My wedding photos 02 Dec 06

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aliying

Class gathering at Foster

Yet another good drink mustered by the class last sat!!

Here is the front part :

Kind of lucky, cos when I first came to Foster's at Holland V, I was really trying my luck that I will be able to reserve a table of 15 just for drinking. I always had the habit of checking out the place personally to make sure that everything is all right, the drinks are okie, the crowd is not too bad, the service is good, etc...

Came up to the waiter and he called my name instantly"Hi, are you Mr Chong?"...waah! I was thinking - he must be damn good to know the customer name....It turned out that he was a former student of Min and he had met up with mi previously! Min was around also, and hence with a little bit of pull string, I managed to secure a table of 15 just for drinking on sat...good stuff!

Here is the middle:

Very good turnout from my NUS class! It was definitely nice to have the "give the Tiger the man" aka yong yuan to be back with us in the contigent. Gone are the days that he will fall under the influence of 2 bottles of beer...He was drinking a total of 7 bottles of beer in total + half flaming... He mentioned that he felt back missing out all our weddings while he was at work back at Liverpool....

It was nice catching up with Efung too as he made this tremendous effort to squeeze time for this gathering. He was back for 3 weeks and managed to secure a photo session with MM Lee.

When I am typing the journal, he was alreadi on his way back to New York (Round 2) on flight UA804 (Singapore - Narita - Washington DC - NY) He should still be up in the air....

Here is the end:

Yes, 55 bottles of beer spanned, lots of fun, not drunk, just chilled, lots of catching up,

Service by Foster was good and prompt, servers were smily and nice, manager Johnny was personal to the touch and 1+1 beer all nite long is too good to be true. Apple pie as dessert was nice and good music(alt between rock pop to live guitarist)to chill..

All in all, I am very happy with Foster...Good stuff!

:)

aliying

I want beer!

Heineken - Best! The obvious choice for aliying and Min

:)

aliying

Busy busy busy....

I knoe this is the usual mi going hot and cold at times when it comes to writing journals...Should be writing more..

Came back from the mountains after the previous entry on stress...just want to learn the art of steady and here I am, came back from the top of the mountain doing secret training on how not to be stressed....

Ahh....disregard the above mentioned...

Okie, had been busy for the past three weeks actually....fly from wed to sat, rest for two days, again away from wed to sat, then off again on monday to tuesday....Johannasburg, Karachi, Lahore(tried to find some terrorist there but to no avail) and finally Amsterdam!....Amsterdam is the most interesting place of the three that I had been too, so I might cover that in the next entry....

Things covered so far...
1. Managed to convince Ah Frey to buy something unbelievible and he was telling mi the next day that the more that he looked at it, the more he learns to like it...Now i realise the value in branding.......

2. Watched 300 before it goes down from the movie theatre....read some of the blog reviews abt it and finally after three arrangement, I managed to watch it together with Min, Ah Frey and Dave...totally awesome to watch it on the big screen!! Spartans, are you ready to fight, as if the next moment you are going to die?

3. Fu han wedding
Yes, attended yet another wedding of a good friend of mine....came back from Lahore in the morning, caught some sleep and off I go to catch up with some sharks fin and abalone....Felt very happy for him and Shirleen to tie the knot together...the next one, Asher Lum wedding on 070707....Cool!

P.S. Btw, we had a good drink with him, and even his dad came in to intervene and drink with us...He totally gains my respect instanteneously...

4. Rock climbing
Did rock climb at Yishun safra.. Man, it was hard work, hard work...

5. Things to cover in the coming 3 weeks
A. "Give the Tiger a man" aka Yong Yuan is back! Efung aka Everest summitter and photographer is also back in town. The class gathering will rock and chill coming sat.
B. Quarterly getaway with Min
C. Reservist(Yes, I need to dig out my outdated uniform again)
D. Ex colleague gathering(Kudos to Meiting for organising that)
E. Back to the mountains for more stress control management training

:)
aliying

Am I stressed or can I take stress?

Recently I did a personality test given to mi by a friend of mine... Did the test and found some interesting results.

1. I am confused
2. I am stressed
3. I am less stressed in my actual self

Okie...very much I do not want to believe it, but I always believe that there is always a reason behind it... YOu don't just throw a genius a task to set up this whole personality test overnite, am I right? The genius (so called genius) must had spent thousands and zillions of hours gathering data, speak to people, compile info and come out with this DISC test....

Once again, I believe in myself. At the very same time, I believe that this tool, or indicator, or test, or quiz or personality test is there for a reason. So the moral of the story - I am stressed.

Stress, stresses, stressed!

Hu.....I can take a different approach by using my usual technique. When the situation is stressful - I like to take a deep breath and pull myself out so that I can see the whole pic. When the left hand man is stressed, the right hand man takes a step back and look at the whole pic. When I do not know what is happening, I take a step back; when I feel that everything is too much, I take one step back....

Okie, it seems that on the inside, I am not stressed. Now how to show other people that I am not stressed?

3 types of people exists;
A. You are totally COOL.
Even when the world falls under you, you still can treat it like a blanket and cover yourself, keeping yourself warm to your advantage. You are "there", armed with your life experience and natural skills, you are always there to save the day.

B. "You are totally wayang" Man
These are the type of people who are totally amazing in turning "black into white". Look good, inside cannot make it never mind, live to tell another day. The ability to distort the face so gilak gilak(so good) that you are always there to save the day....Impressive

C. "Got a bit of stuff on the inside, but not showing it on the outside" MAN
Inside can take the amount of tumbling, but the facial, vocal and body language depicts otherwise. You may have the ability, but you do not know how to utilise it effectively...."Save the cheerleader, save the world, but how?" I know the solution is somewhere inside my heart, but I do not know how to use this special power of mine....

Eer...think I am starting to write rubbish, better take one step back and look at the big pic.

Let us recall the earlier observation of mine.
1. I am confused - Tink this is mainly because of the fact that sometimes, I can be so Mr Nice guy to my friends. But sometimes, I can be so Mr Nasty guy to Min, my mum, my bro etc...Given a choice, I will still work towards the personality of the former. Even though the fact that Mr Nice guy may be the loser at times, I am sure that with his preservenance, he will make it and make the world a better place...

2. I am stressed - I am not as good as Jaslin Husband Dave in clinching the Golden Horse best actor award. But in terms of stress, I will continue to build up the mental capacity to do so...like where to eat, who to eat, what to do in off days...hahahaha!

3. I am less stressed in my actual self - Which I feel is good as if I am stressed when I am facing my inner self, I cannot imagine myself working in the outside world.

To conveniently summarise and the perfect solution,


I need to go for my quarterly getaway soon and most importantly, I am what I am....

:)
Aliying

The "Classic"

9 years ago














yesterday, when Min and myself went for dinner

Still the same place, still the same girl - priceless

Coined this as classic. First learned this when I was looking at some of Min's eldest sis's melbourne photos years ago. They had a particular photo posing in front of the melbourne train. So when Min and I visited Melbourne, we posed exactly the same way as they had in the photo. Thought it was quite cool to do that... At least been there done that. Some things had changed, while some things had not.

No more China Jump(that was where we had dinner), but we had the sun and moon jap restaurant....Food there is good, snatching off a 30percent discount on the last day celebration of the restaurant's second anniversary...Sweet!

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aliying

YEsterday was sweet

Seldom had a chance to dine out on a monday night, thanks to Min...Had a good pre dinner drink at Father Flanagan's, Chijmes, followed by dinner at Sun and Moon Japanese restaurant.

Later met up with Ah-Frey and Mingyun for a not so crowded gathering at Balaclava..That is right, post dinner drinks are indeed necessary....empty seats on the left, empty seats on the right. Had never felt better b4. Not saying that the place is absolute empty, but crowded enough just to chill....

Got a fantastic gift from Min yesterday, courtesy of Vinson CHua...

THank you all!
:)
aliying

Aliying shall bend time and space to back date the ANNUAL Wala with Eizac

busy drinking













3 drinkers

What a night!! (Actually, a lot of nights had passed since the event occured)The wondering wanderer is back to "lah lah" for 5 days and Ah frey, Min, myself, Kapor and mingyun had the luxury to have a drink at our Annual Wala session! What a drink it had been... lots of catching up and updates on how everyone is doing....

I know that I said that I will drink in moderation and practicality, but when such a dear friend came back, Aliying had to do what Aliying had to do....Beer, long island tea, burbon and the ultimate combination came - Waterfall and flaming combo! Damn!!!!! Fortunately, I had survived...No wasted at all, no wasted at all...Contrary to that, Eizac and Jeffrey had a good time spinning their heads around, teleporting to and fro Sydney...hahaha!

All in all, Eizac is still doing well in Sydney and I must say that it is no easy survival skill in a foreign land...Kudos to him for being the not the usual singaporean representing us out in the whole world out there....

Till the next Wala!!! Eer, I think I am going to Wala next Thu with my JC ODAC guys,....u know?

:)
Aliying

The pursuit of happyiness instead of happiness...

I was given feedback that the blog of mine is not being updated as much as it should be....Man, you cannot blame mi the moderator, as during the Chinese New Year, when you swallow nearly 1.6kg of bak kwa, you really feel shiok man!

Way to go jaden! This boy is here to stay in Hollywood! Watched the pursuit of "happyiness" with Ah frey and coy and found it to be not a too bad show to watch and give myself a five cent ten cent worth of thought after the show. In my own way, what happyiness am I really pursuing in life? Is it a good career? Is it good health? Is it a good spouse? (Oops this one I got alreadi cos Min had been by my side all these years and many good years to come...)

I personally feel that happyiness is a bit everything...Not super rich till I can drive ferrari, but rich enough to buy my drinking buddies a round of drinks at wala wala....Not super healthy that I must eat heathly organic food everything, but healthy enough to live beyond 60 and still eat my roasted duck and bak kwa. Also one spouse is enough to last for a lifetime for mi alreadi...

ThIS is my pursuit of happyiness...yourself????

P.S - I know that the correct spelling is happiness... ;)

:)

aliying

Happy CNY!!

Man it just feels so good to be online again...
My notebook is finally fixed up...at the expense of replacing the motherboard....no regrets over it as the hardware seems to be stable...so far so good....

still a bit fatigued from the nite flight that i did yesterday..will be reconsolidating the events and post it on the blog the big way!

A brand new week, a brand new start to our piggy year!

:)
aliying

My notebook had made a decision

Using Min notebook to type this entry...a long time since an entry had been made..

A decision had been made for the notebook - to go for repair...$$down the drain and hope that it will work. Felt it is a pity not to repair it as it is still in good condition for general work, surfing and watching anime... Also to increase it selling price...

Eizac aka wondering wanderer is back in Singapore and believe mi, what a nite it had been for all of us at Wala Wala! Once the photos are in, we will re-enact the Wala Wala experience!

:)
aliying

MY Fujitsu notebook had broken down

My 5 year fujitsu notebook had finally broken down!
I got two options
1. change my motherboard
2. buy a new notebook at the upcoming computer fair...

:(
aliying

noticed and observed

noticed that alot of blogs are kind of slowing down in terms of the entry...mine is no exception....

Wonder if it is because there is no time to blog?
Or is it becuase he or she had a new project to work upon, hence putting the typing of the entry a lower priority?
Or is it because I shack cannot think alreadi?
Or is it because people dare of come out of the "shell" of the blog and meet up face to face?
Or, lastly, is it because we are still strolling ourselves into the new year?

My thoughts, my feelings and my aliying blog..

:)
aliying

Long chat with Jeffrey

just finished a long chat with Jeffrey....anything from girls to investment to long term goals...

also, nice kopitiam beer!

:)
aliying

Efung is safe and sound in NY

Just got the email from Stefen that he is safe and sound in NY....

His journey continues from there on....

As for myself in Sillypore, things are gearing up...just recovered from a cold...not the best of the feeling though...

Tried to develop photo, my portable hard disk cannot work; tried to repair my watch but missed the exit from PIE. I sense a bit of disappointment in my side...However, I took a deep breath and say - there is no need to feel disappointed, there is always the next time... I shall grow from this experience and move on like a man!

Indeed, a man, I am

:)
aliying

Enjoying the few days of leave again....

Back from my flight...taking this time to enjoy the few days of leave...

Esmond tay wedding, baby Jen first year birthday celebration, new school, new reporting officer, new things to look forward for this year, sending off Efung bound for NY....

Too many things to clear from last year...better work efficiently!

:)
Aliying

Merry Christmas to all!

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

mi and min and nicole

No.No..No...

No, we am still not on my honeymoon... but we are going in exactly 36hours time....

Went back to work for a while...not too bad with hong kong and Osaka..Now here I am, standing in front of the TV watching "Hitch", preparing myself to go to the honeymoon with Min.

I learned that the history of honeymoon is for the couple to sneak off silently in the middle of the reception to go for the honeymoon. I thought that was really tiring to do so...but it sounds cool though...

that is all for now...post wedding celebration begins!

:)
aliying

Post wedding thoughts

Our wedding is done!

So much thoughts, so much excitement, so much fun and laughter, so much to look forward to, so much to learn from, experience, been there done that!

THat is just so much things, but I will keep it...detailed!

Thanks to my parents for bringing mi up in a stress free environment, giving mi a lot of flexibiltiy to do what I want to achieve

Thanks to huimin parent for giving mi the once in a lifetime opportunity to have Huimin by my side

Thanks to Hendrick, Diana, nicole, glendon, Binghui, Huili, Leia, Kok Heng, Huizhen, Carisse for guiding mi throughout my foundative years with Huimin. I thank you all for giving mi the permission to take care of Huimin.

