Since Angel asked... here's a chat i just had with a fren....
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:29 AM):
from now till end nov... intern at SingTel to do the F1 race.
*May Ann* says (12:29 AM):
in what area?
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:29 AM):
it's Really quite exciting and fun. i'm workin there now la. and we're quite understaffed.
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:30 AM):
well if i'm not mistaken, she'll / he'll be managing the GRID Girls, websites, the F1 simulator [really cool] and party and events that lead up to race day and post race stuff
*May Ann* says (12:30 AM):
heh.. it does sound interesting
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:30 AM):
coz that's what i'm doing and we're all working on it.
*May Ann* says (12:31 AM):
heh.. weekends?
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:31 AM):
yarh give me a heads up?
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:31 AM):
no no. normal work day.
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:31 AM):
8.30am to 6pm. but work kinda only starts at 9. or 9.30... whenever our supervisor comes in.
*May Ann* says (12:31 AM):
at where?
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:31 AM):
it's cubicle job... Somerset Singtel Building.
*May Ann* says (12:31 AM):
what's the pay like?
*May Ann* says (12:31 AM):
haha..
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:31 AM):
but like i said, grid girls, parties, road shows... so it's not always stuck at the desk.
*May Ann* says (12:31 AM):
the most impt qn
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:31 AM):
if i'm not mistaken $800 a month.
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:32 AM):
singtel canteen is DIRT cheap. and it's REALLY good. so pay's not that big an issue la. it's really the exposure and the chance to say i was SO involved in the first night race in spore.
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:32 AM):
singtel is the sole title sponser of the F1 race. the first ever night race in spore.
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:32 AM):
needless to say, it'll shine on the resume.
*May Ann* says (12:33 AM):
hehe.. alrighties =
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:33 AM):
bosses are GREAT and our big big boss [head of corporate comms] is an openly religious Christian sunday sch teacher from BarkerRoad meth.
*May Ann* says (12:33 AM):
nice =)
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:33 AM):
please, pass the word around and get back to me if u have anyone.
*May Ann* says (12:33 AM):
sure =)
::† Prisoner Of Freedom †:: Vertically Loved. Horizontally Blessed. says (12:33 AM):
thanks.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Need Intern!
URGENT....
if you know of anyone [girl preferably] who is starting school in Aust in Feb OR who's ok to work 8.30am to 6pm job from now till end nov, please let me know ASAP... the company I work for, SingTel is looking for an intern.
CALL ME if u have someone in mind. We're in need of help. thankies! Trust me, the job's a blast.
if you know of anyone [girl preferably] who is starting school in Aust in Feb OR who's ok to work 8.30am to 6pm job from now till end nov, please let me know ASAP... the company I work for, SingTel is looking for an intern.
CALL ME if u have someone in mind. We're in need of help. thankies! Trust me, the job's a blast.
Pipe vs Bucket
I was on my way to work yesterday when I was treated to the likes of Bob Sjogern. Finally disciplining myself to continue where I left off, I plugged in my phone's MP3 and 'sermon-ed' my way to work today. It was good just filling myself with the Word as irritating people squeezed me in the MRT. However, I wasn't going to let the surroundings affect my mood and concentration on the gospel. As it filled my ears, I made it a point to let it fill my mind as well. Listening to the Word as the first act of the day [minus brushing up, changing and leaving the home] really does make things different... perspective of the day just changes in some indescribable way. Well, enough bout that... about the sermon...
He was speaking about how there's a TOP line of a message and a BOTTOM line of the message. How the Bible isn't 66 books but ONE solid book. And just like every other book, this book [the Bible] has an introduction, the main content and the conclusion. But that's another story for another day. The TOP line of the message is that God blesses us. yay whee we win. God loves us yipee... ah but we often forget the BOTTOM line of the message. Which is to say, we bless others. Take for example this simple example of how the 'Levi' people were priests. They were given the right to meet God and to be the middle man between God and people. However they were also given the responsibility of preaching and giving the people the Word of God. likewise, we are also priests. We're given the responsibility of preaching the Word to others also.
One more point i thot was really good was how he likened us to Pipes instead of buckets. We don't jus collect and collect and collect the blessings from God. rather, we should be like pipes and channel the blessings to others as well. so as much as we are blessed, we should bless others as well. This is Christ's work in us and through us. :) Amen to that.
He was speaking about how there's a TOP line of a message and a BOTTOM line of the message. How the Bible isn't 66 books but ONE solid book. And just like every other book, this book [the Bible] has an introduction, the main content and the conclusion. But that's another story for another day. The TOP line of the message is that God blesses us. yay whee we win. God loves us yipee... ah but we often forget the BOTTOM line of the message. Which is to say, we bless others. Take for example this simple example of how the 'Levi' people were priests. They were given the right to meet God and to be the middle man between God and people. However they were also given the responsibility of preaching and giving the people the Word of God. likewise, we are also priests. We're given the responsibility of preaching the Word to others also.
