Pictures posted up lo!!

After a few minutes after blog-complain about the inability to post up pictures, I have since posted up all the pictures I have prepared. Some of the words in the speech bubble a bit small but you can click on the pictures to see what I have perceived to be in the characters' mind. =P

Another plea here: Please please please send me convo pictures taken today! Every picture sent to me will be entitled to a lucky draw chance!!! I will disclose what the top prize is after I have sourced my sponsor for my first prize. Heh...

Felt great to convocate but deep inside me, I know I will miss those days in school, in the reading room, in MBA room, in......, where laughter, joy, sorrow, sadness, tension are all shared with friends. I can foresee days when in office or during a train journey, I will just space out and think back to these 3 years which I had spent in university......

You can bet that I will either cringe or smile into the empty space (depending on what I recalled at the moment la).

Convo at last lo! 

One of the few shots that turned up un-blurred in my digicam 

Me and Dap!!! 

Throughout history, a great man will step forward to chart the path of mankind. Perhaps, this is history in the making. Xiao Pang stepped forward to teach us how to throw a convo hat properly despite knowing there was no food involved. 

Before throwing our convo hat................. 

GRADUATE LO!!!!!!!!! 

Yandao Goh did it again. Throw convocation hat also can mess it up! Haha.. 

 

PUI! Who cares about SMU's students who only know how to jump in advertisement? This pic shows what NTU students are REALLY made of.  

Convocation had never been this difficult.... Using a pole to poke Yandao Goh's hat off the tree... 

 

Despite the small accident involving NTU's horticulture, we are all glad to be back in the comfort of being enclosed in an air-conditioned space.

Congrats to everyone, my fellow friends. May all of us keep in touch in the years to come. =) 

Graduate Lo!!!

Finally, after 3 years of hard work and hard play, I have graduated!!! Took lots of pictures at the convo ceremoney today but unfortunately, most of the photos were blurry. =( Please forward/send me pictures ok? Tolong tolong....

Now, I have actually prepared a series of pictures to be posted online but Blogspot seems to be throwing a huge tantrum now. Perhaps the server is jammed due to the millions of pictures being posted now. Will try my luck at a later date then.

Had a nice dinner with Towkay, DL, Yandao Goh, Xiao Pang, Rabbitblood, Yunru, Marky after the convo at Holland V followed by dessert at Gelare's. Totally full and bloated but Xiao Pang is seriously contemplating a packet of maggi mee later at home. Tsk...

price of trying too hard

2 gym session + a floorball match in 5 days = slight lower back ache.

Don't worry, salon pas to the rescue!

It's all in your mind

Back from my reservist training!! 2 weeks just like that. 2 weeks of my life idled away and waiting for things to happen. Perhaps, regaining a bit of my fitness and meeting some of my army friends annually are the only consolation from this event.

Met up with a friend of mine who is now in the SOF (special operation force). He did not even complete his O-levels but is now enjoying life and drawing a $4k salary. Ah. Life is really good for guys who have no interest or talent in studying.

Army can bring out the worst and best in everyone in an amazing and beautiful way. You are cold and wet and muddy and aching and hungry and you have a weapon on your hand. Given the fact that some other people will be in charge of weapon inspection the next day, it is a no-brainer that most people chose to hand in the weapon before cleaning it over taking the responsibility to clean it. Perhaps these people won’t have a chance to read my blog and repent BUT beware, there are 3 more reservist trainings to go and karma is only around the corner.

Some might wonder what is that event that led us to be cold, wet, muddy, aching and hungry, it’s actually the completion of a “mission” given to us. My team and I were to “attack” a place in Singapore by certain timing and this involved taking a helicopter ride and then walking numerous kilometers with an uncomfortable load over our shoulders. The cemeteries at Lim Chu Kang can be quite scary at 3am but luckily, I was not wearing my specs then and the rows and rows of tombstones were just a blur outline to me.

“1 more step. Come on.”

“Reaching already. Reaching already.”

“Around the corner can rest le.”

So many thoughts flashed past my mind to push my weakening and tired body forward. Curses were made internally as well as countless encouragement and cajoling to will myself on. The elation of completing everything can only be savored when I had cleaned myself and lying onto my bed a few hours later.

That’s right. The lesson taught and reinforced everyday in my NSF life 5 years back remained very much relevant now, be it in the army or in the civilian world.

It’s all in your mind.

far far away in the south china sea ~~ (music not included)

I hereby hypothesize that when guys (and maybe girls) wear army uniform; they become duller and less intelligent and began to move in a herd mentality. Perhaps that is the REAL reason for army uniform and stuff. The extent of inefficiency was so appalling and it seemed that the higher authority is completely oblivious to it. Perhaps the officers have an agreement among themselves not to shoot each other asses but it had done little favor among the troops. What to do? 1 more week of absolute nothingness and all will be done.

The coming week is a sure-deal in getting slimmer and the diet you want. So listen carefully for all those who want to have a healthy figure – army and jungle training is the way to go, forget about jean yip or marie france. It will be goodbye civilization and hello mosquitoes for me next week so do wish me plenty of luck. Berg, wished you were here but it’s ok; you will most probably screw up your ankle again. Heh…

Failed my IPPT. Compared to last year, sit-up still ok, chin-up deproved a bit, standing broad jump deproved a bit, shuttle run still ok but… 2.4km run is like shit. Damn, study too much and never exercise. Haiz… Lazy to train when at home leh, no one to run with = no motivation. Haha… Getting older liao. Zzzzzz..

Weekend so fast over. Book in lo!

yay!! I love jugs, i mean jungles!!!!

Don’t know whether there is still anybody who is reading my blog. If there are any, sorry for the poor update rate. Sorry lah, not like my friend rabbitblood who can update 3 times (or more) a day. =P

Anyway, wun be blogging much for the next 2 weeks. You see, I am a nature-lover and the government recognized my interest. Therefore, they have extended an invitation to me to join one of their organizations for 2 weeks to evaluate the condition of the jungles in Singapore. Yes!! I am paid to do it, not mentioning free food and accommodation. You can say I am definitely excited to be one of the participants. Who else interested can give me a call and I am sure we can work something out. ^_^

Yesterday was a sad day for soccer. Both England and Brazil are knocked out from the World Cup. Haiz… The semi-finals look like a fixture for the European Cup instead. Determined to give Brazil another shot at the world cup. How so? With my PS2. =P Who interested in joining me in playing winning eleven?