session with our CO and its something like informal one so we could just say anything freely... but of course la is usually those few who have more courage one who talk then me those quiet type will just listen through the whole dialouge... the good thing is there's Pizza to eat... heard that we'll have this every month, so think have to book out late sometimes... today only book out at 1400h...
luckily friday dont have ippt so dun need to go back tmr night then can go for the dot cell grp fully... havent been going since jan cos of all the events then its cancelled... then when there is i'm on duty... :( as for the rubik's cube i managed to get all the steps in solving it although i still have to refer to the steps... havent memorise all yet but i've manage to solve the cube! so now the next step is to memorise all the steps then try to reduce the timing taken to solve it...
luckily friday dont have ippt so dun need to go back tmr night then can go for the dot cell grp fully... havent been going since jan cos of all the events then its cancelled... then when there is i'm on duty... :( as for the rubik's cube i managed to get all the steps in solving it although i still have to refer to the steps... havent memorise all yet but i've manage to solve the cube! so now the next step is to memorise all the steps then try to reduce the timing taken to solve it...
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Food Drive Collection
today actually my dad's company having a family day at jurong bird park... cos i got church in the morning so at first plan to go there in the afternoon... but then there is so crowded then my parents they all went for a while then go home liao... so in the end i nv go and stay in church till afternoon...
then this morning we continue with the food from the heart thing and we went to collect the food... the response was like... em... not very good cos many of the units ppl are not in or they say the did not receive the info last wk so was not prepare... but those who give really give alot and total up we still got quite a number... but my sec 1 cell and AAT only manage to cover 2 of the 4 blks today cos not enough time to do the rest so next wk have to continue...
but the thing is next wk i won't be around... then as for the other 2 one going to cambodia misson trip and the other also got army duty... so my sec 1 YO! cell dont have any cell leader... luckily we combine with AAT cell but for that cell 3 leaders, one of them also going to cambodia.. so must pray the other 2 will be present, if not we still got our Lord Jesus who's always present 24/7/365...
today we also got GB enrolemnt so there's quite alot of ppl in the church... but too bad this yr they nv provide buffet so dont hve anything to eat there... then i always say dont eat too much but sometimes if nv eat lunch but dinner eat more then is worse le... oh me why like that... then my current BMI is 24.9... just 0.1 more to consider overweight... why............ must control................... ahh......................
then this morning we continue with the food from the heart thing and we went to collect the food... the response was like... em... not very good cos many of the units ppl are not in or they say the did not receive the info last wk so was not prepare... but those who give really give alot and total up we still got quite a number... but my sec 1 cell and AAT only manage to cover 2 of the 4 blks today cos not enough time to do the rest so next wk have to continue...
but the thing is next wk i won't be around... then as for the other 2 one going to cambodia misson trip and the other also got army duty... so my sec 1 YO! cell dont have any cell leader... luckily we combine with AAT cell but for that cell 3 leaders, one of them also going to cambodia.. so must pray the other 2 will be present, if not we still got our Lord Jesus who's always present 24/7/365...
today we also got GB enrolemnt so there's quite alot of ppl in the church... but too bad this yr they nv provide buffet so dont hve anything to eat there... then i always say dont eat too much but sometimes if nv eat lunch but dinner eat more then is worse le... oh me why like that... then my current BMI is 24.9... just 0.1 more to consider overweight... why............ must control................... ahh......................
Black Friday - Friday the 13th
it was friday the 13th 2 days ago and thankfully nothing bad happens this time round... still rem the previous time in oct last year cos got big screw up things in camp on the eve of it then we all got punish on the friday 13th until like all gg to die like that... this time round it was all normal without any big events...
then after bookout on fri went to ngee ann city to see the army exhibition... there got the 40 yrs of NS there and I think its good esp for pre-enlistee cos all the things are there... but too bad my bro not free to go there...
after that i also went to see around taka there see if got any rubiks cube there but unfortuantely dont have... currently im trying to learn and memorise the steps to solve it and im using my friends one... i think last time my house got 1 but dunno where's it now... if got another one is better if not i think the current one is going to break apart soon if everybody plays it... so far i havent get the exact solutions yet and if can is taiko one so get more practice first ba...
then after bookout on fri went to ngee ann city to see the army exhibition... there got the 40 yrs of NS there and I think its good esp for pre-enlistee cos all the things are there... but too bad my bro not free to go there...
after that i also went to see around taka there see if got any rubiks cube there but unfortuantely dont have... currently im trying to learn and memorise the steps to solve it and im using my friends one... i think last time my house got 1 but dunno where's it now... if got another one is better if not i think the current one is going to break apart soon if everybody plays it... so far i havent get the exact solutions yet and if can is taiko one so get more practice first ba...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
NTU Medical Checkup
this morning, i went to NTU for the medical checkup... actually my schedule is on next tue but as i'll be in camp next tue and they say can go anytime this 2 weeks, so i go today lor... then no need to take off next tue...
cos i think i went quite early so there's not much ppl yet... i managed to finish the checkup at ntu in 15 mins... but for the x-ray part have to go to jurong medical centre to take... then that centre is just diagonally opp my house... haha... and there's also no queue at that time... so is like the whole checkup was done in 1 hr... much faster then i expected... but the ppl there say that afternoon is very crowded... so my advice is to go early if possible...
