Life about a person...

2010-05-27T00:47:00.000+08:00

long overdue post

2010-01-20T11:33:00.004+08:00

Well i'm a week lag for my birthday post.

Since i got the free time to do it now. Gonna fill up this blog for past 1 week.

Meet up my dearest INTSC comm on my eve of my birthday. It was actually a very impromptu gathering. Aaron drop everyone a sms like 2pm in the afternoon to ask to gathering, best part was... apparently everyone was free for the night. Hang out at timbre, chill out. And i love the music and atmosphere over there! With great friends, it is definitely best place to hang out!

Another 1 week to my reservist. First time back to CNB again after I ORDed 1 year plus ago. I guess they change pretty much. I'm so looking forward to this 1st ICT. At least a getaway from my hectic work. Avoid seeing containers for the next 2 weeks!

School gonna start on 29 Jan. Seriously, everything is jammed together. ICT, SCH, RT. Seriously need some tidy up on my timetable.

But before tidy up my timetable, i guess i should tidy up my desk. Looks a messy now. Ciaoz

1st 2010 post

2010-01-03T03:35:00.002+08:00

Ok where shall i start with.

Anyway Happy 2010! Wish every have a great start for 2010!

Maybe it is kinda late to wish every a happy 2010, but it is still late than never right.

Well for me..

NYE- Steamboat over at friend's place. play some cards, nothing to shout about.

1st. Prolly something new after 23 years of my life. attended that pig aka daphne's wedding. Hope you guys will have a great and everlasting relationship, of course daphne if you see this, stay postive be cheerful. Especially for the next few months, you know what i'm talking about.

2nd. head back to work for brand new 2010. of course nothing change, containers are still containers. hopefully our econ will be better, and plenty of jobs offer around! Most importanly, pray ti tong april bonus give big big *HUAT AH*

Well if you ask me what resolution for this 2010. Not much, just hope to find a better job. Getting good grades(finger cross). Of course, EARN MORE MONEY! $_$

Now is almost 4am. Time to head to bed.

A quote to end of this post-

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go

cheers!

The hidden charges in your wedding montage

2009-12-29T17:17:00.000+08:00

SINGAPORE - Wedding couples planning to show video or photo montages accompanied by popular love songs - the de rigueur for wedding celebrations these days - should think twice: Either they cough up between $100 and $200 for each song or risk getting hit in the pocket for copyright infringement.

MediaCorp has learnt that the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass) - which represents over 1,000 composers and lyricists in Singapore, including JJ Lin and Taufik Batisah, and at least one million more members worldwide - is clamping down on the illegal use of copyrighted music for weddings.

It has sent letters to wedding photographers and videographers asking them to buy the licences for songs they wish to use - on their corporate websites and in their works - while stopping short of suggesting active enforcement.

Compass' actions have left industry players in a limbo, with some even advising their customers against using copyrighted songs in their own amateur montages.

Engineer Benjamin Koh (not his real name), for one, has decided to do away with music completely on his photo montage, to be shown during his wedding reception next month.

His three-week effort would show pictures of their growing-up years and courtship days in silence, without the romantic love song he and his wife had chosen.

"It's a bummer because it's less touching without the music, but I'm not willing to pay for the licence," said Mr Koh, 29, who learned about this from his wedding photographer.

When contacted, Compass confirmed that it has stepped up efforts this year to collect royalties from wedding videographers and photographers - it has been writing to them since January, asking them to pay licence fees.

The stricter enforcement arose from the "increasingly rampant" use of copyrighted material, the spokesman said, without disclosing how it arrived at such a conclusion.

Although most hotels pay an annual fee for the rights to play a list of copyrighted songs in their premises, the spokesman said wedding couples still need to pay to play copyrighted songs at their reception.

Penalties Unclear

Many couples told MediaCorp they were unaware of such a requirement and felt the licence fees were too

Source

weird...

2009-12-29T13:08:00.001+08:00

Why Citibank can approve CC application within 24hr and UOB need 2 weeks to reject a application.. crappppppppp

Hooooooooooooooooo

2009-12-26T20:26:00.001+08:00

if leave gonna approve for 1 Jan. I'm so so so gonna party till wasted. Hoo YA!

Merry X'Mas

2009-12-24T10:42:00.001+08:00

Merry X'Mas everyone!

A early greeting to all. Anyway gonna work tonight.

Counting down with containers!

Good News!

2009-12-18T13:38:00.001+08:00

I pass my first Uni Exam!

*sweat*

Keeping my finger cross for the next 5 sem.

Now, time to enjoy!

Just some updates!

2009-12-08T12:33:00.003+08:00

Ok firstly,

Happy 21st Birthday Dommie. Welcome to the adult world and smell your freedom! haha. A lot of exciting path waiting for you ahead and wish you successful in everything you do!

Well i was wasted, i mean total wasted on sunday night. Even know I'm aware that monday will be work. Attending a birthday lunch in the noon, and after attend another birthday drinking at Pub really kill. 5 min we finish up 4 jar of beer. Surely record breaking for us to drink at that rate. Been a while i feel so numb, too numb to know what is pain...

And my advance birthday pressie is here!

Asked derrick's parent help me get from Europe since it will be at least cheaper by $100. So still wondering should i just use it instead. zzzz

Condolence to (LCP) Mar Teng Fong.

2009-11-23T00:00:00.004+08:00

Condolence to Lance Corporal (LCP) Mar Teng Fong.

Actually heard this news a couple of days ago from my buddy in the navy regarding this freak accident. Didn't really know him personally, but it is just sad a young 20 years old chap pass away.

life is short.

Article attached.

Death of Full-Time National Serviceman

Posted: 21 Nov 2009, 1955 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)

A full-time national serviceman, Lance Corporal (LCP) Mar Teng Fong, passed away at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) this afternoon at 2.44pm, in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). LCP Mar, 20, had been taken to SGH in a helicopter after being found unconscious between a hydraulic sliding door and its door frame on board the Republic of Singapore Ship (RSS) Persistence, by a fellow serviceman on 18 November 2009.

LCP Mar, an engineering systems specialist, was on engineering watch duty on board the ship which was out at sea for training. He had gone on a routine round to check the engineering systems at about 11.40pm on 17 November 2009. When he did not return by 11.55pm, a fellow serviceman went in search of him and found LCP Mar unconscious between the hydraulic door and its door frame at 12.01am on 18 November 2009. The door connects the engine room to the propeller shaft compartment of the ship. LCP Mar was given immediate medical attention by a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) medical doctor on board the ship. He was heli-evacuated to SGH at 1.15am. An SAF medical doctor and a medic continued to resuscitate him on board the helicopter, which arrived at SGH at 1.26am. LCP Mar was given emergency medical treatment and warded in the ICU.

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the SAF extend their deepest condolences to the family of the late LCP Mar. MINDEF will assist the family in their time of grief and is investigating the incident.

Lieutenant-Colonel (LTC) Lee Soon Tat, Commanding Officer of RSS Persistence, said: "The RSS Persistence family is deeply saddened by the incident. Teng Fong was a positive and hardworking young man who was well liked by his peers and superiors." A fellow serviceman on board the ship added: "Teng Fong was always willing to lend a helping hand to his buddies and never failed to bring a smile to everybody's faces. We will miss him very much."

Mindef Singapore

GIMME SOME SUGGESTION!

2009-11-20T19:14:00.001+08:00

Anyone any suggestion. Wanting to get this one. So with or without coin compartment.

SUGGESTION PLEASEE

2009-11-16T19:30:00.000+08:00

this isn't the right time to think of .....
argh!~~

flashmob The Black Eyed Peas - I Got A Feeling

2009-10-23T04:21:00.000+08:00

2009-10-19T03:39:00.001+08:00

greatest shock of my life.
yes.
secret thou.
you know who im talking abt.
lol

2009-10-07T04:15:00.002+08:00

dusty blog i guess.

been a while i last blog.
frankly speaking, nothing for me to blog. everything seems "okay" to me now.
In my new dept, it seem that I quite comfortable. No longer those heart pumping, nerve wreaking time. Hopefully everything will be smooth sailing till the day I decided to leave.

Well just came back from ICON aka Thai disco. Ok I know or rather many you guys know I been hanging out "those place" quite often nowadays. But seriously nothing for me to do thou, at least going there, have a couple of drinking, watching people singing and laugh at many stupidity spending hundreds and thousand can be quite entertaining thou.

