Love is patient love is kind

Hmm HMm, its about time

2005-07-07T10:04:00.000+08:00

woh 2 months just pass like that since i graduated from poly. Looks like its really realli time for me to step into the ah bing ge(army) life. TIme to hand up my Pink IC in exchange for the much dreaded 11B(army ic). haha. Bought some items i thought i will need for life in tekong. NOw im still feeling pretty relaxed n calm about goin army. MEi you se me da bu liao one la.haha. anyway i know that God will sent his angels n his presence will be alongside me when i go there. When i have the time n chance will prob contact my good frens n family back in mainland spore. yeah so all u ppl out there, enjoy life while u can and take care leh. p.s I'll be back :!O

1 more week before my IC taken

2005-06-29T13:18:00.000+08:00

my Days are numbered. gonna be an NSF very soon. will be goin in next friday july 8 1145. Wish me all the best. Hope i call come back in one piece.haa. Will update more about my life inside when im out. Just hope i get a company that has nice officers n cool platoon mates. ITs gonna be like a training camp for me. Will contact u guys esp my buddies when im out. Knock It Down! Recruit Ho! %*#(@*@)*)?!

Wruff! Wruff!

2005-06-16T23:50:00.000+08:00

In the morning around 10am went for a run around my neighbour hood from my place to SGH down kim tian to lower delta road back to my house. Estimated the distance should be around 2.8km like that. THis time round i tot i wouldnt be able to last the whole run without stopping due to tiredness n fatigue. BUt however thank god for the strength within me to run the whole distance, and I even improved my timing by bout a min. But the more surprising thing was that I wasnt feeling as dizzy and nauseuous the last time i ran the same route.

Later on went to do survey at orchard area( private estate). Saw lotsa nice houses and branded cars. There was one of this house i went into had sotra like a sliding door for their entracen and the whole house was like glass windowed. Very classy and elegant look xia. I was thinking either these people has very high paid jobs or their ancestors were filthy rich. haa. abit jealous but i told myself diff ppl have diff lives. shouldnt compare. yaa. That same house i went into guess what. The owner of the house has to be called using a phone within the house. Cos the maid called her. And she spoke to me thru the phone. just shows how big the house is. She said I have to make an appointment with her first. Wah liew. so snobbish. Guess shes seems reall busy so I decided not to interview her ba. Today was quite productive, except towards the end. When it turned dark, all the noisy fierce lookin dogs started their continuous barking at me. AT first quite scared but now used to it liao. can even talked to them. ask them relac la fren. im not a thief. haha.

2005-06-16T23:29:00.000+08:00

after an exhausting cycling trip

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wat u gonna do about our muscles?

2005-06-16T23:27:00.000+08:00

smile pls. act tao ah..haha

Reflections

2005-06-13T22:44:00.000+08:00

I realise for the past few days I managed to do my Quiet Time more consistently. It takes effort and reminding urself to make it the first thing I do when i wake up. Previously while I was still in Spore Poly, i only read the Daily Bread or bible on the bus. SOmetmies i will also miss a few times. Guilty of that. NOw i find that when i quieten myself before the Lord at the start of the day, I find myself more clear of what im doin in the day and the Lords presence through the day.
Went back to ARICC in the morning to give some suggestions and pass on some things about kicking gait to Andy. One of the few times heard he said Thank YOu to me. Kinda weird hearing that coming out from him cos he normally don say one. Can see he is now better in his social skills. I don think i did much la anyway. Only told him bout the basics of tuning the kicking and some ideas on doin a chip shot. Hope the robot can perform the chip shot soon. Help SP to victory in osaka. :) Can see some of the guys passion and commitment to the humanoid robots there. They sometimes can tune gaits and fix robots and postpone their lunch hours to later. N also they go everyday. Wish them all the best, may they do Sp proud in Osaka!
Im learning to be more disciplined in my daily habits as well as how i spend my time. Try not to waste any single min of my time. Seeing what are things need to be done. Like i went to photocopy the memory verses for my church sunday school youths. Was thinking of putting the verse in a transpararent plastic cover. so they can put it in their wallets. Gonna do that. like this they can read the verses even when they are outside. Another area im improving myself is how to consider the interests and needs of others. Many a times we focus alot on ourselves. what is good for ourselves. What we can do to make our life better. Often we missed out on how we can bless other people with what we have or what we say.
Shawn will be goin to Tekong for his PTP tmr le. Supposed to go in on sat one but cos of his sore eyes he has another 3 days with his frens and famiy before goin tekong. I believe army life in Teking can be quite interesting n fun one la. make some frens there. And go thru the tough training together. Hope he doesnt fall sick there and may his officer be understanding of the times when he really down n out physically. Cos he got lotsa health problems. Eyes, nose, heart. U name it u got it. Ke lian la. Ok make the best of your time in Tekong. When u reach there remember to msg us to let us know how u coping man. Ok go man Ah Bing Ge. Recruit Teo! Knock It Down! Soon Recruit Ho and Recruit Chua will be there too. :)

2005-06-08T02:26:00.000+08:00

Alongside Gods Majestic Creations

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One of the pagodas

2005-06-08T02:22:00.002+08:00

Kao Shiung

2005-06-08T02:22:00.001+08:00

Great shot. good view

2005-06-08T02:22:00.000+08:00

My fav. Jiu Fen market.

2005-06-08T02:21:00.001+08:00

taipel 101 models

2005-06-08T02:21:00.000+08:00

One of the night markets. lotsa stuff

2005-06-08T02:20:00.003+08:00

Windmill N pottery world

2005-06-08T02:20:00.002+08:00

Happy Family

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My daughter.haha

2005-06-08T02:20:00.000+08:00

At the jetty end

2005-06-08T02:19:00.002+08:00

Puny in contrast

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what a beautiful waterfall and ppl

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on the edge..careful wohh

2005-06-08T02:18:00.000+08:00

At a rest station.long journey

2005-06-08T02:16:00.000+08:00

yummyy..

2005-06-08T02:15:00.002+08:00

Near the museum. and xu chun mei house

2005-06-08T02:15:00.001+08:00

At the princess house

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4 more nice pics

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ANother nice view at Fisherman warve.

2005-06-08T02:12:00.000+08:00

At Fisherman Wharve. Strong wind xia

2005-06-08T02:11:00.000+08:00

models in action

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cute fishball seller

2005-06-08T02:09:00.000+08:00

Taroko Gorge in taiwan.nice view

Alright! A Productive day.

2005-06-07T22:54:00.000+08:00

Yeah! today's survey work at outram park area went well. Its much better than the previous Tiong bahru area i doin. For one its not as hot and also there are more units in one block. Thank god managed to complete 12 interviews in one evening, as compared to only 6 in a day in the last week. Its already considered so much better for me le. And i even managed to do one smoker. Yesh finally find another smoker. Previously most of the ppl i find are not smokers or even when they are smokers, they are not so willing to complete the 30min interview.
2 main persons whom i approached today left the biggest impression in me. The first one was this house with a cross outside the house. When i said i was conducting a quick interview bout 5 mins a few qns only, the lady in the house immediately said im a christian and i want to be at peace with everyone, with her hands out stretched.

Then she said she don like to offend anybody cos shes a Christian. She use that excuse to reject doin the survey for me. Hmmz. I just tot in my heart whether they are really true Christians. ITs fine with me if u don wish to do the survey cos u are not obliged to help me do. But i just find her reasoning very weird. It doesnt really make sense. IF u are truly a Christian i think u should be warm n loving n ready to help others.

