Leaving for Army Loh!

How cool, this is my 100th post. now how funky is that? :)

In a spur of the moment yesterday [also known as a unwillingness to be alone], i decided to print out some pictures of people who mean things to me. to bring in and to look at when i'm down or lonely. printed some others but they go into my wallet. These are the ones that i decorated my bible with. and trust me, i love my bible now more than ever. it is MINE. not some bible bought off the shelf.. but it's Rui's Bible. wowz. i love it la. take a look see...


Front of my Bible. to remind me that i'm committed to shalom. The pulpit reminding me that God' Word is truth. that no matter what people say in there, there's only one truth. God. To also remind me that if God's Word says i can get thru anything thru Christ who strengthens me, then i better believe it. And that He will never leave me.

It says, Thy Word is Truth. It's my church's pulpit.

This is the back of the bible. Reminding me of the 2 major groups of people i have poured my life into and will still continue to. The Shalom YF and TP CF. Special groups of people with individually special people. The reason i serve, i love and i will persevere. They give me strength that God has so blessed me with.

The YFers on the top and CFers at the bottom. 2 groups of blessings.

The final product. My 1st pair of black specs that might not have even been made coz of a few complications. So now i have 2 pairs. but i only desire to feature one pair coz i think it's nicer. :) yup. i love it. so dun expect me to be changing back to my normal ones anytime soon. haha

Black Specs are comin! Nod your *botak* head!!!

All my bags are packed, i'm ready to go. :) sigh. am i really ready to leave everything else behind and step into this new phase of life? i dunno. i'll only know after i leave.

CFers, if you squint, maybe you can see a few stuff from your survival kit. like Yan Yan choc at the top right of my bag. with the tag still on. :)

This will be my last post before i lose my pink IC for the next 2 years and become a chao recruit for 7 weeks. it seems really surreal that i'm finally embarking on NS. It's one of those things that you always say, aiyah, still got a long way more. [just like marriage. eeps] But hey, it's happening in 3 hours time and yet it still seems like it's a dream that i'm going to wake up from. Let's start with the happiness.

I can't wait to shave my head. it's getting too hot. I wanna see what army's all about. Get to know new people and to see a totally different environment. I wanna build up myself coz i think i'm a bag-o-bones. I'm lookin forward to doing all the stuff that you always hear bout.. like throwing a grenade, shooting a gun and doing army commands. [i dunno how much i will be able to do though]

Now to the bad things that NS is doing:
Leaving people i love.
Parents - They've really been helping me thru the initial stages of my life. always looking out for me and going out of their way to make sure my life as a child and teen is one that i can be comfortable in. I know how hard my Dad works and what my mum does behind the scenes.
Sab - Can tell how much you'll miss me and that's just a reflection of how much i'll miss you too. Doing things that i never ask for, stepping out to help me whenever i needed, thanks sab. More than i could ask for in a sister. Dun stop.
Jamie - You know that apart from family, you're prob the hardest to leave too. 2 weeks. i can do it. so can you. Dance well mei. I'll see you very soon. and i'm claiming that welcome-back hug. you better be ready! oh btw, with these two weeks, i'm surely gonna win our little competition. mwhahaa :)
heh. sigh. six letters, so hard to say. b.. y.. e.. m.. e.. i. 'Parce que chaque jour j'ai pensait à toi.'
Chelsea and Mini - dun intend to grp the two of you up but i sense i might have to explain muchies if i dun. haha. thanks for both your encouraging posts on your blog and your personal wishes to me. whether it be thru smsing, msning, card writing or just that look in your eyes that says i'll miss ya. I'll be back yah? and remember what i told ya both. take care of each other ok?
Angel - didn't get to catch ya online before i left but your sms last nite brightened up my night quite a bit. can't say i wasn't waiting so thanks for it and take care of yourself as you slack till sch starts. :) update me yeh, you can still sms me. and thanks for everything. we'll do New York New York again when i get back.
YFers - for those who do read this. thanks for making a difference in my youth life. Needless to say, it's been a joy serving you guys.. the only reason i would wanna stay for a 4th year even though i'm like SO old can! haha... but yeh. have a good first youth worship and i'll see ya guys in 2 weeks. apologize if i stink when i come back in 2 weeks, coz if i book out and dun have enuf time to go home, i'm coming straight to you for yf. see you guys soon. and thanks for all your smses and blessings.
CFers - Meliza, Lydia and all the rest of you who mean so much. thanks for your survival kit and for your unending love for me and for each other. dun stop loving each other and striving to show others what Christian love and fellowship is all about. You've touched my life in so many ways trying to type it would do it injustice. stay strong. stay strong.
August - sorry i have to miss the musical. and thanks for [going to] send me off. you take care of yourself and the musical people. dun rara too much at the interchange later pls. HAHA.
Friends who dun fall into those categories - for parents of youth, school frens or just people who have somehow sent me greetings for ns. thanks. i'll be fine, you just take care of yourself will ya? :)