at night went to watch the number 23 movie cos i got the free ticket with zhiqiang cos he got nights out... so this is my 4th time watching a free movie for the past 2 weeks... the other 3 shows which i watch were the haunted sch, freedom writer & TMNT... but now currently don't have any free shows yet so can take a break first... haha...
cos i think i went quite early so there's not much ppl yet... i managed to finish the checkup at ntu in 15 mins... but for the x-ray part have to go to jurong medical centre to take... then that centre is just diagonally opp my house... haha... and there's also no queue at that time... so is like the whole checkup was done in 1 hr... much faster then i expected... but the ppl there say that afternoon is very crowded... so my advice is to go early if possible...
at night went to watch the number 23 movie cos i got the free ticket with zhiqiang cos he got nights out... so this is my 4th time watching a free movie for the past 2 weeks... the other 3 shows which i watch were the haunted sch, freedom writer & TMNT... but now currently don't have any free shows yet so can take a break first... haha...
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Easter Sunday
it's easter loh... and Christ has risen from the dead! and his grace is upon us...
this morning we had our food from the heart food drive again where we go to our church neighbouring blks to let them know abt the food drive, and next wk we'll be going house to house to collect... currently i think only abt half the ppl there knows cos the other half all not at home... but hopefully ppl will be willing to donate to help the needy...
for the service its actually quite the same as normal days except that there's baptism today... other than that its almost the same and after church went to jp to watch the TMNT which i got the free tix... but i don't really find the show nice as compare to mr bean's holiday and freedom writer...
got to go back camp soon but will be dismounting tmr again...haha... see ya again...
this morning we had our food from the heart food drive again where we go to our church neighbouring blks to let them know abt the food drive, and next wk we'll be going house to house to collect... currently i think only abt half the ppl there knows cos the other half all not at home... but hopefully ppl will be willing to donate to help the needy...
for the service its actually quite the same as normal days except that there's baptism today... other than that its almost the same and after church went to jp to watch the TMNT which i got the free tix... but i don't really find the show nice as compare to mr bean's holiday and freedom writer...
got to go back camp soon but will be dismounting tmr again...haha... see ya again...
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Holy Saturday
today is the last day of the lent season, in which Jesus rested in the tomb... there's no service today and its mostly as per normal...
cos i didn't take leave today so i went back to camp to do duty for 8 hrs... so i did from 8am to 4pm, and after that i managed to get to book out immediately... so i only stay in camp for abt 10hrs... but have to go back tmr night cos not enough ppl on mon morning...
after booking out, cos it's still early so i join my parents for dinner at vivocity and basically that's all for today, and as we await for tmr where Jesus will rise from the tomb and the joy that follows it...
cos i didn't take leave today so i went back to camp to do duty for 8 hrs... so i did from 8am to 4pm, and after that i managed to get to book out immediately... so i only stay in camp for abt 10hrs... but have to go back tmr night cos not enough ppl on mon morning...
after booking out, cos it's still early so i join my parents for dinner at vivocity and basically that's all for today, and as we await for tmr where Jesus will rise from the tomb and the joy that follows it...
Friday, April 06, 2007
Good Friday
today is Good Friday, and we commerate Jesus death on the cross for our sins... so basically the service is quite a sombreme one as we pray and meditate for what chirst has did for us...
after the service and lunch, our youth gathered to paint the eggs for the coming easter sunday in 2 days... it's quite fun painting the eggs as we could use our imagination to draw what we can think of onto the egg... although the egg is just ordinary egg but i'll look so special after those drawing... at first we thought it'll be difficult but with the help of everybody we took less than 3 hrs to complete almost 200 eggs, and all of them look so unique and beautiful...
after the painting of eggs i also went to help roger to take care of the kids when the adults are having CE lessons... wow... tell u ar... really needs patients to look after kids, esp those younger then 10 yrs old one... all so hyperactive and keep running abt... and i think some form of generation gap i think... those kids are like 10 to 15 yrs younger than me... look so old man...
got to go back to camp tmr early morning and do duty... cos heard that too many ppl took off today so not v enough manpower... but hopefully tmr is better and hopefully can book out tmr night so that it's not so rush on sun...
after the service and lunch, our youth gathered to paint the eggs for the coming easter sunday in 2 days... it's quite fun painting the eggs as we could use our imagination to draw what we can think of onto the egg... although the egg is just ordinary egg but i'll look so special after those drawing... at first we thought it'll be difficult but with the help of everybody we took less than 3 hrs to complete almost 200 eggs, and all of them look so unique and beautiful...
after the painting of eggs i also went to help roger to take care of the kids when the adults are having CE lessons... wow... tell u ar... really needs patients to look after kids, esp those younger then 10 yrs old one... all so hyperactive and keep running abt... and i think some form of generation gap i think... those kids are like 10 to 15 yrs younger than me... look so old man...
got to go back to camp tmr early morning and do duty... cos heard that too many ppl took off today so not v enough manpower... but hopefully tmr is better and hopefully can book out tmr night so that it's not so rush on sun...