Anyway the second person whom i remember is this tanned skinny guy who completed the smoking survey for me. Hes unemployed and staying at his brother flat. He even took a stool for me out to sit at the door side when he saw i was like quite tired standing. At first i told him there will be a 10 dollars voucher for him after he did the survey but he was quite skeptical about it. I assured him i will surely give him the voucher but he still don really blive. Anyway he still answered the qns about wat kind brand he smoke and other smoking qns. Upon completing the survey i chatted with him for a while. When i asked him whether hes eaten he told me he has no money about it. At first i didnt really blive him and i said U don even have a few dollars with U? Then i saw his bony chest and stomach, he doesnt look like he is lyin bout not yet eaten. SO i decided to give him 2 dollars so that at least he can buy some food to eat. Can see his happy face when i gave him the money and i hoped that little bit can fill his stomach for a while. Hmmz i wonder whether is there anyone helping him to find a job like the consitunency or grassroot workers. Or else hes gonna starve again.

Oh ya today read a large portion of the book "I kissed Dating Goodbye" , about five chapters ba. I read it on my way to tuition at Simei. It was a long ride on MRT so used the time to read it. Discovered and learned lotsa challenging n biblical views and opinions on dating and relationships. ITs always better to go out with members of the opposite sex in a group setting unless u are ready to commit. Cos when u put urself in a one on one situation u are putting the focus on each other and theres a danger the 2 of u may grow close physically or emotionally. As i read that, i realise im guilty of dating girls on a one on one basis for the sake of accompaniment or just to get to know the other person better. Quite a few occasions ba. My thinking was that there was no harm, just go out together and see if things can work out. I realise it was kinda wrong thinking, because firstly the girl may not see it that way. She may be growing close to U and expecting to commit or wat. Secondly also by doin that u may not be objective enuf to consider properly how u can show genuine love and concern for her, considering whats really her needs. GOin on one on one dates without being ready to commit is like climbing a mountain with another person and not being ready to support the other person if the other person falls. Eh i am paraphrasing from the book. sounds abit confusing though.haa.

The key idea is that Intimacy is only cause of the reward of commitment. So best is build healthy friendships with the opposite sex, with only thoughts of how U can be of encouragement or blessing to them. And not limiting urself to just one girl. Will definitely continue to finish the book. and i hope to be able to digest some useful guidelins and truths in the book about datin. most impt, to be honoring god in my relationships with girls. As i wait upon Gods direction and timin for my life partner, I want to develop deeper relationship with the Lord as well as with my friends.

Hi Im from TNS. im not here to sell anything

2005-05-31T23:53:00.000+08:00

For a few evenings been goin around TIong Bahru area to do door-to-door survey. This project is targeting smokers. The reason why i took up this job because the working hours are not fixed like 9 to 5 kind. I feel those kinda job restricts me alot and gives me less time to go out with friends and relax at home. At first i was pretty optimistic about this job. Seems like you just have to get ppl to answer questions here n there. Its only when i actually started doin when i start to discover how its realli like.

I had to do alone as my brother's girlfriend who actually went for the training with me decided not to take up this job. At first like abit scary la. Cos its like i got to knock on doors myself n get complete strangers to listen n answer my qns. Then some more the place i do is those low rise HDB areas. A few residents were quite nice, they willingly helped u do the survey. and there was even one auntie who offered me drink. A can of 100 plus. cold some more. Cos i was perspiring alot. I really thank God for such nice ppl like her. Like god sending someone to make my day better. However i don expect to meet ppl like her everyday.

I came to realise normally its those ppl aged like 50 and above more willing to open their house and talk to u. Those middle aged or young adults will probably snub you or too busy to do your survey. Some will like anyhow answer your questions. Ask him how many ppl in the house. he said a few lo. Or there are some who will like give their comments alot. share long stories. but havent answer the survey question .haa. I understand all these are part of the job la.

Maybe im not experienced enuf ba. Only managed to find one smoker to do the long survey. The rest i did are mostly non smokers. Actually just answer the questions got 10 dollars NTUC voucher not bad ma hor. But got alot ppl turned my offer down also lo. Even tried diff ways still didnt really worked. Like explain my situation said I been to so many houses none helped me do. Just do me favor la. PLs. Haa. I already like put my pride down still they refused la. So bo bian move on to the next house lo. Today i did the first one hour almost all i got rejected. I did not gave up and continued to go house by house. Efforts paid off when at the end of the day. DId seven surveys, though all non smokers im glad la. Cos only need to do 4 more and i can meet my quota and move on to another area. This area liek very few smokers, all very healthy living. haa. Plus very hot n humid here. N few units. just give me a average 10 storey HDB block im happy le. N i blive this is good training for my tolerance n patience. Not only the heat n restlessness but also to handle continuous rejections. N even learning how to smile though im tired in order to make ppl feel comfortable n moer willing to do the survey. Who would want to help a black faced sulky surveyor answer qns? haa.

Anyway managed to do Quiet Time in the morning. Even sanga few songs while playing the guitar like Thy Word is a Lamp Unto my Feet. Think they lyrics i can really relate to them. Cos many a times when i feel lost and confused or even afraid of what the future holds. I know that God is leading me and showing me the way. I will determine myself to maintain the level of consistency in doin QT as i want to draw closer to God n learn what he wants me to learn every new day. Every day is a challenge in itself, N half the battle is won when U have confidence in Him.

Thoughts

2005-05-15T00:33:00.000+08:00

When there is school n timetable n exams to occupy my time, I have a greater sense of purpose and motivation. There is something that im pursuing and i know what im working towards. Now that i have completed my 3 years of study in Singapore Poly, I find myself in control of my own time n how i want to spend my time. Initially this leaves me with a sense of purposelessness and laziness creeps in as well. I guess its time to have some self discipline and start to find my own aims n things i wanna achieve in life. Next Tuesday will be goin for the briefin at Taylor Nielsen Surveyors n prob will be starting work soon. Gonna be alot of things for me to learn. Its sorta part time work, plus flexible working hours. Reason why i don wanna work 9 to 5 this kinda job for now because i wanna have time to do my own things. To play my guitar, practise the keyboard, to jam with James n company, to meet up with people, to help out or attend a few YFC activities, open myself to see whats YFC like, to slack at home, to spend more time with my Mum, maybe go shopping or wat, as well as grow deeper in the Word n walk with God. :)

Indeed I also have to thank god for seeing through my 3 years in polytechnic. Things seem to pass me by so fast, can still roughly remember when i first came into poly, joining the Sports Club Freshmen Orientation Camp. 3 years in poly has really taught me alot of things. Like how to work in a group, how not to take things too seriously at times, how to be flexible and have also picked up quite a few sports like volleyball, swimming and tennis. Enjoyed the times talkin crap n joking around with Syir, Alvin, Shawn during lecture. ONce even bought a NWO shirt together with JEsper and Syir and wore it together to school .Haa.. In the first year was also the year when i first came into contac with soldering. Holding the 1000 degress plus metal on your hand and joining the parts into the board. The first few times when i tried my hand was always shaking n the contact will be one lump. Still remember that time one of m boards cannot work and it was Charlie who helped me to solder it on. Mr nice guy. N i still remember Miss Tan, our PEEE teacher. Shes serious during class n can joke around with us after class. She brought some of us to the staff canteen to have lunch and even treated us to grass jelly dessert. Won forget that man. My PTn teacher Mr Mike Wong will only bring us to eat when we ask for it. If not he will coup each of our 5 dollars. haa..

Year 2 was the most challenging in terms of the academic study. Because in this year we have the most no. of modules we have to take. N there were like 4 or 5 exams we had to take at one time. BUt by gods grace i went thru this year with pretty decent results. The good thing about poly is no homework, other than tutorials which is really up to u whether u want to do them. For me i rarely do tutorials. I only do tutorials one week before test or exam. BUt i realise tutorial definitely must try them sooner or later. Because if u can do them that means u are more or less capable of handlign exam questions. Oh man why am i still talkin bout studies. Also enjoy the times when went to play pool at CLementi Recreation Center either during our breaks or after school. Improved quite abit as im playing with experts like Rong xi or shawn. haa.

My final year timetable seem shiok cos finish early n start late. However realise alot of time will be spent in ARICC learning n programmign robots. Went to some demos here n there. Together with my partner cum buddy Shawn we managed to tune the kicking gait to thought not perfection, but at least the robot does not fall after a penalty kick. thought sometimes we have minor disagreements here n there, but things can be work out. Will continue to look back more into my poly life in my next entry. Really tired now la, Yesterday Sentosa, this morning basketball court soccer. Now i look like a burnt crab.

