Sunday, October 25, 2009
Happy 21st Birthday STEVEN!Labels: birthday
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
My moments to write.
My desire to achieve.
My courage to challenge.
My will to persevere.
My determination to win.
My strength to live.
My hopes to begin.
My trust to believe.
My confidence to life.
My targets
- GPa 4.0
- Find my true potential
- Eliminate bad habits
I said I want to achieve GPa 4.0 to my dad and he said just pass can already.
Okay time to go :)
Labels: Aims
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sometimes i really feel like sleeping forever. Where are my friends when i really needed them? Very pathetic isn't it? That's all. Don't really feel like typing now.Labels: Thoughts
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
I went cycling just now. I cycled the whole of bishan park but did not manage to sweat as much as I thought. I took 30mins only. Brought 1 bottled drink and checked out the newly renovated 332 coffee shop. The dim sum was very expensive but looks good to eat. I will try it some day.Labels: Hobby
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
My holidays are ending soon. Next week is a new start for me. Passed my basic theory test and booked my final theory test. All the way! I will work harder and improve my grades. Everything is fine. Peaceful life.The only thing that I couldn't do anything was our friendship. Failed to communicate between each other.
Ben - NS (police)Cason - India (army)
Kiat - NS (store)Sam - NS (airforce)Yang - studying for 'O' level
Hao - NS (army)None try to improve our relationship. So disappointing.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Is this going to be the end?
I dare not judge that.
Let time do the jobs.
Beautiful Covertible Cars.
I wish I could drive one in future.
I shall drive them in my dreams now.
Nights.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The comments were so difficult to view. U can try tagging in my tagboard instead. Thanks :) I shall not elaborate so much. Sry for that.
1/10/09 - 3rd day in BINTAN. As usual, woke up in the morning and do those neccessary stuffs. We had delicious noodles plus egg, bread with jams and hot milo for breakfast. Waited for a while for the instructor to prepare the rafting equipments. Our next event was the raft-building.
All of us gathered in 4 diff grps. Each grp was given 4 empty barrels sealed up and 10 long wooden sticks. As for my grp, we planned the structure of our raft first and we tied them up tightly. After the structure was made, we had our barrels placed underneath of it and tied them strongly. No mistakes! Any mistakes and we would sink! Our raft was ready to go! We organised ourselves on our seating arrangement according to our weight. We proceed onwards to test our raft. Came back and prepared for a race with other grps. Had a break. Everyone was ready for the race and GO! The whistle sounded. Sat on our raft and CHIONG! Until a checkpoint and return back. We won 2nd though we might be 1st. i hate CHEATERS! i just kept quiet, complaining will just ruin those fun we had. GIRLS POWER 3rd! Grp1 sank due to their miscommunication. Dismantled our raft and placed nicely on the shore. We had a break and back to slack.
Next activity was the Flying-Fox. The lecturer really can go ********. He said wait for those malays ppl to SMOKE finish then we proceed on instead of asking them to throw away those cigs and go. WHAT IS THIS? After that we proceed on. I saw everybody jumped from a 4th story high building into the sea. i told myself and my friends it was easy, just to calm myself down. i was the 2nd last to jump. When i climbed up to the top, i was scared but i still managed to jump down. THANKS TO THE INSTRUCTOR FOR PUSHING ME! i had fun. Back to bunk to rest again and lunch.
After lunch, Skywalk and Rock-climbing. All of us split into 2 grps on each activity. Skywalk was the most scary activity i had. It was 2 story high and we were required to balance ourself and walked on a log from a coconut tree to another which was 3m long. The log was tied between 2 coconut trees. Although we had our safety rope on but we cant rely on it. My legs wobbled, the log shaking. i told myself no matter how i must reach the end. i took sometime but i REACHED! yeah! hugged the coconut tree. Walked back to the middle and jumped down. Thanks for those encouragement by my friends too. After we had finished the Skywalk, we head on to the next activity.
Rock-climbing! I liked it very much. Reached the TOP in no time! As for Junjie, u need to work and try harder! Claps for those who climbed and persevered to reach the TOP.
Back to bunk and rest. Dinner. Packed our stuffs, chat a while and finally SLEEP. Used pillow hit Shueze disturbing him from sleeping. Haha :D
Really had a great time out there experiencing different activities i had never experience before. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME IN BINTAN TOO! LoL... Hate smokers~ who smoke like drinking.Labels: Bintan
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
As requested by my friend, i should paragraph my story so that he could see and read clearly.
