Festive season is around the corner. Better log in this journal b4 I start to drink again...ahahah!
Just want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Hope that all in all, everyone had a good 2005.
I conveniently sum up my 2005
1. first overseas CNY with my family
2. got my pilot licence in June
3. 9 months overseas, 3 months in Singapore
4. Flew the Cessna 172, Baron BE58, Learjet 45, Boeing 777
5. Blk 478, Segar Rd, #XX-XXX, S670478 (keeping my add info confidential first)
6. Bed, Sofa, dining table.....to come
What is exciting in 2006?
1. Mark's wedding
1. Project Home 2006
2. Project Wedding 2006
Care!
Aliying
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Wala wala and Balaclava
Round 1
where : Wala
when : wed
who : Eizac, Kapor, Jeffrey, Huimin and self
what happened : proceeded to there after a good meal at Sushi tei. Refer to the earlier entry abt Eizac. In a nutshell, he just came back from Sydney for a short holiday. Singaporean, 27 years of age, mickey blue eyes, funky, fun to be with, beach boy... Initially thought that we just going to chill out cos we would be working tomo. Jeffrey is on his way separately after clearing arms from ICT. First attempt at Wala Wala. Nice place with ample seating. Beer slightly on the higher side, but managable. Servers not so nice except one wearing a cap. We insisted that we wanted him.
So we started with just a jar of beer. Tasted even nicer with the warm night! But madness arises when Jeffrey arrives. Decided not to let Eizac come and go, we combined to order another 6 more jugs of beer, 2 jugs of long island tea and 1 waterfall to sum up everything. This is total nuts! NOt advisable for the faint hearted. Even I kanna 2 X jia lat jia lat.... Luckily, my reputation as the Ta IC sailed mi through.
Woke up the next day with a bit of the nasty hangover. Told myself, must not drink like this again.
Round 2 where : Balaclava
when : Thu (what!!! the next day! I thought I say I am not drinking again) who : My NUS classmates and myself
what happened : went to Efung first photo exhibit at the National Library. You can refer to his website for my details. Being an Everest Summitter, he is coveted as a mountaineering photographers in extreme environment. www.stefenchow.com
My warmest congrats to his success for this first solo photo exhibit launch. After that, we proceeded on to meet the rest of the guys and gals at Balaclava. The whole place, as usual, is jam packed like nobody's business. Luckily, I got dual ambush into the place to secure a place. Two things - to celebrate the success of Efung's photo shoot and to celebrate Mark's Bachelor nite. Jugs after jugs of Hoegarden, the alcohol refused to shoot up to the higher percentage in our blood. Drink after drink, Mark is still standing strong on both feet. Yingwei was thinking ahead - plan B must be activated to achieve the hard objective - to make Mark drunk for the very first time. A bottle of Jim Beam and 2 waterfall...hahaahhaah!After that, Mark became shaky, but still steady. Nvm, my final blow - a flaming lambogini to bring today's class outing to the new maximum. No need for mi to say more cos the photos below says a thousand words.
Mark, Jeffrey, April, Minchao, Efung, Mingyun, Huimin and self
Ta the waterfall - No refusal is accepted - There is no stopping!!
Nothing can bring E fung down!
All in all, really enjoyed the class outing! For those who missed it, there is always the next one to look forward to.
btw : Aliying better start storing karma or else people are going to whack mi big time for my bachelor nite!
Aliying
where : Wala
when : wed
who : Eizac, Kapor, Jeffrey, Huimin and self
what happened : proceeded to there after a good meal at Sushi tei. Refer to the earlier entry abt Eizac. In a nutshell, he just came back from Sydney for a short holiday. Singaporean, 27 years of age, mickey blue eyes, funky, fun to be with, beach boy... Initially thought that we just going to chill out cos we would be working tomo. Jeffrey is on his way separately after clearing arms from ICT. First attempt at Wala Wala. Nice place with ample seating. Beer slightly on the higher side, but managable. Servers not so nice except one wearing a cap. We insisted that we wanted him.
So we started with just a jar of beer. Tasted even nicer with the warm night! But madness arises when Jeffrey arrives. Decided not to let Eizac come and go, we combined to order another 6 more jugs of beer, 2 jugs of long island tea and 1 waterfall to sum up everything. This is total nuts! NOt advisable for the faint hearted. Even I kanna 2 X jia lat jia lat.... Luckily, my reputation as the Ta IC sailed mi through.
