Oct SRC MGM and Ahmad's Birthday Celebration~

As usual, we had our Monthly General Meeting on 18 Oct, Wed. Its the usual presentation and experience sharing. I guess most people attend the MGM not for the agendas itself but more for the informal gathering after that. Its nice to see everyone catching up with each other, making new friends and just chatting non-stop. One group of them even celebrated a fellow member's birthday with a cake. =)
Then it was our turn to celebrate birthday. It was Ahmad's birthday~! Birthday celebrations with the Excos are always fun... haha... We went to this Nana Thai Restaurant at Far East for dinner. Suppose to eat chili crab cuz that's Mudd's favourite food but there's no more crab~ -_-" But never mind... its not so much about what we it, but rather, who we were eating with! That's the fun part! =P
The 3 Department Heads.... We are always arguing to get our points across. Wong is almost always the one who kena aimed... But that's because he is usually thinking at a different frequency.... -_-" But amidst all that chaos, we still love each others... hahahaha..... =)

Me and my trusty Deputies... Xiaoxuan and Alan.... What would I do without them? =)
Jing, Sharon and Lionel

After the dinner, we went to Liat Tower Starbucks. Din was there so I managed to get discount for our drinks... hehe... Played Uno and made quite a bit of noise...opps... =P

Its was a fun gathering and I'm definitely looking forward to more to come... Meanwhile, Happy Birthday Ahmad and enjoy the coming Hari Raya~!

Updates...

Its our 6th Year Anniversary~! Celebrated it with Jas on Oct 7~! No expensive gifts or fancy dinner. We are poor students.... haha... But we enjoyed it nonetheless... =)

12 Oct: Met up with my friends from SP. Good old friends whom I went to Japan with for my Job Attachment. Its been a good 6 years....

SIM Blood Donation Drive 2006

Alright, back with more updates on the Blood Donation Drive. Just a brief intro... The SIM-UOL Student Representative Council (SRC) organises various activities every year, Blood Donation being one of them. I was last year's Blood Donation Committee IC. This year's IC is Wan Shi. Her team did a great job this year. The publicity was fun and good. The event was a success~! Good job everyone~!

The Doctor and the Nurse... Charles and Wanshi~! They sure catch lots of attention =)
The supporters from other departments.
My turn to donate~! Doing my blood test here.... actually I think this is the most painful part... the actually process was not so pain.... haha....
Okie.... its getting kinda scary....
Was talking to Joan so that I won't look at how the nurse poke my arm... kaoz... really scary lah... though no feeling cuz its already numb but the needle is so thick...=P
My FIRST Blood Donation~!!!! Really not as pain as it seems.... pretty painless... like I say, the most painful part is when they poke my finger tip to get blood for testing.... =P

Long overdue updates...

Freaking long never update already. Very very busy with everything... sianz... too lazy to blog... don't even know where to start... just let the pictures do the talking as usual...

Welfare Department's first BBQ, organised by all the Event ICs and 2ICs.
Then I am off to Bangkok with Jas.
The view from the top of Baiyoke Suite Hotel.... Not exactly a good location because its far from the main shopping area... Think Asia Hotel is still better.. =P
Back to Singapore and got the chance to "molest" Andrew's new Suzuki GSX-R1000... hehehe...
And we had our 2nd SRC MGM...
Before we knew it, this year's Blood Donation Drive has come and gone... THE TEAM, together with Shirley from Red Cross. Good job guys and girls~!
The rest of the helpers. Thanx to those from Projects and Sports for showing your support either by donating or helping out. =)
Isabelle... The last donor for the day~!
Me and Jacqueline... BD IC and 2IC for 2005 Blood Donation Drive.

Random post...

Excos showing support to Xiaoxuan at the Inter-varsity Bowling Competition

The Supporters~!
Xiaoxuan in her very professional pose.... haha...
Showing support for Xiaoxuan in full force~!

Welfare BBQ

Welfare BBQ Gathering... an annual event organised by the new members. Just one pic for now... too busy to do anything more... will update when I get hold of the rest of the photos.

Alan and myself with the organising committee, less Bron and Joshua...

Judgement Day

The day has come after such a long wait.... And I am fucking screwed....

