I'm getting out of the house... going to start playing FFX2 again... and probably go give best friend her very late bday gift...

Finally some excitement today... Alvin drew this hangar's keys and was walking to open it... he was tossing it up and down in his hands..... until... a crow flew by and scoop the keys off and dropped it on the hangar roof. We all thought it's really gone case le cos the roof really very high... then ideas such as borrowing a very tall ladder from PEC came out... but in the end used the forklift. It's incredible la... of all things... then we tested out at hangar 56 but it looked kind of dangerous... then i thought they were waiting for the ladder until i saw Alvin got onto the forklift and Gary drove off. I thought ji bai siao liao... "somebody going to get a hurt real bad soon"... so me and Andrew quickly followed them. In the end we all combined to get the keys back... actually i meant to say I got the keys back and i am the hero... and the rest is history... but nah... =p

Yea... SOMEBODY GOING TO GET A HURT REAL BAD SOON... LOL...

The Russell Peters guy is good manz... watching his video a 2nd time can be equally hilarious...

Sometimes in life, when you are so tired, you just got to keep on push yourself on. You got to pick yourself up when you are down and when no one else lends you a hand, you know that only you yourself are able to help yourself. When the tasks and work seem so daunting and overwhelming, all you can do is to stop and take a deep breath, and perhaps take awhile to think of happier moments before carrying on again. People can give you advices and suggestions, but ultimately, it will be you who make the decisions. And you need to pray that you have got enough strength and determination in you.

I come to understand circumstances. When things happen, circumstances come bounding together, with all sorts of loose ends for you to tie up. And when they happen, you don't usually expect them. They caught you down and out, and if you aren't fast enough, you get knocked out cold. Sometimes you are already doing a lot of things and when you thought of taking a break, more things come your way and you found out that you cannot rest anymore.

The show on tv talks about fidelity. What happens when you are with someone, but you suddenly like someone else and then got together with the new person? That is so irresponsible.

Enough crap.

Badminton Inter Unit.

Won SOCE yest, and DETC today. AETC tmr. Expected to go thru, then it's going to be a tough fight with 39 SCE. 35 SCE is untouchable, so it's either a 2nd or 3rd placing for us.

It has been a disappointing tournament for me. Probably because i haven't been playing to what i expect of myself. It was all pure lousy shit. Somehow i woke up one wicked day and suddenly lost part of the memory which contained the days i had of training. Or most likely i am really rusty. Don't expect to get call into formation training... so perhaps work harder i guess... Saw Sze ming, had a good talk about the good old times back then, and he's like 1.88 now... freaking hell of a height... and yea he's a lucky ass... WO Low's going to pull him for FMN training. I did wonder just now if i am not in ARMCEG, probably i might get noticed too, considering WO Low was watching me play suckily since the day i stepped back into the court after a 2 years hiatus.

But i've learnt a lot since started playing again. No point having fancy shots and smashes that go out of courts. Watching WO Low play is quite fascinating. He isn't strong or exceptionally good, but he's stable. Stability is what he has kept on saying i lacked... and perhaps that's what i am going to concentrate on from all the time i can get playing.

I love David Tao's Jiu shi ai ni and Lee Sheng Jie' Shou fan kai.

Done re-vamping...

Yest me and ses went CD-mad and bought 4. Or rather swindle my dear mum to buy.

Forgot to draw money. Hopefully later got chance.

Tmr attached out.

"Reservit"

A war at BSS today,
Started by a bunch of pitiful men
Who return back to their old haunting ground
Only thing is they are still garung
Easier it would be,
If i can split in two
Or maybe if i got a few more hands,
But luckily there was help.
Never been thru this,
And it was enriching.
Comical at times too,
When the hokkien-spewing uncles became blur.
Everyone was drawing everything,
And we thought we were mobilised.
Cut my lil thumb a little,
It's pretty irritating now.
Such an eventful day,
Wish everyday would be like this.

Dear Blog,

I don't like the way i blogged the previous few entries now.

