On leave !!! Woohoo...but then nothing to do abit sian. Ok la, take it as a rest day. Shall rest to my heart content. When i expect dec to be abit of slower pace, things got worse. I have 4 weekends !!! 4 weekend duties, baby !!! Wow. Haha. Wtf. The new medics haven come in yet, i heard it is because our dear course commander extended the current P033 course. Haha. Argh, everyone pushing me to take ippt le, cannot la, cannot jump how to pass...remain a private forever le. Like i care liddat. Hahaha...ok la, damn sian, go watch tv le, bye !!!

Woohoo...the recent saga over mediacorp's Singapore Radio Award 2007 is stirring bigger and bigger. Woot. As a loyal supporter of SPH Unionworks radio (Radio 1003 and Radio 913), i think that it is time the other two non-mediacorp radio companies start to make some noise and stop mediacorp from thinking that all the radio stations under its umbrella are the only radio stations in singapore and no one else. I personally feel that mediacorp is still living in a state of self-denial, thinking that she represents singapore, which is not true. Arent there other radio stations around trying to make a living? Competition amongst the mediacorp stations and non-mediacorp stations have become a very sensative topic on air ever since dont know when. As the term "Singapore" is used to name the radio award, every stations and djs, irregardless of belonging to mediacorp or not, shd be given a fair chance to compete, in my opinion. If not, giving the award to your own is really meaningless. I agree that many out there share the same opinion as me. Furthermore, SRA claimed that it is the time to judge every single radio station and dj fairly and the hardwork they put in for 2007. Then we ask, is it an irony that the word "fairly" is used when the non-mediacorp stations are excluded from the award. Are they trying to say that the other 4 non-mediacorp stations are not putting in hardwork or their hardwork shdn b recognised? In fact i think the other 4 stations are working doubly hard to gain listenership in competition with a giant dorminating organisation that has access to most of the media coverage in Singapore.

Like some people out there, i think that such annual award shd be organised by a neutral organisation with neutral panel of judge to be fair to all. All stations and djs shd be given a fair chance at this award. While some may feel that it is stupid for mediacorp to spend money organising SRA and give the award to someone else, but then at least dont claim that the SRA is a platform to recognise ALL hardworking radio-personals in SINGAPORE. The issue here, i guess, is that the other stations deserve equal opportunity and also mediacorp is NOT the only player in the playing field.

I recalled the only once where mediacorp (then TCS) was fair to all was when there was this programme call "Qiang zhong zhi you qiang zhong shou" 10 years ago approx where they make the DJs from all mandrian stations, mediacorp or not, to compete with one another to crown the best of the best. If i am not wrong, the winner then was Huang Wen Hong who was then from 958 and now in radio 1003. Why cant this fairness be carried on till now? As such, omy.sg has organised a fair competition - Omy guang bo da shang, open for ALL mandrian radio stations. The voting started days ago and will end on 27th Nov. At that time, the best radio programme, best male and female dj will be crowned, irregardless of stations, mediacorp or not. While some feels that there is still abit of unjust since omy.sg belongs to SPH and SPH unionwork's Radio 1003 has an upperhand at this award, at least it is open to ALL mandrian stations, unlike SRA. So people, go omy.sg and vote for ur fave mandrian dj NOW. Haha.

I personally voted for radio 1003's jianwen and limei coz i find them to be very outstanding and most importantly, entertaining. Esp jianwen, i think he has the quality to make it big as a very outstanding radio star like his shifu, wenhong, or infact, overtaking him. Currently he is in the top 3 run for fave male dj together with wenhong of 1003 and cruz of 933, which i hated alot. Find him irritating and its an irony he calls himself Singapore quietest DJ when he is so annoying. So pple, vote!!! Hahaha.

Yippee !!! I survived the long treachous outfield. And now i am back. Well, as i said previously that xmas mood will settle onto me asap the outfield is over, i sadly declare that i've yet to feel much of it. BUt its ok, i have one month to go.

After booking out yesterday evening, i went to meet 2 of my SMTI bunkmates, nel and gor at city hall mrt for dinner. We walked round and round the food outlet surrounding suntec city fountain of wealth only to settle for fish and co. I ordered peri peri catch of e day, AGAIN while nel ordered baked salmon and gor ordered some freaking big fish collar. Anw, its good to find out that everyone's life after graduating from nee soon camp smti has been much more "enriching". Now we are full-fledged medics who passed our ojt tests, its time for some serious business!!! Haha. Life as a platoon medic seemed much better than a medical centre medic. Because they do not need to bother about the workload in medical ctr nor the daily duties. They just need to take care, or should i say, stick with, their platoon and that is. Nel said he might be going back to tekong next yr, gd luck to him.

I met phee and zc just now at sommerset mrt. I thought i was late enough to arrive 15min later than the designated time. But someone was worse. Haha. I shall not mention who. We went for klunch at orchard cine. I am so happy they had guang liang's new song "bu hui fei li" which i tried singing. Me and zc had lemon fish set while phee had steamed chix (which sounded abit cheapskate). Haha!

