Monday, February 27, 2006
Title: Asian Aerospace
Finally its over, after 7 long days, Asian Aerospace 06 is finally over. It would be the last show here to be staged at Singapore after some disagreements between Reed (the organizers) and the Singapore Government over a new plot of land for the show. AA 07 will be held at Hong Kong, it would be the biggest air show after Paris and Farborough shows. tw asn;t very exciting actually and the aerial displays was plain to say the least. Partly because i've been looking at the display everyday since it started on 21st Feb till 26th Feb.
During this week, many thigns happen to me personally and to my working environment as well. On the personal note, i received the most heart wrecking news and it does not do good to me. I though i've finally succeed in my quest for the perfect ending but it turn out otherwise. Slowly, i've been questioning whether should i carry on or i should stop now and see how it goes from here. Anyway, latest news is as such, i will be taking a step back and look at the overall picture what's actually happening. I am coming to realise why it turn out like that in the 1st place so i am slowly accepting and just see how it goes from here. Expectations are higher once you begin to feel that something is turning good and it favours you but it could be a cover up actually. I have to assume a different role so that i could bring down my expectations and thus here i am today slowly understanding the whole picture.
On my working environment, something so stressful happened to me during the course of the week. It was so demoralising that i was so down, it feel like something just came crashing down just like that, without any warning at all. No matter how hard i tried to prevent it from happening and implementing new measures, the inevitable did happen and i was so shocked and annoyed that it could actually happened. Thankfully, after some thorough search and analysis, everything was fine again. I was so relieved that everything's over now and back to normal. This time round, i've come out with another system to be put in place so that there will be NO more such incidents happening. I do not want to see my understudy go through what i've been through TWICE!!
Thsi past week i've been sleeping less than 30 hours in total because of the early move out timings and the late nights. My body has taken the toll and it needs a rest now so as to recharge for my final push to the finishing line which is about 2 weeks away. After that its time for me to evaluate and plan whats going to be ahead of me for the next 3 years before its back to the working society again.
That's all folks!! My next soccer game is coming up pretty soon.
*Cheers*
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
Title: Busy!!
Finally i am able to rest at home with no worries. This past week has been the busiest since the turn of the year. This is partly due to next week's involvement in Asian Aerospace whereby i need to prepare for it. I even did my last DOO duty (hopefully its the last 1) this week. On top of that, Valentine's day was on this week as well. Starting from tomorrow till the following Sunday, i could be coming back very late at night and moving out again very early in the morning. Once Asian Aerospace finishes, i will be free and just passing the time.
Valentine's day was supposed to be an emotional day for couples but nowadays due to the heavy workload, many are just treating it as just a normal day. Nothing special about it. I was in town on that day and i was surprised to see many couples walking around holding on to heart-shaped balloons and bouquets of roses, sunflowers and lilies.Most restaurants and eateries were packed with long quenes and there was Valentine's day promotions like buying 2 sets dinner at a promotional prices. Most of us have the thinking that this is just a day for many young couples to celebrate but to my amazement, i saw 2 elderly couples holding hands and the ladies were holding on to a huge bouquet of roses. This shows that love is everlasting even though your head is filled with grey hair. Since this is a working day so i think couples should take some time off from their hectic schedule and spend this day with their loved ones.
As for the rest of the week, i was working in my office till 8pm at least for 3 consecutive days. One of the days because i was the DOO, i didnt stop until it was time for staff parade which is held at 10pm. This is my final push before my well deserved rest and break. Yesterday i was watching the news regarding the Budget for 2006. Full-time NSmen are entilted to $100 so i kept wondering does this appies to me as well?? Whatever it is, its good to have this incentive but without it, i have no qualms about it also.
Lastly, i was stunned when i heard both NUS and NTU are going to increase the tuition fees which will affect existing students and those going to enrol this academic year. Its going to be a 3% increase which means that my school fees will be $6110 per academic year. I think i am going to apply for bursaries and take up the tuition fee loan which has been increased to 90% of the tuition fees. Another headache for me before i start my school. Not forgetting, my sister has left for Sydney for her tertiary education at University of New South Wales reading Food chemistry if i am not wrong or some courses that got something to do with food. All the best to her.
Thats' all. Cheers!!
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Friday, February 10, 2006
Title: The end is near...
