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NUSSO

2009-08-12T23:54:00.002+08:00

Aha! 1st practice with the NUS Symphony Orchestra. What am i to say, it's a really special feeling. Everything felt rather familiar, yet new. I'm not too sure why i signed up for the audition in the first place. Part of me told me to go all out and try something new, part of me told me to go back to music. Auditions are my greatest fear, and there i was yesterday in the audition room, around me were Koreans, Japanese, and Americans.

As I stepped into the studio today, i was amazed at the beautiful sound of the string instruments. Never in my life have i heard them live, and so up close. Now, i'm not just listening to them, i am part of the Orchestra. The music touches my heart, and the feeling was just exactly what i had when i was in sec1 and i heard the symphonic band play for the 1st time. It was then that i opened the door to the melodious world of music, and now i've moved on and opened myself another door - door to a whole new experience of classical orchestral music.

I really think that the inner me feels so attached to music that nothing can actually pull me away from it.

oweek

2009-08-01T23:27:00.002+08:00

woot~ I'm so freaking tired! Oweek started on thursday, stayed over since Day 0 and sleeping at 4am almost every night. Good thing they gave it a break for the weekends, but next week gonna be madness again. Haha. Hmmm...Somehow o week wasn't as much fun as Arts camp? Perhaps it's because there is too many people in the OG.

I'm still trying very hard to get adapted to my new MacBook. So many functions and controls that are different from Windows. I really gotta bring it down to NUS and get Ben to help me out. Haha. I'm just really happy that i can finally get away from those irritating connection problems that my desktop have been giving me. Bidding yesterday was crazy, got me all worried when this bloody freshie went to bid a 595 points for Sociology. I had to spam in 380 points to keep myself safe. haha! Thanks to Yuxing and Audrey for helping me with that. So glad that i successfully got all my modules in my virgin bidding session.

Now that bidding is done, i'm worried about coping with work when school officially starts. haha! Yea..i'm having so much to worry about. lol. I'll just keep my fingers crossed and take anything that comes along the way,

2009-07-24T00:32:00.007+08:00

Finally i've managed to squeeze out some time to update this blog. Been totally busy since ARTS camp.

1st of all, Taiwan was great! My fourth time being there, it kinda feels like me walking down orchard road, cos everything there is still the same and all so familiar. A burning summer temperature of 38 degrees in the day, but admidst those heat and sweat we were still hyper and really played our hearts out. We know that the time that is left for us to play with no worries is getting really short, we just wanted to enjoy every second of it.

After getting back onto this little island call home, it was back to work, pre-camps, and OG outings after OG outings. I'm really surprised by how this OG is really bonded. Though everytime we face up with ppl who are late for at least an hour and a half, or some who basically fly you an aeroplane at the very last minute, there is still quite a descent number of people who turned up everytime. So yea, there is still no other OG i'd rather be den REGGAE! wohoo!

And i've been going for birthday parties after birthday parties. You cant really help it when all your friends are turning 21. It's just kinda sad when you noe that your own 21st birthday gonna falls during the exam period. Lol. For now, i just cant wait for Oweek to start. And the bidding thing is really giving me a big headache.

**I'm basically blogging for the sake of Priscilla who shows much interest in reading my blog, and also Tammy who wants to pick out my grammatical, punctuational, and spelling mistakes. HAHA!**

2009-07-02T21:39:00.005+08:00

NUS Arts Camp 2009 was a BLAST!

It did not start off really well, cos i basically lost my way in NUS and couldn't find the reporting venue. After reaching Eusoff Hall with a sweat soaked back, i had to queue for temperature taking and travel declaration. Boring.

Met my 1st friend Annabelle. Entering the hall, we were both circled by strangers and they started doing some 'welcome chant' which both of us coulnt figure out what it was all about. Yup, they are my fellow OG mates. We joined in the circle and did the same chant each time a new guy joined in. Yea, we still couldnt make out the chant, but we just followed the actions and pull it off with some mumblings. Day 1 was pretty much of ice breaking and getting to know one another. Everyone were somehow reserved, as though afraid of 'freaking' people off. Yup, but that was only for Day1, or rather, half of Day1.

As we get along for some time, playing games, and doing cheers, everyone seemed to just open up totally. As days goes by, 'face' was no longer an issue, impression was no longer of priority. We volunteered to paint our faces with camo, get them smashed into plates of flour, got ourselves drenched, rolled all over the sand, gave funny poses for photographs, doing anything we can to get bonus points. Everyone was really into it, and that was how the all the fun came in.

There is just really too much to write about. I remember complaining to my fren that i was disappointed to noe that i got into Red house..cos i don't like red. Now, i feel that there is no other house i wanna be in other then red, and OG Reggae definitely rocks the house to the max. The spirit of Reggae will live in my heart! And i'm already missing all those cheers and all my OG Mates!!!

skating

2009-06-23T01:02:00.006+08:00

Wohoo! I'm happy..first of all, being able to get online after 2 hours of hitting and slapping on the router. And yep...went ICE SKATING! it's more of a cam whoring session. Really had loads of fun, even though we had to endure those stinky skates. It was kinda cool, cos the place wasnt too crowded for a weekday, and as the time got later it was totally empty and we had the place all to ourselves. =]

Cant wait for ARTS Camp in just a few days to come....kinda dreading it in some sense...Jaryl will noe why. haha. But i really hope nothing too drastic gonna happen, and i hope i'll be able to have damn lots of fun. And yes, one day after i'm back from ARTS Camp, it will be the big TAIWAN trip! How time really flies...haha, we started counting down when there were like hundreds of days to go...haha.

2009-06-14T22:35:00.002+08:00

18 more days to TAIWAN Trip. Time really flies huh. We started counting down around 100+ days.

Arts camp is also just around the corner. Kinda worried, yet excited. Dunno who am i gonna meet there, all i know is i'll be in for it throughout the 5 days. stuck. haha.

Cant wait for school to start. The mugging and all gonna start and yea, i'll feel more normal that way, after a break of....hmmm.... 2 years and 8 months?! Not sure if my hostel application will get through. Really.....seems like much excitement is awaiting me. haha.

Ok....as of now, i'm troubled by the alumni band thingy. Totally sux. Failure after failure and i'm somehow seeing a failure again this time round. Took over the whole organising responsibility in my hand from those people....managed to sent out the proposal in 3 days which some took 3 months and did not even come up with any. The school finally called me, and this call could have came earlier if people had not shifted responsibilities around and took their own sweet time. Now, given only 4 weeks left, i gotta re-compile the player list, and the truth is, many had lost the fire after those empty promises time and again. And with 4 weeks to go, the teachers told me they had not spoken to ms chan, which in an email dey said dey will. This is maximum pissed off point. I really dunnoe how to go about. It's stuck here, and i've let the Alumni Circle people know about this, they say they will try to help, and i hope dey would.

BIRTHDAYS!

2009-05-31T00:20:00.008+08:00

What a day. It was like the 7th month on the Chinese Lunar Calendar, i was like the 'getai' singer, as if clad in glittery clothes rushing from one place to another trying to catch the shows at different 'getai'. haha! I had two birthday celebrations on the same day, and i just hoped i could do a split into 2. One is my beloved JC classmate taking her final step into aldulthood, and one is my beloved junior from PJCSB.

Ok, so i thought that Amelia's would have my priority since it's her BIG TWENTY ONE. Haha! Had Fig and Olives at Vivo and the usual birthday cake cutting at the sky garden. We had a brief moment of Sparkling fun, literally, before the security guard came over and told us that we're not supposed to play sparkles there at the sky garden as it may trigger off the smoke detectors along the covered walkways... Yea, and tt was when Amelia went HAFF and PUFF at the sparkle she was holding, but it was kinda useless, the sparkle just had to burn itself out in e end. Lol.

Went down to Huda's rather belated birthday celebration at Manhattan Fish market - Plaza Singapura. The crazy bunch of people, it was camwhoring all night long. haha! And the usual birthday balloons as well as embarassing ourselves with attempts to do some jump shots with the camera. LOl.

NIE concert tomorrow! haha. excitement =]

PJC 10th

2009-05-24T01:44:00.006+08:00

Went for Pioneer Junior College's 8th College day today. Celebrating a Decade, Pioneering the Next was the theme for this year's event as PJC stepped into it's 10th year in the Education enterprise.

A decade, time flies. I sat in the seats of the Alumni, and hoped i could start my journey all over again. The memories that i had in PJC was just so wonderful, it's almost like a movie that i wouldn't mind watching over and over again. Watching the new batch of CCA leaders walked on stage to recieve their awards reminded me of my time when i was standing right at the same spot as they were, and that was 2 years ago.

Watching the top scorers striding up with pride to recieve an award that recognises their academic achievements just made me feel kinda 'sucky', that i just didn't worked hard enough for it the previous time round. It's somewhat inspirational as well, and i am relieved to know that, at least for me, education has not ended. It's was like a form of motivation, a push, an urge, a nudge, a sudden gush of excitement, telling me that i've still got my final chance in the University to showcase myself, i need to work hard for wad i've lost all these years. Though i know, getting into a JC, clearing the A Levels, and being offered a place in the University, these are already great achievements that i've made. I wanna go further, higher, and greater. I hope i will be able to keep that burning.

I wanna give it a blast this time round.

miah

2009-05-19T16:07:00.006+08:00

Stumbled upon your facebook today. I'm just really glad that you're doing well. Full of smiles, and it really brought back those beautiful memories that i've kept deep in my heart all these while.

Somehow, i just think that everything could have ended in a much better way.
I still think i owe u an apology. Everything was too sudden.

I'm sorry. =]

passion

2009-05-09T02:43:00.005+08:00

Sometimes we really wonder why. We become unsure of our purpose, our goal, and the very reason why we started out in the first place. We ask ourselves if that ever burning passion is enough, and soon come to realise that it really doesn't matter, perhaps to some people. With great passion, comes great achievements, cliche as it may seems, there are people out there who still believes in it. Passion, a powerful word it is, is a source of motivation, a force that pushes, but when we start to get the clearer picture, we realised that Passion can sometimes means an obsession, a mindless hunt, a crazy race. We put ourselves into that maze, and find ourselves somehow trapped in that maze. You know that you are getting no where no matter how hard you try, no matter how huge that ball of passion is burning. You get tired of it, and starts asking yourself if that is worth it. I tried asking myself that, but derived at no answer.

So what exactly is the point of having that passion when you know that it's never gonna work out....

2009-05-07T15:53:00.004+08:00

Yup, and that was the outcome. We rounded up the months of hardwork and practices with a silver medal for the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging 2009. Was it justified? I would say no, nothing would ever justify the hardwork, time, effort and faith that each and everyone had put in. Perhaps that is music. We play for the passion, and i believe there can never be a 'perfect' set of judging criteria ever.

I've always been on stage, and yesterday i was there again, but in the seats of the audiences. The feeling that i got though, was not much of a difference. My heart was with the band, so were the other alumni's. The atmosphere was tensed, especially since we were place after Temasek, Anglo Chinese, and Raffles. They were giants before us, but i was glad that Pioneer came on stage so confidently, except for that chair that toppled. We held our breath from the moment they played their first note, till that final crsecendo before Ms Chan cuts it off. It was a job well done, we thought, but fingers were kept crossed for the result. We knew we were nothing compared to those before us, but were happy that we put up the best performance of all the rehearsals.

