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2007-11-15T19:34:00.000+10:30

To all my faithful readers whom have been visiting and seeing the same post, I'm really sorry i didnt update the blog due to my exams, which ended today. To be honest, I feel rather concerned about the exams this time, they seem rather difficult, or perhaps I'm not studying hard enough, failing to discipline myself?

Will be starting full time work at the airport again tomorrow, and its all shift work, so its either i have to work at 5am or come back late at night, so I probably wont have much time to blog either.

To you Singapore pple, I look forward to see you all in January, but I might not be around all the time in the earlier days in Jan, prob might be elsewhere, still yet to confirm at this point of time. Kindly start our appointments beginning 10th jan

Zhiyong, look forward to seeing you at Qantas domestic terminal 3 26th nov. make arrangements to get back to CAB MC to visit Lynn for me. tks.

Selwin, wanna go anywhere in late january?

Sam, managed to get your leave to go Bangkok.. let me know!! if not, cant book the plane tickets in time.

Shawn (SS), if your reading this, can we arrange a meet up with all the other medics somewhere in mid January?

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-23T17:46:00.000+09:30

Mummy and me went to the city today to eat chilli chicken with rice for lunch and thereafter seafood laksa, its like first time in so many months that ive got to go with mummy to eat, and i really treasure such times. at least she gets to taste the food that ive been talking to her abt when shes in singapore. Tho shes nagging at me to please study for your final exams, I dont care! lets go out enjoy a lil bit first before we hit the books.
Much to her excitement, she wanted to go to star city to try her luck, to me, there isnt much we can win, instead we'll just be spending more $ on the slot machines, merely pressing buttons hoping to score a similar picture on the screeen. mann, i wonder how those oldies just sit there n press buttons the whole day.
Good thing tho, we're entitled to 3 free drinks in a day! and more if we're a regular gambler. i didnt gamble, just wanted the free drinks and those free lucky draw coupons.
I feel so different! when i get home, foods on the table, all cooked ready for u.. i dont even have to crack my head on what to cook or worry that i wont have time to prepare etc... mummy can u stay here for good?

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-21T06:25:00.000+09:30

Oh my!! how come England lost the Rugby world cup? They have been playing very well for the past few matches, yet today South Africa managed to kick them, also i spotted many mistakes which resulted in penalties for south africa, thats why they won, there were like no tries at all during the game. Oh wellz..

Well, work was alright yesterday, distracted by my guilty feelings i had over an issue, but other than that, managed to handle customers quite well. There was this lady who came from Indonesia and she carried like 23kg of checked in bags and 15kg of hand luggage, and I was like.. what the? you wanna get me into trouble? so i spent 20 mins argueing and negotiating with her, finally persuading her to take out her credit card! to save some $, we went all the way to get a plastic bag just to take out some stuff.. heh! i dun care, just dont get me into trouble will do.

I dont know, I've just been feeling really down and sad this few days, i really dont know why.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-18T18:23:00.000+09:30

I have 1 message for some of the teamwork guys!! CAN U GUYS STOP SENDING DIFFERENT INFORMATION ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FINALISED ALREADY????
WHY THE SUDDEN BUDGET CHANGE AGAIN, AND WHERE THE HECK DID U GUYS SUDDENLY WANT TO GO TO HORNSBY RSL CLUB AND PLAY BINGO?? WORST! YOU GUYS DONT EVEN KNOW WHATS GOING ON WITHIN YOUR OWN GROUP.. MY GOSH!
guys, please, the presentation is in 1 week, we cant be messing around with the info now

2007-10-18T16:26:00.001+09:30

Finally, the last Indigenous tutorial of the semester!
Hmmm, but you know, the journal is still due.. argh!! and i believe most of us are really tired of doing it already.
Got to uni really early this morning and i was surprised Sus, chris and sally were already there. Most of us are being attacked by those summer flies and moths these days, so we were talking about hitting each other n stuff.. and yea, the lecture thereafter was so boring.. not sure what those girls behind were passing but they seemed really hyped up with whatever they were writing to each other. I wanted to beat the traffic so i went early and to my surprise the hume highway was actually packed, so I had to take another route going through the small roads along the chester hill - yagoona way.

I actually felt that 5 hours flew pretty quick today, coz we sort of played pool and then after that had lunch, then tried to clear up the journal, then played pool again. Mann, pool seems to be the only source of entertainment at cumberland, other than sitting down talking nonsense away. I was like right on the dot 3pm at warren's tutorial but when i walked in, he was like mann! u guys should come on time, then he checked his watch, oh sorry! your not late.. hahahaha.. well u've already reprimanded me, too late.. jk!!

Then a group gave their presentation, tho i wasnt listening coz it wasnt of any use and then warren started asking us to fill up the subject survey and unit of study survey, honestly, i dont like this unit so i tended to disagree with most of the stuff.. then time for collection, warren asked me to collect them and put it into an envelope and seal it with the sticker certifying it was conducted properly. then i asked anyone still holding their forms, all kept quiet. ok i sealed it.
At the end of the lesson, 1 clown walked up to me with both her forms.. i was like What the?
didnt i ask were there anymore forms? so i had to rip the whole envelope open and put her stupid form in.. mann, some pple just dont listen, no wonder start asking silly questions on webct abt this and that when actually its all covered or emphasised in the lectures.

Oh, what a day!

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-17T17:42:00.000+09:30

Hmm, I've got no idea why today I felt sooo tired and miserable inside, is it work? stress? or something else? even C looked like she had a gloomy day. Maybe shes just quiet? Or maybe shes annoyed at me? hahahaha
The temp fell from 33dc yesterday to 18dc, at which the difference could be felt. For the 1st time this month, I put on my jumper to shield myself from the strong cool winds blowing at uni. Much to the excitement of receiving back our communication essay results today at the lecture, we failed to receive them, instead, steve promises he will put the results online tonight, but will he? who knows, i hope he does, at least it will make me super happy or super sad.
We had our last psychology lecture today, which I feel abit sad, coz I really like the subject. If I decide to move to CVS, then I'll be kissing goodbye to all these stuff, and really focus on all the science stuff... Rehab counselling didnt seem to be attractive enough to me, the staff are in a mess, no body knows what their doing, the pre-enrolment is in a mess, everything! and the students dont even seem a bit interested.

Things on the positive side, I had alot of attention today regarding my thumb flexibility and its contributions to effective billard playing. I became famous in 15 mins, with people taking pics of my hands and me posing with my ultra-flexible thumb. Pool is really interesting and because of my poor plantar and dorsal ligaments on my distal phalynx, also probably due to a weak Flexor Digitorium Pollicus Longus, I balance the stick really well and can shoot quite well, accurate not quite there yet. Hey guys, thanks for the great time! I really appreciate it and look forward to playing more pool with u guys AFTER the exams, for now, we should really be studying.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-16T21:56:00.000+09:30

I am blogging now because I am sick and tired of doing this Teamwork presentation and vetting through the script. You know who you are out there, those slacker group members, taking things easy, you think by saying yes yes yes its good.. will let you get away with it?
How could you say our management plan was good when there were heaps of grammatical mistakes? Every slight mistake here and there will costs us marks!!
haha.. silently hiding behind the wall, thinking I cant arrow you guys to do any work. Hmm, I should be more mean heh. Too late now anyway, for the benefit of myself and for others whom put so much effort into it, taking into consideration the limited time we have left, I will do my best for you all and myself.

Ok today was an extremely hot day and thankfully I got the car (someone benefited from it too.. u noe who u are.. hehe). I thought it was 33dc and at Liverpool its around 35 i think based on the weather forecast on smh.com.au. Dear Dr Dana Strain, I thank you so much for that wonderful lecture we had today. I've learn alot of skills how to deal with confusion and the mess we've created in our heads. RBC? Lymph nodes? Huh? I cant remember anything you said unfortunately.

We're getting our Communication marks back tml!! Dear God, with the considerable effort I put in, may you grant me a good mark so that I can change over to the CVS course!!

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-15T16:19:00.000+09:30

It was and is sooooo hot today, my gosh! the first time I gave up walking home and catch a bus instead from Liverpool station. I finished my 1 bottle of water and 1 bottle of soft drink and its like not enough. When we were heading home, C and myself sat in a 'tin can' hahahaha, as she calls it and it was sweltering, thank goodness when i switched train, it was an air conditioned Tangara.. woho!
Yeah, this morning we went to play hide and seek with C and her group members, using her phone as a navigator? where r u? what do u see? is the bus shelter made of glass? haha, it was soo funny how we were walking and shes like full running with her poor shoes.. must have hurt does it C?
Oh no!! tml is Dana Strain's lecture!! im so gonna zzzzzzzzz.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-14T07:11:00.000+09:30

I wonder will she ever change her mind 1 day?

I spent 15 mins argueing with a passenger over a $9 excess surcharge. What a weekend I had.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-12T20:07:00.000+09:30

Well I just had a long hearty talk with someone.
No names will be mentioned but yeah, despite the tiredness due to our 4 hour non stop presentation preparation, I managed to stay awake to talk.
Well, relationship life has never been easy for anyone. Right now, I'm really confused. I dont know what to do. I'm just stuck where I am. I really hate the feeling when the person you like doesnt feel the same. And likewise, the people that like you alot, you dont feel the same either. Having liked many people in my life, it has shown me that building a relationship with someone would require alot of time. Maybe the person doesnt like you now, but if you work on the relationship, and continually be patient and support that person, who knows?

Dear God, whats going on? Why do such things have to happen? Dont you wish that things would just fall in place?

With the hectic schedule of uni life, why put me through all these? Cant you show me who you want me to be with? I see heaps of people happy together holding hands, having a great time, yet here, struggling with all relationships, never satsified with what I have? great and supportive friends around me, helping me to do really well this semester, what more can I ask?

Well, I just really wanna thank you for providing XX in my life. No doubt at this point of time, being great friends is something I should appreciate, I hope that you can grant me the discipline to control my feelings and emotions but yet be a supportive and helpful person to XX. I also thank you that XX doesnt go crazy and destroy our friendship but has always been there to support me. I really hope I can be really good friends with XX and that she will also find the man you want her to be with like really soon!

