Build a bridge of memories, stretch it out overseas.

The Truth

2009-09-28T22:23:00.001+08:00

The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth.

In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.

One Thing

2009-07-14T23:48:00.006+08:00

For me, I ask myself. What's this feeling of emptiness deep down inside me? As days pass, I seek the thing to fill that void but oh, I knew from day one what that thing was.

As it is written, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed."

Perhaps this is what they call eternal sorrow.

Kindness

2009-07-06T23:30:00.003+08:00

I know I know. I am not the best person to talk about"kindness"

Perhaps many will remember this lion...

SINGA THE COURTESY LION!

"The National Courtesy Campaign was launched in... encouraging Singaporeans to be more kind and considerate to each other, so as to create a pleasant social environment"

Simple Things

2009-06-02T22:36:00.002+08:00

From the director of the "funeral" commercial.

Petronas - Tan Hong Ming in love

Make an intelligent guess what the ad is trying to promote here.

...

RACIAL HARMONY.

Strength and Hope

2009-05-03T22:30:00.003+08:00

Nick Vujicic - Are you Going to Finish Strong

Passing of Time

2009-04-16T01:49:00.005+08:00

We have all grown up.

These nostalgia times just crept back into my memory.

How carefree we once were.

Life was so simple and not complicated when we were young..

One important thing I learn is to hold on to everyday like it was the last.

Tell the people you love how much they mean to you, before the passing of time rob you of the chance to say or do the things you wanted to do.

Blood Brothers (Re-Run)

2009-03-29T00:21:00.025+08:00

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

BLOOD BROTHERS

(View Trailer)

April 10 & 11 (Fri/Sat) - 7pm.

Tickets @ $2

The Desert Song

2009-03-15T00:49:00.001+08:00

"And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against me shall remain

I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here"

Life Lesson

2009-03-03T03:14:00.002+08:00

Why do we question, why are we even here? To love and give, to share and care, to fault and learn, through smiles and tears, after all, we only have less than a hundred years.

When the Music Fades

2009-02-28T01:23:00.005+08:00

Hi all,

finally a fullstop to semester 2.2

Here's a little writing..

Too often we complain about the bad, and forget all that is good. Lots of bad things happen to us, but it could be worse.

The sword is forged after passing through fire. Our soul is hardened after countless challenges. Each challege leads us closer to our ultimate destiny.

The Great Sacrifice

2008-12-28T02:15:00.002+08:00

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

Merry Christmas 08!

2008-12-24T01:56:00.001+08:00

Misc

2008-12-20T02:00:00.008+08:00

Christmas Drama

2008-12-09T00:23:00.002+08:00

BBTC is proud to present a brand new Christmas Drama this year, "Blood Brothers".

Set in the turbulent 70s, this is a tale about two twin brothers (Chris and Cain).

Two brothers are so similar yet so different. Cain, the leader of a new gang, is heading for a gang war that may take his life but what will Chris do? Will he make the ultimate choice of sacrifice to save his brother...is blood really thicker than water?

Details:

Saturday, 20 Dec 2008: 4pm - 7pm

Sunday, 21 Dec 2008: 7pm - 10pm

Admission is FREE.

yay

2008-12-03T21:26:00.000+08:00

yay the term is almost over.
one more submission and i am done done done.

CHRISTMAS is coming!

Ah Pek & Ah Mm

2008-11-26T18:15:00.004+08:00

a happening elderly couple enjoying themselves at the arcade.

perhaps, this is what they call till death do us part.

its been awhile

2008-11-25T21:20:00.004+08:00

Hi

some of you know that i only blog when i have something to say.

but recently i seriously do not have any things to write about.

Christmas is one month's time! 2 weeks + till mid-term break :D

oh, my church is having a christmas carnival on:

7 December 2008 (Sunday), 3pm - 8pm.

i know its quite a bad timing for TP students, as there is mid sem tests the following week.

but hey, we need to go out and relax too ;).

next, for those who finished their Os/As and want to find work,

LOOK FOR A JOB AT KELLY SERVICES, TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC!

In times like these

2008-11-15T01:16:00.005+08:00

You know something is wrong when:

1. you ask your classmates, "where you guys going?"

and they unanimously reply; "library for research..."

2. you actually borrow 5 library books in 1 day.

(for the record, i only borrowed 1 book in Year 1)

3. you head to Library Level 6 during your break and see the other half of your class busy sourcing for books.

All these while I have been deceived. I thought TP Library was for sleeping only.

However there are some people who are sitting around and waiting for answers to fall from the sky?
These people are not only dreaming, they are sleeping in broad daylight!!

Till then, happy weekends (& researching for me).

The Great Speech

2008-11-11T22:53:00.002+08:00

"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there."

- Barack Obama

Echo: YES WE CAN, YES WE CAN, YES WE CAN!

no more ubi

2008-11-08T00:35:00.006+08:00

yay passed my driving (re)test!!

THANK GOD!!!!

P Plate till 06 Nov 2009.

Working hard

2008-11-02T00:24:00.001+08:00

Believe it or not, a construction site right outside my house..

The Great Story

2008-10-30T01:00:00.007+08:00

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

...

The Great Story

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

Hope

2008-10-27T17:01:00.003+08:00

Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?'

DRIVING IS FUN

2008-10-21T23:37:00.014+08:00

Let me talk about today's epic driving lesson.

the (useful) Malay instructor really made my day.

Near Accident-encounter

I was driving on a straight road at 50km/hr.

There was a cyclist on the left side, so I kept a safe gap of about 1 metre away from him (those taking FTT, take note..)

LO AND BEHOLD! The cyclist suddenly rode into my path (on public roads, mind you).

Glanced through my rear mirror and did an emergency brake (just jam the brakes) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. He was inches away from death.

My malay instructor slammed the horn, wind down the window and shouted

"BROTHER, TIRED OF LIVING IS IT???!?!?!?!"

"YOU DONT WANT TO LIVE, DONT GIVE PPL PROBLEMS LAH!"

---

me: "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ... like that test how ah?"

Him: "Not your fault. If the tester fail you because of this, you go argue with him..."

he continued with "Tell the tester, SIR, PEOPLE TIRED OF LIVING WHAT! WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO?!"

---

Another convo between my instructor and i;

me: "Sir, can give me advice on how to pass?"

Him: "Just fail 10 times."

me: "HAHAHA. what you mean, sir?"

Him: "Really ah. the record at Comfort (Driving Center) is 10 attempts. once you reach that stage, the tester would auto pass you lah"

...

Him: "By the way, you ride motor ah? You got the motorcyclist look."

me: "NOOO LAH. Its complicated..."

FUNNY CHAP, ROGER.

TP Sem 2.2, Day 0

2008-10-20T01:42:00.004+08:00

Hi its feels very weird to be starting school now.

my current term is from 21st October - 12 December (of course 2008 lah)

For my reference (week one);

TUE: 9am - 11am

WED: 1pm - 4pm

THU: 9am - 12pm

FRI: 9am - 6pm

On another note,
The Countdown begins.

Life goes on...

2008-10-16T22:59:00.001+08:00

Hi this is quite a messy piece on life in general.

See if this makes sense..

In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love.

Seasons change, friends move away, flowers fade, streams go dry and many times we wonder why.

For some, as time goes by, all we can think of is why that person's gone.
Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met.

Sometimes the littlest thing in life changes something forever and there will be times when you wish you can go back to how things used to be but you just can't, because things have changed so much.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.

Be strong & courageous.

Flags of our Fathers

2008-10-11T01:29:00.008+08:00

Nostalgia serries: A road less travelled.

#1

Buses in Singapore; when my father was still riding his motorbike.. serious. (late '80s - 90s)

#2 Volkswagen; My father's first car when he was 25.

#3 Trolley Bus along High Street, Singapore (1930s)

#4 Trolley Bus Service plying Geylang (1950s)

Police were in shorts, carrying water guns and at most tear gas.

See the long que at the right side, the bus also never stop.

No wonder got Hock Lee Bus Riot (1955), led by Communist operative, Mr Lim Chin Siong.

Go read up your Singapore's History if you do not know who/what i'm refering to..

#5 Modern Bus (1960s?)

### The content above is purely fictional. Believing anything here is like believing Pulau Tekong is a holiday resort.

Under the Moonlight

2008-10-08T02:40:00.009+08:00

Hi i am trying to write about something.. but i will save that for another day.

#Road trip

Went for another night cycling adventure with riders Goh, Hong, Ng & yours truly, The Leong.

Route: Tamp - ECP - Fort road - Kallang - F1 race track - Popeyes @ Singapore flyer (above)

We sneaked into the F1 Night race street circuit.

While some people paid up to $7500 for admission to the Paddock Club, we managed to get in for free.

Of course we did not see any F1 drivers or cars because the F1 race is over, in case you did not know.

For those people who live in the mountains, the Paddock Club is an exclusive room for VVIP guests where they get a close-up view of the night race..

Too bad, no pictures here. thats the end of our adventure.. good night.

happy childrens day

2008-10-01T07:01:00.013+08:00

My week...

#1

Monday, 7.50am.

Cycled home at ah peks' pace (5km / hour) with hair in my face, eyes half closed, looking wasted and exhausted..

I hope nobody spotted me.

Went nght cycling with andrew, ben and isaac to changi, immed after the F1 race on sunday.

Route: Tamp - A's house (Siglap) - ECP - CCR - Changi Beach (no accronym here, what were you thinking?!) - CV

ECP: East Coast Park
CCR: Changi Coastal Road
CV: Changi Village

Distance: 34 km +++

#2

This serves as a reminder that clowns still exist today...

#3

Outing with coconut.

breaking coconuts, cavemen style!!

#5

BLESSED 18TH BIRTHDAY, MR IAN CHENG!

...

No photos of 'the candle game'
(those who do not know what i am refering to, 2 words; GO FIGURE)

THIEF IN THE NIGHT

2008-09-26T02:12:00.004+08:00

HELLO,

SORRY FOR THE LACK OF PHOTOS.

SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY PHONE..

other than that the days of mourning are long over.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

If you are very free, you can rejoice and countdown with me,

If you are even more free, you can go cycling with me!

How to survive life

2008-09-25T00:11:00.000+08:00

A bit lengthy but nevertheless its a good read;

"The most important is this: do not work.

Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.

Work kills. The Japanese have a term "Karoshi", which means death from overwork. That's the most dramatic form of how work can kill. But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there's nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.

There's a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are "making a living". No, they're not. They're dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

People will tell you that work ennobles you, that work lends you a certain dignity. Work makes you free. The slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (work shall set you free) was placed at the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps. Utter nonsense.

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play.

Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself."

// Extracted.

Thats why I am so free. Been playing everyday.

"Why" questions.

2008-09-21T16:27:00.006+08:00

We live in a world where sometimes things just happen.

When things happen, people often ask "Why did this happen?" They are asking the wrong question.

Asking such questions or blaming others will only make the pain worse.

Instead the real question is, what does He wants us to learn from it.

Because sometimes we do not have the answers to all of life's questions.

The only reason we ask a "why" question, is that we feel we are entitled to have a total understanding for everything.

I dont think we will ever find it out.

No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning.

Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.

But if you ever go along one day without asking "why" and seeing what you can do about things as they are, you will find that it is like being let out of prison.

You can be freed from the fustration.

hohoho

2008-09-19T18:48:00.009+08:00

Poles are expensive.
Nevermind, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Other than that, regrets are worthless.

Self-pity is destructive. Never wallow in your own self-pity.

Self praise is a disgrace to the human race.
Often people praise themselves, in a vain attempt to cover up their low self-esteem, they feel inside.

Yes there is a time and season for everything.

A time to mourn, to dance, to weep, to laugh, to tear down, to build up, to love, to hate.

People often live the greater part of each day, wandering far back into the shadows of a daunting past, or far ahead into the dread of an imagined future.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable minute, which is exactly what it is - a miracle and unrepeatable.

Laugh. Love. Live.

bedtime story

2008-09-15T02:11:00.006+08:00

HELLO GOOD MORNING, HOW YOU DO?

For me, other than being hungry and sleepy now, life is great.

sorry, i will blog again when i am very free or have something urgent to say...

He who sleeps forgets his hunger.

MERDAKA (freedom).

2008-09-01T01:23:00.010+08:00

HUAT AH!!!!!

Tp Semester 2.1 is over!

HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!!!!

THANK GOD!!!!!!

here what i've been doing..
(reason for my early mornings + late nights);

parkway. arcade. pool! ST PATS. pungol nasi lemak. pool again. youth church 8th birthday! ;). katong wanton mee. more pool. church with phan. read.

HUAT AH!!!!!

I have fond memories of St Patricks School. For that, in the spirit of teachers day, it would be appropriate for me to express my gratitude.

Should my teachers ever be very bored at home one day and decide to Google their name, I hope they come across my little space and read this.

To me, st pats was a place where students studied and where teachers cared and loved us.

We may not be as brilliant as those from RI or ACS, but we have great school spirit.

If a person, however brilliant, however wealthy and however talented, is not proud of his school, then there is something very wrong with him.

Thank You teachers of SPS. you had a great impact in my life;

mr lak (i hate to say this, but you're quite a genius..) vp yong. ms norisa. mrs choo. mr brandon lee. mr rajinder gill. mrs saviour. ms tang. ms teng. mrs ong. mdm niza.

Words cant say what a school can do..

Due to rising inflation, a picture is now worth a million words.

In conclusion, it seems one thing has been true along:

"When you're in st pats, you swear you cant wait to get out, but when you're out... you seriously thank God you went to st pats." - words from a wise friend.

Once a Patrician, always a Patrician.

My other car is a bicycle.

2008-08-26T00:01:00.005+08:00

Today I would talk about wheels.

Honda Phantom, perfect for cruising in the mean streets of Johor Bahru..

School Bus Tricycle in India;

Vintage British Military Scout Bike;

Old School Chopper bike; good for long distance cruising..
and feel the wind in your face and down your neck.

A Vicous cycle, literally.

Regrets, Memories..

2008-08-14T00:18:00.005+08:00

Its been awhile since I wrote.

Testing to see if this works.

Some move on, some has come to stay. Sometimes we get over it, sometimes we regret it.

Memories are forever.

Take comfort in them, for they will indeed be a part of you forever.

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

Some of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done.

Regrets are worthless.

I know it's not easy, I know I can't feel through what you have been.

I just wanted to let you know, regrets helped me grow.

Regrets are worthless, they misinterpret the past.

After thinking through, this post is dedicated to people who are struggling with regrets.

Be strong, have faith, move on.

Anyway

2008-08-09T01:00:00.005+08:00

People are often unreasonable,
Illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
People may accuse you
Of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,
You will win some false friends and
Some true enemies
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
They may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
Give the world the best
you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
It it between you and God;
It is never between
you and them anyway.

hrm presentation.

2008-08-01T02:43:00.008+08:00

just a very quck post.

Thank God for mrs philomena see.
HRM PBL 2 presentation is something i will always rmb ;)

mrs see brings out the best in people.

amazing how mrs see picked out SMALL LITTLE THINGS (insignificant to many),

and out of this, she brought forth genuine praise and affirmation.

encouraging!

such lecturers are truly a blessing.

**

moving on, i must say every group did well for the role play!

thanks to my HRM GROUPMATES for making the role play a SUCCESS!

BRENDAN aka AH LAU; for being so SPORTING, ENTHUSIASTIC and AMUSING as the "Play-boy" husband. deserving the best actor award.

BERNADETTE aka "The Mistress"; HAHA! for being so CHEESY, WILLING and erm, SCANDALOUS "hey gorgeous!!!?!" (for the role lah)

HUI JIA aka CHIN SWEE; for being DRAMATIC, EMOTIONAL & HIGH (esp the slapping part)!

GERALD; thanks for planning, co-ordinating and executing the entire role play! you contributed alot of ideas and excellent narration skills.

the role play wouldnt hav been possible without all of you!

THANK GOD FOR YOU GUYS AND GIRLS!

due to popular demand; AH LAU & CHIN SWEE.

oh the lovely people of my Mbs group. (brendan missing)

DEAF

2008-07-30T23:34:00.005+08:00

for everything good in this world, there is always something bad.

if you want to save the world,

i say forget the cheerleader.

Remove Useless Tutors from Temasek Polytechnic, SAVE THE WORLD!

done.

sometimes

2008-07-27T04:41:00.005+08:00

Sometimes being able to sleep at night is a gift.

Friend: "So now report has been you bedtime story lah, you cant go to sleep without reading it!"

Sometimes you don't really know what you got till its gone.

Sometimes some people just deserved to get shot.

I cannot stand it when people who are not involved get dragged in to do your work.

Harlo, YOU people, wake up.

Irresponsiblity is something that would affect people around you.

Irresponsibility GIVES PEOPLE ALOT OF RPOBLEMS.

Have you not heard? Do you not know?

Anything else would just be vulgar and an extreme waste of time.

update

2008-07-24T00:46:00.005+08:00

hello friends,

just a quick update.

been very busy as usual.

operating on a back to back schedule again. meeting lots of people. running to lots of places. meeting lots of deadlines. doing lots of projects. managing lots of things.