One more point i thot was really good was how he likened us to Pipes instead of buckets. We don't jus collect and collect and collect the blessings from God. rather, we should be like pipes and channel the blessings to others as well. so as much as we are blessed, we should bless others as well. This is Christ's work in us and through us. :) Amen to that.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Benefits of Work
Woot! today was QUITE an interesting day. I got 2 things from my work place... first of all, i managed to get some car seats... long story and i dun intend on going into details... but i might jus get some new seats in my car... for free! haha.
But what's more... umm cooler [no.. not those kind u keep beer in]...i got a work line. means i have 2 phones now... so when i call u work line, dun be surprised. it's jus me being cheapo and trying to save money at as many places of my life as possible. :) what is ultra cool is that it turns out the phone they gave me to use [after whining to my boss Eva about not having a phone to use] happens to be the exact same model as mine, jus that it's in red color. oh my goodness.. was so shocked when she took it out.. i was like WOAH! THAT'S MY PHONE! haha... so now i have 2 w760i phones... oh goodness *faints* :)
i am a happy man today. oh and i got my job scope liao. haha nope, i'm no longer in charge of the grid girls [i'm actually quite happy bout it]... i'm in charge of sumthing else i dunno if i can reveal. so i shant... but it's working with people too la. so it's quite the happening. real glad. haha... hope the 2 interns coming in to replace my colleagues are good looki... i mean.. umm presentable and nice people to work with. :) grinz. apparently, they're employing 2 girls. grinz (x2)
whee!
Bcoz M.Chan complains how i always retard [make a photo retarded looking] with my face... here's one without me

But what's more... umm cooler [no.. not those kind u keep beer in]...i got a work line. means i have 2 phones now... so when i call u work line, dun be surprised. it's jus me being cheapo and trying to save money at as many places of my life as possible. :) what is ultra cool is that it turns out the phone they gave me to use [after whining to my boss Eva about not having a phone to use] happens to be the exact same model as mine, jus that it's in red color. oh my goodness.. was so shocked when she took it out.. i was like WOAH! THAT'S MY PHONE! haha... so now i have 2 w760i phones... oh goodness *faints* :)
i am a happy man today. oh and i got my job scope liao. haha nope, i'm no longer in charge of the grid girls [i'm actually quite happy bout it]... i'm in charge of sumthing else i dunno if i can reveal. so i shant... but it's working with people too la. so it's quite the happening. real glad. haha... hope the 2 interns coming in to replace my colleagues are good looki... i mean.. umm presentable and nice people to work with. :) grinz. apparently, they're employing 2 girls. grinz (x2)
whee!

Sunday, August 03, 2008
birthday wishes
Didn't do much this year. worked till bout 6plus then had to go church for singing practice. was treated to good fellowship in the night and that's a summart of the 31st of july 2008. :)
Thanks for all the love and wishes from so many ways [sms, email, in person, over the phone]...
specially to:
tricia, adrian, sab, joanna, jamie lee, jodi, daphne, arthur, ian, harold, nick, auntie dawn, ivan, zhi han, angel, wendy low, meliza, cheryl, mavis, yvonne, jamie, joella, marcus, chelsea, vera, yan sing, yuan, joash, michelle, nick, chun kit, shawn and others... i only recorded a bit.
I'm grateful for everyone's wishes but seriously, a birthday is just another day. nothing that special about it... so dun feel bad u didn't wish or wished late... to me, it doesn't matter. :)
Things i'm glad for over this week [totally off the top of my head]
Hair is growing longer... yayz finally. hope it all works out
future plans for after work are getting more and more interesting with where i might go
work has been interesting and fun, colleagues are a super fun bunch.
crickets are tasty... kinda. :)
Thanks for all the love and wishes from so many ways [sms, email, in person, over the phone]...
specially to:
tricia, adrian, sab, joanna, jamie lee, jodi, daphne, arthur, ian, harold, nick, auntie dawn, ivan, zhi han, angel, wendy low, meliza, cheryl, mavis, yvonne, jamie, joella, marcus, chelsea, vera, yan sing, yuan, joash, michelle, nick, chun kit, shawn and others... i only recorded a bit.
I'm grateful for everyone's wishes but seriously, a birthday is just another day. nothing that special about it... so dun feel bad u didn't wish or wished late... to me, it doesn't matter. :)
Things i'm glad for over this week [totally off the top of my head]
Hair is growing longer... yayz finally. hope it all works out
future plans for after work are getting more and more interesting with where i might go
work has been interesting and fun, colleagues are a super fun bunch.
crickets are tasty... kinda. :)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Traffic Jam Party and 1st Day @ Singtel
So the past few days have been quite interesting… Needless to say, the weekend was much looked forward to. We had YF on Saturday and we ended the day LANing at the Tsao’s place. It was pretty fun coz we just hooked up the coms, laptops and stuff and jus gamed away. :) But Sunday was truly memorable.
This Sunday, I finally managed to go for the Daughtry traffic jam street party. It was AMAZING… it was loud, funky, happening, hip, exciting It was everything I asked for in a concert and I got to see Daughtry live in person. now THAT was pretty neat. We started queue-ing up at bout 6.30 and finally when the gate opened, we were ushered in. The party started shortly after with some local bands opening for Daughtry. I must say that it was a tremendously long wait but we were kept entertained. the bands were good and they really got the dead crowd moving a bit and singing along... not bad at all considering how Singapore is like dead la. But i did enjoy the openers and appreciated the style of rock and loud music.