Woke up the next day with a bit of the nasty hangover. Told myself, must not drink like this again.
Round 2 where : Balaclava
when : Thu (what!!! the next day! I thought I say I am not drinking again) who : My NUS classmates and myself
what happened : went to Efung first photo exhibit at the National Library. You can refer to his website for my details. Being an Everest Summitter, he is coveted as a mountaineering photographers in extreme environment. www.stefenchow.com
My warmest congrats to his success for this first solo photo exhibit launch. After that, we proceeded on to meet the rest of the guys and gals at Balaclava. The whole place, as usual, is jam packed like nobody's business. Luckily, I got dual ambush into the place to secure a place. Two things - to celebrate the success of Efung's photo shoot and to celebrate Mark's Bachelor nite. Jugs after jugs of Hoegarden, the alcohol refused to shoot up to the higher percentage in our blood. Drink after drink, Mark is still standing strong on both feet. Yingwei was thinking ahead - plan B must be activated to achieve the hard objective - to make Mark drunk for the very first time. A bottle of Jim Beam and 2 waterfall...hahaahhaah!After that, Mark became shaky, but still steady. Nvm, my final blow - a flaming lambogini to bring today's class outing to the new maximum. No need for mi to say more cos the photos below says a thousand words.
Mark, Jeffrey, April, Minchao, Efung, Mingyun, Huimin and self
Ta the waterfall - No refusal is accepted - There is no stopping!!
Nothing can bring E fung down!
All in all, really enjoyed the class outing! For those who missed it, there is always the next one to look forward to.
btw : Aliying better start storing karma or else people are going to whack mi big time for my bachelor nite!
Aliying
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The wait begins
Dear all,
Had not been getting in entrys, apologies abt that. Had been busy seeking out the furniture and meeting contractors. Man, this is tough!
Will have to repeat one of my simulator session due poor performance. Had nobody to blame but oneself. Got to admit the mistake, learn from it and never do it again. Buck up, Eng Wei!
Things of the lighter note, is highly exciting.
Wed - Meet up with Eizac.
Eizac is a special friend of mine who just came back from Sydney. Heard of this great guy when I first entered JJC in 1995. They were saying abt this hunk - nice, cheerful, cool, etc. Though we never get to know one another, we sort of are able to engage in conversation very easily. Think of it as friends who had known each others for years. The breakthrough came when I made the move to visit him in Sydney with Huimin. In layman term, to bunk in with him so as to cut cost in accomodation in the very expensive city of Sydney. The holiday in Sydney provided mi much more surprise than expected - a real friend called Eizac. Sleeping on his sofa bed with Huimin really brought back fond memories. He is, indeed, a really nice guy. ANd you know what, he is available. :)
Thu - Efung's first solo photo exhibit cum class gathering
Efung will be having his first photo exhibit abt Mt Everest on that day. Huimin and I will be attending. That is closely followed by the class outing at Balaclava. Know what, Mark is getting married and it infers that he will have to drink big time...roped in Jeffrey to help mi complete the task. I should be able to make Mark drunk, but Jeffrey and I combined will definitely make Mark drunk! :)
gtg now.
Aliying
Had not been getting in entrys, apologies abt that. Had been busy seeking out the furniture and meeting contractors. Man, this is tough!
Will have to repeat one of my simulator session due poor performance. Had nobody to blame but oneself. Got to admit the mistake, learn from it and never do it again. Buck up, Eng Wei!
Things of the lighter note, is highly exciting.
Wed - Meet up with Eizac.
Eizac is a special friend of mine who just came back from Sydney. Heard of this great guy when I first entered JJC in 1995. They were saying abt this hunk - nice, cheerful, cool, etc. Though we never get to know one another, we sort of are able to engage in conversation very easily. Think of it as friends who had known each others for years. The breakthrough came when I made the move to visit him in Sydney with Huimin. In layman term, to bunk in with him so as to cut cost in accomodation in the very expensive city of Sydney. The holiday in Sydney provided mi much more surprise than expected - a real friend called Eizac. Sleeping on his sofa bed with Huimin really brought back fond memories. He is, indeed, a really nice guy. ANd you know what, he is available. :)
Thu - Efung's first solo photo exhibit cum class gathering
Efung will be having his first photo exhibit abt Mt Everest on that day. Huimin and I will be attending. That is closely followed by the class outing at Balaclava. Know what, Mark is getting married and it infers that he will have to drink big time...roped in Jeffrey to help mi complete the task. I should be able to make Mark drunk, but Jeffrey and I combined will definitely make Mark drunk! :)
gtg now.
