Oops. It's almost 3 months since my last post. To say that I was too busy with schoolwork would be a poor excuse, considering that I am always logged in on MSN and facebook. Thus, I shall not account for the absence of updates.
So what got me back to update today? Well I had been wondering why this blog was created... I planned for the birth of this blog to be on my ORD day. I even had the template ready before that fateful day, the day I became a full-time civilian again... So, actually I wanted to post entries, 1 by 1, of my ORD journal. No, the journal is not meant to depict the 2 year story of my soldiering life. Instead, it was a 41-day countdown to ORD. Amazing. Why 41? Well, I started that diary on the night I left Sinagpore for Brunei, and the first entry was written on the plane.
Did I post all the entries in the journal online? No, I did not manage to. Prolly got bored of it...
There was however another goal of the blog. It is to promote my photography works. I bought very own DSLR on my ord day, and started to take better pics ever since.
However, it led me to update my blog only when I have photos to share.
Now, I do have photos to share, but I am just too lazy to do it... Lol.
The year is coming to an end... I must say it's been a fast year. I used to tell myself that this year was going to be a fantastic year. 2009, the year I ORD, the year I pass driving, the year I enter university, the year I turn 21...
No matter what happens, it is definitely better than 2007 and 2008. Those 2 years were lost years of my life. In fact, my 19th birthday is most likely the worst birthday I ever had. A most depressing one in fact... In case you are wondering why, a short answer is army. My 20th birthday was probably ok...
Now... why am I talking about birthdays? My birthday is in one month, and its my 21st! What does it really mean?
You see, this year I witness the most birthday celebrations and having friends attending birthday parties now and then was a very common thing to hear. It's because the 88-dragon-babies are turning 21 this year. Yea, most people I know celebrates 21. Seriously, is it that special?
Initially, I never really wanted to celebrate my 21st this year because I'm lazy to and it falls in the exam period.
Now, my decision still stands, with a different reason. Being a GEK1506 (Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy) student, dates no longer seem as unique/special as they used to be to me.
Here's what I think. You survived 21 years, do you actually know how many days are there in that? How many times have you celebrated your birthday on the wrong day without you knowing it (and you probably still don't know now) because of the inaccuracy of the calendar? Ok, that's probably a bit controversial, but let us think about it. Lets say you are born today at 12 noon. Your 'true' birthday next year (2010) would be a bit before 6pm next year on the same date. Ok so what does it really mean? Imagine you were born at 9pm on 25oct2009, then damn, you should celebrate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd birthday on 26oct, not 25th..
Go by chinese calendars and you should probably ask yourself how many leap months you have lived through. Go by muslim calendars and another interesting point comes into mind. You want to celebrate your 21st year alive on this miserable planet. By the gregorian calendar you may be 21, but don't punch me when I come to your party and tell you that you are much older than you are because more than 21 and a half muslim years have passed.
Am I against birthday celebrations because I'm getting old? But there are still adults who celebrate their birthdays right? Probably just a guess, but I think young people, especially very young people, love to celebrate their birthdays, and also the old people. Families tend to celebrate the old people's birthdays more often than middle-aged people.
You strongly believe your 21st birthday is special. Think of every reason why it is so, and you probably can rule out that your 22nd should be even more special for the same reasons. After all, you are celebrating your 1,2,3,...,20,21 years of survival/experience/achievement on this planet too when you decide to celebrate 22. It's inclusive. You can't say "I'm celebrating my 16th birthday because I'm finally 16th, but hey, I'm not giving credit to my 1st 15 years"
Think about it, will your 34th birthday mean anything to you? Will your 45th birthday be special? Any plans for your 48th birthday?
Will you be rejoicing, or complaining that you are getting old? Either way it doesn't really matter.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Science Orientation Week
my one and only camp before U and i loved it! 1 x good one is enough. yes i made frens. yes i had fun. yes i am more ready for uni!
on the first day it was a lil ice breakers and dry games. it started off well becoz holun was in my og. and then i found out that there were quite a few nyjcians around. so in a way theres something in common besides the modules we're bidding for? haha. the games were ok, though i fell down twice in the same area in 2 different games, scratching both my knees. right knee had a wound that lasted for the whole of sow. the pain was horrible especially during showers or when im stretching/retracting my knee. at night theres this fear factor games. one of which was um... a game similar to wheel of fortune. my team had to clear a plate of blue cheese, raw egg, dried frogs, crickets. i took the blue cheese. and omg... it freaking stinks...