Also, I want to thank you for the opportunity to know XXX. Yes, things have turned sour in less than a week, and I hope you will forgive me for being impatient, insensitive and at times too eager to pursue a relationship with XXX. Her 21st is coming up. She did say very hurtful things about me and technically I should have thrown her aside, and never talk to her again. However, as you loved me, you taught me how to love others too. To forgive them and take the downfall is gain and I am the true winner. I will wish her a happy 21st! and I pray that one day you will bring the both of us back together as friends.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-12T09:19:00.000+09:30

Oh dear I feel so embarrassed now. C had to correct my rotten english:p

2007-10-11T21:04:00.000+09:30

AH yes.. C from uni just called me hippy and from my understanding of that word, it means that im not interested in culture and societal norms? lol
yeah thats true. Today for the first time of uni life, i decided to join a group of gals for lunch. And i prob would do it again. Its really fun to just sit there and watch how girls talk to each other, interact and laugh at one another, while I just sat there stoned, observing how each behave and understand them better. I shall make a few comments here
S*****ty - I think your 1 of the funniest gals ive seen at uni. I didnt know your sooooo talkative and outgoing, and has all these wacky ideas.. u seem to me before a very quiet, good girl, conscientious in your work and in general just a pleasant gal.
K*****ze - i dont really know u well but u seem like a gal who is quite focus in studies but yet relatively nice to get along, talk when necessary
***** - i forgot your name, but geezzzz when your mouth opens it never closes, but its kool, at least you got all these knowledge and things to share with us, which is good!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
C*******E - oh what can i say? Your my fav gal!! and will always be. good looking and far too smart, u never fail to touch my heart. i didnt know u watch that much movies too... well if u watched korean and jap love movies, ill never stop talking about them to u... hahaha.. i thought your a girl of minimal words, very quiet, focussed. oh dear! when u talk, u really talk!! i need to go for some speech therapy to match your frequency levels!

Ok this explains why I dont really have much knowledge into movies or latest Ipods or whatever. Firstly, ever since I stepped into army, u can imagine, sunday night - saturday morning? where do you have time to catch up with movies? once im out, i go straight home and collapse on the bed. but more importantly, spend time with my mum who has stayed at home the whole week waiting for me to come home?? no matter what u do, always always treasure and love your family.. do not dump them for entertainment, going out with friends etc.. that sort of thing. mum says.. hey titus just go out, its ok ill be fine.. no its not fine, deep inside she misses u alot u noe?

Since end of medical school and into the air force, we worked like from monday morning till sunday morning. so again where do you have time? thank goodness i love planes, so usually i sit out there watching the airfield and watching all the planes leaving Singapore! once i finished my service after 2 years, i went straight back to Sydney, got a job with Regional express, AGAIN! at the airport, i worked 6 days a week, so i dont have time to go out, by the time i get home its time to sleep because u have to work the next day again at 5am!! then when we started uni, the only day off i had was on sunday which I will go to church.. so yep the end! busy life yeh.

Sorry if im a boring person, but yeah, life is just like this and being a Singaporean, where we were pressured to do well and succeed since young, I guess its still in me.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-10T16:27:00.000+09:30

Hey Denny, thanks alot of driving me back mann! its like your my personal chauffeur.
Uni ended today and after the remaining psych assignments were returned, I saw alot of happy faces, which is a good sign, but 1 or 2 not soo happy faces. Well, guys, its only 20%, its all good.. im sure u will have done better in your psych assignment 2, unless u didnt do anything, then of coz u'll fail.
The whole subject of communication advocacy and health is in a mess, i wonder whats going on with those pple. On a note of that, steve said he will give us back our assignments next wed so am looking forward to it, tho i think i didnt do as well as compared to the psych assignment mainly because i prob couldnt find any strong research to backup my ideas.
oh well, hope for the best.

Indigenous presentation is tomorrow!!
good luck group 8!
alot of time has been spent into this and hopefully we can get a HD and yeh at least boost up our total credit average score.

I didnt sleep too well last night, alot of thoughts going through my mind, i dont know what im thinking, but its something reallly personal i guess. and till now im still confused over. I hope to settle down soon and just relax and enjoy!

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-09T21:10:00.000+09:30

someone has restored her blog again... hahahahahah. dirty sunshine..
come on! be nice! accompany ur bro to the state library, he's never been there with anyone before. enjoy the last few moments of semester b4 we go our own ways next year:p

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-08T17:09:00.001+09:30

Wellllll.... hello everyone again!
Uni 1st year is coming to an end, 3 more weeks of classes, 2 assignments, 1 presentation cum report... 3 exams and we're freeeeeeee
nevertheless, the end is proving difficult.. many of us seem to be struggling with the Indigenous assignment, because I believe our foundation for this subject has never been established. We cant appreciate these subjects by just attending lectures, at which 3/4 of the cohort dont turn up and those useless tutorials where everyone is just waiting to go home.
But we still have to do it! its 40% and that could make a huge difference from a HD and a D.

Got back from our teamwork meeting not too long ago, and actually I pretty much enjoy working with my group. Besides the point where there 2 of them whom are really cute and cuddly *hehehe*, most of our team members have been really supportive of each other. Yes the project is stupid, but I will def treasure the times spent together and will really miss u guys when this whole thing is over. I'm looking forward to our dinner next Thursday before the presentation where we will just chill out and enjoy! oh by the way, whose paying?

We were like talking today about us not being able to see each other again, then I said oh! i can always come down and meet u guys, then 1 gal said.. yehh u can come and stalk us... i was like.......errrrrrrrrrrrrr.... at that point of time, it brought back alll the past hurts and memories into my already mudded up head. but hey, if your reading this XX and XX, its ok! ive forgiven u all.. and I really hope we can clear and settle these issues. why hate when you can love? why keep those hurts and hatred in you when you can clear them up and be a happier person right?

Anyways! its time to cook... haiz.. again, seriously mann, my bro and I have ran out of dishes already, perhaps some people could give in their words of wisdom into more unique and professional dishes that we can come up with. Speaking of which, the sydney tower restaurant sounds a great place to have a nice lunch... 300 stories in the air.. hehe

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-07T07:30:00.000+09:30

I cant believe the Aussies lost against England.
England didnt even score a try but got everything from penalties
Too many handling errors by the aussies
They cant even scrumb properly
Always loosing ther kool and getting into fights, penalised for no reason
Loosing the ball too many times due to England's turnover
oh well, you did your best, and some players did play really well such as Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell, George Gregan and Chris Latham. Captain sterling mortlock did relatively well too.
Good luck to you guys for 5th and 6th placing!

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-06T20:27:00.000+09:30

oh yes! I'm back from work and finally after so many days sydney had a few drops of rain, it was nice.. but what really annoyed me was those giant moths! gosh! u noe what.. i parked my car at the airport and those moths loved my car so much (for what i dont know), its only a corolla mann, go find yourself a bmw or mercedes to cling onto. So yea, they clang onto my car on my boot, on my roof, on my mirrows and everywhere and though I sped 110km/hr on the highway home, they were still clinging on!! mann these moths are tough.

So when i got home, i didnt wanna park my car in with those creatures, just in case they come n join me in my bed, so i stopped outside the garage, took my P plates and torch and wacked all of them down to the ground. I thought they were gone, so i opened my garage and parked the car in, when I got in, there were like 5 - 6 moths still! so i wacked all of them down, only 1 survived and is clinging onto my garage wall now.

satisfied? when i got changed and checked it again there were still 4 more months clinging on.. geez... so i wacked all of them down again. gimme a break moths! just enjoy the outside, we dont need your presence in my beautiful house.

well, since this week was start of uni again, it was really hard to concentrate during the lectures, and my walk everyday was sooo draggy.. and tiring.. and it was really hot... unbearable at times. this week, we got most of our marks back for our assignments and exams, and i did alright i think... theres this 1 girl at my uni, she got full marks for the anatomy exam!! i really dont know how her brain functions, but shes really really smart, and more hardworking than me, when we did group work, she did most of the stuff and all i said was hey its good! needless to say, she does better than me in exams n assignments . but more importantly, she is a really really nice gal. she treats me really nice, shes always there whenever i have problems, shes really patient with me, she loves her friends alot.. but then, when she has problems or shes down, im never there for her! and makes me feel guilty n bad. dear god, help me to love my friends and care for them more! And to XXX if your reading this, I really appreciate and thank god for you.

The rugby Aus vs Eng is on tonight!! Watch it its gonna be interesting.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-10-01T11:41:00.000+09:30

Gdday Singaporeans and Aussies, how was your previous week, hope it has gone well.
Well, back in Sydney, we enjoyed a 1st october labour day while Singapore primary school kids enjoy a children's day holiday. Back then in primary school, it was sooo exciting. little gifts here and there from our teachers, i dont exactly remember what i got, only remember I had a cow featured clip from 1 of the teachers whom i forgot her name and the other 1 was Ms Tay Siew Hoon whom asked for 1 of our pics and then she cut it up, paste it onto some colorful paper and wrote some really nice words about us.
yes, today! we had to go shopping coz our stocks at home were low and so we went to westfields coles, mann, the prices of coles stuff have gone up again ranging from 30 - 50 cents! i guess since it was hot and sunny today that we wash the car and so we did, it shines now, outstanding! some idoits scratched my boot paint, cant take it out now.. cant be bothered waxing it either!
John, your camry really really looks very nice, it stands out from all our cars... haha

Am tired, gonna have lunch and rest for a while. Have a great week ahead!

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-27T20:33:00.000+09:30

This taken from 1 of my friend's blog and i thought it was a good laugh:

A guy in an aeroplane stood up n shouted ...... HIJACK

All the passengers got scaredfrom the other end of the plane
A guy shouted back ..... HI JOHN....

Another reason to think twice before choosing a name for your kids... From brudder Gyan (Yeo, 2007 pp2).

References:
Yeo,SS (2007) 'Remembering You' [Homepage/BlogPage of Shawn Yeo Suan Siong] (Online) Last updated - 21st September 2007 Availabe at www.crimsonsieghart.blogspot.com (27th September 2007)

2007-09-23T23:44:00.000+09:30

Hey guys! sorry for the late update, I've been lazy recently, all I've been doing these days is eating eating eating and eating. I'm glad that my church pple here in Singapore have noticed that I've slimed down alot and also im more tann than usual, thanks to those long hours over long distances walking under the Sydney sun with my big school bag.
My mum, grandma and myself went to Kuishin Bo Authentic Japanese buffet restaurant for my 21st and I can tell you guys I have never ever been to any restaurant that serves good and quality Japanese food as such before. The address is at 3 Temasek Boulevard Suntec City Tower 1 #03 - 002. It is advisable to make bookings before you go because the place is always packed. The price for the dinner costs $33.80 + + and $6 extra on weekends and fridays.
If we aussies would be able to make a trip down to Singapore over the winter holidays in 2008, we'll definetely go and have some. Too lazy to write everything down what I ate here because the list is endless. And you know what... there was this waitress and she was soooooooooooooooooooo and i mean sooooooooooo cute!! Managed to talk to her a little, because she asked whether she could clear my unfinished food, and I wasnt too sure whether she would charge me $2 per 100g wastage. So yeah, had a small conv with her n she was really nice. Wanted to thank her for all her help before I left but I was too shy... when I was walking out, I walked passed her and we both looked at each other, but didnt smile or anything.. hahahah......oh well. nice to meet u pal.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-20T17:25:00.000+09:30

Poor Sam, he broke his PDA screen after it fell off from the cupboard, compliments of Changi Air Base. Gonna cost him around $200 and in addition a $49 service fee. Its takes me 6 hours of Saturday work to produce such $$.
When we got to the HP service centre, we realised that they have a small reception for their clients. Mentos, a drink machine, water, biscuits, lipton tea, sugar and creamer. All there. Sam only took plain water but me, being abit more gutsy, went for 2 cups of milo, 4 biscuits, 3 mentos and 2 'Today' newspapers. This should be able to offset the extra $49 he needs to pay, mann, when we go there next week, we shall have lunch there. A healthy lunch of biscuits and milo is better than those oily food out there.

