back from heroes camp! i'm sad that it's already over! 4 days really flew as fast as an F-15 in the sky.
i think i received much from the camp. it was a really fruitful and fulfilling time of learning and fellowship. God moved in wonderful ways.
i didnt sleep the last night, maybe except 1-1.5hours. was really tired, and i knocked out pretty bad after reaching home. slept from 2-9pm, cant believe it!!!
i'm excited for upcoming events such as christmas and the new year! i think dec 2008's going to end off with a blast! i cant wait for 2009 to start, a brand new year with brand new things to do! and of course, 1 year to ORD!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
crossroads...yet again...
I shall attempt to blog in a proper format with capital letters beginning at every sentence.
It's strange, that when you're bored, you tend to over-think things. Well, strange or not, I think it's common. With a bored mind, you tend to imagine the future, recall the past, think of how to escape the present. And army really gives you two years to think of what you want to do in the future, why you did certain things in the past, and why you sit around in the office, or carry a rifle in the jungle, or carrying heavy items.
Army made/is making me think of what to do after I ORD.
So once again, I'm reconsidering the choice of my University course. If it weren't for this dumb thing called National Service, I think I would have been complaining on how stupid I was to choose a double degree in Business and Accountancy at SMU. It's a hot and popular course, with good prospects, but the downside -- very very stressful. I see how SMUggers mug at SMU and i just want to piss my pants! Not only SMUggers but NTUians and NUSians as well. Maybe it's just uni life being 100x more crazy than JC. So much for uni being more slack than JC (I WONDER WHO EVER MADE THAT STATEMENT?!)
So once again, I'm standing at the crossroads (ok lah more like a T-junction), undecided on which career path to take. I currently have a few ideas:
forensic science -- whooh dead bodies, fingerprints!
medicine -- blood and body parts, drugs!
dentistry -- warm, nice-smelling breaths with strange dull-colored teeth
business and accountancy -- earn da big bux at shenton way!
The issue is, why did I ever choose Biz and Acc in the first place? Out of convenience that I didn't research on the different courses? Following the trend, again? Wanting a high-paying job in some bank? Going to school to see hot girls?
I think, I have to do something that I will like, and something that will get me into the high-income club. I can't imagine myself carrying a briefcase walking to meetings. But then again I think travelling around the world doing business is way cool!
Decisions, decisions, decisions...I wonder what will the outcome be. Stay in Singapore, go overseas? Stick to Business and Accountancy, or choose another course? Sometimes I wish I can see the future!!! But of course God has a plan, but there's free will so technically I can't see the future, because that would mean peeking at His plan, and therefore following a pre-programmed life, hence overwriting free will!
Never mind, I still have 1 year and 2 months to ORD. I need to give serious thoughts of this one. This is not some JC subject combinations in which you can just change after first 3 months, or you can just screw up your entire JC life but still make it to a course. THIS IS WHAT I'VE WORKED FOR! At least what I think I've worked for during last year's A levels.
On a lighter note (weighing only 500mg!), I'm currently not staying in, and I'm not too sure if it's a good or a bad thing. Good thing -- stay out gives me freedom!!! Bad things -- wake up early, travel far.
But the only thing I hope is that they grant me the freedom to take the remaining driving lessons. It's about two weeks to that dreaded Traffic Police test. I'm scared, like super scared, but at the same time pretty excited! I can't wait to VROOM VROOM!!!
This post ends here. Roger, over and out.
It's strange, that when you're bored, you tend to over-think things. Well, strange or not, I think it's common. With a bored mind, you tend to imagine the future, recall the past, think of how to escape the present. And army really gives you two years to think of what you want to do in the future, why you did certain things in the past, and why you sit around in the office, or carry a rifle in the jungle, or carrying heavy items.
Army made/is making me think of what to do after I ORD.
So once again, I'm reconsidering the choice of my University course. If it weren't for this dumb thing called National Service, I think I would have been complaining on how stupid I was to choose a double degree in Business and Accountancy at SMU. It's a hot and popular course, with good prospects, but the downside -- very very stressful. I see how SMUggers mug at SMU and i just want to piss my pants! Not only SMUggers but NTUians and NUSians as well. Maybe it's just uni life being 100x more crazy than JC. So much for uni being more slack than JC (I WONDER WHO EVER MADE THAT STATEMENT?!)
So once again, I'm standing at the crossroads (ok lah more like a T-junction), undecided on which career path to take. I currently have a few ideas:
forensic science -- whooh dead bodies, fingerprints!
medicine -- blood and body parts, drugs!
dentistry -- warm, nice-smelling breaths with strange dull-colored teeth
business and accountancy -- earn da big bux at shenton way!
The issue is, why did I ever choose Biz and Acc in the first place? Out of convenience that I didn't research on the different courses? Following the trend, again? Wanting a high-paying job in some bank? Going to school to see hot girls?
I think, I have to do something that I will like, and something that will get me into the high-income club. I can't imagine myself carrying a briefcase walking to meetings. But then again I think travelling around the world doing business is way cool!
Decisions, decisions, decisions...I wonder what will the outcome be. Stay in Singapore, go overseas? Stick to Business and Accountancy, or choose another course? Sometimes I wish I can see the future!!! But of course God has a plan, but there's free will so technically I can't see the future, because that would mean peeking at His plan, and therefore following a pre-programmed life, hence overwriting free will!
Never mind, I still have 1 year and 2 months to ORD. I need to give serious thoughts of this one. This is not some JC subject combinations in which you can just change after first 3 months, or you can just screw up your entire JC life but still make it to a course. THIS IS WHAT I'VE WORKED FOR! At least what I think I've worked for during last year's A levels.
On a lighter note (weighing only 500mg!), I'm currently not staying in, and I'm not too sure if it's a good or a bad thing. Good thing -- stay out gives me freedom!!! Bad things -- wake up early, travel far.
But the only thing I hope is that they grant me the freedom to take the remaining driving lessons. It's about two weeks to that dreaded Traffic Police test. I'm scared, like super scared, but at the same time pretty excited! I can't wait to VROOM VROOM!!!
This post ends here. Roger, over and out.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
girl from ipanema!
finally i sort of completed this song that i've been dwelling on for a year! but one year ago i was limited to only acoustic recordings, but now i can do a full band line up! whooh!
and i really love big bang songs! i wish i was in the big band era because big bang music just seems sooooo happy and relaxed! the lyrics as well, they're all happy and everyone's happy!
i dunno how to upload a song onto here...
and i really love big bang songs! i wish i was in the big band era because big bang music just seems sooooo happy and relaxed! the lyrics as well, they're all happy and everyone's happy!
i dunno how to upload a song onto here...
Sunday, November 09, 2008
hi!
due to the negative responses on how my previous post was, i shall never attempt to do such a thing again! but it was 2am and i was tired and then u start writing and doing nonsense when u're tired.
when there was team rally on monday, i was looking for the answers to "what am i doing here? what am i going to do? why do i do what i'm doing?" they can be summarised into one word -- vision. what's my vision? what will i do for the next 5 years in church or in life?
one thing's for sure i'm left with 1 year and 2 months in the army, and time really flies so sooner or later i'll ORD. as much as i want to ORD, i'm still fearful of what's to come. i enjoy my army life cos it's so slack and relaxing it gives me time to think. but the clock's ticking and i dont have much time to find the answers to the questions. i'm not too sure if i'd ever want to go into business. i mean it's the trend that young people follow. last time it was electronics, then engineering, now business! what's next? moreover it seems the financial market's a real mess, then what's the point of studying so hard for a degree in which may not get u as far as the seniors did? i mean i would love to earn a handsome 5-digit salary per month, but i dont think it's easy or even possible?
so the clock ticks, and i've been thinking of other ways. overseas study? but then again, what will i study? as much as i want to go to the states to study, there're other factors that make me want to stay back in this country i call home. ministry, family, friends, etc. some things are just hard to leave behind.
but anyway, back to the team rally! u know there's a point of time whereby u've served a long time and there're times whereby u want to give up, quit, start somewhere else. many reasons why people want to do so -- lack of faith, spiritual dryness, lack of focus, boredom. i would say i had faced some of these moments, during these 2 years 10 months serving as a musician. i get bored easily, and recently i've been thinking of my vision in the team. why are we doing the same thing for weeks and weeks? services week in and week out, camps every twice a year, ESS 2-3 times a year. there's got to be more than just standing on stage with my guitar and playing some chords and solos! i know it's easy to say "hey why don't you help out in this...or that" or maybe like "oh maybe you could do this to help". the point is i dont want to see myself doing the same thing for the next 50 years of my life! there's got to be something else than just playing chords!
so i felt a lack of focus at that time, bored at what i was doing, didnt trust that God would place events that would help to spur me on.
but oh how on time God's word came! he's never late, nor is he early (kinda like what gandalf said in LOTR). i believed the word for me was "persevere". as we played the song "O How I Long", mama jac (serving the longest for 15 years!) encouraged everyone as she shared on how sometimes she felt like giving up, and felt angry at God for doing things/not doing things, but she still held on to God's promises because she made the decision to. whoah man! that's the very answer i needed. although i may have served for 1/5 of the number of years she did, i still think we faced pretty much the same thoughts. "what is God doing for me? what's going to happen? what am i seeing such things? what am i doing? why am i doing this?"
i guess i made the decision to serve, and i will stick to that decision. that's why my blog's called "called to serve". i have the talents for music, and i'm called to serve the maker who gave me these talents (eh don't play play man, talent power sia). but i hope as i continue to serve, which i will for the next 50-60 years, God will give me new visions and new territories, new people, new leadership etc.
