New Job, New Beginning

I finally quit my job in Jones Lang Lasalle last month on the 28th. It took me forever to come up with the courage to send in the resignation letter without a job on hand.

But after serious thoughts about my commitments and financial status, i decided to to take the plunge and leave JLL jobless.

I consider it as taking a break.

I have been with JLL for close to 4 years. During my tenure, i have learnt a lot things, made a lot of good friends and met a lot of good people.

Things were nice there. I could come in late to work and still leave on time. I was damn good with what I'm doing and people always look for me for help.

However, due to a certain circumstances, all these good things were marred and made my experience in JLL, not a very pleasant one to remember.

Changes are always hard to accept, but only with changes then will come improvements.

I managed to secure only one interview when I was serving my notice and i seriously didn't bother to look for other jobs.

I didnt blast my resume, nor was I actively looking for job openings. Basically, i was only of thinking of NUAING. At least for the next 3 months.

However, the only interview that I had secured, turn out to be the biggest surprise. I managed to get the job through one round of interview, and on the same day no less.

I was surprised. Never expect that to happen. I even managed to meet the team on the day of interview.

So now I am with iDA. Been working there for last week and tomorrow is my 2nd week. Hopefully, I can learn as much as I can here!

I saw...

I was having a late dinner at Hougang just now. While having dinner, I saw an old man, with a green t shirt, a cap and a cloth.

He was limping towards an empty table, with a cloth in hand, started wiping the table while clearing up the empty plates.

The old man looks to be around 60 to 70. The wrinkles on his face marks the path of time. His hands, wrinkled, with green veins popping out. He shuffled with a limp, as if every effort to move requires him to exert every muscle in his office.

He had a tired look, his eyes, as if resigned to fate.

His trembling hands carried the empty plates and bowls, with the dirty cloth in hand, shuffling and limping towards the collection point.

At the collection point, there was this young man. Fit and strong, standing down there, having the easy job of sorting the plates and bowls. If the plates and bowls are not empty, he would just poured them into a trash bin and sort them accordingly.

A job that even a three year old or a elderly that could do.

The old man handed over the plates and bowls and continue shuffling to another table.

However before he could move, a stout, pot bellied Indian stopped the old man. He gestured towards the old man and for awhile, the old man watched him intently.

Without a word, the old man took a bag of plastic bags and proceed to stock up the stalls. While the old man was busy, the stout pot bellied Indian was eating nuts and chatting with other cleaners. Young and fit Indians.

It was not long before there was another empty table. The stout pot bellied Indian called to the old man and pointed to the empty table. Gesturing to the old man to stop stocking up the stall and wants him to clear the table immediately.

The old man, without a word, a complaint, set down the plastic bags to one side neatly, shuffled and limped towards the table. While the stout pot bellied Indian continue chatting with the Young and Fit cleaner.

My heart broke when I saw that scene.

This is a man who had gone through life almost more than any of the cleaners being deployed.

This is a Singaporean, who MM Lee has mentioned, the generation that remembered, the generation which built the foundation of our modern Singapore.

This is an individual who had to struggle with such little dignity and pride, in order to survive in our country.

With the FT lording over the old man, while being biased towards his own fellow country man, is this the Singapore that we want to see?

While the Fit and Young man at the sorting station stands down there and do simple job, the old man has to shuffle and limp around.

A bloody contrast, a young FT having an easier job than an old Singaporean.

What has the country done for the generation that Remembered, Contributed, Built and Brought our glory today? Is this the future that you want to see? Is this the way of how the country treated the contributors?

Is this what we really wanted and is this how we take care of the ones who had help built what we are today?

N8 Reviews Coming Soon!

Okie people... I will be getting the N8 at Jan next year, which is just a few weeks away.

I have been seeing a lot of negative review on the phone but also, tons of valid argument against those review.

However, as i am a stubborn ass when it comes to gadgets, i wont believe any of those reviews who wrote them. I only believe in what i used, touched and have seen.

So people, those interested, watch here!

Wa, too long no update~!

Sheesh, this place is gathering dust as i type. its almost a yr and more since the last update... I almost forgot this place >_<

time to clear up the dust.

now now, time to update what had happened for past 1 yr...

Starting from

Sep 2009 After 10th

Got my PS3 Limited edition 10 days later. Set me back about 1200 >_< Had fun, a lot of fun! it even came with FFVIII demo and FF AC complete Blueray!

Oct 2009
celebrate my birthday with my gal at a place call Wens. With Ah Huat, Erin, Glenn and forgot who. I drink, drank and got drunk. I cant really remember anything much except that after the drinking session, we went for frog leg porridge.

Nov 2009
My PS3 lens got burned after trying out a game call cross edge. will never touch that stupid game again. Boring as hell and it burned my lens! cost me $90 jus to repair.

Dec 2009
Lost in wonderland till Christmas! Christmas was so so...

Jan 2010
Start of the new yr! a very busy yr in fact. got so many things to do and so little time.

Feb 2010
Okie seriously i think im missing out something here. I have forgotten when i started schooling again! anyway, school was great! to those pple who keeps on screaming that school sucks and is a waste of time, i have to tell u this. You are missing out the best time of your life!

Mar 2010
forgot what had happened. maybe its bcos its too uneventful?

Apr 2010
Bonus! LOL, ar! i suddenly remember when i go sch already! cos i paid my school fees using my Bonus! yea yea, school starts at Apr. then know this auntie call esther at the 1st day of school. exchange phone numbers cos 1st day nia lec already give team assignments! And hell yea, Im de only guy in the class...