Yup. k, that's my extensive list of goodbyes... 2 weeks.. what's the big deal? :) yup. will look forward to many many things when i book out on the first weekend of aug. sorry to the musical people that i'll be missing your musical practice sessions. blame the governme... umm i mean, sorry. heh

Yuppers people. you guys all take care alrite? i'll be back real soon and i'll be looking forward to catching up. here's my prayer list if you wanna pray for me.

Pray that:

• I'll not feel lonely in there.
• I'll not be ashamed of my faith and to shine for Him
• I'll have company mates who are understanding and fun to get to know
• My personal walk will not suffer
• I'll have a Good buddy
• I'll find a Christian in there to pray with
• I won't get sick
• I'll see you in two weeks

Heh. Alrite. this is recruit RL Tan signing out. Good bye civilization and Singapore mainland. I'll touch back down soon. Pray for me!!! *poof*

CF Farewell

Yup so today... hmm took so long to try to convert the videos, upload them and upload photos that now it's already the day after... so yesterday, tuesday, i went for my last CF before i enlist. It's quite interesting though, how i won't see them for the next 7 weeks or the next 2 years. :S

Meliza and Lydia and the rest got me a big gift can! argh. not supposed to!!! but no!! they wouldn't listen. :) but it was really nice. funny and corny. jus the way i was remembered i pressume. :) i'll explain each item to you... or well, most of it. :)

It came in a huge peeeenk box that said "Joel's survival kit from CFers. use with caution" on the box... i'll let the video at the end of this entry explain it all la. it'll come with a script and all so you can watch and read at the same time dun worry. :) Now on to pictures.


My Survival Kit.


Cap to protect and hide my soon-to-be-botak head. Wargh. haha nice cap though. yayz.


Yan Yan Chocolate given to counter depression in camp. -_-; ok... i dun think i can bring it in but thanks.


Complete Survival Kit with Meliza's Letter behind.


Mark being dumb. me being dumb with him.


Lydia 'Bangthe' Goh. personal joke sorry. haha. Big smiles braces shining brightly!!! :) she suddenly seems so small.


Nick. My buddy, spiritual support and constant friend.


Meliza, the crazy babe. With lydia messing our picture. yeh, that rouge head belongs to the small girl. :)


Tian en looking so sad i'm leaving. trying to mimick his dumb-ness... but i guess he's got a gift i don't. HAHA


Mayfern! Staffworker extraordinaire. :)


Meliza and me. minus crazy lydia. :) This crazy gal is the reason why CF is always a joy to go to.


Qiang. sigh... he's the chair of the yf? sigh. HAHA jus kidding. looking spastik jus for me. :) thanks qiang.


Finally, a group shot of all of us awaiting the bus. sigh. memories.



Videos!

First part of opening presents

Script: Copy and paste to notepad so you can have it beside the video while you watch. [Each gift has a tag attached to it describing what it's there for. the first is a bottle of dettol]

Me: You can never be too clean. *duh face plus act cute smile* Are you even taking it now? YOU'RE DOING A MOVIE? then i have to do faster.
Then you shouldn't be doing a movie. coz then people will have to tilt their heads to watch. ahh. *smiles* now start again. *laughs*
Oreo, 14grams of energy.. ok it's getting umm hmmm... ok...
Mark [camera man]: I'm i'm sorry! *flips camera around for fun*
Me: Oh gosh, you better take another video.
Memopad, fo... *snigger* for you to write love letters to your... *dun want to say CFers* Christian friends.
Meliza: CFers, by the way. *not one to let the limelight get lost*
Me: to say how much you miss them. Use with envelope and pencils for best results. *flips and finds envelopes* OOO... Where's my pencil? [demanding tone]
Lydia: Inside
Me: inside ah? oh shucks! :).... Pencil.... You should have given me this before i went to shop.
Mopiko... in case Axe oil doesn't work. *bewildered expression* the same right?
... Alwyn, we're sleeping overnight... Sugar... Sugar... sugar....
*oh my goodness expression* Axe oil. In case mopiko doesn't work. [super funny la]



Second part of opening presents

Mark: Do again, do from the previous one.
Me: *Exaspearated look* This IS the previous one!... Eno. For the sore throat after eating all our tidbits... too much...
Halal soap... If your Sir happens to be an Indian [realizes how racists this cf is so slows down pace] use to score points. This is a RACIST CF.
Honey.. oh... Honey stars. [reads label. *oh my gosh*] Be a star in 'YA' camp. Grammtically wrong. must have been done by Meliza.
Box! ok that's all. thank you oh.. nothing right?... cup noodles.
Lydia: OH! Where's the pullups?
Me: *Grabs qiang's pants* Qiang! [he was joking earlier bout wearing it]
Meliza: Well, you can take us for now. hehe.. take together take together take together! ah ah, wear the cap.
Me and Mel, poses for camera shot forgetting it's a movie clip.
Lydia: haha. you'll look so funny botak.
Meliza: No no, we must present this, we must present this. Lydia!
Lydia: You know is this for?
Me: k, lay it on me come on... [expecting lameness]
Lydia: For you to practice your pullups.
Me: [super duh look while laughter goes around the room]
Mark: Wah! hen leng hen leng ah! [very cold very cold. referring to the joke]
Me: Thank you very much, Thank you very much, Thank you very much.
Me: ok you can stop the video now.
Meliza: Must use ok!
Me: Ummm *lydia laughing hysterically in the background*...some... yeh, i'll use some.




Mark playing "huggies commercial song"
Background to this video, CFers gave me the Huggies pull-ups. and Mark had that dumb huggies song in his phone so he played it while i showcased my gift.
Me: It's to practice my pullups... ok i said it.
Mark's handphone: "I'm a big kid now. I'm a big kid now."
Me: *stupid dumb "duh" expression*

Now dun miss it. :)

Sunday Farewell + Pirates movie

Hey peeps. first of all, i wanna say thanks to these people for coming for joella's birthday celebration + my farewell... in no specific order of reference...

"Sean, Alicia Kok, Adrian, Chelsea, Shawn, Joash, Nicholas, Jamie, Joella, Qiang, Dinesh, Ben, Seng Lee, Mini"

Thanks for coming for the movie and some of you for the dinner. It was really something that i was looking forward to during the entire week. a special mention goes out to Jamie, Chelsea, Nick and Sean for helping to plan this entire thing. i know it's been quite stressful organizing the people, trying to see who's going and who's watching the movie. And i know even at the last moment, it came down to chionging to tampines to buy the movie tickets. I know how hard and frustrating these things can be sometimes so i thank you so much for making it work out in the end and for getting us such smashingly awesome seats. :)

Oh, i have to blog bout this. I want to publicly apologize to Shawn, mr thambi. I do admit that i made a huge big mistake by forgetting to inform you about the time change and thus causing you to waste almost an hour of your life waiting for us. I really do apologize for that and trust me when i say this, it was TOTALLY not my intention to do that. it just slipped my mind in the flurry of things going on that day. I do want to make it up to you but i hope you will forgive me for that big error and i'm sorry once again thambi.
Once i got his call at 3 plus rite, and realizing what had just transpired... it sent me into this sorta crazy downward spiral into semi depression can! and then seeing him at the mrt... wah piang. i could jus stab myself with a thousand knives. but i had already done that a hundred times on the way to the mrt station. Sigh... after that, i couldn't really recover from that state till the movie and so i apologize to anyone else if i was like quite dao before the movie... didn't mean to be that way but jus couldn't feel happy.

even seeing YOU there, wasn't able to bring a lasting smile to me.

but yeh, after that i guess i got better. :) the movie was the best thing that happened on that day. Guess it's coz i got a sms and managed to fulfill a certain request that made it all good. i dun think i need or want to explain further... the intended party knows what i mean. but i'll tell you that i will always remember that movie... and i am taking it with me to Tekong in times of loneliness. :) I shall stop myself here coz i dun want to write sumthing here that might cause me to have to explain myself out of next time but yeh. i was really glad. really glad. *big beam*

After the movie, that pooters Jamie had to leave... sigh. so disappointing can. farewell dinner and she run away home.. no.. to SIGLAP! hahaha.. jus kidding mei. :) i know you can't help it.. but yeh, i was like WHAT!?!? haha.. but never mind... at least i got me hug before you left. a long overdue one if i might add. :) It was tough saying bye knowing that it'll be 2weeks till i see her again and stuff... but i guess it's only 2 weeks rite? :) 14 days, should be fine.

We ventured to many places for dinner but settling at Yoshinoya coz it was much cheaper than anything else we had originally suggested. Thambi had to leave as well and that was like WAH sadded... never say bye somemore. DAO KIA can! ahaha.. stupid goon, i expect you to say bye before i leave for tekong! ahah...

Yuppers, bought Joella a cake and surprised her at yoshi... it was quite nice... the cake was tasty! yay! good choice. and fellowship there was fun too. :) Chelsea and mini had to leave halfway coz mum was there to pick them up. -_-; all running away. haha... but yeh, i'm real glad they made it. i would have much rathered them to stay though. hahaha. jus kidding.

After dinner, we parted ways and i was finally able to get a chance to be alone to read a cute silver card that i got from mini. my one and only card. yayz... so sweet can. :) rush all the way from tuition just to say bye to me and stuff. :) *meltz* thanks a ton mini. i really was glad to see you outside that cinema. :)

Went home and i realized that although i was ready to leave for my two weeks vacation, there was still that part of me that i could never really leave. that part of my heart that will always remain here... and no matter how ready i am to leave, i won't ever be ready to leave THAT. so i'm just gonna have to bite it and take the plunge i guess. bring what i can to remember it with and then just "ren" for 2 weeks, 7 weeks, 2 years.

but you know i'll miss you. you know it so much.

So thanks again to one and all who made sunday so special. i didn't wanna blog too early about this sunday thing coz recently i've been quite emo [in a good way]... so didn't wanna say sumthin here that i might regret. but i've already jotted down my thoughts somewhere else so i should be fine writing this publicly-viewable entry. :)

3 more days! :)



The birthday peeps. Joella 'jellyfish' Lam and me. :)


The kind souls that bothered to come down. well, half of them.

Pirates of the Curry Bun 15th July 2006

I regret to inform you that i have no pictures taken of Pirates of the Curry bun, so for those who were looking out for snapshots, i have to apologize as there was no camera present at the event today. now.. on to more important things.

Today was the pirates of the curry bun yf activity. the one that i have been busy planning over the past 2-3 weeks... really glad it's finally over and that today was SUCH a huge success. Let me go choronologically la...
met up with Thambi early to get the last minute supplies like snacks for the ends, tape to stick clues and all that jazz... Was a bit afraid that we might not have enough time to plant clues and all because we left Parkway quite late. stupid queue in bread talk was like uber long and slow... finally go to ECP and planted the first clue and to cut story short, went to macs to wait. there i was chucked with quite a lot of bad news.