2nd day we played wet games. they were quite fun too. there was this game where we play captain's ball using a ball of dough. i got hit in the face by the ball of dough. dam pain lol>_<. secret-pal gift making on this day too. u can see the angel clay i made in my previous post.
3rd day was more games again. by the 3rd day we were pretty much bonded already. after eating meals tgt, playing games tgt, sleeping in a lecture theatre tgt.. etc. but i left at 10:30pm instead of staying with them becoz i had driving revision the next day (sat)
day 4, after my driving lesson in the morning, i rushed down to sentosa to join my og in the beach games! generally ok, everyone seems tired after camping in sch for 3 days, but we still had fun. at night, i had 3 choices to take my journey. either go supper with og, or go take pics of NE Show 3, or go Jowie's 21st bdae. naturally the 3rd option was the wisest choice becoz its jowie's 21st! haha. but sad la, missed out on 2 events.
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monday driving test. PASSED!!! with 4 points only. pro right? hahaha
i dunno which route i was given though. just take instructions and drive. wahaah
after which i rushed down to nus for the freshmen inauguration ceremony.
after the ceremony we went to marina sq where ogl kelvin treated us to pool. =D
tues was flag day! we nus students went to various parts of singapore to flag for donations for the less fortunate. it was a really fun (abit tiring too) day. the morning rush ppl were more generous. some interesting situations:
situation 1: i asked this stranger if she would like to donate some money. she turned away and proceeded on. i said we're from nus. she stopped in her tracks and took out her purse to donate some coins. LOL
situation 2: this middle aged lady asked me where am i from (which organisation am i from). i said nus fac of sci. she then said "but i don't even know if my daughter will get into nus..." though her comments were pretty unrelated to this.. i replied "maybe if u donate some money u may have good karma". she smiled and said "karma, thats a good word. i'll give it to you". and she went on to rant about she will give me all the coins she have, adding that if she doesn't have any then its my bad luck, lol. she gave me quite a lot.
situation 3: this young girl walked up to me and said "are u in year 1?" i said "ya". she put a coin in and told me to study hard and wished me good luck in uni. that was quite an encouraging moment haha.
situation 4: a busker in a underpass called for me and donated 20 cents into my can. my frens and i were quite touched so we sang a song with them. jason mraz's lucky. it was a really fun experience to busk with such a jovial mood. anyway i donated $2 to him before we left.
pls check out my flag day pics. coz its taken by me. haha.
after flag, some of us went to watch Hangover. nc16 show but i find it a bit more towards the m18 category. besides nudity, there were a bit of sexual references. vulgarities come and go easily but im pretty much accustomed to it after ns haha. i like this movie becoz the way the story develops is good. the story is bout this group of guys who are celebrating a bachelor's party for their pal and wake up not remembering anything (sound like a typical hangover? no), and they have to use clues from whatever they have to find out what happened and where did their friend end up. the ending was a great concept too. i find it quite original, to use a camera and show a slideshow of pics to tell the untold story in the movie.
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thurs met up with the og for buffet dinner at crystal jade, went to play left 4 dead, and finally go back to sch to stay over for the next day; SOW Part II. after helping out a lil rag, took a 4 hours sleep till 7:30am. and here we have it. the last day of SOW.
at lunch, our secret pal was revealed to us. my sp is a cute girl from nj. her gift for me was quite nice too, got a camera. kind of thoughtful of her to remember that i like photography haha.
after lunch we went for amazing race. went to chinatown then to esplanade then to fort canning park then to boat quay then to sci centre then to west coast park then back to nus. woah...
had western dinner and changed into pyjamas for the slumber party!
all look so cute in pyjamas!
during the awards presentation was dam sian. our og didn't win anything at all. i think out of the 16 ogs, only got 2 or 3 og nv win anything at all during the whole orientation, including my og, lol. but nevertheless at the end we still get to cheer because we won the best house! consoling la... then they played music and we danced+taopok+take photos. lucky nv tio taupok, though one of my seniors carried me to take pics and i thought i was gonna get stripped or "pillar"-ed. XD
we then went to help rag a bit and went out to eat prata in our pyjamas. yes, everyone was staring at us becoz we were in our pyjamas. but it was a fun experience. went back to sch to shower and it was already 4am. we had a heartwarming talk in a tutorial room till 6am. some of them took a half hour nap but i just stayed awake since its already 6+. so i didn't sleep at all for a whole day.
went to cheer for sci fac (its rag day on sat!), then took a short nap on the slope in front of the University Hall. then went for lunch where we had a good heartwarming meal before departing. it was a good end to the week we shared together, as a OG made up of different people with common goals. we got to know each other, we really bonded well, and we enjoyed the time spent together, forged into memories that will stay for very very long, if not forever.
on the first day it was a lil ice breakers and dry games. it started off well becoz holun was in my og. and then i found out that there were quite a few nyjcians around. so in a way theres something in common besides the modules we're bidding for? haha. the games were ok, though i fell down twice in the same area in 2 different games, scratching both my knees. right knee had a wound that lasted for the whole of sow. the pain was horrible especially during showers or when im stretching/retracting my knee. at night theres this fear factor games. one of which was um... a game similar to wheel of fortune. my team had to clear a plate of blue cheese, raw egg, dried frogs, crickets. i took the blue cheese. and omg... it freaking stinks...
2nd day we played wet games. they were quite fun too. there was this game where we play captain's ball using a ball of dough. i got hit in the face by the ball of dough. dam pain lol>_<. secret-pal gift making on this day too. u can see the angel clay i made in my previous post.
3rd day was more games again. by the 3rd day we were pretty much bonded already. after eating meals tgt, playing games tgt, sleeping in a lecture theatre tgt.. etc. but i left at 10:30pm instead of staying with them becoz i had driving revision the next day (sat)
day 4, after my driving lesson in the morning, i rushed down to sentosa to join my og in the beach games! generally ok, everyone seems tired after camping in sch for 3 days, but we still had fun. at night, i had 3 choices to take my journey. either go supper with og, or go take pics of NE Show 3, or go Jowie's 21st bdae. naturally the 3rd option was the wisest choice becoz its jowie's 21st! haha. but sad la, missed out on 2 events.
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monday driving test. PASSED!!! with 4 points only. pro right? hahaha
i dunno which route i was given though. just take instructions and drive. wahaah
after which i rushed down to nus for the freshmen inauguration ceremony.
after the ceremony we went to marina sq where ogl kelvin treated us to pool. =D
tues was flag day! we nus students went to various parts of singapore to flag for donations for the less fortunate. it was a really fun (abit tiring too) day. the morning rush ppl were more generous. some interesting situations:
situation 1: i asked this stranger if she would like to donate some money. she turned away and proceeded on. i said we're from nus. she stopped in her tracks and took out her purse to donate some coins. LOL
situation 2: this middle aged lady asked me where am i from (which organisation am i from). i said nus fac of sci. she then said "but i don't even know if my daughter will get into nus..." though her comments were pretty unrelated to this.. i replied "maybe if u donate some money u may have good karma". she smiled and said "karma, thats a good word. i'll give it to you". and she went on to rant about she will give me all the coins she have, adding that if she doesn't have any then its my bad luck, lol. she gave me quite a lot.
situation 3: this young girl walked up to me and said "are u in year 1?" i said "ya". she put a coin in and told me to study hard and wished me good luck in uni. that was quite an encouraging moment haha.
situation 4: a busker in a underpass called for me and donated 20 cents into my can. my frens and i were quite touched so we sang a song with them. jason mraz's lucky. it was a really fun experience to busk with such a jovial mood. anyway i donated $2 to him before we left.
pls check out my flag day pics. coz its taken by me. haha.
after flag, some of us went to watch Hangover. nc16 show but i find it a bit more towards the m18 category. besides nudity, there were a bit of sexual references. vulgarities come and go easily but im pretty much accustomed to it after ns haha. i like this movie becoz the way the story develops is good. the story is bout this group of guys who are celebrating a bachelor's party for their pal and wake up not remembering anything (sound like a typical hangover? no), and they have to use clues from whatever they have to find out what happened and where did their friend end up. the ending was a great concept too. i find it quite original, to use a camera and show a slideshow of pics to tell the untold story in the movie.
