Went for the Chung Cheng High School (Main) class of 1995 union last evening. Our 4J class was the largest turnout =) and i got to see Mrs Lau (discipline teacher in charge), Ms See (Geography) and Ms Pang (Physics). I missed Accounts Tan as she had left by the time i got there. =P
It was fun to see some friends which i have not seen in a long long time. 14 years to be exact. 2 hours isnt much time to catch up either. At least now we have some contact details and maybe can jio jio for a cup of coffee sometime. =)
Well, am up an early today as i had just bathed after coming back from delivering of newspapers. Something which i had not really done in a while. Helping out as my mom is resting today.
As i type, can feel my attention waning as fatigue is setting in, so time to catch some ZZZzzz....
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
My BONUS buy ... muahahahahaha .. and some pictures.
Well, surprisingly a quick decision was made to buy my luxury item for 2009 as a reward for myself. And that is the electric toothbrush in the picture above. Colgate Motion, a very affordable electric toothbrush and after trying for 2 days, it cleans better than the traditional manual toothbrushes. =D In a shorter time too! Now my teeth are squeaky clean! And yes, by rubbing my finger across my teeth, they do actually squeak. =)
This photo was taken at Andy Lau's concert back in Dec 08. 2nd Andy Lau concert which i went to, the first at KL back in 06, at Medeka Stadium. Had fun at the concert and very happy to have fulfilled Wheng's dreams. Why dreams? cos we actually get to see Andy Lau in person after following his car from the Kallang indoor stadium to his hotel and caught sight of him as he exited the car to the private lift at B3. =D
Wondering why this mask is in the picture? Make a guess of what it is used for before reading on.
Hint 1: The mask belongs to me and is molded to my face.
Hint 2: It is used to secure my head to a surface.
Before i answer, i had used this for 2 weeks? i think..hmmm.. cant really remember, think may be up to 4 weeks. Answer is: To secure a person (myself) to the surface so that i would not move. Objective: to expose the same area on my body for radiation; otherwise known as radiotherapy. Not that scary when wearing it actually. hmmmm ...
How it works is that it is combined with a backing that is also molded to my body shape as i lie down. The mask prevents the head from moving (the side is secured to the table/bed by clips) and as i am lying on the molded foam, my body is stable and i will have to put i quite a bit of strength to actually move.
Well, the reason i took photo of it is that the material had started to break down and disintegrate. Literally breaking into pieces as you can see a breakage at my left cheekbone. So.... to take photo of it as a memory and ..well, to share my knowledge with you, the reader too! =) Things you would rather read about than to experience it 1st hand or from your family and friends.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Bonus buy
After being advised to moderate expectations for 2008 bonus since a few months back, i have been wondering what to buy for myself as a 'reward' while saving up the rest for a rainy day.
As i thought about it, i realised that i have quite a few items i need to look at.
1st thing is.... clothes. We have a casual wear Friday and my colleagues have realised that i have been wearing the NTU collar tee every other Friday, and after purchasing CNY clothes, I am wearing the NTU collar tee once every 4 weeks. =P As for long sleeve shirts, i am rotating among 5 of them for a 4 day office wear week. After 10 months on office wear job, i am starting to get bored with what i wear. hahaha.. something which i didnt expect to happen to me.
2nd thing is... pants and shoes, pants-wise should be okay as i upgraded to 3 pairs by CNY and still with one pair of shoes though. Wondering what is the life span of shoes as i dont want my shoes to open up crocodile style on a Monday morning, but buying another pair of shoes just in case seems expensive though. hmmmm...
Well, those mentioned above are more of needs rather than wants, and i finally found something that i WANTED to buy, a luxury item which have became very affordable recently. Or rather, i realised that they are rather affordable recently thanks to a DJ on 93.3FM. He was using a new toothbrush recently and only came to realise that it is an electric that vibrates when he accidentally pressed a button........ we, wheng and i were in the car, burst into laughter after hearing that. I was like, huh? buying something that expensive and bulky and he didnt know that it is electric?
Filled with curiosity, on Friday after lunch, i went hunting for electric toothbrushes in the cold storage and oh..... the new models are relatively cheap at $13+ for colgate (there is the sponge bob for kids, if only they have the sponge bob for adults too) to $25~40 range for Oral-B. As usual, i couldn't decide on the spot so opted for more research before buying. And yesterday night we went to NTUC at the airport and found more models of electric toothbrush and found the one which the DJ could have bought - the Oral-B Pulsar - it is the only model so far without a bulky handle and at $9+, it doesn't give the impression that it is electric, so i guess it might have fooled the DJ as it might have been a gift to him.