First of all, nick said he'll be late and that we might have to start without him while qiang was also no where to be seen though it was still early.
Second, Celia called and told me that there were only like 3 people at bedok. so i had to make a decision on the spot and asked them to wait longer while we pushed back the starting time to accommodate the late comers. In the end, they left like super late... 2.30 but thankfully there were more with them.
Third, the sky started to darken and reports from Abigail said that it was already raining at bedok. the rain finally came but lasted for barely 10 minutes. thank the Lord. was praying so so hard can. and the rain really dampened my spirits. you plan so long for sumthing and natural weather hinders it and threatens to totally cancel it. wahhh. So yeh, i was quite down for a 10 minute period at macs... just waiting for people to come and watching the rain pelt down my activity.

But then the rain stopped, the bedok people left for ecp and the people starting coming by themselves to ecp like Joash, Tricia, Yuan, Nick, Joella. :) it was really great to see people coming although you know that some will turn up la. but still... sumthing struck me then... in the moment that everything came together again.. this came to my mind.
There has to be a storm for there to be a rainbow. There cannot be a rainbow if it never rained.

Speaks volumes if you ask me... and i had my little rainbow when everyone had finally gathered and the activity slowly kicked off. :) it went really well and the only regret i had was that i didn't have a digicam. SUPER sian ok. but yeh, the games were done real well and the last game was the super funniest of all of them la... really great ending game if you asked me.
Credit goes to my CF friend Lydia for giving me the idea. it was SMASHING girl. really. :)

But before i explain the last game, commercial break. Thambi and i were sitting down in those huts thing, catching our breath and waiting for nick to arrive so that he could prepare his station. then it was super funny coz from a distance we saw the other group coming so we were like super gan jiong la. we grabbed our stuff and had to chiong to the jetty coz we had to go put up a flag thing so that they could spot where the next station is. haha super funny we were like. OH CRAP GO GO GO! [in the end shawn fell on some sand chionging off. but it was so funny] i surely heard Tricia being a real nicey by asking me if I needed her to give me some time to set up the stuff. i just shouted back, "you never saw me"... HAHA.. but it all worked out fine in the end la. they didn't see the flag coz it was so small but they surely saw us, so we bacame the marker for the next station... which is a game.........

Picture this people. the group was gathered around a stuff toy in the center of the circle on the floor. a raffia string is tied to your waist and the other end is tied to a central rubber band... not touching the stuff toy in the center or the rope, you and your team have to stretch and manuever the rubber band so that it "KIAPs" the stuff toy lifting it off the ground. sounds easy? trust me, it isn't. coz that's not all. you have to move as a team to the cover a distance while your stuff toy dangles over the ground... so the group has to walk at the same pace while not stretching the rubber band to release the stuff toy. sigh it was so fun coz it was so hard.
We played this game at the jetty and the whole jetty slowly stopped their fishing activities and looked at us la. it was like the whole jetty was watching us play our game and you could see they all had a smile on their face lor... glad everyone, even specatators, were having such fun. :)

So finally when the game was completed, we crashed at the next stop which was big splash and had worship... nice grassy patch and Abigail led worship. wowz can! lead worship and play guitar at the same time. talented. real glad she was leading. yayz for her. haha... yeh, then we closed the event and fellowshipped at the beach area singing songs, laughing, telling jokes, just basically being youths. :) it was such an enjoyable time..

Then it struck me there and then. when i finally took off my blades and shared the time with them, it struck me. i had to take a break from my busy day before i could see what God wanted to show me today. i shared this with Adrian, Jodi and Qiang. my peers, my friends, my support. I saw the youths really, like REALLY enjoying themselves today. they were laughing, having fun... there was nuthing in their faces that told me they were forced to be here or made to come... every one of them looked like they were real glad they came and really wanted to come... it was SO internally uplifting. it's like God speaks to you in that small way when you've cried out to Him so much about that issue.

