Farewell Jinhui

4 days ago on Christmas Night, the main committee members of NTU CAC Special Project: Impresario 2007 secretly (and not-so-quietly) gathered together at Changi Airport T2 for a Special Project of our own.

Mission sending off party for Jinhui (Vice-President)

Late in the night, long after the last train to Expo had departed from Tahnan Merah MRT station, members of the secret party formed up outside Tahnan Merah MRT station. Taking Taxis and ChengYao's Little Blue Car, each made their way to Changi Airport T2 Cafeteria with one single goal in mind, to send Jinhui off with a "BANG!!!"

It's 0000hrs, as everyone started working on our own post, to be added into a scrapebook which is our main present for Jinhui. It's late but everyone is wide awake and excited, gossips flying around and Chris and Cheng Yao took turns taking digs at their individual "affairs". GLK was not spared, the new rumour going around saying that "I AM GAY". [I will take it as a compliment on my fashion sense, my muscular build and my sensitivity, thanks pplez =D ]

Anyway 2.5 hrs passed quickly and we're done!! The Scrapebook Project is completed, damn and it looks Incredibly GOOD, all thanks to Kai Xiang for his idea. Chris broughtin his ideas and (vast) experience of making scrapebooks and James for his cute drawings..

My Post. This is the First time I'm writting to Jinhui, quite a loss for words, but the Handwritting's pretty good I thought =)

Assembled this Collage from the "remants photos" while others are working on the scrapebook, heehee =P

Introducing the VIP of NTU CAC Impresario 2007.

"Special Project: Scrapebook" Head Kai Xiang (Programmer), Chris (Chairman), OJ (ex-Chief Biz Mag), US-bound Jinhui (Vice-President), GLK (Biz Mag), Cheng Yao (Liason Officer), James (Programmer)

The Pretty "Ladies" from the Programmers.

Kai Xiang, Cindy, Lay Theng, Wan Wei

Titled: Mother and Kid @ The Airport

That's our Chairman, Chris leaping up in joy, nourished with the sweetness of LOVE. or is it that he's just glad that Jinhui is outta the way now, hmmm (^^)

O' Holy Night

What a lovely time of the year Christmas is.. Oh, my favorite time of the year is here again, HO HO HO!! Hope everyone had a great Christmas, I sure enjoyed mine.

The following photos are taken from during Christmas services at my church. This a personal breakthrough, I attended and served a total of 5 services (including Children's Church) this. I can't believe it too, dead exhuasted after this morning's service, but it felt good. Thank GOD =)

Hunks of N313, Property of JESUS CHRIST.

and the N313 Beauties... (Babe ALERT!!)
Pls vote for GOLD FAC3 (pronounced Gold Factory) on DANCEFLOOR.

My Leader in Christ, My Partner in Gym.

Mr Ong Wei Ren (Hunk ALERT!!, Ladies pls dun go mad.)

N313 Brightest Spark, - VERNON -

"We are pleased to SERVE you."
- JEAN & GAVIN - City Harvest Church Ushers, Property of JESUS CHRIST.

Alleluah, Praise GOD for the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Prince of Peace.

A scene from CHC's 2006 Christmas Service.

Expo Hall 8 lighted with only candle sticks, as we come to celebrate the birth of Christ on this day, 2006 years ago. CHC's Christmas Musical at this year's Service.

Dun you think that Backup Vocalist(BV) featured on the screen is dead Hunky? Yes if you haven't notice, there are lotsa HUNKS n BABES around at City Harvest Church. (Praise e Lord)

COUNTDOWN 2007 @ Jurong Entertainment Complex (JEC)
Brought to you be NDentertainment.com

Presented by GEELY

Calling out to all my friends and relatives, come and support this event come this 31st Dec 2006. We promise this to be a great event packed with entertainment and fun to end your year on a High note!!!

P.S. Please support me, I'll be the floor manager for this event. (Yours truly, GLK will be running this show, no play play) So catch you there! =)

Christmas Time
(Jingle Bells Ring, Ring, Ring)

It's Christmas time, my Fav time of the year is here again! 72 hours more to go and counting down.

Rundown to X'mas 2006.