Anyway just happen today I went there, there was police raid. Not that lights was on and guys and ladies one side. Police was there just to inspect after the Thai disco saga reported on Newspaper regarding how "bad" those place are. Many girls was "caught" and scan through their passport. Can see the "chaos" suddenly, many of them was trying to escape. The place turns quiet once after police turn up. The before and after was obvious, half the place was empty. Well when police round up, 1 guys and two Thailand ladies was hand cuffed and up to the blue QX van. Surely it was my first time i seen this, quite a "eye-opener" *laugh*. But i'm quite sure business gonna be affected for next few weeks again.

okay thats all for now. Will update u guys again when i have the time.
Anyway Dom when are u going to meet me. SMS me when u see this.
Ciaos.

A year has pass

2009-09-25T03:54:00.002+08:00

1 year in PSA.

Just gotten my pay increment.
Time fliesssss.
planner life is much more better than control
Work study assignment sleep drink...

Is there anyone to come by to colour my life...

Need to rearrange my life

2009-08-30T20:25:00.000+08:00

Mr Desmond here need to re arrange my life.

Want to give up on studies.

*sigh*

Time to plan something

2009-08-25T23:37:00.000+08:00

Oh well,

as many of u guys know.

i end up didn't tender. after persuade by my manager. he agree to transfer me to other department instead.

now. life is still as messy as ever.

many of them said, need to know when to relax. no point kill urself over work.
i agree and learning.

i guess its time for me to plan something. maybe one family trip soon.

Decision

2009-08-20T23:06:00.000+08:00

Finally make the decision.

It is better to leave.

Job or Paper Chasing

2009-07-27T01:24:00.000+08:00

So what should i do.

My career or my cert

what a confusing path.

Away!

2009-07-15T23:17:00.001+08:00

Flying to Bangkok!

Will be back on 21th!

Bye!!

Back to school

2009-07-13T21:31:00.003+08:00

School starting on 21th this month.

Just nice, day after i return from Thailand.

Work not been smooth, damn disappointed with my performance.
But I just don't freaking understand what is fucking happening.
Once again, I began to dislike my job again.
Not that i didn't whine in the past.
But the level of dislike drop as time goes by.
Again new training, the level just increase day by day.
I fear of work;

Had my appraisal done by AM,
he is satisfied with my work performance, at least I'm clean with accidents, misconduct and etc.
He says he will confirm me after 1 year of probation.
I don't know if I should be happy a not.
But i know.
I hate the heart pumping place I'm working now.
I hate the shouting across the room like fish market.
I hate the amount of work done yet not appreciate by people "on top"
I've no confident to survive in my current job scope now.
Keeping my finger cross.

ah fuck. 1 more night i'm off to Thailand.
Damn da work~!

zzzzzzz

2009-07-10T12:40:00.001+08:00

I guess it better for me to stay in my current company for good.

zz

Countdown

2009-07-08T01:13:00.002+08:00

8 more days to Land of Smile Thailand!

and..

many more days in my stressful job. shrug.

2009-06-27T08:35:00.002+08:00

Coming to my 11th month in ***.

I can't believe myself that after much whining, i still survive there.

There are always "small people" aka "xiao ren" in everywhere.

Great i got plenty around.

darn.

what to do.
Still gonna work with them. Thats why only two kind of people survive well in working society.

Backside licker and Using other people to climb ur way up to the ladder.

Pitbull- I know you want me.

2009-06-26T12:54:00.000+08:00

Month of JULY!

2009-06-26T03:54:00.002+08:00

Many event and changes coming up for month of july!

1st July -> Posted to Yard Operation Control aka Control Centre = MORE STRESS!

11th July -> UniSim Orientation

16th - 20th -> Thailand Trip (Sa wa Dee !!~)

Last but not least,
Probably
20th July -> start of UniSim Semester 1!

Bad news

2009-06-18T15:32:00.001+08:00

Shit news bad news.

Posted to Yard Operation Control aka Control Centre for my next phrase of training.
Shit shit shit.
I want go planning! Not CC!!
OMG.

Go bang wall sua.
!#!$!#!@#

back to work again.

2009-06-15T13:01:00.002+08:00

ok. two days of break.

time to head back to work.

ahhh sian.

Night at the National Museum of Singapore

2009-06-14T16:32:00.005+08:00

More picture here

Officially sick

2009-06-13T16:59:00.004+08:00

Officially declared SICK.

Went to PolyClinic. Diverted to fever clinic. Came out with a 2 days MC.

Time to give myself some decent rest.
Time to give myself some decent break.

back to slp.
*snor*

Feeling so sick

2009-06-13T02:14:00.000+08:00

I'm feeling so sick.

I guess really gonna visit a doctor.

wish

2009-06-10T00:00:00.002+08:00

Sick and tired;
sick of work,
tired of future.
Is there someone for me.
I wish..
I wish..

Don't want to grow old.

MAF - หัว ไหล่ ตูด - Hua Lai Tood

2009-05-30T19:12:00.001+08:00

hmmm

2009-05-29T01:21:00.002+08:00

Been almost 1 month my HTC Touch Diamond 2. So far so good, especially with the GPS, i definitely love this phone man.

Anyway received 1 good news! Finally my letter of acceptance for Unisim reach my mail box!
Now.. one big headache... need find new job to suit my studies soon.

ahhh crap.

mrbrownshow.com - Wash Your Hands Too (Parody of Wonder Girl's 'Nobody')

2009-05-27T17:50:00.001+08:00

Stupid or just simply bo chap?

2009-05-13T01:07:00.000+08:00

DAHPNE WONG.

2009-05-06T20:41:00.002+08:00

DAPHNE WONG SHI TIAN.

TELL U SOMETHING.

I BOUGHT MY HTC DIAMOND 2 LIAO. MUHAHAHAHA.

Ok finally 1 replied.

2009-05-05T01:00:00.002+08:00

Ok after numerous resume sent.

I finally got one call this afternoon for a interview this wed.

Well you guys must be asking. What job?

Training Executives and Facilitators.
I also not really sure what job scope. Just saying planning organizing and etc.

I will see how. I guess it is still better than my current job. Just keep my finger cross. Pray everything turn out well.

"In life there will be always be more downs than up, nevertheless just keep walking... will see light at the end"

ANYWAY. I SHOULD BUY MY DIAMOND 2 OR DSLR SIA!!!!

ahhhhhh both are equally expensive. darn.

方大同 Singalongsong 女生合唱版 fang da tong

2009-04-07T15:40:00.001+08:00

I wrote this song
It’s not too long
Cause I’m thinking about you
I wrote this song
Maybe I’m wrong
to be called all about you

I don’t know what you think about me
Maybe you think nothing at all
But,maybe you could just lie to me
We could be in love, you see

Let’s sing a long song
that not too long
It’s when I think about you then I hear song
and you can sing alone
Maybe if you won’t want to
Cause baby i wrote,i wrote this for you

I wrote this song
It’s not too long
cause I’m the one who loves you
i wrote this song
this can’t be wrong
I don’t wanna smile without you

I just want to make you happy
Maybe you want nothing at all
How I wish that you are mean to be
forever and the day with me

Sing a long song
that not too long
It’s when I think about you then I hear song
and you can sing alone
Maybe if you don’t want to
Cause baby i wrote,i wrote this for you

In every way, you mean more to me
then you love more
Girl, I do my best to show these words are true
And if you like to make a song in the perfect
harmony with me
I find the greatest words to sing
so we could write our own romantic thing

--

2009-04-03T00:33:00.002+08:00

一天一天的过。。

青春也一天一天而失去。。

Can we turn back time?

I just can't find motivation to excel in work.

3 long night

2009-03-31T08:35:00.002+08:00

2 night of 2245H to 0730H.

1 more 2245H to 0730H to go.

3 straight nights. Jesus Christ, not humane shift.

Eye shutting soon.

Good "morning" singapore. Its' my turn to sleep.

方大同愛愛愛女生合唱版 - Tay Kewei

2009-03-27T18:19:00.000+08:00

blahhhhhhhhhhhhh

2009-03-26T00:32:00.002+08:00

Warao.

I merely just blog it.

No freedom of speech meh!

Once again. I'm not very affected by it. Those who asked me know what i'm hinting at.

Life goes on, world still spinning. So I have answer you guys regarding my previous previous post liao right. So gimme a break please.

I'm more tired of work than to be headache over a girl or relationship. So don't bug me with this question again.

