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!

Kudos to Efung!!

Had a good 2hrs breakfast with Efung. Just a month since we last met, so much things had happened for the both of us!!! Truely amazing! Kudos to Efung for making an effort to get my a** out of the bed before the sun rays shined in to burn my a**. Indeed a good breakfast, lots and lots of catching up, setting individual goals and reinforcing our targets. It is truely comforting to have a listening ear and have a pat of the back by him, saying"I give you my support, onz!!" This is not to be mistaken by any brokeback action. I am a married man with Min, and Efung is engaged to Huiyi.

Not forgetting our 2 X half boiled eggs, coffee and kaya butter bed.

More pics from the beautiful place of Istanbul, courtesy of Mingyun and Jeffrey.















:)
Aliying
Hong Kong in T-7hours

My good brudder, Eizac, had a good entry on the extension of the ZZzzZZz monster..

Check it out...

Talking abt ZzzzZZz monster, it is time for mi to sleep again...

:)
Aliying

Individual Physical Proficiency Test

b4 the IPPT, as the temple of the man aged, IPPT had been harder and harder for mi. The pull up bar seems further away from my chin, the turn around turn for the shuttle run seems longer and longer to turn around. The Standing Board Jump(SBJ) gravity pull is stronger and stronger, hence inhibiting mi to leap to my faith. The sit up , eers... surprising still not so bad.... :)

All in all, this IPPT had been a wake up call for mi. Not saying that I had failed, but I had just scrapped through my minimum requirement for CAT Y. I had achieved what I want, but felt that I could had done better should I done adequate preparation.

The 2.4km is really the final countdown. Even myself, a not so bad runner(think so) got the mild shivers. Wonder if the rest of the NSmen felt the same way too...Trust mi, I really nearly truly blew up my lungs just to finish the run. I started abit fast to break away from the crowd. My objective is simple - pick someone who has a "<10min"look on his face, stick it with him really hard and my <10min should be okie! Breathed really hard through my nose, at times giving in to the temptation of breathing through the "so easy" mouth. NOo!! I must continue to endure the suffering of breathing through the nose, at least till the half way mark, aka 1.2km. Reached the half way mark, only to realise that there is still half way more to go, versus < one third energy to go....The odds are definitely going against mi...Ran and puff and ran and ...saw the finish line....My SGD400, I must work hard on it!!!! With every lump of energy left, I opened up my pace to catch up....yeah! crossed the finishing line....Never felt so wasted, man!

All in all, I do enjoy the mild shivers b4 the chin up, the sprints in the shuttle run...not forgetting my dreadful SBJ. This IPPT had promptly reminded mi - you should not do last min preparation once every year! It is difficult to do the IPPT routine every day, but it is not impossible to do it on a not so regular basis...

All in all, I do enjoy the mild shivers b4 the chin up, the sprints in the shuttle run...not forgetting my dreadful SBJ. This IPPT had promptly reminded mi - you should not do last min preparation once every year! It is difficult to do the IPPT routine every day, but it is not impossible to do it on a not so regular basis...

SBJ - swing once, swing twice, look far, jump!

Staying awake

I realised that I had more and more difficulty staying awake...during work....THe ZZzzzZZZ monster in mi is getting more and more "powderful!"

Help mi, GOd!

:)
Aliying

comments and a run

Dear all, Wondering wanderer and shellfish, saw your comments...replied them under the respective entries...think this is a better method as compared to reply to your non-reply@blogger.com...

just came back from a run and did some routines for the upcoming IPPT next tue... Should had started training donkey years ago instead of "last min carry buddha leg" double edged sword cos at least the SGD400 is there to motivate mi to train up a bit...















To strike gold and get 400bucks, I need 38 Sit up, 230cm Standing Board Jump, 10 chin up, 10.4 sec for shuttle run and <10min for my 2.4km.

Not sure if I can strike gold. SBJ might be a prob for mi, and I would need to dig my lungs deep for the <10min for the 2.4km run.

If I fail to do so, there is still the silver there for mi. No!!! I must aim for gold to raise funds for my upcoming wedding and projects...

:)
Aliying

Holland Argentina 0-0

My first 0300hrs match. With Jeffrey and Mingyun on their way to Segar Kopitiam for yet another round of soccer action, Min and I struggled to open our eyes when the alarm clock rang at 0230hrs. Before I gained sub conscious, I was alreadi settling down for the Holland Argentina match.

I must say that the match was not too bad, even though both teams rested some of their key players..better than the England - Paraguay...that one was boring to the max...can cry one by watching that.

Here is a pic of (L to R): Min, Mingyun and Jeffrey














:)
Aliying

World Cup..

Germany match was quite good actually...watched it with my brudders at AMK S11 kopitiam...and you should know my magical formula : Kopitiam + World Cup + a group of brudders = Kopitiam beer..

10 of us, 23 bottles of Calsberg beer....I must say that at the end of the 23rd bottle, I am a bit on the high side...luckily I never drive...heng yah!

Kudos to Meng, Ruishan, Yang, Melvin, Sabrina, Sean, Taomin, Bret, Howard and Grace.. It had been my absolute pleasure to drink with them...Chill out, I am!

Today was the third and final photo shoot - the indoor photo shoot...surprising tiring but at the same time, Min and I had a really good time taking photos together...Heard that wedding photos are always taken, framed into a book and slot it under the cabinet...However, I am sure that if we put on our thinking caps, there are others way to present this memorable piece of information....

Eg would be
1. to put it on TOP of the cabinet, making itself visible..
2. Throw away the box that comes with it so that you would not have the excuse that it will not collect dust.
3. Do a montage on it(at the expense of spending more money....:()
4. Put small photo frames around the house to revive the good times during the photo shoot.

