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

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... :)

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...

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... :)

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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