Keep moving forward~~

Chiong ah!~

Today is pay day pay day pay day. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

DSLR DSLR DSLR

2009-03-20T23:32:00.002+08:00

oh crap.

我好想买DSLR

满脑子都是DSLRDSLRDSLR

神阿救救我！！

Updates.

2009-03-19T00:16:00.003+08:00

ok. coming to the 8th month in PSA.

Time just zoom pass me without I even realizing. Everything happen so fast.
Responsibility become heavier on me. Things are more complicated than before. Why can't it be as simple as ABC.

Made my deposit for my UniSim. I guess is more or less getting a seat in Unisim already. Now gonna wait for May for them to send me the final letter to make the 1st semester school fee. 3 years, get over and done with.

So many thing on my list to do. Haircut, waiting for singnet to be activated , terminate my starhub MOL, collect my lenovo s10 netbook. waiting for my microsoft keyboard and mouse to RMA which they will send to my house for 1 to 1 exchange.

Time is just not enough.
shucks.

my left knee old injury is haunting me again. can't stand straight on my left leg. jesus.

once again.
i miss being young. and i mean young little kid.

Random.

2009-03-08T14:16:00.003+08:00

UniSim accepted me!

Now gonna wait for the Provisional letter to confirm a seat, after that will be july! Heading back to school!

Log on fb. Saw her status change. Even thou all the while i know i actually stand no chance, but somehow i'm kinda affected. Somehow this fate telling me. Move on. Perhaps being bff still the best for both of us. At least, for u.

Life is short. Gonna enjoy while you can.

Unisim Interview!

2009-03-04T21:04:00.001+08:00

Fri, Unisim Interview.

Wish me lucccck!

Another Achieve

2009-03-01T00:42:00.004+08:00

Another wish list achieve after spending $415 on this pair of Oakley BOTTLE ROCKET 2.1 glasses.

Next on wish list gonna be soon to release HTC Diamond 2!!

Jason Mraz ft Colbie - lilcdawg

2009-02-25T17:50:00.000+08:00

Woohoo!

2009-01-11T15:23:00.002+08:00

Once again I'm on leave again.

Been undergoing Area I/C on job training recently. New or rather my actual job just started. The last few months was just basic training to let me understand the basic operation of PSA. After this month I'll be working independently.

So I'm another year older on Tuesday. Not much plans to celebrate my birthday. Just hanging out with family and friends. Most importantly I can take a break from my hectic work and rest. Also to meet up and catch up with friends.

Anyway finally our gathering for my ex main committee is happening tonight! I'm sure it will be a fun night with them

cheers.

"The only easy day was yesterday"

!@#!$!$%!

2008-12-18T15:38:00.002+08:00

Sat the fellow warrior from OBO is back.

4 long months of oversea deployment for them. I believe they learn a lot, seen a lot. Definitely priceless experience for them. Wasted I didn't sign up and go with them. Too late to say.

Seriously kinda sick of work. Everyday in out in out. Almost everyday is a working day for me. Can't sleep well, rest well. This financial tsunami seriously came at the bloody wrong time. Lucky I ORD 1 month before the tsunami came. Else likely i will be rotting around without $_$. So when will everything pick up and back to the vibrant financial market again.

No wonder people get depression and etc when market crash. Almost everyday news will be talking about companies fold, need bailout, retrenchment, losing job and etc. Everyone will always on their highest alert, not knowing when is their turn to lose their job overnight.

I'm so so so wanting to go back to school. At least it is so much life out there. Seen my friends enjoy their fullest in Uni make me so envy of them. I'm quite sure the pressure in school will be so much better than my current job pressure.

Headache been visiting me almost everyday, not sure what really happen to my brain.
Never had this kind of headache which last that long. Hope everything is alright for my me.

Busy night tonight. Gonna go bath. Rush for a haircut at I-CON as Century Square. Meet my Union Delegates for some event at DXO. And then Rush to meet Daphne for her birthday treat.

K time to go. Update again.

"期待你的爱"

update update

2008-12-13T14:58:00.002+08:00

This is the 4th month in PSA.

Somehow things and life have been drastically change. Something I can't recognize myself anymore. Wonder what the heck I'm doing. I know this ain't the life I want. I need to overcome.

Even thou I whine so much regarding my job. I slowly adapt to it. Most Colleagues have been helpful to guide me along. In this guys working environment, everyone talk like one ah beng. Seriously i feel my dialect(hokkien) improve a lot. hahha.

2008 coming to an end soon. Like mon mon char char pass thru this year.

2009 hopefully a good one. A least to my wallet. Oh also my health. So god please bless me.

Ok meeting Daphne out for shopping. Sound girly o.O"
Put it this way. Accompany her out for shopping. Prolly getting one levi's 501 jeans later.

Ok ciao.

"who can feel up the emptiness in my heart?"

Darn i hate working midnight shift.

2008-11-30T19:45:00.002+08:00

I seriously seriously hate working midnight shift.

feel damn zombie after finish work. once hit 4-5am in the morning. my brain so so not sync with my body already.

how long i gonna go thru this shit!! argh.

2008-11-22T09:07:00.003+08:00

sorry for the lack of post.

just that work dull my life.

nothing to update.

sleep, work, eat.

This life gonna last me till i grow old.

HOW GREAT.
Anyway gonna move to Area I/C post. Another level up!

New thing new stress new skill.

Heading to Carrie's Wedding. Ciao.

123123123

2008-11-13T23:39:00.002+08:00

ok i'm back

after numerous complain received from many people regarding my dusty blog.

Well I'm kinda busy with work. Well you know almost everyday work work work work work.
Like robot working you see.

ah ya i also nothing much to talk about la.

but.

I'm happy tomorrow i took one day off from WORK !!! finally 1 full day off.

OK don't know what to update la.

Its been a while

2008-10-13T11:43:00.003+08:00

Ya it is been a while I update this rusty blog.

Ever since work, I have no time. No time to even do my own personal things.
Almost coming to the 2nd month of work. Not too sure how am i facing in this job. Sometime I'm just so tired about it.

When i'm young, i just simply cannot see the financial breakdown affecting me. Life just goes on. Having fun, having good times. Now I really in this working society, I can see how big the impact hits. Especially for me as I'm just a average joe earning peanuts in this society. Everything seem to slow down, things are getting more expensive.. Really times are bad.. any decision make now can really affect me greatly..

So how or another i just miss my friends in NS. Of course I'm not missing my unit/sqn. I just miss my platoon mates. Those time where we whining about our superiors, time we complain that how NS sucks wanting to ORD immediately, times we laugh at our own mistakes disturbing each other, times we outside checks till 2-3am in the morning waiting for ghost to come in, times when we are activated and a-z letters just fly out of our mouth.

Wonder how are them now, hopefully everyone got their aim in life already.

Hope to see them in my first reservist.

Afterall NS still a once in a lifetime experience...

"Tough time don't last, Tough men last"

Some new vid from Wondergirls
Enjoy

kopitiam prank

2008-09-19T15:23:00.002+08:00

Enjoy!

ok i pass.

2008-09-15T01:09:00.003+08:00

so okay.

i pass my wharf operation supervisor 1st test with mentor.
and that don't even consider the 1st skill set i need to obtain. It is just the basic operation that I MUST know. That's why i'm learning. Later moving to Area IC then the hell really comes.

tml start of my independent on job training for next 8 weeks.

Not really happy. Not sure will i make any big mistake. Really worried.

My confidence level is almost hitting rock bottom. Everyday is scare to make mistake.

1 wrong digit can gimme hell for long time.

So is this job even suitable for me even with good pay?

Perhaps LAO is right. i just need 1 week to know the answer.

Good luck to me.

sian.

Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work.

2008-09-10T12:19:00.002+08:00

"Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work"

HAHA. How true.

too bad.

I'm ain't loving it.

4 more days to Quality Check!

OOLU FSCU MOAU

2008-09-09T20:58:00.002+08:00

1 week of rotating shift has past.

Off days ain't off days.

My battery just drained after finish 1 cycle of shift.

Sometime i feel like shit.

Stress, tried. OOLU FSCU MOAU. Containers serial numbers... after 1 week i guess i can buy 100 years of 4D.

Need someone or something to push me.

Lucky my mentor guide me pretty well. Even thou i still get wack by him. Always feel i react too slowly.

Now 14th will be my practical test.

Hopefully i will pass.

Once again. Tomorrow 3rd shift again. 10.30pm to 7am.

oh great.

real test starts tml

2008-09-01T21:19:00.003+08:00

the real test of my work starts tomorrow.

will i make it thru?
will i stay?
nov 18th.