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Maundy Thursday
it's thursday of the holy week, and it's also known as maundy thursday... it's the day where jesus and his disciples had their last meal together b4 being arrested... while doing so Jesus’ also wash the disciples’ feet as a sign of servanthood... tonight there'll be a service to commerade this also tomorrow morning, which is the day of his cruxification...
i've already taken off on fri and sun so that i wont miss the 2 service which is the most important event in the christian calender... the other one being christmas... but i not sure if i'll go back on fri nite or sat morning... must see how first... but hope can confirm it faster if not v hard to plan things...
i've already taken off on fri and sun so that i wont miss the 2 service which is the most important event in the christian calender... the other one being christmas... but i not sure if i'll go back on fri nite or sat morning... must see how first... but hope can confirm it faster if not v hard to plan things...
Sunday, April 01, 2007
change in mounting timing
since the last mount, the taking over timing had been changed from 9am to 12pm... and now the static will be done b4 duty instead of on dismounting day... so now means that if there's no static we'll book in later instead of booking out earlier... although both have their good pts and now can wake up later, but it also means that the book out timing will definitely be later then 1pm... currently still need sometime to get use to it, esp if booking in at 10+... quite weird to book in so late...
this month is also quite terrible to say... with so many accident and vehicle breakdown and mis com... this wk got another friend involve in motorcycle accident and got injured... why like that? and i think as of now i'll never want to learn a bike.. if i want i think i'll go for class 4...
and a quater of this yr has pass.. tmr is april and also april foo... hahaha... hope it'll better then this month... have fever of those things pls... if not i'm going crazy soon... and also this coming week is the holy week, starting from palm sunday tmr till easter next sun, as we journey with christ to the cross and his cruxification...
this month is also quite terrible to say... with so many accident and vehicle breakdown and mis com... this wk got another friend involve in motorcycle accident and got injured... why like that? and i think as of now i'll never want to learn a bike.. if i want i think i'll go for class 4...
and a quater of this yr has pass.. tmr is april and also april foo... hahaha... hope it'll better then this month... have fever of those things pls... if not i'm going crazy soon... and also this coming week is the holy week, starting from palm sunday tmr till easter next sun, as we journey with christ to the cross and his cruxification...
Monday, March 26, 2007
Finally the newbies are posted in...
finally, out 14th batch newbies are posted in this morning during the heavy downpour... yup they're finally here after waitng for 1 year! tomorrow will be the 1 year anniversary that i complete the OJT and started doing duty officially... but they'll be going through the 3 month course and OJT first before coming to take over duty... so we'll still have another 3 mths of normal and siong duty...
the duty for this mount was actually quite easy one... not too siong... cos got NSmen to help out... but becos some ppl took MC so in the end was like not much different from normal days... sianz... so far i still havent took any MC yet and hopefully i do not have to lar... no point saying that cos everytime other ppl take so i must take also unless its really serious then no choice la... but i should be taking off soon during the easter weekend but havent decide how am i taking it yet...
the duty for this mount was actually quite easy one... not too siong... cos got NSmen to help out... but becos some ppl took MC so in the end was like not much different from normal days... sianz... so far i still havent took any MC yet and hopefully i do not have to lar... no point saying that cos everytime other ppl take so i must take also unless its really serious then no choice la... but i should be taking off soon during the easter weekend but havent decide how am i taking it yet...
Thursday, March 22, 2007
ahh.. so busy!!! and my camera's down...
ahh... have been so busy then expected ever since the CNY ended, and had my schedule so fully pack and didnt really have a chance to seat in front of the com peacefully... but thank god there's time to go with god through the retreat last weekend...
there was the my friend's accident and we had a visit to him, then the IT show, food fair, retreat, and also got a new spectacle, a dental appointment and also to send my camera for repair... phew... so many things for the past 2 weeks or so... so virtually spend most of my time outside so now everything has pile up again... and sorry ppl still havent upload the CNY photos and yuan xiao fireworks as i still havent sort them out...
the retreat last weekend went quite smoothly, and we really had a good time spent with god and also had a good fellowship with our bro and sis... god was really good and it did not rain during the retreat even though it looks like its going to rain when we were at the beach and also the bbq... but i dun have many photos from the retreat cos my camera was already not working properly then, so must wait for my frenz...
then today sent the camera for repair... hopefully can still have the warrently cos it juz expires 2 wks ago... must wait for their reply... if not if too ex i think just get a new one is better... so see how lor... and also today is also the 5th year anniversary that i last wear school uniform... it was on 22 March 2002, which was my last day in JJC for the 1st 3 mths... although it's already half a decade, but it seems like yesterday... time really flies...
later watching the mr bean movie b4 booking in... got ippt tmr again so have to book in tonight... but confirm fail one la, no time to train up...
there was the my friend's accident and we had a visit to him, then the IT show, food fair, retreat, and also got a new spectacle, a dental appointment and also to send my camera for repair... phew... so many things for the past 2 weeks or so... so virtually spend most of my time outside so now everything has pile up again... and sorry ppl still havent upload the CNY photos and yuan xiao fireworks as i still havent sort them out...
the retreat last weekend went quite smoothly, and we really had a good time spent with god and also had a good fellowship with our bro and sis... god was really good and it did not rain during the retreat even though it looks like its going to rain when we were at the beach and also the bbq... but i dun have many photos from the retreat cos my camera was already not working properly then, so must wait for my frenz...
then today sent the camera for repair... hopefully can still have the warrently cos it juz expires 2 wks ago... must wait for their reply... if not if too ex i think just get a new one is better... so see how lor... and also today is also the 5th year anniversary that i last wear school uniform... it was on 22 March 2002, which was my last day in JJC for the 1st 3 mths... although it's already half a decade, but it seems like yesterday... time really flies...
later watching the mr bean movie b4 booking in... got ippt tmr again so have to book in tonight... but confirm fail one la, no time to train up...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
4 years in Christ!