2nd week of the class, recruited Kopi and Gu Lian into the team for assignments. these 2 aunties also funny... we joke during class... kinda defeated the purpose to sign up for studies >_< but heck, learning is fun when you have these pple with you! LOL

May 2010

Classes and work and my gal became the center of my life. things look so ok at this point of time.

June 2010

Exams and homework i think! i know its damn hectic.

July 2010

I think i got my results back. 1 b and 1 c. LOL gu lian and kopi got shocked by my results. thinking i would get an A. i tell them no la. i lousy one :p

August 2010

Biggest event of the year happened in this month! you guessed it! but no prizes! its NDP! the only day when every Singaporean is patriotic and really really love Singapore. After NDP, we jus shut up. LOL

September 2010

Start of ICT. 3rd one. 3rd high key in fact. Big things happened, mutiny occured. shall not go into details, not my issues anyway :p

Oct 2010

Wa Wa, so fast oct liao! my bday coming again! hmmm
going batam for bday :p my classmates got me a electric shaver for my bday! they don like to see me full of mao mao! LOL

thats all.. think i will update this blog once a month or once very fornight. Yearly affairs are tiring >_< too damn taxing on the brain :p

Later!

long update

It has been forever since I update this blog of mine... Time for a major update.

This yr's reservice is crazy, I have been summoned back to camp for 5 weeks straight. 3 weeks of normal in camp and 2 weeks of CSM course.

The first 3 weeks are crazy as this is de first time tat we have to train as an Ops unit. We were made to move like as we were in combat. A lot of us were first timers as we have not went through this before... Even for me.

It was chaotic. We spent a lot of time planning the movement, including traffic control. However, on tat day, nothing went according to plan.

The vehicles were going to all de wrong places at the wrong time. People not following instructions as they try to do what they think is right. I was not there to suprvise as I was made to go outfield. My RQ was basically screaming all de way.

When we were out in the field, we do not have enough manpower to set up the obstacles. I have to work alone...

It has been a long time since I went outfield. And there are a lot of things that I cant take it as when I was a regular.

Im having the NS man mentailty. LOL

After my 3 weeks in camp, I managed to rest for 1 week before going for the CSM course at ASTW.

It was another 2 weeks of hell....

We were trainees there. We got screwed left right centre with all kinds of abuse that you would have never come across. We were being trained in the 84mm gun, which is heavy as hell.

The weather was crazy. I can be as wet as a duck a few moments ago and I could be as dry as a stick a few moments later.

The final 5 days 4 nights mission was held in Tekong. Only 1 word could describe it. Nightmare!

But ovrerall we had fun. We ordered $300 worth of pizza and $80 worth of drinks at the last nite of the training.

It was fun!

Long Long Ago Till Now

It seems like forever since the last time i updated this blog.

jus came back from ICT. another 3 weeks of suffering, except this time its worse. theres outfield...

i got both hands cut by concertina wires. my boots were destroyed, my pants were torn, my shirt got extra holes for ventilation.

Worse of all, i didnt lose weight! WTH!!!

Men Vs Women, Mars is different from Venus

Look at the title. Guess it you can know what this post is gonna be...

Seriously, this issue has been debated thousands of times, more possibly, millions. up to this date, i still can never understand the most mystical creature in the whole universe. Women that is.

I wonder who came up with the rule that women must 1.)be hoax, 2.)have things their way, 3.)is always right, 4.)to throw temper as and when they like it without men knowing the damn reason.

The list goes on, but it might take me forever just to complete it. Its no joke, just ask the men ard you, you can try the ladies too. that is if u don mind dying.

Arguments can start with no reasons nor trigger during a conversation or any action. Like walking through a landmine field. And surprisingly, it can jump from one genre to another without and indication, warning nor hint. just like 4D, whatever combinations or possibilities u can come up with, it jus continues to amaze u more...

Women is good at jumping and most probably no men can win in this sport. whats the best thing they jump into? Conclusions.

SERIOUSLY, if u don believe me, ask ard again. and they do follow the famous investigator's rule, which is "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth."

WHAT DE HECK IS TAT!!!??? by taking things at face value, their over creative brain starts to go into CONCLUSION mode.

1 example:

Me: I need a new computer for work. There's a lot of things to do tonight
Her: okie, lets go get one.
Me to sales lady: I need something that can run excel with a huge data load.
Sales lady: sure, this thing can *blah blah
Me: okie i will take this.

Reached home, comp set up, I started to work. due to MY COMPETENCY in excel and the POWERFUL PROCESSING of the computer, i managed to get this done quite fast. So fast that its out of my expectations by 10 times?

I started to look into the specs of the PC and decided TO TEST THE GRAPHICS PROCESSING POWER of the PC. So i log on to Audition since its a graphic intensive game.

Her: Wa you told me you are going to be very busy hor?
Me: i finished my work, jus plain testing de graphics.
Her: YEA RIGHT
Me:...

and she didnt even wan to talk to me after tat.

I mean thats her way of showing her displeasure and i was like WTF HAVE I DONE WRONG?

DAMN.

i still don know y she thinks that i cant finish my work fast even though my workload is heavy... CANT A WOMAN PLACE HER TRUST IN A MAN?

F*** if tats de case, then be together in the 1st place?

Isnt it?

Secret Project

Secret project in progress... Stay tuned!

ICT

Jus came back from 2 days Bn day. It was PAINFUL. not physcially but mentally... its worse than being in a meeting at work and thats for the 1st day.

2nd day wasnt so bad. thats when the men starts to come in. we had a Q&A session between the men and the commanders. The men decided to question me about the out pro for last ICT. why we were the last.