I will know the answer.

fugggging exhausted.

Need money motivation.
=\

Work work work work work.

2008-08-30T02:24:00.002+08:00

After started working, I guess you all can see that I seldom got to update my blog. Well most of the time I'm just too tired to blog about anything. Only thing i want to do is just slack watch tv and sleep.

I guess i'm more or less use to the life. Haven really started the actual shift work thou. Next Tue will be the real test of the life in my company. Then i will actually know if i'm really suitable to be in this line.

Anyway now only thing i can do is to endure and keep pushing myself. Only then i will be able to perform my duty as a supervisor. Too many thing to learn and time is just not enough to learn all the skills pass down by those senior whom work 20-30 years. Truly respect those old staff that stick to the company for almost two decade of their life. Giving the company their valuable experience and sweat.

Tomorrow group of my click gonna be deploy for oversea operation. 4 months long.

Hope they return safely. Bon voyage!

Now time to sleep. shift 2 tomorrow. And damn it. where is my pay! i'm poor dude now!

Tiring job

2008-08-24T14:17:00.002+08:00

I'm so tired...

only been 1 week.

I can feel no motivation already..

I guess I'm just not suitable for this job.

What can i do next?

Ah fuck i hate stepping into working society.

Safety Safety! That place is dangerous!

Just Some interesting clip

2008-08-15T19:52:00.002+08:00

Congratulation Singapore!!

2008-08-15T18:20:00.002+08:00

Congratulation to Singapore !!

It seem that at least a sliver or gold medal will be awarded to our table tennis sportswomen.

Even thou they are not born in Singapore. But they are still make in Singapore don't you think?

Final will be on Sun 17th Aug. 1930H Please support k!!

Go Singapore GO!

1 week after ORD

2008-08-13T21:20:00.002+08:00

Time just zOOm past.

1 week gone. Stay home for most days.
Friends keep asking "eh not sian meh... everyday stay at home"
But to think of it... i wouldn't have this kind of "nua" session after i start work. More likely i wouldn't get the chance when actually i gonna work rotating shift.

Anyway today went to sign the employment letter with PSA. Yup is a rotating shift job. Pay wise not too bad.. but not sure how my life gonna be like... Will update you guys when i really start working...

so 18th i'm reporting to PSA for work.

So much unknown...

Life is full of uncertainty...

Ring on your finger

2008-08-10T19:51:00.002+08:00

追 = when you courting a lady then wear on the thumb

求 = when you're proposing to her, wear on your index finger

订 = when you're engaging, wear on middle finger

结 = when you're married, wear on ring finger

离 = when you're divorced, wear on little finger

Happy National Day!!

2008-08-09T13:32:00.004+08:00

Happy National Day!

Even thou me as a Singaporean keep whining about how cost of living here is getting higher and place is infested with "foreign talent"

Eventually, Singapore still my country my home.

Many good years ahead!!

HUAT AH!

What does my birthday mean

2008-08-08T20:37:00.003+08:00

Birthday Meaning
You are sincere and easy going. Flattering and charming around are not your style. You care so much for freedom that often leads you to the difficult path. Because of your sincerity, most people find you easy to be around although you are sometimes too straightforward. Your Love, Your gentleness, care and sincerity make you an attractive person. Even though you don't intend to be charming, but you naturally are, especially in the eyes of opposite sex.

Strength
Seasoned and Original.

Weakness
Rash, impatient and self-rigorous.

So how true? Up to you to judge.

Anyone interested in RR?

2008-08-08T00:29:00.001+08:00

By chance i went to sgcarmart.com

Found this

Rolls Royce Silverspur III

So anyone gonna get this vintage RR.
Remember jio me for a ride k!

ORD LO!!

2008-08-06T15:20:00.002+08:00

Finally i got back my IC after 22 months.
As mention previously, feeling is just so so.
Read frank's blog, he even commented that NS wasn't that bad after all our whining... I guess we just too use to the green, blue, white life.. Being robot for 2 years not easy k...

First time in SAF i shook so many superiors hand.
Especially WO wang.. Had a small bet with him and see who will leave this unit first.. in the end i won.. haha funny to see his expression...

Back track...

Last time taking shuttle bus down the Tanah Merah Coast Road... looking at the dusty road.. thinking how many times i been in and out using this bus and looking at the view here...

Reach camp.. for last time thru the x-ray machine and talk cock with them.. till i reach my bunk clear my last item.. Miss the days we just had our "taoPok" fun...

Sign out all my paper work...

Took IC from my S1 aka chief clerk

Had my last meal in camp..

Last time on the bus.. and out of camp...

Feel lost? Just part and parcel of the guys life in Singapore..

Now is moving on to the next stage...

Oh ya.. thanks PC for writing such a terrific testimonial for me and giving me very outstanding rating.. no doubt didn't had the chance to serve as a spec.. but you give me a chance to prove it to you..

Yes i guess you are right...
I'm more a coach than a manager...

In another 9 hrs time

2008-08-04T23:37:00.003+08:00

Yup, in another 9 hrs +++ time, i will be collecting my long lost Pink IC.

Pretty miss how i look on my IC. Already forget how pink IC actually look like.

Met up with some of my platoon mates for dinner today. Chat up a lot. Especially those whom ORDed like six seven months ago. Discuss much about our life, comparing life in NS and outside world.

Many said that hey desmond happy la. ORD tomorrow, taking IC liao leh. But i keep looking for the joy in my heart, i can't find it. Of course i'm happy that i'm ORDing, taking back my freedom after 22 mths serving the nation. Yet thinking of the future... too much unknown ahead of me...

Those whom ORDed agreed that NS actually is a job where there is no stress at all. Many are pre planed for us. We just executed what is been told and etc. The society outside is much more stressful. Some even have hard time catching up their studies after lose touch on their books...

Nevertheless, tomorrow is my "big" day...
Officially NSmen...
No more green for the time being
No more wee hours patrols
No more unreasonable orders
No more many things..
Call me Mister.

But still I do miss the time with my mates... If you guys happen to read my blog..
Good luck and i shall remember the hard and fun times with you all.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasow

"Mike Tango and out"

Getting Near..

2008-08-01T00:26:00.002+08:00

Freedom somehow getting nearer.

Went back to clear most of my stuff in camp. Hell i carry one duffel bag from my bunk to guardhouse. Almost broke my arm.

As pok said, carrying duffel bag seem like a different milestone for every soldiers.

When 1st day you enter SAF. Stepping to the unknown island called "tekong" Everyone is a stranger to u. Sgt bring all the blur one that include me to collect our duffel bag. Pulling it and check for the right stuff and hell pull it to your company line. If one stay at level 4. Just god bless the guy. After putting into your bunk, then you realize... freedom just taken away for the next 2 years...

Then come the 2nd milestone.
The big day. When all the blur cocks botak offically call themselves soldiers... at least they are not recruit anymore. Time when they throw their jockey cap high up in the sky. Time when proud parents putting their cap on those sweaty recruit soon to be privates. The feeling is great... cause you know basic hell just ended.. the actual hell soon to being.. Pull duffel bag out of the tekong wishing you never turn back... which mostly likely you wouldn't.

Last.
Day when you are getting nearer to ORD.. Time to clear all the junks for past two years of NS back home. Horrify parents with tons of stuff, making your mother wonder where the hell all these come from and how she is going to clear up the pile of mess. Nevertheless, pulling duffel bag home and knowing you never will need to pull it back for good.. it feel lagi better...

Now i left 4 days.. Nearer to my pink IC..
Happy yet unsure my future..

Hopefully tomorrow medical checkup with PSA turns out good.
Time to sleep.

Now

5 my lucky number

2008-07-31T02:11:00.002+08:00

So in 5 days time.

No longer I'm called a NSF.

Finally Mr.

So much uncertainty.

Is my job secured.

So much to worry.

Nevertheless... 5 days time.. freedom

Meet up

2008-07-27T01:33:00.002+08:00

Whole afternoon at home. Watching movies, playing online Texas hold em. Until time i went down to vivo city to meet up with friends who used to work in ITIS.

Had a great time out with them, went to this restaurant call the carnivore? Located at vivo city level 1. Most foods are just meat, meat and more meat. As Wendy said, first time we ate so much meat. Seriously i almost puke after eating. I guess it just not suitable for most Asian diet.

Now 10 more or rather 9 more days to freedom.

