a lesson learnt

"CAPSIZED CAPPP....." before I could even finished the word, I was down in the sea.
Telvin came on with his kayak, paddling hard to reach towards me. All that came to his mind was the T-rescue which we picked up during our 1 Star Course few months back. Instead of being thankful, out of sheer mischievous, I capsized his kayak too. Both of us were down in the water with our only means of survival, our FLOATING DEVICE.

We were trying really hard to execute the TX rescue but to no avail due to our inconsistencies in practicing our strokes and etc... There was a modicum of faith in our hearts that we will reach the shore safely unless someone saw us and rescue us. The thought of giving up rescue and swim back to shore with our capsized kayak strucked telvin. To do a quick estimation of where we are exactly, I confronted him sternly that we gotta carry on with our rescue. Because we are being drifted away too far from the shore, even behind the last Kelong that was on the sea. We couldn't believe our eyes at that time. So we kept trying till we are up on our kayak.

Life is just filled with ambiguities.

It is never predictable like you have always imagined. Never paint too much colours in life, do not try to perfect the painting over and over again, what is paramount is that you cherish the loved ones around you and be contented with what you own. That is life, people who have hurt you or let you down, do not dwell upon it, its time to move on ! There is a saying, " Let bygones be bygones", what has happened had already happened, opened wounds will leave a scar behind, this scar is not to remind you of the unpleasant but to teach you how to be more weary and ultimately avoid the same incident from happening. Look ahead and see what this life may offer you instead !

A single kayaking experience taught me several lessons which I'm ignorant of.

Turning Point ?

I've got a new baby, the Asics T914N GEL 1140 0193. It is a pair of middle sole support shoe, which means extra cushioning on the middle of the shoe. I've tested it on my run earlier on and it feels AWESOME ! I'm sure that this shoe will gonna journey with me the minor transformation in my life. Whenever i do not feel like running, i am going to fix my eyes upon this shoe, knowing its capabilities and its ability to be my driving force to motivate me even more to run.

Time wait for no man !

Why not just continue to place ur focus on the things you desire to do and JUST DO IT !

Nothing can be your obstacle unless you let it be your obstacle !

Alright, I begin to see some light in this darkness. By actualizing the fact that " actions speaks louder than words" has proven to be the remedy to your problems. So hesitate no more and start taking the 1st step.

Update on the Meet the people session, ytd was the 5th friday and the MP is only down on the 1st,2nd and 4th fri, me and my dad were quite confused by it and I really hope to meet him next fri unless you are telling me there is a 6th FRI. I will be banging myself to the wall !!!!

I need a time off from all these worries, gotta catch the shuttle to church for miracle service.

Peace to all of you !

IM OFF TO QUEENSWAY TO GET A PAIR OF RUNNING SHOES !!!

Highlight of today:
Meet MP for the people's session. Mr Teo, you better be there and don't keep me waiting !

missing but found

Blogging which serves an avenue for self-expression has been sloughed off by my very own signature and intolerable laziness. I foresee that if this habit of mine is to go on like this, my life will be ruined for sure. Opportunities will gradually slipped away from me and ultimately I will achieve nothing. I could still vividly recalled the "old" me, so full of drive, motivation and determination, I know what i want and I make sure I go for it and GET IT. But now, it seems that i'm losing it.

Where is my discipline?

Indeed, self discipline is an elusive attribute. Without a shadow of a doubt, SELF-DISCIPLINE is not just found in him, or her, BUT it's in YOU TOO! Like what one of my teacher told me, its hidden behind layers of procrastination !

Sometimes, it is good to take a step back, reflect on it, and finally plan something out of it. It is these lil self reflections that we always missed out which leads us on the wrong route.

Life has really been mundane for me. The thought of being enlisted in OCT has been really devastating enough. Furthermore, the devastation was amplified even more when I was told to report to HOME TEAM ACADEMY instead of BMTC school 1/2.

Others may mock me, laugh at me or even pass down crude comments to me, but these doesn't blind me for what i really want out of my 2years NS life. What i asked for is to be in the field which is much challenging and eye-opening. What do you get out of it if you were being asked to do some lil administrative work, patrolling ard the neighbour and etc... Some may desire easy and slacking vocation like this, but what do you really gain? Ask yourself before you even comment and try to brainwash me with your stand. I dont't know whats into me but this issue has been constantly bothering me, giving me unpleasant and sleepless nights. I do really hope that our defence minister, whom I will be approaching in awhile, will see beyond what i really want. I do not want to be mocked and laughed by people, it is over the limits and it is weighing my entire being down.

I am going to prove to them that I can do it !