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thurs met up with the og for buffet dinner at crystal jade, went to play left 4 dead, and finally go back to sch to stay over for the next day; SOW Part II. after helping out a lil rag, took a 4 hours sleep till 7:30am. and here we have it. the last day of SOW.
at lunch, our secret pal was revealed to us. my sp is a cute girl from nj. her gift for me was quite nice too, got a camera. kind of thoughtful of her to remember that i like photography haha.
after lunch we went for amazing race. went to chinatown then to esplanade then to fort canning park then to boat quay then to sci centre then to west coast park then back to nus. woah...
had western dinner and changed into pyjamas for the slumber party!
all look so cute in pyjamas!
during the awards presentation was dam sian. our og didn't win anything at all. i think out of the 16 ogs, only got 2 or 3 og nv win anything at all during the whole orientation, including my og, lol. but nevertheless at the end we still get to cheer because we won the best house! consoling la... then they played music and we danced+taopok+take photos. lucky nv tio taupok, though one of my seniors carried me to take pics and i thought i was gonna get stripped or "pillar"-ed. XD
we then went to help rag a bit and went out to eat prata in our pyjamas. yes, everyone was staring at us becoz we were in our pyjamas. but it was a fun experience. went back to sch to shower and it was already 4am. we had a heartwarming talk in a tutorial room till 6am. some of them took a half hour nap but i just stayed awake since its already 6+. so i didn't sleep at all for a whole day.
went to cheer for sci fac (its rag day on sat!), then took a short nap on the slope in front of the University Hall. then went for lunch where we had a good heartwarming meal before departing. it was a good end to the week we shared together, as a OG made up of different people with common goals. we got to know each other, we really bonded well, and we enjoyed the time spent together, forged into memories that will stay for very very long, if not forever.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sch is Starting!
cant wait for sch to start. need to study or brain will just rot lol.
anyway i went for the first part of my orientation and it is just so fun la. love my og!~
even though i fell down twice (first on left knee, 2nd on right knee) and ended up with a wound that lasted till now (and counting), which btw caused a lot of discomfort and pain when i straighthen and bend my knee/shower/get wet in the beach of sentosa, i pretty much enjoyed my orientation. holun is my og mate, coincidentally! yvonne thng, my sec sch fren, is a senior of my og! wow.. another senior is a nyjcian too. my mass dance partner is a nyjcian too. furthermore, my og name is actually Mario! lol.. things seem to fit very well. im not a hardcore mario fan but i could relate well to it.
check out a clay angel i made for my secret pal.
tml is my driving test. hope i pass. i cant say im confident, but i dun think i am in any way a hopeless driver. so.. good luck to me haha~
anyway i went for the first part of my orientation and it is just so fun la. love my og!~
even though i fell down twice (first on left knee, 2nd on right knee) and ended up with a wound that lasted till now (and counting), which btw caused a lot of discomfort and pain when i straighthen and bend my knee/shower/get wet in the beach of sentosa, i pretty much enjoyed my orientation. holun is my og mate, coincidentally! yvonne thng, my sec sch fren, is a senior of my og! wow.. another senior is a nyjcian too. my mass dance partner is a nyjcian too. furthermore, my og name is actually Mario! lol.. things seem to fit very well. im not a hardcore mario fan but i could relate well to it.
check out a clay angel i made for my secret pal.
tml is my driving test. hope i pass. i cant say im confident, but i dun think i am in any way a hopeless driver. so.. good luck to me haha~
Sunday, July 12, 2009
NE Show 1 2009
yesterday, i have finally gotten my very own tripod and external flash. still trying out flash photography, but really love what flash can do to your photos. let there be light!
so anyway, the build up to the fireworks was great, get to see choppers, f16s, artillery on "boats" and colourful flares. however... rain had to come and shower on renny's and my eos 450d. it was a frantic moment. we were desperately trying to protect our cameras while trying to capture as many good shots as we could in that few minutes that lasted like seconds. the body was relatively safe but the photos were ruined and the front of the lens were wet. what a scare....