Thanks to Yao, chunhui, YS and Ah Kim for being part of my Chong family.

Thanks to Jeffrey aka Ah frey for being aliying's co-ordinator, advisor, consultant, drink master, banquet co-ordinator, wine controller, time keeper, drink master, everything! He had been my soulmate for a very very long time, over the never ending kopitiam beer, in Nepal doing the annapurna circuit, QM in JJC ODAC, shacking it out in Tahan together, drinking merrily at wala wala, balaclava, wine bar, sam bar, more kopitiam beer, "five token self made"king in mahjong, watching anime, running and more drinking...
Thank you for sitting down with mi listening to mi ali - that really helps alot, my dear friend.

Thanks to Maggie for being Huimin co-ordinator, organise tekan session, consultant, making sure Huimin is the prettiest, watching her every sec throughout the whole wedding, sharing of pointers

Thanks to Dave for being the muscle man in the brother clan..tough time don't last, tough man do...I will always remember that!

Thanks to Lip Chee for styling his hair just for our wedding..believe mi or not, you look damn good man! nearly swept mi off the ground...You are the person that I knew for the longest since sec 1 and we had not looked back since...I am very very happy that we got hitched together to Maggie and Huimin respectively..

Thanks to Mark for all the notes he had passed down to us with regards to his wedding, appointment list, schedule for that day, anticipating problems, table arrangement formula, things to bring..All these can be bought at a special price of 45USD. Contact aliying for more details if you want to make sure that your wedding is a success..Mine is!

Thanks to Efung for making such an "everest" effort to make it for the wedding...one photoshoot inbetn the tea ceremony and dinner and the standard chartered marthon photo shoot the next day is really a hell of a schedule for you! Not forgetting your wonderful shoot given to us as a gift...thanks!

Thanks to Elsen who make sure that his helping hand is always there for mi. It was really nice to have you by our side :) Always watching over mi, never to slightest wanting to claim any credit...You are the MAN!

Thanks to weimin for enduring my demanding request for the audio visuals....Nearly maxed you out on this highly demanding job!! Both min and myself really enjoyed the montages and the music is fantastic!

Thanks to Julian for my last min request for his help...I will always remember how we go through Tahan together, and I always believe that you still cook the nicest rice when we are camping..Tahan clan forever! Rock with leeches, baby!

Thanks to you, my friend -Colin Mark Holmes, for making such an amazing effort to fly in to Singapore from New Delhi. Your very presence makes the whole wedding unique and interesting.. Your megawatt smile never fails to attract the opposite sex to come over to you naturally. I really appreciate the gift of Ganesh and the multi currency ang pao..Thank you once again, my friend.


Next, to the girls..

Thank you, Jaslin for being so onz since I first met you in JJC ODAC..You are very fierce at the tekan session...BUT I CAN TAKE IT!!!

Thanks to Pei Yin for taking time off to be Huimin sister...Though look blur, you are always there to pick up something that all of us miss...This is what I call "looking at the big pic"!

Thanks to Judy for your "horny" song that I am obliged to dance with....It is really nice, fun and enjoyable to have the element of the "good church girl" for our wedding!!! More Long island tea, my friend!!!

Thanks to Mingyun, aka "Miss Chong", for being such a close friend to aliying and Huimin. YOU!!! I say YOU!!! really had a good time tekaning mi ha!! All the extra large tomato, extra sour lime juice, wasabi with chilli padi and raw bittergourd(I can take on this easily!!!) must be your idea lor....the 1 bird, 1 bird 1 bird +++ mahjong combination, the matriculation no, etc...must be your IDEA!!! YOu!!!!
However, despite all these tekan session, my brothers and I really enjoyed it very much!! All the laughter, all the fun, all the enjoyment and all the rowdiness makes my wedding a very much memorable affair for many years to come.

Next...bear with mi...

Thanks to all our friends, relative and colleagues for taking time off to grace the ceremony.

Like to thanks also those who cannot make it for our wedding, but still, in one way or another, offer gifts and tokens to us - Wayne, Chin leong, Chia Sheng, Eizac, Ting Ting, April, Hanrong, Youtian, Coral, David Teng, Daniel, Fuhan, Daniel Tan, Betty Boo, Gina, We really appreciate that! Thanks

Thanks to all those people who had made this wedding possible - esp Sheena from Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel, Hisham the floor manager, Stefii florist, my fav florist Eunice, Connie, Timothy, Alex and ah Long the actual day photographer, Ah ju auntie aka matchmaker, the mouse of the day Junda, Sandy(Golden Horse award), Sam and Linda, weiquong for the make up, Shan (Engagement party and outdoor shoot Make up artist), Eugene from Chris Ling and many more...Thanks!

So many people to thanks, so little time...Time for mi not to be too ali alreadi....

Have a good evening, ladies and gentlemen

:)
aliying
T-4days to honeymoon

P.S : photos will be put up shortly due WIP...stay tuned

My wedding - 02 dec 2006

Good morning, my brothers and sisters! Rise and shine! TOday is my wedding day!

:)
aliying

t-2 DAYS to the wedding....

Mine oh mine...T-2 days to weddings...today kind of a breather cos just stepped out of the black box...feeling good, listening over and over again the songs to be played on the act wedding itself...

Feeling: relaxed
Thinking : that i had one more free hour to go b4 I hit on the table allocation
smelling: the good old sunshine...today is one of the rare day that it does not rain in the afternoon
seeing : my LCD screen...if not how to type blog....

T-2 days to the wedding
:)
aliying

The boy just wan all the ang paos!

Glendon boy : "I wan I wan ang pao!!!"


Uncle Aliying : "okie okie..I had all these prepared for you alreadi"










:)
aliying
T- 4 days to the wedding of alimin and aliying

AH Frey

Ah frey is back! And when he is back, he is winning mahjong money again!


Still, but still, welcome back!

:)
aliying

Congrats to Judy and Julian

Happy marriage, Judy and Julian(extreme left)! It had been so nice to see the both of you tie up the knot together...

Never would I expect that bringing the both of you to a trekking trip, unknown to each other then, will led on to a relationship and follow up to be husband and wife...

My heartiest congrats to the both of you, once again.

:)
aliying

My schedule for nov and dec

KUL(16) BLR(19) JNB(23-26) SIM(30) LVE(2-4DEC) HKG(5-6) KIX(8-9) LVE(11-21) HYD(22) HKG(25) SIM(26)

Wat I had done for the last few days...

I am simply not writing as much as I should! The last few days had been intense and enjoyable,..lots of catching up with people and sorts of!

I will summarise this all at one shot to justify the reason why I am not writing as much as I should, also for myself to look back and say that it had been ain good doing all these stuff!

here is goes
weijie wedding on monday - it had been really nice attending a sec school friend wedding at Hyatt + lots of catching up with kok heng, Rijian, lijun, Sizhen, Yee Hean, Mr Bear See siong lim, ziqi father Jinkun, etc.... >>>sorting up my financial policy,...that is tough work to insure myself, went through alot of intrinsic details b4 finalising what I want,, that should be able to cover mi comfortably for the time being>>>Celebrated Min birthday, for the same purpose, for the different experience cos this time round, it is spent with Mahjong and friends>>>Penang to and fro>>>Family gathering, out of the sudden, I found myself talking non stop to Binghui, nicole and Glendon>>>Sort out the details with Sheena of GCWF abt the wedding details...yes, it is just less than a month b4 my wedding>>>met up with my secondary school friends3 times in a week..it is simply amazing that the fact we had not caught up with one another for the last 10 months, it is squeezed up in a week of 3 gatherings...A good one organised by Daniel, along with the ever laughing Kama, the stern and steady father, Jerry and the full of C**p Daniel...not forgetting mi, the pilot turned security guard after work...>>>Hari raya celebation at Kama house..it is so goody to be able to enjoy the malay goodies, self made further>>Oops, how can I forget the exciting Metal slug game whereby you are supposed to drink a bit of reds when your character dies? We end up finishing two bottles of red...haahah! >>> And lastly, sending off Ah Frey at the airport..he will be back in late nov....see you soon, dude!

:)
aliying

~Happy 10th Anniversary, Min~

I guess I will keep this short and sweet...

Happy 10th Anniversary, Min and many good years to come!

:)
aliying & alimin

Should I stay or should I go?

I was reading Mr Miyagi blog and realised that he is moving on from the Mr Brown Show... Kind of sad that the good times had ended, but one had to realise that as one gets himself in the comfort zone, is it time to stay or should I go? Miyagi is the best man to answer himself.

The pastures may be greener on the other side, but there is always a risk there. For one, I am not the super chio ster garang trooper man, so I tend to be more on the conservative side. But too conservative is no good either. Balance is the keyword here..Am I am still working on it....

Was reading Dion blog and realised that much of the year had gone past in the blink of an eye! Very much I wished I could had done more, but there is just too little time(ooh, come on, aliying...think you spent too much time sleeping alreadi and also too much time spent finishing a trivial affair)

For myself and the rest of the readers, let's cherish the remaining days till the end of 2006 and make it a new natural high!

:)
aliying

The 5 day leave had been good!

The last 5 days of leave had been good....

Too good that I had not been blogging for a while....

Many apologies to all...Had accumulated alot of thinking thoughts during these five days...will jot it down and post it soon!

:)
aliying

The last bachelor drinking session...No holds barred!

Was reminded by my friend -...."eer, when are you going to do a write up on the drinking session at ECP chalet?" Still feeling strong after the mumbai experience, I carried on to write abt the last bachelor drinking session with my uni guys at ECP chalet? "what, still got chalet gathering at your late twenties, OMG!!!"

A strong turnout of abt 18 of us came...In good spirit of the class gathering since year 2000. It felt so good to be at the receiving end as Mark and weimin were the ones organising it. It felt so good to be able to attend the class gathering, even though everyone was very busy with their own personal committment.

Kudos to Mark and weimin for organising it. It was a nice and breezy dinner at Scruffy Murphy. Even Kat aka Jieru aka Chio haolian came by to say hi. Believe it or not, the guys do appreciate your effort! You could have just steer clear of us with your roller blading, but you came by to say hi! Nicey!

Back to the no holds barred drinking, after the dinner, it was the time to say "Ta" time. "Ta" to Mini Martell, "Ta" to vanilla volka, "Ta" to Chinese Atomic bomb, "Ta"to Coffee Liquor, "Ta" to Laos beer, compliments from Efung. The drinking is fierce, even for myself....Man, it is time for the previous best three drinkers to step down and to witness the arrival of the new gen drinkers, Mark, Elsen and Thomas...(Thomas would be my next target....whack him big time next.....hahaahahh!)

Good Time? Definitely...Next time still have good time? Definitely!

Pic are belows, copyrights from Mingyun. Enjoy!

These are the MEN!

Aliying and Chin Chew:"you want sake or volka 7 Up??"

Jamson(far left):"I want both"
Three going-to-get-married men(from left:Aliying, Jamson aka big boss and Chin Chew)

Next day breakfast - 2 bowls of Katong laska each....No home sweet home feeling!

:)

aliying

Bombay/Mumbai

The trip to Bombay/Mumbai is worth mentioning cos
1. First time I am there
2. My good old American friend, Colin Mark Holmes is working there and it feels really great to hear from him that he is fine.
3. It feels so good to be near the himalayas again. The weather is not the same though.

The trip to mumbai sorts of trigger the desire to explore new places...Here it goes..

1. Took a tuk tuk to the train station Andheri. It costs abt 25rupees(Rs) and it is similar to the Thai tuk tuk... the usual horning and near misses along the road.

2. Took a train down south to a place called churchgate terminal. Cost abt 30Rs one way. The mumbai train is really notorious and not for the faint hearted. But I must say that it is really an experience. The train, though very out dated, cramped and very crowded. But it still remains as one of the most efficent and cheap way of getting around Mumbai. People of all shapes and size SQUEEZE into the train as one, and people would squeeze into the almost impossible space available on the train. If you are alighting, you better be slightly aggressive and fast cos everyone is pushing one another to get off the train..Must take care! And yes, I saw somebody climbing to the roof and inbetween carriages to hook up on the train. And there is also a drunkard hidding himself under the seat. NOW, I really know that the Singapore MRT is really not too bad after all!

3. At the churchgate terminal, continue your journey to a tourist place called Colaba by Tuk tuk again (20Rs)

4. Colaba is the tourist place where you can find cheap bargains in books (made in India), clothings and accessories. There is also the Colaba market where there are various sales of spices and fruits.

5. Poverty is very much visual on the streets. A lot of built up slums and young singlehood mother...Very much I like to chip in my five cent ten cents worth, but I know I must not...cos this will make them believe thet begging can get them round...And once you give to one, all the rest of them will come swarming to mi. The recipent may not benefit as he or she may be robbed after that...Believe mi, I had seen that with my own eyes in Nepal.

Enough of the mixed feeling, life still goes on, the earth still spins. Photography wise, lots of interesting sights to take of...enjoy!

Anyone want a cooking pan from my head?
Eer, I say again - which telephone line is unservicable?
On the Mumbai train. I am coming home, mama!
Believe mi, this is still not full yet on the mumbai train
Ladies cabin only - no guys are allowed..Interesting!

:)

aliying

Turn left turn right?

Ah Frey and Aliying

:)
aliying

Not blogging, I am

I am not blogging recently.....

So the next thing I tasked myself to do is to blog a good entry when I come back from Bombay on wed nite....

The drinking story will be out on wed nite....

:)
aliying, sleeping early to wake up really early tomo..

Drinking and dining this weekend

This weekend may seems to be a nice chillout dinner at East Coast Park with my classmates...but it seems that there is a even more evil plan to get some of us grooms-to-be to be drunk. We will see, we will see.

Met up for a beer with Efung and Jeffrey yesterday. Showed them to the Maple Bar along Jalan Jurong Kechil around Bukit Timah. A nice cosy pub with Kathy serving us the drinks. They also had Yakitori if you are hungry..definitely goes well with the beer there....Crowd wise, we are looking at executives chilling out after work, some middle aged uncles gathering together for a drink and 3 young punks in their T shirt and Berms standing at the entrance going in for a drink.

Five bottles of beer(SGD33.30) + 3 guys = nice chillout

We chatted alot, talking abt project everest b4 38. It felt so good to realise that the mountain is still in Ah frey's agenda. Initally thought that Full Ironman would be his main stream ever since the start of last year. Now looking ahead, we have two gay friends (Aliying and Ah frey)to climb everest(may not be that mountain, but at least somewhere close to it..) is something I had not done for the last three years alreadi... Kind of miss it...

Efung's Laos trip is very enriching too. Nearly missed his transit as he makes his way from new Bangkok to old Bangkok airport...haahah! Coming back lies more challanges and projects ahead for him....Overseas work next year,...cool stuff!

For the drinks portion, stay tuned!

:)aliying

Haze!!!

The haze is back!
Can smell it in the air, can see it with my eyes, can feel it beneath my skin....

When the real Sunny sun please stand up!

:)
aliying

A much better day today

Much better day spent by waking up early....

Wasted too much time sleeping even as I am not a strong believer of sleeping....Better else doing something...

Interaction with Zhou gong had always been very unproductive...

:)
aliying

Chong the photo Collage maker

Was doing this for the first time for Min's niece's 5th birthday.
Had always been wanting to do a photo collage and felt that it is a good representation of the live you had lived till now...easier also for the guest to have a general overview of the pic rather than flipping through pages and pages of photo album.

A bit of the hard work, but not too hard as some of the photos are shot by self.

When Nicole saw it, she went "wah" and then straight away, went back to her seat to watch the animated series, Mr Bean.

Kids shall be kids.... ha!

aliying
P.S : Photo frame courtesy of IKEA and photos copyrights of aliying, Darth Vader and Destinee78

Just my luck

This is a dated movie which I watched last night. Sum up the story in one simple sentence - The girl is very lucky and the boy is very unlucky. They kiss each other and swap the luck with one another. Then they kiss one another and swap it back again...And again, and again.

How lucky is lucky? Striking jackpot every time; 4 taxis waiting for you everytime you raise your hands; everytime you step out of the house, it will be sunshine; your dry cleaning clothes come back to become a sexy no from Sarah Jessica Parker.

How unlucky is unlucky? Your key broke when you open the door; you got splashed by a puddle of water when a taxi when passed you; your umbrella fail you big time in a torrential thunderstorm; you drop the lightblub when you are fixing up a new one; You come home finding that your place is flooded; You are sacked by your manager for something stupid.

The show is unbelievably and amazingly lucky and unlucky. Sometimes, I wish that all men and women are made equal in terms of happiness, health and luck. But, in the reality of life, we got to admit that this can never happen. Some people are indeed luckier than others. Some people are happier than others. Some people are more contented than others. How abt that small little thought of mine? If I am unlucky today, I am sure that the cycle will be over and good things will come by mi soon? That is when Mr Murphy comes round the corner for a sneak attack on you!

Wait long long hor~

Just felt that in some points of my life, I am really in my down times - to an extent that my friend asked mi to go Bugis Kwan Yin temple to pray pray. The whole 9 months of mahjong had been money out of the tray, not in the other direction. My spiderman figurine fell from the top of the ceiling, comprain comprain and more comprains from myself. Sign....why I cannot be smooth smooth steady steady....To tell you the truth, I struggled quite hard for some of the down times....Trust mi.

But in spite of the downs, had I ever looked at up times? I am in the most pink of health(if you disregard the occasional crazy drinking at times - got to blame Ah-Frey for that!), I am blessed with all four limbs working normally, good eye sight. I got good Hakka Yong Tau Foo to eat, decent job, able to run, financially coming back on track and clearing outstanding accurs. A new home, upcoming wedding and the support of Min by my side throughout the years.

I guess at the end of the day, being self contented is very important. A pinch of luck does enhances the daily lives - Treat it as an entitlement, not a privilage.

:)
aliying

Will be reaching Singapore Sun morning

Will be reaching Singapore Sun morning...then the things to do list starts.

1. Visit Natas Tour
2. Finish up Nicole photo frame
3. Celebrate Baby Nicole birthday
4. Project Holiday

:)
aliying

Disneyland b4 30...can it be achieved?

The map of Disneyland. Yes, I am planning to go there at the end of the year. Had always wanted to fulfil this childhood dream of mine to visit the place. I would not say that I am a hard core disney fan(you don't see mi carrying a mickey mouse bag, using a mickey mouse handphone, using a donald duck wallet)...But you know what...there is indeed a piece of mickey in my house - a 2000 piece mickey jigsaw puzzle done up by Huimin years ago. :)

But the thought of going to disneyland had always lingered in my mind....at least must do it once. DO it good, do it once! I may be a man, but I have the heart of a small little boy at times.... ahahah!

Hope it will be a dream come true at the end of the year...stay tuned!

:)
aliying

Do I love him or hate him?

Sometimes, I wonder.....

Do I love him or hate him? Too much is no good, too little is no good too....but everyone is different... how much is balanced?

:)
aliying

Needing all the help I can get from my friends and family

The wedding is really coming nearer, day after day...
How do I know that?
1. The event manager of the hotel called mi to go for food tasting...
2. The executive in charge of the wedding card called mi to finalise the wedding card design.
3. Jeffrey asked mi if I need any help(brw, he is my chief planner for the wedding) b4 he whizz his ass to Rockhampton, Australia for his one month long reservist training.
4. My mother is sitting at the kitchen table counting the no of cards that she needs to notify her friends and relatives.
5. I had yet to pass the photos to my youngest brother, Yingsheng for the video presentation clip.
6. I had received strong response from our friends who would be gracing the ceremony. To all my friends, thank you for your support! Colin Mark Colmes from India, Eizac from Sydney and Olivia from Perth.
7. I had started to plan for my honeymoon.
8. I had started to flip bridal magazine to think abt what should I wear for the actual wedding day. (Finally my time to ponder what to wear had come!!!)
9. My anniversary with Min is coming next month
10. Huimin eldest sister, Huili asked"how many kids do you want???" Eer.....

