The Inconsistent One.

so come home running

2012-02-01T03:18:00.002+08:00

o heart of mine, come back home

from one so fair you ran away

and one more time you have to pay

the heaviness of needless shame

so come home running, his arms are open wide

his name is jesus, he understands

he is the answer, that you've been looking for

so come home running, just as you are.

- come home running, chris tomlin

2012-01-13T22:13:00.000+08:00

so here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.

2011-11-28T01:07:00.001+08:00

“Poverty has not been my experience, but God has allowed in the lives of each of us some sort of loss, the withdrawal of something we valued, in order that we may learn to offer ourselves a little more willingly, to allow the touch of death on one more thing we have clutched so tightly, and thus know fullness and freedom and joy that much sooner.” – Elisabeth Elliot

Book Review: Heaven is for Real Deluxe Edition by Todd Burpo

2011-11-10T01:47:00.003+08:00

This book is, essentially, a testimony from a pastor dad of how God used his trials to reveal Himself. Specifically, it is about his son, Colton Burpo, and how a bout of illness became a starting point for some rather miraculous signs.

An easy read, the book’s writing style reminded me of Randy Pausch’s ‘The Last Lecture’. It is very interesting and definitely a page-turner, and I managed to finish it in one sitting.

First off, Burpo does mention some revelations in this book that unsettles me, not because that it is wrong or unbiblical, but because the Bible doesn’t explicitly confirm what Burpo states in some parts of the book. This may seem pretty trivial, but I recognise the importance of bringing such claims back to the scripture for verification. My worry is that somebody might blindly accept everything that is written in this book, and believe it as solid, irrefutable ‘Biblical truth’.

That aside, I am encouraged by this short testimony of Burpo and his family. He doesn’t show himself as a super-pastor who remains all-holy and calm amidst the storms, but instead portrays himself as a person who can become frustrated and angry at his circumstances. But in spite of this, he tells that God is still God, and He remains as our anchor and help in times of need. It is a timely reminder for myself that, like Job’s encounter, God still reigns supreme in our lives at all times, and instead of trying to carve out our own solutions, all we need to do is to trust and obey.

I would recommend this book to friends, but with the little caveat mentioned above.

books

2011-11-05T22:40:00.003+08:00

Made a trip to the bookstore and added a few more books to my collection:

- What To Ask the Man in the Mirror, Robert Kaplan

- Counterfeit Gods, Timothy Keller

- The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller

Also, I was just reflecting and realised that Maxwell is extremely heavy on being a relational leader. Well, you don't really have to read his books per se to know that (his book titles alone would probably lead to the same conclusion), but just saying.

hello again!

2011-10-22T03:04:00.002+08:00

Hi guys, I'm not sure if anyone still visits!

Anyway, I'm on my final year in university, and I've been busy the past few months doing up my final year project, which will be a video game about the migrant workers in Singapore. I've been going down to Little India to speak to them, and every conversation so far has been really awe-inspring! I'll share more when I find the time to write something substantial here!

Also, a couple friends and I have joined this Sony competition, and it relies on public votes. So if you're on facebook, please give us a listen, and if we rock, vote for us! :)

http://apps.facebook.com/sonylikeperforming/contests/150454/voteable_entries/34043306?order=votes

When answers aren't enough, there is Jesus.

2011-09-11T23:27:00.001+08:00

"If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we stunt the growth of the soul. What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinguish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes."
— Elisabeth Elliot (Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control)

fromage

2011-05-07T16:14:00.000+08:00

Cheese! Why won't it stop flirting with me?

- Joss Whedon

Quote #3142

2011-04-05T23:43:00.000+08:00

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

- Dr Seuss

tip #24

2011-03-05T00:16:00.002+08:00

sometimes, we appreciate the talent but forget the person.

back to our roots, again.

2011-01-31T03:47:00.004+08:00

One of the things I have realised over the years is that for us to continually grow, we have to revisit the things which we have experienced before, but not understand. I'm not just speaking about academics. A few years ago, whenever I listened to Hendrix (or at least, tried to), my ears would interpret it as just noise and random shredding. A few years on, as my ears developed, whenever I popped in the Experience Hendrix CD into the laptop, I would realise the guitar mastery of Hendrix, and how much of an influence it had on so many guitarists I have come to love. The whole experience felt as if I were listening to white noise on the radio for so many years and struggling to figure out what it was and meant, and then someone came along and said, 'This is how you do it', and then tuning the radio to a channel that played clear, perfect music.

tired. and busy.

2010-09-22T01:26:00.002+08:00

The past few weeks after returning back from Cambridge has seen me picking the stuff I left off.

Today has been a really tiring day. It was as such:

10am - 12.15pm: Was looking through the potential books for the new syllabus at SKS. Had an epic drive trying to get to SKS after making a single wrong turn.
12.15pm - 1pm: Drove to school for lessons.
1pm - 4:17pm: Lessons.
4:18pm - 5pm: Drove to the GAMBIT lab.
5pm - 6.30pm: Press Interview.
6.30pm - 7.30pm: Drive back to school for more lessons.
7.30pm - 9.30pm: Lessons.
9.30pm - now: Home and work.

I did not have time to sit down to eat lunch nor dinner (I had to eat it on the go), and I was exhausted by day's end. What's interesting is that I have similar schedules for the remaining week. It's times like this when I tell myself I'll have a short lifespan. I must learn to take things slower. Maybe I should start my walking speed.

PS: I don't like this blogspot theme. God knows why I changed it in the first place.

the difference between drawing with a reference, and without.

2010-09-20T02:41:00.005+08:00

At least for me. I haven't sat down and drawn something for more than 1 year, and this is what came out. I definitely cannot draw without a reference. I find monkey-man really hilarious though.

goodbye.

2010-08-05T10:21:00.003+08:00

My tenure as an intern Assistant Producer at the GAMBIT Game Lab is almost over. Tomorrow will sort of be my last day in the office. The game is almost complete. Most of the interns will be heading back on Sunday, and a together with a couple of friends, we'll check into our hostel at Back Bay, Boston, and prepare to leave to New York for the next 3 days. I'll then spend the next week in Boston, before heading back home to Singapore.

The experience so far is almost indescribable. It's really intense and fast paced, but so, so rewarding. Most of the nights I worry about how the next day will take shape, but in the end, God took care of it all and everything went really smoothly (so smoothly, in fact, that a few of us can't really believe it).

I'm still in the lab now, so I think I'll ruminate on how things have been the past 9 weeks and I'll do a longer post when I'm back in my dorm or something.

MIT/TIM

2010-06-26T13:59:00.002+08:00

Whoops, I apologise for the lack of posts. Been almost a month since my last update. Over the past 3 weeks, I've arrived safely at Cambridge, MA, settled in nicely, and started my internship proper. The past few weeks have just been us trying to get used to the way things work around here. It's been great, really great, in fact, that I am considering prolonging my trip for another 2 odd weeks.

I don't have a blog set up for my trip, but I do have a flickr account: www.flickr.com/photos/lordaero

I post very regularly (every alternate days), so go there to see what I've been up to halfway around the world.

I think I will sleep soon, I will be meeting some friends for pancakes tomorrow. Till then, take care.

bufumufu

2010-05-19T03:10:00.004+08:00

Exams are finally over, and it's time to take care of the things that I've been neglecting for the past months, namely: music; sport; books; movies. I have to also work up a list for the things to buy and bring before my trip. For those who don't already know, I'll be heading to MIT for 2 months to intern at a research lab come first week of June. I think I will set up a separate blog that chronicles the travelling, eating and working, rather than post them all over here. I would rather prefer to preserve the integrity of this blog and reserve it chiefly for my thoughts and musings... so watch out for the link to that soon.

Life's definitely good right now. I'm doing whatever I want to do, without the usual but-I-still-have-this-work-to-clear first. I have also been playing at a few gigs the past few weeks. I shall leave my general thoughts on those in another entry. For now, it's time to sleep. I have an appointment with my friends in the morning to hit fuzzy yellow balls with carbon fibre netted frames. Tennis, lah.

something wrong.

2010-04-12T20:07:00.003+08:00

While driving home today, I saw a bumper sticker that said "Everyone can go to heaven, just be good!". I wonder how anyone can understand that sentence. It doesn't make sense. What is the benchmark for 'good'? Without a yardstick, 'good' becomes relative. And I don't think Heaven accepts 'relative goodness'.

songs

2010-03-28T22:27:00.002+08:00

Had a rare band practice with the rest today, I'm playing for the final crossroads this semester. What is ironic, however, it's my first crossroads this sem. School schedule has not been forgiving.

This is one of the special times in crossroads for me; for one, it's the last time I get to play music 'officially' alongside a good buddy of mine who's graduating soon. It's one of those friends whom you don't really talk to on a daily basis (or even for a stretch of a couple months), but when you do, it's as if you two were best buddies since forever. Making music is one of my passion, and it's really good fun to be making it with people whom you love. For two, I haven't been seeing most people from Crusades for the longest of time, so it's good to see them again. For three, I need a break.

I learnt quite a fair bit about my playing style today, what I know, and what I don't. Knowing what you do not know feels like a two-edged sword: you feel demoralised because you lack so much, but you feel good because there's so much more to learn.

On another note, I haven't been going out as much as I want to, I can actually count the number of times I went out 'for fun'. Most of the times I actually go out would be for church, for BB, for studies. I can't wait for this semester to be over, and actually take a good, long break. But then of course, it's those times where you actually work hard, persevering on throughout the semester, longing dearly for the break. And when it arrives, it feels much more worth it.

But till then, hard work beckons.

Oh well, didn't want this post to end up like a rant but I think it did.

Have a great week!

when i feel blue in the night

2010-03-09T01:34:00.002+08:00

I've been having weird dreams (still, from the previous post). I think I have about one every week.