I think im done with my ranting! Things will not change the way you expect if by grumbling, ranting or whining, you want to see a change, DO IT ! I am contended that my blog has been a ideal platform to pour out the negativity in me.




I just want you and you ALONE.

Next up : My 21st

Okay i'm finally done with my tertiary life at Ngee Ann poly. I can honestly proclaim that i didnt waste my time here. There were awesome friends, lecturers facilities and etc... The only thing im so gonna miss will be the good times I had with my mates. Seriously, come to think of it, i should have cherish the good times we had in the campus. Anyway, the bottomline is, just leave the unpleasant behind, bring with you only the fond memories. Next phase will the my service to the nation. The 2 years ahead wont be easy but when discipline and strong will power comes into place, nothing hinders you from excelling. After NS will be Uni, i've applied for both NUS and NTU, hmm just hope that im given a course of either Uni.

Alright the next big thing will be my early 21st birthday celebration. Gosh it will be a big event, i will be expecting 100 guests with sumptuous dinner, never ending booze, humongous cake ....

Will be really tied up with planning and preparation, so please if you wana look for me, just give me a buzz till I return a call ! Next, i have always been bombarded with a qns :

Hey what do you really want for your birthday?
Hey name me a item for your birthday gift.

Yeah. Seriously i do not have a habit of writing what i want for a birthday. Since so many have troubled souls yet lovable souls have popped me with the same qns, I'm going against my usual self to write the gift list. This is the 1st gift list I've written and i hope not to write it ever again. haha, just feel weird writing it down.

Okay enough on that. Your presence is impt, so please be there by 6pm yeah. Hope to see all of you there.

i need slp now. Gd night peeps.

CNY DAY 1

1st day of new year was great. This year was a special one I should say. My aunt actually booked a chalet at Changi Safra and all of us just gathered there as a family. I should really compliment on the new look of the chalets. It used to be a wooden looking bungalow, until they revamped it to because a glass house! Im serious! You are able to look into other people's chalet, but of course there are curtains! We gambled, do alot of catching up, play lumber ball and etc...

Everything seems perfect until we decided to catch this movie by Jack Neo, LOVE MATTERS

Before I even start to comment on the movie, here is my rating: 2/5
This movie is seriously terrible and this is indeed a terrible movie to start with during this year. Even though I detest horror movies, or cartoons, I would rather watch them than this sucky movie!

Basically this movie has no storyline !
This movie does not convey any message (unlike other Jack Neo's productions)
This movie is so lengthy and is full of crap, so baseless and senseless !

Whats more, I heard people snoring so loudly in the middle of the movie. This proofs I aint blabbering and trying all means to bring this movie down but seriously, im totally disappointed with the quality of this movie!

It has always been a green go to Jack Neo's movie but this experience I had has certainly made me reconsider whether to watch his future productions again. I swear when my sis asked me if I will be interested to catch the Fann wong's movie, I said NO without a moment of hesitation!

Please do not give me a false impression of local productions, work hard on it man!

Tmr is another long day of visitation. Gonna catch a good slp now man, pics will be posted up soon!

ZONE OUT !

HUAT AR !

Lunar New Year = Yu Sheng

Yusheng is considered a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vigor.

It is served as an appetizer to raise 'good luck' for the new year.In a celebration known as "lo hei" (Cantonese 撈起 or 捞起), families and friends gather around the table and, on cue, proceed to toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks while saying auspicious wishes out loud to mark the start of a prosperous new year and it's customary that the higher you toss, the greater your fortunes!

Yesterday, all 5 of us were dressed in RED and we gathered around the table for our reunion dinner. It has been a long time since we really sit down together to have dinner. All of us were busy with our own stuffs on the rest of the days.
Back to the tossing of the Yu Sheng, the hilarious thing was that, my dad, sis, bro and I have to echo after what my mom says. This is because of the fact that my mom's mandarin is better than the rest of us. So the 4 of us have echo some like parrots from the Bird Park. So we were happily shouting those auspicious wishes while tossing the yu sheng.
The yu sheng from Sushi Teh is really worth buying. The portion is really huge and they have a myriad of ingredients, like scallops, jellyfish and etc...
The yu sheng, which was only meant to be an appetiser, hit all 5 of us down that our stomach have no room for the main dishes!!!

Then all of us were sitting patiently on the couch to do a countdown. All the lights in our house were on and the windows and doors are all opened ! When the clock stoke 12mn, we were like screaming and dancing in the living room! haha, if only I took a video it !

Received the very 1st two ang baos from my parents, then off I went to my bedroom to hit the sack. Was sooo exhausted man!