1) Installed my Christmas tree @ home this year! Since 16th Dec.

2) Playing Christmas MP3s whenever I sit in front of the CPU. (now playing: 1st Noel) Since end Nov

3) Christmas Services @ City Harvest church. I'll be involved in 5 services this yr, including children's church this friday. Halleluah!!!

4) Gatherings with my 2 groups of Great frens.

-Haha, finally a X-mas gathering for 4C dudes this, lost count when's the last time we had one.

-Yeah and Jia's planning a MEGA MEGA X-mas eve-cum-21st Birthday Party in a Uber COol lounge (Potential winner of THE 21 Birthday of the Year)

Merry Xmas Everybody, have a wonderful time this year...

And A Happy NEW Year 2007!


Catch Project Superstars, Campus Superstars and Star Idols in the MOST HAPPENING place in Jurong this year end, only @ Jurong Entertainment Complex.

Brought to you by the pple of NDentertainment!! (Eileen, Gavin, OJ, Yuwen n Andy Wong)

31st Dec 2006. See ya there :)

Finishing the Good Race

- 2 Corinthians 8:11 "But now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have." -

At the begining of a new year, most people will be filled with excitement and fresh hope of what is to come, and many go about naming a list of new year resolutions and some came up with a list of goals to accomplish before the end of the year. I am one such person.

AT the turn of the new year, I had listed a whole long list of "Goals to Achieve 2006" and the now all-too-familiar-and-ultimately-unsuccessful "I will be Early" new year resolution. As I often mention in my ramblings, time and tide waits for no one, as of now the year 2006 has just 51days more to run, the clock tickling away as I type on.

Time it seems, is a ever-increasingly rare commodity running out for me.


My MAJOR Milestones for 2006.

1. NTU eXams SEM1 (15-28Nov)
2. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (3 Dec)
3. Lose 12Kg ,Starting weight: 77kg (31 Dec)

With each passing second the deadline looms ever closer and desperations grow I can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

STOP!

Yes, time and tide waits for no-one, and even as the achieving these goals seems virtually (if not Practically) impossible now, bemoaning and wallowing in self regret does not bring me closer my goals nor does it do any good to my self-image/ esteem. All is does is drive one deeper into the vicious self decapitating cycle.

WAKE UP! GAVIN! (DUN press that "snooze" button anymore)

Yesterday I caught the movie "Step UP".

It is about how this young rebel [read very gifted street dancer] growing up on the wrong side of the neighbourhood and wasting his time and living a largely unfulfiled life until he met this girl [read brilliantly talented and passionate dancer] from a elite dance school while serving community service.

The girl needed a good dance partner for her showcase, which is instrumental for her to continue pursuing her dancing passion, and the guy filled the spot. Along with a series of obstacles along the way, the guy and the girl fell in love (whatelse?!) and had a chance to fulfil their dreams in the final dance performance at the showcase.

What struck me deeply in this movie is the male character's (Tyler Gage) struggle to finish what he started, which is the main reason he is leading a hugely UNFULFILLING life despite his apparent gift in dancing. Just when things are looking to turn up and he is make gains in his new life, an obstacle crops up and he gives up, returning to his old lifestyle and undoing his good work thus far. Sounds familiar? (it is a very familiar script for me) Watching these scenes, I can't help but think aloud "Hey come on dude, get back and continue your working on it, you are almost there. Don't give up now!"

It is always easier to see things from a 3rd person view. Deep down, I know that this is the exact pattern that have be unfolding all along in my life, working on a goal, then on meeting a big obstacle, I turn back and give up, after sometime I started working on the goal again, then another obstacle came, I quitted again, and ...... (Repeat)

As the saying goes, "success is not the result of not meeting failures, it is moving on and picking up after each failure/ obstacle." The Winner is NOT one who doesn't fail, it is he(she) who DOESN'T Quit!

To all who read up to this point, I appreciate your attention and congrads, you are displaying what it takes to finish the good race, endurance to carry through to the end =p

Well let's all continue to work on our lives and the goals we have set out to accomplish, see you along the race, if not at the finishing line!

- 2 Corinthians 8:11 "But now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have." -

Cries from a Struggling Undergrad

Geez, miss my friends..

