__________`` it has been a long time; * from past till now. ______* * " ________*`` _____*

Sunday, June 15, 2008


Just some quick updates. I passed my driving test on 2nd june. Yay! Very happy:) Anyone got a car for me to drive?

Anw my last day of work is tml. Haha. N University is starting real soon. In abt 1 n a half mths time. I haven really prepared myself for it, mentally and physically wise in terms of going to check out more abt my course. Anw since i have more free time now , friends r most welcome to ask me out. Lol.



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Sunday, April 13, 2008


I failed my driving test on 26th march. Strike kerb in circuit. I was really nervous at the start. But anw thks to all the ppl who wished me good luck for it. My second test will be on 2nd of june. But meanwhile wun be learning driving til May.

This yr is really an impt year for most of my friends since we all are turning 21. It signifies the start to adulthood and an end to the carefree life of our teenage years. This is the point where we really need to think about what we want to do in future and how are we going to achieve it. Like the saying goes: failing to plan = planning to fail. We wouldn't want to wait til when we are old then we curse and swear and say " If only", " what if", " If i have known...".

Yesterday night went to my NS course friend's birthday party. Very long didnt see them already. Really kind of miss the course days. The bond we build up was very strong then. And i kinda miss the sea. The cool breeze that softly brush against ur face. The calm sea state at night that induces a state of calmness in ur mind. The exhilarating feeling that u get from driving the Rhibs. The many stars that u will get to see when u look up at the night sky during sea patrols. And last but not least, the friends who went through everything with me.



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Saturday, March 01, 2008


My nerdy black-framed spectacles broke on Tuesday night. It all started when I felt that the sides suddenly become very loose during work. When i closely examined it, the sides near the joint had a crack. It broke when i tried to repair it at home. I thought that this pair could become my spare pair when i make a new one in future but it broke without any reason. I didn’t know how the crack comes about. I still remember that the lens of my first pair of the black-framed spec got badly scratched after it got buried in my shell scrape. Then came the 2nd pair, which broke when i slept on it as i forgot to take it out before sleeping at home. The 3rd pair lasted til someone stepped on it after an activation in romeo bunk. The frame around the lens broke but it can still be used with black tape secured. And finally this 4th pair that just broke without any external factors involved?

Ok.. Say goodbye to the nerdy black-framed spec. It's time to get a new look.



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Friday, February 15, 2008


I just like this drama and the theme song=)



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Saturday, February 02, 2008


My contract has been extended for another 3 months so i will be doing this same old thing til around end of april. Initially i wanted only another 1 mth extension cos i feel like trying out other kind of jobs. But the company wanted a minimum of 3 months. So why not extend when i am already used to the people here, have a nice supervisor and working at a place near to my house? There's just a lot of plus points working here.

Had driving this afternoon. First time encounter jam during my driving lesson. It is a total waste of my time and money. I have been feeling damn tired recently and can easily dosed off on the bus. Haiz.. dun really have a single day when i can jus lazed around at home.

Happy Chinese New Year!



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Sunday, January 20, 2008


First good thing of the year: I have passed my PPCDL practical test yesterday. It was my second attempt at it. I didnt have much confidence due to a lack of practice. But how often do u get a chance to drive a boat in everyday life? I should consider myself quite lucky yesterday cos i managed to do a 1 good man overboard drill which i failed to the last time. Thank god! If i failed this one again i don't know if i will try again cos really quite troublesome to travel so far to take the test. It is held at poly marina, near west coast. And tt day i dunno why but i feel quite 'zai'. Throughout the whole test i managed to reason out all the tester's questions very well. He jus nod and nod. Lol. Morale booster.

As for work wise, the permanent guy is back from his MC and he took over my duties. Now, I am doing a project for store. Helping them to create a system to find parts easier. Sounds damn profound rite? I don't even know how to start at first when the manager told me my new duty. Basically what i am doing now is to rearrange the parts and to reprint all the labels on the shelves and with the help of one store guy who will help me rearrange the parts in case i screw their system up. Cos i am not quite sure how they arranged their parts last time. This duty is even more relaxed than the initial duty so i will take this up and see how it goes.

~May Fair Wind and Following Seas be with me~



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Saturday, January 05, 2008


Alright this greeting came quite late but nevertheless Happy 2008!



New year countdown was spent with NP friends again. I always feel damn relaxed with these friends. There will always be laughters with them. And this year i am the organiser for this whole thing. Lol. But last minute got a lot of changes. We went cafe cartel @ Marina to have dinner and after that went down to parklane to play pool. Then travel down to Chinatown area. Sat down at a cafe and talk about sec sch life. It is just a simple way of counting down to 2008 but i enjoyed every minute of it.



One more month to CNY! Time pass so fast..



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Monday, December 24, 2007


"Doing more is better than having nothing to do."

My mentor said this to me today, which I find it very true. Today, basically, nobody got the mood to work. All like lamenting why other companies got half day off while ours still need to work full day. I can understand this very well but since I am getting hourly pay, it doesn’t matter much to me. I work then got money.

Work pace today is quite slow and slower than the usual working day. Time passed damn slowly this way. Keep looking around to find things to do. Went over to the store to help out also.

Merry Christmas!



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Thursday, December 20, 2007


It has been a long time since I have updated my blog. I am having a busy life now juggling work, driving, and meeting up with friends, etc. Work so far has been busy yet enjoyable for me. During work time, I can get damn busy but I like it cos time passed by very fast. Usually at lunchtime, i will eat out with my supervisor and his friends and my mentor. My supervisor will usually drive us to nearby places like Bedok, Tampines and Changi Airport. There is actually a food court near our company but they somehow dun like to eat there. I enjoy eating out with them cos i can take the time to recharge. Somehow I feel it helps to release work stress. This job requires me to do OT at times, which I am perfectly fine with it since I don't usually have other commitments on weekdays. As u can see, I like the work culture there.

Yesterday I went for my NP chalet. This year was a bit special cos a few of them brought along girls, either their friend or gf. So presents exchange was a bit better with more present going round. Damn shagged cos I went after work. Maybe I am getting old cos I dun feel chalet as appealing as last time.

Finance-wise I am doing quite badly. Mainly is because of driving lessons. They just suck money from you. Oh man I need to earn more money!



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Saturday, December 08, 2007


I have found a new job! Next Monday I will be starting work. My new working location is at Changi, near expo, and basically every morning is just like going to camp for me. A shuttle bus service is provided at Tanah Merah MRT. I will be working in a warehouse and it is smart casual wear EVERYDAY! Everyday is a dress-down Friday. Lol. But don't know how the job is liked. Hope the working experience will be an enjoyable one. Wish me luck.



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Saturday, December 01, 2007


Yesterday was the last day of my work. The main reason of not extending is due to the low pay. It is not very worth it when my friends are getting better and higher paying job out there. But of course this decision wasn't made hastily. And i think i ended my job at the wrong time. All the students are out there looking for jobs too. I guess I am going to have a hard time finding a good job now. In the meantime, i will be having R&R and be a good son at home.



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Sunday, November 18, 2007


It has been a week out there in the working world. I am getting used to wearing the office wear but would still prefer a job that gives me the freedom to wear casual wear like polo shirt and jeans. And I don't think I look very professional also since 2 of my colleagues said that I look very young on the first day. It is also quite annoying to get people staring at you when you are walking on the streets or anywhere else! Even the cleaner also says that I look like a student on my dress down day (Friday). So I guess I don't have to go on any more, you get it. But some of the stall sellers actually called me "xian sheng"(mister) when I went to buy lunch. Lol.. First time sia.

My job is simple data entry but damn tedious. I need to repeat the whole process of tallying and keying in the data for hundreds of files. One bad thing is that I have to stare at the computer screen for hours. Hope my eyesight doesn’t deteriorate.

I am working in a rather independent environment; hence it can be quite lonely. The staffs don't really talk to temps so I am sort of left out. Btw there is only one other temp with me. Only those that gave us work did communicate with us. I guess perhaps they are used to temps coming and leaving their workplace. Truthfully, I dun quite like this kind of work environment and prefer more interactions.

