洋葱

For the past few months i've been spamming onions emoticons on my MSN...

Just nice Aska Yang from One Million Star sang a song specially for my fictionised onions...



So.....



RUN ONIONS RUN !!! Before they 一层一层一层的剥开你的心 !!!

熄灭

烟火。。。熄灭
灯火。。。熄灭
蜡烛。。。熄灭
梦想。。。熄灭

有人说，天上一颗行星的熄灭，等于凡间一个生命的结束。。。

行星。。。熄灭
生命。。。熄灭

行星如此巨大。。。燃烧。。。燃烧。。。猛烈的燃烧。。。

热得发红，发黄，发紫。。。

生命。。。宝贵。。。恩赐。。。燃烧
生命在燃烧。。。燃烧。。。燃烧。。。
是巨大。。。还是渺小???

行星。。。巨大。。。宇宙中却是渺小。。。
生命。。。重大。。。世界里如此渺小。。。

熄灭了。。。熄灭了。。。

生命停止。。。梦想停止。。。希望停止。。。精神熄灭。。。一切停止。。。

一颗行星一旦“死去”，遗留下的气体将形成另一颗新星行。。。
一个生命一旦“死去”，尘归尘，土归土。。。另一个生命又在世界的另一角诞生。。。

是停止，还是延续？

窗外的霓虹灯永远不会熄灭。。。点燃漆黑夜空。。。

CMH's Ang Pow Revenue

Question: Discuss the trend of CMH's angpow revenue for the past 10 years. [5 Marks]

Answer:

- General trend = annual ang pow revenue shows an overall falling trend over the period between 1998 to 2008 [1]

- Refinement = Slight increase in angpow revenue b/w 1998 and 1999 as well as b/w 2001 and 2002. Rate of fall steady over the period b/w 2002 to 2008. [0.5]

- Possible Supporting Reason 1 = Inflation without pay rise between the period of 2002 to 2008 causes people to spend more on daily consumption hence lesser savings hence lesser tendency to "wrap bigger angpow". (Quote inflation rate increase) [1]

- Possible Supporting Reason 2 = Recession period b/w 2000 and 2003 caused by series of events such as 911 and SARS outbreak causes people to have lower value asserts on hands hence lesser tendency to spend more on angpow. [1]

- Counter Reason = Reason 2 is ontry true b/w 2000 to 2003 - does not support continual falling trend from 2003 to 2008. Country experiencing growth between 2005 to 2008 hence people better off hence by right, should "wrap bigger angpow". (Quote growth rate increase) [1]

- Conclusion + Analysis = Though macroeconomic factors affect general trend of angpow revenue, internal factors also affect so. These include people's attitude towards "wrapping big angpow" and "relative visiting rate" also contributes to the overall falling trend. [0.5]

大年除夕，百花齐放！

今天是大年除夕，再多几个小时，我们将会送走猪年，迎来鼠年，十二生肖也算是走了多一轮。

Anyway, just let me continue this entry with english. Last night, my family made a last minute dash to the nursery 年华市场 to buy flowers. We went to this ulu ulu but big nursery at jalan kayu. Inside 的flower鲜艳夺利、百花齐放、玲琅满目、五花八门、鸟语花香、etc. We bought quite some plants, some for ah ma as well.

This pot of 水仙 is one of the 3 pots we bought. One gave ah ma, two we keep. The thing is, it is only sold at 3 for $10. Well, dun see that its still far away from blooming. The secret to let it bloom fast is to add ice to it. The next day sure bloom until dunno wad.

This pot of bamboo is my sis want to buy de. It is planted in some nutrients thingy where minimum water and no soil is needed.

Ok, this is not bought last night. It is infact bought a long time ago. This mini orchid hanged at the kitchen window is starting to bloom !!!

This is the first thing you will see when you open the main gate and step into my house during this CNY.

My collections of plants placed outside my main gate along the corridor.

This pot of chrysenthymum has alot of new flower buds. I got it last night for $10 per pot. The other pot was given to ah ma.

Anyway, i just came back from reunion dinner at ah ma house. Its steamboat again, baby !!! And every year, i have to squeeze my creativity juice to come out with a new CNY dish for every yr's reunion dinner and hence i started on this yr's just now in the afternoon. I named it 富贵黄金, its basically pumpkin tofu. 豆腐的腐has the same谐音as富贵的富whereas the pumpkin made the dish golden in colour hence 黄金。

Well, since this afternoon, i started preparing the dish. I bought the pumpkin this morning at the market and i have reserve stock of 2 tofu at home. So i blended the pumpkin until it turn pulp. Then i blend the tofu until it turn liquid soya. Then i blend both the pumpkin and tofu together until it looks like papaya milk. Next, i steamed them and placed them to cool so that they can solidify.

When i reached my ah ma house, i coat the solidified pumpkin tofu with corn starch and deep fry it until it turned golden brown. Next, i kope some of the steamboat's stock and cooked it with the remaining pumpkin pulp and cooked a golden colour sauce which is poured over the deep fried tofu. Delicious. It is crispy at the ouside and soft in the inside. I blended the idea of tofu and pumpkin because i want to make use of the tofu's silkiness and the pumpkin's sweetness. Furthermore, the only ingredients used were tofu and pumpkin. Simple. The dish, overall, tasted nice as expected but the only flaw is that the tofu is too soft and it tends to go out-of-shape. Yay, hurray for my 富贵黄金!

Anyway, tml is CNY le !!! Visitings again, baby!!! Anyway, if u guys keen to come visit me plz msg me and i see if i am available anot. Ok, thats all. Happy CNY eve, waiting for countdown !!!