The moment of truth came, being the last band in the order was torturous, we heard bands before us screamed and cheered, some were quiet and eyes turned red. When Temasek was announced a silver, silence filled the hall. Unexpected. The claps came in after awhile. Band no. 11, Pioneer Junior College - Silver. There were no cheers, just plain clapping. We knew that was gonna be the outcome, but somehow, each and everyone of us hoped for that miracle, rather badly, and it just didnt happened. We left the hall, no words were spoken. We shared a mixed feeling, not sure if we were to be happy or sad. All we knew was, it's over, at last.

Great job to PJCSB, at the very least, we know that we've give our best, and we hold no sense of guilt. PJCSB - We are, and will always be, more then just what a medal says about us. We are, and will always be, not be defined by the colour of a medal. We are PJCSB! =]

NUS

2009-04-28T22:15:00.002+08:00

omg omg omg! Wad was that thick brown envelope doing there?! OMG!!! It's the letter of acceptance from NUS!! Wohooo!

Haha! I'm sounding so himbotic, but yes, i'm really happy and well, relief. I was really worried that the letter wont come. Haha! Really looking forward to school term in August. and all teh orientation that is to come! Yay!

SYF 2009

2009-04-25T23:25:00.004+08:00

Today PJCSB did their sound check at the Republic Poly Cultural Centre, where the SYF will be held on the 6th May 2009. The few of us were there as audiences. I really had to say, they've improved tremendously, and the performance they put up today was....hmmmm, stunning. Though they are still not quite there yet, we were able to kinda get a glimpse of that golden light in the distance. they just need to stretch out that extra bit to reach it. I always believe that PJCSB holds great potential in achieveing much greater heights, and up till now, this believe still stand strong in my heart.

I seriously hope that they can continue to improve, and perform much better then today. Guys, almost there, just a little bit more!!! Give it a hard final push! =D

Which of these will be the outcome for SYF 2009?

susan Boyle's

2009-04-25T00:52:00.003+08:00

Watched Susan Boyle's audition video on Youtube just recently. That video really almost made me teared. It's really hard to explain, some may say that it's just nothing and we've seen many of such cases, some says it's overrated, but to me, it's more of being moved, touched and a huge sense of guilt. Watching Chen Wei Lian sing was nothing compared to this, no offence. It was a smack on the face, how we realised that we judge, and thus, are judged as well, by our appearance, our look. How we sometimes turned a blind eye to the person who had the finest heart, the greatest sense of righteuousness, the one that could just be the best of your friends. All because of a failed 1st impression, a misjudgement based on look, and we let just the biggest prize god had sent to us, to just slipped away.

If Susan had not stepped out, if her mother had not encouraged her, one day she might just be gone. When she does, who might have known that she sings like an angel? Who might have known that she carries such a wonderful gift. Who would have truly appreciated her the way she is.

This also teaches us a very important lesson, that our 1st impression is crucial, but somehow, almost contradicting, it also teaches us not to conclude base on just the 1st impression. So if we shouldn't judge by look. what for we go about trying to look good? Ironic as it is, they both seems to share a common relationship, telling us that as long as the day that man continues to like only the 'nice looking' stuff, then man will just have to keep trying to be 'nice looking' and the 'not so nice looking' stuff will just have to be shadowed. Susan had sounded the siren. For those who place great importance on looks, she is telling them to maybe just look a lil deeper into what is beneath. And for those who are afraid to emerge, due to the lack of confidence, the lack of a 'good-look', she is telling them to step out and show people who they are, and what they really are made of.

2009-04-20T00:11:00.006+08:00

Had a really great weekend! Worked half-day on Saturday, after that went over to PJC to take a peek at their Music Exchange with River Valley High School. To be frank, i'm not too sure if i shld be worried, or happy for the band. They sounded pretty much better compared to the last time i heard them, but alot of work still needs to be done. Silver to PJCSB is not a problem i would say, but it will take that small little mistake somewhere, somwhow, to drag them down to a bronze. Gold? That will require a magic spell and the greatest miracle in the world. So yea, not that it won't happen, but chances are slim with just 18 days more to go. Ms Chan will have to cast the spell soon enough, and the bandsmen will have to create that miracle. haha!

Finally got the new band tee, I took 'S' size, still a bit too big. I hate the drooping collar. hais, i hope it shrinks after i washed it. haha! Cos it's really nice, and i'm really disappointed with the drooping thing...lol.

After band we managed to lure Sufi back to his house, and we had the rest to surprise him at his house for his birthday. It was successful and he was seriously stunned. Lol. I just love birthday surprises, whether you're the one being surprised, or the one surprising. haha! We called for pizzas and the ice-cream cake from Swensen's was great. Ate too much, me and Ahloy were just too lazy to make our way home, so stayed over at Sufi's. It's good when you stay over at someone's place, you get to sleep in...like really deep in. haha! Woke up at 1230 and Sufi said we're supposed to meet Ruoning and Aliff for lunch at Causeway at 1245.

After lunch Sufi and I took a bus down to Tampines 1 to take a look. It was crazy, cant even walk without getting physically contacted with someone. And UNIQLO was madness, people have to queue up just to get in. The queue line obstructed the already narrowed pathway. I really dont understand, not like it's CHANEL or PRADA or wad. Overrated, seriously. It's worth to take a look, but not to queue. $20++ for clothes with average, normal looking designs, i wonder what these people are thinking. haha!

YTSO

2009-04-16T23:25:00.004+08:00

Omg! Omg! Omg! I'm so in love with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.

YouTube called for professionals and amateur musicians of all ages, locations and instruments to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra by submitting a video performance of a new piece written for the occasion by the renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun. Finalists were selected by a judging panel comprised of the world's most renowned orchestras. Winners were announced on March 2nd and were invited to New York in April 2009, to participate in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra summit, and play at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. Musicians from all over the world came together, and within 3 days, put up the superb performance yesterday at the Carnegie Hall in New York City. It is the world's first collaborative online orchestra.

To have people from all different backgrounds, cultures, and playing styles, people who might even have problems communicating due to language barriers, to merge up into an orchestra that sounded so amazingly beautiful was somewhat, inspirational. Up to date, music still seems to be the only language that is able to pull together different people into one perfect harmony. As i was watching the videos, the urge to play my horn was overpowering. How i wish i can be part of the orchestra, though i know i am far from it. haha.

I really do hope they can perform in Singapore someday. I'll go crazy.

**Catch the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at www.youtube.com/symphony**

sesame

2009-04-12T00:11:00.013+08:00

Omg! Been a crazy day with the PJCSB peeps. Farwell dinner for Guan Ri before his enlistment. Had buffet at Sakura. The food there is not fantastic, but edible. haha! It was ultimate enjoyment though, with the crazy bunch of people, we just laugh non-stop. But i got kinda sick of Unagi. Lol. Dress code for the day - SESAME STREET

For once we were real delinquent. First of all Jiemin became the 'JIOBu' of the evening, and went crazy, started drawing breasts with the condensed water on the restaurant glass windows when we left, and having the rest editing it into a dog so that the restaurant manager wouldnt figure out how explicit that was, but somehow he seemed to make out wad our dear 'JIOBu' was doing and stared at us. LOL.

Walked over to West Coast Plaza after that and there, we did our 'PHOTO SHOOT'. LOl, wasnt even afraid of the public's stare, we just posed like we were real models. It was crazy. Then we had Ahloy the drunkard, haha. Then we started doing the Nobody dance. LOL!

Elimination to the FINAL 6

TAIWAN

2009-04-09T23:53:00.004+08:00

Wohoo! Long weekend for alot of people, but i gotta work on Saturday. Haha! It's fine though, cos the work is fun, with lotsa interesting people. =]

O man, i cant wait for the Taiwan trip with Pingxin and gang! Tickets booked, 84 days to go! I'm just glad that it all came true and were not just plain talking. Thanks to our enthusiasm and decisiveness! Yea, i just hate people who dilly dally and just worry about too much unnecessary things. And yes, as you can tell i still have that agony towards wad happened to the supposed PJC Alumni band. haha! Too much red tape, people worked with too much professionalism, too much things got into their brains. It's like, when you filled a jar with golf balls, you will still have space to pour in the sand, but if you poured in the sand first, you will have no space for all the golf balls. Get it? Sometimes we just shouldnt get too bothered with the small details, though they might be important, we should always get what is the most important stuff sort out first before even worrying about the small details. If we ever got too worried about the itinerary, getting a hotel room, how many people will go...i think we would have missed the dates, and the trip would just remained as a dream. Lol.

Wohoo! Thanks to Pingxin for the efficiency~ haha!

GL birthday

2009-04-05T22:47:00.007+08:00

Omg....so many things to do but so little time! haha. Tagging pictures on facebook, upfating my blog, and searching for band pieces!! haha. Am having a really bad sore throat now. Lol, had too much oily and heaty stuff. GL's birthday on friday, went to this Jap BBQ restaurant at CHIJMES. The food there taste like heaven, and yea, the price is also high as heaven. LOL! But i tot it was really worth it! Went to MINDS after that, got crazy with Ultimate Taboo, AGAIN. haha! Was super tired after work, but we played till 2.30am before deciding to cab home.

Yesterday spent half day at work, met up with Aloy and gang for a visit back to PJ band. After band was dinner at Seoul Garden. Heaty heaty heaty. To make our $27 worth it, we stayed from 6.30pm till 10.30pm...was damn bloated. And i dropped my chocolate ice cream into the bowl of green ice kachang colouring. lol.

Yawnz, i really wanna have an early night, dammn tired.

NO PRAC

2009-04-02T23:38:00.002+08:00

Sianzzz. I'm disappointed, so so disappointed. First of all, i didnt get to drink the milkshake from BillyBombers cos it was too late and they closed. Secondly, the proposed college day performance for the supposed PJC Alumni band is cancelled. Seriously, utterly disappointed. Been really looking forward to it. I was actually quite expecting it to turn out this way, cos i guessed the school wouldn't just wait for us and hold back their entire programme planning. So yea, the long waiting time oso kinda put out the flame, but now, the little spark that was still burning went *poof*. Dun really wanna talk about it also, kinda pissed, but what to do.

As promised, the '05 batch of horn players gonna do up our own section tee regardless of whether the Alumni Band is gonna exist. haha. Brainstorming for ideas now.

k box

2009-04-01T22:44:00.005+08:00

YAY! photos are up! haha! Really had a great time at Kbox yesterday..haha. Sang like nobody's business and spammed all the Jay Chou's. LOL! There was no one and the person just let us sing till closing. Haha, reached home about 230am. TIRED!

And today....went to New York New York Jurong Point with Guan Ri, Huda and Clement. The girl was there, wohoo! (refer to my post dated: March 27 ) Shared the Spare Ribs with Clement, but the Chocolate Velvet with the whip cream made me feel so bloated.

I'm so sleepy, need an early rest. Really cant stand it when i was on my way home from work. Kept dozing off while standing...so embarassing, cos i dozed off and nearly fell for like alot of times. No kind soul offered me any seats. haha! They shld have a PRIORITY SEAT for sleepy pple. haha!