I guess many of my expectations don't really match with the reality. Anyway this first job is a good experience for many others to come.



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Tuesday, November 06, 2007


I am back to blog as promised. Just want to write down some thoughts on National Service. Been really glad my NS life was enriching. There were ups and downs along the way nonetheless, I managed to complete this journey. Made many friends along the way. Hope will remain in touch with these friends in future. It is sad how friends are lost cos both parties are too busy to keep in touch with each other.

Just some updates on my life:

Firstly, I plucked out all 3 of my wisdom tooth. The operation was ok since I was given general anesthesia and didn’t know what went on during the surgery. I am amazed at how fast the anesthesia works on my body. Within 10 second, I am gone. I woke up to find a numbed mouth, bleeding gums and a hungry stomach (didn’t eat in the morning). Fortunately, the bleeding stops after some time and I am able to drink something. The torture only came after this operation when I have to take a soft diet for a week. Furthermore my birthday lies on the recovery week. Had a really sad birthday this year..

I can only remember this at the moment and will update more next time. Lastly, I would like to end this post with the most 'In' nick now:

ORD Loh!

~Parting and meeting is part and parcel of life. And, we only part to meet again~



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Saturday, August 04, 2007


Long time didnt blog. Recently just cant find the time to sit down quietly in front of the com and start thinking of what to blog about. I have been spending quite a lot of time in camp, and if i am not in camp i will be outside with my friends or family. In other words, time spent at home is miminal. Fortunately for this week, i will be having a block leave till next thursday. Today i will be spending my whole day at home which i haven been doing for quite a long time.

Yesterday night i went to my friend's father's restaurant near geylang area to have a so called ORD farewell dinner for an officer. Had a very full dinner and we didnt have to pay a lot for it. We played lan for a while and went back home quite late. I think i need to cut down on lan gaming cos most of the outing with my plt friends always ended up with it.

One last thing is that i wun be blogging until my ORD. So long my friends!



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Saturday, June 23, 2007


My unit just started the new 7 days duty system last friday with my plt being the first to go. Now mounting and dismounting day will be on a friday. The training plt will have saturday and sunday off and then trainings on monday to thursday. This means that i will have lesser book outs although i will have both weekends on alternate weeks. Not worth it at all but it is useless to complain at this point of time since what we can feedback, we already feedback but the upper management still pushes their plans across.

With the merging of 3 plts to 2 plts, my PS appointment was also taken away. My platoon was spilt and it just feels weird to do duty with another batch of people. Now i dun really know where i stand in the plt. Feel really lost.. Hope i can still lead the sea defence side.

An ending brings about a new beginning. Will this beginning brings about another ending?



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Sunday, May 27, 2007


Last sat I had steamboat dinner at marina bay with S201 friends. The teachers came too. But I didnt have anything much to talk to them. Just cant find a topic to talk about. For the friends, the closeness that was once there was also gone. Feel not that close with some of them already. But i had a good dinner and luckily didnt have any diarrhoea. Lol.. Had a few of such cases before already. Played lan with them after the dinner and went home really really late when i have to wake up at 6am the next day to go back camp. Zzz..

Navy open house was great! Besides the complaints that we have to do a lot of fatigue work for the preparation, I feel that the public can really enjoy themselves for this event. Today after I dismounted from duties, I went to walk around with some of my platoon mates. Had to spend the $20 vouchers and also to go up to the frigates. Bought some souvenirs back home.

Next week high activation rate again. Damn sian.. another standby week burnt. My platoon is going though a really tough period. Shortage of manpower. Haiz..



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Monday, May 21, 2007


Last week was Index Asia and we were kept damn busy throughout the whole week. Have to stay in at night to mount the additional deployments that were placed even though the unit lacks manpower. The saying that sea soldiers are army personnels in a naval base is so right as the navy personnels get to go home at 3pm while we have to stay in. But i get to see a pretty side to the base at night with the lightings that the foreign warship set up for their cocktail party.

This week was not spared either as it was navy open house. It is held on Friday to sunday. Just some info if you are interested: Free shuttle buses are provided at expo and the time is from 9am-7pm. Last bus to the base is 5pm.

SSC 7 going to ORD soon. Have to ai zhai.



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Friday, May 11, 2007


A lot of things happened in camp recently and the majority are bad stuffs. Firstly, the a-frame of one of the rhib got damaged during my platoon duty. Long story and i shall not elaborate here.
Wed CO just give punishment. Didnt go for the meeting and didnt know what exactly he said. But heard he has to fork out money himself for the damage. Got 7 extras..

Secondly, i had a lot of conflicts with my CSM. Shall not elaborate here also. I must admit some things i am at fault as i didnt really do properly.

All these things came about after i took over PS at the start of May. Beginning to think if i was really incompetent or is it just bad luck. Feeling quite a huge amount of stress recently. And adding to all these, sometimes i feel that my men are making things quite difficult for me also. I seriously need to talk to them.

Tt's all for this 'problematic' post. Being a PS of 20 men is really not easy but i will take up this challenge!



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Sunday, April 22, 2007


Hmm don't really know what to blog about. Nothing really significant happen these few weeks. In camp, more responsibilities are thrown to me. But so far i still manage to juggle the work quite well. Not much problem with handling my platoon too as i feel that many of them are easy to work with.

This week has been kind of slack for me since there is low activations. Spent a lot of time jus slacking around at home. This makes me start to think if i should start having some goals. My life has come to a phase where there isn't any learning taking place and no progress. Haiz.. Miss JC life! Although the mugging is really xiong, at least i am learning something new everyday.

Oh and this is my 100th post! Woohoo..



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Tuesday, April 03, 2007


Time flies! The next batch of ORD personals are going off in about 2 months' time. For me, I am going to be a 'lao jiao' coswain and a senior in the platoon where questions will be directed at me. Still remember the days when i was the one asking all the questions and can give a 'i dunno' reply. Now, there is no such things and even if i dunno, i must also 'smoke', especially if questioned by officers.

Going to take over PS at the end of the month. Had a good chat with my predecessor and get to know his style of work and his thoughts about the unit. I can see that he is unwilling to let go so soon cos he really put in a lot of effort into uniting the team, and prove the point that the team belongs to him and not he belongs to the team. I really feel that he has made a big difference to the team and made this team uniquely his. In the future, I will follow his school of thoughts to manage the team. And yes, sometimes i really lacked that bit of confidence.

"The satisfaction of being a 3SG comes not when you have the power, but when you know you have served your man well."



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Thursday, March 29, 2007


We were supposed to go Sentosa for our platoon cohesion today but due to the bad weather, we went vivocity instead. Played a rather lame game and proceed to shop around with tarwin. Bought some biscuits at candy empire. The items sold were really expensive so we settled on the 'buy one get one free' german biscuits there. I had a good talk with him too and we kind of shared our problems.
Today then i realised how bad they think of us. Sad..



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Wednesday, March 07, 2007


This morning i had a platoon cohesion at orchid country club and guessed what.. we were there to play the taq paintball! Got pangseh by eddy cos he could not wake up in time and took the bus alone to yishun. I thought i was late when i reached at around 0810 but there are people who reached even later. Oh well, guys are never early! (just a casual remark dun shoot me pls!)

Had breakfast at Mac and we were off to the country club. Our PC came to participate and was quite pro. At the end of the game, all of us sustained injuries one way or another. I had 2 red bruises on my buttock. Lol.. That makes me the victim of the day! Of course there are some "campers" who never went in front to take the box and thus didnt really have any injuries. Injuries aside, I really thoroughly enjoy myself today! Oh by the way, this is the second time i am playing this. The 1st time was with my JC Odac group. I didnt suffered as much injuries that time as today. And the price is really expensive! $65 gone just like that. Shooting one round is like throwing your money away. Heart pain...

Heard that my platoon may be spilt up to join other platoons to make sure there is zero activation for the training week. Dun wish for that to happen. The proposed system really f***** up. Little bookouts and mentally taxing. Really hope all of us will fight back together.