as for now, the only thing i'll see myself become in the next 3-5 years, is probably a leader in wam? i think many of the current leaders may move on by then, so i'd probably rise up then? who knows maybe i will, or maybe i'll go overseas for study and help out with the church over there.
one day, i would want to be a pnw leader, not because it's cool or what but i think i can do something like it.
oh well, so the quest for saving up for a PRS still continues...
oops wrong topic! i meant the quest for a quest continues. will our hero find a quest during this quest? ok i meant i want to find a vision for me.
when there was team rally on monday, i was looking for the answers to "what am i doing here? what am i going to do? why do i do what i'm doing?" they can be summarised into one word -- vision. what's my vision? what will i do for the next 5 years in church or in life?
one thing's for sure i'm left with 1 year and 2 months in the army, and time really flies so sooner or later i'll ORD. as much as i want to ORD, i'm still fearful of what's to come. i enjoy my army life cos it's so slack and relaxing it gives me time to think. but the clock's ticking and i dont have much time to find the answers to the questions. i'm not too sure if i'd ever want to go into business. i mean it's the trend that young people follow. last time it was electronics, then engineering, now business! what's next? moreover it seems the financial market's a real mess, then what's the point of studying so hard for a degree in which may not get u as far as the seniors did? i mean i would love to earn a handsome 5-digit salary per month, but i dont think it's easy or even possible?
so the clock ticks, and i've been thinking of other ways. overseas study? but then again, what will i study? as much as i want to go to the states to study, there're other factors that make me want to stay back in this country i call home. ministry, family, friends, etc. some things are just hard to leave behind.
but anyway, back to the team rally! u know there's a point of time whereby u've served a long time and there're times whereby u want to give up, quit, start somewhere else. many reasons why people want to do so -- lack of faith, spiritual dryness, lack of focus, boredom. i would say i had faced some of these moments, during these 2 years 10 months serving as a musician. i get bored easily, and recently i've been thinking of my vision in the team. why are we doing the same thing for weeks and weeks? services week in and week out, camps every twice a year, ESS 2-3 times a year. there's got to be more than just standing on stage with my guitar and playing some chords and solos! i know it's easy to say "hey why don't you help out in this...or that" or maybe like "oh maybe you could do this to help". the point is i dont want to see myself doing the same thing for the next 50 years of my life! there's got to be something else than just playing chords!
so i felt a lack of focus at that time, bored at what i was doing, didnt trust that God would place events that would help to spur me on.
but oh how on time God's word came! he's never late, nor is he early (kinda like what gandalf said in LOTR). i believed the word for me was "persevere". as we played the song "O How I Long", mama jac (serving the longest for 15 years!) encouraged everyone as she shared on how sometimes she felt like giving up, and felt angry at God for doing things/not doing things, but she still held on to God's promises because she made the decision to. whoah man! that's the very answer i needed. although i may have served for 1/5 of the number of years she did, i still think we faced pretty much the same thoughts. "what is God doing for me? what's going to happen? what am i seeing such things? what am i doing? why am i doing this?"
i guess i made the decision to serve, and i will stick to that decision. that's why my blog's called "called to serve". i have the talents for music, and i'm called to serve the maker who gave me these talents (eh don't play play man, talent power sia). but i hope as i continue to serve, which i will for the next 50-60 years, God will give me new visions and new territories, new people, new leadership etc.
as for now, the only thing i'll see myself become in the next 3-5 years, is probably a leader in wam? i think many of the current leaders may move on by then, so i'd probably rise up then? who knows maybe i will, or maybe i'll go overseas for study and help out with the church over there.
one day, i would want to be a pnw leader, not because it's cool or what but i think i can do something like it.
oh well, so the quest for saving up for a PRS still continues...
oops wrong topic! i meant the quest for a quest continues. will our hero find a quest during this quest? ok i meant i want to find a vision for me.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
hello!
looks like my blog was getting dead! haven't updated in a while, but i doubt it's interesting and that anyone would actually bother coming here. but oh well it's just for me to practise my writing skills so that i dont become completed retarded in the army.
*disclaimer: close this page if you have an average IQ or above average. i dare you to read the bottom!
ephraim: hi simon.
simon: hello ephraim.
simon: nice to meet you yong sheng.
yong sheng: well hello you guys!
ephraim: hey! did you guys go for tommy emmanuel's concert on wednesday? i thought it was great!
yong sheng: definitely! how could i ever missed him? i went last year too at the esplanade. sound was much better! but this year i was sitting right at the front! i could almost touch him! and he was looking at me for some parts!!! whooh!!!
simon: how can i be a better guitarist guys? i want to play like him!
ephraim and yong sheng: practise more?
simon: anyway, i'm looking forward to the driving test! it's like in 5 weeks time! i'm ready to go and face some fussy old man driving instructor! hope i can pass!
cpl tan: oi you guys stop talking so much cock! the govt pays u $400 to sit around office and talk rubbish ar? downstairs very dirty, go do area cleaning!
everyone else: but corporal, encik and sir not around, do for what? we dont want to clean, let us play psp, or use i-net!
ephraim: eh simon, are you going to get a new electric guitar?
simon: i dunno leh, now economy so jialat, and i just got a new keyboard! i've recorded one more new song with reiz already. jay chou's caihong.
yong sheng: oh man i so love that song! i'm so cheena, my name is cheena, and i love cheena songs. send it to me!
everyone: book out lor!
simon: i'm going home to sleep! been up so late for the past few nights. all my pimples coming out liao, sian ji pua!
yong sheng: bye guys!