WORK

2009-04-01T10:09:00.003+08:00

Yea! Finally started work. Quite an interesting job doing customer service handling road tax payment, international driving liscence and renewal of memberships. Though on the 1st day of work some 'tai-tai' came over to launch a complain to me... -__- Rather stressful i would say, especially when the day ends, doing closing just make me so nervous.. haha. So scared that the money doesnt tally. LOL. So far so good. I'm blogging now because there is no one in the queue, and there is internet access on the comp. Cool~ Now you noe why you always wait for such long time at those handphone servicing centres. LOL!

K Box-ed with Bing Qin and gang. Waiting for her to UPLOAD the pics 1st befor i blooged about it. =]

New York New York

2009-03-27T00:03:00.010+08:00

Aha! I wasted my entire day at home doin nothing! haha! Really damn bored. Damn schools, none called me up for relief teaching. Urggh!

Met up with Jiun Ru, Amelia, Jinyan, Janice, Zhaoting and Jinyan for dinner at New York New York, at the same time celebrating Zhao's and Jiun Ru's Birthday. =] I tried the Hawaii Teriyaki Chicken chop, the one that Aloy tried the other day, super nice. haha! Intro-ed to Amelia and gang the Spare Ribs...and yup, luckily they took my advice to share. haha! Drank my favourite Chocolate Velvet, milky milky milky....till i feel so bloated. The final draw came when i had to swallow that Oreo Cheese Cake. haha! Really damn full, cant finish it.

And now...where's that New York sweet looking girl?? LOL!

Evlyn's 21st

2009-03-23T00:44:00.005+08:00

Tuition with Chanz this morning. Supposed to be a three hour lesson, but i left after one and a half hour. He just couldnt concentrate and that was really torturing me. Will be making up the lesson to him later in the evening.

Celebrated Evlyn's 21st at Pasir Ris Costa Sands. Got her the convertible cushion from IKEA. haha, feel that it's quite a practical present to give. I find myself eating alot. The birthday cake was sinful. haha. Ok, and i'm real tired. I'm hoping that there will be sun in the morning so that i can go for a swim. =]

难道，你真的感觉不到吗？

为什么，真诚的一颗心一定要受伤害？

Marley and ME

2009-03-22T01:01:00.002+08:00

I'm super tired. Eyes super dry, eye lids super heavy. Caught Marley and Me with Shan and Ying Siew at 920pm. Good thing the show is interesting, if not i could have fallen asleep. I always wanted to watch the show, but people keep telling me that it's boring. So i was rather glad when the girls suggested on that movie. It was so worth the money, though we had seperate seats because the tickets were really selling fast.

I need to catch some sleep. =]

ORD LOH!

2009-03-16T22:36:00.008+08:00

March 15, 2007. The day i stepped into total greenery. As the Penguine Ferry came alongside the island, it marked an end to my freedom. Around me were the others, who were like me, unable to escape the same fate. At that point of time, it never occured to me that they would become my dearest. As i surrendered my pink identification card, my status was then changed.

Ninja Company, to be in this Coy, was any recruit's worst nightmare coming true. All of us had heard stories, stories that we hoped would remain as stories. No, we're in for it, we're now part of the story. Training is gonna be tough, real tough, i told myself. I know there is no way i'm gonna get away, so why not enjoy it. Came the route marches, the strength trainings, the field camps, and the SIT Test. We had no one to depend on, but ourselves, and our fellow platoon mates. Perhaps, that's why we just got so bonded and so close. Or perhaps it was the baths that we had together, the times that we shared the load of cleaning up, the days when we got punished because of one another, the nights when we sit round the table for cup noodles, dressing each other up as girls with big boobs and watching lizards eating up flies. It all added up to the magic. Passing out parade was what we were looking forward to, but when the day came, we just hoped we had slightly longer time together.

All went our seperate ways, some were lucky to still have their buddies with them. I went into the navy, a transformation, a cultural shock. From a forest of green, to a sea of blue. From unforgiving sergeants to friendly and merciful course commanders. From awful tasting food, to not so awful, but still awful tasting food. I knew i was in for some new changes. Being onboard the RSS Vigilance was nothing but full of surprises. Sailing out into the vast ocean brought me on a voyage of discoveries. Sea states that none would have experienced. The night sky where all you see is nothing but millions of stars and the moon. I saw singapore, from the sea point of view. That was my favourite sight, because eveytime you see it, it only meant one thing. I'm coming home.

And now, March 15, 2009. My voyage had come to an end. A wonderful journey where lessons were taught in all different ways. I was being given my pink identification card, the very one that i surrendered 2 years ago. I'm as free as a man could be. It was happiness. The only worrying thing was, i now fall into the category of the Unemployed. Meeting up with those guys who shared my most menaingful period of the NS life was nothing but the best way to celebrate.

I've offically ORDed...

ORD!

2009-03-13T02:13:00.003+08:00

O man! I finally got my com fixed. Quite proud of myself, i did it all by myself. Haha! Playing around, clicking around, and POOF! I got it done. haha! Glad that i revived it.

There is one more thing that makes me even happier. The day finally arrived. Yeap! ORD! =D I'm really tired now after trying so hard to get my com back to life. The last department dinner that i had a few hours back got me so bloated. I'm gonna go sleep 1st, will be back tomorrow. =]

2009-03-08T15:22:00.003+08:00

那酸酸的感觉又是为什么？
隔了那么久，难道还是忘不了吗？

那酸酸的感觉，
是我吃醋了吗？

深夜里突然想起你，
你感觉到了吗？

steamboat

2009-02-27T01:35:00.003+08:00

Man, i still feel bloated! Haha! Had Steamboat Buffet with Pingxin, Shan, Guang Liang, and Laikiu over at 辣妹子. The food wasnt really fantatstic, not mentioning the amonia scented crabs. I had to say, though, we made our $15 worthwhile. Went there at 630pm, and we just sat and ate till 10pm. LOL. The Tom Yam was good. =]

As if we didnt have enough, we went on for dessert at 记得吃. Really bloated. Camwhored everywhere we went. I was really pissed when i went to the toilet and realised that i left my shirt onboard ship, had only my shorts. I cant go around in my uniform, so i just had to put on the sweater, it was just prickly and yes, WARM. Luckily the steamboat place was air conditioned...but i felt so exposed by the V-neck thing. =X

O.R.D sooon!

happy birthday Jeremiah!

2009-02-24T23:28:00.005+08:00

In another 32mins. When the clock strikes 12.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMIAH. =]

FF

2009-02-23T22:45:00.001+08:00

I luv this pic. Taken over at the Fire Fighting training Centre. Somehow this picture depicts pain, agony, and sorrow.

jeremiah

2009-02-23T02:36:00.002+08:00

我捨不得这样就看不见，

太快来的幸福，就像过了期的牛奶，
要喝下去后才会发觉。

你，真的回来了吗？

taiwan

2009-02-22T00:46:00.003+08:00

Woot~ officially, 20 days to ORD! I'm left with 12 working days to be exact. Haha! Monday is fire fighting training at Mandai, damn, gonna be lotsa sweat again. I dunnoe why i havta go also, it's really no point training an ORD Personnel, waste of man power and man hours.

Parents gonna be attending to my Taiwan's Ah Gong's funeral next week, i'll only be joining them for the last day of the funeral due to my limited days of leave and after that transitting over to Hong Kong for a few days of free and easy. This means that i'll be travelling on my own over to Taiwan. Yea, sounds cool, but kinda scary too.

Tired.

Centr@l

2009-02-16T23:55:00.005+08:00

Woohoo! Wet day over at Sembawang Naval Base doing damage control training. I was one of the few that was soaked through out from head to toe, thanks to the bursting pipe that i had to fix.

Dinner with Ping Xin, Shan, Guang Liang, and Laikiu over at Mahattan Fish Market- CENTRAL. Was really filling, i feel so bloated now, even after all the laughing. It didn't stop us from having desert at AZABU though. =D After that was camwhoring our night away. haha!

V Day

2009-02-15T01:20:00.012+08:00

Okie, wad's a Valentine's Day without a Valentine. Celebrated our Singles Awareness Day over at the Marina Barrage in the evening with Alicia, Benji, Aloy and gang. Dragged Jaryl along too. I know it's kinda weird but both of us really ran out of idea on wad to do. And town was freaking crowded, only pisses us off when we see bubbly girls carrying bouquet of roses. ha! Yea, it was fun having all these crazy guys around. And i really do hope Jaryl didnt feel out of place. =X haha. Okie, i took a look at the pictures Ruoning uploaded, i have quite a few highly LOL-ed, retarded shots....

models

2009-02-13T01:55:00.002+08:00

Aha! I got the photos taken by ah hui's pro camera! =] Top models.

Ship's Anniversary

2009-02-12T00:54:00.008+08:00

RSS VIGILANCE 19th ANNIVERSARY at BEDS KTV Pub. Great evening of beers, songs, and pool. Didn't expect my t-shirt design to be also the design on the cake. Lol. Camwhored for the whole time. And for once, i managed to stay alcohol-free. LOL!

poem

2009-02-10T00:38:00.003+08:00

Have you ever watched kids on a Merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short, the music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask how are you?
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie on your bed?
With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short, the music wont last.

Ever told your child,
we'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
let a good relationship die.
Cause you never had time,
to call and say, "Hi"

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short, the music wont last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you missed half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift, thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music.
Before the song is over....

Benjamin Buttons

2009-02-09T00:59:00.002+08:00

By right, i should have just came alongside Tuas Naval Base, but here i am, just got home from a Fish & Co. with Benji, Aloy, Alicia, and Huilin in the afternoon, and a movie session with Guang Liang and Laikiu in the evening. Yup, i was overjoyed when it was announced that we would be heading back to base ahead of schedule, 24hours ahead of schedule. How cool.

Aloy just got his book out after a whole stretch of field camp, and SIT Test back to back. Had lunch at Fish & Co. at West Coast Plaza. I'm not sure if it's me or the food is getting bad. It just doesnt taste like how it used to, the New York Fish & Chips. I would say i prefer Manhattan for now.

Caught The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons in the evening. Great show i would say. Tells you how much you should treasure life, cause you never know what is coming your way. Death is necessary to make us realise the importance of a person. It brings out the emotions so well. Humour fused it so appropriately. I love that show.

Debuted my Emporio Armani phone, not too bad, still trying to get use to the key configurations of Samsung. I just love the night effects, the glow, so class. haha.

sailll

2009-02-06T20:12:00.001+08:00

Damn. I'll be out at sea till Sunday midnight. Gonna miss the visiting session with Bing Xin, Shan Shan and gang. Argh! My ORD day is so near, yet so far...

mr wong

2009-02-02T00:03:00.004+08:00

Wohoo! Went to Mr Wong's house today for visiting. Haha, my Maths and Civic Tutor in PJC. We've been wanting to go over his place since J1, haha, finally he invited us over this yr. Amelia, Me, Jiun Ru, Jinyan, Shida, Xinyi, and Weeteng went. We had dinner together at CCK Park. Curry Fish Head and lotsa spicy stuff. Bleaah. After dinner, Xinyi, Jinyan and I went over to Chevrons for KTV session. Charmaine and her boyfriend joined us later. quite embarassing, cause we were basically goin out of tune, then realised that Char's boy friend can sing quite well. damn.

yawnz...tired.