:)
aliying

I am hungry!

I need to eat breakfast to fuel new energy for the rest of the day.

I need to make a new pair of specs cos I lost mine recently.

:)
aliying

My house is warmed up...

To my friends,

Thanks to all for taking time off to make it for the house warming...as I am typing this, daniel and thomas are still playing mahjong. Luckily, Huimin is winning money...hahaahh!

All of us, I think, had a good time eating, drinking and catching up with one another...my place is kind of difficult to find...but you all still made the tremendous effort to come for the class outing...thanks!

Thanks for all the vouchers given to mi and Huimin as gifts...that really helps... :)

Attached are some photos of the house warming...Indeed, the house is really warmed, thanks a lot, guys and gals!

:) aliying

My house is starting to warm up....

Info:

Will be having a class gathering at my house coming sat..details are as follows:
where : my house
when: 7pm
what: finger food and drinks on the house
who: my NUS classmates
why: just another class gathering
how : by car, by LRT, by cab, by bike

1. Do's @ my house
play mahjong
Drink, but not excessive
Make yourself @ home @ my house
everyone is strongly encouraged to have fun @my house


2. Don't @ my house
No food is to be wasted
No drinks are to go down the drain or hold it till the beer mug gets warm
No disturbing of my neighbours with loud music
No holding back to have fun


:)
aliying

Looking back at Time

was backup-ing my files when I came across this photo that I had taken this year. Left to right was Jerry, myself, min and youtian. This was taken somewhere in June when my house was just ready.

Looking back, I had known them for half of my lifetime alreadi...since I met them in Swiss Cottage sec school. I strongly remembered that the first time I really met them was in a Swiss Cottage Leadership camp. I was introduced to Jerry and youtian by Ben and Daniel. THose days, I really hated the prefects cos I was always late for school. As a consequence, I had to do corrective work like pick up litters and do other coolie job.

So when I came for the leadership camp, I was thinking...ok lah, just another camp..suffer and go, simple as that.

THen came the hardship during the camp. I must say that it is always through hardship that you get to have great friends who would stand by your side when you are in need. Jerry and Youtian are exactly two great people that fitted into the pic.

Looking back at time, I felt great and privilaged to have a chance to meet these two friends..

Looking back at time
aliying

Devil wears prada

Went to watch the show with Min on Fri...I am sure everyone is writing about the above mentioned show...but here is my critics...*wah lau, you tink u movie critic ha!*

1. Nice
Just thought that this movie is not too bad to catch it off the silver screen. Alot of meaning behind it. Alot fo times, people got too overwhelmed by material stuff...To the extent that they forgot to slow down, take a deep breath and ask themselves - what are you looking for in life?

2. Fashion
Even mi enjoy the fashion segment. If a non fashion geek like mi can enjoy armani and valantino, then everyone can!

3. Andy
She is such a sweet character to Nick...you lucky guy!

4. Good acting
Kudos to Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway for their excellent acting skills... Sharp and absolutely devil-ish..

5. First time to The Cathay
Good seats, screen and surround sys.. alot of SMU undergrads and Yuppies hanging around...

:)
aliying

The pirates of the Carribean at the wine bar

20 glasses of Tequila pop, 10 jars of long island tea -















Kudos to Efung (first left)who came late because he is covering the Singapore China soccer match as a photojournalist















Myself and Min














Capt Jack is in Zouk wine bar!!!














Wat is happening on my right?? (Jingyi, Chin Chew and Afrey)















Efung, Myself and birthday boy, Afrey

Wat a nite! It had been a while since I had been to wine bar, and I must say that I had a really good time there. I guess the pic best explains the gathering. Nearly "Home sweet home" without realising that("Home Sweet Home" is coined by my friend Afrey, meaning that you are totally drunk and that you cannot recall how you made your way back, and the next thing that you will do is wake up in the next morning either on your sofa bed or near the toilet)..I woke up on my sofa bed...heng ha!

OMG!! This should not be happening to mi...in the younger days, these amount of alcohol won't even get mi to 50% drunk...My alcohol tolerance is on the declining side and this is simply putting mi in an disadvantage for my coming wedding....

...but who cares...drink first, "ta" first, then think later....

Good time, good chat, good laugh and good fun.

:)
Aliying

I am back!!!

I am back in Singapore alreadi!

Need to blog...perhaps more aliying and afrey show?

Stay tuned as aliying and afrey go for their much awaited Zouk long island tea with yuppies all around us tomo...

:)
aliying

I am back!!!

I am back in Singapore alreadi!

Need to blog...perhaps more aliying and afrey show?

Stay tuned as aliying and afrey go for their much awaited Zouk long island tea with yuppies all around us tomo...

:)
aliying

Meeting up with Olivia and coy

Just met up with Olivia, her husband Clement and her colleague Andrea..I must say it had been nice catching up with her despite her heavy schedule....

She is back in Singapore for a week to sort out her wedding band, wedding gown, pre wedding shoot, her dress, etc....man, she is one busy lady,,..

I first met Olivia during my first three months stint with National Junior College. Afterwhich, I proceeded on to Jurong junior college. Though we only knew each other for 3 months, we kind of get along quite well with the chat...Lost touch in between for the next 8 years...next thing you knew it, we met again in Perth, compliments of her friend, Keng Fei passing mi her contact.

We finally met at a coffee cafe in Perth and there was simply so much things to catch up with her....like her uni days, when she started work, how she got to know Clement and her overseas works...

Time flies, and when you knew it, she is getting married next month. My heartiest congrats to her...I knew that she is in good hands of a mature man...

:)
aliying

THat is not mi in the earlier pic but....

but I am also there, you know...sitting under the sun, reading my book, feeling the breeze, kanna burned by the sun....

:)
aliying

Feels good to be enjoying a breather...

Sit down by the beach...doing self reflection... what I had done for the last 28years, wat I am doing now and what I plan to do in the coming years of my life

That is not mi in the pic, by the way..wait long long....

:)
aliying

The aliying and afrey show...

Welcome to the aliying and afrey show!!

This show will come up once in a while as fictional characters of aliying and afrey(to be read as a - frey). Do note that aliying and afrey are not physical representations of any actual people living in lah lah land(coined by my friend, the wondering wanderer)... Their content and thoughts are not reflections of any actual people living in lah lah land.

Better state the disclaimer, terms and conditions first! This show is inspired by the Mr Brown show and the objective of this show is to engage readers in their thinking hats and sharing of experiences as aliying and afrey develop and mature in the highly competitive yet compassionate world..

aliying is defined as a man(a "real" man)of late twenties, slightly above average singaporean height, humble, married with a wife, very very ali@times, good drinking brudder, anime junkie and the nickname "cannonball" on the manjong table..

afrey is of the same age as aliying, best brudder, always there to give you a crying shoulder when the occasion arises, V good drinking brudder, triathlon freak, member of the "bo si kang" (no more time)club and nickname"self make 5 token king" on the manjong table.

