im a greedy person...i cant seem to be satisfied with the things i've had...there is a list of things which i hope to do and the list seems never-ending...with factors affectin my advancement..factors like time, money and resources...

i wan to

• be a certified diver
• get my driver's licence (in progress)
• get steersman licence (in progress)
• wakeboarding
• learn kite-surfing
• do an official run this year (in progress)
• TRAVEL...!!!

gosh...dere are still more...but the above are prob the ones that i can accomplish in the near future...

my lil sister will be leavin soon to pursue her degree in uk and i really hope all the best for her and that she can really hav a helluv time dere and bring bac stories to tell us...this is also perhaps a good time for her to miss us and realise the importance of family..!!! hahas...

hmmmm....when is it gona be my turn...? i do crave for such chances to study abroad...that will greatly widen my sights...but it might b a uphill task...hahas...perhaps i should put it in my list too..LOLs...!

a girl in love is a fool
a boy in love is a dork
a girl out of love is a ghoul
a boy out of love is a rogue

mars n venus never travel in a loop
yet sparks fly between the two
can love exist in their louvre...?

really appreciatin the long joggin sessions at nite...able to unleash all the unhappy stuff collected fr a day's work...

tryin to strike a nice balance of healthy lifestyle and enjoyment...pretty hard to achieve...ahahs...

pls pls maintain the regime...its gona do u good in the future alven...!

i din manage not to play poker...hahahs...! BUT i did spent some quality time with the e7 ppl...and i did keep up wif my joggin n swimmin regime...puttin my healthy lifestyle bac on track...

was damn shagged fr p1...still managed to go for my first drivin lesson todae...hopefully i will pass wif flyin colors on 7th january...

and i BOUGHT the last book of eragon's trilogy : Brisingr

will write a review when i m done wif it...was anticipatin this bk for so long...

iphone 3gs is still evadin me since i missed it's first release...i jus hope that it will serve mi well when i really managed to get it...

the motto for the nxt few months will be GO OUT with DIFFERENT PPL and every penny well spent...!!!

i've been FASTING...!!! hahas...since the start of this week...i've tried to fast wif my bunch of PCG colleagues (exception of drinkin...LOLs) the temptation to eat is pretty hard to resist...it all goes down to ur willpower i guess....

since transferring to CPS...numbers of swimmin n gym outings were greatly reduced...aim to bring the number bac...in addition to joggin at nite...hopefully keepin myself fit...

its really tough to find time to do all these exercises when ur work is based onboard a ship...misses life during SOMC...!!

its hard to stay healthy and enjoy at the same time...i cant stay away fr liquor...its hard...so i needa work extra hard to compensate the alcohol intake...smt gotta give!

i was tinkin whether i should replace the time to play poker during wkends to do other things....such as meetin up wif my e7 ppl n poly mates...exercises...or dates...perhaps time well spent? not sure about tt...will try it this wkend...not to play poker...HAHAS...see if i can resist the temptation...tts some test...WOOOO...

i need to date...!!!

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Fantastic book given to me as a birthday gift fr edith...this book explores alot of social phenomenons that were caused by this sociological effect termed, the tipping point.

it explained the diff phases of the tipping point, the factors that cause a certain phenomenon to tip and the special individuals among us responsible for it...

tipping point can be used to analyze fashion trends...it explains how a certain brand comes into fame in the society and the reasons for it...ever wonder how skinny jeans get so popular among the young singaporeans nowadays...? read the book!

the book showed many case scenarios not only in the present but oso the past...

the part that intrigued mi the most will hav to be the part on how the different types of individual in a society contributes to this tipping point....

it takes a few groups of individual to causes a phenomenon to tip...the book went in depth to describe these special individuals and it will allow u to discover ur impact in the society by identifyin urself to the diff groups...

this book is prob 8.5/10 for me....kept mi thinking for a long long time...!

its been 3 months since i was posted to PCG...life's been pretty amazing despite all the nautical tests that i had to pass in order to be where im now...

cant wait to start clockin in the sea experience...i've got to admit that im pretty lucky to hav gotten this vocation that has exposed mi to many things that i wuld hav left unexplored...credits to benny..!

finished a couple of good books the past 3 months but still culdnt find time to settle down and write a book review...premiership is kickin off nxt wk...and wkends are gona be jus a tad more excitin....that wuld include the poker games as usual...lol

wish mi luck for my sorties to come in the weeks to come...!

