A brand new start

Will be starting my next OJT tomo. Steep learning curve, they will be....Go through it, I must.

Sat, attended my friend Ah Tan wedding at Conrad International. I am happy to see the both of them tie the knot after walking together for 9 years. It had been such a fulfilling relationship for the both of them. My most sincere congrats, once again, to Ah Tan and Lydia.

Celebrated Huimin's niece Nicole 4th birthday just now. Photos WIP. Man, kids nowadays are so fortunate, they are able to get multiple presents from a single giver. Huimin explained to mi - what you cannot get back in your younger days, you hope that the next generation would be able to benefit.

Just had a kopitiam with my best friend, Jeffrey. Damn shiok man!

Got to get myself mentally (prepare to read more manga) and physically (sleep lesser tonite) prepared for the next challange!

Eng Wei, Chong . Yingwei

Readers, I owe you all this one, as promised

Here are some photos taken at Maroochydore 2005, courtesy of KT, Z2 digital camera

Gold Coast, Dreamworld


L45 After Sunset


Course 98.04 at Maroochydore


This is Chong Eng doing his first aircraft circuit training on a Learjet 45

Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei

Sitting at Brisbane International Airport

Here I am, sitting at the Brisbane International airport, waiting for my inbound flight back to Singapore, SQ246. This moment of time, I felt the evergrowing anxiety to be back to home ground. I am longing so much for this day. In less than 10hrs time, I will be able to see my wife, Huimin and my family. Concidentally, she is "able" to come and fetch mi... :)

For today, I did my clearence. Maroochydore had been a nice and relaxing place to work in. TO the north is the beautiful Noosa and Coolum. To the south is the usual Sunshine Plaza and Brisbane City. Had a hell of a good run in Brisbane! Now I am starting to enjoy running in the cooling and less humid weather. Tink will be kind of a culture shock to mi if I start running at East Coast. hahahaah! On the lighter note, I am pleased to inform all of you that I am finally decommisioning my SAF New Balance Shoes. It had served mi well (Thanks to it, IPPT gold then got chance) I will probably get a pair of Ascics shoes.

I was chatting with the administrator, RObyn. Slim, humourous, slack at times, mother of louise, mandalene, georgia, olivia and Grace (Yes, she is a mother of five daughters), she had been much assistance in making sure that my paperwork and documentations are correct. It is simply amazing to note that paperwork is still so so necessary despite the advanced technology. Can imagine how boring work is for her. Guess her only consolation is that she gets a chance to meet different characters when it comes to doing clearance.

Oops, got to board the flight now. I am BACK!
Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei

I had finished my OJT in Brisbane!

Just finished my final OJT in Brisbane. It feels so good to be able to head back to Singapore! In total, I had been away for 78days.

Recalling my list of things to do in Brisban, here is my final report

1. Climb Mount Coolum (Done)
2. Finish my OJT here (Done)
3. Run 21km under 2 hours (Done)
4. Watch more DVD, finish Initial D Stage 4, watch heaven dragon eight episode (Done)
5. Buy my wine glasses, more merlot, more sightseeing (Done)
6. Finish the LOTR trilogy book for my second attempt (Still in the two towers, to come)

I will be back!
Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei

One more week

The final countdown has finally come. One more week to go b4 I hit my way back to Singapore. DOn't know whether it is good or bad news for Singapore. :) Had learnt much during my OJT in Brisbane. There are times where things could have been slightly better. But I had learned, through fishing, that 1)there are so many other things that are beyond our control 2)patience is a must, you rush it, you lose it.

ANd the time had finally come for the final test. Hope that I will do well and make my way safe and sound back to Singapore. If u are reading this, wish mi well!

Good nite, ladies and gentleman
Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei

List of things to do when I come back to Singapore

1. Spend time with my loved one
2. Project Home 2005
3. Attend Xinyi wedding (A friend that I had kept in touch for the last ten years. Believe mi, I had known her as a friend during my first 3 months in NJC back then in 1995, along with Huijing)
4. Buy myself a pair of track shoe as part of my built up to participate in this year end Standard Chartered Marathon.
5. Further OJT on my career
6. Fix up my Canon A70 digital camera or get myself a new second hand digital camera (I saw a Canon A85 going on S$350 in Singapore Yahoo Auction)
7. Attend Ah Tan wedding

With all these in mind, that sort of will keep mi busy till the end of the year. This year had been a tough year not only for myself cos I had been away from Singapore for a total of 9 months. Howewer, I think it is even tougher for my wife, Huimin. Registered my marriage with her, then go for overseas work assignments. Bad boy, Eng Wei, bad boy! All in all, kudos to all the girlfriends, wives that had stood thick and thin for all the lucky guys out there working.

As I am out here fishing by the river outside my accomodation, typing this journal, I still feel that there is so much things to do out there, but there is so little time to do that. My outstanding agenda includes Kelong fishing with Jeffrey, play manjong, visit Jaslin and Dave new home, climbing Mt Kinabalu and etc.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen
Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei

Shall We dance?

Recently, I visited my friend's blog www.millionraindrops.blogspot.com and came to know that she watched a movie called "Shall we dance" by Richard Gere, J Lo and Susan XXX. So with that in mind, I rented the DVD and watched it.

A romantic comedy, it is abt a lawyer called John Clark who wanted something in a box instead of the usual writing wills for other people. He wanted to make things happen for himself - his desire to learn ballroom dancing. So with alot of apprehension, determination and willpower, he braved himself to learn it. Shall not tell you all what happened in between, but the ending struck mi most when John came to his wife in a suit with a single red rose inbetween, in the middle of a shopping centre. Man, even a man like mi who die to have such a wonderful and impactful scene.
Two things that I learn from the movie:
1. It reminded mi of my JC Prom nite, in particular. How nice it would had been if I know a bit of ballroom dancing. Then, I can go up to my newly founded girlfriend then, Huimin and ask her "SHall we dance?". Now ten years later, I still do not know a single step of ballroom dancing. Guess it would be funny for mi to be dressed up in a suit and start swaying away left right centre. But it is always small motivations here that makes mi ask myself again - Shall I learn ballroom dancing? How much do I desire? How can I make it happen? It may not happen, even when I finished my advanced training in Brisbane and back to Singapore. The rest is up to mi -

2. A single red rose may sound very silly, but I guess girls, in general, really love roses alot. It had been a while since I gave roses to my wife due overseas work committment. So if you are reading this, do not tell my wife that I will be sending her flowers soon. Roses work for mi, how abt you??

Good day, ladies and gentleman, I am going fishing for the nite.
Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei