A nice wedding of Caiming and Reuben

Just attended the wedding of Caiming and Reuben, my warmest congrats to the both of them.

Caiming is a very good friend of Huimin. Just so nice of her to extend the invitation to mi. Felt really appreciated.

Time really flies..the next thing you know, after two overnite manjong session and a wedding dinner, I do not have time to even blog.... Time must be managed, I tell myself

Some things to look forward for the coming week:
1. Gene and Renee wedding on sat
2. Meet Daniel, my contractor, on Fri
3. Format my hard disk. (Yes, I bought it a few days alreadi and still yet to format it...)
4. Type a good blog entry!
5. Spend time with my family cos my mother birthday coming.

Going for a run now at East Coast.....
:)
Aliying

Major computer fair at Suntec city

Yeah,

bought a 250gb 3.5" 7200rpm portable hard disk for slightly over 200 dollars. Also got my long delayed PCMCIA 2.0 USB slot. Much awaited, it is.

The computer fair is huge and bigger than ever!!! Two storey - 4th floor for notebook, camera, desktop and printers. 6th floor for portable hard disk, accessories, cartridges, etc. Nearly wanted to buy another 80gb 2.5" 5400rpm portable hard disk. Think I made a good decision to hold back, cos I would be overspending if I commit myself. Heng!

Then, Min and I saw our latest acquisation - to - be - the Samsung L32R51 32" LCD TV.... the price had dropped again to a verbal price of $2X99. Very unresistive, but I tell myself, the price shall drop further if I use more of the force.

Aliying

Sillypore action!

Dear all,

Yes, I am back in Singapore for more than 24hours alreadi. My next flight would be coming Fri to Manila and that gives mi 3 off days. Hurray!!!Really must make full use of it b4 my next flight...It had been 3 full weeks of madness since the mid of Feb. 1 off day inbetween is not something loving to have. And you know, I survived!!!

All the things that I mentioned in the earlier entry had been achieved. 100%!!! After I had crashed to sleep in the day, I proceeded to meet up with Min to meet up with our contractor, Daniel. We met at the new house and went through some of the finer details - the lightings, the false wall and L box, the kitchen cabinet and the outstanding skirting. THis is it - the next phase of renovation is about to commence alreadi! And that means spending more money on my extra feature wall and sourcing around for our seete(optional), TV console, raising a wooden platform, bedside table etc.... Bring it on!

Just read the papers that the two year old girl had passed away. When I just left for Shanghai, she was missing in action. When I came back to Singapore two days later, she was declared dead. Things sure changed rapidly if left unnoticed. My condolesence.

Read the Mr Brown blog that he had his first sponsered podcast by a condom company - in conjuction with the Brokeback mountain winning the Oscars for the best director. Heaths of congrats!!

So many things had happened. Better secure myself and plan for the rest of the week.
Tue : Graveyard shift
Wed : Meet up with my fellow Abang, Fuhan and Keng Fei
Thu: Computer IT fair at Suntec city
Fri : Manila turn around
Sat : Huimin gf Chinese Tea ceremony cum takan session to the bridegroom(store karma store karma)
Sun : Huimin gf wedding dinner

Will be getting some serious purchase for the upcoming computer fair. And once again, that means more money to spend....Oh no!!!!

1. 250gb 3.5" portable hard disk
2. 60gb 2.5" (7200rpm preferred) portable hard disk
3. PCMCIA 2.0 USB port
4. USB wireless adaptor
5. More CDR
6. IPOD accessories

Good day, ladies and gentleman
Aliying

A muffin and 38000ft view about mean sea level

Blueberry Muffins made by Huimin to Aliying














My office at 38000ft above mean sea level


Good day, ladies and gentlemen
Aliying

One more week of hard work

Had not been writing much. Had been caught up with flying for the last two weeks. Really needed the rest that is coming at the end of the week. This week is tough though..

Tue : Brisbane
Wed : night flight back to Singapore
Thu : Reach Singapore by 0530hrs so that I can qualify for the inbound cab. Meeting up with Sandy for the first time to discuss the wedding package. If time permits, Huimin and I might rush down to Gone Fishing cafe to join Efung for his photo exhibit launch.
Fri: Rest day. Meeting Daniel, our contractor to finalise the details for Project Home
Sat : Afternoon flight to Shanghai
Sun : Night flight back to Singapore

One more week, I tell myself!!

Now trying out on my first downloaded podcast into my IPOD nano. Will listen to it when I reach Brisbane.

:)
Aliying

P.S: Hopefully I can get some inspiration to blog when I am over at Brisbane.

Shanghai

I am back!

The next thing you know, I am off again... grggg...

Good that work is coming in, so no complains from my side. Just have to do my best in whatever things that I do.

Still missing out a few birthday presents, so need to work on it when I am up on my next few trips - Brisbane and Shanghai.. In addition, need to catch up with Fuhan and KengFei, Ben and coy, and bro Vincent. I need to better manage my time. 24hours a day is what all of us have only~

Shanghai is a very modern place, certainly impressed by it. As I flew into the approach, I can see a total contrast on two sides. On my left are all the modern infrastructres and modernised skyscrapers. On my right, I can see rows of worn down houses with broken bridges and waiting to be harvested fields. What a place this is, Shanghai.

Got a rest and took the opportunity to walk around Shanghai. Quite a different contrast to Beijing. This is quite modern. 3things that I observe:

1. People seems to be delibrately knocking into mi left right center. There is such a broad walkway but they must knock you. Call it a simple gesture to say hi to you in the bodily manner!

2. People are still spitting everywhere. Not that I cannot take it. My margin to this is huge, but wait till you are inches away from the projectary. Wicked!

3. Taxi driver seems to be "smoking" mi that the highway is closed, hence bringing us sort of a one big round..what to do?

Guess this is what we have - Shanghai. I cannot change it, and it takes time to change it unlike a instantenous on off switch. I will not join them if I cannot beat them. Just kind of enjoying the culture shock. I like travelling because u get to see so many different aspects and formalities of lives.

So far so good!

Aliying

reading the papers....

Not sure if I am biased, but I thought that our Straits Times is quite a nice piece of newspaper to read. At 80cents, this is quite a competitive price relative to newspapers from the rest of the world. Maybe I myself is a heartlander, so I am able to relate more of the news articles wrote abt Singapore. Throw it to a non Singaporean, he or she might be wondering, "nothing special wat! Just an ordinary piece of newspaper"

A lot of people "comprain" that our newspapers should n0t had the price increment from 60 cent to 80 cents then 2 years back.. I thought so too, considering that the company is still profiting in a reasonable fashion. However, if I put myself in the shoes of the editors, it is not easy to write a column. I know that editors are experts in writing craps, but credit should be given to them for putting up excellent articles or "good craps".

Today, I read an article that talked abt the fact that there is a little of "brokeback" in everything that we do. Brokeback Office Ladies(OL), Brokeback Olyumpic(I think I spelt it wrongly) where two men "bent" down together in close contact to ski around a circuit in record time. There is brokeback NSF, brokeback discipline, brokeback Counterstrike....okie, just kidding...

Director Lee did not direct this "brokeback" to express his view on gays. He is not gay too... He does not need to be gay in order to produce a gay show. My good friend Jeffrey told mi that Mingyun cried while watching the movie. Had feedback from him that the movie is quite good. A go item to catch!!! In this way, "Brokeback Mountain" has just been added in to my list of things to do in Singapore.

I am not Carrie Bradshaw, neither an I Sumiko Tan. I am the humble Owner of this blog, Aliying.

:)
Aliying

Back to Sillypore from Brisbane

Felt good to make my way back to Sillypore. Not saying that Brisbane is not to my likings, but I still believe that my home in Singapore is still the best!

Brisbane is a nice crossover between Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Perth is too quiet(no shops open after 5) and Melbourne is too urban. Brisbane, right smack in the centre of the Sunshine coast, is somewhere inbetween. Nice!

I managed to take some photos but to my disappointment, the photos are not to standard. Guess need to relearn my ropes abt urban photography. No good, no good! As of now, my best photos are the ones that I took in Nepal back in 2003. Not world standards, but good enough for my viewing pleasure.

In a nutshell, I reached Brisbane in the morning, caught a nap, do some walkaround in Queen St mall, had fish and chips at Pigs and whistle just outside the hotel which I am staying. Watched animation till I slept. Woke up the next day, swam, had lunch at the food court b4 I hit my way back to Sillypore.

I love Sillypore! (Sillypore is coined by my friend that we do not know how fortunate we are in Singapore. Hence the word Sillypore and Sillyporean)

Will be enjoying my much needed off day today...got to view my drawings of my new house with Daniel, my contractor.

Aliying

The last piece of the jigsaw..the flowers are for...