CNY

2009-01-29T01:10:00.003+08:00

Haha! CNY was fun! Though it's rather short this year, but definitely enjoyed. Ang baos decreased though. Haha. The New Year means a step closer to ORD! Wohoo! Had Bing Xin, Laikiu, Yaolun, Shan Shan, and Guang Liang over to my place for dinner today. It was total havoc. Laikiu, as usual, the joke of the day. Haha! This year, luck isnt by my side, been losing money when playing cards. Bleaah.

CNY

2009-01-25T21:31:00.003+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

ken birthday

2009-01-22T10:15:00.002+08:00

Yay! Gotten somemore pics of Kenneth's 21st Birthday celebration from Daiyan. =]

21st Sparks

2009-01-19T22:31:00.008+08:00

Wohoo! Great days! Celebrated Kenneth's 21st Birthday over the weekend and attended SPARKSwinds Concert.

Yup, witnessed my best friend's 1st step into adulthood over at the JTC Summit ORANGE Cafe. Buffet dinner, KTV, Pool, games and lotsa drinking. It was really fun meeting up with all the old classmates and band mates. All seemed like we were back to yesterday, though havent met for long, there always seemed to be a conversation. Old friends. Watching the video montage just reminded me of how time flies. Looking back, it's been 8 years of friendship and still going strong. Happy Birthday kenneth! =]

SPARKS VII, as usual, splendidly done. Impressive pieces, full of surprises. One of the surprises was PONYO as encore piece. The audience just went wild. LOL. Ms Chan, with her loads of supporters, and i was really glad to see that the spirit of PJCSB still goes strong. Haha, we were like the only bunch of people who waited for her to come off stage and went crazy taking pictures and cheering her. haha! Every batches of members just seem to share the same crazy genes.

PICTURES! DO THE TALKING!

2009-01-18T08:44:00.000+08:00

Saw this on Daiyan's Blog. Man...i had a good laugh. Damn cute!

Sattahip 09

2009-01-16T23:30:00.011+08:00

I'm Back! I'm finally back! O man, never in my life have i puked so much. Like what my Commanding officer said, it was one of the worst sea state that he had encounter in his service, so for me and many of us, it was a total disaster. 40 degrees row from side to side, your stomach turns into a blender and you get bags of pukes. I was totally dead on the second day of the sailing there, good thing the thrid day was better.

Pattaya city, i dont think i'll ever wanna return to that place again. Haha. Having spent almost 7 Days there really is kinda boring. Interesting for the first few days, subsequently you just find yourself looking at the same old stuff, walking down the same old streets, eating the same old food. You just hoped you're home.

Temperature there was a stunning 18 degrees celcius. I thought i was in Taiwan for a moment. Haha. The night life there is really happening though, discos, pubs, and the all famous AGOGO Bars. You just see naked women doing pole dancing, yes, literally naked. They do it so publicly and they have them in almost every Bars down the street that you really cant avoid. Sin city, some people say. I cant get any photos cause we're not allowed to take pictures.

Seafood there was great, and cheap. So were the Shark's Fin and Bird's Nest. And some of us had our share of food poisoning. I unluckily caught it during the trip back to Singapore. Damn.

Super super tired today. Still went for NIE Band Prac anyway. Finally got to play my dream piece Fantasy Variations. Haha. Not easy. Okie, like always, i shall let the pictures do the talking.

Roller Blade

2009-01-01T22:59:00.004+08:00

Duty on New Year's Eve, what a great day to celebrate. Decided to really make full use of my New Year Day, especially since i'll be sailing off for 3 weeks tomorrow. I'm totally not looking forward to it. 2009 is my ORD year, tt's what keeps me going, i'm hanging by a thread.

Met up with Jaryl at 1230pm for Roller Blading at East Coast Park. It's my 1st time roller blading, was quite scared at 1st. Thanks to my ice skating experience, it wasn't that hard to start with though i have to say that ice skating is so much easier. Jaryl wasnt that good a blader too, so when we rented the blades, we actually asked for practically all the guards they have to protect our fragile epidermis. Lol. yea, let's see, i fell like 6 times? It was tiring to skates, your legs feels sore and i was sweating like mad. It was fun luh, after that we went to the arcade, Jaryl was crazy over the old school football game and he had this crazy idea of playing the DDR. It was super embarassing because our legs just weren't coordinating and some Ah Lians were watching us play. LOL.

Ponyo-ed at Plaza Sing in the evening after meeting up with Amelia to get the Loafers we ordered online. That cute little girl came with his boyfriend to meet us, so it was quite a disappointment. Yea yea, Ponyo was good, easy to understand storyline, not like Howl's Moving Castle which half way through i totally lost the sequence. I felt that Spirited Away was still better though. haha. And my night ended like that. 3 weeks of sailing tomorrow, someone please save me. Can i fast forward time? Was hoping to break some legs during roller blading, but sadly it didnt happen. LOL. Yawnz....

** Will be away from 2nd January 2009 - 16th January 2009 **

二零零八年过的也没怎么样。直到九月份遇见了你，生命才变得精彩多了。和你交往的短短一个月里，我期待每一天的到来，期待看见你的微笑，期待听见你的声音。你可能不晓得，不过，在那短短的一个月里，你在我生命中留下了深深的脚印，在我心中留下了深深的回忆。你就像背着任务而来的天使，任务完成了，你也悄悄的离去。你带给了我二零零八年我有过最美好的一场美梦，最快乐的时光，也带给了我二零零八年我有过最可怕的一场而梦，最悲痛的时光。不论你现在是在地球的哪一个角落，我想一切也成为了历史。缘分让我们有了相遇的机会，我也心满一足了。只不过还有好多好多话想对你说，好多好多事想和你做。想要忘记你是一件不可能的任务，所以我将把那段回忆带到二零零九年，把它藏到心中的深处。我会默默的等待那未完成的缘分。。。

Opus

2008-12-29T22:54:00.005+08:00

Finally recieved more pictures from Kang Zhuang! Yay!

OPUS 33.2

2008-12-28T14:35:00.011+08:00

It's over, officially over. I feel like a part of me is missing now. Damn. While i've been so looking forward to the performance, i just hoped it didnt come that fast. I miss the entire process of the preparation. I dunno, but through this concert, i kinda developed some feelings for the band, and that means i'm most probably going back to play and staying on. =]

The concert wasn't that much of a perfection. Hic-cups here and there, but well, i dun really care coz i enjoyed every part of it. I just think that i really need to build up on my stamina. Haha. After concert and all the packing up it was 9pm. Too late to join my class outing over at Vivo. Instead i went over to my PJC Band BBQ at one of my junior's house. It was crazy, playing cards, got so excited that we just screamed and shout not knowing it was 11pm into the night. haha, but well, no complaints. i guess coz it's a saturday night, people dun really bother. Stayed over at her place and yea, i just got home.

I BELIEVE MY HEART

2008-12-26T02:03:00.001+08:00

I Believe My Heart. I have a feeling Amelia will love this song.

merry xmas

2008-12-24T13:14:00.007+08:00

Merry X'mas

Okie, so was christmas eve great or wad? Well, i decided to keep it simple this year, really am sick of squeezing around in the crowd over in town. Supposed to just have dinner with Jaryl and chill out somewhere, but somehow he managed to get a pair of free tickets from his frend to Australia over at GV Plaza Sing'. I'm not sure how the tickets come about, cause it's stated on the stubs that it's free seating. LOl. We had dinner at Mad Jack. They stated that there will be a 10% discount for uniformed personnel during weekdays, but when we asked for it they claimed that Christmas eve is a public holiday. -__-

It's a great movie i would say, like really. The story was wonderful, and the scenery was beautiful. It's a two and a half hour movie, i thought it's a lil too long, but nevertheless enjoyed it. O yea, and the music was great too! =]

After movie we walked over to town to have a feel of the christmas eve, but we didnt wanna stay there for long, the crowd was horrendous. Walked over to Newton for supper. Just thinking of that makes me feel so fat, and unhealthy. Been having fast food for past few days, and the supper was bbq chicken wings, oyster ommelette and carrot cake. Lol. I really gotta go get a dip in the chlorine tomorrow. I really gotta go. haha!

Now, i'm all so drowsy after supper. Merry Christmas people. Ciao.

* My little rabbit wasnt harmed in the process of taking those pictures. Though from the picture, yes, it looked rather annoyed. Who cares, it's christmas! laughs. *

Botanic Garden

2008-12-21T23:21:00.012+08:00

Aha! NIE Practice today was great! I had my first attempt on that 'cursed' solo, managed to pitch that 'cursed' note, but i was so damn nervous and kinda screwed up a lil. LOl. It doesnt really matters cause the actual soloist isnt me. =P

Concert at the Botanic Garden with the SWS and Santa Maria Choir was great. I was quite surprised about the turn out. There wasnt much publicity, but people just seemed to know that such a thing was going on. The crowd was amazing. Of all the pieces, i thought Celtic Carol was one of the hit piece. High on impact, the audience just went - POOM! Luckily we didnt had any mis-coordination with the choir conductor today, so the timing was quite well synchronised with their singing. Cool. I'll let the pictures do the talking. =]

BOLT?!

twilight

2008-12-21T00:14:00.005+08:00

O man...i'm just so tired, haven really been getting enough sleep. Yup, completed my 2days of First Aid course yesterday. It was pretty fun, especially the part when we had to practice our CPR on the plastic doll. We had this girl who just cant 'kiss' the doll, each time she does it she would start coughing like she's gonna puke. Laughs.

NIE Band practice at night was great too, totally enjoyed the pieces. I kinda feel sad that the concert is coming soon, cause i've really been looking forward to it and that now it's here, i feel that i'll just feel really empty once it's over. LOL.

Watched Twilight just now with Guang Liang. Lai Kiu supposed to meet us but as usual, that 'suppose' always remains. Twilight was great, i thought. Though the first hour was kinda bland, but it just keeps you wanting to watch more. Totally worthed the 8 bucks. haha.

Had my daily dose of STARBUCKS. =]

TIRED!

2008-12-18T23:46:00.003+08:00

tired tired tired! Busy busy busy! On duty yesterday night, left camp at 730am today and rushed down to bishan for the Chingay's Community Emergency Response Training, to put it simply, it's just a First Aid course that all usheres have to go through. Started from 9am till 6pm. I was really shagged out, the theory part was dead boring. Practical was slightly more fun, getting to bandage one another. lol. After that i rushed down for SWS practice. Super tired, i just fell asleep on the train.

Tomorrow's gonna be another day at the training, doing CPR and the final test. Evening gonna be practice with NIE band. Mad rush, again. Saturday gonna have practice with the Youth band, and sunday gonna be practice with the NIE Band in the morning, and performance with the SWS at the Botanic Gardens in the evening. Damns, i'm so packed. I need some life. haha, though playing with the bands are really fun. =]

I wanna sleep.

superficial

2008-12-16T01:02:00.003+08:00

Sometimes when we look back at what we thought were the happy moments of our lives, we begin to realise that all were nothing but a show. A staged performance rehearsed in the dark, lines memorised so well, actions so synchronised. So much so that it takes one quite some time to realised that he's just part of the show. One starts to wonder if the word 'trust' ever had a genuine meaning in it, or is 'trust' just yet another lie.

