2nd High key ICT

This ICT hasnt been that terrible like last year's, since I decided to shut out most of the conflicting instructions given by multi parties. I got closer to my men as well and understood their viewpoints.


During BME, we all took out our boots to air our feet. E birds & bees within 100 metres evacuated swiftly.
Me & my men waiting to move into action. Right to left: Me (wif e carbo loaded face), FO, e KOK brothers Kok Hui & Kok Loh, Si Xiong & e rest of FO team.


Me & Darren whacking milo dinosaur & mee goreng pataya at the end of ICT.

To Senai!

Dear Bee Chu Jie Jie was nice to drive the 3 of us to Senai airport in Johor for a tour tis morn! Moreover everyone stayed in Bukit Panjang except Lydia who stayed 3 bus stops away.. We took 2 hrs to reach senai with the morn traffic..


Hangar with some cessnas..


Cool Boeing 727 waiting for a pilot like me!


Heard Boeing doesnt produce 727 anymore.. Old version.


Posing with the yellow banana.. It's a 2 seater plane... squeezy like crazy..


Some Datuk owns this plane but has leased it to the club for flying and maintainence.. Twin prop aircraft costs 4 times more per hr to rent than a normal one engine cessna or piper.. RM1600 per hour! I want to own this plane!


Yan Han, Lydia and Bee Chu.. It was drizzling at Senai after we celebrated Cpt Lin's bday.. His dear niece WanTing bought a Irish Whisky Chocolate cake and was forced to light up 5 big and 6 small candles under a very strong wind.. Poor WanTing.. The plane landed so faraway and by the time we walked towards the plane where Cpt Lin was, the whole cake was layered with wax and e candles were burnt n barely visible.


Inside the cockpit.. Squeezy like crazy.. Perfect place for couples to chill out.. haa.


Aye aye Sir! Taking off right away!

My happiest day at Keppel (super long entry)

Keppel Shipyard Gul, my internship location for 6 weeks. Ennnngineering!

3 of us, climbing up and down ships all day long, getting dirty together, laughing at each other clumsiness.

The variety of helmets = variety of people in the shipyard.

Our office is situated in the machine shop.
Mother cat gave birth to 5 little cute kittens which resided in a cut-away pipe.



Spectacular shots taken in the dry dock.

We can be so bored at times that we used stenciling tools to play scrabble.

And so my morning started with a walk around the shipyard. After a while, we rested at the wharf and I was attempting to stabilise myself for a long range shot. All of a sudden, someone snatched the video camera out of my hands and I was totally taken by surprise. It was the senior security officer. He took off with my video camera without saying a word. It felt like I was being robbed for the very first time. I was shocked and scared and in a haste my left leg was rammed by the moving crane from behind. I quickly stepped away, although too late to prevent a heavy bruise on my calf. If i were a second slower, i believe my entire leg would be mashed underneath the crane.... Pheww.. I almost lost my leg.. And so i was determined not to lose my videocamera. I went to the guardhouse, wrote a statement and was relieved to take back my videocamera. This was the 2nd time I've been blacklisted by security.

I got away after writing a statement proclaiming my ignorance since i only started work a week ago. Aiyo.. my tummy is bulging unflatteringly.. all becos of the saggy belt.

In the afternoon, First engineer of BW Carmen took us to the ship's bridge to see the dazzling array of high-tech controls that manipulate the ship. He then brought us up to the helideck where we took in a breathtaking view of the shipyard. He even hao-lianed that a helicopter ride was no where awesome. He then showed us the crew's sleeping quarters and i was shocked to find a pretty 3star cabin nested in such a small ship.

After an hr, he handed us over to 2nd Engineer, Goyal, who is a short, chubby, round, bouncy, cute, unshaved, beer-belly friendly Indian guy. He was friendly enough to ask us about our school life and gave quite a lengthy explanation into engines, generators, bow thrusters, azimuth thrusters, freshwater generator blah etc. At the end of the day, he took us to the pantry and offered us Indian tea.... Oh gosh! I never expected the tea to have an Indian smell in it when i gushed it down.. The indian smell is so ubiquitous! Eeeee....