Recently, I had a friend who thought that I held the wedding alreadi...You are not wrong. The truer truth is I had registered the marriage with Min back in May 2004. The actual wedding is coming this year though..

So to make sure that I do not get any more surprises,here are more info for you all to enjoy..

This is Min / Huimin / Hwee Bing / Mrs Chong by my side. Make sure nobody, I mean, NOBODY, gets this wrong!!! In-depth stats, unfortunately are unavailable to you. Can try making mi drunk to spill out any info, but you must be a strong drinker first. Can try putting a knife by my throat, but I will preserve in my endurance to reveal any info.ahahahahaha!

Facts and figures abt our relationship
1. We first met in JJC in 1995.
2. I outdoor, She indoor then
3. I outdoor, She semi outdoor now
4. She does what a normal girl does
5. I can be extreme at times (by my own standards)
6. She aims to climb Kota Kinabula by end 2006
7. I aim to climb Mt XXX by end 2016
8. Both of us graduated from NUS (She - B.Sci I - B.Eng)
9. She is a teacher
10. I am an aviator.
11. We exchanged vows on 29th May 2004.
12. She is teaching now.
13. I am preparing for a flight tomo to Brisbane now, sidetracking with typing the blog at the same time, aka multi tasking
14. We are meeting up tonite after running with Jeffrey.

Aliying

Valentine Day round 2

Dear all,

How was your Valentine day spent? Be it with a friend, gf, spouse, or having a workout, I am sure that all of us had a well spent day.

Came back from my Bangkok Turnaround flight (FYI - a turnaround is defined as coming back from a destination within a same day. Aka Singapore - Bangkok - Singapore within a day) When I reached Singapore, I saw Min waiting for mi at the airport. From the tired soul came a rejuveniated Aliying.

Had a good dinner with the rest of my family. Had Scallop(yum yum!), fried prawn +sotong paste+ potato strings, brewed Chicken Soup with Bak ku Teh meat. (Die die must have soup in my diet!) My youngest brother, Sheng is preparing to catch a madness late nite movie at 11pm at Orchard Cineleisure while my second brother, Yao, was preparing to have dinner round 2 with his friends at Tiong Bahru. With a sudden instinct, I took the initiative to give Yao a ride to Dover MRT as I was enroute to Holland V. (FYI, Min and I used to meet up over there often for our regular dosage of coffee and chat). Yao gladly obliged.

Finally, to the main topic(look above for the title - Valentine day round 2)! Min and I managed to find a pathetic slot for the car in the newly constructed Holland v carpark. Making our way past Parissilk and Holland v hawker centre on our left, Coffee Bean on the right, I was visual with so many many couples. That is sweet, totally. Couples were everywhere - god that there is still love found in Singapore. Everyone was engaged in their sweet nothings, wearing tip top smart casuals with the die die must have rose bonquets on their hands. Then I stopped and looked at myself - Nike running T shirt with sleeves and berm and my fav $3.99 construction slippers. I looked damn ohbique! But come to think of it, I had spent my valentine day round 1 earlier last sunday. So the pressure was not on mi to impress the rest of the world that I am in love with Min. Ha! Been there done that! Kind of strange, but I felt relaxed when I was strolling our way down Wala Wala dir with Min by my side. Guess that we were enjoying the post Valentine day, to be exact. No rush to queue for food, no rush to pluck any flowers or roses by the stores and roadside, no pressure to say sweet nothings continuously to my other half. Just Min and myself.

Made our way to Essential Brews. It is a 2 storey dining restaurant which I had good impressions of the freezes and drinks. Ordered an earl grey and Min ordered a Chai latte (I think). There were so many couples inside! But I can feel the tension growing as the staff were unable to cope with the evergrowing crowd inside the restaurant. People were starving and getting the wrong food delivered to their table. Can imagine if I was in their shoes.

I am not crossing out the fact that we should celebrate Valentine day on 14.02.06. I am not crossing out the fact that we should celebrate Valentine day anyday except 14.02.06. We should celebrate Valentine day as the day where you renew the relationship between you and the other half. A day where we reflect upon the things that we had done together over the past year (or the past 10 years for mi, ahahahah!). A day where we have something to look forward in this coming year (Our new house???). A day where ...... (to be filled up by yourself)


Aliying

Happy Valentine day to all of us out there

Dear all,

Valentine's day tomo. Wish all the couples out there a very happy valentine day.

Had a well spent 10th Valentine day with Huimin. :) Details shall be closed, not to be revealed. But the flowers given to Min are acceptable.

(Photograph copyrighted of Aliying)
Aliying

A productive off day

What do I do typically on an off day?
1. Go to STC
2. Go to T2
3. Go to East Coast Mac to finish up the book titled "No dreams too high" given to me personally by Efung
4. Go to find Arcade in Bukit Timah "I had conveniently summarised that there is no more arcade in the big 3 shopping centres of Bukit Timah"
5. Meet Min for lunch
6. Set up a DBS joint account
7. Went to my new house to look at the progress of the laying of the tiles
8. Fetched my father
9. Had dinner with my mother auntie
10. Lost 6 dollars in a round of manjong (2hrs)
11. Typing my blog entry
12. Bath
13. Watch Full Metal Alchemist animation (if I am still going strong)
14. Sleep and prepare for the next day.

Aliying

May I present you, the inside of an unfinished house!

Had initally just wanted a 90sqm 4 room flat so that it would be easier to maintain. But circumstances decided for us to take this 128sqm EA flat due to the following reasons:

1. Cheap cheap bought from HDB
2. close proximity from the Min's parents place(approx 5min walk).
3. close proximity to my parent's place in Woodlands (approx 12km)
4. I am happy with the size. Got so much space to play around with.
5. This is my house!

:)
Aliying

P.S : Had not caught any CNY movie - Fearless or I not stupid II? Will be catching one with Min at LIDO tomo...

Looking at the MRT

This photo was taken by self when I took part in the first Canon Digital Photo marathon.


For your viewing pleasure

Aliying

The class outing was shiok!

It had been two good years since I last attended the class lao yu sheng. Was kind of anxious abt it. Min and I met at 1830hrs LMT b4 we took a short stroll to the famous and hao leng Holland V XO fishhead noodles.

Thanks to the rest of the class for making the class outing possible. In no order of sequence, they are - Mark, Julie, Cherlene, David Chew, Chin Chew, Weimin, Zhaoyong,Jamson, Elsen, Yingrui, Efung , Huiyi, Huimin and myself. We had the lucky combo meal - the Holland V XO fishhead noodles famous five, preceded by the Lao yu sheng.

My wish for the lao yu sheng is to wish that my training will be smooth to the transition to my first officerhood. On top of that, I wish that the preparation for the house, the wedding and the honeymoon will be smooth. The process will be rough to go, but it is to be savoured well.

So nice to be able to see my class again. And I am proud to say that we are indeed one of the stronger class to come about. At least once every quarterly will a class outing be initiated. The class is unique by itself. Every individual is there to put in his, or her effort to make the class outing a successful one.

After the class outing which ended at 0100hrs, Efung and I proceeded to Jaslin place for yet another round of nite manjong. We had different modes of transport(Efung is by cycling while I am on the cab). When we met up, the rest were alreadi engrossed in the fercious fight of the manjong clan. In the green piece of battlefield, tiles were thrown left right centre and all 4 had the common objective - to win the money with as much token as possible. Efung and I soaked back in the smooth music and lounge sofa. Chilled totally.

Efung had a surprise gift for mi - no dreams too high by the NUS centennial Everest Expedition. It strongly retriggered my desire to climb Everest. Still remember my Project Everest b4 38? I was thinking - am I determined enough to climb Everest? How much is my desire to climb that? Or am I setting Everest so that should I not climb it, I would be able to climb something lower than that, same Cho Oyu? So many queries, so one thing at the time. I am definitely keen to climb Everest. With some discussion with Efung, he advised mi to start preparation at 2010. Okie. 2010 shall be my ball parked figure. When 2010 comes, I must commence the route up to the highest point of the world. It may not realise, but I hope that I can come close to it. Someday, somehow, somewhat. The money will not be easy to earn, the time will not be enough to spare, the liabilities and other committment will be too overwhelming for mi, the job may not permit mi to realise this and last but not least, my leg may not be able to take my 65kg frame.

One day, I will

ALiying

Overdue pic from last year

(L-R)Myself, jeffrey, Eizac, Kapor
Above:Jeffrey, Huimin, myself
Seated:Kapor, Eizac

Should had posted this last year. Added a new feature under my fav entry, wala. The entry is linked over there.

THanks to Eizac for burning the photos to mi. If you are reading this, dude, thanks a million!

Going for my class lao yu sheng outing later in the evening. Had missed for the last two years. Yes, I can make it~

Aliying

It had been a few days since I input an entry. The crux of falling sick b4 every CNY always happen to mi due to an overdosage of bwa kua and not drinking enough water. The next thing you know, I am on my way to Osaka and now I am back a "recovered" man!

