basketball

I played for keppel shipyard today in the keppel inter strategic business units games.
it was a gd tournament through out until the end where 2 teams from keppel shipyard met in the 3rd/4th place match. and one of the senior management from keppel shipyard told both the teams that we shouldn't fight against each other. so he 'cance' that match.
the referees weren't happy abt this as they felt that it is sign of no sportsmanship which i agreed too. however, i was too lazy to argue on and i was there just to play ball, thus i dun wish to get into such arguments. no need to do that. well well, at least in the end, i got my wish which was to play in this tournament.

1 more wk to sch reopen. time flies. life is so contradicting. as much as i dun wan sch to start, i want time to fly faster so that my dear can come back to my side asap. it's being so long since i hug and kiss her. went to this shop called 'made with love' located in PS to get some stuff for the gift that im doing up for my dear as part of her welcome back cum anniversary gift. it's a nice shop which i strongly recommend everyone to check it out thou i must say that the prices are not cheap.

3 more days to ippt. hope i can at least clear my ippt (which means dun fail my standing broad jump as it's the only thing that will make me fail ippt). once i clear my ippt, i will buy my new running shoes thou i have not decided on either new balance shoes or the tried n tested DS trainer.

i also need to get mp3 player. do u think i sld wait till the IT fair in end aug to get my mp3 player? will there be any discount or there will just be more freebies? any advice from anyone?

crystal jade palace

today was a gd day for me. managed to keep myself very occupied.
went for a career photo shoot in sch in the morning before meeting carol wong at 2pm to discuss abt my financial planning.
it was a very enriching and enlightening session where i gained quite abit of knowledge on financial planning, CPF, details of medishield and DPS. I was too lazy to read up in the past.
she did an analysis of my current financial situation, my goals etc. it was very professionally done and i definitely felt safe in letting her come up with a financial plan that will suit my needs.
after all, she was a keppel scholar, the top NTU accountancy grad for her yr and also the top grad for the chartered financial consultant course so she definitely knows her stuff.
so to all out there, if u need a financial planner, i can recommend you to her. sometimes it's gd to plan out ur financial goals and target.

after the meeting with her, i went to meet up with kian huat, alvin, judy, cythnia and Mei Mei for dinner. we had dinner at crystal jade palace.
oh man, tt place is crazy. this is the first time i had a meal on the 4th floor of taka. normally it's always at those basement restaurants / cafes.
we din eat alot.
1) some peking duck appetise ( 2 slices of duck, with alot of duck skin, wrapped with those popiah-like skin)
2) winter-melon soup with crabmeat and some other stuffs in it
3) 2 roasted pigeons (which i find the meat v tough, so not tt nice)
4) vege (v normal vege)
5) noodle

these dishes costed a total of $348 for 6 pax. aunty judy and co also bought a peach. the price of the peach is $19.50. this is the first time i ate such an expensive peach. the taste is really different from normal peach. it basically melted in ur mouth when ur tongue touched the peach.

i felt that the 3 of us (me, kian huat and alvin) are very fortunate to have 3 aunties (judy, Mei Mei and cythnia) that doted on us so much. it's basically to the extent of pampering us. i hope i have the chance to repay their kindness towards me.
they certainly made this internship of mine at keppel shipyard more enjoyable.

driving

since i got my driving license in nov 2006, i have only drove once for a short dist.
n finally, i managed to drive for a much longer distance yest. i drove from my hse to west coast and back to JE.
i also managed to get my dad to teach me how to park without the poles.
it seemed to be quite easy. thou i must say that i need for practice.
practice makes perfect.
i have sort of identify my cca for next sem, or sld i say, for yr 2 instead.

i will try to get my black belt, be adviser to the next tkd ivp comm, and be involved in BAF club and also the NTU investment club. these are all in addition to my nuh volunteer commitment (hopefully we can change our volunteer schedule to fit our timetable) and my ksaa executive committee commitment ( i will be holding an appointment as part of my professional development thou i m not sure what will the appointment b)

i guess these sld make my yr 2 life v v v busy. hope i can cope with it.