It may just be a change of environment or a fun activity.. but i saw the youths having fun today. having fun the way we used to have fun back in the old school times... i haven't really seen that in a long time and it just was so comforting and moving. it's tough to put to words and i dun expect you to know this... but it also boils down to one thot that hit me there and then.

A chairperson's greatest success is knowing that after his term in service, the people that God has called him to serve are enjoying themselves and God. Not dreading meeting up. And today, it just was so.. so... wonderful that i can't really describe it.

Thanks be to God for giving them a wonderful spirit of unity, bond and fun today. nothing can ever replace that sense of fellowship i felt today. walking back to parkway, i saw the different groups having fun talking, teasing or messing with each other and it was just.. like wow. i'm so glad they're just being youths. this is a youth group. this is Shalom. Thank You Father. you know my thots.

Yeh so it was a really great day. super tired now but i HAD to blog this down coz i didn't want to forget this. one thot i shared with jodi was that she agreed too that the youths today really spent time together the way the old yf had. and it was just cool to see it repeating in a whole new generation. and sumthing struck me as i walked on. something i'm gonna to hold on to till i'm back in 2 weeks time...

I'm ready to leave. to leave the yf for 2 weeks... but also, to leave the yf this year. I'm ready to leave.

Thank you all for coming. and for those who couldn't make it, thanks for praying. i know you did. thank you so much. so so much.

One week left

Wootz! i've got one week left till my overseas 2 weeks vacation. Looking forward to it i guess. it's gonna be so exciting can. Already bought my stuff that i need to bring in save a few small items like duck [heh, duct] tape, detergent and stuff... wowz. :) it's slowly getting exciting. Finally able to leave this island behind where no one can really kinda contact me.

thinking bout the duration is also a bit ok la. slowly getting used to thinking 2 weeks ain't that long. unless i can shot or sumthing. then you won't see me for the rest of your lift. but i dun think that'll happen. haha...

Praying hard for so many things. God will be opening heaven's doors and pouring down too many miracles if just but one of my prayers are answered... but i'm fervently gonna pray hard for those things... esp the vocation. realized that this tuesday might be my LAST LAST CF before the rest graduate. too scary. Thank God for heaven.

Last prep for Pirates of the Curry Bun are underway. this is the plan for extra people, unforeseen circumstances... all that jazz. it's kinda stressing me out coz it seems like there'll be much more people than we thot would be going so must plan for an extra group. pengz... but it's good that there are more people too la i suppose. praise the Lord... jus need to push up the budget and buy more stuff for the games lor. hahaha pengzzzzz

Had dinner with 2 good frens last nite. It was quite nice to just sit down and have a dinner after a super long day of shopping... glares at one of them, i wonder why. :) but yeh, really enjoyed the company albiet the madness that the billy bombers waiters had to see. It really brought a smile to my face and lifted my heart with joy to know that both of you would bother to just set aside time [even though last minute] to give me a nice dinner. really appreciate it and i look forward to when i can do the same in return. Seems surreal that my birthday will be spent overseas... but hey, birthdays never meant anything to me, always thot it was a hyped up day that only should be celebrated if it's other people's birthdays. haha

yup, i'm not really going anywhere with this post. jus rambling thots. depressing news of the week... china doll and mini doll weren't able to come for YF.. or well, can't come for yf later on. i totally understand why so dun worry and dun be angry, like what i said in the sms and msn, do that first then there'll always be another chance. Submit, obey and trust will come. I can vouch for that although mine are totally different from yours i understand that too. but trust given is generic.

anyways, seems like curry bun planning just went into full throttle. might have to take into account for one more group. pengz, stress. :)

see ya later peeps. shall blog more, trust me.

Creative EP-630s

Yeh so I haven't been bloggin for a while. I apologize. kinda been no mood for bloggin i guess. but since August has bugged me, here is the newest post! wowz!!! haha... k lame.