I guess i like this lifestyle but sometimes i need time to breathe!

Then i realised it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labour under the sun, during the few days of life God his given him.

When man is able to accept his lot and be happy in his work, this is a gift from God.

so good night. its 0045 hours now.

What a bittersweet day ahead..

crazy days.

2008-07-19T01:12:00.006+08:00

recently the days hav been crazy.

been on the move all week. every hour every and minute can be accounted for.

crazy crazy. real scenario from thurs;

9am - 11am b finance tutorial
11am - 1pm b finance lecture
1pm - 2pm LUNCH BREAK!
2pm - 4pm psychology tutorial
4pm - 6pm sociology tutorial
6pm - 7pm; sociology lecture

right after sociology lecture at 1900 hours, i called johan up.

Me: "what time are you all planning to stay till?"

Johan: "the computer lab is opened till 945pm today."

Here's a note for my MBS groupmates.

To Johan, Sherlyn, Jacelyn & Brendan;

thanks for the whole experience.

its nice how we complement each other with our strenghts and accept each other weaknesses.

its amazing how we worked on a flexible-timing schedule without conflicts.

what i mean by flexi time, our members could come and leave anytime for meetings.

but even when one member wasnt there, the rest would still continue to work.

i dare say we played hard but worked even harder.

even though its our FIRST and LAST project together, its been the best 4 weeks.

CHEERS!

I can only say God keeps me occupied with gladness of heart.

Perharps, this is the best way to explain God's Favour, Grace and Goodness.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Adjectives.

2008-07-13T00:37:00.033+08:00

Today i would talk about me, the dusty one.

Was studying for dumb business finance test on lazy friday night.

Fustration was all that i experienced.

So as i side tracked to APEL porftfolio, i stumbled into a folder which contains all my primary school and secondary school treasures.

...

here's what i found!

ST STEPHEN'S SCHOOL - PRIMARY 5 INNOVATION (2001)

My life in primary school was like a seed sown on rocky ground.

There were good and real bad times.

Cheating, Stealing, Lying, Fighting & Profanities were cool.

(most uncaught tho)

of course back home, my parents had high expectations of me

so i produced decent results and the folks were happy.

But fate caught up with me and eventually i got into lots of trouble.

including a visit to the principal's office during primary three.

...

after this huge wake up call, i slogged hard for primary 4 streaming

Then life in primary 5 flourished.

Being in P5I (2001) was the best experience of my entire primary school life.
other than that, pri school was a dread.

it was the year of Favour. i thrived in almost everything.

i had roles; school prefect and class com. i had real awesome classmates, fame, influence, great friends, CCA achievements.

almost everything except Academic results.

in the end i dropped to a lower class - and everything i held on to was taken away.

A punishment of Pride.

A fall by the Sword and from Glory.

perharps, this is what they call Eternal Sorrow.

And indeed its by God's grace that now, 9 years on, i am where i am today,

with full confidence that God holds my future.

with completely little or no regrets of things in the past.

HELLLO

2008-07-07T03:25:00.011+08:00

Blogging is about inspiration; when it comes, it comes.

Sometimes in the seemingly endless walk of life, things happen, not particular anything but just, things.

So today i would talk about things.

I must say many things happened in the last 2 weeks or so.

Things like having more committments now.

Yup i 'm part of CCA called TP-BP Mentors (shall call it Mentoring Club).

we are tutoring real brilliant, amusing and energetic primary school kids. really, kids are getting smarter nowadays.

mentoring club spells SATISFACTION and FULFILLING.

A secret thing;

My dream mode of transport.. dream only.

Human Trafficking.

2008-06-25T00:52:00.008+08:00

somethings cost more than you realise.

Trafficking is a crime that violates the basic rights of its victims: the rights to freedom, equality, and dignity.

- Bill Roedy, Vice Chairman MTV Networks.

Just thought I would post my thoughts on a video i watched during Sociology lecture.

We were on the topic of how the rich and wealthy have the power to oppress disadvantaged groups.

In Sociology terms, Global Stratifcation.

I did a simple yahoo search on

"(Nike/Adidas/Cocoa - chocolate ) (child trafficking/labour)"

Here we're talking about child trafficking/ forced child labour. Spare a few minutes, really:

(original youtube video)

The video depicts a day in the life of both an affluent youngster and a child making shoes in a factory.

------

Life's not fair. He has a rich dad, gets more money in a day than I do for a week. Why can't I have a dad like his?

Life's not fair. She's fat and ugly, and yet, her boyfriend is so handsome. Why don't I have one even though I'm so much prettier than she is?

Life's not fair. Some people can slack and score so well. I score dirt even though I work hard everyday.

How many times have we complained that life's not fair?

Humans tend to take comfort for granted when it's given to them. They don't thank, they don't do anything.

Life's not fair? These children do not even have a choice.

Life's not fair? Some children were borned to condemned professions, such as cleaners, under a caste-ridden society.

Life's not fair? Thousands got wiped out in the tsunami, they didn't saw it coming, and now they're all dead.

Life's not fair? Millions of innocent babies' dreams were shattered even before they stepped into earth. It wasnt even their fault. Read: Abortion.

So now... life's not fair?

To conclude, thank God for each and everyday, no matter if it was a good day, or a bad one.

Church camp 2008

2008-06-21T00:43:00.007+08:00

Back from church camp 2008;

Refreshed, revived and renewed.

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty

Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom

Thank God for protection and safety!

Oh we all have changed as time passes.

I feel i am getting old.

TO BE CONT'D..

Holiday

2008-06-16T02:21:00.005+08:00

Fate is a tragic excuse we use to explain away the things that we could have changed, but didn't took the effort.

Will be uncontactable from mon - thur

as I will be away in Kuantan, Malaysia for

BBTC CHURCH CAMP 2008!

A BREAKKKK.

On an advance celebratory note,

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY RACHEL TAN!

and close to one year ago,

REPAIR THE BROKEN WALLS was launched too.

2b10 pics

2008-06-11T23:00:00.003+08:00

presenting the crew of Bs and Hs!!

Shopping Spree - 10 June 2008

Bs: hui Jia, amilia, claudia.

johan. jared. aaron (kian ooooon)

haha!!

ermmm only the Bs and Hs would know

Bs and Hs first official outing (6 June 2008)

HRM Presentation - 27 May 2008

THE PATRICIANS TOWER.

THE DUMBO.

i shall do a post on the effects of GAMING when inspiration comes..

meanwhile here's a sneak preview;

withdrawal syndromes of gaming

THANK GOD FOR THESE CLASSMATES!
School has never been boring.

HOLIDAYS HOLIDAYS HOLIDAYS!

2008-06-08T23:59:00.004+08:00

Wow we're into june already.

here's what i ve been doing;

driving lessons. study x10000. mid sem tests. lunch at tamp SSC (quite shiok.. but forgot the name of the place). arcade trips. singing old school songs. (Aaron was tearing.) playing LAN. bowling. astons. kung fu panda. refreshing church service =). rachel's party.

Okay, majority of the entries were done with 2b10's Bs and Hs. =) =)

i refuse to reveal our group's identity. haha.

presenting to you marvin of Bs and Hs.

gaming addict of the year;

...

but hey friend, there's still hope.

HAPPPY HOLIDAYS TP STUDENTS!

Home sweet home.

2008-05-29T23:15:00.029+08:00

Recently the days are getting crazy.

Again so many things has happened in the span of three weeks. Somethings i wish i didnt do. Other things which i wish i could re visit the moment and spend all my life doing.

What an irony.

But that's life. In many situations, Opportunity only knocks once, and if you are not up to it, it will slip you by.

I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?'

God said, 'Face your past without regrets. Handle your present with confidence. And prepare for the future without fear!'

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Warning: Photos Intensive

YC Leaders Breakfree Weekend @ ST JOHN'S ISLAND!

St John Island's stunning surrounding countryside offers the perfect tonic to relax and leave the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Simply beautifuuul!

View of Shenton Way in the ferry ride.

We were bored during the group discussion. 'Fresh' coconuts were lying around.

Hence our Survivor adventure begun:

yong smashing the coconut husk at 100000km/hr

I seriously wonder how contestants on reality tv show, Survivor can break coconuts without much effort.

WONDERFUUUUL.

FAITH

2008-05-26T00:44:00.003+08:00

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."

Faith also means Forsaking All, I Trust Him.

HAZY DAYS

2008-05-15T20:02:00.009+08:00

Recently, the skies are becoming hazy. Seriously.