It is so nice to have a reunion dinner after being away from the previous one due training. This time round, my uncle and the rest of my family got together to eat dinner. It had been very heartwarming. Not much words mentioned, but I can sense that my mother was very happy to have mi eating reunion dinner. Next year, there will be a new family member joining the reunion dinner - that is of course, my wife, Huimin.

Chu yi : Played Manjong with my 2 brothers - 2 rounds...shiok! Had been a while since we brothers got together to play manjong. With my constant travelling, it is important to find time to catch up with my two younger brothers. Had a wonderful streamboat with my nephews. Nice! As a kid, you always looked forward to get Hong bao, play and eat delicious bwa kua(Yes, this is the third time that I had mentioned it) Had manjong(again!!!) with Jaslin, Dave, Jeffrey and Mingyun. Felt sick, prepared for my Osaka flight b4 I fell asleep. I hope to recover b4 my flight to Osaka on chu er. Popped a few panadols and tried to catch some quality sleep.

Chu er: Was at Huimin's place. Huimin side had the tradition to gather together at her place. Had buffet and lots of interaction with her relatives. Tried to catch an hour sleep with all the rattling outside the room b4 I made my way to the airport. Destination - Osaka

Chu san: Reached Osaka in the morning. Caught some sleep b4 having sushi lunch with my Capt and first officer (FO). The sushi set was.....Original! Definitely not the ones that we had tasted at Sushi tei and Sake Sushi. Man, seeing the master chef prepare and serve it entree to mi as a set meal was definitely a joy. Not forgetting the aquarium full of puffer fish and see urchins infront of mi. :)

Did some walking around with my FO. Really enjoyed the walk cos I had the privilage of the FO to show mi around so willingly, so selflessly. Thanks! Went to Namba and ...mashi. Did some light shopping b4 having a Katsu don for dinner. Things in general, are still very expensive. With careful searching, you can still get good lobang for food and shopping.

Chu si: Preparing for my inbound flight back to Sing. Next thing, you know I am back in Singapore :) Let mi try to catch some CNY mood in the air while it is still around. Gtg now, meeting Lip Chee for lunch. :)



:)Aliying

Came back from CHC

Finally came back after a 19hr flight. Feeling a bit sick. Think I caught a cold while I was exposed to the winds over at Akaroa.

Always had the tendency to fall sick just b4 the new year. So to take precaution, I am popping two panadols, sleep now, and hope that miracle will take place tomo.

I will be back. Standby

Aliying

Day 2 in Christchurch (CHC)

Welcome to the land of Akaroa, 1.5hrs drive to the east of CHC. It used to be a french colony and is situated on top of an open shield "dead" volcano. It was a nice day tour. Had mac this morning(got to fill up my stomach b4 I start to have fun) b4 I hit the Akoroa French Connection half day tour. 6 of us, initially unknown to each other and strangers(a sydney couple, Emily from Canada, Matthiew from Germany, Linda), were brought together by the driver, Ron.

We were given a commentary by Ron abt the history of CHC. A late city bloomer in 1850s, otherwise called as the garden city(feels nicer than our Singapore gardern city), Avon river as the river of life injected in to the city, etc. We went on route 75(their expressway no) around the scenic ride to Akoroa. We went to the beach to pick up coloured peddles from a peddle bench(you heard mi no wrong..it is a peddle beach, not a sand beach), to a peddler collector's collection, had coffee at a high lookout point overseeing Akoroa, the cheese factory finally dropped of at the town of Akoroa for some free and easy time. Some elected to laze around, some opt for the walking trails, I choose the 2hrs Akoroa harbour cruise to try my luck to spot penguins, dolphins and seals.

Was really chilling facing the pacific ocean and the Tasman sea(if I am not wrong). Spotted a pot(not school) of 8 hector dolphins. It was really nice!!! Wind was blasting straight at us(v cold!!!). After the cruise, managed to have a sip of flat white b4 I made my way back to CHC. There are only 400 occuptants in Akoroa, while most of the houses were owned by holiday makers.

As for dinner, I initially wanted to have it with my FO. However he was not available. Thinking that I might be having dinner myself, I made my way down b4 I saw Capt Tan and Capt Chung. B4 you know it, I am having dinner with the two capts. Stressed!

Turned out that the dinner was the best I ever had for my Second Officer training so far. You can never imagine how much you can learn just by eating lamb shank and drinking NZ beer. Trust mi, I had been alot not just from one but two Capts! Will remember their words and strive to improve oneself. Nice!

Will be making my way in bound to Singapore (SIN) tomo. Will be looking forward to spend CNY with my family. XIN NIAN KWA LE

Aliying :)

Greetings from Christchurch (CHC) 2nd time

Dear people,

Yes, I am writing in from CHC for the second time. Been here for the first time two weeks ago, the feeling was somehow similar - the people, the weather, the hospitality, etc. The flight was tiring though - a total of 9hrs 45min. When I reached the hotel, I washed up and hit the bed straight away. Hibernating in T-30sec......ZZZzZZZzzzzz

Took a 3 hr nap, b4 I mustered my courage to run to the Botanic gardens. The garden was large, with a interflowing Avon river zipping left and right around the garden. It was reported that you can take an hour to run round it. Based on my pace, it should be 10km. I think so. Totally motivated, inspired and pushed to run by the fellow NZ runners

Totally satisfied from my run(which is kind of lagging in my progress), I proceeded on to have a sumptous dinner at a Cambodian restaurant. Wandered around for a while by myself b4 I hit my way back to the computer terminal at the hotel.

As for tomo, I will be making my way to the eastern side of CHC called Akaroa. Heard that the views are scenic, coupled with seals and dolphins. Will slot in tomo journal if possible.

It is coming to a month since I started my first revenue flight. Still kind of adjusting to my new flight deck. Though most of the outbound flights from SIN are at nite, I do enjoy the moment of night, piece and night views from 37000ft. The passion for the job will continue.....

Aliying

Reunion dinner round 1 with Huimin family

It was a time to get together for the once again reunion dinner. In Chinese context, we would always get together to have a dinner to signify the end of a year and the start of the DOG year. We had catering from four seasons catering (this is not to be confused with four seasons hotel). It was nice for everyone to meet up despite the tight schedule. Had not been catching up with Binghui and Huili for a week plus cos I was away to Beijing. So it was really great to catch up with one another. I was informed by Binghui that the stuff in SIM LIM had gone up. SO as of now, I can only look forward to the PC show in march. We also took the opportunity to celebrate Diana, HZ and father's birthday. It was "efficient" to celebrate 3 birthdays at one shot. YOu know, it is the sincerity that counts. It never hurts to remember your loved one's birthday. It can make alot of difference, u know?

After the dinner, I quickly made my way to meet my SIA guys for the 2nd anniversary. Yes, I am pleased to inform all of you that I am progressig fine in SIA for the second conservative year. ALong with mi are newly founded friends that had gone through thick and thin with mi. I am so glad that my friends had rendered mi support throughout my 2 years of training. There will be many good years to come, I can assure every one of them. Upcoming would be Gene's wedding in March. Not forgetting mine at the end of the year, I hope that all of us would be checked out by then.

Time flies, I must say. I am in my late twenties alreadi. If you think the teens are fast, wait till u see adulthood as you enter the magical no 20++. There is still so much things to do in my life, got to cherish every sec, min, hour, month, year and decade. :)

Think I should sleep now, considering the time now 0612hrs.

Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
ALiying

A "Nepali" dinner served in Singapore style

Just had a dinner with Efung's Everest Sherpa Guide, Kami. Those who came along are Efung, Huiyi, Huimin, Meiyin, Chin Chew, Jeffrey, Jaslin, Dave, Jovin, Dr Robert Goh and Elaine. (Hope that I got all the names right). We had dinner at Brewarkz. Man, the place sure need a hell of a waiting time.By the time we got a seat, it was half past nine. By the time we had the dinner was a quarter past ten. Despite this, the spirit is still high with such a interesting combination of people sitting down together to have a simple dinner.

THe reason for the title of this entry is because we have, with us, a Nepali called Kami. His portfolio is not one to be trifled with - 6 time Everest Summit, summits in Makalu, Arbut Nabut, Shishabangma, 6 times Cho Oyu, etc. This year, he would be leading an American team to Everest via the North side. We wish him a successful siummit bid and a safe climbing year. Seeing Kami remains mi vividly of the good old Nepal days that I had been back in 2003. Skinny, yet fit, dark, humble, always with a smily face, he is very easy to get along with. Even though I do not know him, I was introduced by Jeffrey to him. We quickly get into good bursts of chat. That is further accelerated by the consumption of beer. :)

While we are cheerfully having our dinner, I quietly brought out the small little dream that Jeffrey and I had in a small corner of our heart. We would like to climb Everest. Dr Robert Goh seemed surprised. He mentioned to us that we needed the time, the commitment, the equipment and the most importantly, the training. I dare not say that we will definitely do it and make Singapore proud. Still got the chance to make it single digit to the no of Singaporeans that peaked Everest. But I dare say that as long as "Project Everest b4 38" is there, it will be something that I will look forward to achieve it. The process will be difficult, of high inertia, of good decision made. But I am sure that I will not live to regret it.

