Glory To God In The Highest

Joy

2012-02-04T01:11:00.001+08:00

Cheeks rupture
Lungs shrivel
Abs Combust

Thanksgiving

2012-01-30T23:13:00.000+08:00

It was quite a day today!
The morning was well spent trying to find Godly inspiration for the song I'm writing. It really has been a while since I touched it again! Ever since a week after I got discharged.

Headed off to cityhall to meet Amanda for lunch and a little bit of shopping!

I think the highlight was the Precious Moments store, wait cancel that, Precious Thots.

I enjoyed the atmosphere in the little Christian store!

Shortly after, Kathy came and we went to the fountain to sit and chat! Oh boy I must admit I have not had such a fun going conversation in a really long time and I'm pretty sure it'd have pleased God to see His children enjoying fellowship with one another.

We had Chewy Juniors and parted ways!

Had this for dinner and it was super yummy! Squid, along with bakkutteh and chicken before heading down to visit my Godma and fetch my sister from NIE! (super dooper long drive)

A Day To Praise Him

2012-01-29T23:40:00.000+08:00

I went to watch a Kendo competition in SMU! First time watching and it was pretty cool! Though there was no space for spectators to sit; we had to sit on the ground like warriors ;=P

Met my church mate and her boyfriend who were Kendokas participating in the competition. Saw her sparring and shortly after headed off for a time of worship in NLBC!

Attended the youth service and off I went for lunch with ABBC, Act's Baptist peeps along with my cousin! We had lunch at Victor's Kitchen and the highlight was the explosive bun, I don't know what they call it but it was like a bun filled with egg along with condense milk that oozed out the rich sugary taste.

Headed for Rochor beancurd and back home to grab my emergency charger before rushing down to Harbourfront MRT to meet NLBC peeps for dinner!

I was early and after they arrived, we had our dinner at Seah Im hawker centre! Found out more about the guys I was seated with and after dinner we parted ways! I stayed along with Amanda to go shopping before deciding we had to find a place to have a seat to plant our bottoms!

Had a deep conversation and time kind of flew! Whoa!

Baptist Youth Camp - Homebound!

2011-12-30T15:52:00.000+08:00

Day 4
Thank you session & phototaking! Managed to get some group shots and some discussion group shots. The bus journey back home was super fast! We had lunch at newton hawker centre and has stingray! My uncle came and sent us home! :)

Baptist Youth Camp Day 3 - MGS!

2011-12-29T23:16:00.000+08:00

Day 3

Got up for a run again. Last devotion & last session for the camp.

I find 4/3 a little short! This place is great to explore! It's so pleasant.
Did backups for my cousin.

Lunch and it followed by indoor games which took the whole afternoon. Had a break after that and I transferred photos & videos.

Played a bit of dotA with & had dinner. Talked to pastor Eric & it was a good conversation over dinner. His two sons are so cute!

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Had the Metal Gear Solid game and went around shooting photographs and videos. It was really tiring shooting at night with poor lighting because for some shots I had to keep going prone to hold a 5 second exposure. The photos came out how I wanted it to be though! Glad that I brought 3 batteries because I didn't really manage to charge them.

There was the clue game which involved stealth and evading of the guards, picture communication, plushie throwing in a rectangle, camera exposure and bomberman.

Met my brother's biking friend who joined us.

It went on again this time 2 big giant groups switched the activities they were doing and I managed to get some shots.

Location:Pulai Springs, Malaysia

Baptist Youth Camp - Day 2

2011-12-28T23:50:00.000+08:00

Day 2

Started out with a run at 7.15 to explore the place.

Had morning devotion at 8am and it was getting better with the quiet sort of Christian people. Had breakfast with them and headed off for session 2 and after that lunch! And games.

Went around taking photos and managed to get a few good shots.

Had to grab my laptop and transferred my photos and videos into the laptop. Got washed up and headed down for dinner.

Session 3 with discussion and then I found out that most of my bible study mates are 2nd generation Christians.
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Dear God,

I know that You are always with me, carrying me through my difficulties, I thank You for always being my God, my Saviour and my Friend. I want to pray that you will continue to speak to me about your plans, instill in me obedience to obey You on the plans that You have for me. Show me the bigger picture O Lord, in Your precious name I pray, Amen.

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Prayed as a group for a little while after everything ended and we waited for the debrief of the helpers to start worship practice.

It was okay I was kind of disappointed I didn't get to play the drums but hey, if God needs me in another department I'll go! Haha. And I'm going to do backups! :)

It's so difficult to take the leap of faith! :(

Location:Pulai Springs, Malaysia

Baptist Youth Camp - Journey to the North!

2011-12-27T02:15:00.000+08:00

Day 1

Travelling to Pulai Springs was kind of smooth!

Had breakfast with my cousin & church mate before leaving for the pickup point at Newton Hawker Centre.

Bus arrived pretty much a little late but we still managed to clear all immigration and go on our way to Pulai Spring Resort. The resort looked great with quite many photo taking opportunities. I'm hoping that I'd be able to take good shots and haul em' back safely.

The traveling time was quite fast! In about half an hour and we reached. Did some administrative things like collect shirts and we were pretty much split into groups to do ice-breakers.

Played for a little while before stepping out to guard the items because pastor left to check-in to their room.

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Gospel Undone: Session One
Gripped by the Gospel

Intention of God
Men did not discover their purpose
God's rule
•Purpose

God's Rules
•Meaning

Good life

God
Good standing
(Good relationships
Good person)
Good environment

The perversion of men

No rule-> purpose lost
No rules-> meaning lost
'Death'

God
Condemned
(conflicts
Corrupted)
Cursed
Ground

Losing a sense of purpose

The solution of Jesus Christ
I am the Way
The Truth
The Life

God
No more condemned
(conflicts
Less corrupted)
Cursed ground

God
No more condemned
No more conflicts
No more cursed ground

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How far is my life from that which I know God desires for me?
Why is that so?

What are some frustrations & struggles I can see in my own life as well as those of my friends when life is lived apart from God?

How can Jesus play a more important role in my life?

The love of God is not a Pre requisite to salvation

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Had game till about 2.

Vinny Travels

2011-12-17T12:22:00.001+08:00

Had breakfast at IKEA with my cousin and pastor. Had a talk about my future haha interesting! Time to think hard on whether I should go into that!

Went around 3 places in town To find dr peppers but to no avail. All 3 didn't carry it :(

MRT lines in Singapore down again from AmK to Marina ;/

Twisted Ankle!

2011-12-12T11:56:00.001+08:00

Twisted my ankle yesterday in a dofus way. Was taking a photo kneeling down and when I got up, my shoe gripped the sticky floor and I took a step on my ankle in a twisted position. Totally had to stand there and limp to a seat and rest for a bit! Haha!

I Prayed

2011-11-28T23:25:00.001+08:00

That if it was found. I'll take it as an answer!

God's Providence

2011-11-19T21:15:00.001+08:00

Just wanted to thank God for His many blessings in my life.

Today, I was invited to play in a church from an aunty from the place I was working previously.

I just went there to play some songs that praised God and I was blessed in return!

Sunrise @Changi Beach Park

2011-11-17T19:27:00.000+08:00

Postponed :(

2011-10-28T00:48:00.001+08:00

Why? :((

Hole

2011-10-22T01:22:00.001+08:00

We all have unique God-Sized holes in our heart that need filling.

Mine too, I believe it's only with Him that I'm able to overcome whatever I'm facing right now.

Still! I praise God because I'm a WALKING MIRACLE!

I really love the Sony A77

2011-10-17T22:52:00.001+08:00

Secretly in my heart I feel some sense of accomplishment when someone uses a photo I take as their profile picture...oo not secret anymore

Meet ups

2011-10-05T21:30:00.000+08:00

Met up my poly mates for dinner at Ashton's. Love that place & food! Cheap and good!

Walked to have beancurd & walked to SCAPE to take a look around before heading home!

Day 7 - Out of Here!

2011-10-04T17:30:00.000+08:00

Today I had a good restful sleep! They took my blood 3.30am and 8.30am. I got up at 9am feeling super well rested & brushed up before having breakfast!

9 plus the doctor told me I could be released today if my INR levels are balanced up and in the therapeutic levels. And the blood results came back! They told me I was going to be discharged!!!

Super happy I didn't have to walk around with that roller thing anymore and my first habit getting off the bed was to go and push that! Super funny :P the nurses all laughed hahaha.

Had a great shower and changed back to my clothes.

Waited till around 12 and Adam from Act's baptist came! He stayed for quite a bit till around 2? Mum and dad came around 2. The pharmacist checked trough the medicine 3 times before leaving and she nearly sold me on a few hundred tablets of painkillers I didn't need, afterall, strong men don't need painkillers...or do they? Haha

I checked out at 2.30pm and uncle Jason came to pick us up. I felt sad leaving the hospital and the friends I made. I found some of the student nurses on Facebook though. And I felt sad that I was leaving my super ultra comfortable bed that could rise up so high and contort to a comfortable rocket seat position HAHAH!

Was home and I did not do much! Showered and did almost the same mundane things. Aunty Corinna, Raymond & Kevin came to visit our family. Good chat and I let them play my simulator heeeheee.

Day 6 - Sharp Pain + CT Again

2011-10-03T23:04:00.001+08:00

Day 6

The day started at 3.30am when they drew my blood. 4.30am I woke up with a sharp pain in my front left of my brain. It went on for hours till at about 5 I took paracetermol and it didn't work so they gave me 50mg of painkillers. It kind of didn't work because the pain lasted till around 9 plus before I felt better.

Doctors woke me up at 8am and I told them about my pain before they said they will send me to a CT scan to check it out. I feel like a Guinea pig undergoing tests haha. Oh well another $300 flying away!

Had some marshmallows and had a great full body shower! What a Luxury! Managed to clean myself and I felt really fresh! :))

Went for CT scan and mum and dad came. Mum left and I had lunch that she cooked.