Gosh how time really flies, it already 7 weeks = 49 days = 1176 hours = 70560 min since school started, and next week’s our mid term break already. Next week’s our mid-term break, supposedly to be a mid break for us students to take a breather after a hectic 7 week of studying. Time to catch up with old friends and reminiscence the old times.
FAT HOPE! That’s not for me, more like tonnes of tutorials to complete, and textbooks to read, arghhhh!!! Die die die, just after 7 weeks in school in back to my old self, skipping lectures, the backlog of unfinished tutorials, unread lecture notes/ textbook chapters simply grew as each day passes, in Chinese it is called “与日俱增”.

I don’t understand why but it seems I have lost all sense of self-discipline that I had back in the army days. I was the “model” soldier I presumed, since I never took a day of MC ever since I got out of course from S.I.S.P.E.C, took pride in my work and I was really dedicated to it, so much so that my superior made me an I.C, despite there being so many more capable fellow soldiers around, some of whom I felt were even better than I am in terms of abilities. Whenever I had time, I would head to the library to borrow books to “upgrade” myself, studying was FUN then. Fastforward, 1 year later now I am dreading those books and notes, study seems to lose its lure and excitement, instead I found a new interest in traveling and fashion.

It seems things take a heightened importance and lure only when they are scarce. Like why during BMT, even booking out 1 hour earlier is ecstatic, when I first got a 8-5 vocation it felt like I won the lottery ( and 3 months later I dread having to wake up 1 hour earlier to go to camp and rather stay-in).

I feel so bored now, so listless and so lousy, oh God please give me some motivation :p

Uni Life...

Didn't know I would say this, but suddenly I really feel that being back in school isn't such a good idea actually. Why now after 2years of NS and yearning to return to my books, now that I'm starting school I kinda think that it's tougher being a student than (God forbidden tha I say this) an NSF. School does bring it own sets of complexities and troubles for a returning NS "boy", 2years and 6 months in NS had done much more damage to my memories than I could imagine. What happened to all those physics, maths, & chem stuff that I struggled to cramp into my head before the A lvls?! Die die die, the tutorials are killing me already.

Well next to the "fun" of studying, meeting new friends are definitely another highlight of uni life, and since studies is turning out to be such a killer, I guess this is my 'only' highlight of uni life. As I did not go for any Freshmen Orientation Camp (F.O.C) nor do I stay in hall, the only people I know in uni are my past acquaintances, ex-classmates, ex-platoon mates, ex-chiong suah buddies, mostly guys and yupz the uni system is not that conducive for people to actually make new frens easily. Unlike JC, there's no fix class system where u get to meet up every week or a day with the same set of people and it's pretty hard to form lasting friendship this way. Hopefully once I started joining a CCA this situation will improve. Well not that I am very poor off now, I am really glad that there's still alot of good friends around me that I can hangout with, it's just that these friends are also meeting new people, making new friends and expanding their social circles, and naturally they have to spend time with their new friends, so we'll have less time be hangout too.

I believe that there is no point in harping about problems without actually facing them and overcoming them. So here's what I planned to make my uni life more interesting and exciting in the days to come:

1) Spend 2hours each day doing tutorials, 1 hour reading lecture notes in advance. (Well how interesting u'll probably say, but I believe that once you get better in what u are doing, u will feel more confident and more interested in pursuing them, going for better results. Yupz, I'm gonna make (force) myself like studying more!

2) Pack my free time with gym/ running/ swimming sessions. (When you get fitter, your body works better, the mind feels fresher and u'll feel good naturally. And what a healthier way to relieve all the fatigue (stress) from all the studying.)

3) Visit my all friends staying in halls, for catching up. (To expand my personal network. People will link us to more people, friends can link me to their friends, and I will know more people around. Also having good communication do good to our spiritual well being and fulfills our emotional needs)

Scammers Reunite

08-08-2006. Met up with our S.O.S (aka Sisters of Scam/ Shit) with my B.O.S (aka Bra of Shit) @ Orchard. It's a miracle the 4 of us finally get to meet up since we parted ways in Sa Pa some 2 and a half months ago. While Cheng Yao had been BZ with orientation, tuition, gathering, Yuqing and Peili were tied down with work. Myself, I didn't even have time to blog, much less meeting up for dinner, when I was not travelling, most of my time was spent on late night OT/ boozing in APB with my new "colleague cum long time Bball Buddy" Joshua.