When we were on service 10 back home, we were like discussing all those old days back in air force, talking about who the bad enciks and good enciks are. Aussies, Encik means the person is a senior specialist. I shall not name anyone here. Hang in there Sam, a few more months and your free! the pink IC... woho!!!!! Aussies, the pink IC is the identification card of Singaporeans, as paramount importance as our driver's licence.

Tonight's dinner is at a Japanese restaurant at Suntec city Singapore. Its for my 21st.. woho!
Aussies, suntec city is 1 of the biggest shopping centre and convention centre in Singapore. It is bigger than Westfields Parra and Livo and Stockies.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-19T22:49:00.001+09:30

Sorry for the late post. Here is what happened today

' Good morning ladies and gentlement, Singapore Airlines flight SQ 232 bound for Singapore is now ready for boarding down at gate 58. Would all passengers seated from rows 50 - 66, please proceed forward to the podium, preparing your boarding passes and passports turned to the photo page for inspection by our staff'

' Good morning ladies and gentleman, this is captain XXX from the flight deck speaking. We're just awaiting for the last few doors and baggage compartments to be closed and we will be heading on our way. The flight time today is expected to be 7 hours and 15 mins and the weather along route is expected to be mostly fine (he lied, it wasnt). We thank you for choosing to fly with Singapore Airlines today and we wish you a pleasant flight'

' Ladies and gentlemen, as we're about to take off, please make sure that your seatbelt is securely fastened, seatback upright and that your window shade is up. Thank you'

' Would you like to have XXX or the XXX for lunch? Any drinks , coffee or tea for you sir?'

' Ladies and gentlemen, the KrisShop is now open. Please look through the Krishop magazine for details on the items for sale. A reminder that there are restrictions on hand carried liquids, aerosols, gells and duty free for flights leaving from Singapore'

' Once again ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We're currently cruising at an altitude of 11200m and we're just about 740km from the south of the Singapore airfield. In a short while we will be starting our descend. We expect to land at an approximately 5 mins past 5pm and we should get you to the gate at approximately 15 mins past 5pm. The weather in Singapore is forecasted to be cloudy, at a temperature of 31dc. We hope you have enjoyed your flight and trust that our cabin crew have made your flight comfortable. Thank you once again for flying with Singapore Airlines. Cabin crew prepare the aircraft for arrival.'

' Ladies and gentlemen, as we're about to land, we will be turning off Krisworld and collecting the headsets.' please make sure that your seatbelt is securely fastened, seatback upright and that your window shade is up. Secure your tray table, footrest and handset. All electronic devices must now be switched off.'

' Welcome to Singapore, ladies and gentlemen. To all Singaporeans and residents, a warm welcome home. The local time is 505pm in the evening, a temperature of 31dc and 88 ferenheit! Please remain seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop and the seat belt sign is turned off. if you need asssitance after disembarking the aircraft, please approach our ground staff. Please be aware of the severe penalties of drug and weapon offences in Singapore. Mobile phones must remain switched off at all times. Thank you for flying Singapore Airlines, a member of star alliance.'

Alright im tired, this should describe what I did today.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-17T18:32:00.000+09:30

Will update tml guys!! stay tuned.. Thank you for reading and God bless!

Music Ministry Update 1

2007-09-16T17:06:00.000+09:30

Dear M&M,
The musicians and singing roster for October will be published shortly and so far most people have been pretty flexible in their schedules. Here are the few exceptions:

- Kathy will be retiring temporarily for her HSC, may the God bless you with wisdom, strength and courage during such an important event as such! All the best to your studies but remember to always turn back and continue to worship him even during your exams! We look forward to see you and your service back at church upon its completion, and dont forget to submit your updated resume and CV before you commence work with us again!

- Sarah, we are unsure about your study commitments at the moment, it would be good if you could let us know when you cant sing or prefer to sing, so that we can slot you into the schedule. If your unable to commit for the time being, it would be perfectly alright and I'll have to work the manpower around with the others. Hope to hear from you soon!

- The powerpointers!! As spoken with David Ung, the roster would be on the 1st, 4th and 5th (if any) will be David's allocation, Tanja Rac on the 2nd week and Claire on the 3rd week. Is this correct?

If there are any more dates which anyone would like to delcare themselves a break, please email and/or leave a message on the tag board!

Hellejuah to the King of Kings was very very well played today! Keep up the good work and shine for the Lord!

As some of you might have noticed, we had a small tiff during practice today. Working as part of a team would surely upbring various disagreements among the members. but hey! its all good... We are working together as an army of God! Let us focus our eyes on our Lord as we continue to serve him in the music ministry!

The songs for next sunday in chronological order will be:
- Hosanna (G major) - remember, a slow start for the 1st verse and chorus - at the end, we will link to the chorus of --->
- How Great Is Our God (G major), a solo sung my John, guitar to come in after that chorus
- I Will Trust You In The Darkness (D major) - guitar will strum to begin
- Teach Me Your Ways (Bb Major) - guitar will strum to begin
- Where Else Have We To Go (A major) - guitar will strum to begin
- Worthy Of All Praise (E major) - drums to tap in

Song sharing next Sunday will be Jamie Law:)

Musicians for the following Sunday will be: DQ, William, Chris and Bryan / Victor , singers will be Jamie.L (oh dear, again) and Claire

Last but not least, I will be heading back to Singapore over the mid-semester break and thus I will not be at church on next sunday and possibly the following. John, who has recently invested his $$ in a new white 1998 Toyota Camry, will conduct M&M instead.

Jane, we are praying for you!!

Have a great week ahead, thank you for reading and God bless!

In Christ,
Titus

2007-09-15T19:44:00.000+09:30

Repeat this with me

' Good morning / afternoon ladies and gentlemen, Regional Express now welcomes passengers travelling over to XXX on flight ZL XXX. Your aircraft is now ready for boarding. Would all passengers on this service, please proceed down the escalator thats just behind that class wall to the lower level of gate 47. When you get to the lower level you will see a red and yellow line on the floor, make a sharp U-turn to your right, follow the red and yellow lines on the floor, over to door B, where you will board a coach, which will take you out to your aircraft. A reminder to all passengers that all mobile phones and electronic devices must now be switched off and that there is no smoking on the tarmac or on board the aircraft at any time. Thats boarding now for Regional Express flight XXX to XXX, would all passengers on this service, please proceed down the escalator behind the glass wall, turning right at the bottom and proceed over to Door B for boarding of your aircraft. This annoucement is also for passengers travelling over to XXX on flight ZL XXX. We are currently finalising the boarding of our XXX service and once that is done, you will be the next to board. May we please get you seated at our lounge downstairs until called forward by the staff whom are boarding the flight'

Say this 15 times in 1 hour, and getting interupted by tons of deaf passengers whom ask you which flight is boarding within 10 seconds of your annoucement.

A few issues:

To that eye-impaired passenger, do you know what does 'Weight' mean? When you see the weight as 26.9Kg, it means your baggage weight is heavy! I believe a proper eye check would be essential for you to distinguish between 26.9kg and $269. When you look at an eletronic scale, it tells you how heavy an item is, it doesnt indicate a charge of $269. So please kindly look before you raise your voice. thanks!

To passenger Mr Fox travelling to Orange Springhill on ZL 188, when flight centre booked the flight for you, they should know that baggage weight for our airline is 15kg and we give you an additional 5kg for free. It is their job to inform you. Even if they didnt inform you, having a baggage weight of 37.8kg is clear to you that you will exceed the limit. Even an international flight would charge you for such baggage weight. I've already cut it down to $45 to save you some $$, by argueing with me isnt gonna make things good. Sorry, I cant help you. Sorry to rip you off, things are just the way it is. God will bless you with that $45 back in some way.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-14T17:22:00.000+09:30

To: The Elderly Gentleman who rides in the last carriage of the Glenfield via Granville train which arrives at Liverpool at 508pm, I just want to make some comments about you. I've noticed and spotted you in 2 consecutive days that you have been giving lollipops to kids whom ride in the same carriage or those you've met along the course of your travel. Your act has since touched me! To me, a lollipop is just a lump of sugar on a winky stick and it doesnt cost more than 50 cents for each. I've got no idea as well as to where you have gotten your supply from. Furthermore, its a major contributor to type 2 diabetes and insulin deficiency and impairement in older Australians and increasingly among the younger population.

As much as the cost comes into play, I believe it is your thoughts and your heart you have with and for the children. Seeing them happy with your lollipop brightens up their day,your day and their parent's day as well. But most importantly, it has touched and made my day! You may not realise it, but others can tell, and I'm sure other commuters whom travel with me have realised it too. Your act of generousity and love for others makes me challenge myself how I can even love my friends, brothers and sisters more. Even as a Christian, I struggle everyday to love others, not realising how much God had loved me.

If I ever see you again or sit next to you on the same train, I will surely talk to you. I hope you know God and you are a great example of encouragement to many others out there. You dont read mX, thats why I wont get them to publish something about you but if you did, I definetly would. I'm sorry to see you stuck at the ticket gates because your ticket was invalid, unfortunately, I went through the ticket gates myself already and thus I wasnt able to help you. There shouldnt be any reason why you're reading this as well, but for some reason if you are, i just want to say a big thank you to you:)

While I was walking home today and crossing the road at Elizabeth drive, there was this girl in a yellow red P-plater car who zoomed passed me and suddenly yelled out to me 'SEXY!!'. I just want to say that you freaked me out at that spur of the moment. I thought I was gonna get hit by car mann! Nevertheless, I thank you for your compliments though I totally disagree with such a schema. You can called my sexy anytime else, while walking on the pavement, you can even stop your car and be nice to approach me, but PLEASE! NOT WHEN IM CROSSING THE ROAD!!!

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-13T17:33:00.000+09:30

Guys, lets tear up the anatomy lecture notes and textbook content after the exam, shall we?
Whoever catches the train from Liverpool, the sky clock has been sitting at 305am for the past 2 weeks. this is just a precaution not to blindly follow it and gladly think your still early for your train? No, your not.

The video at the Indigenous tutorial today was really nice. It featured this Aboriginal elder who spoke really well, the way he described and analysed how they were treated during the invasion and also how the stolen generation took place was fantastic. He also backed his point up by using old films of Indigenous life, which were very useful in sending a clear message out. Thanks to very faulty Uni of Syd AV equipment, I wonder how the whole computer and projector just crashed and didnt wake up again, there was still 20 mins left on the tape but oh wellz.. too bad

If you ever get a lecture by Colin James from the faculty of architecture, never miss it. He is a very experienced person, soft hearted, kind and the way he speaks really softens and encourages you to learn more about what he wants to share about.

Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-12T17:36:00.000+09:30

Who loved the sky this morning? It was sooo beautiful mann, the clearest sky we've seen in the past 2 weeks, nice scorching sun with a light cool breeze.. unfortunately.. the sky overcast by the afternoon and then back we were like majority of those days of the week
i wonder when it is time to put away our fluffy winter jackets and warm jumpers.. the weathers cranky most of the time... it gets soo hot and then sooo cold all of a sudden, then, it choose to rain non stop like for 3 - 4 days.. haiz.. global warming is destroying this earth, save Springfield!! as Lisa Simpson says.
Again today a few days before another assignment is due, he gives another lecture on how to use Ovid to look for your articles. He should have done it earlier mann... hey but 1 thing, I dont exactly like Ovid, I find most of their articles dont really support much of what you need to find. I reckon you should use books and support yourself by research theories.
I didnt know Mark Toh was from Singapore mann! this psychology phd student... i could see his struggling with his aussie accent, just like I am... once a Singaporean, always a Singaporean, people who grow up in Singapore from adolescence to young adulthood will never leave their Singapore spirit behind, the accent is what makes us proud, with all the Las, blas, walao.. etc..
Angela Tan Ying Jie from cumberland, if your still interested in my lecture recordings, suggest you come and approach me at school when you see me! dont ask them from me 1 week before the exams!! A reminder guys, there is no practical session tml! if you guys turn up with your lovely white labcoats standing outside L107, im gonna giggle silently behind....
Thank you for reading and God bless!

2007-09-11T17:03:00.001+09:30

The 3 -4 hours of respiratory physiology lectures sounded Greek to me.. he just went sooo quick, that my poor rusty mind failed to capture the sound and energy waves transmitted. oh wellz...
plus, when you have to get up at 530ish in the morning to go to school, walk 10km, by the time u get there, u will literally drop dead, which is what happened to me.
but i was really happy this morning that there was sunlight at 6am in the morning!! its like first time in so many months.. the past few weeks and months have been sooo dark and spooky, and to add to that, the cold strong wind with the pouring rain. To walk alone seems bad enough, what more if you are aware that the cemetry is just down the street from your place.
I was really dissapointed one tuesday morning, some vandals actually smashed 2 bus stop panel glasses along Elizabeth drive and all the glass was like all over the road and floor, which is very very dangerous especially to people wearing thongs/slippers or those fragile bicycle tyres.
The anatomy exam looks like its gonna be a killer... i better get going and start studying!!
im so glad Dr Steve cumming actually postponed the lecture to 1pm, it saves us alot of time, but most importantly, it saves our SLEEPING time.. wohoho!!! i dont actually get what they do in those lectures mann, as i overheard someone saying, its more like orientation than communication... speaking of which, the communication assignment is due this monday, dont forget!!
thank you for dropping by to read. God bless!

2007-09-10T16:57:00.000+09:30

Spent the day at the state library today. I did not do my references properly, so therefore, I had to go back there and track back all the books and pages I used. So, its done! This breast cancer topic is driving me to the wall, theres too much information to squeeze into that 2000 word limit. perhaps, got to be really selective now, and be wise in your selections.

1) Tanja Rac, were you catching a train from platform 18/19 at central at around 1110am, if you were, then I saw you:) I was on the train heading to the city circle.
2) Teamwork in Health Group 28, whats going on? After our groups management plan proposal submission, everything seems to have dissappeared, not even sure whether it has been received or what has been done.. remember the due date is next friday!! hopefully something is being done...or else i wont have time to complete it myself prior to the due date.
3) Shirley from CAC and ACCESS, i think you failed to spot me at the library but I certainly did spot u in your green jacket school uniform.. poor u, have to travel to the city for tuition!!
4) The upcoming anatomy exam is a worry, top students are struggling with it, how abt me?

The mX newspaper, similar to the Today or Streats paper in Singapore, is being given out to all of us in the city prior to our journey home. It is a really kool paper to read, and I really enjoy the section where people just vent out their transport related issues by SMSing to this certain number, or what some people do is express their affection for someone else, like for eg: to that hot chick on the 530pm train to the city, you have touched my heart.
There was a huge picture today in the papers of our Singapore river and that rubber duck race thingy at the Singapore river. But it said, they were gonna turn the river into a reservoir?? since when? have never heard of such stuff before...

I dread the 8am start tml morning, gotta leave home at 6am and walk in the freezing cold! seeya peeps at uni!! to all people reading this, esp Singaporeans, a big thank you!! god bless...

2007-09-09T20:26:00.000+09:30

Congratulations to all my dear junior medics whom have graduated from Changi Air Base medical centre. The best certificate you could have gotten was your Pink IC. Never will I forget those days with you guys, that 1.5 years we spent together, rain and sunshine, toll and sweat, the endless days of medical cover, suffering the heats of being a medic. All the $$ we spent on changi.v, hong cha long yan? every night chi pah mien?? not enough $$ then $2 chicken rice, add rice.. not sick ah? hahaha
I still remember meeting you guys since u guys graduated from HQMC, and time just flew soo fast.. when u guys stayed in the first month, i prepared all the cupboards and beds for u guys!! ran out of bedsheets practically every week..slept with all the millepedes on the floor, ran out of pillows? and blanketts, they stank.. i couldnt imagine not changing them for 2 weeks
sleep until 8am every morning until dr kao reach then start grumbling. the same breakfast over and over again... lor mai kai, and chye pow!! sick of them. and yes, how come no body wanna clear rubbish ah? i kanna scolded by the millepede aunty, say my kitchen stinks, my toilet stinks.. everything stinks.. remember those dead rats on the ceiling? which stunk up our air con? sian hor.. buddy aid!! hahahaha.. love those classes
IQA!! the dreadest thing of all but we pulled through it really well.. thanks to all u guys..
remmber the priority which i took all of u for a ride in the ambulance, leaving leong soong alone at the med ctr? kanna scolded big time...
theres so many things to say.. but i just wanna say i really enjoy my 2 years with u all.. it was a really great time, no doubt we argued many times abt medical appt, off , leave la etc.. spent more time planning roster than sleeping. last parade!! something everyone looked forward to, or Blacktop warlord.. flying ceased!! wohoho!!
probably say a few stuff abt u guys
Diwei - will never forget the times where we just sat in docu n laughed the whole day.. over stupid things.. MOPA.. haiz.. the most sian job, facing the tempers and fury of MOs, dr chua, best MO of all, slackest MO, dr vicknesh.. worst MO, luke toh, he really freaks me out. we spent the whole morning discussing how to get the TRS set back to 9div.. waaa. just when i thought you were doing work in MO Room 2, u will sleeping!!!!
Hoe Bang - MOPA again.. sian hor? find docket until die.. keep opening temp docket.. until the whole cupboard full of crap.. then all the X ray, walao, all over the top of the cupboard, all in a big mess.. remmeber how we hid all the X rays to escape IQA detection? at night, u really like to sleep close to me issit ah? how could u sleep topless in 15dc temperature? how u sleep while standing up? still got the cheek to tell me u resting.. hahahaha.. ur funny 1.. theres 1 more thing abt u i will not forget but i rather not say on a public blog
Rayn - my dispense buddy, train train train, whole day i hear nothing from u other than CRV CIV WO chong,dunno what la... then last time u kanna high fever, remember, we all look after u in the sickbay. your back mann!! really pain rite? soo poor thing yet u insist of running IPPT to get your $$, really, i think even tho u might be struggling abit financially, dont kill urself for the $$, not good to worsen your back condition
Zhiyong + Selwin: wait until u finish off your disruption time then i write abt u ok?
Wen Kang - thanks for taking over the duty planning from me, i really hated that job, to suit everyones times was the worst thing to do, nevertheless, u really did a good job... u noe what, preparing the level 4 file was sooo annoying, where all our forms have to be in place, correct version etc.. remember we check the ambulance day in day out.. kanna bitten by mossies like free blood.. hope u had a great trip in taiwan mann..
Jia Cun - hang in there mann, ill see u in january when i get back and ill pay u a visit.. hope u are well. just wanna say, u have been really helpful to all of us, i noe ALB really give u a big problem, but u really very cooperative with us and it was really a big pleasure to work with u!!
All the best to all of u in your studies at SIM and NUS, all the best mann! hope to meet up with u guys soon...

APEC is coming to an end!!

2007-09-08T20:04:00.000+09:30

just got home from work, the weather was sooo crap today, when i was driving to work, it rained, then it stopped, then rained again and stopped again. when i got to the M5 motorway tunnel, suddenly, an urgent news interupted my radio and said theres an accident in the tunnel and that the right lane was closed. which means all the cars had to squeeze into 1 lane!! i was like heh ok.. call my manager and say ill be late, plus the APEC road blocks gonna slow me down but to my surprise when i got there, they've already cleared the accident vehicle away already!! i was soooo happy.. woohoo! i didnt have to looose my pay over the traffic. thank u god!!
got to work, it just poured, and i forgot the code to the lock for the carpark, thankfully again 1 of my collegues was there to tell me the code, if not ill just be stuck there.. haha... and she asked me what happened to my car.. i was like heh yeah some1 was dashing for the lights and tore off the paint from my bonnet..
by the time i got into the airport, my whole shoe was wet and soaked. no extra pair, no extra socks, nothing.. oh wellz, just had to carry on working.
at the check in, Drew (my collegue) was telling me how he really liked that Virgin Blue girls, shes soo hot, so nice.. so pretty etc.. and i was like hmmm yeah yeah yeah... i couldnt have a good look at her because she was too far away and hey! concentrate on your work mann, dont get distracted by a gal.
My 2nd collegue, Lauren, wasnt too happy today, she got fined $79 because he car's bonnet was like a few inches into the restricted parking zone and she was like full argueing with the officer and stuff, saying shes already going off, why are you charging me? i will never park my car into the restricted zone mann! its not worth that split second laziness to find parking, i rather wait than throw my $$ away like that.
so the usual.. work work work.. then i had 1 passenger who was migrating to Wagga Wagga with his wife and his infant. I had to charge him like $300 of excess baggage mann! i felt really bad but i had no choice. He had 9 bags, a total weight of 150kg, which took up 3 of my luggage belts.. his bags were 100kg over the limit, and I tried to put into the system of a 100kg weight additions and it rejected it. so end up i had to put in 99kg over and charge him $297. Well, i really thank god he just paid me the cash and didnt put a fuss over it. Another problem was, some of his bags had to be on standby and might have to be removed if the plane gets too heavy. so i couldnt promise him his bags could make it on this flight and will go on the next flight tml morning and he has to pick it up from the airport. and he lived like 100 km away from the airport.. haiz poor guy... but really, he was really cooperative and understanding towards me, he even admit to me his hand luggage has exceeded the allowance, so i was like, so u want me to charge you more?.. no lah, cannot liao lah... so i said just do your best to get on the flight mann and be careful when opening the overhead compartment!! and i really thank you so much mann! its really nice meeting you.. may you be blessed in your new home, and may god's blessing shower over you and your family. hope to see you soon!
Thank you to all passengers who checked in really early for our flights, we really appreciate it!
and hey u noe what? i got to see Air Force 1 with my own big eyes!! never had i seen it in real life before. When i was driving out of the airport, his plane was already taxing out onto the runway. His plane is a Boeing 747-300, titled 'United States of America', but his plane is old mann, i wonder when his gonna upgrade. B743 has been in operation since my 1st trip when i was like a 5 year old kid to Hong Kong. He should upgrade to A380, at least he will have the whole upper deck to himself to build his own residence in there. Goodbye bush, hope you've enjoyed the wild weather of sydney and bringing APEC to a close.
The drive home was good, it didnt take long, traffic was well, hammered by car past 100km / hr.. and the Rugby world cup is starting tonight!! how exciting.. lets see how the qantas wallabies perform. but tonight is versus japan, so i dont exactly see anything much interesting, im waiting for the wallabies vs the all blacks, or vs the springboks or even vs England. too bad johnny wilkinson is out from an injury, hope he comes back mann, i wanna see his deadly drop kicks. i tell u mann, this guy is like full pro with his outfield kicks, even 250m out, he can reach the goal... i dont think the wallabies would win the world cup mann.. our kicker is crap as compared to the springboks and even the all blacks. wallabies got trashed during the Tri-nations, only marginly winning the springbok once... where is wendell sailor mann.. i really like it when he was playing for the wallabies, i think his really tough, like a big bear, he could literally smash through a defence wall.. i reckon his much better than matt dunning or matt giteu. too bad, he took drugs.. now out of the wallabies.. haiz.. tml the church dudes wanna go play bball, or rusty ball, as willz calls them... lets practice our music and go.. hopefully the weather goes well tml... and hope the court is not taken!!
Oh yeah, you will need to scroll down to see the tag board, and to those reading this, i really thank you for dropping by and god bless ya.. goodnight!