MY cousins Geraldine, Chek chin, Tiffany came too.

My colleagues Denise, Chloe, Ally, Gerrard, Stephanie, jerry came to visit me :)

Uncle William & dorothy , Michael and Ivan from BA came! They prayed for me.

Marianne, Uncle Jason & Daniel came. She left and Daniel and Uncle Jason prayed for me.

Dad came down again with McDonald's. Terrence and Jtaime my poly mates came down to visit. Before aunty Rebecca came. Mum came shortly after with another round of mcdonald's :) foodcoma!!!

Bro came with avocado juice ! Yummy but I couldn't drink much ;) was full!

After that I just washed up and pretty much got ready to...watch Who's Line is it anyway! Haha spent an hour and a half watching a few episodes and let the food digest before heading to sleep! :)

11:02pm

Day 5 - blood takes and long breaks

2011-10-02T21:18:00.001+08:00

I only remember being woken up at 3am and 7.30am for blood taking. The doctor came and woke me up after 7.30am to do checks and update me on my status. Currently my INR is 1.5. The desired level is 2-3.

Breakfast was solid today. It was like sticky porridge with fried onions. Gobbled it all up. Tasty!

1032 finally managed to be unplugged and went to wash up n clean up :)) feel so fresh !

Took my weight and I weigh 74kg! Drop from 79. Must be from muscle loss

Uncle Russ and aunty chew Peng came. Followed by my mum. Explained to them the story I explained a million times and when my dad came they left. Bro came shortly after.

All left and uncle Patrick came and missed mum and dad by 10minutes. Chat a bit and I went to rest after. Zanna and her friend Nadira came to visit.

Rested for a bit till Clement came! He stayed for a while till my mum came.

Aunty Jan came with lots of food and Kamy came with food too! Mushroom soup and angle hair spaghetti with Portobello.

Aunty Jan brought olive rice with chicken. Yummy! :))

Clement left quite late about 6 plus! Before sister came up. And Ah Yi's family came! So sweet. They prayed for me and stayed for a while before they left.

Mum came back and I did my toilet washup and poohping before she left and I went back to watching who's line and laughing off :P

Day 4 - Headache is Back

2011-10-01T10:15:00.001+08:00

Day 4

Had multiple needles stuck to take blood and a anti biotic needle stuck on my right hand which hurt like crazy.

When I got up at around 7.30am I went to brush my teeth and wash my face and shampoo my hair. Before having breakfast. It was like mee Siam with Milo.

Doctor came to check on me after I finished the noodles and I went to watch ironman for 40 minutes before headache set in. I took a nap and 2 doctors came. 1 was the same doctor that checked on me earlier.

They tried finding causes but couldn't conclude.

They lowered my drip from 15ml/ h to 14ml/ h. And say I'm stabilizing. Let's pray I am stablising.

Managed to be the middleman to get my dad to purchase the tickets for my friends to go USS because MasterCard was having an offer & I was supposed to go tomorrow.

Mum dad came. Liyi n jason came. Monica n her mum. Vimi and Jolynn came.

Kamy came. Zahir came. Melvin & wei jun came. Shaun came.

So sweet liyi & Jason got me a gift. Kamy got me flowers. Vimi & Jolynn got me a crossword booklet & a plushie. I got so many gifts lol might need my parents to bring em back haha.

Good chats with my friends ! ;)

Weijun and Melvin came and Shaun from NP came.

They left & Mum came back. Heng Zhu and Amirrul arrived! After they left I took a short nap.

Jonadab, Corinne, wing Kit came.

Emmanuel, samuel, Linda & Michelle came. A pastor from another church came over & prayed for me. He looked really young!

Rebecca & weijie came.

Today has been a blessed day. I felt like a hamster :=P napping like after a visitor left and waking up again. Because of the headache that arose throughout the day. But all is well! My Mum and dad are awesome!!!

Good night ! 9:45pm

Day Three in TTSH

2011-09-30T22:01:00.001+08:00

Had an ok sleep. Got up at 7.30 to take my Blood Pressure then back to sleep till 8am. A nurse got me up to tell me I have to eat at 9.30am due to done blood taking.

9.40am took my blood and I could eat! Muslim food! Bee hoon with like tomato sauce with cucumber. Quite tasty I finished all of it yum yum.

Had my sponge and it was back to lying in bed.

3 neurologists came to do checks and check up on me. When she was doing the lights on my eyes I said:NICE BROWN EYES lol

My colleague Ryo came around lunch time 11.30 unfortunately my other colleague couldn't make it die to visiting hours. He shared cost to buy a balloon & a basket of goodies with my other colleague. Dad came shortly after With my laptop. Ryo left & serene & Charlie came and it was a quiet surprise! They brought a bag of apples.

Ahma & uncle Dave came for a bit to visit.

Serene & Charlie left and dad left for work.

Ahma went off for lunch shortly after.

Mum came after her work! Plus a surprise visit from one of the clients from SHF!

The nurse from neuro came to explain about my diagnosis.
Marianne came shorty after one of the neuro MO came down.

Then a prayer support group came & they prayed for me. Before my sister came with a book.

Brother n Monica came after & I was going to be transferred to level 10, the neuro wards. Aunty Jane caught me before I left. & when I got transferred, aunty Janet came. I received Lots of goodies!

I finally got to take a crap when I transferred. Previously they wouldn't allow me to get out of bed. Now I can push around my drip ;)

Monica n bro went down then up before leaving last!

I have my laptop and a cupboard lock! Woo

Spent my time laughing off who's line is it anyway before heading to sleep at 11.30 pm plus.

BBBBBoring. Day 2 of Boredom

2011-09-29T14:45:00.001+08:00

Got awoken up a few times in the night to take blood samples(4 hourly) and got awoken at 8.30 for breakfast. Porridge and bread & Milo.

Had to sloth and lie in bed for an hour before my dad came with my iPhone.

The doc came & talked to me before they sent the team of neurologists to talk to me.

Uncle Jason and uncle Dave popped by during lunch. Aunty Jane cam by after they left and during her lunch hour. Dad left at 2 to leave for work. Had rice, bitter gourd soup and and salted egg for lunch. Thankfully dad bought subway. Ate half of the footlong he bought.

Waited till around 3 pm. Waiting for my mum.

Hung Yong came too he brought a huge box of strawberries. Real sweet !! As in juicy sweet.

Waited till around 5.30? Shu and tian came followed by my sister. They left around 6pm. Nice company ! My sister brought bubble tea along with a hippo for painting. Shu & tian brought loads of snacks and goodies for me to eat. Tian even brought monopoly deal haha!

Thus pharmacist came while they were there and started explaining about WARFARIN. The blood thinning drug.

Had dinner and it was eerrryucks. Ate half of it before giving up!

Shu n tian left at 6.05pm. Mum and sister about 6.15pm.

Rested for a while before Kamy popped by at 7.30pm before mum came again to pass me earphones and just to see me before she left for the night. Brother arrived later at 8 plus.

Had a good talk with Kamy and my bro. She left like 9 plus and my bro left at 10 plus.

Stubborn blood clotted Mule

2011-09-29T14:44:00.001+08:00

Getting me to the hospital was kind of difficult; I didn't even want to see a doctor.

The pain throughout the night was unbearable.

Got up and dragged myself to work. I asked for an early leave. Met up my dad for lunch at 12.30pm before heading straight to TTSH A&E(I wanted to head to a polyclinic). After the checkup the doctor asked me to go for a CT Scan. Had a bed and waited before heading to the CT. Did the scan and was sent to RESUS to await the results.

It took about 4 hours from the start of A&E to results. The bed is super uncomfortable but that might just be due to my fat bum.

Got transferred from RESUS to ward 12C bed 97 and my parents bought McDonald's for me! yummy! Munched the fries before gunning the quarter pounder up followed by fruits! Had to take my BP, some swaps of my nostrils, armpits and groin.

Met some of the funniest attachment guy nurses. Nice company!

My ah Yi and Uncle came to visit me at night. They drove from Tampines!

I ran out of battery waiting for my sister. She never came

2011-09-19T12:58:00.001+08:00

Headed for my yellow ribbon run 2011 in the morning. Got up late and started my run at 8:45AM...an hour after gun time. Ran till 5KM then started jog walking. I didn't really train so it wasn't a surprise. Completed the 10K in 1 hour 15 plus. Met up with my colleague and friend before heading back home for a nap!

Got up in the evening to head to SCAPE with my sister to watch some karting action and flea markets before heading down to Best fries forever @ cinneleisure and then to @313 to catch Maddy and Cheryl from 91.3FM and The Wanted at HMV. IT WAS GREAT. Managed to take a snap with M&C and some photos of The Wanted with the strict security. Really strict!

Headed down to Aston's speciality at the Cathay to queue for a table with my sister. The food was well worth the wait- as usual! We headed to packet some bean-curd before heading back home sweet home! :)

Top 16?

2011-09-17T19:40:00.001+08:00

I went for Karting again at *SCAPE today. My timing was 24 seconds. A little more and I could have been well under 23 but I have yet to figure how to shave off those extra seconds!

Hopefully I'd get a call saying I'm in the top 16. Else no more races tomorrow :(

Have my yellow ribbon run tomorrow but my tooth nerves feel iffy! Perhaps I'd just take a slow jog for the 10k. Don't want to kill my poor gums!

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Karting is tiring!

Gokart!

2011-09-16T16:30:00.000+08:00

Today's highlight was the karting. Left work at 3pm to reach SCAPE and queue till 4pm.

Had 2 rounds of 10 minutes each where I raced. Did good laps but I don't know whether my timing for the first round was recorded because I think I did pretty good.

Dad surprised me by popping by after work! With sister coming Yo watch my second round of racing.

Met up new people and it has been so long since crushes flew into the air, I must say. Cannot wait for tomorrow.

