HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Last night of 2006 was goody:)

hmm... I have yet to receive a call from NYJC
did they forgot about me?
did I miss their call when I'm out?
Is it because my OGL is super lazy?
Or is it because I wasn't even posted to NYJC?
I don't know, still waiting...

as for next year?
I must get into the dragonboat team!
because if I don't?
My next 2 years will be so screwed!

4/1 Chalet

back from 4/1 chalet...
had a great time with my good friends of 4 years!
but of course, it would have been more fun if not for the rain :(

on the first night, went all the way to changi village from marina to join them in watching soccer
still didn't quite understand why they chose to go changi village when there's a nearer coffeeshop
after that, I also didn't understand why they chose to walk all the way back to the chalet at aloha loyang
Only duck and I cabbed back...
taxi uncle told us that it was 5.4 km
by the time the rest reached the chalet, I was already sleeping!

we went to rent bikes the next morning
paid only $15 for a whole day rental!
damn cheap!

had the worst BBQ in my life that evening...
firstly, the area of burning charcoal was too small to feed so many of us
secondly, the heat was too small!!
so the food took super long to cook and most of them were not properly cooked!
the pit was also overcrowded!
and everyone was cooking for themselves
I gave up after sometime and I knew that if I wanna survive the night, I've to go somewhere else to fill my stomach
Indeed, 12 of us cycled to a coffeeshop - in the rain
our bikes were decorated with plenty of light sticks
pretty cool...

It was the first time I went cycling in the rain at night...
It was fucking cold man!
regretted not bringing jacket...
got back and duck realised that he dropped his wallet along the way.
so several of us went back to search for his wallet...
halfway through and a sudden downpour forced us back to keep our phones
went back out and managed to find his wallet in the car park:)
lucky him...
all ended well... :)

hmm... I think I clocked the most number of hours of sleep
8 hours on both nights :)
no, I'm not a pig

went to town to collect my jeans that I sent for alteration from 2 places
why 2 places?
Because when I went to Levis @heeran, they said that they can only accept washed and clean jeans for alteration.
I had 2 pairs but only one was clean...
So I had to walk all the way to Levis @centrepoint, in the rain...
to alter the other pair.
wah lau, centrepoint didn't even ask shit about the jeans lah...
I should have just went straight to centrepoint
Fuck!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!!!
hohoho... jingle pau, jingle pau, jingle cha siew pau
lin yoong pau, tau sa pau
siew mai, loh mai kai
hey!

past 2 days were fantastic!
yesterday, I went to yishun and swam 20 laps!
wait, I shall say it in a different way
yesterday, I went to yishun and swam 1km!
please read the one that sound longer and keep that in mind :)

I decided to swim instead of running because my knee was hurting.
maybe a sprain...
but swimming wasn't a good idea either.
the pain hit me once I got out of the pool.

went to Union Square at Amara hotel for Christmas dinner.
in case you're wondering, it's a bar that my parents frequent.
the food was goody and we had lots of drinks too
I'm a damn lousy drinker lah...
I only drank a bottle of Corona and took a few sips of this and that and I wasn't feeling too good already.
my parents and sister are damn good lah
haiz... looks like I got the recessive genes from my parents..
my whole family are good drinkers except for me
my whole family is pretty short while I'm pretty tall

Corona Beer!Daddy!
Mummy!
Jie Jie!
Happy Family!

Went to watch 'Night at the museum' at suntec with Krystle today
the show was not bad... but I don't recommend it?
because it's the kind of show that is interesting to watch but the story is crap.
It's quite funny though...
I actually went to get the tickets first before meeting her as I was afraid that there was no seats since it's a public holiday.
got there and every single time slots were still available... -.-
Man, I felt sooooo dumb.

Met her at city hall and she gave me a cake for my family
It was really nice of her
but I felt so embarrassed cause I didn't get anything for her family for x'mas
oops!
chilled at starbucks before going home
Christmas was merry!

