A trip down to IMM and we said...

'Halleluyah'. First it was the shuttle bus, then the building itself. Guessed the rain didn’t kill the people’s shopping spirit any bit. It’s been ages since I last shopped with my mom. Needless to say, photo taking is definitely at the top of our shopping list.

Me with A Reindeer-Wannabe

Got myself a pair of black jeans to make the day's squeezing worthwhile. Haha...We got all the wrong reasons for buying new stuff, don't we? Well, that would be the christmas spirit I guessed...

My new toy


It’s what I have been busying with for the past 3 weeks. It’s big and hot and the best part is, it’s free of charge. Training is needed to prevent the user from getting hurt by it and it’s better to play it in groups if you get what I meant. Finally, I managed to get some pics of it. Let me now present to you my new toy: Stream power plant.

The various components are:

The boiler which turn water to steam

Steam pass to the superheater to become superheated vapor

finally to the steam turbine to the generator to produce electricity

Some readings to obtain for calculations

According to the lab tech who bought the power plant, any part of the component can easily cost up to a few million dollars. But for us, MAE students in ntu, it's free. For a geeky student like me, it's a good thing.

Family Potrait

Was at my cousin (chuyan)'s place when my mom decided to take a few photos of ourselves... Pics really do mean a thousand words (said or unsaid) when it comes to family. Here we are...

Mom n Chuyan

Mom and I

Chuyan and I

Chuyan and I making faces

My first attempt at cooking: Fried Rice


After watching “大小爱吃”, I am somehow convinced/tricked into believing that cooking isn’t really a difficult task. So I decide to cook my own lunch today but the only ingredients I can found in my fringe are some cabbage, lean meat and leftover rice. And that decides my dish to be …Fried Rice.

It’s really my first try in cooking and I didn’t really think of posting an entry about it. So I didn’t take the pics of the prepared ingredients which I washed and sliced and fried. However, after tasting it, I decided to write about my successful attempt and took a pic of the done dish. I’m so proud of myself, so much so that more attempts will be coming up (I hope). Hahaha…



The end result: (Believe it or not?) A delicious lunch and a satisfied customer

Talking about days of our lives…



With all the army things going on right now (who says anything about LHY? Who? Who?) and the 9pm drama which is showing on channel 8 now, remind me of my army days. So this morning, I went to flip the pages of my journal I wrote in camp and came across the entry I now still find it quite funny when I rethink of it. Here it goes…

060105 (Thurs)

-Don’t be lazy!!! Must always wake up for breakfast…It’s the right thing to do, if not (before), CSM gives EXTRAS…
-B4 SOC, or other exercise, do equipment check! It’s not the men’s fault to forget stuff, it’s commanders’ fault not doing their duties to ensure.
-Commanders Vs High creditable Men
-Don’t wait 4 things to happen. Initiative…
-Don’t always treat men like friends. Know what’s the right time.
-Sispec’s Specialist Creed. Work according to that.
“I am the Specialist of Singapore Army,
With pride I lead,
I excel in my specialist field,
I ensure the discipline of my soldier and readiness of their equipment,
I will overcome adversity with my fighting spirit,
I will defend Singapore with my life.”
-Commanders do your jobs. Punish the men if necessary. Don’t wait for PS or PC to punish. If not, then you are not doing your job.

End

Thinking back, I guessed we are all trying to learn to do the right things. Failure is not a bad thing if it made us a better person. The funny thing is, most of the words in that entry came from an officer whom I slowly lost respect to as time went by. Still I wish him all the best and ORD is still the best thing which has happened to me so far.

Instant Noodles...


Me: Er…do u know the correct way of cooking instant noodles?

Grandma: What’s wrong?

Me: Just that it’s healthier to change the boiling water after the noodles is cooked.

Grandma: Why?

Me: To remove the wax.

Grandma: Ghosts also eat candles, it’s time to get used to wax.

It's show time...

It’s been over a week since I am done with my psychology paper. “How’s it?” Let’s not go there. Right now, I am almost free while hunting for a temp job before school starts in aug again. I seriously hate how money makes the rich lazy and the poor ones working. It’s not that working is a bad thing but seeing those wealthy ones going overseas for holiday or, at least, enjoying their time at the Great Singapore Sale really makes my eyes sore. DO I HAVE A CHOICE? This is the key issue. No money = No talk + No choice.

Maybe I am pushing myself too hard. I meant what was I thinking when I decided to take a special term one week right after my exam was over, and now, can’t wait to work after my special term is over. Maybe I should just like my hair down a little before they are all gone due to stress and tiredness. At least until I got my temp job.

