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2009-05-31T22:25:00.001+08:00

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2009-05-31T16:39:00.002+08:00

Are Cars Expensive in Singapore? This is the notion that we have to either support or refute on Saturday for our training on quantitative analysis. The general consensus is that cars in Singapore are really expensive and after which we proceed to have various measures to prove our point. The greatest take away from the session is to really show how you analyze and come to the conclusion and how not to have any loopholes in the calculations and able to explain why you choose certain figures and how you arrive at the conclusion. This week was great in my opinion that we did pretty well and that I managed to pretty much set the notion for our group. Got to work on that area and make it my strength.

Coaching session was after that and well it really set me thinking about what kind of family I would really want to see in the future and how I can work towards it and what kind of actions I can take to work towards the state that I want. Project is well on track and this 2 weeks are crucial in the sense that it will be times where shit happens and we have to be careful not to give up and continue to press on so that we can have a great celebration at the end of our MCW.

I am the events manager for the coming celebration and I also happen to be the youngest person in the whole TCC so I am quite stunned that people actually volunteered me but since they trust in me, I shall do a good job and not disappoint everyone.

Finally went to watch Angels and Demons after the many odds faced. It was illness and my MC for tooth extraction and we are still hit by illness when there it was not a peaceful movie due to someone constantly coughing non stop which was quite disturbing.

The movie was good in my opinion well cannot compare to the actual reading of the book but I think the gist is there and I enjoyed it but a pity that the Vatican Police guy had to die and so brutally.

After the movie, had dinner at Waraku. Food is good and I enjoyed just relaxing and chatting.

Went to Chelsea's Baptism today and so I was alone in the service and well congrats to her for taking this step of faith and pray that God would really shape her and use her for his kingdom. Pity though that we forget to take photos of this important event.

I should also start praying for my baptism.

2009-05-26T21:12:00.001+08:00

A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest -
and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man
Proverbs 24:33-34

I was going through the retreat file and finding out what I miss from the messages when I stumbled upon this verse from Proverbs. It speaks of examining our own vineyard which is the very first step that we all have to do before we can even see how well can our vineyard spread. To me this speaks of a reminder not to slack off. Many times when we are busy and engulf by the amount of work that we have, we tend to slack off our spiritual development thinking that we can go back to it another day or we are already quite there. But take heed, a little sleep, a little slumber and poverty will come on like a bandit and it comes without us being aware and prepared to defend against. In the end, we will most probably fall to spiritual defeat. Fear not God will always be there for you like how thankful and grateful I am that God never gives up on me but has drawn me back closer to him and when I look back on my life, I realized how foolish I’ve been and I am glad that I woke up before the I am really destroyed. I pray for strength and faith and that after cultivating my own vineyard I can help cultivate others.

Work today was as usual. Boring. I finished my screenshots and learn a bit of Unix System and did some testing.

2009-05-25T23:12:00.001+08:00

First day of work at OCBC today. It was rather boring and I spent the whole day playing with the trading system and looking at stock prices. People in the department is really busy and I think more work should be on the way.

2009-05-24T18:47:00.002+08:00

It has been a long time since I have last updated and there is so much that I want to put into my blog but I hope I can have the patience to continue typing it and not give it up half way.

I am officially starting work with OCBC as a Technology Intern tomorrow and as of now it is a 6 week internship which pays not bad considering that it is a local bank. I am excited to start work and see how it is like to be doing Business IT in the Bank.

Another thing to be happy about is my results which I have just got back on Friday and well I am quite satisfied with it. I got 4.3 for this semester and managed to overall pull my CGPA up to 4.0. I am quite worried initially and now I am 2nd upper, its time to continue the hard work and maintain my GPA and also pull it up to 4.5. Impossible is nothing and I am the only one that is stopping myself from achieving it. JIA YOU.

Case training this Saturday was quite bad in my opinion. Although most of us had almost the same points and managed to grab the issues, but I feel that my group did not do well in presenting our ideas. Our points are everywhere and there is no structure which makes our case not convincing. We really need to work hard on it or rather I need to work on it too to even be considered to be in the coming competition team to Thailand. Next week is quantitative analysis and well its something that I am not very good in but nevertheless I will work hard and like what Daryl say force yourself to be good at it.

Just came back from church retreat today and although I did slept but I did not really sleep well and was quite tired so I took a nap while Liang Ying, his Mum, Mille and Chai, Dad and Mummy were outside playing Mahjong with Dad and mille watching. We are celebrating Dad's birthday today with mahjong and food from Sakae and Canadian Pizza.

I had the honor of working with Adrian for the games of the retreat and we are all very glad that it worked out well and everyone really had fun playing the games and there was really much fun, laughter and the last game was really cool where everyone was put to the task of building the tallest YA tower and it was great to see the whole YA working together to build a real decent structure which is very tall and almost reached the ceiling and it can also support a handphone which is really remarkable.

As for me, I am really glad to be there for my first YA retreat. I went to the retreat with a happy heart of just having received my results and also when my life is starting to be realign back to God and the messages in the retreat is really a repetition of things we all along knew but in the mist of our busy life have let them slip through our mind and it was a great wake up call and I can especially connect to it after my whole down and ups in my spiritual life. Really Thank God for the speaker and also for me to be able to attend the retreat right after my TCC. During sharing, I also had a group who are all very open and willing to share and it was great learning from each other and also Elder Stephen where he was a wealth of experience to share with us. My takeaway from the retreat is really the importance of discipleship and disciple making. But for me right now, I have to get myself right, have the heart of a disciple of Christ before I can make disciples.

Mouth's still a little numb and I hope I can still enjoy the good food later.

2009-05-19T17:56:00.000+08:00

I am still unable to go for my run. Had a bad tooth which needed an extraction and after which a minor surgery cause of a stupid small root that was stuck inside. I am now on a 5 days MC with my internship with OCBC hanging in the air and I am not sure if I am still going to work there. It has been real tough to find a job lately and I am still jobless and June is coming. Going to be broke soon.

Retreat on Saturday and I doubt I can recover on time to be the emcee but I think I should still be able to attend it thought. Pray for the best.

2009-05-13T12:25:00.001+08:00

Got Fever, Flu, Sore Throat and Aching Body which render me useless for the whole of yesterday. Wanted to read and try not to fall asleep but I was too weak and my body was too painful and I ended up falling asleep for the whole of yesterday. I cannot believe it myself but I slept so much that my back hurts and my head hurts. I really hate this feeling. Was shivering one moment and perspiring the next and thus I have to keep wearing my jacket and taking it off. I was so blur about what is going on that I could not think straight. I kept asking myself what am I lying on the bed for and keep thinking about something that I could not recall now. Went to see a doctor today and he says its common flu and have to let the body fight it off itself. Praying for recovery soon so that I can start running.

2009-05-10T20:32:00.002+08:00

I am very tired, from all the going out and the constant rush of one place to another. Slept a great deal in the afternoon today cause of a bad headache that I developed on my way back from Church. For the rest of the week, I shall stay at home and rest and also to continue reading my books.

Retreat meeting on Thursday and we have decided to modify the program a bit. We kept the reality show part with Don't Forget the Lyrics - Worship Version and also added some station games and team building games in the whole program. Gearing up for a fun filled first YA Retreat. Pity that I could only attend from Saturday as I have case training in the morning.

Sentosa on Friday with Huat, Jeremy, Han Ming, KC, Guan Him, Dao Hao, Chanel, Wan Xian, Charabel and Xiao Yuan. I was apprehended about going since I would not sure if I would be out of place there but it turns out to be a fun filled and relaxing day out with the sun the sand and the sea. Played frisbee, build a sandcastle and also throwing people into the sea like Hui Min who joined us later.

First meeting of the competition squad on Saturday and we set down meetings for the rest of the Saturdays and also on the format of training, it is going to be tough but I will fight hard to go overseas for competition. Work Hard Norman. After training, I went home to work on my TCC and later headed to Cell. It has been a long time since we had cell and it was nice meeting everyone again and we had a great discussion on Col 3. At 7, I left for Sean's place for his Birthday celebration. Almost the whole OG was there and it was nice seeing everyone again after the exams and catching up with everyone. I almost miss the last train home.

After I woke up, I decided to slack off a bit and watch 2 episodes of Fringe and after that went for dinner with Dad. Shall continue with my TCC after I bathe and read a bit before turning in. I will wake up at 7 for my run tomorrow.

2009-05-07T11:03:00.000+08:00

May 7, 2009
Aware sex guide suspended
By Theresa Tan & Amelia Tan

ALL sexuality education programmes run by external groups in schools - including the controversial one by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) - have been suspended by the Ministry of Education (MOE).

In addition, the ministry will implement a new, tougher vetting process for the selection of such external programmes by schools.

The move comes about a week after some parents told MOE that they were concerned about the content found in an instructor guide for Aware's programme, which was posted online.

The Aware programme for schools was one of the touchstones of a spat within the organisation, which ended last Saturday with the ousting of a month-old leadership team who had railed against what they called 'pro-homosexuality' content in it. MOE conducted an investigation after some parents expressed concern.

On Wednesday, the press secretary to Education Minister Ng Eng Hen, Ms Jennifer Chan, said in a letter to The Straits Times that the basic instructor guide for Aware's programme did not conform to MOE's guidelines on sexuality education.

'In particular, some suggested responses in the instructor guide are explicit and inappropriate, and convey messages which could promote homosexuality or suggest approval of premarital sex,' she said, without elaborating on the inappropriate responses.

A copy of the guide posted online contained lines such as 'anal sex can be healthy or neutral if practised with consent and with a condom', and 'homosexuality is perfectly normal. Just like heterosexuality, it is simply the way you are'.

However, Ms Chan pointed out that some parts of the guide were positive: It gave accurate information on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, for example.

But, she stressed, the ministry and its schools 'do not promote alternative lifestyles to our students'.

She added: 'MOE's framework for sexuality education reflects mainstream views and values of Singapore society, where the social norm consists of the married heterosexual family unit.

Taken from http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373422.html

2009-05-06T19:53:00.002+08:00

Badminton with Phebe, Joy and Kim Heng today. Well I never expected that playing Badminton would be that siong. Well its a good workout and also how hyper Joy can and turning services into dance and singing while playing.

Went to meet Jia, Joy and Miao to pass Miao the backpack that I was going to lend to her. She has decided to go Bangkok and for anyone who wants to change money, do not go to the one at Far East level 2, that guy cheat money saying 23, 5 when he actually meant 23.05. Miao was upset that she was cheated but then again, it was too late liao.

Walked around looking for hand sanitizers for Miao to bring along for her travels but could not find any. Must be all snapped up by the Kiasu Singaporeans around. Its not exactly safe to be traveling now due to the Swine Flu and all and I pray for her to have a safe trip.

2009-05-05T01:32:00.002+08:00

Oh man I think there is something wrong with my laptop, the screen is always jumping. Hope it does not die.

Been having problems waking up lately. I need to run more and train up to earn that $200 for IPPT. Really poor now. Sianz

Student Leader training tomorrow.....NTU is so far away.

2009-05-03T21:59:00.002+08:00

The job market is real bad now and I am still unable to get any jobs like many of my friends too. Danny mentioned that perhaps we should do special term to clear some modules and that will put the worry of finding a job away from our heads for a while. I think if I still cannot get any jobs after a while, I will go do some volunteer work and it beats bumming around without achieving anything.

Theme for message this coming month is on the family and I think that it is a good time seeing all the things that have unfolded in Singapore and I am surprised at the slope that we are slipping down. When God created man, he created Adam and Eve and not Adam and Michael. That is all I am going to say and to people who think that it is like born being left handed and right handed, yea right cause no matter which hand one uses to for example write, the results are same whereas is the result of a homo and a heterosexual same. Nonsense.

The fact that one group has to booed and prevent another from speaking shows how much content they have to take it on an intellectual debate. What is Singapore becoming?

2009-05-02T22:59:00.002+08:00

I thought I should rest at home since I have been going out almost everyday since the end of my examinations and today was indeed a slack day for me. Swimming in the morning and it has been ages since I last swam and I think I sort of strain my left arm near the elbow part and now I feel pain in it.

For the rest of the day it is just videos and reading. I started on this very interesting show called Fringe which is really great and I would recommend it to everyone especially those interested in science and x files. It is a show about Fringe science or rather science that is simply out of this world but theoretically quite sound.

Finished Case for Christ and well I am more convinced that there are really hard evidence supporting the existence of Christ and also his resurrection and it is a real good read with analysis like fighting a case for Christ in the court of law.

These days I have been very updated with the news after so long and I have the time to read almost all the articles except those that bore me. Lolz.

Back to videos.

2009-05-02T01:17:00.002+08:00

I am very happy today knowing that I got into the competition squad. Well really have to Thank God for it. I was quite worried for it seeing that there are much stronger competitors around and well since I am given this chance and opportunity, I am going to give it my best shot at it and do well in it.

Met up with the theme special team today and well managed to have 2 plans up for approval and hopefully things will turn out well.

Went to Marina Barrage with some YAers today and well get to know more people and I have to say that Marina Barrage is really a nice place to hang out and chill and to just spend some time there with friends. Also the exhibitions are informative and fun too. It should be a must go for all.

2009-05-01T00:25:00.000+08:00

I am really enjoying life these few days after exams. I have been going out, playing and basically having a great time. Well at the same time, I have been trying to find a job, but due to the current economic conditions, I have been unable to find any temp jobs and well I need to find one soon or I will be broke soon.

Ice skating on Wednesday with Random Group and its growing bigger and getting more random each day. Well it was the objective of the group to be super duper random and we just go out together and have fun and populate facebook with all our pictures. Ice Skating was fun and it is the second time I tried, first time being in JC to celebrate my birthday. Huat was forever falling and finally its XH’s turn to bully her cause she was the only zai one among us. Hard as we tried, we could not catch her and well let her bully for once. Lolz.

After skating, I went to meet Hong Wee for job training with this company called Play n Learn which is basically a company selling science toys in primary schools and well the products are interesting and the only bad is that it is not regular so I need to find a more regular job to earn more money for my Vietnam trip. After that we went to AMK to have our crab dinner and also to appease my little junior who is very pissed cause we are all late and she almost wanted to go home and HW had to appease her by letting her throw her shoes at him (kidding). The dinner was good and the crab was huge man. We had chilli crab, bee hoon crab, broccoli with scallop and fried tofu. For our carbo, we had fried mantou and they are simply delicious when dipped into the chili crab gravy. After dinner, we walked for what seem like ages to get to AMK hub. At there, we headed to the arcade and played Daytona, Basketball and World Combat.

Went to return keys, submit bursary documents and also had competition squad audition today. Well the concept of the competition squad is such that we can have a more organized training and hopefully get into finals more often in competitions and better still win more of them. Well it is not a bad idea, but just could not help feeling that when the team is form, the rest of the people will be left out and shut out from future opportunities of competition. Although challenger teams are allowed during trainings but how useful or how fair is it to break into the competition squads. Well it remains to be seen and right now I am praying hard that I would get to be in the squad.

Meeting tomorrow for retreat……..

2009-04-27T00:32:00.002+08:00

Saturday was a super hot day and not really suitable for Sentosa going. But nevertheless, it was a fun and relaxing day out. Had lunch with them at Banquet and after lunch we were off to Sentosa with half in Ivy's car and the other half in Eevin's car. Ivy was still quite shaky as a new driver and had to follow Eevin closely and she drives rather slow too. lolz. I mentioned that I intended to start a post titled A day in Ivy's Car but decided not to as I am very lazy though I am rather free now.

We played Frisbee, volleyball and captain's ball which is the most shag game and also card games while resting. The weather is really a killer and the best part was throwing people into the sea and our failed attempts to throw Chloe into the sea. Damn.

Dinner was at La Mei Zi steamboat and after dinner we went to play at the arcade and ended the night with dessert. As usual, I shocked everyone with my strawberry with Grassjelly. lolz.

Church today as usual and Sam, Jus, Aileen and I are now in charge of the theme special of YA retreat, first step to being involved with Church. After church, I went for tuition followed by a very satisfying run. Shall work hard to work off the fats. Peers have been commenting that I am getting fat so shall work harder to build muscles and burn the fats.

XM's grandma passed away and we went to the wake just now. Saw Miao and she looked very tired. Pray that she will be fine as her grandma brought her up and she must be very sad now.

Feeling very tired now and I need a job soon or I am going to be broke. lolz

2009-04-25T02:06:00.002+08:00

Moved back all stuff from Hall today and it was a chore. I did not realized that I have so much stuff and when I got home still have to unpack everything and it is very sianz when you realized that there is not enough space in your cupboard and the constant rearrangement is really driving me crazy.