*disclaimer: close this page if you have an average IQ or above average. i dare you to read the bottom!
ephraim: hi simon.
simon: hello ephraim.
simon: nice to meet you yong sheng.
yong sheng: well hello you guys!
ephraim: hey! did you guys go for tommy emmanuel's concert on wednesday? i thought it was great!
yong sheng: definitely! how could i ever missed him? i went last year too at the esplanade. sound was much better! but this year i was sitting right at the front! i could almost touch him! and he was looking at me for some parts!!! whooh!!!
simon: how can i be a better guitarist guys? i want to play like him!
ephraim and yong sheng: practise more?
simon: anyway, i'm looking forward to the driving test! it's like in 5 weeks time! i'm ready to go and face some fussy old man driving instructor! hope i can pass!
cpl tan: oi you guys stop talking so much cock! the govt pays u $400 to sit around office and talk rubbish ar? downstairs very dirty, go do area cleaning!
everyone else: but corporal, encik and sir not around, do for what? we dont want to clean, let us play psp, or use i-net!
ephraim: eh simon, are you going to get a new electric guitar?
simon: i dunno leh, now economy so jialat, and i just got a new keyboard! i've recorded one more new song with reiz already. jay chou's caihong.
yong sheng: oh man i so love that song! i'm so cheena, my name is cheena, and i love cheena songs. send it to me!
everyone: book out lor!
simon: i'm going home to sleep! been up so late for the past few nights. all my pimples coming out liao, sian ji pua!
yong sheng: bye guys!
Thursday, September 04, 2008
bzzzzz...
bzzzz...SMACK!!!
i hate mosquitoes, and i dont really like going to the field without proper attire, e.g. no insect repellent, no combat boots, no mopiko
today we had our very first testing of our CQMS job. we went outfield! sux man it's so tiring, loading the stores, setting up stuff, clearing them, washing, unloading, returning. so boring sia. still got long ways to go! about 20 more days to corporal, hopefully.
and while driving yesterday i splashed water on some stranger by accident. i think it's rather funny if u're in the car, but it's NOT when u're the victim. i was splashed by a TIBS bus before. yucks.
i hate mosquitoes, and i dont really like going to the field without proper attire, e.g. no insect repellent, no combat boots, no mopiko
today we had our very first testing of our CQMS job. we went outfield! sux man it's so tiring, loading the stores, setting up stuff, clearing them, washing, unloading, returning. so boring sia. still got long ways to go! about 20 more days to corporal, hopefully.
and while driving yesterday i splashed water on some stranger by accident. i think it's rather funny if u're in the car, but it's NOT when u're the victim. i was splashed by a TIBS bus before. yucks.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
off
i'm feeling rather unfocused at the moment. my brain's in a midst of confusion. there're thoughts just having war with one another.
i'm confused at what i should do with my life. it's just plain meaningless and boring everyday in camp and when i'm at home. i know it shouldnt be the case cos i'm a christian, but then again it's not about life purpose i'm confused with, it's just a stage of life i'm uncertain of what i should do.
i want to go back to school. army's really wasting my time.
i'm confused at what i should do with my life. it's just plain meaningless and boring everyday in camp and when i'm at home. i know it shouldnt be the case cos i'm a christian, but then again it's not about life purpose i'm confused with, it's just a stage of life i'm uncertain of what i should do.
i want to go back to school. army's really wasting my time.
thank you!
thanks everyone who wished me happy 19th and who celebrated/will celebrate with me. actually being 19 doesnt feel as good as being 18, cos i guess it doesnt really matter. at least at 18 u feel older, more mature, can buy alcohol, cigarettes, watch m18, but that's not the point.
i'm looking forward to my 21st birthday, cos that would mean i've started school and i've ORDed.
thanks to all those who gave me stuff/will give me stuff. *ahem*
i feel loved.
i'm looking forward to my 21st birthday, cos that would mean i've started school and i've ORDed.
thanks to all those who gave me stuff/will give me stuff. *ahem*
i feel loved.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
national day!
it's the 43rd birthday of singapore!
and there's a very special occassion coming up soon, in 6 days' time! hmmmm, i wonder what it is?
and there's a very special occassion coming up soon, in 6 days' time! hmmmm, i wonder what it is?