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Tuesday, February 20, 2007


Yesterday i was in camp for duty and missed out the second day of house visiting with my family. Sian.. got fewer hongbao this year:( Time flies. This year i am going to be 20. Not a teenager anymore.Yesterday night at around 8pm, i saw fireworks in the direction of marina bay but i am not sure of the exact location. The view was quite good despite it being far away.

This afternoon i went to TM to watch "Just Follow Law" with jh, fab, wq, kl and ck. It was an informative show about office politics and the working life. The movie depicts a realistic story on backstabbing, boot-licking in the workplace and also the 'must follow by the book' kind of mentality. Two thumbs up!



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Tuesday, February 13, 2007


Last week my whole company was confined. We had to brush up on our bearings and regiments like parade and reville timing was imposed. The confinement period was supposed to last til the end of this week but they lifted it. I guessed we had showed them what they wanted to see. It was really painful not being able to book out and buy stuffs for chinese new year. Anyway real glad the confinement was lifted. And one more thing to be happy about is that i do not have any duty on CNY eve and lst day of CNY.

The stress of being a spec came in during the confinement period. Expectations were high and I am really not confident to perform.




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Monday, January 22, 2007


Tonite the ORD personnel treated us to dinner at Bedok Blk 85. I guess this will be the last dinner with them. The food didnt taste very good especially the seafood. The chilli was diluted and the food was quite tasteless. Compared to the seafood i ate at changi village, this was definitely of a lower class. The minced meat noodles was nice, just like the last time i ate it which was like quite long ago. And today i realised how easy to spend money. $250 was spent so quickly! It is true that SSC6 had contributed a lot to the platoon. After they are gone, life will be different and doing duty will not be that enjoyable. Well... Life has to go on..

Today was a tiring day. *Yawn* Oh well goodnite!



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Monday, January 01, 2007


Yesterday night was really happening. Went to bugis to have steamboat dinner with np friends after which we proceed to esplanade area to wait for countdown. The place was very crowded. Found an area to settle down but unfortunately it started to rain after a while and we have to seek shelter at marina square. We eventually countdown there and watched the fascinating 8 minutes long fireworks display from marina square! At first we wanted to play lan at peninsular but too bad all the computers were occupied. We decided to slack around dhoby gaut area. Took the 1st train back in the morning and was really shagged. Didnt slept throughout the nite.

HAppY NeW 2007!
2006 passed quickly with army courses. Nothing really significant happen in 2006. Hope 2007 will be a better year.
Cheers!:)



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Thursday, December 28, 2006


I went to watch death note 2 with Fab, teck, CK and david yesterday evening. What really interest me is the battle of wits between L and Light, the 2 geniuses.Nice twist at the end too. Death note brings about the question of what is really justice? Is Kira's/Light's way of killing murder or justice? It is true that law is not perfect but playing god and starting to kill criminals are not going to solve the problem. Criminals have their rights to live too. Moreover, innocent people are killed. Nice story. Able to set your mind thinking for a while.

4 more days and it will be 2007. Hmm.. around 11 more months to ORD. Meanwhile, just learn to enjoy NS life.



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Tuesday, December 26, 2006


This year christmas eve was spent in camp. Nevertheless, we have our own celebration too. It was really quite an experience! I still remember i slept very little that nite. Really shagged~

For Christmas day, I went to watch curse of the golden flower with np friends. Not really that nice though. Called pizza hut delivery and bought a bottle of sparkling juice to celebrate christmas at home.

Just changed my blogskin and had a new tagboard. Pls TAg! I will be having leave til 29thdec this friday so DaTe Me:)



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Saturday, December 16, 2006


I can be real indecisive at times. Maybe it is due to my horoscope or my perfectionist kind of thinking, sometimes it really makes me feel lost. Whenever i have more than one choice, I would think really hard and consider the good and bad points of it, so much so that the decision making process is getting real complicated and slow. This may irritate other people so i shall apologise for this. I understand that it is very hard to get the best of both worlds but i guess i am afraid to make the wrong decision. Problematic...

Just came home from my npcc chalet. Played a lot of games this chalet-PS2, lan... Eyes are very tired now. Got a calendar for my xmas present. Good.. Can remind myself not to waste time.
Had a really goooood, looonng rest for this standby wk. Ok back to duty on mon.

~ReFrEsHeD~



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Thursday, November 30, 2006


Course ended on tuesday. Having mixed feelings. On one hand i feel relieved and on the other hand, returning to my platoon as a spec is challenging. There are plenty of stuff to learn-managing my man, fighting for privilleges for my man and ensuring smooth running of daily ops. The good thing is that i still have plenty of time to learn the rope since i will only be taking over next yr around april. Now, i will have to know my man first.

This course feels like a 3SG crash course since we dun go through sispec and some of the sispec sergeants are saying how we got our rank too easily. I guess the main reason is that our daily duty do not require us to go outfield and future batches of 3SG wun be coming from sispec as well.

BAck to duty life! HAiz.. can be quite boring at times.



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Sunday, October 29, 2006


Slept a lot during this weekend. I guess i am really shagged out by the training this week. My muscles are still not used to the fatigue yet. Didnt meet up with friends since most of them have other things on and i think i need a good rest for the tired muscles. Our instructors are putting a lot of pressure on us and said we don't think like commanders yet.

5 more wks to go!



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Tuesday, October 24, 2006


First day of course served to remind us that we are now commanders and not man anymore. Behaviour, thinking wise and actions will all have to change...

Spent half day of my birthday in camp. Then actually planned to go out with plt ppl but they last min backed out due to lots of different reasons. Nowadays like really very hard to go out with them because of my unit 24hrs duty shift thing. They only have like less than a day for every bookout. In the end went to watch deathnote with jh n teck. The 2nd episode looks really interesting.

Tomorrow starting course training officially. SAw the training programme for the 1st 3 weeks. Wah everyday also have ippt training except mon!



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Sunday, October 22, 2006


Somehow i feel quite sad leaving some of my really good friends and seniors for the course. The thought of not mounting duty with them and not knowing what is happening in my plt makes me feel quite lost at the moment. Different environment, different people again...

Course is starting tomorrow. Going to be a trainee again. New experience. New knowledge to be learnt. But this time i have to take up responsibilities. Gonna be f*** by instuctors again...



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Friday, October 13, 2006


10 more days to course life again. I kinda look forward to the course and taking a break from what is happening in BSC. Things are getting quite complicated in there and i kinda dread working with some of the people there. It seems really hard to please the people there. I know this sounds kinda wrong since I cant expect to please all of them but that is what i am doing right now. Working with people who have different kinds of principles and attitude somehow pose a BIG challenge to me. I must admit that i am rather poor at reading people's mood and can at times say something wrong.

Yesterday it was cohesion day and my plt one had a chalet at downtown east. It was quite enjoyable and i had my second night cycling yesterday from pasir ris to tampinese S11. It was quite short though cos some of them were really shagged as they had just dismounted from duty that afternoon. It is really quite a rare occasion to have a chalet during ns life and it is my first since i have enlisted. Hope there will be more to come in future!



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Tuesday, September 19, 2006


Sometimes a good friend is really hard to find. A friend who u can relate too, pour out ur woes and thoughts and understand u, is even harder to find.

Had a really interesting conversation with my platoon mate. Skip the details, just find that something he said is really worth thinking about. ' As one grows older and make friends, the friendship formed will not be as strong as a friendship formed when we were much younger, like say, in sec sch. Cos the root/foundation of friendship is already not there anymore. That is why sec sch friend tend to be much closer to u than a friend in university.'

I am already trying hard to learn everything i can for ops. I know that i have an important role to play in the future. It really hurts to hear him picking on that matter everytime. This is MY PERSONALITY. I cant change that but i will try to be firmer.

Few more weeks and i will be going for SSLC. 6 weeks of tough training.

~Stressed up~



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Friday, August 25, 2006


Rhib course ended quite memorable today with the engine dying during our practical test. It was really a lesson learnt on dealing with the unexpected out at sea. Anyway i have alot of fun these few days learning how to control the craft and not let it control me. It really made my day when the instructor commented on my improvement during these few days. I still remember trying to made my boat go straight on the first day without overshooting to the left or right. All of us had passed the test today which consists of theory and practical. Although i did not get the highest score, i am really satisfied with my performance during the test. At least I can drive my boat straight! Lol.