So much uncertainty ahead of me. Sometime I'm just scare what lies ahead. Not knowing what will I become in the next 5 years. Work, studies, family and etc... As i said, the older we get.. the more headache and problems we have..

Sometime it is good to be young. I definitely envy the kids.. without burden/responsibility to carry on them for at least the next few years.

So enjoy the innocent time you have. Cherish it, time will never turn back for you..

9 more days to freedom..my last lap..

Military Humor - Just for fun

2008-07-26T15:37:00.002+08:00

Credit: Military Humor

Extreme frugalism!

2008-07-25T00:58:00.001+08:00

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24879628/

For frugalists, bargain hunting is a lifestyle
For these extreme anti-consumers, your trash is their food, furniture
By Allison Linn
Senior writer
updated 11:39 a.m. PT, Tues., June. 3, 2008
It’s an unseasonably cold day in Seattle, and Rebecca is standing in her kitchen, preparing for her regular Sunday afternoon outing. As she gathers her backpack and grocery bags, her dog sniffs around excitedly, anticipating the long walk and treats that await.

In the course of their errands, Rebecca and her dog will visit several stores and coffee shops, a bakery and a chocolate factory. But instead of walking in the front door, she plans to head out back and go Dumpster diving.

Rebecca, 51, owns a small duplex and has a job running an art program for a health care organization. She’s also an artist in her own right whose accomplishments include a piece that hangs in the Seattle Art Museum.

And she gets 99 percent of her food from the Dumpster.

“It’s so easy to eat for free,” she says. “The only things I buy are butter and milk.”

It’s no secret that American culture is a consumer culture. We like big cars, big houses and big bags of things bought at big malls and big-box retailers. On the opposite end of the spectrum are the few people who call themselves anti-consumerists, freegans, frugalists or just plain Dumpster divers. Whatever the moniker, these people delight in drastically reducing their consumer spending, finding life’s essentials at bargain prices or paying nothing at all.

“I like getting stuff free. It’s like a treasure hunt,” says Ran Prieur, 40, who lives in Washington state and whose extremely frugal life includes occasional Dumpster diving. “It’s kind of similar to what you get from gambling.”

It’s hard to say how many people are trying to live this way, but frugal communities say they are seeing more interest. A couple years ago, a group of friends in San Francisco made a compact to try not to buy anything new for a year; now there are “Compactors” all over the world. The Freecycle Network, through which people give away stuff they no longer need rather than trashing it, boasts thousands of participants.

Freegans — whose efforts to live outside the conventional economic system may include hitchhiking, foraging for food and eschewing regular jobs — say there is growing interest in adopting at least parts of their philosophy.

“A lot of people are recognizing that there are a lot of ways that people can provide for their needs,” said Adam Weissman, a spokesman for the main freegan Web site.

Being thrifty
Rebecca, who asked that her real name not be used because she worries she could lose her job if her employer knew about her Dumpster diving, doesn’t need to get food for free.

She says she likes the thrill of the chase, and the surprising bounty of good food she finds. And despite holding a steady job and having grown up in an affluent family, she says she sometimes worries she won’t have enough money. She also likes to “save a little here, save a little there,” so she can afford splurges like a laptop computer and keep funding her art.

For Rebecca, browsing Dumpsters also is a way to protest the country’s rampant consumer culture. She has salvaged furniture, clothes, art supplies and even appliances. Still, even she isn’t totally immune to the culture she avoids — feeling blue recently, she went in for a little retail therapy and bought a new pair of sneakers.

Rebecca grew up in Greenwich, Conn., the daughter of an ad man. As early as high school, she remembers searching through garbage while walking the streets of New York City. Her mother would walk ahead, pretending not to know her. Nobody else bothered her.

“That’s when I really started liking things cheap,” she says.

After high school, Rebecca went to art school, but in 1979, she decided to drop out and head to Seattle. Her artwork includes materials she’s found in the garbage or on the street.

To many first-time Dumpster divers, the most surprising thing is how much good stuff is out there.

Prieur, for example, says his trash bin excursions have netted him smoked salmon, high-end bacon, olive oil, plenty of produce and other goodies. Prieur, who owns a piece of land but has no permanent home, estimates that when he’s staying with his sister in Seattle, he gets 20 to 30 percent of his groceries from garbage bins.

His habit elicits mixed responses. A favorite item at his sister’s house is “Dumpstered” apple pie. But he’ll sometimes invite people over for dinner and get the cautionary response: “Just promise not to put any Dumpster food in it.”

Says Prieur: “There’s a big emotional thing attached to not eating out of the garbage.”

Baby squash, popcorn and granola
When Rebecca reaches the grocery store, she moves with purpose across the parking lot to a fenced-in Dumpster. With practiced nonchalance, she opens the gate and walks in, closing it behind her. On the ground, she immediately finds a bag of baby squashes. They go in the backpack to be steamed up for dinner.

Next, she hikes herself up and peers in the Dumpster itself. Out comes a bag of popcorn, a bag of granola and a package of rice. All are torn, but the contents appear clean.

“Aw darn,” she calls from within. “A box of chocolates — but they’re empty.”

Rebecca passes up pasta and a few other items, explaining that she prefers ready-made food because she doesn’t like to cook.

The granola isn’t her taste, either — she’s a self-described picky eater — but she can give it to her boyfriend.

She also passes up a bag of flavored potato chips, explaining, “I don’t like salt and vinegar.”

Climbing out of the Dumpster, Rebecca opens the gate again and heads out.

In 10 years of serious Dumpster diving, Rebecca says she’s never gotten sick eating food from the trash.

She has only occasionally been hassled by a store manager, but she will usually talk her way out of it by spinning a story that she recently lost her job. People sometimes lecture her, telling her eating out of a Dumpster isn’t good for her. She generally plays along with the spiel, “because most people assume that’s who you are — either homeless or mentally ill,” she says.

‘I hope that Starbucks has some decaf’
As she heads further into Seattle’s University District, Rebecca’s on the lookout for coffee.

“I hope that Starbucks has some decaf because I’m out of decaf,” she says.

But after rifling through several garbage bags, she only comes up with a pile of breakfast sandwiches. She feeds one to her dog.

In her escapades, Rebecca has found CDs, a $100 bill, an answering machine and a five-pound bag of coffee. It often amazes her to come across perfectly good things in the trash, and she will find herself speculating about what personal decision — a fight with a boyfriend, maybe? — would cause someone to throw out something like a CD.

Around the end of the school year, Rebecca will spend more time in the neighborhood near Seattle’s University of Washington to forage for things that people throw out when they move — art supplies, coffee makers, that sort of thing. She also likes to hit the fraternity houses.

“Good God,” she says, “they’ll throw out everything.”

251 million tons of trash
The same could be said for Americans in general. Americans produce about 4.6 pounds of waste per person per day — or nearly a ton a year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

For many who get their essentials secondhand or for free, one motivation is that they are disgusted by such waste. But their lifestyle is dependent on the consumer culture that they reject.

If Americans didn’t demand pristine produce and bread baked fresh daily, there would be little for Dumpster divers to find. And if we didn’t lust for new couches long before the old springs had gone soft, and new jeans months before their current ones had developed holes, there would be little for thrift store aficionados and garage sale lovers to buy.

Frugalists say they there are plenty of places to find stuff, if you know where to look. They get things on the sidewalk, through Internet posts and at organized giveaway events.

Laura Thompson, 57, does most of her “shopping” in the bathtub, with a stack of catalogs that she never orders from. When she really needs something, she either goes to a thrift store or tries to find it for free. Recently she lamented that she needed a raincoat, and a friend who likes secondhand shopping gave Thompson the one she was wearing.

Thompson is most meticulous about one thing: paper towels. She’s had the same roll of Costco paper towels since March 2006, and she estimates that there’s still about an inch left. If a houseguest asks for a paper towel, they most likely will be turned down.

Thompson only uses paper towels for “icky” jobs, like getting oil off anchovies. She relies on rags and cloth napkins for most other needs. She does have a little bit of a cheat, though: If she goes to a restaurant and is given a stack of paper napkins, she will take those home and use them.

Thompson, who also lives in Seattle, has been trying to conserve paper towels for about 10 years, motivated by a combination of environmental activism and lifelong frugality.

‘Down to the underwear’
Jacqueline Blix and David Heitmiller once held high-powered telecommunications jobs and were self-professed yuppies. Then in the mid-1990s, they read a book called “Your Money or Your Life” and had a revelation: They could just stop working.