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ya i know, the photos look quite bad, especially the fireworks. take this as a recce session for NE Show 2. i will be more prepared.
so anyway, the build up to the fireworks was great, get to see choppers, f16s, artillery on "boats" and colourful flares. however... rain had to come and shower on renny's and my eos 450d. it was a frantic moment. we were desperately trying to protect our cameras while trying to capture as many good shots as we could in that few minutes that lasted like seconds. the body was relatively safe but the photos were ruined and the front of the lens were wet. what a scare....
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ya i know, the photos look quite bad, especially the fireworks. take this as a recce session for NE Show 2. i will be more prepared.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
H1N1 In Singapore
it appears that with the rise of the number of h1n1 cases, my blog has also taken preventive measures by staying inactive and dormant. have u taken ur temperature before viewing this site?
anyway, this is a graph i've plotted to reflect the number of h1n1 cases reported in singapore. data comes directly from MOH website. the vertical axis depicts the total number of cases while the horizontal axis depicts the day sequence since singapore had its first h1n1 case, with Day 1 being the first day.
but before we label this as purely an exponential curve, we must put into consideration that the sharp rise took place during the june holidays. we can blame the travellers and holiday-goers! looking at the first few cases yes we can. in fact, in late june, more than half of the infected people are aged 20 and below, while a slightly less than half belong to the 20-50 group. thats a even larger range then the <20> traffic advisory don't work anymore because chances of getting the virus locally is much higher now. so now i'm looking at ndp... while fortunately and unfortunately i did not manage to obtain any tickets, i really hope that there are no irresponsible idiots who despite suffer from flu-like symptoms decide not to miss the once-per-year event.
facing the risk of contracting a flu virus is not the way to start school term either...
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so that aside, i just attended kh's 21st! we were supposed to eat a japanese restaurant when to the organiser's (tan huiyong) realization (a lil too late) that it was not certified halal and we had malay guests. after some frantic moments, we managed to settle at thai express. still, there was no halal symbol and the muslim guests did not eat their dinner with us. i think kiahow must have felt bad for them, after all his frens came with goodwill, well wishes, and a present.
after dinner we proceeded to Acid Bar for drinks. personally i strictly don't drink. but sigh.. since it's for kiahow, i managed to take down a few sips, which was perhaps 1/5 of the whole bottle.
heard he got drunk and vomitted 4 times. guess he had fun =D.
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should i have a 21st party?
currently no intention and decision is against it.
but its still months away. lets think about it much later XD
Monday, June 15, 2009
Ooo...
i've finally gotten myself to resume blogging after a long period of inactivity.
but the reason why its so stagnant is probably becoz i associate the opportunity to blog with the publishing of photos... it sort of became a routine; a responsibility; a chore... and it takes out the fun and purpose of taking photos, or even blogging for that matter.
therefore, a flaw in the concept of this blog has been discovered. perhaps i should do away with the photo of the day. after all, hardly anyone notices it anyway lol!
anyway, i went to the pc showand got myself some photo paper and ink for my canon selphy =D. and i went the next day to get myself a samsung omnia. hehe ^.^. well frens who have seen me using my old phone would prolly know its been many years since i've been using that old one (panasonic; and i dunno the model). but... kinda miss the old phone. its not a fabulous phone with smart features but it has some memorable photos, and the sms tone and ringtone has sort of became a part of my life.
nobody knows this, but im used to hearing majulah singapura (instrumental) every morning at 6:15am, 6:25am, and 6:35am ringing from my phone alarm. actually this shows that my activation energy is quite high eh... lol
my old sms tone is a familiar tune from super mario.