Underwear Wet Wet...

I GOT DRENCHED AGAIN~!!! The last time I got completely drenched was during last year rainy period... kaoz... didn't expect it to rain sooo heavily today... Was travelling to school for BD meeting after work... weather at YCK was still okie... just stopped raining. But the weather at Bukit Timah is horrible. By the time I reach PIE, the whole place was like so freaking dark... seems like those War of the World movies... haha... I thought I can reach school before it start raining. It didn't!!! Just as I reach the junction of KAP Mac, it started pouring cats and dogs. Super duper heavy rain... No choice but to go all the way since I am in the middle of nowhere... haiz....
So sick of Singapore's unpredictable weather... =P

A Life Lesson....

Found this in someone else's blog... very meaningful.... =)

A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee.... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.


A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her.... She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up.... She was tired of fighting and struggling..... It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose...


Her mother took her to the kitchen.... She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire... Soon the pots came to boil... In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.... She let them sit and boil, without saying a word....


In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners.... She fished the carrots out and placed them in a plate.... She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl..... Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.....


Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?"


"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied....


Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots....
She did and noted that they were soft....


The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it... After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.....


Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.... The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"


Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity in the boiling water....


And each reacted differently....


The carrot went in strong, hard,and unrelenting... However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak... The egg had been fragile.... Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior,
but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened....
The ground coffee beans were unique... However, after they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water....


"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond ? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"


Which am I????


Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength????


Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat???? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff??? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart????


Or am I like the coffee bean??? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain... When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor... If you are like the bean,when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you...
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level???? How do you handle adversity????


Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?????


May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy....

My latest love....

My latest love....
Can somebody just buy me this... I promise I will be a good boy.... hahaha...
1130cc, Engine Torque 100NM @ 7000 RPM, 304 kg.... OMG.... *drools*
Oh yar, its only 45K.... hehehehe....

SRC MGM

Finally had our very first MGM. Met the new members of SRC Welfare and had a simple interaction session with them. Looking forward to working with them at the events. It will be fun~! following Welfare Department tradition, we had a Steamboat dinner at Marina South after the MGM...

Excos show their support~! Sports and HQ... where is Projects?!?! =P
City Venture committee... so fast eat ice-cream....haha...
The new members of the Welfare Family~!
=)
Even the seniors are here. Thanx Mingli and Junjie~!
Exco again~!

Happy Birthday to Ben, Alan and Shirlene~!

Went for dinner at Taka Seoul Garden to celebrate Ben, Shirlene and Alan Ling's birthday! Seoul Garden food is not really fanatastic *as usual* but I guess its the people around me that make the dinner interesting!

Ben, Shirlene and Alan Ling~! Happy Birthday~!!!
Me, Mudd, Sharon and Jing~
Shirlene is sad because she only has one small slice of cake left... And WTH is Alan Wong doing???
All of us... =)
All of us... trying to look weird.... hahaha....

SRC Interview

The 4 days of intense SRC interview is finally over... interviewing people is really not easy. Its really fun though! The first 2 days was quite lousy for Welfare Department. Most people chose Projects and Sports. But the 3rd and last days were better. We got a total of 42 new members, after giving 2 to Sports cuz they were having some problems on the last day. Overall its quite a good spread of people. Really must thank Sheila, Johnson, Sher, Gengqin, Peiling and Szeling for coming back to help out at the waiting room! They helped greatly by promoting Welfare events and letting people know more about Welfare activities. Most people would think that Welfare Department is not as fun, probably because of the name, but that's where all of them are wrong. Our events are very fun and challenging too! Well now that everything is more of less finalised, I am looking forward to seeing the new committee members in action~!!!

Taking a break while waiting for the next group of people to come in...
The Interviewers~! Without me.... sianz.. the camera man can never get himself into the pictures... =P
What is Blackie doing to Miao Miao???
Sick sick Mudd... Xiaoxuan was sick too....
All of us~!

BKK

Yeah!!! I am going to Bangkok~! Time for a shopping spree... Still quite some time away, but there's nothing stopping me from being happy, right? haha... =P

Random post...