Been wanting to update for quite awhile.

but i had assignments A, b, c, d. Quizzes E f, g, h. Research I, j, k. Then tutorials L, m followed by outings N, o, p, q.. and the list goes on to Z.

i think E-hub is officially the coolest place to be in

(within the Eastern boundaries of Singapore only)

E-HUB'S - TEAsire cafe.

this is not a fish bowl by the way.

ian cheng looking up to the heavens..

Past two weeks, i have many entries for "first time".

My first time:

1) (learning) DRIVING! on 12 May 2008.

2) Watching 2 movies over the weekends and coming out of both feeling extremely satisfied and smiling - IRONMAN & SPEEDRACER.

I finally developed the mental capabiltity to fully comprehend what ppl meant by "guy's ego"..

3) Heading to school on an off day to do research.

@@@

On a final note. I can also identify with JACK NEO'S JUST FOLLOW LAW.

"Red tape generally includes the filling out of seemingly unnecessary paperwork,

obtaining of unnecessary licenses,

having multiple people or committees approve a decision and

various low-level rules that

make conducting one's affairs slower, more difficult, or both."

- Wikipedia

but my God is might to save. He is might to save(x2)

2008-05-08T23:26:00.002+08:00

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills;

a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;

a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

Deut 8 : 7 - 9

Issues.

2008-04-30T17:31:00.002+08:00

Sometimes Tp has an issue with naming its courses.

I present to you a classic example.

A typical convo between a Freshmen, Students/Lecturers from other faculty and I.

++++++++++

Stranger: What course are you in?

Me: BUSINESS.

Stranger: I asked you for your COURSE, not school
(Lecturers does a stupid face here - thats the most irratating part.)

Me: Yeah. I am taking DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS.

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TP should rename the course to something nicer like Diploma in Business Management.

Any dip in business students agree?

Oh, what a glorious day.

2008-04-17T20:16:00.011+08:00

Whoo! passed my Basic Theory Test (driving) this afternoon.

Next up, Final Theory Test - 13 JUNE 2008.

But during my recent visits to Driving School, Inspiration has been knocking on my door.

My recently discovered passion and desire is to get a Motorcycle (Class 2B) licence..

Imagine, RIDER LEONG.

Imagine crusing down the streets.. Rding up to Johor for some Ramly burger.

Imagine feeling the wind in your face.

Like Samsung says, Imagine the Possibilities or, Its not that hard to Imagine.

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Imagine the Possibilities; as if Mr Daydreamer.

Like i say before, Chances are SLIM.

Again some might not understand what i meant above. hahah.
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On another note, the new school term has started.

Thank GOD for my timetable!! Schoolweek starts on Tuesday for me (everyweek for that matter)

Just for my reference - Week One Timetable;

Tue 11am - 6pm
Wed 2pm - 4pm
Thu 11am - 6pm
Fri 1pm - 2pm (5pm?)

Thank God for his abudant blessings!

FREEDOM.

2008-04-11T14:46:00.005+08:00

A quick update on how i have spent my days.

Tuesday was my last day at work and i am a true fan of Efficiency.

One part of me tells me here's why i should get my driving liscense asap.

It feels good to be a FREE MAN.

Right after work on tues, headed down to katong for pool followed by Siglap for gelare ;)

Wed: Crazy Elephant bar @ Clarke Quay. Appt with my PRIMARY THREE (1999) form teacher.

Thur: worship concert ;)

with a 10 DOLLARS mutarbak @ Simpang.

now this is what i call true Holidays.

Rainy Days.

2008-04-05T23:46:00.016+08:00

Note: this post has a figurative nature. those who understand, understands.

for the rest, do not seek Understanding. cause these things are too complicated, even the Singapore's Brainiest Kid wont understand.

Its just like how we might never understand why some things happen in life.

This calls for being Trust and Faith.

recent days have been STORMY. both figuratively and literally.

Oceans are rising and thunders roaring.

I have lost a friend, her name was Joy. yes She doesnt accompany me to work anymore.

Speaking about storms...

right after this photo was taken, one GENIUS just zoomed past and got all of us drenched.

i wanted to use a stronger word here..

But God called us to not only love our enemies, He said to BLESS THEM.

And that Genius is my enemy.

Speaking of which that reminds me of another STORM.

A big and disastrous one.

THE FLOOD, as the name suggests is gonna sink in the Box Office.

Then again, the majority would not know what i am refering to.

Till Inspriation comes. Happy weekends!

Work part II

2008-04-02T20:18:00.005+08:00

another quick update on work.

offically stopping work on 11 apr 2008, next friday.

as i say, i am extremely blessed with nice supervisors, managers and colleagues.

but the long working hours and meagre 5-6 hours of sleep daily have taken its toil on my body.

i dont hav time to do the things i love.

sometimes i really wonder how 3/4 of the ppl in office can come to work at 8.30am and clock in OT till 7 or 8 PM or in extreme cases 9pm. money is probably their main source motvation.

but there's no joy in some of them. these people need to see the Light. Light that would shine even in the darkest tunnel.

but well, i should not be quick to judge. because it might be their environment or circumstances.

as they say money is the root of all evil. money, imo, is like a double-edged sword. it cuts both ways.

i just really want to get out of this entrapment and my well deserved REST.

NO TITLE

2008-03-29T23:35:00.014+08:00

i ran out of ideas on what to blog.

and we have enough useless blogs, flooding the internet with your typical "i want the world to know what i do everyday/hour/minute" entries.

so today i would talk bout things which serves to benefit the general public.

here's an extract of my public speaking assesment speech (draft) delivered a few months back.

Type: Persuassive speech.

DISCLAIMER: This speech was prepared with the intention of reaching out to students at a tertiary level (audience), as such viewer's discretion is advised for those under M18.

EXTRACT - Clubbing: Source of Entertainment or Entrapment?

COPYRIGHT © LEONG W. J., JARED.

According to a frequent clubber, people go clubbing because it offers a unique experience. Mr Warren Carter an expat wrote in his personal website “Some of these practises include music and dancing. Drinking and getting drunk. Patrons are dressed to kill and leave little to the imagination. Drinks, fun and sex are the goals of many who go clubbing.”

As an ex-clubber myself, I hate to say it but clubbing is actually an avenue where you are at most risk of becoming a victim of crime or worst, a moment of folly that might lead to a lifetime of regret.

So is clubbing really a source of entertainment or is it a source of entrapment?

Today I would tell you the dangers of clubbing and some socially responsible behaviour you should adopt should you intend to go clubbing.

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END OF EXTRACT

some research materials that might interest you;

ALL IN A DAY'S WORK

2008-03-21T20:39:00.007+08:00

Today i shall talk about my work at KIAN SOON.

i work with screws. yes many type of screws of different sizes..
hahah dont worry its not as messed up as you think.

just recording screw's data, typing its details and labeling. in the simplest terms.

hm my friend 'working hard'..

Warehouse - Good place to relax and maybe day dream.. hahah

Daniel sent me this via MMS on Boss birthday. Boss treated everyone!

hahah got Tom Yam, chicken, fried rice shiok ah.. a pity i took off that day cause it was my birthday too!

as you can see, work's good.

i am blessed with with nice supervisors like AH LUM & Peter, a slacker buddy, Aunty Jenny and friendly colleagues ;)

most of all, as each hour passes, i feel a deep sense of accomplishment inside ;) ;)

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theres alot of things i wanna say, what i really feel in my heart.

but we are all given a freewill and thats why i dont like imposing my beliefs on others.

maybe i'll shall start wtih one for now.

firstly i believe if you are unhappy with someone or about something, bring it up to the person directly.

talking behind one's back just shows the amount of courage you got, or rather the lack of it.

not implying that anyone's talking bad about me. haha.

yes i admit that at times i am guilty of it too, but as far possible i will be direct with ppl.

on this note, here's my take on how to deal with criticisms.

they are ppl in the world who just want to put others down.

like pastor df said, they are putting others down in a vain attempt to protect their low self-esteem.

inside they are insecure.

these ppl remarks simply contain little or no truth.

i would dare say that such people are probably just PURE JEALOUS.

discrimination

2008-03-16T23:25:00.007+08:00

look at the SBS Buses serving Bukit Timah area.

They pay the same bus fare, by the way.

even the roads are wider there.

you know why? cause the ppl drive BIG cars..

and someone said the air's fresher too.. haha.

oh ask me if you want the album for my 18th party.

Remembering God

2008-03-13T22:55:00.007+08:00

You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant

(extracted)

thank GOD for my poly SEM 1.2 RESULTS!!!!!!!

well i only told some close friends this, but my formula for sucess is

God's grace + hard work.

on another note, i have enroled for Basic Theory Test (Class 3) as a private candidate.