I explained them in details and they accepted it. The day whizzed by and we are allowed to book out. Fauzi gave me a lift home.

On the way home, the subject of the company was being brought up. 

I asked him a very simple question. Does the men hate me as i have always been the devil. Fauzi looked at me in surprise then ask me why do i think tat way. 

I told him i jus had a feeling abt it. He laughed and says that i have gotten it all wrong. he told me tat the men and commanders were actually happy that im the CSM instead of the others. (Fauzi is the 2nd in command) 

He has talked to men and junior commanders and he told me what de men thought.

The men understand my situation and they had put themselves in my shoes. They know the reason why i have to be the devil and be so strict with them. they know the reason why i have to make them do so much and make them do so much drills.

they know why i have to push them so much despite the fact that its jus reservice. 

When they saw my company tag changed to Alpha, they asked me why am i not in HQ anymore. i told them that HQ don like me and so they transferred me to Alpha. I told them then Fauzi would then become the new CSM. 

It was then when i realized that how much control and command i have over the men. One of men told me straight in the face that if the transfer is true, then HQ will fall cos they know Fauzi cannot control them. 

They were actually happy to have me as their CSM. 

LOL

Updates!!!

Wa! its been so long since i last updated this blog of mine... think its gonna rot soon if i don post something up.

Time for some recap, all in chronological order...

1. Got a new toy for Wii. A dancing mat with DDR Hottest party game. Was having fun with it, sweating buckets. Played till late night, mum came and showed us her fury. Decided to dance by landing on toes. Got a fast song, jumped too high, landed badly on a bad angle, sprained my ankle. Out of action for 3 weeks...

2. Receive news that there is gonna some movement in my department but no confirmation from anyone. Then receive news that there might be another opening in another department. But still waiting for the new structure to be set up. 

3. Bought 4 DVDs. Red Cliff 2, 200 pound beauty, Yip Man, The Tokyo tower. Watched 3 of them at one shot. Still have not watched Tokoyo Tower... Must find time for it.

4. A frd decided to help me print my book! 

5. Continued writing story for He & She. Left off from Dec last year.

6. Got a new game for Wii, The Legend of Zelda. Fun Fun Fun and the puzzles almost drove me crazy.

7. Got myself a new portable HDD, 360 GB. Cool looking! 

8. Night ride to Mount Faber. Challenged the mother of all climbs. Almost kaput... Saw Antony dismount and push. Straight away give up and push also... Then realise how close i am to the summit.

9. Night Ride to Tampines Trail. Hougang -> ECP -> Changi Coast Road -> Changi V -> Pasir Ris -> Loyang -> Tampines. Never went in the trail, too dangerous. Some of us went to the coffee shop and wait for them. Seehow got battle scar when he was in the trail.

10. Bought another new toy for Wii. Guitar Hero World Tour, with the band set. Hell lot of fun playing drums in my room! Hell Yea!!!

11. Received news about movement in the company again. This time more clear. But decided not to tell anyone or say anything and its still sketchy.

12. Wilson msned me, asking for ideas on how to declare his love to a gal he like. In de end fail... LOL.

13. Registered for NTU bike rally, 128KM. 

14. Started a 1 time training for NTU bike rally. Full island. Pong chek on mandai road on the way back. Too many climbs...

15. Changed tires for my bicycle. Kept kenda nevegal for the front, Maxxis ignitor for the rear. Test ride was so damn smooth~~~~~

16. News about movement for the department again. Rumours!!! But still have some truth in it.

17. 128KM Bike rally day! woke up at 430 am. Met jeremy, moved off. Seehow overslept so we went to ECP 1st. Registered, seehow came, loaded ourselves with carbo. Flagged off at 730am. Clustered F*ck initially, so we stayed behind. 

So many god damned climbs, luckily changed tires, else will die. Finished at 3pm. Jeremy came in at ard 315pm. We collected our goodie backs then moved to Carls Jr to rest. Rain came, hungry, bought Carls Jr. Rain stopped ard 5pm, cycled back home. 

Got a sore butt, sun burnt arms and 2 color tones for the skin.

18. Bought a new watch for her. Original price $800++. Discounted: $400. Sherry bought a watch for me too. Ellesse.

19. Brought mother to Cafe Cartel for dinner. Had St Louis Pork Ribs. She almost fainted when she saw the size of it. We ordered 2 servings of St Louis, 1 Chicken and Fish, 1 chef salad. 1 Hot chocolate, 1 mocha and 1 cookies and cream. 

20. Short ride from Hougang to Seng Kang. Met new frds. Joel joined us when we were almost ending the ride. LOL. 

21. Received news that Ash is leaving us. The department got her a watch from Fcuk. Wondering when its my turn....

22. Bought 1 Ipod Nano and 1 Ipod Touch. Impulsive purchases for the Touch. Nevertheless, still having fun with it.

23. Bought new games for Wii! My fav game series of all times. Final Fantasy! Echo of Times. And also Super Smash Brawl! Had fun!!!

24. Mahjong from 11am to 630pm. Brought mom and dad to Cafe Cartel. 1st time for dad. Was planning to go Pasta Mania, but dad says he wan pork chop. Same as mom, almost fainted when he saw the ribs. 

25. Had dinner at NeBo. Tried the Gladiator Sandwich. KOAZ, Bigger than Carl's Jr.... Had a hard time trying to finished it. In de end take away. Watched Handsome Suit today. Laughed my ass off. Damn funny and touching too. 

Half of the Sandwich! 4 Pieces of chicken, 8 pieces of Ham. Tons of Cheese and Gravy!!!