While it does perk up the boring life I'm having right now (which is quite sad that I have to depend on dreams to do that), I'm not sure if these dreams are some sort of a sign; they are barely related to the real world at all. But the dreams of the old in the Old Testament keeps coming back to me whenever I wake up, furthermore, I can remember those dreams very well, unlike most others we usually have. Most of these dreams are related to the future; there are always some elements that I can identify that doesn't belong to this age: scenes of a futuristic terminator-esque civil war that foreshadows the end times (or rather would I feel like I would die any moment then); teleportation; some fancy sci-fi gadget, etc.

flu symptoms + late nights = dystopic dreams

2010-02-09T15:01:00.002+08:00

Lately, I have been dreaming a lot. Most of the nights, the dreams reflect a condition that is part of my life, but has absolutely no connections whatsoever to my daily living.

Last night I slept at 3am. I woke up today at 10am and realised that I have a bad sorethroat, so I decided to sleep in.

I dreamt that I was with the leaders (probably at a retreat) walking along the beach at the nighttime. It was pretty crowded (there was an airshow, probably the recent one that ended the past weekend). We sat down on the beach and waited for the planes to do their stuff. A few planes flew past and I realised something about the planes that foreshadowed that something was about to go wrong. They had some medical plane flying around really low toward a building then suddenly changed direction when it was a few metres from it. A bunch of bikers came and disturbed us. I don't know if they were part of the act or not but they started lifting off from a ramp at the jetty and landed hard on a barge that was in the sea. Then the cops arrived in cars and demanded if anyone was using blutacks (for that dream, the authorities somehow had a problem with blutacks and wanted to detain anyone caught using them). I realised that the Korean girl whom I spoke to before the show had left halfway and left behind her packet of blutack. The cop found it and questioned us, but after a while he started having this headache and I could hear a lady (probably the Korean girl who I think was a goddess) talking inside his mind and saying that the blutack belonged to her.

Then the scene changed and I was with a team of soldiers/infiltration team who were holding nerf guns and were supposed to free people from their places. I have to say by now that there was this oppressive feeling that permeated the dream. I don't really know how to describe it, but think of '1984' and you get what I mean. Everyone was locked up not in cells (because I didn't see any) but in rooms en masse. We entered this building and started to free them, but of course we got discovered and started running all around. I don't recall much from this point, but I do remember a few scenes. Apparently a couple of the infiltration team got captured and we had to free them. They were moving along below this building and so all of us took a level each and went to this balcony that overlooked this area. I was stationed at the top-most level. We all pointed our guns at them and it seemed to worked for a while. However, people from my team started to disperse from the balcony and started shooting themselves in the mouth. For some reason that triggered an explosion and we all ran down as fast as we could. I jumped down a few storeys and suddenly I saw this information bar on my suddenly-appearing HUD stating that my legs were damaged or something and that there is a possibility of my body parts freezing up, which kind of confused me because I thought I was a human being. Apparently I was some cyborg. So I landed on the ground, relatively unhurt save for that information tab and we all got lost. However, after running a while and with help from an operator (like that in The Matrix), we got together again. We continued freeing some kids by pretending to be their guards and we climbed up this set of staircase. However, everyone started leaping off from the staircases, clearing this linked fence that were stopping them from escaping. I, however, with 2 other guards didn't managed to leap on time (because I wasn't told to do so!) and so had to go up the staircases again, then jump off. There were by then like a whole swarm of babies climbing up the fence from the opposite side trying to get up. But we managed to clear them. We then started running along a road parallel to the beachline on our left and some shophouses to our right, with some tunnel in the distanced left. After that I woke up.

Strange.

i dreamt i was working on the doulos today

2010-01-17T23:01:00.002+08:00

it felt good, liberating, as if i had nothing else in the world to care about other than sailing to the ends of the earth to spread the gospel. it didn't matter how and who was onboard, i remember seeig and talking to a few varied bunch, but i can't start to describe the serenity and calm that permeated the whole ship.

back from camp.

2009-12-09T02:20:00.002+08:00

well church camp was good, but the post-camp question posed by my friend was really appropriate, so I shall quote him here:

what next?

happy birthday me.

2009-09-15T00:18:00.002+08:00

since it's my birthday today, i thought i shall reward myself with a rare post and retrospection.

How does it feel to be 22 years old? I used to think that people who are in the 20s are old, mature, able to make life decisions correctly and, well, basically life is more or less settled. Hah how wrong I am! I still feel like I'm 19, not surprising as I think I'm still being treated like one. Although I do feel that life decisions are getting more frequent. Having made a few already (what type of degree would I want to read, etc), I am living in those choices now. I wouldn't say that most choices I made were the right ones, but I think I can say that they were the best ones for me. Mistakes made, mistakes learned. That's how life unveils itself.

Having lived out maybe 1/3 of my life (maybe 1/4 if I'm lucky), and being the person that God made me to be, I question myself regularly if I have lived out my life to the best that I can. To be honest, I don't know. People have their mid-life crises at the age of 30odd, and I really hope that I won't be turn out to be one of them. I have already vaguely planned out my life about 30 years in advance (yes, kiasu, I know, but I like to be organised) , having already decided what I want to be next time, how I am going to achieve that, further education, what type of ideal housing (which part of Singapore), what car to drive, what dog to have, dog's name, etc, etc. Of course I have alternate plans, and being receptive to what God has in store for me. But at the crossroads in life, I feel both excited and afraid of growing up. A part of me wants to stay young forever, but I guess that wasn't part of God's plan (except Peter Pan, maybe).

Today, peeping at my book boxes, I noticed some changes in reading preferences. Two years ago, books that I would have bought include The Time Traveler's Wife, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The God of Small Things, etc. A year ago, I got classics like Alice in Wonderland, 1984, Trainspotting, Oliver Twist, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Brave New World, etc. Today, at Kinokuniya, I decided to self-present myself with two books: Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto and Stephen Hawking's A Brief History in Time. Good or bad, I don't know. I do know, however, that I'm spending more money on books than time reading them.

Have a good week ahead, happy birthday me.

random muse

2009-08-26T02:55:00.002+08:00

i think from the way i use my laptop on the bed, i'm going to develop some sort of back problem in the near future.

back in green.

2009-07-12T23:58:00.002+08:00

I suddenly feel compelled to blog tonight, so here it goes:

I have to report for reservist training tomorrow at 7.30am. I'm feeling a bit strange. I have not done anything remotely army for just over a year now. To go back in again for the next 2 weeks is really odd. I feel as if I'm re-enlisting again. The bags are packed (saved for a few last minute stuff), and I'm more or less ready. I can't wait to see the old guys again, but the army has become more or less a foreign affair for me. One year isn't really that long, but it's enough to throw me off balance by a bit. I've forgotten how it feel like to be back already.

Well, regardless, it's gonna be fun.

Goodnight, and see you later.

my modules

2009-07-03T03:03:00.002+08:00

Well to prevent myself from getting confused, I have decided to post the list of planned modules I'll be taking this semester.

//Plan1

1. Interactive Media Workshop I

2. Game Design Workshop I

3. Asian Art History I

4. Website Design and Development

5. Japanese Level 1

6. The Craft of Writing

---3 Cores, 1 Prescribed Studio, 1 UE, 1 GER-PE-----

//Plan2

1. Interactive Media Workshop I

2. Game Design Workshop I

3. Asian Art History I

4. Website Design and Development

5. The Craft of Writing

6. Survey of New Media

---3 Cores, 1 Prescribed Studio, 2 GER-PE-----

//Plan3

1. Interactive Media Workshop I

2. Game Design Workshop I

3. Asian Art History I

4. Website Design and Development

5. Cities, Bodies, Art & Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore

6. Survey of New Media

---3 Cores, 1 Prescribed Studio, 2 GER-PE-----

things.

2009-06-21T23:07:00.001+08:00

there's just something about pairing loosely edited video footages with a slow piano piece that i really, really like alot.

2009-04-10T23:32:00.001+08:00

1 John 4:10

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

I think I finally understand what this means.

untitled

2009-03-28T23:27:00.001+08:00

mama had a chicken.
mama had a cow.
dad was proud,
he didn't say how.

deeper

2009-01-19T23:46:00.002+08:00

i find it amazing that even though every other thing may fade away in time, God is still there for us to hold on to.

'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness' -2 Cor. 12:9

2008-12-20T02:01:00.002+08:00

Saviour King
Hillsong United

And now the weak say I have strength
By the spirit of power that raised Christ from the dead
And now the poor stand and confess
That my portion is Him and I'm more than blessed

Let now our hearts burn with a flame
A fire consuming all for Your Son's holy name
And with the heavens we declare
You are our king

We love You Lord, we worship You
You are our God, You alone are good

You asked Your Son to carry this
The heavy cross our weight of sin

I love you Lord, I worship You
Hope which was lost, now stands renewed
I give my life to honor this
The love of Christ, the Savior King

Let now Your church shine as the bride
That You soar in Your heart as You offered up Your life
Let now the lost be welcomed home
By the saved and redeemed those adopted as Your own

I give my life to honor this
The love of Christ, the Savior King

hi. it's been long.

2008-12-02T01:38:00.002+08:00

Lincoln Brewster - The Arms of My Saviour

When I’m all alone
And the weight of the world
Is more than I can bear on my own
When all my plans have failed
And I suffered defeat
I’m down on my knees
I can’t get to my feet

Your love breaks through
And reminds me of the hope that I have in You
That I have in You

Chorus:
There’s no other place
That I’d rather be
Than safe in the arms
The arms of my Savior
There’s no other place
Where I can be free
So I run to the arms
The arms of my Savior

When I’m feeling overwhelmed
Like I can’t take anymore
I’ve thrown up my hands
All I see is the floor
I’ve looked to the north
The south, the west, and the east
But as far as I can see
I can’t find any peace

Your grace breaks through
And reminds me of the hope that I have in You
That I have in You

Chorus

Life shouldn’t be something to dread
‘Cause I know You still know
How many hairs are in my head
And so I run to You
And so I run to You

[ Lincoln Brewster Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]

2008-06-21T22:34:00.002+08:00

well nothing much. this blog is more or less dead since i've already gotten over the desire/trend to type out whatever i feel.

except that i really think i should continue to read. everywhere i turn i see a book i bought but not read yet. there's three on my computer desktop, five on my DIYed bookshelf, one on my bed.

now that i'm free for the next month, i guess it's time to go back to the regime of swim/gym/read/eat/sleep

yay camp.