Back..:)

2005-04-26T10:59:00.000+08:00

The trip to Taiwan was really enjoyable and enriching. I have learnt so many things there, not only about myself but also about other people. Before the trip I was kinda hesitant as to whether goin with the tour would be more restricted and stuff like that. I was proven wrong though. Although we may not get the amount of freedom as those who may travel alone, this trip brought us to so many places which we might not see. We travelled around the borders of Taiwan. We went to Taipei, Jiufen, Yeliu, Kaoshiung, Taidong n Tainan. After visiting there, I have come to learned about the culture and people there. Most of them are Buddhists or Taoists, unlike Singapore who have a mix of different religions.
I went with so many of my friends like Tze Yew, Zi Qian, Mei Yao, Yan Mei n Yan Ping who is Yan Mei sister. For the most of them except me its their first time stting the aeroplane. So i explained to them roughly how it will feel when takin off. Maybe i told them what to expect thats y its like not that exciting anymore. Nonetheless it was thriling seating in an aeroplane. U are travelling faster than an f1 car. There are so many night markets there and we tried lotsa food stuff. Like the Ji Pa(Fried Chicken cutlet), which is really big, the Qi Li Xiang( the jay chou song which is actually a chicken butt.hehe.) The Mango Ice n Fruit Juices. Wah their Feng mI Ku Gua Zi kinda bitter leh,most of us felt. BUt mus try ma, recommended by our all knowing tour guide. Hehe. Then the fried rice also nice lehz. We even ordered an extra Gong Bao Ji Ding.
Another idea we had suggested by 2 of the girls is to share money by contributin 100 dollars NT together for night market. So in that way we can try many more delicacies there. The girls bought their shoes even though they have quite a few already. but girls will be girls. They will buy as long as they like, even though they already have. We also went to the Yangmingshan wen quan cum spa. Thats really shiok lo. First time i tried the water droplets massage. Me and my friend just lie there to enjoy the massage lo. Then got 3 pools ma, the warm hot and cold pool. Me n my fren didnt know, we jumped into the cold pool first. Haha. Its freakin cold, cold until u buay tahan lo. U will just shiver and woohh.. haha. Suppose to go into the warmer pool first. Slowly let ur body get used. Then when u are done wit that. Go hotter pool and then let ur body cool in the cold pool. And Tze Yew was kinda coughin n feeling so uncomfortable at night. Prob cos hes having a bad sore throat plus some other thing. Anyway take care people. some of them even cough out blood, thats really bad.
This is indeed a deserved break from the 3 years in Poly. No need to think of any more proejcts, reports ARICC or even preparin for wat QRE, CSW, TNP. All the 3 letter modules which can keep ur mind occupied with it for days. I also took time out of my own to reflect n consider what i want to do. Though i may have interest in business or even geography, I still realise im the Physics Maths sorta person. I still enjoy solving Maths problems. Writing essays don realli appeal to me. I hope to be able to contribute to Singapore electronics industry. Thats what i learned in primary school before. Must yin shui si yuan. ITs singapore who educated n taught me to be the person i am today. So should return back. Oh n I also come to realise Gods marvellous creation as we pass by the Ali Shan, Yang mingshan and all the other mountains n seas. Also the taroko gorge. Its amazing how over 2000 years God pushed the land together to form the 3000 plus 4000m mountains. First time i saw the pacific ocean as well. Very breathtaking n vast. All in all Taiwan is one place i would definitely recommend people to go. Cos the people there are so warm n friendly. Moreover so many nice places to go.

wah its been so long

2005-04-15T00:41:00.000+08:00

i havent blog like about a month manz. guess firstly doin other school or other stuff. secondly don ahve the motivation to blog as wellz. . FIrst n foremost, i declare that books and exams are finalyl a thing of the past for now manz. After burying myself into books for the past few days, i can finally let my hair down manz. haha. Secondly i will be away in taiwan for in the coming week, 18 to 24 april. Will be goin with my school friends. First time will be travelling further than Msia. haa. Ok just pray n hope that we will have an enjoyable trip n everyone will be safe n sound. Will update more when im backz

Fulfilling day

2005-03-15T01:59:00.000+08:00

Was supposed to reach school at 10am to meet nang and shawn for TNP project today. Jamie was there the earliest at around 9 plus am. She was alone all teh way until I came me and Shawn came at around 1pm. She was doin other projects as well, just that she wasnt too happy bout being alone. Sorry, me should have woke up on time and place importance to this project as well. So hope all of us can be more punctual next time, including myself.

We managed to compiled the report stuff and the powerpoint presentation only got the outline. the contents of slides still have to review. Will do in school tmr again. When me and nang completed the report and about to go home. We were like saying 10 mouse clicks away from saving our file , sendin it to others and leaving the lab. So funny. in the end we took 11 clicks to do it. But the sense of accomplishment was kinda coolz. Nang as well as the rest all put in alot of effort for this project. I can see Nang like really trying her best to compile all the appendix as well as the outline of powerpoint was all thanks to her. No regrets about getting her in my group for this project.

2005-03-13T01:52:00.001+08:00

My Year 1 & 2 class

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Hehe

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All of uS at Poly Dinner n Dance

Consider these titles

2005-03-13T01:02:00.000+08:00

Recently just managed to read 2 well-written and moving books. Both are written about their lives and how they see it. Im basically the type who does not touch any other books other than those which are necessary for scoring in exams. hehe. But somehow i found the desire to complete these 2 books as they really make u want to read on.

The first book is "The Iron Man" written by Pastor Neivelle Tan. The book is about his real life story of how he transformed from a hardcore, vengeful gang leader to a commited and patient pastor. Its really amazing how God touched and found him when he was under solitary confinement whereby he was locked up in a dark room all by himself. There are also light scenes of humour like when he made use of the toilet bowl pipes to talk to another jailmate, who also played a significant role in his life. For those out there interested to read this book, its definitely worth your time n energy. If u cant get this book, just inform me.

The second book I want to recommend is a book which can be found in the Top FIve books in Borders. ITs called " FIve People u Meet in Heaven". The story starts off with a scene of this guy's last few hours on Earth living. It all leads up to when he finally departs when he tried to save a girl from being crushed by a ride's container. Anyway heaven is pretty different from what he expected, as he meets 5 different people to explain things that happened in life and lessons behind them. The 5 people consists of his father, friend, armymate, wife and also one person whom he has never met b4. Its kinda touching as he realises who his father actually is, not the cold heartless father he made him out to be while he was alive. He finally apologized and made peace with his dad. Read on to find out what parts the other 4 people played in his life. Can be found in Borders.

Today went for BBQ with the youths, Had quite a nice time cooking n eating bbq foodz. Yesh managed to start the fire with the help of kian ping and andre. Its also satisfying when people enjoy eating the food u have cooked. Now i know how my mum feels when ppl comment about her cooking. hehe. Wah the youths really energetic. Duh. thats y they are called youthss. haha. played captain ball with them. The girls like Annabel, Angela, Wenxin and Eunice are really good at it, maybe even better than the guys. All so sporty, good good, the sportiness comes in useful as they grow up. They will become more rugged, not afraid of difficulties, and persevere on in goals. After clearing up, left for home in a cab with Aunty Pearlyn. Chat with her along the wayz about her sons Jo and Amos as well as bout the Iron mAn. Nice listening about the way she sees things regarding her kids, and the concern she has for them.

late night dark eye ringz.

2005-03-10T17:47:00.000+08:00

These are my friends who the past 2 days. But amazingly i managed to get just barely enuf sleep laz. Cos of champions league soccer. Guess my life becomes like that whenever there is soccer. Maybe must reflect again whether its worth it. BUt this time really big match ma, Chelsea vs Barcelona, MAn u milan, real vs juve leh. U tell me how can i miss it. haha. The chelsea match was the best, with lotsa goalmouth action plus sublime skills. Just enjyo watching how they play the beautiful game with great passes and class, esp Ronaldinho and deco. Chelsea won 4-2 Barcelona with terry scoring the goal that settled it in the 76th min. For the rest of the results just visit uefa.com.