last sat went to zhen fa steamboat. i like the fact that novena is just a 30min direct bus ride from my house, but the steamboat dinner seemed disappointing. honestly, i rather be eating 1gds cookhouse food than the dinner i had. the only thing i enjoyed was the ice cream and the ice cream puff and the drink. and if u ask me what i would pay for the dinner i had, honestly, no more than $8, strictly. in fact with $6 i can dinner almost anywhere that can give me more satisfaction. of coz i cant discount the fact that i had the choice of eating what i like amidst the varierty of food, and steamboating with a group of frens is definitely an experience 1 shouldn't miss out. really, it was the dinner-with-frens-but-put-the-food-aside and the after-dinner mingling that made the night. =D
photos in the next entry!
but the reason why its so stagnant is probably becoz i associate the opportunity to blog with the publishing of photos... it sort of became a routine; a responsibility; a chore... and it takes out the fun and purpose of taking photos, or even blogging for that matter.
therefore, a flaw in the concept of this blog has been discovered. perhaps i should do away with the photo of the day. after all, hardly anyone notices it anyway lol!
anyway, i went to the pc showand got myself some photo paper and ink for my canon selphy =D. and i went the next day to get myself a samsung omnia. hehe ^.^. well frens who have seen me using my old phone would prolly know its been many years since i've been using that old one (panasonic; and i dunno the model). but... kinda miss the old phone. its not a fabulous phone with smart features but it has some memorable photos, and the sms tone and ringtone has sort of became a part of my life.
nobody knows this, but im used to hearing majulah singapura (instrumental) every morning at 6:15am, 6:25am, and 6:35am ringing from my phone alarm. actually this shows that my activation energy is quite high eh... lol
my old sms tone is a familiar tune from super mario.
last sat went to zhen fa steamboat. i like the fact that novena is just a 30min direct bus ride from my house, but the steamboat dinner seemed disappointing. honestly, i rather be eating 1gds cookhouse food than the dinner i had. the only thing i enjoyed was the ice cream and the ice cream puff and the drink. and if u ask me what i would pay for the dinner i had, honestly, no more than $8, strictly. in fact with $6 i can dinner almost anywhere that can give me more satisfaction. of coz i cant discount the fact that i had the choice of eating what i like amidst the varierty of food, and steamboating with a group of frens is definitely an experience 1 shouldn't miss out. really, it was the dinner-with-frens-but-put-the-food-aside and the after-dinner mingling that made the night. =D
photos in the next entry!
Monday, May 4, 2009
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this morning was the first time i drove in wet conditions, quite a fulfilling experience. however, weather was so cold, plus the car's aircon, that towards the end of my lesson my feet were getting numb from the cold... so numb that i couldn't properly feel the accelerator. there were even instances i couldn't feel the brake pedal, and i thought i missed it. afternoon's lesson was fun too, get to drive around amk and yio chu kang, as far as to the Teachers' Estate, and amk ave 3, where i previously lived. and ssdc has finally started on their temperature taking measure for all visitors, as with many other places. just imagine, a car at the centre gets used by up to perhaps 7 different learner drivers. and every single driver would touch the steering wheel and the gear...
anyway, been doing some event photography on my own haha.
AMK HUB FOOD FARE
MINISTERIAL COMMUNITY VISIT TO NEE SOON SOUTH
hmm kinda lazy to upload photos for the actual event. but i took pics of a tree planted by minister lee bee wah =D
ok heres 1 pic from the event.