:)
Aliying

Istanbul revisited!

The trip to Istanbul had been a very interesting experience for mi. Not the usual shopping, but we are abt to experience a "culture" that had given birth many many years ago...Not a man of good words, so I will just let my photos explain.

On top of that, another main reason why this trip is interesting is because I am able to meet up my good friends, Jeffrey and Mingyun overseas. It may be a bit difficult to meet up, but with just a little bit of effort to meet up together in a foreign land, the results are truly fulfilling and enjoyable!

Here comes the journey...follow through, ladies and gentlemen.













The blue mosque is a HUGE place! Definitely a icon of Istanbul. Located at Sultanahmel, you would not be able to miss it. Strict religious rules applies - no shoes, no revealing of the flesh and no tripod(do not ask mi why, they seems to be very particular abt Jeffrey's tripod). The good thing that it is free for entry..shiok!

We made our way to another Mosque - Mosque Sophia. This time round, we had to pay 10 Lira(approx 1 to 1 with the Singapore dollar). The interiors and the presentation justified the entrance fee as we are presented with ancient mosaic and canvas paintings of the mosque. This is very very good!























Smoke waterpipe - all you can for 6 LIRA...apple tea favour, cappucino favour and strawberry favour to choose for. All these beat those that we had in Singapore Arab street flat down to the max!!! Check out also the master below! Imagine getting paid to smoke for the last 6 years or so...













Makan in Istanbul is spolit for choice - Kebab, Doner, rice, etc. 3 of us actually had 2 lunchs in 1 hour. We had vegetable stew, chicken soup and dishes, doner and yorgurt. shiok!















The cat lazing in the evening sun caught my attention when I was walking along the streets. Cat or mosque? U choose!














Last but not least, the Silican Cristern consists of an undergroung maze with 2 medusa heads at the end of the maze....up to you to imagine, my friends!

All in all, the istanbul experience had been very nice and culturally interesting. Think this is further enhanced by the ever joking Jeffrey and the "xiao-jai-bu"(aka chinese translation of crazy women), Mingyun.

Cheers!

Aliying

Busy

Apologies for the "not so much" entry....THe time now is abt to be 5am in the morning and I just came back from a manjong session...the next thing I am looking for would be to crash into bed

THere will be a window of two hours to blog tomo...stay tuned! The trip to Istanbul entry will be up soon~

:)
Aliying

Exotic Istanbul!

Istanbul had been an interesting an exotic place to visit till now....Turkish tea, turkish smoke waterpipe, Blue Mosque, Sophia mosque, grand bazaar, etc... I will cover this more when I come back to Singapore on the 15th June.

Leaving Istanbul in 12hours time....but prior to that, I will be attempting to watch the Brazil - Croatia match(that is provided that I muster enough strength to watch the whole match)

:)
Aliying

Project Banyan Tree 2006

For those who do not know, Min and I went to Banyan Tree to have our photo shoot for our upcoming Project Wedding 2006. Every girl's dream to don her wedding gown and take some nice photos, Min had waited a good ten years for mi b4 I am able to do the photo shoot with her. Hor yeah!

It had been a two good years since I last proposed to her there in 2004. (What!!! IT took mi 2 freaking years to settle myself down??) Pls do not blame this blogger here because at that point of time, he is working terribly hard to pass his training stage in his new job. Coming back to Banyan Tree Bintan, pretty much the same(which I like it to remain that way). Quiet, Serene, tranquality. Nobody knows who I am, no phone calls to disturb mi, only Min and I in this small island.


3 Things why I know that I am on a holiday trip
1. I need to show passport to the immigration officer(shiok man, this is what I call a holiday maker)

2. need to quene up to get onto the boat(shiok man, all around mi are holiday makers instead of working)

3. somebody over the PA system say "this is your captain speaking"(Very shiok man! cos that means that I am not working on the right hand seat of the captain!!!)

Bintan is 45min on a boat ride down south from Singapore. From the Tanah merah, we headed for our destination - Banyan Tree. This place in particular has significant meaning to our existance because THIS is the place where I proposed to Min. (Though I did not do it in the most traditional way)..Coming back to the same place indeed bring back fond memories of the INDECENT proposal.

The people are basically nice to the max. You want water, you get water. You want buggy, you get buggy. You want DVD to watch, you get DVD to watch.. You want things your way, you get things your way. We were extremely fortunate to have Linda and Sam as our Makeup artist and photographer respectively. Nice work and effort made! We were even more fortunate that the actual day of the photoshoot is the only day it did not rain(act it rained after Sam and Linda left) Other than that, it was raining cats and dogs...Lucky!

Enough abt the talking. Here are just a bit of photos for your viewing pleasures, my dear
friend.

More photos will come - at the actual wedding day!

:)Aliying

The time has come to relax...

Looking forward to relax at Bintan for my 3D2N holiday break with Min. ....The time has come finally!

Some things to note:
1. I will be uncontactable for the next 3 days...
2. If you ever contact mi, it is not mi - it is Aliying speaking instead of Eng Wei, Yingwei, Chong Eng..
3. I am going for my "retreat"....

And.....

Yes, a holiday finally!!!!

Aliying

photos taken at San Franscisco

Top to bottom:
1. Tram driver
2. Hard Rock Cafe
3. Self Made!
4. Seoul Tower
5. Asiana Boeing 747.

:)
Aliying(photos taken by self using a second hand Canon A70 Digital camera, 3.2Megapixel, 3Xoptical zoom)