2008-06-09T00:51:00.001+08:00

yay 3 camps back to back.

yay no time to study for exams.

oh happy day!

2008-05-06T00:40:00.002+08:00

what a happy day! today was the first day of special term in NTU, so back to school for me.

but i want to blog about how god has shown himself to me today. now, when i registered for the course i wanted, i foolishly forgot about paying for it. so imagine the shock i got today when i found out that my name was striked off the course register in the school system because of the payment issue. so i got really cheesed off and myself but regardless, I started to pray. i really wanted to get into this course (which is introduction to psychology) so i went for the lecture anyway. and after that i went back to the office of admissions and after an agonising long wait, they made and exception and told me that they will bring the entire registration system up online again so that i can do my registration on the spot. yay!

not just today, but in retrospect i can see how god has shaped each and every aspect of my life, no matter how small.

so really, kudos to the people at OAS and of course, God. :)

beautiful one, my soul must sing.
cos nothing on earth is as beautiful as you.

hi.

2008-05-05T00:14:00.002+08:00

hi.

tomorrow is the first day in 2 years that i start lessons again. yay! i have decided that i will park myself in the school library after lecture and study or try to finish the book i'm reading right now or just pretend to be very studious.

yay!

right.

2008-04-21T01:25:00.002+08:00

right. so i've joined the music ministry last week. handling 4 ministries is gonna be difficult, but i'm sure god has something in store for me. i joined comms ministry and music ministry because i'm really really sure god wants me to do it. i prayed and i asked god to show me signs, and he did, so i guess there's no way there i can NOT join them. hahah.

yes.

i'm searching for a marshall bluesbreaker and a marshall echohead pedal, if anyone by chance has any of those and is willing to sell it, please please sms me! davis is selling for $165 each which is crazy.

action.

2008-04-18T00:12:00.003+08:00

i went to peninsula plaza to lower my guitar's action but i think the guy who fixed it lowered it a tad too much, now a couple strings have fret buzz. i guess i'll need to go back again tomorrow.

anyway, i've been trying to catch up on my reading and guitar playing and at the same time i'm busy with a lot of church and BB meetings and commitments. and i'm starting to get irritated by people who keep saying 'you do this/you do that lah, you so free what, never work' whenever there's things to be done. I don't understand why people can't seem to understand that the reason why I don't work is because i'm already very preoccupied with other stuff now, and I do not have the time to actually do paid work. and from what i see (and if i assume wrongly, please do correct me), most part-time work are stuff like data entry, manual labour or some administrative work which allows me to learn zilch. but a few weeks back i was considering working at like botak jones and hope that some customer will yell at me when i'm serving food so that i can observe the way i react.

geek.

2008-04-10T23:05:00.002+08:00

you know you're born for computer games when you've played these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMP8OSWGcss&feature=related

I've played 40 out of 55 on this list.

yay.

2008-04-07T00:08:00.000+08:00

yay i found my sb-600.

sb600

2008-04-06T01:03:00.002+08:00

i can't find my SB600. I hate it. Things are always around when you don't need them but they are ALWAYS missing when you need them.

and i need my sb-600 this coming saturday.

and a new fast lens. and a fender strat.

concert.

2008-04-01T23:09:00.002+08:00

yay i just got a SMS from church asking me to cover the tim hughes concert next saturday. whoopee!

Anyway, I've been reading up quite a bit following my disastrous first attempt at low lighting, indoor photography last month. What I've found out is that spot metering's the best, go for the faster lenses (goes without saying), and the likes which I can't recall right now.

I had ALOT of trouble with exposure the last time i took the photos. I brought my fastest AFD lens, which was the really slow kit lens that my nikon d70s came with. I didn't bother to bring my 50mm f1.8 because it was manual. How I regretted.

Anyway, any ideas for faster, and cheap lenses? I really don't want to have a repeat of what happened the last time. If I hadn't learned my lesson, then I don't deserved to be given a second chance!

yes.

2008-03-31T12:08:00.000+08:00

I met up with the professor from IMD following our email conversation, and in the end I picked interactive media design. yay.

tralalalala, lala, la, la.

2008-03-20T20:46:00.000+08:00

I just received an email from NTU requesting for my specialisations. Mmmmmmmmmmm and I just emailed the professors in charge of Interactive Media Design and Digital Animation. I really really hope that I can make an informed choice. One that I won't regret making. yessssss.

Yeah.

of shirts and over-enthusiastic counter staffs.

2008-03-20T01:22:00.002+08:00

hello.

I recently noticed these couple days that whenever I go to a fast food restaurant, I will be served by an over zealous counter staff.

Take Saturday for example. We went to eat at superdog, and this young girl of perhaps 18 years old was getting my friend's order.

she asked (in this order) whether he preferred:
1) toasted bun?
2) sauerkraut?
3) mustard?
4) egg? ('it's very tasty!)
5) upgrade to beef fries?

all with a smile on a face.

I was at fast east plaza today and i popped by KFC to have a quick snack before I left for home. This guy was uber friendly and was smiling all the way through my order. When my zinger took quite a while to arrive, he asked me to find a seat first and he'll send it to me. When he arrived, he gave the burger to me, took a step back, curtsied, and requested that i enjoy my meal.

how pleasant.

maya 8.

2008-03-12T00:02:00.003+08:00

ARGH. maya is driving me nuts.

I'm currently learning the basics of polygon modelling in maya8 to gain some experience and exposure to this program so that I can (hopefully) do a successful transfer to digital animation. And it's driving me nuts.

Tutorial says go to Select -> Select Edge Loop Tool. Simple enough. The problem is, I can't find the Select menu! I think they forgot to update the tutorial after Maya 8 came out. I tried googling and I found a forum post with someone experiencing the exact problem.

I am going to tear my hair out soon.

help me please!

fkalsdjfasjlaf;sd

2008-03-08T23:56:00.002+08:00

I have no idea what to write but I somehow feel obliged to write something. So here goes.

Recently, I've been having these feelings that I can't shake off. You know, when you feel like your future ahead is uncertain despite already being accepted in a university. I don't know why, I just feel like that. Weird, huh? I might just be having my mid-life crisis a wee bit too early. Haha.

I've loaded my black and white film into my fm2n, so I guess it's time to bring it out of the dry cabinet and begin shooting again!

Time really helps to change one's decision- I've already changed 2 of mine.

One. Before I enlisted, I sweared that I would never shoot in digital format as much as in film. However, I'm currently seeing my film cameras being in the dry cabinet for far too long.

Two. It's been my ambition to work for a company related to the gaming industry like LucasArts, EA Games, etc. I decided to read digital filmmaking in university (it was either that or photography). Right now I'm seriously considering whether or not I should make a switch to either Digital Animation or Interactive Media Design. But considering that I can still work in the media and gaming industry with a degree in filmmaking, I guess I really need to decide on what I want to do. You know, I've been far too indecisive throughout my life and right now I've reached a critical point where I have to make a decision that would potentially alter my career path (horrifically, for the rest of my life!). And I don't want to procrastinate till school term starts before making a decision (for that would be surely an impulse one).

Argh! I better get out of the house soon and start taking pictures.

On a brighter note, BB Week starts tomorrow, for an entire month. So please donate if people in dark blue uniforms start to approach you for money. Or you can just ask me for a leaflet, I'd gladly send one to you. Haha.

NSman.

2008-02-13T23:46:00.002+08:00

Now if being operationally ready means playing World of Warcraft the whole day, I fit the bill.

Life seems blissful to the point of annoying when you have got nothing to do. Since ORD (which was last wednesday), I have been playing WOW and WOW and WOW and WOW. Besides going to church/BB/random shopping, I am proud to say that I have not stepped out of the house at all. Heh!

Well it is fun, but it gets boring after a while.

On a sidenote, I went to catch The Kite Runner last week. WELLLLLLLLLLL it did justice to the book BUT I feel that minor scenes that weren't inside the movie killed off some of the suspense the book created in a few scenes.

Well, since I've completed my term of national service, I guess it's time to return to the world of photography! And I intend to do that tomorrow. Pictures, soon!

ORD LOH!

hello 2008.

2008-01-02T14:30:00.000+08:00

Hey.

The trip to Thailand was fantabulouso. Really really awesome. Most of us fell ill and were down with vomiting and diarrhea on the last day of the trip but I guess we really enjoyed the trip. Seriously. Pictures, soon!

Now that it's 2008, I guess it's time for new things to happen. First up, ORD in one months' time! Secondly, enlistment into university!

I don't get it when people make new year resolutions. I mean, yeah it's great that we all want to change how we lead our lives and what we think is lacking in it, but why wait till the new year? Why can't change be immediate? Must there be a catalyst before change starts to take effect?

To me, the transition between 2007 and 2008 is like this:

31 Dec 07 1 Jan 08 2 Jan 08
-------------------------------------

The day before the new year is 31 Dec 2007 and the day after new year's is 2 Jan 2008. Nothing much has changed, just a minor tweak to the year. It's a linear thing, you know? It's not like a loop where we suddenly find ourselves flying out of the one labelled 2007 and into another called 2008. We don't have a new beginning, mistakes aren't automatically resolved, memories aren't left behind, nothing has changed.

There is no need for new year resolutions. Change starts now.

Happy new year!

merry christmas!

2007-12-26T00:09:00.000+08:00

Hello one and all,

Merry Christmas!

In a few hours' time, I'll be leaving Singapore for Thailand with 24 others for 5 days. I'll be back on the evening of 31st December. Just in time to say hello to the new year. I'll be bringing a compact camera so I can't wait for the photo opportunities!

Right, I have to sleep now. Starting to feel excited about the trip!

See you soon!

Regards,
Timothy

pictars.

2007-12-09T16:54:00.000+08:00

Hello,

Did a walk about town yesterday to test out the kit lens. I suspected that it wasn't focused correctly but when I observed the pictures last night, this wasn't the case. Anyway, my manfrotto tripod head went bonkers and the spring went crazy. Yeah so one of the items in my to-do list is to fix the darn tripod.
Anyway here are the pictures straight from camera, no post-processing. I don't like using photoshop!