Since then, they have lived on investments, occasional sales of Blix’s crafts and, in recent years, Heitmiller’s part-time work as a handyman. They are so enamored of their simple lifestyle that the Seattle couple even wrote their own book about it: “Getting a Life.”

One day in early spring, Blix was dressed in a pink sweater, turquoise turtleneck, khaki pants and knit socks. Everything she was wearing had come from a secondhand shop, “down to the underwear,” she noted — except the socks, which were knit by a friend.

When Heitmiller asked his wife whether everything he was wearing had come from a secondhand shop, too, she looked him over quizzically and said she didn’t know what underwear he was wearing.

Blix and Heitmiller started their post-regular work life living on about $30,000 a year. Lately, their budget has crept up to about $45,000, largely because of rising costs for health insurance and a decision to eat more organic food. They also travel more often to California now to visit their grandchildren.

To maintain their lifestyle in a comfortable three-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex, the two have become avid secondhand shoppers, as well as what Blix calls “curbside shoppers.” That means that they find things, like their coffee table, sitting outside with a “free” sign on it. Other items, including a television and kitchen table, were inherited.

The hardwood floor in their house was salvaged from another house, and Heitmiller bartered his handyman skills in exchange for some leftover carpeting they used elsewhere in the house.

Blix keeps a list of things that they would like to have, and she says she’s often surprised at how things fall in her lap. Recently they were considering buying some items for their front yard when a friend called with some mulch to give away.

“If you put a need out there in the universe, you’ll be surprised,” she said.

Blix doesn’t think she spends more time shopping than most Americans spend at the mall — the very mention of which makes her physically shudder. The couple goes out for a meal about once a month, and they’ll occasionally visit a coffee shop. Heitmiller has a cell phone for his handyman business; Blix does not want one.

‘A leftover from previous thinking’
Blix, 58, and Heitmiller, 62, say that, in deciding to live simply, they also are forced to talk honestly about money, something many couples don’t do. Still, like any couple, they have the occasional financial disagreement. The difference is that their most memorable disagreement is one that most couples wouldn’t remember at all.

What happened is this: Blix took a Costco gift card she’d received and bought a new set of flatware, to replace the set Heitmiller had had since his first marriage in 1968, without so much as a word of discussion beforehand. To Heitmiller, it was an “oddity” that she would buy something new to replace something that worked just fine. To Blix, it was her money and she wanted new flatware.

On the rare occasions Blix has spent money like that, she calls it “a leftover from previous thinking,” when she was more beholden to money.

The idea of not working sounds great to a lot of people, but there are downsides. Health care costs have risen substantially, and without an employer the couple is left to foot the bill themselves until Medicare kicks in. They have a high-deductible policy that doesn’t cover prescription medication.

Over the years, the couple also has noticed that they have grown away from many of their old friends, although now they have a new group of friends who think more like them, including those active in what is called the Voluntary Simplicity movement.

Blix says another problem she has is “time management,” meaning what to do with all the time she has because she doesn’t work. “You really are faced with, ‘What am I going to do with my life?’ ” she says. “It’s something that I definitely work on.”

Three Dumpsters of bread
It’s looking more and more like rain as Rebecca walks along the water and through a park, pausing briefly to admire the view of Seattle’s downtown. The aroma of rosemary and yeast fills the air. She is nearing one of Seattle’s favorite artisan bakeries.

Behind the bakery sit three tan Dumpsters, each filled with nothing but bread — every type you can think of, bagged and looking as mouth-watering as they do on the shelves at Whole Foods. It doesn’t even smell bad here — the store’s other Dumpsters, containing actual trash, are around the front of the store.

Rebecca pulls out a loaf of ciabatta for herself, and then roots around for a whole-grain loaf for her boyfriend of 18 years. He’s not much of a Dumpster diver himself, but he will eat some things she finds.

A white hatchback pulls up and three young guys get out and head for the Dumpsters. Methodically, they begin gathering bread for themselves and their friends. They pause, arms and mouths full of bread, to discuss the merits of ciabatta vs. olive bread. No one comes out of the bakery to bother them.

Next, Rebecca heads toward an outpost of the local food co-op. Behind the shiny new building are two large Dumpsters, and next to those someone has set aside produce boxes. Rebecca says the good fresh fruits and vegetables are usually in there, but today they are empty. No matter; hiking herself up on the large Dumpster, she finds the mother lode — a breakfast burrito, samosas, pulled pork sandwiches and vegetarian burgers, all individually wrapped in tinfoil and some still warm. They aren’t set to expire until the next day.

“This is a nice catch today,” she says.

It’s raining as she begins the long uphill trek back to her house, her backpack filled with enough food to last a couple of days, until her next trip through the city’s Dumpsters.

“I’m a working girl,” she says. “I have a job. I own my own house. And I Dumpster dive. So there you go.”

© 2008 MSNBC Interactive

The day i divorce my "wife"

2008-07-22T02:53:00.002+08:00

Yup. I finally divorce my "wife" aka m16 after she accompany me for almost 1 and 1/2 year. Been quite a while i last seen her out from the rack. After being instructor for 1 month for the trainee. The weapon been inside, ignore by me.

Today i give the "wife" a good clean. Before surrender back to them for inspection.. Took me whole of morning just to get it clean. Now she should be in prefect condition... waiting for new owner to take over..

Major paper work done for clearance.

Thur interview for my Trainee Senior Operation Supervisor by PSA.
Hopefully turns out well..
Really keen to work even thou life can be shit after joining them.

Time to research on them.

Till then..
Time to sleep!

14 days to freedom! 2 weeks!

ORDORDORD!!

So you value money or life

2008-07-19T14:25:00.003+08:00

I guess many people have a hard time drawing the fine line.

To choose for a better life, or choose better money

Of course many will say with better money it comes with better life.. But there are many times where are lot of factors each individual didn't look into it. IE to say "signing on" as a regular in which ever forces or agency under the govt. All these are bonded where by till date why ain't a lot looking into the forces as their career path. Yes many other sign up due to the attractive package offered by them. But many i heard are try to exit. Knowing it isn't their best option after all. After all many places till deem a highly educated person is Each individual differ, each character differ. In this world no one is identical or maybe to certain aspect of it. end of the day, it still boils down to how each, him or herself looking into it.

Perhaps I do value money more. Prolly due to the life and the environment I'm in. Sometime i just feel i need lots of money to push myself.. Wanting to let my parents having better life after taking care of me for almost 23 years of their life.. and only way is for me to earn more and give them a better retirement life.

Hopefully money wouldn't turn into me into a horrible guy. I guess everything need a balance..

till then.. we shall see.. hopefully this blog still operating 10 years down the road..
remember this date 19/07/2008

17 more days to ORD. hell yea!

22 days left!!!!

2008-07-13T23:36:00.003+08:00

When any NSF going to ORD. Most feel the ultimate happiness in them.

Of course I'm happy too. Happy that after 1 year 10 months, I finally getting back the deserve freedom. No more staying in, no more 7 days duties, no more nonsense from my upstair aka superior. But to think of it, its been two years i have no burden. Everyday is just working like a robot.

For now, I need to get worried... Worried about my future.. People always say finding job is tough. Yes it is tough.. ain't easy to find the most suitable job. Everything seem to be so blur. Just wish I dont jobless for too long. I can't stand rot around doing nothing.. Thats me.

Tue will be my last duty instructor duty. From then i will be on leave.. Everything gonna be the last...

For now i got plenty of things to do..

Need more time!!!

22 days left!!

"Love Conquers All"

lobang in my mouth!

2008-07-11T10:23:00.002+08:00

Yup,
currently got 01 x lobang in my mouth due to my wisdom tooth extraction.
Seriously fucking pain can. Compare to my previous extraction, this is really hell for me. Prolly the doctor sucks. Hopefully my lower jaw don't grow out of my gum. Don't wish to spend hundreds just to get my suffering.

Went KTV with dap last night, when two of us they actually gave us a room for 8 person. It was like freaking big with only two of us.. look so damn weird and plus she lost her voice after singing for 4 hours.. her voice almost become Donald duck. lol. Anyway it prove me yesterday. I can't sing for nuts and strongly recommended that when got lobang in mouth and freaking pain.. better dont sing..

Week by week i'm closer to my ORD. Yet i have found a job... anyone got lobang?

25days to freedom.

"will you be mine"

6 Lessons of Management Course

2008-07-02T21:45:00.001+08:00

Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.

The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbour.

Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.'

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob, after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?'