Watched a documentary on Chinese History today. Awww! I wanted to study Chinese History! Damn it! It has been a long burning passion of mine but no chance to fulfil it!!

Hiaz

Recent updates... 100th Post!!!

Have been busy these few weeks due to quite a bit of stuff....

In the order of importance:

1. Work

2. Cycling

3. Wii

4. RT

1. Work

I have been busy with work for the last few weeks. I have to cover my work, take on new stuff and train my new assistant. 

My new assistant holds a Master in Finance. In a way, one should expect more from her. I had high expectactions from her and yet, the more I hope, the more I fell...

She was with Stand Chart as a Finance Analyst before she came over. One would have expected her to be proficient in certain aspects of MS office, notably, Excel or Access.

When I asked her whether she knows the basic functions, such as, Vlookup/Hlookup, IF, Date, etc... She said yes. But when I saw her struggling with the functions, I knew we are screwed...

She has been eating into my work time as I have to break off from whatever Im doing when she asked me for help in some simple things. My productivity dropped.

Im taking on new stuff at the same time because I have new assistant. But it seems that Im being taxed on a lot.

2. Cycling

Been banging around the place on my little bicycle for last few weekends. It was nice and fun and I got good workouts. I and Jeremy had planned for breakfast on every sunday morning at CV, cycling to there.

3. Wii

New poison, new toy, new interest. Whatever you say it, whatever it is! Been stuck to this cute high tech little white box that has provided me with intense game play (Motion sensored!) and the pretty graphics.

The best thing of all, its Party Games aglore!!! Which means, the whole family can join in together!!! 

My room has become a Zoo, an arcade, a mental hospital. 

Wii sports has been thrashing quite a bit of my family members right arm. (Boxing and bowling!!!)

4. RT

The worse thing ever to happen to someone who has ORD from the army. Shall not elaborate on it. Anyone who went through it knows how troublesome and how stupid it is!

Anyway, apart from those issues above, I did something drastic today.

I HAVE SENT IN MY RESIGNATION LETTER. With immediate effect as on today.

I have to ask Kimi-chan to help me draft the letter as I have not written any before. (I bang table with the upper management last time)

Kimi-chan thought I was joking when I asked her to help me draft the letter. Her eyes were going to pop out when she saw who I was going to mail it to. She asked me why I wanna quit since Im doing so well currently. (Im one of the highest paid in my department)

I told her that its my own personal decision and I need a new enviornment. She then asked about my new job status. I told her I got none pending, which means, JOBLESS.

She got a double shock upon hearing that. I told her I need a break first before doing anything else. She then shake her head and said that people like me can afford to do that while she cannot. 

LOL

Sunshine Empire

Read the papers 2 days ago and the headlines had grabbed my full and immediate attention.

The chiefs of Sunshine Empire has been charged and is waiting to go trial.

Its a big news which is worth celebrating as Singapore's Biggest scammers were caught. The net of justice has caught up on them.

I had absolutely hated the Sunshine Empire and the management group even though I do not have any involvement in it. However, the way they scam people makes my fist itchy.

I came across them a few years back when I was still a regular in the SAF. At that point of time, a lot of my colleagues and friends were in to it and told me that its a good way to earn money. Basically, just throw money in there and let it roll...

I declined them countless times and yet they were very persistent. I even had some friendships that soured because of this issue.

Relenting to pressure and not wanting to have any friendships broken up, I reluctantly followed them to their so call seiminer.

When I reached there, the number of people over there is over-whelming. The atmosphere was charged with excitement and there was a buzz in the air. There were people wearing black suits walking around the place, telling people that they are going to have their lives changed. I stood by in a corner waiting for the seminar to start.

When the hour came, we were ushered into a room. There stood a man who introduced himself as James Pang. He said that he is to help us change our lives for the better and to earn big money. And then, the power point slides.

The seminar was more like a brain washing seminar. Almost everyone seems to captivated by his speech and his fraudulent promises. I have done the maths in my head before I went to seminar.

The returns were too good to be true and its unsustainable in the long run. Even banks can't promise you returns that were so high.

After the seminar, my friend drag me to a corner and introduced me a man who wore suits. He sat down with me and asked me how was the seminar.

I told him that I am very skeptical about the whole thing and its very hard to convince me to part me with the money. He laughed and said that everyone who came had the same mindset as me and he will changed my thinking.

He started by taking out a pen and paper (the usual stuff) and started to draw and write figures while explaining how the payout system works. When I asked about the products and services that the company provide, he said that they are not important.

HEADCOUNT is the main revenue.

That's when I know its a scam. However, I decided to stay on let him finish his talk as I do not want to offend him as my friend was still standing beside me. When he was done talking, he told me not to wait anymore and produced a paper to sign.

I told him that I wanted to go home and think about it as the amount is huge. He told me that the longer I wait, the more chances I'm losing and I should act fast. I gave a firm no and persisted to go home.

When I reached home, my friend called me and ask me to make up my decision fast. I told him that after discussions with my family, I decided not to as we might need the money for emergency. He told me to call him when I had changed my mind.

I begin searching the net and found quite a bit of information on the founder, James Phang. After going through all the data, I realised that its a scam and called my friend to warn him.

It was a wrong move. My colleagues in camp start to ignore me and my friends stay away from me. Some even called up and scold me. I took it like a pinch of salt till the point when people who I do not even know started to call me up and demanded a meeting.

Not fearing these people, I went down and meet them. We had a heated argument and some said that I'm one of the worse kind around. I give up talking to them and give them a piece of advice.

Time will tell the truth. And the time is now...