Aliying
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
no good
kaana whacked at work, in the positive sense...buck up!
..not much mood to write...standby...
Aliying
..not much mood to write...standby...
Aliying
Sunday, December 04, 2005
lalallaalala....feels good after a base check
So what is a base check? A base check, in layman term, is defined as a test to certify that the webmaster, that is me, is able to fly the aircraft. And I am here to inform that I had passed the base check alreadi. Yipee!!! The feeling of passing the base check definitely feels good. Not the most amazing pass, but a pass is a pass. 70 is a pass - 100 is a pass. The most important thing is that I had learned something from every simulator session. It will be stored in my long term memory. :)
Base check will be conducted every half a year. So for my rest of my life, if I want to continue to fly, base check will always be part and parcel of my life. As for the details of the base check, better not reveal it too much, cos you may not know if you are infringing on personal information of the airline.... you must know your rights, k?
Talking on the more general sense, taking the base check reminds myself of the numerous checks(aka test, exam, proficiency test, etc). Competency check, tech exam, ATPL exam, solo check, Progress check 1 2 3 4, flight test, L45 ground school exam, L45 base check, L45 mid phase check, L45 final check, B777 ground school exams, B777 base check and many many more. .....
Even though after going through so many trials, I anticipate that there will be more challanges to come in the future. No matter how experienced a person is in his particular field, I would still feel a bit of the nervous when I am about to do the base check. However, all in all, I felt a sense of maturity in doing the things that I believe in - not the best, but will continue to prove that with hard work, determination and self belief, we can achieve the things that we want. The same logic works for mi - be cool, relax, chill, do your best and learn something out of it.
Base check expiry date : 04/06/2006
Good nite,ladies and gentleman
Aliying
Base check will be conducted every half a year. So for my rest of my life, if I want to continue to fly, base check will always be part and parcel of my life. As for the details of the base check, better not reveal it too much, cos you may not know if you are infringing on personal information of the airline.... you must know your rights, k?
Talking on the more general sense, taking the base check reminds myself of the numerous checks(aka test, exam, proficiency test, etc). Competency check, tech exam, ATPL exam, solo check, Progress check 1 2 3 4, flight test, L45 ground school exam, L45 base check, L45 mid phase check, L45 final check, B777 ground school exams, B777 base check and many many more. .....
Even though after going through so many trials, I anticipate that there will be more challanges to come in the future. No matter how experienced a person is in his particular field, I would still feel a bit of the nervous when I am about to do the base check. However, all in all, I felt a sense of maturity in doing the things that I believe in - not the best, but will continue to prove that with hard work, determination and self belief, we can achieve the things that we want. The same logic works for mi - be cool, relax, chill, do your best and learn something out of it.
Base check expiry date : 04/06/2006
Good nite,ladies and gentleman
Aliying
Friday, December 02, 2005
critical week
Going to start a not so usual week...base check week. This is a check to certify that I can fly the Boeing 777. Hopefully I can pass. Pressure will be there, but I hope that I will be able to chill myself down. Relax, take a deep breath. Everything will be just fine.
For the rest of the people running the upcoming marathon, I wish you all the very best. Though I am not competing, I can at least 80% understand how tough it will be. Take this moment to wish Jeffrey, Mingyun, Dave, Chin Chew, Yong sheng and Zhiyang all the very best!!! :)
Going to sleep now cos got graveyard shift again!
Aliying
For the rest of the people running the upcoming marathon, I wish you all the very best. Though I am not competing, I can at least 80% understand how tough it will be. Take this moment to wish Jeffrey, Mingyun, Dave, Chin Chew, Yong sheng and Zhiyang all the very best!!! :)
Going to sleep now cos got graveyard shift again!
Aliying
Saturday, November 26, 2005
SITEX computer fair
Was at the SITEX fair today,....not bad, the response was huge, but as usual, I am "armed" with the usual singaporean mentality of look see look see....nah...actually, I am consolidating my targeted things to buy. The fair not bad, portable hard disk drive drops price compared to a month ago....also, saw the launch of samsung digital camera, cheaper notebook (i recommend twinhead, cos the prices are really attractive for the up the edge stats). Min got herself a portable 4Gb harddisk from prestigo for $149. Size is nice and small,.... As for mi, for the same amount of price, I would prefer a 60Gb harddisk from Iomega.
