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Wearying Night

Night ... the absence of light. Sounds nice rite? But it doesn't really make sense .. ZzZ I feel that time passes very slowly today. The workload i am getting in NSSC is never-ending. After clearing a stack of paperwork, i'll just get another good load of it. It keeps on coming and coming. I won't be surprise if my stack of paperwork reaches the ceiling. Then maybe, i can try to make the leaning tower of erm ....... Papersa ? Whatever it is, it just seems like everyone in their unit is defering their NS reservice - In Camp Training [ICT]. Maybe it is a staged conspiracy to bomb the NSSC to death with the humungous workload. Haiz. Pat and me met up with Chong and turtle at JE. I bought a nice card for my friend and frankly speaking, i feel that all the Mommys like to bomb out their babies during March and April. There is like about at least 15 people i know who has birthday around that period. Think about my wallet. Think about my bank. At the end of this weeks, i might h...

Office Routine.

This week's going kinda smooth so far for me. I just suddenly find time past very slowly in the office. Everyday goes on with almost the same mild intensity. The moment i step into the office, i will just feel that i left my brain back at home. Then i will see a big file full of papers. Just reminds me of school days where you get files after files of papers. With 2 years like this, i doubt i won't emerge free from Papyrophobia. [fear of paper] That amazing stack of paper actually belongs to my senior Jon. The scariness of it all is that i will soon inherit all his duties and face that Goliath everyday. Better learn from David how to slay these Goliathes effectively I still remembered how much a torture it is to be alone, handling all the deferments in my division. It is pretty horendous, judging by the number of unexpected things you'll get. Work isn't really a torture as a clerk. Its a drag. Well i am still happy that i have more time than others, who have to stay...

Sneak Peak of 158

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[Pictures update] - Greatness in Us . - Benny Hinn's Awesome Message . [Link update!] Sneak Peak, Project 158 [Flashback - 24/5] Yesterday i went for NTU's Bioengineering seminar. Its at Goodwill Park hotel, next to Far East Plaza. The place is beautiful. Reminds me of a fairytale castle. I couldn't believe my eyes when i walk up the semi-steep road to the carpeted entrance of the hotel. I walk on in and found myself in a room surrounded with ushers-in-black, bleaming their teeths in a fashion. After collecting my stuff, i hop to the nearest seat. The place was kinda packed already. I just sat there quietly, browsing throught the magazines and booklets they gave me. I was pretty captivated by the INSTEP - overseas exchange programme. Its one of my dreams to go overseas to study alittle. Though i lost this dream somehow in my last 2 years, i suddenly felt on fire to go for it. We sat through the presentation by the NTU bioengineering heads, Biosensors and Philip representat...

When the Answer comes.

Its amazing when you walk on. Just amazing .. In case you haven't read my previous entry, i was walking a lonely trail ... right deep in the dark valley. Its a very lonely walk. Its a very sad walk. Its just hard to explain and express.. I've learn in a real powerful way the meaning of walking on. Its exhilarating. When you found the key that unlocks your problem. It just blows you up with love and joy. What about walking on? I'm sure to all christians, you'll know this poise and cogent verse. Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I wil l fear no evil ... Psalms 23:4 This is the walk i'm talking about. The "Keep-On-Walking principle" Throughout the week, i am burdened with worries. These thoughts are self-replicating thoughts. Like for example: You will never live up to "Mom's" expectations. Everyone is moving on. You are just moving too slowly and or not moving at all. or Nobody in this damn world will ever un...

Evermore I Praise Ya.

