Thursday, January 29, 2009
sometimes i feel that living in peace may not be a good thing after all.... when the time comes that requires one to defend itself, it may not have the capabilities to. kinda like a zero-resistance bacteria strain that havent seen any antibiotics before for a lot of generations -.-dare to confront problems, head-on, perhaps that will make life a lot more interesting.
1:49 AM
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
gosh if there is ever such a group called 'The Non-initiaters', i think i will be the honourary member of that group.i wonder if there is anything i can do before that person leaves..
1:55 AM
Monday, January 26, 2009
happy niu year~!
its long overdued, but here are some new year resolutions:
#1 swimming & jogging every week
#1 swimming & jogging every week
#2 skillful in 8 ball & snooker
#3 maintain Marksmanship and Ippt Gold this year
#4 driving license by May
#5 pick up a new skill (preferably sports..)
#6 keep in contact with friends and relatives =)
#7 keep up with reading every week!
12:45 AM
Monday, January 19, 2009
one of the reasons why i don't blog very often is that even though my mind is always saturated with thoughts and materials to blog about, it is very hard to express them in the way i think most people would accept. perhaps thats the reason why i flunk my gp so badly. oh well. okay the previous sentence that were constructed wasnt thought out at all, it sort of like blurt out, so thats the way the rest of the entry will be.took off to learn driving today. the instructor was the same horrible one who first took me out to the roads. as usual he nagged a-lot a-lot, and i guessed the day wasnt going to be smooth-sailing as he had to emergency brake for me in front of the pedestrain crossing. for those who dunno, a pedestrain crossing is sort of like a holy place for driving instructors and testers. they dun care how you do it, but you must somehow be able to cross it when TOTALLY no one was crossing the crossing. i bite whatever i can chew after that, tolerating all his comments and tell myself that i gonna milk him for all he's worth, aka, learn everything he taught. after that incident driving becomes more smooth and he really go through with me alot of things, go to a lot of different places and crossing, which is really unlike other instructors who always made me turn round and round the same sector, teaching me only what the lesson is supposed to cover. kinda enjoyed the lesson and the impression of him changed abit.
next up was swimming at JE and after swimming about 15 laps of mixture of free style and froggies, i rested next to two 60-plus years old by the pool. they were having quite a loud conversation so i listened. apparently one of them had swam about 20 plus laps and was still going strong. they swam so as to pass time and not slack at home during their retirement age. even at their age they are still trying to find things to do and make something of their life, which kinda puts me to shame as a ninteen-going-twenty year old as i havent do anything or plan anything for my future at all. all that is going on is slacking in camp, waiting for ORD to come and hoping something miraculous would happen by then, while the girls are busy squeezing their brain juice out for uni modules. thats kinda the truth and i know it. haiz, for now, what i can do is to discover whether chem e is for me, or whether that is another course of more interest to me. uni to me is a place where interest fuels the passion to learn, which of cuz leads to doing well, but more importantly the interest allows me to learn soft skills and the ability to think creatively while working in a group. its not just choosing a degree for job prospects, after all, how many people get to apply their university degrees during their worklife? rare few, from what i know.
6:07 PM
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
i just had another two driving lessons over the past two days in which im having off. cant say i have been utilising the past two days fruitfully, as i have been occupying myself with jeffrey archer's book - prisoner of birth. anyways the past two lessons i had were all road lessons, that means i get to drive outside in the street. at first it sounded quite fantastic to me, but not until i realised how frequent the instructor asked me to change gears, how many things i have to look out for when turning, and how many times he used sarcastic remarks on me about not obeying instructions before i gamely pointed out to him that his instructions were not clear at all, but of cuz not in the same tone but a sarcastic one in which he deserved.anyway i have to admit that without the instructor i would have killed quite a few people, one involving a pedestrain crossing in which it seems to be clear at first, so i glance at the road i am going to cut into to check for cars. i am about to accelerate more when the instructor suddenly changed the gear to neutral and jamed the handbrake in like less than one second which resulted in the car jerking but nevertheless it stopped. i realised why when i saw one parent and one small kid cross the pedestrain crossing. i was like in a state of shock but the instructor seems to be quite used to this kinda thing and he asked me to continue driving -.- oh well luckily nothing big happened in the second lesson, but i would be happier if the instructor were changed and not the same from the previous day. its not meant to be -.-
hmmmm is the person i saw who i think really is?