For some reason I like taking pictures of people taking pictures.

pictures

2007-12-07T22:21:00.000+08:00

here you go, pictures which I took almost 2 years ago. It was still in my film camera and I finally finished the 36 exposures on Monday. Straight from the film.

This is somewhere near railway mall. We wandered onto the tracks.

My peons with my new guitar. hiak hiak.

Well it seems like my 'photographic eye' has sort of deteriorated over the months when I did not shoot. And I'm still having the problem of sharpness with my lenses, which is seriously demoralising. Oh well, oh well.

Back.

2007-11-30T23:49:00.000+08:00

Right. Now that my last post was over 8 months ago, I guess I have loads to update.

But I shan't. Not that I'm not in the mood for it (it's 8 months, for goodness' sake), but rather I feel it's unnecessary.

But one thing is for sure: ORDing in 2 months' time!

That's right, soon soon soon. It's amazing how time flies. Cliche as it sounds, I guess the notion still holds once you've experienced it yourself.

I intend to pick up life where I left it 1 year 10 months ago when my time in the army is up and do things before I grow up. For one, I've noticed that since I entered the service, I haven't been photographing much. Really. That's one thing I miss. And another is how I haven't been playing the guitar. It's difficult, 'cos I can't play during the weekdays and when I get back home during the weekends, I find that the guitar strings has rusted. Haven't played for a while, if you don't count the performances in camp.

Now that it's Christmas, another dilemma shows up; what do I buy for my family/friends? But strangely I feel comforted by the fact that most of us feel the same way. Haha. Well, I guess it's better to start early, or else this will happen. Hiak hiak.

Also, one thing that I've been trying to do is to read as much as possible. I've been buying 129081290381902380981238129038 books to read at home that I feel that I'm spending too much. However, books that I want to read are ALWAYS on loan from the library so I can't do anything!

Yes. I'll try to update regularly from now on since I've got much more time as compared to like 5 months ago so yeah, stay tuned.

Till then, turrah.

for all your sins.

2007-04-29T21:40:00.000+08:00

Hey ho.

It's darn shiok, knowing that I don't have to book in tonight. Woo yoo!

Yesterday was great, met up with Khien and Eric for pwn!ge gig at home club. great line-up. AVA, Caracal, Arpee, to name a few.

AVA was awesome!

But I was severely under-dressed. I was in a t-shirt, berms and sandals while others were in their clubbing outfit. quite interesting, really.

haha.

yeah. well, i gotta find something to do for tomorrow and tuesday, cos i've got no plans so far.

but right now, i've got one: blues on the guitar.

bye. :)

duties duties duties

2007-04-21T23:47:00.000+08:00

and i have to go back to camp tomorrow.

see you next week.

muddy waters.

2007-04-08T18:10:00.000+08:00

Hi.

Sorry for the lack of posts- I either have got no time, or don't feel like blogging at all.

Life have been pretty much the same in camp and out, but this week was different because of Good Friday, BB events, Easter Sunday, etc.

Met up with the BB and church people practically everyday since Friday till today.

Was supposed to be on off on Thursday (so as to take advantage of the long weekend), but I was activated to go back camp early morning as the person who was supposed to do duty took a last minute MC. I mean, c'mon, don't pull such a stunt like that. Was terribly pissed the entire morning, before grudgingly accepting the fact that I'm still serving national service and things like these happen.

I haven't had the time to change the strings on my Aria, so that mean I haven't been playing it for like almost a year already. Been playing my acoustic for the past few months (as the strings don't rust that easily). I think I successfully revived my love for Blues. I went to get Muddy Waters, more Eric Clapton, and possibly BB King next. Then perhaps Albert King. Then perhaps Stevie-Ray Vaughn.

Anyway, a new clerk would be coming soon. He's gonna be Josh's understudy. So lucky, he's gonna get an understudy though he ORDs later than me. It's nice to see that people with NRIC starting with S88XXXXXX are coming into camp. That means that they'll be here for awhile more, than back to the civilian life I go. As of today, it's 9 months and 29 days to go.

You know, one of the reasons I couldn't update my blog was that the other computer has problems accessing google.com. And as blogger requires a new account, I can't sign in. So what I did last night was to look up the old posts I made. I read posts from 2004, 2005, and those I made days before enlistment. It's funny, you know, when I look back and see how I have changed and how things have changed.

I don't know man, but it could be too early to start reminiscing on the old days.

Oh well, the past few weeks have been great 'cos of like 3 or 4 workdays, but starting next week I've got to apply off/leave if I want workdays like that. And I'm gonna apply off. Haha.

Alright, I'll see if I have got the time to do an entry before I go back to camp.

If not, then I'll see you guys prolly Thursday night. I hope.

Seeya!

2007-02-26T22:07:00.000+08:00

Well, in case you're wondering, I was on off on Friday and today, so that's why I have time to blog now.

Anyway, I have to leave house in like 30min time. How sad man.

Had a realyl great time though. Haven't spent so much time outside the house in such a long time.

We watched Ghost Rider on Friday. Was great. Duty on Saturday. Sunday was fun tman. Booked out, went home for awhile before heading to ACJC for our usual cell, then met up with Yuhua, Winson and Khien at Bukit Timah for lan gaming at I.R.C. After which we went to Rocky's at Rail Mall for dinner. It was super super shiok, knowing that I don't have to book in that night. But it sucks knowing that I have to book in soon. Oh well, at least Monday's gone.

So many phone calls that came from the office today. Questions on whether I did this, did that, what should I do, blah blah blah. Gets damn irritating, me being out of office physically but never psychologically. Damn sian!

Well, at least it's about 345 days to go.

See you guys on Friday night. have a great week!

Oh yes, 'A' level results out on Friday. Haha!

misere mani.

2007-02-09T23:44:00.000+08:00

hey.

Well, man's misery indeed. Experiencing some super low morale in camp lately.

Lots of stuff happened. Like working from 8am till 11pm, csm playing area inspection, blahblahblah.

Sheesh.

Well, to top things off, i was on duty on wed so i couldn't go for nights off. And i'm on duty tomorrow, so i will book out on sunday to go to church and then book in. And i can't apply leave on monday because 'we have lots of work to do'. And they (superiors) have been bugging us to clear our offs and leaves. But the thing is, even if we want to, we can't, because of all the work we're doing.

I just can't wait for next week cos it's chinese new year and I'll be going to Malaysia to visit my grandparents.

Oh well.

Will update on Sunday. after bookout. :(

test post.

2007-02-04T21:33:00.000+08:00

finally.

the last time i posted, they (blogger) asked me to log in with my new google account. i used my old account and when i posted the entry i think i timed out or something.

anyway, its been a while since i updated. a month. well, much has happened of course. but i'll do a quick one - i'll save the rest for another day.

we scored well at the audit, which meant that the nights burnt in camp was well worth it. time in camp is better now, but we still have lots of random stuff going on around. irritating no doubt, but what to do? gotta do lor.

anyway at this moment Thailand's playing against Singapore. they're equalised right now, so got no idea who's gonna win.

tonight we get to book in at 2300 hrs. which is good. cos by the time the match ends it's time to book in.

i'll be doing duty this wed and sat, which is super sian, but well, i've got no choice. 1 year 2 days to go! :)

i hope this week would be great cos i fell ill on thursday. had a super bad flu and i haven't fully recovered. still have got blocked nose and phlegm.

oh, i've got a new rig. so i'm 24/7 gaming whenever i'm at home.

OK WE JUST SCORED. 4 -3 right now. just gotta tahan 10 min and we'll GG.

okay great!

so that ends my post today. goodbye all!

hellogoodbye.

2007-01-28T20:48:00.000+08:00

It seems that I haven't been updating since the start of this year.

Just a quick update though. Sunday's book in timing has been changed to 2200, instead of the usual 2230hrs. Why? Nobody still has got a clue.

ANYWAYYYYYYYYYYy, audit is finally over. I would say the months' of preparation for it was well worth it. We emerged with full marks. Cool!

So right now in the office we would still be doing the usual work, but we no longer have to worry about audit anymore. And that my friends, is GOOD.

I've got a new computer as well, I can finally play all my games w/o lag.

And on another note, I've finally finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife. It took me a good 6 months to finish 1/3 of the book, and a good 2 days to finish the remainder. Now I'm on this one called 'The Tipping Point'. It's a short book. It talks about how small things can make big differences. Like how a programme will hit higher TV ratings just by swapping the order of questions asked in the programme. It's very interesting. The book's already half done. After that book, I'll start on Catch-22.

Okay, that's all I have to say now. So I guess I'll see you all on Friday night? No weekend duties next week! woohoo!

over my head part 2

2007-01-02T21:08:00.000+08:00

Hi. Apparently blogger lost my last entry, and I won't be typing it out again. So you guys can try to figure what was in my last post.

Anyway, was damn tired because I booked out today. I slept from 12 to 4pm, then went shooting at the esplanade till about 6.30pm where i met Joseph for dinner at Funan. Reached home at 8.30pm then will be slacking till 9.30pm, and after that I will go back to my beloved army camp.

And we won't have nights off tomorrow. I think it isn't because we had a super long weekend, but rather the big shots (but mostly small) would be having some New Year celebration party thing in camp tomorrow night till late so we have to be ready to clean up the place.

And, I got tons of books this Christmas. I'm still trying to juggle between The Time Traveler's Wife (which I bought in June, I think), A Purpose Driven Life, and my Methodist church manual. And the Bible. I have to finish a couple of them ASAP.

Well, the past two week's been great, but we still have LOTS to finish up in the office. Audit is in 3 weeks' time, and unless we really chiong, I don't think we can finish. And I have been slacking a bit in the office. I can't seem to bring myself to do work which will be audited when I'm flooded with miscellaneous stuff, which keeps coming.

Oh well, I guess that's army for you.

Since it's the new year, I feel compelled to say, 'NEXT YEAR ORD LOH!'