I recently purchased a crazy mad item off the shelf that day. After doing a bit of research and coming to no final decision, i just decided to pick up the ones i thot of buying first... Went down to Marina South and grabbed a $69 Creative EP-630 earphones. yeh, it's pricey.. but trust me, unless you've tried in-ear earphones, you dunno what music is about... :) haha it's a really cool sensation to really hear the music in your head and not in your ears... let me try to describe it.. but first, here's a pic of the smashing earphones i spent so much on.



First of all, the silicon rubber will make sure that no outside noise goes in. that means once you put these pair of babies in your ears, you practically can't hear much of the outside. that means you prob won't hear the horn of the speeding car hurtling towards you as you enjoy a bit of heaven across the road. :) but hey, look at it this way, you'll die a happy man.. and you wouldn't know wad hit ya.
haha.. but apart from that, i think it really brings listening to music to a whole new level. you hear things you've never heard before... the bass is increased... always find myself tappin my foot to the bass much much more. and me being a drum obsession guy, that just rocks my socks off. The little things of the song ya never really noticed becomes super obvious and the quality is jus so much sharper. it's like... huh? there was this harmonizing part meh? or like... oh that adlib was super cool, why never hear b4 leh? haha

yeh so overall, i love my new earphones. only one problem with it... when the wire hits my body [i.e. walking] you can hear a tap in the earphones... it gets to you a bit at the start and i realized i was holding the wire against my chest quite a bit to make it stop swinging into my chest... but after a while, you slowly get used to it and trust me, there's so much more things to concetrate on when listening to music that the constant [thump thump thump] becomes a small thing. I only "re-notice" it when the music changes tracks and there's no music filling my cerebral core.

yup. so i'm real glad with my buy... jus hope it doesn't get underused coz of dumb ol' NS. :)
the only regret i have with these are that i didn't buy them earlier. :)

High School Musical - Breaking Free

Yup, so i watched it and i think it's quite a nice movie la. :) go check it out on Youtube la. :) nice songs too. i think the girl's voice is fantab... :)
Sorry it's quite soft. they all are, jus increase your volume la. :)

Oh and i blame Cherie mainly for this. she made me go check out the movie. ... all your fault la! haha. thanks Cherie.

Farewell to SIA

So with this post, i close my chapter in SIA. it's been a wonderful time, as seen in my previous post, and i guess some memories will be hard to erase and forget.

here are some shots of the farewell lunch they threw for me on the 2nd last day of work. :) This first picture is a pic of my workplace... where i sit everyday and do my work from.



Yup, that's my workstation, with my jacket over my chair, my little mug [that gives me milo, tea and water everyday] on the left side... blue color one! haha... yup... and my nice new monitor.. plus the scanner on the right. wonderful hor? that scanner is so pro la. so small and it scans like super fast. yeh, this is a close up of the scanner.



Yup, so at bout 12, we all went out for lunch... we went to Eastpoint Sakura restaurant. but it's not the buffet sakura i thot it was... it's some Halal, Thai, Chinese Cuisine.... haha i was saying they throw everything in their name to appeal to everyone... Muslims, Spicy food lovers, chinese traditional people ... haha... yeh. so here's a spread of the food.



This a pic of me and the boss, Christopher. He's a real nice chap and as said in the previous post, i have learnt quite a bit from him sharing to me about his job frustrations and issues. It's interesting to hear from him about how he has to work as a manager and yet a friend... to people older than he is even.


Xavier, the father figure of our department. here clearly seen giving us a little Ghost Story about his NS days. look at the powerful look in his eyes as he recollects the things he felt and heard during those times in troubled camp grounds. :)


The men of the office, Xavier and Jalil, my supervisor.


The women of the office. :) Zalinah on the left and Balkish on the right. As i had already stated in the previous post, Balkish only joined us a month ago and yet she had already made an impact. :)


Ladies and Gentlemen, SIA Training Centre, Flight Operations Technical, Overflight Department. :) The men and women who make sure you get to your destination. :) I'll miss them all.


Yup, that's about it for the SIA working side of me. Till i next get a chance to work with them, they'll always be a special bunch of people giving me the advice, support and also much much food. :) thanks!