Basic Theory Test: 12 JUN 08. 8PM - 8.50PM.

18th party.

2008-03-09T17:10:00.008+08:00

just wanna say a big THANKS to those who helped out:

Ilyana, Hanafi, Rachel & Huiting for going early to set up the place, doing decorations and helping out with everything!

Bosses Isaac and Ben for planning the games/programme ;)

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Ppl who made time despite their VERY busy and packed schedule:

Daniel for choosing brother over Gf haha. Joshua for clearing his plans. Daryl Ong. Ziko.

Jabez and Jessica for travelling from one end of Sg to the other end (literally).
travelling from CLEMENTI to PASIR RIS to join us for the cake cutting session.

and OF COURSE, everyone who turned up and many others who helped out!!!

will continue with another day. off to 1b20's class gathering.

pics will be uploaded soon. btw, friends please send me photos from ur cam.
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on another note, should be taking off from work next wednesday ;) ;)

and oh, thanks for all the presents!! would review them soon

but next time would be good if you all could write your names on the present. hahah. thats something i often forget too.

An Update.

2008-03-04T18:17:00.006+08:00

Got a new vacation job! At some company dealing with screws.

the whole env reminds me of my temporary stint with Tang Import & Export (CNY'07). hahah.

Thank God for His provision ;)

Starting work tomorrow but with this Friday off.

8.30am - 6pm. 5 Day workweek.

Got to talk to Boss soon. need to work out something, with regards to my schedule for next week.

and of course my other holiday plans of enroling for Class 3 Basic Theory Test ;) ;)

Poly Year 1 has ended.

2008-02-28T17:31:00.010+08:00

wanted to test my phone camera settings; so happen this guy got caught by MATA

today marks the start of another season.

the end of mugging seasons and start of holidays ;)

which also means Year 1 in Tp has come to an end.

Some short term things/activites:

- 1b20 class gathering-cum-bbq

- 18 soon.
someone once told me turning 18 = driving license; 21 = buy car.
haha thats the best i've heard.

unlike those old & boring ones: 18 = clubbing/drinking/smoking/ R21/M18? HAH?

- Sign up for theory (driving) lesson ##

- Find a job. (prefably work with friends and not ALONE..)

## - Tentative as subjected to external factors.

2 Roads Down.

2008-02-22T23:59:00.009+08:00

today @ botak jones..

boss hong's fish and chips. the serving size; POWER..

whats the name of this burger ah?!! nice..

sorry the pics are quite low in quality, maybe thats why the food doesnt look that appetising. haha

it was raining cats and dogs too, but not visible in the pics.

Oh, its over.

2008-02-16T01:31:00.026+08:00

back to photoblogging ;)

Chinese New Year (7th Feb 2008)

THE LEONGS ;)

My larger family;
2008 BBTC Youth Church Leaders.

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School term ended today. i will miss all the good times with 1b20.

Like i told someone, even if we have gatherings, catch up sessions in future, well the 1b20 experience is irreplacable.

The 'feeling' is just not going to be the same.

One distinct thing i'd rmb, heading to Business Park Canteen for meals EVERYDAY.

Standard meals: Chicken chop. Chicken cutlet. Cutlet rice. Occasional charsiew rice. Iced mocha.
5 days a week x Almost 16 weeks.

Wait, everyday is probably an understatement.

Whatever free time we had, we headed to biz park. hahah.

On another note, I am glad to report 100 PERCENT tutorial attendance for all 5 subjects ;) ;)

I have to admit to skipping "a handful" of Accounting & PS lectures to study, play cards or heading to tm.

they call me superman

2008-02-07T01:09:00.000+08:00

STUDY STUDY STUDY!

URGENT:

1) POM

2) MARKETING

3) MICRO ECONS

4) BUSINESS ACCOUNTING (zzzzzzzzzzz)

5) BUSINESS STATS.

2 more weeks. i foolishly wasted my time away in the past days.

well at least, it will be a purposeful cny this year.

And it's not easy to be me.

2008-02-02T02:49:00.000+08:00

i found this in thur's Urban:

"REAL MEAN WEAR SKINNY JEANS."

hahaha.

as i look back at the week. i see a flashback of disappointments, uncertainty, hope, choices, fatigue, joy, regrets, forgivenesss, anger,

relief, peace, fun, frustration, excitement, sadness, happiness, true friends, suprises, being loved.

these are all part of life. but with God's strength, i have emerged a stronger person.

the saddest form of pity is self pity. the moment you give in, you lose hope. you feel helpless and a good for nothing.

remember, have faith. move on.

in the midst of these, i thank God for friends who are very dear to me.

i realised how blessed i am to have such true friends to go thru the journey. to share struggles and joys.

9 months ago. when the four of us were selling nachos and whatever during TP ccn day. in a letter i received:

"plus you've got wonderful classmates who will go through thick and thin with you. trust me."

indeed friends they are plenty. but true friends, how many can we find and keep by our side?

1) shopping trips to marina square. city link. parkway. ;)
2) being my fashion advisors ;) ;)
3) fun times at unhealthy macs.
4) "crocodile and ralph lauren polo tees"
5) taboo dark blue ;)
6) smses/ calls/ msn chats.
7) john little sale ;)
8) "bus captian" long sleeve shirt
9) all of you just being plain funny. haha
10) and all the encouragement and support.
11) picking out positive things even when hope seems bleak.

yes these are the things which i will remember.

of course. they are more friends which i shall mention ;) the daily "guy talk session" at Business Park during breaks, in between lectures. whatever.

yes these too, remember will i. all part of the "Tp experience"

and no i will not blog about unpleasant happenings in Accounting class, lest my class participation points get deducted.

Untitled

2008-01-26T02:27:00.000+08:00

Consistency is like a dog,

Treat it well and it will be nice to you.

Treat it badly and...

The Busy-ness life Part II

2008-01-24T12:06:00.000+08:00

This is a follow up of a two part serries.

1. After one project is due, it is followed by a period of relative rest and peace.
(weekends to tuesday)

Hence, no pictures here.

2. Then life of "being in school from 9am - 8.30PM" kicks in.

Here i would like to clarify, this is evidently common among Design/Engineering students.

And from a reliable source, they head for the bed once home.

pic adapted from threadless.

3. Finally, in the name of Efficiency and Emergency, one laptop is never enough.

I am a big fan of efficiency and as far as possible, i practise what i preach.

7 LAPTOPS!! true believers of "effective delegation"

it may sound cliche and familar to some, but truly,

the voice of the people has spoken.
(source: youraredusty)

Life of a business students.

2008-01-16T23:37:00.000+08:00

Today i would like to talk about life of a TP Business Student.

A picture paints a thousand words so here goes:

1. Life of "rushing your assignments culture" generally takes place from 10PM - 12 MidNight.

pic adapted from crystale's blog ;) really nice..

At least half the class would be online with BUSY status.

In this case, the majoirity were probably TOO BUSY to even change their status.

Expect personal messages like "PROJECTS", "RESEARCH!!!", "NOT IN A PROJECT MOOD" (source: rachel)

2. During peak periods, expect your e-mail to be flooded with work/project related issue.

Below are screen shots over a period of 1 week.

(POM subj =Principles of Management)

3. Oh by about 1230am, operations start t0 cease. Simply because we got a 9am lesson the following day.

Stronger ones would stay till 1am/2am.

And the cycle repeats.

Everybody loves a hero.

2008-01-12T01:04:00.000+08:00

The topic is totally irrelevant and so is the post.

Milestones of this week:

1. Took a cab twice in a row.
Good thing about the price hike, it is very easy to get a cab any time.

so contary to popular belief, now is actually the best time to take cab. Reason is because increase in fares = more cab drivers would roam the roads ; but ppl are swearing to stay away from cabs.

otherwise, i never supported taking cabs by the way. hahah.

I am glad to be studying business at TP. i find myself being able to apply the things i have learnt.
the above is a simple illustration of the Economics law of Demand and Supply. Supply > Demand. Get it?

2. Never say "Anything" or "Shortest route" when a taxi driver asks which path to take.

Because inside, some are ugly ferocious wolves.

3. Cycled at 30-40km/hr on a busy road. Nice!

Secretly, the thought of riding a MOTOR SCRUBBA (motorcycle) is very thrilling.
and i even considered how fun it would be to work p/t as a fast food delivery rider.

BUT the sad reality..;

Link to article 1 (ST, Tue 8 Jan 2008)

"over half the 190 fatal road accidents here last year involved motorcyclists and their pillion riders."

Study on Motorcycle accidents (ST, Tue 8 Jan 2008)

Now that's convicing enough for me to avoid riding a motocycle.