Which is pathetic, if you come to think of it.

Okay, see you guys on Friday night. Have a great week!

over my head.

2007-01-02T10:29:00.000+08:00

book in, book in, day.

2006-12-03T23:02:00.000+08:00

Hello! It's quite surreal, posting at 2311HRs on a Sunday night, when everyone else is back in camp sleeping. Yahoo!

Why? I'm having a psychological test tomorrow at NUS, so I get to stay out tonight. It's shiok, I tell you. Being able to stay in town a bit later than usual is great. Now I know why people fight for stay-outs.

I have to save some monies, I have decided to get an Atticus t-shirt and a spanking new Epiphone prolly around this month. Anyway, I'll be having a $20 raise in allowance from this month onwards, as I'll be getting promoted to LCP this thursday. Heh heh! That means one more cd waiting to be bought.

Tomorrow's appointment would be at 9am, so I can sleep till like 7am. Woohoo!

I'm gonna be baptised this Saturday, so I'm extending an invitation for anyone who would like to go and witness the baptism. FYI, it's from 3pm till like 6pm this Saturday, the 9th of December.

Oh, night's off would be every Wednesday evening starting this week.

That's all there is, there isn't, anymore.

Goodnight! See you all on Friday night. No duties this whole week!

clapton, the phantom, and the pacific.

2006-12-01T22:52:00.000+08:00

Well, the weekend's are here! And it's duty again tomorrow!

Now, I'm torn between going for Eric Clapton's concert, Phantom of the Opera, and Hiromi's performance for the Mosaic Festival. All 3 will be equally awesome, but I don't have the moolah to go to all 3 places at once. I think the first one to be eliminated would be POTO (hiak, hiak.) because I guess most of the tickets would be sold out by now.

Eric Clapton's gig would be on a Saturday, so I don't have to apply leave for it. Hiromi's gonna be great too.

I'll prolly get an album, and maybe a few shirts off www.interpunk.com in the coming weeks, if I find out how I can find the time to get a bank draft. If anyone would like to ride on my purchases, please holler. I'd be more than willing to help. FYI, buying the albums overseas would be much cheaper than the $40+ imported albums you get from HMV.

And, I do not have to book in on Sunday night, cos I'll be having some psychological test on monday. Oh yeah!

Okay, time to bathe (just booked out), slack, and then sleep. Good night, and see you on Sunday!

up the irons!

2006-11-26T21:10:00.000+08:00

Well! It's Sunday night again! It's kind of crazy, I haven't been playing much these past few weekends. I've been doing duties like nobody's business.

I was on duty yesterday, and will be again tomorrow. I'm not complainin though, duties are fun because I get to escape the monotony of work in the office.

But, as half the camp is already empty, life's starting to get easier. We're trying to close branch at 5.30pm everyday. It was hell working from 7am till 10.30pm everyday, I tell you.

Iron Maiden's newest album is sweet. 2 tracks stand out from the rest: Different World and The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg. I can actually play the solo in Different World.

Weekends are great, because I get to go to church, meet up with the krew, and do nothing.

I apologise for the rather short post today, the book-in mood is starting to get to me. Argh, don't you just hate Sunday nights!

Goodbye!

asleep tonight.

2006-11-19T19:49:00.000+08:00

Well, I heard the 'A's are over, so hurray for everyone!

I had duty on Friday, so came back only on Saturday.

I slept from 11am to 6pm, so go figure.

Oh well, as least I could actually sleep.

So I'll start writing about today.

I went to church as usual, then finished at 4pm. Went out with winson and yuhua. Went to vivocity, crowded as hell. Had some trouble finding a place to eat. So we went into pastamania.

Went into some car replica shop beside pastamania, quite cool. The last time I went into that shop was like February, and the difference between that experience and now is that I can actually appreciate cars. Like, I can at least differentiate a toyota from a nissan at a distance.

If you want me to differentiate the models, well, you gotta wait for a few more months man.

I bought Iron Maiden's newest CD. Yuhua bought +44's debut CD, which I am gonna grab from him sometime next week. Trivium's CD was good, but it gets repetitive.

Okay, time to slack, then back to camp I go.

And another week.

Oh wait, I got marksman again for my range, and this time I got myself a day off, a marksman badge to sew unto my uniform, and most importantly, $200. ka-ching!

Heh, heh, heh!

interpunk-tinental

2006-11-12T19:10:00.000+08:00

Well, this week was event filled.

You see, I booked out on Thursday. 2pm. That's right. We had the ORD function in the evening at the newly built Civil Service Club thingy over at Bukit Batok. It was alright, I guess.

The whole battalion had to take leave on Friday, so I went out and bought Trivium's new album. I was actually trying to get Amber Pacific's CD, but HMV's selling it for $43, which is quite insane. So I'll be getting it over interpunk.com, once I figure out how I can get myself a bank draft.

Saturday was duty. Insane too, we watched full-length movies over a 24 hour period. We watched Scary Movie 4, King Arthur, Date Movie, Kingdom of Heaven, High School Musical, Initial D, and finally League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

As a result, I didn't get to sleep much. I booked out this morning, then went straight home. I bathed, ate my McDonald's breakfast, then we (the family) headed straight to Malaysia for my grandfather's birthday. It was quite alright, but I noticed that the cousins aren't really close to each other. I'd hear from my friends like, 'Oh I 'm going home cos I'm meeting my relatives for dinner', or 'My cousin farted this afternoon!'. My family is nothing like that. In fact, our cousins rarely speak to each other. Weird, isn't it. I guess some contributing factors include us meeting only like twice a year, and nothing more. The next time I'd see them is during Chinese New Year. It'd be great if us cousins were closer...

We reached home at around 4pm. I slept for 3 hours, and here I am typing this out. Then book in again later. Argh!

Event-filled weekend, yup. I'll be having range on Tuesday, hopefully I'll shoot well.

Until the next post, goodbye!

i had a dream.

2006-11-05T20:29:00.000+08:00

another week gone by!

and this week my friends, would be the week of reckoning. Why? That's because, after working so so hard since September to make sure everything's okay, half the battalion will finally ORD starting tomorrow. Some have already ORDed today. So, for the entire week, I'd be hoping and praying that all ICs are in and everyone is happy. I've been working for like 10.30pm everyday for the past week, starting work as early as 7.45am. Non-stop. It's crazy on the brain, I tell you.

And we had range last wednesday.

Lo and behold, I was Best Shot, and attained Marksman. I got 30/32 targets, not bad, for a first-timer.

I booked out on Friday night @ 9pm, I would sadly proclaim that I was most probably the last person left in camp at that time. After which, I went to meet Khien and Yuhua for dinner at Clementi, at some western food stall called Botak Jones. We had to wait 45min before the food arrived. But it was good stuff. It's at Clementi Ave 5, if you're wondering. I ordered Cajun Chicken, too spicy for my liking, but it was hardcore.

Saturday was spent mostly at home. Gamed the whole day.

Today was spent in church. We didn't had classes today, as there was a Sec 2 vs Sec 3 soccer match at ACS(International). I regretted not bringing my soccer gear along as I thought it wouldn't be nice to suffocate the people around me with my stink when I went back to church for membership class after the match. Why did I regret? Cos the moment I saw the pitch, I instantly felt like playing. What's more, we thrashed the Sec2s 10-3. It was a super funny match, with teammates accidentally clashing into each other, and a terrific display of the infamous 'Hand of God'. He got sent off, and a penalty was given. Luckily the keeper saved the penalty, causing much grievance to the other side.

Heh heh.

And I bought my 2nd pair of dunks just now. It looks great. Had to run all over Queensway before I could find the size that fits me.

Oh well, time to bathe and bum around for awhile, before going back to camp. But I feel unusually excited to go back to camp. I have no idea why. Weird, isn't it? Let's hope everything goes well, and I get to book out on Tuesday. And who knows, Chief might just give me off-in-lieu because of all the time burnt. But thinking again, maybe not. Heh!

Okay lah, time to end this post. Had quite a great weekend, could have been better (jamming!), but great, nonetheless. See you guys, on Tuesdays hopefully!

Good night!

almost time.

2006-10-24T21:32:00.000+08:00

Yeap, almost time to go back camp.

After 4 long days of fun, I almost thought I was a civilian again. I thought.

But really, it's been fun, and quite long too. Granted, I had a blast. Towned on Saturday, Movie on Sunday, Dinner last night, and book in today. Haven't had so much time out for about 6 months.

Come to think of it, it's almost 7 months since enlistment. For the next 3 weeks (and maybe even ofr a month), I'd be very very busy, and after that things will be slack. I've got some major fire fighting to do for the next few days to a week. Which I am SO not looking forward to. So the 4 days I've had was quite nice, for a change. Heh.

Okay, lucily it's Wednesday tomorrow. So what I'm looking forward to would be Taboo on tomorrow night, Urban on Thursday, then book out on Friday! A pity I would be doing duty on Saturday.

Okay, time to slack abit more, then I'll be leaving the house in about 25 minutes time. See you on Friday!

great.

2006-10-23T23:55:00.000+08:00

this week has been great.

I spent the last few days coming back so late, dad gets pissed off. But really, it's been great.

I finally watched a movie (my last one was Da Vinci Code) at VivoCity last night. That place is fricking crowded, I tell you. Spent today morning at Khien's house rehearsing. Then we went 4tones for jamming session. It was fun. I think we can actually play Amber Pacific's Thoughts Before Me quite well.

Songs that we can actually play are:

1. Amber Pacific - Thoughts Before Me
2. Blink 182 - Dammit
3. The Ataris - San Dimas High School Football Rules
4. The Starting Line - Saddest Girl Story
5. Finch - Letters To You

Yay.

Time to slack, sleep.

Maybe photoshoot tomorrow, maybe home tomorrow. Who knows.

After it all, then it's back to reality. Argh!

when bed bugs bite.

2006-10-14T00:50:00.000+08:00

I think my bed has bed bugs. Why do I think so? I just got my second wave of bites from an unknown souce last night. I slept, and woke up with 2 bites on my right hand, one on my left, 4 on my neck, and a gigantua and on right thigh. The last time round, I had 7 on my neck and 4 on my hands.