Happy Birthday! yeah... not my own physical birthday but my spiritual birthday, cos it was on this day 4 years ago that i pray and receive christ... you're also 'born again' into god's family... yeap, time really flies and i've known our lord and saviour jesus christ for 4 years already... but i have to manage my time properly to make full use of my time to go and explore this wonderful kingdom more, cos currently always screw up the time management and thus always ended up with things undone, including reading god's word which is totally not good...
also another thing is that i'm less than 1/2 year to ORD! and 4 1/2 months to NTU... this also calls for a need for time management... if not i think i'll go crazy after sch starts, from the current judgement now that i predict... so must really overhaul the entire time management...
also another thing is that i'm less than 1/2 year to ORD! and 4 1/2 months to NTU... this also calls for a need for time management... if not i think i'll go crazy after sch starts, from the current judgement now that i predict... so must really overhaul the entire time management...
Friday, March 09, 2007
a shocking week, and IT show is back...
it's been a shocking few days since monday, with so many unexpected things that happened, but i just summarise here cos some of the info are confidential...
on mon one of our friend crash his motorcycle onto a kerb and sustain some injuries to his face and body... luckily it is not so serious... then on tue there's another 4 car collision but this doesnt involve ppl i know... then a few hrs later an earthquake hit indonesia and some parts of singapore felt it too, like those in CBD and also part of the airbase...
then on wed we went to visit our friend in hospital... while on the way one of them who's driving accidentaily hit a cyclist... the cyclist doesnt fell down but complain of pain, and is quite demanding in compansation... eventually he was bought to the hospital and was paid some cash... so all these event make the past few days so shocking and i really dunno what to say... thank god everyone is safe in god's hand and no one sustain serious injury...
the IT show is back, and i went there this afternoon... i bought an 320GB external hard disk to store all my files and photos as i'm expected to run out of storage space soon with all the photos and videos taken from the past few months... i also bought a webcam so next time can do video chatting with me, if u also have one... but i havent install yet... i think next week then can do it cos it's so late now amd i'm going to slp liao... tmr is anothe wkend mount so i dun think can go back to the IT show again.:( wait for the PC show lor...
on mon one of our friend crash his motorcycle onto a kerb and sustain some injuries to his face and body... luckily it is not so serious... then on tue there's another 4 car collision but this doesnt involve ppl i know... then a few hrs later an earthquake hit indonesia and some parts of singapore felt it too, like those in CBD and also part of the airbase...
then on wed we went to visit our friend in hospital... while on the way one of them who's driving accidentaily hit a cyclist... the cyclist doesnt fell down but complain of pain, and is quite demanding in compansation... eventually he was bought to the hospital and was paid some cash... so all these event make the past few days so shocking and i really dunno what to say... thank god everyone is safe in god's hand and no one sustain serious injury...
the IT show is back, and i went there this afternoon... i bought an 320GB external hard disk to store all my files and photos as i'm expected to run out of storage space soon with all the photos and videos taken from the past few months... i also bought a webcam so next time can do video chatting with me, if u also have one... but i havent install yet... i think next week then can do it cos it's so late now amd i'm going to slp liao... tmr is anothe wkend mount so i dun think can go back to the IT show again.:( wait for the PC show lor...
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Goodbye CNY, Festive Season...
it's goodbye to chinese new year, and also the festive season which has been happening since deepavali in oct... so now... back to normal times...
just catch the last fireworks for this cny... not that many ppl compared to the 1st day and got a good spot even though i only reach the area abt 20 mins before it starts... will be uploading the video soon... the next time there's fireworks should be during national day, and by then i'm abt to ORD loh...
will miss all the fun for the festive season, although will still have some fun during normal times lar... and till the next one, its to prepare to study in NTU in july and also to cut down weight... oh no!
just catch the last fireworks for this cny... not that many ppl compared to the 1st day and got a good spot even though i only reach the area abt 20 mins before it starts... will be uploading the video soon... the next time there's fireworks should be during national day, and by then i'm abt to ORD loh...
will miss all the fun for the festive season, although will still have some fun during normal times lar... and till the next one, its to prepare to study in NTU in july and also to cut down weight... oh no!