Was just being electrocuted by this reflexologist machine thingie. Thing is i could feel the electricity running through when i touch my sis who was also connected to the machine. I feel like electro man now.

Today had commander seminar. Today was also the end of Exercise Hyacinth. The Bravo guys were going HELLLO HELLLLO~!!!

Today is also the first time i felt so good working together with KP. We can actually make a good team. I know now why i don't ask him for help. He has always portrayed himself as someone who does things alone. Reminds me of my BMT days. I didn't need help then as i was doing everything myself. So i kind of ended up being 'isolated' because i need no help and in the end no one asks me for help.

Going to get attached out next week. It's quite funny how Shaun and me take turns to work.

WO Low was shouting and screaming at this old guy today during training. I almost thought the old guy will explode under all that stress. Anyway, WO Low is too 'forceful' and demands everything his style. And it's impossible for a guy who has been playing the way he does for years and suddenly change it.

Today 3 older Maintenence guys was playing badminton with this young chap from BSS. It was quite a sight.

I've got a fucked up drop shot.

I did a lot of work today. Completed the engine yearly hours and also compiled the SRs for boats. Happy.

I've decided to treat my 2IC as a friend and only as a friend because i'm unable to treat him as a colleague/senior/2IC.

Tmr will be the day when i make a major transaction for ICT. 2 rafts. God bless me.


Yours,
Lah

PS:Something's wrong with my memory.

There was this time when...

I thought i could be closer to my dear 2IC by being friends. But it seems like he is trying to make life difficult for me.


There was this other time when...

I met ber, yf eunice and her friend for dinner. Had a really nice long talk with ber after so long.

There was a time when...

I was in the need for thrills that i sped home. Reckless driver indeed.


There was another time when...

I got so sian of waking up to book in that when the alarm rang, i shut it off and went back to sleep. But i couldn't remember a thing about shutting it off and going back to sleep when i woke up sometime later. Freaky.

There was this time when...

I noticed that someone has been writing in a blog that has been stagnant for some time.


There was this other time when...

Kian Ping was using a green pea to explain some rules of rugby, until i used my fork and smashed the pea.

There was this time when...

I suddenly decided to change the way i write.


There was this other time when...

I thought i should change the template but i was too lazy to do it.

Dear Blog,

Friendster's interesting.

Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

In a bloggy mood.

I feel that one day i will end up confusing myself so badly that i will get really hurtful. My mood changes too much. One day i can say this, but the other day i feel very differently from what i say.

Blah. Don't want to blog anymore.


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

I was thinking of writing something here, but i forgot what is it now. Probably, it wasn't important.

Nothing much day. Woke up, slept, woke up, slept, woke up and finally decided to stay awake. Breakfast, 2 towers, Lunch, 2 towers, Lesson, Dinner, Back here.

I am a very reckless driver.

Anyway in details, lesson was fun because we played the new song. But lao shi said might change that to the competition song, but that's mad cos there isn't enough time. Stick to the pirates song man... and i need to start memorising the new song. CX took a lift, went to fetch her sis from northpoint cos it was raining. She sure looked like her sis, and then sent them home.

My english is fucked.

I want to go watch movies. Guess who. Coach Carter. And a few more.

And i met the council ppl yest. It was weird going to town. Really weird. It's been ages since i went there. Didn't go there before i went melb... so it was at least 3 weeks... but the people in town look so much more attractive now. Don't know why. Think i am deprive of people for some time.

Bi just went offline on me. hmmm? =( WEIRD...

I was reading an article on how much should you tell your the other half about your sexual history. It's quite nasty business.

Boring time.

Desperately need to do something.

I need some team game.

Or probably some talk.

And time pass too fast. Good times pass fast, bad times too. Bad and good.

Preacher.


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

Sometimes when you meet the friends of your friends, you just say hello and how are you and stuff. And it just kind of ends there. They just kind of put it at the back of their mind who you are, how you look like and probably never ever think about when they will see you again. Unless... you happen to be attracted to them and hope to see them again.

If not, it's hello there, and goodbye to you.