Kami is still smiling when we talked abt Everest. Cheers for yet another exciting and safe climbing for everyone.

Aliying

Something abt myself for the last 27 years of my life to come

Many thanks to Mr Miyagi for giving me something to blog:

Four jobs you’ve had in your life
- Waiter (Father Flanagan at Chijmes)
- Construction worker (Singapore)
- Stock Taking (Singapore)
- PSB Cooperation (Singapore)

Four movies you could watch over and over
- Notting Hill
- Shall We dance
- Harry Potter Series
- Everest IMAX

Four places you’ve lived
- 10 mile away from the city Kampung
- Blk 206 Marsiling Drive
- Blk 843 Woodlands St 82 #
- Blk 478 Segar Rd #(my first new home to come)

Four TV shows you love(d) to watch
- Sex and the city
- Naruto
- Gundam Seed and Destiny
- Full Metal Alchemist

Four places you’ve been on vacation
- Banyan Tree Bintan
- Sydney and Melbourne
- South Korea
- Hong Kong

Four websites you visit daily
- DBS Internet Banking

- Yahoo mail

- alimin.blogspot.com (Heard that this is good)

- aliying.blogspot.com (Heard that this is even better)

Four of your favourite foods

- Beef noodles

- Bak Kwa from Lim Chee Guan

- Roast duck rice

- Hakka preserved veg with 3 layers pork

Four places you would rather be
- Sydney- Nepal- Tasmania- New Zealand

Aliying

Are Singaporean men losing the edge?

I like to refer to my outstanding view on the below mentioned entry http://aliying.blogspot.com/2006/01/i-came-across-this-minutes-ago-from-mr.html

In a nutshell, it is abt Singaporean men are "not so good after all" - not gentlemen, not considerate, short tempered. There are so many couples out there in Singapore. Bf and gf, sec bf and gf, JC bf and gf, NS bf and gf,NUS bf and gf, husband and wife, just married, just registered their marriage, just had their customary wedding, just had their first baby, etc. Did not attempt to try to find out the no of couples in Singapore, but I think that there is alot. I mean, alot!

My opinion is : This is a chicken and egg problem. There is no right and wrong - there should not be any pointing of the fingers. There is still hope for Singalore men, but we have room for improvement.

To say that I did not struggle throughout my relationship is lying. I myself is the imperfect example. Temper tolerance got shorter, complacency, not SNAG at times, missing out the finer details which ladies really appreciate, late for date (Oh my God), taking my own sweet time, not taking initiative. However, that is what make out a unique Singaporean men.

I had flaws, but as long as I make a genuine effort to improve oneself, I can become a better man. I do need a lot of constant reminding and everyday, I am facing new issues with mypartner. I fight for men's rights too, and if it is negiotable, Min would "sign the agreement" and we close the issue effectively.

In summary, there is still hope for Singaporean man, if we seek to improve one's EQ, common sense and social ettequite. It does not hurt for his lady or counterpart to voice up and discuss the issues.

Aliying

Uploading Christchurch photos, courtesy of KT

This are pic compliements from my good friend Kwuan Tzee. You can view more of his portfolio at http://kwuantzee.fotopic.net/ Thanks, KT for his photos shot using the Fujipix S9500. It was a good time spent in CHC.

Aliying

ShanShan newborn baby girl and finally a run

My heartiest congrats to ShanShan for giving birth to her new born baby. She actually endured at total of 13hours of contraction b4 giving birth. This timing is analogous to a full ironman. Fierce man!Thought of visiting her, but we think that both Shan Shan and her husband
Vincent, would be exhausted after staying up for the whole nite. Definitely not easy becoming a father and mother.

So, what we push on is to go for a run at the East Coast. A lot of reluctance and inertia to overcome, but with a little help from Dave and Jaslin and Huimin, I finally managed to run for an hour. Along the way, I quite the sight of the SQ B777 and B747 making the approach with a strong headwind in good weather. Nice!

Following the run, we met up with Mingyun and Jeffrey for a Cafe Cartel dinner at Siglap rd. Even managed to swallow a slice of french loave at one shot while we are "guessing punches" to finish up the food. NY Cheesecake, Tiramisu, Bitter choc cake and Oreo Cheesecake. Wah, it is so nice to have a taste of all these desert cakes - lovely!

Gtg to sleep soon so as to prepare myself for tomo flight to Beijing. Xing Nian qua le!!
Aliying

Rest day with a Manjong!

Here is what I do in my sat rest day today.

Went to have breakfast b4 I slipped into JB to do some light shopping with Huimin. Afterwhich, we proceeded on to Jurong Point. Wah, there were even more people at Jurong point than the whole of JB. People of all sizes, some NTU, some Pasir Laba, some secondary kids, some aunties, some young punks...there is really alot of people!!!

Just came back from a manjong session with Huimin, Jeffrey and Jaslin. Was winning until Jaslin south south killed mi with a five token self won "all the same colour one" manjong combination...Wicked! But not too bad, I truely enjoyed in the manjong session with a lot of exciting five token combinations. After which, we went to Bukit Timah to have supper dosage of roti prata, Milo dinosaur and teh Terik. Nice!

It is time 0519hrs. really got to sleep now....Will be going for a run at the east Coast, should ther weather permits>:)

Aliying

I am back from Christchurch!!

Just came back from Christchurch...man, the 10hrs flight is going to kill people man! Damn tiring.... Huimin was nice to pick mi up from the airport, and along with 1 X kg of Lim Chee Yuan Bak Kwa...like that how like to keep fit? Like that how to run the KL marathon? Nvm, I give myself after the new year to stay keeping fit!

The CHC chruch is the centre of attraction for the CHC city. If you reach here, you are in the heart of CHC











Left : I was waiting for the public bus after I came down from the Christchurch Gondola. I was given time to do some self reflection. As I was waiting for the bus, I was thinking abt the food I ate, abt the things to improve for my next flight, abt meeting Kwan Tzee later in the day. It is harder to meet a fellow coursemate in Singapore, it is even harder o meet a fellow coursemate in ChristChurch (CHC).

All in all, nice place to be there. Will be going there for a second time in the following week...Will attempt to vist the Authur pass and Akaroa. Next destination : Mon, 16th, Beijing

Aliying

I came across this minutes ago from Mr Brown. Thought of sharing with you all....

Rejection lines and what the girl really means
Found this list of rejection lines from Charlotte's web. The "brother" and the "friends" lines sure bring back many a bad memory from teenagehood. Excuse me while I go to one corner and weep...sob:
Not familiar with rejection lines? Here's what we really mean. So get a hint, ok, guys? Seesh.

10. I think of you as a brother. (You remind me of that irritating pest. And I'm not into incest either.)
9. There's a slight difference in our ages. (You are one jurassic geezer.)
8. I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way. (You are the ugliest freak I've ever laid eyes upon.)
7. My life is too complicated right now. (I don't want you spending the whole night or else you may hear phone calls from all the other guys I'm seeing.)
6. I've got a boyfriend (He's my male cat and a half gallon of Ben and Jerry's).
5. I don't date men where I work. (Actually, I wouldn't even date you if you were in the same 'solar system', much less the same building.)
4. It's not you, it's me. (It's not me, it's you.)
3. I'm concentrating on my career. (Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you.)
2. I'm celibate. (I've sworn off only the men like you.)
1. Let's be friends. (I want you to stay around so I can tell you in excruciating detail about all the other men I meet and have fun with. It's that male perspective thing)


My views abt this.
There seems to be upright battle abt lousy Singaporean men from other blogs that I had viewed recently. Mi need some time to think abt it....so no comments from mi yet. Will continue to assess the situation b4 I comment...
http://raynerlim.blogspot.com/2006/01/docile-singleporean-men.html
http://millionraindrops.blogspot.com/2006/01/rude-local-guys.html
Thought that I might simmer the situation. Here is what I get when I was abt to be go steady with Huimin then, on the lighter note

I like a guy in our class. You guess who?? (Dumb boy, it is you lah!)
Aliying :)

Greetings from Christchurch!

I am here in Christchurch! From the Crown Plaza Hotel, I am now at the lounge typing this entry. Time now 0902hrs. Singapore Time 0402hrs.