4. Pics from YC Vision Night (5th Jan 2008)

FIG Cluster Leaders. (2007 - Present)

haha. very comical pic.

More pics @

YC Vision Night 08 (05-01-08)

HOI HOI HOI HOI!

2008-01-03T12:45:00.000+08:00

in a nut shell, smash 07 was amusing and great.

i looked up and saw a white light.. haha

BOSS HONG AND LEONG.

Bosses of Hong Leong Finance Bank.

and now the season for sowing. plenty of assignments, projects and tests spread over January.

the most challenging one is public sp assesment in 2 or 3 weeks time.

we decided on clubbing for our topic. i got to persuade ppl on alternatives to clubbing.

other social activities that let ppl drink, dance, socialise etc etc. key word is Responsibly.

happy new year.

2007-12-31T16:14:00.000+08:00

before i set off for the anual countdown party in church,

let me wish one and all a happy new year 08!

blast from the past:

31 DEC 2004 (Smash '04)
My first and most memorable countdown.

Change is always contstant.

Back to the sec 2/3 days. decent hair cuts. decently dressed.

looking at some of us now, in polys/jcs. the trend kicked in:

skinny/tapered jeans. hair covering our ears for some. fringe brushed over our eyes. cutting 'bangs' for some. tinted hair of all sorts of unatural colour. unkempt hair.

sometimes i just wish we could go back to the old simple days (where some of us, including me, had nicer haircuts and a better fashion sense, really)

but on a brighter note I truly thank GOD how we've matured, realigned our priorities, made wiser decisions, grow in faith, bonded closer,

having many new members joining us, had more fun and so much more to give thanks for.

and we have 31 Dec 2005

theme was mismatched. as you could see, completely mis matched =)

and there 31 Dec 2006.

privileged to be part of the adhoc organising committee, The Dream Team

tata off to smash 07 !

CDS Selection

2007-12-28T10:40:00.001+08:00

1. Introduction to Psychology
2. Introduction to Sociology
3. Leadership & Character.

White Christmas.

2007-12-26T19:59:00.000+08:00

had an extremely fulfilling christmas weekend starting from friday to today.

wrapping presents alone thru the night.. emo sia. writing cards at ah pek house thru the night.
biking to R's place. christmas drama. board games. playing pool. swimming. playing LAN.
dinner, drinks and tai-tee at Ben house. mini christmas dinner @ seoul garden (great company but bad food.). FIG cluster outing.

Now i know why ppl start their christmas presents preparation 2 weeks in advance and not 2 nights before.

Holidays were never meant for resting.

CIA Cell Retreat 2007 (18-19 Dec)

FIG Cluster Outing (26-12-07)

Soccer - Team Ah Wu VS Team Rainbow
Lunch
Ice breakers/ Leader's Quiz.
THE HUNT.

Light of the world ;)

merry christmas my friends.
thanks for all the presents, cards, chocs.

its nice to go for parties, christmas dinners etc.

Jesus is throwing a big party when He returns.
Many are invited but few has accepted His invitation.

Nobody knows when our lives will be demanded from us.

but 1 thing we can decide: where we are going to spend eternity.

BIKING SESSIONS.

2007-12-17T09:17:00.000+08:00

Friday night with isaac, andrew, ben, denise, charlene and i.

we planned to bike from east coast park to vivo city.

so met A, C & I at A house at about 10pm. borrow bike then headed to east coast macs for supper. then set off at 12am.

summary:
east coast - indoor stadium - esplandae - fullerton hotel - singapore river - marina bay (?) - marina south - shenton way - 2am plus supper @ Lau Pa Market.

clocked in about 30km +++

fullerton hotel at 0115 ;) cant afford to stay inside so stay outside take picture and admire only.

marina bay river (?)..

in the end we didnt bike to vivo due to the limitations of our mental & physical capabilities.

Sunday's Community Svc Day (church)

hahaha. one of the kids playing at our games stall

Dunking machine highlight of the day: Elder dan got 'dunked' for 200 bucks!

Sunday night with isaac, andrew, ben, daryl & i.

our objective were clear and simple: BIKE TILL THE SUN RISES.

so we met up at B house for macs-delivered-supper.

macs had to send us THREE (3) seperate delivery riders. first was the original orders. second because they forgot some orders. third due to unforseen circumstances.

anyway back to the biking trip.

we set off at 2am (east coast). bike to CHANGI VILLAGE to...

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eat nasi lemak at 4 AM. haha. shiok..

after our power breakfast, before setting off:

ben taking his power gel/ protein powder/ power water or dunno what lah. haha

6.15am KING OF THE ROAD.

so clocked in about 16km +++
Thank God for fun, food, keeping us safe and strength!!

whoooohooo.

2007-12-14T21:19:00.000+08:00

Sometimes advertisements are so strong, people take it literally.

Ericsson (phone) used to have a tag line: Make yourself heard..

"I hear them when I board the bus

I hear them when they board the bus"

Figure it out.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

mid sem tests are over.

quite a number of activities lined up.

class bbq (?), cell retreat, BIKING SESSIONS, christmas musical, christmas!.

Long waits are a killer

2007-12-07T20:29:00.000+08:00

today marks the last tutorial/lecutre of the year. whooo.

actually on second thought, no. school starts on 31 DEC 2007.

holidays in exactly 1 week. 2 days of weekends.

5 weekdays of test.
9am-10am each.

study study study thru the afternoons next week.

woke up on wed at 8.25 am and i went,
'OH I HAVE AN ASSESMENT (speech) @ 9AM.'

hahaha. but God is faithful.
i actually managed reach the venue at 8.58AM.

many birthdays in the past 3 weeks.

pics from jeffrey aw's 21st party and

the big clown who had an extremely bad hair day.
and looking real unglam on his 17th's suprise.

the smell of hair cream was really bad.
those jokers actually dumped the whole container of hair cream on jabez's hair.

hahaha. i only gave the idea and supervised ;P

Week 48

2007-11-30T23:27:00.001+08:00

december is almost here. this is going to be the busiest december so far.

school term is zooming past real fast. i rmb 1st week of the term in october we were still in 'holiday' mood. projects and tuts came started to pile up from the second week. and november just flew by.

december's gonna come and go soon.

mid sem tests in about 1 week. 10-15 dec. have to admit that i am not completely prepared and i am only starting to feel the urgency now.

yeah lots of sacrifice to be made at least during these 2 weekends.

its not sleeping in during the weekends morning and to the time efficiently and do productive things.

my list of things to do.

Subject prioritities: Marketing (last paper thus i always revise it first), MicroEcon, POM, Accounts & Bus Stat. done.

Important, Urgent:

Marketing proj - research. (Sun night & Tue)
Public speaking special ocassion (SO) assesment (Wed, Dec 5)
Bus Stats mock paper. (Mon)
Revision for mid sem
Accounting Mock Test - Companies. (Fri, 7 Dec)

Importnat, Not Urgent:

Econs article anaysis + Write up on demand
POM project.
Find out where's LT 14??! (Public speaking SO assesment)
Public speaking persuasive/informative speech. (next year)

Not importnat, Not urgent:

PLAY POOL. (YEAHH 2 MORE WEEKS.)
Photoblog - Jeff Aw party.
Shop.

done. 4 more weeks to week 52. 28 days.

thats scary. 2008 is coming.

Festival of fun

2007-11-25T23:04:00.001+08:00

I am extremely proud with all F.I.G cluster members who came for vibe.

Thanks to all F.I.G cluster members who helped to make festival of fun possible.

I was really encouraged by all of them helping out with the stall, staying throughout the whole thing & for co-operating.

It was really pleasant to see all of us united as one cluster and for taking ownership of the stall.

GOOD JOB GUYS!!

Thanks to Ppl who made our stall successful:

Ben for helping to manage the stall and people. haha more importantly, for helping to plan the strategies. thanks bro. u contributed a lot to the stall

Jabez for doing the promoting, on top of taking care of his friend. u'd definitely boosted our sales and help to cover more losses.

Gabriel Soh for handling & motivating his cell members when they got lazy. haha

Jeff Aw for helping us to settle the catered food and for all his friends who purchased lots of food from us.

Varick, sebastian, glen, aaron pang and whoever who went around using their influence to persuade ppl to buy.

Jon lee, jason, einson, timothy & 2 other guys (i don't know their names, i think they're from jabez's cell group) for serving the food and taking ownership of the stall.

Aloy (+friend) and Varick (+ friend) for participating in our activities.

Most importantly, everyone who bought our food/special meals/ ordered from us. haha

it is muscle mass; i hope.