Yuan Xiao Jie
so fast... it's yuan xiao jie liao, and in a few hrs time CNY and the festive season will be over... and it has been a long and exciting time which has started all the way since deepavali in oct... after today i'll need to start to reduce weight and also to prepare for study loh... haha...
on fri after bookout went home first then after that got our platoon cohesion at sakae sushi... suppose to be at funan but i think cos of the rain so last min change to suntec... cos no shelter to funan... then i think somehow not everyone got informed and some ppl still go to the funan one... we had the hi-tea buffet which afte adding those 15% is abt $19.40... actually is not v cheap cos the varaity is quite little compare to the suki one... then last time i went for ala-carte each person only $7... after that met my ex-crusader also at city hall area, then we go carl's jr..
today also met a few of my crusaders for dinner then after that watch the movie Rocky Babola at marina sq... actually wanted to watch the letters from Iwo Jima but no seats liao... so change to this show lor... it's quite boring for most part of the show to say, and the cinema is only abt 1/2 fill, compare to the others where all are almost full...
still dunno if need to book in tonight or not... haven't receive any info yet... hopefully dont receive then will be mon morning... and better dont give last min info, like evening then call say must book in tonight... will cause a big upset in the time planning...
on fri after bookout went home first then after that got our platoon cohesion at sakae sushi... suppose to be at funan but i think cos of the rain so last min change to suntec... cos no shelter to funan... then i think somehow not everyone got informed and some ppl still go to the funan one... we had the hi-tea buffet which afte adding those 15% is abt $19.40... actually is not v cheap cos the varaity is quite little compare to the suki one... then last time i went for ala-carte each person only $7... after that met my ex-crusader also at city hall area, then we go carl's jr..
today also met a few of my crusaders for dinner then after that watch the movie Rocky Babola at marina sq... actually wanted to watch the letters from Iwo Jima but no seats liao... so change to this show lor... it's quite boring for most part of the show to say, and the cinema is only abt 1/2 fill, compare to the others where all are almost full...
still dunno if need to book in tonight or not... haven't receive any info yet... hopefully dont receive then will be mon morning... and better dont give last min info, like evening then call say must book in tonight... will cause a big upset in the time planning...
Monday, February 26, 2007
a busy mount in the middle of CNY...
just book out after another wkend mount, and its in the middle of the cny, the 6th, 7th & 8th day... cos there's lots of extra tasking and some ppl still go to report sick... although i know some is real like fever cos got proof but some ppl is like trying to get away with the things without thinking that others have to cover the duties for them... i dunno if its true or not la but i'm disappointed with it...
then the worst thing is that we had ippt b4 the mount, which make our legs aching then still have to stand long hrs... and btw, i only pass sit up, the rest of the station all fail... but its a very bad time to take the ippt cos it's only the 6th day of cny and everyone had been eating qutie alot for the past weeks and not train much... so have to try again next time...
then the worst thing is that we had ippt b4 the mount, which make our legs aching then still have to stand long hrs... and btw, i only pass sit up, the rest of the station all fail... but its a very bad time to take the ippt cos it's only the 6th day of cny and everyone had been eating qutie alot for the past weeks and not train much... so have to try again next time...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Happy CNY, the year of the pig!
today is already the 4th day of the cny loh... and for the past 4 days had been going alot of places although i had to do duty on the 2nd day...
new year's eve was as usual, had reunion dinner with my aunt... after that went to chinatown to see the firecracker and get some cny goodies... but there's sooooooo many ppl... luckily still managed to the the crackers and get the muah chee at $5 a pack... there u pay $5 for a bag and can stuff as much as possible into the bag and nobody cares... haha
on the 1st day cos my father side didnt gather at a specific place and my dad is the 2nd smallest in the family line so had to visit their house one by one... altogether i think i visited 7 houses all over the island and after that went to river hong bao... but its too hot and stuffy and crowded there so stay there for a while only then went to the marina sq foodcourt to watch the fireworks... then 2nd day suppose to visit my mother side which all will gather at my grandpa's house so only go just 1 place... but got to do duty then must get my bro to get the ang bao...
yest book out quite early then went to 2 of my church friends house for the cny visitation, which we also played some games there...after that went to river hong bao again... yest not that much ppl so i think some ppl have to work the next day ma, so easier to see...
i also got drive for part of the journey for the 3 days and i think the total distance travelled by the car can almost reach Genting liao... wow... quite alot man... i saw the meter its about 350km, can past KL and plus abit more is genting... haha... will be dismounting till tmr then after that is another weekend mount...
new year's eve was as usual, had reunion dinner with my aunt... after that went to chinatown to see the firecracker and get some cny goodies... but there's sooooooo many ppl... luckily still managed to the the crackers and get the muah chee at $5 a pack... there u pay $5 for a bag and can stuff as much as possible into the bag and nobody cares... haha
on the 1st day cos my father side didnt gather at a specific place and my dad is the 2nd smallest in the family line so had to visit their house one by one... altogether i think i visited 7 houses all over the island and after that went to river hong bao... but its too hot and stuffy and crowded there so stay there for a while only then went to the marina sq foodcourt to watch the fireworks... then 2nd day suppose to visit my mother side which all will gather at my grandpa's house so only go just 1 place... but got to do duty then must get my bro to get the ang bao...
yest book out quite early then went to 2 of my church friends house for the cny visitation, which we also played some games there...after that went to river hong bao again... yest not that much ppl so i think some ppl have to work the next day ma, so easier to see...
i also got drive for part of the journey for the 3 days and i think the total distance travelled by the car can almost reach Genting liao... wow... quite alot man... i saw the meter its about 350km, can past KL and plus abit more is genting... haha... will be dismounting till tmr then after that is another weekend mount...
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Valentine's, total defence, CNY...