头痛，心烦，左右为难

真是头痛啊！工作方面还有很多东西没做完，再多几天就是过年了！听人们说东西最好不要欠过年，但是我的工作看来要欠过年了！

这几个周末一直都在兵营里度过。是的，我大约每个周末都有weekend duty，所以没有什么时间陪家人准备新年的东西。对我而言，过年前的准备工作是比新年当天还要“享受”的。因为这能让我融入与营造过年的气氛。到处张灯结彩，年货市场更是人如潮水般涌入。反过来说，新年当天外头处处冷冷淡淡，因为店铺都关门回家过年了。所以这次无法投入迎新的准备工作，算是一种损失和遗憾。

今早刚从兵营bookout，回到家里吃早饭就和同事相聚去附近的卡拉OK去小K一两首。今天喉咙不知怎么，歌声有点“撕裂”或“破”，所以唱起来并没有一向来那样“顺”或“清晰”。觉得今天的歌声有点“raw”，真是对大家都一种不尊敬。

唱完K后，本人就搭巴士到旧家那剪头发，准备迎新。看来仅剩这一天的周末有很多事要做。由于天气不作美，所以临时取消和家人去逛年花市场的计划。当会儿还有第一轮团圆饭要吃，所以mummy正在准备当中。年除夕才到阿嬷家去吃第二轮的团圆饭。

对了，刚才我还从网上下载了教育部奖学金的表格，打算申请这 MOE Teaching Award。去年由于自己对教育界这条道路还有点犹豫，所以搁浅了申请奖学金的念头。今年肯定了未来要走的这条道路，所以打算申请试试看，请大家助我一臂之力吧！

二月贺岁片多，又有《长江7号》，又有《功夫灌篮》，又有《老师嫁老大》。但我向往观看的这部，不知算不算是贺岁片。但既然是在二月份上映的，就勉强算是吧。这部就是《L Change The World》！！！


相信更我一样喜欢看Deathnote到朋友都会非常期待这部算是续集的电影。二月二十二号，拭目以待！

Campaign !!!

I checked my savings in my bank acct this morning... i am getting broke

Not much money left inside.

Damn, this means i have to spend less and earn more.

Income (Y) = Consumption (C) + Savings (S)

For S to increase, C must decrease since Y is constant for my state.

Hence, i decide to launch "BE NICE TO CMH CAMPAIGN". This will start immediately and will end on the day i decide it shall end.

As part of the "BE NICE TO CMH CAMPAIGN", i shall also launch the "FEED CMH FUND" where you guys can feel free to donate a significant amt above $2 daily. Hahaha.

This fund shall cover CMH's daily expenses including food, transport and also luxury good (the sony cybershot t series)

How does it sound? Cool rite? Please donate generously to this charity. Hahahaha.

Ok, i am just being lame.

最近比较烦

好烦好烦！新年要到了，我却在为工作烦！去年国外演习回归的药物量有大问题！本医疗中心的品质审查又让我这个药物部门主任搞得团团转！老板医生又不在！一些新人的工作态度与表现又不佳！问题是一波未平，一波又起！好烦啊！！！

K歌比赛大失败！

今天是本人和其余三个BMT好友的K歌比赛。比赛无法完成落幕，最后宣告失败！哈哈！原本是四人的比赛，最后搞得三缺一，因为大只老得陪家人去庙里烧香拜佛，最后“宣告退出”！而三人行的我们最后临场加入多一位“外人”，那就是Phee的新女友。此外，缺乏时间观念的我竟然迟到了足足半个小时，赶到现场是已气不足声，让我感到非常惭愧。但是，the show must still go on，因此我们也开唱了！我们唱了很多自己喜欢的歌曲，比赛各个回合的歌曲也勉强按照着唱。

今天的K歌大赛最终没分出胜负，因为大家都有些失水准。哈哈！大家都not on form。首先是phee在唱了指定歌曲《天使嫉妒的生活》后开始破功，然后轮到wil忘曲忘词，还有本人常常气不足而差点唱走音！连我最熟悉的《到不了》也在后半段的副歌唱错调，丢脸死了！但是我们还是很enjoy，我想这才是最重要的！快乐的时光总是很快过去，三个小时的K也K完了。在离场之前，不忘拍张照留念。

就在这个时候，当我要操纵我的数码相机的灯光按钮时，相机突然停止操作，有如暴毙版怎么按也无法开动。最终宣布数码相机抢救无效，不治身亡！所谓“旧的不去，新的不来”，这时的我产生了要买新数码相机的念头！由于军营规定不能携带负有相机功能的手机，而我又喜欢照相扑抓生活里的美好画面，所以我想这新相机是非买不可了！哈哈！刚刚浏览了新力（Sony）的网站，好想拥有一台Sony Cybershot T Series的新数码相机，但是价钱方面又有点惊人，所以不知如何是好。本人的收录已经很惨淡，加上要存钱为将来上大学的开销做打算，所以暂时实在无法购买那台新掌形数码相机！好渴望喔！

刚才在帮小妹课业上的问题时，需要用计算机。就当我拿出用了七年多的Sharp计算机想要用时，发现自己已经忘了怎么用！哈哈。没想到那从中一陪我一路走来，经历无数的大小测验考试和无情的岁月的计算机，既然让我在大约一年停顿使用后忘了怎么用！真是个玩笑呀！想当年固执的我坚持不换计算机，就算是升了初级学院，或要应付重要的年中，年尾与O，A水准考试，都要使用那用到熟练的计算机。因为在使用时，它给我莫名的把握，无意间产生了感情。它陪我走过风风雨雨，无数的课业高潮与低潮，它帮我在求学的路途中拿取了无数的“特优”，它已成了我课业的好伙伴，考试时的吉祥物，与我同舟共济的作战伴侣。它，却在我服兵役时被我冷冷忽略。。。

PS：我会尽量在最快的时间上载K歌的照片，敬请期待！

我不卖豆腐！！！

《周大侠》

词/方文山 曲/周杰伦 演唱/周杰伦、杜国璋

我一脚踢飞一串串红红的葫芦冰糖

我一拳打飞一幕幕的回忆散在月光

一截老老的老姜 一段旧旧的旧时光

我可以给你们一张签名照拿去想象

我说啊 屏风就该遮冰霜

屋檐就该挡月光

江湖就该开扇窗

平剧就该耍花枪

扎下马步我不摇晃

闷了慌了倦了我就穿上功夫装

我不卖豆腐(豆腐) 豆腐(豆腐)

我在武功学校里学的那叫功夫

功夫(功夫) 功夫(功夫) 赶紧穿上旗袍

免得你说我吃你豆腐

你就像豆腐(豆腐) 豆腐(豆腐)