What a day. Since its late i'll just keep it short. Today's a nice day. Though things don't flow as smoothly as i wish it would be Thanks to Pat, i am able to leave early and join my gang in Church. :) He is a helpful dude! I rushed off to buy waffles for me and Emily, only to find that eventually Emily doesn't want her waffles. Went off to church, only to find a big crowd in the lobby. Went down, found Chong and the rest. Was alittle tired at that point after a day's stare at the com. Gave Emily her waffles. Thankfully she accept it. Everything went on with a smile. We were told to sit accordingly to where we sat last night. Have to shift back to original position. I have to sit on the floor since there isn't enough seats. Eventually, i don't know what happen ... but i end up sitting on a chair with the rest of the gang. The praise and worship was awesome ... But, Somehow i felt alittle dry. I'm not sure what is the root cause but its pretty disturbing ...

LIVE Recording.

This is really an exciting experience. Our first and only rehersal was just last night and i was really impacted by the atmosphere. Its very like our very own concert. A dark-dimmed room. Mini spotlights to the front. Shades of purple, pink and blue lights decorated the crowd on the floor. Doesn't look at all like a regular church service. Nope it isn't. Its our night. Our show for God. Chong, me, fun and pandy met elaine and pok met in the auditorium. In my view, we got the best seats. The seats at the floor is closest to the stage but the view can be obstructed if there are tall guys infronta you. We sat at the terrace block - S3, 2 rows from the front. That was like awesome men. I am really thankful that the girls are able to book such good seats. Everything just starts off well. Since this is a rehersal, there are no follow-throughs between songs. The pastor joked that for once we'll be like an Anglican church. I didn't know Anglican churches have this practise of s...

Time, the essence of life.

Time is something unreplaceable. We all know that. I'm just beginning to feel alittle tight. I feel like that's always so much things to do. The sickening part is I do not like to leave unresovled tangling ... untouched. There are certain areas which i have to learn to start controlling. Time management should be a child's play. It's sad to say i'm always a bad manager of it. This is why precious consideration is taken in the past few days in observing the time i took to do things. Its so funny how slow i can do certain things and how fast i can finish up some others. The greatest commodity is what you trade time for. - Robb Thompson Now that's something to consider... That's just some little thoughts of today. And ya, i finally got an mp3 player. Old model from Creative. ^^

When soldiers think Star Wars.

[ adapted here ] Interesting things that happen in field camps. Pretty funny :)

The Hunt.

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The hunt was so hastily organise. Thankfully Pandy informed and reminded my poor leaking memory of the important upcoming date. We have to hunt for gifts and after much discussion through sms-es, we've found that meeting at 7pm at Orchard will be good. How wrong was I. I reach home at 1830. Due to my dumb dumb dilly- dalliesm, i left the house at 6.50. It was like have to zoom to Orchard within 10 mins la. What an impossible mission. Slightly disappointed at myself for not managing my time well, i rushed in the best way i could [thru MRT, no money for 240 ]. Guess what time i Got there? 1930!! Its like 1/2 an hr's late. Plus Pandy decided to be early that day and she waited for 45 mins. Men that was sure a killer for her. Its quite unforuntate that its a girl waiting for a guy now. Men i am really guilty and embarass. So much so for me being a puntual boy that i am so determine to set. Really sad. Pandy was kinda downcasted. She is one person that doesn't show anger. She s...

Wanted in Zouk ?

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Found this in Alvin's site. Reminds me of the long conversation we had about pubs and clubbing Till now i've never set foot before in a club. As i chatted with Gamer Girl, she reminded me about the jits and ti's of clubbing that i've heard about. When she told me she spent 300 bucks to be a member and get a bottle or two of drinks for the whole year .. i was like "O_O!!!" Rich lady! I need that kinda money to get my Mp3 player. I've been saving for this utility which i have been dreaming to get since last year. Dreamt that Creative and Apple will fight till their pants drop. And we the consumer will be the ultimate winners! ^^.. Nice fantasy rite? yea. Today's our NSAD games day and the cool thing is we got 1/2 day off from work. At least we'll get a fresh new environment for awhile instead of staring into endless piles of work. The not so cool thing is the work is still there. Its not like the Angels will descend from heaven and tells the defe...

The price uploading a pic.