Finally its all finish in 1.5 to 2 hours and I can finally slack.

Sentosa tomorrow with RE. Yay!!

2009-04-23T01:22:00.002+08:00

What happen to me today was totally unbelievable, while on the way to East Coast Park, on 859, my left eye contract lens dropped out and I was like crap. So I had to go back again to put on new lens and travel back to East Coast which in total took me 1 Hour just to get out of Sembawang and another 40 mins to travel to Tampines. Grrr

Met up with Jia and SY at Tampines 1 and we walked around to get Hong Wee's Birthday Present and we got him a soccer ball and a Nike Water Bottle. After that, we went to Joy's house to slack cause they din want to go ride bikes. I went there to slack and sleep and I borrowed a great book from Joy called The Case For Christ about a guy who was showing that the existence of Christ can be proven with law and facts and it was quite interesting especially after Business Law and I shall occupy my time meaningfully and not slack around so much but do lots of reading.

Around 4:30, we took a cab down to East Coast Park to collect the food and after that stone while we wait for the rest to arrive. I began to read the book and after KY came, Phebe, KY and I went to play Friskbee for a while before starting the fire.

Soon after everyone arrived and we just sat around, talking cock, eating and record videos of Hui Jia freaking out when any cat comes past. Lolz. She is really really afraid of cats and will like stand on the stone chairs the moment any arrive and not to worry, I have captured all this wonderful moments on video and shall soon upload them to Facebook.

After tonight I have new menus to add to my BBQ list like Needle Mushrooms with Cheese and Satay with Cheese by KY and Matthew respectively.

Thank God that we did not stay too late or we would have been drenched.

2009-04-21T17:31:00.002+08:00

Pens down...............this marks the end of the examination for semester 2 and also the end of my year 1 in university. It has been a great year with many friends made, new lessons learned and new experiences. AB 102 marks the last examinations and all of us were very happy for it to be over.

Well, on a whole, I think I did pretty much my best for this examinations and well shall leave the rest to God's hand. Shall not think too much about it and let the results worry about itself. Hope that I can rescue my GPA a bit this semester.

After the paper, we went back to Hall to take photos of our Hall as we are all going to move out and we went from room to room, taking pictures and capturing memories and all the fun and laughter that took place in Hall 15. Though its uncertain if we will see each other again, I am glad to have known this great bunch of people.

We had lunch with Vivo and it was Sok Peng's first time eating Carl's Junior and after lunch we went to have free Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. It was my first time going for the free cone day thingy and well its an experience.

Back in Hall to move some stuff home before the bulk is going back on Friday. Time to rest and also to start training up for my IPPT.

EAST COAST PARK TMR WITH 27.........WWOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

2009-04-16T17:52:00.000+08:00

2 more papers to go. Just had IT and well its was ok but i forgot the difference between Internet and World Wide Web. Ahhh.

Praying for the best now.

Business Law and Financial Management to go. JIA YOU!!!!!!

2009-04-14T17:38:00.002+08:00

AA 101 is over and I am officially dead meat. I dun dare think about it. Haiz, 22 Marks of blank. I am so screwed. My poor GPA is going to fall further.....

IT............
Biz Law............
FM................

2009-04-07T15:58:00.002+08:00

A roller coaster ride once again for grades. Got back my AA 101 report and we got B- for it. We got C+ but was later canceled and given B- instead. Looks like AA 101 is really shit for me with my quizzes managing average results so looks like I have to score super duper well for my paper which is like 50% and accounting isn't really my cup of tea anyway. But no fret, we just have to work harder and be careful to secure as many marks as I can for my paper.

Comm Funds was disappointing too when I got the results for my OA 1, I got a B+ along with HW and SY. Seems that the comments given by Kathleen were good but she gave us B+ anyway. Thought it was free frag initially, hope it does not pull down my GPA. It is already very low to began with.

I was most happy and thankful for my Business Law which I got A+ for my assignment and A for my class participation. Its 40 percent secured and now it is time to chiong for the rest of the exams.

Exams are coming but we still have school till thursday with Comm Funds Presentation tomorrow and IT on thursday. Jia You.

2009-04-04T23:15:00.002+08:00

Pleasant surprise for my last FM class of the semester. I got back my FM quiz and I got full marks for it. Really Thank God for it as I was studying like mad for the quiz. I really hope and pray that I would be able to do well for my FM cause it a prerequisite to do Banking and Finance and I would really like to do that for a specialization for my degree. Well guess we have to work hard for what we want to achieve and pray hard about it. :)

Church BBQ today and boy how glad that I went for it. It was a good time to chill and relax before the xiong period of studying and studying and minimal sleep and books and notes of the pre examination period. The most enjoyable part is to catch up with my friends in church for life's been busy and have not been able to catch up with them lately. Well there was good food, games to keep everyone entertained and also the popiah making contest where I managed to carve out a face on the yellow capsicum. Sam played Mambo Music and soon, Dan, Sam and I were dancing to the tune. Its been so long since I went Mambo and well kinda miss it, with all the people dancing and having the same hand movements.

Time to start mugging for my exams and my exam schedule this semester is very xiong with papers on 14, 16, 20 and 21. Well the benefit is ending early but the tradeoff is having much lesser time for revision. Hope that my brain automatically becomes more productive due to the lack of time. Stakes are high for this semester to pull up my GPA and hopefully I can pull up to 4.0.

Work hard, pray hard, focus on God.

2009-04-02T01:57:00.002+08:00

Accounting Quiz 2 today was quite manageable. I should get around 15 over 20. I am quite satisfied with it considering that I am quite weak in accounting and now its time to work hard to chiong for the exams. This Sem is really a killer with content heavy modules with exams packed close together.

Had Cell today with my block and thank God for the good turnout despite that it is now near the exams and it is encouraging to see all of us coming together to share about our anxieties, concerns and how we can be a support for each other during this tough times. We prayed for each other to not lose focus of God during this period and also for us to concentrate and study and not be distracted but also to always put God at the center of our lives.

Pray that I would have God with me during this tough period and not to rely on my own strength.

2009-03-29T21:59:00.000+08:00

What I have done for the weekends at home, FM tutorial, Acc Tut, Watching TV, Catching Up on my sleep, Swimming and Tuition. There is AA 101 quiz on Wednesday and I have not started studying at all. Planned to study during the weekend but ended up slacking. 3 more weeks or lesser to the first paper and I am still not in the mugging mood. I want to feel the stress and the anxiety to remind me to study hard and chiong for this semester’s examination. Pray that I will be able to do well for this semester too. Time to start on my AA 101 revision………………………

CHIA NORMAN, YOU SHOULD BE WORKING!!!

2009-03-28T00:12:00.001+08:00

This week is truly shack, with IT project to rush, studying for FM quiz which I think was quite doable. I am finally home on a Friday as training for BS has ended for now and the past week has been crazy with little sleep and lots of coffee. Had wanted to do some work just now, but I am too tired and I decided to update my very stagnant blog and quickly go to bed and wake up early tomorrow to do my work. Exams are in 3 weeks time and we still have 2 projects to do and this semester really flies by and I feel that I have learnt nothing. So I guess it is time to catch up on my work which I guess I have done by doing my tutorials, but the pace is so fast and everything happens so quickly that information gets out of my head as soon as I learn something new. I guess I just have to get used to it and make the most out of my time and study hard for the coming examinations as I really have to get my GPA to something decent and not as disgusting as what I had last semester.
Well many things have flew past and I am just going to update as much as I can and as much as I can remember or as much as I can put here before falling asleep. Strangely I am not very sleepy now but alright here it goes. All the people taking IT are super stressed over the database project that we are supposed to do with MS Access and I can tell you that it must be one of the most unfriendly software ever by MS. It is quite difficult to do and very time consuming. Thank God that we had Hong Wee who picks up quite fast, KJ to help me with it and I just touch up here and there and as usual making sure that all our timelines are being met and we can get the product on time. Just few hours ago, we were at Miao’s hall trying to help them with their forms seeing that they worked on it since last night till 6am in the morning. We managed to help them a bit and hope that they can have something out by Wednesday.
For ABCC 2009, I got the post I wanted which was Events Director: Round Table and also Emcee for Gala Dinner. Sadly I could not be roundtable Emcee which was what I wanted to. But since I joined BS, I had always wanted to be part of the planning of ABCC and now I got my wish and I shall work hard along with my other colleagues to make ABCC 2009 a successful one. Openings are available for a Co Emcee and the criterion is that the emcee must be pretty. Applications start now. 
Internal Case Competition was a great experience of working together with XH, Urs and Gelina and somehow we got into the quarters and were killed by a case which was very financial in nature and all of us are not very good in it. Well, I had fun and also experienced real lack of sleep and how it can affect our presentation. I must work hard to join more competitions, improve myself and win a competition one day.
I was also involved in NTU Open House 2009 and well it was the first time that NBS had a Discover Business segment where we showcase the different clubs in NBS. However the students were more interested in finding out more about the program, the admission criteria and things like the difference between Business and Accountancy. The ambassadors were quick to switch and we ended up sharing out all this information which was of more interest to the potential students. Overall the event went well with many students visiting the Business booth and it was fun interacting with students from other clubs and also the potential students.
That’s all for today, exams are coming and I pray that I would able to do well this semester.

2009-02-07T23:08:00.000+08:00

A Super Belated Birthday Post

This is a long overdue post that I wanted to put up since my birthday but really could not find the time with all my rehearsals, school work and JCRC commitments. Another year has gone past and I am 22 now. It only seems like yesterday when I celebrated my 21st birthday with all of my friends around me. This year it was 3 simple celebrations.

First of all, thanks to Shaun who organized an outing for all the temps of RE. We had dinner at New York New York at Jurong Point 2. It was nice getting together again and remembering all the wonderful times that we had together when we were still working there and also the various outings that we have together. Ironically though we are in the same school now and living in hostel but due to the busy schedule of life, we do not have time to meet up and this was a good opportunity to catch up with each other and have some time together over dinner. Kudos to Ian who came down all the way from NUS to celebrate my birthday for me.

My Hall mates celebrated for me on Thursday. I knew something was going to happen as they are very loud about it but I was actually quite sick of waiting and wanted to go to bed but when I was out of the toilet from removing my contact lens, I got trapped and tried to run but could not. So I was blindfolded and threatened to comply or else risk getting my bed dirtied. I was lead to a lamppost where I was tied up with disgusting stuff poured over me and being pelted by water bombs. When they tried to put a lizard on me, I managed to escape and run away but later got smash in the face by a fake cake of wasabi prepared by my very own dear roommate, it was super hot and chocking to my nose. The worst part was when they clipped pegs to my ear and chest and Xin Hui pulled it away and it was super pain man. Overall it was super fun getting each other dirty and the celebration ended with cake cutting in the lounge but too bad some ass complain and Liang Ying’s name got taken down. A big thank you to the CPs, Liang Ying, Xin Hui and Willy.

On Saturday, I had a celebration at home with my tutorial group mates plus my Random Group from Hall, a group which got together randomly and from random places and hopefully maintained for a random number of years together as a random group. This is our official random outing 2 after 1 which was a huge success. But then again I think we seriously need a better name and not random group. I met Han Ming, Sok Peng, Song, Miao, Joanne and little Junior at the MRT and thank Han Ming for telling me to order the sushi early cause I realized that I need to order at least an hour in advance or else there will be no sushi for dinner. After which we played mahjong while Sok Peng, Han Ming, Junior and I played tai tee for a while till Junior got bored and wanted to see them play mahjong instead. At around 6:30, we had dinner of pizza and sushi and Phebe, Ko Yang, Hong Wee, Germane, Kim Heng and Shi Yuan came at various times. We had lo he and after which was cake cutting and I was made to eat a strawberry which had like soy sauce, chilli and mayo on it. Song tried to smash my head into the cake but too bad, I anticipated it and he failed.

We played black jack after that and I was banker and lost about 7. I was just too unlucky with poor hands but luckily last round managed to win back some with a 21 which was a killer. After taking photos, they left at around 9:30.
Really want to say a big thank you to all my friends who organized everything for my birthday and also the well wishes and the red packets and book (Winning with People) from tut 27, the cuff links from Liang Ying, Sok Peng, Evadne, Han Ming, Li Xuan, Sharon, Yi Ting, Shu Wen and Jing Wen, the card from Shaun, Glenn, Nathan, Xian Rong, Venetia, Evon, Vivian and Ian, the BIG ang pao from my Shi Mu, Xiao Shi Mei, Alicia, Ariel, Shirley, Gina and the laser pointer from Elaine.

Well as usual, it is time for Birthday wishes……

1) I wish that I will have more friends each year when I celebrate my birthday
2) I wish for better results in my coming Sem
3) I wish that my knee would get better so that I can run long distance again.
4) I wish that I can discover my real passion.
5) I wish for a good internship again. Lolz

2009-01-26T03:08:00.000+08:00

School has started and one month is going to fly past and my memories of this semester has all been about rushing, rushing more rushing to meet deadlines, having meetings and trying not to fall asleep when I do my work. Since school started, I have been trying to juggle my Internship, JCRC commitments, tuition and my school work. Thank God that so far I am doing well, keeping up with my school work and also the other commitments. The only drawback on this is my health which has taken a toll. I have been suffering from my gastric pains for close to a month without any signs of recovery. It comes and goes and when it strikes, it’s unbearable. Other than the gastric, I just recovered from a bout of flu which is prone to come back now and then in case I do not take care of my health.

I thank God that I am able to pull through although I have so much on my hands now and that I am still alive and kicking and not dead yet. Right now no matter what, I will set aside my time for devotion.

Hall production is coming soon and our nights are mainly on rehearsals and carrying props. Sometimes I think that I should not be in Hall production since I am already so packed. But then again, we are short handed and it is really irresponsible to quit now and leave the rest in the lurch. No matter what I will press on with the rest of the props team who have worked so hard and we are ambitious this year to contribute better props to the performance.

Had several meetings with YEC and right now, I am still quite free from there, nothing much just mainly having dinners with them and getting to know about the committee and seeing how I can contribute to it. Hope that the serious part will come after Hall Production.

CNY Celebration was a smash, we had steamboat dinner, dragon dance performance, performances by our own Sing and Strum and games. It was well planned by social though there was not enough soup at the end for the steamboat and pretty much our food was dried up. After that, James announced his official resignation as Hon Gen to the JCRC. It was a pity losing him as he has been my mentor since I came to Hall and guiding me a lot. Well now it is time for me to stand on my own feet and strive it out on my own.

Business is working with Social for our Vdae event and I hope that we will make it happen. Praying hard for it to come true.

Time really flies and CNY is here and next Saturday is my birthday and also Finals for our softball Girls. Hope that we will bring back the golden cookie this season.

2009-01-01T23:20:00.000+08:00

It seems only a while ago when school starts in Aug and now its January and the start of the year 2009. Well 2008 has been an eventful year for me with the start of my tertiary education in NTU and the determining point of my life in what I am going to do in future. Looking back into 2008, there are unfulfilled resolutions, new things that I have tried, new experiences and definitely more growth after a great many happenings in my life. Looking back on my resolutions that I have put down when the year started, I have only fulfilled the ones like learning excel (though I still have much to learn), getting my driving license, reading more business books (read a few but still far from expectations) and getting to know more people definitely through start of school and also the Asian Business Case Competition. I have failed to complete the Bible in one year, failed to be more involved in Church and to make matters worse, I am not as active as before. The first significant thing in my life in 2008 is my decision to go on the mission trip to East Asia where it was really an eye opening experience for me to see how other people are struggling to serve God as much as they can with all the difficulties that they face and really how fortunate we have been in Singapore. We had great interactions with the local workers there and also the youth and at the same time, I learn a lot about the people that I am working with and also many of my weaknesses like how I can be very direct and insensitive to other people and how I tend to overwrite leadership. Well it was overall a great experience for me. Coming back to Singapore and like any other people who have gone on such trips, great declarations were made to keep in contact, keep each other in prayer and also to have regular updates about the situation there but then again, as life moves on and getting hectic day by day, all these were soon forgotten and I am guilty of not thinking of the people there any longer just getting on with my life and getting settled in my new school.

I started school in August in NTU, a freshie who was raring to show the school and world what he is capable of. I was ambassador for Asian Business Case Competition, got into Business Solutions through 3 rounds of interview, elected into the committee of Hall 15 as a Business Manager and also managed to secure an internship during my December holidays. Just when I thought that life was good and everything since coming to NTU (which was a miracle in itself due to my screwed up A levels) with great friends and experience and good start to my resume, all came crashing down with the release of my results for the first semester. I did very badly with a C+ for stats which was one of my favorite and most prepared subjects, B- for Econs which was also one where I prepared very hard for it, B+ for marketing and A+ for Organizational Behavior. Well I worked very hard for the examinations and this had to happen to me and I am really unsure on what had gone wrong. But after thinking through it, what has happen has happen and how it’s time to work harder for the next 5 semesters and try to do well and always keep a positive mindset in everything that I do.