NITES...

18th time Premier League Champs...feels good though we din play like ourselves against arsenal...

quoting from Sir aLex...it prob is more special surpassin the record than equalling it...and hence we are gg at it again NXT SEASON...!!

but first...CHAMPS LEAGUE...hope we will be the first team to win it back to back..!

pretty lethargic lately...too much time to spare...duno wat to do with it...LOLs...pokerin...mj-ing...watchin shows... deep down...i cant wait to start wif my new postin as Police Coast Guard Navigation Officer...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...!

1 more point...2more games...18th Premiership title will be on our way...!!

WOOOOH...

the thrills and excitement of passing out as a NSPI seem to have died down todae...there was a sense of emptiness when i found myself wakin up on my own bed...

i guess i should look into the future and find new challenges to constantly improve myself as a person...memories of the OCT life will not be forgotten and the brotherhood that we hav forged will last us the entire lifetime...

will do a book review soon...been aeons since i last wrote a book review...this time will be a little different as the book is non-fiction! cAtch it SOon...!

p.s. DO CALL MI OUT...I WILL BE DAMN FREE for the next 2 Weeks...ON LEAVE...!!!!

GIGGS Lands PFA Award...!!!

COngrats..!!

i m back!!!!!! (i realised this line pops up from my intro very frequently...lol)

jus been through a 16-days journey of self discovery at OBS....very proud to say that it is a specialised professional leadership development course for SPF OCTs only...many hav the idea that this trip will be easy and something like your secondary 3 camps...but to our 'horror'...its something so MUCH MORE....

the 16 days were packed with activities and i m glad to say that i hav completed the course with no regrets and dare say i hav put my utmost efforts in everytin that we attempted...

we were divided into 4 watches namely Eng Soon, Rajaratnam, Dhanabalan and Ghandi...and im in EngSoon...we operated as individual watches for most of the time till the last expedition....

16 days are divided into 3 major phases :

1st phase - Land Expedition (3 days 2 nights)

trekked and hikked and climbed and walked all around ubin to complete our missions...it was like a routemarch packed with sit-test missions...and i swear...im not exaggerating...the weight of the backpack was equivalent to that of army field pack and with addition of jerrycans and our tents...activation at night jus like field camp where we had to shift our campsite...

the high point during this phase is definitely the makeshift 'oasis concert' at OBS Campsite 2...had a hell of a time and we 49th batch OCTs did what we are best at and tt is to party into the night...!

2nd phase - Sailing Expedition (3 days 2 nights)

after the land ex, we had a crash course on how to sail a cutter boat for half a day at base camp and we set off soon enough...this had to be the most memorable experience throughout the 16days for my watch and i...sailing was a first for us and we had no clue how to sail even after the crash course...everyting was learned from experiences on the boat itself after we set sailed...

for eg...the very first day, we experienced a thunderstorm on sea...and the scene was jus like the movie 'perfect storm' everyone was doing something to make sure we anchor in safely and beached up...

Semangat was the name of our cutter...she is a beautiful one and i have to say tt the daily morning routine of swimming around the cutter and kissing her bow had me feeling attached to her...

she did not fail us unlike the other 3 cutters...tt faithful evening where Hamish T broke her rudder and Endeavour's motor was down and drifted all the way to Bedok jetty and lastly, poor Vijaya who breakwater and had 3 major cracks at the hull disabling her from sailing for the last day...

3rd phase - Sea Kayaking Expedition (3 days 2 nights)

this was the last ex for us and we were given the freedom to do our own planning by our elected leaders and we were to complete this expedition as OCTs on the whole....

we kayaked halfway around singapore starting fr:
ubin to changi on the first dae
changi to sembawang to causeway (literally touched it!) and bac to sembawang on the 2nd day....(FARKIN' crazy day where we kayaked aprrox. 41 km and clockin 11 hours of kayakin on the sea...)
sembawang back to ubin on the last day

we were proud of our acheivement on our 2nd day where we exceeded our initial target of jus sembawang and instead, we pushed on to go straight to causeway and back...!!!

this sums up bout the whole 16 days for me...and of cos dere are so many little things that contributed too...jus that it will be too draggy to put them down into words...i will jus list them out in chronological order....