Today first time in 4 weeks went for TNP lecture. I used to have a problem waking up on Thursday mornings, don ask me why. SO i always missed the technopreneruship lecture. Nyway i find the notes pretty straightforward n short. Guess i can catch up. Found lecture moderately high in interest level. Cos the stuff he says are really relevant n up to date. Like for example he told us bout the Lacoste crocodile brand symbol argument. And alot other interesting stuff. Def didnt waste my time attending this lecture. Perhaps will try waking up early for this lecture next time.

Also met Sulwyn when i was on my way home at Dover MRt. She was with her classmates i guess. Its just kinda nice meeting friends u have not seen for a while. She seemed to have lost a bit of weight and she commented that i look more tanned plus funky hair. Haha i dont consdier my hair to be funky lo. the tan part maybe. Wanna look more man and tan ma. haha. Find one day will surely have a meal with her again before i graduate. Shes also one of the few christian friends i know of in schoolz. Ok, coming up next few days will be TNP marketing presentation, QRE assignment, FYP final report. all the 3 letter stuff. TNP,QRE, FYP. Lord grant me endurance once again and passion n heart in all that i commit myself into for the coming weeks.

enduring to the endz

2005-03-01T23:48:00.000+08:00

It was indeed a physically NAPHA test i took today. Some of my friends stumbled at one of the five stations, especially the pull up. Actually i think they have the strength to pull, just lack practice and using every ounce of theirs strength in their arms. So because they didnt get thru that, so no point running the 2.4km also. While for some of us like Andy, shawn and myself who managed to pass the 5 stations, we proceeded on to the run. For the 5 stations, I was especially surprised at my broad jump, cos expected myself to jump around 230cm. However i attempted a rather nice jump which pushed my mark to 245cm. I felt my legs land smoothly and thought it was quite a distance i jumped. Almost did 11 for my pull up, but was happy at 10 also la, considering the fact that that was one of my highest no of pull ups already.

So the run started after we had a short break. Knowing that i wouldnt want to get any cramps of dehydration during the run, i drank lotsa water and did a fair bit of stretching. AT the starting line, I could see the setting sunset from the corner of my eye. Seeing that my buddy shawn was kinda tensed up bout the run, i told him to just enjoy the run, treat it like a normal run. The sun wasnt glaring but it was a comfortable temperature. However i didnt understand why my heart was like slightly beating faster and i felt my chest with my hand. Perhaps its cos of the previous stations or maybe my own anxiety.

Anyway the run started with a number of us emergin ahead. I was one of them becos i knew a great start would help my timing. So i kinda kept a fast pace for the first 400m. AFter that i maintained a pretty constant speed until reaching the halfway mark. Upon turning back to head towards finishing point, I caught a glimpse of my watch and it was bout close to 5mins. I just kept on running not allowing myself to stop to walk. Somehow managed to find the stamina to do so with the help of Jesus definitely. Before the race i was praying for myself and myfriends hoping that all of us can pass. Soon i was arriving at the uphill near the staff apartments. I struggled to push my way up as i felt a bit of ache in my thighs. I had already run so far without stopping and i didnt want to stop at this moment. So i pushed on. After a while i could hear isaac and tze yew shouting at me to go all the way, and the run is finishing soon, I saw my watch and it was about 11mins. So i picked up my pace to finish teh rest of the race.

Thank god for me completing this race without stopping at all, n that was what i hoped for at the start. I looked back and soon Andy came in as well. After catching my breath, I went to check whether Shawn was finishing also. I saw his pants and knew it was him. That was like a while later. I was asking the instructor to see what were our timing. Sadly i realised that he had missed the mark by abit. What a waste. HE ran himself totally exhausted and was feeling kinda dizzy. Could see the amount of effort he was putting in as well. But thats just life, sometimes we try hard, but don get what we want. Guess he also accepted the fact that he didnt pass the NAPHA cos of the 2.4km run. But it just quite sadz. Cos tot all of us can pass together and can go in later. Hmmz, lets just hope he will get the September Batch instead of June.

After the NAPHA test, went to eat delicious KFC foodz with Joanna ANdy and another Shawn. They persuaded me to go for the EEE annual dinner and dance. Seeing that it wasnt that expensive after all, i agreed to go. Moreover they had 9 ppl, and just one short of making one full table. Yesh finally im goin for my first dinner n dance..hehe. me last time sec school no prom night one leh..ask RV why la..now at long last theres one i goin to attend.

Cycling Enthusiast?!?

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Imagine yourself travelling at 25km/h along this long but sloping road. U only get faster and faster. The cold wind brushing against your face and ur legs resting on the pedals of the bicycle. A sense of freedom engulfs you and u feel an adrenalin rush into your body. You lift up both ur hands in triumph as the slope comes to an end. The whole deserted road seems to be taken over by you.

This is close to what i experienced together with my brother on Tuesday night. We went cycling together. We went so many diff places, from the Tiong Bahru Shoppin centre to FAr east plaza to Esplanade to China Square to Chinatown and even to the Prata Shop at Outram to have our supper.

Night cycling is indeed fun as the air is cool and traffic isnt heavy. Sometimes we went on pavements as they are safer and also not alot of ppl on them. IT was an fulfilling and enjoyable time spent cycling with my bro. WE kinda had fun, as we explored many small corners of the city area and even went to disturb this couple at the Esplanade Theatres at the bay. hehe. Will definitely go on another cycling trip sometime soon. This time we will be better equipped with back lights, ringing bell for night cycling. Anyone out there interested to join us pls let me know.

DId so many things today

2005-02-21T23:19:00.000+08:00

Today is an off day for me, cos there was no lessons. Woke up at 12 and did my Quiet Time at home(cos normally i do on bus) for the first time for very long. It was a wonderful feeling, being able to put myself before god and just enjoying his presence. He spoke to me about living my life as if im facing God tomorrrow. He teaches me to persevere on in obeying his commands, and doin his work. Reaching out to lost souls, but at the same time, building up a personal and close relationship with him. Sang a few songs of worship to the Lord. Great start to a day.

After that went for lunch myself at Tiong Bahru Plaza. Sometimes its nice to spend time alone. Gives u time and freedom to think and do many things. Ate the western food there and i didnt know it was so nice. It comes with a big plate and the grilled chicken chop is big xia. BEcame pretty full after that. Then time to go for a shopping spree. Haha guys also go shopping one hor. By wat i bought are not exactly clothes, but things which are useful and for a purpose. I bought some sweets and chocolates for my tuition kid and sunday school ppl. Cos this coming week theres gonna be a memory verse quiz. Those are meant to be prizes. A form of reward and encoruage them to memorize verses.

Next thing on the list i bought was Aztec speakers from Sim Lim Square. They were of unknown brand but amazingly the sound quality is pretty decent. QUite sharp and loud. Reason i bought them was because back at home me(using the PC) and my bro(using laptop) are sharing this branded powerful subwolver speaker. My bro bought them and so hes unhappy that im using them. He wants it for himself. SO i bought this cheap, only 10 dollars, but good speakers for the PC. Later im gonna influence my bro to think that the speakers i just bought are more suitable and aesthetic for the laptop he using so that i get to use the subwolver better speakers. haha. but i doubt he will consent to that.

Then on my way from SIm lim square to bugis, saw this shop selling Cds. Though its those side stall shop, but the CDs they sell looks original with the cover and original CD. And its only 7 bucks. Its should be pirated stuff but everything else about it is as good as original. Test out the sound quality and voice authenticity. IT sounds exactly like Lee hom and the quality is crisp and sharp, just like real CD. Now currently listening to FOrever Love & Yi shou jian dan de ge. His voice is just so sentimental and melancholic. Just love it. For ppl out there who likes chinese songs, Lee hom album is really definitely quality music.