'It was Bob the next door neighbour,' she replies.

'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?'

Moral of the story:

If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Lesson 2:

A priest offered a Nun a lift.

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident.

After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Lesson 3:

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'
'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'
Puff! She's gone.

'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.'

Puff! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.

Lesson 4

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'
The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson 5

A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'
'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients.'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull **** might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there..

Lesson 6

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!

He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who ****s on you is your enemy.

(2) Not everyone who gets you out of **** is your
friend.

(3) And when you're in deep ****, it's best to keep
your mouth shut!

My final month!

2008-07-01T21:06:00.002+08:00

Yes it is my last month. My last month as NSF.. seriously nothing beats ORD when the kind of freedom is being snatch away from you.

Been almost a week I've taking care of the new kids. Many say I'm just too nice to the trainee out there, many say they already climb over my head. But to think back, I seriously wouldn't really say we are those instructor out there at sispec or bmt. Here we are being a mentor helping them to blend into the life in BSC. Of course, yesterday i did wack them for good. Just hope they will learn the right away and ORD in peace next time.

Seriously so brain dead these few days, i guess the stuff from my current job is giving me problem. Sometime just need 3 min to recall things that actually want i want to do..

Not enough sleep i guess.

Time out.

35 days.

"Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so."
Boethius

Nice dinner and chill out

2008-06-26T00:27:00.002+08:00

New place to share with everyone who read my blog.

Anyway I and Princess Daphne went to this place call Twenty Six at East Coast Park, located at Playground @ Big Splash.

So we had our dinner at TwentySix, which is a semi fine dining restaurant.. Of course I didn't expected that it is a semi fine dining thou, but we already step into the place so we just try the place out then.

After which we hang out at their bar area. Nice ambiance, cosy, nice.. seriously a good place for hanging out.. good to chill and have a long chit chat session with friends..of cos couple can get cosy at their sofa chair too. lol

From what i know, this place is open by the people from One Rochester. So concept pretty around the same.. But think of it, it bring closer to us.. compare going over to One Rochester.. or Villa Bail.

Overall had a nice time out there with dap.. hoping for more haha..

40 days
0 cycle
1 months of instructor
9 leaves 1 off.

TwentySix

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Charlie Chaplin

Monday Blueeeeeee

2008-06-23T22:30:00.002+08:00

Today the first day for OJT(ON JOB TRAINING) for the newly Pass out trainee. And true enough it is sure tiring to handle a bunch of monkeys.. Making sure nothing goes wrong, settle their administration.. etc etc.. Now I seriously understand the pain in the ass for my specs.. Oh not to forget we the instructor got fcuk by my XO(Executive Officer) for something quite serious. What a day.. crap day..

Something i read over the forum and find this article..take ur time to read it thru..seriously.. sound quite true don't you think.. especially those i bold it.. how many thousands time i heard..and ladies how many time u said it to that someone who truely care for u.. haha.. oh well..

Are you a nice guy who has always wondered why the cocky guy -- the one who barely appears interested in the girl -- is usually the one who gets the girl?

Have you suffered from hearing the words, "You're a really nice guy, but I only like you as a friend," from a woman who you would do (or may, in fact, have already done) just about anything and everything for -- only to turn around and watch her date (or even chase) a guy who treats her like she's nothing special? And are you stumped wondering why she would date a guy who treats her like that when she could have you who would treat her like a princess and give her everything she wants? Well, you better brace yourself because I'm going to tell you a couple of secrets that you might not want to hear.

First, "nice" equates with boring and predictable. Look up "nice" in the dictionary and you find: pleasant; agreeable; satisfactory. In other words, average -- not exceptional, not exciting, and not sexy.I'll bet you've never heard a woman say she didn't want to date a guy because he was too confident, too passionate, or too exciting -- have you? But, I'll bet you have heard women say things like, "He's such a nice guy. He's so sweet and he's always there for me, but I only like him as a friend." Or, "He's such a good guy -- kind, thoughtful, generous, honest, loyal -- but there's no chemistry. He just doesn't turn me on." Sadly, I hear it all the time. The fact is, Mr. Nice Guy, you cannot bore a woman into feeling attracted to you or into wanting to date you. And as obvious as that sounds, if you are one of those guys I described that is exactly what you are trying to do. And it won't work.

Please understand that I am not suggesting that you mistreat women or disrespect them in any way. What I suggesting is that you value and respect yourself more.

To illustrate what I mean: The answer to the question, "Why does the guy who doesn't appear to care as much about the girl get the girl?" is simple: The nice guy cares too much, too soon. He has made the woman too important and too valuable and it shows in everything he says and does. He is too available, too eager to please, too accommodating, and he gives too much -- all without getting anything in return. By doing so, he has made himself appear desperate, insecure, needy of this woman's attention, affection, and approval -- and he has stripped himself of any value in her eyes. After all, if he's already doing and giving everything, without her doing or giving anything - why would she value him? She won't. She is not going to value him any more than he values himself. What she is going to do is look for someone else, someone who she perceives as being more worthy, more confident, and more valuable.

It works like this: Once you need something, or you want it too badly, you forfeit your strength and lose all power of negotiation. You are in a position of weakness and you are perceived as weak. Someone (or something) else is in control of you, the situation, and it's outcome. Men in this situation appear to be anything but confident, strong, and exciting. More, they are perceived as being unworthy and as lacking value.

Translation: Things that are easily acquired, obtained, or maintained, without any effort or sacrifice, lack value... it's human nature.

The secret to why the cocky guy wins with women, over the nice guy, is that he is perceived as being a stronger, more confident guy with more value. How? He never invests everything -- his entire being, ego, and self-worth in what one woman's response or reaction to him is. He doesn't gush with compliments; he isn't always available; he doesn't give too much; and he knows he isn't going to die if a woman says "no" to him. More, his attitude is, yeah, I'd like to go out with you, but if I can't, that's OK -- I'm a busy guy, with exciting things going on, and lots of other options.

Anyway I'm more freaking worried that I can't find a god damn job outside..

ahhhhh.. it is even so frustrating when going to ORD..

But

I still want to leave!!

43 days to freedom!!

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
H. L. Mencken

fcuking scary !!!

2008-06-22T13:27:00.002+08:00

Ever heard of the gal who wanted to be cremated with her handphone?

This is a true story of a young JC gal who past away last month in Singapore. Her name is Priya. She was hit by a lorry. I don’t wanna mention the name of the JC. She had a boy friend by the name of Shankar. He stays in Penang. Both of them were deeply in love with each other. They used to spend hours talking on the phone. In fact, u can never see her without her handphone.She spends 3/4 of the day talking to Shankar. Priya’s family knows about their close relationship. Shankar is very close with Priya’s family. (Just imagine their love) . She used to joke with her frens, ‘If I pass away please burn me with my handphone.’ She also repeated the same thing to her parents.

When she passed away suddenly, the funeral procession could not lift her coffin. I was there. A lot of them tried to do so but still cant , everybody including me, had tried to carry the coffin, the result is still the same. Eventually, they called their neighbour, a ‘bomoh’ from Thailand (Pak Darin), who was a fren of her father.

He took a seat and started speaking to himself slowly. After a few minutes, he said ‘This girl misses something here’. Then her frens told Darin bout her intentions to have her cremated with her phone. He then opened the coffin and place her phone and SIM card inside the casket. After that they tried to carry the coffin. It could be moved and they carried it into the van easily. All of us were shocked. (Can u feel the fear. i’m shaking at this moment!)

Priya’s parents didnt inform Shankar that Priya had passed away. (Pity Shankar). After 2 weeks Shankar called Priya’s mom.

Shankar : ‘Atte, I’m coming home today. Cook something nice for me. Dont tell Priya that i’m coming home today. i wanna suprise her.’

Her mother replied: ‘You come home first, i wanna tell u something very important.’

When he got to Singapore, they told him the truth about Priya.

Shankar thinks that they were playing a fool. He was laughing and said ‘Dont try to fool me. Tell Priya to come out. i have a gift for her. Please stop this nonsense’. Then they show him the original death certificate to him. They gave him proof to make him believe. (Shankar started to sweat).

He said… ‘Its not true. We spoke yesterday. She still calls me.’

Shankar was shaking. Suddenly, shankar’s phone rang.