With further reflections on my life since I started school, I realized that I have lost myself in work and all and really my walk with God has suffered greatly and I have lost the fire for God. Looking back now, I realized how stupid and arrogant I have been in trusting myself more than God and thought that myself was in control and really top of the world and I guess the results is God’s way of telling me that what he can give, he can also take away with a flick of his little finger and how stupid I was in trusting myself so much. For the excuse of being busy, I have not been praying a lot, quiet time was compromised although I still do but it was not really fruitful and also I have not been regular at services and also cell group (some issues that I shall not mentioned). I am also very disgusted with myself on how I came to God and being so close to him and all while I was in need but once I do not feel the need, I fell away from him and his soft voice was lost in the loud noises around me. I guess this was really a lesson to learn and remember and how I should never think that I am greater than what I really am.

One of the greatest lesson to learn and for me to remember is to be humble and really let God have control of my life and commit all things to him for we so small and so insignificant and the moment we think that we can achieve everything by ourselves, God will make us fall many times worse. I am glad that in my heart, I can still feel this teaching by God and really want to thank God for letting me come to my senses. I have been too arrogant and too think I can achieve it all by my own.
Another great lesson is that I should not take my family for granted. I really thank my Uni friends , people like Hui Jia and Miao who constantly tell me how important my family is and I am glad to have got everyone out for dinner on 26th for my parent’s anniversary and a great thank you to Liang Ying for coming to my house for mahjong after dinner with my parents. Now I really appreciate my Mum for standing by me and comforting me when I got my results and almost broke down. She was there to encourage me and really telling me to go on.

I am really blessed to have many great friends in my life and now in school, I have made a great many more, in Hall, Tutorial Group and also Business Solutions. All have been very encouraging and especially my roomie and best friend of 8 years and yes, we shall work hard together next semester.
The start of 2009 is well not as good a start for me, but I will have a positive attitude and work hard in everything I do and also strengthen my walk with God and rekindle my passion for Him. Here are some resolutions that I have for 2009.

1) Strengthen my walk with God and discover YA more and how I can serve the Lord in church.
2) Spend more time with my family and learn to appreciate them more and not take my Mum for granted and not to get angry over small things
3) Work hard on my studies and try to pull up my GPA to a 4 at least.
4) Do my job for 2nd semester as a Business Manager well to have a good ending
5) Learn as much as I can about Business Cases and work hard in Business Solutions.
6) Do well in YEC as a new member and see if it is what I want to do.
7) Be more humble and less arrogant
8) My personal favorite to make more friends and improve my interpersonal skills.

2008-12-30T23:43:00.001+08:00

Life has just thrown me another big shit and as the saying goes, it never rains but pours which can describe what I am going through fully. First up are my totally crappy and unexpected results which are so bad that I am still recovering from the shock of it. To add on to all this, my dad burn a hole in my Standard Chartered Marathon Finisher shirt and he threw away one of my shirt which was a gift from my friend just because there was a hole and he did not even bother to ask me. I am like under great trauma and stress and after hearing all this, I almost wanted to break down. But then again, it’s not new that life always gives me shit and everything that can go wrong will go wrong on me. But then again, after being depress for 2 days, it is time to move on, put everything behind and start afresh to do better for my next 5 semester. On a side note, I have decided to submit for a review for my Stats, Econs and Maketing as I am really quite confident of it so I have done all I could and the rest is up to God to decide how he wants me to be in his plan.

My health has taken a toll recently with my gastritis coming back and it is really painful at night and it keeps me awake and in the day, it is always there with a lingering pain all the time and after seeing the doc, the medication do not seem to work. If after one week and its still like this, I am going to another doc.
This episode has made me realized that I really have lots of great friends who are very encouraging and Hui Jia was like hey dun be sad, we go find you for dinner after work and so met up with KH, Phebe, Song, Hui Jia and Zhi Kai (one of Song’s friend) for dinner and ice cream on Monday which was really helpful to help clear my mind and take it off the results and stuff, but then again, its not going to be that easy, but I will try my best and think ahead.

One thing I also learn and can feel is that God is trying to tell me how he can give and also take away everything from us, getting in to NTU was a miracle for me and I thought I was off to a good start but along the way, I think I lost myself and have this I am so great and so good kinda thought and started to rely on myself and left God out of the picture. But this has really made me wake up and really rethink what is more to my life that I have fail to see and left out and how I can realign my life. I am going to prayfully ask God as I do my reflections this year.

I am not going to take my mother for granted again as she stood by me that night when I was so sad and comfort me greatly.

2008-12-24T22:16:00.001+08:00

Sam See invited us to her house for a Christmas Gathering on the 23rd and I am so glad to be there. After work that day, I went for tuition before heading to her house and when the train went past Sembawang I was so tempted to go back home where I have mails waiting for me and also to have a good rest, but something tells me that I should not miss it so I went and well I never regret although I reached back late. After getting the logcake from Breadtalk, I took a cab to her house.
Many people were here and I was like wow, finally get to see and catch up with many of my church friends whom I have not seen for a long time due to my busy schedule. There were lots of food too and I ate lots and lots. We sang a birthday song for Sam’s dad too as his birthday is on 25th Dec.
Well I was really happy to be there and being together with all my friends and just catching up with each other and enjoying food under the night sky. Well the topic was soon about how I have been missing in church and cell as I am really packed and busy so I have been missing some times. Well I have nothing to say, just that I am busy and I will make time as much as I can.
At around 10 plus, most people are starting to go back and me too cause of work the next day.
Half day today due to Christmas eve and I never really do any work, just clear up some documentation and after that we went for lunch with the boss. After the lunch, I headed down to Wan Yi’s place for our Christmas celebration with the Hall Production people. We watched Red Cliff, played card games and there was a gift exchange which I did not prepare for due to late notification by Liang Ying. At around 5, I went back.
Initially wanted to go for Joy’s church thing, but I am feeling very tired and listless so I decided to slack at home instead. The feeling is nice. Finally a break.

2008-12-20T21:14:00.002+08:00

I survived the first week without my boss although I still need to call her occasionally to check up some urgent matters but pretty much I survived the CAC although one was converted into a learning session for me and now I understand my job much better.

Garang Guni today for Hall production was super tiring. For starters, many people did not turn up last minute and thus we had to cover more blocks. We started in the morning and work all the way to 5 plus without lunch break in between and I am glad for the heavy LJS breakfast. So we started when most of the people arrived and started going around collecting newspapers, old clothes and electrical appliances. It was super tiring and to make matters worse, my knee starting hurting real bad and I could barely walk but just tahan all the way. I got a surprise when we saw Sheena cause she was living in one of the blocks that we were collecting the papers and I had toilet break and also some ice cream from her.

When it ended, we went for dinner before heading back and now I am just going to slack and ice my hurting knee.

2008-12-15T23:58:00.002+08:00

Many things happen since the Standard Chartered Marathon and I haven been updating due to my very busy schedule of working in the day and either meeting up with sponsors, joint hall meeting, business meetings and the occasional meeting up with friends.

The first update was the NBS bash which I went alone cause 2 people pang sei me, but no worries, I know many people in NBS and so friends are still every where, think that is an advantage for being able to talk a lot. Well initially was quite boring till some people start to dance and the worse part is the free flow drinks where everyone just crowds around the bar like some yao gui and I was super sianz so i went to the outside bar to get a drink without queue. After that was some dancing before leaving at around 1:30 as I had to work the next day.

Thursday was store cleaning up and packing day and well I am glad that majority came down and we managed to clear up the store and now it is real neat and tidy and look proper. We are also getting fans installed. One upz for Business Committee. Good job guys.

Saturday was the first BS meeting and we are formally introduced to the various directors and also the opening speech by our new president, Roy. Well I think this is really the place for me and I enjoy the crowd. We had mahjong and poker after the meeting, and thereafter dinner and ended it off with a drink a Harry's Bar.

My most satisfying program during this holidays is the implementation of the random outing. We went out on Sunday made up of the most random people. The group had Sarah, Han Ming, Sok Peng, Evandne, Xin Hui, Liang Ying and I. We went bowling, dinner and movie. Well it was really fun and it turn out well and everyone could make it. Shall start planning for the next one till XH comes back from Taiwan.

This whole week is going to be packed with meetings again and my leg is still not recovering. I want to run soon.

2008-12-08T11:05:00.000+08:00

6 Hr 50 Min of torture, 42.195km and the standard chartered marathon is over and I have completed it. To mark our finishing, we each got a medal and a shirt with finisher of 42.195km.

The run started at 5:30 and I managed to run with Liang Ying till 18km and then we started to walk a bit. I went on ahead of him but at around 23KM, my right leg got a serious cramp and I fell down and there was a lump at my calf and it was freaking pain. Luckily someone came to help me stretch my legs and gave me some deep heat muscle rub. After that I pretty much walked all the way with my legs hurting like crazy and every step was painful. At around 200m left, I started to try to run all the way to the finishing and finally it was over.

After the run, we went to grab a bite before going back to rest and take a nice sleep. I developed a fever and quickly took 2 panadols before going to sleep after taking a nice warm shower. I woke up at around 6:15 to go to Li Xuan’s birthday party. I almost did not want to go cause my legs were real bad and travelling there was really slow. My legs cramp like almost every 5 minute of walking and Yi Ting was laughing all the way.

I am going to just relax and rest the whole day with minimal walking and last night I was feeling like shit, I am super cold and my both my legs are painful and it cramp. Thank God this morning it was ok and not cramping though still hurting.
A nice but painful experience

2008-12-03T23:38:00.002+08:00

Started work on Monday with BNP Paribas for my internship and I am attached to the compliance department. During the first day, we had 2 briefing one by the head of compliance and the other by the deputy HR head. After which we went for a welcome lunch at coffee club express and work starts a little for me. Basically my job is to check for AML and CTF and checking if a client is safe to work with or not. There is lots of procedures and more new things to learn everyday but I think once I get the hang of it, it should be a pretty mundane job. Well think it is a great place to work just that the people there are quiet and the department do not eat together. Everyone is just doing their own work.

Started training again after a long time and I fret for my IPPT on saturday and also the standard chartered 42km on sunday.

2008-11-29T02:26:00.002+08:00

Went down to meet our kind Sponsors for the exam welfare supper and also to pass Ms Serena our Thank You letter and also the card that I got for the company. Well its a small set up with a few staff and they do not really seem to be very comfortable with meet ups. I think I shall liaise using the phone more often.

Sitex 2008 was not very crowded which I gather should be due to today being a weekday and I managed to get quite a number of items there. I got a 3 in 1 printer to replace our old Brother one, a thumb drive, harddisc for LX's present, laptop cooler and also a laptop sleeve.

Rushed back to set up the printer and back to school for the joint hall biz mag meeting at Hall 9.

The meeting ended quite fast and in a nutshell it is about getting sponsors for the goodie bags of the Hall Olympiad opening and closing ceremony.

After I got back to my room, I packed up and came back.

2008-11-28T02:55:00.001+08:00

Finally my exams are all over and now it is time to party.

For the papers, OB and Marketing was quite ok but I did not do very well for stats as I did not have enough time to do and I made a careless mistake on one question. Econs was good too as I managed to finish it quite fast and spot a careless mistake which would have caused me 20 marks.

I am just very glad that it is all over after stressing it for like 2 months. Monday is start of my internship at BNP and I hope I get to learn something useful there.

TIME TO TRAIN FOR IPPT on the 6th Dec 2008

2008-11-12T14:06:00.002+08:00

Functional, Formal Hierarchy, Informal Communication, Team Norms, Team Effectiveness Model, Motivation......, hand raises up for more paper that takes forever to come and after non stop writing, PENS DOWN......

That marks the end of my first paper in NTU, the Organisational Behavior and Design. It is my first open book examination and of many more to come I hope. Once the paper start, it was writing and writing till it was the end and the first thing that came to my mind was LUNCH. I was super hungry.

I find the paper ok and not too bad but some people find it quite difficult though. Hope I can do well.

One down and three more to go, retreating into my mountain soon again.

2008-11-01T23:48:00.001+08:00

Many things happen this week and it has been a mind blowing week for me with 2 quizzes and something new in my life.
Econs quiz was alright but I screw up one question because I mistake unemployment for employment and there goes my full marks for my second quiz. Stats was 6 over 10 and not too bad. I think I really need to mug super duper hard for my stats to score something decent for it.
The exams are coming in a week’s time and it is so fast and my first ever exams in NBS. Hope it is going to be fine and alright and I really need to concentrate and mug hard for it. Of the 4 papers I have, 3 is open book which is not that bad I guess.
Went to play paintball this morning and it was great. My team consisting of Andy, Kang Jie, Liang Ying, Frankie and I won every match. It was my first time playing and it was great. I got hit twice on the arm and had 2 bruises on it but it was not that painful. The excitement of capturing the flag while not getting hit was really cool and the feeling of getting the items and winning for the team makes everything damn good and siok at the end.
BS Dinner at Sakae was great with good food for everyone and enough to make all full. We had mainly party sets and sashimi. After dinner, it was mainly chatting with the seniors and also the current batch of new recruits and also with the alumni who were all doing very well in their career and it was interesting to know how BS was started and well I am really thankful for it and to be part of it.
Going to do some econs now and study a bit.

2008-10-27T00:48:00.001+08:00

Dinner on Friday night with Tut 27 was cool. We went to Miss Clarity Café for dinner where I tried for the first time in my life, Escargot and Foie gras. Well the Escargot was super good and I think I ate around 4 of them and the sauce in the shell was siok too. However I don’t really enjoy the Foie Gras as it had the very fishy taste which nearly make me want to puke but luckily after gulping down lots of water and having a potato wedges, it helped a bit. We ordered many other food like the garlic crusted dory, old mac Donald had a farm, which is like a mixed grill and soft shell crab spaghetti. The food there is great and there is no service charge. Although we ate quite a bit, but I came to only about 17 per person. For those who have not been to Miss Clarity, I strongly recommend it. After the dinner, we went down Bugis to have some traditional dessert. We had mango sago with pomelo and vanilla ice cream and it was delicious. The almond paste was very smooth and nice too. It was all recommended by Joy who is really a foodie to introduce all this great food to us. I myself had grass jelly with strawberry and the strawberries were super fresh, crunchy and sweet. It was really a super sinful night of super good food and dessert.
Been in Hall over the weekends to study for my stats and well it was quite productive and I managed to finish all 4 tutorials required for the quiz and next up is Economics, my favorite. Hope I do well for these 2 quizzes.

2008-10-24T09:28:00.000+08:00

Finally relief for our OB cause we have all our results back. For this semester, we have Article Arena on Toyota, our project report and also the presentation. For individual, we have our case analysis to do which took me like 2 full days at NLB@Bugis to do my research and around 2 more days to put everything together and also to cut the amount of words. The presentations also took us time and effort and it was an overall very well done. For our Article Arena and report, we got A+ and presentation we got A which is due to the fact that we put common values and goals together but it was still good and everyone worked real hard for the grades. For my individual report, I am very happy to get an A for all the work that I put in. Hope that the rest will be fine too.
Attended Danny’s birthday BBQ last night and it was my first time barbequing in the rain and it was quite fun man. Thank God that all went well despite the rain and the food was good too. It was different from other bbqs where there were chicken wings and the usual stuff. But his had huge sausages that were delicious and not to mention the beef and chicken chops which were good too. It was nice to catch up with them again after not seeing them for a long time. Great party Dan.

2008-10-23T09:37:00.002+08:00

The welfare supper yesterday was a huge success with a huge turnout and everything was gone is like 20 min. First of all, really have to thank our sponsors, Angelic Catering for providing us with the wonderful meal. The food was delicious as gathered from the residents and the goodie bag items was well received too. Overall I would say it was well done and I have to really thank all my subcomm members who worked hard for this event, our first and one of the many. Next welfare supper must be better and I hoped that it will be better. Really have to Thank God for it was really stressing me and till the end and I was really glad when we managed to get it.

Exams are coming..........................