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Went for a church sister's grandmother's wake at night and my dad drove my sister's boyfriend's car. Saved us lots of time! It's been a great fulfilling day!

Uhuh. Go kart...10K race?

2011-09-15T23:12:00.001+08:00

I have go karting tomorrow afternoon. Pray my wisdom tooth socket heals.

Cold water hurts my nerves, fried food hurts my nerves.

I realizes my wisdom tooth on my right side is growing out too. Darn ! Hopefully it won't bother me much!

Pray that gokarting and my 10K won't make it worst...

Had dinner with my sister at Bistro Amigo's at Funan while listening to Noir! :) before heading home.

My gums hurt :(

Day 3 - wisdom tooth woes

2011-09-14T09:35:00.001+08:00

Ok so it's not really woes. I could sleep on my extracted side. Just woke up as usual feeling a bit of the stitches. Seems like it's nothing great. I still can use my arms and legs to do my normal activities. I reckon I can go for a jog but I guess I should rest and not give stress to my gums. It's quite crazy what little things do to the human body!

It isn't such a Big deal!

2011-09-13T23:49:00.001+08:00

Day 2. I'm pretty much recovering. Having spaghetti and cake!

Just that I have to eat on the other side of my mouth.

I am starting to feel the stitches which is irritating!

Better not touch it or fiddle with it because I don't want to mess up the healing process of my gums.

Thank God for the super fast recovery!

Post Wisdom Tooth Blues

2011-09-13T03:33:00.001+08:00

Well praise God because He lifted the pain lifted off 6 hours ago! Now I pray that sleep heals it for good and there won't be any holes after it heals! :)

Wisdom tooth

2011-09-12T15:10:00.000+08:00

Went to remove my wisdom tooth today. Wasn't really painful till the numbness wore off.

It's. Weird kind of pain I must say!

Sick

2011-09-11T02:29:00.001+08:00

The flu has got me again! :(
Must have caught it on the last day of the cruise after the swim or something!

Had a slight fever the night before and now I'm having an itchy cough.

Zip line!

2011-09-09T18:39:00.001+08:00

Headed for Sentosa this afternoon to try out the mega zip line! Darn they should offer it for free ! it lasted only a while :(

Day 4...Homebound!

2011-09-07T23:00:00.000+08:00

Woke up at 6.45AM to jog buy I was too tired. Instead I went to see the sunrise but there was none! Oh well!

Headed back to get some sleep before going to have Breakfast, walked around and then lunch.

Before chilling out and going for a swim again :D

After the lunch we headed to a game show of which we lost by 10 points! No gold medal souvenir ! :O

Headed for dinner at the Bella Vista and had good lamb shanks! We got our bags from the room before heading to the captain's bridge to see the view and take some photos while the ship was docking!

Stayed on the ship till about 8pm before we decided to make our way out to customs and it was CRAZY! thank God I made it out without losing anything through the crowd. Got to the duty free shop and I used my friend's passport to get some extra beverages before we had to go through the scanning machines. We separated ways from there and I took the train with my roomie till outram.

Good trip! :)

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Day 3...Phuket!

2011-09-06T21:00:00.000+08:00

6th September
6.30AM rise and shine!

Didn't see the sun really rise but only behind the clouds. It was nice though! Took a few photos and went back to the room to chill for an hour before heading for breakfast!

Went for breakfast at 8.35AM Singapore time. Phuket is 1 hour behind ship's time.

9:16AM we took a mini van for 800Baht. The aunty is a real bargain hunter. I somehow thank God I'm traveling with them!

10.12AM Watsons!
Headed to the bank Yo hangs currency CIMB Thai to exchange 10 SGD for 242 plus of baht. .

Enjoyed an hour of massage! 200 baht ! Thank God for the weather because it rained while i was having a massage and the rain stopped after my massage was done!

Went to the shopping centre to look see! Before taking the minivan to the shopping mall and then got myself some clothes before heading back to the cruise for a night market To eat the best roti prata with banana.

Went for a swim and headed for first dinner and watched the Russia night show. It was awesome! I would have loved to have taken a video or some photos but unfortunately I couldn't.

Attended a Russia circus show before going to have cocktail and had a glass of white, 2 glasses of red and a glass of champagne. It was solid!

We went for dinner and had to wait for a seat. We exchanged seat from the Chinese restaurant to the Western and only me and my roomie were at the table because the other friend and her aunt had theirs at the Chinese restaurant.

Had a good chat with my friend and lots of catching up! Love formal dining ;)

Watched a adult only show which was titled 'Newly weds and not so newly weds' and it tested couples on their knowledge on each other. Had a good laugh before heading for free an easy listening of some pop music and then to have supper!

Supper was quite alright! We headed to the lounge to take some photos and some photos of my friend's 'brothers' before heading back to the room to get some shuteye!

1:55AM Good night!

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Day 2 of The Star Virgo, Penang!

2011-09-05T21:00:00.000+08:00

Woke up with a dream of my cousin and a church mate crying and shaking hands apologizing.

Got up at 5.50AM and did some washing up. We left for a run at 6.14AM

It rained hard and the track was kind of closed so we played a little checkers and headed back for breakfast and gaming, some swimming sliding down the slide before heading to wash up and lunch!

We disembarked from the cruise and took a public bus to the famous Penang Kuay Teow, Laksa and Chendol.

Shopped a bit before heading to Prangin Mall(a rip off of tanlin mall) to shop more and I got a shirt. Had a little WiFi to update my stuff but it wasn't very good!

Took a cab back for 10RM and went to the jar uzi for a bit before taking a dip in the swimming pool. Got out and washed up for the barbecue before heading back to change into elegant causal for a proper dinner. This is like a warm up for tomorrow's captain's dinner!

Went to play a bit of monopoly deal before heading to watch some (psycho) mind reading performance which was so...bonkers. At the end of his performance, he predicted that he would get a standing ovation of which people stood to give after he said that.

We wanted to explore some strip house party thing but couldn't sneak in(the tickets were $10SGD) so in the end we went around the ship exploring and taking photos till it was midnight for supper!

We sat there for a while and was really quite tired ;D we headed back to our rooms after that for wash-up and to get some beauty sleep!

1:22AM

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Virgin to Super Star Virgo

2011-09-04T21:00:00.000+08:00

It was a crazy queue. My day started by boarding two trains in the wrong direction from TPY and Dhoby Ghaut.

Reached the cruise centre at 11.30am and met my poly mate before heading to find a place to eat but once we planted our asses, a call from his friend meant we had to go and check in.

Went to deposit the luggages(I carried my backpack) and headed to check in. His friend did the check in for us while we waited and after that, we had to queue in a really long snake line to get onboard.

My poly mate's friend, Lisa, had been on star cruise's super star Virgo for at least 10 over times so she knew the ship really well and wasted no time touring us. Met up her aunt and had our meal before going to join the queue to get coupons for dinner.

Toured and walked around for a little before heading to a Chinese restaurant for dinner before heading to play an arcade game & head for the magic show before popping by to see the casino.

Played two games of monopoly deal-transformers edition- before having supper at midnight plus. It rained real heavy and the ship was rocking left and right! It's like tremors.

Washed up and time to sleep! 1:33AM

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Oh Say What?

2011-08-23T23:31:00.001+08:00

Headed to watch the Presidential Election Rally held at Toa Payoh Stadium.

Tan Jee Say was there. Nicole Seah was there. The whole stadium was so crowded! From the seats to the field! All chanting Tan Jee Say many times! Love the atmosphere. It was even more so compared to the General Elections.

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Been reading and rebound relationships are scary!

Old Man Cough

2011-08-22T20:42:00.001+08:00

I wanted to walk half of Singapore today...but I got up coughing even worst than the day before and decided against it.

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Contacts me first!

Southern Ridges

2011-08-21T21:31:00.000+08:00

Southern Ridges

Went on this hike dedicated to my aunt battling cancer and to her family.

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I think I pulled a muscle coughing !

Perspectives

2011-08-20T23:50:00.000+08:00

The glass is half empty vs the glass is half full.

I feel happy that God blessed my trekking mate his heart's desire; a job offer.

I feel sad that he cannot go for the hiking trip planned in October(When you join full time you cannot apply for leave for the first 6 months or so depending on the company terms)

Another teammate cannot go because she is changing departments so applying for leave is hard.

That leaves us with 2 out of 4 of the trekking team.

We NEED to find replacements to fill in the spots.

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My aunt just underwent an operation to remove some kind of cancerous growth. Went to visit her tonight and she was totally weak. I hope I don't ever get to experience such a condition in my life.

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Left Behind

Downcast

2011-08-20T00:45:00.001+08:00

I wrote a letter to somebody I don't even know.

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Scars do make us stronger for life.

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I figured out what got me locked up. Accountability. They are either overseas or their 'advice' in the past simply ticked me off! Sorry!

Sick

2011-08-18T00:09:00.001+08:00

Fell sick :(

Went to BluJaz to watch Wen!

LungAche

2011-08-15T23:39:00.001+08:00

My hermit died. I guess he was dead 2 days ago...because of the fishy smell and he didn't move from the position I placed him in. I cleared up and washed the tank. One last hermit is still around.

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Went for a workout in the rain today. The rain didn't seem to stop! It was easing so I went down and then it started raining again but I pressed on. Completed my 2.4km in an embarrassing timing of 13:30. I guess I have to train up again because the last few runs I've been jogging real slowly with my friends. It was a good workout for my lungs though! I feel my rib muscles having some aches.

Headed to do some pull-ups on the wet metal bar and some sit-ups before just lying down on the bench starring into the dark clouds with the company of my many eye floaters.

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I learnt how to do some things with photoshop and lightroom today! From photoshop I learnt how to make planetary photos going around a center axis and from lightroom, I learnt how to apply graduated filters and remove noise from the photograph! I guess it saves me from purchasing additional filters and having to carry them around! So it's kind of true that most photographers say the only filters you need is a circular polarizer filter. UV or neutral filter is optional.