• Engsoon Team Charter
• Night trek in search of mr red riding hood
• Eating the soft and puffy rice we cooked
  
• 'Turn over a new leaf'
• Pulling the dipper rope for tackin n gybing
• Having to spend a night in the jungle during the Solo expedition
  
• Crazy mini race to the causeway
• Touchin the causeway
• Doin the jump for Peak Ascent on the East face...VIDEO-ed!!
  
• Engsoon's Presentation on the last night and the EMO song Kangsheng wrote...SUPER CREDITS to him...
• 12km commitment run with timing of 1:11:33
  
• Goodbyes to Naf on the jetty

i sincerely wished that everyone enjoyed this journey which i did...

and somethin in one way or another hav changed for the better in everyone...

YOOOHOOOO...we got Carling Cup...!!! might be the start of something WONDERFUL...!!

gg bac HTA in bout few hours time...very very reluctant...HAIZ....life goes on...i will miss all the wkdays supper and MJ sessions....!!!

and WORSE still...i got tons of stuff tt i haven do yet for ASP Teoh....DAMN...!

wish me luck for my CPC EXAM...!!

BACK...!!!!

hahas...

attachment to Hougang NPC is really fun n EYE OPENIN...!!! hahas...fri will b my last day shift and i had my last nite shift ystd....lots happened ard the Hougang neighbourhood...credits to those men in blue...!!!

was readin at my last post regardin liverpool...and i guess time really tell everyting...they were on top and everytin since tt last post and now tables had turned...but still i guess they were still go on strong tonite against real madrid...pretty nice matchup...

anyway...manu acheivements so far has really made mi proud...on the route to a QUINTAPLE...a new word man...5 trophies and tht is not includin the WORLD CLUB champ...it will really b a bonus if they managed this feat...if not i will jus be contented retaining the league crown and champs league...one more league crown to match the 18 times record of liverpool and their fans can stop hoggin bout tt 18 times to mi whenever they ran out of stuff to commend on their own club...hehees

ILOVE MY LIFE now...!!! but its gona end in a few daes time and i will find myself bac in the bunk of HTA....

>.<

ANNOUCEMENT...!

will be leaving this blog untouch for quite awhile...

realised that i mostly post some poems, issue-related stuff and not much about daily routine...thus i have decided to do my postin on facebook notes...

but still might leave some interesting stuff here at times...

cIAOs...~

for the beloved squad mates...

Onlookers look up to us
Cadets proud to be
Tracom is our home

Soon to be inspectors
Quality resides within us
United we are
Ambitious and honourable
Destined to be the best

been writin alot of crap in classes recently...lols...prob gona post all the funny shit here...first one is here...

life of aaron
by nevla
dedicated to aaron ng z.w

tall and lanky
fair and dumb
small eye small dick
and like to lick
drink till the last drop
and dance to hip hop
loves breakin'
but body always aching'
loves clubbin'
but always end up in a rubbish bin
now an OCT
can't wait to go KTV
20 for pleasure
50 for fissure...

LOLs...

found myself cheerin for liverpool on sundae vs chelsea and wala...they won..and the unbeaten home record at chelsea is broken...GREATo...lols...

wundnt care too much if manu had won at goodison park on sat...despite liverpool victory, i m still wary of chelsea's capabilities to chase for the title...many wuld say liverpool is lookin gd this season...but i tink otherwise..they have looked good too many times b4 but they are still searchin for the crown since 19years ago....i still tink its gona b a chelsea manu title race this season...

dropped points at everton kinda sucks but they deserved to get a point after performin so well at home (only at 2nd half)...hopefully we get max points when west ham and hull visit us...

tt shall be it...and im so happy tt this week's schedule look too gd to b true...gona walk on at 1230 this fri!!! shiok like wat...!!

hehe

just finished the seniors' farewell dinner...guess everytin went well...dinner was great...had fun and of cos the pictures slideshow is emo...lols...

after everytin ended, they elected a single society president to succeed the senior post...LOL...tt was hilarious...and after tt is the 'unofficial' welcoming of the 2 upgraders...lol...since they din gone thru the army life in tekong, they were made to hav camo on...lols..and den used the saf talcrum powder on them and lastly, 2 large pails of water as the toppin...lols..

was really fun...can see ourselves 5 more months down the road doin all these things..passing down the tradition i guess...hahahas...

gotta slp...PT tml...8CLick waiting...