2007-11-23T18:00:00.000+08:00

a regular commented tt i have not been posting recently.
it is true. lots of events and happenings but little posts.

because photoblogging takes up A LOT of time.

and schedule is really tight here. but i have been joyfully busy =) really, i like being busy than idling.

had public speaking impromtu assesment on wed.
give a 2 min impromtu speech with 2 min preparation.

haha now i know why it is so important to dress well for such occasions.

cos ppl words do make your day and secretly, it leaves you smiling inside for the entire day.

more importantly,
dressing up well helps you to look & FEEL professional and confident ;)

so on to photos from wed's marketing meeting.
read above incase you're wondering why the formal attire.

THE KOH & TAN 'working hard' during mtg. wake up your ideas!! haha.

the koh, the leong & the tan(2).

'i-do-not-like-taking-self-potrait-photos' look. lol

huiting, being huiting, was busy taking & posing for photos because she said,

'taking photos help me to think better!!' hahaha.

more updates,

1. school timetable is better after personalising it. it is as follows:

Mon: 11am-7pm.
Tue: 9am-4pm.
Wed: 9am-6pm.
Thu: 9am-11am.
Fri: 9am-1pm.

2. some of this sem subjects are rather killing.

Marketing fundamentals is very interesting, i like. period.

Accounting 2 gets worst.
it is a combination of playing during lectures, thinking that 'i know it all' during tutorials and not very passionate teachers.

haha reality is, follow that route and it adds up to regret and folly in the end.

so wake up call to myself; humble yourself and change your attitude. afterall, its your future.

Public speaking classmates are cool. would like to get to know them on a personal level but sadly, its more of a task group where we go our seperate ways after 6 months.

POManagement is easier to understand but given a choice, i prefer OB as its more challenging.

MicroEcons turns out to be harder than expected.

Business Statistics turned out to be more managable and interesting.

"Education is key in our Knowledge-based economy"

3. Streaming results are out. I got DIP IN BUSINESS.

4. I got up to 10 things or more to do/events in my radar screen now. this calls for efficient time mangement and realigning of priorities and for me its to hav total dependence on God. Christ must increse, we must decrease - John 3:30.

an effective strategy is to catergorise these events into 4 major categories:

a)Important, Urgent
b)Important, Not Urgent
c) Urgent, Not Important
d) Not Urgent, Not Important.

ps: u got to pay thousands to personal motivation coaches to learn this. haha will elaborate if i have the time.

Youth Church: Festival of Fun

2007-11-19T23:09:00.000+08:00

Festival of Fun (FOF) this sunday 25 Nov.

3pm - 8pm.

What is FOF?

- Carnival run by youths in celebration of the completion of our new church building.

What to expect at FOF?

- Live bands

- Food stalls

- Games (Pool championship, PS2/3 tournaments, station games)

- Flea market.

many more attractive stalls. come to find out.

Where is FOF held?

My church - BBTC. Bedok North Ave 3.

Contact me.

It's Done

2007-11-15T01:04:00.000+08:00

Your preferences have been successfully updated on 11/15/2007 1:03:27 AM

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B0C-07
DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS

2
B0I-07
DIPLOMA IN MARKETING

3
B0H-07
DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

IT IS DONE.

yes having donuts during mktg project meeting is a good motivator. haha

i should suggest it to companies who actually pay millions of $ to hire coaches to motivate their employees.

its simple. food makes ppl think better. ppl bond over food.

yay i might become a top motivaton coach then i might earn my first million before i reach 21 ;) ha ha.

THANKS LIM & Crystale for going all the down to DONUT FACTORY to buy donuts before the meeting!! pleasant suprise.

Decision-making.

2007-11-14T18:21:00.001+08:00

Latest Update! Actually i am still thinking and praying. find it hard to give up the opportunities offered by TP marketing. haha critical thinking skills. beyond textbook. exciting.

oh because looking at tp marketing grads, lecturers, coure manager, seniors. they're just DIFFERENT. the way they do things, present, talk, think. secretly, it justs makes me goo 'wooow!'

prob is i also wanna try Finance & Hr (which is Dip in Bus)
***

Guess i am going to stick with what i wanted in the begining - Dip is Business :DD

Because TP Dip in Business allows students to major in 2 areas from a choice of 7.

My concept is to Generalise now, then specialise later. Econs tutor advised to Specialise now (i.e take a specific Diploma) then Generalise later (take a broad degree)

But i think otherwise.

However Marketing looks very attractive as there's challenge, real life projects, practical application, research. i like ;) :)

Dip in Business is equally attractive because its more general business stuff. and i get to major in TWO areas. this is crucially important in a Knowledge-Based Economy.

Which i am also interested in Finance (booming!) & Human Resource.

***
Here's a convo between N and i bout HR (managing ppl).

*Person X is someone who might back out at the last minute while doing something.

N: u do HR ah, imagine u manage 5 person X.

i continued with,

J: Die. like that everynight cannot sleep already...

N: ya lor. like that i also quit.

hahaha. but it shows a little truth of HR.
***

Other polys only allows one to major in one area.

so if you are thinking of doing Business and do not know what you really want, come to TEMASEK POLY - BUSINESS STUDIES GROUPING.

According to many lecturers, TP is the best business school in the east (well cause there's only 1 poly in the east) & the 2nd best Business School among the polys ;)

So here's my take.
I can always do marketing after grad. thats if i dont lose interest in it.

Youth Church!

Crossroads.

2007-11-13T17:16:00.000+08:00

Course streaming selection has started today. But i am still contemplating between Dip in Marketing or Business.

Really. Whats really drawing me to

Strenghts of Marketing
1. Real life problems & cases
2. Real client-based projects
3. Challenging.
4. Attracted to the 'psychological' part or marketing.
like study how ppl think & how companies work through and, use people. haha

5. No exams.
But bear in mind its 30% project and 70% individual component. But i just found out that 70% individual component does include TESTS.

thats why the large emphasis Dip in Marketing places on projects & presentations is really attractive.

but the down side is:

to really excel in marketing, one has to be a cut above the rest. u have to be unique in your own way. the way you present, etc.

Dip in Business

Take more general subjects for 1 sem.

Time to discover hidden aspirations and interestes for any new subject.

Well my factors for choosing which Dip:

1. Interests. (which i say i have an equally strong interest for Marketing and Business-Finance&HR)

2. Personality. here i say Diploma in Business (Finance&HR) would suit me more.

3. Short-term opportunities. Dip in Marketing is definitely more attractive. Overseas trips, real life clients, etc.

4. Life Skills. Well Dip in Marketing is more practical and one would be trained in creative thinking, communication skills etc.

5. Long-term. Dip in Business would be more stable. Because i believe in HR & Finance, hardwork = results.

Whereas in Dip in Marketing, you would be more proned to external factors. rmb projects comprises of 30%

so its a tie. oh well got till friday.

This Course Streaming Service is available from13 November 2007, 10:00 AM to 16 November 2007, 5:00 PM.

i believe crossroads are perfect opportunity for christians to exercise faith :)

we got to take that step of faith to just trust that God will straighten out whatever path/route we take.

yes in the world there WILL be trouble, but Jesus promised peace to those who believe in him ;)

alabaster jar

2007-11-11T13:54:00.000+08:00

Ah falling sick is bad. sore throats are bad. the burning feeling inside the throat is terrible. since yesterday, fever has been coming and going. well, only got myself to blame because of what i ate.

cant afford to fall sick now because of assesments and project meetings in school and there would be alot to catch up. cant afford to fall sick because i got quite a number of things to do this season.

Dear God, please heal me and grant me strength.

Hideout cafe

2007-11-07T19:25:00.000+08:00

**** PICS below ***

Course streaming selection starts next week. i actually decided that i would opt for Diploma in Business since the begininning.

but another side of me is thinking of Dip in marketing. the 100% coursework based (projects & presentations only) and NO EXAMS is really tempting. and furthermore, marketing looks very challenging and fun (opinion - unconfirmed)

however my heart tells me that ppl who excel in marketing are those very outgoing, outspoken ppl with lots of charisma (which is true). thats keeping me back.

on the other hand, together with many others, we have formed a negative perception towards logistics (no offence to those going there). haha old, stuffy warehouses and deliveryman doing their rounds for DHL or Cheers comes to my mind when i think of logistics.

but Logistics lecturers, convinced me THATS NOT TRUE. honestly, i agree that logistics ppl would really make it BIG out there (as there's great demand but little supply - econs) or simply put "the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few" haha.

bearing in mind, it the duty and obligation of them to convince/persuade/ influence/ renew students mindsets and perceptions of logistics. which i say, they had done a good job. haha

even as i do this analysis, deep inside i have already settled on opting for Dip in Business :)

so i always say, follow your heart.