Well was really expectant for this gathering, cause I heard Peili mentioned something about a souvenir for me and Cheng Yao that our S.O.S got for us in China, and of course we miss our S.O.S too. Supposed to meet up with OPL at Orchard MRT station at 7pm, too bad I got the msg late, and as a result, turned up late at Orchard MRT station @ 7.15pm. Saw nobody, and as I waited n waited, and Cheng Yao eventually showed up @ 7.30pm and still no sign of that Lady.. Finally at 7.45pm, received a sms that read, " I guess I'll see u guys at 8.30pm." SCAMMED (no. 01)

8.30pm, supposed to meet up with both S.O.S at Topshop, again no signs of either 1 of them. SCAMMED (no. 02) Tried to ACT SMART, went to the sales counter to ask to make an appointment with the "Image Stylist", thinking I can spring a "surprise" on our apparently-working-late-and-definitely-LATE S.O.S, only to be get ambushed from behind. Guessed I made a fool of myself in front of the salescounter girl. Worst still, found out that we were again scammed when I saw Yuqing. We originally agreed on a Red-White theme to commemorate National Day (I still got that MSN msg log to prove it), but our dear S.O.S was dressed in a Brown top and White pants. SCAMMED (no. 03) again!@##$% (Prior to this gathering I suggested that every1 dressing in Red-White theme, so as to commerate the Nation's birthday. GLK = Patrotic Sgporean ok!) Can anyone tell me where is the brown in Sg's flag?! (unless u think that Mr Brown is a national icon)

Cut short the story, it's getting late nw... Here's our Pretty faces...

Name: Yuqing (aka S.O.S)

Skill Level: GrandMaster Scammer

Name: Cheng Yao (aka Petite)

Skill Level : Noob (always kena scammed!)

Name: Gavin (aka GLK)

Skill Level: Advanced (Branded the "thinker". Good at discerning scams and dishing out scams, but still can't beat the Grandmaster)

OPL, stop trying to hide behind the newspaper!!

Name: Peili (the Life story session facilitator)

Skill Level: Advanced (the one who came out with the Ultimate Scam, the "Lesbian" scam, but it was from her slip-of-tongues which let the cat out of the bag.)

Fav tagline: "U r dead!"

Me and Cheng Yao trying to pull out a SCAM on Yuqing.

Supposed to make Yuqing feel "deeply" touched by telling her Cheng Yao went all the way to Bangkok to get her the "Music is my Business" t-shirt. Trying to create a scandal, too bad the girls did not catch on to it...

Smilez, one last photo. Till we meet again in 08 August 2008.

Images contributed are taken by Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS camera.Photographer: Ong Pei Li (exp for group photo)

In the end I need to say this, thanks for the dinner treat Peili, and all the best to you girls till our paths cross again. You gals had been really really Gr8 travelling mates, n thanks to you we had an unbelieveably wonderful time backpacking around S.E.Asia n learnt a great lesson in life: always take what others tell you with a pinch of salt. Make observation and discern the truth for yourself, as scammers are just about everywhere.

To Cheng Yao, Myself Pei Li (the singles): We will all find a great partner someday, meanwhile let's enjoy the freedom of singlehood and the friendships and strive to give the best to our work/ studies!! Gan Ba Teh (",)

Happy Birthday SINGAPORE


Happy 41st birthday Singapore!! Wee, it's been a loooooong time since I watched the National Day parade on TV, and coincidently it's been quite a long time since I've blogged, well don't they always say "good things" come in pairs =P


I think that this year's national day parade was really well done, especially the video they showed midway through the parade. I can't help but feel a deep sense of pride for being a Singaporean, seeing how Singapore had developed from a small British abandoned colony to a World Class City, and despite the flaws and shortcomings our society holds, I cannot help but marvel at the progress the nation made over the past 41 years. It's embarassing but I've to admit I nearly cried when I saw that footage on TV..