This is for 8 Aug. Not exactly a very nice day. First of all, is things that happened in camp... don't think I should elaborate too much. Next is the stupid 13.5km run that we gotta do before we book out... kaoz... some kind of National Day present? And it isn't really heartening to know that most of the rest of Singapore are having Half-day off... =P

Went off to pick Jas up from her home. On the way back, I was tailgated by this stupid black Audi who high-beamed me.... kaoz... Its a 2 lane road and I was directly behind a taxi, what does he expect me to do? Fly over the taxi, so that he can go bumper to bumper with the taxi? Are all big cars driver that brainless? The road is jammed for god sake! This went on for quite a while because the road was quite long.... When the road clears up and I'm turing into the expressway, he again tries to overtake me dangerously. That's it. Enough is enough. Full throttle on 176 and he's gone from my side mirror within seconds.... He tried to chase but give up after he realised that he can't out-accelerate me... He must be damn pissed. I would be damn pissed too if I'm in his position... To know that I've spent $200 000 +++ on a car that cannot even catch up with 176... I would be devastated. But that's a fact. You don't need a rocket scientist to do the power-to-weight ratio for you. Any Tom, Dick and Harry can do it. Enough about that Audi... He's insignificant because he can't even come close.

Went to Marina Square to buy some stuff but ended up being stucked at the ECP Rochor Road Exit. Everyone parked their car along the road shoulder to look at the fireworks~! *faintz* The traffic was at standstill. Was trying to move out of the congestion but ended up watching the fireworks too at the bridge... cuz the stupid traffic is not moving at all... -_-"

Lousy day.... sianz.... anyway, Happy Birthday Singapore! 41 years of independence and counting...

Messy...

Just did an oil change for 176... kaoz... didn't know its gonna be so time consuming... Almost created quite a mess cuz it was my first time doing it. I learnt my lesson:
1. Never do an oil change at night..... freaking shagged....
2. Always make sure I have the proper required tools...
3. Make sure I have lots of time to spare.... so that I won't rush thing through...
4. Last but not least... I think I should just freaking send it to the shop and let them do the job~!

Okie never mind... the key thing is that 176 feels good now . And there's this slight bit of sense of satisfaction when the job is completed.

The next time I gotta do it, I'll make sure Andrew is there to help. =P

Gotta go and sleep already... having a lousy cough since Monday, and need to go for 15KM outcamp run tomorrow... sianz... -_-"

Rini's Wedding / FOC Bash @ DXO

Attended Rini’s wedding on Saturday evening. Her wedding was very grand, unlike the usual Malay Wedding. It is evident from the setup of the tables, stage etc. Very impressive. She must have put in a lot of effort in planning all the stuffs. It was sort of a mini gathering for all the secondary school classmates as well and we were busy catching up with each other. So many of them are either married or pregnant… Time really flies and it seems like yesterday when we were running around in school and having fun. Now most of them have a family of their own. Allan has 2 daughters, Saliza has one and is expecting another one. Hartini just had her baby boy and Sangeetha is expecting hers. Dinah is getting married soon too and Hatifa just got married not too long ago. Now we are speculating who will be the next one. We shall wait and see. =)

Went on to DXO to party with the Exco and freshies from the FOC. Its nice to see everyone again. I don’t really enjoy clubbing because I think it’s a waste of time and money. Its always the same old procedures. Go to the club, queue up, go in, check out some babes, drink and get wasted, dance dance dance, then catch a cab, waste more money getting home, hangover the next morning…. Nothing new, nothing special. But of course, sometimes it can be fun, especially when there is event like the SIM Bash or the Orientation Bash. That’s when everyone is in the house, everyone knows everyone. That’s when its more fun and meaningful. I enjoyed the party on Saturday night. All of them are a nice bunch to hang out with! Too long never go clubbing already... super tired after that. The end of the Bash also marks the end of the Freshmen Orientation Camp. Wish all the freshies enjoy the rest of their journey in SIM~!

Alan, Xiaoxuan and Me...

Welfare Department~!!!

The 3 Heads.

The guys... As usual... Ben is drunk before anyone else... Too bad forgot to take photo of the "Merlion Ben"... hehehe....

Trying to squeeze as ppl as we can into the photo~!

*laalaa*