Had wanted to go for a sightseeing cruise today, but the weather today does not permit mi to do so. Min 13 max 18, continuous showers till the late evening. Not to worry, as I always know that there will be a better time to view the place again. Oops, the place that I would like to visit is called Akaroa, based on the southeast of ChristChurch (CHC).

Taking this opportunity to do a small write up on Mark Chong’s wedding. Mark’s wedding was held on the 9th Jan 2006 at the Sheration Towers, Singapore. A decent bunch of our main core classmates came along – Chin Chew and Jingyi, Jamson, Thomas, Cherlene, Weimin, Elsen, Efung and Huiyim, myself and Huimin. Though we are seated at the far corner, we truly enjoyed ourselves to the max as we self entertained ourselves with our fun and laughter b4 Mark and Julie came to our table for the phototaking session. The server was Shahrun. A very decent chap who really walked the extra mile for all of us. We got so much freebies from him – the neverending free flow pink juice, beer, two tables of flavours and requests from us instanteously made true(10 glasses of beer, 5 straws and 2 raw eggs). We were so satisfied with his service that all of us consolidated a significantly amount of tip to him. Can sense that he was very happy serving us too. There is still hope for good quality Singaporean service!

Mark finally came to us after seeing to most of his admin work. With Julie on his lap, he is supposed to drink from a beer + egg glass with 3 straws. Seems easy, right? Two reasons, he had given us a damn good bachelor nite, and secondly, he is flying off the Tasmania tomo. Better give him a heads up and the dosage of protein. J

After the dinner, we proceeded on the Japanese sake restaurant to drink jiu zhen zong. Chilled out till half past one. It was a great night for all of us. Like to take this opportunity to thank Mark for gracefully inviting all of us to his wedding. This feels like a class outing too. Next class outing – Feb for lao yu sheng!

Aliying

photos from Melbourne

Dear all,

photos from my recent visit to Melbourne - Next Station, ChristChurch, departing 100106, arriving 130106.



















Yesterday nite was the final episode of a date with the vampire -you know lah, the Ma Xiaoling, Kuang Tianyou, the human god, the hell god, etc...kind of recall the first series were broadcasted when I was in JC, I think. It had a good kickstart with the notorious miniskirt. However, I must comment that the show was kind of draggy in the middle. Something like clocking extra episodes for the sake of getting more ratings. The last hour of the show was even more funny as all the casts "met" up to drink after the final cut, not realising that something is missing. Kind of cool actually!

Well, the story of good and evil, love and hatred, jealousy and self sacrifice...that is what all we aunties liked to watch! Wicked!

Aliying

Rainy rainy day...

Had been a rainy day today from morning till now. Wanted to run but to no avail.

Talking abt running, abit of the dreamy side, but I hope that I can make it for the below mentioned marathon, should time permits on my training..

http://www.klmarathon.gov.my/index.php

Need to get myself fit again and shed the extra weights off. But not to worry, think this is transient due to the festive dec, but the upcoming Chinese New Year will be even more challanging....*while I am typing this, I am enjoying a piece of Lim Chee Yuen Bak Kwa*

Aliying

More had come inbound from Melbourne

It had been 2 years since I last visited Melbourne with Huimin. This time really, it was mi working - fly there, stay there for one night and come back the following day. And here I am typing the blog. I urge myself that I must attempt to type this blog on a more regular basis. One of my new year resolution.

With limited time on my side, I only managed to visit the city centre of Melbourne. Did missed the philip islands to view those stupid tossing penguins and the Great Ocean Road - which is of course one apostle lesser than the previous time. The city seemed very hyped up for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2006. Can feel a bit of the post Christmas mood here - the decorations, people still doing shopping and the "Nobody needs to work in Melbourne" mentality.

After catching 2hrs nap after the exhausting overnight flight from Singapore to Melbourne, I revisited the memorable places that I had once visited with Huimin - Chinatown (down to the exact food court that we had shared a plate of veg rice), Mountain Design, Hard Rock Cafe (the T shirt as usual as way marked up price), etc. The formula of Melbourne city centre works like this - Buorke St and Collins St, with intersecting Swanston and Elizebath st. This are the only four street names that you need to know abt Melbourne.

Was nearly knocked down by a bike when I first stepped out of the street. Guess my sleepiness still carried mi over. But for those who are reading this right now, I normally do not fell asleep when I am working on a flight. :) Definitely need to be professional on my job. And that means no alcohol 12 hrs prior to flight, sufficient rest so that I can perform to my very best capability.

Wx wise had been kind to me in melbourne. Cooling at 20deg celcius. Cool winds with lots of sunshine is definitely preferred to gloomy rainy day.

While I am sitting down at the end of Collins st, I am fully excited abt coming back to Singapore tomo. It seemed as though I had been away from my fried carrot cake and beef noodles for so long. Alamak, must be the post effect of staying overseas for training for too long alreadi.

Good day, mate!
Aliying

First entry of 2006

Happy new 2006!

Being the first journal of 2006, I wish that this blog of mine will continue to update my friends abt what I am doing now, how I am, why I do this, who I am with and where in the little earth of ours I am now and lastly when I am getting married...hahahaha!

More will come, I promise

cheers
Aliying

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

Festive season is around the corner. Better log in this journal b4 I start to drink again...ahahah!
Just want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Hope that all in all, everyone had a good 2005.

I conveniently sum up my 2005
1. first overseas CNY with my family
2. got my pilot licence in June
3. 9 months overseas, 3 months in Singapore
4. Flew the Cessna 172, Baron BE58, Learjet 45, Boeing 777
5. Blk 478, Segar Rd, #XX-XXX, S670478 (keeping my add info confidential first)
6. Bed, Sofa, dining table.....to come

What is exciting in 2006?
1. Mark's wedding
1. Project Home 2006
2. Project Wedding 2006

Care!
Aliying

Wala wala and Balaclava

Round 1
where : Wala
when : wed
who : Eizac, Kapor, Jeffrey, Huimin and self
what happened : proceeded to there after a good meal at Sushi tei. Refer to the earlier entry abt Eizac. In a nutshell, he just came back from Sydney for a short holiday. Singaporean, 27 years of age, mickey blue eyes, funky, fun to be with, beach boy... Initially thought that we just going to chill out cos we would be working tomo. Jeffrey is on his way separately after clearing arms from ICT. First attempt at Wala Wala. Nice place with ample seating. Beer slightly on the higher side, but managable. Servers not so nice except one wearing a cap. We insisted that we wanted him.

So we started with just a jar of beer. Tasted even nicer with the warm night! But madness arises when Jeffrey arrives. Decided not to let Eizac come and go, we combined to order another 6 more jugs of beer, 2 jugs of long island tea and 1 waterfall to sum up everything. This is total nuts! NOt advisable for the faint hearted. Even I kanna 2 X jia lat jia lat.... Luckily, my reputation as the Ta IC sailed mi through.

Woke up the next day with a bit of the nasty hangover. Told myself, must not drink like this again.

Round 2 where : Balaclava
when : Thu (what!!! the next day! I thought I say I am not drinking again) who : My NUS classmates and myself
what happened : went to Efung first photo exhibit at the National Library. You can refer to his website for my details. Being an Everest Summitter, he is coveted as a mountaineering photographers in extreme environment. www.stefenchow.com

My warmest congrats to his success for this first solo photo exhibit launch. After that, we proceeded on to meet the rest of the guys and gals at Balaclava. The whole place, as usual, is jam packed like nobody's business. Luckily, I got dual ambush into the place to secure a place. Two things - to celebrate the success of Efung's photo shoot and to celebrate Mark's Bachelor nite. Jugs after jugs of Hoegarden, the alcohol refused to shoot up to the higher percentage in our blood. Drink after drink, Mark is still standing strong on both feet. Yingwei was thinking ahead - plan B must be activated to achieve the hard objective - to make Mark drunk for the very first time. A bottle of Jim Beam and 2 waterfall...hahaahhaah!After that, Mark became shaky, but still steady. Nvm, my final blow - a flaming lambogini to bring today's class outing to the new maximum. No need for mi to say more cos the photos below says a thousand words.

Mark, Jeffrey, April, Minchao, Efung, Mingyun, Huimin and self

Ta the waterfall - No refusal is accepted - There is no stopping!!


Nothing can bring E fung down!


All in all, really enjoyed the class outing! For those who missed it, there is always the next one to look forward to.

btw : Aliying better start storing karma or else people are going to whack mi big time for my bachelor nite!

Aliying

The wait begins

Dear all,

Had not been getting in entrys, apologies abt that. Had been busy seeking out the furniture and meeting contractors. Man, this is tough!

Will have to repeat one of my simulator session due poor performance. Had nobody to blame but oneself. Got to admit the mistake, learn from it and never do it again. Buck up, Eng Wei!