Later will be a really long day. My aunt is hosting this celebration at Changi Safra. So All of the families will be gathering there.

Interestingly, CNY = Gambling

I am just gonna play small this year, hope I wont get too obsessed by it. Every year its always like that. At the end of the day when my siblings and I sit together to count the ang bao $, I realized I am always the one with lesser $. It is plainly because I always dig out $ in the toilet to gamble. haha


Alright, I better not get too lengthy. I hereby wish all of you guys a happy and prosperous NIU year !

More than words...

GONG XI FA CAI

Time has certainly pass us within a blink of an eye.
Its the Lunar New year again !

Last year has indeed been a tough year for everyone of us.
Natural Calamities, Terrorism, Conflict among nations, Economic Downturn etc...
As we embrace year 2009, lets hope that love continue to reigns in our lives !
A meaningful quote which I've chanced upon :
"Conflict is like cancer, early detection and treatment ensure health is being restored"
Though many speculate and confirmed that the next 2 years will be challenging, let's just hope that we will smoke this period of bad times cheerfully, with positive self-motivation and insights of what is going to come.
Some of us are graduating, some studying, some even are entering to the working society, some waiting to serve the nation.
No matter what it is, just enjoy what you are doing.

I know this blog of mine is once dead but now ALIVE AND KICKING !
All thanks to this festive season which supply me with some extra time which i can kill for my personal stuff like blogging.

Spring Cleaning is something which cannot be missed during this season, so likewise, I'm here to do some clearing of cobwebs!

Below are just some of the images which I took during the month of Dec and Jan.
There are more pics in my folder, but I will just post some of the more interesting events which took place over the last few mths.

POLY FRIENDS CAME AND GOT TIPSY
We had a class BBQ earlier on and 3 of them decided to come over to my house to drink !
2 of them seldom drink therefore they got really HYPED UP after a couple of shots.
They ended up on my bed and left me to sleep on the freezing cold marble floor !
PRICKS !

DADDY'S BIRTHDAY
It's daddy birthday once again !
We went to Soup Restaurant for dinner, then got back to cut cake together.
May good health and prosperity walk with you throughout the days of your life DADDY !

MAKE A WISH CHRISTMAS EVENT
Together with my poly buddy, MR SLANG ( Soon Loong Ang), we went down to one of the event organised by MAKE A WISH ORGANIZATION for kids who are suffering terminal diseases like leukemia etc...
It was indeed an eye opening and fun filled event. Just seeing the kids enjoying themselves to their brim really bring joy to me. I was volunteering to mend and watch over the buffet table. Making sure that it's tidy and organised.
This organisation attracted many volunteers, and the aim of Make a Wish to the grant the wishes of the kids who are suffering terminal diseases.
I didn't regret being present for this awesome event and I hope that there will be more opportunities to such events because I believe that it shapes your character.

2008 CHRISTMAS PARTY @ MY PLACE
I housed the Christmas party once again and it turned out to be successful. Everyone was present for the party, and they brought along really good gifts (compared to the christmas celebration few years back whereby I got a children water bottle which you can hang around ur neck)
We had steamboat, then watched the all time favourite SAW 5, then gift exchange at 12am, and finally DRINKING and playing games !

2008 COUNTDOWN PARTY
The guys came over to my place at night to do a simple countdown.
We drank and drank till some of us were dead drunk and this explains why I have only 1 pic for this party.

1 STAR KAYAKING
Finally got my 1 star kayaking cert with Telvin.
The 2 day course with Water Venture was really fun. Learned a couple of essential basic skills. Even though I am the only one which capsized most of the time, I think I am also one of the faster kayak-er which can climb back to the kayak within a short time.
That idiotic Tel was like mocking me throughout the course, saying you keep capsizing and blah blah blah....
That cassanova managed to chase after a girl from the same course, despite deeming that girl is not interesting at all ! IRONIC HIM!
I was caught by surprised too !
Gonna ask more people to take the course so that we can have a kayaking trip !

BAKING RICE EARLY IN THE MORN
My sis has a christmas party @ work from 9am and she asked me to make baked rice for her. Not 1 portion, but 20 portion.
I remembered vividly that the last thing I did before getting home to baked rice was playing Guitar Hero @ Lk house, it was 4am in the morn before we went to have breakfast at MAC then get home.
I reached home at 6am and I baked those trays of rice with my eyes half opened but as I follow closely to the recipe, I knew I am never gonna doubt myself.
At the end of the day when she came back, I received compliments from her, so at least my effort weren't put to waste!
If only my eyes were fully opened at that time ........