stay tune to this blog if u want to know abt my dream cars for different stages in my life =)

a night of too much alcohol and great company

spent a night at ks hse yest, together with zhichao and we had alot of fun.
me n zhichao brought melissa to bukit timah food centre to have dinner cos she never being there b4. after which, we chilled out at liquid kitchen. i quite like the atmosphere der. will try to gO back one of these days.
after we sent melissa home, we went to upper thomson to have prata b4 heading back to ks hse to chit chat and drink.
it's really quite amazing at the fact that we cld actually talk thru the nite and we chatted on alot of things like cars, women, love, family, studies, career, army etc.
most importantly, the 3 of us drank alot. n it's really alot.
we finished a small bottle of baileys, almost half a bottle of vodka, some barcadi, whisky, some china alcohol, a bottle of wine.
we got so high and ks started to video down the scene where we interrogated zhichao abt his true love. haha. it was so funny.
ks taught us this game he picked up in china beer festival and it's quite fun. definitely a game that i will intro to others and play again.
we drank from ard 1am to 5am. and at 5am, we couldn't walk straight alr. yet, we were still thinking of going to eat fishball noodle at 5am. haha
but we din go in the end, cos we felt like vomitting.

it was an enjoyable night and i am glad that i have ks, zhichao, edgar, jack, kaiwei, luke, j bay, zhongwei etc as my frens. these are frens that will stand by u and share both ur happiness and sorrow and throw in some advice if needed. thanks guys!

i kept drinking water today as i felt v dehydrated. den it dawn upon me that i sld really go get an insurance policy. i have never being so drunk since 6SIR initiation and i finally understand y they sae when u drink, dun drive. alcohol really affects ur judgement negatively. it's definitely hurts my liver and i think i will avoid alcohol for a period of time after the crazy drinking session last night.

lastly, i can't imagine i actually went for a 25 laps swim in the afternoon, despite my dehydration. i was quite crazy. haha.

fitness

i did 40 laps in the pool on mon and i was feeling v tired on tues.
my muscles are tight, perhaps it's bcos i din stretch my muscles well after swimming
or sld i sae i din even stretch my muscles at all after i was done with my 40 laps.
nontheless, i managed to drag myself out for a run.
did 3 rounds of 800m at ard 4mins per round.
next, with after abt 1 min rest, i did 6 rounds of 400m at ard 1 min 45 sec per round. this will translate into a 10min 30 sec timing for 2.4km which is considered not bad for my standard.
pretty satisfied with my level of fitness n i guess it really helps alot in my 2.4km when i stop running long distance for my 2.4km training.
fartlek is more useful, it's not as time consuming as long dist running but it's more intense which is gd.
it's exactly 2 wks to my ippt test day. hope i can clear my ippt n get silver. hope my jumping don't fail me cos i m pretty confident that my running is at least a silver standard now.
for the next 2 wks, i will up my fartlek intensity (depending on my knee condition) and hopefully i can go under 10 min for my 2.4km
if i manage to clear my ippt on 1 aug, i will go to queensway to get my new DS trainer as i formally retire this current ds trainer that has served me so well for the past 3 yrs.
let's hope for the best!

this holiday

i declared this holiday sucks to the core.
totally disappointing.
initially i tot my holiday was ok.
it was ok from 7 may to 30 jun. during that 8 wks, i got to do my internship which is v fulfilling cos i learnt quite a bit. i was involved in the works of ksaa which is what i wanted to and i had the chance to organise the scholarship ceremony. i was also sent on a leadership development programme in OBS and i went on board a rig on 30 jun. it was a busy but fulfilling 8 wks and i was glad to have such a 8 wks.

but things went downhill since i stopped working.
perhaps it's bcos i have too much time to spare.
actually my goals for the 5 wks before my sch term starts were
1)train hard and get silver for ippt
2)try to reduce my body fats and get my abs out
3)to have a gd bball competition at the keppel business unit games
4)do up the gift for dear
5)learn more abt investment and wine
6)finish the bk that i bought last yr
7)go overseas for holiday

i guess goal (7) was one of the more important goals for me cos i really need a gd holiday to chill out.
however, as of 17 july, i officially declared that my dream of going on an overseas holiday is still JUST a dream n nothing but a dream.
it seemed so hard to go on a holiday with my 4g gang, largely due to the money issue.
it wasn't so much of a money issue when it comes down to the GANG, it's more of a time problem. how nice would it be if the back-pack trip came true. haiz..