Things of the lighter note, is highly exciting.
Wed - Meet up with Eizac.
Eizac is a special friend of mine who just came back from Sydney. Heard of this great guy when I first entered JJC in 1995. They were saying abt this hunk - nice, cheerful, cool, etc. Though we never get to know one another, we sort of are able to engage in conversation very easily. Think of it as friends who had known each others for years. The breakthrough came when I made the move to visit him in Sydney with Huimin. In layman term, to bunk in with him so as to cut cost in accomodation in the very expensive city of Sydney. The holiday in Sydney provided mi much more surprise than expected - a real friend called Eizac. Sleeping on his sofa bed with Huimin really brought back fond memories. He is, indeed, a really nice guy. ANd you know what, he is available. :)

Thu - Efung's first solo photo exhibit cum class gathering
Efung will be having his first photo exhibit abt Mt Everest on that day. Huimin and I will be attending. That is closely followed by the class outing at Balaclava. Know what, Mark is getting married and it infers that he will have to drink big time...roped in Jeffrey to help mi complete the task. I should be able to make Mark drunk, but Jeffrey and I combined will definitely make Mark drunk! :)

gtg now.
Aliying

no good

kaana whacked at work, in the positive sense...buck up!
..not much mood to write...standby...

Aliying

lalallaalala....feels good after a base check

So what is a base check? A base check, in layman term, is defined as a test to certify that the webmaster, that is me, is able to fly the aircraft. And I am here to inform that I had passed the base check alreadi. Yipee!!! The feeling of passing the base check definitely feels good. Not the most amazing pass, but a pass is a pass. 70 is a pass - 100 is a pass. The most important thing is that I had learned something from every simulator session. It will be stored in my long term memory. :)

Base check will be conducted every half a year. So for my rest of my life, if I want to continue to fly, base check will always be part and parcel of my life. As for the details of the base check, better not reveal it too much, cos you may not know if you are infringing on personal information of the airline.... you must know your rights, k?

Talking on the more general sense, taking the base check reminds myself of the numerous checks(aka test, exam, proficiency test, etc). Competency check, tech exam, ATPL exam, solo check, Progress check 1 2 3 4, flight test, L45 ground school exam, L45 base check, L45 mid phase check, L45 final check, B777 ground school exams, B777 base check and many many more. .....

Even though after going through so many trials, I anticipate that there will be more challanges to come in the future. No matter how experienced a person is in his particular field, I would still feel a bit of the nervous when I am about to do the base check. However, all in all, I felt a sense of maturity in doing the things that I believe in - not the best, but will continue to prove that with hard work, determination and self belief, we can achieve the things that we want. The same logic works for mi - be cool, relax, chill, do your best and learn something out of it.

Base check expiry date : 04/06/2006
Good nite,ladies and gentleman
Aliying

critical week

Going to start a not so usual week...base check week. This is a check to certify that I can fly the Boeing 777. Hopefully I can pass. Pressure will be there, but I hope that I will be able to chill myself down. Relax, take a deep breath. Everything will be just fine.

For the rest of the people running the upcoming marathon, I wish you all the very best. Though I am not competing, I can at least 80% understand how tough it will be. Take this moment to wish Jeffrey, Mingyun, Dave, Chin Chew, Yong sheng and Zhiyang all the very best!!! :)

Going to sleep now cos got graveyard shift again!
Aliying

SITEX computer fair

Was at the SITEX fair today,....not bad, the response was huge, but as usual, I am "armed" with the usual singaporean mentality of look see look see....nah...actually, I am consolidating my targeted things to buy. The fair not bad, portable hard disk drive drops price compared to a month ago....also, saw the launch of samsung digital camera, cheaper notebook (i recommend twinhead, cos the prices are really attractive for the up the edge stats). Min got herself a portable 4Gb harddisk from prestigo for $149. Size is nice and small,.... As for mi, for the same amount of price, I would prefer a 60Gb harddisk from Iomega.

Here are some things that I target to buy
1. A 160~250Gb portable hard disk, hopefully >5400rpm, for my digital stroage solutions
2. Up my Fujitsu E8010 RAM to 1Gb
3. A Fuji S9500 Digital SLR... my friend is currently using a Fuji S9000. So I hope that the S9500 is also good to go.

But, the reality of life bites in ...where got the money? Though it is not going to be instant, but at least there is something else in my small little life that I want to convet for....That is life, I reckon, to keep on going and pursue the smaller and not so materialistic things in life....

Good nite, ladies and gentlemen.
Aliying

Finally a breather

Finally a breather from my intense work. Had been so worked out that I fell asleep while waiting for my notebook to boot up....

Am I glad that I am having my off day tomo. But tomo awaits mi as Min and I would be meeting up with a contractor. Five choose one is out strategy to go. When I thought there is alot of contractors around, there are even more furniture shops, even more electronic stores - Harvey Norman, Courts, Best Denki, Best Connection, safe superstore. There are even more thousands and one items in IKEA, Molecule, Lorzeno, etc.....Oh my god!!! Who can help mi in that??

Errr...from the above mentioned talking, it can be conveniently summarised that ....yeah, Min and myself got a new house. Felt quite good to own a property for the first time. But the upcoming tasks ahead are piled uphill to the max. Contractor, budget, design, furniture, electrical appliances, which wall to knock down, lighting, etc.....

Here are something that I want to get out of my house
1. I need a dining table - This is impt to mi as I, a family man, would like to have regular dinner with our families
2. Wireless solution - No more LAN connection for mi. I must have wireless connection throughout the whole house
3. No bar counter - Yes, this comes from mi. I believe that I need to be a good boy in front of my parents. No hard liquor, no wine, no beer...all hide inside the fridge alreadi...hahaahah!
4. A space to put up memories - photos, gundam mecha, jigsaw, ROM mega card, etc....
5. A nice sofa for mi to sleep upon. I love sleeping on the sofa.

Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
Aliying

Yet another graveyard shift completed

Man, I just came back from the graveyard shift. Felt quite wasted and definitely to catch up on my sleep deficit. (Even though I know the for human performance, there is no such thing called I owe 3 hrs of sleep, I repay 6 hr of sleep to have a surplus of 3hrs) 3 graveyard shifts down, 2 more to go. :(

Things on the lighter note, Min and I managed to catch the sneak of Harry Potter on Wed. My comments to it was not too bad! The only dislike that I have is that the director shortened the quiditch world cup in the opening scene. When the world cup final was just abt to start, the audience were thrown in the death eater scene. No good, no good! Thought that the introduction of the other 2 magical schools were good, giving us the mystic and magical feeling. Strongly reminded mi of the first instalement. For the rest of the movie, you got to view it yourself.

Update on the tHings to look out for this week
Harry Potter and the globet of fire (Done!)
Project Home 2006 scrap book (doing it tonite)
Makan with my family (postphoned to next week)
Catch up with Jeffrey and Jaslin

Good day, ladies and gentlemen!
Aliying

Just came back from work Time now 0610hr LMT

Ended my work earlier today, now putting my last bust of energy to type something b4 I sleep. I was flipping today's Straits Times when I came across the movie session. Ok what, there is mulitple sneak previews for Harry Potter and the globet of fire. Trying my luck to see if I can purchase two tickets so that I can surprise Min (Min is quite a Harry Potter fan like mi too). Just trying my luck on internet purchase, I discovered that most of the good seats are taken up. Guess I am not like the the young Eng Wei who would very on the ball try to get 2 tickets, by hook or by crook. hahaha!

But like what I tell myself - there is a better day to watch the movie :)

I would be looking forward to see how the director squeezes 743 pages of Harry potter into 157 min of the movie. That is an equivalent of 4.73page/min. That is speed reading! Madness!

Aliying

BALANCE

SO glad that yesterday is my off day. While everybody is on his way to work, I am so glad that I am able to sleep till half past nine on a monday morning...Guess I am finally reaping off the hard work of working on Sunday nite. Ha!

What I did today wasn't anything spectacular. Breakfast :coffee and biscuit. Lunch :porridge and fried eggs with cai pok. Watched a few episodes of animation (Neon Genesis)back to back...Had never been so shiok for a while alreadi... went for a swim in the hot afternoon. Had dinner with my parents b4 making my way to meet min.

Balance - not too much, not too little.
Throughout my life, I was always thinking abt the word balance and how it applies to my character, my work, my life, etc. For eg, I used balance when I am meeting up with different groups of friends. With my SIA guys, I would be talking abt how our flight goes and things to share abt. With my sec school friends, I would be talking abt the good old days, etc. With Min, I would be talking abt (*^&(*^%&^$^ NOTE : This is up to me to know, and up to you to find out. :) I also use the word balance when I am with Min. When we just started out together as a couple, I was just abt to enter NS. Poor Min can only get see mi during the weekend. Naturally, like any other girl around, she would want to maximise the time spent with mi from Sat late afternoon to Sun late afternoon. Hence I did not have time to catch up with my friends. The theory of balance took a long while to commmunicate - Min and I had our space, she had her own space, I had my own space. Now I can meet Min for the first few hour, then drink kopitiam beer with Fuhan and Keng Fei.