Please stop raining mann!!

2007-09-08T07:32:00.001+09:30

I'm so sick of this rain here. No doubt sydney really needs to fill up their dams, it also creates alot of inconvenience for everyone here, more road accidents leading to more massive jams... Everytime it rains, somehow, my company will always have their flights delayed, and there we go again getting yelled at and screamed at by passengers whom never understand why they are stuck at the airport, well neither do i??? look, things are just the way it is, by yelling at me is not gonna make the planes leave earlier.. dont u understand that if the weather is bad, we cant take off for safety reasons?? there are guidelines to follow ok?? sometimes the incoming aircraft that is operating your flight cant land into sydney because of poor visibility and no clearance from the control tower, what do u want to do about it? stop telling me you have a party, you have a meeting, i dont care what you guys have on agenda, things are just the way it is.. blame the weather if you wish!!
I can understand how you guys feel about being stranded, but look, all of us want to get out of here as well.. so do i, i wanna go home!! the longer you guys are stranded, the longer i have to stay as well.. you'll prob say oh yeah you get paid for staying!! i rather not earn that $$ and get abused and tormented by you all.
And why should I waive the excess baggage charges because the flight is delayed, dont u understand i'll get into trouble mann?? I have no right to do anything and make any decisions, im just doing my job

Thank you to those who read it!

2007-09-08T00:14:00.000+09:30

This is my 1st post in almost 9 months since I've ORDed and 2 years since the last post.
I will never forget the times we had at CABMC.. it has been a pleasure working with all your medics and doctors... I've much learnt more about myself and everyone, and all the little medical skills here and there are extremely useful in our everyday life. All the days we've spent in the docu room sleeping, and everyone wakes up when lynn comes in, and starts minusing off@@ argh!! i hate that.. esp when she asks me to calculate how many mistakes are in the duty file... hehehehe...
Finally, am back in Sydney, down under!!
this place has changed alot, our church has changed, all my little high school friends are already in 3rd year uni, while im still in 1st year.
Cam has moved on to Hurstville, almost immediately when I came back. It was really sad to see him go... I really thank God that Cam was around at church ever since i first came to Sydney and has been really supportive with my family, especially myself. Will never forget the times we've spent together, at SYC, during bible study, at youth group, crazily wacking the church drums.. our lunches, the days u've spent lecturing me abt my poor driving and encouragements etc..
When i first got back to Sydney, I went to work straight away at the airport, which was a very very difficult transition for me, from 2 years of medical centre work to a sudden customer service position. I felt lonely. It felt really crap.
Too anxious to start uni, its like your going to a school which you know nobody there. Anyways, the bed is calling me to lie down on it.. so yeah, have to work later today so have to rest well! take care guys and for those who are reading, thank you very much and God bless!

2007-09-07T20:29:00.000+09:30

This blog has been left unattended for quite some while. Unfortunately, the toll of studies seem to have overtaken the commitment in updating this blog.
Anyone for 'Sizzlers' anytime soon? The salad buffet seems interesting!

Medic Prof Test

2006-02-12T23:49:00.000+10:30

To make things really short, I just want to thank God for seeing me through my medic prof exam. its been sumthing tat I was worried about for quite some time, but im so glad that its over and that i did quite well.
valentine's day is coming up.. but ive got no 1 to celebrate it with, instead ill spend it in camp... im waiting for that day that god can bring me someone whom i can love, care and share my life with.

Being a Licenced Driver

2006-02-07T00:04:00.000+10:30

I've been waiting for this day to come: being a licenced driver. woho!
Went early for a test warm up in the circuit and on the road with driving instructor william... was quite alright, the feeling of nervousness didnt sink in yet.
after 1.5 hrs of intensive training, went over to the exam preparation room. In there, it was total silence. I could feel how fast the other candidates's hearts were beating, not to mention mine as well. My whole palm was dripping with sweat and I could feel my sweat on my feat soaking thru my socks.
We drew lots to find out which route we were going to take. I got route 1, which didnt seem really difficult other than driving on the super crowded ubi road which requires some skill to change lane.
Alright, after all the paperwork was settled, I was surprised to be 1 of the 1st few to get called up to start the test. Just then, I met my BMT friend Fadzli, unfortunately, cant stay for a chat or else I'll get demerit points for other distractions than the test itself.
Went into the car, realised the car boot wasnt closed properly, if not, I could have failed if I drove off not noticing it. Went into the driving circuit, most of the componenets were done alright, except when I was doing perpendicular parking, this idoit learner driver drove past my front and I had 4 demerit points for not ensuring safety. Well, you knew I was reversing, you should have gave way to me right?
Surprisingly, he didnt give me an emergency brake test.. kool!
Then we came closed to a Zebra crossing, he asked me to turn right at the exit. So I changed lanes cos I thought it would be too late to change lanes after the zebra crossing since there was a bend and changing lanes at a bend constitues to an immediate failure. So.. i had 4 demerit points.
On the road, I caused other vehicles to slow down simply because I couldnt drive faster than 50 and you silly drivers on the road were driving faster than 50, obviously you have to slow down, so because of this, it caused me 8 points.
Other than that, things were great, weather was good, traffic conditions were average, so things turned out well overall. Got back to the test centre, parked the car and followed the tester to his room. He explained the areas I had gone wrong but I wasnt really listening, all I wanted was to know whether I passed or failed. Then, he said be careful ok? Borderline ah! I'm like, who cares mann, as long I pass, all that matters.
Alright, so happy me walked and registered for my licence. While waiting, we watched a safety video but I doubt anyone was listening because those that watched had passed, and definetly the excitement has overwhelmed the video.
What a day, but nevertheless, being a licenced driver feels great.
I would like to thank first of all, God for watching me throughout these periods when I was learning and for providing me with all his love and guidiance during the exam.
Would also like to thank instructor William for helping me throughout these intensive 7 months of training. Though you have earned alot of $$ from me, I still appreciate it.
Would also like to thank especially Cam, Ken, Peter Paterson and Mike in Sydney for allowing me to use their cars in Sydney to practice and also for their time that they had put aside for me.
Thank you to all my collegues and friends who have shown their support and encouragement to me. Without these, I probably wouldnt have made it.
Thank you and take care. God bless!

2006-01-10T12:00:00.000+10:30

Today is Hari Raya, so no work.. woho!
Yesterday at work, we had 2 patients kept in the sickbay for observation, 1 for Acute Pharygitis and the other for suspected Dengue. So, we had to drip 1 of them and took a Full Blood Count (FBC) for the other.
Supposed to work from 0715 - 2330 yesterday but due to bad weather, the flight got cancelled, so we were allowed to go home at 845pm.. woho! rejoice!!!!
The new ambulance needed new stores, so we started packing those expendables into the ambulance, and will continue on Wed at the East with Elaine. Sadly, we are not able to use those ambulances for priorities unless in an event of a mass casualty or in an emergency. The new ambulance is much better, at least, it has air con which those old rover ambulances dont have. Also with that transformer, much easier to transport casualties into the ambulance.
Wonder whats everyone doing at SYC now? Prob having lunch.. whats for lunch???

2006-01-08T21:51:00.000+10:30

I'm gonna be promoted soon. There has been a mutual agreement for me to take over Changi East Medical Centre as an overall i/c. Come March/April when my seniors ORD, they will be handing over the entire East medical centre to myself, whom will oversee all departments and also responsible to train up the new medics for managerial positions of Changi East Medical Centre.
Meanwhile, I will be training at the East from this week onwards for that position. Dr Kao and myself will be working hand and hand with each other, ensuring top class standards are maintained and bring pride to the SAF.
I think this will be an opportunity for myself to pick up different skills. It wont be an easy road, but Im prepared to give my best. I should make use of this to help me in my Bac of Nursing course after I ORD.
The worrying thing is the upcoming IQA (Internal Quality Audit) and the Annual Medical Profieciency Test. For the IQA, Im gonna be resposible for all the departments at the East and answer for any faults.
Hopefully things will turn out well and good...

New Years!

2006-01-03T21:16:00.000+10:30

The new year has begun and on new year's eve, millions around the world celebrate and have fun to welcome the new year. I slept the whole day at home after falling ill at work while in contact with a sick patient. Luckily, I recovered fast and was able to go to church for our new year's service, where a buffet lunch was served. It was alright, quite nice, but I didnt feel well to eat enough.
2006! In abt 10 months time, I will start to clear leave and off. Thats really something to look forward to as it marks the end of my life in army. And then, I will go back to Sydney.
A couple of things I will be really sad tho:
- I'm really really gonna miss someone alot. She's been really nice and supportive to me throughout my 2 years of army and I wont forget the times we've had together and all the fun as well, especially when playing music together. I hope we meet again 1 day and not loose contact at all.
- To be honest, even though army seems to be something I want to get out asap, I actually find the medical centre a great place to work at. Its just amazing to see how the doctors, medics, store pple and clerks work together. The bond we have established with each other has been great. Though eventually all of us will go our own way, the memories will not fade. Miss you all alot as well.