So tell u what I am going to do today, my new resolution is to MEMORISE the Singapore national pledge. (I'm too ashamed to say this, but just 24hrs ago I can't even recite the national pledge. Oh well I still can recite it back in my JC days, it's not like I didn't know it BEFORE ok, man back in my sec school days we used to recite it in chinese too, how many people in Singapore can claim that! So stop judging me, all u self-righteous sgporeans)

And here after 5 min of practise, I've finally pieced my broken memories together and here I'm proud to present you, the SINGAPORE National Pledge:

We the citizen of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our Nation.

(This is done w/o refering back to my primary school textbook, it's all actually still in the back of my head k!! Well done GLK..)

Fireworks displays during NDP (grand finale)

I'm 73!

Wow, haha, being sick does have some advantages. My sis just helped me took my wt, and surprise surprise, I found out that I have lost 2kg since my last weighing, which was on HONGDA's (actual) birthday, and conincidentally I had been sick since then. Well at least that's something +ve from being sick..

N.B Oh, speaking of Hongda's 21st Birthday, the photos from the party have been uploaded @ photobucket. Interested parties click here! (Hey these are the originals from the birthday boy himself)

Photo taken @ 2100hrs, 12 June 2006.
(Muahaha, 8kg more to my goal!!)

GREAT Singapore Sale

Great, the annual Great Singapore Sale starts today, and just when thousands of tourists flock to our little Red Dot for the "festive" season, I am stuck in vietnam with my closest pal, my "BOS" Cheng Yao....

Arghhh... Somebody save me, the shopaholic in me is crying out loud... Not to mention that everybody on my MSN is telling me about it. Ok, I know it, have been down to counting it eversince march. Now I'm 10hrs 58m 49secs late, and still counting upwards, damn!!

To all my dear friends who happens to be reading this, if you you happen to have spare cash and don't know what to do with it, it really wouldn't hurt if somebody buy me a green shirt would it? =P Well, dun waste this opportunity to "catch" sale ya, to someone that wants to shop and can't shop that is the greatest punch in the stomach.

Oh well, I will be back soon, hope the stores not emptied by then next week. To all my good frens, I'll be back by the 2nd of June. Hey wat souvenir you want, drop a note on my chatbox and pray that I read it.

See ya all soon and take care. Ciao~

Back Online!

Yeah!!! Phew, found internet connection in my office!! Come to think of it, it's really kinda sad to think that you can own a good multimedia PC, have high speed internet connection, and ended up to bZ with work and committments that you cant get to enjoy these facilities.. Time, pls give me more time God.... (ivy if you are reading this, pls give me more time in front of the com too, thks sis =p )

Opz, lunch time's almost over, I'll prettty much end here.. Gotta leave early today! Dinner's with Samuel and ChengYao at Whampoa tonight!! So happy now : )

Taken By your's Truly

APBS Supply Chain

Online Voting Contest: Am I Hot?

Introducing The "Hot" & "Sizzling" "hunks & babe".

Contestant 01Carwasher Tuck... Sweating profusly, proving again it is simply too hot to stay underground, on land. (That's why crocodiles always stay in water the whole day.)

Contestant 02.

Carwasher Yao... Your boy-next-door model type, minus the height. (Highly dangerous if his temper is as short as he is!)

Contestants 03 & 04.Sous Chéf La Grandé Monsieur Feng and Madàm Shi (our only "babe"). Specialize in sweet and not-so-sweet desserts, i.e tiramisu & all sorts of HOT tian2 tang1 (perhaps not that tian2).

Ok, that's not why they are HOT! If you are a waiter/ waitress, pls serve them with nothing but the BEST service attitude and Be Flexible. Also dun be late........... (Do you know how to spell "die"??)

Contestant 05.雀圣: 小弟 (阿耀)

"Woah!! Theses cards are HOT!! Play with care, I'm gonna 胡了!!!"

Contestant 06.

P.O.T. (Prince of Tu Lan) Ryan (because he makes people tu lan)

Mr Black-Mercedes-Owner, don't you love your beautiful car?! We do too, so much that our dear Ryan initiated this Candid (Guai Lan) sit-on-the-car shot after a long day of carwashing @ Glendale Park.