So for those people who dissed me and said that Jame Phang is their father, I would say that you are blinded by greed and become stupid.

Cycling Pictures and Picutres of Bling!!!

Weeeee!!! its a long over due post of cycling pics!!! Here we go~~~

First up! The pictures of the new Bling!


The new bling tat I have been talking about! My new Shimano XT Hydraulics Brakes!!

The levers damn bling right?


The rotor!




Then I and Jeremy got new lights! Damn bright! Next time when me, Jeremy and Elias went cycling, its gonna be a like day ride!

Here are some of the pics tat we took while we were at the bridge to Sentosa.

Elias and Jeremy Me and Jeremy Me and Elias


Me and Elias Jeremy and Elias

MLM, What the heck?

I got a meeting request from a friend a few days ago, asking me to meet her up for coffee. Since we had not met each other for a long time, I decided to attend.

When we met, I was amazed at her transformation. The last time I met her, she was a girl who wore T shirt, Jeans and sneakers. Now, she looks like a executive, the standard 3 piece suit. A shirt, blazer, skirt and high heel shoes.

We sat down, ordered our drinks and talked about old time. Barely 10 mins into the conversation, she started asking me whether am I interested in a business deal.

I was surprised yet already half expected it. (Not the first time, wont be the last too)

Not trying to be rude, I act interested. I gave her the 'WoW' look and used the exciting tone in my voice. She was beaming with smile when she saw my expression.

I'm a damn good actor...

She then proceed to introduce me the company, her position in the company, the products of the company... All the standard opening fare with all the bells and whistles and fireworks.

And then, she took out her weapon. The paper and the pen.

I guess I don't have to talk about the rest. I believe most of the people who went through this knows what will happen next.

To cut the story short, after the presentation is finished, I asked for 3 things.

1.) Business Plan/Business Proposal
2.) Official Company Profile / Product or Service description
3.) Official Financial Statement

Her replies were so beautiful till I'm stupefied by it.

1.) There's no need for Business Plan or Business Proposal as the CEO fully knows the direction for the company. Business Plans or Business Proposal are for amateurs only...

2.) She has already shown me the Official Company Profile / Product or Service description when she showed me the printed Powerpoint slides.

3.) She says that the company Financial Statement cannot be released.

I was like, what the fuck? (Pardon me)

If I were an investor/member/partner, the company should have allowed access to these publications easily to us. Unless, I'm a consumer.

So people, if someone ask you whether are you interested in a business proposal, ask for these 3 items. Else, you are either a consumer, or just a freaking big carrot head.

Full Specs of my bike Giant XTC SE 2 2008

Frame: Giant XTC SE (Special Edition) 2
Material: Giant Allu Alloy 6000 Series Double Butted

Fork: Rock Shox Tora Solo Air

Handle Bar: Giant AI Racing, Giant Alloy 30.9

Handlebar Stem: FSA OS 140

Headset: Crane Creek

Seatpost: Easton

Saddle: Giant Comfort

Shifters: Shimano Deore Rapid Fire

FD: Shimano Deore

RD: Shimano Deore

Brakes: Hayes 9 Hydraulics Disc

Brake Levers: Hayes 9

Cassette: Shimano CS-HG50, 11/34, 9-speed

Chain : Shimano HG53

Rims: Xero Maravilloso Disc XPD 3

Hubs: Shimano Deore

Spokes: DT Competition 14/15g

Tires: MAXXIS Ignitor 26" by 2.1

Cranks: Raceface XC Prodigy Forged

New Injury >_<

okie, i got another injury last fri... A kid riding a bmx without brakes shot out from nowhere and bang into me on the right...

I flew and landed like a ragged doll while scraping de floor... my left side of my left calf...

I lay down there half stunned. After awhile, I realised tat i was bleeding. When i took a look at de wound, i curse and swear..

it was big.. approx 11cm by 5 cm. It was a 2nd Degree Abrasion. Theres was no doctor at tat point of time so i have to cycle back home while bleeding.

this time, i didnt even check my bike for damage...

When i reached home, I washed my wound and let it dry. I preferred to let it heal de normal way. Which means let de scab form. however, after 2 days it still didnt look good. so i went to de doc. the doc says tat i got bacterial infection...

so yea, i have to cover it up...

heres de wound before i cover it up.



so i die die have to listen to my doc advice to cover it up. Doc says tat for a injury this size, its gonna take at least 2 weeks!!!



so yea, here's all covered up. i seriously hope this can heal fast...

i will post pic when i change dressing tomolo

60 Km trip from HG to Changi Village and back

Totally shagged out today... my gal, Jeremy and I went for a 60km ride today.

we started from hougang at 2045. Our 1st destination is East Coast Park. when we reached east coast park, we did not take any break till the starting of the Park connector.

we move off from the park connector and then travel to Changi Coastal Road.

the coastal road was like a never ending road... after some time, we reached changi village...

we had our pit stop there and had some food.

after tat we cycle all de way from changi village to ecp via coastal road... its was a trip from heaven to hell... hahaha... especially for my gal.. cos she is using a $200 market bike... wahahaha

after tat we make our way back...


Bicycle parked together to prevent theft...


Sugar Cane Juice (Before)


Sugar Can Juice (After)


The food!!!


Jeremy chionging on de noodles


My gal looking at the food before ploughing into it!


Shag until she doesnt care abt her image!


After all the war with the food!


Jeremy's bag. Can fight with Doremon liao! Jus ask and u will have it!


Before going back ECP... Must take 1 nice picture ma!



My gal wan to take a swee swee foto even though she shag out liao!

injured!!!