The setup goes like this
When : two days ago
where : Bukit Timah Kopitiam
what we talking abt : emotional side of the office politics

aliying : hey brudder!!
afrey: hey brudder!! whazzup!!

aliying : No lah, just want to tell you that I felt very relieved after the series of twists that came along during my work...It had been tough and mentally draining for me...Don't know ha, how come other people clear so easy, mi like maciam very difficult leh...people say everybody got their ups and downs in work, but mine seems more downs then ups!!(some like compraining, rite??) Even got a friend looked at mi and seemed to infer"Eer, you cannot pass ha? I thought easy what"

afrey: Aiyah, I thought wat happen?!!! At the end of the day, you had reached your goals. Learn from the experience and move like....comprain comprain comprain/....okong you - treat mi milo dinosaur.......Abang!!! Milo dino satu, kopi satu susu sikit!

aliying : roger tat!! So how is your chat with your bosses abt your career track?

afrey: DOn't know lah!! Talk no action, LPPL. Just do wat I am supposed to do tomo...one day at a time lah, need not tink so far first...Middle management is really not easy to handle, got to do the work of two ranks up and moniter the work of two ranks down...multi multi task..Sian...

aliying : A sad reality of life, but that is how the world spins, and how life moves on...There is so much more that we can do for the company, but experience, seniority, rank and other hidden factors hinder the efficiency..Like wat you say, just do your best in your job scope...So must I..

afrey: I agree with u, brudder! A lot of us sometimes got too overwhelmed by work that it affected our personal life big time! THis further leaps on to the straining of the relationship between your gf and wife, family members and friends. Wat to do something happi, but cannot be happi...very miserable...

To solve this, what I will do is to go for the adrenline rush.. swim like you never b4 in the south china sea, cycle till your ass crack and go for a half marathon. Guys can go for a shopping spree like women to feel shiok...just got myself a Trek equinox bike!!! Wicked!!! Shiok!! I guess by doing so, you feel more alive, more purposeful and deter yourself from being a workaholic machine..

aliying: Good suggestion! Think one of my goals is set...Project Big mountain b4 38...here I come! Come come, my brudder...let's "ta" the milo dino and kopi susu sikit..

afrey: you siao ah!!

:)
aliying

National Day Rally

Did not catch the full rally...Just did some newspaper reading the next day....Political sensitive issues...standby...

:)
Aliying.

P.S know that I had not been blogging as much as I should....The cable TV, animation and new acquired PS2(I know it is kind of late to get it now, but I had always always wanted to get it..) had been keeping mi real busy....Will be looking forward to blog abt the conversation that I had with Jeffrey aka Ah-Frey..

The twist is over....

Dear friends,

I am pleased to inform you that the twists were over. Many thanks to the care and concern shown to mi....

Eizac, thank for your word of advice - tough time dun last, tough men do
I will modify your statement by saying - tough time dun last, tough men do, with a dear brudder by my side!!!

Definitely missed your presence here in lah lah land..... My wedding is coming closer...must come come give mi a big time drink hor!!!

A new start, learn from the past, stand firm at the present, and dream more for the future!

:)
Aliying

Twist after twist after twist...

Too much twists in my life lately...body abt to break down alreadii...luckily got Min support from the back..

:)
Aliying

Claypot and Laksa at my home

Apologies for not doing the regular posting...The last two weeks had been intense with flying...

Finally after some attempts, Min and I managed to meet up with Lip Chee and maggie. We cooked dinner together and it was so nice to be able to have laksa and claypot rice, some good drinks and chat the night through....Not forgetting our regular dosage of manjong till 2am in the morning... With a tired soul, managed to sleep for 2.5hours b4 I made my way to east coast with Jeffrey and mingyun at 0530am in the wee morning.

Just to show my support for Jeffrey who was abt to do the NUS triathlon. It was not mi doing that, but I was happy enough to give my strong support to Jeffrey and to pamper myself by going for a10km run.

It had been a cool and breezy run, I must say...

The photos are uploaded...enjoy!













Dinner at Segar with Lip Chee and Maggie

















Kids enjoying at FUK

















What are you looking for???

:)
Aliying

Happy Birthday

Happy 41st birthday, Singapore!!

:)
Aliying

A twist to my test yesterday..

Did not complete the test yesterday...hence should be reapplying tomo to give it a try again. At that point in time, I was thinking- was god putting up an additional trial for mi? I was so close to the completion of the objective, but I was halted to goodwill. I felt that I had a decent performance for the test. But I had to do it again. :(

Patience is what I must seek now, I must not rush things in my hands or the amount of hard work accumulated over the past eight months in the fleet will go down to waste. Slow down and slow down!

:)
Aliying

The day had come!

Kurosaki Ichigo : "Don't tell mi what will happen if I cannot do it...
cos I will do it!"

Important test tomo to Bangkok....

:)
Aliying

A small sneak preview of my wedding photos

Dear friends, this are for your viewing pleasure.. Enjoy!

:)
Aliying

My house got broadband alreadi, u know?

Finally, my first online entry from my own house!

I declare the opening of broadband in my very own house!

:)
Aliying

An entry 3 days ago...

I am currently outside the tcc - the coffee connoisseur. Waiting for my wife to knock off work so that I can have dinner with her. Man, it feels good to have an off day in a weekday. This is not to be mistaken that I am making a laughing stock of ththe whole Singapor eoffice men and ladies. Better don't offend them or they are going to kill mi over it.

It had been two and a half years since I worked last as an engineer. Though I have the perks of the occasional week day off, I do miss the weekends as that is the time where most of my family and friends are free. I still remembered working on the first day of CNY...Not the best of the feeling.

My career obliges mi to treat both day and night, weekday and weekend as the same....No complains abt it, just glad that I had the moral support from Min. Frankly speaking, it had become more difficult to find quality time with her as our schedule crashes. Still working on it, and will continue to work it as long as flying stays as my careers....

Time indeed flies. Now we are in the second half of the year. Work got piled up, but at the same time, there are much more things to look forward too...here are the following

1. Weddings
More and more red packets are going out of our sleeves and pockets(as of now, I have Julian, jason, bret, chin chew, jamson, yiwei, yang and esmond down the pipeline for the wedding).

2. First month celebrations
Leia, Quon's younger brother and Jerry's son. More red packets, more presents, more diapers.

3. Birthdays
Min, baby nicole and carisse, binghui, kok heng, Huijing, Xinyi, chin chew coming up...more drinking, more makan

4. My wedding
This is it, ladies and gentlemen. My wedding with Min(of course it is Min, can it be someone else???) With the completion of my place called home, the rest of my energies are now concentrated on the wedding. No one is born a wedding planner. WHat wedding flavours to choose? What song to play for the first walk in? What alcohol to consume to convince my brothers and brudders that it is all worth it to down all the alcohol for mi on my wedding day? Which wedding card to choose? Which photo to pick as the bedside portrait?
It is okie, one thing at a time. Slow down slow down.