2008-10-17T22:59:00.000+08:00

Time flies and a week has past which marks the end of the Asian Business Case Competition 2008. In this week, I’ve made many new friends, had great experience and also lots of fun. The winner was from USC, but this competition is more than winning, it’s an experience, a chance to meet new people and make new friends and also a gateway into a whole new experience. We ended off the night with the gala dinner at Asian Civilization Museum where we had a nice meal at a great place, wine to drink while interacting with the other students and also lots of great fun taking photos enjoying the night. Part 2 was at Dbl O where it was a great night partying and de-stressing with all the other students to let out hair down after the competition and also for us to enjoy before we start the battle for our examinations.
During case preparation I was pretty slack as my team did not call me at all for anything and I managed to tag along the faculty program with the other advisors. We went to Little India, Esaplanade, lunch was at the Singapore Cricket Club for the ambassadors, Singapore Flyer and finally ended off with a dinner at M hotel where we had the hotpot buffet.
Little India was real hot in the afternoon and we toured around, looking at the traditional crafts and trying out the food which the Profs all enjoyed. After touring, we went to Esplanade where it was free and easy while Prof Tan bought all the NTU students to the cricket club for lunch. It was a posh place for members only and we had the set lunch with beer and had a great conversation with him.
After lunch was the Singapore Flyer and being first time for many of us, we were more excited than the Profs and started taking lots of photos. Well for those who have not tried it yet, it was only fun for the first 5-7 min and after that it was boring and you can see lots of construction going on. We had dinner at M hotel where we had the hotpot buffet and it was great, especially the drunken prawns which were very sweet and springy. The faculty advisors were fascinated with the hot pot and were making plans on coming back next year to eat it which in my opinion is a great thing.
Well when I sign up for this, I did not really know what it was and all but it was really a great experience and I never regret and really have to sincerely thank yee ling for introducing me this great opportunity where I made lots of friends and had lots of interesting experience.

2008-10-14T16:01:00.001+08:00

The case has just been released and I have some free time till dinner. Well the team arrived on Sunday 0125 and apparently there was a screw up in the printing of the ticket but it was ok. I met up with them at NEC and they were a nice bunch of people to be with just a little too independent. The team went to Sentosa in the morning along with the team from New Zealand and Florida. They went to the underwater world as well as the dolphin lagoon where they enjoyed the performance. I met up with the team after the dolphin performance and we went to play ball at the beach. After playing, we went to Night Safari for dinner at Bongo Burgers and caught the fire performance at 7 where we had a super good view. After dinner, I planned the itinerary for the group and everyone seem to be ok with it but no one actually followed me and I lost my group as they went off without informing me but luckily I saw them at the creatures of the night show and after the show, we went on the tram ride before heading back to school. It was my first time at Night Safari and I enjoyed it especially seeing all the animals, some of which are new to me.

My team from UWO did not want to go for the experience Singapore trip and they went off by themselves to ‘experience Singapore’ themselves without me and I was so worried when Ya Wen told me about it and I was like huh what is happening man and I do not have any of their contacts. I met them at Timbre at 7 and for the whole day I was pretty much slacking and helping Ya Wen if she needs my help. I went out to JP to help Alexandra get some medication and also fruits as he was unwell and at the same time I got a cake for Matt who missed his birthday as they had a plane to catch to Singapore. Well everything that can go wrong went wrong that day and when it was time to serve the cake, the staff could not find it and when they found it, it was melted and destroyed. I was like super pissed and thinking, WTH man. It turn out better at the end as they replaced the cake and give Matt a complementary drink of Timbre tower which had a very visual flaming effect and it was blown out in the end like a candle. Btw the reason was that the staff did not put the cake in the refrigerator. This is my first time encountering such shit and I was like super WTH.

Other than all the mishaps, the night at Timbre was great fun with good food and drinks (paid ourselves). It was also a great time mingling with the other teams and getting to know more people.

Roundtable lunch today was the most formal meal that I have been too and my topic was on green accounting standards. I thought I am going to be lost at the table but turns out its not really accounting accounting. We touched on accounting in general and discuss about carbon credits trading and how it is done in the industry. It was a fruitful discussion and James really had lots of knowledge about it and he presented out ideas.

Its slack time for me till dinner and I think I’ll take a nap.

2008-10-11T05:22:00.002+08:00

Why am I awake at this time even though I have ORDed and do not have to wake up at 5am anymore. The thing is I just came back an hour ago from the airport. I was supposed to pick up the team from Richard Ivey School of Business and I did not manage to get them. I was at the gate like before everyone came out and was very sure that there is no team of 5 people walking from the gate and I happen to see photos of Natalie and Prof Colette and there is no way I could miss them and its a frenzy calling Roy and Shu Wen to double check and comfirm and asked for advice. In the end, I took the maxi cab back myself as it would cost $40 to cancel it and I really wonder what happen. It was given to me 11 Oct 0125. What went wrong?

Thank You Shu Wen for helping me out again. :D

2008-10-07T02:35:00.000+08:00

The worst thing that can ever happen to me is when my alarm clock does not ring and I have an 0830 class with presentation for my assessed project. When I open my eyes, I was like why is it so bright outside and I got a shock of my life when I saw the alarm clock showing 0853. I was like WTH and rushed like crazy to brush my teeth and change. I was super nervous as this was my presentation day and it is very important for me. Thank God I had really great and wonderful friends, Liang Ying who calm me down and help me call Shu Wen to drive me to class and Shu Wen who rushed down upon hearing my situation and drove me to school. I made it in time and the time in the car cooled me down and I still did well for it and did not screw up.

I am really glad to have them man if not I really cannot imagine, to walk there or to take the bus that takes forever to come.

This entry is specially dedicated to my wonderful friends, Liang Ying and Shu Wen.

2008-10-02T23:28:00.002+08:00

This is a real hectic week for me with presentations on Mon and Thur and also the stats quiz which just pass and it really suxxxxxxxx to the core for me. I really studied very hard for it and prepare questions for it but in the end I still got a real crap result. It is not even worth mentioning and I am really sad and also at the same time angry with myself. I really hate myself sometimes that I can get so freak out and stress that I can get mental block during exams and it happens all the time. Not that I am blaming it on anything and at the end of the day it is still myh fault. It is over anyway and I shall not brood over it but work hard towards the other quiz and make up for my incompetence.

Marketing presentation was great in my opinion and everyone did their best and I am really glad that I have such a wonderful bunch of people to work with. GREAT JOB GUYS. Right now I am in Phebe's room doing our marketing project which is due for presentation on monday and we are going to redo and chiong everything by tonight to next morning. Hope we can have something better this time.

The welfare supper is stressing me and I don't have anything at the moment and I am so screwed, presentation and OB coming too and after which ABCC and exams coming after that. I have a super hectic and busy life.

2008-09-27T01:46:00.001+08:00

Time really flies and it is the end of the recess week which was supposed to be no lessons but it was worse than having lessons due to the very tough OB assignment, projects and meetings. I have submitted my assignment on Thursday which took me an accumulated 3 days to complete and I have just finished the slides for our OB article arena on Thursday. We are going to meet up tomorrow for a final presentation and also to start on our marketing project. My presentations are all cramped with the next 2 weeks and once that is over, I can start preparing for my examinations. However before all this there is still the exam welfare supper which I am quite worried about and it is my first project. JCRC is starting to get busy with lots of meet up with people and managing my subcomm. So far I had a good start but it really needs to be sustained for things to work well.

Another good news for me is that I got into Business Solutions which is what I really wanted to learn about business cases and hopefully I can train my mind and at the same time make friends with like minded people. First ‘meeting’ was today and we were assigned teams and had to present a case. When I got it I was like WA KAOZ. But it was fun though preparing with my teammates, Nigel, Elyssa and Shayna. We did a case on Shimano, the bike component manufacturer and well our recommendations sort of got shot badly. But it was a good experience for us and I learnt some tips about presentation.

Recently I realized that the world is indeed small and I happen to know one my friend’s ex and I completely never thought that he was such a person and was really shocked. Now I realized how scary someone can be and be really different, like almost another person and the shit he can do. Thank God she is no longer with him and I am really pissed when I heard about what he had done to her and stuff and I pray that he will change for the better too.

Life is hectic as usual with almost no free time and now I really appreciate any free time I may have and not waste it unnecessary.

2008-09-20T23:21:00.001+08:00

Finally there is a break called Recess Week where we get a one week break which means half the semester is gone and the exams are coming along with the assignments, project presentations and many more. For me, I do not have a break at all and will be having loads of project meetings and assignments to rush and also to start on my studying and making some notes so as not to rush like crazy when the exam is nearby. I hope that I will fully utilize this one week to finish up my project well and also to at least go through some concepts that I am not very good in. For economics, I think I am ok and stats need some work and really need to internalize the concepts for OB and marketing both which I enjoy a lot but not really sure on the exams and stuff. On top of that, I would have to juggle the commitments of JCRC and hall games.

I am really tired and busy always and I am not complaining but rather I enjoy myself, just that I find that I have no time for myself anymore which I do not if it is good or bad or just normal for people at this period where we will all be busy with school and work and stuff. Perhaps I really need to asked myself what I really want to achieve in school or am I just trying out many things cause I do not have a direction yet and I am exploring in the mist of all these activities. The answer I do not know but one thing is, I am not doing things for the sake of doing.

Had Ambassador on site training today where we took the hippo bus and go through the places that we are bringing our teams around and it was fun knowing many things about Singapore and seeing so many different places that I have not explored before and seeing Singapore in a different light after going to the URA gallery. There are so many interesting things about us that I have not known about and how efficient we are in planning the space we have.

Went for Cell after that and it has been a long time since I seen them due to my busy schedule and it was comforting to be together with God’s people and worshiping and learning together.

I have gone for the last interview for BS and I really hope to be able to get in and also I have formed my Subcomm which I believe is a good team and we can achieve a lot this year. I thank God for giving me great people to work with and some good people to guide me along. After the recess week, I have a stats quiz, 3 presentations in a row, one OB project to submit as a group and a individual OB assignment due before the holidays end.

That’s all for now and I hope I can update soon……

2008-09-07T21:54:00.001+08:00

Finally some time to blog before the start of the JCRC meeting at 10 later. I realized that I have not been updating for a long time since I started school. School has been hectic but fun filled with Hall activities like night cycling, dinner and dance, block steamboat and JCRC elections and also the numerous tutorials, readings that never seem to end and I have an economics test like next week. Everything happens so fast and time flies and it is mid semester already and after recess week it will be all the assessed presentations. It is like a super busy but I am also enjoying it kind of lifestyle. Some update for my activities so far, I have decided to devote my time to studies (DUH), Hall (Since I am in JCRC) and either Business Solutions (If I do get in) or Investment Interactive Club. I have no time for other things except running to distress at night and studying the word of God. The rest of my time is work, work and more work. I enjoy working and working and cannot sit still kind so that’s why I guess I am enjoying my life now, which is good to hear. Lolz.

Our tutorial group has grown closer and the lunch together group is getting bigger by the day and more people have joined us. This is a great bunch of people and I really enjoy hanging out with them together and all are good workers too who really contributed greatly to my great time in tutorial sessions. Hope that we remain bonded all the way.

Went back to RE on Friday for dinner and most of the ex temps also went back and we had fun catching up with each other and updating each other. There was more new people there now and legal is gone. Also good to hear that Sarah, Vance and Josh got converted liao and wish them all the best in their work. Wednesday I am going back there again to have dinner with Banking 03.

I got the post of Business Manager but sadly Jing Yang did not get president and well since I do not know much of the people here very well yet but with my interaction with him, I think that he could be a great leader and I am not sure why does he has so many against vote but then again it is a pity not being able to work under him now it remains to see who is going to be the 8th President. The tough part is going to start for me and I really hope that I can be a good business manager and contribute to the Hall.

Jonathan is going to leave for his studies soon and well definitely I would be sad and feel quite lost since he was the one who brought me to church and I would share some things with him and now he is gone, I would feel a void somehow but then again I would get used to it somehow. He is flying off on Tuesday and thank God the AGM is postponed so I can go see him off. Bye Jon

I think it would be difficult for me to post another one again but I would try my best to post when I can and update about my life.

2008-08-10T18:36:00.000+08:00

First week of school has past and I have mountains of tutorials undone and readings that have yet to be read. So far I have prepared for my OB seminar which I just saw was on the 21^st August, prepared for my econs tutorial which is most likely next week due to the holiday on Monday and just finish my marketing tutorial which I had to discuss the marketing strategy of Starbucks. The modules are actually fun to study just that doing the tutorial takes up a lot of time and the distraction is always there to MSN or Facebook for a while which usually leads to hours. Going back to Hall tonight as there is make up lesson on Monday when everyone is having holiday due to National Day and to chiong my Stats tutorial which is the last one that I have. I need to concentrate more on my studies and try not to fall asleep when I do the readings. Some are very nice to read like the organizational structure of Toyota which is like my favourite company but some are real boring till can die one. Just have to tahan and chiong all the way. GPA is the only thing on my mind now.

2008-08-05T19:31:00.000+08:00

Its been a long time since I updated and my days are packed back to back with activities like CAC camp and thereafter hall camp and now I am officially starting my NTU journey. Moved into our rooms on the Sunday we started hall camp and it was a disgusting sight. The previous occupants left a huge pile of rubbish for us to clear up and to make it better for us to live in; we clear out some of the big items and also sweep the floor a bit. After the camp ended, we came back to have a major clean up and also to move in our stuff into the room. So right now, I have very limited access to a computer and this have to thank my sis for loaning her laptop to me for this week at least. THANKS CAMILLE!!! Lessons have started officially today and I had 2 lectures, organizational behavior and marketing, both new to me but it was still manageable. After my lecture, I went to print my mountains of notes and readings at the FAL using edveNTUre which is the e learning thing that we have to use a lot to get our notes and all academic stuff. I tried to add an extra elective but it was not allowed for first semester so have to chiong more next semester since we only got to clear 16 AUs this semester.

CAC camp was 5.5days and the first night we only slept like 4 hours after painting the flag and the next day was touring the campus while playing some station games but the pace was too fast to orientate ourselves properly to the campus grounds. I can’t really remember the exact flow of the camp but we had beach games at sentosa, amazing race which ends at sentosa and brought us to Maxwell to eat the hum chi peng and also our dinner. At sentosa, the whole OG of like 18 people was squeeze into a room and we had to sleep there. Initiation was done with our SP but my SP did not go through it with me and instead I went through it with a senior and well initiation was just a tekan session by the seniors and we had all the crap thrown on us and had to do stupid forfeits but well it was fun and something to remember. SP night was at Paris and this was included in the $45 that we paid so it was damn cheap and worth it and we ended the night by partying at DXO. Finale was a skit put up by the OG and also cross dressing our GLs and the RPG game in the day was fun too where we were like playing a character and solving quests, earning money and running away from monsters and also trying to fight them. Our finale night was super fun with wacky and also very RA cross dressing and the skit was a great laugh too. We ended off with prize presentations and phototaking before we parted.

On Saturday, the mission team met up for a sharing session and also to try cooking some dishes that we had in China during our trip there. It was not too bad and after lunch we began our sharing session. After the session, Sum came over to get the photos and we all went GV Yishun to watch Red Cliff with Jon, Matt and Aunty Elisabeth.

Sunday was start of Hall 15 FOC and I am so happy and proud to be in the most ZAI OG, Azula. Throughout our camp, we made friends and some who are going to be our neighbors living together in the same hall and I am glad to have them as my OG mates and also staying in the same hall. As usual, there was Amazing Race, Campus walk, fright night, SP night, initiation, the highlight where we slept in a tent on a field, had outdoor cooking (SUPER LIKE FIELD CAMP) and we ended off with a bbq and most people stayed over for the night since we all have our rooms. It was my first fright night and it was scary man and I shouted along with my SP all night. Lolz. SP night was at bottle tree park where I always pass by when taking the train but never went there till finally we were there during SP night and we had to do certain forfeits in the public, which generally includes running around, being half naked and playing 7 wonders. After a nice and wonderful dinner, we had our fright night. Sleeping outdoors and cooking outdoors is actually quite fun and new to some of the girls and the guys were busy preparing the food and later the girls clean up the mess tin that we used. The BBQ on finale was super fun just that the pit is pathetically small and the food took very long to cook. We chatted till about 2 before we departed.

ABCC Ambassador briefing on Saturday after Hall camp and I am one of the 2 freshie who were ambassadors this year. It was organized by Business Solutions, a club which sends its students for business case competitions around the world and through this event, it really exposes me the a lot and I not only get to interact with foreign students, but also people from the business industry which would no doubt be a great help for networking. I really looked forward to this man.

After ABCC, I went to Shi Hui’s birthday party where I met my JC classmates whom I have not seen for a super long time. I only had a while to stay there after passing her the present and chatting with some friends, I left to settlers for my CAC OG outing.