Hiaz... Endo today while cycling... ><

suffered some injuries which cut short my ride...

The pictures are below.


Abrasions on my right hand. Lucky got glove... Else confirm lagi worse...


Deep abrasions on de right forearm. Can consider as cuts liao... Painful like hell...


Slight abrasions on the left knee... very heng...


Right knee... Busted... Landed very heavily on it. Big open wound with deep abrasions...

Ride to ECP and back

Went riding with Jeremy and my gal today... was suppose to meet at 1130 and then move off at 12 after he change de brakes and got his lights. when he prepared to move out, his mom called and says tat de window makers are here... so he has to go back and look after de house.

so we call off the ride temporary and we decide wat time to move off later in de day.

After tat we decided to move off at abt 2000hrs. Jeremy got cramps twice on de way before he reached... lol... so we stop and waited for him.


we cycled the whole length of ECP before we decided to go back. we made a stop at mac before we went home.


Jeremy with Uncle Ronald

My girl's bicycle

My bicycle

Jeremy's bicycle

WA Dah~~~~

It came!!! it came today!!! Finally~~~ LOL

time to post the pictures~~~

Oh yea, the black one is the old bike and the white one is de new bike~~~





Both of them are 18" frames with 26" wheel sets~~~ the old bike is ard 20kg and the new bike is exactly 13 kg wor!

The old bike uses Shogun Shocks with no lock options. the new bike is Road Shock Tora with Lock options~~~ Weeee

The old bike has only 21 speeds (3:7) the new bike? 27!!! (3:9)

The old bike uses V Brakes, very reliable as they have save my fatty bum from mutilation countless times! the new bike uses disc brakes! supposingly better than V brakes!!

Im ready for XC again! Trails! Anyone???

Yipee~~~~

Yay~~~ I got my new bike today le... the feeling for this bicycle is a bit different but i shld be able to get used to it soon. the new bike will be deliver to me by tomolo~~~ then tomolo i will take it for its virgin ride~~~~

Wahahaha~~~ Trails! Here i come!~!!

Waiting

Im waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting~~~~ the bike shop has confirmed that they will do *FREE* delivery of the bicycle from Tampines to my home! so i jus need to go down and choose, test and and pay... Heh...

I didnt know that they had delivery services in the 1st place >_< and i was contemplating on cycling it back home!

im still waiting for dec to come~~~~~~ Weeee~~~ I read that OCBC is going to have a cycling event at Feb next yr... was wondering whether i shld go or not... there are 2 types available wor. 1st is de 5km cycling event... the other is a 50km endurance cycle!!!! I wan de 50km!!!!! so who wan to accompany me?????????????

hahahaha

Pics

Okie, i couldnt get de pictures of my new fone >_< style="text-decoration: underline;">

My girl!


Rama, Global System Analyst for HR


Taiwan and HKG SSO


Me and Sherry

Hehehehe

now hor, i think its time for me to change my bicycle le... I have been looking ard net and decided on a Giant Performace Hardtail, XTC SE 2.

The picture is below:


I have check out de price for this bicycle. its $1500!!! Heh, and im getting it next month!

Its time...

Wa dah... Exercise schedule has been set up... been cycling with my gal for de last 2 nites... the amount of accidents she had far exceeded the number of accidents that i had for the last 3 years.. Pretty cool eh?

i had a good laugh when she try to mount on her new bicycle.. it looks like a little gal who try to tackle a bicycle too big for her... which in fact, the bicycle is jus nice for her...

we are going jogging tomolo... it seems that she wans me to slim down fast and efficient. so yea, now i got an exercise kaki liao...

time to lose de fats!

by de way, my gal weighs ard 43 kg and im ard 3/4 more heavier than she is... wahahahaha

oh yea, im still trying to find time to take de pictures for samsung omnia.. :p
will post them up soon!

New Phone!!!

I bought the damn phone today! LOL... Its samsung omnia! The pics will be up soon!

Updates

Wa, long time no blog... >_< guess im too busy and lazy to blog for the past few weeks (feeling guilty)

time for a little update... lets see how much i can remember...

September 2008.

1st week was hell... was rushing 5 dashboards in a week with all the ad hoc and regular reports... Plus locations and departments creations... i have to complete them in 1 week as im going for reservist at de 2nd week...

Basically i was OTing all the way for the 1st week...

1st day of September 2nd week was crazy... Its my 1st In Camp Training aka ICT. I was totally clueless on what i need to do and where to go. Nevertheless, its also de same for the rest of the pple... But since I am de CSM (Company Sergent Major) for HQ, Im force to know everything in a short notice...

and im not de only one who has to do tat. Delta and Support CSMs also walked the same path as me. The good thing is, the 3 of us know each other before hand... so we can communicate well enough to get things going smooth and well...

Admin was a huge headache as all of us are 1st timers. Wats worse is tat our RSM (Regimental Sergent Major) was not ard. He was away on course. He is the one who should give us instructions and guide us on the ground.

and because he is away, and according to hierarchy status, i became the Stand In RSM. it was stressful as i have never taken upon a CSM post when i was active... let alone the RSM post...

so yea, the 1st week was horrendous... even though only the commanders come in at de 1st week, (the men starts to come in at the 2nd week) the admin is still chaotic as my company, HQ, has its full strength in from the very 1st week...

Discipline is always an issue when we are in a uniformed organization. If you don take tame ur subordinates, they will climb over you. Too much of a iron fist and they will rebel. And since its ICT, the balance of discipline is very delicate. one wrong move and its all over...

Somehow, i managed to get them going. the good thing is, all of them are good pple. its not hard to convince the commanders. its harder to convince the men on the things that you ordered them to do.