Location:Lorong 6 Toa Payoh,Singapore,Singapore

Heart Pumping Day of Motorsport!

2011-08-14T21:00:00.032+08:00

I sent my cousin off today! Well from her home. Just helped her carry her elephant luggage into the car! It was real heavy but I managed.

Headed home for preparation for my F1 competition. Singtel invited me to be a part of their Top 20 Fastest Driver Challenge and I was up to it!
Headed to Vivocity and raced 3 laps...I wouldn't lie but it kind of Shucked. I didn't do great laps. I only did 1:51 as my 'fastest' lap compared to the previous competition day of which I managed to pull off a 1:43. Still the winner of the competition had a 1:41 timing.

I just watched as my name got kicked lower and lower into the list. Thank God I made this uncle friend who was the winner. He was the last driver to drive and I spent the time just chatting with him till it was his turn ;P
The last lap was nail biting! Because he set the fastest laptime just at the last lap and everyone was cheering! He beat the previous driver to 0.5 seconds.

Grid girls came to present the prizes and all the rest of the drivers got consolation prizes! The consolation prize was great though I like! It was a golden box with 2 bunny collector coins! :)

Met up my group mate from the previous F1 competition and he told me that there was a drift competition going about at Sengkang and he was going so I decided to head there!

Shook some hands took some pictures and headed home to grab my camera before heading to the Seng Kang CC to watch some hot drifting action.

Drove the go-karts that K1 Singapore set up and it was fun just racing. A relatively simple track - Oval and the kids were all messing up. It was fun overtaking though! :P

My Poly mate came along too! We walked around the place and there were several different booths set up. A Formula BMW with some grid girls posing for pictures and I snapped some photos of them and yet another F1 simulator of which I tried.

We watched the remote controlled cars, pocket bikes demostration followed by karting and some motorcycle stun men before the drifting action started! It was loud and heart pumping! Brilliant!

Went to Compass Point for dinner before heading down to Cathay to catch a movie : Zookeeper. Kind of brain candy; a movie that doesn't need one to think much! HAha! Before heading down to Rochor Beancurd and enroute home! :)

Freshness Burger Photo Competition!

2011-08-11T22:53:00.000+08:00

My photo is up for the competition! Got my friends to help me 'like' the photo on facebook!

Now to think of what photo is a 'Masterpiece' to submit for another competition...

4 H

2011-08-10T23:15:00.001+08:00

I woke up feeling like I only had 4 hours of sleep.

Continued the day working and went for bible study after that! :)

National Day Photography Time!

2011-08-09T16:30:00.000+08:00

Headed or lunch with my church friends and my uncle at Freshness burger! Today they were having a 46 vents burger offer which was fantastic! We ate and left for home!

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I left my tripod downstairs last night. Totally forgot about it after taking photos of the moon, packed it up and I just forgot all about it! I only realised it when I was about to head out to meet my secondary school friends to go and watch the fireworks display at Marina Boulevard.

It was 3pm and I am so thankful to God that the astronomy guys managed to keep it for me! An added plus was that one of hen stayed in TPY so I made my way there to collect before heading to meet my secondary school friends at 4pm.

We trained down to Marina and walked. It was duper crowded and we had to take a while to reach the Marina Boulevard. The whole stretch of the fence was lined up with tripods and DSLRS. Without a DSLR you would have felt so embarrassed to take your camera out! I didn't feel that bad because mine was a telephoto and my zoom was further compared to most of the DSLRs there. :D

It was a great experience trying o take good photos and just waiting for the right opportunity to take the photo. It was a bad squeeze to the front because at first we set a mat just about 1 m behind those tripods and set ours behind the whole line. Next thing was that people came in and stood at that space. I had to keep adjusting.

Thank God people left and I squeezed my tripod in and took pictures of the fireworks. It was breathtaking! I could feel the vibrations rock my heart!

We took a few group photos after the parade and we walked to the Central to have...guess what? Freshness burger again! Haha had a great meal and a good conversation throughout even though we were tired as nuts.

Took a homebound train back together and we split at TPY.
An awesome fireworky day today! :D

Location:One Marina Boulevard

Run Jog Stars

2011-08-08T19:35:00.000+08:00

Celebrated my colleague's birthday today.

Went for a jog at night with my friend and after that we ventured up a steep hill and found ourselves trampling on crickets and frogs. It was exciting! But we got off after that and went back. We saw the astronomy club people having a public viewing section.

Viewed for a bit and I went up to grab my camera and headed down with my tripod. Took a few photos and we headed back home!

Birthday send Off

2011-08-07T18:30:00.000+08:00

We had family reunion dinner today. Giving my aunt a 'surprise' birthday celebration and having a farewell dinners for my cousin!

Took lots of photos and a family photo after ages! :)

Wisdom Toot

2011-08-06T21:45:00.000+08:00

My left wisdom tooth is growing out and biting into my gums. I have to floss to get food stuck in there and brush. I think my gums are getting abused. They are a little uncomfortable and bleed when I floss of brush :(

Hopefully things get better soon!

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Thank God for a nice quiet acoustic worship today.

Crouching Blades, Slicing Fingers

2011-08-04T20:27:00.001+08:00

Met up with my poly classmate for lunch at Clarke Quay. He sliced off his tips of his fingers whilst working. Quite scary seeing the photos he posted.

Headed to Plaza Singapura for some arcade with his heavily bandaged finger and headed for a drink of some Coffee at Starbucks.

Had a great time catching up before I had to head to work!

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Loads of food after work today! A blessing indeed! :) Thank You God! :)

Rushplanade

2011-08-02T19:59:00.001+08:00

Had a family lunch at Padi's today and I was super filled up. It was crowded today and I felt that our table was being ignored! We weren't served water for quite a while. I had to go grab some glasses for ourselves!

Oh well, they were short staffed and the tables were almost filled up. Probably due to lunch hour!

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Work!

Celebrated my boss's birthday today and it was funny. They sung the birthday song in Cantonese. I nearly rolled on the floor laughing but I was filming the whole celebration.

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Rushed off to see a play with my sister at the Esplanade. I missed the first few scenes because the play started at 8pm and I left work at 7.50pm.

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Phew! I managed to run from Cityhall to the Esplanade. All that running and hiking building my stamina! Had to wait for a few minutes before the kind usher let me in and guided me to my seat. Managed to meet up with my sister and watched the play 'Into The Woods'.

The play was split into two parts with an intermission in-between. I have to say that it wasn't the best play I've seen. Some scenes were really funny and the lines and script was witty. But I found myself counting and just waiting for it to end. Maybe I was tired...

Headed to the Makansutra Gluttons Bay to have prawn noodles and some drink! Love the calamansi drink. Super refreshing!

Wished I could have stayed to take some photos but I guess we had to leave ASAP because both of us had work early the following day.

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Dear God. You know the plans You have laid down for me. I surrender my plans to You. In Your precious Name I pray, Amen!

Long Walks

2011-08-01T20:57:00.001+08:00

The weather was alright today. And we decided to go for a hike! To explore the Unseen parts of Bukit Timah. My dad drove to the Nature reserve and we started the hike from there. It was kind of an easy hike actually, but we made it difficult for ourselves.

We reached the Hindhede quarry in a matter of minutes because It was just a few hundred meters from the point where we started. We decided to push northwards to the Singapore Quarry and it was there we found ourselves backtracking and walking around in circles because the trek had many loops.

We decided to turn back due to time constraints.

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Lunch was good! We headed to an old place in upper Serangoon we patronized when I was in Primary school. I bought 4 packets of char siew rice and one packet of duck rice. All for $13. The servings were generous and the food still maintained the standard though I wished that the pork was more roasted.

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Went for a walk around TPY with my secondary school friend. It was a great time just catching up during our 1 hour plus walk. When we were headed to get drink, we bumped into another secondary school mate! It was fantastic and we talked and caught up for a bit before we separated. Got our drink and we sat and talked for a bit more before parting.

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Surrendering everything to God would be the smartest thing to do. But we're human and we do have our pitfalls!

InkBarHoppin'

2011-07-31T23:45:00.000+08:00

Went for a night outing after F1. Headed to INK bar at FairFont to have a few cocktails before heading to the Loof rooftop bar and then to Timbre for some music!

Passion Conference / Taming the Tiger

2011-07-30T23:09:00.001+08:00

Headed for the worship setup and preparation for the morning session today at Calvary Baptist. There was a minor booking issue of the rooms which did not get conveyed to everyone and in turn, BSF Was held in the room we were supposed to be worshipping at.

They cleared the room shortly after and we prepared. I took the first worship session and it felt different, just because it was compacted. I managed to complete my set but the other worship leaders weren't so lucky.

The speakers for the Passion Conference were Mr George Osborn and Mr Tony Anthony. They were from England and from Avanti. An evangelical outreach thing. They shared with us about evangelism and how the devil has wanted to shape our perception of evangelism. They even shared their life stories. It was a great conference.

I headed for taming the tiger which was held at Paya Lebar Methodist church. This time it was more of an evangelical outreach also by Mr Anthony & Osborn. It was more of a more detailed background of Tony Anthony. His life story is really miraculous.

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After the talk hanged around for a bit before taking a long walk home. I find taking long walks help me reflect and talk to God about the issues I'm facing in my life- not that He doesn't know my daily struggles. It sounds depressing right? It is, but I thank God for being such a close friend I could never possibly imagine.

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Dear God, thank you for today, thank you for the wonderful conference, thank you for the great worship. Thank you for speaking to me through the speakers. Thank you for carrying me through! In your name I pray, Amen !

