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
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Friday, November 04, 2005
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
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
Saturday, October 29, 2005
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
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
Friday, October 28, 2005
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
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
Monday, October 24, 2005
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
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
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
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
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
Saturday, October 15, 2005
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
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
Monday, October 10, 2005
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
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
Friday, October 07, 2005
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
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
Monday, October 03, 2005
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
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
Sunday, September 25, 2005
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
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
Friday, September 23, 2005
Readers, I owe you all this one, as promised
Thursday, September 22, 2005
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
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
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
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
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
Saturday, September 17, 2005
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
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
Saturday, September 10, 2005
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
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
Monday, September 05, 2005
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
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
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
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
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
Friday, August 19, 2005
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
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
Monday, August 08, 2005
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
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
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