‘See this is from Priya. See this…’ he showed the phone to priya’s family. All of them told him to answer. He talked using the loudspeaker mode. All of them heard his conversation loud and clear. No cross lines, no humming. It is the actual voice of Priya & there is no way others could use her simcard since it was placed inside the coffin before cremation. They were so shocked and asked for Pak Darin’s help again. Pak Darin brought his master (Tok Chen) to solve this matter. He & Darin worked for 5 hours. Then they discovered one thing…

Singtel Mobile has the Best Coverage

=X Don't Wack me Please hahahahhaha

Friday the 13th

2008-06-21T22:58:00.002+08:00

So Friday the 13th, ring any bells?

Ya fucking black friday...

My poor SE m600i which have follow me for the past 1 year.. declared injured in action. Was so fucking shock when i saw my screen. I guess some weapon have knock into the screen that case such a crack..

Anyway i decided to get a HTC touch. Gotten it yesterday

This phone gonna be my "ORD" phone...
Still freaking figuring it out... first time with PPC..sharks.

Last duty had seen the best natural scenery at my station. First time in my life i seen such a bright long rainbow.. Hard to describe that kind of beauty of the rainbow.. something that I wouldn't regret in my NS life...

Monday gonna take over the trainee for 1 mth under my coy for op training.. Keep my finger cross, hopefully this batch don't create too much of trouble for us...

last 40 odd days. hell yea!

2 death in one week.

2008-06-12T21:13:00.002+08:00

There is a Safety Timeout for SAF wide camps. Just in case you don't know, Safety Timeout is kind thing when they deem necessary they can call for a stop for all physical training. Of course this stop in training last 3 days.

Of course many people whom are suffering out there like me will be so freaking happy that there will be no physical training for next few days. But to think of it, we got two guys. Someone's son someone's bf someone's best friend who is death.. seriously there is nothing to be joyous about having a stop to training for next 3 days..

*Deep condolences to the families of the late REC Andrew Cheah Wei Siong and the late OCT Clifton Lam Jia Hao.*

Anyway today the last training with the NCIS peeps. As mention previously, really learn a lot even thou i may not even got the chance to apply on my operational duties or even outside world. But at least this is something i can bring home after 2 years of NS...

- can't help to worry for u-

54 days to ORD
Back to duty tomorrow. shucks.

-can't think of one-

2008-06-11T22:01:00.003+08:00

Whole of this week been training with the soldiers from US NCIS(Naval Criminal Investigative Service) dept. I would consider a very meaning full week for us. Most of us really learn a lot from this week. Like for me or rather my group we actually learn how terrorist works and how they actually plan an attack. We also learn other stuff, but i can't release it out thou. So i guess i can only keep it within 4 walls and my brain.

Tml last day of training

and i gonna fall sick

oh great.
Bed calling. ciao.

55 days to freedom
Can u smell it. woooot

Counting and counting...

2008-06-08T23:46:00.001+08:00

Counting and count... 57 days to ORD. hell yea!!

another week of countdown

2008-05-29T23:53:00.001+08:00

yep another week of countdown.

another 5 weeks of duty and I'm out of da loop.
And i'm sure looking at friends who ORDed or going to ORD really make me feel pain the ass. But no choice i enlisted much later than them. Can't blame. Suck it up for another 2 months and I'm out!.

However thinking that I'm going to ORD really make me feel the urgency to do up my resume and send it out to companies to find a jobs. It seem that it is not easy to find one decent job at all. Now the path in front of me seem so grey that i don't know what should i do. So any consultant out there to help me?

Anyway went to Isabelle's Birthday today. Finally stepping into the adulthood. Saw many juniors who actually have graduate last Friday. Still remember when i first know them they are actually just my freshmen, but now everyone have go separate way.. think about it... time just pass fast don't you think..

Ok now gonna head to bed. Another week of shit. Got plans again. fuck. When will i get my decent peace duties...

67 days of Green to go..

One quote from my S3,

"Assumption and presumption is the mother of all fuck up"

how true...

Hey I'm back... ok i didnt disappear...

2008-05-26T21:27:00.003+08:00

Hey, anyway I'm back.

Ok la, i didn't disappear also right... got post some nonsense abt sesame street. Hopefully bring some laughter.

Oh ya.. below are photos I took prolly last Friday when met up with dom for some lunch and snapping of "interesting" place. But i guess it was more interesting snapping her. There are some priceless facial expression. Of course I can't post it here. She likely kill me for that.. Those picture i gonna safe keep it. Hey dom i will send u soon when you are back from Bail. Anyway enjoy yourself yea...

k did my computerize test shoot for P226. Had this "special" chance to shoot with my S3, PC and 2IC.. and we went to this higher level shoot where there are timing and different action to be taken for all shots.. Feeling damn shiok. I guess the real shoot will be more shiok.

Tomorrow there will be actual shoot for this weapon. Can't wait to get my hands on this pistol. Feeling just ain't the same compare to those bigger weapons i shot before. So much cooler. lol. At least 2 months before i ORD i get to shoot this. lucky me. But i guess i wouldn't get this chance to be armed with that weapon. Anyway ORD come first... more important =\

Oh well time to booook in. Tomorrow 1/2 day. wooot.

71 days to ORD. hell yea!

Randomize Shot 2

2008-05-26T21:09:00.002+08:00

Just for Laugh... Oh ya.. not for below M18.

2008-05-25T23:11:00.001+08:00

Just another post

2008-05-12T13:18:00.001+08:00

Been a few days I book out huh.

Not really a fantastic week for me. First was the letter from SIM about my University Application, then when in camp, my watch strap spoil after that I was caught for not safe keeping my very important equipment which almost landed myself in some extras or better SOL (stoppage of leave). Simply put it this way... Get charged... But at least things didn’t turn out nasty. God bless. Count myself lucky man.

Oh ya talking about my Uni, some people like that dom thinks that I was still feeling down. C’mon this is just a minor failure. Failure to get back into the education system doesn’t deem that I wouldn’t be back any sooner… Just that I will be slightly slower, just that I feeling unclear what I can do after I ORD that’s all…

Can you imagine since the day 1 you are born in this sunny island ‘Singapore’. Almost everything is plan for your for the next 15 to 20 years. Why I say that? You see from primary to secondary to tertiary studies… almost everything is there for you… nothing much we can worried about except your own result… ok maybe for guys worry your next two years for being wearing green. But fuck la, nothing to worry about. If you say training now still as xiong as compare to our father days, then I suggest you go drink more milk… But of course you can whine because I do that too… but that is something we suck it up and endure… 2 years c’mon…

Oh ya Manchester United won the EPL once again.

Their next big match

May. '08

Wed. 21 19:45 UK Man Utd v Chelsea
Luzhniki Stadium UEFA Champions League

Give them your fullest support!

Time to bath, dental appointment at 2pm.

Ciao.

85 days to my freedom.

Finally got the letter... but...

2008-04-30T19:54:00.003+08:00

Yes finally got their god damn letter. But the letter turns out to be their reject letters.

Yup I'm been rejected by SIM-UOL Bsc Banking and Finance.

Seriously feeling damn low and fed up?

Well fed up cause I waiting for so long even thou i submitted the application so much earlier but end of the day just receive a god damn reject letter. I mean if they knew I wouldn't be in their loop why can't they just end me earlier instead. At least i can plan other things like going OBO(Some oversea Deployment representing Singapore).

And feeling low? Of course, things now for me kinda messy.. Now only can head to society and look for a decent job.

Crap shit. Not my week.

Going to pack my damn bag. Tomorrow brand new duty week. F U C K.

97 days to go. 1 cycle over. that will be 90.

Time to pick myself up. *walk away*

Counting down and down.

2008-04-30T01:23:00.002+08:00

Each day i'm counting.

Till the day i smell my freedom from SAF.

6 more or rather 7 cycles to go.

Hell i break lose from them.

Tml ECP run again. This time 8 click.

Wa. I confirm flat.

Sleeping soon.

97 days to go.

Getting Impatient

2008-04-28T00:43:00.002+08:00

Seriously I'm getting pretty impatient with SIM.

hi Desmond,

You will be getting an outcome of your application from SIM by the end of April. There will be an official notice posted to you at the address stated in the application form. Thank you!

Best regards,
Alisa Han
Executive - Admissions

So I assume this coming week i will receive at least the worst. Hell they are just wasting time man.

So now I'm smelling my freedom after 99 days. Yet i'm afraid whats ahead of me...
How i wish things are simple as it use to be.

*Sigh*

Its tough being old.

99days

Finally...

2008-04-27T03:15:00.002+08:00

Finally...

my last 100 days

Can see my tunnel light soon.

HELL YA!!!!