Meeting up with Olivia and coy

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

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

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

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

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

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aliying

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

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

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aliying

Feels good to be enjoying a breather...

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

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

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aliying

The aliying and afrey show...

Welcome to the aliying and afrey show!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

afrey: you siao ah!!

:)
aliying

National Day Rally

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

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Aliying.

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

The twist is over....

Dear friends,

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

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

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

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

:)
Aliying

Twist after twist after twist...

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

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Aliying

Claypot and Laksa at my home

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

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

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

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

The photos are uploaded...enjoy!













Dinner at Segar with Lip Chee and Maggie

















Kids enjoying at FUK

















What are you looking for???

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Aliying

Happy Birthday

Happy 41st birthday, Singapore!!

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Aliying

A twist to my test yesterday..

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

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

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Aliying

The day had come!

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

Important test tomo to Bangkok....

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Aliying

A small sneak preview of my wedding photos

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

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Aliying

My house got broadband alreadi, u know?

Finally, my first online entry from my own house!

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

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Aliying

An entry 3 days ago...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Aliying

The post debrief of the class outing

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

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

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

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

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Aliying

Class outing

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

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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!



















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Aliying

The meaning of my address - Segar

Segar - malay word for Fresh, bright and clear!

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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....

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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...???