Haiz.. I cannot attend the teachers' day dinner tomorrow as i will be going back to perform my duty. Oh well, just don't think about it.

'ExPeCt ThE UnExPeCtEd'



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Monday, August 21, 2006


Day 1 of rhib course

Today we were thought ROR (rules of road) mainly just some theories and rope tying skills. Nothing really very exciting. The good thing is tomorrow afternoon onwards we are going to have practical OuT At SeA. Really quite funny to learn how to drive a boat when i have no other contact with driving before like cars or whatever. I have not even tried taking the basic theory for car driving. Guess it will be quite hard for me to 'feel' what it is like to control a machine that can easily go out of control.

Pray hard i will pass the test on fri.

I can Do It!



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Thursday, August 17, 2006


Next week I will be going for the rhibs (rigid hull inflatable boat) course.Feeling very excited and happy to know that i am selected for this course since only 3 people from one platoon will be sent to each course. I have reached my goal:)

I am really feeling quite upset about some matters. Why cant officer, spec and man talk things out instead of making someone they don't like suffer? Anyway they are all NSF rite, why do they have to make things into something so complicated?

Feeling vex about this matter..



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Wednesday, August 09, 2006


Sometimes i feel that i am contradicting myself. Sometimes the more 'adventurous' side of me wants to do something but at the same time the other 'simple n more cautious' side will discourage me fr going for it because of the risk. At times, i will wish for a simple life without much troubles or responsibilities yet other times i wish for a more exciting life. Sometimes i don't know which is the 'real' me and i get lost easily.Really confused...

U may not understand me cos i dun even understand myself. Maybe i am just trying to balance everything i have. Living a 'moderate' life?

HaPpY BiRtHDaY SiNgApOrE!



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Sunday, August 06, 2006


Just changed my N6610 to a new N6030! It is really time to change the N6610 that i got a long time back. The keypad 4 is not working and it is quite frustrating for sms-ing since i cant type any of the frequently used words like 'i', 'this' and 'got'. This phone has similar functions to N6610 and is a NSF-friendly phone as it does not have a camera:) Oh and i realised that the birth dates of my friends that i have saved into my last phone are gone. Aiyo forgot to copy down before changing. Sorry if i forgot any of ur birthdays:( Thinking back my N6610 went through two major examinations in my life-'O' levels and 'A' Levels. Lol!!

Haiz.. quite of hate the feeling of going out alone. Sometimes i really wish i am still taking a course in NS so that my time in NS will passed by faster. Now every duty seems like a routine. Everyday seems like a routine. Today pass by, tomorrow comes. Today mount duty, tomorrow dismount from duty. And i booked out on weird days of the week. If i book out on weekends, it is either saturday or sunday and it is like, saturday around noon book out and sun morn 8am book in. There isnt even 24hrs for us to do our stuff outside. If i go out with my friends, i would appear to be quite shag and i would not be talking really much. So friends u all can help by informing me about any outing in advance. I will reply asap. That way i can plan properly the time that i have during book out:)

I haven seen my friends for weeks already!



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Had a fever on wednesday during my duty.
Doctor says it is tonsilitis.
Fever keeps going on and off until yesterday.
Took 4 days MC! Sorry to the person activated to replace me!
I had missed quite a number of outing with the npcc gang.
Now i cannot eat fried food for a week. Oh no!



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Saturday, July 29, 2006


Wah i think i have already learnt a lot since the day i stepped into BSC. This week is quite a enjoyable one as i got a chance to understudy rhibs station. A quote from a senior who had just done his last duty this week:
" The sea is vast and mysterious. Anything can happen out at sea. Accidents normally happen when people are overly confident and don't respect the sea."

His words really set me thinking at that point of time. His words are so true. The sea really is a powerful thing. Lots of lives are lost out at sea.

I am trying to learn whatever i can from the seniors before they ORD. But there is one thing that i can never learn-Experience.



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Wednesday, July 19, 2006


This week is my standby week so everyday is 8am-5pm except on days which i get activated. Now life seems quite relaxed for me. I really have to think of ways to make my army life more exciting since everyday is just a routine. I have been posted to sea after i passed out 2 weeks back. Whether it is luck or other reasons, I shall make the best out of it.



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Sunday, July 02, 2006


Currently i am an on job traineee at changi naval base. POsted there after i POP which is a benefit since i live near it.I have been quite busy trying to master the various types of ops for these 2 weeks. Tomorrow i will be having a test on the SOP (Standard operating procedure) of all the stations. Hope i can pass and become an operationally ready sea soldier and get my cape badge. Now my book out days are quite irregular and they are usually 1 day or less like today where i jus reached home about 1 hour ago and have to booked in tomorrow morning. So i really have to plan what i am going to do for each bookout beforehand. TT's all feeling quite tired now. Yesterday slept very little.ZZzz..



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Saturday, June 10, 2006


Goh, you're Calm, Cool, and Collected

Do your friends like to lean on your shoulder? Ask you for advice in life and love? Put you on speed-dial for emergencies? We bet they do. You're as balanced as they come. When it comes to making decisions, you're not afraid to take the time to weigh your options carefully in order to make the right choice. And it takes more than a few obstacles to rattle your cool head.
The good news is that you've also got lots of heart, and you make sure that people know that you always have their backs. There's almost nothing more important to you than the people in your life, so being a support to them is the coolest thing around. Just like you.

JUst taken this test from web.tickle.com

It turn out to be quite true.



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Friday, June 09, 2006


Ex Thundershield on wed was fun and it gives us a picture of what we will be doing after we passed out and how to deal with situations. And it was not easy doing duty at night when the zzz monster keeps attacking. Lol.

Course coming to an end. POC is next tues. Haiz now i dunno whether to be happy or sad. Half of us will go to tuas and half to changi. New change of environment.. New people to work with..
I have been thinking of what i have learnt and gained from this course. Of course, i have learnt a lot of skills but one thing that i am very disappointed in, is my ippt result. I have tried really hard. But the result is not the least to my expectation. Am i a bad trainee?

Sometimes failure can be so devastating that it is difficult to pick urself up again...until encouragement comes.



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Sunday, May 28, 2006


Does hard work really pays off? It is really frustrating to see another person succeeding when he does not even train as much. Sometimes i really find that this world is unfair. It favours the more talented people. How do u measure hard work? By the end product? Haiz...

2 more weeks to POC. For the next 2 weeks we are going to have SOC package. THis coming week there are 4 SOC! Wah sure gonna be shagged out. Anyway booking in soon have to go prepare my things.



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Sunday, May 14, 2006


I got into NUS FOS n NTU CBC. This weekend i just went for the NTU CBC talk. I must say that i quite like their course and the close relationship between prof and the students. Should i accept NTU then? Hopefully, i will be making my decision next week after the NUS talk. If i chose NTU, the bonus is also that i will have quite a lot of friends here. A number of my classmates are also in the same course as me.

4 weeks more to end of course and hopefully it wun be extended. The pace now is damn slacked. Little PT and only skills learning. Lol. This coming wed is my 2nd IPPT. Oh will my fitness level drop?

This whole month seems to have all the nice movies. I just watched Poseidon this week and MI3 last week. This coming week there will be the da vinci code and next week X men3. Wah my pocket got hole already.



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Monday, May 01, 2006


Half of the course has gone. From this week onwards, there will be a change of routine. The physical phase of the course has gone and we are into the skills learning phase. This coming wk will be my basic seamanship package. Hope my fitness dun drop after this. I still want at least a silver for ippt.

Yesterday i went to ubin to cycle with my npcc friends. It was quite fun and i enjoyed it except that maybe next time we can do something more there.

Some of my friends got the admission letter from NUS already. Haiz, How come i haven get yet?



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Saturday, April 22, 2006


I haven been blogging for weeks but i am still alive! Lol. 5 weeks of course has gone and there are 7 more weeks to go. Next wednesday will be my first ippt which i am really scare to fail because of my SBJ. Haiz really disappointed in myself for SBJ. All my other stations are improving so much but SBJ. It is like all the tough training are wasted if i still fail ippt cos of SBJ.