Some of the CSMs has said that its hard to get the men to listen to them. To me, its not all that hard once u know how to play on their maturity, how to use their age against them, and also, let them know the reason on the orders that you gave to them.

In order to instill discipline and my authority over them, the 1st move i made is to make them clean up the bunks. This is not easy. Even commanders in active them has problem making them men clean up the bunk on their own accord.

It all started out the same the moment u tell them that u wan to clean their bunk up to the standard u set for them. They complain saying that they are reservist, they are going to stay in that hell hole for 3 weeks. so whats de point of making them clean de bunk...

my junior commanders were looking at me for an answer and my officers were looking at how i perform... i have already anticipated this problem to surface once i pass this order. i can do it by 2 ways. One is to tell them its an order and rule by the iron fist. Or i convince them to clean the bunk themselves, happily without complaints.

I opt for the 2nd option.

I gathered all of them on their accommodation level, right outside one of the bunk. I told them the reason why i wan them to clean their bunk. The reason is simple, so simple that they cant say no...

1.) Since they all are living the bunk, its better to live in a place where its clean, bright and comfortable. These pple have wife, gf, children waiting for them at home. Its not nice to come to camp, stay in a dump and get urself sick.

2.) Once the bunk got cleaned, its jus maintainance. they don have to do a large scale cleaning everytime before they booked out. saves time and effort.

they agreed with me and proceed to clean the bunk up. i have won half the battle... or so i thought.

2nd week was pure hell... our RSM is still not back yet and i have been running the show for the past week. i lost of my voice on de 3rd day. all the rifle company men starts to come in. its another scamble for chaos admin issues.

however, the CSMs already has experience and things were hectic but not so bad. during the 3rd day of the 2nd week, i ordered a bunk inspection at 1500 hrs. the men told me that they would be ready by 1430.

but at 1400 hrs, i receive orders from CO to move out with de rifle company to take a look training issues... which means, to move out to field with him to overlook training. before i left, i told the men tat i cancel off the bunk inspection and they are allowed to do what they wan.

i came back from field at around 2200 hrs. when i reach camp, one of my fellow CSM told me that my men has been cleaning their bunk till now...

I was like, 'huh? wth? i told them that i cancel off the bunk inspection...'

i went upstairs and take a look. true enough, most of them are still cleaning de bunk. They even take out the moss which grew on the ground and on de wall... the fire extinguishers were free of dust and the corridor was devoid of dust.

i was shocked and i ask them whether did they receive de orders that i had cancel the bunk inspection. they said yes... but they still think tat since they have time to work more on it, they might as well do it.

I know i had win them over...

At tat nite, i conduct a informal inspection. even i was shocked by the cleanliness of it... If BMT recruits came and saw, i believe tat they will be in awe... even them cant set the standard and yet these grown up men has shown me wat they can do.

The other CSMs heard me boasting abt the standard and decided to come up and take a look... after they saw it, they walk away dejected... they told me tat theres no way they can make their man do like how i make my men did it. One even commented tat its a resort...

3rd week was relatively easy since my RSM is back from course. Things were left to him and i managed to have more time to myself... and things ran more smoothly as i can focus on my own company more... so no hiccups...

October 2008

I spend a lot more time with my gal. since she stay in the west and i stay in the north, we decided to stay over at each other place every now and then. Life was blissful~~~ however, work is hectic.

nothing much happened except that i have rushing work all the while. Normal anyway :p

Then came my birthday~~~ which was the day before. my bro had bought a PSP for me, my gal for me a Braun Buffel Wallet and Keypouch. We had a little gathering of close frds in a small K pub at Central Mall...

We enjoy ourselves till the wee hrs of the morning and we went for frog legs and fish porridge. After tat we went home and slp...

not much happen today... maybe later will organize a K box outing ba... Tois, useless, beware!!!

LOL

I did...

I told her la... >_< I hinted her very very strongly la... but she like don know like tat... in de end i have to tell her la... she paiseh and i paiseh also... LOL

but after tat, things well, kinda take off~~~ LOL

WA????????

WA??? Someone actually bother to read the wish list and get a psp for me!!! I feel so happY~~~~

1 down 2 to go!!!

Handwriting Analysis. How true is it?

I just did an online handwriting analysis test. The results are as below:

Wilson is moderately outgoing. His emotions are stirred by sympathy and heart rendering stories. In fact, he can be kind, friendly, affectionate and considerate of others. He has the ability to put himself into the other person's shoes.

Wilson will be somewhat moody, with highs and lows. Sometimes he will be happy, the next day he might be sad. He has the unique ability to get along equally well with what psychology calls introverts and extroverts. This is because he is in between. Psychology calls Wilson an ambivert. He understands the needs of both types. Although they get along, he will not tolerate anyone that is too "far out." He doesn't sway too far one way or the other.

When convincing him to buy a product or an idea, a heart rendering story could mean a great deal to him. He puts himself in the same situation as the person in the story, yet he will not buy anything that seems overly impractical or illogical. Wilson is an expressive person. He outwardly shows his emotions. He may even show traces of tears when hearing a sad story.

Wilson is a "middle-of-the-roader," politically as well as logically. He weighs both sides of an issue, sits on the fence, and then will decide when he finally has to. He basically doesn't relate to any far out ideas and usually won't go to the extreme on any issue.

People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socially. According to the data input, Wilson doesn't write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others.

Wilson will demand respect and will expect others to treat him with honor and dignity. Wilson believes in his ideas and will expect other people to also respect them. He has a lot of pride.