Ok, so the tour of BW Carmen really made my day.. After work, I headed off to school to attend SMP's closing ceremony. I was from the 8th cycle and 9th cycle is the very last cycle of SMP. I met up with Hayley, Victor and Rongbiao. And I made a new friend Eileen who also stayed at Bukit Panjang.

Me, Hayley and Victor.

8th cycle mentors. Super alot of them din turn up for the ceremony.

Victor's latest high tech camera had face detection technology. But somehow it did not detect my face for 3 times! I'm a woooo.....

It was really a day full of surprises and fun...

So happy!

It has been an exciting 3 days leading into the weekend! I attended the UC dry run on thurs in sch and the following day at sentosa. Gosh i even drove the NUSSU van from sentosa back to sch. I was nervous racked but it was pure fun getting buzzed by my passengers as i swerved the van about.



Today HQ officers once again rule the day during the pre-ICT brief! We were the only kids turning up in civi while the rest donned their uniforms. Outstanding HQ! It's been 5 yrs since we've known each other. Buddies for life! I luv my tok cok buddies!

My first logo design

Ha! Nice eh.. Logo for FSIG..

Exams r over

Exams were finally over on 27th Apr Fri, with SS as my last paper to wrap up e wk. Having 5 papers in 5 consecutive days had been real exciting; there was too little time to panic n all I had to do was to assure myself that I had did my best to study, leaving events to unfold by themselves.


This compilation of LOTR games is excellent! Kept my fighting spirits high throughout e exams.

My mum n I drove over to Johor Bahru on sunday to do some shopping at Century Square. It was 1pm and I was stuck on the causeway with a scorching sun overhead. Finally after an hr, we came up to e immigration counter and my mother was so furious at e slow working pace of the customs officer. From inside the car, her short arm couldnt reach the counter and the officer refused to stretch out his hand to help retrieve the passports. Hahaa.. My mum almost jumped out of e car.


I was real disappointed that there was no electronics roadshow at century square when I arrived. Parking there is RM2 per hr which is quite reasonable. On our way back home to Singapore customs, we saw a sign which says: "Your security is our concern." I laughed my head off.. It is in fact trying to say:" OUR BLOODY SECURITY IS YOUR CONCERN!"

My first attempts at designing posters

My first 2 posters! Aint very awesome but at least there's exponential improvement from the first to the 2nd. Hopefully the third will be a quantum leap! Doing the poster is straightforward but e conceptualising part is difficult. I spent like 2 days designing each poster and e process was bitter sweet... but I like.... Nothing feels better than seeing your own creation come to life..



Master!! Teach me how to do these posters! This guy is freaking good! Heard he took private Art class for his A levels. Pro man..

Looks like tis will be a new hobby of mine! on top of my itch for web design..

I singlehandedly raised $975 for FSIG!!! $1025 short of my target... But i guess it was a gd try considered it was my first time.. I even got laughed at by Adrian for writing a receipt wrongly. E past 2 weeks have really been tough.. I deserve a big slap on e back!

Auntie Susan's store.. She was my Cai Shen Ye.. or rather cai shen ma... She got her gang to rent stalls from me. But i gave her a freaking cheap price for her 2 stores n i even drove her to biz on e last day for her subsequent bazaar..

Adrian's stall.. He's freaking rich but freaking nice guy.

Cindy selling accessories..

Fu Hao's store.. E auntie say biz is so bad tat she has been killing mosquitoes n flies.. She wanted a discount off e rental for being a fulltime pest buster. Buzz off!!

Mr !Destiny! from Africa... haha. did u pronounce his name correctly? It's "Luck" Destiny "Luck".. He attempted to give me $50 african dollar as rental.. I gave him e "you-tink-you-r-funny-but-you-r-not" smile...

Auntie Linda's store. She made some of e earrings herself..

The omnipresent ramly burger..