I had my dinner at settlers because I was really starving and we played some games there before leaving at 10. It was great to see them again and remembering the fun we had at CAC camp where we all came into NTU without knowing anything. Most people were there except for some who had Hall camp and had to leave early. After some photo taking, we parted.

Enjoying my hostel and university life.

2008-07-19T22:07:00.000+08:00

I am back finally from my Mission Trip after 12 days and I badly need to update my blog and I think I need to do it in parts as there are many important parts of my life happening and I want to document every single event that happens. Photos will have to come in much later.

Continuing off from where I ended in my last post, we had RE Chalet, Jasmine and my last day from RE, my first Mission Trip to East Asia and my First Reservist in Clementi Camp and yesterday I met up with my Primary school class for a Gathering.

RE Chalet

Finally after planning and talking and pushing, thanks to Senior Temp Consultant we finally have our chalet cum BBQ. Although it was timesheet day, we are glad that almost all the perm staff came down to join us after work for a BBQ session. On Monday, after work, I met up with Jas and we travel down to Pasir Ris to join the rest (Shaun, Nathan, Ian, Evon, Vivian and XR) who is already at the chalet. We played some games, had Mac at around 3am and caught some sleep. Ven joined the next afternoon and we spent the next day, playing more games, singing and buying the stuff for the BBQ. There is now an NTUC at E! Hub which makes it super convenient now. In the evening, we started the fire and started to cook the food and wait for the arrival of our guest, the perm staff. Initially the food that we cooked was not very good and there was complain that it was not cooked properly and after a few more tries, it was ok and Ian was the waiter of the day, serving and also performing. It was his initial wish to be a waiter when he applied for a job and it was a joke till this day. At around 9:30, most people start to leave and Nathan gave me a lift home at around 11pm after we hang around for a while, clearing up and chatting with the rest.

My Last Day at RE

4^th July 2008 was my last day at RE and after 8 months of working here, it is finally time to say goodbye to the place where I spent my life after I ORD, the place with a great environment, great colleagues and the place where I made lots of friends. Initially I had wanted to leave in March but after considering for some time, I decided to stay much to the surprise of others and well I never looked back thereafter. I joined and was under Ivy and she taught me about the job and later I was under Alicia and also Elaine’s unofficial PA. I really enjoyed myself especially when people get a job through you. The temp staffs are close too with our regular outings and birthday celebrations and it was also them who brought me to my first Fish and Co meal and it was a great joke to them. Lolz. I made them a little gift for my farewell and I received lots of presents too. I got a Fossil Watch, skincare products, Crumpler Bag, Lacoste Shirt and Hugo Boss perfume from my colleagues and a HUGE card. I really missed working at RE. I took a lot of photos with various almost the whole office and shall upload them later.

Mission Trip

My first mission trip and glad to have this break to go for it where it really opened my eyes to a lot of stuff and where I learn a lot. Initially I did not want to go cause I wanted to a job change and I did not want a trip to spoil my period of work. But in the end I decided to go for it and it was a decision that I will never forget. At there, we attended their youth service, visited a village to conduct some HIV prevention programs, conducted a youth retreat in the church, fellowship with other foreign workers there and visited the villages of the students that we interacted with during the retreat. I guess I learnt how lucky we are in Singapore that we take many things for granted. The youths there are so eager to learn and to them the retreat is a rare opportunity for them to be train in the word and they are so hungry for knowledge and so willing to learn. Compared to us we should really be ashamed of ourselves that we have so many of such programs that we take all this for granted. Well the youth leaders there are also very encouraging as they really have a heart for the youths and really want to guide and lead them, just that they do not really know how and the environment is really bad for them to live a life for God. Pray that God will help them and give them strength to resist all the temptations.

My First Reservist

My first ICT at Clementi Camp and I was nearly late but it was ok cause there was a long queue at the In Processing. My phone was surrendered at the guardhouse and I felt so lost without it and now I know how is it like without my phone. We had several briefings in the morning followed by lunch and I saw Yazid who also happen to be in my company and we had lunch at the cookhouse before collecting our formation tags and I saw Nick giving them out. After which was getting to know my section and I am the youngest in the section and I am the SAW ic with 2 much older people under me and they are all the Beng kind. We chatted for a while but the 2 SAW gunners very quiet. Section Commander is this guy working at Microsoft, 2IC is working at Panasonic and the Law guy, Adrian is working at The Body Shop. After that was a orientation run to get to know the camp well and I walked cause I was not feeling well. I felt so tired after the day cause I just arrived in Singapore like several hours ago and it was stress to be back in camp again. I went for dinner with Adrian at West Mall and headed back for some well deserved rest that I really need to recover from my fever. This battalion is the coastal defense kind where we will stay back and protect Singapore or rather the causeway during war and it is made up of all the random and weird people, clerks, RPs, storemans and what not and some of them had not been caught up for 7 years and this is their first ICT and I am like one of the youngest there. Anyway I need to defer cause during the ICT in September, I am having school so yea new battalion next time.

Gathering with Primary School Classmates

Gathering with my classmates from 6C and I met more of them like Li Yi and Rebecca who is a proud mother one a baby boy and it does feel weird to see one of your peers having their own kid now and Yee Ling was like asking her so many questions and it was funny. We had dinner at Candele at Raffles City and present was Heng Qing, Ren Kun, Li Yi, Rebecca, Elim and Yee Ling. After dinner, some of us headed to Caltons for a drink and also to enjoy the live music there which the singer happens to be Li Yi’s friend and they were great. After the drinks, I sent Elim back home while and luckily Yan Wen’s dad picked her from Khatib so it is easier for me. Hope to see them again.

2008-06-29T23:13:00.002+08:00

Another update for the week..... On Tuesday, Jas and I met up at Lot 1 after her NTU medical check for dinner and also to make our little gift for the perm staff when we leave this job where we had our great time working. We headed to NTUC first to get the chocolates and and later to popular to get the wrapping paper. I got some quotes to write down for each of them to be included in the packet of choc. After that, I send Jas back and went back

Friday was the gathering at NUS Guild house with Gina, Amanda, Alicia, Jeraldine, Phyllis, Nathan, Shaun, Andew and Jeraldine's BF. It was great to be back there again enjoying the company of people who are fun to hang out with and enjoying the great ambiance and food there. Too bad Jas could not be there as she had to go for her father's birthday celebration. Liz got this helium filled Tweety Bird for Amanda and it was quite irritating at first floating around and finally it exploded and peace return. Lolz. We were also entertained by 2 singers who were quite good and they sang When You Say Nothing At All and Can't Take My Eyes off You. After the dinner, Shaun and I left while they rest like Amanda, Nathan, Liz, Phyllis and Alicia went to sing karaoke. Last heard from Nathan is that they sang from 0030 to 0530. That was like MADNESS!!!

The bottles that I ordered finally arrived but it was short a few and I made do with another model which was slightly taller but it is ok. After swimming, I went to collect the bottles, went back for a bathe before heading out for our final mission meeting before flying off to China where we would be there for 11 days. We practice the skit, songs and dance and also settle some administration stuff.

Today was a great variety of events happening. We showed the dance to SF before service and we had a dedication service for the team and Moses was invited to pray for us before we flew off next Sunday. Before the message was the farewell for us who were transfering to YA soon and well its been only 3 years in SF for me, but I really gained a lot and also made many friends and now it is time to go on to our next stage in our growth. We got a mug as a gift and a spirti flux cd.

Sam and I

After that was celebrating Jon's birthday. We had the cake cutting in church before heading out to Bistro Gaga for our lunch and to get there, Jon and I climbed like almost 6 stories up a hill while Dan and the rest came in a taxi. They were still like its only a hill. Thanks man. LOLZ

Picutres......

Jon and His poses in Church

Bistro GAGA

2008-06-22T00:44:00.007+08:00

I realised that it has been a long time since I last posted anything and well I really have a lot to say and to record for my life journey. Today was usual, swimming in the afternoon, followed by workshop discussion at Jacob's house followed by Mission Meeting in Church. For the meeting, we practiced the skit, heard a sharing by Eugene and also tied down some administrative matters. This is going to be a photo intensive post to try something new. For starters I am supposed to be more DAO and Snobbish for my role in the skit which I guess is something like this.

Last Friday was Shaun, Evon and Ian's last day and finally after working together for like 7 Mths and spending our after ORD life working together, they are all leaving and from our batch, I am the only surviving temp. It has been a wonderful time spend with them while all of us were in 6 Batt, the sadness when they left for Orchard but I am glad to have them as my friends.

Ian And Veron

Buddies !!!

The Last Few Surviving Temps in 6 Batt

Our Original Sitting (Gina was traumatised after this)

Our Last Train Ride From Work

Ian and Jann!!!

On the 15th of June, Sharon, Li Xuan, Liang Ying and I celebrated Yi Ting's super belated birthday for her. We went to Botanical Gardens to watch this tango performance which Yi Ting requested and it was good just that we were told to wear smart casual and Liang Ying and I ended up sweating like crap. But the performance was quite good though they are like students from the dance school. After that we went to Glasshouse for our dinner and cutting of the cake.

On Tuesday, we had the skit pracitse for the first time and well it was quite ok considering the fact that it was our first one with Jon and Sum. My part is the temptation of the image and I am supposed to snatch Sum's girlfriend and subbed him for his poor dressing. Well the skit is quite tiring actually and we had a better run today and well going to upload the video soon.

On Friday, I went to Secret Recipe at Vivo to celerbrate Yi Xiu's Birthday and it has been a long time since I last saw him and really glad that we can meet up again. He is my buddy in NJ and we are quite similar in character which explains why we can click well during my first 3 months in NJ. I had the chicken which taste great and the cake was good too, though we had to have 2 slices which make me real full.

THE BIRTHDAY CAKE

THE BIRTHDAY BOY (YI XIU)

OUR PARTING SHOTS

2008-06-07T23:32:00.001+08:00

Just got back from Church after our mission preparation and learning the dance and out theme song. This afternoon was Amanda and Aaron’s wedding and the church was called together to celebrate this wonderful affair. Amanda is only like one year older than Jon and I and he mentioned that it is funny seeing that someone of our age is getting married. Well Jon has been planning his married ever since and even appointed the ICs for it and in case you guys are wondering, I am the supposed best men and program in charge. However the crux of it is that he is still without a girlfriend so when people say to plan in advance, Jon really takes the word for it. The interesting thing about this wedding is the video put up by Candice and Samantha and it was really good and funny and the stuff they do in the video can only be done by them and no one else or rather no one crazy enough but it was a good laugh. After the wedding, we headed down for the reception and the food was good and we are treated to a special presentation by Amanda and Aaron which was a dance by them and later joined by their parents though Pastor Henry needed some persuasion.

While waiting for the mission meeting to start, I get to chat with Sam a bit and also catch up with her and as usual we took some pictures. Shall upload them onto facebook.

I was back from the BS leader’s camp on Friday night and this camp is really one of the most brain draining one. Well there was not really much schedule, just the meals, messages and it was pretty much on our own to complete our tasks and our one task is really enough to kill us. Doing the OIA for our passages took almost all of our time and our works get rejected time after time till we really see it clearly and though tiring, it really opens our eyes up to how we can study the bible. I would say that I really learn a lot from this camp and now I will really look at passages of the bible differently.

2008-06-05T00:07:00.001+08:00

The first ever Bible Study Leaders’ Boot Camp is tomorrow and I am really excited about it. I have taken 2 days of leave to go for this camp and hopefully to learn more about the scripture (2 Tim) about how to be a good leader and hopefully able to teach others better. These 3 days have been well great to me, although I am initially worried about my sales for this week but seems like for these 3 days I managed to fill like 2.5 and which is like what we fill for a week and tomorrow there is a chance of another one with Gina and today I have a potential RC and she is meeting JS tomorrow. Hope that this will go through and it will really make me useful to the team.

People are leaving already and it is also time for me to leave and well it is really sad to leave this place especially since I am kinda attached to this place a lot, the people, the environment and the times we have together and the birthdays that we celebrated together. Time flies and I have been here for like 7 months going on to 8 liao and it is really a long time and all I can say is, we all have to leave one day. In view of this, the temps are going to have a chalet for all our farewell, I think its gonna be a great thing.

This is a nice song from the soundtrack of the 2^nd Narnia movie and I really like it.

It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word

And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry

I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye

Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never
Been this way before

All you can do is try to know
Who your friends are
As you head off to the war

Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light

You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say good bye

Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and now one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget

Let your memories grow stronger ans stronger
'Til they're before your eyes

You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say good bye

2008-06-02T00:19:00.001+08:00

Went to cut my hair on Saturday and it was the longest time I spend cutting my hair cause Ken was rebonding someone else’s hair while he cut my hair and I think I spend around 2 hours there. After that I drop by the bank to change my ATM card which was not working and I had to get it replace soon or I will be out of cash. Was supposed to go for the SF outing at the Southern Ridge but well I was like far too late after leaving the bank and it was raining. I wanted to watch Narnia and so I asked Elim if she was free and in the end, we caught the show together. The show was quite good and there are many Christian values to be learnt in this show, mainly that we man should not lean on our own strength so much and at times we really need to trust in God and the ending was good with Aslan appearing and saving the day. After the movie, I sent Elim back and later went back. Guess this would be our last meeting till she comes back from HK.

2008-05-28T23:35:00.001+08:00

I met Elim for dinner yesterday and as again I had to make her wait for me cause I was supposed to wait for her to come to city hall and decided to stay back in the office for some work but at the last minute, NETS had some orders for us and I had to prepare the contract for Alicia as she was rushing off. After I completed the contract, I quickly made my way down to city hall to meet Elim. We initially planned to eat at New York since Elim wanted to have pasta but I dun think it was very good and Veron suggested Pasta De Waraku and since I have not tried it before I decided to give it a shot and man it was good and I never regret. After dinner, we walked to Esplanade roof terrace to have a chat and to enjoy the breeze and took some photos. After hanging around for a while, we went to the merlion, grab a drink from Starbucks and continue chilling out till it was time to go back. Well it was a pleasure talking to Elim and we realised that we have much in common, we agree that we are both workaholics, have same character and can click really well. I really thank facebook for letting us meet again after 9 years since primary school where we were in the same class. I’ll be looking forward to our next outing.

2008-05-25T23:21:00.000+08:00

On Friday I went to Ren Kun’s 21st birthday celebration and at there I met my primary school classmates whom I have not seen for 9 years. All this is possible cause of Elim whom ‘found’ me and also through her I got to know about this party and caught up with the rest of them. Well it is great seeing them again and we went out for supper again on Saturday and there was this girl called Yan Wen whom I really have no recollections about so sorry man but I’ll do my best to recall. After supper on Saturday, which was about 3 plus, I drove Ren Kun’s car back from Bishan and well seems that I have not forgotten my driving. Hope we’ll have more outings in future.

On Saturday, it was Jann’s wedding and in the morning I went for the church wedding along with Nathan, Ian and Phyllis. From our 6 batt side, the attendance was only like 7 excluding the bridesmaid. Many people could not get up in time I guess and well it was a simple affair with a few songs of praise, a message on 1 Cor 13 about love and then it was the usual stuff and Kerby was touched to tears, so touching. After the ceremony was the reception at the lobby and the food was good. After the church, we went to Cine for K box to pass our time before going for the dinner at Goodwood park hotel. Before the dinner was phototaking, chatting and more phototaking. My table was quite boring with the other temp staff and other people from central. The interesting thing was mixing the wine, and hard liquor for the groom to drink. The photo slideshow and video footages was nice too and funny seeing the young pictures of Jann. After the dinner, I went to join the primary school gang for supper at Thomson. We ended it off with some chilling out at Mac before heading back

I was super tired today and was almost sleeping in church luckily it was a video and not message. When I got home, I KO till about 1940 before going for dinner. Tried to upload the photos but failed. So irritating shall try again tomorrow.

2008-05-22T23:20:00.001+08:00

Ven and Viv came over for lunch today. Well its good to see them again after they left the company and they are doing fine having a break and all. Well, work is fine just that sometimes it sucks to be not doing well especially if one just get a raise and there is no sales on board and there are not many temp orders around too. But I am doing my best and giving my best shot at it.

I have decided to go for the bible study leaders boot camp after much consideration. Well initially I did not want to go since sales is so bad for the month of May but then again this is the first time SF is going to have this training for BS leaders and it is a good experience for a lifetime and there is really going to be a great speaker. Well I can just go for this and then pray hard and at the same time work hard for my sales.

At times I really dunno what I want or what my feelings are like. Rationally I know that it cannot happen and that I should give it up but seeing you really lift up my spirits………….