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

I am tired. Today was Sports Day.


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

Yes finally after so long, Blogger decides to work.

Was showing the videos to sis just now and realised i really took hell lot man... but it was fun... though i think i'm shaky so i got to take note of that now.

Erm... i am kind of tired... but there's nothing much tmr... slack... and guess what, shaun's attached out. And he's flying off to Bali the whole of next week. I do recognise that as somewhat the spirit of the Candace people but i don't like being left alone to handle everything. Like today, it was mad. There were 4 trailers to be collected from maint, then VTW came to return stores... and i just came back lor... sheesh i am whining.

Albert can work... yes he can... but he ought to show the least bit of respect manz... But... the GLS doesn't get angry... hmmm or can he allow himself to?


Nitez.


Yours,
Lah

PS: I miss shouting "FORMAL DINNER NIGHT~!!" down the corridor.

Dear Blog,

I am back in Singapore. And... i need to book in soon. *Reality hits me*

Okok... i just had the most fantastic holiday ever... It was great. Almost comtemplating whether to stay there and maybe get charged for AWOL. But anyway, yea... back to reality... back to BSS... back to Candace... back to more bullshit... but i am going to get some relaxation this couple of weeks. Hopefully get a few more offs too.

One thing bad there is the taxi. The meters jumps so fast that you thought you are on fast forward. It's terrible. No one pays 70 over aussie dollars for a trip manz... and the prices for food is exorbitant. I can eat 3 times of what i ate there.

Got to go shower and then pack up a bit before going back camp. Last night on the plane i was thinking how i actually ended up on the plane. Then i looked around trying to find some Singaporean and realised that most of them were either angmohs or indians(plane's going to Dubai). Then i was thinking young men were booking into camp at that time and how lucky am i to be able to enjoy watching Meet The Fockers on the plane.


G'day mate...


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

Today i had a fantastic day. I travelled all over the place and saw lots of things. I also sat on the train and tram... it was so exciting. I also went to Melbourne University and there were so many people there. Despite all that, i got back to the room safe and sound. Whew...

Later at night when it was very late, i went to Yue lin's house. At there, i played dai di and drank some alcohol and the collective were talking a lot about sex. Ewwww.... so disgusting.

Anyway, i am eating grapes now and i am so happy they are seedless. It makes eating so much easier. It's saturday already and i am going back soon. So sad... =(

Oh... and i bought a lot of things today. Very happy~!! Ya and i went Chaddy too... and Lygon for Gelati... and i met bi's bro's gf who is a model, but i think bi's chio-er...

It is very late now and i am tired. Good night.


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

Hey... it's early morning now. Actually isn't too early, but i am still kind of stoned and stuff. This trip has been one of the best ever. So much freedom to do what i want. And the experience... whew... of uni life and the aussie style... and the people i met... took hell lot of videos but not sure if i can post it up or not. Pictures not much though. And i am running out of space, and i haven't actually gone to the city yet.

Baby's tired out. She's sleeping because she haven't slept at all last night due to an assignment. Poor thing...

Throat kena a bit sore... need to drink more water... weather's getting a bit colder too...


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

Wrote some stuff while at lecture yesterday.