It's really amazing how these pple make a living through these bazaars.. E things they sell r so cheap tat it's not easy to rake in a substantial profit. But it's really cool watching them in action.. esp in slow moving frames in my mind. They stay outdoors e whole day, they sweat, they have to joke with fellow vendors, have to constantly keep an eye on their store, continuously n quietly hope tat the nxt person walking past will be someone special. It's a tough job man.. Trust me.. I've done it b4.. n neva again.

Useless but quite interesting facts of life

1) In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

2) Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only... Ladies Forbidden"... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

3) Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

4) It is impossible to lick your elbow.

5) Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

6) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:Spades - King DavidHearts - CharlemagneClubs - Alexander, the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar

7) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

8)Question: If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?Answer: One thousand

9) In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase... "goodnight, sleep tight."

10) It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

11) In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

12) Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

13) I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Stretched thin

I feel so stretched.. I remb tat Hayley always told me it was gd.. Wana do a review of wat I did in e past few months so tat I could feel better bout my present situation...

Jan
DIY fish tank
Set up website for FSIG
Establish grp tuition

Feb
Purchase of car
Settling car payments
Joined Union Camp comm n did e UC website
Interview of my first 2 FSIG members

March
Open house vending booth
Forming of 1st FSIG exco
Publicity poster for FSIG
Fundraising bazaar for FSIG

My life is revolved around FSIG n union camp.. But i really want to make FSIG successful.. It's my baby dood.. First 2 mths I was so unenthusiastic about FSIG cos i tot it was just another one of e craze i used to have.. but after open house when i got to know e members better, i started to become more motivated to run e club.. I even planned out 3 semeters ahead so tat eventually it will become a full fledged club. Benny said starting up is always tough.. Presidents of established clubs are just a part of e system, they shld hav a much easier life..

Let's take a look at the future

Apr
Full time student... really...

May
atomicplonk biz
shares

June
Reservist

July
Union camp

Come to tink of it... Joining union camp has really broadened my social circle by darn enormous magnitude... all e engin n cac camps din really get me anywhere.. but once i became part of NUSSU, i have enter a world of its own. E pple in NUSSU r darn hardcore... they always recycle themselves within the NUSSU standing comms.. Furthermore they will take up some position in other ccas or events.. Really siao on pple.. Heng I joined.. Nxt yr holis no more camps lor.. Time to learn flying! Tat'll prob be my graduation reward! i still hav fond memories of e days when i was learning how to drive a car.. Darn exhilarating!

To those taxi drivers who tink they are race car drivers but who are not

SCREW YOU!!!
I got horned by freaking 2 taxi drivers in 2 days just for overtaking them. Having to brake just a little to accomodate me means they are gg to miss the next customer and because of that they will lose $2.40 and their family will be starving.. SCREW YOU! Other cars are considerate enuf to let me in.. N i always do tat for other cars so i dun see why taxi drivers cannot be a little more considerate!!!

Another taxi driver kept tailgating me in a multi storey carpark.. How the fuck do u expect me to park when your freaking head is smelling my ass!!!! I am brainwashed by the govt to park with my backside in OK!

I am declaring war on you stupid taxi drivers!! I am gg to freaking take down your car plate number and complain to your taxi company.. I am gg to make you lose your job! SO STAY AWAY FROM ME!!

Open house vending booth

Yesterday n today was the open house. This time I decided to rent 2 booths to raise funds for flight and space grp. Rent was $15 for one stall one day. Need the funds cos we're gg to embark on a publicity campaign soon.

But things were not meant to be smooth. Edwin the guy who sold CDs backed out immediately when he was told tat he could not get a power point for playing his CDs. He refused to just display his products. He purposely gave the pissed off look to make me gan jiong so tat i will try to accomodate his demands. I know tat look all too well cos i always use it. But i said goodbye to him.


Me rushed bak home to get all my barang barang and set up stall. Mostly books. Since I've decided to stop being a nerd, i have no qualms selling them all. I'm an entrepreneur sia.. Zai!