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My mentor. Jon. Don't You feel like kissing him? Teaching RX how to use photobucket to upload this pic has caused me a penalty of extra duty. I won't want to comment much but i am just not happy when the madam likes to catch me but always close her eyes when others are doing it. I know that doesn't excuse me for my act. Oh well, just more sai kang work for me . that's all Prem said the people downstairs are unhappy with me because i did not reply them when they greet me. I was like ... when did that happen ? He said they speak bad things about me and i just feel kinda sad and irritated. If there is a probelm rectify it. I don't see a need to talk and slander behind people's back. I intended to talk about it to them since i don't want my stay here in NSSC to be such a troubling unhappy one ... But sometimes, i really feel like i am a zombie at work there. I just simply lose all interest when i step into the office. Whatever the case, there are nice people t...

Apprentice.

The show tightens to the 12th /15th episodes of the employee selection variety show. There are now 6 people left. 2 are just fired and got their you-know-what kicked. This basically makes me wonder who can be the next apprentice. Surely the contestants are getting tired over the long repeated business plans and dealing with arch-colleagues or watching their opponent's every movement. That's business as we all know. The best way to rise up can only be throught hard and smart work. To endure the weariness and keep up with the pace of the game, not losing focus on task, not losing focus on critical judements makes this game pretty demanding. That's the impression that i am getting. I also can't help wondering if this is another WWE presentation with all the violence remove, all the wittiness dumped in, mixed with the Posh outlook of Trump's luxurious properties and cool quotes. In short, a staged reality programme. Some of us might have read about the fakiness of rea...

The Greatness in us.

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Well this topic should be about today. I Just wanna touch alittle about what happen yesterday evening. I was chatting with Mom on MSN. I was quite amazed for one because i thought the same thing is going to happen again. After looking back at our conversation, i realise that we both learn some things. I've been hit by a revelation which has no direct relation to the heaty conversation we had. It was like ... "Wow!" Really. I remembered very clearly about Pastor Ulf saying about seeing in God's perspective. You'll become so amazed. Your mouth will just naturally pop open and give a big - WOW!? With that, i was suddenly so moved and i just shared immediately the revelation i had. God magnifies thoughts. I won't go into details but i can say there is something to learn every day when you walk with God and constantly reflect upon your life. Your life will slowly but surely change. Something that makes me realise that i have become so different from what i used to...

Job seeking Photos

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[ More info here ] Funny blog. Getting tired of normal routine passport size photo ? Get something like this .. :) Next generation terrorist looking for jobs.. :P Ha

Friend at NUH

Is it common to end yourself up in a hospital? How many of us actually stayed in a hospital before? Hmm i wonder. I got a news earlier today about 1 of my friend. First he said he cannot enlist this friday. I was like " wah so late le u still haven enlist?" Then he followed it byy saying that he is now in NUH. His stomach burst. What a news. I asked him which ward is he in and told him i'll be visiting him after work. I was thinking how big the issue can this be. If there is a hole in the stomach, it means the digestive jucies in the stomach will leak to the other organs nearby ... so his life can be in danger. But somehow his sms lack that seriousness. He told me he can't believe he is so unlucky. So i decided not to prod him with more questions, knowing that he loves to worry and asking more makes him worry more. I met up with Miss Zhen after work at Buona Vista MRT. We took a shuttle bus to NUH and began searching for the ward and a shop that we can buy goodies fo...

Thx Jojo

I got Naruto DVD volume 1!!!!! So elated :) In my sudden burst of enthusiasm, i watch 2 dvd's straight and loaded 10 episodes off the 80 episode loading list in Jojo's Naruto Anime bank! Kinda regretted that i spend too much time watching today but nevertheless i still enjoy the anime. It provides scenes that are not found in the Manga i read online. Its cool in its own way and at least there is motion in the characters plus bgm, sound effects and the cute voices of the characters. I will limit myself to slowly watch like maybe 2 episodes a day ... i dun need to rush through^^ Another exciting thing i've discover is Smallville season 4 is out! This friday 8.30 will be its air time. Well basically i have to start building a time-table which i should be able to complete by tmr. Managing time is very important now. Need to allocate enough time for studies. Its quite hard to hit the studying hours per week but i have to try. Spur me on :) Thx Pete for lending me Hillsong/Deliri...

Cell Group

Woke up. Found myself in an odd position in my Granny's bed. Very soon, i found myself making my way to Boon Lay for Cell Group. I read my regular dose of Sunday Times and found interesting news to blog on. Death. What an interesting and intriguing topic! It seems i've foudn 2 sections in Lifestyle about death. One of it mentions about blogs under the read section. There it lists 3 blogs of the bloggers feeling about illnesses and death. I think it'll be nice to read them when i'm free. I've posted Grace Chow's blog before in my blog which shows quite a detailed account of some of her last days and weeks on Earth. Though fustrated and worried about her uncurable sickness [ chordoma - rare tumour ], you can see she is a fighter and not an ostrich. Their words can be disturbing but very insightful. The wisest words are often from the ones leaving this world. Ain't it? Their blogs. Dorothy , No Bra Required , Tumour Diary , Dying is Maybe i'll consider pu...

A Look back from my shoulders.

How I long for the weekends during the weekdays. And how fast its slipping away so quickly. Time waits for no men. No women. No dogs or pigs. I've been asked yesterday by Ken : How do you feel so far as a clerk serving in the army? Sian ? Life there as it can be seen is nothing very stressful. The only thing that can really stress you is if you kanna extra duty or work OT [overtime] for no sound reason. Basically i am just picking things up and enjoying what i can along the way, puting in mind that there are goals to be completed this time. If i screw up my year this time, i am seriously screwing up my life. All my hopes, discipline and principles are constantly being tested [ as always ] and it has to prevail. My week has not been easy. Feeling dull and robotized every day at work, i can't help but find ways to do something more useful in the office. I always go online to read, surf and sometimes play when the superiors are not around. I got caught alot of time by my departme...

Tired but blessed

Very tired. So tired that i think that's all i should say :) Nah. I shall rattle more... Today i went back to the office to find documents in the file to check for error and raze [ short term for raising cases in the system ]. I left alittle later because of unfinish work and hence met ken 1 hr late. We went to the hawker centre to eat and chat. He seems very excited to share with me his experience and the SAF number 1 rule : Do what you want. Just don't get caught. I got caught again by mdm sundri for surfing net. The next time i get caught, i'll be doing extra guard duty. Very sian. Service was very good because i really feel lifted up. I feel kinda tired through-out the day due to 5 hrs of sleep almost everyday... just reminds me of my school days. After doing TM and eating dinner, it was about 10. A vey tiring day. Haiz lost all mood to type... Shall do a good QT and rest early -___-

Tansparent Monitor?

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Mr Brown's April Fool Email joke yestterday ... haa pretty cool. Makes it kinda stylish... More info here

Spanglish

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Director : James L. Brooks Main Cast : Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Tea Leoni Duration : 130 minutes. Type : Romantic Comedy Review in Fullness: Gee Its my first time doing a movie review of such standard :) This show really amazes me. My first thought was it should be just a regular nice romantic comedy with good [ and i mean good ] laughs with occasional oohs-and-ahhs-and- awwww ... Goosebumps. Just like 50 First date. Adam Sandler acts in it too :) No it isn't that simple. And that's why this show deserves its full credit! Men the previous romantic comedy [ I Do I Do ] really makes me wanna puke. I get the wrong kind of goosebumps. [ you know ... the kind when people tell you horrible cold jokes :P]. This show scores a high point because its more than just a romantic comedy. There is warmness in this show. Really. Because the character development in this show is awesome. You can really see the different personality of the characters in this show. Don't worry my reviews will ...