Moved
22.11.09 . 11:16
To here.

Bye!

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    Living
19.9.09 . 18:32
How do you live a life with no regret, even if you were to die tomorrow?

A recent encounter with an unexpected someone made me rethink.

Do you live your life trying to make everyone else happy?

Do you live under someone else's values and beliefs; do you compromise your own, if any to begin with?

If you stood strongly by what you are and what you believe in, do you then ignore everything that falls outside this tight boundary you have set for yourself?

Why are we bothered by things that don't really mean anything at all in the end?

Why do we worry so much?

Should we ought to just remain nonchalant?

Should we care?

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    Kawasaki
29.8.09 . 15:39
I decided on a Kawasaki KIPS today after much consideration over the past few days.

They will be doing a full servicing and handling all the paperwork for me, so I'll only be able to collect it on Tuesday.

And I'll still have to wait 2 weeks for my defensive riding course before I can ride to camp.

I'm a bit impatient already, but what's 2 weeks when I've waited 9 months right?

Pictures soon!

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    It's Got To Be
27.8.09 . 17:43
As I looked at the forlorn faces being cruelly called out to leave the room one by one, I thought to myself, would I be next?

After 9 months of a long wait, would I have to continue waiting?

Would I have to go through the same painfully dreary process again?

Time passed.

They closed the door to signal the end of the 'elimination'.

That was it. I would estimate about 60-odd out of 90 testees remained.

At long last, I passed my 2B Practical Test with 14 demerit points!

But who cares about the points right. It's the license that matters.

No more burning of weekends, no more colourful numbered bibs, no more uncomfortable elbow/knee guards, no more charity.... for good after one more defensive riding course required by and paid for by the SAF.

Woohoo! It's time to hit the road!

I need to get a bike first though and it's quite a big headache. =X

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    Gone in 6 Hours
16.8.09 . 18:31
Congratulations to the Surpassingly Asinine Fiend for once again successfully causing inconvenience to the sons of Singapore and other public road users in a bid to fulfil its own fantasies and desires.

I spent 26 hours lethargically and restlessly awake. Aside from all the perspiration and dry eyes and back ache that was so hellishly awful, much unnecessary drama that almost instantaneously developed also unveiled the hideous side of human nature.

I remain appalled, even up till now, at how things have unfolded.

Sometimes I guess it is necessary to break away from all the pent-up emotions for a moment to allow for objective analysis of the issue at hand. How else would we be able to prevent making the wrong moves which could essentially and easily kill an otherwise happy and healthy relationship?

I don't want to go into the details - it's something we all ought to forgive and forget - but let's just say it's a big lesson on life weaved into horrible circumstances I would never want to be in again.

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    One Year
25.7.09 . 12:19
Last year this day, I approached Tekong with much indignation.

One year down, this feeling hasn't changed; in fact, it's irreversibly evoked other feelings including, but not limited to, repugnance, disgust and abhorrence for the super armed acting force.

It'd be a sin to delve into the details of the scenes behind such a unworthy organisation, so I guess it's probably mutually benefiting to stop here.

Nevertheless, I've served half my time. There are 365 more days to go.

It'll be over soon... and I'll prove I'm more than what you think I'm worth, Sirs.

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    Yesterday Today
17.6.09 . 19:31

I like this shot from yesterday. It'd have been better, though, if it captured the faces. This was at Changi. There's more in the photo link.

Yesterday I finally got promoted. Now I have something to hang in front of the cabbage uniform. Which also means I could look forward to a miserly 20-dollar allowance increment next month.

I went for physio today at a new place. I love the place. The people there are cranky.

Today also, a big brown envelope from NUS came through the mail. It's an offer for Business Administration which I'm probably gonna chuck down the rubbish chute or something.

It's an oxymoron, but somehow I feel despairingly delighted.

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    New Book
8.6.09 . 17:36
I got myself a book to read.

It's titled "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely.

It's talks about human behaviour and decision-making and how our mind works.

I think it's gonna be a pretty good read.

It should be.

After all, I haven't voluntarily bought any sort of book to read since a long, long time and this book was kinda like love at first sight, or something similar.

The (25+10)% discount we had made it more attractive.

But this is non-fiction and I still hate fiction anyway.

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    2B
7.6.09 . 21:35
Okay so I am lagging far behind the target time I had initially set for myself to attain the Class 2B licence.