I was on leave for the past week. Just managed to go back to work yesterday and everything's ok and fine. That's because i've been contacting my understudy who is Shaun Tan previously Hwa chong Instituition. He's a nice chap actually just need need some guidance and he should quite well. His language is good so thats could cover up certain problems. One thing i did not like is his calling everyday at 9am without fail. That seems to be my wake up though i have no intention of waking up so early. Well, if i'm not going to help him then who will?? Seriously, i was idling around this past week. Going to people's house to try my luck and organizing mahjong sessions if possible. Ever since my mum told me that i should stop my potluck sessions, it has been downfall all the way. I decided its time to stop before anything goes awry.
I managed to meet up with Jit, my course mate from SOCC days. He stays quite near so i've been asking him out for lunches and dinner if possible. On wednesday, we went to Ang Mo Kio to get some stuff for my game on Sunday. Talking about the game, finally we are going to have a game and its against some poly guys if i'm not wrong. I am looking forward to this game because i will be playing in a new role for the 1st time, Defensive midfielder. Hopefully we will have an opening victory. I will update in my next entry. I went to Sportslink to myself a new pair of shin guards, apparantly i lost my prebious pair and i need one if i'm going to be involved in the game at all. Not only that, i got myself another new pair of socks. Before that, we went to the hawker centre for our lunch, it brought great memories when i was young. I used to play at the playground while waiting for our table to be served because it could take up to 1 hour for the food to be ready and i will make use of this chance to get myself involved in riding the bicycles (4 wheels though). Great fun and it was nostalgic.
Yesterday my unit was having its annual steamboat dinner and i went back to help out as much as possible. At the same time, i did my dental and medical checkup before i was declared fit to ORD. And so my title goes, the end is near. A little more than a month and i will be getting my identity card for the 1st time since it was taken away from my hands on 14th Jan 2004. I decided that i will go change the picture because i looked way too young in that. Before i think about that, these 2 weeks shall be my busiest because Asian Aerospace is just round the corner so i need to prepare for that. Not only that, it seems like just about you are leaving things start coming back again and things keep pushing to you. I look at the brighter side of it thinking that its better to ask someone who knows the stuff better to do it than asking Shaun. Anyway, i will be working closely with him to make sure that he knows the stuff.
Talking about Shaun, i was counselling him that day over the phone telling him to do the proper manner to save trouble. Seriously, i do not want anything to happen to him just because he follows what others are doing. No point you are the victim because you follow suit and when things go wrong, everybody in line will be affected parties. Hopefully he can understand what i am doing for him.
Thats all for now... Its back to work, a final push before the day i've been looking forward to it for 2 years.
*Cheers*
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Friday, February 03, 2006
Title: Sick!!
Its going to be over soon, and i mean Chinese New Year even though you celebrate 15 days of the lunar new year but its ending soon. This year my collection of 'ang pows' was satisfactory but could have been better. I realised that if you are going overseas for studies, you tend to get bigger 'ang pows' this was the case for my sister who is leaving for Sydney in 1 week's time to obtain her degree. because of this, my relatives have been giving her big 'ang pows'. Actually i'm not jealous at all, cause i know this amount will help her alot. I'm happy that finally she's getting her degree which will boost her chances of getting a better paid job here or abroad.
I've been playing mahjong since 27 Jan, that was Chinese New Year eve eve. Even though it was just a small session, i've been winning since then, quite proud of myself actually. I guess this is the only chance to play contiunously for such a long period because its CNY so everybody is in the mood of playing and gambling. I managed to catch the movie, 'Fearless' by Jet Li. Supposedly, this is his last martial arts film and it was a spectacle. Simply brilliant, the plot and story was very meaningful. I will definitely recommend it to my friends and anybody who happened to come across my blog.
Due to the prolonged hours of sitting down and exercising your hands while playing mahjong, my flu is back!! I developed a fever 2 days ago while i was in camp and about to go home. Luckily, my medicine was still around for comsumption. Coughing, headache, fever and runny nose, that's what i've been through these past few days. Hopefully, it will go away and i'm back to my usual self again.
Over this Chinese New Year period, something did also happen. Its about something which i've been trying to find a solution to it. I thought i've finally found an answer and with a blink of the eye, its all over. My hopes are dashed and i'm back to square one again. The past was forgotten and i was ready to move on and begin a new chapter but just as it seems it is going to be a happy ending, it turns out otherwise and gone like the wind. I didn't expect things to turn out in this manner or rather as bad as it is now. I've put in time and effort to make sure i leave my past behind and carry on so it came as a blow to me also. Even though its not that serious as the previous but it still hurts. Now its over, i'm lost again. I need directions but there isn't anyone to guide me along. There's a saying in chinese, 'we are from different worlds'. I do not agree with this statement at all because i believe that unless you give it a try, you never know what's going to happen. It something that i've mentioned before,
The future is imaginary... ...
That's all... ...
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