Just when you thought there is a wall for you to fall back on, the wall fell on you. Time and again, you tried to decieve yourself from the face of reality. You turned your eyes away from the direct glare of truth. You tell yourself just the opposite of what your heart is telling you. Nevertheless, man always have this intelligence, this ever strong sense of instinct that is so accurate. You know, and thus, your heart never lies. No question asked, you know the trust were being taken for granted, you know the role you played were minimal, almost insignificant. You know they can do without you, in fact, you know they do not need you.

When you see the enthusiasm towards others, but not you. When you see the initiatives towards others, but not you. You know it's time. It's time to quietly retreat yourself into the corner, and you won't be surprised, that they don't even realise. That's when you know, it's time to go.

虽然还是搞不清楚状况，找不到原因，得不到答案．不过却很确定的感觉到，自己根本不属于你们的世界．也很确定的感觉到，你们并不是我唯一拥有的世界．对自己好一点，过得快乐些．

out of words

2008-12-14T22:30:00.002+08:00

Out of words. Life's good. 3 more months. Hanging in there. Loves STARBUCKS.

那特别的你

2008-12-09T23:34:00.003+08:00

那特别的你，让我做了一场美丽的梦。那特别的你，让我不想忘记。那特别的你，让我微笑了。你就是那么特别，知道吗？=P

SCM 08

2008-12-08T23:13:00.004+08:00

Aha! The photos from the Marathon are out! Good thing i looked alright in them, was worried that they captured my limping moments which would be so unglam....LOL!

42.195KM

2008-12-07T22:52:00.009+08:00

All was dark, the sun wasn't up. Instead of the usual hustle and bustle of men and women in neatly pressed office wear, teenagers in the most fashionable clothings, the Marina Bay was brought to life even before first light by men and women cladded in blue singlets, running shorts and track shoes. Excitement was high as everyone were warming up for the race event of the year. It was clear to all that it will be tough, but everyone just seemed unborthered. The end is near, at least, that was what we believed.

The time came and the horn was sounded. Troops of blues steadily marched across the starting point in unison steps and rythm, as if so well coordinated before hand. Within the tall, towering skyscrapers were the tiny souls fighting hard to endure the what is said to be, the race of your life. I went on my very own journey, keeping a constant and comfortable pace. The cooling breeze and refreshing scent of morning dew just made everything so much easier.

The pace was good, but the legs werent. After keeping up the run for 20km, the pain sets in. It was something that i dreaded, and hoped not to happen so soon. It was an agonising strike of pain down my left knee joint spreading over to the left ankle. For a moment, i thought i might dislocate my left leg. I pushed on, but the pain pushed on even further. Every steps i took saw me squeezing shut my eyes and biting hard on my lips to overcome the pain. The final draw came when my right tigh muscle gave a twitch and i could literally see it bulging out. I knew it was the big cramp. The pain was unbearable, i had to stop. It was too early, i told myself. I had to push myself, i know my limit, and that was definitely not my limit. After some stretching and a short rest i decided to go for it again, but the moment my legs stretched out to push me forward, the cramp sets in again and i had to stop. I hated the feeling, it's like knowing that you will lose the battle when only half the battle was fought.

I took my steps one at time, feeling really disappointed that i will just had to walk. It was really kind of a waste as i had the energy to push on, but my legs were no longer under my command. The signboards that count down the distance came into view slowly. Covering every 1Km in steps took like forever, especially with the pain not only on the legs, but in your mind too, it was tough and demoralising.

However, there was one thing i knew for sure. For all who were walking with one hand clutching on to their legs, and all who were trying to limp their way through, had only one thing in mind. That is, with every little steps that we took, no matter big or small, we're getting nearer to the finishing point. And with that, in our heart we silently counted down to every kilometers that we covered. Though slow, but steady. We know there was no way anyone was gonna give up.

And so, as the distance got shorter, morale got higher. Though still unable to kick off my run, i was even more determined to complete the race. After what seemed like years, the signboard showing 42Km slowly loomed over the horizon. I knew it was time, it was time i give it the final push. I pushed my legs forward, the muscles squeeze tight, the pain was unbearable. I told myself i will not stop. The pressure sent a jolt of pain down my joint with every steps i took. The end is really near, i told myself. I've never felt so much pain in my life before, when i finally crossed the finishing line, i almost couldnt feel the existence of my legs.

And now, here i am, the proud owner of the finisher T-shirt, medal, and a pair of wobbly legs that have great difficulties walking and climbing stairs. =D

'A'

2008-12-06T00:11:00.003+08:00

Aha! I feel so happy, I managed to hit that high 'A' for Star Wars during band practice! Wohooo! Been really looking forward to practice. Reached home around 5pm today, did some warm-up on my horn before i left for band. We're gonna have 6 Horn players for the concert, so i guess it's not gonna be too taxing.

Time flies? Only left with 1 more day to the Standard Chartered Marathon. Man, the race starts at 530am, now i'm worrying how to get there. Looks like it's gonna be the three big letters: C.A.B.I'm just afraid that i'm not having enough rest. Gonna gobble some bananas tomorrow. Haha.

Band practice tomorrow again. Busy busy busy.

Tired

2008-12-03T22:18:00.005+08:00

好累的一天。真的，都打不起精神来。超想睡觉。眼睛都快张不开了。幸好明天就是星期五了，周末又要来领了！星期一又是公共假日，终于可以好好的休息一下。就这么样了，今天都没什么精彩的。我还是去睡觉吧。=P

K Box

2008-12-03T22:18:00.002+08:00

PHEW! Yea, i had to do that. Had the biggest shock of my life yesterday. Was informed that ship will be sailing from tomorrow till Sunday. And damn it, my Standard Chartered marathon is on Sunday! Thank goodness i prayed enough and the sailing was cancelled. O man...i can no longer stand such a scare.

On duty yesterday night, shagged out. At least i had K Box today to look forward to. Haha. Finally exams are over for the NTU and NUS peeps. So met up with Amelia, Daphne, and Jinyan for our K Box session. Got to sing!! Got to sing!! Yay. Having cough, but good thing i pulled through and it didnt really affect the session. Haha!

I'm looking forward to Friday's Band practice? Really cant wait. Bleah! =P

Jere

2008-12-01T22:43:00.005+08:00

就在这偶然的夜晚，我突然想起你。那酸酸的感觉却不见了，我反而微笑了。遇见你是我生命中最大的奇迹，最美好的回忆。是的，我还深深的想念着你。很希望能在这世上的某个角落再次遇见你。很希望缘分能够再把你注入我的生命里。因为只有你才能让我笑得灿烂，只有你才能让我期待每一天的到来。就算只能远远的望着你，我也会快乐。

你最近过得还好吧？

LOVE Amplified

2008-11-30T00:30:00.013+08:00

Today is a great day? Haha. Went for a swim and I was late to meet Amy for lunch. And so we were almost late for band prac. We actually had to take a cab down. Played Fate Of The Gods today! Man...really bring back lots of memories. SYF 2003 flashes back into mind, and playing my 1st solo again really get memories flooding back. Though solo parts dun get me all shivering nowadays, but playing that particular solo still makes me feel nervous. Dunnoe why...LOL!

Went for LOVE AMPLIFIED in the evening with Jaryl. It's Singapore's 1st ever World AIDS Day Concert. Held at Fort Canning Park, we got the timing wrong and were there too early. Haha! Went to roam around the National Museum Of Singapore while waiting. I really have to say that the Museum is really a great place to take good pictures.

Of cause the rest of the evening was great. Jaryl went crazy over Stephanie Sun. Hossan Leong and the Dim Sum Dollies were really funny. Fort Canning was filled with the booms. Totally enjoyed. =D

** National Museum Of Singapore **

** LOVE Amplified **

** The Shark got my hand!!! **

30 Laps

2008-11-27T23:13:00.002+08:00

YAY! I feel so accomplished today! Been saying that i wanna do a 30 laps swim, finally got the time to do it today. haha. Met up with jaryl at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex at ard 630pm. I was shivering when i got into the pool, so cold. Really cant believe that i actually completed 30laps without stopping. Haha. Now i noe, it's really all in the mind. I kept pushing myself for 5 more laps, with 5 more to go and somehow i hit 30 laps! haha. Though both of our timings still cant qualify us for the SAFRA Biathlon. Haha.

So tired after the swim, like really feel like sleeping, but was super hungry. Went to some food court and had bubble tea after that. Somehow our bad sense of direction kicked in again and we almost got lost in Toa Payoh Central, couldnt find our way back to the HDB Hub. Lol.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow! Cause it's FRIDAY! I hope my day will pass quickly, so that i can 'fast forward' the time to my NIE Band Practice in the evening. Haha. As for now..i'm so tired. =P

CLARKE QUAY

2008-11-26T23:05:00.003+08:00

Aha! Went for Bak Kut teh over at Clarke Quay with jaryl today. Haha. Super nice. Even Jaryl couldnt resist the temptation though his teeth aches from the braces. Haha. I thought i wanna have a good meal since i'm on duty tomorrow, but somehow i feel really blessed, cause ship is going back to base tomorrow instead of the planned Friday. So i'm deactivated from duty tomorrow. Haha.

After Bak Kut Teh we just roamed ard in CENTRAL and had turkish ice cream. Night was still young, since i got no duty tomorrow. LOL. Walked over to Raffles City to just do some window shopping. Really broke now. I'm so gonna spend on the 10th of Dec when pay comes in. Bleah! O man, we refilled the Bak Kut teh soup so many times, and to make the most out of the $4 tea leaves, we just kept drinking. feel so bloated now. LOL!

ICE SKATING

2008-11-25T23:37:00.004+08:00

Bruises! My knees are covered with bruises. Lol. Had a hard fall during ice-skating just now. haha. It was fun though. Been so long since i last skated. As always, i'm dazzled by those pro-skaters who can spin like nobody business.It's a weekday, so the ice skating ring wasnt really crowded, i didnt have much to worry when i fell. Haha. It was Alvin's and Jaryl's 1st time ice skating, they roller bladed before though, so it didnt take long for them to get the hang of it.

My knees just hurts when i walk. damn. I'm tired now. Good thing tomorrow morning gonna be off for me, reporting to Changi naval base only at 1230pm. =D

** yay! Pictures from the Vrtical Marathon are out! **

CHIHUAHUA

2008-11-25T00:02:00.004+08:00

MY -ON JOB TRAINEE- DIDNT COME TODAY! Said that they have not recieved the posting orders. Damn. They will be here tomorrow though. =D And the good news is, my ship is getting TWO of them! weeeee.