Anyway, i made a conclusion just now, that my vocal chord only opened or warmed up after eating. Hahaha. Coz i sang terribly before the meal. Dont noe, weird theory. Shd try next time again to test again. Haha.

After kbox we walked to ngee ann city where there is this singtel roadshow outside. People mountain people sea. But then what is the use of seeing when i juz got a new phone (non camera one) 3 days ago. It only makes me feel more greedy. Haha. Realized that the xmas decorations are up almost done. Woot. I do not know if i had said this before but i think that this year's deco looks abit plastic. Welcome to the plastic century!!!

When i walked into ngee ann city for some free aircon, i saw this signature xmas tree again.

I wondered how many years have they recycled this tree but it seemed to be there every xmas season for decades. Cut cost huh? But on the other hand, on the other 11 months when the tree is not up, where is it hidden? Haha. Well, whatever it is, there are still so many people taking fotos next to the tree. Maybe at the exact spot where they took every year? To show how they have aged through years but not the trees? Bummer...

As the vehicle pulled through the darkness, dimly lit by the lamp-posts parallel to the pathway, my heart sank deeper. Soon enough the vehicle came to a halt while the others proceeded further for deployment. I recalled past memories of being attacked by the large swamp of mosquitoes and sandflies.

I came prepared this time. I brought a pair of old gloves that i would dispose after the outfield, I brought insect repellent spray and mosquito coil, all ready to counter-attack the habitant "predators".

I was sure i was still awake, at least i thought i was. Silence. There was silence except for the sound of other heavy vehicles moving on the uneven terrain. This was unexpected. I was expecting to hear the excitment of the party of pests ringing in my ears. Where had they been to.

To play safe, i slowly withdrew the pair of old gloves, that looked like those from a durain seller, from my bag. I slit it down my fingers and palm. Silence. Soon, my vehicle started to pull forward, inch by inch to the actual deployment site. I alighted, standing in an open space where the nearest tree was hundreds of metres away. Nothing seemed visible within an arm's length.

And just as i took a few steps forwarded, an expected ring broke the silence. Bzzzzzzz....Yes ! That nasty irritating and horrifying sound made my man's greatest enermy (then) which survived through millions of years, outliving our ancestors as well as the dinosaurs before man ever existed. I took out my towel and wrapped my head. It was not enough to prevent this irritating species from annoying me. Bzzzz...Bzzzz...Bzzzz....The sound of mosquitoes and sandflies zooming past my ears like fighter planes making kamakazee dash during the world's largest battle.

The tentage was up. I laid down my stretcher and tried to sleep with my face wrapped by the thick towel and hands "protected" by the old pair of gloves. Mosquito coils were spammed throughout the tentage. Still, i can hear the buzzing sound of mosquitoes around my ears. They were driving me crazy. I shut my eyes tight, trying to coax myself to sleep and hopefully everything would be over once day break. It continued. The mosquitoes and sandflies were attacking every single part of me that was in contact with the open. My layers of protection went futile. I could sense the jubilant celebration of success by the enermy (mosquitoes) forces' troops in conquering the entire platoon of deployment. It was a horrendous night that i had much expected and anticipated.

Soon enough, the first ray of sunlight broke the vast empty land. The irritating sound faded away. I released a sigh of relief. Unfortunately, this was only the first night i spent on the unforgiven land. I had days and nights to go. My heart sank even deeper. My morale was low...

Went to hell this monday and came back this wednesday. Thought i am not going back again, at least not so soon...but the freaking unit switched me for the coming outfields from a not-so-hellish place to hell again. Juz came back from hell today. Going to hell again this sunday and will stay for the entire week. SIAN ARH !!!!

I went Orchard Road to jalan jalan with wil today. It has been quite some time ever since my last visit there. Met wil at AMK MRT and we took a train there. Alighted at Orchard and we proceeded to Food Republic for lunch. I had Nasi Briyani for lunch, which apperance reminded wil of Tekong cookhouse food. I felt "as though i was being poured by cold water". Haha, thanks for the comment. The price of the food in town is extremely expensive and this puts a strain onto my financial status. I went to Cold Storage at Ngee Ann City to buy myself a drink instead of doing so in the food court. At least supermarkets dont charge too much for a bottle of peach tea i guess. On the way we met dear Eric who was waiting for his friends, according to what he claimed. I caught him smoking red-handed. Bad boy Eric picked up smoking. As the "unofficial ambassador of healthy living", i condemned on such habits and urge my dear friends to stay out of it. Hahaha. Ok, the last part is crap.

Walked to Far East Plaza where it is a haven for trendy youth clothes. Realised that the Xmas decorations were up. Think its kinda early to put up the deco. I have yet to feel the Xmas mood yet. But rest assure i did not feel any deevapali mood although the festival just passed for a day. I think the decorations this year is kinda plain. Or is it the case that they have yet to finish the decorations. Look quite plastic to me. Furthermore the thought of 2 weeks consecutive outfield from monday onwards deters me from feeling any bit of xmas mood. Perhaps it will come after i survive the coming 2 weeks.