Today's topic: The Speech

Ok... now... there's this lecturer standing in front of a few hundred people, teaching them the foundation of behaviour. She gets kind of disturbed when there are people talking among themselves. I'm sure there's no need to communicate during lectures, but each "quiet... quiet..." wastes nearly 5 seconds, which could be multiplied by the numerous times she does that, equals the time which she can reflect upon how she can use a better speech pattern to make her point understood. Well, i think i am being selfish here because i speak Singlish. No doubt all these students around me woud understand her better than me, but still i make my point on not understanding the first two sentences she said.
Thus, we come to the point whereby the location comes into play. I am in Melbourne, where people speak with an accent that is so strong that probably only a Hokkien-speaking uncle can challenge. Speaking of which, i wonder what's happening in the office now that there's no sergeant around. Albert and Zico would be spewing Hokkein vulgarities at the others and the speech they use is often very distasteful. Despite all that, i admit i'm tryin got learn from them because i want to be accepted. This concludes that in order to be accepted, the Speech of the majority must be adopted(how shallow...), and thus explains why some chinese return back home speaking English like a potato/banana.
Perhaps it is due to the inactiveness of my mind, that i'm having difficulties trying to understand what she's trying to say. Each word requires a processing time of one to two seconds, depending on the various factors such as the strength of the accent, the length of the word and most importantly how the spoken word clicks witht the 'word library' in the brain. Thus sentences like "If i... play... understooded, however the... probably... instruction... what you would do..." That explains the blanks... And the problem is when you try to think back on the sentence, it becomes incoherent, and while thinking of it, you miss the next sentence she says. At the end of the lecture, what you learnt is perhaps what was flashed on the screen and how hard it is to understand Australian English when are brought up saying 'lahs' and 'lors'. Lord help me.
The way she speaks, each word comes out a different strength, then similar words but spoken with different strength due to the pattern of the speech comes out different. Complicated? Not really. For example the word 'should', if it is spoken firmly, a firm 'SHOULD' will come out, nice and fine. But if the previous few words came out strong, and the next word is 'should', in addition that there is no emphasis on the word, what comes out is usually "sho..." , and you spend another 2 seconds trying to debate whether she is saying 'should' or 'shit'.
I'm not trying to be funny, but it gets quite comical when you are in a humourous mood. Is speech going to be part of examinations? Because the people sitting in the lecture hall amaze me. Indeed, looks can be deceiving, and what or who is truly great is by what he has in his brains. If someone speaks very coarsely, but has the capability to ace his examinations, he's going to graduate as well. So speech isn't exactly a good determinant for how smart that person is, but it does portray how effective he is able to bring across his point. At this point of time, i'm sure i show quite clearly i am not very effective in bringing my point across, or rather, everything is kind of jumble up here and there, but i am writing as though i am saying, so do pardon me, because my speech ain't too good either.
So maybe i shouldn't comment on the lecturer in front of me, and instead, spend this 30 minutes to try my best to listen to the lecture. So contradicting right, but at least i did some reflection, and i can say i am wiser now in terms of speech than half an hour ago.

"Thoughts for managers:
-To be positive and a good role model." (<----Don't i know this already??)

So what did i learn this lecture???

N.O.T.H.I.N.G.

Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

Some quotes from bi bi's book....

"Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking."

Chance(n.): a coin with two sides that one tosses into the air as many times as one wants. The odds remain the same.

"It's risky breathing, let alone needing, trusting, reaching out. Life is the leap of faith, the bold declaration of Hope."

"Loving might be a mistake, but it's worth making."

Love, Love, Love.
You have to love,
And if you don't get love right,
You have to move on
And forgive.
And then you have to remember
That you've forgiven,
Or else you can't move on.
And if you don't move on,
You'll surely end up...
Bitter.

"Don't let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter."

"There are too many people too angry at a world that isn't in the least bit angry at them."


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

It has truly been a lazy Sunday. Weather's fine. But i just sneezed for the 1st time.

It's a fascinating experience... i saw a scene just now which i thought i could only see in hotels or on shows...

Yawn... going to go Clayton for some shopping then dinner...


Yours,
Lah

Dear Blog,

A little trip i will take soon,
Much needed one i will say,
Excited not on the outside,
For the people i've faced don't understand.
The fat one said some stuff that hurt,
But all i am thinkin' is he needs more books,
Or perhaps if i was nasty,
I might say some stuff that hurt.

Today's been a borin' day,
With a book or a few dudes n risk.
Such life i used to crave for,
But it's turning draggy.
Grant me the confidence and strength,
When i come back to face the chores,
For they have seeped from me,
Like the water in the drain.

Got selected for inter-unit,
A feeling so mixed i got confused.
Only wish the skills come back to me,
Or i might just embarass myself.
But i don't think we will do well,
So perhaps i should take it easier,
For life is such nasty sometimes,
You don't actually think too much.


Yours,
Lah