It's itchy, and swollen. I don't think it's mosquitos' doing, because nobody else seems to get bitten except for me.

I'm gonna do a full scale check on my bed frame and mattress. Since both have been there for god-knows-how-long, I guess there's a high possibility of bedbugs.

Anyway, it's Friday night, the best time of the week.

Nothin much happening, except I can say that work in the office in extremely stressful these days. My guess is that this is the peak of the workload, I'm currently focusing on 2 major upcoming events, and at the same time doing my usual work. It's damn difficult, but I can cope, I think. After November everything would go down to a lull so my life would get better, but I also foresee lots of saikang to do.

And hey, it's been 6 months since enlistment. Fast, eh.

Alright, time to surf around, then sleep. BB meeting tomorrow, seeya!

this is forever in the words you never said.

2006-10-08T09:50:00.000+08:00

HI.

Just booked out, so it's only right for me to say, "BOOK OUT LOH!"

Wohooo!

I had duty yesterday, was super boring. As usual.

I played with the puppy who always hangs around near the guardroom yesterday. Couldn't resist, heh.

Then at the bus stop outside the camp the stray dog came over to me and said, 'hi'. I think it was quite lonely. I think people don't pet it often, because when I pet it the whole dog started shivering for awhile. Then after awhile it stopped shivering. Then I became happy. Then the dog started licking my jeans and sneakers. And my hand. Then I became sad because I was afraid of fleas and lice jumping over from the dog to my head. Then the bus came and I flagged it. The dog ALMOST went up the bus too. Weird.

Okay so I'm here and I'll be booking in later tonight. Hohoho.

Okay, time to sleep, game and perhaps town too. Okay bye!

PS: I think I've decided to get Emily The Strange.

the showdown.

2006-10-01T20:19:00.000+08:00

These are the two guitars I was talking about, in all it's glory:

1. Emily The Strange Epiphone

2. Obey Squier Strat.

Yum yum yum.

smiles and her laughter.

2006-10-01T19:52:00.000+08:00

Well, today was a usual Sunday. Went to church, then came home to practise on the guitar.

Oh well, like I say every Sunday, "Oh well, that's another weekend.". Fast, isn' it? I'm sure those who are taking their A's this year would agree with me on this. Fast too, that 10 months have gone and past. The juniors in JJ are gonna start their exams.

So this weekend has been great. Oh, I bought this Sax CD for only $5 at Gramaphone, near Pastamania at Orchard Road last night. Then today, I bought this SaxChill CD at CD-rama for also $5. Yay.

Okay, book in at 2230 later. And then hopefully I'll catch you guys on Tuesday. But starting this week nights off might be on Wednesday. So, yeah. I'm on duty this Saturday too. Apart from that, I sure hope it'd be a better week. Heh heh!

okay bye!

stop expecting change.

2006-10-01T01:05:00.000+08:00

Today was quite a blast. I woke up at 2pm, then headed straigt to Khien's house to meet up with the rest. After spending half an hour there, we went straight to Aljunied, as planned.

The jamming studio is just beside the MRT. It's called Wee Lee. Yep. So it's this really old place which reminds me of the one near my place. We booked the 6pm one. Since we were 1 and a 1/2 hours early, we decided to walk to Swee Lee. It took us an excruciating 30min to walk there.

The guitars over at Swee Lee are real cool. There's an Obey one, which is a Squire Strat, only $499. It looks REALLY good, it's in green and black, with tribal markings. Real good. There's another Epiphone, it has the picture of Emily the Strange on it. Also $499. Yum. I'm so tempted to get that as a replacement for my Aria STG, but due to sentimental reasons (I got it as my birthday present 2 years ago). I bought another capo for my acoustic too.

We walked back to Aljunied MRT (another excruciating 30minutes) and met up with Hans. So we walked to the studio. Due to various reasons (one of which was included in my previous post) , our songs choices were limited. In the end, if I remember correctly, these were the songs we played:

The Ataris - San Dimas High School Football Rules
Blink 182 - Dammit
Finch - Letters to You
MxPx - GSF
The Storyline - Saddest Girl Story

That's it. We pretty much played San Dimas like 4 times.

We played for only 1 hour, after that we went to Orchard to eat.

Then went home.

forcing the cat to roar.

2006-09-30T01:31:00.000+08:00

well, its' the weekends!

The week was pretty okay, nothing much. Instead of going home for night's off this week, I went out with the rest to Jurong Point to grab a meal and we went to the supermarket to stock up on supplies. I bought Honey Bunches of Oats, which I could safely say that most people in our branch like. So much so that Chief went to get a box herself. Haha.

We're gonna have some courses which should prove to be quite interesting next week. What is it? I won't tell you for now...

Tomorrow's finally jamming again. However I'm struggling to learn the songs we're supposed to play tomorrow. It's quite difficult when you have to learn a new song the night before you play it together with everyone. Oh well. I heard we're going to Aljunied, so I'm guessing it's at Swee Lee.

After that probably lan gaming at Bukit Timah or City Hall. I can smell Al Ameen too.

Okay, sleep! bye!

blue and yellow.

2006-09-17T23:20:00.000+08:00

Well, that's another weekend I guess.

Spent the whole weekend in church. Yesterday we had a leadership seminar in Sentosa, was in church from 8am (had BB Core Leaders), till like 10pm. It was fun though, learnt quite a bit on leadership, and the types of it. What was nice about the seminar was the tea break. As with all Singaporeans, I love tea break. Not just for the food, but for the fellowship. I talked with people whom I don't usually talk to/have the time to talk to. I caught up with my buddy who was my platoon-mate in Ninja company during BMT days (oh how the illusion of how it seems so long ago), and a few others whom I usually only say hi to before/after service.

Had usual service today, then went home to sleep. I slept for like 4 hours, woke up at 7pm. I had this weird dream that I went back to JJC to study. So I was searching my cupboard for my uniform, and found out that instead of beige it had turned white. Then a second later it became beige again. I was late for school. What's ironic was that despite the long dream, I didn't even reach school. Most of the dream was spent at home, searching for something. What, I don't know.

Wanted to meet the gang for lan, but we didn't in the end. We played at home.

Well as you can see, I don't have to book in today, I'm going on another round of inspection at some other camp which I don't know yet. So I hope it'd be slack, apart from tomorrow, it's just another mundane week.

So how do I keep myself alive and optimistic throughout the week? I don't know about you guys, but this is how I count my weekdays:

Mondays - Nothing much to look forward to, it's the WORST day of the week! But however long the day seems, it's not that bad, because we just booked in the night before.

Tuesdays - Digital Life! and Nights off!

Wednesdays - Mid week! Singapore Idol!

Thursdays - Urban! and hopefully nights off for the 2nd-year soldiers so camp would be quieter! Singapore Idol results!

Fridays - Book out!

As you can see, I actually look forward to getting the extras (digital life, urban) that come along with The Straits Times. Sadly, it's a far cry from my JC days, when I view my weekdays in terms of timetable, like Monday's and Wednesday's PE, Tuesday's softball, or something like Monday's computing day, Tuesday's GP day, and so on and so forth. Well, but I guess my current system of calculating the days to liberation is much better, as I'm not counting days in terms of IPPT (equivalent to NAPFA test) and SOC (equivalent to pain)!

Oh well, enough rambling. Time to floss, brush teeth, and sleep. And hope the weekdays will pass fast! I haven't gotten my T-shirts and gig bag which I have been wanting for so long! Garghh!

Goodnight!

the last '1'

2006-09-15T22:26:00.000+08:00

I've got a confession to make.

If you guys haven't figured it out by now (which I'm pretty sure that includes lots of you!), it's my birthday today!

That's right, I'm 19!

Too bad though, my mum and sis is away at IMF, so birthday celebration was dad, brother, the maid, and myself.

Sis got me a super thick and heavy photography book, which is quite interesting. Got an ang pow from my parents cos I didn't know what to request.

This week was terribly busy in camp, cos everything went home. For one, I 'lost' 7 controlled items. Which sucks, alot. Why 'lost'? That's because I didn't lose it, someone else did. But I have to take the punishment cos I was the one who drew the items. How cool is that? So I've got like a few officers and friends who sympathizes and have promised to help me. For one, I might get confined.

Tomorrow's core leaders, and it's worship leading again. After which, to sentosa for a leadership seminar. I wonder what's it all about. That means I have to go everywhere with my guitar. And that reminds me, I haven't bought my gig bag YET. I need a couple of T-shirts as well. So probably Peninsula Plaza on Sunday.

Erm, apart from that nothing much has been happening. So, I'll just leave you with all these, and have a great night.

i wonder if you know.

2006-09-09T22:31:00.000+08:00

Man.

If I haven't told you about this yet, Teriyaki Boyz - Fast And Furious Tokyo Drift, the track from the Fast And Furious, is strangely addictive. I hated the song the first time round I heard it, but as they started to play it more often, I started to get hooked.

Especially that darn chorus.

Didn't get to book out this week, 'cos the whole battalion was outfield. Well, everyone except for a few of us (including yours truly).

So I did guard duty, and did my usual office work.

Pretty normal week.

Had my birthday dinner today, because 2 of my family members are involved in IMF next week. Yeah.

But now, back to gaming to web surfing. Seeya.

lugging it around town in the brown box.

2006-09-02T00:47:00.000+08:00

Well well, life in the past week was great. Why?

Cos I went home (either stay-out or for a few hours) almost everyday. Monday night slept in camp, Tuesday stayed out 'cos we had course on Wednesday. Slept on Wednesday, Stayed out Thursday 'cos it's battalion anniversary today (Friday).

Today was fun. It was battalion anniversary so we had a day out from camp. We met real early (7.15am at Kallang) for dragon boating. I was damn afraid I would be late so I took a cab that cost me $13 and I was the 5th of 670+ people to reach the place. How nice. I thought Kallang would be far from where I stayed (Jurong). I didn't know it was like 5 minutes from Sheares Bridge.