Location:Sommerville Walk,Singapore,Singapore

MDF

2011-07-29T23:35:00.001+08:00

Headed to have a hair cut and donate some blood at the HSA blood donation drive. Got it all done smoothly and quickly! I only took a nice 15 minutes from start of the station to get my blood all drained out! Didn't feel anything except a little lighter :P

I got invited by radio 91.3fm to must drink Friday. It was simply awesome. Maddy & Cheryl gave me a call. Their voices are angelic! (duh that's why they are DJ's)

One of the best night entertainments I've had! They even gave out 3 Lumix Gf3's to 3 lucky people!

Free flow of drinks and alcohol and we took it slow, just absorbing the atmosphere and watching the show hosted by Maddy & Cheryl. It was really fun!

Yum

2011-07-28T14:38:00.001+08:00

Headed to Rangoon road for some awesome Bak Kut Teh!

Blu Jaz Cafe!

2011-07-25T21:30:00.002+08:00

I had a filling lunch At Western Bar Pte Ltd today with my uncle and family. The food was great as usual. I hope that they are doing well!

Rested at home for a bit before heading out to watch NOIR, a jazz band, having a gig at Blu Jaz Cafe. Awesome time with my cousin and great chatting with Wen!

Headed down after the gig ended to watch another gig! This time it was more of a rock thing going on. It was mostly if not all my cousin's polytechnic coursemates. Met up with a fellow sister from another Church there too!

Celestial

2011-07-25T18:26:00.001+08:00

I participated in the Singtel 24 Hour F1 Challenge. I had my first session at 1030 on Saturday morning. Clocked a time of 1:50.XXX and by the end of the day I was still top 7th.

Only the top 40 progressed and so I went back at 11:30pm and waited till qualifying stopped at 12:50am. They started drawing the teams only at 2am. How it went was that the top 8 drivers would be separated into 8 different teams and the bottom 8 were separated into 8 different teams. The rest were drawn into the teams, A, B, C...up to H. I was the first driver for team E.

I was so glad my family came down to support for a bit! :) I did a lap time of 1:49.999 for the first run and after that went to take a nap behind a shop counter before going again for my second drive 1 and a half hours later. The second time around I improved my timing to 1:44:5XX. I think that was the best I could push myself. I was really flying! I was the top 6th driver on the time charts but since it was a team average amongst the 4 drivers(only 32 turned up instead of 40) and we got two drivers who did 2 minutes++ per lap, the team average rose to 1:55:XXX which simply wasn't enough to bring us into the quarter finals.

I didn't quite hold high hopes of getting into the quarters because I only wanted to be top 40 and I managed to sit in the 6th position! :) there is only so much you can do in a team because ultimately, the team is as strong as the weakest link. Everyone of us in the team improved their lap-times except this dude who got slower so I was a little disappointed but I was O.K ;)

Heck I got a royal selangor pewter miniature of the Singapore F1 Trophy & a Singtel Cap! For a free registration competition I can't fault anything there!

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Headed home for a little nap before heading off for a chalet in Pulau Ubin! Rented some bicycles and off we went cycling, exploring and taking pictures. Mum looked quite tired haha! We stopped for dinner at a seafood restaurant. The food was real expensive! But it tasted good. The service was kind of sucky though! The fellow just dumped the food on the table and mumbled. It felt like as if he was throwing the food at us!

The resort is kind of ok, it seems like a chalet and a bit run down. The extra bed we got had corners that were worn. Eeks so scary!

Couldn't really get much sleep because of my ear drums throbbing from the snoring :P

Decided to bring Telenut out and managed to take a few good photos! Played with the manual settings to get a few nice shots. The dogs were irritating because they were barking continuously!

Timing

2011-07-22T22:06:00.001+08:00

Had dinner with my two world skill friends from poly today. I went to practice and my best timing was 1:41:000. 2nd in place. The first guy did a 1:37:000. I don't know how he did that but I heard from the part timers that he practiced for 1 whole day. 11-9pm. Geesh. I really hope that I can make the top 40 tomorrow. If I manage top 10 I would be on cloud 9.

Spreading of -

2011-07-22T00:47:00.001+08:00

Tonight was scary. I nearly burst my bubble! My dad was tired and he kind of got ticked off by a remark made by my sister and he got upset and tried to provoked everyone.

Nearly got the Lownut but I got hold of myself! Thank God He kept my cool. I simply brushed it off and continued my work!

I made a sale today via eBay! Sold off my goalie gloves & one full set of jerseys for $80. I wouldn't say it's a profit but it's good and nice to get rid of my goalie stuff.

It brings back memories of those days...

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Life is much more than what we perceive it to be and ultimately, it is our relationship with God that truly stands the test of time.

Praise be to my Lord God forever and ever, Amen!

Walk

2011-07-19T23:58:00.001+08:00

Racing Against Time!

2011-07-18T21:03:00.002+08:00

Straight after work I went down to Plaza Singapura to check out if the Singtel F1 Simulators were set up. It was! And my parents came down and signed some indemnity forms and I was on the simulator! Managed to do 1 warm up lap and 1 hot lap. I spun like 3 times during the warm up lap and braked too late twice during the hot lap. My laptime was 2:00:190. 3rd in the board. The fastest I saw was 1:45:xxx. For competition I saw the timing was 1:43:XXX. Looks like I can do it if I don't brake late and don't mess up a turn!

This was the highlight of today! We went to the Singapore Flyer afterward for dinner and I treated my parents :=P I managed to get hold of $5 cash vouchers that were worth $10 so it was like a 50% discount.

I'm so excited for tomorrow. I'm going to practice again tomorrow. Probably keep going and queuing till it's time for me to go for work. Hopefully I can get a timing below 1:50:000. It would make me happy to see that I can improve till this coming Saturday!

Location:Victoria St,,Singapore

KTM Final

2011-07-17T23:37:00.000+08:00

Today was the 3rd and final day I came to the KTM railway! Same time, same place. This time I went with my 2 of my secondary school friends(because the rest couldn't make it) and my church friends. The sun in the morning didn't rise like it did the previous day! It was cooler but my...did it get real hot in the late morning! It was kind of hotter than the previous day, but not as hot as the first day.

We did the same route as what I did yesterday and I thought that the distance was just perfect, not too short or too long for a normal healthy individual with two happy feet.

Pacing wise, I think we were walking at a similar pace because we took roughly the same time it took, partly due to the group having 3 cameras including mine so we were taking loads of pictures! I managed to catch some nice pictures. Still learning how to use my HX100V. Seems like those people in the forums can take really great shots but I am still learning ;P Maybe I need a little guidance on how to use my HX100V.

After the hike, we adjourned to Wendy's to have our lunch before making our way to IKEA Alexandra to help my church mate with some glass jars. By the time we were on the way home, we were stoning in the bus and too exhausted to continue a proper conversation haha!

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Had Ah Yat for dinner and it was great! The seafood and everything was great! We had a private room to ourselves :)) Really enjoyed today. Very fulfilling weekend! Thank and Praise God!

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My sister got me Giant Gobbstoppers!

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And I even took pictures of the Moon and stars! Alpha and Beta Centauri

Beta Centauri(below)

Alpha & Beta Centauri Respectively

Alpha Centauri(below)

KTM Railway - Revisited

2011-07-16T21:34:00.000+08:00

I planned a little hike to the railway again! This time with my church mates :)
All went smoothly and thank God for the wonderful weather! Real pleasing to walk! Cloudy with little sun. Took some great photos :)

We entered via Silat Road and exited at Commonwealth Avenue. Which was a good call from the group because I think we were all tired and exhausted! Had lunch and food at Commonwealth was good(Maybe we were hungry? Haha)

KTM Railway - Silat Road to Commonwealth Avenue

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Top & Low Nuts!

2011-07-15T22:49:00.001+08:00

Today was a fun day! Was helping children with down-syndrome! They are really adorable! My gosh the jokes they cracked sure brought back memories!

Planning for another hike tomorrow! Probably just a handfull of my church mates going but it's okay! Just want to let them experiencing touching the track haha :p

There was a call over a faulty product I got online today and the lady from China assumed I spoke mandarin. Boy was she in for a surprise. We were like the epitome of communication fail. Thank God my mum could translate for us!

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Oh well! Contradicting you! Help help! Two faced coin, which side will you flip to today?

Praise Be To God

2011-07-15T00:33:00.001+08:00

Today was a packages day. Lots of packages came in! Camera filters, camera hoods and the most important- camera adapter. Had fun trying out different things and was so excited I nearly forgot to head to work!

Helped out my godsister after work! She came over to fetch me and I managed to get the computer fixed and retried of data. Praise God that I managed to get it! :) it was a great time catching up and I got driven back too! Not to mention God's blessings!

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Monster got my mother a present without informing us and dropped the bomb demanding us to pay her a large sum of dough because she is financially tight? Hey! Aren't we all?

KERETAPI TANAH MELAYU(KTM) Railway

2011-07-12T20:19:00.002+08:00

I completed the stretch of KTM Railway today with my father. 27KM of pure intense determination. Rain was forecasted and in the end it did not rain. My father was praising the Lord saying he prayed for sunny weather! Ouch! We managed to complete the railway till the Woodlands checkpoint where they chased us out because we couldn't continue anymore. I ran out of water in my water pack but thank God I brought an extra litre of water. We brought food as well! Enough to last us the whole trip.

By the end of the hike, my hands were trembling! It was just so exhausting!-Good to keep my mind at bay!

Nothing beats going home welcomed with food and a nice cool bed :)

KTM Railway

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Decisions Decisions

2011-07-11T11:42:00.001+08:00

Last night was the night!

Had my best run of the year,
Had the best walk home with dad,
Had the best QT,
Had the best talk with dad.

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Go on show your true colours...

Guess what? I couldn't work on Wednesday because of your feisty attitude over I don't know what? ^^
It's still good though! I cannot work with such an unhealthy environment anyway!

Thinking of everything I did in the past and thinking of what you're doing. I can only laugh at myself ;)

Hx100V

2011-07-03T22:44:00.000+08:00

Gleams.

Got up in the morning just to check on reviews and check prices from shops from SLS and funan. I realised that I could just give them a ring from the shop directory listings and check for prices! Guess what? In the end, I got my HX100V from AMK hub. The last one in stock. It came with a solid Sony bag and a 8GB Sony Memory stick pro-HG-duo card.

Played with the camera and it is sweet. I've got to learn more on how to use it though!

Hopefully the GPS will work when I'm outside. It couldn't locate me when I was at home!

Camera Crazy

2011-07-02T00:09:00.001+08:00

Didn't have work today! So I guess I went to Sim Lim Square to feast my eyes on some candy.

The bus took 25 minutes plus the bus journey was long!

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Reached my destination and went to the first shop. The owner was so darn rude! I asked him whether he sold the HX100V and he got all flustered up starting to quote me the price in a rude tone. I asked him whether I could take a look and he was so uptight. I walked away and I heard his friend giving him the look like he just chased away a potential customer.

I went my usual rounds around the mall checking prices and whether they sold the Hx100V. Sadly, most either didn't sell, were out of stock(Sony) or stock was far far away.

Only 2 shops sold them, one was the rude owner and the other had stock that was far away.

The range of the prices I gathered for the Hx100v was $660-$706. Sony sells it at $799.

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Passed by this shop that sold equipment to soldiers and policemen. First time I saw a shop selling Oakley backpacks. First time I SAW and touched an Oakley Icon 3.0 backpack. It retailed at $350++ something haha. No way I'm squeezing my dough for that! Have to save up for a camera and for Nepal!

Come on! Have to get my hands on a Hx100v and get a feel before committing to a purchase!

Life

2011-06-28T11:45:00.002+08:00

Went for lunch at Freshness Burger @The Central today with my uncle. We were supposed to go for the more convinient outlet at Nex but it came up in the news that they were closed due to some rent issues going on.

Everyone invited to the event couldn't come haha! And along with some dead last minute stuff but it was fine! It was a great talk with my uncle and I helped with setting up my Sennheiser bluetooth headset for him along with teaching him how to upload photos straight with his iPhone 4!

I kind of love the atmosphere of Freshness Burger so far. Doesn't really make you feel like you are in a fast food chain. Instead it gives a real cosy feeling! Stayed there for a couple of hours before headed to my blessed work place ;)

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Too much mind!

Thank You

2011-06-26T23:58:00.001+08:00

Today marks a new chapter in my life.

Snappy

2011-06-24T23:48:00.000+08:00

My sister came back from her East Europe trip! Thank God she is still in one piece. She brought back gifts for all of us though I think she might not have known that I already have a wax seal ;) She looked so disappointed haha but it's the thought that counts!

She took tons of photos and videos, all amounting to 6GB. We plugged the laptop HDMI and sat through her commentary! Took quite a while!

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Perfect segway I've got going here, the camera that she has is a little old and doesn't take HD video in 16:9 and the maximum number of pixels that the camera can squeeze out is 640x480(even the iPhone does 720p). That said, I was looking at digital cameras and boy! Looks like I have got some saving up to do!

We are planning either to find somewhere to trade-in the camera or sell the camera to get a new one.

I was looking at Cameras from lots of brands but what caught my eye was Sony and Lumix. I don't remember the model name but I would add once I get it! Both of the cameras they offer have HD recording, wide angle, paranorma and a GPS geotagging feature. How cool is that?!

Technology has really come a long way!

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His Plans are His Plans.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
[11] For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

In Planning : Annapurna Base Camp Hike

2011-06-24T00:04:00.003+08:00

It's been quite a journey for the first half of this year with downs and ups and downs again. These are the places I've been to this year. I think it's my most travelled year.

March 9-11 2011, Langkawi, Malaysia (Grad Trip)
May 27-30 2011, Cruise to Penang, Malacca, Malaysia (Getaway)
June 13-16 2011, Desaru, Malaysia (Combined Church Retreat)

Haha all Malaysia! I guess it's the cheaper alternative

Been into hiking and I consider it a switch from Soccer. I've been trying to sell my goalkeeper goodies, a pair of Adidas E65 Fingersave Alround
Adidas Response Training
Goalie Jerseys

To raise some funds for hiking.
I want to reach Mount Everest one day.

Circumstances kind of got me as well. A couple came in and gave me some Mint cakes taken by Sir Edmund Percival Hillary on the climb to Mount Everest. Next was a lady we met on a cruise trip, she mentioned her sister going to the Everest Base Camp.

Well...It's a dream.

Just last week, one of my church mates proposed a hike to the Annapurna Base Camp. So right now 2 of us are going along with her sister. The tickets were booked super fast! In 3 days we confirmed our tickets. I've had to make payment though!

Today, we are trying to source out the companies to lead us there. We kind of have 3, all have different price ranges. The first company charges US$1150. Quite insane, but we have to confirm whether they offer internal flights. The Second Company charges US$545 and internal flights cost US$60+US$2(Tax) While the third company charges SGD 730.

All exclude the US$40 Tourist Visa when entering Nepal.

All of them seem to be trekking to ABC but going to different villages and guest houses. I have to do more reading up on the places.

This is the Annapurna Base Camp...

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“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

Mother Teresa

24th April 2011 - Moderate Head Concussion

2011-04-27T23:52:00.000+08:00

I had a soccer match against Kebun Baru United in ESPZEN Sunday League Season 15. I got quite badly injured in the last few minutes of the 1st half.

There was a through ball and I made the decision to get it and there was a 1-on-1 opportunity of which the striker did not wish to let go. I made a clean catch and got the ball, but the striker got me. I blacked out.

The next thing I realised that I was lying on my back on the ground and my hands were on my head and it was feeling really badly shaken.* By that time, my teammate got a bottle of water for me and I rinsed my mouth and spit the water out and there was blood. There was a laceration on the left side of my tongue. I rinsed twice more and tried to get myself off the ground but couldn't so I got some help from my teammates and limped off the pitch to the wash room.

*I blacked out for about a minute or so making it a moderate head concussion

It was then I realised that my second premolar had chipped, just a small chip that only requires some filing off. My neck was sore and bruised. I didn't really know how and in what way the striker hit me, it just felt like someone giving a knock out punch and I was down on the ground.

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I washed up and got back into the game (What on earth was I thinking?) I let in a goal from a freekick that went past the wall into the far post and I nearly got there, about a step more, I would have gotten it but I guess my reaction time was handicapped from the concussion.

Half Time
I felt a little groggy but with the adrenaline masking my pain, I headed for the 2nd half, conceding yet another goal. This time I couldn't remember how the goal was scored, my head started pulsing with pain and I felt really exhausted. I couldn't remember whether the striker who injured me came to apologise.

Changed and (I surprised myself again) went for the debrief and rested for a while before leaving with my secondary school friend to the bus stop to take a bus home. Thank God he accompanied me back to my doorstep. After the bus ride, I felt like vomitting and just lying down to sleep on the road(I was that beaten). Got home and took a quick shower before carefully getting into bed. (through this time I could not turn my neck or apply a slightest bit of pressure either to my left side of my neck or my head).

I got into bed at around 3.15pm and tried to rest but couldn't because of the extreme pain. Got out at 6.15pm, had a bit of curry rice and chicken and tried using my laptop(INSANITY!) before I suddenly felt my energy sapped away. My whole body was shutting down yet again. I zombied to my bed and rested till 10.30pm, yet again,I could not get sleep as exhausted as I was. This was the cool part: My mind kept flashing picutures of people whom I knew and events in the past.

Secondary School teachers, friends that I thought I forgotten. It was really quite an experience!

Throughout the whole lying in bed experience, my brain was crazy, the air-condition was on and the fan blowing directly into me but yet at times I felt cold and after I thought I felt cold, my brain would tell me that I was feeling hot and I would start breaking into sweat.

My brother got home at about 10.30pm and helped me apply some oilment, it worked after all the trouble of slowly turning my body around to apply the oil (on my head and neck). Got some rest till about 1.30am. Glad I managed to get about an hour of rest got out to drink some water and clear my bladder before heading back to bed.

I had the energy to pray and prayed for a bit before trying to sleep and this time- thank God- I fell alseep till I woke up in the morning to be able to go to work.(It's God working I tell you!)

My dad helped me put the Salon Pas(I'm not sure whether that's the way you call it?) before I went to work because I couldn't really lift my my left arm above my neck, let alone turn my head to see where I was putting the Salon Pas.

Work a day right after the concussion was a little difficult though I thank God that I have great colleagues and an understanding manager who noticed the Salon Pas and I told them about what happened! Work duties suddenly lifted and I could kind of rest for the day! Praise God!

Lunch was difficult because of my laceration of my tongue and my mum cooked spaghetti so I had to slowly nimble and swallow the food particles down. The tongue surprisingly heals super fast! The strongest muscle in the body showed it's power! Good job!

That particular night just before I went to sleep, there was a deep throbbing pain in my head. It was like the pain coming resufacing all over again! I applied some oil and went to sleep for a good night's rest.

Well, as of today the 27th April 2011, I am feeling better and a little strained on the neck and back. I can move my neck more but there is still a little pulsating pain on the left hemisphere of my brain. Well, it's a post-concussion symptom I hope?

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Thank God for my family, loved ones, church friends, school mates who showered me with the care and concern as well as praying for me.

Thank you for my friends I made at HomeWest United. I have decided to stop playing soccer after the many warning signs that God gave for me to stop and for the sake for my family and loved ones.

This is what was posted on my team page on Facebook.

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To God be the Glory Forever and Ever Amen!

Psalm 86:5
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. (KJV)

Wheels on da Deck!

2011-01-22T00:48:00.000+08:00

I just donated blood recently and this was my 2nd time. I feel different this time, I experienced being light-headed, lost of appetite and I would experience like some sort of weird stomach adominal pain when I consume something, be it food or water.