Wilson will be candid and direct when expressing his opinion. He will tell them what he thinks if they ask for it, whether they like it or not. So, if they don't really want his opinion, don't ask for it!

Wilson can be defiant. He sometimes has the attitude that if someone doesn't like it the way he is doing it, then they can just "go to hell!" This trait may reveal itself in a rebellious nature that is always ready to resist forces which he thinks are infringing upon his freedom of action.

In reference to Wilson's mental abilities, he has a very investigating and creating mind. He investigates projects rapidly because he is curious about many things. He gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but he soon must slow down and look at all the angles. He probably gets too many things going at once. When Wilson slows down, then he becomes more creative than before. Since it takes time to be creative, he must slow down to do it. He then decides what projects he has time to finish. Thus he finishes at a slower pace than when he started the project.

He has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. His mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. He can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster. Wilson can then switch into his low gear. When he is in the slower mode, he can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. He is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.

Wilson's true self-image is unreasonably low. Someone once told Wilson that he wasn't a great and beautiful person, and he believed them. Wilson also has a fear that he might fail if he takes large risks. Therefore he resists setting his goals too high, risking failure. He doesn't have the internal confidence that frees him to take risks and chance failure. Wilson is capable of accomplishing much more than he is presently achieving. All this relates to his self-esteem. Wilson's self-concept is artificially low. Wilson will stay in a bad situation much too long... why? Because he is afraid that if he makes a change, it might get worse. It is hard for Wilson to plan too far into the future. He kind of takes things on a day to day basis. He may tell you his dreams but he is living in today, with a fear of making a change. No matter how loud he speaks, look at his actions. This is perhaps the biggest single barrier to happiness people not believing in and loving themselves. Wilson is an example of someone living with a low self-image, because their innate self-confidence was broken.

Wilson is sarcastic. This is a defense mechanism designed to protect his ego when he feels hurt. He pokes people harder than he gets poked. These sarcastic remarks can be very funny. They can also be harsh, bitter, and caustic at the same time.

Wilson is constantly disappointed when trying to reach success. He works very hard, perhaps harder than most, then just before succeeding, something happens that keeps him from success. Often, Wilson changes to a second project just before the first one is finished, thus failing to complete the first project. Sometimes he changes because he feels he needs a different challenge. Wilson feels dejected. This feeling relates to his failures. This trait is very important in a working situation and in a relationship. He must be handled in a very special way to get the most work from him or to make a relationship last. Concerning this trait, personality modification is available to change his life.

I don't know how true it is as one does not know oneself. Its better for you all to make the judgment.. Tag on my board, is it true?

LOL

Rainy day

wanted to cycling today de... but hor, i woke up at 1330... wanted to plan to go later, but raining... so i lie on de bed, thinking wat i wan to do later... think think think, then look at de window. then i go back to slp... >.<

de weather very nice la... so good for sleeping... somemore with de condition of road like tat, de near misses are bound to be aplenty... so yea, de correct decision is to GO BACK TO SLP... wahahaha

so i go back to slp >.<

but then my beauty slp was short lived... my mom come in and started with her relentless verbal attacks... its de same old thing over and over again...

so i wake up, wash up then go help her buy food... after tat i sit down in front of my comp and doze off... >.<

1st time worrrrrr... i doze off in front of de comp... somemore sitting down... cannot blame la, weather too nice to slp...

its my mom's verbal attack tat woke me up again... this time de victim is my bro.. wahahaha.. i crawl back to my bed and on de tv... somehow i doze off again... dotz...

woke up at 5pm, then realise tat de tv is still on... so continue to watch tv...

the closing ceremony for olympic is cool la... hope tat london screwed up for 2016... LOL

Cycling

decided to go cycling jus now even though it has been raining the whole day... i know de ground would be wet, i know its gonna be slippery... but heck i still go...

its still drizzling very lightly when im on de road... my 1st near miss came when i was nearing de junction... normally i would jus bank down to de left and cut straight out, but when i did tat jus now, my rear tyre caught de drain cover causing it to lose friction, i skidded...

maybe im too used to and crash and roll... (u don crash and burn on a bicycle) when i skidded, i still remain composed and nudge de damn bicycle back on to de track...

then i tell myself tat i must watch out for drain covers... was doing fine until i hit de zebra crossing... this time i bank left again, and as god would have it, i skidded again... >.<

my rear tyre caught de white stripes on de road...

i almost crash into the traffic lights, then almost shot on to the road with de oncoming traffic flying ard like some crazy maniacs... thankfully de brakes were well maintained and they work pretty good.. stopping me jus right at de edge of de kerb...

so i tell myself again, no drain covers, no white strips, go slow and go damn slow while turning...

so i happily cycle and was trying to make myself go deaf with loud blaring music, courtesy from my W960i and its bluetooth headset.

all was going well until i hit defu lane... it was all de way down slope... i let my guard down and started going at full speed. when i was reaching de zebra crossing, i tried to slow down...

bad move... de damn tyre caught another drain cover. instinct kicked in and i jam de rear brakes while trying to bank to de left... so i wont fly out of the path...

burned quite a bit of rubber, left quite a long trail... and i don know is it luck or de one on top is trying to mock me... i stop jus right in front of de zebra crossing...

and de best thing of all, de phone was playing Crash and Burn from Salvage Garden...

so i decided to be more careful, added another point to my checklist... No speeding...

so yea... with these 3 points in my small puny brain which is plagued by STM, i managed to reach ECP safely...

cycle one rd and then decided to cycle back home...

maybe i shld put spikes on my tires when i cycle on wet surface next time... >.<