It was half day today. Left camp at around 130pm, so monday blues wasnt that bad. Haha. Met up with Jaryl to shop for a decent blazor and pants at Far East Plaza for my upcoming performances. He went for his dental appointment which was in orchard too. It didnt took me very long to get my stuff, so after that we had enough time for dinner and movie. I asked Jaryl wad he want for dinner he said 'something cheap'. We ended up having 鼎泰丰. I dunnoe why, but that's always the case. LOL. It's my virgin trip to one of it's outlet. Always been hearing that they had nice 小笼包, but i find them rather normal. =P

Caught Beverly Hills Chihuahua after that. Light-hearted comedy. It's a meaningless show, but what to say, it hit US #1 Box Office for 2 weeks. Though meaningless, but the humour wasnt lacking in any sense. It promised to make people laugh, and that promise was kept. That's shows i like, hahaha. Think little, just laugh. Bleah. =]

Gonna go ice skating tomorrow with Jaryl and Alvin! I haven skate for damn long. Finally! =D

** pls do come support my performance. =] **

AQUATHLON

2008-11-23T23:05:00.005+08:00

Aha, got to know Chanz PSLE result today. Not very impressive, but i am glad to hear that he's able to make it into the express stream. His primary school foundation was just really bad? Good thing his dad's gonna start off his sec1 work this mid december. This mean that i'm gonna get myself the text and go through it before lessons kick off.

O man, my coming months gonna be super super packed. With NIE Band practices and ZestWinds practices, also concerts on the 12th, 21th, and 27th Dec. 7th Dec will be the big Standard Chartered Marathon. Also sign up to be a volunteer for Chingay Parade 2009, trainings gonna start mid Dec if i'm selected. My month of December is gonna be crazy. Gonna be participating in a 'mini' Aquathlon with jaryl in feb nxt yr. haha. 200m swim and 5km run, we're not strong swimmers really don't dare to go for the full Aquathlon. To think that it's gonna be the sea that we'll be swimming in.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow? A new On Job Trainee is gonna be posted in, that means my work load's gonna be halved. =D Like finally! Haha.

Took this little test. =]

What Your Cute Monster Says About You

You are a very natural, real person. You're comfortable with who you are - and your spirit truly shines through.
You are free of inhibitions and hang ups. Because of this freedom, you tend to be very creative.

Your inner demon is greed. You can't help but lust after wealth and shiny objects.
People think you're cute because you are so lively. Your natural glow makes you charming.

Sailing

2008-11-23T01:12:00.003+08:00

I'm back..finally back! So miss the feeling of the hard stable soil. Lol. The pitching and rolling over at the South China Sea really wasnt comfortable. Though my sea sick band did the magic of keeping my puke inside me, the constant churning in my stomach was torturous. What was worst was the combat rations. Yea, having the thought that being in the navy would mean farewell to combat rations was wrong. The sea state was too bad for the chef to cook, warming up the combat rations was the most he could do. With an upset stomach, the rations nearly ruined the work of my sea sick band. haha. Good thing that time flies, i knew 5 days out in the vast ocean were coming to an end when the beautiful skyline of Marina Bay came into view as we sailed along the Singapore Straits back to where home is. The smell of home was strong and morale was high.

I was just looking forward to band practice today, finally got a trombone player coming in. Though the strength of the band is still at it's minimal, i guess we just had to hang in there. Met up with Benji and gang after that. Been really long since i last met them. Finally A's are over and shopping with them for Prom clothings really makes me wanna turn back time to my Prom back 2 yrs ago? haha. They went to spend the night over at Aloy's. I'm really too tired out from the sailing, so i'm back home. Also, i wanted to catch my new Taiwan drama on DVD. haha. Miss No Good is a no brainer, laugh non-stop show by Wilber Pan and Rainie Yang. It's just so damn funnie, my mum kinda got hooked on it too. LOL.

I'm so tired. Don't feel like sleeping though. haha. Just chill.

Vertical Marathon

2008-11-16T22:40:00.004+08:00

Aha! Vertical Marathon today. Ya, stated no baggage deposit, but when we went there, there was. They are great liars huh hahah. It's a pleasent surprise though. Man, 73 Storeys wasnt that easy afterall. Haha. Jaryl was the hard core one again, sprinted his way up. I was 2mins behind him. Lol.

I couldnt really bring myself to enjoy the rest of the day. Sailing tomorrow. Damn, for one whole week. I think i'm gonna puke myself dry. Bye people. Off to the South China Sea. =]

BUGIS

2008-11-16T00:47:00.003+08:00

Good day! Band practices for 2 consecutive days. Went for NIE Band yesterday, haha. I was quite nervous at first, but the people there were quite friendly. A good quality horn really boost my confident level, haha. They had a really seasoned Holton Horn for me. haha. Really unbelievable, i actually got to play pieces that i had always dreamt of playing, like Disney Fantillusion, Star Wars, and Tsubasa O Kudasai! Haha! Cant wait for the concert. =D

ZEST!Winds today was great. Had a few new comers. Finally we got 2 trombonists, really hope they would stay on. haha! Mr Tan conduced us, choked again. LOL! After band met up with Jaryl to shop for berms at Bugis. Realised that Bugis Street isnt such a good place to shop, super crowded and things are much more expensive compare to last time. In the end i ended up getting my pair of berms from Bugis Junction which cost me like $28, the ones i tried over at Bugis Street costs at least $39.

Yes, we were at bugis, so decided to hit some buttons at the Arcade. haha. Like it's becoming a routine. We decided that the night was still young, wanted to go chill at some place with good makan. Since Jaryl's one week of leave will end tomorrow, and i'm gonna be booking in for my week of sailing, we just really wanted to spend the night good. Went to this dessert place at Bugis to have Mango Ice and Peanut Paste.

Vertical Marathon tomorrow. I really think they need to review the whole planning. To think that they dont provide any bag deposite facilities is a joke. And they even stated that any baggage left unattended at the event area will be removed by security. So what now? That's a JOKE. bah.

85 Market

2008-11-14T00:52:00.004+08:00

Man, i'm kinda pissed? My entire training regime got screwed up today? Planned for a 30 Laps swim and 2.4km run with Jaryl. Some delay onboard my ship and i was only allowed to go off at 630pm. Damn. By the time i got over to Tampines, it was like 850pm. Too late for anything. Bah.

To make it a worthwhile trip, Jaryl brought me to this market with lotsa nice food over at Bedok. Really cool, so instead of exercising, we actually had loads of unhealthy food. Haha. It's just really hard to resist, we just had to order them all at one go so that we couldnt change our mind. Had BBQ Stingray, Oyster Omelette, BBQ Chicken Wings, and the famous 'Bak Chor Mee'. The shops that we ordered from all have certificates all over their sign boards. It's like an overload of good food. The plus point, both of us spent only like 20bucks for all the food. I kinda feel bloated now? haha. Been really long since I feasted like this. Bleah.

Yea, all the food is really making me sleepy. I'm going into hibernation.

Bowling

2008-11-10T23:17:00.004+08:00

Night duty tomorrow, ultimate turn off. I always like to get crazy the day before duty, tt's to make up for all the fun that i'm gonna miss out while in camp. haha. Jaryl's on leave for the whole week. Good thing, that means i can drag him out anytime i want. haha! I just did today. Supposed to watch Dragon Hunters, but we couldnt make it in time for the show. Decided to go over to Marina Square for Bowling instead. Haha. Like it's been reaaaaly long since i bowled. I wasnt so worried cause Jaryl convinced me that he isn't good at it too. I just like going out with him, cause what i'm bad at, he's just as bad. Like bad at basketball, bad at Bishi Bashi, bad at pool, bad at bowling. hahah!

I'm gonna grow fat. I noe it's impossible, but yea, i just like to think that i'm gonna grow fat. I just keep eating non-stop. Had dinner at around 730pm before the bowling session, and i was hungry immediately after that. Found a Kaya Toast shop at Citylink Mall which offers kaya toast sets at a good deal price. The hot chocolate there is really nice too, reminded me of the thick and rich Cadbury Hot Chocolate that i used to drink before i go to bed back during my ekong Days. haha!

To end off, i just wanna share this. Shirin sent me this mail which i thought was really meaningful. Somehow it managed to put how i've been feeling into words. =] Here goes...

People come into your life for a reason or a season. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty,
to provide you with guidance and support,
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

** I guess that's why you're gone... **

WESTWINDS

2008-11-09T23:30:00.006+08:00

Aha! I wonder why, the day after my birthday seemed more fun then my birthday itself. LOL. yea, really, i decided to pull Jaryl along for Westwinds free concert at the Esplanade today. O man....they are good? Big Screen Hits was the title and i went crazy when they played Highlights from Jurassic Park. I just loved the Horn parts. aha! Encore was so predictable... Music from High School Musical. haha!

Jaryl found out about this Love Amplified Concert thing. Thought it will be a nice experience. Tickets at 20bucks and u get a free Levi's t-shirt. Quite a good deal, so yea, i'll be going with him. Bought the tix. After the concert we went to redeem our t-shirts at Levi's Store. It's a really cool tee. =D It was arcade at Suntec City after that. Haha, damn fun. We really sucked at the basketball thing. Lol. I wanted to play Pop n Music, but they doesnt have it there.

Dinner was at Popeye's over at the Singapore Flyer. We kinda got the direction wrong and took quite awhile to get there. haha. To think that i have bad sense of direction, Jaryl isnt any better. LOL. I was like really disappointed. I never managed to have my 'ideal' Popeye's meal at the Singapore Flyer. The other time i went, they ran out of biscuits, this time i went they ran out of Chicken Strips. Sadded.

After that we walked over to Bugis. Jaryl needed to get to a M1 Shop. He wanted to redeem some stuff with his 'points'. What happened next was a joke, i shouldn't elaborate. Lol. We realised Bugis Junction has an arcade too! And there, they have Pop n Music. So it was slapping buttons again at the arcade. haha. Max fun.

We just kept walking today. Lol. Jaryl suggested we take part in Amazing Race. Considering our 'good' sense of direction, i really think we will win. LOL!

** 那段美好的回忆不断的浮现在脑海里。。。好想你 **

MADAGASCAR

2008-11-08T02:05:00.002+08:00

Cool cool. Madegascar is cool or wad? Haha, really laughed my ass off that show. Funnie. Yeap yeap, i'm just back from the show, using my sis lappy now. No, no, com's not up yet. Bah.

O man, yesterday night had practice with the Singapore Winds Symphony. Man, they are good. I think it makes no difference to them if i play or not. I dun think the conductor could even hear me. haha! And for the 1st time in my life, i get to hear screaming trumpets right behind me. The high notes just give me the headache, but i was 'wow-ed'.

Nothing much today. Got back to camp, had trainings under the blazing sun. Sweat soaked. Yea, pretty much that.

I'm tired. Off to bed. =]

Sports day

2008-11-03T21:21:00.003+08:00

Haha! Bin Hao is the man! I'm leeching his internet access again! =P Okie, i'm gonna blog about yesterday, coz nothing much happened today.

Yesterday was 'Sports Day' for me. Kayaking in the morning with the ZEST!Winds peeps at Bedok Reservoir. Met at Tampines at 9am, i was late though. Tried so hard to avoid that place, tot it would be easy since i live in the west. I still ended up going there. Lotsa memories. I was flooded, and on top of that, we took bus 23 which is part of the memory that i'm trying hard to sink it deep inside me. yea, i'm not trying to foget, because it's really hard, and i wanna keep it, because it's beautiful. =] kayaking was like real fun, though not many of us went, but the sun was amazing and yeap, i totally enjoyed getting wet and all. haha!