5:30 PM
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Many random events have took place over the weekend after new year, some of which are 'first' so they are worthy of mention. one of which is the first time i nearly got drunk.On friday I was called to go back to camp for "specialists initiation''. apparently we were told it was sort of a official welcome for all new specialists for my unit so EVERYONE, whether they are having leave or off, must go back. Initially everyone just crowded around the spec's mess and ate nice food in the form of buffet in camp for once (which are finally catered by restaurants instead of our cookhouse). there were even sushi! okay anw the highlight of the night came, and it turns out that the highlight are ourselves! we were told to enter a room, two at a time. inside the room we have to choose one cup from many cups of wine, and most of which were mixtures of vodka, martini and all the other sorts of concentrated alcohol that i havent even seen before. den we were to answer an unanswerable question, otherwise we have to drink up. even if its answerable, the officer will still find 101 more reasons why we still have to drink up. so in the end we all have to drink...
and....the taste were omgzzz horrible, terri-bad, and just plain disgusting. the taste was bitter at the start and were super carbonated. after it reached the stomach, the bitter carbonated taste remains there and feels very warm. however im still quite okay after finishing. in fact im considered one of the better ones after finishing one cup already. someone just drank half of the drink and the face immediately turn red and he nearly collapsed to the floor. after the first cup we were given another challenge again, and no prizes for guessing correctly that we failed the challenge and were granted another cup plus one beer. after finishing so much alcohol at one go, the effects of the alcohol started to kick in and everyone including me started becoming quite groggily. luckily the officers decided that they have tortured us enough and let us go. fortunately i did not vomit but i really did not enjoy the feeling of being semi-drunk. there is still consciousness, but at the same time vision would be lagging and the head would feel very light. this explains why drunk people cant really walk properly. in the end i decided i should sleep in the office and just sleep through the feeling. turns out to be a bad decision as i have quite a foul taste of alcohol in my stomach when i woke up. it was okay after a while, but still it aint a great feeling. after this experience i never would want to drink a lot of alcohol voluntarily...not only does it NOT relieve anything, it makes you feel even worse -.-
11:15 PM
Thursday, January 01, 2009
"Why do we celebrate new year? its because new year is a time for Reflection, Resolution and Renewal." quote from marina countdown.First up, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 and MAY YOU HAVE A HAPPY YEAR!
I had loads of fun during new year's eve as well as new year's day. This year the organisers came up with the idea of camping in one of those higher class hotels that have a superb and clear view of the marina fireworks. I had been quite relunctant at first due to the high cost; turns out its worth every cent i paid.
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lets start with the hotel room, which itself is positioned in one of the best ever position to watch the fireworks. its on the top floor of Marina Mandarin hotel and provides a clear view of the skyline, from suntec city on the left, the flyer in the middle and esplanade on the right. the room itself is packed with facilities such as the 40 plus inch LCD tv and the most ulitmate bath room i have ever seen. the bath room have 4 jets of water from the side and one sprinkler from the top. so the overall effect is water spraying from all directions to my body and its quite shiok.
during countdown itself, there are two spectacles to watch. one is inside the hotel itself, and consist of releasing thousands of balloons that is suspended in mid air at the same time. i cannot imagine what it would be like to see thousands of balloon raining down on myself, but the effect from the top floor is like many many identical coloured bubbles sinking to the atrium of the hotel. the other spectacle consist of a 5-10 minute fireworks display. from the height we are standing, the sounds of fireworks exploding in midair is deafening. this, complete with the full view of colours and burst of the fireworks from top to bottom means that this year's fireworks is the best that i have ever watched. the final ten seconds of the display is just pure jaw-dropping as the whole population in marina witnessed with bated breath the rapid explosions and seeing the dark sky being temporaily illuminated totally by fireworks in the air. this experience is something one can only achieved by watching live, videos can only show the colours of fireworks but it cannot show the heart-stopping explosions of the fireworks as they explode in midair to give off those brillant colours. this experience by itself, is already worth every hefty cent that i have paid for for the room.
well this year is the first year which for once i dun need to walk like ten kilometers and repeat what has happened two years ago. neither do we need to squeeze through thousands of bodies to get to a place that is only hundred metres away. and it does feel good to see people doing that while we are at our comfort of our hotel rooms =) lets have this kinda yearly gatherings for more years to come!!
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Ha i always knew punctality is never a habit that is associated with cellobass and i dun expect this to change after only one year. especially in cases with chong kahyan around lol. oh well after getting by with only around 3 hours plus of sleep in the hotel room, i headed straight down from city hall to jurong east for a trip to...................science centre -.- ya i must admit thats the face i had when i first heard about the trip. oh well but its still worth the money to smash buttons, although mostly we will be like ???????????? or say 'oh chey bluff people one la'. i think the highlight of the day is the 25(?) futile but valiant attempts to do a jump shots in front of science centre. its really a nice change of environment, even though i only know its for a while. kinda makes trip worth it.
alllll righty new year resolutions for these year.....i will try to keep mine short and sweet so that it can be accomplished..
(1) Get my long awaited driving license~
(2) Keep fit with loads of running and swimming.
(3) ........
to be completed another day.......