After that went running at Queenstown Stadium. Got to train up for NAPHa, no choice boy. Actually ah bui and isaac joining me one, but around 530pm bui called me say he injured his ankle and then isaac also kinda lazy to go there. So never mind, go run my own. When i reached there, i saw a group of students having house practice i think, and some other old uncles and a few ppl joggin on the track. Not wasting any time, I put down my bag, changed into my running attire and started my 2.4km attempt. Its been a while since i ran at stadium track. Weather wasnt too hot, as it was evening time and it was quite enjoyable at first. Started off fast as initially alot of strength in me ma. HOwever as i completed my 2nd round, i can feel the tireness creeping in. My breath was getting slightly louder but i continued running on. DUring the middle of my 3rd round, i can really feel the tireness wearin me down liaoz. However i told myself to push on and dont give up. Somehow God gave me the strenght and perseverance to endure on. I tried to quicken my steps and stride further. It kinda helped and afte bout 3mins, I was completing the 2.4 distance already. I use whatever strenght i have left to pia my last 100m. As soon as i finished it, there was a sense of relief and I was totally exhausted. Just after catching my breath, looked at my watch and i managed to complete it in 10mins 45secs. So proud of myself. Hope i can keep up this timing in the actual NAPHA test on 1st March.

WEnt home after that. ANd back home i did somethign which i had always wanted to do. I actually called up this girl whom i knew from church. I have been smsing her recently n she does reply, after some time. Shes quite a dilligent girl in school and shes always doin her work or spending time with her family. I find that in a way shes qutie independent and disciplined in her life. She the typical kind of guai girl, but thats just what i see on the surface. Anyway i had to find an excuse to speak to her, so i decided to ask her about some university stuff, as shes in uni. As expected she was doin her work when i called her. So only talked to her for a while. Nv mind, there always chance to chat with her more and see whether there is any chemistry. :) Ok now gonna play FIFA 2005 with my bro. He wants to take revenge after losing to me in 3 consecutive games last week.

oh yeah no more tests

2005-02-18T23:20:00.000+08:00

Oh yesh, finally no more MST. technically speaking, i have already taken my last mid semester test of my poly life. now only left semestral exam and thats it, im done with poly! Cant wait to graduate, and go out to work part time before goin army. BUt actually should treasure watever school life i have now, cos when i go army then i look back thinking how i wish i was in school.haha.

The tests were pretty OK la i guess, TOday paper was relatively easier as its basically maths and statistics. Just got to make sure type in the correct stuff into my calculator. Soem of the things i wanna do for the coming weeks :

1. Train for army NAPHA - go clementi stadium run
2. Go cycling with my brother
3. Watch soem of the VCDs that i havent watch at all
4. Find one day to go out with mum is her leg is ok.(ITs been months since i went out with her)
5. Start calling up soem of my group guys like Joachim Matt and co.

Oh ya, also must thank God for seeing me thru the tests. Been helping me alot, like some questions at first did wrongly, then when i checked managed to get them correct. Guess its god prompting me at times. Anyway i know God also wants me to spend more time with him. All in all, it has been a mentally tiring week buts its over. :) :)

FIrst paper

2005-02-16T23:54:00.000+08:00

Today had my first Mid semester test paper. It was Satellite Comm and it wasnt as tough as i expected. First time MCQ i got confidence in all the questions. Too bad one MCQ only 2 marks. Last time when i wasnt sure of my MCQ, each qn is worth 4 marks leh. Haix. Nv mindz anyway must thank god that i managed to check n correct some of the qns. Still got 2 more papers to go. Wish me all the best.haha. last semester in poly liaoz. must do my better best as i can. HOwever also don put too much pressure on myself. just do wat i can. All the best for everyone else who is having test or exam tooz. STeady boyz.

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GUys

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Spinnovex gang

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All of uS

Hong Bao Na Lai

2005-02-12T21:29:00.000+08:00

The past few days have been at my auntie or uncle place hanging around and playing cards or watchin TV or singing karaoke. Managed to see one of my cousins whos in army right now, and also Ren Jie, who is my cousin too. Hes Primary 6 and sometimes talks real fast. Used to play with him quite alot. Nice to see him after one year. Guess the next time i see him is next year ba.

WEnt to watch the show I Do I Do. Typical jack neo show - comedy which touch on social issues. This time round is about marriage. I guess its in conjunction with the government encouraging giving birth to more children too. I feel these kinda thing is up to the couples and whether they have the ability and mental preparation to raise up a kid. For me next time if i have kids, i would think 2 is enough, one boy one girl. Hehe. As for agencies which help singles, i believe theres a place for that also. Its the modern way of matchmaking. Hehe. NOt bad la, considering im single tooz, maybe next time if i still single will try goin there.haha.

NOt much hong bao this year, less than 100 dollars, but i feel CNY is more than hong baos la. Got to catch up with family members and enjoy each other company. Next thing me looking forward to is Mid semester test, then NAPHa test. Time to go back studying and training myself up ba. Kambatte

Chicken Year

2005-02-09T01:57:00.000+08:00

Yoz once again its the Chinese New Year again. Time for hong baos, reunions, good food and fun. Amidst all these, hope we can take this opportunity to catch up with relatives which we do not often see. Also, remember to take care of health also cos its always after CNY that people fall sick. Ok, heres wishing everybody out there a Happy Chinese New Year, and may u be successful in all that u do, and Nian Nian You Ji. Hehe.

Back!

2005-02-04T23:47:00.000+08:00

Its been a while since i last blogged. Been busy with TNP assignment and recently SPinnovex, which is my school project exhibition cum open house. Have been at our booth 88 for the past few days, and also walking around to visit other booths and my friendz. There are really cool stuff around, like the mini scooter which moves according to how ur Centre of Gravity shifts. Really interesting stuff. And also other exhibits. Oh ya on the first day the judging panel came along. As usual, our robot always have some problem just before the judging panel sees it. At least i and my friend Shawn sorta tried to rectify some of it. we showed the kicking of the ball but nothing impressive though. I don really expect to score well or be selected for prize for our project. AS long don give me a C can liaoz.haa.

Just to update. MY school SP lost to SMU 2-3 in the 5th 6th table tennis competitions. I felt our arrangement of players was not really spot on. We should have placed either me or Boon Siong as last singles. BUt anyway i believed it was a learning experience for us. And im sure it good exposure for some of the year 1s which they can work on for the coming years they have. Not like me, IM getting old and graduatiing soon. Was just telling my friend, a few more months and we will be known as "alumni". haha. KK tmr still got to wake up early for the last day of Spinoovex. Do come support if u are free. Taufik also coming at 1230. :)

Last game

2005-01-25T23:52:00.000+08:00

Tmr is the last game against SMU, my brothers school. We are playing purely for pride and victory sake. No one likes to lose. Just hope and pray our players will keep calm, focused and hopefully come out on tops. As for myself may god grant me the wisdom to select the appropriate players for the game. Just Do It!

Putting others before self

2005-01-23T23:22:00.000+08:00

Its definitely not easy seeing others more important than self. Some people can do it for their own children, or even for their loved ones. Like when a poor mother spends her last cent to buy ice cream for her kid than buying some food for herself. Or when a guy doesnt mind giving up his jacket for another girl even though he feels cold himself. Or when Jesus endured the pain of nails piercing into his hands & thorns in his head just so that he can pay the penalty of sin for us.

Saying is easy, doing is difficult. Just how many of us can show this same kind of sacrificial love for others, be it our family friends or even strangers. As for myself, I dare not say im a selfless person, but sometimes I would make an effort to help others as long as i can. Im not that sensitive to the needs of others around me at times, but if i know someone is being left out or wat, I would go and make converstaions with that person. There are so many ways we can show love to others and considering how it is like to be in another persons shoe.