We are learning more and more things on our duties which we will do next time when we POP. But these are all military secrets.

I really hope to get into the RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) team after this course.

~The Only Easy Day was Yesterday~




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Sunday, April 02, 2006


Woohoo i have survived another week of tough training! We have a lot of ippt training and swim this week. I am beginning to get used to the training regime and the muscle ache. It feels really good to be at home resting on weekend. Really good...

This week i got a double promotion for swimming-from red cap to blue cap. I still think they upgraded us too fast.

Anw hope next week will fly past quickly. I am looking forward to next bookout already.


~PaIn Is WeAkNeSs LeAvInG Ur BoDy~



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Sunday, March 26, 2006


It is good to be out for the weekend.

My unit's expectation of us is damn strict. I experience quite a bit of culture shock when i entered on monday. Examples of its expectations are that we have to iron our jockey cap and scrub our pt shoes clean for every training. Wah i don't think i have ever done these kind of stuff in bmt. The ippt training is much more xiong. AGR, which stands for agility group run, is no longer just running for us. Haiz.. anyway the training is much more xiong. Shall not elaborate anymore.

Anyway i have to undergo this intensive 12 wks course to pass out as sea soldier. The environment is really damn stress. The instructors give confinements like water. The course includes swimming and also SOC (1 of the thing which i fear the most). Hopefully i will be able to adjust to the life here soon. I just have to endure til i pass out from this course when life will be less intensive then.

~Sons Of The Sea~
Deter, Detect, Defend, Defeat



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Sunday, March 19, 2006


My university application is settled. I have chosen pharmacy as 1st choice and science as 2nd. Most probably i will be choosing chemistry as my major. I have given this matter many thoughts and it feels really safer doing something which i have been doing all along instead of business. Hope i will be able to get into NUS Sci facualty.

Block leave is ending today. Tomorrow i will be reporting to my new unit. I am posted to navy at changi naval base. It feels quite weird going from army to navy and having to adapt to everything again. Haiz too bad i didnt get into command school. I will only find out what is my job scope tomorrow. Good luck to me in navy!



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Thursday, March 09, 2006


Yoz i am finally back!! I did not have the time to blog due to the very short bookout time that we recruits have in bmt. Anyway I have passed out from BMT and will be enjoying my block leave til 20th march when i have to report to my new unit.

I will really miss tekong and its captivating night sky. U could realy see a lot of stars and if u happen to know a bit of constellation, it will not be hard to find the orion belt and others which i do not know. I am really lucky enough to be posted to Falcon coy which is a welfare coy to me. I was expecting a worse treatment before entering BMT.

Anyway it is good to take a break from all the regimentation in ns. Good luck to me in my next phase of ns life.

I am still unsure of wat courses to apply for university. Can someone give me some suggestions? Haiz.. I really hate to make major decision that is going to affect my entire life. The thought of making a wrong choice, makes me hesitate about my choices. I do not know if getting a D for bio will affect my chance of entering bio courses. Haiz.. Guess i will be visiting the open houses to clarify my doubts on sat.



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Monday, January 30, 2006


I have just watched my first movie "I Not Stupid Too" since I booked in to tekong. It was really touching. I think all jack neo's movie sort of reflect the reality and this is why the storyline seems so close to us. I like the ending the best as it really leaves the audience satisfied and sort of summarises the whole story. There is this question which i find to be really true in our society: When was the last time u praised someone?

I think that praising is really important for superiors as well as parents. When superiors praise his followers, they will feel happier and perform even better. Seriously, we should practise this more often in our society.



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Yoz i'm back from tekong! I will be having a nice 5 days break before going back on tuesday night. My field camp starts on friday and that means i won't be able to book out this weekend. Haiz...

This year reunion dinner is special cos my family decided to eat out. We went Suntec to have our dinner where I saw bernard with his family there. I was so surprised and i couldn't recognise him at first. He got a really cool hairstyle and dyed his hair. Btw he is my sec sch friend.

I got a cough and flu from tekong and i couldn't eat all the new year goodies. Sian..

Anw HAPpy ChiNeSe NeW YeaR :)



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Thursday, January 05, 2006


1 more day to NS Enlistment..

I really feel excited and anxious about life in there. I wonder how is it like living with only ur buddies and officers. This is time to be really independent, which I unfortunately, is not. I guess i will really miss quite a few ppl, my classmates, family, etc.

If there is anything just drop me an sms. So longz!



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Tuesday, January 03, 2006


BAck from malaysia. I missed the fresh air there really.

Things i want to do in 2006
  1. Work hard in army
  2. Improve social skills
  3. Earn more money (Dun ask me. I dun noe how)

I cant think of any more things. Haha.





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Wednesday, December 28, 2005


Yoz! Year 2005 is really coming to an end. This year NY countdown will be quite special for me since I am going to malaysia with my NP friends tml nite til 1st jan. Yay.. Countdown at genting! After that left a bit more days to my NS enlistment. Left 10 more days to shaving bald! Haha...

That's all! Will update when i come back:)



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Saturday, December 24, 2005


It's been a year since my blog was started and now, it is christmas again. This one year has been really tough and not at all smooth sailing. I have been feeling sick for a number of times and not forgetting having to cope academically. JC 2 life was really a busy and tiring one for me. And not forgetting the friends who have been with me through all these.

~Merry Christmas~



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Wednesday, December 21, 2005


Christmas is coming!!! Just left 4 more days to it. But it seems to be just an ordinary day to me since i am not a christian so my family will just spend that day together.

Oh and i haven bought christmas cards yet..

Ok later going back to sec school to help out in npcc.



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Sunday, December 18, 2005


Today i went to bedok library intending to borrow some books home. It has been some time since i went into that place even though I walked past it many times. I still remember borrowing books on mass media, biomedical ethics for GP from my school library around 2 months back. Now i just want to find a good book with a nice story.

Then in the end i couldnt find a book that i really like. Haiz.. left the library empty handed and felt so kinda weird. And guess who I met? I met Steven sir when i was walking out of the library. We chat for a while and left. Come to think of it, he is really one of those officers who i really respect in npcc during my time, despite all the scoldings that he would give us during debriefing sessions. I guess when a person scolds, it really means that he has a high expectation of u and wants u to improve. Yup..



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Saturday, December 17, 2005


Oh man this week didnt really do anything much. Not becos I dun have anything to do or my friends didnt ask me out, but I am really trying not to spend so much money. I always had this financial problem during long holidays. So i decided not to go out for a few days and rot at home...

I just changed my handphone price plan and i have free incoming call now. So if anyone wants to call me, u r definitely WeLcOmE!

Haiz I missed this week swimming session cos of a stomachache. Nvm next week still can go! I want a new swimming goggles with degree but really hard up on cash. Haiz. My old goggles really cannot make it. It just went foggy after a while and the inside is like blurred.

Still left 8 more days to Christmas! What should i do for Christmas?



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Friday, December 09, 2005


Today daolin and choon teck left us for their 2 wks of confinement at Tekong. Haiz.. oh man.. less friends to go out n have activities with. Anw wish them luck in camp.

Now...

I am beginning to feel rather bored after prom. Everyday just seems so ordinary and so monotonous. And everyday just pass by so fast without me playing any role in it. Damn bored... Initially, I want to look for a job but now still left a few weeks to NS, which shop would want me? Friends.. If any of u free, ask me out k? Haiz.. nothing to blog about anymore. So longz!



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Wednesday, December 07, 2005


The very funny joke about how jh and I did a lion dance at the chalet last year when we were drunk is a load of rubbish! Think of it, how can a drunk person still be active? Most likely, he will be lying on bed soon. Hence, 'thanks' to the people who make us do the impossible. And now, i am confident to tell u all that a 5%barcadi cant knock me down after I manage to bowl after drinking it. It just makes my face go red! Lol.

This is just to clear up facts. Btw I dont like to drink.

Oh just realised that I hav exactly 1 month to NS:7th jan.



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Monday, December 05, 2005


Last friday I had a great class bbq at untung's house. My class people are really 'on'. Just love my class..