John's stall beside mine.. He siam-ed when Michelle was taking photo for me. He was selling honey imported from thailand. He is really quite lao jiao.

In the meantime, I was having some conflict wif the organizing comm regarding the unwanted presence of external vendors. They darn angry at me for breaking so many rules. But i just smile them away.
Michelle spotted some highlights in a story book n she totally laughed at my nerdiness... Thanks Michelle who stayed all the way wif me till closing..

The next day, John pulled out n left me wif 2 stalls. Tzee Hwee finally had her way. She won. I only made a bad reputation of myself wif the external vendors. I'll try to lower my head next time i pass by their booths. Sorry Susan! You have really been so nice introducing so many vendors to me!


Me brought even more books the next day! But i felt the rental was too heavy for me. I only recouped my $30 by 2pm. Pretending to sugar daddy. Gillian said i look like Buddha..???


With my neighbours from Law society. Sugar daddy, Grace n Liwei. Grace was my tok cok buddy all the way from 10am to 3pm.. Really appreciated her company.


Gillian came in at 3pm n starting beaming her charm to the passing crowd.


Oh shucks.. I better start changing my poses..



These siao pple from Sheares Hall was about to release all these orange balloons wif their banner into the sky. Grace said: Air pollution wei!!

At the end of the day, wif crowds dwindling, I wrote some wishes on the NUS balloons n let them soar into the sky. Since the balloons were filled wif helium, i took one n breathed in all e helium n started toking.. hahahaha... so funny e way i toked! But i was feelin my lungs were rotting after tat.

Lousy after sales service

Went to do my 1000km free servicing today.. Freaking Hyundai service centre... Took 3 n 1/2 hrs to service my car even though i made an appointment.. Service was made worse by the all male team.. All ah bengs lacking sleep n sounding grumpy.. Why cant they have an all girls reception???!! The only girl they had there was a tomboy.. wahaa..

Me: "Erm excuse me... my hand brake is very loose.."
Service girl: "ok i'll inform e technician."
Me: "E brakes too insensitive. The acceleration pedal needs to be tightened too."
Service girl: "Ok I'll INFORM E TECHNICIAN"

Me: "Erm excuse me... my hand brake is very loose.."
Pro guy: "Normally if hand brake has 7 clicks it shld be fine, else we do not tighten it in case it jams the car into a skid."
Me: "E brakes too insensitive. The acceleration pedal needs to be tightened too."
Pro guy: "Ok but if i tighten too much, it may end up even worse. It's up to u.."

One word: Pro

During tat 3 n 1/2 hrs, I walked over to Ikea which was nearby.. Passed by Mercedes showroom along the way.. I felt like I was totally in another world when I stepped onto their pavement.. Instead of the ordinary concrete pavement, they actually put tiles wif a matching colour to the building.. The logo on top of the building even swivelled! Amazing!! The glass building reminded me of the UN building in NY.

On e right side of Mercs building, a building under construction.. Look at the tiles..

On e left side a super retro building...

N e winner!! No building comes close to it....

Ok so i went to Ikea n bought a $2.50 clock... so cheap tat i was hesistating to buy since i tot it may stop working after moving for 1 second. I luv shopping at Ikea, always allow me to imagine how my life could be better.. I also saw an item perfect for a prank present... haha.. who shld i make fun of..??

After 2 hrs of shopping, I sneaked back up to e workshop to see if they are hanky panky-ing wif my car...

Left rear tire genna 5cm long nail... they patched it up for $8.... so ex for a piece of ugly plastic stuck in the hole.. Horrible!


The workshop area wif other cars.. Some cars were badly damaged while most were like mine coming in for servicing.. Suddenly i received a call saying all my brakes failed e test.. N i had to wait again....

This man was using e internet for darn bloody long.. selfish like fish... N he wasnt doing impt stuff like pretending to check his mail but playing dumb or dump or dum or watever u spell.. How dumb! n dumbfounded i was when i saw wat he was doing.. E other comp spoilt ok..