There are friends around me who do display this kind of selfless love towards others. Like how one of my table tennis friend gave me his one and only plastic bag which was intended for his own dirty clothes. Or like my secondary school teacher mr choy who continued teaching and helping other students depsite him being down with Hepatitis B. Also like how my cell group leader Kai took time out to check how things are goin for me and gave me advice in the past. I remembered all these. I believe its worth it to do things for others. True, its more practical to take care of yourself first, but lets take it one step further and walk the extra mile to bless others around you. NItez.

IVP competition

2005-01-18T22:44:00.000+08:00

YEsterday was our first game of the IVP table tennis competitons. Our first opponet was Republic Poly. Although they are a relatively new team with little experience, I always felt that we should not underestimate our opponents. True enough, they had improved quite a fair bit since last year.
Justin was on form and won our first singles game 3-0 in sets. He had been playing first singles back in Bt View and we were correct in putting him first. NExt up was me. I felt pretty confident. AS the game progessed, I began cautiously and made a few mistakes. Often i played the ball too nigh for opponent to smash in or i played it out. This caused me to lose the first 2 sets. IF the opponent wins one more set, I would have lost the game. I told myself this can not happen and somehow i got to buck up. Thanks to soem advice from felliow team mates and coach, I realised how to receive his service. I began to pick up momentum and triumphed 3-2 eventually.
Halfway thru the game, one of my teammates(he is also a CHristian) encouraged me to jiayouz and commented that he has prayed for me already. I felt kinda happy that he did that for me and soon after that, I began to play better. Somehow I belive its God who helped me, and its not becos of myself. AFter the match he also msged me saying that we should play for the glory of god, and not for ourselves. I agreed with him and felt kinda guilty that in the past, almost all i tot was winning for our team and for ourselves.
Tomorrow will be the game against NYP, which are the former champions. We are going in as underdogs and we will not be fearful of any player. I believe that we should just play to our best and theres no pressure on us. SP!

Fighting and competitive spirit

2005-01-17T01:57:00.000+08:00

Finally back from a eventful day outside. In the morning went to play soccer with some of my poly friends and Gan eng seng friends. It has been so long since i played on a soccer field. Just love making love passes and taking shots on the field. The feeling and touch of the ball is great. Alot ppl turned up today, a total of 17. BUt unfortunately cos my friends team last minute say that they cannot make it. SO in the end we played with soem other team that was supposed to be playing another match on the pitch. The opposing team was pretty unforgiving with their tackles. Some of our players also went in hard. Guess thats the only way to play against them. I personally think knocks, challenges, shoulder to shoulder collisions and body checking are all part of the game and being a player should expect all this to take place to u. And glad i wasnt panting too badly as my stamina has deproved alot. We won 6-4 but impt thing was our team managed to click for most parts of the game . and the disappoint was conceding the goals whcih perhaps could have done better. Not blaming anyone though. perhaps myself for not helping in defence more.

Then went church. Worship was connecting, as some of the songs really helped my focus and turn my midn towards god and who he is. Must confess the message didnt really got in as my mind was on the Tiger Cup final later at National Stadium. BUt i do remembered he spoke some things about realising ur wrongdoings and sins. Guess i learn to pay attention more during msg. maybe god is wantign to tell me somethings too.

And off we go to the National Stadium to catch the Finals between Spore and Indonesia. Just to get into the stadium already took us liek about 20mins. The crowd, the banners as well as all the flags tells me that it is gonna be a memorable experience. True enuf, the stadium was fully packed with red-clothed Singaporeans, readily geared to support our team. Cut the long game short,SIngapore won 2-1 thru INdra and Agu. TOt Itimi dickson played really well with all his incisive dribbling and passing. Showed great skills and got away from markers well. Similar to Shaun Wright philips. Anyway first time saw Singapore lift the trophy at home. It was definitely an achievemnet for the Lions and Singapore as it has been 6 years since we won Tiger cup. ANd i believed it was the 1st to lift it at home groundz. They truly deserved it with all the mettle and spirit they showed. Hope our SP table tennis team can show the same tmr and be unfazed by anythign else. Sa! mAy we taste our first victory tmr against RP as well. Will be resting soon and applying some Yoko yoko to relieve abit of muscles aches sustained due to soccer in the morning. Will update about my table tennis game tmr! Go SP! :)

2005-01-17T01:36:00.000+08:00

ROAR LIONS!

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On our way to NS

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Check out the full crowd

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With all the fans

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Can u spot someone at the back

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Nice view of the stadium

wat else but soccer..haa

2005-01-15T15:41:00.000+08:00

Just came back from this robotics exhibition at Jurong East library. Went pretty smoothly except for our kicking robot which had a problem just before we wanted to present it. So we decided to show the other stuff and not the kicking robot. At least we didnt show something thats not working properly. And the people that came to see the exhibtion seems quite fascinated by the movement of the robots. So at least there some sense of accomplishment. Wasnt that bad la.. Just felt kinda tired during the exhibition cos slept at around 230 am the night before.

So just had robot soccer, later its time to catch "live" soccer with my friends. ITs the big showdown between MAn UTd and LIverpool. Man U has been undefeated since Christmas and Liverpool has just bought Morientes. My pick is Liverpool to win 2-1 with Baros and Gerrard scoring. Maybe theres abit bias cos im a Liverpool fan,haha, but i really hope they get their act together for this match. Tomorrow morning will be having a friendly soccer game at Gan eng seng school field. Been quite some time since i last saw my pri school friendz. hope to do some catching up tooz.. looks like its soccer, soccer and more soccer..haha

Some rare but nice sightings below my HDB block

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Guess this is spotted on wat?

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At the carpark below my house

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Cool view

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Saw it near my house

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Me & my tuition kid Nic

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Singapore fan in front of me

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Poor valerie

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2 idiots

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Bowling time!

2005-01-06T23:46:00.000+08:00

JUst found out like an hour ago that Derek will be leaving for the States on Sat morning. Didnt go for the dinner supposedly meant for Joel , but guess now for Derek as well . I had worship practice, and I thought I will be goin to send Joel off to army tmr morning anyway. Didnt expect that it would be a gathering of all of us before Joel go into army and Derek goes to States. ANd i missed it. Ahh.

ANyway just now i called both of them to before they leaves for their respective places. I have known them for like more than 5 years already. Growing with them together from small kids to young men. They are not so much of members of a cell group to me, they are more like friends whom share common interests and beliefs. I feel our group can definitely click in a sense that though we are all quite different in terms of character, but we generally get along well with one another. I do not think we had any major quarrels or conflicts ever sicne we knew each other. Even if there are, they are small ones and we will get over them quite fast. ITs sure gonna be some time before i see both of them together, but im am confident that there are no forever good byes. Already agreed with Joel to makan with him together with the rest when he books out for the first time.

NOw im already kinda feeling qutie ambivalent about the coming changes that gonna take place in our cell. On one hand its gonna be funny without them around , but on the other hand i know that its a different phase of life that we have to go thru. We all have different paths in life to take and though we may not see each other physically, im sure we will have each other in our minds and hearts. Would continually remind myself to keep them in my prayers. And i know very soon Joel will be back with us playing pool and Derek will be back thrashing us in Winning Eleven again. Hehe

Ok, also don wanna type too much about that. May God keep them in his safe arms no matter where the both of them are in, be it Tekong or California. And may he deliver them from any temptation or trial they may go thru. Take care my friends. :)

Important! Read this

2005-01-04T01:16:00.000+08:00

Oh manz.. i actually deleted all the entries of my handphone. both on the sim card and phone at one shot. Almost wanted to bang my head onto the wall. So to my friends and pals, can help by sending me your name and contact to my no. 91122614. It would be great if i can have ur contact back. Hope to keep in contact with all u wonderful ppl who walked past my life. Have a nice and blessed new year ahead. Take care..god bless..

Beautiful game, 7-eleven countdown , steamboat in the rain

2005-01-03T01:12:00.000+08:00

Already some time didnt update my blog cos my PC is down with virus. Thanks to my bro friend, Ron for fixing it the com. So heres the update for the past few days.