After that i met up with jaryl for lunch at Tampines Mall and he suggested swimming after that. He got a new pair of trunks and when the rain finally stopped we decided to go for a dip in the chlorine. Yup, it rained just after we finished kayaking. Walked over to Safra Tampines and there i swam like 15 laps. I had everything provided for by him, the trunks, the towel and the goggles, proudly sponsored by Jaryl Teo. Haha. He was the hardcore one, i most probably would have stopped at 8 laps if i'm alone. haha. Now, tt's why i say it's a sports day for me. As if my arms weren't sore enough after 2 hours of paddling. It was a slow leisure swim, so i was still alright with that. I guess my body is kinda getting use to all these.

When i was wondering where should i go for dinner, Laikiu called me. He was in town. so i just went down to meet him since it was along the way. I had SHOKUDO, again! haha. Tried a different pasta this time and i wasn't disappointed. Got to taste my heavenly mango desert again. Bleah! =D I really pamper myself. haha!

Alright, back to the present. I'm sailing tomorrow, good thing it's gonna be just a day sailing. Time will past by real fast and i'm just gonna chill in the evening. Probably catch a movie or something. And now i shouldn't be hogging the com for too long. So much for today. Cheerios! =]

Marina Barrage

2008-11-01T22:18:00.008+08:00

Aha! Leeching Clement's internet access at his hostel. lol. I'm kinda dying, duty yesterday, heavy rain. I was so drenched that today when i woke up, i had a splitting headache, and the late night Kinder Buenos for the past few days are giving me the sore throat. It's uncomfortable, but it's saturday, so i am still gonna enjoy myself.

Went for ZEST!Winds practice today, Mr Hoe flew off again so it was Mr Tan taking over. A decent number of people trned up today i would say. Managed to play a few pieces without sounding empty. =] As usual, Mr Tan never fails to make me laugh. Lol.

I'm feeling rich now? Haha, Chanz's dad called me up yesterday night and reminded me that i have not collected my pay for the last 6 lessons. So yup, i totally forgot and it came as a pleasent surprise. Met up with Clement for town in the evening, and headed down to the Marina Barrage to take a look. Nothing much....just beautiful scenary from the rooftop. The shops there are still undergoing renovation, but the place is quite an architectural marvel.

Can't wait for Kayaking session tomorrow! Finally! =D

** There were nothing much to do over at the Barrage, to make the trip worthwhile, we just took pictures...lol **

** And i got captured during the REAL Run! LOL! **

FINALLY

2008-10-29T19:12:00.002+08:00

FINALLY! Finally got to update my blog! Nope, my com isn't up yet. I'm leeching on my friend's internet access again. Bleah! Man...i really cant live without the com! Wonder when is the serviceman coming...

Met up with Jaryl for dinner on Sunday. Finally got to try food from Shokudo. The pasta there is really nice, better then Pastamania and Waraku. =] Most unforgettable was their mango dessert. After dinner we just walked aimlessly around, both of us were rather broke, so we just had to suck it up. haha.

Monday met up with Clement and Zheng Zhe for movie at Vivocity. Watched Max Payne, not exactly what i preferred, but they suggested it, so i went along. It's a lousy show? Though the action was there, the story was just lousy. I would rather have watched High School Musical 3 for 5 more times. LOL.

Tuesday was ship cohesion at Jurong East Swimming Complex. So i had the luxury of sleeping till 8am and still be able to make it on time to meet them at 845am. It was real fun, had a mini Amazing Race around the Jurong area which my group came in FIRST. After that was some water games in the pool. It was madness, people just go around flipping floats over. Haha.

Finally the long beak is over, booked in today. thing much happened, just the usual ship routine. At le now i get to update my bloggy. haha. woot~

** 试着去忘记，不过还是深深的想念着你。。。**

HSM3

2008-10-25T21:31:00.003+08:00

Damn! My computer is down. Shit head. I realised that i've been so into the internet that i really dunnoe what to do now. I just feel sooooo bored everyday. And yea, i'm now at Daiyan's house leeching her internet access. O yea, my com is dead, so i'm gonna lose my 1872 songs in my ITUNES Library. Bang!

Watched High School Musical 3 yesterday. It's awesome! Great voices, good looking people, catchy tunes. 100% enjoyment. Really, it's not just any kiddy show from Disney Channel. I can like watch it for a few more times, just that i'm really broke. Like, it really suck to be broke, especially when it's long weekend ahead! Argh. I'm not booking in till Tuesday. =D Now that i'm really bored, i bought a book! haha, it's a kiddish book called 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. Yes, kiddish, but really funny. Just nice for easy reading. Really, i'm not a book person, so books that catches my attention are good books. Bleah.

Went swimming today, sun wasnt up, but i figured that i need to keep in shape. Vertical Marathon on the 16th Nov. Pastamania-ed with Amy at West Mall after that before heading for band practice. Today didnt play at all, we just had a meeting to sort things out. We just needed to set our aims clear. Let's hope everythng turn out well! I'm so looking forward to what is planned ahead. =D

Beach Road

2008-10-23T00:09:00.005+08:00

Good day. Time seems to past faster today. Haha. Went Bech Road with Kevin in the evening to get my rank and ship badge done on my new sets of uniform. Yay, finally can change away my faded pair of NCR. eh, NCR stands for Naval Combat Rig. lol. After that we had dinner there at Beach Road, got to eat my favourite 汤圆! =D Wanted to walk to Bugis after that, dunnoe what has gotten into me, i totally lost my sense of direction. In the end we just decided to flag down a bus. Haha. Kevin bought a shirt, i feel so tempted to get one too, but i'm going broke. Still have to pay for my new specs. Damn.

Yawnz! Tomorrow will be a day in camp and sailing in the evening till Friday morning. Turn off! ood think Jaryl reminded me just now that Monday is Deepavali, that totally made my day. Bleah!

* 天空下着毛毛细雨。。。我在静静的想着，你还好吗？*

ship's log

2008-10-21T22:15:00.006+08:00

Today, i woke up too early, took the bus too early, and reached camp too early. Damn. I'm still slapping myself for the miscalculation of time, i could have been able to sleep for 30mins more. Bah. Finally a break from the hectic sailings. Managed to get the Ship's Log signed, it's a monthly thing and it was since april that the last one was being signed. So yea, at least now i have one thing less to worry about.

My eyes were so tired after staring at the Ship's Log the entire morning. I slept the moment i boarded the bus. Well, nothing much happened today. Went IMM with Clement in the evening, had MOS, walked around aimlessly. A boring Tuesday evening.

I wana sleep soon.

* Your name.....i'll never forget. *

pictures

2008-10-21T00:07:00.011+08:00

Man..i'm aching all over. Apart from the heartache that i'm having, all parts of my muscles are aching. Jaryl and I were late for the race yesterday, so didnt have much time to do the warm up. I didnt do enough stretching after the race too, bleah. So now i'm still full of lactic. It just feels so great to have completed the race. Though my timing was 2mins behind what i achieved for the trial run. bah.

O man o man....there is no sailing tomorrow. Finally a break from the busy schedule. And i'm glad i'm feeling slightly better now. heee. I just hope i can get use to this as soon as possible. =]

* 眼泪虽然还是流了下来，不过能与你相处过真的很幸福。=] *

MAN!! I LOVE THESE PICTURES!!! DAMN! =D

2008-10-19T23:45:00.003+08:00

I'm sorry, i really am. I know sorry doesnt cut if for you, but I really do not know what else i can do for you. I've screwed things up for you, i've ruined your life, your happiness. I'm really really sorry. I'm hating myself for all these, i promised to make you happy, but i never did. I'm just really glad that our path crossed.

已经删除了你发的所有简讯。不是要逃避，也不是要忘记，而是想把一切美好回忆冻结在心中。能认识你是我这生中最高兴的事。短短的一个月里，你给了我无数的欢乐。真的很难想象。我会试着去适应没有你的日子，也会试着不要让眼泪流下来。我永远都弥补不了这一次的错误。对不起，真的对不起。。。

十月五日二零零八年：我们初次约会。

十月十日二零零八年：你给了我短暂的幸福。

十月十一日二零零八年：你让我笑了，也让我哭了。

十月十九日二零零八年：一切都成为了过去。。。

* It's painful....really painful. I'm missing you so much.... *

HARI RAYA

2008-10-18T22:28:00.004+08:00

Woke up at 930am today. Though i was tired, but i just couldnt go back to sleep anymore. Decided to go for a swim, the dark clouds were looming overhead, i still gave it a shot anyway. When i reached the pool the sun was back up, i didnt swam for too long, didnt wanna strain myself before tomorrow's run.

Went IMM to make a new pair of specs and met Fathin for lunch before going for band practice. I like my new pair of specs! haha, but i cant get it only till next week, so for now i just have to hang on to the broken one. Band practice today was ok? Mr Tan choked on his saliva again while singing the tune for us...me and fathin just couldnt stop laughing. Damn. After band was Hari Raya celebration at Fathin's place. Her mum made really good mee siam. Everyone of us had two servings. haha.

Kk...i'm gonna like go sleep soon, waking up at 5am tomorrow to make my way to Pasir Ris for the run. bleah.

Essential Brew

2008-10-18T01:15:00.007+08:00

Again i'm super tired! Had a really warm and sweaty morning, afternoon was sailing again. Got back only in the evening, i was like totally dead the moment i got a seat onboard the bus, someone had to woke me up at Boon Lay.

After that i rushed to meet Evlyn, Marcus, Jiawen, Shan Shan, Amy, Kenneth and Qinyi at Holland V to celebrate Qinyi's birthday. I thought i'd be late, but it turned out that i was the 1st to arrive. Meeting time was 830pm, and they reached only at 915pm. I was super late dinner, i was starving. Went to Essential Brew, it's really a nice place to chill. The place is just so serenating, not too crowded with people, quiet and peaceful. We felt bad singing the birthday song so loud. haha.

Its FRIDAY, so we wanted to just stay out late. Decided to go over to Chevrons for midnight KTV session, but the rooms were fully booked...in the end we just went Wala Wala to have a drink or two. I still hate the taste of alcohol....it sux. I think i'm just not made for it. COKE please.

Sailing!

2008-10-17T00:04:00.002+08:00

Another day of hectic sailing...closed up 8hrs without rest, except for a 15mins lunch. Lunch onboard was super-licious today, it's Carbonara. I'm just dead beat.

Dinner at some chinese restaurant. This relative of mine from Taiwan came over and so we had a huge family gathering of 20 odd people at the restaraunt. I feel so damn bloated now...though the food was really nice...i just cant stand nice food. I'll stuff them down my throat no matter wad, i can never miss them. haha, The best thing? I dun get fat! Bleah!

Tomorrow gonna be sailing again, good thing we gonna slip off only in the afternoon and going alongside Yard by 1530H? Which means i'll be able to get home earlier. O yea, and i need a new pair of specs, i broke mine today during the sailing. I dunnoe exactly how i did it, but it just snapped. Damn.

** 你让我微笑了。。。**

ＪＡＹ　ＺＨＯＵ

2008-10-16T00:04:00.002+08:00

SHAGGED~ Was on duty the night before..had like 5hrs of sleep and i gotta sail this morning, came alongside only in the evening. My eyes totally blurred out. I really gotta get use to all these sailing, cause there are more to come.