SEMBAWANG SHOPPING CENTRE RACE 2 WIN
my mother was one of the lucky 120 hopeful participants, selected to take part in this event to fight for a chance to win a chevrolet auto car. participants must find different given locations (retail stores) in the shopping centre and collect 6 stamps. the 1st 12 to make it back will then play the final game to stand a chance to win the car. and so, 95 participants turned up, and turned sembawang shopping centre into a obstacle course. for 20 min you can see people of all sorts (gender, age group, fat aunties, skinny geeks, etc) running around the whole place.
generally, the 1st 12 to complete their objectives were young male adults, unsurprisingly... so anyway... the final game...
in order of their ranking in that previous race, 12 participants will take turns picking a key from 16 keys to try and open the car. if they succeed, the car is theirs. if all 12 have picked a key and failed to open the car, the 1st 4 will continue their turns at the final 4 keys. the winner of the car turned out to be the 2nd guy, at the 14th picked key, out of 16. meaning, all 12 tried their luck and failed =/ what are the odds lol. for the 2nd guy, he was to choose a key out of key 2, key 15, key 16. and guess what? key 2 was the fateful one. perhaps thats why its called Race 2 Win (2 wins).
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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK
9th entry; 090209, 2212 HRS
Lying on my double decker (bottom half), with standard (SAF) blue bedsheet and a damn small pillow wrapped in blue pillow case. While i prefer my bed, I have no other choice but to accept and adapt to what I have
So anyway, seems like today will be the earliest night I'm turning in to. Might have been more well spent if I can enjoy the full moon and yuan xiao jie with my family. 5 days to V-dae, thus 5 days to Singapore! (and 32 days to pink!)
Today's work was the least thus far, as the batallion is outfield and there's hardly anyone in camp, not that there will be work even if the rifle coys were in camp. Managed to play basketball and more DS games. I still suck at B-ball... I think I should stick to playing squash for the rest of the week lol.
Today was also eat-your-pills-and-vomit day. However, I did not vomit. which is of coz a great relief.
1 month left and I'm starting to slacken.. but I know I shouldn't as I don't want to waste time being unproductive, and I don't want to miss the free time in army enjoying life.
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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.
anyway, been doing some event photography on my own haha.
AMK HUB FOOD FARE
MINISTERIAL COMMUNITY VISIT TO NEE SOON SOUTH
hmm kinda lazy to upload photos for the actual event. but i took pics of a tree planted by minister lee bee wah =D
ok heres 1 pic from the event.
SEMBAWANG SHOPPING CENTRE RACE 2 WIN
my mother was one of the lucky 120 hopeful participants, selected to take part in this event to fight for a chance to win a chevrolet auto car. participants must find different given locations (retail stores) in the shopping centre and collect 6 stamps. the 1st 12 to make it back will then play the final game to stand a chance to win the car. and so, 95 participants turned up, and turned sembawang shopping centre into a obstacle course. for 20 min you can see people of all sorts (gender, age group, fat aunties, skinny geeks, etc) running around the whole place.
generally, the 1st 12 to complete their objectives were young male adults, unsurprisingly... so anyway... the final game...
in order of their ranking in that previous race, 12 participants will take turns picking a key from 16 keys to try and open the car. if they succeed, the car is theirs. if all 12 have picked a key and failed to open the car, the 1st 4 will continue their turns at the final 4 keys. the winner of the car turned out to be the 2nd guy, at the 14th picked key, out of 16. meaning, all 12 tried their luck and failed =/ what are the odds lol. for the 2nd guy, he was to choose a key out of key 2, key 15, key 16. and guess what? key 2 was the fateful one. perhaps thats why its called Race 2 Win (2 wins).
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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK
9th entry; 090209, 2212 HRS
Lying on my double decker (bottom half), with standard (SAF) blue bedsheet and a damn small pillow wrapped in blue pillow case. While i prefer my bed, I have no other choice but to accept and adapt to what I have
So anyway, seems like today will be the earliest night I'm turning in to. Might have been more well spent if I can enjoy the full moon and yuan xiao jie with my family. 5 days to V-dae, thus 5 days to Singapore! (and 32 days to pink!)
Today's work was the least thus far, as the batallion is outfield and there's hardly anyone in camp, not that there will be work even if the rifle coys were in camp. Managed to play basketball and more DS games. I still suck at B-ball... I think I should stick to playing squash for the rest of the week lol.
Today was also eat-your-pills-and-vomit day. However, I did not vomit. which is of coz a great relief.
1 month left and I'm starting to slacken.. but I know I shouldn't as I don't want to waste time being unproductive, and I don't want to miss the free time in army enjoying life.