Happened to walk pass the (in)famous new shopping mall on its way of construction, Orchard Ion. Nice name. As someone passionate about chemistry (i am intending to pursue a degree in sci, chemistry in NUS), i totally find the name interesting but is, unfortunately, currently still unable to draw any parallel between an ion to a new shopping mall in orchard. Not dwelling into the past debate over the naming of this new mall, but perhaps future chemistry textbooks will have new content:
Ion
Definition: A charged particle caused by an atom or a molecule gaining or losing electrons.
Cation (Defn): A positively charged particle caused by atom/molecule losing electrons
Anion (Defn): A negatively charged particle caused by atom/molecule gaining electrons
Orchard Ion (Defn): ??? A new shopping mall at Orchard Road??? (What about the electrons?)

Upon arrival at Far East, we shopped for quite some time from basement to level 3. There were alot of shops but i could not find anything that meet my satisfaction. The clothes were either too expensive or too plain/ugly. I have to confess that it is very difficult for me to buy clothes, especially with my high "sense of fashion" and my extreme "sense of thrift". Many a times, i would go around shops comparing price and in the end decided not to buy because the desire just diminished. Poor wil had to accompany me "waste time" in the mall. I did find some very nice ones but they were way above my budget. Wil got himself a pair of shade which i still feel is too big for his head. No offence for that.

We then took a bus to Heeren where i realised all the trendy fashion shops seemed to have "extincted". Perhaps after the renovation work earlier on, the high rental has deterred any potential/existing fashion shop owners from starting/continuing business there. Walked to Central Point where i visited Times bookshop. I realised that months after i received my $60 Times voucher as part of the reward i got from my JC for scoring 4 A lvl distinctions, they were still unspent. I mean, i dont mind Kino or Popular vouchers where i can buy chemistry reference book but hey, Times is like all fictional books, if not business management books. And if you come across my friendster account, you would have picked up this: "Fave Books --> I dont read books, i BURN them!!!" But its ok, i bought myself this book call "freakanomics" which have good feedbacks from my friends. Intending to spend my 2 weeks of ardious outfield cover reading it, to kill time.

After these we took MRT back to AMK. Heading home i would say. There happened to be this girl who is quite cute standing infront of me. I thought wil didn notice her but he shared the same opinion as me after we alighted. Gave me a "pleasent" journey back home. Haha.

Was watching Chao Ji Xing Guang Da Dao recently. It is the taiwanese version of Singapore's project superstar if you guys do not know. Well, the standard of the contestants in taiwan were extremely high, easily better than any single Proj Superstar contestants. I personally like one of the Chao Ji Xing Guang Da Dao's contestants call "Yoga". If i am not wrong he won the competition ultimately. This is one of his competition piece with famous taiwanese host-cum-comedian, Kang Kang. Enjoy.

As i always say, my medical centre medics are endangered species. Reason being the numbers are decreasing at a very rapid rate... Then we have 13, now we have 7...

My hands were attacked by mozzies during my 2 days outfield this week. Very itchy.

Planned to go clubbing with Wilson and Phee but in the end something cock-up...so i have to pangseh them, feeling very apologetic and guilty.

Its deevapali !!! Meaning public holiday...

Oh yes, did i mention in the previous post, i passed my OJT Test !!! With flying colours.

I want to go out with my friends but time always clash. Haiz...

Sian arh....

This is the first time i publish a MTV on my blog. I like this song. Its a new song by Guang Liang call bu hui fen li (will not seperate). Enjoy !!!

It is november !!! Which means the start of "hell-month" has begun. My entire month's schedule is packed tightly with extremely long outfields and medical ctr duties. Well, the begining of winter marks the coming of spring a while later, so i guess i will have to endure through it. Anyway, yesterday was the last day of a reservist medic, Mr Kuan, in our medical centre. He is a very very nice guy. He helped us so much during his 3 weeks stay in the medical centre that it made everyone so guilty and embarrassed for his aid to us. He even treated us pizza on his last day. Well, i can see he has a good future as he is a good nature and good character as well as promising qualification and job in the public sector. As such the medical ctr would like to express our heart-filled gratitude to him. After booking out yesterday, me went to meet Wilson and Phee at suntec for dinner. We settled down at Fish n Co. Wilson seemed so sua-ku for reasons i am lazy to explain here. Reached home around 10+ shagged. Initially wanted to stay online until midnight but dozed off around 11.30. Also, i must thank phee for sending me all the songs in jay chou's new album hence saving me 25 bucks. Perhaps it is my expectations for jay chou being too high, i kinda disapointed with all his new songs in his new album. Well, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder and hence others might think otherwise. Well, i have weekend duty tml so i guess i better enjoy today...