3 events in 5 days... valentine's, total defence and chinese new year... and as such, on wed b4 we take over duty, there was a buffet and a mandrain orange presentation by the CO... and also a speech for total defence... so it's to celebrate and commerate 3 events in one go... the buffet food was quite alot, and after eating that, can no need to eat the SFI lunch and dinner... unfortunatly the lunch that day was good also but the dinner sucks... so basically didnt eat much after the buffet...
yest went to causeway pt to watch epic movie... it's quite a funny show with a combination of a few movie... but it's quite disappointing that the movie itself is only abt 65 mins long... one of the shortest movie i've watch... althought most of the things are funny, most of it doesnt make sence in the real world... there's also 3 more movies with started on thurs, like Ghost rider, protege and just follow laws.. and also norbit tmr... so its like so many movie... if watch all even with ang bao money also must think first... haha...
its cny eve liao... and going to have reunion dinner soon... after maybe go chinatown to see if got cheap things or not and see the countdown... Wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year! :)
yest went to causeway pt to watch epic movie... it's quite a funny show with a combination of a few movie... but it's quite disappointing that the movie itself is only abt 65 mins long... one of the shortest movie i've watch... althought most of the things are funny, most of it doesnt make sence in the real world... there's also 3 more movies with started on thurs, like Ghost rider, protege and just follow laws.. and also norbit tmr... so its like so many movie... if watch all even with ang bao money also must think first... haha...
its cny eve liao... and going to have reunion dinner soon... after maybe go chinatown to see if got cheap things or not and see the countdown... Wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year! :)
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
5 more days to CNY!
it's 5 more days to CNY, and the festive mood is getting thicker and thicker... the cny this year falls on one of the later date, so there's more time for preparation, cos last year this time yuan xiao jie was already over... :p
but the sian thing is i'll have to do duty on the 2nd day of new year (19 Feb)... actually my shift was suppose to do on 2nd & 3rd day but the other shift say they dun want to do both eve and 1st day... but doing on 1st & 2nd day is like more worst, cos if u really stay in for both days u dun get any ang baos... :( but luckily got stand down some chkpts so dun need so many ppl and half of us can go out on each day...
then yest night go to this restaurant called noble house at UIC building... then cos of the cny the ala cart buffet price was $40+++ instead of around 30... after adding those svc chrge gst almost 50... so ex sia... i wasn't the organiser but even he didnt expect it... so 50 bucks gone liao for the mth... after the dinner most of them want to go boat quay to 'drink', as in not normal drinking but those at the pub lor u know lar... but i just go there see for a while then got to go liao cos its running late and i dun want to take cab home... but i also dun like that type of place la, not suitable for me also...
but the sian thing is i'll have to do duty on the 2nd day of new year (19 Feb)... actually my shift was suppose to do on 2nd & 3rd day but the other shift say they dun want to do both eve and 1st day... but doing on 1st & 2nd day is like more worst, cos if u really stay in for both days u dun get any ang baos... :( but luckily got stand down some chkpts so dun need so many ppl and half of us can go out on each day...
then yest night go to this restaurant called noble house at UIC building... then cos of the cny the ala cart buffet price was $40+++ instead of around 30... after adding those svc chrge gst almost 50... so ex sia... i wasn't the organiser but even he didnt expect it... so 50 bucks gone liao for the mth... after the dinner most of them want to go boat quay to 'drink', as in not normal drinking but those at the pub lor u know lar... but i just go there see for a while then got to go liao cos its running late and i dun want to take cab home... but i also dun like that type of place la, not suitable for me also...
Saturday, February 03, 2007
old specs ORD soon... but i still got 7 mths...
last mount our old specs came back to do a full mount duty for the last time b4 they ord... some are going to get back the pink IC next wk and some in march... :p then me still got 7 more mths to go... :(
its the wkend again... but today is also the 1st anniversary for one of my sec sch friend who had a motorcycle accident and passed away last year... the memory of her in my mind is still quite fresh actually although we didnt get to meet up that often after grauduating... but while in sec sch she's one of those whom i talk and went out more often in our group... so its so sad that she has to leave us so early...
then today managed to persaude my parents to go down to the business office to take a look at some of the products... although they didnt buy any yet, but i think its still a good start... hope that it can go well as i proceed further but of course with army now and church commiment and also with sch starting in aug i dunno how much time i have for it...
its the wkend again... but today is also the 1st anniversary for one of my sec sch friend who had a motorcycle accident and passed away last year... the memory of her in my mind is still quite fresh actually although we didnt get to meet up that often after grauduating... but while in sec sch she's one of those whom i talk and went out more often in our group... so its so sad that she has to leave us so early...
then today managed to persaude my parents to go down to the business office to take a look at some of the products... although they didnt buy any yet, but i think its still a good start... hope that it can go well as i proceed further but of course with army now and church commiment and also with sch starting in aug i dunno how much time i have for it...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
IPPT cancelled again... and 3 wks to CNY!
the ippt last fri was cancelled again cos there was a drizzle for around 1/2 hr when we're abt to start... so i think maybe its fated that we shouldnt take the ippt so fast yet, as most of us will fail anywhere... but another 2359h book in wasted again...