*********

More backdated and latest events.

Sat 27 Oct - Cell outing to play board games (hideout cafe @ bedok)

that hand toy really released the inner child in most of us. ha ha just take a look:

teck chai trying to molest nic. sicko

Long due photos

2007-11-03T15:35:00.000+08:00

Some overdue photos. rather busy with school & church events thus the delay ;)

FRI 19 OCT - CIA (cell) goes shopping for Waldy's present

feli wanted to take some artistic shots on the escalator. skill right?

and attempt 1

when everyone else is smiling, i am not bleh.

SAT 20 OCT- Waldy's birthday suprise

the preparation

suprised and happy waldy

Sense of purpose

2007-11-01T20:04:00.001+08:00

Returning to school has instilled in me a great sense of purpose. A purpose seeks to accomplish something, keeps us focused and prevent us from idling.

my typical daily schedule during the holidays was wake up at noon (or later), eat, go out, watch tv/movies, go online. very mundane and it really sucks to wake up and realised tt HALF the day is GONE. haha

so yes back to my point. since the new term started, i really look forward to morning lessons. i dunno, but secretly deep inside, i really like to have breakfast at the dining table with my parents. yes the warmth feeling. presence. the quality time spent. :)

listening to all my dad's life experiences. his words of wisdom and knowledge. sharing with them bout schoollife. the feeling, as jabez would say when he trash me in fifa street on ps2, is beautiful.

yes i admit that my family drifted apart emotionally in the past years. we were so pre occupied with our busy schedules tt dinner was probably the only time where we came together as a family.

in the past i would just grab breakfast, eat while walking and rush rush rush. but since the term started, i have been delibrately waking up earlier so tt i can sit down and have a proper meal. i see God working thru my family :)

nothing happens by chance as Elder DF always says.

tata for now.

*********************

I GOT A GOOD MARKETING GROUP LEADER.

none other than rachel tan.

The price of commitment

2007-10-30T17:48:00.000+08:00

Thesaurus lists synonyms of COMMITMENT as a duty, must, need, obligation, promise, responbility, vow, word.

If you had make a commitment for something, as far as possible, do your best to honour your vow.

Simply put, if you say "yes i will be there, help you, join your group, do that, take up that role, etc" then it is your duty to stand by your word.

Irresponsiblity is something tt would affect alot of people and more importantly, you'd lose the trust tt others once had for you.

Yes i admit, this is an area which i try to improve on personally. because i DO NOT WANT GIVE PPL ALOT OF PROBLEMS by an indecisive decision.

so please before you even open your mouth and commit yourself for something, first think bout the consequences and others.

thank you world for reading.

thoughts..

2007-10-26T19:19:00.000+08:00

this is gonna be a rare post wher i'll write some thoughts bout 1st week of the new sem.

1. marketing lecturer is v knowledgeable and engaging
he said "when you are pregnant in your mum's womb" hahah ok i admit i only realised it when the whole lt group started laughing.

partly cause i wasnt paying attention for tt moment haha.

2. public speaking tutorial (new) classmates are pretty cool.

3. thank God i got public sp as cds.
haha its a non-studying subj (i think)

4. 3hr breaks are a total killer.
seriously. i think 2h would be perfect to stay in school and 4h would be gd to go home.

but 3 HOURs. in the middle of the 2. its too long (& boring) to stay in sch & too short to go hm (lots of time wasted).

in conclusion i think 3h breaks are bad and unproductive.

5. Dick is v effective n effecient with his 3hr break.
haha. today, he went hm and could complete his tutorials & even play ps2. or at least he claimed so. ;)

indeed i have lots to learn from him. considering tt i live nearer to school (by a meagre 500m or 1 bus stop) hahaha

6. going for business stats lect is like going for a pinic.
the lecturer gave chocs to those who participated and the entire lecture group is noisy.

7. business stats is like accounting (unconfirmed).
lecturer said its either you know and score high marks or dunno anything.

the scary thing is she said statistics is NEEDED if we were to choose the finance & marketing sectors.

my plan is to opt for Dip in Business followed by majoring in HR management & Finance & Investment clusters.

legend has it that Jabez Tan n. s. aspires to open his own company called

"CLOWN'S FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT SERVICES"

and their motto would be "We'd make a joke of your investments!"

hahaha. oh well gotta practise my statistics so tt i can be part of the adventure.

tata feeling tired after all the early mornings.

Words..

2007-10-24T18:46:00.000+08:00

Jesus, the great teacher, told us to love our enemies.

enemies = irratating/ppl you simply dislike.

what's love?

Love is patient,
love is kind,

It does not envy
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs

if we allow the hurt in us to fester, we will rot!

Going back to school is fun :)

Sem 1.2 Timetable

2007-10-18T16:35:00.000+08:00

Week 1 (22 Oct - 26 Oct)
Mon: off
Tue: 2pm - 4pm (marketing)

Wed:
9am-11am (public speaking)
11am-2pm break
2pm-6pm (POM & Microecons)

Thu: off

Fri:
9am-11am(bus stat)
11am-1pm break
1pm-2pm (public speaking)
2pm-4pm (BA2)

Week 2 (29 Oct onwards)

Mon: 11am-6pm (1pm-4pm BREAK)

Tue: 12pm-4pm

Wed: 9am-6pm (11am-2pm BREAK)

Thu: 9am-11am!!

Fri: 9am-4pm (no break)
- looking for public speaking lecture slot for other day ;)

Dinner @ Billy bombers

2007-10-16T20:11:00.000+08:00

MON 15 OCT - Dinner with huiting at billy bombers.

billy bomber's cookies & cream shake..the best!!

chicken and ribs. nice. forgot the name of the dishes hahah.

huiting 17 years old alr but like a 7 years old KID.

want to play with dolls, pooh and many more. LOL

7 yo old kid again ;)

TUE 16 OCT - Abi's 14th birthday @ clown house =)

Metro sale @ Expo

2007-10-14T00:30:00.000+08:00

FRI 12 Oct - Woke up to find 10 Missed Calls from Ian Cheng. He claimed that i told him we were meeting at 11am. (?)

Anyhow i rushed out to meet him.

i think ian cheng woke up on the wrong side of the bed tt day.

here's the evidence:

ian cheng think green turtles are cool lol.

example number 2

haha your typical tai long (loan shark) shirt

wahah i like tt jacket. the fur like lion one. LOL

ian cheng unique style of eating subway sanwiches.
remove the 'liao' (ingredients) then slowly feast ;)

Joke of the Night (Part II)

2007-10-11T22:37:00.000+08:00

MSN convo between JT and i.

jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
my bro say he got lobang (job)
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
he ask you wnana help smrt pump petrol to their trains not
Jared says:
LOL
Jared says:
HAHAHA!

jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
but only past 12 midnight cause thats when the train stops
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
200 per night
Jared says:
LOL LOL
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
you want not?
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
i ask more
Jared says:
LOL

// yeah for tt moment i was really amused at how JT could get such odd jobs lah.

Jared says:
when is it?
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
anytime one lah
Jared says:
is it

i was still laughing cause pumping petrol to smrt trains??!

but i declined cause i love what i am doing now (slacking)

although it gets bored at times

i didn't realised that actually... SMRT TRAINS RUN ON ELECTRICITY. HAHAH!

jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
it was supposed to be a prank
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
yesterday he tricked me
Jared says:
LOL!!
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
i tot why so good
Jared says:
HAHAHAA
jaytee (When the music fades..) says:
then later he called me an idiot cause smrt trains don run on petrol

HAHAH! thats why i love going to school
(and looking forward to return on 22 Oct).

because of all my funny classmates in 1B20.

school has never been boring with them!

Candid

2007-10-09T02:04:00.000+08:00

Joke of the ~~Day~~ (Night)

RTPL ♥; says:
JARED I TELL YOU STH!!

RTPL ♥; says:
there is this book selling larh
the title is WHAT MEN UNDERSTAND ABOUT WOMEN

Jared says:
uh huh

RTPL ♥; says:
and you know what the WHOLE book was filled with BLANK PAGES

HAHAHAH! please drop a comment if you understood the intellectual joke.

ha ha cause i do not want to be THE JOKE laughing by myself. maybe i am easily amused.

Moving on,
Pics from Saturday's Cell. 6 Oct

Charlene's birthday suprise

COMPLETE CELL CIA T4T. Ah we just need 1 more member then we can become the 12 disciples.

The guys of CIA:T4T. (shortest to tallest, and i thought i was tall)

isaac's (in blue) shirt read 'OUTSIDER', hence the distance =)