Unfortunately, i got to leave for odac chalet at 8 plus. When luthfi n I reached there, they were like still watching the chinese drama on channel 8 which started at 9pm. Haiz.. I really thought we will be late and becos we are invited to this farewell ceremony, i dun think it would be nice to be late. All the jc 2s received a wristband with our name sewn on it. So nice!

After the ceremony and all the fun stuff of popping the sparkling juice, we went bowling and on the way some of the guys bought a bottle of vodka each. They told me 5% wun get drunk so i decided to buy one also. So we drink while walking to the bowling alley. Among those we bought, i think only sai seong n I are the beginners in drinking. Somehow, when we climb up the stairs to the bowling alley, we felt quite giddy. Lol. I was drinking really slowly after that so that at least i still can throw properly. Sai seong, instead, finished his drink quickly and his face was like entirely red! They say my face was a bit red too and they did take photos of my face but cant see the redness in the pic. Lol. Tt day, I was the top scorer for the first game n sai seong was the top scorer for the second game. Seems like the alcohol does help. Hee...



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Sunday, November 27, 2005


These few days are really activities packed.

I had a class 4/3 bbq yesterday. So few ppl go.. haiz.. disappointed. Food is not very nice, think it just lack planning. N ppl just want to go there to eat. They didnt even want to go and help to buy things and plan. Actually after every bbq, or other gatherings, we should appreciate the ppl who spend time planning and helping with the preparation. It is really not a pleasant thing doing all the pre-planning, calling up ppl, etc. So isnt it better if everyone is given a part to play in organising the bbq?I think that this is the win-win stuation for any kind of gathering.

Today, meet up with np friends. Just chat and walk walk. Think my classmates are also having their own activities. Didnt received any sms from anybody.



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Thursday, November 24, 2005


Yoohoo! Today is the end of A levels for me. I feel so excited about the programmes that are going to come up for the next few weeks.

I went to watch Harry Potter with my classmates. Very nice, exciting and i can really feel the climax and the thrill of the triwizard tournament. I really cant stand the messy sight of my books all around the place. So i went ahead to tidy up just now. Haiz.. later going to continue with the packing. N now, i really can feel that i am no longer a student anymore, chucking away all my files, books and throwing away some of the stuffs. One word to describe: Freedom.

Tomorrow I have a sec4/3 bbq. Sure gonna be busy for the next few days, n not forgetting shopping for prom. 1 week to get all my clothes. Lol! Tight schedule sia. Oh btw prom is on 4th dec.

I want to thank my friends for teaching me, especially the bedok mac study gang. Thks a lot! To all my tutors, I would like to say thank you for their patience and guidance. Oh and I must really thk jh for really teaching me a lot a lot. Think from last yr promo u have been answering my queries. I really need to thank all of u here sincerely.

Ok tt's all for this entry. Will try to update often!:)



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Wednesday, November 02, 2005


It has been an hour already since i am online. What is the problem with me? I still have many things to memorise and i am still online.

I am sick of practising and memorising. I dun like this kind of life at all. I cant go outside and study cos i know i cant really memorise outside. But i dun like to stay at home either. I dun know what should i do. Maybe i am just distracted. Why am i getting distracted at this time? I know it is really hard to do well for A levels. I have been putting in so much effort but the rewards are puny.

I dun want to let myself down. I dun want to let my parents down. I dun want to let my tutors down also.. I want to get the As.




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Saturday, October 15, 2005


Yoz! Looking at the date of my last entry, I realised that i didnt blog for so long . Anyway I have nothing much to say also, since my life evolves round the endless studying now. In about 3 weeks time I will be taking my first paper. Wah, this thought simply makes me feel anxious.

Yesterday was the last official school day. 2 years has passed so quickly. There will certainly be some things that i will miss in this college- my friends, the long school days (which proves to be quite memorable after all), ODAC and lots more.

Lastly, I guess this will be last entry til the end of the 'A' levels. I want to wish all my friends luck in the coming 'A' levels. We will all work hard together! Chiong!



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Tuesday, September 27, 2005


We have gotten back most of our papers in this 2 days of school.

Today, got back maths and some of my classmates own like nobody's business. It seems like all the people around me are getting distinctions. Me? I did not even get a taste of having an A in this last school examination. (The other subjects are even harder to get A)

We have received our biology papers back except paper 1 which i calculated that i will get 24/40. That's the worst bio mcq marks that I have gotten so far. Haiz.. I speculate that at most i will only just pass bio on the dot. I have been worrying about biology for the whole day and feeling quite lost at the moment. I really don't know how to improve.

Tomorrow we are getting back chemistry(i think). I don't have any target for chemistry but just hope to do well.




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Saturday, September 10, 2005


HAiz.. I have so much things to memorise. I really hate hard core memorising. My schedule is too tight. I cant follow up and so many things still left unaccomplished.

You are tending to pursue your objectives with concentrated intensity and it would seem that whatever obstacles may come into your path, you will stick to your guns and will not allow yourself to be deflected from your purpose. You are striving to achieve recognition and what is more - you deserve it.
You need an atmosphere of peace and quiet and you would like to share a bond of understanding with the 'right person' - you have the belief that with the right person, your stress and anxiety could be minimised.
The way things are at this time it is necessary to 'go slow'. All the pleasures that you have anticipated should be left in abeyance until some future date, but all is not lost, you are able to derive and achieve considerable gratification from someone quite close to you.
Stresses resulting from a recent disappointment have led to considerable trepidation. It would seem that there seems to be so much left undone. Everything surrounds you with that air of uncertainty. You badly need to feel a sense of security and whatever it takes to protect you against further disappointment. At this particular time you doubt that things could be any better in the future but you are sticking to your guns and refusing to take advice from any source.
Whatever you have tried to do seems to have gone wrong and you are now quite convinced that there is little point of formulating new objectives and it is this belief that has resulted in the stress and anxiety. You would like to be able to communicate with other people who think as you do. At this time there seems to be no one on the horizon nor is there any prospect of meeting anyone in the immediate future. But it must be said that you are really a 'trier' and indications are that you will, as indeed you have in the past, 'bounce back'.
I take this test just after blogging and it appears to be quite accurate. (www.colorgenics.come)



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Saturday, September 03, 2005


Recently, people have been debating on the results of the Project Superstar. WL, being blind, attracted a lot of critics saying that he could get this far due to his sympathy votes. I just want to express my views on some things here. I have to admit that his votes can be due to sympathy. Young fans are attracted to him as they like the story of a fairy tale. The victory of WL is just like a fairy tale unfolding before their eyes. His middle-aged fans, perhaps, like his old style of sentimental singing, which i agree is indeed touching. Kelly, on the other hand, is more all-rounded and is able to do well in songs of all types of genre. In my opinion, she would appeal to the younger fans more.

The case of sympathy votes for WL is undeniable. This acts as the same principle as to why people donate to physically disabled buskers on the streets. They are touched by their performance and admired their courage to make a living from their talent. Of course, they would attract more passers-by attention with their disability.

What if Kelly won instead? Would more problems arise? Would there be any more shouts of unfairness? I am sure there will be. Kelly all along has been the judges' favourite. Kelly is also a student of one of the judges. Would people say that Kelly got through all the rounds of competition by favouritism? I am sure those who support Kelly would be happier and would not harp on the issue of sympathy votes anymore. But questions like " Are we deliberately voting WL out of Superstar just because he is blind?" and " Are we preventing the physically disabled from exceling in life?" will arise.

Either way there are bound to be disagreements. If i were to choose, I would choose the first way since sympathy votes is a less serious problem. The organisers have to anticipate sympathy votes for WL when they allow him to take part. We have to also understand that we cannot ban him from entering the competition. What would the rest say again? Anyway, let us not harp on the issue of sympathy votes anymore. It is making me giddy.



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Sunday, August 28, 2005


The show "Home Run" has just ended. For those of you who did not watch it, this show is about siblings love. I find it rather heart warming and touching.

This week is the last week of school for the jc 2s this term. My class played basketball again after PE on tuesday and friday. Friday session was a bit short to me though, as we had to attend tutorials after that. I really hope that we will have a chance to play basketball after the preliminary examination , since from what I know, our timetable will be truncated and that means that there will be no PE lessons for us anymore.