2008-05-20T22:25:00.001+08:00

On Monday, I went to SYFC to help Sum in his rock climbing event. Well it was an experience seeing rock climbing up close and I think that it is quite interesting. Hope that I get to try it one day. It really requires technique and also strength. My job there on that day is to arrange some benches and tables and also as the timer for the speed climbing. Some of them are real fast and the lowest timing is like 6 sec. It is really madness for them to climb so quickly.

After the event, I went to the hospital to visit 3^rd Aunt who is in a critical condition. When I was there, it was like seeing my family members but I cannot recognize any of them because we have not been seeing each other for almost a decade. Anyway when a person is in such a critical condition, all past transgression should be forgotten and we are family after all. Anyway 3^rd Aunt is in a coma and hopefully she gets better.

Feeling a bit sick today. Think it’s the flu. Going to take some tablets and sleep early…..

2008-05-18T23:38:00.001+08:00

Looks like I am really very lazy to update often and it is down to once or twice a week for an entry. For this week, on Monday it was officially the last day for our contract and gosh time flies and we have been here for 6 months already.

On Monday, Gina treated B2 and as usual me to dinner for her birthday. Nathan and I shared a present for her about being a godly woman and what a woman should know about man. Andrew said it was good for her.

On Tuesday, we cut the cake in the office just before lunch and we had a rush lunch and the fish soup that I got taste real bad. It was tasteless but luckily the fish tasted ok.

On Wednesday, Ven got a one day receptionist job by Jann and she came over for lunch with us. It was raining super heavily and I took the umbrella to her and brought her back and on the way I went to get my lunch from BK since they forgot about my order. That day, I had only like 3 mins to finish my whole meal and well I managed to do it.

On Thursday, I was supposed to meet Elim whom I have not seen for 10 years since we sat beside each other during primary school but she could not cancel her tuition so we set another date which is like 27 May. We sounded like super busy people. Lolz. We must have lots to talk about considering that it is 10 yrs of update. Oh man I can’t wait for 27^th to come.

On Friday all the temps of 6 batt both old and new except Ian went to have Jap food for Vivian’s and Venetia’s last day farewell dinner. Well it was a farewell since they are leaving the company but we are still going to meet each other a lot and keep up the one outing a week tradition. We went to the jap restaurant at The Cathay and the sushi there is like 99cents per plate and the prices of other dishes are ok too. We had really a lot of food and it came up to about 17 per person. After dinner, we went to play arcade at Plaza Singapura and left when it was almost 11. Ven was like late and got locked out for a while but thank God it was fine after a while.

On Saturday, it was the guys temp outing for shopping. Well it turns out that I was the only one really shopping but they really gave me a lot of advice. Especially Nathan, Viv and Evon. Shaun, Nathan and I went to watch Made of Honor and it was a good movie just that it was a tat too romantic and makes it quite gay for 3 guys to watch it together. After the movie, we went to collect my stuff and Nathan got a pair of brown shoes for like 119. We ended off with a chill out session outside NAC and well downloaded quite a updated patch. Lolz. We left at around 11 20 and headed for home.

2008-05-11T20:30:00.000+08:00

Last Friday was super busy for me as I was rushing here and there, signing contacts, finding invoices, doing pay slips and finding people for orders. When I was done with all my work, it was like 6 and I had to rush off to buy dinner for Mother’s Day celebration. We had Wu Xiang, Satay and Chee Chong Fun for dinner that day and I think I bought a little too much but still managed to finish it all up.

Woke up at around 8:45 on Saturday to go for a run before Dad comes back with my breakfast. After the run, I came back, vacuum the floor, had breakfast and then wash my clothes before starting my daily reading of papers. Before I went out I caught the latest Naruto and at about 2:30 I left to house to go to Tampines to meet the rest of the temps.

When I reached there, I met up with Ven first and then Shaun before going to get the tickets and we pass out time in the arcade while waiting for the rest to come. I played Time Crisis 2 and died in the stage 2 boss and got trashed by Ven in the Hyper Bish Bash Champ. We made our way to Ikea and on the way to take the bus, we managed to catch the shuttle bus and took the free ride to Ikea. We had the famed meatballs, chicken wings and I had Spaghetti too. Before we left, I had a hotdog bun while the rest had ice cream. The meat balls very really good and it is the kind where you can eat a lot and not feel sianz. The cheese was superb and together it was yum yum. It was interesting seeing Ven eat the chicken wings as she just refused to use both hands and she had trouble separating the wing from the drumstick and it was amusing to see her struggling with it and finally she used a serviette to hold one side and to tear it apart. After the meal, we went over to TM for our movie and we walked to the opposite side which was wrong all thanks to Evon and we walked back again to squeeze onto the crowded 27 to go back to Tampines.

We caught What Happens in Vegas and it was a great show and I strongly recommend it to everyone. It was super funny and I really had a good laugh and the ending was good when they fell in love with each other after trying to piss each other off and the quote from the movie I can recall goes like I would rather not do anything then do something that I would be miserable doing. After the movie, I told everyone not to go off cause there was an end scene and I guess the group in front of us heard us and stayed too and Shaun was like if there is no scene WE can all beat Norman up and so we waited and waited and they were all doubting me and well there was a last scene and after that we left.

After the movie, we went to Blk 201 to have prata for supper where we had a chat over prata and some drinks. Well the prata was ok only not as good as they claim it was. After the supper, we walked Ven to her house before going to take 39 back. When I reached Yishun, the last 850 had left and so I took the train back to Sembawang.

First day in YA service today and well the people there welcome us warmly and YA really had very little people and it was quite dead as compared to SF. Well it was time for us to move on as we grow older. Went swimming after church and well it was good and I managed 30 laps this time but think I need to work on the technique a bit. Lly and I registered for the Singapore Bay Run and we had dinner before heading off for our house.

2008-05-08T23:06:00.002+08:00

Not sure when and how it started
My love for you was ignited
Want to be there when you cry
Share your joy when you fly

When I describe all these to you
Your answer pains me a great deal
“I’m really nice” you say
“But just a friend”
And so, started
The drifting trend

Chorus:
I turned to Jesus
And He understood
The highs and lows
Of every single mood
And I still hope We aren’t so far apart
But more than that
(more than that)
Jesus in your heart

At least I wont regret......................
Moving on.......................

2008-05-07T22:52:00.000+08:00

An emotional day for all the temps as 6 batt as it is Venetia’s last day today and we (including her) got to know it only yesterday. Well it was indeed sad for us cause she blended well with us and is one of us now. However life is really out of our control sometimes and pressure from top makes it hard for us to keep certain people at times and people have to be let go.

After work yesterday, I went to get Venetia’s farewell gift and I chose for her a Winnie the pooh and I also got her something of my own and a card too. During lunch today, I went to Raffles City to get her Ritter Sport Chocolates which is her favourite.

Today the day ended with some phototaking, farewells, hugs and wishing Venetia all the best for her future.

2008-05-03T23:01:00.001+08:00

Today is a special day for Albert and Elena as they become one to spend the rest of their lives together. The wedding is held at our church and I reached a little early but some people were already there and I chat with Danny while waiting for the ceremony to start. It started off with Elena walking in and all eyes were on the beautiful bride, followed by praise and worship lead by Roger and a exaltation by Uncle Jit Meng. After which was the Holy Matrimony presided over by Pastor Joshua, followed by the exchanging of rings and kissing of the bride by the groom.

The best part of the program was the skit put up by Sfers about how they got to know each other, how the courtship started and how Albert proposed to her. It was a little funny and the acting was great.

After the phototaking, the guests proceed down for some refreshments and the logistics people stayed behind to help arrange the chairs for tomorrow’s thanksgiving. There were lots of chairs to arrange and after finishing everything, I was perspiring and after that I went back.

Going to Ah Boy’s 2^nd child 1 month old celebration tomorrow and after that swimming with Liang Ying and maybe watching Ironman.

2008-05-03T01:04:00.000+08:00

Finally today I do not have to wake up early for the morning job but then again it is a great loss of income for me and that was really good money for just an hour earlier each day. I went over to HSBC to get my timesheet signed and after which went over to my office to meet Chen Ya for the contract signing.

Busy day today and most people are on leave too. In banking 1, only Doreen is left and well it is certainly taxing for her to liaise with 3 different set of clients. On the bright side, I got to use a computer all by myself and it certainly makes my job easier to check my mails though not much and to do some timesheet jobs for Alicia and Elaine. I just realized that I got a whole stack of resumes from dunno since when to call and I guess most would have probably got a job by now but on the bright side they may just end an assignment and is now looking for a job and now armed with experience.

Today was a great fury of activities as usual with the month end timesheet collecting and calculating day and also there are many job orders today too. So it is a busy rush to collect faxes, collect timesheets, calculate them, print cover letters for them and to get the bill and pay rate and also to hear out for job orders and attach them.

After a busy day it is time to chill out at K Box for Banking 3’s division dinner. Apparently we had some cash prize for good sales and they decided to celebrate at K box. This is my second time there and the buffet dinner was good and I did not really eat much and we really had lots of fun singing and I get to see the wild side of Banking 3 people. Sarah was pretty much quiet and guess she was not used to us yet but it is only a matter of time before she becomes one of us. Lolz. I sang some real old English and Hokkien songs and well they sure were surprised and well wonder what they going to spread about me on Monday. Just have to wait and see.

2008-05-01T21:10:00.001+08:00

May Day today and it is a public holiday which means lose one day of income. I hate to be paid by the day. Anyway work has not been very productive these few days and not much temp orders to fill too. So far I managed to fill 2.0 but also got 1.0 of CRO too. What a week, and Monday I stayed behind to wait for one but end up did not turn up to sign and did not even bother to call and inform. COWARDS. I got a new seat which is where Bernice used to sit and now I am the ‘team leader’ of corp sec. LOLZ!!! I got a bigger place and also more place to put my stuff. Heard news of a computer going to be placed there. Hope it really comes true.

Spend my day today helping Shu Wen and Jing Wen with the moving of their rooms. Initially I thought it was going to be easy but they got lots and lots of stuff and we spend like 5 hours with 6 people to clear out the room and move the stuff to their house. They have pretty much everything and anything you can think of and they can well survive without going back home at all. After moving everything out of the hall, I went back with them to their house to move up all the stuff and after that they gave me a lift back home.

Starting to feel the tiredness now. One more day to go and the weekends are here.

2008-04-27T20:29:00.000+08:00

I have finally cut my hair on Saturday and it is getting irritating cause it is so long and thick and the weather is not very helpful too. After cutting my hair, I cab down to Harbour Front centre to meet Ian and Venetia at the Sentosa Express gantry. I went to old chang kee first to get some food and on the way met them just finish buying the drinks and tidbits. We proceed to take the rail to the beach to meet up with the rest. When we got there, we played captains ball, followed by volley ball and finally some friskbee and finally it ended with them burying me in the sand. Well it was a fun day to enjoy some sun, have fun and catch up with each other. At 6, I went off for my meeting.

2008-04-25T23:48:00.001+08:00

I realised that I have been updating like only once a week recently and I guess I am too tired when I reached home and to add on to that, I have to wake up earlier now for the job. Well I am not complaining since the pay is decent and now I only have 3 more days left. This week has been a super busy week for me with a walk in ad for mailroom assistant and I was literally flooded with interviews the whole day and to add on to that, I have to fill my own temps and the rest of the team is still bugging me with crap like 1 or 2 day jobs which really irritates me. But I am too busy to care man. Luckily Elaine helped me sell one candidate and also by God’s grace, I managed to fill 3 temps myself, in total this week, I fill 3.0 plus parking and well 2.0 was my own candidate. Now we are really having some pressure by the CEO and underperforming temps will face termination, well I know that my division will help me as much as they can but at the end of the day, I still have to work hard. Furthermore it is really difficult to work nowadays with so many people and so little computer to work with and our job literally relies on the computer. At the end of the day, its no use making excuses just try to do the best that I can and bring in more sales for the team. For next week, I will try to fill the marketing position, mailroom position and hopefully fill around 2.0 for the week again. I really hate it sometimes when people say that I only feed on parking and don’t contribute to filling temps myself but really they don’t see the amount of work that I have on top of my usual work, I am really busy with lots of admin work but well as long as God knows and the right people know it is ok. I foresee more staying back late to clear mails and do up CVs to be faster then the rest.

Went for dinner with Venetia, Vivian, Nathan and Shaun at Bugis just now and we initially wanted to eat at this place called Miss Clarity Café but it was too full and after waiting for so long and also Venetia had to be home by 9, we decided to eat at Hans instead. I was very hungry by that time and had the chicken chop which was not bad. After dinner, Venetia cab home as she was rushing while the rest walked to Dhoby Ghaut where Nathan is going to catch a movie with his friend. Vivian, Shaun and I went to the arcade at PS where we played the basketball game, the photo one and time crisis 2. After that, Evon joined us and we played a game before going back home.

Haircut at 2pm tomorrow and after that I have to rush to Sentosa to meet them and then to church for my mission meeting.

2008-04-20T21:42:00.001+08:00

Swimming on Saturday with Liang Ying and this time I managed 23 laps without stopping and well it is an improvement from the last time when I only managed 20 and feel quite dead after that. Liang Ying also got his license liao on Friday and now when we want we can hopefully rent a car and drive out. Lolz. After the swim, we went to have frog porridge and it cost like $19 bucks but it was good and quite worth the money. After our dinner I went to church for the mission trip meeting and well now there is a problem cause we need to apply for a visa now in view of the situation due to the Olympics. Have to pray for God to provide.

Just finished the movie, The Bucket List, the movie is about the lives of 2 man who are about to die and how they live out their last days and what they came to realize was the most important. For me, after watching the show, I guess I really have a lot of things that I wanted to do but well hopefully I have the chance next time. I want to drive a sports car, travel around the world and be someone powerful and rich. That’s for starters and I guess that’s what many people want too. Anyway the movie is really good and I recommend it to everyone.

2008-04-18T23:07:00.001+08:00

Monday was the first day that I started my morning job recording bus plates, time of arrival and number of people on board for the HSBC shuttle bus. I start my day at 7:30 standing outside the HSBC building and at around 8:30 after the last bus left, I went back to work. It is not a very tough job, just have to wake up early and the salary is decent. After work, the temps went to watch Untraceable at Cine. We met up, had a quick dinner and was a little late for the movie. The movie is about this killer who bum off people online for all to see and the more people who view his site, the faster the person dies and they are all people related to the publicity of his father’s death. Well it’s a pretty much expected plot and the killer is not very smart in the way he design the killings. Not a very good movie to recommend.

On Tuesday, Liang Ying and I went down to Shu Wen and Jing Wen’s hostel to give them a surprise birthday celebration. We met up at Jurong Point, get a cake and sparkling juice and went to their room. When I called to check on their location, we realised that they are not in the room, so we told them that there would be a cake delivered to their room and Jing Wen rushed back and when we reached there, only Shu Wen was in the room while Jing Wen went to get her stuff from the place that she was studying at. We took photos, cut the cake, had the juice and went back at around 8:30 for them to study and we are going to celebrate for them again after their exams.

Today was the medical check up at NTU and after my morning job, I went to NTU and well it was a pretty fast procedure, with taking of height, weight, checking of eye, urine test, seeing the doctor and finally an X Ray and everything is done. I went back to work at around 11:45 and continue working.

Well it never occurred to me that you are the one……………………

2008-04-12T01:34:00.000+08:00

Its been a long time since I blog, and lots of overdue and backlog entries and event to talk about. I have just finished my latest project which was Ivy’s birthday present. I made a card and a cross stitch tissue holder for her and well the general comments from the rest of RE was that it was ugly and the card is very rigid and engineered like me. Well but in the end they also commented that it was good effort for someone like me and well Ivy was happy with it too. Must say the 2 weeks of work really paid off and I was like literally rushing it through the night and sleeping late for it.

On the 5^th, the temp staff went to Escape Theme Park and well it was pretty boring but the people you go with is important and it will not be boring with the rest around. We tried almost all the rides and the haunted house was where I had the most fun scaring Vivian and Evon while they scream their way through the whole journey. The pirate was the one which gave us the most kick and the inverter was the scariest ride for me. After the rides, we to play the Go kart where we queued for about an hour and thereafter we went to TM to meet Venetia for dinner at Fish and Co where it was my first time there. A few days before, the whole office was like shocked at me cause apparently I have never eaten there before and they were like oh man which cave did you live in and so I decided to break my Fish and Co virginity. I had a picture taken with the menu for remembrance too. After the dinner, we shopped around for a while and thereafter I took 969 back.