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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.
Monday, April 20, 2009
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went for my nus pre-enrolment medical checkup today. quite an enjoyable experience. the staff were friendly, and the process was smooth and efficient, quality service u will never experience in a military medical centre. lol.
a fren told me that it's not a fun experience to be lost in nus. but after dropping off at the yusof ishak house, it took us only 5 min to locate the UHC. =D but we kinda cheated anyway, coz we went into the campus via taxi. and wth, i paid the full fare while yx and danny didn't fork out a cent. met this guy named jeremy. apparently i met him at nyjc. he is a fren of jeremy teo who is a 1gdsman. this is the part where i should say "singapore is small" but it's not really that surprising anyway.
on the way home, i saw this pri sch gal wearing a specially designed t-shirt with the words "JING SHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL" at the back. it looked quite cool. it then occured to me that i've almost never seen any jsps students for quite a long time already. it's like, you can see so many other pri sch students walking around but where does jsps students go... maybe they are like me, go straight home after school. lol.
also... it's been a really long time since i've seen any of my pri sch frens... maybe by a stroke of luck fate will have us meet in nus.. any one..
life is like a flawed tetris puzzle, with holes in between every layers, caused by uneven pieces that don't fit each other.
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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK
8th entry; 080209 2230HRS
A sunday spent in a foreign land. Days to go? Less than ten.
This morning as I went for breakfast, can't help but notice the camp is covered with mist. When it got brighter, the balance of mist and light made me feel like I'm wearing foggy specs. It also casted a dim glowing effect, making the whole environment dreamy-like. It really made me feel like I was in a dreamland/heaven. Certainly a cool experience.
I spent most of the day playing squash and talking to my friends back in SG through MSN, glad that most of them were online on this lovely Sunday. Tomorrow is YuanXiaoJie, how I wish I can be with them...
So anyway, with regards to my progress in mathemagics, I can't master 3-digit squaring as it requires the mastery of 2-digit squaring. I'm talking about mental calculations!
Hope tomorrow may be as fun. However, a week has passed and I need to take my pills tomorrow. So.. another expected round of vomitting...
Good luck!
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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.
a fren told me that it's not a fun experience to be lost in nus. but after dropping off at the yusof ishak house, it took us only 5 min to locate the UHC. =D but we kinda cheated anyway, coz we went into the campus via taxi. and wth, i paid the full fare while yx and danny didn't fork out a cent. met this guy named jeremy. apparently i met him at nyjc. he is a fren of jeremy teo who is a 1gdsman. this is the part where i should say "singapore is small" but it's not really that surprising anyway.
on the way home, i saw this pri sch gal wearing a specially designed t-shirt with the words "JING SHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL" at the back. it looked quite cool. it then occured to me that i've almost never seen any jsps students for quite a long time already. it's like, you can see so many other pri sch students walking around but where does jsps students go... maybe they are like me, go straight home after school. lol.
also... it's been a really long time since i've seen any of my pri sch frens... maybe by a stroke of luck fate will have us meet in nus.. any one..
life is like a flawed tetris puzzle, with holes in between every layers, caused by uneven pieces that don't fit each other.
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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK
8th entry; 080209 2230HRS
A sunday spent in a foreign land. Days to go? Less than ten.
This morning as I went for breakfast, can't help but notice the camp is covered with mist. When it got brighter, the balance of mist and light made me feel like I'm wearing foggy specs. It also casted a dim glowing effect, making the whole environment dreamy-like. It really made me feel like I was in a dreamland/heaven. Certainly a cool experience.
I spent most of the day playing squash and talking to my friends back in SG through MSN, glad that most of them were online on this lovely Sunday. Tomorrow is YuanXiaoJie, how I wish I can be with them...
So anyway, with regards to my progress in mathemagics, I can't master 3-digit squaring as it requires the mastery of 2-digit squaring. I'm talking about mental calculations!
Hope tomorrow may be as fun. However, a week has passed and I need to take my pills tomorrow. So.. another expected round of vomitting...
Good luck!
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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.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Good Friday
HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY TO ALL~~~
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.
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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