吹弹可破的肌肤在试练我功夫

功夫(功夫) 功夫(功夫) 赶紧穿上旗袍

免得你说我吃你豆腐

我稍微伸展拳脚

你就滚到边疆

回旋踢太用力

画面就变的很荒凉

落花配对配夕阳

翻山越岭渡过江

我清一清嗓

清一清嗓

唱起秦腔

飞天飞敦煌

北方北大荒

谁在水一方我撑起一把纸伞回头望

啊这什么地方

这什么状况

啦啦啦啦

闷了慌了倦了我就踩在你肩膀

我不卖豆腐(豆腐) 豆腐(豆腐)

我在武功学校里学的那叫功夫

功夫(功夫) 功夫(功夫) 赶紧穿上旗袍

免得你说我吃你豆腐

你就像豆腐(豆腐) 豆腐(豆腐)

吹弹可破的肌肤在试练我功夫

功夫(功夫) 功夫(功夫) 赶紧穿上旗袍

免得你说我吃你豆腐

周杰伦为贺岁片《功夫灌篮》所制作的歌曲 《周大侠》！！！http://www.haoting.com/htmusic/208760ht.htm

我要减肥 ！！！

看不下去了！我受（瘦）不了了！Oh no!!! 天啊，我发现我发福了。嗨，身上一层层赘肉好像把它取掉，好像去抽脂肪！哈哈！告诉同事们说我肥他们不相信，说我瘦！他妈的，我真的很肥好吗。害到我不敢照镜子。恶心死了！

今早回到军营内做我的Dispensary的事。因为星期一有个高官要来审查我们的货量，所以非得把我的stocktake做完不可。一直在等国防动员，已经几个星期了还没等到，真让我无法好好享受周末，真该死！所以到了午餐时间把事做完以后就回家去了。

明天有BMT好友的Kbox聚会，真期待。

算了，午后太阳好晒，好象去游泳，享受阳光，但一直在等动员的我被困在家中，动弹不得！

命苦啊！！！

特务T

游览朋友的部落格，看到这非常有趣的youtube短片，是利用天线宝宝的见解片段取代Jolin的特务J MV，让正感到非常苦恼和纳闷的我顿时扬起嘴角一笑。感谢朋友Shuyi的这短片。所以从她的部落格“非法抄袭”到我的部落格上。敬请欣赏。

部落格取新名字

我决定给我的个人部落格取个新名字 ：《“辉”洒自如》

名字改编至“挥洒自如”这四个字，指的是我的blog entries能够不受约束，挥洒自如地写出。

“辉”取至我的本名。

因而部落格的新名字诞生了。

没太大的意思，也并非没意思，希望这不会影响我以后的entries风格。

Random 13 Jan 2008

Feeling damn sian right now. Finally got back home from camp this morning after breakfast at yishun centre. This week is a long week man. Outfield cover, standby force prepration, dispensary stuff for me to settle. Talking about standby force, i was expecting one recall yesterday and i thought it would really be so damn lucky of me to be in camp when they recall since i do not need to take the hassle to rush back to camp within 1 hr. But then, there was no recall which means i could be next week, where i had a long weekend. I do not know if i want to switch weekend duty with someone else to do next sat's duty. Yah, all these recall stuff is making everyone crazy. Paranoid is the word.

When i reached home this morning, i just feel very sneh2, meaning sluggish. No mood to do anything man. Want to surf internet also no mood, watch TV also no mood, go out also no mood, just no mood for anything. Just feel like not doing anything and 瘫痪在床上。Feel that my life is kinda distorted right now by all these NS commitments but who am i to complain. There is nothing to look forward to. Kbox next sunday? Chinese New Year? ORD? I wont even have the shame to think of ORD. Haiz...

My parents keep pestering me to buy CNY clothes. I just cant be bothered. Dont know what to buy, dont intend to buy. 反正每年来来去去也只不过去那几户亲戚人家百年。So boring. Maybe is i grow old le, starting to feel numb about CNY. The 期待感不再存在。I aint want any new clothes. I do not need any. No one to show it to wearing it. Bummer. I dont go out with friends during CNY period. Just stay at home and rot? Might as well stay in camp and do duty still can earn off. Thats why i volunteered for one of the 4 days.

Just recovered from sore throat. Had been on medication for the past few days. The diphen expectorant really makes me sleepy. Drink already damn drowsy hence no mood to do anything. I am just feeling grumpy. Aiya, whatever it is la, i also have no mood to continue typing...shall end here...

K歌大赛 歌单

Yo Yo Yo ！！！下个星期天就是期待已久的Kbox session 了！“参赛者”的歌单也sort of confirmed了。以下是这场“K歌大赛”的歌单：

参赛者1：Phee
自选歌曲: 彩虹（周杰伦）
对方指明歌曲：天使嫉妒的生活 （曹格）
天堂High歌 VS 地狱悲歌： 阳光宅男（周杰伦）VS （未确定）
Final Showdown 自选歌：我可以（蔡旻侑）

参赛者2：本人
自选歌曲：十年（陈奕迅）
对方指明歌曲：最熟悉的陌生人（萧亚轩）
天堂High歌 VS 地狱悲歌：离开地球表面（五月天）VS 失恋无罪（Alin）
Final Showdown 自选歌：你不在（王力宏）

参赛者3：大只
自选歌曲：我恋爱了（张韶涵）
对方指明歌曲：不会分离（光良）
天堂High歌 VS 地狱悲歌：101（梁静茹）VS 我不会唱歌（罗志祥）
Final Showdown自选歌：快乐眼泪（张惠妹）

参赛者4：Wil
自选歌曲：我们的纪念日（范玮琪）
对方指明歌曲：平常心（张惠妹）
天堂High歌 VS 地狱悲歌：（未确定）VS 真的（张韶涵）
Final Showdown自选歌： 理想情人（杨丞琳）

谁胜谁负，下星期天自有揭晓！！！

2008年 “K歌大赛”

