team hoyt

was introduced to this by my sister...touching...inspirational...gotta see it to believe it...

upgrade to version 2.0!

before i know it...i am approaching the last month which i will be at IRAS before i head to nus for special term...

guess what...jizheng the temporary clerical officer 1.0 has upgraded to jizheng the temporary tax officer 2.0! wahahaz...now the "lao jiao" temp around...helping the tax officers to handling the reprocessing of old tax cases and tax credit claims...but too bad...no upgrade in pay...still the same meagre 6.5 an hour...well...at least it feels good to have an upgrade! =P

talking about nus...results of the special term module BALLOTING...opted for 3 modules...fluids...m & o...intro to comp...only offered the fluid module...shun hua got offered none of the modules...guess the office gives priority to senior students who are on a fast track...well...take it as a chance to warm up and build up tempo? =)...

calm...

...amid the chaos and disorder on the outside...

...there is calm and tranquilty inside...

...amid the harsh elements at the exterior...

...there is comfort and protection in the interior...

...amid all the shelters and homes...

...where eles but my own shell...

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...my own shell...

puke...

just came back from a long day of work...and i really feel very nauseous...

why?

because of the stupid 124 bus ride! argh...i really suspect that the mechanics overtuned the stupid suspension of the bus! throughout the journey...the bus kept on bouncing up and down whenever there is a bump or wadever...-boing boing boing boing-...and together with the driver-zham-brake-every-now-and-then factor...you could a deadly combo...i felt that the entire journey i was really bouncy up down left right front and back! the moment after i stepped down...really felt like puking by the bus-stop...

stupid bus-ride...

guiding light

i remember that during ns...senior commanders always talk to us junior commanders about what are our guiding principle in leadership...the answer was the 7 core values of :

LOYALTY TO COUNTRY
LEADERSHIP
DISCIPLINE
PROFESSIONALISM
FIGHTING SPIRIT
ETHICS
CARE FOR SOLDIERS

in any situation where decisions are to be made...these values should be the guiding principle...irregardless or teachings or experience...

now out of ns...have been thinking back to the past 21 years in my life...seem to me that one way or another...to a large extent or not...my guiding principle in life can be summed up in one phrase...

"...things are never absolute...life is never black or white...we should live our life in our shade of grey..."

hahaz...have been quite useful to me...except for some minor hiccups...but something that would really mean alot to me...=P...

nus open house 2007

went to the nus open house again (last time was 2005) this morning...

since my course (chemical engineering) was settled and i dun intend to change it...so only left the campus life part to go look look see see liaoz...hahaz...saw tze at the food bazaar as i was walking in and she was running about to tie-up the loose ends at the bazaar...went into the student life hall...walked around...and saw shuying and andy...talked abit before continuing on to meet junhao a distance later...

think more or less wanna join rovers ba...wanna go experience trekking and the good old mother nature...hahaz...camps wise...choosing...got engine camp...sports camp...union camp...rovers camp...hahaz...since all the camp clash with special term 2...think i will be changing my plans...gonna take 2 modules in ST 1 while leaving ST 2 free to go attend the camps...wahahaz!

nus here i come! =P

my new toyz!

after the long wait...the IT Show is finally here! rushed down from novena to city hall after work yesterday...and boy was city hall packed...the human crowd was crazy...very slow moving...then i just zig-ziag my way past a lot of people...but coming up from citylink...the escalator was malfunctioning...then people had to walk up...SLOWLY...then as i approached the escalator for the overbridge to suntec...there was a huge congestion...the escalator was malfunctioning AGAIN...after reaching suntec...went straight to the convention hall...

once at level 4...very focused one...SAMSUNG booth...tried out the YP-K3 player first hand for a while...felt that it quite lived up to my expectations...bought it! At $208...with the freebies...hahaz...it is really very sleak lor! have been eyeing this model for super long since the s.korea launch...was just waiting and waiting for it to come...finally it is here! normal retail price was supposed to be $248 without the freebies...luckily the IT Show was here!

after getting the player...knew i had to get a pair of in-ear earphones...to do justice to the player...cos i knew the bundle came with blah earphones...walked around....sennheiser $129...altec lansing $179...shure...$429...creative $35...panasonic $45...it the end chose the panasonic one...hahaz...mp3 player...settled!

last but not least...wanted to get a razr mouse for quite a while liaoz...super nice lar...bought the diamondback salamander red for my sis during SITEX last year...simply loved it...wanted to get 1 for myself...but the normal retail price is always so expensive! since now got fair...went to grab the diamondback plasma blue...hahaz...

with that...left the IT Show with my bounty of goodies! wahahaZ!



my panasonic in-ear earphones and razer diamondback plasma blue!

the samsung k3 package

the cool k3 itself!

rock on!

saw this person called JerryC on "Wo Cai Wo Cai Wo Cai Cai Cai" and saw his performance...simply amazing lorz! wonder what his fingers are made of....enjoy...

tankie!

i think all of my frens know that i was a tank platoon commander by training...so when i was at tiong bahru plaza and passed this stall that sold wooden model...one designed stood out very obviously to me...a tank! wahahaz...bought the kit for $7.10 and went home to fix it...took me the entire afternoon to do it...and as it was a cheap set...should know that not all the things fit properly and perfectly...but it was okay larz...when i was done...the mbt (main battle tank) looked very cute! wahahaz...

actually, i am quite sad that the amx-13 sm1 tank is gonna be phased out...but guessed it was an eventuality because of practical reason...but well...the old dame has accompanied me through 75% of my ns life...can say that it is my old fren...buddy...etc...must sayang it everytime one...else it will throw tantrums at u one...hahaz...like a car...actually quite proud that i one of the last few batches to be sm1 trained...it was memorable times...

as they say...once armour always armour...guess the affinity between me and tanks wun be over so fast...



the wooden tank model when completed! cute!