of coz, a holiday seems like any other day now haha. but its still special, coz its the people you know that are free. thats the main point. just hours ago i met up with yk for dinner. quite a rare meeting i would say... but cool yk looks smart in his uh no.3 =D
this is amk hub at twilight
and this is amk hub later in the evening
sorry no tripod...
and there was full moon!
after trying to capture the details of the moon, i realised that it's not as easy as it seems... firstly im inspired to get telephoto lens, 2ndly i wanna get external flash. and i need a tripod. but im gaining experience too =D
so anyway past few days i tried cardstacking. my previous record was 7 storeys high on the triangular pyramid tower, and now i've managed to break that record to an auspicious number 8. nice.
Cardstacking not only requires patience and determination, you need precision, good sense of angles, and a creative mind that understands the pressure points and weight distribution of ur card structure. Of all that i have mentioned, I'm quite lacking in all of it. What I have, was only time...
Took me 1h30min to make that 8 storey tower.
I wanted to go higher, so I discovered another concept of cardstacking. A pattern that goes vertically upwards. This pattern, however, requires much more perfection in it's placement, and a slight deviation often lead to failure. What's frustrating is... everytime this pattern crumbles, the whole tower falls.. So i spent half a day, and I only managed to reach 3 storeys high...
Come to think of it, I wanted to build a tower that was at least my height initially...
So anyway i improvised on that pattern and came out with another pattern... but my skills are quite bad... so I only managed to reach 2 storeys high.
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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK
7th entry; 070209 2230HRS
Ok I have lost count to the number of remaining days to Friday the 13th...
I'm really starting to enjoy the perks of being what I am... or rather having an admin post. I'm having more free time and the work tasked to me are much more manageable...
I played squash this morning, quite a good workout I would say. But what really mattered was taht it brought memories of JC days back to me. No, I wasn't from Squash, but my friend Gay PR was, and he's a pro. I still remember the fun days of my class playing squash together, and it was Gay who taught most of us how to play. Thanks to him I was able to enjoy the game today. Come to think of it, I miss playing sports with my JC friends. Squash, basketball (I suck at it though), Petanque (my CCA)... You know what, I really want to play petanque right now. It's a pity nobody knows that game.
Today is also the 21st bdae of my BMT sergeant, Daniel Hakkim, and my OGL-mate (both of us were OGLs of OG12), Marilyn. Congrats to them, I hope they had a great time. Mine is coming 'soon', in 9 months...
By the way, I've learnt how to square three-digit numbers mentally! But I need to master two-digits first...
Two days to the end of CNY, Yuan Xiao Jie, and I'm in Brunei... At least I had a good view of the 80% full moon while on my way back to bunk. The bright and beautiful moon casted it's white, dim, radiant glow on the slightly cloudy night sky of Brunei, forming a spiral cone of white fluff around itself from my view. It's beautiful, it's meant to be appreciated, it maks me miss home...
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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK is a short ORD journal written, word for word, by Alvin during his last days of full-time NS.
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