千万不要被标题误会，这并非是什么公开的歌唱比赛，只是另一场朋友唱K得聚会。多了个“标题”，对来临的这场聚会带来较多趣味。

地点：市区的其中一间Kbox （大多是Suntec的）
时间：11 - 2PM
奖金：无
报名资格：认识我就好。哈哈！喜欢唱K，喜欢音乐！

比赛规格：参赛者需要根据以下4个回合唱5首歌，其余参赛者在每首歌后扮演评审，评论之后给分。

比赛回合：
1. 自选歌曲
2. 对方指明歌曲
3. 天堂high歌 VS 地狱悲歌
4. 完场曲

目前参赛者：
1. 本人
2. phee
3. wil
4. 大只

想参与就来“报名”。哈哈。但是K歌费自负！=P

Back to school, back to work

2nd Jan 2008. 学生们，开学了 ！！！大人们，开工了！！！Woke up earlier than usual today because father driving my sis to her new school first before sending me to camp. She first day of sch at NYJC you see. On the way to NYJC, i saw alot of students reporting back to school so early in the morning which kinda extracted wonderful memories as i recalled how i used to be a student then, reporting to school for a brand new school year. To think of it, it really rawks to be a student, as compared to my state now, a NSF. I really miss school days. This is esp so when my father drove my sis to NYJC, which was the same route i took for 4 years during my sec sch days (my sec sch, zhss, was just next to nyjc) and it really brings back wonderful memories about back then. Sigh. But then, its a brand new year ahead, brand new start. 祝莘莘学子们勤奋向上，学业突飞猛进。祝工作人士人步步高升，工作愉快！！！

回望过去，展望未来。。。2008蓄势待发

I've decided to adopt the same slogan i used last year for this year's year-end reflection:

Reflecting The Past, Anticipating The Future

回望过去，展望未来

Alas, another year is about to end in just slightly more than an hour time. At this point of time, i would like to take a step back and looked carefully at what i've gained, what i've lost, and what i've learnt from the year of 2007.

A word to describe my year 2007 will be "Differ", "异". This is because my life completely changed in 2007 as i embarked on a new phase of my life by serving national service. The current lifestyle i am living differs from what i've in the past. The process of going through enlistment, BMT, basic medic course and now as a cbt medic at chong pang med ctr is far much enriching than i've ever thought it would be. It is a brand new type of lifestyle i've yet to go through before in the past as a student, infact, for the past 18 years.

What have i gained in 2007?

Friendship forged during the current 9 months plus stay in NS. Different phase of my NS life, i am meeting new group of individuals. Living and learning with these individuals widen my social circles and my perspective of the society and this world. More importantly, i've learnt how to live with all sort of people. Different people have different personalities, behaviors and needs. Learning how to compromise and accomodate for each other, hence making life better off for everyone, is a big gain for me in the year of 2007. It is just a reflection of society, that constitutes of different kinds of people of different backgrounds, different frontal and inner displays. Very important a gain for me.

What have i lost in 2007?

Freedom is one big aspect that i've lost in 2007. Entering NS is the admission to a very restricting environment where strict rules and regulations are all around to bound you. Apart from not having the priviledge to go home everyday, I have to follow directives and hierachy of rank strictly which is something i'm not very used to. However, i believe that 塞翁失马，焉知非福, there is gain for every loss. I believe that this lost of freedom to a brand new restricting environment can shape my character to the better, hence benefiting me in the future.

What have i learnt?

Many intagible benefits i've reaped and many invaluable lessons i've learnt in 2007. Apart from what i've mentioned earlier, i've also learnt many skills that is hard to learn from the outside world. From individual fieldcraft and handling of arms in BMT to precious life saving skills in BMC to human relation management skills in chong pang med ctr, all these cant be easily learnt from outside and i cherished what i've learnt in my year of 2007. I reassure that the learning process continues for the years ahead, even after i ORDed, till i enter university, till i stepped into the working world and then retired. 学海无涯, there is just too much to learn from, and these doesnt come in textbooks form.

Apart from enlistment to NS, 2007 is also the year i received a little bonus for working hard for the year of 2005 to 2006. Received my A level results in march this year and i am proud to say that i've attained satisfactory results for scoring 4 A lvl distinctions, though i frumbled a little in GP. This has allowed me to be invited back to college during college day to receive a prize (a trophy, a cert and book voucher) from the school. The last time i've ever went up to stage to receive an academic recognition is primary 3 when i got 3rd in class. Hence, it is a very special bonus to me for the year of 2007.

As such, my year 2007 can be described as fruitful but "differ" is still the word representing it. For the coming year ahead, i will still be in NS. I wish to challenge myself further for the coming year of 2008 for the following aspects. First, i wish to maintain or further achieve breakthrough in my fitness level. Second, i wish to improve my medical skills as i aspire to be a medic well respected by my colleagues and superiors for my outstanding performance and "very zai" skills in my medical centre, despite my role and rank. I'm not there yet but i will reach that final stage. Third, i wish to widen my social life further and make more friends, more importantly, be nicer to my current friends. Forth, i wish to complete learning driving by end of next year. Finally, i wish to further improve and polish my character, to become a better person in the future.

As such, i am ready to embark on my journey through this new year ahead...2008 蓄势待发!

I hereby wish everyone a happy and fruitful year ahead. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!

属于我2007年的3首经曲

虽然不是什么电台排行榜总结，但我选出了属于我2007年的3大歌曲。。。

这是我在2007年最喜欢的三首歌曲，排名分先后。。。

Number 3：（第3位）


Number 2：（第2位）


Number 1：（第1位）

Basic Theory Test

Took off today to take the traffic police basic theory test. Had lunch with Jas at AMK Hub subway before that because she was also going to the same driving centre around the same time for her practical lessons. We then took a feedle bus there. Arrived quite early so kinda waited and watched learners practising in the circuit. Went to the 3rd storey promptly for the test, which was carried out using some touch-screen computerised system. The test was relatively ok, managed to pass, afterwhich i went to booked my advanced theory test, which was on 29th Feb 2009. Well, it will be quite a long wait but its okay as it should provide me with ample time to study for the test. Anyway, i haven applied for PDL coz i havent find instructor yet. Hopefully soon. I can start picturing myself driving on the road soon...