Balance is needed in my character too. In general, people feel that I am too formal at times. For people who do not know mi initially, they may feel that I am very "false", very "fake". This sorts of make mi unapproachable. For people who know mi, this is the way I had been talking since I was brought up from young. I am lik that one - courteous "ke4 qi4". THis problem was
brought to my attention again when I attended the 21 day OBS course in P.Ubin. I never know that being myself can impose so much hastle to my friends around mi. On the contrary, I also believe that I am who I am - Yingwei, Engwei, Aliying, Chong. I came up with the solution that I felt most desired - still be courteous (eg, greeting the elders, saying thank you to the cleaning Auntie) but also be one who can be approached and be chilled out with.. The balanced Yingwei, Engwei, Aliying, CHong, I seek to be.

But I do understand that Balance = fn (temperature, perf, temper, location, feeling, emotions, x to the power of infinity) - where x is an unknown that Aliying is still finding out what it is....
I do understand that I cannot be balanced all the time. That is why it is still balancing. Got it? There is no such thing called the ultimate balance!


THings to look out for this week
Harry Potter and the globet of fire
Project Home 2006 - scrap book
Makan with my family

Aliying

Oh no!!!

The thing I do not wish to come true had come true alreadi. I will be working on the day I am attempting the Std Chartered Marathon! Murphy's Law always work for anybody. Noooo!!

Even though the odds are against mi, I will continue to train for the full marathon. I may or may not be running the half marathon. Once again, it all depends. I guess started lah...the nature of my job does not permit mi to fixate schedules ahead of mi. My work nature is very dynamic and the operating pattern is not fixated. Lots of standby next time. Will not be
getting the usual sat and sun off. However, I am definitely not complaining abt it. :)

It is always good to make sure one enjoys doing his works. Sort of getting into the routines of the Simulator session alreadi. Looking forward to meet Jaslin and Jeffrey and coy for the upcoming Fri drink session. Also to get a chance to look at their photo taken during their recent trip to Nepal.

Just ran with Huimin yesterday. Feeling good once again. :)

Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
ALiying

Post Deevapura..now siong siong coming up

Had been a great week cos we got two holidays. Though it is not back to back, I am definitely not complaining...

The going is getting tough as I will be commencing my first graveyard shift. Do wish mi luck cos I will be having a very hard time fighting the ZZzz monster during my work in the wee morning. Everybody is still tuck nicely in their sleep then.

Will be writing more coming early next week where I will be a bit more free,,,,stay tuned

Aliying

blogger

I came across a journal put up by my Ah-lian friend, Jieru abt the issue of blog. She he had feedback saying that the way she writes her blog is so different from the actual person that others perceive of her. Some say that she is not being herself, aka very false. Not the very good lah....

I was pondering abt it and it brings mi out of the bigger picture - what is my objective of having this aliying blog of mine @aliying.blogspot.com? In my opinion, I view this blog as one that is informative, to update friends who I cannot catch up with due work committment, etc. I view the blog as one that helps mi to set realistic targets (eg meet up with person AAA, do BBB, read up on CCC) I view the blog as a self reflection of my feelings, my thoughts, my annoucements, my nagginess (aka ALI). I may be writing the blog when I had a bad flight; I may be writing the blog after celebrating my upcoming 9th anniversay with Huimin, I may be writing my blog after drinking 6 bottles of Bud.
And I may be writing my blog when I had won Jeffrey's money in Manjong.

The moral of the story - One can be writing the blog in different ways due to the mild changes in character on that day, environment, audience, emotions, activities. However, I am still Aliying and I am still the same Chong / Eng Wei / Yingwei / Aliying that everyone know abt.

Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
Aliying

Anime forever!

On Yahoo Auction, I had just won the bid of two animations sets - Neon Genesis Evangelion and Full metal Alchemist. Hurray! On top of that, the Gundam Seed Destiny had just been completed and was ready for my acquisation. ahahahahahah!

Not very sure what do I mean by all these? Act, I am quite a fan of japanese animation. Layman term - cartoon, not layman term - anime. I had been watching all these when I was young - from the very retro and traditional Macross Saga to the latest Gundam Seed Destiny. Animation had evolved over the past twenty years of my life to the latest hits - Initial D [Takumi doing the drift in street racing with his father(Bunta)'s AE86 and moving on the WRX] and Naruto [Some crazy ninja who only know how to create clones of himself after 155 episodes and still going strong]

My next wave of OJT is coming up soon - that means the stress level will be there one.... Nevertheless, with a balanced mind,I am sure that I am able to find time to watch an anime episode.

:)Good nite, ladies and gentleman
Aliying

Commenced!

The time has come to reveal what I had been doing for the last 20 months. Finally I had graduated (or commenced) from Singapore Flying collge to SIA as a cadet pilot. These 20 months of training had been much of a challange to me - financially(a major paycut for mi), morally(the dos and don'ts in the aviation industry), physically(the incapability to differentiate between weekdays and weekends), mentally(prior preparation prevents piss*** performance), emotionally(homesick, relationships are challenged upon), etc.

It had been alot of ups and downs for mi. Throughout the training, I had sensed that I had matured to the next level - thinking ahead, thinking out of the box, thinking of things around mi. Hope that I had not become a complex guy, still is a guy who wants the simplest things in life - live happily, eat happily and smile happily.

Ups
I finally made my mark to continue as a pilot, but be rest assured that there is always room for improvement; met my guys in course 98, tremondously strong support from my wife, Huimin; continuous renewed friendship from our friends; joy of making the sky my home; fortunate to be given a chance to fly; Good decisions made at the toughest time

Downs
Not clearing my first solo; wait to rush, rush to wait; homesick; study and fail exam; uncertainities; challanges;


Myself and Huimin

Like to take this opportunity to thank Huimin / Min for all the big and small things that she had done for mi - my soulmate, my wife and my pillar of support for the last 2 years. Working overseas is tough for mi, but it is even harder for Huimin back in Singapore. Not easy, not easy....

Aliying
P.S - This is not the end. I had commenced on my next phase of training

mid week

This week seems a bit "tight" Time management to be improved upon...looking much forward to spend the weekend with Huimin.
Also up in my game plan is to meet up with April and Hanrong, for Efung presentation at the National Library coming sat.

Got myself an Ascics GT2100 shoe - ran 10km for 2 conservative days. Feeling not so bad. Signing up for a marathon in Singapore is no joke, really....

Aliying

Annapurna 2003

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The time had come. Jeffrey and I are finally on our way to our own theatre of dreams - Annapurna circuit cum Base camp trek.

Below are two of my fav photos that I had taken throughout the whole trip. All in all, I had taken 7 rolls of colours and 2 rolls of black and white. I truely enjoy the shooting experience with a manual SLR. The first pic is taken from the Annapurna Base camp in the early morning sunrise. Powerful rays, blocked by even more powerful mountains. The second pic in black and white is a pic of an elder sis and younger bro. To them, we are like the 10, 012nd people asking them to do the same pose. But for us. it ponders mi to think that the elder sis is trying to protect her younger brother from these foreign weirdos like Jeffrey and myself.



The concept of the trek was inspired by our JJC ODAC days. Even though NUS ODAC and rovers offers nepal trekking every year, it did not trick us into going for the package trip. We want to do it on our own, getting lost on our own, going into the unexpected on our own


Attached is my trekking soulmate, Jeffrey during Annapurna 2003. As mentioned in the previous mail, he would be making his way to Nepal from the happening India side this time. In addition, he would be attempting the wonderful Everest Base camp trek. Wish I could be with him, but my job do not permit mi to do so for NOW. I told myself like what others had always told mi - the mountain is always there. :)


Finally, this is mi trekking enroute to Annapurna Base camp. If I am not wrong, this is the coming down stage. My stats are as follows - A total of 21 days, covering a total track dist of 350km, 2 rain days, highest attempt of 5546m (Thorong La high pass), met countless friends from Holland, USA, India, Singapore, France, Korea, England, etc, met a very good friend called Colin Mark Holmes, had countless Dal Bhat, vegeterian for 3 weeks, broke my shoe, 2 sets of attire only, left my footprints there.

With all these writings,pic and memories accumulated, it still couldn't replicate the entire experience that I had during Annapurna 2003. I told myself - I will be back!

Aliying

Ah Sean!!!

Sent off Sean a few days ago for his advanced training in Maroochydore, Brisbane. The whole course was there , felt so good. It had been a while since we gathered together. With a mobile office deck, it would be difficult to locate oneself from time to time. So Course 98, as far as I am concerned, remains a reason why people stick together as good friends. :)

All the best to Sean for his advanced training, and I will be looking forward to chill with him back in Singapore again.