We bet someone is PIPING HOT after seeing this!! (for the rest of us, simply enjoy the cheap trill =p )

Ok the vote is all yours. SMS your HOTTEST contestant, type "Contestant No.X" where X = contestant's no., to 98357303 now or post a message on the chatbox on your left side of the screen now!! Poll ends 19th March 2006 at 2230hrs. Sms are charged at SGD$0.05 per sms and chatbox posting at SGD$0.00. Callers and smsers below 18 please seek parental consent before doing so. Results will be announced on 19th March 2006.

ORD Post!! 10th March 2006

"Once I have my eleven bee, now I have my pink eye see...."

-----------------Intercepted message over VHF 55.250MHz on 1600hrs 100606------------

Ah Yang: Hello Sierra Alpha Foxtrot, this is Alpha Yankee msg over.

SAF: Sierra Alpha Foxtrot, send. Over.

Ah Yang: Alpha Yankee, Oscar Romeo Delta now. Nothing further, Out to YOU!!!

----------------End of Transmission. Nothing further heard---------------------------------

"......, ORD back to studies, ......."

Haaha, I hereby announce the return of my pink identity card! ( 好兄弟，你终于回来了!!)

Its been 2yrs and 2 months since the 1st day I stepped into BMTC. How times have fly, its been 770 days since then. The army had been my 2nd home and a place where I made lot's of new friends, and hopefully not too much enemies, and truly experienced things I would have never ever attempted before. These included dislocating my elbow 8-( , going overseas to taiwan and brunei, experiencing 7 days without bathing (ultimate grossness), waking up at 5.30 am to run for 3km (SISPEC days), cooking and sleeping in tropical rainforest for up to a week, running non-stop for 21 KM etc etc...

It's perhaps with a little sadness, some sentimental feelings to finally put all these behind me now, but I am very HAPPY and GLAD I have finally made it to this point. Thank you to all the great guys from BMTC Pegasus Company, SISPEC 31st BSLC BRAVO Company, Infocomms2 Operator 11/04 Cougar Platoon, SSU Signal platoon, SAFTI MI Service Support Unit and Officer Cadet School that have made my time in the SAF so wonderful and life-changing. All the Best to you guys too!!

SO, What's Next???

NTU here I come!!

DESMOND's 21 too

Hey hey welcome to the R21 club brother. (As for ORD... Like the song goes "...long long way to go....") Anyway, all the same wanna wish u a happy 21st birthday and have a wonderful year ahead, most importantly do take good care (esp since u're in COMMANDOs) and stay Happy (^_^).

Field agent sending in the visuals from the "most happening" place in Taman Jurong on 25th Feb 2006......

Birthday boy in the middle, betw Boon and Fan, and flanked by the "B.O.S"es in white. (angels??)

Nice shirt?? Who cares right, the birthday boy likes it enough to change into it JUST for the cake cutting. (Operation D21, Success!! Refer to prev blog entry)

Desmond and 2D.
(the shirt he's wearing is from Cheng Yao, Hongda n Yifeng)

Desmond and 4F.
(需要那么Cool吗?? Presenting 超酷男人帮!!)

Desmond and 4F part 2 (insert Samuel)

Smilez. Ok dun say we're din come Desmond, got evidence here!!

(N.B. Cause e Birthday boy was swarmed by too many friends and love ones, we couldn't manage to get much with him. Nevertheless we had fun too, thanks Des!! =p )

Qns: Where's Mt Everest located at??

Ans: Nepal [Nipple]

(Trust ChengYao to come up with this d(- -!!!)b )

Last BUT not Least.... (as required by our S.O.P)

Operation D21

MISSION OBJECTIVE: Secure Desmond's 21st birthday present
LOCATION: Orchard, Singapore
DATE: 230206
TIME: 1930hrs
EVENT: Pigging it out @ Crystal Jade, Scotts Shopping Centre B1.
FIELD AGENTS: Leow, Yeo, Tay , Tan QE, Tan CY

MISSION LOG: Reporting to HQ, objective reached, target has been locked down and secured. Due to security concerns and the presence of many intelligence agents around, we will not be feeding in the visuals before the RDV Timing: 250206 1800hrs.

Sending in the visuals of the field agents......