So in short, after one short day of 'research', i guess i would be buying the Colgate model at $13+ as a reward to myself, a bonus buy, hopefully have offer and i can get it for cheaper. =P
Wonder what to look out for next year, but i guess have to wait till next year to find out. heh heh heh.
As i thought about it, i realised that i have quite a few items i need to look at.
1st thing is.... clothes. We have a casual wear Friday and my colleagues have realised that i have been wearing the NTU collar tee every other Friday, and after purchasing CNY clothes, I am wearing the NTU collar tee once every 4 weeks. =P As for long sleeve shirts, i am rotating among 5 of them for a 4 day office wear week. After 10 months on office wear job, i am starting to get bored with what i wear. hahaha.. something which i didnt expect to happen to me.
2nd thing is... pants and shoes, pants-wise should be okay as i upgraded to 3 pairs by CNY and still with one pair of shoes though. Wondering what is the life span of shoes as i dont want my shoes to open up crocodile style on a Monday morning, but buying another pair of shoes just in case seems expensive though. hmmmm...
Well, those mentioned above are more of needs rather than wants, and i finally found something that i WANTED to buy, a luxury item which have became very affordable recently. Or rather, i realised that they are rather affordable recently thanks to a DJ on 93.3FM. He was using a new toothbrush recently and only came to realise that it is an electric that vibrates when he accidentally pressed a button........ we, wheng and i were in the car, burst into laughter after hearing that. I was like, huh? buying something that expensive and bulky and he didnt know that it is electric?
Filled with curiosity, on Friday after lunch, i went hunting for electric toothbrushes in the cold storage and oh..... the new models are relatively cheap at $13+ for colgate (there is the sponge bob for kids, if only they have the sponge bob for adults too) to $25~40 range for Oral-B. As usual, i couldn't decide on the spot so opted for more research before buying. And yesterday night we went to NTUC at the airport and found more models of electric toothbrush and found the one which the DJ could have bought - the Oral-B Pulsar - it is the only model so far without a bulky handle and at $9+, it doesn't give the impression that it is electric, so i guess it might have fooled the DJ as it might have been a gift to him.
So in short, after one short day of 'research', i guess i would be buying the Colgate model at $13+ as a reward to myself, a bonus buy, hopefully have offer and i can get it for cheaper. =P
Wonder what to look out for next year, but i guess have to wait till next year to find out. heh heh heh.
Monday, March 02, 2009
All clear!!!
Went for CT scan mid Feb and visited the doc last wed for the results. I passed!! =D All clear, and approaching my fourth year of remission. =) Blood results are good, the only thing now is for me to exercise and watch my diet. Why so? Cos apparently, i have fatty liver. Looks like fat deposits are appearing in my liver, probably means that i have been eating too well and not exercising enough.
Not sure whether exercising and looking after my diet will reverse the fatty liver thingy (which is not good, but the doc didnt say much no it), but the 2 things will be good for me anyway.
Well.. its time to sleep and get some good rest. =D
Not sure whether exercising and looking after my diet will reverse the fatty liver thingy (which is not good, but the doc didnt say much no it), but the 2 things will be good for me anyway.
Well.. its time to sleep and get some good rest. =D
Thursday, February 19, 2009
2009 ... Mid Feb already
It would be a rather good guess that i have not been blogging lately. Well... obviously lots of stuff have happened over the pass few months.
Work wise, i guess i have been pretty busy and have been to Middle East for the 3rd time in my life. Met more people and get to know a few of them better. =) Job performance would be still ok as i am still around. just got to realise that others' expectations of me is pretty high and they are pretty confident that i can continue to grow and .. well... learn and excel.
Just wondering if i am getting lazy or too comfortable in my job.... hmmm.. which i feel, however unfortunately, i have not. Still too many things to learn and the more i learn, the more areas i have to look out for. In terms of both opportunity and areas to save or make more money for the company.
Better slowly up my tempo... before shit hits the fan if i sit on my own development for too long. Being in the rat race means once i stop....i fall behind. =P
Life wise.. rather good. Went to Vietnam the week before CNY. Fun and exciting, and got to climb mountains.. yes, not the puny Bukit Timah hill in Singapore, but the Sapa mountains. Exaggerating? Of course i am. =P Just took a moderate 5 hours trek with Wheng, her sister Constance and their Canadian friend Pat. It was fun, full of adventure and very very aching legs after that. And oh... it was freezing cold as temperature dropped to about 3~5 degrees C from evening to morning. burrrr...
I guess it is a good time to catch up on stuff. Especially since i probably have about 3~4 days of leave to clear before 31 March 09, so will be taking leave for me to take a time out to 'find' myself, prioritise and probably search for the answer to how the universe was born, if it born. =P The chances of me succeeding would be roughly the same as predicting the numbers for the coming toto later today (thursday). Hmmmmm... given my sucky-ness in Math, i think i prefer to predict the toto numbers correctly. =D
Till the next time, hopefully wont have to wait this long though. =)
Work wise, i guess i have been pretty busy and have been to Middle East for the 3rd time in my life. Met more people and get to know a few of them better. =) Job performance would be still ok as i am still around. just got to realise that others' expectations of me is pretty high and they are pretty confident that i can continue to grow and .. well... learn and excel.
Just wondering if i am getting lazy or too comfortable in my job.... hmmm.. which i feel, however unfortunately, i have not. Still too many things to learn and the more i learn, the more areas i have to look out for. In terms of both opportunity and areas to save or make more money for the company.
Better slowly up my tempo... before shit hits the fan if i sit on my own development for too long. Being in the rat race means once i stop....i fall behind. =P
Life wise.. rather good. Went to Vietnam the week before CNY. Fun and exciting, and got to climb mountains.. yes, not the puny Bukit Timah hill in Singapore, but the Sapa mountains. Exaggerating? Of course i am. =P Just took a moderate 5 hours trek with Wheng, her sister Constance and their Canadian friend Pat. It was fun, full of adventure and very very aching legs after that. And oh... it was freezing cold as temperature dropped to about 3~5 degrees C from evening to morning. burrrr...
I guess it is a good time to catch up on stuff. Especially since i probably have about 3~4 days of leave to clear before 31 March 09, so will be taking leave for me to take a time out to 'find' myself, prioritise and probably search for the answer to how the universe was born, if it born. =P The chances of me succeeding would be roughly the same as predicting the numbers for the coming toto later today (thursday). Hmmmmm... given my sucky-ness in Math, i think i prefer to predict the toto numbers correctly. =D
Till the next time, hopefully wont have to wait this long though. =)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
2 trips coming up!
In a flash, one month had flashed past. And in my birthday month, i will be heading out for 2 trips, to Seoul next tuesday and to middle east on 22th Nov. Exciting? Yes. But rather unprepared is the word.
Just went to buy winter clothing today, 2 pairs of thermal wear and gloves and stuff. Quite a fair bit of stuff actually, and still lacking one Gore-tex material to wear over my suit. Good quality wind breaker will be nice cos a coat will be wasted when i am back in Singapore.
No time to plan where to sightsee or visit as i will be in Seoul during the coming weekend as i am taking the Sunday afternoon flight back. Maybe pop over to the library to borrow a couple of books on Seoul. Definitely going to the casino though. =P Hopefully it is non-smoking, but oh well... Will have to read up on this. =)
Work wise is rather fast paced, not a lot of time to rest and relax as matters crops up every other day. Either it is an expected interuption, or unforeseen opportunities which requires quick response to make the full advantage of it. Lots of stuff i wanna do to improve my efficiency and work flow, but not really have the time to do so as we are required to cross-cover for each other during leave, reservist stints and overseas trips. xP
Well, need to spend more time to fine tune my stuff so that i will have more time to start off on the aircraft design, planning and construction. Still not managing my time properly. Actually thought of taking leave to do that. hahaha.. think the impression will be that i am mad, but i guess i dont mind cos i enjoy my job, so taking time to create and fine tune a better system of work will work wonders.
Having said that, i also need more discipline on this too! Having it in my head wont really help much, will it? =P
Just went to buy winter clothing today, 2 pairs of thermal wear and gloves and stuff. Quite a fair bit of stuff actually, and still lacking one Gore-tex material to wear over my suit. Good quality wind breaker will be nice cos a coat will be wasted when i am back in Singapore.
No time to plan where to sightsee or visit as i will be in Seoul during the coming weekend as i am taking the Sunday afternoon flight back. Maybe pop over to the library to borrow a couple of books on Seoul. Definitely going to the casino though. =P Hopefully it is non-smoking, but oh well... Will have to read up on this. =)
Work wise is rather fast paced, not a lot of time to rest and relax as matters crops up every other day. Either it is an expected interuption, or unforeseen opportunities which requires quick response to make the full advantage of it. Lots of stuff i wanna do to improve my efficiency and work flow, but not really have the time to do so as we are required to cross-cover for each other during leave, reservist stints and overseas trips. xP
Well, need to spend more time to fine tune my stuff so that i will have more time to start off on the aircraft design, planning and construction. Still not managing my time properly. Actually thought of taking leave to do that. hahaha.. think the impression will be that i am mad, but i guess i dont mind cos i enjoy my job, so taking time to create and fine tune a better system of work will work wonders.
Having said that, i also need more discipline on this too! Having it in my head wont really help much, will it? =P
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