Then finally Daughtry took the stage at bout 9... goodness, how did i survive standing for so long? Anyways, He rocked the house and it was pretty neat how He managed to own the stage with his band. They were just taking control of Armenien Street like they owned the place. One thing I have to mention is that girls scream really loudly and everytime a song started/ended or when he came on stage, the screams and cheers were deafening. Then they say sumthing like "Are you reaaaaady?!?!?!" and that jus urges them to scream louder. goodness. haha deafening to the max. haha but still, all part of the environmental experience.
So we partied hard and it was great jus letting loose. Although yes, my mind and body was still watching out for my fren, but that didn't mean we both didn't have a smashingly awesome time. Sad to say half of our party group had to leave early coz of work the next day but [refer to above] that don't mean the rest of the group [now 2] had to stop partying. haha So yeh, we rocked the night away and rocked the town down screaming the songs and feeling the atmosphere rise with each song he sang. To wrap up, they walked off stage and then finally after much more screaming and cheering, they came back to sing Home and another song to end it all off. wowz... that was great! i was so happy they sang Home... coz it was sumthing i was dying for.
Post-party found us both realizing how much of our hearing was actually gone... like seriously it was weird not being able to hear much but we were countin the cost... and we knew to get the experience we did, we'd have to sacrifice sumthing. haha
yeh so that was sunday's party. Then come monday [yes the next day] i started work at Singtel. And since then, i've been working there. it's real fun i say... this is already my third day and i'm still excited about what i do. I basically am in charge of the Singtel Grid Girls for the F1 race coming up... And well, there are a lot of behind the scenes stuff people dun see so dun think i'm jus being paid to hang with the girls coz i haven't even properly met them yet... it'sjus settling their uniforms and schedules and blogs and stuff la... so yeh, not like i'm a pimp. I think we are all professionally employed and the way Singtel is run, it's real great. My fellow interns are all Christians and so is my big big boss... Really cool coz it affects a lot of things la. But whatever rite? So on the ground, my immediate bosses are real nice, i love the working experience of having meetings with clients and event organizers and stuff.. real cool that i'm expanding my network too. at least getting the exposure of how people [my boss] represents singtel and goes around trying to get people to work with them yet still keeping enuf info on our side to know that the ball is still in our court as to who we choose. really cool manipulative mind games that go on in board rooms too. haha
but yeh, so far, life has been pretty great... enjoying working la. the interns are great... and i'll be sad when people start to leave. but till then, i'm gonna make sure i get the best experience i can. :)
Yayz!!!





This Sunday, I finally managed to go for the Daughtry traffic jam street party. It was AMAZING… it was loud, funky, happening, hip, exciting It was everything I asked for in a concert and I got to see Daughtry live in person. now THAT was pretty neat. We started queue-ing up at bout 6.30 and finally when the gate opened, we were ushered in. The party started shortly after with some local bands opening for Daughtry. I must say that it was a tremendously long wait but we were kept entertained. the bands were good and they really got the dead crowd moving a bit and singing along... not bad at all considering how Singapore is like dead la. But i did enjoy the openers and appreciated the style of rock and loud music.
Then finally Daughtry took the stage at bout 9... goodness, how did i survive standing for so long? Anyways, He rocked the house and it was pretty neat how He managed to own the stage with his band. They were just taking control of Armenien Street like they owned the place. One thing I have to mention is that girls scream really loudly and everytime a song started/ended or when he came on stage, the screams and cheers were deafening. Then they say sumthing like "Are you reaaaaady?!?!?!" and that jus urges them to scream louder. goodness. haha deafening to the max. haha but still, all part of the environmental experience.
So we partied hard and it was great jus letting loose. Although yes, my mind and body was still watching out for my fren, but that didn't mean we both didn't have a smashingly awesome time. Sad to say half of our party group had to leave early coz of work the next day but [refer to above] that don't mean the rest of the group [now 2] had to stop partying. haha So yeh, we rocked the night away and rocked the town down screaming the songs and feeling the atmosphere rise with each song he sang. To wrap up, they walked off stage and then finally after much more screaming and cheering, they came back to sing Home and another song to end it all off. wowz... that was great! i was so happy they sang Home... coz it was sumthing i was dying for.