While waiting for grey’s anatomy to start its 4^th season, I am watching Brothers & Sisters starring the one and only Calista Flockhart. To be honest, She is the reason why I watch the series at first but now, I am hooked to all the characters and relationships of the Walker’s family. Every episode is like a party. I am hoping for the 2^nd season to be aired soon. If not, I will be spending more hours on drama shows rather than lect notes when school reopens.

Speaking of school, I got kicked out of my hall. Haiz... I got all my stuff back at home and after the special term, i must say, I am still not used to the traveling. As a result, all I can do now is to plan my time table really really well in order to save time and travel cost. But according to what they said, yr2 's schedule will be tigher than yr1's. We shall see how then.

These days…

Finally, I am done with psychology quiz 1 and 2. Just one week after my exam, psychology module kicked in and it’s 10 chapters to study within 5 weeks. Like Biology, it’s an interesting subject, with lots of nice videos to see. But it’s a lot of information to digest with very little time. Seriously, you can’t cover a chapter within the 2 hours lecture. So no choice, weekend have to be spent studying the textbook. Quiz 1- 14/16, Quiz 2- 15/16…not bad right?

Moved out of my hall, which means back to staying at home. I still find it a chore to travel from home to school, especially for just 2 hrs lessons, 3 times a week. Maybe this is the reason why I choose to stay in hall in the first place. I just hope that they will accept my hostel application for my yr2.

Being at home means more tv time. I have been losing touch of the news and the outside world during my stay in hall. Sadly, all the news I heard is not good news. There are so many cases in which people die just like that. Incidents like the 2 NSFs in Taiwan training, the women killed by fallen tree during her morning walk…etc. It really makes me realize how sudden your life can be taken away…like the chickens and ducks in the farms. The only difference is you have your love ones crying for you after you were gone and it’s like that will make things better?!?

Finally, i watched "Hard Candy". It's the movie I wanted to watch since sem1 but I remembered only a few cinemas has it and Eugene chose to watch "The Lake House" over it. By the way, “Hard Candy” is not a porno film. I told so many of my friends and porn is the first thing that came to their heads. Anyway, “Hard Candy” is definitely more realistic and intense than “The Lake house”. It’s about a 32 yo guy meeting up a 14 yo teenage girl whom he chatted over the Internet and realized he is not on top of his game. Still, it’s not porn.

Finally, exam over, yr1 over. Yeah, 3 months long break. I wanna thank akbar and xin xin and sandy and students from my malay class. Without you all, I will not be able to even finished my malay exam paper. So TERIMA KASIH! OH…and happy belated birthday to me…haha…BIG 22 on the 22^nd of April. It’s a big thing!!! Spent it with Eugene, studying material science!?! So glad that my room mate is Eugene. I wanna eat pizza and he agreed. It's really the small little things that count. And thanks for the Avril lavigne CD, The Best Damn Thing. I am happy. And thanks chin bee for spiderman 3 even though she is the one who wanna watch it. I am happy.
22 liao…I still remembered my 21^st birthday wish is to enjoy my uni life and make some good friends, and I did. I just wish my result will be good this time round. Haha… but no matter what my results will be, I tried my best…not studying, but doing the exam papers. Trust me, there is a difference. Meanwhile, I wanna dedicate this song to all the teachers who set the exam papers…Thanks…

I Like Studying on 20042007

I like studying.
The fact that it makes me think,
Think of the weirdest reason,
Just to get out of it.

Suddenly the room needs to be cleaned.
Suddenly my stomach is always empty.
Suddenly I agreed it’s good to sleep early.
Suddenly I can’t seem to breathe.

Maybe it’s due to the weather.
Maybe the bed is a better table.
Maybe I should use pen instead of pencil.
Maybe studying is not my kind of thing after all these years.

Unless the notes have all the answers.
Unless I can beat all those china students.
Unless Avril lavigne would be my teacher.
Unless I can concentrate a little better.

But I like studying,
Just that it makes me think,
Think of the weirdest reason,
To get out of it.