yest night actually wanted to go chinatown but as one of my friend's dad passed away so go down to the wake instead... then today afternoon go jp with my mum to buy come cny clothes and cd... and btw, if u want to buy cd or vcd should look around all the cd shop first b4 buying, as the same cd can cost $3 even though the 2 shops are just beside each other... and it's the orginal mediacrop CNY songs... one cost $18.90 and the other $21.90...
after that went raffles place with my friend to look at the business again, and i think maybe i should give it a try again... see where god leads lor... after that then go chinatown to see the new year bazzar there... didnt buy anything yet as i still going around comparing prices and also usually the price will drop as the day come closer... so wait lor... haha...
yest night actually wanted to go chinatown but as one of my friend's dad passed away so go down to the wake instead... then today afternoon go jp with my mum to buy come cny clothes and cd... and btw, if u want to buy cd or vcd should look around all the cd shop first b4 buying, as the same cd can cost $3 even though the 2 shops are just beside each other... and it's the orginal mediacrop CNY songs... one cost $18.90 and the other $21.90...
after that went raffles place with my friend to look at the business again, and i think maybe i should give it a try again... see where god leads lor... after that then go chinatown to see the new year bazzar there... didnt buy anything yet as i still going around comparing prices and also usually the price will drop as the day come closer... so wait lor... haha...
Thursday, January 25, 2007
another buffet lunch...
yest after dismount, went to hougang plaza to have buffet lunch again... and its suki buffet, another jap restaurant... have been going for jap food for the past few weeks... :p and also quite alot of buffet...
there is like not very much ppl.. think becos it's wkday and also must take a lift up to reach the restaurant, and some ppl may not know abt it... cos the place is also quite small...
got to book in tonight cos tmr got ippt... last time it was cancelled cos it rain, then now its going to rain again... so dunno what it'll be like tmr... but it doesnt matter anyway cos i'll surely fail so confirm have to retake again some other time... stupid standing board jump which i have only passed once... :(
there is like not very much ppl.. think becos it's wkday and also must take a lift up to reach the restaurant, and some ppl may not know abt it... cos the place is also quite small...
got to book in tonight cos tmr got ippt... last time it was cancelled cos it rain, then now its going to rain again... so dunno what it'll be like tmr... but it doesnt matter anyway cos i'll surely fail so confirm have to retake again some other time... stupid standing board jump which i have only passed once... :(
Sunday, January 21, 2007
a different kind of worship
this morning worship was quite diff from normal... cos the worship leader wasn't there for the service, so there's no worship leader... so another person took over and we just sing without any lyrics or musicians... and we get to choose the songs we want to sing... :p
as for the cell grp name after some voting we've decided to call it Yo! or Young Ones... cos they're all secs 1.. then made me feel younger... those ppl are 9 years younger than me... cant believe it man...
after church went to je library... now there's pasar malam at clementi, je & jw ave 1... all for CNY so is like not much stores at each location since they'll spread out... at je all the food smell are quite strong and just by walking along the walkway from mrt to jec can make your shirt stink with the food smell liao... like too cram along the walkway also...
as for the cell grp name after some voting we've decided to call it Yo! or Young Ones... cos they're all secs 1.. then made me feel younger... those ppl are 9 years younger than me... cant believe it man...
after church went to je library... now there's pasar malam at clementi, je & jw ave 1... all for CNY so is like not much stores at each location since they'll spread out... at je all the food smell are quite strong and just by walking along the walkway from mrt to jec can make your shirt stink with the food smell liao... like too cram along the walkway also...
audit over liao... but still got other things...
the securiity audit came and go without my notice, cos it happened during my dismount day... so i don't get to experience it but it's good too cos i dun think i want to see it also.. haha...
then fri book out quite late cos we all got a foot drill punishment as some ppl try to do some funny things (sorry dont think i want to elaborate here)... then the drill make us all sweaty b4 we book out cos it's at 1300h! sianz... but luckily i can go home first b4 going out at night for dinner at PS with my batch crusaders... alot of ppl there then walk around a few times b4 settling for pasta mania... :p
then today went to vivo with one of my crusaders for movie and meal... watched blood diamond and although it's not bad but i find it quite violence... and also the aircon not cold until towards the end... think they forgot to switch on... :(
tmr going to my new cell for the 2nd time... hope it went well and also can think of the name of it...
then fri book out quite late cos we all got a foot drill punishment as some ppl try to do some funny things (sorry dont think i want to elaborate here)... then the drill make us all sweaty b4 we book out cos it's at 1300h! sianz... but luckily i can go home first b4 going out at night for dinner at PS with my batch crusaders... alot of ppl there then walk around a few times b4 settling for pasta mania... :p
then today went to vivo with one of my crusaders for movie and meal... watched blood diamond and although it's not bad but i find it quite violence... and also the aircon not cold until towards the end... think they forgot to switch on... :(
tmr going to my new cell for the 2nd time... hope it went well and also can think of the name of it...
ahh... going to overweight liao...