今年圣诞特别“热”

2007年的据点，由大家所喜爱的圣诞节作为陪衬。其实每年都是一样，圣诞与新年相辅相衬，给人一种喜气，一种值得庆祝与一年到头值得等待的气氛。但别通往日的是，怎么今年的圣诞如此干旱，给人有种“圣诞真的到来吗？”的感觉。每年年底，当大家庆祝圣诞时，都是雨季光顾，有如老天喜极而泣，感谢与感动大家一年辛苦到头，终于是收割的时候了。但今年圣诞，怎么每天都是阳光普照，而到傍晚时分才勉强下几滴雨。这有一种“农夫一年到头饱受干旱天气，影响收割，好难才等到雨季时，却失望落空”的感觉。不知这比喻是否太扯了。但是，每年在年底看到的场景：滂沱大雨跟着细雨绵绵，今年看不到了。

这整个星期每天醒来，迎接我惺忪的双眼的，不是一滴滴可爱的雨水贴在玻璃窗外以好奇的眼光偷看进来，而是强悍中带点微弱却不缺强悍的金色阳光理直气壮地照入我的玻璃窗。天气有如太阳与阳光知道自己不该在这时候出现，却不知何故为何这时候出现的样子。这不是放纵，这是模糊。到了午后，阳光更是强烈了起来，照得天下生物无法抬起头来。太热了，太干了，太扯了！

难道这一切都是所谓的温室效应所造成的吗？说道温室效应这四个字，可说是21实际最常用的四个字。它反映了人们自相矛盾的心理。一下子高举牌子反对工业园释放有毒燃药，一下子却不顾一切，放肆地开电视电脑与空调。每天翻开报纸，都少不了一些关于温室效应以及环保的新闻。到底人们有完没完？生活在地球两端的北极熊与鵸鹅也莫名地成了焦点。但是，此时此刻，温室效应也应该是抢走我们新加坡的圣诞气氛的其中一个幕后黑手吧。

说来说去，还是坚持相信今年的圣诞，少了雨，是没有往年来得更有气氛。虽然市区一带张灯结彩，挂满了七彩的圣诞装饰，却少了这一块，这人类无法制造，只有mother nature能够带来的一块，那就是天气。圣诞装饰再多，也无法弥补天气缺少的雨季。这一滴滴小雨滴，和圣诞装饰是互相承托，相辅相成的，无可取代。现在只想老天下场绵绵细雨，给新加坡带来应得的丝丝凉意。。。

Pri Sch Clique Xmas Gathering 2007

The annually long awaited pri sch clique xmas gathering successfully took place yesterday 20th Dec 2007. The 5 of us were supposed to meet at AMK mrt stn at 12.30pm where i happened to be the latest to arrive, just 5 seconds after the "usual suspect" mk arrived. Hahaha. Its ok, at least she wont get to blame herself forever for being the latest always.

Anyway, we took a train all the way to Jurong East mrt where we then transferred to a free shutter bus service transporting us to The Chevrons. The initial activity plan was to go for the clique's first ever karaoke session where i suggested to be held at kbox in town. But FPE, being a 3SG, is a Chevron member and hence suggested booking the karaoke at Chevrons which happened to be much cheaper. I was a little skeptical of the songlists available at that place but to my surprise, it was rather updated.

We proceeded into the karaoke where we were given this long room with 2 wide screen TV seperated by the computer song dedication screen. I started to wonder which TV shd i focus on, the left or the right, or simply one eye on each. I digress. We initially spent like half an hour trying to figure out how to operate the freaking remote control and the computer system there like a bunch of morons. Being too used to the kbox system, i was totally confused by the sophistication, or rather, the simplicity, of the computerised system there. Any small insignificant breakthrough in our idiotic "trial and error" experiment with the system caused unwanted and unnecessary cheerings from the 5 of us. See how freaking spastic we were.

Oh yes, we sang alot of songs. Personally, i sang some of my fave 拿手songs such as 陈奕迅's 《十年》，《预感》，《爱情转移》，alin's 《失恋无罪》，范玮琪's《到不了》，《是非题》,etc. Oh yes, did i mention that i simply love to sing "emo tragic songs", i.e. 悲歌. The more tragic, the merrier, the more i like. Hence, it seemed always the case that everyone who went kbox or karaoke with me, needs to see a psychiatrist the following day. Hahaha.

Anyway, everyone's singings were okay. I mean all of us were once in choir b4. Me, YY, MK and FPE were in pri sch choir (if you've not known), we were kinda forced to join to put up a performance for the pri sch's 18th anniversary. Julia was in choir in her sec sch days. Hence there werent major 音准 and pitching problems in this session. After the end of the 3 hours of continuous singing, we were surprised, or rather, shocked, at how much the bill was. It was only $27, inclusive of the $11 jug of greentea we ordered. My was that cheap. Sorry, i shall rephrase, it is BLOODY CHEAP !!!

Attached below is a photo taken in the karaoke room. Obviously YY is missing coz he is the one taking the photo. But its ok, not going to have any negative impact on the overall photo with his absence. Hahahaha. Just joking. =P

Anyway, after the karaoke session which ended somewhere around 5.30pm, we took a bus to vivocity for dinner and gift exchange. I initially suggested Orchard Road (same as last year) because there were more to see at Orchard Road. I am refering to the xmas deco, not the filipino maids, thankyou. Hahaha. Ok, sorry for being lame. The direct bus journey took approx 45min and we arrived at the bus terminal at harbourfront. Upon making our way through the crowd to vivocity across the road, we realised that we were hungry. Yay !!! Babies and children must not be kept hungry for this will affect growth. (As though we have any much to grow, ahahhaha) So we surveyed the shop directory only to realise the most economical venue to eat is actually, the foodcourt. (See how sarcastic i sound.) Anyway, we took the lift to Food Republic on the 3rd storey and engaged in a game of "musical chair", i mean, finding seats in the packed foodcourt. But then, we were not very good in the game you see (cause we no childhood) so we couldnt find a seat. So we went back to the basement and fortunately enough, found a seat the kopitiam foodcourt. If i did not recall wrongly, last yr's xmas dinner was also at kopitiam food court, just that it was at PS. Maybe kopitiam organisation can consider sponsoring our annual xmas dinner from next yr onwards? Hahaha.

Anyway, after dinner, YY need to leave early because he need to book in that night. So we did an advanced gift exchange for him. The fk up thing about this yr's gift exchange is, we have paper but no pen. Last year, we have pen but no paper. I wonder whats next year? The photo below shows all the presents "posing" for a photoshoot. Hahhaa. Can you recognise the darker blue one at the bottom? Its from me.


Anyway, we managed to substitute the role of the pen with MK's hairpin, which is kinda pathetic. But then, we are very adaptable to different circumstances hence we can make do with anything. Hahaha. Thankgoodness they didn insist on using my blood for i am a medic. YY received MK's present. Congrats. Erm...ok, nothing to congrats. Hahahah.

After YY got his present, we decided to 送him离开，千里之外. Erm...i mean, send him home. But before that we needa take a group photo. We managed to make our way to the entrace of vivo and found this fountain landscape place (photo below) to do our annual grp photo shoot. It was done with FPE's cam coz mine was chwee enough. The flash is over bright, auto is over dark. Kinda pathetic. We manage to stop this guy in the nearest proximity to us to do us this favour, hopefully he didn think that we wanted to rob him or somehting.


After which, i started to whip out my cam and started snapping about. Woohooo. The photo below on this crystal glass xmas tree placed just inside the entrace of vivo was taken while the 2 girls went toilet. So got ALOT OF TIME to take this photo. Hahahhaa.

After that we decided to continue our gift exchange at the amphitheatre at the top of vivo. Upon reaching the top level, what greeted us was this gigantic beautifully decorated xmas tree erected infront of the amphitheatre. (Plz do not question my use of vocab) Grand, isnt it?

So we decided to proceed on with the gift exchange. Results of the lots drawing indicated that FPE got julia's present, which was a self-made "coloured sand in a glass" thingy. She really took the effort to grind the chalk to make the sand and stuff. Yah. A round of applause for her please. MK got my present, which is a mug i bought at marina sq. Julia got FPE's present which was a pair of small decorative purposes wine glass. I got YY's present which was a big decorative glass. See any similarity in all the presents we got? ALL MUGS AND CUPS AND GLASSES, i.e. water storage equipments. Hahaha. Got alot of 默契rite we? Hahaha. This year i set the rule of "no chocolate", next yr i guess i am gonna enforce another rule of "no mugs and cups and glasses". I wonder what will be the resultant.

Anyway, after the gift exchange at the amphitheatre, we continued snapping photos of that freaking big tree. Yah, its kinda weird to do so but it is the ONLY obvious deco we can see up there. Everyone else was doing so, so we followed the crowd. MK esp, snapped it at all possible angles (of that gigantic tree) she can find to the extent that the deco management might want to collect copyright fee from her. Hahaha.

This is taken at the base of the gigantic tree. It writes "Christmas sparkles at vivocity".

This is a photo of the gigantic xmas tree taken from far.

After all these "nonsenses", we embarked on our journey home, time check 9.45pm. I got outfield cover the following day (which was today) so i gotta reach home early. We took bus 166 back to AMK bus int where on the way to the busstop, mk damaged her heels, due to her "awkward way of walking", according to her. So she faced some difficulties walking to the busstop but this did not stopped me from "forcing" the 4 of us including her, to dash across the road with a blinking green man shown on the traffic light. She could be cursing and swearing i guess.

Anyway, on the bus journey, we engaged in our fave activity - crapping. I admit i was kinda tired. But as and when i passed by any deco, i would take out my digi cam and snap snap snap.

This is one pathetic foto i snapped at the deco outside The Central at clark quay.

This one is part of the long stretch of deco along orchard road. This shd be at the end of orchard road and the start of bras brasah road, near Paradiz ctr and SMU.

This one that looks like rain of gold was the deco for United Square at novena.

Anyway, i kinda reached amk bus int, exhausted, at 10.30pm approx. Walked home. The moment i reached home, i bathed, pack my bag for today's outfield and then wait for my hair to dry before i called it a day and enter dreamland.

Anyway, the 4 of u hor, plz dont chase me for the photos. I've already uploaded them. The link can be found at the function menu at the right. Thankyou. For the rest of u guys, plz enjoy the photos i've taken. For those pictures that featured me inside, please dont send it to the Singapore Paranormal Investigators coz reassure thats not a ghost inside, thats me. Thanks. Kinda regret not going down to orchard rd at night to take foto. 2 more days to xmas, i wonder if i shd make the trip down.

Cest La Vie ?

Was reading my previous years blog entries for the past half an hour, i realised how much crazier and more fun i was back then as compared to now. Perhaps i've matured over time, perhaps i've lost the "fun side" of me over time, perhaps i've learnt to be more "adult-like" over time.

Why?

Perhaps the more i've experienced, the more i became like that? Perhaps time really changes me? Perhaps the increase intensity of hardship, hard fact and hard feelings experienced over time has shaped me to be more restrained over my feelings? Am i going to turn into a frankenstein?

Why?

Friends come and go. We still keep in contact, we are still friends, but in terms of time spent together, its different. P6-1 classmates... 1E5/2E5 classmates ... 3E2/4E2 classmates....2205 classmates....BMT platoon mates... BMC platoon mates ... chong pang med ctr colleagues. They are not the same bunch of people. Different groups of people made up different leagues of my life, different periods of my life. As this constant change shaped me to what i am today?

I realise that i do have a very fun past. They constitute a crucial part of my memory. Fond memories. I am not as happy with my army life as compared to back then. Infact if life is so miserable on me, my coming 1 year 3 months could be not as happy. This is going to affect me. Just when i feel that i am so unfortunate comparing to my peers, the people i know past and present, perhaps its important for me to think that NS life, though forms a part of my memory, my life, but it is also only a small part. Lets say i get to live until 70. Two years of my NS life forms only a small part of my entire life's memory. The last moment, my last breathe. 2/70 = 2.9%? I still have so much wonderful past memories that constitutes a larger component than 2.9%.

What can i do?

Trying to live a carefree and happy life after NS could be a challenge but also a possibility to this current crisis. And then, what is 2.9% to me?

It really makes me smile when i read through my past entries. To think of it, i've blogged for 4 years. Since dec 2003. To compare with my peers who currently achieve more than me in NS, perhaps i can think, do they have these wonderful (at least) 4 years of memories i've got? It really stirred my thoughts and feelings by reading the past entries while being bothered by current unhappiness. Past memories = permanent. They are there for sure. Current unhappiness = permanent? Definitely not.

Well, this is life. People come and go. Events, major or minor, constitutes part and parcels of your life, just like bricks to a wall. This is life, cest la vie....

Alvin & The Chipmunks

Just went to watch "Alvin & The Chipmunks" movie with Jas at AMK Hub. My goodness, they are so freaking CUTE !!!