A Day As a Banquet

Today, I joined my aunt to be a banquet at the Le Meridien hotel. I always thought working as a banquet would be quite relaxing until I tried it out myself. After filling up the personal information and collecting our uniforms, we went for a briefing by the manager who divided the lot of banquets into 4 teams. In my team, there are 3 guys and 3 gals and turned out that the guys would be the runners whose role was to bring out all the plates of food to gals to serve. Imagine carrying 10 plates of main course dishes on a tray for countless of rounds…Furthermore, different dishes are located at different rooms and you really have to walk fast, not run, so as not to break the plates or glasses. The gals will be inside the hall topping drinks for the guests. After the guests finished the food, the runners then have to bring all the dirty plates, collected by the gals, into the big smelly basin in the kitchen. The grant finale will be the packing up after the guests left. The gals cleared up the tables while the guys stacked up the chairs and rolled the cleared tables into the furniture room. All in all, it’s really like sia kang for just $6 per hour. The good thing is I managed not to break anything and my captain and staffs were nice. But honestly speaking, being a banquet is really not my dish. It’s going to be my once in a lifetime experience and hence, the photo for memory.

Time flies…

Today is my off day and I have to go for my follow up appointment at the national eye center. It’s been a week since my lasik surgery and, according to my doctor, Mr Leonard Ang, everything is looking fine. “The eyesight will still fluctuate as the wound is still healing and an eye test will be done to confirm your perfect eyesight one month later.” That’s was he said.

After that, it’s dinner time at Jurong Point with Mingrui and Zhaojun. It’s first meet up after we got our A level results in 2004. 2 years come and go, just like that. We had Fish & Co. which was also a birthday treat for Zhaojun from the 2 of us. My first time at Fish & Co. and I would say the food just tasted ok. But seriously, it’s the company and the time we had that counts. We chatted just about anything and it’s good to know that everything is looking good for the both of them. I mean, 2 years and they still look the same as before, just prettier… haha… If you don’t believe me, just look at the pics below. But don’t need to think too much cos both of them are attached liao… I can’t wait to go ntu and see how the rest of my friends are doing. According to them, they are doing not bad either. After the chatting and window-shopping and photo taking, it’s home sweet home, tired but happy.

Zhaojun and me

Mingrui and me (smiled until cheek ache cos zj dont know how to use my cam, keep retaking)

Finally, the DA4 HE2 Zhao4

“Just relax your eyes and focus on the red light…”

Yah, that’s what my operating doctor said to me in the Operation Room (OR) when I went for my lasik today. 10 question marks immediately popped out above my head. “Focus or relax?” I asked the doctor. “Focus.” He told me. Obediently, I followed all the instructions and I must say it went quite well. No pain, just lied down and looked up at the red dot of light for 5min and let him do the work. And that’s it, end of operation. Now, all I have to do is to put artificial teardrops every 15 mins and antibiotic drop every 2 hours…for a week. Tomorrow will be a check to see if every thing went as well as I thought. Till then, I will be keeping my fingers crossed and dropping my teardrops.

Similar faces, all doing great


thanks junjie for the photo


So here we are, gathered for the first time after we ord, at the suntec ballroom for our ord dinner. I must say, it’s the best dinner I have since my prom night. I don’t know why, I can’t help but to recall back my prom night. Maybe it’s because of the formal thing, and MC and the games stuff and the lucky draw… Ya, I think it’s the formal thing. I never wear formal clothes to dinners, other than prom night, n then this. It’s a good dinner though, no ranks, no hard feelings, no nothing, just a bunch of friends coming together, enjoying a nice evening.

After all, nothing can beat a night spent with good entertainment, good food with good friends beside. Speaking about good entertainment, all thanks to the MC of the night. God, he is so so good that he made 41SAR looked such a fun unit to stay in. I came so close to consider signing on to the unit. Haha…. Just kidding. But still, he is good and experienced. Witty and yet crappy speeches, good timing to music, he seems to be doing this like forever.

Seeing how well each and everyone is doing, even for the regulars and those still in army- waiting to get out, can’t help but feel happy for them. Really, ORD is great. ORD means a lot of things made possible ahead. Seeing all these smart people, once I have worked with, fulfilling their various dreams, really make me excited for them too. Haha… I don’t know exactly what their various dreams were, or how well they are working on them, but I know that they all looking very good, too good to be letting all their wishes say NO to them. Still I wish all of them the very best.

Now back at home, back to reality… need to get back to bed. Working tmr… nite

Last night, I had a gathering with my sec school band friends for the first time in 4 years. It’s a pity for those who can’t make it because we really had a good time. Everyone looks pretty good and successful at their stage of lives right now. One thing that hasn’t change is that they are still very nice people. We went for a restaurant for dinner before kboxing till 2.15am at orchard. My first kbox experience and it’s with a bunch of friends I haven’t met in years. Just hope that I didn’t embarrass myself and everyone in the room. Another added bonus is I got clips for my secondary four SYF band performance. For those who didn’t know, I was a percussionist in my school years. Below are the clips and if you are looking for me, I am the one standing behind at the left side of the stage playing the timpani. Well, it’s not pro standard, we got bronze, but it’s all good memories. Once again, thank you Xiu Hua for everything.