Here are some things that I target to buy
1. A 160~250Gb portable hard disk, hopefully >5400rpm, for my digital stroage solutions
2. Up my Fujitsu E8010 RAM to 1Gb
3. A Fuji S9500 Digital SLR... my friend is currently using a Fuji S9000. So I hope that the S9500 is also good to go.
But, the reality of life bites in ...where got the money? Though it is not going to be instant, but at least there is something else in my small little life that I want to convet for....That is life, I reckon, to keep on going and pursue the smaller and not so materialistic things in life....
Good nite, ladies and gentlemen.
Aliying
Here are some things that I target to buy
1. A 160~250Gb portable hard disk, hopefully >5400rpm, for my digital stroage solutions
2. Up my Fujitsu E8010 RAM to 1Gb
3. A Fuji S9500 Digital SLR... my friend is currently using a Fuji S9000. So I hope that the S9500 is also good to go.
But, the reality of life bites in ...where got the money? Though it is not going to be instant, but at least there is something else in my small little life that I want to convet for....That is life, I reckon, to keep on going and pursue the smaller and not so materialistic things in life....
Good nite, ladies and gentlemen.
Aliying
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Finally a breather
Finally a breather from my intense work. Had been so worked out that I fell asleep while waiting for my notebook to boot up....
Am I glad that I am having my off day tomo. But tomo awaits mi as Min and I would be meeting up with a contractor. Five choose one is out strategy to go. When I thought there is alot of contractors around, there are even more furniture shops, even more electronic stores - Harvey Norman, Courts, Best Denki, Best Connection, safe superstore. There are even more thousands and one items in IKEA, Molecule, Lorzeno, etc.....Oh my god!!! Who can help mi in that??
Errr...from the above mentioned talking, it can be conveniently summarised that ....yeah, Min and myself got a new house. Felt quite good to own a property for the first time. But the upcoming tasks ahead are piled uphill to the max. Contractor, budget, design, furniture, electrical appliances, which wall to knock down, lighting, etc.....
Here are something that I want to get out of my house
1. I need a dining table - This is impt to mi as I, a family man, would like to have regular dinner with our families
2. Wireless solution - No more LAN connection for mi. I must have wireless connection throughout the whole house
3. No bar counter - Yes, this comes from mi. I believe that I need to be a good boy in front of my parents. No hard liquor, no wine, no beer...all hide inside the fridge alreadi...hahaahah!
4. A space to put up memories - photos, gundam mecha, jigsaw, ROM mega card, etc....
5. A nice sofa for mi to sleep upon. I love sleeping on the sofa.
Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
Aliying
Am I glad that I am having my off day tomo. But tomo awaits mi as Min and I would be meeting up with a contractor. Five choose one is out strategy to go. When I thought there is alot of contractors around, there are even more furniture shops, even more electronic stores - Harvey Norman, Courts, Best Denki, Best Connection, safe superstore. There are even more thousands and one items in IKEA, Molecule, Lorzeno, etc.....Oh my god!!! Who can help mi in that??
Errr...from the above mentioned talking, it can be conveniently summarised that ....yeah, Min and myself got a new house. Felt quite good to own a property for the first time. But the upcoming tasks ahead are piled uphill to the max. Contractor, budget, design, furniture, electrical appliances, which wall to knock down, lighting, etc.....
Here are something that I want to get out of my house
1. I need a dining table - This is impt to mi as I, a family man, would like to have regular dinner with our families
2. Wireless solution - No more LAN connection for mi. I must have wireless connection throughout the whole house
3. No bar counter - Yes, this comes from mi. I believe that I need to be a good boy in front of my parents. No hard liquor, no wine, no beer...all hide inside the fridge alreadi...hahaahah!