30/09/09 - 2nd day in BINTAN. We woke up early in the morning. Breakfast was ready. We queued up for our food. Love the noodles and milo made by them. Had our breakfast slowly. We still smelled badly. After breakfast, we cleaned our mats. After that, Shueze and i went to the so called toilet built by the helpers. I went there, shocked and stunned to see i couldnt use it. 20+ houseflies where inside flying. Shueze do it on the grass! Haha After that all of us went to pick some seashells along the shore. Took photos and time to carry on our next activity which is kayaking. No matter how tiring, we must all kayak back to our resort. From survivor island back to loola resort. We saw those huts before we took off.Everyone of us were briefed and each of us put on our life vest. 3 person to 1 boat and we were given 2 paddles only. Shueze, Junjie and i. Off we go! I was scared. The sea were deep. When we started to row, our boat was unstable. Rowed some distance, all of us were required to connect together. At the time our boat become more stable. As we went along, tiring but exciting. The sea level becoming more shallow. At a point of time in the middle of the sea, the water is shallow, so we decided to capsize. Left right left right and... Climbed back on our boat and i passed the paddle to Shueze and continue rowing. After some distance, the sea level was almost 1.4m deep. i told them the water was pouring into our boat from the right side and they just continue... Capsized accidentally. Shueze dropped his sunglasses and we spent some time finding for it. Mr Black, our instructor saw and we told him purposely 1. Haha No matter how we kayak, we were still very far. It was like never ending. We were reaching! The water become very shallow and we could see those rocks protrude out of the water. Our boat keep on banging on to the rocks and sometimes stuck on it. Need to get down and pushed it. The water still very clear. We reached our destination, carried our boat and placed nicely inside the hut. Everyone reached. All of us were ready except Peter. He kayak away to some places near the shore without permission. Funny... We went to bathe.
Back from our bath and prepared to go to the orphanage to do our CIP project. Reached there and Split into 2 grps. 1 grp went to do the cement work and another will entertain the kids. it was difficult for me to communicate with those kids since i cant speak malay. Most of the things were done by Shueze. I gave some of the caps to those children there. We can see their smile on their face. i was inside the grp that entertain the kids. We played some games. Relays and Tug-of-war. The kids were very excited over it. In the entertaining grp, we split into 4 small grps and challenge. My grp won the 1st. Unexpected. All of them had some prizes given by us. Went back to our resort.
Back at the resort, it was free and easy meaning we could do anything we want. Shueze, Junjie and i went straight to sleep after dinner. We dont know that 9pm will have another meeting. Luckily our grpmates woke us up. After briefing, went back to sleep like THREE LITTLE PIGS till the next day.Experienced many things i had never experience in my life before. Really had a great time out there. Thanks to my grpmates and my buddies. :DLabels: Bintan
Monday, October 5, 2009
29/09/09 - Early in the morning waking up preparing to go BINTAN. 41 ppl were going including 2 lecturers. We went to the pickup point @ NYP. Waited, as usual others were late again. Off we go to Tanah Merah ferry terminal. Upon reaching, I saw a ferry heading towards the jetty. I felt so excited as it was my 1ST time boarding it. Everyone gathered and went past the customs. Times up! Time to board the ferry. My friends and I were the first few to board the ferry. Walking down to the floating platform and I could feel the wave of the current as if i was floating on the water. Climbed up to the open roof of the ferry, awaiting for the ferry to go. ENGINE STARTED! I love the nvr ending WIND. Everyone's hair were so messy. Took some pictures. I stood up holding the rail and enjoying the wind. "IM SURE EVERYONE WERE VERY FULL AT DAT PARTICULAR TIME. EAT WIND!" if u understood tis. 110mins journey, quite long actually. As the ferry proceed, we were wondering where is BINTAN island and kept on guessing. Reached the Tanjung Pinang Ferry Terminal @ Indonesia. Unload ourselves and went past the customs as usual. Walked to the street as a grp and bus were waiting for us. Put all our bags inside a car and all of us board the bus. The bus was COOL but no aircon, seats were cramp. We dont feel the wind when the bus was moving. Retro bus, bus driver connect the wires to his phone and we could hear the songs. Amusing. 