on mon dunno why suddenly ask us to measure height and weight and dunno why my height is shorter but as expected my weight gains abit... and i'm less than 1kg b4 i go to the overweight zone!!!!! :(:( cannot eat too much liao but i think it mostly came from sleeping too fast after eating... cos of the duty schedule sometimes have to do at night and no choice have to slp during the day and that causes it... if not cos my metamolism is quite high so it's easier to burn off the excess so i can still maintain it if i follow the regular lifestyle... but if i sleep after eating then i dunno what will happen... :(
i think must also exercise more la then the ippt last fri was cancelled cos of the rain but now i also confirm fail one... esp the standing board jump... running i dunno what's like now cos i didnt time for very long liao...
then after book out that day still eat seoul garden.. die die die... now dunno what's the weight... but the last few days tried to eat less and not sleep so soon after eating... but now it becomes that i'm soooooooo tired from the lack of slp :(:( ORD come faster leh!!!
i think must also exercise more la then the ippt last fri was cancelled cos of the rain but now i also confirm fail one... esp the standing board jump... running i dunno what's like now cos i didnt time for very long liao...
then after book out that day still eat seoul garden.. die die die... now dunno what's the weight... but the last few days tried to eat less and not sleep so soon after eating... but now it becomes that i'm soooooooo tired from the lack of slp :(:( ORD come faster leh!!!
Sunday, January 07, 2007
SP open house 2007
b4 the met up yest, i also went back to SP to see the open house and innovex, and also to see some of my junior's projects...
time really flies man... those juniors were still year 1s when i was year 3... and now they're gruduating soon... another 3 more weeks they'll be having their final exams liao... and those born in 1990 are entering JCs or polys this year...
i managed to change by 'status' there as visitors instead of alumni there... haha, and join those sec 4s to get the goodie bag and ice cream... haha... but at the innovex like there's leser ppl than last year... think is becos it's still too early in the year and some ppl don't expect the open houe to be held so early and also fewer sec schs brought their students here... esp those exhibiton further in... seems like pratically there isn't any visitor and the rooms are fill with their own ppl instead...
from what i see i think innovex 2008 might be held at the end of the year instead of next yr cos next yr the exams starts even earlier, on 21 jan... this year it gonna start on 29 jan... so till then...
time really flies man... those juniors were still year 1s when i was year 3... and now they're gruduating soon... another 3 more weeks they'll be having their final exams liao... and those born in 1990 are entering JCs or polys this year...
i managed to change by 'status' there as visitors instead of alumni there... haha, and join those sec 4s to get the goodie bag and ice cream... haha... but at the innovex like there's leser ppl than last year... think is becos it's still too early in the year and some ppl don't expect the open houe to be held so early and also fewer sec schs brought their students here... esp those exhibiton further in... seems like pratically there isn't any visitor and the rooms are fill with their own ppl instead...
from what i see i think innovex 2008 might be held at the end of the year instead of next yr cos next yr the exams starts even earlier, on 21 jan... this year it gonna start on 29 jan... so till then...
meeting up with my Aussie team mates
yesterday, i planned a meet up with my gen12 australia team mates from the 2005 trip... it's been quite long since we last met and currently one of us are back in singapore for a few weeks so i decided to take this chance to meet up together b4 she goes back there to study...
we had 6 ppl out of 12 ppl from the team came... it's qutie disappointing at first but nowadays everyone have their own things to do and i also not free everyday also ma.. so ok lor... we went to sakae sushi at citylink mall... suprisingly we got a table immediately when we reach there... cos i thought have to queue up v long since it's sat evening... but i think there's too many outlet around... that area got 4 altogether... citylink, funan, marina & suntec...
it's really good to catch up with one another, and 1 of them even have not met the other 1 for more than 1 year.. cos they always not present together during all the meet up last year... oh man... that's not having met up for the entire 2006...
hoping that we can meet up again next month as another ppl from the team come back from melbourne as she's studying there also...
we had 6 ppl out of 12 ppl from the team came... it's qutie disappointing at first but nowadays everyone have their own things to do and i also not free everyday also ma.. so ok lor... we went to sakae sushi at citylink mall... suprisingly we got a table immediately when we reach there... cos i thought have to queue up v long since it's sat evening... but i think there's too many outlet around... that area got 4 altogether... citylink, funan, marina & suntec...
it's really good to catch up with one another, and 1 of them even have not met the other 1 for more than 1 year.. cos they always not present together during all the meet up last year... oh man... that's not having met up for the entire 2006...
hoping that we can meet up again next month as another ppl from the team come back from melbourne as she's studying there also...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Happy 2007!
it's 2007 already... yeah... and it's going to be the year of my ORD... haha... another 8 mths 9 days more... but the best thing is that i think by mid-july i can start clearing leave and i'm going back to study in end-july...
so plus i going to lead a new Sec 1s cell in my church this year with 2 other ppl, it's going to be a challenge year and also with lots of transitions since i going to uni... and i forsee i should be v busy in the 2nd half of 07 esp when i start studying...
so even though i'm not that stress yet now but i still hope that july will come faster and i can get out of the base and standing gate alone all night long plus sleeping irregualr hours... it's making me feel tired very easily...
so plus i going to lead a new Sec 1s cell in my church this year with 2 other ppl, it's going to be a challenge year and also with lots of transitions since i going to uni... and i forsee i should be v busy in the 2nd half of 07 esp when i start studying...
so even though i'm not that stress yet now but i still hope that july will come faster and i can get out of the base and standing gate alone all night long plus sleeping irregualr hours... it's making me feel tired very easily...
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