Feels like crap. Maybe it's the things going on around here.

Well, yesterday, I dragged myself to Sim Lim and walked the place trying to find shops that were selling the Logitech MoMo Racing wheel. Only a few sold them and the cheapest of them all was the shop that I bought my graphic card and 2 1TB hard disk from. 'BizGram' sold it for $90 but I would have to wait till Monday to collect. I found another shop, just directly opposite(I won't list the name because their customer service sucks) which sold the MoMo for $95.

I tried my luck and told them to match the price BizGram offered and they were so pissed off or something like BizGram ripped their profits! Well, people are selling this second hand for $30 so, $90 is still quite a profit.

Carried that whole box to the bus stop and took a straight bus back home. Everyone was staring at me! I don't think many people walk around with a steering wheel. It was heavy! Tiring walk and I nearly got caught by a traffic police officer who was just waiting on the main road looking at the side road. I stopped just as I stepped on the blind man marker pebbles on the side of the traffic light crossing. He looked in my direction and I looked back. Thank God I didn't run across. Else my racing wheel would have cost an additional $50.

I fixed the racing wheel and configured all the stuff. It seems so much easier than last time when we were trying to set up joysticks for a flight simulator game.

I managed to solve some bug issues with configuration and VOLA. F1 2010! Wore my gloves and started racing with no aids, no ABS or traction control. I think I need to practice more though. The feeling is great to just be able to complete the race( I came in last, 24th position by the way) without crashing or screwing up the car, super difficult to do as you have to concentrate for the many turns a lap has X the number of % of the race distance.

My sister was so curious and she tried and she ended up playing for half an hour! Awesome stuff. I think it was a $90 well spent. I have been wanting a steering wheel since I got into F1 simulation games 2 years back.

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Ah, if only I could race away my hurt.

Joy VS Happiness

Our God is an awesome God!

2011-01-16T04:15:00.001+08:00

The story of yesterday is long winded.
I went out with my primary school friends at Serangoon in the evening.

I decided to leave to travel north east where I took a nice sweet walk. By the time I left the neighbourhood, there was no bus back home so I walked from Hougang, before I started walking I prayed for someone to drive me home(ridiculous demand right?) Saw a bus going to Serangoon and I took that back to Serangoon central. There were no more buses to TPY so i continued walking. As I was walking up to the main road and vola-my primary school friends. I decided to join them for a drink because i was thirsty. We walked to the coffee shop and half way, he said: 'where do you stay? I offer you a lift can? I can't bear to see you walk back'.

Whoa. I couldn't believe my ears. He sent me back. Thank God for answering my prayer! It was just when I was sharing in bible study that God answers prayers-but in His time and it is discouraging to wait for a long time for an answer. But now I can rest assured that He is always at work around me.

Little answers to prayers assure us that God is overseeing the larger picture!

Whoa!

2011-01-15T12:57:00.001+08:00

Does going to the mall necessarily mean that we have to spend money?

I don't think so. Asides from the fact we might need to fork out money for transport.

So is it the factor of time or is it that we just use money as an excuse?

First In A Year

2011-01-07T22:23:00.000+08:00

Things have been getting busy. With my last semester to go. Been jogging quite a bit. Assignments are coming up. Onwards!

Nike City 10K

2010-10-24T22:08:00.003+08:00

Got up early in the morning to leave for the Nike City 10K run. Thank God He cleared the haze!

I went with my brother. Arrived at City Hall MRT and walked towards the starting point. I must say that it was so much more convenient compared to the Yellow Ribbon run because it was walkable.

The starting point was just behind the Marina floating platform and there were many participants! By the time we got there, security was blocking off the fences to separate the group. We went towards the starting point, moved the fence and went in. Unethical? But it was the most logical thing to do. I didn't want to wait for the 2nd flag off since the gun time would be right when the 1st wave is flagged.

When I was at the 2nd KM, I saw those invited athletes running on the opposite side. Insanely fast.

Went on my pace and up till the 7Th kilometer, my body just went to aching mode, I had to slow down my pace and keep the jogging motion. Worst still was the ramp towards Nicole highway. Argh! Made it and the highlights was the F1 circuit. Ran in a clockwise direction, past the pit exit, the pit grand stand and pit entrance. It was the longest 750m ever. My legs just couldn't move as fast as I wanted them to.

I completed the 10K in 1hr 5 minutes. Shaving 6 minutes off my previous 10K from the Yellow Ribbon run. I only wished I pushed myself harder to complete it in less than an hour.

Got the runner item and it was pathetic. A figurine?! Of what? A DJ whom I don't know. I was thinking they would give something better! Yellow Ribbon gave a towel and I'm putting it to good use. What use do I have with that figurine? Read from hardware forums that 'it's going to end up in the bin anyhow'.

Walked out of the shade towards the baggage collection and thank God I brought and wore my Oakley shades throughout. The sun was glaring!

Checked out my shoes and I am sad. My right shoe has a wear line which is like slanted to a side. Probably due to my running pattern. When it wears out totally, I hope I can find another pair that I want and that they won't stop making them!

My whole body is in recovery mode. Good run! Now for the next run. Have to find another 10K to join!

Old Man

2010-10-23T00:47:00.001+08:00

My whole body aches. My legs feel stretched from the sit and reach.

My muscles-or what is left of them are aching.

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Nike 10k is continuing the run in the haze! Only when the PSI reaches 200 and above or when the HPB says so then the race will be cancelled.

I've ran in the rain in my 1st 10k, I wonder how running in the haze will feel like? Those cilia in my lungs would have to work doubly hard to rid of the micro particles! We'll see how bad the PSI is on Sunday.

Peace out!

Possibility?

2010-10-19T13:18:00.000+08:00

Intensive training for Thursday. I sent an email asking whether there is a 2nd test but he fellow hasn't replied me yet. So I guess I better buck up!

Just realised the image I posted yesterday was huge! Scaled it down to a reasonable image. There, better!

Run Your Lungs Out

2010-10-18T21:55:00.002+08:00

GeoTagged, [N1.33394, W103.85016]

I just got wind from my classmate today that my NAPFA is this Thursday!

I checked the email and they informed us on the 15th of this month. A little late right?!

I've got to polish my runs and my pull ups. Not that I can't do any of the stations but I really want to get gold to slice the time off. I'm just 4 pull ups to gold :( must push myself!

I've been doing long distance jogs so today I wanted to push myself to do it faster for a shorter distance and I met my target for tonight. It was great, I met my target of 12 minutes, barely.

Ran with my cousin and after the run, I felt great! Like the stale air in my lungs finally got out.

Hopefully I can run a bit faster tomorrow!

The Ties that Bond

2010-10-12T23:29:00.001+08:00

My neighbour for 10 years passed away on the 10/10/10.

It's so amazing to see how a death can bring people closer to God as well as closer together.

Through the tests and times like these are when we test our faith and seek His countless blessings.

It is when we unite together in Christ and be a testimony to those who are around us!

We who are in it, might not be able to see it; God has taken him back home!

To God be the Glory!
Amen!

Stupid Nut!

2010-10-02T01:20:00.001+08:00

I finally realised why my videos had blank Borders. It's because iPhone 4 shoots only in 720p and I've been exporting the video files using Windows Live Movie Maker to 1080p LOL.

I am such a noob! I was experimenting then I found the solution. Simply export the video file to 720p.

I should check what my canon camera shoots in. I hope it's 1080p, that would be cool!

Nutter out!

An Encouraging Run

2010-10-01T23:47:00.001+08:00

Had school this morning and I ported the application in the iPad device, made few minor changes here and there.

Checked my results and I thank God.
My partner did a great job!
Kudos :)

I received my earphones! Sennheiser CX 380. I thought I was going to be disappointed with it but in the end, it wasn't that disappointing(I wanted to get the Sennheiser MX 85 sport where it features a twist lock to your ear which gives a secure fit as compared to the CX 380, just a in-ear thing)

In the end, it didn't really come off till I took it off and when I put it back, it wasn't very secure but it didn't drop out of my ears. I guess for $30 should be a bargain. The MX 85 cost about $13 more though!

Headed for a run in the night with my cousin and my Runmeter app in my iPhone and it was a great run.
Ran towards my church mate's home and gave his family a surprise visit. It was very encouraging. We stayed for a bit, drank a little water and off we were to double back to TPY.

Did a short video on the earphones and I called it a night!

26th Sunday

2010-09-28T09:47:00.003+08:00

These are the entries of Sunday.

Got up 0620 and washed up.
Took a train to Kranji and an sbs bus to Malaysia.
Got on the bus at Larkin terminal and we headed to the karting circuit at plentong.
Karted twice. 10-15 minute rounds each for 70 RM total

Had lunch
Paintballed but Rained so we stopped
Dinner at a sumptuous seafood restaurant

Traffic jam home

26th Sunday

2010-09-28T09:47:00.001+08:00

Familiarisation Found

2010-09-20T12:13:00.001+08:00

I had the world skills familiarisation round this morning at 0930 this morning and I took a bus there. The journey was painful on my buttocks.

I reached and got lost. I'm really surprised at how maze-like NUS is. Thank God I landed myself in a directors's office and she directed someone to guide me towards the place I was supposed to be at.

The brief didn't take really long and it was pretty fast. The computers they are using is Windows XP. Real old stuff along with dual core.

Heading out and back was crazy. The bus wait was long and the weather didn't help either.

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I posted a review on an application from the Apple AppStore, RunMeter from Abvio. It was worth every penny I paid for it. Satisfied me much!

The customer support is awesome as well. I am totally impressed.

Do check out my review on the application@
www.nut-tech.blogspot.com

Ah we 2nd class citizens(on the pitch)

2010-09-17T22:24:00.001+08:00

Went for another day of nike chance-by invitation. Headed there on day 1 and helped them goalkeep. Goalkeepers weren't going for the trials. They were just there for nothing, to guard the space in-between the sticks.