Dragon boating was fun. We got overall 2nd place. So we won a packet of Cadbury Boost each. lmao. IMHO, dragon boating's like kayaking, except that it requires ALOT more team effort. And its' a one-sided paddle. Fun, I could understand why they wanted to do dragon boating. Coud also see that the guys had loads of fun. Or at least I had. But I prefer kayaking anytime. Perhaps next week, at East Coast. And most prolly I'll be getting a Crocs sandals for sea sports. I'm sick of getting my Teva wet every week.

After dragon boating I went home, changed my guitar strings, and set off for church for band prac. It's for BB's core leader's meeting tomorrow. Tightened a few loose nuts, scrapped away some rust from my lack of playing for the past few months. Let's hope everything goes well tomorrow. Had a quick dinner at Tanglin Halt (just like the good ol' days) and went back to church to Corporate House of Prayer (CHOP!). Mixed around with the sec 3 leaders and kids, then had supper at the Attic, then went home.

The sad thing is, I'll be booking in tomorow. That's cos I have guard duty. Yep, you read it right. But before that, I'll be in church for the core leader's meeting, then should be meeting the rest of the krew for luncheon and getting myself a gig bag. I'm quite sian that I haven't bought my gig bag for my acoustic guitar I got a few weeks back. I'm tired of lugging it around town in the brown box.

kane

2006-08-27T21:24:00.000+08:00

Today was awesome. Had a great time in church, had a great time with the class today. After lessons we all went for luncheon at Holland V (as usual) and I went out with a few of them to Orchard, to talk a stroll. I realised that it had been like a couple of months since I've been to Orchard. And to think while I was in BMT we went there every week.

So we went to Heeren, we got the stuff we wanted. I finally got myself a new wallet too.

Went home, slacked. And slacked. Had dinner, and here I am, making a quick post before I go back to camp.

This week will be work till Thursday, then we'll book out in the evening, 'cos Friday's battalion anniversary, and we're supposed to go Kallang River in the wee hours in the morning to have a dragon boat competition. Heh.

I live in Jurong.

Okay, so hopefully the coming week's good, and I guess I'll see the rest of you on Tuesday night, hopefully.

So there, done.

Goodbye!

EPHRAIM CUP CHAMPIONS 2006.

2006-08-26T22:20:00.000+08:00

WE ARE CHAMPIONS.

Full 11-a-side field soccer @ tanglin secondary school. And we won! Photos soon.

We get to hold the trophy for 1 year.

Oh yeah! And I think I saw a girl from JJC in tanglin too.

i've built these walls come get to me.

2006-08-25T19:40:00.000+08:00

We had a great time at Sentosa today. The entire branch came. Luckily almost all of us could drive; even more lucky that we had 4 cars today.

We played beach soccer, beach volleyball, canoed, more volleyball, tanning, and the likes. One of them tried to pick up 2 bikini babes, but to no avail. Like, duh.

The weird thing was that like around 11am, it poured really really heavily. And it was frigging cold. Then like half an hour later, it suddenly stopped pouring and the sun suddenly came out. Weird.

We met at 9.15am, ended around 6pm. So needless to say, all of us got chaotar-ed really badly. I foresee punishment by slapping the shoulders in the coming days.

Tomorrow, back to BB.

Next week, jam. Not free this week, as some of us gotta run AHM. So see you.

tiberium wars

2006-08-22T21:31:00.001+08:00

You know, today was a great day. Had a course at Stagmont camp. was basically quite slack. It was supposed to be an introductory course to OpenOffice, some rival to Microsoft Office, of which we have been so used to.

After course, I went home, played DOTA, and usual stuff. Telly, and more computer gaming.

On my way home, I got approached TWICE by those pesky people from god-knows-where 'persuading' people to adopt their 3% interest per annum plan. I've been approached a grand total of 5 times this month. And each time (except for the first), I told them 'I'm not interested', but the thing is that they don't seem to understand that 3 words, and they just have to ask me again. What pissed me off was the attitude of those pesky people.

2nd time (it was at a nearby MRT station)

Lady: Hi, are you a student?
Me: Err no I'm an NSF, but I've heard this before. Sorry, I'm not interested.
Guy who is beside Lady: Really? NSF? From where one?
Me: Armour camp.
Lady: So are you free?
Me: No, I said I'm not interested. Thank you.
Lady: Eh, bu yao jiang ma (don't be like that)
(at this moment I nearly puked at her tone. it sounded like some girl trying to act cute.)
Me: No thank you, bye.
Lady: Bu yao jiang la!

And so I walked away.

Yucks.

I can't believe I have to endure another round when I book out on Thursday night. Absolutely detesting.

Okay, that's my rant. Off to camp soon.

Have a nice night!

meepok

2006-08-21T10:10:00.000+08:00

Hi.

So I'll be leaving house around 11.30am, that's about 1 1/2 hour from now.

It's quite refreshing, I have only been at home in the morning with everyone either at work or in school for a couple times since I've enlisted. Before enlisting (and after 'A's) we would still be sleeping right now. Then in the afternoon we would all go out, have lunch, take photos, dinner, play lan, supper, go home. In that order almost everyday. And how different our lives are from each other now!

Life's okay right now, but what concerns me is when my upperstudy officially lets me take over. I've done that a couple times now when he's on leave, and sometimes I get quite lost, not knowing what to do, or how to do. It's not like studying, you just flip open a book and start mugging mindlessly. It's unique, in a way that you try to solve problems which you haven't encountered before and (hopefully) you do it right. That feeling of lost is irritating, very irritating if I might add, but I guess it's part of being outside your comfort zone.

Okay, enough rambling. It's probably the Monday blues. Argh don't we all hate Mondays!

Okay, 15 minutes have gone by, and I'm gonna end my post here.

I'll probably be able to book out at 9pm tonight, so I guess I see you guys then.

Goodbye!

yeah, yeah yeah!

2006-08-20T23:54:00.000+08:00

Hello!

Haven't booked in, 'cos we've half day! Whoopie!

So I'll be working like half day tomorrow, then booking out in the afternoon, 'cos I'll be having the course which was cancelled a few weeks back. So Monday and Tuesday will be gone like that. Wednesday's a normal working day, Thursday's a normal working day, but we get to book out in the evening and Friday's cohesion day!

So like, we work 2 1/2 day this week. Sounds great!

After church today (we ate at nydc as a form of farewell to one of the leaders), I went home and found out that nobody was at home. And I left my bunch of keys in camp, so basically I got locked out. So I gathered everyone (yuhua khien winson) for a lan session over @ lanlab @ bukit timah. Reached home bout 8pm, had dinner. Practised Paul Baloche's Hosanna and Because of Your Love. The instructional video that's included in the album's helping out loads. So yeh. Great.

So I'll see you tomorrow morning, probably an update before I head back to camp.

like how i learnt.

2006-08-19T22:27:00.000+08:00

Hello.

Morning was spent in Church. For BB core leader's meeting. It dawned on me that I haven't been going back to serve often.

Afternoon was spent trying out songs by Paul Baloche, bought his cd on the way back from church. CD's cool, they added instructional videos and chord charts for all the songs on the album. So Paul Baloche actually teaches you the songs himself. Cool huh!

After like 2 hours of playing, dad decided to let me try out the family car. We (dad mum and i) drove to Tuas and he taught me the works of the car. Real different from the cars at BBDC. I had to take some time before I got used to it. Of course, I was kinda nervous. If I had crashed or scraped some paint off, I'd be banned from driving forever I guess!

Back to Baloche, seeya!

slip road never check blind spot ah!

2006-08-17T17:37:00.000+08:00

Hello world.

And I passed! Oh yeah, oh joyful I be now. 12 points, if you have to know. Luckily it's all minor mistakes.

At least my 2 days of leave aren't wasted!

Okay, I bought pandan cake for the branch back at camp (they requested it) so we can celebrate with Keat Hong water and pandan cake! I'm stoked!

Oh yeah, tomorrow will be a fast day, cos we'll be going to East Coast (yet again) for our 12/16km run. So it's technically half day in the office tomorrow. Heh! And Saturday would be church/jamming/JJC. In that order. Next Friday, we'll have our cohesion day. Basically it's an official excuse to get out of camp. We'll be going to Sentosa, I think. That Sunday, it'd be AHM. Hopefully it'd be fast, and since we'll end up at the Padang, you should know where we're going next. Hint: Esplanade, then lan gaming @ Peninsular Plaza.

That's it, that's my plan for the rest and, the next week.

I'll be heading off to camp soon, probably after dinner. So I'll see you guys.

Seeya!

trivium

2006-08-16T23:57:00.000+08:00

Hello,

In about a few hours time I'd be taking my driving test. Pass or fail, it doesn't matter. Of course, I'd like to pass, heh!

So I'm on leave today (Wed) and tomorrow (Thurs). Kinda nice to be able to have some form of freedom to do something. Refreshing, I'd say.

I'm planning to wake up darn early later to maybe go for a jog, or watch TV. Hehe.

Okay, incoherent post this is.

I'll update when I wake up later. Seeya.

'make a clean getaway', he said.

2006-08-13T20:52:00.000+08:00

Hey.

Quite a fun weekend. Saturday was spent at driving school, shopping at Bras Besah for my acoustic-electric, and then lan session at Peninsular Plaza.

Got another (and hopefully last) guitar. Bought an el-cheapo for $132. Yum. It'd most probably be permanently hooked onto my amp, since it sounds better like that as compared to playing it by itself.

Lan was fun. We played the usual Swat4, tried out Battle for Middle Earth 2, then finished off with Battlefield2. Thrashed 5 players with our 3 for a few many rounds.

Today's church was usual. Great thing was that I 'm startign to warm up to the sec3s, and they're starting to warm up to me. It's taking quite a while, but of course, the laughter with them's priceless.

Yuhua's gonna have free days off from Tuesday till Sunday, what the heck! I'm only out on Wed and Thurs, and that's cos I'm applying leave. Argh.

Hopefully the week will be great. And I pass my driving test. Heh.

Okay, will prolly reach camp in an hours' time. I guess I'll end here, see you all on Tuesday night, if not Wednesday morning.