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The Story of the Goldfish
today in camp, we had something exciting! we decided to pool our money together to buy a couple of fishes and put them in this fish tank that was lying around. each of us contributed about $2 to buy 2 big packets of goldfish, one packet contained super tiny goldfish and the other contained normal sized ones.
and so God sort of spoke to me in a cute way through these little aquatic creatures as we poured them into the tank. here's the inspirational story of the goldfish, written by me!
THE STORY OF THE GOLDFISH
Once upon a time, there lived a little goldfish in a little bowl in a little fish shop. This little goldfish was sick of staying in that little bowl, and he was a very sad goldfish. He longed to see what the world was like, instead of being trapped in a little bowl.
One day, a man walked into the shop and wanted to buy a fish. In this fish shop, there were many different kinds of beautiful fish, all of different colour, shapes and sizes. However, at the corner of the shop, stood the little bowl containing the little goldfish.
The man walked over to that goldfish, and noticed that it had a flaw - it's tail fin had been torned.
Immediately, he bought that goldfish, despite having seen all the other beautiful fish.
Upon reaching home, the man decided to place the goldfish in his huge aqaurium, beautifully decorated with gravel, rocks and water plants. He took a fish net and tried to scoop the goldfish up.
As the goldfish saw the net coming towards his way, he panicked and tried to swim away. It was really hard to try to coax the little fella into the net, and into the tank.
So the man tried a different way. This time, he lowered the bowl half way into the tank so that the goldfish could swim out. However, the poor little goldfish was afraid of what was in the tank, so he kept swimming towards the base of the bowl.
The man sighed, and said, "Why won't you be courageous and step out into my tank? Oh well, I will have to do this!". After he said that, he poured the contents of the bowl right into the tank, and the goldfish dropped into it.
As soon as the little goldfish entered the majestic looking fish tank, he was so amazed! He had never seen anything like it before.
The man smiled and said, "I told you so! You could have trusted me."
ok that concludes my little short story. a little connie, but while pouring out the fishes today, i saw them frantically trying to swim away from the tank and pack into the packet. kinda dumb right? swim away from the tank?! hahaha! but here's the good part:
Christians, some of us are like that little goldfish. we all have flaws like his little tail fin. we long to be used by God, and we long to be part of his perfect plan for us. however, here's the sad part. Sometimes, we don't trust God enough, and we long to go back to our comfort zone the moment things get rough.
the little goldfish couldn't bear to leave his bowl to enter into the tank the moment he encountered threats, obstacles and struggles. sometimes we are like that too. we can't bear to leave our own small bowl and venture into the great plan God has for us the moment we find that things aren't going right!
as a result, sometimes God has to give us a push, or maybe a reminder or a miracle, to show us a glimpse of his perfect plan for us. like that goldfish, we lack faith, we rely on our own strengths, and we dont trust our master. however, once we enter into the "tank" he has for us, we will then be able to see how awesome and cool his plan is for us!
once we received his plan for us, God smiles and says, "I told you so! You could have trusted me."
ok that's it! heh.
and so God sort of spoke to me in a cute way through these little aquatic creatures as we poured them into the tank. here's the inspirational story of the goldfish, written by me!
THE STORY OF THE GOLDFISH
Once upon a time, there lived a little goldfish in a little bowl in a little fish shop. This little goldfish was sick of staying in that little bowl, and he was a very sad goldfish. He longed to see what the world was like, instead of being trapped in a little bowl.
One day, a man walked into the shop and wanted to buy a fish. In this fish shop, there were many different kinds of beautiful fish, all of different colour, shapes and sizes. However, at the corner of the shop, stood the little bowl containing the little goldfish.
The man walked over to that goldfish, and noticed that it had a flaw - it's tail fin had been torned.
Immediately, he bought that goldfish, despite having seen all the other beautiful fish.
Upon reaching home, the man decided to place the goldfish in his huge aqaurium, beautifully decorated with gravel, rocks and water plants. He took a fish net and tried to scoop the goldfish up.
As the goldfish saw the net coming towards his way, he panicked and tried to swim away. It was really hard to try to coax the little fella into the net, and into the tank.
So the man tried a different way. This time, he lowered the bowl half way into the tank so that the goldfish could swim out. However, the poor little goldfish was afraid of what was in the tank, so he kept swimming towards the base of the bowl.
The man sighed, and said, "Why won't you be courageous and step out into my tank? Oh well, I will have to do this!". After he said that, he poured the contents of the bowl right into the tank, and the goldfish dropped into it.
As soon as the little goldfish entered the majestic looking fish tank, he was so amazed! He had never seen anything like it before.