New year eve i was spending the afternoon playing soccer with my cell group buddies, James, Ken and company. Though im their youth leader, i find them more as friends and we have quite alot of common topics. I hope thru the years with them, they have learnt someting from me cos i have definitely learn things from them also. Like how Ken makes efforts to take care of ppl, and James' easy going and happy go luckiness. And how joel knows the bible like his hand. Also karaoke and pool times with derek and jon. N Michael too.

After soccer, we went Derek house to put our things and off we go to Marina. Lots of ppl throng the steamboat place as friends gather together to have a New Year Eve dinner. We found a place without shelter though, hoping it doenst rain. BUt it started drizzling and then it got heavier. There wasnt any place inside so we continued eating while we open our umbrellas and sheltered the food and ourselves. It was quite a experience as we felt the rain and wind outside while snuggling within the umbrella to eat our steamboat. "steamboat in the rain" - thats definitely something derek wouldnt get to enjoy in america. We are enjoying watever time we have with Derek as he is leavning For states soon. Hes got another person in his life that he will have to get used to living without while in states. Hope we will continue to keep in contact with him. And may god be good to him as he pursues his studies in america.

Then we departed for Derek place. This year spend the crossing into the new year at this 7-eleven at Jelita, somewhere in clementi. First time spend it in a shop and we were like wishing everyone in the shop including the cashier and sales assistant "Happy New Year". Stayed over at Derek place, watching Incredibles and playing Winning Eleven 4. His place is like some games heaven, cos his com has realli sharp graphics and he has 3 controllers. So meaning 4 ppl can play together on his com. NIce. GOt to chat with Jon and Michael and see how they doin in their lives. NOt really alot though but at least found out abit more bout them. IT has been really fun and meaningful spending the New YEar EVE and day with my cell group guys.

On Saturday night KEn and joel and some other friends came over to my place to watch soccer together. FIrst time ken come over to my house to watch soccer. He even ate dinner at my place, thanks to my mum wonderful cooking. Liverpool lost Chelsea but its ok la, i just enjoy watching soccer with my friends. Commenting on the players lousy performance, wooing when theres a missed shot and cheering together when theres a goal. BUt sadly yesterday all of us support Liverpool and they didnt score.

Today was even better. Cos watched LIve at National Statdium with Jeffie Chan, Cherry terry, jeremy ,tim and eng soon. Wat an amazing and wild game it was. There was lots of incidents like 3 red cards, missed penalty, extra time 3 silver goals and fights and bottles flying. The OLE cheer and Kallang wave was somethings so special about watching soccer live at NS. IN the end Spore won 8-5 in extra time after 5-5 aggregate after full time. Will be catching the final too.

We wanna wish u a Merry Christmas

2004-12-25T13:23:00.000+08:00

Went for carolling with my church youths and young adults. Initially wasnt going for it cos i was going to my friends church christmas party. BUt then with further thought, its better to attend my own church activity and also i didnt know the other church ppl well. So i went and definitely didnt regret it. It was pretty cool as we went for place to place to sing carols. One thing i knew was there was plenty of food at all the houses and they are so hospitable. After that went to stay over at Terence place. Played mahjong as well as Winning Eleven on PS2. Went back home around 6am to sleep and rest. Now just woke up and all prepared for the Christmas service later. Some of my friends will be there as well and hope they can learn and appreciate the true meaning of CHristmas. K to everyone out there, Have a wonderful and god blessed Christmas!

Wah

2004-12-22T23:40:00.000+08:00

Its strange how i can still doze off in class despite 8 hours of sleep. im really lousy. lord pls grant me strength and less heavy eyelids so that i can keep awake in class. anyway went for training and after training first time so many of us went for supper at clementi together. wish we can have more of that. cos i feel going out together and eat can helps build rapport between players. rather than we only see each other during training. okok shall keep todays entry short and sweet..nitez..

NIce ice-cream

2004-12-21T21:53:00.000+08:00

Tutorial in the morning was kinda a struggle for me. Haha cos i slept late yesterday writing Christmas cards for friends. So in the morning dozed off quite a few times and the teacher even saw me sleeping. Oh no. Shall sleep earlier today so that it doesnt happen to me again tmr. ACtually i set out this year to give my best for studies since it is my last semester already. Shall at least do tutorials and not wait till last minute to study. Better to be consistent.

Anyway i preferred the later part of my day. Went to meet Chun gui to sign up for CIP at the Jurong East Library together. Has been so long since i did CIP. Tot of doing it anyway since im free in the evening and accompany her also. After that went to Tiong Bahru food centre to eat. Saw the Hainanese Chicken Rice stall had such a long queue. So me and her were both tempted to eat it as well. So queued for it and in the end realised its only not bad only. Then we went to Tiong Bahru plaza and bought ice cream to eat. Since its cheaper to buy 2 scoops of it in one cup, so we shared one. Quite nice leh, the ice cream, though abit ex. Enjoyed chatting with her about many things. And found out that gui is actually kinda lame, but its ok cos im equally lame too. And she also gives tuition, just like me. So there are quite alot common topics for us.

Thought of setting aside a specific time for my QT as its better. Wanna draw closer to God. Kinda feels im not as close to him as b4. And i hope I can have more patient at home. Been sometimes quarreling with my bro about the computer. Anyway wanna watch Kungfu Hustle when it comes out. Anyone wanna watch too. Wanna have a good laugh..

2004-12-21T00:00:00.000+08:00

At the Ping pong comp

2004-12-20T23:59:00.001+08:00

Santa's Mum

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Santa's real face

Sports..i like..

2004-12-18T23:30:00.000+08:00

Today is kinda like a sports day for me cos in the morning it was swimming and volleyball at Sentosa, then afternoon ping pong and at night it was soccer. After all that still don really feel that tired though my legs are aching abit la. maybe still young and full of energy. I feel that if i don exercise while im young, next time when i get older the motivation to do sports will decrease. So while i still have the capacity to do so, should do sports more. Anyway since young i love to do all sorts of sports already.

Anyway in the morning waited for Joyce for bout an hour before we left for Sentosa. Actually punctuality is really a impt thing. No one likes to wait. It is showing respect to others and urself. NOt targeting anyone here. Ken though he stay so far yet he is the earliest to reach. Maybe cos those who stay nearer have a sense of complacency and tend to dilly dally more. So even for myself, must kick my own habit of being late also. COnclusion today wasnt a suitable day for outing at Sentosa. The reason being it drizzled, stop, rained, stop. THe weather is just so erratic. So also didnt managed to get to tan much. JOyce and Celena both do not wanna be tan, so they applied sun block. Haa.. QUite contradictiing cos most ppl go Sentosa to have a good tan. Left earlier cos of table tennis competiton.

NOthing much to say bout the ping pong comp except that there are so many better players out there than me. Was kanna thrased by my China opponent. Looks like must train harder to push myself to a different level of competitiveness. Soccer was fun at night. Scored a few goals. BUt thats not the main point. Mostly wat i enjoyed is just playing soccer and working out with my friends in the neighbourhood. We all enjoy playing soccer and it has been some time since we played together. THis is cos of ppl being busy or the court occupied at others. Thank god today the court was relatively empty and we had enough ppl. PLaying at night is cooling and u wouldnt feel too hot at night. Tomorrow will be playing guitar for worship and may God enjoy our songs of praise for him tmr.

Director?!"

2004-12-16T21:31:00.000+08:00

Guess what..tmr the director of school of EEE is coming to see our ARICC humanoid project. Its another round of selection for the INNOVEX exhibition. THe past few months work will come to tomorrow. Hope nothing goes wrong and the battery is enough. I just feel that despite the efforts we put in, the results arent that obvious. Anyway shall see how tomorrow goes. Anyway met Sulwyn today at food court 6. First time see her in school. BUt didnt really get to catch up with her. Will do that another time when the chance come.