Post-party found us both realizing how much of our hearing was actually gone... like seriously it was weird not being able to hear much but we were countin the cost... and we knew to get the experience we did, we'd have to sacrifice sumthing. haha
yeh so that was sunday's party. Then come monday [yes the next day] i started work at Singtel. And since then, i've been working there. it's real fun i say... this is already my third day and i'm still excited about what i do. I basically am in charge of the Singtel Grid Girls for the F1 race coming up... And well, there are a lot of behind the scenes stuff people dun see so dun think i'm jus being paid to hang with the girls coz i haven't even properly met them yet... it'sjus settling their uniforms and schedules and blogs and stuff la... so yeh, not like i'm a pimp. I think we are all professionally employed and the way Singtel is run, it's real great. My fellow interns are all Christians and so is my big big boss... Really cool coz it affects a lot of things la. But whatever rite? So on the ground, my immediate bosses are real nice, i love the working experience of having meetings with clients and event organizers and stuff.. real cool that i'm expanding my network too. at least getting the exposure of how people [my boss] represents singtel and goes around trying to get people to work with them yet still keeping enuf info on our side to know that the ball is still in our court as to who we choose. really cool manipulative mind games that go on in board rooms too. haha
but yeh, so far, life has been pretty great... enjoying working la. the interns are great... and i'll be sad when people start to leave. but till then, i'm gonna make sure i get the best experience i can. :)
Yayz!!!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Doh-Tah, holy smoke
Oh goodness. take a listen/watch at this... it's SU-PAH far-knee... haha i'm looping it jus to hear it over and over again.... hahah even now as i type this entry. :)
credits to A.Pua for blogging the vid on her blog. ahaha supah farknee. :) enjoy.
holy smoke.... HAHAHAHA
p.s. i will be blogging bout my past 2 days.. but later la. i'll blog from work. HAHA. :)
credits to A.Pua for blogging the vid on her blog. ahaha supah farknee. :) enjoy.
holy smoke.... HAHAHAHA
p.s. i will be blogging bout my past 2 days.. but later la. i'll blog from work. HAHA. :)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Should I?

Pa won't like it
A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise and yelled over to the boy, "Hey Willis, forget your troubles. Come in and visit with us. I'll help you get the wagon up later."
"That's mighty nice of you," Willis answered, "but I don't think Pa would like me to."
"Aw come on boy," the farmer insisted.
"Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but Pa won't like it."
After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset."
"Don't be foolish!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is he?"
"Under the wagon."
Friday, July 25, 2008
Watch-a-holic
So maybe i like watches. So sue me. :)
I WAS using only one for a long time. :)
p.s. go try gothere. it's a wonderful tool now that streetdirectory.com is gone. :) i'm highly impressed by gothere. so useful. :)
Monday, July 21, 2008
Behind the Scenes by Fancesca Battistelli
P.s. Sorry this is only 30-seconds long.... it's to make sure people dun steal this great song off the net.
This is a wonderful song. I've been listening to this new artist... she's 20. goodness.. but she's a Christian singer and her songs are really nice easy listening, plus... them being Christian help me remember some stuff that I often forget. I recommend this album to anyone... and if u want a preview or the whole album, let me know. u can bring your thumbdrive and i'll pass it to you...
enuf bout that, when i was listening to the album, this song really spoke to me. It still rings very true... It's like those songs that u find that's specifically written about you. This song reminded me that although you put yourself in the limelight, you lead, you stand in front and be the figure that people know and associate with 'good leadership and Godliness', i'm just as sinful [if not more] than any one around. No one really knows my sin except me and God and this song is just a reminder to me that putting yourself in the forefront doesn't make you any more Godly than anyone else, it doesn't excuse your sin and more importantly, it doesn't erase anything you've done. Every one sins, myself included, but as leaders, do people expect us to be superhuman? Coz they're not.
It's my prayer that as we listen to this song and ponder, may we strive to be perfect, to be faultless so that no man can question your motives, source of strength and trust. God is God, we are man, but that doesn't excuse us from all the sin in our life, no matter what 'position' we may hold in this human life. We are all equal sinful sheep.
Lyrics:
You may think
I’m just fine
How could anything
Ever be out of line?
I take my time
To set the stage
To make sure everything
Is all in place
Even though I’ve got the lines rehearsed
A picture only paints a thousand words
(Chorus)
Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes
Sometimes I can’t see
Anything
Through the dark
Surrounding me
And at times I’m unsure
About the ground
Beneath my feet
If it’s safe and sound
When it’s hard to find hope in the unseen
I have peace in knowing it will find me
(Chorus)
You may think I’m just fine
How could anything ever be out of line?
You may think
I’m just fine
How could anything
Ever be out of line?
I take my time
To set the stage
To make sure everything
Is all in place
Even though I’ve got the lines rehearsed
A picture only paints a thousand words
(Chorus)
Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes
Sometimes I can’t see
Anything
Through the dark
Surrounding me
And at times I’m unsure
About the ground
Beneath my feet
If it’s safe and sound
When it’s hard to find hope in the unseen
I have peace in knowing it will find me
(Chorus)
You may think I’m just fine
How could anything ever be out of line?
Debz and Airy are back!
So here i am sitting in coffee bean at the airport... it's 12.32am. an hour since debz and airy's flight was supposed to land. I actually was supposed to have almost an hour of free time to myself and NISS before my parent's flight comes... but here i am, left with less than half an hour before i gotta run off to budget terminal. :S haha but i guess it's better than nothing and with the free time i have coz of ORD!!!! i can do NISS another day la. :) just gotta wake up earlier... say... 8am? grinz.
okok so Nick has been complaining i'm being proud about my ORD and being so free.. but seriously... i'm supposed to be. i will NOT hide the fact that i'm super happy that i'm no longer an NSF and i'm so glad i dun need to go work anymore... i'm sorry nick, as they say in the army... suck thumb... haha but yeh, i'll gloat LESS when i'm in your presence. hahha.. like u said jus now la, u dun understand how i feel about ORD coz you've not gone thru what i have... and likewise, you will... so when yours comes, you'll understand what ORD means...