Met up with Amelia and gang for K Box session at The Chevrons. Didn't enjoy myself as much? Cause i was just really tired, and bothered. It was fun though, like always. O, and i got Jay Chou's new album! Again, it's all worth it. It's like, the three person in the queue in front of me were all buying his album too, so the auntie cashier was like - 'Who the hell is this guy? how come everyone is getting his album? Did he acted in 881? Or is he dead?'. lol. Okie..i think i really need to get some rest, it's another day of sailing tomorrow. Bah.

** 放手真的那么难吗？**

CNB

2008-10-13T22:12:00.002+08:00

Woot~ today was really tiring? Sailed from Tuas Naval Base to Changi Naval Base. It's kinda stupid for me, because it's like me taking a bus to Changi and taking the train there back to Boon Lay. Yea. Good thing the trials ended early, estimated time of completion was 1730H, but we made a good timing of 1530H, 2hrs ahead of schedule. Cool. At least i got a 90mins rest during the sailing, i was really tired, totally snoozed off the moment i got onto the bed in my cabin.

Now, i just got back from 3km around the park. I haven't ran after that trial run, was feeling really lazy. haha. Yea, didnt wanna strain myself too much before the actual race this coming sunday, just wanna make sure i keep the momentum there.

Man...i gotta get to Changi Naval Base tomorrow, since ship is berthed there. Damn. It's gonna be early morning call again, and i just hate it. Most probably i'll just take the time on the train ride to snore away, am just afraid that i cant get a seat. Bleah. It's duty tomorrow as well, such spoiler.

BORED

2008-10-12T22:50:00.003+08:00

I am damn freaking bored the whole of today. Woke up at 9am, that was pretty early given the fact tt i slept at 3am the night before. I've got nothing in mind, but i just didn't feel like sleeping in, i seldom sleep in. So i got off my bed and went online, replied some comments on Friendster and Facebook and just having random chats with ppl on MSN.

I wanted to go out, it's not that i had anywhere in mind that i wanna go, but i just wanted to go out. Rather, i needed to go out, i needed some air, i needed to get my mind off issues that's affecting me. Everyone else was just busy, it's really fustrating. It is no point that i go out alone, i'll just be having my own thoughts and be reminded of stuff that i am trying not to think of. I just needed someone to talk to me, someone to just chat me away from the bad side of thoughts. In the end i managed to get Bin Hao. Thanks to Bin Hao for accompanying me to catch House Bunny, i really wanted to watch that show. It's just bitchy, bimbotic and funnie. Those kind of brainless show that at this point of life, i really needed. I needed the laughs and the jokes, though i was already feeling so much better after the reassurance, i just needed them as 'add-ons'. Bleah.

** 能不能给我一首歌的时间.紧紧的把那拥抱变成永远。。。I came at the wrong time, wrong place. **

Jeremiah

2008-10-12T02:44:00.005+08:00

You gave me the happiness that i never had, but also gave me the sadness that hangs so heavily onto my heart. I'm happy for you, but i just cant help it but feel really sour. I'm trying really hard to not let the tears run free, it's painful.

I'm glad that i've met you, u changed my world, my life, my everything, but i regretted meeting you too. You caused the pain, the heartaches. I know this is not the end, and the fact that you're happy makes me happy. I know i've stepped over my limit, i've been too greedy, i'm asking for too much. I selfishly want you just for myself...it's hard on you.

I respect your decision. We'll just revert back to how we used to be, if that is how it should be. I wanna be who i've always been to you. I wanna you to to noe that i'm always there, just like how you noe he had always been dere. I used to say that i'll never let this happen, but it seems like i really couldnt help it. I wanna thank you, thank you for being part of my life. Please promise me that you'll be happy, and if i shall see another tear from you, i'm never gonna let go again. =]

FMSS

2008-10-10T23:09:00.003+08:00

TIRED! I'm so tired! Mentally i am not, but my eyes are. I've been squinting my eyes the whole aftenoon looking at the Charts. Well, for those who dunnoe what Charts are..they are basically maps, maps of the sea in another words. Yea, we call them Charts. The whole exercise thingy ended like 530pm. My eyes were squirting tears by then. haha!

Went down to Novena Square to collect my number tag and timing chip for my New Balance run next week. I felt rather cheated, cause i was expecting to get the event t-shirt but in the end they said that it could only be collect after the race.

Dinner with the band peeps at Lot1. Aloy told me they were leaving school at 8pm, i knew they'd be late..so i took my time and arrived at 830pm. As i expected..they were still in school, i totally combed, sweeped, explored every corner of Lot1 before they finally arrived at 930pm. I almost fainted.

** You're sent from heaven to make my life interesting and worth living. You're sent from heaven to make me feel blessed. =] **

upset

2008-10-09T21:41:00.003+08:00

i'm so tired...i'm really tired. Been a long day today, i even fell asleep while playing PSP. Damn. Hmmm..really dun feel like talking about anything today. I upset someone today because of my dumb and rash act. I feel like such a shit brain. Bleah...

Tomorrow is pay day, yay. This will liberate me from the third world life that i'm leading now.

ORD MOOD

2008-10-08T21:44:00.003+08:00

Today is a slack day! haha! In the army terms, it will be known as a 'TUANG' day. Lol. My entire department totally escaped to the canteen in the morning and stayed there till noon before attending some briefing. The briefing ended around 3pm, and it was tea break at the canteen again. =P Was briefed on the upcoming events for the ship and i can tell that time really gonna pass by really fast. Before i know it, it's gonna be the end of the year. Once come 2009, i'll be on full engines ahead, charging towards my ORD date. haha! I'm kinda just warming up my engines now. [ORD MOOD - mild]

我们之间虽然不可能在一起，不过有你在我身边，真的感到非常庆幸。你好像是上帝派来的天使，为我的生命添加了许多的快乐。一想到你我就会微笑，让我真的很想独自的拥有你。你已经变成了我生命中无法缺乏的养分。缘分让我们找到彼此的避风港。就让我们成为这世上最要好的朋友吧。我相信我们之间的友谊永远都不会画上句点。。。=]

Wu Xiang

2008-10-07T23:03:00.008+08:00

O man...i'm feeling so fustrated now. My connection totally sucks. I hate it when i wanna get something up, but my connection just keep playing on me. Damn!

Yesterday's duty was ok, good thing fire drill was cancelled due to some ship movement. I wasn't as shagged as last week cause i managed to get myself into the 1st detail, and thx to Jere who kept me company the whole night, though he slept on me. bah.

Today was a really fast day, cause so many things were happening onboard ship. I was kept busy the whole day and time just seemed to fly. Gave Chanz tuition in the evening, his parents insisted that i eat the Bee Hoon and 五香 that they bought back. I wasn't really hungry as i've already stuffed myself with some finger food before getting to the house. Being polite, i tried to finished them up, but i felt so bloated, suffocated and nearly turned blue. haha. In the end i had to just surrender and tell them that i really cant finish that much of food. bleahh.

Okie, i've finally got the pictures from Aloy's birthday celebration and my New balance trial run up. =D

** Happy Birthday to Aloysius **

** Jiemin really isn't a vulgar person **

** yup, Ugly Betty was invited **

** And if you think Ugly betty isn't ugly enough...how bout this? **

** Ruoning, benji, Me, and Aiman **

** This is the only pic we took while on our way to the trial run **

ALOY BDAY

2008-10-05T22:59:00.003+08:00

I TOTALLY ENJOYED MY WEEKEND! woohoo! Yesterday was Aloy's birthday, and we surprised him at his house. haha. Entered his house quietly and hid in his room while he was bathing and scared the shit out of him when he opened the door. Yup yup, he was sooo taken aback, like the shock of his life. To see 15 people hiding in your room definitely is a surprise. LOL. We had birthday cakes and lotsa pizzas. I'll let the pictures do the talking! =D

After that was even more exciting. haha. I went to meet up with jaryl and Vincent for our overnight stay at Changi Airport. haha! We needed to get to our trial run for the New Balance REAL run by 630am, so decided to just spent our night at the airport. Got ourselves a cozy spot over at Terminal 2 Viewing Mall and snored our night away. We got like 4 hours of sleep, and were quite worried that we weren't in the condition to run 15km. It turned out that we still managed to pull it off with a decent timing. I completed it with a 1hr 28mins, and jaryl was 3mins before me. haha.

After the run i met up with Jere at Simei. Just treating him to the Starbucks that i promised him. haha. man..i just love this kid. haha! So damn funnie, just makes me laugh and laugh. haha!

**Blogspot is kinda screwed up now, i cant get my pictures up. Will update ASAP**

DIDI

2008-10-03T23:07:00.002+08:00

Meeting the right person at the right time will just make a whole lot of difference in one's life. I'm glad that i met this person. You make my day really wonderful and i feel so blessed to have known you. You make me believe in fate. We used to be just strangers who probably rubbed shoulders over at Orchard Road, but now, it just seems like we've known each other for decades. Your magical ability to make my heart smile is just truly....magical. My life kinda changed with you around, everything around me just seemed to be more illustrated. I'm really glad that u're here. =D

**the above paragraph is dedicated to my little friend who really made my day**

Today was really torturous for me. I was so tired, my eyes could barely open. I was a total zombie. The ship's cabins were in a total mess after coming out from the yard, so basically i couldn't get a comfortable place to sleep, or i should say, i couldn't find any place to sleep. I had to slap myself to keep myself awake even when walking. haha. Luckily it's the weekend.

Went Chevrons for KTV session with Amelia and Jinyan in the evening. Finally i get to sing some of the new released songs. hahah! And now i'm having a sore throat, the lemon honey just didn't help much at all.

I"M FREAKING TIRED.

JEREMIAH

2008-10-02T23:29:00.002+08:00

Man...my connection is getting on me again. I just realised today that i'm really bad at consoling people. I don't know why, i can always lend my ears to anyone who wishes to share their problems, but i just cant think of a good solution to their problems. That really makes me feel bad. haha.

This evening had tuition with Chanz. O man, time flies, tomorrow is his first PSLE paper. I'm so worried for him, but somehow, i feel that he might just be able to pull it off. Not only pull it off, but pull it off with a good one. Let's just hope i'll be right. I've got like 3 more lessons with him before this tuition thing comes to an end. It's really fast, i started out in May, and now it's been 6months. haha.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. It's another KTV session at The Chevrons! hahaha. I cant wait to sing my throat dry. LOL. And apparently, Amelia is just having this infatuation about me wearing pink. -___-

Wasted

2008-10-01T22:53:00.002+08:00

I just hate to say it, but i kinda wasted my public holiday doing nothing interesting. Woke up early in the morning, intending to go for a swim, but the weather was so cold, and i felt pretty lazy. I didnt made it to the pool in the end. haha. It was tuition with Chanz in the afternoon, and after that i just headed home because everyone else were busy with their various concerns.

Rotted in front of the computer for the rest of the day doing nothing, just random chats on the msn and finishing up my 《篮球火》episode 9. It was only until evening that i met up with Kevin for dinner at IMM. I didnt really set a budget for the meal, but we somehow ended up in Fish and Co. LOl.

I'm feeling really tired, haven't really covered back the sleep i lost during my night duty the other day. I stayed up till quite late over the phone yesterday night too. ha. The cold night weather just makes me really feel like cuddling up in bed with my blankets. haha. =]