However, life has to go on. God has already planned it for us. So far, he's been really great to me in terms of friendship bonds I have formed in Singapore and really encourage you to find out more about him!

Today I went for despatch for the 1st time in my 7 months at Changi Airbase. I like it actually. Wasting time travelling and getting a chance to eat as well. We went for HQ's despatch to the East then to Selarang to return the TRS set, HQMC for lunch, ADSD to collect a docket and lastly to ARMC to get the X rays.

At Selarang, since it was my 1st time, i couldnt find G3 9 DIV, I went round from asking a CPT, then to a DXO, then to a 1WO, and finally I found G3 9 DIV. Then, went to HQMC ( HQ Medical Corps) to have lunch, met SGT Marcus and then Ben ( BMT friend). Ate Laksa. Went over to Prev Medicine store and also to Medlog to meet up with 2WO Chong and Ms Choo Phiak Har. Talked to them about the duced out AED pads but I forgot to ask 2WO Chong about the problems in our Medlog. Then, went to ADSD to collect a docket and to ARMC to collect some X rays. Then went back to CAB. Wow! Whole day gone just like that. Didnt even do any work.

Went back, did just abit of work and last parade. Woho! Went home... yay! and am typing this now.
Alight, enough for today... God bless!

Picture of Church End of Year BBQ

2005-12-20T13:17:00.000+10:30

From Left to Right: Josiah, Myself, Shirley, Henry Lee, Swee Lian, Naomi Lee

Season Greetings!

2005-12-20T11:50:00.000+10:30

My apologies for not blogging for almost a month. Been busy recently...

Wishing you all a blessed christmas and a happy new year! Unfortunately, it isnt a time for celebration for most medics of changi air base when most of their long weekends are going to be burnt as they are stuck at the East side. It includes myself.
Nothing much happening really. Church dudes are preparing for their carolling session and for their christmas day presentations. At work, its really quiet. Many pple dont report sick these days, other than those ORDing pple coming for FFI.
Most of the medics are glued to the Heli shooting game at work. It seems that it is and has been the main attraction recently. I spent the whole night yesterday playing it too while doing standby for a flight.
Here am I at home now, on duty off today, supposed to have driving lessons but eventually not because there are no slots available. No body seems to be free as well. Naomi's working, Michael's at chalet and Josiah is looking for jobs. There isnt any one else free.
What are you Aussies doing these days? Preparation for SYC? Christmas presentations? Going on a long holiday?

2005-11-24T21:25:00.000+10:30

Another patient!!! This time at 0400 on 241105. I was sleeping and having such a nice and comfy sleep after the exercise, Daniel woke me up, shouting in the dispense Titus!!! Titus!! Got patient unconscious etc... When I went to the Resus room, the patient was already in the ambulance with a FDS reservist medic, and going with him was Jan and our new medic Leong Soon. They left soon after with driver Ma. Dr Kao called, gave instructions to keep the AED pads on the patient, set up a drip, take his blood sugar level and to take vital signs and report to sir. We got the wrong patient info at first and reported wrongly to BOC. Luckily we checked it and reported back to BOC.
I went to sleep.. i was too tired.. got up at 0745 for work. Found out that the patient had a damaged spinal cord.. damm! thats serious.. if proven fatal, he's gonna be bedridden or in wheelchair.. poor guy.!!! Why did this happen? He was moving sandbags the whole night. and that puts strain on the spinal cord. Tonight is Yeo and me, i hope it doesnt happen again

2005-11-19T11:39:00.000+10:30

We had a serious patient yesterday. He reported sick for extreme itchiness on his arms, and he seemed to have extreme difficulty in breathing. Dr Kao checked up on the patient and took basic parameters..pulse 150, bp 210/150. His SpO2 (oxygen saturation around the body) was way below an acceptable level of 95, which means he might go into unconsciousness easily.
After doing an ECG on him, doctors diagnosed him with Acute Urticaria, a condition in which a sudden allergic reaction develops, when the patient will start to have excessive scratching. This patient also gets worked up easily, and in addition that this condition tightens the muscles around the body especially around the neck region, it ended up to be quite serious if not treated. The injections that were given to him were Promethazine ( to sedate him and calm him down since he was so worked up) and Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate [ to be diluted with sterilised water or normal saline] ( to counteract the sudden allergic reaction). After that, he was administered Hartman solution to restored his fluid levels.
While communicating with BOC, we prepared P2 ambulance to send the patient to CGH. Jan and Ma went with the patient. While they were away, we had our debrief about the situation and how we could have improved our drill. Also we had an East Hawk briefing next week. Seems fun but its gonna be tiring..

2005-11-17T00:12:00.000+10:30

Just got home... supposed to cover flight till 11pm tonight but I think due to the weather, the flights got cancelled and so manage to come home... today nothing much, went for cover again.. but stuffed up, apparently their drill training pple didnt come pick me up, so i ended up MOPAing for daniel whom spend the time decorating his off book.. haiz... Dr Chua was alright... at least I could understand his words and type it into PACES properly...
Then everyone went home.. left Daniel and myself and driver Willie. Then Teng came back from P226, Derrick was angry cos his vcd was missing.
On the way home, Daniel, Willie and myself were discussing about of CAB MC christmas party. We couldnt come up with anything.. suggestions include renting a condo MPH or maybe the FSS briefing room? lol... Daniel said we should go to his place and muck around... Willie said we should go over to his place and he'll roast 2 turkeys.. we also said we should go carolling on the PI set and also sit in a GP car and sing while touring the whole base.. haha.. tired now!! nitez

2005-11-14T22:23:00.000+10:30

Went to work today, 1st thing in the morning got screwed for not turning on a set of lights.. somemore, i wasnt even duty crew, i juz went early in the morning to replace yeo who was at medical appointment. What a start of the day, so moody and with a black face. Then, went for cover, I really pity Daniel, the arms drill he has to go through all over again, reminds him of bmt. the smell of the rifle, the stench of that oil used to derust it n many more. He was really tired and then he had to do duty.. poor guy! so i was the cover medic, thankfully nothing happened.. only 2 pple had cuts to their hand by the M16. Daniel had duty and he really wanted to go home, so i am not at East MC with Roland and Dr Kao doing duty for him. Let daniel go home and rest.. daniel when ur reading this, if im not free next month any duty, can u do for me pls? lol

2005-11-14T00:09:00.000+10:30

To be honest with you, I hate medical covers, especially when I am always the one used to replace someone else because of a change in plan or because others choose to take their time to do their work and thus im the only one being free. Though it is slack, its not about being slack. Its about being fair. I dont get why they keep putting me for replacement for others.. haiz.. why does lynn always have to put me on extra cover? What can we do.. this is army... haiz.. a place where no body cares for you except yourself.

2005-11-10T10:51:00.000+10:30

Here am I at East MC with Zhang. Watched this new show lifeline. The rescueing part was quite interesting but then after that, it was all love story haiz.. i thought it would be jamm packed with rescuing. Show was about a car crash, then firemen, paramedic and policemen were there. Resuscitation using BVM (Bag Valve Mask), failed, guy died, Wach Allen 100 detected to shockable rhythm. Another lady, trapped in a burning car, assume spinal injury due to vehicle whiplash. Casualty unconscious on the AVPU scale, no response. Applied normal length C collar, ensuring spinal immobilisation using head grip and sternum grip. Removed casualty using KED (Kendrick Extraction Device). Set drip on young lady going into shock, unable to locate vein. Lower leg crushed in accident, amputation required.. awaiting medical team....Most of you wont know what im talking about anyway. haha..
Yeah.. today at CMC was pretty crowded, we had so many reservist medics coming in for East Hawk, most of them were alright. Had a couple of medical review patients today and some dispensing to do.. avjeet went despatch.. haha.. so boring.. collected jerry cans for east hawk and T loan 20 blankets. Loaded up to ferry to East, unloaded.. non duty personnel went home.. dinner was fried rice with chicken and fish ball.. quite alright.. slept for a while, watched lifeline,then news.. cant get Daniel.. duty crew for tomorrow.. haiz.. im bored. i shall end here.. yup.. day off tomrorow.. yay!! bye bye nitez..

2005-11-08T21:38:00.000+10:30

at this point of my life, it seems to be really sad and upsetting. I dont know... no idea whats going on.. try my best to be happy.. things juz go wrong all the time.. everything seems so troubled...

2005-11-06T22:00:00.000+10:30

Day off today. Woke up early to go to church, but it was raining, so nice to sleep... ended up late for prayer session. Practiced.. did really well today, i was satisfied... kevin and jos played really well. joshua and april sang really well too, the choice of songs were superb. extra practice after church, discussed how things were gonna be like for next year after josiah and isaiah leave. Thats it, came home, eat and bludged.. boring weekend, but much better than work... nitez

2005-11-06T00:08:00.000+10:30

Day off today, no flying for west! Wohoo! At least could get up late, dream more, enjoy more. Well, nothing much to share about today. Spent most of the day with mum, eat eat eat, slack slack.. run errands.. and then eat again.. haiz.. what a boring day.. church tomrorow, have to get up early to practice piano.. poor jeff has guard duty. nitez!

2005-11-05T01:47:00.000+10:30

Back from public holiday, no body felt like working. Even Dr Tan, didnt feel like working. Lynn was on off today, Choo, Daniel and Joel on leave. Jan's physio got cancelled, so he ended up staying at East together with Nic and Zhang. At West was Dr Tan, Wei Pang, Roland, Avjeet, Long, Derrick, Yeo, Teng, How and myself. Duty driver Willie, BDO driver Dian Xiang. Brought some chocolate from Sydney for West, hope they enjoyed it, those whom were not there missed out... too bad.. No MOPA today so I had to help Dr Tan when he needed someone. PACES died this morning, so ended up using downtime for that Encik and 1 LCP. Luckily, came bk on time so that we could finish off the remaining reporting sick patients. Luckily, Dr Tan didnt feel like keeping that diarrhoea patient in the sick bay and gave him attn c instead. Acknowledged and CIVed the drugs for the East, but made too many mistakes, but managed to finish it in the end.
Nothing much after then, had lunch, was hokkien mee with prawn and that dessert thing, and bananas. Then, they came to repair the docu room door, which made it pretty inconvenient for us to go in and out and also because of the smell of the lacquer, which irritated everyone's nose, especially How's.
Sat in dispense, had a chat with how and avjeet about travelling and his upcoming trip to the U.S. Im so jealous.. haha... i wanna go too, revisit what I did when i was a kid. Then, a patient who had an operation for a cyst asked whether we could disinfect his wound, so How and me did it. Was pretty bad.. big hole on his thigh after the operation. Just took cotton balls and centrimide to disinfect it, then used Jelonet and then melolin and transpore tape to tape it up. Gave him some stores so that he could do it himself. After that, went bk to dispense to replace the expired melolin in the aircraft emergency pouch so that it could be returned to STL. After that, the door was fixed and then we started moving the old comps into the ops room secret room. soo stuffy and crammed in there. After that, last parade, but because those guys wanted to play soccer, so they took their own sweet time. Sorry I couldnt play soccer today, tho i would wanted to so that i can reduce fat. Had an appointment.
Went home, just when i got onto the bus, a newbie motocyclist hit the back of my bus and wasted my time, luckily he wasnt hurt or unconscious or else me being a paramedic, had to spring into action.. do u think I would do it if it really happened? I'll prob be calling bk medical centre to ask for help. Got home, changed, chucked my stuff and then waited with Jeff for late michelle. Bought starbucks, had an 1 hr chat, caught up with each other. Gosh those drinks are really expensive. Said bye... went to have dinner with jeff at Century square, he had duck rice , i had seafood rice noodle.. then went to play for abt 2 hrs of pool. I did better this time, at least I didnt loose face by allowing him to win so many games. haha... cost us abt $19. Went home, showered, talked to Thong for a while and am writing this now..
Called East, lucky west no flight so Roland and me dont have to work.. phew! I can sleep in tomorow morning then.. haha.. kool.. catcha laters cya take care!