5. Promotion
Keepin my small fingers crossed. Now is a critical period for my pilot promotion. Shan't reveal much due company implication and procedures. Always err on the safer side....

6. Meet up with my guys and gals.
House is almost ready...so the house warming should be coming up soon. Still sourcing around for a living room clock and to hang up all my decorations, posters, puzzles and wonderful memories..

7. Prepare for my honey moon...Too cold in the North. Still sourcing around for a place. Dubai too hot, Moscow too cold, US too far, batam too close...

8. DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex)
I guess after the wedding photoshoot, felt inspired to shoot some good photos again. Time is not right, but I do have like the Sony A100. Looked impressive on the stat and the motto says"no camera is as stable as A100"

:)
Aliying

The post debrief of the class outing

Thanks to all for makin the effort to come for the class outing.. As far as I am concerned, it had been a successful class outing...

Now at jas place watching people eat durians. Very much that I would like to eat durians, but I can't. Knowing that mixing alcohol and durians are a big no no!

It always feel good to be able to meet up with people, cos it is always memorable to bring out the good old days, see how everyone is doing, and what is the big evil plans of our fellow friends..

A good gathering indeed...the next two gathering - Cherlene birthday on 08/08 and yet another manjong session...this time I must aim to at least break even!

:)
Aliying

Class outing

Attention Attention, we are abt to have a class outing..Details are as follows
Where : Waraku jap restaurant, Starhub building
When : 7pm
Who : my Uni classmates
What : eat and drink
why : because it is Aliying organising the class gathering

:)
Aliying

I am not the only one feeling the strain

Hummm...you see, I am back online again. Felt very good to be able to stay in Singapore for >1 day. Enough time for you to reconsolidate, enough time for you to reclimatise back, enough time to spend some time with my loved ones, enough time to catch up on my forever-got-something-to-do list

Read some of the blogs recently and had a generalised idea that everyone(the netizens) seems to be slightly strained on the lower side. Mr Miyagi and Brown decided not to write for Today. Raynerlim had seen blog vacation(YOU actually can name the day you want to take time off from your blog..isn't that great) and people like myself just writing general updates..not the very inspiring. Or People writing things like ""ooh, there is just nothing today that is worth writing, or anything happening that deem mi as happening" Or someone else may write 'have a nice day!"

Looking back at the birth of my blog, i still remembered vividly that the primary objective is to update my family and friends of my news - where am I, what am I doing, what are my next plans, etc..... I am proud to say that the objective still remains the same. :)

Coming back, i was packing up my stuff bit by bit to shift to the new house...then I realise that I have so much things undiscovered! (Of course at the same time, there is alot of junk too...Aliying is too ali to throw it away, that is why)

Here are the things that I found during my discovery sweep

1. Letters from Min(details will not be revealed due personal reasons. Once again, you can try to trick mi by downing mi with alcohol - but beware, Aliying is well trained after the continuous stint with SIA captains!), my pri school friends(yes!), sec friends, JC, overseas, POSTCARDS, christmas greetings, CNY cards, etc. I had seen beyond the letters in the form of encouragement, blessings, greetings, well wishes, advise, updates, whereabouts, renewal of friendship!

2. I also found my fishing rod and reel(the last time I used it was first year Uni?? must jio jeffrey to go fishing with mi)

3. CDs(power station, Yuke Lee Lin, Emi Fujita,) - time to rip all these originals out and put it inside my Ipod...

4. Badges (NJC first 3 month badge, JJC badge, NPCC SANA course, marksman, Singapore flying college badge, Learjet 45 badge)

5. Certificates(Singapore is a paper society.better don't lose it)

6. Bags(My 70litre trekking backpack monster, my daypacks, etc)

7. My trusty lonely planet of Nepal, compliments from Min...

8. etc...

However, if you still do not understand what I am typing, a pic of myself sums up this entry...no need to read so hard lah!

Look out, look in, slow down!



















:)
Aliying

The meaning of my address - Segar

Segar - malay word for Fresh, bright and clear!

:)
Aliying

Time is tight!

three days of overnite is getting a toll on my body....(flying plus manjong plus world cup) B4 I even got a chance for my body to recover, I am set to embark on my next flight....

After coming wed, I ensure you, that the ali madness will set in in terms of writing blogs....

Too little time, too much things to do. But can be done, if managed properly...slow yourself down, priortise and think ahead....

:)
Aliying

A place where I called home of the Aliying!

This entry is way way overdue when the house was first completed in mid June. I must say that it feels quite good to own a home.. (the financial pinch is definitely there, though..but be rest assured that it is all worth it!)

"I want this sofa, I want this tat way, I want this to turn 45 degree....) YOu name it, the contractor does it for you.... No lah, over the period of six months, Min and I had developed a good friendship with Daniel, our contractor. ...Drink beer with him, bargain positively with him, suaning each other to the max....etc...

I am looking beyond the transaction of getting the house done. I had befriended a nice guy called Daniel, his wife Ivy and son Quon...

:)
ALiying
P.S I should not be typing this...Just came back from New Delhi, you know...???

From a special little wedding book

"A wedding is the bridge between romance and lasting love. Till now we have lived for ourselves. Now we are to live for one another."

Pam Brown B. 1928

:)
Aliying

Mac thoughts

The world cup is taking the tolls on my weakening and frailing body..England vs Portugal, Argentina vs Germany, Brazil vs France(I totally totally slept through that match!)

It had been a very good weekend for myself. Details are :

Fri : Flew to Hong Kong, popped by the bar below the hotel to catch the last 20 mins of the Germany vs Argentina match. After which, managed to meet up with Ting Teng for supper...

Sat: Came back to Singapore, straight to Gemma's first month birthday...A total printout of Ah Gong on a baby..Sweetness is in the air! Superman(I would not say it is a must watch, but you know, Superman of the DC comics, how not to miss), more soccer after that...slept at Jaslin and Dave's place

Sun: Cleaning house time, met up with Lip Chee and Maggie..Got myself a new hp after my motorola V3 died on mi...*sign* ANd yes, I had returned back to Nokia after a stint with motorola...

Time does fly, not only planes does that..In a blink of an eye, half of the year had gone by. I do not even have time to do some self consolidation. What had I achieved? What could I had done more? what is more next short term and long term goals? Am I giving myself too much self induced stress? I guess to get the answers to the above mentioned questions, I need to sit back, relax with my kopi-0 (less susu) and think abt it...

Aliying
mac, Bishan Junction 8
feeling: Much rejuveniated after my first night stay at my new house with Min
listening to : repeated mac advertisement...boring!