60mins trip to the LOOLA RESORT. Sweating, very hot and stuffy. Unpacked our things at the dormitory and pack our things need inside our small backpack. Gathered and prepared ourselves for hill-trekking, boom net and survivor island. Up on the bus to the forest. We split into 2 grps. Apparently, im wif my fellows course mates and classmates. We took a towel and water bottle from our backpack and go on ahead leaving our backpack on bus. Walked into the forest and out of it into an open space. Continued to walk along a long stretch of road. At one point we climbed into the mountain trail. At first i thought was nothing. Hill-trekking like in SG, walked 1 round and come back but tis was COMPLETELY different. As we climbed up the mountain, the trail get steeper and steeper. If we fall, we may DIE. There were 4 sections. Only 2nd and 4th section, ropes were tied to guide us up. 3rd section, we use those tree trunks as to help us climbed up. 1st section was not as steep as 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Obstacles and obstacles, we climb like nvr ending. 60mins past, we managed to reach the TOP of the mountain. My very 1st time in my life. Den i realised something. Climbing up was easy but climbing down was worst. Very steep and slippery. We may fall anytime if we nvr hold on to anything. I remembered once, i slipped and hold on to Shueze since there was a big tree trunk in front of us, we were safe. I startled him. It was fun though it was dangerous too. Back to the bus, safe and sound. Proceeding to next activity which is the boom net. The bus travelled past the blast mine and to the shore. We saw a ship coming towards us, almost the same size as the ferry. Speedboat was there already. We put on our life vest and board the speed boat to the ship. Placed our bags on one side and prepared for the next activity. I was afraid. The person in charge of tis briefed us abt how to play. There were 3 levels for us to jump. At each side of the ship, there were 2 poles extended out and fishing nets were tied to each pole. The ship was moving and the fishing net was inside the water. We were required to jump for either level into the net. My 1st try, i jump from the second level which was the height of 3/4 of a floor and injured my left elbow. Still alive. Very scared. "U JUMP, I JUMP." My friend encouraged me, and I try to jump again but failed. Reaching the survivor island already. I plucked up my courage and JUMP. The 3rd level which is more den a story high. Managed to jump down and a safe landing and drank some seawater. Fell into the net and the water pushed me to the side. Everyone jumped inside and took a grp photo. Swam to the survivor island. Was afraid of drowning though i know a bit of swimming, wif life vest. Speedboat brought us our backpack. We unbutton our life vest and put on the shore. WET and SMELLY. Went to the tent but too many ppl, so my friends and i decided to sleep outside on the open island. Before the sunset, we walked around in the seawater. The seawater was very shallow, below knee level. Even if we walked 1km from the shore, the water is still shallow. We found a lot of beautiful seashells. Crabs were seen alive and crawling. The seawater was VERY CLEAN AND CLEAR, we could see the seabed underneath. The sky getting dark. The food we had were the one dat transported by the speedboat only. The sky was clouded, we could not see the stars. After dinner, we placed our mats on the grounds and spread our sleeping bag on top. Swept away the sand on the sleeping bags but it seems useless. As long as the wind blows, the sand came back. Hate sand flies, very irritating. We spent like few hours trying to get some sleep but couldnt. The sand flies just keep coming. Sprayed insect repellent also useless. After 5mins those sand flies were back again.
Few hours later we saw the stars in the sky as the cloud beginning to clear. Star gazing, very nice. The time past very slowly. One night of hell in survivor island. How i wished i had brought along my track pants dat day. It was a dream of nightmare dat came true in my life. Tired, fell to sleep. Everything was an fulfilling experience. it was very different from SG. Everything was still acceptable to me. i nvr regret going to BINTAN.Labels: Bintan
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The day before going to bintan, I met junjie @ AMK MRT station @ 6:30pm. Both of us were late but luckily we managed to see each other. We intended to stay at their hse until tmr morning. Upon reaching their hse, we prepared ourselves for dinner afterwards. Back from dinner, all of us watched tv and videos to relax ourselves. The girls went to sleep after watching. Shueze, Junjie and I went inside the room and prepare to sleep. We shared a lot of personal opinions and our own views abt anything while trying to get some sleep. Shueze and I felt hungry, so we ordered MAC delivery. Waited for 30mins and it's time to fill our stomach. Mega Mac for me! Mac Nuggets for him! We ate finished and went back into the room. Accidentally woke Junjie up. 2am in the morning now, Shueze bluffed Junjie telling him now is 5:30am in the morning and he believed him. Haha This is hilarious! ^^ Slept and woke up in the morning and prepare for our TRIP TO BINTAN! YEAH!Labels: Bintan