On Thursday, we had Banking 3 division dinner at Sushi Tei to celebrate Ivy’s dinner. During the dinner, we took some photos and also the pictures of the food which was taken by Elaine. The food is good and the ambience is good too and we had the seat in the cosy looking pavilion like table. After the dinner, we slack around for a while before going for shopping. So I followed them around to River Island, Dorothy Perkins and finally we went to Cocoa Tree to buy chocolates. After that I made my way back to finish my card and also the cross stitch.

We had a cake to celebrate Ivy’s birthday today and Derek came along to surprise her and she cried. I guess she was too touched and later it was photo taking and eating of cake. The strawberry cake was good and Jaslyn bought it from Taka and I went down to meet her and to get the cake.

Starting Monday for 2 weeks, I will be working from 7:30 to 8:45 recording bus arrival for HSBC at raffles place. It not a bad job and the pay is like 15 per hour. Extra $250 for the month. Woohoo.

2008-03-31T23:49:00.000+08:00

OH MAN I CAN’T BELIEVE IT, I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST TODAY. I was initially quite nervous today before the test and I feel as if the whole world is looking upon with high hopes and I don’t really want to disappoint my Dad anymore and all my friends. So I prayed real hard and God answers my prayer and well now I can officially drive. I got 18 points which is just nice to pass and well the examiner commented that my driving is ok just that I tend to not check my mirrors especially the rear mirror. Well if I do drive again next time, I will remember the points and check my mirror often. After the test, I went to take the photos and also to make the license which took 1 hour plus of waiting. After all these, I went to PS to meet the RE temps for dinner and also to shop around for ideas to make Ivy’s birthday present. Well I got a cross stitch and it is going to be a real challenge but I’ll do my best.

ANY P PLATES TO DONATE TO ME. LOLZ

2008-03-30T18:57:00.001+08:00

Another temps outing on Thursday to celebrate Shawn aka Lord Moon’s birthday. This time we have a new addition which is Maisy who joined us for the dinner at Crystal Jade La Mian and Xiao Long Bao. We had the La Mian and also Wo Tie and the Xiao Long Pao. The food is not bad and the prices are reasonable too. After the dinner, we sang happy birthday for Shawn at the eatery and went to a open space near somerset to just talk cock for a while and thereafter went to play pool at Le Meridian.

Had driving lesson on Saturday and well it was not too bad just that my turning are a bit close to the kerb for some reason. Think it’s probably because of the test like coming in Monday which makes me a little nervous. I really hope that I would be able to pass this time. After driving, was swimming with Liang Ying and later we went to eat. Dinner was at Coco with the mission team and we went to church after dinner to watch End of the Spear which is about the missionary Jim Elliot and team who were killed by the Indians in the Amazon that they were trying to preach the gospel to. Well it was an encouraging film and it makes me wonder if I would be able to give up all and go to such a dangerous place for a mission trip. The place that I am going this July would be relatively safe and well it really pales in comparison with what they are going through.

Finally completed all the essays needed for the scholarship application now only lacks a signed letter of recommendation and after that just pray hard.

Tomorrow is finally my second attempt at the driving and I really hope that I can pass this time around. May God watch over me.

2008-03-23T22:57:00.001+08:00

This week has really flew past with the long weekend from Friday to Sunday and lots of things happening in this week. Wednesday was Nathan’s last day and he is now off to CLSA in the compliance department. He finally got his wish for a more relevant temp job. On Thursday, the temps went out for dinner at Cartel to celebrate Nathan’s birthday. We ordered the 2 huge platters and shared it among ourselves. After dinner, we went to Mind’s café again to play games and when I went home, I was in time for the last train. On Good Friday, I went to church in the morning for service, lunch afterwards and at 3 had my circuit practice and I almost forget all the things in the circuit. Thank God for this practice.

On Saturday, I went to AMK at around 10 to wait for Nathan to pick me up but when I reached at 9:45 and called him, he was still sleeping. So I went to have some tea first and after around 20 mins later, Nathan came over to pick me up. Next we went to pick Vivian and finally Phyllis. We went to white sands to pick up Evon and also the cake but when we left White Sands, Evon had a sudden outburst that she forgot that she had to get the cake from Fiona so we U turn back to pick up the cake. When we got to the chalet, Ian, Glenn and his girlfriend were already there. After slacking for a while, we went to have lunch and later the arcade where we played till we perspire like mad. Then we headed back to the chalet for card games, slacking and guitar playing. At around 7, the rest of the guest started coming in and we had dinner. When Veron came, Shawn cut the cake and also gave out the door gifts that he prepared. After that was the highlight where we had drinking games intended to make Shawn drunk. After 2 bottles of Vodka, Shawn is still going strong and Winnie came with 2 more bottles and she went to cheers to bought more beer and stout to make Shawn drunk. After a while, Nathan, Chris, Evon and I sent Phyllis to the entrance to wait for her bf to pick her up while the rest continue to try to make Shawn drunk. When we got back, Glenn is out, Maisy and Veron is high and Shawn is sleeping. After playing for a while, we went to Jalan Kayu for supper. When we got back, Maisy kept us busy for the whole morning till about 5 before she finally slept. She kept naming us and talk non stop and was super funny when she was drunk. I only like slept at 5 plus and at around 11 plus 12 Nathan sent us back. This is my most shiok chalet so far with lots of fun and playing especially the game where the punishment was everyone wacks up the person on the bed and the perm staff also join us and when it was my turn I got it the worse with taupoks and lots of beatings. Think I was too evil when I wack others. Lolz. Another chalet in June coming up and hope this would be even better.

2008-03-16T23:27:00.001+08:00

Today I attended the first mission trip meeting and get to meet the rest of the team members. We shared out testimony in Chinese today and there was much laughter and also some feedback for improvement. For next week, we are going to have a sharing on the culture and subsequently, we are going to prepare for the program prepare ourselves for the job there.

I Love To Watch A Woman Dance
She Bows Her Head And Lifts Her Hands
Her Hips Begin To Circle Slowly
Her Eyes Half Closed – Her Face Is Holy

She Holds The Whole Room In A Trance
I Love To Watch A Woman Dance
Yeah, I Love To Watch A Woman Dance

She Likes The Slow Songs Of Love Lost
They Take Her A Million Miles Away
‘Cause To Dream Sometimes,
That’s The Only Way To Go Places You Can’t Get To Any Other Way

Our Eyes Connect, She Takes My Hand
I Love To Watch A Woman Dance
Yeah, I Love To Watch A Woman Dance

I Feel My Heart Beating And I Wonder
- Will It Ever Satisfy My Longing?
I Wanna Hold On To You Long As I Can
‘Cause Who Knows, This Dance May Be Our Only Dance

So We Dance Together Close And Slow
- So Slow We’re Almost Standing Still
Her Warm Breath Against My Neck,
Slowly Breaking Down My Will
The Room Spins So, I Can Barely Stand
The Song Ends And She Let’s Go Of My Hand
There’s Much I Don’t Understand
I Love To Watch A Woman Dance
Yeah, I Watch A Woman Dance

2008-03-15T00:01:00.001+08:00

Finally it is Friday and it has been a really busy week for me and it is also full of ups and downs for me.

On Tuesday, we had a temp staff outing at Minds Café and it is my first time there. It is a place where groups of friends can come together to play some board games and to chill relax over drinks and some snacks. At Minds Café, there are some really interesting board and card games where I have never played before and for the 2 hours there, we played this game where one had to mimic the sound of the opponent’s animal if the cards corresponds to each other’s when played. The second game was somewhat like connect 5 where 2 teams had to try to get 2 gets of 5 pieces on the board in a row first. After that, we had 2 rounds of this card game where there are 2 types of people, the miners and the other the saboteur. The miners had to build roads to reach the gold while the saboteur had to prevent it from happening. The last game we played was taboo the all time favourite and we certainly had lots of fun guessing the words.

This week is super busy with lots of interviews arranged and also attaching a lot of people here and there but in the end the results for the week is fill 2.0, one perm, one got some clearance problem after starting work on the 2^nd day and the one that really spoil my week was a initially 3000/mth package but reduced to 2500/mth. Initially I was very happy cause this was going to be my first big case and this had to happen and right now the candidate is still considering whether or not to take it up but deep down in my heart, I rather he do not take it up. What a screwed up employer.

2008-03-07T22:53:00.001+08:00

It has been a long time since I updated and I have many things to say. I finally got my reservist unit after waiting for a long time and to my dismay it was not PPB but rather I got posted to 822 SIR which means I am now going to chiong sua for my reservist as an infantry man. Guess what, I even got my first ICT date liao, which is on 15^th Sept. This is the first time that I felt that the SAF is so efficient. I am also reminded that I have to take my IPPT test.

I have another tuition student at woodlands and I start my lessons with him on Monday. This is only 15 per hour for a primary 4 kid but since it’s the start, and there is hope of long term so maybe in the future I might be able to increase the fees. The best part is also the flexibility of the schedule which makes it even more attractive when I start school in august and I can continue to teach to make some pocket money too.

Today was really an exciting and emotions filled day for me. In the morning, I told Alicia that if that guy is not suitable, then there is no need to find anymore. Last night I was thinking about it a lot and prayed hard about it and a though suddenly came into my mind saying that if this guy is not suitable, then I will stay on all the way. So it happens that the guy did not want to be a RC but they kept it from me and even told me that today is my last day and tried I might to appear normal, I could not help but feeling sad and disappointed as I had completely no preparation to this coming and my last day being today. Alicia then handed me a contract saying that she had a parking case for me to handle while she had lunch and I asked if I was getting the STB. She said yes and when I look at the contract, I saw my own name there and it states duration to infinity and I knew what was going on. They were having me on by telling me that the guy wanted to be RC in the first place. So they were not that bad after all and indeed it was hard to leave RE and well I am not leaving till its time to go to school.

Now that I have decided to do this, its time to not only fill temp but also try to do some perm position too. I must at least learn something from spending around 8 mths on the job. I stayed till around 7 plus today to do some housekeeping and to prepare for a new day, a new week and a new start ahead.

2008-03-02T21:52:00.001+08:00

29^th February of 2008 would indeed be memorable for me. On Friday, it was the day Govt shift out from here to Taka and also the day that Glenn is leaving RE. Everyone will be sad that friends are leaving and we cannot work together anymore and also cannot have lunch together. Worse still, now we need to share the office with another division and I wonder how it will be like on Monday. The life of the office will be pretty much gone. After work, we headed down to the NUS Guild House located at the rooftop of Suntec City for our farewell dinner. We had a bbq buffet dinner and the best part is enjoying bbq food without having to cook it by yourself and also worrying about eating undercooked food. Well it was a fun time of getting together for dinner and also we had lots of photo taking to capture the fun times we had. After dinner, all the temps, Alicia, Ariel, Doreen, Veron, Winnie, Grace, Fiona and Liz went down to DBL O to have our part 2. We entered through O bar and afterwards went to Dbl for drinks and also some dance at the floor. The first round was a tray of tequila and I had 2 shots. The aim that night was to make Shawn drunk but we failed. After the 2 shots, Veron, Winnie, Shawn, Grace and I played the number game and Shawn drank almost 1/5 of the jug with the final losing moment. After that was dancing to sweat the alcohol out but before I even perspire, we had tequila pop and Shawn was like, I dun want to drink anymore. Lolz. When we are tired from the dancing, we went to the section where there was a live band music and we sat there and chat. Grace ordered 2 kamikaze shots for Shawn and after much persuasion, he drowned them. At around 2 plus, after one round of pool, I went home sharing cab with Nathan, Winnie and Vivian.

I got up at around 9:30 for my driving lesson and I was quite tired and nearly got into an accident. Thank God that nothing happened. After my driving, I went home to sleep before going out to Yishun to meet Liang Ying, Shu Wen and Jing Wen for dinner before going for their Hall production. We had dinner at Sakae Sushi and also had some catching up with each other. After dinner, we went for the performance. Well it was not bad a drama for non professionals. The story was about a man who was not very confident about his looks due to his huge nose and as a result did not dare woo the girl that he likes. In the beginning the story is quite good with lots of witty jokes and also some nice poetry and how another handsome guy took advantage of him and the girl thought that the nice love letter was written by him but was actually wrote by the intelligent guy with the huge nose. But the ending was a disappointment which the story ended abruptly and very much expected.

Had actually wanted to go for the K1 Motor Sport carnival which is held downstairs my house, but it was raining heavily the whole day and I guess the go kart is cancelled and also I am not feeling well now, down with a cold too. So after coming back from Church, I took a bathe, wash my clothes and went to rest. Had a nap at around 3 and it was good and I felt better. Hope I don’t fall sick, must drink lots of water.

2008-02-26T21:10:00.000+08:00

Been feeling very tired for this week. Not sure why but there is a sense of lethargic and being sianz with things around me. On Sunday, I came back straight after church and went to sleep after taking a bathe. On Monday, I went for a jog after I came back from work and right after dinner, I was tired too and went to bed soon after. Lots of admin work to do today, I managed to arrange an interview for Jason at GIC and hope that he can get the job although chances are quite slim. Finished up most of my admin work today and now left with the file labeling which is quite a lot to do. A lot of resorting and labeling. I went early in the morning and managed to retrieve all the invoices and also payslips are done too. 2 contracts coming tomorrow and one is a one time bill so its 10 dollars but when I was about to go back, I got a call saying that one of my candidates had fallen out. Sometimes we humans think that we got control over things but in actual fact, we have completely no control and things just happen. We are but so small and there are many things that we cannot do.

When Friday comes, a part of the office will be gone and it will be so different and the life and spirit is just gone. 3 more lunches and that’s all it is going to be. A farewell dinner on Friday, still planning where to go.

2008-02-22T22:58:00.001+08:00

All feasts must come to an end and I have decided to leave come end march. It was really a tough decision with the environment so good, people are so friendly and there is never a dull day working at here. Nevertheless, its part and parcel of life and a change of environment to something more relevant to my studies next time is beneficial to me. Come first of march, government is also no longer with us anymore and they are relocating to orchard to the rest of the division there and one of legal department will be in our office. After 1^st march, the office will be so dead and quiet cause we will not be really comfortable with another division but then again, who are we to complain.

2008-02-17T22:48:00.001+08:00

Every time i think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine but it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
There's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of a fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes
And it's what nobody knows
While every day my confusion grows
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You'll say the words that I can't say

I feel fine and I feel good
I'm feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way, I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself
That if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You'll say the words that I can't say

2008-02-17T00:16:00.000+08:00

A truly happening day for me today, filled with activities, unexpected situations and problems. In the morning, I went with Liang Ying for a haircut and following which, we went to catch CJ7 at Yishun GV and since Liang Ying forgot his trunks, he went back to get it first while I went to get the tickets first. At woodlands, there was a problem with the train and he was like just in time for the movie. After the movie, we went swimming at Yishun SAFRA and after which went for dinner. We had lots of food, wu xiang with bee hoon, rojak and popiah. The food at the coffee shop is good and there is a great variety too. After dinner, we headed to Time Zone to play for a while before heading for home. When I went to the kitchen to get a drink, I heard water sound coming from the cabinet beneath the sink and as luck would have it, the pipe burst and thank God I bought an extra one the last time and had a replacement for the burst pipe. I just replaced it and all was fine till we discovered that the pail containing soap powder was broken and I got a plastic bag to bag it to throw away the next morning, As luck would have it, the bag was broken too and after cleaning up the water, the floor is now soapy and well everything is just cleaned up now. What a day. Everything that can go wrong seem to go wrong in that few minutes.

2008-02-14T23:55:00.001+08:00

On Tuesday, we had a new temp called Xian Rong who joined government division and is under Fiona. Well he is so far so good, seems like the honest and quiet kind but it is yet to be seen since he is from AC and can’t be too quiet. After work, all the temp staff headed down to V8 café to celebrate Evon’s birthday. Shawn and I went to get the cake while the rest went to the café first. On Monday, Shawn, Ian and I had dinner there and the food is good and the ambience is relaxing too and on top of that SAFRA members get 15% off the bill so we decided to go back there again. I had the chicken sandwich this time and since I tried the signature dish on Monday, Evon and Ian asked me if it was good and in my opinion it was but it turn out that they did not really enjoy it. After dinner, we sang birthday song for Evon and took photos. We chatted while having the cake and I took a video of Ian destroying the cake to eat the mango in the center. After chatting for a while, we paid the bill and left for the arcade. I played the sniper game and the last game we played was the basketball one and after that we went down to the fountain to take photos. Wonder who came up with the suggestion to run to the centre of the fountain to take photos and Vivian, Evon, Shawn and Ian really did that while I took photos for them and Nathan stood by the side. After watching the fountains for a while we went back.