The man smiled and said, "I told you so! You could have trusted me."
ok that concludes my little short story. a little connie, but while pouring out the fishes today, i saw them frantically trying to swim away from the tank and pack into the packet. kinda dumb right? swim away from the tank?! hahaha! but here's the good part:
Christians, some of us are like that little goldfish. we all have flaws like his little tail fin. we long to be used by God, and we long to be part of his perfect plan for us. however, here's the sad part. Sometimes, we don't trust God enough, and we long to go back to our comfort zone the moment things get rough.
the little goldfish couldn't bear to leave his bowl to enter into the tank the moment he encountered threats, obstacles and struggles. sometimes we are like that too. we can't bear to leave our own small bowl and venture into the great plan God has for us the moment we find that things aren't going right!
as a result, sometimes God has to give us a push, or maybe a reminder or a miracle, to show us a glimpse of his perfect plan for us. like that goldfish, we lack faith, we rely on our own strengths, and we dont trust our master. however, once we enter into the "tank" he has for us, we will then be able to see how awesome and cool his plan is for us!
once we received his plan for us, God smiles and says, "I told you so! You could have trusted me."
ok that's it! heh.
Monday, August 04, 2008
Simon the bangla worker
Simon has become a bangla worker, a maid and a cleaner. why?
we shifted so many big and heavy cupboards, drawers, tables, and partitions from rooms to rooms for the past week. we even had to do cementing of tiles, and we will be painting the walls tmr!
and i became a maid, mopping the floor, sweeping, cleaning, laying bedsheets etc. just that i have no official employer except the government. hehe.
but i guess all these "saikang" and extra work helps me be more useful in cleaning, so i'm basically an expert in house cleaning. i remember spring cleaning my room after my BMT, it was soooo nice to look at! but now it's back to the pig sty it used to be during A levels. oh wells! men werent created to do housework! HAHA! but nonetheless my wife will be so blessed cos i can do it! :P
i'm starting my driving lessons this wed! finally! after passing my BTT last year end october, and after waiting for for 5 months after BMT. oh well, hopefully i can claim my license and the right to my car. yes i have a car! but it belongs to my parents oh well...
1.5 years to ORD! 1 or 2 more months to corporal! haiz...
we shifted so many big and heavy cupboards, drawers, tables, and partitions from rooms to rooms for the past week. we even had to do cementing of tiles, and we will be painting the walls tmr!
and i became a maid, mopping the floor, sweeping, cleaning, laying bedsheets etc. just that i have no official employer except the government. hehe.
but i guess all these "saikang" and extra work helps me be more useful in cleaning, so i'm basically an expert in house cleaning. i remember spring cleaning my room after my BMT, it was soooo nice to look at! but now it's back to the pig sty it used to be during A levels. oh wells! men werent created to do housework! HAHA! but nonetheless my wife will be so blessed cos i can do it! :P
i'm starting my driving lessons this wed! finally! after passing my BTT last year end october, and after waiting for for 5 months after BMT. oh well, hopefully i can claim my license and the right to my car. yes i have a car! but it belongs to my parents oh well...
1.5 years to ORD! 1 or 2 more months to corporal! haiz...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
bored...
work is so boring! we have really nothing to do it's soooo boring! i think i shall get a psp soon!
but meanwhile i'm reading "i kissed dating goodbye" by joshua harris. i think it's a great book that gives me another perspective of BGR. hehs.
bye.
but meanwhile i'm reading "i kissed dating goodbye" by joshua harris. i think it's a great book that gives me another perspective of BGR. hehs.
bye.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
SWIFT AND DECISIVE
and so i have been posted to HQ armour, at sungei gedong. however i'm in the Armour Project Group, WHOAH sounds top secret and mysterious! my main office will be in kranji camp, and the lame thing is i have to report to gedong monday, wed, fri for live run which i cant do cos i'm excused lower limb. oh well it's stay out so i have nothing to complain!
speaking of stay out, i think there's some sort of divine plan God has. why stay out? i've got many friends who kana stay in, tough units. mine's pretty slack I THINK and I HOPE. but i've got to do many things when i'm staying out for the next 1.5 years. i'm going to:
1. get my driving license
2. play for JUMP
3. get new comp?
4. improve guitar skills
5. train some ppl
6. tuition for extra cash?
7. beef up somemore(:
i realised setting goals and plans is real easy, but actually getting down to do it is not that simple. heh. now, for my promotion to corporal! i dunno when but it should be soon! 1 or 2 more months?
anyway, one year ago i can vividly remember studying MY GUTS OUT for prelims/A levels. nostalgic man i tell you, whenever i walk past the AMK library, or some random fast food chain and see J2s mugging their butts off. funny sight to see, but such events bring back good/bad/ugly memories of intense mugging. looking back at the past year, i've seen how much i've grown.
and when i went back to school to collect my cert last tuesday, memories of my school life from sec1 all the way to j2 started gushing out of my memory bank into my mind like how water leaks out of a small crack in a dam.
as i walked up the slope of the hwachong entrance, i can still remember wearing that set of faded biege uniform, carrying a big bag pack with a file, dragging my feet along the concrete ground, sighing and asking myself when would the dreaded A level exams end. as i walked up the slope that day, this time with a different perspective, this time as a soldier, i still sigh and ask myself when would i ORD and get back to studying. the army is a good break for 2 years, but i would rather get back to the books than rifles. the power of knowledge, more powerful than any ammunition or weaponary you can possibly find in the SAF. heh.
as i walked towards my class bench, i can remember the days when it was 7.15am, and i would see J2s mugging away, and as i approached my class bench i could still remember everyone greeting all those that just arrived for another hectic day in school. slackers would be slacking, muggers would be mugging, lazy students would be copying homework, hardworking students would be burried into their notes. this was my JC life.
and so i walked towards the kong chian admin block, the ex-ep3 or ex-cca block. this was were the most time was spent in my secondary school days, in the string orchestra room. ok lah maybe not a lot but i was rather involved in string orch last time but i think i suck at the violin. and so i could remember being a blur 1.56m sec1, lugging my violin case and my bag to this rather spacious room. as i walked towards it, a bunch of NCC or St. John people would go running to the 2nd level. and the NPCC people would obviously be pitching tents again. hahaha!
and there was the AEP block, where painful memories of staying back late to finish up that 3D animation project or painting or sketch(YES i PAINTED but i wasnt that good :( ). hey i have artistic capabilities OK?! i didnt really like my teacher cos she sort of "used" me, but hey man she really opened up some opportunities. Now 3D animation remains as a past memory, something that i dont think i will do again forever. sad huh i had quite a promising future in that, but i've moved on.
aiya no time to write so much about my secondary school life. it was indeed fun too. i loved my bunch of friends in sec school. i loved sec school, it was relaxed and just plain fun. boyish fun, things that boys do without the restriction of any FEMALES. oh well, fun as we can be, the friends i've grown up with are now in the army, all becoming mature MEN.
time really flies, i'm going to be 19 soon, SO OLD! i'm reaching the 2* age next year! oh man!!!
anyway here are tips/pointers/encouragements/hehe/haha/lol/tools in which you can get that stack of notes done and score for prelims/A levels.
1. sleep 6 hours. it's enough.
2. drink coffee
3. sleep in lessons that you think aren't important
4. DO TUTORIALS
5. HIGHLIGHT your notes, and i mean IMPORTANT points not the whole chunks
6. do the TYS!!! i've completed my maths TYS THREE TIMES!!! HEHE
7. select certain schools' prelim papers. some schools are just plain waste of time.
8. take power naps of 10 min everytime u feel tired
9. find the optimal time of studying, night or day or afternoon?
10. memories if you need to
11. practise questions
12. practise questions
13. practise questions
14. time yourself for papers
15. time yourself for papers
prelims aren't everything, so dont be stressed you horse babies J2s! by prelim u should roughly know about 80% of your work? around there. by A levels it should be 100% and a few rounds of revision. my prelims i had EESSD, rearranged to become SEEDS, which are seeds that God planted so that my testimony may be shared to inspire everyone. the SEEDS sprouted and became AAAAB! praise God man! it's possible!
simon: simon to everyone, blog ends here. roger out.
speaking of stay out, i think there's some sort of divine plan God has. why stay out? i've got many friends who kana stay in, tough units. mine's pretty slack I THINK and I HOPE. but i've got to do many things when i'm staying out for the next 1.5 years. i'm going to:
1. get my driving license
2. play for JUMP
3. get new comp?
4. improve guitar skills
5. train some ppl
6. tuition for extra cash?
7. beef up somemore(:
i realised setting goals and plans is real easy, but actually getting down to do it is not that simple. heh. now, for my promotion to corporal! i dunno when but it should be soon! 1 or 2 more months?
anyway, one year ago i can vividly remember studying MY GUTS OUT for prelims/A levels. nostalgic man i tell you, whenever i walk past the AMK library, or some random fast food chain and see J2s mugging their butts off. funny sight to see, but such events bring back good/bad/ugly memories of intense mugging. looking back at the past year, i've seen how much i've grown.
and when i went back to school to collect my cert last tuesday, memories of my school life from sec1 all the way to j2 started gushing out of my memory bank into my mind like how water leaks out of a small crack in a dam.
as i walked up the slope of the hwachong entrance, i can still remember wearing that set of faded biege uniform, carrying a big bag pack with a file, dragging my feet along the concrete ground, sighing and asking myself when would the dreaded A level exams end. as i walked up the slope that day, this time with a different perspective, this time as a soldier, i still sigh and ask myself when would i ORD and get back to studying. the army is a good break for 2 years, but i would rather get back to the books than rifles. the power of knowledge, more powerful than any ammunition or weaponary you can possibly find in the SAF. heh.
as i walked towards my class bench, i can remember the days when it was 7.15am, and i would see J2s mugging away, and as i approached my class bench i could still remember everyone greeting all those that just arrived for another hectic day in school. slackers would be slacking, muggers would be mugging, lazy students would be copying homework, hardworking students would be burried into their notes. this was my JC life.
and so i walked towards the kong chian admin block, the ex-ep3 or ex-cca block. this was were the most time was spent in my secondary school days, in the string orchestra room. ok lah maybe not a lot but i was rather involved in string orch last time but i think i suck at the violin. and so i could remember being a blur 1.56m sec1, lugging my violin case and my bag to this rather spacious room. as i walked towards it, a bunch of NCC or St. John people would go running to the 2nd level. and the NPCC people would obviously be pitching tents again. hahaha!
and there was the AEP block, where painful memories of staying back late to finish up that 3D animation project or painting or sketch(YES i PAINTED but i wasnt that good :( ). hey i have artistic capabilities OK?! i didnt really like my teacher cos she sort of "used" me, but hey man she really opened up some opportunities. Now 3D animation remains as a past memory, something that i dont think i will do again forever. sad huh i had quite a promising future in that, but i've moved on.
aiya no time to write so much about my secondary school life. it was indeed fun too. i loved my bunch of friends in sec school. i loved sec school, it was relaxed and just plain fun. boyish fun, things that boys do without the restriction of any FEMALES. oh well, fun as we can be, the friends i've grown up with are now in the army, all becoming mature MEN.
time really flies, i'm going to be 19 soon, SO OLD! i'm reaching the 2* age next year! oh man!!!
anyway here are tips/pointers/encouragements/hehe/haha/lol/tools in which you can get that stack of notes done and score for prelims/A levels.
1. sleep 6 hours. it's enough.
2. drink coffee
3. sleep in lessons that you think aren't important
4. DO TUTORIALS
5. HIGHLIGHT your notes, and i mean IMPORTANT points not the whole chunks
6. do the TYS!!! i've completed my maths TYS THREE TIMES!!! HEHE
7. select certain schools' prelim papers. some schools are just plain waste of time.
8. take power naps of 10 min everytime u feel tired
9. find the optimal time of studying, night or day or afternoon?
10. memories if you need to
11. practise questions
12. practise questions
13. practise questions
14. time yourself for papers
15. time yourself for papers
prelims aren't everything, so dont be stressed you horse babies J2s! by prelim u should roughly know about 80% of your work? around there. by A levels it should be 100% and a few rounds of revision. my prelims i had EESSD, rearranged to become SEEDS, which are seeds that God planted so that my testimony may be shared to inspire everyone. the SEEDS sprouted and became AAAAB! praise God man! it's possible!
simon: simon to everyone, blog ends here. roger out.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
what's new?
here are updates in my life:
ARMY IS REALLY SLACK! we're ending our course with effect from tmr. block leave begins on thursday to the following tuesday, but i wont be taking block leave. saving for end year! i hope it will be slack!
anyway, i've been playing a great RTS game called company of heroes. real great graphics and gameplay. the sad thing, my obsolete comp of 6 years isnt able to support it well but only the minimum specs, but it still lags a lot!!! go check it out!
http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/
ARMY IS REALLY SLACK! we're ending our course with effect from tmr. block leave begins on thursday to the following tuesday, but i wont be taking block leave. saving for end year! i hope it will be slack!
anyway, i've been playing a great RTS game called company of heroes. real great graphics and gameplay. the sad thing, my obsolete comp of 6 years isnt able to support it well but only the minimum specs, but it still lags a lot!!! go check it out!
http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/
that's my newest baby! welcome to the family u'll be well taken care of! hehe
peace out!
Monday, July 14, 2008
lol!
it's been almost a year since i made a post. i was soooo lazy to update!
anyway, i'm currently serving the nation as a supply supervisor, aka CQMS but NOT A STOREMAN. ok lah something like a storeman but i would prefer to be called a SPEC. HAHAHA! anyway BMT was rather fun cos pes C is sooo slack and my friends are a whacy bunch!
my CQMS course ends in 2 weeks. it's the stay out period already. initially it was stay in, and i went to the gym regularly for about 3 months, and pumped protein. small increase, but hope to continue more in my unit. hehs.
time really flies, the last post was before A levels, and yes one year later i have:
achieved 4As
passed BTT and FTT
earned some cash from the government
2 new guitars!
ok time to sleep it's late, or tmr i cant wake up and will be charged for AWOL.
anyway, i'm currently serving the nation as a supply supervisor, aka CQMS but NOT A STOREMAN. ok lah something like a storeman but i would prefer to be called a SPEC. HAHAHA! anyway BMT was rather fun cos pes C is sooo slack and my friends are a whacy bunch!
my CQMS course ends in 2 weeks. it's the stay out period already. initially it was stay in, and i went to the gym regularly for about 3 months, and pumped protein. small increase, but hope to continue more in my unit. hehs.
time really flies, the last post was before A levels, and yes one year later i have:
achieved 4As
passed BTT and FTT
earned some cash from the government
2 new guitars!
ok time to sleep it's late, or tmr i cant wake up and will be charged for AWOL.
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