4/5 steamboat at marina tomorrow followed by 4/1 chalet from Tuesday to Thursday
Initially, I told junxiang that I wasn't going for steamboat
but I thought it wouldn't be nice if I go for 4/1 chalet and not my own class steamboat
so a change of mind!
see! I very loyal right?

primary school gathering

Firday
went to east coast park with krystle to roller blade
i cant blade for nuts man
she had to wait for me most of the time
it must have been pretty boring for her...
the weather was goody!
surprisingly, it didnt rain!
blading is supposed to be relaxing... not for me though...
got to practise more!
it was nice to spend the day with her
over the 4 years, she grew much prettier and TALLER (20 cm!!!)

bathed and took a bus down to town to meet up the rest of our primary school classmates for dinner at seoul garden
the rest? sounds alot huh?
actually there was only 7 of us!
me, nick, aiman, krystle, dina, jasmine and hoi ting
so it was a MINI gathering
nevertheless we had a great time talking and laughing
didnt eat much though...
i'm definitely looking forward to the next primary school gathering!
and jasmine must organise!

Quick Update...

Woah, my blog is seriously rotting
I can smell it
ok, a quick update

PAE?
I got into NYJC! YIPEEEEEEEE
my sister went to bangkok and she's coming back tonight
i'm hoping to see some goodies :)
My family had a mini xmas gifts exchange
yeah it's early, I know
my aunt bought me a jansport bag
while I bought myself a pair of asics running shoes:)
that pair of shoes?
it burned a hole in my pocket
and it will definitely widen next week:(

Btw, i'm hooked onto 'Prison Break'
All thanks to my sister
she came back with a whole season of Prison Break in her external hard disk
I think it's still showing on channel 5
watch it! because it's a ****ing good show man
at the beginning of each episode, there'll be a brief summary of 'what you missed that you need to know to understand the subsequent episodes' so it isn't too late for you to start watching now
how nice?
I actually watched 12 40 mins episodes straight!
u feel me?

Scuba diving video

The video of our scuba diving trip is up!
hmm... it's not exactly a video
It's just a slide show of pictures with music
its not very good but at least there's some memories!
so... have fun!


I'm anxious to know my PAE results on the 14
I really hope that I can make it to NYJC for the first 3 months!
my fingers and toes will be crossed
Remember! It's 14Dec (Thu), 8.00am onwards! at www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/pae

I'm now a Open Water Diver!

4 open water dives at pulau hantu and now I'm a PADI Open Water Diver!
Yeah man, I love how it sounds
I'm a Open Water Diver!
I'm a Open Water Diver!
I'm already looking forward to taking 5 adventure dives at pulau tioman next year to become Advanced Open Water Diver!

the visibility of the water in pulau hantu is terrible!
the vis yesterday was about 1.5 m and it was considered to be very good already!
today was bad as hell!
most of the times, I couldn't even see the person 40cm away from me!
the sea bed was also full of sharp rocks so we've to be very careful to avoid getting cut!
how bad was the water?
Ok, picture this...
make a cup of milo by using less water, let it stand for 15 mins until you get a suspension
there! can't see shit!
next, stir the cup so that you mess up the suspension, now you can't see anything!
that happens when our fins stir up the soft sand below

Damn tired now...
had to wake up at 5 am on last 2 days and coming into contact with sea water makes it worse
We couldn't take much photos yesterday because it rained but we compensated with lots of photos today!
I'll be busy compiling all the photos into a video
so yeah... do come back to this space for the video
Alright, gonna take a rest now

For now, here are 2 and only 2 photos.... and a video taken in toy's r us
come back for more :)

3 PADI Open Water Divers! Me, Jeff, Karlok... Don't play play!
7 PADI Open Water Divers!
Ok ok, I think the incessant mention of 'PADI Open Water Diver' is getting annoying
The guy in the red sweater is our instructor, Lester!
He's a very nice guy!

Orpheus dive rocks!
Hey, if you're interested to learn scuba
Do it with Orpheus!


Last but not least, a video taken in toys r us @vivocity...

Standard Chartered Marathon 2006

Yes, the title says it all

My mum and I took the 10km race while my sister took the half marathon

my dad wasn't running so he offered to follow us and take care of our bag

so all of us woke up damn early and took a cab down

Alright, I was pretty satisfied with my run

I managed to hit my target to finish under an hour :)

My sister did good too, she took about 2hr 10min

the best of all, my mum!

all of us initially felt that she might have difficulty in even finishing the race

but she took only 90 minutes!

It's pretty good for someone who hasn't train and run for months prior to the race

Ultimately, it was a good day out as a family

It had been long since all of us went out together for breakfast

There you have it!

"Champions"