At the time of photo-taking, field agent Leow Yifeng is M.I.A.


TARGET'S PROFILE

COUNTRY: USA
AGENCY: LEVI's
CODENAME: Shirt
NATURE: Long-sleeve
BUILD: Medium Size
COLOUR: N.A
VISUAL: N.A.
ALSO WANTED BY: THD, LYF

Agenda accomplished. Operation D21 successfully completed.

Weekend

1st stop this weekend, The Chinese High School!!

Above is my (母校), the Chinese High School.. Haven't return here in like 2 years, even the signages are new..

Huray, after so many months I've finally managed to find time for basketball with my old friends from secondary school. Haha, everyone seems in pretty high spirits as most of us are already clearing leave and offs and most importantly (of course la) in coming together back as a class and pitting against each other on the baketball court.

Time passes really quickly, the last time I've came back here was back in BMT days in 2004, and now most of us are already clearing leaves and offs and awaiting our ORD..
(haha, sorry Justin and Wilson, our Guardsmen. Dun worry your time will come soon enough, eventually =D )

Coincidentally, we meet another bunch of Old Boys, well not that old as us, a bunch of 19 yr olds from fresh from BMT (haha, ORD loh!!), sure brings back memories.. We had a few games together, in which some of us realised how much we've deteriorated in terms of fitness in barely 2yrs time. Luckly of us,we still had some tricks up our sleeves and our mo4 qi4 for playing together for more than 4 yrs helped as we brushed off their challenges (ok really not trying to be hao lian here, in fact I ADMIT we're quite poor too. It's just that they happened to be lousier hence we won lah).

Classmates and friends (everyone's in the same class from sec 1 till sec 4)
2001 TCHS 4C team photo!!

Thanks again d(^_^)b to the organising committee Chunlei (mastermind?), Boon Bing and Fuxiang for getting everyone (13 pple total) together again on the basketball court!!

2nd stop. City Hall.

Met up with Wei Ren for a quickie cell group message at BK. We parted ways shortly after he delievered a short but powerful message on "Personality for Success: Part2".

Here's what I've learnt:

F = Fustration (for a long period of time)
A = Aggressiveness (a product of too musch fustration)
I = Insecurity (feeling of inadequacy)
L = Loneliness
U = Uncertainty (no direction)
R = Resentment (result of anger which has turned rotten)
E = Emptyness (a symptom of poor self image)

These are the characteristics of a "FAILURE" personality, which I need to avoid at all cost (anyway, who wants to be anything listed there right, sounds really lousy doesn't it?) , to enjoy success in life = p

Dinner was at Thai Express at Citylink. Together with Lijin, Chengyao, Tuck andYifeng. Seems that Yifeng actually had sore throat today, so Thai Express might not really be that good a choice for him. However, he decided to go with the flow and decided to come along

(sometimes being together in a group meant sacrificing oneself to accomodate the crowd. Yifeng demostrated that very well in his "self-sacrificing" act here. Kudos to you bro)

Dinner was pretty fun, the expected standard with Tuck, Chengyao and Yifeng in the mix. And with Lijin and her comments to add to the trio's firepower, plenty of shooting going around at Thai Express. (side note: Yifeng is really good with SPICY/HOT stuff =p )

[Recommendation: Soft shell Crab with Curry. At only $8.90 @ Thai Express.]

Chengyao, Tuck and Lijin @ Thai Express, City link mall) Yifeng's e missing one..
(Observe Tuck's face. He din actually wanted to take this photo, cos he thought it's very pai seh. But he still obliged, as always so accomodating of his frens)

3rd Stop. Rock Auditorium, Suntec City.

The highlight of the day. NTU Annual Talent time competition, Impresario 2006, at New Creation Church's Rock Auditorium. Met up with Samuel, Lijia, Shuwen and Huijing at Suntec.(Hmmm, the girls are dressed up prettily today ; D ) Wow, the queue's frightening long (from the cinema till the arcade side and beyond) for the $10 tickets, and it's only 1800hr, the show's no gonna start till 1830hrs (this is another of Singaporeans speciality, patience. We can wait patiently wait up to 2-3 hrs just to get a better seat that's maybe 3 - 5 rows in front..)