2005-11-04T00:45:00.000+10:30

Today is Hari Raya Puasa, public holiday for most of us except Roland and Wei Pang whom are stuck at the East doing duty. Went to play badminton with jeff, samuel and his bro Joseph, then played really badly. no form.. dunno, i had no mood.. then went to play bowling, also got trashed, no mood again, only played pool did much better, thats it went home and bludged the rest of the day.. goodnight!

Recruit Tan!!!

2005-11-03T15:23:00.000+10:30

I guess I would like to share how i looked like when I join the army for the first day. Big groups of pple crowding round the traning shed waiting for their hair cut. Finally, it was my turn and gosh! it was all over in 20 seconds.

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Picture is a little blur because my camera is crap!
Cheers!

2005-11-02T21:51:00.000+10:30

Just got back from work, been at CMC since Monday 8am. This morning, the airfield opened at 0210, then tower called and had to wake up.. Damm! spoiled my dream. Was told to standby for the propeller plane which will be doing calibration on approach on East runway. But yeh, who cares, continued to sleep just like Roland did. 0500, received a call from tower than airfield had closed and will re-open at 0700. Continued sleeping, then at 0645, tower called senior med phone, becos mainline was not put down properly, was my fault. I thought Roland would wake up and pick it up, instead, kept on sleeping, gosh! i had to answer it. He claimed he woke already just in time for me to answer the call. Oh Wellz....
Breakfast was lor mai kai (quite nice, tho i thought it sux at first) [ for aussies whom dont know what it is, its rice with meat at the bottom] and soon kueh [some crap inside some skin] with sweet sauce. Then Jan, Nick and Teng came to East and Dr Kao as well. Then, Roland and me were about to go off when he asked me to go collect $$ from Dr Kao for mess fund, but then he was in the toilet, so couldnt do it. Ah, nvm.. despatch can collect it later. Drove back to West, at west was Dr Tan, Lynn, Chai, Derrick, Avjeet, Roland, Yeo, Joel, How, Wei Pang and myself. Got my Influenza jab from Wei Pang and I jabbed him too.. since it was compulsory for all medical staff to get it done. Didnt do much today. Bludge and slacked.. then Roland and Lynn had to go collect the Isaac cards from Choo and Daniel because those men were coming to fix our comps up after the janus migration. So, drove to Choo's house and picked up the card and then picked Daniel up from pasir ris, he bought for us pizza and drinks and dr tan had mcdonalds. To my surprise, the pizza was soo expensive, compared to Sydney where its $5.99 unlimited... that pizza cost us $17, so each of us had to chip in around $3.50. gosh!! rip off! SFI lunch was pandan rice with curry cabbage, chilli egg, fried fish and fried chicken. we had to eat it because the pizza was not enough for all of us glutons.
Yeah, after having a joking session with Daniel in the pantry, he left with the GP car with Avjeet and Chai, with Wei Pang driving it to go to base. Then after they came back, Roland went to Jab avjeet, poor Avjeet, with his phobia of needles and in front of lynn, wei pang, how, and all the Pest control guys whom were there to remove a bee hive. Fortunately for him, it wasnt pain at all.. mann! dont worry avjeet next time!! needles are nothing...
Realised that 1 tube of Conazole cream was missing but solved it in the end, no prob at all. Then talk talk talk, then others were busy with the Janus migration, so we ended up working late and then was CAT 1 and raining as well, so went home late. Then, went to Changi V with Yeo, he bought chicken rice home since he thought his mum wasnt cooking. Took 29 home, had a chat about life in Australia, guess it was kool. His mum called him said he had dinner, so oh wellz, had extra chicken for dinner. He was off to teach something at school, so he had to rush home and go for it. Got home, changed, ate, and then am typing this.. for those whom have finished their hsc like lien, congrates! you've done well, for those still going, all the best and god bless! take care..

2005-11-01T20:22:00.000+10:30

Happy Deepavali to our dearest storeman of our MC. Im sure he did enjoy his day off on Monday, but he's got alot of work to do when he comes back.. hehe.. Here I am at CAB East Medical Centre typing this. Roland is sleeping as usual, so is BDO driver Ma. Ambulance driver is reading something. Since today is a public holiday, there isnt any flight today, so Wei Pang and Choo had off. Woke up this morning, Joel went home, had crappy breakfast so asked Roland to buy some food for me. Then did nothing, net the whole morning, talk to a few pple.. ate lunch, and am still netting now since theres nothing to do. Dont plan to do anything tonight since theres nothing to do, so just sleep. By the way, I forgot to bring my toothbrush and paste to work, so I couldnt exactly brush my teeth.. haha... Ma's needed by the BOS at 7pm, BDO not sure yet. Plan for tonight is to sleep.. plan for tomrorow is to slack.. laters pple!!

2005-10-31T00:13:00.000+10:30

I just got home, its 930pm, havnt eaten my dinner... spent the whole day helping my mum clean someone's house whom he had juz moved out.. as usual, went to church early this morning, Uncle Aaron gave me a ride, practiced keyboard and then played for service. On the guitar was Kevin, Drums Josiah, Worship Leader Aaron and backup April. Heard someone was gonna be a mum soon.. hehe... songs were played well today i found... sermon was on the resuserrection of christ by Uncle Neiville. Then left church, went to Eunos to eat bak kut teh, then clean and just got home. I didnt entirely feel well today, felt really crap again and at one point I felt sooo crap that i couldnt do anything at all but just sit there and think of the bad stuff that has happened.. haiz..

2005-10-29T23:25:00.000+09:30

Went to work today. Left home at 6am, went over to Shawn's place and his parents took us to West MC. Flight started at 7am and ended just before 1pm. Shawn slept throughout while I had to do some corrections to the sickbay documents before I get into trouble during the IQA. Went for lunch with Shawn at Changi Village, had beef noodles and shawn had chicken chop hor fun. Then Shawn went home to have a shower so that he could teach primary school kids while I went home to net for a while. Then played pool with Jeff at pavilion, i got trashed, he's a pro, maybe not really but im crap thats it. Went for dinner at Tampines Mall, had Ee-mee Wok noodles while Jeff had home made noodles. The proportion was pretty small. Will be meeting up during the public holiday to have more fun. Playing at church tomorrow, so have to sleep abit earlier. Goodnight!

2005-10-29T16:49:00.000+09:30

Cam and Adam at Bryan's restaurant. They both love chilli, everything extra hot... that includes myself as well.

Back In Singapore

2005-10-28T11:54:00.000+09:30

The day came to leave. Got up around 530am to get ready. Called Nelson and arranged to go for breakfast first before going to the airport. Tina and William came along too and we drove to Bankstown to get breakfast, unfortunately, we could only find miserable hot bread.. hehe.. So yeah, Willz got me a drink because I was too sad to eat. Got to the airport, waved our last goodbyes, was trying not to cry, but inside I was hurting so badly when I walked out of my lovely friends whom I wont see for the next 1 year. Checked in, got to the gate early since the airport is boring, theres simply nothing to do.
Plane departed 1130 Eastern Aus Time and made its way to Singapore. Had 2 meals, lunch was some lamb and vegetables and rice with ice cream, coffee/tea, Ham salad, cheese and crackers, french toast and soft drinks. Snack before the plane landed was some cheese and ham roll and a Tim Tam chocolate bar with coffee/tea. Plane landed at 1700 Singapore time (1900 Aus Time), 5 mins ahead of schedule. Got out, called back to medical centre and got my baggage and went home.
Got home, had a quick unpack and dinner and went to help my mum with something at someone else's home. Then, we got caught in a thunderstorm. The bus stop flooded with rain water. Lucky we wore Thongs. While travelling home, our bus broke down and so ended up walking in the rain to another bus stop to catch another bus home. Got home all drenched.. had a massive headache, lucky I had a day off today to rest. Took a quick shower, got to bed (which explains why I didnt type yesterday night when i got back.). Woke up this morning, looked for some breakfast and am now typing this.. I have attached some Farewell pics. Take care and god bless!

The Last Day

2005-10-26T19:14:00.000+09:30

My last day has come to an end. Tomorrow morning, I will be catching a plane to Singapore, to a place i dont wanna be, not because I dislike my country but because of army. Nevertheless, I want to go back so that I can quickly serve and get out. I'm prepared to face it because I know all the Aussies are behind my back supporting me and awaiting my return.
In the morning, went to do last minute shopping to bring back to Singapore and then Nelson came to pick me up so that I could accompany him to Parra to exchange an incorrect game which he bought recently. For $50, he got another game, which I forgot what name it was. Then we went to get burgers and fruit juice and drove back to our area. Mann, you should see how Nelson drives mann, I salute him for his skill.
First stop, Bossley Rd, Trannie, he bros and sis were all coming out towards me and I was abit scared because I was a strange. And then at the last minute, she told me she wana come along and she wants to take a shower first, so went over to Bryan's place, took a pic with him on the drum kit and just said bye and stuff.. then went back to pick trannie up, then visited victor, took a pic with him and then said bye too. Was planning to meet Jamie but she was at Agriculture exam so oh wellz, cant say goodbye to her. Then we went to pick Ian up then rushed to Livo to meet the others up for lunch at Bryan's restaurant.
We arrived! Took like 20 mins to find parking. The others were waiting there already. In attendance was Cam, Adam, Ian, Jason, Steve, Nelson, Michael O Donnel, Chris, Trannie and myself. Food was Hot and sour soup, Chilli chicken, Butter chicken, Szechuan Lamb, Chilli Tofu and garlic prawn, served with rice. Drink was plain water and a bottle of coke. Total price, $12/person. There was a slight mix up with the payment because some people paid $10 and some paid $20 and had to give them change out of my own pocket and stuff, but its ok, got it settled. So now, pple owe Cam and myself money.
Went back to church, had a short chat with Steve and Ian, then played table tennis before Yui and Thitima came to show me their camp photos and took a couple of pics and stuff. Then they both left and I got trashed again in table tennis. Then Leo called me asked me to go play snooker with him, so ok.. said bye to Ian then went to Cabra to meet him, sorry i took so long cos I went to get my jumper in case it turned cold. Played snooker, trashed Leo, then after that teamed up with Thong to trash Leo and Rat again, and then we went for dinner.
Met up with Yui at Cabra station, then went Won Kee to eat, had a talk, didnt take any photos though, then said bye to Leo, miss trashing him in snooker.. then bye to Lisa.. met Lien and her friends along the way. Walked back with Rat, Thong and Yui then along the way Ken offered to take Yui home, so drove her home.. thanks ken.. then bid farewell to Ken, and then came home. What a day! Tiring but its fine, I have to go pack my things now. The next update will be in Singapore.
I just wanna thank all my friends from Cab HS and church whom have taken so much of their time to entertain me on this trip and especially the hsc pple whom bother to come all the way just for me. Thanks for all the support, all the love you have showed me and encouragement as well. The more I think of you guys, the more pain my heart gets. I'm waiting for the day that I will come back for good, drive my own car and have a great time with you guys.. I miss you guys!! Take care of urselves and God bless!