i m really sad and disappointed that i can't go on an overseas holiday so much so that i declare this holiday a total failure.

to my buddy, if u r planning for a holiday in dec, and it's convenient for me to join u, pls let me know k. as long as it don't fall between 10 to 14 dec, i m fine with it. i m fine with anywhere, as long as i get out of spore. thanks buddy!

in the meanwhile, to make up for the fact that i cant go on a holiday, i will go on a spending spree. this wld mean transfering more money to my dear's acct so that she can help me buy more stuff. hope this will make me feel better

initiation

i was at pasir ris park last wkend cos ksaa managed to book a keppel chalet there. we planned to initiate the new scholars but less than 50% of them turned up and more than 50% failed to reply the sms that i sent on tt afternoon.
how should i put my disappointment? i guess i shall not elaborate further ba. some of the ksaa people should know my feelings.
n i dun understand y people can dun turn up at the very last minute? is this a trait of keppel people?
once again, so much food was wasted. so sinful lor

back to the initiation of the new scholars into keppel. once again, i felt abit disappointed. perhaps the benchmark of initiation was set when i was initiated into 6SIR. no doubt, it's not a v pleasant feeling to drink so much n b the clown for the night
but i guessed it's a memorable experience for all my fellow officers that went thru that initiation and it's something that u can look back n laugh at.
tt's my definition of initiation.
then again, perhaps that's the difference between army n keppel ba.

went to visit my grandma today. i was counting and i think it has being abt 3 years plus since she has stayed in the old folks home. i have always wanted to ask her if she did ever blame her children for putting her in a old folks home.
it was only this wk that i realise it cost abt $1.2k per month to put my grandma in the old folks home.
suddenly i have a desire to earn alot alot of money. then i will perhaps top up another $1.8k per month to engage at least 1 nurse to take care of her so that she can go back home and dun need to stay in old folks home.
if i were to continue to stay in keppel, i wont b able to do that, not for the next 5 years, cos keppel wont pay me so much.
how how?
im quite lost now. really hate to see my grandma in old folks home and it's officially one of my goals to send her back home to stay. i hope i can do it and i hope she can wait for me.
she was eating her cake this afternoon when i visited her and she even offered her cake to me even thou tt's all she has.
i dun noe how to describe my feelings

m i pushing my body too hard??

finally i went to book my ippt. to the gang, i m taking ippt on 1 aug at maju camp. so if u want to take too, pls feel free to join me.
i started my training regime this wk. it has being 3 days already and i am wondering if i pushing my body too hard too fast.
i swam 35 laps on mon, did my biceps and triceps training on tue using dumbells. for today, i did my shoulder training using weights, followed by 30mins of run, followed by a fartlek training. for my fartlek today, i did 200m in 45secs and jog for 200m. this is considered 1 set and i did 6 sets of this.
result of the past 3 days of training = i m super shag, or should i say, i m v shag immediatelt after the fartlek. is this normal??
mayb i m starting to understand what they mean by 'while u need to train ur body hard, u need to let them rest too'

1 yr ago, during my keppel group scholarship final round of interview, the chairman of the selection committee told me that he can help me go anywhere i want in NUS. at that moment, the only question that was in my head was 'wah, who is this man?'
1 year had passes and i finally got my answer.
the chairman is Professor Bernard Tan.
pls click on the following link if u want to know more abt this man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tan

somehow or rather, i m glad to be able to convince this man of my ability so much so that he awarded me the keppel group scholarship.
let's hope i wont't let him down.

2007 keppel grp scholarship ceremony

after much preparation, the day finally came.
this yr scholarship ceremony was held in keppel reflection bay showroom.
it's a very different setting compared to last year's event where we had it at mount faber.
i guessed the only big complains were the terrible weather, the black n white tentage which wasn't very nice looking. other than those stuffs, i guessed everything went on quite smoothly. it's presentable but definitely far from perfect.
i didnt get to mingle much with the guests so didn't manage to get their comments.
hope the scholars have fun and it's memorable for them.
n hope that they can make the 2008 scholarship ceremony even better, after this experience.

just a side note, singapore's weather is really getting terrible. we are all victims of our own lifestyle. we should have been more environmental friendly. i can really feel that the weather is turning from bad to worse as the time passes.

lastly, hope everything will turn out fine for this wk bbq for the ksaa people