Luckily for me, I've managed to get a $13 ticket. That means my queue is separated from the $10 one.. Thank God, the queue is much much shorter and I got in pretty quickly, and got a pair of seats in the 1st row!! (Oh yes!! =D )

IMPRESARIO is truly Impressive!! Haha, the 3 hour ++ concert is sure worth the $13, with extra value-added!! Haha, keep it up NTU Cultural Activities Club, I'm full of expectancy for next year's IMPRESARIO 07!

Be It. Live it. Believe it. IMPRESARIO 2006.
It's the best talent time contest I've been to, great talents and wonderfully commedic hosts (esp. SUPERHOST Li Teng from YES 933)

(Thanks again for the tickets Xiuwen!!)

Smilez, if you enjoyed the show =D

4th Stop. SAF Chalet, Cheeyu's 21st birthday celebrations.

Chee Yu's 21st Birthday @ SAF Chalet. (Cheeyu's the one in ARMY admin, grey, T-shirt)

Ops, din take any much photos here, cause our the 4C guys from my class left early.. The 3 latecomers (myself, LBird and Justin) were the only 4C representatives who stayed over at the chalet.. The others left early, before we even came (Lame laa), ok we've only got ourselves to blame for coming late.. Anyway, Cheeyu pretty much seem to enjoy himself with the different groups of friends which came to celebrate his birthday with him, so we're glad for the birthday boy too!!

Happy 21st Birthday to our one and ONLY Cheeyu aka CheeBird, all the best to you :)

Thank God Its Friday

Wow, yeah man it's finally friday, weekends are here again. After almost 1 month of Slacking 8-p at home, I'm back in business. Found a part time job as a promoter, more about that in another post, earning a meager $5.50 an hour (an I really so cheap??). Maybe I should really consider going for the swimming instructor badge, and I'm definitely going to start giving tuition (Give me a ring at 9835 7303 if you're looking for a tuition teacher for pri or sec school subjects. Prices are negotiable (",) ).

Well working sure makes the weekends more attractive, yeah finally get to take a break from hectic working life, this is definitely more challenging than ARMY work (Yeah SSU signaller is definitely a pretty good life for an army vocation, I thank God for that :p ). Thank God today is friday, I really needed the rest...

Below are some of the photos I took while washing cars at Glendale Park tonight. For $20 a night, I got 4 hrs (7pm - 11pm) to finish up 16 cars. Well too tired, so for the 4th time this week I gave up 1/2 my pay and enlisted a friend's help. Tonight's partner is Ryan (do I sound awfully desperate??), my 3rd "strike partner" for this wk. Tonight we took a total of (*gasped*) 1hr 15min to finish up 16 cars. Ok for the record, this is a new record, my fastest timing ever in finishing the job (no kidding, ok I'm pretty surprised too : D ). Seems like I'm getting better at this, not to mention also HUGE thanks to Ryan (I'm serious!!) for being such a great support, he's really very efficient and a quick learner to be truthful..

Since while we're at it, might as well take some photos of tonight's carwashing action since we've finished early tonight...

(Disclaimer: These cars are especially choosen and we're posing for the photos. Dun ever accept a carwasher's job thinking that u're gonna be washing all BMs, LEXUSes and MERZs.. TOYOTAs are still the most common car in sg. Also dun u think that u'll look this happy most of the time when u're washing cars, this I speak from exp)

My 3rd "strike partner" this week, introducing my bro, Mr Ryan Yap Kai En.

Mr Carwash @ Work. (Oooh, this is my dream car, BMW 7 series =D )

"Oei Ah Yang I got wash oso leh, take one for me oso leh"

Ok here it is, Ryan (^_^)
Ryan with the LEXUS GS 300.
(ok this is just for the cameras, we din actually wash tis car :p )

Posing with a BMW 760 Li. (SGD 400K ++)
(Think the owner will kill me if he sees tis ;-p)

Suck cock man!! Cleaning cars' a piece of cake for us!! (Ryan and Me)

Record car wash timing : 1hr 15m (16 cars)

Average time taken : 4.7 min per car

Weekends here We Come!!!! Yeah yeah yeah!! (^_^)