Last week was the most busy week for me. I was so busy clearing up all my doubts on all my subjects since I guess, I would want more time at home revising my work during the study break. I also discovered that I could actually look for GP materials in the school library. Last time, I only go to the library to look for books on the core subjects. I feel so "sua gu" (outdated).

I am looking forward to the week ahead. Bye!



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Saturday, August 20, 2005


Been a long time since i blog. Just had chem mock paper 3 just now. Didnt touch the 2 biochem qns even though some of my classmates say they were easy due to lack of time. Nevertheless I am still satisfied because i manage to attempt the whole organic chem section which i tell myself that I must.

After next week, the study break will begin for us. Left just 3 more weeks to prelim. There is so much more to do and GP is also a worrying factor for me. Still do not know how i fare for the last 3 essays. GP can be said to be the easiest for some people since it only comprises of just 2 sections: essay and comprehension. However to me, it is the hardest subject to improve. Oh ya, today's paper has an article on poverty in africa. Haiz if only i got it earlier i can attempt the poverty question yesterday for essay.

My passion for basketball came back just recently when i went to play at the basketball court near my house during the national day holiday. Been playing that with my classmates since after every PE. Recalled the times in secondary one, where i would always play basketball at the neighbourhood basketball court every friday cos school dismissed at 12.45pm then. That is the only sports that i played and truly enjoyed then..

Logging off now.. So tired..



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Saturday, August 06, 2005


Whatever is happening to my maths? I was getting more and more careless. And tt's just a lot of questions that I cant do. Getting stuck everywhere. Getting demoralised by this especially when i was trying to do the P n C revision w/s and realised that i still cannot do after the teacher had gone through with us a few questions previously. Argghh..

Sorry.. just sick of doing all these work..



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Friday, August 05, 2005


This week quite boring. Work, work and work! And for today, I had 5 periods of chem! This situation will happen for next friday too.

Beginning to feel the stress already as JH had pointed out that everyone had started their mugging journey. Feel like taking a break suddenly. Too many tests and academic stuffs to care about. Everyone mugging like mad now. Most of our conversation topics are about work, and it seems like our world is only studying now. Miss my CCA suddenly. Miss the fun times i had. Really dislike this period of constant studying.




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Friday, July 29, 2005


5 more weeks left to prelims! Tt's such a short time left!

Anw.. Had quite a few tests so far since the mid yr exam. Dun think tt I can reach my std yet. Today during the chem clinic, the lecturer said one thing that i felt was quite meaningful to me. She said: " It is not becos u all cant do ionic eqm questions. It is because u tell urself tt u all cant do, so ur brain just switches off when u look at the question." How true! I believe that most of us will have to get through this mental barrier before we will be more confident. For me, i believe that failing tests have taken away my confidence. Why do I failed so many tests in jc?? It isnt fair to just blame that the papers are tough, i agree that i didnt study well for all my test. But there are some tt i did study but still cant get the grade that i want. Ok i agree that sometimes it is due to carelessness on my part.

As the saying goes "Pick urself up from where u hav fallen". I have fallen hard and the process of
recovery isnt easy. However if there is a WiLL, there is a WAY.

~HopE~



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Saturday, July 16, 2005


These few weeks i don't have anything to blog about. Feeling stress this week cos of my results and all the revision programmes put up. Was quite shocking for me to see my results this time. Confused, depressed, lost, anxious. All my negative emotions are beginning to show up. Shall not elaborate anymore.

'Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.'
'Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.'



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Sunday, July 03, 2005


At this time in your life you feel like 'giving up'. For every time you have tried to build up your hopes and dreams something has come along to burst the balloon. You may feel that, at this particular moment in your life, there seems to be no chance of fulfilling these dreams but you are so wrong. You are the sort of person that can influence any situation, that is - If you don't give up. So consciously make the effort... You have that inherent power to succeed.
Being a likeable person you get on well with neighbors and friends. You don't need anything to 'Rock your boat'. You want to 'love' and to be loved'.
You feel that you deserve far more than is being attributed to you, but there is no-one to whom you can turn to for sympathy and understanding. Your pent-up emotions and inherent egocentricity make you quick to take offence, but as matters stand you realize that you will have to make the best of things as they are.
You are being unduly influenced by the situation that is all around you. You do not like the feeling of loneliness and whatever it is that seems to separate you from others. You know that life can be wonderful and you are anxious to experience life in all its aspects, to live it to the full. You therefore resent any restriction or limitations that are being imposed on you and you insist on going it alone.
You need to be needed and would like a situation where you will no longer be subjected to pressures and demands from those about you. There is no harm in 'dreaming' but it is you - and only you - that can be able to realize those dreams and to turn them into reality.

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Friday, July 01, 2005


Today marks the end of the mid year exam. Didnt prepare well enough for this exam. Today, bio paper 3 was still ok as i could manage to figure out what the data means. Thank god!

Watched War Of the World today. It was really a good film. The twist at the end of the story was really shocking. The aliens died due to infections of micro-organism on Earth! The visual impact is also good with the cracking of the glass and all that. The movie ends with an assurance that we will be the only race living on Earth.

Time flies and we are getting close to 'A' levels. Haiz.. This will only be a short break for me.



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Sunday, June 19, 2005


Now fun's over! It's time to mug for one full solid week. JUst talk to teck on Msn. I am lagging behind. Have to catch up in this last week. Just try my best ba. Everyone in my class also mugging now after the class chalet. Lol.. Guess quite of last minute revision again this time. Feel quite worried now... Haiz..
Anw I promise myself to try my best in this exam even if it a difficult one. Yes!



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Friday, June 17, 2005


Yoz.. had a great chalet over the past few days. Didnt stay on for the 2nd nite but the 1st night was an activity packed one for me. Met up with Fabien at bedok interchange before going Sheng Siong to buy food, only to realise that we had met up too early. We reached there like half an hour earlier. Fabien suggested walking around in the supermarket. We are supposed to meet at 2 but later some of them sms me n fabien saying they will be late. Guess we weretoo enthu.Lol.

We reached chalet at about 4pm. I sat around for a while before playing some X Box. Later, Ck want to ride bicycle so teck, jiun hui and me went with ck to changi village to rent bikes. Had came to changi village a lot of times, but didnt noe that they actually have bike rental shop here. Lol.... After bbq, played bridge with hong, ee kheng, and glenn. Kept losing, and i keep putting down the wrong card, haiz... Later, at about 2am, we went night cycling around changi. Met some transexuals at the carpark. Can see from their dress sense. But no big deal, tt's their way of life. Went back to chalet and only slept at 6am. Was waiting for the bathroom. Haha.

The next day, I woke up at 10am. Left the chalet to play lan at around 11 plus only to know tt I had missed breakfast back at the chalet. Was feeling very hungry and ck told me he just ate breakfast back at the chalet. Haiz.. woke up too late. After playing lan, I went home, wanting to get another set of clothes cos the chalet was extended to one more nite. But I took a nap and was lazy to go back again. Zzzz..

Want to thank those who played one role or another in organising this chalet and bbq, and most importantly, Mr Wee. Haha. THANK U!!



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Thursday, June 09, 2005


Yesterday night went onto msn messenger. Quite long didnt get to go online at night le. At first just thought of going there to see only, but later saw my sec sch buddy online, so went to talk to him. Found out that he is really successful in his jc now.. Joined climbing, and last sunday which was his last comp, he got 1st for novice section. Wow!

Haiz..

Cant sleep last night... Thought of what I had achieved in jc. Joined odac wanting to learn more things. Did learn quite a few things and 1 of the more satisfied experience is when we went to kota tinggi last year. But i want more of such experience. I must say that MJ Odac isnt that established, hence we didnt manage to really do a lot of things. Moreover i would like to really specialised in something, my time in the club did allow me to try a variety of activities but it didnt help me to specialise. I guess tt's what i really want to do some day...



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Sunday, June 05, 2005


Hooray! Guess what.. I am now running on broadband now after 5 yrs of 56K usage. Yesterday just fixed but only now then the server is ready. Cos the singnet a bit slow sia.. need time to set up my account. Wasted the whole of yesterday on this.