Course 98.04








L to R :Myself, Sean, Yang





Got to go to the airport again to send off my friend Jeffrey, who would be going to India to work and proceed on to Nepal for the Everest Base Camp trek. The next journal would be touching upon my amazing trip to Nepal 2 years back with Jeffrey. Stay tuned!!!

Aliying

To my Bahasa Melayu Abangs

Recall my previous outstanding tasks:
1. Study for my OJT. Time is running out! - The tides are against mi. So many things to learn, so many questions to remember, so many whys in my head?? Nevermind, keep yourself chill, everything will be fine. Tomo will be my crux day as I will try my very best to consume and digest as much info as possible.

2. Meet Hansong and Shunhe - To be postphoned to next week.

3. Send off Lip Chee and Maggie. - Done!!! today 0800hrs

4. Meet Fuhan and Keng Fei. - This is definitely the highlight of the week...
This is definitely the highlight of this week.

The title of this journal sums up how I found this two dear Bahasa Melayu Abang in the year 2003. I first met Keng Fei in the year 1995. Reason - he jumped from JJC to NJC (Upgrade). I jumped from NJC to JJC (Downgrade). He went to NJC OAC. I went to JJC ODAC. Okie, so from JJC, I heard that there is a bloody smart guy who scores a 6 points for L1R5, and there is a not so smart guy aka mi who scores 14 for L1R5. Nevermind, we next met in the same
BMT section. Yes, two botak guys trying to get into the routines of National Service. Then we split ways again. Next, we met again in NUS engineering - he in Civil and mi in Mechanical. Still crossing each other's path. Then came upon one fine day where I was attending my first Malay class. Next thing you know, Keng Fei was sitting next to me. From then on, a brotherhood was forged and there was no turning back then on.

Fu Han was a friend of his. Commando Occifer, long hair, nice dimples, look like Takashi abit, humble, down to earth. Believe mi, I never thought that I can make very close friends in my Uni days. They proved mi wrong. The three of us, aka the Bahasa Melayu Abangs, became one of my closest group of friends I am so honoured to have.

We met up at Rouge initally. However, there was absolutely no way to squeeze ourselves into ice cold beer. We proceeded on to Balaclava. It had been a while since I had been there. Good Stuff! Good drink, good crowd, good music, good chicken wings. 3 of us, 18 bottles of Bud. (I hate it where there is 1 on 1) Really had a good time as we came together to celebrate for a lot of
reasons - I am back in Singapore, Fuhan will be tying his knot with Wenjing, Keng Fei had a comm success with Wendy. They taught mi something - as long as you are positive in thinking, YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Got to go now....lots more to type, but got to go now.....

Good nite, ladies and gentlemen

Eng Wei, CHong . Yingwei

Met up at Jaslin and Dave house for a housewarming session. This is highly regarded as one of my top priority "list of things to do when I come back to Singapore". Making my way to the lovely Bukit Gombak, Huimin and I were the first to reach their 5 Rm home. Very nice and cosy, Well spaced and feels very "Jaslin and Dave". You got to see it in order to tell...hahahaah!

Celebrated Jeffrey 27th Birthday. Man, am I happy that he caught up with mi in terms of age...hahaahah! Had a cake from Angie's choice. Nice. Prior to that, we had pizza, salad, Jomson Duck, drumlets, etc. Top it up with a few can of Tiger beer and that is life!

Drank 2 bottles of red wine, merlot and Grenache. Should try the latter first as it is lighter. Dave had always been a joy to drink with. His Hong-Kong-Award-Best- actor skill and his worse-than-auntie bargaining skills not to drink in front of Jeffery and I are simply amazing....hahahahaah!

Played Manjong and continued to drink till 4am in the late morning. Truly enjoyable, truly Singapore style.

I love Singapore.

This week will be a tough week to manage. Here are things that I aim to achieve for this week: 1. Study for my OJT. Time is running out!
2. Meet Hansong and Shunhe
3. Meet Fuhan and Keng Fei. Particularly significant as this will be the last kopitiam beer with Fuhan as a bachelor. Die Die must drink!
4. Send off Lip Chee and Maggie. My closest couple friend are going to Taiwan for 10 days for their first wedding anniversary. How sweet!

Time is not by my side. But I will work it out!

Eng Wei, Chong . Yingwei

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

laze around north of Brisbane

ADMIN : Had not been updating my own blog recently. Will make an absolute effort to put in more details. Secondly, pic will be online soon to make the blog more readable, so stay tuned. (",)

It was a fine morning when a few of our guys - Kim Song, Eric Ki, Patric Choy, yang, gene, taha and myself carried out a small day trip to climb Mt Coolum and make our way to Noosa. Mt Coolum was kind of the last min, so imagine mi wearing slippers threading through the slippery rocks. Luckily, I got my ODAC training whereby I climbed up Mt Ophir in my slippers. BUt WARNING, as far as one is concerned, it is always good groundmanship to wear proper shoes to prevent sprains, bites and bruises.

Mt Coolum is situated a few bus stops away from my accomodation side. The climb is relatively easy. It is similar to Bukit Timah Hill, slightly lower though. As I reached the top, it brought back fond memories of my trekking days with my best friend, Jeffrey. Though the process of climbing up is extremely tedious, the end results of reaching the top, enjoying the views from the top is something to cherish always. Still remember my younger days when people tell mi - "you siao or not, waste S$2000+++ to torture yourself by trekking in Nepal?" I replied," because it is there and you can see what other people cannot see from above". It rekindles my fire deep within mi to trek and climb higher mountains. My next feasible target may be MT Kinabula with my wife, Huimin. Making it happen is what I need to do amid my hectic schedule.

We proceeded on to Noosa Head. It gave mi a "Holland V cum CHangi village" kind of feeling. Nice beach, people, chill out, alfrenso coffee, etc. When I was walking thorough, I saw a simple outdoor marriage ceremony. THere is a small garden, the bride, bridegroom, 3 pairs of brothers and sisters. Can see from their faces that that day is the happiest day of their lives. It sort of bring back sweet memories of my engagement party on 29 May 2004, less the drinking, of course. :)

Take care, ladies and gentleman.Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei

Still in my 10km mark

Just ran for the second time this week. Time 00:59 Dist : ~10km, I reckon. Glad that I am getting used to my running. Feeling strong at the finishing. Knee is okie for now. But it seems that everytime I run a longer dist, my knee must hurt. Then the next time when I run again the same longer dist, my knee is okie. Hope that I am heading in the right direction. Let us recall my "my things to do b4 I go back to Singapore" - to complete 21km in Brisbane to prepare for the Singapore marathon at the end of the year 2005. I still got a month in Brisbane, so will make the best out of the situation!! :)

So what else had I been doing during my free time? I had just finished Harry Potter - Half Blood Prince. Not so bad, but I think it is on the downturn side. This fact had been proven, the first is most often the best: Star Wars Trilogy and not the Phantom Menance, the matrix and not the Matrix revolution, the fellowship of the Ring and not the Return of the King, Gundam Seed and not Gundam Seed Destiny. I miss the first :)

Here is my list of things to do in Brisbane:
1. Climb Mount Coolum
2. Finish my OJT here
3. Run 21km under 2 hours
4. Watch more DVD, finish Initial D Stage 4, watch heaven dragon eight episode
5. Buy my wine glasses, more merlot, more sightseeing
6. Finish the LOTR trilogy book for my second attempt

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

Had been a while since I wrote

It had been a while since I wrote. Well, I am still who I am :) Approaching the mid phase of my training in Brisbane. Still got one good month to go. So let mi tell you what I had been doing for the last two weeks

1. Went back to Singapore for 2 days for my project. Had kept a very very low profile abt it. Not even Jeffrey and Lip Chee know abt it. In due course, I will reveal my project to all of you. Stay tuned. By the way, had mee siam, roast duck rice, chicken rice, kopi satu susu sikit, fish sliced porridge. Hor yeah!
2. My Harry potter is half way through...still do not know which main character had died...and everybody don't you tell mi who that is....slow in reading, I am.
3. Initial D had been advanced to the 4th stage alreadi....Yes the dream team had finally forged upon.
4. Gundam Seed Destiny had only been advanced to the 15th episode. Any kind soul to help mi out?
5. Running : Yes, I had reached my 10km mark alreadi, only half way to my target distance of half marathon. One more month of training in Brisbane. Knee cap had been doing well, just hope to continue to strengthen it with intervels of short bust running and endurance running and good food consumption.
6. OJT on my current training. Learning curve had started to steepen up again. Got to wake up, concentrate and give my best!

It is time for me to rest cos I got a black day tomo ie day off! Got to rest now...good nite, ladies and gentlemen.

Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei