2011

although this is a bit late, but still, happy 2011 to all. was too busy to update my blog. on the last day of 2010, i went out with bernard and lejun. watched 'the ghost must be crazy' at cineleisue before meeting up with aloysius. the hormedy (horror + comedy) is about 2 different stories. first is about army and second one is about ghost marriage. not bad, quite funny. maybe you should go watch it if you have not done so. went to clarke quay. there was this performance by a band and i think it's the same one performing during the 2009/2010 countdown. haha. same songs somemore. drank, chatted and viewed the fireworks display from where we were at (home club). left clarke quay and proceeded to dhoby ghaut to find tau huay and you tiao. for those who dont know, tau huay and you tiao are not our friends, they are crisp chinese crullers and beancurd. hahahahaha. my 1st time eating @ Rochor Original Beancurd (click on the link to see picture of tau huay and you tiao). lan gaming after that and then cabbed home. the taxi driver drove super fast, like a F1 driver. zai!

went through some of the photos taken in the year 2010. they sure bring back happy memories and experiences i had in the year 2010. below are the pictures and also 'photo of the year'. yeah.

and finally, the photo of 2010 is...

the full story behind the photo:

great info

1. whatsonwhen

2. when and where to see fireworks

3. a cup of milk providing info on countdown to 2011 and mrt train service on new year eve

do not litter

had a great weekend last week catching up with my cousins. havent seen some of them for a long long time. took quite a number of photographs and they are all up on fb. in short, 25th & 26th dec = good food + gifts + laughter. totally awesome.

attended a seminar last wed while in camp. it's about delivering service excellence. learnt a little about face-to-face and also telephone comunication. it's quite common that most of us actually cant handle sudden difficult situation. so what was touched on by the speaker was using methods like empathetic listening and service language to handle such situation. this is certainly something useful and applicable to everyone in the later part of life when we have stepped in the working world.

booked out this afternoon. there's a bmtc gala event thingy tmr. it's at the universal studios singapore and the best thing is that we dont have to pay! haha. so excited about tmr. it will be a whole day of fun! as for friday, the last day of 2010, i'm still not sure where to go. hahaha. i'm looking forward to the the start of a brand new year, 2011. was reading 'hard at work for countdown'. one party, yet so much effort in planning and organising. however, there is something else that's not mentioned which i believe it should be reminded to all. DO NOT LITTER. below is a picture of the lianhezaobao on 27thdec. the title of the article says something like 'orchard road turned into a rubbish dump after party'. utterly disgusted to see those partygoers hehehaha and have their fun already and then just left the rubbish as 'presents' for the poor cleaners who have to clear everything throughout the night. penalty for litterbugs. so please, dont just leave your rubbish behind after partying.

SANTA

HOHOHO. merry christmas to all! actually, i'm feeling quite bored and so i edited my photo using paint. hehe. went to northpoint to shop for christmas gift yesterday afternoon. something embarrassing and funny happened when i was on the escalator. like some funny scene in anime. i shant talk about it here. hahaha.

have been looking forward to the weekend as i have 2 family gatherings. will be going to the fish farm later in the late morning. there's a gift exchange session. fun siol. havent been to the fish farm for a looooooooooong time. hopefully i'll get to drive the lorry for the 1st time. the last time i drove a vehicle with manual transmission is the time i took my driving test. wont be surprised if the lorry stall when i'm driving. hehe. the gathering on 26th with my maternal relatives will be somewhere in bukit timah. shall have to google the area as he has just moved house recently. alright. off to my bed now.

something to think about

this was posted some time ago in one of the entries and the answer will be revealed today.

try this. we were playing this during fieldcamp and some couldnt see the pattern while some took slightly longer to see it. if...

1+1=3 (two = 3 letters)
4+1=4 (five = 4 letters)
1+3=4 (four = 4 letters)
5+1=3 (six = 3 letters)

2-2=4 (zero = 4 letters)
8-2=3 (six = 3 letters)
6-4=3
11-6=4

3.3=4
3.4=6
2.5=3
3.5=7

what is 5-2? the answer is 5. i guess you should have understood by looking at the few examples i have explained.

你不知道的事 - 王力宏

蝴蝶眨几次眼睛 才学会飞行
夜空洒满了星星 但几颗会落地
我飞行 但你坠落之际
很靠近 还听见呼吸
对不起 我却没捉紧你

你不知道我为什么离开你
我坚持不能说放任你哭泣
你的泪滴像 倾盆大雨
碎了满地 在心里清晰
你不知道我为什么狠下心
盘旋在你看不见的高空里
多的是 你不知道的事

蝴蝶眨几次眼睛 才学会飞行
夜空洒满了星星 但几颗会落地
我飞行 但你坠落之际
很靠近 还听见呼吸
对不起 我却没捉紧你

你不知道我为什么离开你
我坚持不能说放任你哭泣
你的泪滴像 倾盆大雨
碎了满地 在心里清晰
你不知道我为什么狠下心
盘旋在你看不见的高空里
多的是 你不知道的事

我飞行 但你坠落之际

你不知道我为什么离开你
我坚持不能说放任你哭泣
你的泪滴像 倾盆大雨
碎了满地 在心里清晰
你不知道我为什么狠下心
盘旋在你看不见的高空里
多的是 你不知道的事

:D

before i start, i would like to thank my pa, ronald lee and chen zhong for what they have done. it's the small things which they did made me feel really happy last week and i'm fortunate to have them around. thus, this blog post is dedicated to the 3 of them and many of the nice people around me.

i got into a minor incident last sat when driving. accidentally 'scratched' my dad's car against an electricity box on the wall of michael's house. it's more like came in contact with the box rather than scratch. some white marks were left on the sidedoor. i was shocked by then and of course, super worried too. by the time i reached home, it was aroudn 3+am. my dad woke up and i told him about the incident. he seemed ok and asked me to go sleep 1st. however, i couldnt sleep at all la. when he was about to leave house for work at about 5+am, i came out from my room, wanting to go down to the carpark with him to show him the white marks and explain what exactly happened. again, he asked me to go sleep. i did sleep a little until he called later in the morning. he said something like '不用担心. 那些白白的痕迹我polish一下就不见了啦. ok? (dont worry. those white markings will be gone if i polish a bit. ok?) '. i heaved a sigh of relief uponing hearing this. i guess he knew that i was more worried than him about the incident and couldnt sleep and so he called to assure that it's not of a big problem. so nice of him to make a call back to me uh. last monday night before leaving house, he still asked if i want to drive to saf ferry terminal and encouraged me to drive despite of the small mistake i made on sat. i still thought he will not let me drive. in the end, i didnt drive la as i'm still a bit scared. hahaha.

ronald lee is my cousin. he's now a recruit going through his BMT phase. he had his fieldcamp 2 weeks ago. normally, parents will be given a letter with an envolope. it's for them to pen down words of encouragement so that the letter can be give to the recruit during their toughest part of the BMT phase, which is the fieldcamp. having received the letter, the recruits might be given time for them to write back to their loved ones and surprisingly, i was one of the loved ones. i didnt expect that ronald would wrote a letter to me. it was written on 9th dec, during his fieldcamp. although it's a simple letter with a bit of camo patches, i was super happy when i received it. really glad to know that my cousin still think of me during the tough time and that he's doing good. yes, a few more weeks to your graduation parade and i'll be there to watch you pass out from BMT. however, there's something else i looking forward to too, which is breakfast @ chongpang tmr morning with you. yeah.

mah chen zhong, aka 'mah' and that's how we usually call him. it's kind of rude to call someone just by his surname uh, but chen zhong is someone who's easy going and doesnt mind people calling him by his surname (anyway, i'll try to change and call you chen zhong). haha. chen zhong booked in one night (last tuesday night if i'm not wrong) and placed a photo of me on my bed near the pillow. i was already sleeping by then. i woke up only when my face came in contact with the photo. in the dark, i held the photo up and tried to see who's in it. it turned out to be a photo of me taken by chen zhong with some writings on the other side, like a christmas card. very sweet of him to take the effort to make something like this. thank you chen zhong! looking forward to the cycling session with you and zahir on mon!

42.195km?

the big day started when i woke up at 0220h on sun morning. lejun came over for breakfast. dad then drove us to yishun stadium where the chartered bus pick-up point was. the bus driver went 2 rounds around orchard and didnt know where to drop us. the bus uncle stopped only when some of those sitting at the front requested the driver to stop. queued up for a while to deposit our bags. started the run at about 0524h. dazzling christmas lights in Orchard Road plus the many christmas trees. cool siol. we started quite slow. about 7+ mins per km.

long 18km along east coast park, from the 12th km onwards until 30th km mark. super boring. drank water for the 1st time at the 18th km mark. lost sight of lejun at about 20th or 21st km u-turn point. he lagged behind due to muscle strain i guess. ran alone for a while until zhiyi called me from behind. last time i saw him was during army half marathon. this time finally got the chance to talk to him. we walked and chatted at the same time. met several familiar faces at the event too. michael koh, jia da, jonathan chung, jun liang, WO chandran, vince...

started running again when i was about out from the park. the weather was super hot when i was at the stretch along marina bay golf course and across marina reservior. not much shelter. went past marina barrage and marina bay sands too. the 36+, 37th km to 38th km was a killer. the long upslope along East Coast Parkway killed almost everyone. we were all walking. hahaha. i was super tired already la, then this upslope popped out. walked until the top and slowly jogged down again. 40km onwards i still slowly jogging, cant run fast. experienced tightness in my calves whenever i tried to speed up for the last part. passed the finish line when the gun time was 6h 19m. total time i took for the marathon is 5h 55m. slightly slower than last year's timings.

collected the finisher items (a medal and a finisher tee) and sat down to rest for a while. asked one of the volunteers where to collect my bags. she answered, 'it's at the F1 pit. just walk down along the stretch of toilet...' i just replied an 'orh. thanks!' i thought about it again and realised that the F1 pit is quite far away from padang, probably 1 to 2 km away! they should have set the baggage collection point nearer lo. organisation of this year's marathon wasnt as good as last year. a lot of people walking to the F1 pit to collect their bags were complaining (click here to see what some of them have to say). alright. well done, runners. we are finishers of 44.195km (42.195km for the marathon + 2km to collect bags from F1 pit)!

Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they’re not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying

She’s so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And it's so, it's so
Sad to think she don’t see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say

When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

Her lips, her lips
I could kiss them all day if she’d let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think it's so sexy

She’s so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change
If perfect is what you’re searching for
Then just stay the same

So don’t even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say

When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

051210, the big day

my 3rd and also the last fieldcamp for the 04/10 batch of recruits was finally over! it rained almost every day last week. things didnt go very smoothly though. i dont understand why some people just like to find faults in others and publicise them. horrible people. slept at the urban ops area on thursday night. was looking at the many many stars and thinking about the past 1½ years. emo siol. left only about 2 more months to ORD and i'm still feeling a bit lost. haiya.

tmr is the standchart marathon lo. the weather is a little gloomy now uh. please rain as heavy as possible today and hopefully the weather for tmr will be good. haha. tonight i'll be sleeping super early at 8pm. have to wake up at about 2++am later to take the chartered bus @ 3-3.30am to orchard road as this year's full marathon start point is there. half marrathon's start point is along sentosa gateway and the half marathoners will be running around sentosa as part of their race route! 1st time sentosa is part of the race route. haha. good weather tmr pleaseeee.

try this. we were playing this during fieldcamp and some couldnt see the pattern while some took slightly longer to see it. if...

1+1=3
4+1=4
1+3=4
5+1=3

2-2=4
8-2=3
6-4=3
11-6=4

3.3=4
3.4=6
2.5=3
3.5=7

what is 5-2? have fun. answer will be revealed on christmas eve.

northern explorer PCN

managed to wake up early to go for a run on mon morning before it started raining. managed to finish 6km only. was planning to run further but i felt pain on my left knee. anyway, there's a newly completed 25km Northern Explorer Park Connector Network! shall squeeze one day out from my busy schedule to explore this completed PCN. the map can be found here. haha. i have been visiting togoparts every day to look at road bikes. those expensive bikes are super cool sia.

tues was NCC live range day 1. everything was still ok until it started raining at about 3+, just before the team shoot was about to begin. it was cancelled and will be carried out tmr. this probably means that tmr will end a little later. hopefully everything will run smoothly tmr.

still contemplating whether to register for the sundown marathon 2011. 65$ to 'SLEEP CAN WAIT. Beat the sunrise'. haha. a little expensive uh. the ultramarathon is now 100km instead of the previous 84km. hmm. maybe i finish standchart2010 1st then see how. but for now, sleep can no longer wait as i have to wake up at 6am tmr to beat the sunrise. hahahahaha.

square

the square of an odd will always be odd and the square of an even is always even.

you better run run run run...

and so E coy fieldcamp ended. i guess the next time i see the recruits in my section will be during their graduation parade. Although it was just a short few days of interaction with the recruits from A and E coy, i made an effort to know more about them besides just teaching them what they need to know. sometimes, i just wish that i can spend more time with my recruits and get to know them better, rather than to just teach and go. haiz. thinking back, i have taken 5 batches of recruits already. L, C, F, A and E. few weeks later will be my 6th batch le, F coy. raja, a recruit from my 3rd batch was talking to me on fb just now. i still remembered he was the one who cant shoot well during his recruit days. felt really happy for him when he was telling me that he obtained marksman for his 1st year shoot. congrats! it's really nice to know that my recruits still remember you even though graduated long ago.

next mon going for my dental appointment @ ktph. as for tues, thurs and fri, i'll be attached out to assist in the NCC live range @ neesoon camp. praying that the range will end early for each day and not drag until very late. haha. sat will be back in tekong to conduct lesson. 20 more days to SCmarathon. i need to start running, but it has been raining recently. the last time i ran was the nike city 10k run. 'you better run run run run...' (run bear bear run)

festival of lights

happy deepavali to all! just completed A coy's 4-day fieldcamp on thursday. fieldcamp site was full of mosquitoes. next fieldcamp will be the one for E coy which starts next mon and ends on sat. talking about sat, i drove to jalan kayu for supper last sat night. what's so special was that i drove on my own, without the supervision of my pa. it has been 1year 5months since i passed my driving test and pa finally agreed to let me drive alone. i guess this means that i will be going out for supper quite often. haha. was looking at ukulele this afternoon. came across this cute website - ukulele hunt. the more i see, the more i feel like getting one. Lanikai LU-21 Soprano Ukulele! hahaha. alright. ma asking me to go drink soup. shall end here.

77 days left.

明天会更好 - 群星

明天会更好 - 群星 (video)

轻轻敲醒沉睡的心灵
慢慢张开你的眼睛
看看忙碌的世界
是否依然孤独的转个不停
春风不解风情
吹动少年的心
让昨日脸上的泪痕
随记忆风干了

抬头寻找天空的翅膀
候鸟出现它的影迹
带来远处的饥荒
无情的战火依然存在的消息
玉山白雪飘零
燃烧少年的心
使真情溶化成音符
倾诉遥远的祝福

唱出你的热情
伸出你的双手
让我拥抱着你的梦
让我拥有你真心的面孔
让我们的笑容
充满着青春的骄傲
为明天献出虔诚的祈祷

谁能不顾自己的家园
抛开记忆中的童年
谁能忍心看那昨日的忧愁
带走我们的笑容
青春不解红尘
胭脂沾染了灰
让久违不见的泪水
滋润了你的面容

唱出你的热情
伸出你的双手
让我拥抱着你的梦
让我拥有你真心的面孔
让我们的笑容
充满着青春的骄傲
为明天献出虔诚的祈祷
轻轻敲醒沉睡的心灵

慢慢张开你的眼睛
看看忙碌的世界
是否依然孤独的转个不停
日出唤醒清晨
大地光彩重生
让和风拂出的音响
谱成生命的乐章

唱出你的热情
伸出你的双手
让我拥抱着你的梦
让我拥有你真心的面孔
让我们的笑容
充满着青春的骄傲
让我们期待着明天会更好

ukulele!

i dont know what to say. hope that everything will be fine for all after some shouting. maybe it's better to let out what you kept in your heart or mind for some time. i really hope we are still ONE team. alright. i'm tired. let's watch some videos to cheer everyone up.

I'm Yours(ukulele) - Super funny. 'got to scratch my nose'. watch it and you will know why. Do watch his other videos as well. talented kid.

Hey Jude - berrar berrar berrar berrar BERRAR AHHHHHH. zai. he can remember the lyrics.

kids are bundles of joy. arent they cute? haha.

wisdom tooth

khoo teck puat hospital. nice environment. it seems less crowded than other hospital like ttsh. saw students studying at ktph too. lol. the staff at the dental centre located at the sixth floor was very helpful and friendly. i guess i'm not going for the free minor surgery to extract my wisdom teeth since they are not out yet and only one is out by a little bit only. they are not causing any problem yet. met thomas and his dad. he (i mean thomas, not his dad) was extracting his wisdom teeth. booked another appointment on 15 nov to polish my teeth. was a little disappointed that it wont be covered by saf. hahaha. no need to book in tonight. yay! tmr is my off day.

october

havent been here for a long time. i slept throughout the whole of september. 'wake me up when september ends'. HAHAHA. alright. that's all for now. i'm really tired. shall go sleep already. dental appointment @ khoo teck puat hospital tmr morning.

sweet 16

ran 16km on friday to train for army half marathon which is two weeks away from now. enjoyed the morning run. 1st 8km was slow and steady, with nicholas and weizhou by my side. we talked while running and even sang. went a little faster after that. hopefully can complete the full 21km under 2h on 12sep.

went to simlim with few of my bunk mates yesterday to see see look look around. i'm still thinking whether to get an external hard drive. probably i'll be going to the comex show next weekend. visited the army market @ beach road too. came back to yishun and went for a hair cut.

went back to bugis today. -.- sing song session @ top one ktv with bernard, hongkai and justin. just reached home not long ago. shall go have my dinner now. booking in later lo! haha.

things to do next week:
1. cycle to MacRitchie
2. visit Comex show

tiring week

it rained for the last 5 days when we were out for fieldcamp. this fieldcamp was much better than the previous one with the other coy. overall, things went smoothly. had a night mission on friday morning at 0240. the mission was to plan a bomb (which is an alarm clock) at the enemy's harbour site. i had 3 recruits following me. it was quite tough. the harbour area was well guarded with patrolling team and also sentries. the misson wasnt successful. anyway, it was quite fun although we were super tired.

Freestyler - Bomfunk MC's

heard this song when i was in bali @ MAMA'S German Restaurant. a song which brings back memories when i was in anderson sec. a song which all andersonians know.

Freestyler - Bomfunk MC's

Freestyler...rock the microphone
Straight from the top of my dome
Freestyler...rock the microphone
Carry on with the freestyler

I gotz to fiction to throw on
And go on, you know i gotz to flow on
Select us on ya radio play us
'Cause we're friendly for ozone
But that's not all so hold on
Tight, as I rock the mic right
Oh.. excuse me, pardon
As I syncronize with the analyzed
Upcomin' vibes the session,
Let there be a lession, question
You carry protection
Or will your heart go on
Like Celine Dion - Karma Chameleon

straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

(Scratches)

Styles, steelos, we bring many kilos
So you could pick yours, from the various
Ambitious, nutrious, delicious, delirious
Or vicious, just tell us
We deliver anything from accappellas
To propellers, suckers get jealous
But their soft like marshmellows
you know they can't handle us
like debbie does dallas
Yeah, we come scandalous so who tha f***
Is alice, is she from buckinham palace?

straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

Freestyler...rock the microphone
Straight from the top of my dome
Freestyler...rock the microphone
Carry on with the freestyler

straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

happy 45th birthday singapore!

back from the beautiful island of taksi and mushroom weeks ago. haha. those who have been to bali will understand why taksi and mushroom. a great place for holiday though. stayed at home for one week+ since last sat because of hand food mouth disease. -.- went out just now to catch 'street dance'. it's not bad, but 'step up' is nicer i guess. anyway, it's 9th aug. so...

HAPPY 45TH BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

byebye tekong. hello bali!

another loooong break until 25th july. will be going to bali on wed. yay! this trip wasnt well planned. aiya. enough about the planning process. it was totally screwed up. anyway, hope that the 6 of us who are going will enjoy ourselves during the 4 days over at bali.

finished watching mall cop yesterday and karate kid just now. probably will go hunt for a Bali travel guide tmr though i read up a little on bali and took down some notes. i just dont feel safe without a travel guidebook. hahah. but first, i shall look for some nice movies to watch. yeah.

byebye tekong. hello ubin.

long break. clearing off and leave at the moment. booked out last thurs afternoon. went to ubin on sat with my cousins. $2.50 one-way boat ride, $10 bike rental fee. it's durian season. so there are a lot of durians hanging on the trees and everyone is waiting for them to drop. durian lovers who want to have a durian buffet can pay $5 for two-way trip to ubin for the feast. a good deal.

met up with lejun and bernard on sun. went jalan jalan at simlim and bugis. took a train down to buona vista in the later afternoon to meet sme team mates. bbq at ethan's house. something funny, or rather embarrassing happened while on my way down to buona vista. i was on the train watching 'drag me to hell'. there was this scene near the beginning which took place at the carpark, with the mysterious old lady's handkerchief floating around. then came a sudden pop-up of the handkerchief. LOL. that scene made me jump. most people facing me saw me jump up. so embarrassing la. i guess some tried to tahan not to laugh out lo. heck la. i continued the ride but watched 500 days of summer instead. moral of the story: never ever watch horror film on public transport.

bbq turned out well. just that we ordered a little too much food. haha. only a few of us stayed back to watch world cup final. left at 5.30am and back to home to sleep. had dinner with ronald at northpoint last night. i've been going out everyday. finally can stay home for today and tmr. shall tidy up my room later. maybe a run tmr morning, provided that the weather is good and i can wake up early. haha.

孤单心事 - 蓝又时

孤单心事 - 蓝又时

雨下在我窗前
玻璃也在流眼泪
街上的人都看起来
比我幸福一点

用寂寞来测验
还是最想要你陪
曾一起走过的夏天
我常常会梦见

我猜不到你真正的感觉
思念写成脸上的黑眼圈
有的时候我宁愿
你对我坏一点
无法停止幻想
我们的永远

爱你是孤单的心事
不懂你微笑的意思
只能像一朵向日葵
在夜里默默的坚持

爱你是孤单的心事
多希望你对我诚实
一直爱着你
用我自己的方式

我在你的心里
有没有一点特别
就怕你终究没发现
我还是在你身边

我猜不到你真正的感觉
思念写成脸上的黑眼圈
有的时候我宁愿
你对我坏一点
无法停止幻想
我们的永远

爱你是孤单的心事
不懂你微笑的意思
只能像一朵向日葵
在夜里默默的坚持

爱你是孤单的心事
多希望你对我诚实
一直爱着你
用我自己的方式

爱你是孤单的心事
不懂你微笑的意思
只能像一朵向日葵
在夜里默默的坚持

爱你是孤单的心事
多希望你对我诚实
一直爱着你
用我自己的方式

brooks

nice shoes.

Brooks Racer ST4

Brooks T6 Racer

duties

i came home this morning. booking out on a book-in day. did COS duty yesterday. more duties coming my way next week. haha. took part in the National Runway Cycling & Skating 2010 at paya lebar air base. had off last monday. went out with bernard to get spray paint. we went to beach road army market to find. lol. we ended up eating ah balling tangyuan @ golden mile food centre. a must-try peanut soup tangyuan with fillings like red bean, peanut, black sesame, yam and also green tea.

last fri was my last day in f coy as a section commander. a little sad to leave the coy because of the recruits and most of the nice commanders. but no worries, i'll see them around on the beautiful island of pulau tekong. haha. finally finished reading 'the last song' by nicholas sparks which i borrowed from nicholas goh. hopefully can get a nice book during my next nights out.

Waving Flag (FIFA world cup 2010 official anthem) - K'naan

Waving Flag (FIFA world cup 2010 official anthem) - K'naan

Ooooooooh Wooooooooh... Ooooooooh Wooooooooh...

Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the street our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibiton
Celebration, it's around us, every nation, all around us

Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of the day

We all say

When i get older, i will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes...

When i get older, i will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes...

Ooooooooh Wooooooooh... Ooooooooh Wooooooooh...

Give you freedom, give you fire, give you reason, take you higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the street our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibition
Celebration, it's around us, every nation, all around us

Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game
And together at the end of day

We all say

When i get older, i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes...

When i get older, i will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes...

Ooooooooh Wooooooooh... Ooooooooh Wooooooooh...

We all say

When i get older, i will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes...

When i get older, i will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a waving flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes...

Ooooooooh Wooooooooh... Ooooooooh Wooooooooh...
And everybody will be singing it
Ooooooooh Wooooooooh... Ooooooooh Wooooooooh....
And we all will be singing it

home sweet home

i'm finally home. had off today. had been in camp for 2 weeks plus due to recruits' 2 week confinement. went out to cut hair in the late morning and slacked at home. booking in later at night as i'm having duty tmr. will be out again on sat. there's National Runway Cycling & Skating 2010 on sun. 45km cycling. wooo!

today is 17june. one year ago, i received my driving licence. one year already! no need to display triangular plate anymore! haha.

It's the same as always. Nothing has changed.

message in a bottle

i finished this book last week. borrowed it from my bed buddy, nicholas goh taeyeon. LOL. it's super nice. very touching. a must-read book!

past 2 weeks

spent last sat and today at the same place. east coast park. last sat was passion run. the route was a little boring as some parts of it were repeated. my timing a bit slow. could have gone faster a little. felt super tired during and after the run. honestly speaking, i enjoyed last year's standard chartered marathon more than this run. probably because i last min kenna arrowed (while on my way to ecp) to do duty on sun (230510). haha. nevertheless, it's still a good experience.

went cycling with bernard, justin and hongkai today. started from pasir ris park. followed the park connecter. passed by changi village, east coast park, siglap, bedok, tampines and back to pasir ris. took quite a number of photos. uploaded them on facebook already. alright. shall end here.

squarish day

went to amk kpool with bernard, justin and hongkai. had lunch before justin left as he had to book in this evening. headed to novena to collect the race pack for the passion run 2010. novena is a squarish area, with novena square, square 2 and also united square. LOL. frappuccino @ starbucks and then took 851 back to yishun.

[Sunday, 12 Sep 2010] SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon 2010
[Sunday, 05 Dec 2010] Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) 2010

Can You Hear Me? (들리나요) - Tae Yeon (태연)

korean drama. Beethoven Virus.

Can You Hear Me? (들리나요) - Tae Yeon (태연)

조금만 아파도 눈물나요
jogeumman apado nunmullayo
가슴이 소리쳐요
gaseumi sorichyeoyo
그대 앞을 그대 곁을 지나면
geudae apeul geudae gyeoteul jinamyeon
온통 세상이 그대인데
ontong sesangi geudaeinde
그대만 그리는데
geudaeman geurineunde
그대 앞에선 숨을 죽여요
geudae apeseon sumeul jugyeoyo

내게 그대가 인연이 아닌 것처럼
naege geudaega inyeoni anin geotcheoreom
그저 스치는 순간인 것처럼
geujeo seuchineun sunganin geotcheoreom
쉽게 날 지나치는 그대 곁에
swipge nal jinachineun geudae gyeote
또 다가가 한 걸음조차
tto dagaga han georeumjocha
채 뗄 수 없을지라도
chae ttel su eobseuljirado

서성이게 해 눈물짓게 해..
seoseongige hae nunmuljitge hae..
바보처럼 아이처럼
babocheoreom aicheoreom
차라리 그냥 웃어버려
charari geunyang useobeoryeo

점점 다가 설수록
jeomjeom daga seolsurok
자꾸 겁이 나지만
jakku geobi najiman
이 사랑은 멈출 수가 없나봐
i sarangeun meomchul suga eomnabwa

왜 내 사랑만 더딘거죠
wae nae sarangman deodingeojyo
내 사랑만 힘들죠
nae sarangman himdeuljyo
그대 앞에 그대 곁에 있어도
geudae ape geudae gyeote isseodo
온통 세상이 그대인데
ontong sesangi geudaeinde
그대만 보이는데
geudaeman boineunde
그대 앞에선 난 먼 곳만 봐요
geudae apeseon nan meon gotman bwayo

내게 그대가 꼭 마지막 인 것처럼
naege geudaega kkok majimak in geotcheoreom
내게 마지막 순간인 것처럼
naege majimak sunganin geotcheoreom
쉽게 날 지나치는 그대 곁에
swipge nal jinachineun geudae gyeote
또 다가가 한걸음 조차
tto dagaga hangeoreum jocha
채 뗄 수 없을지라도
chae ttel su eobseuljirado

서성이게 해 눈물짓게 해
seoseongige hae nunmuljitge hae
바보처럼 아이처럼 차라리 그냥 웃어버려
babocheoreom aicheoreom charari geunyang useobeoryeo
점점 다가 설수록 자꾸 겁이 나지만
jeomjeom daga seolsurok jakku geobi najiman
이 사랑은 멈출 수가 없나봐
i sarangeun meomchul suga eomnabwa

먼 발치서 나 잠시라도
meon balchiseo na jamsirado
그대 바라볼 수 있어도
geudae barabol su isseodo
그게 사랑이죠
geuge sarangijyo

혹시 이 기다림이 이 그리움이
hoksi i gidarimi i geuriumi
닿을 때면 들릴 때면
daheul ttaemyeon deullil ttaemyeon
차라리 모른 척 해줘요
charari moreun cheok haejwoyo
그대에게 갈수록 자꾸 겁이 나지만
geudaeege galsurok jakku geobi najiman
이 사랑은 멈출 수가 없네요
i sarangeun meomchul suga eomneyo

English translation

Even slight pains make me teary.
My heart cries out.
When I pass by you,
you are the whole world,
I dream of you only.
Yet, in front of you, I hold my breath.

As if you and I aren’t meant to be,
as if it’s merely a passing moment,
you pass by me so casually.
But I can’t go near you,
can’t even take a step forward.

You make me hang around you.
You make me cry.
Like an idiot, like a child
I rather laugh it off.

The closer I go to you,
the more scared I get.
Yet, this love cannot be stopped.
Why is it that my love is so slow to come?
Why is it that my love is so hard to get?
Even when I’m by your side,
you are the whole world,
all I can see is you,
yet, in front of you, I can only stare into the distance.

As if you and I are done,
As if this is the last moment,
you pass by me so casually.
But I can’t go near you,
can’t even take a step forward.

You make me hang around you.
You make me cry.
Like an idiot, like a child,
I rather laugh it off.

The closer I go to you,
the more scared I get.
Yet, this love cannot be stopped.

From far away,
only for a moment,
if I can only gaze at you,
that is love.

When this waiting and longing somehow
reach you and you hear them,
just pretend nothing happened.

The closer I go to you,
the more scared I get.
Yet, this love cannot be stopped.

*Korean lyrics adapted from http://flyingcrispi.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/tae-yeon-%ED%83%9C%EC%97%B0-can-you-hear-me-%EB%93%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%82%98%EC%9A%94-original-lyrics-romanized-lyrics/

*English translation of Can You Hear Me by Dr. Song (comment no. 17) @ http://flyingcrispi.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/tae-yeon-%ED%83%9C%EC%97%B0-can-you-hear-me-%EB%93%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%82%98%EC%9A%94-original-lyrics-romanized-lyrics/

Ip Man 2

life's getting hectic. sudden unexpected changes take place all the time. haiya. experiencing lower back ache since yesterday. dont know how come aching leh. watched Ip Man 2 on wed. awesome! got this urge to go shopping. i want to get a pair of earphones, a pair of shoes (maybe crocs! haha.), badminton racket, a polo tee... boring sat afternoon. nothing to do. shall go read street directory. LOL.

the true kungfu master

i was watching some videos about parkour, aka free running. then i moved on to some kungfu videos about qigong. came across this amazing shifu demostrating qigong. a must-watch video! dont forget to watch his video on drunken style.

all i ever wanted

kelly clarkson's reading my blog? hahaha. 251009, i posted this. i think she read it and decided to come to singapore. lol. Kelly Clarkson 'All I Ever Wanted' tour. 27apr, tues. 8pm @ singapore indoor stadium. TUESDAY?!? arghhhh! how to go la! alamak. should have added 'can you hold your concert on a saturday please?' in the note la. 'all i ever wanted' is to go for this 'all i ever wanted' concert la. haiya.

突然好想你 - 五月天

突然好想你 - 五月天

最怕空气突然安静
最怕朋友突然的关心
最怕回忆突然翻滚
绞痛着不平息
最怕突然听到你的消息

想念如果会有声音
不愿那是悲伤的哭泣
事到如今
终于让自已属于我自已
只剩眼泪还骗不过自己

突然好想你
你会在哪里
过得快乐或委屈
突然好想你
突然锋利的回忆
突然模糊的眼睛

我们像一首最美丽的歌曲
变成两部悲伤的电影
为什么你
带我走过最难忘的旅行
然后留下最痛的纪念品

我们那么甜 那么美
那么相信
那么疯 那么热烈的曾经
为何我们
还是要奔向各自的幸福
和遗憾中老去

突然好想你
你会在哪里
过得快乐或委屈
突然好想你
突然锋利的回忆
突然模糊的眼睛

最怕空气突然安静
最怕朋友突然的关心
最怕回忆突然翻滚
绞痛着不平息
最怕突然听到你的消息

最怕此生已经决定自己过
没有你却又突然
听到你的消息

no need to book in!

BOOK IN

it's sunday, but no need to book in! YAY! on off for the rest of the week until 18apr! 爽! went shopping with ronald today. bought some clothes. will be having dinner with my recruits @ 15 minutes in lasalle college tmr. wed going for night cycling! weeeee.

Qingming Festival (清明节)

had a gathering with my bmt friends yesterday. we played badminton at tampines sports hall. so long since i last picked up my badminton racket to play. went to catch clash of the titans at the cinema after that. honestly speaking, it wasnt as nice as i thought. but still, not bad la. stayed home today. supposed to go 扫墓, paying respects to your loved ones who have deceased. but it rained the whole day since yesterday. in the end, i slept through my afternoon. must be the weather la, too nice for sleeping le. haha.

清明时节雨纷纷，
路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有？
牧童遥指杏花村。

i've always liked 清明节. it's a time when you can see families getting together, going to the cemetery to 扫墓. although your loved ones may have already passed away, they will always be remembered by their family members.

清明节习俗、诗词欣赏

time to rest

i'm home. came back yesterday evening. was having a fever back in camp. temp went up to 39.3. didnt manage to attend sports day and also recruits' evening, which is taking place now i guess. haiya.

If We Ever Meet Again (feat. Katy Perry) - Timbaland

If We Ever Meet Again (feat. Katy Perry) - Timbaland

What's somebody like you,
doing in a place like this?
Say did you come alone,
or did you bring all your friends?
Say what's your name, what you drinkin,
I think I know what you're thinking.
Baby what's your sign?
Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine.
Say what's somebody like you,
doing in a place like this?
(1, 2, 3, come on!)

I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)
Won't let you get away (say if we ever meet again)
This freefall (ahh), got me so (ohh), kiss me all night
Don't ever let me go.
I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)
Oohh, oohh say if we ever meet again

Do you come here much?
I swear Ive seen your face before. (beforeee, yeah)
Hope you don't see me blush,
but I can't help but want you more, more.
Baby tell me whats your story,
I ain't shy and don't you worry.
I'm flirting with my eyes, wanna leave with you tonight.
Do you come here much?
I gotta see your face some more.
Some more cause baby I,

I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)
Won't let you get away (say if we ever meet again)
This freefall (ahh), got me so (ohh), kiss me all night
Don't ever let me go.
I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)

If we ever meet again,
I'll have so much more to say. (if we ever meet again)
If we ever meet again,
I won't let you go away. (if we ever meet again)
If we ever, ever meet again,
I'll have so much more to say. (if we ever meet again)
If we ever, ever meet again,
I won't let you go away.

I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)
Won't let you get away (say if we ever meet again)
This freefall (ahh), got me so (ohh), kiss me all night
Don't ever let me go.
I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)

I'll never be the same (if we ever meet again)
Won't let you get away (said if we ever meet again)
This freefall (ahh), got me so (ohh), kiss me all night
Don't ever let me go.
I'll never be the same (say if we ever meet again)

20 years old

i turned 20 last tues. a big thank you to everyone for the bday wishes via smses and fb. really appreciated it. booked out on fri. finally, after 2 weeks. haha. march is coming to an end. apr's coming. biaoge's 21st bday coming. wondering what i should get for him. probably a big angbao. big angbao refers to the size of the angbao? hahaha. LOL. i started playing a new fb game called ghost trappers. something similar to mousehunt, just that it's about catching ghost. hehe. alright. i'm going out for early dinner soon though i'm feeling a little unwell. that's all for now.

coming up next week: games day + recruits' evening. nice!

zoo

went to yishun student service centre yesterday. my mentee started on his project. went to popular to get the materials he needed before going to yss. guided helped him along. shall take a photo of our product once it's done. one of the kids pulled my sixth finger and i started to feel a little painful after i reached home. haha. shall never let any kid touch my finger again. lol. went jogging with bernard in the evening. we ran to zoo.

today is short. the time passed pretty fast. besides signing up for the passion run 2010, i did nothing much. booking in soon le. it's a looooong week ahead. will be out in the field with the recruits as it's their 1st fieldcamp. i have written down a list of things i must do next weekend. shall end here.

:(

booked out early this morning with the recruits as they were going back to their school to collect their Alevel results. guessed they must be feeling the same way as i did before. biaoge flew to vietnam lo. hope that he's enjoying himself over there right now. haha. he will be back on 9mar while meimei will be going to new zealand on that day. as for me, i'll be going back out of singapore too. back to pulau tekong la. hahaha. sian. alright. i shall go read my book 'starting over' now since i have the time. on the cover page, it's written 'how many chances do you have to get it right?'. how many uh? lol. must finish it by sunday.

1 year had passed. still the same troubled feelings. there's not much time left. 怎么办?

ZzZzZz

i slept through my weekend. felt weak and dizzy. didnt know that cough and flu can be so bad. must be partly because of the stupidly hot weather. i feel so sticky even when i'm doing nothing much. haha. booking-in later in the evening with the recruits. siansian. my weekend just slipped away. ZzZzZz...

Stay The Same - Joey Mcintyre

everyone is unique. what makes you different makes you beautiful.

Stay The Same - Joey Mcintyre

Don't you ever wish
You were someone else,
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly.

Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are.
When you learn to love yourself,
You're better off by far.

And I hope you always stay the same,
Cause there's nothing 'bout you
I would change.

I think that you could be
Whatever you wanted to be
If you could realize,
All the dreams you have inside.

Don't be afraid
If you've got something to say,
Just open up your heart
And let it show you the way.

Don't you ever wish
You were someone else,
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly.

Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are.
When you learn to love yourself,
You're better off by far.

And I hope you always stay the same,
Cause there's nothing 'bout you
I would change.

Believe in yourself.
Reach down inside.
The love you find will set you free.

Believe in yourself,
You will come alive.
Have faith in what you do.
You'll make it through.

Don't you ever wish
You were someone else,
You were meant to be
The way you are exactly.

Don't you ever say
You don't like the way you are.
When you learn to love yourself,
You're better off by far.

And I hope you always stay the same,
Cause there's nothing 'bout you
I would change.

人日

today is the seventh day of the first month on the lunar calendar. it is also know as 人日 (renri), which means common man’s birthday and everyone grows one year older on this day. to celebrate renri, people usually eat dishes such as yusheng (鱼生), aka lo hei in cantonese. happy 人日 and happy birthday to all! haha.

starting over

i booked out early at noon today. life's starting to get exciting. haha. went to tampines times bookshop to looking for a book called Starting Over. have been looking for it for some time, but couldnt find it. finally bought it from San Bookshop. nicenice. bed + music + book. shuang! haha.

happy chinese new year + valentine's day

was in camp for the past 2 weeks. attached to l coy as section commander. life's getting busy. everyday is 早出晚归. wake up very early in the morning and reach bunk late at late. alright. enough of army stuff. today is chinese new year. nicenice. had steamboat for reunion dinner yesterday. went to visit my grandma before going to my maternal grandparents' house to 拜年. tmr will be 拜年ing too, which means more angbaos! hahaha. ohh, it's valentines day too! wishing everyone happy cny and happy valentines! may the year of tiger brings you good health, joy, happiness and love! 新年快乐 once again!

小星星 - 王心凌

小星星 - 王心凌

城市里 小星星 稀疏的 亮晶晶
太多光 吃掉他们的身影
就像我 爱上你 隐没在 灯海里
你眼中 只看繁华的夜景

我的爱藏在你的 背影里
像渺小却坚定的 恒星

天黑的时候 我远远陪着你
再小的闪烁 也努力放光明
当有天我在夜空里面 偶尔被发现
希望我眨眼 能感动你视线

想把小星星 排成爱的图形
为你的天空 点缀一些惊奇
即使像流星一闪而过 寂寞也情愿
不求你看见 只想为你发光永远

雨天里 小星星 孤单的 湿淋淋
你躲在 有人陪伴的伞底
就像我 总被你 遗忘在 晴空里
月光下 才有机会想念你

我的爱藏在你的 背影里
像渺小却坚定的 恒星

天黑的时候 我远远陪着你
再小的闪烁 也努力放光明
当有天我在夜空里面 偶尔被发现
希望我眨眼 能感动你视线

想把小星星 排成爱的图形
为你的天空 点缀一些惊奇
即使像流星一闪而过 寂寞也情愿
不求你看见 只想为你发光永远

天黑的时候 我远远陪着你
再小的闪烁 也努力放光明
当有天我在夜空里面 偶尔被发现
希望我眨眼 能感动你视线

想把小星星 排成爱的图形
为你的天空 点缀一些惊奇
即使像流星一闪而过 寂寞也情愿
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海派甜心

i finshed watching 桃花小妹 (momo love) last week. started watching 海派甜心 (hi my sweetheart). these 2 dramas are super funny. nicenice. supposed to meet lejun for a run in the morning today, but he overslept. hahaha. did nothing much today. went to cycle in the late afternoon.

chongpang, khatib camp, sembawang golf course, nee soon camp, upper thomson road, upper seletar reservoir (many many monkeys around), james cook university, bishan park, AMKhub, anderson sec, ajc, yck mrt station, lentor ave (along mrt track), yishun stadium, khatib mrt station, yishun mrt station and back home.

whole journey took around 2h++. went for a dinner yesterday night. grandma, fourth uncle and aunt were there. "二叔想念你啦!" grandma said this before leaving. hmm. cny coming le. all the relatives can get together again. yeah! i finished 2 more books. i attempted to read Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan, but couldnt finish it. it's just not the kind of book i want to read. haha. looking for more nice ones. any good books to recommend?

making a difference

i just went to play basketball with DT. who is DT? david tao (陶喆)? nono. DT is david tan, one of the students from yishun cdac shg. he was asking me to go play basketball in the morning. went back to cdac for a meeting last week. remembered wayne (yishun shg coordintor) mention smth about mentoring. he said that mentoring is not just about tutoring and teaching the kids, but also building relationship with them. sometimes it seems as if the volunteers are just teaching them for that few hours every sat and byebye then go home. however, some of the kids were asking if i'm going back this year to teach them on msn or fb and DT have been asking me out to play basketball. it does feels so good to be remembered by the children not only during that few hours every sat, doesnt it? yeah.

Close - Westlife

记忆里，那是第一次，但会不会也是最后一次？希望不是吧。

Close - Westlife

Across the miles
It's funny to me
How far you are but how
Near you seem to be
I could talk all night
Just to hear you breathe
I could spend my life
Just living this dream
You're all I'll ever need

You give me strength
You give me hope
You give me someone to love,
Someone to hold
When I'm in your arms
I need you to know
I've never been
I've never been this close

With all the loves
I used to know
I kept my distance
I never let go
But in your arms
I know I'm safe
'Cause I've never been held
And I've never been kissed in this way
Oh, you're all I'll ever need
You're all I'll ever need

You give me strength
You give me hope
You give me someone to love,
Someone to hold
When I'm in your arms
I need you to know
I've never been
I've never been this close

Close enough to see it's true
Close enough to trust in you
Closer now than any words can say
And when, when I'm in your arms,
I need you to know
I've never been
I've never been this close

You give me strength
You give me hope
You give me someone to love,
Someone to hold
When I'm in your arms
I need you to know
I've never been
I've never been
Oh, no, I swear,
I've never been
I've never been this close

first time

this is my first time going home on nights out! i missed home, and so i'm back. later have to go back to palau tekong again. haha. looking forward to this coming weekend. shopping with ronald. yeah.

BMTC gala

i woke up at 0600 this morning. made my way to jurong safra with aloysius. it's bmtc gala family day. activities such as water and land telematches were organised. the event lasted until 1330. went to jurong point to walk walk before heading home. went for a run just now. i guessed i around 10km. took 57mins 32seconds 51milliseconds. lol. enjoyed the run because i took a new route whihc i never tried before. nicenice. going watch momo love episode 11 now while dirnking slurpee. hmm. dont know why i'm not feeling hungry at all. shall have my dinner later.

in love, with reading

4jan to 8jan. this week seemed long and time passed very slowly. probably because there was nothing much to do in camp and we just stayed around waiting for the arrival of the weekend. i am falling in love, or rather have already fell in love with reading. read For One More Day by Mitch Albom on mon. i thought it would last me for the whole week, but i finished it within one day. -.- nights off on wed. i bought 8days. nicholas bought Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. borrowed the book from him. finished reading it just now. actually these two stories quite sad and emo. while reading, i would listen to 883jia fm. smsed dedications and the dj read out my messages. nicenice. haha. so dont be surprised if your names are being read out, anytime between 8pm to 12am during the weekdays. gonna find more books to read. yeah.

guitar hero

my guitar hero!

the missing paragraph

a brand new year, a brand new start. supposed to feel very excited and happy, but i'm not. feeling a little down.

2010

happy new year!