Looking forward to the class chalet on 15th and 16th june. Lots of discussion involved in the games planning, with people bringing X box. Cant wait for the two days of absolute fun. In the meantime, that means, we must study hard for the mid yr exam before playing like mad for two days. If i can choose i will choose to have the chalet first then study but come to think of it, having the chalet later will also serve as a motivation for me to study. Yesterday just look at the topics we have to study, and realised that there is so much to know. Stressed.

Been wondering that beside studying and also slacking in the holidays, what else can i do? Thinking back on last year dec hols.. I didnt really do much and I cant rmb what I have done too, probably just slacking and going out. Guess I have to make my future holidays more meaningful. For this june holidays, I just need to focus on studying and occasionally, sports and games.



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Sunday, May 22, 2005


Wah, guess what, I didnt do any homework for the whole of yesterday til this afternoon. Have been playing and going out whole day.

Yesterday night went to watch Star Wars Episode 3. This is the first Star Wars movie that I have seen and the last since the whole story has been completed. I am not a Star Wars fan anw but watch it to see what the show is about. The animations shown in the movie are quuite nice and not forgetting, the super cool light saber fighting scenes. I won't spoil the show for u by telling the story.

This morning, I went to Kembangan to play WArcraft with my classmates. Played til afternoon then went home. I am really a noob at WC but i like playing it. Partly because i dun have the game at home and eveytime go play lan, get owned. But this doesnt bother me, cos this is only a game. Most importantly is that we have fun.

Work is piling up and time is running out. Sure end here. Tt's all.



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Saturday, May 21, 2005


Yoz...

Yesterday had a cca handing over ceremony which symbolises our official step down from the cca. Just a really simple ceremony and a simple snack party. Today my cca is going to hiking at bukit timah nature reserve and macritchie reservoir but we cant go le. Feel so lost now without cca. I have made a lot of good friends in odac through the activities we have gone through together. Odac has grown and is growing so rapidly with more outdoor activities introduced. Heard tt the jc one's will get to go to mt ophir in june and may even bring some of the other school mates that are interested, to climb mt ophir again in Dec. But in the Dec trip, they will be acting as instructor. So Cool!

Oh ya, who says Odac don't need to train up. We will need fitness for all the outdoor activities. Glad that a PT I/C post has been created to be in the Odac Exco.

Now, i will have more time for my studies after stepping down. This thurs, the top 10 list for the recent chem test was flashed in the lecture. Wow! A lot of new names were up on the list. For me, my scores still remain in the AO zone. Wonder if i could reached 20 marks some day or perhaps get out from that AO zone.. Mr Lim says that we should really manage our time well by moving on to other questions if we don't noe. Will bear tt in mind.




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Saturday, May 14, 2005


Didn't have the time to blog the last few days, so i will blog from wednesday onwards.

On wed was my last sailing session which marks the end of my sailing experience. Lesson learnt:
1) When sailing in broad reach, open up ur sail to catch wind.
2) When sailing, keep focus on what u are doing, your goal, however, it is important to maintain a clear view of what is happening around you.

Oh btw, a correction to my previous post, the full course is 16 hours, not 16 days. Just thought of this example to the essay topic on "Life of schooling vs School of life". In sailing, knowledge has to be thought before you can actually sail in the sea, for example, tide table, current and all those. Just imagine if u do not have all these knowledge and u sail in a region where ships are sailing in or where the waves are big, before u know it, you are dead. Hence, we cannot say that we do not need the basic knowledge and just rely on experience. When u really experience it, you are dead!

Thursday was quite smooth sailing, except i got called out a few times to answer questions cos my register number happens to be the date on that day. Had a really long cca meeting after lesson, and felt my eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Went home at 9.30pm when the school attendant was going to lock the gates. Haiz.. tired..

Ok tt's all for this week, quite a tiring week for me from wednesday onwards. Signing off..



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Wednesday, May 04, 2005


Today...

Just had the 3rd session of sailing at east coast sailing centre which is also our 2nd last session. Oh by the way, this is organised by ODAC. Wow.. all i can say is that it is really cool and fun. I must say that i really love sea sports. There's quite a lot of things to learn for sailing, judging from what our instructor told us that the full course is 16 full days, and our course of 4 sessions is like a crash course. Hence, i cant really say i had mastered sailing after these 4 sessions. Today got scolded by my instructor cos i never asked him when i don't understand and ended up in the 'No Go Zone' (means my boat was not moving). But after the scolding and the teaching, manage to understand about the techniques of sailing. Ok.. lesson learnt:
1. U can only sail 45 deg towards or away from the wind but not straight into the wind. ( I must say that this seems like common sense, but when u r in the waters, this is pretty hard.)
2. When the sail is luffing, u should bear away a little.
3. When u r sailing out in the sea, determine the direction of the wind first. Sometimes, 'instinct' plays a part too.

Oh, an achievement made is that I MaNaGe to SaiL BAcK To ShOrE On My Own! YaY! ( Sailing back to shore isn't easy. Rmb tt u can only sail 45 deg from the wind, so u have to aim at the correct angle.)
Anw, sailing out in the sea is all about the angle. (JuSt LikE PhYsIcS HahA!). The difficult thing is tt on land u can just walk to any point u want to go, but in the sea, U cant go to any point u want due to the wind factor. U have to think and make use of the knowledge of angle to help u.

Felt as if i was still on the sea when i was taking the MRT home tonite. I can feel the train turning and in which DiReCTion It iS turNinG To AlsO. The so called " train integrated into me". Reached highest LeVeL AlrEaDy. Haha! Just LaMe. Ok got to do my tutorial already. Signing off...



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Monday, April 25, 2005


Today, I manage to find out the true origin of my sickness on sat. So happy! I feel as if I had successfully solve a really complicated and mind boggling problem. Haha. Anw feel better now and still recovering. Now feeling like winning a great battle and I feel that my body is getting stronger. Haha. Just realised when i went to the Armstrong club corner today that the napfa test is just 2 weeks away. Oh no.. have to make sure i got at a least a silver.

After dropping one subject i begin to find joy in my other subjects like chemistry and perhaps GP which i never felt before when i was taking 4 A levels subject. TAking 4 A levels subject perhaps was not my cup of tea, although i am the kind that is willing to work hard at my studies. I still remember struggling to finish all tutorials of the 4 subjects. I only have some time to do some consolidation last year after the cca stand down which i manage to take a breather. Looking at what Mr Wee wrote in the class blog that we must stop treating subjects as subjects to excel. I feel that there is truth in it. Only with the passion in the subject can u then patiently sit down and try to understand the concepts in it and to study it.

For the physics students, good luck for the physics test tml! Have to go do my work now. Signing off..



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Sunday, April 24, 2005


This thursday, I have got a fever and have to get an early leave form. Why did i always get fever on a thursday? This means that i would not know what is happening during chemistry practical which they will be learning a new topic on thermochemistry. Haiz...
Saturday, i was really very sick. Keeps sleeping for the whole day as my fever returns. I didnt manage to do any work. I felt sleepy and weak despite all that sleep.

The aftermath of weakend camp is really great. Recovering is my main piority now.



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Sunday, April 17, 2005


Wah damn tired despite sleeping for 3 hours just now after coming back from the 3 days,2 night odac camp. And the first thing that strikes me is the tons of homework, revision worksheets, upcoming tests in this week. Going to have maths test early next morning on probability, statistic 1 and 2 and i have not studied. Oh No! I guessed my probability of not doing well must be quite high. Right now, i just feel like blogging on this camp.

For this camp, we only slept on average 3 hours per day. I think that the night hike really test their endurance and mental strength. We have to walk 30km this year compared to 25km last year. Each year, I always find it shocking that i can endure it through. This year was a bit different though, as i have to play the part as a motivator to push the rest of the group on. In the end we managed to finish in second place. I cannot walk straight by then and i just dropped onto the ground and sleep. Lol, my legs just hurts. Nevertheless, this pain gives me a sense of achievement. Overall, i am proud that this camp is a SUCCESS!



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