Bye!

we're back.

2006-08-11T22:40:00.000+08:00

Hi!

Finally good ol' Friday again. :)

Nothing much happened this week, except my course got CANCELLED. I was so looking forward to coming home last night. Oh well. Spent the night reading my book and watching TV. A usual night in camp, I daresay.

Next Wed and Thurs I'd be taking leave. I hope I pass!

Soccer tournament tomorrow. It's the Ephraim Cup once again! Captain says we'll have a darn good chance tomorrow. Let's hope then.

Will be driving again tomorrow, after that I'll be heading to Swee Lee or Davis to get my acoustic-electric. If mum allows, I'd keep my classical. If not I'd just donate it to charity. With new strings of course.

After much waiting ('We'll start after you guys finish BMT!') and discussing, we'll be jamming next week. Probably in town or Bukit Timah. Songs would be Emery - Walls, a couple of Funeral For A Friend songs, including one I've been trying to learn the past few days, Roses For The Dead. Maybe we'll do a couple of MCS and The Ataris as well. Woopie! I can't wait.

Okay, packed week. Which is good, as it'd mean the weeks will past quite fast. I hope.

Will be bringing my FM2n along with me tomorrow. I'll finish the film inside, hopefully. It's been 3 months.

national day!

2006-08-09T16:21:00.000+08:00

Helllo!

Today is National Day, the day we gained independance!

For most people, the poignant moment of it all was when then Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew shed tears on national television. For some, it'd be the public holiday we've been waiting for!

Oh yeah!

So I booked in last night. Played Titan Quest (finally finished it), played somemore, and played some more.

Woke up at 12pm just now. Will be booking in at 2230hrs later.

Great thing is, I'll be on course on Friday, so I'll be home again tomorrow night. After the course, hopefully I'll be able to come back home and have a long weekend!

Next weeks' my driving test, I'll be on leave Wednesday and Thursday. Then next Friday, it'd be another East Coast Park run. Yay!

Looks like this month would be event-filled.

We had our Brigade RSM change-of-appointment ceremony two days ago. It was held at night, outside the Specs Mess. So naturally we couldn't go. But since it was outside, we could hear and see what was happening. The great thing was that The UneXpected, the local band playing at Wala Wala bar (think Holland V) on Thursdays, came down to have an acoustic gig, woohoo! Bad thing was, there were also some girls who were clad only micro shorts and bikini tops who started gyrating in between songs. Werd. Luckily we were playing soccer at the street soccer court. Distracted only by music.

Okay, half the day is gone, hopefully the rest of the week would be great and such. We start jamming next week.

Goodbye!

hi

2006-08-08T21:12:00.000+08:00

hello.

today we woke up damn early, we assembled at 6.45am, had a National Day parade. After that we were hoping for an announcement for half day. The bubble burst when Sergeant said area cleaning inspection at 1600hrs. Argh!

So we booked out at around 1800hrs. Had dinner with the branch and here I am at home.

I bought a new book (The Time Traveler's Wife) and a new CD (favourites2). Oh yeah.

But for now, gaming time!

you down twenty first!

2006-08-05T00:48:00.000+08:00

Ho.

This week went by pretty well. Nothing much happened, except that I finally got my own ISAC card (which means I have my own user account on the PCs in camp), and my camp pass (which means no more harassing from the guard duty personnel whenever I book in/out). Cool.

Today we had our AHM (Army Half Marathon) training at East Coast Park. I didn't run, cos I'm excused PT (heh heh). Instead, I became a marshal. Yep. Bad thing was, we couldn't fall out from there, like the rest of the battalion. Instead we had to take the 5-tonner back to camp to unload and send in our stores.

It was a pretty cool experience sitting on the extreme end of the tonner. Especially when you're gonna travel on public roads. I got to see a myraid of expressions from people who went passed us. Foreigners peering curiously from taxis; a dad pointing toward our direction for their son (looked like a 1 year old) to look at; the occasional babe in a cab/sports car. But it got boring after a while- it felt more like in an enclosure where people examine you, rather than the other way round.

Anyway, we got back to camp safely, albeit shagged. We left camp at 8.30pm. Had dinner at Lot1, then headed home. Then here I am, after resting and continuing on my campaign on Titan Quest.

I'll be having my driving lesson tomorrow. Haven't been driving for a near 3 months already. My test will be on the 17th of August. And I'll only have 4 practices.

Night!

table for 5, not table for 4 and a chair.

2006-07-30T21:18:00.000+08:00

Hi.

A quick update before I head back to camp, and be void of all things civilisation.

Met up with the classmates(finally) yesterday evening. Walked around The Cathay, then went to Plaza Singapura to eat at Swensens. Headed home after that while the rest went to play lan. I have been going back at about 2-3am on the past few Saturdays, and I promised my parents I would come back early the night before, so I reached home just before midnight (a la Cinderella).

The following week would be quite interesting. I'll be getting boarded tomorrow, duty on Tuesday, then an East Coast run on Friday. I'd be looking forward to Friday. This coming Friday also means FOP. FOP simply stands for Festival Of Praise! Last year, Hillsong + Delirious! came down, this year it'd be CCC and another one whose name escapes me at the moment. Too bad I can't go this year, I'll miss it because of the run.

Yeah. And I just caught Constantine. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I went to the cinema. Last week I watched Xanadu in camp. Frickingly awesome. Olivia Newton-John looks so hot.

On my way back from camp on Friday, there was this gig just below the MRT station. Good stuff. Vocalist was from Combat Engineers, sounds like Creed.

Driving test in about 3 weeks' time, and I'm getting quite paranoid. 'Cos I only have got 3 lessons before my test. Can't seem to book anymore, it's either on time or no slots. How sad can that be?

Ah, it's gonna be a Monday again tomorrow.

Interesting.

Won't be updating on Tuesday, I'll be doing my duties in camp. So I guess I'll see you guys around on Friday night!

Have a great week ahead.

just to be with you, i'd do anything.

2006-07-23T20:24:00.000+08:00

Sheesh, great song.

It's by Third Day, church people sang it during worship today, when it was tithes and offering time. Great song, totally awesome.

I haven't had a life for the past 2 weeks. Was sick, and on Friday I bought a new game with Willy, it's called Titan Quest. It's almost like Diablo 2, a game I so love. So I've been spending the weekend playing it. I didn't go out, except for a dinner function last night. Exactly 24 hours ago, I think I was standing up, taking snapshots. It was my brother's Tae Kwon Do's dinner. He earned himself a black belt.

Yeah.

Dinner was okay, quite nice because we ate with strangers at the table. Made new friends.

Here's the link for Third Day - Love Song, the song I was mentioning just now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzmKrhd7Ads&search=third%20day%20love%20song

And here's the guitar tab for it:

http://www.azchords.com/t/thirdday-tabs-4364/lovesong-tabs-116875.html

Fun weekend, hopefully it'd be as interesting as the weekend I had. Let's hope so!

Okay, see you all on Tuesday, if not Friday night! Seeeya!

heart of the matter.

2006-07-16T18:56:00.000+08:00

Ho,

so it's Sunday evening. I've got to return to camp later. I'm feeling better, but now 100% well. Fever has finally subsided, but sore throat is still bad. Mum wants me to see our GP later, but I guess I'll see the MO tomorrow. 'Cos it'd be the 2nd time I'm reporting sick outside this weekend, and CSM might just hate me and arrow stuff toward me.

Outfield on Tues, not sure if I'm going but I guess I am. Let's hope I get well by then. The last outfield someone got 40degrees fever and got attendC (equivalent to an MC) but couldn't go home, cos someone told us it would be too much of a hassle. WTF!

Okay, bye.

showtime, it's showtime! oh my god.

2006-07-15T21:53:00.000+08:00

Ho.

Okay since I'm feeling better let us have an update.

I felt feverish in camp on Tuesday, after the 5km run. Continued throughout the day. They (the branch) wanted me to report sick but I wanted to sleep and see how things progressed. I didn't even go for nights off.

Wednesday morning, and fever went up 37.8degrees, from 37.1 the day before. Doc gave me 2 days MC. Went home and rested.

Thursday morning, fever rocketed to 40.0degrees on the tongue and 39.8 on the armpit. Went to my own GP to extend MC (otherwise I would have to go back that evening, 1900hrs). The temperature sorta hit status quo and continued through Thursday evening. Medicine didn't seem to be working. Mom started to sponge me and by night it went down abit.

I started to perspire and break my fever. Friday morning, fever went up to 40degrees again. Perspired again, and it went down again. By then I was quite pissed it kept going up and down.

This morning I felt alot better. Still having a fever, but a slight one. I think it'd only come down if my sore throat (doc called it tonsilitis) gets better. But after like 10 cans of JJ Liang Teh, 2 bottles of herbal tea, litres of water, it still ain't getting better. I wonder why.

Let's hope I'll get better tomorrow, for I have to go back camp!

Spent last night watching the entire Hell Freezes over. GREAT PERFORMANCE. I can't believe I missed their farewell tour like 2 years ago, I think. But then again, tickets were like $300+.

I wanted SO badly to go Baybeats this year, but thanks to the rise and fall of my temperature, I couldn't go, so I stayed at home and watched Singapore Idol, which was a terrible mistake. I wanted to get the goodie bag though, it's quite fun albeit childish rummaging through the bag looking at what's cool and uncool you've got in your hands. This year, as I've been told, there's a T-shirt (!!!), earplugs (I reckon I could bring it to camp, live-firing range), and a mystery toy (don't know what I can do with this). Weirdly enough, I like T-shirts from the Esplanade. Weird, yes. Being there at that place everyday for 2 months can have bizarre effects on you. I got a Mosaic shirt, which I like.

Okay, byebye.

fever

2006-07-14T21:45:00.000+08:00

holy cow fever that goes up and down. will give updates when i am feeling better.

the finals.

2006-07-10T11:52:00.000+08:00

and Italy has won. GG.

poor zidane. i can feel his pain.

oh well, off to camp i trot.

see ya on tuesday (hopefully)!