"另一个"星期一

I am clearing leave currently. So quite eng at home. But hor, i received a call from med ctr ask me this fri go back to cover for some stupid activity bcoz manpower shortage!!! Walau, i am on leave leh. ON LEAVE YOU FREAKING UNDERSTAND??? 嗨，没办法，说什么会補会我的假期，都不知道会不会对我的这一个“小小牺牲”有所感激。

由于今天请了假，下午时分没事做，便自己一个人到市区走走，散散心。

我家走几步路就到巴士转换站。就乘这个机会给你介绍本区（宏茂桥）刚建成的冷气转换站。我比较喜欢搭巴士。虽然路途及时间比较长，但风景比较多。。。

巴士刚要驶出转换站，我正坐在这辆double decker的第二层。

This is AMK Hub. Took this foto when the bus juz turned out of the interchange.

发现今年许多购物商场的圣诞装饰都大同小异，都是Xmas Tree!!!

在路途中，天开始下起雨来。。。

我在Bugis Junction下车。在那儿逛了逛。也买了自己喜欢吃的台湾炸鸡。
这是Bugis Junction里头的圣诞布置。

After that i walked down to National Library where i stopped to browse the books there for a while. After which i walked to Bras Brasah Complex to look at more books. Haha.

记得在读中学的时候，很喜欢到百盛楼购买assessment books, guide books and reference books.
这样说来会不会显得我有一点mugger?

雨越下越大。但自己又没有雨伞。好后悔。I'm walking in the rain。
Walked a short distance to Raffles City. Look at the deco, its Xmas TREE again !!!

既然到了Raffles City, 就得买那里出名的Donut !!! 幸好queue不长，所以排了一会儿就买到了。


The interesting thing bout the queue there is, it is kinda seperated in the middle in order not to block or obstruct the human traffic flow. Saw this signboard at the queue。 Kinda interesting they notify their customers that the availability of the donut might be compromised by the larger number of customers buying.

买完Donut后，便走去Plaza Singapura那里的Times Bookshop买书。It is proven that I cannot read books because the moment i read 2 to 3 pages i started to fall asleep. But then i needa spend the Times voucher (gotten as a prize by my JC for scoring 4 A lvl dist) b4 it expired early next year. Anyway, 路途中路过了SMU，发现那一带改变了很多。SMU也建得非常新非常美，真可惜那不是我想报读的大学，因为我对business management 之类的科目没兴趣。

Anyway, 逛完了Plaza Sing就搭地铁回家。路途中有一个很没有礼貌的uncle用他那不知道装什么的红色low class plastic bag撞我手中的那盒donut。好像揍他，but 看他是 "senior citizen"所以放过他这一回。这一撞可撞坏了我的donut。买给家人吃的donut可遭殃了！

Anyway, 回到家打开盒子一看。。。

有点像donut刚出车祸的样子，但还没面目全非。看起来依然可口！！！

Lets take a closer look.....

OMG !!! Arent they delicious?

Seriously speaking i've yet to taste donut factory's donut b4. I got try other brands la, but this is the brand that got the recent donut craze started.

Cant wait to sink my teeth into one of them !!! Yummy !!! Oishi !!!

Anyway, 这是我用voucher买回来的一袋书籍。Hehehe...

这个星期四的好友圣诞聚会的礼物也准备好了。是我昨天到Marina Sq买的。希望收到礼物的朋友会喜欢。Its kinda present exchange thing you know. So yah, looking forward to this thursday man.

说来这样多，该是搁笔去吃donut的时候了。Bye.....

12月16日，晴

今天去K，好过瘾。刚巧路过世界书展，便钻进去逛了逛。书展场地大，摆放的书籍包罗万象，却没一本让我看上。终于买到了圣诞礼物，也算是 one thing down my to-do list。今晚有《红星大奖》aka 《分猪肉的时候》。看来明天，后天，大后天又有得“讲”了。Seriously speaking, its all crap。Everyone knows why。

雨天

大雨正要开始不停地下。。。

雨一直下，气氛不算融洽。。。

你能体量我有雨天，偶尔胆怯你都发现。。。

看窗外的雨，它滴滴答答下个不停。。。

又到年底的雨季，天空一直在下雨，好想念阳光哦！！！

下雨能清洗空气，增加我国水量，却带来低洼地区淹水，以及衣服晾不干的问题。

年底雨季 - 开心？ 难过？

开心因为圣诞佳节即将来临。难过因为华人冬季面临而来。（华人最担心家中老人家与体虚者难熬过冬）

唉，我也不知道自己在写什么，只是突然心潮澎湃，但如今风平浪静。

布偶

在百货商场逛街时，发现摆放在一个角落的一篮售卖的布偶。不知是童心未泯，还是一时好玩，便把手伸进布偶，开始小玩起来。玩了一会儿，发现其余经过的大人们都会停下玩一玩正在售卖的布偶。原来人虽然长大了，心中却仍有一个长不大的心灵。。。

旧 VS 新

最近我的medical ctr有很大的人事变动，来了很多新人。本身虽然不算是最新加入，但也算是属于新一代。庆幸的是，我有幸度过了一段很短的“旧一代”生活，完全与现在的“新一代”截然不同。怎觉得“新一代”的生活比不上“上一代”的生活。现在的工作环境更加拘谨严肃，尤其是当几天前刚加入的4位specs进来时，把一股严肃的气氛带了进来，让我无形中感受到一股莫名的压迫感。总觉得他们会“与大气小”，用rank来压我们。可能是自己想太多了，但总没有之前所拥有的安全感。其实，人事变动从我加入这个大家庭时就在如火如荼地展开。先是换新MO，再是换新snr medic，再来appointment holders又来个大风吹，我也因此成了其中一个appointment holder。当大家开始适应新环境以及自己的新职位时，有来了一批新人，听可靠消息说，appointment holders又会来一场打分吹。刚来的那4个specs又对一些现有的职位虎视眈眈，看来自己的“饭碗”也不保了。新官上任三把火，他们一旦接获新职位，一定会展开大改革，甚至更我们现有的制度唱反调。虽然在NS里有什么职位没什么大不了，但一想要让所有的spec占据所有的职位，就有点吞不下这口气。难道man就做得不够好吗？难道我们man就没有spec这样zai?可能这样说来，会显得一些power hungry,但是我就是要为所有的man争一口气。因该是自己的ego太大了吧。能不能保住我现有的职位，也是上司的决定。我暂时对新一批之前加入的成员非常的comfortable。只是对这新来的这4位spec有点质疑以及不安。可能需要时间来让我们更相识，产生合作的火花，我也希望能如此，所谓多一个朋友好过多一个敌人。至于现在，只想抛开工作的烦恼，专心享受假期。自己已apply了annual leave，到圣诞前夕才回到工作岗位。在此希望接下来的日子能好过一些！加油！加油！加油！

星光4少 + 2205 Class BBQ

在两天前的星期六，我出席了Radio 1003在IMM广场所主办的《星光4少PK擂台赛》，一是刚巧路过，二是想见证《超级星光大道》所“出产”名副其实的星光4少，水准有没有如同在电视节目里看到的那样"zai"。我在三楼的一个角落找到了一个“落脚处”，便在那儿等待节目的开始，足足等了一两个小时才等到4少的出现。原来1003找来了一些所谓"Local talents"的本地唱将来PK4少。一像对本地人的歌唱实力有所质疑的我也对其中的一些挑战者刮目相看，果然能比得上“老外”。哈哈！其中让我影响深刻的是一位24岁的男生，声音非常的高而细，有点像女生，却负有爆发力，果然引来了全场的欢呼和掌声。万万没想到的是，1003既然找来了《绝对Superstar2》的男季军,孙文海，来挑战星光4少！

全场挤满了歌迷！

等待已久，星光4少终于现身！

周定"Rain"以他的一首舞曲《我不会唱歌》让观众疯狂尖叫！

刚付完兵役的潘欲文带着一顶白色帽子，从远处看还蛮像陈雷的，哈哈！

许仁杰以一首抒情曲迷倒全场观众及掳获他们的心！

PK赛道高潮！星光冠军林宥嘉既然被本地Superstar2的男季军孙文海挑战。两者势均力敌，结果握手收据。真的是扮演了一场惊赞的“台湾星光VS本地Superstar”!

星光4少接受访问，全场一片肃静。

观看完星光4少的PK擂台赛后，便从本岛西部直奔另外一端的东海岸，参加初级学院班级的烧烤会。由于对东海岸公园不熟悉，所以花了一段时间才找到本班的烧烤台。值得欣慰的是，班上的大多数同学都有出席，大家久违了！大家沉积叙旧。没想到“多日不见”的我们，既然还能在碰面时像当年一样如此有凝聚力，真是难得。一年前的今天，大家刚考完A水准，“普天同庆”。一年后的今天，女的上大学，男的服兵役，真所谓岁月不饶人。

难得聚在一起，当然得拍一些照片留念。。。

Well, bcoz the next day i got weekend medical ctr duty, so i didnt stay up very late with them. Finally, i want to say...

2205 RAWKS !!! 友谊万岁!!!

Random funny video

Jellyfish Head

Whats with the recent woohaa of 水母头aka jellyfish head? 只因为可爱教主杨丞琳在最新专辑《任意门》中剪了一个水母头，而最近刚来到新加坡做宣传，因而掀起了一股水母头的热潮。

Jellyfish - Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the class Scyphozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They can be found in every ocean in the world and in some fresh waters.


Rainie Yang's jellyfish head


OMG !!! Isnt that Radio 1003 DJ, Jianwen?!?!?

Anyway, was walking home just now from workplace. I always thought jellyfish head in singapore is overrated. But as i was taking an escalator down, i saw this lady with a funny hairstyle...after closer observation, it is JELLYFISH HEAD !!!

改头换面，焕然一新！

I changed the format of my blog from the previous dark version to this simplier and neater version. Hopefully i will not receive any violent objections from you guys readers out there. Thankyou for support for my blog, whoever is reading this. If you guys noticed i am also starting to blog in chinese. Not because i want to flaunt my mandrian or sucking up to the govt's "chinese cool" campaign, but because i feel like some things are better expressed in chinese, while others in english. So you may notice that i alternate between the two language in my to-come entries. Once again, please give my feedback on how i can improve my blog while i try to retain my style of entries. Thanks again one and all.

开始感受到圣诞的到来。最近到来市区好几次，也看到了各大百货商场已装上了圣诞布置，璀璨夺目。不只是眼前所见，耳边了传来了悦耳的圣诞曲目，承托了佳节的脚步慢慢逼近。

刚刚在下午时分与好友到来Plaza Singapura观看了电影 "The Tattooist". 这是一部由本地与纽西兰所合作制作的恐怖片。说的是一名tattoist不小心被纽西兰土族的刺青工具刺伤，因而被死在工具的主人手下的受害者灵魂附生，利用他给予他人的刺青杀人。

看完了整部戏后，直觉得又是另一部恐怖片，可能是因为rating是NC16的关系，所以恐怖画面并没太血腥。想了想，也不知道故事最终要传达的含义是什么。Maybe the moral of the story is: carry out proper sterilised wound cleaning technique. 可能是因为自己在medical centre工作了太久吧。Hahaha. 指的是男主角被刺青工具刺伤的伤口。受害者在被灵魂“杀害”的过程中，刺青会蔓延全身，血管涌入刺青的墨汁，最终皮肉血管爆炸，墨池喷满地，有如家中的printer突然爆炸，有些好笑。哈哈！

看完电影后陪好友购物买圣诞礼物。他需要买礼物送给家人与两位较好的“女性朋友”。不知之间有什么暧昧关系。逗乐几圈都找不到什么。别误会，我指的是他，不是我。才发现原来大家所说“男生不爱购物”是真的。但本身也是男儿身，却对购物没什么厌恶。他最终买了什么复印上名字的种子和一碟卡片给他那两位女性朋友。在逛书局时发现了这本与宠物有关的书：50 Games To Play With Your Cat.

翻了翻，内容顾名思义，是在教读者如何用简单游戏与家中小猫玩耍，但不知怎么，我觉得书名因该改成 "50 Ways How To Torture Your Cat"。哈哈哈！

逛了好久，也该是回家的时候了，在搭地铁回家前，本身就站在DVD店门外，一面想用购买的台湾炸鸡块，一面观看该店所播放的《881》。自己想，如果真的需要买礼送家人，这《881》DVD最恰当不过。

现在感到非常sian！因为明天又得回去上班了！好像放假！！！

Ever seen anyone so drunk while singing?



就是欣赏他在歌唱时的那份陶醉。。。

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...