2005-10-25T17:05:00.000+09:30

My holiday is coming to an end and so is my freedom to do whatever I want. The scenario of a medic's life flashes back in my head as I prepare to pack up and go back to where no one wants to be at, for me, the medical centre.
Today went shopping in the morning, got some lollies to bring back to Singapore and ' Tom Yum Koong'. The lady at the shop asked whether I could cook Thai dishes, and I was like, no mann! I cant cook anything.. haha... Went home, bumped around a little bit and then met up Veasna for lunch. Drove to Canley Heights post office to pay Dalen a visit. She has changed a lil. She was working so we didnt really had much time to talk, just said a quick hi and thats it. Wished her all the best for the thing she's been waiting for arriving in December.
Then we drove to a Fairfield Thai restaurant, it was the exact same one which Cam and Peter Paterson took me 1 year ago to eat. It was pretty alright and we had lots of food. We had rice, Larb-medium cooked, tom yum soup, ox tongue and iced tea. Veasna couldnt eat alot so I had to eat most of it. haha.. as always. Total cost $35, quite alright for the amount we get. Then after lunch, we drove back to Cabra and was thinking of calling Helen Tan to see what she is up to, or whether she wants to come with us to Livo. Fortunately, Helen was planning to go livo to help collect an assignment to be handed in at TAFE and so we gave her a ride there. Parked at Westfields, the most boring place ever!! Went for a walk, got some cooking oats for Singapore from Coles and i remembered Yui was at the movies with her friends so gave her a call to see where she was. Went to Myers to look for a Christmas present for Veasna's sister, but you know how hard it is to choose Christmas presents, so just walked around and thats about it.
we were driving back to Cabra and then we decided to go back to school. When we got there, Veasna didnt wanna go into school, which means she has to wait in the car for me, which is really slack to her, especially when she drove me there. So, ended up going home. No plans for tonight, just stay home and bum around. cyas!!!

2005-10-24T17:50:00.000+09:30

Hi all, didnt really do much today. Stayed home in the morning and had a chat to Ian about relationships. Ive learnt alot from him. Thanks heaps. After that, I was supposed to have lunch with Yui and Thitima , instead, she invited her whole group of friends including Leila's sister in which Rat and Leo were starring at throughout the lunch. haha.. lucky i asked Rat and Leo along or else I'll be nigel. Thong wasted an opportunity to show himself in front of a big group of gals.
So we had lunch at 'A A', wherever that is whereas Thong and Helen went library. We ate and there was this old man who at leftover food on the table and drinking other pple's tea.
After that, said bye bye... then went to Cabra Vale Diggers to play some snooker and table tennis, well we followed the rules this time and so I got trashed because I had so many air balls but nevertheless, I did better than before. I also worked on my strength and accuracy since I mastered how to stabilise the stick properly on my hand. Thanks to William and Nelson whom I have practiced with. Soon, all of us went home to do their work while I went home for a run with Dad, to show me some houses, see which one i like. Some houses were quite nice but not interested in that atm, only interested to finish army and get the heck out of there.

2005-10-23T21:59:00.000+09:30

Goodday, it was church today. Speaker: Cam, Worship Leader: Jason I played drums for the 1st and last time of my holiday. Songs we sang were One For Many, In Jesus Name We Trust, Here I Am To Worship, Not Ashamed, Thanksgiving and 1 Corinthians 13, led by John and Grace and guitarists William and David Quach. the M n M joined singing in the front of the 1st 2 songs. Its kool how the church functions in a new way compared to last time when i was around. Cam spoke about our jobs we hold, talked about how we should treasure the jobs we have and not to expect too much from it and also be contented to have the income we are earning. Also, we should think how we can minister to others at our workplace.
Lunch today we had some beef and brocolli vege which was alright but i didnt really enjoy either, I have to admit army food is quite nice too. Then, Jamie had to leave to go home and study for maths hsc, so said goodbye to her, was sad, but Im glad shes coming to Singapore to visit me soon with her family.
We had M n M, Jane and Grace have been planning so hard for the Christmas presentation and I think we should give alot of credit to the both of them. Was made to play Guitar while they both sort of auditioned the singers to see whether their plans fit, seemed alright. Most of the people were not there due to the hsc. Then, bid farewell to Billy and then Trannie.
After M n M, went to Mounties with Nelson, William, Michael Ngo and David Quach then we met Andrew, Michael O Donnel and Alistairs already there, and also Monica and her drummer boyfriend (forgot his name). We went to play snooker, then practiced a lil with William and got abit better. Will be practicing with my school friends at Cabra vale Diggers tomorrow.
After that, got bk to church, caught the ending of the evening service. its nice how they arranged the tables and have some snacks and drinks there, I probably be eating more than listening to the sermon.. hehe... .
Then, we planned to go to some Thai restaurant in Canley Heights for dinner. Unfortunately, Cam got locked out of his car and had to call NRMA for help, Michael O Donnel stayed with him. At the thai restaurant, on our table was Ken. W, Ian, Andrew, Michael ngo and myself, we ordered sticky rice, Larp ( raw beef with strap and chilli), some mixed stuff with chilli, tom yum soup and green curry. Was alright, cost about $9 per person. On the other table was the Mcphail family, Ruth, John and Benita, Alistair and David Loeng but we left early because Ian had to study for the hsc and i thought i would go bk to church to accompany cam if NRMA wasnt there yet, but he left, so all well and good.
Got home, made some arrangements for my week, meeting Yui for lunch tomrorow, then games with my school friends, thats it. Ian and some others plan to go to Bryan's restaurant on Wed for my farewell lunch and eat the same stuff.. thats about it, gonna talk to mum soon and then going to sleep. Goodnight everyone!

2005-10-22T17:10:00.000+09:30

Had a day out today with Xay Hoa, Srey Pov, Leo, Ratanak, Jackson, Lisa and her friend Elaine. We went to watch ' Dark Water', but I reckon its a bit silly. This month has real terrible movies, I dont seem to be able to find one interesting. We were supposed to meet at 9am this morning but I woke up at 850am because I went with Jane, John, Nelson, Hung, Alistair, Nora and Willz to Mounties for late night snooker. We got home around 2am. But luckily I still got up on time. We went to get breakfast first. Rat and me hammered Oportos while Leo got 4 lil tubs of yoghurt, unfor, he wasnt able to finish it. hehe... Xay Hoa and Srey Pov had a Japanese crepes, which was kinda unique since I havnt seen it before.
We then went to play lan at Epi and had some CS for 1 hour before the movie started at 12.10pm. It finished around 2pm where the guys except for Jackson went to Cabra Vale Diggers to drink free Choco and play snooker. Then i went bk to church to visit yg and have a chat with some people, before heading home and typing this now. Have a gd day!

Yayy! I'm On Holiday

2005-10-21T09:43:00.000+09:30

I am out of Changi Air Base for the next 2 weeks. It feels so great not being there. Leaving Avjeet and How to the stores and Wei Pang to the dispense and sickbay. Shawn as usual, super busy with all the docu work but sometimes slacking like nothing else. Teng is on leave and probably playing computer games the whole day. Daniel and Choo still demanding kangaroos and dolphins from me when I dont even have the time to go to the city to look for it. Roland working on the next month's duty and movement schedule while Joel just goes on off for his driving lessons. Whats Tay doing now? Derrick probably sleeping now, but when will Chai just stop annoying me? It feels wierd here in Sydney, not used to the life of eating and sleeping everyday without work. I feel sorry for you all back there but I hope things are going all well and good for you peeps at CMC.

I was suppsoed to go to Cab hs today but because of the rain, Leo told me he didnt feel like going, so im like ok... i couldnt be bothered to go out too. Later, will be meeting Tram for lunch at 130pm and then will be heading over to Cabra Vale to get some snooker games going. I just heard Thong wasnt gonna be there so what a waste. We're probably gonna play for the whole afternoon but I'm still worried about the annoying presence of that old man sitting in the bar starring at us play all the time. ' If you guys make holes in the carpet, your paying for it' . Stuff you understand?

Had lunch at Bryan's restaurant yesterday with Adam and Ian. We stuffed Chilli Chicken, Schechuazrn Lamb, Hot and Sour Soup, all with extra chilli. Had rice too and got a free bottle of pepsi. Thanks Mrs Li! Dessert was fried ice cream and sooo tasty. I bow to go back there again to enjoy 1 more meal before I start consuming army rations again. How boring. Thereafter, we went to Westfields where we checked out some drum stands and guitars and Ian got a mint drink. Went to gym in the evening with Jane, Grace and John. I think our faces were glued more to the tv than actually concentrating on the gym equipment. After 2 hours of work outs, we went to KFC for dinner. So much for burning fat, we probably put back more than we lost.

Tonight is dinner with the cab yg guys and some hsc people. Great time to catch up and look forward to. 'Ngo' is also gonna be there.. how kool! I miss you guys alot dude! Havnt seen chris too for a long time. Too bad vic and bryz are confined at home due to the hsc, now you know how it feels like for me too, confined at army camp. All the best for you hsc people and keep striving forward, dont give up. You will always do better than you exepct. God loves you! If you have a worry or problem, as Cam said on Sunday, pour it all out to him and at his perfect timing, he will answer you. See you guys tonight!

God Bless!

Goodday!

2005-10-21T08:14:00.000+09:30

Hi all,
After reading like heaps of people's blogs, I have decided to put my laziness aside to do one myself, so here it is. I will be working on it so do come visit it once in a while.