4. A space to put up memories - photos, gundam mecha, jigsaw, ROM mega card, etc....
5. A nice sofa for mi to sleep upon. I love sleeping on the sofa.
Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
Aliying
Friday, November 18, 2005
Yet another graveyard shift completed
Man, I just came back from the graveyard shift. Felt quite wasted and definitely to catch up on my sleep deficit. (Even though I know the for human performance, there is no such thing called I owe 3 hrs of sleep, I repay 6 hr of sleep to have a surplus of 3hrs) 3 graveyard shifts down, 2 more to go. :(
Things on the lighter note, Min and I managed to catch the sneak of Harry Potter on Wed. My comments to it was not too bad! The only dislike that I have is that the director shortened the quiditch world cup in the opening scene. When the world cup final was just abt to start, the audience were thrown in the death eater scene. No good, no good! Thought that the introduction of the other 2 magical schools were good, giving us the mystic and magical feeling. Strongly reminded mi of the first instalement. For the rest of the movie, you got to view it yourself.
Update on the tHings to look out for this week
Harry Potter and the globet of fire (Done!)
Project Home 2006 scrap book (doing it tonite)
Makan with my family (postphoned to next week)
Catch up with Jeffrey and Jaslin
Good day, ladies and gentlemen!
Aliying
Things on the lighter note, Min and I managed to catch the sneak of Harry Potter on Wed. My comments to it was not too bad! The only dislike that I have is that the director shortened the quiditch world cup in the opening scene. When the world cup final was just abt to start, the audience were thrown in the death eater scene. No good, no good! Thought that the introduction of the other 2 magical schools were good, giving us the mystic and magical feeling. Strongly reminded mi of the first instalement. For the rest of the movie, you got to view it yourself.
Update on the tHings to look out for this week
Harry Potter and the globet of fire (Done!)
Project Home 2006 scrap book (doing it tonite)
Makan with my family (postphoned to next week)
Catch up with Jeffrey and Jaslin
Good day, ladies and gentlemen!
Aliying
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Just came back from work Time now 0610hr LMT
Ended my work earlier today, now putting my last bust of energy to type something b4 I sleep. I was flipping today's Straits Times when I came across the movie session. Ok what, there is mulitple sneak previews for Harry Potter and the globet of fire. Trying my luck to see if I can purchase two tickets so that I can surprise Min (Min is quite a Harry Potter fan like mi too). Just trying my luck on internet purchase, I discovered that most of the good seats are taken up. Guess I am not like the the young Eng Wei who would very on the ball try to get 2 tickets, by hook or by crook. hahaha!
But like what I tell myself - there is a better day to watch the movie :)
I would be looking forward to see how the director squeezes 743 pages of Harry potter into 157 min of the movie. That is an equivalent of 4.73page/min. That is speed reading! Madness!
Aliying
But like what I tell myself - there is a better day to watch the movie :)
I would be looking forward to see how the director squeezes 743 pages of Harry potter into 157 min of the movie. That is an equivalent of 4.73page/min. That is speed reading! Madness!
Aliying
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
BALANCE
SO glad that yesterday is my off day. While everybody is on his way to work, I am so glad that I am able to sleep till half past nine on a monday morning...Guess I am finally reaping off the hard work of working on Sunday nite. Ha!
What I did today wasn't anything spectacular. Breakfast :coffee and biscuit. Lunch :porridge and fried eggs with cai pok. Watched a few episodes of animation (Neon Genesis)back to back...Had never been so shiok for a while alreadi... went for a swim in the hot afternoon. Had dinner with my parents b4 making my way to meet min.
Balance - not too much, not too little.
Throughout my life, I was always thinking abt the word balance and how it applies to my character, my work, my life, etc. For eg, I used balance when I am meeting up with different groups of friends. With my SIA guys, I would be talking abt how our flight goes and things to share abt. With my sec school friends, I would be talking abt the good old days, etc. With Min, I would be talking abt (*^&(*^%&^$^ NOTE : This is up to me to know, and up to you to find out. :) I also use the word balance when I am with Min. When we just started out together as a couple, I was just abt to enter NS. Poor Min can only get see mi during the weekend. Naturally, like any other girl around, she would want to maximise the time spent with mi from Sat late afternoon to Sun late afternoon. Hence I did not have time to catch up with my friends. The theory of balance took a long while to commmunicate - Min and I had our space, she had her own space, I had my own space. Now I can meet Min for the first few hour, then drink kopitiam beer with Fuhan and Keng Fei.