But with that said and done, this entry isn't bout ORD coz that was the last entry... this entry is more about the 2 groups of people who are coming back tonite...
Debz and Airy - 2 people i really miss quite a bit. and the absence makes the heart grow fonder... totally.. haha... it feels like forever since i was able to fellowship properly with them so i'm immensely glad that they're back. As much as i tried to, i couldn't hide the fact that my heart jumped for joy when i saw them walk thru those pearly gates of... oh wait... no no i meant the glassy doors of the airport arrival hall. hahaha. :) no but seriously, i think both of them represent sumthing in my life that i've lacked since quite a while ago so them being back would hopefully help me to get those areas of my life back on track.
For my parents who are touching down in T minus 23minutes... The week that they have been gone has put me thru some thinking. as much as i loved the liberation of them gone, there were SO many times that the thot of 'what if' crossed my mind. esp with my sister gone to chicago... i kept wondering... it's fun... it's great... but what if this was permanent. what if sumthing happened and i'm left alone in this world without a family.. would doing loads of laundry still be exciting? buying chicken rice and da bao-ing home to eat in front of the TV still be a novelty? would having extra cars in the driveway make sense? It scared me to think la. what would i do without them...
Yeh, and it also made me evaluate whether i can take care of myself all alone... whether my income would run out and how then? work and survive alone? so yeh, as much as i loved the freedom this week brought me, it also helped me think thru some important life questions... and of course, i still conclude [even before they left] that i still treasure them and need them so much in my life. My dad took the house keys and with it, the mailbox key. so i haven't been able to check snail mail in a week.. how much are we talkin bout? i have NO idea... lolz.
and the time is 12.45... so i should go... but jus to prove that i was here in the airport blogging... here are random dumb pictures!


okok so Nick has been complaining i'm being proud about my ORD and being so free.. but seriously... i'm supposed to be. i will NOT hide the fact that i'm super happy that i'm no longer an NSF and i'm so glad i dun need to go work anymore... i'm sorry nick, as they say in the army... suck thumb... haha but yeh, i'll gloat LESS when i'm in your presence. hahha.. like u said jus now la, u dun understand how i feel about ORD coz you've not gone thru what i have... and likewise, you will... so when yours comes, you'll understand what ORD means...
But with that said and done, this entry isn't bout ORD coz that was the last entry... this entry is more about the 2 groups of people who are coming back tonite...
Debz and Airy - 2 people i really miss quite a bit. and the absence makes the heart grow fonder... totally.. haha... it feels like forever since i was able to fellowship properly with them so i'm immensely glad that they're back. As much as i tried to, i couldn't hide the fact that my heart jumped for joy when i saw them walk thru those pearly gates of... oh wait... no no i meant the glassy doors of the airport arrival hall. hahaha. :) no but seriously, i think both of them represent sumthing in my life that i've lacked since quite a while ago so them being back would hopefully help me to get those areas of my life back on track.
For my parents who are touching down in T minus 23minutes... The week that they have been gone has put me thru some thinking. as much as i loved the liberation of them gone, there were SO many times that the thot of 'what if' crossed my mind. esp with my sister gone to chicago... i kept wondering... it's fun... it's great... but what if this was permanent. what if sumthing happened and i'm left alone in this world without a family.. would doing loads of laundry still be exciting? buying chicken rice and da bao-ing home to eat in front of the TV still be a novelty? would having extra cars in the driveway make sense? It scared me to think la. what would i do without them...
Yeh, and it also made me evaluate whether i can take care of myself all alone... whether my income would run out and how then? work and survive alone? so yeh, as much as i loved the freedom this week brought me, it also helped me think thru some important life questions... and of course, i still conclude [even before they left] that i still treasure them and need them so much in my life. My dad took the house keys and with it, the mailbox key. so i haven't been able to check snail mail in a week.. how much are we talkin bout? i have NO idea... lolz.
and the time is 12.45... so i should go... but jus to prove that i was here in the airport blogging... here are random dumb pictures!


Sunday, July 20, 2008
ORD LOH!
It's finally here. It's finally passed and I'm finally free....
After waiting 2 long years, I'm finally out of the army. I guess it's safe to say that I've learned much from the 2 years in the army. I've learnt soft skills like how to deal with people, how to make decisions for the team, how to solve problems based on the situations in front of me. I've even learnt hard skills like how to repair vehicles, how to fire a rifle, how to throw a grenade and how to follow commands and march like, no, as a soldier.
To say that the past 2 years were a complete waste of time would be really insensitive and selfish. Coz as much as I'd like to, i have to say that the Army has helped me grow into a more mature, more decisive and less flippant person. The leadership there may not have been the best, the worst actually, but that only showed me how to work under and with tough management whom i might not agree with.
so to sum it all off, the past 2 years are all over and i'm glad i've finally got my freedom back. now... we'll see what awaits.
ORD LOH!
After waiting 2 long years, I'm finally out of the army. I guess it's safe to say that I've learned much from the 2 years in the army. I've learnt soft skills like how to deal with people, how to make decisions for the team, how to solve problems based on the situations in front of me. I've even learnt hard skills like how to repair vehicles, how to fire a rifle, how to throw a grenade and how to follow commands and march like, no, as a soldier.
To say that the past 2 years were a complete waste of time would be really insensitive and selfish. Coz as much as I'd like to, i have to say that the Army has helped me grow into a more mature, more decisive and less flippant person. The leadership there may not have been the best, the worst actually, but that only showed me how to work under and with tough management whom i might not agree with.
so to sum it all off, the past 2 years are all over and i'm glad i've finally got my freedom back. now... we'll see what awaits.
ORD LOH!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Rambles from Subway
Went down to the Creative store today at Marina Square... i'm actually in marina sq now. haha but whatever... had a look at the Zen X-Fi... it's sweet seriously... the look is nice, the size is to die for and the screen, wow... so sharp, clear and crazily vibrant... when i was browsing the pictures, it was like i was watching a tv or sumthing. kudos to Creative on that.
however, i really didn't see the need to upgrade to this considering how i already have a good working player which can do everything this one can [music, video, pictures] and it has the same screen size... yup... so i shall jus bite the bullet and wait for a better player to come up... aybe one that can surf the web and send emails. :) yup. thankfully i didn't jus buy it on impulse or sumthing... it does look sweet though so if i didn't have an already working-fine mp3 player from creative, i'd seriously have put some thot and possibly cash into it. :)
that aside, i'm glad that thingsa re pretty smooth sailing now. NISS is keeping me in touch with God. Thank God for this solid CE Bible Study Program in the youths and i pray that we'll all benefit 110% from it to learn more about God and to learn God. we can't jus know ABOUT God. we must know God.
a good friend's grandma just passed away. sigh. funerals always make me a bit sad. esp when i get the answer 'no' when i ask if they were a believer... u really are accountable to the time u have here and how many people u share Christ to. it's really sad to see them leave coz u know wad's awaiting isn't heaven. sigh... sorry to bring this down and make the mood low, but this truly is the essence of my feelings now. the sense of despair that there's nothing left we CAN do...
on other news, been receiving quite a lot of bad news recently too. personal life, friends, family... lots of things aren't going the way we planned. but i guess we still have time to affect and effect changes... just pray that with the time we have, we can use it for God... thankfully the Bible is keeping me and us all strong... stronger than we could ever be without Him.
however, i really didn't see the need to upgrade to this considering how i already have a good working player which can do everything this one can [music, video, pictures] and it has the same screen size... yup... so i shall jus bite the bullet and wait for a better player to come up... aybe one that can surf the web and send emails. :) yup. thankfully i didn't jus buy it on impulse or sumthing... it does look sweet though so if i didn't have an already working-fine mp3 player from creative, i'd seriously have put some thot and possibly cash into it. :)
that aside, i'm glad that thingsa re pretty smooth sailing now. NISS is keeping me in touch with God. Thank God for this solid CE Bible Study Program in the youths and i pray that we'll all benefit 110% from it to learn more about God and to learn God. we can't jus know ABOUT God. we must know God.
a good friend's grandma just passed away. sigh. funerals always make me a bit sad. esp when i get the answer 'no' when i ask if they were a believer... u really are accountable to the time u have here and how many people u share Christ to. it's really sad to see them leave coz u know wad's awaiting isn't heaven. sigh... sorry to bring this down and make the mood low, but this truly is the essence of my feelings now. the sense of despair that there's nothing left we CAN do...
on other news, been receiving quite a lot of bad news recently too. personal life, friends, family... lots of things aren't going the way we planned. but i guess we still have time to affect and effect changes... just pray that with the time we have, we can use it for God... thankfully the Bible is keeping me and us all strong... stronger than we could ever be without Him.
Zen X-Fi... mine please?
OH MY GOODNESS...
guess what news i got in the email today... a new Zen's out... and by golly, she's a smoking hot-ness...
Zen X-Fi

go.. take.. a... look... GAHHH i want. i want i want i want!!!!
HELP ME.. eeps. *rolls around in uncontrollable materialistic desire*
guess what news i got in the email today... a new Zen's out... and by golly, she's a smoking hot-ness...

go.. take.. a... look... GAHHH i want. i want i want i want!!!!
HELP ME.. eeps. *rolls around in uncontrollable materialistic desire*
Friday, July 11, 2008
7 days to ORD
oh my gosh. I opened my firefox web browser just now and look at what greeted me...

Woo! that's a week away. how weird is that. never thot it would be so close. ORD is like within the next week manz.. like totally. haha all i need now is to hear from my company that we've been given the next week OFF. ahaha but i dun think that'll happen. never mind. ahah.. at least i'll be done with it all in a week's time. wonderful news.
today I spent time with 2 good frens over the period of the day that reminded me that friends are people u normally take for granted. It takes special effort to keep a frenship going and though it looks easy sumtimes, i think it takes 2 hands to clap for a frenship to work. so here are my 2thots that came from it..
negative
when the other hand doesn't clap and doesn't seem to think a frenship is worth keeping, or says it only and does a different thing. then maybe u shouldn't waste time on it anymore. Maybe u should invest your time into people who really care and bother. To those people, you mean sumthing and therefore, these are the people who should mean sumthing to u rather than those who are just too busy, or always have a convenient excuse to give, or just plain ignorant to your efforts.
positive
To those who are your friends, you share with, you know that when u go, they'll miss you and want to meet up again. It could be just to catch up over morning breakfast, to update you on their life, to hear more about yours, to jus call u to tell u that they've bought a new phone which sounds like yours or just to enjoy a movie together with nothing planned later except chilling and sharing of lives. there, these are the people who you know can echo the phrase ,"it doesn't really matter what we do, it's good coz the time is spent with you."
Now back to the army. i think it zaps alot of our life away from us, we turn into vulgar, rude, mindless animals that can snap at anyone with a string of dialect so cohesively put together you'd only guess it's coz of the frequent use of it. But when we get out of here, every father's/mother's son should be a mature man, ready to face the challenges put to him in the near future and beyond.
Do I feel that? Well, as much as i'd love to slam the army and the way it's run, i think i have to say that yes, it has changed me. maybe not physically and spiritually [thank God for that] but it's helped me see a lot and when u see things, u learn from them, you grow and you understand that maturity should therefore stop u from making other mistakes in the past.
So yeh, with 7 days to go, i better start applying into the CCC.... what you don't know? Well, it's the Civillian Conversion Course duh... hahhaa... :)
7days to ORD!!!

Woo! that's a week away. how weird is that. never thot it would be so close. ORD is like within the next week manz.. like totally. haha all i need now is to hear from my company that we've been given the next week OFF. ahaha but i dun think that'll happen. never mind. ahah.. at least i'll be done with it all in a week's time. wonderful news.
today I spent time with 2 good frens over the period of the day that reminded me that friends are people u normally take for granted. It takes special effort to keep a frenship going and though it looks easy sumtimes, i think it takes 2 hands to clap for a frenship to work. so here are my 2thots that came from it..
negative
when the other hand doesn't clap and doesn't seem to think a frenship is worth keeping, or says it only and does a different thing. then maybe u shouldn't waste time on it anymore. Maybe u should invest your time into people who really care and bother. To those people, you mean sumthing and therefore, these are the people who should mean sumthing to u rather than those who are just too busy, or always have a convenient excuse to give, or just plain ignorant to your efforts.
positive
To those who are your friends, you share with, you know that when u go, they'll miss you and want to meet up again. It could be just to catch up over morning breakfast, to update you on their life, to hear more about yours, to jus call u to tell u that they've bought a new phone which sounds like yours or just to enjoy a movie together with nothing planned later except chilling and sharing of lives. there, these are the people who you know can echo the phrase ,"it doesn't really matter what we do, it's good coz the time is spent with you."
Now back to the army. i think it zaps alot of our life away from us, we turn into vulgar, rude, mindless animals that can snap at anyone with a string of dialect so cohesively put together you'd only guess it's coz of the frequent use of it. But when we get out of here, every father's/mother's son should be a mature man, ready to face the challenges put to him in the near future and beyond.
Do I feel that? Well, as much as i'd love to slam the army and the way it's run, i think i have to say that yes, it has changed me. maybe not physically and spiritually [thank God for that] but it's helped me see a lot and when u see things, u learn from them, you grow and you understand that maturity should therefore stop u from making other mistakes in the past.
So yeh, with 7 days to go, i better start applying into the CCC.... what you don't know? Well, it's the Civillian Conversion Course duh... hahhaa... :)
7days to ORD!!!
Monday, July 07, 2008
11 days to ORD
my goodness. i'm a DAY away from being 10 days to ORD... can't believe it's actually happening. i understand it'll be anti climax and the first day of ORD will be super like 'what am i going to do now' kinda thing... sumthing like today. but still, i can't wait to take off the green on me.
why bother
Sometimes, i wonder, why bother? There are loads of times when i think there isn't a reason why we should carry on trying. trying to better the situation, trying to get something out of it.
and then i realize, i should just be content with what i already have and actually, anything more than this would just make things complicated. so just bugger off, let people live their lives and i just be accountable for my own life.
i mean, why bother when it takes so much effort to get the other hand to clap. everything's fine now, why change things.
why bother?
and then i realize, i should just be content with what i already have and actually, anything more than this would just make things complicated. so just bugger off, let people live their lives and i just be accountable for my own life.
i mean, why bother when it takes so much effort to get the other hand to clap. everything's fine now, why change things.
why bother?
Thursday, July 03, 2008
w760i MINE!
So, i finally bought myself my ORD gift... the gift i've been waiting for for the past 2 years... and specifically this particular gift for a few months ago... Today, i ran out of the house [fully using my one day of leave] to go and buy myself... the much coveted ....