But it's finally going to happen. If all goes well I'll be a qualified rider by mid-July.

I hate to count my chickens before they hatch, because when I do the eggs always crack midway, but I'm really envisaging myself passing the practical test the first time round.

It's an overload of confidence and I'm gonna be so disappointed if I don't make it.

!!! Can't wait.

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    Oh what have I done...
1.6.09 . 19:58

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    Like Magic
15.4.09 . 19:13
Suddenly I find myself being more than able to manoeuvre round the figure of 8 course with speed and accuracy.

Backtrack to a few weeks ago when I was still hitting the kerb and falling off onto the grass so often, I think it's quite incredible how I picked it up so fast on my own, i.e. without the usual nagging from the instructors about how to do this and that.

But I still failed today's internal circuit assessment anyway, no thanks to one immediate failure from going off the narrow plank - a course I started out so well in and which subsequently became worse. I was so damn close to moving on to the roads. My accumulated points were actually enough to pass!

Next time. One hit KO.

Oh and shit, I think I can't have a pillion, at least for now. It makes me lose control and it's so embarrassing. :(

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    New Page
27.2.09 . 16:05
Goodbye is often the hardest thing to say, especially when you're the only one leaving the pack.

It's been a good 5 months there made up of both enjoyable and revolting experiences.

But I guess, after so much, I am still quite fond of that place and will definitely miss life there.

The games of foosball, table tennis, darts, Connect 4 and Reversi...

The daily talk-cock sessions about anything and everything and maybe nothing at all...

The many things done so wrong...

The attempted designing of the coverall...

The many pages of Sudoku completed...

The often pricelessly entertaining superiors (well, some)...

The horrible cookhouse food...

The loud stall vendor at the canteen...

The horrible regimental and office/store duties...

The hiding in the toilet cubicle and then slithering around like a snake on the upper storeys...

The waking up during unearthly hours to prepare to go to camp...

The coming-to-camp-late-and-trying-to-avoid-getting-caught mornings...

The random yet frequent visits to the medical centre...

Well the list isn't exhuastive but let's just put it at that for now.

Almost ignoring the existence of conscription, I'm awkwardly and ironically thankful for this experience and the various people I have met through this.

I'm so gonna miss everybody.

Hopefully someday it'll all come together once again.

Meanwhile, I think I ought to brush up on my linguistic skills before they turn rusty with time.

And well hopefully the new place is good.

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    Questions to Avoid
22.2.09 . 16:04
1. Tell us about yourself in 500 words.
2. State what you are particularly proud of about your National Service.

Goodness.

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    Happy Things
5.2.09 . 21:07
I cannot imagine how much I've been laughing these days at/with some of the guys in camp.

Sometimes their silly, often hilarious, antics and comments crack me up so much I temporarily forget about all the grievances I have.

It's kinda like a little heaven in hell or something.

Well at least for now life seems to be turning for the better in more ways than one.

At the moment I'm also being sucked into yet another cycle of evil university applications.

But I already have some pretty good stuff in store for me so I'm just waiting for more to come, hopefully.

Weee.

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    Six Months
25.1.09 . 12:59
Happy half-year anniversary.

78 more irrelevant weeks to go.

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    Crash and Burn
24.1.09 . 16:22
So I stupidly crashed into a stationary bike today just after starting to move off and broke one of its side mirrors.

Falling off the bike, running onto the kerb... The narrow courses are such a difficult nightmare.

Either that or NS has turned me into such a dolt I ought to just remain in it forever.

Happy Chinese New Year anyway.

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    Dys-
14.1.09 . 20:56
If someone paid me to craft words for an ad campaign about the Surpassingly Asinine Fiend, it would probably go something like:

Dystopia is over-rated.

There's the SAF.

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    New Year
1.1.09 . 15:24
Oh, Happy New Year.

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    New Shots
28.12.08 . 17:09
Reunion


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    Welcome
16.12.08 . 20:49
"Hi, do you only have these few types (points to elbow/knee guards on display) here?"

"I, uh, I, sorry, 你会说中文吗?"

"Oh, uh, 你们这里只有这几种吗?"

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“我好想吃我们的家乡菜呀。新加坡这个烂地方,什么都没有。唉。”

Wonderful... wonderful foreign talents... Congratulations.

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