Valentine’s Day today and it is another lonely day for me. Seeing the many couples together really makes one feel a little sad and cold in the heart. But the feeling is soon gone with other stuff to fill my mind. The office today is in a very light mood with many people getting flowers even Gina who says that she knows her bf enough to know that he will not send her any but surprise, she got a bunch and she called Andrew to ask what is wrong and he was like I give you flowers and you asked me what is wrong with me. Haha its really hard to understand girls sometimes. I teased Gina the whole day too by giving her 2 boxes of really suggestive stuff that look like some vigra like products but its really only ginger and she is always scolding me crazy and when she left the whole office was like hey Gina, remember the protection and stuff. The office people is very interesting and fun which makes the whole experience here very good and hard to leave. When I was about to leave the office today, I saw a guy behaving very weirdly outside RE and I thought its some mad guy and he turns out to be Alicia’s bf who is giving her a surprise and she was indeed surprised when his students turn up to look for jobs and she was wondering if she is doing walk in today. Anyway he is quite creative asking the students to take some photos of them and also releasing the balloons in the meeting room. After the excitement died down, we left for home.

For many during this time, it would be a time of shock and also a time of not knowing how to react and for some it could also be a time of disappointment and sadness. Whatever it is, remember there is a whole forest out there. Seek and you shall find it.

2008-02-10T22:57:00.000+08:00

Having a bad cough now due to too much snacking on heaty snacks during the New Year. Hope that it will be better after drinking lots of water.

Went to Shi Hui’s house today after service and only Lucas and I from 7B were there, the rest were from her secondary school and we played blackjack and I was lucky today, initially I was losing when Shi Hui was banker but after Kenny took over and started losing, I volunteered to be the banker and teamed up Reiner and we won about 12 bucks each. We were lucky and even 4 cards with 20 points, the next card was an ace. Lolz. After Reiner had to go, I went back with him cause tomorrow work is starting and I want to rest too.

On Saturday, after visiting Mrs Lim, some of us went to watch Ah Long Pte Ltd and well it was a good show, worth watching and it shows a different side of the story. My view on this is that well, no one force you to borrow money from loan sharks and the borrowers are wrong too. So its not really fair to penalize loan sharks alone cause demand creates its own supply and allow such activities to thrive.

Starting work tomorrow and it’s a good break and it is now time to fill temps and earn lots of STB.

2008-02-07T23:38:00.000+08:00

It’s the first day of Chinese New Year today, a major public holiday and a time of visiting relatives and also the loads of snacks to feast on. I woke up at around 1 plus after sleeping at around 4:30am this morning and when I woke up, I was still very sleepy.

We went to uncle mike’s house today as usual but this time around, we had free transport from sis’s bf and he went to play mahjong. It was very boring for me and all I did was watch movie after movie on star movie and snack. Tomorrow going to aunty Betty’s house to play blackjack with Nick’s friends who always visit. Pretty much usual every year. Saturday going to Mrs Lim’s house to see her and also her new born daughter.

2008-02-07T00:11:00.001+08:00

Wishing all my friends a happy and prosperous new year may all things go well for you guys in this year of the rat and may you have good health and great success. New year’s eve this year was great with pizza dinner and after which Liang Ying came to my house to play mahjong. I sang karaoke while they played mahjong and after singing for a while alone, I decided to watch television instead and also upload some photos and also organize some files in my computer. Visiting uncle Michael’s house tomorrow and Betty Aunty house on Friday and finally Mrs Lim’s house on Saturday. Starting work on Monday and wish that in this year of the rat, I have good business filling lots and lots of temps and also good health.

2008-02-06T17:11:00.000+08:00

Sam is back and last night our BS group had a meet up where we had supper at Glutton’s Bay. I left the office at around 7, after playing a few rounds of Naruto with Nathan and Amanda on our psp, took and bathe and came out again at around 9 to meet up for supper. On the way to Esplanade, I met Lip Yong and Samuel who were working at UOB and chatted with them for a while and I finally realized who Samuel was cause Lip Yong brought him to work there but I did not really have an idea of who he was.

It was nice to see Sam again after missing him for about 1 month while he was in NZ on exercise. We had some oyster omelet and fried hokkien noodles. It was a good time of meeting and catching up with each other. Glutton’s Bay is quite a nice place to have some food and chill out with friends and to add on to the atmosphere, you could also enjoy the live band music coming from DXO which is just beside the place. At around 2300, we left because we won’t want to miss the train back home.

Recently on my Tag board there was a girl who I think her name is Michelle who also works at RE. Wonder how she stumbled upon my blog and I realized that she is from West division.

CNY’s eve today and it’s the time for reunion dinner for families to get together and have a meal together. Having Canadian Pizza later, hope we will have fun.

2008-02-04T23:43:00.001+08:00

Went back to Seletar Camp just now to for the night bazaar. I rushed down after my tuition session and managed to still catch the bazaar cause the games and popcorn were still going on. Saw Msg Goh and RSM drinking with the senior officers. I went off to find other RPs and also other people that I actually know as there are many new faces around. Chatted with a few people and also gave out a few name cards. After walking around, I chatted with RSM, MSG and Mr John the new camp commandant and after chatting for a while, I went back with Danny.

2008-02-03T00:31:00.001+08:00

It rain just as I was about to leave for swimming but luckily it was at that moment and not on the way cause it rained the whole day and I got to cancel my swimming trip. At around 4:30 I left the house to go to Bugis for a class outing organized by Javid. The eating place that we are supposed to go is called Zum Zum and well its just like those Indian Muslim eating places like those at Jalan Kayu and the food is not too bad just that many of the things that we wanted to order was not available and the food comes after a long time and the service is not as good compared to Jalan kayu. Nevertheless, we had a filling dinner and it only cost $5 per head and I was quite full. After dinner, we went to BHG for shopping and took some photos along the way and finally walked to Raffles City food court for dessert and some psp playing before heading for home. Response today was good and almost the whole class turned up even those who rarely appear for class outing. Next Saturday, we are going to Mrs Lim’s house for CNY and to see her baby.

2008-02-01T22:55:00.001+08:00

It was a terrible week in terms of temps filled. I only had 1.5 and all 3 were not even actively filled by me. 2 was packing given by Elaine and the other one was Ariel’s candidate and I get the STB while she gets the margin. Not only was there little orders around, my pool of candidates were very dry too and all my ads are attracting the funny people who were not useful to me. On top of that, most people that I called are not picking up my calls which really piss me off and today I have a CRO. Oh my, what a week to have and the only good day is Thursday because it was my birthday and I had a mini celebration in the office with my colleague and after work, Amanda, Gina, Nathan, Ian and I went to sushi tei to have dinner. Initially Amanda and I wanted to compete at Sakae Sushi to see who could eat more sushi but later we decided to go sushi tei because they had some vouchers. On Thursday, it was really a super duper slack day. After Jas left at around 4, the whole office was suddenly in a slack mood and the psp was out and playing and computer games too. At around 6, the dinner party left for sushi tei. The dinner was real good and it was not too expensive for the amount of food we ate and we chatted for a while after dinner before going home. Nathan and I stayed a bit to see Gina’s boyfriend and kaypo a bit before leaving for home.

Today was the official opening for centrals’ new office at Taka level 21 and for the temps, only Nathan, Ian and I went. The food was good and we get to see all of the other consultants from other branches. On top of that, I finally knew who Fang Ting and Li Ling are and not only fax things blindly to them without knowing who they are. At around, 7 I left the place.

Life is really unexpected, today one of Amanda’s candidate got involved in an accident while on the way to work and he passed away. It was only last week that she saw him and she was affected by it and cried. Life is so unpredictable and he was an ORD guy just like us and gone while on the way to work.

I feel old to be 21. Finally it’s the license to do many stuff and also the time for many great responsibilities to be in my hands. I thank God for seeing me through these 21 years of my life and I am really thankful to be saved and be part of his wonderful family. This is a new beginning of my life and I pray for wisdom and to be always in the favor of the Lord.

My 21st Birthday Celebration

2008-01-27T22:02:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the day that I celebrated my 21^st birthday at Downtown east chalet with my family and my friends. On Friday, I took half day leave and went with dad and Liang Ying to check in at the chalet. On the way there, we drop off at Yishun to collect a gift from Sharon and Li Xuan. The three girls had could not make it on Saturday due to some commitments so they pass the present to me first. After that we continue on to Pasir Ris to check in. The check in counter was under staff and they were so slow and I had to wait for very long. After getting the keys, we proceed to Blk B #1217 to put down our stuff before going for dinner. After dinner, we went to explore around and Downtown East changed a lot. There were many more new eating outlets around. After walking around, we went back to the chalet to watch Dvd and had some vodka.

Next day was the day of the party and in the afternoon, Liang Ying and I went to White Sands NTUC to meet up with Shu Wen and Jing Wen to get the drinks and fruits and salad for the party later. After getting the stuff, we went back to the chalet and mum; sis and her boyfriend came after a while. While waiting for the party to start, I went to buy some tidbits for us to eat as Camille was complaining that she was hungry. At around, 6 I went to take a bathe and change into a fresh set of clothes. After which, we went to prepare the ice box and chill the drinks before the guest came. At around 6:45 the buffet was here and by 7 the food was ready. First batch of guest to arrive was Elle, David and Shi Hui who came to help prepare the salad and also helped me cut the fruits. Next to arrive was Sam See, Matt, Zhi Yun and Gracia and they disappeared off to find the beach soon after. At around 7, when most of my friends have arrived, we started having the food. Foo arrived along with Aunty Elizabeth with the fried chicken wings and fries to add on to the buffet. From recruit express, the first to arrive was my beloved Mentor and her boyfriend and at around 8 plus the rest came along. It was a busy time for me moving around to my different groups of friends and chatting with them. Denise prepared a guest book for me where the guest were given a slip of paper to sign some messages and it was all put together in a photo frame and it was very nice and creative. Shawn came along with his balloons and made me a sword with Glenn drawing the Hiro’s symbol on the balloon. At around 9:30, it was time to cut the cake and time was handed over to Foo who played the guitar while we all sang Happy Birthday for me and after the singing, the guitar was a present for me too. Now its time to go back to learning the guitar. After the cake cutting, was photo taking with my relatives and different groups of friends. I was smashed in the face with cake all thanks to my colleague and when I knew it was Liz’s idea I went after her and at last managed to smear some on her. I was dead drunk last night and could only remember playing cards with Veron and the other temp staff and could not remember much after that. All I heard is that I vomited a lot and when I woke up, I vomit more and could not eat till just now at around 8 where I ate some cookie made by Shu Wen.

I want to really thank my parents for planning this celebration for me and all my friends who turn up and making this celebration so great for me and it will always be a day to be remembered in my mind and also all the presents that they got for me. Most importantly I want to thank my best buddy Liang Ying who came with me and helped me in the preparation and also for taking care of me along with my Dad when I was drunk.

2008-01-22T21:40:00.001+08:00

Sometimes I just don’t understand people and what are they thinking about. For example, I recently helped get a 44 year old guy who has been jobless for like 2 years a job and it has a decent pay with only 5 days work week but after working for like 2 days, he totally disappeared and did not even inform me that he is not taking up the job. I was like what the toot. But then again its part and parcel of the job and life and some people are just not worth the trouble to help them. Tomorrow I got another candidate who also found a job after being jobless for some time and I hope he appreciates the job.

My 21^st chalet is coming and I am soooooo excited about it.

2008-01-20T21:57:00.001+08:00

The week that just passed was really crappy and bad. The total contract that I got was like 3 and one was in danger of becoming naught. On top of that, there were not many candidates who are applying for jobs and job orders aren’t that many too. Hope that next week is or rather next week is going to be a better week and I am going to fill 10 contracts. WORK HARD.

Went swimming at Yishun Safra on Friday alone cause Liang Ying had tuition and after swimming, I went home, change my clothes and went to meet him at Jurong East before heading to the hairdresser. Liang Ying seems to like the style that Ken cuts. After our hair cut, we went to shop around causeway point to spend my $30 John Little voucher and I bought a long sleeve shirt with it and also this white chocolate snack along with it to make up for the value. Next stop was timezone where we watched people play with the sweet machine and later we played Daytona USA and also some shooting games.

Had a meet up with PS members today at City Hall where we had a late lunch at Café Cartel. Time really flies and its been a long time since we last met up, it has been 2 years I think and I am glad that most people turn up for it and we had a great time chatting, updating our lives and also reminiscing about the past when we were still in NYPS. Well everyone had their tales to tell, with Kok Wei and Kenneth nearly losing their lives in Taiwan when the plane crash and Yan Lin looked very different. Haha. After ice cream and Ben and Jerry, we went back home.

2008-01-16T22:38:00.001+08:00

Met up with Seletar people last night cause Yusaku was going to go back to Japan so we had a last gathering before he left. We met up at orchard to have dinner and surprisingly many people came, Master Goh, Yazid, Syahid, Sham, Sarhan and Shah. As usual, the S group was late. Master, Saku, Yazid, Syahid and I then proceed to Far East to have dinner first and wait for them to join us. It was a good decision cause they only came after we finished our dinner. After that we went to Starbucks to chill out and have some coffee and also to reminisce the old times we had together in camp and it was nice thinking back about the times we spend in Seletar and all the stories and all the confession of funny things that we do. But the policy is do it but don’t get caught. At around 11 30, we all left Starbucks and when I reached Sembawang Station, I realized that Saku has moved to Sembawang but I have never seen him around before. Lolz. After we got off the train, I chatted a while with Saku and wish him all the best for his trip to Japan.

2008-01-13T20:39:00.000+08:00

Renovation at church is pretty much done. This morning, our BS is held at one of the 3 rooms at level 5. In addition, there is also a handicap toilet located there. BS today was on John 15. It was a great session with lots of questions coming from Jonathan some which I never even thought of it but on 2^nd thoughts it had meanings in it. After BS, we proceeded to the brand new level 3 auditorium for worship. It was the first SF worship of 2008 in a brand new auditorium and the smell of new paint is still there. Now for SF service, we have 2 projectors, new sound system and a new drum set too. No message today but Jacob covered about what we can expect in the New Year ahead, the theme verse, the messages that we are going to have as well the programs ahead in 2008. For the family groups, there are changes too with 2 new additions to our family, Zhi Yun and Charmaine along with their contacts. So I went up to ZY and say welcome to our group female element and she was like I want Sam Sam. Lolz. So now both my sisters are in my group and well for our family this year we only have one program to plan for which is the Christmas for 2008. It is still a long time to go and we can all slack. Yay.

After service, we had lunch with Aaron and Jonathan which are Gab’s contacts but due to his NS commitment, had been handed over to Jon Foo and I. Starting next week, we are going to have BS with them so I got to prepare more stuff before I come to church.

After lunch, I went home and thereafter went to meet up with Liang Ying for a swim at Yishun Safra. I also reapply for my membership after it expired so that I can continue to swim there. I hope to swim there at least once a week. Gonna need lots of effort. After swimming, we went to have laksa and desert and guess what happen when I came back home, yea right I went straight for the toilet again. But then again the strawberry ice kachang after the laksa was really siok. Lolz.

2008-01-12T21:48:00.000+08:00

Another stay home Saturday for me. Woke up at around 8:30, wash up, vacuum the house and wait for my breakfast. After breakfast was reading of the day’s papers followed by the bible and finally some reading of the excel book that I borrowed from Camille. Tried to repair my psp as it could not load the iso but I cannot fix it so in the end I decided to take it to the game shop at Sembawang Mrt there to see what the person can do. It cost me $15 to fix the firmware issue in it. Guess must be something wrong with the update. I had planned to go for a swim with Liang Ying today but too bad it rained all day and we decided to go tomorrow instead. Time flies and now its only 2 weeks left before my birthday chalet is here and for today, I have settled the buffet and also the cake. Now what is left is to confirm the attendance. Hope that it will be a great one for my 21^st birthday.

2008-01-10T21:54:00.001+08:00

Lunch today with Banking 2 at a Japanese restaurant to celebrate Jann’s birthday. The food at the restaurant is good and it’s the first time I ate huge thick sashimi. Taste wise not that bad but I do not really seem to enjoy it but the rest of the food is real good. Nathan did a cartoon drawing for Jann with all of banking 2 plus half of me and on top of that we gave Jann a present which was a wooden plague to decorate her home. All thanks to Gina for the help on choosing the present. This has been a real busy week with payslips, interviews and job orders, both temp and perm to settle. But well to me, the busier I am the better it is cause it means more contracts to sign and more commission.