PHS SYF 2001 Intro



PHS SYF 2001 Singapura Medley



PHS SYF 2001 Oregon

Today I went for my first ever job interview to be a retail assistant in an IT shop. It’s short but went pretty well. I reached the office about 15 min earlier and was asked to wait in a meeting room. While waiting, a lady gave me an application form to fill up my particulars. She didn’t bring me pen but luckily for me, I got mine in my bag. Then it was the interview in another room with another lady named Joyse. She was rather soft spoken and instead of telling me what they require the person they want to hire to be, she asked me for what I would like to do. She made the interview about me instead of about them, which is nice because it really makes the conversation less pressure for a first timer like me. Everything she said was quite pleasant for my ears, nevertheless the 6 days work week. I mean if there’s one thing SAF had taught me for the past 2 years, it has to be to go for what you like and not to focus on money and other stuff. But of course, that is when you have the choice in the first place. After 20 min of chatting, I began to get a little cold because of the air con and my stomach starts to make noise. To prevent her from listening to that noise, I spoke non-stop and made sure there’s never a point of time neither of us were talking. Fortunately, I don’t think she hear things she was not supposed to and it all ended by her telling me to wait for her call on Friday while she gets back to her boss. One thing they considering is that I only can work for 3 months before going for studies. Like I have got any other choice, I’ll wait.

The above is a piece of note my 4 years old cousin wrote for me while i was baby sitting her and her brother last sat. I was watching them doing spelling when she came and asked for my english name. Five min later, she brought smile to my face. What she meant was actually, " I love weijie because he knows spelling and weizhen( my sis)." Of course i did correct the spelling for the word "because" but that's really beside the point. I mean, how can a 4 year old kid do that? It's only at the age of 7(primary one) when i was forced to answer "it is/was because" for all the "why" questions in english comprehension without knowing the reason why. I think this is the advantage of speaking english once the baby can even mumble "mama" n "papa". Both of them were really innocent and cute and i have had a great morning with them.


Love can be simple and yet so true,
it's how you express it, the things you do.
No need flowers or diamond too,
just a short message even a 4 year old can do.


Understand what's wrong and what's right
Do it once and do it right
Mistake made, you don't deny
learnt from it, get it right.

Somepoint of my life,
i hope i can find,
one who will cry
for me, when i die.

April is here, 3 more weeks before it will be gone again. Been eating alot these 2 days, all the stuff i like, like po biah, laksa, sushi, roti prata, rojak, milk tea.....SHIOK!! Will be eating combat ration for the next 4 days but will survive. Just hope that april will end faster and smoother for me.

020405, the day avril lavigne performed live in the singapore indoor stadium. Fortunately enough, i got the "A10 seat 2" tix and enjoyed the show till it ended. I can say, it's the first and the best birthday present i gave myself so far. No fancy costume, just the same tshirt outfit and the great vocal she had, she awakened the crowd. She is really smaller in size than wat i expected but her voice is still power. It was really value for money and i have a great time. i cant wait till her next performance in singapore. Lastly, i would say....AVRIL ROX!!!

Went to auntie's home with my sis to play mahjong. We didn't go all the way just to play mahjong, trust me, we got better things to do. It's been a while since we last visited her place, and since it's the festive season and we are on holiday, why not? When we reached there, we realised there was nothing else we could do other then setting up the table and start playing. We played till 9pm when my mom started to call at interval of 10min to pester us back for dinner. We don't want to look like we are addicted to mahjong and also, my primary six cousin was throwing temper due to the fact that he was not winning, we decided to call it a day.

Back at home, my mom fetched me dinner and made sure i ate before she can go peacefully to bed. Then i called a friend to chat till 12+am and that goes my saturday. As the saying goes, good things always come to an end. Sunday is here and it's time for booking in. I finally realised the feeling of getting a you-don't-like-but-die-die-have-to-do job. And i finally get the reason why people working in the society always told me, who was a student back then, how they wish they were still studying and that studying is much better then working. I also hope that i can be a trainee all my nsf life and never go to unit. Trainee is like student and to go to unit is similar to getting a job. How i wish i get ord sooner.

My good deed: 1. I left the mahjong at my auntie's place knowing that they need it more than us. Even though i would like to have it at my place so that i can play when i want to. Self sacrificing.