woo! i'm the proud owner of this smashin phone. whee! haha okok it's not THAT great a phone, but seriously compared to the one i have now, it's amazingly great. ahha okok, so the samsung is SO lousy la... no camera, no walkman, no loads of simple functions [do u know that old samsung phone can't ring and vibrate at the same time, they ring ring ring then when the melody is over, it vibrates... wow, how did they approve manufacturing of that?!?!]... so yeh, the new phone i have is really a treat for myself. :)
now, at least i can enjoy messaging without having to worry if the button i pressed was really indeed pressed coz the samsung i have is really not working anymore [buttons]... so yeh, pretty glad that i've bought myself a new phone. now, i just have to transfer the stuff into the new phone and we're all set to start using proper phone functions again. :) here's a pic of the proud owner and his old and new phone. please ignore the background, i'm in simei eastpoint. :P
and just the phone alone...


w760i
woo! i'm the proud owner of this smashin phone. whee! haha okok it's not THAT great a phone, but seriously compared to the one i have now, it's amazingly great. ahha okok, so the samsung is SO lousy la... no camera, no walkman, no loads of simple functions [do u know that old samsung phone can't ring and vibrate at the same time, they ring ring ring then when the melody is over, it vibrates... wow, how did they approve manufacturing of that?!?!]... so yeh, the new phone i have is really a treat for myself. :)
now, at least i can enjoy messaging without having to worry if the button i pressed was really indeed pressed coz the samsung i have is really not working anymore [buttons]... so yeh, pretty glad that i've bought myself a new phone. now, i just have to transfer the stuff into the new phone and we're all set to start using proper phone functions again. :) here's a pic of the proud owner and his old and new phone. please ignore the background, i'm in simei eastpoint. :P
and just the phone alone...
Clearance Forms
Just came back from Jurong Camp. I'm on leave today but because some big shots aren't around for the next two weeks, I had to go down to camp today to get them to sign the form. It was quite cool actually, walking around in Civilian... everyone there kept asking me, "oh joel! you ORDing ah?" and it was quite nice to know that all the big shots kinda knew who i was and was kinda sad to see me go. Funny though coz the thot 'i would have been so much happier working under you' came up time and time again as i chatted with some of the officers there. Not that work life is TOTALLY crappy in my unit, i just felt that i'd prob have a much enjoyable time under those officers.
Nonetheless, clearance form is a direct symbol of how little time u have left and i would always envy those ORD personnel who were walkin around the workshop getting people to sign their forms. but here i am no, 15 days away from ORD... doing exactly that. heh...
it's funny coz the 2 years seems to have flown by really fast.. but when i think back and think of the day of my enlistment, wow... it feels like forever since then. One thing to note, Rachel and Dinesh were still in spore when i left for the Army and matt was still a 2LT. lolz. haha.. i've got pictures of my enlistment.. but i think i'll save it for my ORD post. :P in 15 days time. whee! hahha
I really thank God for a lot of things in the army. take for example now, the situation in my company isn't really good... lots of people not too happy and morale is generally low la... hard to explain without sounding bitter and angry [coz i'm not] but it's really hard to find joy working... and there's nothing the management is doing about it. there are times that i'm jus SO so so glad that i'm leaving.. but then i think of my juniors and what nonsense they'll still have to go thru when we've left.. pity them. But i hope that things will change la. we never know, things jus might change for the better. But seriously, there are loads of times i can hold myself back from saying sumthing bitter or angry because of the peace God gives me. Things aren't good yes, but complaining about it isn't going to solve anything. So i just pray for strength and wisdom on how to deal with decisions and God always comes thru for me.
Yup, so 15 days away from ORD and i've just went to buy my ORD present to myself. haha... but you prob have already read about it since this entry appears AFTER the most recent one. so yeh, yayz. haha
ThankGod for life.
Nonetheless, clearance form is a direct symbol of how little time u have left and i would always envy those ORD personnel who were walkin around the workshop getting people to sign their forms. but here i am no, 15 days away from ORD... doing exactly that. heh...
it's funny coz the 2 years seems to have flown by really fast.. but when i think back and think of the day of my enlistment, wow... it feels like forever since then. One thing to note, Rachel and Dinesh were still in spore when i left for the Army and matt was still a 2LT. lolz. haha.. i've got pictures of my enlistment.. but i think i'll save it for my ORD post. :P in 15 days time. whee! hahha
I really thank God for a lot of things in the army. take for example now, the situation in my company isn't really good... lots of people not too happy and morale is generally low la... hard to explain without sounding bitter and angry [coz i'm not] but it's really hard to find joy working... and there's nothing the management is doing about it. there are times that i'm jus SO so so glad that i'm leaving.. but then i think of my juniors and what nonsense they'll still have to go thru when we've left.. pity them. But i hope that things will change la. we never know, things jus might change for the better. But seriously, there are loads of times i can hold myself back from saying sumthing bitter or angry because of the peace God gives me. Things aren't good yes, but complaining about it isn't going to solve anything. So i just pray for strength and wisdom on how to deal with decisions and God always comes thru for me.
Yup, so 15 days away from ORD and i've just went to buy my ORD present to myself. haha... but you prob have already read about it since this entry appears AFTER the most recent one. so yeh, yayz. haha
ThankGod for life.
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