Tanjong Puteri

2004-12-14T01:58:00.000+08:00

Just came back yesterday from the Tanjong Puteri Golf Resort. Really had quite a nice and relaxing time there. The drive up there wasnt too long. There were about 16 of us, including young adults, adults and children, all into one big and nice house. Jeffrey, Terence and me shared one room. N we had one bed. So the 3 of us squeezed into one bed the last night. We talked and chatted about cell group and church stuff before we slept. And we found out whos the one snoring. "Confirm plus guarantee chop" was the expression used by Jeffrey. Hehe

Anyway we did so many things there, like playing bowling. Firstly bowling there is cheap. only cost about RM3 dollars for one game. Discovered that Suay Hong and Bee Keong are both pretty decent bowlers. Suay Hong is really sporty xia, can also play badminton quite well. Xiang bu dao a housewife like her can play sports quite well. Hehe. Then also went to play Captain ball in the swimming pool. It was pretty fun and i thought the children also enjoyed themselves. Christina is really quite skilful in shooting lob shots for Suay Hong to catch. Not even me, jeff or terence can stop her lo. Maybe cos of her height. Then went for the massage also. Felt kinda cheated as its not those professional massager as we tot is. Its some old Malay auntie who massaged us. It wasnt that bad la, and was my first experience being massaged. Hehe. Also played Billiards.

The food was nice too. Maybe cos i was pretty sui bian with food one. BUt the fried sotong and shrimps at the roadside stall were really crispy and tasty. During the last night we shared about many things like what we tot of the retreat, the cell group as well as how to reach out to certain backslided ppl. I personally enjoyed the addition of the families into our cell. They add a sort of balance into our cell . And moreover the adults have more life experience and can give us advice on so many things. They are also so considerate ppl who always think of others needs, and especially ours during the camp. Linda even booked the taxi and help us settled the amount of price to pay for the cab. Really appreciated the effort and help. thanks. There are so many other ways in which they displayed love of christ. For example treating us to dinner and also listening to our sharings and problems. Definitely have got to known them indivually better, as well as the kids lo. Enjoyed playing and helping to take care of the kids like Nat, nic, johnny whoosh and val. Have grown to love my cell group more and hope our group will grow in the years to come.

Will post the pictures of the retreat soon.

Holidays

2004-12-09T01:43:00.000+08:00

Wah so fast into the last few days of the school holidays. It has really pass by really fast. Most of the days is either FYP at Aricc or ping pong training. BUt ok la, managed to find out time to relax and go sentosa, even went for a few bbq at chalets. Overall i kinda enjoyed my this holidays. ONe of the more fulfilling and fruitful holidays to me. Previous holidays most of time i slack and go out to hang out with friends. Gonna go this resort in JB from this friday to sunday for a church cell group retreat. So when im back then will update my blog again. :)

2004-12-07T00:07:00.000+08:00

Nice drawing of Christmas

Christmas wishlist

2004-12-06T22:45:00.000+08:00

Saw my friends blog with this Christmas wishlist. So thought of writing one for myself too.. So here are some of the things i would love to have to Christmas :

1. A new pair of sports shoes
2. New headphones for my Mp3 player
3. Airplane tickets to Japan/Taiwan so that can go there with friends
4. A girlfriend whom i can share my deepest feelings with? hehe
5. New handphone (preferably a Samsung one)
6. That some of my good friends and relatives can come to know Christ
7. A pull up bar..so can train for my NAFA test

Thats bout all la.. NOt too much right i guess. HOpe santa claus will at least grant me at least one or two from this wishlist. Thats all i ask for..Hehe

2004-12-06T22:32:00.000+08:00

Turn around

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Red face

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Teammates

Others better out there

2004-12-05T21:58:00.000+08:00

Went for this soccer competition at St Wilfred almost the whole day. The teams drawn in our group were much better than us, in terms of physical and teamwork. There were even Nigerian players in the team. He is so big sized lo, and his shooting is so powerful. Always thought some of us in the team were actually quite skilful and capable players. BUt then after today realised there are just so many better players out there. Guess we need to play with teams slightly stronger than us for us to improve. Cos last time we win most of our matches, some convincingly. The Nigeria guy looks like he can strangle u to death with one hand. Haha.. quoting from Isaac.

After soccer went to have dinner with Shao Hong and Isaac. Talked about some things, including relationships stuff. NIce just chatting and hanging out with them. They share quite openly and share their views and opinions. The Nasi Lemak at Qi Ji at Tiong Bahru Plaza was as usual quite tasty. ONe more week left for holidays, gonna treasure them.

sentosa

2004-12-05T01:39:00.000+08:00

Spent almost the entire day at Sentosa. It was actually a Leo club outing which Andy asked me to go along with them. Got to know a few new friends there, like Alicia, Meiling, Alex, Simon and Alan. Played quite a number of games there organised by Joanna and Alicia. Oh ya didnt know some of them also know how to play Sa- Fan-Sa and Big fish small fish. Haha cos thought those are games which only my church people will play one. Even played Dodgeball there and even though i didnt watch the movie, managed to pick it up quite fast.

Anyway i think its quite a thin line between having fun and hurting the other person. Cos sometimes when we play and become more wild, we may do things which hurt other people without considering their feelings. On the other hand, one can argue that its all in the name of fun and we should not take it too seriously or personally. Actually why i suddenly talk about this is cos I may have caused unhappiness or displeasure to my friend Shawn while playing games. Cos i threw the ball and hit him on somewhere which i should have not and it kinda hurt. Should have considered for his feelings when i did that. BUt then before that he also did the same to another person without considering his feelings. So why should i consider his feelings? Guess its a rather immature thought of mine, as we should not repay evil for evil but do whats right. Maybe there are also other times when i may have hurt someone else feelings without knowing it. So must remind myself to always put myself in another persons shoe first.

Sentosa is really a nice place to go. I like the sand, the sea( if its not so salty will be better) and also spending time with friends there. Saw the sunset as well and it was quite a picturesque scene. Took some photos also. I just enjoy lying down on the soft sand near the sea and its just so comfortable. Must thank Andy and company for organising this event and also Jerry and company for providing the logistics of this event. They even bought lunch and snacks for us. Enjoyed playing captain ball, dodgeball, monkey in the sand and in the sea. Going there just relaxes my mind and away from the busy project work.

Tmr still have a soccer tournament coming up. Its a one day thing and me gonna miss church. Havent been missing Sunday church service for like so long already. BUt tomorrow cause its not always there is this tournament and moreover, we do stand a good chance of winning it with our pretty decent team . Hope we can do well tomorrow. May god grant me good rest tonight so i can be rejuvenated for tomorrow. Kinda bad that im gonna miss church cos of soccer, but is only a one day thing. OK thats all for now..

2004-12-05T01:31:00.001+08:00

Another good scenery

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Sentosa nice sunset

in school

2004-12-03T14:44:00.000+08:00

Now in school using the lab computer. Just taken my lunch at KFC and my stomach really full. Later after project work will be goin for cell group meeting. Have been with this cell for about 5,6 years already. Our cell has really been thru its ups and downs. There has been times when attendance were high, with about 10 to 12 ppl. HOwever there has also been times whereby there were so few people, only bout 4 of us. I realise goin to cell has become more of a habit to me rather than something which i really love to go. I feel that I lack the motivation to go cell but in the end will still go, prob bcos it has already become part of my life. Yet i must say that our cell has been sort of a support to me, and i also hope i can be a form of support or encouragement to others in the cell. Feel that our cell is not as close as it was during the church camp about 1 year back. That was when Jackson shared openly about certain things and the rest of us were pretty transparent as well. I would hope to see our cell growing as well, not only in terms of size, but also in terms of bonding with one another.

Looking forward to the coming cell retreat somewhere in JB, Malaysia. Hope it will be a time whereby our group will spend quality time with one another, and at the same time have a relaxing time away from busy Singapore. Ok, gonna go back to my project department very soon, cannot slack too long. Hehe.

2004-12-03T00:53:00.000+08:00

Qi qi & Me

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Cute pose

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Look at the camera