Balance is needed in my character too. In general, people feel that I am too formal at times. For people who do not know mi initially, they may feel that I am very "false", very "fake". This sorts of make mi unapproachable. For people who know mi, this is the way I had been talking since I was brought up from young. I am lik that one - courteous "ke4 qi4". THis problem was
brought to my attention again when I attended the 21 day OBS course in P.Ubin. I never know that being myself can impose so much hastle to my friends around mi. On the contrary, I also believe that I am who I am - Yingwei, Engwei, Aliying, Chong. I came up with the solution that I felt most desired - still be courteous (eg, greeting the elders, saying thank you to the cleaning Auntie) but also be one who can be approached and be chilled out with.. The balanced Yingwei, Engwei, Aliying, CHong, I seek to be.
But I do understand that Balance = fn (temperature, perf, temper, location, feeling, emotions, x to the power of infinity) - where x is an unknown that Aliying is still finding out what it is....
I do understand that I cannot be balanced all the time. That is why it is still balancing. Got it? There is no such thing called the ultimate balance!
THings to look out for this week
Harry Potter and the globet of fire
Project Home 2006 - scrap book
Makan with my family
Aliying
What I did today wasn't anything spectacular. Breakfast :coffee and biscuit. Lunch :porridge and fried eggs with cai pok. Watched a few episodes of animation (Neon Genesis)back to back...Had never been so shiok for a while alreadi... went for a swim in the hot afternoon. Had dinner with my parents b4 making my way to meet min.
Balance - not too much, not too little.
Throughout my life, I was always thinking abt the word balance and how it applies to my character, my work, my life, etc. For eg, I used balance when I am meeting up with different groups of friends. With my SIA guys, I would be talking abt how our flight goes and things to share abt. With my sec school friends, I would be talking abt the good old days, etc. With Min, I would be talking abt (*^&(*^%&^$^ NOTE : This is up to me to know, and up to you to find out. :) I also use the word balance when I am with Min. When we just started out together as a couple, I was just abt to enter NS. Poor Min can only get see mi during the weekend. Naturally, like any other girl around, she would want to maximise the time spent with mi from Sat late afternoon to Sun late afternoon. Hence I did not have time to catch up with my friends. The theory of balance took a long while to commmunicate - Min and I had our space, she had her own space, I had my own space. Now I can meet Min for the first few hour, then drink kopitiam beer with Fuhan and Keng Fei.
Balance is needed in my character too. In general, people feel that I am too formal at times. For people who do not know mi initially, they may feel that I am very "false", very "fake". This sorts of make mi unapproachable. For people who know mi, this is the way I had been talking since I was brought up from young. I am lik that one - courteous "ke4 qi4". THis problem was
brought to my attention again when I attended the 21 day OBS course in P.Ubin. I never know that being myself can impose so much hastle to my friends around mi. On the contrary, I also believe that I am who I am - Yingwei, Engwei, Aliying, Chong. I came up with the solution that I felt most desired - still be courteous (eg, greeting the elders, saying thank you to the cleaning Auntie) but also be one who can be approached and be chilled out with.. The balanced Yingwei, Engwei, Aliying, CHong, I seek to be.
But I do understand that Balance = fn (temperature, perf, temper, location, feeling, emotions, x to the power of infinity) - where x is an unknown that Aliying is still finding out what it is....
I do understand that I cannot be balanced all the time. That is why it is still balancing. Got it? There is no such thing called the ultimate balance!
THings to look out for this week
Harry Potter and the globet of fire
Project Home 2006 - scrap book
Makan with my family
Aliying
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Oh no!!!
The thing I do not wish to come true had come true alreadi. I will be working on the day I am attempting the Std Chartered Marathon! Murphy's Law always work for anybody. Noooo!!
Even though the odds are against mi, I will continue to train for the full marathon. I may or may not be running the half marathon. Once again, it all depends. I guess started lah...the nature of my job does not permit mi to fixate schedules ahead of mi. My work nature is very dynamic and the operating pattern is not fixated. Lots of standby next time. Will not be
getting the usual sat and sun off. However, I am definitely not complaining abt it. :)
It is always good to make sure one enjoys doing his works. Sort of getting into the routines of the Simulator session alreadi. Looking forward to meet Jaslin and Jeffrey and coy for the upcoming Fri drink session. Also to get a chance to look at their photo taken during their recent trip to Nepal.
Just ran with Huimin yesterday. Feeling good once again. :)
Good nite, ladies and gentlemen
ALiying
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
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
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