Played good and in the end was promised a jersey for coming again for the 2nd time. The dude was busy so he told me to call him again next time and he'll pass the jersey to me :)

Comparing day 1 and day 3 of trials. I think day 1 had so much better talent, it really felt like I was playing with professionals. Today, it was like amateurs who were so lousy!

I got recognised by one of the coach and he was utterly disappointed when he asked for my age. He said: "ah, if you were 18 I would take you in immediately". Oh well. I missed the train by a year. It's all luck with the spotting.

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I'm so excited I'm going to meet my primary school friends tomorrow woo!

C.O.L.

2010-08-23T22:10:00.000+08:00

I got up early today at 6 but I headed back to bed and got woken up by a phonecall from my classmate and if that didn't happen, I would have been sleeping through my morning! Headed to school and did a bit of work before heading towards my uncle's place to aid him with getting lunch and other minor things because he was servicing his air-con and was handicapped due to the operation.

I finally managed to get the paintball video up.

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I'm getting through day by day.
It's just a blackhole that's sucking my life away...

Ultimo Hurtigo

2010-08-23T09:56:00.002+08:00

I don't understand this sense of lost. I'd rather die.

Thoughts of getting into an accident or something. I cannot comprehend. Thoughts of the blade going 'across the street'.

I don't know what to do.

Will it the truest form to walk away? Or do only singles say that?

I seek asylum.
The breath I take is not as easy as it once was.

My heart is heavy.

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My godmum came back early this morning! Thank God she is alright. She fell and nothing too serious has happened. I urged her to get an MRI and glad she is going for it soon!

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She frigging dropped a bowl and it shattered into pieces in the kitchen floor.

She kept silent as she took a hair mop(those flat ones with an attached cloth like paper to attract hair) to gather the pieces. She picked them up and she stopped there! No vaccum or anything like that! The other users walked into the kitchen and found shards lying on the ground. O how irresponsible is she! Yes! - that monster of she!

You broke it, you fix it!
Doesn't make sense for you to break something and let someone else fix it.

Ooo at night was good I challenged my dad to drinking a glass of port in 30 seconds. He downed it in less then 5 can?! I finished in 15 seconds and now I'm feeling light headed. I feel so good! Alcohol is the medicine :))

Family
Faith
Friends
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What do you reply to a one word text? I don't know where to start.

Help.

2010-08-23T00:12:00.001+08:00

SOS to God

67777-GOD

Time Goes By

2010-08-15T00:46:00.002+08:00

Had soccer this morning and it was tiring waiting for the people to come.
I think people get kind of bored repeating their activity week after week at the same place.

So, we are going to change venue next week!

I kind of hyper-extended my ankle whilst playing because I stretched out my leg to stop the ball and it kind of blasted my ankle off.
Play was stopped for a bit and I limped around in pain.

I should stop my soccer activity before my 10k runs.

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Had my church AGM today and all was pretty smooth sailing. Worship followed right after and it was an empowering one.
I was on drums and everyone just fitted in perfectly.

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You pray to God to reveal His plans. He will never reveal His plans, but His STEPS.
All things happen for a reason, for a reason we might not know.

It is funny because it happened to me tonight and I thank God for it.

I should rest my poor ankle which make me limp like an old man!

The Void Right There

2010-08-04T22:34:00.000+08:00

It has been such a week so far. I'm training for my 10km but the scale that I've completed so far is 3.2km. I wonder how I can improve my legs to carry me that distance.

I kind of found and did a jailbreak for my iPhone. I updated it to 4.0.1 and managed to find a program to jailbreak it using the iPhone 4.0 Ipsw. Now I realize why Apple didn't want to allow multitasking on the iPhone 3G. It's simply too laggy. Yes, I have multitasking on my iPhone 3G. I wouldn't say it's bad but it does make the phone a bit less responsive.

I however love the new mail functions, bunching all the mailboxes and making life so much easier.
The new correction feature makes things all the more sweeter; it underlines wrongly spelt words and you just have to tap on it and it would show you suggestions for the wrongly spelt word.

All in all, I think if you're still on 3.1.3 jailbreak, stay there. If you want an update to 4.0.1, uncheck multitasking if you're jail-breaking because it makes your phone less responsive. Otherwise if you really want it, get a Gs or a 4! So much better :)

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Working on national day woo. I wonder how many people would actually order pizza in the early afternoon!

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There's a barrier in-between but I can't bring my guts to share how I feel :(

Cracks

2010-07-26T01:56:00.001+08:00

My leg is getting better. The first few minutes kicking ball on Saturday was painful but I guess it was pretty warned up and didn't hurt very much. That is good because it didn't kill me today whilst riding;a female driving nearly did. My shoulder still hurts like crap though. Studs do hurt!

This is like pretty much the highlight of the day. It happened along nofolk road turning to newton circus. I was on the green light and this driver turned into my right of way, from the opposite direction. How do these people get their licences anyway?!

I was coming up with theories of what could have happened. It was either that she was trying to beat the red light, thought she was in the right of way, was blind or just totally slipped her mind that a green light while turning doesn't mean you turn and ignore all traffic going straight.

I evaded becoming trash metal and carried on my way.

Another little highlight was at balestier road. This road is one killer road. So straight, so simple but yet accidents still occur. I was trying to get to the extreme right lane to turn and there was a red light. I squeezed through a Mercedes and when the cars infront of the merc moved, I was checking my blindspots before changing to the extreme lane and he horned. For whatever reason?! You only horn if there is going to be an accident or the car infront is dreaming and not moving. I was simply doing a reality check for my life. Tsk.

I should have just got of my bike and take a baseball bat...oh I didn't take that along. Darn.

Completed 10 docklets today. Could have done more but I was held up for 45 minutes for this Indian lady. I had to stand waiting for her to do her NTUC shopping from downstairs. Guess what her order was? It was a fraking complaint and my manager said she demanded a complementary 6 piece chicken. Yes, there are these kind of people around!

Well, I could have gotten more docklets if not for me getting lost after exiting from Anthony road. I headed back to citysquare mall by orchard road but unfortunately, I continued going straight instead of turning to princep. Went and took a little trip around Singapore town, in a Singapore pizzahutbike(said really fast). To see war memorial and sunteccity,the sunteccircus and funan mall. Because it's Pizzahut, Pizzahut and cut the crap.

I bet I am the slowest Pizzahut delivery boy ever. But thank God, so far I've delivered my pizza before getting lost besides the first day where I was totally lost because I didn't know where newton one was and was going around around around the newton circus.

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The manageress was sweet and I took back a regular pizza! Had a quick meal and rushed off to meet my poly classmates to wait for the arrival of two of my poly classmates. My bro flew me there with his bike. It was a good meetup-cum-chitchat session and we caught up a little bit.

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Singapore! The Changi Airport station manager was so rude. I was asking him whether if I caught a train whether I could make it to the circle line and he was like: "can you read the sign?" forgot to take down his name. TSK moment.

Caught a bus back to Amk and dropped off at boundary road and walked up towards the CTE. Couldn't walk any further so I had to take a cab. The fare cost $7.20 but the uncle just took $7.

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I want to watch inception. Heard so many good reviews about it and I want to find out what this theory thing is about!

Broken Leg

2010-07-22T22:57:00.000+08:00

Managed to catch the bus when I reached the bus stop.

The traffic was smooth and I reached just in time to warm-up for the
game.

Tampines SAFRA- Astroturf
The game was scary, let me split it into 2 halves.

1st half:

The first goal I conceded was a penalty. The ball was kicked into my
defender who defended his body but it was still called. I totally read
the direction of the shot and I dived but the ball was placed right at
the corner and it was out of reach. It was a pity I couldn't save it.

2nd goal was a bummer. I made the first save and when the opponent
took a shot, I was going to gather it but my teammate headed the ball
towards the top right corner and I was in no position to save that.

2nd half.

This half was an onslaught of goals, saves and injuries. We held up
pretty well and caught up with the score.

3rd goal was a one on one and I stood my position and the striker
picked his corner. Real foolish of me. The bottom left corner it went and I couldn't reach it because I didn't rush out to cover my angles.

4th Goal was another attack on the left side, the weaker defence side and it was a one on one, the fellow passed and I scrambled to save and I dived but the ball left his foot and my defender ran to the back of the goalpost but missed the clearance and gooaaaaal.

5th Goal. They took the outside of the 30 yard box as a passing area and it was disastrous, an open powerful shot into the top of the goal and in it went.

Highlights of the 2nd half was a boot flick and the opponent pushed one of the players hard and wanted to start a fight.

Saved a one on one where the guy was 5 yards away and I rushed to cover and did a Peter Schemeichel save, jumping in like doing a jumping jack, hands high and legs to the side. The ball rebounded on my gloves and away it went.

I had a one on one and I dived in and the fellow bumped into my left shoulder, got up and went down again. Wasn't that serious and I could get up and play.

A cross to my right side and a one on one where I rushed and was diving for the shot but my leg got caught and it was a totally awkward position for my right leg and I heard a craaaaaaack and it was real painful as I couldn't get up to walk, only limp and I continued the whole game like that.

I think it is an injury to the knee or ankle, something along the leg. I was climbing stairs and couldn't apply much pressure to it.

Right after the match ended, I spotted my friend and his girlfriend!
They came to watch the 2nd half of the match and I was touched.

In conclusion, the match ended 4-5, lost by one goal and there were many one on ones. A dozen saves and some injuries.

My gums hurt because when I shouted, my wissy cut into the gums, as in Wisdom tooth and I bled a bit.

The organizer paid for me because I was the keeper! $12 each player and it saved me a bunch. A cab ride back home and my street soccer friend just asked me to pay $2 just to make sure he had enough.

Real blessed day. Great game. But there is still a void.

Zero Tolerance

2010-07-11T00:29:00.001+08:00

Whatever happened to

In-person>Call>Text>Chat>network